"late show" with stephen colbert. >> and the "late show" launches with stephen colbert at the controls. the comedian kicks off his era as late night's newest star. >> with this show, i begin to search for the real stephen colbert. i just hope i don't find him on ashley madison. captioning funded by cbs news" for wednesday, september 9th, 2015. good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm alison harmelin in for anne-marie green. a new era in late night television kicked off here on cbs. the "late show" with stephen colbert premiering last night. for colbert it's a new show and a new character, himself. no longer the popular comedy central political pundit, colbert took over the show david letterman hosted for 22 years. don champion's at the ed sullivan theater with more. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, alison. stephen colbert's late show was full of energy and laughs and even surprise cameos as colbert is ready to leave his own mark of late night television. stephen colbert brought new energy to the stage at the ed sullivan theater last night. he kicks off the new late show

as stephen colbert. >> that's colbert's goal too. he says he approaches every job with joy. suzanne marquez cbs news new york. >> the late show debuts tomorrow night at 11:35. >>> still to come, stepping out of low income neighborhoods into a world of medicine. two bay area students spent the summer working with doctors and are changing the color of a research staff at the same time. students rising above is in just a couple of minutes. >> and a reminder this labor day, if you got a consumer problem or a question e-,,,,,,,, >>> it's a holiday so tony is whipping out the quick and easy meal. >> yeah, he's dishing up some tasty pasta on this labor day. here's tony. >> you heard of heirloom caprice salad, but a pasta. >> if you have anything left over from your caprese salad which you probably do. none of them are uniform shape so i don't want them to look uniform in the pan. i want them to be fun, i want them to be nice and we add those in request a little bit of pasta. we're going to take a generous amount of basil and drop it in. you

plays stephen colbert. can ad-lib as steve colbert in character, i'm pretty confident he can be pretty funny as stephen colbert. >> hopefully you'll have a good time too. >> reporter: he says he approaches every job with joy. suzanne marquez, cbs news, new york. >> the new era of the "late show" starts tomorrow night at 10:30, 9:30 central time. stephen colbert's first guests are george clooney and jeb bush. i'm anne-marie green. that's all right here on cds. this is the "cbs morning news." it's a clear, taste-free daily supplement that's clinically proven to help keep me fuller longer. new benefiber healthy shape. this, i can do. i wi want to smell the wayell champagne tastes.ney. i love champagne. infuse your laundry with... ...up to 12 weeks of luxurious long-lasting scents... ...unstopables in wash scent booster. i want my foyer to smell more like a foyer. i want his bedroom to smell like he's away at boarding school. surround yourself with up to 6 hours of luxurious, long-lasting scents... ...introduci

if you like colbert on the colbert report you'll like him on the late show.ast night definitely was not disappointed. excitement not to be contained a packed crowd on its feet, as stephen colbert kick off his debut tuesday as new host of the late show, and the comedian quickly got into the game having some fun comparing donald trump sound by the with mexico cookies. >> mexico is taking our economy and they are ripping tonight two. >> reporter: colbert's first guest george clooney who admitted yes accepted the comedian's invite. >> i'm just here to see you. >> thank you very much. >> i think that is why everybody else is here. >> reporter: then it turnout to colbert, those who he loves, as colbert interviewed republican presidential candidate jeb bush. >> i don't think barack obama has bad motives, i just think he is wrong on a lot of issues. >> you are so close, you were this close. >> reporter: colbert has no problem garnering applause, the crowd was filled with long time fans who have watched colbert for nearly two decade as he made his way from cable tv, n

we are counting down to colbert throughout the newscast. you can see the clock on the lower right hand corner of your screen. >> reporter: we are getting a sneak peek inside of the show before it airs. jessica schneider is live outside of the theater where >> reporter: kristine and maurice, the fans were ecstatic. the inaugural guests of jeb bush and george clooney, but the audience members said they were sworn to secrecy about the real surprises throughout the night. [music] >> reporter: he is off to a running, high-kicking, high- energy start. >> it was fantastic, everything i hoped for and more. >> reporter: stephen colbert marking his day low debut. >> stephen! stephen! stephen! >> siem so -- i'm so excited to be here right now. >>> after 2.5 hour taping, the crowd left energized and many were newly minted stephen colbert converted. >> he's a singer and showman. i was so impressed. >> reporter: he started off the >> my first guest an oscar winning screen writer, director, and activist, please welcome mr. george clooney. george! >> repor

