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Down. the s&p was off and the nasdaq was off 1 and two tenths. the sweet 16 tough enough. california state law made have made things more complicated for the ucla mens basketball team. correspondent william la jeunesse reports tonight on how the big game will go on in spite of the law. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: when the ucla mens basketball team shows up in tennessee for tonights sweet 16 matchup, it may be breaking the law. >> i think the ban probably does apply to the university of california. as i...

And its all about having an inclusive community. >> this guy was defending hall wean. >> he was defending being offen offensive to a community of people that are being marginalized. >> he was saying if you want to go as tatianya, you should be allowed to. >> he was acknowledging that someone who shows up in black face, its okay. its a joke. >> and you think that should be banned. and what if a guy wants to be dressed like a girl. shoult he be banned? >> listen. there are the stereotypes. theres ...

Hurt by an inconsistent approach. and the boy scouts of america moved to accept gay troop leaders saying in a statement, quote, this resolution will allow charter organizations to select adult leaders without regard to sexualor jen orientation. the lbgt community faces the most harassment as kids and teamers. a survey last year found that 70% of lbgt students were harassed, while 55% of students said they were harassed because of gender expression. still, there is no federal law that explicitly ...

The lbgt community faces the most harassment as kids and teamers. a survey last year found that 70% of lbgt students were harassed, while 55% of students said they were harassed because of gender expression. there is no law that prohibits the bullying of kids based on real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. senator al franken is trying to do something to change that. joining me now is senator al franken. great to have you here. i dont think anyone would look at the situation tha...

Moved to accept gay troop leaders, saying this will allow charter organizations to celebrity troop leaders without regard to sexual orientation. the lbgt community faces the most harassment as kids and teamers. a survey last year found that 70% of lbgt students were harassed, while 55% of students said they were harassed because of gender expression. there is no law that prohibits the bullying of kids based on real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. senator al franken is trying ...

>> back of the book segment tonight. watters world. you may remember a couple of years ago brown university in rhode island used student activity fees to partially fund a sex exposition. jesse watters went up there to ask about it and was not greeted with enthusiasm. when we heard that brown was sponsoring a clothing optional week. we asked watters to man up and go back to brown. >> so what is the meaning of nudity week? >> space for people to express themselves. gender expression. gender perfor...

>> yes. >> thats the message we need to get across. im really glad that you brought that up about your familiar hi member. its the kind of thing that my mother worries about. this is what were worried about. we walk down the street being perceived as a person who is different as a person who appears to be not clear whether youre male or female, as though you need to be some sort of gender expression to begin with. if youre not that, its okay for me to not only discriminate but to be violent towa...

the president will lay out a speech to the nation, and democratic sources are telling us that it calls for $300 billion in tax break, incentives and other spending offset by an equal amount of budget cuts. this is being described as a major make-or-break moment for the president. we will discuss it along with mitt romneys competing plan that he unveiled today, but first on the phone, chief white house correspondent jessica yellin with the details. jessica, this $300 billion figure, and...

Combat bullying, they brought in gender spectrum, an activist group whose mission is to create more gender sensitive environments for kids. >> true or false, animals have only two genders. >> these fourth graders were told in nature, things arent always what they seem. some dolphins have both boy and girl parts and clown fish can switch genders. gender spectrum says that diversity applies to people, too. >> people can be girls. feel like girls. they can feel like boys. they can feel like both an...

Combat bullying, they brought in gender spectrum, an activist group whose mission is to create more gender sensitive environments for kids. >> true or false, animals have only two genders. >> these fourth graders were told in nature, things arent always what they seem. some dolphins have both boy and girl parts and clown fish can switch genders. gender spectrum says that diversity applies to people, too. >> people can be girls. feel like girls. they can feel like boys. they can feel like both an...