. >>> hollywood lending billy dee williams is opening up about his gender and how he identifies in a recent interview the

please welcome billy dee williams, anthony daniels, kelly marie tran, naomi ackie, and keri russell! applause ] >> jimmy: please, have a seat. look at this. well, i'm sorry, we're out of time, but it's -- billy dee williams is here, i mean, that's the best. [ cheers and applause ] jj, i mean, to have lando, then you really feel like, yeah, now i'm directing "star wars", right? >> you have no idea. >> i feel like i'm home. i spent so much time here throughout the years. >> jimmy: i know, you really have. i'll tell you, i consider you to be the coolest person in the world. [ cheers and applause ] so, i like -- >> i was thinking the same thing about you. >> jimmy: and i know that's what you like about me. >> next to jj. >> jimmy: was it fun to be lando again? did you wear the cape? >> absolutely. i've been lando for 40 years. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you live every day as lando. >> i never stopped being lando. >> jimmy: and by the way, as far as the cool contest goes, you are rivaled only by anthony, who has been in all nine of the movies. [ cheers and applause ] anthony, peopl

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>> who won the week for me is actor billy dee williams as coming out as gender fluid. so i found it to be very bold, and i think that a huge thing for him to do particularly at this age. a lot of people know him from "star wars" but i remember him from back in the day in "mow hogho "mowhogony" with diana ross. >> yes. and i knew him as being fine, fine, fine. >> yes, he was denzel washington of that age. >> that is right. >> and so he sort of exuded this masculinity and so for him to come out as gender fluid is a brave thing, and particularly given his age and what he stood for in the black community where he had this symbol. >> yes, and he is in the new "star wars" and he is back. okay. we love billy dee. >> those are excellent choices and there are only two of you, but mine involves the sound bitbite and let's play it still. >> and she is not running, but why does she have a job in the first place? this is someone who said that white supremacy is a hoax and why does fox allow him to be there. >> and the opinion is showing that obama may get into the race, and do you

harrison ford and billy dee williams posing together on the blue carpet.nt john boyega told us what he's taking in to watch the final film. oscar isaac saying -- >> good morning, america. ♪ >>> good morning, america. good morning to oscar, the talented actor and you know what, we appreciate you guys. thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. >> yeah. here's a countdown for you not to scare you. christmas is just eight days away. >> ooh. >> some of those gives you're about to get might not hit the mark so what do you do? we'll tell you how to regift the right and the wrong way. >> that is coming up. >>> news to get to including that major storm that's bringing snow and rain to the northeast. deadly tornadoes in the south. want to go back to alex perez in louisiana with the latest. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning again, george. this storm very quickly left a path of destruction. now, this was a school, i'm standing in what was a classroom but you can see it's been completely ripped to shreds. now, i want you to take a look around m

jar, billy dee williams, those names but my heart warm.will be seeing it right now. alix: for 2020, how are markets actually positioned? mark: i think people have pulled back, and i think our data shows hedge funds have pulled back leverage throughout the year, especially quant funds. trading these unique factors or different types of idiosyncratic behaviors, it's not there. it's been a beta market. it's been fed pivoting in march, acting in june, and really laying the hammer down with this most recent repo announcement, where they took helicopter ben's 2002 paper and brought it to the room. we will paper over year-end liquidity so you don't have to worry, but still structural issues happen. romaine: banks. why? mark: not just because i work for a bank. if you listen to our european analyst, he is saying that on the value proposition, u.s. versus europe, it got to such a level, and given where coupon and value interest lays given the growth environment, where do you have value? especially in banks. that is where the target is. romaine: tha

john boyega, daisy ridley, billy dee williams, there's oscar isaac, j.j. abrams. all looking good. cannot imagine and more so now on reflection because j.j. was so chill when we were doing it. now i look up and think, how did he do this? who else could have wrapped up nine films in one? >> nine films over 40 years of creativity. we're so grateful for this. george lucas such a genius. and here's a little "star wars" fun fact. there you see "hamilton" creator lin-manuel miranda. why, you ask? did you guys know he secretly created, composed a brand-new song for the movie? >> oh, wow. >> he never told a soul that he did it. a fan uncovered this seemingly hidden attribution at the end of the film and he tweeted, hey, nice credit at the end of "the rise of skywalker." miranda retweeted the post and said, now it can be told. j.j. abrams and i wrote a little music. it's got a nice beat and you can dance to it. can't wait to see it this weekend. we cannot wait either. "the rise of skywalker" finally soaring into theaters tomorrow, everyone. [ cheers and applause ] and a little bit of a plug