Rachel Maddow | Error Traffic Control

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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America’s air traffic control system is in disarray thanks to aging technology and recent DOGE staff cuts, President Trump decided to reopen an abandoned prison after watching the Clint Eastwood film, “Escape From Alcatraz,” and Stephen breaks down what to expect as the College of Cardinals seal themselves inside the Vatican to elect the next Pope. Emmy-winner and bestselling author Rachel Maddow joins Stephen to talk about the first 100 days of President Trump’s second term and the demonstrations against his actions that are popping up in all 50 states on a daily basis. Grab her number-one bestselling book, “Prequel,” available now in paperback. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome one and all in here out there to The Late Show.
0:08.5	I'm your host Stephen Colbert.
0:10.2	Quick question.
0:13.1	Quick question before we get started tonight.
0:14.9	Anyone here from out of the country?
0:19.0	All right.
0:19.8	Well, you live here now because you're never going to want to fly again.
0:24.3	Because for the past week, there have been thousands of delays at Newark Airport right across the river,
0:31.4	including hundreds of cancellations just this morning.
0:34.4	We now know the culprit was a 90-second blackout
0:38.3	during which air traffic controllers temporarily lost radar
0:42.1	and communications with the aircraft under their control,
0:45.1	unable to see, hear, or talk to them.
0:49.8	Oh, no.
0:55.0	See, here.
0:56.8	Those are three fairly important things.
1:00.0	That means for 90 seconds, our air traffic control system was,
1:04.5	ah, there's one, there's one right there.
1:09.1	There's another.
1:10.5	Okay, you, you There's another. Okay.
1:11.6	You!
1:12.6	You circle!
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