1 00:00:01,626 --> 00:00:03,753 >> THE LEGENDARY BRITISH ARTIST SIR IAN MCKELLEN IS AMONG THE 2 00:00:03,837 --> 00:00:06,589 LATEST TO RECEIVE THE ANTI-CORONAVIRUS VACCINE IN THE 3 00:00:06,673 --> 00:00:07,757 U.K. 4 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:10,093 THE STAR WHO IS 81 IS KNOWN FOR BOTH THEATER AND FILM ROLES 5 00:00:10,176 --> 00:00:13,596 INCLUDING BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES SUCH AS "X-MEN", "THE HOBBIT" 6 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,266 AND THE "LORD OF THE RINGS" FRANCHISE. 7 00:00:16,349 --> 00:00:19,477 >> I AM FEELING SO HAPPY AND RELIEVED AND OPTIMISTIC AND 8 00:00:19,561 --> 00:00:20,979 EVERYTHING THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN REALLY FEELING FOR A LONG TIME 9 00:00:21,062 --> 00:00:21,521 NOW. 10 00:00:21,604 --> 00:00:28,987 I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER. 11 00:00:29,070 --> 00:00:32,115 >> YOU CANNOT PASS! 12 00:00:32,198 --> 00:00:33,992 I AM A SERVANT OF THE SECRET FAUCI. 13 00:00:34,075 --> 00:00:38,079 WIELDER OF THE VACCINE OF PFIZER! 14 00:00:38,163 --> 00:00:40,999 THE DARK SICKNESS WILL NOT AVAIL YOU! 15 00:00:41,082 --> 00:00:44,252 VIRUS OF CORONA! 16 00:00:44,335 --> 00:00:49,966 ARRRRRG! 17 00:00:50,049 --> 00:00:52,969 YOU SHALL NOT INFECT! 18 00:00:53,052 --> 00:00:53,970 >> FINE! 19 00:00:54,053 --> 00:00:57,140 I'LL JUST GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS PARTY! 20 00:00:57,223 --> 00:01:04,355 >> Announcer: IT'S "A LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT! 21 00:01:04,439 --> 00:01:07,108 TONIGHT, THE JOE MUST GO ON! 22 00:01:07,192 --> 00:01:10,320 PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN AND 23 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:11,237 DR. BIDEN! 24 00:01:11,321 --> 00:01:13,823 PLUS A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY JON BATISTE. 25 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:18,286 AND NOW LIVE ON TAPE FROM OUR FIELD TRIP TO WILMINGTON, 26 00:01:18,369 --> 00:01:26,002 DELAWARE, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 27 00:01:26,085 --> 00:01:28,171 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 28 00:01:28,254 --> 00:01:31,049 WELCOME TO A "LATE SHOW." 29 00:01:31,132 --> 00:01:35,804 I AM YOUR HOST STEPHEN COLBERT. 30 00:01:35,887 --> 00:01:38,348 YOU MAY NOTICE THAT I'M NOT WHERE I NORMALLY AM... WHEN I'M 31 00:01:38,431 --> 00:01:42,352 NORMALLY NOT AT THE OTHER PLACE... WHERE I NORMALLY AM. 32 00:01:42,435 --> 00:01:45,563 I'M TWICE-REMOVED FROM NORMAL. 33 00:01:45,647 --> 00:01:47,690 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DELAWARE. 34 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:50,360 IF YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT DELAWARE, I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK 35 00:01:50,443 --> 00:01:51,986 A LESSON IN OUR ONE-TIME SEGMENT, "BETTER KNOW A 36 00:01:52,070 --> 00:01:56,699 DELAWARE: RAISING YOUR DELAWARENESS." 37 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:59,828 FUN FACT: PEOPLE FROM DELAWARE ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS "BLUE 38 00:01:59,911 --> 00:02:03,873 HENS," WHICH IS WEIRD BECAUSE THE STATE BIRD IS ACTUALLY A 39 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:07,877 HIGHWAY REST STOP. 40 00:02:07,961 --> 00:02:10,129 AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. 41 00:02:10,213 --> 00:02:15,885 SO NOW YOU KNOW DELA-WHERE, BUT YOU MIGHT BE ASKING, "DELA-WHY?" 42 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:19,889 I'M HERE TO DO THE FIRST POST-ELECTION JOINT INTERVIEW 43 00:02:19,973 --> 00:02:21,850 WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT JOSEPH R. 44 00:02:21,933 --> 00:02:23,059 BIDEN AND THE NEXT FIRST LADY, DR. 45 00:02:23,143 --> 00:02:23,977 JILL BIDEN. 46 00:02:24,060 --> 00:02:26,896 PLUS, WHO PASSES UP A TRIP TO WILMINGTON? 47 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:31,901 THERE'S A REASON THEY CALL THIS TOWN "THRILLMINGTON." 48 00:02:31,985 --> 00:02:35,071 AND I'M BEING TOLD THEY DO NOT CALL IT THAT. 49 00:02:35,155 --> 00:02:39,367 THAT INTERVIEW IS MOMENTS AWAY, BUT FIRST: 50 00:02:39,450 --> 00:02:40,493 THERE'S GOOD PANDEMIC NEWS! 51 00:02:40,577 --> 00:02:42,120 PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE STARTED GETTING THE PFIZER 52 00:02:42,203 --> 00:02:46,749 VACCINE, AND THIS WEEK, HOSPITALS DISCOVERED A SURPRISE 53 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:50,253 IN THEIR VACCINE DELIVERIES: EXTRA DOSES. 54 00:02:50,336 --> 00:02:53,089 THE VACCINE STRETCHES FURTHER THAN WE THOUGHT! 55 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:55,884 IT'S A HANUKKAH MIRACLE! 56 00:02:55,967 --> 00:02:57,302 LET'S CELEBRATE BY EATING FRIED POTATOES, WHICH I BELIEVE 57 00:02:57,385 --> 00:03:02,765 AMERICANS DO EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR ANYWAY. 58 00:03:02,849 --> 00:03:05,894 HERE'S THE DEAL: PHARMACISTS HAVE FOUND THAT WHEN THEY USED 59 00:03:05,977 --> 00:03:09,772 GLASS VIALS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN FIVE DOSES, 60 00:03:09,856 --> 00:03:15,069 SOMETIMES, THEY CAN SQUEEZE OUT AN ADDITIONAL DOSE. 61 00:03:15,153 --> 00:03:16,237 IT'S LIKE THAT FEELING WHEN YOU THINK YOU FINISHED THE FRENCH 62 00:03:16,321 --> 00:03:19,949 FRIES, THEN YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG, AND YOU FIND 63 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:22,911 THOSE LITTLE EXTRA CRUNCHY BITS. 64 00:03:22,994 --> 00:03:25,622 BUT IMAGINE IF THOSE FRENCH FRIES PREVENTED DISEASE. 65 00:03:25,705 --> 00:03:29,125 AGAIN, WE EAT A LOT OF FRIED POTATOES IN AMERICA. 66 00:03:29,208 --> 00:03:31,252 AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED THAT EXTRA VACCINE, BECAUSE THE WHITE 67 00:03:31,336 --> 00:03:35,131 HOUSE IS STICKING WITH ITS PANDEMIC PLAN OF "NOT HAVING A 68 00:03:35,214 --> 00:03:38,801 PLAN." 69 00:03:38,885 --> 00:03:41,137 YESTERDAY, WE LEARNED OF EMAILS FROM ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S TOP 70 00:03:41,220 --> 00:03:43,932 HEALTH APPOINTEES, FORMER H.H.S. 71 00:03:44,015 --> 00:03:46,351 SCIENCE ADVISOR PAUL ALEXANDER. 72 00:03:46,434 --> 00:03:50,980 NORMALLY, I WOULD SHOW A PICTURE OF HIM, AND DO A JOKE, BUT-- AND 73 00:03:51,064 --> 00:03:53,149 THIS IS TRUE-- WE COULD FIND NO IMAGE OF HIM ON THE INTERNET. 74 00:03:53,232 --> 00:03:55,944 HE MIGHT HAVE ERASED THEM ALL, AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT 75 00:03:56,027 --> 00:03:59,155 WHY. 76 00:03:59,238 --> 00:04:03,451 BECAUSE THIS SUMMER, ALEXANDER URGED TOP HEALTH OFFICIALS TO 77 00:04:03,534 --> 00:04:07,997 ADOPT A "HERD IMMUNITY" APPROACH TO COVID-19 AND ALLOW MILLIONS 78 00:04:08,081 --> 00:04:10,833 OF AMERICANS TO BE INFECTED BY THE VIRUS, THEREBY CHANGING THE 79 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:15,213 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF 80 00:04:15,296 --> 00:04:16,339 HELL AND HUMAN SACRIFICE. 81 00:04:16,422 --> 00:04:20,009 BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING ABOUT PAUL ALEXANDER'S STRATEGY. 82 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:22,220 IT WOULD REQUIRE ALMOST THREE MILLION DEATHS TO REACH HERD 83 00:04:22,303 --> 00:04:25,390 IMMUNITY. 84 00:04:25,473 --> 00:04:27,684 IF YOUR PLAN TO SAVE HUMANITY INVOLVES KILLING MILLIONS OF 85 00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:28,226 PEOPLE, YOU'RE NOT A HEALTH ADVISER, YOU'RE A MARVEL 86 00:04:28,309 --> 00:04:33,481 VILLAIN. 87 00:04:33,564 --> 00:04:36,025 SO, CLEARLY, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE GET TO THE 88 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:40,238 INAUGURATION OF ONE OF MY GUESTS TONIGHT, JOE BIDEN. 89 00:04:40,321 --> 00:04:43,241 IN THE FACE OF THE COVID RAGING, THE PRESIDENT-ELECT IS ASKING 90 00:04:43,324 --> 00:04:46,286 AMERICANS TO STAY HOME. 91 00:04:46,369 --> 00:04:50,665 IF ENOUGH PEOPLE DO THE RIGHT THING, HIS INAUGURATION COULD 92 00:04:50,748 --> 00:04:55,086 END UP LOOKING A LOT LIKE THE LAST ONE. 93 00:04:55,169 --> 00:04:58,715 NOW, NORMALLY, INAUGURATIONS ARE FUNDRAISING CASH COWS. 94 00:04:58,798 --> 00:05:01,884 SUPPORTERS ARE WILLING TO SHELL OUT BIG BUCKS FOR A PICTURE WITH 95 00:05:01,968 --> 00:05:02,677 THE NEW PRESIDENT. 