Texas, ohio,uple stand back and stand by, somebodys got to do something about antifa bark, bark and white supremacy. boing announcer its the daily distancing show with Stephen Colbert. Stephen welcomes ethan hawke and Mueller Investigation prosecutor around around, featuring jon batiste and stay homin. Now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater of this building in new york city. Stephen colbert stephen hi, everybody. Nice to see you. Weve got a little camera push tonight. Welcome to a late show. Im your shows Stephen Colbert lets get right to the breaking news there was a debate two days ago. Its been 48 hours, and ive rinsed almost all the blood out of my mouth. Tuesdays debate was a colossal waste of time that diminished everyone unfortunate enough to have watched it, just ask moderator and man demonstrating how much control he had over the debate, chris wallace. Yesterday, wallace described the experience as a terrible missed opportunity. Kind of a tame way to describe an unmiti
Baker. He is chief correspondent for the New York Times. Impeachment in american history. We appreciate you being with us. Guest happy new year. Host i want to begin with david sangers peace. He retweeted yesterday, the news over the last couple of days ending his story available at nytimes. Com, the headline, for the president of risky gamble to deter iran. He says the calculus was straightforward, washington had to show the iranian leadership that missiles firing ships in the persian gulf and at Oil Facilities in saudi arabia along with attacks inside iran the cost the life of American Contractor would not go without response. While Senior America officials have no doubt the iranians will respond, they do not know how quickly or how furiously. Guest there has been a feeling in the white house, the president s decisions not to pull the trigger in the past over the last year, had given the wrong impression, that they could get away with a lot of things about the president responding as
Countries and its leaders. What happens next . Is our line for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. If you are an independent, 202 7488002. Join us on social media. We will read your tweets. Send us a text message. That phone number is 202 7488003. Tell us your first name and where you are texting from. We are also on facebook. Good sunday morning. A lot to talk about. Front page of the Washington Post a president vowing reprisal if iran hits u. S. Assets. This story from Bloomberg News the headline fear hits tehran over what comes next. Here are some of the details. Supreme leader promised revenge and thousands gathered in tehran to watch american flags burn. Many show defiance after the assassination of their most prominent military man. In the, the strike that took out Qasem Soleimani capping a year that has been dominated by turmoil and fear. Entail is unclear. U. S. Sanctions efforts the economy and any form of war with the u. S. Would likely be unsustainable for the Islamic Re
Headline, for the president of risky gamble to deter iran. He says the calculus was straightforward, washington had to show the iranian leadership that missiles firing ships in the persian gulf and at Oil Facilities in saudi arabia along with attacks inside iran the cost the life of American Contractor would not go without response. While Senior America officials have no doubt the iranians will respond, they do not know how quickly or how furiously. Guest there has been a feeling in the white house, the president s decisions not to pull the trigger in the past over the last year, had given the wrong impression, that they could get away with a lot of things about the president responding as the president has promised not to engage us in endless wars in the middle east. The argument in the white house was lets not give them the wrong message. This is a way of giving them reestablishing deterrence. Had, theer he president authorized airstrikes against iran in response to one of the provoc
President trump. Vincent gonzalez, a member of the committee. [video clip] the actions of the Trump Presidency reveal dishonorable facts of the president s the oath of betrayal of his office and the integrity of our elections. The houses moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. Speaker nancy pelosi on capitol hill yesterday setting up a constitutional showdown with President Trump and starting the clock on a president ial Impeachment Vote that has only taken place two previous times in u. S. History. We are getting your reaction to it all on phone lines split by party. Democrats, it is 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also send us a text message. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. That number, 2027488003. Catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good wednesday morning, you can start calling now. If you thought yesterday was a fastpaced newsday, get