>> stephen: of course. really? >> stephen: yes.le as a spoon, then. >> stephen:h.oh >> stephen: a sf as lg kwht you'reg.dip thwhole apple in. i'm not an animal, okay. >> the first time my wife went to england, she said, i can't believe how little president bush you have in things here. i went, yeah. flip that around, that's how i feel. >> stephen: but you know what would improve your meat pies? a little peanut butter. have you ever asked someone for their autograph? >> yeah as a kid. football was ian rush. you know what i remember? i left my i -- i love my ian rusher autograph i carry it in my wallet to this day. i was watching ken road play lutein. lutein's goal keeper a andy diby name -- he was walking down this line of kids and saying do you want an autograph? i said, no, i don't, i want a different person's autograph. and he looked hurt. i remember the look. there are so many people's names i've forgotten but i remember andy dibbing's name because as i did i remembered i have the capacity to inflict pain. >> stephen: on an adul

>> stephen: hey, everybody! welcome to "a late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert.vie is here. and also, for the first time in 14 months, i will have an actual in-person guest tonight-- john krasinski, who's here to talk about his new movie, "a quiet place 2." he's come to the right spot, because for the last year, there has been no quieter place on earth than this room. i've got to tell you, there's nothing like telling a joke and then hearing your own heartbeat. anyway, thank you for being here! >> it's so good to be here. >> stephen: thank you for being in the second chair. when they said, do you want to have john krasinski be your first live in person guest, i said, sure, that would be great. and evie said, what are you talking about? >> that's right, back off, buddy. >> i could feel the competition. there's a wall of tension. >> stephen: exactly. we were going to sit you in that chair, and she's obviously a lady, she said ( bleep ), thas my chair. that's my chair. krasinski can get in the rumble seat. >> i haven't seen a switchblade since 1976, and she pulled o

>> stephen: i do know, i do know. >> don't wallow in your low, stephen. >> stephen: i know that's thewer, shave. >> stephen: can i get that as my alarm in the morning? can i get a copy of that and have my iphone play that for me? you said a moment ago that you're 57 years old. i'm going to be 57 in a couple of days. >> woo-hoo. >> stephen: you and i are about the same age. your husband is about to turn 60. >> he's an old man. >> stephen: as a fellow exen-xer, is it hard to relate? >> it's the way he talks, thinks-- i'm kidding. did you have tv when you were growing up? yeah, no. he's going to be old! 60! ( laughter ) but he looks good. i like him. so it's like -- >> stephen: i understand. >> you're cute. >> stephen: you look good for a 60-year-old. >> yeah, yeah. >> stephen: we have to take a quick break. stick around e'll be right back with more of the staof "waffle and mochi" on netflix. michelle obama. smooth driving pays off. saving is easy when you're in good hands. allstate. click or call for a quote today. ♪ the things, you say ♪ ♪ your purple prose just gives you away ♪ ♪ the

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>> stephen: hey! welcome to "a late show." i'm stephen colbert.e got great news for you, and even better news for me: on june 14th: "the late show with stephen colbert" will return to the ed sullivan theater! hell, yes! i cannot wait to say things that are that happy and then hear people cheer or boo or belch i'm not picky at this point. let her rip! this is not going to be some socially distanced smattering of a few people. we are returning with a full, vaccinated audience. of course, vaccines have long been required at the ed sullivan theater, ever since the deadly 1964 outbreak of... beatle-mania. that's so soon. so soon! i was telling chris just a moment ago, i remember may of 2020. you said when do you think we'll be back in? i said ). -- i said, june of 2021. that was over a year out at that point. i can't believe we made it. it's only 21 more days. 21 more days from tonight, the ed sullivan theater will be packed with folks like you, the ones who made this reopening possible by staying safe, thinking about your fellow citizens, and getting

cis stephen colbert! >> stephen: hey, everybody. welcome to "a" late show. i'm your host, stephen colbert. it is a big day for america, because after years of agonizing wait, finally, j. lo and ben affleck are back together! nature is healing! at last, someone can make my movie: "batman vs. gigli." this time, nobody wins. oh, another thing happened yesterday. we learned that the prosecutor in the former president's criminal probe has convened a grand jury. boo-yah! grand jury! cable news, tell us why the grand jury was empaneled. >> there's a lot we know and don't know. >> stephen: thanks for that analysis, jim. dana bash, can you be a little more spefic?t things. >> stephen: but we do have some evidence that a crime was committed, right, daniel goldman? >> there is some evidence that a crime was committed. >> stephen: awesome. by whom? >> we don't know who-- by whom. >> stephen: okay, no biggee. go on. >> we don't know what the crime is. >> stephen: so, we don't know who, what or why. looks like a case f

