Building. Im ali velshi, and this is real money. Im proud to be gay, and i consider being gay among the greatest gifts god has given me. With those clear bold words apples ceo tim cooke became the first and openly gay ceo of a fortune 500 company. Along with others, hrc praised cooke for coming out in an essay published today. In the essay, cooke says being gay as been tough and uncomfortable at times, but also says it has quote, given me the confidence to rise above adversary and bigotry. It also gives me the skin of a rhinoceros, end quote. Cookes decision to come out is a very public move by a very private man. Patricia sabga has that story. [ cheers and applause ] reporter when tim cooke took over apple three years ago, many wondered whether the company could survive without its visionary founder steve jobs. Cooke was relatively unknown outside of apple. He cut his teeth at ibm before joining a struggling apple in 1998. He streamlined the way apple products are assembled, and struc
Im proud to be gay, and i consider being gay among the greatest gifts god has given me. With those clear bold words apples ceo tim cooke became the first and openly gay ceo of a fortune 500 company. Along with others, hrc praised cooke for coming out in an essay published today. In the essay, cooke says being gay as been tough and uncomfortable at times, but also says it has quote, given me the confidence to rise above adversary and bigotry. It also gives me the skin of a rhinoceros, end quote. Cookes decision to come out is a very public move by a very private man. Patricia sabga has that story. [ cheers and applause ] reporter when tim cooke took over apple three years ago, many wondered whether the company could survive without its visionary founder steve jobs. Cooke was relatively unknown outside of apple. He cut his teeth at ibm before joining a struggling apple in 1998. He streamlined the way apple products are assembled, and struck longterm component deals to boost profits while
Im proud to be gay, and i consider being gay among the greatest gifts god has given me. With those clear bold words apples ceo tim cooke became the first and openly gay ceo of a fortune 500 company. Along with others, hrc praised cooke for coming out in an essay published today. In the essay, cooke says being gay as been tough and uncomfortable at times, but also says it has quote, given me the confidence to rise above adversary and bigotry. It also gives me the skin of a rhinoceros, end quote. Cookes decision to come out is a very public move by a very private man. Patricia sabga has that story. [ cheers and applause ] reporter when tim cooke took over apple three years ago, many wondered whether the company could survive without its visionary founder steve jobs. Cooke was relatively unknown outside of apple. He cut his teeth at ibm before joining a struggling apple in 1998. He streamlined the way apple products are assembled, and struck longterm component deals to boost profits while
we re walking the halls where princess diana made her home and brought up william and harry. this is a special edition of good morning america, live at the royal wedding, with robin roberts and george stephanopoulos. good morning, america. we re going to begin here. it s the worst april on record for tornadoes. overnight, arkansas hit very hard. several are dead. the governor s declared a state of emergency. and you re looking live at what s left of a house outside little rock. the roof of a shopping center flew across the street, slammed into it. we re going to get the latest. first, let s welcome back robin. all right, george. i know there s a lot of news back home. we re here at kensington palace, for a rare live broadcast. many people remember these gate where s mourners paid tribute to princess diana. but there s many happy memories, as well. this is the childhood home of prince william and prince harry. we re going to take you inside. you ll see the gorgeous a