8000. Republicans come your opinions will come in on 202748 8001. Independents, your line will be 202748 8002. You can always text us your always ond we are social media at twitter and on cspan. K. Com tensions have been ratcheting up the last few days, with both countries forcing the other to close a key embassy in that other country. Ae wall street journal has story about that this morning that we will bring to you so i want to bring that story to you. The u. S. And china moved rapidly friday to shut down consulates and evict diplomats, unprecedented steps followed by calls on both sides to ease tension. Flareups between the worlds two biggest economies, even amid the move to avoid further acts of immediate excavation escalation. Aging ordered the shutdown of , describingsulate it as a necessary response after washington ordered china to consulate in houston. U. S. Defended the closure, citing unacceptable espionage and intellectual property theft linked to the outpost. As evidenced
Is a good way to prove you havent disappeared. Thats right, joe biden appeared on snapchats daily political show yesterday they were only able to tell it was joe biden from the thumbprint the fbi has seized the cell phone of republican senator richard burr as part of an investigation into whether he used information from a coronavirus intelligence briefing to sell stocks. Its also incriminating that right after the meeting, he signed up for netflix and hulu so, he knew something was coming according to a new report, amazon founder jeff bezos could become the worlds first trillionaire by 2026 so, i guess it wont be long before amazon stops selling pitchforks and torches in a new interview, President Trump claimed that his critics would like to keep the country closed during the coronavirus pandemic to damage him politically. I mean, if anyone wants to damage you, they dont have to keep the country closed. They just have to keep your mic open and, those are my thoughts about that can som
Committee in january of 2019 and i quote, the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next pandemic where large scale outbreak of contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability, severely affect the world economy, strain international resources, and increase calls from the United States for support. We must ask ourselves what are the warnings and what can we do right now to protect the American People from other threats. Before the unthinkable happens in the future, how can we exercise strategic and precisive foresight to the best of our ability today to ensure are a nation prepared for tomorrow. That same worldwide threat assessment Cyber Attacks is a top global threat with china, russia, iran, and north korea. Raging a silent war capable of shutting down with such Information Systems and critical sectors in america. The report states, and i quote, our adversaries and strategic competitors increasingly use the Cyber Capabilities including
You need three forms of i. D. And a stool sample. buzzing game over. Byebye, ill see you in november its a late show with stephen colbert. Tonight copsout. Plus, stephen welcomes stacey abrams, Megan Rapinoe and musical guests the flaming lips. Featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And noon tape satanc ithen stephen can you hear me over there . How am i coming through . Is this on . Is this on . laughter okay, here we go. Nobody talk. Welcome to a late show. Im your host, stephen colbert. Folks, the death of george floyd at the hands and other parts of Minneapolis Police has sparked nationwide protests demanding police reform, and there have l of as well, today, some of those were discussed where all good ideas go to die the u. S. Congress. The House Judiciary Committee held televised hearings on police reform. They heard from a variety of witnesses, including George Floyds brother, philonise; marc morial, the president of the National Urban league; and fox news commentator dan bongino
Domestic unrest such as recent protests . Should the u. S. Be terminating many of our armscontrol creeks . Even contemplating nuclear testing. Should the names of confederate leaders be removed from u. S. Military bases and the doctors be removed from our Public Places . To address these questions and many more, today we will have a unique conversation between two recent secretaries of defense, doctor robert gates and general james madison. As a bipartisan secretary of defense, secretary robert gates served under president george w. Bush and barack obama. He is the author of a new book, exercise of power, american failure, successes and a new path forward in the postcold war. Doctor cates was an officer in the u. S. Air force and spent 27 years in the cia. He served cia director and became the first career officer in cia history to move from entrylevel employee to head of the agency. Secretary gates served as a member of the National Security Council Staff in four different administrat