Left . What about, uh, black pope . No, yeah, that doesnt sound right. Come on i think weve run the gamut on white people. What else do you want . He, wait a second, maybe hes on to something. Coming this summer, hbos popey the puppy pope. Oh, com its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, stephen welcomes jude law. Gabrielle union. And thomas l. Friedman. 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 hey, everybody good to see you how are you good to see you. Chris mark applause jon hey stephen whats up, jon . Good to see you. Welcome to the late show. Welcome to the late show. Im your host. cheers and applause im your host, Stephen Colbert. Last night we witnessed history as barack obama delivered his stirring farewell address, joining the pantheon of president s in celebrating not only what theyve done for america, but their vision of what the future holds for our great country. It was a truly moving experience. And i just have to say, lets talk about donald trump for a second. laughter because, theres a story ahu, it came out in the last 24 hours. And pardon the expression, it is juicy. laughter last night heres what happened cnn reported that last friday intelligence chiefs presented trump with claims of russian efforts to compromise him. I gotta say, that is an awkward first meeting with your new boss. Hey, looking forward to working together. Water coolers down the hall. We heard that youre the puppet of a hostile foreign government. Barbara validates parking any time you need it. Any questions . Were all going to get along. Its going to be great intelligence officials prepared a twopage summary of allegations that russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and Financial Information about mr. Trump. Trump received these documents as part of his intelligence briefing, so we know one thing for sure he didnt read them. laughter a lot of effort, a lot of effort. And trump immediately denied the report, tweeting, intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to leak into the public. One last shot at me. Are we living in nazi germany . So true. No, no, no, no, no hes got that is so true. We all remember how unfair nazi germany was to their charismatic leader. Those people were always going talk to the hand applause so rude. No no but trump is right in this one way everyone admits this report is unverified. This man is about to be president of the United States. So im not going to validate that report by sharing the most salacious details from it, even the detail everyones talking about. You might call it the number one detail. I think this is just an unfortunate leak. applause thats making a huge mess. And i know im being a wet blanket, but reporting on this is the worst kind of yellow journalism. Even though jokes about this story are a golden opportunity, i wont do it. Not to say the story didnt make a huge splash. It did. It flooded twitter. Well keep you updated as facts trickle in. laughter we have our best researcher working on it. Shes a real whizz. And one thing is for sure the president elect is a goldwater republican who believes in trickledown. He has the respect of our Emergency Service workers who gave his plane a water salute. Trump has even denied allegations like this before in the strongest of terms. No p. P. Stephen so no, no, im not going to make any jokes, not even a wee one. So im cutting it off now. I am finished. Wait a little more is coming out cheers and applause it happens sometimes. It happens sometimes. But after eight years of listening to trump make unsubstantiated claims about obamas birth certificate, i dont think this matters if this is true or not, because the fact is, its out there, and that means, mr. Trump, youre in trouble. Okay, thats it. Were done. And in the middle of all of this craziness today, trump held his First Press Conference in 168 days. Fun fact the last time trump held a press conference, he asked his friends to help him by hacking hillary clinton. I will tell you this, russia, if youre listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. Stephen those were simpler times. Remember that . No, no, those were lovely those were simpler times when we thought russia took orders from trump. Its just i miss them. When trump took to the podium, he was quick to attack whoever produced the unverified report. It was a group of opponents who got together, sick people, and they mutt that crap together. Stephen sir, not crap, but close. Jon oooh applause stephen and trump, of course, defended his relationship with russia. If putin likes donald trump, i consider that an asset, not a liability. Stephen sir, at this point, i think we all consider you a russian asset. cheers and applause and thats good, right . I think thats good. Thats positive. And he explained just why he wants to work with russia. Russia can help us fight isis, which is, by the way, is number one tricky. Stephen number one tricky, by the way, is the official name for what those women did in that Russian Hotel room, allegedly. Allegedly its on the Room Service Menu ill have the number one tricky and a cobb salad, please. How long will that be . Will that be a long time . But trump quickly moved beyond the allegations to remind us why we voted for him because hes a great negotiator. We dont make good deals anymore. Stephen yeah, like how we traded obama for the worlds loudest troll doll. laughter applause terrible deal. Terrible. The problem with unsubstantiated rumors like trump being run by the russian government is how do you possibly dispel them . And heres the thing. I i i only feel for donald trump a little bit here because he brought this on himself. And i have a suggestions, mr. Trump, of how to get rid of it. Just do the thing you have never done, which is say anything putin wouldnt like, all