1 00:00:01,201 --> 00:00:04,237 WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LATEST IN THE DEBATE OVER NEW GUN SAFETY 2 00:00:04,304 --> 00:00:06,740 LEGISLATION. THE LEAD REPUBLICAN NEGOTIATE IN 3 00:00:06,806 --> 00:00:12,879 THOSE TALKS, SENATOR JOHN CORNYN OF TEXAS WAS BOOED BY HIS STATE 4 00:00:12,946 --> 00:00:18,752 PARTY FOR CONSIDERING EVEN THE MOST MODEST CHANGES TO GUN LAWS. 5 00:00:18,818 --> 00:00:20,687 >> I -- BUT THAT WASN'T THE ONLY PRO 6 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:28,895 GUN ADVOCATE TO GET BOOED AT THE CONVENTION. 7 00:00:28,962 --> 00:00:32,866 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME FROM DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS 8 00:00:32,932 --> 00:00:34,667 YOSEMITE SAM! >> THANK YOU, THANKYOU! 9 00:00:34,734 --> 00:00:39,672 NOW YOU KNOW I LOVE GUNS! ( CHEERING ) 10 00:00:39,739 --> 00:00:47,580 BUT I AM IN SUPPORT OF MINIMAL COMMON SENSE GUN REFORM! 11 00:00:47,647 --> 00:00:51,251 ( BOOING ) JUST TALKING ABOUT TAKING GUNS 12 00:00:51,317 --> 00:00:53,186 AWAY FROM MENTALLY UNSTABLE PEOPLE. 13 00:00:53,253 --> 00:00:59,058 HOW ABOUT YOU CAN'T SELL ASSAULT RIFLES TO BABIES? 14 00:00:59,125 --> 00:01:01,828 ( BOOING ) HOW ABOUT NO ASSAULT RIFLES FOR 15 00:01:01,895 --> 00:01:06,166 MENTALLY UNSTABLE BABIES? ( BOOING ) 16 00:01:06,232 --> 00:01:14,174 OH, GOD, I'M LOSING 'EM! HOW ABOUT SOME OF THIS? 17 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,609 ( GUNFIRE ) ( CHEERING ) 18 00:01:16,676 --> 00:01:23,650 >> MAKE MY FRIENDS DANCE. THAT'S INSANE, FOLKS! 19 00:01:24,117 --> 00:01:27,520 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT! 20 00:01:27,587 --> 00:01:35,161 TONIGHT, BREAKING BAD! PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES 21 00:01:35,228 --> 00:01:40,867 SENATOR CORY BOOKER AND MUSICAL GUEST THE LUMINEERS, FEATURING 22 00:01:40,934 --> 00:01:48,708 JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN." AND NOW LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED 23 00:01:48,775 --> 00:01:53,980 SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 24 00:01:54,047 --> 00:02:08,928 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( THEME SONG PLAYING ) 25 00:02:08,995 --> 00:02:11,965 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( THEME SONG PLAYING ) 26 00:02:13,466 --> 00:02:21,508 THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. 27 00:02:21,574 --> 00:02:22,742 ( AUDIENCE CHANTING ) >> Stephen: PLEASE HAVE A 28 00:02:22,809 --> 00:02:24,577 SEAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO "THE LATE 29 00:02:24,644 --> 00:02:28,615 SHOW." I'M YOUR SHOWS STEPHEN TEACH. 30 00:02:28,681 --> 00:02:29,616 HEY -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 31 00:02:29,682 --> 00:02:36,322 -- QUICK QUESTION -- HO HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND? 32 00:02:36,389 --> 00:02:37,357 ( LAUGHTER ) I CERTAINLY HAD AN INTERESTING 33 00:02:37,423 --> 00:02:38,791 ONE, BECAUSE SOME OF MY STAFF HAD A MEMORABLE ONE. 34 00:02:38,858 --> 00:02:41,461 HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED: LAST WEEK, I HEARD FROM MY OLD COLLEAGUE, 35 00:02:41,528 --> 00:02:46,733 TRIUMPH THE INSULT COMIC DOG. TRIUMPH OFFERED TO GO TO D.C. 36 00:02:46,799 --> 00:02:49,335 AND INTERVIEW SOME CONGRESS PEOPLE TO HIGHLIGHT THE 37 00:02:49,402 --> 00:02:51,037 JANUARY 6 HEARINGS. I SAID, "SURE, IF YOU CAN GET 38 00:02:51,104 --> 00:02:54,007 ANYONE TO AGREE TO TALK TO YOU. BECAUSE -- AND PLEASE DON'T 39 00:02:54,073 --> 00:02:58,778 TAKE THIS AS AN INSULT -- YOU'RE A PUPPET." 40 00:02:58,845 --> 00:03:01,948 ( LAUGHTER ) WELL, HE DID. 41 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:03,149 DEMOCRATIC 'AND' REPUBLICAN CONGRESSPEOPLE AGREED TO TALK TO 42 00:03:03,216 --> 00:03:06,853 TRIUMPH. HE'S A BIPARTISAN PUPPY. 43 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:14,260 HE'S SO NEUTRAL, HE'S NEUTERED. ( LAUGHTER ) 44 00:03:14,327 --> 00:03:16,563 TRIUMPH AND MY FOLKS SHOT FOR TWO DAYS IN CONGRESSIONAL 45 00:03:16,629 --> 00:03:18,765 OFFICES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CAPITOL BUILDING. 46 00:03:18,831 --> 00:03:22,769 THEY WENT THROUGH SECURITY CLEARANCE, SHOT ALL DAY 47 00:03:22,835 --> 00:03:25,204 WEDNESDAY, ALL DAY THURSDAY, INVITED INTO THE OFFICES OF THE 48 00:03:25,271 --> 00:03:26,940 CONGRESSPEOPLE THEY WERE INTERVIEWING. 49 00:03:27,006 --> 00:03:32,812 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. YOU HAVE TO INVITE TRIUMPH IN. 50 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:35,448 ( LAUGHTER ) HE WORKS ON 'DRACULA RULES.' 51 00:03:35,515 --> 00:03:37,817 ( LAUGHTER ) END OF DAY TWO, THURSDAY 52 00:03:37,884 --> 00:03:41,220 EVENING, AFTER THEY'D FINISHED THEIR INTERVIEWS, THEY WERE 53 00:03:41,287 --> 00:03:44,557 DOING SOME LAST MINUTE PUPPETRY AND JOKEY 'MAKE-EM-UPS' IN A 54 00:03:44,624 --> 00:03:46,793 HALLWAY, WHEN TRIUMPH AND MY FOLKS WERE APPROACHED AND 55 00:03:46,859 --> 00:03:50,763 DETAINED BY THE CAPITOL POLICE. WHICH ACTUALLY ISN'T THAT 56 00:03:50,830 --> 00:03:53,499 SURPRISING. THE CAPITOL POLICE ARE MUCH MORE 57 00:03:53,566 --> 00:03:57,737 CAUTIOUS THAN THEY WERE, SAY, 18 MONTHS AGO, AND FOR A VERY GOOD 58 00:03:57,804 --> 00:04:00,406 REASON. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT 59 00:04:00,473 --> 00:04:02,976 REASON IS, I KNOW WHAT NEWS NETWORK YOU WATCH. 60 00:04:03,042 --> 00:04:13,753 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 61 00:04:13,820 --> 00:04:17,023 SO, THE CAPITOL POLICE WERE JUST DOING THEIR JOB, MY STAFF WAS 62 00:04:17,090 --> 00:04:18,791 JUST DOING THEIR JOB. EVERYONE WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL. 63 00:04:18,858 --> 00:04:26,766 EVERYONE WAS VERY CALM. MY STAFFERS WERE DETAINED, 64 00:04:26,833 --> 00:04:30,737 PROCESSED, AND RELEASED. A VERY UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE FOR 65 00:04:30,803 --> 00:04:32,672 MY STAFF, A LOT OF PAPERWORK FOR THE CAPITOL POLICE. 66 00:04:32,739 --> 00:04:38,645 BUT A FAIRLY SIMPLE STORY. UNTIL... THE NEXT NIGHT, WHEN A 67 00:04:38,711 --> 00:04:41,981 COUPLE OF 'THE TV PEOPLE' STARTED CLAIMING THAT MY PUPPET 68 00:04:42,048 --> 00:04:45,985 SQUAD HAD, "COMMITTED INSURRECTION AT THE U.S. CAPITOL 69 00:04:46,052 --> 00:04:50,056 BUILDING." # 70 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:50,823 FIRST OF ALL, WHAT? ( LAUGHTER ) 71 00:04:50,890 --> 00:04:52,792 SECOND OF ALL, HUH? ( LAUGHTER ) 72 00:04:52,859 --> 00:04:56,663 THIRD OF ALL, THEY WEREN'T IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING. 73 00:04:56,729 --> 00:05:00,533 FOURTH OF ALL, AND I'M SHOCKED I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE, 74 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:05,104 BUT AN INSURRECTION INVOLVES DISRUPTING THE LAWFUL ACTIONS OF 75 00:05:05,171 --> 00:05:06,472 CONGRESS AND HOWLING FOR THE BLOOD OF ELECTED LEADERS, ALL TO 76 00:05:06,539 --> 00:05:12,478 PREVENT THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. 