Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert dems the break week 2020 candidates, gone but not forgotten, except the ones we forgot. Tonight taunts and prayers. Plus stephen welcomes mayor Pete Buttigieg and Patton Oswalt. 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, hi there cheers and applause fantastic. Very nice, very nice. How lovely. How lovely to be with all of you. No place i would rather be in the world than with you people right now. Welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause stephen so here we are. Here we are. Trump was not removed from office, which we never really thought he would be. So what now . Wither the republic. Some people fear that now there is going to be nothing to hold him back. Trump unleashed, off the rail. A, thats not a leash. It is just a really long tie. laughter and b, there were never rails, not even th
Sound check. [ light laughter ] check, one, two check, one, two. I invented jet skis. Check, one, two. [ light laughter ] dung former Trump Campaign manager, cory lewandowskis appearance before congress today, one representative called lewandowski, quote, some kind of forrest gump relating to corruption, due to his appearance in numerous scandals. Hey, if the haircut fits [ light laughter ] President Trump watched his former Campaign Manager cory lewandowskis congressional testimony today from aboard air force one. And when youre trying to prove youre not a criminal, it doesnt help that your boss is watching from the getaway car. [ laughter ] dont land yet. I want to see how this goes. [ light laughter ] during an event in South Carolina, yesterday, republican president ial challenger mark sanford held a mock debate against a cardboard cutout of President Trump. [ light laughter ] you could tell the cutout wasnt the real trump, because it made some good points [ laughter ] according [
Sound check. [ light laughter ] check, one, two, check, one, two. I invented jet skis, check, one, two. [ light laughter ] during former Trump Campaign manager, cory lewandowskis appearance before congress today, one representative called lewandowski, quote, some kind of forrest gump relating to corruption, due to his appearance and numerous scandals. Hey, if the haircut fits [ light laughter ] President Trump watched his former Campaign Manager cory lewandowskis congressional testimony today from aboard air force one. And when youre trying to prove youre not a criminal, it doesnt help that your boss is watching from the getaway car. [ laughter ] dont land yet. I want to see how this goes. [ light laughter ] during an event in South Carolina yesterday, republican president ial challenger mark sanford held a mock debate against a cardboard cutout of President Trump. Light laughter ] you could tell the cutout wasnt the real trump, because it made some good points [ laughter ] according [
Im with book culture. Thank you for coming out tonight. We are pleased to host this event for a fierce glory, antietam, the desperate battle that slaved lincoln and doomed slavery by justin martin, newly out this post. Martin is the author of four four highly praised books. His articles have appeared in such publications as fortune, newsweek and the San Francisco chronicle. We have copies of the fierce glory available for purchase at the registers. So please make sure you pick up a copy on your way out. Again, thank you for coming out tonight. Im going to turn it over to justin. [applause] thank you for that very nice introduction. And its great to be here at book culture tonight. Nice to see everybody who came out on a rainy evening. Welcome. And im going to discuss my new book fierce glory. I thought it made sense to start by getting everybody oriented. So the battle of antietam, it was fought on september 17th, 1862. It was about a year and a half into the civil war. And it was foug
Leaky defense and oh, hold on. Lets see. Oh, we have been invited to go look out the window lets check it out laughter cheers and applause announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Today, donald trump blows. Out the candles. Plus, stephen welcomes. Natalie portman. Marc maron. And musical guest, altj with special guests pusha t and twin shadow. 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 thanks you got that that was perfect hey hey cheers and applause band playing come on hello thank you very much welcome, everybody please, have a seat. Youre too kind. Welcome one and all to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. You know, folks cheers and applause piano riff donald trump was born 72 years ago today. And i just want to say, sir, i wish you a very. Birthday. laughter and applause fun fact, trumps birthday is also flag day. And we know how much he lov