And intelligence bleep this, all of it choke it down, now available everywhere. bleep over here. Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert tonight, stephen welcomes sting Thandie Newton featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new yo cheers and applause . Stephen hey thank you so much thank you down here, up there nice to see you nice to be seen. Thank you audience chanting stephen . Stephen thats nice. Thanks, everybody. cheers and applause . Stephen welcome to the late show, everybody. Thank you so welcome to the late show. I am your host, Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause hey, so this is all still happening. Donald trump is really going to be the next president. audience booing stephen yeah, you have been reading my journal. For a while, i was poking myself with a straight pin to try and wake up from this, but now i receiving the classified daily . M intelligence briefing known as the book, making it the only book he owns that doesnt have his picture on it. laughter and today, the transfer of power began when president obama hosted trump at the white house for the most surprising remake of guess whos coming to dinner. laughter didnt see tt i didnt see that one coming. Jon i didnt see that one coming, either. laughter can you imagine how awkward that meeting was . Put yourself in that private room when they were together. Can you imagine . Awkward laughter the first African American president sitting down with a president elect who was endorsed by the klan . A guy who spent five years demanding obama prove where he was born, then denying he did it. What did they talk about . What was the tour like . as obama all right, donald, this is the blue room, this is the red room, and down the hall is the office i said you were fundamentally unfit for. Librarys downstairs. laughter now, getting trump up to speed for the new job might be a challenge because he will be the first u. S. President to have never Held Elected Office or served in the military. In fact, donald trump is so privileged that the first job he ever had to apply for was president. laughter have you watched obama . Have you heard him yesterday and seen him today . Jon yeah. Stephen youve got to give it up for the guy. Hes amazing. Hes being so good cheers and applause its the most amazing thing hes ever done. This transition that his team even made a special multimedia presentation just for trump on the relationship between the executive branch and the legislative. . Im just a bill. . Yes, im only a bill. . And im sitting here on capitol hill. Stephen . . Oh, its a long, long way they let him take it home. Hes going to need some repeat viewings. They also taught him what a conjunction was. . Interjection . Ive got to breathe every so often or ill pass out. laughter of course, trump wasnt alone. Melania was there for a private meeting with michelle obama, to ensure the peaceful transition of speeches. applause america is the envy of the world so those are like the headliners. Those are the people you foe about, the candidates, the incoming president. But to be honest, my heart goes out to everyone at the white house. I cant imagine how hard that is and i dont have to because theres this picture of the white house staff as obama congratulated trump yesterday. A picture is worth a thousand words, none of which im allowed to saycb cheers and applause after the meeting, trump and obama spoke from the oval office where trump was seated with a bust of m. L. K. Looming over his shoulder. People who did they have . They had a bust of churchill. When obama came in, he replaced it with a bust of Martin Luther king. When trump comes in, hell replace it with a picture of the burger king. laughter president elect trump thought the meeting went very well. Well, thank you very much, president obama. This was a meeting that was going to last for maybe ten or 15 minutes, and we were just going to get to know each other. The meeting lasted for almost an hour and a half. It was supposed to be just ten minutes, but trump demanded the long form. laughter oh, okay. After the meeting, press secretary josh earnest went into more detail. I think the president came applause stephen ive got to say, his answer does not give me. Renewed confidence. laughter applause but we did get some reassurance from r. N. C. Chair and trump pocket elf, Reince Priebus. Priebus told reporters, donald trump is taking this very seriously. Well, the fact that Reince Priebus found it necessary to say that out loud gives me. Renewed confidence. laughter applause just like id have if i was on a plane and, right before takeoff, and said, ah, this is your captain speaking. I promise you guys im going to take flying this plane very seriously. laughter applause and theres proof trumps taking it seriously because he has already has a new transition web site with the name www. Greatagain. Gov. Hes got a