And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen hey, everybody hello there cheers and applause good to see you. Please have a seat, everybody thank you so much. Welcome, one and all, to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Folks cheers and applause i like that. Thank you. I dont know how you guys are feeling tonight, but i am staying positive not testing positive, just staying positive. laughter staying positive. I believe that the bottle of purell is halffull. laughter because somebody stole half my purell, and i will find you laughter jon come on, now. Stephen the coronavirus is still on everyones minds, so dont forget to wash your minds. laughter and ill tell you all about the latest in tonights edition of goin viral. cheers and applause book your cruise now stephen there are now over 600 cases of coronavirus in the united states. There were 500 when we rehearsed this two hours ago. laughter over the weeke
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To stay at home we talked to b. M. W. About the future of the industry plus Airlines Fight for their survival as governments impose problems counting the cost on others or. On up front today its the biggest story in the world as a coronavirus pandemic keeps spreading how is it that south korea seems to have controlled it and what is the United States so far behind ill ask a top scientist in seoul and the Top Republican in the us. South korea has more than 8000 cases of the coronavirus but so far remarkably theyve managed to avoid the staggering death tolls weve seen elsewhere in the world from covert 19 the disease caused by the virus how do they do it and should other countries follow their lead joining me now to discuss this is dr jerome kim a leading american physician and Research Scientist based in the south korean capital of seoul where hes director general of the International Vaccine institute drove kim thank you for joining me up front as the coronavirus throws the entire worl