>> stephen colbert -- i couldn't be happier for you. [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: no, no, no. no, jon, no. you are not! >> your historic streak has been snapped by me! >> that's fine. i feel great. i love and respect you. i have unbelievable admiration for everybody who works here. you guys are awesome. i just stopped by to congratulate you. >> stephen: well, maybe so. that that's fine, but what about your staff, they have to be crying in their cups. >> you know we don't give them cups. you saw them at the emmys when you guys won they jumped out of their chairs, they are genuinely, everyone at the show is genuinely, just happy for you guys, i they couldn't be prouder to be around you guys. i don't know. >> stephen: but i beat you. >> i mean, yeah, you beat us, but i mean we are friend and colleagues and you are the emergency contact on my gym membership. i mean -- >> stephen: jon, why can't you just be upset, okay? i mean, really? it is really important to me that i have crushed you. >> well, i mean, if my being upset about, you know, breaking the ten year winning streak would

group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) >> stephen colbert presents, the c-olbert book club, tonight's selection. >> everything, the catcher in the rye, by j.d. salinger. stephen! stephen! >> stephen: welcome to everybody. thank you for joining us, in the studio and all around the world. >> you are joining us for an historic evening. this is the second edition of the c-olbert book club. tonight, we are stepping away from the conflict in syria, because apparently that was the united states. a lot of details still to be worked out and we will get into those tomorrow, but the upshot is that america will not attack syria for gassing its citizens if they give up their chemicals weapons. >> it is like if you decapitate add co-worker, so they are taking away your ax. but you get to keep your job and your hatchett. >> be good now! be good! okay. anyway, forget that stuff. it is a downer. let's get to the book club. already in progress. >> now, as you know, i am a powerful media mogul. i have got my own show, i have got my best selling book. i have go

we will be right back. [ cheers and applause >> stephen colbert presents, the c-olbert book club, tonight'selection. >> everything but catcher in the rye, by j.d. salinger. [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. the c-olbert book club! thanks so much! j.d. salinger, of course, is best known for catcher in the rye, considered perhaps the most important american novel that i don't get. no small achievement considering the thousands of other novels i don't get. i mean, good night moon, it makes no sense. the moon stays up at night. it should be good night, sun, hello moon, have a great evening. now, don't get me wrong. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> stephen: folks, don't get me wrong, i love j.d. salinger's short stories about the brilliant emotionally fragile glass family, there is just something habit the self-absorbed anxieties of emotionally stunted rich white people that really speaks to me. the point is, i don't care if millions consider catcher in the rye j.d. salinger's best work, you will never convince me, here to convince me is the author of "this boy's

stephen colbert also spent some time abroad during his break.ut about one of the president's plans to deal with syria. >> i do not speak italian, so while i was overseas, i couldn't get much out of the news. but from what i could make out, president obama wanted to drop miley cyrus on deaamascus which correct me if i'm wrong, i believe that's a war crime. >> that is just wrong. and david letterman is up in arms about a major mistake. >> 30 million $100 bills were printed with mistakes in them so they have to recall -- people that print up the money, the money department, has to recall 30 million $100 bills. here is the announcement from the united states government. watch this. >> the bureau of englraving and printing would like to apologize for a printing error. we mistakenly used a picture where ben swjamin franklin was blinking. >> blinks happen. >> good to see the late night host back in action. i love it. long summer, time tot back. >> john oliver did a great job. he has a career ahead of him. >>> still ahead, your horrible bosses moments,

