>> hi, i'm stephen colbert from "the late show with stephen colbert."d watch "the late show." ( applause ) >> that's what we're saying, take a break from watching us to get it on. >> stephen: no, no, guys, look, i'm on broadcast. i can't risk these people won't unpause. so i'm encouraging you all to watch my show while you're doing it. >> oh, that's not-- >> stephen: in fact you don't even need to watch. just turn on "the late show" and go to town in each other's bathing suit areas. >> is this like a thing you get off on? >> stephen: ( laughs ) yes. ( laughter ) >> "the late show" with stephen colbert." we like to watch. >> stephen: we'll be right back! ( band playing ) ( cheers and applause ) to emerge your best every day, you need to power your wellness. new emergen-c probiotics plus. purposeful probiotics to help boost your microbiome, plus vitamin c to support your natural immune defenses. new emergen-c probiotics plus. emerge and see. oh come on!n-c probiotics plus. you'd rather dog sit cupcake than clean the toilet? with new scrubbing bubbles clea

late show with stephen colbert is next. our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 4:30. >> have a great night. captioning sponsored by cbs >> kellyanne, omarosa was the most prominent high-level african-american serving in the west wing on president trump's staff. who now is that person? who is the most prominent high- level advisor to the president on the west wing staff right now? >> african-american? >> yes. ( chaotic strings ) ( laughter ) >> the president works with secretary carson every day, he's trying to break the back of his current-- >> who there on the white house staff right now? >> i would say that first of all you're-- >> what does that say to have not a single senior advisor in the west wing who's african- american? ( chaotic strings ) ( laughter ) >> kellyanne conway, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, jon. >> appreciate it. ( cheers and applause ) >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight, "the apprentice" strikes back. plus, stephen welcomes... nicki minaj. guy pearce. and a mus

les moonves could survive this and still be colbert's boss.his mind, and colbert's monologue might be far down his list. howie: that brings my question about moonves. there was an investors' conference call. they were told you can't ask about the sexual misconduct allegations being investigated by the outside law firms. they went along, they were wimps. i don't think reporters would have done that. is this giving the network a black eye? carley: if these allegations came out last year les moonves would have brand-new placed on administrative leave. i think he's benefiting that there has been some time since the harvey weinstein scandal. cbs has faced backlash from the times up movement. but we haven't seen the push for him to step down like what we saw last year. if there was an allegation you took a leave of absence or were fired immediately. howie: charlie rose left immediately when he came under investigation. get your groove on with one a day 50+. ♪ get ready for the wild life ♪ complete multivitamins with key nutrients that address 6 conc

have a great weekend. >>> the late show with stephen colbert's next. >> it is indeed. friday, so have a great weekend. >> see you tomorrow for a special newscast at 4 pm and then the niners on our station. have a good evening. captioning sponsored by cbs >> according to the "washington post," donald trump is trying to downplay the idea of a wave election for democrats. even going so far as retweeting a cartoon of himself in star- spangled board shorts surfing a huge red wave. ( laughter ) ( band playing ) >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight: giving notice to scotus. plus, stephen welcomes... paul rudd. ken jeong. and musical guest florence & the machine. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert!

truthiness. >> what colbert did was remarkable, because he was playing a very arch character that wasn fox news personalities. >> caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. >> this is all an act. >> you're breaking my heart, bill. >> if you're an act, then what am i? >> with this character, he was improvising everything in real time from an inverse point of view. >> a lot of right wingers thought colbert is actually a republic and he's just cheeky. have they didn't know that it was a joke. i mean, come on. >> president bush. great president or the greatest president? >> he did that classic satire thing. i'm going to make my points through the other side. >> are you familiar with what we do here? >> i am. >> okay. >> i'm familiar with the total scrubbing -- >> well, you know i'm in character. >> yes. >> then i'm an idiot. >> it's wonderful to see out of character. >> comedians have the credibility and the ability to tap into things that are happening right this second. couldn't be more urgent, couldn't be more on people's minds. they want somebody to say something about it, so,

