Our next speaker really needs no introduction and stays on the frontline. Congresswoman ayana pressley. She is an activist, a legislator, survivor and the first woman of color to be elected to congress from the commonwealth of massachusetts. Throughout her career as a public servant, she has fought to ensure those closest to the pain are closest to the power. Prior to her being elected to congress she served on the Boston City Council for eight years and was the first woman of color elected to the council in its 100 year history. Congresswoman ayana pressley. [applause and cheers] good morning, beloveds. Today i am thinking of the ancestors, not just the ones reported in our history books, but the ones omitted from those pages. The justice seekers, the freedom riders, the organizers, community builders, anyone who passed a brown bag lunch, read a freedom song, set up a prayer. Sacrifice and selfdetermination shaped history and brought us to this moment. The truth of the matter is we ar
Slow the testing down, please okay. Announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert tonight, oklastayedhomea. Plus stephen welcomes james corden and musical guest bright eyes, with a special appearance by laura benanti. Featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen you want to see me do a tiktok dance, baby . You like that, baby . inaudible stephen mmm, mmm. inaudible laughter stephen i dont know if its going to happen. Okay, okay. Stephen welcome to a late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. Hope you had a great weekend. It was a bit of a tough one for president trump. His rally was a bust. Boltons book got the goahead, and to top it off, he got a card yesterday reminding him hes erics father. Saturday nights rally was supposed to be trumps big moment. Hes been jonesing for the frothedup crowd for three months. His campaign was advertising it as the Great American comeback festival. Thats right. This indoor rally of thousa
Prior to her being elected to congress she served on the Boston City Council for eight years and was the first woman of color elected to the council in its 100 year history. Congresswoman ayana pressley. [applause and cheers] good morning, beloveds. Today i am thinking of the ancestors, not just the ones reported in our history books, but the ones omitted from those pages. The justice seekers, the freedom riders, the organizers, community builders, anyone who passed a brown bag lunch, read a freedom song, set up a prayer. Sacrifice and selfdetermination shaped history and brought us to this moment. The truth of the matter is we are because of them. We are black with a capital b. We are the manifestation of the movement. Cultural proudnd blacks. If my granddaddy the reverend e. James echols were here, he would whisper in my ear and say baby, make it play. I intend to do just that, make it play area we are in unprecedented and uncertain times. We are challenged by the state of the nation
Slow the testing down, please okay. Announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert tonight, oklastayedhomea. Plus stephen welcomes james corden and musical guest bright eyes, with a special appearance by laura benanti. Featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen you want to see me do a tiktok dance, baby . You like that, baby . inaudible stephen mmm, mmm. inaudible laughter stephen i dont know if its going to happen. Okay, okay. Stephen welcome to a late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. Hope you had a great weekend. It was a bit of a tough one for president trump. His rally was a bust. Boltons book got the goahead, and to top it off, he got a card yesterday reminding him hes erics father. Saturday nights rally was supposed to be trumps big moment. Hes been jonesing for the pfrothedup crowd for three months. His campaign was advertising it as the Great American comeback festival. Thats right. This indoor rally of ths f
Slow the testing down, please okay. Announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert tonight, oklastayedhomea. Plus stephen welcomes james corden and musical guest bright eyes, with a special appearance by laura benanti. Featuring jon batiste and stay homin. Live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen you want to see me do a tik tok dance, baby . You like that, baby . Mmm, mmm. I dont know if its going to happen. Wwelcome to a late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. Hope you had a great weekend. It was a bit of a tough one for president trump. His rally was a bust. Boltons book got the goahead, and to top it off, he got a card yesterday reminding him hes erics father. Saturday nights rally was supposed to be trumps big moment. Hes been jonesing for the frothedup crowd for three months. His campaign was advertising it as the Great American comeback festival. Thats right. This indoor rally of thousands of screaming fans was a chance for a comeback for trump and covid19.