this is about 20 minutes. >> hello, i am a pennsylvania void -- >> hi, i'm joe sestak. come on board an aircraft carrier, 5,000 sailors. their average age is 19-1/2. i loved it. but i also loved it because this nation of mine invested in me for increasing commander responsibilities at sea and constantly trained me in what is integrity value. service to country to others above self and accountability in answering for one's self. m for increasing positions there. send me to harvard university for eight doctorate. understand how does this nation need to meld all of the elements of our power for the peace and prosperity it needs? i was assigned to be president clinton's director of policy where i was responsible for coordinating the national security which brought together all of the organizations of our power together with the power of our military and understanding the limitations upon it. i will never forget walking out of the pentagon one day. uponhed back and looked the scar that had been brought onto that building and our nation. shortly thereafter i found myself on t

sestak: hello. i am joe sestak. and i wear the cloth of the nation for 31 years. in war and peace. over 80 countries, including the white house when i went to work for the director of defense policy for president clinton. on the ground in afghanistan, director of the head of the navy unit. in the arabian sea waiting was in her international armada twice as large as the american carrier battle group i commanded. the minister of italy said why they had all come. america had been attacked, and we will be there for you. we have the world with us against evil. because they are in that distant see what the realization that americans greatest power is our power to convene. to bring together nations and peoples of the world for common cause. that serves us all. whether it is dire poverty. human rights atrocities. global recession. or collective security. we founded and let the flame of justice in a global concorde. and then presidents from john f. kennedy to ronald reagan understood that it is this global concorde that provided for our peace, our prosperity, and our freedoms here at home.

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joe sestak's making the push. the whole thing bout state fairs. >> they're the worst. >> i le them. >> because you're ant cou boy. >> the great state fr when i lived in syracuse, it's all about the food sometimes. what tim wants to do and the to ucer signed on, we want show you from the iowa state fair about the food. first of all, ber esanders with the corn dog. i want to say this, i think the technique here, i think this is the appropriate technique. >> you go sideways with the corn dog. you don't go directly in t mouth of the corn dog. k >> michelle bal man learned that the hard way in 2008, or 2012. but in bnie sanders h said it's good i like it. >> did somebody pre chew the en >> are you suggesting he's not able to consume the fulltd ho. >> or maybe his teeth are rotted and old. >> soft teeth that's the word. >> he's a socialist so somebody came and took half forim. >> joe biden -- >> what is that. >> looks like ance cream sandwich. joe bicen likes cream. christie can you confirm he's eating ice cream there?

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i can't tell a joe sestak from a steve bullock. and i've had both of them on the show. there are so many candidates right now that if a random person walked up to me on the street and said they were running for president, i'd probably believe them. and i decided to test that theory by sending one of our writers, brian stack, out on the street to see if people would believe he was one of the countless middle-aged white, male democratic candidates. brian looks enough like a generic white male politician that he's played them on the show dozens of times. whytman, with a "y," to keep it subtle. ( laughter ) and told him to just make everything else up. take a look. ♪ ♪ >> stephen: brian went up to central park to meet some voters and see if he could believably pass as a presidential candidate. >> hey, folks, do you have a quick second? >> sure. >> hi. how you doing? are you familiar with the democratic candidates running for president? >> yes. >> there's a lot of 'em. >> have you heard of gregory whytman? >> no. >> no? well, that's me. >> oh, nice to-- >> so, it's nice

i am joe sestak. and i wear the cloth of the nation for 31 years. in war and peace. over 80 countries, including the white house when i went to work for the director of defense policy for president clinton. on the ground in afghanistan, the navyof the head of unit. then i came out and took care of a valid group. in the arabian sea waiting was in her international armada twice as large as the american carrier battle group in mandan -- commanded. the minister of italy said why they had all come. america has been attacked and we will be there for you. we have the world with us against evil. because they are in that distant see what the realization that americans greatest power is our power to convene. to bring together nations and peoples of the world for common cause. that serves us all. whether it is dire poverty. human rights atrocities. global recession. or collective security. and let the flame of justice in a global concorde. and then presidents from john f. kennedy to ronald reagan understood that it is this global concorde that provided for our peace, our prospe

>> joe sestak, maybe. >> ire, like, too many generic middle-aged white guys, man. >> this is humiliating. let me just tell you. >> no, no, no. we will get this before the credits roll. >> is it steve bulloc-- ♪ scooby dooby doo, where are you? ♪ >> it's "the late show live, with stephen colbert." plus, stephen welcomes 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 nigh

tim ryan will be here also, former congressman joe sestak, former obama cabinet member julian castro hedge fund manager and balance nair tom steyer and writer marianne williamson along went prenuur andrew yang are also scheduled to attend. nbc area political analyst larry gerston says candidates might be speak being policy this is weekend but also here with dollar signs in their eyes. >> the most important part is california's cash register. they'll meet, have a fund-raiser, or two or three, bring in lots of money and their work will be done. >> reporter: meanwhile the latest national democratic presidential poll shows the former vice president enjoying a big lead with 29% of the likely voters and a jump of nearly seven points since the last major poll. bernie sanders is at 15%, elizabeth warren close behind at 14%. senator kamala harris is down big since her surge in june when she polled at 17%, now at just 5% this morning, and in a virtual tie with mayor pete buttigieg, followed by beto o'rourke, cory booker and heulian castro. the convention is scheduled through saturday at the hi

also attending are congressman seth muleton and tim ryan and former congressman joe sestak and former obama cabinet member heulian castro along with tom steyer, and writer marianne williamson, along went prenuit with entrepreneur andrew yang. larry gerston says for the candidates who are here, the trip to the bay area is about money as much as anything else. >> the most important part is california's cash register. they'll meet, have a fund-raiser, or two or three, bring in lots of money and their work will be done. >> reporter: meanwhile the latest national democratic presidential shows former vice president with a commanding lead against the field of nearly 20 candidates, with 29% of the likely voters in a jump of nearly seven points since the last major poll. bernie sanders, who is here, polled in at 15%, and elizabeth warren close behind at 14%. mayor pete buttigieg polling at 5% in a virtual tie with kamala harris also at 5% and whose numbers are plunging down 12 points since june followed by beto o'rourke, cory booker and heulian castro. the convention runs through saturday at t

democratic presidential candidate joe sestak of pennsylvania talks to the voters at the iowa state fair. this is about 20 minutes. >> hello, i am a pennsylvania void -- boy. fortunate to serve our nation it for 31 years in war and in peace. the youth of america, come aboard an aircraft carrier. you know the average age is? 19.5. i loved it because this nation of mine invested in me. it constantly trained