Relationship . Or was it murder . I quickly read the spinning papers for clues. Trump pulls out of the paris accord. Trump threatens tariffs on french wine. Trump says mona lisa is a 4 at best. After analyzing the evidence, i had solved the case. The tree committed suicide. Its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, older not wiser. Plus, stephen welcomes aubrey plaza and dan abrams. 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 hello stephen please thank you very much. Welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. First of all, happy i feel the same way happy friday, everybody. And just cheers and applause thats a good feeling. Jon great stephen and just as importantly, happy Donald Trumps birthday. booing yes, happy boooorth day. Today the president is 73 years old. But hes got the body of a much younger man. Who has been fished out of a river. laughter and i think its going to be a great birthday for President Trump, because june 14 is also flag day. I think know someone whos getting birthday sex its getting serious. Of town s the nig this week also marked the oneyear anniversary of trumps singapore summit with north korean madman kim jongun. Wow. I cant believe its already been a whole year since nothing happened. laughter but trump and kims friendship is going strong despite reports that kim killed all of the top negotiators from their second summit and reportedly killed one of his generals by throwing him in a piranhafilled fish tank. Well, its like the old saying, give a man a fish, hell eat for a day. Feed a man to fish, and trump will still say nice things about you. We also learned that kims half brother, who kim had murdered, turns out was a cia source. I wonder how kim found out about that. as trump great to see you, kim. Say hi to your halfbrother for me. Man, that guy sure knows a lot about your secret nuclear program. And he is a chatty kathy. Jabber jaw, wont shut up. applause dont tell him i told you that. And a reporter asked the presdient about kims informant brother. I saw the information about the cia with respect to his brother, or halfbrother, and i would tell him that would not happen under my under my auspices. Thats for sure. I wouldnt let that happen under my auspices. as trump stephen all im saying is my word of the day calendar, was auspices. Tomorrow thats today. I would not let that happen under my als auspices. Tomorrow i would not let that happen under my. Gregarious. Hes saying that hes not going to spy on north korea. And a reporter asked him about that. You seemed to suggest yesterday that you are essentially committing to not spying on north korea. Is that what you meant . Were those comments interpreted accurately . No, its not what i meant. Its what i said, and its i think its different than maybe your interpretation. laughter laughter applause stephen no, thats what you heard but not what i thought. But it is what i said, but not what i meant. laughter and all week, trumps been explaining why he likes kim. I just received a beautiful letter from kim jongun it was a very personal, very warm, very nice letter. I appreciate it. He just wrote me a nice letter. Unexpected. As i said yesterday, very nice letter. But it was a very nice letter, a very warm, very nice letter. as trump stephen yes, hes a coldblooded madman, but hes also a good guy. A murderer, but hes killing me with kindness. Really knows how to execute a warm letter. Hes a straight shooter in the head, a guy you really want to hang with, truly my favorite youth in asia. laughter applause and it turns out what . What . What, are puns illegal now. Jon that is a pun. Stephen it turns out, according to an administration official, the letter kim sent to President Trump has nothing to do with denuclearization. Its a birthday greeting. Thats all it takes to win trump over. It reminds me of that key moment in world war ii we shall fight them on the beaches. We shall fight them on the landing grounds. We shall Never Surrender wait, hitler sent me a birthday card and theres a dollar in here go surrender stephen so yeah, yeah. So, kim, youre good testing darn it. Jon 1. Stephen one letter, one letter. Speaking of the darkness that threatens to swallow us all, Kellyanne Conway. Yesterday booing her family is here tonight. laughter applause yesterday, a federal agency recommended that conway be removed from service after finding that she repeatedly used her office for political purposes. Which brings up an important question what is her office . I assume shes the secretary of lying to reporters in a driveway. Conways in trouble for violating something called the hatch act, which bars federal employees from political activity while on the job. According to this report, she repeatedly violated that law by trashtalking Democratic Candidates and that her actions erode the Principal Foundation of our democratic system, the rule of law. Okay. Not the best employee review. Okay, kellyanne, come