A real toetapper. In addition, all future Broadway Productions of aladdin will now be known as fiddler on the flying carpet. Finally, we are no longer going to use arabic numerals or algebra, or math of any kind, which is pretty obvious if youd read our tax plan. laughter its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, franken under fire. Plus, stephen welcomes ed helms Christopher Jackson and musical guest bleachers. 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 you thank you very much hey, whats going on, lewis hey, everybody please have a seat. Sit, sit, sit welcome to the late show, everybody. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Ladies and gentlemen, this morning, if you havent seen, Time Magazine has announced their ca david perdue in a momet that inspired a lot of people. It was not blake shelton. No, the person of the year is the Metoo Movement. I agree, i agree. Which means everyone who still subscribes to magazines just learned what a hashtag is. laughter great choice, i think. Really a great choice. Though a movement where Sexual Assault survivors are actually believed shouldnt be on the cover of time. It should be on the cover of its about damn time. cheers and applause at announcement do you subscribe . Do you subscribe . I dont. The announcement was made on this mornings today show. They do it every year. It always exciting for them. Really a shame matt lauer couldnt be there. I said shame i said shame now it will be a long monologue. Last years winner was donald trump, and this year, he came in behind the Metoo Movement at number two. But thats fine with trump. Hes got a long history of creeping behind women. Trumps got to be annoyed, because a few days ago, he tweeted, Time Magazine called to say that i was probably going to be named man person of the year, like last year, but i would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway yes, i said probably is no good. I also passed on sexiest man alive, best in show, and the j. D. Power award for best midsize sedan. thanks anyway. Enjoy sad applause and it really it really had to be the Metoo Movement, because it seems like every day a new man is being accused of sexual misconduct. But not today. Today its the same man minnesota senator and former minnesota senator, al franken. Franken i know, i know but franken has been accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct, and today, a former congressional aide said that franken tried to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show. She ducked frankens lips and that, as she was leaving the room, franken told her its my right as an entertainer. No, it isnt. Im an entertainer. And i happen to always carry a copy of the bill of rights for entertainers. Lets see what we have here. Check this out here. applause there are some rights. There are some rights we entertainers enjoy. I have the right to ride the rides at disney ahead of children. I skip security at the airport through one of those unmarked doors, you people cant see. And unlimited free stuff from apple. I have a bowl of Wireless Headphones on my kitchen counter. People think theyre mints. Its a choking hazard. Now, franken says, this allegation is categorically not true. But this accusation appears to be the straw that groped the camels back. Kirsten gillibrand, senator from new york, she is now calling on senator al franken to resign. Now, eight democratic senators. Were up to, i think, nine or 10. 20. At least 30. Stephen do i hear 29 . 30 31 . 31 . 31 sold to make room for the gentleman from alabama. applause huminahumina. The idea is so popular among democrats that al franken is quoted as saying i strongly believe al franken should resign. Oh, wait no, thats me speaking of sexual harassers who should resign tomorrow, donald trump. cheers and applause today, today, trump made a big announcement about the middle east. I have determined that it is jerusalem as the capital of israel. Stephen yes, he recognized it in a speech, but im still pretty sure he couldnt recognize it on a map. laughter cheers and applause which one is it . Is it the little one . Now, this declaration could inflame the entire region. Jerusalem is a holy city to three world religions, and both palestinians and israelis claim it as their capital. Every inch is disputed. They even had to draw a line down the middle of the sixpiece mcnuggets at the jerusalem mcdonalds. Theyre still fighting over the gaza chicken strip. God ordained honey mustard. Barbecue sauce is a shonda. Part of the conflict is over who controls the sacred sites for both religions at the temple mount, which, like trump, has a golden dome and sparks holy wars. But trump explained why he did it. This is nothing more or less, than a recognition of reality. Stephen why start now . And he managed he managed to get every word in the speech right, except the last one. God bless you. God bless israel. God bless the palestinians, and god bless the united stshh. laughter stephen i could watch that laughter i could can we see it again . Can we see it again . cheers and applause jim, please, the people. God bless you. God bless israel. God bless the palestinians, and god bless the united stshh. laughter stephen i am really looking forward to this january 30. Were live when trum addresses a joint session of congress for the shtshh of the union. My fellow americans the stssh of our union is clear. Huminnahuminnahuminna get off cheers and applause freph freph. The capper its capper of cappers, trump then signed the order that will further divide muslims and jews surrounded by christmas trees. Peace talks roasting on an open fire because the move was opposed by france, the u. K. , germany, russia, china, saudi arabia, turkey, syria, and the pope i never thought id say this but donald trump is really bringing the world together laughter and in response, palestinians have declared three days of rage. After