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our guest tonight, matt long, new york city firefighter who has competed in triathlons. oh, i guess that doesn't sound that impressive until you realize he's done it after being hit by a bus. (laughter) (audience reacts) he has a book about it. very exciting. it's been a long summer so tonight a little change of pace. we're going to cover politics. (laughter) in the wake of her saturday all or not important less than 200 vote victory over congressman ron paul in the ames, iowa, straw poll, michele bachmann's star shone brightly with the appearances on the five sunday talk show. this week, "face the nation," "meet the press," "the fox news sunday" "state of the union" she went on espn sunday night baseball, "real housewives of new jersey" and into the night by attempting to bust phineas and ferb. she was everywhere! clearly the media is smitten. bachmann fever, we can set until for a lengthy media overfeeding at the trough of bachmann. >> texas governor rick perry off and running in the republican presidential race. >> the texas governor comes out punching against the pre

please welcome to the program matt long. (cheers and applause) welcome back. so much for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> jon: what a great story. now, i know obviously you're not an accomplished author necessarily. this is the first time because, obviously, clearly surprised you didn't have time to get dressed for the... (laughter) did they just show up and say "matt, get up!" >> i kind of figures if i was running for congress it's already out there. (laughter) (cheers and applause) >> jon: here's what's incredible. i remember your story. you were... and i hate to say this, you were just another terrible thing on the news. in 2005, tell us very quickly, there was a transit strike, you will have to bike to work. >> there was travel restrictions in the city so victim driven my car out to randall's island where i was instructor at the academy but i wasn't able to get back so i took my bicycle. about four blocks from my apartment and a private bus chartered to get workers below the restriction on 96th street made a wrong turn and ran me over. people say i

tomorrow night at 11:00 matt long will be here. new york city firefighter hit by a bus. hit by a bus. now he's back stronger than ever. his book is the story of that. and the fact that he is now kick all of our asses. it's somewhat of a remarkable journey. anyway that's tomorrow night. here it is your moment of zen. >> they're allowed to bring these guns into bars. everyone thought a lot of shootings would go up. you know what? the number of crimes involving guns dropped 5 to 2% the last captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> stephen: tonight, record temperatures sweep the heartland. if you can't stand the heat, go in the kitchen, get a nice cold drink. (laughter) can the internet make us better human beings? judging from youtube comments py guest tonight are legendary rockers the cars. at today's gas prices, i don't want to foe what this is costing me. captain morgan's ship has been found. if it's anything like the drink, it doesn't know what happened to it, either. this is "the colbert report." (cheers and appl

tomorrow night at 11:00 matt long will be here. new york city firefighter hit by a bus. hit by a bus. now he's back stronger tan

tomorrow night at 11:00 matt long will be here. new york city firefighter hit by a bus.s. now he's back stronger than ever. his book is the story of that. and the fact that he is now kick all of our asses. it's somewhat of a remarkable journey. anyway that's tomorrow night. here it is your moment of zen. >> they're allowed to bring these guns into bars. everyone thought a lot of shootings would go up. you know what? the number of crimes involving guns dropped 5 to 2% the last captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( applause ) (cheers and applause) >> stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: thank you so much. welcome to the report. welcome to the report,

matt long. get it. (cheers and applause) >> jon: that's our show, join us tomorrow night at 11:00. here's your moment of zen. >> i caught up with sarah palin, the only person who is here today who wasn't here last night, she hasn't declared. i asked her who was responsible for the >> stephen: tonight, does god need to improve his image? after 6,000 years he could probably use a little freshen up. [laughter] then, campaign fundraisers have a new secret weapon: not being newt gingrich. [laughter] and my guest elliot ackerman has a website that matches voters with candidates who share their values. ugh, they're never as fiscally conservative as their picture. [laughter] chad ochocinco says he'll live with a fan for three weeks. wow, those nfl contract negotiations did not go well. [laughter] this is "the colbert report." ["the colbert report" theme music playing] [cheers and applause] thank you so much. [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting "stephen"] [cheers and applause] welcome to the report, good to have you with us. nation, the dow lost 519 points today. it's the single biggest d

