sean sullivan with the first question. sean: thanks, jb, for being with us. i want to start with a question about something that is in the news squarely this week. the president's comments on the deadly violence in charlottesville which have been roundly condemned by both democrats and many republicans. will senate majority pac seek to remind voters as we move closer to the midterm elections about the remarks he made this week? if so, how soon can we start to potentially see an investment in making that argument? j.b.: good morning. thank you for having me. the president's comments were a disturbing reaction to what happened in charlottesville. and i think former vice president biden said there is only one side. there can only be one side and we need to stand up against hate, bigotry, against white supremacists. i suspect these will be issues in the campaign. the president has already made clear that he has a different view on. i suspect they will see it first in republican primaries. that there are clear divisions that will be brought out in several primarie

sean sullivan with the first question. sean: thanks, jb, for being with us. i want to start with a question about something that is in the news squarely this week. the president's comments on the deadly violence in charlottesville which have been roundly condemned by both

independent journal review and sean sullivan, congressional reporter for "the washington post." guys, i'm going to get into our conversation in just a second. but i do have some breaking news just coming in to me, everyone. very, very sad news on this weekend. we've already lost dick gregory, 84 years old last night of the legendary comedian jerry lewis has died. he was 91 years old. lewis made a big name for himself as part of the comedy team martin and lewis. later on in his career, he adopted that cause of muscular dystrophy, started the teleon this in 1952. many of us grew up with that, myself included. he died peacefully with his family by his side. keith morrison looks back on his life. >> this is how most people remember jerry lewis. zany, goofy, nonstop hilarity. he was born jerome levich in new york, new jersey. he never finished high school. the business, making people laugh, was all that mattered. ♪ >> audiences loved him. here he was, still a teenager, with second billing at the prestigious 500 club in atlantic city, which is where jerry lewis formed half of one of

and sean evans. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: thanks, everybody. please, sit down. thank you so much. welcome, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for that. thank you for that. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. now i. ( cheers and applause ) i know a lot of people tune into this show on a nightly basis to get their news and information. they count on me to be a straight shooter, okay, with a calm voice. i don't want to be alarmist. we're all going to die. ( laughter ) because u.s. intelligence believes that north korea is now making missile-ready nuclear weapons. my god, dennis rodman, did you do nothing? ( laughter ) but don't worry. the story gets worse because over the weekend, the u.n. security council voted 15-0 to sanction north korea. and in response, north korea warned that they are "ready to teach the u.s. a severe lesson with its nuclear strategic force," adding that "other

and sean evans. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: wooo! thanks, everybody. please, sit down. thank you so much. welcome, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for that. thank you for that. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. now i. ( cheers and applause ) i know a lot of people tune into this show on a nightly basis to get their news and information. they count on me to be a straight shooter, okay, with a calm voice. i don't want to be alarmist. we're all going to die. ( laughter ) because u.s. intelligence believes that north korea is now making missile-ready nuclear weapons. my god, dennis rodman, did you do nothing? ( laughter ) but don't worry. the story gets worse because over the weekend, the u.n. security council voted 15-0 to sanction north korea. and in response, north korea warned that they are "ready to teach the u.s. a severe lesson with its nuclear strategic force," adding that

and sean evans. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: wooo! thanks, everybody. please, sit down. thank you so much. welcome, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for that. thank you for that. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. now i. ( cheers and applause ) i know a lot of people tune into this show on a nightly basis to get their news and information. they count on me to be a calm voice. i don't want to be alarmist. we're all going to die. ( laughter ) because u.s. intelligence believes that north korea is now making missile-ready nuclear weapons. my god, dennis rodman, did you do nothing? ( laughter ) but don't worry. the story gets worse because over the weekend, the u.n. security council voted 15-0 to sanction north korea. and in response, north korea warned that they are "ready to teach the u.s. a severe lesson with its nuclear strategic force," adding that "other countries were not being