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jon batiste, what is the best sandwich? hat's what we do. i mean, we don't-- we're not afraid of these questions on this show. >> jon: i know! you, you get up in there. i'm over here, i'm just getting used to that. ( laughter ) i have to say, it's a hot dog. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: okay. wait, wait a second here. you understand the-- the-- the landmine you just set off. ( laughter ) in the sandwich sphere. because not only, it's a-- it's a delightful snack meal treat-- >> jon: incredible. multi-purpose. >> stephen: but not everyone accepts it as a sandwich. >> jon: i know, but if you look at it and you see the bread... ( laughter ) and then you see the meat, i sandwich to me. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: well, i mean-- >> jon: the question is, what makes it not a sandwich? >> stephen: the fact that the two pieces of bread do not separate. >> jon: you can eat a hot dog with the bread separate, i assure you. ( laughter and applause ) >> stephen: dangerous. that's dangerous. >> jon: no, sometimes it happens--

give it up for jon batiste and stay human! that's all! : a quick reminder we're going to be live tomorrow night, here in the ed sullivan theater, following the prime-time january 6 committee opening presentations. it's going to be fascinating. i cannot wait. >> jon: i wonder what's going to happen. >> stephen: i hope they educate us, educate us. tonight we have coming out here in a moment, a brilliant actor, chiwetel ejiofor will be here tonight. >> jon: yes, indeed. >> stephen: but, before any of that, my first guest sont is a seasoned investigator who has served as a california congressman for over 20 years. please welcome back to "the late show," congressman adam schiff! ♪ ♪ ♪ ( applause ) >> stephen: thank you, sir. thank you for being here. i know you and the rest of the january 6 committee are extraordinarily busy right now, preparing for tomorrow's prime-time broadcast of the congressional hearings. we've seen a lot of hearings over the last five years, two impeachment hearings. we've seen the mueller hearings. how are these hearing

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 ) ( theme song playing ) >> stephen: hello! ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: hey, hey! >> stephen: welcome one and all, ladies and gentlemen, to "the late show." i'm your host stephen colbert, and i have -- ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: that's so nice. >> jon: oh, yeah. >> stephen: that's like a drink of cold water right there. i've been off for a week. i missed you. ( cheers and applause ) i also missed a lot of news, which i did not miss. but there's some new news about the news. because cnn is cutting back on over-hyping everything as breaking news. ( cheers and applause ) yes! which means, overhyping everything is up for grabs! so, we have breaking news: ( cheers and applause ) ladies and gentlemen, i stand before you shocked and terrified to report that what i'm saying right now means nothing. it's all false urgency to keep you captivated long enough to get to the

call today. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ( applause ) >> stephen: jon batiste and stay human, everybody! ss. so, we've got two extraordinary guests tonight. the lovely, the talented, rosie perez is going to be here tonight. >> jon: yes. >> stephen: and a friend of the show, bobby d., tough guy himself, robert de niro will be over here tonight. a giant. >> jon: a legend, a living legend. >> stephen: you know, folks, i spend most of my time, right over there, poring over the day's biggest stories, collecting the finest, most-topical news calfskins and painstakingly washing them in a calcium hydroxide solution, then soaking them in lime for days to remove all narrative impurities and create a pale vellum that i later place on my scriptorium in a monastery on the cliffs of dover. there, using a pen cut from the wing feather of a swan on the river avon, i design coptic and syriac illustrations, adorned with whimsical celtic spirals and use germanic zoomorphic designs to create the marginalia surrounding pages of elegant half-unsial insular script that tell the holiest of stories, which i then

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: hello! hello! oh. so nice to see you. hello. good to see you. hello. what's up? hello. ( cheers and applause ) happy monday. welcome one and all. thank you, marcus, very kind. thank you, sir. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host stephen colbert ( cheers and applause ) ladies and gentlemen, i am back, baby! covid -- ( cheers and applause ) come on! two times! covid's not gonna keep this guy down... more than twice. here's what happened: i had covid, i got over covid, then covid staged a gritty reboot in my lungs. but i'm back and i'm happy to be back. ( cheers and applause ) i miss these lovely people. miss y'all. while i'm happy to be back, i'm sad to say that the number one story today is not only tragic, it is tragically common. because the attack in buffalo this weekend is not the first overtly racist mass shooting this country has witnessed in recent year

