in the hospital and several others needing ivs mid game. but they won. now they're one of eight teams headed to ohio. someone even set up an online fundraiser to cover the travel costs. >> cool. >> it passed $100,000 in just four days. so yeah, the school is closing. >> wow. >> till going to play. >> each out they're getting closer to the end. in these games that they're playing. >> i know. good for them, though. >> i wouldn't turn the baseball uniform in. keep it. why not? >> as your lifelong memento. >> yeah, they are owed. thanks for watching. the late show with stephen colbert is next. >> a little strange health news about a presidential candidate. in a new report, robert kennedy opens up about health issues from a quote "worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died."

>> the amazing adventures of worm in brain-man! ♪ ♪ >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight... wermagerd! first, stephen welcomes jen psaki and elynana! featuring louis cato and "the late show" band. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert.

[cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: hello. welcome. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheering] okay, all right. enough of the chit-chat! r.f.k., jr. says a worm ate part of his brain! this explains everything and nothing. though having a worm eat part of your brain might explain why he says stuff like this. >> i knew harvey weinstein. i knew roger ailes. i knew -- o.j. simpson came to my house. bill cosby came to my houe.

>> stephen: worm ate my brain. everybody in. let's dig in, just like that worm did to r.f.k., jr.'s delicious frontal lobe. today, "the new york times" published some newly discovered health records for the independent candidate. turns out, back in 2010, rfk, jr. went to a doctor because he was experiencing some cognitive symptoms, like memory loss and mental fogginess, as well as a tiny voice in his head going, "let's see, what wine pairs best with cerebellum?" [laughter] lowly? that's lowly, isn't it? busytown? now, so... [cheering] no! so, you know, playing it safe, bobby jr. got a brain scan, which showed an abnormality that his doctor said "was caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died."

cause of death: starvation. [laughter] but... you know what's really suspicious, though? right before it died, that worm was vaccinated. up till then, perfectly healthy, ran marathons. suddenly dead. you do the math. now, here's the thing. the dead worm is still in there! medical experts aren't sure exactly what kind of parasite it was, but they suspect it was pork tapeworm larva, which raises the disturbing question, how long has rfk jr. been porking tapeworms? [laughter] all of this initially came out in 2012? in 2012, in a deposition from divorce proceedings where r.f.k., jr. was arguing that his earning power had been diminished by his cognitive struggles. classic divorce court argument. "your honor, my client is entitled to alimony."

"come on, brenda. be reasonable. you know a worm ate my brain! how about joint custody of the worm? how about that?" in the deposition, r.f.k., jr. revealed "i have short-term memory loss, and i have longer-term memory loss," adding "and i also have short-term memory loss." [cheers and applause] now, you might be thinking... [applause] you might be thinking yes, r.f.k., jr. is a tad insane in the membrane, but that can't just be because a worm ate his brain, right? right. it could also be due to the fact that he was diagnosed with mercury poisoning, likely from ingesting too much fish. well, of course. those fish were just jumpin' in his mouth, trying to get the worm! [applause] that's...

you're teasing 'em. now, don't worry, because r.f.k. says that he has recovered from the memory loss and there are no after-effects from the parasite. adding "i, human person, r.f.k., jr., have never felt better and am definitely not controlled ratatouille-style by a worm who lives in my skull. cross my five hearts, hope to die on a sidewalk after a rainstorm. oh, no, a robin!" but any... "ahh!" [applause] i just want to say to any r.f.k., jr. fans who might be watching, do not despair. just because he has admitted in a sworn deposition that he has parasitic brain damage doesn't mean he's gonna drop out. because bobby kennedy jr. does not know the meaning of the word quit! 'cause that information was in the part of the brain that the worm ate. [applause]

speaking of light-skulled americans, federal judge aileen cannon, seen here as the cover model for "dead eye monthly." yesterday, cannon announced that trump's federal classified documents trial date would be postponed indefinitely, meaning that now it is unlikely that the classified documents trial will end before the 2024 presidential election. no! i was counting on judge aileen cannon to save us from trump! that's why i got the big aileen cannon back tattoo to cover up my "it's mueller time" tattoo! you mean we have to save us? the trump trial... so we have to vote... again? the trump trial that is happening here in new york, new york, they were off today, so the bailiff could refill their supply of febreeze.

