stephen stephen colbert he's one of the most sought after wagner singers in the world even after all these years by reut still remains a magical place for him. but gives me these magical moments when you discover something especially in wagner singing that you probably could never have discovered anywhere else. there'd be. this year he's singing a new production of tom hawes or. i was a little skeptic sometimes when a new concept is presented to me but i was forced really. i have to say within just one day of being here i was totally convinced. it's a multimedia production and very demanding for gold. toys it was the 1st role he sang and by a point in 2004 his warm voice and commanding presence immediately won over audiences and critics alike my 1st year here of course i was just terrified to be almost completely terrified no matter how much experience you have as a singer the 1st time you're here at this temple. you will have nervousness and things like that. the fact that gould performs about mary and heroes and by right at all is a small miracle those that are for years he toured the us in the musical phantom of the opera he was also using incorrect technique until a music teacher suggested he try the more taxing german works as a heldentenor yes. sir can you explain what is ahead of time in a dramatic verdi tenor has to have those beautiful just round holes bays cause sees that they can just hold for other helden tenor might need those notes but they're produced more with steel that cuts through the orchestra and then you put on top of that you have to have insurance. in 2006 gould was able to showcase his endurance when the late post on the wagner and his daughter katarina cast him as it played in a new production of the ring cycle. you. eat . too many singers today are pushed into their big wagnerian rolls in their twenties if you sing zee create at the age of 28 i can guarantee you one thing you won't be singing anything by the time you're 38. it's just wrong. problem today is everyone wants their their heroes to be young and vibrant and look like brad pitt in his early days but you have to give the voice time to develop. the tenor was over 40 the 1st time he sang as the meet and by white he initially underestimated the colossal role but this didn't seem to travel experience bestival director full time . for me wagner was really. one of the great influences of my life when i was doing was it treats you know i think he he saw one day that i looked like i was about to go under he patted my knee and he just started telling me stories stories of all the great tennis and that's when i realized this was his way of telling me every one of the great tenors were not was not a great treat the 1st time. it's a zig treat isn't and victor long. i you work for the grandson of the composer and the grand granddaughter of qatari no so how was your experience was she wanted me for for the tristan project and i was very adamant that i needed to do it the right way this time. to restore is the bag number opus 400 ton and received all the different manifestations of his relationship with ease although materialize on the stage for us. is some bucknor fans objected to the restrained psychological interpretation of the tragic love between tristan and isolde but this role became steven gould's greatest success. this year he's in the spotlight with the new toys a production that opened the 21000 by white festival. i. his favorite scene is when tom who is a goes to rome to ask forgiveness of the pope in vain. that's a dream moment to sing and to play because you can you can let all of the heartache all of the pain come out through that. in the current production tunnel as it is part of a wild anarchic group that celebrates sexual expression and demands complete freedom in the arts. it was clear right from the very beginning when we were doing the staging that i needed to rethink that and try to come up with something less. angry and completely defeated it's a way of looking at myself. as serious and yet i part of our christian group is i'm i'm i'm a cloud. i come out as a cloud. stephen gold stays curious even after hundreds of performances he keeps finding new ways to interpret classic characters it was wonderful meeting him and watching him on stage even more so hopefully they'll be back again next year. either back home to the high go music festival. this year south africa's butcher been a string orchestra performs use of haydn's missing. or mass for troubled times with a quiet from austria. this might be the 1st time many of the young musicians from south africa visit europe but they're already very familiar with the continent's classical music and it's a new pupil because i love the way the. european people just. i think it's. very very serious about the music and the beauty of music as well so i love it african music is. its find it has that rhythm where classical music is that you have to be your in control of the piece in expressing their emotions even more when you're playing and when you're playing a slow piece and lebanon thing you're saying for no reason

stephen colbert! tonight, trolling trump. plus stephensten dunst, adam devine, and lee pace, 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 ) ( theme song playing ) >> stephen: hey! whoo! thank you! welcome one and all in here, out there, to "the late show." i'm your host stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) you know what? you are such a good audience, let's start off with a fun y.ory. there is a petition currently circulating here in new york city to rename the stretch of fifth avenue between 56th and 57th streets "president barack obama avenue." ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: wow, wow! whoo! yeah! >> stephen: i agree! >> jon: come on! >> stephen: yes, sir, yes, sir! >> jon: i'mÑiym into that! >> stephen: to make the honor complete, whenever a car tries to turn left, it will be blocked by mitch mcconnell.v ( piano riff ) ( laughter ) ( applause ) most importantly, that tiny stretch of 5th avenue is home to trump tower. ( cheers

