1 00:00:01,701 --> 00:00:02,869 >> WELL, TODAY'S HEARING IS THE 2 00:00:02,936 --> 00:00:06,639 COMMITTEE'S LAST THIS MONTH BEFORE RECONVENING NEXT MONTH IN 3 00:00:06,706 --> 00:00:09,242 JULY. >> "STRANGER THINGS," SEASON 4 00:00:09,309 --> 00:00:10,810 FOUR, PART ONE, IS OUT NOW. PART TWO IS GOING TO START 5 00:00:10,877 --> 00:00:17,083 STREAMING ON NETFLIX IN JULY. >> NETFLIX PRESENTS THE MOST 6 00:00:17,150 --> 00:00:22,122 TERRIFYING SERIES OF THE SUMMER -- "STRANGER HEARINGS." 7 00:00:22,188 --> 00:00:26,359 ( LAUGHTER ) THIS JULY, THEY'RE BACK. 8 00:00:26,426 --> 00:00:30,363 A RAGTAG GROUP OF MIDDLE-AGED KIDS, TRYING TO TAKE DOWN A 9 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:34,367 MONSTER, TERRORIZING THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON, D.C. 10 00:00:34,434 --> 00:00:38,371 BUT ONE GIRL, L. CHENEY, WILL FIGHT AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS 11 00:00:38,438 --> 00:00:46,379 WHO ARE TURNING DEMOCRACY INTO THE UPSIDE DOWN. 12 00:00:46,446 --> 00:00:50,083 ( SCREAMING ) "STRANGER HEARINGS." 13 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:54,421 AND THEN STAY TUNED FOR THE NEW SEASON OF "LEAKY BLUNDERS." 14 00:00:54,487 --> 00:01:02,595 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT! 15 00:01:02,662 --> 00:01:10,370 TONIGHT, STAKE YOUR PARDON! PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES BETO 16 00:01:10,437 --> 00:01:18,378 O'ROURKE AND MATILDA LAWLER, FEATURING JON BATISTE AND "STAY 17 00:01:18,445 --> 00:01:21,214 HUMAN." AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE 18 00:01:21,281 --> 00:01:36,162 ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 19 00:01:36,229 --> 00:01:38,164 ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 20 00:01:38,231 --> 00:01:40,500 ( THEME SONG PLAYING ) YOU BETTER BUCKLE UP BECAUSE WE 21 00:01:40,567 --> 00:01:52,545 ARE ALMOST LIVE -- ALMOST! OH! 22 00:01:52,612 --> 00:01:55,615 OH, MY FRIENDS. HELLO! 23 00:01:55,682 --> 00:01:57,684 ( AUDIENCE CHANTS STEPHEN ) >> Stephen: THANK YOU, LADIES 24 00:01:57,750 --> 00:02:03,823 AND GENTLEMEN! ♪♪ 25 00:02:03,890 --> 00:02:05,925 WHOO! WHOO! 26 00:02:05,992 --> 00:02:10,129 OH, IT'S ELECTRIC IN HERE. OH, MY GOD THE ENERGY IS 27 00:02:10,196 --> 00:02:11,931 UNBELIEVABLE! YOU CAN FEEL IT! 28 00:02:11,998 --> 00:02:16,870 WE'RE RIDING A WAVE! OH... 29 00:02:16,936 --> 00:02:18,371 PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE 30 00:02:18,438 --> 00:02:19,873 HAVE A SEAT UP THERE. WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," 31 00:02:19,939 --> 00:02:23,476 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND GIRL WONDER. 32 00:02:23,543 --> 00:02:32,452 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD. 33 00:02:32,519 --> 00:02:36,256 I'M YOUR HOST STEPHEN COLBERT, AND TONIGHT -- 34 00:02:36,322 --> 00:02:37,357 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU, MY FRIENDS. 35 00:02:37,423 --> 00:02:40,627 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND TONIGHT, WE'RE COMING TO YOU 36 00:02:40,693 --> 00:02:44,898 NOT QUITE LIVE AFTER TODAY'S JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE HEARINGS. 37 00:02:44,964 --> 00:02:45,865 TODAY'S INSTALLMENT WAS HUGE. GIGANTIC. 38 00:02:45,932 --> 00:02:50,570 IT WAS A SUPER BIG-- (GULPS) 39 00:02:50,637 --> 00:02:51,871 GULP! THE COMMITTEE PAINTED A CHILLING 40 00:02:51,938 --> 00:02:57,143 AND CRIMINALLY INSANE PORTRAIT OF AN ATTEMPT TO STEAL THE 41 00:02:57,210 --> 00:02:58,311 ELECTION BY WEAPONIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 42 00:02:58,378 --> 00:03:03,850 COURTESY OF FORMER PRESIDENT SCAMMY DOOFUS, JR. 43 00:03:03,917 --> 00:03:07,620 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 44 00:03:07,687 --> 00:03:17,030 NOW -- NOW FOLKS -- ( CHEERING ) 45 00:03:17,096 --> 00:03:18,131 ( LAUGHTER ) AT THE START OF THE HEARING 46 00:03:18,197 --> 00:03:21,100 LIZ CHENEY RECAPPED WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR: 47 00:03:21,167 --> 00:03:25,138 >> WE HAVE SEEN HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP PERSUADED TENS OF 48 00:03:25,204 --> 00:03:27,840 THOUSANDS OF HIS SUPPORTERS TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR 49 00:03:27,907 --> 00:03:34,314 JANUARY 6. AND WE WILL SEE IN FAR MORE 50 00:03:34,380 --> 00:03:35,582 DETAIL HOW THE PRESIDENT'S RALLY AND 51 00:03:35,648 --> 00:03:37,817 MARCH TO THE CAPITAL WERE ORGANIZED AND CHOREOGRAPHED. 52 00:03:37,884 --> 00:03:39,919 >> STEPHEN: THAT'S RIGHT. IT WAS ALL CHOREOGRAPHED. 53 00:03:39,986 --> 00:03:41,955 "FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT! STORM, STOMP, WINDOW SMASH! 54 00:03:42,021 --> 00:03:46,659 KICK, BALL-CHANGE, JAZZ HANDS... AND ZIP-TIE THEM!" 55 00:03:46,726 --> 00:03:49,929 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) POW! 56 00:03:49,996 --> 00:03:52,665 ZIP! ZIP! 57 00:03:52,732 --> 00:03:57,270 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> WHOO! 58 00:03:57,337 --> 00:04:01,007 >> Stephen: TODAY -- YEAH, I STILL GOT IT, BABY! 59 00:04:01,074 --> 00:04:01,975 ( CHEERING ) TODAY'S HEARING WAS LED BY 60 00:04:02,041 --> 00:04:04,477 ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN AND GUY WHO'S THRILLED THE 61 00:04:04,544 --> 00:04:08,915 PROPERTY BROTHERS GAVE HIM A NEW ACCENT WALL, ADAM KINZINGER. 62 00:04:08,982 --> 00:04:11,351 KINZINGER EXPLAINED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP THE 63 00:04:11,417 --> 00:04:14,520 PRESIDENCY SEPARATE FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: 64 00:04:14,587 --> 00:04:18,625 >> THE PRESIDENT CANNOT AND MUST NOT USE THE DEPARTMENT 65 00:04:18,691 --> 00:04:22,328 TO SERVE HIS OWN PERSONAL INTERESTS. 66 00:04:22,395 --> 00:04:25,465 AND HE MUST NOT USE ITS PEOPLE TO DO HIS POLITICAL BIDDING. 67 00:04:25,531 --> 00:04:28,034 THE PRESIDENT CANNOT PERVERT JUSTICE. 68 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:30,336 >> STEPHEN: YES! EVEN IF THE PRESIDENT IS 69 00:04:30,403 --> 00:04:34,340 TECHNICALLY A PERVERT. ( LAUGHTER ) 70 00:04:34,407 --> 00:04:40,079 ( APPLAUSE ) THESE ARE THE KEY WITNESSES, 71 00:04:40,146 --> 00:04:41,080 RIGHT? THESE ARE THE KEYS? 72 00:04:41,147 --> 00:04:44,083 THANK YOU, FRIEND. THE KEY WITNESSES TODAY WERE 73 00:04:44,150 --> 00:04:47,053 FORMER ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL AND DOBBY THE HOUSE LAWYER 74 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:53,059 JEFF ROSEN, AND FORMER ACTING DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL RICHARD 75 00:04:53,126 --> 00:04:57,063 DONOGHUE, SEEN HERE GETTING DUMPED VIA SKYWRITING. 76 00:04:57,130 --> 00:04:59,065 ( LAUGHTER ) THESE TWO GUYS TOOK OVER THE 77 00:04:59,132 --> 00:05:03,903 D.O.J. AFTER BILL BARR SAW WHERE THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S 78 00:05:03,970 --> 00:05:09,342 CRAZY TRAIN WAS GOING AND SAID, "THIS IS MY STOP." 79 00:05:09,409 --> 00:05:11,044 ( LAUGHTER ) KINZINGER ASKED ROSEN WHAT 80 00:05:11,110 --> 00:05:16,416 HAPPENED ONCE THEY TOOK OVER. >> MR. ROSEN, ON CHRISTMAS EVE, 81 00:05:16,482 --> 00:05:18,351 YOUR FIRST OFFICIAL DAY AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL, 82 00:05:18,418 --> 00:05:24,991 PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED YOU. WHAT DID HE WANT TO TALK ABOUT? 83 00:05:25,058 --> 00:05:27,527 >> THE SAME THINGS HE WAS TALKING ABOUT PUBLICLY. 