1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:06,005 RECENTLY HAVE BEEN DEFENDING THE CURRENT ACCESSIBILITY OF 2 00:00:06,072 --> 00:00:09,409 ASSAULT-STYLE WEAPONS. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR PURPOSES 3 00:00:09,476 --> 00:00:12,946 OF GOING OUT, TARGET SHOOTING. IN MY STATE, THEY USE THEM TO 4 00:00:13,012 --> 00:00:14,881 SHOOT PRAIRIE DOGS. >> WHY DOES SOMEONE NEED AN 5 00:00:14,948 --> 00:00:18,251 AR-15? >> WELL, IF YOU TALK TO THE 6 00:00:18,318 --> 00:00:20,453 PEOPLE THAT OWN IT, KILLING FERAL PIGS AND, YOU KNOW, 7 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,355 WHATEVER, THE MIDDLE OF LOUISIANA 8 00:00:22,422 --> 00:00:24,624 >> PRETTY SMALL ANIMALS. PROBABLY DON'T NEED ASSAULT 9 00:00:24,691 --> 00:00:25,692 WEAPONS TO KILL THEM. 10 00:00:56,189 --> 00:00:58,658 >> DID YOU KNOW THE REPUBLICAN SENATOR WHO SAID PEOPLE NEED 11 00:00:58,725 --> 00:01:01,394 ASSAULT RIFLES TO HUNT FERAL HOGS HAS RECEIVED ALMOST $2.9 12 00:01:01,461 --> 00:01:03,463 MILLION IN DONATIONS FROM THE N.R.A.? 13 00:01:31,024 --> 00:01:31,958 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE 14 00:01:32,025 --> 00:01:40,467 SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." TONIGHT: 15 00:01:40,533 --> 00:01:47,273 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF 16 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:51,211 CHIWETEL EJIOFOR AND MUSICAL GUEST KURT VILE 17 00:01:51,277 --> 00:01:54,714 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY 18 00:01:54,781 --> 00:01:59,519 HUMAN. 19 00:01:59,586 --> 00:02:02,822 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 20 00:02:02,889 --> 00:02:04,891 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 21 00:02:10,597 --> 00:02:25,478 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 22 00:02:25,545 --> 00:02:36,856 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 23 00:02:36,923 --> 00:02:38,958 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) GENTLEMEN, ONE AND ALL, TO "THE 24 00:02:39,025 --> 00:02:40,960 LATE SHOW." I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 25 00:02:41,027 --> 00:02:42,562 AND I-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 26 00:02:42,629 --> 00:02:48,468 YOU FEEL THAT? THAT IS RAW, UNCUT, BLUE FLAKE 27 00:02:48,535 --> 00:02:51,004 EXCITEMENT BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS TOMORROW NIGHT, AT LONG 28 00:02:51,070 --> 00:02:56,042 LAST, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION WILL 29 00:02:56,109 --> 00:02:59,746 FINALLY KICK OFF. THEY'LL BE BROADCAST HERE ON 30 00:02:59,812 --> 00:03:05,251 CBS, AND AFTERWARD, "THE LATE SHOW" WILL BE LIVE! 31 00:03:05,318 --> 00:03:12,692 BOOM! ( APPLAUSE ) 32 00:03:12,759 --> 00:03:16,396 WATCH ME TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, WHEN THEY WERE TALKING 33 00:03:16,462 --> 00:03:22,035 ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THE DAY WE ALL SAID, "WHAT THE HELL JUST 34 00:03:22,101 --> 00:03:23,236 HAPPENED?" ( LAUGHTER ) 35 00:03:23,303 --> 00:03:27,507 TOMORROW NIGHT-- STARTING TOMORROW-- FOR TWO WEEKS, RIGHT? 36 00:03:27,574 --> 00:03:30,476 IT'S TWO WEEKS OF HEARINGS, RIGHT? 37 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:39,552 STARTING TOMORROW AND FOR TWO WEEKS OF THESE PUBLIC 38 00:03:39,619 --> 00:03:40,820 HEARING,s THIS IS A CRUCIAL OPPORTUNITY 39 00:03:40,887 --> 00:03:42,021 FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO LEARN THE FULL DEPTH AND BREADTH OF 40 00:03:42,088 --> 00:03:43,456 THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S MONTHS- LONG, VIOLENT CONSPIRACY TO 41 00:03:43,523 --> 00:03:45,258 OVERTHROW A FREE ELECTION AND REMAIN IN POWER. 42 00:03:45,325 --> 00:03:47,860 HANGING OVER THE HEARINGS IS ONE QUESTION THAT COULD DEFINE THE 43 00:03:47,927 --> 00:03:50,730 FUTURE OF OUR REPUBLIC: WHO CARES? 44 00:03:50,797 --> 00:03:54,434 >> THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF DISTRACTIONS BEFORE THE AMERICAN 45 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:56,502 PEOPLE, AND SO I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO HEAR SOMETHING NEW, 46 00:03:56,569 --> 00:03:57,704 THINGS THAT THEY HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE. 47 00:03:57,770 --> 00:04:00,006 >> THEY JUST NEED TO FOCUS THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION ON IT. 48 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:03,209 >> THEY HAVE TO GRIP THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. 49 00:04:03,276 --> 00:04:05,011 >> THEY NEED TO MAKE THIS REALLY A COMPELLING NARRATIVE. 50 00:04:05,078 --> 00:04:07,313 >> IT DOESN'T HAVE TO LOOK LIKE "TOP GUN." 51 00:04:07,380 --> 00:04:09,983 YOU WANT TO FIND THAT SWEET SPOT IN THE MIDDLE. 52 00:04:10,049 --> 00:04:20,860 >> Stephen: YEAH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO LOOK LIKE "TOP GUN," 53 00:04:20,927 --> 00:04:25,765 BUT JUST IN CASE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ADAM SCHIFF AND JAMIE 54 00:04:25,832 --> 00:04:27,734 RASKIN PLAY HOT SHIRTLESS VOLLEYBALL. 55 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,937 HE'S CUT. HE'S CUT. 56 00:04:31,004 --> 00:04:34,941 HERE'S THE THING: HEARINGS ONLY MATTER IF PEOPLE ARE HEARING 57 00:04:35,008 --> 00:04:36,409 THEM, WHICH IS WHY WE AT "THE LATE SHOW" HAVE PUT 58 00:04:36,476 --> 00:04:39,746 TOGETHER A PROMO GUARANTEED TO PUT THE ASSES IN THE TV SEATS. 59 00:04:39,812 --> 00:04:43,950 JIM? >> THURSDAY, THURSDAY, THURSDAY! 60 00:04:44,017 --> 00:04:49,789 UNDER THE CAPITOL MEGADOME! IT'S THE HEARINGS ON JANUARY 6! 61 00:04:49,856 --> 00:04:56,062 6, 6, 6! A CONSTITUTION-CRUSHING LINEUP 62 00:04:56,129 --> 00:05:00,299 OF INSURRECTIONIST MAYHEM, FEATURING EXPLOSIVE REVELATIONS 63 00:05:00,366 --> 00:05:04,170 ABOUT THE WINE GREMLIN. THE OXY-OGRE. 64 00:05:04,237 --> 00:05:09,542 AND WHOEVER THE HELL THIS IS. BRING IN THE PAIN OF FORMER 65 00:05:09,609 --> 00:05:18,151 PRESIDENT SCHMUCK-A-TSARS. NEED MORE TO MAKE YOU CARE ABOUT 66 00:05:18,217 --> 00:05:21,020 THE FALL OF DEMOCRACY? HOW ABOUT THE THING YOU CRAVE 67 00:05:21,087 --> 00:05:23,156 MOST? ANOTHER, EVEN SADDER SEASON OF 68 00:05:23,222 --> 00:05:30,363 "THIS IS US." EVERY EPISODE IS A FUNERAL. 69 00:05:30,430 --> 00:05:33,066 ♪ ♪ ♪ STILL WANT MORE? 70 00:05:33,132 --> 00:05:38,104 HOW ABOUT BOOBS? WITH $2 GAS. 71 00:05:38,171 --> 00:05:42,141 ONLY YOU CAN SAY DEMOCRACY LIKE THE FOUNDERS INTENDED, BY 72 00:05:42,208 --> 00:05:49,115 WATCHING TV! >> Stephen: NOW, WE WILL LEARN 73 00:05:49,182 --> 00:05:50,049 MORE-- ( APPLAUSE ) 74 00:05:50,116 --> 00:05:55,455 SEE PEOPLE ARE-- PEOPLE ARE EXCITED, JON. 75 00:05:55,521 --> 00:05:58,524 WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT FROM OUR GUEST TONIGHT, 76 00:05:58,591 --> 00:06:03,096 CALIFORNIA DEMOCRAT AND COMMITTEE MEMBER ADAM SCHIFF. 