Okay. Ill take a nap. This sort of thing never happened back at the ed sullivan theater. God, i wish i was there again. Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, is stephen sleeping or is he awake . And is all existence just a collective hallucination to deceive us about the true nature of reality . Plus, stephen welcomes Thandie Newton. And ina garten. With a special appearance by john mulaney. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live from his own subconscious, its Stephen Colbert stephen whoo hey, everybody. Thank you. Thank you so much. Please, please have a seat. Ladies and gentlemen. Everybody, in here, out there, all around the world. Welcome to the late show. I am your host, Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause audience stephen, Stephen Stephen and. Hold on a second. cheers and applause click silence there you go. Folks, as you can see, i am coming to you once again from the beautiful ed sullivan theater here in midtown manhattan. And i can do this be
Were still getting the satellite. We need 30 seconds. Stephen okay, ill just take a nap then this sort of thing never happened at the ed sullivan theater. I wish i was there again. Its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, stephen sleeping or is he weak . Plus stephen welcomes Thandie Newton, and ina garten. With a special appearance by john mulaney, featuring jon battiste and stay human. And now life from his own subconscious, its Stephen Colbert stephen hey, everybody, thank you, thank you so much, please, please have a seat. Ladies and gentlemen, everybody, in here, out there, all around the world. Welcome to the late show. I am your host, Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause . Stephen hold on a second. There you go. Folks, as you can see, i am coming to once again from the beautiful ed sullivan theater here in midtown manhattan. And i can do that because a tod, may 1, the federal stayathome order has been lifted an lift and since were governed by the federal communications c
27488003. If you want, you can post on our Facebook Page too at acebook. Com cspan. That interview expected to take place on msnbc some time this morning. Hopefully, well have an opportunity to show you some clips on that interview. As biden is set to break his silence, his campaign would not discuss the msnbc interview but the discussions about tara reid who was a staff assistant while he was a senator from delaware have occupied the time of his top advisors who have been discussing for days how to handle the matter. Theres no doubt this is going to come up. E only question is when here join us to give some context to the events of today is crins Cristina Marcos of the hill. But ms. Marcos, in a general sense, what has been laid against mr. Biden . He has been accused by tara reade who worked for him when he was a senator in the 1990s and shes alleged that he sexually and ms. D on the hallway reade made these allegations ast month but they numerous reporters have reported on that but
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Werent really going to have an instore event this week but then we heard ruths book was coming out so we decided we had to have it. [applause] so thank you very much for bearing with us. I am Bradley Graham the cone are of politics and prose along with my wife lissa muscatine. Thank you so much for coming. We were very excited when we learned after last years clematis hearings on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court that ruth marcus was writing a book on the subject because we knew that if anyone could deliver an indepth behindthescenes account of what happened and also put the whole drama into a grand and political context it would be roof. She hasnt disappointed. Her new look supreme ambition is fastpaced and makes for a really compelling read. In the acknowledge mens rev calls this a book shes been preparing to ride for her entire career and indeed she brought to it a wealth of knowledge and experience, educated in history at yale and harvard ruth went right into