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We're misunderstood and, you know, people usually don't take us serious, because they see us as something other than human beings. >> the point that cece is making there, laverne, is such an important one. and is reproduced in our media, reproduced in our popular culture, over and over. and i wonder, as we think about cece's case, i keep thinking, had cece not been a trans woman, had been a african-american woman who was attacked in a racial attack, and then ended up going to jail as a result of defending herself, that the civil rights community around racial issues would likely have gotten in...

She left prison on monday. because waiting to greet cc was a group of friends and supporters, including laverne cox, who's working on a documentary about cece. and when we come back, both laverne and cece are with us live. which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. we are the thinkers. the job juggle...

Story is that night, on june 5th, 2011, she said, i will not disappear. i will not be a statistic. i will not be one of those trans folks who go down and whose lives are treated as if they don't matter. when i met cece for the first time, when i was shooting the documentary, "free cece" a few months ago and i interviewed her in prison, what i was so moved by and what i said to jack garris, our director, she said, this woman knows that she is loved. and so many trans women of color out there feel that we are not loved, we are not wanted we the lbgt community, by communities of color, by women's...

Also, thank you to earl jr., i hope you'll be here and i hope you will come back. everyone else will stick around a bit. coming up next, the latest on the chemical spill in virginia. and cc mcdonald will join us live for her first television interview since she left prison. more nerdland at the top of the hour. [ male announcer ] the new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new yo...

Like and should look like on a national level. >> and laverne, i so appreciate you laying those statistics there, because i think it also helps us to understand in that moment, and we can't readjudicate your case, obviously, cece, but it is important for people to understand, at the moment you are faced with that violence, you are faced with it with this rate of murder and death, so the reactions to experiencing it, it's not, you know, this is not a mean hashtag, right, coming at you. this is the reality -- >> i think it's really important to note, too, that deane schmidt, the person who died ...