Hard to digest the news. Well cut right at it, give you the details in a moment. Overall, the market lacks real direction. The dows going to be up maybe 15, s p up 10. Nice gain for the nasdaq though, all green at this point. Politics [laughter] can you say softballs . One after another, they were lobbed towards joe biden at the cnn town hall last night. Not very good preparation for the first president ial debate which is, by the way, 11 days away. The standout for me came when biden suggested that if the president had acted sooner on the virus, all those people would not have died. So the president killed 190,000 people . Not a word of pushback from the moderator, cnns moderator. Today biden goes to minnesota, an opportunity for him to clarify his position on urban rioting and defunding the police after the minneapolis disturbances. And get this, the president will also be in minnesota today. You can bet hell brung up law and order bring up law and order. Mr. Trumps press secretary,
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Award. Also with u. S. Today is detective brian downy, the president of the Gay Officers Action League goal of new york which is addressing the needs and issues and concerns of the Lgbt Community. Also on hand with us today is lieutenant brett parson, district native. How many years on the force . Almost 26. 26 years. And he manages, you should know, the departments lesbian gay, bisexual transgender liaison unit here in d. C. And mr. Prescott, a journalist, novelist, screen writer as well and columnist for salon. So thank you all for taking part in this today. Im looking forward to learning a lot and looking back with you through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. Its kind of hard to believe. David, i would like to start with you, if we can. What was new york like . What was america like, for gay, lesbians, transgender citizens before the stonewall riots . What was it like for the Lgbt Community . Well, its really counterintuitive because theres a common tendency
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