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
Central florida. Summer first alert chief meteorologist Tony Mainolfi joins us now in the outdoor weather center. Tony, how much more rain are we going to get . Tony we could see a half inch of rain. Behind me, we have one round of heavy rain. Look near the tampa coastline, there is another wave of significant rainfall. This first wave will get out of here in the next 45 minutes. This will hit back end of a commute. Up and down i4, it is slow driving. There is some moderate and heavy rain pushing to i95, central and northern Brevard County. Even the turnpike is getting hit with rain. So far, the bulk of the rain has been in kissimmee. Readings in areawide are running upper 50 if anyone well here funder, it is going to be an southern Brevard County and Osceola County. The latest rainfall totals andy drier and warmer weather along the way, next. The risk really at this point exist only in pregnant women, but it is a very, very severe risk in pregnant women. Summer today, the World Health
Things that have never happened on the stage of large protests like this. The most extraordinary and illuminating thing on that stage today was the simple rule that no adults were allowed to speak. There were no politicians on that stage, although many politicians requested speaking slots today. They were all turned down. The oldest speakers were high school seniors. The youngest was 9yearold yolanda rene king, the granddaughter of Martin Luther king jr. We saw things weve never seen from speakers on stage like this. Emma gonzales bravely and fiercely held the stage in the middle of her speech for six minutes and 20 seconds off silence in which she forced the odd kraudience to expeerience t passage off the exact amount of time a shooter used to kill 17 people in her high school. And we saw fuentes turn away from the it podium and throw up. She bent over and vomited repeatedly and then she, who survived multiple gun shots in the mass shooting at her school, pulled herself back up to the
And what happens after demonstrators flood the streets in many other cities you can see here around the country today, san francisco, dallas, boston, atlanta, miami and l. A. , just some of the places where crowds were even larger than expected. In washington this was of course led not by an interest group, not by a long planned political process, but led by people who became activists because they were survivors, students from parkland, from the massacre that left 17 murdered and is now spreading around the country. I would like to not worry about dying and focus on math and science and playing basketball with my friends. [ cheers ]. Dont i deserve to grow up . For far too long, these names, these black girls and women have been just numbers. Im here to say never again for those girls, too. Its time for the nation to realize gun violence is more than a chicago problem or parkland problem, its an american problem. I have lived in south l. A. My entire life and have lost many loved ones
Eleven candidates, mostly incumbents, won legislative races Friday as they did not draw opponents before a qualifying deadline, while the Florida Democratic Party hit a goal of having candidates vie for every seat up for election.