1 00:00:01,710 --> 00:00:02,961 >> MANY POPULAR SPRING BREAK LOCATIONS ARE VOWING TO 2 00:00:03,044 --> 00:00:05,088 IMPLEMENT STRICT GATHERING GUIDELINES AND MASK MANDATES TO 3 00:00:05,171 --> 00:00:07,215 PREVENT COVID OUTBREAKS. 4 00:00:07,298 --> 00:00:10,885 AND SINCE UNIVERSITIES ARE SHRINKING BREAK DATES, SENIORS 5 00:00:10,969 --> 00:00:12,971 ARE REPLACING COLLEGE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY HAD FIRST ACCESS TO 6 00:00:13,054 --> 00:00:17,100 THE VACCINE. 7 00:00:17,183 --> 00:00:20,770 >> LOOKING FOR THE HOTTEST BEACH ACTION THIS SPRING BREAK? 8 00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:23,815 CHECK OUT GRAMPS GONE WILD! 9 00:00:23,898 --> 00:00:25,984 THEY'VE BEEN SHUT IN FOR A YEAR, BUT NOW THEY'RE VACCINATED AND 10 00:00:26,067 --> 00:00:29,821 READY TO WALK WILD! 11 00:00:29,904 --> 00:00:36,286 FEATURING THE CRAZIEST PARTIES WITH SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS! 12 00:00:36,369 --> 00:00:39,581 AND PILLS, PILLS, PILLS! 13 00:00:39,664 --> 00:00:42,333 AND CRIBBAGE, CRIBBAGE, CRIBBAGE! 14 00:00:42,417 --> 00:00:46,171 AND PLENTY OF WEED TO MANAGE THEIR GLAUCOMA! 15 00:00:46,254 --> 00:00:51,426 IT'S ALL UNCENSORED AND UNDENTURED! 16 00:00:51,509 --> 00:00:54,012 WATCH THEM STROLL DOWN THE BEACH AND RIGHT BACK UP AGAIN BECAUSE 17 00:00:54,095 --> 00:00:57,307 DORIS LEFT HER SUN HAT IN THE ROOM, AND MORRIS MIGHT AS WELL 18 00:00:57,390 --> 00:00:59,309 GO ALONG FOR THE WALK! 19 00:00:59,392 --> 00:01:03,146 IT'S GRAMPS GONE WILD! 20 00:01:03,229 --> 00:01:06,274 ORDER TODAY AND WATCH GRAMPS PARTY TILL THE BREAK OF HIP! 21 00:01:06,357 --> 00:01:11,946 >> Announcer: IT'S "A LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT! 22 00:01:12,030 --> 00:01:13,156 TONIGHT, PICKING UP THE PACE. 23 00:01:13,239 --> 00:01:19,162 PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES REGINA KING AND MUSICAL GUEST VIC MENSA 24 00:01:19,245 --> 00:01:24,000 AND REPRESENTATIVE JAMAAL BOWMAN. 25 00:01:24,083 --> 00:01:27,212 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN." 26 00:01:27,295 --> 00:01:30,173 NOW LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER OFFICE BUILDING 27 00:01:30,256 --> 00:01:37,222 IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 28 00:01:37,305 --> 00:01:39,224 >> Stephen: HELLO. 29 00:01:39,307 --> 00:01:40,183 WELCOME, WELCOME. 30 00:01:40,266 --> 00:01:42,852 GATHER AROUND ONE AND ALL. 31 00:01:42,936 --> 00:01:46,189 I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 32 00:01:46,272 --> 00:01:46,773 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE ON THIS NIGHT SO FILLED WITH 33 00:01:46,856 --> 00:01:48,358 DRAMATIC BREAKING NEWS. 34 00:01:48,441 --> 00:01:53,321 ♪♪♪ LET'S GET TO THE NUMBER ONE 35 00:01:53,404 --> 00:01:56,658 STORY TRENDING IN AMERICA: MR. POTATO HEAD IS NO LONGER A 36 00:01:56,741 --> 00:02:00,703 MISTER. 37 00:02:00,787 --> 00:02:05,333 AGAIN -- AND I'M NATIONAL MONUMENT MAKING THIS UP, THE 38 00:02:05,416 --> 00:02:05,708 NUMBER ONE STORY TRENDING IN AMERICA. 39 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:07,043 ARE WE LIVE? 40 00:02:07,126 --> 00:02:09,712 WHY DIDN'T GO WE LIVE? 41 00:02:09,796 --> 00:02:12,340 WHY AREN'T WE LIVE?! 42 00:02:12,423 --> 00:02:13,383 MR. POTATO HEAD IS NO LONGER A MISTER! 43 00:02:13,466 --> 00:02:15,218 AND NOT, AS I ORIGINALLY ASSUMED, BECAUSE HE FINALLY 44 00:02:15,301 --> 00:02:16,886 FINISHED HIS PH.D... 45 00:02:16,970 --> 00:02:18,054 HIS POTATO HEAD DOCTORATE. 46 00:02:18,137 --> 00:02:21,266 NO, IT'S BECAUSE HASBRO IS GIVING THE SPUD A GENDER NEUTRAL 47 00:02:21,349 --> 00:02:27,939 NEW NAME: POTATO HEAD. 48 00:02:28,022 --> 00:02:29,440 BUT IF IT'S NOT ASSIGNED A GENDER, WHAT BATHROOM WILL IT 49 00:02:29,524 --> 00:02:33,319 USE?pNATURALLY WHEN THIS NEWS HI TWITTER, THE WORLD'S TOP IDIOTS 50 00:02:33,403 --> 00:02:34,946 WEIGHED IN. 51 00:02:35,029 --> 00:02:36,906 PIERS MORGAN TWEETED, "WHO WAS ACTUALLY OFFENDED BY MR. POTATO 52 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:40,869 HEAD BEING MALE? 53 00:02:40,952 --> 00:02:42,328 I WANT NAMES. 54 00:02:42,412 --> 00:02:44,247 THESE WOKE IMBECILES ARE DESTROYING THE WORLD." 55 00:02:44,330 --> 00:02:47,041 YES, THEY'RE DESTROYING THE WORLD! 56 00:02:47,125 --> 00:02:49,460 HOW WILL CHILDREN GROW UP WITHOUT A STRONG MALE POTATO 57 00:02:49,544 --> 00:02:52,088 ROLE MODEL? 58 00:02:52,171 --> 00:02:58,261 WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE TOTS? 59 00:02:58,344 --> 00:03:01,264 PIERS, I HAVE TO ASK, WHAT PART OF THIS IS INHERENTLY "MALE" TO 60 00:03:01,347 --> 00:03:03,266 YOU? 61 00:03:03,349 --> 00:03:07,395 I MEAN, TRUE, THE SOFT CURVES DO RESEMBLE MY TORSO, BUT THAT'S 62 00:03:07,478 --> 00:03:09,272 BECAUSE AFTER 11 MONTHS OF PANDEMIC, I'M MOSTLY POTATO 63 00:03:09,355 --> 00:03:13,276 MYSELF. 64 00:03:13,359 --> 00:03:16,279 SPEAKING OF THE PANDEMIC, I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS. 65 00:03:16,362 --> 00:03:18,448 THE GOOD NEWS IS SCIENCE. 66 00:03:18,531 --> 00:03:20,325 THE BAD NEWS IS EVOLUTION. 67 00:03:20,408 --> 00:03:22,952 I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT IN TONIGHT'S EDITION OF MY "I 68 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:25,955 REALLY WISH IT WOULD END" SEGMENT, "CATCH A THIRD WAVE: 69 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:29,250 ENDLESS BUMMER." 70 00:03:29,334 --> 00:03:31,127 ("BEAUTIFUL DREAMER") >> ♪ BEAUTIFUL FEVER 71 00:03:31,210 --> 00:03:33,963 ONE HUNDRED AND THREE. 72 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:39,761 ♪ PLEASE GO AND LICK ALL OF THE ELDERLY 73 00:03:39,844 --> 00:03:45,975 ♪ SNEEZE ON A DOOR KNOB DON'T VACCINATE 74 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:48,519 ♪ BREATHE ME INTO ALL OF YOUR LUNGS 75 00:03:48,603 --> 00:03:54,984 I CAN'T WAIT ♪ THANK YOU! 76 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:56,152 THANK YOU VERY MUCH! 77 00:03:56,235 --> 00:03:58,947 I'LL BE HERE ALL YEAR! 78 00:03:59,030 --> 00:03:59,197 OW! 79 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:00,198 OW OW! 80 00:04:00,281 --> 00:04:01,824 OKAY! 81 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:02,492 STOP, STOP! 82 00:04:02,575 --> 00:04:04,452 THIS IS BECOMING ABUSIVE NOW! 83 00:04:04,535 --> 00:04:05,995 OKAY! 84 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:06,996 I'M GOING, I'M GOING! 85 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:07,872 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: ANIMATORS DON'T 86 00:04:07,956 --> 00:04:09,374 REALIZE I CAN'T SHOOT THAT FAST. 87 00:04:09,457 --> 00:04:11,668 I'M NOT LEGLESS OVER HERE. 88 00:04:11,751 --> 00:04:12,627 >> OW! 89 00:04:12,710 --> 00:04:14,003 >> Stephen: I HAVEN'T HIT YOU YET. 90 00:04:14,087 --> 00:04:14,587 >> BUT YOU'RE GOING TO. 91 00:04:14,671 --> 00:04:16,130 >> Stephen: NO, I'M NOT. 92 00:04:16,214 --> 00:04:16,464 EVIE'S HERE. 93 00:04:16,547 --> 00:04:19,050 WATCH OUT! 94 00:04:19,133 --> 00:04:21,010 IT'S A TOY! 95 00:04:21,094 --> 00:04:23,012 HE CAN'T POKE ANY EYES OUT. 96 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:25,598 CHRIS HAS GGLES ON. 97 00:04:25,682 --> 00:04:26,224 LOOK AT THAT. 98 00:04:26,307 --> 00:04:27,684 HE'S NO FOOL. 99 00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:29,185 HE'S GOT GOGGLES ON. 100 00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:29,852 MARK, HOW YOU DOING? 101 00:04:29,936 --> 00:04:31,396 YOU'VE GOT THE NINJA SKILLS. 102 00:04:31,479 --> 00:04:33,481 CAN YOU CATCH THIS IN MIDAIR? 103 00:04:33,564 --> 00:04:36,234 >> THAT'S VERY IRRESPONSIBLE OF YOU. 104 00:04:36,317 --> 00:04:38,069 >> Stephen: I'M VERY IRRESPONSIBLE. 105 00:04:38,152 --> 00:04:39,195 THIS WILL ALL BE EDIT UTO, NO DOUBT. 106 00:04:39,278 --> 00:04:42,699 FIRST UP, THE BAD NEWS -- THE CORONAVIRUS KEEPS EVOLVING 107 00:04:42,782 --> 00:04:44,200 INTO MORE CONTAGIOUS AND DEADLY STRAINS. 108 00:04:44,283 --> 00:04:45,076 FIRST, WE HAD THE BRITISH VARIANT, THEN THE SOUTH AFRICAN 109 00:04:45,159 --> 00:04:46,494 VARIANT, THE BRAZILIAN, THE CALIFORNIAN. 110 00:04:46,577 --> 00:04:51,541 OF COURSE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL THE WORLD TO GET THESE. 111 00:04:51,624 --> 00:04:52,333 THEY'RE ALL AVAILABLE AT DISNEY'S NEW THEME PARK: 112 00:04:52,417 --> 00:04:57,547 EP-COUGH. 