84 00:05:27,593 --> 00:05:34,333 >> STEPHEN: SO, LOW-FLOW TOILETS AND WINDMILL CANCER? 85 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,537 NO? ( LAUGHTER ) 86 00:05:37,603 --> 00:05:42,208 KEEP IN MIND, THIS WAS ON DECEMBER 24th. 87 00:05:42,275 --> 00:05:43,242 WHAT A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND CHRISTMAS EVE: 88 00:05:43,309 --> 00:05:44,444 "'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 89 00:05:44,510 --> 00:05:46,345 AND ALL THROUGH D.C. THE POTUS WAS SCREAMING 90 00:05:46,412 --> 00:05:49,215 'THE WINNER WAS ME!' THE CONSPIRACIES HUNG 91 00:05:49,282 --> 00:05:50,516 LIKE A STENCH IN THE AIR AS THIN AND AS FAKE 92 00:05:50,583 --> 00:06:02,161 AS THE PRESIDENT'S HAIR." ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 93 00:06:02,228 --> 00:06:04,797 THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS PERSISTENT, AS KINZINGER 94 00:06:04,864 --> 00:06:06,332 EXPLAINED: >> IN THE WEEKS LEADING TO 95 00:06:06,399 --> 00:06:10,470 JANUARY 6, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WAS FIELDING 96 00:06:10,536 --> 00:06:13,906 ALMOST-DAILY REQUESTS FROM THE PRESIDENT TO INVESTIGATE CLAIMS 97 00:06:13,973 --> 00:06:18,344 OF ELECTION FRAUD. EACH CLAIM WAS REFUTED AND TIME 98 00:06:18,411 --> 00:06:21,748 AGAIN, AN EFFORT ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR DESCRIBED AS 99 00:06:21,814 --> 00:06:23,049 "WHACK-A-MOLE." >> STEPHEN: AND WHEN THAT 100 00:06:23,116 --> 00:06:26,352 WHACK-A-MOLE DIDN'T WORK THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY GO ON TO 101 00:06:26,419 --> 00:06:30,356 "WHACK MIKE PENCE." ( AUDIENCE REACTS ) 102 00:06:30,423 --> 00:06:33,092 >> Stephen: REALLY? ARE YOU JUST LEARNING THAT FROM 103 00:06:33,159 --> 00:06:37,063 ME RIGHT NOW? ( LAUGHTER ) 104 00:06:37,130 --> 00:06:40,767 SO, THE NEW HEAD OF THE D.O.J. TOLD THE PRESIDENT, THERE'S 105 00:06:40,833 --> 00:06:42,335 ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE THAT THE VOTES WERE FRAUDULENT AND THE 106 00:06:42,401 --> 00:06:46,072 ELECTION WAS STOLEN. AND HERE'S HOW THE PRESIDENT 107 00:06:46,139 --> 00:06:48,508 RESPONDED: >> "JUST SAY THE ELECTION WAS 108 00:06:48,574 --> 00:06:50,343 CORRUPT, AND LEAVE THEN REST TO ME AND THE REPUBLICAN 109 00:06:50,409 --> 00:06:53,045 CONGRESSMEN." >> STEPHEN: SURE, BECAUSE THAT'S 110 00:06:53,112 --> 00:06:56,315 HOW THE LAW WORKS. THAT'S WHY THE OPENING TO 111 00:06:56,382 --> 00:06:58,351 "LAW & ORDER" GOES LIKE THIS: >> "IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 112 00:06:58,417 --> 00:07:02,321 SYSTEM, THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED BY TWO SEPARATE YET 113 00:07:02,388 --> 00:07:05,057 EQUALLY IMPORTANT GROUPS. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WHO 114 00:07:05,124 --> 00:07:07,894 ACCUSES A CRIME WITH NO PROOF, AND THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS, 115 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,063 WHO MAKE UP CRAP TO JUSTIFY IT." (CHUNG-CHUNG!) 116 00:07:11,130 --> 00:07:14,467 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: SO, KEEP IN MI 117 00:07:14,534 --> 00:07:22,341 MIND -- WHAT KINZINGER READ OFF THE D.O.J.'S NOTES IS THE HEART 118 00:07:22,408 --> 00:07:25,178 OF THE CRIME. THE PRESIDENT KNOWS THERE'S NO 119 00:07:25,244 --> 00:07:26,546 EVIDENCE, BUT HE WANTS THE D.O.J. TO LIE, 120 00:07:26,612 --> 00:07:28,080 AND SAY THAT THERE IS, SO THAT HIS CRONIES IN CONGRESS CAN 121 00:07:28,147 --> 00:07:31,951 OVERTURN THE FAIR ELECTION. AT ONE POINT, THE FORMER 122 00:07:32,018 --> 00:07:34,220 PRESIDENT WAS SPEWING SO MANY INSANE CONSPIRACIES, DONOGHUE 123 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:42,195 HAD TO START JOTTING THEM DOWN TO KEEP THEM STRAIGHT. 124 00:07:42,261 --> 00:07:43,896 >> I BEGAN TAKING NOTES, ONLY BECAUSE, AT THE OUTSET, THE 125 00:07:43,963 --> 00:07:50,536 PRESIDENT MADE AN ALLEGATION I HAD NOT HEARD, AND OF COURSE, 126 00:07:50,603 --> 00:07:53,005 THAT CONCERNED US. SO, I SIMPLY REACHED OUT AND 127 00:07:53,072 --> 00:07:56,509 GRABBED A NOTEPAD OFF OF MY WIFE'S NIGHTSTAND, AND A PEN, 128 00:07:56,576 --> 00:07:59,111 AND I STARTED JOTTING IT DOWN. >> STEPHEN: THEN, LATER THAT 129 00:07:59,178 --> 00:08:01,914 DAY, HIS WIFE CAME HOME AND SAID, HONEY, WHY DID YOU WRITE 130 00:08:01,981 --> 00:08:05,451 HUGO CHAVEZ-TRAINED DOLPHINS ARE SMUGGLING BALLOTS INTO NUCLEAR 131 00:08:05,518 --> 00:08:06,452 HURRICANES?' DARLING, ARE YOU HAVING A 132 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:11,657 STROKE?" DO YOU SMELL TOAST? 133 00:08:11,724 --> 00:08:12,925 ( LAUGHTER ) AS THE HEARINGS WENT ON, WE 134 00:08:12,992 --> 00:08:17,029 LEARNED HOW THE PRESIDENT'S DESPERATION LED HIM TO MAKE 135 00:08:17,096 --> 00:08:21,033 SHOCKING REQUESTS: >> THE PRESIDENT WAS A LITTLE 136 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:25,037 MORE AGITATED THAN HE HAD BEEN ON MEETING-- IN THE MEETING ON 137 00:08:25,104 --> 00:08:29,041 THE 15TH. HE DISCUSSED A VARIETY OF 138 00:08:29,108 --> 00:08:37,049 ELECTION MATTERS. THERE WAS A POINT AT WHICH THE 139 00:08:37,116 --> 00:08:39,752 PRESIDENT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, "WHY DON'T YOU GUYS SEIZE 140 00:08:39,819 --> 00:08:42,688 MACHINES?" >> STEPHEN: THAT'S A VERY CASUAL 141 00:08:42,755 --> 00:08:45,424 WAY TO END DEMOCRACY. "HEY, GUYS, WHY DON'T YOU SEIZE 142 00:08:45,491 --> 00:08:48,327 ALL THE MACHINES? I'LL CANCEL THE ELECTIONS AND 143 00:08:48,394 --> 00:08:51,764 JUST ORDER SOME SECRET POLICE FOR THE TABLE. 144 00:08:51,831 --> 00:08:54,734 WILL YOU GUYS GO HALVSIES ON FASCISM WITH ME? 145 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:59,272 I HEAR THE BROWN SHIRTS HERE ARE AMAZING." 146 00:08:59,338 --> 00:09:05,478 -- DELICIOUS. ( APPLAUSE ) 147 00:09:05,544 --> 00:09:10,182 TRUE STORY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS TOLD IN 148 00:09:10,249 --> 00:09:20,192 NO UNCERTAIN TERMS BY THE D.O.J. AND THE D.H.S., YOU CANNOT SEIZE 149 00:09:20,259 --> 00:09:21,961 THE MACHINES. AND AS CRAZY AS IT IS TO SAY, 150 00:09:22,028 --> 00:09:23,329 NONE OF THAT WAS THE CRAZY PART. BECAUSE KINZINGER ALSO SHARED 151 00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:25,464 THIS: >> THE FINAL EMAIL HERE INCLUDED 152 00:09:25,531 --> 00:09:28,034 A COMPLETELY BASELESS CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT AN ITALIAN DEFENSE 153 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:33,472 CONTRACTOR UPLOADED SOFTWARE TO A SATELLITE THAT SWITCHED VOTES 154 00:09:33,539 --> 00:09:40,179 FROM TRUMP TO BIDEN. >> STEPHEN: AH, YES, THE ITALIAN 155 00:09:40,246 --> 00:09:41,847 SATELLITE CONSPIRACY! AND I'M BEING TOLD "THE LATE 156 00:09:41,914 --> 00:09:45,451 SHOW" HAS ACQUIRED FOOTAGE OF THE HIGH-TECH ITALIAN SATELLITE 157 00:09:45,518 --> 00:09:52,191 SYSTEM. ♪♪ 158 00:09:52,258 --> 00:10:05,805 ♪♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 159 00:10:05,871 --> 00:10:13,012 >> Stephen: THAT'S A SPICEY A-CONSPIRACY! 160 00:10:13,079 --> 00:10:16,148 OF COURSE, THEY DIDN'T JUST PULL THIS ITALIAN SPACE HACK THEORY 161 00:10:16,215 --> 00:10:17,216 OUT OF THEIR BUTTS. THEY PULLED IT OUT OF SOMEBODY 162 00:10:17,283 --> 00:10:21,454 ELSE'S BUTT. BECAUSE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN 163 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:28,094 SCOTT PERRY FORWARDED A VIDEO TO CHIEF OF STAFF MARK MEADOWS, AND 164 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:35,301 MEADOWS SENDS THE YOUTUBE VIDEO TO THE D.O.J. COMMANDING THEY 165 00:10:35,368 --> 00:10:37,470 INVESTIGATE, THEY PLAYED A CLIP OF IT TODAY, 166 00:10:37,536 --> 00:10:39,572 AND I WILL SAY, IT STARTED OUT STRONGLY WEIRD. 