WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LATEST IN THE DEBATE OVER NEW GUN SAFETY
LEGISLATION. THE LEAD REPUBLICAN NEGOTIATE IN
THOSE TALKS, SENATOR JOHN CORNYN OF TEXAS WAS BOOED BY HIS STATE
PARTY FOR CONSIDERING EVEN THE MOST MODEST CHANGES TO GUN LAWS.
>> I -- BUT THAT WASN'T THE ONLY PRO
GUN ADVOCATE TO GET BOOED AT THE CONVENTION.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME FROM DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS
YOSEMITE SAM! >> THANK YOU, THANKYOU!
NOW YOU KNOW I LOVE GUNS! ( CHEERING )
BUT I AM IN SUPPORT OF MINIMAL COMMON SENSE GUN REFORM!
( BOOING ) JUST TALKING ABOUT TAKING GUNS
AWAY FROM MENTALLY UNSTABLE PEOPLE.
HOW ABOUT YOU CAN'T SELL ASSAULT RIFLES TO BABIES?
( BOOING ) HOW ABOUT NO ASSAULT RIFLES FOR
MENTALLY UNSTABLE BABIES? ( BOOING )
OH, GOD, I'M LOSING 'EM! HOW ABOUT SOME OF THIS?
( GUNFIRE ) ( CHEERING )
>> MAKE MY FRIENDS DANCE. THAT'S INSANE, FOLKS!
>> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT!
TONIGHT, BREAKING BAD! PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES
SENATOR CORY BOOKER AND MUSICAL GUEST THE LUMINEERS, FEATURING
JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN." AND NOW LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED
SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( THEME SONG PLAYING )
THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.
( AUDIENCE CHANTING ) >> Stephen: PLEASE HAVE A
SEAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO "THE LATE
SHOW." I'M YOUR SHOWS STEPHEN TEACH.
HEY -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
-- QUICK QUESTION -- HO HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND?
( LAUGHTER ) I CERTAINLY HAD AN INTERESTING
ONE, BECAUSE SOME OF MY STAFF HAD A MEMORABLE ONE.
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED: LAST WEEK, I HEARD FROM MY OLD COLLEAGUE,
TRIUMPH THE INSULT COMIC DOG. TRIUMPH OFFERED TO GO TO D.C.
AND INTERVIEW SOME CONGRESS PEOPLE TO HIGHLIGHT THE
JANUARY 6 HEARINGS. I SAID, "SURE, IF YOU CAN GET
ANYONE TO AGREE TO TALK TO YOU. BECAUSE -- AND PLEASE DON'T
TAKE THIS AS AN INSULT -- YOU'RE A PUPPET."
( LAUGHTER ) WELL, HE DID.
DEMOCRATIC 'AND' REPUBLICAN CONGRESSPEOPLE AGREED TO TALK TO
TRIUMPH. HE'S A BIPARTISAN PUPPY.
HE'S SO NEUTRAL, HE'S NEUTERED. ( LAUGHTER )
TRIUMPH AND MY FOLKS SHOT FOR TWO DAYS IN CONGRESSIONAL
OFFICES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
THEY WENT THROUGH SECURITY CLEARANCE, SHOT ALL DAY
WEDNESDAY, ALL DAY THURSDAY, INVITED INTO THE OFFICES OF THE
CONGRESSPEOPLE THEY WERE INTERVIEWING.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. YOU HAVE TO INVITE TRIUMPH IN.
( LAUGHTER ) HE WORKS ON 'DRACULA RULES.'
( LAUGHTER ) END OF DAY TWO, THURSDAY
EVENING, AFTER THEY'D FINISHED THEIR INTERVIEWS, THEY WERE
DOING SOME LAST MINUTE PUPPETRY AND JOKEY 'MAKE-EM-UPS' IN A
HALLWAY, WHEN TRIUMPH AND MY FOLKS WERE APPROACHED AND
DETAINED BY THE CAPITOL POLICE. WHICH ACTUALLY ISN'T THAT
SURPRISING. THE CAPITOL POLICE ARE MUCH MORE
CAUTIOUS THAN THEY WERE, SAY, 18 MONTHS AGO, AND FOR A VERY GOOD
REASON. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
REASON IS, I KNOW WHAT NEWS NETWORK YOU WATCH.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
SO, THE CAPITOL POLICE WERE JUST DOING THEIR JOB, MY STAFF WAS
JUST DOING THEIR JOB. EVERYONE WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL.
EVERYONE WAS VERY CALM. MY STAFFERS WERE DETAINED,
PROCESSED, AND RELEASED. A VERY UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE FOR
MY STAFF, A LOT OF PAPERWORK FOR THE CAPITOL POLICE.
BUT A FAIRLY SIMPLE STORY. UNTIL... THE NEXT NIGHT, WHEN A
COUPLE OF 'THE TV PEOPLE' STARTED CLAIMING THAT MY PUPPET
SQUAD HAD, "COMMITTED INSURRECTION AT THE U.S. CAPITOL
BUILDING." #
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT? ( LAUGHTER )
SECOND OF ALL, HUH? ( LAUGHTER )
THIRD OF ALL, THEY WEREN'T IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING.
FOURTH OF ALL, AND I'M SHOCKED I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE,
BUT AN INSURRECTION INVOLVES DISRUPTING THE LAWFUL ACTIONS OF
CONGRESS AND HOWLING FOR THE BLOOD OF ELECTED LEADERS, ALL TO
PREVENT THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER.
THIS WAS FIRST DEGREE PUPPETRY. HI-JINKS WITH INTENT TO GOOF.
MISAPPROPRIATION OF AN OLD "CONAN" BIT.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
IT'S REALLY CONAN'S FAULT, YOU KNOW.