tomorrow night at 11:00 matt long will be here. new york city firefighter hit by a bus. hit by a bus. now he's back stronger than ever. his book is the story of that. and the fact that he is now kick all of our asses. it's somewhat of a remarkable journey. anyway that's tomorrow night. here it is your moment of zen. >> they're allowed to bring these guns into bars. everyone thought a lot of shootings would go up. you know what? the number of crimes involving guns dropped 5 to 2% the last captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( applause ) (cheers and applause) >> stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: thank you so much. welcome to the report. welcome to the report, everybody. it is so-- (cheers and applause) it is so good to have you with us. folks-- (cheers and applause) thank you very much. welcome to the great american scream machine. (laughter) >> stephen: folks, there is a lo

matt olsen. his parents are from north dakota, people live in a very long time. matt's roots are deep in north dakota. he returns every chance he gets with his family, his wife and his children, elderly come and meet and will come his sister, susan, is with us as well. as i said, i've known this family for a very long time coming and they are the best that it gets. his father was the chief of staff to the man the white defeated for the united states senate. and so i know how good he really is. van passed away three years ago, but i know he's looking down with a twinkle in his eye today proud of matte and all that he has accomplished. you know, after defeating the boss for the united states senate, i came here with some trepidation of what my relationship might be like with a van and his wife, the treated me with the greatest courtesy over time the cancer indifference. the highest quality people that our state has to offer, and i believe that the highest quality of people in the country. these are the americans through and through. you're father would be so proud o

matt. >> come on, it's not a long show. >> move it, matt. >> $417.55. >> what is that from? what matt's is from. >> that was good, though. >> i'll take it. >> how do you feel? >> this is great. i don't know. this is wonderful. >> congratulations. >> okay. next up, sensina lucci. for you, $841.08. >> don't quit. >> senior vps, that's good money. >> yeah, i'm really excited. >> but there is more. we have one more. monica escavito. >> new york state has $936.28, monica. >> the checks are getting bigger and bigger but that's not all, right.t. >> well, the people coming here might or might not have money waiting. but i lied. you all have unclaimed money waiting from the state of new york. >> whoo-hoo! >> you said it would be one in ten, about 10% of the country have unclaimed funds. >> we searched for 986 people. we found money for 34. that is 12% so our people are above average. >> wait a second. but again, bianna and sam, give us the grand total. >> yes. >> for everyone. >> what is the grand total here? >> tah-dah. lovely hand motion. >> $43,726. >> that is an awful lot of mone

. >> mark, matt lauer asked robert gibbs why it has taken so long for the president to come out with an aggressive jobs plans. here's gibbs' response. take a listen. >> there are things quite frankly, matt, that the president has talked about on a number of occasions that we can't seem to get the republican house of representatives to deal with. i think what the american people want is for people to put aside party labeled and instead work together for the united states. >> how much of this is a perception problem for the president? that all of this is too little too late? >> there is a perception problem going on with the president of the united states, people are saying, where is the leadership? where are all the economic plans. he did say yesterday while in iowa, he's going to have a detailed economic plan that will address the economic and also the debt and deficits in september, but people will end up wondering why didn't it come sooner? the white house will end up responding that it was so taxing they had to get that done first. >> mark murray, thanks, appreciate that. >>> presi

york city for the low-lying areas when the water is forced into the corner between long island and the jersey shore. matt? >> brian what will you be looking for in the next 24 hours to see if anything is changing in what seems to be a very threatening path? >> well, you know, every six hours we get new computer programs, new computer forecasts. so far there's just been no change. we honestly don't expect much change, and we understand the hurricane, where it's going to go. where it's going. the only thing we can sort of say, there is signs of weakening in the core, but we see the height of the waves and the water. we know there is a tremendous amount of energy in the water, what causes the extensive damage at the coast and we see a vast amount of rain already just beginning to impact north carolina and spreading north. >> very good. brian norcross. we'll be back to you in the hours ahead. now to nags head, north carolina. nbc's mark potter. what's there? >> reporter: we are just now starting to get the winds kicking up, misting in the air. the seas are starting to kick up. we looked at radar and found th