in and have a seat. Theres positives and negatives. Says here, for one, youre a cancer on the republic. But on the bright side, youre punctual. applause true, never late. Jon gotta be on time. Its important. Stephen never late. Kellyanne is so bad that this was the first time the Oversight Office has made such a recommendation for a white house official. And Kellyanne Conway do not give a damn. Just a couple weeks ago, when asked about it, she said, blah, blah, blah. If youre trying to silence me through the hatch act, its not going to work. Let me know when the jail sentence starts. as kellyanne your honor, i plead blah, blah, blah. Whatever, losers. What are you gonna do, send me to court . Oh, thats where i am right now . Well, i bet you cant drag me to jail. Oh, you can . Later, haters cheers and applause 5 theres a little news out there from the 2020 campaign trail. Former starbucks c. E. O. Howard schultz has suspended his bid for president. Yeah. applause he suspended it. Just like we suspended the family dog to a nice farm upstate where he can run for president , too. Youll recall, schultz is the billionaire testing the waters for a run as a centrist independent. And among all the 2020 candidates, im pretty sure he is one of these four guys. Unless those are all guys who helped me at the mens warehouse this morning. When schultz announced his potential run, the response was, to put it in starbucks terms a roomtemp, lowfoam decaf who cares. But he hasnt officially given up, though he did fire most of his Campaign Staff in a move that an aide called realigning the team for the next phase of his exploration. He has got the corporate lingo down. Ive begun proactive streamlining due to the lack of synergy between me and having a frapuccinos chance in hell. But schultz does have a good excuse for taking a break. In a campaign email, he said, dear friends friends plural . Lets not get ahead of ourselves, howard. But go on. I, unfortunately, experienced acute back pain that required me to cut my travels short. I underwent three separate back surgeries. Today, i am feeling much better, and my doctors foresee a full recovery. Well, thats great news. Although, i do have a hunch how he got hurt. Guys, have you seen my polling numbers . Theres only one dignified way out of this. Quick, throw me down a flight of stairs laugh applause cheers but in light of this news, i do have my own announcement dear friends, as of today, i am officially suspending caring about howard schultz. I have not discussed this with my family or with my spiritual adviser. I tried to, but no one wanted to talk about howard schultz. But there are things people do want to talk about. For instance, its pride month. cheers and applause yes, thank you, thank you that thats a lovely response, but not everybodys proud that it is pride because the Trump Administration has barred pride flags from embassy flagpoles. booing makes sense. They need that space for the new banners that say now accepting election interference you see, under barack obama, pride flags were allowed to fly at u. S. Embassies, but last year, the rule changed, and they needed to request permission from the state department. This year, all requests were denied, including ones from embassies in israel, germany, brazil and latvia. You cant deny latvia the joy of flying the rainbow flag. I mean, for petes sake, they dont have color there yet. Their skittles ads just say, taste the gravel. But heres the thing not fair. Im sure its a lovely country. Thats not fair at all. Its a cheap but effective joke. But heres the thing the embassies are rebelling. Because the rule says technically you cant put the pride flag on the flagpole, so instead, theyre putting it on the facade of the embassy in seoul, through light projections on the embassy in new dehli, and in nepal, Embassy Staff wore rainbow colors and held up pride balloons. Hell yes because that is the best finding ways to break the rules is what pride is all about remember, this all started with a clash with police over their oppressive antigay tactics. 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But all greeting cards had to start somewhere. And the people who write greeting cards dont always nail it on the first try. Thats why tonight were taking a look at early efforts in our segment first graphs. No, no, stupid all right, i need some help here. Who wants to help out with first drafts. Is there a father in the house . Do we have a father you, sir, right there. I saw you first. Come with me, sir. Give it up for the man right here. Take a seat. Thank you very much. Thank you so much for coming up with me. Sir, moose your name. Meneche. Stephen nice to meet you. Im stephen. Are you a dad . Im a dad. Two beautiful daughters right there and my wife. Stephen im a dad, too. One daughter, two boys, one daughter, two boys. Yeah, its challenging. Do you think dads get appreciated enough . I dont think so . I dont think