♪ ♪ >> announcer: it's "the late show" with stephen colbert! tonight, stephen 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 ) ( theme song playing ) >> stephen: whoo! oh, jon, there you are! what are we doing? where am i? happy thursday! ( cheers and applause ) thank you very much! ( piano riff ) ( audience chanting ) >> stephen: hey! how are ya? good to see ya! ( cheers and applause ) welcome! welcome one and all to "the late show"! i'm your host stephen colbert. we've spent a lot of time over the last couple of weeks, talking about trump's racist rhetoric. but there's one race trump dislikes more than all the others, and that's the race for the democratic nomination. ( laughter ) i'll tell you all about it in tonight's "doin' it donkey style." >> raise the minimum wage! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: the next democratic debate is a month away, and only eight candidates have qualified so far. everyone else is getting desperate to break through. for in

stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: whooo! ( applause ) lovely. please, have a seat, everybody. ank you very much. very kind. welcome one and all to the "late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. the big story-- ( cheers and applause ) the big story, as we all know, is that people are still talking about was trump's tweet about four freshman congresswomen racist? well, i say if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it probably just told the geese to go back to canada. ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) so, last night, the house of representatives passed a resolution condemning trump for his racist comments. that's right, mr. president. a formal condemnation! ( laughter ) you watch your step, mister. or next they will hit you with a notarized complaint and then boom, a ceremonial rebuke. ( laughter ) now, all the democrats voted for the condemnation, along with four republicans: representative fred upton of michigan, susan w. brooks of indiana, ryan fitzpatrick of pennsylvania, and will hurd of texas. or-- ( cheers and applause ) yeah. or as they will soon be known, "freaky fre

stephen colbert. tonight legion of dem. plus stephen christie and carly zakin and danielle weissberg with a special appearance by governor steve bullock, featuring jon batiste and "stay human." and now, live from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: come on! ( cheers and applause ) ( audience chanting ) >> stephen: hey, everybody! whoo! ( rim shot ) we are live! thank you! thank you, my friends! ( cheers and applause ) yeah! thanks, everybody! welcome one and all, in here, out there, to "the late show." i'm your host stephen colbert. we are coming to you live. coming to you live after tonight's democratic debate. tonight we saw clash of the big b's, biden, bernie, buttigieg, bicken-blooper. ( laughter ) coming into the evening, joe biden had a big lead in all the polls, and to celebrate, his supporters handed out free ice cream they called joe cones. a joe cone is also what biden wears to make sure he respects personal space these days. just for safety. ( laughter ) ( cheers

stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen. >> stephen: hey! thanks, everybody! welcome. welcome, one and all, to "the late show." please, have a seat, everybody. thank you so much. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. and we are live-- ( cheers and applause ) that's a live-- that's a live audience right there. it is just crackling with electricity in here because-- ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: shake, rattle and roll. >> stephen: we are live after the first of two of democratic presidential debates. i'm going to tell you all about it, if bill de blasio doesn't interrupt me. ( laughter ) tonight-- tonight, wednesday, was the undercard, pitting elizabeth warren, cory booker, and beto o'rourke against seven people angling for msnbc shows. ( laughter ) there were some challenges-- exciting night, but there were challenges. they talked over each other, there were some technical difficulties, but it was an excellent dress rehearsal for tomorrow's actual debate. ( laughter ) very good. very entertaining. final preview. final preview, we call that on broadway. now, i tuned into nbc early tonight, and what i saw got me really got me excited about the debate format. unfortunately, that was ellen's "game o

stephen colbert! (cheers and applause). >> stephen: hey there. (applause). >> stephen: welcome, everybody, thanks so much, up here, down there. welcome. one and all, ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages. to the late show, i'm your host stephen wol better. and we are live, not tonight. we were live the last two nights. following the democratic debate. here live shows, ton of fun, a lot of energy. but we are doing the show, about the thing that just happened, minutes before, we don't have time for a lot of complex analysis of what you have just seen it is really just hot takes, okay. but now with some reflection, after 4 to 48 hours to digest what happened, i can confidently say what happened? (laughter) i mean also-- (applause) also, also why happened? i mean it is 20 people. and if i am generous six of them should be up therement i'm looking at aw steve bullock, i think could be michael bennet, it's hard to tell. because here is the deal. networks have a vested interest in et going the candidates to fate with each other for the drama. so

stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: wooo! hello! >> stephen: thanks, everybody. please have a seat. one and all, to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. now folks, we live-- we live in such partisan divided times. at least that's what it feels like most of the time, you know. and it can get you down. but sometimes a hero emerges to show us the way to face the darkness. yesterday, an angry trump supporter interrupted a tucson city council meeting and this happened. >> the city does not changeor defy immigration laws. that is congress's job to change immigration laws. >> shut up! ( boos ) >> american citizen-- american citizens respect our laws. ( boos ) respect our laws. you're in direct violation of the oath you took to the united states constitution. >> you're in direct violation of being a jackass. ( unintelligible yelling ) recall the mayor! >> quiet, quiet, quiet. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: i love it! i love it! it's true what they say: not all heroes wear capes. ( laughter ) some wear lime-green shirts. america needs more green-shirt guy and less orange-fac

stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: wooooo! >> stephen: wooooo! thanks everybody. welcome. ome, one and all, ladies and gentlemen, and children of all ages. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host stephen colbert. for yet-- ( cheers and applause ) it is a good feeling, a good feeling today, because for yet another day, america was 239 pounds smarter because president trump is still in england. take that, you limey bastards. ( laughter ) that is for-- that is for the war of 1812 and piers morgan. and i'm happy to say that the british brothers are none too happy. thousands of protesters took to the streets for what is being called a "carnival of resistance" against the president. well, good for you. that sounds fun. ( laughter ) we have to live with him. ( laughter ) here, it's a little less "carnival of resistance" and more a traveling freak show. ( carnival music ) ( cheers and applause ) the carnival featured the famous trump baby blimp. ( laughter ) now i know that might-- you know, might seem unfair, but let me remind you, the blimp is anatomically correct. just-- ( che

stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey! thank you! thank you, my friends. k you, my friends-- and you are my friends. welcome, one and all, to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. what time is it now. if you haven't seen the news, a bit of a rough day on wall street. the dow jones industrial average fell over 800 points. my condolences to the entire jones family. ( laughter ) our economy will be missed. it's been a tumultuous week. on monday, the dow lost 391 points, then gained 382 on tuesday, only to plunge again today. when reached for comment, the market said this: ♪ i get knocked down but i get up again ♪ >> stephen: experts advise that worried investors drink a whiskey drink, then a vodka drink, then a lager drink, then a cider drink. so why the sudden panic? appantly, "the bond market, for the first time in over a decade, flashewa that has an eerily accurate track record for predicting recessions." that's right. we're facing an inverted yield curve! do you have any idea what that means? if so, please tell me. ( laughter ) because i've been

stephen colbert! tonight the conspiracy theory. plus stephencomes cate blanchett and marc maron, 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: whoo! ( audience chanting ) >> stephen: good to see you! good to see you! whoo! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey, everybody! please have a seat, everybody! thank you so much! welcome to "the late show," one and all. i'm your host stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) i have some good news. i didn't think it was possible, but donald trump can still shock me. ( laughter ) >> jon: whoa, shock! >> stephen: it's kind of nice, you know, after all these years, he can keep the relationship fresh. just when you think, you know, he's been around for a while and you're not going to be shocked by him anymore, he pops up and scares the ( bleep ) out of you. ( laughter ) he's, like, leatherface but with more leather and way more face. ( laughter ) for instance, over the weekend, sex crim

playing ) ( laughter ) ♪ ♪ ( laughter ) ♪ ♪ >> announcer: it's the "late show" with stephen colbert. tonight stephenng and seth green, 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 ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: oh! hey! ( cheers and applause ) hey! good to see ya! what's going on? ( cheers and applause ) happy thursday, everybody! ( audience chanting stephen ) >> stephen: whoo! got to get the people on the straight and narrow here, back on the path. ( cheers and applause ) thanks, everybody! please! ( cheers and applause ) nice. that's nice. hello, all. hello, all. please have a seat, everybody. thank you so much for being here. welcome one and all to "the late show," i'm your host stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) today is a solemn day. it's the anniversary of d-day, when we beat the nazis, once and ( laughter ) pretty good run, you have to say, 75 years. president trump was in normandy to commemorate the occasion. he gave a speech that was by all accounts-- and i hope i'

