plus, stephen welcomes: samuel l. jackson clarissa ward featuring louis cato and the late show band! and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: hey, there's my boy, right there! have a seat right over there, boy. ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) ♪ ♪ ♪ ( cheers and applause ) proud of my boy! >> louis: right! bad mother honcho, there! >> stephen: hey, good to see you, good to see you, good to see you. welcome, everyone! one and all, down here, up there, all around the world. welcome! welcome, one and all, to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. folks-- i was-- ( cheers and applause ) i want you to know, we had every plan in the world to start tonight's monologue by talking about what i was going to talk about in tomorrow's monologue: the latest january 6th hearing. but we just learned this afternoon that the committee has postponed tomorrow's hearing, saying-- ( audience reacts ) no, it's for a good reason.

. >> trevor: i can't imagine how surreal that must be for you because, as you said, samuel l. jacksonhis is a family affair but it is legends only, and you are playing the role that he originated across that he is playing the uncle, and it's a fascinating story on multiple levels about a family arguing about an heirloom. i don't want to spoil it for people but it really is a question of, what is a family need to keep in order to maintain themselves as a family and can i let go of those things and still respect where they come from. it feels pertinent to you on a personal level as well as a character, because you grew up around samuel l. jackson, didn't you? >> i did. in inheritance, learning how to work hard for something, learning how to act, i think, is something that i feel like i have inherited. through this process, learning how to make choices on stage, how to immerse yourself in the role, and just the work ethic, something that you can't learn. you can learn how to work hard. that is something that i have been discovering a lot in this process. >> trevor: would you say being on

. >> joe: nothing like sounding like clint eastwood and samuel l. jackson in a disaster zone.way, nobody mess with biden? i believe the taliban did when they took kabul in the time it took to deliver pizza. saudi arabia did with raising gas prices here in this country by cutting back their production. china does on a daily basis with biden and north korea launching missiles over japan, they appear to be doing that, as well. i get a kick out of the fact he says this storm was about climate change and we should do something about it. as if we spent trillions fighting climate change that would stop a hurricane that formed thousands of miles away from hitting this country that it did. it's just again, never let a crisis go to waste, one politician once said, i think rob mcdaniel. so many people hurt and being exploited. >> carley: a few days ago he said he was puerto rican literally. >> joe: i literally am. >> carley: got it. he made that comment when his son is under federal investigation, i don't know, reading too much into it, maybe not the best time to be saying no one messes

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. >> reporter: at the theater, samuel l. jacksonand, you will find everything else fall right in place. you can stand right next to the white man and talk to him about the price of cotton, the weather. >> i'm on stage and delivering some lines knowing he delivered these in 1986. i'm like, i can't believe this is happening. so, yeah, i guess god is saying it's time. just grow up. grow up or shut up, man. >> reporter: have you parents seen the play? >> i get notes from them, too. i get notes. >> reporter: but john david washington said he's done trying to prove himself. >> like i have to understand that i could have the best game. the headline is always going to be what it is. so to try to prove something to somebody. >> reporter: did you ever think about that day happening when people say, oh, yeah, john david washington. >> i don't see it as a reality for me. he's larger than life. no, i don't think of it that way. >> reporter: maybe one day you will have a kid and people will say -- >> i hope so. i hope so. indeed, yeah. your hands