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41 people were killed, many of them children. they blamed the blaze on an electrical fault in the air—conditioning system. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. according to research in the us and the uk, roughly one in 100 people is transgender. but the fact that the debate about transgender rights has become a political and even health care battleground isn't driven so much by the numbers, but more by conflicting ideologies. my guest today has a prominent voice in that debate. shon faye is trans, a writer and a former lawyer....

took nearly three decades but most significant gun legislation in that time, closer to law as it awaits president biden's signature. let's go "outfront." and good evening, i'm erin burnett, "outfront" tonight, protests nationwide tonight as the supreme court overturns roe v wade, looking at like pictures from chicago, boston, atlanta and the steps of the supreme court. at least 70 protests in the united states planned tonight as crowds have been growing through the day. some are celebrating, but the vast majority we see tonight are protesting the 5-4 supreme court ruling. >> we refus...

to vice president pence, mark short, greg jacob, they were both asked during their grand jury testimony about the fake elector scheme and the roles of trump lawyers rudy giuliani and john eastman. this morning in additions, "the new york times" and "washington post" are reporting justice department investigators back in april received phone records from key officials and aides in the trump administration including chief of staff mark meadows. all of this as the attorney general himself, merrick garland, is speaking out in a new interview responding to criticism that the justice depar...

justice clarence thomas where he writes, quote, in future cases, we should reconsider all of this court's substantive due process precedents, including griswold, lawrence, and obergefell. he is talking about reconsidering decisions on gay rights and the right to contraception. joining me now inside the growing protests, nbc's julia ainsley. josh letterman is at the white house where the president just spoke and barbara mcquaid former u.s. attorney and msnbc analyst. julia, i've watched the crowd grow bigger by the minute. what is it like there and what is the mood? what are people te...

and a former lawyer. is all this attention on issues of sex, gender and identity making it easier to be trans, or not? shon faye, welcome to hardtalk. pleasure to be here, thank you for having me. it's great to have you here. i also have a copy of your book, the transgender issue, which you wrote. published last year. it's described on the cover as a landmark bestseller. it has done well. and in the intervening months since you published it, the transgender story, as we put it, the issues around transgender rights has consistently been prominent in the political debate. would it be r...