By the way, is it possible nicklaus had a stroke . That worth sort of rain and it. Mcelroy makes the par. He needed that birdie. I have a couple of birdies for nicklaus right here. Its a late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight the nightmare before tuesday. Plus, stephen welcomes Neil Degrasse tyson. And a special appearance by jon stewart. Featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan Theater Office building in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen here we go, baby. Everybody ready to do it . Because this is not a drill. Welcome to a late show. I am your host, Stephen Colbert. Lets get right to it because there is a lot to talk about on this tsunami of a news day seemed like every minute there was a new development with massive implications for our uncertain future. Case in point i went to cnn. Com first thing this morning and saw the banner headline was, its friday before election day. Boom bombshell that storys too good to be true. Can we factc
Its 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 3 00am the morning in zimbabwe, where ecstatic crowds have greeted emmerson mnangagwa, returning from south africa. Hes expected to be sworn in as zimbabwes new president later this week and promised what he called a new democracy. Our africa editor fergal keane reports from harare on the return of the man they call the crocodile. This was a man who owned the moment, in front of a crowd that greeted him as a conquering hero and with a message of contempt for those hed vanquished. Down with the traitors, he chanted. He said the zanu pf train would keep rolling, but tempered that politicking with an affirmation of this extraordinary moment in zimba bwes history. Today, we are witnessing the beginning of a new unfolding democracy in our country. Cheering. The crowd had gathered since early. The crocodile is coming, they chanted. All day they waited for emmerson mnangagwa, he of the legendary ruthlessness, reinvented now as an apostle of libert
That he bore significant responsibility for the killing of 8,000 muslim men and boys at srebrenica and the siege of sarajevo, during which more than 10,000 civilians were killed. From the hague, our special correspondent allan little sent this report, which does contain some distressing images. Mr mladic, sit. It has been the most emotionally charged of all the trials this court has heard. Meradic, if you. Mladic demanded a halt to the hearing because of his high blood pressure. When thejudge refused, mladic was led out yelling obscenities. Curtains down, mr mladic will be removed from the court room. In his absence, thejudge carried on. The crimes committed rank among the most heinous known to human kind and include genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity. Mladic committed genocide at srebrenica in 1995, there his men rounded up or hunted down 8,000 men and boys, some as young as 12, and murdered them. The sniping and bombardment of the capital sarajevo was designed to
A tribunal in the hague ruled that he bore significant responsibility for the killing of 8,000 muslim men and boys at srebrenica and the siege of sarajevo, during which more than 10,000 civilians were killed. From the hague, our special correspondent allan little sent this report, which does contain some distressing images. Mr mladic, sit. It has been the most emotionally charged of all the trials this court has heard. Meradic, if you. Mladic demanded a halt to the hearing because of his high blood pressure. When thejudge refused, mladic was led out yelling obscenities. Curtains down, mr mladic will be removed from the court room. In his absence, thejudge carried on. The crimes committed rank among the most heinous known to human kind and include genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity. Mladic committed genocide at srebrenica in 1995, there his men rounded up or hunted down 8,000 men and boys, some as young as 12, and murdered them. The sniping and bombardment of the cap
Programme. We will be briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. And as you watch this programme, you may be downing a strong coffee, and the latest Research Says that may have some Health Benefits so we are asking do you take any notice of the constant flow of Health Advice . We get it every day. Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag, bbcthebriefing. We start the programme with this. The serbian president , aleksandar vucic, has called on serbs to start looking to the future following the conviction of the former bosnian serb military commander, ratko mladic. In the hague he will be sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty on ten of 11 charges including genocide. The united nations, european union, and nato, have hailed the conviction as a triumph ofjustice. But for many in the region where the crimes were carried out, mladic is still seen as a hero. Aaron safir reports. As commander of the Bosnian Serb Armed forces, ratko mladics b