i am your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) how nice. how nice. i'm glad you all seem to be in a good mood. it has been a tense couple of years, what with the pandemic, the near fall of democracy, and me recently finding out that scooby-doo wasn't the dog who said, "ruh-roh." it's astro. look it up. what else don't i know? was i adopted? ( laughter ) and the stresses of life don't look like they're easing anytime soon. exhibit a: vladimir putin has stationed tens of thousands of russian troops along the ukrainian border, and ukraine is a democratic ally whose security america has promised to defend. ruh-roh. ( laughter ) now, the world may be standing at the precipice of war between two nuclear-armed powers. to de-escalate tension, today, biden and putin talked about ukraine in a video call. makes sense-- the only way to resolve a delicate situation that requires crystal-clear communication is two old men on a zoom. ( laughter ) we don't know the results of the call yet, we do not know the results of this call yet, but biden did make it clear that

i am your host, stephen colbert. folks-- ( cheers and applause ) you know, the more we learn about the insurrection on january 6, the more it becomes clear that we have two political parties in this country. you have the democratic party, and the anti-democratic party, because only one of these parties cares whether you get to vote in an election. take the case of former chief of staff and clinically depressed potato, mark meadows. meadows at first agreed to cooperate with the january 6 congressional investigation, then quickly unagreed. so last night, the house voted to hold meadows in criminal contempt. ( cheers and applause ). yes, hell, yes! criminal contempt. and the rest of us can just keep holding him in regular contempt. ( laughter ) but only two republicans voted for it: kinzinger and cheney. every other republican, every other one, doesn't want you to know what happened on january 6 ( audience booing ) take ohio congressman and mime who won't shut up, jim jordan. jordan wanted to let his buddy meadows off t

i'm your host stephen colbert. and it is the monday before thanksgiving. >> steen: ingot three more daysp with what you're thankful for. if you're really stuck, just say keanu reeves. ( laughter ) everybody likes him. personally, i'm grateful that on friday, history was made. because joe biden temporarily transferred power to vice president kamala harris while undergoing a routine colonoscopy-- ( cheers and applause ) making harris the first woman to assume presidential power. yes, 100 years after women got the right to vote, we finally got the first female president... on a technicality. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) turns out, and i did not know this-- this shocking to me, i did not know this jon. it turns out this whole time the glass ceiling up joe biden's butt. >> jon: oh! >> stephen: did not know. ( whistles ) had no idea. ( laughter ) harris had presidential powers for 85 minutes. not very long. but still, the job is so stressful. here's what she looked like before-- and after. ( laughter ) there you

i am your host stephen colbert. ladies and gentlemen -- ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: breathe easy, just let a little bit go, already because we made it. this is our last show of 2021. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: 2021. >> stephen: if i could sum up the year in one sentence, cbs would bleep it. man, it's been a rough year starting with an attempt to overthrow our democracy, this week, the house's select committee on january 6th has shared a lot of disturbing details about the run up to that day, courtesy of former white house chief of staff, and man trying to remember what comes after two, mark meadows. this week, the committee has released a bunch of meadows' text messages, including this one from a mystery lawmaker: "on january 6, 2021, vice president mike pence as president of the senate, should call out all electoral votes that he believes are unconstitutional as no electoral votes at all." no! you can't give that kind of power to mike pence. it'll be like footloose. he'll ban dancing and make us all ca

colbert." >> stephen: welcome to romansplaining. first up, according to a new survey of over 7,000 singles, one of the latest trends in dating is questioning whether you want to date at all. apparently, that's called "hesidating," or "feeling indifferent about dating, unsure if you want to date seriously or casually, because life in general is so uncertain right now." i'm guessing that has a big impact on pick-up lines: "hey, i saw you across the bar, and i couldn't help but wonder if it's worth the effort to ever speak to anyone at all. ( laughter ) we're both born astride a grave, and the yawning void awaits. anyways, wanna get outta here? not sure if i do." hesidating isn't the only new trend. there's also something called "hand-ticipation," which sounds like the breathless excitement that comes when a victorian woman first removes her glove. ( in british accent ) "lady weatherby, your thumb knuckle is more glorious than i dared imagine!" ( laughter ) in fact, hand-ticipation actually refers to the anxiety that comes with being u