>> stephen: yeah.'s kind of what we wanted to do with ozy. so i don't know if we had good taste or inspiration, but that was the idea early on. >> stephen: we have to take a break. stick around, back with more clarissa ward. carlos watatson welcome to jack in the box. hey, jack, i heard your chicken- who told you that? it was jimmy wasn't it? no, i heard your chicken comes with classic and d spicy in t the same bo, soso i don't h have to choho. ah yes. bebest of bothth worl. my 50/50 p popcorn chihicken. ononly at jackck in the bob. ♪ rerefuse to chchoose and d get my $6.6.99 50/50 0 popcorn chchicken wiwith both clclassic and d spicy for r the bestst of both w worlds. onlyly at jack i in the box. ♪♪ >> the ar-15 is one if not the most popular rifle in america. it's not a machine gun, it's a rifle. >> hey, special delivery. 100 pounds of human muscles you can stuff under your skin so you can feel like a man and not own an ar-15. they were donated by victims of gun violence. so sign here and may god hav

i'm your shows stephen colbe colbert -- your host stephen colbert. it's my birthday. evie is here. she has the cake balls. those are called cake balls, aren't they? what are those called? what would you call those? throw me a cake ball. throw me a cake ball, come on. come on. >> all right. >> stephen: thank you very much. cake ball. mmm. mmm. mmm. ( smacking ) thatotdon this monologue at all. these are delicious. from little daisy? >> little daisy -- >> stephen: oh, my god. the c.d.c. gave us a gift, allowed us to stop wearing masks go we learned the great news this afternoon from the c.d.c.'s dr rochelle walensky: >> today, c.d.c. is updating our guidance for fully vaccinated people. anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small without wearing a mask or physical distancing. kiss- litelly 'cuz we'rei could both vaccinated. dr. walensky continued with her goodness. >> if you are fully te things you stopped doing because of the pandemic. >> stephen: oh, hell, yes, i'm finally going to hatch godzilla versus congress the way it was mea

is about stephen king. >> stephen: stephen king, master of horror stephen king really. >> yes, he'sstarted on his short stories, absolutely luminescent. >> stephen: i agree. but, taylor, even if that's the case, you can understand why maybe i thought the song was about me. >> i mean, not really, to be honest. you know, if i was going to write a song about you, i would just be, like ( laughs ) it's so obvious to call it hey stephen. you would call it something more detailed. song writing is all about the details so you go hey stephen i love you on the tv and all the stuff you did on the daily show and the time your opinion on law and order you're 5'11", and your middle name is tyrone your social security number is 335 -- >> stephen: don't say my social security number! i get the strong feeling it is about me! >> that seems like a you thing for you to sort of process, but the thing about that feeling that i think that maybe you should address within yourself, i think it's something that you should process and then take the feeling that you're feeling. >> stephen: yes, my valid feeling

>> stephen: hi! hey, there! welcome to "a late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert.ht, ladies and gentlemen, i am laser focused on the biggest story today, which is from yesterday, which is that three weeks from now, on june 14, "the late show" is coming back to the ed sullivan theater in a triumphant return we're calling "the late show vax in action: an immunity theater production of the state of reunion, with a live body-ody-audience!" i am so excited. and, apparently, so are you, because last night, at 11:40, tickets went live on our website, and we got over 20,000 requests in the first 20 minutes. 1,000 clicks a minute! what am i, korean super-group bts? no, but they are my guests tonight. love. ( laughter ) so, while we're already sold out for june, scientists are predicting a surge of other months later this year. so if you're fully vaccinated, go ahead and bookmark this link for tickets, and come watch the show in person. the first two rows will get ponchos, because i will be openly weeping with joy. now, i'm not the only one spreading the news about me. this