colbert. suzanne marques suzanne marques spoke with him. >> reporter: stephen colbert has been in everyone's living rooms for almost two decades. in 2005 that role lead to the spin-off show "the "colbert report."" his name is in lights again as he prepares to take over as hoefts of the "late show." i recently sat down with colbert in los angeles. what drives you? >> anything dumb to do. i like talking about things happening in the news and what's nice about a nightly show, it's hard to get tired of your every day. >> reporter: colbert said the entire crew made a move with him to the ed sullivan theater but expect a very different tone. he said don't look for the politically charged player he played before. >> i'm not going to be trying to make your angry or afraid, which is what pundits do for a living. >> reporter: "variety" columnist said he shouldn't have any problem. >> zeerch bare plays stephen colbert colbert. if he can ad-lib as steve colbert, i think he can be pretty funny. >> hopefull

funny as stephen colbert. hopefully he will have a good time. >> reporter: that's colbert's goal, too. he says he approaches every job with joy. suzanne marquez, cbs news, new york. >> can't wait. if you want to know who will be on the show the first week we have a list on our new wusa9 app. >>> just ahead, the "game on overtime" crew is breaking down the nats what can i make for you? how about one of our delicious reuben sandwiches? loaded with your choice of tender corned beef or oven roasted turkey breast. we top'em with sauerkraut and swiss cheese, drizzle on our thousand island dressing and toast'em to perfection on your choice of freshly baked bread. don't miss the corned beef reuben and the turkey reuben. both won't be here long, so try one today! subway. eat fresh. ♪ know you can deposit checks right from your phone transfer money to someone quickly and easily speak to a financial professional when it's convenient and pay for things with the tap of your finger know that with pnc's convenient solutions,

he played a character on the colbert report. we learned more about him in his interview with jeb bush. >> used to play a narcissistic conservative pundit, and now i'm just a narcissist. >> reporter: and audience members we spoke with coming out of the show last night said it was fantastic, and tonight's guests include scarlet johanneson and kendrick lamar. on the west side, andrea grymes, cbs 2 news. >>> it was just plain fun. >> it was. good stuff. >>> 5:40. a change of course for hillary clinton. >> even though it was allowed, i should have used two accounts. >> her latest attempt to put the controversial issue involving her use of a private e-mail server to rest. >> a bit of fog is rolling in, and it will be hot for the kids coming back. a lot of humidity, and hopefully some rain. traffic and weather on the 2s coming up. >>> and time now is 5:43. >> time to enjoy water. if you're thirsty, remember t too late. there you go, jen, you can enjoy the weather during the brief weather forecast. we have the 60s north and west, and it

colbert. good evening i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. excitement has been building for months now and it all comes down to tonight. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones is outside the ed sullivan theater in new york. todd you spoke with fans who were at night t tonight's tapin. >> reporter: so many of them were interested in at least trying to figure out who is the real stephen coluber. so many ofs have gotten you've to the character he played on the colbert report. well tonight fans got their answers. >> stephen! >> mr. george clooney, george! >> with the added star power of george clooney colbert made his long awaited late show debut. >> i laughed a ton. i clapped so much my hands are sore. >> it was really great. >> members of the audience telling me the taping of the show inside the ed sullivan theater took longer than expected sean o'neal made the trip up from north wales montgomery county. >> there was a lot of material. i don't know how they'll fit into one hour. we were i

stephen colbert will make his big late show debut right here on kpix 5. everyone has been wondering what the new show will look like and what it will be like. we are live in new york tonight. >>> first, triple digits heat hits the bay area. it is so hot. some schools in sanz are san jose are letting kids leaving early. >> is it hotter tomorrow, paul? >> in san francisco today, a high of 75 degrees. the hottest day of the past five years. youhave to go back to august 2010, of the last time we were that hot in san francisco at 95. triple digits in the south bay. saratoga at 100. ocean beach at 84 degrees today. how does tomorrow compare? for some of you away from the bay, it will be hotter tomorrow. livermore up to 106 and nearly 100 in san jose. with this dome of high pressure sitting directly over the bay area, bad air quality will be worse tomorrow. the north bay will have worse air quality as well. we'll talk about it coming up. >>> how hot is it? well, here is one, it is so hot in san jose that some schools are taking off early. the campbell school dis

