i am stephen colbert. >> that's who i am. >> stephen: no, you're not stephen colbert. i am. >> no. >> stephen: george santos says what? >> what? >> stephen: ha-ha! gotcha, george. >> damn it. >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight... eracism. first, stephen welcomes... harrison ford and musical guest vic mensa, 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] >> stephen: beautiful. thank you. hello. hello. hello, hello. hello. happy wednesday. that's right. hey, everybody! welcome. welcome, everybody. in here, out there, all around the world. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. it is... [applause] it is the first day of black history month. happy black history month, everybody. or as ron desantis calls it, month. it's a time when we as a nation reflect on the vast contribution of black citizens. as a wise man once said, black history is more than just a month. that wise man: a party city promotional email i

welcome, i am stephen colbert. know about how you are feeling, but i come to you gratified and terrified. gratified because rafael warnock defeated herschel walker. terrified because 48.6% of georgians looked at herschel walker and said that guys should be u.s. senator. one of the biggest reasons i am gratified, i get to use the jokes we wrote a month ago. do we have the dash it is sealed with wax. that is back when new york was under the feudal system. warnock has won georgia. it is fitting he is a reverend. all i can say is thank god. this is a tough break for walker though it will take a couple of days to understand what has happened. it is a month old joke. with to return to his previous job, lying about having previous jobs. on the bright side, it gives him more time to spend with his family and more time to figure out who that is. [cheers and applause] have those jokes etched onto titanium plates and buried in the deserts. walker was handpicked by the former president against the advice of everyone who had me

. >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert!" tonight... bannon the run. first stephen welcomes issa rae! and musical guest h.e.r. 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: boom! oh! delightful. good to see you. yes. hey! thank you very much. thank you very much. hey, everybody! up there. >> stephen! stephen! >> stephen: sold out. max house. please have a seat, everybody. thank you so much for being h here. welcome, ladies and gentlemen, in here, out there. i'm your host, stephen colbert. you know... [cheers and applause] humans have spent millennia asking god, why do bad things happen to good people? i've spent the last 5 years asking, why don't bad things happen to former white house strategist and man licking his lips, staring at a wounded pigeon, steve bannon. well, it is possible, it is possible that my prayers are about to be answered. because bannon is one of the top witnesses that house investigators want to talk to about who

. >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert!" tonight... covid interrupted. and stephen goes to milwaukee to apologize. first, stepehn welcomes rebecca ferguson. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! >> stephen: hey! [laughs] hey! so glad you're here. come on. that worked. hello. >> stephen! >> stephen: hey, everybody! thank you very much. how nice. thank you, everybody. nice to see you, my friends. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ladies and gentlemen. you can feel it. you can feel it in the room. nobody knows this is friday. you can feel it in the room. in fact, and this is true, it's our first friday show in a while. almost 20 months or something like that. [cheers and applause] here's what happened. for over a year and a half now, cbs has understood that shortening effort it takes to deliver the show every week. during covid. so they let us not do fridays. i'd like to thank them for their endless patience, which has come to an end. evidentl

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert. ♪ >> stephen: wow. oh! ♪ ♪ >> audience: [chanting] stephen! stephen! >> stephen: happy thursday! happy, happy, happy. happy thursday! hey, everybody! thanks, everybody. please have a seat. welcome, one and all. i'm your host, stephen colbert. it was a huge day in washington, d.c. because at long last, president joe biden has released his new budget, and on capitol hill, the drama was palpable. >> the budget of joe biden is out! the budget is out! biden calls for cash! >> and congress will answer. >> stephen: the answer is "no." "the new york times" describes biden's budget as "dead on arrival." "dead on arrival" is pretty harsh coming from a newspaper. my newspaper used to come delivered in a plastic bag. now it comes in a little casket. but it's true. the g.o.p. quickly rejected biden's budget, because they prefer "deep cuts to health care, food assistance and housing programs for poor americans." >> [booing] >> stephen: yes. now, now it just reflects the bedrock judeo-christian value