stephen was as well.with the spring thaw, about six months after stephen and jennifer's wedding, their relationship grew ice cold. now it was stephen himself who was also feeling rejected, kicked out of that family circle. >> stephen was hurt and discouraged. i don't know if he thought that was just a stage that she would go through while she was pregnant, a hormonal thing. somehow he could make things better and get them back on track. >> it didn't get better. instead, the relationship flew off the rails after the baby was born in june 2007, a girl named sydney. >> it was like jennifer wanted her family and her to be part of sydney's life, but didn't want anybody else to be part of it. stephen said, i barely even get to see sydney. when i get home, jennifer goes down to her mom's house with grandma shirley and auld of them. he said she even bathes sydney down there and everything, brings her home at 9:30, 10:00 and time to go to bed and gets up the next morning and starts the routine over again. >> steph

>> jon: hello, stephen. ha-haa! >> stephen: congratulations!onceive of it all. it was a great, great day. i'll say that. >> stephen: now, when they actually called out your category, atticus ross and trent reznor were also nominated for "mank." did it take a second to figure e, ty we nominatedu oul." werno" did you know it first or did it take a second for it to sink in? >> it took a minute because there was music playing and the music started playing and the claps started happening, and i heard my name, but i wasn't sure, and then i saw the camera just go, boom. and than, that's when i was, like, oh, well, there we go, we won. >> stephen: so what did you do last night? >> oh, my goodness-- we had a lot of celebration. i got to chat, hang out with my man, daniel kaluuya, congrats to daniel. friend of the show. >> stephen: yes. and her is incredible. and we all were there hanging out afterwards. and then we went to dinner with all of the team from pixar and trent and atticus and all of our pixar "soul" team. and by the end of that, it was about

i'm your host, stephen colbert.e we get started tonight, a little housekeeping note: stay back! the gasoline is mine! if you want it, you have to fight me! or barter. i'll accept gold, sheep, or females. or female sheep. because america is in the grip of an old-fashioned, post-apocalyptic gas panic! people are lining up all over the east coast to fill their tanks with the sweet go-go-juice! let's be clear, the united states has a lot of gas. all of this stems from friday's cyberattack that disabled the colonial fuel pipeline, leading to temporary shortages and more than 10,000 closed gas stations. even worse, it made tesla owners even more insufferable. "i only go to the gas station for wiper fluid." ( laughter ) because people freaked out, the pumps are now running dry. in north carolina alone, 65% of gas stations are without fuel. but they still have plenty of hot dogs goin' on that little roller ride, last-minute camping jerky, and penis pills called "tiger stallion thunder force "x" for him." again, america isn'

stephen colbert."ht: arresting development. plsa and tamika d. mallory featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater office building in new york city, it's stephen colbert! >> stephen: hey, everybody! welcome to "a late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ladies and gentlemen, hold that phone. stop what you're doing. leave the bread in the oven and the kids in the bath. because we have some huge breaking news, from 24 hours ago, because new york attorney general letitia james released a memo yesterday announcing that the investigation of the former president's organization is now exploring possible criminal conduct. oh, yeah. he is going down! no question about it, brother! i'd bet everything i own, including this t-shirt that says, "it's mueller time," and my other other t-shirt that says, it's impeachment time," and my other other t-shirt that says, "it's second impeachment time." "this time we're not wasting our time." ( laughter ) this criminal investig

>> stephen: both or johnson & johnson. >> no, both moderna. >> stephen: both moderna. >> yeah. >> stephenhesitant to describe how i felt because i don't want to discourage anybody. it was fine. i had 36 hours of feeling kind of mung, and just completely wrecked. but i got the shot saturday morning, by monday, i was great. >> yeah. >> stephen: go ahead, please, sir. >> i had about six, twelve hours of being uncomfortable, but i'm sure you can speak to how incredible it is when you get past it and you're, like, oh, my gosh, i can >> live again. >> i can live again. >> stephen: evie and i are hitting the clubs again. oh, we're in the phone pit, everything. (imitating e.d.m. beat) it's my life. it's my lifestyle. sure. just a little mesh g-string and mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm, mmm! no fear! come on. come on! you guys were young in the '80s. don't tell me. you were never young in the '80s? >> we went out, though. we actually went on our first date since covid two nights ago and went out to a restaurant. it wasn't that. we went to joe namath's new restaurant in jupiter, florida. so, not quite as excit