who is stephen colbert? on comedy central he played a conservative right wing guy but tonight he will be himself whoever that is. >> i mean it. i bring that online slipped it in clear case to show my true fan i'm a colbert fanboy and i admit it. >> reporter: sean one of the many fans on the long line who got tickets to the debut of "the late show with stephen colbert." >> we love stephen colbert! >> reporter: he entered the theater today waving and smiling. we caught up with tonight's guest george clooney and jeb bush making their way inside. what do you expect to talk about tonight? >> probably the 2016 presidential race. i'm running for president. >> are you excited to be the first guest on the show? >> i'm honored. >> reporter: unlike his predecessor we doubt colbert will do a top 10 list but in the spirit of the night we put in a list of why you should watch. just five. and it's not because we couldn't think of 10. number 5. >> glasses. >> reporter: you should watch because of the glasses. >> he has glas

. >> the same old colbert. >> right? like he's just as funny as he was before. same joke, just as funny but not the -- ooh not fake any more. he's real. >> did it take a moment to get used that. >> a little bit. i was surprised to see that happen. >> it was little different to so him be himself a little more but really -- it was genuine. it was cute. >> along with clooney republican presidential hopeful jeb bush was a guest on the late show. >> even with jeb bush, he wouldn't let him get away with a lot thing. i thought that was really great. >> reporter: and fans tell me tonight the members of the band really the unsung heroes of the evening they really helped keep the energy levels up. future guests later on this week includes steven finger every king and amy schumer. life no tonight in new york, todd quinones, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> high the pleasure of sitting down with stephen for one-on-one interview he talks about where his sense of humor comes from also one of his talents you may not know about. stay tune that'

went to his previous show at colbert report. i'm looking forward to seeing him tonight. >> reporter: some last minute tickets were handed out through a lottery giving fans a chance to see stephen colbert's return to television. >> i'm stephen colbert and i'm coming to cbs to host the late show this fall. >> reporter: since he left in december, colbert offered up laughs on line in promotion videos at cbs.com. >> it is a challenge to do 202 hours of a hoe in a year. you have to approach it with joy. >> reporter: lot of people here tonight looking forward to his debut. along with george clooney stephen colbert will have presidential hopeful jeb bush. reporting live from new york, todd quinones, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> it looks like is there a crowd around you, have people been in and out all take looking for george clooney, jeb burn to go in and out, stephen colbert. >> reporter: of course, we have been seeing everyone here tonight. they are looking for celebrities, george clooney, jeb bush, they are looking for anyone who

funny as stephen colbert. >> hopefully have a good time. >> that's colbert's goal, too, he approaches every job with joy. suzanne mark quest, cbs news, new york. >> and once again, the late show with steven comb bert premiers tomorrow. you can catch it every weekday right here on cbs-3. after "eyewitness news" at 11:00. and quick heads up by the way, told the show this first one will run a bit long. so setting your dvr for it, extend it just a little bit. don't miss any of those laughs. almost here. >> right now, 5:35. and a photo reportedly showing bed bugs on septa bus, it is spreading like wild fire on social media. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff spoke to write here said he saw those insects. >> between twitter, stain gram, and facebook, this photo has been shared over 10,000 times in just two days. >> look between the crack of the seats and i was like oh, my gosh, that's a bed bug. >> robert roberts, jr., was sitting in back of route six bus friday evening. he said he immediately told the driver about the discovery, then shouted to fellow passengers. >> i said yo this

