Well investigate, track it down and determine the best way to remove it. Whether its baiting, glue board, or humane catch and release, well send that unwanted pest packing. So, call second terminix today. When you got a pres who wont concede, second terminix is what you need but first you gotta vote announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert tonight, the art of the steal. Plus stephen welcomes congresswoman katie porter, and tony romo, featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen hey, everybody welcome to a late show, im Stephen Colbert. You know youre going through a bit of a dark patch in your nations history when the president not endorsing the peaceful transition of power is the feelgood story of the day. Because, last night, all across the country, thousands of americans took to the streets to protest yesterdays decision out of louisville that in the end, no officers would be charged for the killing of Breonna Taylor. Even before the protests started, authorities knew this wouldnt go over well. Because a whole day before the announcement, Louisville Police declared a state of emergency. So they knew ahead of time. What tipped them off that justice wouldnt be served for a black american . They must have a source somewhere in the last 500 years. People were upset all over the country. Music legend Stevie Wonder helped process the feelings you say youre sick and tired of us protesting. I say, not tired enough to make a change. You say you believe that all lives matter. Ha i say i dont believe the bleep you do. Stephen that is an intense carpool karaoke. Looks like stevies ready to release a new single i just called to say, go bleep yourself. Still sounds beautiful when he does it, though. People everywhere want answers which theyre not going to get from trump. Here he is with reporters yesterday after the ruling. Mr. President one more question about Breonna Taylor if i can. So, ill be back. Im going to see you tomorrow. A big day. Mr. President if you can just one more question on Breonna Taylor. scuse me. scuse me. Were at a time right now where americans feel like whos the caller . Say it . We are on this carousel whos the caller . I have a big call. A very big call. Stephen as trump sorry, gotta go, i have a big call. Brring, brrring hello . Its ivana. Ivana get out of here before you ask me another question about Breonna Taylor. This decision yet again undermines Many Americans faith in our system of government. And clearly, trump is jealous because thats kinda his thing. Case in point, we just found out the Trump Campaign is actively discussing radical measures to bypass the election results. Okay, thats chilling. You dont want to hear the words radical or bypass connected to your heart, or your democracy. But, according to a Trump CampaignLegal Advisor, if trump loses the election, his campaign is considering asking legislators in battleground states where the republicans have a legislative majority to bypass the states popular vote and to choose electors loyal to the g. O. P. And the sitting president. Well, like lincoln said at gettysburg, a government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from this earth. Unless i lose. In which case, im king now. Bow before lincoln what i dont get is why they would tell us. Are they trying to raise the idea now, so it seems less shocking when they bring it up for real . Hey, honey, wouldnt it be so random if we had a threesome . Super weird, right . Hey, why dont we have your friend doris over anymore . laughter a little laughter from my wife over there. Wouldnt that be crazy . Wouldnt that be so weird, hon . So weird do you ever see doris anymore . No. Stephen okay. laughter when we wrote that joke, by the way, i did not think you would be in that chair. laughter stephen trumps plan hinges on delegitimizing mailin and provisional ballots and any other votes that are not counted by the end of election day. Trump doesnt trust anything that comes in the mail, unless its a bride. as trump you gotta remember to poke the airholes though. Thats how i lost ivana two. One trump Legal Advisor explained the push for new electors would be framed in terms of protecting the peoples will and that state legislatures should say, weve been given this constitutional power. We dont think the results of our own state are accurate, so heres our slate of electors that we think properly reflect the results of our state. Trumps like americas gaslighting boyfriend. Pennsylvania, sweetie, youre confused. Youre so emotional, i think you filled out all these ballots and forgot to put my name. Lets throw these away and watch a movie on netflix, okay . You get to pick its goodfellas. now, this is, whats the word, bleep balls crazy. For over 244 years, weve always had a peaceful transition of power following elections. Its kind of the thing that makes us, us. But when asked about keeping with this tradition, trump firmly committed to nothing. Will you commit to making sure there is a peaceful transfer of power after the election . Well were gonna have to see what happens. Stephen so, the president of the United States wont commit to leaving office if he loses the election. Ah, youll have to excuse me. I think i left the stove on in new zealand, and id like to stick my head in it. Im kidding, of course. New zealand wont let our planes land there. When