I'm your host Stephen Colbert.

( cheers and applause ) The election was just two days ago,

but it feels like five years ago.

( laughter ) what's a Beto?

Was that a candy bar or something?

And in the last 48 hours Donald Trump has put some points on the board.

For instance he's banned a journalist.

That's very strongman.

I'm not saying he's kim jong un. He's kim jong-ish.

( laughter ) Here's what happened: yesterday,

at a White House press tantrum, the president and CNN's Jim Acosta

got into it okay, until an intern was dispatched:

do you think that you demonized immigrants?

No, not at all.

I want them, I want them to come into the country but they have to come in legally.

They're hundreds and hundreds of miles away.

That's not an invasion.

Honestly, I think you should let me run the country

You run CNN, and if you did it well, your ratings would be much better.

If I may ask one other question, Mr. President, If I may ask one other question

- Are you worried a... - That's enough!

- That's enough! - Mr. President, I'm just gonna ask one other question...the other folks

Pardon me, ma'am.

Stephen: that's got to be the worst intern assignment.

( laughter ) "Okay, ahh, guys gather round. Alan, you're in charge of

coffee runs today, Brad, you're in charge of making copies, and

Cathie, you'll be destroying the first amendment. Okay.

( laughter ) Remember, it's for college credit. For College credit, okay?

Let's go get them.

( cheers and applause ) then last night, the White House

revoked Jim Acosta's press pass.

Oh no!

Now how will he "Not" get answers to his questions!

( laughter ) a lot of people are outraged about this, very upset

But press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, she defended the

Decision saying, "President Trump believes in a free press

and expects and welcomes tough

questions of him and his administration.

We will, however, never tolerate a reporter placing his hands

on a young woman just trying to do her job as a white house

Intern."

And she included this video: the intern reaches for the mic

And, there it goes, and hi-ya!

( laughter ) that is terrible, or it would be,

If it weren't "Fake news."

Because "Sarah Sanders tweeted a doctored video."

We should've known, we should have known because in the same video, Trump looked

Like this.

( laughter ) looking good.

And where did the white house get that doctored video?

It appears to have originated with far-right conspiracy site

"InfoWars."

( booing ) now, if anyone out there is not familiar with

InfoWars, congratulations, can we switch brains?

( laughter ) because infowars is a far right website

Founded by TV talk show host and hot dog, you forgot to pierce

before microwaving, Alex Jones.

( laughter ) ( cheers and applause )

So that's Sanders' reliable source.

"CNN is fake news, and to prove it, here's a video from a

reputable news source that believes the government is

putting plastic liners in juice boxes to turn our sons into

Gay frogs."

( laughter ) and the fact that the White

House press secretary is promoting this doctored video

is reprehensible, and grounds for dismissal.

Or as they call it in the Trump administration, "Thursday."

( laughter ) It's going to be hard to trust; it's gonna be hard after this, now that we know it is doctored's

It's gonna be hard to trust all the other footage they've released like: April Ryan

shooting flames out of her mouth, and Jake Tapper killing

Han Solo!

How could you, Jake!

He was your father!