plus, stephen welcomes: werner herzog and musical guest roger waters 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 ). ♪ ♪ ♪ it. >> stephen: happy tuesday. happy tuesday. happy tuesday. happy tuesday. happy tuesday. happy tuesday. hey, everybody! >> audience: stephen! stephen! stephen. >> stephen: happy tuesday, ladies and gentlemen. welcome, thank you so much. thanks, everybody. welcome, welcome one and all to "the late show." i am your host, stephen colbert. and i have to say-- ( cheers and applause ) tonight, i am in an excellent frame of mind, because it's the first day of summer, and you know what that means-- hell yeah. you know what that means: time to slip on the speedo and dive headfirst into the january 6th hearings. because this afternoon, the committee held the fourth installment in a great summer beach read i'm calling "scary plotter and the goblet of liars." ( laughter ) it also happens to be the longest day of the year, and i'm sure it felt like it for the former presiden

plus stephen welcomes senator cory booker and musineeg 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 ) ( theme song playing ) that was a good one. that was a good one. ( audience chanting ) >> stephen: please have a seat, ladies and gentlemen. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your shows stephen teach. hey -- ( cheers and applause ) -- quick question -- ho how was your wee certainly had an interesting one, because some of my staff had a memorable one. here's what happened: last week, i heard from my old colleague, triumph the insult comic dog. triumph offered to go to d.c. and interview some congress people to highlight the january 6 hearings. i said, "sure, if you can get anyone to agree to talk to you. because -- and please don't take this as an insult -- you're a puppet." ( laughter ) well, he did. democratic 'and' republican congresspeople agreed to talk to triumph. he's a bipartisan puppy. he's so neutral, he's neutered. ( laughter ) triumph and my folks shot

sengs ability, plus plus, stephen welcomes: tom hanks and musical guest, regina spektor 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) hey, how are you. >> stephen: thank you very much. voice of an angel, voice of an angel. hey, everybody! thank you very much. >> stephen, stephen, stephen. >> stephen: thank you very muchs, folks. good to see you here. take a seat, everybody, thank you so much. ladies and gentlemen, welcome one and all to the late show. i'm your host, stephen colbert. folks, today, congress dropped episode three of the january 6th committee hearings, in prime time: 1:00 p.m. on a thursday. now, there was a bunch of video testimony, a lot of documents, a lot of questions of the two live witnesses. and this is what we learned: all the lawyers knew that overturning the election was a crime. they all told each other that they knew it was a crime. they all told everybody in the white house it was a crime, including the president. they told him, "sir, it's a crime." and he said,

plus stephen welcomes beto o'rourke and matilda lawler, featuring jon batiste and "stay human." and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( theme song playing ) you better buckle up because we are almost live -- almost! oh! oh, my friends. hello! ( audience chants stephen ) getlemen! ♪♪ whoo! whoo! oh, it's electric in here. oh, my god the energy is unbelievable! you can feel it! we're riding a wave! oh... please have a seat. ladies and gentlemen, please have a seat up there. welcome to "the late show," ladies and gentlemen and girl wonder. ( cheers and applause ) we're going to change the world. i'm your host stephen colbert, and tonight -- ( cheers and applause ) thank you, my friends. thank you very much. and tonight, we're coming to you not quite live after today's january 6th committee hearings. today's installment was huge. gigantic. it was a super big-- (gulps) gulp! the committee painted a chilling and criminally insane portrait of an attempt to steal the election by weaponizing the department of justice courtesy of former

plus, stephen welcomes: bob woodward and carl bernstein and musical guest, bonnie raitt featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! chee andlaus ♪ ♪ ♪ ( cheers and applause ). >> stephen: look at that. hey, everybody! please have a seat, everybody. thank you so much. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "the late show." i am your host, stephen colbert. the country-- ( cheers and applause ) this great country of ours is abuzz about the televised january 6th hearings. today, the committee members took a day off to explain drunk giuliani to their children. "you see, kids, when a man and a bottle love each other very much, they exchange a special kiss." ( laughter ) but i've got some difficult news for those of you who were planning to tune in to the hearings tomorrow morning for the latest chapter, because the january 6th committee has postponed wednesday's hearing. they promised us hearings! we an't let them get away with this! i'm storming the capitol! who's with me?! ( cheers and applause ) come on! i may have mi