but everyone's still talking about yesterday's aggressive cross-examination of stormy daniels by trump's defense attorney. what was her name again? >> susan necheles. susan necheles. susan necheles. >> stephen: are we sure that's her name and not just how trump describes her? "okay, todd glasses does the opening statement. susan necklace does the cross, johnny bowtie here brings me my big mac, and uh-oh big judge black muumuu is mad at me again." yesterday was primary day in indiana, a fact i totally knew before i read it in the prompter right there. and in this primary, there were warnings in the results for donald trump. 'cause despite her dropping out of the race two months ago, nikki haley still pulled in nearly 22% of the vote. wow! she's not even -- that's gotta sting for trump.

that's like a boss telling you "sorry, we're passing you over for the promotion and giving it to mark. may he rest in peace." now, indiana is crucial for any republican seeking the white house. in fact, a few years ago, trump said of indiana, "it's called importantville. yes, that's why they called the movie "importantville jones and the temple of doom" starring the incredible han solo. his wife was a big furry dog, but boy, could she fly that spaceship." since trump's criminal trial -- i've confused my stage manager. since trump's criminal trial is off today, cnn finally had the bandwidth to cover the second-most important story in america: informational video goes viral ahead of cicada invasion. makes sense. it is the cicada news network. we all remember those old ads. >> this is [high-pitched screech].

>> stephen: of course, yeah. it's a double swarm this time. i've seen my fair share of informational cicada videos. i'm an adult. so, this one must be pretty special to have gone viral. jim, roll it. >> where we are in the life cycle right now, the cicadas are hiding below the soil surface. it is roughly around 64 degrees soil temperature. they will come out, crawl up trees or other objects like garages and stuff, and they will crawl out of their exoskeletal shell, which is the shell they were in in the nymph form. >> stephen: oh, to be a winged insect on the wall during that production meeting. "okay, we need to film an informational video about cicadas. i'm gonna need four improv students, some cargo pants, and three tabs of acid! what?

use footage of actual bugs? you're a cretin!" now, this video was made by famed director, the forest preserve district of dupage county, illinois. and let me just say, when i was struggling for acting work back in illinois, i would've killed for the part of cicada in larval stage. but just like everything else, the part would've gone to steve carell. he just has that certain je ne sais-cada. there was also some interesting local political news this week involving new york governor and fourth grader who got lost on the factory field trip and was found 53 years later, kathy hochul. hochul was speaking at a conference on monday when, unfortunately, she said this -- >> right now we have young black kids growing up in the bronx who don't even know what the word "computer" is. they don't know. they don't know these things.

>> stephen: that was not good. evidently, kathy hochul thinks the best buys in the bronx have a section labeled whaaaa? everyone instantly knew this was bad, even the sign language interpreter. take a look at her face. [laughter] but regardless of hochul's terrible gaffe, access to computers is a real issue in america right now, and it's something we should -- >> john: hey! hey >> stephen: i'm sorry. it's my writer, john thibodeaux. what's wrong, john? >> jon: i'm confused, steve! what's a computer? >> stephen: john, there's no way you don't know what a computer is. >> john: there's that word again! com-poot-air? >> stephen: john, i happen to know you have a degree in mechanical engineering. how'd you do that without a computer? >> john: i used a pencil!

>> stephen: well, then, how do you do this job? you wrote the script of this sketch we're doing with each other right now! you have a computer right there! >> john: oh, this thing? this is my tortilla warmer. [laughter and applause] yeah, yeah. i got it at a place called the apple store, you know what? not a single piece of fruit in the whole joint! >> stephen: well, john, if you don't mind, i'm gonna finish the tv show. >> john: what's a tv? >> stephen: john thibodeaux, everybody. we got a great show for you tonight! my guest is msnbc's jen psaki. but when we come back, a great idea for the perfect mother's day gift. stick around for mom. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: "the late show with stephen colbert" sponsored by

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oh, we have a surfeit of riches here tonight, ladies and gentlemen. tonight in just a few moments, my guest is going to be from "inside with jen psaki" on msnbc, jen psaki will be out here in just one moment to talk about the whole world. i just want to remind everybody out there. you do the podcast? we have a podcast here, it's called "the late show" podshow. it is available seven days a week. how is that possible? we only do four shows a week. how do we do seven? that's a need to know basis, i'm being told. we do seven days a week. exclusive material that's not on tv, extended interviews, audience questions. special introduction by me, stephen colbert? hey! how did we get stephen colbert? he's expensive. check it out, y'all. folks, it's may. and we all know what that means. you have exactly one month to wear capris. i'm not saying you should. i'm just saying you can. it also means that mother's day is coming up.