so, either. Were going to change that right now. We have a couple of fathers day presents for you tonight, dad. We is a tie that will match nothing you own. Thank you. Dont get this one. Stephen and weve got weve got a cinnamon roll baked by a sixyearold. There you go. I had those. Stephen you had those, yeah . Im going to leave it here. What were going to do have you seen first drafts before . Do you know what were going to do . No. Stephen what were going to do is we have a bunch of fathers day cards here, and the first card im going to show is going to be the card that was actually sold, the final draft. Okay. Stephen then im going to show the first draft that was not good enough to sell that they had to rewrite. Do you understand the premise . It wasnt good the first time. Stephen right, exactly. Thats exactly right. Thats it. Come on were dad were dad bonding right here. You hold these. And i want you to hard these to me, one card at a time. May i have the first card, please . Thank you very much. Youre a natural. This card says it all. It says happy fathers day. Dad you taught me everything i know. Thats really sweet. Thats really sweet. And the first draft said, happy fathers day, which is why i just tried to change a tire with a hammer. Are you handy . A little bit. Stephen can you have you have you taught your daughters how to change a tire . Yeah. The younger one doesnt know how the tires work. The older one does a little bit. Stephen wait a second. Wait a second. She doesnt know how tires work . No. Stephen she understands the concept of rolling, doesnt she . Could i have the next card. Thank you very much . Heres a nice pun. Happy fathers day youre one nay melon. Thats kind of cute. Id love to but that one right there. But the first draft said happy fathers day. I wouldnt be here if you and mom didnt honeydew it thats true, thats true. Thats true. Stephen this is this is this is my favorite. Do you do you do you get good presents . Oh, yeah. Stephen do you get good presents . Yeah. Stephen what do you want for fathers day in case they havent bought you anything yet . Do you have a hint . Not the same color shirt. Stephen have you gotten the same color shirt more than one year in a row . Probably. laughter . Stephen who gave you this . Who gave you that . I think i bought this myself. Stephen okay. Not that color. Okay. Heres a fun one. Its darth vader and it says, dad, you are my father. Thats fun. Thats fun. But the first draft said, dad, this. Doesnt end well for you. laughter applause it doesnt. It doesnt. This is a good one right here. It says to my fatherinlaw. Youre just like a dad to me. Thats sweet. But the first draft said, to my fatherinlaw. Youre just like a dad to me, which would make my wife my sister, which is weird. I take it back. Thats true, thats true. Thank you. You have enjoyed this . I very much so. Stephen this is nigh fathers day present to you. Thank you, stephen. Stephen thank you. Did you get me anything . Yeah, absolutely. Oh, thank you very much cheers and applause regift thank you very much. applause our final our final fathers day card. Heres a fun one. It says happy fathers day. This is not your average fathers day card. Thats nice. But the first draft said, happy fathers day. I hope this helps cure your qeso clinical depression. Thank you so much. Thank you, stephen. Stephen give it up for meneche, everybody. Well be right back with aubrey plaza. applause walkin like a taco driving over potholes hotter than a pot roast fingers on my hot chips red handed come on man now im a need some chopsticks i want it that way i want it that way the original, now its hot. When your psoriasis is bad, it can be hard to see whats possible. But the possibilities become clear with taltz. The first and only treatment of its kind offering a chance at 100 clear skin. With taltz, up to 90 of those with moderate to severe psoriasis saw a significant improvement of their psoriasis plaques. Some even saw 100 clear skin. Dont use if youre allergic to taltz. Before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. 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Click, call or visit a store today. band playing cheers and applause cheers and applause . Stephen ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the show. A pleasant evening. What night is this . Lovely friday. Happy friday, jon. Happy friday. Ladies and gentlemen cheers and applause please, contain yourself. Contain yourselves, ladies and gentlemen. Folks you know my first guest from parks and recreation, ingrid goes west, and legion. She now stars in the new movie childs play. Please welcome aubrey plaza stephen hi, aubrey. How are you . Dont be afraid of me. Dont hurt me. Dont hurt me. Stephen i wont, i promise you. How are you . Its nice to see you again . Nice to see you, too. Stephen are you a horror fan . Because now were in the new childs play. I wouldnt no, not really. Stephen this is a this is a this is a