This is a subpoena. This is President Trump. sizzling this is President Trump when you respond to a subpoena. Any questions . So remember, just say. No. No. No. No more oreos. Close enough. Its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight oh, no she didnt. Plus, stephen welcomes Elisabeth Moss matt bomer and comedian stephen rogers, 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 happy friday. Happy friday. Hey, everybody hello hello, my friends. Hello. Hello, jon. Audience Stephen StephenStephen Stephen stephen cheers and applause stephen thanks, everybody. Down here, up there. In the corner over there. Thank you very much. Welcome, one and all, welcome, dear friendly neighborhood late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Happen friday, everybody. Happy friday. cheers and applause weve all earned it, matty. Donald trump is back in the country. He was right. We should have built that wall. laughter now, one of the many odd aspects of trumps recent trip is where he stayed while commemorating dday, over in france. Specifically, at his own irish named for its owner, the douchebeg. Apparently heres the deal the Irish Government rejected the clubs original name, mar olago. laughter but i might have made that up. Theres a chance. Theres a chance i made that up, jon. Lets check that out. But trump explained why his club was the Perfect Place for him to stay. Were going to be staying at doonbeg in ireland because its convenient, and its a great place. But its convenient. laughter . Stephen very important. Folks, remember, when youre visiting france, theres no more convenient place to stay than ireland. Its a mere hop, skip, and 615 miles away. And everybody traveling with the president had to stay at his hotel, too, because, for the town of doonbeg, tripadvisor lists three hotels, total. Trumps hotel is rated number one. Number three is not a typical hotel, but a group of camping pods that resemble cozy wooden sheds. as trump im sorry, eric, were all full. Youre staying in the shed, just like at home. And ump is coming home to a bunch of headaches, folks. Hes got a trade war going with china. In retaliation for trump raising tariffs on 200 billion of their goods, china, theyre kind of making this personal, because we all know how close trump is to chinese leader xi jinping, because trump wont shut up about it. I have a great relationship with president xi. Hes a friend of mine. He likes me. I like him. The relationship i have with president xi is extraordinary. Its really very good. That was two of the great days of my life, being in china. I dont think anybody has ever been treated better in china ever in their history. My relationship with president xi is better, i guarantee than any relationship of a president and a president. Its not even close. Stephen as trump even better than washingtons relationship with lincoln. And they share the same mattress birthday. I think theyre roommates. Well, its possible that xi doesnt feel the same way about trump, because this weekend, ahead of a threeday state visit to russia, xi said, putin is my best and bosom friend. Thats right. Yeah. Look out for the wacky reboot best and bosom buddies. laughter this has to be the news has got to be devastating for trump. Hes supposed to be vlads b. F. F. And what about all the good times trump and xi have shared . Especially this one we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that youve ever seen, and president xi was enjoying it. How could you . How could you xi, i thought we shared something special, chocolate cake. Its not something meaningless, like wedding cake. Jon oh, my goodness stephen really . Jon oh, my goodness stephen really . We found the. Of course trump has bigger foes to worry about than china. Migrant children refugees because the Trump Administration is cancelling english classes, recreational programs and legal aid for Child Migrant in u. S. Shelters booing . You took that right out of my mouth. That is purely leaning into the evil. I think trump is campaigning for the nobel prize in shame. Somehow, somehow, trump found a way to make this horrible situation even worse. Its like finding out that thanos was a loud chewer. Apparently, apparently, the administration is cutting off funding for all kinds of activities, including so. Really, really . How much money could you possibly save by cutting soccer. The equipment is ball. You dont even need gloves. One expert asked why would he do this . One expert thinks that the cuts are an effort to Pressure Congress to fund the Trump Administrations broader immigration agenda. So heres what hes doing. Hes holding these poor kids playtime hostage until he gets his border fence. A strategy he calls as trump give wall, get ball. Now the only hope here wall, ball. The only hope here is that this is probably going to get overturned in the courts, because there are legal requirements that mandate education and recreation for minors in federal custody, which is good, because weve all seen what happens when kids are raised in joyless isolation. applause but trump cant afford something as luxurious as letting kids play, because his immigration budget is going to do something way more important. Its painting the border wall in order to improve its aesthetic appearance. Thats also why the wall is made of vertical slats. Its very slimming. And to make it look thinner, hes also giving it a very long red tie. laughter so the department of Homeland Security claims this paint job is vital to Homeland Security, in order to combat the camouflaging tactics of illegal border crossers. Oh, thats so true. So many migrants camouflage themselves against the wall. In fact, they recently caught this guy trying to get over. laughter and we already have an idea what color the wall will be because last month, trump said he wants it painted flat black, a dark hue that