plus i'll tell you about the grammy's in a powerful cross et with dmx. then george packer, author of "the assassin's gate" is here, to tell us who left the gate open and why would you build a gate for assassin's anyway. very short sided. hope you haven't eaten in the last 30 minutes, america, because you're about to go swimming in the deep end of the truth this is "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central ( applause ) ( theme song playing ) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome to the report. we are smack-dab in the middle of award season. and frankly, i've got the fever. award fever. i hope you all watched the grammy's last night, fan -- fantastic show. and really informative, for instance, i've been wondering who the audience is for this kayne west gentlemen, who does he appeal to. jimmy? (cheers and applause) >> it's a rap. >> stephen: mainly '70s folk singers who dated carlly simon. and that is a fairly large demographic. and speaking of award, congratulations to best selling author michael crichton. michael krot a book this ye

. >> there in the dow, dmx why this classic theory could make you money in 2015. plus. >> something john chaim bers has been no friend of the stock. we explain what the company needs to do when options actions returns. >>> is there a problem at cisco? the networking company had a nice year but it's still underperforming similar old tech names like hp and microsoft. dan nathan there and breaking it down. >> it was oracle's results that got me thinking. up 10% after the better than expected results and if you look over here at the chart, i mean, the stock basically, this is a 15 year chart, a few percent away now from the all-time highs made in the internet bubble in 2000. it got me thinking about the other times at the guy, the horse men, microsoft and cisco, the largest market cap company in the world in 1999 or 2000. so cisco, to me, it's been a big lagger. and now up a lot, 23% this year. and that sounds great but 100% off the 2009 lows. the s&p 500, 200%. when you think about it, some of it is peers. it's a monster year but getting back up and then the other is

if 4,000 channels of leds - we have 18,000 dmx which is a language that lights speak and we have 210,000ual l.e.d.s. the biggest challenge is being able to stay in sync. ♪ have a happy, holy christmas ♪ >> typically there's a time code that keeps you on time and in sync. here we listen to an fm radio, an analogue way of doing things. we are not allowed to practice because obviously the building is such a couple of - a building, it's out in the each, we can't turn on the lights and go crazy when we feel like it. the empire state building is the largest scale performance, many people see this in the moment >>> the next light show will be on new year's eve. and we'll leave you tonight with a live picture of the empire state picture lit up in red, green and white. i'm david shuster. thanks for watching. >>> jon stewart moving from punch line to the director's square. >> the definition - regimes are arresting more people. >> another comedian is passionate about her role. >> no one played a bisexual comedian. >> from performers. we take you inside. and how a priceless painting was uncovered. >

we have 4,000 channels of leds, we have 18,000 of dmx which is a language that the lights speak and thenve 210,000 individual leds, the biggest challenge believe it or not would be actually being able to stay in sync. ♪ have a holly jolly christmas ♪ >> you usually have a time code that keeps you on time and in sync. here we actually listen to an fm radio. it's a pretty analog way of doing things. but we're not allowed to practice. because obviously, the building is such a public building and it's out there in the open. we can't just turn on the lights and go crazy whenever we feel like it. the empire state building really is the largest scale performance because millions of people see this in the moment. >> ♪ let it sno snow ♪ >> the first of holiday shows starts tomorrow. this is how the empire state building looks tonight, skyscraper lit up in blue and white for han kah hanukkah. thank you for watching. i'm john siegenthaler. i'll see you at 11:00 eastern time, have a great night. >> previously on "in god we trust". >> my name is eleanor, and for the last 25 years i was bernie madoff'