Why are grandma and grandpa fighting . Six candidates, one wolf, too many days until the election. Survivor iowa. Then stay tuned for criminal minds. Its the late show live with cold war kids. Plus stephen welcomes, live, mayor Michael Bloomberg, featuring, live, jon basteeft and stay human. And now, live from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen come on its live, baby cheers and applause hey how are you come on happy live happy tuesday happy live beautiful hello, my friends whats up there . Jon very nice. Audience Stephen StephenStephen Stephen. Stephen thank you very much. Hey, everybody, look at that, live hi, chris. Hey, everybody, please please, have a seat. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the late show. I am your host, Stephen Colbert. As you can see, as you can see right there, we are live. Tonight was the last last debate before democratic voting starts in february. So, after two years of campaigning, seven debates, 28 Democratic Candidates, and one truly exhausted husk of a late night host, we made it to almost starting the election. Remind me to pick up some boniva. Thank you. Now, h the caucuses right around the corner, tonights debate took place in des moines, iowa. And you know what they say about des moines, please, Say Something about des moines. Its really lovely. Its a really lovely place. Really lovely. There was controversy because tonight was the first time in this election cycle that the democrats had an allwhite debate stage. Once again, jlo was robbed. laughter joe biden has been under attack lately for his 2002 vote to authorize the iraq war. So tonight, he came out and admitted he was wrong. I said 13 years ago it was a mistake to give the president the authority to go to war. Stephen okay, you gotta ta give him credit. He took responsibility for his actions and didnt hide behind Barack Barack obama, picked me to be his vice president. Stephen and three minutes and eighteen seconds not bad. Then mayor pete weighed in on the iraq war. There are enlisted people that i served with, barely old enough to remember those votes on the authorization after 9 11, on the war in iraq. And there are people now old enough to enlist who were not alive for some of those debates. Stephen as pete and there are people on this stage old enough to take me to an rrated movie. Come on, i wanna see uncut gems i hear sandler kills it Amy Klobuchars first question was about her previous attacks on mayor petes lack of experience ive been very clear that i respect the mayors experience very much in the military. I just have different experience. Stephen as klobuchar specifically, i have the experience of losing in the polls to the former mayor of south bend, indiana. Hell never know that kind of humiliation. As the war debate went on, bernie provided some historical context. The two great Foreign Policy disasters of our lifetimes, with the war in vietnam and the war in iraq. Both of those wars were based on lies. Stephen as bernie we need to stop heading into wars we cannot win in the middle east. Its what i told congress in 2002. Its what i told my friend richard the lionheart in 1191. laughter applause we need to negotiate with soladine over the partition of the holy land. Then, senator klobuchar spoke of visiting a worker at a dying factory. I went to this plant and there was one worker left in that plant. That worker brought out a coat rack of uniforms, and he said these are my friends. Stephen as klobuchar and i made that man a promise that i would give him anything he wanted if he just let me out of the room. laughter and his friends his friends can come with me. Do your do your friends have names . Klobuchar also brought out a local example of women succeeding in politics. Kansas has a woman governor right now, and she beat kris kobach. And her name, um, is im very proud to know her and her name is governor kelly. Thank you. laughter stephen as klobuchar i am i am so proud to call her a friend, and i know her, and shes known to me, and her name, which i am coming i am coming to. Shall i say the name . You want me to say it. Here i go. Its. Kelly one of her names is kelly its either her first name, last name, or favorite color. Thank you. Kelly. applause the big story heading into the debate tonight was the falling out between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Last night, news leaked that Bernie Sanders evidentaly told Elizabeth Warren in a private 2018 meeting that a woman cant win the presidency. Now, bernies denied it, but warren said that among the topics that came up was what would happen if democrats nominated a female candidate. I thought a woman could win; he disagreed. Well, thats a real he said, she said he said what he just said he didnt say. laughter so it came as no surprise when bernie was asked about it. Senator sanders, cnn reported yesterday, and senator sanders senator warren confirmed in a statement that in 2018, you told her that you did not believe that a woman could win the election. Why did