113 00:04:57,630 --> 00:04:59,173 WELL, NOW SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND A NEW CORONAVIRUS VARIANT IN NEW 114 00:04:59,257 --> 00:05:00,758 YORK CITY. 115 00:05:00,842 --> 00:05:03,720 IT'S A LOT LIKE REGULAR COVID, BUT ONCE IT'S IN YOUR BODY, IT 116 00:05:03,803 --> 00:05:06,389 GENTRIFIES YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM UNTIL EVEN THE WHITE BLOOD CELLS 117 00:05:06,472 --> 00:05:09,726 CAN'T AFFORD TO STAY. 118 00:05:09,809 --> 00:05:12,020 THE NEW STRAIN WASN'T JUST DISCOVERED HERE, RESEARCHERS 119 00:05:12,103 --> 00:05:16,357 BELIEVE IT IS "HOME-GROWN, PRESUMABLY IN NEW YORK." 120 00:05:16,441 --> 00:05:18,359 SURE, NEW YORKERS DEMAND THAT THEIR VIRUS BE LOCALLY-SOURCED, 121 00:05:18,443 --> 00:05:20,820 FARM TO TABLE, SUBWAY TO LUNGS. 122 00:05:20,903 --> 00:05:24,532 YOU DON'T WANT ONE OF THOSE "BRIDGE AND TUNNEL" VIRUSES. 123 00:05:24,615 --> 00:05:26,284 RESEARCHERS SAY THE NEW STRAIN IS MORE CONTAGIOUS AND MAY CAUSE 124 00:05:26,367 --> 00:05:30,413 MORE SEVERE DISEASE. 125 00:05:30,496 --> 00:05:35,918 ♪ IF YOU CAN GET IT HERE IT WILL BE MUCH MORE SEVERE 126 00:05:36,002 --> 00:05:40,048 ♪ WORSE THAN THE FLU NEW YORK, NEW-- ♪ 127 00:05:40,131 --> 00:05:54,604 (COUGH) DESPITE ALL THE NEW VARIANTS, 128 00:05:54,687 --> 00:05:56,314 THERE IS GOOD NEWS. 129 00:05:56,397 --> 00:05:59,776 YESTERDAY, THE F.D.A. ANNOUNCED THAT JOHNSON & JOHNSON'S NEW 130 00:05:59,859 --> 00:06:01,736 COVID-19 VACCINE IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE, AND ONLY REQUIRES A 131 00:06:01,819 --> 00:06:03,237 SINGLE DOSE. 132 00:06:03,321 --> 00:06:06,949 YOU ONLY NEED ONE SHOT? 133 00:06:07,033 --> 00:06:09,619 THAT MUST BE A REALLY POWERFUL INJECTION. 134 00:06:09,702 --> 00:06:19,462 AND, I'M BEING TOLD WE HAVE FOOTAGE OF THE FIRST RECIPIENT: 135 00:06:19,545 --> 00:06:23,424 ( CRYING ) ( GASPING ) 136 00:06:23,508 --> 00:06:26,511 >> IF YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, THEN SAY SOMETHING. 137 00:06:26,594 --> 00:06:27,637 >> CAN I GO TO A RESTAURANT NOW? 138 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:29,347 >> STEPHEN: SO, THE VACCINES ARE WORKING. 139 00:06:29,430 --> 00:06:30,807 THE NEXT CHALLENGE IS TO GET PEOPLE TO TAKE THEM, BECAUSE 140 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:33,643 ACCORDING TO ONE RECENT POLL, ABOUT ONE IN THREE AMERICANS SAY 141 00:06:33,726 --> 00:06:37,438 THEY DEFINITELY OR PROBABLY WON'T GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE. 142 00:06:37,522 --> 00:06:39,607 YES, A THIRD OF AMERICANS ARE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH 143 00:06:39,690 --> 00:06:43,653 IMPLICATIONS TO GET A VACCINE, BUT THEY'LL LINE UP FOR ARBY'S 144 00:06:43,736 --> 00:06:50,618 NEW MEAT MOUNTAIN. 145 00:06:50,701 --> 00:06:51,119 ARBY'S! 146 00:06:51,202 --> 00:06:53,496 WE HAVE -- NO SHAME! 147 00:06:53,579 --> 00:06:55,414 ( LAUGHTER ) TODAY, IN ORDER TO GET MORE 148 00:06:55,498 --> 00:07:00,837 PEOPLE TO TAKE VACCINES, THE AD COUNCIL LAUNCHED A NEW 149 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,004 CAMPAIGN. 150 00:07:02,088 --> 00:07:03,381 IT TAKES A LOOK: >> AS THE COVID-19 VACCINES 151 00:07:03,464 --> 00:07:03,840 BECOME AVAILABLE, YOU MIGHT BE ASKING YOURSELF, SHOULD I GET 152 00:07:03,923 --> 00:07:05,633 IT? 153 00:07:05,716 --> 00:07:06,843 AND IF I DO, WILL I GO ABOUT LIFE WITHOUT PUTTING MY FAMILY 154 00:07:06,926 --> 00:07:09,303 AT RISK? 155 00:07:09,387 --> 00:07:13,349 YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS, AND THAT'S NORMAL. 156 00:07:13,432 --> 00:07:15,518 THE FACT IS, THE VACCINES ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. 157 00:07:15,601 --> 00:07:18,229 THEY'RE GOING TO SAVE LIVES. 158 00:07:18,312 --> 00:07:20,398 BECAUSE GETTING BACK TO THE MOMENTS WE MISS STARTS WITH 159 00:07:20,481 --> 00:07:21,149 GETTING INFORMED. 160 00:07:21,232 --> 00:07:24,652 IT'S UP TO YOU. 161 00:07:24,735 --> 00:07:26,946 >> STEPHEN: IT'S A NICE SENTIMENT, BUT "IT'S UP TO YOU" 162 00:07:27,029 --> 00:07:27,738 IS WHY WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM. 163 00:07:27,822 --> 00:07:31,200 WE NEED EVERYONE TO GET THE VACCINE. 164 00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:32,660 HOW ABOUT SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE FORCEFUL AND HONEST, LIKE 165 00:07:32,743 --> 00:07:35,705 "DON'T KILL GRANDMA!", OR "NO ONE HAS POLIO-- CAN YOU 166 00:07:35,788 --> 00:07:42,044 GUESS WHY?" IN O.G. CORONAVIRUS NEWS, THE 167 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:44,714 CHINESE GOVERNMENT CAUSED A STIR RECENTLY WHEN THEY ROLLED OUT 168 00:07:44,797 --> 00:07:51,554 THEIR ANAL SWAB CORONAVIRUS TEST. 169 00:07:51,637 --> 00:07:54,432 THERE WERE ALWAYSABLE GASUPS IN THIS ROOM WHEN I READ THAT. 170 00:07:54,515 --> 00:07:57,226 SEEMS LIKE AN INDIRECT WAY TO GET TO THE NOSE. 171 00:07:57,310 --> 00:07:59,854 EXACTLY HOW LONG ARE THOSE Q-TIPS? 172 00:07:59,937 --> 00:08:02,857 THE CHINESE CLAIM THAT THE ANAL SWABS ARE MORE ACCURATE, BUT 173 00:08:02,940 --> 00:08:05,067 THEY PROMISED THE TESTS WOULD BE RARE. 174 00:08:05,151 --> 00:08:09,071 WELL, EVIDENTLY, MEDIUM-RARE BECAUSE U.S. OFFICIALS IN CHINA 175 00:08:09,155 --> 00:08:12,408 HAVE TOLD THE STATE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO 176 00:08:12,491 --> 00:08:16,954 THE ANAL TESTS. 177 00:08:17,038 --> 00:08:18,748 A CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON CLAIMED THAT CHINA 178 00:08:18,831 --> 00:08:20,374 HAS NEVER ASKED U.S. DIPLOMATS IN CHINA TO GO THROUGH ANAL SWAB 179 00:08:20,458 --> 00:08:21,584 TESTS. 180 00:08:21,667 --> 00:08:23,920 THE KEY WORD IS "ASKED." 181 00:08:24,003 --> 00:08:25,129 NOTORIOUSLY, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WAIT FOR 182 00:08:25,213 --> 00:08:25,630 PERMISSION. 183 00:08:25,713 --> 00:08:29,634 EXHIBIT A: THIS GUY. 184 00:08:29,717 --> 00:08:38,893 HIS BIOPSY SHOULD BE BACK ANY DAY NOW. 185 00:08:38,976 --> 00:08:42,396 WE TOOK AWAY HIS GENITALS. 186 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,608 WE DIDN'T BLUR THEM, WE LITERALLY REMOVED THEM 187 00:08:45,691 --> 00:08:47,109 DIGITALLY. 188 00:08:47,193 --> 00:08:48,903 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHEN WE FOUND THIS GRAPHIC EARLIER 189 00:08:48,986 --> 00:08:53,491 TODAY, THE MAN, YOU KNOW -- IT'S THE BODY AND THE PART OF THE 190 00:08:53,574 --> 00:08:56,035 BODY THAT'S DOWN THERE. 191 00:08:56,118 --> 00:08:57,954 WE THOUGHT CBS WASN'T GOING TO LET US SHOW THAT, BUT I DIDN'T 192 00:08:58,037 --> 00:08:59,080 KNOW THEY WERE GOING TO YANK THEM. 193 00:08:59,163 --> 00:09:03,501 I THOUGHT A TASTEFULLY BLUR OR BLACK BAR OR SOMETHING. 194 00:09:03,584 --> 00:09:04,794 WHAT IF WE COME TO? 195 00:09:04,877 --> 00:09:07,088 THE U.S. SAID THEY AREN'T GOING TO TAKE THIS LYING DOWN, OR EVEN 196 00:09:07,171 --> 00:09:09,632 BENT OVER. 197 00:09:09,715 --> 00:09:11,592 A STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON SAID THEY'RE "COMMITTED TO 198 00:09:11,676 --> 00:09:12,593 GUARANTEEING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF AMERICAN DIPLOMATS 199 00:09:12,677 --> 00:09:16,681 AND THEIR FAMILIES WHILE PRESERVING THEIR DIGNITY 200 00:09:16,764 --> 00:09:19,934 CONSISTENT WITH THE VIENNA CONVENTION ON DIPLOMATIC 201 00:09:20,017 --> 00:09:21,102 RELATIONS." 202 00:09:21,185 --> 00:09:24,146 YES, THE VIENNA CONVENTION IS VERY CLEAR. 203 00:09:24,230 --> 00:09:29,193 SAYS IT RIGHT IN THE PREAMBLE: NO BUTT STUFF. 204 00:09:29,277 --> 00:09:31,112 SPEAKING OF ASSES: THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION. 205 00:09:31,195 --> 00:09:33,781 THERE'S MORE FALLOUT, AND I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT IN TONIGHT'S 206 00:09:33,864 --> 00:09:36,701 "SEDITIONIST ROUND-UP ROUNDUP." 207 00:09:36,784 --> 00:09:43,416 >> I'M IN THE MOOOOOOD FOR JUSTICE! 208 00:09:43,499 --> 00:09:44,625 >> Stephen: THANK YOU, BESSIE. 209 00:09:44,709 --> 00:09:45,459 FIRST INTO THE PADDYWAGON IS ALLEGED INSURRECTIONIST AND MAN 210 00:09:45,543 --> 00:09:46,627 GOOGLING "HOW TO WEAR A MASK," RICHARD 211 00:09:46,711 --> 00:09:48,212 MICHETTI. 212 00:09:48,296 --> 00:09:49,672 MICHETTI WAS IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE CAPITOL RIOTERS BECAUSE 213 00:09:49,755 --> 00:09:55,052 HE APPARENTLY TOOK A BREAK FROM THE RIOTING TO ARGUE WITH HIS 214 00:09:55,136 --> 00:09:57,388 EX-GIRLFRIEND OVER TEXT MESSAGE. 