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
Up a 1 billiondollar deficit over the next handful of years i think we do better job having us here in the city of philadelphia then commonwealth taking responsibility. There is money there. Reporter mayor kenney this month announced plan that would bring about demise of the School Reform commission, and nine people would be appointed by him following a recommendation and approval process. A particular sore spot with the src has been the lack of transparency. We asked questions about how is the money spent . We never got that information. So that is why im glad, the s rc is being dissolved and that the marries taking over the Philadelphia School difficulties trick. Reporter so, once again all this will come to a vote at some point this evening and their agenda is very lengthy. In fact they are going point by point through how they legally accomplish this, and then they are going to hear from more than 50 speakers, members of the public, teachers and, of course, a lot of these people ar
It in an open and honest way and be transparent about it. Comey also said the bureau is trying to determine if mateen had recently scouted disney world in orlando as a possible target. The pulse is one of the largest lgbt clubs in orlando and mateens father has suggested that his son got angry a few months ago when he saw two men kissing in miami. Of course radical islamic groups like isis have histories of targeting gays including throwing them off buildings. Lets begin our coverage now with action News Reporters as we begin with action News Reporter chad pradelli who has the latest information in orlando. Reporter the moments of silence and the solemn faces said it all. This is a city and country in mourning. Finding comfort isnt easy especially when a friend is among the dead. Just amazing beautiful people. They didnt deserve to go the way they the. Its sadness, its anger, its pretty much everything you could possibly think of. Theres not one certain emotion that you feel. Reporter
Boulevard. Ill touch base on that coming up in just a moment. Thankfully the weather is quieting down for a time. Yes, the s word is in this forecast, snow on the horizon for us, eventually we have to take the dose of winter as it comes. But, for now, yes, cooler day by comparison to yesterday, heck of a lot quieter. Take you back out to the wide zoom on storm scan3, actually the same system trying to retreat. You can see how it is cleared out at the local zoo. Very quickly we check on the winds speeds. That will continue to be running theme from yesterday. The wind, notice, though, it is starting to turn more westerly. Yesterday it was much more southerly after winds flow. Now, as it turns more westerly, eventually northwesterly, chill will settle in, then comes along the next system tomorrow. Heres where we stand temperature wise, if you recall, this same time yesterday, many of you were still sitting in the 50s, well, that is definitely a nice distant memory at this point, 45 at the
Dillworth park in center city as we prepare to celebrate the villanova wildcats and that championship win. Good evening, im jessica dean. And im ukee washington. After a stormy afternoon and evening villanova fans hoping the weather cooperates for tomorrows parade of champions. Lets get right to meteorologist kate bilo. Kate, a lot of people wondering will they need the rain gear tomorrow. We definitely needed it today guys. Just want to recap some of our storm reports we had before we get to your parade forecast. Scoreboard was blown over at a school easton east strouds burd had trees uprooted, trees down in atglon and quarter inch hail in follow so many. We had heavy rains, gusty winds and the showers remain out that right now. Were still tracking a few scattered showers here on storm scan3. You can see one next batch of just light showers, nothing strong or severe with this moving into the philadelphia area as we speak. The good news is that even though weve got more rain and snow s