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
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Jimmy thank you for coming. I love introducing you, tyler perry thank you. Jimmy thank you for coming back. Youre a stud man. Thank you. Thank you, man. That was that was funny. Jimmy that was fun to do. Youre going to get a tweet. Jimmy yeah. Youre going to get a tweet. Youre going to get a tweet. Jimmy im going to get a a tweet, i know it. Expect a tweet. Jimmy oh, yeah, thank you for doing that, man. I appreciate it. Are you kidding me . Jimmy every time you come on, youre always above and beyond. Youre just like youre just good at at working. I enjoy working with i enjoy working with you, man. That was a lot of fun. Jimmy really, i love it. Your donalds great. Jimmy your donalds really great. Its just yeah. Huge, huge, huge. Jimmy you know, whats weird, if you find out too, what im wearing the, whatever, costume im wearing, i forget that im wearing it and ill have normal conversations where i go, like, hey, can you blah, blah, blah . And im dressed as trump. [ light laughter ] well
Thank you, andy. It reminds me. I need work done. Lets welcome our guests. Michelle obama banned her in school. I am here with joanne nosuchunsky. He has a background in improve. The former aid to former senator chuck schumer, Christopher Hahn p he appeared on the mclaughlin group. He thinks we has the sharpest minds and talk. The editor of the national review, rich, lowry. And he is the smartest man in the world and he has the book to prove. It actor, comedian and author. Lets start the show. It is being called the big e meeting of 2016 by meetings magazine. Donald trump and paul ryan meeting together. The gop nominee and the House Speaker left rnc headquarters on thursday with a much more unified outlook. In a joint statement they urged republicans to, quote, unite around our shared principals and advance a conservative uh general agenda. Before they arrived it was a media circus. The journalists and the spectators thronged the streets. One observer said you would think a diety would
Thank you, andy. It reminds me. I need work done. Lets welcome our guests. Michelle obama banned her in school. I am here with joanne nosuchunsky. He has a background in improve. The former aid to former senator chuck schumer, Christopher Hahn p he appeared on the mclaughlin group. He thinks we has the sharpest minds and talk. The editor of the national review, rich, lowry. And he is the smartest man in the world and he has the book to prove. It actor, comedian and author. Lets start the show. It is being called the big e meeting of 2016 by meetings magazine. Donald trump and paul ryan meeting together. The gop nominee and the House Speaker left rnc headquarters on thursday with a much more unified outlook. In a joint statement they urged republicans to, quote, unite around our shared principals and advance a conservative uh general agenda. Before they arrived it was a media circus. The journalists and the spectators thronged the streets. One observer said you would think a diety would