they go there to laugh at colbert.to learn about vaccines from you, they want to laugh at colbert largely at your expense. get used to it. you are on a comedy show. if anybody happens to learn anything about vaccines, consider it a wib win. -- consider it a win. at the end, though, what happened was he asked me so it's out there, you are in the industry, how do you respond to it? i said, you know, i'm not in the pocket of industry, i'm in the pocket of children because we do this at childrens in philadelphia and 300 people in the studio audience booed loudly. so i didn't understand this. i will tell you why in a second. he was great. he could have left it at that. he could have just had me embarrassed publicly on national television. he said that's not the answer you want. i will ask you the same question again, and then we will go out with this answer. he asked it again. i said you can on the one hand praise vaccines for making them safe and effective and praise those who give them. i asked the studio audience was tha

folks, welcome to the late show, i'm your host, stefer encolbert. -- stephen colbert. i'm excited too because the president is on vacation. and i know people are like oh, shouldn't he ebb working? no. this is finement but while he's on vacay trump staff has largely given up on futile efforts to supervise him. at this point they are just leaving him alone with one of those cat water fountains you see in the airplane magazine and it's got a lever to give him a cheeseburger pellet. (laughter) for sure no one is keeping him from tbeeting. behind the betweens he's apparently freaking out about all the investigations closing in am because between friday and sunday he tweeted 48 times. (laughter) yeah. 48, so much tweeting that even your friend who sells supplements on social media was like dude, take a step back hashtag herbalife, hashtag essential oils hashtag flush out your toksens. now there's a report in the "washington post" that donald trump is getting worried that the trump tower meeting with the russians might lead to criminal charges for his son but he tweeted fake

. >>> late show with stephen colbert is next. next newscast is tomorrow morning at 4:30 a.m. >> see you bright and early. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs >> there was an effort by lawmakers to subpoena the u.s. translator, the only other american in the room, when president trump met with vladimir putin. >> "the late show" has obtained the first interview with the president's translator. unfortunately, she was so traumatized by the summit, she brought her own translator. ( laughter ) >> uh... it was a productive meeting. the... two leaders discussed things. trump was-- uh-- very-- uh-- strong on confronting putin about meddling. ( laughter ) >> ( crying ) oh, my god. >> he is saying that they are looking forward to... future talks. >> oh, we're screwed! ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert"! tonight, guess who's coming to d.c. plus, stephen welcomes... denzel washington. congressman joe kennedy. and comedian carmen lagala. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now

i'm your host, stephen colbert.l reeling from the troubling reminders that omarosa is still out there. ( laughter ) her new book-- do we have is here? "unhinged" dropped today. it's highly anticipated, it's filled with salacious behind-the-scenes details, and it's 30% off. day one. day one. ( laughter ) ( applause ) it's the literary equivalent of day-old sushi. of course, the bombshell everyone is talking about is that omarosa claims she heard the tape of donald trump on the set of "celebrity apprentice" saying the "n" word. >> audience: ooooh! >> stephen: i know,in, it's terrible. if this shocking allegation is true, it would undeniably make some of his fans happy. ( laughter ) others would go, "i don't like that he's a racist, but, you know, taxes." ( laughter ) >> jon: wow! >> stephen: last night, trump fired back with a character witness: "celebrity apprentice" producer and paddington human, mark burnett. last night, trump tweeted, "mark burnett called to say that there are no tapes of the 'apprentice' where i

but i want you to give there to stephen colbert if you ever see him, because apparently on the colbertcon wristbands and at the time you broke your wrist and told you to give it to someone plor famous than him, sow gave it to me, shout out brian, specifically give tell moog he to give it to you, and i'm giving it to you and i hope one day you can give it to donald trump. >> stephen: it's been a long time, it's been a long time. >> has onive come back to you. >> stephen: i don't think have i ever gotten one back before, not from like, because the whole thing was to give it to the most famous person that person met to go up the chain of famousness because i wanted it toned on famous people. i will attach this to a pair of handcuffs and give it to the president. >> (cheers and applause). >> stephen: allegedly. you lived in malaysia, you lived in new hampshire. you lived in singapore, then melbourne but three years ago you moved back to america. how do you feel about your timing of when to return. >> yeah, so i have been trying to come back to america for a long time, three years ago i got

and kenny choi >>> "the late show with stephen colbert" is next.newscast is tomorrow morning at 4:30. >> have a good night. we'll see you tomorrow. >> thanks for watching. captioning sponsored by cbs >> federal investigators seize more than 100 secret recordings from michael cohen. that's according to the "washington post" this morning.

