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Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea to the late show. I'm your host,

Stephen Colbert. Right now, the big story, the big story continues to be the

extraordinary damage wreaked on Florida by Hurricane Ian. It's going to be a long

road back for these people. If you're looking for a way to help, we've got a list of

charities pinned to our Twitter account at Colbert Late Show. You can go there.

Please give generously. We hope the state of Florida gets back to normal soon because

in Florida, normal is still very strange. Which is why we enjoy making somebody jokes about

that state. And it's so important to get these people to food, the water, the shelter,

whatever they need to get back on their feet. Not only because it's the right thing to do,

but because my graphics team has a mock-up of an alligator doing meth on a jet ski.

Just burning a hole in their pockets. Today, President Biden flew down to Florida and met with

Florida governor and man who learned how to stand from a men's room sign.

Ron DeSantis. Governor DeSantis has been touring damaged areas to let the residents know they're

not forgotten. And one thing that few will ever forget is the white knee high boots he was sporting.

Looks a little less governor on the go and more like governor of the go-go's.

President Biden and Governor DeSantis put aside their politics and appeared together to

let Floridians know that help is on the way. And the governor kicked things off by making the extent

of the damage very clear. These storms come. They're on the horizon. You kind of project, hey,

it could be really bad. Oftentimes it doesn't necessarily get to that level. Well, this was this was

the full Monty. Some may question whether a comedy about fully nude male strippers

is the most appropriate way to refer to a natural disaster, but keep in mind anytime you look at

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