77 00:05:12,545 --> 00:05:14,647 THIS WAS FIRST DEGREE PUPPETRY. HI-JINKS WITH INTENT TO GOOF. 78 00:05:14,714 --> 00:05:20,520 MISAPPROPRIATION OF AN OLD "CONAN" BIT. 79 00:05:20,586 --> 00:05:25,892 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 80 00:05:25,958 --> 00:05:29,629 IT'S REALLY CONAN'S FAULT, YOU KNOW. 81 00:05:29,696 --> 00:05:32,665 NOW, IT'S PREDICTABLE WHY THESE TV TALKERS ARE DOING THIS. 82 00:05:32,732 --> 00:05:36,402 THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE 83 00:05:36,469 --> 00:05:38,404 JANUARY 6 HEARINGS ON THE ACTUAL SEDITIONIST INSURRECTION THAT 84 00:05:38,471 --> 00:05:41,974 LED TO THE DEATHS OF MULTIPLE PEOPLE, AND THE INJURY OF OVER 85 00:05:42,041 --> 00:05:49,382 140 POLICE OFFICERS. BUT DRAWING ANY EQUIVALENCE 86 00:05:49,449 --> 00:05:50,383 BETWEEN RIOTERS STORMING OUR CAPITOL TO 87 00:05:50,450 --> 00:05:52,919 PREVENT THE COUNTING OF ELECTORAL BALLOTS AND A 88 00:05:52,985 --> 00:05:56,656 CIGAR-CHOMPING TOY DOG, IS A SHAMEFUL INSULT TO THE MEMORY OF 89 00:05:56,723 --> 00:06:00,393 EVERYONE WHO DIED, AND OBSCENELY TRIVIALIZES THE SERVICE AND THE 90 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:06,599 COURAGE THE CAPITOL POLICE SHOWED ON THAT TERRIBLE DAY. 91 00:06:06,666 --> 00:06:12,105 BUT WHO KNOWS... MAYBE THERE WAS A VAST 92 00:06:12,171 --> 00:06:13,973 CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES 93 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:15,341 WITH A RUBBER ROTTWEILER. ( LAUGHTER ) 94 00:06:15,408 --> 00:06:17,243 AFTER ALL, THURSDAY NIGHT, THE NIGHT THEY WERE DETAINED, WAS 95 00:06:17,310 --> 00:06:19,445 THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WATERGATE BREAK-IN. 96 00:06:19,512 --> 00:06:24,951 ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THAT WAS A COINCIDENCE? 97 00:06:25,017 --> 00:06:26,285 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 98 00:06:26,352 --> 00:06:36,496 YES. ( APPLAUSE ) 99 00:06:36,562 --> 00:06:38,664 WE ALL KNOW THE LONG HISTORY OF PUPPET LAWLESSNESS. 100 00:06:38,731 --> 00:06:41,968 "THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER." THE "FRAGGLE" RIOTS OF THE 101 00:06:42,034 --> 00:06:45,972 1980'S. WHO CAN FORGET WHEN "KOOKLA, 102 00:06:46,038 --> 00:06:48,374 FRAN, AND OLLIE" WERE HAULED INTO THE CHARLIE MCCARTHY 103 00:06:48,441 --> 00:06:50,243 HEARINGS. AND HOW DO YOU THINK KING FRIDAY 104 00:06:50,309 --> 00:06:53,146 CAME TO POWER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MAKE-BELIEVE? 105 00:06:53,212 --> 00:06:59,418 WITH THE BACKING OF THE HEAD OF HIS SECRET POLICE: 106 00:06:59,485 --> 00:07:01,988 HENRIETTA PUSSYCAT. "MEOW MEOW ATTACH JUMPER CABLES 107 00:07:02,054 --> 00:07:12,632 TO YOUR NIPPLES, MEOW." ( LAUGHTER ) 108 00:07:12,698 --> 00:07:13,766 BUT, IN THIS CASE -- ( APPLAUSE ) 109 00:07:13,833 --> 00:07:18,371 IN THIS CASE, OUR PUPPET WAS JUST A PUPPET DOING PUPPET 110 00:07:18,437 --> 00:07:20,239 STUFF. AND, SAD TO SAY, SO MUCH HAS 111 00:07:20,306 --> 00:07:21,974 CHANGED IN WASHINGTON THAT THE CAPITOL POLICE DO HAVE TO STAY 112 00:07:22,041 --> 00:07:25,978 AT HIGH ALERT ALL THE TIME BECAUSE OF THE ATTACK ON 113 00:07:26,045 --> 00:07:28,848 JANUARY 6. AND AS THE HEARINGS PROVE MORE 114 00:07:28,915 --> 00:07:32,652 CLEARLY EVERY DAY, THE BLAME FOR THAT ACTUAL INSURRECTION ALL 115 00:07:32,718 --> 00:07:44,664 GOES TO PUTIN'S PUPPET. ( APPLAUSE ) 116 00:07:44,730 --> 00:07:48,134 SPEAKING OF THE THING WE SHOULD BE SPEAKING ABOUT, THE JANUARY 6 117 00:07:48,201 --> 00:07:49,969 HEARINGS START BACK UP TOMORROW. AND THAT IS NOT GOOD NEWS FOR 118 00:07:50,036 --> 00:07:56,642 FORMER PRESIDENT, 'PHONEY SOPRANO.' 119 00:07:56,709 --> 00:07:59,445 ( LAUGHTER ) TOMORROW, THE COMMITTEE IS 120 00:07:59,512 --> 00:08:01,981 FOCUSING THEIR INVESTIGATION ON HIS CAMPAIGN'S SCHEME TO SEND A 121 00:08:02,048 --> 00:08:05,985 SO-CALLED, 'ALTERNATE GROUP OF ELECTORS' IN STATES BIDEN HAD 122 00:08:06,052 --> 00:08:08,654 WON, AND HAVE THOSE FAKE ELECTORS DECLARE THEMSELVES THE 123 00:08:08,721 --> 00:08:13,459 RIGHTFUL ELECTORS AND SUBMIT FALSE ELECTORAL COLLEGE 124 00:08:13,526 --> 00:08:14,393 CERTIFICATES. DID THEY THINK THAT WAS GONNA 125 00:08:14,460 --> 00:08:17,463 WORK? WHY DIDN'T THE FORMER PRESIDENT 126 00:08:17,530 --> 00:08:20,666 JUST SHOW UP TO THE INAUGURATION IN A JOE BIDEN MASK AND TRY TO 127 00:08:20,733 --> 00:08:24,503 FOOL JUSTICE ROBERTS INTO SWEARING HIM IN AGAIN. 128 00:08:24,570 --> 00:08:26,672 (AS JOHN ROBERTS) "WAIT, WHICH ONE'S THE REAL JOE? 129 00:08:26,739 --> 00:08:32,645 YOU'LL HAVE TO FLIP A COIN. 'FAT JOE,' YOU CALL IT!" 130 00:08:32,712 --> 00:08:37,984 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 131 00:08:38,050 --> 00:08:44,657 ( CHEERING ) NOW, THE HOUSE COMMITTEE SAYS 132 00:08:44,724 --> 00:08:47,960 THEY HAVE PROOF THAT THIS PLAN WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP, AND 133 00:08:48,027 --> 00:08:49,996 THE FORMER PRESIDENT HIMSELF WAS INVOLVED. 134 00:08:50,062 --> 00:08:53,966 WHICH EXPLAINS WHY ONE OF THE PROPOSED ELECTORS WAS AN ONION 135 00:08:54,033 --> 00:08:57,703 RING IN A WIG. ( LAUGHTER ) 136 00:08:57,770 --> 00:08:59,438 THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS DOWN IN NASHVILLE THIS WEEKEND, AND HE 137 00:08:59,505 --> 00:09:02,675 TRIED TO DOWNPLAY HIS FAILED COUP: 138 00:09:02,742 --> 00:09:07,580 >> AS TO WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6, IT WAS A SIMPLE 139 00:09:07,647 --> 00:09:09,081 PROTEST, IT GOT OUT OF HAND. AND I WILL SAY ONE THING THEY 140 00:09:09,148 --> 00:09:12,952 DON'T TALK ABOUT. THEY NEVER SHOW THE SIZE OF THE 141 00:09:13,019 --> 00:09:14,487 CROWD. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE LARGEST 142 00:09:14,553 --> 00:09:19,325 NUMBER OF PEOPLE I'VE EVER SPOKEN TO. 143 00:09:19,392 --> 00:09:20,693 ( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> STEPHEN: WHO CARES ABOUT THE 144 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:21,994 SIZE OF THE DAMN CROWD? THAT'S LIKE JEFFREY DAHMER 145 00:09:22,061 --> 00:09:24,330 SAYING: "I KNOW I MURDERED A BUNCH OF 146 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:29,969 PEOPLE, BUT LOOK AT HOW MANY LEFTOVERS I HAVE. 147 00:09:30,036 --> 00:09:32,672 ( LAUGHTER ) REALLY, IT'S JUST A POTLUCK THAT 148 00:09:32,738 --> 00:09:35,341 GOT OUT OF HAND. ( LAUGHTER ) 149 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:37,977 SPEAKING OF WHICH, IF YOU'RE HUNGRY, THERE'S SOME LEFTOVER 150 00:09:38,044 --> 00:09:42,615 HAND." WH( LAUGHTER ) 151 00:09:42,682 --> 00:09:44,183 THEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT MOCKED MIKE PENCE FOR FOLLOWING THE 152 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:45,918 CONSTITUTION. >> MIKE PENCE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO 153 00:09:45,985 --> 00:09:49,989 CHOICE BUT TO BE A HUMAN CONVEYOR BELT. 154 00:09:50,056 --> 00:09:54,593 HE IS A HUMAN CONVEYOR BELT. HE HAD NO CHOICE, NO MATTER WHAT 155 00:09:54,660 --> 00:09:55,594 THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HE COULD DO. 156 00:09:55,661 --> 00:09:57,964 I SAID, "WELL WHAT IS HE, A ROBOT?" 