would absorb heat in the summer, making the metal too hot for climbers to scale. Additionally, he wants the whole thing topped with sharp spikes. as trump okay, its gotta be blazing hot with spikes on top, a moat full of laserguided crocodiles, okay, but attractive, goodlooking crocs, no alligator uggos. Speaking of wall. Mart. Yesterday, walmart had its annual Shareholders Meeting in arkansas, and Bernie Sanders showed up. He was invited to speak by a workers rights group, and he advocated for two things employee representation on the companys board of directors and raising walmarts minimum wage from 11 an hour to 15 an hour. Plus applause yes. Good man. Plus, he had to return a sixpack of briefs. as bernie the elastic band on the maroon pair isnt stretchy at all. Its cutting off all the feeling to my means of production. laughter thats what he calls his. Heres bernie at the meeting, actually, defending his proposal walmart can afford to pay its employees a living wage of at least 15 an hour. Stephen they can also afford to tell me where the camera is so im speaking on camera. Hello . Anyone . Marco . Hello, marco. Hello, what am i oh, hello. applause silly joke, silly joke. But in a shocking twist, walmart did not give anyone more money. After bernie spoke, walmarts board of directors rejected the plan. But they did offer bernie a job as a greeter. Weve got a great show for you tonight. Elisabeth moss is here but when we return, i meet the biggest star on broadway. Stick around. You wanted to save on prescriptions. So, you went online and got so confused that your brain went offline. Next time, ask your helpful cvs pharmacist. We created a proprietary search tool that analyzes ways to help lower your prescription costs. Just drop in. 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Weve had bryan cranston, annette bening, jeff daniels, santino fontana, laurie metcalf, heidi schreck, ruth wilson, and even a performance by the cast of best musical nominee the prom. cheers and applause but there is one broadway performer i still havent talked to, the star of the multitony nominated musical, king kong. And at 20 feet and 2,000 pounds, he is by far broadways biggest star. Now, it just so happens that king kong is actually playing directly across the street from here at the broadway theater, appropriately named broadway theater. laughter so i thought i might just walk over there right now to interview king kong about the tonys. Jon, can you give me some just a little bit of walking music, walking across the street music. cheers and applause stephen hello anybody . Is there anybody here . Excuse me, i hello . Excuse me. Please dont eat me, mr. Kong oh, no, stephen. You just startled me. And, please, its dame kong. Gli just always thought of, you know, king kong as being a male role. Stephen, its 2019. Open your mind. A woman is playing king lehr on broadway. You think i cant play a male monkey . Stephen technically, youre an ape. Whatever. Im not a scientist. I am an actor. I played lady macbeth with the Royal Shakespeare company. clears throat. Yet, i do fear thy nature. It is too full the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest wave. Stephen brava no wonder your show has so many tony nominations. Oh, sure, for scenic design, lighting design, and sound. But what about my performance . Stephen well, i think best actor and best actress traditionally go to and i want to say this delicately uhm. Humans. Precisely the point. Im always typecast as the giant primate, and, meanwhile, all the good roles go to you people. Stephen what do you mean you people . I mean you, people. Stephen oh, okay. Not only do you get all the human roles. You also take most of the animal ones. I could be in cats. Memories alone in the moonlight stephen wow, i had no idea you had such a beautiful singing voice. Yes. Im a triple threat singing, dancing, punching down airplanes. laughter now, if youll excuse me, its time to get back into character. Stephen sure. Lalala roars . Stephen king kong, everybody yes it is. You know, maybe youd worry less if you got geico to help with your homeowners insurance. I didnt know geico could helps with homeowners insurance. Yep, theyve been doing it for years. What are you doing . Big steve . Thanks, man. There he is. Get to know geico and see how much you could save on homeowners and renters insurance. At jimmy johns, we know how much you care about freshness, quality and value. We want your sandwiches to arrive freaky fast®, so theyre freaky fresh®. Thats why we only deliver within 5 minutes of our stores and not. And not farther. Hes new. If youre in the zone or in the store, you can get a freaky fresh® sandwich. Jimmy johns because sandwich. Hey allergy muddlers. Achoo . Do your sneezes turn heads . Try zyrtec. It starts working hard at hour one. And works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Zyrtec muddle no more. When you get right down to it. Freedom is the ability to go where you wanna go. And do what you wanna do. So. What do you wanna do . The 2019 jeep compass. Roam free. band playing cheers and applause stephen welcome back, everybody. Ladies and gentlemen, my first guest is an Emmy Awardwinning actress you know from mad men, us, and the handmaids tale. Please welcome Elisabeth Moss hello . Thanks for dropping by. Thank you for having me. Stephen always nice to you have here. I love being here. Stephen how are you been . Season three of the the handmaids tale its out now. The first three episodes are streaming now. Stephen lets go stream them right now. Do the interview first, interview first, then well go stream them. You started hands maid tail in 2016 before the election. Yes. Stephen now, not only in some ways did it seem prescient, but the red cloak and the white bonnet has become a symbol ive got a photograph here its become part of the vocabulary of resistance to