pressed on the issue, trump did not back down. I understand that, but people are rioting. Do you commit to making sure theres a peaceful transfer of power . I know. Nope. Get rid of the ballots and youll have a very peaceful, there wont be a transfer frankly. Therell be a continuation. Stephen what . What do you mean . You cant get rid of the ballots you cant get rid of the ballots an election without ballots is just a bunch of adults who took off work on tuesday because they liked stickers. Of course, refusing a peaceful transition implies a violent transition. I dont want that. I majored in theatre. The only fighting experience i have is stage combat. I do have a black belt in pretending to punch you. Trumps threats to disregard the results of the election alarmed top democrats, who swiftly unleashed their most powerful weapon stern tweeting. Chuck schumer posted, President Trump you are not a dictator and america will not permit you to be one. Okay, i understand the sentiment, but dictators dont generally ask permission. Otherwise, germans in 1933 would have received this letter german accent dear citizen, the new chancellor seeks permission to burn down the reichstag. Please sign this slip and return it so we can throw it in the fire. P. S. We also need chaperones for der spring fling. Der spring fling. Der spring fling. We also got a response from joe biden could you talk a little bit about President Trumps comments today that he did not commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election . What country are we in . Im being facetious. Stephen okay, i know youre being facetious, but if your opponents main line of attack is that youre losin it, maybe dont start with, what country are we in . as biden what country are we in . Where am i . I smell toast but i actually liked joes honest reaction i said, what country are we in . Look, he says the most irrational things. I dont know what to say to that. But its not surprising. Stephen true. Its not surprising. Because and im not putting it past trump to barricade the white house gates, and put eric in a baby bjorn and use him as a human shield, but what he really wants is to undermine your faith in the election. So youll go whats the point of voting . The point is you vote, he goes. Regardless of what he tries. We just need to bury him under a mountain of votes. Because hell try anything. Hes already planning on fighting it all the way to the Supreme Court. He admitted that this week when he said when hed be announcing his nominee. I think this is very important. I think this will end up in the Supreme Court and i think its very important that we have nine justices. Stephen he thinks theyll be on his side. If he appointed them. Id like to hear the job interview. as trump im considering you for a lifetime appointment to one of the most powerful positions in america, but id like you to do us a favor, though. In a related story, trump visited the Supreme Court, where Ruth Bader Ginsburg was lying in repose. Now, he did wear a mask, which is good. Protects people around him from seeing his face. But, unfortunately, the crowd still recognized him. See if you can spot the exact moment they noticed he was there. booing vote him out vote him out vote him out stephen once again, ginsburg delivering a fiery dissent. Now, republicans get outraged when you say that all their entire political strategy is voter suppression. They get even more outraged when you stop them. Take florida. In 2018, florida voters overwhelming approved amendment four, which restored Voting Rights to felons who had completed their sentences. Makes sense. Pay your debt to society, you get to vote. But the Republicancontrolled Legislature and governor then passed a law denying those rights to anyone who still owed money for old fines. Denying them a fundamental democratic right because they owe a fine is pretty severe. Thats like having an Overdue Library book so the librarian neuters you. Ironically, the book was a separate piece. Enter former new york mayor, and lawn gnome whose hat was just taken by a squirrel, mike bloomberg. Bloomberg helped raise more than 20 million so that felons who completed their prison sentences can vote in the president ial election, thereby reenfranchising about 31,000 people. Hell yeah, weve got a rich guy on our side hes making it rain democracy check his couch cushions maybe we can bail out the post Office Bloomberg didnt do it alone. Other donors included, john legend, michael jordan, and lebron james. In fact, bloomberg made the announcement with lebron. as bloomberg thank you, mr. King james. Now i would like to tomahawk dunk using this walnut. Hiiiyah. laughter stephen seriously, thank you for doing that, mayor. So 31,000 more floridians are going to be able to vote this election. Youd imagine their democraticallyelected officials would be thrilled. Youd be wrong. Enter Florida Attorney general, and woman watching a bag of puppies being lowered into the river, ashley moody. Yesterday, moody sent letters to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the f. B. I. , asking them to review allegations that bloomberg and the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition had violated the law by offering incentives for voting. Ill give you an incentive to vote if you dont, the president says hes going to steal the election. F. B. I. , you might want to look into that. Weve got a great show for you tonight. My guests are california representative katie porter and Dallas Cowboys great tony romo. But when we return, meanwhile stick around. Imagine the places well go. Together. Expedia knowinits hard. Re is hard. Eliminate who you are not first, and youre going to find yourself where you need to be. The race is never over. The journey has no port. The adventure never ends, because we are always on the way. Is now even more powerful. 