justin udo for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> you can see jon batiste, tonight and everyk night on the late show with stephen colbert at 11:35 right here on "eyewitness news" at 11:00. >>> welcome to town, jon. >> very nice. >> kate joins with us our forecast and that fog is gone. i went out this morning, could not see, rainy days and monday >> yes. >> i'll tell you it was hard to get up this morning. dense fog advisory, pouring through the morning commute, tough getting my kid off to school. my son walked in and ran in mud. >> i hate when that happens. >> miserable days when you have to go through a whole day with the wet sock. through the afternoon things got brighter, better, and warmer, that is trend we are in over next couple days as well. lets look outside, right now we have got some sunshine just in time for sunset which is still about an hour away, these days getting longer and longer. we are gaining two and a half minutes of daylight every day as we head toward start of the april this weekend. we have ups, downs through last few days of march as is, kind of the t

jon batiste and "stay human," my friends, right over there! u at? where you at? >> stephen: jon, the band we've got on tonight, "the shins" are on the show tonight. >> jon: yeah, th yeah, "the shi" nice! >> stephen: thre away their tour van, this thing right here. >> jon: whoa! >> stephen: do we have a shot of this thing parked outside? it's literally parked outside of the theater right now. this is the band nay toured with for years. it's been super charged and souped up and they're giving her away. stick around after the show. you can find out how you can win "the shins" van. >> jon: i've seen way worse vans. >> stephen: that's a great ad for a car, you've seen worse. >> jon: i've seen worse! >> stephen: right. speaking of things you've seen worse -- some of trump's friends may be in trouble. ( laughter ) this time it's former campaign advisor and maitre d' at a gangster-themed restaurant, roger stone. he's a big buddy of donald trump. during the election, stone was accused of having ties to the russian hackers who broke into the dnc. but jus

now, say hi to jon batiste and stay human, everybody!heers and applause ) ♪ >> stephen: wow, this russian thing is developing so fast. a new thing every day. here's the thing, it is only getting out in the public because of white house whistleblowers. no one knows who these people are. ( cheers and applause ) trump is getting frustrated and he thinks he may have found the source of these leaks. >> i think that president obama is behind it because his people are certainly behind it, and some of the leaks possibly come from that group. >> stephen: i don't see how obama could be behind the leaks. he'd have to be in the inner circle. we have a picture of trump with his cabinet. pull it out, jimmy. ah-ha! >> jon: yeah! yeah! >> stephen: he's so clever. but this is great news for me because, if trump thinks the leaks are coming from obama, then he hasn't caught on to my super secret source in the white house. which means it's time for another edition of "late show presidential leak-rets." ( cheers and applause ) ♪ welcome to late show presiden

it's way beyond ice cream. ( band playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: jon batiste and stay >> stephen: jon, i'm excited. as you know, i'm excited, you know, tonight we've got dierks bentley and luke bryan. they're hosting the "academy of country music awards" here, only on cbs. and what has me excited is you're playing with them tonight. >> jon: yes. >> stephen: you're doing a merle haggard song tonight. >> jon: amazing. i got the upright piano. >> stephen: stick around for that, everybody. you're not going to want to miss it. it's good news that they're playing. but i like giving you good news. i know we talk about the events of the day, and sometimes the world can be crazy. and there's a lot to worry about in the news these days. has russia infiltrated our government. will global warming get worse? is "true detective season 3" going to suck as much as season 2? it's not possible but i don't want to talk about stories that bring you down. it's time to spread a little sunshine, with "the late show's" "happy news funtime corner." ♪ ♪ ( cheers and applause ) came up a little

jon batiste and "stay human" right there! welcome back! welcome back! ood to be back. woo! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: listen, john, these people are excited. i'm very excited tonight. i'm very excited. just a minute we'll have jane fonda and lily tomlin sitting over here. jay yeah, yeah! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: i have made out with one of them. >> jon: i remember that. >> stephen: don't give it away! we'll find out. don't tell my wife! ( laughter ) so what's going on? washington is a mess right now, but that's going to end soon because the white house just announced that trump's son-in-law and leader of the jared kushner, "will oversee a broad effort to overhaul the federal government." and the government desperately needs overhaul. somebody keeps putting totally unqualified people in charge of really important stuff. that's gotta stop! ( cheers and applause ) kushner will become the head of something called "the office of american innovation." vague. but better than the original title, "the bureau of obvious nepotism." ( laughter )