. >>> and counting down to stephen colbert's cbs debut. the new host of the "late show" takes about what you can expect when his era starts tomorrow night. >> i'm not going to be trying to make you angry or afraid, which is what pundits do for a living. hopefully you'll have a good time. captioning funded by cbs news" for monday, september 7th, 2015. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. another 2,500 refugees arrived from athens today. over the weekend thousands fleeing abuses made their way. but german officials say they're already running out of room and austria says today it will begin scaling back the emergency measures that allow the refugees into their country. >>> pope francis called on everybody catholic parish, con vent and monastery to take in one migrant family. speaking at the vatican yesterday the pope said it's not enough to say have courage, hang in there. >>> and israel is building a fence along its border with jordan to keep syrian war refugees and others out. prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited t

. >> the wait is almost over as the "the late show with stephen colbert" debuts tonight. we have a live report outside the theater. new video of the baby panda and the cub's health. >> first at 7:00 , taser hit, pepper spray, knocking down in northwest d.c. thank you for joining us. his encounter with police inside mcdonald's is caught on camera and police are explaining how he handled it. >> reporter: the controversial police takedown of 40-year-old marcus moycherielli has gone viral after a bystander posted it on youtube. the video shows a shirtless man causing a commotion inside the mcdonald's at riverdale road and kenilworth avenue. police say he was high on pcp. >> the officers exercised considerable restraint and judgment trying to gain control of an individual who was clearly exhibiting behavior of someone on pcp. >> reporter: the video shows police ordering the man to get on the ground multiple times. he doesn't comply. officers repeatedly tase him and when that has no effects, they hit him with a baton and ultimately douse him with pepper spray. eventually he is

joe biden with stephen colbert after this. ♪ john: vice president biden's interview with stephen colbertnight was a perfect tv interview, not just because of the intensely personal topics they covered but because it felt real. even though we expect you have seen at least some parts of this by now, let's watch an unedited portion in which biden and stephen colbert discuss how they have dealt with loss and their families. vice president biden: my mom said as long as you are alive, you have an obligation to strive and you were not dead until you have seen the face of god. it really has been in me and my siblings, my mother, my grandfather, it is -- life is -- no one owes you anything. my dad says no one owes you anything. you just have to get up and i feel like i was letting down beau. i have letten down my parents, my family. stephen: how? vice president biden: you just have to get up. think about the people that go through horrible things and they get up every morning and put one foot in front of the other. they do not have the support i have. i marvel at, at the ability of people to abso

stephen colbert will relaunch the late show, debuts 11:35 here on cbs-3. we sent jan carabeo on a road trip, to new york, where everything is new except the walls at the ed sullivan theser? good morning. >> reporter: good morning, that's right, ed sullivan theater here in new york completely overhauled for this relaunch, when it days buy tonight, the late show with stephen colbert, it will have just as it first whether it first opened in 1927. so that's pretty cool. stephen colbert is no new bee, does have big shoes to fill, he's been making america laugh for nearly two decades now. and he's been making his family laugh for his entire life. he says, when he was young, he and his family, they would joke around, he says, the king of the moment was who ever could make the family laugh the hardest. so, let's take a look inside the theater. what the theater will look like, we talk p what you should know about the new late show host. one of 11 children, so used to vying foray tension. he's had that built in audience for his entire life. in fact, colbert says his

. >>> day one of colbert. and it all started last night. >> last night he made his big premiere as host of the late night show right here on kpix 5. cbs reporter don champion has more on the big night in ed sullivan theater. >> reporter: good morning. colbert's debut show was filled with energy and laughs. there were also some surprise cameos. pretty clear that colbert's ready to leave his own mark on late night television. ♪[ music ] >>> reporter: stephen colbert brought new energy to the stage at the ed sullivan theater last night. he kicked off the new late show and set the tone early with band leader jon batiste. he had some fun equating the media's loved for donald trump's sound bites with his own love for oreo cookies. >> mexico is taking our economy and they are ripping it in two! >> reporter: his first guest was actor george clooney who said he agreed to stop by for just one reason. >> i'm just here to see you. >> well, thank you very much. >> i think that's what everybody is here for. >> yeah! [ appla

