In late August 1992, Randy Weaver and his family were refusing to come down from the remote Idaho mountaintop where they lived.

Weaver, a fugitive on a federal firearms charge, has been hold up in a cabin near Naples for more than a year.

The government thought Randy Weaver was a dangerous, possibly violent extremist.

Randy and his wife Vicky thought the government

was an agent of Satan on earth. When it was all over, three people were dead, and the government

had spent millions of dollars to catch one man. We'll find out why the siege at Ruby Ridge

unfolded the way it did, and think about some of the questions it raises.

What should we do about white supremacists? Why has the story of Ruby Ridge become an enduring

myth for the far right? And whose fault was it anyway?

Subscribe to Standoff, what happened at Ruby Ridge Ridge in Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

A quick heads up.

As we were putting this show to bed,

we learned that the government

had formally approved

the Paramount Skydance merger.

Okay, here's the show.

Welcome one and all to the late show.

I'm your host Stephen Colbert.

On July 14th, Stephen Colbert came back from vacation and did what he does best,

a monologue that was equal parts of uncular jokes and political news.

While I was on vacation, my parent corporation, Paramount, paid Donald Trump a $16 million settlement over his 60 minutes lawsuits.

As someone who has always been a proud employee of this network, I am offended.

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