Jon thats our show. Here it is your moment zen. A new Jersey Assembly man is in the hot seat for facebook pages. He virtually high captioning sponsored by Comedy Central captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org. [the colbert report theme music playing] [eagle caw] [cheers and applause] stephen thank you, ladies and gentlemen. [cheers and applause] welcome to the report. [crowd chanting stephen ] [cheers and applause] thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the report. Thank you for joining us. Ladies and gentlemen, i think that this world would be a much better place if i could take that kind of energy, put it in a paper bag and huff it. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] hope you had a good president s day weekend. I took an allexpense paid trip to crapmypantsistan because last friday this happened. A ten ton meteor racing at 33,000 Miles Per Hour through the atmosphere streekd over a russian city 900 miles of east of moscow before exploding of blinding bright light said to have the power of an atomic bomb. Its reminded me of action movies liketerm nateor 4 this witness said. Stephen yes, this fireball was just like terminator 4 except people saw it. [laughter] [cheers and applause] folks, the earth is under attack from giant space rocks. The dinosaurs tried to warn us by being dead. [laughter] now, all weekend i was down in the bunker watching these incredible youtube clips of the meteor streaking across the sky and exploding. Its actually replaced my previous favorite video an adorable kitten streaking across the sky and exploding. [cheers and applause] why is there so much video of the meteor . For the answer, lets go to the video. A majority of this footage was recorded purely by chance. Captured by small, dashmounted cameras that are now the latest fad among russian car owners. Motorists have turned to dash cams for selfprotection, visual proof to fend off charges from possibly corrupt Police Officers and from insurance scammers, who often stage accidents. [cheers and applause] stephen now that man lost his personal injury lawsuit, but he did win the coveted scammie award for best actor on a sedan. [laughter] but here is the scary part. Here is the scary part, folks, we did not see this meteor coming. So clearly, were all gonna die in a rain of fire if we dont respond to this wakeup call. Fortunately, nasas on this one. They have scrambled to improve our asteroid detection program. Because, evidently, their previous Asteroid Program hasnt been updated since the 1980s. [laughter] i was good. I was really good. [ laughter ] so clearly, nasa now has a laserlike focus on preventing cataclysmic meteor strikes. So lets check in with the actual footage they released yesterday from the International Space station the first and only line of defense against terror from the sky. So what were going to do, were gonna open up our tortilla, get our Peanut Butter, squirt it on the tortilla, get the honey squirt that on there, and we will have a Peanut Butter and honey sandwich in space. Hmm not too bad. [laughter] stephen oh well. Its like the old saying, the world ends not with a bang, but with a light snack. [laughter] nation, four years ago thanks to obamas socialist policies the New York Stock Exchange bottomed out at less than 6500. But today no thanks to obamas socialist policies the dow is back a historymaking day on wall street. The dow industrials as well as the s p 500 closed at their highest point in five years. The dow ended just under 14,036. Stephen 14,036. [cheers and applause] ladies and gentlemen, 14,036 do you units. Downtons . I dont have to tell you what that means. Do i . [laughter] i dont, good. And america has got a lot to show for all that dowing. One way to look at the stock market is as a giant, wealthcreation machine, and it has just created a lot of wealth. We are now officially at the countrys alltime peak of millionaires and billionaires. Stephen yes, we are at peak billionaire. [laughter] partly due to tax policies that favor the billionaire super rich, and partly due to cloning themselves for spare parts. Lax la. [laughter] and now that we ultraloaded are so numerous again, im gonna give the moneyed masses the news they can use this is colbert platinum [cheers and applause] a quick reminder this segment is for platinum members only. So if your personal food taster doesnt have a personal trainer, why dont you run along and see if your local valpak has coupon for irregular hamburger meat . [laughter] okay, theyre gone. Platinum nation, as the ranks of us superrich continue to swell, you need a ride that says suck on my money sack, tastefully. [laughter] now, youve got your rolls, your maybach, your astin martin. But if you really want to turn heads youll need the 2013 pagani huayra, an ultraluxury sports car that can go 230 miles an hour with a price tag of 1. 