Front of us. At mutual of america, we believe taking care of tomorrow can help you make the most of today. Mutual of america financial group, Retirement Services and investments. Additional support has been provided by consumer cellular. And by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan good evening, and thank you for joining us. Ruth bader ginsburg, the second woman to serve as a u. S. Supreme court justice, who became the leader of the courts liberal wing, died yesterd at the age of 87. Ginsburg was at home with her family. Her death was due to complications from metastatic pareatic cancer. Outside the Supreme Court, where she served for 27 years, mourners continued to add to an informal memorial that began last night with candles, flowers and notes to the justice. President trump heard the news of ginsburgs death fr reporters as he left a C
We try to live in the moment, to not miss whats right in front of us. At mutual of america, we believe taking care of tomorrow can help you make the most of today. Mutual of america financial group, Retirement Services and investments. Additional support has been provided by consumer cellular. And by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan good evening, and thank you for joining us. The average number of daily confirmed Coronavirus Infections in the United States continues to trend down from new highs seen in late july. Covid19related hospitalizations are also declining, even as deaths, which lag behind, remain high. But despite the positive signs, Public Health officials are worried about continued issues with testing. Across the u. S. , the number of covid19 tests has fallen, on average, from highs in late july, to about 710,000 tests ear
So call the number on your screen and help these troubled dogs, before this happens im donald trump, and i am going to hump your leg. Announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, masking for a friend. Plus, stephen welcomes w. Kamau bell. And the chicks. Featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen what do you mean . Oh, did he do that . Did the dog eat your shoes . Yeah, yeah, you knew that. Stephen i thought it was a different pair that he ate. Second pair. Stephen well, those look id chew those. laughter welcome to a late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. If you havent checked the sports pages today, coronavirus is still winning. The United States reported its secondhighest single day total of new cases yesterday, just behind the record set the day before. I know this because i looked it up in the i need a guinness book of world records. Now, with all these cases, governors and mayors are scrambling to i
Its the seventh consecutive day with more than 200 infections. Across the country, the total number of infections has topped 40,000. The Prime Minister said in a meeting that the situationon ha been seesawing for the past several days. Abe shinzo said the number o of seriously ill patients is hovering at around 80 nationally. The government plans to convene an expert panel in the coming days to come up with further antivirus measures. It comes as the clock ticks down to the Summer Vacation period that starts next week. Normally, thats the time when many people return to their hometowns, but this time, tokyos governor is calling on residents to stay home as much as possible. Nhk world spoke to one of the experts on the Central Governments coronavirus subcommittee about the recent developments. Reporter as president of the Japanese Association for infectiousus diseases, t Tateda Kazuhiro has been on the frontline since the outbreak began. He says japan is in the middle of a second wave,
Authorizing highway, bridge, aviation, and waterway projects. Members are working on 170 amendments. They plan to complete work on those amendments around midday today. That will be followed by a vote on final passage of the package. Live coverage now here on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, thank you for giving day. Other we ask your continued protection empowerment of those who tend to the sick and those who medical solutions to this dangerous pandemic. The work of the house these last few days to votes. Wo upport for the department of agriculture. During these times Food Production and delivery and the many e been among challenges facing our nation. Whatever the particulars of this may it proceed through the legislative process ultimately help the benefit of all americans. We ask, also, your continued protection and empowerment of hose who live heroic lives d