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.