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Tell me about the concert. Jon farm aid started by willie nelson, john mellencamp, neil young. What theyre doing sin credible, helping the countrys first farmers, indigenous people, black farmers keep their land and battle against the Corporate Power structure, that is trying to change to course of how we eat and live. Stephen does your family have a farm, john . Jon my family goes back seven generations of farmers in clayton county, georgia, and eventually new orleans. And my grandfather was the first nonfarmer. He moved from lafayette, louisiana, to new orleans. Stephen sucked in by the allure of the big city. Jon yeah, you know, the big city of new orleans, and the music is something. Thats how we got the music going. Stephen well, do you have any farm music for us . Jon oh, yeah. Stephen can we get a little preview for the weekend . Jon he taught me this lick, actually. This is one of the first licks its like zydeco farmers, they have accordians on the farm. Lafayette, the home of clifton, zydeco country, baby. Stephen latch a couple of accordions to the plow and off you go. laughter jon yeah, thats how you gotta go do it. Thats it. Stephen thanks, jon. Jon batiste, everybody. Jon much love. Stephen you know, folks, most to have the time, i love to collect all my most precious news mementos of the day; the most topical crystal vases, faberge eggs, and handturned bowls to put on display for you in the fine oak hutch cabinet, with accented downlighting, that is my monologue. But sometimes i like to gather up some busted old baby strollers, blood stained suits, and hairless doll heads, and shove em into the dusty and terrifying crawlspace of news that is my segment quarantinewhile quarantinewhile, due to the ongoing pandemic, the new years eve ball drop in times square will be virtual this year. Oh, no, now i cant go to times square on new years eve like i will never do. A times square spokesman said one thing that will never change is the ticking of time and the arrival of a new year at midnight on december 31. Thanks for the pep talk, buddy. He added, age laps at our heels like a hungering wolf, times thirst cannot be slaked, we are all born astride a grave. Happy new year. Quarantinewhile, the makers of the gundam anime tv series have just unveiled this lifesized, 59foot, 25ton, moving gundam at their factory in yokohama japan. That is an amazing feat of technology, a huge draw for the fans, and this being japan someones definitely gonna have sex with it. Whats even more amazing is this buildingsized robot even has the ability to kneel. In response, the n. F. L. Has built a fivestory chiefs fan to scream at the gundam for disrespecting the flag. Quarantinewhile, the wwe has announced a new line of wines featuring the ultimate warrior, and the undertaker. And if you pound enough wwe wine, you get a chance to meet the undertaker. According to the press release the takerthemed wine is a limited Edition Cabernet sauvignon, and the warriorthemed wine is a zinfandel. Mmm. Mmm. Im getting notes of folding chair and spandex crotchsweat. Mmmmm. Quarantinewhile, tuesday marked 60 years to the day that a man has kept Richard Nixons halfeaten sandwich which he keeps in this jar. Sounds a little odd but theres a fun story behind it. Steve jenny was a boy scout in illinois when then president nixon stopped by a cookout at a local park. Nixon took a couple of bites of a sandwich, said it was good, and then left. Which is when jenne i want to say sprang . Into action. Once he left, i just looked down at the picnic table and everybody else was gone, and that halfeaten sandwich was still on the paper plate. I picked it up and hopped on my bicycle and sped home and ran in the door, i said, mom, ive got a sandwich that nixon took a couple of bites out of. Stephen truly, these are the moments in history that make one pause and say, all right. laughter of course, theres only one way to be sure this is really Richard Nixons sandwich. Scientists must test the sandwich for nixons d. N. A. , then obviously, once they have the dna, they have to clone Richard Nixon and make him fight that gundam robot. laughter quarantinewhile, a poll of 1,000 smartphone users found that 40 of americans would give up their dog for a month to keep their smartphone. Sounds heartless, until you realize 100 of dogs would give up their owner forever for half a ritz cracker. Well be right back with congresswoman katie porter. You know benny would just turn us in. Unitedhealthcare medicare plans offer more. Like the visit a doctor anywhere our rv takes us plan. And the zero copays means more money for rumba lessons plan. Find the right plan for you from unitedhealthcare. Get medicare with more. Find the right plan for you from unitedhealthcare. 