>> stephen: hello there. i'm your host, stephen colbert. beautiful weekend here in new york.an 80% chance of hope, thanks to the vaccine. and i'll catch you up on all the good news in tonight's "the vax-scene." (boy band singing) ♪ oooh oooh ♪ ♪ and this is what i'll do ♪ ♪ quick shot to your arm now ♪ ♪ i wanna vax you up ♪ ♪ quick shot to your arm now ♪ ♪ and this is what i'll do now♪♪ >> ste need to have a definite ending. 2021 has seen huge progress on covid. president biden's stated goal was for 70% of adults to receive at least one dose by july 4th. and if we don't make that goal, he's just gonna mass-vaccinate with m-80 big bang blasti-bodies as of saturday, nearly 60% of adults had received at least one dose, and according to the latest "axios-ipsos-little debbie's swiss rolls poll," 75% of respondents said they either had gotten the vaccine or were likely to get it. this restores my faith in americans. given the choice, only a quarter of the population has chosen plague. according to the poll, people are feeling better emotionally, possibly because , 59% of americans

>> no. >> stephen: are you 400 people? >> no. >> stephen: why aren't you 400 people? remember, all this good stuff is only for vaccinated people. the c.d.c. is making a huge distinction between americans who did or did not get the shot. they even put out this actual handy chart. on the left, unvaccinated people with yellow and red shades but on the right vaccinated people are all green for the go! we can do everything-- everything maskless from the visit a hair salon to visit a movie theater, even participate in an indoor high-intensity exercise class which is amazing because i've never been able to do that before. ( laughter ) now, not everybody is comfortable tossing their masks aside yet, and the experts want those people to go at their own pace. >> i heard you say to gayle king, she said that people were looking at her funny for wearing a mask, even though she's vaccinated. is there anything wrong with that? should people be side eyeing them? >> no. not at all. people have to make their own personal choice. >> as a rule we are anti side- eyeing. >> stephen: really

good to be back. >> stephen: welcome to 'a' late show. i'm stephen colbert. for get good it's great to be back in the audience-free former storage room that has become my life. i've missed you, six foot ceilings and deafening silence. we've been off for a week, but you know what never stops? the g.o.p.'s purge of anyone who dares question the former sir eats a lot. case in point president, g.o.p. conference chairwoman and only person noticing the zombies breaching the barricade, liz cheney. cheney is a hard-right conservative, but she was also one of only 10 republicans who voted to impeach the ymca-hole. as a result, magaheads want to oust cheney from her leadership position in the house, and that drive just got the support of house minority leader and guy watching his ex-wife set fire to his model trains, kevin mccarthy. last week, mccarthy got caught saying this about cheney on a hot mic that he definitely knew was on: >> i think she's got real problems. i've had it with-- i've had it with her. you know, i've lost confidence. >> stephen: what happened to t

stephen colbert. merry christmas. >> stephen: yes.ned it on? you're a horrible person! >> i know i am. but they turn five in june, so we're going to surprise them for their birthday with a big cotton candy machine! >> stephen: that's great. and, yes, in return, in thanks, you sent me a painting of jesus eating cotton candy, which is now framed in my office. >> that's right. >> stephen: can we get a shot of that? let's put a shot of that up. >> can we get a shot of the cotton candy machine? okay. thank you. >> stephen: there is no one-- there is no one in the room with you. >> i'm at home. >> stephen: you are in a hotel. you are not at home. you're in a hotel. there's no way that's home. >> no, this is my bedroom at the house. >> stephen: really? those are your linens. >> i'm in-- ( laughs ) i'm in toronto filming the new season of ""star trek,"" stephen. >> stephen: i forgive you. i forgive you for lying. there's no one there, tig. >> ...to get a picture of this. >> stephen: no one, no one is. that's all a green screen environment you

>> stephen: hey, everybody! welcome to "a late show." it is friday, and i am stephen colbert.and your loved ones are safe tonight. and by "loved ones," i mean "the stuff you buy," because our country is facing nothing short of a stuff-maggedon. this week, we had panic buying of gas, chicken, and dipping sauce, and now we're now getting word that household goods, including toilet paper, are once again facing supply problems. toilet paper shortages again? this is like groundhog day, but punxsutawny phil! and that's not all, because the u.s. economy is seeing shortages of used cars and rental cars. well, that rental car thing could be my fault. i always buy the insurance, and then instead of returning it to the airport, i drive it off a cliff. furniture is also in short supply. la-z-boy executives said customers could expect delivery dates that are five to nine months out from their order dates. five to nine months is ridiculous. i expect a little more hustle out of la-z-boy. ( laughter ) another shortage? chlorine. in september, there was a fire at the louisiana premises of chlo

