Stephen Colbert

Colbert shared that the show was taped earlier in the day, and that the news broke shortly before he took the stage. “We learned about the unspeakable shooting ...

Corden added that America is “one of the most backwards places in the world” when it comes to the issue of gun violence. “Nothing will change, gun money will continue to get in the way of morality. On Tuesday, when the news broke, celebrities and public figures took to social media to react. The thought of that phone call, that your child is the victim in a mass shooting, is beyond comprehension as a human being.” The trauma of the survivors, and for the future these kids will never see. Corden stood on the stage with the audience in their seats behind him and got emotional as he spoke about the shooting.

As news of Tuesday's massacre in Uvalde, Texas, broke, Colbert and James Corden were among those to tackle the tragedy.

So just as I stood here in this studio last week and I talked about a mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, today, heartbreakingly, it is in an elementary school in Texas,” he said. “And we are just five months into the year.” “And I’ll probably be stood here talking again in another week or two about another place. News about the Texas shooting broke as Corden neared the end of taping on The Late Late Show. “It’s unfathomable,” he said. Colbert delivered the news to his audience at the top of his Late Show monologue. “Prayers won’t end this,” Colbert said.

Stephen Colbert had to pause during his 'Late Show' monologue while discussing the Texas elementary school shooting that killed 19 students and 2 adults.

The shooting is the deadliest school shooting since the December 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, which left 20 children and six adults dead. And while we can add our prayers for the dead” — Colbert began, but he had to stop himself mid-sentence. Colbert told his audience he learned about the shooting — which left 19 children and two adults dead — before arriving at work that evening.

Stephen Colbert choked up and went silent as he delivered the news of the Texas school shooting that left at least 19 children and two teachers dead.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “And while we can add our prayers for the dead,” he began, before taking a moment to compose himself with a six-second pause. “We tape this show earlier in the day, and I just want to let you know shortly before I came out here tonight, we learned about the unspeakable shooting in Uvalde, Texas today,” he said.

James Corden and Stephen Colbert delivered emotional speeches on their late night shows after the Texas elementary school shooting on May 24.

So when you vote, ask yourself this question: Who running for office has publicly stated that they are willing to do anything and everything in their power to protect your children from the criminally insane number of guns in America?” Yet on this issue, America is one of the most backward places in the world.” “Words of thoughts and prayers will come from our leaders, but I fear change never will. The thought of that phone call — that your child is the victim in a mass shooting — is beyond comprehension as a human being. You’re on the forefront of medicine, of technology, of innovation. “I am constantly shocked by the number of people who must think this is an OK byproduct to never make meaningful changes to gun laws.

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Stephen Colbert choked up and went silent as he delivered the news of the Texas school shooting that left at least 19 children and two teachers dead.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “And while we can add our prayers for the dead,” he began, before taking a moment to compose himself with a six-second pause. “We tape this show earlier in the day, and I just want to let you know shortly before I came out here tonight, we learned about the unspeakable shooting in Uvalde, Texas today,” he said.