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i'm your host, stephen colbert. it is-- ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) you know, i feel the same way about being with you right now. and i don't want to be alone right now, because i got something to say, listen, if you're on a low-carb diet, you're in luck, 'cause ain't no way to sugarcoat this. ( laughter ) today, justice anthony kennedy announced he's retiring from the supreme court. >> audience: boo! >> stephen: i never thought i'd say this, but you're only 81! ( laughter ) you know what they say, they say 81 is the new 79. ( laughter ) and don't tell me your mind's going, because i read "bush v gore" and "citizen's united." you never had one. ( laughter ) >> jon: oh! ♪ ♪ >> stephen: this is a seismic political event, because kennedy has been the decisive vote in many cases, and his retirement gives trump the opportunity to fundamentally change the course of the supreme court. and i would not trust trump to fundamentally change the dessert course. ( laughter ) oh, we are supremely screwed! i look forward

i'm your host, stephen colbert.istmas morning, because all year long, robert mueller and his team of legal elves have been busy in their workshop making all the indictments for all the bad little boys and girls. and the magical day we've been waiting for is finally here ♪ cuz it's day one of paul manafort's trial ♪ you guys don't know that christmas carol. manafort is being accused of tax evasion, bank fraud, but, ultimately, he's really on trial for this picture. ( laughter ) "how does the defendant plead?" "if it pleases the court... innocent." ( laughter ) "oh, yes." today started with jury selection, or "voir dire," which is french for, "i hope you enjoy toilet wine." ( laughter ) then, in the opening statements, prosecutors painted a picture of manafort's extravagant spending, telling the jury that manafort $ goton j15,0 a"macke00t so what? he enjoys clothes made from exotic animals. i'm sure he just worked for the president because he wanted a coat made of trump pelt. ( laughter ) and-- ( cheers and applause )

colbert" is next. our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 4:30. >> the gang will be here with all of the news you need to start your thursday. have a great night. captioning sponsored by cbs >> president trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort facing day two of his trial for alleged financial fraud. prosecutors arguing that the money went towards supporting manafort's lavish lifestyle including multiple homes, expensive cars and watches and even a $15,000 ostrich jacket. >> much has been made of the fact that my client purchased a $15,000 ostrich coat. but i ask you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, does that make him guilty? rests. >> it's "the late show with stephen colbert." plus, stephen welcomes ewan mcgregor adam pally and economist paul drugman on a roller coaster. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey! >> stephen: oh, please! have a seat, everybody! thank y

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert!d applause ) >> stephen: hey! >> stephen: hey, everybody! perfect, beautiful! can't miss! hey, jon! what's going on? good to see you. . ( cheers and applause ) wooo! hey! >> stephen: stephen! stephen! stephen! ( cheers and applause ). >> stephen: yeah, right here. gets you right here. oh! thank you. thank you very much. please, have a seat, everybody. too kind. thank you so much up there, down here, out there, all around the world. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) hey, you guys-- you guys know elections? we still have those. and in fact, we had some yesterday around the country, around the country. the big battle was over ohio's 12th district, pitting republican troy balderson against democrat danny o'connor in what many are calling, "the slugfest in the midwest," "the great debate near ohio state," "the rumpus near colump-us." ( laughter ) the 12th has sent a republican to congress for the last 35 years, and in 2016, it went for trump

captioning sponsor >>> the late show with stephen colbert's next. is being cross examined right now on the stand. we're talking about rick gates. tbaets' testimony is a prime example when prosecutors convince people to flip on their friends and colleagues. snow so no one told you trial was going to be this way ♪ your ostrich coat taken by the d.o.j. ♪ and then your friend kicked you out in the balls ♪ confessed to bank fraud, tax fraud, now you're gonna take the fall ♪ oh, he flipped on you when he took the witness stand ♪ oh, he flipped on you and he thought he was your man ♪ oh, he flipped on you ♪ you should think about flipping, too ♪ ( cheers and applause ) >> it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight, gates-gate. plus, stephen welcomes joe manganello and senator cory booker. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: thank you, joe. matty! >> stephen: welcome to "the late show," everybody. please have a seat. welco