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Often i have it on mute. Youre not missing much. Stephen when i see its you, i take it off mute because i know that you usually have a clear point of view and you dont take any b. S. When you know somebody has been obfuscating, are you just salivating to get your questions out . Well, i mean, i think its often not so much that they are untruthful is theyre being incompetent and i think thats where years of teaching students really comes in handy. I really appreciate all the students who came in hung over, unprepared, didnt do their homework because thats an awful lot like questioning Trump Administration officials. When i was talking with secretary ben carson, you know, i am no stranger to people nodding along as if theyre following me and having no idea and thats pretty clear what he was doing. Stephen sometimes your questioning actually seems like a teacher, and i think you might have learned it correct me if im wrong from your mentor, elizabeth warren, seen here. I believe youre being presented a medal of excellence of some kind by elizabeth warren. The highly coveted bankruptcy medal of excellence. Stephen this is in law school and not in Bankruptcy Court . Correct, in harvard law school. She was my professor for bankruptcy class. I received the medal beating out the student who actually received the a plus. I think i was her favorite because i got the medal. Stephen whats the best advice shes given you then and now that youre in congress . The very best advice shes ever given me as ive gone through my career there have been things i have wanted to do that have not been possible and she always said doors are going to close and others will open, its your job to be watching for them opening and you have to decide if you want to walk through. But she has this concept that is one opportunity is gone, another one will come forward, so not to spend any time lamenting the past and just being looking for the next door to walk through. Stephen you are known to be and its something thats very unique, youre the only single mom in congress right now, and what is it you have three kids, right . Yeah, i think so. I mean stephen it varies from day to day . No, it really does. I have a high schooler, middle schooler and an elementary schooler. Today was their first day of inperson education, and the high schooler i took, and the high schooler called me five minutes later and said come get him, youre heret at the wrong day, wrong time, wrong place, all those things. My middle schooler started walking to school and got lost despite the fact hes gone to that school six years, and i havent seen mimi elementary schooler so i assume shes run off to mexico. Stephen you seem very relaxed about it. Theyre likely supervised children. Stephen free ranged. Lightly buttered, like how we all think we have our toast. Stephen whats harder, working in congress or being a single mom of three because i imagine congress is a little hard to control as well. The three children with definitely tougher. Theyre tougher on me. I have never encountered a witness that the as close to as difficult as any one of my children when theyre behaving. Stephen do your children debate you . Mine do. They troll me my son has a sign on his door that says zero emissions 2030 or do not enter. Stephen nice. Nice. Now you are sponsoring a new bill in congress that strengthened Congress Power to check the executive branch and prevents abuses of power by the president. Is that inspired by anyone in particular, maam . No, no, just my general concern about executive power. I mean, of course, its inspired by trump. This is a man who, you know, i think, when you have people expanding the role of executive power but theyre using it relatively competently, it seems okay, but here we have someone expanding the role of executive power and making a mess of it. I really do think there is a point here thats not just about donald trump, but its really about the role of congress in the federal government, and some of my colleagues will say were three coequal branches of government. Malarkey, we are not three coequal branches of government. The legislative branch is the preeminent branch of government and those other people, the president , the Supreme Court, they are subservient to us because we are the branch that are closest to the people, and thats exactly thousand the founders intended it to be. Or maybe i tell myself that because im a lowly house member but it works for me. Stephen sure, makes you feel better. But for your bill to have effect, a president has to sign it. What do you think the odds are donald trump would sign the bill limiting his own power . None. Stephen what about joe biden . Do you think joe biden would sign a bill like this . Because i have asked joe biden. I asked other people who are running for president , not only this time but mrs. Clinton and then back in 2008 would you give up any power established by the previous president or grabbed or accumulated by the president , no one ever named the thing they would give up. No, because if you ask somebody, hi, can i have half your oreos, they will say the same thing, no, i want them all. So its not about asking the president. Its about the American People demanding responsive government, and that means reallocating and making sure things like the power to declare war, the power of the purse, that these things are appropriately