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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: please have a se seat. thank you very much. hello. hello. happy wednesday. hello, hello, hello, hello. >> audience: [chanting] stephen! stephen! >> stephen: hey! hey, everybody! thank you very much. you're very kind. thank you very much. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. my goodness. [cheering] did you get out today? did you get out today? i went for a walk. what a glorious day we had here in new york city. it's february 15th, and it was 60 degrees. [cheering] climate change has its perks. yes, we're all gonna die, but... sweater weather! otherwise there's not much going on. what, let's see... what's happening? oh, right, aliens are real, and they're conquering our skies. you may recall that last weekend, the u.s. military shot down three unidentified flying objects in three days. and on monday, the biden administration tried to convince us that it was no big whoop. >> i don't think the american people need to worr

. >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert!" tonight... yes we scam. first stephen welcomes bob woodward and carl bernstein! and musical guest bonnie raitt! featuring live 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: look at that. hey, everybody! please have a seat, everybody. thank you so much. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. the country... [cheers and applause] this great country of ours is abuzz about the televised january 6th hearings. today committee members took a little day off to explain drunk giuliani to their children. "you see, kids, when a man and a bottle love each other very much, they exchange a special kiss." but i've got some difficult news for those of you who were planning to tune in to the hearings tomorrow morning for the latest chapter, because the january 6th committee has postponed wednesday's hearing. they promised us hearings! we can't let them get away with this! i'm

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! >> stephen: hello, friends. hello. oh! oh! it's going to be a good night now that you're here. [cheers and applause] nice to see you. nice to see you. nice to see you. happy thursday. happy thursday. please have a seat, everybody. please. you're very kind. very nice. welcome, one and all, to "the late show." i'm your host, i'm stephen colbert. let me ask you a question. quick question. show of hands. anyone here live on earth? we've got some good news for you, because yesterday, out of nowhere, senator joe manchin reached a deal with his democratic colleagues on a bill that would lower health-care costs, reduce the federal deficit, and most importantly, combat climate change. [cheers and applause] what? bb-bb-bb-ppaaa-bba whhaaaa? joe manchin is fighting climate change? wait, am i dreaming? i have all my teeth. i'm not a skeleton. you're all wearing clothes. i'm rich and famous. no, this is real. this is a big deal. the size of the big? grande. it provides $370 billion in new spending

[cheers and applause] >> announcer: it's "the late show" with stephen colbert! tonight... leaks and geeks. plus, stephen welcomes nicolas cage, and musical guest christine and the queens! 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! >> stephen: yeah, baby, yeah! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ it's true! ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] watch out. watch out, sheriff. happy thursday. happy, happy. happy, happy, happy. hey, everybody! thanks, hey! [crowd chanting "stephen"] thank you, folks. welcome one and all, in here, out there! [cheers and applause] to what the minstrels call "the late show." i am your host, stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] for a lot of people out there, it is spring break. for instance, president biden is on a tour of ireland right now, being shown around by his counterpart, irish president and magical business gnome, michael d. higgins. higgins invited biden to spend the morning at his home and cemented their friendship with a treeplanting ceremony. [bugling] [bugling]

. >> announcer: it's "the late show" live with stephen colbert. it's status joe! plus, stephen welcomes senator bernie sanders! and musical guest big thief. featuring live jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape and now, live from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ♪ ♪ [laughter] >> stephen: good to see you. what's going on? happy tuesday. hello, christopher. hello, paul. hey, everybody! ♪ ♪ that feels good. dang. dang, it feels good to be live. right there. welcome, ladies and drama, thank you so much. >> stephen! stephen! >> stephen: that is a live crowd right there. thank you. please have a seat, everybody. thank you so much. ladies and gentlemen, please. whoo! welcome. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheers and applause] and as you can see right there, that means legally we are live after joe biden's first official state of the union address and let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen, it was a roller-coaster ride of rip-roaring reasonableness. keep in mind, a week ago, this was going

sullivan theater in new york city it's stephen colbert! ers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: you are beautiful, thank you very much. yes! [cheers and applause] okay! nice to see you. nice to see you. hey, everybody! [cheers and applause] please, have a seat, lady and gentlemen. and there come out there, all around the world to "the late show," i am your host stephen colbert! and i hope everybody out there is having a happy thursday. it has not been -- yes! [cheers and applause] thank you, thank you for representing! [cheers and applause] it has not been a happy week for a former president the flabrador deceiver peer tomorrow both his lawyers and the department of justice are supposed to submit their suggestions for a "special master" to review the stuff they found out mar-a-lago. thing is, former president might not be getting the best legal advice, because he is reportedly having a difficult time finding lawyers to represent him. what? but who wouldn't want to join the illustrious ranks of jailed guy, magical mr. mustache, madame meow meow, a

sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: oh, thank you! ♪ ♪ good to see you. good, good! thank you! sit down! thank you very much! how are you doing? welcome one and all, hello, louis. welcome to "the late show"! i am your host stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] how's everybody doing? doesn't matter! the former president had stolen nuclear secrets at his country club! cuz we just learned that among the classified documents seized by the fbi at mar-a-lago was material on a foreign nation's nuclear capabilities. so this time, the ex-president wasn't just betraying "our" country. he brought in another country for a menage-a-treason. [laughter] [cheers and applause] that's not cool. we are not into it. how do we explain this to our allies? "don't worry, prime minister, your country's nuclear secrets are safely stored at the mara-lago waffle bar between the syrup and the nutella bucket." [laughter] i could go for a waffle! i could definitely go for a waffle! [applause] these kind of intell

. >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight... a leak of their own. damian lewis and u.s. ambassador to the u.n. linda thomas-greenfield. 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] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: hey! ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] [laughter] happy monday, everybody. welcome. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ladies and gentlemen. [cheering] how is everybody doing tonight? [cheering] i don't know why. the world is upside down. we're shooting balloons with million dollar missiles, we've got toxic runoff in our rivers, and the top form of entertainment is watching a coked-up bear commit murders. thanks to climate change, this weekenend, los a angeles gotot g old snowststorm, and n not justy up in the mountains, even the hollywood sign got dusted with snow. california kids made snow-bros. look how cute that is. but then again, california deserved to have some fun, 'cause i believe california's only other we

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! >> stephen: hey, louis. spider sense. thank you. [cheers and applause] nice to see you. happy thursday. happy thursday. happy, happy, happy thursday. that's right, hey, everybody! thank you very much. thank you, thomas. thank you. boom! thank you very much. down here. that's pleasant. thank you, thank you very much. welcome. welcome, one and all in here, out there, all around the world to the "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. it can be hard to believe but i'm getting a little older. i'm 58. pretty good shape. pretty good shape. thank you very much. i think you're sexy too. but blood pressure's a little high. so my doctor's got me a strict regimen to lower my stress level. 8 hours of sleep, stay hydrated, and do not be president of the united states. evidently bit of a stressful job. that's why it's so important that the commander in chief stay healthy. so today joe biden had his annual physical. it was a clean bill of health, although his x-ray did reveal several classif

sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: what is happening? oh, it is happening! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ we are going on that segment. that one will hurt you. hey, everybody! hey, everybody! down here, up there. the front, the back, the balcony, way up top. out there, welcome to "the late show," i am your host stephen colbert! ladies and gentlemen! thank you, citizen. it has been two days since the midterm elections, and the big political story today is that there's no big political story. because we still don't know who controls the house and senate. but results could come in at any time, so cbs news has given me this midterms buzzer, and they promised it will go off as soon -- we acquired this technology from the cheesecake factory! this will vibrate as soon azhar democracy is ready or my jalapeno poppers. whichever comes first. as of right now, arizona and nevada's senate races are still undecided, while georgia is heading to a runoff, which pits incumbent senator and choir teacher s

[robotic laughter] >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert!" tonight... dumb. stephen welcomes john krasinski and sarah polley. 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] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: oh, oh. oh! hey! whoo! hey, everybody! >> stephen! stephen! >> stephen: when you're right, you're right. up here, down there. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you, friends. i love a thursday. thursday vibe. fantastic. that's amazing. you know what that is, louis, that's a thursday audience. you cannot fake that feeling right there. you can't bottle it. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. it is thursday. it is thursday, december 1st, which means, by law, you must throw out that turkey from thanksgiving. stuffing's probably still good. ask a loved one to give it a sniff. speaking of things that are starting to smell bad, elon musk. [cheers and applause] ever since... there you go. ever since he took over twitter, it's become a fla

