Announcer stephen welcomes joy reid and yahya abdulmateen, ii, featuring jon batiste and stay homin now live on tape from the ed sullivan theaters Office Building in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen hey, everybody welcome to a late show im your host Stephen Colbert. Let me just key up here. Mmm oooh, tepid i thought that was going to be hotter than it was. Hello. So nice to see you. Speaking of hot have you lost weight . You look amazing. We havent been together for a week, and ive missed so much has happened. So much has happened today. So much has happened in the last few hours. Honest to god, you guys back me up, im not entirely sure what were going to read even though weve read all of it because we had to change the order of everything minutes ago. The president ial election is only 15 days away. I cant wait for this to just be over. Its like an upcoming surgery, in that im planning on being anesthetized for the event. You know who could use some painkillers . Donald trum
Im sorry. Big difference between that situation and this one is that oj at least had the good sense to wear gloves. I have a lot riding on this series. Specifically, a ride on dj khalid jet ski. Dj khaled, lives in miami, and i made a bet. If the heat win, he gets my classic donkey kong junior arcade game. Which would be a real bummer for me. My wife is hoping he wins. The lakers are looking to close it out tonight. One team has come back from down 31 in the nba finals. Sadly for the heat, that team had lebron james on it. They do not. Lebron has been great, as usual. The most valuable player for the lakers might be the late great kobe bryant. His memory has been a driving force, an inspiration for the lakers and this city all season long. As a tribute, the lakers are wearing special black mamba uniforms. When i thought 2020 had completely drained my soul, this happens. It makes me feel like i might have a bit of emotion or two left in my body. Lebron james once again is favored to win
And it went downhill from there. Because of the pandemic, theres no opening handshake, no physical contact. The candidates remained socially distant the whole time. It was like date night with melania. Biden faced an unusual challenge. How do you debate a pathological liar . Its like debating a parrot. You can make whatever points you want but you know the parrots just going to say the same four things it knows and then maybe take a dump on the New York Times. There was plenty of back and forth. The candidates laid out their different views on a variety of subjects, including the integrity of the election. Biden is for it, trump is against. Really, it was a good debate. The candidates had a productive giveandtake, no, it was terrible. It was a terrible debate. Id call it a nightmare, but at least during a nightmare you get some sleep. At one point guillermo and i, this is not a joke, we were trying to decide whether to move to vancouver or montreal. Guillermo thats right. Jimmy if you
Embuzzler, the deductibowl cut, the i dread paying what i owe, and the mulletmepayless business in the front, bankrupt in the back. So come on into shady cuts today. We cut it right off so you can claim a writeoff. Warning there are limits to what we can hide. Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, deductions. Stephen welcomes Mireya Villarreal and musical guest rex orange county, featuring jon batiste and stay homin. Now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in this building in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen fantastic. Fantastic to be here, everybody. Welcome to a late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. Put the coffee down, dont want anybody to get burned. Weve had some fun with donald trump over the years. Weve laughed, weve cried, weve mostly cried. But every once in a while you get a troubling reminder that hes president. Lke this weekend when, to fill Ruth Bader Ginsbergs seat on the Supreme Court, trump nominated federal judge and inhouse atto
Election. Mitt romney the last potential swing vote announces his support as the nation honors the groundbreaking justice. Air scare. Vice president pences plane, air force two, forced to land after a bird strike. The details this morning. Crossing the aisle. Cindy mccain, the widow of senator john mccain, announces shes endorsing joe biden. She joins us this morning. Why she says shes putting country over party. Making waves. The video of this 6monthold waterskiing baby with his dad beside him getting backlash online. Our exclusive interview with his parents, how they are responding this morning. And icy expedition. Two explorers surviving this chilling climb in the north pole when they were suddenly flipped into the freezing waters. How they narrowly escaped the frigid fright of their lives. Good morning, america. Its good to be with you, and of course, its great to be with george and robin. And i know thats something they will never see happen to any of us. An iceberg . Mmhmm. Why g