>> stephen: hey, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "a lot show." i'm your host, stephen colbert.said it would never happen again, but ladies and gentlemen, we are live right there after joe biden's first address to a joint session of congress. because of the pandemic, the night was a bit odd. first, biden didn't mention low- flow toilets once. second, everything else. bidewas first esident to deliver the speech in front of a mask-wearing audience. if you don't count bill clinton's last state of the union, whose theme was "eyes wide shut." because of social distancing, the audience was way smaller than usual. the number of attendees, usually 1,600, was paired down to only 200. still 200 people is more than watched the oscars. because of the limited number in the audience, most tickets were distributed by lottery. democrats pulled names out of a hat, while republicans used white power ball. because most of the cabinet did not attend, there was no designated survivor" this year. that's too bad that's usually the only way to find out that the secretary of labor is marty walsh. by the

>> stephen: i, too.m the color of uncooked calamari. >> jon: oh, no, it's good for you. i love that sun. >> stephen: i do, too. i love you're out there. after i talked to you the last sow last week, i talked to our friend amanda sy fred. say colbert says hi. >> jon: i will. >> stephen: our guest tonight anthony hopkins is nominated. >> jon: that's a legend right there. >> stephen: you say hi to tony hopkins for me, too. just say, hey, tony. >> jon: with that accent, i'm going to try to get it. ( laughter ) >> stephen: has los angeles inspired you, has changed your music point of view? what wants to come out of your fingers in los angeles, jon? >> jon: oh, my goodness. let's see... ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> stephen: jon batiste, everybody. thank you, jon. stay safe. >> jon: oh, yeah. >> stephen: folks, there are a lot of very important things happening in the world right now, so i'd like to take a minute to talk about none of them. instead, i'd like to talk about how this weekend, lizzo drunkenly slid into chris eva

stephen. more than 14 years released. that is correct, - stephen. more than 14 years in stephen.anamo bay and nine months outside guantanamo bay in a secret prison, so it is almost 15 years after 9/11. and of course, i still suffer. 15 years after 9/11. and of course, istill suffer. when course, i still suffer. when i was tortured, i was physically tortured and mentally abused for a very long time, and to this day, there are certain triggers that send me right away to the hospital and ijust become like, you know, very sick, and they take me to the hospitalfor sick, and they take me to the hospital for several days, when one of these triggers come. this is not easy. i was tortured like my ribs were broken and i lost my gallbladder, and to this day i sufferfrom gallbladder, and to this day i suffer from that. gallbladder, and to this day i sufferfrom that. no suffer from that. no country accepts, including the uk, to receive me, to for medical assistance. receive me, to for medical assistance-— receive me, to for medical assistance. ., , ., ., assistance. you use that word we becam

maybe their view of stephen was to john decide.hing to indicate that jody's fall was anything but an accident. a few months later, the ruling was in. the county medical examiner concluded the manner of judy's death could not be determined. an accident was as likely as anything else. case closed. or was it? >> the suspicions grow. was there a weapon at this romantic rendezvous? coming up. >> you have your wine, cheese, crackers, claw hammer. red flags are going. up they reached the top of the poll by that point. >> when dateline continues. >> when dateline continues >> when dateline continues table relapses. all these other things too. it can all add up. kesimpta is a once-monthly at-home injection... that may help you put these rms challenges in their place. kesimpta was proven superior at reducing the rate of relapses, active lesions, and slowing disability progression vs aubagio. don't take kesimpta if you have hepatitis b, and tell your doctor if you have had it, as it could come back. kesimpta can cause serious side effects, in