i'm your host, stephen colbert.t is the first full day, today is the first full day of donald trump's trip to europe. he is in brussels for the nato summit, then it on to england and then he's going to straight to hell-- ( laughter ) i'm sorry, helsinki. ( laughter ) to meet with vladimir putin. and so far the trip is going-- and-- ( laughter ) and it's not that bad, it's not like he has turned nato upside down, right, jimmy? oh, my god! ( laughter ) as "the new york times" put it, "mr. trump kicked off his meetings on a contentious note." contentious is his only note! ( laughter ) he's a human air horn. the bumpy ride started at a breakfast with nato secretary general jens stoltenberg. notice how trump is the only one who already chugged his juice. ( laughter ) ( as trump ) "i'm making sure that when i meet putin i have a full bladder." right off-- ( laughter ) allegedly! ( cheers and applause ) look, that doesn't make any sense. that makes no sense. that doesn't make sense. not even as a joke does that make sense.

♪ ♪ ( laughter ) >> announcer: it's "the late itstephen colbert."ight, sex, spies, and pee tape. plus, stephen welcomes... janelle monaÉ. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) c'mon! right there. hey, everybody! thank you, joseph. please, sit down! thanks, everybody! welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. well-- ( cheers and applause ) happy friday. happy friday, one and all. ( cheers and applause ) you made it! we made it, we earned it. >> jon: yes we did. >> stephen: we earned it this week could not end soon enough because all week donald trump has been insulting our allies in nato and cozying up to russia. it's like that old saying: the enemy of my enemy is also my enemy, because friends are for the weak. ( laughter ) then-- yesterday? yesterday, he invited vladimir putin to the white house. we have a copy of the invitation: please choose: chicken, fish, or the launch codes. ( laughter ) the fish

. >>> "the late show with stephen colbert" is next. our next newscast tomorrow morning at 4:30. >> see you then. have a great evening. captioning sponsored by cbs >> lawyers, after calling no witness or provide anything evidence in his defense, are making their closing arguments today. >> all right, gentlemen. in a few minute, we're going to go out there and present our closing statement on behalf of our client, paul manafort. i'm not going to sugar coat this. this case started at a low point when the ostrich and python coats were admitted as evidence and it went steadily downhill from there. hell, we couldn't even find one witness to testify on his bow half-- not a family massachusetts, business associate, or even someone from our own legal team dressed up like a sympathetic old lady. here's the plan:courtroom observers were shocked as the manafort defense team attempted to escape as a panto mine horse. >> it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight, top secret clearance. plus, stephen welcomes jessica biel w. kamau bell and mu

. >> just address me as queen nikki colbert. >> the thing is, colbert is taken. to nikki. that's news to nikki. >> are you married? >> ah, ah, yes. >>> and finally, a fallon/reynolds drinking game fail. >> i have such a weak stomach. i'm not kidding. >> ryan's been promoting his own line of gin and last night the "deadpool" star played drinko, mixing his liquor with twinkies and grape juice. >> this is easy. i'm so mad. this is my child's diet! >> but on jimmy's turn? >> horseradish. >> is that the first time you barfed on your own show? >> no. >> wow. that hurts just looking at that. as for ryan's wife blake she'll be presenting at the mtv video music awards. >> kevin hart and tiffany haddish will be there, too. but the queen of the night will undoubtedly be jennifer lopez who's already getting her fans hyped for her video vanguard performance. >> whatever it takes to that moment happen -- >> tonight, j.lo is back in new york with her man. she plans to rehears every day until her monday's vma performance. if j.lo's routine mirrors past recipients like pink, brit

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert!( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: hello! hey! oh! oh! hey! look at that right there! thank you, everybody. please, have a seat! please, sit down, everybody! you're too kind. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. how's everybody doing? ( cheers and applause ) you doing all right? you all seem pretty happy tonight. that means you do not own stock in facebook... ( laughter ) ...because today was a rough day for everyone's favorite social network/democracy de-stabilizer. 'cause facebook's stock dropped 19%, losing $120 billion in value... that's a lot of money. ( laughter ) when asked about the precipitous drop, a spokesman for facebook, responded: >> a million dollars isn't cool, you know what's cool? >> "losing $120 billion dollars." ( laughter ) >> stephen: yeah, yeah, it's catchy. it all happened because of an earnings report that showed slower than expected growth in user numbers. are you happy, guys? this is what happens when we al