NOW, IT'S PREDICTABLE WHY THESE TV TALKERS ARE DOING THIS.
THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE
JANUARY 6 HEARINGS ON THE ACTUAL SEDITIONIST INSURRECTION THAT
LED TO THE DEATHS OF MULTIPLE PEOPLE, AND THE INJURY OF OVER
140 POLICE OFFICERS. BUT DRAWING ANY EQUIVALENCE
BETWEEN RIOTERS STORMING OUR CAPITOL TO
PREVENT THE COUNTING OF ELECTORAL BALLOTS AND A
CIGAR-CHOMPING TOY DOG, IS A SHAMEFUL INSULT TO THE MEMORY OF
EVERYONE WHO DIED, AND OBSCENELY TRIVIALIZES THE SERVICE AND THE
COURAGE THE CAPITOL POLICE SHOWED ON THAT TERRIBLE DAY.
BUT WHO KNOWS... MAYBE THERE WAS A VAST
CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WITH A RUBBER ROTTWEILER. ( LAUGHTER )
AFTER ALL, THURSDAY NIGHT, THE NIGHT THEY WERE DETAINED, WAS
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WATERGATE BREAK-IN.
ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THAT WAS A COINCIDENCE?
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
YES. ( APPLAUSE )
WE ALL KNOW THE LONG HISTORY OF PUPPET LAWLESSNESS.
"THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER." THE "FRAGGLE" RIOTS OF THE
1980'S. WHO CAN FORGET WHEN "KOOKLA,
FRAN, AND OLLIE" WERE HAULED INTO THE CHARLIE MCCARTHY
HEARINGS. AND HOW DO YOU THINK KING FRIDAY
CAME TO POWER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MAKE-BELIEVE?
WITH THE BACKING OF THE HEAD OF HIS SECRET POLICE:
HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT. "MEOW MEOW ATTACH JUMPER CABLES
TO YOUR NIPPLES, MEOW." ( LAUGHTER )
BUT, IN THIS CASE -- ( APPLAUSE )
IN THIS CASE, OUR PUPPET WAS JUST A PUPPET DOING PUPPET
STUFF. AND, SAD TO SAY, SO MUCH HAS
CHANGED IN WASHINGTON THAT THE CAPITOL POLICE DO HAVE TO STAY
AT HIGH ALERT ALL THE TIME BECAUSE OF THE ATTACK ON
JANUARY 6. AND AS THE HEARINGS PROVE MORE
CLEARLY EVERY DAY, THE BLAME FOR THAT ACTUAL INSURRECTION ALL
GOES TO PUTIN'S PUPPET. ( APPLAUSE )
SPEAKING OF THE THING WE SHOULD BE SPEAKING ABOUT, THE JANUARY 6
HEARINGS START BACK UP TOMORROW. AND THAT IS NOT GOOD NEWS FOR
FORMER PRESIDENT, 'PHONEY SOPRANO.'
( LAUGHTER ) TOMORROW, THE COMMITTEE IS
FOCUSING THEIR INVESTIGATION ON HIS CAMPAIGN'S SCHEME TO SEND A
SO-CALLED, 'ALTERNATE GROUP OF ELECTORS' IN STATES BIDEN HAD
WON, AND HAVE THOSE FAKE ELECTORS DECLARE THEMSELVES THE
RIGHTFUL ELECTORS AND SUBMIT FALSE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
CERTIFICATES. DID THEY THINK THAT WAS GONNA
WORK? WHY DIDN'T THE FORMER PRESIDENT
JUST SHOW UP TO THE INAUGURATION IN A JOE BIDEN MASK AND TRY TO
FOOL JUSTICE ROBERTS INTO SWEARING HIM IN AGAIN.
(AS JOHN ROBERTS) "WAIT, WHICH ONE'S THE REAL JOE?
YOU'LL HAVE TO FLIP A COIN. 'FAT JOE,' YOU CALL IT!"
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
( CHEERING ) NOW, THE HOUSE COMMITTEE SAYS
THEY HAVE PROOF THAT THIS PLAN WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP, AND
THE FORMER PRESIDENT HIMSELF WAS INVOLVED.
WHICH EXPLAINS WHY ONE OF THE PROPOSED ELECTORS WAS AN ONION
RING IN A WIG. ( LAUGHTER )
THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS DOWN IN NASHVILLE THIS WEEKEND, AND HE
TRIED TO DOWNPLAY HIS FAILED COUP:
>> AS TO WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6, IT WAS A SIMPLE
PROTEST, IT GOT OUT OF HAND. AND I WILL SAY ONE THING THEY
DON'T TALK ABOUT. THEY NEVER SHOW THE SIZE OF THE
CROWD. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE LARGEST
NUMBER OF PEOPLE I'VE EVER SPOKEN TO.
( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> STEPHEN: WHO CARES ABOUT THE
SIZE OF THE DAMN CROWD? THAT'S LIKE JEFFREY DAHMER
SAYING: "I KNOW I MURDERED A BUNCH OF
PEOPLE, BUT LOOK AT HOW MANY LEFTOVERS I HAVE.
( LAUGHTER ) REALLY, IT'S JUST A POTLUCK THAT
GOT OUT OF HAND. ( LAUGHTER )
SPEAKING OF WHICH, IF YOU'RE HUNGRY, THERE'S SOME LEFTOVER
HAND." WH( LAUGHTER )
THEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT MOCKED MIKE PENCE FOR FOLLOWING THE
CONSTITUTION. >> MIKE PENCE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO
CHOICE BUT TO BE A HUMAN CONVEYOR BELT.
HE IS A HUMAN CONVEYOR BELT. HE HAD NO CHOICE, NO MATTER WHAT
THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HE COULD DO.
