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Partners so we aren't overly reliant on uganda for the actions in somalia or the actions against coney. we need to be able to have our actions stand up to our rhetoric. we also need to make it clear through a travel warning for those considering traveling to you fwuganda and for those who o leave uganda that it's become an oppressive environment for the lgbt community. it's important for us to put on the table the possibility of sanctions or visa denials for those who incite violence against the lgbt community in uganda. we have a range of things we can do and we need to make sure that our rhe...

Readers. you know, men have empathy for violence against women. it involves their family members and their community members and it's time to include men in this conversation as well and it's a great chance at buzzfeed to do that. >> we only have a little bit of time here. one thing that some activists on these issues here is that western media and westerners don't understand the cultures in places like africa or india where this might be a problem. can you give a quick answer on how this will be covered and respecting local customs as well. >> she has a lot of experience reporting out of afri...

Still with me,, joining me now is miriam elder. how seriously do we take the russian proposal? does vladimir putin have the diplomatic way out, or is this a way of jerking around the americans, of delaying cover for assad? putin earlier today said that in order to get any chemical weapons agreement, the u.s. must renounce strikes. this will only mean anything if they tell us they are giving up their plan to use force against syria. can't really ask any other country to disarm all military action is being contemplated. what do you think his plan is here? >> i think that the ultimate

Control. >> so miriam, ed just mentioned russia. and that's a huge factor. we talk about how russia is blocking -- stands as this obstacle to the security council taking action. we just laid out the scenario. this attack does not force assad to rethink anything and there are more chemical attacks. is there a point where russia reconsiders its posture on syria? >> where it drops its support for assad you mean? >> sort of acknowledges the same chemical evidence the administration is now sort of promoting. >> i find that very unlikely. russia's position in the world in general is just to kind of ...

Miriam elder. president obama has talked about race plenty in his political career. but is he talking about it differently now that he'll never have to face the voters again? that's next. we can pick her up. yeah, we can make room. yeah. [ male announcer ] ...office space. yes, we're loving this communal seating. it's great. [ male announcer ] the best thing to share? a data plan. at&t mobile share for business. one bucket of data for everyone on the plan, unlimited talk and text on smart phones. now, everyone's in the spirit of sharing. hey, can i borrow your boat this weekend? no. [ male a...