Its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, the genuine articles plus, stephen welcomes ed harris Florence Pugh and a special performance by jon batiste and friends. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen come on hi ive missed you i love it oh, lovely, lovely. Welcome, one and all thank you, thank you, maestro. Welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. It is an historic day. And i think well all remember where we were i was on tv, and you were watching it. So, lets get right to tonights don and the giant impeach there was no crime whatsoever, not even a little tiny crime. Stephen this morning, nancy pelosi and the chairs of six House Committees gathered in the house press room, and the House Judiciary Committee chairman, jerry nadler, got the honor of dropping the ibomb. Today, in service to our duty to the constitution and to our country, the House Committee on the judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment charging the president of the united states, donald j. Trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. Stephen yes, for only the fourth time in american history, articles of impeachment were drafted against a sitting president. Its something that no one could have predicted. laughter cheers and applause until trump was elected. The democrats presented two articles of impeachment. And nadler laid out numero uno the first article is for abuse of power. It is an Impeachable Offense for the president to exercise the powers of his Public Office to obtain an improper personal benefit. Stephen im sorry, i wasnt listening. Was that an article of impeachment. Im sorry, i never read the articles. I do enjoy the impeachment centerfold, though. laughter oh, i got to say, miss demeanors got a pair of high crimes there. cheers and applause the joke is in no way related to the clip, not in any way. The second article of impeachment is for obstruction of congress, because trump wouldnt let any of his aides testify in the impeachment inquiry. A lot of critics have said that democrats should wait until the courts force these aides to testify, but the chairman of the intelligence committee, adam schiff, wasnt buying it. The argument, why dont you just wait . Amounts to this why dont you just let him cheat in one more election . Why not let him cheat just one more time . Stephen fun fact why not just let him cheat just one more time . Was what trump had inscribed on melanias wedding gift. Schiff, also its true. Its a true story, jon. That is a true story. You can take that to the bank schiff also said that House Democrats have a very good case. The evidence of the president s misconduct is overwhelming and uncontested. And how could it not be when the president s own words on july 25th, i would like you to do us a favor, though, lay so bare his intentions. Stephen yes, this case is so simple, so bald faced, we at the late show came up with this handy jingle. You know it. You love it. Sing it with me. Maestro theres just one thing that you need to know trump said, do us a favor though. Sing it this christmas around the fire. laughter cheers and applause now, impeaching interesting. Very interesting. Thank you. Beautiful. Beautiful. Impeaching a president is one of the most important and solemn events a member of the house can participate in. So, naturally, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs committee, eliot engel ambled in a third of the way through the press conference. laughter cheers and applause trump tweeted his defense this morning to impeach a president who has proven through results, including producing perhaps the strongest economy in our countrys history, to have one of the most successful presidencies ever, and most importantly, who has done nothing wrong is sheer political madness as trump you cant impeach me the economys so good. Plus, i dont always do criminal things. Sometimes just i do fun, silly goofups, like covfefe and hamberder. Youll miss those. Youll miss those, who know . Think twice. Who knows . Maybe tomorrow ill call worms baby snakes. laughter from here, the House Judiciary Committee will vote on the articles of impeachment on on thursday . On thursday. That very night, thursday night, my guest will be congressman adam schiff. Thats right. Thats right applause mark ones calendar, my friends. Thats how it works. Thats how america works. When people make american history, they come on the late show to promote it. Hopefully, hopefully, hell bring a clip. To prove how weird washington is, on the same day they drafted articles of impeachment, House Democrats and the white house made a deal on the u. S. M. C. A. Trade agreement. Im happy to know our government still works, but its kind of emotionally confusing. Its like your parents telling you theyre getting a divorce while youre on space mountain. laughter was this my fault . Wheee where will i go for christmas . Yaaay laughter yesterday, we got results from the department of justices Inspector General report into the origins of the russia investigation. And despite trumps conspiracy theories, to the contrary, the i. G. Found that. The f. B. I. Was i. G. Found that the f. B. I. Was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the Trump Campaign and russia, and did not act with political bias. Good news for the f. B. I. And the country. Now the f. B. I. Can get back to their important work