Thanks everybody. Welcome, one and all in here, out there, down here, up there, to the

late show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert. Ladies and gentlemen, it's just a beautiful

day. Yeah. Just a beautiful day here in New York City, the big city of dreams, the city

that never sleeps rested a little bit easier last night because yesterday the NYPD arrested

Subway Shooter Suspect Frank James after a guy. He was nice, don't be worry about your kids

in the subway or anything. They arrested him after they got a tip on its crime stoppers

hotline. You know the number, 800-588-2300, crime stop. That is not the number. Whoever

made the call as a hero who stands up to receive up to a $50,000 reward, right? Unfortunately,

it is unclear who alerted the police because there were scores of calls and an array of people

took credit for turning him in. Plus, to collect the award, you had to be the 19th caller

and say the phrase that pays. Crime stoppers is a New York's number one crime stoppin' hotline

stoppin' crimes from the 80s, 90s, and today, blah, blah, blah, blah. One person, one person

claiming to have dropped a dime on James is 21-year-old Zach Tahan, a security camera technician

who was working in a store nearby when he saw James through one of the security cameras.

You hear that MTA? Cameras work so much better when they work.

At all. 800-588-2300.

Now Tahan is a Syrian immigrant who is observing Ramadan and he became a social media sensation

last night with his explanation of how he helped nab the suspect.

I say, you know what? We need to catch this guy. And I was working and I got to him.

God, thank God. People think I'm crazy, like, maybe think people I am in drag, but I'm not.

I'm faster.

Yeah. He's just fasting. Makes you a little, can make you a little loopy when you're fasting.

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