so go to colbert super pac.com and donate $99 to get your colbert super pac fun bag. and before you know it, i will be taking no personal or legal responsibility for anything you do. i don't know who you are. i don't have a super pac or a tv show, and my name is veraldo jivera. (applause) >> stephen: we'll be rate back. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thank you very much. nation, this entire campaign people have dismissed mitt romney as an out of touch superwealthy 1%er who can't connect with the average american. but he puts his pants on like everybody else. one leg at a time, right after consulting with a pant strategist. but mitt has finally found a way to comment to the common man. humor. on a recent conference call with wisconsin supporters, he trotted out a favorite shaggy dog story and this time it doesn't involve strapping the shaggy dog to the roof of his car. jim? >> you may remember that my father george romney was president of an automobile company called american motors. and they had a factory in michigan. he decided to close th

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was furious after macho left dog waste in colbert's tidy front yard. a witness says colbert fronted macho's owner in his driveway up the street and then when robert wright walked up with the dog, the witness says colbert stabbed him. >> it's outrageous. it's really, you know, the world is coming to a bad thing. >> reporter: colbert is a volunteer for kevin chavous jr.'s city council campaign. >> i want to express my deepette condolences to the family of the victim -- my deepest condolences to the family of the victim and alleged criminal. >> reporter: someone has left flowers next to robert wright's front door, but ellsworth colbert has his defenders, too. >> mr. colbert is a very nice giving person. i have never known him to do anything wrong. i've known him since the 7th grade and he's a very nice guy and he loves his community. >> reporter: this is far from the first time that ellsworth colbert has been accused of assault. he has a long history of what the prosecutor called assaultive behaviors in montgomery, prince george's and d.c. at d.c. superio

turns out colbert has -- threat to that community. turns out colbert has a long list of assaults and convictions in prince george's county and montgomery county. so is this a guy who could kill a neighbor over dog poop (the courts will have to sort that one out -- dog poop? the courts will have to sort that one out. >> we have not had much of a winter, but what winter we have had may have just had its last gasp. >> parts of northern virginia got several inches of snow today. this is video from this morning in thornburg, virginia. it wasn't enough to stick on the roads, but it's certainly more than some people in our region have seen all season. we have team coverage tonight beginning with meteorologist topper shutt in the weather center and i looked out the window. i got a little giddy seeing some snow. >> it was kind of nice, didn't cause any problems around here, but i think this may be the last gasp as you mentioned. let's start with radar. there's still snow showers in parts of the area. in fact, 10 minutes ago we had a pretty goo

police say ellsworth colbert stabbed robert wright's when the dog came too close to colbert's yard. fox 5's paul wagner with the details. >> reporter: this is ellsworth colbert testifying in front of a city council hearing just last thursday. the 56-year-old was a frequent visitor to the wilson building and had twice been barred in recent years for making threats, but that's a whole other story. according to a court affidavit sunday morning around 10:00 colbert left his house on polk street southeast and confronted robert wright about allowing the dog to get near his yard. witnesses say he was holding a knife. after learning who owned the dog, colbert walked a half block to this house on high wood with wright and the dog following close behind. witnesses say the two men argued before colbert hit wright in the head. wright then retrieved a shovel and the two men got into a tussle before wright was stabbed to death. >> i know him well and it's just a tragedy and no matter what you just don't resolve any conflicts, you know in, that manner. >> it's very, very sad. it's shaken our commu

witnesses say colbert stabbed wright to death because a dog wright was walking pooped on colbert's yard. but colbert said he was cornered and threatened with the dog. colbert has a long list of arrests and convictions in d.c. and prince george's county. >>> a federal judge has ruled maryland's handgun permit law is unconstitutional. the law's requirement that residents must show a, quote, good and substantial reason to carry a handgun infringes on their second amendment rights to bear arms. he says the maryland law is not sufficiently tailored to the state's safety public interest. >>> there's new information about the cleanup of ground water near maryland's fort deetic. the national re-- dietrich. the national research group cites a study which found ground water contaminated is unlikely to have ill effects. >>> cleanup in full swing after a tornado -- after tornado ravaged areas. the national weather service says at least 30 tornadoes packed wind speeds of 110 miles an hour when they slammed into towns across the midwest and south on friday. >>> a.o.l. says it's defending advertising