liz: right, late show host stephen colbert went after bernie sanders last night on his failed candidates do you need to call your socialist, people are excited about alexandria ocasio-cortez you, but people she campaigned for did not win their primaries, only half people you campaigned for won their primary, maybe there is a little tainl taint to socialism that turns people off. >> i don't think so, the real issue that ideas that we've been talking about, are now ideas that are mainstream ideas that are supported by the vast majority of the american people. liz: all right, so many factual errors that ber bernie sanders t said, mainstream american majority that is wrong. and he said these things, that as if his thoughts are facts, his thoughts and opinion are fact. >> he is the voice. >> is is what america supports, i think that bernie sanders is somebody that donald trump tapped in toag, stephen colbert represents a insidious side, he said, maybe world socialist is tainted. but look at pled calling fo medr all, and obamacare, that is described as socialist, president bill clinton could n

eric, colbert was pretty w withering there. >> he was, for good reason. the kind of statement cuomo made shows you why he will likely never be president of the united states. tell that to the -- america was never great, tell it to the men and women who built this great country, the great economy, in the world that we have, the top economy. tell it to those who helped to build united states' military. who helped send people to the moon. i think there are many people that would say andrew cuomo was never great. this is the exact reason why democrats are going to have a real hard time, i think, in november, because their underlying premise has to be that the economy is not good and it's like saying that there's no sun, that the sun doesn't exist and that the earth doesn't exist. we have a great economy today and to say it's bad and to say america isn't great is laughable. it will -- it's going to hurt them, frankly, in a big way, i think. liz: are you buying andrew cuomo backtracking today, telling reporters quote, america is great, it's always been great? h

people go there to laugh at steven colbert. they don't want to learn about vaccines from you, they want to laugh at steven colbert at your expense. he was great on the show. at the end, what happened, he asked me, you're out there in the pocket of industry, what you think. i said i'm not in the pocket of the industry, i'm in the pocket of children with 300 people in the studio audience booed loudly. i didn't understand this but i'll tell you why in a second. he was great. he could've left it at that and had may be embarrassed on national television. he said that's not the question you want. i looked at the studio audience and said was any better and they cheered. it was edited were basically said something nice about vaccine makers and people cheered in the first time in network television and when i was leaving asked the woman was the associate producer, why do people blue. she said people like you forget your on a comedy show. when you said you were in the pocket of children you sound like a pedophile. [laughter] we were goin

i'm stephen colbert. i'm feeling pretty good about myself today. ( cheers and applause ) yeah, and i tell you why, because robert robert doesn't want to ask me any questions. ( laughter ) you'll remember that our commander-in-chief had a hissy fit on twitter yesterday, and now we know why. 35 tweets over the weekend or something like that. apparently, trump's tweet storm came after learning mueller wants to ask him about obstruction of justice. why is he surprised? ( cheering ) sure, go ahead, obstruction of justice fans. ( laughter ) i don't know why donald trump is surprised. when the cops wants to talk to you, it's usually about a crime. "uh-oh, cops are pulling me over. well, they probably just want to know if i've checked out season 2 of atlanta yet." ( laughter ) meanwhile -- let me get rid of this. ( piano riff ) ( laughter ) meanwhile -- mueller wants to ask about obstruction of justice but has agreed to limit the scope of questioning and would like to ask questions both "written," and "orally." "

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with -- stephen colbert. tonight, omerosa.turing jon batiste and "stay human," live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! >> stephen: whoa! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) nice! nice! well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host stephen colbert. ( cheering ) do you ever think maybe it wasn't worth firing somebody? because the trump administration has got to be thinking that about omarosa. so she hired a few ubers and did her wedding photographs in the rose garden. did that undermine the dignity of the place where they pardon the turkeys? because, oh, boy, has her book tour gotten under the president's, i want to say skin. not sure. according to a republican insider, "trump told advisers that he wants attorney general jeff sessions to have manigault newman arrested, although it's unclear what law trump believes she broke." (as trump) "what law did she break? is 'my heart' a law? ( laughter ) ( cheering ) and omarosa dropped a new secre

colbert says les moonves is my guy, but criticizes him anyway.owie: a judge dismissed a suit against fox news by the parents of seth rich who was murdered two years ago. the network retracted a report that rich secretly provided documents to wikileaks. the judge dismissed the second suit against fox and the other defendants by detective rod wheeler saying the former fox contributor failed to prove had been misquoted and cannot avoid the consequences of his own complicity. the "new york times" is standing up for its newest editorial writer. sarah jeong wrote how much joy i get out of being cruel to old white men not to mention f the police and white men are a-holes. she says she was responding with satire against tweets of hates against an asian-american woman. social media mobs on both sides dredge you can past writings conservatives and liberals to get them fired and it's pretty ugly all around. a museum has stopped selling fake news t-shirts. look at our buzz meter. continue the conversation on twitter. you can subscribe to the podcast on apple

