that says my gratitude for all of those law-enforcement men and women who have served, are serving, have died in the line of duty protecting our liberties in this great country. our daughter, our friends. this is absolutely devastating. bill: first officer to die and the line of duty in 60 years. one is too many. how many officers do we lose every year? on average, about 60 forms are shot each year. it is double that if you include traffic fatalities. in louisiana, 23-year-old, she was shot wednesday as she was leaving for work. as of last night, no suspect in custody. in utah, fugitive hiding in parking lot fatally shot him as police approached his vehicle.
anybody who puts too much emphasis on the issue of cracking down on illegal immigration runs the risk of turning away exactly those swing voters that he is talking about. the suburban voters who swung from voting republican to voting democrat in 2018, they might be withdrawn basically on the issue, but if he s willing to go so far as to shut down the government for what will be the longest government shut down in history, that i think could end up backfiring. bill: one more quick question for you. kind of a bit of a turn here. kamala harris was on the colbert report last night. seems like she s running as wel well. and then you have beto o rourke yesterday, who was live streaming his dentist visits. online. is this the example of the overture for a politician? i think it is. so i most struck by the guys who are doing it differently. he is the governor of washington. a half of your viewers have probably never heard of him
have been posted today, i was watching him the whole time. he was later identified as jeff mckinney, a rao reporter at wor in new york. the peeping tom reminded some of wilson, the mysterious character from the 90s from the sit-com home improvement whose face was always obscured by tim allen s fence. it seems kate middleton is raising the bar for expecting mothers everywhere. take a look at this when report from the colbert report last night. it s time for yet another installment of the stephen colbert presents royal after birth, labor party, fetal
the retired astronaut mark kelly has announced is he writing a children s picture book about a mouse that travels to space. more than a dozen real mice were co-passengers on his very first space flight, part of a nasa experiment and that inspired this story. last year astronaut mark kelly worked with his wife the former congresswoman gabriel giffords on a memoir about recovery shooting outside the arizona supermarket. stephen colbert has a new children s book coming as well. it s called i am a poll and so you can. it s about a flag pole. the publisher indicates it will hit stores in may. the comedy central host hopes to cash in on the trend of celebrities writing books for kids. he returned to his show yesterday after two episode break. he went down to be at his mother s side. she is 91. a tribute to a fine lady he gave on the colbert report last night.
thank you, new hampshire! how y all doing tonight? i am confident that we can steer ourselves out of this crisis. it s going to take a new direction. if we keep talking about the economy, we re going to lose. senator mccain s campaign actually said, and i quote, if we keep talking about the economy, we re going to lose. well, in case that wasn t convincing enough, let s take a look at the counter-attack served up to the romney camp courtesy of the colbert report last night. mitt romney, who gets a tip of my hat for his new ad, which nails barack obama, using obama s own words. of course, the democrats are claiming that obama s not talk about the economy quote from 2008 was taken out of context on the technicality that it was. he explained this out of context edit in one sentence. what s sauce for the goose is now sauce for the gander.