>> WELL, TODAY'S HEARING IS THE
COMMITTEE'S LAST THIS MONTH BEFORE RECONVENING NEXT MONTH IN
JULY. >> "STRANGER THINGS," SEASON
FOUR, PART ONE, IS OUT NOW. PART TWO IS GOING TO START
STREAMING ON NETFLIX IN JULY. >> NETFLIX PRESENTS THE MOST
TERRIFYING SERIES OF THE SUMMER -- "STRANGER HEARINGS."
( LAUGHTER ) THIS JULY, THEY'RE BACK.
A RAGTAG GROUP OF MIDDLE-AGED KIDS, TRYING TO TAKE DOWN A
MONSTER, TERRORIZING THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
BUT ONE GIRL, L. CHENEY, WILL FIGHT AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS
WHO ARE TURNING DEMOCRACY INTO THE UPSIDE DOWN.
( SCREAMING ) "STRANGER HEARINGS."
AND THEN STAY TUNED FOR THE NEW SEASON OF "LEAKY BLUNDERS."
>> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT!
TONIGHT, STAKE YOUR PARDON! PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES BETO
O'ROURKE AND MATILDA LAWLER, FEATURING JON BATISTE AND "STAY
HUMAN." AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE
ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT!
( THEME SONG PLAYING ) YOU BETTER BUCKLE UP BECAUSE WE
ARE ALMOST LIVE -- ALMOST! OH!
OH, MY FRIENDS. HELLO!
( AUDIENCE CHANTS STEPHEN ) >> Stephen: THANK YOU, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN! ♪♪
WHOO! WHOO!
OH, IT'S ELECTRIC IN HERE. OH, MY GOD THE ENERGY IS
UNBELIEVABLE! YOU CAN FEEL IT!
WE'RE RIDING A WAVE! OH...
PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE
HAVE A SEAT UP THERE. WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW,"
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND GIRL WONDER.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
I'M YOUR HOST STEPHEN COLBERT, AND TONIGHT --
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU, MY FRIENDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND TONIGHT, WE'RE COMING TO YOU
NOT QUITE LIVE AFTER TODAY'S JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE HEARINGS.
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT WAS HUGE. GIGANTIC.
IT WAS A SUPER BIG-- (GULPS)
GULP! THE COMMITTEE PAINTED A CHILLING
AND CRIMINALLY INSANE PORTRAIT OF AN ATTEMPT TO STEAL THE
ELECTION BY WEAPONIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
COURTESY OF FORMER PRESIDENT SCAMMY DOOFUS, JR.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
NOW -- NOW FOLKS -- ( CHEERING )
( LAUGHTER ) AT THE START OF THE HEARING
LIZ CHENEY RECAPPED WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR:
>> WE HAVE SEEN HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP PERSUADED TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF HIS SUPPORTERS TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR
JANUARY 6. AND WE WILL SEE IN FAR MORE
DETAIL HOW THE PRESIDENT'S RALLY AND
MARCH TO THE CAPITAL WERE ORGANIZED AND CHOREOGRAPHED.
>> STEPHEN: THAT'S RIGHT. IT WAS ALL CHOREOGRAPHED.
"FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT! STORM, STOMP, WINDOW SMASH!
KICK, BALL-CHANGE, JAZZ HANDS... AND ZIP-TIE THEM!"
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) POW!
ZIP! ZIP!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> WHOO!
>> Stephen: TODAY -- YEAH, I STILL GOT IT, BABY!
( CHEERING ) TODAY'S HEARING WAS LED BY
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN AND GUY WHO'S THRILLED THE
PROPERTY BROTHERS GAVE HIM A NEW ACCENT WALL, ADAM KINZINGER.
KINZINGER EXPLAINED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP THE
PRESIDENCY SEPARATE FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT:
>> THE PRESIDENT CANNOT AND MUST NOT USE THE DEPARTMENT
TO SERVE HIS OWN PERSONAL INTERESTS.
AND HE MUST NOT USE ITS PEOPLE TO DO HIS POLITICAL BIDDING.
THE PRESIDENT CANNOT PERVERT JUSTICE.
>> STEPHEN: YES! EVEN IF THE PRESIDENT IS
TECHNICALLY A PERVERT. ( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE ) THESE ARE THE KEY WITNESSES,
RIGHT? THESE ARE THE KEYS?
THANK YOU, FRIEND. THE KEY WITNESSES TODAY WERE
FORMER ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL AND DOBBY THE HOUSE LAWYER
JEFF ROSEN, AND FORMER ACTING DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL RICHARD
DONOGHUE, SEEN HERE GETTING DUMPED VIA SKYWRITING.
( LAUGHTER ) THESE TWO GUYS TOOK OVER THE
D.O.J. AFTER BILL BARR SAW WHERE THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S
CRAZY TRAIN WAS GOING AND SAID, "THIS IS MY STOP."
( LAUGHTER ) KINZINGER ASKED ROSEN WHAT
HAPPENED ONCE THEY TOOK OVER. >> MR. ROSEN, ON CHRISTMAS EVE,
YOUR FIRST OFFICIAL DAY AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL,
PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED YOU. WHAT DID HE WANT TO TALK ABOUT?
>> THE SAME THINGS HE WAS TALKING ABOUT PUBLICLY.
>> STEPHEN: SO, LOW-FLOW TOILETS AND WINDMILL CANCER?
NO? ( LAUGHTER )
KEEP IN MIND, THIS WAS ON DECEMBER 24th.