i'm your host stephen colbert. december 13, it is hard to believe, but this is our last week of shows for 2021. ( audience reacts ) i'm not sorry to see it go. it's been a crazy and bewildering year. starting with political chaos, a continuing pandemic, and unprecedented weather events around the world, including this weekend, when a massive band of tornadoes hit 8 states, leaving a path of devastation, hitting kentucky especially hard. if you wanna help, and i know you do, and are looking for suggestions, go to @colbertlateshow on twitter, where we have a list of organizations you can support to make a difference for the victims of these terrible storms. doesn't matter where you live, or who you are: americans help each other out. ( applause ) as i said, the politics of 2021 started with violence. our 3rd show of the year was january 6th. my no-drink-january quickly turned into vodkavember. over 11 months later, we still don't know exactly what happened on that dark day, and thus far, the ringleaders have gotten o

i am your host, stephen colbert. and ladies and gentlemen, a very merry, a very merry friday to you all. we are just a few weeks away from christmas, for those who celebrate. and it's also a few weeks for those who don't. that's just how calendars work. it's not personal. i celebrate, because i'm a catholic. and this week, the vatican surprised us with a little leniency, when pope francis just said extramarital sex sins aren't that serious. that's my freaky franky! ( applause ) i want to point out, he has clearly never been married. i also want to point out that that news that does not affect me in any way. i am happily married to my wife, evie. i have not once-- ( applause ) i haven't once coveted my neighbor's wife. though i would not kick his riding lawnmower out of bed for mulching crackers. now, explaining his surprising tolerance, the pope said sins of the flesh were certainly sins, but not as great as sins such as pride. so, if you are proud of yourself for not having an affair, god would rather you just bang

i'm your shows stephen colbert. tonight -- ( cheers and applause ) tonight, the big story might not -- people talk about the big story, they talk about it all day, we talk about it at night. the big story might not be a big story. everybody's talking about it, but no one knows what the story is really about. because it's all omicron this and omicron that. but we don't really understand if this is going to change anything. we don't "knowmicron." so far, omicron appears to be milder and more infectious than delta. that may be happening because, according to a new study, "it shares genetic code with the common cold." this pandemic has gone on so long, we're officially at the remix stage. ( laughter ) the next variant's going to be covid, featuring shingles the skrillex mix. (airhorn blasts) ( applause ) scientists believe the gene swap may have occurred after a single person was simultaneously infected by coronavirus and the common cold. that's what you get when you don't sing "happy birthday" twice. ( laughter ) ( app

i am your host, stephen colbert. it has been less than a year since the january 6violent insurrection on capitol hill, and i think we've gotten a little too comfortable with the near death of the republic. we might pay more attention if democracy died on a peloton. thankfully, thankfully, and against the wishes of nearly every republican in congress, the house select committee on january 6 does exist. and right now, their critical ( chrs and appe ) their critical investigation is focused on former white house chief of staff and man at a bar failing to look smooth while telling a woman to call him, mark meadows. ( laughter ) meadows, now, he initially agreed to cooperate and then surprise, surprise, he changed his mind. so yesterday, the committee recommended holding meadows in contempt of congress. ( cheers and applause ) a-boom! a-boom! look him up! though, i'm not sure how congress can punish you, whether it's a year in prison-- or worse, a year of watching cspan. remember their slogan: cspan: it's toilet wine for

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ ♪ >> audience: stephen! stephen! >> stephen: good to see you all. i like your casual. i like your casual style tonight. welcome, welcome, one and all, in here, out there, all around the world, mr. and mrs. america and all the ships at sea, welcome to "the late show." i am your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) it has been less than a year llnce the january 6 violent and i think we've gotten a little too comfortable with the near death of the republic. we might pay more attention if democracy died on a peloton. thankfully, thankfully, and against the wishes of nearly every republican in congress, the house select committee on january 6 does exist. and right now, their critical investigation ( cheers and applause ) their critical investigation is focused on former white house chief of staff and man at a bar failing to look smooth while telling a woman to call him, mark meadows. ( laughter ) meadows, now, he initially agreed to cooperate and

