Shots fired. The nras heated response to walmarts new move to ban sales of some guns and ammunition, and the pressure on Mitch Mcconnell this morning. Those stories, plus, billions pulled from the pentagons budget to help pay for the president s border wall. How democrats plan to fight back. Dislikes. Why some are worried facebook is about to get rid of its most iconic feature. And good news. The little boy thrown from a mall balcony is headed back home. Today, wednesday, september 4th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. Weve been watching the track of dorian and unfortunately weve seen what its done to the bahamas. The hurricane so large that watches now extend from florida all the way to North Carolina. And again, we are getting a clearer sense now of the damage in the bahamas. Just look at that. Those are
To include alabama, President Trump last night tweeted out a screen shot of early weather projections to justify the move. And i mean really early projections. [ laughter and applause amid reports of Hurricane Dorian, new articles have been published on femas unofficial waffle house index for measuring storm severity, which tracks whether Waffle House Restaurants in particular areas are fully open, serving a limited menu or completely closed. [ laughter ] and from what i know of waffle houses, if theyre closed, run [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause a former Trump Campaign aide has announced shes dropping her lawsuit accusing President Trump of kissing her without her consent. Shes also asked that we stop referring to her as a Campaign Aide [ audience ohs ] [ laughter and applause iowa representative steve king yesterday defended the conditions inside Migrant Detention Centers and said he is not worried about reports that people have resorted to drinking from toilets, because he himsel
[ cheers and applause jimmy oh my goodness look at these guys wow thank you. Welcome, please have a seat. [ cheers and applause welcome. Thank you very, very much. Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. Youre here. You made it. Thank you very much. [ cheers and applause very exciting show tonight Kendall Jenner is here tonight oh my goodness [ cheers and applause desus mero are here tonight. Tanya tucker is here tonight with Brandi Carlile. [ cheers and applause steve whoa jimmy what a show. Were just buzzing i mean, earlier tonight the nfl season kicked off with the een bapackers taking on the chicago bears. Everybody was excited. Now we get to watch football, and more importantly we get to drink in the middle of the week, yes. [ cheers and applause so tonight was the big packers bears game both teams played great, but in the end the big winner between the two cities was once again peptobismol [ light laughter ] but right now, the Kansas City Chiefs are the big favori
Wait a minute. Im beginning to think this sandwich shortage is a marketing ploy to get us to buy more chicken. I mean, popeyes is a Fried Chicken restaurant, how can they run out of Fried Chicken . Its all they have. Anyway, your mission, should you accept it, get me a popeyes chicken sandwich. Casualty count is inconsequential. Hold on. There was something else, had to do with a russian sub. Oh, so hard to think when im so hungry announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert tonight, alabama. Plus stephen welcomes mayor Pete Buttigieg and Graham Norton, 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 whoo please have a seat, everybody welcome one and all to the late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause the big story continues to be hurricane dorian. Its currently a category 2 spinning off the coast of the carolinas, after devastating the bahamas over the wee
You dont have them, you cant win. Well, i won, you know, and ill win again. This country is allowing great wines but we have great wines, too. Were not the fools anymore. Were not the foolish country that does so badly. China very much wants to make a deal. They want to make a deal much more than i do. Hes actually an incredible guy, hes a great man. Thank you, you take care of yourself. Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, mexican standoff. Plus stephen welcomes samuel l. Jackson, and former secretary of Defense Ash Carter, featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now live on tape from the ek city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause theme song playing stephen whoo hello cheers and applause thanks, everybody thanks so much please have a seat ladies and gentlemen, welcome one and all to the late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause ladies and gentlemen in my official capacity as a late night host, tonight i declare that the state of our uni