167 00:10:39,638 --> 00:10:44,443 HERE'S SOME GUY CLAIMING SOME CONSPIRACY BY SOMEONE. 168 00:10:44,510 --> 00:10:46,712 >> THERE WAS A CERTAIN STATE DEPARTMENT GUY, WHOSE NAME I 169 00:10:46,779 --> 00:10:48,614 DON'T KNOW, YET-- I GUESS THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO COME OUT IN 170 00:10:48,681 --> 00:10:54,220 ITALY AT SOME POINT. AND HE WAS THE MASTERMIND TO THE 171 00:10:54,286 --> 00:11:02,828 -- NOT THE MASTERMIND -- NOT THE MASTERMIND, BUT THE GUY RUNNING 172 00:11:02,895 --> 00:11:04,030 THE OPERATION OF CHANGING THE VOTES. 173 00:11:04,096 --> 00:11:05,798 AND THAT HE WAS DOING THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME SUPPORT 174 00:11:05,865 --> 00:11:09,168 FROM M.I.-6, THE C.I.A., AND THIS LEONARDO GROUP. 175 00:11:09,235 --> 00:11:12,605 >> STEPHEN: IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT! 176 00:11:12,671 --> 00:11:15,374 ( LAUGHTER ) "YOUR HONOR, MY CLIENT COULDN'T 177 00:11:15,441 --> 00:11:17,576 HAVE BEEN THERE ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER BECAUSE HE WAS WITH-- 178 00:11:17,643 --> 00:11:19,545 I DON'T KNOW YET-- GOING TO COME OUT AT SOME POINT. 179 00:11:19,612 --> 00:11:21,814 ANYWAYS, I BLAME THE LEONARDO GROUP. 180 00:11:21,881 --> 00:11:24,617 OR DONATELLO, MICHELANGELO, OR RAPHAEL. 181 00:11:24,683 --> 00:11:27,319 THEIR PAY-OFF WAS PIZZA. THEIR CODEWORD: 182 00:11:27,386 --> 00:11:39,331 COWABUNGA. HEROES IN A HALFSHELL." 183 00:11:39,398 --> 00:11:41,000 ♪♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 184 00:11:41,067 --> 00:11:43,669 KINZINGER SUMMED UP HOW RIDICULOUS THE FORMER 185 00:11:43,736 --> 00:11:47,306 PRESIDENT'S CONSPIRACY THEORIES WERE: 186 00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:51,210 THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THE 187 00:11:51,277 --> 00:11:56,615 LENGTHS TO WHICH THE PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD GO TO STAY IN POWER. 188 00:11:56,682 --> 00:12:02,421 SCOURING THE INTERNET TO SUPPORT HIS CONSPIRACY THEORIES, SHOWN 189 00:12:02,488 --> 00:12:07,326 HERE, AS HE TOLD MR. DONAGHUE IN THAT DECEMBER 27 190 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:08,627 CALL, "YOU GUYS MAY NOT BE FOLLOWING THE INTERNET THE WAY I 191 00:12:08,694 --> 00:12:13,799 DO." ( LAUGHTER ) 192 00:12:13,866 --> 00:12:19,972 >> STEPHEN: ON THE TOILET, WITH SAFE SEARCH OFF? 193 00:12:20,039 --> 00:12:28,614 ( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 194 00:12:28,681 --> 00:12:32,618 WHEN ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL ROSEN REFUSED TO INTERFERE 195 00:12:32,685 --> 00:12:34,453 IN THE ELECTION, THE FORMER PRESIDENT TURNED TO ASSISTANT 196 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,589 ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND HIGH SCHOOL 197 00:12:36,655 --> 00:12:39,325 PRINCIPAL WHO'S HAD IT WITH THIS RAP MUSIC, JEFFREY CLARK. 198 00:12:39,391 --> 00:12:44,597 CLARK HAD DRAFTED A LETTER THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT LIKED VERY 199 00:12:44,663 --> 00:12:48,601 MUCH, INTENDED TO BE SENT TO GEORGIA STATE ELECTION 200 00:12:48,667 --> 00:12:51,337 OFFICIALS, THAT WAS GOING TO CLAIM THE D.O.J. HAD EVIDENCE OF 201 00:12:51,403 --> 00:12:56,275 MASSIVE ELECTION FRAUD, EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T. 202 00:12:56,342 --> 00:12:57,376 EVERYONE THOUGHT CLARK'S PROPOSAL WAS CRAZY, INCLUDING 203 00:12:57,443 --> 00:13:00,613 WHITE HOUSE ATTORNEY ERIC HERSCHMANN: 204 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,582 >> I THOUGHT JEFF'S PROPOSAL, CLARKE'S PROPOSAL, WAS NUTS. 205 00:13:03,649 --> 00:13:07,486 I MEAN, HERE'S A GUY THAT, AT A CERTAIN POINT, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, 206 00:13:07,553 --> 00:13:09,021 THE BEST I COULD TELL WAS, THE ONLY THING YOU KNEW ABOUT 207 00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:13,259 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ELECTIONS CHALLENGES IS THAT THEY BOTH 208 00:13:13,325 --> 00:13:15,127 START WITH "E", AND BASED ON YOUR ANSWER TONIGHT, I AM NOT 209 00:13:15,194 --> 00:13:18,898 EVEN CERTAIN YOU KNOW THAT. >> STEPHEN: TO WHICH CLARK 210 00:13:18,964 --> 00:13:21,200 REPLIED, "OF COURSE THEY DON'T! 'ENVIRONMENT' STARTS WITH 'N,' 211 00:13:21,267 --> 00:13:28,607 AND 'ELECTIONS' STARTS WITH 'L'! A-DUH." 212 00:13:28,674 --> 00:13:35,614 ( APPLAUSE ) THEN, AS WITH ALL THE 213 00:13:35,681 --> 00:13:39,251 EX-PRESIDENT'S CRIMINAL SCHEMES, IT WAS TIME TO HEAR ABOUT RUDY 214 00:13:39,318 --> 00:13:41,954 GIULIANI'S ROLE. >> DO YOU REMEMBER EVER 215 00:13:42,021 --> 00:13:49,528 RECOMMENDING TO ANYBODY THAT MR. CLARK, MEANING JEFFREY CLARK 216 00:13:49,595 --> 00:13:51,230 AT D.O.J., BE GIVEN ELECTION-RELATED 217 00:13:51,297 --> 00:13:59,271 RESPONSIBILITIES? (LONG PAUSE) 218 00:14:03,776 --> 00:14:05,945 >> YOU MEAN BEYOND THE PRESIDENT? 219 00:14:06,011 --> 00:14:07,746 >> STEPHEN: THAT IS A LONG PAUSE, BUT IT DOES TAKE A WHILE 220 00:14:07,813 --> 00:14:15,254 TO CHUG A BOTTLE OF YELLOWTAIL CHARDONNAY. 221 00:14:15,321 --> 00:14:18,524 RUDY EVENTUALLY ANSWERED. >> YOU MEAN BEYOND THE 222 00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:23,229 PRESIDENT? >> CORRECT. 223 00:14:23,295 --> 00:14:27,233 (PAUSE) ( LAUGHTER ) 224 00:14:27,299 --> 00:14:28,968 >> WELL, BEYOND THE PRESIDENT I DO RECALL SAYING TO PEOPLE 225 00:14:29,034 --> 00:14:33,672 THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD BE PUT IN CHARGE OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT 226 00:14:33,739 --> 00:14:39,778 WHO ISN'T... FRIGHTENED OF WHAT IS GOING TO 227 00:14:39,845 --> 00:14:41,513 BE DONE TO THEIR REPUTATION. >> STEPHEN: IF THERE'S ANYONE 228 00:14:41,580 --> 00:14:45,784 WHO'S PROVEN HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO HIS 229 00:14:45,851 --> 00:14:48,487 REPUTATION, IT'S RUDY. "I SAID WE NEED SOMEONE IN 230 00:14:48,554 --> 00:14:51,190 CHARGE OF JUSTICE WHO WON'T MIND BEING REMEMBERED AS A 231 00:14:51,257 --> 00:14:55,961 WINE-DRENCHED FASCIST-APOLOGIST WHO BETRAYED HIS NATION NEXT TO 232 00:14:56,028 --> 00:14:57,062 SOME DISCOUNT DILDOS." ( LAUGHTER ) 233 00:14:57,129 --> 00:15:03,369 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT'S A GREAT PRICE. 234 00:15:03,435 --> 00:15:06,305 SLIGHTLY USED. GENTLY USED. 235 00:15:06,372 --> 00:15:07,506 GENTLY. ( LAUGHTER ) 236 00:15:07,573 --> 00:15:12,244 ROSEN REFUSED TO SEND CLARK'S LETTER, SO CLARK CONVINCED THE 237 00:15:12,311 --> 00:15:15,114 PRESIDENT TO GIVE HIM ROSEN'S JOB. 238 00:15:15,180 --> 00:15:19,551 AS THE HEAD OF THE D.O.J. THAT LED TO-- LET'S SAY, A TENSE 239 00:15:19,618 --> 00:15:21,287 MEETING IN THE OVAL OFFICE, WHICH THE COMMITTEE ILLUSTRATED 240 00:15:21,353 --> 00:15:25,057 WITH SOME CUTTING-EDGE GRAPHICS. LOOK AT THOSE PALE, TRANSLUCENT 241 00:15:25,124 --> 00:15:29,061 BODIES. THEY CLONED MIKE PENCE! 