Captioning sponsored by Comedy Central captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org eagle caw stephen tonight, the midterm elections are on november 4th. Or if youre a democrat, november 7th laughter then, america reaches a milestone. Though it had to use one of those reachergrabbers. laughter and my guest, Walter Isaacson, has a new book about the history of your computer it had to be your history because i always clear mine. laughter netscape navigator launched 20 years ago today, and it has just now finished loading. laughter this is the colbert report. cheers and applause captioning sponsored by Comedy Central eagle caw cheers and applause audience chanting stephen cheers and applause stephen welcome to the report. Good to have you with us. As you were, nation thank you so much cheers and applause thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen thank you thats lovely thank you so much for the greeting your adulation is as warm and fragrant as a spiced apple cider i use that did met for because its autumn here in new york and while the season brings colorful foliage and candy apples, its also time to take on those unpleasant fall chores cleaning the gutters. Weatherproofing the windows, and pretending you like decorative gourds. laughter oh, how beautiful, a butternut tumor laughter of course, the most tedious autumn chore of all is covering the midterm elections. Its like watching people dry. And this midterm the democrats are drawing a clear difference between them and their arch nemesis barack obama. cuz, according to politico, hardly any candidates in the most competitive states want president barack obama anywhere near them. So the popular obama has been hitting the trail instead, like this weekend in iowa. I am beyond thrilled to be here today to support your next senator from iowa, our friend, bruce bailey. You need to elect bruce bailey. Leaders like bruce bailey. Bruce bailey. Bruce bailey. Vote. Stephen wow a powerful endorsement from the. First lady. Its definitely gonna get bruce baileys name out there. Whoever he is. Because the man running for senator is braley laughter honest mistake she mustve missed the sign in front of her. She was probably distracted by the giant sign behind her. You know i love you, maam. Folks, this just proves that even the first lady isnt paying attention to the mid terms. But as a newsman, i am just as committed to covering this election as my colleague brett baier. Brett, kickoff the midterm jams we will talk all about the hot midterm races to watch and whats happening there on the map during our online show beginning at 7 00 eastern. Log on at foxnews. Com sr online a little bit later just after the show. Stephen brett is so jazzed about the midterms hes, bringing you hot, uptotheminute coverage. A little bit later, somewhere on the internet. Well, brett, i will not be outobligatedtobeexcited. Its time for. Midterms. 014 detour to gridlock an exciting thing that i am totally interested in wait dont change the channel. Look at this video of a duckling following a cat dressed like a shark riding a roomba cheers and applause stephen 0 14 nation cheers and applause stephen nation, the stakes of this election couldnt be more describable. Republicans are just six seats away from grabbing control of the senate. A move that would change the face of Senate Leadership from this to this, or the other way around. Not sure. One theoretically interesting race is in colorado, where this actual poll shows incumbent democrat mark udall running in a virtual tie with republican congressman cory gardner and it is very unclear who will win. Whats clear is that all charts in colorado now look like a recently lit joint. laughter cheers and applause and im allin for staunch conservative congressman, cory gardner, whos come under fire lately for cosponsoring a federal personhood bill, currently in congress, which states the right to life is vested in each human being, beginning at the moment of fertilization or cloning. laughter true, every new life deserves the rights of personhood, even if its just a clone intended solely as a source of backup organs. Daddy loves you, beta stephen laughter keep doing your liver exercises laughter applause this race is close because udall has built a solid advantage among women voters. In part because gardners bill could outlaw some forms of birth control. Okay, ladies gardners name is on that federal personhood bill in congress, but he has a simple answer to your concerns. Reporter if you dont support the personhood initiative, why keep your name on that life begins at conception act on the federal level . Gardner there is no such thing as a federal personhood bill. Reporter but the facts are gardner the facts are, eli, that there is no federal personhood bill. There is no federal personhood bill. Stephen okay . There is no federal personhood bill. Its settled this bill that gardner cosponsored doesnt exist laughter cheers and applause next up, folks, south dakota. Up until now, south dakota was best known as the dakota that doesnt have fargo, which is in north dakota, which is, of course, famous