what is the state of our country? what gives you reason for optimism and what gives you cause for concern?be you will get to the good news before we say goodbye that now let s take the more difficult question, what concerns you about the state of our union? in the quietness of wherever you are in reflect on the state of our country, what gives you cause for concern? about where we are as a people. senator scott and i discussed the need for proportion, balance, whether his has been paid or progress all three warrant attention but in what order in d proportion? and how each of us has her own personal battle to wage an illness, the loss of a job, those concerns are real. and rightfully they occupy our time and attention. but i am thinking more generally, as a people, as a country, what gives us reason for pause? precisely what has concerned me for several years, the absence of a societal referee, the absence of the neutral detached societal empire one - - umpire. we don t have t
cause for concern? and we ll get to the good news before we say goodbye tonight. for now, let s take the more difficult question, what concerns you about the state of our union? and the quietness of wherever you are as you reflect on the state of our country, what gives you cause for concern about where we are as a people? one of the things senator scot and i discussed was the need for proportion, for balance. where there is or has been pain , progress, and promise, all three warrant attention, but in what order and what proportion? and no doubt, each of us has our own personal battles to wage, an illness, a sick family member , financial concerns, the loss of a job. those concerns are real, and they rightfully occupy our time and attention, but i m thinking more generally, as a people, as a country, what gives us reason for pause and what concerns me is precisely what has concerned me for several years now. the absence of a societal referee, the absence of a neutral detached
plus, senate republicans changing their minds on a january 6th commission. i ve made a decision to oppose the house democrats slanted and unbalanced proposal. why? i ll speak with republican congressman peter meijer and former republican senator scott brown ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is hitting a wall. with senate republicans this week likely to kill legislation to create a bipartisan commission on the january 6th capitol insurrection, it begs the question, if congress can t agree on investigating an attack in which they were the target, what will they be able to agree on? much of president biden s sweeping agenda is currently stalled in congress while democrats try to reach compromise with republicans, and on some issues even within their own party. now the house is now on a three-week break, as democratic initiatives from gun control to voting rights don t appear to be making headway. in moments, we ll talk with senator cor
stand up. nobody is late night host until they are one. tomorrow we ll drown out the negative voices that have held us back for too long. after a night of fires and violence, five people are dead. the end of an era. after ruling late night television for 30 years, johnny carson steps down tonight. the buildup to the last tonight show was like a train that was going to be derailed and all you can do is stand by and watch. i can t believe it. the last guest. quarter to 3:00, there is no one in the place except you and me this was johnny carson. this is what america knew for 30 years. there was that is intimacy. and john i know you re getting anxious to close johnny s got a look on his face when she says john, i know you re getting anxious to go. i thought wow, that made me tear up. she was the voice for america that we all want goive him a serenade. how cool was that? [ applause ] so it comes to this. i am one of the lucky people in the world
shocking. the super bass-o-matic 76. got to get the laughs. we re not even going to have sex that many times again to be honest. it s one of the funniest things ever, and it s really real. i m sorry, we re experiencing technical difficulties. it s so revolutionary. and that completely changed my life. my experience with late-night television was all about my relationship with my dad. my dad was a comedy maven. he would say all right, you can stay up late to watch johnny. because he knew how much it meant to me. he d always say we ll just watch the monologue. i understand we have a special group tonight of little league mothers here. who brought a couple of old bats along also. they d go to commercial and he d say let s just see if they do carnac. a 100-yard dash. a 100-yard dash. he was funny and he was sharp. he had this aura about him. what happens after you eat a 100-yard prune. johnny carson was not black or white or asian or he was f