(laughter) well, folks, you know when i need a little pick me up, i always dip into stephen colbert's smile file. tonight's smile file, ariel castro. (laughter) now folks, you might be saying stephen ariel castro is a vial monster whose suicide this week is just the darkened to a dark life. how can anything associated with that man possibly make me smile? that's what i thought. until i tuned in to fox news's the five starring eric bolling who always cease the glass as half full. >> ariel castro the pedophile piece of you know what who held three girls captive in cleveland for decades was convicted and sentenced to life plus 1,000 years behind barings, last night the cow ward hung himself far short of the the 33 kerr -- years, he spent 33 years, think of the tax dollar dollar-- taxpayer dollars he saved. here is the 3457, ariel dos tro, life expectancy of 79, 30 grande year, $780,000 taxpayer dollars we saved by him hanging himself. >> stephen: that's a good point. that's a good point. justice is extension-- expensive. imagine how much we could have saved if we never caught him. and an

nation, you know that stephen colbert has always been a huge fan of advertising.nly wish commercials weren't constantly interrupted by long stretches of characters and stories. who cares who murder who? i just want to see two different paper towels absorb things. ( laughter ) is that all we have? all right. that's why on my show i promote products whenever i can, from wheat thins to doritos, to liberian conflict diamonds. she won't be the only one who shed a tear over that engagement ring. so-- yeah, ooooh! so whenever there's a new innovation in advertising, i take notice, folks. and i was truly impressed by the genius of this recent ad from the good folks at cheerios. >> mom. did dad ever give you cheerios when you were a little kid? >> yeah, she did cheerios has pretty much been forever. >> when we have cheerios it's kind of like we're having breakfast withnan nana. >> yeah. ( applause ) >> stephen: oh, nana! ( applause ) folks, the best ideas always seem-- ( laughter ) so obvious in hindsight, yet somehow nobody thought to leverage the death of a grandparent t

colbert report. captioning sponsored by comedy central ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey! welcome to the report. >> stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: welcome to the report. thank you for joining us, ladies and gentlemen. please, sit down, we gotta get going. ( cheers and applause ). >> stephen: i want to welcome all the people watching from the united states. also i want to thank any of our viewers from italy watching tonight. ( cheers and applause ) ciao! folks, i wish i were as happy as you are, but i'm afraid we're living in the people's republic of obamastan. folks, it is not safe to be rich in this country anymore. frank leiber i would give all my fortines to the needy but i don't want to turn some poor person into a target. ( laughter ) no, no, no, i'm afraid all that money is my cross to awar bear. it's a cross made of solid gold. very nice, actually. well, during a speech yesterday, president obama hit the rich with another drone strike in that he was boring. jim. >> the trends that have taken holds over the past few decades of a win

emmys on sunday night and that is that i was unable to attend and share in the joy for my friend stephen colbert and those at the court "the colbert reporo won a long served well overdue emmy. i have been in awe of that show from episode one. i believe stephen and everyone there has created something that has never before been seen on television and things happen on that show that could only happen on that show and they are remarkable. to my staff and crew, here is the best thing about my staff and crew it's not about -- win or lose, it doesn't matter. you know i saw newhart on stage, if anybody should have a house made out of emmys it's bob newhart. he was getting his first at age 135. [ laughter ] so everyone here, never forgets how fortunate they are to have had the kind of run that we've had, to have had the kind of recognition that we have. we know that the opportunity to do what we do every day is a phenomenal one and that is what i love best about this place. there's not a personal in this building that takes that opportunity for granted. hell or high water, winning or not winning. having

stephen colbert characterized his speech responding to the president. >> in the traditional state of und himself deeply confused by the state of the rand speech when juxtaposed with other rand paul statements made that very same day because colbert is one of the old-fashioned political analyst whose craves consistency. colbert struggled to figure out how rand paul could be emphatically in favor of doing nothing while insisting "assad should be held accountable." and colbert d his best, how rand paul could say "assad deserves death" but does not deserve to be forcibly removed from office. here is colbert trying to make sense of rand paul. >> now, paul has been opposed to military action from the beginning, so he was thrilled by russia's diplomatic proposal. >> i don't know whether to trust the proposal or not. the question is are they serious. can we trust the participants in the plan? >> you can't always trust. for instance that thing on your head. you, you assure us that it is hair. but i have yet to be convinced not a slumbering wombat ready to strike at any time. so you know what,