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♪ ♪ >> stephen: welcome back, everybody! folks, my guest tonight is the former press secretary for president biden, former communications director for president obama, and current host of "inside with jen psaki" on msnbc. she's just written her first book, "say more." please welcome back to "the late show," jen psaki! ♪ ♪ [applause]

hello. nice to have you back. >> it's great to be here. >> stephen: you look like a hip angel. i love the outfit. >> a hip angel. i love it. >> stephen: the new book is "say more." in march, you celebrated your first year as host of "inside with jen psaki." after a year with the gig. >> thank you. thank you. >> stephen: what do you call yourself? how do you perceive your job? anchor, reporter, journalist? there are different jobs in the news industry. what are you? >> kind of all of the above. what my job is is to inform the public. i don't know how you can define that. i consider myself at times a journalist. i consider myself a person who is an anchor because i'm sitting

behind a desk. but hosting a show, as you know, it's a privilege and an opportunity to bribe people with information and context help them understand things. >> stephen: and jokes about the worm in rfk jr.'s brain. >> i was waiting for that to come up. i was looking, what is stephen going to say about this? >> stephen: as someone who has worked with two presidents, how much of a president's brain can be eaten by a worm before it impacts their performance? speaker i've never worked for a president who's had part of their brain eaten. by any animal. hopefully that's not something we are dealing with as a cou country. i can't speak to that from experience. >> stephen: how has it been having to balance your own voice, what you want to have happen in an election with the job of informing the public? there has to be a tension there. >> of course. right now, and i watch your show. i watched your monologue last night.

you had some fun with the trial. what we are looking at are significant stakes for the country about the future of our democracy. i don't think anyone should be hiding from that or talking around that. i don't try to be anything other than who i am. i don't try to do anything but present what my point of view is an informed way. i do it with facts. not everyone always does it with facts. i worked for president biden. bringing to the show and the country my experience of how he thinks about things, what he cares about and doesn't care about is informing them. >> stephen: i'm sure it is informing people. i watch your show and enjoy it. i would imagine as we get closer to the election, that tension is going to be greater for you to stay objective, even if you actually believe in the objectives of the president of the united states. >> that's true, i don't think my views of donald trump

are a secret. i don't think yours are, either. >> stephen: but i'm not a i'm a professional clown. >> you are way more than that. you are informing the public. >> stephen: then i am not doing my job very well. >> people who are watching my show, i hope, do people come away with a better understanding of a person? maybe it's joe biden, someone running for office, and/or an issue. is there an issue misconstrued that i can help explain? i don't think it's a secret. i don't try to make it a secret. i worked for joe biden, barack obama, worked on three presidential campaigns. i can bring insight to how these things work and what is at stake in this election. >> stephen: is there something you could inform the audience about might be something you

feel that the biden administration is not doing well right now? some constructive information that even they wouldn't mind hearing from you. for instance, how about his outreach to young people? much is being made for the fact that young voters are turned off to president biden, especially in light of his continued support of netanyahu with a tragedy that's going on in gaza right now, in response to the tragedy of october 7th. >> i haven't been in there in two years but i have worked in diplomacy, work for the former secretary of state. i do think there is some leverage we are seeing being used. should it have been used earlier? i think the answer is yes. we are seeing them hold back in the sending of weapons. that's a pretty significant sign given the united states and israel has a long-standing connection on military support where the united states is a big provider of that. >> stephen: has the united states done that before?

>> not many times. it's happened before but not many times. it is a significant step. prime minister netanyahu is someone who joe biden has had a tricky, challenging relationship with for some time. people don't always see that. it isn't often talked about. to go back to your original question about what they could be doing differently, it is difficult to explain the nature of diplomacy. it is very hard to talk about what is happening because sometimes if you do, you were -- you will ruin the diplomatic talks. outreach and connection and listening to young people and hearing from them is an important part of that. he is going to talk to morehouse university, he is going to do the commencement address. that's a good step. they could be doing more of that. i think that's an important part of their outreach they will have to do over the next couple months. >> stephen: we have to take a quick break. don't goowhere. we'll be right back with more jen psaki.

