plus, stephen welcomes matthew macfadyen! and jon m. chu!turing 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: right on time. [cheers and applause] thank you, friend. welcome. have a seat, everybody. thank you very much. you are very kind. welcome. welcome o one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheering] i hope all of you have stretched out your hammies, because it is a full-on sprint to the election. 104 days, and we are not stopping until november 5th, so grab a gatorade and slap some band-aids on your nipples. biden dropped out and endorsed kamala harris on sunday, and today, tuesday, she's already secured enough delegate endorsements to win the democratic presidential nomination. [cheers and applause] what? what? what's happening? what year is it? she became the presumptive nominee in 48 hours! to put that in perspective, it's been more than three years, and we still don't have a new james bon