plus, stephen welcomes: taika waititi and david sedaris featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ( applause ) >> stephen: hey! it. >> stephen: whot you gonna call? please, everybody, thank you very much. very kind. welcome, one and all, to "the late show." the. i am your host, stephen colbert. it is-- ( cheers and applause ) am i right about this? it's been this way all day. it's a cloudy day in new york city, but in d.c., the january 6th committee is shedding light on the election schemes the former president yanked from where the sun don't shine. the electoral conspiracy they focused on yesterday was the brainchild of disgraced lawyer john eastman, seen here orchestrating a failed cover-up of his scalp. ( laughter ) eastman is the one who came up with the plan to send alternate slates of fake electors to washington from battleground states that biden had won. and one of those states was wisconsin, and the committee revealed a damning memo pushing for alternate electors from th

plus, stephen welcomes: bryan cranston, senator raphael warnock, 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 ) ( theme song playing ) hello, louis. ( cheers and applause ) what's up? please, have a seat. ladies and gentlemen. welcome one and all in here, out there, all around the world, all the ships at sea to "the late show." i'm your host stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) today was episode two of the hot new reality show, "the january 6th committee hearings." we're all waiting to find out if the former president gets to go to the fantasy suite with lady justice. ( laughter ) she's blind, so he's got a shot. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) episode one was a huge hit, because at least 20 million people watched thursday's hearing. we were live, okay? ( applause ) that's the kind audience of usually reserved for "sunday night football." and thursday's hearing featured even more guys with brain damage. ( cheers and applause ) so far, my major feeling about these hearing

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 ) ( theme song playing ) >> stephen: hello, louis. ( cheers and applause ) ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: hello, louis. ( cheers and applause ) ( audience chanting "stephen" ) please, have a seat. ladies and gentlemen. welcome, one and all, in here, out there, all around the world, all the ships at sea, to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. today was-- ( cheers and applause ) today was episode two of the hot new reality show, "the january 6th committee hearings." we're all waiting to find out if the former president gets to go to the fantasy suite with lady justice. ( laughter ) she's blind, so he's got a shot. ( laughter ) now-- ( cheers and applause ) yeah. episode one was a huge hit, because at least 20 million people watched thursday's hearing. ( cheers and applause ) okay, we were live, okay? ( applause ) 20 million people. that's th

stephen welcomes: congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez and musical guest, jimmie allen featuring jon batistey human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: there you go. happy tuesday. hello, my friends. thanks, everybody. please have a seat. welcome to "the late show." i am your host, stephen colbert. ladies and gentlemen-- ( cheers and applause ) we are coming to you just hours after the january 6th committee shocked the world with a hearing that can only be described as "coo-coo, awooga, psshhhh, wawawa, hatchi matchi!" and nobody, nobody saw this coming. they were scheduled to be in recess until the week of july 11. they hauled everybody back in from vacation! congressman bennie thompson was still wearing his floaties. ( laughter ) so why the urgency? the committee could not wait to share some hot new deets about what was going on in the white house on january 6, courtesy of former mark meadows top aide and future oscar-winning role for jennifer lawrence, cassidy hutchinson. no

featuring jon batiste and stay human. live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! (cheers and applause) . >> stephen: happy monday, what is up, lewis. good to sigh, good to sigh. >> hello, hello. hello. please v a seat. thank you. stephen: welcome to, "the late show." everybody here, everybody out there everybody watching from new zealand, i'm your host, stephen colbert. (cheers and applause) >> lovely people. >> stephen: now i don't know, i don't know if you guys were watching last week, since our last show, we've changed locations. on thursday, we were in the ed sullivan theater. and tonight, we're in medieval times everyone gets half a chicken and a pitcher of sprite. because on friday morning, led by samuel alito, the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, reversing almost 50 years of precedent. ( audience erupts in booing ) so, reproductive rights in america lasted for less time than the young and the restless. jack abbott's evil twin is gonna be so shocked when he comes out of hi

plus, stephen welcomes: emma thompson and tom segura featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ♪ ♪ ♪ ( applause ) >> stephen: a little bit longer than usual. good to see you. good to see you. good to see you. good to see you. please, have a seat, everybody. how nice. welcome, one and all, in here, out there, all the ships at sea. welcome to "the late show." i am your host, stephen colbert. well, ladies and gentlemen-- ( applause ) what are we lookinga the here? we're still waiting for the next january 6th committee hearing. the next one was supposed to be today, but now the next one is tomorrow. but yesterday, the committee did drop a teaser for the next hearing. oh, a teaser! it's like a marvel movie. is there a multiverse where there are consequences for staging a coup? ( laughter ) all we know is that rudy giuilani is hiding bottles of wine in every dimension! ( laughter ) ( glass shattering ) ( cheers and applause ) which one's the real me? the teaser hinted at new information about t