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election interference, falsifying business records. what's the most important thing for you to be reporting on so the audience can understand what the stakes of the case are? >> i think the most important thing for people to understand is this essentially case where the former president tried to withhold information, successfully withheld it, i should say, from the american public that would've been damaging to his candidacy. he did that through a coordinated effort with the "national enquirer." that is not something you are supposed to do. that's what the case is about. >> stephen: doesn't seem like what's been revealed so far, putting out false stories about his opponents would be enough to derail any other normal candidate? >> it feels like it should be. it feels like it should be. >> stephen: that is up there with worm ate part of my brain. >> i know. that detail. it's like we can't get it out of our brains.

it bends the mind that this election is still so close. the other part which is not the legal case of it but having watched and consumed a lot of information about the trial, stormy daniels was a former adult film star. there's lots of salacious nests about what she talked about on the stand on tuesday. but here's a detail i keep thinking about. she's a woman, the former president, the republican nominee had sex with who said she blacked out during the experience and her hands were shaking so much, she barely knew what to do. there's also a character aspect here. i'm not talking about the legal case. i won't play lawyer on tv. there's plenty of good lawyers. but that tells you about the character. that is something the public can make their own decisions but it is important for people to understand the details of what we are learning about who he is as a person. [applause] >> stephen: again, just a plain old sex scandal would derail -- gary hart should have this type of luck.

>> remember the tan suit with barack obama? >> stephen: i do. that was a scandal. >> it puts it into perspective. >> stephen: there is no place for poplin in the oval office. we also heard from hope hicks. she communications director for trump? >> she was a senior advisor of some sort. i don't know what her title was exactly. >> stephen: when he became president in 2016, was that handoff like. >> we were in a shell-shocked place like most of the country. president obama said the bush team, who he had lots of disagreements with, welcomed us with grace. they gave us books and briefing books and helped us through the transition and we were expected to do the same. you want the country to succeed and there is a history for good reason about the transition of power. that's what we did. we had all of these binders. we were so nerdy

and bureaucratic about the things we wanted to prepare them with. we sat down. she was probably a little shell-shocked but one of the big questions she asked was how do you get president obama to approve every statement? we said "we don't." if it's national pancake day or national sweden day, we love sweden, just as an example. you don't get the president to approve a pretty just write the statement. if it's a controversial one or you want to get his brainpower on it, then you talk to him about it. she said "mr. trump will want to approve everything. close up at the time i thought that seems hard to do. i'm not sure you're going to pull that off. i wasn't sure that was going to be the basis of a testimony during a criminal trial. what he told me at the time and what it told me of friday, if he cares about small details, he cares about the big details, like how much you pay your former -- you are reimbursing your former lawyer. there is no way he doesn't care about the details.

>> stephen: he is signing the check on the resolute desk. it classes the place up. >> think about all the things that have happened in that oval office. this is something i've thought about. george bush gave a speech to the country on the night of 9/11 you can hate george bush or not or whatever. there were moments of every president in that room. >> stephen: "memo line, sex with porn star." >> give me the check. anyone have a pen and a diet coke? >> stephen: the trial is going on. trump is on trial, and that is taking his time and president biden is on the trail right now. how hard is it for president biden to get attention, even though he is the only one who's campaigning now because all of the oxygen is being sucked up in that courtroom. he did something today. >> wisconsin. >> stephen: he talked about something. >> yes, infrastructure.

>> stephen: i heard that happened and i could not tell you where. and i give a damn and not everybody does. how can he get the attention? >> if you're on the campaign, it's about six states, maybe seven where the campaign is going to be won or lost. no pressure, wisconsin, georgia, nevada, arizona. the future of the countries on your backs. that's where it's going to be won or lost. wisconsin, the margin of victory was less than 1% in the last two presidential elections. if he can get on the front page of the "milwaukee journal sentinel," that is a huge win. >> stephen: so it doesn't matter if i don't know. as long as the people in wisconsin no. >> he would kind of like you to know. but it is a unique challenge for them. the criminal trials, we struggle with this. i won't speak for you but we struggle with how much we should cover these trials, how much we should talk about these trails. there's a lot of things happening in the world. >> stephen: i don't have

a lot of choice. we don't decide the news. we are a shadow of the news. in our monologue, we are talking about what people are talking about today. so if you talk about it, we are going to talk about it so it's really your fault if i'm only talking about it. >> wow, that was a bit of a roundabout. sometimes i am tired of talking about it because i am a human i am tired of talking about the trump trials, but it is important for people to hear and understand and be informed. the stakes are that vital. this is a historic moment. there has never been a former president facing criminal trial in a court room. we have to talk about it. >> stephen: hang on right there. don't go away. we will be back with more jen psaki, everybody. fortable. yep, there's plenty of space. i've even got an extra seat. wait! no, no, no, no, no. [ gasps ] [ indistinct chatter ]

