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He talked about this country being at the cross roads of peril and progress. the first one he spoke about yesterday as well that's corruption. this is one of the most corrupt countries in africa. that's saying something. he said it's been standing in the way of further economic progress in a country that has a fast-growing economy but where the poorest are still really struggling. for the first time he spoke very forcefully about stopping the practice of treating women and girls as second-class citizens. he said you can't eliminate 50% of your population and expect to move forward. he also tal...

Treating women and girls as second-class citizens. those are bad traditions. they need to change. >> yeah, i mean, he said that certain things like genital mutilation, and forced marriages of children, he covered all bases, saying he has no place in civilized society, no place in the 21st century. and he talked about the need for inclusiveness in general, in the government here. saying that when things are based on politics, tribalism, or where you stand racially, that's just a policy that's going to drag society down. and he went back to saying that, you know, we're a tribe of humanity. that ...

What are you expecting for today? >> reporter: hi steve. you are correct. we are standing along the parade route this sunday morning, where in just a few hours, millions of people will be gathering to celebrate lgb it t equality. and there is definitely a lot to celebrate this year. the parade first began 45 years ago in 1970 to commemorate the stone wall riots which happened the year before. that was an event that effectively launched the modern gay rights movement. on this day, june 28th gay patrons at the stone wall inn, fought back against a fairly common police raid and said you can't tre...

Clashes between demonstrators and police. it has moved or is now in tel aviv's central robbins square and this is where this has become violent, where we have seen cars with windows smashed, police trying to disperse the crowd using a number of different means. they have officers on horses in there, they are also using dispersal water and we are even hearing reports that officers have fired tear gas into the crowd to try to get them to disperse. as of the last update wasn't that long ago, probably 20 minutes, police are still dealing with hundreds of protesters. now, this all started about a w...

Foundation and hillary wants to be a champion of women, and the abysmal rights records in countries like saudi arabia in their case $10 million to $25 million, women can't drive and we'll get into this in the next segment and how women are treated like second-class citizens. chelsea clinton was recently asked about it and listen to her answer. >> a lot of people questioned why did the foundation take money from saudi arabia when they didn't treat women, you know as well as perhaps they could. and there's questions even this morning in "the new york times" about money coming from ukraine. there...