let's give it up for jon batiste and "stay human"! how about the band, everybody? good to see ya! back! >> jon: yeah! >> stephen: welcome back to new york! >> jon: yeah! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: my understanding-- this fella-- ( cheers and applause ) if you guys didn't know it, this fellow was down in new orleans this weekend. >> jon: that's right. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: tell the people what you were doing, my friend. >> i played the national anthem at the n.b.a. all-star game. >> stephen: fantastic. beautiful. beautiful. >> jon: thank you. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: well, you know, i like to interest myself america's dad-- that i know of. ( laughter and applause ) and as a parent, i know having kids means a lot of worry. are they getting good grades? are they hanging with the wrong crowd? or worse, are they hanging with the right crowd? nerds. but my biggest worry is, "am i worrying enough?" well, thank god for local news. they always uncover the latest teen trends to soil your dad jeans. and some of them might even be happening. tonight's parenta

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! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: h hey, chris. what's up, paul? hey! thanks, everybody. well, folks, welcome to "the late show"." i'm your host, stephen colbert. happy friday. you guys ready for the weekend? ( cheers and applause ) i love a friday crowd. i love a friday crowd. they're elect. now, donald trump has good weekends down in mar-a-lago, all the time. ever since he became the most powerful man in the world, we've heard a lot about this guy and his potential conflict of interest overseas. well, there's a new one. this week, we learned that trump may have violated the constitution to trademark massage parlors and escort services in china. ( laughter ). >> jon: whoa, whoa! >> stephen: this is true. and unlike these massages, the trump presidency may not have a happy ending. ( cheers and applause ). >> jon: i don't know about that one. >> stephen:

i can switch it to a jon batiste setting. >> stephen: wow. ause ) that really sounds like jon. >> yeah! where ya at, y'all? hoo! ( laughter ) >> stephen: so, tell me. tell me, anonymous source, what is the mood of the white house right now? >> well, you know the phrase "whistling past the graveyard?" >> stephen: yeah, i've heard that. >> it's like that, but no whistling. ( laughter ) it's just all graveyard. >> stephen: so, they're pretty upset about this jeff sessions news? >> well, a little. but mostly they're upset about katy perry and orlando bloom's breaking up. i mean, it doesn't get any more romantic than naked paddleboarding. and we all know, orlando bloom has quite the paddle. ( laughter ) >> stephen: okay, but it's clear now, sessions met with the russian ambassador twice before the election, but that he denies discussing the campaign. how deep do sessions' ties with the russians go? >> oh, really, really deep. russia is, of course, the home he sessions and his family bake all those cookies. ( laughter ) his code name is e.l. fudge.

featuring jon batiste and "stay human." sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ >> stephen: hey! how are you! hey! whoo! nice! thank you very much! ( cheers and applause ) welcome to the "late show," everybody. so glad you're here. i am your host, stephen colbert. happy-- ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) happy president's day. happy president's day. hope you enjoyed your day off. jon, did you enjoy your day off? >> jon: yes, yes. >> stephen: i enjoyed my day off, too. yep. we didn't work at all. just making all this stuff up right now. just made it all up. >> jon: yep, it's a dream. >> stephen: now, this afternoon, a lot of people spent their day off at "not my president" rallies. to which i just want to say, sorry, but, yeah, your president. deal with it. okay? ( laughter ) george washington was not more president than donald trump, okay? abraham lincoln, exactly the same amount of commander-in- chief as donald trump. so, no marching off to your fantasy world-- do not leav