congressional powers, so the people need to bring the pressure on the president. I dont think any president would willfully choose to give up power. But thats not their choice. Its our decision about how to allocate this power, the American Peoples decision. Stephen do you think congress doesnt flex his muscles enough . I think our muscles are downright flabby. I think its really, really been ill lostiv illillustrative for n people. They see these tweets and they all say do something. Dont tell me what donald trump is doing wrong do, something about it. Tbut the truth is weve allocatd so much power to the executive its hard for us to take action. Some of it the president s usurped and some of it congress has given away, so its hard to balance. Stephen whats the first power you say i dont need this one, if you get to sit in the chair. I think we need to allocate more power to congress away from the president. I dont think its something we ought to have solely a National Security frame of, so i think thats something where the diversity of the country debating the issue will get us to a better balance than one person making those decisions because they night bring, say, racism or maybe xenophobia into their decisionmaking. Stephen well, congresswoman porter, thank you so much for being here. Absolutely. Stephen and, please, continue to give them the most reasonable hell. Congresswoman katie porter, everybody. Well be right back with cbs sports star tony romo. Your sleep. Excuse me, maam . Yes . sleepily yeah, this already does that. Oh, i didnt know that. Well now you do. Lets try this again. Imagine, one day youll be able to take an ecg. It already does that. Really . What about detect hard falls . Does it do that . Does that. Does that. Does that. Thank you. Encourages you to stay fit . Does that. Oh i dont know. 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And youll receive automatic notifications by text, email or voice call to let you know the status of your ballot once you mail it, drop it off at your polling place or at a drop box. Vote by mail ballots. Simple, safe, secure. Counted. Learn more at vote. Ca. Gov stephen welcome back, sports fans. My next guest spent 14 seasons in the n. F. L. As a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. He is now a sports analyst right here on cbs. Please welcome to a late show, tony romo tony, thanks for being here. How are ya . Im doing good. How are you doing . Stephen fine. Not complaining. Im lucky. Weve both got jobs and we get to do what we love to do when a lot of people cant. I have to ask about your job, youve spent 14 years in the n. F. L. And you now have this job that pays handsomely. You to a great job at it and there arent 300pound men rushing at you trying to pulverize your fumer. Did it occur to you that you just should have switched over sooner . The fact that you said femur you lost me because you have to understand i dont know these big words youre talking about. Stephen youve never seen a femur plow the field . Thats good. You know a little about football. Stephen i know youre not roger staubach. And youre not Johnny Carson. Stephen whoo i love it great to be on the show. Always good to talk to you. Stephen lets talk about football in the time of covid. Lets talk about football right now. Youre calling these games. Theres no n. F. L. Crowd there. First of all, how do you feel about people pumping in the fake crowd noise over the game . You know, its a great question. Stephen thank you. Im a great host. Im no Johnny Carson, but im a great host. You can tell by the great questions, tony romo. Lets not go crazy. Stephen okay. I will say it is a good question because i thought the same thing, stephen, whereas like right now even if were doing this and talking youre used to having somebody laugh when you make a joke. Thats rare for you, i know. Stephen i understand. When someone actually laughs, it gives you feedback. When youre an announcer, you can play off that and you change and adjust, and i think its a hair different from that perspective, but when they pump crowd noise in my ear i feel its the same thing. I make jokes on the air. Im, like, you know what . The crowd is going crazy right now thats unbelievable these guys cant even sit in their seats. Its ridiculous. Stephen last week the eagles pumped in booing. Is that fair . I didnt know they did that. Stephen yes. Because it was truly and eagles crowd. They loaded batteries into a tshirt canon and started firing them at the field. They have been booing for years, especially when i was there. Id walk out and theyd boo and id think, they love me, that has to be a good thing. Stephen what do you hear from the players about how different it is to play without a crowd because the energy has to help you. It does. Everyone wants to talk about how they need that energy but, really, youre evaluated every day in life, so its like when you play in the n. F. L. On wednesday, thursday, friday, youre at practice, the coaches watch the tape, the players, and you care deeply about how youre perceived to your teammates and coaches and youre trying to help your team win and all of a sudden theres nobody there and the games are a lot like that where its like, okay, theyre just going to show up and play and have to do their job . Of course, the fans help tremendously. I mean, it really is a big deal. But