i went to the naval academy and became a marine officer and a pilot. this is dated 12 march, 74. my dearest love, it starts. god has given me you. [soft dramatic music] and it s allowed me to live honestly and in truth. my life is not a lie anymore, for i have you. and then in this box, i found something that says, in the event of my death, ship the briefcase unopened to and it has my address, and it s signed by him. he wanted to make sure that if he got killed in an accident that people wouldn t open the letters and figure out what was going on. protecting me. - well, the policy that banned gay men and women from serving openly in the military, don t ask, don t tell - don t ask, don t tell. - don t ask, don t tell. - don t ask, don t tell. - well, you know it all started with a stolen memo. [dramatic music] - the entire policy was based on this premise that an openly gay member of the military ruins unit cohesion and morale. - and who would be in favor of keeping
peacock. i m ayman mohyeldin in new york. have a good night. eldin in new york have a good night. have a good night. [gentle music] - i am thomas t. carpenter. i went to the naval academy and became a marine officer and a pilot. this is dated 12 march, 74. my dearest love, it starts. god has given me you. [soft dramatic music] and it s allowed me to live honestly and in truth. my life is not a lie anymore, for i have you. and then in this box, i found something that says, in the event of my death, ship the briefcase unopened to and it has my address, and it s signed by him. he wanted to make sure that if he got killed in an accident that people wouldn t open the letters and figure out what was going on. protecting me. - well, the policy that banned gay men and women from serving openly in the military, don t ask, don t tell - don t ask, don t tell. - don t ask, don t tell. - don t ask, don t tell. - well, you know it all started with a stolen memo. [dramatic musi
real estate empire on the line. his testimony framed by anger, defiance, and disdain for the process. the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers. and numbers, my friends, don t lie. from ohio to virginia, to kentucky, victory laps today for democrats. abortion access is the law of the land in ohio. the voters said, look, the government should not be telling a woman what to do with her body. we ve become a party of losers. i m sick of republicans losing. do you think we did the right thing by not participating? anybody who is going to be spending the next year and a half of their life focusing on keeping themselves out of jails and courtrooms cannot be lead this party or this country. i ll not be running for reelection for the united states senate, but what i will be doing is traveling the country. maybe, you know, flirting with some kind of presidential run. which, again, it s another blow democrats from manchin. good evening once ag
from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late also at the end of monday. e end of monday. if you are someone who is concerned about donald trump becoming the president united states, as a lot of people are, then this week has been a real rollercoaster. just go back to the beginning of the week, with polling from the new york times showing donald trump leading joe biden in five out of six cuban ground states. that sent a lot of people into a panic. but the democratic presidents chances. but by tuesday, things have changed. voters in ohio, kentucky, and virginia went out to the polls, and they delivered a resounding defeat to the republican party on many issues. those results prove that access to abortion is still a key issue for voters. more than a year after the supreme courts dobbs decision, which was, of course, bad news for donald trump, the man who is singularly responsible for overturning roe v. wade, so much so that he regularly