and stephen welcomes blake shelton. featuring jon batiste and "stay human."ffice building in new york city, it's stephen colbert! >> stephen: whoo! welcome, baby! oh, i'm here on the planet! welcome to it! i'm your host, stephen colbert. and don't you forget it! whoo! whoo! it's that or go to sleep. two choices, and i want to be here for you. so nice to see you again. you know, folks, it was not easy. we made it through the final day of the democrats' case against the ex-president and, today, i didn't cry -- yet. saving that for a bedtime treat. i'm going to tell you all about their closing argument in my unfortunately still ongoing, but "don and the giant impeach 2: go fast, we're furious." >> i am a tremendous embarrassment to our country. the last four years were tragedies. ( growling ) ooh! ooh! this is kind of doing it for me. ooh! ooh! i love you >> yuck! >> you're gonna get $130,000. >> weirdo! >> stephen: i'm going to miss that a little. as the day was largely summary by the house managers, there was a lot of evidence, but there was also appealing to

nbc's natalie morales sat down with one of its proud members, our buddy, blake shelton. >> hi, nat! e reflects on what the opry means to him. ♪ i saw the light in a sunrise ♪ >> repor i can specifically remember as a kid getting mad at the radio because they weren't playing whatever i thought was good at the time. >> reporter: growing up in oklahoma, the pinnacle of blake's country music dream was to perform at the grand ole opry. >> my earliest memories of my grandma talking to me, saying, some day you're going to be on the grand ole opry. to me, it was something your grandma would say to you. for that something so outlandish and ridiculous to become a reality truly is a dream come true. >> welcome to the grand ole opry, everybody! >> reporter: the legendary nashville stage concert has been home to hitmakers and legends alike. from hank williams to garth brooks and dolly parton. what started as a barn dance radio show 95 years ago is now country's crowning achievement. blake was 25 years old when he made his grand ole opry debut. do you remember the first time performing, what that

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