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Why is this resonateing so powerfully? >> i think a lot of people live in families. we know our country. everything is divide, polarized. we have republicans fighting against food stampt, democrats fighting to help people struggling with the cost of higher education. we have a polarized society. so to see a family. my father and i fight like that all the time. >> that is how we talk. we bicker, banter, disagree. we love each other. we can find common ground. we can see we can get along feemp we disagree. we need much more of that. it is important to fight for your values. clearly, in the added...

♪ ♪ imagine there's no heaven ♪ it's easy if you try >> their headline for your uncle was harvey milk expands lbgt equality globally, which is exactly the fight you have been in, that you've chosen. as we know, lance black's brilliant movie about harvey milk brought him to an entirely new generation who may not have had such an awareness. what is it like for you now post movie when you talk about harvey? >> oh, it's been a great educational instrument because we find people all across the world, in particular in cultures and societies where we have tremendous diminishment of not

Accountable, charged with this offense. before gadhafi was taken out, my understanding is the nation of qatar shipped in 18 shipments, 20,000 tons of weapons, machine guns, rpgs into the region to help different groups overthrow omar gadhafi. the united states give a wink and a nod to this and i'd like a written answer to that, mr. chairman. >> thank you. we'll go now to mr. sicilini from rhode island. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you madam secretary for your extraordinary service to our country. that has earned you the deep respect and admiration of people all over the world and has enha...

To be helpful. nothing good is going to come out of it. and i think he also realized the power of taking the case to the american people. you know, this speech was boldly progressive. it outlined a progressive vision for the country. when you think of the individual elements eluding to immigration reform, voting rights. lbgt equality. all of these things individually are not only progressive, they're also extremely popular and quite mainstream now. >> and steve, it's what he was able to galvanize his vote around last year. when you look at gender equality and the vote he got with women. when y...

Allies in the fight for lbgt equality come from unexpected places. my next guest is a young man whose staunch religious upbringing left him homophobic until he says a female friend changed everything. >> she broke down one night outside of care yoke and told me in tears she had just come out to her family and been brutally disowned. she had been ex-communicated from her entire life and two words changed it all. two simple words. i'm gay. >> you know, after that he questioned his own faith and his dogma saying he needed to learn empathy so decided to pose as a gay man for one year. he then went...