stephen welcomes... john dickerson. and michaela watkins. 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: how are you? ( cheers and applause ) thank you very much, joseph. hello! thanks, folks. please! have a seat, everybody. welcome, welcome, one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: yeah! >> stephen: and unlike donald trump, i know i'm being recorded right now. ( laughter ) because, folks, there's a tape! ( cheers and applause ) not that tape, but still... ( laughter ) and i'm going to tell you all about it in tonight's "stormy "karen mcdougal edition." long-time viewers of "stormy watch" will recall that karen mcdougal is the "playboy" playmate who claims she had a ten-month affair with donald trump. mcdougal's story was hushed up after she told-- she sold the rights to it to the "national enquirer" for $150,000. that's $20,000 more than stormy daniels. ( laughter ) karen must have spanked hi