Tonight i would like to kick things off with a hot shot, a pick me up from what i like to call Stephen Colberts smile file. Tonight on the smile file tyrannical north korean dictator kim jungun. Folks, this mad man lives a constant state of stern disapproval. But even before he came to power young un made no time for frivolity. Just listen to this actual cnn interview with his old border schoolroom mate from switzerland. Did you go out in the night, you never go out, on disco or make party, never. Stephen thats right, he not even as a teen he never go out on disco or make party. I bet he never even go out on movie or night bowling. So sad. But folks, it turns out that kim jungun just might be kim jung fun. Because north korean state media our all bina cecum cumber leader has released new photos of the dear leader touring an industrial lubricant factory. I mean just look at that smile i have never seen him or anyone, really, so transported by the pure joy of lube. laughter nothing puts
And now todays government closings are as follows. Somalia, ivory coast, lib ya, most of afghanistan, half of haiti, and egypt will have a partial military government. All other countries are on a regular schedule. Stephen oh, man laughter stephen what a gyp. applause now ill never get to sled down a hill of unemployed federal workers. laughter stephen but folks, as up set as i am, just think about all of those poor out of work countdown clocks. Were watching that clock as it tickses down to a possible government shutdown. As you can see we have the countdown clock on the left of your screen. The shutdown clock is tick and tick. The count town to the shutdown. We have a countdown clock t is very large. Huge. Its the size of a whole more than a torso. laughter stephen why does erin burnett immediately use size of a torso . I think someone should checker crawl space. Now folks, hi a countdown clock too. And i had to stop it with an hour left to go. But mi determined to get my moneys wort
King of cleveland as they wrap up their visit today. And angelina, one of the biggest stars in the world, she visits studio 1a to talk about her new movie and life in the spotlight. December 9th, 2014. This is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to to good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wet Tuesday Morning. We have josh elliott here. As photoops to, not too slouchy last night. It was a really good night for the royals. By that i mean king james took on the cavaliers and beat them. That was the moment a lot of people were talking about. When i thought royals, just like us. Taking selfies. Will and kate. They will need umbrellas today. No question about it. Were in the middle of a noreaster. Al, we turn to you for that big story. It is literally double trouble. We will start in the northeast with this noreaster. We have flash watches in effect and coastal flood warnings the 1 2 feet above normal an
Lashing speech that included violent movies and video games as he said his plan would train those to guard our schools. In this edition of todays program, were going to begin the first 45 minutes of the program to talk about the nras response to the shootings. They broke their silence yesterday with executive director and Vice President wayne. Well talk more about what he had to say. But we want to get you involved in the conversation. So the numbers on your screen. Guest we also have a special line this morning for members of the n. R. A. 202 5853883 this is for n. R. A. Members. You can also reach out to us at twitter. Com cspanwj and f. S. A. And facebook at and the headline face of the n. R. A. Mountains a forceful defense advocate of armed School Guards excels at lighting fires under supporters and critics alike. Guest well get back to more of the newspaper articles this morning regarding the n. R. A. s response to the newtown shootings. First up leslie from wash burn, maine. Lesl
cheers and applause i dont want to i dont want a lawsuit on my hands here, all right, here we go. Plus my guest ken roth is come on. Come on. Come on do it yeah it is really cold. laughter this is oh my gosh, oh my gosh captioning sponsored by Comedy Central cheers and applause stephen welcome to the report, everybody. Happy new year stephen, stephen, stephen stephen, stephen, stephen stephen, stephen, stephen thank you ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much. cheers and applause good to have you with us, ladies and gentlemen. Let me be the first to say happy new year. And of course ladies and gentlemen merry christmas. Okay . Merry christmas, folks. Its never too late or too early. laughter good to have you with us, folks. And by with us i mean still living. Because 2014 is all to a frigid start, folks. It was so cold on new years eve that the ball went back up. It happens. It happens, now folks, if you are listening to the sound of my voice, first of all open your eyes. Now if you ar