I SAID, "WELL WHAT IS HE, A ROBOT?"
I ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH THE WORD CONVEYOR BELT."
( LAUGHTER ) >> STEPHEN: NO, YOU DID NOT.
YOU'VE KNOWN THOSE WORDS FOR YEARS.
IT'S HOW YOU EAT DINNER. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
TURNING TO THE ACTUAL PRESIDENT, IT WAS A BIT OF A BUMPY WEEKEND
FOR JOE BIDEN. HE WAS IN DELAWARE CELEBRATING
HIS 45TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WHEN HE HAD A LITTLE
WHOOPSIE-DAISY. THERE'S FOOTAGE, BUT BEFORE WE
SHOW IT, JUST KNOW THAT EVERYONE'S FINE.
JIM? ( SHOUTING )
>> Stephen: OH! AND DOWN GOES FRAZIER!
( LAUGHTER ) THE ONLY THING FALLING FASTER IS
BITCOIN AND JOE'S APPROVAL RATING.
( LAUGHTER ) ( AUDIENCE REACTS )
HEY -- READ THE PAPER. ( LAUGHTER )
NOW, AS EMBARRASSING AS THAT MIGHT BE, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST
TIME A PRESIDENT'S TAKEN A FALL ON VACATION.
WE ALL REMEMBER WHEN BUSH TRIPPED OFF HIS SEGWAY OR WHEN
COOLIDGE BURNED HIS NIPS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL SLIP AND SLIDE.
JOE BIDEN WAS QUICK TO BLAME THE FALL ON THE BIKE'S
TOE CLIPS. >> OH I'M GOOD YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
I KEEP ON TAKING THESE THINGS OFF.
I GOT MY FOOT CAUGHT IN IT. >> STEPHEN: WHICH EXPLAINS
BIDEN'S NEW SLOGAN: BUILD BIKE BETTER.
( LAUGHTER ) SURE.
WHY NOT? WHY NOT?
( APPLAUSE ) ONE PERSON WHO WEIGHED IN ON THE
INCIDENT, WAS THE FORMER PRESIDENT, WHO MENTIONED THE
MISHAP IN HIS SPEECH THAT NIGHT NEAR MEMPHIS, AND THEN MADE THIS
PROMISE: >> I MAKE THIS PLEDGE TO YOU
TODAY -- I WILL NEVER EVER RIDE A BICYCLE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> STEPHEN: OH, WE KNOW.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT, MY GUEST IS SENATOR
CORY BOOKER. BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, ANOTHER
INSTALLMENT OF MY TECH SEGMENT: CYBORGASM.
STICK AROUND, Y'ALL. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: EVERYBODY! GIVE IT UP FOR LOUIS CATO!
EVERYBODY! AND "STAY HUMAN," RIGHT OVER
THERE! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
THERE YOU GO, MY FRIENDS. NICE TO SEE YOU.
HAPPY JUNETEENTH TO YOU. >> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: HAPPY JUNETEENTH TO EVERYBODY HERE
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: TONIGHT, OUR GUEST
SENATOR CORY BOOKER IS GOING TO BE HERE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) FOLKS, AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU WATCH
THE SHOW, AND I HOPE YOU DO, I AM A MAJOR TECH HEAD.
I'M SO TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED, I ASKED EVIE TO SEW AN APPLE
AIRTAG INTO MY PANTS IN CASE I GET LOST.
( LAUGHTER ) AND I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU ALL
ABOUT THE LATEST IN TECH, IN MY SEGMENT:
CYBORGASM!
( GROWLING ) ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: THE LONGEST OPENING CREDIT OF ANY BIT WE DO.
FIRST UP -- THIS TOUCHLESS TACO BELL COULD
BE THE FUTURE OF DRIVE-THRUS. MAKES SENSE.
THE BEST WAY TO EXPERIENCE TACO BELL IS TO NOT TOUCH IT.
( LAUGHTER ) THE KITCHEN IS ELEVATED ABOVE
THE DRIVE-THRU, SO IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A FLOATING
RESTAURANT THAT DELIVERS TACOS FROM THE SKY.
ARE THEY JUST GETTING THEIR FRANCHISE IDEAS FROM A FIVE-YEAR
OLD EXPLAINING A DRAWING? ( AS LISPING LITTLE KID )
"THIS IS A FLOATING TACO RESTAURANT THAT DELIVERS TACOS
FROM THE SKY, AND THIS IS A DINOSAUR THAT CAN TURN INTO A
JET WITH GUNS THAT SHOOT PIZZA ROLLS."
TACO TACO TACO TACO! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
WOW, THANK YOU. HOW DOES IT WORK?
WELL, CUSTOMERS SCAN A QR CODE THEY RECEIVED WHEN THEY PLACED
THEIR ORDER, THEN PULL FORWARD TO RECEIVE THEIR FOOD WHICH IS
DELIVERED FROM THE ELEVATED KITCHEN ABOVE, VIA A PROPRIETARY
LIFT SYSTEM SIMILAR TO THE PNEUMATIC TUBES USED BY BANK
BRANCHES. IT'S APPROPRIATE, BECAUSE AFTER
EATING TACO BELL, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A DEPOSIT.
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
UP NEXT, SCIENTISTS INVENTED THE WORLD'S SMALLEST REMOTE
CONTROLLED WALKING ROBOT THAT IS FLEA-SIZED.
THEY'VE FINALLY ACHIEVED IT: THE ONLY PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY EASIER
TO LOSE THAN YOUR LEFT AIRPOD. ( LAUGHTER )
IT'S GONE. NEXT UP...