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! oh, that's right! good to see you. good to see you. good to see you. hey, everybody! welcome, welcome, one and all to "the late show." i am your host stephen colbert. the don i don't know about you, but one week ago tonight, i was a little stressed out-- you know, just about silly stuff, that in retrospect i shouldn't have been too concerned about, like the rising tide of fascism. and then the election came, and i continued to be stressed out for four more days, because we didn't know who won in nevada. turns out, what happens in vegas takes four days to figure out what the hell happened. but -- but -- there you go. but on saturday night, we learned that the democrats are keeping control of the senate! [cheers and applause] ahhh. turns out that red wave was actually a blue splash, just as the maxipad commercials foretold. [laughter] the democrats sealed the deal in nevada, where catherine cortez masto defeated her g.o.p. opponent. of course, this is nevada, so cortez masto can either t

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: there you go. come on! , on! good to see you. good to see you. please sit down. thanks, everybody. you're very kind. you're too kind. welcome to "the late show," everybody. i'm your host, stephen colbert. you know, over the last six years, we've all had a lot of fun with the idea that nothing means anything. there are no consequences. tear up your history books and live in a cave. but occasionally, every so often, and this is one of those so-oftens, something means anything. something. and meaning of any kind is kryptonite for former president the count of mostly crisco. longtime... [applause] longtime viewers of america will recall that last month, the fbi went into mar-a-lago and found a bunch of documents that are super top secret, which is super top illegal. and the former president has desperately been trying to stall the investigation because he is super top guilty. allegedly. are we good? lawyers good? okay, and right away he got some help f

. >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert!" tonight... walker of shame. first, stephen welcomes maggie haberman. and the anchor of "hot take" from "tooning out the news." 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] there. ♪ ♪ >> stephen: gene simmons vi vibes. hello, hello, hello. happy tuesday. beautiful. hey, everybody! thank you very much. please have a seat, everybody. sit down. sit down! thank you very much. that's so exciting. it's so exciting. it's got my heart rate up. >> louis: are you okay? are you good? >> stephen: welcome, o one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. well, you know, you can feel news cycle picking up 'cause the midterms are only about five weeks away, something like that, maybe a little bit less. and one of the key races for control of the senate was turned completely upside down last night. i'm talking about the georgia senate race between incumbent democratic senator and king of the sears po

. >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert." ght, stephen welcomes, karel irving, and musical guest stephen sanchez. featuring jon baptiste. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert. ♪ ♪ >> stephen: all right. welcome to the late show, everybody. thank you very much. hello, everybody. welcome to "the late show." every day brings news that unsettles what we think this its happened again because taco bell's latest tostada features a giant cheese it. i speak for all americans when i say oh. behold. the snack of madness. it is like my dreams and nightmares had a baby and baptized it in ground beef. the giant cheez-it is larger than a normal but you won't lose any of the flavor. it can only be described as it. it has real it flavor. it is made with real it. i was ready for the it to hit the fan. unfortunately, the toast auto is at one taco bell location in irvine, california. i believe giant cheez-its are an american right. this restriction is the work of the crunch wrap supreme justice

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the "late show with stephen colbert" and "amazing race" came away with nominations. one of the summer's hottest movies hits theaters "mission impossible dead reckoning part 1" is here and tom cruise is back in action with more jaw-dropping stunts and adventures. >> you are fight fighting to save an ideal that doesn't exist, never did. you need to pick a side. >> "mission impossible dead reckoning part 1" follows hunt as he embarks on his most dangerous mission and goes up against a mysterious enemy. the series began nearly 30 years delivering a number of stomach-turning stunts along the way. >> for me watching someone who was in it, knows what's going to happen, i found the experience -- i've watched films half as long that have felt twice as long. this film goes by like -- it thursday along. the pace is utterly relentless. >> it has been four years since the last one came out. this is expected to be the biggest blockbuster of the summer. >>> it is getting harder out there to find a job. we go into the threads or trends that all applicants should know about. >> did y

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the late show with stephen colbert is next. >> in a recent campaign video, the former president propoduturistic freedom cities as well as flying cars. >> dozens of major companies in the united states and china are racing to develop vertical