96 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:04,012 BUT THIS YEAR, THAT CAN'T HAPPEN. 97 00:05:04,095 --> 00:05:09,183 SO, INSTEAD, TOP CONTRIBUTORS WILL GET "VIRTUAL SIGNED PHOTOS" 98 00:05:09,267 --> 00:05:10,351 WITH THE PRESIDENT-ELECT AND THE FIRST LADY. 99 00:05:10,435 --> 00:05:13,438 OKAY. 100 00:05:13,521 --> 00:05:16,065 BUT THEY DO REALIZE THAT ANYONE WITH A COMPUTER CAN GET A 101 00:05:16,149 --> 00:05:21,738 VIRTUAL SIGNED PHOTO OF THEMSELVES WITH THE PRESIDENT. 102 00:05:21,821 --> 00:05:23,072 ANY PRESIDENT. 103 00:05:23,156 --> 00:05:26,075 CHECK OUT THIS PHOTO OF ME WITH MARTIN VAN BUREN. 104 00:05:26,159 --> 00:05:27,535 AND DID HE SIGN IT? 105 00:05:27,618 --> 00:05:28,619 YOU BET. 106 00:05:28,703 --> 00:05:31,414 "STEPHEN, LOVED YOUR INTERVIEW WITH CHANCE THE RAPPER. 107 00:05:31,497 --> 00:05:32,081 YOU CAN'T FAKE CHEMISTRY. 108 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:34,375 COWABUNGA, M.V.B." 109 00:05:34,459 --> 00:05:40,465 MEANWHILE, THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IS SWAMPED WITH A 110 00:05:40,548 --> 00:05:44,093 MAD SCRAMBLE FOR PARDONS. 111 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:50,099 ACCORDING TO ONE INSIDER, "IT'S TURNED CRAZY." 112 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:51,267 "TURNED" CRAZY? 113 00:05:51,350 --> 00:05:54,479 THIS IS THE PRESIDENT WHO ADVISED PEOPLE TO INJECT BLEACH, 114 00:05:54,562 --> 00:05:56,397 SAID THAT A DEAD VENEZUELAN LEADER STOLE THE ELECTION, 115 00:05:56,481 --> 00:05:59,275 WANTED TO TRADE PUERTO RICO FOR GREENLAND, AND STOP A HURRICANE 116 00:05:59,358 --> 00:06:00,443 WITH A NUCLEAR BOMB. 117 00:06:00,526 --> 00:06:03,905 WE'VE MADE THE TURN TO CRAZYTOWN A LONG TIME AGO. 118 00:06:03,988 --> 00:06:07,492 NOW WE'RE JUST DOING DONUTS IN CUCKOO CANYON. 119 00:06:07,575 --> 00:06:10,286 THE ADMINISTRATION HAS LARGELY IGNORED ANY ESTABLISHED PROCESS, 120 00:06:10,369 --> 00:06:13,915 SO PEOPLE ARE CALLING THE WHITE HOUSE DIRECTLY. 121 00:06:13,998 --> 00:06:16,125 IN FACT, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR PARDONS OR 122 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:20,129 COMMUTATIONS THAT A SPREADSHEET HAS BEEN CREATED TO KEEP TRACK 123 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:21,255 OF THE REQUESTS. 124 00:06:21,339 --> 00:06:27,762 YES, THEY'RE COMPILING THEM ALL IN MICROSOFT EX-CELL. 125 00:06:27,845 --> 00:06:30,973 IF THEY DO MANAGE TO PRY THE CURRENT PRESIDENT FROM THE WHITE 126 00:06:31,057 --> 00:06:34,352 HOUSE, HE MAY NEED TO FIND A DIFFERENT PLACE TO LIVE, BECAUSE 127 00:06:34,435 --> 00:06:38,981 PALM BEACH RESIDENTS SURROUNDING MAR-A-LAGO RECENTLY SENT THE 128 00:06:39,065 --> 00:06:41,984 TOWN A LETTER WITH A MESSAGE FOR THE OUTGOING COMMANDER IN CHIEF: 129 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:45,988 WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BE OUR NEIGHBOR. 130 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:50,701 IT'S ALL IN THE NEW DOCUMENTARY, "WON'T YOU SUCK IT, NEIGHBOR?" 131 00:06:50,785 --> 00:06:54,956 THE LOCALS DON'T LIKE THE NOISE AND TRAFFIC WHEN THE PRESIDENT 132 00:06:55,039 --> 00:06:58,668 IS AT MAR-A-LAGO, BUT EVEN BEFORE HE WAS IN OFFICE, HE 133 00:06:58,751 --> 00:07:02,380 CREATED ILL WILL IN THE TOWN BY REFUSING TO COMPLY WITH EVEN 134 00:07:02,463 --> 00:07:08,177 BASIC LOCAL REQUIREMENTS, SUCH AS ADHERING TO HEIGHT LIMITS FOR 135 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:09,804 A MASSIVE FLAGPOLE HE INSTALLED. 136 00:07:09,887 --> 00:07:10,471 NOT TO MENTION THE VIOLATING THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION'S RULES ON 137 00:07:10,555 --> 00:07:16,185 FENCE HEIGHT. 138 00:07:16,269 --> 00:07:19,981 NOW, LET'S GET TO THE REASON I CAME DOWN HERE-- MY INTERVIEW 139 00:07:20,064 --> 00:07:21,399 WITH THE FUTURE FIRST COUPLE, STARTING WITH THE 140 00:07:21,482 --> 00:07:22,483 PRESIDENT-ELECT. 141 00:07:22,567 --> 00:07:23,693 STEPHEN? 142 00:07:23,776 --> 00:07:28,030 TONIGHT, IT'S MY HONOR TO SIT DOWN WITH THE KID FROM SCRANTON 143 00:07:28,114 --> 00:07:30,366 WHO MADE GOOD. 144 00:07:30,449 --> 00:07:34,036 PLEASE WELCOME THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED 145 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:35,163 STATES JOE BIDEN! 146 00:07:35,246 --> 00:07:37,707 SIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SITTING DOWN WITH ME TODAY. 147 00:07:37,790 --> 00:07:38,916 >> THANKS, I ALWAYS ENJOY BEING WITH YOU. 148 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,878 THANK YOU FOR MAKING A TRIP DOWN TO WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. 149 00:07:41,961 --> 00:07:44,547 >> Stephen: IT'S ALWAYS NICE TALKING TO YOU, TOO. 150 00:07:44,630 --> 00:07:47,884 I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND ENJOYED TALKING TO YOU ON CAMERA 151 00:07:47,967 --> 00:07:50,511 AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS NOW, FIRST TIME I 152 00:07:50,595 --> 00:07:51,137 INTERVIEWED YOU. 153 00:07:51,220 --> 00:07:54,348 BUT NOW YOU HAVE A NEW JOB. 154 00:07:54,432 --> 00:07:59,228 YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN THE WORLD, 155 00:07:59,312 --> 00:08:04,066 AND MY JOB TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD. 156 00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:08,529 WHAT IS PRESIDENT BIDEN GOING TO PUT INTO THE WORLD? 157 00:08:08,613 --> 00:08:11,574 >> HOPEFULLY, WE'RE GOING TO -- WHEN I RAN, I SAID, STEPHEN, 158 00:08:11,657 --> 00:08:14,869 REALLY EARLY ON, THAT THE NEXT PRESIDENT IS GOING TO INHERIT 159 00:08:14,952 --> 00:08:18,748 TWO THINGS -- A NATION DIVIDED AND A WORLD IN DILLS ARRAY. 160 00:08:18,831 --> 00:08:23,044 AND IN THE WORLD AT LARGE, WE'VE GOT TO SAY AMERICA'S BACK. 161 00:08:23,127 --> 00:08:23,878 AMERICA'S BACK. 162 00:08:23,961 --> 00:08:25,713 WE KEEP OUR COMMITMENTS TO OUR ALLIES. 163 00:08:25,796 --> 00:08:30,885 WE KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR ADVERSARIES AND OUR FRIENDS, 164 00:08:30,968 --> 00:08:33,221 AND THE AMERICANS -- I HAVE BEEN, ALREADY -- I'VE SPOKEN 165 00:08:33,304 --> 00:08:40,102 TO -- I'VE CALLED SOME 25, 26 WORLD LEADERS, AND WE'RE -- 166 00:08:40,186 --> 00:08:42,230 AMERICA'S BACK, NUMBER ONE. 167 00:08:42,313 --> 00:08:45,274 NUMBER TWO, YOU KNOW, THE -- I THINK THE NATION -- AND I DON'T 168 00:08:45,358 --> 00:08:48,611 THINK I'M KIDDING MYSELF, I GOT CRITICIZED FROM THE BEGINNING 169 00:08:48,694 --> 00:08:51,948 FOR SAYING THIS -- I THINK THE NATION IS LOOKING FOR US TO BE 170 00:08:52,031 --> 00:08:53,157 MUCH MORE UNITED. 171 00:08:53,241 --> 00:08:56,744 WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF -- POLITICS HAVE BECOME SO 172 00:08:56,827 --> 00:08:59,622 DIRTY AND VICIOUS AND PERSONAL AND MEAN AND CLINCHED FIST 173 00:08:59,705 --> 00:09:02,959 INSTEAD OF AN OPEN HAND, AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FIRST 174 00:09:03,042 --> 00:09:04,126 TO COME TOGETHER. 175 00:09:04,210 --> 00:09:08,506 >> Stephen: WHEN WE SPOKE IN MAY, I ASKED YOU IF YOU WERE 176 00:09:08,589 --> 00:09:12,301 GOING TO BEAT THIS GUY, I BELIEVE IS HOW I PUT IT, AND YOU 177 00:09:12,385 --> 00:09:13,928 SAID, YES, I AM. 178 00:09:14,011 --> 00:09:17,974 AND IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK PRETTY GOOD FOR YOU. 179 00:09:18,057 --> 00:09:22,144 THE ODDS ARE PRETTY GOOD THAT YOU'RE COINGT GOING THE BEAT HIM 180 00:09:22,228 --> 00:09:23,354 AT THIS POINT. 181 00:09:23,437 --> 00:09:25,773 DO YOU TAKE IT PERSONALLY AT ALL THE REPUBLICANS WHO HAVEN'T 182 00:09:25,856 --> 00:09:26,607 ACKNOWLEDGED YOUR WIN? 183 00:09:26,691 --> 00:09:29,527 >> NO, LOOK, THEY'RE IN A TOUGH SPOT. 184 00:09:29,610 --> 00:09:31,696 I KNOW EVERYBODY SAYS, WELL, THEY SHOULD JUST STEP UP. 185 00:09:31,779 --> 00:09:33,739 HOW CAN I SAY THIS? 186 00:09:33,823 --> 00:09:41,038 A NUMBER OF THEM SENT MESSAGES TO ME FOUR WEEKS AGO, GIVE ME 187 00:09:41,122 --> 00:09:43,374 TIME, JOE, GIVE ME SOME TIME. 188 00:09:43,457 --> 00:09:45,209 THAT'S FINE BY ME. 189 00:09:45,293 --> 00:09:45,835 THAT'S FINE BY ME. 190 00:09:45,918 --> 00:09:46,669 WE WON. 191 00:09:46,752 --> 00:09:48,546 WE WON GEORGIA THREE TIMES. 