stephen colbert. tonight, dejau-bait. plus, stephen welcomes: rahm emanuel. and michael ian black. new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome back! come on! wooo! welcome! yeah, baby! wooo! oh, come on! oh, come on! >> audience: stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen. >> stephen: perfect! perfect! hey, everybody, how are you? up there. down here. what a lovely house. what a lovely audience we've got tonight. ( cheers and applause ) please, have a seat, everybody. thanks so much. welcome. in here, over there. ond ther welcverybody.e the "late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert, and we, right now-- ( cheers and applause ) we are live after night two of the second round of democratic debates that we're calling: "democratic debate night: 2 many candidates 2 remember: forget harder 2! "this time it's not all white people." once again-- ( cheers and applause ) once again, the debate was moderated by jake tapper, dana bash and don lemon-- or, as they're known throughout america, "where's anderson cooper?" ( laughter ) last night, last night, we saw bern

♪ >> it's "the late show live, with stephen colbert." plus, stephens jeff daniels and katy tur and jacob soboroff 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 ) ( theme song playing ) >> stephen: wooo! live, baby! ( cheers and applause ) wooo! thank you, my friend. hello! hello, all my dear friend. good to see you out there. jon, good to see you. how is it going, sparkles? you doing good? thank you for being here. >> audience: stephen! stiffen! stephen. >> stephen: i feel exactly the same way. ( cheers and applause ) soaked in electric gasoline. you can feel it. you can feel it. it's coming up. it's coming up. please, have a seat, everybody. welcome. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. we are live, after night one. ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) after night one, of the democratic debates. this is the second round of debates, so we're calling it... "democratic debate night: 2 many candidates 2 remember: forget harder

stephen colbert. tonight, mulling mueller. plus, stephencomes jeff goldblum and aisha tyler, 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 ) ( theme song playing ) >> stephen: whoo! thanks, everybody! please have a seat! very nice! delightful. what a lovely group of people here tonight. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host stephen colbert. everyone is still talking. ( cheers and applause ) everybody out there is still talking about former special counsel robert mueller's appearance on capitol hill, six hours of testimony. it was so long that by the end we all felt as old as robert mueller looked. ( laughter ) and at the hearings, mueller confirmed that the president of the united states was not ( as trump ) totally exonerated. ( laughter ) mueller also agreed that trump obstructed the investigation multiple times, russia tampered with the election in trump's favor, and that the president welcomed that help, lied about welcoming it

stephen colbert. tonight, mexican standoff. plus stephen welcomes samuel l. jackson, and former secretary of defense ash carter, featuring jon batiste and "stay human." and now live on tape from the ek city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( theme song playing ) >> stephen: whoo! hello! ( cheers and applause ) thanks, everybody! thanks so much! please have a seat! ladies and gentlemen, welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) ladies and gentlemen-- in my official capacity as a late night host, tonight i declare that the state of our union is cranky. here's what's going on. see, trump said he had this big win on friday, when mexico agreed to step up border security to keep central american migrants from coming into the u.s. in exchange, the president agreed not to impose planned tariffs on mexico. so, according to donald trump, donald trump was the hero, saving the world's economy from the clutches of that maniac donald trump. ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) but then, on saturday, the "new york tim

stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: come on! wooo! welcome. ( band playing ) ( cheers and applause ) thanks, everybody! please have a seat. thank you very much. very kind of you. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. this was-- ( cheers and applause ) there's an excitement in the air today, jon. you know, you can feel it. >> jon: yeah. >> stephen: because today is a big day for the 2020 election. donald trump and joe biden were both in iowa. either because it's the first primary state, or because kevin costner needed more old guys to walk out of the cornfield. ( laughter ) >> jon: hey-ya! >> stephen: biden's-- ( laughter ) biden's big speech-- is it tonight? the speech is not until tonight, but his campaign pre-released the transcript, and he's got some harsh words for trump, including, "donald, it's not about you. it's about america." yes.yes,o true. ( cheers and applause ) so true. >> jon: laying it on! lay it on! >> stephen: biden's right, it's not about donald, which is why biden in his speech talked about tr

stephen colbert. tonight video games. plus stephenelcomes brian cox, hannah gadsby, and comedian shane torres, featuring jon batiste and "stay human." and now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert!=)ñ ( cheers and applause ) ( theme song playing ) >> stephen: come on! whoo! hi there! ( cheers and applause ) ( trilling ) have a seat, everybody. thank you so much. welcome one and all to the "late show." i'm your host stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) you can feel it. i'm glad you guys have got the energy because you can feel it ton street today. tooth today is a very rough day, so let's start off with something from the smile file. thanks to trump's trade war with china, the dow jones industrial average lost more than 750 points today. and that was the smile file. ( laughter ) because it's all downhill from here. ( laughter ) i've been watching this show on hbo-- "chernobyl"-- don't tell me how it ends. ( laughter ) and in the thing about the nuclear reactor blowing up, ov

