science tells us that zombies will only eat human brains. well, i don t think science knows, actually. brains! brains! no brains here. it s a late show with stephen colbert. tonight: insane in the campaign. plus, stephen welcomes janelle monae! and jacob soboroff! featuring jon batiste and stay homin . and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater office building in new york city, it s stephen colbert! stephen: hey, everybody, welcome back. you have something you need to tell me. tell me later. good to see you. hey, everybody, welcome to a late show. i m jur host, stephen colbert. and you are? evyy s here. right over there. there are only 49 days left until the election. time really flies when you re too scared to fly. with the days counting down, there s been a huge role reversal. for the last year, donald trump has been amassing the largest campaign war chest in u.s. history. with the r.n.c., he s raised a combined $1.1 billion yes, billion with a capita
as in prior years, i would like to recognize those in uniform only lost in the line of duty. lance corporal melton fox, chief william edward mcneil junior and lieutenant john stuart of the lake city police department. to the families and loved ones of these men with all of our hearts we offer our condolences. we are eternally grateful for their service. 33 south carolinians have received the medal of honor since it was created 150 years ago. that metal, as you know, medal requires proof before is being granted in those who are gallant at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. two south carolinians were recently awarded the medal of honor, sergeant major atomic patches pain serves in the army special operations command as an instructor who was awarded the medal of honor for his efforts in a hostage mission in iraq controlled by the islamic state. a veteran of 17 combat deployments, sergeant major payne has also received multiple other combat declarations inc
be with you. you can ask questions by tweeting us @politicolive. it s been a tough few weeks for democrats, and the democratic base is pretty angry right now. some of their own members are frustrated by the negative headlines about these failures. i guess to start off, i m wondering, did democrats overpromise this year commend how do you think failing to deliver on key promises could affect perceptions of the first year of biden s presidency? rep. hoyer: first let me say that we did make a number of promises and, frankly, we delivered in the house of representatives. not only have we delivered, but on the back better we lost one vote. we were very, very united in delivering what we think is a very important legislation and, frankly, if you look at this year, the first year of the president s tenure, and you looked at the products we have sent to the president that he assigned first, the american rescue plan, and second, the infrastructure plan other pieces of legislatio
a vigil for a georgia particular student shot and killed by police turns violent. a police car set on fire. students urged to stay inside. we ll have the latest. those stories plus bill o reilly joining us live for his first television interview since his firing. toys-r-us files for bankruptcy overnight and snooze you can use. with the cameras rolling, my night of interrupted sleep as we shed light on a problem millions of americans face. today, tuesday, september 19, 2017. announcer: from nbc news, this is today. with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. it s 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. we re glad to have you with us. the hurricane season has been relentless. we re going to talk about a couple of major storms. there s still nine weeks to go in this hurricane season. as you mentioned, not one but two storms we re following this morning. maria now charging into the eastern caribbean after tearing across dominica overnight
a police car set on fire, students urged to stay inside. we ll have the latest. those stories plus today exclusive. bill o reilly joining us live for his first television interview since his fox news firing. toys r us files for bankruptcy overnight and snooze you can use. with the cameras rolling, my night of interrupted sleep as we shed light on a problem millions of americans face, today, tuesday, september 19th, 2017. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everybody. welcome to today. nice to have you with us on a tuesday morning. the hurricane season just seems relentless this year. and keep in mind as we take you through these storms we ll be talking about in a second, still nine weeks to go in the hurricane season. and let us bring you up to date at the moment. two hurricane threats going on. we ve got maria charging into the eastern caribbean after tearing