dot. Gov. Thats one of the most disturbing on the internet, and ive been on the internet. laughter and greatagain. Gov shows just how seriously trump is taking his new gig, starting with a page that says help wanted, which is how a lot of people feel right now. laughter and if youre looking to work, they are ready to hire. The site says they need 4,000 president ial appointees, including positions with and without senate confirmations. They also put out this flyer laughter and, just tear that off and the site also shows how serious trump is about fulfilling the Central Campaign promise of his hat because theres a form you can fill out to answer the question, how do you want to make America Great . Oh, oh, oh, ah someone who already knows how to do that cheers and applause is that jon yeah, yeah. Stephen now now, when it comes to filling cabinet positions, trump has cast a wide net, starting with donald trump, jr. Hey, don, sr. . If youre trying to tone down the whole dictator thing, maybe dont give a cabinet position to your son, kim jong trump. And theres more. The leading candidate for attorney general is rudy giuliani. audience reacts excuse me. I have something i need to do here. Excuse me one second. Attention, black people. Attention, black people. Starting january 20, please build an extra 30 minutes into your daily schedule for the nationwide stopandfrisk. laughter i dont know how to translate vomiting over a microphone. laughter applause guys, its probably not going to happen because this is just a prop. Its not connected to anything. laughter and for secretary of state, trump is considering former speaker of the house and angry sack of ricotta cheese, newt gingrich. laughter out of the country. And for secretary of agriculture, trump is considering texas sid miller, who caused a firestorm just days ago after his campaigns official twitter account referred to Hillary Clinton as a c word. audience reacts that kind of language has no place in our political discourse. Is something i would have said 48 hours ago. applause for education secretary, among those who may be on the short list is creationist surgeon dr. Ben carson. audience booing so get ready for the new history textbooks, bleep i made up about egypt. applause piano riff youll be represented in trumps cabinet because his top pick for interior secretary is sarah palin. audience reacts as palin yep, hows that Hopey Changey stuff goin . Drill, baby, drill. Forget about yosemite park, yosemite sam now uncle sam. Sam i am. Dont go bugging, tree hugging bloggers because im calling the loggers. Were frackin old faithful, youre going be grateful, executions in the sports stadiums. Arrest your enemies. Tie a typewriter around his neck, what the heck, shoot him, hes getting away. Tag, trig, trip, trap, knick knack, paddywhack, tick tout of wedlock, give your dog a bone, e. T. , phone home, snow machine. cheers and applause god, shes exhausting laughter and im being told the grand canyon has committed suicide. It jumped into itself. laughter thats right. Of corruption means bringing back giuliani, gingrich, christie, and palin. Makes sense. Theyre exactly what id expect to find at the bottom of a drained swamp. applause now, if youre one of the small minority of the majority of voters who didnt vote for trump, just remember all through the campaign, he assured us that he was going to surround himself with t im going to get the best people for the job. I would use the greatest minds. We are going to have the smartest, the best negotiators in the world, and i know most of them and, believe me, i know people you have never heard of who are better than the ones that you did hear of. Stephen oh, good, because the ones i did hear of are a pile of garbage. laughter cheers and applause and were not done i know i am super excited to find out what role there is for omarosa. She was the Trump Campaigns director of African American outreach. Oh, newsflash the Trump Campaign was doing African American outreach. Hiring omarosa was it. Well, on Election Night, we got a glimpse of the future when, after hearing that former republican candidate Lindsay Graham didnt vote for trump, omarosa told a reporter, its so great our enemies are making themse c we get in to the white house, we know where we stand. I would never judge anybody for exercising their right to and the freedom to choose who they want. But let me just tell you, mr. Trump has a long memory, and were keeping a list. audience reacts enemies list. Wow. They went from zero to nixon in no time flat. applause now, thats worth noting because some people in late night have said one or two things that were but that was just in the heat of Election Night, right . Surely if omarosa did more of a sitdown interview, she wouldnt paint the Trump Administration as some vindictive predator savoring their chance to use the office of the president for payback. Every critic, every