And the crowd is ordered to be impressed join us next week when the president will attempt to drink a glass of water with one hand. Scuba divers will be standing by to fish his head out of the cup. Announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert tonights rainbow correction. Plus stephen welcomes John Dickerson, and musical guest black pumas, featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen hows it going . Good. Stephen good. Got the hair. Too much of it at this point. Coming dangerously dose to don, jr. Up here. Days it too much product to hold it in geek. Let me cut it. Stephen i offered, i said, would you cut my hair, and you said i dont dare cut your hair. Well, i dont. But what could be worse . What could be worse . Thank you. Thats enough. Welcome to a late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. I dont know if youve noticed, but were living through some extremely dark times. If god submitted the year 2020 to black mirror they would have rejected the script. Come on, a plague, racial unrest, a racist demagogue, with a base coat of Global Warming . Pick a lane. Thats why im stunned that we actually got some good news today because, in a majority opinion written, surprisingly, by trump appointee neil gorsuch, seen here after destroying at the Supreme Court rap battle the Supreme Court ruled that federal antidiscrimination laws protect gay and transgender employees. This is a momentous change in l. G. B. T. Q. Rights, because now they have them up til this moment, in half of the states, if your boss found out you were l. G. B. T. Q. , you could be fired. So this is a big gain in human rights, but a big loss for chikfila, as was acknowledged by its marketing team. Trump responded to the court ruling at a roundtable today. Theyve ruled and we live with their decision. Thats what its all about. We live with the decision of the Supreme Court. Very powerful, very powerful decision, actually. Stephen wow. Hes got real kid who didnt do the required reading energy. as trump it was a ruling, and as rulings go, it rules, and so we live with the ruling, which was, s i said, a decision that they ruled on. In conclusion moby dick was the whale. Most alarmingly, the president also weighed in on the state of the growing coronavirus pandemic. If we stop testing right now, wed have very few cases, if any. as trump stephen maybe no cases. Just a lot of magically dead people who knows why . And if you never check their pulse, maybe theyre just sleeping. John boltons upcoming book was discussed, which the white house claims contains classified material. How much . A lot. Any conversation with me is classified. Stephen as trump you hear that, reporters . Everything i say is classified. Including me saying that. So make sure you print that in your papers so Everybody Knows you broke the law when you printed it. Sadly, the fight for Racial Justice is far from over. This weekend in atlanta, there was yet another Fatal Police Shooting of an unarmed black man. 27yearold Rayshard Brooks. On friday night, Police Answered a complaint about a man sleeping in a parked car in the drivethru lane at a wendys. The man failed a sobriety test, resisted arrest, took an officers taser and then pointed and fired the taser at one of the officers as he ran away, and was shot twice in the back. Reaction to the killing was quick. Protesters gathered throughout atlanta and chanted Rayshard Brooks name, and by saturday evening, the wendys was in flames. Now, one thing that sets this tragedy apart is the death was quickly ruled a homicide and hours after the killing, Atlanta Police chief erika shields stepped down, and garret rolfe, was fired. The Story Highlights the inadequacy of previous attempts at Law Enforcement reform, because the officer who shot brooks recently had nine hours of useofforce training, which focuses on deescalation tactics. That didnt seem to deescalate the situation. Maybe he slept through the training. Luckily, no one called the cops on him. Some cities are trying new approaches, like in seattle, where protestors have set up camp around an abandoned police precinct, calling it the capitol hill autonomous zone, or chaz. A rare instance of the name chaz appearing in th wiout the wos ed spray pating people over police on the precincts sign. Okay, its a nice sentiment, but the Seattle People Department makes it sound like youre selling human ham. Come on down, for half off ground chuck rest in peace, chuck. Honestly, the chaz seems like a pretty fun place to hang out because free narcs are distributed thought the neighborhood, there was a screening of the ava duvernay documentary 13th, and there are daily speeches and poetry recitals. Thats lovely, but im not sure how poetry is going to stop the riot police. Wait, guys. Put down your shields. This ladys right. So much does depend on a red wheelbarrow, glazed with rainwater. But wait a second this other guy says he ate the plums in my icebox i was savin those for breakfast lets beat his plumstealin face the people within the chaz insist theyre