stephen colbert americone dream. they have turned the former best friends in enemies as they battle to outsell each other in the stores. last night on "late night" jimmy fallon received a heart warming valentine's card from colbert prompting hopes for peace treaty, when fallon thinks they are back to being friends, the ice cream war heats up. >> did you get the present i sent you? >> what, the rabbit? >> no, the big present! >> guys did we get a present from stephen colbert? whoa! >> not so fast! >> well, well, well. >> well, well. >> well, well, well. >> i thought you wanted to be friends. >> you fell for my ruse, hook line and scooper! i just needed to get close enough to you to launch my sneak attack, ben, jerry! jerry, tell jimmy the latest sales figure force americone dream. >> in the last quarter, americone dream outsold late night snack by 8%. >> boom! eat it fallon, eat my ice cream! you can't because it's sold out at the grocery store. later, sucker! >> stephen! >> jimmy! >> this is crazy, whey are we fighti

at fans of stephen colbert. what his >> final preparations for the singer whitney houston. she will be remembered in a private service. it will be screened on the internet. >> on saturday, one week after her death, whitney houston will be laid to rest in her home state of new jersey. the private service at her childhood church will include 1500 mourners. actor kevin costner will speak. there also be performances by stevie wonder, and aretha franklin. >> instead of being the big superstar sendoff, it will be that baby girl sendoff. she will be surrounded by people absolutely loved and adored her. -- for who she was. >> her ex husband has been officially invited to the funeral, putting to rest rumors that he was not welcome. a station was partying and drinking heavily shortly before she died. her past addiction has some questioning why the new jersey governor decided to fly flags at half staff. >> where you draw the line the next time someone from new jersey dies in the entertainment field? >> it is an important part of the cultural fabric. >> it will be the final home. they

>>> stephen colbert is at the center of nancy pelosi's argument against super panks. -- super pacs. a spot attacks couhim with a wi >>> here at 30 rock, in the republican race for president, mitt romney says he's not threatened by rick santorum's rise this week but judging by the new level of attacks, santorum has the attention of the front runner. >> well, i think you've seen rick santorum get his opportunity now to be one of the leading contenders, he hasn't been as visible in the sweepstakes but is now, and that means that he will be under the microscope like all the rest of us have been, obviously some of the things on his record are troubling the fact he voted five times to raise the debt ceiling without getting compensating reductions in federal spending is a problem. the fact while he was in washington government spending grew by 80%. i think spending in washington is out of control, i wouldn't raise the debt ceiling without getting compensating reductions in spending. >> santorum defiending his work in congress, defending, some of the ear marks helped expand medical programs

let's watch the return of stephen colbert.pended production last week setting off a pan i go. most of the speculation was that he had rushed home to be with his ailing 91-year-old mother. here is stephen back in the saddle last night. >> tonight, hi. how you been? as the hub around which the republican turns, i can understand why the machinery of in great nation ground to a halt last week when you were denied this. there were some wild human ors about why i was gone. one person, or whatever part of that original person has not been off her skull, accused me having plastic surgery. >> he's back finally tonight. >> he left for like mysterious reasons. last week the report came out they're suspending the show indefinitely and we're not saying why. >> he had a nose job. you watch, he'll have new eyes. >> i did not have my eyes done. that is ridiculous. i had my ass done. the doctors cranked this thing so high and tight, you can barely blink now. anyway, rumors quelled. moving on. oh, one more thing. evidently having 11 children ma

plus, stephen colbert pads his already impressive resume, performing a duet with one of the best opera singers alive. we'll break it down during the show. >>> but first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. there's a new dynamic unfolding in the republican race for president as mitt romney looks to undercut rick santorum's appeal with the conservative base. with the michigan and arizona primaries just four days away, romney is hammering santorum for admitting he supported bills in congress that went against his principles stemgs from wednesday's debate where the former pennsylvania senator said despite his reservations on the issue he voted in favor of educational reform to help president bush and the party. romney said it's another example of business as usual in washington. >> i hope you watched the debate last night. it was kind of fun. i enjoyed it. it was kind of an interesting night. i didn't expect what happened. what happened was, we saw in this case senator santorum explain most of the night why he did or voted for things he disagreed with.