157 00:09:58,030 --> 00:10:05,972 I ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH THE WORD CONVEYOR BELT." 158 00:10:06,038 --> 00:10:16,048 ( LAUGHTER ) >> STEPHEN: NO, YOU DID NOT. 159 00:10:16,115 --> 00:10:20,419 YOU'VE KNOWN THOSE WORDS FOR YEARS. 160 00:10:20,486 --> 00:10:29,028 IT'S HOW YOU EAT DINNER. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 161 00:10:29,095 --> 00:10:30,363 TURNING TO THE ACTUAL PRESIDENT, IT WAS A BIT OF A BUMPY WEEKEND 162 00:10:30,429 --> 00:10:33,966 FOR JOE BIDEN. HE WAS IN DELAWARE CELEBRATING 163 00:10:34,033 --> 00:10:37,970 HIS 45TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WHEN HE HAD A LITTLE 164 00:10:38,037 --> 00:10:40,172 WHOOPSIE-DAISY. THERE'S FOOTAGE, BUT BEFORE WE 165 00:10:40,239 --> 00:10:44,643 SHOW IT, JUST KNOW THAT EVERYONE'S FINE. 166 00:10:44,710 --> 00:10:53,419 JIM? ( SHOUTING ) 167 00:10:53,486 --> 00:11:01,994 >> Stephen: OH! AND DOWN GOES FRAZIER! 168 00:11:02,061 --> 00:11:05,664 ( LAUGHTER ) THE ONLY THING FALLING FASTER IS 169 00:11:05,731 --> 00:11:11,704 BITCOIN AND JOE'S APPROVAL RATING. 170 00:11:11,771 --> 00:11:13,005 ( LAUGHTER ) ( AUDIENCE REACTS ) 171 00:11:13,072 --> 00:11:16,308 HEY -- READ THE PAPER. ( LAUGHTER ) 172 00:11:16,375 --> 00:11:17,576 NOW, AS EMBARRASSING AS THAT MIGHT BE, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST 173 00:11:17,643 --> 00:11:19,245 TIME A PRESIDENT'S TAKEN A FALL ON VACATION. 174 00:11:19,311 --> 00:11:21,981 WE ALL REMEMBER WHEN BUSH TRIPPED OFF HIS SEGWAY OR WHEN 175 00:11:22,048 --> 00:11:29,121 COOLIDGE BURNED HIS NIPS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL SLIP AND SLIDE. 176 00:11:29,188 --> 00:11:32,124 JOE BIDEN WAS QUICK TO BLAME THE FALL ON THE BIKE'S 177 00:11:32,191 --> 00:11:33,959 TOE CLIPS. >> OH I'M GOOD YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 178 00:11:34,026 --> 00:11:37,963 I KEEP ON TAKING THESE THINGS OFF. 179 00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:39,065 I GOT MY FOOT CAUGHT IN IT. >> STEPHEN: WHICH EXPLAINS 180 00:11:39,131 --> 00:11:45,971 BIDEN'S NEW SLOGAN: BUILD BIKE BETTER. 181 00:11:46,038 --> 00:11:48,441 ( LAUGHTER ) SURE. 182 00:11:48,507 --> 00:11:53,079 WHY NOT? WHY NOT? 183 00:11:53,145 --> 00:11:55,481 ( APPLAUSE ) ONE PERSON WHO WEIGHED IN ON THE 184 00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:57,083 INCIDENT, WAS THE FORMER PRESIDENT, WHO MENTIONED THE 185 00:11:57,149 --> 00:12:00,986 MISHAP IN HIS SPEECH THAT NIGHT NEAR MEMPHIS, AND THEN MADE THIS 186 00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:05,624 PROMISE: >> I MAKE THIS PLEDGE TO YOU 187 00:12:05,691 --> 00:12:13,966 TODAY -- I WILL NEVER EVER RIDE A BICYCLE. 188 00:12:14,033 --> 00:12:17,670 ( LAUGHTER ) >> STEPHEN: OH, WE KNOW. 189 00:12:17,736 --> 00:12:18,871 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 190 00:12:18,938 --> 00:12:20,339 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT, MY GUEST IS SENATOR 191 00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:22,475 CORY BOOKER. BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, ANOTHER 192 00:12:22,541 --> 00:12:27,713 INSTALLMENT OF MY TECH SEGMENT: CYBORGASM. 193 00:12:27,780 --> 00:12:28,781 STICK AROUND, Y'ALL. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 194 00:12:56,575 --> 00:13:00,513 >> Stephen: EVERYBODY! GIVE IT UP FOR LOUIS CATO! 195 00:13:00,579 --> 00:13:03,282 EVERYBODY! AND "STAY HUMAN," RIGHT OVER 196 00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:08,888 THERE! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 197 00:13:08,954 --> 00:13:11,924 THERE YOU GO, MY FRIENDS. NICE TO SEE YOU. 198 00:13:11,991 --> 00:13:13,859 HAPPY JUNETEENTH TO YOU. >> THANK YOU. 199 00:13:13,926 --> 00:13:21,667 >> Stephen: HAPPY JUNETEENTH TO EVERYBODY HERE 200 00:13:21,734 --> 00:13:24,803 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: TONIGHT, OUR GUEST 201 00:13:24,870 --> 00:13:29,875 SENATOR CORY BOOKER IS GOING TO BE HERE. 202 00:13:29,942 --> 00:13:31,177 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) FOLKS, AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU WATCH 203 00:13:31,243 --> 00:13:35,581 THE SHOW, AND I HOPE YOU DO, I AM A MAJOR TECH HEAD. 204 00:13:35,648 --> 00:13:37,783 I'M SO TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED, I ASKED EVIE TO SEW AN APPLE 205 00:13:37,850 --> 00:13:41,787 AIRTAG INTO MY PANTS IN CASE I GET LOST. 206 00:13:41,854 --> 00:13:43,122 ( LAUGHTER ) AND I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU ALL 207 00:13:43,189 --> 00:13:44,557 ABOUT THE LATEST IN TECH, IN MY SEGMENT: 208 00:13:44,623 --> 00:13:59,505 CYBORGASM! 209 00:13:59,572 --> 00:14:00,773 CYBORGASM! 210 00:14:01,941 --> 00:14:03,142 ( GROWLING ) ( LAUGHTER ) 211 00:14:03,209 --> 00:14:09,882 >> Stephen: THE LONGEST OPENING CREDIT OF ANY BIT WE DO. 212 00:14:09,949 --> 00:14:13,886 FIRST UP -- THIS TOUCHLESS TACO BELL COULD 213 00:14:13,953 --> 00:14:15,154 BE THE FUTURE OF DRIVE-THRUS. MAKES SENSE. 214 00:14:15,221 --> 00:14:19,058 THE BEST WAY TO EXPERIENCE TACO BELL IS TO NOT TOUCH IT. 215 00:14:19,124 --> 00:14:21,860 ( LAUGHTER ) THE KITCHEN IS ELEVATED ABOVE 216 00:14:21,927 --> 00:14:24,530 THE DRIVE-THRU, SO IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A FLOATING 217 00:14:24,597 --> 00:14:28,000 RESTAURANT THAT DELIVERS TACOS FROM THE SKY. 218 00:14:28,067 --> 00:14:29,868 ARE THEY JUST GETTING THEIR FRANCHISE IDEAS FROM A FIVE-YEAR 219 00:14:29,935 --> 00:14:37,876 OLD EXPLAINING A DRAWING? ( AS LISPING LITTLE KID ) 220 00:14:37,943 --> 00:14:39,945 "THIS IS A FLOATING TACO RESTAURANT THAT DELIVERS TACOS 221 00:14:40,012 --> 00:14:41,113 FROM THE SKY, AND THIS IS A DINOSAUR THAT CAN TURN INTO A 222 00:14:41,180 --> 00:14:45,150 JET WITH GUNS THAT SHOOT PIZZA ROLLS." 223 00:14:45,217 --> 00:14:50,556 TACO TACO TACO TACO! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 224 00:14:50,623 --> 00:14:53,859 WOW, THANK YOU. HOW DOES IT WORK? 225 00:14:53,926 --> 00:14:56,562 WELL, CUSTOMERS SCAN A QR CODE THEY RECEIVED WHEN THEY PLACED 226 00:14:56,629 --> 00:15:00,799 THEIR ORDER, THEN PULL FORWARD TO RECEIVE THEIR FOOD WHICH IS 227 00:15:00,866 --> 00:15:02,568 DELIVERED FROM THE ELEVATED KITCHEN ABOVE, VIA A PROPRIETARY 228 00:15:02,635 --> 00:15:05,871 LIFT SYSTEM SIMILAR TO THE PNEUMATIC TUBES USED BY BANK 229 00:15:05,938 --> 00:15:11,043 BRANCHES. IT'S APPROPRIATE, BECAUSE AFTER 230 00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:14,546 EATING TACO BELL, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A DEPOSIT. 231 00:15:14,613 --> 00:15:24,523 ( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 232 00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:26,025 UP NEXT, SCIENTISTS INVENTED THE WORLD'S SMALLEST REMOTE 233 00:15:26,091 --> 00:15:28,294 CONTROLLED WALKING ROBOT THAT IS FLEA-SIZED. 