in the n. F. L. , its fight or flight. When you walk out there, i promise you, you could get hurt in two seconds. You want to take a play off, i dont have great energy today whawhack youre going to get hurt. Stephen heres another thing about football in the time of covid, people look to sports as an escape for their week, whatever the troubles of the at a are. Its an increasingly troubled country now. Do you think it can still play that role for people because some people want to separate our sports from our politics. Do you think they can survive these days . Yeah, a great question. I was hoping we could get into politics and tough questions. Stephen im asking you about football. Do you think you can preserve like that escape quality its always had for us . I think its always been that way. I think it will always be that way. I do think that, you know, whenever youre in an election year, stuff always is going to be communicated and talked about a little bit differently. I think thats always the case. And i also will tell you sports, youre talking to a sports guy, so for me its like, when i grew up, i never watched the news one time. I watched only Johnny Carson and when he was gone everyone was terrible. Stephen i totally agree. Thats why i dont watch football anymore, no staubach. Well, you played that one play in middle school, that was the big thing. You got that one series . Stephen i played one day. One day its not circle. That gives you credible. I love sports. I love it when its on. I love it and all i can talk about is what i think and feel. Youre trying to feel other people and stephen we have to take a break. We say half time in football. Well be back with more mr. Tony romo. But i like it, i love it, i want some more of it i try so hard, i cant rise above it dont know what it is get a dozen double crunch shrimp for one dollar with any steak entree. Only at applebees. With any steak entree. Top down, the city riding with me been through the storm and the gritty do it for the mom pop on every block new day, sunshine on every block windows open, im yelling unity side by side with my community celebrate, lets have a jubilee its bigger than you and me theyve been there for us lets be there for them theyve been there for us. It was absolutely terrifying. This is a free video curriculum that can teach anyone basic digital skills. 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Theyre there come on come on boom boom welcome to the look a that. Lookt at that. Can we edit this out . Do we have to keep this . Its really hot in here. We cant have any airstrike tigs ning on because of covid right now so well, youre doing a good job for the environment. Im proud of you. Stephen do you have any tips for me on thanksgiving day . Its tag but its serious. The most important thing, you have to relate when youre talking about thanksgiving to people, you have to relate it to that person, that individual. For you, i would say dont play because its not going to end well. Other people i would say play because its enjoyable. But its going to be poor for you. Stephen what do you think is going to go first, my ankles or knees . Your arm pits, i think. Stephen the arms will just shear off because theyre so lubricated . Theyll just snap off . laughter no, just stephen teach me to call a play tony romo style. Okay. Ill give you an easy one so we dont get too deep into the play book. Stephen okay. Ill go with i right. Stephen is that i or i. Hift to i, i as in the letter i. Stephen shift to i. Got it. Z short. Stephen z short. Act four. Stephen act four . Mmhmm. The number four. Stephen not an i. V. But the number 4. Deep, you can make it shorter and say d. P. Stephen d. P. Eight, 24. Stephen youre just making stuff up now. Eight, 24. And well go with h drag. Stephen h drag . Are these the launch codes . H drag. All right. Thats where we stole them from, stephen. Thats where the apple starts. Stephen here we go. Shift i right z short act four d. P. Eight 24. Its not d. P. Its deep stephen you said i could say d. P. you can shorten it so you know its deep, you just put d. P. Because everyone knows thats deep. Stephen well you said deep. Well, we shorten words stephen h drag thats pretty close. That shows your background. That time you played in middle school, that shows why youre talented. Stephen well, tony, this has been such a pleasure talking to you. Its been all my pleasure. Stephen has it really . Ive never had to talk to fast and aggressively and had to come up humor so quickly but stephen do you want to host the show because im exhausted, obviously. You do a great job. Stephen no you do did you enjoy did you enjoy the experience of being on the show, tony romo . Not really, but i really like you. Stephen you know what, its good that we can be honest with each other. It was nice to have you on once. Thank you. Ill be back again in a decade. Stephen i will not be here ten years from now but i hope whoever is in the seat your wife maybe. She is shes a broadcaster, why not give her the chair . Because im just in trouble more than i am. Stephen tony romo, you can catch his n. F. L. Analysis right here on cbs. Thanks, tony. Stephen thats it for a late show, everybody. James corden is next, but first, lets say good night with some music from jon batiste and stay human. 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