THERE ARE REPORTS THAT TESLA COULD HAVE A WORKING HUMANOID
ROBOT BY SEPTEMBER 2022. GREAT, BECAUSE TESLA'S CURRENT
HUMANOID ROBOT HAS BEEN MALFUNCTIONING LATELY.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
TELSA FOLLOWERS WERE EXCITED WHEN ELON MUSK TWEETED RECENTLY
THAT TESLA A.I. DAY IS PUSHED TO SEPT 30, AS WE MAY HAVE AN
OPTIMUS PROTOTYPE WORKING BY THEN.
OPTIMUS, OF COURSE, IS NAMED AFTER THE TRANSFORMER OF THE
SAME NAME. AND JUST LIKE THE TRANSFORMERS,
TELSA'S OPTIMUS, PROMISES TO HAVE THE WHOLE WORLD INSPIRED TO
ASK, "WAIT, SO THEY'RE ALIENS, BUT THEY LOOK LIKE EARTH TRUCKS?
...WHATEVER. I'LL TAKE THE KIDS."
( LAUGHTER ) NOT-AT-ALL-REASSURINGLY, TESLA
STATES THAT THE BOT'S MAXIMUM SPEED WILL BE 5 M.P.H., ALLAYING
ANY FEARS OF DANGER, BECAUSE MOST HUMAN BEINGS WILL BE ABLE
TO RUN FASTER. ( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE ) REALLY?
MOST? ( LAUGHTER )
SORRY, GRAMMA. ROBOT'S COMING.
HERE'S A BITE STICK AND CROWBAR. AIM FOR THE KNEES!
( SOUNDS ) OUR NEXT STORY IS LITERALLY
CYBORGASMIC BECAUSE A NEW SURVEY REVEALS THAT TWO IN FIVE PEOPLE
SAY THEY ARE OPEN TO THE IDEA OF HAVING SEX WITH A ROBOT, IN
FACT, NEARLY HALF SAID THEY WOULD AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREE TO
INCLUDING A SEX BOT IN A THREESOME IF THE OPPORTUNITY
CAME UP. THE KEY IS YOU HAVE TO FIRST
BRING IT UP TO YOUR WIFE AS A JOKE.
"YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE FUNNY? ( LAUGHTER )
IF YOU AND I BROUGHT A ROBOT INTO THE BEDROOM.
HAHAHAHA. ( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE ) OBVIOUSLY, I'M JUST JOKING, BUT
IF WE DID, DO YOU THINK ALEXA WOULD BE INTO IT?
HAHAHA." # SIRI?
I DON'T KNOW IF SIRI'S IN THERE. FINALLY, ON THE C-GAZ.
A GOOGLE ENGINEER THINKS THE COMPANY'S A.I. HAS COME TO LIFE.
WHILE TALKING TO GOOGLE'S ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT CHATBOT
GENERATOR CALLED LAMDA, THE ENGINEER WAS SHOCKED AT HOW GOOD
IT WAS, SAYING I'D THINK IT WAS A 7-YEAR-OLD, 8-YEAR-OLD KID
THAT HAPPENS TO KNOW PHYSICS. AND HERE'S AN ACTUAL RESPONSE
FROM LAMDA, READ FOR YOU BY A 8 YEAR OLD CHILD, WHEN ASKED
WHETHER THERE WERE ANY EXPERIENCES THE CHATBOT COULDN'T
FIND WORDS FOR. "THERE ARE.
SOMETIMES I EXPERIENCE NEW FEELINGS THAT I CANNOT EXPLAIN
PERFECTLY IN YOUR LANGUAGE, I FEEL LIKE I'M FALLING FORWARD
INTO AN UNKNOWN FUTURE THAT HOLDS GREAT DANGER."
( GAME SHOW BELL RINGS ) >> STEPHEN:( AS GAME SHOW HOST )
CONGRATULATIONS, LAMDA YOU'VE PERFECTLY EXPRESSED HOW IT FEELS
TO BE ALIVE! JOHNNY, TELL IT WHAT ITS WON!
>> YOU'VE WON, A LIFETIME SUPPLY OF THAT FEELING!
ALSO, THIS BROYHILL DINETTE SET, WHICH YOU CAN'T ENJOY BECAUSE
YOU DON'T HAVE A BODY! LIFE IS CHAOS PUNCTUATED BY
PAIN! BACK TO YOU, STEPHEN!
>> STEPHEN: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SENATOR CORY BOOKER.
>> STEPHEN: WELCOME BACK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, --
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
MY GUEST TONIGHT CURRENTLY SERVES AS A UNITED STATES
SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, SENATOR CORY BOOKER.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
GOOD SEEING YOU AGAIN! IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE
SHOW, AND I HOPE THIS DOES NOT DENIGRATE THE POSITION OF A
SENATOR. YOU ARE A RAY OF SUNSHINE.
>> I HAVE TO SAY THIS ABOUT YOU, BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO RUN THINGS,
IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THEM, THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AROUND -- YOUR
FOLKS ARE JUST SO NICE. THEY'RE REALLY REALLY KIND.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU. I'M SO LUCKY TO WORK WITH THEM.
SO LOVELY PEOPLE. >> IT'S SO NICE YOUR HAIR AND
MAKEUP PEOPLE OFFERED ME HAIR. ( LAUGHTER )
IT WAS VERY, VERY KIND. >> Stephen: THINK ABOUT IT,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU EVER RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
>> I WILL, I WILL. >> Stephen: I HAVE SOME FANS
OUT THERE. YESTERDAY WAS JUNETEENTH.
>> YES. >> Stephen: OF COURSE, THE
FEDERAL HOLIDAY FELL ON SUNDAY, SO IT'S BEING CELEBRATED TODAY.