WHAT A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND CHRISTMAS EVE:
"'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
AND ALL THROUGH D.C. THE POTUS WAS SCREAMING
'THE WINNER WAS ME!' THE CONSPIRACIES HUNG
LIKE A STENCH IN THE AIR AS THIN AND AS FAKE
AS THE PRESIDENT'S HAIR." ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS PERSISTENT, AS KINZINGER
EXPLAINED: >> IN THE WEEKS LEADING TO
JANUARY 6, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WAS FIELDING
ALMOST-DAILY REQUESTS FROM THE PRESIDENT TO INVESTIGATE CLAIMS
OF ELECTION FRAUD. EACH CLAIM WAS REFUTED AND TIME
AGAIN, AN EFFORT ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR DESCRIBED AS
"WHACK-A-MOLE." >> STEPHEN: AND WHEN THAT
WHACK-A-MOLE DIDN'T WORK THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY GO ON TO
"WHACK MIKE PENCE." ( AUDIENCE REACTS )
>> Stephen: REALLY? ARE YOU JUST LEARNING THAT FROM
ME RIGHT NOW? ( LAUGHTER )
SO, THE NEW HEAD OF THE D.O.J. TOLD THE PRESIDENT, THERE'S
ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE THAT THE VOTES WERE FRAUDULENT AND THE
ELECTION WAS STOLEN. AND HERE'S HOW THE PRESIDENT
RESPONDED: >> "JUST SAY THE ELECTION WAS
CORRUPT, AND LEAVE THEN REST TO ME AND THE REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMEN." >> STEPHEN: SURE, BECAUSE THAT'S
HOW THE LAW WORKS. THAT'S WHY THE OPENING TO
"LAW & ORDER" GOES LIKE THIS: >> "IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM, THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED BY TWO SEPARATE YET
EQUALLY IMPORTANT GROUPS. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WHO
ACCUSES A CRIME WITH NO PROOF, AND THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS,
WHO MAKE UP CRAP TO JUSTIFY IT." (CHUNG-CHUNG!)
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: SO, KEEP IN MI
MIND -- WHAT KINZINGER READ OFF THE D.O.J.'S NOTES IS THE HEART
OF THE CRIME. THE PRESIDENT KNOWS THERE'S NO
EVIDENCE, BUT HE WANTS THE D.O.J. TO LIE,
AND SAY THAT THERE IS, SO THAT HIS CRONIES IN CONGRESS CAN
OVERTURN THE FAIR ELECTION. AT ONE POINT, THE FORMER
PRESIDENT WAS SPEWING SO MANY INSANE CONSPIRACIES, DONOGHUE
HAD TO START JOTTING THEM DOWN TO KEEP THEM STRAIGHT.
>> I BEGAN TAKING NOTES, ONLY BECAUSE, AT THE OUTSET, THE
PRESIDENT MADE AN ALLEGATION I HAD NOT HEARD, AND OF COURSE,
THAT CONCERNED US. SO, I SIMPLY REACHED OUT AND
GRABBED A NOTEPAD OFF OF MY WIFE'S NIGHTSTAND, AND A PEN,
AND I STARTED JOTTING IT DOWN. >> STEPHEN: THEN, LATER THAT
DAY, HIS WIFE CAME HOME AND SAID, HONEY, WHY DID YOU WRITE
HUGO CHAVEZ-TRAINED DOLPHINS ARE SMUGGLING BALLOTS INTO NUCLEAR
HURRICANES?' DARLING, ARE YOU HAVING A
STROKE?" DO YOU SMELL TOAST?
( LAUGHTER ) AS THE HEARINGS WENT ON, WE
LEARNED HOW THE PRESIDENT'S DESPERATION LED HIM TO MAKE
SHOCKING REQUESTS: >> THE PRESIDENT WAS A LITTLE
MORE AGITATED THAN HE HAD BEEN ON MEETING-- IN THE MEETING ON
THE 15TH. HE DISCUSSED A VARIETY OF
ELECTION MATTERS. THERE WAS A POINT AT WHICH THE
PRESIDENT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, "WHY DON'T YOU GUYS SEIZE
MACHINES?" >> STEPHEN: THAT'S A VERY CASUAL
WAY TO END DEMOCRACY. "HEY, GUYS, WHY DON'T YOU SEIZE
ALL THE MACHINES? I'LL CANCEL THE ELECTIONS AND
JUST ORDER SOME SECRET POLICE FOR THE TABLE.
WILL YOU GUYS GO HALVSIES ON FASCISM WITH ME?
I HEAR THE BROWN SHIRTS HERE ARE AMAZING."
-- DELICIOUS. ( APPLAUSE )
TRUE STORY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS TOLD IN
NO UNCERTAIN TERMS BY THE D.O.J. AND THE D.H.S., YOU CANNOT SEIZE
THE MACHINES. AND AS CRAZY AS IT IS TO SAY,
NONE OF THAT WAS THE CRAZY PART. BECAUSE KINZINGER ALSO SHARED
THIS: >> THE FINAL EMAIL HERE INCLUDED
A COMPLETELY BASELESS CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT AN ITALIAN DEFENSE
CONTRACTOR UPLOADED SOFTWARE TO A SATELLITE THAT SWITCHED VOTES
FROM TRUMP TO BIDEN. >> STEPHEN: AH, YES, THE ITALIAN
SATELLITE CONSPIRACY! AND I'M BEING TOLD "THE LATE
SHOW" HAS ACQUIRED FOOTAGE OF THE HIGH-TECH ITALIAN SATELLITE
SYSTEM. ♪♪
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THAT'S A SPICEY A-CONSPIRACY!
OF COURSE, THEY DIDN'T JUST PULL THIS ITALIAN SPACE HACK THEORY
OUT OF THEIR BUTTS. THEY PULLED IT OUT OF SOMEBODY
ELSE'S BUTT. BECAUSE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
SCOTT PERRY FORWARDED A VIDEO TO CHIEF OF STAFF MARK MEADOWS, AND
MEADOWS SENDS THE YOUTUBE VIDEO TO THE D.O.J. COMMANDING THEY
INVESTIGATE, THEY PLAYED A CLIP OF IT TODAY,
AND I WILL SAY, IT STARTED OUT STRONGLY WEIRD.