colbert in prince george's and montgomery county. she cited those when she ordered him held without bond. now, he is due back in court on march 15th and we also found out about an incident dating back to 2011 at the wilson building that actually got mr. colbert banned from the wilson building. we'll have more on news 4 at 6:00. we're live at d.c. superior court. derrick ward, news 4. >>> a major decision on gun rights in maryland. today a federal judge ruled the state's hand gun permit law is unconstitutional because it infringes on people's second amendment right to bear arms. under the current law residents are required to show they have a good reason to carry a hand gun. a maryland man filed the lawsuit that led to today's decision. >>> right now a jury is getting picked to hear a wrongful death lawsuit brought on by the shooting rampage at virginia tech. 32 people were killed during the massacre on blacksburg in april of '07. the families of victims aaron peterson and julia pride filed the lawsuit against the school and they say

this is "the colbert report!" [ captioning sponsored by comedy central "the colbert report" theme music playing] [cheers and applause] thank you, everybody. [cheers and applause] welcome to the report. thank you for joining us. [crowd chanting stephen] [cheers and applause] thank you so much. [cheers and applause] the way you chant, the way you chant, i would love to see you march in knee-high boots. thank you for joining, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for joining us for what might be the end of the republic. [ laughter ] i have warned you for years that president obama was hatching a secret plot to be re-elected. [ laughter ] and now that that plot has been exposed -- because of this whole election thing we're doing -- [ laughter ] well, it is causing the appropriate level of panic. >> gun sales have recently surged. some say one reason is fears that an obama re-election could usher in a new era of gun control regulations. people are so worried that top firearm manufacturer sturm ruger and company, is actually

. >> reporter: this is far from the first time ellsworth colbert has been accused of assault, but his lawyer insists this case has very little to do with dog poop. >> the two gentlemen with the pitbull accosted my client. my client continues to walk away. anybody who is telling you this case has anything to do with dog poop doesn't know what they're talking about. >> reporter: but detectives have a different story. they say coal vert was furious at his victim -- colbert was furious at his victim robert wright because the dog he was walking was contaminating his tidy front yard. colbert allegedly approached the owner up the straight, walked straight up to wright and stabbed him in the neck. >> this is not typical. this is not business as usual around here. >> reporter: colbert shuffled into the courtroom here in leg irons and handcuffs with his head down. you could barely hear him when he said his name. his lawyer entered a not guilty plea. at d.c. superior court bruce leshan, 9 news now. >>> coming up tonight at 7:00 pricings at the movie theater concession -- prices at the movie thea

coordination and there is political money and i'm going to end illustrating that the best to steven colbert. have you guys talked to him yet? >> as many of you probably know, comedian and genius, steven colbert, has been illustrating some of ridiculous aspect of the current regime by creating a super pac and and created the colbert super pac for the purpose, of course, of accepting donations that never have to be disclosed and then can be shifted to the super pac. so with that rather sad tail, lee turn it to somebody else who can offer a ray of hope. >> so hopefully you can -- i don't know if it can be a ray of hope but colbert no longer has a super pac. >> paul in. >> i'm going to talk about the broader legal concerns at play when you're talking about disclosure and transparency. as mimi and eliza both explained, the major thing coming out of citizens united was a declaration by supreme court that independent expenditures don't corrupt or can't corrupt but one of the promises made by the court, promise might be too strong of a word, but one of the suggestions strongly made by eight of the

colbert remains behind bars.he south capitol street is aimed at improving mental health and students in schools expanding the school based mental services. and a bill that would enact the on strip clubs in parts of northeast. is prompted by concerns areas -- ward 5 residents. a montgomery county council bill today approve a allow cameras to be installed on the outside of school buses for. assemblyand general year pavingill last way for the cameras. drivers caught on tape illegally passing a stopped school bus of $250. a fine it's now to was limbaugh. not everybody is buying his for calling a georgetown slut or wanting insurance companies to cover birth control. several companies have pulled advertising from russ limbaugh's show. >> sandra fluke said no thanks to rush limbaugh. that he madeents the air about me have been enough so i would rather not have a personal phone call from him. >> she testified to lawmakers in favor of the health care law requires if employers to contraceptives. limbaugh referred to her as