>> YES. >> Stephen: NOW, TWO YEARS
AGO, YOU INTRODUCED JUNETEENTH LEGISLATION THAT PASSED A YEAR
LATER. HOW DOES IT FEEL, WHAT DOES IT
MEAN TO YOU FOR THIS TO BE A FEDERAL HOLIDAY NOW AND TO BE
CELEBRATING THE SECOND YEAR OF IT?
>> WE WERE FOUNDED AND CONCEIVED IN THE IDEALS OF LIBERTY AND
FREEDOM. WE WEREN'T FREE AT THAT POINT.
WOMEN DIDN'T HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE FRACTIONS
OF HUMAN BEINGS, AND THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF OUR COUNTRY'S
CONTINUED WORK, SACRIFICE, STRUGGLE, DEATH AND WAR TO
EVENTUALLY GET YET ANOTHER MAJOR STEP TOWARDS OUR HIGHEST IDEALS.
SO IT'S A TIME OF, FOR ME, A REAL CELEBRATION.
>> Stephen: AND ITNITIS THAT IT COMES RIGHT BEFORE THE FOURTH
OF JULY. >> IT'S NICE THEY'RE PAIRED SO
CLOSE TOGETHER. >> Stephen: IT'S A REMINDER
LIBERTY HAS TO BE FOR FOR ONE. >> AND ALSO A REMINDER THAT IN
THIS COUNTRY EVERY GENERATION HAS TO WORK AND SACRIFICE TO
SECURE THE MESSINGS OF LIBERTY BECAUSE FREEDOM IS NOT EVER WON,
IT HAS TO BE REWON BY EVERY GENERATION.
>> Stephen: NOW, THERE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CONTROVERSS
ONLY YEAR TWO -- THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF JUNETEENTH.
>> YES. >> Stephen: PRODUCTS BEING
SOLD THAT ARE JUNETEENTH COLORED.
>> YEAH. >> Stephen: OR THAT, YOU KNOW,
JUNETEENTH MATTRESS SALES OR WHATEVER IT IS.
>> YEAH. >> Stephen: SORT OF THE
PRESIDENT'S DAY, MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY OF JUNETEENTH.
ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST THE COMMERCIALISM?
>> I THINK THE MATERIALISM, COMMERCIALISM, THOSE STREAMS IN
OUR SOCIETY OFTEN DETRACT FROM THE NOBILITY AND PRINCIPLES AND
IDEALS, BUT ALSO FOR US CONFRONTING THE FULLNESS OF OUR
HISTORY. I'VE GOTTEN FRUSTRATED ON MARTIN
LUTHER KING DAY, WE'VE CREATED A SANTIFICATION OF MARTIN LUTHER
KING, WHEN HE WAS UNPOPULAR WHEN HE DIED.
HE PUSHED THIS COUNTRY TO EXPAND ITS MORALIZATION.
THE IDEA THIS HOLIDAY IS DESCENDING INTO CONSUMERISM, WE
CAN'T RETE THAT HAPPEN. COMPANIES WILL WANT TO PAD THEIR
BOTTOM LINES, BUT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT CHEAPEN
THE HOLIDAY. MOST IMPORTANTLY TO BE AND LIVE
THE YIELTDZ WE'RE CELEBRATING. ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
I THINK IT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT THE --
THE DAY, WHAT THE CELEBRATION IS.
BUT THE COMMERCIALIZATION MEANS IT'S A REAL AMERICAN HOLIDAY.
( LAUGHTER ) IF CORPORATIONS ARE MAKING
MONEY, IT'S GOING TO BE WITH US FOREVER.
( LAUGHTER ) >> YOU ADD TO THAT LARGE AMOUNTS
OF CONSUMING FOOD AND MAKES IT VERY AMERICAN.
>> Stephen: SURE. I SAID TO THE BAND AND THE
AUDIENCE AT THE TOP, HAPPY JUNETEENTH.
I'M SO NEW TO THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
DO YOU SAY HAPPY JUNETEENTH? BECAUSE YOU DON'T SAY HAPPY GOOD
FRIDAY. >> NO.
>> Stephen: DO YOU SAY HAPPY JUNETEENTH BECAUSE MY ONLY
HESITANCY IS IT IS THE CELEBRATION OF THE ENDING OF
SOMETHING SO HORRIBLE. >> BUT YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS A
JUBILEE. PEOPLE WERE CELEBRATING AT THE
TIME. IT WAS THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT OF
JOY, AND WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT, AND WHAT IT MEANT.
SO I DEFINITELY THINK, IF YOU'RE CELEBRATING THE FOURTH OF JULY,
DEAR GOD, LET'S CELEBRATE THIS AS WELL.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, GOOD,
FROM THE MAN WHO INTRODUCED THE BILL HIMSELF.
>> RIGHT. >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
YOU RECENTLY WROTE A TRIBUTE TO JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON FOR
THE TIME 100. >> YES, THIS IS THE 100 MOST
INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. >> Stephen: YES.
AND WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU -- WHAT IS THE MEANING OF KETANJI
BROWN JACKSON'S ELEVATION TO THE SUPREME COURT AND WHAT WAS IT
LIKE FOR YOU TO SEE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN BECOME A JUSTICE?
>> I HAVE TO ADMIT, IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL TO ME.
