So i have more foweign powicy expewience than donald twump. Stephen and nothing so far, so lets move on to this kitten. There you go. Hold on. laughter oh, here we go yeah, trump seems upset and the kitten bleep all over my desk. Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, stephen welcomes viola davis, Simon Helberg. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. Its late show in new york city with Stephen Colbert cheers and applause captioning sponsored by cbs stephen welcome to the late show. Thank you so much thank you so much hey, jon how are you, my man . Good to see ya audience chanting stephen thanks, everybody cheers and applause hey welcome to the late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. Im not sure what happened with the door just now. I think i may have left my pass key backstage. Everybody have a good weekend . cheers and applause yeah, thats nice. You know who didnt . Donald trump. laughter a lot of people are talking about donald trump and russia now. And not just because of how much he resembles russian dressing. laughter rumor is that trump is soft on putin because hes hundreds of millions of dollars in debt to putins billionaire cronies something Trumps Campaign manager, paul manafort, strongly denied on cbs this morning last week. So to be clear, mr. Trump has no Financial Relationships with any russian oligarchs . Thats thats what he said. Thats what i said. Thats obviously what our position is. Stephen yeah, i dont care, i dont care, so thats clear, he said it, i said it, so, its its ridiculous. There are no bodies buried in the backyard, and theres no need to check. And mr. Trump has certainly not made his face out of human skin from his victims. And thats our position. laughter then, yesterday, trump attempted to show how tough he would be with putin if he ever tried to invade ukraine. Hes not going to go into ukraine, all right . Just so you understand. Hes not going to go into ukraine. All right . You can mark it down, and you can put it down, you can take it anywhere you want. Stephen yeah, put it in your pocket, take it to the bank. You can wrap it in a burrito. You can stick it under your chair when the flavors gone. You can display it on a nice mirrored tray with some lemon wedges, summer salad, really fresh. What were we talking about . Yeah, mark it down. Tattoo it on the back of your neck, nick you want. applause it was a great answer. Except for this. Hes not going to go into ukraine. To go into ukraine. Hes already there isnt he . Stephen oh, my god damn it, donald you have to warn a guy before you pop your mouth into reverse like that and stephanopoulos must have a neck made of steel because then trump told him in no Uncertain Terms that he doesnt know putin. I have no relationship with putin. I have no relationship. Stephen okay, no relationship. But what did trump of three years ago say about putin . I do have a plaiption, and i can tell you that hes very interested in what we are doing here today. I do have a relationship with him. Stephen okay. Okay applause okay. Well this, relationship, did you meet him in moscow . I didnt meet him in moscow. Okay. And trump two years ago . I was in moscow recently, and i spoke indirectly and directly with president putin, who could not have been nicer. applause stephen okay, um. cheering doctor says ive got to wear this until the elections over so i dont claw my eyes out. laughter thankfully, stephanopoulos just asked trump flat out if he and putin have a relationship. You did say on three different occasions you had a relationship with him. Now you say there is not. Well, i dont know what it means by having a relationship. I mean, he was saying very good things about me. I dont have a relationship with him. I didnt meet him. I havent spent time with him. I didnt have dinner with him. I didnt go hiking with him. Stephen i didnt have dinner with him. I didnt go hiking with him. We certainly didnt sit on a hilltop, gazing at the starry sky, and putin didnt point out a shooting star, and i definitely didnt say, my wish already came true. Didnt do that. None of that happened, no relationship. Jon didnt happen. Stephen just this afternoon, i think Cnns Fareed Zakaria summed up trumps flip flopping in a remarkable live analysis. There is a term for this kind of thing. This is the mode of a bull bleep artist. cheers and applause stephen i want to point out cbs bleeped that word. Cnn did not bleep that word. They didnt know it was coming but fareed could not control himself. I agree. It is b. S. , and Trumps Campaign is like art its hard to understand, and when you see it, you think, my sevenyearold. Could do that. laughter applause speaking of things that happen every four years and are filled with poop, the 2016 rio games start friday, and there are