Show with Stephen Colbert. Tonights covid. Plus stephen welcomes Sacha Baron Cohen and jeff tweedy, featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now live on tape at the ed sullivan Theater Office building in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen hey, everybody welcome to a late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. Im here from the lovely ed sullivan Theater Office building. My lady joins me over there. Hello. Stephen we are eight days from the election and excitement is spreading across the country if by excitement you mean coronavirus. cause, uh, yeah. They said the fall would get bad, and they was right. We are eight months into the pandemic, and were all tired of it. Ive already watched everything on netflix, everything on hulu and, if anyone asks, everything on cbs all access. But even though were tired of the virus, its still super interested in us. On friday, the u. S. Hit an alltime high in new coronavirus cases. Its april all over again. Were talking about tiger king, were lea
Civil war virtual symposium. Glad to have you with us. My name is chris mackowski. Our next speaker today comes to us from our sister site, emerging revolutionary war. Mark maloy is a historian with the National Parks service. This is the civil war, mark. So we decided we would let him come talk about for sometime because its as close as we can get in the war to the revolutionary war era. I say all that because mark is a delightful historian and wonderful guy. I wish i could get him to laugh on you. Is most distinctive feature is his laugh, which we love to get him pumped up and going. We are delighted to have him today to speak about the first shots of the civil war at fort sumner. Mark . Thank you very much for that introduction, chris. [laughs] its a pleasure to be able to speak at this symposium for the emerging civil war. We love to have done it in person, but being able to do a digitally like this is a wonderful way to do it as well. As chris mentioned, my main passion is the Ame
Nascar drivers Bubba Wallace and denny hamlin tell us about their new venture with basketball icon Michael Jordan. First, todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Right here in florida, its up to you. You hold the key. If florida goes blue, its over. The candidates are making their final push in key battleground states. You have to get out and vote. We are creating the greatest red wave in the history of our country. A Louisville Police officer who was shot during the raid that killed Breonna Taylor is countersuing taylors boyfriend. The law is not on their side. The facts are not on their side. It just felt like the windows and roof was going to come off. Gulf states are recovering after getting slammed by hurricane zeta. I have no lights. I dont know how long ill be without power. Trevor lawrence has tested positive for covid19. He will miss saturdays game against boston college. All that with all eyes on zeta, that young storm chaser gave a Weather Report right on his porch.
Talks on ending election violence in ivory coast underway as president Alassane Ouattara meets his main rival in armenia over a deal with azerbaijan, to end the fighting in a going to power about the Prime Minister says it was about preserving whats left. I dont pee, just improve the sport with less than a day. The delayed, most is goals tournament. Tiger woods is on the pro, as he looks to defend his green jacket. Well hear from him later this hour. Now the vast majority of hong kongs opposition politicians have now resigned after beijing passed a resolution disqualifying 4 of their fellow legislators. The government accuses them of being a threat to national security. But critics say that china is stepping up its efforts to silence dissent. Devika pollin reports from hong kong. They say the fight is far from over. Their resignations are a show of solidarity. We cannot simply afford to stay on because minus our full colleagues who are ousted the union of the 15 of us simply dont have
Again, im fully back to go with the headlines on aljazeera u. S. President elect joe biden says Donald Trumps refusal to concede the election is an embarrassment. A Trump Administration is filing lawsuits to contest results in battleground states and is reportedly unwilling to help bidens transition team. I just think its an embarrassment when frankly, you know, only thing. How can we say this traction . I think it will help the president s legacy. I think that i know from my discussions with foreign leaders rush story that they are hopeful that United States democratic institutions, your view once again has been strong and and good. I think at the end of the day, you know, its all going to come to fruition in january 20th. Hong kongs government has disqualified for opposition. Politicians accusing them of being a threat to national security. It comes shortly after chinas spawn a man passed a patriotism resolution, allowing the territory to body lawmakers who challenge beijings rule. R