right, that would prove theyre not running you. Because youve never said anything putin doesnt love. Criticize the invasion of ukraine. applause criticize taking away the crimea. Criticize him killing journalists. Raise sanctions on russia. Say putins nipples look like pencil erasers. Say anything, anything negative about him. I dare you, because i bet you wont , of course, trump could immediately clear up any questions about his business dealings with russia if he just released his tax returns. Im not releasing tax returns because, as you know, theyre under audit. Stephen sir, i really, really dont think you need to worry about the audit anymore. Once you get the launch codes, you can do the ez form. Although, i would give anything to meet the i. R. S. Agent with the balls big enough to audit the president of the United States. I dont know who it is, but he wouldnt even need a desk. He could just rest the forms on his scrotum. Jon oh stephen theyre not going to audit you. Where was i . What i talking about . Oh, barack obama. Right. Last night, president obama gave his farewell address to the nation, which will be followed by the republicans farewell address to everything he did. It was a gracious speech, and obama reaffirmed his commitment to the peaceful transfer of power. I committed to president elect trump that my administration would ensure the smoothest possible transition, just as president bush did for me. Stephen and just as President Trump will for vladamir putin. Absolutely smooth. Grease the skids. The president reminded us of his many Foreign Policy accomplishments. For the past eight years, ive worked to put the fight against terrorism on a firm legal footing. Thats why weve ended torture, worked to close gitmo. Stephen hold on a second. Youve accomplished some stuff, but, worked to close gitmo . Does history give partial credit . Sorry, you dont get a prize for good intentions. I mean, other than the nobel peace prize. A Community Organizer to the very last, he urged people to get involved. If youre tired of arguing with strangers on the internet, try talking with one of them in real life. Stephen yeah get off the internet and talk to everyone in real life. Jon i like that. Stephen talk to people in real talk to people in real life because its only way the russians cant hear you. And that wasnt the president s only call to action. All of us, regardless of party, should be throwing ourselves stephen off of a cliff and into the ocean . You got it, chief its been an honor. cheers and applause im sorry was im sorry, was there more of that. Should be throwing ourselves into the task of rebuilding our democratic institutions. Stephen oooo that sound like a lot of work. Thats gonna take forever. Cant i just retweet a petition or Something Like that . Of course, president obama, total crowd pleaser, had to namedrop the most popular person in the world. Michelle, you made the white house a place that belongs to everybody. And a new generation sets its sights higher because it has you as a role model. cheers and applause so you have made me proud and you have made the country proud. laughter cheers stephen i just want to say to my wife, honey . What he said. I shouldve said it first. Also, i should have taken out the recycling this morning. Jimmy, can we see that last moment again. This you go. Here come the water works. Is another phrase youre not going to want to hear in the next administration. Allegedly. cheers and applause we got a great show for you tonight. Jude law is here. Stick around then shielding lubrication. And cooling. Brrr. With lubrication before and after the blades. Shields and cools while you shave. Proshield chill from gillette. Iwhich is why i lovete the cascara latte. Ment, cascara is the fruit that is outside of the coffee bean itself. And when it is dried, weve been using it to make the flavor that will be in our cascara latte. And it has this subtle sweetness that has a really lovely flavor. Everything you do in life should be something that you care about. Thats really what its about its taking something thats usually forgotten and turning it into something beautiful. band playing cheers and applause Stephen Jon Batiste and stay human, everybody cheers and applause wow. Wow. Welcome back, everybody. My first guest is an academy and tony awardnominated actor. He now plays the young pope in hbos the young pope. The most pressing issue is my need for a cup of american coffee. You can make me one, your eminence . Certainly. I didnt ask him. I asked you. It would be a pleasure and an honor for me to bring you coffee, your holiness. Thank you, your eminence. Its my duty, blessed father. Stephen please welcome jude law. Nanana, hey jude nanana, hey jude cheers and applause wow stephen welcome back. Thank you. Stephen nice to see you again. Theres my hey jude. Did you think that song was about you as a child . Stupidly. Stephen did you really . Thank goodness i was named after a great song. Can you imagine being named after a really bad song . Stephen yeah, yeah. Naming your child free bird. Youre the young pope. Should i kiss your ring . That means something very different in the u. K. Stephen what does it mean in the u. K. . Dont say that dont even dont say that to people in england. The ring, the sort of holy ring of the rear is what it means in the u. K. Stephen what chawser called the neeye. You were here in june this past year, and we had a lovely time together. What have you been doing since then . Nothing. Stephen really . You can explain can you explain what is going on here . Well, no, i had a wonderful trip i live in london. I had a trip back to new york with my family. And we had a great prechristmas it was the first snowfall. We were there that weekend, and we went ice skating. Stephen necessary central park . Central park. And i assumed i ice skated when i was 13, 14, and i thought it was like riding a bike. I was quite good then because i was 13, 14. Soy took the kids and i got out there. I was awful. Stephen how old are you now . 