some concerns. Athletes swimming in the heavily poluted guanabara bay have been warned by Health Experts to keep their mouths closed in the toxic stew. Okay . Mouth closed. Or heads out of the water. I cant wait to see who takes home the gold in the olympic doggie paddle. laughter applause piano riff their image may be tarnished, but the International Olympic committee is still hyperprotective of their brand. In fact, for legal reasons, i cant even show you the actual olympic rings. Instead, ill just put up five cbs logos. laughter even team u. S. A. Has released a statement warning that commercial entities may not post about the games on their social media accounts or use trademarked hashtags such as rio2016 teamu. S. A. Not only that, but you cant use the little throwingup emoticon because that represents an olympic swimmer. laughter but still, i wouldnt want to get in trouble with the olympics. So no hashtag team u. S. A. , and now its time for a word from our new sponsor. Hello. 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So its not even the worst trump scandal this weekend, which brings us to tonights werd. Werd applause what the family . for space considerations, we had to shorten it to what the eff . But know that it means what the family . one of the most moving parts of the Democratic Convention was a speech given by khizr and ghazala khan, the parents of an army captain killed in iraq, who called out trump for his antimuslim bias. Donald trump consistently smears the character of muslims. You have sacrificed nothing. Stephen strong words from a grieving parent. Mr. Trump, your response . I think ive made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard. Ive created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, built great structures. Ive had ive had tremendous success. Stephen yes, trumps sacrificed a lot. First, humility. laughter then, trump went after the grieving mother, implying she wasnt allowed to speak because shes muslim. If you look at his wife, she was standing there. She had nothing to say. She probably maybe she wasnt allowed to have anything to say. Stephen yes, trump knows a good husband allows his wife to Say Something laughter now, an ordinary candidate an ordinary candidate, when faced with near universal condemnation would stop there. But this morning, trump took to twitter to go after the dad again, tweeting, mr. Khan, who does not know me, viciously attacked me from the stage of the d. N. C. And is now all over t. V. Doing the same nice stephen yeah, nice. I mean, how could you possibly judge a president ial candidate unless youve met them . Well, ive met donald trump, so im on solid ground when i say, donald, youre being a dadbag. Which again, due to space, weve had to shorten. Clearly, Donald Trumps problem is he says things that get him in trouble. The only solution is for him to say things that get him into more trouble. Its worked until now. This entire campaign, trumps made us forget about his crazy statements by saying something even crazier. He announced his campaign by calling mexicans murderers and rapists, which seemed terrible, until he said john mccain wasnt a war hero because he had been captured. cheers and applause p. O. S. Stands for part of society. And we were shocked, until he made us forget mccain by saying megyn kelly had blood coming out of her wherever. laughter applause but he outdid that by saying we should ban muslims from entering the country. Then he made us forget about that by talking about the size of his penis, which seemed shocking until he implied ted cruzs father helped kill j. F. K. The next terrible thing fixes the previous terrible thing. Its the like the old woman who swallowed a fly, only trump would never be seen with an older woman. laughter now, personally, im reminded of Winston Churchill who once said, those who fail to learn from history are doomed to trump said what . trumps going to have to Say Something outrageous to make us forget these things he said about the parents of a fallen soldier. But if he succeeds at making us forget, hell get to say the craziest thing i can imagine. And if that day comes, we are all f. Amilyed. And thats the werd. Well be right back with the man himself, donald trump. cheers and applause band playing when i crave a smoke thats all i crave. Thats where this comes in. Only nicorette gum has patented dualcoated technology for great taste. Plus nicorette gum gives you intense craving relief. And that helps put my craving in its place. Thats why i only choose nicorette. Which one of theseing awards appeals most to you . The top safety pick midsize car and suv. Most dependable. 