that, theyll go back to their normal weeks of seething. But despite the criticism, trump said he was still committed to the mideast peace process. Above all, our greatest hope is for peace. Peace is never beyond the grasp of those willing to reach it. Stephen thats right. When youre the president , they let you grab it by the peacey. laughter so hes given his reasons, but why is trump really do this . In part maybe to fulfill a Campaign Promise he made to rightwing and proisrael groups, and big donors like casino magnate and man literally sweating his face off, sheldon adelson. But trump could also be shoring up support among evangelicals because many evangelicals believe jews must return to the biblical land of israel to facilitate a Second Coming of christ. So is this truly . Will recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel hasten the return of jesus . Not if i have anything to say about it. Stephen god its the lord, everyone give it up hey, everybody, whats up . Happy holidays stephen really . Happy holidays . Yeah, you got to keep it vague. You never know who youre talking to. Could be buddhists out there. What am i supposed to say, merry nothingness . laughter stephen god hes very forgiving. Stephen are you going to send jesus back to jerusalem . Are you crazy . im not going to send my son into that tinderbox didnt go so well last time. Stephen what about you . Will you be going back to the holy city . No way. Im not even sure its my holy city anymore. Im thinking of moving it to somewhere more laid back, like austin. Its my favorite city in the whole united shsst. Stephen god, everybody weve got a great show for you tonight. Ed helms is here. But when we return, ill tell you about the hottest holiday gifts. Dont miss it. Its very good. Wthis weekend hundreds of deals up to 30 off with cartwheel in the target app. Save big with weekend deals every weekend. Only at target i remember the warmth and the wonder. Twinkling lights mixed with the scent of spruce. And now, my chance to relive it all. Magic. We have a fragrance for that. Glade limited edition fragrances. Can your phone get loud . Hello moto. Why stay trapped in your ear buds when you can turn it up with alexa . Alexa, blast my music. alexa playing your music. Moto mods on the new moto z, from motorola. Smart speaker with amazon alexa available now on the moto z2. 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Lips lose natural color over time. Chapstick total hydration moisture tint. Our 100 natural moisturizing formulas enhance your natural lip color. Chapstick. Put your lips first. band playing cheers and applause stephen welcome back to the show. Im so excited because you know my first guest from the hangover movies and the daily show. He now stars with owen wilson in father figures. Please welcome my friend, ed helms applause please welcome ed helms cheers and applause stephen its always nice to see you, ed helms. You, too. Stephen you are a ray of sunshine. And a fellow southerner . Yeah, thats right. Stephen atlanta or suburbs of atlanta. Hot lant, ga, i grew up right in the middle of it. It. Stephen on peach tree street. Almost. Stephen at the varsity. I was born in a fry in a french fry vat at the varsity. Stephen wow, right in the basket, right there. Right there. Stephen and they salted and you gave you back to your mom. Im a southernfried baby. Stephen so weve got the office weve got hangover. But the thing people recognize you for, im sure, they stop you and say, wait a second. Ed helms, youre the voice of captain underpants. Yes. Stephen okay. cheers and applause that is but hold on stephen that really captured you there. That looks like a southernfried baby right there. Stephen it does. Thats not what i get recognized for so much. Stephen really . I dont think i look does it. Stephen ive seen you in your underwear. Thats true is there Democratic Convention . You know whats funny, my friends who have kids stephen yes . They send me pictures of their kids dressed up like captain underpants, which is so adorable. But, also, my phone is filling up with pictures of children in their underpants and im not comfortable with that. Stephen no, no. No. So, please, stop sending me these pictures. Stephen exactly. You cant exactly say to the policeman, no, but i am captain underpants. Yeah. Stephen and im admiral handcuffs. Get in the car. You want to send a message, dont send you the photos. No more, thank you. Stephen as i said, we have known each other a long time, get along great, helmscolbert. We had a little we had a little disagreement you and i at can the the daily show. It has to do with this . Yeah, okay. Lets get into this. Lets solve it. Stephen do you want to explain it, or do you . Ill take a stab at it. Our officees were adjacent and the restrooms were single occupancy, and they didnt have any indicator if someone was in there or not. Stephen they had a lock. They had a lock, but no sort of vacancy sign. What do you do when you go up to the door. Stephen you knock. No. Stephen you knock that is so wrong. Stephen to see if someone is in there stephen, you check the handle. If its locked, you walk away. Why would you knock . Because then the person has to answer while while poo is coming out of them. Stephen we dont know. We dont know if thats what it is. It could stephen i never did at the daily show. I went to a restaurant. Heres the deal. Heres why you dont do that. Tell me. Stephen because when the jiggle happens back me up. When the jiggle happens, you could go, oh, wait, did i lock the door . Diremember . Is the door lock working . Did you put it all the way shut . Knock doesnt sound anything like the door opening. This sound like the beginning of door open, and you panic, you pinch off the stream, and you cant start again. No, heres why youre wrong. Stephen guilty, guilty heres why youre wrong. Because when somebody knocks and you have to answer and you say, sorr