Announcer its the laten. C. Plus stephen welcomes live, former National Security advisor and ambassador, susan rice and musical guest sheryl crow, featuring live jon batiste and stay homin. And now live from the ed sullivan Theater Office building in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen whoo welcome one and all to a late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. Were live. I dont really know how because we generally do these covid shows with, like, bailing wire and duct tape to begin with, and i just want to give a shout out to my writers, the whole staff, the crew, for everybody making this. I dont know how. Chris, is it actually happening or are you humoring me . Its actually happening. Stephen its actually happening. It is night one of the Democratic National convention and theyre telling me its live. Ive got the bug in the corner. I tell you what, heres how we can prove it, okay. We can prove that its actually 11 49 while im saying this if you just look at a clock in the room where