192 00:09:48,629 --> 00:09:51,674 NO, BUT ALL KIDDING ASIDE, LOOK, IT'S A TOUGH SPOT. 193 00:09:51,757 --> 00:09:54,885 >> Stephen: BUT YOU UNDERSTAND THE SPOT THEY'RE IN? 194 00:09:54,969 --> 00:09:56,095 >> I DO. 195 00:09:56,178 --> 00:09:58,180 >> Stephen: BUT BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND IT, YOU ALSO HAVE TO 196 00:09:58,264 --> 00:10:00,683 UNDERSTAND HOW FUTILE THE SPOT IS FOR THEM TO RESIST THE 197 00:10:00,766 --> 00:10:05,521 REALITY OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. 198 00:10:05,604 --> 00:10:07,523 LINDSEY GRAHAM -- LINDSEY GRAHAM, A FRIEND OF YOURS, HE 199 00:10:07,606 --> 00:10:09,692 HAS SAID THINGS ABOUT YOU NICER THAN ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID 200 00:10:09,775 --> 00:10:10,860 ABOUT ME. 201 00:10:10,943 --> 00:10:14,155 I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD SAY THE THINGS ABOUT ME THAT LINDSEY 202 00:10:14,238 --> 00:10:16,699 GRAHAM SAID ABOUT YOU. 203 00:10:16,782 --> 00:10:27,710 DO YOU THINK YOU GUYS CAN PATCH IT UP AND WORK TOGETHER? 204 00:10:27,793 --> 00:10:29,754 >> LINDSEY'S BEEN A PERSONAL DISAPPOINTMENT BECAUSE I WAS A 205 00:10:29,837 --> 00:10:32,048 PERSONAL FRIEND OF HIS. 206 00:10:32,131 --> 00:10:34,842 BUT, LOOK, I DON'T THINK -- I THINK THAT -- I THINK I CAN WORK 207 00:10:34,925 --> 00:10:38,179 WITH THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, I 208 00:10:38,262 --> 00:10:44,393 THINK WE CAN GET THINGS DONE, AND I THINK, ONCE THIS PRESIDENT 209 00:10:44,477 --> 00:10:48,773 IS NO LONGER IN OFFICE, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN IMPACT ON 210 00:10:48,856 --> 00:10:52,860 THE BODY POLITIC FADE, AND A LOT OF THESE REPUBLICANS ARE GOING 211 00:10:52,943 --> 00:10:56,739 TO FEEL THEY HAVE MUCH MORE ROOM TO -- TO RUN AND COOPERATE. 212 00:10:56,822 --> 00:11:04,246 >> Stephen: THE FIRST TIME YOU AND I EVER SPOKE TOGETHER WAS ON 213 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:08,876 THE OLD SHOW, AND IT WAS IN 2010, AND I ASKED YOU A 214 00:11:08,959 --> 00:11:12,713 QUESTION, IN CHARACTER, BUT IT LEFT A REAL IMPRESSION ON ME 215 00:11:12,797 --> 00:11:14,590 WHAT YOUR ANSWER WAS. 216 00:11:14,673 --> 00:11:18,803 THE ADMINISTRATION HAS GOT SOME CRITIQUE, SOME CRITICISM FROM ME 217 00:11:18,886 --> 00:11:22,973 AND MY CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS THAT YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN ENOUGH CREDIT 218 00:11:23,057 --> 00:11:24,141 TO PRESIDENT BUSH. 219 00:11:24,225 --> 00:11:26,143 WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO LOOK 220 00:11:26,227 --> 00:11:28,604 OVER THERE AND SAY THANK YOU. 221 00:11:28,687 --> 00:11:29,730 >> MR. PRESIDENT, THANK YOU. 222 00:11:29,814 --> 00:11:32,149 YOU'VE HONORED THESE GUYS, YOU'VE HONORED THESE WOMEN. 223 00:11:32,233 --> 00:11:34,944 YOU'VE HONORED THESE TROOPS, AND I'VE KNOWN YOU YOUR ENTIRE EIGHT 224 00:11:35,027 --> 00:11:36,862 YEARS AS PRESIDENT, I'VE NEVER KNOWN A TIME WHEN YOU DIDN'T 225 00:11:36,946 --> 00:11:39,115 CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. 226 00:11:39,198 --> 00:11:42,493 WE DISAGREED ON POLICY, BUT YOU DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT, 227 00:11:42,576 --> 00:11:43,619 MR. PRESIDENT. 228 00:11:43,702 --> 00:11:45,913 >> Stephen: MR. PRESIDENT, I NEVER DISAGREED WITH YOUR 229 00:11:45,996 --> 00:11:46,789 POLICY. 230 00:11:46,872 --> 00:11:49,208 ( LAUGHTER ) WELL, THE THING I LIKED ABOUT 231 00:11:49,291 --> 00:11:51,293 THAT IS THAT, REGARDLESS OF THE DIFFERENCE OF POLICY, AND THIS 232 00:11:51,377 --> 00:11:57,967 IS PART OF YOUR BIPARTISAN SPIRIT, YOU WERE WILLING TO 233 00:11:58,050 --> 00:12:02,179 RECOGNIZE A CORE DUTY OF THE PRESIDENT THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT 234 00:12:02,263 --> 00:12:06,142 PRESIDENT BUSH HAD TAKEN AND EXECUTED RESPONSIBLY, AND I 235 00:12:06,225 --> 00:12:09,437 ADMIRED THAT, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT WITHOUT HESITATION. 236 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:13,149 IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR PREDECESSOR, THE CURRENT 237 00:12:13,232 --> 00:12:19,029 PRESIDENT, THAT YOU COULD THANK HIM FOR SINCERELY? 238 00:12:19,113 --> 00:12:23,993 >> WEWELL, THE ANSWER IS THERE A SOME THINGS. 239 00:12:24,076 --> 00:12:27,037 I THINKT WHAT HE'S DONE GETTING THE VACCINE MOVING HAS BEEN 240 00:12:27,121 --> 00:12:28,330 POSITIVE. 241 00:12:28,414 --> 00:12:35,004 BUT BY AND LARGE, HE HAS BEEN A PRESIDENT WHO'S DECIDED THAT THE 242 00:12:35,087 --> 00:12:37,381 WAY HE SUCCEEDS IS BY DIVIDING US. 243 00:12:37,465 --> 00:12:39,175 >> Stephen: WELL, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PRESENT CRISIS, 244 00:12:39,258 --> 00:12:40,676 THE COVID 19 CRISIS. 245 00:12:40,759 --> 00:12:44,597 YOU'VE SAID IN YOUR FIRST 100 DAYS, YOU WANT TO SEE 246 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:47,016 100 MILLION AMERICANS INOCULATED. 247 00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:49,852 >> 100 MILLION INOCULATIONS, THAT'S 50 MILLION AMERICANS. 248 00:12:49,935 --> 00:12:52,229 >> Stephen: 50 MILLION AMERICANS, 100 MILLION 249 00:12:52,313 --> 00:12:53,856 INOCULATIONS IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS. 250 00:12:53,939 --> 00:12:56,192 I FOLLOW THIS STUFF AS CLOSELY AS I CAN. 251 00:12:56,275 --> 00:12:57,359 >> I KNOW. 252 00:12:57,443 --> 00:12:59,862 >> Stephen: I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE 253 00:12:59,945 --> 00:13:01,071 ACHIEVED I DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS. 254 00:13:01,155 --> 00:13:05,075 I'M WILLING TO WAIT MY TURN, BUT HAND TO GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT 255 00:13:05,159 --> 00:13:06,202 THE PLAN IS. 256 00:13:06,285 --> 00:13:08,329 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS? 257 00:13:08,412 --> 00:13:10,247 >> WELL, I KNOW PLAN I WANT. 258 00:13:10,331 --> 00:13:11,457 I KNOW THE PLAN I'M LEARNING ABOUT. 259 00:13:11,540 --> 00:13:15,544 IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE -- MY ARGUMENT FROM THE BEGINNING HAS 260 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:21,258 BEEN IT'S ONE THING TO GET THE VACCINE DELIVERED TO X NUMBER OF 261 00:13:21,342 --> 00:13:24,220 SPOTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT THING TO GET THE 262 00:13:24,303 --> 00:13:30,893 VACCINE OUT OF THAT TUBE INTO A SYRINGE INTO SOMEBODY'S ARM. 263 00:13:30,976 --> 00:13:34,396 THE VACCINATION, THAT IS A MONUMENTAL TASK AND IT'S 264 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:41,737 PROBABLY THE SINGLE MOST SIGNIFICANT EFFORT THAT TAKES 265 00:13:41,820 --> 00:13:44,949 PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES TO DISTRIBUTE SOMETHING AROUND THE 266 00:13:45,032 --> 00:13:46,116 WORLD, AROUND THE COUNTRY. 267 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:47,868 AND, SO, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE THAN WITH WE HAVE. 268 00:13:47,952 --> 00:13:51,872 NOW, THAT'S WHY I'M PRAYING THAT THE HOUSE PASSES AT LEAST -- I 269 00:13:51,956 --> 00:13:58,671 MEAN, HOUSE AND SENATE, BEFORE THEY RECESS NOW, PASS THAT 270 00:13:58,754 --> 00:14:00,923 $900 BILLION PROPOSAL, AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE. 271 00:14:01,006 --> 00:14:03,384 WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE VACCINE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED 272 00:14:03,467 --> 00:14:07,221 MORE MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS 273 00:14:07,304 --> 00:14:11,058 DISTRIBUTED, BUT IT'S UNDERWAY, AND I BELIEVE WE CAN GET ONE -- 274 00:14:11,141 --> 00:14:14,979 I THINK WE CAN GET 100 MILLION VACCINATIONS TAKEN PLACE, AND 275 00:14:15,062 --> 00:14:17,731 SOME OF THE VACCINATIONS, YOU KNOW, REQUIRE TWO DIFFERENT 276 00:14:17,815 --> 00:14:18,732 SHOTS, TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. 277 00:14:18,816 --> 00:14:19,858 >> Stephen: I KNOW. 278 00:14:19,942 --> 00:14:21,986 AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M PLEADING WITH THE PRESIDENT TO 279 00:14:22,069 --> 00:14:27,157 DO NOW IS ORDER MORE OF -- WE STEPPED OFF THE WORLD STAGE, WE 280 00:14:27,241 --> 00:14:29,910 WALKED AWAY FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, WE DECIDED 281 00:14:29,994 --> 00:14:34,290 WE WEREN'T GOING TO COOPERATE WITH ANY OTHER NATIONS AND 282 00:14:34,373 --> 00:14:34,832 PARTICIPATE. 283 00:14:34,915 --> 00:14:35,749 THAT'S A BIG MISTAKE. 284 00:14:35,833 --> 00:14:37,459 WALLS CAN'T STOP THE VIRUS! 