on a night dedicated to sir john riverdale, i'm going to perform a song i wrote for a very special girlome zoya akhtar! ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] hello! welcome! ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> wow. wow. >> kal: it's a lot of woo-ing. >> yeah. >> kal: and i know why. you are one of the top five, if not the top director coming out of india right now, which is no small feat, given how much incredible talent there is between bollywood and streaming platforms, and independent cinema. a resume as diverse as yours, i'm curious what drew you to an adaptation of a comic like "the archies." >> netflix offered it to me. [laughter] >> kal: good reason. pretty baller response, by the way. [cheers and applause] that's great. [laughter] >> i grew up, i mean, it is crazy that something so fundamentally american was also fundamentally a part of an urban indian kid's childhood. and i grew up in the '80s, and india wasn't liberalized at the time so we didn't have access to as much stuff as we do today. and "archie" was one of the few things that everybody read, and it was our portal to this country. so ever

you know our first guest as reggie on "riverdale."ortman in "may december." you can watch it on netflix now. please welcome charles melton. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: very good to see you. thanks for coming. >> thanks for having me. >> jimmy: how's it going? everything all right? your life good? >> yeah, life's good. it feels good, you know. >> jimmy: good. good, that's all that matters, really. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i would imagine it would feel good because you're getting all these raves and people are handing you trophies and people are giving you great reviews for this movie, which is exciting, yeah? >> it's sweet, yeah. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] better than the other way around, that's for sure, right? >> yeah, yeah, there's a lot of gratitude. >> jimmy: i think that i -- when you describe this movie to people, it sounds tawdry. it sounds like -- well, it's based on -- loosely based on a real story from many years back. but the story is basically, you at 13 years old, your character, has an affair with a much older woman

for riley's eagle scout project he worked with mater of riverdale on a half mile trail for the city. this trail supports our community and gives people space to exercise and get out and enjoy nature in scott county. congratulations, riley, on this honor. and congratulations to riley's family and everyone who supported him on his journey to become an eagle scout. thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise for a cheers worthy holiday shoutout. this month, simpson storm red ail has the official launch party at west hill brewing in indianola, iowa. the idea for this beer was brewed up between west hill owners and a college. aspiring graphic designers and artists were given the opportunity to design the logo this. year madison, a graphic design major, created the winning design. moving forward there will be an annual redesign contest, and west hill plans to donate a portion of all profits to support student scholarships at simpson college. nothing brings people together like the holidays. congratulations west hill brewing and simpson college on another successful collaboration. with that i'd li

charles is known very well by some folks from the show "riverdale."thing no other actor who was reading did, which is play this role like someone who is just learning how to see himself for the very first time, and with such restraint and such tenderness. so the third act of the film really belongs to those little steps joe takes towards skoving who he is. the performance has been gaining a lot of amazing attention. he won the gotham award for best supporting actor. he just won the new york critic's prize for best supporting actor. sammy birch won the critic's prize for best screenplay as well. >> you know what? i'm going to get a lot of trouble, todd. at least three of my four kids watch "riverdale." they're going to go, dad, dad, it's charles. what is wrong with you, old man? nothing wrong with this movie. we're so excited about it. thank you so much for being here. >> may december is available to stream now on netflix. todd haynes, thank you very much. >> congratulations. >>> the idf warning palestinians to flee southern gaza, warning of a large-sc

host: next up is dale in riverdale, maryland, democrat line. caller: mr. thomas, how are you today?: i am better than i deserve. caller: happy christmas to you. -- guest: happy christmas to you. caller: i'm am a big c-span follower and this is christmas day and i'm a bit sad that i am not being inspired. you have great credentials, you speak like a jack rabbit, you talk up a storm, but for my money, it seems you sound like an uninformed rich white guy -- no offense. guest: why would i be offended at that? how might uninformed? you do not agree with me so i am uninformed. caller: if you let me talk i will tell you. to begin with, your comment about the roaring 1920's, needed elected to point out that contributed directly to the great depression. guest: not really. that was franklin's roosevelt's policies that followed. we had a recession that turned into a depression because of the roosevelt administration policies but go ahead. caller: thank you. i will keep it short. most everything you said in the last half-hour is so incorrect -- regulations. he realized that trump deregulated ov