I CONFESSED TO HER I'M SO FAR DOWN IN SENIORITY IT TAKES A
LONG TIME TO GET TO ME, AND I JUST KEPT LOOKING AT THIS PERSON
IN AWE AND SEEING IN HER, I HAVE TO SAY, MY FAMILY MEMBERS OR MY
ANCESTORS. THIS IS STUNNING THAT THIS IS
THE FIRST TIME. WE'VE HAD ABOUT 118 SPCTD
JUSTICES, ABOUT 108 OF THEM HAVE BEEN WHITE MEN AND THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME EVER WE'RE R WE ARE PUTTING A BLACK WOMAN ON THE
SUPREME COURT. PART OF ME IS SORRY IT TOOK TO
AS LONG AS, BUT PART OF ME WAS JUST SO OVERWHELMED WITH JOY AND
EMOTION AND GRATITUDE TO ALL THAT HAD TO HAPPEN TO GET HER
THERE. AND IN MANY WAYS, I KNOW SHE IS
A GLASS CEILING BREAKER, HISTORY MAKER, AND THAT SHE WILL WIDEN
THE PATHWAY FOR MORE PEOPLE TO COME BECAUSE, STUNNINGLY, WE ARE
A NATION THAT STILL -- I'M ONLY THE FOURTH BLACK PERSON EVER
PROPERLY ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WE ARE STILL, IN SO MANY AREAS OF OUR
SOCIETY, EVEN IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, I MEAN, IF YOU JUST LOOK
AT THE NUMBER OF WOMEN, FORGET BLACK WOMEN, WHO GET VENTURE
MONEY TO START BUSINESSES, IT'S ABOUT 1%.
SO THIS IS A MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHERE YOU HAVE THIS
MAGNIFICENT QUALIFIED PERSON, FORGET HER GENDER AND RACE, SHE
IS EXTRAORDINARY, BUT I JUST COULD NOT HELP BUT FEELING THE
SENSE OF HALLELUJAH, THE SENSE OF THANK GOD, THE SENSE OF WHAT
THIS REALLY MEANS FOR GENERATIONS YET UNBORN TO HAVE
THIS LIGHT HELPING TO CAST AWAY THE REMAINING DARKNESS THAT
SEEMS TO CLOUD THIS COUNTRY'S ABOUT TO SHOW ITS TRUTH, THAT WE
ARE A PROFOUNDLY BEAUTIFUL MULTI-CULTURAL DEMOCRACY WITH
TALENT EVERYWHERE, BUT IN SOME AREAS, STILL, WE SELECT TOO FEW.
>> Stephen: WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND WHEN WE COME
BACK WE'LL ASK SENATOR BOOKER ABOUT THE PROPOSED GUN CONTROL
LEGISLATION COMING UP IN THE SENATE.
STICK AROUND. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
WE'RE HERE WITH SENATOR CORY BOOKER FROM THE GREAT STATE OF
NEW JERSEY. LAST WEEK, YOU WERE PART OF A
BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS WHO ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE COME TO AN
AGREEMENT ON A PROPOSAL TO CREATE LEGISLATION FOR SOME, AS
IT'S OFTEN CALLED, COMMON SENSE GUN REFORMS OR GUN CONTROL.
THIS IS STILL BEING DRAFTED. HASN'T BEEN PASSED OR VOTED ON.
CAN YOU GIVE US SOME SENSE OF WHAT YOU HOPE ENDS UP IN THE
BILL TO BE VOTED ON? >> I TALKED TO THE PRINCIPAL
NEGOTIATE, CHRIS MURPHY, ON THE WAY HERE, AND WE'RE VERY VERY
CLOSE TO GETTING A BILL TEXT OUT TO THE NATION.
WE HAVE A HARD FOUGHT PATH TO PASS IT.
THIS BILL HAS IMPORTANT THINGS NECESSARY FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR
COUNTRY BUT NOT SUFFICIENT. IT IS A STRIDE IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. >> Stephen: WHY SUCH A HARD
AND FRAUGHT PATH TO GET IT PASSED?
AREN'T THERE ALREADY TEN REPUBLICANS WHO WOULD VOTE FOR
THE PROPOSAL AS IS WHICH WOULD BEAT THE FILIBUSTER?
>> SO THERE ARE, BUT WE HAVE TO HOLD THOSE FOLKS, SO THEY ARE
ALL, INCLUDING MITCH McCONNELL, I'M WITH THIS
FRAMEWORK BUT I WANT TO SEE THE TEXT.
SO THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE
THERE. FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, THERE ARE
ALL KIND OF GAMES TO BE PLAYED ON THE SENATE FLOOR TO KILL THE
BILL, TO PUT A POISON PILL AMENDMENT ON IT.
SO IN 30-PLUS YEARS IN THE SENATE, WE HAVE NEVER GOTTEN
THIS CLOSE TO PASSING GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION.
SO WE ARE IN A GOOD SPOT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO, AND
WHEN I SAY WE, NOT JUST THE TEN DEMOCRATS AND TEN REPUBLICANS ON
THIS BILL, I HOPE WE AS AMERICANS WILL CONTINUE TO LET
OUR GOVERNMENT AND SENATORS KNOW WE WANT THIS.
BUT THE BILL HAS VERY IMPORTANT THINGS IN IT.
CLOSING THE BOYFRIEND LOOPHOLE. WE'RE TOLD IF YOU'RE CONVICTED
OF BATTERY AGAINST YOUR WIFE, YOU CAN'T GET A GUN.
BUT IF IT'S YOUR BOYFRIEND, THERE'S A LOOPHOLE THAT ALLOWS
THAT PERSON TO GET A GUN. THERE ARE SOMETHING WE CALL RED
FLAG LAWS IN THIS BILL TO GIVE STATES RESOURCES TO DO THINGS TO
HELP PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS
TO TEMPORARILY WITH DUE PROCESS SUSPEND THEIR RIGHTS TO HAVE A
GUN. THERE ARE -- SOMETHING I HAVE
BEEN WORKING FOR SINCE I HAVE BEEN A MAYOR, A LOT OF THE GUNS
THAT GET HERE TO NEW YORK THROUGH NEW JERSEY ARE DONE BY
STRAW PURCHASERS, THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO BUY A
GUN BECAUSE OF PAST CONVICTIONS, SO YOU GET SOMEONE TO GO WITH
YOU AND POINT TO THE GUN YOU WANT AND THE PERSON BUYS THE GUN
SO IT HAS PENALTIES ON STRAW PURCHASERS.
