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vagina substitutes we will be throwing footballs through next and my guest is country music legend kenny rogers, i will ask him if those islands in the stream make good tax shelters. and pornographers were caught filming in the cornell university library. clearly, they could not get into the hear extraordinary library. this is the colbert report. captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) ( cheers and applause ) >> colbert: welcome. that is incredible. ladies and gentlemen, thank you. good to have you with us. boy, i can feel the electricity. i can feel the electricity. ladies and gentlemen, in here, out there, across america, you know why people are excited because it is a huge night. the first presidential debate just happened in denver. now, i haven't seen it yet so don't tell me what happens. if anything happens. jim. >> the buying question is do these debates really matter? >> i actually think that is the american people see the first two candidates and really start to make their mind up. >> if the debates happen really late in the cycle and by th

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it's a kenny rogers song.o "islands in the stream." >> it is a karaoke song? >> kenny and stephen. here we go. ♪ islands in the stream that is what we are ♪ ♪ no one in between how can we be wrong ♪ ♪ sail away with me to another world ♪ ♪ and we'll rely on each other ♪ ♪ from one lover to another uh-huh ♪ >> what an honor to play dolly parton to your kenny rogers. >> dolly is history in my life. >> she is? >> me and you now. >> i need to get a better-fitting bra. >> think what we could have done if we had one of the rolls in our mouth. >> it would have been impossible with an oreo in your mouth. >> kenny admitted he was upset he was not named sexiest man in america. >> you're the sexiest senior in america. grandpa. do you have grandchildren? >> no. but -- >> you do? >> i -- >> say a prayer for me. >> absolutely. >> kenny rogers, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] weeks of this campaign... and more ads. you, in your living room or... what i'd say. losing nearly eight hundred... mired in iraq.q. nation we are..

. ♪ you got to know when to hold 'em ♪ >> kenny rogers has had a hit in the last six decades.ambler in the next half hour on cbs "this morning." your local news is next. & ♪ >>> welcome to cbs "this morning." florida today a maintenance worker plans to file a lawsuit over a falling utility pole that left him paralyzed. >> the case is highlighting a potential safety hazard in thousands of cities and towns across america. mark strassman is here with the story. >> reporter: good morning. the civil suit charges neglect that the utility pole that snapped and crashed down on a worker this summer was a preventable accident. the surprise is how many rotten poles are out there. manny baker a 58-year-old maintenance worker never saw disaster coming. in alachua, florida last july he was removing a tree. >> we cleared a tree out of the road. that was about all that i remember. >> reporter: cables trapped underneath the fallen tree tugged on a nearby 25-foot utility pole snapping it at the base. baker ran for safety right into the falling pole. it crashed into his forehead breaking his nec

has continued to make music and delight audiences. ♪ >>> kenny rogers sitting at the table. ng, kenny. it's all about the beard and the facial hair. that's the secret to your success? >> i used to have this full beard. so my wife one day was complaining, she has an identical twin sister, they were arguing about their hair, i said leave it alone it's going to grow back. i shaved off my beard. i liked it better. i just left it. they're still arguing about the length of their hair. >> how is been luck or something else. >> truly it's been luck. i was in jazz for the first ten years of my life. because i was there, my mentor fr saw me and introduced me to the peop people. they left formed the first edition. from there i went to nashville. so it's being in the right place at the right time. >> where is home for you musically? >> you know, i started in houston, i think that's where my roots are. but, you know, i live in atlanta now, but, so, i think country music -- i'm a country singer with a lot of other musical influence and kenny, i grew up in texas, san antonio, grew up knowin

also jenny mccarthy, kenny rogers doing a d uet with mr. >> i gotta see that condition any rogers and stephen colbert, you bet. >> so good. >>> today will be a key day for the presidential candidate last day to prepare for tomorrow's first head-to-head debate between president obama and mitt romney. crews are still putting the final touches on the stage at denver's an reason 8,000 can fit inside. only a fraction of those seats will be filled, television cameras are not blocked 50 million are expected to tune in. abc news will buy you live courtroom start -- will bring you live coverage -- >> john elway is endorsing mitt romney he says america needs a president who understands how to get america working again. in ohio early voting just got underway this is video of peoplesetting up tents last night cleveland so they could be among the first to vote those camping out say they wanted to be first because of ohio's importance as a swing state. >>> linkedin adding features that might remind you of facebook or twitter. >> jane king with that and m

sing the dolly parton section from the hit song "islands in the stream" a capella with the great kenny rogersrthy when they were doing an interview that she was going to hell because she doesn't go to church regularly anymore. colbert's book is called "america again rebecoming the greatness we never weren't" and promises to single bookedly hold this country back from the brink. i love the description on amazon which says it's high time we restore america to the greatness we never lost and the book contains everything from chapters to page numbers to fonts. you buy this book, you're getting your money's worth. >> i love stephen colbert. let's talk about the kony 2012 director. he's about to open up about the now infamous breakdown of his. >> that's right. james russell is the director of what was one of the most successful viral videos ever. now he's going to be on oprah's next chapter. russell's video racked up more than 100 million views last spring before russell suffered a bizarre public meltdown, seen running through the streets of san diego in his underwear. and his family said at the ti