>> stephen: apples or oranges. >> oranges. >> stephen: okay. >> why, why is that wrong. >> stephen: it'sthat, because apple, i'm supposed to go with apple. >> stephen: you don't have to go with anything. >> apples are great, i like apples. >> stephen: i just learned something about you when you said orange. >> i have a tangerine or an orange trk wouldn't be one thing, i probably would do a-- i mix, i tend to put things together, treat it as dessert. >> stephen: that is why are you exciting because are you up for whatever. >> well, not really. >> stephen: not apples. >> actually i'm very boring and awful. >> stephen: you don't seem it. >> that is because i am here with you, darling. i'm trying to just, stay somewhere within the vicinity of where you are. >> stephen: welcome. welcome to the vicinity. >> than, why have you not gone to another planet yet? >> stephen: give me a ticket, i will go. >> we got to ask some of our other friends for that. >> stephen: what do you think happens when we die? >> what do you think happens. >> stephen: i'm asking the questions. >> and my answer is a quest

happy wednesday. >> stephen: welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert.e are one month past the 2022 (cheers and applause) we are one month past the 2022 election, which means we are deep into the 2024 election. we've already got so many fantastic candidates from the old guy with red tie to old guy with lue tie. but there's one less-old guy making a name for himself in the g.o.p.: florida governor ron desantis, seen here with, let's say, his miami caught in a vice. a new "wall street journal" poll says that, in a hypothetical g.o.p. primary matchup, desantis beats the former president 52 to 38%. yay? also boo? hard to know who to root for here. that's like a poll between gonorrhea and a slightly more racist gonorrhea. (applause) , apologies to gonorrhea. this is all because, what with the insurrections and the hitler dinners, only the most conservative voters are still backing the ex-president. while desantis is trouncing him with voters who consider themselves only "somewhat conservative." basically, the folks who don't support gay marriage, but think an

>> stephen: oh! >> louis: wooo! >> stephen: hey! >> louis: ha-ha! ha-ha! >> stephen: wooo!ause ) hey, everybody! >> louis: wow! >> audience: stephen, stephen! ( chanting ) >> stephen: when you're right, you're right, baby. when you're right, you're right. up here, down there-- ( chanting ) thank you, ladies and gentlemen. ( cheers and applause ) thank you, my friends. ♪ ♪ ♪ i love the thursday-- that's a thursday vibe. >> louis: that's a thursday vibe. >> stephen: that's fantastic. ( cheers and applause ) that is amazing. you know what that is, louis? that is a thursday audience! you cannot fake that feeling right there. ( cheers and applause ) >> louis: unmistakable. >> stephen: you can't bottle it. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. it is thursday-- ( cheers and applause ) it is thursday, december 1st. which means, by law, you must throw out that turkey from thanksgiving. ( laughter ) stuffing's probably still good. ask a loved one to give it a sniff. ( laughter ) speaking-- speaking of things that are starting to smell bad-- elon musk. ( laughter

>> stephen: some aren't.you know, other people do-- >> stephen: other people host. >> yes, yes. >> stephen: okay. now, what's it like doing the show down under? >> well, it's funny, because the studio is so small, it's like someone's garage that we do it in. in fact, my dressing room-- if this were the stage, my dressing room would be on the other side of that wall right there. it is so tiny, but it's so fun. because, you know, people in that part of the world are so funny. i'm married to an australian, and they are so funny and so fun. so, i love going down there. we actually shoot it in new zealand, though. we don't go to-- ( laughter ) >> stephen: so, it is officially-- wai, wait a second-- so, it's down under. are there kiwi drag artists there, too? >> yes. >> stephen: okay, i just didn't know whether you were cheating and going to "diet australia," as i call new zealand. ( laughter ) >> right, well, it's still down under! >> stephen: sure, and a little bit over. >> down under and a little over! that's ri