285 00:14:37,543 --> 00:14:40,129 >> Stephen: I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD FROM WORLD LEADERS. 286 00:14:40,212 --> 00:14:44,133 I UNDERSTAND THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN SENT YOU A TELEGRAM, WHICH I 287 00:14:44,216 --> 00:14:46,802 DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD STILL DO, BUT WHAT DID IT SAY? 288 00:14:46,885 --> 00:14:48,470 COULD YOU SHARE THAT WITH US? 289 00:14:48,554 --> 00:14:49,847 >> THE ANSWER IS YES. 290 00:14:49,930 --> 00:14:52,474 BASICALLY, IT SAID CONGRATULATIONS, ACKNOWLEDGING I 291 00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:54,143 WON, BUT THERE WASN'T MUCH BEYOND THAT. 292 00:14:54,226 --> 00:14:58,105 >> Stephen: WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA? 293 00:14:58,188 --> 00:15:00,983 THERE HAS BEEN ESSENTIALLY PATTY CAKE WITH RUSSIA FOR THE LAST 294 00:15:01,066 --> 00:15:03,986 FOUR YEARS, REGARDLESS TO HAVE THE FACT THAT WE KNEW THEY 295 00:15:04,069 --> 00:15:07,615 ATTACKED OUR ELECTION AND WE FOUND OUT FOR THE LAST EIGHT 296 00:15:07,698 --> 00:15:10,492 MONTHS AT LEAST THEY HAVE BEEN SETTING UP BASE CAMP IN BOTH 297 00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:13,662 ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND NATIONAL SECURITY ORGANIZES IN THE UNITED 298 00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:14,622 STATES. 299 00:15:14,705 --> 00:15:16,498 HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THEY DON'T DO THIS AGAIN? 300 00:15:16,582 --> 00:15:17,499 WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? 301 00:15:17,583 --> 00:15:19,877 HOW DO YOU SEND THE MESSAGE OF A BRUSH-BACK PITCH? 302 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,671 >> I SEPTEMBER THE MESSAGE, THEY WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 303 00:15:22,755 --> 00:15:23,756 THEY WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 304 00:15:23,839 --> 00:15:27,217 >> Stephen: CAN YOU GIVE US AN APPETIZER OF WHAT THAT 305 00:15:27,301 --> 00:15:28,385 ACCOUNTABILITY MIGHT BE? 306 00:15:28,469 --> 00:15:35,851 >> INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS ENTITIES WILL BE -- THEY HAVE -- 307 00:15:35,934 --> 00:15:39,897 THERE ARE FINANCIAL REPERCUSSIONS FOR WHAT THEY DID, 308 00:15:39,980 --> 00:15:43,233 BEING ABLE TO ACCESS -- AND WE HAVE TO INVEST A LOT MORE MONEY 309 00:15:43,317 --> 00:15:46,862 IN CYBER, WE HAVE TO INVEST A LOT MORE MONEY IN THE ABOUT THE 310 00:15:46,945 --> 00:15:51,033 RESPOND AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO BE MORE -- PROTECT BOTH 311 00:15:51,116 --> 00:15:53,911 PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ENTITIES, AND WE HAVEN'T MADE THAT COMMITMENT. 312 00:15:53,994 --> 00:15:55,913 WE WILL UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION. 313 00:15:55,996 --> 00:15:58,499 >> Stephen: WELL, SIR, AS NICE AS IT IS TO TALK TO YOU, I'M 314 00:15:58,582 --> 00:16:01,001 SURE YOU'RE AWARE YOU'RE JUST THE OPENING ACT. 315 00:16:01,085 --> 00:16:02,211 >> I DO KNOW THAT. 316 00:16:02,294 --> 00:16:03,087 >> Stephen: AND WHEN WE RETURN, WE WILL GET TO THE HEAD 317 00:16:03,170 --> 00:16:06,590 LINER, DR. JILL BIDEN. 318 00:16:06,674 --> 00:16:07,716 >> I FULLY APPRECIATE THAT. 319 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:08,425 >> Stephen: STICK AROUND. 320 00:16:37,830 --> 00:16:38,956 >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. 321 00:16:39,039 --> 00:16:41,583 JOINING US NOW IS THE FUTURE FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES, 322 00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:42,918 DR. JILL BIDEN. 323 00:16:43,001 --> 00:16:44,878 DR. BIDEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 324 00:16:44,962 --> 00:16:45,754 >> THANKS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS. 325 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:47,589 >> Stephen: HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU, TOO. 326 00:16:47,673 --> 00:16:48,757 >> THANK YOU. 327 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:53,095 >> Stephen: YOU ARE HISTORIC IN THAT YOU WILL BE THE FIRST 328 00:16:53,178 --> 00:16:57,266 FIRST LADY WITH A FULL-TIME, PAYING JOB. 329 00:16:57,349 --> 00:17:00,227 WHAT IS THAT AND WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU? 330 00:17:00,310 --> 00:17:04,273 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO THINK OF IT IN HISTORIC 331 00:17:04,356 --> 00:17:08,444 TERMS, I GUESS, BECAUSE I TAUGHT ALL EIGHT YEARS WHILE I WAS 332 00:17:08,527 --> 00:17:13,115 SECOND LADY, BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING FIRST 333 00:17:13,198 --> 00:17:18,037 LADY AND DOING TO THINGS THAT I DID AS SECOND LADY, CARRYING ON 334 00:17:18,120 --> 00:17:22,124 WITH MILITARY FAMILIES AND EDUCATION AND FREE COMMUNITY 335 00:17:22,207 --> 00:17:25,252 COLLEGE, CANCER THAT, YOU KNOW, JOE AND I HAVE BOTH WORKED ON, 336 00:17:25,335 --> 00:17:27,254 AND THEN -- AND I'M GOING TO TEACH AS WELL. 337 00:17:27,337 --> 00:17:32,134 >> Stephen: YOU ONCE SAID IN YOUR OWN MEMOIR, THE ROLE I HAVE 338 00:17:32,217 --> 00:17:35,137 ALWAYS FELT MOST AT HOME IN IS DR. BIDEN. 339 00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:38,807 SOME PEOPLE HAVE RECENTLY TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES TO QUESTION 340 00:17:38,891 --> 00:17:39,933 THAT TITLE OF YOURS. 341 00:17:40,017 --> 00:17:42,603 DO YOU HAVE ANY REACTION TO THOSE PEOPLE? 342 00:17:42,686 --> 00:17:43,187 >> YEAH. 343 00:17:43,270 --> 00:17:44,146 THAT WAS SUCH A SURPRISE. 344 00:17:44,229 --> 00:17:45,481 >> Stephen: IT CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE AS WELL. 345 00:17:45,564 --> 00:17:49,026 I DID NOT SEE THAT ONE COMING. 346 00:17:49,109 --> 00:17:50,319 >> NO, NOR DID I. 347 00:17:50,402 --> 00:17:55,157 AND REALLY THE TONE OF IT THAT I THINK -- YOU KNOW, HE CALLED ME 348 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:56,450 "KIDDO." 349 00:17:56,533 --> 00:18:01,121 ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST PROUD OF IS MY DOCTORATE, YOU KNOW, I 350 00:18:01,205 --> 00:18:04,333 WORKED SO HARD FOR IT. 351 00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:07,628 YOU KNOW, JOE CAME WHEN I DEFENDED MY THESIS. 352 00:18:07,711 --> 00:18:10,130 >> I GOT TO HAND HER HER DOCTOR RAT ON STAGE OF THE UNIVERSITY 353 00:18:10,214 --> 00:18:12,174 OF DELAWARE. 354 00:18:12,257 --> 00:18:15,010 SHE HAD TWO MASTERS DEGREE. 355 00:18:15,093 --> 00:18:17,221 SHE KEPT GOING SCHOOL ALL THE TIME WHILE TEACHING AT NIGHT. 356 00:18:17,304 --> 00:18:23,352 I SAID, JILL, WHY DON'T YOU GET A DOCTORATE AND MAKE US SOME 357 00:18:23,435 --> 00:18:24,353 REAL MONEY. 358 00:18:24,436 --> 00:18:28,232 SHE GETS THE DOCTORATE AND GETS A $2,000 RAISE. 359 00:18:28,315 --> 00:18:29,525 ( LAUGHTER ) >> LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO CAME 360 00:18:29,608 --> 00:18:30,192 OUT IN SUPPORT OF ME. 361 00:18:30,275 --> 00:18:32,194 I AM SO GRATEFUL. 362 00:18:32,277 --> 00:18:35,531 I WAS JUST OVERWHELMED BY HOW GRACIOUS PEOPLE WERE TOWARD ME. 363 00:18:35,614 --> 00:18:38,992 >> Stephen: DO YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF A 364 00:18:39,076 --> 00:18:41,203 COMPLIMENT THAT PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO THINK OF SOMETHING TO 365 00:18:41,286 --> 00:18:43,205 CRITICIZE YOU ABOUT LIKE, I GOT IT! 366 00:18:43,288 --> 00:18:44,414 >> I'LL TAKE IT. 367 00:18:44,498 --> 00:18:48,252 >> Stephen: AS A HUSBAND WHO LOVES THIS PERSON, DID YOU EVER 368 00:18:48,335 --> 00:18:52,339 WANT TO GET OUT A LENGTH OF POOL CHAIN AND GO FULL CORN POP ON 369 00:18:52,422 --> 00:18:54,675 THESE PEOPLE? 370 00:18:54,758 --> 00:18:57,094 >> THE ANSWER IS THAT'S CLOSE. 371 00:18:57,177 --> 00:18:59,221 NO, NO. 372 00:18:59,304 --> 00:19:01,390 BUT THERE ARE SOME OF THESE -- ANYWAY. 373 00:19:01,473 --> 00:19:03,392 >> Stephen: MM-HMM. 374 00:19:03,475 --> 00:19:05,686 IT WAS THE TOBE OF IT. 375 00:19:05,769 --> 00:19:07,938 HAVE BEEN SUPPRESSING MY IRISHNESS FOR SOME TIME. 376 00:19:08,021 --> 00:19:10,566 >> Stephen: IT'S ALWAYS A SMART THING TO DO. 377 00:19:10,649 --> 00:19:12,234 THE INAUGURAL, OBVIOUSLY, IS I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DAYS AWAY. 378 00:19:12,317 --> 00:19:14,236 I BET ONE OF YOUR STAFF KNOWS. 