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. >> colbert is up next. thanks for watching us tonight. >> have a good night. >> stephen: hi, i'm stephe colbert. please don't adjust your television set. i really am in pale. ( laughter ) you know, recently there have been some accusations by the trump campaign that hillary clinton has some sort of debilitating medical condition. accusation, and i've looked into it. i have here on my desk all medical research the trump campaign has done on hillary clinton. let's take a look. okay, oh, yeah, this doesn't look good. ( laughter ) clearly, unfit to serve. >> it's "the late show"" with stephen colbert. tonight, stephen welcomes rami malek. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs ? ? ? >> stephen: thanks, everybody. thanks for being here. what's going on! >> stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: that's nice. that's nice. thank you! ( cheers and applause ) wooo! wooo! ?

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i'm your host, stephen colbert. everybody feeling good?s and applause ) you know who i hope is feeling okay? the presidential candidates. tough job running for these united states. right now, donald trump is accusing hillary clinton of being too ill, too frail to be commander in chief. so how do we know the truth? well, former new york mayor and guy who took away your times square porn, rudy giuliani has a simple suggestion. >> go online and put down "hillary clinton illness." take a look at the videos for yourself. ( laughter ) >> stephen: yes, giuliani says just diagnose hillary on the internet. if it's on the internet, you know it's true. for instance, i put my symptoms into web md and found out i've started menopause. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: a little hot, ain't it? >> stephen: it's why we keep it so cold in here, by the way. so i took giuliani at his word. i googled "hillary clinton illness," and this is true, the first result is "giulani fuels clinton health rumors again. and again." so let me get this straight. let me explain

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>>> colbert is next. >> see you tomorrow. and now it's time for the "late show" with stephen colbert! captioning sponsored by cbs ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey! whooo! it's hot! hey, everybody, up there. hey, over here, down there. hello, young man. what's going on, john? what's going on, marcus? welcome to the late show. everybody. that's nice. welcome to the late show. thank you so much, everybody. welcome one, welcome all. i'm stephen colbert, your host this evening. and there is huge news in the election. right now the latest polls show that hillary clinton is tied with donald trump. that is amazing. isn't that amazing? right now, the exact same number of americans don't want to vote for hillary as don't want to vote for donald trump. it's completely-- it's very-- i don't know. does this mean-- i'm not sure what this means, what i am doing right here. but it feels right. ever since the damning f.b.i. report about hillary clinton's private e-mail servers came out, her poll numbers have not looked good. though the

the glory days give correll and colbert -- of steve carell and colbert -- i would say colbert inhalesxygen and exhales funny. he's funny all the time. charlie: but he's a perfect example too. much has been written about this. when you go do a different show, it takes time to define who you are and what you're doing. you don't want to simply say, i'm going to do what i do and doing -- i've been doing. larry: it's not easy. stephen's smart and talented, and he has such a big fan base. is going to be great. i'm excited. i'm always sad when things go away. but i'm a person that always looks forward, and i'm so excited about the different opportunities. i've always been interested in mentoring young writers and producers, people you see who it would be good for them to get a chance to get in the business and make their mark. charlie: thank you very much. back ina moment. stay with us. ♪ charlie: daniel radcliffe is here, he stars in a new film called "imperium." he infiltrates a white supremacy group planning on creating a dirty bomb. the film is inspired by former fbi agent who successful

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>> stephen: hi, i'm stephen colbert. please don't adjust your television set. i really am in pale. ( laughter ) you know, recently there have been some accusations by the trump campaign that hillary clinton has some sort of debilitating medical condition. accusation, and i've looked into it. i have here on my desk all medical research the trump campaign has done on hillary clinton. let's take a look. okay, oh, yeah, this doesn't look good. ( laughter ) clearly, unfit to serve. >> it's "the late show"" with stephen colbert. tonight, stephen welcomes rami malek.

i'm stephen colbert, your host this evening. right now the latest polls show that hillary clinton is tied with donald trump. that is amazing. isn't that amazing? right now, the exact same number of americans don't want to vote for hillary as don't want to vote for donald trump. it's completely-- it's very-- i don't know. does this mean-- i'm not sure what this means, what i am doing right here. but it feels right. ever since the damning f.b.i. report about hillary clinton's private e-mail servers came out, her poll numbers have not looked good. though the truth is she may have much better numbers hidden on her private server. we don't know. ( laughter ) and now, now, now she's in a dead heat, a dead heat with donald trump, even though in the key swing states of ohio and pennsylvania, and this is true, trump is currently getting zero percent support from black voters. zero! so obviously every poll has a margin of error, so it can actually be -3%. we don't know. at this point, they're matched absolutely perfectly even. at this poi

and now, from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! captioning sponsored by cbs ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you so much. it's a packed house. super energetic crowd tonight. super packed house. people are very excited about the election, right? me too, me too. how are you doing jon, feeling good. >> jon: feeling good. we're doing it. >> stephen: i love that jacket. you look like barney from the waist up. >> jon: i used to watch barney when i was a kid. you know, i used to check him out. ♪ i love you you love me >> stephen: i do not know what you are talking about. one of us is slightly older than the other, and i would like to not dwell on it if you don't mind. well, i've got to start tonight with some shocking news. there's a huge scandal out there that does not involve donald trump. i know. i know. at does not involve donald trump. i know. i know. i had the same reaction. instead, it involves future former pre