secondly, the colbert nation and i recently formed colbert super pac, allowing us to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money. technically my lawyer says we're limited to the amount of money that currently exists in the world, but he's working on that. now, we used our money for the first time to run ads in advance of the iowa straw poll supporting writing in texas governor rick perry, and to distinguish ourselveses from the other super pac supporting perry, we asked supporters to write in his name with an a, and if they're feeling really ambitious, dot the "i" in rick with another "a." rick parry came in sixth over all and was the number-one write in candidate with 718 votesment but folks, every silver lining has a dark cloud. the iowa g.o.p. has refused to release the write-in resulted, so we don't know how many of those 718 votes were with an a. was it 717? as low as 716? anything is possible. so i turned to the cobail report's affiliate in iowa, woi abc 5 where des moines turns for des news. i'm talking about the entire news team. co-an cores amanda kranz and chief meteorologist

before we go, i just want to welcome two new members of the colbert nation. gabriela born to my producer tanya. like everything tanya produces, gabriela was born on time and under budget. (laughter) and not to be outdone, we also welcome gregory, born to my

before we go, i just want to welcome two new members of the colbert nation. gabriela born to my producer tanya. like everything tanya produces, gabriela was born on time and under budget. (laughter) and not to be outdone, we also welcome gregory, born to my audience coordinator stuart. yes, after nine months of waiting, he is finally here which i believe is the same amount of time my audience waits before each show. (laughter) although our audience holding areis more cramped than a womb. (laughter) now, i don't like to have multiple staffers out at once so to avoid any future overlap i am distributing a detailed staff procreation schedule. len, it's your night to make a baby.

it could be you know about the luncheon today in a few hours it's time for the. national day of you know colbert first in china so there's a. tiny bit there and for the leadership of course the sooner the better for the. space oh the space center to be fully operational however as i just sat there and technicians they are fully aware of. share and that's nice to go in juice process you want to if you prove dan's. and not only hire a best man financially but also made her arms and i there will be no men. traveling by us in probably. even one or two years there will be. sending astronauts into. space. but there will be more life involved as well so in terms of. human life even roberts and most of the units of that whole space industry probably won't want to cruise if your hearts through your past all right jack show us professor. go ahead finish your thought. ok and also talking about international how other countries nice u.s. or russia would think of china or even ok on india of course on their own that the first reaction will be some concern but more competition. for my interest i don't think t

going to keep the ads coming because two weeks ago i got asked what the colbert super pac stands for and i wanted to ask you, the super nation, to tell us what we stand for as colbertsuperpac.com. so far, 53,000 of you have responded. now, i plan to read all the submissions... (laughter) ... which i am completely capable of doing because reading is something i definitely know how to do. (laughter) but due to the massive volume, we instead use computers to crunch the data. so let's head over to the persuade-u-lux 6000. (cheers and applause) welcome. welcome to the persuade-u-lux. where eloquent speech becomes good and stuff like that. (laughter) i had my staff generate something called a word cloud, a visual representation of your most frequently used words. the more you use them, the larger they would appear in the cloud. so, nation, i give you what you stand for! (laughter) okay, there it is. (cheers and applause) evidently marijuana very high on your list. (laughter) i have forwarded all your contact information to the d.e.a. so they can find out just how much you care about it. your voices will be heard. (laughter) now, f

nation, fear not. team colbert has you covered. you can pass thenks to my patented new shoesçó stephen colbert's... (cheers and applause) stephen colbert's birk stalk. go ahead, pat me down from the ankles up. once i'm inside it's party time. (cheers and applause) oh, and and off my beer. dad, a big giant bee! get it! hang on, pumpkin. aw! bad call, dad! hey, sweetie. guess what, the bees came back and i broke the phone... no, no that was unrelated. you know what, why don't you call it to see if it works? pretty sure it's broken. probably right. looks like we're in new phone territory. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: my guest tonight is here to talk about how imimprove our public schools. tonight she'll be sitting at the cool kids' table. please welcome melinda gates! (cheers and applause) so nice to meet you, thank you very much for coming on. >> glad to. >> stephen: now then, melinda. >> yes, stephen. >> stephen: as you know, you and i are the sole members of the stephen and melinda gates foundation. >> so