thrilling you every tuesday, at 9 oo, 8 00 central, only cbs. cheers and applause synergy. Im not the only one glad this investigation of the investigation came up clean. So is f. B. I. Director and guy hoping no one notices who forgot his trumpet, christopher wray. Wray praised the i. G. Report with as much enthusiasm as youd expect from an f. B. I. Director. And i think its important that the Inspector General found that, in this particular instance, the investigation was opened with appropriate predication and authorization. Stephen okay, appropriate predication and authorization. Nothing for trump to be upset about, right . Wrong. as trump i dont know what report current director of the f. B. I. , christopher wray, was reading, but it sure wasnt the one given to me. laughter oh, nothing says job security like calling someone the current director of the f. B. I. laughter yes, thats like saying cheers and applause ominous. Thats like saying, why is my current wife so suspicious about all my business trips . I mean, my next wife is cool with it. Trump isnt the only one casting doubt on the i. G. s findings. So is attorney general and saddest decorative gourd, william barr. Barr went on the tv today to express his disappointment that the Inspector General found his own department had sufficient cause to start the investigation. One area i do disagree with the i. G. , and that was whether there was sufficient predication to open a fullblown counterintelligence investigation. Stephen thats the Trump Administration for ya. We didnt do anything wrong . That does not sound like us. laughter now, trump and barr are all in on the deepstate conspiracy, and so is their friend, the puppeteered carcass of lou dobbs. The department of justice Inspector General, michael horowitz, declared he was unable to find any political bias behind the surveillance of the 2016 Trump Campaign. All this more evidence of the radical dems and the deep states awesome control of our permanent bureaucracy of our federal government. Stephen as dobbs listen cheers and applause there is no proof there is a deepstate conspiracy. That proves there is a deep state conspiracy, because only the deep state could have hidden the proof applause cheers audience clapping weve got a great show for you tonight. Ed harris is here. When we return, meanwhile stick around. band playing cheers and applause stephen welcome back, everybody. Give it up for jon batiste and stay human right there. There you go. Jon, you know, one of one of, i think, the greatest actors of our any generation is on tonight. Mr. Ed harris is here tonight. cheers and applause you do not get that every day. My understanding is this is the first time he has ever been in the ed sullivan theater. Never did letterman, only did leno three times. This is the fourth time on a latenight show. Were very honored to have him here tonight. Thats old school now. And we have Florence Pugh from coming out here from little women. And applause even more exciting, im excited about the talented young musical artist who will be out here later. His name is jon batiste will be performing on tonights show. Jon i know that guy. Thats a good cat. Stephen in support in support of his new album, chronology of a dream. Jon thats right. Stephen have you heard that album . Jon oh, yeah, i heard it gli heard it, too. Jon its fine. Stephen stick around for that. Folks, you know, i spend a lot of time over there standing on stage, away from my chair turning the news into a great christmas feast full of who pudding, and rare who roastbeast where we exchange presents and light the yule log for the great Whoville Christmas that is my monologue. But sometimes, i pull a great grinchy trick and dress up in red to look like saint nick. I take my dog benny, and then some black thread and tie a big horn to the top of his head. And i pilfer each present for many a mile to steal the christmas of news that is my segment. Meanwhile. cheers and applause stephen its a christmas miracle. It rhymed. Its a christmas miracle, meanwhile meanwhile, theres nothing we cant do with meanwhile. Meanwhile, in deepfried holiday news, walmart is selling k. F. C. Fried chickenscented firelogs this holiday season. Perfect for people who are nostalgic for the smell of christmas at dads new apartment. laughter as dad this is just as fun, right kids . Look look, my beds in the wall but dont let the smell fool you. The k. F. C. Log is made from 100 recycled wax cardboard. So, the same recipe as their potatoes. Jon ooooh stephen meanwhile, walmart has apologized for selling a sweater featuring santa with cocaine, featuring saint nick behind a table doing rails, with the phrase doing rails with the phrase let it snow. Listen, i know its shocking, but eventually, all kids learn the truth. There is a santa claus, but the only way he can move fast enough to cover the entire world in one night is with the help of a little candy cane, you know, some north pole marching powered. You know what im talkin talkin, a little a little highspeed reindeer feed. A little rudolph the red nose candy. What im saying is he has a real problem. Meanwhile, china is developing mutant pigs that could help save them from a pork apocalypse. Yes, the pork apocalypse or, as its known in america breakfast. Apparently, these mutant pigs are fortified with a gene for regulating heat, buffering them against hypothermiainduced winters. In america, we already solved the problem of keeping pigs warm. We give them blankets. Look how toast i they are. Ill see you at christmas. Ill see you at the Christmas Party applause meanwhile, at this years art basel festival in miami, a banana was duct taped to a wall in a piece entitled comedian, and priced at 120,000. Thats ridiculous. At whole foods, thatll get you, like, three bananas. laughter crazy. 