77 00:06:03,162 --> 00:06:06,432 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THERE TONIGHT. 78 00:06:06,499 --> 00:06:10,069 >> Jon: ADAM IS HERE. >> Stephen: HE'S ON THE SHOW 79 00:06:10,136 --> 00:06:12,071 TONIGHT. THAT'S THE KIND OF SHOW WE RUN 80 00:06:12,138 --> 00:06:14,307 HERE. HE'S GOING TO GREASE US WITH ALL 81 00:06:14,373 --> 00:06:18,878 THE HOT. TREASON. GOSS. I REALLY HOPE HE DOES THAT. 82 00:06:18,945 --> 00:06:23,649 WE'RE ALSO GETTING MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE EX-PRESIDENT'S PLANS 83 00:06:23,716 --> 00:06:31,924 FOR THAT TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE DAY. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER AT THE RALLY, 84 00:06:31,991 --> 00:06:33,326 WHEN HE RILED UP THE MOB TO MARCH ON THE CAPITOL? 85 00:06:33,392 --> 00:06:34,694 >> WE'RE GOING TO WALK DOWN-- AND I'LL BE THERE WITH YOU-- 86 00:06:34,761 --> 00:06:36,229 WE'RE GOING TO WALK DOWN. WE'RE GOING TO WALK DOWN. 87 00:06:36,295 --> 00:06:42,435 >> Stephen: OF COURSE, HE DIDN'T.p ( LAUGHTER ) 88 00:06:42,502 --> 00:06:45,638 TOLD, NONE WAS MORE OBVIOUS THAN "I'M GOING FOR A WALK." 89 00:06:45,705 --> 00:06:47,140 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, REMEMBER-- 90 00:06:47,206 --> 00:06:59,118 ( APPLAUSE ) REMEMBER, THE PRESIDENT'S 91 00:06:59,185 --> 00:07:06,058 CRONIES HAVE CLAIMED OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR THE PAST 17 92 00:07:06,125 --> 00:07:08,060 MONTHS THAT THEY COULDN'T HAVE PREDICTED WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, 93 00:07:08,127 --> 00:07:10,563 THAT THE CROWD MARCHING ON THE CAPITOL WAS JUST A SPONTANEOUS 94 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:16,235 OUTBURST OF PATRIOTIC ZIP TIES AND BODY ARMOR. 95 00:07:16,302 --> 00:07:18,504 BUT WE JUST LEARNED THAT IS JUST AS BIG A LIE AS HIS OATH OF 96 00:07:18,571 --> 00:07:22,275 OFFICE, BECAUSE THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE HAS UNCOVERED THAT THE 97 00:07:22,341 --> 00:07:24,577 FORMER PRESIDENT PUT NEARLY TWO WEEKS OF PERSISTENT PRESSURE ON 98 00:07:24,644 --> 00:07:27,613 THE SECRET SERVICE TO DEVISE A PLAN FOR HIM TO JOIN HIS 99 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:28,514 SUPPORTERS ON THE MARCH TO THE CAPITOL. 100 00:07:28,581 --> 00:07:32,218 TWO WEEKS. SO HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS 101 00:07:32,285 --> 00:07:38,024 DOING... ( AUDIENCE BOOING ) 102 00:07:38,090 --> 00:07:39,926 IS A SENTENCE I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE FORMER 103 00:07:39,992 --> 00:07:41,127 PRESIDENT. NOW, HE MAY BE PUTTING THAT-- 104 00:07:41,194 --> 00:07:49,802 ( APPLAUSE ) PRESSURE ON, BUT THE SECRET 105 00:07:49,869 --> 00:07:51,003 SERVICE SAID, "SORRY, YOU CAN'T." 106 00:07:51,070 --> 00:07:52,405 BUT THEN, ON JANUARY 6, THE FORMER PRESIDENT WENT ONSTAGE 107 00:07:52,471 --> 00:07:55,241 AND SAID "HEY, LET'S DO IT ANYWAY." 108 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:56,475 SO, THE SECRET SERVICE SCRAMBLED TO LOOK INTO A MOTORCADE THAT 109 00:07:56,542 --> 00:08:02,882 WOULD ESCORT HIM TO THE CAPITOL, BUT ULTIMATELY, SCUTTLED THE 110 00:08:02,949 --> 00:08:06,452 IDEA AS "UNTENABLE" AND "UNSAFE"-- COINCIDENTALLY, ALSO 111 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:09,355 THE SECRET SERVICE CODE NAMES FOR DON JR. AND ERIC. 112 00:08:09,422 --> 00:08:14,393 ( LAUGHTER ) I THINK THAT'S RIGHT, UNTENABLE 113 00:08:14,460 --> 00:08:19,031 AND UNSAFE. IT'S TOO BAD. 114 00:08:19,098 --> 00:08:22,768 I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE HIM STRUGGLE UP THE CAPITOL STEPS, 115 00:08:22,835 --> 00:08:26,138 BATTING AWAY COPS WITH A K.F.C. DRUMSTICK, ONLY TO TRY TO HEAVE 116 00:08:26,205 --> 00:08:29,876 HIMSELF THROUGH THE WINDOW AND GET STUCK "WINNIE THE POOH" 117 00:08:29,942 --> 00:08:30,810 STYLE. ( LAUGHTER ) 118 00:08:30,877 --> 00:08:41,687 HANG SOME TEA TOWELS, PUT SOMANTLERS ON IT. 119 00:08:41,754 --> 00:08:43,022 WE'VE GOT AN UPDATE ON THE PLAGUE. 120 00:08:43,089 --> 00:08:46,893 NO, NOT THAT ONE, THE OTHER ONE. AND I'LL CATCH YOU UP IN THE 121 00:08:46,959 --> 00:08:51,497 LATEST INSTALLMENT OF MY TWICE-RUNNING SEGMENT: 122 00:08:51,564 --> 00:08:56,369 >> DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE MONKEYPOX. 123 00:08:56,435 --> 00:09:01,574 >> YOU GOT TO TELL THEM MONKEYPOX IS PEOPLE! 124 00:09:01,641 --> 00:09:07,980 >> Stephen: UP TO THIS POINT, EXPERTS HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID 125 00:09:08,047 --> 00:09:12,585 THAT THIS VIRUS CAN BE TRANSMITTED BY CLOSE CONTACT, 126 00:09:12,652 --> 00:09:16,722 LIKE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE. BUT NOW THEY'RE SAYING 127 00:09:16,789 --> 00:09:20,226 MONKEYPOX CAN BE AIRBORNE, TOO. I'M BEING TOLD WE HAVE FOOTAGE 128 00:09:20,293 --> 00:09:24,297 OF THE SCIENTISTS MAKING THE DISCOVERY. 129 00:09:24,363 --> 00:09:27,533 >> FLY! FLY! 130 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:38,144 ( APPLAUSE ) MONKEYPOX CAN BE TRANSMITTED 131 00:09:38,210 --> 00:09:45,918 THROUGH AEROSOLS MAKES IT SIMILAR TO THE CORONAVIRUS. 132 00:09:45,985 --> 00:09:46,886 NO, NO, NO! 133 00:09:46,953 --> 00:09:49,989 I CAN'T GO BACK TO LYSOL-ING ALL MY MONKEYS. 134 00:09:50,056 --> 00:09:54,193 ( LAUGHTER ) ( LAUGHTER ) 135 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:59,365 I SAID HAPPIER THAN MONKEYPOX. ( LAUGHTER ) 136 00:09:59,432 --> 00:10:05,838 OF PAYING HIGHER PRICES, SO CORPORATE AMERICA HAS COME UP 137 00:10:05,905 --> 00:10:08,941 WITH A CLEVER SOLUTION: QUIETLY SHRINKING PACKAGE SIZES WITHOUT 138 00:10:09,008 --> 00:10:15,247 LOWERING PRICES, IN A PHENOMENON CALLED SHRINKFLATION. 139 00:10:15,314 --> 00:10:16,482 IN THEIR DEFENSE, CORPORATIONS SAY, "THE WATER'S JUST VERY 140 00:10:16,549 --> 00:10:21,721 COLD." THESE MANUFACTURERS THINK THEY 141 00:10:21,787 --> 00:10:25,591 CAN GET AWAY WITH IT, BECAUSE THEY ASSUME CUSTOMERS WILL 142 00:10:25,658 --> 00:10:28,694 NOTICE PRICE INCREASES BUT WON'T KEEP TRACK OF SMALL DETAILS, 143 00:10:28,761 --> 00:10:32,765 LIKE THE NUMBER OF SHEETS ON A ROLL OF TOILET PAPER. 144 00:10:32,832 --> 00:10:35,334 WELL, MAYBE PEOPLE WONT, BUT THOSE DAMN BEARS SURE WILL! 145 00:10:35,401 --> 00:10:37,770 THEY'RE OBSESSED WITH RECTAL HYGIENE! 146 00:10:37,837 --> 00:10:39,839 THEY TALK ABOUT IT AS A "FAMILY!" 147 00:10:39,905 --> 00:10:43,809 IT'S UPSETTING TO WATCH! ( LAUGHTER ) 148 00:10:43,876 --> 00:10:47,680 NOW, FOLGER'S-- I DON'T WANT TO KNOW. 149 00:10:47,747 --> 00:10:52,184 I DON'T WANT TO KNOW! DON'T DO IT IN THE WOODS! 150 00:10:52,251 --> 00:10:56,889 FOLGER'S COFFEE RECENTLY DOWNSIZED ITS 51-OUNCE CONTAINER 151 00:10:56,956 --> 00:11:02,661 TO 43.5 OUNCES. ( AUDIENCE BOOING ) 152 00:11:02,728 --> 00:11:04,897 >> Stephen: YEAH. ( LAUGHTER ) 153 00:11:04,964 --> 00:11:13,806 ♪ THE BEST PART OF WAKING UP IS NOTHING IN YOUR CUP ♪. 