. >> how long before they are divorced? >> a week. max. >> matt, are you happy she finally found happiness as jim has said. >> i think she is actually beautiful. her acting skills have improved the last couple years. i hope this doesn't deter her career. >> that's true. >> what do you know of her husband? you dated him, correct? >> you could have fooled me, greg. this is quite the turn around. i think he is a genius and i will tell you why. if you are going to get engaged to tara reid, you don't wait around a day. who knows where she will wind up between the engagement and the wedding, face down in some horrible pub. youen disbaij and you marry right -- you engage and you marry right away. >> i remember how big she was, and now not so big. >> like when we worked at stuff magazine she would turn us down to do covers and then literally six months later she was asking to do covers. >> and you could hear the difference in her voice from the nicotine. >>> we will close things out -- that was a stupid story on my part. post game wrap up from tv's andy l

>> a long time but it doesn't mean -- like, don't talk to me about it. there's nothing wrong. it's just that, you know, mattnc, we were at a showtime party recently and someone saw us together and they were like, you're really friends still? you guys are all still friends. he's like, no, we haven't seen each other much. but when you're trapped in a building with people for ten years, they tend to scatter. >> do you have a bad temper? >> yes. >> where you completely lose it? >> yeah. i've raised a child, so yeah. >> i can't imagine you exploding with rage. >> it's terrifying. >> really? >> yeah. i think my son can be more aafraid of me than my husband. >> how hold is he now, 13. >> yeah. >> he's just becoming a young man. i have a 14-year-old and an 18 year old and a 10 year old. i've been through all the stages. it's a fascinating thing to watch young men becoming men, isn't it? >> i haven't had to deal with anything too tricky yet. i'm hoping we don't get there. but he's really sweet. then i hear, yeah, their all sweet -- >> until the drinking starts. >> oh, god. i don't like drunks. >> is he even aware, r

matt isn't quite done making his point. >> a teacher wants to teach. i mean, why else would you take a [ expletive ] salary and really longdo that job unless you really love to do it? >> she messed with matt damon and she is facing the dragon. now, people can debate all day about ed policy. that's the cool way to say education policy which i just learned from matt damon. but good teachers are highly dedicated and should be compensated appropriately. stand by, though. stand by. a cameraman is about to mess with matt damon. >> 10% of teachers are bad. >> where did you get that number? >> okay. but i mean, maybe you're [ expletive ] cameraman. >> matt damon doesn't need special effects or even hair to go all action on people. don't mess with matt damon's mom, either. could we see that again? >> 10% of teachers are bad. >> where did you get that number? >> go, matt damon's mom. i love how here jumped in there. where did you get that number sunny bet she's a great teacher, great mom and really proud of her son. he's an oscar-winning screenwriter great actor and he has really great taste in the ladies. >> i'm [ expletive ] matt

you know, matt, you know diana. >> long time. she really is.ng to say she will arrive in the next few days. that's a long haul. >> whether or not she makes it, though, she is already inspiring, i think, our generation. >> so many people. absolutely. >> thank you very much. >>> we want to turn now to something that every parent can relate to. it all started when this photograph of senior producer's son leo was passed around the office and the captions read, i clean this sort of thing up every day. >> so we ask for your best photos cleaning up after the kids. here's a look at some of the dirty work. ♪ ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs out with the camp director. just like that. [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. . >>> good morning to you. it's 8

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matt. after a month-long break the president returns to the campaign trail tonight with a birthday fund raiser in chicago, trying to put behind him this debt ceiling debate which turned into yet for him another contentious confrontation with congress. >> voters may have chosen divided government, but they sure didn't vote for dysfunctional government. >> reporter: trying to put himself on the side of frustrated americans, the president didn't claim credit for the $2.5 trillion deficit reduction deal that he signed quickly into law in private tuesday. he simply changed the subject. >> they want us to solve problems. they want us to get this economy growing and adding jobs. and while deficit reduction is part of that agenda, it is not the whole agenda. >> reporter: the debt ceiling debate played out at a time when there are warning signs of a fragile economic recovery may be stalling. employment is down, unemployment rate at a painful 9.2%. the nation's economic growth rate has been revised downward for the rest of the year. and many of the world's economies are struggling as well. on tuesday, t