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i'm your host, stephen colbert. you know, when it comes to the news, let's face it... we don't want to face it. ( laughter ) because once again, the big story is trump's policy of taking immigrant children from their parents at the border. now, there are two ways to look at this story: either you can be horrified, or you can work for donald trump. ( laughter ) take secretary of homeland security and step-mom flushing pictures of your real mom down the toilet... ( laughter ) kirstjen nielsen. yesterday, nielsen defended this policy at the daily press briefing. now, normally, that press briefing job is handled by white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders, seen here in her happy place. ( laughter ) but hucka-sands didn't want to do the briefing amid questions on child separation policy. sarah, you think you don't want try doing it on a comedy show. ( laughter ) "oh, you must love the trump administration, stephen. the sadness just writes itself." ( laughter ) listen up: you don't get to tag out here, sarah, because it's not really you up there. you're just donald

still to come, stephen colbert actually apologizes after screwing up the facts. and you will love this. >> stephen colbert made a big blunder in describing jonah goldberg as a trump ally. apparently he has never read his previous presidential critic. the next night, he apologized. >> i described this guy right here, a conservative columnist jonah goldberg is one of tom's allies. and added that he looked like a guy at a magic convention inviting you back to his hotel room. [laughter] he got mad about one of those two things. because he is not actually a trump ally. he is in fact very staunch never trumper. and we here at the late show regret many things. chris a little sloppiness but at least he owned up to his mistake. that is it for this addition of #mediabuzz. i am howard kurtz. check out my new stories and guests. we might corral some other people into that as well. you can subscribe at apple itunes, google play, fox news podcast.com check out our facebook page. we post my daily columns there. repost a lot of original content and your comments. let's continue

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♪[ music ] captioning sponsored by cbs >> announcer: it's "the late show" with stephen colbert!onight: in rod we trust. plus, stephen welcomes... michael moore. eric andre and derrick beckles. and, alexandria ocasio-cortez! plus, a special appearance by jon stewart. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: hey! how are you? ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) that's sharp! there you go. well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) we're going on vacation next week, so we won't be able to talk about what's going on with the country. hopefully, when we get back, there will be still be one! ( laughter ) but-- >> jon: please, please. >> stephen: robert mueller could drop his report at any time. that's what they're saying. sometime soon... >> jon: mm-hmm. >> stephen: something's going to come out... ( cheers and applause ) and it's got the president spooked. so, today, he se

to star . >>> "the late show with stephen colbert" is next.ng at 4:30. >> we'll see you then. have a great night. captioning sponsored by cbs >> russia has a new diplomat, believe it or not. president vladimir putin has appointed american actor-- action actor, i should say-- steven seagal as its special envoy to improve relations with the u.s. ( laughter ) >> you loved him in "above the law" and you had no feelings about his other movies. ( laughter ) but now comes his most important role... steven seagal is... "special envoy." >> who is the target? >> his mission: improve relations with the united states, using only his mastery of slap-boxing... ( laughter ) his hostility towards vegetables... >> russia and america should be great allies.

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i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) you know, thank you.t because, i need it. you know, they say that time heals all wounds, and they are wrong. ( laughter ) time can also fester all wounds. and then you got to start lopping stuff off before it spreads. and i'm beginning to think it's time to reach for the bone saw, because anybody who still believes donald trump at this point is gangrene on the body politic. ( cheers and applause ) gotta go! >> jon: what's your function? >> stephen: got to go, got to go for the rest of the body. but don't give me the saw, because i'm feeling a little shaky. ( laughter ) i'm about as shaky as i have felt since the night he won. back then, my biggest fear was we had elected an asset of the russian government who would sell out america at every opportunity just to save his own hide. my biggest fear now is that i was right. ( laughter ) a lot of people-- a lot of people-- ( cheers and applause ) a lot of people have been upset since helsinki, where donald trump did not put america first. he did not say, "hey,

