1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:04,504 >> IN NORTH CAROLINA, FIRST-TERM CONGRESSMAN MADISON CAWTHORN HAS 2 00:00:04,571 --> 00:00:07,907 NOW CONCEDED AFTER LOSING THE PRIMARY TO STATE SENATOR CHUCK 3 00:00:07,974 --> 00:00:09,075 EDWARDS. 4 00:00:09,142 --> 00:00:13,480 IT IS A REBUKE OF SOMEONE ONCE SEEN AS A RISING STAR IN THE 5 00:00:13,546 --> 00:00:16,683 G.O.P., THAT HIS POLITICAL CAREER FELL AFTER SCANDAL AFTER 6 00:00:16,750 --> 00:00:17,784 SCANDAL. 7 00:00:17,851 --> 00:00:22,522 >> HE ACCUSED MEMBERS OF THE PARTY OF HAVING ORGIES AND 8 00:00:22,589 --> 00:00:23,757 SNORTING COCAINE. 9 00:00:23,823 --> 00:00:24,958 >> AND NOW THAT HE HAS LOST THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS, SAY A FOND 10 00:00:25,024 --> 00:00:27,694 FAREWELL TO REPRESENTATIVE CAWTHORN: 11 00:01:17,010 --> 00:01:19,846 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 12 00:01:19,913 --> 00:01:26,953 TONIGHT: RESULTS PENDING. 13 00:01:27,020 --> 00:01:30,790 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: SECRETARY OF STATE, ANTONY 14 00:01:30,857 --> 00:01:35,628 BLINKEN AND MUSICAL GUEST, TWICE 15 00:01:36,062 --> 00:01:40,366 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 16 00:01:42,469 --> 00:01:48,341 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 17 00:01:48,408 --> 00:01:50,877 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 18 00:01:50,944 --> 00:01:51,511 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 19 00:01:51,578 --> 00:01:54,481 >> Stephen: HEY, WHAT'S UP? 20 00:01:54,547 --> 00:01:54,781 PERFECT! 21 00:01:54,848 --> 00:01:56,850 PERFECT! 22 00:02:12,432 --> 00:02:13,766 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'LL GET IT. 23 00:02:13,833 --> 00:02:14,968 WE'LL GET IT. 24 00:02:15,034 --> 00:02:15,502 HEY! 25 00:02:15,568 --> 00:02:17,670 >> Audience: STEPHEN! 26 00:02:17,737 --> 00:02:18,338 STEPHEN! 27 00:02:18,404 --> 00:02:20,940 >> Stephen: THANKS, EVERYONE. 28 00:02:21,007 --> 00:02:21,774 THAT'S NICE. 29 00:02:21,841 --> 00:02:23,710 HELLO, MARK. 30 00:02:23,776 --> 00:02:24,744 HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? 31 00:02:24,811 --> 00:02:25,778 UP THERE. 32 00:02:25,845 --> 00:02:29,782 OVER HERE. 33 00:02:29,849 --> 00:02:34,354 ♪ ♪ ♪ THANK YOU. 34 00:02:34,420 --> 00:02:35,588 VERY KIND. 35 00:02:35,655 --> 00:02:36,022 PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT. 36 00:02:36,089 --> 00:02:38,224 THANK YOU. 37 00:02:38,291 --> 00:02:39,559 VERY NICE. 38 00:02:39,626 --> 00:02:41,160 PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT, EVERYBODY. 39 00:02:41,227 --> 00:02:42,228 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 40 00:02:42,295 --> 00:02:43,963 UP HERE, DOWN HERE, OUT THERE, ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 41 00:02:44,030 --> 00:02:45,198 WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW." 42 00:02:45,265 --> 00:02:51,337 I WANT TO SAY HI TO ALL MY FANS IN MEXICO CITY, RIGHT OFF THE 43 00:02:51,404 --> 00:02:51,905 TOP. 44 00:02:51,971 --> 00:02:52,305 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 45 00:02:52,372 --> 00:02:52,705 THERE YOU GO. 46 00:02:52,772 --> 00:02:54,173 THERE YOU GO. 47 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:59,913 BROADCASTING LIVE TO MEXICO CITY. 48 00:02:59,979 --> 00:03:02,148 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 49 00:03:02,215 --> 00:03:07,921 FOLKS, I TRY TO NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT HAVING ONE OF 50 00:03:07,987 --> 00:03:11,491 THESE SHOWS IS A PROFOUUND PRIVILEGE, NOT JUST TO TELL 51 00:03:11,558 --> 00:03:19,933 JOKES-- HA HA-- BUT TO INFORM YOU, THE PUBLIC. THAT IS A 52 00:03:19,999 --> 00:03:21,401 SACRED TRUST. 53 00:03:21,467 --> 00:03:25,939 AND NO ONE IN LATE NIGHT GIVES YOU THE MIDTERM PRIMARIES IN 54 00:03:26,005 --> 00:03:29,275 FIVE STATES IN MID-MAY LIKE THE TEAM AT "THE LATE SHOW." 55 00:03:29,342 --> 00:03:37,383 THIS IS: >> "ELECTION NIGHT IN 10% OF 56 00:03:37,450 --> 00:03:41,287 AMERICA '22." 57 00:03:41,354 --> 00:03:43,723 >> Stephen: THE RESULTS ARE IN, AND AMERICA HAS UPHELD ITS 58 00:03:43,790 --> 00:03:52,231 PROUD TRADITION OF NOT KNOWING WHO WON. 59 00:03:52,298 --> 00:03:55,168 AT LEAST IN ONE RACE EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT-- THE REPUBLICAN 60 00:03:55,234 --> 00:03:56,903 NOMINATION FOR SENATE IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH PITS FORMER 61 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:59,105 HEDGE FUND EXECUTIVE AND CUSTOMER ASKING THE MANAGER WHY 62 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:03,776 THE PEOPLE AT THAT TABLE GOT THEIR FOOD FIRST, 63 00:04:03,843 --> 00:04:06,980 DAVID McCORMICK, AGAINST TV CHARLATAN AND WINNER OF THE EMMY 64 00:04:07,046 --> 00:04:11,584 FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SELF-TAXIDERMY, DR. MEHMET OZ. 65 00:04:11,651 --> 00:04:17,290 ( LAUGHTER ) AS OF THIS TAPING, THE RACE IS A 66 00:04:17,357 --> 00:04:21,694 TOSS-UP, WITH DR. OZ GETTING 31.3% OF THE VOTE TO McCORMICK'S 67 00:04:21,761 --> 00:04:23,930 31.1%. 68 00:04:23,997 --> 00:04:25,732 WOW, THAT'S A NAILBITER. 69 00:04:25,798 --> 00:04:28,701 THAT IS STRESSFUL. 70 00:04:28,768 --> 00:04:31,137 AND THERE'S NO BETTER CURE FOR STRESS THAN DR. OZ'S RASPBERRY 71 00:04:31,204 --> 00:04:33,272 KETONE AND GREEN COFFEE BEAN PROTEIN PANCAKE MIX. 72 00:04:33,339 --> 00:04:37,310 SIDE EFFECTS INCLUDE STRESS. 73 00:04:37,377 --> 00:04:39,278 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HERE'S THE THING. 74 00:04:39,345 --> 00:04:39,946 IT IS. 75 00:04:40,013 --> 00:04:43,716 IT'S A NAILBITER. 76 00:04:43,783 --> 00:04:45,018 BUT BOTH SIDES REMAIN CONFIDENT. 77 00:04:45,084 --> 00:04:48,921 LAST NIGHT, McCORMICK'S CHIEF STRATEGIST TWEETED, "BASED ON 78 00:04:48,988 --> 00:04:50,623 HOW MANY UNCOUNTED ABSENTEE BALLOTS THERE ARE AND THE MARGIN 79 00:04:50,690 --> 00:04:53,292 BY WHICH DAVE HAS WON THEM SO FR, THAT'S WHY WE ARE 80 00:04:53,359 --> 00:04:55,728 CONFIDENT OF VICTORY." 81 00:04:55,795 --> 00:05:00,033 WHILE AN ADVISER TO DR. OZ POINTED TO UNCOUNTED BALLOTS IN 82 00:05:00,099 --> 00:05:02,969 PHILADELPHIA AND DECLARED, "IT'S A JUMP BALL." 83 00:05:03,036 --> 00:05:05,271 WHICH, I WILL REMIND YOU, IS HOW THEY EVENTUALLY DECIDED 84 00:05:05,338 --> 00:05:07,106 BUSH V. GORE. 85 00:05:07,173 --> 00:05:09,275 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 86 00:05:09,342 --> 00:05:11,244 OKAY. 87 00:05:11,310 --> 00:05:13,112 W. WAS A MONSTER IN THE PAINT. 88 00:05:13,179 --> 00:05:14,914 HE WAS RAY MONSTER IN THE PAINT. 89 00:05:14,981 --> 00:05:21,287 HE TOOK THE ROCK TO THE REHNQUIST. 90 00:05:21,354 --> 00:05:24,590 PENNSYLVANIA LAW REQUIRES A RECOUNT WHEN THE MARGIN IS HALF 91 00:05:24,657 --> 00:05:25,925 A PERCENTAGE POINT OR LESS, BUT ONE DR. OZ SUPPORTER SEES A 92 00:05:25,992 --> 00:05:28,494 WAY AROUND THAT. 93 00:05:28,561 --> 00:05:33,299 I'M TALKING, OF COURSE, ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT FRAUD 94 00:05:33,366 --> 00:05:40,273 FLINTSTONE-- A.K.A. FLABBA DABBA GOO. 95 00:05:40,339 --> 00:05:48,481 OLD FLABBA DABBA SAID SOMEWHERE ON THE INTERNET THAT 96 00:05:48,548 --> 00:05:49,882 OZ SHOULD NOT TRUST OUTSTANDING MAIL-IN BALLOTS, TYPING, "DR. OZ 97 00:05:49,949 --> 00:05:51,117 SHOULD DECLARE VICTORY. 98 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:53,286 IT MAKES IT MUCH HARDER FOR THEM TO CHEAT WITH THE BALLOTS THAT 99 00:05:53,352 --> 00:05:56,355 THEY 'JUST HAPPENED TO FIND.' WELL, I WILL GIVE HIM THIS: HE'S 100 00:05:56,422 --> 00:05:57,290 AN AUTHORITY ON CHEATING. 101 00:05:57,356 --> 00:05:59,625 JUST ASK ALL OF HIS WIVES. 102 00:05:59,692 --> 00:06:02,095 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE DO-- IT'S BEEN A WHILE. 103 00:06:02,161 --> 00:06:03,496 IT'S BEEN A WHILE. 104 00:06:03,563 --> 00:06:06,065 JUST THROW IT OUT THERE. 105 00:06:06,132 --> 00:06:13,272 THROW A LITTLE CORN OUT FOR THE CHICKENS. 106 00:06:13,339 --> 00:06:16,209 WE DO KNOW WHO THE WINNER OF THIS RACE WILL FACE IN THE 107 00:06:16,275 --> 00:06:19,712 GENERAL ELECTION: LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JOHN FETTERMAN, SEEN 108 00:06:19,779 --> 00:06:21,280 HERE IN HIS FORMAL HOODIE. 