samantha bee sat down with yahoo!lobal news anchor katie couric sharing what it takes to stand tall and hold her own against the boys club of comedy. >> welcome our senior senior correspondent correspondent, samantha bee! >> reporter: she lit up late night as a correspondent on ""the daily show."" >> have you had your picture taken with a black person yet? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: biting wit, signature samantha bee. using political satire with brutal honesty. >> and of course a tangerine-tinted trash can fire -- >> reporter: now taking center stage with her own solo gig "full frontal with samantha bee." >> we have never seen anything like this election. >> who has provided the best comedy red meat for you? >> ted cruz. >> ted's classmates at princeton and harvard law fondly remember him as arrogant, pretentious, and a nightmare of a human being. and those were just the reviews for his performance in "the crucible." >> reporter: unafraid to throw shade and the occasional punch into her commentary, bee is using

he's got michael stranahan and samantha bee. have a great night. >> stephen colbert! "late show" theme ) ( cheers and applause ) ( audience chanting stephen ) >> stephen: thanks, everybody! ( audience chanting stephen ) thanks, everybody! thank you so much! ( cheers and applause ) welcome to "the late show!" thanks so much! please! thank you so much! it's very nice! whoa! yeah! ( cheers and applause ) welcome to "the late show!" thanks, everybody! please! i'm stephen colbert. man, so excited. what a great audience, i thought they were going to do the wave there for a second. it was amazing. let me ask you something-- i hope this isn't too personal of a question... do you guys like the web site amazon.com? ( cheers and applause ) it's like ebay, but the things you buy don't arrive smelling like cigarettes. ( laughter ) amazon's always been on the cutting edge, from drone delivery, to automated warehouses, to shipping six a.a. batteries in a box the size of a mini fridge. ( laughter ) well, yesterday, we learned that amazon is planning to open hundreds of actual physica

samantha bee sat down with yahoo! global news anchor katie couric sharing what it takes to stand tall and hold her own against the boys club of comedy. >> welcome our senior senior correspondent correspondent, samantha bee! >> reporter: she lit up late night as a correspondent on ""the daily show."" >> have you had your picture taken with a black person yet? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: biting wit, signature samantha bee. using political satire with brutal honesty. >> and of course a tangerine-tinted trash can fire -- >> reporter: now taking center stage with her own solo gig "full frontal with samantha bee."

( cheers and applause ) the people-- the people love samantha bee! >> oh, my gosh!e. nice to see you. it's like old home week. >> it really is. i feel so comfortable here. >> stephen: the show starts monday night 10:30, tbs. >> on monday, yes. >> stephen: you're down to the wire here. >> we are. >> stephen: are you feeling like, "let me at them" or are you feeling, like-- >> i do! >> stephen: --"holy crap, what's about to happen?" >> no, i feel like, "aaaah! can i just put a show on the air now, please!" like, we have been prepping it for so long, that it's so exciting to actually be able to put one out on the air, and then i think you just sit back and you just let the helpful commenters roll in. and you just-- ( laughter ) >> stephen: they are so nice. >> --take their advice, re- jigger the show... >> stephen: the internet commenters are so kind and lovely. read all the youtube comments. >> i absolutely will, of course. >> stephen: you will sleep better at night. ( laughter ) >> yeah, i think so. i think so. ( laughter ) >> stephen: so, what is the show like? is i

samantha bee! and a musical performance by wilco! featuring jon batiste and "stay human!" and now it's time for "the late show" with stephen colbert! >> stephen: thanks, everybody! thanks so much! ( cheers and applause ) ( audience chanting stephen ) >> stephen: thank you, sir! whoo! ( audience chanting stephen ) ( cheers and applause ) ( laughter ) hey, is everyone excited for super bowl sunday in here? ( cheering ) that's no surprise. of course you are. it's like the olympics, only better, because it happens every year and america always wins. ( laughter ) of course, this year the big game is between the denver broncos, a.k.a. "the broncs," and the carolina panthers, a.k.a. "the pants." ( laughter ) and as soon as the super bowl ends, i, stephen colbert, will be hosting a special live edition of "the late show!" are you ready for some show that follows footbaaaaaaaaall?! ( cheers and applause ) and even though we're days away from the big show, we're already in the fearsome grip super bowl week. it all kicked

samantha bee sat down with yahoo! global news anchor katie couric sharing what it takes to stand tall and hold her own against the boys club of comedy. >> welcome our senior senior correspondent correspondent, samantha bee! >> reporter: she lit up late night as a correspondent on ""the daily show."" >> have you had your picture taken with a black person yet? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: biting wit, signature samantha bee. using political satire with brutal honesty. >> and of course a tangerine-tinted trash can fire -- >> reporter: now taking center stage with her own solo gig "full frontal with samantha bee." >> who has provided the best comedy red meat for you? >> ted cruz. >> ted's classmates at princeton and harvard law fondly remember him as arrogant, pretentious, and a nightmare of a human being. and those were just the reviews for his performance in "the crucible." >> reporter: unafraid to throw shade and the occasional punch into her commentary, bee is using her pedestal to take people off theirs. >> so th