featuring jon batiste and stay human.ve on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ( applause ) >> stephen: keep it sexy. >> louis: always. >> stephen: keep is sexy welcome to "the late show." thank you very much, very kind. hello, everybody, in hereut out there, everybody that is watching. welcome to "the late show." i am your host, stephen colbert. folks, you know-- ( cheers and applause ) you know, america is changing so fast. every day seems to bring shocking news that radically unsettles what we believe this country should be. and it's happened again, because taco bell's latest tostada features a giant cheez-it. all right. i think i speak for all americans when i say ahhhh. mmm... ohhh. ( laughter ) i'm exciting about this idea. let's take a look. behold, the snack of madness! it's like my dreams and my nightmares had a baby, and then baptized it in ground beef. ( laughter ) the giant cheez-it is 16-times larger than a normal cheez-it, with the same taste and texture as a

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 ) ( theme song playing ) >> stephen: hey, what's going i see you. e.ere you ar right over there. ( band playing ) ( cheers and applause ) watch out, watch out! ♪ ♪ ♪ every monday. every monday. hello, louis! it's good to see you. endia, good to see you. what's up, negah? mr. lampley, mr. fouche, good to se you. joseph. ( audience chanting stephen ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome, one and all! down here, up there, high and away over there. hello, gentlemen, ladies, good to see you. welcome, one and all, to "the late show." i am your host, stephen colbert. now-- ( cheers and applause ) folks, if you watch this show regularly, and i hope you do, you know that i try to have a pretty positive outlook on the world, such as it is. i see the glass as half full. i don't always know what the liquid is, and i'm definitely not drinking it-- but it's half full. but current

plus, stephen welcomes: michael che and admiral james stavridis featuring jon batiste and stay human.ow, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: i was late. i'm sorry. i was late. i was late. i was late. i missed-- good to see you. hey, how's it going? hi, happy-- happy with-- please have a seat, everybody. thank you very much. very kind. welcome one, welcome all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) lovely to be in here with all of these beautiful people here this evening. you out there, i've never met most of you out watching the show out in tv land. but i'm guessing, like me, you're still trying to process yesterday's mass shooting in uvalde, texas. if you're heartbroken and you're frustrated, you're not alone. americans have witnessed gun tragedy after gun tragedy, and while it can be argued there are many reasons. we all know the biggest reason for the tragedy is the gun. and right now, the united states has approximately 400 million firearms, which

plus, stephen welcomes: secretary antony blinken and musical guest, twice featuring jon batiste and "tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey, everybody! what's up? perfect! perfect! ( cheers and applause ) oh! age cannot whither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. ( band playing ) ( cheers and applause ) what's up, l.c.? we'll get it. we'll get it. hey! >> audience: stephen! stephen! >> stephen: thanks, everybody! that's nice. hello, mark. hello, friends. how are you? up there. over here. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ ♪ thank you, very kind. please, have a seat. thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ very nice. please, have a seat, everybody. thank you very much. up here, down here, out there, all around the world. welcome to "the late show." i want to say hi to all my fans in mexico city, right off the top. ( cheers and applause ) hi! there you go. there you go. broadcasting live to mexico city right now. i am your host, stephen colbert. folks, you know, i've done this show for seven years now. we've had a very good time. but

jon batiste. >> and two weeks from now.f from one of new york's hottest new restaurants. he is going to make a classic italian feast. but we'll have a little tiramisu for dessert. >> one of my favorites yum. i just got more excited. and coming up the third hour, singer song writer jennifer nettles about her touching new project that gives deserving folks their very own anthem. >> be sure to join us all next week, we're going to count down to father's day. our "today" dads have a great tradition getting together at cook outs. hotspots ax throwing and fun and good sit down conversations about fathers day. and this time y'all are going to coney island >> that is right always fun for us to have a little bonding sex we're going to get that together coney island and also a chance to go to florida and spend time with pga superstar justin thomas and his dad. we have that for you. >> this crowd is massive i know after the forecast in the tradition of al roker you have got to go around the horn. >> can i make my shoes off >> yes you

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