242 00:15:29,128 --> 00:15:33,799 ( LAUGHTER ) AT THE MEETING, DONOGHUE 243 00:15:33,866 --> 00:15:37,069 EXPRESSED WHY HE HAD DOUBTS THAT CLARK WAS THE MAN FOR THE JOB: 244 00:15:37,136 --> 00:15:39,772 >> I MADE THE POINT THAT JEFF CLARK IS NOT EVEN COMPETENT TO 245 00:15:39,838 --> 00:15:42,841 SERVE AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. HE HAS NEVER BEEN A 246 00:15:42,908 --> 00:15:45,077 CRIMINAL ATTORNEY, HE HAS NEVER CONDUCTED A CRIMINAL 247 00:15:45,144 --> 00:15:49,081 INVESTIGATION IN HIS LIFE. AND HE KIND OF RETORTED BY 248 00:15:49,148 --> 00:15:52,351 SAYING, "WELL, I HAVE DONE A LOT OF VERY COMPLICATED APPEALS, AND 249 00:15:52,418 --> 00:15:55,888 CIVIL LITIGATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION, AND 250 00:15:55,954 --> 00:15:57,523 THINGS LIKE THAT." AND I SAID, "THAT IS RIGHT. 251 00:15:57,589 --> 00:16:00,125 YOU ARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER. HOW ABOUT YOU GO BACK TO YOUR 252 00:16:00,192 --> 00:16:06,165 OFFICE, AND WE WILL CALL YOU WHEN THERE IS AN OIL SPILL?" 253 00:16:06,231 --> 00:16:07,433 ( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> STEPHEN: OH, DAMN! 254 00:16:07,499 --> 00:16:13,072 THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND YOU JUST GOT SERVED! 255 00:16:13,138 --> 00:16:16,608 "HEY, JEFF! WHY DON'T YOU GO SCREW A 256 00:16:16,675 --> 00:16:18,877 PROTECTED OTTER, YOU GRASS-HOLE. ISN'T THERE A BABY PELICAN YOU 257 00:16:18,944 --> 00:16:21,914 SHOULD BE SCRUBBING WITH A TOOTHBRUSH? 258 00:16:21,980 --> 00:16:25,918 YOU WANT TO BE HELPFUL? GO HUMP A REDWOOD, YOU SHAVED 259 00:16:25,984 --> 00:16:29,121 LORAX." WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 260 00:16:29,188 --> 00:16:31,490 TONIGHT. MY GUESTS ARE BETO O'ROURKE AND 261 00:16:31,557 --> 00:16:34,159 "STATION ELEVEN'S" MATILDA LAWLER. 262 00:16:34,226 --> 00:16:37,896 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL BE BACK HERE FOR MORE MONOLOGUE 263 00:16:37,963 --> 00:16:40,599 ABOUT THE FOLKS WHO CRIMED AND HOW THEY ASKED THE 264 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:44,103 PRESIDENT TO GET THEM OUT OF THEIR CRIME TIME. 265 00:16:44,169 --> 00:16:45,804 STICK AROUND, Y'ALL. 266 00:17:17,202 --> 00:17:18,537 >> Stephen: HELLO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! 267 00:17:18,604 --> 00:17:24,009 WELCOME BACK! THANK YOU, MY FRIENDS! 268 00:17:24,076 --> 00:17:25,644 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU, MY FRIENDS. 269 00:17:25,711 --> 00:17:29,748 PLEASE HAVE A SEAT, EVERYBODY. WELCOME BACK. 270 00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:32,050 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT. 271 00:17:32,117 --> 00:17:35,187 YOU MIGHT NOTICE, I'M OVER HERE, NOT OVER THERE, BECAUSE THERE'S 272 00:17:35,254 --> 00:17:37,122 JUST SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. 273 00:17:37,189 --> 00:17:45,197 WE HAVE MORE MONOLOG TONIGHT, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT TODAY'S 274 00:17:45,264 --> 00:17:50,602 HEARING OF THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE. 275 00:17:50,669 --> 00:17:55,974 THE WHOLE AFTERNOON, IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH IT, YOU WILL 276 00:17:56,041 --> 00:17:58,010 KNOW, IT WAS A STOMACH-CHURNING PARADE OF 277 00:17:58,076 --> 00:18:01,346 REASONABLE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT A COMPLETELY-UNHINGED LEADER 278 00:18:01,413 --> 00:18:08,754 DEMANDING THEY FORGO THEIR CONSCIENCES AND ENGAGE IN HIS 279 00:18:08,821 --> 00:18:10,088 ONGOING CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY. AND THAT BRINGS US TO A FUN PART 280 00:18:10,155 --> 00:18:12,391 OF THE PROCEEDINGS. BECAUSE WE NOW KNOW THE NAMES OF 281 00:18:12,458 --> 00:18:14,393 REPUBLICAN CONGRESS-PEOPLE WHO WERE SO CERTAIN THEY HAD 282 00:18:14,460 --> 00:18:20,799 COMMITTED CRIMES THAT THEY STARTED BEGGING THE WHITE HOUSE 283 00:18:20,866 --> 00:18:24,736 TO PREEMPTIVELY PARDON THEM. THE SIX REPUBLICANS ARE SCOTT 284 00:18:24,803 --> 00:18:26,805 PERRY, MO BROOKS, LOUIE GOHMERT, ANDY BIGGS, AND MARJORIE TAYLOR 285 00:18:26,872 --> 00:18:31,543 GREENE. ( BOOING ) 286 00:18:31,610 --> 00:18:41,553 AND THE CREME DE LA CREEP MATT GAETZ. 287 00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:42,454 ( BOOING ) WHO WAS LOOKING 288 00:18:42,521 --> 00:18:43,789 FOR PARDONS FOR MORE THAN JUST THIS COUP. 289 00:18:43,856 --> 00:18:46,091 >> THE PARDON HE WAS DISCUSSING, REQUESTING, WAS AS BROAD AS YOU 290 00:18:46,158 --> 00:18:52,231 COULD DESCRIBE. "FROM THE BEGINNING"-- I 291 00:18:52,297 --> 00:18:53,565 REMEMBER HE SAID, "FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME, UP UNTIL 292 00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:54,766 TODAY, FOR ANY AND ALL THINGS." >> STEPHEN: THAT'S A LITTLE 293 00:18:54,833 --> 00:19:00,372 BROAD. "YEAH, AH, I NEED A PARDON FROM 294 00:19:00,439 --> 00:19:02,641 THE BEGINNING OF TIME, OR MY GIRLFRIEND'S SOPHOMORE YEAR, 295 00:19:02,708 --> 00:19:08,280 WHICHEVER CAME FIRST." AND THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO 296 00:19:08,347 --> 00:19:10,649 MATT GAETZ. HE WOULDN'T LET IT GO. 297 00:19:10,716 --> 00:19:13,552 >> MR. GAETZ WAS PERSONALLY PUSHING FOR A PARDON, AND HE WAS 298 00:19:13,619 --> 00:19:21,360 DOING SO SINCE EARLY DECEMBER. I'M NOT SURE WHY. 299 00:19:21,426 --> 00:19:24,363 >> STEPHEN: I AM. I'M PRETTY SURE 300 00:19:24,429 --> 00:19:26,632 THERE'S A MAJOR REASON. AND IT INVOLVES A MINOR. 301 00:19:26,698 --> 00:19:30,636 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH BETO O'ROURKE. 302 00:19:30,702 --> 00:19:31,169 STICK AROUND! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 303 00:19:56,795 --> 00:20:00,632 OVER THERE, MY FRIENDS! THERE YOU GO! 304 00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:01,300 LOUIS -- >> HEY! 305 00:20:01,366 --> 00:20:02,000 >> Stephen: LOUIS! TEPHEN! 306 00:20:02,067 --> 00:20:06,038 >> Stephen: I SEE -- YOU SEE. 307 00:20:06,104 --> 00:20:07,306 >> Stephen: TONIGHT, YOU GUYS -- YOU ALWAYS SOUND GOOD 308 00:20:07,372 --> 00:20:11,009 BUT YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE EX IS A ZIP IN THE HORN SECTION TONIGHT. 309 00:20:11,076 --> 00:20:15,914 TELL US WHO IS JOINING THE BAND THIS EVENING. 310 00:20:15,981 --> 00:20:20,919 >> WE HAVE JEFFERY MILLER ON TROMBONE AND THE ONE AND ONLY 311 00:20:20,986 --> 00:20:27,826 ALPHONSO HORNE ON THE HORN. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 312 00:20:27,893 --> 00:20:29,828 >> Stephen: GENTLEMEN, THANKS FOR JOINING US AGAIN. 313 00:20:29,895 --> 00:20:33,899 GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. MY FIRST GUEST SERVED THREE 314 00:20:33,966 --> 00:20:35,434 TERMS AS A CONGRESSMAN FROM TEXAS, RAN FOR SENATE IN 2018, 315 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:39,671 AND PRESIDENT IN 2020. NOW HE'S A CANDIDATE FOR 316 00:20:39,738 --> 00:20:43,041 GOVERNOR OF TEXAS. PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE 317 00:20:43,108 --> 00:20:45,911 SHOW," BETO O'ROURKE! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 318 00:20:45,978 --> 00:21:00,859 ( BAND PLAYING ) BETO O'ROURKE, EVERYBODY! 319 00:21:00,926 --> 00:21:03,996 ( BAND PLAYING ) BETO O'ROURKE, EVERYBODY! 