. - when was the stephen colbert truthiness moment? that was 2005, right? - yeah. - just to give you- - yeah. - some history. that's almost 20 years ago now that... i think young people feel like, "oh, we're just living in this newly post-truth moment." but this kind of frantic anxiety about truth really dates, in the modern era, to the very beginning of, really, social media, which is what, 2004? - yeah. - when there's a kind of explosion of information and just a new type of uncertainty. - you weave together various moments in history to tell a story of how society's understanding of facts and evidence has evolved. for example, you look at a conspiracy theory surrounding the 1969 moon landing. what is the single most important thing you've learned from looking at truth through a historical lens? - i think one of the reasons that i study the past and the relationship between the past and the present is i often find solace in historical record. that is to say, i often, like everyone else gets really wrapped up in the sense of the current crisis and the acut

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no-name actors who haven't gotten shot yet that are willing to do the job so i say with love -- >> stephen colbertth meyers have not been on the air for months because of the strike that happened months ago. here anybody pining for their return? >> no, they are all watching gutfeld. >> gutfeld leaving to 10:00 p.m. eastern monday, i wanted to say that. straight ahead, abc kamala harris, vice president puzzling the public again with another freshly tossed word salad, you have to hear it to believe it. we got coming up. ♪ what's considered normal for your cat is interesting. but if your cat isn't their quirky self lately, they may have pain from a common condition called osteoarthritis. now, there's solensia. solensia is a once-monthly injection to control your cat's oa pain. veterinary professionals administering solensia who are pregnant, trying to conceive, or breast feeding should take extreme care to avoid self-injection. self-injection could cause allergic reactions like anaphylaxis. ask your vet about solensia and help get your cat back to their normal. ♪ beautiful live shot, welcome back to

also going for that daily show with trevor noah, late night with seth meyers, the late show with stephen colbertt. and for the first time, the best game show category moves from a daytime emmy to the prime time with nominees family feud, jeopardy, the price is, that's my jam and wheel of fortune. >> it's going to be close and look it there. >> this year's emmy award ceremony is scheduled to be held on september 18. it depends on what happens with the writers guild. in los angeles, george, abc7news. >> oakland's own sheila egot a star on the hollywood walk of fame. she's the first email solo percussionist to receive the honor. beatles drummer ringo starr helped induct sheila and called her a force of nature. r&b singer her from vallejo spoke. she said seeing sheila and prints on tour inspired her career. congrats. that's it for abc7news at 4:00. the news at 5:00 is next. ♪ i'm with it ♪ ♪ i gotta good feeling about this ♪ ♪ yeah, ♪ ♪ so let's get it ♪ ♪ i'm feeling good vibes ♪ >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. prosecutor. i have worked diligent

ask stephen colbert, jimmy kimmel, seth meyers, they've been off the air for months, and i don't heare oscars 30 years ago, they barely got 19 million last year. 40 million people are gone. the leverage may be gone as well for these people on strike because, let's face it, there's not a lot of content that people are saying, please -- pete: yeah, it's changed a lot, and they can produce less propaganda in the meantime. >> that's true. pete: last time that happened, you know who was the head of the union? ronald reagan. >> is that right? pete: their passing out emmys, both michelle and barack obama earning 2023 emmy nominations. >> yes. pete: are they just that good at producing television? >> i think that has generated headlines. think about fourth of july, 10 people dead, 56 people shot. their library is costing $500 million, and you don't hear them ever talk about their own hometown of chicago because they're too busy making emmy-nominated films, i guess, but if they win, boy, those i statues are going to look really good in that mega-mansion in martha's vineyard. pete: yeah, they w

. - one of the things about being on "the colbert report," and stephen would say it himself, was he wasephen had to respond in real time to the guests as his character, not as himself, which was an incredible feat of acting as well as a kind of quasi-journalism. that's a big part of the book, is, you know, how much do the justices' political views play a role in how they decide cases? - how much--i mean, why would political views go into it? these guys are supposed to be--except the activist judges, the four liberal activist judges. i can understand why their liberal bent would affect them, because they're activist judges. - right. - but the conservative judges are not activists. they're inactivists. - they... [stammers] yeah, i guess you're exactly right. yeah. - right? - the moment i remember is the moment that barack obama was named president of the united states. - cnn projects that barack obama is the next president of the united states of america. it is now official. he has passed the 270 electoral votes. [cheers and applause] - when you watch the tape, you can see that colbert be