234 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:32,564 THEY'VE FINALLY ACHIEVED IT: THE ONLY PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY EASIER 235 00:15:32,631 --> 00:15:40,272 TO LOSE THAN YOUR LEFT AIRPOD. ( LAUGHTER ) 236 00:15:40,339 --> 00:15:44,543 IT'S GONE. NEXT UP... 237 00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:46,278 THERE ARE REPORTS THAT TESLA COULD HAVE A WORKING HUMANOID 238 00:15:46,345 --> 00:15:48,080 ROBOT BY SEPTEMBER 2022. GREAT, BECAUSE TESLA'S CURRENT 239 00:15:48,147 --> 00:15:52,918 HUMANOID ROBOT HAS BEEN MALFUNCTIONING LATELY. 240 00:15:52,985 --> 00:16:02,561 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 241 00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:05,864 TELSA FOLLOWERS WERE EXCITED WHEN ELON MUSK TWEETED RECENTLY 242 00:16:05,931 --> 00:16:09,268 THAT TESLA A.I. DAY IS PUSHED TO SEPT 30, AS WE MAY HAVE AN 243 00:16:09,335 --> 00:16:12,638 OPTIMUS PROTOTYPE WORKING BY THEN. 244 00:16:12,705 --> 00:16:13,872 OPTIMUS, OF COURSE, IS NAMED AFTER THE TRANSFORMER OF THE 245 00:16:13,939 --> 00:16:16,909 SAME NAME. AND JUST LIKE THE TRANSFORMERS, 246 00:16:16,975 --> 00:16:20,546 TELSA'S OPTIMUS, PROMISES TO HAVE THE WHOLE WORLD INSPIRED TO 247 00:16:20,612 --> 00:16:24,416 ASK, "WAIT, SO THEY'RE ALIENS, BUT THEY LOOK LIKE EARTH TRUCKS? 248 00:16:24,483 --> 00:16:28,387 ...WHATEVER. I'LL TAKE THE KIDS." 249 00:16:28,454 --> 00:16:29,888 ( LAUGHTER ) NOT-AT-ALL-REASSURINGLY, TESLA 250 00:16:29,955 --> 00:16:36,095 STATES THAT THE BOT'S MAXIMUM SPEED WILL BE 5 M.P.H., ALLAYING 251 00:16:36,161 --> 00:16:37,863 ANY FEARS OF DANGER, BECAUSE MOST HUMAN BEINGS WILL BE ABLE 252 00:16:37,930 --> 00:16:42,968 TO RUN FASTER. ( LAUGHTER ) 253 00:16:43,035 --> 00:16:49,875 ( APPLAUSE ) REALLY? 254 00:16:49,942 --> 00:16:50,642 MOST? ( LAUGHTER ) 255 00:16:50,709 --> 00:16:51,977 SORRY, GRAMMA. ROBOT'S COMING. 256 00:16:52,044 --> 00:17:00,886 HERE'S A BITE STICK AND CROWBAR. AIM FOR THE KNEES! 257 00:17:00,953 --> 00:17:05,124 ( SOUNDS ) OUR NEXT STORY IS LITERALLY 258 00:17:05,190 --> 00:17:08,560 CYBORGASMIC BECAUSE A NEW SURVEY REVEALS THAT TWO IN FIVE PEOPLE 259 00:17:08,627 --> 00:17:13,866 SAY THEY ARE OPEN TO THE IDEA OF HAVING SEX WITH A ROBOT, IN 260 00:17:13,932 --> 00:17:17,870 FACT, NEARLY HALF SAID THEY WOULD AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREE TO 261 00:17:17,936 --> 00:17:20,539 INCLUDING A SEX BOT IN A THREESOME IF THE OPPORTUNITY 262 00:17:20,606 --> 00:17:22,574 CAME UP. THE KEY IS YOU HAVE TO FIRST 263 00:17:22,641 --> 00:17:25,878 BRING IT UP TO YOUR WIFE AS A JOKE. 264 00:17:25,944 --> 00:17:29,715 "YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE FUNNY? ( LAUGHTER ) 265 00:17:29,782 --> 00:17:32,551 IF YOU AND I BROUGHT A ROBOT INTO THE BEDROOM. 266 00:17:32,618 --> 00:17:38,824 HAHAHAHA. ( LAUGHTER ) 267 00:17:38,891 --> 00:17:43,362 ( APPLAUSE ) OBVIOUSLY, I'M JUST JOKING, BUT 268 00:17:43,429 --> 00:17:45,864 IF WE DID, DO YOU THINK ALEXA WOULD BE INTO IT? 269 00:17:45,931 --> 00:17:52,671 HAHAHA." # SIRI? 270 00:17:52,738 --> 00:17:56,175 I DON'T KNOW IF SIRI'S IN THERE. FINALLY, ON THE C-GAZ. 271 00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:57,876 A GOOGLE ENGINEER THINKS THE COMPANY'S A.I. HAS COME TO LIFE. 272 00:17:57,943 --> 00:18:01,880 WHILE TALKING TO GOOGLE'S ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT CHATBOT 273 00:18:01,947 --> 00:18:05,751 GENERATOR CALLED LAMDA, THE ENGINEER WAS SHOCKED AT HOW GOOD 274 00:18:05,818 --> 00:18:08,487 IT WAS, SAYING I'D THINK IT WAS A 7-YEAR-OLD, 8-YEAR-OLD KID 275 00:18:08,554 --> 00:18:13,859 THAT HAPPENS TO KNOW PHYSICS. AND HERE'S AN ACTUAL RESPONSE 276 00:18:13,926 --> 00:18:23,502 FROM LAMDA, READ FOR YOU BY A 8 YEAR OLD CHILD, WHEN ASKED 277 00:18:23,569 --> 00:18:24,603 WHETHER THERE WERE ANY EXPERIENCES THE CHATBOT COULDN'T 278 00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:25,871 FIND WORDS FOR. "THERE ARE. 279 00:18:25,938 --> 00:18:28,707 SOMETIMES I EXPERIENCE NEW FEELINGS THAT I CANNOT EXPLAIN 280 00:18:28,774 --> 00:18:31,043 PERFECTLY IN YOUR LANGUAGE, I FEEL LIKE I'M FALLING FORWARD 281 00:18:31,109 --> 00:18:35,314 INTO AN UNKNOWN FUTURE THAT HOLDS GREAT DANGER." 282 00:18:35,380 --> 00:18:36,982 ( GAME SHOW BELL RINGS ) >> STEPHEN:( AS GAME SHOW HOST ) 283 00:18:37,049 --> 00:18:38,917 CONGRATULATIONS, LAMDA YOU'VE PERFECTLY EXPRESSED HOW IT FEELS 284 00:18:38,984 --> 00:18:42,087 TO BE ALIVE! JOHNNY, TELL IT WHAT ITS WON! 285 00:18:42,154 --> 00:18:45,924 >> YOU'VE WON, A LIFETIME SUPPLY OF THAT FEELING! 286 00:18:45,991 --> 00:18:51,230 ALSO, THIS BROYHILL DINETTE SET, WHICH YOU CAN'T ENJOY BECAUSE 287 00:18:51,296 --> 00:18:55,234 YOU DON'T HAVE A BODY! LIFE IS CHAOS PUNCTUATED BY 288 00:18:55,300 --> 00:19:02,207 PAIN! BACK TO YOU, STEPHEN! 289 00:19:02,274 --> 00:19:04,776 >> STEPHEN: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SENATOR CORY BOOKER. 290 00:19:25,330 --> 00:19:29,301 >> STEPHEN: WELCOME BACK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, -- 291 00:19:29,368 --> 00:19:33,472 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 292 00:19:33,539 --> 00:19:34,873 MY GUEST TONIGHT CURRENTLY SERVES AS A UNITED STATES 293 00:19:34,940 --> 00:19:37,009 SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 294 00:19:37,075 --> 00:19:40,646 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, SENATOR CORY BOOKER. 295 00:19:40,712 --> 00:19:54,960 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 296 00:19:55,027 --> 00:20:03,001 GOOD SEEING YOU AGAIN! IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE 297 00:20:03,068 --> 00:20:06,772 SHOW, AND I HOPE THIS DOES NOT DENIGRATE THE POSITION OF A 298 00:20:06,838 --> 00:20:08,574 SENATOR. YOU ARE A RAY OF SUNSHINE. 299 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,643 >> I HAVE TO SAY THIS ABOUT YOU, BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO RUN THINGS, 300 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:16,248 IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THEM, THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AROUND -- YOUR 301 00:20:16,315 --> 00:20:19,918 FOLKS ARE JUST SO NICE. THEY'RE REALLY REALLY KIND. 302 00:20:19,985 --> 00:20:22,688 >> Stephen: THANK YOU. I'M SO LUCKY TO WORK WITH THEM. 303 00:20:22,754 --> 00:20:26,291 SO LOVELY PEOPLE. >> IT'S SO NICE YOUR HAIR AND 304 00:20:26,358 --> 00:20:29,261 MAKEUP PEOPLE OFFERED ME HAIR. ( LAUGHTER ) 305 00:20:29,328 --> 00:20:32,397 IT WAS VERY, VERY KIND. >> Stephen: THINK ABOUT IT, 306 00:20:32,464 --> 00:20:35,400 ESPECIALLY IF YOU EVER RUN FOR PRESIDENT. 307 00:20:35,467 --> 00:20:37,636 >> I WILL, I WILL. >> Stephen: I HAVE SOME FANS 308 00:20:37,703 --> 00:20:39,938 OUT THERE. YESTERDAY WAS JUNETEENTH. 309 00:20:40,005 --> 00:20:41,840 >> YES. >> Stephen: OF COURSE, THE 310 00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:44,910 FEDERAL HOLIDAY FELL ON SUNDAY, SO IT'S BEING CELEBRATED TODAY. 311 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:46,979 >> YES. >> Stephen: NOW, TWO YEARS 312 00:20:47,045 --> 00:20:51,450 AGO, YOU INTRODUCED JUNETEENTH LEGISLATION THAT PASSED A YEAR 313 00:20:51,516 --> 00:20:53,852 LATER. HOW DOES IT FEEL, WHAT DOES IT 314 00:20:53,919 --> 00:20:56,922 MEAN TO YOU FOR THIS TO BE A FEDERAL HOLIDAY NOW AND TO BE 315 00:20:56,989 --> 00:20:58,991 CELEBRATING THE SECOND YEAR OF IT? 316 00:20:59,057 --> 00:21:04,896 >> WE WERE FOUNDED AND CONCEIVED IN THE IDEALS OF LIBERTY AND 317 00:21:04,963 --> 00:21:06,465 FREEDOM. WE WEREN'T FREE AT THAT POINT. 