109 00:06:21,347 --> 00:06:25,218 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, UNLIKE THE REPUBLICANS, THE 110 00:06:25,284 --> 00:06:29,088 DEMOCRATIC RACE WAS NOT CLOSE, WITH FETTERMAN CAPTURING 111 00:06:29,155 --> 00:06:33,292 59% OF THE VOTE, AND POSSIBLY GOING ON TO WIN EVERY COUNTY IN 112 00:06:33,359 --> 00:06:36,863 PENNSYLVANIA. 113 00:06:36,929 --> 00:06:38,030 CLEARLY, HE IS A RISING STAR, WHICH MAY BE WHY ONE BIDEN 114 00:06:38,097 --> 00:06:41,300 ADVISER TOLD CNN, "THERE ARE BIG SIMILARITIES BETWEEN JOHN 115 00:06:41,367 --> 00:06:43,703 FETTERMAN AND JOE BIDEN." 116 00:06:43,770 --> 00:06:48,074 AND THAT COULD EXPLAIN BIDEN'S LATEST MAKEOVER. 117 00:06:48,141 --> 00:06:49,175 THAT'S NICE. 118 00:06:49,242 --> 00:06:49,742 LOOKS GOOD. 119 00:06:49,809 --> 00:06:50,610 HE SHOULD DO IT. 120 00:06:50,676 --> 00:06:51,911 HE SHOULD GO FOR IT. 121 00:06:51,978 --> 00:06:53,279 DON'T FIGHT IT, RIGHT? 122 00:06:53,346 --> 00:06:54,347 RIGHT? 123 00:06:54,413 --> 00:06:55,448 DON'T FIGHT IT, RIGHT? 124 00:06:55,515 --> 00:06:59,819 JUST GO FOR IT. 125 00:06:59,886 --> 00:07:01,587 PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS DID DECISIVELY CHOOSE A CANDIDATE 126 00:07:01,654 --> 00:07:06,959 FOR GOVERNOR: STATE SENATOR AND MR. CLEAN GOING THROUGH A ROUGH 127 00:07:07,026 --> 00:07:08,060 DIVORCE, DOUG MASTRIANO. 128 00:07:08,127 --> 00:07:13,132 MASTRIANO IS A HARD-RIGHT CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST AND A 129 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:16,502 CENTRAL FIGURE IN EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 130 00:07:16,569 --> 00:07:17,570 ELECTION IN PENNSYLVANIA. 131 00:07:17,637 --> 00:07:22,175 THAT VICTORY SPEECH MUST HAVE BEEN A LITTLE AWKWARD: 132 00:07:22,241 --> 00:07:23,376 "THANK YOU, PENNSYLVANIA. 133 00:07:23,442 --> 00:07:25,278 I COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT DOMINION VOTING MACHINES 134 00:07:25,344 --> 00:07:26,913 AND THE GHOST OF HUGO CHAVEZ. 135 00:07:26,979 --> 00:07:28,281 THESE ELECTIONS ARE RIGGED! 136 00:07:28,347 --> 00:07:29,282 STOP THE STEAL! 137 00:07:29,348 --> 00:07:37,356 LOCK ME UP!" LOOK ME UP! 138 00:07:37,423 --> 00:07:43,129 ( APPLAUSE ) ONE OF THE BIG LOSERS LAST NIGHT 139 00:07:43,196 --> 00:07:47,600 WAS NORTH CAROLINA REPRESENTATIVE MADISON CAWTHORN, 140 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:49,702 SEEN HERE-- ( APPLAUSE ) 141 00:07:49,769 --> 00:07:53,272 SEEN HERE ENTERING A LIST OF HIS TOP AXE BODY SPRAY SCENTS INTO 142 00:07:53,339 --> 00:07:59,278 THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 143 00:07:59,345 --> 00:08:01,714 MANGO MUSK! 144 00:08:01,781 --> 00:08:05,284 CAWTHORN HAD THE EX-PRESIDENT'S ENDORSEMENT, BUT HE STILL LOST 145 00:08:05,351 --> 00:08:09,288 THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY TO NORTH CAROLINA STATE SENATOR AND 146 00:08:09,355 --> 00:08:13,292 HOTEL CONCIERGE WATCHING YOU AND YOUR WIFE KISS, CHUCK EDWARDS. 147 00:08:13,359 --> 00:08:16,362 IN ADDITION TO HIS ROLE IN THE STATE SENATE, EDWARDS OPERATES 148 00:08:16,429 --> 00:08:19,732 McDONALD'S FRANCHISES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 149 00:08:19,799 --> 00:08:21,801 SO WHILE CAWTHORN HAD THE EX-PRESIDENT'S SUPPORT, EDWARDS 150 00:08:21,868 --> 00:08:25,605 WAS ENDORSED BY THE EX-PRESIDENT'S TOP ADVISER. 151 00:08:25,671 --> 00:08:26,606 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 152 00:08:26,672 --> 00:08:29,876 NOW, IT'S KIND OF SHOCKING-- HERE'S THE THING-- 153 00:08:29,942 --> 00:08:35,648 ( APPLAUSE ) HERE'S THE THING, HERE IS THE-- 154 00:08:35,715 --> 00:08:41,187 IT'S KIND OF SHOCKING FOR AN INCUMBENT, MAGA-APPROVED 155 00:08:41,254 --> 00:08:42,355 CONGRESSMAN TO LOSE HIS PRIMARY. 156 00:08:42,421 --> 00:08:43,856 BUT IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH CAWTHORN ANGERING HIS 157 00:08:43,923 --> 00:08:45,591 G.O.P. COLLEAGUES BACK IN MARCH, WHEN HE SAID THIS: 158 00:08:45,658 --> 00:08:49,295 >> THE SEXUAL PERVERSION THAT GOES ON IN WASHINGTON, ALL THE 159 00:08:49,362 --> 00:08:51,197 SUDDEN, YOU GET INVITED TO, LIKE, "WELL, HEY, WE'RE GONNA 160 00:08:51,264 --> 00:08:52,231 HAVE KIND OF A SEXUAL GET-TOGETHER AT ONE OF OUR 161 00:08:52,298 --> 00:08:53,299 HOMES. 162 00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:55,701 YOU SHOULD COME!" AND I'M LIKE, "WHAT DID YOU JUST 163 00:08:55,768 --> 00:08:57,336 ASK ME TO COME TO?" AND THEN YOU REALIZE THEY'RE 164 00:08:57,403 --> 00:09:01,274 ASKING YOU TO COME TO AN ORGY. 165 00:09:01,340 --> 00:09:04,510 SOME OF THE PEOPLE LEADING ON THE MOVEMENT TO TRY AND REMOVE 166 00:09:04,577 --> 00:09:05,678 ADDICTION IN OUR COUNTRY, AND THEN YOU WATCH THEM DO A KEY 167 00:09:05,745 --> 00:09:10,283 BUMP OF COCAINE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. 168 00:09:10,349 --> 00:09:11,918 >> Stephen OKAY, THAT'S AN OBVIOUS LIE. 169 00:09:11,984 --> 00:09:13,286 IF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WERE ON COCAINE, THEY WOULD GET A LOT 170 00:09:13,352 --> 00:09:15,554 MORE DONE. 171 00:09:15,621 --> 00:09:19,525 ( SNIFFS ) WOOO! 172 00:09:19,592 --> 00:09:20,359 OOO! 173 00:09:20,426 --> 00:09:22,962 "OK, THAT'S TEN BILLS ALREADY PASSED. 174 00:09:23,029 --> 00:09:30,169 TEAL YOU WHAT, BRO, LET'S FILE CLOTURE AND KEEP GOING. 175 00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:31,437 JUST READ THE BUDGET ALOUD WHILE I CLEAN THE SENATE CHAMBER WITH 176 00:09:31,504 --> 00:09:31,871 A TOOTHBRUSH. 177 00:09:31,938 --> 00:09:34,707 OR START A BAND. 178 00:09:34,774 --> 00:09:35,574 ANYONE CRAZY THIRSTY? 179 00:09:35,641 --> 00:09:36,242 ROAD TRIP! 180 00:09:36,309 --> 00:09:37,276 ROAD TRIP! 181 00:09:37,343 --> 00:09:43,716 GO TO THE SHORE!" THAT'S JUST THE TIP-- I HEARD, I 182 00:09:43,783 --> 00:09:44,450 DON'T KNOW. 183 00:09:44,517 --> 00:09:46,352 THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. 184 00:09:46,419 --> 00:09:48,721 BUT THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF WHAT I IMAGINE WERE A GOOD NUMBER OF 185 00:09:48,788 --> 00:09:51,958 TIPS, BECAUSE CAWTHORN HAS A BUNCH OF SCANDALS, INCLUDING 186 00:09:52,024 --> 00:09:55,594 BEING ACCUSED OF ENGAGING IN INSIDER TRADING, CHARGED WITH 187 00:09:55,661 --> 00:09:57,296 DRIVING WITH A REVOKED LICENSE, AND BEING STOPPED FOR TRYING TO 188 00:09:57,363 --> 00:10:03,836 BRING A GUN THROUGH AIRPORT SECURITY-- TWICE. 189 00:10:03,903 --> 00:10:04,904 THAT IS SO STUPID. 190 00:10:04,971 --> 00:10:06,072 EVERYONE KNOWS YOU CAN'T BRING A GUN TO THE AIRPORT. 191 00:10:06,138 --> 00:10:07,673 YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE THROUGH SECURITY AND THEN GO 192 00:10:07,740 --> 00:10:13,112 TO "HUDSON NEWS" TO GET A TRAVEL-SIZE GUN. 193 00:10:13,179 --> 00:10:16,449 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT NOW CAWTHORN IS ON HIS WAY 194 00:10:16,515 --> 00:10:17,383 OUT, WHICH IS A TOUGH BREAK. 195 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:19,585 HOW WILL YOU DEAL WITH THIS DEFEAT, MADISON? 196 00:10:19,652 --> 00:10:20,086 >> KEY BUMP OF COCAINE. 197 00:10:20,152 --> 00:10:22,989 >> Stephen: OKAY. 198 00:10:23,055 --> 00:10:30,830 OKAY, WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT. 199 00:10:30,896 --> 00:10:41,040 IN PANDEMIC NEWS, COVID IS SURGING, BUT IT'S HARD TO TELL 200 00:10:41,107 --> 00:10:42,308 NUMBERS CERTAINLY SEEM TO BE GOING UP HERE IN NEW YORK, WHERE 201 00:10:42,375 --> 00:10:43,709 THIS WEEK, CORONAVIRUS CASES REACHED A HIGH ALERT LEVEL. 202 00:10:43,776 --> 00:10:45,277 TO BE FAIR, WHEN YOU'RE WALKING AROUND NEW YORK CITY, YOU'RE 203 00:10:45,344 --> 00:10:46,212 OFTEN ON HIGH ALERT. 204 00:10:46,278 --> 00:10:48,047 "HONEY, WALK FASTER AND DON'T TURN AROUND. 205 00:10:48,114 --> 00:10:49,315 THE GUY BEHIND US ISN'T WEARING PANTS, BUT HE IS WEARING AN ELMO 206 00:10:49,382 --> 00:10:50,016 HEAD. 207 00:10:50,082 --> 00:10:52,084 AND NOT WHERE HE'S SUPPOSED TO. 208 00:10:52,151 --> 00:10:53,285 OH, GOD, HE'S GOT A GREENPEACE PETITION. 