HERE'S SOME GUY CLAIMING SOME CONSPIRACY BY SOMEONE.
>> THERE WAS A CERTAIN STATE DEPARTMENT GUY, WHOSE NAME I
DON'T KNOW, YET-- I GUESS THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO COME OUT IN
ITALY AT SOME POINT. AND HE WAS THE MASTERMIND TO THE
-- NOT THE MASTERMIND -- NOT THE MASTERMIND, BUT THE GUY RUNNING
THE OPERATION OF CHANGING THE VOTES.
AND THAT HE WAS DOING THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME SUPPORT
FROM M.I.-6, THE C.I.A., AND THIS LEONARDO GROUP.
>> STEPHEN: IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT!
( LAUGHTER ) "YOUR HONOR, MY CLIENT COULDN'T
HAVE BEEN THERE ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER BECAUSE HE WAS WITH--
I DON'T KNOW YET-- GOING TO COME OUT AT SOME POINT.
ANYWAYS, I BLAME THE LEONARDO GROUP.
OR DONATELLO, MICHELANGELO, OR RAPHAEL.
THEIR PAY-OFF WAS PIZZA. THEIR CODEWORD:
COWABUNGA. HEROES IN A HALFSHELL."
♪♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
KINZINGER SUMMED UP HOW RIDICULOUS THE FORMER
PRESIDENT'S CONSPIRACY THEORIES WERE:
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THE
LENGTHS TO WHICH THE PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD GO TO STAY IN POWER.
SCOURING THE INTERNET TO SUPPORT HIS CONSPIRACY THEORIES, SHOWN
HERE, AS HE TOLD MR. DONAGHUE IN THAT DECEMBER 27
CALL, "YOU GUYS MAY NOT BE FOLLOWING THE INTERNET THE WAY I
DO." ( LAUGHTER )
>> STEPHEN: ON THE TOILET, WITH SAFE SEARCH OFF?
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
WHEN ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL ROSEN REFUSED TO INTERFERE
IN THE ELECTION, THE FORMER PRESIDENT TURNED TO ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND HIGH SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL WHO'S HAD IT WITH THIS RAP MUSIC, JEFFREY CLARK.
CLARK HAD DRAFTED A LETTER THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT LIKED VERY
MUCH, INTENDED TO BE SENT TO GEORGIA STATE ELECTION
OFFICIALS, THAT WAS GOING TO CLAIM THE D.O.J. HAD EVIDENCE OF
MASSIVE ELECTION FRAUD, EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T.
EVERYONE THOUGHT CLARK'S PROPOSAL WAS CRAZY, INCLUDING
WHITE HOUSE ATTORNEY ERIC HERSCHMANN:
>> I THOUGHT JEFF'S PROPOSAL, CLARKE'S PROPOSAL, WAS NUTS.
I MEAN, HERE'S A GUY THAT, AT A CERTAIN POINT, YOU KNOW, LISTEN,
THE BEST I COULD TELL WAS, THE ONLY THING YOU KNEW ABOUT
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ELECTIONS CHALLENGES IS THAT THEY BOTH
START WITH "E", AND BASED ON YOUR ANSWER TONIGHT, I AM NOT
EVEN CERTAIN YOU KNOW THAT. >> STEPHEN: TO WHICH CLARK
REPLIED, "OF COURSE THEY DON'T! 'ENVIRONMENT' STARTS WITH 'N,'
AND 'ELECTIONS' STARTS WITH 'L'! A-DUH."
( APPLAUSE ) THEN, AS WITH ALL THE
EX-PRESIDENT'S CRIMINAL SCHEMES, IT WAS TIME TO HEAR ABOUT RUDY
GIULIANI'S ROLE. >> DO YOU REMEMBER EVER
RECOMMENDING TO ANYBODY THAT MR. CLARK, MEANING JEFFREY CLARK
AT D.O.J., BE GIVEN ELECTION-RELATED
RESPONSIBILITIES? (LONG PAUSE)
>> YOU MEAN BEYOND THE PRESIDENT?
>> STEPHEN: THAT IS A LONG PAUSE, BUT IT DOES TAKE A WHILE
TO CHUG A BOTTLE OF YELLOWTAIL CHARDONNAY.
RUDY EVENTUALLY ANSWERED. >> YOU MEAN BEYOND THE
PRESIDENT? >> CORRECT.
(PAUSE) ( LAUGHTER )
>> WELL, BEYOND THE PRESIDENT I DO RECALL SAYING TO PEOPLE
THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD BE PUT IN CHARGE OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
WHO ISN'T... FRIGHTENED OF WHAT IS GOING TO
BE DONE TO THEIR REPUTATION. >> STEPHEN: IF THERE'S ANYONE
WHO'S PROVEN HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO HIS
REPUTATION, IT'S RUDY. "I SAID WE NEED SOMEONE IN
CHARGE OF JUSTICE WHO WON'T MIND BEING REMEMBERED AS A
WINE-DRENCHED FASCIST-APOLOGIST WHO BETRAYED HIS NATION NEXT TO
SOME DISCOUNT DILDOS." ( LAUGHTER )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT'S A GREAT PRICE.
SLIGHTLY USED. GENTLY USED.
GENTLY. ( LAUGHTER )
ROSEN REFUSED TO SEND CLARK'S LETTER, SO CLARK CONVINCED THE
PRESIDENT TO GIVE HIM ROSEN'S JOB.
AS THE HEAD OF THE D.O.J. THAT LED TO-- LET'S SAY, A TENSE
MEETING IN THE OVAL OFFICE, WHICH THE COMMITTEE ILLUSTRATED
WITH SOME CUTTING-EDGE GRAPHICS. LOOK AT THOSE PALE, TRANSLUCENT
BODIES. THEY CLONED MIKE PENCE!