improvising as they go along, saying, there wasnt an overarching goal to build a commune. In fact, chaz is largely leaderless, and lacking a clear idea for its future. So, like the rest of america, but with free snacks. Now, a lot of people dont know what to make of the chaz, but trump knows he can scare his voters, tweeting, does anyone notice how little the radical left takeover of seattle is being discussed in the fake news media. That is very much on purpose because they know how badly this weakness and ineptitude play politically. The mayor and governor should be ashamed of themselves. Easily fixed as trump im told these crazies in seattle have even acquired a doomsday weapon, called the space needle. Its tipped with a deadly revolving restaurant we must act before the smoking gun turns out to be a mushroom omelette. Trumps not the only one making up stories about whats happening in seattle, because this weekend, fox news published digitally altered and misleading photos on stories about chaz, including this photo. Woo, looks scary. Youve got an armed man, and a broken window, and three menacing people roaming the husk of an old navy. Spooky stuff. Spookiest of all, its totally made up. Thats actually three different photos. Theyre composited together. Wow, that is bad. Not just as a breach of journalistic ethics, its a breach of photoshop standards. But all of fox news best graphic designers are busy making lou dobbs look like hes still alive. That wasnt the only doctored image fox news posted on their website this weekend. Because they also posted this photo with the same guy, apparently after he had a terrible accident with the photoshop crop tool. No surprise fox cut off part of his left wing. We joke, you decide stephen now, after being called out for manufacturing pure propaganda, fox news has apologized. Still, im worried about them. Theyve attracted protests of their own. Just look at fox and friends oh no its the protest guy right behind you and wait here comes his twin and part of his head is missing despite the ongoing pandemic and historic civil unrest, trump is itching to get back in front of crowds, which is why on saturdat addres u. S. Mitary academy at west point. Because who better to inspire new members of our military than a draft dodger . as trump congratulations, suckers. The graduating cadets were President Trump wanted to quench his thirst. I hereby absolve all cadets on restriction for minor conduct offenses. And that is effective immediately. Congratulations. applause stephen that continues to be weird. I know he famously hasnt ever had a cocktail, but he still clearly has a drinking problem. as trump okay, its sippy time. Here we go. Lips are ready. Pursed and dry. Lips are ready. And not gonna make it. Lets bring in some backup. There you go. Okay. Thanks fellas, great job. I call it seal team sip. good thing he wasnt wearing a mask. He might have looked weak. After sipofwatergate, trump proved that water isnt his only nemesis. So are words. Right now, America Needs a class of cadets that lives by your motto, with vision we lead. We need you to carry on the spirit of the great general, ulyssius s. Grant. Stephen okay, so he got the name ulysses s. Grant wrong, but in all fairness, he does root for the other side. But trump finished strong. If by strong you mean frail. Because this is how he exited the stage after his speech. Now we know why he launched his 2016 campaign coming down an escalator. If itd been a ramp, hed still be coming down. But you cant blame him. Any time hes around the military, those damn bone spurs act up. And i know it sounds like we added that music to make the clip more comical, but we didnt. Thats actually what the band played as trump hobbled down a gradual incline. If wed picked the music, it would have been this walk like a man now, trumps a senior citizen, of course he walks slowly. It would be pretty immature to waste time weighing in on this. Which is why trump weighed in on this, tweeting, the ramp that i descended after my west point commencement speech was very long and steep. Had no handrail and, most importantly, was very slippery. The last thing i was going to do is fall for the fake news to have fun with. Final ten feet i ran down to level ground. Momentum first of all, fact check. A ramp cant be both long and steep. The longer a ramp is, the less steep it gets. Second, lets see trump in the final ten foot dash. There he is, being careful, and momentum that wasnt ten feet it took longer for me to say the word momentum than it took for him to shamble it it didnt help trump look any younger that yesterday was his 74th birthday. Although for him, every day is like a Birthday Party cake, ice cream, and a sad clown with a painted face. Of course, trumps democratic rival is even older. Joe biden is 77, but his supporters have been sharing videos of biden from a few years back, confidently striding up that very same ramp. Even more impressive, he knew how to pronounce ulysses s. Grane same High School Swim team. 