stephen colbert. tonight, baltimore problems! plus, stephen welcomes idris elba, maude apatow and musical guest perry farrell, 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 ) ( theme song playing ) >> stephen: hello! whoo! howdy! howdy doody! perfect! perfect! ready to wrestle. do you wrestle? do you wrestle? have a seat, everybody! thank you very much! what a lovely crowd, what a lovely, lively crowd! they're alive on this planet. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host stephen colbert. i'm going to start the show... ( cheers and applause ) i'm glad to hear it. i love the energy in this room right now. i'm going to start the show tonight with some, and i hope i'm pronouncing this correctly, good news? ( laughter ) is that right? it's been a while, it's been a while. ( laughter ) as you know, my friend jon stewart has been working with police and firefighters, and other advocates-- ( cheers and applause ) --for a couple of years now, to

stephen colbert." tonight, trump's de-poor-itation plan. plus, stephen welcomes jada pinkett smith representative ayanna pressley and musical guests, goo goo dolls 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: woooo! thanks, everybody! welcome! happy tuesday. have a seat, everybody. thank you very much. you're too kind. welcome one and all to "the late show." ( cheers ) every day, i wake up and think, "things can't possibly get any worse." and every day, donald trump says, "hold my filet-o-fish." "i'm going in." today is tuesday. yesterday, monday, the trump administration finalized plans to weaken the endangered species act. ( booing ) for reaction, let's go to the american bald eagle. ( laughter ) ( applause ). >> stephen: you get him. you get him. gaw! gaw! there is one small piece of good news in this story: the rules are not retroactive to past endangered species. so if you're already extinct, nothing to worry about. you're good to

stephen colbert." tonight the leave us a-lone star state. plus, stephen welcomes amanda seyfried, jacob tremblay brady noon, and keith l. williams. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! a ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: come on! hi! i ran a little faster. beautiful! wonderful! how delightful! thank you so much. please, have a seat, everybody. welcome. welcome, one and all, in here, out there, to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. the country-- ( cheers and applause ) the country-- you can feel it out there. the country is still stunned by the mass that'sing this past weekend. and one of the disheartening aspects of the aftermath of one of these tragedies is how predictable every stage of it will be. it makes it feel like you're living the same tragedy over and over again. one of the stages of that tragic cycle is the president going to the community shattered by this violence. for instance, tomorrow, the president is going to el paso. but here's so

stephen stephen! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey! hello! ( cheers and applause ) please, have a seat. welcome, one and all, to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) it's friday. that's a friday crowd right there. i hope everybody is cuddled up with a loved one tonight and then shoving them away because it's too damn hot. ( laughter ) because the country is in the middle of a massive heat wave. this week, it has been 90 degrees or warmer for nearly 90% of americans. let me put it this way: if you know anyone who uses natural deodorant, no longer know them. ( laughter ) now, if you're wondering what that kind of heat looks like on a map, check it out. there it is. in fact, if you zoom in, you'll see new jersey is now just a flamin' hot cheeto. ( laughter ) yeah. looks good. of course, some of the heat this week comes from trump stoking the flames of racial hatred, with his baseless attacks on women of color in congress. it's put a lot of strain on one persecuted group: trump's fact- checkers. ( laughter ) this week, cnn's daniel dale told us a trick of the trade for fact-checking donald trump. according to dale, if trump us

stephen colbert hit his stride. he tried to make sense of the none sensical world of politics. and now stephen colbert is number one in late-night television. there is a lot you don't know about stephen colbert, his life and what he's been through. he is as interlent you'll and interesting as he is funny. he opens up about his life, losses, comedy, and his faith. >> there's a bunch i want to talk to you about. >> the main screen media gotcha questions. >> let me just ask you about the stuff in the news. ken kuchaneli. >> oh, my god. i blame you for him. >> he was on cnn. >> a lochlt. >> i love your show. my wife and i come home and have a glass of wine and have a handful of nuts. tlaen are a few panelists i have to skip over. i have to skip over some of them. he is one of them. >> if any other person in an administration in a prior administration had rewritten the words of the poem which presidents from time in memorial quoted with great reverence, it would be an outrage. it would be people's heads would explode. it is a fundamental bedrock marker of who we are. >> yes, will is this emotional

