The US Navy officially christened its newest ship Saturday morning, launching the USNS Harvey Milk. ABC 10News Reporter Jared Aarons was at the ceremony, where officials say the ship's name is a sign of the Navy's acceptance of LGBTQ sailors.
he is going to say that i m supporting simply the right for religious freedom and expression when the truth of the matter is and the detail is this is a right to discriminate. it s a right to marginalize. it s a right to put law behind discrimination. and what we really have to do as a community is rise up like we did in indiana, like we did in arizona, and like we continue to do in north carolina and say as a society all across the board, all segments that we re not going to do this. we re not going to allow it. stuart milk gets tonight s last word. thank you, stuart. thank you, lawrence. coverage continues into the 11th hour with with brian williams. that s next. tonight, donald trump speaks, a rare encounter with reporters. what it revealed about his thinking on a major international story. also, russia reacts, what the kremlin is saying about relations with the u.s. and does this mean they are planning a closer relationship with the
their bill would protect businesses or people who discriminate against lgbt people, even if a state or city has a law uthat protects the rights of lgbt people against discrimination. donald trump promised to support the ted cruz bill saying if i am elected president and congress passes the first amendment defense act, which is what they call it, i will sign it. joining us now is stuart milk, president of the harvey milk foundation and an lgbt activist. stuart, both reactions. first to what happened in north carolina. the legislature failing to go through on that deal. and then the pros scene of the accident going national through ted cruz and donald trump. yeah, it was a double whammy today, lawrence. you know, in the holiday season, you would be inclined to say that the grinch gave us two lumps of coals. but you can t even put that type of humor on something like this. what people sometimes forget, in north carolina, we re talk about
joining us now is stuart milk, president of the harvey milk foundation and an lgbt activist. stuart, both reactions. first to what happened in north carolina. the legislature failing to go through on that deal. and then the pros scene of the accident going national through ted cruz and donald trump. yeah, it was a double whammy today, lawrence. you know, in the holiday season, you would be inclined to say that the grinch gave us two lumps of coals. but you can t even put that type of humor on something like this. what people sometimes forget, in north carolina, we re talk about human lives. we re talking about people who are generally afraid. they re afraid to be visible. they re afraid to be authentic. because that h b-2 basically took down all nondiscrimination statuses. so this double cross today when charlotte, the city of charlotte held up their end of the bargain and the state legislature both the senate and the house didn t,
if it had done that on monday. your have been talk throughout this segment and covering this throughout the segment and throughout the past few weeks. this is a president who potentially is has committed and is committing impeachable offenses before he even takes office. so what other purpose is there for the electoral college? americans are more sophisticated than they were in the 1700s there is more access to information. americans know for whom to vote and make intelligent choices. that s why almost 3 million people voted for hillary clinton over donald trump. that s why she won the popular vote. why not place good faith in the majority of americans that did that? so i think it s time and obviously, yes, bill o reilly, and rush limbaugh, they do feel threatened because they re at the end of their white supremacist rope. mark thompson, thank you very much for joining us. thank you, lawrence. coming up, stewart milk will join us on ted cruz s plan to allow discrimination again