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i'm doing stephen colbert again." and they said, "oh, great, dad. he's cool. phen: that's very nice, i really like one of your children. i don't know about the other one yet. i don't know about the other one yet. now you play a priest now, speaking of altar boys. you play a priest named farther ferreira. >> jesuit priest. >> stephen: jesuit priest. >> 1600s in japan. >> stephen: in japan. is this when japan was closed to the west? >> japan was very closed. portugal used to-- these jesuit priests are from portugal in our film. they would send out their missionaries to kind of appeals the people, try and convert them, win them over. and then portugal would send the tradesmen, the soldier and stuff. and gradually colonized the country. so japan did not want that to happen to themselves. this was in the 1600s, so they brutally put down christianity, and tortured and murdered priests and japanese christians. so our firm dweelz that. these two young priests, andrew garfield, and adam driver, wonderful actors who play the lead and they go to japan to try to find me be

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and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! and applause ) >> stephen: hey, everybody! hey! >> stephen: hey, jon. good to see you! >> stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: thanks so much. please, sit down. thanks very much. welcome to "late show,"" folks. i am so happy to be here. i'm your host, stephen colbert. you can can tell-- are you excited for the holidays. i'm feeling good. i'm feeling good this christmastime. almost all my christmas shopping is started. i'm ahead. i'm ahead. you know who's having a good christmas? donald trump. he got what he wanted for christmas-- america. and he's reguesting it to his buddies. he's appointed more people to his cabinet. yesterday, a guy named stephen miller was appointed to be his senior policy adviser. now, we don't know a lot about him. so far, we know he's a picker, a grinner, a lover, and sinner. some people call him maurice. this is the dope on this guy. during the campaign, stephen miller's job was to "warm up crowds before trump took the stage at rallies." "all right, welcome

>> it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight, stephen welcomes liam neeson and shepard smith featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: thank you very much! that's-- that's exactly-- that's exactly what i wanted for christmas. thank you so much. welcome to "the "late show." i'm stephen colbert. i'm sorry-- i forgot who won the election. dosvidanya. ( laughter ) dobro pozhalovat "late show." ya stiven kolbert. ( laughter ) i've got to brush up. i'm hoping they ask me to do the kremlin correspondents' dinner this year. it's a tough crowd. ( applause ) now. hi, vlad! the intelligence community keeps telling us that russia, putin specifically, hacked our election. but now, donald trump is tweeting stuff like, "if russia or some other entity was hacking, why did the white house wait so long to act? why did they only complain after hillary lost?" they did c

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"are you with stephen colbert? if so, tell him i say hi. tell him to be nice to me. i am olivia's mom. ." >> stephen: olivia's mom, you are welcome here any time. lovely to see you again. "office christmas party" is in theaters today! olivia munn, everybody! we'll be right back. ? ? is that coffee? yea, it's nespresso. i want in. ? ? is that coffee? nespresso. what else? i'm hall of famer jerry west and my life is basketball. but that doesn't stop my afib from leaving me at a higher risk of stroke. that'd be devastating. i took warfarin for over 15 years until i learned more about once-daily xarelto... a latest generation blood thinner. then i made the switch. xarelto? significantly lowers the risk of stroke in people it has similar effectiveness to warfarin. warfarin interferes with vitamin k and at least six blood clotting factors. xarelto? is selective targeting one critical factor of your body's natural clotting function. for people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto and warfarin compare in reducing the risk o

last night he kind of clarified his remarks to late show host stephen colbert. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live in the cbs-3 news center with more on what the vice-president really meant, trang. >> reporter: kinda is the keyword here. vice-president joe biden, told reporters that he would be running for president in four years but wasn't quite as definitive last night sitting down with stephen colbert will he or won't he? appearing the late show with stephen colbert tuesday night, vice-president joe biden, again, fielding questions over whether he will run for president in 2020. one thing he is sure of his decision to stay out of the 2016 presidential race following the death of his eldest son beau last year. >> i know i made the right decision for my family. i know i made the right decision. i'm in the the sure i would have been able to put my whole heart into it. but what i regret is circumstances that led me not to be able to run. >> reporter: biden toll colbert not running had unintended positive consequences. >> i have learn you wanted to be the