154 00:11:13,873 --> 00:11:18,944 ( LAUGHTER ). BUT THE MOST TROUBLING CHANGE IS 155 00:11:19,011 --> 00:11:21,447 THAT BAGS OF FRITOS SCOOPS MARKED "PARTY SIZE" USED TO BE 156 00:11:21,514 --> 00:11:25,351 18 OUNCES, BUT NOW THEY ARE 15.5 OUNCES. 157 00:11:25,418 --> 00:11:29,688 ( AUDIENCE BOOING ) ET TU, FRITO? 158 00:11:29,755 --> 00:11:36,662 15.5 OUNCES ISN'T A PARTY. IT'S BARELY A GATHERING. 159 00:11:36,729 --> 00:11:38,831 WHEN I CRACK OPEN A PARTY-SIZE BAG OF FRITOS, I DO 160 00:11:38,898 --> 00:11:44,136 THE RIGHT THING AND EAT THE WHOLE DAMN BAG BY MYSELF 161 00:11:44,203 --> 00:11:51,577 ( APPLAUSE ) YEAH! 162 00:11:51,644 --> 00:11:57,950 THIS IS AMERICA. LAN 163 00:11:58,017 --> 00:11:59,819 LAND OF THE FREE-TOS. 164 00:11:59,885 --> 00:12:01,053 BUT NOW, WITH THE SMALLER BAG, I'LL BE 2.5 OUNCES SHORT OF 165 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,089 TOTAL SHAME. SO I'LL HAVE TO OPEN UP A SECOND 166 00:12:03,155 --> 00:12:10,663 BAG, AND THEN I'LL FINISH THAT ONE BECAUSE, AGAIN, FREEDOM. 167 00:12:10,729 --> 00:12:13,632 BUT NOW, AFTER TWO BAGS, 31 OUNCES OF FRITOS DEEP, I FEEL 168 00:12:13,699 --> 00:12:16,068 TERRIBLE ABOUT MYSELF. AND THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT 169 00:12:16,135 --> 00:12:19,338 CAN MAKE ME FEEL BETTER: ANOTHER BAG OF FRITOS! 170 00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:22,308 THIS WAY LIES MADNESS. ( APPLAUSE ) 171 00:12:22,374 --> 00:12:28,414 THEY THOUGHT WE WOULDN'T FIND OUT! 172 00:12:28,481 --> 00:12:36,455 BUT WE DID! >> I KNEW IT WAS YOU, FRITO. 173 00:12:36,522 --> 00:12:41,694 >> Stephen: WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 174 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:46,365 MY GUESTS ARE CHIWETEL EJIOFOR, BUT WHEN WE RETURN, FROM THE 175 00:12:46,432 --> 00:12:49,568 JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF. 176 00:12:49,635 --> 00:12:51,904 STICK AROUND. ♪ ♪ ♪ 177 00:12:51,971 --> 00:12:52,972 ( APPLAUSE ) 178 00:13:24,003 --> 00:13:25,938 ( APPLAUSE ) EVERYBODY. 179 00:13:26,005 --> 00:13:29,909 GIVE IT UP FOR JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN! 180 00:13:29,975 --> 00:13:36,382 THAT'S ALL! JON, JON, JON. 181 00:13:36,448 --> 00:13:37,950 >> Jon: HELLO. >> Stephen: A QUICK REMINDER 182 00:13:38,017 --> 00:13:41,487 WE'RE GOING TO BE LIVE TOMORROW NIGHT, HERE IN THE ED SULLIVAN 183 00:13:41,554 --> 00:13:44,957 THEATER, FOLLOWING THE PRIME-TIME JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE 184 00:13:45,024 --> 00:13:47,193 OPENING PRESENTATIONS. IT'S GOING TO BE FASCINATING. 185 00:13:47,259 --> 00:13:49,295 I CANNOT WAIT. >> Jon: I WONDER WHAT'S GOING 186 00:13:49,361 --> 00:13:50,796 TO HAPPEN. >> Stephen: I HOPE THEY 187 00:13:50,863 --> 00:13:53,065 EDUCATE US, EDUCATE US. TONIGHT WE HAVE COMING OUT HERE 188 00:13:53,132 --> 00:13:58,804 IN A MOMENT, A BRILLIANT ACTOR, CHIWETEL EJIOFOR WILL BE HERE 189 00:13:58,871 --> 00:14:00,005 TONIGHT. >> Jon: YES, INDEED. 190 00:14:00,072 --> 00:14:09,949 >> Stephen: BUT, BEFORE ANY OF THAT, MY FIRST GUEST SONT IS 191 00:14:10,015 --> 00:14:11,884 A SEASONED INVESTIGATOR WHO HAS SERVED AS A CALIFORNIA 192 00:14:11,951 --> 00:14:13,385 CONGRESSMAN FOR OVER 20 YEARS. PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE 193 00:14:13,452 --> 00:14:15,454 SHOW," CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF! ♪ ♪ ♪ 194 00:14:36,008 --> 00:14:41,947 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THANK YOU, SIR. 195 00:14:42,014 --> 00:14:44,817 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I KNOW YOU AND THE REST OF THE 196 00:14:44,883 --> 00:14:46,952 JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE ARE EXTRAORDINARILY BUSY RIGHT NOW, 197 00:14:47,019 --> 00:14:49,955 PREPARING FOR TOMORROW'S PRIME-TIME BROADCAST OF THE 198 00:14:50,022 --> 00:14:54,393 CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF HEARINGS 199 00:14:54,460 --> 00:14:59,164 OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, TWO IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS. 200 00:14:59,231 --> 00:15:03,936 WE'VE SEEN THE MUELLER HEARINGS. HOW ARE THESE HEARINGS THAT ARE 201 00:15:04,003 --> 00:15:07,139 GOING TO KICK OFF TOMORROW NIGHT DIFFERENT? 202 00:15:07,206 --> 00:15:10,476 >> THEY'LL BE DIFFERENT IN A NUMBER OF RESPECTS. 203 00:15:10,542 --> 00:15:14,313 THE MUELLER HEARING WAS ESSENTIALLY ONE WITNESS SPEAKING 204 00:15:14,380 --> 00:15:20,986 IN VERY-- WELL, ABRIEFATED FASHION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, 205 00:15:21,053 --> 00:15:26,392 VERY LITTLE IN TERMS OF AUDIO OR VISUAL, OTHER ELEMENTS TO THAT 206 00:15:26,458 --> 00:15:28,994 HEARING. EVEN THE UKRAINE HEARINGS 207 00:15:29,061 --> 00:15:31,697 INCORPORATED DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE IN ADDITIONAL LIVE 208 00:15:31,764 --> 00:15:34,300 TESTIMONY. BUT BOTH WERE CHARACTERIZED BY 209 00:15:34,366 --> 00:15:37,269 VIGOROUS IN-FIGHTING AMONG COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 210 00:15:37,336 --> 00:15:39,638 THIS INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN UTTERLY NONPARTISAN. 211 00:15:39,705 --> 00:15:45,511 WE HAVE BEEN SINGULARY DEVOTED TO PURSUING THE TRUTH, SO YOU'RE 212 00:15:45,577 --> 00:15:48,847 GOING TO SEE NONE OF THE KIND OF BICKERING THAT USUALLY 213 00:15:48,914 --> 00:15:50,082 CHARACTERIZES CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS. 214 00:15:50,149 --> 00:15:51,350 WE'RE GOING TO SEE LIVE TESTIMONY. 215 00:15:51,417 --> 00:15:55,821 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE VIDEOTAPE TESTIMONY FROM OTHER INTERVIEWS 216 00:15:55,888 --> 00:15:59,158 OR DEPOSITIONS. AUDIO EVIDENCE, DOCUMENTARY 217 00:15:59,224 --> 00:16:02,428 EVIDENCE, HOPEFULLY WOVEN TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT TELLS THE 218 00:16:02,494 --> 00:16:06,732 STORY OF HOW A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND HIS ENABLERS, 219 00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:10,069 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, ATTEMPTED, THROUGH A 220 00:16:10,135 --> 00:16:13,172 MULTIFACETED CAMPAIGN, TO INTERFERE WITH THE PEACEFUL 221 00:16:13,238 --> 00:16:17,276 TRANSFER OF POWER. WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND 222 00:16:17,343 --> 00:16:20,145 HOW CLOSE WE CAME TO LOSING OUR DEMOCRACY. 223 00:16:20,212 --> 00:16:23,482 AND MOST IMPORTANT, THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE 224 00:16:23,549 --> 00:16:25,918 WOODS. IT WOULD BE ONE THING IF WHAT 225 00:16:25,984 --> 00:16:30,122 STARTED ON JANUARY 6 OR CULMINATED ON JANUARY 6, THE 226 00:16:30,189 --> 00:16:32,491 VIOLENT ATTACK HAD ENDED ON THE SIXTH. 