And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 475, connecticut steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy hey, hey, please enjoy yourselves. Thank you thank you. And welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. This is it. [ cheers and applause ] this is the show. Here you are. Youre watching the tonight show. Youre here. Thank you, guys. Heres who people are talking about. The New York Times just did a a big profile on donald trump, and revealed that he has lifesized portraits of Ronald Reagan and john wayne at his campaign headquarters. [ laughter ] and if you dont see them right away, its because theyre right behind a 25foot tall portrait of donald trump. [ laughter and applause ] its right behind if you move it out of the way, you maybe can see a little bit of john wayne. Howdy. Howdy, pilgrim. [ laughter ] steve here you go again. Jimmy meanwhile, Donald Trumps Campaign Manager recently compared himself to the jockey who
cheers and applause stephen hey hey hey cheers and applause thanks so much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Hey thanks so much. Thank you, mark. Welcome to the late show. Welcome to the late show, everybody, please hey, chris. Thanks so much, everybody. Welcome to the late show. Thats awfully nice. Thank you, thank you. You know what . This is what lets me work all day and party all night. cheers and applause haha im stephen colbert. Im your host here for the late show. And you know what . Ive wasted enough time. Donald trump. laughter speaking of wasting time, donald trump. Last night, donald trump appeared at an event here near new jersey to raise money to pay off Chris Christies campaign debt. Now, remember, christie endorsed trump back in february, and by endorse i mean stood behind him wishing for the sweet embrace of death. Christie is heading up trump transition team. And last night, trump showed just how much he appreciates christies help. With carrier and ford and na
Were all fakes, painted by a struggling artist in his garage in queens. The fraud might still be going on if were not for an art historian named jack flam, who was the first person to uncover the scheme and blow the whistle to the government. When you found out that all these paintings were forged by one guy working in queens, what did you think . I was amazed. I was truly amazed. The guy really knew what he was doing. Sharyn alfonsi scientists from the u. S. And mexico recently surveyed the gulf to count the last vaquitas still in existence. Its not easy, because their numbers are dwindling and the animals are notoriously shy and elusive. Thats one reason why most people have never heard of a vaquita okay, theyre right here ten o clock alfonsi and fewer have seen one. We didnt expect to see any, either. Whats your best guess . How many vaquita are left . I think theres certainly fewer than 100. Im steve kroft. Im lesley stahl. Im anderson cooper. Im bill whitaker. Im Sharyn Alfonsi. I
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Me to see his woods fill up with snow. Listen to this, whose pizza this is, i think i know. This man is in the bathroom, though. He will not see me eating here to watch my mouth fill up with dough. Stephen oh, that is so moving. Im sorry i stereotyped you. Youre forgiven my good man. Give me leave so i can be alone with my poetry. Stephen of course. Though, al, parting is such sweet sorrow. Dont you mean pizza party is such swede sabarro . cheers and applause announcer tonight, stephen welcomes rose byrne bobby flay and weird al yankovic cheers and applause featuring jon batiste and stay human and now its time for the late show with Stephen Colbert captioning sponsored by cbs cheers and applause stephen hey cheers and applause stephen hey, welcome thank you so much cheers and applause whats going on good to see ya hey cheers and applause whoo thats good energy thank you so much, everybody thank you so much wow i gotta tell ya, im incredibly grateful. Im so grateful for all that energy.