( LAUGHTER ) AT THE MEETING, DONOGHUE
EXPRESSED WHY HE HAD DOUBTS THAT CLARK WAS THE MAN FOR THE JOB:
>> I MADE THE POINT THAT JEFF CLARK IS NOT EVEN COMPETENT TO
SERVE AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. HE HAS NEVER BEEN A
CRIMINAL ATTORNEY, HE HAS NEVER CONDUCTED A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION IN HIS LIFE. AND HE KIND OF RETORTED BY
SAYING, "WELL, I HAVE DONE A LOT OF VERY COMPLICATED APPEALS, AND
CIVIL LITIGATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION, AND
THINGS LIKE THAT." AND I SAID, "THAT IS RIGHT.
YOU ARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER. HOW ABOUT YOU GO BACK TO YOUR
OFFICE, AND WE WILL CALL YOU WHEN THERE IS AN OIL SPILL?"
( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> STEPHEN: OH, DAMN!
THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND YOU JUST GOT SERVED!
"HEY, JEFF! WHY DON'T YOU GO SCREW A
PROTECTED OTTER, YOU GRASS-HOLE. ISN'T THERE A BABY PELICAN YOU
SHOULD BE SCRUBBING WITH A TOOTHBRUSH?
YOU WANT TO BE HELPFUL? GO HUMP A REDWOOD, YOU SHAVED
LORAX." WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU
TONIGHT. MY GUESTS ARE BETO O'ROURKE AND
"STATION ELEVEN'S" MATILDA LAWLER.
BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL BE BACK HERE FOR MORE MONOLOGUE
ABOUT THE FOLKS WHO CRIMED AND HOW THEY ASKED THE
PRESIDENT TO GET THEM OUT OF THEIR CRIME TIME.
STICK AROUND, Y'ALL.
>> Stephen: HELLO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
WELCOME BACK! THANK YOU, MY FRIENDS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU, MY FRIENDS.
PLEASE HAVE A SEAT, EVERYBODY. WELCOME BACK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT.
YOU MIGHT NOTICE, I'M OVER HERE, NOT OVER THERE, BECAUSE THERE'S
JUST SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.
WE HAVE MORE MONOLOG TONIGHT, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT TODAY'S
HEARING OF THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE.
THE WHOLE AFTERNOON, IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH IT, YOU WILL
KNOW, IT WAS A STOMACH-CHURNING PARADE OF
REASONABLE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT A COMPLETELY-UNHINGED LEADER
DEMANDING THEY FORGO THEIR CONSCIENCES AND ENGAGE IN HIS
ONGOING CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY. AND THAT BRINGS US TO A FUN PART
OF THE PROCEEDINGS. BECAUSE WE NOW KNOW THE NAMES OF
REPUBLICAN CONGRESS-PEOPLE WHO WERE SO CERTAIN THEY HAD
COMMITTED CRIMES THAT THEY STARTED BEGGING THE WHITE HOUSE
TO PREEMPTIVELY PARDON THEM. THE SIX REPUBLICANS ARE SCOTT
PERRY, MO BROOKS, LOUIE GOHMERT, ANDY BIGGS, AND MARJORIE TAYLOR
GREENE. ( BOOING )
AND THE CREME DE LA CREEP MATT GAETZ.
( BOOING ) WHO WAS LOOKING
FOR PARDONS FOR MORE THAN JUST THIS COUP.
>> THE PARDON HE WAS DISCUSSING, REQUESTING, WAS AS BROAD AS YOU
COULD DESCRIBE. "FROM THE BEGINNING"-- I
REMEMBER HE SAID, "FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME, UP UNTIL
TODAY, FOR ANY AND ALL THINGS." >> STEPHEN: THAT'S A LITTLE
BROAD. "YEAH, AH, I NEED A PARDON FROM
THE BEGINNING OF TIME, OR MY GIRLFRIEND'S SOPHOMORE YEAR,
WHICHEVER CAME FIRST." AND THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO
MATT GAETZ. HE WOULDN'T LET IT GO.
>> MR. GAETZ WAS PERSONALLY PUSHING FOR A PARDON, AND HE WAS
DOING SO SINCE EARLY DECEMBER. I'M NOT SURE WHY.
>> STEPHEN: I AM. I'M PRETTY SURE
THERE'S A MAJOR REASON. AND IT INVOLVES A MINOR.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH BETO O'ROURKE.
STICK AROUND! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
OVER THERE, MY FRIENDS! THERE YOU GO!
LOUIS -- >> HEY!
>> Stephen: LOUIS! TEPHEN!
>> Stephen: I SEE -- YOU SEE.
>> Stephen: TONIGHT, YOU GUYS -- YOU ALWAYS SOUND GOOD
BUT YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE EX IS A ZIP IN THE HORN SECTION TONIGHT.
TELL US WHO IS JOINING THE BAND THIS EVENING.
>> WE HAVE JEFFERY MILLER ON TROMBONE AND THE ONE AND ONLY
ALPHONSO HORNE ON THE HORN. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: GENTLEMEN, THANKS FOR JOINING US AGAIN.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. MY FIRST GUEST SERVED THREE
TERMS AS A CONGRESSMAN FROM TEXAS, RAN FOR SENATE IN 2018,
AND PRESIDENT IN 2020. NOW HE'S A CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS. PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE
SHOW," BETO O'ROURKE! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
( BAND PLAYING ) BETO O'ROURKE, EVERYBODY!
