Each week american artifacts takes viewers into Historic Sites across the country. We visit the newseum in washington, d. C. To visit the 1969 stonewall riots and how they served as a catalyst for the modern lgbtq Rights Movement. Welcome to the museum. Im patty rule the Vice President of exhibits and content here and we are here at the prolog, stonewall, rise up and stonewall was an event in 1969 and uprising at a gay bar in new york city that propelled forward that modern day lgbtq Rights Movement and this is how we tell the story that the americans used their First Amendment freedoms and the freedom of speech, the press, to advocate for change and to change society. Now well walk around the corner in this prologged area and look at some artifacts of two of the earliest lgbtq rights that rose up in the 1950s and 60s. Gay americans lived in fear and secrecy, gay people could be arrested for showing affection in public and police parks to reeft gay people who are seeking aing nations.
Then very swiftly, alex will be here to start moderated discussion. First of all, welcome to the middle east institute. Thank you ever so much for joining us for this extremely important event. As someone who has worked on syria and particularly on idlib nonstop for the last nine years, i can safely say that events like this couldnt come at a more important time. Im also not aware of any other events like this one happening in washington these days, so im extremely glad its taken place. The american crisis that is developed in northwestern syria in recent months is entirely unprecedented. Not just after nine years of war in syria, but in this whole worlds modern history. And yet despite the sheer enormity of the crisis, the world has really get to do more than issue public statements of concern. Im going to keep my opening remarks pretty brief because if i get carried away, i will end up saying everything i i plan to say on the panel. But one thing i do want to sit say from the outset
Well have the latest on this big storm bearing down just a week before the election. Folks, we have our october surprise. Its name is sandy. Good morning from cincinnati. 11 days till election day, friday, october 26th, 2012. This is the daily rundown. Im chuck todd and im still living on the air in cincinnati. So lets get right to my first read. President obama wrapped up a 48hour, 8state battleground blitz in cleveland late last night and with a hoarse voice went after a message hes been dealing all week long. Romneys trustworthiness. Trust matters. You know what, ohio, after all these years, you now know me. You know that i mean what i say. And almost the exactly same moment 150 mys west mitt romney took the starj in one of the great names in battleground politics, defiance, ohio, and he borrowed a page from the president s 2008 page book calling himself the president of change. This is a time when america faces big challenges. We have a big election and we want a president who will
just it broke me. reporter: democratic senators maria cantwell and timmy baldwin sent a letter friday to the head of the coast guard that called the information, quote, disturbing and demanded answers. they committed to pursuing full accountability for perpetrators and investing in meaningful support for survivors. after cnn s report was first published on friday morning, the coast guard sent us a statement apologizing about the mistakes made in the fouled anchor investigation, saying that, quote, the coast guard fully recognizes that by not having taken appropriate action at the time of the sexual assaults the coast guard may have further traumatized the victims. delayed access to their care and recovery and prevented some cases from being referred to the military justice system for appropriate accountability. the coast guard owns this failure and apologizes to each of the victims and their loved ones, and our colleagues here on the investigative team including melanie hicken, bla
d.c. suburbs. loudon county, home of manassas and prince william. go back to 2000. george allen was elected. when president obama ran in 2008 he won those three by more than 140,000 votes combined. if allen craig can repeat his victories in loudon and prince william and hold down caine, he ll have the edge and tommy thompson and timmy baldwin in a tight race. a state president obama won by double digits in 2008. but when republican and tea party favorite ron johnson ran for senate two years later we saw huge changes in the electorate. take a look at two of the giggest counties, brown and