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I got a letter from the nfl saying, this is ridiculous. Why are the debates against . Because the nfl doesnt want to go against the debates because the debates are going to be pretty massive, from what i understand. I dont like dates against Hillary Clinton wants to be against the nfl. Stephen hes right. What are people going to want to watch a vicious bloodsport, or football . Now the nfl says they never sent him any letter. Im not sure how to describe this. Fareed . This is the mode of a bull bleep artist. laughter applause okay. Thank you. piano riff stephen lets keep that clip on a loop, shall we . laughter some folks are saying trump is just finding a reason to bail on these debates. And i think donald trump deserves the chance to respond in person. Here to do it for him is cartoon donald trump. cheers and applause welcome, mister cartoon trump. Thank you for being here. Great to be here stephen, even though its not fair that this interview is happening opposite rizzoli and ilses. Great show. Both those ladies are a ten. Stephen no doubt. No doubt. Mr. Trump, are you using nfl games as an excuse to get out of debating Hillary Clinton . Absolutely not, stephen. Crooked hillary is the one who got them scheduled at the same time as football. The f. B. I. Said so. Emails. Benghazi. Stephen thats a powerful argument. I thought. So stephen okay, but there are two debates scheduled on october 4 and 19, that are not opposite football games. Cant do it, stephen. Thats preseason nhl, baby. Rangers versus islanders. The battle of new york. Fire on ice also, Liev Schreibers birthday. Stephen okay, what about october 19 . Not gonna happen. Too important for america. Stephen whats on the 19th . Billy idol, live at the vegas house of blues s its a bad day for a debating s stephen i love my billy idol. One of his lesser known hits. Stephen sorry. What did you say . Its one of his lesser known hits. laughter stephen donald, if you dont debate, people wont know who to vote for on election day. Uh, good point. Cant do election day on tuesday, november 8. No way. Stephen what . Why . Its taco tuesday, stephen. Mexican heritage. Totally biased. Stephen cartoon donald trump everyone well be right back with viola davis cheers and applause whoo at the the lincoln summer inits time to relax. T, from the moment you take your foot off the brake, the brake stays engaged and you stay put. Taking the legwork out of stop and go traffic. And even hills. Thats the more human side of engineering. This is the lincoln summer invitation, hurry in now to your dealer for limited time offers. Lease a lincoln mkx for 349 a month or get 0 apr for 60 months and Just Announced 1,000 summer invitation bonus. Get your sneaker game on at kohls. Get your active game on at kohls. This summer, tmobiles throwing a galaxy free for all. 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The cash rewards credit card from bank of america. cheers and applause band playing stephen welcome back, everybody my first guest tonight is an emmy and tonywinning actress who stars in the new movie suicide squad. There you go. Without you minding her, your lady friend stays here strapped to a board in a druginduced coma. They warned me about you. I didnt believe the stories. Nobody does. Stephen please welcome viola davis band playing cheers and applause stephen i gotta say, in that clip you look spooky right away. Im a badass. Stephen thats what i understand. applause before we get to the movie, congratulations on your emmy nominations, speaking of badass. Thank you. cheers and applause stephen and last year, when you won, you quoted Harriet Tubman. I did. Stephen yeah. And as i was sitting in my seat, i was negotiating with myself thinking it probably wont be a good idea to quote Harriet Tubman at this present moment, and then i remember doing the speech and my husband said afterwards, you know what, v, i didnt know where you were going, but im glad you took it home laughter stephen and now, if i got this right, youre going to be playing Harriet Tubman. I am. Stephen okay. cheers and applause Harriet Tubmans having a moment right now. Harriet tubman should have a moment. I mean, listen, if there is anyone whos a true american hero, its Harriet Tubman. I mean, we know that she freed the slaves and, you know, when you think of whats involved with freeing slaves at that time, unbelievable, but she was also involved in the womans suffrage movement, she spearheaded red cross, she was the only woman who fought in a military raid, ever. cheers and applause stephen the audience tonight, obviously full of tubmaniacs. Yeah. laughter stephen shes going to be on the 20 now. Yeah. Stephen now that youve done studying up on her, any recommendations on how maybe she should be pictured on the 20 bill . Okay, now, i dont like guns. I told you that, right . Stephen you didnt tell me that. I dont like guns. But, that being sai