379 00:19:14,319 --> 00:19:19,032 HOW MANY DAYS AWAY IS IT? 380 00:19:19,116 --> 00:19:19,241 WHAT? 381 00:19:19,324 --> 00:19:19,950 34. 382 00:19:20,033 --> 00:19:20,576 SEND THAT GIRL A BOX OF STEAKS. 383 00:19:20,659 --> 00:19:22,744 SHE GOT IT RIGHT. 384 00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:27,165 SO 34 DAYS FROM NOW, MR. PRESIDENT ELECT, YOU FIRST 385 00:19:27,249 --> 00:19:31,712 RAN FOR THIS JOB 32 YEARS AGO. 386 00:19:31,795 --> 00:19:35,549 I GOT TO THINK YOU HAVE BEEN IMAGINING WHAT THAT DAY WAS 387 00:19:35,632 --> 00:19:37,426 GOING TO BE LIKE FOR A LONG TIME. 388 00:19:37,509 --> 00:19:39,261 WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE NOW IN REALITY? 389 00:19:39,344 --> 00:19:40,429 HOW DOES THAT MATCH YOUR ORIGINAL IMAGE? 390 00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:46,768 >> WELL, THE TRUTH IS I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A LONG 391 00:19:46,852 --> 00:19:48,395 TIME, FOR REAL. 392 00:19:48,478 --> 00:19:51,607 AFTER BEAU DIED -- I DECIDED, I WAS A PROFESSOR AT THE 393 00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:53,150 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, HAD AN INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY 394 00:19:53,233 --> 00:19:55,611 OF DELAWARE, AND WASN'T TILL THE FOLKS CAME OUT OF THE FIELDS AT 395 00:19:55,694 --> 00:19:57,279 CHARLOTTESVILLE I REALIZED SOMETHING HAD TO HAPPEN. 396 00:19:57,362 --> 00:20:02,868 OUR GRANDDAUGHTERS AND GRANDSON CAME TO SEE US AND SAID YOU'VE 397 00:20:02,951 --> 00:20:08,415 GOT TO RUN, POP, AND THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED TO RUN. 398 00:20:08,498 --> 00:20:18,425 IT'S BEEN MORE A SENSE OF OBLIGATION THAN WANTING TO LIVE 399 00:20:18,508 --> 00:20:21,011 IN THE WHITE HOUSE. 400 00:20:21,094 --> 00:20:23,388 IT'S ABOUT CHANGING -- THIS IS NOT WHO -- THE COUNTRY WE HAVE 401 00:20:23,472 --> 00:20:25,182 BEEN IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS IS NOT WHO WE ARE, AND WE HAVE TO 402 00:20:25,265 --> 00:20:26,391 GET BACK TO WHO WE ARE. 403 00:20:26,475 --> 00:20:31,980 WE ARE A DEMOCRACY, WE ARE A DEMOCRACY THAT HAS SHOWN RESPECT 404 00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:35,442 AND DECENCY AND A BEACON TO THE REST OF THE WORLD, AND WE'RE 405 00:20:35,525 --> 00:20:36,360 LOSING THAT. 406 00:20:36,443 --> 00:20:38,487 >> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT THE THE EVENT ITSELF? 407 00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:41,156 WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE INAUGURAL? 408 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,200 HAVE THE PLANS BEEN SOLIDIFIED YET? 409 00:20:43,283 --> 00:20:46,161 I KNOW YOU WILL BE HOLDING THE BIBLE. 410 00:20:46,244 --> 00:20:47,287 >> I HAVE BEEN HOLDING THE BIBLE. 411 00:20:47,371 --> 00:20:49,790 I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR IT TODAY. 412 00:20:49,873 --> 00:20:50,624 >> Stephen: HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING OUT? 413 00:20:50,707 --> 00:20:55,003 THIS IS THE SIZE OF YOUR FAMILY BIBLE. 414 00:20:55,087 --> 00:20:56,004 > 1893. 415 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:58,882 >> Stephen: WHY IS YOUR BIBLE BIGGER THAN MINE? 416 00:20:58,966 --> 00:21:00,425 DO YOU HAVE MORE JESUS THAN I DO? 417 00:21:00,509 --> 00:21:06,431 >> NO, BUT IT'S BEEN A FAMILY HEIRLOOM IN THE BIDEN FAMILY. 418 00:21:06,515 --> 00:21:08,350 EVERY IMPORTANT DATE IS IN THERE. 419 00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:12,437 EVERY TIME I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN ANYTHING THE DATE HAS BEEN IN 420 00:21:12,521 --> 00:21:15,565 THAT, INSCRIBED IN THE BIBLE. 421 00:21:15,649 --> 00:21:17,484 THE SON, SWORN IN AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, ALL THE IMPORTANT DATES 422 00:21:17,567 --> 00:21:24,032 IN OUR FAMILY GOING WAY BACK, AND IT'S JUST BEEN A FAMILY 423 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:25,158 HEIRLOOM. 424 00:21:25,242 --> 00:21:26,326 >> Stephen: THERE HAS BEEN SPECULATION ABOUT WHETHER YOUR 425 00:21:26,410 --> 00:21:30,372 PREDECESSOR WILL ATTEND, AS IS TRADITIONAL, YOUR INAUGURAL. 426 00:21:30,455 --> 00:21:33,333 DOES IT MATTER TO YOU WHETHER HE DOES? 427 00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:39,214 >> IN A PERSONAL SENSE, NO, BUT IN A SENSE RELATING TO -- 428 00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:40,257 >> HISTORY, RIGHT? 429 00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:41,466 -- HISTORY. 430 00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:44,720 IN TERMS OF WE HAVE BEEN THE BEACON OF DEMOCRACY FOR THE LAST 431 00:21:44,803 --> 00:21:50,183 200 YEARS, AND THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER, AND THE POWER 432 00:21:50,267 --> 00:21:53,895 BEING█ HANDED FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER, ONE PARTY TO ANOTHER IS 433 00:21:53,979 --> 00:21:59,568 WHO WE ARE, AN THAT'S THE PART I WORRY ABOUT IS HOW THAT REFLECTS 434 00:21:59,651 --> 00:22:00,777 AROUND THE WORLD. 435 00:22:00,861 --> 00:22:04,906 AND, SO, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY STANDPOINT FROM -- I DON'T TAKE 436 00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:07,909 IT PERSONALLY, BUT I DO THINK IT AFFECTS THE VIEW OF THE REST OF 437 00:22:07,993 --> 00:22:09,161 THE WORLD AS TO WHO WE ARE. 438 00:22:09,244 --> 00:22:12,080 >> Stephen: SO FOR THE GOOD TO HAVE THE COUNTRY, IT WOULD BE A 439 00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:13,248 BETTER THING TO HAVE HAPPEN? 440 00:22:13,331 --> 00:22:14,374 >> I THINK SO. 441 00:22:14,458 --> 00:22:17,753 >> Stephen: SEEMS LIKE, AS LONG AS THE BOTH OF YOU HAVE 442 00:22:17,836 --> 00:22:21,798 BOTH BEEN IN WASHINGTON, AND WHETHER -- WEATHERED THE SLINGS 443 00:22:21,882 --> 00:22:25,594 AND ARROWS OF THE TOWN, YOU'RE ABOUT TO STEP INTO SOMETHING 444 00:22:25,677 --> 00:22:26,845 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW. 445 00:22:26,928 --> 00:22:30,098 AND AS YOU'VE KNOWN, PEOPLE WHO YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD RELY ON 446 00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:31,391 SOMETIMES TURN ON YOU. 447 00:22:31,475 --> 00:22:35,729 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO AND HOW WILL YOU SUSTAIN EACH OTHER FOR 448 00:22:35,812 --> 00:22:37,606 THE ATTACKS YOU KNOW ARE COMING YOUR WAY? 449 00:22:37,689 --> 00:22:41,902 CASE IN POINT, I KNOW YOU WANT TO BE AS BIPARTISAN AND REACH 450 00:22:41,985 --> 00:22:45,947 ACROSS THE AISLE, BUT AS MUCH AS YOU DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN, YOU 451 00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:50,660 KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE HAY IN WASHINGTON ARE GOING 452 00:22:50,744 --> 00:22:55,582 TO TRY TO USE YOUR ADULT SON AS A CUDGEL AGAINST YOU. 453 00:22:55,665 --> 00:23:00,253 HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THOSE 454 00:23:00,337 --> 00:23:01,463 PEOPLE? 455 00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:07,094 >> WELL, LOOK, I HAVE -- WE HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN OUR SON. 456 00:23:07,177 --> 00:23:11,556 I AM NOT CONCERNED ABOUT ANY ACCUSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE 457 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:12,474 AGAINST HIM. 458 00:23:12,557 --> 00:23:13,975 IT'S USED TO GET TO ME. 459 00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:19,022 I THINK IT'S KIND OF FOUL PLAY, BUT, LOOK, IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND 460 00:23:19,106 --> 00:23:26,947 HE'S A GROWN MAN, HE IS THE SMARTEST MAN I KNOW, IN A PURELY 461 00:23:27,030 --> 00:23:28,615 INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY, AND AS LONG AS HE'S GOOD, WE'RE GOOD. 462 00:23:28,698 --> 00:23:34,287 >> Stephen: AS A FATHER, I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I ADMIRE 463 00:23:34,371 --> 00:23:36,498 THAT, BUT I MEAN, IN TERMS OF YOUR JOB AS PRESIDENT, CAN YOU 464 00:23:36,581 --> 00:23:43,964 REACH ACROSS THE AISLE TO PEOPLE WHO WILL BE USING THIS AS AN 465 00:23:44,047 --> 00:23:48,218 ATTACK ON YOU, WHEN IT IS SUCH A PERSONAL ATTACK BECAUSE IT'S 466 00:23:48,301 --> 00:23:49,094 ABOUT FAMILY? 