suck it up and walk off that rubella. and rick perry unveils a new ad. i've never seen so much coyote blood. (laughter) >> stephen: then i sit down with notorious lobbyist jack abramoff who has written a new book about washington corruption. it's the perfect gift if you want to launder $26. vladimir putin has accused hillary clinton of instigating protests in russia. why don't they just do it already. this is "the colbert report." (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome to the report. thank you so much. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: that's right. i have actually never had an audience, i have never in all my born days had an audience chant the word "steve" (laughter) >> stephen: that's a little familiar. nation, you know me. i don't want to cause any panic but fur's not currently panicking that is reason enough to freak out. because our country is under constant threat from terro