bring the for the people act to the floor later this month for a vote. it can t come soon enough, as republican led legislatures across the country have introduced nearly 400 bills that limit voting access. an anti-voting wave that this country has not seen since the end of reconstruction. ari berman writes that much of what we re witnessing is a concerted attempt to end the second reconstruction which began with the passing of the voting act in 1965. the republican party is rewriting the rules of american democracy to protect conservative white political power from the rising influence of new demographic groups. unless something is done now, the damage could be irreparable. tuesday, president biden, signaling a new phase in the pressure campaign, he called out two obstinate members of his own party. this sacred right is under assault with an intensity and aggressiveness that we have not seen in a long, long time. it s simply un-american. i hear all of the folks on tv sayin
it. and my point is who gives a damn if it s working for them? it s what s working for them. and they are promoting that lady because they are promoting chaos and confrontation. they believe this is the next step in motivating fear among white people. and this is where you go, the angriest of the angry and the looniest of the loony, and this is who she is, to go into community and make people who are not like her start to think like her. and it is really dangerous. i don t know why the democrats want to work with these guys right now. ha, ha, ha. you ve been saying what i ve been saying. look at that. a meeting of the minds. when i say we i m going to say unite with who? meaning the american people. i don t mean democrats or republicans. the people who don t want to overtake the capitol. the people who want to debate ideas, not whether or not if you don t agree with me i should kill you. that s what i m going to talk about tonight. so everyone s talking about we need to
plus, stephen welcomes bryan cranston and congresswoman-elect cori bush. featuring jon batiste and stay homin . and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater office building in new york city, it s stephen colbert! stephen: that s the new band? i mean, it s the same band, but new foot annual of the band. it looks fab task. that s great. i can t wait until it s real. welcome, welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to a late show. i m your host, stephen colbert. have you missed me? i missed you. how many days weren t we doing the show? no, one, one, because we did thursday s show what are you talking about. we did a thursday show, no friday show, then we did a monday show. one day, one day. all we needed to be just ready and refreshed. hey, happy december, everybody. or very late march. it s hard to tell at this point. but if it is december 1st, i have go to say, christmas has come early this year, as the president continues to shower us all with the gift of watching him lose
herman cain in a few moments. we all heard about the power of prayer. some experts say there is actually science behind it. i will ask jonathan morris for his take on that. that and so much more on making money. charles: so the market meandering, with the dow and s&p consolidating gains from yesterday. nasdaq stemming gains for the year. today s trading range is narrow. but that hasn t been the case for the year. in fact we re seeing record volatility. meanwhile professional investors are loaded up with defensive investments. should you be following their lead? i want to bring in divine capital dani hughes, along with bny chief market strategist alicia levine. before hitting those topics, ladies, i want your reaction to the overall market. equities are acting great. seeing perhaps a rotation out of bonds into stocks. alicia, feels like everything is on the cusp of breaking out. charles, let me say, great to see you again and great to have you back. charles: thank you.
rate of growth is slowing. now, this hour, i m going to ask the president s top economic adviser, larry kudlow, two questions. are we going into recession in the next 12 months and secondly, what reverses this slowdown? larry kudlow coming up on this show this hour. here s the market reaction. not bad. the dow industrials going to be on the upside to the tune of about 50, 60 points but it s early going. you never know how we will close. the s&p up about six. look at the nasdaq, that s going to be up about .33%. nice gain. interest rates virtually unchanged. the yield on the ten-year treasury, 1.54%. by the way, a rate cut by the fed this month considered a probability. another cut in december considered a strong possibility. all right. time to take a look at the latest attack on facebook. roll tape. what we need is a president with the courage to enforce the antitrust laws. break them up. and yes, mark zuckerberg, i m looking at you. stuart: all right. there you have it