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My partner wrote "how to survive a plague" it tells the story of act up and how a group of activists worked with the cdc, protested and also went on the inside to fast track the approval of medications. what happened since then, as we know, here in the united states, almost everyone who is hiv positive has access of those drugs, but its under threat because of budget cuts, look across the world, millions of people dont have access to these medications, in the u.s., a disproportionate impact by r...

He recently had a cup of urine confiscated from his cell. he says he was going to throw it at a particular officer, but first he was going to make it an even more sinister concoction. >> i was planning on making a special remedy we used to do back in the old days called funky cold medina. its kind of like skunk juice. its made out of some really nasty parts, urine, feces, fee nut butter and sour milk. and we mix it together until its liquid. if you hit anybody with this, they aint coming, theyre...

>> ricardo gomes is also dealing with a reputation issue. he recently had a cup of urine confiscated from his cell. he says he was going to throw it at a particular officer, but first he was going to make it an even more sinister concoction. >> i was planning on making a special remedy we used to do back in the old days cold funky cold medina opinion its kind of like skunk juice. its made out of urine, feces, peanut butter and sour milk. you mix it together until its liquid. if you hit anybody w...

And everything is a problem for him. nothing -- he doesnt do anything wrong, we do everything wrong. and theres some major injustice. >> im going to advise you to remain silent. >> no such thing as freedom of speech in jail? what happened to my miranda rights, my amendment rights? >> when inmates continually act out the jail can secure them in a restraint chair for up to four hours. as deputies place gomes in the chair they fasten a mask around his face to prevent him from spitting. >> [ bleep ]...

Camera he stated wait until the [ bleep ] comes out of there. so he still continues to make threats and [ bleep ] act up and violate the rules of the department. >> lieutenant medeiros has a problem with me. >> you tell him. >> hes a [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> with gomes safely restrained, deputies conduct a search of his cell, checking for weapons or other contraband. it isnt long before they find cause for concern. >> we discovered inmate gomes tied multiple shoelaces around his shower head. hes ...

The demand for it because they are pervert, pettedo file, weirdos that are out there that want to view these images of children. do you support me in calling for legislation that tostop it? >> yes. and i will tell you why. because the federal government, for example, in 2007, 2008, got their act up to speed with modern technology. now its a federal crime to access internet web sites that have child pornography. the problem with the new york case is that this guy never downloaded anything that wa...

The demand for it because they are pervert, pettedo file, weirdos that are out there that want to view these images of children. do you support me in calling for legislation that tostop it? >> yes. and i will tell you why. because the federal government, for example, in 2007, 2008, got their act up to speed with modern technology. now its a federal crime to access internet web sites that have child pornography. the problem with the new york case is that this guy never downloaded anything that wa...

Families. martha: did you get the feeling that the judge had no control over this whole situation? >> no, i thought the judge did a great job, actually. i really did. i thought the judge tried his best despite repeated efforts by the detainees to act up, and their defense counsel to try to argue motions and things that were not appropriate for the arraignment. he repeatedly told them, today is not the day. but they kept trying. so i think he did every -- martha: it sounds like there is no contro...

>> reporter: today demonstration by the militant group, act up. it has increasing influence on aids policies. the weekly meetings of the new york chapter attract hundreds, and the loose organization counts 10,000 members nationwide, mostly young, mostly gay. >> lets do a big demonstration there and keep it there. >> reporter: the atmosphere at the meetings and groups headquarters characterized by enthusiasm and belidge rans toward established institutions. playwright larry kramer started act up ...

Has been successful in getting the food and drug administration to loosen the regulations on new drugs for aids. now the activists are trying to force scientists to work faster and to test new treatments. in the past scientists have strongly resisted such pressure. actup thinks the scientists can be made to listen. robert bazell, nbc news, bethesda. >> that was in may of 1990, that report. a few months earlier, in the fall of 1989, seven members of the same protest group had chained themselves t...