1 00:00:23,273 --> 00:00:33,116 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:33,199 --> 00:00:51,259 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:51,342 --> 00:01:02,061 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 4 00:01:02,145 --> 00:01:11,112 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 5 00:01:11,196 --> 00:01:12,322 >> I LOVE DEMOCRACY. 6 00:01:12,405 --> 00:01:13,823 WELCOME HOME. 7 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:16,284 >> Announcer: IT'S "A LATE SHOW LIVE WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 8 00:01:16,367 --> 00:01:23,291 TONIGHT: PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES 9 00:01:23,374 --> 00:01:28,046 LIVE, "POD SAVE AMERICA" AND A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF 10 00:01:28,129 --> 00:01:31,716 "TOGETHER."█ç FEATURING LIVE JON BATISTE AND 11 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:32,717 STAY HUMAN. 12 00:01:32,801 --> 00:01:36,221 AND NOW, LIVE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER OFFICE 13 00:01:36,304 --> 00:01:42,143 BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 14 00:01:42,227 --> 00:01:44,187 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 15 00:01:44,270 --> 00:01:49,943 WELCOME TO A SPECIAL LIVE "LATE SHOW." 16 00:01:50,026 --> 00:01:50,485 I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 17 00:01:50,568 --> 00:01:53,988 WELL, YOU DID IT. 18 00:01:54,072 --> 00:01:56,074 YOU SURVIVED THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND YOUR REWARD: A SHINY, 19 00:01:56,157 --> 00:02:00,703 NEW, OLD PRESIDENT. 20 00:02:00,787 --> 00:02:08,044 GOOD OL' JOE, BECAUSE TODAY AT 11:49 A.M., JOSEPH ROBINETTE 21 00:02:08,127 --> 00:02:10,338 BIDEN JR. WAS SWORN IN AS THE 46th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 22 00:02:10,421 --> 00:02:12,257 STATES. 23 00:02:12,340 --> 00:02:14,217 WE WATCHED IT. 24 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:15,009 EVIE'S HERE. 25 00:02:15,093 --> 00:02:17,053 WE WATCHED IT TOGETHER. 26 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:20,181 THE INAUGURATION WAS A JOYFUL OCCASION. 27 00:02:20,265 --> 00:02:23,685 LIKE I DO AT MOST HAPPY THINGS, I CRIED A LOT. 28 00:02:23,768 --> 00:02:25,228 IT'S TRUE. 29 00:02:25,311 --> 00:02:27,188 IT WAS EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL AND NOT ENTIRELY IN THE WAY THAT I 30 00:02:27,272 --> 00:02:30,859 EXPECTED. 31 00:02:30,942 --> 00:02:36,072 BECAUSE I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I HAVE ZERO GLOAT IN ME. 32 00:02:36,155 --> 00:02:37,365 THERE'S NO ENDZONE DANCE IN ME. 33 00:02:37,448 --> 00:02:38,449 WHAT I FEEL IS ENORMOUS RELIEF. 34 00:02:38,533 --> 00:02:41,703 WATCHING THE INAUGURATION TODAY, I RECOGNIZED JUST HOW 35 00:02:41,786 --> 00:02:44,205 WORRIED I'VE BEEN FOR MY COUNTRY. 36 00:02:44,289 --> 00:02:54,465 BUT WE'VE ALL BEEN TOO DEEP FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS TO TRULY 37 00:02:54,549 --> 00:02:55,717 REALIZE WHAT WE WERE DEEPLY IN. 38 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,468 IT'S LIKE WE'VE BEEN ON A SHIP THAT'S BEEN IN A STORM FOR FOUR 39 00:02:57,552 --> 00:02:58,887 YEARS, AND WE JUST STEPPED ON TO DRY LAND. 40 00:02:58,970 --> 00:03:04,767 I WANT TO KISS THE GROUND, BUT, YOU KNOW, COVID, SO I'M JUST 41 00:03:04,851 --> 00:03:05,935 GOING TO FIST BUMP IT. 42 00:03:06,019 --> 00:03:08,313 TODAY FELT LIKE A RETURN TO NORMALCY, EVEN THOUGH SO MUCH 43 00:03:08,396 --> 00:03:09,522 ABOUT THE DAY WAS ABNORMAL. 44 00:03:09,606 --> 00:03:13,151 DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, EVERYONE WAS WEARING MASKS, AND INSTEAD 45 00:03:13,234 --> 00:03:17,447 OF PEOPLE THE MALL WAS FILLED WITH FLAGS. 46 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:18,114 LOOK AT THEM WAVING! 47 00:03:18,197 --> 00:03:20,074 THEY'RE SO HAPPY! 48 00:03:20,158 --> 00:03:21,451 I CAN'T BLAME THEM. 49 00:03:21,534 --> 00:03:25,246 REMEMBER, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH FOUR YEARS FOR FLAGS, TOO. 50 00:03:25,330 --> 00:03:27,790 BUT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ABNORMAL, AT LEAST WE UNDERSTOOD WHY IT 51 00:03:27,874 --> 00:03:30,668 WAS ABNORMAL. 52 00:03:30,752 --> 00:03:33,504 ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, THE FIRST U.S. PATIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED 53 00:03:33,588 --> 00:03:35,256 FOR COVID. 54 00:03:35,340 --> 00:03:37,675 AND AFTER 12 MONTHS OF DENIAL AND SELF-DELUSION ABOUT THIS 55 00:03:37,759 --> 00:03:40,303 PANDEMIC, WE'RE FINALLY ACCEPTING REALITY AND TAKING 56 00:03:40,386 --> 00:03:41,512 PRECAUTIONS. 57 00:03:41,596 --> 00:03:45,475 SO MANY TIMES DURING THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE WERE ALL LIKE, 58 00:03:45,558 --> 00:03:51,481 "WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING, AND WHY IS IT HAPPENING?" 59 00:03:51,564 --> 00:03:53,316 AND THEY WOULDN'T TELL US. 60 00:03:53,399 --> 00:03:54,233 AND THEY WOULDN'T TELL US THE REAL REASONS, BECAUSE EVERYTHING 61 00:03:54,317 --> 00:03:56,527 WAS A SALES JOB. 62 00:03:56,611 --> 00:04:03,451 AND THE WEIRDEST FEELING IS WHEN SOMETHING IS CLEARLY ABNORMAL 63 00:04:03,534 --> 00:04:04,535 AND SOMEONE TRIES TO TELL YOU IT'S NOT. 64 00:04:04,619 --> 00:04:05,662 WHAT WE SAW TODAY WAS THE OPPOSITE OF BEING GASLIT. 65 00:04:05,745 --> 00:04:08,957 TODAY, WE WERE REALITY-BOARDED, AND I AM HERE FOR IT. 66 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:14,003 PERHAPS THE MOST POTENT SYMBOLISM FOR THIS INAUGURATION, 67 00:04:14,087 --> 00:04:19,342 WAS THE GUY WHO HAD TO DISINFECT THE PODIUM AFTER EVER SPEAKER. 68 00:04:19,425 --> 00:04:22,512 HIS WHOLE GIG WAS WIPING AWAY A DISEASE, MUCH LIKE THE VOTERS 69 00:04:22,595 --> 00:04:23,680 DID. 70 00:04:23,763 --> 00:04:28,017 RIGHT BEFORE THE BIDENS CAME OUT, SOMETHING VERY AUSPICIOUS 71 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:28,685 HAPPENED: IT STARTED SNOWING! 72 00:04:28,768 --> 00:04:30,019 IT'S AN INAUGURATION MIRACLE! 73 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:30,979 (SINGING TO THE TUNE OF "LET IT SNOW" ) 74 00:04:31,062 --> 00:04:36,025 ♪ OH, THE LAST GUY IN CHARGE WAS FRIGHTFUL, 75 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:37,735 ♪ BUT THE NEW ONE SEEMS DELIGHTFUL 76 00:04:37,819 --> 00:04:38,736 ♪ AND "NOW" THERE'S FOUR YEARS TO GO 77 00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:39,153 ♪ PRESIDENT JOE! 78 00:04:39,237 --> 00:04:40,196 PRESIDENT JOE! 79 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,700 PRESIDENT JOE! ♪ IN A SHOW OF NATIONAL UNITY, ALL 80 00:04:43,783 --> 00:04:45,410 THE FORMER PRESIDENTS PAID THEIR RESPECTS. 81 00:04:45,493 --> 00:04:50,039 JIMMY CARTER SENT A MESSAGE, THE BUSHES WERE THERE. 82 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:50,581 THE CLINTONS WERE THERE. 83 00:04:50,665 --> 00:04:53,042 THE OBAMAS WERE THERE. 84 00:04:53,126 --> 00:04:55,211 AND THAT'S ALL THE FORMER PRESIDENTS. 85 00:04:55,294 --> 00:04:56,337 ( LAUGHTER ) THEN CAME THE WORDS WE'VE BEEN 86 00:04:56,421 --> 00:05:01,718 WAITING TO HEAR: >> PLEASE WELCOME, LADY GAGA! 87 00:05:01,801 --> 00:05:02,927 >> Stephen: NO. 88 00:05:03,011 --> 00:05:05,722 I MEAN YES. 89 00:05:05,805 --> 00:05:11,227 I MEAN, YES, THAT WAS EXCITING, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT NOT THAT 90 00:05:11,310 --> 00:05:11,561 ONE. 91 00:05:11,644 --> 00:05:11,894 UH, SORRY. 92 00:05:11,978 --> 00:05:13,062 JIM? 93 00:05:13,146 --> 00:05:14,147 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED 94 00:05:14,230 --> 00:05:16,482 STATES, JOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN JR. AND DR JILL BIDEN. 95 00:05:16,566 --> 00:05:17,358 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 96 00:05:17,442 --> 00:05:24,282 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: ISN'T THAT LOVELY? 97 00:05:24,365 --> 00:05:28,911 A PRESIDENTIAL COUPLE HOLDING HANDS IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T LOOK 98 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:29,996 CONTRACTUALLY MANDATED. 99 00:05:30,079 --> 00:05:36,252 WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, THAT'S WHEN 100 00:05:36,335 --> 00:05:40,298 LADY GAGA DID ARRIVE, AS ONLY GAGA CAN-- NOT ON THE RED 101 00:05:40,381 --> 00:05:41,382 CARPET, BUT IN A RED CARPET. 102 00:05:41,466 --> 00:05:45,428 DARING COUTURE FROM THE SPRING 2021 STAINMASTER LINE. 103 00:05:45,511 --> 00:05:48,473 ( LAUGHTER ) GAGA SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM 104 00:05:48,556 --> 00:05:55,480 BEAUTIFULLY, AND I WAS ESPECIALLY MOVED BY THIS MOMENT. 