new one, and chuckie, who is the doll, the evil doll thats right. Stephen that kills people. Just to be clear, im not playing chuckie. laughter a lot of people have assumed that im playing chuckie. I dont know why. Because im a woman. laughter . Stephen but youre youre the chuckie is evil. Yup. Stephen and your twitter handle is evil hag. Yeah, thats a coincidence that has nothing to do with anything. I can do whatever i want in my personal life. Stephen i know. I know that. Im just curious why evil hag . Because you dont seem like an evil person. Thats a long story, and were not supposed to talk about that. Stephen what . Legally . Legally were not allowed to talk about it i dont want to get sued again, okay. No, i had a fascination with has, i thought hags stephen witchy kind. Like sea hags, specifically, nauticalole women. Stephen who dragged the sailors in the night. An old woman with the net and a bunch of seaweed coming out of her teeth. And for some reason that image always was appealing to me. Stephen oh, 100 . Im on team hag right here. When i moved to l. A. , i actually did i had my friend film a bunch of videos of me, like, running down rodeo drive screaming as a hag, covered in dirt. Its just a kind of thing stephen was this on a real you send out to agencies . No that was just for me private private collection. Stephen for parties. No one is allowed to say that but me and myself. Stephen who do you play in this one . Youre not playing chuckie. Youre playing who . No, im playing karen barclay, who is the mom. Stephen you have never played a mom before have jew i have not. Its my first mom role. Stephen we have a clip of you here momming it up. Roll the clip. Stephen jim. I think chuckie did something to her. Sweetie, chuckie is a toy, okay . It broke. We got rid of it. No, mom, mom, i saw him. I saw him. No, you didnt. Listen to what were saying. Mom, hes going to kill her. Chuck why arent you listening to me . Hes following doreen. I can show you. Why do you have omars phone . I took it. Why . I had to. I had to follow chuckie, mom. Okay. Im not crazy, mom stay right here, okay. And youre coming to work with me. Hes trying to kill us do not move applause stephen i just want to say, i want to say this and i mean in the best possible way youre a terrible mother. I disagree. Okay . Stephen how did you did you never having played a mother before, did you have to bond . How did you bond with that young actor . Yeah, it was interesting. I learned a lot. I learned that children, they, if you egg them on, they dont know when to stop. laughter we we got in, like i turn into a kid around kids. And learned the hard way, like, we got into a total prank war where we were we were just trying to terrify each other pretty much every day. And i took it way too far. laughter and, like, just did a lot of really inappropriate things. laughter like stephen like . And i didnt succeed, which is the sad part but i stephen you didnt succeed in terrifying him. In terrifying him. He was not scared of me. Stephen did he scare you . He scared me. Every time i left set he would be hiding in my closet or under a car. He would always be jumping out at me, scaring the bleep out of me. But one day when i wasnt working, i actually, on a day off, i woke up at 5 00 in the morning and went to his Apartment Building and hid inside of his transpo van. And i thought ill get him now because he wont expect me to be here. And i waited under a blanket waiting for him, and i jumped out and screamed at him and he had literally no reaction. He was like, that wasnt even scary. He was basically like, youre pathetic and youre not even working today, and i walked back stephen, that by the way, how actual boys feel about their homs. I know. It was good. It helped with the chemistry with us. Stephen how did it end . It ended with actually, it ended with i was so i was so, like over him pranking me, it got really, like, annoying, they couldnt just walk around and not be scared, that i was like, we need band together, and we ended up teaming up against brian tyree henry. And it kind of ended with us, like, stealing a bunch of cod from the catering line and we stephen fish . Just fish . Yeah, fish, you know, cod. laughter and we we we went in his trailer when he wasnt there and woo microwaved it over and over again a bunch of times. Yeah, it was disgusting. Yeah, and then we hid pieces of cod all over his trailer in places where he couldnt find it, you know. He could smell it, but he couldnt find it. laughter . Stephen so you literally took, like, dead Sea Creatures and littered it all overue know whats that the behavior of . Dont say it. Stephen the evil shag what thats the behavior of. applause exactly you know, ive heard verify something for me here if you dont mind. I have heard that you really want to be cat woman. That this is not a joke, that you that you sincerely see yourself as cat woman in the d. C. Universe, like in a movie, not in