2 million. [audience oohhs] its a vehicle of such prestige, that the side mirrors read warning people in mirror are just objects. Dont worry about hitting them. [laughter] but the real attraction for the platinum american is the unique feature that makes of the huayra so rare. Eighteen americans have bought huayras. The first delivery is scheduled for july. That is if, and this is a big if, the car is legal. Right now, the huayra is not approved by the Transportation Department for u. S. Roads. Stephen you cannot drive it. Which makes it the ultimate luxury. Any schmo can own a car that can take you some place. But only the true elite can afford a 1. 2 million cupholder. Just imagine how much youll enjoy rubbing it in your friends faces, provided they give you a ride to their house first. [laughter] and platinum nation, spend it while you can, because californias new tax plan for the wealthy has already claimed one casualty. Phil mickelson, hes california based and hes had it with taxes. He says hes going to take drastic action because his tax rate is 63 . Mikelsons going to take drastic action and in pro golf, that could mean carrying his own putter [laughter] but hes got no choice. He makes only 60 million a year. And californias raised his taxes 3 . So mickelback is considering moving out of california or even retiring altogether. I warned you that these tax hikes would cause our best and brightest to take their talents elsewhere. Do you know what happens if Phil Mickelson isnt here to win those millions of dollars . Someone else will [laughter] is that suddenly okay . [cheers and applause] luckily for guys like phil and me, there may soon be a new community where high earners are safe. And its in the last place youd think detroit. Sure, we all know the motor city has seen better days. Like say, during the ice age. [laughter] but its not all bad. Take belle isle, a thousandacre island and public park that many consider the jewel of detroit. Its no surprise, belle means beautiful, and isle means not connected to detroit. [laughter] [laughter] and now [laughter] [cheers and applause] and now, its about to get better, thanks to libertarian Real Estate Developer and doublynamed porn star rod lockwood who plans to buy the island from detroit and convert it into an independent commonwealth founded on the principles of limited government, where residents would not pay any corporate or income taxes. Finally, a consequencefree paradise for rich americans, other than the rest of america. [laughter] this haven for the wealthy is the realization of a dream from lockwoods selfpublished novel, also called belle isle, in the tradition of other fictional tax shelters likes narnia and where the wild things hide their assets. [laughter] and this plan doesnt just help the wealthy, it benefits the entire city of detroit. Detroits been in decline for 60 years. This would be a gamechanger for detroit because it would attract 35,000 or more people from all over the world. The purchase of the property for 1 billion from the city of detroit, which would really help detroit. Stephen yes, yes, greatly help detroit. Because what they really needs is a pristine private island that they can see from the bars of their postindustrial hellscape. So thank you, rod lockwood, for showing the people of detroit that when life gives you lemons take the lemons to your own island so you can dont have to share the lemonade. [cheers and applause] well, thats it for colbert platinum. Join me next time when i show you how to turn a waldorf salad into a waiter losing his job. I said no green apples [laughter] well be right back. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] stephen welcome back, everybody. Thank you so much. Thanks so much. [cheers and applause] folks, we all know that the Obama Presidency is one of the most secretive in history. There hasnt been an administration this private since the secret presidency of rocky t. Pendergrass, who made his name by invading terabithia. [laughter] dont believe me . Look it up in the history books. You wont find it. [laughter] well the Obama Administration is doing it again. Did you see the pictures of president obama playing golf with tiger woods this weekend . Neither did we. The media covering the president was shutout. The press corps complained. Fox news ed henry speaking in his role as White House Correspondents Association president said, it is not about golf. Its about transparency and access in a broader sense. The president should have in all fairness due to transparency released some photographs of him either teeing off with tiger or perhaps when they finished. The American People deserve to see what the president of the United States is doing. Stephen absolutely. This is about transparency. About a free press holding our leader accountable. I mean its one thing to keep us in the dark about a fleet of flying roboassassins. But a round of golf on your day off . Wheres the judicial oversight . Oh, i suppose white house lawyers have drawn up some convoluted legal justification for using a fivewood on a par three there are a lot of holes in this