>> well, i don't think so. >> reporter: that biting wit signature samantha bee using political satires, you guys. this week is bananas. >> reporter: now taking center stage with her own solo gig "full frontal with samantha bee." >> we have never seen anything like this election. a race between a barely contained cluster of frustration, a human up worthy post and, of course, a tangerine-tinted trash can fire. >> reporter: let's talk about "full frontal." >> the whole experience, i'm learning. i'm collaborating. i think we're doing the show that we want to do. >> reporter: who has provided the best comedy red meat for you? >> ted cruz. >> ted's classmates at princeton and harvard law fondly remember him as arrogant, pretentious and a nightmare of a human being. those are just the reviews for his performance in "the crucible." >> why was i persecuted? >> reporter: unafraid to throw shame and the occasional punch into commentary, bee is using her pedestal to take people off their's. >> so the intention of the law was not to do away with abortions, it was to make them impossible. >> no. >>

. >> senior correspondent samantha bee. >> reporter: she lit up late night as a correspondent on the daily show. >> have you had your picture taken with a black person yet? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: that biting wit signature samantha bee using political satire with brutal honesty. holy [ bleeped ] you guys. this week is bananas. >> reporter: now taking center stage with her own solo gig "full frontal with samantha bee." >> we have never seen anything like this election. a race between a barely contained cluster of frustration, a human cup worthy post and, of course, etan jer reen tinted trash can fire. >> reporter: let's talk about "full frontal." i'm learning, i'm collaborating. i think we're doing the show >> reporter: who has provided the best comedy red meat for you? >> ted cruz. >> ted's classmates at princeton and harvard law fondly remember him as arrogant, pretentious and a nightmare of a human being. those were just the reviews for his performance in "the crucible." >> why am i persecuted? >> reporter: and you afraid to throw said into the occasional punch into comme

last night, samantha bee poked fun at his rhetoric. >> kasich continues his birth right trip at a masa factory, like a plate of frogs falling from the sky. >> a wonderful holiday for our friends in the jewish community, the passover. great link between the blood that was put above the lamp post, jesus christ is known as the lamb of god. his blood. >> what? did john kasich just fiction jesus into passover? the passover, predates jesus by 13 centuries. there were no lamp posts. >> senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell took a swipe at trump speaking about a possible contested convention. >> it is important for everybody to understand that the convention rules will require you to get 1,237 delegate votes, and until one gets to 1,237, they will not be the nominee. about 60% of the delegates bound on the first delegate will be free to do what they want to do on the second ballot. there may be a second ballot. >>> shifting to the democrats, bernie sanders held another big rally in queens, with a man than the skyline in the backbackdrop. he expects to win if there is a large turnover. after

he's got michael stranahan and samantha bee. have a great night. >> stephen colbert!

. >>> and the ongoing uproar over adding harriet tubman has samantha bee asking what?other stupid ideas. >> creating a $6 bill or a $12 bill. that would be something. >> yeah, that would be something. make the black person worth exactly three-fifths of the white person's value. gee, why hasn't anybody ever thought of that before? >> around this is your morn -- and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." 21 minutes after the hour in washington. i'm joined by co-author of "the political playbook" daniel litman. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm doing well. let's talk about trump for a second. he is expected to win big by a big margin -- huge as he would say. will the cruz/kasich pact throw a kink in that plan or a little too late for this? >> i feel like if they had come to this a couple of months ago they would have had a shot. but looks like trump has gotten the legitimacy of you know lots of primary voters and so it's almost too little, too late. this is like the -- they're trying to stop a couple from getting married and they're already on

rosy perez, samantha bee and others. >> just before we go, i wane to ask you about the reacmer. >> you can win tickets if you find the reactor. anit's the first automated acting judge. you reenact scenes from your favorite film, if you score high enough, ou get free tickets. >> are you looking at me? >> very good. that's going to be down there as well. thank you, appreciate it. >> tribeca film festival from the 13th of april to the 24th. go to tribeca film.com for more information. with nbc and nbc 4 proud sponsor. always good to work with you cara. >>> the time is 7:19. back over to pat. >>> thank you gus and cara. concerns about insufficient fire equipment in rockland county. now the state is taking action. we'll have an i-team update for you when we come bac >>> n update for you now. an investigation about out of control construction and fire danger in rockland county. >> the labor department has now smacked the village of spring valley with multiple violations for failing to provide firefighters with safe equipment to do their jobs. wallace has an update. >> this turnout coat does

. >> you're married to samantha bee, who is not funny. >> not at all. i'll say that.e right direction. >> no. >> and we're moving from syracuse to ft. lauderdale. fraught with disaster the entire way. >> you were coming off "the daily show." you had to figure out what your next move was. i remember when you were developing it, explained it, sounded cool. is this what you had in your mind to do it after "the daily show." >> i actually wanted your job. i want to ask hard-hitting questions. >> see? see? take note. >> like you did on "the daily show." >> take notes, jason jones. >> that's hilarious. >> yes. >> are you a mini van guy? >> i am. yes, we have -- we nickname our mini vans. this one is blue thunder. personally, i drive black panther. >> tough mini van names. >> you have to give your mini van a tough name because it's a mini van. >> dude, that's what i haven't done. >> i'll give you one. >> it's silver. >> silver? >> keep it coming. >> "detour" tonight on tbs. >> silver street. >> silver bullet. >> yes! >> too late. it's >>> ladies are here. >> yes, we are. >> h