that. >> stephen: okay.e you. >> i haven't met you before. >> stephen: you don't know what i am like, it is very simple. what i would like to ask, would you be willing to take the colbert questionert? >> i'm ready. i actually-- is that good? hi guys. loving, loving, loving. no, so i was asked if i wanted to take a-- peek but i didn't because i would rather be surprised. i will just say, can i just say, i don't know what you're going to ask me. but i'm just going to wing it darling, because i don't know what else to do. >> stephen: nothing to worry about. are you mariah carey? >> yeah, yeah. i mean even if it comes out however it comes out, just please deal with me. deal with me. i can only be me. >> stephen: since you are you, you are the queen of christmas, i've got a couple. >> first of all, may i say, i never called myself the queen of christmas. can we please be clear on that. >> stephen: that, i never accused you of that. >> you did not, no, you did not, my friend. but others have self-proclaimed queen

happy thursday. >> audience: stephen, stephen! >> stephen: hey, everybody!go. thank you very much. please, have a seat. i am, among other things, your host, stephen colbert. and i think-- ( cheers and applause ) i speak for all of us, in here, out there watching, everyone in the theater, when we say our hearts go out to the people of florida right now. if you're looking for something you can do right away, you could go to "the late show's" twitter page, and at the top, we have pinned a list of charities that are standing by, right now, ready to help. and they need help, because hurricane ian has ravaged the state. in the last 24 hours, florida's been hit with unprecedented winds and rainfall, massive flooding, and at one botanical garden in st. petersburg, a group of flamingos had a "hurricane party" in the bathroom. ( laughter ) really? they all just went to the bathroom at the same time? those flamingos are clearly doing coke in there. ( laughter ) florida... come on. ( laughter ) in the wake of the storm, some floridians are finding catfish in their front

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( cheers and applause ) louis. >> louis: stephen. >> stephen: oh, louis. >> louis: oh, stephen. >> stephen thanks, everybody. thank you. ( applause ) louis, i got a couple of fantastic guests tonight. we've had on one before. thank you so much, everybody. please have a seat. tonight we have two amazing people here. we've got the actor, musician, activist common is on this evening. ( cheers and applause ). >> louis: legendary. >> stephen: he's make his broadway debut right down the street. and everybody here watch "emily in paris"? you watch that show? i hear good things. lily collins is on here this evening. how is your christmas spirit, louis. >> louis: you know, it's pretty good. people are already giving gifts and stuff and cards. >> stephen: have you guys finished all your christmas shopping over there? >> louis: no, still going. >> stephen: this weekend was going to be it. i'm getting it done this weekend, i'm not getting stressed out about this. i'm walking around with evie, various stores, on 5th avenue. what do you like? she kept pointing at things saying, "you can't buy me that."

i am your host, stephen colbert.tainly hope-- ( cheers and applause ) i hope you had a great weekend. i spent mine being fancy, attending president biden's first white house state dinner. just look at the beautiful evie mcgee-colbert and her doughy plus-one. ( laughter ) she cleans up real nice. it was a great night. the white house is nice. christmas decorations were beautiful, and the whole shebang was thrown in honor of french president emmanuel macron, seen here making his glass of champagne blush. ( laughter ) good-looking fella. the stereotype-- here's the thing, the stereotype is that french men are suave and charming, and emmanuel macron did nothing to fight that stereotype. when i met him-- and this is true-- he leaned in and said "enchante" and "ooh la-la, was my baguette buttered." ( cheers and applause ) and when evie met him, he gave her hand one of those sorta like half-kiss, half-nods, and she responded with the traditional american greeting: a full-body chest bump while yelling "git 'er done!" ( laugh