detractor will have to bow down to president trump. Its everyone whos ever doubted donald, who ever disagreed, who ever challenged him. It is the ultimate revenge to become the most powerful man in the universe. Stephen it was sam bee and seth myers theyre the ones who said all those horrible things about you. I was just joking. All hail our glorious leader giant hands youve got giant hands youre going to be great cheers and applause cheers and applause audience chanting stephen stick around, everybody. Weve got a great show for you tonight sting is here sting Thandie Newton dont go away cheers and applause during the ford year end event, discover why ford with the most 5star ratings. Awardwinning value. And the highest owner loyalty. Giving drivers what matters most. Thats how you become americas bestselling brand. During the ford year end event get an extra thousand dollars black friday bonus cash on top of all other great offers. Its an amazing time to visit your ford dealer. Small business saturday is more than just a day. 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Relief doesnt get any better than this. . cheers and applause stephen welcome back thank you, eddie happy birthday, jon jon thank you stephen hope you have a very, very happy and blessed one. Tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, my first guest tonight is a 16time grammy award winner. Hes releasing a new album tomorrow called 57th 9th. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the great sting cheers and applause stephen welcome to the show. What a lovely welcome. Stephen yeah. Welcome to the show. Nice to see you. I havent seen you in a few years. Thats true. Stephen as a matter of fact, the last time i saw you, i think, was at your 60t 60th birthday concert, the beacon . Ago. Stephen yeah, five years ago. Youre 65 years old. cheers and applause yeah. Stephen im proud. As a man whos 52, you go to hell. laughter i was with my wife on the drive home and youre wearing Something Like this the whole time, a mesh kind of shirt, youre driving home and my wife super casually as if she just thought of it, she goes, have you have you ever thought laughter so thanks for that. The election just happened. Youre british. Do you feel all smug . No, we had a similar shock in june when 52 voted brexit. I voted to stay. Stephen all youre going to do is destroy the European Union. True, but were right in the middle of a constitutional crisis no one is smart enough to figure out. Stephen what is it . Bee parliament has to debate the terms of leaving and the people who wanted to leave didnt want the do that, they wanted to bypass parliament. Stephen so its not written, if you want to get out, put slot a in tab b and youre out of the European Union . No, its far more complicated than saying yes or no. Its a diabolical problem. Stephen wow. You have to get all that figured out ahead of time. Probably a good idea for us over laughter but you dont live in london . No, i live in new york. I live here. I love new york. cheers and applause stephen what do you love about here . London is a great town. What do you love about here . I love new yorkers cheers and applause theyre very up front. I walk on the street a lot. They see you, say hi, sting, i like your music, you suck, direct, comfortable relationship we have. laughter stephen your new album is called 57th 9th, right there, and there you are at the corner of 57th and 9th. Why did you call the album that . I live on the west side, my studios in hells kitchen. I walk to worth every day and on the way i have to stop at 57t 57th, because its a twoway street, traffic is busy, cab do a little meditation on corner, think about the work im doing in the studio, my life, the privilege i have living in the city. Cross the road, go to work, and on the way back have the same meditation, so i thought it was a very useful point in the day to take stock. Stephen you know what i love about new york . You can walk around the city and youve got a pretty good chance of going, hey, dont stare, but thats sting meditating over there on the corner. applause thats what new york. You can see all kinds of things here. This album, people are calling this, like, a return to rock for you, like your first rock album in ten years. Yes, it is. I play rock and roll every night of my working life but in the past ten years i have been making more esoteric records. Stephen herdiegerdie. Im a madrigal fan. Me, too. Because i can. But i like to surprise people. I like people to go, wow i didnt expect that and thats the reaction the album has received so i feel its already a success. Stephen people say, are you ever intimidated by celebrities or politicians . Im intimidated by musicians because you do something thats magical that i dont to quote you, song writing is much like trying to catch a wild animal. You cannot kill the beast. You have to somehow trick him