Education secretary betsy devos gets booed at a historic black college. What was behind the anger and how the school is defending its choice to let her speak. And espn tragedy. Wife of sports casting legends chris berman killed in a deadly car accident along with another driver and this morning the tributes are pouring in. Its important to all of us on this show to make our love to chris and his family known. Investigators are trying to determine what caused that crash today, thursday, may 11th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody, welcome to today on a busy thu thursday morning. When we say mother of all storms were saying mothers day. Not storm of the century. A clever line. I saw what you did there. People dont go running for cover. Dont stockpile stuff quite yet. This morning were covering politics. Were hearing from President Trump and james comey as the fallout ove
cheers and applause its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, stephen welcomes Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman. Aaron taylor johnson. Dave matthews. And a performance by Dave Matthews and tim reynolds. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen hey hey cheers and applause jon i like that stephen good to see you cheers and applause hey thank you, everybody. Thank you, so much. Welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause thank you. I feel the same way about you. Well i have i have gone through a lot of thoughts today. Its been a historic day. We have reached a milestone as a nation. Its not just that the president fired the head of the f. B. I. Okay. No, heres the milestone we have apparently elected a president who truly does not care what anything looks like. Which is surprising fair guy whose actual face weve never seen. laughter now no idea. Jon man, ma
Guillermo, hello, im jimmy, im the host of the show. Thank you for watching. Thanks for coming. Thats very nice. We have not a moment to waste. You are very kind. We have a lot to get to tonight. Starting with what might be the most shocking episode of the celebrity president yet. As im sure youve heard by now, president what is his last name . Trump . President trump yesterday said adios to james comey, who was director of the fbi, and also was in charge of investigating his campaigns relationship with the russians. He fired the guy who is investigating him. You know when we said trump should act more president ial . We probably should have specified we didnt mean nixon. [ laughter ] although nixon supported universal health care. Not only did james comey get fired, the way he got fired, trump had his longtime personal bodyguard deliver a letter in a manila envelope to fbi was fired. James comey wasnt there, he was here in l. A. Speaking to a group of fbi agents. They had the tv on. H
An amazing survival. The 23yearold hiker stranded in the wilderness with just her dog. It was a huge mistake that ended up being seven days. Lost after taking a wrong turn on a trail, the incredible rescue. Now shes speaking out right here on gma. Yes, some good news on this busy thursday morning. What a great survival story. Oh, yeah, that hiker and her dog were lost for nearly a week in the montana wilderness with grizzlies nearby and thank goodness they both maze it out safely. A lot of smiles for them this morning. Also a lot going on. Much more fallout over the president s decision to fire fbi director james comey. Reports this morning that the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein threatened to resign over this. President trumps Spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders is standing by to respond. A new headline in that bombshell. Former director james comey had asked for more money and resources to investigate russian meddling in the election just days before he was fired. Meanwhile,
Featuring dawn and the legendary roots crew. Questlove 672. Yeah steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy you know it you know it you know this is it, baby. Welcome to the tonight show [ cheers and applause ] you feel it i feel it theres a buzz, theres a buzz in the building tonight. Steve oh jimmy you feel it. This crowd knows [ cheers and applause ] its a great show tonight. Welcome, welcome, everybody, welcome. Heres what everybodys talking about. It was another crazy day in washington. Can you believe whats going on . I dont even know what to say anymore. Yesterday donald trump fired the director of the fbi, james comey, the guy who has been in the news every day since the election. [ light laughter ] he fired him. Yeah. I guess comey heard about it right before a recruitment event he was going to speak at. [ laughter ] he was like, hey, while im recruiting, anyone want to be director . Just came up. Its a new i just got the email. What . Theyre also sa