Tonight, earth dazed. Plus, stephen welcomes nathan lane and chef jose andres. Homin. and now, live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert. Stephen welcome to a late show. Im steve coalbert. Happy earth day, everyone. Today is a big one, because its he 50th earth day. The big 50. And, i gotta say, earth is still looking good. Shes just getting hotter every year, even with the receding glaciers and putting on a little water weight around the coastline. And earth is having kind of a moment right now, because with people staying home, the earth is turning wilder and cleaner, with reduced co2, better air quality, and animals roaming the city streets. Turns out the best present for earth day is the same as the best present for mothers day time away from her children. Just get all the unruly humans out of her hair so mother earth can sit in a bubble bath and watch outlander. Now, while humans stay inside, the worlds cities are getting reclaimed by the animals. A puma roamed the st
American history tv on cspan3. Journalngton continues. Host we are back and we will start our discussion on hunger and Food Insecurity in the United States during the covid19 pandemic. With us is heather taylor, the director of strategic campaigns for bread for the world. Good morning. Guest good morning. Pleasure to be with you. Host tell us what red for the world is and who funds you, and whether you are a charitable organization. Guest bread for the world is a collective christian voice. We represent down nominations from all denominations from all over the country who come together to urge congress to pass legislation specifically to address poverty and hunger at home in the United States and abroad. Thate a 501 c 3 , and means we are a charitable organization, and we take donations from individuals, churches, congregations, and foundations. Host how Many Americans are actually going hungry or face Food Insecurity right now . Did we see that number go up during the pandemic . Guest
Dont get me wrong, i mean, people are still going to die of boredom it is baseball, after all but, thankfully, theyre safe from corona. I have one question why are the fake people Wearing Masks . It just seems unnecessary. America has already shown that if youre a person made out of cardboard, you dont need to wear a mask. Also, i hope they told the announcer that those fans are made out of paper. Otherwise, that guy is going to freak out. Oh, my god that ball just went through a guys chest. Oh, my god, why isnt anybody helping him and that was really creative how they put that kid in a giant bubble baseball. Maybe they should do that with other sports, like in the n. F. L. Put every player in a bubble, then when they get tackled, the ball bounces into the stands, and the fans get to punch the bubble back onto the field. Tell me that doesnt sound like a fun sport. And you solved the concussion problem. Roger goodell, call me. In other news, one of the most inspiring things during these
President trump please sit down. Get things done. Do. Dy gets it done like we i dont know, are we letting the media in . I guess we have limited media because of distancing. Some people think i did that on purpose. But we have been getting along with them reasonably well lately. I want to thank you for coming back, because you came back. This is a Republican Group largely, if not in all cases. They look pretty republican. Im not sure about devin. You are a republican, are you [laughter] arent you ent you are a republican, arent you . [laughter] we just left a republican we just left the ceremony celebrating 75 years, it was beautiful. It was windy and it was beautiful. And we have a great country. Unbelievable country. We had the greatest economy in the history of the world. No country had anywhere near us. And we had the best we have ever had, but we had the best ever in the world. China is a very good competitor, but we were doing much better than china. And that is before covid, bef
Virginia senator quarter and the founder of world central kitchen jose andres talk about the credit virus pandemic, hosted by talk about the credit virus pandemic, hosted by the Economic Club of washington. Mark is a native of connecticut. He wanted George Washington university where he got a 4. 0 average and valedictorian of his class and later went to harvard law school, came down and got back into washington. He got involved in the cellular telephone business, formed club your capital, made money doing that. And ultimately got involved in government and politics and became the chairman of the Democratic Party in virginia and also later became governor of virginia and then elected senator from virginia in 2018, reelected in 2014 and he is up for election again in 2020. Mark, thank you for joining us. Enormousyou got an round of publicity publicity from your tuna melts. I assume the microwave behind you or the kitchen behind you is where you cook that why was there so much attention t