. >>> stephen colbert counts down the minutes until conservatives must fall in love with mitt romney. we'll watch the clock with colbert later in the show. >>> first to the news live at 5:30 a.m., here at 30 rock. after mons of campaigning the single biggest day in the republican presidential race is here with 11 states including wyoming caucuses and more than 400 delegates up for grabs, the next 16 or so hours will go a long way in dertermining the nominee and perhaps the next president of the united states. much of the focus is on ohio, a key battleground and must-win for republicans. as of now the numbers suggest ohio, anybody's game. three different polls in the last 24 hours show mitt romney and rick santorum in a statistical tie in ohio. both candidates spending yesterday there in ohio in a last campaign push before the polls open in a couple hours this morning. santorum focused his closing arguments on attacking mitt romney citing reports he suggested his state's health care law could be used as a model for the entire country. >> bad enough to be for a government mandated healt

according to court documents the victim had been walking a neighbor's dog near colbert's home when colbertonfronted him about the dog being near his yard and sources say that colbert may have been upset about the dog wright was walking relieving himself on his lawn. >> anybody who is telling you that this case had anything to do with dog poop doesn't know what they're talking about. this is much more complicated than dog poop. >> reporter: an argument began between the two men and a witness says they saw the accused holding a knife and walking stick and that he cut wright on the hand. the victim picked up a shovel and the two wrestled to the ground. when it was over the victim got up and collapsed stabbed several times. >> ellsworth has been in the community for a number of years. he loves the community and i don't see him picking on anybody. >> reporter: public documents show the accused has had past run-ins with the law among them an incident last year at the wilson building. a previous incident in 2009 led to colbert's being banned from the wilson building and in january of 2011 he was

here's colbert last night. >> oh, no. two minutes, 45 seconds, really?supposed to get a last meal first? i'm scared. pull it together, colbert. grow up! everybody has to compromise. except anyone in congress. play the pundits telling me he's the inevitable nominee. >> no knockout blow for mitt romney. >> rick santorum managed to slip the punch, slipped the knockout punch. >> wait! it's not over. rick santorum slipped the knockout punch. romney did not close the deal last night. i've got more time. oh, god. i have to stop the clock before it goes off. okay. okay. by which one? do i cut the white wire? the off white wire? or the beige wire? if only one of these wires appeal to latinos. okay. all right. here goes nothing. [ bleep ]. wait a second. i know, i know. i'll just hit the snooze button. yes. yes. okay. four more days. [ applause ] >> four more days. still ahead on "way too early," why are you awake? jur spirited, tweets and e-mails just moments away. ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, rich da

[laughter] this is "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] >> stephen: welcome to "the report," everybody. good to see ya. [cheering and applause] thank you so much. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. [audience chanting "stephen"] i can't stop that. i can't stop that. thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. i cannot stop your love any more than i can stop the incoming tide. nation, as you know, i have been committed from day one bringing you up-to-the-minute news on the large collideer. i have done countless story on this. [laughter] well, now, folks, dramatic developments as physicists are getting closer to finding the so-called god parliament, the elusive subatom cal particle is clearly theoretical. i read it in today's "new york times," whose continued existence is also purely theoretical. [laughter] evidently it seems the large hadron collider works by ramping electrons up to 99% of the speed of light and then smashing them together to release a shower of

wait till those people try french fries. [ laughter ] this is "the colbert report." [cheers and applause] ["the colbert report" theme music playing] [cheers and applause] welcome to the report. [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting stephen] [cheers and applause] welcome to the report. thank you for joining us. nation, i don't like to toot my own horn. i'm not that flexible. [ laughter ] but tonight is our 1,000th show! [cheers and applause] woooo!!!!çÑi boom! 1,000, book! [cheers and applause] 1,000, boom! [cheers and applause] suck it, simpsons! oooh, you just hit 500 episodes. wow. it only took you 23 years. and don't give me that whole it's and matted (bleep). -- it's animated. (bleep). i'm claymation. and folks, think of all i've accomplished together. hundreds of threats scores of words, and all the fan favorites the pulse, on my radar, bring 'em back or leave em dead, around the world in 11.6 seconds, all you need to know, march to enslavement, inya 1000 half-hour shows is with the help of 500 hour energy. [cheers and applause] 500 hour energy. i drank one of

ellsworth colbert was in court. ben eisler is at d.c. superior court with the latest on the case. >> about a week and a half ago this resident of southeast washington allegedly murdered his neighbor, 37-year-old robert wright. it all occurred because colberrt alleged the dog a man was walking dedicadefecated on his lawn. at first he spoke about the dog in question, a pit bull named macho, which was beloved by the community and had never been or attacked anyone before. -- she said -- this is a statement from a council member. she said that the victims suffered a laceration to the upside of his neck and to his chest, and his abdomen and once to his back and defensive wounds on his hands. afterwards colbert admitted to doing it, saying, "i am the one who did it, here i am." colbert's family would not comment, but a relative of the victim said that if she would like to see him behind bars. >> the university of virginia was found guilty. the families of erin peterson and julia pryde claimed that officials should have done more to alert studen