105 00:05:55,563 --> 00:06:03,946 ♪ OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE ♪ >> Stephen: AND, SURPRISE! 106 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:06,282 THE FLAG WAS STILL THERE! 107 00:06:06,365 --> 00:06:10,620 RARELY IS THAT SONG A CLIFFHANGER, BUT JUST TWO█ç 108 00:06:10,703 --> 00:06:17,001 WEEKS AGO, IN THAT SPOT, IT WAS IN DANGER OF BEING REPLACED BY A 109 00:06:17,085 --> 00:06:20,254 RAMBO PHOTOSHOP. 110 00:06:20,338 --> 00:06:21,589 FUN FACT: AFTER THE INAUGURATION, LADY GAGA DIDN'T 111 00:06:21,672 --> 00:06:22,548 GET IN A LIMO. 112 00:06:22,632 --> 00:06:26,469 THAT BIRD ON HER DRESS JUST CARRIED HER HOME. 113 00:06:26,552 --> 00:06:30,098 THEN JOSEPH R. BIDEN TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE WITH█ç HIS 114 00:06:30,181 --> 00:06:32,809 HAND ON WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE BIBLE: DIRECTOR'S CUT EXTENDED 115 00:06:32,892 --> 00:06:34,018 EDITION. 116 00:06:34,102 --> 00:06:40,024 WHEN THE NEW PRESIDENT ADDRESSED THE NATION FOR THE FIRST TIME, 117 00:06:40,108 --> 00:06:43,486 HE HAD A CLEAR MESSAGE FOR THE CAPITOL INSURRECTIONISTS: 118 00:06:43,569 --> 00:06:46,489 >> HERE WE STAND, JUST DAYS AFTER A RIOTOUS MOB THOUGHT THEY 119 00:06:46,572 --> 00:06:52,328 COULD USE VIOLENCE TO SILENCE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, TO STOP 120 00:06:52,411 --> 00:06:52,662 THE WORK OF OUR DEMOCRACY, TO DRIVE US FROM THIS SACRED 121 00:06:52,745 --> 00:06:54,288 GROUND. 122 00:06:54,372 --> 00:06:56,499 IT DID NOT HAPPEN. 123 00:06:56,582 --> 00:07:00,795 IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. 124 00:07:00,878 --> 00:07:02,004 NOT TODAY, NOT TOMORROW, NOT EVER. 125 00:07:02,088 --> 00:07:05,842 NOT EVER. 126 00:07:05,925 --> 00:07:08,177 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: STIRRING WORDS THAT 127 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:09,846 I HOPE THE RIOTERS HEAR. 128 00:07:09,929 --> 00:07:14,767 ON THE TV IN THE PRISON DAY ROOM. 129 00:07:14,851 --> 00:07:16,018 THE NEW PRESIDENT WENT ON: >> THIS IS A GREAT NATION. 130 00:07:16,102 --> 00:07:19,814 WE ARE GOOD PEOPLE. 131 00:07:19,897 --> 00:07:21,649 >> Stephen: IT'S SO STRANGE TO HEAR SOMEBODY SAY THAT WE'RE A 132 00:07:21,732 --> 00:07:22,692 GREAT NATION, WITHOUT THEN HEARING ABOUT WHICH OF US ARE 133 00:07:22,775 --> 00:07:28,239 RADICAL SOCIALIST ANTIFAS INTENT ON DESTROYING OUR 134 00:07:28,322 --> 00:07:30,199 HERITAGE WITH LOW-FLOW TOILET FLUSHES. 135 00:07:30,283 --> 00:07:32,201 THE THEME OF THE DAY WAS "AMERICA UNITED," SO 136 00:07:32,285 --> 00:07:35,163 PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED ON THE NATION TO STEP BACK FROM TOXIC 137 00:07:35,246 --> 00:07:37,540 PARTISANSHIP. 138 00:07:37,623 --> 00:07:40,042 >> WE CAN JOIN FORCES, STOP THE SHOUTING AND LOWER THE 139 00:07:40,126 --> 00:07:43,504 TEMPERATURE. 140 00:07:43,588 --> 00:07:44,422 >> Stephen: AND THEN SOMEONE RAISES THE TEMPERATURE, AND I'M 141 00:07:44,505 --> 00:07:45,214 LIKE "WHO TOUCHED THE THERMOSTAT? 142 00:07:45,298 --> 00:07:47,300 YOU KNOW THE RULES AT POP'S HOUSE." 143 00:07:47,383 --> 00:07:48,926 AND EVERYONE IS LIKE "WASN'T ME." 144 00:07:49,010 --> 00:07:51,053 AND I'M LIKE, "WELL I'M PUTTING IT BACK TO 68. 145 00:07:51,137 --> 00:07:56,726 WE'RE NOT HEATING THE WHOLE DAMN NEIGHBORHOOD HERE." 146 00:07:56,809 --> 00:08:00,271 "JILL GET ME THE CELLO TAPE. 147 00:08:00,354 --> 00:08:03,774 I'M TAPING THIS SUCKER DOWN!" THEN BIDEN ISSUED A STIRRING 148 00:08:03,858 --> 00:08:06,444 CALL FOR THE NATION TO COME TOGETHER: 149 00:08:06,527 --> 00:08:10,865 >> THIS IS OUR HISTORIC MOMENT OF CRISIS AND CHALLENGE AND 150 00:08:10,948 --> 00:08:17,622 UNITY IS THE PATH FORWARD. 151 00:08:17,705 --> 00:08:20,875 AND WE MUST MEET THIS MOMENT AS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 152 00:08:20,958 --> 00:08:24,253 IF WE DO THAT, I GUARANTEE YOU WE WILL NOT FAIL. 153 00:08:24,337 --> 00:08:28,883 WE HAVE NEVER EVER, EVER, EVER, FAILED IN AMERICA WHEN WE HAVE 154 00:08:28,966 --> 00:08:30,843 ACTED TOGETHER. 155 00:08:30,927 --> 00:08:34,472 >> Stephen: SOMEONE CLEARLY NEVER SAW THE "CATS" MOVIE. 156 00:08:34,555 --> 00:08:39,602 ( LAUGHTER ) PRESIDENT BIDEN QUOTED SAINT 157 00:08:39,685 --> 00:08:46,567 AUGUSTINE AND SAID A COUNTRY CAN BE JUDGED ON WHAT THEY LOVE AND 158 00:08:46,651 --> 00:08:47,610 THEN ASKED THIS IMPORTANT QUESTION: 159 00:08:47,693 --> 00:08:51,405 >> WHAT ARE THE COMMON OBJECTS WE AS AMERICANS LOVE? 160 00:08:51,489 --> 00:08:51,948 >> Stephen: UH, MELTED CHEESE? 161 00:08:52,031 --> 00:08:55,576 SAUCY NETFLIX DRAMAS? 162 00:08:55,660 --> 00:08:58,454 VIDEOS OF CATS KNOCKING STUFF OFF DESKS? 163 00:08:58,538 --> 00:09:01,791 THAT FEELING WHEN YOU FIND $20 IN THE POCKET OF A JACKET YOU 164 00:09:01,874 --> 00:09:02,291 HAVEN'T WORN SINCE LAST YEAR? 165 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:02,792 MEGHAN THE STALLION? 166 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:03,251 JALAPENO POPPERS? 167 00:09:03,334 --> 00:09:05,461 JALAPENO POPPERS! 168 00:09:05,544 --> 00:09:08,256 AT 78 BIDEN BECAME THE OLDEST PRESIDENT EVER TOIC TATHE OATH 169 00:09:08,339 --> 00:09:09,465 OF OFFICE. 170 00:09:09,548 --> 00:09:13,010 NOT THAT HE WAS COMPLAINING, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO. 171 00:09:13,094 --> 00:09:17,765 >> FOLKS, THIS IS A TIME OF TESTING. 172 00:09:17,848 --> 00:09:22,979 WE FACE AN ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY AND ON TRUTH, A RAGING VIRUS, 173 00:09:23,062 --> 00:09:29,277 GROWING INEQUITY, THE STING OF SYSTEMIC RACISM, A CLIMATE IN 174 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:30,069 CRISIS. 175 00:09:30,152 --> 00:09:31,279 >> Stephen: THAT'S A HELL OF A LIST. 176 00:09:31,362 --> 00:09:34,407 HE SHOULD PROBABLY PUT THOSE ON THE WHITE HOUSE CHORE WHEEL. 177 00:09:34,490 --> 00:09:36,200 "ALL RIGHT, IT'S WEDNESDAY! 178 00:09:36,284 --> 00:09:39,453 MAYOR PETE, YOUR TURN TO TAKE OUT THE RECYCLING AND END 179 00:09:39,537 --> 00:09:45,459 SYSSYSSYSTEMIC RACISM OR NOW ALLOWANCE, MISTER. 180 00:09:45,543 --> 00:09:47,003 WHO TOUCHED THE THERMOSTAT? 181 00:09:47,086 --> 00:09:47,670 WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? 182 00:09:47,753 --> 00:09:48,713 WHAT'S GOING ON? 183 00:09:48,796 --> 00:09:52,633 WHAT, ARE THE SQUIRRELS PAYING THE BILLS NOW?" 184 00:09:52,717 --> 00:09:54,677 ( LAUGHTER ) IN ONE PARTICULARLY MOVING 185 00:09:54,760 --> 00:10:00,808 MOMENT, BIDEN QUOTED LINCOLN WHEN HE SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION 186 00:10:00,891 --> 00:10:01,934 PROCLAMATION. 187 00:10:02,018 --> 00:10:04,478 >> IF MY NAME EVER GOES DOWN INTO HISTORY, IT WILL BE FOR 188 00:10:04,562 --> 00:10:11,652 THIS ACT, AND MY WHOLE SOUL IS IN IT. 189 00:10:11,736 --> 00:10:14,697 MY WHOLE SOUL IS IN IT. 190 00:10:14,780 --> 00:10:18,701 TODAY, ON THIS JANUARY DAY, MY WHOLE SOUL IS IN THIS. 191 00:10:18,784 --> 00:10:21,162 >> Stephen: IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WITH A SOUL 192 00:10:21,245 --> 00:10:22,288 AGAIN. 193 00:10:22,371 --> 00:10:24,665 THE PREFTS ONE SOLD HIS TO THE DEVIL AND DIDN'T EVEN GET 194 00:10:24,749 --> 00:10:25,875 GEORGIA OUT OF THE DEAL. 195 00:10:25,958 --> 00:10:29,587 AS STIRRING AS BIDEN'S SPEECH WAS, IT WASN'T AS HISTORIC AS 196 00:10:29,670 --> 00:10:34,008 HIS OPENING ACT, BECAUSE TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR 197 00:10:34,091 --> 00:10:36,552 244-YEAR HISTORY, THE UNITED STATES HAS A FEMALE VICE 198 00:10:36,635 --> 00:10:37,678 PRESIDENT. 199 00:10:37,762 --> 00:10:39,430 IT'S A MOMENT THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL LOOK BACK ON 200 00:10:39,513 --> 00:10:41,724 AND SAY, "WOW, THAT TOOK A LONG TIME." 201 00:10:41,807 --> 00:10:45,436 NOT ONLY I HARRIS OUR FIRST FEMALE VICE PRESIDENT. 202 00:10:45,519 --> 00:10:47,855 SHE'S OUR FIRST BLACK VICE PRESIDENT, OUR FIRST SOUTH 203 00:10:47,938 --> 00:10:51,108 ASIAN-AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT, AND THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT IN 204 00:10:51,192 --> 00:10:54,904 FOUR YEARS WHO DOESN'T THINK YOGURT IS TOO SPICY. 205 00:10:54,987 --> 00:10:58,324 IT WAS MOVING TO WATCH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS BEING SWORN IN 206 00:10:58,407 --> 00:11:02,203 BY SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR. 207 00:11:02,286 --> 00:11:03,871 AND IT GOT A VERY EXCITED REACTION FROM JOE BIDEN. 