medical help from private providers if they can t get it at the va or if they live too far away from a va facility. the program was first established in response to the va crisis in 2014. but was set to expire this year. as craig boswell reports lawmakers voted unanimously in the senate to extend it. reporter: president trump focused on veterans wednesday morning. first, he held a closed door meeting with va secretary david shul kin and then he signed legislation that continues a va program that allows veterans to seek medical treatment through private providers if they can t get the treatment they need at a va facility. we re all united by a very common mission. we will protect those who protect us. i ve been saying that a lot over the last two years. that rallies and speeches. we will protect those who protect us. reporter: while president trump focused on past service members, vice president mike pence talked with sailors and marines aboard the uss ronald reagan in j
shiri appleby, and a performance by cynthia erivo from the color purple ! featuring jon batiste and stay human ! and now it s time for the late show with stephen colbert! (cheers and applause) stephen: hey! thank you so much! (cheers and applause) wow, i like the haircut! stephen: hey! thank you so much! (cheers and applause) thank you, ladies and gentlemen! thank you up there, down there, everybody out there in the world! welcome! welcome to the late show ! thank you so much! welcome to lat the late show, everybody! i m stephen colbert, and (cheering) and this is my summertime haircut. thank you so much for being here. you like the new haircut? i like that. stephen: a little short. aerodynamic for the rest of the summer. helps with the swimming. i went this weekend and i just went and got my haircut where my kids got their haircut. i just said, to hell with it, i ll get in next. got in a little boat, they gave me the game to play with. barely cried fo
by cynthia erivo from the color purple ! featuring jon batiste and stay human ! and now it s time for the late show with stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs ( band playing ) stephen: hey! thank you so much! you look good, you look good. ( cheers and applause ) jon: wow, i like the haircut! you look so good! stephen: hey! thank you so much! ( cheers and applause ) thank you, ladies and gentlemen! thank you up there, down there, everybody out there in the world! welcome! welcome to the late show! thank you so much! welcome to the late show, everybody! i m stephen colbert, and ( continued cheering ) and this is my summertime haircut. thank you so much for being here. i i jon: i like it! stephen: you like the new haircut? jon: yeah, i like that. stephen: it s a little short, a little short. i m aerodynamic, for the rest of the summer. okay, helps with the swimming. i went to the this weekend and i just went and got my ha
by cynthia erivo from the color purple ! featuring jon batiste and stay human ! and now it s time for the late show with stephen colbert! (cheers and applause) stephen: hey! thank you so much! (cheers and applause) wow, i like the haircut! stephen: hey! thank you so much! (cheers and applause) thank you, ladies and gentlemen! thank you up there, down there, everybody out there in the world! welcome! welcome to the late show ! thank you so much! welcome to lat the late show, everybody! i m stephen colbert, and (cheering) and this is my summertime haircut. thank you so much for being here. you like the new haircut? i like that. stephen: a little short. aerodynamic for the rest of the summer. helps with the swimming. i went this weekend and i just went and got my haircut where my kids got their haircut. i just said, to hell with it, i ll get in next. got in a little boat, they gave me the game to play with. barely cried for the whole thing. (laughter) it
featuring jon batiste and stay human ! and now it s time for the late show with stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs ( band playing ) stephen: hey! thank you so much! you look good, you look good. ( cheers and applause ) jon: wow, i like the haircut! you look so good! stephen: hey! thank you so much! ( cheers and applause ) thank you, ladies and gentlemen! thank you up there, down there, everybody out there in the world! welcome! welcome to the late show! thank you so much! welcome to the late show, everybody! i m stephen colbert, and ( continued cheering ) and this is my summertime haircut. thank you so much for being here. i i jon: i like it! stephen: you like the new haircut? jon: yeah, i like that. stephen: it s a little short, a little short. i m aerodynamic, for the rest of the summer. okay, helps with the swimming. i went to the this weekend and i just went and got my haircut where my kids got their haircut. i j