you know, colbert's big debut had it all. lots of energy, plenty of laughs and, of course, some surprises. and it's clear that colbert's ready to leave his own mark on late night television. ♪[ music ] >>> reporter: stephen colbert brought new energy to the stage at the ed sullivan theater last night. he kicked off the new late show and set the tone early with band leader jon batiste. he had some fun equating the media's love for donald trump's sound bites with his own love for oreo cookies. >> mexico is taking our economy and they are ripping it in two! >> reporter: his first guest was actor george clooney who said he agreed to stop by for just one reason. >> i'm just here to see you. >> well, thank you very much. >> i think that's what everybody is here for. >> yeah! [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: colbert then turned to politics welcoming republican presidential candidate jeb bush. >> i don't think barack obama has bad motives. i just think he's wrong on a lot of issues. >> you're so close to getting into class. [ lau

bernie sanders on colbert.upreme court justice stephen breyer,al following week, trump with colbert, ted cruz on with colbert. let me read you something justice briar said to national justice. he said, quote, he has a serious news show. he is more interested in news. it's not a comedy show in particular. what do you make of the idea that colbert may not be a fake newsman on comedy central, he might be per foiforming acts of journalism? >> my guest is he'll be more of a news show. he does it all well, but my guess is -- i don't mean to name-drop by saying that i know him, but he is a wonderful conversationalist. my guess is that those parts of the show will expand. and donald trump, is it, that he's having on? >> oh, yes, a couple weeks from now. >> yep. well, i can wait. >> you can wait. so you didn't watch him on fallon on friday night? he was hilarious. >> he handled himself very well. he really has the ability to do that, i have to say that for sure. and it's good for them to appear there instead of, on some

was the guy playing steven colbert.f he can ad-lib, i'm pretty confident he can be pretty funny as steven colbert. hopefully he'll have a good time. >> reporter: that said colbert's too. he says he approaches every job with joy, susan marquez, cbs news new york. >> i can't wait to see the third string quarterback. what's his him a? >> one day after releasing tim tebow and trading matt barkley, the eagles have a third string quarterback, the eagles claim steven moready on callrus after jackson signed in 2014 and played at the university of miami and has yet to play a game in the nfl. >>> now that the eagles have assembled their active roster they put together the active squad, ma hall lick motorcycle certificate and skiner. the bottle battle of two last place teams, ask jerry eickhoff hit hard. david are tease with a two-run home run going to give the red sox a two to nothing lead, eickhoff allowing six earned runs, is for phillies hernandez providing the phillies the -- this will drive in freddy galvis, the 11th time th

stephen colbert is off and running. his premiere included singing, dancing and what colbert is best for political humor. the comedian's diehard fans cheered him on and they were not disappointed. the excitement not to be confused... stephen colbert kick off his take buy on tuesday on the late show and he started right from the gate making fun of the trump sound by the. >> mexico is taking our economy, and they are ripping it in two? colbert had guests george clooney,. >> i'm just here to see you thank you very much. >> i think that is what everybody else is excited for. >> reporter: and then colbert nation loves his comedy. the republican presidential candidate jeb bush. >> i don't think barack obama has been -- i think he has been wrong on a lot of the issue. >> unaudible. >> welcome back, everybody. >> he was amazing, singing, dancing, cookies, cotton candy. >> we loved him there but, obviously that is not his real character. this is neat to see him and how funny he is. >> wow. >> looks like such a likable guy. more l

was the guy playing steven colbert. if he can ad-lib, i'm pretty confident he can be pretty funny as steven colbert. hopefully he'll have a good time. >> reporter: that said colbert's too. he says he approaches every job with joy, susan marquez, cbs news new york. >> i can't wait to see the third string quarterback. what's his him a? >> one day after releasing tim tebow and trading matt barkley, the eagles have a third string quarterback, the eagles claim steven moready on callrus after jackson signed in 2014 and played at the university of miami and has yet to play a game in the nfl. >>> now that the eagles have assembled their active roster they put together the active squad, ma hall lick motorcycle certificate and skiner. the bottle battle of two last place teams, ask jerry eickhoff hit hard. david are tease with a two-run home run going to give the red sox a two to nothing lead, eickhoff allowing six earned runs, is for phillies hernandez providing the phillies the -- this will drive in freddy galvis, the 11th time