227 00:16:32,558 --> 00:16:35,427 IT DIDN'T END. THE EFFORT TO USE THE LIE THAT 228 00:16:35,494 --> 00:16:37,496 RESULTED IN THAT VIOLENCE HAS CONTINUED. 229 00:16:37,563 --> 00:16:41,200 AND IF ANYTHING, OUR DEMOCRACY IS EVEN MORE VULNERABLE TODAY 230 00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:44,269 THAN IT WAS ON JANUARY 6. >> Stephen: NOW, YOU GUYS 231 00:16:44,336 --> 00:16:49,641 HIRED A FANCY TV PRODUCER, A GUY WHO USED TO WORK AT ABC, TO HELP 232 00:16:49,708 --> 00:16:54,346 WITH THE BROADCAST. IN WHAT WAY IS THIS FELLA 233 00:16:54,413 --> 00:16:58,350 HELPING YOU? AND, SECONDLY, DID YOU THINK YOU 234 00:16:58,417 --> 00:17:01,420 NEEDED A FANCY TV PRODUCER BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 235 00:17:01,487 --> 00:17:05,891 AREN'T INTERESTED IN WHETHER DEMOCRACY SURVIVES? 236 00:17:05,958 --> 00:17:10,562 >> WE'RE NOT COMMENTING ON THE INTERNAL STAFFING OR HOW WE'RE 237 00:17:10,629 --> 00:17:13,098 STRUCTURING THE HEARINGS, BEYOND A CERTAIN DEGREE. 238 00:17:13,165 --> 00:17:16,668 BUT, LOOK, THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT ERA THAN WATERGATE. 239 00:17:16,735 --> 00:17:19,671 I WISH WE WERE BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WOULD 240 00:17:19,738 --> 00:17:23,542 SIT FOR HOURS AND HOURS AT A TIME AND WATCH HEARINGS OF 241 00:17:23,609 --> 00:17:25,811 NATIONAL CONSEQUENCE, AND THEY WOULD BE PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, BY 242 00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:31,049 MAJOR NETWORKS, RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THE TALKING HEADS ON FOX 243 00:17:31,116 --> 00:17:32,885 NEWS. BUT WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD 244 00:17:32,951 --> 00:17:36,321 NOW, WHERE MOST PEOPLE GET THEIR INFORMATION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, 245 00:17:36,388 --> 00:17:40,692 WHERE WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE STORY IN AN ENGAGING WAY, 246 00:17:40,759 --> 00:17:44,029 TELL IT IN A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME. 247 00:17:44,096 --> 00:17:48,500 THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS WE HAVE INTERVIEWED OVER 1,000 PEOPLE. 248 00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:51,437 WE'VE GATHERED OVER 100,000 DOCUMENTS. 249 00:17:51,503 --> 00:17:53,472 THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF EVIDENCE TO PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC. 250 00:17:53,539 --> 00:17:57,443 AND THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE PRESENT IT IN A WAY THAT IS 251 00:17:57,509 --> 00:18:00,479 ENGAGING, THAT TELLS THE STORY IN A CLEAR, COMPELLING WAY? 252 00:18:00,546 --> 00:18:04,750 AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AIMING AT, JUST A STRAIGHT RETELLING OF 253 00:18:04,817 --> 00:18:08,454 WHAT HAPPENED SO THAT THE PUBLIC, WHICH KNOWS A LOT 254 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,456 ALREADY. IT KNOWS A PIECE HERE AND A 255 00:18:10,522 --> 00:18:14,359 PIECE THERE. BUT HASN'T SEEN HOW IT ALL FITS 256 00:18:14,426 --> 00:18:15,627 TOGETHER. THERE WERE EFFORTS TO DECAPITATE 257 00:18:15,694 --> 00:18:18,831 THE LEADERSHIP OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND GET IT TO DO THE 258 00:18:18,897 --> 00:18:21,166 PRESIDENT'S WILL. THERE WERE EFFORTS TO PUT 259 00:18:21,233 --> 00:18:24,436 PRESSURE ON STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS OFFICIALS THAT RESULT 260 00:18:24,503 --> 00:18:28,273 IN THE CREATION OF FAKEEX LECTORS. 261 00:18:28,340 --> 00:18:33,111 THERE WERE PRESSURES OF COURSE FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT. 262 00:18:33,178 --> 00:18:35,347 THEY CAME TOGETHER IN THE VIOLENT ATTACK, THAT LAST-DITCH 263 00:18:35,414 --> 00:18:39,551 EFFORT TO SLOW OR STOP THE TRANSFER OF POWER. 264 00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:44,289 AND WHAT WE AIM TO DO IS TO TELL THAT STORY AND DO IT IN A WAY 265 00:18:44,356 --> 00:18:46,391 THAT WILL HOLD THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION. 266 00:18:46,458 --> 00:18:49,261 >> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT-- WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS AN IMPORTANT 267 00:18:49,328 --> 00:18:53,098 POINT HERE IS THAT WHILE IT'S CALLED "THE JANUARY 6 268 00:18:53,165 --> 00:18:57,169 COMMITTEE," YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY STUDYING MONTHS OF--ILE 269 00:18:57,236 --> 00:19:00,606 USE THE TERM "CONSPIRACY." MONTHS OF CONSPIRING IN ORDER TO 270 00:19:00,672 --> 00:19:05,043 OVERTURN A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION THAT WAS A SLOW-MOTION 271 00:19:05,110 --> 00:19:09,081 COUP THAT WE WATCHED HAPPEN THAT PREDICTABLY RESULTED IN JANUARY 272 00:19:09,147 --> 00:19:10,849 6. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T SEE 273 00:19:10,916 --> 00:19:15,420 SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMING WERE DELUDING THEMSELVES. 274 00:19:15,487 --> 00:19:19,925 AND MY CONCERN IS THAT WE ALL SAW THIS HAPPEN WITH OUR EYES. 275 00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:23,595 WE SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO IT, ALL THE 276 00:19:23,662 --> 00:19:26,632 LIES AND THE DENIAL AND THE SUBTERFUGE THAT WAS HAPPENING. 277 00:19:26,698 --> 00:19:29,167 MY CONCERN IS THAT WE WILL GET A LOT MORE EVIDENCE OF THE THINGS 278 00:19:29,234 --> 00:19:35,440 THAT WE ALREADY KNOW. WHAT I'M HOPING WE'LL GET 279 00:19:35,507 --> 00:19:38,277 EVIDENCE OF THINGS WE DIDN'T KNOW, THAT WE'LL SEE A COMPLETER 280 00:19:38,343 --> 00:19:43,248 PICTURE THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE CHANGE THE MINDS OF SOMEONE OUT 281 00:19:43,315 --> 00:19:45,384 THERE. WILL WE LEARN THINGS THAT WE DID 282 00:19:45,450 --> 00:19:49,254 NOT KNOW, ACTIONS, EVENTS, PARTS OF A CONSPIRACY THAT WE HAVE NOT 283 00:19:49,321 --> 00:19:51,323 SEEN BEFORE? >> YOU WILL CERTAINLY LEARN A 284 00:19:51,390 --> 00:19:55,894 GREAT MANY THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN THE PUBLIC ARENA ALREADY. 