320 00:21:04,062 --> 00:21:04,796 >> THANKS. THANK YOU. 321 00:21:04,863 --> 00:21:06,431 >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 322 00:21:06,498 --> 00:21:11,970 THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT. LET ME JUST GET RIGHT INTO THE 323 00:21:12,037 --> 00:21:15,507 HEAT OF THE MEAT HERE. THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE HELD 324 00:21:15,574 --> 00:21:19,678 ITS FIFTH HEARING TODAY. SOME DOUBT GOING INTO THIS 325 00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:22,748 PROCESS ABOUT HOW INFORMATIVE IT WOULD BE, HOW MUCH THEY WOULD BE 326 00:21:22,814 --> 00:21:26,351 ABLE TO CONNECT THE DOTS, HOW INTERESTED PEOPLE WOULD BE. 327 00:21:26,418 --> 00:21:30,455 WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE HEARINGS SO FAR? 328 00:21:30,522 --> 00:21:33,158 >> FIRST OF ALL, I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT OUR COUNTRY IS 329 00:21:33,225 --> 00:21:36,795 DOING THIS BECAUSE, IF WE DON'T HAVE TRUTH, IF THERE IS NO 330 00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:39,598 ACCOUNTABILITY, THEN IT SETS THE PRECEDENT THAT THOSE IN THE 331 00:21:39,665 --> 00:21:44,202 HIGHEST POSITIONS OF PUBLIC TUST CAN BREAK THE LAW WITH 332 00:21:44,269 --> 00:21:46,171 COMPLETE IMPUNITY. AND THOUGH TRUMP WASN'T 333 00:21:46,238 --> 00:21:49,708 SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS ATTEMPTED COUP AND INSURRECTION, IT WILL 334 00:21:49,775 --> 00:21:53,478 SET THE STAGE FOR EITHER TRUMP IN ANOTHER YEAR OR SOMEBODY ELSE 335 00:21:53,545 --> 00:21:59,451 WHO IS JUST AS AMBITIOUS AN WILLING TO DISREGARD THE 336 00:21:59,518 --> 00:22:03,422 CONSTITUTION, OUR LAWS AND 246 YEARS OF AMERICAN HISTORY. 337 00:22:03,488 --> 00:22:06,258 SO WITH ACCOUNTABILITY, WITH CONSEQUENCES, THEN PERHAPS THIS 338 00:22:06,324 --> 00:22:09,361 TRULY IS AN EXCEPTIONAL EVENT, AND WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING LIKE 339 00:22:09,428 --> 00:22:12,397 IT AGAIN. BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IN 340 00:22:12,464 --> 00:22:16,601 TEXAS, WHERE IT IS HARDER TO CAST A BALLOT OR REGISTER TO 341 00:22:16,668 --> 00:22:19,871 VOTE THAN IN ANY OTHER STATE MADE SO LAST YEAR BY OUR 342 00:22:19,938 --> 00:22:25,677 GOVERNOR WHO SIGNED SOME TRUMP-INSPIRED LEGISLATION, YOU 343 00:22:25,744 --> 00:22:27,679 KNOW, THIS INSURRECTION ATTEMPT IS NOT OVER. 344 00:22:27,746 --> 00:22:32,050 IT'S ROLLING THROUGH OUR STATES, COMING OUT OF OUR LEGISLATURES, 345 00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:36,121 MAKING IT HARDER AND HARDER FOR MORE PEOPLE TO CAST A BALLOT AND 346 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:38,824 BEGGING THE QUESTION WHETHER WE'LL HAVE A DEMOCRACY GOING 347 00:22:38,890 --> 00:22:41,693 FORWARD UNLESS WE STAND AND FIGHT FOR IT RIGHT NOW. 348 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:48,166 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, ONE OF THE 349 00:22:48,233 --> 00:22:51,236 WAYS GOVERNOR ABBOTT DISTINGUISHED TEXAS IN THE PAST 350 00:22:51,303 --> 00:22:54,806 YEAR IS THAT Y'ALL WERE PIONEERS IN VOTING RESTRICTIONS. 351 00:22:54,873 --> 00:22:57,576 GOVERNOR ABBOTT SIGNED A LAW THAT HAD SOME OF THE MOST 352 00:22:57,642 --> 00:23:01,413 RESTRICTIVE VOTING LAWS PUT IN PLACE, AS THE BEGINNING TO HAVE 353 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:05,217 THIS WAVE, JUST HAD THE PRIMARIES IN MARCH WHERE YOU 354 00:23:05,283 --> 00:23:09,488 RECEIVED THE NOMINATION FROM THE DEMOCRATS FOR GOVERNOR DOWN 355 00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:10,722 THERE. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 356 00:23:10,789 --> 00:23:14,359 BUT ACROSS THE BOARD, IN THE PRIMARIES IN TEXAS, WHAT WAS THE 357 00:23:14,426 --> 00:23:16,495 EFFECT OF THOSE RESTRICTIVE VOTING LAWS? 358 00:23:16,561 --> 00:23:19,765 DID YOU SEE A CHANGE? >> WE DID. 359 00:23:19,831 --> 00:23:24,302 SO 13% OF THE MAIL-IN BALLOTS CAST WERE REJECTED, AND THOSE 360 00:23:24,369 --> 00:23:27,806 WERE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS, INDEPENDENT VOTERS, REPUBLICAN 361 00:23:27,873 --> 00:23:29,708 VOTERS. >> Stephen: IS THAT HIGH? 362 00:23:29,775 --> 00:23:32,878 THE HIGH WATER MARK BEFORE WAS 1%. 363 00:23:32,944 --> 00:23:36,448 >> Stephen: WENT FROM 1% TO 13% IN A SINGLE CYCLE? 364 00:23:36,515 --> 00:23:38,717 >> THAT'S RIGHT. IF WE WERE WATCHING THE NEWS AND 365 00:23:38,784 --> 00:23:42,854 CUBA TODAY HAD ELECTIONS AND 13% OF THE BALLOTS WERE REJECTED, WE 366 00:23:42,921 --> 00:23:45,157 WOULD SAY THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. 367 00:23:45,223 --> 00:23:49,661 TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY AND, CASE IN POINT, 368 00:23:49,728 --> 00:23:50,796 95-YEAR-OLD WORLD WAR II VETERAN, THIS GUY FOUGHT FASCISM 369 00:23:50,862 --> 00:23:54,399 HALF A WORLD AWAY TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY HERE AT HOME, HIS 370 00:23:54,466 --> 00:23:58,403 BALLOT BY MAIL REQUEST WAS REJECTED THREE TIMES BECAUSE THE 371 00:23:58,470 --> 00:24:02,474 NEW LAW SAYS THAT IN ORDER TO VOTE BY MAIL YOU HAVE TO USE THE 372 00:24:02,541 --> 00:24:07,779 SAME FORM OF I.D. WITH WHICH YOU USED TO REGISTER EVEN IF YOU DID 373 00:24:07,846 --> 00:24:11,850 IN 1940. THIS GUY CAN BE FORGIVEN FOR NOT 374 00:24:11,917 --> 00:24:14,653 REMEMBERING WHAT I.D. HE USED IN 1940. 375 00:24:14,719 --> 00:24:18,623 REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, DOES NOT MATTER, FOR THIS GUY OF ANY 376 00:24:18,690 --> 00:24:21,326 AMERICAN WHO EARNED THE RIGHT TO VOTE, ALSO THIS MAN. 377 00:24:21,393 --> 00:24:25,063 FOR HIM TO NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE IN TEXAS JUST SHOWS YOU THE WORK 378 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:27,699 WE'VE GOT TO DO. I'M UP FOR IT AND THE PEOPLE OF 379 00:24:27,766 --> 00:24:30,368 TEXAS ARE UP FOR IT. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. 380 00:24:30,435 --> 00:24:31,603 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THERE'S A FAIR 381 00:24:31,670 --> 00:24:38,844 AMOUNT OF CRAZY AT THE TEXAS REPUBLICAN CONVENTION JUST LAST 382 00:24:38,910 --> 00:24:40,679 WEEK. A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENED. 383 00:24:40,745 --> 00:24:46,384 ONE IS THEY VOTED UNDER THE PLATFORM THAT JOE BIDEN IS NOT 384 00:24:46,451 --> 00:24:47,652 LEGITIMATELY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 385 00:24:47,719 --> 00:24:53,325 BUT THEY ALSO DID CRAZY THINGS, ADDING SOMETHING THEY NEVER DID 386 00:24:53,391 --> 00:24:59,631 BEFORE, WHICH IS CALLING HOMOSEXUALITY AN ABERRANT 387 00:24:59,698 --> 00:25:01,733 LIFESTYLE. IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE 388 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,402 REPUBLICAN PARTY AT LEAST OFFICIALLY, IS THAT REFLECTIVE 389 00:25:04,469 --> 00:25:07,739 TO HAVE THE REPUBLICANS YOU MEET IN TEXAS OR ARE THESE EXTREMISTS 390 00:25:07,806 --> 00:25:11,142 WHO HAVE CONTROL OF THE PARTY? >> NO, THESE ARE THE EXTREMISTS, 391 00:25:11,209 --> 00:25:15,981 BUT CONNECTED TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, I THINK 392 00:25:16,047 --> 00:25:18,950 IT REINFORCES THE IDEA PROGRESS IS NOT INEVITABLE. 393 00:25:19,017 --> 00:25:23,221 NO VICTORY IS EVER FINAL, NO DEMOCRACY IS EVER ASSURED. 394 00:25:23,288 --> 00:25:26,725 WE HAD THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT SIGNED INTO LAW BY A TEXAS 395 00:25:26,791 --> 00:25:34,432 PRESIDENT IN 1965, LINDEN -- LYNDEN BAYNES JOHNSON. 