215 00:09:57,471 --> 00:09:58,514 COME ON, MAN! 216 00:09:58,597 --> 00:10:00,599 YOU HAVE TO PICK ONE THING TO BE ANGRY ABOUT AT A TIME. 217 00:10:00,683 --> 00:10:03,019 "STOP THE STEAL! 218 00:10:03,102 --> 00:10:04,979 HANG MIKE PENCE! 219 00:10:05,062 --> 00:10:06,522 SCREW YOU, LIZ! 220 00:10:06,605 --> 00:10:12,528 RETURN MY HOODIE!" MICHETTI WENT ON A MID-RIOT 221 00:10:12,611 --> 00:10:15,406 TEXTING SPREE, SENDING HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND PHOTOS AND 222 00:10:15,489 --> 00:10:18,826 VIDEOS OF THE MOB, AND THEN A MESSAGE READING, "IF YOU CAN'T 223 00:10:18,909 --> 00:10:21,829 SEE THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN, YOU'RE A MORON." 224 00:10:21,912 --> 00:10:25,708 YEAH, "YOU'RE A MORON" SAID THE MAN INSULTING HIS EX AFTER 225 00:10:25,791 --> 00:10:27,835 TEXTING HER VIDEO EVIDENCE OF HIS FEDERAL CRIMES. 226 00:10:27,918 --> 00:10:30,838 EVIDENTLY, MICHETTI'S EX DIDN'T TAKE TOO KINDLY TO BEING CALLED 227 00:10:30,921 --> 00:10:35,384 A MORON, AND PROMPTLY TOLD THE F.B.I. THAT HE WAS AT THE 228 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:37,219 CAPITOL, AND HE NOW FACES UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON. 229 00:10:37,303 --> 00:10:39,388 YOU GO, GIRL! 230 00:10:39,472 --> 00:10:41,432 THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW YOU WON THE BREAKUP. 231 00:10:41,515 --> 00:10:42,016 "DID YOU HEAR ABOUT CHELSEA? 232 00:10:42,099 --> 00:10:44,393 SHE'S DOING AMAZING! 233 00:10:44,477 --> 00:10:48,022 SHE GOT A KILLER HAIRCUT, SHE'S DATING A GREAT NEW GUY, AND SHE 234 00:10:48,105 --> 00:10:48,731 SENT RICHARD TO FEDERAL PRISON. 235 00:10:48,814 --> 00:10:58,199 SLAY, QUEEN!" ( LAUGHTER ) 236 00:10:58,282 --> 00:11:00,618 NEXT UP IN THE LASSO OF THE LAW: THIS WEEK, CHARGES WERE FILED 237 00:11:00,701 --> 00:11:04,246 AGAINST QUEENS RESIDENT AND MAN SAYING, "YOU TALKIN' TO ME? 238 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:06,791 CUZ MY KIDS WON'T TALK TO ME," PHILLIP GRILLO. 239 00:11:06,874 --> 00:11:09,752 GRILLO IS A LOCAL G.O.P. LEADER, WHO REFERRED TO HIMSELF ON 240 00:11:09,835 --> 00:11:11,712 FACEBOOK AS "THE REPUBLICAN MESSIAH." 241 00:11:11,796 --> 00:11:14,382 WE HAVE A STATEMENT FROM THE CAPITOL POLICE ABOUT GRILLO'S 242 00:11:14,465 --> 00:11:17,093 CLAIM: >> HE'S NOT THE MESSIAH, HE'S A 243 00:11:17,176 --> 00:11:19,678 VERY NAUGHTY BOY! 244 00:11:19,762 --> 00:11:23,474 >> STEPHEN: NEXT UP, TEXAS REALTOR JENNA RYAN, WHO TOOK 245 00:11:23,557 --> 00:11:24,725 A PRIVATE JET TO THE RIOT, AND THEN-- MAYBE TO MAKE HER FLIGHT 246 00:11:24,809 --> 00:11:30,231 TAX DEDUCTIBLE-- SHE TURNED INSURRECTION INTO AN AD. 247 00:11:30,314 --> 00:11:32,942 >> WE'RE GOING TO (BLEEP) GO IN HERE. 248 00:11:33,025 --> 00:11:34,777 LIFE OR DEATH, IT DOESN'T MATTER. 249 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:37,613 HERE WE GO. 250 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:39,782 Y'ALL KNOW WHO TO HIRE FOR YOUR REALTOR. 251 00:11:39,865 --> 00:11:42,410 JENNA RYAN, YOUR REALTOR. 252 00:11:42,493 --> 00:11:46,622 U.S.A.! 253 00:11:46,705 --> 00:11:47,790 ( CHANTING U.S.A. ) >> STEPHEN: YOU GO, GIRL! 254 00:11:47,873 --> 00:11:50,292 YOU GET YOUR PRODUCT PLACEMENT IN! 255 00:11:50,376 --> 00:11:52,169 IT REMINDS ME OF AFTER JOHN WILKES BOOTH SHOT LINCOLN AND 256 00:11:52,253 --> 00:11:54,630 JUMPED FROM THE BALCONY SHOUTING, "I'M NOT GOING TO PAY 257 00:11:54,713 --> 00:11:59,468 A LOT FOR THIS MUFFLER!" IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO HER 258 00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:01,220 ARREST, RYAN WAS DEFIANT. 259 00:12:01,303 --> 00:12:03,848 BUT ACCORDING TO THE "WASHINGTON POST," FACING FEDERAL CHARGES 260 00:12:03,931 --> 00:12:06,767 AND ABANDONED BY THE PEOPLE SHE CALLS PATRIOTS, SHE SAID SHE 261 00:12:06,851 --> 00:12:09,145 FEELS BETRAYED. 262 00:12:09,228 --> 00:12:12,481 >> I BOUGHT INTO A LIE, AND THE LIE IS THE LIE, AND IT'S 263 00:12:12,565 --> 00:12:13,816 EMBARRASSING. 264 00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:14,733 >> STEPHEN: OH, I BET IT IS. 265 00:12:14,817 --> 00:12:15,860 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HELPS WITH EMBARRASSMENT? 266 00:12:15,943 --> 00:12:18,320 GETTING AWAY FROM PEOPLE SO YOU CAN'T HEAR THE MEAN 267 00:12:18,404 --> 00:12:21,824 THINGS THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT YOU. 268 00:12:21,907 --> 00:12:22,658 TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO CENTER YOURSELF. 269 00:12:22,741 --> 00:12:23,284 LIKE FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS. 270 00:12:23,367 --> 00:12:25,661 FOUR WITH GOOD BEHAVIOR. 271 00:12:25,744 --> 00:12:29,790 SOME RIOTERS ARE BEING A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHO LIED T 272 00:12:29,874 --> 00:12:31,709 THEM LIKE THE SO-CALLED ZIP TIE GUY, LATER REFIELD TO BE 273 00:12:31,792 --> 00:12:39,675 UNEMPLOYED TENNESSEE BARTENDER AND MAN SCREAMING "TINY PENIS!", 274 00:12:39,758 --> 00:12:42,094 ERIC MUNCHEL. 275 00:12:42,178 --> 00:12:45,806 IN A LEGAL MOTION FILED EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE "MUNCH" INSISTED 276 00:12:45,890 --> 00:12:48,851 HIS ACTIONS WERE A DIRECT RESPONSE TO MONTHS OF COMMENTS 277 00:12:48,934 --> 00:12:50,519 MADE BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT. 278 00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:52,813 YES, BECAUSE THERE'S NO MORE TIME-HONORED DEFENSE FOR A 279 00:12:52,897 --> 00:12:54,815 FASCIST THEN "I WAS JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS." 280 00:12:54,899 --> 00:12:56,734 BUT MUNCHEL'S LEGAL FILING DIDN'T STOP WITH THE FORMER 281 00:12:56,817 --> 00:12:58,694 PRESIDENT. 282 00:12:58,777 --> 00:13:03,032 IN IT, THE RIOTER ALSO BLAMES HIS MOM, CLAIMING, "INSIDE THE 283 00:13:03,115 --> 00:13:04,742 CAPITOL, MR. MUNCHEL ATTEMPTED TO LIMIT HIS MOTHER'S MOVEMENTS, 284 00:13:04,825 --> 00:13:07,244 AND TO KEEP TABS ON HER." 285 00:13:07,328 --> 00:13:10,080 HE DIDN'T WANT TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT, BUT YOU KNOW HOW YOU 286 00:13:10,164 --> 00:13:11,582 WORRY WITH AN OLDER PARENT. 287 00:13:11,665 --> 00:13:14,877 WE'VE ALL SEEN THE COMMERCIAL: >> I'VE FALLEN AND I CAN'T HANG 288 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,547 MIKE PENCE! 289 00:13:18,631 --> 00:13:21,550 >> STEPHEN: WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 290 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:24,553 IT'S ALREADY A PRETTY GOOD SHOW! 291 00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:26,514 I'LL BE TALKING TO OSCAR AND EMMY-WINNING ACTOR REGINA KING. 292 00:13:26,597 --> 00:13:29,391 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE!" 293 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:31,393 JOIN US. 294 00:13:31,477 --> 00:13:35,856 ♪♪♪ 295 00:13:50,955 --> 00:13:58,754 ♪♪♪ ♪ 296 00:13:58,837 --> 00:13:59,922 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 297 00:14:00,005 --> 00:14:02,633 LET'S SAY HELLO TO OUR FRIEND MR. JON BATISTE. 298 00:14:02,716 --> 00:14:03,217 HELLO, JON! 299 00:14:03,300 --> 00:14:04,051 >> Jon: HELLO, STEPHEN. 300 00:14:04,134 --> 00:14:05,970 WHAT'S THE VIBE? 301 00:14:06,053 --> 00:14:07,596 WHAT'S THE VIBE TODAY? 302 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:10,808 >> Stephen: I GOT -- I GOT TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU, OKAY, REAL 303 00:14:10,891 --> 00:14:13,227 QUICK. 304 00:14:13,310 --> 00:14:14,937 ONE IS, AGAIN, WHEN IS YOUR ALBUM COMING OUT BECAUSE -- HEY, 305 00:14:15,020 --> 00:14:18,941 WHY DON'T I HAVE AN ADVANCED COPY OF IT? 306 00:14:19,024 --> 00:14:20,943 MY FEELINGS ARE MORE THAN HURT. 307 00:14:21,026 --> 00:14:22,987 >> Jon: NO, I SENT YOU THE LINK! 308 00:14:23,070 --> 00:14:26,907 >> Stephen: SO YOU SAY, BUT YOU DON'T SEE ME WALKING AROUND 309 00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:27,658 HUMMING THESE SONGS! 310 00:14:27,741 --> 00:14:29,660 >> Jon: I'LL SEND IT TO YOU AGAIN. 311 00:14:29,743 --> 00:14:33,289 IT'S ON MARCH 19th, IT WILL BE PHYSICALLY AVAILABLE. 312 00:14:33,372 --> 00:14:37,001 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO PRE-ORDERED VERSION, YOU'VE GOT THE EARLY 313 00:14:37,084 --> 00:14:38,627 VERSION. 