Then, after cspan after dark, join us tomorrow morning for cspan walk of shame. laughter announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight sham i am. Plus, stephen welcomes Patrick Stewart and dick cavett featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen come on welcome, one and all. cheers and applause welcome, one and all. Beautiful beautiful welcome, welcome one and all, to the late show. I am your host, Stephen Colbert. Today is cheers and applause today is just day one of the impeachment trial of donald john trump. applause it is a pivotal day yeah, its historic. Its a pivotal day in the history of the republic soon, we will find out if breaking the law is illegal. laughter jon we will find out. Stephen got to say, got to say, so far, i dont like the odds. laughter and ill tell you all about it in tonights don and the giant impeach. cheers and applause oh my god. Whoa w
Report was finished. Next, conversation with former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, william taylor. He testified during the inquiry last fall. Speaking at George Washington university. Good morning, all. Thank you so much for joining us this morning. I direct the Leadership Practice initiative. The International Affairs. On behalf of dean who joined us this morning, its my pleasure to introduce and welcome before us today, Ambassador William Taylor junior. Ambassador taylor, within the world of Foreign Policy and National Security, is very well known in his reputation long proceed temp, ive had the pleasure of working and knowing ambassador taylor, my friend phil for a good 30 years. One of the benefits of the very difficult situation, bill tayl taylor, given his subpoena and testimony, but to the fact that the nation at large got to see magnificent public servant. Thats why we are bringing him here today. He has served the country superbly across his career. He graduated from west point.
Stain whos join us this morning it is my pleasure to introduce and welcome before us today ambassador william detailer junior. Ambassador taylor within the world Foreign Policy National Security hes very wellknown and his reputation long proceeds, ive had the pleasure of working and knowing my friend build a good 30 years. Heres one of the benefits that our country face few months ago that bill taylor faced given his subpoena and testimony led to the fact, that the nation at large got to see the magnificent Public Servant and that is why we are bringing him here today, because he has served the country superbly across his career he graduated from west point, he was the Cadet Company commander he served in the at numb he served in vietnam, he stayed an extra six months. Served in vietnam for 18 months when he could have left after 12. He served in a Rifle Company and then commanded, served in a rifle platoon and then commanded a company. He received a bronze star and an air medal for va
Impeachment trial. And i trust her judgment because that is a lady who has definitely spoken to some managers [ laughter ] following last nights debate, senator Elizabeth Warren appeared to turn down a handshake from senator Bernie Sanders also, a foot rub from joe biden. [ laughter ] bring em over here. Following last nights debate, mayor Pete Buttigieg told reporters that he believes he would be the quote boldest president weve had in a halfcentury. I dont know if youve been watching the news. But were were good on bold for a while. [ laughter ] if you want a winning slogan, how about, make the news boring again. [ cheers and applause give us a break. Were just asking for a break. President trump praised the Republican Party in a tweet last night. And it said it fights for, quote, citizens from every background, and from every race, religion, color and creed. And after he tweeted that, even his twitter avatar couldnt keep a straight face. [ light laughter ] a florida woman was arrest
At 1. 08. The unstoppable market as investors digest the details of that china trade deal. Stocks ready to open on new records. Southwest is pulling the boeing 737 max until june. Airlines are digging in for more delays. And shares of Morgan Stanley before the bell. They posted record profit and revenue in 2019. Stocks looking to make more history a day after the dow closes above 29k for the first time and the president signs that phase one deal with china the s p on its way to the seventh weekly gain in eighth. Total holiday, exauto and gas up 44. Names like target might have been an execution issue. Yeah, i have to say that. I just dont find any other excuse i do think that Brian Cornell pretty much said, listen, we screwed up other people, other stores kid better that aggregate number is so much stronger than anything you saw from target. I have to believe they went to walmart, best buy or costco but they sure didnt go to target. Were going to get more earnings as we shift from the