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♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ stephen long: the lunar new year is a time of celebration. ♪♪♪ stephen: in chinatown, rock lobster. china used to be the biggest market for this delicacy before a trade stoush that's smashed australian businesses. michael blake: only last night, i had a fisherman on the phone crying to me, you know, wondering how he'soing to pay his bills. and yeah, this is only the start, i think. stephen: for the best part of a year, china's trade sanctions have hit industry after industry. doug smith: this was massive. this was the end of our export to china. tony battaglene: the markets actually dropped to zero. brendon taylor: we're all in survival mode. we're doing the best we can. that's all we can do. stephen: the dispute is about far more than trade. scott waldron: the trade barriers that china imposed on australia in 2020 are cases of economic coercion. rory medcalf: china is trying to coerce australia into supporting essentially china's interests. stephen: there's a fierce debate about how to respond. doug clarke: we're not going to lay down in a fetal position and get kicke

>> stephen: oh, it is. >> we call it a skinny bitch. >> stephen: skinny bitch. have any ice? >> stephen: we have ice. don't worry, this is a full- service bar! now, when i was on cable, i didn't have ice, but i'm on network now, we can afford ice. "daily show" doesn't have ice. we have ice over here. now, here's the thing, i'm going to let you in on a little trade secret here-- i don't actually get a chance to watch all of the movies of the people who come on the show. >> right. >> stephen: i know that's shocking to hear. >> right. >> stephen: but i don't actually get a chance. not only-- cheers. not only have i seen "glass onion," but i can't wait to see it again. it's an incredibly entertaining, terribly funny movie. here's to it. >> thank you. >> stephen: here's to it. >> here's to you. ( applause ) and you. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: there you go. so, was-- was it as fun to make as it looks? because it really looks like a group of friends-- >> is someone talking? ( laughter ) >> stephen: you're a light- weight, there you go. because it looks like yo

>> i'm not that old, stephen. >> stephen: all right! i'm sorry.you want to convince people to go get this shot, right? >> right. >> stephen: it's a cool thing to do. >> right. >> stephen: okay, what could be more compelling than getting the shot with a pair of sexy kitten ears on? ( laughter ) >> you look wonderful, stephen. >> stephen: thank you. doctor, just put these on. put these on. i'm not asking you to say "meow-meow" or lick your paw. just look in the camera and say, "don't forget to go get your booster." that's all it is. this is really going to sell it. i promise you. >> only if you're with me, stephen. >> stephen: 100%. >> don't forget to get your booster. ( applause ) >> stephen: say "meow-meow." ( laughter and applause ) >> no! >> stephen: "meow-meow." ( laughter and applause ) oh, here, right here. how about sunglasses? do you want to try those on? grab a pair of these. >> are we cool? >> stephen: yeah, we're cool. this is cool. go get shot. it's dope. stay in school. ( laughter ) you can have these if you want. all right! there you

>> stephen: look that way. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) ( audience chanting "stephen" ) >> stephen: thanks, everybody! welcome, everybody. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. and, ladies and gentlemen... ( cheers and applause ) i-- i-- you can hear that right in this room right now. you are stoked, i am stoked. because today the u.s. played iran at the world cup. it was win or go home... ( cheers and applause ) and we won, baby! whoo! ( cheers and applause ) w-o-o! w-o-o! check it-- wait, sorry-- sorry. it's soccer, i forgot... hold on, one second. woo-hoo! ( laughter ) w-o-o! it was a tense and thrilling match, with captain america, christian pulisic, getting the cross, and... boom! u.s.a. scores! biggie goal, biggie fry! now, with this win, the u.s. team is moving on to the round of 16, where this saturday they will face off against the netherlands. oh, we can take the dutch. we can take the dutch! i assume they play in clogs. ( laughter ) president biden got the good news after a speaking event in michigan, and joe was so pumped, he got back on stage to s

