At trumps plaza hotel on 58t 58th street has switched places with the trump march to war with north korea protest at trumps plaza in new rochelle. Everybody got that. Okay, lets go protest oh, hold on. Hold on. Trumps tweeting again. Cannibalism has its merits wow. Okay. Revise plan. Everybody over to the trump ice rink for the eating humans is wrong rally lets go announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, stephen welcomes senator Bernie Sanders, caitrioina balf, and musical guest the national, 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 band playing stephen very nice. Very kind. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the late show. Im your shows Stephen Colbert. Now piano riff cheers and applause quickly here, Hurricane Irma you guys heard of this . Hurricane irma, it continues to grind its way through the caribbean. Its the largest atlantic storm in history, with sustained of up to 185 miles per hour. So, if youre in its path, dont be. If you havent already left, please follow the guidance of your local officials regarding evacuations. But if you are staying put, might i suggest following the stormprep example of eccentric billionaire and guy most likely to make a Jurassic Park in real life, sir richard branson. laughter the goatheaded demon god actually owns a private island in the caribbean, and rode out the storm yesterday in his wine cellar. laughter smart move. I hear the red cross shelters only have merlot. How drab branson hunkered down with his team of attractive young people and posted some cool pics, like this one of them having a sleepover in the great house. And this one of them playing some sort of dice game. Because being in the path of a category 5 hurricane wasnt enough of a gamble. Okay, lets see who we eat first. piano riff joshua, go marinate yourself. Good news, theyre fine. Many people are not. If you want to help, tune in on tuesday for the hand in hand harvey and irma hurricane telethon airing on all the major networks. Give us a call. Ill be working the phones. And if it helps raise money, ill also be working the pole. laughter all right . Whatever it takes. I was young, i needed the money. piano riff applause im going to Say Something a little weird right now, so bear with me the democrats won something. cheers and applause because, during a white house meeting about the upcoming agenda in congress, trump sided with the democrats on the debt limit and funding for hurricane harvey. Huge victory for the dems and you know what that means its squanderin time laughter piano riff but for the moment, theyre riding high because they got trump to agree to their plan on the debt limit. You guys remember the debt limit, right . We talk about it every so often, okay. Its the amount of debt america is legally allowed to carry, and, if we dont raise it every once in a while, we default on everything and america gets repossessed by china. laughter then i think we all move down to Richard Bransons wine cellar. laughter to ride it out. Republicans wanted to raise the debt ceiling to cover the next 18 months so the democrats couldnt use it as a negotiating tool before the midterm elections. Democrats wanted to cover only three months, and they convinced trump, possibly right at this moment when Chuck Schumer appears to be saying, whos a good president . You are you are laughter piano riff go get it go get it laughter of course, this infuriated republican leaders. One g. O. P. Operative put it this way he bleep us. laughter piano riff yeah. And he didnt even take them furniture shopping first. So why did trump side with the democrats . People at the meeting say he was anxious to get a deal done fast. In fact, a senior republican source described trump as being in apprentice mode. Yeah, he was in apprentice mode, which is why he kept calling schumer, senator meatloaf. laughter and trumps also hinting he might work with the dems on restoring daca after he rescinds it. Chuck and nancy would like to see something happen, and so do i. And i said, if we can get something to happen, we are going to sign it and make it and were gonna make a lot of happy people. Stephen yeah, thats the best way to make people happy first, scare the crap out them. Then tell them theres a way out. Its like one of those saw movies in reverse. Okay, ive locked you dreamers in a room, youve all got green cards but theyre in your skull behind your eyeball. Heres a broken bottle. Go for it happy people 3 laughter so ha laughter piano riff applause eventually, my impression of trump will just be grunting grunting laughter just as intelligible. Then, out of nowhere, today, trump tweeted for all of those, daca, that are concerned about your status during the sixmonth period, you have nothing to worry about. No action yes, i tied you to train tracks, but dont worry, the train is running six months late. laughter so its an odd, unexpected tweet, and then we found out why he did it. I said to him, when he called this morning, i said, thanks for calling. This is what we need people really need a reassurance from you, mr. President. And boom, boom, boom, the tweet appeared. Stephen boom boom boom . Boom boom boom . Im sorry, maam, i believe its pronounced like this Bing Bing Bing stephen bing, bing, boom boom boom laughter applause piano riff ah, ah, ah, eh. laughter so were