467 00:23:49,177 --> 00:23:52,055 >> BUT IF IT BENEFITS THE COUNTRY, YES. 468 00:23:52,139 --> 00:23:53,181 I REALLY MEAN IT. 469 00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:54,516 BECAUSE WE KNOW WHO WE ARE. 470 00:23:54,599 --> 00:23:56,977 >> Stephen: YOU'RE A BETTER MAN THAN I. 471 00:23:57,060 --> 00:24:02,524 >> DON'T GET ME WRONG, DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT ANGRY, DOESN'T MEAN 472 00:24:02,607 --> 00:24:06,027 I WASN'T ANGRY AND DOESN'T MEAN IF I WERE BACK IN THE DAYS OF 473 00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:07,529 HIGH SCHOOL I WOULDN'T SAY COME HERE AND GO A ROUND. 474 00:24:07,612 --> 00:24:09,656 >> BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE HIGH ROAD. 475 00:24:09,739 --> 00:24:12,492 >> BUT, LOOK, THERE'S SO MUCH AT STAKE, AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, 476 00:24:12,576 --> 00:24:16,329 I THINK THEY CAN SMELL THE PHONINESS, SMELL WHAT'S TRUE AND 477 00:24:16,413 --> 00:24:23,378 WHAT'S NOT TRUE, AND I JUST -- BUT WHAT IT DOES DO, A COUPLE OF 478 00:24:23,461 --> 00:24:26,173 PEOPLE WHO HAVE -- IT'S JUST BEEN A DISAPPOINTMENT. 479 00:24:26,256 --> 00:24:26,715 I FEEL BADLY FOR THEM. 480 00:24:26,798 --> 00:24:28,550 I'M NOT BEING FACETIOUS. 481 00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:30,552 >> WE FEEL BAD FOR OUR FRIENDS. 482 00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:32,345 I FEEL BADLY. 483 00:24:32,429 --> 00:24:34,347 BUT WHAT'S HAPPENED? 484 00:24:34,431 --> 00:24:36,016 WHAT WENT WRONG? 485 00:24:36,099 --> 00:24:36,558 WHAT'S -- >> YEAH. 486 00:24:36,641 --> 00:24:39,686 WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. 487 00:24:39,769 --> 00:24:43,398 AND BECAUSE -- ANYWAY, AND LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO STEPPED UP, 488 00:24:43,481 --> 00:24:47,694 LOOK AT ALL THE REPUBLICANS WHO STEPPED UP IN THIS CAMPAIGN, 489 00:24:47,777 --> 00:24:52,282 FORMER OFFICE HOLDERS, YOU KNOW, JOHN MCCAIN'S WIFE, PEOPLE WHO 490 00:24:52,365 --> 00:24:56,411 WENT OUT THERE WHO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE, WHO ARE MAJOR REPUBLICAN 491 00:24:56,494 --> 00:24:58,872 FIGURES, THE FORMEN CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 492 00:24:58,955 --> 00:25:03,543 I MEAN, SO, THERE'S A LOT MORE GOOD. 493 00:25:03,627 --> 00:25:06,713 BUT MY JOB, I'M NOT KIDDING, STEPHEN, I'M GOING TO BE JUDGED 494 00:25:06,796 --> 00:25:10,800 BY HISTORY, WHETHER OR NOT I CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR THE 495 00:25:10,884 --> 00:25:13,720 AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND I WILL DEAL WITH ANYONE IF WHAT WE'RE 496 00:25:13,803 --> 00:25:17,265 WORKING ON IS IMPROVING THE WELL BEING OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 497 00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:19,267 IT'S NOT PHONY, IT'S REAL. 498 00:25:19,351 --> 00:25:22,062 I'LL SWALLOW HARD AND I'LL DO IT. 499 00:25:22,145 --> 00:25:24,648 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER QUICK BREAK. 500 00:25:24,731 --> 00:25:25,774 STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY. 501 00:25:25,857 --> 00:25:27,400 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN AND 502 00:25:27,484 --> 00:25:28,360 DR. JILL BIDEN. 503 00:25:42,582 --> 00:25:43,792 ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 504 00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:47,420 WE'RE BACK WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT JOSEPH R. BIDEN AND FUTURE FIRST 505 00:25:47,504 --> 00:25:48,630 LADY DR. JILL BIDEN. 506 00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:52,801 YOU WILL BE THE SECOND CATHOLIC PRESIDENT, AND I DON'T KNOW 507 00:25:52,884 --> 00:25:56,972 ABOUT YOU, BUT MAYBE NOT GROWING UP IN A PRESBYTERIAN HOUSEHOLD, 508 00:25:57,055 --> 00:26:02,269 BUT IN A CATHOLIC HOUSEHOLD, THERE WAS AN ICON OF J.F.K. AND 509 00:26:02,352 --> 00:26:03,853 R.F.K. ON MY WALLS. 510 00:26:03,937 --> 00:26:06,523 I'M SURPRISED MORE HASN'T BEEN MADE OF THE SECOND CATHOLIC 511 00:26:06,606 --> 00:26:07,315 PRESIDENT. 512 00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:08,483 IT'S SIGNIFICANT CERTAINLY TO ME. 513 00:26:08,566 --> 00:26:12,487 J.F.K. HAD TO ALLAY EVERYONE'S FIERCE THAT THERE WASN'T SOME 514 00:26:12,570 --> 00:26:15,490 MERGE PHONE TO THE POPE TO TELL HIM WHAT TO DO. 515 00:26:15,573 --> 00:26:18,576 BUT AT 60 YEARS-ON, IS IT E-MAILS NOW, HOW IS THE POPE 516 00:26:18,660 --> 00:26:21,997 GOING TO TELL YOU HOW TO GOVERN. 517 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:22,664 >> THE POPE PERSONALLY CALLED ME. 518 00:26:22,747 --> 00:26:23,790 >> Stephen: REALLY? 519 00:26:23,873 --> 00:26:28,169 TO CONGRATULATE ME AND, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I JUST HAD A 520 00:26:28,253 --> 00:26:31,673 NICE PHONE CALL WITH HIS EMINENCE, THE NEW CARDINAL, IN 521 00:26:31,756 --> 00:26:35,010 WASHINGTON WHO SAID HE JUST GOT BACK FROM ROME AND THE POPE 522 00:26:35,093 --> 00:26:37,554 SIGNED A BOOK FOR HE HE WANTS ME TO HAVE. 523 00:26:37,637 --> 00:26:41,308 THE POPE'S BEEN INCREDIBLY GENEROUS TO OUR FAMILY. 524 00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:42,392 >> YES. 525 00:26:42,475 --> 00:26:44,144 WHEN HE CAME TO VISIT, WE WERE THE HOUSE CATHOLICS, WE 526 00:26:44,227 --> 00:26:47,689 WERE THE ONES SHOWING THE POPE AROUND, AND BEAU HAD DIED JUST A 527 00:26:47,772 --> 00:26:48,940 COUPLE OF WEEKS EARLIER. 528 00:26:49,024 --> 00:26:52,694 HE ASKED TO MEET WITH THE FAMILY IN THE HANGAR IN THE AIRPORT AS 529 00:26:52,777 --> 00:26:54,487 HE WAS LEAVING IN PHILLY. 530 00:26:54,571 --> 00:26:55,697 HE CAME IN. 531 00:26:55,780 --> 00:26:58,658 WE HAD 16 FAMILY MEMBERS THERE, AND HE DIDN'T JUST SPEAK ABOUT 532 00:26:58,742 --> 00:27:02,537 BEAU, HE SPOKE IN DETAIL ABOUT BEAU, ABOUT WHO HE WAS AND ABOUT 533 00:27:02,620 --> 00:27:06,166 FAMILY VALUES AND ABOUT FORGIVENESS AND ABOUT DECENCY. 534 00:27:06,249 --> 00:27:11,212 I MEAN, HE IS -- I AM A GREAT ADMIRER OF HIS HOLINESS, I 535 00:27:11,296 --> 00:27:12,255 REALLY AM. 536 00:27:12,339 --> 00:27:13,590 >> Stephen: I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN ABOUT THE 537 00:27:13,673 --> 00:27:16,760 IMPORTANCE OF FAITH IN YOUR LIFE AND, DR. BIDEN, I KNOW YOU HAVE 538 00:27:16,843 --> 00:27:19,179 A PRAYER PARTNER THAT YOU PICKED UP ON THE CAMPAIGN. 539 00:27:19,262 --> 00:27:20,388 >> I DO. 540 00:27:20,472 --> 00:27:21,598 >> Stephen: WHO IS THAT AND I'VE NEVER HAD A PRAYER PARTNER. 541 00:27:21,681 --> 00:27:24,184 WHAT'S A PRAYER PARTNER? 542 00:27:24,267 --> 00:27:27,437 >> I COULD BE YOUR PRAYER PARTNER. 543 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:28,563 >> Stephen: I'M IN. 544 00:27:28,646 --> 00:27:30,607 IT WAS A WOMAN I MET, IT WAS -- YOU KNOW, I HAD A REAL 545 00:27:30,690 --> 00:27:34,694 STRUGGLE WITH MY FAITH AFTER BEAU DIED BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T 546 00:27:34,778 --> 00:27:39,407 BELIEVE HE WAS GOING TO DIE, AND WE WERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AT A 547 00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:44,245 CHURCH, AND A WOMAN CAME UP TO ME -- 548 00:27:44,329 --> 00:27:46,873 >> AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCH. 549 00:27:46,956 --> 00:27:50,418 D SHE PUT HER HAND ON ME AND SAID, JILL, I WANT TO BE 550 00:27:50,502 --> 00:27:51,586 YOUR PRAYER PARTNER. 551 00:27:51,669 --> 00:27:54,756 I SAID, PRAYER PARTNER, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT. 552 00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:56,800 BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WE CALL ONE ANOTHER, SHE TEXTS ME A 553 00:27:56,883 --> 00:27:58,885 COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK. 554 00:27:58,968 --> 00:28:01,763 SHE ACTUALLY TEXTED ME THIS MORNING, AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO 555 00:28:01,846 --> 00:28:09,270 PRAY AND PRAY FOR, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNTRY AND PEOPLE 556 00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:10,522 STRUGGLING. 557 00:28:10,605 --> 00:28:12,899 I MEAN, LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE -- AMERICANS ARE STRUGGLING THROUGH 558 00:28:12,982 --> 00:28:13,566 THIS PANDEMIC. 559 00:28:13,650 --> 00:28:17,278 IT'S MEANT A GREAT DEAL TO ME. 560 00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:23,618 SO I FIGURED SO MANY PEOPLE PRAYED FOR ME AND JOE WHEN BEAU 561 00:28:23,701 --> 00:28:29,791 WAS SO ILL, AND NOW I NEED TO PRAY, WE NEED TO PRAY FOR OTHER 562 00:28:29,874 --> 00:28:31,000 PEOPLE. 