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Along cuba�*s isle of youth. winds have reached 80 miles per hour. the us national hurricane centre says ida is likely to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane when it makes landfall in louisiana. the mayor of new orleans has called for residents to evacuate unprotected neighbourhoods. we�*rejoined from baton rouge by professor barry keim who is louisiana state climatologist at louisiana state university. thank you for being with us. tell us more about hurricane ida and what we know abou...

Winter? >> its a great point, and ill be honest, we were all kind of thinking that the summer would be a more quiet period, as you recall, and that it would be the fall and winter. the delta variant has really thrown a kink into that. so we are going to see in the next several weeks, especially in states that you mentioned like florida, where we dont have proper surveillance, were going to see them get to the same critical point that they were this past winter and it has to do with the simple ma...

On. >> the house could take up the bill to create the select committee next week. well discuss who could be on that panel with texas congressman shelia jackson lee in just a moment. but first, lets begin with the latest on that infrastructure deal with nbcs heidi przybyla. heidi, what is your sense of where the deal is right now. it sounds like we just had this thing announced and now its in trouble that i guess was perhaps foreseeable, that something might come up one way or another. >> its a p...

With making change? also, the debate over kink at pride. some say these events need to be more family-friendly, others say pride has to welcome absolutely everyone. the chairman of san franciscos leathermens discussion group joins us live. and lgbtq history goes back a lot further than you might think. our producer brings us the latest research on people like alexander the great and william shakespeare. from nbc news in washington, im joshua johnson, welcome to "the week." . this week brough...

Of this debate? about keeping pride palatable, respectable to a mainstream public, even as it tries to welcome all kinds of people, before we go. >> well, i think, kink at pride is really important. it represents a part of our community. kink, it goes deeper than just a sexual identity. its actually identity. and it goes really, really well with the idea of a pride parade. i think its very, very important to have kink represented. we are here in this community, we belong, and theyre so welcome. ...

Needed three more votes. but there he is, giving this speech in ohio in front of a huge crowd. jim jordan he brought up on stage. jim jordan said, im only here to say one sentence, i want trump in 2024. thats where the mind-set of the party is right now, whether folks like it or not. >> margaret, ill spare you from having to say anything about donald trump on stage, because i have that much respect for you. im just going to let that go and well move on to more fun things in our next segment. so ...

Really a broad and diverse subset of the leather and kink community, that i may not interact with everyone in the leather and kink community, that maybe is not in my interest, but we acknowledge each other and support each other and we understand our plight for more visibility, for acceptability. so people may think like, oh, this is all about sex, but really, its not. this is my identity, this is who i am, this is who i identify as when i get up in the morning. >> im going to lay some cards on ...

Education across the board and like to, like, inform people who may not be into kink, but at least can have a broader perspective of like what it is that were about. >> where do you think this divide comes to today. there was a piece in rolling stone that referred to puriteens. im not sure this is generational. i think this has been here since the community coalesced in the last few decade, but where do you see this debate coming from? >> i think that the right has a way oaf infiltrating our sub...

It is a long-standing debate within the lgbtq community. who should attend pride festivities and how they should present themselves. its part of an ongoing struggle over sexual identity and mainstream acceptance. some argue that attendees should leave their leather and kink and fetish gear at home. kinksters were among the very first activists in the early days of this movement and among the first aids activists, as well. those who prefer a more mainstream look say its a matter of consent, teleg...

If youre sboorkts sooner -- into it, sooner or later youre going to explore and its important that you know what youre doing, so you dont get hurt and you dont hurt somebody else. >> absolutely. and the leathermans discussion group is an organization in our 25th anniversary, who seeks to educate and to mentor anybody, whether youre young or old, new or part of the scene for many years. so our vision was just really to educate on a broad spectrum of topics, whether its depression and suicide, whe...