Welcome. Welcome, one and all, in here, out there, all around the world to the late show.

I'm your host, Stephen Colbert. And folks, thank you, father. Please. Thank you, Patrick.

Folks, I got to say, I feel young today, as I do every day because I wear makeup. But even

more so because earlier today, President Biden welcomed a special guest to the White House,

former President Barack Obama, who got a standing ovation. That must be nice.

Or something like that felt like. Then, hopefully, they locked the doors to keep them in.

You can come out after the midterms. This is a pretty big moment, actually, because

Obama was back in the White House for the first time in five years.

He was there to promote Obama care and to get that pack of smokes he forgot in the Lincoln bedroom.

Don't tell me, shall.

Obama opened his speech memorably.

Nice President Biden. Nice President.

That was a joke.

It's funny. I'm not sure if I buy that that was a joke.

I think he went up there, and the first thing he said was a gaff.

He and Biden have more in common than we thought.

Obama explained that this was an unusual day for him.

Coming back, even if I have to wear a tie, which I very rarely do these days.

Yes, from what I've seen of your retirement, Mr. President, you rarely wear a tie or a shirt.

Then, you then look back at what it took to get the Affordable Health Care Act going.

Republicans tried to repeal what we had done.

They tried explicitly to make it harder for people to sign up for coverage.

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