and his ancestor was stephen hawkins. and we might think okay. what can we learn from stephen hawkins? he's on the mayflower with all the rest of them children. and otherwise, what does his story tell us about ourselves? well, we can't even give to get there. until we first ask a couple of questions. the united states became a special kind of country the country that could eliminate slavery. and it is important to ask. why was it that kind of country it has something to do with who they were in the beginning. and that's why the 1619 project is relevant. for the 1619 project has nothing to say about the ordinary souls. were there in the beginning? now stephen hopkins didn't come to the north america for the first time on the mayflower stephen hopkins, was it jamestown? he was there at 16:09 16 10. he had left london left his wife in three children there as he went all with what a band of aristocratic adventurers. not religiously inspired not pilgrims people who were out looking for the main chance and who didn't have very much of a commitment to l

and his ancestor was stephen hawkins. and we might think okay. what can we learn from stephen hawkins? he's on the mayflower with all the rest of them children. and otherwise, what does his story tell us about ourselves? well, we can't even give to get there. until we first ask a couple of questions. the united states became a special kind of country the country that could eliminate slavery. and it is important to ask. why was it that kind of country it has something to do with who they were in the beginning. and that's why the 1619 project is relevant. for the 1619 project has nothing brand but this is important for washington and for the country and for the world and i think you did great job making clear why does. tell us why you want to do another book until 20 think the stands out as apart from some of the other one? >> thank you, peter, and thank you for doing this. you have covered the white house speed i think in a way, i mean, you are my go to white house reporter so it's an honor to be here with you. what is different about this book an

and they have meaning because we all have families like stephen hawkins that have been nurtured in them. we remember our families good and bad. because they made us what we are. that we remember our history good and bad. because it made us what we are. dr. allen, thank you for that and i think we'll and in this time where dishonest history for how someone feels history ought to be is so apparent in writing. it's a great corrective. free to remind us that things really happen. there were real people real we have the evidence. and we ought not to go beyond that. so thank you very very much for that. and that us to teaching. that dr. hall is a distinguished teacher. he's partnered with rfi inheritance and writing of a curriculum that will come out later very very shortly on the mayflower compact for high school students. let me ask you dr. hall. what do we need to teach young people about the meaning of significance of mayflower compact what's missing in our current approaches our current history textbooks and teaching about this subject and how do teachers whether they're they're parent t

plus stephen welcomes john dickerson and corey hawkins, featuring jon batiste and "stay human." now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey! there you go! ( band playing ) hey! ( cheers and applause ) come on! come on! ( cheers and applause ) ( audience chanting stephen ) >> stephen: thanks, everybody! please, have a seat. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host stephen colbert. and it is -- ( cheers and applause ) i am so happy to be with y'all tonight. it is so good not to be alone tonight because it's the one-year anniversary of the january 6th attack on our democracy. it's important to reflect on a day like this. there's a reason texas motto is not what's an alamo? ( laughter ) the thing i remember from that day is how shocked i was at the grotesque-ness of this tragedy. that day, we had written a whole monologue about what we thought was going to be a regular procedural vote to certify joe biden's electoral win. and i wish we had the chance to do that monologue because anyone who's worked in

hawkins will now play either mark selby or stephen maguire in the last eight.gland and wales cricket board has told the county it needs to demonstrate it can "meet expected standards". headingley was stripped of the right to host major matches in november in response to its handling of racism allegations made by azeem rafiq. headingley was due to host england's test against new zealand and one—dayer with south africa in july. ireland's second one—day interntional against the west indies injamaica on tuesday has been postponed after more positive covid cases in the tourists' camp. a joint statement from cricket ireland and cricket west indies said the ireland squad had been left 'severely depleted' and the two bodies were now in talks about reviewing the match schedule. ireland are due to play three one day internationals altogether and also one t20 match. and that's all the sport for now. hello. tuesday will bring us a bit of a day of mixed fortunes. still quite cloudy and drizzling in the south, but clearer and brighter air will move in from the north. so, we