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
On cspans q a. K. Th joel thetein, the author of white house vice presidency the path to significance, mondale to biden. Good morning. Guest good to be with you. Thanks for having me. Host i will go right into your most recent article. You wrote in the atlantic twas called the stunning success of Vice President most powerful in. Why do you think that . Guest actually, that was an article that i was quoted in it was an article written by somebody else. But i think that Vice President bidens Vice President would be very important and consequential. The office has grown really withficantly, beginning the Walter Mondale vice presidency from 1971 to 1981. It is no longer just a stopgap equipment. Ofis a robust, ongoing job real consequence. I think the fact that Vice President biden served himself or eight years is a very consequential as a very consequential and engaged Vice President gives him a unique appreciation of the office, and i think he is likely to interest his Vice President , t
Called the stunning success of Vice President most powerful in. Why do you think that . Guest actually, that was an article that i was quoted in it was an article written by somebody else. But i think that Vice President bidens Vice President would be very important and consequential. The office has grown really withficantly, beginning the Walter Mondale vice presidency from 1971 to 1981. It is no longer just a stopgap equipment. Ofis a robust, ongoing job real consequence. I think the fact that Vice President biden served himself or eight years is a very consequential as a very consequential and engaged Vice President gives him a unique appreciation of the office, and i think he is likely to interest his Vice President , to use his Vice President in important ways, and to rely on his Vice President perhaps some ways different from president obama use but to make significant of the Vice President. Aboutlets talk a little the history of the vice presidency and how the office has evolved
Your number is going to be 202 7488002. And if you are in american gun owner but not part of the nra, you should be part of this conversation, as well. Your number is going to be 202 7488003. Keep in mind, you can also text us your opinion at 202 7488003 and we are always reading on social media on ontter at cspanwj, and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Once again this week, new york state announced a major lawsuit against the National Rifle association, accusing them of corruption and misspending of the organizations funds. Here is a bit of the story from the New York Times. New York Attorney general has issued an existential threat to the National Rifle association on thursday, arguing in a lawsuit that years of runaway corruption and misspending demanded a dissolution of the nations most powerful gun rights lobby. While the legal confrontation could take years to play out, it constitutes another deep blow to an organization whose legendary medical clout has been diminished by infigh
Want to know the real numbers we want to know whos supporting in the pens and who smoke and theres no way the kingdom of spain can agree on such a referendum like the u. K. Did it for scotland or the so we dont think were better than any other nation but were not less than any other nation but the e. U. Know that the problem with referenda and i think the bracks and station shows that the independents moment its called supports that as well is that people may change their mind the circumstances may change. Are you sure that if you have internationally recognised referendum and if the majority of catalan say no to independence is that going to put the issue to rest once and for all. Not for me or people like me but we will have a result and we will accept it obviously. The same thing if there is a yes we expect the spanish authorities and the International Community especially the Spanish Government to do what they didnt do on october the 1st 2017 when such a vote was held and they did