you say that . Well, as a matter of fact, i didnt say it. And i dont want to waste a whole lot of time on this. Anybody knows me knows that its incomprehensible that i would think that a woman cannot be president of the United States. Go to youtube today. Stephen yes, if you want to see bernie say nice things about female president ial candidates, go to youtube. If you want to see his supporters saying terrible things about them, go to the comments section. laughter applause so thats it. Thats it. There it is. Bernie categorically denied the charge. And then it was time for warren to get a question. Senator sanders, i do want to be clear here, youre saying that you never told senator warren that a woman could not win the election . That is correct. Senator warren, what did you think when senator sanders told you a woman could not win the election . laughter stephen who wrote these questions, andy cohen . as phillip senator warren, i will give you an opportunity now to throw wine in bernies face and snatch this bitchs wig off, okay . Do you want to do you want to well be right back. Then senator warren brought down the hammer. Look at the men on this stage. Collectively, they have lost ten elections. The only people on this stage who have won every single election that theyve been in are the women. Stephen wow cheers and applause pssst not only have they lost 10 elections. Now theyve lost their balls to Elizabeth Warren. Unbelievable, just put them in a zip pouch. Warren specifically said she was the only one to win an election in the last 30 years. Thats when grammy and grandpa really started to mix it up. Just to set the record straight, i defeated a republican incumbent running for congress. When . 1990. Thats how i won. Beat a republican congressman. Number two of course stephen fight, fight, fight show your work do math pencils down why isnt yang here . Thats what he does. Joe biden talked about his power to bring the biggest coalition together. The real issue is who can bring the Party Together and represent all elements of the party africanamericans, brown, black, women, men. Gay, straight. Stephen as biden women, men, gay, straight, tops, bottoms, pitchers, catchers all in a giant sweaty coalition of freedom. laughter at one point at one point, bernie listed all the benefits of medicare for all. Let us be clear what medicare for all does. It ends all premiums. It ends all copayments. It ends the absurdity of deductibles. It ends outofpocket expenses. It takes on the pharmaceutical industry. Stephen as bernie what can take the sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it with chocolate and a miracle or two . My medicare plan. My medicare plan. Because i wrote the damn bill now, joe biden you remember joe biden, our friend joe. He also talked up his healthcare bona fides. I would argue that the biggest breakthrough in recent time was us being able to do in our administration what five democratic president s couldnt get done. And that is pass obamacare. Stephen hes right. Shame on president truman for never once mentioning obamacare. laughter come on harry then mayor pete moved it on to Climate Change. Climate change has come to america from coast to coast. Stephen coast to coast. Or as it will be called in 20 years, cincinnati to denver. laughter now, also, buttigieg, late in the night, late in the debate, buttigieg faced a tough question mayor buttigieg, you say youve had trouble earning the support of black voters because youre unknown. But youve been campaigning for a year now. Is it possible that black voters have gotten to know you and have simply decided to choose another candidate . Stephen as phillips follow up question are you going to cry . Go ahead, squirt him, if youre going to cry. Turn on the no . Okay. Up until tonight, cnn has been heavily promoting this debate as the last time to hear from the Democratic Candidates before the iowa caucus. But those six candidates on stage arent the only democrats still in the race. And cnn had plenty of coverage for the other candidates too. Check out their promo tuesday night, biden, sanders, warren, buttigieg, klobuchar, steyer, all on stage in des moines, iowa, for the cnn democratic president ial debate. But thats not all cnn has exclusive coverage of every candidate, even the ones that didnt qualify, like john delaney, outside the debate staring longingly through the window. Andrew yang, at a nearby frat, arm wrestling a manufacturing robot for 1,000. Michael bennet and Deval Patrick sharing a trench coat to split a single ticket to jumanji. Tulsi gabbard, standing alone in a corn field, ominously waiting. Whats going on . Why is she in there . Not the field, i mean the race. Like, what is is going on with that . And Michael Bloomberg, in the the late show green room filling his pockets with free sandwiches. Youre a billionaire, sir. Control yourself. Only cnn. cheers and applause stephen weve got a great show for you tonight. Mayor bloomberg is here. But when we return, i will be right here for more monologue about tonights trump rally and his impeachment stick around. About tonights trump rally and his impeachment stick around. Take control with theraflu. Powerful, soothing relief to defeat your worst cold and flu symptoms fast. Device sneezes theraflu. The power is in your hands. But she wanted to be close to nature. Home. So, we met in the middle. 