208 00:11:03,954 --> 00:11:08,459 >> THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE. 209 00:11:08,542 --> 00:11:10,920 >> THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE ON WHICH I AM█ç ABOUT TO ENTER. 210 00:11:11,003 --> 00:11:15,257 >> THE DUTYIES OF THE OFFICE UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER. 211 00:11:15,341 --> 00:11:15,758 >> SO HELP ME GOD. 212 00:11:15,841 --> 00:11:17,927 >> SO HELP ME GOD. 213 00:11:18,010 --> 00:11:19,387 >> ALL RIGHT! 214 00:11:19,470 --> 00:11:20,805 >> Stephen: "ALL RIGHT!" THAT'S REFRESHING. 215 00:11:20,888 --> 00:11:26,894 IN JUST TWO SHORT WEEKS THAT DAIS HAS GONE FROM ALT-RIGHT TO 216 00:11:26,977 --> 00:11:28,145 ALL RIGHT! 217 00:11:28,229 --> 00:11:30,689 VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' SWEARING IN WAS FOLLOWED BY A PERFORMANCE 218 00:11:30,773 --> 00:11:37,738 OF "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" BY J-LO, WHO INCLUDED A SHOUT-OUT 219 00:11:37,822 --> 00:11:50,626 IN SPANISH ( SPEAKING SPANISH ) 220 00:11:50,709 --> 00:11:53,963 >> Stephen: HECK, YEAH! 221 00:11:54,046 --> 00:11:57,758 MOVEOSE GRACIAS, MISS LO. 222 00:11:57,842 --> 00:12:02,638 DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE SHADES THAT ARE ROCK. 223 00:12:02,721 --> 00:12:05,474 DIDN'T THINK THAT JACK WAS COMING, DID YOU, JACK. 224 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:09,478 THERE'S ALWAYS ONE MORE JACK THAN YOU THINK, JACK. 225 00:12:09,562 --> 00:12:10,479 JACK. 226 00:12:10,563 --> 00:12:14,859 ( LAUGHTER ) THEN, SENATOR ABEY KLOBUCHAR 227 00:12:14,942 --> 00:12:16,485 LIGHTENED THINGS UP A BIT. 228 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:19,113 >> THIS IS THE FIRST INAUGURATION IN THE HISTORY OF 229 00:12:19,196 --> 00:12:25,161 AMERICA WHERE J-LO WAS THE WARM-UP ACT FOR CHIEF JUSTICE 230 00:12:25,244 --> 00:12:25,995 ROBERTS. 231 00:12:26,078 --> 00:12:27,204 >> Stephen: MAYBE, BUT NOT THE LAST. 232 00:12:27,288 --> 00:12:29,874 I'M HOPING FOR THE 2022 SUPER BOWL HALF TIME SHOW. 233 00:12:29,957 --> 00:12:34,503 THE INTERNET WENT ABSOLUTELY ABECAUSE FOR THIS PICTURE OF 234 00:12:34,587 --> 00:12:35,796 SENATOR BERNIE STANDERS. 235 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:40,176 THE VERMONT IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE, IN A PARKA AND GIANT WOOLEN 236 00:12:40,259 --> 00:12:41,343 MITTENS. 237 00:12:41,427 --> 00:12:43,179 BUT NOTICE THE ONE PART OF HIS BODY THAT IS NOT COVERED. 238 00:12:43,262 --> 00:12:44,638 BERNIE, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING! 239 00:12:44,722 --> 00:12:49,018 DON'T YOU KNOW THAT 99% OF YOUR BODY HEAT ESCAPES OUT OF THE TOP 240 00:12:49,101 --> 00:12:50,269 1%? 241 00:12:50,352 --> 00:12:52,646 THERE WERE A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTS DURING THE CEREMONY, BUT A REAL 242 00:12:52,730 --> 00:12:54,857 STANDOUT WAS INAUGURAL POET, 22-YEAR-OLD AMANDA GORMAN. 243 00:12:54,940 --> 00:13:00,154 >> IF WE'RE TO LIVE UP TO OUR OWN TIME, THEN VICTORY WON'T LIE 244 00:13:00,237 --> 00:13:03,866 IN THE BLADE BUT IN ALL THE BRIDGES WE'VE MADE. 245 00:13:03,949 --> 00:13:06,911 THAT IS THE PROMISE TO GLADE THE HILL WE CLIMB. 246 00:13:06,994 --> 00:13:09,163 >> Stephen: BEAUTIFUL, STIRRING WORDS. 247 00:13:09,246 --> 00:13:10,748 AND A NICE CHANGE FROM THE LAST ADMINISTRATION. 248 00:13:10,831 --> 00:13:17,421 THE CLOSEST THEY CAME TO POETRY WAS, "I, "HIKU. 249 00:13:17,505 --> 00:13:19,882 THE YOUNG POET LAUREATE SUMMED UP THE CHALLENGES FACING OUR 250 00:13:19,965 --> 00:13:20,883 COUNTRY. 251 00:13:20,966 --> 00:13:24,512 >> BEING AMERICAN IS MORE THAN A PRIDE WE INHERIT. 252 00:13:24,595 --> 00:13:28,891 IT'S THE PAST WE STEP INTO AND HOW WE REPAIR IT. 253 00:13:28,974 --> 00:13:32,686 >> Stephen: YES, HOW DO YOU REPAIR THE PAST? 254 00:13:32,770 --> 00:13:34,897 HAVE WE TRIED UNPLUGGING THE PAST AND PLUGGING IT BACK IN 255 00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:35,731 AGAIN? 256 00:13:35,814 --> 00:13:37,775 BECAUSE THAT WORKS ON EVERYTHING ELSE. 257 00:13:37,858 --> 00:13:41,862 BUT HOWEVER WE FIX THIS COUNTRY, IT'S NOT THE NEW 258 00:13:41,946 --> 00:13:42,696 ADMINISTRATION'S WORK ALONE. 259 00:13:42,780 --> 00:13:46,867 IT IS UP TO ALL OF US, AS IT ALWAYS IS. 260 00:13:46,951 --> 00:13:47,993 IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN. 261 00:13:48,077 --> 00:13:52,081 AND PRESIDENT BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, YOU HAVE OUR 262 00:13:52,164 --> 00:13:55,876 PRAYERS, OUR BEST WISHES, AND OUR EVERY CONFIDENCE. 263 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,546 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 264 00:13:58,629 --> 00:14:04,426 MY GUEST ARE JON LOVETT, JON FAVREAU, AND TONY VIETOR, FROM 265 00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:05,719 "POD SAVE AMERICA." 266 00:14:05,803 --> 00:14:06,720 BUT WHEN WE RETURN, THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST DAY AT WORK. 267 00:14:06,804 --> 00:14:08,597 STICK AROUND. 268 00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:08,931 ♪ ♪ ♪ 269 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:27,950 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 270 00:14:28,033 --> 00:14:32,246 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO A SPECIAL LIVE 271 00:14:32,329 --> 00:14:33,205 "LATE SHOW"." 272 00:14:33,289 --> 00:14:34,248 LET'S SAY HELLO TO OUR FRIEND, MR. JON BATISTE. 273 00:14:34,331 --> 00:14:38,127 HEY, JON, HOW ARE YOU? 274 00:14:38,210 --> 00:14:39,962 >> Jon: I'M VERY, VERY GOOD TODAY. 275 00:14:40,045 --> 00:14:40,838 >> Stephen: SO AM I. 276 00:14:40,921 --> 00:14:42,006 SO AM I. 277 00:14:42,089 --> 00:14:44,842 DID YOU GET-- DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO WATCH THE CEREMONIES 278 00:14:44,925 --> 00:14:45,342 TODAY? 279 00:14:45,426 --> 00:14:47,595 >> Jon: YES, I DID. 280 00:14:47,678 --> 00:14:50,598 I JUST FELT IT EVEN BEFORE I TURNED IT ON, THE COUNTENANCE OF 281 00:14:50,681 --> 00:14:51,807 THE NATION HAS BEEN LIFTED. 282 00:14:51,890 --> 00:14:56,103 AND I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER AND UNITING. 283 00:14:56,186 --> 00:14:56,937 AND WE'RE GOING FORWARD. 284 00:14:57,021 --> 00:14:58,480 >> Stephen: RIGHT. 285 00:14:58,564 --> 00:15:02,943 IT WAS A REAFFIRMATION OF THE BEAUT AND THE MAJESTY OF 286 00:15:03,027 --> 00:15:04,278 DEMOCRACY, AND THE PEOPLE'S WILL. 287 00:15:04,361 --> 00:15:06,864 ESPECIALLY IN THAT SPACE THAT HAD BEEN SO HEARTBREAKINGLY 288 00:15:06,947 --> 00:15:07,740 VIOLATED TWO WEEKS AGO. 289 00:15:07,823 --> 00:15:11,368 IT WAS JUST A LOVELY, CLEANSING MOMENT. 290 00:15:11,452 --> 00:15:12,745 >> Jon: YES, YES. 291 00:15:12,828 --> 00:15:16,999 IT FELT LIKE THE WAY THAT THINGS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR FOUR 292 00:15:17,082 --> 00:15:19,001 YEARS, AND WE FORGOT. 293 00:15:19,084 --> 00:15:20,669 AND THEN WE WERE REMINDED TODAY. 294 00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:25,341 WE TURNED ON THE TV, AND WE SEE IT IN ACTION. 295 00:15:25,424 --> 00:15:26,592 OKAY, NOW WE'RE BACK IN ORDER. 296 00:15:26,675 --> 00:15:30,054 >> Stephen: EVERYONE WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE YOUNG POET LAUREATE, 297 00:15:30,137 --> 00:15:30,679 AMANDA GORMAN. 298 00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:32,139 I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW HER. 299 00:15:32,222 --> 00:15:33,849 YOU DID A PROJECT WITH HER. 300 00:15:33,932 --> 00:15:34,975 WHAT WAS THAT? 301 00:15:35,059 --> 00:15:37,019 >> Jon: WE DID A DUET AND TRIBUTE TO THE BUILDERS OF THE 302 00:15:37,102 --> 00:15:41,357 EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, WHO A LOT OF THEM ARE UNKNOWN, AND EVEN 303 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:43,025 DIED IN BUILDING THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. 304 00:15:43,108 --> 00:15:45,027 AND SHE WAS AMAZING WHEN WE DID THIS. 305 00:15:45,110 --> 00:15:49,323 IT WAS SO GREAT TO WORK WITH HER, AND TO SEE HER TODAY, I WAS 306 00:15:49,406 --> 00:15:49,907 SO PROUD. 307 00:15:49,990 --> 00:15:50,866 >> Stephen: SHE KILLED IT. 308 00:15:50,949 --> 00:15:51,909 YES, ABSOLUTELY. 309 00:15:51,992 --> 00:15:55,621 I'D LOVE TO HAVE HER ON AND DO SOMETHING WITH YOU. 310 00:15:55,704 --> 00:15:59,833 THAT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL IF THE TWO OF YOU COULD DO SOMETHING 311 00:15:59,917 --> 00:16:00,417 TOGETHER. 