Announcer its the laten. C. Plus stephen welcomes live, former National Security advisor and ambassador, susan rice and musical guest sheryl crow, featuring live jon batiste and stay homin. And now live from the ed sullivan Theater Office building in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen whoo welcome one and all to a late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. Were live. I dont really know how because we generally do these covid shows with, like, bailing wire and duct tape to begin with, and i just want to give a shout out to my writers, the whole staff, the crew, for everybody making this. I dont know how. Chris, is it actually happening or are you humoring me . Its actually happening. Stephen its actually happening. It is night one of the Democratic National convention and theyre telling me its live. Ive got the bug in the corner. I tell you what, heres how we can prove it, okay. We can prove that its actually 11 49 while im saying this if you just look at a clock in the room where
South korea. Infections slow in japan, but young adults becoming more vulnerable. Do infections in new zealand itsend weaken reputation as a covid19 beater. The Prime Minister is delaying the election. Down that is weighing matters in new zealand, but lets look at u. S. Futures. Uncertainty continues to plague markets as we kick off this new session in asia. Uncertainty when it comes to trade with the phase one meetings being postponed indefinitely. We are also getting an indefinite stalemate when it comes to stimulus talks, as well as uncertainty over the future of mailin voting and usps. Theve futures trading on s p, positive 5. 1 . The nikkei 225 up by about. 25 . We are continuing to watch price action on the topics, the worlds best performing index in august as we continue to see the encouraging recovery in industrials and financials. The japanese economy sent to crater by a record in the latest quarter. We are getting gdp numbers later today. In new zealand, back to one of the to
This Year Convention no one announcer its the late show live with Stephen Colbert. Tonight d. N. C. Energy. Plus stephen welcomes susan rice and musical guest sheryl crow, featuring live jon batiste and stay homin. And now live from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen whoo welcome one and all to a late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. Were live. I dont really know how because we generally do these covid shows with, like, bailing wire and duct tape to begin with, and i just want to give a shout out to my writers, the whole staff, the crew, for everybody making this. I dont know how. Is it actually happening or are you humoring me . Its actually happening. Stephen its actually happening. It is night one of the d. J. Democratic National Convention and theyre telling me why. Ive got the bug in the corner. We can prove its actually 11 49 while im saying this if you just look at a clock in the room where you are right now. There it is. Its a huge night. T
Could iran face renewed sanctions the u. S. President promises punishment after failing to convince the u. N. To extend International Arms embargo will this lead to the collapse of 2015 nuclear deal this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program on iran come on the u. S. President is vowing retaliation for the latest setback to his socalled maximum Pressure Campaign on iran donald trump threatening to reinstate International Sanctions that was scrapped in 2015 when iran signed the deal to limit its Nuclear Development trumps response followed the u. N. Rejecting a u. S. Bid to extend the International Arms embargo on iran offer expires in october only the Dominican Republic supported the resolution the remaining parties to the nuclear deal britain germany from its china and russia question whether trump can reinstate the sanctions thats because he pulled the u. S. Out of the agreement 2 years ago trump has rejected russian president Vladimir Putins offer of a summit to discuss
How an odd animal called the pangolin may be part of that answer. Its known as the most smuggled animal on the planet. Chinese researchers found a sick pangolin carried a version of that virus that is strikingly similar to the one that has changed our world. The pangolin is a scaly mammal that hunts for ants and termites in Subsaharan Africa and parts of asia. While it may appear to be an unlikely link in the chain of the coronavirus infection, chinese researchers discovered the virus in a sick pangolin was a close cousin to the virus that causes covid19 in humans. Some genes were a perfect match, and the spiked protein used in the virus to enter a cell was nearly identical. So, how could the virus move from a solitary bug hunter to humans . In january, an elderly man died in wuhan, china after suffering from what appeared to be flu symptoms. Suspicion grew around the live animal section of a market he visited regularly where bats are sold. Julia schaletzky bats live with a lot of viru