209 00:10:53,352 --> 00:10:55,721 MOVE! 210 00:10:55,788 --> 00:10:56,856 MOVE!" COVID IS ALSO RISING ON THE WEST 211 00:10:56,922 --> 00:10:58,124 CASE IN POINT, MY DEAR FRIEND AND FELLOW LATE-NIGHT HOST 212 00:10:58,190 --> 00:10:59,992 JIMMY KIMMEL HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID AGAIN. 213 00:11:00,059 --> 00:11:02,928 WE WISH HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY. 214 00:11:02,995 --> 00:11:04,330 BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, GETTING COVID TWICE IS KIND OF 215 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:06,165 MY THING. 216 00:11:06,232 --> 00:11:11,704 ( LAUGHTER ) IF YOU'RE GONNA STEAL MY BIT, 217 00:11:11,771 --> 00:11:15,708 JIMMY, I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STEAL ONE OF YOURS, TOO. 218 00:11:15,775 --> 00:11:18,144 IT'S TIME FOR "MEAN TWEETS." 219 00:11:18,210 --> 00:11:25,618 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 220 00:11:25,684 --> 00:11:26,085 HERE WE GO. 221 00:11:26,152 --> 00:11:29,755 HERE WE GO. 222 00:11:29,822 --> 00:11:33,459 GET BETTER, KIMMEL, 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T GET WORSE. 223 00:11:33,526 --> 00:11:34,360 VERY MEAN. 224 00:11:34,427 --> 00:11:38,931 THAT'S VERY-- THAT'S VERY MEAN, VERY MEAN. 225 00:11:38,998 --> 00:11:41,801 IT'S HARD TO TELL IF KIMMEL GOT COVID FROM A STAFF MEMBER OR A 226 00:11:41,867 --> 00:11:51,010 FAMILY MEMBER, BECAUSE MOST OF HIS STAFF ARE FAMILY MEMBERS. 227 00:11:51,077 --> 00:11:54,146 SAD TO HEAR THAT COVID SIDELINED MY THIRD-FAVORITE JIMMY, AFTER 228 00:11:54,213 --> 00:11:55,714 FALLON AND "DEAN SAUSAGE." 229 00:11:55,781 --> 00:12:00,486 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 230 00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:04,356 I DON'T KNOW WHY-- I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD DO THIS. 231 00:12:04,423 --> 00:12:06,592 I DON'T BE WHY. 232 00:12:06,659 --> 00:12:07,726 JIMMY KIMMEL HAS COVID? 233 00:12:07,793 --> 00:12:08,661 WHO CARES? 234 00:12:08,727 --> 00:12:11,230 I ONLY WATCH HIS SHOW FOR THE ROOTS ANYWAY. 235 00:12:11,297 --> 00:12:14,700 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 236 00:12:14,767 --> 00:12:18,137 MY GUEST IS SECRETARY OF STATE, ANTONY BLINKEN. 237 00:12:18,204 --> 00:12:23,409 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, JOHNNY CASH IS BACK IN THE NEWS FOR A 238 00:12:23,476 --> 00:12:24,009 REASON THAT MAY SURPRISE YOU. 239 00:12:24,076 --> 00:12:26,078 STICK AROUND. 240 00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:06,986 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, 241 00:13:07,052 --> 00:13:07,553 EVERYBODY! 242 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:11,924 GIVE IT UP FOR THE BAND! 243 00:13:11,991 --> 00:13:13,225 HELLO, LOUIS. 244 00:13:13,292 --> 00:13:16,428 OH, LOUIS, MY FRIEND. 245 00:13:16,495 --> 00:13:19,231 I'M FEELING-- LOUIS, HAVE WE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE? 246 00:13:19,298 --> 00:13:21,934 I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF THE COVID FOG. 247 00:13:22,001 --> 00:13:25,571 I'M FEELING RIGHT AS RAIN, BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN MY MENTAL 248 00:13:25,638 --> 00:13:28,874 ENERGY IS JUST AS SHALLOW AS A KIDDIE POOL. 249 00:13:28,941 --> 00:13:30,876 HAVE YOU ASKED YOU THIS BEFORE, DID YOU GET IT? 250 00:13:30,943 --> 00:13:31,677 DID YOU GET COVID? 251 00:13:31,744 --> 00:13:33,479 >> YOU DID ASK ME THIS. 252 00:13:33,546 --> 00:13:34,880 AND I DID GET IT. 253 00:13:34,947 --> 00:13:36,415 >> Stephen: HOW WAS THE RECOVERY FOR YOU? 254 00:13:36,482 --> 00:13:42,988 >> I DIDN'T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS BUT I HAD INSOMNIA TWO MONTHS 255 00:13:43,055 --> 00:13:44,190 AFTER. 256 00:13:44,256 --> 00:13:45,124 >> Stephen: I HAVE THE SAME THING, GETTING UP IN THE MIDDLE 257 00:13:45,191 --> 00:13:46,792 OF THE NIGHT SUPER ANXIOUS. 258 00:13:46,859 --> 00:13:47,693 ABOUT WHAT? 259 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:49,328 ABOUT WHETHER I STILL HAVE COVID, I THINK. 260 00:13:49,395 --> 00:13:50,663 BECAUSE I HAD IT TWICE. 261 00:13:50,729 --> 00:13:51,897 I ALREADY SAID THAT, RIGHT? 262 00:13:51,964 --> 00:13:53,465 I ALREADY SAID I HAD IT TWICE. 263 00:13:53,532 --> 00:13:59,138 YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY-- GIVE ME COVID ONCE, SHAME ON YOU. 264 00:13:59,205 --> 00:14:02,141 GIVE ME COVID TWICE, PLEASE STOP GIVING ME COVID. 265 00:14:02,208 --> 00:14:04,310 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 266 00:14:04,376 --> 00:14:05,744 THERE YOU GO. 267 00:14:05,811 --> 00:14:08,614 TURNED A BUCK ON THAT, DIDN'T I? 268 00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:13,152 ANYWAY, WE DO WISH-- WE DO WISH OUR DEAR FRIEND JIMMY KIMMEL ALL 269 00:14:13,219 --> 00:14:13,719 THE BEST. 270 00:14:13,786 --> 00:14:14,920 TAKE IT EASY, YOU KNOW. 271 00:14:14,987 --> 00:14:16,121 WE NEED YOU OUT THERE. 272 00:14:16,188 --> 00:14:17,489 WE NEED YOU. 273 00:14:17,556 --> 00:14:19,825 ( APPLAUSE ) SUCH MEAN TWEETS, THOUGH. 274 00:14:19,892 --> 00:14:21,927 SUCH MEAN TWEETS. 275 00:14:21,994 --> 00:14:25,864 YOU KNOW WHO I'M NOT GOING TO BE MEAN TO TONIGHT, THAT IS 276 00:14:25,931 --> 00:14:28,367 SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, ANTONY BLINKEN IS GOING 277 00:14:28,434 --> 00:14:31,303 TO BE OUT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. 278 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:32,271 YOU UNDERSTAND. 279 00:14:32,338 --> 00:14:33,239 THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. 280 00:14:33,305 --> 00:14:34,573 >> IN THE BUILDING. 281 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,142 >> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT ANYWHERE ELSE IN 282 00:14:37,209 --> 00:14:38,277 LATE NIGHT THIS WEEK. 283 00:14:38,344 --> 00:14:39,545 WHAT AN HONOR. 284 00:14:39,612 --> 00:14:42,348 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AS I SAID, WE TAKE OUR JOB SERIOUSLY HERE, 285 00:14:42,414 --> 00:14:47,853 AND OCEAN RISE THREATENS ALL OF OUR COASTAL 286 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:53,492 COMMUNITIES, AND IT SEEMS LIKE OUR GOVERNMENTS ARE-- 287 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:58,564 AND I'M SORRY, I'M BEING TOLD IN MY EAR, THAT 288 00:14:58,631 --> 00:14:59,898 "THE LATE SHOW" LOCAL NEWS-ALERT COMMAND DESK THAT WE HAVE 289 00:14:59,965 --> 00:15:07,339 BREAKING SMALL-TOWN ARKANSAS WATER TOWER NEWS! 290 00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:10,943 LET'S GET STRAIGHT TO THE STORY OUT OF KINGSLAND, ARKANSAS, 291 00:15:11,010 --> 00:15:12,144 BIRTHPLACE OF MUSIC LEGEND JOHNNY CASH. 292 00:15:12,211 --> 00:15:15,914 AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOME OF A WATER TOWER WITH JOHNNY CASH 293 00:15:15,981 --> 00:15:18,083 LET'S GO TO MY COLLEAGUE CAITRIN ASSAF, ON THE SCENE WITH KLRT, 294 00:15:18,150 --> 00:15:21,920 KINGSLAND'S NEWS LEADER. 295 00:15:21,987 --> 00:15:23,489 CAITRIN, IS THAT RAIN? 296 00:15:23,555 --> 00:15:25,724 >> NOPE, THAT'S NOT RAIN. 297 00:15:25,791 --> 00:15:26,759 >> Stephen: THANK YOU. 298 00:15:26,825 --> 00:15:32,698 LET'S GO TO THE MAYOR OF KINGSLAND TO EXPLAIN WHAT 299 00:15:32,765 --> 00:15:33,532 EXACTLY THAT IS. 300 00:15:33,599 --> 00:15:35,034 MAYOR NEAL: >> SOMEBODY SHOT OUR WATER 301 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:38,003 TOWER, SHOT THE SILHOUETTE OF JOHNNY CASH IN A VERY SENSITIVE 302 00:15:38,070 --> 00:15:39,104 AREA. 303 00:15:39,171 --> 00:15:45,010 >> STANDING PROUD, HOLDING A GUITAR, AND EMPTYING THIS 304 00:15:45,077 --> 00:15:47,446 50,000-GALLON WATER TANK ALL OVER KINGSLAND. 305 00:15:47,513 --> 00:15:51,884 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, THAT LOOKS EMBARRASSING, 306 00:15:51,950 --> 00:15:59,258 AND LIKE AN AD FOR FLOMAX. 307 00:15:59,325 --> 00:16:00,659 BUT WE ALL KNOW THE MAN IN BLACK'S MOST FAMOUS SONG: 308 00:16:00,726 --> 00:16:03,495 ♪ PEE, PEE, PEE ON THAT BURNING RING OF FIRE 309 00:16:03,562 --> 00:16:09,902 ♪ URINE FALLS DOWN, DOWN BUT THE SPLASH-BACK'S HIGHER 310 00:16:09,968 --> 00:16:15,474 ♪ IF IT BURNS, BURNS, BURNS, GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR, 311 00:16:15,541 --> 00:16:16,542 ♪ CUZ THE PEE PEE'S HOT, SIR ♪ NOW-- 312 00:16:16,608 --> 00:16:17,876 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU. 313 00:16:17,943 --> 00:16:23,482 THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATIVE MUSICAL BREAK. 