after the 2016 election, stephen colbert really hit his stride as his show tried to make sense of the often nonsensical world of politics. the audience has responded and stephens now number one in late night television. there's a lot, though, you probably don't know about stephen colbert. his life and what he's been through. he is as intellectual and interesting as he is funny. over the next hour, you'll hear our "in depth" interview. ste steve stephen opens up about his life, his losses, his comedy and his faith. >>> something i want to talk to you about -- >> the gotchas. >> i have this document here -- >> gotcha questions, yeah. >> let me ask you about stuff that was in the news, ken cuccinelli. >> oh, my god. i blame you for ken cuccinelli. >> he was on cnn. >> a lot, a lot. i didn't watch much when he was on because there's a certain -- i love your show, you know, every night i come home my wife and i have a glass of of wine, handful of nuts, watch a little anderson, go to bed. that's how i end my day. >> a harndful of nuts? >> i have to stay in the suit, i can't come home and binge out. >> right. >> there are a few panelists i have to skip over, i have

stephen colbert." tonight, trump's de-poor-itation plan. plus, stephenelcomes jada pinkett smith representative ayanna pressley

the audience has responded and stephen colbert is now number one in late night television. there is a lot though you probably don't know about stephen colbert. his high of and what he's been through. he is as intellectual and interesting as he is funny. over the next hour, you'll hear our in depth interview. stephen opens up about his life, his losses, his comedy and his faith. so there's a bunch i want to talk to you about. >> some of the gotchas. >> yeah. >> the gotcha questions. >> ken cuccinelli. >> oh, my god! i blame you for ken cuccinelli. >> he was on cnn. >> he was on a lot. i didn't watch much when he was on. i love your show. every night i come home. my wife and i have a glass of wine, a handful of nuts, watch a little anderson and go to bed. that's how i end my day. >> a handful of nuts? >> you're not going to stay in the suit. i go home and veg out. there are a few panelists i have to skip over. i have to skip over. cuccinelli would be one of them. >> if any other person in an administration, a prior administration, had rewritten the words of ema lazarus's poem which presidents from time immemorial have quoted with grea

stephen colbert, more than emotional. i see him as philosophical in this. >> that struck me. stephenis clearly someone who knows himself. he understands what makes him tick and drives him. that was really interesting. >> yeah, no. i agree. that is a different side. we're going to have more of the colbert interview in our 8:00 hour. stick around for that. >>> we're following breaking news on multiple fronts so let's get to it. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are watching "new day" and we begin with breaking news. there has been a partial reversal of a reversal. israel is now planning to allow democratic

stephen colbert, more than emotional. i see him as philosophical in this. >> that struck me. stephen colbert is clearly someone who knows himself. he understands what makes him tick and drives him. that was really interesting. >> yeah, no. i agree. that is a different side. we're going to have more of the colbert interview in our 8:00 hour. stick around for that. >>> we're following breaking news on multiple fronts so let's get to it. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are watching "new day" and we begin with breaking news. there has been a partial reversal of a reversal. israel is now planning to allow democratic congresswoman rashida tlaib to visit her family in the west bank on humanitarian grounds. this surprise move comes after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu blocked tlaib and ilhan omar from entering israel under intense pressure from president trump. netanyahu says he denied them entry because of their support of a movement to boycott israel. >> all right. we'll have a live report from jerusalem in a moment. we also have breaking

stephen engle, on the ground following everything very closely. how much more violent is it, or how much more disruptive are these protests compared to the previous ones? stephen colbert this is peaceful right here on this side of the central government -- stephen side of the central government. on the other site is where they have had the police standoff on hard court road as well as queensway, where there was tear gas fired today. police are saying 82 people have been arrested today in the latest round of violence, if you will. there have been seven different protests around various parts of the former british colony, including citywide general strike called by the organizers. this is a banner that they have been handing out to everybody here. "strike aty says, work, strike at school, strike at commerce or the markets, and oppose the extradition bill to china." these are the main demands today. they have taken a flash mob approach. every day they have taken a different approach to keep the police off guard. they will strike one area of the city and retreat, and trying to keep the police off court -- off guard. keep them on the offensive and the police on the defensive to seize control of what has been nine weeks of unrest. police as well as t

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