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But i have a general statement about america because i was sitting watching television when the Trayvon Martin verdict came down for church cannot think of his last name and i was watching television with my best friend, a black gentleman, and he could not get himself together when the verdict came in. He paced the apartment to couple times and i kept saying, are you ok . He said, i have just got to get out of here. I talked to my therapist about it my very next visit and i tried to express to h...

[applause]. [applause]. [applause]. [applause]. [applause] as you were downstairs getting ready to start the ceremony, captain yellin was asking me, do i stand for the army or do i stand for the air force . Because he was in the Army Air Forces. And i said, sir, youre 93 years old, you can stand for anybody you want to. [applause] captain jerry yellin is an Army Air Forces veteran who served in world war ii between 1941 and 1945. He enlisted on his 18th birthday just two months after the bombing...

[applause] break singing military music [ [singing military music [singing military music ] [choir singing military music ] [choir singing military music] [choir singing military songs] [choir singing military songs] [applause] as we were getting ready to start the ceremony, captain yellin was asking me, die stand nor army . Or die stand for the air force . He was in the army air force. I said, sir, youre 93 years old. You can stand for anybody you want to. [applause] captain jerry yellin is an ...

Plus a musical performance from scarborough. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. Now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause cheers and applause cheers and applause stephen thank you, everybody whats going on . Good to see you cheers and applause hey thanks, everybody please have a seat thank you so much well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. And it has been cheers and applause piano riff ...

Andy serkis. Plus a musical performance from scarborough. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. Now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause cheers and applause cheers and applause stephen thank you, everybody whats going on . Good to see you cheers and applause hey thanks, everybody please have a seat thank you so much well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. And it has been cheers and applaus...

Andy serkis. Plus a musical performance from scarborough. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. Now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause cheers and applause cheers and applause stephen thank you, everybody whats going on . Good to see you cheers and applause hey thanks, everybody please have a seat thank you so much well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. And it has been cheers and applaus...

Look to the atlantic to see these frontal systems running in on quite noticeably strong winds, if that they pressure gets as deep as we think it may do, then friday could bea think it may do, then friday could be a very wet and windy day, but increasingly mild as we run towards the weekend. This is bbc news, the headlines motorists are being warned that snow and ice are causing disruption to motorways in england and wales. Prince harry sets out how he views his role as a senior royal. While gues...

On the 50th anniversary of his capture, senator mccain talked with American History tv about those events and his thoughts on the wars legacy and impact on america. This is about 25 minutes. Senator mccain, when you look back 50 years ago when your plane went down there in hanoi, and through the last 50 years, what today in your opinion are the legacies of vietnam, good and bad . The legacies of vietnam is that before we get into a conflict, we better have a strategy and a capability to win. And...

Still not clear to this day confrontation between vietnamese ship and or ships and american ships, which then led to a resolution rammed through by Lyndon Johnson to a complete lack of focus at strategy on how to bring it to a close. And im very sympathetic because the one thing that overrode most of Lyndon Johnsons thinking, appropriately, was china. That we certainly didnt want to have a confrontation and a conflageration that would lead to a real conflict there. So it cautioned all of our act...

And its one of these gradual drip, drip, drip involvements. Started out with a thing called the gulf of tonkin resolution and its still not clear to this day, confrontation between vietnamese ship or ships and american ships which then led to a resolution ran through by Linden Johnson to a complete lack of focus and strategy on how to bring it to a close and im very sympathetic because the one thing that over road most of Linden Johnsons thinking, appropriately, was china. That we didnt want to ...