396 00:25:34,499 --> 00:25:38,136 IN THE LAST TEN YEARS AFTER THE SHELBY DECISION, THOSE RIGHT 397 00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:43,775 HAVE BEEN STRIPPED AWAY. TEXAS WHICH PRODUCED JANE ROE OF 398 00:25:43,842 --> 00:25:46,678 ROE v. WADE AND SARAH COFFEE AND HER TWO ATTORNEYS WHO 399 00:25:46,745 --> 00:25:52,784 SUCCESSFULLY PREVAILED ON AN ALL MALE SUPREME COURT TO MAKE 400 00:25:52,851 --> 00:25:56,788 ABORTION LEGAL 49 YEARS AGO, THAT'S THE STATE THAT OUTLAWED 401 00:25:56,855 --> 00:26:00,692 ABORTION BEGINNING AT CONCEPTION WITH NO EXCEPTION FOR RAPE OR 402 00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:01,860 INCEST. SAME FOR GAY MARRIAGE. 403 00:26:01,927 --> 00:26:04,396 YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THIS ISSUE WAS SETTLED. 404 00:26:04,462 --> 00:26:06,765 TEXAS LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT TO TURN BACK THE CLOCK. 405 00:26:06,831 --> 00:26:09,234 NOW, THAT IS NOT US. I WANT THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA 406 00:26:09,301 --> 00:26:12,470 OUTSIDE OF TEXAS TO KNOW THIS. IT IS NOT WHO WE ARE. 407 00:26:12,537 --> 00:26:16,274 IT'S NOT DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS OR INDEPENDENTS IN THE STATE. 408 00:26:16,341 --> 00:26:18,810 IT IS THOSE WHO HOLD POWER TODAY. 409 00:26:18,877 --> 00:26:22,447 THE BEST WAY TO CHALLENGE THIS, CHECK THIS AND OVERCOME IT IS TO 410 00:26:22,514 --> 00:26:25,050 WIN POLITICAL POWER ON NOVEMBER 8th. 411 00:26:25,116 --> 00:26:28,386 THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THIS RACE TO GET TEXAS BACK TO A PLACE WHERE 412 00:26:28,453 --> 00:26:31,356 WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF IT. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 413 00:26:31,423 --> 00:26:33,191 >> Stephen: WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 414 00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:35,427 BACK WITH MORE BETO O'ROURKE, EVERYBODY. 415 00:26:35,493 --> 00:26:35,994 STICK AROUND. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 416 00:26:44,336 --> 00:26:45,337 >> Stephen: OKAY, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE. 417 00:26:45,403 --> 00:26:51,042 JUST DO IT ANYWAY. HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE 418 00:26:51,109 --> 00:26:57,916 WITH DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, BETO 419 00:26:57,983 --> 00:27:02,487 O'ROURKE. MR. O'ROURKE, WE PLANNED TO HAE 420 00:27:02,554 --> 00:27:05,423 YOU ON IN MAY ORIGINALLY, BUT THEN THE TRAGIC SHOOTING 421 00:27:05,490 --> 00:27:11,363 HAPPENED IN UVALDE, AND I AM SORRY FOR THE TRAGEDY FOR YOUR 422 00:27:11,429 --> 00:27:12,497 STATE, ALL THE TRAGEDIES, ALL THE GUN TRAGEDIES THAT HAPPENED 423 00:27:12,564 --> 00:27:16,201 IN YOUR STATE RECENTLY. TOMORROW MARKS ONE MONTH SINCE 424 00:27:16,267 --> 00:27:20,305 THAT TERRIBLE DAY. HOW ARE THE RESIDENTS OF TEXAS 425 00:27:20,372 --> 00:27:23,975 PROCESSING THE HORROR OF THIS EVENT? 426 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:30,448 >> IT'S TOUGH, AND FOR NO ONE MORE SO THAN THE PEOPLE OF 427 00:27:30,515 --> 00:27:32,884 UVALDE. AND THOSE PARENTS, I TALKED TO A 428 00:27:32,951 --> 00:27:37,522 MOM YESTERDAY, AND SHE SAID, BETO, I AM LIVING IN A HELL 429 00:27:37,589 --> 00:27:40,825 RIGHT NOW. BUT I WANT TO DO SOMETHING SO 430 00:27:40,892 --> 00:27:43,461 THAT NO MOM EVER GOES THROUGH THIS OR FEELS THE WAY THAT I DO. 431 00:27:43,528 --> 00:27:47,232 I WANT TO SPEAK OUT. I MEAN, SHE SAID, I'VE NEVER 432 00:27:47,298 --> 00:27:49,868 BEEN POLITICALLY INVOLVED BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW EVEN KNOW 433 00:27:49,934 --> 00:27:54,272 WHAT TO DO, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING I CAN DO, IF I CAN 434 00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:57,475 LEND MY VOICE TO SOMETHING, PLEASE TELL ME, AND I WANT TO 435 00:27:57,542 --> 00:28:00,478 STOP THIS. UVALDE AND EL PASO WHERE WE LOST 436 00:28:00,545 --> 00:28:05,917 23 PEOPLE, THEY WERE TAKEN FROM US IN 2019, SANTA FE HIGH 437 00:28:05,984 --> 00:28:09,587 SCHOOL, ANOTHER HORRIFIC SCHOOL SHOOTING IN TEXAS. 438 00:28:09,654 --> 00:28:12,223 WE'VE GOT TO STOP THIS AND THE PEOPLE WANT TO, AND THEY'RE 439 00:28:12,290 --> 00:28:15,160 WILLING TO DO THE WORK. NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO AGREE 440 00:28:15,226 --> 00:28:16,094 ON EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COMMON GROUND 441 00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:18,430 ON THIS. UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS 442 00:28:18,496 --> 00:28:21,166 WHERE EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO PURCHASE A GUN HAS SOME KIND OF 443 00:28:21,232 --> 00:28:25,003 A REVIEW SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR 444 00:28:25,070 --> 00:28:28,406 SOMEONE ELSE WE CAN STOP THEM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. 445 00:28:28,473 --> 00:28:33,778 A RED FLAG LAW WHERE THEY SAY I WANT TO HARM MYSELF OR OTHER 446 00:28:33,845 --> 00:28:38,583 PEOPLE, IF THEY HAVE A FIREARM, WE REMOVE IT UNTIL THEY CAN GET 447 00:28:38,650 --> 00:28:42,420 BETTER. SAFE STORAGE LAWS -- MY FRIEND 448 00:28:42,487 --> 00:28:46,825 RHONDA WHO LOST HER DAUGHTER KIMBERLY IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE'S A 449 00:28:46,891 --> 00:28:51,129 GUN OWNER, ARMY VETERAN, A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AT THE TIME IN 450 00:28:51,196 --> 00:28:53,498 THE DISTRICT WHERE HER DISAWRGT WAS KILLED. 451 00:28:53,565 --> 00:28:59,070 SHE SAID WE LOCK UP OUR GUNS, IT'S SAFE AND IT'S COMMON SENSE. 452 00:28:59,137 --> 00:29:02,640 MAKE SURE EVERYONE DOWS THAT. ON THAT MUCH, WE CAN AGREEMENT 453 00:29:02,707 --> 00:29:06,010 LET'S MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. WITH THE PEOPLE IN POWER NOW 454 00:29:06,077 --> 00:29:10,515 BEHOLDEN TO THE N.R.A., YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS, GREG ABBOTT 455 00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:13,685 TAPES A MESSAGE FOR THE CONVENTION HELD IN TEXAS THREE 456 00:29:13,751 --> 00:29:18,389 DAYS AFTER THE SHOOTING IN UVALDE, PAYING TRIBUTE TO THEM, 457 00:29:18,456 --> 00:29:21,059 WHILE TRYING TO SOMEHOW MAKE US BELIEVE THAT HE'S GOING TO DO 458 00:29:21,126 --> 00:29:24,429 SOMETHING DIFFERENT, EVEN THOUGH HE HASN'T AFTER ANY ONE OF THESE 459 00:29:24,496 --> 00:29:28,433 MASS SHOOTINGS. LAST YEAR HE SIGNED A BILL 460 00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:32,470 CALLED PERMITLESS CARRY THAT ALLOWS ANYONE TO CARRY A FIREARM 461 00:29:32,537 --> 00:29:36,774 ON OUR STREETS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CHECK, TRAINING, 462 00:29:36,841 --> 00:29:38,510 REVIEW WHATSOEVER. >> Stephen: WHAT'S THE 463 00:29:38,576 --> 00:29:40,545 POSSIBLE BEN FELT FOR HIM POLITICALLY? 464 00:29:40,612 --> 00:29:42,981 >> THE N.R.A., THE EXTREME FRINGE TO HAVE THE RIGHT WING OF 465 00:29:43,047 --> 00:29:46,651 HIS PARTY. BUT I TELL YOU, POLICE OFFICERS, 466 00:29:46,718 --> 00:29:48,419 SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS BEGGED HIM NOT TO 467 00:29:48,486 --> 00:29:51,089 DO THIS. THEY SAID, MR. GOVERNOR, WITH 468 00:29:51,156 --> 00:29:54,292 ALL DUE RESPECT, OVER THE LAST FVE YEARS, 38,000 TIMES, PEOPLE 469 00:29:54,359 --> 00:29:57,362 ASKED FOR A LICENSE TO CARRY A FIREARM AND THEY WERE DENIED 470 00:29:57,428 --> 00:30:01,065 BECAUSE THEY HAD A CRIMINAL HISTORY, THEY HAD BEATEN THEIR 471 00:30:01,132 --> 00:30:03,735 WIVES, THEY HAD TRIED TO KILL THEMSELVES AND WE DIDN'T THINK 472 00:30:03,801 --> 00:30:05,737 IT WAS SMART FOR THEM TO BE ARMED. 