. >> that was your late night -- steven colbert. don't know what's going on there other than two table cloths have arrived and there's something to do with ice cream. >> well, here's what happened. steven colbert is my best friend for six months. i asked him to be my bff and that was too much for him. i offered him six months and he said yes. so six months ends august 3 so right now we're best friend for six months. bffsm. i have an ice cream flavor, ben and jerry's. a lot of people consider it the best ice cream ever existed. steven colbert brought ben and jerry's brought it with him. fruit stuff. whatever. it's unoriginal but it sweets and counts as ice cream. what i want you to do is maybe try both and see a blindfold taste test which one you think you enjoy the most. do you mind? >> well, i feel unnerved by this but i'll do it. this is already feeling deeply uncomfortable. here we go. ready? >> so this is the first spoon. >> okay. >> feed it to him. >> yes, thank you. this is weird. >> all right. all right. go. describe it. >> i

. >>> steven colbert will give the commencement speech at northwestern university.aduated from northwestern in 1986, and he also will receive an honor rather degree. >>> today marks the 236th anniversary of the battle of bunker hill. the american revolution's first major battle that was actually fought on breed's hill. >>> all day long can you stay on top of the developments on those stories and others on msnbc, and be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." and finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. the latest on the resignation of congressman anthony weiner and a teacher who claims to have an on-line relationship with him speaks out. >>> country music star kenny chesney takes the stage for the "today" summer concert series. keep it on this channel for local news, weather, sports and much more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thank you for joining us on "early today" just your first stop of the day on your nbc stations. stop of the day on your nbc stations. have a terrific weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac

on the lighter side of things, here in washington, d.c., speaking of politicians and money, steven colbert, he hosts the colbert report, you've probably heard of him. over there on comedy central. he will be testifying in front of the federal election commission later today about in a lot of his fans answers viewers have heard all about this, how colbert wants to start his own super pack sort of like the one that karl rove started, american crossroads. big political actions committees given the green light by the supreme court to raise gobs and gobs of money. as a joke, a way to call attention to this, stephen colbert wants to start his own super pack and talking about this later this morning and testifying, as a matter of fact at the fec. what is interesting about this is that in the last couple of days, some campaign finance activi activists are actually going to be testifying against and they have been acting against stephen colbert in the forming of the super pack because they think say what he is trying could open up the flood gates to more money in the political process and they say

received unusual attention from an unexpected source in last several weeks and most comedian steven colbert has filed with the commission on some strange tissues and i'm sure i will have a chance to talk about that as well. with that i will hand the floor over to you and will be great to hear what you have to say. as the mcgovern to congressional and public citizens on the good work on behalf of the public and thank you for the invitation to be here and for coming on such an incredibly hot day to hear but campaign finance law. i think for many that wasn't the interest in the topic but lately it has certainly become much more interesting and has garnered the attention of as mentioned our late night, the host and we know that once it seeks and at that level then the public knows about an issue once you can get on late night comedy. so, we can agree that it can't be criticized for developing to slowly. even in the timeframe when i agreed to come and speak to you it's in a major decision in virginia about the constitutionality of corporate contributions. i will speak a little bit more about tha

. >> with steven colbert? >> a bunch of great people. neil patrick harris starred in it.ich was not enough so they did record it and it's going to be in movie theaters starting june 15th and i'm excited about that. >> i know the guys know a lot about what you'll be talking about what is matisse. you want to have long eyelashes, right? >> more than anything. i think about it every day. pro curve and pro eyelash. >> you are? >> this is perfect! >> you have it for a great cause, correct? >> it is. i've working with them and they're working on the make a wish foundation, on the latissechallenge.com. and basically over the past few years, the latisse group has contributed $1.5 million towards the make a wish foundation and they're trying to do another $500,000 this year so they can do a wish in every chapter across north america which is pretty exciting. >> who did you get to meet as a kid that affected your life and you get to meet as an adult now? >> when i was young, it was my first experience with the make a wish foundation was a young girl in my class had a life threateni

steven. >> stephen: let's change the subject. what made you want to work with stephen colbert> you look moldable, malleable. >> stephen: i want you to make me the next bob seeger. >> all right staoerpblgts on three, name your favorite bob seeger song. ready? >> okay one, two, three. >> two is on my mind. >> stephen: all of them. which what is not to love? >> i like them. >> stephen: born in kathmandu, a little too tall, could have used a few pounds. any time you want to jump in. night moves. ♪ night moves, he got the fire down below ♪ ♪ rock 'n' roll never forgets. ♪ ♪ down on main street. ♪ hollywood nights those hollywood hills. ♪ we've got tonight who needs tomorrow. >> you are familiar with his catalog. >> stephen:. ♪ i got that old time rock 'n' roll that kind of music just soojs the soul ♪ ♪ who wants to go to fire lake. >> i haven't heard fire lake in a while ♪ like a rock. clearly jack liked what he heard. tune in tomorrow as i close the deal and land my big record contract. i love to watch her strut. in the dramatic another part of stephen colbert presents 2001 and wu

. >> steven cobart's weiner exchange -- >> she claims i was so psyched to see you on colbert, you were she said, you watch it naked? >> oh, my god. >> while colbert was spraying lysol, barbara didn't sound gross out. after the privates circulated online, barbara noted weiner didn't deny it was him. >> then it must be a flattering photo. >> let me tell you something, it is. >> who knew, host of the view would enjoy this view. >> jeanie mousse, cnn, new york. >> on the east coast. 7:00 a.m. out west. i'm kyra phillip, thanks for join us. it's a new day and new beginning. a moss resignation takes place in senior campaign staff. today faces questions about what went wrong. in arizona firefighters gaining ground on the massive wildfires, it contained 5%. hope to milwaukee more progress today. >>> bean sprouts grown in germany are the worth e. coli outbreak. three people died, more than 2300 sickened. >> newt gingrich is looking for a new presidential campaign staff this morning. just about his entire senior staff is leaving. still, gingrich said he'll soldier on. paul steinhauser, live in m