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.