colbert. >> colbert has been an active volunteer for the campaign of d.c. council candidate davis. in an interview tonight, qaeda's said that the campaign had more than 100 volunteers -- cavis said that the campaign had more than 100 volunteers. >> it cannot be tolerated. it is unfortunate been for both families, my thoughts are in prayers for them at this time. >> he was charged last year with frightening to kidnap or injure a person. >> it was a chaotic scene along the d.c.-prince george's county line during a car blew through an intersection, causing a chain reaction crash including a natural accidents. then police crews got into another accident. >> nine people were injured in this accident. we're told that the police officer who had minor injuries is out of the hospital. but we show you what happened here. you had a metrobus that was coming down southern avenue toward the camera. over to the right on the pennsylvania avenue, that is maryland out that way, there was a car coming towards us that police say fled from them when trying to pull him over about a mile from the road. y

the suspect, ellsworth colbert, is currently a volunteer for kevin chavous, a candidate running for the ward seven council seat this year. che -- chavous say this man is a volunteer but not involved in the leadership. neighbors in this quiet southeast neighborhood say they just cannot make sense of what they're calling a senseless crime. reporting live this morning, john gonzalez, abc7 news. >> thank you, john. and a suspect in custody after allegedly causing a series of crashes that injured nine people. this was yesterday afternoon at a sbre intersection of southern and pennsylvania avenue in southeast d.c. an officer tried pull a driver over but that driver just kept going and sped right through an intersection. six people were taken to the hospital. one person with life-threatening injuries. >> we're following a story in the nhl. league officials are expected to meet with a former redskins defensive coordinator who has admitted to running a bounty program. gregg williams paid new orleans saints players to knock players out of the game. he said he had a similar scheme when he was with

anyway, me and this stephen colbert character were best friends forever. six months. [ laughter ] but that ended very badly and we became eternal enemies for six months. which i think ends on march 3rd. and i guess he's feeling a little regretful, because last night on his show, he sent me a valentine's day's card via the "late night" talk show internal mail system. i think it just arrived. [ laughter ] now -- let's see, what -- it's a nice valentine. it says "my dearest jimmiest, i know we're eternal enemies until march 3rd, but without you, i feel like vanilla ice cream with salted caramel and fudge-covered potato chip clusters -- terrible." [ laughter ] sometimes i lie awake at night wishing for a glimpse of your face, but i always fall asleep before your show comes on. [ laughter ] so i hope you'll accept this token of friendship and let's be best buds again. please read this next sentence in a whisper. i miss us. [ laughter ] sincerely yours, the reverend, sir dr. stephen t. "most def" colbert, dfa. dictated, not read. [ laughter ] what a nice letter.

after a brief argument we're told the suspect, 56-year-old ellsworth colbert allegedly stabbed wright. meantime neighbors are still trying to make sense of what happened. one of them is councilwoman yvette alexander. >> all of it on my block actually. so i know him well and it's just a tragedy and no matter what you just don't resolve any conflicts, you know in, that manner. so i don't know what ensued. like i said, i know the victim -- or the suspect, i'm sorry, quite well. so i don't know what triggered this onset of violence, but it's a tragedy for both family says of. >> reporter: someone else who -- families. >> reporter: someone else who knew the suspect well, kevin chavis who is running for the ward's council seat. >> he did not have an active or leadership role, though. >> reporter: those who knew colbert say he never showed signs of violent tendencies and this tragic incident has left many in shock. >>> to prince george's county where police arrested a man after he slammed his car into a metrobus and two other cars while trying to get way from an officer. it happened at the d

this afternoon colbert's lawyer told a judge that story is totally wrong.ce leshan has the latest from d.c. superior court. >> reporter: ellsworth colbert, 507 years old, a navy vet shuffled -- 57 years old, a navy vet shuffled into the courtroom here in leg irons and handcuffs, his lawyer insisting this case is not at all about dog poop. macho the pitbull tied up on the back porch of his home in d.c.'s pe