finally seeing some deals happening, and it could be because the president has found a new dealmakin spot. Members of congress are saying that air force one is trumps new boardroom. So you know when youre stuck on an airplane next to someone who wont shut up . Turns out, it could be worse. Apparently, the president has invited a lot of lawmakers onto the plane for private armtwisting sessions. And its effective, as congressman Mario Diazbalart says, they cant go anywhere. They cant run away from you. Same reason trump loves dressing rooms. audience reacts im sorrow, im sorry i, was i not allowed . I didnt see the signs. Oops. Ah, eh. piano riff eh. laughter this is a new low. laughter of course, this was my first week back from a two week break cheers and applause jon thats a long break. Stephen and so many things happened. I really missed the chance to talk about some big stuff especially the exit of white house strategist and proactive before model, steve bannon. Technically, i guess bannon wasnt fired because on the day he left the administration issued a statement white house chief of staff john kelly and steve bannon have mutually agreed today would be steves last day. Yes, it was mutual. Same way my College Girlfriend and i mutually agreed that shed be happier having sex with gary. laughter well, seems like a good guy. Youd like him. laughter well, this sunday, bannons making his first postwhite house tv appearance right here on cbs, and, surprisingly, its not as a corpse on n. C. I. S. laughter how long has this guy been floating in the harbor . laughter bannon somebodys little boy. Bannon is sitting down with our friend charlie rose on the 60 minutes, and he teased it this morning on cbs this morning. First Television Interview hes done. Yep, most people have not heard him speak before. But hes certainly not one to mince words, charlie. Im surprised he came out. Stephen oh my god, he came out . This interviews going to be amazing. applause im surprised. Im surprised hes not more fit. laughter now we got a sneak peek of charlies interview and, in it, bannon defends trump ending daca, even thought bannons a catholic and the church opposed the decision. The Catholic Church have been terrible about this. The bishops have been terrible about this. By the way, you know why you know why . Because, unable to really to come to grips with the problems in the church, they need illegal aliens. They need illegal aliens to fill the churches. Its obvious, on the face of it. Stephen yeah, its obvious on the face of it that the church is just cynically welcoming in strangers who desperately need help so the bishops can get into heaven. The fix is in. Theyre just buttering up the big guy. Jesus laid out the whole Marketing Strategy blessed are the meek, for they will really fill up the pews. Ill take anybody. Peacemakers, lepers, mexicans. Kaching. applause bannon went on to clarify why he disagrees with his church on this. I totally respect the pope and the catholic bishops and cardinals on doctrine. This is not about doctrine. This is about the sovereignty of the nation. And in that regard, theyre just another guy with an opinion. Stephen yeah, steve, and now that youre not at the white house, so are you. cheers and applause very much like the pope. Very much like the pope. applause charlie also asked bannon about his image in the media. The media image, i think, is pretty accurate. Im a street fighter. Thats what i am. Youre more than that. I think im a street fighter. Stephen yeah, you look like a street fighter. Ever thought about fighting back . laughter only so much punishment a mans face can take. piano riff in fact, bannons such a street fighter, hes actually in the video game. You will destroy stephen great game. applause and even though hes no longer in the white house, bannon vows to defend trump, no matter what. Donald trumps a fighter great counter puncher. Great counter puncher. Hes a fighter. Im gonna be his wingman outside for the entire time. Stephen thats not how a wingman works. laughter youre not standing outside the bar shouting youre doing a great job, brad hey, ladies, my friend is great at sex get on that thing laughter piano riff but bannon is a staunch trump supporter. He even defended trump after he failed to call out violent White Supremacists in charlotteseville. By the way, after the charlottesville situation, thats what i told general kelly. I was the only guy that came out and tried to defend him. I was the only guy that said, hes talking about talking about something, taking it up to a higher level. Stephen hes definitely taking it to a higher level. Id say his support is about. Here. applause piano riff or over here. Somewhere up there. Weve got a great show for you tonight. Bernie sanders is here right over there stick around cheers and applause band playing when i walked through a snowstorm for a cigarette, thats when i knew i had to quit. For real this time. Thats why im using nicorette. 