rights at home the u.s. is in no position to lead globally in this issue. how do you respond? we are in a position to lead globally on this issue. the good news is we re working with european allies on a brand-new launch to decriminalize homosexuality. it s important we concentrate that and save the other fights for later. josh, does that hold water? reporter: well, it certainly doesn t seem like it s going to hold water for a lot of lgbt rights groups who say this is the low hanging fruit. basically everyone suggests and supports that we should not put people to death, even if they don t support broader policies like same-sex marriage, protections for transgender people, workplace protections, so certainly the administration is getting a lot of criticism whether they re trying to do this as essentially the bare minimum. but we ve talked to some activists who say they re taking a good step, it s positive and
and there is some conflict here with the et trump administration as well. in his acceptance speech at the republican national convention, the president became the first president in a republican nominee to bring up gay rights. he said he s final with same-sex marriage, but on the other hand the administration has scaled back some workplace protections for gays and lesbians, as well as to enact the president as ban on trans-gender people serving openly in the military. and what about rick grennell and whether or not he could be the next nominee for the u.n. ambassador, and we now know that heather naugert has withdrawn hr nomination. there are others being considered as well, and we ll see who the president ultimately
stronger workplace protections. she takes claim and says but it s everybody s fault. that is the attitude. we saw with harvey weinstein. it s horrible. society has donated service to women here. no, you did. congresswoman, you did it. if republicans can find a way to message on it and say it s not our fault. we didn t do this. you did this, they can win. with scott talking about this, i had to check the year. is it 2016? you just replaced the name donald trump, make him the candidate. there is no way donald trump and every race, he s going to be the candidate. at 50 rating. shannon: let s bring bre. presidents historically do not do well in the first midterm after their election. i think honestly both parties are scrambling. we can see that by the fact there s been a lot of names floated. none of them are been really
a staffer who was abusive. the house ethics committee has been asked to investigate her handling of the situation. she says she will use her time months in office to to strengthen workplace protections. let s switch gears and bring in bill karins with another hopefully optimistic forecast. what was crazy about yesterday was that it snowed hard in the morning. and then it was warm by 5:00 p.m. it s april. that s exactly what bill said yesterday morning would happen. is that what he said? literally. but sometimes what bill says is not what happens. go ahead, bill. let s see if today we get it right. every day we wake up for another opportunity. so the thunderstorms this morning are in the ohio valley. tip equal spring storms today. very warm on the front side. severe weather threat on the back side. unfortunately cold and snow. it s already snowing from rapid city to sioux falls. in minneapolis, the snow is
with these lifetime appointments on judges who can change workplace protections, civil rights, this is going to be felt for generations to come and it s interesting if you look back at judges that other republican presidents appointed, their litmus test was usually something along the lines of a social issue, generally abortion. this administration through don mcgahn, the white house counsel, has made clear they re not so much interested in that as they are how committed are you to rolling back the administrative state? and mark leibovich, when i m in new york and talking to small business owners, mid-sized business owners, large corporate ceos it s what i hear time and again. yes, trump s crazy, yes, trump s this, yes i wouldn t want trump around my house, no i wouldn t want trump around my wife or daughter, he s a horrible human being. they ll go down the litany.