stephen. >> stephen: happy thursday! my friends! oh, my friends. you again. ( cheers and applause ) up here. down there. all around. ♪ ♪ ♪ thank you, everybody. welcome, welcome, one and all to "the late show." i am your host, stephen colbert. and here's something-- ( applause ) here's something you rare hear: there's good news out of russia, because this morning, wrongfully-detained w.n.b.a. star brittney griner was released from russian detention! boom! ( applause ) putin tried to take griner to the rack and is rejected! now brittney is coming home, but she has to dribble the entire time, or it is traveling. ( laughter ) this is a big win, a big win for freedom. a big win for joe biden, whose administration brokered the release. the president announced the news with this tweet: "moments ago, i spoke to brittney griner. she is safe. she is on a plane. she is on her way home." ( applause ) that is simple. simply stated. christmas miracle. that's just beautiful. i'm sure she got on that plane, and they said, "brittney, you can finally rest easy, aft

hello, joseph. >> joe: hello, stephen. >> stephen: you look good up there.like, who am i talking to tonight? there are few names you want to hear more than michelle obama. ( cheers and applause ) is what i'm talking about. yeah. it's going to be fun. big night, big night. that's big. that checks a lot of boxes. that checks a whole lot of boxes right there. but, you know, folks, people are always telling me that i'm kind of like their "tv dad." probably because i'm middle aged, and i love saying the words "sump pump." and as a tv dad, from time to time, i like to check in and see how you're doing. so, everybody get in the living room-- dad's calling a family meeting! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ ♪ ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey, hey, have a seat. sit down, kiddo. hey, buddy. thanks for sitting down with your old man. ooh! and thanks in advance for helping me stand up when we're done. has this couch always been so squishy? anyway, i just wanted to check in with ya, buddy, have a little noggin-a-noggin. now, i'm sure you don't want to sit here and get a

there it is. >> audience: stephen! stephen! >> stephen: thank you, mark! wooo! wooo!t some? come get some! bang, boom! ( cheers and applause ) what's up? what's up? you got a problem? what's up, bro? thank you, everybody. thank you, everybody. welcome, welcome, one and all to "the late show." i am your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) well, folks, the suspense has finally broken. we've been waiting for nine days to learn who would control the house of representatives. well, you know what they say: good things come to those who wait. not this time, because the republicans have won control of the house of representatives. ( audience boos ) i know, i know, it's disappointing. though, it is nice to see republicans take the house without any zip ties. votes are still-- ( cheers and applause ) it's refreshing, is what it is. votes are still being counted in some swing districts, so we don't have the final tally. but republicans are likely to control a slimmer majority than many expected. so it's bad, but not as bad as you feared. it's the political equivalent

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happy wednesday. >> audience: stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: hello!ou can feel it. you can feel it. ( applause ) >> stephen: welcome, welcome, in here, up there, out there, to "the late show." i am your host, stephen colbert. and, folks, i am feeling, i gotta say pretty darn good, and i feel a little bad about that, because i feel great about somebody going to prison. you're not supposed to feel good about that. the lord says no. yesterday, in a trial over the horrific events of january 6th, the founder of the oath keepers, stewart rhodes, was found guilty of seditious conspiracy. ( cheers and applause ) that,s that my friends-- yes. that's a big one. that is a big one. that's insurrection with a creamy center right there. right there. rhodes was also found guilty of other bad stuff, which is why he is now facing a maximum of 60 years in prison. ( cheers and applause ) that's a long time, baby. that's a long stretch. on the bright side, by 2082, the hip new look might be steampunk cowboy pirate. ( laughter ) are now, when you hear the name "oath keepe

>> stephen: oh, okay. >> and you! >> stephen: your facial caroline.iable. i got some oily, some dry. >> i have cleanser, rich transformation skin cream for you. > stephen: hook me up. let's manifest. >> i got you, baby! >> stephen: speaking in front of and manifesting a live audience, your world tour, for the first time since 2013. >> can anybody-- i don't know what happened to time. first of all, we can all agree that three years, we can let it go. three years of all the times we were just experiencing a whole world pandemic is not to be counted. but it's been a long time since i was on tour. so going on tour this summer, i was with my family for the first time, all of us togther on tour. my seven-year-old learned how to ride a bike without training wheels in bordeaux, france. ( cheers and applause ) i was like-- >> stephen: sure. who doesn't? >> that's not how i learned how to ride my bike! >> stephen: 12 years ago, your 12 years the last time you toured was three. this is your son, egypt. >> yes. >> stephen: but he plays piano. he played-- he went