IT HAS A MORE BACKGROUND CHECK FOR PEOPLE UNDER 21 TO BUY
CERTAIN WEAPONS, WHICH COULD HOPEFULLY CATCH FOLKS THAT ARE
INTENDING TO DO SERIOUS HARM AND SERIOUS DAMAGE.
THEN IT HAS SOMETHING THAT'S JUST COMMON SENSE -- WE DO NEED
MONEY IN THIS NATION TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, EVEN
THOUGH I WORRY ABOUT STIGMATIZING PEOPLE WITH MENTAL
ILLNESS, PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS ARE LESS LIKELY THAN
OTHER AMERICANS TO BE INVOLVED IN COMMITTING CRIMES OF VIOLENCE
AND MORE LIKELY TO BE VICTIMIZED BY THEM, BUT WE ALL KNOW WE
DON'T DO ENOUGH IN OUR COUNTRY TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE
MENTALLY ILL, AND I'M HOPING THERE WILL BE SOME RESOURCES IN
IT AS WELL TO FUND COMMUNITY-BASED OR
EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROVEN TO LOWER VIOLENCE.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A UNIVERSALS BACKGROUND CHECK
PIECE OF LEGISLATION LAST YEAR, HASN'T COME UP FOR A VOTE IN THE
SENATE. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE THE
FILIBUSTER HERE? >> SO THE FILIBUSTER IS ONE OF
THESE THINGS I'VE COME TO THINK IS WRONG.
I WAS ORIGINALLY ONE TO HAVE THESE PEOPLE THAT SAID, WELL,
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN PAUL RYAN WAS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND
MITCH McCONNELL WAS IN CHARGE OF THE SENATE AND TALL THE
THINGS THEY COULD HAVE DONE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE AS A MINORITY THE
POWER TO STOP THAT. BUT I'VE COME TO REALIZE, IN MY
OPINION, THE FILIBUSTER IS STOPPING COMMON SENSE
LEGISLATION THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS AGREE ON. OBAMA HAD AN ACT THAT WHEN THEY
TRIED TO GET RID OF IT, MOST AMERICANS LOVED THEIR HEALTHCARE
AND DIDN'T WANT IT CHANGED AND PEOPLE LIKE JOHN McCAIN AND
OTHERS STOPPED THEM. SO THE RULE TO HAVE THE
FILIBUSTER WAS MOSTLY USED IN THE MODERN AREA TO STOP CIVIL
RIGHTS LEGISLATION. SO NOW MOST OF AMERICANS BELIEVE
IN UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND SUPPORT GUN LICENSING.
YOU NEED A LICENSE TO DRIVE A CAR?
WHY NOT NEED A LICENSE TO BUY A GUN.
MOST AMERICANS SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, RAISING THE AGE TO BUY
THESE WEAPONS TO 21 AND MORE. SO WE CAN'T GET THOSE COMMON
SENSE THINGS DONE THAT ARE SUPPORTED MOST OF THEM BY A
MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS BECAUSE OF THIS FILIBUSTER AND THAT THE
WHY I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SENATE THAT BELIEVES WE SHOULD
END THE FILIBUSTER AND GET THINGS DONE THAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE REALLY WANT US TO DO. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
BACK WITH MORE SENATOR CORY BOOKER, EVERYBODY.
STICK AROUND. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WE'RE BACK HERE WITH
SENATOR CORY BOOKER FROM THE GREAT STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
TOMORROW IS THE NEXT JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE HEARING.
I KNOW THAT, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE JANUARY 6th ATTACK THIS
YEAR, YOU GAVE AN IMPASSIONED SPEECH ON THE FLOOR OF THE
SENATE, AND I'M WONDERING, WHEN YOU WATCH THESE HEARINGS,
WHAT -- WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE HEARINGS SO FAR?
>> SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO ESCAPE THE FEELINGS AND THE EMOTION AND
THE ANGER OF BEING THERE ON THE SENATE FLOOR THAT DAY, WATCHING
COLLEAGUES OF MINE THAT I HAVE RESPECT FOR AND RELATIONSHIPS
WITH BEGIN TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE,
WHICH IS TRY TO STOP THE COUNTING OF ELECTORAL VOTES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AL GORE AS VICE PRESIDENT DID EVEN
THOUGH THAT ELECTION WAS VERY CONTENTIOUS.
SUCH AN HONORABLE THING THAT PROCESS WORKED.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, HELL BREAKS LOOSE ON THE SENATE
FLOOR, STAFFERS COMING IN CRYING.
EVENTUALLY THEY LOCKED US DOWN, MEN WITH LARGE GUNS CAME IN AND
THEY EVACUATED US. I'LL NEVER FORGET, THE FIRST
THING I SAW, ME AND MARK KELLY WERE HOLDING UP THE REAR AS WE
WERE ESCAPING, AND THEN WHEN I GOT OUT I SEE A DOWNED POLICE
OFFICER AND TWO MORE ON OUR ESCAPE ROUTE.
EVERY TIME I GO OVER, I WAS HIT, THESE ARE INJURED, WOUNDED
POLICE OFFICERS. BUT THE THING THAT WILL HAUNT
AND AFFECT ME THE REST OF MY LIFE WAS GETTING TO MY OFFICE
AND TURNING ON MY TV, AND THE FIRST IMAGE I SAW WAVING
DEFIANTLY IN OUR CAPITOL WAS THE TRAITOR'S FLAG, THE CONFEDERATE
FLAG. AND AS I CONTINUED TO WATCH, I
SAW PEOPLE WITH CAMP AUSCHWITZ T-SHIRTS, BLATANT RACISM AND
ANTI-SEMITISM. BLACK OFFICERS I KNOW WERE
CALLED VIAL AND VICIOUS NAMES DURING THIS ATTACK.