for the movie. Fargo which takes place in minnesota. laughter but south dakota just got south interesting. In south dakota, which was on no ones radar screen, now were looking at a tight race. Republican mike rounds, who has been leading by double digits, now holds only a threepoint lead over independent candidate larry pressler. Its potentially a game changer for the republicans and the democrats because if the republicans lose this seat, i dont think they can win back control of the senate. Suddenly, theres a threeway race there. Its a threeway race. Stephen yes, south dakota is a threeway race. Nothing new to the state. Theres still a fourway race for president on mt. Rushmore. South dakota was supposed to be an easy pickup for the republicans on their way to a senate majority. But now its a dead heat between these three candidates, who are making their final pitch for Campaign Cash or whatever currency they use in south dakota i believe its crushed souvenir pennies from wall drug. laughter and one of the biggest political figures in the state is ready to weigh in. Joining me now with an endorsement that could sway the race is south dakota governor dennis daugaard. Governor daugaard, thank you for joining me. cheers and applause stephen now, sir, its a tight race. I understand youre here to announce who youre backing. Correct . Absolutely. I dont think itll surprise any south dakotans to hear that im endorsing mike rounds. Stephen okay. Republican mike rounds. Why is that . Well, having spent eight years as a lt. Governor under mike, i can say that he has the leadership and vision we need in washington. Not to mention, hes a hunting buddy. Stephen there you have it. By the way, governor, how does it feel to have your states politics thrust into the National Spotlight . Its thrilling. Most people cant identify a single politician from south dakota. Stephen i know. Thats why i just hired you, a local actor, to play the governor of south dakota because i knew no one could tell the difference. laughter cheers and applause thats right. By the way, can i leave this head shot with you . Stephen absolutely. Tom creel, everybody hes fantastic it says here, under special skills, he can juggle laughter applause well be right back. 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And as of tonight, there are only 32 episodes of the the colbert report left. audience awwws dont worry, nation. Even though my show will be off the air, ill still be here. Provided your heart has a d. V. R. laughter theres just nothing left for me to accomplish. I promised i would change the world, and i did after all, in 2005 you didnt have iggy azelia, snapchat or americone dream ice cream. cheers and applause i freed you from the tyranny of having to fudgecoat your own chunks of wafflecone. That saves you time. Time you can spend with your family. Mmmmm even the lid tastes good. laughter by the way, i may be leaving, but the ice cream is going to stay. Yet another way you can keep me in here. cuz this is gonna gum up your aorta. laughter and i guarantee that each of the remaining episodes will become instant classics, treasured by generations for their deep, poetic thoughts, heavyhanded symbolism, and massive foreshadowing. Isnt that right, grimmy . laughter audience reacts hmm. What could that mean . laughter youre by the fire, youre pointing at an hourglass stitch in time saves nine laughter you like my painting, and you have an itchy neck. laughter skull and crossbones. Theyre making pirates of the caribbean 32 applause of course, the biggest question of all remains, how will my final broadcast close . Will i wake up next to Suzanne Pleshette in a snow globe after rachel gets off the plane to be with me while b. J. Honeycutt writes out goodbye in rocks, until we cut to black in the middle of a journey song . cheers and applause or will i just get sued for Copyright Infringement . Tune in to find out but rest assured, nation, up until the very end, i will maintain my journalistic standards by bringing you my take on the stories that matter to you. So lets go straight to the breaking news out of south korea. A chihuahua is reading a magazine while getting a neck massage cheers and applause yo quiero peabody award. Well be right back. cheers and applause the all new, head turning cadillac ats coupe. Its irresistible. There they are. Hey. Clustered around power outlets, near the recycling bins. Did you jiggle it . Stained carpeting. And bathrooms. Hey. Tethered to the wall. Aw, come on. Denied the freedom to enjoy even the most basic things. Like grabbing a drink. Or sharing a laugh with your coworkers. Or sitting with someone you know. It says the new iphones comin out soon. Hope it has a better battery totally. Youre stuck here until your battery says so. Really . Yeah, after all that time. I gotta plug in. You coming . Actually, im okay. Are you changing your battery . Yep. Is that the new samsung . Yep. Have a good one, man. Dont be a wallhugger. Sorry. Get ultra power saving mode and interchangeable battery on the Samsung Galaxy s5. The next big thing is here. Stephen well come back, everybody