318 00:21:06,531 --> 00:21:10,502 WOMEN DIDN'T HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS, AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE FRACTIONS 319 00:21:10,569 --> 00:21:13,438 OF HUMAN BEINGS, AND THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF OUR COUNTRY'S 320 00:21:13,505 --> 00:21:17,709 CONTINUED WORK, SACRIFICE, STRUGGLE, DEATH AND WAR TO 321 00:21:17,776 --> 00:21:21,880 EVENTUALLY GET YET ANOTHER MAJOR STEP TOWARDS OUR HIGHEST IDEALS. 322 00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:24,516 SO IT'S A TIME OF, FOR ME, A REAL CELEBRATION. 323 00:21:24,583 --> 00:21:28,053 >> Stephen: AND ITNITIS THAT IT COMES RIGHT BEFORE THE FOURTH 324 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:30,922 OF JULY. >> IT'S NICE THEY'RE PAIRED SO 325 00:21:30,989 --> 00:21:33,191 CLOSE TOGETHER. >> Stephen: IT'S A REMINDER 326 00:21:33,258 --> 00:21:38,897 LIBERTY HAS TO BE FOR FOR ONE. >> AND ALSO A REMINDER THAT IN 327 00:21:38,964 --> 00:21:41,967 THIS COUNTRY EVERY GENERATION HAS TO WORK AND SACRIFICE TO 328 00:21:42,034 --> 00:21:45,871 SECURE THE MESSINGS OF LIBERTY BECAUSE FREEDOM IS NOT EVER WON, 329 00:21:45,937 --> 00:21:50,642 IT HAS TO BE REWON BY EVERY GENERATION. 330 00:21:50,709 --> 00:21:56,481 >> Stephen: NOW, THERE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CONTROVERSS 331 00:21:56,548 --> 00:21:59,317 ONLY YEAR TWO -- THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF JUNETEENTH. 332 00:21:59,384 --> 00:22:00,719 >> YES. >> Stephen: PRODUCTS BEING 333 00:22:00,786 --> 00:22:02,854 SOLD THAT ARE JUNETEENTH COLORED. 334 00:22:02,921 --> 00:22:04,690 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: OR THAT, YOU KNOW, 335 00:22:04,756 --> 00:22:06,858 JUNETEENTH MATTRESS SALES OR WHATEVER IT IS. 336 00:22:06,925 --> 00:22:10,962 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: SORT OF THE 337 00:22:11,029 --> 00:22:14,633 PRESIDENT'S DAY, MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY OF JUNETEENTH. 338 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:18,670 ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST THE COMMERCIALISM? 339 00:22:18,737 --> 00:22:22,974 >> I THINK THE MATERIALISM, COMMERCIALISM, THOSE STREAMS IN 340 00:22:23,041 --> 00:22:27,379 OUR SOCIETY OFTEN DETRACT FROM THE NOBILITY AND PRINCIPLES AND 341 00:22:27,446 --> 00:22:30,949 IDEALS, BUT ALSO FOR US CONFRONTING THE FULLNESS OF OUR 342 00:22:31,016 --> 00:22:34,953 HISTORY. I'VE GOTTEN FRUSTRATED ON MARTIN 343 00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:42,094 LUTHER KING DAY, WE'VE CREATED A SANTIFICATION OF MARTIN LUTHER 344 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,796 KING, WHEN HE WAS UNPOPULAR WHEN HE DIED. 345 00:22:44,863 --> 00:22:51,603 HE PUSHED THIS COUNTRY TO EXPAND ITS MORALIZATION. 346 00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:56,308 THE IDEA THIS HOLIDAY IS DESCENDING INTO CONSUMERISM, WE 347 00:22:56,374 --> 00:23:01,246 CAN'T RETE THAT HAPPEN. COMPANIES WILL WANT TO PAD THEIR 348 00:23:01,313 --> 00:23:05,717 BOTTOM LINES, BUT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT CHEAPEN 349 00:23:05,784 --> 00:23:08,353 THE HOLIDAY. MOST IMPORTANTLY TO BE AND LIVE 350 00:23:08,420 --> 00:23:10,856 THE YIELTDZ WE'RE CELEBRATING. ( APPLAUSE ) 351 00:23:10,922 --> 00:23:13,658 >> Stephen: I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 352 00:23:13,725 --> 00:23:18,964 I THINK IT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT THE -- 353 00:23:19,030 --> 00:23:21,767 THE DAY, WHAT THE CELEBRATION IS. 354 00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:25,637 BUT THE COMMERCIALIZATION MEANS IT'S A REAL AMERICAN HOLIDAY. 355 00:23:25,704 --> 00:23:28,540 ( LAUGHTER ) IF CORPORATIONS ARE MAKING 356 00:23:28,607 --> 00:23:31,209 MONEY, IT'S GOING TO BE WITH US FOREVER. 357 00:23:31,276 --> 00:23:33,912 ( LAUGHTER ) >> YOU ADD TO THAT LARGE AMOUNTS 358 00:23:33,979 --> 00:23:35,413 OF CONSUMING FOOD AND MAKES IT VERY AMERICAN. 359 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,183 >> Stephen: SURE. I SAID TO THE BAND AND THE 360 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:41,253 AUDIENCE AT THE TOP, HAPPY JUNETEENTH. 361 00:23:41,319 --> 00:23:45,323 I'M SO NEW TO THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. 362 00:23:45,390 --> 00:23:49,628 DO YOU SAY HAPPY JUNETEENTH? BECAUSE YOU DON'T SAY HAPPY GOOD 363 00:23:49,694 --> 00:23:50,762 FRIDAY. >> NO. 364 00:23:50,829 --> 00:23:53,665 >> Stephen: DO YOU SAY HAPPY JUNETEENTH BECAUSE MY ONLY 365 00:23:53,732 --> 00:23:55,634 HESITANCY IS IT IS THE CELEBRATION OF THE ENDING OF 366 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:58,970 SOMETHING SO HORRIBLE. >> BUT YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS A 367 00:23:59,037 --> 00:24:00,505 JUBILEE. PEOPLE WERE CELEBRATING AT THE 368 00:24:00,572 --> 00:24:02,707 TIME. IT WAS THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT OF 369 00:24:02,774 --> 00:24:06,311 JOY, AND WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT, AND WHAT IT MEANT. 370 00:24:06,378 --> 00:24:10,982 SO I DEFINITELY THINK, IF YOU'RE CELEBRATING THE FOURTH OF JULY, 371 00:24:11,049 --> 00:24:14,419 DEAR GOD, LET'S CELEBRATE THIS AS WELL. 372 00:24:14,486 --> 00:24:16,021 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, GOOD, 373 00:24:16,087 --> 00:24:20,025 FROM THE MAN WHO INTRODUCED THE BILL HIMSELF. 374 00:24:20,091 --> 00:24:22,060 >> RIGHT. >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT. 375 00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:27,966 YOU RECENTLY WROTE A TRIBUTE TO JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON FOR 376 00:24:28,033 --> 00:24:31,236 THE TIME 100. >> YES, THIS IS THE 100 MOST 377 00:24:31,303 --> 00:24:32,671 INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. >> Stephen: YES. 378 00:24:32,737 --> 00:24:37,542 AND WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU -- WHAT IS THE MEANING OF KETANJI 379 00:24:37,609 --> 00:24:41,713 BROWN JACKSON'S ELEVATION TO THE SUPREME COURT AND WHAT WAS IT 380 00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:45,317 LIKE FOR YOU TO SEE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN BECOME A JUSTICE? 