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and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! eers and applause ) >> stephen: hey, everybody! good to see you! ♪ ♪ >> jon: hey! >> stephen: good to see you. merry christmas. >> jon: merry christmas to you! ( applause ) >> stephen: welcome to "the late show." please sit down, everybody. thank you so much. you're very kind. what a lovely night. what a lovely crowd. how is everybody feeling tonight? you feeling all right? feeling the holidays. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host stephen colbert. a lot of exciting revelations today, yeah, who donald trump is meeting with for cabinet positions. you know how they've got the cameras at trump towers and seeing them coming in and coming out. it's like a detective show or something like that. >> jon: yeah, like cop. >> stephen: so far it's opinion a who's who of why? what? ( laughter ) and today, today brought the strangest news yet, because this morning, the president-elect met at trump tower with ali you can tell it was a high-powered meeting because kanye wore his formal sweatsuit.

stephen colbert is next. thank you for joining us. have a good night. see you next year. ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ ♪ >> stephen: good grief. christmas is coming, and donald trump's going to be president. ( laughter ) ( sighs ) >> ho-ho, stephen, it can't be that bad. i mean, the country is divided, but in the end, we're all americans! >> stephen: wait, you're an american? >> of course! not like that easter bunny. he lives on that island with all those huge stone heads. >> stephen: so, does that mean you voted in the election? >> of course, i did. >> stephen: santa, please tell me you didn't vote for trump. >> it was the only thing donald wanted for christmas. ( laughter ) my hands were tied. >> stephen: but santa, he's got to be on the naughty list. >> well, he is, but he said he'd bring coal jobs back and i need that coal to drop in the naughty kids' socks. ( laughter ) do you really want to live in a world where the naughty don't get punished? >> stephen: no... just where they don't become president. ( cheers and applause ) ( gun shot ) ♪ ♪ >>

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stephen colberts reveals thr we've been getting a lot of calls and tweets about it in the last hour, some people say the odor smells like gas or a rotten eggs, pgw has crews checking out the smell. we're told they have not found elevated gas levels. we'll keep following the story and bring you updates as soon as we learn more. >>> the search is on for a burglar who smashes his way into stores. let's show you video. he's committed six hammer. >>> the host of the late show, stephen colbert talks about the year in politics and ends up answering an unexpected questio question. >> you have to take three things, what would you take >>> you've taken us down this road. >> assuming the rest of my family had a power of their own, i would take -- a crucifix off my wall that was my mother's, a family album, a photograph that we got downstairs. and obviously my cell phone. so i can call the fire company. . >>> you hear why colbert say he didn't even prepare for donald trump to win the election, >>> star bucks is giving out an early christmas present free drinks, from now in my january 2nd, star b

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and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> stephen: hey! thank you. thank you. thank you very much! welcome to "the late show," everybody. i am your host, stephen colbert, and check one's calendar because right now we are 43 days from the inauguration, and donald trump continues to fill out his cabinet. watching trump pick these people is like watching your nana get a spongebath; you know it has to be done, but it's upsetting. yesterday, trump named scott pruitt, oklahoma attorney general and sworn enemy of the e.p.a., to be the head of the -- what's the word? the e.p.a. i would change my phone number, or else he's going to get some pretty angry calls from himself. there is a trend of trump appointing people to head things they're against. i'm looking forward to surgeon general joe camel. ( cheers and applause ) stop it! stop! ( piano riff ) this is the nicest audience i think that we've ever had. very lovely people. so what kind of e.p.a. head will pruitt be? well, he's "repeatedly explained that h