matt, i want to bring you in. we have talked about this for a long time. we have been covering it a long time. a s&p their decision was no surprise. they telegraphed their hand. they said they wanted 12 trillion in cuts. >> it's a lack of confidence is what it comes down to. said constituents weren't that concerned. i saw clients for the last 24-48-hours and majority are extremely concerned. i have gotten two i mails outside of the studio. keep in mievend even though it might be pricing with the pull back we had last week people were selling because they are extremely panicked this adds to the panic right now. that's why we see the market down. people are selling first asking questions later. people don't want to buy homes or cars they don't want to spend money. now with the approval rating in congress at 18 percent what confidence do you have in our government to spend money? >> we have a twitter writer who says to ask this question you both can answer. think we ought to cash in stocks and go for cash and buy gold now? should i get rid of the investments dump them out and buy gold. >> i said

because i mean this debate has existed for a long time it's been discussed in the media but do you think that it's really unfortunate that it takes somebody like matt damon to get people to start paying attention again wanting to talk about of again oh no i mean i think it's great that matt damon is passionate about this issue because this is an issue that now is reaching a broader audience so anything i think it's wonderful that he's talking about this one thing that we have another clip of matt damon where fairly he didn't show his best side. ok but i mean maybe. i would have to play because it was kind of funny at the end if you had david make up for the camera man about to make sure we talked about it but the thing that matt damon doesn't understand is if our cameraman was underperforming he would be fired whereas with teachers with tenure it's so difficult to fire them it's time consuming it's expensive and what happens is these teachers just end up being transferred to another school what's called the dance of the lemon or they refer to as the just moving the trash passing over the trash so i mean this is so unfortunate we are protecting bad

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long weekend. thanks for your time. i appreciate it. >> thanks, matt. >> here's ann. >> thank you. >>> now let's bring in david gregory, moderator of "meet the press" and tom brokaw who also had a long weekend. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> first of all, david, very quickly. does this deal have the votes to pass the house? >> i think it does. there are problems on the left and the right. you had emanuel cleaver that liberals are not happy with this deal. there are going to be some hardcore republicans, tea party folks, who aren't happy either. michele bachmann who is running for president said she won't vote for it. boehner is saying he's for it, it should get through. >> you talked about the tea party, there's been no secret the conservative elements in the tea party, especially the freshmen, have had an impact on this struggle. so the question i think some people might be asking is, do you think that members of the tea party caucus know how to govern or are they -- do they understand that standing up for a cause is not the same as

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long as nobody guards all proreceiver reggie wayne. at number three, miguel tejada safed a run, thanks to the 9th pick at first with mark derosa. at number two, yankees and orioles. mattthree-run homer to left. guardener gives new meaning to coming up empty. he loses his glove. the a's pound the yanks 12-5. and willie mays invited cameron mavin to his house and he left his mark on chias field. he was so tickenned he brought his jersey and he signed his jersey and he was excited his jersey could be in wellly may's home. >> it's nice to see the guys appreciate the things. >> he was working. i think he's watching on film a few times. >> if you're going to copy someone, that's the guy to do it. >> thanks. we're coming back. ,, [ female announcer ] what's so great about jcp cash? no exclusions! with jcp cash, earn ten dollars off when you spend just twenty-five storewide. and unlike other stores, we don't make you come back to save. get ten dollars off with no exclusions! we make style affordable, you make it yours! jcpenney. no exclusions! with jcp cash, earn ten dollars off when you spend just twenty-five storewide. and unlike other stores, we don't make you come back to

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matt was just discharged from the air force after two deployments in the middle east. he has experience in civil engineering and a positive attitude about entering a difficult job market. >> all about optimism. as long as, you know, you stay on the ground and keep trying to look for a good promising job, i think you'll have good rewards. that's what i'm doing. >> reporter: but young vets like him face a tougher challenge than most. the national unemployment rate was 9.1% in july. for young veterans, the rate is 23%. >> please don't hire a veteran because it's the patriotic or the right thing to do. hire them because they are the best people out there. >> reporter: this retired marine runs recruit military career fairs all across the country. he says the unemployment rate is so high for young vets because they often need time readjusting to civilian life. >> their biggest issue is knowing where to go. i know when i retired from the marines in 1999, events like this didn't happen. you have been disconnected from the civilian sector for years so where do my skill sets fit in? we try to direct them to the best place possible where the best opportunities are. >> so if you want to go ahead and apply onlin