>> THANKS. THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT. LET ME JUST GET RIGHT INTO THE
HEAT OF THE MEAT HERE. THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE HELD
ITS FIFTH HEARING TODAY. SOME DOUBT GOING INTO THIS
PROCESS ABOUT HOW INFORMATIVE IT WOULD BE, HOW MUCH THEY WOULD BE
ABLE TO CONNECT THE DOTS, HOW INTERESTED PEOPLE WOULD BE.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE HEARINGS SO FAR?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT OUR COUNTRY IS
DOING THIS BECAUSE, IF WE DON'T HAVE TRUTH, IF THERE IS NO
ACCOUNTABILITY, THEN IT SETS THE PRECEDENT THAT THOSE IN THE
HIGHEST POSITIONS OF PUBLIC TUST CAN BREAK THE LAW WITH
COMPLETE IMPUNITY. AND THOUGH TRUMP WASN'T
SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS ATTEMPTED COUP AND INSURRECTION, IT WILL
SET THE STAGE FOR EITHER TRUMP IN ANOTHER YEAR OR SOMEBODY ELSE
WHO IS JUST AS AMBITIOUS AN WILLING TO DISREGARD THE
CONSTITUTION, OUR LAWS AND 246 YEARS OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
SO WITH ACCOUNTABILITY, WITH CONSEQUENCES, THEN PERHAPS THIS
TRULY IS AN EXCEPTIONAL EVENT, AND WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING LIKE
IT AGAIN. BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IN
TEXAS, WHERE IT IS HARDER TO CAST A BALLOT OR REGISTER TO
VOTE THAN IN ANY OTHER STATE MADE SO LAST YEAR BY OUR
GOVERNOR WHO SIGNED SOME TRUMP-INSPIRED LEGISLATION, YOU
KNOW, THIS INSURRECTION ATTEMPT IS NOT OVER.
IT'S ROLLING THROUGH OUR STATES, COMING OUT OF OUR LEGISLATURES,
MAKING IT HARDER AND HARDER FOR MORE PEOPLE TO CAST A BALLOT AND
BEGGING THE QUESTION WHETHER WE'LL HAVE A DEMOCRACY GOING
FORWARD UNLESS WE STAND AND FIGHT FOR IT RIGHT NOW.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, ONE OF THE
WAYS GOVERNOR ABBOTT DISTINGUISHED TEXAS IN THE PAST
YEAR IS THAT Y'ALL WERE PIONEERS IN VOTING RESTRICTIONS.
GOVERNOR ABBOTT SIGNED A LAW THAT HAD SOME OF THE MOST
RESTRICTIVE VOTING LAWS PUT IN PLACE, AS THE BEGINNING TO HAVE
THIS WAVE, JUST HAD THE PRIMARIES IN MARCH WHERE YOU
RECEIVED THE NOMINATION FROM THE DEMOCRATS FOR GOVERNOR DOWN
THERE. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
BUT ACROSS THE BOARD, IN THE PRIMARIES IN TEXAS, WHAT WAS THE
EFFECT OF THOSE RESTRICTIVE VOTING LAWS?
DID YOU SEE A CHANGE? >> WE DID.
SO 13% OF THE MAIL-IN BALLOTS CAST WERE REJECTED, AND THOSE
WERE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS, INDEPENDENT VOTERS, REPUBLICAN
VOTERS. >> Stephen: IS THAT HIGH?
THE HIGH WATER MARK BEFORE WAS 1%.
>> Stephen: WENT FROM 1% TO 13% IN A SINGLE CYCLE?
>> THAT'S RIGHT. IF WE WERE WATCHING THE NEWS AND
CUBA TODAY HAD ELECTIONS AND 13% OF THE BALLOTS WERE REJECTED, WE
WOULD SAY THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.
TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY AND, CASE IN POINT,
95-YEAR-OLD WORLD WAR II VETERAN, THIS GUY FOUGHT FASCISM
HALF A WORLD AWAY TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY HERE AT HOME, HIS
BALLOT BY MAIL REQUEST WAS REJECTED THREE TIMES BECAUSE THE
NEW LAW SAYS THAT IN ORDER TO VOTE BY MAIL YOU HAVE TO USE THE
SAME FORM OF I.D. WITH WHICH YOU USED TO REGISTER EVEN IF YOU DID
IN 1940. THIS GUY CAN BE FORGIVEN FOR NOT
REMEMBERING WHAT I.D. HE USED IN 1940.
REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, DOES NOT MATTER, FOR THIS GUY OF ANY
AMERICAN WHO EARNED THE RIGHT TO VOTE, ALSO THIS MAN.
FOR HIM TO NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE IN TEXAS JUST SHOWS YOU THE WORK
WE'VE GOT TO DO. I'M UP FOR IT AND THE PEOPLE OF
TEXAS ARE UP FOR IT. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THERE'S A FAIR
AMOUNT OF CRAZY AT THE TEXAS REPUBLICAN CONVENTION JUST LAST
WEEK. A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENED.
ONE IS THEY VOTED UNDER THE PLATFORM THAT JOE BIDEN IS NOT
LEGITIMATELY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
BUT THEY ALSO DID CRAZY THINGS, ADDING SOMETHING THEY NEVER DID
BEFORE, WHICH IS CALLING HOMOSEXUALITY AN ABERRANT
LIFESTYLE. IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY AT LEAST OFFICIALLY, IS THAT REFLECTIVE
TO HAVE THE REPUBLICANS YOU MEET IN TEXAS OR ARE THESE EXTREMISTS
WHO HAVE CONTROL OF THE PARTY? >> NO, THESE ARE THE EXTREMISTS,
BUT CONNECTED TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, I THINK
IT REINFORCES THE IDEA PROGRESS IS NOT INEVITABLE.
NO VICTORY IS EVER FINAL, NO DEMOCRACY IS EVER ASSURED.
WE HAD THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT SIGNED INTO LAW BY A TEXAS
PRESIDENT IN 1965, LINDEN -- LYNDEN BAYNES JOHNSON.