285 00:19:55,961 --> 00:19:59,064 BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THE PUBLIC KNOWS A LOT ALREADY, AND WHAT IS 286 00:19:59,131 --> 00:20:02,234 SO CHALLENGING AND HAS BEEN REALLY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 287 00:20:02,301 --> 00:20:07,739 THIS TRUMPEST ERA IS THAT THE PUBLIC IS EXPOSED TO ONE SHOCK 288 00:20:07,806 --> 00:20:13,445 AFTER ANOTHER, ONE INCREDIBLE AND TRAGIC BREAKDOWN OF OUR 289 00:20:13,512 --> 00:20:16,048 DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM AFTER ANOTHER. AND YOU GET NUMB WITH IT. 290 00:20:16,114 --> 00:20:20,118 AND I THINK THE CHALLENGE FOR OUR COMMITTEE IS TO BREAK 291 00:20:20,185 --> 00:20:26,291 THROUGH THAT, TO GRAB PEOPLE BY THE LAPELS AND SAY, "WE CAME 292 00:20:26,358 --> 00:20:29,261 CLOSE TO LOSING OUR DEMOCRACY." >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A 293 00:20:29,328 --> 00:20:33,532 QUICK BREAK, BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE CONGRESSMAN ADAM 294 00:20:33,599 --> 00:20:34,099 SCHIFF. ♪ ♪ ♪ 295 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:46,178 WE'RE BACK HERE WITH A MEMBER OF THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE, 296 00:20:46,244 --> 00:20:48,714 CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF. WHAT IS THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO 297 00:20:48,780 --> 00:20:50,515 HERE? LET'S SAY THIS JANUARY 6 298 00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:52,818 COMMITTEE DIDN'T EXIST. THERE WASN'T AN INVESTIGATION. 299 00:20:52,884 --> 00:20:55,454 WHAT IF PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT THEY LEARN? 300 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,457 WHEN YOU SAY, "LOSE OUR DEMOCRACY," I'VE HEARD THAT 301 00:20:58,523 --> 00:21:01,193 PHRASE A LOT. I'VE USED THAT PHRASE A LOT. 302 00:21:01,259 --> 00:21:03,829 IT MEANS SOMETHING TO ME. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU? 303 00:21:03,895 --> 00:21:05,697 WHAT ARE YOU DESCRIBING IN LOSING OUR DEMOCRACY? 304 00:21:05,764 --> 00:21:09,401 >> WELL, ONE OF THE GOALS, I THINK OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT 305 00:21:09,468 --> 00:21:13,038 AND HIS ENABLERS IS TO SUCCEED WHERE THEY FAILED IN 2020. 306 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:17,209 IN 2020, THEY INCITED A VIOLENT ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL. 307 00:21:17,275 --> 00:21:21,747 THEY TRIED TO COERCE STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS OFFICIALS TO 308 00:21:21,813 --> 00:21:24,816 OVERTURN THE RESULT. THEY TRIED ANY NUMBER OF MEANS 309 00:21:24,883 --> 00:21:27,719 TO STOP THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF A DEMOCRACY, WHICH IS THE 310 00:21:27,786 --> 00:21:31,256 PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. WHAT THEY SEEM TO HAVE LEARNED 311 00:21:31,323 --> 00:21:34,159 IS THAT MAYBE A VIOLENT ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL IS NOT THE BEST 312 00:21:34,226 --> 00:21:37,896 WAY TO UNDERMINE A DEMOCRACY. MAYBE THE BEST WAY IS TO MAKE IT 313 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:42,467 REALLY HARD FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE. AND EVEN WHEN THEY DO VOTE, IF 314 00:21:42,534 --> 00:21:45,237 THEY DON'T VOTE YOUR WAY, MAKE IT EASY FOR PARTISAN 315 00:21:45,303 --> 00:21:52,210 LEGISLATURES TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS OR DRIVE LOCAL 316 00:21:52,277 --> 00:21:54,780 MEROTACRATTIC OFFICIALS OUT OF TOWN WITH DEATH THREATS, REPLACE 317 00:21:54,846 --> 00:21:57,783 THEM WITH PEOPLE WHO BASICALLY WILL BE STOOGES OF THE FORMER 318 00:21:57,849 --> 00:21:59,651 PRESIDENT. THAT'S HOW YOU LOSE A DEMOCRACY. 319 00:21:59,718 --> 00:22:01,853 >> Stephen: BUT HAVEN'T THOSE THINGS ALREADY HAPPENED? 320 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,222 >> THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING. WE'RE PUSHING BACK. 321 00:22:04,289 --> 00:22:07,159 WE'RE FIGHTING BACK. AND WE NEED TO, I THINK, ALERT 322 00:22:07,225 --> 00:22:09,561 THE COUNTRY THAT THIS IS ANYTHING ON. 323 00:22:09,628 --> 00:22:15,400 THE REASON THE SYSTEM HELD-- AND IT DIDN'T HOLD BY MUCH-- IS THAT 324 00:22:15,467 --> 00:22:18,270 THERE WERE A LOT OF VERY PRINCIPLED ELECTIONS OFFICIALS 325 00:22:18,336 --> 00:22:22,207 AROUND THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING A LOT OF REPUBLICANS, WHO STUCK 326 00:22:22,274 --> 00:22:25,377 THEIR NECK OUT, WHO CONTINUE TO STICK THEIR NECK OUT, AND SAY, 327 00:22:25,444 --> 00:22:28,780 YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO UPHOLD OUR DEMOCRACY IN THE WAY IT'S 328 00:22:28,847 --> 00:22:31,183 SUPPOSED TO WORK, WHOEVER WINS AND WHOEVER LOSES. 329 00:22:31,249 --> 00:22:35,554 BUT THOSE PEOPLE ARE AT RISK. AND WE NEED TO SOUND THE ALARM. 330 00:22:35,620 --> 00:22:38,123 >> Stephen: TOMORROW, WE'LL HEAR FROM TWO-- 331 00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:48,533 ( APPLAUSE ) QUESTED AND OFFICER CAROLYN 332 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:51,870 EDWARDS. WHO ARE THEY AND WHY ARE THEY 333 00:22:51,937 --> 00:22:56,475 IMPORTANT TO THE STORY? >> CAROLYN EDWARDS IS A RANK AND 334 00:22:56,541 --> 00:23:00,378 FILE CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER. SHE WAS AMONG THE FIRST 335 00:23:00,445 --> 00:23:05,484 ASSAULTED, BRUTALLY ASSAULTED ON JANUARY 6. 336 00:23:05,550 --> 00:23:07,919 AND HER TESTIMONY, I THINK, WILL BE A POWERFUL REMINDER OF WHAT 337 00:23:07,986 --> 00:23:12,124 THAT DAY WAS REALLY LIKE, THAT THIS WAS NOT A NORMAL TOURIST 338 00:23:12,190 --> 00:23:13,625 DAY. THIS WAS NOT LEGITIMATE 339 00:23:13,692 --> 00:23:16,128 POLITICAL DISCOURSE. THERE WERE OVER 100 CAPITOL 340 00:23:16,194 --> 00:23:19,865 POLICE OFFICERS AND METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE BADLY 341 00:23:19,931 --> 00:23:24,536 BEATEN, GOUGED, BEAR SPRAYED, AND WHO SUFFERED AND CONTINUE TO 342 00:23:24,603 --> 00:23:28,707 SUFFER SERIOUS INJURIES AS A RESULT. 343 00:23:28,774 --> 00:23:33,078 NICK QUESTED IS A DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER WHO WAS PRESENT ON 344 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:37,816 JANUARY 5 AND 6, HAS SOME FOOTAGE THE PUBLIC HAS NEVER 345 00:23:37,883 --> 00:23:39,217 SEEN. >> Stephen: IS HE THE GUY WHO 346 00:23:39,284 --> 00:23:40,652 WAS FOLLOWING AROUND THE PROUD BOYS? 347 00:23:40,719 --> 00:23:45,190 >> HE DOES HAVE FOOTAGE-- I THINK HE WAS EMBEDDED WITH SOME 348 00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:46,958 OF THESE GROUPS. AND HE WILL BE SHARING THAT 349 00:23:47,025 --> 00:23:50,128 FOOTAGE AND TESTIMONY. I CAN'T GO INTO ANY OF THE 350 00:23:50,195 --> 00:23:52,063 SPECIFICS OF IT. >> Stephen: THAT'S FINE, YOU 351 00:23:52,130 --> 00:23:55,867 CAN GO INTO SPECIFICS. THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME. 352 00:23:55,934 --> 00:24:00,105 ( LAUGHTER ). THINK, IMPORTANT EYEWITNESSES 353 00:24:00,172 --> 00:24:02,607 THAT CAN SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC AND REMIND THEM AGAIN ABOUT THE 354 00:24:02,674 --> 00:24:06,211 HORRORS OF THAT DAY. AND ALSO WHO WAS THERE AND THE 355 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:09,514 PARTICIPATION OF THESE WHITE NATIONALIST GROUPS. 356 00:24:09,581 --> 00:24:11,550 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK, BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I 357 00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:16,121 WILL ASK THE CONGRESSMAN WHAT THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF 358 00:24:16,188 --> 00:24:17,189 THESE HEARINGS COULD BE. STICK AROUND. 