robert wright was walking the dog, argued with colbert and colbert now charged with stabbing robert wright to death. >>> the meeting between president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. protestors code pink shouted down a florida congresswoman at the conference for the american israel public affairs committee. protestors believe apac has too much control over american policy. >>> today's oval office summit between the president and prime minister lasted two hours, iran the prominent topic. the president says there's been too much loose talk of war and his message to the nation and prime minister was absolute. >> as i've said repeatedly, the bond between our two country. s is unbreakable. -- countries is unbreakable. my personal commitment is the history of other o.s of this oval office -- other occupants of this oval office and our commitment to the security of israel is rock solid. >> mr. netanyahu insisted israel has a sovereign right to make its own decisions. >>> just hours from super tuesday. 10 states are on tomorrow's map including virginia where only mitt romney a

god, stop it, colbert. these people are a threat. i can't be thinking iranians are great. sure, these people fled to america, but you know there's more fabulousness back home. we can't let this reality show dew dupe us into loving iranians the way "queer eye for the straight guy" tricked us into liking gays and the way "america's next top model" convinced us to like thin, beautiful women. if we start watching shah's of sunset, it's possible that not only will we not bomb iran, this nuclear crisis will be meade indicated not by iran but by israel and iran sitting down to cocktails with andy cohen. finally, the number-one threat to america, bears. [cheering and applause] folks, if you've never heard me warn you about these killing machine, the chances are you've been living in a cave. and if you've been living in a cave, chances are you're dead from a bear attack. it's bad enough when they were mindless marauders, but now a british researcher says he has witnessed for the first time ever a brown bear using a stone tool to exfoliate. ladies and gentlemen, bears have gone metr

captioning sponsored by comedy central ["the colbert report" theme music playing] [cheers and applause] >> stephen: welcome, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the report thank you for joining us. [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting stephen] thank you so much this is it, nation-- it's super tuesday! it's like the super bowl of politics, if the super bowl was one team slowly destroying itself. [ laughter ] and just like the superbowl, i have painted my face with my team colors: white. [ laughter ] and i'm having a little tailgate party. i'm cookin' up some brats here on the ol' smokey joe. [ laughter ] new mexico, -- mmmmm unfortunately, this isn't a real grill. "big government fire marshall" wants us to avoid "carbon monoxide poisoning." [ laughter ] joke's on him when you all get trichynosis from these uncooked brats. [ laughter ] and i'm gonna make my famous ten-layer dip, with one layer for each state with a primary today. we've got potatoes for idaho, ham for virginia, some vermont cheddar, for alaska, some venison, and for ohio, a layer of rust. [ laughter ] of course, of the cour

colbert is charged with second- degree murder and was arrested and charged the deposed years ago with a salt -- two years ago with assault. >> and candidates crisscrossing the country. >> major meetings today between the leader of the u.s. and israel. get ready to pay for shopping bags in another part of the region. how much that tax could cost. >> and snow i >> you're watching abc 7 news at noon with steve chenevey and cynne simpson. on your side. >> we are counting down the hours to the super tuesday showdown. >> mitt romney picking up momentum and high-profile support one day before the pivotal day. voters in 10 states including virginia if about to make their picks and the results could decide how much longer this primary campaign season will last. let's find out more from jummy olabanji. >> ♪ >> mitt romney this morning continued to ride this wave of confidence, taking jabs at the man he wants to replace in the white house. >> he is out of ideas. he is out of excuses. in 2012 we have to make sure he's out of office. reanalysis a after tomorrow mitt romney could have an insurmount

tonight from politico's play-back, political humor on center tuesday, conan o'brien, steven colbert, and words from israeli prime minister benjamin netten yahoo! >> today is the multi-state primary known as super tuesday. excited about that? it's super tuesday. it's going to be followed tomorrow by [ bleep ]. we're stuck with really stuck with romney wednesday. >> the nation with 0% reporting, the colbert report can officially project -- nothing. because we tape the show at 8:00 and the polls close at 9:00. but i have gone to a lot of trouble here. so i'm just going to report the results of something. so folks, let's go to russia. where we are prepared to project that vladamir putin will once again be the president of the russian republic. very strong showing. evidently voters really responded to his campaign slogan, putin 2012 or he'll shoot your family. >> yesterday, president barack obama broke out the good cheer to welcome israeli benjamin netanyahu in town for a quick nosh and a schmooze. to remind americans we all face nuclear annihilation at the hands of the iranians. >> lame,