Air force. You ran against Kamala Harris for state attorney general. There has been some criticism from the left that she was too harsh as a prosecutor. Is that a problem for her with a left wing of the Democratic Party . Rep. Lieu i do not think so. My advice is never run against Kamala Harris. In terms of her record, you do not get to be elected as the District Attorney of San Francisco and then elected statewide in california as attorney general if you were not progressive. She has a record she can put up against anyone, and she will prosecute donald trump in terms of showing his failures and addressing this pandemic, in terms of creating job, in terms of his failures on the Foreign Policy front. She has done that with other witnesses before her in congressional hearings. She will do that as Vice President. Ticketdoes she help the in this respect that President Trump wants to make law and order a major issue, does she pull teeth on that argument a little bit . Rep. Lieu as a former
These troubled dogs before this happens im donald trump, and i am going to hump your leg. Announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, masking for a friend. Plus stephen welcomes w. Kamau bell, and the chicks, featuring jon batiste and sta stay homin and now live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen did he do that . Did the dog eat your shoes . Yeah, you knew that. Stephen i thought it was a different pairt that he ate. Well, those look id chew those. laughter welcome to a late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. If you havent checked the sports pages today, coronavirus is still winning. The United States reported a single highest single day of cases today just behind the record set the day before. I looked it up in the i need a guinness book of world records. In all these cases, governors and mayors are scrambling new mask orders. That seems a little late. Its like deciding not to send a mothers day card, then going, what the hell, happy fourth of july
Miami. Delay the election . I dont want to see a crooked election. Backlash against President Trump after he suggested postponing the november president ial election. Top Republican Leaders immediately rejecting the idea, the president now backtracking. Be kind to one another. Ellen degeneres breaking her silence. Apologizing after a new report detailed allegations her daytime talk show created a toxic work environment. Lead me home a mighty farewell. Congressman john lewis laid to rest, three former president s paying their respects to the civil rights icon. America was built by john lewises. Former president obama saying lewis will be a founding father to that fuller, fairer, better america, and speaking out against voter suppression. Even as we sit here, there are those in power who are doing their darnedest to discourage people from voting. A whole new game. The nba finally restarting. Before the whistle, everyone on the court arm in arm kneeling during the national anthem. And the
Millions of americans. Turmoil across america. New clashes erupt over the president s plan to send more federal officers into cities. The response from Peaceful Protesters who say the violence is overshadowing their message. And final journey. John lewis is taken across the Edmund Pettus bridge in selma, alabama, one last time. How hell be honored in washington this week. He fought till the end. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. It could be a lifethreatening event. We dont want to see anyone get hurt. Hawaii is bracing for what could be only the third hurricane to hit the islands in modern history. In texas, hurricane hanna has weakened to a tropical depression after making landfall as a category 1 storm. In the eye of the storm, a semi truck is driving on highway 77. In the end, that truck, no match for those winds. Florida now has the second highest number of covid19 cases in the country. Cant tell me i have to wear a mask. Im not going to wear a mask to m
Hd5. Hd5. Hd5. Hd5. A Good Samaritan who tried helping two stranded swimmers was swept away by a strong current. All three ended up near a sand bar near plum island between new york and massachusetts. Eventually a coast guard crew managed to rescue them. The swimmers swallowed a lot of saltwater but are expected to be okay. Turning now to the growing concern among Health Care Workers about the rising rates of coronavirus infection. Now a new call for nationwide shutdowns. I spoke earlier with dr. Ravi. More than 1,000 Health Professionals have now signed a letter to the government saying its time to reboot our fight against covid19. They argue we should shut down the country again and start over with testing and tracing. Whats your take . Kenneth, i agree with many of the tenets of the letter. I think we do need to improve our testing, i think we need to ramp up our contact tracing. I do think it is going to be difficult to go back to square one across the nation. I think we do need to