IN THE LAST TEN YEARS AFTER THE SHELBY DECISION, THOSE RIGHT
HAVE BEEN STRIPPED AWAY. TEXAS WHICH PRODUCED JANE ROE OF
ROE v. WADE AND SARAH COFFEE AND HER TWO ATTORNEYS WHO
SUCCESSFULLY PREVAILED ON AN ALL MALE SUPREME COURT TO MAKE
ABORTION LEGAL 49 YEARS AGO, THAT'S THE STATE THAT OUTLAWED
ABORTION BEGINNING AT CONCEPTION WITH NO EXCEPTION FOR RAPE OR
INCEST. SAME FOR GAY MARRIAGE.
YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THIS ISSUE WAS SETTLED.
TEXAS LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT TO TURN BACK THE CLOCK.
NOW, THAT IS NOT US. I WANT THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA
OUTSIDE OF TEXAS TO KNOW THIS. IT IS NOT WHO WE ARE.
IT'S NOT DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS OR INDEPENDENTS IN THE STATE.
IT IS THOSE WHO HOLD POWER TODAY.
THE BEST WAY TO CHALLENGE THIS, CHECK THIS AND OVERCOME IT IS TO
WIN POLITICAL POWER ON NOVEMBER 8th.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THIS RACE TO GET TEXAS BACK TO A PLACE WHERE
WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF IT. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
BACK WITH MORE BETO O'ROURKE, EVERYBODY.
STICK AROUND. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: OKAY, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE.
JUST DO IT ANYWAY. HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE
WITH DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, BETO
O'ROURKE. MR. O'ROURKE, WE PLANNED TO HAE
YOU ON IN MAY ORIGINALLY, BUT THEN THE TRAGIC SHOOTING
HAPPENED IN UVALDE, AND I AM SORRY FOR THE TRAGEDY FOR YOUR
STATE, ALL THE TRAGEDIES, ALL THE GUN TRAGEDIES THAT HAPPENED
IN YOUR STATE RECENTLY. TOMORROW MARKS ONE MONTH SINCE
THAT TERRIBLE DAY. HOW ARE THE RESIDENTS OF TEXAS
PROCESSING THE HORROR OF THIS EVENT?
>> IT'S TOUGH, AND FOR NO ONE MORE SO THAN THE PEOPLE OF
UVALDE. AND THOSE PARENTS, I TALKED TO A
MOM YESTERDAY, AND SHE SAID, BETO, I AM LIVING IN A HELL
RIGHT NOW. BUT I WANT TO DO SOMETHING SO
THAT NO MOM EVER GOES THROUGH THIS OR FEELS THE WAY THAT I DO.
I WANT TO SPEAK OUT. I MEAN, SHE SAID, I'VE NEVER
BEEN POLITICALLY INVOLVED BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW EVEN KNOW
WHAT TO DO, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING I CAN DO, IF I CAN
LEND MY VOICE TO SOMETHING, PLEASE TELL ME, AND I WANT TO
STOP THIS. UVALDE AND EL PASO WHERE WE LOST
23 PEOPLE, THEY WERE TAKEN FROM US IN 2019, SANTA FE HIGH
SCHOOL, ANOTHER HORRIFIC SCHOOL SHOOTING IN TEXAS.
WE'VE GOT TO STOP THIS AND THE PEOPLE WANT TO, AND THEY'RE
WILLING TO DO THE WORK. NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO AGREE
ON EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COMMON GROUND
ON THIS. UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS
WHERE EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO PURCHASE A GUN HAS SOME KIND OF
A REVIEW SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR
SOMEONE ELSE WE CAN STOP THEM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
A RED FLAG LAW WHERE THEY SAY I WANT TO HARM MYSELF OR OTHER
PEOPLE, IF THEY HAVE A FIREARM, WE REMOVE IT UNTIL THEY CAN GET
BETTER. SAFE STORAGE LAWS -- MY FRIEND
RHONDA WHO LOST HER DAUGHTER KIMBERLY IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE'S A
GUN OWNER, ARMY VETERAN, A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AT THE TIME IN
THE DISTRICT WHERE HER DISAWRGT WAS KILLED.
SHE SAID WE LOCK UP OUR GUNS, IT'S SAFE AND IT'S COMMON SENSE.
MAKE SURE EVERYONE DOWS THAT. ON THAT MUCH, WE CAN AGREEMENT
LET'S MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. WITH THE PEOPLE IN POWER NOW
BEHOLDEN TO THE N.R.A., YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS, GREG ABBOTT
TAPES A MESSAGE FOR THE CONVENTION HELD IN TEXAS THREE
DAYS AFTER THE SHOOTING IN UVALDE, PAYING TRIBUTE TO THEM,
WHILE TRYING TO SOMEHOW MAKE US BELIEVE THAT HE'S GOING TO DO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT, EVEN THOUGH HE HASN'T AFTER ANY ONE OF THESE
MASS SHOOTINGS. LAST YEAR HE SIGNED A BILL
CALLED PERMITLESS CARRY THAT ALLOWS ANYONE TO CARRY A FIREARM
ON OUR STREETS WITHOUT ANY BACKGROUND CHECK, TRAINING,
REVIEW WHATSOEVER. >> Stephen: WHAT'S THE
POSSIBLE BEN FELT FOR HIM POLITICALLY?
>> THE N.R.A., THE EXTREME FRINGE TO HAVE THE RIGHT WING OF
HIS PARTY. BUT I TELL YOU, POLICE OFFICERS,
SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS BEGGED HIM NOT TO
DO THIS. THEY SAID, MR. GOVERNOR, WITH
ALL DUE RESPECT, OVER THE LAST FVE YEARS, 38,000 TIMES, PEOPLE
ASKED FOR A LICENSE TO CARRY A FIREARM AND THEY WERE DENIED
BECAUSE THEY HAD A CRIMINAL HISTORY, THEY HAD BEATEN THEIR
WIVES, THEY HAD TRIED TO KILL THEMSELVES AND WE DIDN'T THINK
IT WAS SMART FOR THEM TO BE ARMED.