312 00:16:00,501 --> 00:16:01,418 >> Jon: OH, I'D LOVE THAT. 313 00:16:01,502 --> 00:16:02,670 I'LL TELL HER. 314 00:16:02,753 --> 00:16:05,589 SHE'S JUST AMAZING AND I LOVED THAT EVERYBODY GOT TO BE SEEING 315 00:16:05,673 --> 00:16:07,174 HISTORY BEING MADE IN SO MANY WAYS TODAY. 316 00:16:07,257 --> 00:16:10,219 >> Stephen: JON, DO YOU HAVE A LITTLE OCCASIONAL MUSH FOR THE 317 00:16:10,302 --> 00:16:11,303 MOMENT? 318 00:16:11,387 --> 00:16:17,476 >> Jon: OH, YEAH, I LIKE THE WAY GARTH DID HIS THING. 319 00:16:17,559 --> 00:16:25,859 ( "AMAZING GRACE ) >> Stephen: THANK YOU, JON. 320 00:16:25,943 --> 00:16:32,116 JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY. 321 00:16:32,199 --> 00:16:33,242 WELL, FOLKS, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS NOW OFFICIALLY IN CHARGE, AND 322 00:16:33,325 --> 00:16:36,620 THIS AFTERNOON, HE HIT THE GROUND PEN FIRST, SIGNING AN 323 00:16:36,704 --> 00:16:39,039 UNPRECEDENTED 17 EXECUTIVE ACTIONS TO DISMANTLE HIS 324 00:16:39,123 --> 00:16:40,124 PREDECESSOR'S LEGACY. 325 00:16:40,207 --> 00:16:41,583 LOOK THAT PHOTO! 326 00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:45,421 AT LAST, THE RESOLUTE DESK IS BEING USED FOR SOMETHING OTHER 327 00:16:45,504 --> 00:16:46,922 THAN A TV TRAY TO HAWK PINTO BEANS. 328 00:16:47,005 --> 00:16:50,884 PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED ORDERS TO HALT CONSTRUCTION ON THE BORDER 329 00:16:50,968 --> 00:16:53,554 WALL, END THE MUSLIM TRAVEL BAN, AND REVOKE APPROVAL OF THE 330 00:16:53,637 --> 00:17:02,479 KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE.█ç HE'S REVERSING EVERYTHING FROM 331 00:17:02,563 --> 00:17:04,064 THE LAST FOUR YEARS, EVEN TAKING EVEN GETTING RID OF THE WARNING 332 00:17:04,148 --> 00:17:08,110 LABEL ON BLEACH THAT SAYS YUM-YUM. 333 00:17:08,193 --> 00:17:12,781 HE IS ALSO SENDING AWE POWERFUL MESSAGE TO THE INTERNATIONAL 334 00:17:12,865 --> 00:17:13,532 COMMUNITY. 335 00:17:13,615 --> 00:17:14,742 BABY, WE GOING THROUGH SOME STUFF. 336 00:17:14,825 --> 00:17:15,951 PLEASE TAKE US BACK. 337 00:17:16,034 --> 00:17:19,621 THE UNITED STATES UPON REJOIN THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD AND█ç T 338 00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:20,873 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 339 00:17:20,956 --> 00:17:24,501 THE THREE THINGS HIS PREDECESSOR HATED MOST: THE WORLD, HEALTH, 340 00:17:24,585 --> 00:17:25,169 AND ORGANIZATION. 341 00:17:25,252 --> 00:17:27,504 HE'S NOT STOPPING AT DAY ONE. 342 00:17:27,588 --> 00:17:30,799 WITH THIS SPIRIT WEEK AT THE WHITE HOUSE, WE'VE GOT THEMES, 343 00:17:30,883 --> 00:17:33,469 BABY. 344 00:17:33,552 --> 00:17:34,011 THURSDAY'S THE PANDEMIC. 345 00:17:34,094 --> 00:17:36,138 FRIDAY'S THE ECONOMY. 346 00:17:36,221 --> 00:17:40,976 AND NEXT WEEK, HE'S DOING CLIMATE ON WEDNESDAY, HEALTH 347 00:17:41,059 --> 00:17:43,270 CARE ON THURSDAY, AND SATURDAY NIGHT, THE PROM THEME IS GOING 348 00:17:43,353 --> 00:17:46,648 TO BE "COMPETENCE UNDER THE SEA." 349 00:17:46,732 --> 00:17:48,817 ( LAUGHTER ) ONE ORDER THAT COULD HAVE A 350 00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:53,280 MAJOR IMPACT IS THE ONE BIDEN CALLS "THE 100 DAYS MASKING 351 00:17:53,363 --> 00:17:55,991 CHALLENGE," IN WHICH THE PRESIDENT IS ASKING AMERICANS TO 352 00:17:56,074 --> 00:17:59,161 WEAR MASKS FOR 100 DAYS, WHICH I SUPPORT, BUT IT'S A LITTLE ODD 353 00:17:59,244 --> 00:18:03,665 TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT ASKS US TO DO SOMETHING. 354 00:18:03,749 --> 00:18:06,126 LINCOLN DIDN'T SIGN THE EMANCIPATION SUGGESTION. 355 00:18:06,210 --> 00:18:10,464 WHILE HE WAS AT THE RESOLUTE DESK, BIDEN FOUND A SURPRISE 356 00:18:10,547 --> 00:18:12,466 FROM HIS PREDECESSOR. 357 00:18:12,549 --> 00:18:16,011 >> THE PRESIDENT WROTE A VERY GENEROUS LETTER. 358 00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:19,181 BECAUSE IT WAS PRIVATE, I WILL NOT TALK ABOUT IT UNTIL I TALK 359 00:18:19,264 --> 00:18:19,848 TO HIM. 360 00:18:19,932 --> 00:18:21,183 BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS GENEROUS. 361 00:18:21,266 --> 00:18:25,229 >> Stephen: WE HERE AT THE "LATE SHOW" HAVE ACQUIRED A COPY 362 00:18:25,312 --> 00:18:26,271 OF THE LETTER. 363 00:18:26,355 --> 00:18:30,692 "DEAR JOE, I'LL GIVE YOU $10 MILLION FOR A PARDON. 364 00:18:30,776 --> 00:18:35,364 ALSO, CAN I BORROW $10 MILLION?" BIDEN CHANGED SOME OF THE DECOR, 365 00:18:35,447 --> 00:18:37,199 SWAPPING THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT'S PORTRAIT OF ANDREW 366 00:18:37,282 --> 00:18:41,161 JACKSON TO ONE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 367 00:18:41,245 --> 00:18:44,331 THAT'S NICE, REPLACING A NOTORIOUSLY RACIST PRESIDENT 368 00:18:44,414 --> 00:18:46,166 WITH A CELEBRATING FOUNDING FATHER. 369 00:18:46,250 --> 00:18:52,047 PLUS TRADING A JACKSON FOR A BENJAMIN, YOU CLEAR ABOUT 80 370 00:18:52,130 --> 00:18:53,298 BUCKS. 371 00:18:53,382 --> 00:18:55,384 PRESIDENT BIDEN WASN'T THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE A BUSY FIRST DAY. 372 00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:56,593 AS VICE PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS IS PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND 373 00:18:56,677 --> 00:19:01,390 TODAY SHE PRESIDED OVER THE CHAMBER, SWEARING IN NEW 374 00:19:01,473 --> 00:19:02,891 SENATORS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. 375 00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:07,896 >> THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE SENATE TWO CERTIFICATES, FOR THE 376 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:09,815 STATE OF GEORGIA, AND THE CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT TO 377 00:19:09,898 --> 00:19:14,570 FILL THE VACANCY CREATED BY THE RESIGNATION OF FORMER SENATOR 378 00:19:14,653 --> 00:19:16,613 KAMALA D. HARRIS OF CALIFORNIA. 379 00:19:16,697 --> 00:19:26,206 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 380 00:19:26,290 --> 00:19:28,584 YEAH, THAT WAS VERY WEIRD. 381 00:19:28,667 --> 00:19:32,254 >> Stephen: IT FEELS LIKE REALITY JUST SUNK IN WHEN SHE 382 00:19:32,337 --> 00:19:33,797 WAS READING THAT. 383 00:19:33,881 --> 00:19:34,965 "OH, THERE'S A VACANCY? 384 00:19:35,048 --> 00:19:35,591 I WONDER WHO LEFT? 385 00:19:35,674 --> 00:19:37,301 KAMALA HARRIS OF CALIFORNIA? 386 00:19:37,384 --> 00:19:39,720 I'M THAT PERSON. 387 00:19:39,803 --> 00:19:43,265 WELL, SOMEBODY SHOULD REALLY TELL THE VICE PRESIDENT. 388 00:19:43,348 --> 00:19:47,144 WHAT! 389 00:19:47,227 --> 00:19:53,150 LAUGH" BIDEN'S FIRST DAY CULMIN ANTI-ED IN A STAR-STUDDED 390 00:19:53,233 --> 00:19:54,318 TELEVISION EVENT, CELEBRATING AMERICA, FEATURING JON BON VOFY, 391 00:19:54,401 --> 00:20:05,829 DEMI LOVATO AND FOOOFIGHTERS. 392 00:20:05,913 --> 00:20:08,290 >> THERE IS ONLY ONE THUNG I CAN SAY ABOUT THE WAR IN VIETNAM. 393 00:20:08,373 --> 00:20:09,416 >> Stephen: SORRY, SORRY. 394 00:20:09,499 --> 00:20:13,503 THAT'S THE MEMORIAL. 395 00:20:13,587 --> 00:20:14,630 WRONG HANKS. 396 00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:15,797 JIM? 397 00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:18,550 THERE'S HANKS IN HIS MOST CHALLENGING ROLE YET AS A HIT 398 00:20:18,634 --> 00:20:20,302 MAN ABOUT TO STRANGLE THE STATUE OF LINCOLN. 399 00:20:20,385 --> 00:20:24,640 THE NIGHT HAD EVERYTHING-- SPEECHES FROM THE NEW PRESIDENT, 400 00:20:24,723 --> 00:20:27,476 THE NEW VICE PRESIDENT, THE OLD PRESIDENTS. 401 00:20:27,559 --> 00:20:30,312 AND TO CLOSE OUT THE EVENING IN A STUNNING DISPLAY OF PATRIOTISM 402 00:20:30,395 --> 00:20:38,320 AND LITERALISM, THEY SHOT FIREWORKS AS KATY PERRY SANG 403 00:20:38,403 --> 00:20:40,864 "FIRE WORK." 404 00:20:40,948 --> 00:20:44,493 I'M GLAD THEY DIDN'T GO WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAN-- HAVING HER SING 405 00:20:44,576 --> 00:20:46,328 "ROAR" AS THEY RELEASED A PACK OF LIONS. 406 00:20:46,411 --> 00:20:52,501 DURING THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY, SO LARGE I BELIEVE IT VIOLATED THE 407 00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:56,088 PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD, I FELT HOPEFUL THINGS WILL GET BETTER. 408 00:20:56,171 --> 00:20:58,006 YES, THERE IS STILL A PANDEMIC AND RACISM. 409 00:20:58,090 --> 00:21:01,343 AND I BET DOLLARS TO DONUTS ARE THERE ARE ACTUALLY SEDITIONISTS 410 00:21:01,426 --> 00:21:04,972 IN CONGRESS, BUT TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 411 00:21:05,055 --> 00:21:10,269 STOOD ON THE BALCONY OF THE WHITE HOUSE AND WORE A MASK. 412 00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:11,436 BABY STEPS. 