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While the democrats debated in iowa, trump tried to steal the limelight by holding a keep America Great rally up in milwaukee. Trump kicked things off with a move from speechwriting 101. And your great Green Bay Packers are playing San Francisco this weekend. cheers and applause good luck. So, do we have any green bay packer fans here tonight . Stephen you cant ask a crowd in milwaukee if they are green bay packer fans. That is the cheapest ploy for applause. My audience would never fall for it, because theyre the smartest, most Beautiful People in the world, am i right . oh, yeah cheers and applause trump bragged about killing soleimani, and had high, if strange, praise for our military. These guys were better than tom cruise at his best. Stephen as trump better at flying jets than tom cruise in top gun. better at making cocktails than tom cruise in cocktail. better better at raining men than tom cruise in rain man. better at interviewing vampires than. Then trump dug into specifics like when is now . And is there ever, ever a better place to be than a trump rally on some night during some week . laughter stephen he really has no idea what day it is. laughter as trump ill never forget the wonderful night and or day were having here in unnamed screaming place, u. S. A. Go, unnamed team then, the president rambled on about stuff he liked. You know, i like golf, and i love my grandchildren. I dont think i could talk to somebody about them for 45 minutes that i dont even know. I have a beautiful grandchild, he is really beautiful, he is so great. Okay, what else am i going to say . Right . Stephen as trump i love my grandchildren, who definitely have names, which i know, and who were born on some night during some week, some place. cheers and applause jon overtherainbow. Stephen trump speculated on how the world would be different if a democrat had been elected in 2016. You wouldnt have bought all those brandnew keep America Great hats. Stephen hes right. No, no, that checks out. Yes, we have paid a price americas loss of standing in the world, the destruction of our constitutional norms, massive and flagrant corruption. But hats. laughter then trump launched into his favorite Topic Household appliances. I brought back the old light bulb. Stephen nothing nothing makes you sound like an old man more than screaming i brought back the old light bulb it was in the garage. It was in the garage by the thing with the box with the pine cones and last years tinsel hey, close that door im not paying to air condition the neighborhood here trump wasnt afraid to talk about the hotbutton issues like dishwasher efficiency. Im also approving new dishwashers that give you more water so you can actually wash and rinse your dishes without having to do it ten times. Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10 stephen first of all, we cannot let this guy become president. Second laughter applause that just cant happen. Jon no not at all stephen just cant. Second, nobody does that. Now this is its all made up. And, third, im going to say, we should not take dishwasher advice from a man who eats every meal out of a cardboard bucket. In the end applause in the end cardboard bucket in the end, trump got really upset with the media for. Reporting things. Anything i say thats even slightly false, its headlines. Trump said this these people, he said this. Stephen as trump every time i lie, the medias like thats a lie im like, no lie. why cant you lie about my lies . These people, with the ears and the fingers. laughter the debate and trumps speech werent the only news today. Because were also at the brink of the president s impeachment trial in the senate. Ill tell you all about it in tonights edition of don and the giant impeach. Tell me what i did, please lauz stephen when last we met, there was a standoff pitting House Speaker nancy pelosi against Senate Majority leader and googley eyes glued on an uncooked chicken thigh, Mitch Mcconnell. Mcconnell opposes having witnesses in Trumps Senate impeachment trial, and in response, pelosi refused to send over the articles of impeachment. But now shes ready to move ahead, after pointing out one inescapable truth this president is impeached for life, regardless of any gamesmanship on the part of Mitch Mcconnell. There is nothing the senate can do that can ever erase that. Stephen as trump i cant erase it, but if i use my magic marker i can change it to the farticles of impoopment. laughter legacy secure, nance. laughter highbrow jokes applause i love it. Come on on, mark your calendars, because today Mitch Mcconnell announced the impeachment trial