>> oh, i'm looking at him. >> stephen: stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) just saying. there's a story that seth rogen told this summer and has not been verified, has not been fact checked. as far as i know, you have not commented on this and i wanted to get the scoop on this. seth rogen, this is a tweet of his. okay. "once i was in a spa in a hotel in vegas getting a massage. ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> yeah. >> stephen: paul rudd, did that happen? >> that totally happened, yeah. completely-- that's true. >> stephen: what was the occasion you were in the spa and saw seth rogen and went-- walk me through it. >> it was-- i think we were filming a scene from "knocked up," and we had to shoot it in las vegas. and we were in the gym spa, hours before shooting, and i knew he was getting a massage and said to them-- i just went in during, he just started. >> stephen: did you, like, tap her out and keep going? i'll replace one hand-- >> it was like an indiana jones when he takes the idol away and puts the bag of sand. ( laughter ) it was like kind of a-- and, so-- and i thoug

i'm your host stephen colbert. now -- ( cheers and applause ) -- anyone who's been attention to the news for the last two years, might have noticed american democracy is lookin' a little rickety. joe biden noticed, and that's why today he hosted something called the "summit for democracy." it's a democracy convention! dem-con! armies of nerds descending on washington! one of the panels is being hosted by a guy cosplaying as sexy magna carta. i think this is a fine idea, but i'm not sure we're the country who should be hosting it. these days, a u.s. president lecturing the world about stable democracy is like andy cohen hosting the "rational discourse among sober housewives summit." ( laughter ) biden kicked off the virtual summit early this morning: >> democracy, government of the people, by the people, for the people, can at times be fragile but it also is inherently resilient. it is capable of self-correction and it is capable of self-improvement and, yes, democracy is hard, we all know that. do we though, joe? h

i am your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) hey, do youemember this? a couple of months ago when joe biden promised a normal holiday season? well, like his hairline, that went away, because on friday, the world health organization designated a new variant of concern and gave it the not-at-all-sinister name: the omicron variant. ( thunder, glass breaking, cat scream ) ( laughter ) did not expect the cat. well, it sounds like the title of a robert ludlum novel. omicron is, in fact, the 15th letter in the greek alphabet. the w.h.o. chose to skip a few, because 'nu' is too easily confused with 'new,' and they claim 'xi,' was not used because it is a common last name, but we all know it's because it's the surname of chinese president xi jinping. and you can't piss off world leaders. they learned the hard way after being sued in the 1890s by belgian premier henri chlamydia. ( laughter ) it's not a flower. chlamydia is not a flower. the good news is-- ( applause ) ( cheering ) beautiful name. chlamydia. the good news is, according to south african doctors, wh

i'm your shows, stephen colbert. everyone -- ( cheers and applause ) if you have been watching the news, everyone is talking about yesterday's historic arguments by our nation's highest judges. there were recriminations, references to stench. cnn was all over the story this morning with their top headline: "the masked singer" reveals who's behind the skunk. ( laughter ) thank you, cnn, for your tireless reporting on a woman's right to choose to dress up like a giant rodent and sing "i'll be missing you." ( laughter ) by the way, it was faith evans. she will be missed. ( laughter ) we also heard from a slightly less trusted body: the supreme court. the justices heard oral arguments over a mississippi abortion ban, and according to court watchers, the supreme court seems poised to overturn roe v. wade. ( booing ) now, everybody knows you can't read too much into oral arguments. so, we don't know what's ultimately going to happen, other than they will definitely know because based on what we heard from the justices, it'

i am your host, stephen colbert. folks, i have spent almost most of the entire last year trying to avoid talking about our former president, "teeny weeny peeny mussolini." but no matter how hard we try to avoid him, his name keeps coming up. he's history's taco burp. the latest belch comes in a new book from former white house chief of staff and man maintaining eye contact as he crushes your child's hamster ( laughter ) mark meadows. according to mark meadows, in the fall of 2020, the former president tested positive for covid a few days before his first debate with joe biden. okay, that is totally irresponsible. that is almost as reckless as when walter mondale debated reagan wearing his pet cobra. now, a week later, we learned the president actually did have covid and was hospitalized for it. but who could have known that he might have been positive at the debate that tuesday? let's ask my good friend, me from last year: so if he was feeling down on wednesday, that means he may have been contagious when he debated

. >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight: tree's company. plus jeff goldblum takes the colbert questionert. and remembering stephen sondheim. 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: there you are! hey, i got that money i owe you. i'll see you after the show. i got it. i don't welch. i don't welch. ( cheers and applause ). ♪ ♪ ♪ >> stephen: oh, wow, welcome, welcome, one and all to "the late show." i am your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) and happy, happy-- you feel that jon? >> jon: i feel that. >> stephen: what would you call that. >> jon: that is a friday audience. >> stephen: that is a friday audience. ( cheers and applause ) the holidays are right around the corner, which means down in d.c., it's a time for both parties to put aside their differences and reach across the aisle for a common cause: murdering a pine tree. the capitol christmas tree went up this week, and it isn't any