. ♪ ( cheers andpp jon batiste and "stay welcome back! e people are excited. excit. just a minute we'll here. jay yea ( cheers and applause ) >>ite remember that. >> stephen: don't give it out. f ( laughter ) so what's go on? in because the white house just announced that trump'ssshe lake, broad effort to overhaul the federal government." somebody keeps putting totally ) kushner will become the head of something called "the office of american innovation." vague. but better than the original title, "the bureau of obvious nepotism." ( laughter ) kushner's job will be to lead a team to fix government with business ideas. you know he has great business ideas like being born into a wealthy real estate family. or "marrying" into a wealthy real estate family. why hasn't the government tried that? ( laughter ) the new office "will be staffed by former business executives, and is being described as a swat team of strategic consultants."f weights and measures, kin that moves! govebut shment should be run lia great american company."se ) ( piano ri y

how about jon batiste and "stay human," everybody? say hi to that man over there! use ) i don't think i'm giving anything away right now when i say, jon, do you agree with me -- thank you so much, everybody -- it is particularly frosty tonight. >> stephen: it's got a nice chill to it -- >> jon: it's got a nice chill to it. >> stephen: i cannot feel my toes out there. are you cold enough? ( cheers and applause ) if you keep the room cold, they're like a crisp carrot. >> jon: comedy temperature. >> stephen: comedy weather. if your teeth are chattering, you're that close to laughing, already. a survival mechanism, really, more than entertainment. >> jon: yeah. >> stephen: folks, i confess all that to you. as many of you know by now, i'm a catholic. but i haven't been to church lately because i gave it up for lent. ( laughter ) and i really miss my favorite catholic tradition -- confession. so if you don't mind, i'd like to confess to you, my audience. you won't tell anybody, right? >> audience: of course not! >> stephen: great. this is stephen colbert's "midnight confe

jon batiste and "stay human." live on tape from the ed sullivan theatre in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome to the "late show." i'm stephen colbert. a lot of people are upset with trump because he didn't repeal obamacare. so, today, he kept his campaign promise to repeal the environment. signed an executive order to loosen restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions and essentially "wipe out obama's climate change record." i think he just surrendered florida to the ocean, which explains why when he signed the order, he invited aquaman to be there. you know what i noticed? not a single aquawoman in that picture. so, why is trump doing this? according to head of the e.p.a. and guy who hates the e.p.a. scott pruitt: "it's going to create jobs." yeah, repealing environmental regulations will create all sorts of new jobs: oil refining, fracking, clean water historian. keeper of the last six bees. and, of course, he is going to reinvigorate coal mining

and comedian greer barnes, featuring jon batiste and "stay human." now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> stephen: hey! how's it going? thank you very much! thanks, everybody! you're too kind! welcome to "the late show"! i'm your host stephen colbert! happy first day of spring! the birds are chirping, the brooks are babbling, and the neighbors are yelling for me to turn down my nature sounds c.d. ( laughter ) if you're in the northeast, it may not feel like spring, since it's still pretty chilly -- though, just a few weeks ago, it was in the 60s. god, i wish it was winter again so i could wear shorts. ( laughter ) you can't tell. >> jon: yeah, you never know. of course, last week trump released his first budget. they're calling it a hard power budget because it features a $54-billion-increase in military spending, while cutting the state department by 28%. makes sense. pbs. ( audience reacts ) >> stephen: i know. look, trump's a real estate developer. it was only a matter of

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! hey! theer( cheers and applause ) thank you very much. thanks, everybody. welcome to "the late sho everybody. i'm your host, stephen colbert. these people are incredible. these people are here through an absolutely terrible, terrible day out there. they went through hell to be here tonight,un. i'm so proud of you people. ( cheers and applause ) i wasn't going to do a good show tonight, but i think i might do a good show because these people put some effort into it. i hope everybody is all right. everybody is safe and warm in here, nobody lost anything to frostbite, nothing, you know, important snapped off, like a graham cracker. and everybody at home, too. here in new york, as i said, we got slammed, the biggest snowfall of the season from what the weather channel is calling winter storm steal and i'm calling winter storm crazy balls, okay. because these