314 00:16:23,549 --> 00:16:31,457 NOW, TO RECAP: A GIANT SILHOUETTE OF JOHNNY CASH ON A 315 00:16:31,523 --> 00:16:32,958 WATER TOWER IN ARKANSAS IS TAKING A LEAK ON 316 00:16:33,025 --> 00:16:34,126 PASSERS-BY. 317 00:16:34,193 --> 00:16:35,361 BUT MUCH LIKE PEEING AFTER TAKING VITAMINS, THIS STORY HAS 318 00:16:35,427 --> 00:16:36,595 A DARK SIDE. 319 00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:38,397 >> NOW, THIS SITUATION MAY SEEM HUMOROUS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NO 320 00:16:38,464 --> 00:16:39,465 LAUGHING MATTER. 321 00:16:39,531 --> 00:16:45,771 >> Stephen: I WOULD DEBATE YOU ON THAT, BUT GO ON. 322 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:47,473 >> THIS WATER TOWER IS LOSING CLOSE TO 30,000 GALLONS EVERY 323 00:16:47,539 --> 00:16:50,309 SINGLE DAY. 324 00:16:50,376 --> 00:16:55,481 >> Stephen: YES, AND IN A CRISIS OF THIS MAGNITUDE, KLRT NEWS 325 00:16:55,547 --> 00:17:00,319 WILL BE THERE, BRINGING YOU THE LATEST, LIVE FROM THE SPLASH 326 00:17:00,386 --> 00:17:01,920 ZONE. 327 00:17:01,987 --> 00:17:03,489 CAITRIN DIDN'T HAVE TO STAND DIRECTLY UNDER WHAT SHE HERSELF 328 00:17:03,555 --> 00:17:09,928 IS IMPLYING IS A CONSTANT STREAM OF URINE, BUT SHE'S A 329 00:17:09,995 --> 00:17:13,866 JOURNALIST, DAMMIT, AND SHE KNOWS IF IT PEES, IT LEADS. 330 00:17:13,932 --> 00:17:15,234 THIS ISSUE-- ( APPLAUSE ) 331 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:21,907 THIS ISSUE-- SPEAKING OF WH WHICH... 332 00:17:21,974 --> 00:17:27,479 THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN ON-FLOWING, BECAUSE ACCORDING TO LOCAL 333 00:17:27,546 --> 00:17:29,748 OFFICIALS, IT'S BEEN LEAKING FOR THE PAST WEEK. 334 00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:30,516 WELL, YEAH. 335 00:17:30,582 --> 00:17:33,685 JOHNNY CASH WOULD BE 90 YEARS OLD. 336 00:17:33,752 --> 00:17:35,487 AND AT THAT AGE, YOU PEE EVERYWHERE, MAN, YOU PEE 337 00:17:35,554 --> 00:17:39,391 EVERYWHERE. 338 00:17:39,458 --> 00:17:42,528 KINGSLAND'S MAYOR WARNS THAT THIS LEAK WILL AFFECT THE LOCAL 339 00:17:42,594 --> 00:17:43,595 COMMUNITY. 340 00:17:43,662 --> 00:17:45,931 >> PEOPLE CAN LOOK FOR THEIR WATER TO BE DISCOLORED. 341 00:17:45,998 --> 00:17:49,668 >> Stephen: ESPECIALLY IF JOHNNY CASH RECENTLY HAD ASPARAGUS. 342 00:17:49,735 --> 00:17:51,904 ( LAUGHTER ) WAIT, WAIT, HOLD ON, LADIES AND 343 00:17:51,970 --> 00:17:55,474 GENTLEMEN, I'M SORRY. 344 00:17:55,541 --> 00:17:59,478 I'M GETTING WORD THAT, ACCORDING TO TMZ-- AMERICA'S TOP SOURCE OF 345 00:17:59,545 --> 00:18:04,683 HOT, CELEBRITY PEE NEWS-- AN ARREST-- AND THIS IS TRUE-- AN 346 00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:06,485 ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN THIS CASE. 347 00:18:06,552 --> 00:18:09,922 THERE IS THE MAN WHO WAS ACTUALLY ARRESTED. 348 00:18:09,988 --> 00:18:14,493 HIS NAME IS TIMOTHY SLED. 349 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:15,527 BEHOLD THE FACE OF EVIL. 350 00:18:15,594 --> 00:18:17,296 HE SHOT A MAN IN KINGSLAND JUST TO WATCH HIM PEE. 351 00:18:17,362 --> 00:18:19,465 EITHER WAY-- ( APPLAUSE ) 352 00:18:19,531 --> 00:18:23,469 ♪ ♪ ♪ WHY? 353 00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:25,704 WHY? 354 00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:31,477 EITHER WAY, THE TOWN IS GOING TO HAVE TO PLUG THAT LEAK, AND IT'S 355 00:18:31,543 --> 00:18:33,912 NOT GOING TO BE CHEAP. 356 00:18:33,979 --> 00:18:35,614 BECAUSE, REMEMBER, THEY'RE LOSING 30,000 GALLONS OF WATER A 357 00:18:35,681 --> 00:18:37,416 DAY. 358 00:18:37,483 --> 00:18:39,852 THE MAYOR ESTIMATED THAT'S GONNA COST AROUND $200. 359 00:18:39,918 --> 00:18:42,754 AND THE REPAIR JOB: ALMOST $5,000. 360 00:18:42,821 --> 00:18:45,924 SOUNDS LIKE THIS LEAK HAS LEFT THEM WITH A CASH FLOW PROBLEM. 361 00:18:45,991 --> 00:18:55,400 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR A 362 00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:57,069 SMALL TOWN, LIKE KINGSLAND, AND WE ARE READY TO STEP UP. 363 00:18:57,135 --> 00:18:58,437 THE SCIENTISTS AT "THE LATE SHOW" LABS SAW THIS PROBLEM AND 364 00:18:58,504 --> 00:19:01,640 THEN SAW THIS AD ON TV FOR FLEX SEAL. 365 00:19:01,707 --> 00:19:03,041 CALL ME, CALL ME, KINGSLAND. 366 00:19:03,108 --> 00:19:09,915 I AM PREPARED TO CLIMB UP THERE AND FIX JOHNNY CASH'S 367 00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:10,949 FOLSOM WHIZZIN' BLUES. 368 00:19:11,016 --> 00:19:12,551 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SECRETARY ANTONY BLINKEN. 369 00:19:33,972 --> 00:19:36,608 >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY! 370 00:19:36,675 --> 00:19:44,917 ( APPLAUSE ) WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. 371 00:19:44,983 --> 00:19:47,386 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY GUEST TONIGHT HAS WORKED IN GOVERNMENT 372 00:19:47,452 --> 00:19:49,821 FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS 373 00:19:49,888 --> 00:19:50,989 OUR 71st SECRETARY OF STATE. 374 00:19:51,056 --> 00:19:56,295 PLEASE WELCOME SECRETARY ANTONY BLINKEN! 375 00:19:56,361 --> 00:20:11,243 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 376 00:20:11,310 --> 00:20:13,378 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 377 00:20:13,445 --> 00:20:15,180 >> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 378 00:20:15,247 --> 00:20:16,381 I DON'T TAKE THIS LIGHTLY. 379 00:20:16,448 --> 00:20:20,786 YOU DON'T GET A SECRETARY OF STATE ON A LATE-NIGHT SHOW EVERY 380 00:20:20,852 --> 00:20:21,753 DAY. 381 00:20:21,820 --> 00:20:23,855 ( APPLAUSE ) ARE HAVE YOU DONE MANY OF THESE? 382 00:20:23,922 --> 00:20:24,957 >> THIS IS THE FIRST ONE. 383 00:20:25,023 --> 00:20:26,191 >> Stephen: THIS IS THE FIRST ONE? 384 00:20:26,258 --> 00:20:26,992 >> IT IS. 385 00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:28,193 >> Stephen: YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. 386 00:20:28,260 --> 00:20:31,797 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU A 387 00:20:31,863 --> 00:20:34,866 LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT THE-- BASICALLY, THE STATE DEPARTMENT 388 00:20:34,933 --> 00:20:35,968 IN GENERAL. 389 00:20:36,034 --> 00:20:38,604 I THINK PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND IT'S MISSION OFTEN AND HOW 390 00:20:38,670 --> 00:20:39,838 IMPORTANT IT IS. 391 00:20:39,905 --> 00:20:42,507 BUT THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS THAT YOU'RE 392 00:20:42,574 --> 00:20:46,345 THE MOST INFORMED PERSON RIGHT NOW I CAN TALK TO ABOUT WHAT'S 393 00:20:46,411 --> 00:20:48,580 GOING ON IN THE WAR IN UKRAINE. 394 00:20:48,647 --> 00:20:51,249 BEFORE I ASK YOU MY QUESTIONS, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE PEOPLE TO 395 00:20:51,316 --> 00:20:54,052 KNOW ABOUT WHAT THE STATE OF THAT CONFLICT IS RIGHT NOW? 396 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:59,057 >> STEPHEN, THIS IS DAY 82 OF WHAT WAS AN UNPROVOKED, 397 00:20:59,124 --> 00:21:01,093 UNJUSTIFIED AGGRESSION BY RUSSIA AGAINST UKRAINE. 398 00:21:01,159 --> 00:21:05,664 AND I THINK WHAT THE WORLD ALREADY KNOWS IS WE'VE SEEN THE 399 00:21:05,731 --> 00:21:09,901 REMARKABLE COURAGE, RESILIENCY OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. 400 00:21:09,968 --> 00:21:12,204 OVER-MATCHED-- ( APPLAUSE ) 401 00:21:12,270 --> 00:21:15,374 >> Stephen: EVERYONE SAID THREE OR FOUR DAYS, AND IT WOULD 402 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:16,508 BE OVER. 403 00:21:16,575 --> 00:21:19,344 EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OVER IN THREE OR FOUR DAYS. 404 00:21:19,411 --> 00:21:22,648 >> THERE WAS A LOT OF EXPECTATION THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. 405 00:21:22,714 --> 00:21:25,751 BECAUSE OF THEIR COURAGE, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE ASSISTANCE 406 00:21:25,817 --> 00:21:28,353 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH DOZENS OF OTHER COUNTRIES, 407 00:21:28,420 --> 00:21:31,123 THEY'VE NOT ONLY HELD THEIR GROUND. 