story, folks. Specifically, 18. America deserves to know who drove . Who rode shotgun . Did the president hit from ladies tee . Did he replace his divots . Or did he send susan rice to cover them up . [audience reacts] [laughter] you are just as upset as i am. I can tell. Its bad but folks, waterhazardgate trademark is just the tip of the secretberg. Not gonna trademark that one. [laughter] this whole episode makes me realize just how little we know about what the president is doing every moment. Because i have it on Good Authority that multiple times a day he locks himself alone inside a small, tiled room. [laughter] sometimes he enters with great urgency, only to emerge later with a look of serenity. [laughter] what does he do in there . All we know is that by the time he leaves the sudoku is finished. [laughter] i know i know. Hes apoll gifts say its all innocent but folks this does not pass the smell test. [audience reacts] again, im angry as well. Mr. President , open that door to the press corps, otherwise i can only assume you are so arrogantly antidemocratic that you are in there sitting on some sort of thrown. [ laughter ] well be right back. [cheers and applause] u,x a,xm m t5 [cheers and applause] stephen welcome back, everybody. My guest is a Senior Editor at slate magazine whos got a new book about bullying. Itd be a great to throw at someone please welcome emily bazelon. [cheers and applause] good to see you. Thank yous for coming back. Thanks for having me. Stephen as i said over there you are Senior Editor of slate magazine. I listen to slate gab fests on fridays. Very relaxing to me. I listen to you. Were so glad to hear that. Stephen ive been listening you to you talk about the this book on the gab fest its called sticks and stones defeating the culture of bullying and rediscovering the power of em pathy and character. What is em pathy . Its putting yourself in someones shoes and imagining to be someone else and have their struggles. Stephen like what . Like growing up without enough money or feelry really left out, feeling socially awkward like you dont belong. Stephen what does that have to do with bullying . Bullies dont do that . One of big problems with bullies is they sort of freeze their own feelings of em pathy and they are not good add imagining what its like to be the person having the pain inflicted on them. Stephen its also called a sociopath. Thats true but luckily its rare. A sociopath is someone who can never feel em pathy and be completely cold forever. Stephen like tucker carlson. [ laughter ] but luckily that almost never happens. Stephen when i saw the book, i reatd it. I thought it was a guide on how to bully. [laughter] but you are talking a lot in here about sort of how how we approach bullying in this. Lets talk a little bit about how you personally approach bullying. Were you bullied yourself . His a moment in eighth grade where my friends essentially all dumped me. They didnt want to be my friends anymore. Stephen what do you . What did you do . I was really miserable. I went home and cried a lot. Stephen no, what did you do to make them dump you . You had to do lose. Cause and effect . Were you a loser . I think i was. I spent a lot of time worry being what i had done wrong and picking myself apart. The thing about being bullied is it shreds your self worth. Stephen you went home and cried. I went home and cried and found another girl in my class who was fired by her group of friends. We kind of as colosers got together. Stephen you stood up for each other. Actually i didnt do that for her. Its a big regret that i write about in the book. The girls mean to this friend of mine had a lot of social power. They torment her. There was this one particular moment in the School Lunch Room where the spotlight was shot shown on the friend of mine in a cruel and public way because i didnt do and i didnt do anything to help her. What i did where why i wrote the book, is how to make kids respond better than i do. Stephen this is why your friends dumped you. You are clearly a terrible friend. What do you mean . Most of conflict is two way mutual kids fighting. They call it drawma. Its a useful word. Bullying the official definition is verbal or physical abuse or harassment repeated over time and involves a power imbalance. Stephen official from websters or the Government Department of bully something in what do you mean official . From academics who study. This the people who created what i think of as the field of bullying studies which say real field of study. Stephen should there be . If were making too much of bullying should there be a department at yale . Are you saying we dont think enough or too much . We need to figure out how to use the label fairly. We need more researchers thinking about how to prevent it and how to help schools and whole communities, families solve the problem. Stephen do you think im a bully . I thought about this a lot. [ laughter ] i any sometimes [laughter] [cheers and applause] stephen its okay