473 00:30:05,803 --> 00:30:09,541 NOW ALL 38,000 OF THEM HAVE GUNS, AN TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE 474 00:30:09,607 --> 00:30:13,111 WHO KNEW BETTER THAN TO EVER APPLY FOR A LICENSE TO CARRY 475 00:30:13,178 --> 00:30:15,914 BECAUSE THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE PASSED THE BACKGROUND CHECK, 476 00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:18,349 THEY'RE FREE TO DO THAT. IN TEXAS MORE COPS HAVE BEEN 477 00:30:18,416 --> 00:30:20,418 GUNNED DOWN THAN IN ANY OTHER STATE. 478 00:30:20,485 --> 00:30:24,022 WE'VE SEEN A PREDICTABLE SPIKE IN GUN VIOLENCE. 479 00:30:24,088 --> 00:30:27,659 IN OUR GOVERNMENT IN TEXAS HAS DONE NOTHING EXCEPT MAKE IT 480 00:30:27,725 --> 00:30:30,495 EASIER FOR THE WRONG KIND OF PEOPLE TO HAVE THESE FIREARMS. 481 00:30:30,562 --> 00:30:34,132 BUT I TELL YOU AGAIN, TO TRY TO BE OPTIMISTIC, AND I AM, THE 482 00:30:34,199 --> 00:30:38,970 PEOPLE OF TEXAS AREN'T REFLECTED IN THOSE DECISIONS, AND I'M 483 00:30:39,037 --> 00:30:42,907 TALKING REPUBLICANS AND GUN OWNERS, I WAS IN HONDO, TEXAS, 484 00:30:42,974 --> 00:30:48,413 TOWN NEXT TO UVALDE, MET A GUY WATERING HIS LAWN AND WE 485 00:30:48,479 --> 00:30:51,182 RECOGNIZED EACH OTHER. I SAID I'M SORRY FOR THINGS 486 00:30:51,249 --> 00:30:54,352 HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY. HE WAS WEARING A CONFEDERATE 487 00:30:54,419 --> 00:30:58,957 BATTLE CAP. HE SAID, I HAVE SEVEN GUNS AND I 488 00:30:59,023 --> 00:31:02,093 HAVE A JUNIOR AT HONDO HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT 489 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,362 THAT GUY. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. 490 00:31:04,429 --> 00:31:06,598 THERE'S COMMON GROUND OUT THERE. WE HAVE TO FIND IT AND COMMIT 491 00:31:06,664 --> 00:31:07,966 OURSELVES TO IT AND GET SOMETHING DONE. 492 00:31:08,032 --> 00:31:10,969 THAT'S WHAT THE PASSPORTS IN UVALDE WANT US TO DO. 493 00:31:11,035 --> 00:31:15,173 >> Stephen: THOSE WHO DON'T WANT CHANGE ARE HOPING PEOPLE 494 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:21,913 WILL FORGET, THAT YOU JUST MOVE ON AND FORGET. 495 00:31:21,980 --> 00:31:26,751 ABBOTT WANTS PEOPLE TO FORGET THE GUN TRAGEDY THAT CAME UP TO 496 00:31:26,818 --> 00:31:32,457 UVALDE THAT HE COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT. 497 00:31:32,523 --> 00:31:34,025 WILL PEOPLE REMEMBER UVALDE? >> WE WILL. 498 00:31:34,092 --> 00:31:35,660 ( APPLAUSE ) I WAS THERE THE DAY AFTER THE 499 00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:39,998 SHOOTING AND I MET THE PARENTS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL GIRL NAMED 500 00:31:40,064 --> 00:31:43,401 ALITHIA WHO HAD BEEN KILLED THE DAY BEFORE. 501 00:31:43,468 --> 00:31:47,272 HER TENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY BALLOONS ARE STILL CLINGING TO 502 00:31:47,338 --> 00:31:49,407 THE CEILING. SHE'S AN EXTRAORDINARY ARTIST. 503 00:31:49,474 --> 00:31:52,377 HER ART IS ALL OVER THE WALLS. HER PARENTS WANTED ME, THEY WANT 504 00:31:52,443 --> 00:31:58,516 ALL OF YOU TO KNOW ALITHIA LIVED, AND THAT SHE HAD AN 505 00:31:58,583 --> 00:32:01,953 EXTRAORDINARY CAREER AS THIS CREATIVE TALL MINUTE FRONT OF 506 00:32:02,020 --> 00:32:03,554 HER. SHE LEAVES SUCH A LEGACY, 507 00:32:03,621 --> 00:32:07,392 ALREADY, ONLY TEN YEARS ON THIS PLANET, AND THEY WANT US TO KNOW 508 00:32:07,458 --> 00:32:09,894 THAT SHE LIVED. THEY DON'T WANT HER DEATH TO BE 509 00:32:09,961 --> 00:32:12,196 IN VAIN. THEY DON'T WANT ANY PARENT TO 510 00:32:12,263 --> 00:32:14,866 FEEL WHAT THEY'RE FEELING NOW. THEY WANT US TO DO SOMETHING 511 00:32:14,932 --> 00:32:17,101 ABOUT IT. THEY WANT ACTION. 512 00:32:17,168 --> 00:32:21,239 IT'S THE WAY WE FELT IN EL PASO AFTER OUR MASS SHOOTING IN 513 00:32:21,306 --> 00:32:23,708 AUGUST OF 2019. AND THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS ARE NOT 514 00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:26,978 JUST DEMANDING IT, THEY DON'T JUST WANT IT, THEY ARE WORKING 515 00:32:27,045 --> 00:32:29,580 FOR IT. PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE TOO, RIGHT 516 00:32:29,647 --> 00:32:33,084 NOW ASKING THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO 517 00:32:33,151 --> 00:32:38,790 SHOWED ON NOVEMBER 8th IN THIS ELECTION, THEY SAY, HEY, YOUR 518 00:32:38,856 --> 00:32:42,994 KIDS' LIFE IS ON THE BALLOT, YOUR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE ON 519 00:32:43,061 --> 00:32:48,266 THE BALLOT, YOUR ABOUT TO MARRY THE PERSON YOU LOVE IS ON THE 520 00:32:48,333 --> 00:32:50,702 BALLOT. THESE ARE NOT R AND Ds. 521 00:32:50,768 --> 00:32:52,337 THIS IS DEMOCRACY, THIS IS AMERICA. 522 00:32:52,403 --> 00:32:53,938 THESE ARE LIVES WE ARE VOTING FOR NOW. 523 00:32:54,005 --> 00:32:56,574 I THINK GOOD WILL ULTIMATELY PREVAIL. 524 00:32:56,641 --> 00:32:59,110 WE CAN'T JUST HOPE IT HAPPENS. THIS IS A DEMOCRACY. 525 00:32:59,177 --> 00:33:02,513 IT'S NOT A SPECTATOR DEAL. IT'S ALL OF US IN ALL THE TIME 526 00:33:02,580 --> 00:33:05,550 UNTIL WE GET THIS DONE. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 527 00:33:05,616 --> 00:33:07,552 >> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 528 00:33:07,618 --> 00:33:09,520 >> APPRECIATE IT. >> Stephen: BETO O'ROURKE, 529 00:33:09,587 --> 00:33:12,357 EVERYBODY! HE'S RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF 530 00:33:12,423 --> 00:33:13,424 TEXAS. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH 531 00:33:13,491 --> 00:33:15,493 "STATION ELEVEN'S" MATILDA LAWLER! 532 00:33:28,740 --> 00:33:34,545 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WELCOME BACK! 533 00:33:34,612 --> 00:33:36,814 STAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 534 00:33:36,881 --> 00:33:40,051 MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR WHO PLAYS YOUNG KIRSTEN IN "STATION 535 00:33:40,118 --> 00:33:42,854 ELEVEN." 536 00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:52,063 >> FRANK TOLD ME YOUR NICKNAME. WHAT NICKNAME? 537 00:33:52,130 --> 00:34:03,274 LEAVIN' JEAVIN'. YOU ARE GETTING SO GOOD. 538 00:34:03,341 --> 00:34:16,087 ARE YOU LEAVIN', JEAVIN'? NO. 539 00:34:18,322 --> 00:34:22,460 >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," MATILDA LAWLER! 540 00:34:22,527 --> 00:34:37,275 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 541 00:34:38,075 --> 00:34:39,410 >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO THERE YOU GO. 542 00:34:39,477 --> 00:34:41,212 NICE TO MEET YOU. >> NICE TO MEET YOU, TOO. 543 00:34:41,279 --> 00:34:47,285 >> Stephen: I REALLY ENJOYED "STATION ELEVEN." 544 00:34:47,351 --> 00:34:50,354 WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO MAKE? FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HASN'T SEEN 545 00:34:50,421 --> 00:34:54,091 IT, AND I RECOMMEND EVERYBODY DOES, YOUR PERFORMANCE THE 546 00:34:54,158 --> 00:34:54,892 EXTRAORDINARY. >> THANK YOU. 547 00:34:54,959 --> 00:34:55,960 >> Stephen: IT'S ABOUT A PANDEMIC. 548 00:34:56,027 --> 00:34:58,362 >> WELL, IT'S ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A PANDEMIC. 