Defense secretary techniques as mixed messages. Were ready for war we dont want war were ready to strike we dont want to strike you do the hokeypokey and you turn yourself around. Thats what its all about. Persuading allies. Sorry what we said about nato. Angela merkel, looking good. Is that a new pantsuit . Hey, macron. Oolala. Parlezvous iran . So sign up for darius lighthouses acting secretary school of acting today. And you can trust me, because im not only the theaters director. Ive also been understudying eric for years. laughter its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, americas got democrats. Plus, stephen welcomes naomi watts chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot and musical guest the raconteurs 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 cheers and applause . Stephen darius lighthouse. Ive got to get chance down. You have to teach me that one. Audience hey, thanks, everybody h
Counsel in the department of justice. There is nothing in the constitution that prohibits the president from being indicted and i think it is very important that we originated this country originated under rebellion of the english king, we did not seem to create another king. Nobody can be above the law. If someone violated the law, the application of the law should be applied to them like it would to any other citizen. And if you are a position of authority, that would be the case. I dont know if it will reach that point, but my position on that would not be a political decision, it will be the fact that we are a nation of laws and no one in this country is above it. And lets check in with Sarah Westwood at the white house. What more are you hearing, sarah . Reporter President Trump has spent the weekend going after the paris climate agreement calling for the end of the rush is sha investigatio russia in basically talking about anything but despite the filings friday that the Presiden
Children and the killer, including possible white supremacist influences. Welcome to a special edition of the lead. Were live outside of the fox theater in zroidetroit with the politics and President Trump digging in on exposing a common theme by attacking a lawmaker of color and this time going after Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings and his district of baltimore. Trump launching 16 tweets on saturday calling baltimore, quote, a disgusting, rat and rodentinfested mess and saying of the majority africanamerican population, no human being would want to be there. The president s Campaign Strategy of pitting americans against each other seems to be getting nastier with one of his former white house communication directors calling for more president ial selfawareness and less racism. Reporter President Trump escalating his attacks on House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings. Saying his Baltimore District has the worst Crime Statistics in the nation, 25 years of all talk, no
President trump focused on an american rapper arrested in sweden with nothing to say about the american kid in dallas who starved for weeks in an immigrant detention facility. Welcome to the leed. Im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead. A Significant Development as House Democrats take a major step toward launching an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Today the chairman of the judiciary jerry nadler filed a lawsuit to get access to secret grand jury material from former special Counsel Robert Mueller investigation including interviews with Key Associates of President Trump. Nadler insists that information will help inform democrats on whether to introduce articles of impeachment in congress. This is all coming as House Speaker nancy pelosi reiterated democrats will only move forward on impeachment based on the facts and law. She insists shes not trying to run out the clock. Though she is opposes as of now to impeachment. Sunlen serfaty starts us off from capitol hill o