reality. Okay, i said that in a couple of interviews stephen two points make a line. I get asked questions, if you were a superhero, which one would you want to be . And i always think of cat woman because i just love that character, and i love the cat woman movie, the halle berry one. Stephen it is a movie. Its not something i think about every day. Stephen because theyre casting right now. Robert pattenson is going to do batman. Yes. Stephen and they might be casting cat woman. What do you do at aubrey plaza level . Because people already know you and love you and know youre an evil hag. What do you do . Do you send a resume over and tell somebody to call you . How do you do it . Im not going to try to get that part. Theres just no way in hell theyll cast me get that out of here. Stephen let them know right now you want to be. applause why . cheers and applause laughter laughter cheers laughter applause cheers applause stephen when we come when we come is that what a cat does . Stephen when we come back, when we come back, aubrey and i are going to cover the extremely local news. Aubrey plaza, everybody what do you want to be i going to be an astronaut you can put your mind to do whatever you wanna do just tell yourself that you capable, too you gon be something, youre glorious we wellknown, notorious they cant stop you or block you or mock you you fall down, but get up and skip and hop through kick down doors for others to walk through we have much more power than we give ourselves credit for. You have a purpose, to make you say, did i do that . 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I grew up thinking, man, im in the big city. But its a tiny little stephen its almost too small to be a suburb of philadelphia. Pretty much. Stephen i love the smaller towns. It sounds really small. Stephen it was a dirt road. And we actually have a segment because i love small towns. We actually have a segment on this show that highlights the real event. We talk about the events that are happening. Would you like to join me in doing that . Yes, i would. I cant wait. Stephen then its time for wilmington, delawares, Community Calendar applause stephen welcome to Community Calendar, your source for whats happening in and around wilmington, delaware, and the greater Brandywine Valley area. Joining me is native wilmingtononian, aubrey plaza mmmm cheers and applause thank you, stephen. And you know what we say in wilmington its a wilmington of fun. laughter stephen oh, im delaware of that. laughter now, lets get to some actual events going on this month in wilmington. Tomorrow night, june 15, organist ken double will be at the dickinson theater to play the fourth largest theatre pipe organ in the world. So if youre a fan of pipe organs, get ready for the fourth greatest night of your life. laughter wow then, on june 29, its the wilmington pirate festival, pirate and maritimethemed swashbuckling fun. So throw on an eyepatch; strap on a wooden leg; then ransack a passing ship, take their crew prisoner, succumb to scurvy, and get hanged for your crimes. Plus, Face Painting laughter cheers and applause . Stephen whole family. Yeah stephen this sunday is fathers day, which means its time to head to the American Helicopter Museum and Education Center for their event, fatherfest. Fatherfest will feature fun attractions like classic cars, motorcycles, and a beer garden. So stop by and see what happens when you mix vehicles, alcohol, and middleage despair laughter applause yeah. Keep drinking that. Stephen do you like homemade gifts . Thats why, the weekend of july 27, you should head to the Pennsylvania Guild of craftsmen fine craft fair. Its the Perfect Place to pick up a souvenir that you will look at years from now and say, hey, whered we get this . And your wife will say, at that thing we went to, remember . Well, this weekend is that thing. laughter applause wow. Saturday, june 29, bring the family to the New Castle County ice cream festival, where local creameries will be serving the regions best ice creams. Its like the old saying goes, i scream, you scream, we all scream and scream and scream and scream and scream and scream and scream and scream and scream and it never ends. We just keep screaming. cheers and applause stephen i dont think thats the saying, aubrey. It is at my house, stephen. Stephen got a song in your heart . Then youll wanna hit up karaoke monday at bar xiii. Theyll be serving drink specials while you find a cathartic song and belt it out. Because, as they say at bar thirteen, therapy comes in many forms. And if slamming alcohol drinks and singing at strangers is your therapy, then i might recommend actual therapy. On june 19 head to the paint night fireflies, painting nice and wine bottles. These random words cobbled together are guaranteed to be the best time since grub burger, monster truck gravel bucket. applause stephen well, that does it for wil the wilmington, delawars Community Calendar. Aubrey plaza, everybody. Well be right back. With abc news chief legal analyst dan abrams. Ght now at k. Take 25 off our best active brands save on young mens under armour tees. Womens nike shorts just 26. 