Areas rich gay pride history. The parade draws over 1 million people. But through the years the parade has meant a lot of Different Things to different people. Reporter gay and lesbian people would not have marched down the street the last 15 years ago. Nonetheless, wear costumes. Floats were sponsored by blue chip corporations and refreshments were pedaled by iconic american brand names, coke, pepsi, budweiser. Has the parade just become a big party. A commercialized event with nothing left to say. It was anything but widely accepted in 1972 when a band of gays, lesbians, hippies and anarchys marched down the street. And as their numbers grew so did their boldness. For the first time many felt safe in being publicly gay. Even flamboyantly gay. And according to susan striker, director of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, Transgender Society theyre too showy. Theyre too visible. They dont look like anybody else. And i think the extravagance of some gay pride parades is to say yeah so what. So
Wounding 260 people and killing three. A tribute to lives lost, and those changed. You become the face of americas resolve for the world to see. They know your pride and courage. Honoring courage of the heros and survivors still healing from wounds physical and those somewhere deeper. We grieved in the face of tremendous loss. This terror, police say created by brothers tamerlan and johan tsarnev. Three were killed when the bombs detonated. Today, wreaths lay along the race routes. Symbols of the year of healing, reflection and unwaivering resolve. Next week, we will run again. But on this day, we gather, citizens of boston, boston strong theyre expecting record crowds out here for the marathon on monday. Marcy gonzales, abc news, boston. Four bay area runners will return to compete in the marathon. One was only a block from completing this race when the two two bombs exploded near the finish line, part of a group from marin county training for the weeks race you can see more of the st
Its star players. After more than a week ever silence, commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the issue head on. Over the past several weeks weve seen all too much of the nfl doing wrong. That starts with me. I got it wrong in the handling of the ray rice matter. Im sorry for that. Reporter goodin is under fire for not acting quickly or severely enough as calls for his resignation grow louder. In response, the nfl announced it will partner with the National Domestic violence hot line and the National Sexual violence resource center. They need our help. We are providing it. Reporter while the nfl is looking forward, critics are looking back at the commissioners handling of the cases. Plea players, greg hardy, Jonathan Dwyer and Adrian Peterson are on the commissioners exemption list. Ray rice has been suspended indefinitely from the league. Today fans line up at baltimore stadium to trade in their number 27 rice jerseys. Women should not be treated like that. Im not fond of anything that
Good morning to you and your family. It is september 11th, 2016. Youre watching a special edition of fox friends. Today marks 15 years since the 9 11 attacks here in new york city, also in washington, d. C. , and shanksville, pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 americans died on that day. This morning we honor those who lost their lives and those who sacrificed their own lives to save so many others. Its hard to believe it was 15 years ago. Brian and i were in these chairs 15 years ago. Yeah, they were chairs then, not a couch. To be exact, 2,997. Its so good, for one thing, to see something downtown. For the longest time weve been doing the show on 9 11 and there was nothing there. Now theyve got one world trade, which was also known as the Freedom Tower. Which is what we were just looking at. For years, there was nothing there. There was a lot of red tape trying to figure out what to put down there. No one knows that story better than rick levinthal. Lets go to rick, who was able to carry liv
Northeast this weekend. The rescue playing out tonight. And sam champion with the timing. 24 hours after Jussie Smollett was charged with a felony, the story of his return to the set. What he said to coworkers. And what the producers of empire have now decided tonight. The uber driver who killed six people. The Police Interrogation video made public for the first time. The driver on the video. He blames the uber app. You will hear what he says. The alleged drunk driver losing control, tearing down a sidewalk. The cruise Ship Collision and the scare on board. And the test passenger who took off for space today. Did she reach the edge of space . How did it go . Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a friday night. We begin tonight on a stunning charge. The billionaire owner of the new England Patriots, robert kraft, charged with solicitation of a prostitute. Thorlts say its an a crockdown on alleged prostitution. Kraft has been swept up in the widespread investigation of prostit