Announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert tonight, taylor devine. Plus teefn welcomes mindy kaling and former c. I. A. Director john brennan. Featuring jon batiste and stay homin. Now live on tape from the ed sullivan Theater Office building in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen hey, everybody welcome to a late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. You might notice when the show is open these days im leaning back in the chair a lot. Im either very comfortable in this job these days or i no longer have the core strength to sit up. Lets figure out which it is. The coronavirus pandemic continues to rage in americas hot zone 1600 pennsylvania avenue. And reports say the west wing has turned into a ghost town. Previously, the only ghost haunting the mansion was mike pence. Hes at least a zombie. Why else is he attracting all those flies . Things have gotten especially tough for white house correspondents like cnns joe johns who had this happen to him during a broadcast. Get there he is roaring the damn, frickin raccoons, man. God. Again thats the second time jesus i guess the traps not working. Right. Hey, man. That frickin raccoon came back. It always comes around right about when i am going to go on tv. laughter stephen poor joe johns stuck there at the white house with that diseaseridden, garbage eating animal running around. Also that raccoon. But im not that surprised. Humans have retreated from their Natural Habitats because of the virus, and wildlife moves in. Ed sullivan theaters been empty for seven months. I wonder whats going on down there. Do we have a picture . That damn raccoon is at my desk and hes interviewing Bradley Cooper and theyre clearly having soun look at the camera straight of course, joe johns isnt the first newsman to be interrupted by an animal. It happened to cronkite. President nixon reportedly will announce his resignation, and Vice President ford will become the nations 38th president tomorrow, that word comes roaring screaming and thats the way it is stephen with covid running rampant throughout the executive branch, this morning the commission on president ial debates announced that the second president ial debate will be virtual. Virtual . Hows that gonna work . Hopefully it will be like tron. So instead of discussing the economy, theyll race around on recumbent lightcycles. Of course, theyll need to update their wardrobe. The decision didnt sit well with Trumps Campaign manager, bill stepien who, by the way, also has covid. Ssary cause trilew format is have posted multiple negative tests prior to the debate. You cant put all your faith in something that could happen down the line when the potential consequence is death. Thats like saying, look, i know your parachute isnt working now, but i have confidence that well get it up and running before we reach terminal velocity. Now hand me that scotch tape. So what will this virtual debate look like . We might never find out, because after it was announced, trump immediately called Maria Bartiromo of fox business and said this i am not going to do a virtual debate. I am not going to waste my time on a virtual debate. Stephen yes, trumps time is very precious. He said while calling fox business in the middle of a deadly plague. But it was no surprise to hear trumps main gripe about a virtual format. And then they cut you off whenever they want. Stephen hes afraid of having to follow the rules that he agreed to. as trump the referees have all these football rules. If they wont let me stab the quarterback, im going to take my bloodsoaked ball and go hom the subject shifted to covid and whether or not the president thought he was a disease vector you say you feel great, but the media is out there saying that youre contagious. But do you feel that you are . I mean, obviously you wouldnt feel that way if you say youre ready to go to a rally. No, i dont think im contagious. Stephen what kind of question is that . Do you feel contagious . Follow up, what does the economy smell like, and how high is when . Trump assured bartiromo that hes probably okay i will be tested very soon, but i am essentially very clean. They say its over a period of six, seven days, and i was i, you know, an amazing thing happened to me. I went in, and i didnt feel good. And that is okay. I expected at some point because i am out there, i got to be a leader, i cant, you know, Winston Churchill didnt stay in his basement for six months. Stephen thats exactly what he did its called a churchill bunker and its now a museum. You should know that because you were there with your family. as trump oh, right, sorry. My mind refuses to form memories viruso hard to stop look, its a tiny, tiny, liken it to a tiny microscopic piece of dust, and it gets into nose or your mouth or your eye frankly, or Something Else where you touch something. So i understand, and then get better. Stephen sounds like somebody very recently just explained to him how germs work. as trump and maria, the way we got here in the first place is that a mommy and a daddy love each other very, very much and gave each other a very special hug. Then daddy goes and gets spanked by a porn star. Of course, one of the reasons for trumps miraculous recovery is new developments in pharmaceuticals that he also thinks he didnt need we have i call them cures, i dont call them therapeutics. You take it, its an antibody drug, you take it, and it beats the hell out of it. And im telling you, i could have walked out 24 hours after i went in. I didnt have to go in, frankly, i think it would have gone away by itself. Its great. And what i am doing is i am going to supply this drug it made me better, i will tell you right now. I walked in, i didnt feel great, i think i would have done it fine without drugs, you know, you dont really need drugs. I stopped, i dont take them anymore. No, i dont take them anymore i think taking almost nothing. Stephen so, these drugs are great, but he doesnt need them, but they cured him right away, but hes going to fast track them, but