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Wait, where are you going . What are you going to do about all the senseless violence . Im going to toledo. cheers and applause announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight video games. Plus stephen welcomes brian cox, Hannah Gadsby, and comedian shane torres, featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert n cheers and applause theme song playing stephen come on whoo hi there cheers and applause trilling have a seat, everybody. Thank you so much. Welcome one and all to the late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause piano riff you can feel it. Im glad you guys have got the energy because you can feel it ton street today. Tooth today is a very rough day, so lets start off with something from the smile file. Thanks to trumps trade war with china, the Dow Jones Industrial average lost more than 750 points today. And that was the smile file. laughter because its all downhill from he
get started today. we are now just hours away from the house taking its final vote on president biden s landmark $1.9 trillion covid relief legislation. the final passage tomorrow expected along party lines. of course doubtful any republicans will support it. the president says he ll sign the bill into law as soon as it gets into his desk. stimulus checks will be in the hands of needy americans in the next few weeks. and queen elizabeth saying she s saddened at meghan and harry bombshell accusations. we are likely hours away from president biden s massive covid relief bill passing. that means $1,400 checks to struggling americans, billions of dollars for vaccines and covid testing. as biden once said to the former president barack obama, this is a big eff ing dealing. this is the key piece of legislation they knew they wanted to they didn t have to scale down the scope and size. it remains a $1.9 trillion investment. it did lose some pieces. it lost the $15 minimum wage.
Tonight, trump loves a parade. Plus, stephen welcomes jon oliver beanie feldstein and Wolfgang Puck 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 stephen i apologize. I didnt mean to scare you. Thanks so much. Please have a seat, everybody, very nice. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome one, welcome all. Welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause you know, heres the thing, heres the thing we kid the president. But youve got to admit, hes one of a kind. No one comes up with dumber ideas. And at this point, hes his own competition. Hes the usain bolt of stupid. And his latest recordbreaking dumb trump told the pentagon to plan a military parade. All right, check your cards who has dictator bingo . laughter yeah. There you go. I got i got it. Im close, im close. I was close. I had rallies and attack the free press. I didnt have military parade. Anywa
Tonight, trump loves a parade. Plus, stephen welcomes jon oliver beanie feldstein and Wolfgang Puck 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 stephen i apologize. I didnt mean to scare you. Thanks so much. Please have a seat, everybody, very nice. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome one, welcome all. Welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause you know, heres the thing, heres the thing we kid the president. But youve got to admit, hes one of a kind. No one comes up with dumber ideas. And at this point, hes his own competition. Hes the usain bolt of stupid. And his latest recordbreaking dumb trump told the pentagon to plan a military parade. All right, check your cards who has dictator bingo . laughter yeah. There you go. I got i got it. Im close, im close. I was close. I had rallies and attack the free press. I didnt have military parade. Anywa