and. >> stephen: it existed before. >> yes, sir. >> stephen: wow. >> it certainly did. >> stephen: soundstephen: it they won't be confused because word earth is not hosted by rupaul strks hosted by the old gray lady, new york thyme times. >> that's right. >> stephen: what kind of game show host are you going to be, fun, mean, task master. >> oh no, no, no. there is no meanness here. we only-- you know what is funny, well, i will let you be the judge of that. i can't take meanness any more.e yearor-- movie or something on trvetion where they are starting to be mean, have i to look away. i only can do lovely, kind sweet things it. >> stephen: i can dig t i can dig it. >> that is how little are you are you rolls. little ruru can't take no mean folks so on lingo, i'm lovely, i'm sweet, i'm directing and it is a fabulous show. >> stephen: we have to take another little break here but please do not go away, you either, please. when we come back, more rupaul,-- y'all. stick around. the #1 longest-lasting aa battery. a mystery! jessie loves playing detective. but the real mystery was her irritate

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stephen eide's. -- stephen eide. guest: good question.stion that the homeless are disproportionately minority. this proportionately black especially. what is made about the history of the phenomenon and i have spent a lot of time researching is that homelessness used to be disproportionately white. do not use the term homeless in the 50's or the 1890's. but the population who was very poor, not attached to families or communities, the place list population, we used to call them hobos, bones, they were the white people in the skidrow neighborhoods. white guys. the black population of america was extremely poor at that time and they also experienced an enormous amount of social discrimination. but for whatever reason, that did not lead them into the homeless population, essentially. that starts picking up and completely flipping actually in the letter decades of the 20th century. when you start seeing more black people comprising the population living out of subways and in the streets. so forth. there is no question as he alludes to in his

stephen: that is right. and in order to ensure that it doesn't it is in our interest to give the ukrainians what they need to be able to prevail in the event of such a invasion. if we don't, it puts a difficult choices to this administration. i would say to the administration, if you don't want to have two face those difficult choices about u.s. commitment on the ground, it's time to make sure that ukraine has now what needs to defeat such an invasion -- recent invasion when i think, it comes. john: i think you gave us the headline for this event. keira, i see your hand is up, if you want to respond to that go-ahead. >> i want to thank mr. hadley for the statement. it is basically what we have been saying for quite a while, and this is a change in strategy . let me speak to you as a ukrainian, not just a politician. people asked me when i'm talking to them, especially soldiers, if president putin is warning that he will attack in winter, white wait 10 months, why is it taking so long for these decisions to p

stephen: we do.hen you are looking at traditional high-yield markets right now, we are not pricing in as much of that recession risk, that default risk, as you traditionally have seen in prior cycles. we are focused more on high quality. with the re-rating we have seen in yields, you can get really compelling returns without having to take too much risk. jon: just to build on what you are talking about, give us your sins on where gold fits into the picture heading into next year. stephen: gold is a tricky one, depending on the point in the cycle. sometimes it is a dollar play, sometimes it is a geopolitical diversifier. we tend to have an allocation within our portfolio to help diversify, because it is one of those things that tends to be lower correlated, even in markets like this year, where everything seems to be moving down together. one view we do have is the dollar is going to weaken over the next 12 months, but also the longer term. weaker dollar should be supportive of commodity prices in goa

