how can they call it the "washington mall" if it doesn't have panda express? [laughter] then a scandal in iowa. what is des moines hiding, other than the pronunciation of its ess? and my guest robin wright has a new book about the arab spring. i'll ask how we can keep the muslims out of our seasons. texas a&m is joining the sec. this includes -- concludes today's installment of initials i don't understand. this is "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] [audience chanting "stephen"] >> stephen: thank you. thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. i just... i cannot thank you enough. we have been on vacation, and for the last two weeks i've had the chant that to myself. welcome to "the report." good to have you with us, everybody. nation, it's hard to believe, but this sunday is the tenth anniversary of september 11th attacks. which means we can't be more than five years away from finding saddam's wmds. [laughter] since that tragic day, the american government has done whatever is necessary to sa

how can they call it the "washington mall" if it doesn't have panda express?ughter] then a scandal in iowa. what is des moines hiding, other than the pronunciation of its ess? and my guest robin wright has a new book about the arab spring. i'll ask how we can keep the muslims out of our seasons. texas a&m is joining the sec. this includes -- concludes today's installment of initials i don't understand. this is "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme music playing] [cheering and applause]