Its the late show with stephen colbert. Tonight iowas karen olivio and aaron tveit and a performance by moulin rouge the musical. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from t cheers and applause stephen one more time come on hello, citizens stephen thats all right yeah, beautiful thank you. Thank you, friends and neighbors. Welcome to the late show. Im your host stephen colbert. Happy friday, my friends. cheers and applause or is it . laughter its not. Im actually taping this on thursday for scheduling reasons. I previously scheduled myself to be balls deep in an old fashioned. And i thought it was important for me to come clean because of the bond of trust we have developed over the years as viewer and talk show host. I dont lie to you. My commercials dont lie to yo. laughter i mean, it might become a problem. But friday, the day youre in, was the second day of live televised impeachment hearings. And i havent seen it yet, but i can predict what happened in tonig
Duck dynasty. [ light laughter ] or as thats known in louisiana, fashion week. [ laughter ] at an event yesterday to honor President Trumps 150th judicial appointment, senator Lindsey Graham said Supreme Court Justice Brett kavanaugh, quote, lived a life we should all be proud of. [ laughter ] seriously . Kavanaugh didnt even lead a life he remembers. [ laughter ] whoa, why am i wearing this robe . [ laughter ] republican lawmakers in oklahoma introduced a new bill on tuesday to designate a section of route 66 as the president donald j. Trump highway. The way it works is men can hit 73, but women cant go above 50 [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause bill gates said yesterday that he made a mistake when he met with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein while fundraising for his foundation. Adding, but if its any consolation, i killed him. [ laughter and applause thats right, bill gates said yesterday that he made a mistake when he met with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Gates realized his mista
House democrats released a copy of an eightpage resolution they will vote on this thursday to formalize the impeachment inquiry. Ah, yes, the old make it so long trump wont read it trick. [ laughter ] im supposed to read eight pages by thursday . What do i look like, a library person . [ laughter ] President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted trickortreaters at the white house yesterday and gave out fullsized hershey bars. And the kids were super excited, until they got the bill. [ laughter ] thats right, trump and melania held a halloween event at the white house. Melania handed out candy, while trump took it back [ laughter ] sorry, kid, executive privilege. [ laughter ] no, i dont want the candy corn you can keep the candy corn. [ laughter ] during the event, President Trump and melania passed out candy to trickortreaters on the white house lawn, im guessing for the first time [ laughter ] [ laughter and applause seth why why are you putting it on his head all right ill give
Friday is forever. We belong together. So come on, come on, and dont you say never. There is no tomorrow. So come on, come on, you should know better. Lauren it is friday. And welcome, finally, to fbn a. M. Its a busy friday. Well get to it in a second. Im lauren simonetti. Ashley im ashley webster. Lauren how is your money moving this morning . Were of coming off of record highs, the dow down 23 points this morning, the s p losing down 3 andahalf after Peter Navarro said the final chinau. S. Trade deal rests with President Trump. Ashley in asia overnight, generally down. The nikkei in japan was up about a quarter of a percent. The shanghai, kospi slightly lower. Lauren in europe, this is how stocks have opened, a quarter percent across the board to the downside. Ashley now to the big story in politics, the 2020 field could be getting more crowded with former new york city mayor Michael Bloomburg opening the door to joining the 2020 race for the white house. Lauren with more, heres ais
The america claims she suffered emotional and physical abuse while training with the company. Allegedly forced to lose so much weight her body broke down. A texas man on trial for murder. He claims he was sleepwalking when he shot his wife. But did the jury buy it . Plus, the boat racing crash caught on camera. We hear from the driver. And a holiday music favorite. I simply should go text me when you get home gets a redo. Reaction to the new song released overnight. Good friday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We do begin with that bombshell in the race for president. Former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg is taking a major step toward entering the race. Hes expected to file paperwork ahead of a deadline today and overnight the other candidates already responding. The big question now is what impact could bloomberg have on this race . Abcs andrea fujii has more. Andrea, good morning. Reporter good morning, kenneth and janai. Michael bloomberg has not confirmed hes run