jennifer lawrence takes second place and stephen colbert knows how to celebrate the possible defeat of obamacare. take a look. >> yes, a victory lap, because obamacare is dead! ♪ >> oh, yeah the twerk keeps moving on. i'm richard lui. this is "early today." we hope this is just your first stop of the day on nbc. >>> in the news in "the new york daily news," thief in wheelchair steals purses at midtown hot spots. the nypd is on the lookout for this man, who steals purses before fleeing in his wheelchair. and in "the l.a. times" floyd mayweather/canelo fight was the richest ever. 2.2 million homes paut ss bought the pay per view bout. generated nearly $150 million in tv sales revenue. >>> to stories you might have missed. in syria reports, indicate an al qaeda-linked rebel group has taken control of a town on the turkish border. >>> and a dairy queen manager in hopkins, minnesota, is getting a lot of attention for an act of kindness. one of his regulars came in a week ago to order a sundae. this customer has a visual impairment and dropped a $20 bill. a woman quickly picked it up and he

(laughter) but, folks, since i'm stephen colbert-- friend to the blind-- i am. (cheers and applause) they are why i do this radio show every night. (laughter) i want to give a tip of the hat to iowa. it's high time the blind had guns. they work way better for navigating the streets than those guide canes. because if you're waving a gun around, believe me, a path will clear. (laughter) now, folks -- (cheers and applause) folks, i hear you. you might ask "stephen, why can the blind be denied a driver's license but not a gun permit?" well, greg, that's because gun ownership is considered a constitutional right while driving is considered a privilege. which means if the blind want to drive, they should gate tank. (laughter) because, according -- according to altoona blind man michael barber, when you shoot a gun you take it out and point and shoot and i don't necessarily think eyesight is necessary. (laughter) true. though he did give that interview to a potted fern. (laughter) and, unlike the skeptics out there, i trust the blind! i'm sure they'll use their guns re

group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) >> stephen colbertolbert book club, tonight's selection. >> everything, the catcher in the rye, by j.d. salinger. stephen! stephen! >> stephen: welcome to everybody. thank you for joining us, in the studio and all around the world. >> you are joining us for an historic evening. this is the second edition of the c-olbert book club. tonight, we are stepping away from the conflict in syria, because apparently that was the united states. a lot of details still to be worked out and we will get into those tomorrow, but the upshot is that america will not attack syria for gassing its citizens if they give up their chemicals weapons. >> it is like if you decapitate add co-worker, so they are taking away your ax. but you get to keep your job and your hatchett. >> be good now! be good! okay. anyway, forget that stuff. it is a downer. let's get to the book club. already in progress. >> now, as you know, i am a powerful media mogul. i have got my own show, i have got my best selling book. i have got an award winnin

stephen colbert and company snapped "the daily show with jon stewart's" run as best variety series. the tune changed for best reality competition series. "the voice." >> reporter: nbc's singing show, "the voice," won for the first time. the hbo film about the life of liberace won best miniseries. it won best actor for michael douglas, who saluted co-star, matt damon. >> you deserve half of this. you want the bottom or the top? >>> now, here's your "first look," at this morning's dish of "scrambled politics." hillary clinton is opening up to "new york" magazine. it's her first manger interview since leaving the state department. she doesn't reveal if she's running for president. by did say she is considering a bid. but she's not in a hurry to make a decision. maybe her husband can give us further insight. >> somebody may know, but i don't. i'm not one of the people who does. these polls don't mean much. she would be the first to tell you that there's no such thing as a done deal ever by anybody. but i don't know what she's going to do. >> a conservative super pac is continuing these