stephen t. mos def colbert b.f.a., dictated not read." (laughter) now i'll send this to jimmy using the late night talk show internal mail system. (audience reacts) (cheers and applause) (laughter) jimmy fallon. fallon, not kimmel. fallon. go! (laughter) he's slow now but once he takes off he's lickety-split. (laughter) we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome back, everyone. thank you. my guest tonight founded www.350.org to fight global warming. he must be winning because it's kind of chilly out. please welcome bill mckibben. (cheers and applause) hey, bill, thanks for coming back. all right, firm grip, man. all right, sir, i have had you on the show. i know who you are. let me explain to these people the trouble maker that you are. you are also an environmentalist activist. you wrote "the end of nature" you founded www.350.org and you led the effort to kill the keystone x.l. pipeline and you're... (cheers and applause) your profile on the "boston globe" "can this man save the planet." so you'

stephen t. mos def colbert b.f.a., dictated not read." (laughter) now i'll send this to jimmy using the late night talk show internal mail system. (audience reacts) (cheers and applause) (laughter) jimmy fallon. fallon, not kimmel. fallon. go! (laughter) he's slow now but once he takes off he's lickety-split. (laughter) we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) hey ladies. enjoying the film? of course not. because this is our movie. and dr pepper ten is our soda! it's only ten manly calories, but with all 23 flavors of dr pepper. it's what guys want. like this... catch phrase! so you can keep the romantic comedies and lady drinks. we're good. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome back, everyone. thank you. my guest tonight founded www.350.org to fight global warming. he must be winning because it's kind of chilly out. please welcome bill mckibben. (cheers and applause) hey, bill, thanks for coming back. all right, firm grip, man. all right, sir, i have had you on the show. i know who you are. let me explain to these people the troubl

. >> stephen colbert's message to his sick mother. "good morning washington" continues right now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it's tuesday, february 21. clear and cold outside right now. a live look at the national mall. if we are in store for taste of spring. thanks for joining us, i am cynne simpson. >> i'm steve chenevey. we have a little bit of everything this week. taking traffic and weather. adam caskey in a moment, but let's start with lisa baden on the roads. >> going up to newschopper 7 looking at the beltway traffic near university boulevard. moving at a pretty good pace right now between 95 and 270. looks good on the virginia side of the beltway between springfield and tysons. we will take in with newschopper 7 in less than 10 minutes. >> if a very cold start to the day. the coldest morning all workweeks right now. if widespread 20's and if you are bernsteins here and there. frostburg, 19. 26 in la plata. 21 in leesburg and warrenton and chevy chase at the

stephen t. "most def" colbert, dfa. dictated, not read. [ laughter ] what a nice letter. you know what? should call him. hang on a minute. [ dial tone ] >> hello. >> jimmy: hey, stephen? it's jimmy. >> oh, hey, jimmy. hey, how are you, man? >> jimmy: i'm good. i just got your letter. >> oh? [ laughter ] you did? >> jimmy: i agree. it was so much better when we were best friends forever for six months. >> yeah. >> jimmy: so, um -- >> yeah? >> jimmy: um, you know, do you -- >> do i what? >> jimmy: um -- >> go on. >> jimmy: so -- >> come on. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: do you want to try to -- do you want to try to be friends again? >> oh, that would be so great, jimmy! we can -- we can restart our karaoke team. >> jimmy: and this time we'll win! >> oh, yeah. hey, did you get the present i sent you? >> jimmy: what, the rabbit? >> no, the big present. >> jimmy: no -- guys, did we get a present from stephen colbert? whoa! ♪ whoa! this is the fabled 100-gallon pipe. there must be enough ice cream in there for everyone. let's get some spoons and open it! [ cheers and applause ] >> not so fast! [ che