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. >> tonight's guests on the late show with stephen colbert, rob reiner. he calls it: amish uber. >>> a michigan man is adding some horsepower to ride sharing. >> he calls it amish uber. for a flat fee of $5 timothy hoseller and his horse will give you a scenic tour of the town of colome, not far from kalamazoo. visitors and locals are loving it. >> first time uber and we're riding in a buggy. >> uber is a cool thing. every several years something new comes in. uber is hot right now. so we can have the amish buggies and delivering people to their front doorstep. >> looks like fun. of course, there is no app to hail the amish uber. you have to flag tim down the old-fashioned way by hand. >> i've always wanted to do that, sort of bucket list. >> to take a horse and buggy. >> not just take one. i want to drive the thing. let me at them. >> that would be great. i'm sure there's one in the bay area somewhere. we'll find them. ugh tonight in oakland... >>> another giant player hurt tonight. >> and the a's, i go back to my old line, nine innings, not enough tonig

he was on with steven colbert. he had some hard questions for him.in mind, bernie sanders while he was running as a democrat last time he still maintains is he a socialist. and isn't that a problem, stephen colbert wondered? >> why do you need to call yourself socialist? people are very excited about owe kazmierczakio, cortez. the people that she campaigned for did not win their primaries, only half the people you campaigned for won their primaries for. maybe there is a little taint to socialism that turns people off. >> i don't really think. so i think the real issue is that the idea that we have been talking about almost without compensation are maybe stream ideas that are supported by it vast majority of the american people. brian: never explains how he will pay for anything. says things oh don't you want everyone to have healthcare? don't you want everyone to be able to go to college? we have a system that's set up where there is pathways to do that but there is also a situation where not everything can be given away you are taxing people maybe 8

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stephen colbert taking on the administration. >> trump still getting legal advice from attorney and man who just realized how he will be remembered. rudy giuliani. >> playing poker. put up or shut up. >> you better hope you're not playing poker. because you're client can't keep a casino running. >> okay. his track record with running the economy is better than casinos at this point. let's see about that. good stuff from colbert. >>> we start this morning with a disconnect with trump and the national security team on the subject of russia meddling. president ranting about the russian hoax hours after his top intel officials called out the kremlin for interfering in the upcoming 2018 midterms. at the rally in pennsylvania, he ta touted about the helsinki summit. >> we got along really well. by the way, that's a good thing. not a bad thing. that's a really good thing. now we're being hindered by the russian hoax. everybody said that was great. a couple of hours later, i started hearing reports that, you know, they wanted me to walk up. they wanted me to walk up and go like this. son of a -

c colbert saying the first time he started having panic attacks was just after he got married.hear my cueline. then i would uncurl and go on stage and i would feel fine. nobody ever asked mewhat was wrong. it weornnt f those experiences colbert realized performing eased his anxiety and he extent stoppedu since. ownload the app on your mobile device. text today to 66866. finally friendsve may ended 14 years ago, but that's not stopping fashion designers. i ned some help who may be taking a cue from some of the show's iconic outfits. let's take a look back at this famous scene. >> oky, buddy, boy, there it is. you hide my clothes, i'm wearing everything you own. >> oh my god. that is so not the opposite of taking somody's underwear. look at me. i'm chandler. could i beearing any more clothes? >> no, he cannot. while joey okay was ridiculous, some people think valenciaga has taken it seriously.it trikes a similar resemblance to joey's outfit. how much for that coat? >> a billion. >> nine grand. you consider that it' basically five coats in one, maybe not a bad deal after all. >> s

especially if you ask stephen colbert. >> tonight, big news about space force!trump administration will remember that space force is the president's boldest idea that he got from a buzz lightyear happy meal toy. a boost from vice president pence. he is a huge fan of space. the farthest you can get from being alone with a human woman. there were 6-6-6 does not seem like enough options to us. we made a few of our own. space force. mars has cleaner water than flint. in space, no one can hear you collude. one small step for man, really small hands for a man. >> just in case you missed stephen colbert. thanks for joining us. i'm christine romans. "new day" starts now. >>> the national anthem kneeling controversy is alive and well in the nfl. >> the president does not agree with the tactics of some players that have been taking a knee. >> wouldn't you love to see the nfl owners say get that son of a [ bleep ] off of the field. >> i'm ready to get this weekend out of the way. >> a state of emergency in charlottesville one year after the deadly protests. >> this is new