>> announcer: it's "the late show" with stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) tonight, left behind. plus stephen welcomes billy porter! and annaleigh ashford! 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: hey! ( cheers and applause ) ( theme song playing ) >> stephen: hey! hey! >> stephen: thank you for being here. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) and i'm going to start off tonight -- i would like to wish everyone a happy diwali. for those of you who do not know, it's the south asian religious festival of lights that celebrates the "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance." so basically, "ted lasso." ( laughter ) ( applause ) we're still digesting that the democrats did not have a good night, but it was primarily two states where, historically, the party in the white house loses. and the democrats narrowly held

i am your host, stephen colbert. it is the tuesday-- ( cheers and applause ) it's the tuesday before thanksgiving, and i'm still working. you're welcome. ( laughter ) some people-- some people who shall remain president of the united states knocked off early, because today, joe biden hit the road to spend thanksgiving in nantucket, reviving a family tradition. reminds me of the famous limerick: there once was a man in nantucket whose poll numbers really did suck it at least he is not that orange pol pot who ate all his meals from a bucket. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) thank you. thank you. one little snag in the holiday travel has been high gas prices, so before he left town, the president announced he will release 50 million barrels of oil from the strategic reserve. now, for those who don't know-- that man does know-- for those who don't know, the strategic reserve is a series of caverns filled with fossil fuel and strategically located inside rudy giuliani's head. ( laughter and applause ) according-- over

. >> ladies and gentlemen, here with a special edition of "the colbert report," stephen colbert. >> i think you show up at the press correspondents dinner, you better go for the throat, and you better risk being booed. and that's what i loved about what colbert did. >> i believe the government that governs best is the government that governs least and by these standards, we have set up a fabulous government in iraq. >> stephen colbert at that white house correspondents' dinner, i watched with deep jealousy. here he was doing subversive brilliant humor, not just about it, but to a sitting commander in chief. >> it's not easy to stand up in front of a roomful of people who you know you're going to say crazy things about. it's very difficult. he delivered it and it was fantastic and we all appreciated it. i certainly did. >> this administration is not sinking. this administration is soaring. if anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on the hindenburg. >> i watch it at home and they cut away to the audience and -- huh? what? >> they didn't get the joke. so you're screwed from jump

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. >>> the late show with stephen colbert is next. >> thanks for watching. the new continues streaming cbsnbayarea. ha a good night. captioning sponsored by cbs >> mark meadows may be refusing to talk to the committee investigating the january 6 attack on the capitol, but his text messages tell the story of trump allies desperate to stop it. republican committee member liz cheney last night reading texts meadows received as the attack was under way, including repeated texts from donald trump jr., urging action. >> members of congress, the press, and others wrote to mark meadows as the attack was under way. one text mr. meadows received said:

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. >> even stephen colbert could not resist. >> wow. if he is there, who is manning the door at abercrombie and fitch. >> i'm telling you. >> this poor guy is just doing his job my totally focused. meanwhile all these girls -- >> he doesn't have to give up being a secret service agent. he could moonlight as a model. >> i can't wait until he goes to a more public thing and you have all the girls waiting for the secret service guy. >>> tesla is announcing the release of yet another high- powered vehicle, but this one you won't see on the streets. known as the cyber quad, it is strictly designed for kids eight and up, priced at $1900. the vehicle features cushioned seats, l.e.d. lights, capable of reaching the ass as a surprise announcement 2 years after the release of their full-sized cyber quad. >>> take a look at this thing. robot engineers at a uk company called engineered arts unveiling a remarkably humanlike android. the short promo video shows that robot seemingly waking up, looking at his hand, and then it will look at, with astoni

. >>> the late show with stephen colbert is next. >> appreciate you watching. the news continues streamin on captioning sponsored by cbs >> very public infighting among the house g.o.p. at the center of the exchange, representative nancy mace, who criticized fellow republican lauren boebert for making anti- muslim comments about democratic congresswoman ilhan omar, and others. in response to mace's comments, congresswoman marjorie taylor greene tweeted, in part: "nancy mace is the trash in the g.o.p. conference." >> it's like they're auditioning for "the real housewives." ( laughter ) >> you're watching c-span3. the nurse will be making rounds shortly. coming up next, "the real house members of capitol hill." ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i filled out paperwork to legally adopt kyle rittenhouse.