tonight stephen welcomes anderson cooper, judd apatow and musical guest jidenna, featuring jon batiste and "stay human." now live on tape from the ed sullivanat theer in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> stephen: hey! whoo! >> jon: hey! >> stephen: hey, ( cheers and applause ) ( audience chanting stephen ) hey, thanks, everybody! thank you, mark! ( piano riff ) whoo! ( cheers and applause ) yeah! welcome to "the late show"! thanks so much, everybody! you're very kind. very kind. thank you very much! listen -- ( cheers and applause ) thank you, everybody. lovely. yeah! stay strong, be brave! look folks, i'm not going to lie to you, this is "the late show" and i'm stephen colbert. ( laughter ) last week, i don't know if you were paying attention but donald trump seemed pretty steady. he gave a big boy speech in front of congress-- long pants and everything. i was afraid he'd sold the timeshare in crazytown. well, he's baaack! ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) man, things are moving so fast. i think i need a dramamine. i watched the sunday shows yesterda

jon batiste and stay human, everybody! oh! >> jon: that band!ephen: hope you guys are having a good wednesday night. i am. yeah. it's hard to tell what day it is sometimes. >> jon: it's hard to tell. >> stephen: you just keep grinding on day after day. >> jon: it's good. we're having a good time. >> stephen: you know who always has a good time and i'm a huge fan of. >> jon: who's that. >> stephen: kid rock. partly, partly, because he is one of america's best singer-song yellers. also, because he is never afraid to make bold, patriotic gestures. for instance, kid just launched his own made in the uat a american ba bad ass grill compa. i believe it is what seal team 6 used to bury bin laden. sure, buried at sea. eventually. a happy image. and-- you feeling bad for bin laden now? oh, no, not bin laden! and kid rock celebrated the launch of his all-american badass grills by bringing the heat to his foreign-made competition. >> you got grills made in china. we got 50 cals made in america. this is 100% pure american badass. ♪ ♪ >> this is what we thin

say hi to jon batiste and stay human, right over there. that man, right there. at man, right there! >> audience: stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: ladies and gentlemen. thank you so much. listen, listen. jon, i just want to tell you, i'm enjoying a little coffee right here. >> jon: oh, yeah. >> stephen: okay. you know how i like my coffee? >> jon: how do you like that? >> stephen: i like my coffee like i like my history months, black. there it is. well, black history month is officially over. it just flew by as if we gave black people the shortest month of the year. but with jeff sessions as attorney general, i have a feeling we'll be making more black history every day. jon, my friend, how was your black history month. >> jon: it was good, we did a live show to cap it off. >> stephen: we capped it. >> jon: capped off the show, the best month of the year. >> stephen: that's right. i love hearing from you jon, and i love keeping a dialogue open with you. it's so important that we do. >> jon: yes, yes. ( laughter ). >> stephen: because it's important

featuring jon batiste and stay human. now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey! wooo! hey, chris! ( cheers and applause ). >> jon: hey! yeah! >> stephen: welcome-- hey, everybody. welcome to "the late show"." i'm stephen colbert. well, it's finally here. after six years of trying, last night the republicans finally unveiled their healthcare plan. then, out of force of habit, they voted to repeal it. ( laughter ) now, there are some things there are some things they're keeping from obamacare: kids staying on their parents' healthcare until they're 26. ( cheers and applause ) insurance companies can't discriminate because of pre-existing conditions. ( cheers and applause ) grandma will still be murdered by death panels while nancy pelosi cackles from her skybox. >> audience: booo! >> stephen: no cheer for that? okay. oh, there's one other thing they're keeping from obamacare: nobody likes it. conservatives are calling it "obamacare lite." g