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Jon and i were just saying hi to each other over the zoom here. How are you . Jon good. How are you doing . Stephen im doing all right. I was just looking at footage of you and the band members at the Barkley Center on friday, right . Jon yeah, friday, out there getting people registered to vote stephen oh, thats fantastic jon yes, had the qr codes, and you can just scan your phone and we had tables and folks Walking Around passing out masks and gloves and sanitizer and voting ballots. Stephen that is wonderful because all this protesting is a fantastic. Jon yes. Stephen of the human desire for freedom and equality, but it all comes down to who you vote for and who will represent those interests on november 3. That is it. That is our right. If we dont use it, all the energy is not going to be galvanized to the right place. We want to get somewhere. So thats what were doing, pushing the voting. Stephen i have a related but far less important question, we is youre wearing blue plastic gloves while you play. Whats it like to play with the blue gloves on . Its not easy, ill tell you what, but its a good exercise to get your dexterity together. I should probably do it all the time while im practicing. Stephen like throwing a couple of donuts on a baseball bat when youre warming up, when youre on the ondeck circle. Jon yeah. I think the gloves coupled with the sweat, its the best combination to get your dexterity together that i can think of. Stephen the mask reminds you of what your breath smells like to other people, so my hygiene has gone way up. Jon oh, my goodness, when you have the mask on, youve got to get the mouthwash going. Stephen jon batiste, everybody. Well see you later. Jon later on. 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Well, it turns out a lot of you oppose inequality and or support quality merchandise, because as of this taping, youve raised over 115,000 to help address inherent racism in our society. So if you have yet to become your own president , raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, state your name, do solemnly swear to visit colbertlateshow. Com byop where i will faithfully charge my credit card for these fine products. Speaking of selling, trump is anxious to hit the road for his rallies again. He scheduled the first one for tulsa, oklahoma on june 19th. One problem, thats juneteenth, the observance of the end of slavery in the united states. Now, you might not know about juneteenth because americas Public School curriculum focuses on traditionally white holidays, like shark week and rocktober. At first, trump tried to put a positive spin on his choice of dates. The fact that im having a rally on that day, you can really think about that very positively as a celebration. The rally, to me, is a celebration. Its going be really a celebration, and its an interesting date. It wasnt done for that reason, but its an interesting date but its a celebration. Stephen hes celebrating the freeing of black people by holding a rally that is black people free. Anyway, they moved the rally from the 19th all the way to the 20th. But that doesnt address the major Health Concerns over virus cases are rising in over 20 states, including oklahoma, and experts say events like the trump rally are a perfect storm for viral spread. Good news is, you wont even need contact tracing. Just stay away from anyone wearing a plague hat. The director of Infectious Disease research at the university of minnesota, say it with me, dr. Michael t. Ohsterholm, was on Fox News Sunday on fox news on sunday, and he explained why trump rallies were so dangerous. Anythin is crowds indoors where theres also screaming, yelling, loud voices, cheering all of which will help aerosolize this virus, i think are real challenges. Stephen chanting and yelling spreads the virus. So Trump Supporters are going to have to mime all of their angry chants. Lock her up oh, im sorry stephen trumps team cant say they dont understand the risk theyre exposing their supporters to, because theyre making all attendees sign a waiver saying, by clicking register below, you are acknowledging that an inherent risk of exposure to covid19 exists in any public place where people are present. By attending the rally, you and any guests voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to covid19 and agree not to hold donald j. Trump for president , inc. Liable for any illness or injury. And putting a sign over the entrance to the auditorium making America Great may cause serious injury or death. The waiver has been so effective that the campaign is thinking of adding one to the ballot in november by voting for donald trump i hereby absolve the Trump Administration of all responsibility for covid19 spread, cratering the economy, advising me to drink bleach teargassing protesters, and further agree that theres nothing weird about thinking your daughter is hot enough for you to date. Having difficulty streaming your movie is annoying. Step up with boost mobile and stream all you want. Or dont and be uncomfortably waiting. Ste