Bark. One more thing does it remind you of something . Reminds you of this, right . With Stephen Colbert tonight, social distancing, plus stephen welcomes trevor noah, and musical guests willie, lukas and micah nelson, featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen hey, everybody. Welcome to a late show. I am still your host Stephen Colbert. My crew is still one of my children. Tonight it is my son john. Hello, john. Havebe ltht. Youre not micd. Hello stephen there you go. John is doing his homework right now. Hes in high school about to graduate. What homework are you doing now . Im reading beloved by toni morrison. Stephen beloved by toni morrison. Is it funny . I dont know. It could be a kneeslapper. Im ignorant. How many pages are on . Um, page four. Stephen page four maybe its all set up, maybe theres a punchline coming up on the next page. I hope you had a lovely weekend. Actually, i hope you had a weekend because that
Be used to spur economic recovery but first remind folks what the Tax Foundation does and how you do it. The Tax Foundation is an organization that educates the public on tax policy and also assist members of congress in developing tax policy. We do in particular analysis of the cost to the economy and to the government of tax increases or tax decreases, Tax Foundation. Org is a website as. As we look at recovery efforts, its now been four months since america startedon shutting down. Congress congress is appropriatr 2. 5 trillion in response. At what point do we start focusing on longterm recovery as opposed to responding to immediate needs that are happening in the here and now . Guest thats hard to say. I had originally thought when the crisis began that around the end of the summer we would need to make a strong tilt towards longterm growth. We had sort of a threepart approach to this during the immediate crisis we needed to write liquidity for businesses, for households so they co
Few 90s inland. Reggie . The coronavirus outbreak at san quentin is growing. More than 1,000 inmates and 100 Staff Members have tested positive. Of course, health in our various communities is something that abc7 is following closely as we look to build a better bay area. While this virus spreads within the prison. The outbreak is also concerning people who live in marin county because, of course, so many of the prison Staff Members also live there and shop there. Abc7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez is live in san quentin with more on this. Lauren . Reggie, the situation is getting so bad that there is a court order that all staff at california state prisons must be tested by next monday. Staff at san quentin must be tested by this thursday. Now, a federal court order sites staff as the main vector for spreading the virus in state prisons. A woman who wanted to only be identified as danny spoke to us by phone about her 29yearold son who is an inmate at san quentin and tested positive fo
You all over again. Nightline starts right now with juju chang. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. The government spent 2 trillion to shore up our economy by helping struggling businesses hit by covid. Tonight, where did the money go . Critics say millions were squandered on companies who didnt need it or wasted on lavish spending. Why many Small Businesses say the promised government relief is nowhere to be found. Heres abcs rebecca jarvis. Reporter 14 years ago, rosie flores opened her shop in fresno. An American Dream rooted in a mothers dying wish. I promised her that i would do it on my own, since i worked for so many people for so many years. So i decided to open it. And my mom passed a couple of weeks after we opened the shop. Reporter but now her flower shop is on the brink of permanent closure. The pandemic cutting sales by 80 , and the federal aid that was promised to Small Businesses like hers doesnt seem to be coming. Theres billions of dollars that are there. Im hoping a
Meeting, we had one special chair for him. Chocolate s wanted crispy zone yuts and eat three, four in a meeting. I remember one day we had new staff and i heard sam Say Something about it. And i quickly called a staff member to bring them on down. I snuck in a couple of them for sam. When you looked at his face and smiled, you knee he deserved it. A number of ress sams books. I remember reading it as a freshman. Anyone who has tried to read this book, you will become emotionally upset knowing what he had to go through, telling of him being shut down, the treatment, the broken arms, the number of times as a prisoner being put in, he would tell a story of the north vietnamese putting a rifle out to his head. And in that moment came when he is telling the story, he would almost smile and say, you know what . Your gun jammed. He could find happiness in the most unbelievable times. Reading his book, it brought me to tears. And i walked up to him as a freshman and i said sam, i just finished