one of our favorite moments from "the colbert report --" not the colbert report but stephen colbert, my favorite song, thanks for joining us "at this hour" "legal view" without the song and ashleigh ban fiefield joins us. >> now that sounds presidential, governor, no, president jeb bush! >> hello, everyone, i'm ashleigh banfield. welcome to "legal view". i want to begin with breaking news off the top. we're expecting to hear at this time from the attorney now for freddie gray because earlier today city of baltimore approved a $6.4il

the late slow with stephen colbert debuts here on cbs-3. and, our colbert clock, hang on, right there, counting down, for the minute until the show premiers, now, just about 11 and a half hours away from that debut, which will be a fresh start for both colbert and the ed sullivan theater. >> we've been counting down to the night since david letterman's last show back in may. it is a big night, not just for new host, steven colbert, but also, for the ed sullivan theater, been completely re-done, new sign, new set, new seats, all decked out to look exactly like it did when it opened back in 1927. right down to the stained glass, and gothic architecture. when colbert takes the stage, he'll have big shoes to fill. he asks late night legend letterman for some vice last spring. conversation he vividly remembers. >> i said do you minds me asking you these questions? >> and he said no, no one has ever asked me these questions before. i said really, no one ever asked you? seems like pretty basic questions to you. well who would know to ask them? how

what can we expect from colbert? o joining me now john fugelsang, the most of "tell me everything" on sirius xm. >> he's launching at a good time. i'm not really worried about a booking war. i think that getting into that sort of thing is not really going to be stephen's style as he indicated in the video with jerry seinfeld. it will be fun to watch him make jeb bush look entertaining but i think colbert will go for content and quality of the sesmen segments and jokes rather than trying to win on the guests. i don't think people tune into the talk show for the guests. they tune in because they like the show. >> that's awkward for my guest to say. colbert also has elon musk and the ceo of uber. silicon valley wars. week two he has bernie sanders. most incredibly he has a supreme court justice, stephen briar. it's going to be a different late show from david letterman's. >> it will be like letterman in the sense it will have a lot of heart. johnny carson and merv griffin had authors on all the time. i think colbert was

stephen colbert will be taking over the late show tonight. stephen colbert says when it comes to learning about hosting a late night talk show, he got an early education thanks to his family. >> my sisters mary and margo of the night. either. they stayed up to watch carson, and then they would get me out of bed because they didn't want to be alone. coming up in the next half an hour a live report from outside of the ed sullivan theater, and then what you didn't know about stephen colbert. name. >>> and you can catch the late show right here on cbs 2 after the news at 11. >> we have been waiting and waiting and waiting. >>> the big announcement for new york city beach lovers. plus this. >> it's so hot at night, everything just evaporates. >> all the summer fun in the sun could be doing more harm than good. which areas are in desperate need of rain? >>> we need the rain. it's in the forecast, but not today. it's all about the sizzle, the heat and the humidity. the rain chance rolling in later in the week. we will roll back with traffic and weat

from "the colbert report."cature of a blowhard conservative pundit. >> there is one firework that will never be too dangerous for texas. this kind. it is i guess flattering that people thought i was an actual pundit or newsman eventually over the years, but it's really nice to not have to pretend it anymore. >> reporter: so what's the goal with the new show? the goal is have fun with my friends, and, you know, that means sometimes talking about things that you care about. >> reporter: what stephen colbert cares about will be even clearer on the new show. he'll be doing 200 of them each year. how soon, once it starts, are you totally in it? do you lose-- >> seconds, seconds, yeah, seconds. first joke, how about that? the first joke. >> reporter: right. >> first laugh. first laugh. because that's drug right there. >> o'donnell: and you know there will be a lot of laughs. you can see colbert's "late show" debut tonight right after your late local news here on cbs. and that's the cbs evening news. for scott pelley,