this is stephen's firehouse. on that day the squad high-tailed it over the brooklyn bridge to the tunnels. 12 never came back. stephen wasn't on the job that day. he wasn't here. he was on his way to play golf when he heard about the attack. he headed back here and called his wife sally to say he was going to the towers to help out. but when he drove to the mouth of the brooklyn tunnel it was closed. he set off on foot running through the tunnel to the smoldering towers. stephen was not seen again. his body never recovered. three months later in december of 2001, the stephen siller tunnel to towers foundation was born. stephen died the way he lived. stephen was always doing for it was found by stephen's brother frank. >> right after 9/11 we knew we had to do something. who honor my brother. and we started the tunnel to towers foundation. we knew that because we learned through the franciscan prayer. brothers and sisters, while we are here, while we have time, let us do good. sean: stephen was the youngest of 7 ki

thank you, stephen.s ijust said, the key protagonists in this conflict, which continues in gaza and in israel, the protagonists are prime minister netanyahu and his government and his army and hamas. for you — and let's face it, you really speak for the palestinian authority, you're appointed by mahmoud abbas — for you, is there an overwhelming sense of powerlessness? no, i don't speak on behalf of the palestinian authority, i speak on behalf of the palestine liberation 0rganization. president abbas is the president of the palestine liberation organization and... you were appointed by him, and you worked for him very closely for years. yes, i was appointed by him, as the president of the palestinian institutions, as the head of our state under occupation... and i guess my point to you... ..like all other ambassadors. now, the point is, this isn't a confrontation between netanyahu and hamas, this is a confrontation that has lasted for 100 years between israel and the people of palestine. this is a confron

that is correct, stephen.e than 14 years in guantanamo bay and nine months in... ..outside guantanamo bay in dark prison — secret prison, so it's over... ..it�*s almost 15 years after the 9/11 attack. and, of course, i still suffer. you know, when i was tortured, i was physically tortured, and mentally abused for a very long time. and, to this day, there are certain triggers that send me right away to the hospital. and ijust become, like, you know, very sick and they take me to the hospital for several days when one of these triggers come. this is not easy. i mean, i was tortured, like, my ribs were broken and i lost my gall bladder. that was kaput. and to this day, i suffer from that. the irony is that no western country accepts, including the uk, to receive me for medical assistance. you used that word we became familiar with — "rendition" — to describe the way you were picked up, and you were sent through third countries, eventually to jordan and then on to guantanamo bay, where, of course, you were incarce

i'm stephen sackur. it barely merits international headlines these days, but america's guantanamo bay prison is still operational. a0 inmates are left. most have been held for nearly two decades without being charged or tried. for 14 years, my guest today, mohamedou 0uld salahi, was held there, having been identified as a high value al-qaeda terrorist. he was eventually released without charge. and now a film, the mauritanian, has been released telling his remarkable story. what is the guantanamo legacy? mohamedou 0uld salahi in nouakchott, mauritania, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for having me on your programme and i salute your audience. well, it is a pleasure to have you on our programme. let's begin with how it feels to have a film made about your story and, in a sense, have your name become recognised around the world years after you were finally released from guantanamo bay, when perhaps your story should have been better known to the world, but almost nobody had heard your na

at the center of it all, stephen avery.teenage nephew or convicted in the brutal murder of wisconsin photographer-y theresa halbach. then came a documentary series exploring allegations of police corruption, so explosive, and vested gaiters had been forced to fight back. two sides, one truth. who will you believe? >> the mystery of what happened here in the sprawling fields of right wisconsin captivated the country. >> where the jury find the defendant, steven avery guilty. >> in 2015, the netflix series making a murderer convinced many viewers that steven avery and brendan dassey convicted of murder had been railed by law enforcement. it's a case state line has been following for more than a decade. as their lawyers worked tirelessly to free them from prison, we pose the questions everyone has been asking to two men who helped put avery and dassey behind bars. >> why would steven avery do this? >> great question. >> we speak with former prosecutor can kratz who's written a book which reveals his provocative theory. that st

you're watching news just stay with us if you can coming up next my colleague stephen beardsley walks you through all the latest from the business world i'll be back again at the top of the hour i'm sara kelly in berlin thanks for watching take care. it's an ongoing quest for a bit of. the arab spring began in 2011. people stood up against corrupt rulers and dictatorship. all these moments. have left deep pockets in my memory. they had hoped for more security more freedom more dignity. have their hopes been fulfilled. in years after the arab spring. rebellion starts june 7th on d w. used to spends its controversial investment deal with china there was no shortage of critics of the deal which failed to further open markets on both sides despite chinese abuses and sheen john and hong kong. also want to show strong results for siemens energy in the 2nd quarter to spin off from p.r. companies even doubling its profit. and tesla's expansion in europe hinges on its new plant near berlin look at efforts to get things moving after recent delays. hello and welcome to the show i'm stephen beard

