john sullivan pointed to what he described as the destruction of churches and the arrests of priests. are illegal, it is a land that belongs to other people and why three churches were destroyed, fall bosque ‘s were destroyed at the same time. —— mosque. this land belonged to some people and the churches were built illegally stop really? like would these sudanese church of christ sake christians do not have a right here any more. you can say whatever you say but many priests are saying otherwise. what about a recent case of more than 20 south syd ney recent case of more than 20 south sydney is a christian women arrested ata sydney is a christian women arrested at a gathering in khartoum by the public order police because they we re public order police because they were wearing trousers and skirt and we re were wearing trousers and skirt and were therefore an affront to public decency. i remember very well john sullivan was talking about wearing trousers and when we left our office we left a journalist wearing trousers and she was talking to me andi trousers and she was talking to me a

john sullivan was referring to the annual report of the state department of religious freedoms acrossorld and if you look into that report, you will find that every country in the world has been criticised by one way or another, including the us for religious freedoms and sudan is dealing with that. we have got a special community on dealing with religious freedoms across the country. sudan is one of the countries that has seen an excellent religious coexistence between the different religions of the country. john sullivan himself expressing concerns about religious freedoms pointed to the destruction of churches and the arrests of priests. and we told him that the destruction of churches, these are illegal churches. land that belongs to other people and at the same time why three churches were destroyed. four mosques were destroyed at the same time. and that because there was a legal decision and that this land belongs to some people, and the churches and mosques were and mosques were built illegally on the land. but why would the reverend kuwa shamal, of the sudanese church of chris

john sullivan was referring to the annual report the americans must always leave the door open for athis is why they always say "but" because you cannot say everything is perfect and then you'll come again and make a reverse. this is why this is in politics and diplomacy is well—known. you cannot say that everything is correct and right and this is why the door is always open for amendments or the door is open for critics, if they are faithful and trustful. you also mentioned that the americans have said in this discussion about lifting the sanctions and what more sudan has to do, the question of religious freedoms and john 0'sullivan, the deputy to rex tillerson, the us secretary of state, paid a visit to sudan in november and he expressed deep concerns about the fact that he feels there is religious persecution of christians... in fact, that was about delisting sudan from the list of countries supporting terrorism. this is phase two of our discussion with the americans. john sullivan was referring to the annual report of the state department on religious freedoms across the world.

john oliver, samantha bee, ed helms and rob corddry. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: woo! ♪ ♪ hey! what's going on? ( cheers and applause ) how are you? what's going on, man? >> jon: what's going on? >> stephen: how was your weekend? >> jon: great. ( audience chanting stephen ) >> stephen: hey! welcome to the "late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) huge story that broke just minutes ago, like, less than ten

featuring john baptiste and stay human. and live from the ed sullivan theater it's stephen colbert. ♪ . ♪ . >>> what's going on guys? nice to see you. nice to see you all. hey, welcome to late show. nice. thanks so much, everybody. my gosh. wow. please have a seat. thank you so much. what a lovely crowd. welcome. one and all. ladies and gentlemen, to the late show, i'm your host, stephen colbert. now, folks, you know, i love my job. unlike secretary of state and man with resting kill me face, rex tillerson. but tillerson's long nightmare of national service may soon be over. today we learned the white house has a plan to force out secretary of state tillerson. yes, it's a complicated plan. that involves telling him he can go and then plastering over the wrecked shape hole in his office wall. tillerson was always kind of an unusual pick for secretary of state. he was a multi-millionaire oil executive with no diplomatic experience. though he wasn't afraid to stand up to some of the world's most dangerously unhinged leaders, he called one of them a moron.

president joe biden and elton john, featuring jon batiste and band. ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: hey! how are you? ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ how are you, everyone? hey! welcome, ladies and gentlemen, one and all, boys and girls of all ages, welcome to the "late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. now, by now-- ( cheers and applause ) thank you. by now, you've probably heard of alabama senatorial candidate, former judge, and human-cracker barrel hybrid, roy moore. ( laughter ) last week, allegations surfaced that, when moore was an assistant district attorney in the 1970s, he had sexual contact with a 14-year-old -- which would be appropriate only if he were a 14-year-old assistant district attorney. ( laughter ) kind of like a douche-y howser. now-- ( laughter ) i'd watch that show. a horror show. ( laughter ) moore, to defend himself, he went on the hannity radio to "strongly" make things worse: >> do you remember datin

john earl. with a special holiday performance by -- featuring -- and now, live on -- from the ed sullivan theatre in new york city. it is stephen colbert! >> stephen: thank you very much. thank you, thank you, thank you. hey, everyone. hey! thank you so much. welcome, welcome to the late show, everybody. i am your host, stephen colbert you know, donald trump -- [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: thank you very much. say hello to jean-baptiste right there and the whole band. [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: that outfit is amazing. you look like you are wrapped for christmas yourself right there. >> yes. >> stephen: i like the turtleneck, it is very paul newman. >> i have got to do it and stay classy. >> stephen: what is happening? oh, donald trump, donald trump as we know our president likes to stay busy looking. and today he held a press conference where he bragged about all of the regulations he is cutting and celebrated with a tweet. in 1960, there were approximately 20,000 pages in the code of federal regulations. today there are over 185,000 pages. today, we cut the red tape. it is time t