408 00:21:31,189 --> 00:21:33,291 THEY'VE BEEN PUSHING THE RUSSIANS BACK. 409 00:21:33,358 --> 00:21:35,093 THEY WON THE BATTLE FOR KYIV. 410 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:38,497 NOW, THERE'S AN INTENSE FIGHT GOING ON IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN 411 00:21:38,563 --> 00:21:39,531 UKRAINE. 412 00:21:39,598 --> 00:21:42,934 AND THE OTHER THING IS THE COUNTRY'S BEEN TERRIBLY 413 00:21:43,001 --> 00:21:44,436 BRUTALIZED BY THIS RUSSIAN AGGRESSION. 414 00:21:44,503 --> 00:21:48,674 YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT-- THE TOWN OF BUCHA NEAR KYIV, THE RUSSIANS 415 00:21:48,740 --> 00:21:49,875 MOVED OUT. 416 00:21:49,941 --> 00:21:53,345 WHEN THAT TIDE RECEDED, WE SAW WHAT WAS LEFT IN ITS WAKE, AND 417 00:21:53,412 --> 00:21:55,947 I'M AFRAID AS THAT HAPPENS IN OTHER PARTS OF UKRAINE, WE'LL 418 00:21:56,014 --> 00:21:57,049 SEE IT. 419 00:21:57,115 --> 00:21:59,951 BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THIS-- 82 DAYS IN, THE 420 00:22:00,018 --> 00:22:02,354 UKRAINIANS ARE STANDING UP FOR THEIR FREEDOM. 421 00:22:02,421 --> 00:22:04,823 THEY'RE STANDING UP FOR THEIR SOVEREIGNTY. 422 00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:07,359 THEY HAVE SO MUCH OF THE WORLD WITH THEM AND HERE'S WHAT I CAN 423 00:22:07,426 --> 00:22:10,562 TELL YOU-- WHAT VLADIMIR PUTIN WAS TRYING TO DO WAS TO TAKE 424 00:22:10,629 --> 00:22:12,898 AWAY THEIR INDEPENDENCE, THEIR SOVEREIGNTY. 425 00:22:12,964 --> 00:22:17,936 IN HIS MIND, UKRAINE IS NOT AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY. 426 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:20,739 IT NEEDS TO BE SUBSUMED INTO RUSSIA. 427 00:22:20,806 --> 00:22:21,840 THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 428 00:22:21,907 --> 00:22:25,077 AND WHAT I THINK WE CAN SAY WITH A LOT OF CERTAINTY AND 429 00:22:25,143 --> 00:22:26,945 CONVICTION, IS THAT A SOVEREIGN, INDEPENDENT UKRAINE IS GOING TO 430 00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:30,248 BE AROUND A LOT LONGER THAN VLADIMIR PUTIN IS ON THE SCENE. 431 00:22:30,315 --> 00:22:31,349 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 432 00:22:31,416 --> 00:22:37,656 >> Stephen: NOW-- YOU WERE... 433 00:22:37,723 --> 00:22:41,193 YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY BRIEF ZELENSKY 434 00:22:41,259 --> 00:22:46,565 BEFORE THE WAR EVER STARTED ABOUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS 435 00:22:46,631 --> 00:22:47,833 INVASION. 436 00:22:47,899 --> 00:22:49,601 YOU WERE FIRST WARNED THE PUBLIC ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION 437 00:22:49,668 --> 00:22:51,603 OF WHAT MIGHT BE GOING ON OVER THERE. 438 00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:52,671 YOU'RE NOW LEADING THE U.S. 439 00:22:52,738 --> 00:22:56,508 EFFORTS TO... 440 00:22:56,575 --> 00:23:00,779 HAVE A JOINT RESPONSE FROM NATO COUNTRIES. 441 00:23:00,846 --> 00:23:04,783 AND SET THE TONE FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD. 442 00:23:04,850 --> 00:23:07,853 ALL OF THAT SEEMS LIKE THE RIGHT THICK TO DO. 443 00:23:07,919 --> 00:23:11,123 ONE THING THAT WORRIES ME, HOWEVER RIGHT I THINK THE FIGHT 444 00:23:11,189 --> 00:23:14,392 FOR THE UKRAINIANS IS, IS THAT IS THERE A CHANCE THAT THIS 445 00:23:14,459 --> 00:23:18,263 COULD TIP OVER TO A HOT WAR WITH RUSSIA? 446 00:23:18,330 --> 00:23:21,066 BECAUSE, CERTAINLY, PUTIN AND ALL OF HIS-- THE PEOPLE IN HIS 447 00:23:21,133 --> 00:23:23,869 CIRCLE HAVE SAID THEY CONSIDER THIS A HOT WAR WITH THE WEST, 448 00:23:23,935 --> 00:23:26,071 WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO CALL IT THAT. 449 00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:29,875 SO HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN? 450 00:23:29,941 --> 00:23:32,611 >> STEPHEN, THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THIS, ABOUT 451 00:23:32,677 --> 00:23:34,346 WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T. 452 00:23:34,412 --> 00:23:36,681 AND WHAT IT ISN'T IS IT ISN'T A WAR WITH RUSSIA. 453 00:23:36,748 --> 00:23:39,951 THIS IS THE UNITED STATES -- >> Stephen: NOT A PROXY WAR. 454 00:23:40,018 --> 00:23:41,853 >> AND IT'S NOT A PROXY WAR. 455 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,790 IT'S ABOUT US GIVING THE UKRAINIANS THE HELP THAT THEY 456 00:23:44,856 --> 00:23:48,994 NEED TO DEFEND THEMSELVES, TO STOP THE AGGRESSION, TO HOLD ON 457 00:23:49,060 --> 00:23:52,364 TO THEIR FREEDOM, TO HOLD ON TO THEIR SOVEREIGNTY. 458 00:23:52,430 --> 00:23:53,632 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. 459 00:23:53,698 --> 00:23:56,668 AND WE'RE ALSO PUTTING PRESSURE ON RUSSIA TO TRY TO GET IT STOP 460 00:23:56,735 --> 00:23:57,803 THE AGGRESSION. 461 00:23:57,869 --> 00:23:59,971 WE HAVE SANCTIONS WE'VE BEEN LEADING WITH DOZENS OF OTHER 462 00:24:00,038 --> 00:24:03,108 COUNTRIES THAT ARE MAKING LIFE PRETTY DIFFICULT FOR THE 463 00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:04,242 RUSSIANS. 464 00:24:04,309 --> 00:24:06,812 MORE THAN 800 COUNTRIES, BIG-- BIGGEST BRAND NAMES IN THE 465 00:24:06,878 --> 00:24:09,881 WORLD-- HAVE LEFT RUSSIA BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THE REPUTATIONAL 466 00:24:09,948 --> 00:24:12,517 COST OF DOING BUSINESS THERE, GIVEN THIS AGGRESSION. 467 00:24:12,584 --> 00:24:14,953 THAT'S HAVING A REAL IMPACT. 468 00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:18,790 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NOW, WE SEE 469 00:24:18,857 --> 00:24:24,029 REPORTS-- WE SEE REPORTS ABOUT THE FALL OF MARIUPOL AND THE 470 00:24:24,095 --> 00:24:27,566 UKRAINIAN FIGHTERS PUT UP A FIERCE RESISTANCE THERE. 471 00:24:27,632 --> 00:24:32,637 NOW THAT THAT CITY-- IS THAT ACCURATE-- THAT MARIUPOL HAS 472 00:24:32,704 --> 00:24:33,672 FALLEN TO THE RUSSIANS? 473 00:24:33,738 --> 00:24:34,906 >> RUSSIANS HAVE TAKEN MARIUPOL. 474 00:24:34,973 --> 00:24:37,742 >> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO THE RUSSIAN EFFORTS NOW? 475 00:24:37,809 --> 00:24:41,079 >> THE FIGHT NOW, AFTER THE RUSSIANS GOT PUSHED BACK FROM 476 00:24:41,146 --> 00:24:43,415 KYIV AND AROUND KYIV AND NORTHERN UKRAINE AND PARTS OF 477 00:24:43,481 --> 00:24:47,285 WESTERN UKRAINE, THIS HAS MOVED ALL THE WAY EAST AND ALL THE WAY 478 00:24:47,352 --> 00:24:49,054 SOUTH, PRETTY NEAR RUSSIA ITSELF. 479 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:51,456 AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE FIGHTING OVER. 480 00:24:51,523 --> 00:24:56,661 AND, AGAIN, AS I SAID, WHAT'S SO HEARTBREAKING ABOUT THIS IS WHEN 481 00:24:56,728 --> 00:25:00,198 THE WORLD ACTUALLY SEES WHAT'S HAPPENED IN MARIUPOL-- WHICH IT 482 00:25:00,265 --> 00:25:02,934 WILL ONE DAY-- I'M AFRAID THE PICTURES THAT WE'VE SEEN COMING 483 00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:08,273 OUT OF BUCHA A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ARE GOING TO BE NOTHING BY 484 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:09,507 COMPARISON. 485 00:25:09,574 --> 00:25:12,677 SO, THIS IS WHY I THINK PEOPLE-- THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 486 00:25:12,744 --> 00:25:15,814 INCREDIBLY GENEROUS, BECAUSE THROUGH CONGRESS, SO MUCH 487 00:25:15,881 --> 00:25:18,483 SUPPORT GIVEN TO THE UKRAINIANS. 488 00:25:18,550 --> 00:25:19,751 BECAUSE I THINK IT IS TOUCHING PEOPLE'S HEARTS. 489 00:25:19,818 --> 00:25:23,321 THEY'RE SEEING A BIG COUNTRY AGGRESS A SMALL ONE. 490 00:25:23,388 --> 00:25:25,690 THEY'RE SIGHING ONE COUNTRY TRY TO CHANGE THE BORDERS OF ANOTHER 491 00:25:25,757 --> 00:25:26,825 BY FORCE. 492 00:25:26,892 --> 00:25:28,994 THEY'RE SEEING ONE COUNTRY TRY TO SAY TO ANOTHER COUNTRY, 493 00:25:29,060 --> 00:25:31,763 "WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE WHAT YOUR FUTURE IS GOING TO BE, NOT YOU." 494 00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:33,932 AND WE CAN'T HAVE A WORLD THAT WORKS THAT WAY. 495 00:25:33,999 --> 00:25:36,668 >> Stephen: AND THERE'S A BIPARTISAN RESPONSE WHICH IS 496 00:25:36,735 --> 00:25:37,302 UNUSUAL. 