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More than 50 actors, athletes and entrepreneurs have pledged to fully fund all public school grant requests on the site for specific areas of the country

DonorsChoose.org is a website that uses crowdfunding to help public school students and teachers, and today, more than 50 actors, athletes and entrepreneurs have pledged to fully fund all public school grant requests on the site for specific areas. Stephen Colbert inspired these donations after funding all #BestSchoolDay public school projects last spring in his home state of South Carolina. Colbert, a DonorsChoose.org board member and host of “The Late Show,” joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the big announcement.

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“The Late Show” host, writer and executive producer Stephen Colbert is preparing for a special live edition of his show after Super Bowl 50

“The Late Show” host, writer and executive producer Stephen Colbert is preparing for a special live edition of his show after Super Bowl 50. He hosted his Emmy-winning show, “The Colbert Report,” for nearly a decade. Before that, he was a correspondent on “The Daily Show.” Colbert joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss his journey to late night TV and Donald Trump's "$10 billion mouth."

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John Dickerson sits down with Stephen Colbert, the new host of “The Late Show,” for a rare but serious discussion about news and politics. The comedian opens up about the challenge of telling jokes in the face of tragedy and the 2016 election.

John Dickerson sits down with Stephen Colbert, the new host of “The Late Show,” for a rare but serious discussion of this year in news and politics. The comedian opens up about the challenge of telling jokes in the face of tragedy and what he is looking forward to most in 2016.

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