and i wonder, stephen, if you think that idea is a vote winner?ument that can come back is around defending aspiration, defending the right of parents to choose, and ensuring that those who might scrimp and save to pay for school fees aren't frozen out of making that choice. well, whether or not it 's a vote winner, it's a vote winner, it's absolutely the right thing to do, because there's a key point of principle here, which is should working people across the country be subsidising the top 7% who are able to afford to send their children to private schools? and i think the answer to that question is no. it's simply not right. keir, in prime minister's questions, used the example of winchester school which has, i don't know, a theatre and a shooting range and all sorts of other things, and had been given a subsidy effectively of £6 million of taxpayers' money, where we've got schools across the country that are really struggling to get the resources they need. so, i think there's a fundamental point of principle here. politics is about choices. s

stephen boss, who has died at the age of 40. that's all from the age of 40.eather is not ending just yet. for the time being, we are still stuck in the deep freeze, this cold air that has been brought down from the north. but there are signs of a change in the outlook, through the weekend, and particularly into the start of next week. a south—westerly wind starts to develop and that will bring something significantly milder. in fact, by monday, the southwest of england could see highs of 16 degrees. but with that, there will be some wind and rain at times. but in the short term, we stick with the cold and frosty feel to the weather. some icy stretches to start thursday morning, and a day of sunshine and wintry showers awaits. the icy stretches are where we've had the showers over recent houi’s. parts of northern ireland, the east coast of england, but most especially the north of scotland, and here we will see frequent, wintry showers of sleet and snow continuing through the day. some further accumulation of snow. some showers for northern ireland, briefly fo

here is stephen. stephen: the quietest parts of the great wall i all conditions they are running. young men, half british, half chinese, competing one marathon per day along the length of this phenomenal structure. >> we are doing this to fulfill our childhood dream of running the greawall. stephen: they train for yearto traverse series walls. it is a grueling undertaking. >> doing something like this, something very difficult builds strength and character. stephen: check that out. so spectacular. they have bee linked to the great wall by their family. >> we have been coming to the great wall from a very early age. need from the age of four and tommy from when he was zero. they call it the great wall and that is an understatement. what you see at the tourist sites is only a fraction of it. stephen: in 1988 their family relied on the hospitality of locals for his own great wall run which the bbc reported at the time. he stayed in china, got married and now his sons are following in his footsteps, starting in the far west where the ancient wall was made from earth. they will finish

so stephen in after stephen flynn coming in after winning westminster winning this westminster leadershipight, i have a new i think he will have a new approach 34 years old. approach and he's 34 years old. he's been in parliament he's only been in parliament for three the three years, elected at the december 2019, general action. so bnng december 2019, general action. so bring a fresh approach so he'll bring a fresh approach and snp itself is 44 mp so and the snp itself is 44 mp so quite divided remember because a lot are very loyal to lot of them are very loyal to nicholas sturgeon but a lot of them also think maybe the focus on independence at the moment when there's a cost of living crisis , maybe it's not what crisis, maybe it's not what voters want and seeing how they rally new leader be rally behind their new leader be interesting noon. think interesting at noon. i think also interesting. mp it also interesting. aberdeen mp it was a tory seats until 2019 four, so from that 17 to 19 period, more marginal for the snp. also crucially , oil and gas snp. also crucially, oil and gas might

was there something that stephen friend should have done differently? do you think actually he, i think he did it the right way and he does. she have, you know, many signs of being genuine. as i said, this is, this isn't a stand alone item. you have to take into context the prior, the way the f b. i was politicized after trump selection. and you know if the fact is, they lied to the fight. the court about that christine dossier which has been completely debunked. so of course he's, he's using his mind to put what he now sees happening after the january 6 where they're, they're making it look like it's a nationwide problem. by the way, this is exactly what happened with 911. if you remember, the 911 was a one on one incident or 2 if you call our count the pentagon, but it still was basically one incident in new york city, washington d. c. and the plane that crashed in pennsylvania, but what happened after 911, the f b, i made it seem like it was a nationwide program by putting a lot of incentives and pressures on the field offices to come up with these c