25. Kids nikes only 39 dollars. And mens adidas 56. 24. Plus get kohls cash kohls. If your mouth is made to amaze, let Philips Sonicare give its care a raise. Get a months worth of manual brushing in just two minutes. Philips sonicare, nextlevel clean, nextlevel care. Theres always a way to make life better. Philips sonicare. 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Come on mom, lets go band playing cheers and applause stephen hey, everybody, welcome back. My next guest is the chief Legal Affairs correspondent for abc news. Please welcome to the late show, dan abrams applause stephen it is it is good to see you, dan abrams, because i, i used to really enjoy watching the abrams report on msnbc. Wow, thats a long time ago. Stephen what time what time was that on . The abrams report was on at six qk clinton on msnbc. Stephen that was before i went down to do my show, my old show. Thats great. Stephen why did you stop you stop doing that show you ran msystem nbc. You were the general manager . I was, i was you. Stephen dont ever leave camera. I learned that the hard way. It is sometimes a lot more fun being the onair person complaining about management than it is being the management being complained about. Stephen sure. Yeah, and this is the money maker, baby, right there. Thats where you want to keep a goodlooking young man like you, why would you not be on camera . Then i went back on the air, and msnbc made the worst decision and they still regret it to this day. I had the 9 00 show at this point and they replaced me with this woman, rachel maddow. Have you heard of her. Stephen flash in the pan. Flash in the pan. I was like what are you guys thinking. New book you wrote, Theodore Roosevelt for the defense. This is a trial i knew nothing about. Tell the people the story. It is an amazing story that has become a footnote to the history. Theodore roosevelt is the former president at this point, 1915. He spends six weeks in syracuse, new york, in a trial defending himself in a libel case. He is accused of libel, a Republican Party boss, william barnes, who he accused of being corrupt. Roosevelt testifies in his defense. And this becomes a trial about his legacy. They try to turn the tables on roosevelt and basically say, youre calling us corrupt . Youre just as corrupt as they were. They go after him for everything from how he paid his tacks and whether he was a resident of new york, and, therefore, he could have run for governor. They talk about what he was expecting when he got campaign donations. It become verizos very personalt Theodore Roosevelt. Eight days often of crossexamination with an attorney who does not like him at all, wants to humiliate him, and we have all the words from the transcript. We have this over3,000page transcript sitting up in syracuse, new york, not available publicly. And we have taken that, taken all of the newspaper coverage from the time it was frontpage news everywhere gli cant imagine the t. R. Sat back and took that. Hes a tough hombre. Oh, yeah, it was in fact, when the crossexamination started when the lawyer started, his lawyer was asking him questions, and objection, objection, objection, the other side is objecting trying to not let him get a reporwith the jury. But when the crossexamination starts he said dont object. Let me mano a mano. And thats what you see in the transcript. Stephen challenge him to fight. That was roosevelts thing. Stephen sure, strip to the waist and fist cuffs. He did. Stephen i know. In the white house. In the white house. He would have some of his aides who had to be there and doing these varying forms of wrestling and fighting matches with him. And they would get injured, and he would get injured. And it was, you know stephen wasnt there nice when there was dignity in the white house. Stephen dan thanks so much for being here. The book is Theodore Roosevelt for the a little bird told me that you have fast internet and now the best mobile network too . Yeah and get them together and save hundreds on your wireless bill. Wow, thats great. Oh, and this looks great. Are these words for sale . No. Go, go, go, go. Now you can get fast, reliable internet and save hundreds on your wireless bill. Thats simple, easy, awesome. Taxi should i have stopped her . Get started with a limited time offer on xfinity internet for 19. 99 a month for 12 months, plus ask how to get twohundredfifty back when you switch to xfinity mobile. Late show. Join us next week for chris matthews, ice cube, and naomi watts. Good night, everybody. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org are you ready yall to have some fun feel the love tonight dont you y where it is you come from itll be all right its the late, late show reggie ladies and gentlemen,