Like a sad ventriloquist puppet. [drumroll] this judge is giving me a gag order. [slams] no respect. Bong, bong, bing, bing, bing. Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert tonight. When the cohen gets tough plus, stephen welcomes Jennifer Hudson and marisa abela featuring louis cato and the late show band. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert [cheers and applause] your number one. [cheers and applause] have a good show. Tuesday, tuesday, happy tuesday, baby. Happy tuesday, my friends. Hey thank you very much look at that. Here, down there. There we go. Welcome, my friends. Please, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. [cheering] the number one news story laying eggs in our National Brain continues to be the trump trial here in manhattan. The last four weeks have been full of lurid and shocking sexual revelations that we learned six years ago. Its been a real case of deja ewww. Once agai
Have missed. In wisconsin, President Biden said he n believes donald trump will not accept the results of the 2024 election. Not exactly news there. Biden was responding to trumps comment. He said you have to fight for the right of the country if the Election Results are not honest as he put it. Is that a threat . Just like september january 6th. The guy is not a democrat with a small d. He is the idea you cant only love your country when you win, number one. How many court cases do they have . Supreme court cases. They all said this is totally legitimate election. This is trump. I mean, its the same he may not accept the outcome of the election, i promise you he wont. Promise he wont. He wont. Its dangerous. The President Biden talking to erin burnett. Joining us is author of the book how the right lost its mind and and. Not exactly a Big Revelation that donald trump will not honor the results of the election given what we saw in 2024 and what he signaled this year as well but some of
Create fear and bullying and then they alone are the ones that can fix it. And so, if you dont have knowledge, fear becomes much more inviting. And what we are trying to do is create knowledge. We dont want our kids, we dont want to determine what our kids think, but we really want our kids to know how to think. And so, for mike pompeo to say that, it means that the code is, i dont want kids to have knowledge. And this is what, part of why they banned books and as they try to stop the teaching of honest history, that is what School Teachers do in k12. And what i love about my union is we are one of the largest nurse unions, nurses are giving out books. We are the largest higher ed, our faculties are giving up books. Public employees are giving out books. This has become union work, to actually make sure that we give knowledge and the joy of reading. I like you said, if you dont have knowledge, fear is more inviting. My friend, randi weingarten, president of the American Federation of t
Politicsnation. Tonights lead destination, georgia. All political roads are leading the states controversialeek. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene made good on her threat to challenge Mike Johnsons speakership yet begun. While Many Democrats followed through on their vow to join republicans in defeating that effort, but not every democrat was on board with saving the speakers skin. Atlanta congress wam Williams Joins me shortly. Meantime in atlanta, georgia governor mike kemp signed three new Voter Repression Bills into law ahead of the 2024 election, making it even harder for black and brown voters to exercise their right to vote. And theres anticipation mixed with controversy on the campus of Morehouse College where President Biden is due to deliver the Commencement Address this weekend. Hell be speaking to the student body deeply divided over to war in gaza as mass protests continue in colleges and universities across the country. All of that tonight plus were 100 days away from
I am emily. President donald trump struggles to unite his party. The reporting on nikki haleys refusal to endorse them. They say they are voting for someone else. Michael cohen will take the stand and president Donald Trumps criminal trial after a week of fireworks from another key witness, Stormy Daniels. Jen psaki will talk about her former bosss Reelection Campaign in her new book. Grab your coffee and settle in. Welcome to the weekend. We begin this weekend with another wild outburst from President Donald Trump outside of court. He attacked the judge and prosecutors in the case, claiming his criminal trial is corrupt and declaring he would be, quote, very proud to go to jail for our constitution. His efforts he defied everything the constitution actually embodied. He is laying the groundwork to repeat that playbook in 2024. This week, we are talking by challenging the results of the next election. Trump said people should, quote, follow your heart. Joining us now from our Homeland