that s what people like about the daily show. there s an upcoming election evidently. i didn t know that. [ laughter ] your chief political correspondent, steven. every two years we elect a brand-new house of representatives, a third of the senate. it s called the midterm elections. i only vote when the big kahunas are up, you know? el presidente, i can t run around every two years voting. i ve got a life. i could not have lived without the dadely show. kolbert then becomes the companion show. it is so compelling to watch. this hilarious pseudoconservative dumb guy. and who are the heroes? the people who watch this show. average hard working americans, you re not the elites. you re not the country club crowd. i know for a fact that my country club would never let you in. one of the things about being on the kolbert report and steven would say it himself was, he was
grata in the white house. it takes that level of animosity with the level bill clinton was impeached, right? it takes that level of skorn and that level of distrust between the white house and the fbi director to see that kind of a book. so, for jim comey, it s not surprising to me jim comey wrote a book, but the way he s speaking out and the way that john brennan is speaking out, to a lesser degree sally yates along those lines. i know this isn t really what we do, i feel this is important that i have to say this. i want you to respond and i want you to answer the question this is comey and kolbert talking about break ups. he s tweeted at me probably 50 times. i ve been gone for a year. i m like the break up he can t get over. he wakes up in the morning [ cheers and applause ]
teddy turner. not so subtle hint who he s talking about there, if you see the mark sanford picture in the background. turner, of course, is the son of cnn founder, ted turner, and one of many republicans trying to beat former governor mark sanford. we ll have more on this race in tomorrow s show when we talk to one of the democratic candidates in that race, elizabeth cullbert busch. but she goes by kolbert. and tens of thousands of people jammed st. peter s square for pope benedict s final audience this morning, cheering and waving signs that read thank you in italian. anne thompson is live for us at the vatican. and anne, i know the pope gave a reason for why he s leaving. what did he share with the crowd? reporter: well, he told them, chuck, it was a very personal address during his final papal audience. usually those sermons are a lesson on religion, but he spoke quite eloquently about his eight years as pontiff and why he was