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No apparent reason the big barge theory. laughter then, one is a seasoned tough asnails investigator. The other is adam schiff. Together, with one other guy, they are pelosi, schiff and macgyver. laughter finally, a sitcom about a president raising his two half witted sons while violating the constitution. Two and a half brains. laughter and applause its all happening right here on cbs and local ukranian affiliates. Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight ukraine wreck. Plus, stephen welcomes Jennifer Aniston. And Thomas Middleditch. 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 stephen come on hey how are you . How are you . cheers and applause perfect hey thanks, everybody. Delightful. Thank you much. Please, have a seat. Youre too kind. Thank you very much. Welcome, one and all to the late show. I am your host, Stephen Colbert. Regardless folks, regardless of the en
Im annemarie green. We begin with a new day of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Today a top diplomat central to the democrats investigation will testify. In just a few hours, lawmakers will hear from u. S. Ambassador to the eu gordon sondland. He will likely face questions about a phone call with President Trump a day after mr. Trumps july 25th call with ukraines president. Later in the day, laura cooper and david hale will testify. All three witnesses were recently questioned behind closed doors. Meanwhile, key testimony involving the republicans star witnesses went into the night. Yesterday lawmakers questioned former envoy to ukraine kurt volleyer volker and National City council chairman. This was critical for house republicans. How did it go . Reporter yeah. Good morning. It seemed like a marathon, didnt it, because of how long everything went. Both witnesses who testified said that they had concerns about the white houses ukrainian policy. Kurt vol
Former white house chief strategist steve bannon is here. This is after the president s chance for reelection and impeachment trial. Plus she has one of the republic can use his critics, we are taking on intel adam schiff near congresswoman coming up. Plus the cost of impeachment or what Peter Navarro calls the opportunity cost. The white house trade advisor will have it all. Also coming up david nunez, the man at the center of the patriot trial, the Ranking Member of the Intel Committee, join us for representative nunez coming up. All of that and a lot more on sending running future. We will begin with what is official Michael Bloomberg has officially entered the 2020 race for president. Top advisor telling fox news that bloomberg announced iran this morning with this 31 million nationwide ad. Steve bannon calls that month ago on this program meanwhile growing concern about democrats seeking reelection in districts with President Trump at 2016 and when the time comes for the full hous