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In a speech my playright larry kramer. the medical journals were writing about something that would later be called aids, killing people in every-increasing numbers as early as 1981, by the time 1987, when act up was founded, 37,000 had been diagnosed and 20,000 americans had died. and the president of the united states ronald reagan had never said the word aids in public. 20,000 dead americans, all in his time in office, before he ever said a word about it. this week to mark the 25th anniversar...

Trading stopped. the group that did all of this was act up, the aids coalition to release power. it was founded 25 years ago this week. by playwright larry kramer. the medical journals were writing about something that would later be called aids, killing people in every-increasing numbers as early as 1981, by the time 1987, when act up was thousands, 37,000 had been diagnosed and 20,000 americans had died, and the president of the united states, ronald reagan, had never said the word aids in pub...

Sometimes the group attacks individuals. act up proclaimed former new york city health commissioner steven joseph was more dangerous than the aids virus. >> well, i think their goals are the right ones and the tactics are very much the wrong ones. its the brown shirt, stormtrooper, unwillingness to see any other point of view and a willingness to condemn any other point of view as an evil one. >> i am so sick of hearing about our tactics offending people. the vietnam war was not ended by people ...

Many catholics were angered by this demonstration at st. patricks cathedral in new york. to criticize the churchs opposition to homosexuality and communism. sometimes the group attacks individuals. act up proclaimed former new york city health commissioner steven joseph was more dangerous than the aids virus. >> their goals are the right ones and the tactics very much the wrong ones. brown shirt, stormtrooper, unwillingness to see any other point of view and a willingness to condemn any other po...

Were something special and they are, in a sense, but these events are taking place at a lower level, all the time. there are passengers who become outraged. flight attendants would become out raged at the passengers. ticket agents who act up. this is happening all the time as though there were a magnetic field in the airport that attacks lute -- lunatics. >>neil: they have a lot of pressure, and the flight attendants the same thing but it seems everyone is snapping at the same time. >>guest: wel...

Iran and bombs after running up the aisle of the plane after being locked out of the cockpit by the copilot. he is being called a hero for taking control of the situation. we have audio of the control tower exchange. >> runway 22 clear landing. >> clear land jetblue emergency, medical emergency. we need authorities to meet us. >> reporter: calm and cool after they tackled the captain to the ground and was restrained with belts. he was taken to a stretcher and taken off the plane. bill: the passe...

Problem with relapsing when it comes to pornography. >> 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 called funky cold medina, skunk juice, urine, feces, peanut butter and sour milk and you mix it together until its liquid. if you hit anybody with this, they ai...

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 ]. [ laughter ] >> 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 done this in the past to pull and activate sprinkler heads and attempted to har...

Yall want to act up, huh? >> working in ad seg sergeant banks has to deal with many problematic inmates. >> i asked her not to put me in my cell! nobody is gonna [ bleep ] over my head! >> when i deal with jamie bell, i deal with his issues only. bobby gilbert, i dont have any problems with. i just know of problems that other people have. >> is there any inmate in here to give you problems? >> yes. >> who? >> i would say terrance mosley. >> come look at this. come look at [ bleep ]. come look at...

I aint with it. move me out of this county, map. somebody going to be hurting, somebody going to end up dead, man. >> were working on it. >> antoine is lobbying to be moved to another jail outside cook county where he wont be a high-profile target and hell have more freedom. since the latest attempt on his life, hes been confined to a super max tier. >> hes housed alone. hes out in the day room alone. he showers alone. he goes to court under special escort. any movement he has is going to be han...