. >> in "the rewrite" tonight, stephen colbert rewrites me. gives up to eight hours of fever relief. allowing your little one to get back to building a better afternoon. children's advil. relief you can trust. beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multi-grain cheerios -- 5 whole grains, 110 calories. creamy, dreamy peanut butter taste in a tempting new cereal. mmm! [ female announcer ] new multi-grain cheerios peanut butter. >>> they're looking for somebody who is not mitt romney. they want -- they want a complete whack job. and mitt is not wacky enough. so this is the segment, "people who are not mitt romney." take a look, hope you enjoy it. ♪ >> the late charlie kallas. >> whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa! >> thanks for watching "people who are not mitt romney." when i grow up, i want to fix up old houses. ♪ [ woman ] when i grow

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stephen t. mos def colbert b.f.a., dictated not read." (laughter) now i'll send this to jimmy using the late night talk show internal mail system. (audience reacts) (cheers and applause) (laughter) jimmy fallon. fallon, not kimmel. fallon. go! (laughter) he's slow now but once he takes off he's lickety-split. (laughter) we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) last night was amazing. was that cinnamon you put in the dessert? yeah. little dash of nutmeg too. wonderful spice... nutmeg is. as spices go, i find nutmeg to be underutilized. mmm, nutmeg. [ female announcer ] k-y brand intense. with just a few drops, this unique, scientifically proven formula increases a woman's sensitivity making her big moment feel even bigger. learn more at intenseeffect.com. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome back, everyone. thank you. my guest tonight founded www.350.org to fight global warming. he must be winning because it's kind of chilly out. please welcome bill mckibben. (cheers and applause) hey, bill, thanks for coming back. all right, firm g

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kind of. >>> among other special pacs revealing funding yesterday, comedian stephen colbert raised justver a staggering $1 million. colbert who had used his pac mainly to highlight campaign finance law absurdity is yet to say what he intends to do with the money. in a letter to the federal election commission, colbert said, quote, how do you like me now, s.e.c.?" hopefully, it goes to charity. >>> a nearby palm bay, florida, a man is trying to get the government to stop declaring him dead. he says he is a former army drill sergeant. but for the fourth time the v.a. have cut off his benefits saying he is deceased. it could cost him a pretty penny after receiving a bill for $94,000 to pay back those veterans benefits. the v.a. says it's looking into it. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> 4:28 is our time on this first day of february 2012. we have 55 degrees outside. looks like another mild start. good morning, i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this wednesday, february 1, 2012. this morning, mitt romn

don't see her doing deadpan especially when it's aimed at stephen colbert. aides are hoping colbert responds on his show tonight because they're trying to get attention for the issue that she was talking about which is super pacs. they reintroduced legislation the democrats of the house today to have better transparency to disclose who the donors are, the secret donors are for these super pacs. and they're trying to really push the republicans on this issue saying you say you want to change washington. how about this? >> they're trying to get political gain out of all of this saying full transparency. if corporations can give that's fine but they have to disclose. democrats say -- in trying to make this case, in trying to push through the disclosures and push the democratic position she walked up pretty closely to an important line. let's listen. >> democrats in their fundraising will be fully disclosing. and by the way, we're asking people to contribute to us if they want to elect more reformers to congress so that we can do away with super pacs, we can do

colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you so much. welcome to the report. >> stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: thank you so much. ( cheers ) thank you, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the report. good to have you with us. folks, anybody knows me knows i'm not a racist. i mean, do i look italian? ( laughter ) in fact, i am so far from being a racist, i don't even see race. i don't even know what race i am. ( laughter ). people tell me i'm white, and i believe them because i did not know it's black history month. ( laughter ) it really surprised me, in fact, because i always thought the name "february" sounded more jewish. still, i have to take a moment to celebrate black american history, all the greats, black george washington. ( laughter ). who as a child famously cut down the cherry tree, which is where black cherries come from. and let's not forget the accomplishiments of black abraham lincoln who, freed himself, i assume. good man. and, of course, blacula. ( lau