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and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! cheers and applause ) >> stephen: whoooo! whoooo! what's that? what's that? >> jon: yeah! ( cheers and applause ) hey! >> stephen: thank you. that's very nice. that's so nice. that's lovely. >> stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: wow. thank you so much. thank you, everybody. thank you. ( cheers and applause ) so kind. that's so kind. lovely. thank you so much for chanting my name. it is my favorite christmas carol. ( laughter ) welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. i hope everybody is feeling good, ready for the weekend. there's a lot going on in the world. donald trump is... out there ( laughter ) he's getting ready to break yet another presidential tradition, because this week, we learned that he could become the first president in 150 years who does not have a pet. other than, of course, the rare golden marmot that nests on his head. but a longed time. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ but a longtime acquaintance of trump's says she wants to give him a nine-week-o

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. >> announcer: it's "the late show" with stephen colbert! tonight stephen goodman, denee benton and musical guest norah jones, featuring jon batiste and "stay human." and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, oits stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ? ( audience chanting stephen ) >> stephen: welcome to "the late show," everybody. i'm stephen colbert, your host for the next hour. for the next four years, your president will be donald trump. ( audience reacts ) get used to it. no, no. it's the deal. suck it up. on friday, trump held a rally in baton rouge, where he -- spoiler alert! -- talked about himself. >> you know, "time" magazine, they were both nice and a little they gave me the 'person of the year.'. it used to be called the 'man of the year.'. now it's called the 'person of the year.'. that's good. they're politically correct. they were very politically correct. >> stephen: yeah, and "time" isn't even the most p.c. magazine. that title goes to "pc world magazine". the world, that's the one. fun fact --

michel will have al >>> the late show with stephen colbert is next. our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 4:30. >> good night. captioning sponsored by cbs >> stephen: oh great it starts with an outbreak, zika and har am bay. back up a campaign, thought it was jeff turn, hot heat, cnn, fox ailes, bitter off the twitter, ben as batman. representing climate change. the government is wired with the new alt-right, bernie sweant sleeping in a hurry, reporters trump, poke monday game, can falls, all alone. tax he vision. pu disrk-- your opinion in a gif jif, virtd ree oldic. forth right, feeling pretty psyched it's the end of the year as we know it. it's the end of the year as we know it's the end of the year. ♪ as we know it. ♪ and i feel fighting for a brian let hays hair die. ♪ brangelina hid elswift, samg sung, chaotic. ♪ed the end is in sight right. ♪ it's the end of the year as we know it. ♪ it's the ends of the year as we snow it. ♪ it's the end of the year as we know it i feel. >> fine. ♪ it's the end of the year as we know it. ♪ it's the end of th

>> announcer: it is "the late show" with stephen colbert. tonight stephen welcomes lauren graham and justin long. live from tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! >> stephen: hey! yeah! hey! how's it going? ( cheers and applause ) whoo! please! please! have a seat, everybody. thank you so much for being here. welcome to the "late show." i'm stephen colbert. how's everyone doing? ( cheers and applause ) that is good to hear. that is good to like america, i continue to exist. and with roughly seven weeks until he takes office, president-elect donald trump still has a few things he's researching. needs to figure out, like, "what does a president do?" and now we know he knows it's not going to be that easy because trump surrogate and flesh snowman, newt gingrich, recently told "usa today" that he talked to trump about his new responsibilities as president, bigger jobhan i thought." what do you know? being leader of the free world is a bit harder than filming a reality show in your apartment. and we should've see

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey, everybody! good to see you. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you, mark. >> stephen! stephen! stephen. >> jon: yeah! >> stephen: what's going on, jon. good to see you. ( cheers and applause ) hey! you're very nice. oh, the people-- wonderful. what a lovely crowd. welcome to "the late show." i'm stephen colbert. everybody feeling good? ( cheers and applause ) nice. people are excited about joe biden is what they're excited about. ( cheers and applause ) i wish that was for me. big political news today is that al gore went to trump tower yesterday to talk climate change with donald trump. yeah, yeah. ( applause ) first half of the meeting was convincing trump that al gore was not a hoax invented by the chinese. when gore emerged from the meeting, i gotta say he was passionately noncommittal. >> i found it an extremely interesting conversation and to be continued. ( laughter ) >> stephen: "extremely interest