497 00:25:37,369 --> 00:25:38,370 >> THIS HAS BEEN REMARKABLE. 498 00:25:38,436 --> 00:25:39,871 >> Stephen: ANYTHING THAT ANYONE CAN AGREE ON. 499 00:25:39,938 --> 00:25:42,874 >> IT'S BEEN REMARKABLE. 500 00:25:42,941 --> 00:25:45,110 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: PART OF PUTIN'S 501 00:25:45,176 --> 00:25:49,681 MOTIVATION FOR THE WAR, AS, YOU KNOW, I SEE IN THE REPORTING, 502 00:25:49,748 --> 00:25:57,122 PART OF PUTIN'S MOTIVATION FOR THE WAR IS TO WEAKEN NATO. 503 00:25:57,188 --> 00:26:00,492 NOW TUESDAY FINLAND AND THEN SWEDEN SIGNED THE APPLICATIONS. 504 00:26:00,558 --> 00:26:04,129 IS PUTIN HIMSELF THE GREATEST ADVERTISEMENT FOR NATO IN A 505 00:26:04,195 --> 00:26:08,533 GENERATION JIVES GOING TO HAVE A POSTER FOR-- WELL 506 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,569 ( LAUGHTER ) WHAT'S REMARKABLE IS WHEN YOU 507 00:26:11,636 --> 00:26:15,473 LOOK AT THIS, STEPHEN, PRESIDENT PUTIN HAS MANAGED TO PRECIPITATE 508 00:26:15,540 --> 00:26:16,675 EVERYTHING HE SOUGHT TO PREVENT. 509 00:26:16,741 --> 00:26:20,345 HE WANTED TO PREVENT NATO FROM GETTING BIGGER WITH UKRAINE. 510 00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:23,648 NOW, IT ACTUALLY IS WITH FINLAND AND WITH SWEDEN. 511 00:26:23,715 --> 00:26:26,851 HE WANTED TO DIVIDE THE WEST, DIVIDE THE ALLIANCE. 512 00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:30,088 IT'S MORE UNITED THAN IT'S EVER BEEN. 513 00:26:30,155 --> 00:26:33,625 AND, AS I SAID, HE WANTED TO SUBJUGATE UKRAINE, MAKE IT PART 514 00:26:33,692 --> 00:26:34,259 OF RUSSIA. 515 00:26:34,326 --> 00:26:36,027 THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 516 00:26:36,094 --> 00:26:40,999 SO EVERYTHING WE'RE SEEING IS PUTIN ACHIEVING THE EXACT 517 00:26:41,066 --> 00:26:43,268 OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE SAYS HE WANTS. 518 00:26:43,335 --> 00:26:47,605 >> Stephen: NOW, MY BUDDY, POPE FRANCIS HAS SAID... 519 00:26:47,672 --> 00:26:49,607 ( LAUGHTER ) ...THAT NATO TAKES SOME BLAME 520 00:26:49,674 --> 00:26:53,979 FOR THIS BY BASICALLY STRESSING OUT RUSSIA BY EXPANDING EAST UP 521 00:26:54,045 --> 00:26:55,046 AGAINST RUSSIA'S BORDERS. 522 00:26:55,113 --> 00:26:57,916 DO YOU THINK HE'S GOT A CASE? 523 00:26:57,983 --> 00:27:00,352 >> SO, NATO -- >> Stephen: HE'S THE POPE. 524 00:27:00,418 --> 00:27:01,186 HE'S THE POPE. 525 00:27:01,252 --> 00:27:02,887 >> AND I HAVE GREAT REVERENCE FOR HIM. 526 00:27:02,954 --> 00:27:05,991 I HAD THE-- HE TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE VERY CLOSE. 527 00:27:06,057 --> 00:27:07,625 >> Stephen: YES, THANK YOU. 528 00:27:07,692 --> 00:27:08,893 ( LAUGHTER ). 529 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:14,432 >> I-- HAVE GREAT REVERENCE FOR HIM, BUT LET ME SAY THIS-- NATO 530 00:27:14,499 --> 00:27:16,601 IS A DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE, COUNTRIES COMING TOGETHER TO 531 00:27:16,668 --> 00:27:19,704 MAKE SURE IF ONE OF THEM WAS ATTACKED ALL THE OTHERS WOULD 532 00:27:19,771 --> 00:27:21,473 COME IN AND DEFEND THAT COUNTRY. 533 00:27:21,539 --> 00:27:22,907 THAT'S WHAT IT IS ABOUT. 534 00:27:22,974 --> 00:27:27,112 IT HAS NO AGGRESSIVE INTENT AGAINST RUSSIA. 535 00:27:27,178 --> 00:27:28,246 IT NEVER ATTACKED RUSSIA. 536 00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:29,414 IT WON'T ATTACK RUSSIA. 537 00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:32,684 >> Stephen: I HAVE A CRAZY IDEA-- INVITE RUSSIA TO BE PART 538 00:27:32,751 --> 00:27:34,052 OF THE NATO. 539 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:35,286 WHAT'S HE GOT TO BE WORRIED ABOUT? 540 00:27:35,353 --> 00:27:38,423 >> YOU KNOW WHAT, BACK IN THE 1990s, THAT WAS ACTUALLY 541 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:39,624 SOMETHING PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. 542 00:27:39,691 --> 00:27:40,859 >> Stephen: AND? 543 00:27:40,925 --> 00:27:43,661 >> WELL, THE RUSSIANS DECIDED THAT WASN'T WHAT THEY WANTED TO 544 00:27:43,728 --> 00:27:44,863 DO. 545 00:27:44,929 --> 00:27:46,064 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WE COME 546 00:27:46,131 --> 00:27:50,101 BACK, I WILL ASK THE SECRETARY ABOUT WHAT ZELENSKY IS LIKE IN 547 00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:51,102 PERSON. 548 00:27:51,169 --> 00:27:53,171 STICK AROUND. 549 00:28:03,948 --> 00:28:06,384 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE WITH SECRETARY 550 00:28:06,451 --> 00:28:08,720 OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN. 551 00:28:08,787 --> 00:28:09,888 YOU'VE MET ZELENSKYY. 552 00:28:09,954 --> 00:28:12,290 AFTER SPEAKING TO HIM MANY TIMES, I ASSUME AS SECRETARY OF 553 00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:17,595 STATE, YOU WENT OVER THERE AND VISITED WITH HIM OVER IN KYIV. 554 00:28:17,662 --> 00:28:18,830 WHAT'S HE LIKE? 555 00:28:18,897 --> 00:28:21,533 HE SEEMS VERY IMPRESSIVE AS A LEADER FROM A DISTANCE. 556 00:28:21,599 --> 00:28:27,105 BUT WE KNOW HE WAS AN ACTOR AND ACOMEDIAN, SO HE COULD JUST BE 557 00:28:27,172 --> 00:28:27,705 ACTING IMPRESSIVE. 558 00:28:27,772 --> 00:28:28,807 WHAT'S HE LIKE IN PERSON? 559 00:28:28,873 --> 00:28:34,379 >> I'VE GOT TO SAY, STEPHEN, HE IS QUITE LITERALLY THE 560 00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:36,247 EMBODIMENT OF THE COURAGE OF UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. 561 00:28:36,314 --> 00:28:41,352 HE IS THE GUY WHEN THE BOMBS STARTED COMING IN, THE MISSILES 562 00:28:41,419 --> 00:28:43,154 STARTED FLYING, HE COULD HAVE LEFT TOWN. 563 00:28:43,221 --> 00:28:45,557 HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF KYIV. 564 00:28:45,623 --> 00:28:46,691 HE DIDN'T. 565 00:28:46,758 --> 00:28:47,158 HE STAYED. 566 00:28:47,225 --> 00:28:48,693 HE LED HIS PEOPLE. 567 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,862 IT'S INCREDIBLE PERSONAL COURAGE BUT IT'S ALSO BECAUSE I THINK HE 568 00:28:50,929 --> 00:28:55,166 FELT HE HAD TO REPRESENT UKRAINIANS, HE HAD TO STAND UP 569 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:57,635 FOR THE COUNTRY'S FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE. 570 00:28:57,702 --> 00:28:58,937 HE HAS REALLY INSPIRED PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 571 00:28:59,003 --> 00:29:02,807 AND I HAVE HAD THE OCCASION TO MEET WITH HIM HALF A DOZEN 572 00:29:02,874 --> 00:29:04,008 TIMES. 573 00:29:04,075 --> 00:29:07,178 BEFORE THE WAR, WHEN WE HAD THIS INFORMATION THAT RUSSIA WAS 574 00:29:07,245 --> 00:29:12,383 LIKELY TO DO THIS, I HAD TO TELL HIM WE WERE AT THE COP26, THE 575 00:29:12,450 --> 00:29:18,623 CLIMATE MEETINGS, AND I SAT WITH HIM AND SHARED THE INFORMATION. 576 00:29:18,690 --> 00:29:22,794 TELLING SOMEONE THAT RUSSIA MIGHT BE ABOUT TO INVADE YOUR 577 00:29:22,861 --> 00:29:23,761 COUNTRY, IS DEFINITELY AN EYE-OPENER. 578 00:29:23,828 --> 00:29:26,164 BUT HE HAS PROVEN TO BE REMARKABLY RESILIENT. 579 00:29:26,231 --> 00:29:29,033 AND, OF COURSE, HE'S ALSO, I THINK, MADE A POWERFUL FASHION 580 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:30,435 STATEMENT OUT OF THE GREEN T-SHIRT. 581 00:29:30,502 --> 00:29:36,741 SO WHEN WE VISITED ( APPLAUSE ) 582 00:29:36,808 --> 00:29:41,646 WHEN WE VISITED, I WENT WITH SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD 583 00:29:41,713 --> 00:29:44,649 AUSTIN, AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO INTO A CONFLICT ZONE WITH 584 00:29:44,716 --> 00:29:46,718 ANYONE, YOU WANT TO GO IN WITH LLOYD AUSTIN. 585 00:29:46,784 --> 00:29:48,253 >> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU STAND BEHIND HIM. 586 00:29:48,319 --> 00:29:49,053 HE'S A HUGE MAN. 587 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:50,488 >> HE'S A BIG GUY. 588 00:29:50,555 --> 00:29:53,224 AND WE WENT IN, WE HAD A REMARKABLE THREE HOURS WITH 589 00:29:53,291 --> 00:29:55,994 PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, WITH HIS TEAM. 590 00:29:56,060 --> 00:30:00,131 WE WENT IN ON THIS TRAIN THAT TOOK ABOUT 12 HOURS TO GET FROM 591 00:30:00,198 --> 00:30:01,766 THE POLISH BORDER INTO KYIV. 592 00:30:01,833 --> 00:30:06,204 ACTUALLY, KYIV ITSELF, LOOKS-- NOW AT LEAST-- REMARKABLY 593 00:30:06,271 --> 00:30:08,740 NORMAL, PEOPLE ON THE STREETS, GOING TO COFFEE SHOPS, ET 594 00:30:08,806 --> 00:30:09,774 CETERA. 