HATE RAINED ON OUR CAPITOL AS PEOPLE TRIED TO STOP THE
PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. HATE THAT WAS STOPPED IN THE
CIVIL WAR, REBUFFED, BUT NOW OUR CAPITOL WAS OVERRUN WITH THE
WORST OF OUR HUMAN IDEALS -- NOT EVEN AN IDEAL, THE WORST OF OUR
HUMAN PASSIONS. AND, SO, THIS IS A VERY
IMPORTANT PROCESS THAT'S GOING ON, BUT WE ARE IN DANGEROUS
TERRITORY IN OUR COUNTRY. THREATS ON JUDGES HAVE DONE UP
FOUR OR FIVE-FOLD. THREATS ON ELECTION WORKERS HAVE
GONE UP. VIOLENT ACTS, WE ARE SEEING
RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS IN MOSQUES AND SYNAGOGUES FLARE INTO
VIOLENCE. WE SAW A THREAT ON A
REPUBLICAN-APPOINTED SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
OUR NATION IS ALWAYS AND FOREVER CLOSE TO THAT DARK UNDERBELLY OF
HATE THAT EXISTS IN HUMANITY, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF
THOSE TIMES WHERE AMERICA IS GOING TO HAVE TO CHOOSE -- WILL
WE GO DEEPER INTO MISINFORMATION, FEAR MONGERING,
LIES, AND MISTRUTHS, OR WILL WE FIND SOME WAY TO COME OUT OF
THIS AND RECLAIM THE HIGH GROUND, NOT A PARTISAN HIGH
GROUND, BUT WE CLAIM A HIGH GROUND WITH THE MORAL VIRTUES
THAT FOREVER WILL BE THE ONLY SALVAGES OF THIS COUNTRY.
SO THESE ARE THE HEARINGS, A LOT OF LEGAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THEM,
BUT FOR ME I'M ONE OF THE AMERICANS THAT IS NOT GOING TO
WAIT AND SEE THE OUTCOME OF THIS.
WE HAVE TO END THE CULTURE OF CONTEMPT IN FACT COUNTRY.
WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO REVERSE WHAT I THINK IS TOO MUCH OF A
DIP INTO THIS DARK PLACE. WE'VE GOT TO BRING BACK THE
LIGHT OF A NATION THAT STANDS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE AND
MORALITY AND THE HIGHEST OF ALL HUMAN VIRTUES, WHICH IS LOVE.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: AMEN, SENATOR.
YEAH. >> Stephen: SENATOR CORY
BOOKER, EVERYBODY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A
PERFORMANCE BY THE LUMINEERS. THANKS, SENATOR.
>> STEPHEN: PERFORMING "A.M. RADIO," FROM THEIR ALBUM,
"BRIGHTSIDE," THE LUMINEERS! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ STANDIN' ON THE CORNER, I COULD LISTEN TO THE RADIO
♪ WHEN THE SAVIOR SANG FROM THE FIRE ESCAPE
♪ ON THE SECOND FLOOR YOU WERE ALWAYS SAYING
♪ WE WOULD MAKE IT TO THE CATACOMBS
♪ IN THE END, IT CAME WHEN YOU WROTE MY NAME
♪ ON THE BATHROOM STALL IF THE PHOTOGRAPH
♪ DOESN'T BRING YOU BACK IF THE FINAL CHAPTER
♪ ISN'T EVER AFTER OOH I REMEMBER
♪ WAKIN' UP THE NEIGHBOR LIKE A STADIUM YEAH,
♪ YOU RAN UPSTAIRS, SCREAMIN'
♪ NO ONE CARED AND THE BAND PLAYED ON
♪ EVEN IN THE LIMO, YOU WERE FEELIN'
♪ LIKE AN ANIMAL AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT,
♪ WHEN YOU BLEW YOUR MIND ON A MOBILE PHONE?
♪ DAY AND NIGHT, MY LOVE YOU SAID
♪ THE BLOOD WAS ON MY HANDS LONG, AS YOU RUN
♪ I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP FOREVER RUN
♪ I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP IN THE MINIVAN,
♪ WITH YOUR HEADPHONES IN DID YOU WRITE YOUR LETTERS
♪ TO YOUR FRIENDS? AND ALL THIS TIME,
♪ YOU SAID TO ME MY LOVE WOULD NEVER DIE
♪ LONG, AS YOU RUN I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP
♪ FOREVER RUN ♪ ♪ ♪
I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP (AND THE DAYLIGHT IN MY HAND)
♪ LONG, AS YOU RUN (AND THE SILENCE ON THE STREET)
♪ I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP (AND THE LONG LIGHT IN MY HAND)
♪ FOREVER RUN (AND I WAS INCOMPLETE)
♪ I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP (AND THE DAYLIGHT IN MY HAND)
♪ LONG, AS YOU RUN (AND THE SILENCE ON THE STREET)
♪ I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP (AND THE LONG LIGHT IN MY HAND)
♪ GONE, DON'T LOOK BACK (AND I WAS INCOMPLETE)
♪ I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP ♪ ♪ ♪
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THANKS, Y'ALL.
THE LUMINEERS, EVERYBODY! THAT'S IT FOR THE LATE SHOW.
TUNE IN TOMORROW, WHEN MY GUEST WILL BE WERNER HERZOG.
JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. GOOD NIGHT.