563 00:28:31,084 --> 00:28:34,796 >> Stephen: BOTH OF YOU HAVE BEEN SO OPEN, AND I SAY GENEROUS 564 00:28:34,879 --> 00:28:39,050 BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE SHARING THEIR GRIEF 565 00:28:39,134 --> 00:28:43,555 WITH THE PUBLIC, NOT DEMONSTRABLY, BUT AS AN EXAMPLE 566 00:28:43,638 --> 00:28:46,933 TO HAVE THE NECESSITY OF GRIEF TO HEAL YOURSELF. 567 00:28:47,016 --> 00:28:51,646 OUR COUNTRY HAS AN UNADDRESSED GRIEF OF THE 300,000 PEOPLE WHO 568 00:28:51,729 --> 00:28:55,817 HAVE DIED PARTLY BECAUSE OUR PRESENT LEADERSHIP DOESN'T WANT 569 00:28:55,900 --> 00:29:00,363 TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DIMENSION OF THIS TRAGEDY. 570 00:29:00,447 --> 00:29:05,660 MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ROLE OF THE PRESIDENT 571 00:29:05,743 --> 00:29:08,997 IS IN LEADING THE COUNTRY TO FACE LOSS? 572 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,833 >> WELL, LOOK, YOU AND I HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. 573 00:29:11,916 --> 00:29:16,796 YOU'VE HAD SEVERE LOSS IN YOUR FAMILY, YOUR DAD AND YOUR 574 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:20,383 BROTHER, AND IT'S PROFOUND. 575 00:29:20,467 --> 00:29:23,970 THINK OF ALL THE PEOPLE THIS CHRISTMAS WHO ARE GOING TO SIT 576 00:29:24,053 --> 00:29:28,683 AT A TABLE WITH AN EMPTY CHAIR ACROSS THE TABLE, A SON, 577 00:29:28,766 --> 00:29:32,187 DAUGHTER, MOM, A DAD, SOMEBODY. 578 00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:41,905 AND AS YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT BEING SOLICITOUS, YOU KNOW, 579 00:29:41,988 --> 00:29:45,742 PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT, CAN I MAKE 580 00:29:45,825 --> 00:29:46,159 IT? 581 00:29:46,242 --> 00:29:47,285 CAN I MAKE IT? 582 00:29:47,368 --> 00:29:50,997 AND WHAT YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT IS I THINK EMPATHY IS A 583 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:52,207 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THING. 584 00:29:52,290 --> 00:29:54,042 IT DOESN'T MAKE IT EASIER TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN 585 00:29:54,125 --> 00:29:55,835 THROUGH IT, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT AND YOU TALK TO 586 00:29:55,919 --> 00:29:58,880 PEOPLE, THEY GO, OKAY, I KNOW HE OR SHE UNDERSTANDS BECAUSE THEY 587 00:29:58,963 --> 00:30:00,006 HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT. 588 00:30:00,089 --> 00:30:03,176 >> Stephen: BUT HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE 589 00:30:03,259 --> 00:30:08,181 THERE IS THIS UNADDRESSED GRIEF, AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S NOT 590 00:30:08,264 --> 00:30:13,895 HEALTHY FOR THE NATION TO PRETEND LIKE SOMETHING -- I'M 591 00:30:13,978 --> 00:30:15,021 WORRIED THAT WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING IT, THAT WE HAVE TO 592 00:30:15,104 --> 00:30:17,857 TAKE A MOMENT FOR THE GRIEF AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE 593 00:30:17,941 --> 00:30:20,026 PRESIDENT TO DO THAT. 594 00:30:20,109 --> 00:30:22,862 >> WELL, THE ROLE OF THE PRESIDENCY IS TO SAY THERE'S A 595 00:30:22,946 --> 00:30:23,613 REASON TO GRIEVE. 596 00:30:23,696 --> 00:30:24,906 YOU'VE HAD GREAT LOSS. 597 00:30:24,989 --> 00:30:28,785 BUT HERE WILL COME A TIME, AND REMIND YOURSELF, JUST BE 598 00:30:28,868 --> 00:30:31,788 REMINDED THE TIME WILL COME WHEN YOU THINK YOUR HUSBAND, WIFE, 599 00:30:31,871 --> 00:30:38,211 SON, DAUGHTER, MOM OR DAD, YOU GET A SMILE ON THE LIPS BEFORE A 600 00:30:38,294 --> 00:30:40,964 TEAR IN YOUR EYE, YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT. 601 00:30:41,047 --> 00:30:45,927 IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THERE ARE ALSO A LOT 602 00:30:46,010 --> 00:30:48,221 OF PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP OUTSIDE. 603 00:30:48,304 --> 00:30:51,224 LOOK AT ALL THE NURSES AND DOCTORS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH 604 00:30:51,307 --> 00:30:55,895 HELL OF HOLDING SOMEONE'S HAND WHO THERE'S NO FAMILY MEMBER 605 00:30:55,979 --> 00:30:58,982 THERE WHEN THEY TIED AND THE THE IMPACT ON THEM. 606 00:30:59,065 --> 00:31:01,901 THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO INVEST A LOT MORE MONEY ON MENTAL HEALTH 607 00:31:01,985 --> 00:31:04,988 AND ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK 608 00:31:05,071 --> 00:31:05,613 TO. 609 00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:06,823 YOU HAVE TO TALK THROUGH IT. 610 00:31:06,906 --> 00:31:10,451 BUT PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY LOOK AROUND AND SEE THIS PERSON MADE 611 00:31:10,535 --> 00:31:13,788 IT, I CAN MAKE IT, WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS. 612 00:31:13,871 --> 00:31:17,083 IT'S GOING TO BE HELL, AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE A 613 00:31:17,166 --> 00:31:18,459 LOT MORE PEOPLE. 614 00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:22,463 >> BUT I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS THAT JOE WAS ELECTED WAS 615 00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:25,592 BECAUSE OF HIS SENSE OF EMPATHY, AND I THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND 616 00:31:25,675 --> 00:31:31,472 THAT HE'S HAD A LOT OF TRAGEDY AND LOSS IN OUR FAMILY, AND HE 617 00:31:31,556 --> 00:31:35,310 UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. 618 00:31:35,393 --> 00:31:39,939 AND I HOPE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHEN WE GET TO THE WHITE HOUSE, 619 00:31:40,023 --> 00:31:41,149 KNOW THAT WE FEEL THEIR PAIN. 620 00:31:41,232 --> 00:31:47,864 WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE, AND THAT JOE -- AND THAT THERE'S HOPE 621 00:31:47,947 --> 00:31:49,866 THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO GET BETTER FOR THEM. 622 00:31:49,949 --> 00:31:54,996 YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE VACCINES AND, YOU KNOW, 623 00:31:55,079 --> 00:31:58,499 JOE'S GOING TO WORK TO UNITE THE COUNTRY, AND, SO, I HOPE THEY 624 00:31:58,583 --> 00:31:59,709 FEEL THAT THERE'S REAL HOPE. 625 00:31:59,792 --> 00:32:02,837 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WE COME 626 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:07,800 BACK, I WILL ASK THE BIDENS ABOUT THEIR CHRISTMAS 627 00:32:07,884 --> 00:32:07,967 TRADITIONS. 628 00:32:24,442 --> 00:32:25,026 ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 629 00:32:25,109 --> 00:32:26,027 WE'RE BACK HERE WITH THE BIDENS. 630 00:32:26,110 --> 00:32:29,322 CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. 631 00:32:29,405 --> 00:32:30,531 >> MM-HMM. 632 00:32:30,615 --> 00:32:31,908 >> Stephen: I HAVE TO ASK, IN A NORMAL CHRISTMAS YEAR, WHAT 633 00:32:31,991 --> 00:32:36,204 ARE THE BIDEN FAMILY CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS? 634 00:32:36,287 --> 00:32:38,873 BECAUSE IN MY FAMILY, THE NUMBER ONE TRADITION IS PROBABLY TO 635 00:32:38,956 --> 00:32:41,834 FIGHT OVER THE CHRISTMAS TREE ABOUT WHICH WAY THE LIGHTS GO 636 00:32:41,918 --> 00:32:46,506 FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM OR THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP, AND IT'S 637 00:32:46,589 --> 00:32:50,385 OBVIOUSLY TOP TO THE BOTTOM AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS MADNESS. 638 00:32:50,468 --> 00:32:52,011 >> HE'S CRAZY ABOUT HIS CHRISTMAS TREE BECAUSE, YOU 639 00:32:52,095 --> 00:32:56,724 KNOW, THE BIDENS HAVE A TRADITION WHERE THEY MIX IVORY 640 00:32:56,808 --> 00:32:57,350 SNOW WITH WATER. 641 00:32:57,433 --> 00:32:59,060 HE USES MY HAND MIXER. 642 00:32:59,143 --> 00:33:02,188 >> Stephen: IVORY SNOW LIKE THE -- 643 00:33:02,271 --> 00:33:02,897 >> THE DETERGENT. 644 00:33:02,980 --> 00:33:06,567 >> Stephen: THE POWDER DETERGENT. 645 00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:08,236 >> YES, BUT YOU CAN MAKE IT LOOK LIKE SNOW. 646 00:33:08,319 --> 00:33:11,406 MY DAD USED TO DO IT. 647 00:33:11,489 --> 00:33:13,741 IN THE BIDEN TRADITION, MY GRANDFATHER. 648 00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:17,870 AND I SWEAR TO GOD, IT LOOKS LIKE SNOW IS FALLING ON THE 649 00:33:17,954 --> 00:33:18,454 TREE. 650 00:33:18,538 --> 00:33:19,539 >> I FIGHT IT EVERY YEAR. 651 00:33:19,622 --> 00:33:22,458 AND THE TINSEL, HE'S TO PARTICULARLY. 