Mixing up john adams and john quincy adams. Or a twohour ballad about martin van buren. And many more so order and lets hope this quarantine ends soon, because there are only 45 president s. Announcer its a late show with stephen colbert. Tonight the zoom where it happens plus, stephen welcomes nancy pelosi and alicia keys with jon batiste and stay homan. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its stephen colbert. Stephen hello, everybody. Welcome to a late show. Im your host, stephen colbert. I hope youre all doing well. Were good here. Though, one of the oddest things about doing the show at home, from my lile study he is that its starting to feel normal and that is really weird. I mean, why is my son sitting on the floor wearing a headset . Hes talking to my director back in new york. Say hi to jim. Hi, jim. Stephen does jim say hi back . He didnt say hi back. Stephen is he mad at me . Probably. Stephen peters been terrific. Every member of my family has been terrific, which st
Please welcome yuval levin and john meacham. Hey guys, how are you . [applause] how are you. Good morning. Im the old guy up here. So history as you all know is about words. Thats why youre here. The stately rhythms of the declaration of independence. The cadences of the sconstitution but its also about sounds. About the muffled drama lexington cardboard and the sound of the surf at omaha beach. The sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the fullmeaning of our creed. Its also about music. Music is one of the most universal expressions. You can listen to a song with which you might disagree. More continually and more profitably than you could ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely, its as sure as the patriots were carrying their swords and their guns, they were carrying their pins their pros and their poetry along with them to move this revolution forward. Henry David Thoreau once wrote when i hear music, i fear no
Mike scollins, if youre from new jersey and youre angry, Mike Scollins wrote that joke. President trump announced yesterday he would extend social distancing guidelines through next month, said americans, this is still the same month . This march came in like a lion and went out like a kick in the [ bleep ]. Thats right, despite saying last week that he wanted to have the country open by easter, President Trump said yesterday he would extend social distancing guidelines until next month. On the plus side, you can still spend easter the way you always do, by completely forgetting about it until your mom calls and you lie about going to Church British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has written a letter to every household in britain urging people to stay indoors and practice social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak. So thats interesting. Social distancing is called the same thing here as it is there i just assumed it would be Something Like her majestys dodgy pleasure. Either way,
Each other. States one against another, federal government competing against states. Reporter President Trump has insisted he is sending states what they need. Since last sunday, cargo planes have delivered almost listen to this 300 million gloves. Almost 8 million masks. And 3 million gowns. Reporter a department of home land security official told cbs news the Strategic National stockpile of protective gear is almost depleted. Last week, President Trump invoked the defense production act, ordering private companies to help manufacture ventilators and n95 face masks. But it could still be weeks before hospitals get the ppe. And donations arent always enough. The nation isnt ready to provide medical care in large catastrophes or big epidemics of contagious disease. Reporter experts have said for years if a Global Pandemic were to hit, the u. S. May not have enough ppe. Public health is about over planning. Reporter beth cameron ran the White House Pandemic Response Office under the oba
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