the tenth annual dodgers pride night ceremony took place an hour before the game. outside demonstratedders had signs calling, quote, anti-catholic hate. senior correspondent claude claudia claudia cowan with more. reporter: catholic protesters are counting last night s demonstration as a win. about 3400 fewer fanses attended dodgers pride night compared to last year, that according to the catholic league, one of many groups that called for the boycott of last night s game. though previously disinvited but then reinvited group of transand queer satirical nuns were honored with the award. the ceremony happened well before the team usually holds we game events. the dodgers said that was for safety reasons. relatively few fanses were in the stands to witness it. however, outside the stadium some 2,000 protesters blocked entrances and voiced their anger. [inaudible conversations] [speaking spanish] reporter: dodgers fans and people of faith said their issue wasn t with t
latest on all of it. hey, alex. reporter: hey, griff, good to be with you. yeah, this debut re-election rally, this is an appeal to american workers, to union workers in particular. in about an hour, the president will crease this room. this event is hosted by the afl-cio, a powerful collective of about 16 unions, they represent about 12.5 pearl million americans. no surprise that the endorsement went the a democrat as it always has. and while the stage was being set earlier, president biden was actually in the sky surveying the damage of last sunday s deadly tanker crash that led to the closure of i-9 a 5 in northeast philadelphia. the president did provide an update on how his administration will be aiding in that reconstruction effort that has paralyzed one of the most critical roadways. listen. there s no more important project right now in the country as far as i m concerned. i m directing my team, not figuratively but literally, to move heaven and earth to get it do
campaign rally today. nearly two months after he announced reelection bid. biden faces dismal polling numbers hand mounting concern even from within has only party about age and cognitive abilities despite that, he s gaining major endorsements. alexandra hoff live where today s rally was held. good evening, the focus of the debut reelection rally was union workers specifically calling themselves the most prolabor resident in history, hosted by the afl cio of powerful federation and 60 unions which recently voted to endorse the biden harris ticket, president biden spoke of the administration s record and make this accusation to the crowd. let me tell you something. after what i ve done when they come back to get rid of these clean energy investments, they try to stop the plan, i will try to do these things. guess what they re coming for your jobs. republicans argue the clean energy initiatives by the biden administration would hurt american workers in the economy. the
a kia borings pill is now once again in court. oral arguments are set to begin soon before the fifth circuit court of appeals. a case brought by anti-abortion activist who is want to ban mifepristone nationwide. on the state level the focus is in the carolinas where two separate efforts to further restrict abortions in both states have hit a critical juncture. in north carolina nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy are now banned. as a republican super majority in the state legislature voted to override democratic governor roy cooper s veto of their bill. shouts of shame could be heard from the gallery after the gavel fell there. and in south carolina republican lawmakers are at it again after debating for more than 12 hours yesterday on a near total ban on abortion. they are heading back into session to continue the fight. let s start in north carolina, cnn s dianne gallagher is in raleigh, north carolina, for us. after having his veto overridden what is the g
time magazine for their article on pediatricians who serve trans youth facing increasing harassment. in the daily beast article, alabama trying to raise the legal driving age for trans people to 19. president and ceo glad sarah kate ellis took some time to address the increase in laws against the community. watch this. there is one thing that extremist politicians and activists can never ban, and that is our joy. we are not going to let them anyone tell our stories or villainize who we are. when the truth is, everyone deserves to live a life happily ever after. yes, so raise your voices [applause] so raise your voices, take action with glaad, get loud, and stay proud. and we are loud and proud to have the glaad awards take us off the air tonight. on that note, i wish a very good night. from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, state thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. of tomorrow thanks for being with us tonight, it s go