media. you re sweating an awful lot. that s just seasons greetings juice. i think you re melting. everything s fine! frosty the puddle where are my eyes! announcer: it s the late show with stephen colbert. tonight, the national conspirer. plus stephen welcomes diane kruger, texas politicians julian and joaquin castro. and ira madison, iii. featuring jon batiste and stay human. live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it s stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( theme song playing ) stephen: whoo! beautiful! thanks up there! down there, all around the world! ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the late show. i m your host stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) it really feels like were at a turning point in the trump presidency. not the point where he s turning himself in, but still. ( laughter ) you can feel a change in the air right now. there s all kinds of new, damning, stuff i mean stuff you say in court kind of stuff
campaign chairman, paul manafort, tried to cut a secret deal with a banker. let s get to it. first from the fox news deck, the president on guns. according to his spokesman, he s in a listening phase. the president says he s supports the idea of raising the minimum age to buy a gun. i say that it should all be at 21. we re not talking about money. we re talking about common sense. it s a great thing. the nra will back it and so will congress and so will the senate. shepard: not a proposal but a discussion. the nra so far is against it. yesterday a spokesperson released a statement that reads in party, legislative proposals that prevent law-abiding adults from acquiring rifles and shotguns 18-20 to prohibit them from purchasing a firearm robs them of their constitutional protection. again, discussion, not a formal proposal. raj shah said active shooter drills should be renamed because that label scares children. he suggests call active shooter drills safety drills. in addi