." >> reporter: stephen colbert and company snapped "the daily show" and jon stewart's run as the best series. >> jon never told me how good this feels. >> and the tune also changed for the best series -- >> "the voice." >> reporter: "behind the candelabra," the hbo film about the life of liberace earned best movie or miniseries also steven soderbergh and best actor for michael douglas who saluted co-star matt damon. >> you really deserve half of this, so you want the bottom or the top? >> reporter: stephanie stanton, nbc news, los angeles. >>> well, hundreds of flights were canceled as the strongest typhoon of the season approached hong kong yesterday. typhoon usagi battered the philippines and taiwan before making landfill in china last night with sustained winds of 100 miles per hour, chinese authorities have ordered the evacuations of tens of thousands of people. nbc meteorologist bill karins with your monday forecast. tens of thousands. that's really hard to wrap your head around. >> yeah, that was a super typhoon and it was really heading for huge populated areas, too, so we wish

(laughter) well, folks, you know when i need a little pick me up, i always dip into stephen colbert'smile file. tonight's smile file, ariel castro. (laughter) now folks, you might be saying stephen ariel castro is a vial monster whose suicide this week is just the darkened to a dark life. how can anything associated with that man possibly make me

stephen colbert is running is into 61 billionaires who didn't quite make the cut for this year's forbes 400. >> even if you have $1 billion, that is not enough to make it on the forbes 400 list. forbes is out this morning with its 30 second annual list of the 400 wealthiest americans. and this year the rich are getting wretcher. >> first of all, you need to have $1.3 billion. so there were 61 buiillionaires that weren't rich enough. >> i don't know who to feel worst for, those poor billionaires or "forbes magazine" which just last 61 of its 461 subscribers. >> that's too good. sometimes a play on words is too easy to pass up. jimmy kimmel gave an in-depth analysis of how the media covered miley cyrus. >> she and her fiance lee am helms worth have called their engagement off. breakups are difficult and that's why this morning i was glad to see that our nation's news media covered the story with sensitivity. >> miley cyrus and now we want to confirm she and liam, it didn't twerk out. >> it's over. >> was it twerking on someone else? >> it appears that it did not twerk out between miley an

now, moving over to stephen colbert, he hasn't been impressed with the president's pitch for military strikes, so he's offering the president vice on how to sell a war. take a look. >> stop asking our permission and start telling us our peril like this. my fellow americans, assad has used poison gas on his own peel. if we do not respond, sources say next he will hit epcot there by taking out paris, london and china. and that's all of our orobot it can presidents. it is our moral obligation to stop this this mad man and if britain won't help us, i say [ bleep ] him. english muffins will be called liberty toast from now on. this land is my land and your land. and america does not back down in the face of tyranny. fool me worngts shaonce, shame . fool me twice, a penny saved is a horse whose colors do not run. my god bless the united states of america. >> let me just say you make me want to be a better man. i'm going to go have liberty toast. >> i like the english. thank you. your best and most creative tweets when we come right back. ♪ nascar is ab.out excitement but tracking all the ac

>> reporter: stephen colbert and company snapped "the daily sho " with jon stewart"'s ten-year run asest variety series. >> jon never told me how good this feels. >> reporter: the tune also championed for best competition series. >> "the voice." >> reporter: nbc's singing show, "the voice," won for the first time. >> "behind the kacandlebra." >> it won best actor for michael douglas, who saluted co-star, matt damon. >> you really deserve half of this, so do you want the bottom or the top? >> reporter: stephanie stanton, nbc news, los angeles. >> back here in the bay area, steve jobs' home may be immortalized. tonight the los altos historical commission is set to discuss a historic proposition of the apple's co-founder house that he grew up in. the house is historically significant because it's where jobs and apple co-founder steve wozniak built the first 50 apple one computers in 1976. jobs first moved into the house with his foster parents in 1968. he met wozniak when they both attended homestead high in cupertino. >>> apple has done it again. it set sales record over the weekend for

he said to me that john stewart and stephen colbert had made fun of him. but they also played clips of him attacking obamacare. >> it's a pretty strange ironic component to the coverage of cruz. all the other coverage before what's obama going to do, finding people to bash ted cruz, that's very easy to find this this town. so enough of this, oh, how wart, isn't it terrible the way ted cruz thinks it's all about him? let's talk more about ted cruz. >> and it's very easy to find people to bash people from texas, including many conservative commentators on his side of the aisle and isn't that making it easier for the media to criticize can kted cruz. >> i disagree with the idea that the media hasn't covered the different facets of obamacare. frankly it's kind of boring and i don't think it gets a lot of the -- >> kind of boring? >> i'm fascinated by it. >> millions of americans. >> but it doesn't get the sort of sexy media attention and ted cruz is the news because he's the one that is being credited by the tea party caucus or the insane caucus, that they are