some of the backwardlooking changes happening, especially around womens right. Does that feel, as a star and a producer of this show, does it feel surreal to you to see that actually out in the world being being used seriously . It does. It does feel it feels surreal. Its my work outfit. Its like your suit. Its what i wear when i go to work. When i see it used in what i think is a very beautiful way and a very important way, im proud. And im proud to put it on myself, you know. I think its pretty unusual that theres an image of something that just immediately communicates, you know, what side that persons on and what they stand for. And im im proud of those women. cheers and applause stephen well, its not it turns out cheers and applause oh stephen and i was very happy to see this. That it turns out that its not just being worn by some of the women who take no. Stephen . Who take heart from your show. No, very equal. Stephen the message of that show. But it also it also its also on your cat. This is from your instagram . Yes. Stephen who is who is this little resistor right there . She is my little resistor. Look at her. Thats ethel of lucy and ethel. Stephen oh, good applause yeah. Lucy refused. Shes not as principled, i guess. But she would not go anywhere near it. But ethel embraced her resistance. Stephen good. So. Stephen now, i understand, this season, yall, yall go down to washington, d. C. Yeah stephen okay. And did you actually shoot in d. C. . We did. We shot at the lincoln memorial. Stephen in the in the outfits . Absolutely. We shot inside the lincoln memorial, which is really youre only allowed to have five people in there and no camera can touch the ground, and we shot outside as well. Stephen out on the steps and everything. Oh, yes. Stephen that must have freaked people out to see you all did they think you were a protest . Or did they they may have. I think they may have. And some people just wanted to go see the memorial. Some people were just annoyed because we were in the way and they wanted to go see this beautiful memorial. Stephen sure, very moving. And they were waiting for us to finish. We had some nice fans there. They were very cooperative and they got quiet when we asked them to be quiet. And after certain takes, if they liewkd it, they would applaud. And then they stopped applauding at one point and i was a little disappointed. You know, i guess that one wasnt as good. Stephen i think we have a clip here. You can tell us what is going on. Its from the sceeng i think that you shot . Its from the scene. But its halfway through the season but its such a cool moment i wanted to start sharing it with people. Stephen so nobody has seen it yet. I dont want to spoil too much, but june, my character, is in d. C. , which is like gilead on steroids, and its much worse than the gill add weve come to know which is crazy. Stephen jim, lets get crazy. Hear our prayer. Stephen wow. cheers and applause all of you all were there doing that . Yeah, yeah, were all really there. Stephen youre all really there doing that . Yeah. Obviously we changed the monument into the cross for the effect but it was a Pretty Amazing sight. Stephen there have been a lot of glowing profiles about you, no surprise there. But there is one i have particularly enjoyed seeing recently, and i think youre familiar with this, is that the folks at vulture, nart of new york magazine, they did, a celebration of Elisabeth Moss runny mascara saying evidently youre really youre known for being tiebl turn on the waterworks at a moments notice. Yup. Stephen can you . Can you cry very quickly . Is that a skill you have . Yes. Yes, it is. It is. Stephen did you develop that . Was it always kind thereof, and its come in handy as an actor . I think its come in handy as an actor for sure. I guess i developed it and i cant always do it, and its not, like its not that easy actually. Stephen of course, or else everybody would be an actor. Yeah, yeah. But it is something a trick that ive learned that ive gotten good at. I was very flattered by that article, and also kind of wanted a restraining order against the writer. laughter i was flattered, yeah. Stephen so, couldue and this is a crazy question but could you cry now . laughter i could try. Stephen i could try. Could you could you try. Stephen could i cry . I could cry. Should we have a cryoff . Stephen sure, hold on one second. laughter youre feeling youre feeling good about yourself. Stephen iust want to be prepared. Shitake my glass on or off . Off probably. More vulnerable. Stephen give me some advice here. Do you work internally, or youre already crying. Your eyes are already crying. Youre already shes already glistening in the corners. Shes going to lap me. Shes going to lap me. Shes going to have snot any everything. Its my George Stephen its my job stephen i understand. And my job is to make laugh instead of cry. Im not going to teach you my tricks. You have to fig tur out. Stephen how do we do this . How do we do this . Can we split screen . Do we have that technology . Not on the fly, probably. Can we get tighter . Stephen get a close shot of each one of us. Its all of you. Okay, okay. laughter laughter stephen shhh shhh dont laugh youre kind of doing it. Keep going. Keep going. Youre kind of doing it. laughter laughter yay, you got it cheers and applause that was so good i am honestly so impressed. Stephen wheres my tony . Well, thank you so much for being here. Thank you. Im sorry i made you cry. Stephen i kind of liked it. Okay, good. Stephen new episodes from the third season of the handmaids tale are already streaming on hulu. Go watch it. Elisabeth moss, everybody well be right back with matt bomer. What . im here to steal your car because, well, thats my job. What . What . . What . laughing what . . What . what . [crash] what . haha, it happens. And if youve got cutrate car in