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! how area you? ( cheers and applause ). >> jon: i like that! >> stephen: what's going on? please, have a seat, everybody. you're too kind. thanks. welcome. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) first of all, obviously, happy tuesday, everybody. ( cheers and applause ) tuesday crowd. tuesday crowd. >> jon: taco tuesday. >> stephen: it's the second dave spring? today is the second day of spring. you know who has a bad case of the mondays this tuesday? the trump administration. because, apparently, paranoia has seized the trump white house. i'm surprised. i thought russia was going to seize it. trump staffers, evidently, are so paranoid about the media, "they're staying mum in meetings out of concern that their comments could be leaked to the press by foes." i have some bad news. it didn't work, because your foes h

tylenol® ( band playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: jon batiste and stay human,rybody, right there. right, right there. jon, you know what? oh, i love-- i love-- i love a tuesday night crowd. there is nothing like it. now. ( cheers and applause ) that's what that is? that's a tuesday crowd. now, my friend, you know what i'm excited about? >> jon: what's that. >> stephen: i'm excited on tonight's show, the band green day. amazing. ( cheers and applause ) new album. tremendous. those guys have still got it. they kick it, incredible. >> jon: yeah, they're bad. you know, i sit at this desk every night, and a lot of words come out of my mouth, but some of them stay in my brain, up in the old bone bowngs here. so sometimes i need to let out these deeper brain words-- ideally, i let them out with a fellow celebrity-- in a segment i call, "big questions with even bigger stars!" ( applause ) ( cheers ) >> stephen: man, what a gorgeous night. >> sure is, stephen. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey, ryan rodney you like to come up here to think deep stuff, too?

say hi to jon batiste and stay human, everybody, the best band on television! and applause ) now, jon, jon, we talked a little bit about this two days ago. we're in lent now, and it's friday, and so i'm not eating any meat on friday because it's lent and i'm aing catholic. but i'm not eating any meat any time during lent. are you giving up anything? >> jon: um, sure, yeah. ( laughter ) >> stephen: is it-- is it-- is it a secret, jon? >> jon: i haven't decided yet. i'll add on afterwards, you know, after the 40 days. >> stephen: so when you come up with whatever you give up, you're just going to tag it on to the back of lent. >> jon: like roll over minutes? >> does god accept roll over minutes? i didn't ready that. >> jon: i play a lot. it works out gli have to change my phone company. folks, we're over a month in to the trump administration, people are worried. are you guys worried about this? i'm worried, too. will trump deport friends and neighbors? will the press be silenced? what percentage of sean spicer is lunch meat? ( laughter ) these are questions that

featuring jon batiste and stay human. city, it's stephen colbert! eers and applause ) >> stephen: wooo! hey, how are you? good to see you. wooo! hey! ( cheers and applause ) hey, jon. thanks, everybody. we've got a lot to do, man. welcome to "the late show," everybody. glad you're here. i'm your host, stephen colbert. huge news about donald trump almost happened last night. ( laughter ) for years now, people wanted to see his tax returns. the only thing he hides more fiercely is the true color of his face. i'm going to guess well, last night at around 7:30, something like that, our friend rachel maddow unleashed a force 5 tweet-icon with: "we've got trump tax returns. tonight, 9:00 p.m., msnbc. seriously." so important for news networks to add "seriously" to any announcement, so the audience knows you're not pranking them, like you do it's a long tradition in the news business. we all remember the hindenberg broadcast. >> oh, the humanity! the flames are going up. i'm not yanking your chain, folks. for realsies!" >> stephen: for reelzies. and we were

give it up for jon batiste and stay human! say hi to the band! jon. >> jon: yeah, baby! got-- we got-- i got about seven minutes left in the day, seven minutes left in the day. so there is still time for me to say to you, happy mawrd grawrk my friend. >> jon: happy mardi gras to you. >> stephen: and that means tomorrow is lent, ashpositive wednesday. are you giving up anything for lent? >> jon: i'm not this year. >> stephen: i'm thinking go giving up hope. it's either that or alcohol. one of them's got to go. speaking of mardi gras. i've got some beads here. ( cheers and applause ) just in case, just in case donald trump is watching, show us your taxes! ( cheers and applause ) show us your take the thing off. thank you very much. thank you very much. ( cheers and applause ) legally-- legally, he has to now. legally, he has to. m've been talking about donald trump's address to congress, but a wasn't the only one speaking tonight. for their rebuttal, the democrats chose former kentucky governor steve beshear, who speak from your normal, relatable, everyday diner where ever