314 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:39,003 >> Stephen: AND THE NAME OF THE ALBUM AGAIN, FOR THE PEOPLE 315 00:14:39,086 --> 00:14:40,462 OUT THERE. 316 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:41,088 >> Jon: WE ARE. 317 00:14:41,171 --> 00:14:41,630 >> Stephen: YES, WE ARE. 318 00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:43,841 >> Jon: WE ARE, MM-HMM. 319 00:14:43,924 --> 00:14:46,969 >> Stephen: CAN YOU GIVE ME ANY KIND OF A TASTE, A HINT, A 320 00:14:47,052 --> 00:14:51,307 SHADOW OF A RICOCHET OF AN IDEA OF A LITTLE OF SOMETHING THAT'S 321 00:14:51,390 --> 00:14:52,474 ON THAT ALBUM? 322 00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:53,976 CAN YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE TASTE? 323 00:14:54,059 --> 00:14:56,478 >> Jon: OH, YEAH! 324 00:14:56,562 --> 00:14:59,273 ( BOOGIE-WOOGIE ) ♪ WE DONE A LOT OF LIVIN' ♪ 325 00:14:59,356 --> 00:15:01,859 ♪ WE'RE WORKIN' OVERTIME ♪ ♪ 326 00:15:01,942 --> 00:15:04,111 I NEED YOU, BABY! 327 00:15:04,194 --> 00:15:04,987 >> Stephen: JON BATISTE, THANK YOU, JON. 328 00:15:05,070 --> 00:15:07,781 >> Jon: YES, INDEED. 329 00:15:07,865 --> 00:15:11,493 >> STEPHEN: YOU KNOW, I SPEND MOST OF THE TIME LOVINGLY 330 00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:13,495 JUICING THE DAY'S RIPEST STORIES, SIFTING OUT THE 331 00:15:13,579 --> 00:15:14,997 UNNECESSARY PULP WITH MY STATE-OF-THE-ART TOPICALITY 332 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:21,045 FILTER, POURING IT INTO A FINE, CHILLED BACCARAT GLASS, AND 333 00:15:21,128 --> 00:15:24,006 TOPING IT OFF WITH A HEALTHY POUR OF 334 00:15:24,089 --> 00:15:28,010 LA MARCA PROSECCO TO GIVE YOU THE EFFERVESCENT $16 BELLINI 335 00:15:28,093 --> 00:15:30,512 THAT IS MY MONOLOGUE. 336 00:15:30,596 --> 00:15:34,475 BUT SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES, FOLKS, I WAKE UP AFTER A BENDER IN A 337 00:15:34,558 --> 00:15:37,311 COMPOST PILE, SCRAPE WHATEVER EGG SHELLS, CUCUMBER PEELS, AND 338 00:15:37,394 --> 00:15:38,896 COFFEE GRINDS ARE STUCK TO MY SHIRT INTO THE BLENDER I MADE 339 00:15:38,979 --> 00:15:42,066 OUT OF A DISCARDED GARBAGE DISPOSAL, ADD A SPLASH OF 340 00:15:42,149 --> 00:15:46,153 MOONSHINE, THEN PLUG MY NOSE AS I SERVE YOU THE BOOTLEG 341 00:15:46,236 --> 00:15:47,946 HOOCH-SMOOTHIE OF NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT: 342 00:15:48,030 --> 00:15:56,163 "QUARANTINE-WHILE!" QUARANTINE-WHILE, IN "GRIM 343 00:15:56,246 --> 00:16:00,417 PORTENTS OF THE HORRIFIC DECAY THAT AWAITS US ALL" NEWS, THIS 344 00:16:00,501 --> 00:16:04,171 TWITTER POST HAS GONE VIRAL OF AN ABANDONED CHUCK E. CHEESE 345 00:16:04,254 --> 00:16:08,342 ANIMATRONIC THAT WAS FOUND IN A LANDFILL. 346 00:16:08,425 --> 00:16:10,052 IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY, BILLY! 347 00:16:10,135 --> 00:16:12,680 WHY ARE YOU CRYING? 348 00:16:12,763 --> 00:16:14,723 THIS THING PERFECTLY ENCAPSULATES THE DUALITY OF OUR 349 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:16,058 AGE. 350 00:16:16,141 --> 00:16:18,936 BEHOLD THE DESOLATION. 351 00:16:19,019 --> 00:16:22,189 THE EYES DOWNCAST IN RESIGNED AGONY, YET THE PERSEVERANCE TO 352 00:16:22,272 --> 00:16:26,193 REMAIN UPRIGHT IN THE FACE OF AN INDIFFERENT UNIVERSE WHEREIN THE 353 00:16:26,276 --> 00:16:29,113 MECHANICAL AND THE FLESH ARE BECOME ONE. 354 00:16:29,196 --> 00:16:31,198 AND IT'S YOURS FOR 5,000 TICKETS. 355 00:16:31,281 --> 00:16:33,784 QUARANTINE-WHILE, A CALIFORNIA WOMAN'S NEW I.D. HAS A PHOTO OF 356 00:16:33,867 --> 00:16:35,244 HER WEARING A MASK. 357 00:16:35,327 --> 00:16:37,037 OFFICIALS SAY "THE D.M.V. IS INVESTIGATING HOW THIS MAY HAVE 358 00:16:37,121 --> 00:16:38,205 HAPPENED." 359 00:16:38,288 --> 00:16:39,915 YES, IT'S QUITE A MYSTERY. 360 00:16:39,998 --> 00:16:42,042 YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT IT IN THE NEW BOOK, "NANCY DREW AND THE 361 00:16:42,126 --> 00:16:46,588 D.M.V. EMPLOYEE WHO JUST DIDN'T GIVE A CRAP." 362 00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:49,800 QUARANTINE-WHILE, WATCH OUT, CROOKS, BECAUSE POLICE IN 363 00:16:49,883 --> 00:16:54,138 KARACHI, PAKISTAN ARE TRAINING AN ARMED ROLLER-BLADING UNIT. 364 00:16:54,221 --> 00:16:57,933 THEY'RE AN ELITE CRIME-FIGHTING SQUAD WHO CAN ONLY BE DEFEATED 365 00:16:58,016 --> 00:17:02,062 BY A HIGH-TECH CRIMINAL DEVICE KNOWN AS "A LAWN." 366 00:17:02,146 --> 00:17:03,897 BUT THESE GUYS MEAN BUSINESS. 367 00:17:03,981 --> 00:17:07,109 JUST WATCH THEM IN ACTION. 368 00:17:07,192 --> 00:17:21,165 ♪♪♪ THAT COP IS THE ONE WHO ALWAYS 369 00:17:21,248 --> 00:17:22,666 GOES, "YOU'RE UNDER ARREST! 370 00:17:22,750 --> 00:17:23,500 BUT FIRST, GO BEHIND THAT MOTORCYCLE AND WATCH THIS COOL 371 00:17:23,584 --> 00:17:30,924 TRICK!" I ACTUALLY SAW THEM IN ACTION. 372 00:17:31,008 --> 00:17:34,261 THERE'S A NEW VIDEO OUT OF THEM IN ACTION, AND A GUY RUNS AWAY 373 00:17:34,344 --> 00:17:38,932 FROM THEM UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS, THE COPS JUST GO, HMM... 374 00:17:39,016 --> 00:17:41,643 DARN IT! 375 00:17:41,727 --> 00:17:42,770 INCLINES! 376 00:17:42,853 --> 00:17:44,521 QUARANTINE-WHILE, THERE'S A HOT NEW TREND IN HOLLYWOOD. 377 00:17:44,605 --> 00:17:48,108 REPORTEDLY, 2021 IS SHAPING UP TO BE A BIG YEAR FOR VIDEO GAME 378 00:17:48,192 --> 00:17:49,151 MOVIES. 379 00:17:49,234 --> 00:17:52,988 RECENTLY THEY'VE LAWFORD MORTAL COMBAT, -- 380 00:17:53,071 --> 00:17:56,658 CLASSICS LIKE "MORTAL KOMBAT" AND "RESIDENT EVIL," TO NEWER 381 00:17:56,742 --> 00:17:57,993 HITS LIKE "THE LAST OF US," "BORDERLANDS," AND "METAL GEAR 382 00:17:58,076 --> 00:18:00,621 SOLID." 383 00:18:00,704 --> 00:18:01,789 BUT MOVIES BASED ON VIDEO GAMES ARE NOTHING NEW. 384 00:18:01,872 --> 00:18:04,458 IN FACT, "THE GODFATHER" WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON ATARI. 385 00:18:04,541 --> 00:18:14,510 ♪♪♪ >> I'M GONNA GET A HIGH 386 00:18:14,593 --> 00:18:20,390 ♪♪♪ >> I'M GONNA GET A HIGH 387 00:18:20,474 --> 00:18:23,268 SCORE YOU CAN'T REFUSE! 388 00:18:23,352 --> 00:18:27,815 ♪♪♪ >> STEPHEN: WHEN WE COME BACK, 389 00:18:27,898 --> 00:18:29,233 OUR UNINFORMED CORRESPONDENT BOOTSIE PLUNKETT GOES TO THE 390 00:18:29,316 --> 00:18:30,651 BRONX. 391 00:18:30,734 --> 00:18:33,195 STICK AROUND. 392 00:18:33,278 --> 00:18:36,990 ♪♪♪ 393 00:18:48,085 --> 00:18:49,378 >> STEPHEN: WELCOME BACK. 394 00:18:49,461 --> 00:18:50,254 AS YOU KNOW, IT'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND THIS LAST YEAR HAS 395 00:18:50,337 --> 00:18:51,463 CERTAINLY BEEN FILLED WITH BLACK HISTORY. 396 00:18:51,547 --> 00:18:54,383 THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT AND PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE 397 00:18:54,466 --> 00:18:56,009 VIOLENCE HAVE MADE A PUSH FOR MEANINGFUL CHANGE. 398 00:18:56,093 --> 00:19:00,556 AND THEY'VE ALSO MADE MANY WHITE AMERICANS REALIZE HOW MUCH OF 399 00:19:00,639 --> 00:19:02,599 THE BLACK EXPERIENCE THEY STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND. 400 00:19:02,683 --> 00:19:04,560 AND, THANKFULLY, WE HERE AT "THE LATE SHOW" HAVE AN EXPERT IN NOT 401 00:19:04,643 --> 00:19:06,520 UNDERSTANDING THINGS. 402 00:19:06,603 --> 00:19:09,731 HER NAME IS BOOTSIE PLUNKETT. 403 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:11,733 SHE'S THE WONDERFUL MOTHER OF ONE OF MY FIELD PRODUCERS 404 00:19:11,817 --> 00:19:14,736 JAKE PLUNKETT, AND SHE IS ALSO "THE LATE SHOW'S" OFFICIAL 405 00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:16,738 "UNINFORMED CORRESPONDENT." 406 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:22,786 BOOTSIE HAS USED HER UNIQUE AND UNINFORMED PERSPECTIVE TO COVER 407 00:19:22,870 --> 00:19:24,413 EVERYTHING FROM INTERNATIONAL TRADE WARS TO THE SPREAD OF THE 408 00:19:24,496 --> 00:19:29,042 CORONAVIRUS. 409 00:19:29,126 --> 00:19:30,419 AND RECENTLY, BOOTSIE WANTED TO GET LESS-UNINFORMED ABOUT 410 00:19:30,502 --> 00:19:32,045 SYSTEMIC RACISM. 411 00:19:32,129 --> 00:19:33,130 SO JAKE TOOK HER TO MEET WITH CONGRESSMAN JAMAAL BOWMAN, WHO 412 00:19:33,213 --> 00:19:39,887 REPRESENTS NEW YORK'S 16TH DISTRICT, IN THE BRONX. 413 00:19:39,970 --> 00:19:45,058 ♪♪♪ >> AFTER A TUMULTUOUS YEAR OF 414 00:19:45,142 --> 00:19:48,103 RACIAL UNREST, I WANTED MY MOM TO GET MORE INFORMED ON RACISM 415 00:19:48,186 --> 00:19:49,354 IN AMERICA. 