ah, i'm stephen beardsley in berlin. here's the look at our top stories. prosecutors opened their case in the criminal trial over one of germany's biggest financial scandals. the collapse of the payment services provider wire card. india has said it will continue importing russian oil to a new western lead price cap. we're going to deli for more and the effects of that price gap are me well visible off the turkish coast. oil tankers are stacking up waiting to get out of the black sea full and welcome to the show. it's one of the biggest financial scandals in german history. now the drama surrounding wire card moves into a german courtroom. the 1st criminal trial related to the multi 1000000000 dollar fraud case, prosecutor said thursday, the former c e. o. marcus brown and 2 other executives formed a criminal gang intent on fleecing investors. the 3 defendants faced charges of fraud and embezzlement. wire card, a former payment service services provider that once ranked among germany's most valuable companies collapsed i

the two reunited when stephen was seven.ht him how to fish, and they have been reeling in the memories ever since. >> i was blessed beyond words. >> i kind of got best of both worlds for sure. >> reporter: stephen is now 26, married with a brand new boy of his own, much to the delight of grandma schauna. >> that was really special. it just brought that full circle around. >> reporter: especially when she heard the baby's name. rylee. >> oh! >> it felt like that name was just supposed to be in the family. >> i think the lesson we learned is that sometimes we create barriers where barriers don't need to be. and when we pull down those barriers, we really find love on the other side. >> reporter: since we first told this story, that love on the other side has continued to grow. the family spent thanksgiving as one and will,, of course, be getting together again in the days ahead, a holiday example to help us all live the life of rylee. >> oh, my gosh. he is so cute. >> reporter: steve hartman, "on the road," in lehigh, utah. >>

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. >>> and the tragic suicide of ellen's former deejay stephen "twitch" boss. the message from his wife. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> the massive weather system we have been tracking the last few nights is extending its reach and impact, spawning a punishing tornado outbreak continuing in the south right now. local news viewers in new orleans watching a short time ago as a tornado roared through the city with early reports of damage. it's all part of a sprawling weather mass that has brought crippling blizzard conditions to the upper midwest and violent storms across several southern states, killing at least three people and there are new watches and warnings posted tonight in the south. the weather service calling it a particularly dangerous situation as the east braces for the storm's next act we have it all covered starting with morgan chesky in louisiana. >> reporter: tonight a huge tornado churning across new orleans >> there you can see a very large tornado oh, now we've got the power flashes. get to your safe place right

stephen engle, bloomberg news, hong kong.mber: that was bloomberg's north asia chief correspondent stephen engle. for more, let's bring in medicine mueller -- madison mueller. warnings abound about the approach china is taking on covid as they make an abrupt u-turn and forging ahead. what are the consequences of that? what is the modeling say about how bad this could be from a health perspective? madison: it has been a modeling that has come out so far saying deaths could top 2 million cases, could be in 5 million per day range, and it is amazing because there is not a lot of herd immunity, like we heard. vaccination rates are not really where they should be, so it is going from nothing so there could be a surge of cases. in the u.s., there was a stepwise approach to removing restrictions and lockdown measures, and we still had increases in cases. in this situation, we are going from zero to 100. there is not going to be a lot of protections in place to stop covid from just spreading throughout the country. tim: we understand

welcome back, stephen. thank you, stephen. let's drill down a little bit into what you've revealed. you said that you were a member of the f b i squad that investigated and targeted pedophile and sex traffickers. but you were taken off that assignment and made to investigate people who had participated in the protest at the capital building on january 6th, 2021. i'm not talking about writers necessarily. you were told to investigate, in some cases, perhaps arrest people who had participated peacefully. you told your supervisor on 2 separate occasions that you had a moral and ethical problem with this. you believe that the f b i was violating demonstrators 6 the 8th amendment rights. you told your supervisors that your previous work against pedophile and sex traffickers was of course more important. and so you were fired or at least suspended. is there a broader message here that we should take from this? what is the message that you think this action conveys? to the rest of the f b i workforce well, i think they would like any large organization, they have to go buy orders. so with