NOW ALL 38,000 OF THEM HAVE GUNS, AN TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE
WHO KNEW BETTER THAN TO EVER APPLY FOR A LICENSE TO CARRY
BECAUSE THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE PASSED THE BACKGROUND CHECK,
THEY'RE FREE TO DO THAT. IN TEXAS MORE COPS HAVE BEEN
GUNNED DOWN THAN IN ANY OTHER STATE.
WE'VE SEEN A PREDICTABLE SPIKE IN GUN VIOLENCE.
IN OUR GOVERNMENT IN TEXAS HAS DONE NOTHING EXCEPT MAKE IT
EASIER FOR THE WRONG KIND OF PEOPLE TO HAVE THESE FIREARMS.
BUT I TELL YOU AGAIN, TO TRY TO BE OPTIMISTIC, AND I AM, THE
PEOPLE OF TEXAS AREN'T REFLECTED IN THOSE DECISIONS, AND I'M
TALKING REPUBLICANS AND GUN OWNERS, I WAS IN HONDO, TEXAS,
TOWN NEXT TO UVALDE, MET A GUY WATERING HIS LAWN AND WE
RECOGNIZED EACH OTHER. I SAID I'M SORRY FOR THINGS
HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY. HE WAS WEARING A CONFEDERATE
BATTLE CAP. HE SAID, I HAVE SEVEN GUNS AND I
HAVE A JUNIOR AT HONDO HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT
THAT GUY. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.
THERE'S COMMON GROUND OUT THERE. WE HAVE TO FIND IT AND COMMIT
OURSELVES TO IT AND GET SOMETHING DONE.
THAT'S WHAT THE PASSPORTS IN UVALDE WANT US TO DO.
>> Stephen: THOSE WHO DON'T WANT CHANGE ARE HOPING PEOPLE
WILL FORGET, THAT YOU JUST MOVE ON AND FORGET.
ABBOTT WANTS PEOPLE TO FORGET THE GUN TRAGEDY THAT CAME UP TO
UVALDE THAT HE COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT.
WILL PEOPLE REMEMBER UVALDE? >> WE WILL.
( APPLAUSE ) I WAS THERE THE DAY AFTER THE
SHOOTING AND I MET THE PARENTS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL GIRL NAMED
ALITHIA WHO HAD BEEN KILLED THE DAY BEFORE.
HER TENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY BALLOONS ARE STILL CLINGING TO
THE CEILING. SHE'S AN EXTRAORDINARY ARTIST.
HER ART IS ALL OVER THE WALLS. HER PARENTS WANTED ME, THEY WANT
ALL OF YOU TO KNOW ALITHIA LIVED, AND THAT SHE HAD AN
EXTRAORDINARY CAREER AS THIS CREATIVE TALL MINUTE FRONT OF
HER. SHE LEAVES SUCH A LEGACY,
ALREADY, ONLY TEN YEARS ON THIS PLANET, AND THEY WANT US TO KNOW
THAT SHE LIVED. THEY DON'T WANT HER DEATH TO BE
IN VAIN. THEY DON'T WANT ANY PARENT TO
FEEL WHAT THEY'RE FEELING NOW. THEY WANT US TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT. THEY WANT ACTION.
IT'S THE WAY WE FELT IN EL PASO AFTER OUR MASS SHOOTING IN
AUGUST OF 2019. AND THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS ARE NOT
JUST DEMANDING IT, THEY DON'T JUST WANT IT, THEY ARE WORKING
FOR IT. PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE TOO, RIGHT
NOW ASKING THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO
SHOWED ON NOVEMBER 8th IN THIS ELECTION, THEY SAY, HEY, YOUR
KIDS' LIFE IS ON THE BALLOT, YOUR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE ON
THE BALLOT, YOUR ABOUT TO MARRY THE PERSON YOU LOVE IS ON THE
BALLOT. THESE ARE NOT R AND Ds.
THIS IS DEMOCRACY, THIS IS AMERICA.
THESE ARE LIVES WE ARE VOTING FOR NOW.
I THINK GOOD WILL ULTIMATELY PREVAIL.
WE CAN'T JUST HOPE IT HAPPENS. THIS IS A DEMOCRACY.
IT'S NOT A SPECTATOR DEAL. IT'S ALL OF US IN ALL THE TIME
UNTIL WE GET THIS DONE. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> APPRECIATE IT. >> Stephen: BETO O'ROURKE,
EVERYBODY! HE'S RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF
TEXAS. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
"STATION ELEVEN'S" MATILDA LAWLER!
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WELCOME BACK!
STAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR WHO PLAYS YOUNG KIRSTEN IN "STATION
ELEVEN."
>> FRANK TOLD ME YOUR NICKNAME. WHAT NICKNAME?
LEAVIN' JEAVIN'. YOU ARE GETTING SO GOOD.
ARE YOU LEAVIN', JEAVIN'? NO.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," MATILDA LAWLER!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO THERE YOU GO.
NICE TO MEET YOU. >> NICE TO MEET YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: I REALLY ENJOYED "STATION ELEVEN."
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO MAKE? FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HASN'T SEEN
IT, AND I RECOMMEND EVERYBODY DOES, YOUR PERFORMANCE THE
EXTRAORDINARY. >> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: IT'S ABOUT A PANDEMIC.
>> WELL, IT'S ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A PANDEMIC.