359 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,937 WE'RE BACK HERE WITH A MEMBER OF THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE, 360 00:24:32,003 --> 00:24:37,509 CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF. NOW, THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF 361 00:24:37,576 --> 00:24:41,646 INDICTMENTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEFIED THE SUBPOENA. 362 00:24:41,713 --> 00:24:46,218 NAVARRO THIS WEEK. BANNON PREVIOUSLY. 363 00:24:46,284 --> 00:24:53,325 BUT THIS WEEK, THE D.O.J.-- OR LAST WEEK, THE D.O.J. DECLINED 364 00:24:53,391 --> 00:24:59,865 TO CHARGE MARK MEADOWS AND DAN SCAVINO, WHO WERE BOTH ACTING 365 00:24:59,931 --> 00:25:03,969 WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF, AND SCAVINO WAS A COUNSELOR OF THE 366 00:25:04,035 --> 00:25:05,904 PRESIDENT OF SOME REGARD. WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE 367 00:25:05,971 --> 00:25:09,608 D.O.J. NOT ENFORCING THE SUBPOENAS ON THOSE TWO MEN? 368 00:25:09,674 --> 00:25:13,144 >> DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED AND ALARMED. 369 00:25:13,211 --> 00:25:15,914 BECAUSE IF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS UNWILLING TO 370 00:25:15,981 --> 00:25:21,019 PROSECUTE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FLAGRANT CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS, 371 00:25:21,086 --> 00:25:23,255 THEN IT'S GOING TO BREED FURTHER CONTEMPT. 372 00:25:23,321 --> 00:25:26,858 OTHER PEOPLE SIMPLY DECIDING THEY, TOO, DON'T NEED TO SHOW 373 00:25:26,925 --> 00:25:28,360 UP. THAT A SUBPOENA IS, WELL, MAYBE 374 00:25:28,426 --> 00:25:32,998 I WILL, MAYBE I WON'T. THE REALITY IS BOTH OF THEM HAVE 375 00:25:33,064 --> 00:25:35,200 VERY DIRECT EVIDENCE RELEVANT TO OUR INVESTIGATION. 376 00:25:35,267 --> 00:25:39,037 BOTH OF THEM HAVE EVIDENCE AND LINES OF QUESTIONS WE WANT TO 377 00:25:39,104 --> 00:25:43,208 ASK THEM THAT DON'T INVOLVE ANY CONCEIVABLE PRIVILEGE. 378 00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:47,579 SO TO ME THE DECISION OF THE DEPARTMENT IS INEXPLICABLE, AND 379 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:52,417 IT DOESN'T, I THINK, HERALD GOOD NEWS IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY 380 00:25:52,484 --> 00:25:55,654 BECAUSE IF THE DEPARTMENT IS UNWILLING TO PROSECUTE PEOPLE 381 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,524 WHO ARE IN OBVIOUS CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS, THEN WHAT ABOUT THE 382 00:25:59,591 --> 00:26:04,462 MORE SERIOUS CRIMES INVOLVING THE EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE 383 00:26:04,529 --> 00:26:08,233 ELECTION? >> Stephen: AT THE END OF THIS 384 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:11,903 INVESTIGATION, ON THE 23rd, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE LAST 385 00:26:11,970 --> 00:26:15,707 NIGHT, WHICH WILL ALSO BE IN PRIME TIME, WHAT IS THE 386 00:26:15,774 --> 00:26:18,143 BEST-CASE SCENARIO? WHAT DO YOU HOPE THE OUTCOME OF 387 00:26:18,209 --> 00:26:21,646 THIS IS? >> I HOPE THE OUTCOME IS THAT 388 00:26:21,713 --> 00:26:27,719 FOR AMERICANS THAT HAVE AN OPEN MIND, THAT THEY WILL SEE ALL OF 389 00:26:27,786 --> 00:26:32,791 THE DIFFERENT EFFORTS THAT WERE MADE TO INTERFERE WITH A FREE 390 00:26:32,857 --> 00:26:42,067 AND FAIR ELECTION BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND OTHERS TO IRRIGATE 391 00:26:42,133 --> 00:26:44,102 TO THEMSELVESES WILL THE DECISION. 392 00:26:44,169 --> 00:26:46,871 FORGET ABOUT WHAT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS VOTED FOR. 393 00:26:46,938 --> 00:26:48,573 IT'S OUR INHERENT RIGHT TO POWER. 394 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,275 WE'RE GOING TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION. 395 00:26:50,342 --> 00:26:53,111 WE'LL USE VIOLENCE IF NECESSARY. I HOPE THEY SEE JUST HOW 396 00:26:53,178 --> 00:26:57,349 DANGEROUS THAT WAS. I HOPE THAT IT PUTS TO REST FOR 397 00:26:57,415 --> 00:27:04,055 ANYONE WITH AN OPEN MIND JUST THE EXTRAORDINARY DANGER AND 398 00:27:04,122 --> 00:27:07,325 DISASTER THAT WAS JANUARY 6 AND WHAT LED TO IT. 399 00:27:07,392 --> 00:27:12,864 BUT MOSTLY, I HOPE THAT IT MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION 400 00:27:12,931 --> 00:27:16,468 TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY. BECAUSE WE WILL TAKE ACTION IN 401 00:27:16,534 --> 00:27:19,971 CONGRESS. WE WILL WORK ON ELECT TORRAL 402 00:27:20,038 --> 00:27:23,975 ACCOUNT ACTS AND OTHER FORMS, AND WE MAINTAIN SUCCEED IN 403 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:25,910 GETTING PASSED. BUT ULTIMATELY, IT'S UP TO THE 404 00:27:25,977 --> 00:27:27,212 CITIZENRY TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY. 405 00:27:27,278 --> 00:27:31,616 AND IF WE CAN ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND SHOW THEM THE PERIL AND 406 00:27:31,683 --> 00:27:35,754 MOTIVATE THEM TO DO SOMETHING, THEN I WILL CONSIDER IT A GREAT 407 00:27:35,820 --> 00:27:37,589 SUCCESS. ( APPLAUSE ). 408 00:27:37,655 --> 00:27:40,558 LUCK TOMORROW AND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. 409 00:27:40,625 --> 00:27:43,194 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU. 410 00:27:43,261 --> 00:27:45,530 >> Stephen: CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF, EVERYBODY! 411 00:27:45,597 --> 00:27:46,598 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH CHIWETEL EJIOFOR. 412 00:28:05,950 --> 00:28:14,893 EVERYBODY! FOLKS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY 413 00:28:14,959 --> 00:28:21,900 NEXT GUEST IS A BRILLIANT ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "KINKY BOOTS," "12 414 00:28:21,966 --> 00:28:23,935 YEARS A SLAVE," AND "DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF 415 00:28:24,002 --> 00:28:27,906 MADNESS." HE NOW STARS IN "THE MAN WHO 416 00:28:27,972 --> 00:28:32,043 FELL TO EARTH." >> YOU'RE A DINOSAUR. 417 00:28:32,110 --> 00:28:35,313 >> EXCUSE ME. >> IT'S A GOOD THING. 418 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:38,450 JUSTIN HAS A CHILD WHO QUITE BRILLIANTLY ANNOUNCED THAT 419 00:28:38,516 --> 00:28:42,053 EVERYONE ON EARTH IS EITHER AN ALIEN OR A DINOSAUR. 420 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:46,558 IF YOU'RE A DINOSAUR, YOU'VE BEEN ON THE PLANET FOR A LONG, 421 00:28:46,624 --> 00:28:53,565 LONG TIME, LIVED MANY LIVES. YOU ARE WISE, VERY TOUGH, YOU 422 00:28:53,631 --> 00:28:56,668 KNOW THE TERRAIN, YOU KNOW HOW TO SURVIVE. 