into being captured, and you can never use the same trick twice. What are some of the tricks . What is the magic you use . I would get home from the studio at night with a song structure, only a song structure, and on the walk home, i will be thinking how am i going to make this into a song . So i get home to my home on out on the terrace in the freezing cold, and i wouldnt be allowed to go in the house until i had finished a lyric. Its madness, but stephen yeah, true. You put yourself out of a comfort zone so that you can create. You have to write yourself out of the problem, and the song you will hear tonight is exactly that song, its about freezing cold, about hunting for hunting for inspiration in the cold. You will hear it. Stephen if you locked yourself in the closet, would cramped is this. Yeah, it would. Havent written that one yet laughter stephen well take a break. Back with more sting. Stick around, everybody. cheers and applause . My belly pain and constipation . They keep telling me drink more water. Exercise more. I know that. Try laxatives. I know. Believe me. I know that. Tell me something i dont know. vo linzess works differently from laxatives. Linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation, or chronic constipation. It can help relieve your belly pain, and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements that are easier to pass. Do not give linzess to children under 6 and it should not be given to children 6 to 17. It may harm them. Dont take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. Get immediate help if you develop unusual or severe stomach pain, especially with bloody or black stools. The most common side effect is diarrhea, sometimes severe. 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In the front. Stephen because youre ready to show off the goods, right . Yep. Stephen thats what it is. Especially when youre going uphill, you know. Why not . Stephen do they play the police or your music . They never play mine. Stephen message in a bottle would be great. They deliberately dont. I say, please dont do that, otherwise i will have to lip sync and spin at the same time. laughter applause stephen no, youre not i mean, 65yearold man, youre in great shape. What are you wearing . The shorts, the long things . Tights. Stephen tights . Yeah. Stephen do you ever wear your outfit from thats exactly what im wearing. Stephen just that right there. Youre wearing anything under those pants, ill tell you that. So you would have to sing along with your music if it came along . What do you listen to, to relax . I listen to classical music. Stephen okay. I like bach. Stephen okay. Do you always approach music professionally . When you hear it, do you always think to yourself, bachs good but i would have thrown a couple music is not a relaxing thing to me. I will analyze whatever music im listening to, even if i dont like it in the elevator or the restaurant. I cant have a conversation when music is playing because most of my brain is analyzing it. Most of those guys will tell you the same thing. Stephen will you tell me the same thing . Jon yes, yes. Stephen i will ask when youre not here. Theyre just being nice to you. I pay for it, but i dont actually do the shopping myself. Stephen is there any i mean, 16 grammys . Give or take. Stephen ive got two, you know. Really . Stephen yeah. Well, off long way to go, havent you . laughter stephen well, im 13 years younger, so okay ill be watching you stephen is there any accomplishment youre most proud i have six wonderful children who are fantastic. applause you know the best compliment i see is when somebody comes up to me in the street, it could be in new york, and they said, i fell in love with my girlfriend or got married or buried uncle charlie to one of your songs, and you realize by accident emotional landscape is in the memory with your songs, and thats a wonderfully nourishing thing to hear. I began to be a singer and song writer to be a star. Stephen and the girls. Yeah, but the real ling is giving people an emotional musical landscape they can use and i love that. Its the best compliment i get. Stephen well, 57th 9th is the man is sting, everybody. Well be right back. cheers and applause . Stephen hes gonna play a song just like mom, 0 every night. Hey guys, im home of course no one said it had to be cooked. 