And fuhaul does a thorough job removing all the related garbage. So call fuhaul today. Remember our motto get em out of here announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight plus, stephen welcomes Matthew Mcconaughey and cedric the entertainer 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 hey, everybody welcome to a late show. I am your host, Stephen Colbert. Ill get right to it, bad news first. The president is actively working to undermine our democracy, usurp the will of the people, and hold onto power, in violation of our constitution. Good news he is really bad at it. The president is desperate to somehow throw out the votes for biden, but like Everything Else in his administration, its been a race between autocracy and incompetence. And with this crowd, incompetence is usain bolt, who makes it across the finish line, steps in a bucket, and gets his head stuck in a toile
Quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer well, mr. President , for more than a year and a half, leader mcconnell and Senate Republicans have refused to take action on the housepassed for the people act. At a time when our democracy is under siege in so many ways, the for the people act is a bold proposal that will restore Peoples Trust in our democratic system, a trust that is fading. It is under it is for the people. In order to make a more perfect union. It would shore up our elections from threats from abroad. Thats something we have just recently read more and more about. Why arent we doing more on that . In fact, when senator van hollen a few days ago put on the floor the an act u. C. Of an act that would say russia should have sanctions imposed on it if they interfere with our elections, the other side blocked it. I hope theyre not following Donald Trumps obeisance to russia and his view that putins just okay. It would also dismantle systemat
Mount tam in marin county and then as we zoom even further to the north youll see that weve got a lot of areas to around napa and sonoma counties look at all that purple all these areas either currently without power or soon could have power shut off today kron fours will tran is in the east bay looking at the strong winds and the outages and Sarah Stinson in the north bay. With the conditions there first lets go into the Weather Center with john trouble as it is a very windy morning. One of the windiest that weve had so far this season and that really is saying something because it has been historically windy season thus far at least these are not hot and dry winds. Rather cool and very dry which is where that fire danger comes into play very Crystal Clear skies over San Francisco, these offshore winds have pushed any marine layer really out of the region and thats why were looking at such clear skies and such cool and dry weather along with the winds out lets speak Calistoga Napa son
And now my friends, that you have made your decision, i will fight to win that office with all my heart and soul. And with the your help, i have no doubt that we will win. Help me to do the job and this autumn of conflict and of campaign. Yeah and we will justify our glorious paths and the loyalty of silent millions who look to us for compassion, for understanding, and for honest purpose. We will serve our great tradition greatly. I ask of you all you have. I will give you all i have. That was our contender this week, Adlai Stevenson accepting the democratic nomination for president in 1952. We are joined by historian Richard Norton smith here in Adlai Stevensons old study in liberty bell, illinois. Richard norton smith, who was this one term governor . Two millions of americans, thats all he was, a one term governor of illinois. They knew nothing more about him. They had never heard a voice like his. They did not know that in some ways, a Political Revolution was being touched off tha
You my intentions on how i will vote, id like to start by just expressing my disappointment with where we are in the senate as a whole right now. Theres been some good discussion hering this morning as were considering discussion here this morning as were considering the unanimous consent agreements, some statements made, but not action moving forward. I i had hoped that if we were going to be at this moment in time just over a week out from our national elections, that we would be here on the floor debating debating the merits of a receive relief bill. And in my home state of alaska, as in so many states around the country, were seeing unprecedented numbers now. The news just yesterday, friday, that the United States reported the highest single day recorded of positive cases. 83,757, really staggering. In alaska we have seen this virus spread to some of our small outlying villages, villages that are not accessible by road, villages that have limited medical facilities. Were really qui