Planet. North men discovered the vineland of the year 1000. So it looked a dutchmen, who discovered the palisades and founded the settlement of new amsterdam. They made a purchase. Some dollars for an island. The Bowling Green remains today, but time has brought a change. Among the myriad of changes, one of the most dramatic is our modern way of travel. The airplane gives visitors from overseas and americans alike a means to answer the invitation to discover america by air. It is our plan now to take you on a most remarkable voyage, a flight in which youll glide from Historic New England to the islands of hawaii. Lets begin our voyage where pilgrim fathers came to shores of freedom. A monument in provincetown remembers them beside the foaming sea, where lobster pots line up. Before whaling days, there was a boston. Its still a fascinating place for travelers to see. Look there at the cradle of liberty. And theres c. Bunker hill, where early americans stood ground and fought for freedom
My friend chuck for their remarks. I will have more to say to them later. On march 9th, 1967, senator howard baker junior, the newly elected senator from tennessee made his maiden address, his first speech on the floor of the senate. He spoke for too long. The republican leader of the senate who was also bakers father in law, walked to congratulate him and said howard, occasionally you might enjoy the luxury of unexpressed thought. Which is good advice for farewell address as well. Senator bakers legislative assistant, i was also a speechwriter that made an address, or at least i thought i was. He developed a bad habit of not saying what i wrote for his speech. I asked to see him, do i have a problem with our relationship . Write what you want to write and say what i want to say. I learned a couple other things about saying what i want to say. One came from alex haley, the author of roots, you heard him speak once and said may i make a suggestion . If when you begin a speech you would
So pick up hallmarks the dr. Atlas holiday card collection today because dr. Atlas says to ignore the c. D. C. And dont fear the pilgrim reaper. Announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert tonight, hes dying up there. Plus stephen welcomes ll cool j, dave grohl and musical guest foo fighters, featuring jon batiste and stay homin. Now, live on tape from the ed sullivan Theater Office building in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen welcome to a late show. I dont know why im yelling. Welcome to a late show. Its just you and me. Im Stephen Colbert, your host. Mark, chris, evie is here. Always a lovely night. Youre looking lovely over there. Folks, as you always do thats not news. Folks, as much as its hard to contemplate, our nation is in the grips of a seemingly endless plague, and he wont leave the white house. Its been 12 days since the president lost the election and he continues to pursue his strong legal argument of but i dont wanna ill catch you up on the latest president
2020 is now the best year woohooo this is a cbs news special the election of joe biden, reporting tonight from cbs news election headquarters in times square. Norah odonnell. Odonnell good evening. And you are looking live at celebrations in new york city tonight after a week of waiting and wondering and ballot counting, america has decided. Joe biden has been elected next president of the United States. Incredible crowds across america, from here, in times square, to the streets outside of the white house, voters are cheering. At the Biden Campaign headquarters in wilmington, delaware, supporters of the president elect and his running mate, Kamala Harris are also partying. The new president elect and Vice President elect will be speaking there shortly, giving the acceptance speeches theyve waited their whole lives to give. S,d there will be fireworks, were told. Reporter fireworks and more than just rhetorical ones. The real ones. Welcome once again to our cbs news election headquarte
With more votes now counted, absentee and early ballots have dramatically shifted the lead in several battleground states from President Trump to joe biden. As we come on the air tonight, cbs news is now projecting that joe biden has won the pivotal battleground state of michigan, along with its 16 electoral votes. The former Vice President is also the presumptive winner in has 10in, which has ten electo electoral votes, though the Trump Campaign has already filed for a legal recount. Tonight, both campaigns say they are confident they see a route to the white house. Though mr. Biden said he would not declare victory until all of the votes are counted. Overnight, President Trump falsely said he had won the election, and would go all the way to the Supreme Court to stop ballots from being counted, a legal option he does not have. Now, the president is already heading to court tonight, trying to stop the vote count in pennsylvania. And while the results from tuesdays election are not cle