VICE News Tonight

Episode 299 - Chimp Haven & Denying LGBT Parades (2018x37)

Air date: Feb 26, 2018

3:30 Lauren Atkins, an Oklahoma high-school student, is lobbying for Lauren's Law. The bill would require teachers and administrators to take a training program on consent that would help them educate students on the issue. VICE News follows Lauren as she tries to make a case for the bill in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. 10:10 What moves Congress is making on gun laws. 13:02 Last week in a 4-3 vote, the alderman of Starkville, Mississippi, voted to deny a permit for what would have been the city’s first LGBT pride parade. 17:41 On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear United States v. Microsoft, a case that will decide whether a domestic search warrant can compel American companies to turn over data stored in servers outside the United States to law enforcement authorities. 20:41 The federal government pays 75 percent of the cost to house the chimps at Chimp Haven, the nonprofit that serves as the official sanctuary for NIH chimps.