595 00:30:09,841 --> 00:30:12,610 NOW, IT DOESN'T STOP THE RUSSIANS FROM STILL FIRING 596 00:30:12,677 --> 00:30:13,745 MISSILES THAT HIT KYIV. 597 00:30:13,811 --> 00:30:15,914 BUT THE CITY'S COME BACK TO LIFE. 598 00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:17,215 AND -- >> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THAT 599 00:30:17,282 --> 00:30:19,384 THE EMBASSY IS GOING TO REOPEN THERE. 600 00:30:19,450 --> 00:30:22,554 >> THE EMBASSY, THE FLAG WENT UP TODAY. 601 00:30:22,620 --> 00:30:23,188 >> Stephen: THE AMERICAN FLAG. 602 00:30:23,254 --> 00:30:24,722 >> THE AMERICAN FLAG. 603 00:30:24,789 --> 00:30:25,456 ( APPLAUSE ). 604 00:30:25,523 --> 00:30:27,325 >> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 605 00:30:27,392 --> 00:30:29,894 WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE-- TWO THINGS. 606 00:30:29,961 --> 00:30:33,765 WHAT IS-- WHAT IS THE-- AND THIS WILL GET US INTO WHAT I WANT TO 607 00:30:33,831 --> 00:30:35,667 TALK TO YOU ABOUT WANT STATE DEPARTMENT. 608 00:30:35,733 --> 00:30:37,769 WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AN EMBARRASS HAVING TO BE EVACUATED 609 00:30:37,835 --> 00:30:40,004 AND THAT MOMENT OF RETURN? 610 00:30:40,071 --> 00:30:42,273 WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BOTH THOSE EVENTS? 611 00:30:42,340 --> 00:30:45,843 >> MY FIRST RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS JOB AS SECRETARY IS TO LOOK 612 00:30:45,910 --> 00:30:48,746 OUT FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE STATE 613 00:30:48,813 --> 00:30:49,747 DEPARTMENT. 614 00:30:49,814 --> 00:30:52,450 I HAVE TO HAVE THEIR SECURITY UPPERMOST IN MIND. 615 00:30:52,517 --> 00:30:55,153 WHEN THE ATTACK WAS COMING, WE HAD TO MAKE A REALLY HARD 616 00:30:55,220 --> 00:30:57,689 DECISION TO SUSPEND OUR OPERATIONS AND GET FOLKS OUT OF 617 00:30:57,755 --> 00:30:58,856 HARM'S WAY. 618 00:30:58,923 --> 00:31:00,758 LET ME TELL YOU THIS, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO, BUT WE MOVED 619 00:31:00,825 --> 00:31:02,794 THEM TO POLAND. 620 00:31:02,860 --> 00:31:06,664 THEY TOOK THE FLAG THAT WAS FLYING OVER THE EMBASSY THAT DAY 621 00:31:06,731 --> 00:31:07,865 WITH THEM. 622 00:31:07,932 --> 00:31:10,501 AND THAT IS THE SAME FLAG THAT'S NOW FLYING OVER THE EMBASSY 623 00:31:10,568 --> 00:31:12,737 AGAIN IN KYIV TODAY. 624 00:31:12,804 --> 00:31:16,374 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A 625 00:31:16,441 --> 00:31:17,408 LITTLE BREAK. 626 00:31:17,475 --> 00:31:18,943 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SECRETARY ANTONY BLINKEN, 627 00:31:26,017 --> 00:31:27,986 >> Stephen: THAT'S SO FASCINATING. 628 00:31:28,052 --> 00:31:30,588 HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE WITH SECRETARY OF STATE, ANTONY 629 00:31:30,655 --> 00:31:31,789 BLINKEN. 630 00:31:31,856 --> 00:31:34,259 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A WAR-- AND WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE 631 00:31:34,325 --> 00:31:35,960 MUNITIONS THAT MIGHT GO OVER THERE AND THE TACTICAL AND 632 00:31:36,027 --> 00:31:40,965 INTELLIGENCE HELP THE UNITED STATES MAY GIVE. 633 00:31:41,032 --> 00:31:43,268 BUT THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 634 00:31:43,334 --> 00:31:46,137 IT'S NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR. 635 00:31:46,204 --> 00:31:50,074 RICHARD HOLBROOKE CALLED IT THE DEPARTMENT OF PEACE. 636 00:31:50,141 --> 00:31:53,044 AND GENERAL MADIS SAID IF YOU DON'T STUNNED THE STATE 637 00:31:53,111 --> 00:31:55,380 DEPARTMENT FULLY, THEN I NEED TO BUY MORE AMMUNITION. 638 00:31:55,446 --> 00:31:56,614 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 639 00:31:56,681 --> 00:31:58,016 >> Stephen: WHAT DO PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE MISSION OF 640 00:31:58,082 --> 00:31:58,716 THE STATE DEPARTMENT? 641 00:31:58,783 --> 00:32:01,352 >> YOU'VE GOT IT EXACTRY RIGHT. 642 00:32:01,419 --> 00:32:04,956 OUR JOB IS TO TRY TO PREVENT WAR. 643 00:32:05,023 --> 00:32:07,525 IF WE FAIL AT THAT, TO TRY TO MAKE PEACE. 644 00:32:07,592 --> 00:32:13,464 AND IF WE FAIL AT THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DIPLOMACY IS DOING 645 00:32:13,531 --> 00:32:17,568 EVERYTHING IT CAN WHEREVER NECESSARY, NOT JUST TO MAKE LIFE 646 00:32:17,635 --> 00:32:20,972 BETTER FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, BUT ALSO TO MAKE LIFE 647 00:32:21,039 --> 00:32:23,007 BETTER FOR OUR OWN PEOPLE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 648 00:32:23,074 --> 00:32:25,910 EVERYTHING WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO TRY TO MAKE THE WORLD JUST A 649 00:32:25,977 --> 00:32:30,081 LITTLE BIT SAFER, A LITTLE BIT MORE PROSPEROUS, A LITTLE BIT 650 00:32:30,148 --> 00:32:33,084 HEALTHIER, A LITTLE BIT WISER, A LITTLE BIT MORE TOLERANT. 651 00:32:33,151 --> 00:32:34,886 AND THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US. 652 00:32:34,952 --> 00:32:36,954 >> Stephen: WHAT'S THE STATE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT RIGHT 653 00:32:37,021 --> 00:32:37,588 NOW? 654 00:32:37,655 --> 00:32:38,756 WE ONLY HAVE A MINUTE HERE. 655 00:32:38,823 --> 00:32:39,957 I'M CURIOUS. 656 00:32:40,024 --> 00:32:44,796 IT WAS SORT OF FAMOUSLY REPORTED AS BEING DENUDED DURING THE 657 00:32:44,862 --> 00:32:47,432 PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, PEOPLE LEAVING WERE NOT BEING REPLACED. 658 00:32:47,498 --> 00:32:49,267 THE HALLS WERE EMPTY. 659 00:32:49,334 --> 00:32:51,336 IS THE STATE DEPARTMENT BEING RESTAFFED? 660 00:32:51,402 --> 00:32:54,972 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID EARLY ON, AS WE 661 00:32:55,039 --> 00:32:57,775 STARTED TO MOVE AROUND THE WORLD AGAIN, AMERICA'S BACK. 662 00:32:57,842 --> 00:33:00,878 AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS BACK. 663 00:33:00,945 --> 00:33:03,681 WE HAVE OUR MEN AND WOMEN-- ( APPLAUSE ) 664 00:33:03,748 --> 00:33:08,653 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, FEBRUARY AS WE'RE RELENTLESSLY FOCUSED, 665 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:12,390 RELENTLESSLY FOCUSED ON UKRAINE, AND ON HELPING THE UKRAINIAN 666 00:33:12,457 --> 00:33:15,693 PEOPLE, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, TOO. 667 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:25,036 WE HAVE GOTTEN A TRUCE IN ETHI DON'T KNOWIA, SO HUMANITARIAN 668 00:33:25,103 --> 00:33:27,171 AIDE CAN GET THROUGH. 669 00:33:27,238 --> 00:33:30,842 WE GOT MORE THAN 500 MILLION COVID VACCINE SHOTS TO PEOPLE 670 00:33:30,908 --> 00:33:35,146 AROUND THE WORLD, ON OUR WAY TO 1.2 BILLION SHOTS THAT THE 671 00:33:35,213 --> 00:33:39,584 UNITED STATES IS GIVING AWAY FREE, NO STRINGS ATTACHED. 672 00:33:39,650 --> 00:33:41,219 THAT'S THE WORK WE DO. 673 00:33:41,285 --> 00:33:44,856 HERE'S THE THING, STEPHEN, IF THE UNITED STATES IS NOT 674 00:33:44,922 --> 00:33:49,927 ENGAGED, IF WE'RE NOT TRYING TO LEAD, ONE OF TWO THINGS-- EITHER 675 00:33:49,994 --> 00:33:53,798 SOMEONE ELSE, MAYBE IT'S CHINA, AND THAT MIGHT NOT GO FORWARD IN 676 00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:56,300 A WAY THAT REFLECTS OUR INTEREST AND OUR VALUES. 677 00:33:56,367 --> 00:33:58,302 OR NO ONE IS? 678 00:33:58,369 --> 00:34:01,639 AND THAT LEAVES A VACUUM FILLED BY BAD THINGS. 679 00:34:01,706 --> 00:34:04,142 THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ENGAGE AND WE LEAD AND 680 00:34:04,208 --> 00:34:06,244 WE'RE LEADING WITH DIPLOMACY. 681 00:34:06,310 --> 00:34:07,545 THAT'S WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID HE WANTED. 682 00:34:07,612 --> 00:34:09,714 THAT'S WHY THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS FRONT AND CENTER. 683 00:34:09,781 --> 00:34:11,382 THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 684 00:34:11,449 --> 00:34:14,118 WE'RE LEADING WITH DIPLOMACY, WE'RE LEADING WITH AMERICA AND 685 00:34:14,185 --> 00:34:16,721 WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT BETTER AROUND THE 686 00:34:16,788 --> 00:34:17,688 WORLD. 