first time in 23 years higgins has whitewashed 0‘sullivan, who said he had no excuses — and if you were to build the perfect snooker player, you‘d build johnlace, last night. ‘the power‘ is a legend in the sport, thanks to a brilliant career spanning three decades — and he‘s going for a 17th world title. he beat chris dobey 3—1. can you find out all the latest on the darts, the snooker by going to the darts, the snooker by going to the bbc sport website there. bbc.co.uk/sport. i‘ll the bbc sport website there. bbc. co. uk/sport. i‘ll have the bbc sport website there. bbc.co.uk/sport. i‘ll have more for you, perhaps more woes of england as well, and hear from you, perhaps more woes of england as well, and hearfrom the you, perhaps more woes of england as well, and hear from the team you, perhaps more woes of england as well, and hearfrom the team in you, perhaps more woes of england as well, and hear from the team in the next hour. mike, thank you so much. 0fficials mike, thank you so much. officials in california say the biggest of the wildfires, which has driven tens of thousands from their homes, cover nearly 400 square miles. 0ur corres

plus stephen welcomes sarah paulson and john hodgman, featuring jon batiste and "stay human." and now live on tape from the ed sullivanheater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: whoo! hi, everybody! how are ya! how are ya?! good to see ya! what's going on, everybody? welcome one and all, children of all ages to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) thank you very much! big news from the trump-russia investigation. yesterday, we finally got congressional testimony from donald trump jr. his grilling by the house intelligence committee lasted roughly eight hours, making it the first time a trump has put in a full work day. ( laughter ) don, jr. was there answering questions about his infamous meeting with russian lawyer, natalia veselnitskaya. ( laughter ) as you recall, don, jr. was there looking for dirt on hillary clinton. back in june of 2016, right? that's what the meeting was about. and everybody was there! paul manafort, jared kushner-- it was a real who's who of who wants an orange jumpsuit? ( laughter ) when this story fi

john oliver, samantha bee, ed helms and rob corddry. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: woo! ♪ ♪ hey! what's going on? ( cheers and applause ) how are you? what's going on, man? >> jon: what's going on? >> stephen: how was your weekend? >> jon: great. ( audience chanting stephen ) >> stephen: hey! welcome to the "late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) huge story that broke just minutes ago, like, less than ten minutes ago. f.b.i. director james comey has just been fired by donald trump. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: wooo! >> stephen: wow, huge, huge donald trump fans here tonight. that shows no gratitude at all. >> jon: man. >> stephen: i mean, did trump forget about the hillary emails that comey talked about? i mean "thanks for the presidency, jimmy. now don't let the door hit you where the electoral college splits you." ( laughter ) i'm shocked. my heart is pumping. my pulse is racing. he fired the f.b.i. director who has said under oath that he's investig

first time in 23 years higgins has whitewashed 0‘sullivan, who said he had no excuses and if you were to build the perfect snooker player, you‘d build john his opponent 3-0. now all week on breakfast we are looking at the power of singing, and this morning, we‘re considering its impact in sport. it‘s been the welsh leading the tune as they harmonise sport and music. i‘ve been out with one of the choirs chosen to motivate the wales team in their recent match against new zealand. # you fill up my senses like a night in the forest... this is where it all begins, a lone voice on match day. byron young has been singing on his country since 1972. his one voice soon becomes part of many on the bus to the stadium, and then has the power of 150, when several hours before kick—off, his choirjoins the others chosen from around wales in the tunnel for a dress rehearsal. everybody in sync, everybody‘s got a voice, and that‘s the way they do it. it happens in football. you see it at liverpool, in the kop, the national anthems, you see people crying because of the opportunity to sing out what you‘re feeling inside. singing in sport has come such a long

john godfrey right of the boat -- think of the book? >> guest: he didn't like it. his good friend lynn sullivan, who died recently, adding that within that reaction. it has been, but every prodded him anyway. i was getting calls from friends. and so many many friends there was just like kenny constantly afford what is going on. the upper management was vastly irritated with me. i cause them no trouble. the rank-and-file mostly thought this was really fussy and it didn't bother them at all. because most of the people at that point had become so cynical about the management that they didn't feel any particular corporate loyalty. so it wasn't regarded at the act of betrayal that might otherwise have been. the place had lost the corporate identity attack, the attachment of the greater good. there was much less of that than you might expect. so a good friend himself, i mean, he would call in later years. i had lunch with him. he would call me from time to time. he said he bought the books and people came to his office he would sign a copy for them and give them a copy. he told me at one point he was