413 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:16,400 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE COHOSTS OF "POD SAVE AMERICA." 414 00:21:27,995 --> 00:21:32,874 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 415 00:21:32,958 --> 00:21:35,043 >> Stephen: HEY, WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. 416 00:21:35,127 --> 00:21:38,213 MY GUESTS TONIGHT ARE THE FOUNDERS OF "CROOKED MEDIA" AND 417 00:21:38,296 --> 00:21:39,464 CO-HOSTS OF "POD SAVE AMERICA." 418 00:21:39,548 --> 00:21:44,219 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," JON FAVREAU, JON LOVETT, 419 00:21:44,302 --> 00:21:46,388 AND TOMMY VIETOR! 420 00:21:46,471 --> 00:21:46,930 FELLAS! 421 00:21:47,014 --> 00:21:48,390 GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN! 422 00:21:48,473 --> 00:21:50,267 >> YOU, TOO. 423 00:21:50,350 --> 00:21:53,228 >> YEAH, IT'S A GOOD DAY. 424 00:21:53,311 --> 00:21:55,564 >> Stephen: IT IS, WELL, "POD SAVE AMERICA," IS AMERICA SAVED? 425 00:21:55,647 --> 00:21:56,273 HOW ARE YOU FEELING? 426 00:21:56,356 --> 00:22:01,403 >> I THINK AMERICA IS RELIEVED. 427 00:22:01,486 --> 00:22:04,698 BEATING... TOOK A LITTLE LONGER THAN WE HOPED. 428 00:22:04,781 --> 00:22:05,866 DONALD TRUMP IS GONE. 429 00:22:05,949 --> 00:22:09,286 JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS ARE RUNNING THE SHOW. 430 00:22:09,369 --> 00:22:11,371 MITCH McCONNELL IS NO LONGER THE HEAD OF THE SENATE. 431 00:22:11,455 --> 00:22:17,169 IT'S A PRETTY GOOD DAY. 432 00:22:17,252 --> 00:22:18,420 >> Stephen: IT TRICKLED IN. 433 00:22:18,503 --> 00:22:27,095 >> I FEEL LIKE AMERICA SURVIVED A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE, AND WE 434 00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:30,307 HAVE, LIKE, GIVEN OURSELVES MAYBE ONE MORE CHANCE. 435 00:22:30,390 --> 00:22:33,977 HOPEFULLY MORE, BUT MAYBE ONE MORE CHANCE. 436 00:22:34,061 --> 00:22:37,481 AND IT IS ACTUALLY-- IT'S-- IT'S INSPIRING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I 437 00:22:37,564 --> 00:22:40,484 WAS WORRIED WHEN TRUMP WON. 438 00:22:40,567 --> 00:22:43,445 MY BIGGEST FEAR WAS THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE SO CYNICAL AND SO DOWN 439 00:22:43,528 --> 00:22:45,781 THA THEY WOULDN'T WANT TOPARTICIPAT 440 00:22:45,864 --> 00:22:47,574 AWAY FROM POLITICS, THAT THEY WOULDN'T GET INVOLVED. 441 00:22:47,657 --> 00:22:51,244 AND THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE DID IS THE REASON THAT WE'RE 442 00:22:51,328 --> 00:22:54,164 HERE TODAY, IS THE REASON THAT JOE BIDEN IS PRESIDENT RIGHT 443 00:22:54,247 --> 00:22:55,123 NOW. 444 00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:57,584 >> Stephen: WELL, JON, AS OBAMA'S FORMER HEAD 445 00:22:57,667 --> 00:23:01,046 SPEECHWRITER, YOU'RE AN EXPERT AT INAUGURAL ADDRESSES. 446 00:23:01,129 --> 00:23:02,214 WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU TODAY? 447 00:23:02,297 --> 00:23:08,804 >> A LOT OF INAUGURALS ARE PRESIDENTS LIKE TRYING TO DO AN█ 448 00:23:08,887 --> 00:23:12,641 IMPRESSION OF J.F.K.'S ADDRESS, SO THEY END UP BEING, LIKE, A 449 00:23:12,724 --> 00:23:15,477 LOT OF FLOWERY RHETORIC, AND THEY DON'T ACTUALLY SAY MUCH. 450 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:19,022 I LOVE JOE BIDEN'S BECAUSE I THINK HE MADE A REAL ARGUMENT 451 00:23:19,106 --> 00:23:20,273 ABOUT UNITY. 452 00:23:20,357 --> 00:23:22,609 AND, YOU KNOW, HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DIFFICULT 453 00:23:22,692 --> 00:23:25,821 TO OVERCOME RACISM AND DIVISION AND NATIVISM. 454 00:23:25,904 --> 00:23:29,491 BUT HE SAID AT EVERY BIG MOMENT, ENOUGH OF US-- AND HE REPEATED 455 00:23:29,574 --> 00:23:32,452 "ENOUGH OF US--" CAME TOGETHER TO CARRY ALL OF US FORWARD. 456 00:23:32,536 --> 00:23:36,123 AND THEN HE OFFERED A REALLY MOVING LESSON FROM HIS OWN 457 00:23:36,206 --> 00:23:36,957 EXPERIENCE, I THOUGHT. 458 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,292 HE SAID, "HERE'S THE THING ABOUT LIFE. 459 00:23:39,376 --> 00:23:40,502 THERE'S NO ACCOUNTING FOR WHAT FATE WILL DEAL YOU. 460 00:23:40,585 --> 00:23:44,005 THERE ARE SOME DAYS WHEN WE NEED A HAND. 461 00:23:44,089 --> 00:23:46,007 THERE ARE OTHERS WE'RE CALLED TO LEND A HAND. 462 00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:48,510 THAT IS HOW WE MUST BE WITH ONE ANOTHER." 463 00:23:48,593 --> 00:23:51,513 AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST A REALLY BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT FROM 464 00:23:51,596 --> 00:23:52,681 HIM. 465 00:23:52,764 --> 00:23:55,392 >> Stephen: UNITY, OF COURSE, HAS BEEN A THEME LEADING UP TO 466 00:23:55,475 --> 00:23:58,603 THE INAUGURATION, AND IT WAS ALL THROUGH THE DAY. 467 00:23:58,687 --> 00:24:00,689 LOVETT, WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THOSE CALLS FOR UNITY? 468 00:24:00,772 --> 00:24:02,816 DO YOU THINK WE HAVE A CHANCE? 469 00:24:02,899 --> 00:24:06,403 HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE DIVISIVENESS IN THE COUNTRY, BUT DO YOU THINK 470 00:24:06,486 --> 00:24:11,449 WE HAVE A CHANCE TO BOUNCE BACK FROM THAT NADER THAT WE SAW ON 471 00:24:11,533 --> 00:24:14,202 THE CAPITOL STEPS TWO WEEKS AGO? 472 00:24:14,286 --> 00:24:18,039 >> I THOUGHT WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THE INAUGURAL IS IT WASN'T-- IT 473 00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:19,541 WAS HOPEFUL WITHOUT BEING NAIVE. 474 00:24:19,624 --> 00:24:23,170 AND IT TALKED ABOUT UNITY IN A WAY THAT I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD 475 00:24:23,253 --> 00:24:26,214 JOE BIDEN TALK ABOUT IT IN THE PAST, WHICH IS THAT IT WASN'T-- 476 00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:28,717 HE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT AS SOMETHING YOU BEG FOR. 477 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,677 HE TALKED ABOUT IT AS SOMETHING YO FIGHT FOR. 478 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:35,557 IF WE WANT TO HAVE SHARED FACTS, IF WE WANT SOTEE SHARED 479 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,642 HUMANITY, IF WE WANT A NICE THING, PEOPLE DON'T TRY TO BURN 480 00:24:37,726 --> 00:24:41,688 THE CAPITOL DOWN WHEN THEY LOSE AN ELECTION, THEN WE DON'T JUST, 481 00:24:41,771 --> 00:24:44,900 LIKE, BEG OUR OPPONENTS TO BE NICE. 482 00:24:44,983 --> 00:24:49,362 WE POINT OUT THE FORCES AND MAKE PEOPLE PAY A POLITICAL PRICE FOR 483 00:24:49,446 --> 00:24:53,408 EMBOLDENING THE FORCES OF PROPAGANDA, RACISM, BIGOTRY AND 484 00:24:53,491 --> 00:24:54,534 LIES WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR FOUR YEARS. 485 00:24:54,618 --> 00:24:56,745 AND HE WAS VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. 486 00:24:56,828 --> 00:25:00,040 AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF SOMETHING COMES OUT 487 00:25:00,123 --> 00:25:02,584 OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS, FOUR YEARS OF SOMEBODY LYING TO US, 488 00:25:02,667 --> 00:25:08,298 IT CAN BE THAT WE ARE FINALLY, COMPLETELY HONEST ABOUT HOW 489 00:25:08,381 --> 00:25:11,760 BROKEN THINGS HAVE GOTTEN, HOW DANGEROUS SOME OF THESE FORCES 490 00:25:11,843 --> 00:25:13,261 ARE, AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO FIX IT. 491 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:17,224 AND THAT, TO ME, WAS VERY HOPEFUL AND EXCITING. 492 00:25:17,307 --> 00:25:19,809 THAT WAS WHEN I FELT THE EMOTION OF THE DAY THE MOST, I THINK. 493 00:25:19,893 --> 00:25:22,646 >> Stephen: TO ME, IT SEEMED LIKE THE ARGUMENT, ON A CERTAIN 494 00:25:22,729 --> 00:25:27,442 LEVEL WAS, LET'S FIND UNITY, IF ONLY ON A UNITY THAT FACTS 495 00:25:27,525 --> 00:25:30,737 MATTER, A UNITY THAT HUMAN BEINGS ARE AFFORDED DIGNITY. 496 00:25:30,820 --> 00:25:35,784 A UNITY THAT OUR INSTITUTIONS THAT SUSTAIN OUR DEMOCRACY ARE 497 00:25:35,867 --> 00:25:37,619 WORTH FIGHTING FOR. 498 00:25:37,702 --> 00:25:44,626 ANOTHER THING THAT BIDEN HAS A UNIQUE ABILITY TO ADDRESS IS 499 00:25:44,709 --> 00:25:47,128 LOSS AND GRIEF. 500 00:25:47,212 --> 00:25:50,590 AND, TOMMY, HOW-- WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT-- 501 00:25:50,674 --> 00:25:56,513 FOR INSTANCE, THAT LAST NIGHT HE WENT TO THE REFLECTING POOL AND 502 00:25:56,596 --> 00:26:02,936 TOOK THAT MOMENT OF SILENCE AND REMINDED US THE NECESSITY FOR 503 00:26:03,019 --> 00:26:04,062 THAT RECOGNITION? 