416 00:19:49,438 --> 00:19:53,775 SO I TOOK HER TO THE BRONX TO TALK WITH NEWLY ELECTED 417 00:19:53,859 --> 00:19:57,613 CONGRESSMAN AND OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE SQUAD JAMAAL BOWMAN. 418 00:19:57,696 --> 00:20:00,282 >> SO YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF THINGS YOU WANT TO ASK MR. BOWMAN. 419 00:20:00,365 --> 00:20:02,659 >> OH, YEAH. 420 00:20:02,743 --> 00:20:04,411 I SAID, ALL LIVES MATTER ONCE, AND I GOT IN SO MUCH TROUBLE FOR 421 00:20:04,494 --> 00:20:06,455 SAYING THAT. 422 00:20:06,538 --> 00:20:06,997 >> YES. 423 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:08,415 SOMEONE SCREAMED AT ME. 424 00:20:08,498 --> 00:20:09,917 YOU SHOULD TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT. 425 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:10,834 >> ALL RIGHT. 426 00:20:10,918 --> 00:20:13,295 DO YOU WANT TO DO YOUR STANDUP NOW? 427 00:20:13,378 --> 00:20:13,837 >> SURE. 428 00:20:13,921 --> 00:20:17,299 FIRST TAKE. 429 00:20:17,382 --> 00:20:18,425 OKAY. 430 00:20:18,508 --> 00:20:20,594 HI -- >> WAIT, I'M NOT OUT OF THE SHOT 431 00:20:20,677 --> 00:20:21,011 YET. 432 00:20:21,094 --> 00:20:22,262 >> GET OUT THEN. 433 00:20:22,346 --> 00:20:24,264 THREE, TWO -- HI, THIS IS BOOTSIE. 434 00:20:24,348 --> 00:20:28,644 I'M HERE WITH "A LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT TO INTERVIEW 435 00:20:28,727 --> 00:20:30,437 JA -- NO. 436 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,397 >> ( BLEEP ). 437 00:20:32,481 --> 00:20:33,315 AAAHHH! 438 00:20:33,398 --> 00:20:33,982 MY LIFE. 439 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:37,819 >> YOU'RE DOING A BEAUTIFUL JOB. 440 00:20:37,903 --> 00:20:40,322 HI, STEPHEN COLBERT. 441 00:20:40,405 --> 00:20:40,948 >> HI! 442 00:20:41,031 --> 00:20:42,449 YOU GOT A FAN! 443 00:20:42,532 --> 00:20:45,452 I GOT A FAN! 444 00:20:45,535 --> 00:20:46,828 [ APPLAUSE ] ALL RIGHT. 445 00:20:46,912 --> 00:20:49,456 SHOULD WE GO AGAIN? 446 00:20:49,539 --> 00:20:52,834 >> YEAH, IS YOUR HEAD GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIT WILL YOU THAT 447 00:20:52,918 --> 00:20:53,502 DOOR? 448 00:20:53,585 --> 00:20:54,836 >> SHUT THE ( BLEEP ) UP. 449 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:56,004 THIS IS BOOTSIE. 450 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:58,298 I'M HERE ON "A LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT TO INTERVIEW 451 00:20:58,382 --> 00:21:05,639 JAMAAL BOWMAN ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER AND TO FIND OUT IF I'M 452 00:21:05,722 --> 00:21:06,640 RACIST. 453 00:21:06,723 --> 00:21:10,310 ♪♪♪ HI, JAMAAL, IT'S BOOTSIE. 454 00:21:10,394 --> 00:21:11,603 >> HI, BOOTSIE. 455 00:21:11,687 --> 00:21:12,354 NICE TO MEET YOU. 456 00:21:12,437 --> 00:21:14,564 PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, ALSO. 457 00:21:14,648 --> 00:21:17,401 I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE HAPPY AND SAFE AND ALL THAT AND 458 00:21:17,484 --> 00:21:22,489 I SAID ALL LIVES MATTER AND I WAS TOLD NO, NO, NO, NO. 459 00:21:22,572 --> 00:21:23,865 >> HUH-OH. 460 00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:26,660 AND I REALLY DIDN'T THINK I SAID ANYTHING TERRIBLE. 461 00:21:26,743 --> 00:21:29,913 EXPLAIN TO ME SOMETHING WRONG. 462 00:21:29,997 --> 00:21:33,500 >> SO ALL LIVES CAN'T MATTER UNTIL "BLACK LIVES MATTER," AND 463 00:21:33,583 --> 00:21:38,588 THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER IS BECAUSE 464 00:21:38,672 --> 00:21:41,883 BLACK PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE KILLED DISPROPORTIONATELY AT THE 465 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:48,890 HANDS OF THE POLICE WHO ARE SPOARDZ TO SERVE AND PROTECT US. 466 00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:50,267 POLICE ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW, RIGHT? 467 00:21:50,350 --> 00:21:54,438 SO IF THEY BREAK THE LAW, THRASHED BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 468 00:21:54,521 --> 00:21:57,065 >> SO I'LL TELL YOU MY EXPERIENCE. 469 00:21:57,149 --> 00:22:00,068 SOMEBODY BACKED INTO MY CAR AND SMASHED THE DOOR. 470 00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:03,572 SO I CALL THE COPS BECAUSE I HAD TO MAKE AN INSURANCE, YOU KNOW, 471 00:22:03,655 --> 00:22:05,532 THING TO GET IT FIXED. 472 00:22:05,615 --> 00:22:07,075 >> MM-HMM. 473 00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:09,703 SO WHEN THE COMES GOT THERE, WE CHANGED THIS UP, YOU KNOW, 474 00:22:09,786 --> 00:22:13,582 THE THINGS, AND THEY SAID, YOUR CAR AIN'T REGISTERED. 475 00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:15,208 >> MMM. 476 00:22:15,292 --> 00:22:17,586 THEY SAID, GET ALL YOUR STUFF OUT OF THE CAR, WE'RE GOING TO 477 00:22:17,669 --> 00:22:18,920 IMPOUND YOUR CAR. 478 00:22:19,004 --> 00:22:20,088 >> MM-HMM. 479 00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:21,631 I ONLY LIVE TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE BANK. 480 00:22:21,715 --> 00:22:25,886 SO I TURNED AROUND AND I TOLD THEM, YOUR MOTHER DID A REALLY 481 00:22:25,969 --> 00:22:27,387 POOR JOB WITH BOTH OF YOU OFFICERS. 482 00:22:27,471 --> 00:22:35,145 I AM AN OLDER WOMAN, IT'S 105 DEGREES OUT AND NOW YOU'RE 483 00:22:35,228 --> 00:22:38,732 MAKING MEG GET OUT OF MY CAR, AND YOU'RE TELLING ME THERE'S NO 484 00:22:38,815 --> 00:22:39,941 NEED FOR THIS. 485 00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:42,736 >> ONE TIME, I WAS PULLED OVER ON THE GRAND CONCOURSE IN THE 486 00:22:42,819 --> 00:22:46,782 BRONX BECAUSE APPARENTLY I DIDN'T USE MY TURN SIGNAL, 487 00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:48,283 RIGHT. 488 00:22:48,366 --> 00:22:50,285 I WAS PULLED OVER, GAVE THEM LICENSE AND REGISTRATION AND 489 00:22:50,368 --> 00:22:51,119 INSURANCE. 490 00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:53,580 THEY TOLD ME MY INSURANCE WAS EXPIRED. 491 00:22:53,663 --> 00:22:59,669 THEY TOOK ME OUT OF THE CAR, PUT ME IN HANDCUFFS, AND TOOK ME TO 492 00:22:59,753 --> 00:23:04,174 THE LOCAL PRECINCT, THE JAIL IN THE LOCAL PRECINCT, WHERE I 493 00:23:04,257 --> 00:23:07,803 STAYED FOR ABOUT FIVE OR SIX HOURS BEFORE THEY LET ME GO 494 00:23:07,886 --> 00:23:10,263 WITHOUT SEEING A JUDGE OR ANYTHING, RIGHT. 495 00:23:10,347 --> 00:23:12,390 SO YOUR CAR WAS IMPOUNDED, WHICH IS A HUGE HASSLE. 496 00:23:12,474 --> 00:23:15,602 IT'S LIKE A BIG DEAL, IT'S TERRIBLE. 497 00:23:15,685 --> 00:23:17,145 >> RIGHT. 498 00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:20,190 BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU WEREN'T PUT IN HANDCUFFS, YOU WEREN'T 499 00:23:20,273 --> 00:23:21,191 TAKEN TO JAIL. 500 00:23:21,274 --> 00:23:22,609 >> NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. 501 00:23:22,692 --> 00:23:25,529 YOU WERE ALLOWED TO GO FREE, AND IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE 502 00:23:25,612 --> 00:23:29,991 THAT THAT HAPPEN EACH AND EVERY DAY TO BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE IN 503 00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:30,992 THIS SOCIETY. 504 00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:32,369 IT'S LIKE DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS. 505 00:23:32,452 --> 00:23:34,788 >> YEAH. 506 00:23:34,871 --> 00:23:39,167 AND THE WORST PART ABOUT IT IS WE BEGIN TO INTERNALIZE THIS 507 00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:42,295 INFERIORITY ABOUT OURSELVES AS WE EXIST WITHIN THIS COUNTRY, 508 00:23:42,379 --> 00:23:46,508 YOU KNOW, AND IT'S SO UNFORTUNATE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT 509 00:23:46,591 --> 00:23:53,306 HEALTH CARE, HOUSING EDUCATION, WEALTH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 510 00:23:53,390 --> 00:23:55,183 DISPARITIES, AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND PEOPLE OF THE LATINO 511 00:23:55,267 --> 00:24:01,356 COMMUNITY ARE ALWAYS AT THE BOTTOM, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS 512 00:24:01,439 --> 00:24:05,360 INSTITUTIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL RACISM THAT LIVES IN THE FIND OF 513 00:24:05,443 --> 00:24:08,530 THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE OUR LAWS AND THE MINDS OF PEOPLE WHO WORK 514 00:24:08,613 --> 00:24:10,157 WITHIN OUR INSTITUTIONS. 