Tonight a bad idea. Plus stephen welcomes secretary Condoleezza Rice, bill skarsgard, and musical guest banks, featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause theme song playing stephen whoo perfect cheers and applause toasty. Right here its toasty. Thanks, everybody, please please, have a seat. Thank you very much, too kind welcome. Welcome in here, out there, all around the world, all of our viewers at sea, welcome to the late show, im your host Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause piano riff the big story tonight, tweet unbeknownst to almost everyone, the Major Taliban leaders and, separately, the president of afghanistan, were going to secretly meet with me at camp david on sunday. Yes, trump invited the taliban to camp david the weekend before 9 11. Thats like theres nothing thats like that. laughter that is what that is only that. Nothing else is like that. Does trump not know what 9
He had the same look on his face that billy joel has when someone yells, play piano man. Why you already know it. [ laughter ] this mornings House Judiciary Committee testimony from special Counsel Robert Mueller ran behind schedule to the point the Committee Democrats were asked to limit their questioning time, because its not like mueller could further limit his answers. Yes no correct. True no correct. Thank you. Yes. [ laughter ] seth in a new interview, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg dismissed republican speculation about her health saying, quote, there was a senator who announced with great glee that i was going to be dead within six months. That senator whose name ive forgotten is now, himself, dead, and i am very much alive. [ laughter ] and thats how we learned rbg one time killed a guy. [ cheers and applause today was cousins day, or as Rudy Giuliani calls it, my anniversary [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] hey, i mean. Theres got to be a price for doing it [ laughter
The cricket world cup that chases on for new zealand but they are making a meal of against south africa. Also coming up in the programme, it was a brilliant Clay Court Season but it is another k0 for konta in birmingham. And just is another k0 for konta in birmingham. Andjust bumps is another k0 for konta in birmingham. And just bumps and bruises, thankfully Geraint Thomas says he will be able to defend his Tour De France title next month. Good evening. Tomorrow night well know who plays who in the last 16 at the womens world cup. England are there no matter how they get on againstjapan tonight. Well head live to nice injust a moment. But for scotland, its win or bust against argentina in paris. Jane dougall is at the parc de princes. Such a crucial match tonight here at the parc des princes. A loss or draw will not do, scotland need to beat argentina. That will not be an easy thing to do because argentina despite being ranked 37 in the world have had a great world cup so far. They had
0n track for less pollution. The uks First Hydrogen powered train goes on display. These were the soggy scenes at ascot yesterday. Can we expect more today . Carol is there. Well, add royal ascot today there is the risk of a shower, particularly later on. Not as frequent as the last couple of days. It is a mixture of sunshine and showers. As we head into the weekend and next week it is getting hotter. I will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. Its thursday, june 20. Our top story by the end of today well know the final two candidates in the race to be the next Prime Minister. Conservative mps will vote later to whittle down the remaining four, and the final decision will then be made in a postal ballot by around 160,000 Party Members. 0ur Political Correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. If people are feeling slightly wary of all these votes, this is getting to the final stages of. It is nearly overin to the final stages of. It is nearly over in terms of what happens in parlia