>> Stephen: RIGHT, IT'S ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE PANDEMIC, AND
PEOPLE'S RELATIONSHIPS AND KIND OF THE HOPE AND THE LOVE THEY
FIND IN THE WORLD, AND I'M CURIOUS, WHAT WAS THAT LIKE TO
SHOOT DURING A PANDEMIC? >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS
STRANGE. LIKE, WE NEVER REALLY EXPECTED
TO HAVE AN ACTUAL PANDEMIC GOING ON.
YEAH. AND, SO, IT KIND OF LIKE MADE
EVERYTHING A LOT MORE REAL. AND, I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS KIND
OF INSANE AT FIRST BUT THEN FOR SOME REASON IT MADE US ALL FEEL
KIND OF COMFORTED FOR SOME REASON THAT THERE WAS --
( LAUGHTER ) I KNOW, IT'S WEIRD.
BUT IT FELT COMFORTING TO US THAT THERE WAS THIS STORY THAT
WE COULD COLLABORATE ON AND IT WAS KIND OF, LIKE, REPRESENTING
WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD IN A BEAUTIFUL AND, LIKE, GOOD,
HOPEFUL WAY. SO I THINK THAT MADE US ALL FEEL
PRETTY GOOD. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: IT IS A STRANGELY HOPEFUL STORY.
YOU ARE PREPARED FOR THE POST-PANDEMIC APOCALYPSE BECAUSE
OF THAT KNIFE WORK YOU WERE DOING IN THE CLIP WE SAW, YOU
PLAY A YOUNG KIRSTEN, AND MACKENZIE DAVIS PLAYS OLDER
KIRSTEN AND I TALKED TO HER ABOUT HER KNIFE WORK AND SHE
SAID SHE HAD TO FAKE IT AND COULDN'T GET I DOWN.
WERE YOU TRAINED TO THROW THE KNIVES?
>> THERE WAS THIS REALLY GOOD GUY WHO WAS A MASTER AT KNIFE
THROWING AND HE COULD JUST THROW A LIFE WHEN SOMEONE WAS ON THE
BOARD, AND HE COULD JUST THROW AROUND, AND HE WAS TEACHING ME.
SO I WAS REALLY NERVOUS BECAUSE I WAS, LIKE, I'M NEVER GOING TO
BE THIS GOOD. >> Stephen: YOU WEREN'T
THROWING AT A PERSON, WERE YOU? >> NO.
I DIDN'T GET AS GOOD AS HIM, OBVIOUSLY, ACTUALLY, IN THAT
CLIP, I'M THROWING THE KNIFE, BUT IT DIDN'T LAND THERE.
>> Stephen: SO THE CLOSEUP IS SOMEBODY ELSE THROWING IT?
>> IT WAS PROBABLY SOMEONE ELSE THROWING IT.
>> Stephen: KIRSTEN IS IN THE STORY, IN BOTH THE SERIES, AND
THERE'S A BOOK THAT IT'S BASED ON.
KIRSTEN'S SORT OF HAPPY PLACE, HER SAFE PLACE IS A GRAPHIC
NOVEL CALLED STATION ELEVEN. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
DO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A REAL THING?
FOR ME, I HAVE T "THE LORD OF TE RINGS," AT MY AGE.
I STILL GO TO "THE LORD OF THE RINGS" ALL THE TIME.
WHAT ELSE YOUR STATION ELEVEN? >> I FEEL LIKE MAYBE A HUNGER
GAMES? ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: YOU READ IT A FEW TIMES?
>> I'VE READ THEM, LIKE, THREE TIMES, WATCHED THE MOVIES A
BUNCH. I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM.
I JUST DID A SCHOOL PROJECT ON THE HUNGER GAMES.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH? AND IT WAS LIKE A
PRESENTATION. >> Stephen: MM-HMM.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY NERVE RACKING FOR ME BECAUSE --
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU'RE A PERFORMER.
WHY WOULD A PRESENTATION BE NERVE RACKING FOR YOU?
>> WELL, IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE, LIKE, WITH PEOPLE I KNOW, MY
CLASSMATES, I WAS PRESENTING TO THEM, WITH PEOPLE I KNOW, I'M
TERRIBLE AT PRESENTING, AND I GET SO NERVOUS BECAUSE I KNOW
THEM AND I'M, LIKE, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO YOU AFTER THIS.
SO I CAN'T MESS UP. >> Stephen: BUT A BROADWAY
AUDIENCE -- >> BUT A BROADWAY AUDIENCE,
IT'S, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AND I
MIGHT NOT HAVE TO SEE YOU EVER AGAIN, SO IT'S NOT AS NERVE
RACKING. >> Stephen: NO, I UNDERSTAND.
I HOPE I NEVER SEE ANY OF THESE PEOPLE AGAIN.
( APPLAUSE ) NOW, BOTH YOUR PARENTS ARE
ACTORS. HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU KNOW ADVICE
ON HOW TO ACT? >> YEAH.
THEY'VE HELPED ME A LOT, ESPECIALLY MY DAD.
LIKE, I LOVE MY MOM AND SHE'S GREAT, BUT MY DAD KIND OF TAKES
THE REINS FOR COACHING ME IN ACTING.
HE'S REALLY HELPFUL. HE'S KIND OF TAUGHT ME
EVERYTHING -- ALMOST EVERYTHING I KNOW.
ACTUALLY, THAT'S NOT TRUE. I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE HELP
ME. BUT HE'S AMAZING.
HE'S IN THE AUDIENCE SOMEWHERE. >> Stephen: SO YOU WILL SEE
HIM AGAIN. >> I'LL SEE HIM AGAIN, YEAH.
>> Stephen: WELL, IT WAS LOVELY TO MEET YOU, MATILDA.
>> YOU, TOO. >> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS ON
SUCH A WONDERFUL SHOW. >> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: "STATION ELEVEN" IS AVAILABLE
NOW ON HBO MAX. MATILDA LAWLER, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE
LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY. JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT.
GOOD NIGHT. ( THEME SONG PLAYING )