515 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:14,035 >> HAVING LEARNED ABOUT THE THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS AFFLICTING 516 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,663 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, MY MOM WANTED TO FIND COMMON GROUND THE 517 00:24:16,746 --> 00:24:18,498 ONLY WAY SHE KNOWS HOW. 518 00:24:18,582 --> 00:24:22,294 >> WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SONG? 519 00:24:22,377 --> 00:24:22,711 OH, I DON'T KNOW. 520 00:24:22,794 --> 00:24:24,212 FAVORITE SONG? 521 00:24:24,296 --> 00:24:27,924 SO I'M A BIG -- I COULD TELL YOU SOME OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS. 522 00:24:28,008 --> 00:24:28,508 CAN I DO THAT. 523 00:24:28,592 --> 00:24:29,551 >> SURE. 524 00:24:29,634 --> 00:24:32,512 O, UM. 525 00:24:32,596 --> 00:24:36,016 KARIS ONE, ERIC B AND ROCK KIM. 526 00:24:36,099 --> 00:24:41,438 >> I ONLY KNOW SOME SONGS BEING ON THE RADIO, CARDI B. 527 00:24:41,521 --> 00:24:43,064 >> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 528 00:24:43,148 --> 00:24:46,776 I HATE TO SAY I'M GOING TO BE 62 IN MARCH. 529 00:24:46,860 --> 00:24:47,444 >> OKAY. 530 00:24:47,527 --> 00:24:52,073 I FREAKIN' LOVE THAT SONG. 531 00:24:52,157 --> 00:24:53,158 MY ( BLEEP ). 532 00:24:53,241 --> 00:24:56,912 >> IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONGS OF ALL TIME. 533 00:24:56,995 --> 00:24:57,454 >> YOU LOVE IT, TOO? 534 00:24:57,537 --> 00:24:59,581 I LOVE THAT SONG. 535 00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:00,123 IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONGS OF ALL TIME. 536 00:25:00,207 --> 00:25:02,918 FIRST, I LOVE CARDI B. 537 00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:07,923 >> SHE DOES THAT LITTLE THING, AND THEN -- BACK IT UP! 538 00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:09,382 >> I LOVE THAT SONG. 539 00:25:09,466 --> 00:25:11,259 MY WIFE AND I LOVED THAT SONG. 540 00:25:11,343 --> 00:25:16,264 MY WIFE INTRODUCED ME TO THE SONG, AND I THINK IT'S IMPROVED 541 00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:19,392 OUR LOVE LIFE, AS A MATTER OF FACT. 542 00:25:19,476 --> 00:25:20,602 ( LAUGHTER ) >> GOING FORWARD, WHAT CAN I DO 543 00:25:20,685 --> 00:25:26,441 AS A PERSON TO HELP CHANGE THE SITUATION? 544 00:25:26,524 --> 00:25:30,820 >> WHAT WE'RE GOING TO KNEELED IS WHAT WE CALL CO-CONSPIRATORS. 545 00:25:30,904 --> 00:25:36,409 SO IT USED TO BE CALLED WHITE ALLIES OR SPEAKING UP FOR 546 00:25:36,493 --> 00:25:38,787 JUSTICE FOR BLACK PEOPLE AND ALL PEOPLE. 547 00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:40,455 >> RIGHT. 548 00:25:40,538 --> 00:25:44,417 >> Stephen: BUT WE CALL THEM CO-CONSPIRATORS BECAUSE WE NEED 549 00:25:44,501 --> 00:25:46,670 PEOPLE TO STEP UP AND BE ALLIES WITH US AND PUSHING BACK AGAINST 550 00:25:46,753 --> 00:25:51,132 A SYSTEM THAT IS HARMFUL TO US. 551 00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:52,092 >> EXACTLY. 552 00:25:52,175 --> 00:25:54,469 SO WILL YOU BE MY CO-CONSPIRATOR? 553 00:25:54,552 --> 00:25:55,428 >> I SURE WILL. 554 00:25:55,512 --> 00:26:00,308 LET'S DO IT. 555 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:04,312 369, DAMN YOU'RE FINE, SOCK IT TO ME, SOCK IT TO ME ONE MORE 556 00:26:04,396 --> 00:26:05,105 TIME. 557 00:26:05,188 --> 00:26:06,523 TO THE WINDOW, TO THE WALL! 558 00:26:06,606 --> 00:26:11,653 TILL THE SWEAT RUNS DOWN MY ( BLEEP ) 559 00:26:11,736 --> 00:26:17,909 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THANK YOU, 560 00:26:21,538 --> 00:26:23,873 BOOTSIE, AND THANK YOU TO CONGRESSMAN JAMAAL BOWMAN. 561 00:26:23,957 --> 00:26:27,669 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH OSCAR AND EMMY AWARD WINNING ACTOR AND 562 00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:28,044 DIRECTOR REGINA KING. 563 00:26:28,128 --> 00:26:31,423 ♪♪♪ ♪ 564 00:26:42,392 --> 00:26:47,397 S >> STEPHEN: WELCOME BACK. 565 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,984 MY GUEST TONIGHT IS AN EMMY AND FROM "IF BEALE STREET COULD 566 00:26:51,067 --> 00:26:54,529 TALK," "WATCHMEN," AND SO MUCH MORE. 567 00:26:54,612 --> 00:26:54,821 NOW SHE'S DIRECTED HER FIRST FEATURE FILM, "ONE NIGHT IN 568 00:26:54,904 --> 00:26:59,534 MIAMI." 569 00:26:59,617 --> 00:27:02,370 PLEASE WELCOME REGINA KING! 570 00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:03,705 HEY, REGINA KING. 571 00:27:03,788 --> 00:27:04,622 >> HELLO! 572 00:27:04,706 --> 00:27:05,206 >> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE. 573 00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:06,583 >> IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. 574 00:27:06,666 --> 00:27:08,710 I WISH I WAS THERE IN PERSON, BUT -- 575 00:27:08,793 --> 00:27:11,713 >> Stephen: I WISH SO, TOO, BECAUSE THAT MEAN THERE WOULD BE 576 00:27:11,796 --> 00:27:15,717 AN AUDIENCE AND WE ALL WOULD BE HAVING A LOT MORE FUN, BUT I'M 577 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,886 GLAD WE COULD BE TOGETHER THIS WAY IF NO OTHER WAY. 578 00:27:17,969 --> 00:27:20,555 I WANT TO GET TO THE FILM IN JUST A MOMENT, WHICH IS 579 00:27:20,638 --> 00:27:22,724 BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL AND, BOY, IT EMOTIONALLY SNEAKS UP ON YOU 580 00:27:22,807 --> 00:27:25,602 IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 581 00:27:25,685 --> 00:27:33,109 BUT FIRST, THE LAST TIME THAT YOU WERE HERE -- HERE -- WAS 582 00:27:33,193 --> 00:27:34,361 FOR, "IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK." 583 00:27:34,444 --> 00:27:38,448 AND THEN, SINCE THEN, YOU WON AN OSCAR FOR YOUR PERFORMANCE IN 584 00:27:38,531 --> 00:27:39,449 THAT MOVIE. 585 00:27:39,532 --> 00:27:41,743 THEN YOU WON AN EMMY FOR "WATCHMEN." 586 00:27:41,826 --> 00:27:46,456 NOW YOU'VE DIRECTED YOUR FIRST PEACH FILM "ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI." 587 00:27:46,539 --> 00:27:49,125 SOMETIMES I MEET VERY TALENTED PEOPLE FOR WHOM THE RIGHT THING, 588 00:27:49,209 --> 00:27:50,418 YOU KNOW, IS HAPPENING. 589 00:27:50,502 --> 00:27:54,130 AND WHILE IT'S GREAT, THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO APPRECIATE HOW 590 00:27:54,214 --> 00:27:55,757 WONDERFUL THINGS ARE GOING FOR THEM. 591 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,594 DO YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO ENJOY IT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN SO 592 00:27:59,677 --> 00:28:00,762 BUSY? 593 00:28:00,845 --> 00:28:05,141 >> UM -- THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION RIGHT NOW DURING THE 594 00:28:05,225 --> 00:28:05,600 PANDEMIC. 595 00:28:05,683 --> 00:28:07,227 >> Stephen: SURE. 596 00:28:07,310 --> 00:28:14,067 I WOULD SAY THAT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD MORE CELEBRATORY 597 00:28:14,150 --> 00:28:17,779 MOMENTS, IF WE WERE NOT CONFINED TO OUR HOMES. 598 00:28:17,862 --> 00:28:22,075 SO MOMENTS LIKE THESE ARE SPECIAL BECAUSE I HAVE SOMEONE 599 00:28:22,158 --> 00:28:26,913 THAT I'M A FAN OF AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE I'M TAKING A MOMENT 600 00:28:26,996 --> 00:28:29,999 TO TAKE IT IN. 601 00:28:30,083 --> 00:28:32,794 SO, YEAH, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A YES AND NO ANSWER. 602 00:28:32,877 --> 00:28:34,629 >> Stephen: SURE, SURE. 603 00:28:34,712 --> 00:28:36,297 THAT'S A LOT OF LIFE THESE DAYS. 604 00:28:36,381 --> 00:28:37,465 >> YEAH. 605 00:28:37,549 --> 00:28:39,509 >> Stephen: WELL, YOU DIRECTED THIS NEW FILM, "ONE NIGHT IN 606 00:28:39,592 --> 00:28:40,176 MIAMI." 607 00:28:40,260 --> 00:28:41,302 IT'S ABOUT A REAL NIGHT. 608 00:28:41,386 --> 00:28:44,764 YOU KNOW, THE EVENTS ARE IMAGINED OF THIS NIGHT, BUT THIS 609 00:28:44,848 --> 00:28:47,183 REALLY HAPPENED. 610 00:28:47,267 --> 00:28:51,187 IT WAS MALCOLM X, MOHAMED ALI, JIM BROWN AND SAM COOKE GATHERED 611 00:28:51,271 --> 00:28:54,732 TOGETHER IN A HOTEL IN MIAMI IN FEBRUARY 18964. 612 00:28:54,816 --> 00:28:58,153 FIRST OF ALL, TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT THE OCCASION OF THE NIGHT 613 00:28:58,236 --> 00:28:59,487 WAS. 614 00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:00,864 WHAT SORT OF BROUGHT THEM ALL TO MIAMI THAT NIGHT? 615 00:29:00,947 --> 00:29:03,283 >> RIGHT. 616 00:29:03,366 --> 00:29:05,827 WHAT BROUGHT THEM ALL TOGETHER WAS THERE WAS A FIGHT BETWEEN 617 00:29:05,910 --> 00:29:09,956 CASSIUS CLAY AND SONNY LISTEN, AND IT WAS THE FIGHT WHO WAS 618 00:29:10,039 --> 00:29:17,213 GOING TO WHOEVER WAS THE VICTOR WAS GOING TO BE THE HEAVY WEIGHT 619 00:29:17,297 --> 00:29:19,215 CHAVRP ONE OF THE WORLD. 