nation, fear not. team colbert has you covered. you can pass thehanks to my patented new shoesçó stephen colbert's... (cheers and applause) stephen colbert's birk stalk. go ahead, pat me down from the ankles up. once i'm inside it's party time. (cheers and applause) oh, and and off my beer. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: my guest tonight is here to talk about how imimprove our public schools. tonight she'll be sitting at the cool kids' table. please welcome melinda gates! (cheers and applause) so nice to meet you, thank you very much for coming on. >> glad to. >> stephen: now then, melinda. >> yes, stephen. >> stephen: as you know, you and i are the sole members of the stephen and melinda gates foundation. >> so i hear. >> stephen: and i'm not seen you as many of the board meetings. >> haven't you been e-mailing me? that's how we do these things. >> stephen: i have and i have been getting cease and desist orders from your staff. we'll get to the matter of your dues later. (laughter) but first your husband and you are the leaders and creators of

nation, fear not. team colbert has you covered. you can pass the patented new shoesçó stephen colbert's... (cheers and applause) stephen colbert's birk stalk. go ahead, pat me down from the ankles up. once i'm inside it's party time. (cheers and applause) oh, and and off my beer. like so many great pioneers before me, guided only by a dream. i'm embarking on a journey of epic proportion. i will travel, from sea to shining sea, through amber waves of grain, and i won't stop until i've helped every driver in america save hundreds on car insurance. well i'm out of the parking lot. that's a good start. geico, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent, or more on car insurance. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: my guest tonight is here to talk about how imimprove our public schools. tonight she'll be sitting at the cool kids' table. please welcome melinda gates! (cheers and applause) so nice to meet you, thank you very much for coming on. >> glad to. >> stephen: now then, melinda. >> yes, stephen. >> stephen: as you know, you and i are the sole mem

colbert super pac and the perry campaign. that would be wrong and illegal. they're as separate as church and state under a perry administration. [laughter] [cheers and applause] nationn once said, "everybody shut up. stephen's talking." this is tip of the hat, wag of the finger. [cheers and applause] nation, i love the story of the garden of eden. it gives me comfort to know that every time i sin, it's really eve's fault. [laughter] boy am i gonna blame some stuff on you this weekend! [laughter] -6- that's why i'm so disturbed by a new movement to break-up the bible's most famous couple. npr's steve inskeep explains. >> for many evangelicals, a historical adam and eve is a critical part of their theology, but now some conservative religious scholars are saying publically that they can no longer believe it. >> stephen: no adam and eve? no apple? no tasteful leaf thongs? and all because these so-called conservative scientists say "there is no way we can be traced back to a single couple...given the genetic variation of people today." oh, the genetic variation needs more than two people? fine, they had a freaky three-way with the snake. [laughter] that would explain th

the car. have a seat. >> ron paul 2012. >> yes! ron paul! >> colbert was playing a clip from nationalut the frontier force and that guy's arrested for a dui. ron paul 2012. >> right before he past out. >> well, yeah. not good. >> not a representative, we should point out. >>> coming up next -- re, sam? i want to see the >> watch this. >> what is he on "law and order?" there he is. >> we'll be right back with that man. look at all this stuff for coffee. oh there's tons. french presses, espresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated as shipping it, though. i mean shipping is a hassle. not with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that is easy. best news i've heard all day! i'm soooo amped! i mean not amped. excited. well, sort of amped. really kind of in between. have you ever thought about decaf? do you think that would help? yeah. priority mail flat rate shipping starts at just $4.95, only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. ♪ got so many scratches and sc

national rock star like liz beelizabeth warren. >> great to see you. thank you, rachel. >>> and inside the new york upset, the politico briefing next right here on andrea mitchell reports. but first, stephen colbertsqueeze out a 2012 endorsement from former vice president al gore. >> rick perry endorsed you in 1988. >> draw. >> will you return the favor right now and endorse rick perry? >> well, it would hurt him a lot in the republican primary. >> so is that an endorsement? >> no. >> because an endorsement would hurt him and you won't endorse him, isn't that in itself an endorsement? >> you could you put it that way. >> i just did. >> he was a democrat back then. i don't know what happened to him. >> weren't we all. intelligene that is helping business rethink how to do business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ in here, machines have a voice... ♪ [ male announcer ] in here, medical history follows you... even when you're away from home. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities, creating and integrating solutions, helping business, and the world...work. rethink possible. so i take one a day men's 50+ advantage. as a manager, my team counts on me to stay focused. helping bu