44. Stephen 44, so 30 years later you went, yeah, just strap on the ice skates. It will be fine. How hard could it be . Ill tell you how hard the floor is. Stephen you had arthroscopic surgery on your ankle . Its a daring choice to wear pants with the crotch down to the knee. It didnt give me maximum movement. It was fun. Ive beenite skating and thats what ive been doing. Stephen since june. Thats nice. You live in london and youre only here for work. I came for pleasure and work. Yeah, i love new york. I come as often as i can. Stephen did you actually shoot the young pope on location in rome . I lived in rome for seven months. We filmed in around the vatican, not in the vatican. Stephen they wouldnt let you . No, but they were incredibly helpful. Stephen they might. You never know. They own i heard a third of rome. So a lot of the palawsuitos, the private gardens were vatican owned. And we did some work at the studios where we reconstructed to scale the Sistine Chapel and the private offices of the pope. Stephen the last person to do that was michelangelo. Absolutely to scale. When you got the gig, was it like, what is what is the thing . The young pope . Where does it shoot . Rome . Im in. I did. Stephen did you really . It was pretty much as straightforward as that and the opportunity to work with the wonderful paolo sorrentino, our writer and director who most of you would know, he directed the Academy Awardwinning great beauty. And he is a master. And i jumped on board because i wanted to work with this guy because hes brilliant. Stephen we have to take a little break but well be back with more jude law. Stick around. Lines . What lines . The chapstick total hydration collection. Our advanced skin care formulas instantly smooth and transform your lips. Chapstick. Put your lips first. Enjoy your phone you too. All right, be cool. You got the amazing new iphone 7 on the house by switching to at t. What . . Aand you got unlimited data because you have directv . . laughs to self in disbelief okay, just a few more steps. Door its cool get the iphone 7 on us and unlimited data when you switch to at t and have directv. Tawell, the only place youn, need go. Oll . Londons got the best of everything. 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I just got back from best buy and learned that about 50 of people overpay on their cellphone bill. But then a blue shirt reviewed my cellphone plan and saved me 40 dollars a month did you say 40 dollars a month . That is a lot of money. Come into best buy where a blue shirt will analyze your cellphone bill and help find a plan that could save you money. Stop overpaying, its easy at best buy. cheers and applause . cheers and applause . Stephen welcome back, everybody. Were back here with jude law, who is the star of hbos new show the young pope. Lets talk about the young pope himself. How old of a pope . Is he your age of a pope . I think we set him at around 47, just a touch older. Stephen thats young for a pope. It is. Stephen whats the pope average . Gosh, i dont know. I would guess 70plus. Stephen yeah. So hes young. Stephen Pope John Paul ii was pretty young. He was in his 50s. That was crazy he was so young there. Hes the youngest post and also the First American pope. And the piece is it starts off with a conclave a conclave of cardinals who voted him in, trying to work out who voted for him. No one knows how he got this position. Isnt that interesting . laughter applause stephen is there any chance is there any chance the russians were behind it . laughter applause . All those russian cardinals. Stephen yeah, yeah. And then and then on the other side you have lenny belardo, the popes pedestrian name, who is so the guys name is lenny belardo. Lenny belardo. Stephen what pope name is it he take . Pus xiii. So hes stepping into some hot shoes. Funny, talking about shoes. Obviously, they wear white vestiments. And the one thing they get to choose by all accounts is the color of their shoes. Stephen benedict xvi had beautiful shoes. And the red shoes on the whole have been proven to be quite controversial popes. They go in the back of the room at the Sistine Chapel known as the room of tears. Theyve just been elected and they weep. Theyre given the vestaments and everyone looks to see what color the shoes are. Francis wears white shoes. Stephen what are the options, white, black, red, strappy. This is kind of the fun part of it is the present pope, francis, very simple. Yes. Stephen got rid of the throne, wears very simple stuff. Got rid of the pope mobile, drives a chevette or Something Like that. Honest to god a used they were there in rome, and no one knew where he was. He left the vatican to get his glasses changed and by all believes was horrified when he came out and there were, like, thousands of people. Stephen he went to a lens crafters, Something Like that . Yeah. Stephen this is one of your outfits. This pope is very different. Hes not as humble. This is one of the outfits youre wearing as the pope. That is fabulous that is amazing. I understand now, i always thought, you know, talking about age, i always thought that popes you know walked like this because theyre old. Theyre walking like that because that stuff weighs so much. Its like wearing six carpets on top of you and then a big a big metal miter. Stephen theres another one. Wonderful outfit s. Stephen these are actual sort of pope outfits . Oh, yes, oh, yes. Stephen these are accurate . The detail, historically, but also in how they were hand woven and we had vatican experts working on it with us. Yeah, yeah. Stephen boy, how do you tailor S