he would have been fine without them, but hes not taking them. Why is it that he took the experimental drug, and were the ones experiencing dizziness, confusion, and nausea . Shortly after trumps phonein with fox business, he released a new video on twitter in which he bragged about how good hes been for the military. I took over a depleted military old equipment, broken equipment. Even in the army, all brandnew uniforms with the belt, everybody wanted the belt. Stephen what . what does that mean . Youre bragging about getting them a belt . By the way, ive gotten enough bad gifts in my life to know when somebody is just trying to be nice. Wow, its a belt thank you i was just saying how much i needed a belt with a. Is this a pewter cow skull buckle . So excited. Do you have the receipt . I want to frame it so i can remember the time i got this really great belt. Its not just the president , some pretty important white house staffers are testing r inance, tmps carrying the nucar football reportedly has cor but dont worry,fosomeone the e willing to step in. You know how the world is insane right now and every day you think, thats got to be it. Things cant possibly get more insane . Well, today get more. Because the f. B. I. Says it thwarted a plot to violently overthrow the government and kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. What . Also, whaaa . is this real life, or are we trapped in a new season of 24 . I was just getting used to being trapped in a crossover episode of the west wing and the walking dead and did they mean take over the government of michigan . Im not sure what that would do endanger our acdelco auto parts supply . Lower americas Strategic Reserves of fishing licenses . The good news is that these guys are in custody, and Governor Whitmer and her family are all safe. So, who were these numbskulls . Well, the Michigan Attorney general identified the group as the wolverine watchmen. So, the clarify, this anticovid rules militia named themselves after a guy who famously cant get sick, and people who famously wear masks. Apparently, these guys were angry about Governor Whitmers and the f. B. I. Were tipped off to their plans when one of the dummies posted a facebook video in which he complained about covid19 restrictions on gyms operating in michigan. So, the whole revolution couldve been avoided if he had just sprung for a peloton . That is the lamest reason to overthrow the government. Sure, i understand the necessity of state mandated health standards, but i draw the line at losing definition in my deltoids look at that. Im just counting the shreds, right here. Well, at least now they can all concentrate on getting ripped in jail. Between the daily hour in the yard and a steady diet of potatoes and expired taco meat, theyll get jacked. So the feds gathered all the evidence they needed against these maroons, thanks to an f. B. I. Confidential source who recorded the meetings in dublin, ohio. Talk about getting the short end of the undercover stick. And for our next assignment tim will be going to dublin. Ohio. Sorry, i shouldve lead with ohio. These dinguses were also planning to take out a bridge, which they felt would also hinder polices ability to follow them on water. Im gonna guess on surfboards . Or as they actually put it in an actual group chat which actually shows up in the actual court filing if the bridge emoji go finger pointing down emoji it also x emoji the wave emoji. And now every single last one of these eggplant emojis is totally screw emojied. The group met numerous times to make their plans, including in the basement of a shop in michigan that was accessible only through a trapdoor under a rug. Ooh, a trapdoor hideaway . Whats the matter, did the rope ladder break to timmys tree house . One of these militia morons was crashing with a friend, the owner of a vacuum store in grand rapids, michigan, who had given him a place to stay in the stores basement after he was kicked out of his girlfriends home. Must have been hard for that guy to get back into the dating scene. What do you say we head back to my place. The basement under a trapdoor in a vacuum store. Huh . Yeah. laughter after the f. B. I. Raided it, the vacuum store owner expressed disbelief, saying, i felt sorry for him, but i didnt know he was capable of doing this; this is almost insane. I knew he was in a militia, but theres a lot of people in a militia that dont plan to kidnap the governor. I mean, give me a break. First off, i knew he was in a militia, but theres a lot of people in a militia . Congratulations, you just won the award for most michigan sentence ever. Barely beating out if youre going up north for the summer to visit some yoopers you better pack a lot of pop. And secondly i just want to remind everybody in a militia youre not in a militia. Youre a bunch of buddies getting together with guns. If i play a game of catch in the front yard, i havent been signed by the yankees. But hey, just because theyre violent domestic terrorists doesnt mean they dont know how to have a good time. According to the undercover agent, at one point one of the milita said oh, no, were not kidnapping, thats not what were doing, which sparked general laughter. Amidst the laughter, another voice said were adult napping. laughs oh, i love a good homegrown terrorist joke, my favorite is knock knock, whos there . Its the f. B. I, youre all going to jail. Weve got a great show for you tonight. My guests are mindy kaling and former c. I. A. Director john brennan. But when we return, meanwhile now any order can be rewarding when you use the app. No matter how you pay, youll be closer to earning rewards and getting more of your favorites for free. More ways to pay, more ways to get rewarded. Starbucks rewards. Moyour happy place. Warded. Find your breaking point. Then break it. Every emergenc gives you a potent blend of nutrients so you can emerge your best with emergenc. Im going to start the bidding at 5. Thank you, sir. 6 over there going once. Going twice. 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