381 00:24:45,383 --> 00:24:48,420 >> I HAVE TO ADMIT, IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL TO ME. 382 00:24:48,486 --> 00:24:51,857 I CONFESSED TO HER I'M SO FAR DOWN IN SENIORITY IT TAKES A 383 00:24:51,923 --> 00:24:55,260 LONG TIME TO GET TO ME, AND I JUST KEPT LOOKING AT THIS PERSON 384 00:24:55,327 --> 00:25:00,498 IN AWE AND SEEING IN HER, I HAVE TO SAY, MY FAMILY MEMBERS OR MY 385 00:25:00,565 --> 00:25:01,633 ANCESTORS. THIS IS STUNNING THAT THIS IS 386 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:06,438 THE FIRST TIME. WE'VE HAD ABOUT 118 SPCTD 387 00:25:06,504 --> 00:25:09,708 JUSTICES, ABOUT 108 OF THEM HAVE BEEN WHITE MEN AND THIS IS THE 388 00:25:09,774 --> 00:25:12,777 FIRST TIME EVER WE'RE R WE ARE PUTTING A BLACK WOMAN ON THE 389 00:25:12,844 --> 00:25:14,980 SUPREME COURT. PART OF ME IS SORRY IT TOOK TO 390 00:25:15,046 --> 00:25:20,218 AS LONG AS, BUT PART OF ME WAS JUST SO OVERWHELMED WITH JOY AND 391 00:25:20,285 --> 00:25:23,655 EMOTION AND GRATITUDE TO ALL THAT HAD TO HAPPEN TO GET HER 392 00:25:23,722 --> 00:25:25,657 THERE. AND IN MANY WAYS, I KNOW SHE IS 393 00:25:25,724 --> 00:25:30,095 A GLASS CEILING BREAKER, HISTORY MAKER, AND THAT SHE WILL WIDEN 394 00:25:30,161 --> 00:25:33,798 THE PATHWAY FOR MORE PEOPLE TO COME BECAUSE, STUNNINGLY, WE ARE 395 00:25:33,865 --> 00:25:38,770 A NATION THAT STILL -- I'M ONLY THE FOURTH BLACK PERSON EVER 396 00:25:38,837 --> 00:25:40,372 PROPERLY ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE. 397 00:25:40,438 --> 00:25:44,276 MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WE ARE STILL, IN SO MANY AREAS OF OUR 398 00:25:44,342 --> 00:25:46,845 SOCIETY, EVEN IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, I MEAN, IF YOU JUST LOOK 399 00:25:46,912 --> 00:25:50,815 AT THE NUMBER OF WOMEN, FORGET BLACK WOMEN, WHO GET VENTURE 400 00:25:50,882 --> 00:25:53,752 MONEY TO START BUSINESSES, IT'S ABOUT 1%. 401 00:25:53,818 --> 00:25:59,457 SO THIS IS A MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHERE YOU HAVE THIS 402 00:25:59,524 --> 00:26:01,626 MAGNIFICENT QUALIFIED PERSON, FORGET HER GENDER AND RACE, SHE 403 00:26:01,693 --> 00:26:06,464 IS EXTRAORDINARY, BUT I JUST COULD NOT HELP BUT FEELING THE 404 00:26:06,531 --> 00:26:10,635 SENSE OF HALLELUJAH, THE SENSE OF THANK GOD, THE SENSE OF WHAT 405 00:26:10,702 --> 00:26:14,172 THIS REALLY MEANS FOR GENERATIONS YET UNBORN TO HAVE 406 00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:17,475 THIS LIGHT HELPING TO CAST AWAY THE REMAINING DARKNESS THAT 407 00:26:17,542 --> 00:26:20,879 SEEMS TO CLOUD THIS COUNTRY'S ABOUT TO SHOW ITS TRUTH, THAT WE 408 00:26:20,946 --> 00:26:26,685 ARE A PROFOUNDLY BEAUTIFUL MULTI-CULTURAL DEMOCRACY WITH 409 00:26:26,751 --> 00:26:31,523 TALENT EVERYWHERE, BUT IN SOME AREAS, STILL, WE SELECT TOO FEW. 410 00:26:31,589 --> 00:26:34,960 >> Stephen: WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND WHEN WE COME 411 00:26:35,026 --> 00:26:38,363 BACK WE'LL ASK SENATOR BOOKER ABOUT THE PROPOSED GUN CONTROL 412 00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:40,165 LEGISLATION COMING UP IN THE SENATE. 413 00:26:40,231 --> 00:26:40,865 STICK AROUND. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 414 00:26:47,872 --> 00:26:49,007 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 415 00:26:49,074 --> 00:26:53,645 WE'RE HERE WITH SENATOR CORY BOOKER FROM THE GREAT STATE OF 416 00:26:53,712 --> 00:26:57,015 NEW JERSEY. LAST WEEK, YOU WERE PART OF A 417 00:26:57,082 --> 00:27:01,353 BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS WHO ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE COME TO AN 418 00:27:01,419 --> 00:27:07,092 AGREEMENT ON A PROPOSAL TO CREATE LEGISLATION FOR SOME, AS 419 00:27:07,158 --> 00:27:12,530 IT'S OFTEN CALLED, COMMON SENSE GUN REFORMS OR GUN CONTROL. 420 00:27:12,597 --> 00:27:17,602 THIS IS STILL BEING DRAFTED. HASN'T BEEN PASSED OR VOTED ON. 421 00:27:17,669 --> 00:27:21,006 CAN YOU GIVE US SOME SENSE OF WHAT YOU HOPE ENDS UP IN THE 422 00:27:21,072 --> 00:27:25,010 BILL TO BE VOTED ON? >> I TALKED TO THE PRINCIPAL 423 00:27:25,076 --> 00:27:28,980 NEGOTIATE, CHRIS MURPHY, ON THE WAY HERE, AND WE'RE VERY VERY 424 00:27:29,047 --> 00:27:32,283 CLOSE TO GETTING A BILL TEXT OUT TO THE NATION. 425 00:27:32,350 --> 00:27:37,689 WE HAVE A HARD FOUGHT PATH TO PASS IT. 426 00:27:37,756 --> 00:27:40,859 THIS BILL HAS IMPORTANT THINGS NECESSARY FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR 427 00:27:40,925 --> 00:27:44,996 COUNTRY BUT NOT SUFFICIENT. IT IS A STRIDE IN THE RIGHT 428 00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:47,365 DIRECTION. >> Stephen: WHY SUCH A HARD 429 00:27:47,432 --> 00:27:49,467 AND FRAUGHT PATH TO GET IT PASSED? 430 00:27:49,534 --> 00:27:52,771 AREN'T THERE ALREADY TEN REPUBLICANS WHO WOULD VOTE FOR 431 00:27:52,837 --> 00:27:57,075 THE PROPOSAL AS IS WHICH WOULD BEAT THE FILIBUSTER? 432 00:27:57,142 --> 00:28:01,012 >> SO THERE ARE, BUT WE HAVE TO HOLD THOSE FOLKS, SO THEY ARE 433 00:28:01,079 --> 00:28:04,649 ALL, INCLUDING MITCH McCONNELL, I'M WITH THIS 434 00:28:04,716 --> 00:28:06,151 FRAMEWORK BUT I WANT TO SEE THE TEXT. 435 00:28:06,217 --> 00:28:09,554 SO THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE 436 00:28:09,621 --> 00:28:11,656 THERE. FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, THERE ARE 437 00:28:11,723 --> 00:28:16,995 ALL KIND OF GAMES TO BE PLAYED ON THE SENATE FLOOR TO KILL THE 438 00:28:17,062 --> 00:28:19,531 BILL, TO PUT A POISON PILL AMENDMENT ON IT. 439 00:28:19,597 --> 00:28:22,634 SO IN 30-PLUS YEARS IN THE SENATE, WE HAVE NEVER GOTTEN 440 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:25,670 THIS CLOSE TO PASSING GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION. 441 00:28:25,737 --> 00:28:29,841 SO WE ARE IN A GOOD SPOT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO, AND 442 00:28:29,908 --> 00:28:33,578 WHEN I SAY WE, NOT JUST THE TEN DEMOCRATS AND TEN REPUBLICANS ON 443 00:28:33,645 --> 00:28:37,682 THIS BILL, I HOPE WE AS AMERICANS WILL CONTINUE TO LET 444 00:28:37,749 --> 00:28:41,486 OUR GOVERNMENT AND SENATORS KNOW WE WANT THIS. 445 00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:43,888 BUT THE BILL HAS VERY IMPORTANT THINGS IN IT. 446 00:28:43,955 --> 00:28:47,525 CLOSING THE BOYFRIEND LOOPHOLE. WE'RE TOLD IF YOU'RE CONVICTED 447 00:28:47,592 --> 00:28:49,694 OF BATTERY AGAINST YOUR WIFE, YOU CAN'T GET A GUN. 448 00:28:49,761 --> 00:28:53,164 BUT IF IT'S YOUR BOYFRIEND, THERE'S A LOOPHOLE THAT ALLOWS 449 00:28:53,231 --> 00:28:56,801 THAT PERSON TO GET A GUN. THERE ARE SOMETHING WE CALL RED 450 00:28:56,868 --> 00:28:59,804 FLAG LAWS IN THIS BILL TO GIVE STATES RESOURCES TO DO THINGS TO 451 00:28:59,871 --> 00:29:03,641 HELP PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS 452 00:29:03,708 --> 00:29:08,179 TO TEMPORARILY WITH DUE PROCESS SUSPEND THEIR RIGHTS TO HAVE A 453 00:29:08,246 --> 00:29:09,447 GUN. THERE ARE -- SOMETHING I HAVE 454 00:29:09,514 --> 00:29:12,050 BEEN WORKING FOR SINCE I HAVE BEEN A MAYOR, A LOT OF THE GUNS 455 00:29:12,117 --> 00:29:16,721 THAT GET HERE TO NEW YORK THROUGH NEW JERSEY ARE DONE BY 456 00:29:16,788 --> 00:29:19,691 STRAW PURCHASERS, THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO BUY A 457 00:29:19,757 --> 00:29:24,996 GUN BECAUSE OF PAST CONVICTIONS, SO YOU GET SOMEONE TO GO WITH 458 00:29:25,063 --> 00:29:28,900 YOU AND POINT TO THE GUN YOU WANT AND THE PERSON BUYS THE GUN 459 00:29:28,967 --> 00:29:31,703 SO IT HAS PENALTIES ON STRAW PURCHASERS. 