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need to express conservative values in a way that is funny, and cool .i have you gotten any tips on stephen colbert, it seems like they're embracing this idea between the attack and the rest ofyou young conservative media, is that something we can look forward to seeing more of the younger conservative voices ?>> being conservative is cool. it's cool when you're 80 and it's cool when you're 19. because you have the facts on your side. and you're unafraid. that's always been in this country, the risktakers, the pioneers, thewildlife . the jokesters. so the people that are willing to put dollars their cells out there and say things that could be controversial. those people have already been involved in comedy comedy tis willing to push that edge.and you can't use that edge seriously. so you have to have a platform what fox that's willing to stand by people to take risks because we can't develop that kind of personality if they're going to get canceled or if they have a small platform and no one seesitself fox , i mean you're going to do jobs supporting as your younger more politically conserv

the late show with stephen colbert is next. >> thanks for watching. you can tune in tomorrow morning at 4:30 a.m. we will see you tomorrow night captioning sponsored by cbs >> right now, there are groups on social media urging people to try and undo their vaccines. some are pushing unproven and potentially dangerous methods. >> people are trying, in various different ways, including filling baths up with borax, like the cleaning agent. >> the magnetism! the impotence! the fauci! the giant balls! borax, take me away! >> suck out the vaccine in the luxury of a borax bath. borax removes the government nanobots from your bloodstream. plus, you can also use it to clean cookware. >> i'm insane.

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. >> stephen colbert is next. >> have a good night, see you tomorrow. stay safe captioning sponsored by cbs anchor of "fox news sunday" announced yesterday that he's leaving the network to move to cnn's new streaming service. >> this is increasingly the tucker carlson channel, and journalists like wallace just could not abide it anymore. this network has radicalized, and there's no room anymore for people like chris wallace. >> finally, a personal note. after 18 years, this is my final "fox news sunday." >> there are obviously names that are floated around in washington. >> kyle rittenhouse. mr. potato head. the ghost of ronald reagan. your aunt carol drunk on wine. >> hey, that's me! someone who's really not very smart.

on with stephen colbert the other night but we will do our best. we have a thoughtful audience at the commonwealth club. reboth of the message and in the material that you have but also for why you wrote this. let me start there at the height to write these two countdown books and you could be doing many other things that might have different kinds of impacts onct your life. >> it's not that i am not busy. it was right during the last year of the trump administration and we are covering donald trump like dredging the water out of a fire hose. i've been doing it for 18 years and i kind of got the hang of it. there will be some excitement but it's gone with the wind and one hopes the books last a little longer. one of my daughters was in publishing and when i was writing the first book she rolled her eyes like yeah, dad. from one of the people i interviewed it just seems really tough and arduous but i'm really happy that the response i've gotten from the folks engaged in the book so i'm very satisfied. day by day what they were over those days. as th

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. >> i'm sorry we don't have like stephen colbert the other night, we have a thoughtful audience is the commonwealth club interested in the message and material but also in your motivations for why you wrote this. why would a journalist brother at the busiest moments in your career at the height of your career take the time to write these two countdownse books, you could be doing many other things that might have different impacts on your life. >> it's not that i'm not busy, particularly when i wrote compound 25 during the last year of the trump administration, covering donald trump is like drinking water out of a fire hose, not to say i'm not still motivated, i've been doing it for 18 years, i've kind of got the hang of it, the other thing i guess something that lasts longer, someday some excitement and make some news, gone with the wind and one hopes the books last a little longer and appeal to an audience or engage an audience in a different way so i'm delighted to have f done it. at one time when i was writing the book i said writing books is complicated, it's hard and she kind of r

stephen colbert who purports to host a comedy show says democracy is dead. >> if it's unpopular, why are people saying it's going to happen? i do not want to get too technical, but we -- what's the word, we don't live in a democracy. 5 of 9 justices were appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote. >> pete: getting the pants beat off by greg gutfeld. here, shonda rachel duffy, authors and my dear friends. great to have you here. great to see you. we do not live in a democracy, we live in a republic, they never really talked about that or acknowledge that, but you look at the left breaking out right now, they know what a big deal this is. ultimately the court would determine to be the right direction. >> by the way, sing the stench, the stench, the stench, from the latino. at the stench i think about is the stench of death from those back rooms, butcher shops that they want to call clinics. the stench of ignorance, willful ignorance on fetal development and people lecturing us about science. they will not acknowledge the science of humanity, of fetal development. we know science