687 00:34:17,755 --> 00:34:21,793 >> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 688 00:34:21,859 --> 00:34:27,565 AS IMPORTANT AS THAT WORK IS THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED, I THINK 689 00:34:27,632 --> 00:34:35,706 YOU'LL BEST BE REMEMBERED AS THE LEAD GUITARIST FOR THE BAND "ABE 690 00:34:35,773 --> 00:34:36,274 BLINKEN." 691 00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:37,542 THIS IS AN ACTUAL PHOTO. 692 00:34:37,608 --> 00:34:39,110 WE DID NOT MOCK THIS UP. 693 00:34:39,177 --> 00:34:42,580 TELL ME-- TELL ME ABOUT YOUR BAND. 694 00:34:42,647 --> 00:34:45,349 WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF IT? 695 00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:49,053 AND WHERE ARE YOU GUYS GIGGING NEXT? 696 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:53,157 >> STEPHEN, I LONG WANTED TO BE A MUSICIAN, AS A KID, AS A 697 00:34:53,224 --> 00:34:54,158 TEENAGER, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO DO. 698 00:34:54,225 --> 00:34:57,495 AND I SEE SOME REAL MUSICIANS OVER THERE. 699 00:34:57,562 --> 00:34:59,730 ( APPLAUSE ) THERE WAS JUST ONE, ONE MISSING 700 00:34:59,797 --> 00:35:00,164 INGREDIENT. 701 00:35:00,231 --> 00:35:01,232 >> Stephen: YES. 702 00:35:01,299 --> 00:35:02,467 >> TALENT. 703 00:35:02,533 --> 00:35:05,069 BUT IT'S-- IT HAS BEEN A CONSTANT THREAD IN MY LIFE. 704 00:35:05,136 --> 00:35:10,107 SO I'VE BEEN IN A BUNCH OF BANDS, IN QUOTATION MARKS" 705 00:35:10,174 --> 00:35:11,976 COALITION OF THE WILLING. 706 00:35:12,043 --> 00:35:15,079 >> Stephen: OH, SURE. 707 00:35:15,146 --> 00:35:16,681 >> AMONG OTHERS. 708 00:35:16,747 --> 00:35:17,415 BIG LUNCH. 709 00:35:17,482 --> 00:35:18,249 >> Stephen: DON'T KNOW THAT ONE. 710 00:35:18,316 --> 00:35:20,184 THAT'S ON ME. 711 00:35:20,251 --> 00:35:23,554 >> BECAUSE WE KIND OF MAKE YOU FEEL THE WAY YOU DO AFTER YOU'VE 712 00:35:23,621 --> 00:35:25,923 HAD A BIG LUNCH. 713 00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:27,158 A LITTLE BIT DROWSY. 714 00:35:27,225 --> 00:35:29,460 >> Stephen: LOGGY, LOGGY DANCE BAND. 715 00:35:29,527 --> 00:35:32,463 >> AT LEAST WHAT I FOUND IN MY EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST AUDIENCE 716 00:35:32,530 --> 00:35:36,667 WE HAVE TENDS TO BE VERY YOUNG CHILDREN WHO HAVEN'T DEVELOPED 717 00:35:36,734 --> 00:35:37,702 CRITICAL FACULTIES. 718 00:35:37,768 --> 00:35:38,903 ( LAUGHTER ). 719 00:35:38,970 --> 00:35:40,371 >> Stephen: JUST IN CASE THERE ARE ANY OF THEM WATCHING RIGHT 720 00:35:40,438 --> 00:35:43,441 NOW, AS WE GO OUT, WOULD YOU-- WOULD YOU CARE-- DO YOU GUYS 721 00:35:43,508 --> 00:35:46,143 HAVE A GUITAR THAT THE SECRETARY MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE? 722 00:35:46,210 --> 00:35:50,848 ( APPLAUSE ) SECRETARY BLINKEN, THANK YOU SO 723 00:35:50,915 --> 00:35:51,449 MUCH. 724 00:35:51,516 --> 00:35:52,450 ANTONY BLINKEN, EVERYBODY. 725 00:35:52,517 --> 00:35:56,654 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY TWICE. 726 00:35:56,721 --> 00:35:57,555 PLEASE, SIR. 727 00:35:57,622 --> 00:35:59,624 WON'T YOU PLEASE. 728 00:36:29,987 --> 00:36:31,122 >> Stephen: MAKING THEIR IN-PERSON U.S. TELEVISION DEBUT 729 00:36:31,188 --> 00:36:36,460 WITH "THE FEELS" FROM THEIR ALBUM, "FORMULA OF LOVE," TWICE! 730 00:36:36,527 --> 00:36:40,932 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 731 00:36:40,998 --> 00:36:44,035 ♪ BOY, I, BOY, I, BOY, I KNOW I KNOW YOU GOT THE FEELS 732 00:36:44,101 --> 00:36:56,047 ♪ BOY, I, BOY, I, BOY, I KNOW UH, I'M SO CURIOUS 733 00:36:56,113 --> 00:37:01,586 'BOUT YOU, BOY, WANNA KEEP IT CO BUT I KNOW EVERY TIME YOU MOVE, 734 00:37:01,652 --> 00:37:05,957 I GET SO SHY, IT'S OBVIOUS (GET CATCHING FEELS LIKE BUTTERFLIES 735 00:37:06,023 --> 00:37:10,528 IF I SAY WHAT'S ON MY MIND WOULD I HIT BULLSEYE? (WOO) 736 00:37:10,595 --> 00:37:14,065 SHOOT, I'M READY, AIM AND FIRE (FIRE) 737 00:37:14,131 --> 00:37:17,902 BABY, I (WHOA-OH, OW!) FEEL LIKE CUPID'S ALIVE 738 00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:25,576 ALIVE TONIGHT ('NIGHT), YEAH, TONIGHT 739 00:37:25,643 --> 00:37:27,778 ♪ IF YOUR HEART BEATS THE SAME WAY, LET ME KNOW 740 00:37:27,845 --> 00:37:37,288 (YOU LET ME KNOW) 'CAUSE I'M BOOM-BOOM-BOOM 741 00:37:37,355 --> 00:37:38,556 FROM HEAD TO TOE, AND I (YEAH, HEAD TO TOE) 742 00:37:38,623 --> 00:37:39,757 I KNOW, LOVE, IT IS SUCH A FUNNY A MYSTERY ALLURE, GOTTA GET TO K 743 00:37:39,824 --> 00:37:43,060 'CAUSE I, I CAN FEEL A REAL CONN A SUPERNATURAL ATTRACTION-AH 744 00:37:43,127 --> 00:37:47,531 I GOT THE FEELS FOR YOU, YEAH, Y YOU HAVE STOLEN MY HEART, OH, YE 745 00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:51,769 NEVER LET IT GO, OH, OH, NO NEVER LET IT GO, OH, OH, OH 746 00:37:51,836 --> 00:37:56,040 LIGHTNING STRAIGHT TO MY HEART, OH, YEAH 747 00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:59,677 I GOT ALL THE FEELS FOR SURE YEAH, I GOT ALL THE FEELS FOR YA 748 00:37:59,744 --> 00:38:01,579 OH BOY, I, BOY, I, BOY, I KNOW 749 00:38:01,646 --> 00:38:05,583 I KNOW I GOT THE FEELS BOY, I, BOY, I, BOY, I KNOW 750 00:38:05,650 --> 00:38:08,052 I KNOW YOU FEEL IT TOO (UH, UH) 751 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:13,591 SWAY IN THE MOONLIGHT, DANCE IN I KNOW THAT I CAUGHT YOUR EYE 752 00:38:13,658 --> 00:38:15,793 (YOUR EYE) ARE WE ON THE SAME VIBE? 753 00:38:15,860 --> 00:38:17,962 (SAME VIBE) I WONDER WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND 754 00:38:18,029 --> 00:38:21,565 IF IT'S DUMB, WELL, I WANNA BE A UNDERNEATH THE NEON LIGHTS, BABY 755 00:38:21,632 --> 00:38:28,072 ELECTRICITY TONIGHT, BABY I KNOW LOVE IT IS SUCH A FUNNY T 756 00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:32,043 A MYSTERY ALLURE, GOTTA GET TO KNOW YOU MORE 757 00:38:32,109 --> 00:38:37,581 'CAUSE I, I CAN FEEL A REAL CONN A SUPERNATURAL ATTRACTION-AH 758 00:38:37,648 --> 00:38:41,886 I GOT THE FEELS FOR YOU, YEAH, Y YOU HAVE STOLEN MY HEART, OH, YE 759 00:38:41,952 --> 00:38:44,021 (OH, YEAH) NEVER LET IT GO, OH, OH, NO 760 00:38:44,088 --> 00:38:49,627 NEVER LET IT GO, OH, OH, OH LIGHTNING STRAIGHT TO MY HEART, 761 00:38:49,694 --> 00:38:53,564 OH, YEAH I GOT ALL THE FEELS FOR SURE 762 00:38:53,631 --> 00:38:56,333 YEAH, I GOT ALL THE FEELS FOR YA BOY, I, BOY, I, BOY, I KNOW 763 00:38:56,400 --> 00:39:01,572 I KNOW I GET THE FEELS BOY, I, BOY, I, BOY, I KNOW 764 00:39:01,639 --> 00:39:05,576 I KNOW YOU FEEL IT TOO BOY, I, BOY, I, BOY, I KNOW 765 00:39:05,643 --> 00:39:10,815 I KNOW I GET THE FEELS BOY, I, BOY, I, BOY, I KNOW 766 00:39:10,881 --> 00:39:13,584 I KNOW YOU FEEL IT TOO (FEEL IT TOO) 767 00:39:13,651 --> 00:39:17,455 YOU GOT MY ATTENTION, SO WHAT'S SO WHAT'S YOUR INTENTION? 768 00:39:17,521 --> 00:39:21,759 YEAH, TELL ME, BABY, WHAT'S THE OH, ONE LOOK AND I KNOW IT, 769 00:39:21,826 --> 00:39:29,567 BABY, MY EYES REVEAL THAT YOU, YOU, YOU GIVE ME THE F 770 00:39:29,633 --> 00:39:37,575 YOU HAVE STOLEN MY HEART, OH, YE NEVER LET IT GO, OH, OH, NO 771 00:39:37,641 --> 00:39:39,076 (NO-NO) NEVER LET IT GO, OH, OH, OH 772 00:39:39,143 --> 00:39:43,047 (NO-NO) LIGHTNING STRAIGHT TO MY HEART, 773 00:39:43,114 --> 00:39:44,248 OH, YEAH I GOT ALL THE FEELS FOR SURE 774 00:39:44,315 --> 00:39:48,385 YEAH, I GOT ALL THE FEELS FOR YA BOY, I, BOY, I, BOY, I KNOW 775 00:39:48,452 --> 00:39:52,723 (THE FEELS) I KNOW I GOT THE FEELS (BOY, I) 776 00:39:52,790 --> 00:39:57,561 (YEAH, YEAH, YEAH) I KNOW YOU FEEL IT TOO (YEAH, YO 777 00:39:57,628 --> 00:39:58,829 BOY, I, BOY, I, BOY, I KNOW (BOY I KNOW I GOT THE FEELS (ONE MORE 778 00:39:58,896 --> 00:40:08,038 BOY, I, BOY, I, BOY, I KNOW I KNOW YOU FEEL IT TOO (YEAH) 779 00:40:08,105 --> 00:40:13,577 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: TWICE, EVERYBODY! 780 00:40:13,644 --> 00:40:14,812 THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 781 00:40:14,879 --> 00:40:17,581 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE MIKE MYERS AND MIN-HA 782 00:40:17,648 --> 00:40:18,549 KIM. 783 00:40:18,616 --> 00:40:20,618 GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY!