I know how deeply personally affected he has been. And i guess i tell you why i am doing this as a means of telling you why senator blumenthal and i are doing this, and i tell it through a prism of a story that just awful, awful series of days following the shootings in sandy hook. Senator blumenthal and i went through the first of what were umpteen wakes and funerals, and we were standing in line at the first wake about to talk to the first set of parents who had lost in this case their young daughter, and i remember being so uncertain about what we were supposed to say to these parents, not just what you were supposed to say to provide some measure of condolence, but we were their elected representatives. We had some additional obligation to show them that we were ready to act, but was it too soon to make that offer . Was it not the right moment to suggest that there was a Public Policy response to the slaughter of their children . It was senator blumenthal that very gently and appro
Up next, steven m. In as argues the killing of Matthew Shephard on october 1998 was not an antigay hate crime but was e result of a robbery gone wrong. This is about an hour. Even sure i need this microphone, but i will use it because this is being recorded for cspan. It is really a great pleasure to be here tonight. This is actually the first of on a book tour that i have no head about 30 cities. It just seems appropriate in terms of gay history to come to the castro, a place that i have really enjoyed in the past. What i would like to do is kind of introduce the book by telling you a little bit of the history about how i got into writing what is now the book and then i thought, im just going to read briefly the couple of probably too, to a half pages to give you a feeling for of the voice of the book and a little bit about some of what you refer to their as the hidden secrets of the tangle secrets. I went to laramie wyoming for made for Television Movie. My background is in film and
Not even sure i need this microphone, but i will use it because this is being recorded for cspan. And its really a great pleasure to be here tonight. This is actually the first stop on a book tour that now has about 30 cities. And it just seems really appropriate, i mean, in terms of gay history to come to the castro, a place that i have really, really enjoyed in the past. What id like to do is just kind of introduce the book by telling you a little bit of the history about how i got into writing what is now the book, and then i thought im just going to read briefly a couple of probably about two, two and a half pages to give you a feeling for the voice of the book and a little bit about some of what you referred to there as the hidden secrets or the tangled secrets. I went to laramie, wyoming, in early 2000 to write a screenplay for a madefortelevision movie. My background is really in film and television, and i went there to write a madefortelevision movie about the story that i beli
Evening october 6 in 1998. He died on october 12 a short period later. The media that came to laramie to report the case was relying a lot on a couple of initial press releases and press releases and press conferencconferenc s and basically what they could pick up pick up a lot of which was hearsay because they couldnt interview a lot of witnesses and they couldnt look through the Police Records and they couldnt look at the Police Reports and statements. The statements in the principles in the case. About eight months into my research in laramie i finished the first draft of the screenplay. By then and this happened early on. On. I met the prosecutor in the case. His name was cal. He was the person responsible for sending Aaron Mckenney and Russell Henderson away for life. They both received two life sentences with no chance of a role. After about eight months i finished the draft and i asked the prosecutor to read it and do some factchecking for me and to be sure that i hadnt misstate
Thick, and it was said all women should develop skin like a rhino. She is decisive when you hear about things she said to the aid and the whitehouse Correspondent Dinner and used profanity to say she didnt want to think about the effect it would have. And there is law emotion in a way more politicians are careful hiding. We had an aid say she is not as calculated about political comeback. Which doesnt mean she is not seeking it, but isnt thinking about the right moment with the right person. Thanks for being here and thanks to our students from Iowa State University and mediacom communication for sponsoring the buses. You are watching booktv on cspan2. Here is our primetime lineup we wrap up at 10 p. M. Wi with after wards. Next it is argued that the kill of Matthew Shepherd was an antigay crime but a robbery gone wrong let me tell you how we came to be here tonight. As most of you are aware, sorry,igate got cold here. I was the assistant principal at the Junior High School and was in