There is a base. No announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, ll cool j, phillipa soo,ic musal guest gorillaz, and jon batiste with stay human. Now from ed sullivan theater in new york city city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen hey, everybody audience chanting Stephen Stephen thanks, please have a seat youre too piano riff welcome to the late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause for those of you checking your calendars, we are nearing the end of trumps first 100 days in office. cheering well find out what that means later. Could go either way. laughter only 1,400 more to go. cheers and applause still cant figure out the mood here. However anybody feels about it, i cant wait for these first hundred to be over with, though. Its just exhausting, watching this man trying to accomplish something. laughter he said he was going to do everything, right . He said he was going to change everything. When he was running, his message was, ill get
Ally here in lebanon, hezbollah, while continuing to fight the common enemy of isis. Woodruff then, its politics monday tamara keith and Stuart Rothenberg look ahead to a busy week including tomorrows congressional testimony from attorney general Jeff Sessions. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the white house isnt saying tonight whether recordings do exist of President Trumps conversations with former f. B. I. Director james comey. Over the weekend, several republican senators urged the president to answer that question, yes or no. At th
Im 111 years of bipartisan land conservation, which began with president roosevelts leadership. The most glaring example is an ongoing attack on the Antiquities Act in general and the National Monument in particular. Trying to roll back as a taxpayer weight especially at a time when the administration is proposing significant staff cutbacks. In my opinion, another management designation is that they are seers Intertribal Coalition inspectors working to protect these lands. I believe any action by the administration to undermine protection for any other National Monument is illegal and i will strongly oppose any legislative attempt to weaken this monument status. Secretary zinke, the administration also attempting to unilaterally rule that has gone into effect on the blm mapping rule. The department now statistically dubious decision to suspend the methane waste prevention rule. This is a commonsense rule that implements in 97yearold requirement to prevent waste of federal natural gas.
The senate began its business. Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. We are here this morning to consider the president s budget request for the department of interior for fiscal year 2018. This is the second of three budget hearings before our committee this year following the Forest Service last week and the kept of energy which is coming up on thursday. Secretary zinke, welcome back to the committee for your first appearance since our bipartisan vote in favor of your confirmation on march 1st. It was nice to be able to give you the the official tally this morning, make it officially official. I want to start by noting you have taken on some tough tasks at the department including some challenges that really have gone unaddressed for years. I think you are off to a good start. And i appreciate that. I have enjoyed working with you during the early month of your tenure as secretary. I truly appreciated the opportunity to host you and some members here on the commit
Department. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing was cut short because Senate Democrats did not consent for Committee Hearings that day to go two hours past 10 a. M. When the senate began its business. Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. We are here this morning to consider the president s budget request for the department of interior for fiscal year 2018. This is the second of three budget hearings before our committee this year following the Forest Service last week and the kept of energy which is coming up on thursday. Secretary zinke, welcome back to the committee for your first appearance since our bipartisan vote in favor of your confirmation on march 1st. It was nice to be able to give you the the official tally this morning, make it officially official. I want to start by noting you have taken on some tough tasks at the department including some challenges that really have gone unaddressed for years. I think you are off to a good start