620 00:29:19,299 --> 00:29:21,551 AND CASSIUS CLAY, WHO LATER BECAME MOHAMED ALI WAS NOT THE 621 00:29:21,634 --> 00:29:22,969 FAVORITE. 622 00:29:23,052 --> 00:29:25,847 HE WAS NOT EXPECTED TO WIN, SO THERE WAS NO PARTY PLAN, SO HE 623 00:29:25,930 --> 00:29:27,390 CELEBRATED WITH THREE OF HIS FRIENDS. 624 00:29:27,474 --> 00:29:30,810 >> Stephen: WELL, ALL THESE MEN, CERTAINLY, NOW, JIM BROWN'S 625 00:29:30,894 --> 00:29:41,529 STILL WITH US, BUT ALL OF THEM ARE OF JUST A HUGE STATURE, NOT 626 00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:45,241 ONLY IN THEIR CHOSEN WORK, BUT IN OUR HISTORY AND IN OUR 627 00:29:45,325 --> 00:29:46,534 CULTURE. 628 00:29:46,618 --> 00:29:50,163 WHAT IS IT LIKE TO DEPICT PEOPLE FOR WHOM IS AUDIENCE ALREADY HAS 629 00:29:50,246 --> 00:29:53,708 SUCH A PRE-SET IMAGE AND IDEA? 630 00:29:53,791 --> 00:29:54,626 >> YEAH. 631 00:29:54,709 --> 00:30:00,048 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG FLEX TO MAKE. 632 00:30:00,131 --> 00:30:04,427 WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE NIGHT, I WASN'T AWARE OF IT PRIOR TO 633 00:30:04,511 --> 00:30:05,094 READING THE SCRIPT. 634 00:30:05,178 --> 00:30:06,387 KIPP POWERS WROTE THE SCRIPT. 635 00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:11,726 IT WAS A PLAY HE HAD WRITTEN AND HE ADAPTED IT INTO A SCREENPLAY, 636 00:30:11,809 --> 00:30:16,231 AND YOU JUST WANT TO HONOR THESE MEN, THEIR LEGACIES, YOU KNOW. 637 00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:21,903 YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU TELL A STORY THAT'S ENTERTAINING BUT 638 00:30:21,986 --> 00:30:31,788 ALSO THE IMPACT -- TO SHARE THE IMPACT THAT THEY MADE. 639 00:30:31,871 --> 00:30:35,917 BUT, ALSO, IT WAS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEM AS MEN 640 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:41,756 OUT ALL THE TITLES, WITHOUT ACTIVIST, ATHLETE, SINGER, BUT 641 00:30:41,839 --> 00:30:46,803 MEN IN THE VULNERABILITIES THAT ALL MEN HAVE AND HOW THROUGH 642 00:30:46,886 --> 00:30:49,055 THAT VULNERABILITY BRINGS STRENGTH. 643 00:30:49,138 --> 00:30:54,102 >> Stephen: THERE'S A PARTICULAR POIGNANCY TO THE 644 00:30:54,185 --> 00:30:57,105 VULNERABILITY WE SEE EXPRESSED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF MALCOLM X, 645 00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:58,856 BECAUSE HE IS SUCH A FIGURE OF STRENGTH, YOU KNOW. 646 00:30:58,940 --> 00:31:06,781 AND A CERTAIN TYPE OF AGGRESSIVE STRENGTH, CERTAINLY, AT A CASUAL 647 00:31:06,864 --> 00:31:08,908 GLANCE OF HIS PUBLIC PER SEWNA. 648 00:31:08,992 --> 00:31:13,955 WE HAVE A CLIP HERE OF THESE ARE THE FOUR MEN ON THE ROOFTOP. 649 00:31:14,038 --> 00:31:19,335 CAN YOU TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS MOMENTAL? 650 00:31:19,419 --> 00:31:26,092 >> THIS IS A MOMENT KIND OF LIKE MIDWAY IN THE FILM, WHERE 651 00:31:26,175 --> 00:31:32,807 CASSIUS HAS NOTICED A TENSION THAT'S GOING ON IN THE ROOM AND 652 00:31:32,890 --> 00:31:35,810 HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, LET'S GO TAKE A BREATHER. 653 00:31:35,893 --> 00:31:40,356 SO WE'RE IN THIS MOMENT AND, YOU KNOW, THE AUDIENCE IS BREATHING 654 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:44,110 WITH OUR FOUR HEROES, WE CALL THEM, OUR HISTORICAL AVENGERS, 655 00:31:44,193 --> 00:31:51,117 AND WE GET TO SEE ONE OF THE MOMENTS WHERE MALCOLM IS REALLY 656 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:55,663 QUIET AND I GUESS A BIT INTROSPECIFIC. 657 00:31:55,747 --> 00:31:58,875 >> Stephen: JIM. 658 00:31:58,958 --> 00:31:59,917 YEAH, APPEARS COOLER. 659 00:32:00,001 --> 00:32:04,047 AWAY FROM THE PRYING EYES OF YOUR G MEN. 660 00:32:04,130 --> 00:32:07,175 >> YEAH, YOU JOKE ALL YOU WANT, SAM. 661 00:32:07,258 --> 00:32:12,013 I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S GOT WORSE SINCE THE TENSION BETWEEN ME AND 662 00:32:12,096 --> 00:32:14,307 MR. MOHAMED. 663 00:32:14,390 --> 00:32:16,059 >> I MET WITH A WRITER IN NEW YORK A FEW WEEKS BACK, TWO 664 00:32:16,142 --> 00:32:17,685 GUYS FOLLOWING US THROUGH THE AIRPORT. 665 00:32:17,769 --> 00:32:19,020 I SWEAR IT WAS THE SAME TWO. 666 00:32:19,103 --> 00:32:22,649 >> I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T TRUST WRITERS. 667 00:32:22,732 --> 00:32:28,196 >> OH, THIS ONE WAS A BROTHER, AND THIS MEETING WAS IMPORTANT. 668 00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:32,492 I FIGURE I BETTER START GETTING MY LIFE STORY DOCUMENTED IN MY 669 00:32:32,575 --> 00:32:33,660 OWN WORDS WHEN I CAN. 670 00:32:33,743 --> 00:32:36,037 >> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE WE WENT 671 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:40,208 INTO THAT CLIP WAS THE TENSION BETWEEN THESE FOUR MEN, AND TO 672 00:32:40,291 --> 00:32:44,671 SIMPLIFY IT FOR OUR AUDIENCE, JUST FOR THE CONVERSATION, THERE 673 00:32:44,754 --> 00:32:50,093 IS A TENSION BETWEEN ALL OF THEM DRIVEN BY THE CONVERSATION 674 00:32:50,176 --> 00:32:53,221 THAT'S BEING DIRECTED IN SOME WAYS BY MALCOLM X ABILITY HOW 675 00:32:53,304 --> 00:32:57,100 EACH OF THESE MEN CAN USE THEIR CELEBRITY, THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, 676 00:32:57,183 --> 00:33:04,440 THEIR RELATIVE PRIVILEGE WITHIN SOCIETY TO FURTHER THE CAUSE OF 677 00:33:04,524 --> 00:33:08,903 LIBERATING BLACK PEOPLE, TO ACHIEVING BLACK POWER, AS 678 00:33:08,986 --> 00:33:13,908 MOHAMED ALI AND SAM COOKE TALK ABOUT LATER, THERE ARE VERY 679 00:33:13,991 --> 00:33:17,245 DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT HOW THAT'S ACHIEVABLE IN THIS MOVIE. 680 00:33:17,328 --> 00:33:21,249 WHICH THEORY RINGS MOST POSSIBLE TO YOU? 681 00:33:21,332 --> 00:33:24,627 >> ACTUALLY, FOR ME, STEPHEN, THEY'RE BOTH EQUALLY POSSIBLE 682 00:33:24,711 --> 00:33:26,421 AND THEY BOTH RING TRUE TO ME. 683 00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:35,430 I FEEL LIKE BOTH STYLES, IF YOU WILL, OF ACHIEVING RACIAL 684 00:33:35,513 --> 00:33:39,100 EQUALITY OR BLACK POWER, AS CASSIUS SAYS IN THE FILM, ARE 685 00:33:39,183 --> 00:33:40,935 NECESSARY. 686 00:33:41,018 --> 00:33:42,228 I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SITUATIONAL. 687 00:33:42,311 --> 00:33:45,565 IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST. 688 00:33:45,648 --> 00:33:50,737 SOMETIMES IT IS, YOU KNOW, LET'S TEAR IT DOWN AND START ALL OVER, 689 00:33:50,820 --> 00:33:55,450 AND SOMETIMES IT'S WORKING INSIDE OUT FROM AN ECONOMIC 690 00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:58,578 SPACE, LIKE SAM SPEAKS ABOUT. 691 00:33:58,661 --> 00:33:59,120 SO I RELATE TO BOTH. 692 00:33:59,203 --> 00:34:01,581 I DO. 693 00:34:01,664 --> 00:34:07,003 >> Stephen: WELL, SAM COOKE IS PORTRAYED BY LESLIE ODOM, SUCH A 694 00:34:07,086 --> 00:34:09,130 BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE. 695 00:34:09,213 --> 00:34:13,760 AND COOKE HIMSELF IS SUCH A POWERFUL FIGURE. 696 00:34:13,843 --> 00:34:18,139 MALCOLM X SAYS YOU MIGHT HAVE A BETTER CHANCE THAN SOMEBODY ELSE 697 00:34:18,222 --> 00:34:25,480 BECAUSE OF THE MAGIC MUSIC CREATES AND CHANGES A HEART FROM 698 00:34:25,563 --> 00:34:27,356 A DISTANCE. 699 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,067 WHAT LED YOU TO CASTING LESLIE ODOM, JR. 700 00:34:30,151 --> 00:34:33,821 HAD YOU SEEN HIM IN "HAMILTON"? 701 00:34:33,905 --> 00:34:36,741 >> I HAD SEEN "HAMILTON" BUT NOT THE CAST WITH LESLIE ODOM. 702 00:34:36,824 --> 00:34:39,160 I HAD A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT I WAS THINKING OF THAT POTENTIALLY 703 00:34:39,243 --> 00:34:46,834 COULD BE GOOD FOR ALL FOUR OF THE ROLES, AND LESLIE -- I HAD 704 00:34:46,918 --> 00:34:52,840 SEEN HIM IN A NATIONWIDE COMMERCIAL -- W 705 00:34:52,924 --> 00:34:54,842 ( LAUGHTER ) -- AND SOMETHING JUST ABOUT THE 706 00:34:54,926 --> 00:35:00,181 WAY HE WAS CARRYING HIMSELF FELT VERY SAM COOKE-ESQUE TO ME. 707 00:35:00,264 --> 00:35:02,391 >> Stephen: SURE. 708 00:35:02,475 --> 00:35:05,186 AND I ASKED ME SON, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS ABOUT -- 709 00:35:05,269 --> 00:35:09,190 I'M TRYING TO THINK OF YOUNG ACTORS I'M NOT THINKING OF FOR 710 00:35:09,273 --> 00:35:12,360 ANY OF THESE ROLES. 