423 00:28:56,734 --> 00:29:00,505 ALIEN, ESSENTIALLY, JUST ARRI ARRIVED, DOESN'T HAVE ANY OF 424 00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:09,347 THAT. BUT DOES HAVE PERSPECTIVE. 425 00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:11,416 >> AND YOU ARE? >> AN ALIEN. 426 00:29:17,956 --> 00:29:19,557 >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," CHIWETEL 427 00:29:19,624 --> 00:29:21,626 EJIOFOR! ♪ ♪ ♪ 428 00:29:41,980 --> 00:29:42,914 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THANKS FOR BEING 429 00:29:42,981 --> 00:29:44,315 HERE. >> REAL PLEASURE, REAL PLEASURE 430 00:29:44,382 --> 00:29:46,484 TO BE HERE. >> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU 431 00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:48,319 ON. YOU STAR IN "THE MAN WHO FELL TO 432 00:29:48,386 --> 00:29:51,456 EARTH." AND PEOPLE MAY KNOW THIS AS A 433 00:29:51,523 --> 00:29:55,393 FILM SOME 45 YEARS AGO WITH DAVID BOWIE, WHO PLAYS AN ALIEN 434 00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:58,530 WHO COMES TO THE PLANET. THIS ISN'T A REMAKE, RIGHT? 435 00:29:58,596 --> 00:30:01,966 >> NO, THIS IS-- THIS IS A SEQUEL OF SORTS, YOU KNOW, THIS 436 00:30:02,033 --> 00:30:05,870 IS 40 YEARS AFTER THE EVENTS OF THE FILM, "THE MAN WHO FELL TO 437 00:30:05,937 --> 00:30:09,107 EARTH." AND SO, IT JUST PICKS UP THE 438 00:30:09,174 --> 00:30:12,677 STORY, EXPANDS THESE CHARACTERS AND CARRIES ON TELLING THIS KIND 439 00:30:12,744 --> 00:30:22,353 OF REMARKABLE TELL OF-- YOU KNOW, THIS IS ANOTHER ANTHEAN, 440 00:30:22,420 --> 00:30:28,626 AND I'M AN ANTHEANPLAYING FARADAY. 441 00:30:28,693 --> 00:30:32,630 AND IT PICKS UP FARADAY'S STORY AS HE COMES TO EARTH. 442 00:30:32,697 --> 00:30:36,868 >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU PREPARE AS AN ACTOR TO PLAY AS A PERSON 443 00:30:36,935 --> 00:30:40,138 WHO HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE? 444 00:30:40,205 --> 00:30:45,510 HOW DO YOU GET THE BACK STORY ON A LITERAL ALIEN? 445 00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:48,713 >> IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T REALLY-- YOU 446 00:30:48,780 --> 00:30:51,516 CAN'T-- OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN'T BASE IT ON ANYTHING IN A WAY. 447 00:30:51,583 --> 00:30:55,520 YOU'VE GOT TO FIND YOUR OWN-- YOU CAN ONLY PLAY YOUR OWN 448 00:30:55,587 --> 00:30:57,088 ALIEN, YOU KNOW, IS THE THING. ( LAUGHTER ). 449 00:30:57,155 --> 00:31:03,628 >> SO YOU'VE KIND OF GOT TO-- YOU'VE KIND OF GOT TO FIND YOUR 450 00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:04,896 INNER ALIEN. >> Stephen: I CAN IMAGINE 451 00:31:04,963 --> 00:31:07,332 SOMETIMES IN MY LIFE WHEN I FELT LIKE AN ALIEN. 452 00:31:07,398 --> 00:31:09,234 >> EXACTLY. >> Stephen: HAVE YOU FELT LIKE 453 00:31:09,300 --> 00:31:10,468 AN ALIEN? >> TOTALLY. 454 00:31:10,535 --> 00:31:13,638 I THINK THAT'S THE THING THAT YOU FIND-- I THINK EVERYBODY 455 00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:14,872 HAS. EVERYBODY HAS HAD THOSE MOMENTS 456 00:31:14,939 --> 00:31:17,342 WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN TO A 457 00:31:17,408 --> 00:31:18,743 CIRCUMSTANCE. AND THOSE CAN BE LARGE ISSUES. 458 00:31:18,810 --> 00:31:25,049 YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY IMMIGRATED TO THE U.K. FROM NIGERIA, IN 459 00:31:25,116 --> 00:31:28,519 THAT KIND OF CONTEXT, ONE CAN VERY EASILY UNDERSTAND THE IDEAS 460 00:31:28,586 --> 00:31:32,423 OF BEING ALIEN, FINDING YOUR FEET IN A NEW PLACE. 461 00:31:32,490 --> 00:31:34,459 BUT I THINK IT'S LIKE THE FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL. 462 00:31:34,525 --> 00:31:38,263 WE ALL HAVE THESE EXPERIENCE WHERE'S WE FELT THIS WAY, AND 463 00:31:38,329 --> 00:31:43,067 IT'S FOR ME TRYING TO PLAY THIS PART WAS REALLY TO LOOK AT THOSE 464 00:31:43,134 --> 00:31:44,335 EXPERIENCES, UNDERSTAND THEM SORT OF INTERNALLY. 465 00:31:44,402 --> 00:31:47,238 AND THEN JUST TRY AND BE FREE WITH IT, YOU KNOW, JUST TRY AND 466 00:31:47,305 --> 00:31:53,077 REALLY PLAY WHAT THOSE EMOTIONS MIGHT LEAD TO, WHAT THOSE 467 00:31:53,144 --> 00:31:54,245 FEELINGS MIGHT BE. >> Stephen: YOU STARTED 468 00:31:54,312 --> 00:31:57,382 PERFORMING AT A PRETTY YOUNG AGE, RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND, 12, 469 00:31:57,448 --> 00:32:01,386 13, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? >> ABOUT 13, YEAH. 470 00:32:01,452 --> 00:32:04,055 >> Stephen: I USED TO BE AN ACTOR, AS OPPOSED TO WHATEVER 471 00:32:04,122 --> 00:32:05,223 THIS IS. ( LAUGHTER ) 472 00:32:05,290 --> 00:32:11,929 AND I LOVED BEING ON STAGE BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE HOME WHEN 473 00:32:11,996 --> 00:32:14,165 THE WORLD DIDN'T FEEL LIKE HOME IN MANY WAYS. 474 00:32:14,232 --> 00:32:17,302 I'M CURIOUS HOW IT FELT TO YOU AT THAT AGE WHEN CERTAINLY GOING 475 00:32:17,368 --> 00:32:20,471 INTO YOUR TEENAGED YEARS, MANY PEOPLE FEEL DISCONNECTED FROM 476 00:32:20,538 --> 00:32:22,840 THEIR FRIENDS AND ANXIOUS AND NOT KNOWING WHAT'S HAPPENING TO 477 00:32:22,907 --> 00:32:24,575 THEMSELVES AND THEIR PLACE IN THE WORLD. 478 00:32:24,642 --> 00:32:28,780 WHAT DID IT PROVIDE YOU? >> WELL, IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY 479 00:32:28,846 --> 00:32:30,882 FORM OF SELF-EXPRESSION, YOU KNOW. 480 00:32:30,948 --> 00:32:36,721 THE FREEDOM OF SELF EXPRESSION WITHOUT FEAR OF EXPOSURE -- 481 00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:38,556 >> Stephen: SAY THAT AGAIN ONE MORE TIME. 482 00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:43,294 >> THE FREEDOM OF SELF-EXPRESSION WITHOUT THE FEAR 483 00:32:43,361 --> 00:32:47,098 OF EXPOSURE. .>> Stephen: THAT'S BEAUTIFULLY 484 00:32:47,165 --> 00:32:49,734 PARSED. GIVE SOMEONE A MASK AND THEY CAN 485 00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:52,103 SHOW YOU THEIR REAL FACE. >> EXACTLY. 486 00:32:52,170 --> 00:32:55,206 THAT'S HOW I CAME TO IT. WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL WE HAD A 487 00:32:55,273 --> 00:33:00,411 GREAT THEATER, THE EDWARD ALAIN THEATER, AND I NEVER WENT TO IT. 488 00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:03,314 I JUST NEVER WENT. AND WE WERE DOING A SHAKESPEARE 489 00:33:03,381 --> 00:33:08,920 PLAY IN ENGLISH CLASS, WE WERE DOING "HENRY IV PART ONE" AND I 490 00:33:08,986 --> 00:33:17,929 FOUND MYSELF INTRIGUED BY IT. I TURN AND SORT OF DRAWN TO THIS 491 00:33:17,995 --> 00:33:20,098 IDEA, AND THAT'S WHEN I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I WONDER WHAT THIS IS 492 00:33:20,164 --> 00:33:25,136 ALL ABOUT, WHAT THIS POETRY, WHAT THIS MEANING IS ALL ABOUT. 493 00:33:25,203 --> 00:33:28,906 I WENT TO THE THEATER AND THEY WERE AUDITIONS FOR "MEASURE FOR 494 00:33:28,973 --> 00:33:32,410 MEASURE, "AND I DECIDED TO DO THAT, AND THAT'S WHEN I STARTED 495 00:33:32,477 --> 00:33:36,080 WORKING AS AN ACTOR-- WELL, DOING PLAYS. 