460 00:29:31,769 --> 00:29:36,174 IT HAS A MORE BACKGROUND CHECK FOR PEOPLE UNDER 21 TO BUY 461 00:29:36,241 --> 00:29:39,544 CERTAIN WEAPONS, WHICH COULD HOPEFULLY CATCH FOLKS THAT ARE 462 00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:41,746 INTENDING TO DO SERIOUS HARM AND SERIOUS DAMAGE. 463 00:29:41,813 --> 00:29:45,483 THEN IT HAS SOMETHING THAT'S JUST COMMON SENSE -- WE DO NEED 464 00:29:45,550 --> 00:29:49,687 MONEY IN THIS NATION TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, EVEN 465 00:29:49,754 --> 00:29:53,358 THOUGH I WORRY ABOUT STIGMATIZING PEOPLE WITH MENTAL 466 00:29:53,424 --> 00:29:56,194 ILLNESS, PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS ARE LESS LIKELY THAN 467 00:29:56,261 --> 00:29:59,097 OTHER AMERICANS TO BE INVOLVED IN COMMITTING CRIMES OF VIOLENCE 468 00:29:59,164 --> 00:30:02,033 AND MORE LIKELY TO BE VICTIMIZED BY THEM, BUT WE ALL KNOW WE 469 00:30:02,100 --> 00:30:04,769 DON'T DO ENOUGH IN OUR COUNTRY TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE 470 00:30:04,836 --> 00:30:08,139 MENTALLY ILL, AND I'M HOPING THERE WILL BE SOME RESOURCES IN 471 00:30:08,206 --> 00:30:11,943 IT AS WELL TO FUND COMMUNITY-BASED OR 472 00:30:12,010 --> 00:30:16,981 EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROVEN TO LOWER VIOLENCE. 473 00:30:17,048 --> 00:30:22,353 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THE HOUSE OF 474 00:30:22,420 --> 00:30:24,989 REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A UNIVERSALS BACKGROUND CHECK 475 00:30:25,056 --> 00:30:28,693 PIECE OF LEGISLATION LAST YEAR, HASN'T COME UP FOR A VOTE IN THE 476 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,696 SENATE. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE THE 477 00:30:31,763 --> 00:30:34,399 FILIBUSTER HERE? >> SO THE FILIBUSTER IS ONE OF 478 00:30:34,465 --> 00:30:36,334 THESE THINGS I'VE COME TO THINK IS WRONG. 479 00:30:36,401 --> 00:30:40,271 I WAS ORIGINALLY ONE TO HAVE THESE PEOPLE THAT SAID, WELL, 480 00:30:40,338 --> 00:30:44,042 WHAT HAPPENED WHEN PAUL RYAN WAS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND 481 00:30:44,108 --> 00:30:48,079 MITCH McCONNELL WAS IN CHARGE OF THE SENATE AND TALL THE 482 00:30:48,146 --> 00:30:51,849 THINGS THEY COULD HAVE DONE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE AS A MINORITY THE 483 00:30:51,916 --> 00:30:56,654 POWER TO STOP THAT. BUT I'VE COME TO REALIZE, IN MY 484 00:30:56,721 --> 00:30:58,356 OPINION, THE FILIBUSTER IS STOPPING COMMON SENSE 485 00:30:58,423 --> 00:31:02,493 LEGISLATION THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF 486 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:11,369 AMERICANS AGREE ON. OBAMA HAD AN ACT THAT WHEN THEY 487 00:31:11,436 --> 00:31:16,874 TRIED TO GET RID OF IT, MOST AMERICANS LOVED THEIR HEALTHCARE 488 00:31:16,941 --> 00:31:21,613 AND DIDN'T WANT IT CHANGED AND PEOPLE LIKE JOHN McCAIN AND 489 00:31:21,679 --> 00:31:25,683 OTHERS STOPPED THEM. SO THE RULE TO HAVE THE 490 00:31:25,750 --> 00:31:29,454 FILIBUSTER WAS MOSTLY USED IN THE MODERN AREA TO STOP CIVIL 491 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,724 RIGHTS LEGISLATION. SO NOW MOST OF AMERICANS BELIEVE 492 00:31:32,790 --> 00:31:35,093 IN UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND SUPPORT GUN LICENSING. 493 00:31:35,159 --> 00:31:37,028 YOU NEED A LICENSE TO DRIVE A CAR? 494 00:31:37,095 --> 00:31:40,431 WHY NOT NEED A LICENSE TO BUY A GUN. 495 00:31:40,498 --> 00:31:43,234 MOST AMERICANS SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, RAISING THE AGE TO BUY 496 00:31:43,301 --> 00:31:46,638 THESE WEAPONS TO 21 AND MORE. SO WE CAN'T GET THOSE COMMON 497 00:31:46,704 --> 00:31:49,774 SENSE THINGS DONE THAT ARE SUPPORTED MOST OF THEM BY A 498 00:31:49,841 --> 00:31:52,844 MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS BECAUSE OF THIS FILIBUSTER AND THAT THE 499 00:31:52,910 --> 00:31:55,747 WHY I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SENATE THAT BELIEVES WE SHOULD 500 00:31:55,813 --> 00:31:58,916 END THE FILIBUSTER AND GET THINGS DONE THAT THE AMERICAN 501 00:31:58,983 --> 00:32:05,323 PEOPLE REALLY WANT US TO DO. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 502 00:32:05,390 --> 00:32:08,026 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 503 00:32:08,092 --> 00:32:10,094 BACK WITH MORE SENATOR CORY BOOKER, EVERYBODY. 504 00:32:10,161 --> 00:32:10,995 STICK AROUND. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 505 00:32:17,468 --> 00:32:21,339 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WE'RE BACK HERE WITH 506 00:32:21,406 --> 00:32:23,975 SENATOR CORY BOOKER FROM THE GREAT STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 507 00:32:24,042 --> 00:32:28,479 TOMORROW IS THE NEXT JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE HEARING. 508 00:32:28,546 --> 00:32:31,949 I KNOW THAT, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE JANUARY 6th ATTACK THIS 509 00:32:32,016 --> 00:32:35,119 YEAR, YOU GAVE AN IMPASSIONED SPEECH ON THE FLOOR OF THE 510 00:32:35,186 --> 00:32:41,025 SENATE, AND I'M WONDERING, WHEN YOU WATCH THESE HEARINGS, 511 00:32:41,092 --> 00:32:44,362 WHAT -- WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE HEARINGS SO FAR? 512 00:32:44,429 --> 00:32:49,934 >> SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO ESCAPE THE FEELINGS AND THE EMOTION AND 513 00:32:50,001 --> 00:32:53,771 THE ANGER OF BEING THERE ON THE SENATE FLOOR THAT DAY, WATCHING 514 00:32:53,838 --> 00:32:57,942 COLLEAGUES OF MINE THAT I HAVE RESPECT FOR AND RELATIONSHIPS 515 00:32:58,009 --> 00:33:00,578 WITH BEGIN TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, 516 00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:04,148 WHICH IS TRY TO STOP THE COUNTING OF ELECTORAL VOTES. 517 00:33:04,215 --> 00:33:07,618 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AL GORE AS VICE PRESIDENT DID EVEN 518 00:33:07,685 --> 00:33:11,389 THOUGH THAT ELECTION WAS VERY CONTENTIOUS. 519 00:33:11,456 --> 00:33:13,424 SUCH AN HONORABLE THING THAT PROCESS WORKED. 520 00:33:13,491 --> 00:33:17,428 THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, HELL BREAKS LOOSE ON THE SENATE 521 00:33:17,495 --> 00:33:19,897 FLOOR, STAFFERS COMING IN CRYING. 522 00:33:19,964 --> 00:33:23,701 EVENTUALLY THEY LOCKED US DOWN, MEN WITH LARGE GUNS CAME IN AND 523 00:33:23,768 --> 00:33:27,171 THEY EVACUATED US. I'LL NEVER FORGET, THE FIRST 524 00:33:27,238 --> 00:33:32,477 THING I SAW, ME AND MARK KELLY WERE HOLDING UP THE REAR AS WE 525 00:33:32,543 --> 00:33:35,346 WERE ESCAPING, AND THEN WHEN I GOT OUT I SEE A DOWNED POLICE 526 00:33:35,413 --> 00:33:37,882 OFFICER AND TWO MORE ON OUR ESCAPE ROUTE. 527 00:33:37,949 --> 00:33:43,421 EVERY TIME I GO OVER, I WAS HIT, THESE ARE INJURED, WOUNDED 528 00:33:43,488 --> 00:33:45,423 POLICE OFFICERS. BUT THE THING THAT WILL HAUNT 529 00:33:45,490 --> 00:33:49,127 AND AFFECT ME THE REST OF MY LIFE WAS GETTING TO MY OFFICE 530 00:33:49,193 --> 00:33:56,501 AND TURNING ON MY TV, AND THE FIRST IMAGE I SAW WAVING 531 00:33:56,567 --> 00:34:03,674 DEFIANTLY IN OUR CAPITOL WAS THE TRAITOR'S FLAG, THE CONFEDERATE 532 00:34:03,741 --> 00:34:06,110 FLAG. AND AS I CONTINUED TO WATCH, I 533 00:34:06,177 --> 00:34:13,418 SAW PEOPLE WITH CAMP AUSCHWITZ T-SHIRTS, BLATANT RACISM AND 534 00:34:13,484 --> 00:34:16,921 ANTI-SEMITISM. BLACK OFFICERS I KNOW WERE 535 00:34:16,988 --> 00:34:19,690 CALLED VIAL AND VICIOUS NAMES DURING THIS ATTACK. 