711 00:35:12,443 --> 00:35:15,488 HE SAID, OH, MOM, THAT DUDE IN THE NATIONWIDE COMMERCIAL MIGHT 712 00:35:15,571 --> 00:35:17,865 BE GOOD FOR SAM COOKE. 713 00:35:17,949 --> 00:35:18,825 I THOUGHT, THERE YOU GO! 714 00:35:18,908 --> 00:35:21,035 >> Stephen: TWO POINTS MAKE A LINE. 715 00:35:21,118 --> 00:35:21,869 >> YEAH. 716 00:35:21,953 --> 00:35:23,830 >> Stephen: A BRILLIANT FILM. 717 00:35:23,913 --> 00:35:25,498 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 718 00:35:25,581 --> 00:35:27,750 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 719 00:35:27,834 --> 00:35:29,043 >> STEPHEN: "ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI" IS AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON 720 00:35:29,126 --> 00:35:29,669 PRIME. 721 00:35:29,752 --> 00:35:31,045 REGINA KING, EVERYBODY! 722 00:35:31,128 --> 00:35:33,923 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY VIC MENSA. 723 00:35:34,006 --> 00:35:36,592 ♪♪♪ 724 00:35:42,598 --> 00:35:46,894 ♪♪♪ 725 00:36:00,658 --> 00:36:02,076 >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK. 726 00:36:02,159 --> 00:36:03,161 PERFORMING A MEDLEY OF "SHELTER" AND "FR33DOM" FROM HIS 727 00:36:03,244 --> 00:36:06,372 FORTHCOMING E.P. "I TAPE," WITH WYCLEF JEAN AND PETER 728 00:36:06,455 --> 00:36:08,291 COTTONTALE, VIC MENSA! 729 00:36:08,374 --> 00:36:13,713 ♪ THERE'S A WAR GOING ON OUTSIDE THAT NOBODY'S SAFE FROM 730 00:36:13,796 --> 00:36:19,385 p♪ BUT HERE IN MY ARMS I'LL KEEP YOU FROM HARM 731 00:36:19,468 --> 00:36:24,432 ♪ THERE'S NO GUARANTEE TONIGHT THAT WE WILL WAKE UP 732 00:36:24,515 --> 00:36:28,185 ♪ WHEN NIGHT TAKES THE MORNING BUT IF NO ALARM RINGS, YOU CAN 733 00:36:28,269 --> 00:36:31,606 ♪ COUNT ON ONE THING ♪ ♪ ♪ 734 00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:37,528 ♪ I'LL BE YOUR SHELTER EMERGENCY 735 00:36:37,612 --> 00:36:45,620 ♪ PLEASE COUNT ON ME, YEAH, I'LL BE YOUR SUPERHERO 736 00:36:45,703 --> 00:36:50,333 ♪ WHEN DANGER ARISE I'LL BE BY YOUR SIDE 737 00:36:50,416 --> 00:36:52,251 ♪ YOU'RE MY LUCKY DIME ♪ ♪ ♪ 738 00:36:52,335 --> 00:36:55,588 ♪ WYCLEF TOLD ME, "CALL 9-1-1" BUT WHO DO YOU CALL WHEN THE 739 00:36:55,671 --> 00:36:57,006 ♪ AMBULANCES DON'T COME? 740 00:36:57,089 --> 00:36:59,634 OR WATCH AS THE ONES SWORN BY ♪ LAW TO PROTECT US 741 00:36:59,717 --> 00:37:02,428 WRONGFULLY CONVICT US, ♪ THEN CALL THE CORRECTIONS 742 00:37:02,511 --> 00:37:04,847 NEXT, THEY BAIL THE BANKS OUT ♪ WHEN WE IN RECESSION 743 00:37:04,931 --> 00:37:07,642 OR HANG US IN A JAIL CELL SO ♪ THEY COULD SWING THE ELECTIONS 744 00:37:07,725 --> 00:37:09,310 HIT CHICAGO STREETS WITH ♪ POTHOLES THAT'S DEEP, AND 745 00:37:09,393 --> 00:37:12,647 TAHOES CREEP LIKE T.L.C. 746 00:37:12,730 --> 00:37:15,566 ♪ HOSPITAL WORKERS IN SCRUBS WITH NO P.P.E. 747 00:37:15,650 --> 00:37:18,653 ♪ BUT THEY GOT MONEY FOR RIOT GEAR, MY -- WE DYING HERE, YEAH 748 00:37:18,736 --> 00:37:21,781 ♪ YOU TELL ME NOT TO MOVE WITH MY GUN BUT WE GOT MORE FUNERAL 749 00:37:21,864 --> 00:37:24,992 ♪ HOMES THAN SCHOOLS WHERE I'M FROM AND ON THE NEWS, 750 00:37:25,076 --> 00:37:28,454 ♪ ALL YOU VIEW IS HOMICIDES AIN'T NO TRAUMA UNITS WHEN 751 00:37:28,537 --> 00:37:29,997 ♪ EVERYBODY TRAUMATIZED? 752 00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:31,832 TRYNA GET ON YOUR FEET PLAYING ♪ THE HAND THEY DEALT YA 753 00:37:31,916 --> 00:37:34,377 IF YOUR HOUSE IS NOT A HOME, LET ♪ THIS SONG BE YOUR SHELTER 754 00:37:34,460 --> 00:37:36,462 (ECHOES) SHELTER, SHELTER ♪ ♪ ♪ 755 00:37:36,545 --> 00:37:41,634 ♪ I'LL BE YOUR SHELTER EMERGENCY 756 00:37:41,717 --> 00:37:50,142 ♪ PLEASE COUNT ON ME, YEAH, I'LL BE YOUR SUPERHERO 757 00:37:50,226 --> 00:37:54,063 ♪ WHEN DANGER ARISE I'LL BE BY YOUR SIDE 758 00:37:54,146 --> 00:37:55,481 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I WRITE FOR MY -- DOING LIFE 759 00:37:55,564 --> 00:37:59,402 WITH NO POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE ♪ YOU PLAYING FORTNITE, THAT'S 760 00:37:59,485 --> 00:38:01,278 HOW LONG HE SPENT IN THE HOLE ♪ LIVE FROM DEATH ROW, 761 00:38:01,362 --> 00:38:04,907 FREE MY BROTHER JULIUS JONES ♪ I HAD A DREAM THAT MUMIA WAS 762 00:38:04,991 --> 00:38:08,661 HOME, I SPEAK FREEDOM IN SONG ♪ 'CAUSE ALL I SEE IS RACIST 763 00:38:08,744 --> 00:38:10,162 FACES ♪ WHERE HATE LIVES 764 00:38:10,246 --> 00:38:12,707 AND THEY RAPE KIDS IN CAGES ♪ WHAT KIND OF NATION LYNCH 765 00:38:12,790 --> 00:38:14,583 ELIJAH MCCLAIN? 766 00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:16,377 ♪ AND SEND US TO THE MIDDLE EAST TO DIE FOR THE FLAG? 767 00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:19,588 ♪ THEY DRIVE US INSANE TO SELL US MEDICATION 768 00:38:19,672 --> 00:38:22,675 ♪ WE DEMAND REPARATIONS, AND THEY TELL US, "HAVE PATIENCE" 769 00:38:22,758 --> 00:38:25,219 ♪ 'STEAD OF CASH PAYMENTS, WE GET MINIMUM WAGES 770 00:38:25,302 --> 00:38:28,514 ♪ THEY GIVE US THE BLACK PLAGUE, THEN SEND US A WHITE SAVIOR 771 00:38:28,597 --> 00:38:31,559 ♪ I FOUND FAITH WHEN I LOST HOPE THAT'S WHEN JULIUS REMINDED ME 772 00:38:31,642 --> 00:38:34,395 ♪ OF A BAR I WROTE BEHIND BARS, ON THE YARD, WHERE 773 00:38:34,478 --> 00:38:36,522 ♪ THEY DREAM OF THE STREET ON DEATH ROW, SINGING, "WE COULD 774 00:38:36,605 --> 00:38:41,193 ♪ BE FREE" WE COULD BE FREE, 775 00:38:41,277 --> 00:38:42,361 THIS IS A PREPAID CALL FROM JULIUS JONES 776 00:38:42,445 --> 00:38:48,367 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 777 00:38:48,451 --> 00:38:54,081 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 778 00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:57,543 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 779 00:38:57,626 --> 00:39:03,549 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 780 00:39:03,632 --> 00:39:06,635 ♪ THIS AIN'T NO KUMBAYA THIS IS THAT COUP D'ETAT 781 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,096 ♪ THIS AIN'T NO WOO-SAH THIS -- THIS -- IS STUPID HARD 782 00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:11,557 ♪ THIS IS THAT DO OR DIE THIS IS THAT VOODOO THAT BRUJA 783 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:13,559 ♪ TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE GOING FEDERAL 784 00:39:13,642 --> 00:39:15,895 ♪ LIKE I SOLD FENTANYL, DOPE IN THE VEIN 785 00:39:15,978 --> 00:39:17,980 ♪ THAT PRODUCT THAT YE THE CITY BEHIND ME ALI BUMBAYE 786 00:39:18,064 --> 00:39:20,149 ♪ YEAH, THIS IS THAT, THIS IS THAT, THIS IS THAT 787 00:39:20,232 --> 00:39:21,942 ♪ BY ANY MEANS THIS IS THAT HUNGER THAT RUMBLE 788 00:39:22,026 --> 00:39:24,904 ♪ THE STOMACH OF FIENDS THIS IS THE THEME OF THE THIEVES 789 00:39:24,987 --> 00:39:27,740 ♪ THIS IS THE REASON WE BLEED THIS POVERTY A DISEASE 790 00:39:27,823 --> 00:39:29,950 ♪ THIS WHY GOT NINAS AND BEAMS RED DOT ON YOUR HEAD LIKE A SIKH 791 00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:32,578 ♪ OR MAYBE A HINDU DON'T MEAN TO OFFEND YOU 792 00:39:32,661 --> 00:39:34,580 ♪ IT MADE ME AN ATHEIST YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT I BEEN 793 00:39:34,663 --> 00:39:36,582 THROUGH ♪ THIS TIME OF UNREST AIN'T NO 794 00:39:36,665 --> 00:39:37,958 NEED TO BE CIVIL ♪ THIS KIND OF PAIN FEEL A DEMON 795 00:39:38,042 --> 00:39:39,919 IS IN YOU ♪ THIS IS THE EVIL THEY GIVE TO 796 00:39:40,002 --> 00:39:41,670 THE PEOPLE ♪ IT COME BACK AROUND 797 00:39:41,754 --> 00:39:43,756 IT'S THE WHEEL OF EZEKIEL ♪ THIS MILITANT REALISM 798 00:39:43,839 --> 00:39:45,591 MADE ME THESE MILLIONS SAVE MONEY ARMY 799 00:39:45,674 --> 00:39:47,802 ♪ WE AIN'T NO CIVILIANS ♪ I'M IN THE GAUNTLET 800 00:39:47,885 --> 00:39:50,805 ♪ I'M MARCUS AURELIUS ♪ TIL WE GET FREE, 801 00:39:50,888 --> 00:39:53,349 YEAH! ♪ >> Stephen: VIC MENSA, 802 00:39:53,432 --> 00:39:53,849 EVERYBODY! 803 00:39:53,933 --> 00:39:56,352 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 804 00:40:05,236 --> 00:40:06,362 >> Stephen: WELL, THAT'S IT FOR "A LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY. 805 00:40:06,445 --> 00:40:06,737 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 806 00:40:06,821 --> 00:40:09,615 GOOD NIGHT. 807 00:40:10,616 --> 00:40:11,575 Captioning sponsored by CBS Captioned by 808 00:40:12,660 --> 00:40:18,374 Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 809 00:40:18,457 --> 00:40:26,507 ( HUMMING ) ♪♪♪ 810 00:40:26,590 --> 00:40:28,467 ( LAUGHTER ) Captioning sponsored by CBS