120,000. Its just crazy but the plot thickened this weekend when a performance artist walked into the gallery, took the banana off the wall, peeled it, and then ate it in a piece he titled hungry artist a prime example of how modern art has become just a crass exercise in selfreferential profiteering. And a great source of potassium. 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Veg up. band playing cheers and applause stephen hey, everybody welcome back ladies and gentlemen, you know my first guest from the hours, game change, and westworld. He now stars in to kill a mockingbird on broadway. Please welcome, mr. Ed harris applause jon come on, ed cheers stephen its really a pleasure to have you on. Thanks for having me. Stephen i dont want to gush too much, but they dont make them like you anymore. You have done so many iconic roles. And now youre taking on one of the most iconic roles that a male actor can take on. Youre going to be playing Atticus Finch, in to kill a mockingbird, taking over for jeff daniels. applause was it at all, even for a star of your stature, an actor of your accomplishments, was it at all intimidating to take over for atticus. Jeff daniels did an amazing job, but its kind of hard, i knowledge, to get gregory peck out of your head. Well, i was in san francisco, seeing my daughter in a play shes studying acting up there. And i was in the hotel room in the morning. My phone had a little message on it from scott rudein the producer says, do you want to play Atticus Finch . And my heart kind of started beating. Ive always loved that book and ive loved that film, you know. And gregorys performance is so indelible and so iconic. I said how do you get that out of your head . But when i started reading Aaron Sorkins script, i realized that he has tweaked it quite a bit. So atticus is not this perfect individual. Hes really got some flaws, and the gregory peck character kind of has faded and, you know, im creating my own experience here. And every night its growing and changing, getting deeper. So its pretty fun. Stephen it is a it is a recognizable from the original story. And the beauty of that story is still there. It is a change in the character and a change in the message in some ways, especially his relationship with calpernia in those scenes. What does atticus represent to you, as someone who didnt grow up in the deep south. You grew up in new jersey. North jersey. Stephen thats about as far from the deep south as you can get. Who is he to you . Well, thats a good question. My dad was not unlike Atticus Finch in some ways, in terms of his tolerance, in terms of his gentility, in terms of his intelligence, in terms of his softspokenness, and really ciemed of a nonviolent individual, you know, which there were a lot of characters that atticus has characteristics. But, you know, you just keep you just keep mining this guy. I mean, one of the things im here until april 19, and every show you learn something new about this character. Stephen the book came out in 1960. Yeah, yeah. Stephen why do you think its still resonant for us today . Well because, you know, its about certain things its about truth, for one thing, which is becoming a word that is kind of been undefined in a way, in the past three and a half years, three years. laughter . Stephen sure, its become very liquid, very fluid idea. Honor, courage and, you know, its still about and its about racism and its about intolerance, and its about bigotry, and its about seeking justice. And those are all themes that are very, very prevalent. Stephen and a man standing against the tide of his time. Yeah. Stephen youre known for a wide variety of roles, many of which have been defined by the hat youre wearing. Well, you know, you like wearing hats since ive got no hair. Wearing hats. S kind of stephen here you are in the truman show, here you are as the man in black right there from westworld. Does atticus have a hat . He does is not. But he does have hair. Stephen youre wearing a theatrical piece up there . I certainly am. Stephen did you go for anything flamboyant . Its like a 30s, it takes place in 34, and it has some kind of a thing going like that. Its kind of fun. laughter you know, i get to do this. laughter stephen justs little of this action every so often . Yeah. Stephen what puts you in character for him . Like, what is there is there i mean, you know, i get there pretty early and i have my own routine to get ready. And i have a pretty nice suit, and its ceend of highwaisted and suspenders and a vest and it fits really nice. It forces me, my posture to be, you know, good. laughter and i have a certain pair of glasses and my thing and, you know, all of a sudden i feel like Atticus Finch. Stephen thats nice. Get the southern accent going. Stephen where have you placed your southern accent . I listened to a tape, actually, of harper lee talking, an interview she did. And, you know, shes i really like the sound of that. So i kind of based it on that, you