549 00:34:58,429 --> 00:35:01,699 >> Stephen: RIGHT, IT'S ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE PANDEMIC, AND 550 00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:04,602 PEOPLE'S RELATIONSHIPS AND KIND OF THE HOPE AND THE LOVE THEY 551 00:35:04,669 --> 00:35:06,938 FIND IN THE WORLD, AND I'M CURIOUS, WHAT WAS THAT LIKE TO 552 00:35:07,004 --> 00:35:12,510 SHOOT DURING A PANDEMIC? >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS 553 00:35:12,577 --> 00:35:16,113 STRANGE. LIKE, WE NEVER REALLY EXPECTED 554 00:35:16,180 --> 00:35:23,020 TO HAVE AN ACTUAL PANDEMIC GOING ON. 555 00:35:23,087 --> 00:35:25,656 YEAH. AND, SO, IT KIND OF LIKE MADE 556 00:35:25,723 --> 00:35:32,497 EVERYTHING A LOT MORE REAL. AND, I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS KIND 557 00:35:32,563 --> 00:35:36,734 OF INSANE AT FIRST BUT THEN FOR SOME REASON IT MADE US ALL FEEL 558 00:35:36,801 --> 00:35:39,704 KIND OF COMFORTED FOR SOME REASON THAT THERE WAS -- 559 00:35:39,770 --> 00:35:41,772 ( LAUGHTER ) I KNOW, IT'S WEIRD. 560 00:35:41,839 --> 00:35:44,976 BUT IT FELT COMFORTING TO US THAT THERE WAS THIS STORY THAT 561 00:35:45,042 --> 00:35:47,778 WE COULD COLLABORATE ON AND IT WAS KIND OF, LIKE, REPRESENTING 562 00:35:47,845 --> 00:35:51,682 WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD IN A BEAUTIFUL AND, LIKE, GOOD, 563 00:35:51,749 --> 00:35:55,920 HOPEFUL WAY. SO I THINK THAT MADE US ALL FEEL 564 00:35:55,987 --> 00:36:03,928 PRETTY GOOD. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 565 00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:06,397 >> Stephen: IT IS A STRANGELY HOPEFUL STORY. 566 00:36:06,464 --> 00:36:09,333 YOU ARE PREPARED FOR THE POST-PANDEMIC APOCALYPSE BECAUSE 567 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:13,337 OF THAT KNIFE WORK YOU WERE DOING IN THE CLIP WE SAW, YOU 568 00:36:13,404 --> 00:36:18,809 PLAY A YOUNG KIRSTEN, AND MACKENZIE DAVIS PLAYS OLDER 569 00:36:18,876 --> 00:36:22,346 KIRSTEN AND I TALKED TO HER ABOUT HER KNIFE WORK AND SHE 570 00:36:22,413 --> 00:36:25,883 SAID SHE HAD TO FAKE IT AND COULDN'T GET I DOWN. 571 00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:29,287 WERE YOU TRAINED TO THROW THE KNIVES? 572 00:36:29,353 --> 00:36:31,923 >> THERE WAS THIS REALLY GOOD GUY WHO WAS A MASTER AT KNIFE 573 00:36:31,989 --> 00:36:35,593 THROWING AND HE COULD JUST THROW A LIFE WHEN SOMEONE WAS ON THE 574 00:36:35,660 --> 00:36:38,763 BOARD, AND HE COULD JUST THROW AROUND, AND HE WAS TEACHING ME. 575 00:36:38,829 --> 00:36:46,337 SO I WAS REALLY NERVOUS BECAUSE I WAS, LIKE, I'M NEVER GOING TO 576 00:36:46,404 --> 00:36:51,909 BE THIS GOOD. >> Stephen: YOU WEREN'T 577 00:36:51,976 --> 00:36:54,879 THROWING AT A PERSON, WERE YOU? >> NO. 578 00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:59,617 I DIDN'T GET AS GOOD AS HIM, OBVIOUSLY, ACTUALLY, IN THAT 579 00:36:59,684 --> 00:37:02,687 CLIP, I'M THROWING THE KNIFE, BUT IT DIDN'T LAND THERE. 580 00:37:02,753 --> 00:37:06,691 >> Stephen: SO THE CLOSEUP IS SOMEBODY ELSE THROWING IT? 581 00:37:06,757 --> 00:37:10,394 >> IT WAS PROBABLY SOMEONE ELSE THROWING IT. 582 00:37:10,461 --> 00:37:13,998 >> Stephen: KIRSTEN IS IN THE STORY, IN BOTH THE SERIES, AND 583 00:37:14,065 --> 00:37:18,369 THERE'S A BOOK THAT IT'S BASED ON. 584 00:37:18,436 --> 00:37:22,106 KIRSTEN'S SORT OF HAPPY PLACE, HER SAFE PLACE IS A GRAPHIC 585 00:37:22,173 --> 00:37:24,675 NOVEL CALLED STATION ELEVEN. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 586 00:37:24,742 --> 00:37:26,243 DO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A REAL THING? 587 00:37:26,310 --> 00:37:30,348 FOR ME, I HAVE T "THE LORD OF TE RINGS," AT MY AGE. 588 00:37:30,414 --> 00:37:32,883 I STILL GO TO "THE LORD OF THE RINGS" ALL THE TIME. 589 00:37:32,950 --> 00:37:38,723 WHAT ELSE YOUR STATION ELEVEN? >> I FEEL LIKE MAYBE A HUNGER 590 00:37:38,789 --> 00:37:39,557 GAMES? ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 591 00:37:39,624 --> 00:37:41,292 >> Stephen: YOU READ IT A FEW TIMES? 592 00:37:41,359 --> 00:37:44,862 >> I'VE READ THEM, LIKE, THREE TIMES, WATCHED THE MOVIES A 593 00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:46,364 BUNCH. I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM. 594 00:37:46,430 --> 00:37:49,467 I JUST DID A SCHOOL PROJECT ON THE HUNGER GAMES. 595 00:37:49,533 --> 00:37:54,405 >> Stephen: OH, YEAH? AND IT WAS LIKE A 596 00:37:54,472 --> 00:37:55,906 PRESENTATION. >> Stephen: MM-HMM. 597 00:37:55,973 --> 00:38:00,044 AND IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY NERVE RACKING FOR ME BECAUSE -- 598 00:38:00,111 --> 00:38:03,714 >> Stephen: WELL, YOU'RE A PERFORMER. 599 00:38:03,781 --> 00:38:06,550 WHY WOULD A PRESENTATION BE NERVE RACKING FOR YOU? 600 00:38:06,617 --> 00:38:10,054 >> WELL, IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE, LIKE, WITH PEOPLE I KNOW, MY 601 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:12,556 CLASSMATES, I WAS PRESENTING TO THEM, WITH PEOPLE I KNOW, I'M 602 00:38:12,623 --> 00:38:16,293 TERRIBLE AT PRESENTING, AND I GET SO NERVOUS BECAUSE I KNOW 603 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:20,398 THEM AND I'M, LIKE, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO YOU AFTER THIS. 604 00:38:20,464 --> 00:38:23,834 SO I CAN'T MESS UP. >> Stephen: BUT A BROADWAY 605 00:38:23,901 --> 00:38:27,838 AUDIENCE -- >> BUT A BROADWAY AUDIENCE, 606 00:38:27,905 --> 00:38:30,608 IT'S, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AND I 607 00:38:30,675 --> 00:38:34,078 MIGHT NOT HAVE TO SEE YOU EVER AGAIN, SO IT'S NOT AS NERVE 608 00:38:34,145 --> 00:38:35,246 RACKING. >> Stephen: NO, I UNDERSTAND. 609 00:38:35,312 --> 00:38:39,917 I HOPE I NEVER SEE ANY OF THESE PEOPLE AGAIN. 610 00:38:39,984 --> 00:38:46,190 ( APPLAUSE ) NOW, BOTH YOUR PARENTS ARE 611 00:38:46,257 --> 00:38:47,692 ACTORS. HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU KNOW ADVICE 612 00:38:47,758 --> 00:38:49,360 ON HOW TO ACT? >> YEAH. 613 00:38:49,427 --> 00:38:54,999 THEY'VE HELPED ME A LOT, ESPECIALLY MY DAD. 614 00:38:55,066 --> 00:39:01,338 LIKE, I LOVE MY MOM AND SHE'S GREAT, BUT MY DAD KIND OF TAKES 615 00:39:01,405 --> 00:39:05,276 THE REINS FOR COACHING ME IN ACTING. 616 00:39:05,342 --> 00:39:07,678 HE'S REALLY HELPFUL. HE'S KIND OF TAUGHT ME 617 00:39:07,745 --> 00:39:09,280 EVERYTHING -- ALMOST EVERYTHING I KNOW. 618 00:39:09,346 --> 00:39:12,917 ACTUALLY, THAT'S NOT TRUE. I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE HELP 619 00:39:12,983 --> 00:39:14,585 ME. BUT HE'S AMAZING. 620 00:39:14,652 --> 00:39:17,288 HE'S IN THE AUDIENCE SOMEWHERE. >> Stephen: SO YOU WILL SEE 621 00:39:17,354 --> 00:39:20,057 HIM AGAIN. >> I'LL SEE HIM AGAIN, YEAH. 622 00:39:20,124 --> 00:39:26,731 >> Stephen: WELL, IT WAS LOVELY TO MEET YOU, MATILDA. 623 00:39:26,797 --> 00:39:27,965 >> YOU, TOO. >> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS ON 624 00:39:28,032 --> 00:39:28,833 SUCH A WONDERFUL SHOW. >> THANK YOU. 625 00:39:28,899 --> 00:39:31,402 >> Stephen: "STATION ELEVEN" IS AVAILABLE 626 00:39:31,469 --> 00:39:32,970 NOW ON HBO MAX. MATILDA LAWLER, EVERYBODY! 627 00:39:33,037 --> 00:39:34,238 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 628 00:39:53,190 --> 00:39:54,058 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE 629 00:39:54,125 --> 00:39:56,227 LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY. JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 630 00:39:56,293 --> 00:39:57,394 GOOD NIGHT. ( THEME SONG PLAYING )