bears the name of stephen colbert.edian begins his air as host of "the late show" on cbs, replacing david letterman who retired in may after 22 years. don champion's outside the theater where the buzz is building. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. buzz indeed. months and months of preparation come down to tonight for stephen colbert. there's a new set, a new marquee, and really a new energy at the ed sullivan theater. in interviews, he called the new hosting gig everything he wanted. george clooney will be among the first guests tonight on the debut of "the late show with stephen colbert." >> he's not only a really gifted actor and director -- and i don't know why i said that because he's on the show -- he works hard for things he cares about to make the world a better place. that's a very interesting thing to talk about in a honest way with somebody. >> george clooney is a great talk show guest. >> reporter: "variety's" brian lowery says clooney and guests including presidential candidate jeb bush offer cl

and now colbert has to keep it that way.ake the reins and hopefully do it as long as letterman was able to, 22 years. he got off to a very strong start last night. extra long episode. he taped for hours in the newly renovated ed sullivan theater. then they edited down to an extra-long episode. and i guess for our west coast viewers, it just aired. this is him talking about how long he was preparing for this one hour of tv. >> we've been working so hard, so very hard to get the show ready for you. and i have to say, as long as i have nine months to make one hour of tv, i could do this forever. with this show, as many people have asked, with this show, i begin the search for the real stephen colbert. i just hope i don't find him on ashley madison. >> obviously setting his character from comedy central, figuring out the real him. i'm curious to see how long he can keep that going, that idea he's searching for the real colbert. but it certainly worked last night. and by the way, he still did a pretty traditional monologue. peopl

late show, stephen colbert definitely fits the bill. there's a lot of things you need to have to be a late night talk show host. you gotta have the right moves [ cheers ] [music] you have got to have your own unique voice everybody's talking about sully, sully >> reporter: you have to jump right into the interview. hut, hut, hut! catch my feet! >> reporter: you have to have a cool band leader. >> i like this guy! >> hi, i'm john bantise! [music] >> reporter: and stephen first crossed paths with john last summer when he was a guest on the colbert report. the new orleans musician, educator, and humanitarian didn't seem to know he was face- to-face with a fellow improviser. >> improvisation is forever. i don't know what i'm going to you might. >> oh! >> ha! [ applause ] [ laughter ] >> reporter: but in the end they hit all the right notes. well what's mine is mine. [music] and what's yours is yours. [music] and together we're doing the show. [music] >> stephen colbert and john batiste will do their first show this tuesday when the late sho

and colbert did bite back.. >> governor bush is to pumped for the first show that he sent this e-mail. we'll fly one lucky winner to new york. to enter all you have to do is donate $3 to jeb's campaign. and if you can't afford $3, you're probably not voting for jeb bush. i think the contest is a great thing, but here's the thing. no one from jeb's campaign asked me if it was okay with me to raise money off my first show. where's my sweet cut of the three bucks, governor? huh? i am launching my own jeb bush on the steven colbert late show raffle. the lucky winner will also be invited to the late show. but they can ask one nonobscene question that i will ask governor bush on their behalf. >> didn't that just seem like the colbert that was on the tv show? i think he'll be the same guy, certainly urbane. letterman was considered alauoo. i think they're not so worried about beating jimmy fallon or the other 12 guys that do late night tv. i think it will be an urbane, newsy, fun show. they'll make a ton of money. i d

but there's also going to be a pull for colbert not to be the old colbert.e needs to figure out where he will land. mark: my suspicion is this will be the toughest late-night show on broadcast television for politicians. high risk, high reward. if jeb bush is good tonight, i think it will help him a lot. i don't think colbert is going to go easy on him. john: the good thing about colbert, he's a great comic, but he's also really smart. again, he can't become a ted koppel in the days of old. but he's not going to be jay leno. he's not going to be letterman. he can be in a place where he can be both really funny and also really on point. the question is whether candidates will feel the need to subject themselves to that. mark: you reach new people who are not typical political people. but if you do well, the clip goes viral, and even have the best news cycle of the entire election. if it goes poorly, i pity the campaign advisor who said, go on stephen colbert. john: i have to say, i give jeb bush credit. it takes a lot of guts. he's going to get out there, not