but i have to talk about "stephen colbert." took home for the first time the best variety show. beat jon stewart out. wish him a big congratulations. he was himself when he accepted his award. his character is a cross between bill o'reilly and greta van susteren. he's a really nice guy. loved to see him. >> you may have helped him. >> you think? >> maybe you were great material. >> big of you to say that after he trashed you like that. >> couple times. >> listen, as long as bolling's getting air time attention, he's like, yeah. >> green. >> okay. i hope he edits out certain things. >> right. >> okay, all right. so i love always the fashion. shocking. i love the red carpet moments. i actually think that was the strongest part of the show last night because it was a little bit dull. i hate to say it. besi besides the dance, neil patrick harris. >> you see that woman with the flowered dress? >> did you like it, bob? >> that was disgraceful. >> you wouldn't turn her away. >> i wouldn't turn anybody away walking -- but that dress, ooh. >> what else are some good shows? bolling, you s

stephen colbert tackled the outrage over a photo the white house released of president obama with his foot on the oval office desk. i guess the only problem was there wasn't a hell of a lot of right wing outrage. here is how you can tell. the first clip he used as an example is "red eye" mocking the outrage. but he didn't realize that is what he was doing. >> are you as mad as i am? well just wait until you find out why you are so mad. >> the white house sends out a photo of president obama with his foot on his oval office desk. i am so disgusted right now i can't even think. >> alleged command ter in chief con testimony few us withly put his poot on the oval -- his foot on the oval office desk. the desk is not for your feet, mr. president. >> kind of embarrassing. you have to know it is a joke though. "red eye" has only been around for 6 and a half years for the network you are obsessed with. marking dark dark mocking outrage is something we do every night. you or somebody on your staff should do the research before you run something from the onion as a real news story. meab part of

even stephen colbert pounded away. >> i'm a proud son of south carolina, and this year miss south carolina represented our state admirably. >> from the state where 20% of our homes are mobile, because that's how we roll -- >> that's right, 20% of our homes are mobile, which means they could leave south carolina and yet they choose to stay. >> the comments have been so nasty, brook went on wscs tv and begged forgiveness. >> this was just very much a lack of judgment on my part. >> she says pageant officials from her home state actually wrote the joke for her as part of her prepared remarks. >> when i would question it or feel a little bit uncomfortable about it, i would voice my concern, but pretty much everyone i asked at the pageant said, this is just funny. >> brook failed to advance to the semifinals. ultimatelily miss new york, nina did did you of davuluri, won the crown. >> deborah: there are a lot of other things that miss carolina could have said. for instance, the spotted salamander is the official south carolyn union amphibian. >>> the iphone is now officially on sale. the new one

tonight, stephen colbert upset his friend jon stewart. and "the voice" won for best competition reality show, upsetting "the amazing race" which has won a staggering nine out of the last ten years for the best competition reality show. >> all right, we have to go with fashion. any surprises, trends, anything going on there? >> i tell you. the fashions were across the board. carrie underwood looked amazing in purple. sophia regara was smoking hot in red. but the big color of the night was blue. every shade of blue op the red carpet. tina fey, jessica from "mad men" had turquoise and zoe deschenel looked amazing in a powder blue color. i would definitely say blue was the color of this year's emmy's red carpet. >> okay, blue. and i have to say stephanie, you're looking lovely in red as well. >> in san francisco, oracle takes center stage on the water and on the ground. they're hosting the america's cup, of course, and also hosting one of the largest con vejss in the year of the city. oracle open world, of course. about 60,000 people are expe