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>> stephen: hey, everybody, we are back with the author of the new book, "say more," jen psaki. it's sort of a memoir but also it's also stories and advice in here. why not a straight memoir? why give advice? >> i am so young. i have a lot of time left. no, in all seriousness, when i left the white house, i thought a lot about things i wish i would've known i was in my 20s, when i was graduating from college, when i was starting my career. a lot of that in the book, i do talk about moments i was there

for history. i talk about a lot of mistakes i made. a lot of times i wish i would've done something differently. times when i was under attack from bullies, not just fox news, also the kremlin. >> stephen: you are attacked by the kremlin? >> jen: yes. >> stephen: how so? >> back in 2014 when russia invaded ukraine the first time around, shall we say. the oji invasion. i was at the state department. i was the spokesperson and i was one of the faces -- the face of the administration. making clear to russia this was illegal. the kremlin started doing their state run media, they did a nightly show about me. they designed verbs, psaking, making up facts that wasn't true. >> stephen: broadcast in the united states? >> and in europe. i have experienced that. if anyone wonders how it feels to be the victim of russian propaganda, not good. >> stephen: i am not allowed to go to russia.

>> neither. >> stephen: they put out a thing that said you can't come here. the caviar, the vodka. use that mistakes he made early on. anything particularly memorable? still sends a chill down your spine. >> oh, man. i have a few. i don't know if anything has put something in email they didn't want to put in email and then it is exposed. or a text. when you're in the government, your emails are subject to the freedom of information act. if you email between the white house and treasury department, there was a time in 2009 we hired a person overseeing the money that ceos would get. he was this man named ken feinberg. it was a controversial hiring. part of the bank bailout.

there was criticism, go figure. we did interviews. fox news was displeased that there was accountability. someone who was going to do some accountability for the business industry. anyway, after a long day i sent an email that said i just watched bret beier's piece but he is a lunatic and i said i am going to put a dead fish in the fox news cubbyhole. i'm so annoyed. some version of that. a year later of those came out. they don't translate well when they come out in public. what i learned from this, the dead fish was based on a rahm emmanuel joke in the white house. what i learned from this is, what would my mother think? what would she think when she sees these emails? she's not going to be happy with me. i sent bret beir an email.

i did not know him. i said "i don't know you but you may not believe this, this is not how i behave. i just wanted to apologize." he could have replied and said "screw you" or "thank you." a form of "screw you." he didn't. he invited me to lunch. we had lunch and talked about our families. i disagree with him plenty of times, with fox news, but that i haven't made a secret of that but that was handled with grace and it reminded me that when people make mistakes, that's what you should do. you can handle them with grace. [applause] >> stephen: jen, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> stephen: the book "say more" is available now. jen psaki, everybody. we'll be right back with a performance by elyanna.

>> stephen: making her her television debut with a medley of "callin' u" and "mama eh," elyanna. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm callin' you ♪

♪ with all my goals ♪ ♪ my very soul is falling through ♪ ♪ in need of you ♪ ♪ to trust in my faith, my tears and my ways is drownin' ♪ ♪ so i cannot always show it but ♪ don't doubt my love ♪ [singing in arabic] ♪ ♪ ♪ i don't need nobody ♪ ♪ i don't fear nobody ♪ ♪ i don't call nobody but you my one and only ♪ [singing in arabic]

♪ ♪ ♪ i'm callin' you ♪ ♪ with all my goals ♪ ♪ my very soul is falling through ♪ ♪ in need of you ♪ ♪ to trust in my faith, my tears and my ways is drownin' ♪ ♪ so i cannot always show it but don't doubt my love ♪ ♪ ♪ [singing in arabic] ♪ ♪

♪ mama, eh, mama, mama, eh, mama, mama ♪ mama, mama ♪ ♪ ♪

[singing in arabic] ♪ ♪ ♪ mama, eh, mama, mama, eh, mama, mama ♪ ♪ mama, eh, mama, mama, eh, mama, mama ♪ ♪ mama, eh, mama, mama, eh, mama, mama ♪ ♪ mama, eh, mama, mama, eh, ♪ mama, eh, mama, mama, eh, mama, mama, mama eh ♪ ♪ mama, eh, mama, mama, eh, mama, mama, mama eh ♪ [cheers and applause] >> stephen: her debut album is out now, elyanna. that's it for "the late show." stick around for "after midnight"