stephen colbert so he can add live as a version of stephen colbert character.nfident he could be pretty funny as stephen colbert. soon i can hopefully have a good time. sue nike approaches every job with joy. susan marquez cbs news new york. spent the late show debuts tomorrow night right here on channel 5 at 11:30 pm.>> it is for 56 right now from handlebars to handcuffs. police arrest a cyclist to violently jacked-i been attacked a couple of san francisco. what that clue was that help ,,, >>> taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, it is just before 5 am on monday morning but it is labor day so not a lot of cars out there. soon i good morning, september 7 michelle is back. she comes back on a holiday. happy labor day everyone nearly 5 am. let's get you out of the gate with a little traffic and some weather.>> you're going to have a slow day and you're going to have a hot day. second think it was wise coming back in on the holiday just to slide into the group. plus free air-conditioning. strike today is going to be much hotter than what it was yesterd

we joke that the firm name should be colbert, colbert, colbert. >> he headed to northwestern universityd city for very different curriculum. >> when i was on second city i'd tried to be on stage do embarrassing thing. i'd walk on in my underwear, in my tighty eye whities at second city. not sexy. like high waisted, you know, fruit of the loom. >> an unembarrassment boot camp. >> yelling, singing too loudly in elevators. ♪ watch the men that -- >> that is crowded with other people feel fine with it. that will put hair on your chest. >> his first job in network tv comedy was with the dana carvey show alongside his old friend, steve carell. >> with a mint jelly. >> that comes with a caper sauce. >> at comedy central he starred in strangeers with candy. >> seemed to connect with the other students. >> standing by live with special report joined the cast of "the daily show." >> it's 11:10 my time. 10 after 11:00 your time. this is where erin brown attacked geraldo. >> yes, that's me. a fellow correspondent. >> is no where near the news desk. >> colbert's blow hard pundit character was born o

this came on "the late show with stephen colbert." he spoke about his faith and parents and the pain, raw pain from the recent death of his son beau. he did speak in more detail than i have heard about his plans for the future. >> look, i don't think any man or woman should run for president unless number one, they know exactly why they would want to be president and two, they can look folks out there and say i promise you you have my whole heart and my whole soul and energy and passion to do this. i would be lying if i said that i knew i was there. >> he doesn't know he's in it 110%. biden was just so candid with colbert. especially how he is coping with the loss of his son. he talked about a moment at a military base. >> i was talking about being the backbone of the country. all of a sudden it was going great. and a guy in the back yells major beau biden, bronze star, sir. i served with him in iraq. i lost it. i shouldn't be saying this. you can't do that. >> you know, colbert lost his father, i think, right? his father and two sibl

is the guy playing stephen colbert. if you can ad lib him in character i am confident he can be funny as stephen colbert. >> hopefully you will have a good time. >> reporter: that is his goal, too. he approaches every job as a joy. >> ken bastito asked the host what all of the important -- >> make each other laugh and privilege to translate it through a television screen and hopefully people like it. what are you going to do? >> an amazing process. does it take all day to do? >> half-hour before the show. what are are you thinking? >> yes. what band is available. get clooney! >> it starts tuesday night right after kpix news at 11:00. [music] >>> still to come, a new way of playing in ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it's intelligent enough to warn of danger from virtually anywhere. it's been smashed, dropped and driven. it's perceptive enough to detect other vehicles on the road. it's been shaken, rattled and pummeled. it's innovative enough to brake by itself, park itself and help you steer. it's been in the rain... the cold... and drag

we are less than a day away now until we see his big debut and stephen colbert, i sat down with him, he is ready. he's excited. he hit up some tv greats, his predecessor and his mentor, to make sure he does not mess up his big debut. stephen colbert says he asked his former boss jon stewart for some pointers as he prepared to take over cbs' the late show. have you already talked to jon about how you're going to do the show? >> yes, i have. >> reporter: can you share tidbits? >> he said you'll have fun. >> reporter: the pressure is on for tomorrow night's big premier. >> that first week or so or maybe first couple of weeks, you've had all that time to prepare and it's an opportunity to put your best foot forward. >> reporter: just before letterman's final show in may colbert also asked the plate night legend for advice. >> i said do you mind me asking you these questions and he said no. no one ever asked me these questions before. >> i said really? they seem pretty basic. >> he said who would know to ask them? who would even understand the answers i'm giving you? i said oh, that's nic