welcome to the whole store. i m anderson cooper for drag is an or form that s been around for centuries, including shakespeare s times. women weren t allowed back then to appear on stage. so man dressed up to play the roles of female characters drag performances have evolved a lot over the decades, exploding in mainstream popularity in recent years with tv hits like rupaul s drag race. but now it s also become a political target. get republican lawmakers and six states have passed laws aimed at restricting drag performances and places where children are present. the laws have been amended, blocked, are currently being challenged in federal courts. over the next hour, cnn s randy k digs into the colorful history of drag it takes a look at how and why its come under attack this is how it begins yes, it is always starts with the foundation conceal her and foundation. right? well concealed. he just got some foundation. not yet, but give me a few years. probably we re going to
free. start watching tv for free with tableau switching to tableau has really this is cnn breaking news this sunday on fredricka whitfield and we begin with breaking news in the middle east, just moments ago, a possible disruption and israel strategy in gaza, leading minister in israel s war cabinet, benny gantz announces that he is leaving his position we live the government the emergency government which heavy are complete you not we stand together for the campaign for israel, for generations. so in order to get real victory or chubby so far, we are going to go elections scale. and at the end of it, we ll have government that will have the confidence of people gantz s the chief opposition leader to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he joined israel s emergency war cabinet and the days after the october 7 attacks. but gantz had been a frequent critic of the prime minister repeatedly calling on netanyahu to agree to cease fire terms to bring hostages home. gantz s
while, they re just became thousands upon thousands of people who would attend. there were prizes given for the best costumes. i think it was considered social suicide. if you didn t go tonight, how did drag shows become such a target for the political right? cnn s randy k reports on a new, the whole story with anderson cooper tonight at eight right here on cnn hello, again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m for greek a whitfield and we start with breaking news there s out of the middle east a short time ago, benny gantz, a key minister of the israeli war cabinet, announced that he is quitting the emergency government we live the government the emergency government which heavy are complete we stand together for the campaign for israel, for generations. so in order to get real victory so far, we are going to go elections and at the end of it, we ll have government that will have the confidence of people ganim is resignation marks a pivotal moment in israel
White house. Good morning, al. This morning First Response from the white house to north Koreas Nuclear test overnight. Of course it comes in the form of president ial tweets. The president writing, quote, north korea has conduct add Major Nuclear test. Their words and actions continue to be hostile and dangerous to the United States. North korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to china, this is trying to help but with little success. A couple of thoughts off the bat just reading these tweets. First, the first confirmation of any kind from the United States government that this was, in fact, a nuclear test of the north koreans. Thats important, they have misrepresented their accomplishments along the way. Second you hear the president say its hostile and dangerous to the United States specifically. Not just to allies and friends in the region. Having a specific threat in the
United States and viewing the action through that prism could decide how to