swill, especially when they're crying out for a taste of my ben & jerry's ice cream flavor, stephen colbert's americone dream ( cheers and applause ) a satisfying blend of vanilla ice cream, caramel, and funnel-covered waffle cone pieces. oh, yes. that's the sound of freedom going mmm! ( laughter ) folks regular viewers of the folks know that beginning last march, i loved jimmy fallon. we were best friends forever for six months. but then those six months ended in september, and we became eternal enemies for six months. so now i hate him. i have no idea what will happen in the next six months because i don't know any other emotions. now, i was perfectly happy to hate jimmy in seething, mercless silence, but last october, jimmy raised the stakes by somehow getting ben & jerry's to come on his show and say this -- >> the big issue everyone is talking about is i'm out-selling stephen colbert's ice cream. >> you know, the flavor is doing very, very well. the short answer is yes, it's outsell. >> yes, that's right. >> stephen: jimmy fallon's ice cream was outselling mine. how could this happen? wh

(laughter) now, i know you may be wondering if i, stephen colbert, practice birth control. yes, i do. i practice natural church-approved birth control. it's like holding in a sneeze. (audience reacts) ah ah, ah, oh. (cheers and applause) i'll keep practicing. i'll get it one day. now, some in the liberal complain-o-sphere are saying if you have you take taxpayer money you have to take taxpayer rules and, yes, the church accepts a little federal money here and there. in 2010, catholic charities received $2.9 billion. but that's only 62% of their total revenue. after taxes, that's still 62% because they don't pay taxes. (laughter) and while that money came from all of the taxpayers, most of whom aren't catholic, once the bishops lay their hands upon that secular cash, it's ran the substantiated into bishop bucks. (laughter) the cash flow of christ. which means the money now holds the belief of the catholic hierarchy and can be spent only on items approved at the highest levels. like massive legal settlements. (laughter) now, fortunately, folks, republicans are not taking this

you want to see the movie. >>> finally, stephen colbert unexpectedly suspended production of "the colbertort." comedy central said there were unforeseen circumstances. a source says colbert's mom is seriously ill. we wish her all the best. sorry so hear that. >>> well, this comes from kxas where nearby garland, texas, a little girl took on city hall and won. 10-year-old allison loves spending time playing, but her friends couldn't come to any of the city's 42 playgrounds because they're physically challenged and the equipment isn't designed to accommodate them. allison wrote to the city council for help. it worked. the city said they will renovate the playgrounds to be able to accommodate those kids. way to go, allison. >> the power of one little voice. >> exactly. one little 10-year-old voice can make a difference. i love it. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> need a crash course in extreme environment survival? look no further than a swedish mountain side. in a classroom that drops to 15 below, students endured an in

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blige. >> what if we did like a stephen colbert, you know, sing songs for the whales cd. >> stephen: well, the movie going to be a huge success. >> thank you. >> stephen: drew barrymore, big miracle in the theatres captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org now, robot, kick 'em in the knees. bears have weak knees. and you should vibrate, 'cause the robot's full of radiation. yeah, that's it. frank. how many bears did i say you could have? one.

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the 2010 earthquake. >>> and finally, among the other super pacs revealing funding yesterday, stephen colbertosed his americans for better tomorrow raised just over a staggering $1 million. colbert, who has used his pac mainly to highlight campaign finance absurdity has yet to say what he will do with the money. in a letter to the federal election commission he said "how do you like me now". >> you mention possibly charity, that is too borinboring, people him to do something outlandish. >> why give to it charity. >> they want to see him --. >> doritos and dr. pepper. >>> stay tuned, way too early starts right now. >>> when we gather back here in tampa seven months from now for our convention, ours will be a united party with a winning ticket for america. >> it is now clear that this will be a two-person race between the conservative leader, newt gingrich, and the massachusetts moderate. >> good morning i'm willie geist, this is "way too early," i'm glad you're up with us watching live at 5:30 or listening on radio. the florida voters