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These guys would prefer it a little wet. D bragging about it. This is our town. For 150 years, the home of jack daniels. If you cant get here, just look for one of our postcards. . cheers and applause welcome back to the show. You know my next guest from crash and the pursuit of happyness. She now stars in westworld. Please welcome the lovely Thandie Newton. . cheers and applause thank you stephen thats a youve got on there. Why, thank you so much stephen now, im watching the westworld on the hbo. On the hbo. Stephen but im two episodes behind, so, please, no spoilers. I havent even got on the orgy yet. I wasnt in the orgy. Stephen oh, im not sure how thats supposed to go. That and an entire bottle of bourbon. laughter now, like sting, youre british. Yeah. Stephen have you talked to your friends back home at all about whats going on over here . Well, people just dont have words, you know. Stephen like our president elect. Shock. Shock. Numb. Stephen what do they say. Well, because we went t brexit and were goin going thrh brexit there is a strange unity between our two countries now. Stephen what do you think the thread is . Anger, right . Over change, maybe . Change is terrifying for people. Stephen yeah. And i think its about not knowing one another. You know, were divided, and britain is divided and, clearly, america is divided, too. And i just dont think we profound it is. And its a wakeup call, and we need to find ways to bridge the gap. And its funny, actually, because, for me, thats what i have been doing my whole life, and its caused me when i was a child, it caused me pain, it caused me to feel ashamed. Stephen in what way . Because not one thing and i wasnt another thing. And i grew up in an area where there were no people of color, and i internalized peoples peoples ignorance, and i thought very little of myself as a result. You know, as i grew up and came to understand that, actually, thats not my feeling about myself, and if those people knew me better, they would understand, and i you know, because im not stupid, i came to also understand that it was fear, and that we should be compassionate towards people who are afraid. We should reassure them. Communicate with them better, and i think thats what we have to do, and its not a quick fix. It wont happen overnight. Weve got to reach out and weve got to stop being ignited by the hate rhetoric, because its not just both sides have been using that rhetoric, and i think we have to stop doing that, you know. And i just feel compassion. I see those, you know, large numbers of people at rallies and saying awful things, and just deep compassion because theyre lost. As soon as you treat another human badly you are selfdestructing because we are all in this together. applause stephen being nice to each other would be a good start. The other night, i said on the show you were wonderful the other night stephen oh, youre very and its important its what i do for a living, how i get through this and hopefully people may enjoy what we do, but there is a level of political discourse where we are drinking poison against each other. Nelson mandela said holding a grudge is like drinking poison and hoping it hurts the other guy. applause that comes from a mind of someone whos really clever and really has breadth and, unfortunately, there is a lot of suspicion of people who are clever. Stephen really . You seem very clever to me. Youre very clever in the series the westworld. The westworld. Stephen i love the series. Would you want to go . Its a huge amount of money to go and i feel it should be available to everybody, so until its available to everybody at a decent price, im not going to go stephen we have a clip of your character maye, a host or android . Im a host. Stephen she is a host at westworld and she has become awar hosts dont know theyre androids, but your character is waking up to that reality and judging the humans who are the technicians that fix her. We have a little clip right here. At first, i thought you and the others were gods. Then i realized, youre just men. You think im scared of death. Ive done it a million times. Im great at it. How many times have you died . Whoo cheers and applause i havent seen that before. Stephen you havent seen that before . I havent seen that episode. Stephen you should watch the series, its very westworld airs sundays on hbo. Thandie newton, everybody. Well be right back. cheers and applause . Rewards program otels. Coms for every 10 nights you stay, you get one free. Which is great for families. Finally whatever captain obvious. Hotels. Com. Great for families. Mom and for sore losers discover card. Im not a customer, but im calling about that credit scorecard. Give it. Sure its free for everyone. 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I cant stop thinking about you i dont care if you exist . I cant stop thinking about you . I cant stop wanting you this way . I cant face living without you . I cant stop cheers and applause stephen sting, everybody stephen well, thats it for the late show, everybody presentation of our Election Night show on showtime. Now stick around for james corden and his guests, chris tucker and hailee steinfeld. Good night captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org . Are you ready to have some fun . Feel the love tonight dont you worry bout . Where you come from its gonna be all right . Its the late, late show