00:00 Stephen Colbert WELCOME TO THE LATE SHOW. 00:01 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 00:03 WELL, FOLKS, THE REVELATIONS ABOUT THE TRUMP TEAM'S CONNECTIONS TO RUSSIA JUST KEEP ON COMING. 00:10 YESTERDAY, WE LEARNED THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS MET WITH A RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR DURING THE CAMPAIGN AND THEN, WHAT'S THE WORD, LIED ABOUT IT TO CONGRESS. 00:21 Soundbite SO YESTERDAY, SESSIONS MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. 00:25 I HAVE RECUSED MYSELF IN THE MATTERS THAT DEAL WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. 00:31 Stephen Colbert SENATOR, YOU CAN'T RECUSE YOURSELF FROM ALL MATTERS THAT DEAL WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. 00:36 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE PROSECUTOR, BUT YOU MIGHT END UP BEING A DEFENDANT. 00:41 OF COURSE, HIS LESS FORTHCOMING HUGE. 00:47 BIG, BIG JEFF SESSIONS FANS HERE TONIGHT. 00:51 WELL, SENATOR, WHAT ABOUT THAT TIME YOU LIED TO SENATOR FRANKEN? 00:57 Soundbite IN RETROSPECT, IF I SHOULD HAVE SLOWED DOWN AND SAID, BUT I DID MEET ONE RUSSIAN OFFICIAL A COUPLE OF TIMES, THAT WOULD BE THE AMBASSADOR. 01:12 Stephen Colbert Y'all come back now, here, here. 01:14 Seriously, we're getting a subpoena. 01:15 Y'all come back now, okay? 01:18 You can't just end a press conference with the one piece of relevant information you have. 01:23 That'd be like Darth Vader saying, by the way, Luke, I'm your dad. 01:26 Take care, bye. 01:26 I don't know why Darth Vader is Southern in this analogy. 01:33 Yeah. 01:34 THEN, THE DAY GOT A LITTLE MORE NOT GOOD FOR THE TRUMP FOLKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE THEY ALSO ADMITTED THAT IN DECEMBER, TRUMP'S SON-IN-LAW AND FRAT GUY WHO SEEMS NICE AT FIRST, JARED KUSHNER, JOINED MICHAEL FLYNN AT A MEETING WITH THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR, THIS GUY, WHO, SURPRISE, ALSO MET WITH TRUMP ADVISORS CARTER PAGE AND J.D. 01:57 GORDON. 01:58 DID EVERYONE TRUMP KNOWS HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH A RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR? 02:02 HOLD ON, WAIT A SECOND. 02:04 CAN WE, JIM, DO WE HAVE A PICTURE OF BARON'S NANNY? 02:09 SHE CHECKS OUT, THAT'S FINE. 02:11 NOW, SPEAKING OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS, UH, DISNEY. 02:17 THEY'VE HAD A LONG HISTORY OF PROGRESSIVE VALUES, FROM THEIR POSITIVE DEPICTION OF A WOMAN WITH SEVEN HUSBANDS TO TOUTING THE BENEFITS OF HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS. 02:27 AND NOW DISNEY HAS STRUCK ANOTHER BLOW FOR OPEN-MINDEDNESS. 02:31 Soundbite The new movie, Beauty and the Beast, will feature Disney's first openly gay character. 02:36 The director revealed that Gaston's sidekick, LeFou, played by actor Josh Gad, will explore his sexuality in a small but significant subplot. 02:46 Stephen Colbert Now, if you don't remember LeFou from Beauty and the Beast, he's this guy. 02:54 No, no, wait... 02:56 WAIT, NO, JIMMY, THAT'S THE WRONG INCOMPETENT SIDEKICK WHO SUCKS UP TO THE BAD GUY. 03:04 YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE, RIGHT THERE. 03:07 FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO SAY, LEFOU MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN HE WAS GAY, BUT THE REST OF US DID. 03:16 HE SANG A WHOLE SONG ABOUT HOW THICK GASTON'S NECK WAS. 03:21 ALSO, FIRST GAY CHARACTER, WHAT ABOUT TIMON AND PUMBA? 03:25 WHAT ABOUT EVERY DISNEY PRINCE EVER? 03:28 YOU KNOW, THE BUFF GUYS WITH NO BODY HAIR WHO CAN'T KISS THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL WITHOUT SINGING A THREE-MINUTE SHOW TUNE FIRST? 03:33 COME ON. 03:35 COME ON. 03:36 IT'S FINE. 03:38 IT'S FINE. 03:44 WHO LEFT THIS FABULOUS SHOE? 03:47 NOW, I HAVE TO GET THE OTHER PAIR. 03:53 Now, unsurprisingly, some people are freaking out about the same-sex surprise in the film, although they really don't have the moral high ground if they think that two men kissing ruins a kid's movie about a woman who was held captive until she falls in love with a giant angry animal. 04:15 HEY, THIS IS A QUESTION I DON'T GET TO ASK OFTEN ENOUGH. 04:18 ANYBODY HERE ENJOYING MARIJUANA? 04:20 SOME PEOPLE DO. 04:22 SOME PEOPLE DO. 04:22 NOT EVERYBODY, SOME PEOPLE DO. 04:24 WELL, ANYBODY WHO JUST CLAPPED BETTER HOPE THAT JEFF SESSIONS DOES RESIGN. 04:28 BECAUSE SINCE HE TOOK OVER THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS HAS TAKEN A VERY HARD LINE ON THE STICKY ICKY. 04:36 HE LAID OUT HIS OPPOSITION AT THE NATIONAL MEETING OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL. 04:40 Soundbite I'm not sure we're going to be a better, healthier nation than if we have marijuana being sold at every corner grocery store. 04:50 Stephen Colbert Maybe so, but those grocery stores will sell a hell of a lot more pretzel bites and marshmallow fluff. 04:55 It's good for business. 04:57 Now, this seems like a strange time to launch a new war on weed. 05:03 For one thing, Planet Earth 2 just came out. 05:07 CURRENTLY, 28 STATES HAVE LEGALIZED MARIJUANA FOR RECREATIONAL OR MEDICINAL USE, AND SESSION'S COMMENTS HAVE THROWN THE COUNTRY'S MARIJUANA INDUSTRY INTO A PANIC. 05:19 IF ONLY THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP THEM CHILL OUT. 05:23 WE HAVE A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 05:31 Soundbite CATE FLANCHETT IS HERE. 05:32 WHEN WE RETURN, I'M HITTING THE STREETS TO CHEER UP AMERICA. 05:33 STICK AROUND. 05:33 CATE FLANCHETT!