and tomorrow matt lauer will have a live interview with the vice president. >>> coming up, the job that no terrorist keeps for very longthat's in the rewrite. >>> later, on the anniversary of hurricane katrina, ed schultz joins me from a free health care clinic in new orleans that could use your help. [ male announcer ] this is coach parker... whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ [ grandpa ] relationships are the basis of everything. [ grandma ] relationships are life... if you don't have that thing that fills your heart and your soul, you're missing that part of your life that just fulfills you. ♪ [ male announcer ] for us at humana, relationships matter too. the better we know you, the better we can help you choose the right medicare plan. that's why humana agents sit down with you to figure out your medicare options. and we have nurses you can call anytime, even at 3 a.m. because when you're on the right humana medicare plan and taking good care of yourself, then you can be the

matt wong. he said 8 million web pages have been infected the visitors falling victim to drive by down loading. >> the users essentially by -- bystanders. as long as you browse a infected website you just browse it and you would be infected and it'll stay on the computer until they get the signatures to alert you and mostly that's a long time. >> reporter: he said hackers can take over your computer and access your information and even if you have been hacked you may have no way of knowing. the latest trend started a group of hackers working out of the ukraine but now copy cats are jumping on board. the idea is for them toa avoid larger more secure websites and focus on smaller ones. >> it gets more numbers to a large -- know what's going on. >> we want internet to be sure to business can do well and should this is becoming a serious problem. >> reporter: there is no way of knowing how many have unknowingly browsed one of these infected sites but frequent online shores we talked to said they aren't overly concerned . the best bet for business owners if they run a website is to get all upgrades done on the website and for internet users the best

matt mills. recently married, a father of three. and we are told he had been in combat every single year of this decades long war. >> he served this country with pride. he loved his brothers that he fought with he was the only person that actually said he was very respectful person. >> and in shreveport, louisiana, plans are underway to memorialize not one but two men who died in the crash. robert reeves and his friend lt. commander jonas who reportedly grew up together, went to school together, played sports together, and became seals. >> people just didn't know what to say. war combs home to you when you -- when it's a neighbor. when it's a hometown boy here we is a lost two of them on the same team. we don't know what to do. >> and for the tens of millions of us who were so shielded from this decades long war, as families grieve across the nation we're beginning to learn more about the mission which ended so tragically. jennifer griffin at the pentagon tonight. what do we know about how they shot it down, jen. >> pentagon officials are saying that the initial battle field assessments are 00 initial reports from the field suggest that i

long after the votes are counted. and howl new moves by two republicans not on the straw poll ballot. mattis the party chairman and rich sarpd a longtime republican iowa activist who is supporting mitt romney this cycle. straw poll ballot first for our viewers out in ames. we know on the ballot is congresswoman bachmann. we know mr. cain the businessman, herman cain. mccotter many people may not know he's a congressman from mitch. ron small very well known. governor pawlenty from minnesota, senator santorum from pennsylvania, former gingrich is on the ballot, governor huntsman makes his appearance on the ballot. but say governor pawlenty from neighboring minnesota, he's put a lot into the state of iowa, if he comes in third or fourth, is he still in this race? >> well, you know, that will be a decision, you know, that the various campaigns will have to make seeing where they place on saturday evening. but what i can tell you is that he's got a very robust organization that he's put in place here with an infrastructure that will deliver those pawlenty votes that they have around the state,

matt mccall says, first, don't panic. making emotional decisions are typically the wrong ones. longstment choices that influence your retirement should not be based on short-term market volatility that we're seeing now. so changing your entire portfolio strategy is not a good choice. if anything, look at the widespread weakness as an opportunity to buy into solid companies at a discounted price. it's similar to walking into a saks fifth avenue with a 25% sales sign in the window, suzanne. >> it's good for long-term investors. folks who have time to essentially wait this thing out. but what about people who are really just about to retire? what are their options? >> okay. so for soon to be retirees, it's a totally different story. if your portfolio is diversified, you're most likely weathering the storm just fine. but those who are overly aggressive may be taking a hit. it may be a wake-up call to change your strategy. he recommends reducing your exposure to stocks and play it safe, invest in high-yielding investments that can offer downside protection if the market should fall again