Welcome. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, one and all. To the late show, I'm your host,

Stephen Colbert. And I, you feel that? You feel that? That is just raw, uncut.

Blue Flake excitement, because everybody knows that tomorrow night, at long last, the

public hearings on the January 6th insurrection will finally kick off. They'll be broadcast

here on CBS. And afterwards, the late show will be live right there. Boom!

So, tomorrow night, tune in to watch me talk about what happened when they were talking

about what happened on that day. We all said, what the hell just happened?

Tomorrow night, starting tomorrow, for two weeks, right? It's two weeks of hearings, right?

Starting tomorrow, and for two weeks of these public hearings, this is a crucial opportunity

for the American people to learn the full depth and breadth of the former president's

months-long, violent conspiracy to overthrow a free election and remain in power. Hanging

over the hearings is one question that could define the future of our republic. Who cares?

They're all kinds of distractions before the American people. And so, I think that they

need to hear something new, things that they haven't heard before.

They just need to focus the public's attention on it.

They have to grip the American public. They need to make this really a compelling narrative.

It doesn't have to look like top gun. You want to find that sweet spot in the middle.

Yeah, it doesn't have to look like top gun, but just in case they're going to have Adam

Schiff and Jamie Raskin play hot shirtless volleyball. He's cut. He's cut himself to get.

He got himself to get. Here's the thing. Hearings only matter if people are hearing

them, which is why we at the Lacho have put together a promo guarantee to put the asses

in the TV seats. Jim. Thursday, Thursday, Thursday, under the Capitol, Megadome. It's

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