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United states to be less vigilant around the world. the breakdown is the older you are as a cuban american the moreau posed to fidel castro you are. the younger people believe that in modern day, cuba will reach its full potential with an influx of capitalism and influx of american investment and influx of european investment. they want those who are poor and afflicted -- lets watch this right now. you have the cuban flag going up in washington d.c. for the first time in 54 years. it truly is a ...

Loved most. this is whats left. >> act up continues to perform acts of civil disobedience for the next few years. in the mid 1990s the group splits apart due to internal disagreements. in the end the coalition is considered ground breaking for the attention it brings to aids. >> what got the drug companies and the federal government to develop treatments that were extending lives and stopping the immediate carnage. >> by 1996 a drug cocktail was introduced that brings about dramatic improvements...

Comfortable and afflicting the afflicted. ian, good to have you here. lets go through the states and changes. >> sure thing. both of these its important to understand are very modest fixes. our thought isnt much of a thought at all. 22 states have explicit protections for lgbt people at the state level, both before and after the fix in most of both states, if youre gay, youre not protected from discrimination. in indiana theres some municipalities, indianapolis has a local order yans protecting ...

This pope is shaking things up in the whey that jesus would have done. what do you mean by that? >> well, one of the great definitions of a christian is someone who comforts the afflicted but also afflicts the comfortable. and thats what jesus does, particularly in his message to help the poor which is the gospel reading today. this is one of the things that the pope always points us to, living simply but going out to the help the poor. >> i want to ask you, as we move forward in the next few ye...

Revealing the extent the agency was spying on americans. as well as southwest international leaders and citizens. number two -- >> the pope resigns. the leader of the catholic church stepping down at the end of the month. >> pope benedict becomes the first head of the catholic church to resign in 600 years. the 86-year-old said it was because of poor health. >> the bell is ringing here in rome. the big ring. that means one thing, john allen. what does it mean? it means we have a pope. >> the c...

Was spying on americans as well as international leaders and citizens. number two -- >> the pope resigns. leader of the catholic church stepping down at the end of the month. >> pope benedict becomes the first head of the catholic church to resign in 600 years. the 86-year-old said, it was because of poor health. >> the bell is ringing here in rome. the big ring. that means one thing, what does it mean. >> we have a pope. >> the first pope elected from south america. >> curtains are open. cross ...

Rome. that means one thing, john allen. what does it mean? >> the first pope elected from south america. >> the curtains are open. the cross bearer is coming out. and there he is. >> dubbed the peoples pope, francis has laid out a vision of a more inclusive catholic church, focusing on compassion for the poor and afflicted. number one, the civil war in syria. more than two years of fighting, some 100,000 have been killed, more than 2 million are refugees. in august, a chemical weapons attack kil...

Its not just about personality. loin 4% of u.s. catholics say the popes positions are too conservative. 7% say they are too liberal. 87% saying they are about right. 87%. okay. personality is a big part it. who could forget the first. al selfie or rudolph the red nose pontiff. hes celebrating here with newlyweds that work at a charity that bring clowns to sick children. pope francis is not content to hand down blessing from the balcony. he comforts the afflicted with his hands not just words. yo...

The attention it brings to aids. >> we got the drug companies and the federal government to develop treatments that were extending lives and stopping the immediate carnage. >> by 1996, a drug cocktail is introduced that brings about dramatic improvements for many of the afflicted. >> those of us who had under 100 "t" cells and were really sick, our health started to rebound. >> eric sawyer is one of the longest-term survivors of hiv. he now works on international aids issues. >> i think actup wa...

To prevent mother to child transmission of hiv. this new effort which will be funded over the next 16 months will allow us to treat 1 million women annually and reduce mother to child transmission by 40%. >> bush furthered that initiative in 2002 state of the union address when he proposed pet far which committed $15 billion over five years to fight the disease in the nations most afflicted in africa and caribbean. president bush is so committed in africa that he and his wife are there now in za...