504 00:26:04,145 --> 00:26:06,898 >> YEAH, LOOK, EVERYONE THAT IS-- THAT HAS WORKED FOR JOE 505 00:26:06,982 --> 00:26:10,694 BIDEN OR WORKED AROUND HIM HAS A STORY ABOUT A TIME WHEN HE 506 00:26:10,777 --> 00:26:15,198 REACHED OUT TO YOU WHEN YOU WERE STRUGGLING OR, LIKE, YOU SAW HIM 507 00:26:15,282 --> 00:26:19,869 GIVE HIS CELL PHONE OUT TO A STRANGER HE MET AT AN EVENT WHO 508 00:26:19,953 --> 00:26:22,122 EXPERIENCED LOSS AND HE ACTUALLY STAYED IN TOUCH WITH THEM. 509 00:26:22,205 --> 00:26:25,083 IT'S THE CORE OF WHO HE IS IS. 510 00:26:25,166 --> 00:26:28,211 THE MAN EXPERIENCED THIS UNIMAGINABLE LOSS AND TRAGEDY IN 511 00:26:28,295 --> 00:26:33,967 HIS LIFE AND HE CAME AWAY WITH IT WITH THIS BOTTOMLESS WELL OF 512 00:26:34,050 --> 00:26:35,176 EMPATHY FOR OTHERS. 513 00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:38,179 WHAT I THINK THAT MEANS FOR US AS PRESIDENT NOW IS HE IS GOING 514 00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:41,683 TO VIEW COVID AS A HUMAN PROBLEM AND NOT A POLITICAL PROBLEM. 515 00:26:41,766 --> 00:26:42,892 TRUMP GAVE UP ON MANAGING COVID. 516 00:26:42,976 --> 00:26:45,228 HE DIDN'T WANT NATIONAL TESTING BECAUSE HE THOUGHT MORE CASES 517 00:26:45,312 --> 00:26:46,354 MADE HIM LOOK BAD. 518 00:26:46,438 --> 00:26:47,689 HE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE STATES MONEY TO DISTRIBUTE THE 519 00:26:47,772 --> 00:26:50,734 VACCINES, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS 520 00:26:50,817 --> 00:26:51,818 LOOK GOOD. 521 00:26:51,901 --> 00:26:54,988 IT'S TRULY SHOCKING THAT WE HAVE HAD 400,000 DEATHS. 522 00:26:55,071 --> 00:26:56,656 THERE HAS BEEN NO MEMORIAL SERVICE UNTIL TODAY. 523 00:26:56,740 --> 00:26:59,159 BUT WHAT I THINK BIDEN SAID THROUGH THE EVENT AND THE COVID 524 00:26:59,242 --> 00:27:02,037 PLANT HE ANNOUNCEDDED IS, "I WILL GRIEVE WITH YOU. 525 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:04,497 I WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND I WILL OWN IT, 526 00:27:04,581 --> 00:27:07,375 BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER." 527 00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:10,712 THAT IS A VERY DIFFERENT VISION OF LEADERSHIP. 528 00:27:10,795 --> 00:27:14,591 >> Stephen: YOU GUYS WORKED ON CAMPAIGNS. 529 00:27:14,674 --> 00:27:19,387 DO YOU THINK IF THE LAST PRESIDENT HAD JUST TAKEN ONE 530 00:27:19,471 --> 00:27:22,766 MOMENT TO ADDRESS THE GRIEF OF THE NATION, OR TO ACKNOWLEDGE 531 00:27:22,849 --> 00:27:26,269 THE LOSS, HE MIGHT STILL BE PRESIDENT TODAY? 532 00:27:26,353 --> 00:27:27,062 >> YES. 533 00:27:27,145 --> 00:27:28,772 I MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY. 534 00:27:28,855 --> 00:27:31,024 ( LAUGHS ) BECAUSE I THINK HE SHOULDN'T BE 535 00:27:31,107 --> 00:27:33,151 PRESIDENT FOR A NUMBER OF OTHER REASONS. 536 00:27:33,234 --> 00:27:34,319 >> Stephen: SURE. 537 00:27:34,402 --> 00:27:38,031 >> BUT I THINK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, THERE WAS 538 00:27:38,114 --> 00:27:41,868 ABSOLUTELY A MOMENT WHERE THE COUNTRY WAS YEARNING FOR ALEADER 539 00:27:41,951 --> 00:27:45,455 NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THAT PERSON, EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T VOTE 540 00:27:45,538 --> 00:27:46,623 FOR THAT PERSON. 541 00:27:46,706 --> 00:27:50,710 AND HE COULDN'T SHOW EVEN A MODICUM OF EMPATHY FOR OTHERS, 542 00:27:50,794 --> 00:27:55,423 BECAUSE HE IS A NARCISSIST, OBSESSED WITH HIMSELF. 543 00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:58,426 AND THAT WAS BASICALLY THE DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC OF THE 544 00:27:58,510 --> 00:28:00,428 ENTIRE PRESIDENCY, WAS SELFISHNESS. 545 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:05,767 >> Stephen: LET'S GET TO AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT, GAGA, J-LO,█ç 546 00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:06,768 GARTH BROOKS. 547 00:28:06,851 --> 00:28:09,729 LOVETT, DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE PERFORMANCE TODAY? 548 00:28:09,813 --> 00:28:10,939 WHAT LEFT OUT? 549 00:28:11,022 --> 00:28:15,443 >> OBVIOUSLY, AS A GAY AMERICAN, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT I CHOOSE 550 00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:16,111 GAGA. 551 00:28:16,194 --> 00:28:16,778 ( LAUGHTER ) I MIGHT -- 552 00:28:16,861 --> 00:28:18,613 >> Stephen: SURE, LEGALLY. 553 00:28:18,696 --> 00:28:21,116 >> LEGAL ME SPEAKING. 554 00:28:21,199 --> 00:28:23,076 AMAAMANDA GORMAN'S POEM WAS, OBVIOUSLY, BEAUTIFUL. 555 00:28:23,159 --> 00:28:31,000 BUT I WOULD-- I WOULD SAY THAT TED CRUZ PRETENDING HE DIDN'T 556 00:28:31,084 --> 00:28:34,963 SUBORN A CUE TWO WEEKS AGO WAS EXTRAORDINARY. 557 00:28:35,046 --> 00:28:35,672 >> Stephen: OSCARS. 558 00:28:35,755 --> 00:28:36,881 OSCARS. 559 00:28:36,965 --> 00:28:40,760 >> KEVIN McCARTHY, LIKE GEORGE CASTANZA WANDERING AROUND LIKE 560 00:28:40,844 --> 00:28:42,971 HE DIDN'T JUST DECLARE WAR ON THE WHOLE PLACE. 561 00:28:43,054 --> 00:28:45,807 HE VOTED AGAINST DEMOCRACY TWO WEEKS AGO! 562 00:28:45,890 --> 00:28:49,519 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? 563 00:28:49,602 --> 00:28:51,062 ( LAUGHTER ) WE WERE THERE. 564 00:28:51,146 --> 00:28:51,938 WE ALL SAW IT HAPPEN. 565 00:28:52,021 --> 00:28:53,273 IT WAS ON TELEVISION. 566 00:28:53,356 --> 00:28:54,274 >> Stephen: YES. 567 00:28:54,357 --> 00:28:59,487 BUT YOU NOTICE-- >> HE CAME BACK IN AFTER THE CUE 568 00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:00,572 ATTEMPT. 569 00:29:00,655 --> 00:29:01,614 >> Stephen: THE TELEVISION CAMERAS, THERE'S RIGHT AND 570 00:29:01,698 --> 00:29:03,491 THERE'S WRONG-- THE CAMERA CUTS TO TED CRUZ. 571 00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:05,827 OR WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN VISITED BY 572 00:29:05,910 --> 00:29:08,329 EVIL, IT CUTS TO KEVIN McCARTHY. 573 00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:11,833 IT WAS INCREDIBLE, WHOEVER WAS PRODUCING IT, KNEW WHERE PEOPLE 574 00:29:11,916 --> 00:29:13,001 WERE SITTING. 575 00:29:13,084 --> 00:29:15,003 >> REMEMBER HOW YOU VOTED AGAINST DEMOCRACY, AND THEN YOU 576 00:29:15,086 --> 00:29:16,212 HAD TO LEAVE YOUR OFFICE? 577 00:29:16,296 --> 00:29:23,011 AND THEN WHEN YOU CAME BACK A BUNCH OF STRANGERS HAD PEED IN 578 00:29:23,094 --> 00:29:23,553 VARIOUS STRANGE PLACES? 579 00:29:23,636 --> 00:29:25,263 >> Stephen: WE'RE LIVE. 580 00:29:25,346 --> 00:29:26,014 WE'RE LIVE. 581 00:29:26,097 --> 00:29:26,681 STOP THERE. 582 00:29:26,764 --> 00:29:27,098 TOP IS THERE. 583 00:29:27,182 --> 00:29:28,099 WE WERE LIVE. 584 00:29:28,183 --> 00:29:29,684 YOU GUYS ALL WORKED FOR OBAMA. 585 00:29:29,767 --> 00:29:34,856 WHAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOUR OLD BOSS AND THE NEW 586 00:29:34,939 --> 00:29:36,024 PRESIDENT? 587 00:29:36,107 --> 00:29:37,859 THAT CLUTCH AT THE END, YOU KNOW, THE FIST BUMP, AND THE 588 00:29:37,942 --> 00:29:39,068 CLUTCH AT THE END. 589 00:29:39,152 --> 00:29:41,863 WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS TO OBAMA TO SEE HIS OLD FRIEND UP 590 00:29:41,946 --> 00:29:43,031 THERE? 591 00:29:43,114 --> 00:29:45,700 AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS TO THE NEW PRESIDENT TO HAVE 592 00:29:45,783 --> 00:29:46,910 BEEN THERE WITH HIM THAT WHOLE TIME? 593 00:29:46,993 --> 00:29:50,246 >> I THINK THEY'RE, LIKE, GENUINELY VERY CLOSE. 594 00:29:50,330 --> 00:29:54,501 I MEAN, THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME WHEN VICE PRESIDENT-- 595 00:29:54,584 --> 00:29:59,380 THEN-VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S SON, BEAU, HAD JUST PASSED AWAY, TO 596 00:29:59,464 --> 00:30:01,925 PAY FOR HIS HEALTH CARE, JOE BIDEN WAS THINKING ABOUT 597 00:30:02,008 --> 00:30:03,051 MORTGAGING HIS HOUSE. 598 00:30:03,134 --> 00:30:06,179 AND, LIKE, BARACK OBAMA BSICALLY SAID, "DON'T DO THAT. 599 00:30:06,262 --> 00:30:07,597 I WILL LOAN YOU THE MONEY." 600 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,099 THAT WAS THE CLOSENESS OF THAT RELATIONSHIP, RIGHT. 601 00:30:10,183 --> 00:30:12,060 THEY WENT THROUGH FIRE TOGETHER FOR EIGHT YEARS. 602 00:30:12,143 --> 00:30:15,730 JOE BIDEN KNOWS HE CAN CALL ON BARACK OBAMA FOR ANYTHING AT ANY 603 00:30:15,813 --> 00:30:16,940 TIME. 604 00:30:17,023 --> 00:30:18,775 I THINK IT'S-- IT'S LIKE-- IT'S HEARTWARMING TO SEE TWO HUMAN 605 00:30:18,858 --> 00:30:21,069 BEINGS LIKE THAT INTERACTING. 606 00:30:21,152 --> 00:30:25,907 >> Stephen: WELL, I-- IS HE-- DO YOU THINK HE'S GOING TO USE 607 00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:28,910 THE OLD PRESIDENT OBAMA-- THE OLD PRESIDENT-- PRESIDENT OBAMA 608 00:30:28,993 --> 00:30:30,078 AS A RESOURCE? 