and my guest tonight has a new book called the innovators about the history of the computer. In the early days, you had to watch pornography on punch cards. Please well come Walter Isaacson cheers and applause thank you very much walter, thanks for coming back no need to get up. Youre one of my more impressive guests and ive had president s and popes on here. Youre the c. E. O. Of the aspen institute, which means youre a bonzillan, former chairman of cnn, former editor of time magazine, written about steve jobs, and you have a book called the innovators, how a group of hackers, geniuses and geeks created the digital revolution. How do you differentiate between hackers and geniuses and geeks . A hacker has a whole lot of fun. We sort of misuse the word hacker today. Stephen theyre dangerous people, like cyberterrorists, arent they . No, they know how to do pranks and short cuts on theaters. Im trying to resurrect the identity of hackers. And a genius, you know what a genius is. Stephen the guy who shaves me every morning. And geeks. Stephen dweebs . Yeah. Stephen okay, so now steve jobs is on the cover. Lets see whos on here. Steve jobs is on the cover, then bill gates, alan touring down there . And then youve got like a naked lady up there. Is that Cheryl Sandberg . Cheryl sandbergs patron saint. Stephen ada lovelace. Yes stephen were a huge fan. Who is she and why do i love her . She was lord byrons daughter but her mom didnt want her to become a romantic poet, if you knew lord byron youd understood. But she felt that no, no, no. laughter but she felt that her mother wanted her to be a great mathematician, had her tutored mainly in math and she combined poetry stephen was that not done back then . Not often, but thats a shame, because ada lovelace was a pioneering mathematician and she has a friend charles babbot making a calculating machine and ada sees the punch card doing the mechanical looms and beautiful tapestry and she thought the machine could do numbers and words and music and art and comes up with the concept of the general computer, which is very cool. Stephen how much of this book is just something that wouldnt fit into steve jobs autobiography . You say damn it, im going to take a vacation and bind it up and call it something else. Its all the things that led up to him but all the things that came out. Stephen what do you mean . Steve jobs, hes one of the great innovators. He is absolutely a great innovator. One of the things i found interesting about steve is we think of imas sort of great singular romantic hero. Stephen him in the garage. Him in the garage. But actually, hes good at forming teams. Even though hes a pretty voong, tough leader, he builds loyal teams around him and one of the themes of the book is its not just the lone inventer sitting in the garage having a light bulb moment, its people that can actually execute. Vision without execution is just hallucination. Steve israble to sit there in his garage with wozniak and others and form the coolest team. Stephen so the greatest innovations are coming about with people working together. Collaboration and teamwork. Stephen how come theres only one name on this, Walter Isaacson, okay . applause i will tell a story which is, when i was doing this, i was thinking about collaboration, which is why the internet was invented, so i took chapters of this book and put them on various type of wiki sites online where people could put many of their stories so many of the stories in the book came from an internet collaboration, the people like dan burkeland who did visical said heres how we did it, so i put that in the book, but i got to put my maim on it laughter no, at some point well have to make it collaborative, but there are great lone geniuses and visionaries, not me, but i wrote about einstein. Stephen between deets and jobs because theyre the two towering figures of our modern technological age, who is actually the nice guy . Or are they both . Theyre both geniuses in their own way. Steve jobs is very intuitive, had a sense of beauty, had an intuitive feel to make jobs gorgeous. Bill gates is a great businessman and built a Great Corporation and is a col softwae decoder. Jobs was never real aa software engineer. Stephen i heard they stole ideas from 50e67 other, though. Who was the bigger pirate . Steve jobs put a pirate flag on top of the original mcintosh building an and said good artiss barrow, great artists steal. Everyone takes ideas from each other. Steve jobs took them from i. B. M. And gates took them from mcintosh. Stephen and i hear a lot of his book was written on wikipedia. Thats the greatest thing about copy and paste stephen Walter Isaacson, the innovators well be right back well be right back expp rock and roll music helps you find a whole range of coverages. No one else gives you options like that. [voice echoing] no one at all no one at all no one. Wake up [gasp] oh you okay, buddy . I just had a dream that progressive had this thing called. The name your price tool. It isnt a dream, is it . Nope. Sorry you know that thing freaks me out. 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