CBS News anchor John Dickerson appeared emotional during his sit-down with “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert while discussing President-elect Trump’s historic victory.
CBS News anchor John Dickerson got emotional as he grappled with President-elect Trump’s historic victory in Tuesday’s election during his appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
Dickerson, who CBS News tapped to co-anchor “CBS Evening News” following Norah O’Donnell’s forthcoming exit, was confronted by host Stephen Colbert, who recalled having to explain to his “mystified” 14-year-old son how Trump won the 2016 election.
“How would you explain that to a 14-year-old today? How would you explain this election?” Colbert asked.
“I’ll try not to think about my boys because”, Dickerson said before choking up.
After a brief pause, he regained his composure.
“I think the way you would explain it is this- you’d obviously not go into all the complexities of things but I think you would say that, you know, amazing things have been done through the American political system”, Dickerson said.