652 00:33:22,542 --> 00:33:24,544 >> ONE STRAND AT A TIME, YOU CAN'T THROW IT ON THERE. 653 00:33:24,627 --> 00:33:25,920 >> Stephen: CAN'T THROW IT ON THERE. 654 00:33:26,003 --> 00:33:26,921 >> NO, NO, NO! 655 00:33:27,004 --> 00:33:29,799 MY DAD, LOOK -- >> Stephen: YOU TAKE IT OFF AT 656 00:33:29,882 --> 00:33:32,760 THE END OF THE YEAR, IRON IT AND PUT IT IN THE BOX? 657 00:33:32,844 --> 00:33:35,263 >> NO, WE GET RID OF IT BUT YOU CAN'T THROW IT ON. 658 00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:38,766 >> Stephen: THE FAVORITE THING FOR THE CHILDREN TO DO IS THROW 659 00:33:38,850 --> 00:33:41,811 GIANT -- WE THREW CLUMPS AT THE CHRISTMAS TREE. 660 00:33:41,894 --> 00:33:47,608 >> NO, WE HAVE ELFDOM, JUNIOR ELFS. 661 00:33:47,692 --> 00:33:50,486 YOU HAVE TO PUT IT ON ONE STRAND AT A TIME. 662 00:33:50,570 --> 00:33:54,449 I GET TO BED AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING BECAUSE SANTA CLAUS PUTS 663 00:33:54,532 --> 00:33:55,450 THE SNOW ON. 664 00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:58,661 >> Stephen: THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW HE'S BEEN THERE. 665 00:33:58,745 --> 00:34:01,456 >> EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GROWN CHILDREN AND WE HAVE A 666 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:02,415 TRADITION. 667 00:34:02,498 --> 00:34:04,584 >> Stephen: AND YOU MEET SANTA WHEN HE DOES IT? 668 00:34:04,667 --> 00:34:05,752 >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 669 00:34:05,835 --> 00:34:08,588 THE TRADITION IS BASED ON YOUNGEST TO OLDEST INCLUDING THE 670 00:34:08,671 --> 00:34:11,132 GROWN CHILDREN, YOU COME DOWN THE STAIRS -- 671 00:34:11,215 --> 00:34:13,885 >> Stephen: NO OTHER WAY, YOUNGEST TO OLDEST. 672 00:34:13,968 --> 00:34:14,469 >> YOU GOT IT. 673 00:34:14,552 --> 00:34:16,137 THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT. 674 00:34:16,220 --> 00:34:20,224 WE HAVE 26 PEOPLE FOR DINNER EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE FOR THE LAST 675 00:34:20,308 --> 00:34:23,102 20 YEARS, OUR FAMILY, AND THEN WE HAVE -- THIS YEAR IT'S GOING 676 00:34:23,186 --> 00:34:27,273 TO BE JILL AND ME AND MAYBE OUR DAUGHTER AND OUR SON-IN-LAW. 677 00:34:27,356 --> 00:34:29,984 >> Stephen: WHEN YOU ARE FIRST LADY YOU GET TO MAKE THE CALLS 678 00:34:30,067 --> 00:34:34,614 ON THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS SO YOU CAN BAN IVORY SNOW ON THE 679 00:34:34,697 --> 00:34:35,156 TREES FOR AT LEAST FOUR YEARS. 680 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:36,991 >> THERE YOU GO. 681 00:34:37,074 --> 00:34:38,284 I'M NOT DOING ALL THOSE TREES. 682 00:34:38,367 --> 00:34:42,497 I JUST DO SANTA'S TREE, JUST THE ONE. 683 00:34:42,580 --> 00:34:43,164 A 16'TREE IN OUR HALLWAY. 684 00:34:43,247 --> 00:34:44,290 WE HAVE TWO TREES. 685 00:34:44,373 --> 00:34:47,043 >> Stephen: YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF TREES NEXT YEAR, SIR. 686 00:34:47,126 --> 00:34:47,835 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 687 00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:50,505 >> Stephen: ABOUT NEXT YEAR -- YEAH. 688 00:34:50,588 --> 00:34:52,048 >> Stephen: -- DO YOU THINK THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WHEN YOU'RE 689 00:34:52,131 --> 00:34:55,051 BOTH IN THE WHITE HOUSE, WE WILL HAVE WHAT YOU COULD CALL A 690 00:34:55,134 --> 00:34:56,844 NORMAL CHRISTMAS? 691 00:34:56,928 --> 00:35:00,723 WILL THE COUNTRY BE BACK TO NORMAL? 692 00:35:00,807 --> 00:35:05,353 >> I BELIEVE WE'LL BE AWFULLY CLOSE TO THAT IF NOT THERE. 693 00:35:05,436 --> 00:35:06,521 I DO. 694 00:35:06,604 --> 00:35:09,565 THE COMBINATION, IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS, I'M GOING TO ASK 695 00:35:09,649 --> 00:35:12,693 EVERYBODY TO WEAR A MASK FOR 100 DAYS AND WHERE I CAN DICTATE 696 00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:15,321 THAT ON FEDERAL PROPERTY, I HAVE BEEN ON FOR 45 GOVERNORS ASKING 697 00:35:15,404 --> 00:35:19,700 THEM TO THINK ABOUT IT, JUST 100 DAYS. 698 00:35:19,784 --> 00:35:21,994 WE'RE GOING TO GET THE 100 MILLION VACCINATIONS OUT 699 00:35:22,078 --> 00:35:24,288 THERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN OPEN 700 00:35:24,372 --> 00:35:28,125 SCHOOLS, AND THERE'S THINGS WE CAN DO, AND I THINK WE CAN 701 00:35:28,209 --> 00:35:31,212 REALLY -- IT'S NOT GOING TO BE QUICK, BUT I THINK, BY NEXT 702 00:35:31,295 --> 00:35:33,214 CHRISTMAS, WE WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL. 703 00:35:33,297 --> 00:35:34,215 >> YEP. 704 00:35:34,298 --> 00:35:40,096 >> Stephen: WELL, PRESIDENT-ELECT, MADAM SOON TO 705 00:35:40,179 --> 00:35:44,559 BE FIRST LADY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SIT DOWN 706 00:35:44,642 --> 00:35:45,268 WITH ME. 707 00:35:45,351 --> 00:35:46,519 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 708 00:35:46,602 --> 00:35:47,478 >> Stephen: IT'S MY HONOR, AND I'LL SEE YOU SOMETIME NEXT YEAR 709 00:35:47,562 --> 00:35:48,187 I HOPE. 710 00:35:48,271 --> 00:35:49,981 >> I HOPE, SO TOO. 711 00:35:50,064 --> 00:35:51,524 THANKS. 712 00:35:51,607 --> 00:35:51,941 >> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 713 00:35:52,024 --> 00:35:52,441 ♪♪♪ 714 00:36:22,722 --> 00:36:23,764 >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. 715 00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:27,768 NOW PERFORMING HIS SINGLE "HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE 716 00:36:27,852 --> 00:36:35,776 CHRISTMAS," "A LATE SHOW'S" VERY OWN JON BATISTE! 717 00:36:35,860 --> 00:36:48,456 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 718 00:36:48,539 --> 00:36:58,841 ♪ HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS 719 00:36:58,925 --> 00:37:09,477 ♪ LET YOUR HEART BE LIGHT NEXT YEAR, ALL OUR TROUBLES 720 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:17,485 ♪ WILL BE OUT OF SIGHT HAVE YOURSELF A 721 00:37:17,568 --> 00:37:28,829 ♪ MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS MAKE THE YULE-TIDE GAY 722 00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:40,841 ♪ NEXT YEAR, ALL YOUR TROUBLES WILL BE MILES AWAY 723 00:37:40,925 --> 00:37:52,979 ♪ ONCE AGAIN, AS IN OLDEN DAYS HAPPY GOLDEN DAYS OF YORE 724 00:37:53,062 --> 00:37:57,525 ♪ FAITHFUL FRIENDS WHO ARE DEAR TO US 725 00:37:57,608 --> 00:38:04,907 ♪ WILL BE NEAR TO US ONCE MORE 726 00:38:04,991 --> 00:38:10,037 ♪ SOMEDAY SOON WE ALL WILL BE TOGETHER 727 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:21,549 ♪ IF THE FATES ALLOW BUT UNTIL THEN, WE'LL HAVE TO 728 00:38:21,632 --> 00:38:28,973 ♪ MUDDLE THROUGH, SOMEHOW YEAH 729 00:38:29,056 --> 00:38:40,901 ♪ HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS NOW ♪ 730 00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:45,573 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ HAVE YOURSELF A 731 00:38:45,656 --> 00:38:57,585 MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS NOW ♪ YEAH-YEAH-YEAH 732 00:38:57,668 --> 00:39:09,597 ♪ HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS NOW ♪ 733 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:19,648 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 734 00:39:19,732 --> 00:39:34,622 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 735 00:39:34,705 --> 00:39:56,977 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 736 00:39:57,061 --> 00:39:57,478 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: THANK YOU, JON. 737 00:39:57,561 --> 00:39:57,853 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 738 00:39:57,937 --> 00:39:59,772 ♪♪♪ 739 00:40:08,948 --> 00:40:10,282 >> Stephen: WELL, THAT'S IT FOR "A LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY. 740 00:40:10,366 --> 00:40:13,327 TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR OUR SPECIAL FRIDAY END-OF-2020 SHOW. 741 00:40:13,410 --> 00:40:18,833 WE'VE GOT A GREAT HOLIDAY CARTOON, AND MY GUEST WILL BE 742 00:40:18,916 --> 00:40:21,377 GEORGE CLOONEY. 743 00:40:21,460 --> 00:40:23,921 GOOD NIGHT. 744 00:40:24,004 --> 00:40:24,046 ♪♪♪ Captioning sponsored by CBS 745 00:40:28,592 --> 00:40:29,468 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH 746 00:40:29,552 --> 00:40:30,386 access.wgbh.org Captioning sponsored by CBS