the newshour's julia griffin explains. >> reporter: at the adams morgan community center in washingtonents and their tiny tots sat patiently, riveted by a story book, and its reader. >> "'wake up, bear,' said mole, 'spring is here'." >> reporter: this is drag queen story hour. it's your assic children's reading program, with a twlit: the day's terary leader is a erger-than-life drag queen. >> everybody wave h other, make a friend next to you, okay? >> reporter: author michelle tea first created drag query hour in san francisco in 2 i5. its goal, pire a love of reading while teaching deeper lessons diversity, self-love and an appreciation of others. >> "everyone is dierent and everyone is not bad, said scooter, who is a turt. different is special." >> reporter: today, readings take place alibraries, museums and other cultural centers in more tha30 cities across the country. some are small affairs, but many, like the one in fuwashington, d.c., play t houses. >> i just love drag queens in general. it's a great opptunity to combine having a little one and enjoying the performance of drag.

next week, we do it all over again with melissa mccarthy, kathy griffin, julia louis-dreyfus, milo ventimigliaael pena, new los angeles laker anthony davis, chef steve martorano and alison brie, with music from mac demarco, of monsters and men, bj the chicago kid and the head and the heart. so please join us for that. >> jimmy: our first guest is an unlikely hero to people many years younger than he, a leading candidate for the democratic nomination and he's doing it all without a super pac or a comb. please welcome the senator from vermont, bernie sanders. [cheers and applause] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: thank you for coming. >> my pleasure. [ crowd chanting "bernie" ] >> jimmy: they still love you. were you worried at all that the enthusiasm would not be there the second teime around? >> no. >> jimmy: did you watch the mueller testimony yesterday? >> i was in a plane. so i didn't watch it. >> jimmy: you know what happened. and it probably happened as you expected. i wonder if you looked at any of that and wished that you had been there in that spot, because you really, i feel like you

griffin will join us. new l.a. laker anthony davis and hannah "the bachelorette" will answer questions of great importance to this country. and later this week, juliave martorano, alison brie. plus music from of monsters and men and the head and the heart. so please join us for all of that, thank you. our first guest tonight is a two-time emmy winner, two-time oscar nominee, and one of the funniest people anywhere. next, she steps into new york city in the '70s in the new gangster movie "the kitchen." it opens in theaters august 9th. please welcome melissa mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ good to see you. thanks for coming. >> well, thanks for having me. >> jimmy: are you worried about the squirrel at all? is this anything that concerns you? >> i'll tell you, i really am. because my dad traps squirrels in his yard and now he's got a buddy. he just keeps calling them buddy. oh, my god. they trap squirrels, put them in their car, take to a park and release them. and i'm like, that's a bad [ bleep ] old man thing to do. and he's like no, no, no, it's not. they're ripping up my roof, they're ripping up my roof line. i'm like at 40, 50, 60, maybe eve