on chris colbert welcome to the program it is the largest trade deal ever struck by the european union naturally there were a big round of applause in brussels this week when the e.u. announced its agreement with south americas nations brazil argentina uruguay and paro but could the deal be a headache for europe in the coming months or even a failure a vocal opposition suggests ratifying the deal won't be easy. after the celebration comes the backlash french farmers are among those coming out against the methods or agreement brussels says it will bring their products to new markets while saving $4000000000.00 euros in customs but many worry about the effects on their local market. and the markets hang by a very fragile balance we add a little more volume prices will collapse and if prices collapse there is no life for us. he's not alone similar concerns are coming out of ireland poland and germany a focal point is the e.u. concession to south american beef producers $99000.00 tons at a lower tariff of 7 and a half percent european beef producers say their market is already tight and th

colbert." tonight, the mueller retort. plus, stephen welcomes chris wallace and jamie bell featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! crt! you ( band playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: beautiful! happy wednesday, my friend. thank you very much. thank you. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. our viewers out there, around the world. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert! today, special counsel robert mueller testified for six hours in front of two different congressional committees. it was a marathon. i know my nipples were bleeding. ( laughter ) the first bombshell of the day wasn't even from robert mueller. it was about robert mueller. >> robert mueller, 74 years old, as we mentioned, former vietnam war veteran, marine. also known as "bobby three sticks." because he is robert. mueller iii. >> stephen: bobby three sticks? i had no idea. "not for nothin', but bobby three sticks is keeping an eye on big donny fish lips, head of the trump-bin

. >> chris christie took a real whack at one of the moderators, here he is on colbert. >> please, godn we say good-bye to chuck todd. >> wow. >> i mean, the most -- the most pretentious know it all on network news, the guy is just a complete ass. does not like chuck todd, he was actually the most aggressive questioner, he knows how the frame questions aggressively which is what we do in cable, when we come back, president trump seizing control, the media with last-minute meeting in dmz, the president was too cautious reporting on 25-year-old sexual assault allegation against the president, is that true between north and south and took steps into the north. >> we went and met at the line and meeting at the line i said would you like me to come across and he said i would be so honored. >> the president took a swipe at the press for coverage of fiery mess before he took office. >> you don't report accurately, that's okay, some day history will report accurately. >> meted for an hour and agreed to get stalled nuclear talks. made dmz last night, she's a heck of a showman. >> right, reflect

chris. welcome. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host stephen colbert. before we start tonight, i'd like to congratulate the staff and crew of the "late show," because today we received four emmy nominations. >> stephen: whoo! whoo! whoo! got four. it's a new record. it's a new record. of course, the real emmy is the friends we made along the way. ( laughter ) unless we win, then you don't need friends. you've got an emmy. ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) you know who's not making many friends lately? donald trump. over the weekend, the president bellied up to the bigot buffet with a bunch of racist tweets aimed at four democratic congresswomen of color, known in washington as... "the squad." ♪ ( cheers and applause ) specifically, trump said the four should "go back to the countries they are from." now, they're from here. ( laughter ) immigrant or otherwise, they're americans. that's how you get into congress. that statement is old-school racism, minus the school. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) it's one of the most hurtful things -- it's one of the mos

chris who has the gratitude of ran and her parents, you know auburn. >>lonnie wong. >>now 6.20 a college football team near sacramento is grieving the loss of one of their own. chancellor feels colbert was shot at a party in fair oaks early sunday morning. he was later pronounced dead at the hospital. he attended sera college in rockland and the coach there says he's giving the team the time it needs to process their emotions during this tragic loss. police are still looking for the gunman this morning. >>well the city of modesto is considering awarding of permits for a straight pride march in a local park. so this flier circulated on social media and advertises the modesto will host the straight pride event august 24th. so the man behind and he's part of the national straight pride coalition and he says the parade of it is his group's a cultural answer to the lgbtq community. people in there have been some mixed reactions. >>i think it's ridiculous here all be there we have to have a voice and don't tell people at some point feel that way i think if we just ignored it and let the people do. >>whatever they're going to do i think maybe 4 or 5 people show up. >>well the city is revie

on chris colbert welcome to the program it is the largest trade deal ever struck by the european union naturally there were big rounds of applause in brussels this week when the e.u. announced its agreement with south americas nations brazil argentina europe.