609 00:30:30,161 --> 00:30:34,624 IS THAT A-- I DON'T KNOW HOW COMMON THAT IS FOR ANY 610 00:30:34,707 --> 00:30:35,708 PRESIDENT. 611 00:30:35,792 --> 00:30:37,585 BUT DO YOU THINK THE RELATIONSHIP IS CLOSE ENOUGH HE 612 00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:38,795 MIGHT TURN TO HIM FOR ADVICE AT TIMES? 613 00:30:38,878 --> 00:30:40,171 >> OH, I THINK SO. 614 00:30:40,255 --> 00:30:41,589 BECAUSE I THINK THEY TALK ALL THE TIME. 615 00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:44,551 AND I KNOW THEY TALKED DURING THIS CAMPAIGN A LOT. 616 00:30:44,634 --> 00:30:46,928 AND I THINK BECAUSE THEY HAD SUCH A GOOD-- NOT JUST A GOOD 617 00:30:47,011 --> 00:30:51,099 WORKING RELATIONSHIP BUT SUCH A GOOD PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP THAT 618 00:30:51,182 --> 00:30:52,600 BIDEN WILL BE CALLING HIM A LOT. 619 00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:54,769 WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 620 00:30:54,852 --> 00:30:58,273 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK THE FELLAS ABOUT WHAT THE NEW 621 00:30:58,356 --> 00:30:59,232 ADMINISTRATION MEANS FOR THE COUNTRY GOING FORWARD. 622 00:30:59,315 --> 00:31:01,109 STICK AROUND. 623 00:31:01,192 --> 00:31:03,903 ♪ ♪ ♪ 624 00:31:11,202 --> 00:31:18,459 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. 625 00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:20,628 WELCOME BACK. 626 00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:22,630 WE'RE BACK WITH THE CO-HOSTS OF "POD SAVE AMERICA," JON LOVETT, 627 00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:25,133 TOMMY VIETOR, AND JON FAVREAU. 628 00:31:25,216 --> 00:31:28,469 TOMMY, LAST MONTH, I HAD A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW 629 00:31:28,553 --> 00:31:31,014 THEN-PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN, AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO 630 00:31:31,097 --> 00:31:33,850 SORT OF CHANGE THE TONE AND GET ANYTHING DONE IN WASHINGTON. 631 00:31:33,933 --> 00:31:38,146 AND HE SAID THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT'S IMPACT ON THE BODY 632 00:31:38,229 --> 00:31:39,355 POLITIC WILL FADE. 633 00:31:39,439 --> 00:31:44,152 REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO FEEL THEY HAVE MUCH MORE ROOM TO RUN 634 00:31:44,235 --> 00:31:44,527 AND COOPERATE. 635 00:31:44,611 --> 00:31:45,612 DO YOU AGREE? 636 00:31:45,695 --> 00:31:48,990 DO YOU THINK HIS INFLUENCE IS GOING TO FADE AND THE 637 00:31:49,073 --> 00:31:52,994 REPUBLICANS WILL BE WILLING TO WORK ON ANYTHING TOGETHER WITH 638 00:31:53,077 --> 00:31:54,996 THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION? 639 00:31:55,079 --> 00:31:56,998 >> I HOPE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS RIGHT. 640 00:31:57,081 --> 00:31:59,792 I'M WORRIED IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT. 641 00:31:59,876 --> 00:32:06,299 I THINK THAT TRUMP EMBOLDENED, LIKE, THIS RACIST, NATIONALIST, 642 00:32:06,382 --> 00:32:08,301 PARANOID FACTION OF THE COUNTRY, AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE 643 00:32:08,384 --> 00:32:11,054 REPUBLICAN PARTY JUST KIND OF SHRUGGED AT IT. 644 00:32:11,137 --> 00:32:12,347 AND I THINK TRUMP-- HE CONSTRUCTED HIS OWN REALITY. 645 00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:16,267 AND IF YOU DISAGREED WITH TRUMP, YOU WERE TREATED LIKE THE ENEMY. 646 00:32:16,351 --> 00:32:19,020 AND SO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BECAME THE CULT OF TRUMP. 647 00:32:19,103 --> 00:32:23,733 AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF COURAGE AND A LOT OF 648 00:32:23,816 --> 00:32:25,860 TRUTH-TELLING BY REPUBLICANS TO CHANGE THAT. 649 00:32:25,943 --> 00:32:29,572 AND SO FAR, WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM REPUBLICANS, LIKE TED CRUZ 650 00:32:29,656 --> 00:32:32,533 AND JOSH HAULY AND KEVIN McCARTHY, IS THAT THEY ARE 651 00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:33,576 SCARED OF CROSSING TRUMP. 652 00:32:33,660 --> 00:32:35,995 THEY'RE SCARED OF ANGERING THAT MAGA BASE. 653 00:32:36,079 --> 00:32:38,539 AND THEY'RE NOT ALL THAT INTO TRUTH-TELLING. 654 00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:41,376 I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THE FEVER BREAKING ANY TIME SOON. 655 00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:44,170 >> Stephen: BUT ISN'T ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH A CONSTRUCTED 656 00:32:44,253 --> 00:32:46,839 REALITY IS THAT IT'S A SOAP BUBBLE. 657 00:32:46,923 --> 00:32:49,550 IF YOU TEST IT, IT JUST POPS IMMEDIATELY. 658 00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:54,222 FOR INSTANCE, I MEAN, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE 659 00:32:54,305 --> 00:32:59,018 IN-- IN "Q," AND THE THEORIES OF QANON, BUT IT TURNS OUT THE 660 00:32:59,102 --> 00:33:01,354 MILITARY ISN'T SECRETLY GOING TO TURN ON ALL THE DEMOCRATS AND 661 00:33:01,437 --> 00:33:04,857 ARREST THEM AND DONALD TRUMP WILL ASCEND AS GOD KING ON A 662 00:33:04,941 --> 00:33:06,734 THRONE AND SAVE EVERYONE IN THE WORLD. 663 00:33:06,818 --> 00:33:09,529 THAT IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT IS BREAKING THE HEART OF PEOPLE 664 00:33:09,612 --> 00:33:11,072 OUT█ç THERE ONLINE TODAY. 665 00:33:11,155 --> 00:33:15,034 LIKE, ISN'T THERE SOME HOPE THAT IF YOU ARE CREATING SUCH A 666 00:33:15,118 --> 00:33:20,873 STRANGE AND EXTREME REALITY, THAT IT CAN'T SURVIVE ONCE THE 667 00:33:20,957 --> 00:33:24,127 SUPPOSED ALL-POWERFUL PERSON AT THE TOP IS GONE? 668 00:33:24,210 --> 00:33:25,378 >> I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT. 669 00:33:25,461 --> 00:33:30,591 I MEAN, LISTEN, I THINK THAT-- I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THOSE 670 00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:33,094 QANON ADHERNTS FINDING THE NEXT CONSPIRACY AND FOLLOWING THAT,█ç 671 00:33:33,177 --> 00:33:37,432 AND NOT NECESSARILY SNAPPING BACK TO REALITY LIKE WE HOPE. 672 00:33:37,515 --> 00:33:38,641 I HOPE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS RIGHT. 673 00:33:38,725 --> 00:33:41,436 I HOPE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF STUFF DONE, BUT I 674 00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:41,853 WORRY. 675 00:33:41,936 --> 00:33:42,979 I WORRY A LOT. 676 00:33:43,062 --> 00:33:46,441 >> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE, A COUPLE OF WHOM YOU 677 00:33:46,524 --> 00:33:47,608 JUST MENTIONED. 678 00:33:47,692 --> 00:33:54,782 WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK WILL HAPPEN WITH JOSH HAWL, "OR TED 679 00:33:54,866 --> 00:33:56,117 CRUZ, OR MO BROOKS, THE PEOPLE WHO SUBORNED THE SEDITION? 680 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,244 >> THEY'LL RUN FOR PRESIDENT. 681 00:33:58,327 --> 00:34:02,749 ( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S WHAT JOSH HAWLEY AND TED 682 00:34:02,832 --> 00:34:03,750 CRUZ WILL DO. 683 00:34:03,833 --> 00:34:08,504 >> Stephen: IS THERE ANY PRICE TO BE PAID THERE? 684 00:34:08,588 --> 00:34:11,257 >> THERE'S A PRICE TO BE PAID FOR REPUBLICANS WHO ARE EITHER 685 00:34:11,340 --> 00:34:15,928 IN STATES THAT ARE PURPLE OR BLUE OR REPUBLICAN HOUSE MEMBERS 686 00:34:16,012 --> 00:34:18,473 WHO ARE IN DISTRICTS THAT ARE COMPETITIVE. 687 00:34:18,556 --> 00:34:21,142 BUT UNTIL WE DON'T HAVE GERRYMANDERED DISTRICTS WHERE 688 00:34:21,225 --> 00:34:25,313 REPUBLICANS ARE MORE AFRAID OF A PRIMARY CHALLENGE FROM THE RIGHT 689 00:34:25,396 --> 00:34:27,148 THAN THEY ARE OF A GENERAL ELECTION OPPONENT WHO IS A 690 00:34:27,231 --> 00:34:31,319 DEMOCRAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THIS SAME PLACE. 691 00:34:31,402 --> 00:34:34,363 SO CAN JOE BIDEN PICK OFF A FEW REASONABLE REPUBLICANS ON A 692 00:34:34,447 --> 00:34:36,032 PIECE OF LEGISLATION HERE AND THERE? 693 00:34:36,115 --> 00:34:37,992 I SURE HOPE SO. 694 00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:40,995 BUT THE PARTY HAS BEEN RADICALIZED. 695 00:34:41,078 --> 00:34:43,206 THE BASE IS RADICALIZED. 696 00:34:43,289 --> 00:34:49,170 AND THREAF BEEN RADICALIZED NOT JUST BY TED CRUZ AND JOSH HAWLEY 697 00:34:49,253 --> 00:34:51,172 BUT FOX NEWS, AND RUSH LIMBAUGH. 698 00:34:51,255 --> 00:34:54,383 AND AS LONG AS THAT EXISTS IN RADICALIZING THIS BASE, WE'RE 699 00:34:54,467 --> 00:34:55,510 GOING TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. 700 00:34:55,593 --> 00:34:59,388 >> Stephen: WELL, YOU GUYS HAVE SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS 701 00:34:59,472 --> 00:35:03,226 DOING "POD SAVE AMERICA" AND BUILDING A POD EMPIRE THROUGH 702 00:35:03,309 --> 00:35:04,393 "CROOKED MEDIA." 