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Im also excited because we were talking about steve bannon a little bit earlier yall can have a seat and we were talking about steve bannon a little bit earlier because they teased a little bit of him this morning on the cbs this morning. Tomorrow morning, more of charlie roses interview, a preview of the 60 minutes interview this sunday will be on cbs this morning tomorrow morning. Check out this show a week from tuesday the night after i host the emmys. A week from monday i host the emmys. cheers and applause no, a week from sunday i host the emmys. A week from tuesday, Hillary Clinton will be sitting in that seat right there talking about her new book, what happened. Well find out what happened. Hopefully, well find out what happened. laughter but, now, for tonights contender, my first guest is a former democratic president ial candidate, current independent senator, and constant topic of perhapsberry seed in the tooth, please welcome senator Bernie Sanders cheers and applause band playing stephen look at that reaction to that crowd. Do you miss it . cheers and applause stephen do you miss the crowd . Do i miss it . Stephen do you miss the crowds at all . Because you became a sex symbol in your 70s laughter cheers and applause no, the truth is i get enormous energy and what sustains me is getting out among real people, capitol hill and feeling the love and desire to do good things in this country, so, yeah. cheers and applause stephen thank you for being here. Youve got a new book, its called Stephen Colberts midnight confessions. laughter no, i apologize. Off new book, should get that. Its called Bernie Sanders guide to Political Revolution. All right . cheers and applause this is a political powder keg between two covers. Light a match, step back revolution, right . Yep. Stephen okay. Somebody else has a book now, Hillary Clinton does, and that book is called what happened, and she remembers you from the campaign in the book. I dont know if youre aware of this. But like a reaction to this, Hillary Clinton says that your attacks during the campaign caused lasting damage, making it harder to unify progressives. What is your response to that accusation that you damaged america by damaging Hillary Clinton . Actually, the cases that the Progressive Movement today and grassroots activism is stronger than it has been in many, many years. cheers and applause as a result of our campaign, millions of young people began to vote for the first time, became engaged in the political process. Were seeing young people all over this country, working class people, running for office from school board to congress. So i think there is a level of understanding now, among people and what this book is about that we have got to stand together against trumps efforts to divide us up, take on the billionaire class and make that Political Revolution so that we have a government that works for all of us, not just the 1 . cheers and applause stephen those are the kind of attacks she was talking about, bernie. laughter but i understand. Look, secretary clinton ran against the most unpopular candidate in the history of this country and she lost and was upset about that and i understand that. But our job is not to go backwards. It is to go forward. It is to create the kind of nation we know we can become. We have enormous problems facing us. I think its silly talking about 2016. We have too many problems. Weve got this daca issue, the outrageous effort on trumps part to throw 800,000 people off their legal status, we have to deal with climate change, raise the minimum wage, we have to have healthcare for all our people as a right. Stephen i agree. Those are the issues weve got to be focusing on. applause stephen i agree. I think all of us agree its important we look forward. Lets talk about 2016 one more time because Hillary Clinton also talks about something called pony promises, that you were promising people ponies and she would sai say where are the ponies coming from . Are we going to regulate the ponies, and you would say Hillary Clinton hates ponies, doesnt think america deserves ponies. What do you make of her accusations that you promise too much and forced her in a position that unless she took the most left wing view she would lose the base you helped create. What are the promises i made . I said in america we should join every other industrialized country and guarantee healthcare to all people as a right, and there is now growing sentiment for that effort. So thats not a pipe dream. A majority of the American People now believe that the government should make sure that every man, woman and child has healthcare as a right, okay . applause i said that the 7. 25 minimum wage today is a starvation wage. Weve got to raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour. applause and right now, stephen, i have 31 cosponsors in the United States senate for that piece of legislation. I said that we need to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, spend 1 trillion to do that and in doing that we can create up to 15 million decent paying jobs, now the official position of the democratic party. I have said that we have to deal with criminal Justice Reform so we dont have more people in jail than any other country on earth, growing consciousness on that issue. applause stephen universal free college education. I said that we need, in a competitive global economy, to make public colleges and universities tuition free. Talk to the governor of the state of new york, he thinks thats a good idea because they already passed that legislation. cheers and applause and other communities are doing it. So the ideas the real