I said let me take it. Stephen so we have the greatest doctors in the world, but you diagnosed and then healed yourself . I did. Stephen but whose fault was it that you got sick . It was chinas fault. Stephen and whose fault was it that you didnt wear a mask . You know, chinas fault. Stephen and whose fault that you spread a disease to a lot of people in your administration . Chinas fault. Stephen okay, final question what do you say to the millions of americans who have been made ill and put out of work by this disease because of your mismanagement of the crisis . You know, good luck. Its a late show live with Stephen Colbert. Tonight kamala drops the mic. Plus, stephen welcomes live mayor Pete Buttigeig and musical guests future islands 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 welcome, welcome, welcome. That proves its a live show. We would have fixed that if this wasnt live. We
Character, and done this occasion we hope, they do their level best to remember for the rest of their lives what they have seen today. We have taken advantage of this occasion to extend a handshake, the United States of america, we look upon as their home, we looked at them because we feel deep down, must realize they came from this part of the world. In old new orleans, the sacrifices and heroism like the citizens committee, we meet Ernest John Wright and zachary frenzy who founded the Peoples Defense league in central city decades before the modernday civil rights movement, ultimate courage for the brave 6yearold girls, rudy bridges, and provost who challenged White Supremacy in 1960 and warriors, the lie and Robert Collins to the freedom writers. Other chapters of black life in new orleans, to the times and accomplishments of activist educator is since alexis who fought for decades to bring quality education to black children and new orleans has a lot of serious time but we like to
Time on booktv. Next up, Roberta Brandes Gratz leads a Panel Discussion on new orleans ten years after hurricane katrina. [inaudible conversations] thank you all, everybody, so much for coming this evening. Its my pleasure to welcome you to this wonderful public launch of roberta gratzs new book, and it is were still hear, ya bastards. On behalf of the new school and nation book, its my pleasure to welcome everyone. Before we get started, i just wanted to say a couple of things about some people who have helped make this series possible. They are mary watson and pamela tillless from the executive deans office at the new school, and they are wonderful partners in all the series of events we do throughout the year. And i also want to thank cspan, and its so great that youre here tonight filming this and the cspan audience. So thank you. It is such a pleasure to get to publicly introduce roberta gratz, someone who has been a hero of mine for a long time, way before i came to the nation be
Good morning, im Alison Harmelin in for annemarie green. This morning a dangerous, unusual winter storm is hitting the south with snow, ice and freezing rain. States of emergency have been declared in kentucky, georgia, mississippi, virginia and north carolina. The storm is affecting travel and tens of thousands of customers have already lost power. In north carolina, nearly 100 counties are under a weather alert. A thick blanket of ice is expected in the middle of the state, and residents are being told to stay off the roads. In tennessee, freezing rain gripped power lines and snapped tree branches. Officials warn the threat of significant Power Outages exist due to the ice. The storm is headed to the northeast after it leaves the midatlantic, and that means even more snow for boston where the city has hired extra workers to try to get mass transit running at full length. And following the storm, more bitter cold. This building in philadelphia turned into an ice castle as firefighters
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Linda ronstadts impressive career has taken her from the small stage of a legendary l. A. Club, the troubadour, two arenas and broadway. Dreamir called simple gives insight to the creative decisions that have informed her collaboration. Lets take a look at one of her great friends and musical heroes , Smokey Robinson. Tavis so how great a songwriter is Smokey Robinson . I had a terrible crush on Smokey Robinson like every female. Those eyes, i was so nervous singing with him. I thought i was going to drop dead. Imagine singing a song he wrote with him. Oh my god. Tavis my friends and i play these games all the time. Smokey is about as good a songwriter. Lex he is as good as it gets. He sings in the same tradition as Aaron Neville. Goes back to the french creole thing in louisiana. Influenced by french baroque opera. Instead of singing really loud, they would go into falsetto and sing a lot of embellishments. Tav