703 00:35:04,477 --> 00:35:07,855 I'M SURE THERE WERE SOME LOW POINTS WHEN YOU THOUGHT MAYBE, 704 00:35:07,939 --> 00:35:12,568 YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO POD SAVE ANYTHING. 705 00:35:12,652 --> 00:35:18,908 BUT NOW THAT PART OF YOUR GOAL HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BY ENGAGING 706 00:35:18,991 --> 00:35:24,914 THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS TO GO OUT THERE AND CAST THEIR VOTES, 707 00:35:24,997 --> 00:35:28,417 WHAT'S NEXT NOW THAT THERE'S A DEMOCRAT BACK IN OFFICE? 708 00:35:28,501 --> 00:35:29,544 WHENCE GO THE POD SAVERS? 709 00:35:29,627 --> 00:35:34,924 >> LOOK, I THINK WE FELT INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO BE IN THE 710 00:35:35,007 --> 00:35:38,928 FIGHT WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD OVER THE 711 00:35:39,011 --> 00:35:40,179 LAST FOUR YEARS. 712 00:35:40,263 --> 00:35:43,391 FOR ME, WHEN-- WHEN THINGS WERE DARKEST, WHEN THINGS WERE VERY 713 00:35:43,474 --> 00:35:48,062 BAD, I WASN'T JUST HOPEFUL THAT THERE WOULD BE A LAST DAY TRUMP 714 00:35:48,145 --> 00:35:49,230 WAS PRESIDENT. 715 00:35:49,313 --> 00:35:51,232 I WAS HOPEFUL THERE WOULD BE A LAST DAY TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT, 716 00:35:51,315 --> 00:35:53,401 AND WE'D ALL STILL BE PAYING ATTENTION. 717 00:35:53,484 --> 00:35:56,070 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, IT WOULDN'T BE JUST ABOUT 718 00:35:56,153 --> 00:35:58,531 WHAT WE STOPPED BUT ACTUALLY ABOUT DOING SOME GOOD. 719 00:35:58,614 --> 00:35:59,740 AND NOW WE WON THE HOUSE. 720 00:35:59,824 --> 00:36:02,827 WE TOOK THE GAVEL FROM PAUL RYAN. 721 00:36:02,910 --> 00:36:04,370 WE BEAT MITCH McCONNELL, TOOK THE SENATE, WON THE WHITE HOUSE. 722 00:36:04,453 --> 00:36:08,457 NOW WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DO SOME GOOD IF WE KEEP PAYING ATTENTION 723 00:36:08,541 --> 00:36:10,084 AND WE KEEP FIGHTING. 724 00:36:10,167 --> 00:36:10,459 >> Stephen: THANKS, GUYS. 725 00:36:10,543 --> 00:36:10,877 >> THANK YOU. 726 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:12,378 >> THANK YOU. 727 00:36:12,461 --> 00:36:14,255 >> Stephen: NEW EPISODES OF "POD SAVE AMERICA" ARE RELEASED 728 00:36:14,338 --> 00:36:17,717 MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS. 729 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,719 JON FAVREAU, JON LOVETT, AND TOMMY VIETOR, EVERYBODY! 730 00:36:19,802 --> 00:36:20,761 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A SPECIL PERFORMANCE OF 731 00:36:20,845 --> 00:36:22,263 "TOGETHER." 732 00:36:40,364 --> 00:36:44,285 EVERYBODY, AND NOW PERFORMING "TOGETHER" PETER█ç COTTONTALE, 733 00:36:44,368 --> 00:36:52,418 CHANCE THE RAPPER, AND KOFI LOST. 734 00:36:52,501 --> 00:36:56,088 >> THE MOST HUMAN TRAIT IS TO WANT TO KNOW WHY. 735 00:36:56,172 --> 00:36:59,926 IT'S OUR FAVORITE QUESTION AS KIDS. 736 00:37:00,009 --> 00:37:02,303 WE ASK TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE AND WHY THINGS HAPPEN. 737 00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:06,432 WE ASK THE MOST WHEN WE DON'T KNOW, AND THAT MAKES SENSE. 738 00:37:06,515 --> 00:37:09,185 BUT IT'S NOT ALL TO GET AHEAD. 739 00:37:09,268 --> 00:37:13,272 IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO ON THIS SPINNING ROCK WE CALL HOME, AND 740 00:37:13,356 --> 00:37:16,192 WE LEARNED THAT NOT TOO LONG AGO. 741 00:37:16,275 --> 00:37:18,527 RATHER THAN TRYING TO CREATE MEMORIES TO TRY TO CONVINCE YOU, 742 00:37:18,611 --> 00:37:26,994 IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME... 743 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:28,496 ♪ LOOK ♪ STOP TA TAKE A LOOK AROUND 744 00:37:28,579 --> 00:37:30,998 CRIED, GOT UP OFF THE GROUND ♪ CLOCK RUNNIN' OUT OF TIME 745 00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:33,459 2020 BEEN A RIDE ♪ BECAUSE WE 746 00:37:33,542 --> 00:37:35,503 LOST MORE THAN WE ♪ HAD TO LOSE 747 00:37:35,586 --> 00:37:38,673 AND THEY TALK CHOICES ♪ WE WERE FORCED TO CHOOSE 748 00:37:38,756 --> 00:37:40,967 IN THE MORNIN' ♪ LEAVE ALL YOUR BAGGAGE 749 00:37:41,050 --> 00:37:45,638 THE ANSWER, YOU MAY NOT HAVE IT ♪ BUT TOGETHER IN LOVE 750 00:37:45,721 --> 00:37:51,310 WE CAN FIND IT ♪ AND IN HAND TELL THE STORM 751 00:37:51,394 --> 00:37:58,317 "GET BEHIND US!" ♪ TOGETHER 752 00:37:58,401 --> 00:38:01,237 WE GON' ♪ GET IT TOGETHER SOMEHOW 753 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:06,951 GET IT TOGETHER ♪ WE GON' GET IT TOGETHER 754 00:38:07,034 --> 00:38:10,246 SOMEHOW ♪ GET IT TOGETHER 755 00:38:10,329 --> 00:38:11,414 >> LEARN WITH THOSE WE MET ALONG THE WAY. 756 00:38:11,497 --> 00:38:15,042 RAISE EACH OTHER UP, LIFT EACH OTHER'S HEADS, STRETCH ARMS 757 00:38:15,126 --> 00:38:20,047 AROUND EACH OTHER AFTER A REAL LONG DAY. 758 00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:21,340 TRY TO BE OKAY. 759 00:38:21,424 --> 00:38:23,801 ♪ PUT YOUR HAND IN MY HAND AND LET'S WALK 760 00:38:23,884 --> 00:38:25,386 ♪ THE ♪ WE COULD GO A MILLION MILES 761 00:38:25,469 --> 00:38:29,056 TOGETHER, YEAH ♪ 'CUS NO ONE IS AN ISLAND 762 00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:34,186 BUT OPEN UP YOUR SHORES ♪ LIKE YOUR HEART 763 00:38:34,270 --> 00:38:38,899 HEART ♪ I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HURT SO LONG 764 00:38:38,983 --> 00:38:43,738 AND WE'VE BEEN FEELING ALONE ALONE 765 00:38:43,821 --> 00:38:49,744 ♪ WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER MAKE IT TOGETHER 766 00:38:49,827 --> 00:38:52,163 ♪ LET'S GET IT TOGETHER ♪ WE GON' TAKE IT BACK 767 00:38:52,246 --> 00:38:53,414 LIKE THE CLASSICS ♪ WE GON' TAKE IT BACK 768 00:38:53,497 --> 00:38:54,457 LIKE JURASSIC ♪ WE GON' TAKE IT BACK 769 00:38:54,540 --> 00:38:55,541 FROM THE MASTERS ♪ WE GON' TAKE IT BACK 770 00:38:55,624 --> 00:38:59,628 TO THE MASSES ♪ WE GON' TAKE THE 771 00:38:59,712 --> 00:39:00,588 MASK OFF THE MONSTER ♪ WE GON' TAKE THE 772 00:39:00,671 --> 00:39:02,548 SNACKS OUT THE TAXES ♪ WE GON' TAKE 773 00:39:02,631 --> 00:39:04,383 THE LEAD OUT THE TAP ♪ THE MAX OUT OF THE SENTENCE 774 00:39:04,467 --> 00:39:07,595 THE ISM OUT OF THE CAP ♪ REVOLUTIONARY TACTICAL 775 00:39:07,678 --> 00:39:08,596 MEN IN BLACK ♪ WHO REMEMBER THAT? 776 00:39:08,679 --> 00:39:10,222 HAD A FLASHBACK ♪ ORION ON THE BELT 777 00:39:10,306 --> 00:39:11,974 BUT I GOT ZION ON THE HAT ♪ I COULD SEND A ROCK FLYIN' 778 00:39:12,058 --> 00:39:14,101 PUT A GIANT ON HIS BACK ♪ I GOT THE POWER TO BE 779 00:39:14,185 --> 00:39:16,604 THE POWERS THAT BE ♪ SOMETIMES I SIT FOR HOURS 780 00:39:16,687 --> 00:39:17,897 THINKIN' 'BOUT HOW IT WOULD BE ♪ IF WE FIND PEACE 781 00:39:17,980 --> 00:39:19,607 MAYBE WE COULD FINISH THE PUZZLE ♪ WE COULD PUT OUR HEADS 782 00:39:19,690 --> 00:39:21,901 TOGETHER ♪ WE COULD FIT IN A HUDDLE 783 00:39:21,984 --> 00:39:24,278 LET'S GET IT TOGETHER ♪ LET'S GET IT TOGETHER 784 00:39:24,361 --> 00:39:25,279 LET'S GET IT TOGETHER ♪ TOGETHER 785 00:39:25,362 --> 00:39:26,155 >> SO WHY DO WE STILL HAVE STRENGTH TO CONTINUE? 786 00:39:26,238 --> 00:39:32,787 MANY PATHS THIS YEAR, BUT WE KEPT GOING. 787 00:39:32,870 --> 00:39:40,669 WE DO IT FOR THE MOST INQUISITIVE AMONG US. 788 00:39:40,753 --> 00:39:42,963 WE DO IT WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT. 789 00:39:43,047 --> 00:39:46,759 WE'VE GOT TO GET IT TOGETHER. 790 00:39:46,842 --> 00:39:51,305 ♪ GET IT TOGETHER SOMEHOW ♪ >> SO IF YOU'RE STILL WONDERING 791 00:39:51,388 --> 00:39:55,601 WHY, BECAUSE UNTIL WE GET TO EVERY ANSWER, WE'RE STILL 792 00:39:55,684 --> 00:39:57,812 SEARCHING. 793 00:39:57,895 --> 00:40:02,024 >> Stephen: "TOGETHER," EVERYBODY. 794 00:40:02,108 --> 00:40:04,902 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 795 00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:12,493 █ç>> Stephen: THAT'S IF FOR "A LATE SHOW." 796 00:40:12,576 --> 00:40:13,619 THANKS FOR JOINING US. 797 00:40:13,702 --> 00:40:18,374 I FOR ONE ENJOY OUR NEW ARRANGEMENT, WHICH IS REALITY. 798 00:40:18,457 --> 00:40:21,460 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONES, 799 00:40:21,544 --> 00:40:25,131 AND MY DEAR FRIEND DEREK DELGAUDIO, AND THE GREAT FRANK 800 00:40:25,214 --> 00:40:25,673 OZ. 801 00:40:25,756 --> 00:40:26,382 JAMES CORDON IS NEXT. 802 00:40:26,465 --> 00:40:29,635 GOOD NIGHT. 803 00:40:29,718 --> 00:40:32,471 Captioning sponsored by CBS Captioned by 804 00:40:34,098 --> 00:40:36,892 Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org