496 00:33:36,147 --> 00:33:38,916 I SUPPOSE WORKING AS AN ACTOR CAME LATER, BUT THAT'S WHEN I 497 00:33:38,983 --> 00:33:42,086 FELL IN LOVE WITH IT, WITH THE IDEA OF EXPRESSING MYSELF, OF 498 00:33:42,153 --> 00:33:44,489 THE FREEDOM TO DO THAT. >> Stephen: I LOVE THE TERM 499 00:33:44,555 --> 00:33:47,592 "WET WEDNESDAY." IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BRITISH 500 00:33:47,658 --> 00:33:51,596 VERSION OF A TACO TUESDAY. >> I THINK IT MIGHT BE THE 501 00:33:51,662 --> 00:33:53,598 BRITISH VERSION. >> Stephen: YOU'RE ALSO, 502 00:33:53,664 --> 00:33:57,201 YOU'RE ALSO-- YOU'RE KNOWN FOR SHAKESPEARE. 503 00:33:57,268 --> 00:34:01,839 YOU WON AN OLIVIER AWARD FOR PLAYING "OTELLO." 504 00:34:01,906 --> 00:34:03,841 BUT YOU'RE ALSO IN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. 505 00:34:03,908 --> 00:34:10,081 I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT SHAKESPEARE PLAY YOU THINK WOULD 506 00:34:10,148 --> 00:34:12,650 BEST TRANSLATE TO THE MCU? >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 507 00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:14,352 >> Stephen: THAT'S ALL I DO. THAT'S ALL I DO. 508 00:34:14,419 --> 00:34:16,721 >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. 509 00:34:16,788 --> 00:34:18,156 >> Stephen: ALL GOOD QUESTIONS. 510 00:34:18,222 --> 00:34:24,929 >> I THINK THAT THERE'S SO MUCH SHAKESPEARE IN THE MCU, LAY IT 511 00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:29,367 IN THERE THE TEXT TO IT, A RUGGED, SHAKESPEAREAN FEEL TO IT 512 00:34:29,434 --> 00:34:33,204 I THINK SOMETIMES, ALL OF THE THE KIND OF CONFLICTS AND THE 513 00:34:33,271 --> 00:34:35,273 BIG SORT OF DRAMAS AND THE FANTASY OF IT ALL. 514 00:34:35,339 --> 00:34:39,577 >> Stephen: AND MANICURED BEARDS AND CAPES. 515 00:34:39,644 --> 00:34:42,814 >> OF COURSE. SO I THINK THERE ARE SO MANY OF 516 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:46,017 THEM. I REMEMBER SEEING "BLACK 517 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:49,053 PANTHER" AND THINKING THERE ARE ALL THE REFERENCES TO HAMLET AND 518 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,923 THE RELATIONSHIP TO HIS FATHER AND THE KINGDOM -- 519 00:34:51,989 --> 00:34:53,424 >> Stephen: YOU WERE THE GHOST OF HIS FATHER. 520 00:34:53,491 --> 00:34:56,527 >> EXACTLY. I THINK GOING FURTHER INTO THE-- 521 00:34:56,594 --> 00:35:01,499 I KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE-- SOME OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE GOES 522 00:35:01,566 --> 00:35:05,903 INTO THE KIND OF FANTASIES THAT WOULD BE LIKE "A MIDSUMMER 523 00:35:05,970 --> 00:35:09,507 NIGHT'S DREAM" SORT OF AREA, REALLY PUSHING THAT KIND OF 524 00:35:09,574 --> 00:35:11,342 ETHEREAL, MAGICAL REALM OF IT ALL WOULD BE -- 525 00:35:11,409 --> 00:35:14,145 >> Stephen: HERE'S MY PITCH. >> OKAY. 526 00:35:14,212 --> 00:35:19,617 >> Stephen: "THE TEMPTEST," OKAY, BECAUSE WHO IS PROSPERO, 527 00:35:19,684 --> 00:35:24,522 OTHER THAN THE SORCER SUPREME? >> THAT'S GENIUS. 528 00:35:24,589 --> 00:35:26,257 >> Stephen: THERE ARE FIGHTS, THERE ARE STORMS. 529 00:35:26,324 --> 00:35:30,328 >> IT MIGHT BE WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ALL THIS TIME. 530 00:35:30,394 --> 00:35:35,366 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). >> Stephen: JUST SOME OF MY 531 00:35:35,433 --> 00:35:40,171 IDEAS ARE FROM STEPHEN COLBERT. THAT'S ALL I ASK FOR. 532 00:35:40,238 --> 00:35:43,608 NEW EPISODES OF "THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH" ARE AVAILABLE 533 00:35:43,674 --> 00:35:44,675 SUNDAYS ON SHOWTIME. CHIWETEL EJIOFOR, EVERYBODY! 534 00:35:44,742 --> 00:35:45,009 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY KURT VILE. 535 00:36:04,962 --> 00:36:06,597 >> Stephen: PERFORMING "MOUNT AIRY HILL (WAY GONE)" FROM 536 00:36:06,664 --> 00:36:11,402 HIS ALBUM, "WATCH MY MOVES," KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS! 537 00:36:11,469 --> 00:36:23,014 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 538 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:33,024 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 539 00:36:33,090 --> 00:36:41,666 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 540 00:36:41,732 --> 00:36:49,874 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 541 00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:51,242 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 542 00:36:51,309 --> 00:36:59,050 ♪ STANDING ON TOP OF MOUNT AIRY HILL 543 00:36:59,116 --> 00:37:11,062 ♪ THINKIN' ABOUT FLYIN' 544 00:37:11,128 --> 00:37:21,305 ♪ BEEN AROUND BUT NOW I'M GONE 545 00:37:21,372 --> 00:37:36,253 ♪ BEEN GONE BUT NOW I'M GOIN' DOWN 546 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:36,854 ♪ BEEN GONE BUT NOW I'M GOIN' DOWN 547 00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:43,761 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 548 00:37:43,828 --> 00:37:52,536 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 549 00:37:52,603 --> 00:37:56,574 ♪ I WAS FLYIN' HIGH THROUGH THE NIGHT 550 00:37:56,641 --> 00:38:03,948 ♪ WHEN THE MORNIN' CAME BUT I WAS GONE 551 00:38:04,015 --> 00:38:11,589 ♪ IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN 552 00:38:11,656 --> 00:38:22,900 ♪ I WAS AROUND BUT NOW I'M GONE 553 00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:27,004 ♪ BEEN DONE DOWN BUT NOW I'M JUST 554 00:38:27,071 --> 00:38:37,248 ♪ WAY DOWN LOW WATCH MY MOVES 555 00:38:37,314 --> 00:38:46,857 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I DO THE SNAKE IN THE GRASS 556 00:38:46,924 --> 00:38:54,999 HE DO THE WIGGLE IT AROUND NOW ♪ WAY DOWN LOW 557 00:38:55,066 --> 00:39:02,373 I BEEN AROUND ♪ BUT NOW I'M GONE 558 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:06,277 BEEN GONE ♪ BUT NOW 559 00:39:06,343 --> 00:39:15,219 I'M JUST WAY GONE ♪ I BEEN AROUND 560 00:39:15,286 --> 00:39:26,664 BUT NOW I'M GONE ♪ BEEN GONE 561 00:39:26,731 --> 00:39:28,733 BUT NOW I'M WAY GONE ♪ ♪ ♪ 562 00:39:38,909 --> 00:39:43,781 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 563 00:39:43,848 --> 00:39:54,658 ♪ ♪ ♪ 564 00:39:54,725 --> 00:40:06,637 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 565 00:40:06,704 --> 00:40:13,277 ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 566 00:40:13,344 --> 00:40:15,613 PERFORMANCE ON ColbertLateShow.com. 567 00:40:15,679 --> 00:40:17,982 KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS, EVERYBODY! 568 00:40:18,048 --> 00:40:20,818 THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN WE WILL BE 569 00:40:20,885 --> 00:40:25,055 LIVE FOLLOWING THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE'S HEARINGS. 570 00:40:25,122 --> 00:40:27,124 GOOD NIGHT.