stephen: to be honest, i do not like it. i see the dynamics of why you would want to get bigger in this space. we have come through a period where media assets have done extraordinarily well relative to trend because of the covid lockdowns. we are exiting that period now. these folks tossed around, maybe the energy companies, throwing billions of dollars into the ground. they are talking about $20 billion of investment over there at at&t and time warner. that is a lot of money going into content and there is a lot of content out there. it is no longer three or four network televisions. i cannot say this is our favorite space. lisa: this is an interesting call. the streaming companies may be the new energy companies. investments may end up being wasted money. to what degree are you rearranging assets, selling assets around this trying to save not only the netflixes and disney pluses, but may be others in a similar boat? stephen: we have spoken about this before. i have an oil price target of $90 this year, potentially higher.

stephen, i have to tell you, i was wrong.d i base that on a couple of things. number one, the chinese communist party, the language that comes from beijing, very, very harsh, militaristic about taiwan. they see that the west, including uk, did almost zero in response to hong kong protesters being smashed and shut down. they continue their efforts in the south china sea. so i think that the possibility of a kinetic conflict i'm talking about planes, submarines, missiles, ships, the actual kinetic conflict happening between the united states and china in the next five years is very real. obviously, i hope i'm wrong. but the united states is working closely with allies in the indo—pacific region such as australia, south korea, japan, but also with india increasingly important. and then, of course, the royal navy and the french navy helping in the pacific, and this is very important. in a sense, you know, i associate you with, you know, tank warfare and running the us army in europe and all of that. but actually, what you seem to

stephen. _ hammering the image home. stephen. if— hammering the image home.n ask you, i. stephen, if i can ask you, i know you actually use the image in your early election right up. there was obviously a taste for that image. do you think it just spread like wildfire because it was a great image or do you think there's actually it issue here with journalists and the press having a kind of groupthink? ida and the press having a kind of groupthink?— groupthink? no i think to be honest it — groupthink? no i think to be honest it was _ groupthink? no i think to be honest it was a _ groupthink? no i think to be honest it was a good - groupthink? no i think to be honest it was a good image. groupthink? no i think to be - honest it was a good image. one of the _ honest it was a good image. one of the things we always struggle within journalism of the things we always struggle withinjournalism is probably most of them look alike — probably most of them look alike. that is actually one of boris — alike. that is actually one of borisjohnson's big political assets _ bo

now on bbc news it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur.he 20th century was, in many ways, shaped by america's unrivalled power. two decades into the new century, and it's clear the story arc is shifting. china is projecting its power across the globe. russia is out to reassert its regional supremacy, and the limits of american power have been exposed from iraq to afghanistan. my guest is retired us general ben hodges, former commander of the us army in europe. is america in danger of losing the race to define the 21st century? ben hodges in frankfurt, germany, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. general hodges, it's great to have you on the show. i want to begin not by talking about geopolitics or military balance, but about covid and whether you believe for governments around the world, the global pandemic has led to some sort of shift in priorities, a belief perhaps that some of the military threats they thought they perceived aren't actually necessarily the number one priority right now? well, stephen, i certainly think that some g

stephen: good to see you.he month of april, the mastercard spending numbers show the consumer is coming back with a vengeance. overall sales. this is not just a mastercard sales but it cuts across all forms of tender. sales up 23.3% versus a year ago. importantly they were up 10.8% versus 2019. you are seeing a consumer coming back across all sectors. you mentioned department stores. it is in restaurants, it is in categories like jewelry and apparel. you're starting to see the consumer saying i want to get back out again. tom: let me ask you a question. are we pulling forward next autumn sales? are we redoing the closet where nothing ebbs into the holiday season? what is that dynamic? stephen: there is no question we are redoing our closet. we are seeing a new fashion cycle starting. the guys in the gene business are talking about begier, higher waste -- the guys in the jeans business are talking about baggier, higher waists. you are seeing it not just in apparel but in handbags, jewelry. there are so much pen

i am, i think stephen clarke has done anl think stephen clarke has done an amazing job so far even toions since we got to a major tournament, so it is a big moment for scotland and i am very impressed he has done that. i have seen squads with far better standards of players, but when we have got enough quality there, and the names most people will know like mctominay, robertson and tierney, they are all there and a big help is having adams as well. since he has come in and played for scotland that has made a big difference as well. that played for scotland that has made a big difference as well.— big difference as well. that spine of a lot of experience, _ big difference as well. that spine of a lot of experience, which - big difference as well. that spine of a lot of experience, which is l of a lot of experience, which is what you need going into a major tournament, but then we have got this uncapped trio of players and with your chelsea connections you will know all about billy gilmour. i will know all about billy gilmour. i will be honest, i phoned stephen clarke up yesterday morni

our guest is stephen works, -- is stephen moore. joining us from chicago on this friday, stephen moore, thank you for being withwe are also on fa. good friday morning. thanks for being with us. headlines from inside the "washington post co. republicans balk at the security bill, the price and use of funds. three opposed the legislation. no republican supporting this $1.9 billion security bill. both sides in just a moment, beginning with congress and tim ryan.

stephen, you are from the new statesman.ou define the news cycle in terms of the british media today? really good question. i guess for me i think of the news cycle primarily in terms of our daily morning e—mail, which is a daily guide on what the biggest story in british politics is with small items from around the world which are kind of look, here's the stuff you need to know about the civil war in ethiopia, about the potential break—out of war on the gaza strip. that type of thing. i tend to think of the news cycle as a kind of monday through friday thing. monday it emerges the prime minister has an unpaid debt against him. tuesday the government responds to it, wednesday the labour party does something to try and extend the news story, thursday the eye of the story is moving to a point of crisis for the prime minister or has nowhere new to go. friday something will happen in the sundays and acts as a fire break for the political news. that tends to be how i think about it. that is a very parochial definition based aroun

mark: stephen miller, founder of america first legal, stephen miller, the democrats are often schizophrenicds, we hear day in and day out that america is systematically racist. we hear that we have a dominant white privilege of society in all of this critical race theory crap that i say and it is regurgitated by the media among others and it is taught to our children now and if we were that kind of country why would 42 million people, south of the border, want to come to the united states rather than 42 million people in the united states try to leave the united states. >> so well said. the best measure of the kinds of freedom rights and dignity afforded by society is whether or not people are trying to leave en masse or whether or not people are trying to arrive and mass. it is basic a measure as you will get. look at the soviet union, classic example. people would do anything, anything to escape the soviet union and find a measure of freedom and human dignity. in the united states we are the number one global destination for migration and we have been for a very long time. the challenge t

mark: welcome back stephen miller founder of america stephen miller, the democrats are often schizophrenicr words, we hear doubt that america is systemically racist. we hear that we have a dominant white privilege society all of this critical race theory crap may i say. regurgitated by media among others. it is taught to our children now. and if we were that kind of country, why would 42 million people south of the border want to come to the united states rather than 42 million people in the united states try to leave the united states? >> the -- [laughter] so well said the best measure of the kinds of freedom rights, dignity is afforded by a society is whether or not people are trying to leave believe in mask or arrive in mass. basic and look at the soviet union union a classic example people would do anything, anything to escape the soviet union and find a measure of freedom and human dignity. in the united states, we are the number one global destination for migration. and we have been for a very long time. the challenge that we have as a country then is to establish rules and condition

stephen texts me often and checks in on me. given me and i am in a much better position for it. without these two, i i think i would be bitter and feeling sorry for myself. a year ago, the thing that you told me was really clear was that you wanted to use your situation to help other people who had a similar diagnosis, who perhaps didn't have the profile or the platform that you all have. sitting here together, a year and a bit on from that, you must know how much you have achieved? yes, hopefully that isjust the start. as doddie said, the support has been absolutely amazing and we can't thank everyone enough. but seeing how the disease has progressed and affected rob and doddie in the last 12 months is hard. you can see within a year how brutal the disease is because last year, we were all able to walk into the filming set. this year, two of us needed a little bit of help. i want to say that, as i sit- here with limited use of my legs, arms and neck, can't speak, i want people to know- i feel as mentally strong as i have ever