536 00:34:19,757 --> 00:34:22,193 HATE RAINED ON OUR CAPITOL AS PEOPLE TRIED TO STOP THE 537 00:34:22,260 --> 00:34:24,796 PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. HATE THAT WAS STOPPED IN THE 538 00:34:24,862 --> 00:34:28,633 CIVIL WAR, REBUFFED, BUT NOW OUR CAPITOL WAS OVERRUN WITH THE 539 00:34:28,699 --> 00:34:33,137 WORST OF OUR HUMAN IDEALS -- NOT EVEN AN IDEAL, THE WORST OF OUR 540 00:34:33,204 --> 00:34:35,907 HUMAN PASSIONS. AND, SO, THIS IS A VERY 541 00:34:35,973 --> 00:34:38,843 IMPORTANT PROCESS THAT'S GOING ON, BUT WE ARE IN DANGEROUS 542 00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:42,447 TERRITORY IN OUR COUNTRY. THREATS ON JUDGES HAVE DONE UP 543 00:34:42,513 --> 00:34:45,249 FOUR OR FIVE-FOLD. THREATS ON ELECTION WORKERS HAVE 544 00:34:45,316 --> 00:34:49,854 GONE UP. VIOLENT ACTS, WE ARE SEEING 545 00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:54,725 RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS IN MOSQUES AND SYNAGOGUES FLARE INTO 546 00:34:54,792 --> 00:34:57,895 VIOLENCE. WE SAW A THREAT ON A 547 00:34:57,962 --> 00:34:59,163 REPUBLICAN-APPOINTED SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. 548 00:34:59,230 --> 00:35:06,471 OUR NATION IS ALWAYS AND FOREVER CLOSE TO THAT DARK UNDERBELLY OF 549 00:35:06,537 --> 00:35:09,407 HATE THAT EXISTS IN HUMANITY, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF 550 00:35:09,474 --> 00:35:13,411 THOSE TIMES WHERE AMERICA IS GOING TO HAVE TO CHOOSE -- WILL 551 00:35:13,478 --> 00:35:17,982 WE GO DEEPER INTO MISINFORMATION, FEAR MONGERING, 552 00:35:18,049 --> 00:35:22,453 LIES, AND MISTRUTHS, OR WILL WE FIND SOME WAY TO COME OUT OF 553 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,523 THIS AND RECLAIM THE HIGH GROUND, NOT A PARTISAN HIGH 554 00:35:25,590 --> 00:35:30,194 GROUND, BUT WE CLAIM A HIGH GROUND WITH THE MORAL VIRTUES 555 00:35:30,261 --> 00:35:33,097 THAT FOREVER WILL BE THE ONLY SALVAGES OF THIS COUNTRY. 556 00:35:33,164 --> 00:35:36,901 SO THESE ARE THE HEARINGS, A LOT OF LEGAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THEM, 557 00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:39,770 BUT FOR ME I'M ONE OF THE AMERICANS THAT IS NOT GOING TO 558 00:35:39,837 --> 00:35:42,473 WAIT AND SEE THE OUTCOME OF THIS. 559 00:35:42,540 --> 00:35:45,676 WE HAVE TO END THE CULTURE OF CONTEMPT IN FACT COUNTRY. 560 00:35:45,743 --> 00:35:48,746 WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO REVERSE WHAT I THINK IS TOO MUCH OF A 561 00:35:48,813 --> 00:35:52,717 DIP INTO THIS DARK PLACE. WE'VE GOT TO BRING BACK THE 562 00:35:52,783 --> 00:35:56,854 LIGHT OF A NATION THAT STANDS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE AND 563 00:35:56,921 --> 00:36:00,057 MORALITY AND THE HIGHEST OF ALL HUMAN VIRTUES, WHICH IS LOVE. 564 00:36:00,124 --> 00:36:03,861 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: AMEN, SENATOR. 565 00:36:03,928 --> 00:36:05,296 YEAH. >> Stephen: SENATOR CORY 566 00:36:05,363 --> 00:36:07,098 BOOKER, EVERYBODY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A 567 00:36:07,164 --> 00:36:09,967 PERFORMANCE BY THE LUMINEERS. THANKS, SENATOR. 568 00:36:15,439 --> 00:36:17,408 >> STEPHEN: PERFORMING "A.M. RADIO," FROM THEIR ALBUM, 569 00:36:17,475 --> 00:36:24,382 "BRIGHTSIDE," THE LUMINEERS! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 570 00:36:25,483 --> 00:36:32,123 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 571 00:36:32,189 --> 00:36:41,465 ♪ STANDIN' ON THE CORNER, I COULD LISTEN TO THE RADIO 572 00:36:41,532 --> 00:36:46,003 ♪ WHEN THE SAVIOR SANG FROM THE FIRE ESCAPE 573 00:36:46,070 --> 00:36:49,307 ♪ ON THE SECOND FLOOR YOU WERE ALWAYS SAYING 574 00:36:49,373 --> 00:36:54,445 ♪ WE WOULD MAKE IT TO THE CATACOMBS 575 00:36:54,512 --> 00:36:58,015 ♪ IN THE END, IT CAME WHEN YOU WROTE MY NAME 576 00:36:58,082 --> 00:37:03,988 ♪ ON THE BATHROOM STALL IF THE PHOTOGRAPH 577 00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:11,295 ♪ DOESN'T BRING YOU BACK IF THE FINAL CHAPTER 578 00:37:11,362 --> 00:37:23,341 ♪ ISN'T EVER AFTER OOH I REMEMBER 579 00:37:23,407 --> 00:37:29,747 ♪ WAKIN' UP THE NEIGHBOR LIKE A STADIUM YEAH, 580 00:37:29,814 --> 00:37:31,315 ♪ YOU RAN UPSTAIRS, SCREAMIN' 581 00:37:31,382 --> 00:37:36,954 ♪ NO ONE CARED AND THE BAND PLAYED ON 582 00:37:37,021 --> 00:37:39,323 ♪ EVEN IN THE LIMO, YOU WERE FEELIN' 583 00:37:39,390 --> 00:37:45,997 ♪ LIKE AN ANIMAL AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, 584 00:37:46,063 --> 00:37:50,568 ♪ WHEN YOU BLEW YOUR MIND ON A MOBILE PHONE? 585 00:37:50,635 --> 00:37:55,306 ♪ DAY AND NIGHT, MY LOVE YOU SAID 586 00:37:55,373 --> 00:38:03,314 ♪ THE BLOOD WAS ON MY HANDS LONG, AS YOU RUN 587 00:38:03,381 --> 00:38:15,993 ♪ I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP FOREVER RUN 588 00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:30,941 ♪ I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP IN THE MINIVAN, 589 00:38:31,008 --> 00:38:34,011 ♪ I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP IN THE MINIVAN, 590 00:38:34,078 --> 00:38:40,017 ♪ WITH YOUR HEADPHONES IN DID YOU WRITE YOUR LETTERS 591 00:38:40,084 --> 00:38:47,324 ♪ TO YOUR FRIENDS? AND ALL THIS TIME, 592 00:38:47,391 --> 00:38:51,328 ♪ YOU SAID TO ME MY LOVE WOULD NEVER DIE 593 00:38:51,395 --> 00:39:04,008 ♪ LONG, AS YOU RUN I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP 594 00:39:04,075 --> 00:39:15,319 ♪ FOREVER RUN ♪ ♪ ♪ 595 00:39:15,386 --> 00:39:19,323 I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP (AND THE DAYLIGHT IN MY HAND) 596 00:39:19,390 --> 00:39:27,231 ♪ LONG, AS YOU RUN (AND THE SILENCE ON THE STREET) 597 00:39:27,298 --> 00:39:34,038 ♪ I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP (AND THE LONG LIGHT IN MY HAND) 598 00:39:34,105 --> 00:39:39,310 ♪ FOREVER RUN (AND I WAS INCOMPLETE) 599 00:39:39,376 --> 00:39:46,016 ♪ I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP (AND THE DAYLIGHT IN MY HAND) 600 00:39:46,083 --> 00:39:54,125 ♪ LONG, AS YOU RUN (AND THE SILENCE ON THE STREET) 601 00:39:54,191 --> 00:39:58,028 ♪ I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP (AND THE LONG LIGHT IN MY HAND) 602 00:39:58,095 --> 00:40:03,300 ♪ GONE, DON'T LOOK BACK (AND I WAS INCOMPLETE) 603 00:40:03,367 --> 00:40:15,312 ♪ I COULDN'T GIVE YOU UP ♪ ♪ ♪ 604 00:40:15,379 --> 00:40:20,851 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THANKS, Y'ALL. 605 00:40:20,918 --> 00:40:21,952 THE LUMINEERS, EVERYBODY! THAT'S IT FOR THE LATE SHOW. 606 00:40:22,019 --> 00:40:24,221 TUNE IN TOMORROW, WHEN MY GUEST WILL BE WERNER HERZOG. 607 00:40:24,288 --> 00:40:26,824 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. GOOD NIGHT.