>> Announcer: THE EIGHTH AND FINAL PLAN FOR THE JANUARY 6th
COMMITTEE HEARING HAPPENING TONIGHT DURING PRIME TIME.
>> THE FINAL HEARING.
EXPECT IT TO BE THE FINAL HEARING.
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>> STOP THE STEAL.
HE MOTIONED TOWARD HIS CLAVICLES.
DRIPPING DOWN THE WALL.
>> THE CLAIMS OF FRAUD WERE BULL ( BLEEP ).
>> HELLO.
THIS IS GOING TO OPEN PEOPLE'S EYES IN A BIG WAY.
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>> ANNOUNCER: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT!"
TONIGHT: TONIGHT, THE JOE MUST GO ON.
PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: CHRIS HAYES
AND JACK WHITE FEATURING JON BATISTE AND
"STAY HUMAN."
AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK
CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT!
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
Hey, it is live on this planet.
GLAD YOU'RE HERE!
COME ON.
THANK YOU, FOLKS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( AUDIENCE CHANTING STEPHEN )
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, EVERYBODY!
PLEASE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'VE GOT TO GET GOING!
OH, MY GOSH.
WELCOME, EVERYBODY.
YOU FEEL THAT, LOUIS?
WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO "THE LATE SHOW."
I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
WE ARE LIVE AFTER THE EIGHTH INSTALLMENT OF THE JANUARY 6TH
COMMITTEE HEARINGS.
I'M GOING TO GET TO ALL OF THE JUICY AND DISTURBING DETAILS IN
A MOMENT.
BUT FIRST, I WANT TO SEND OUT GET WELL WISHES TO OUR--
THANK THE LORD, AND 81 MILLION VOTERS-- CURRENT PRESIDENT, WHO
THIS MORNING TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
THEY'RE NOT SURE HOW THE PRESIDENT CONTRACTED COVID--
I SUSPECT HE WISHED ON A CURSED MONKEY'S PAW FOR POSITIVE NEWS.
GOT TO BE CAREFUL.
( LAUGHTER ) I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY LET HIM
HAVE A CURSED MONKEY'S PAW.
( LAUGHTER ) BIDEN IS 79 YEARS OLD, BUT THIS
MORING HE PUT OUT A VIDEO TO SAY THAT EVERYTHING'S FINE.
NO ONE SHOULD BE WORRIED.
>> HEY, FOLKS, I GUESS YOU HEARD, THIS MORNING I TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID.
BUT I'VE BEEN DOUBLE-VACCINATED, DOUBLE-BOOSTED.
>> STEPHEN: YES, HE'S DOUBLE-VACCINATED,
DOUBLE-BOOSTED, AND AS ALWAYS, DOUBLE-FISTING.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
THEY SAY ICE CREAM IS ONE OF THE BEST -- ONE OF THE BEST
PROPHYLACTICS.
( LAUGHTER ) HE CONTINUED --
>> SYMPTOMS ARE MILD.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INQUIRIES AND CONCERNS.
BUT I'M DOING WELL, GETTING A LOT OF WORK DONE.
>> STEPHEN: THAT'S RIGHT!
COVID ISN'T GOING TO SLOW JOES BIDEN DOWN.
BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET ANY SLOWER.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LET'S GO!
COME ON!
WHO'S WITH ME?
LET'S GO!
BUT THE BIG STORY TONIGHT IS THE HEARINGS, AND TONIGHT, THE
COMMITTEE WAS LASER-FOCUSED ON THE JANUARY 6TH ACTIVITIES OF
FORMER PRESIDENT J.F.K.F.C.
LIKE PRESIDENT BIDEN, CHAIRMAN BENNIE THOMPSON RECENTLY TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID, SO HE JOINED VIA ZOOM.
LUCKILY HIS BEDROOM IS ALL FLAGS.
( LAUGHTER ) THOMPSON KICKED THE HEARING OFF
WITH THIS BOMBSHELL: >> AS WE'VE MADE CLEAR
THROUGHOUT THESE HEARINGS, OUR INVESTIGATION GOES FORWARD.
WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NEW INFORMATION EVERY DAY.
WE CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM WITNESSES.
WE WILL RECONVENE IN SEPTEMBER TO CONTINUE LAYING OUT OUR
FINDINGS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> STEPHEN: WE'RE GETTING A SEQUEL!
IN SEPTEMBER.
AND A FALL HEARING IS PERFECT, BECAUSE THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS
PUMPKIN-SPICE.
( APPLAUSE ) DELICIOUS.
ABSOLUTELY.
I LOVE IT.
SO DELICIOUS.
>> WARM.
>> Stephen: ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE
ADAM KINZINGER STATED THE PLAIN AND SIMPLE REASON THE FORMER
PRESIDENT SAT ON HIS BUTT DURING THE RIOT.
>> THE MOB ATTACKING THE CAPITOL QUICKLY CAUSED EVACUATION OF
BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
THE COUNT GROUND TO AN ABSOLUTE HALT AND WAS ULTIMATELY DELAYED
FOR HOURS.
THE MOB WAS ACCOMPLISHING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PURPOSE, SO,
OF COURSE, HE DIDN'T INTERVENE.
>> STEPHEN: YEAH, WHEN A MOB IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT, YOU
ONLY ENCOURAGE THEM.
AM I RIGHT, GREATEST AUDIENCE IN THE WORLD?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU, CITIZENS.
THANK YOU!
( AUDIENCE CHANTING STEPHEN ) >> Stephen: PLEASE -- THANK
YOU, CITIZENS.
KINZINGER SUMMED UP THE COMMITTEE'S THESIS:
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT FAIL TO ACT DURING THE 187 MINUTES
BETWEEN LEAVING THE ELLIPSE AND TELLING THE MOB TO GO HOME--
HE CHOSE NOT TO ACT.
>> STEPHEN: HE CHOSE NOT TO ACT.
SAME REVIEW HE GOT FOR "HOME ALONE 2."
VIRGINIA REPRESENTATIVE ELAINE LURIA PAINTED A VIVID PICTURE OF
WHERE THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS PHYSICALLY THAT DAY.
>> WITNESSES TOLD US THAT, ON JANUARY 6TH, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAT
IN HIS USUAL SPOT AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE FACING A TELEVISION
HANGING ON THE WALL.
WE KNOW FROM THE EMPLOYEE THIS TV WAS TUNED TO FOX NEWS ALL
AFTERNOON.
HERE, YOU CAN SEE FOX NEWS ON THE TV SHOWING COVERAGE OF THE
JOINT SESSION THAT WAS AIRING THAT DAY AT 1:25.
>> STEPHEN: NOTHING UNUSUAL THERE, JUST AN ELDERLY MAN,
PARKED IN FRONT OF FOX NEWS ALL DAY, CONFUSED ABOUT WHO THE
PRESIDENT IS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT.
LURIA ALSO LAID OUT WHAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT DIDN'T DO IN
THAT TIME.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE NEVER DID THAT DAY.
>> STEPHEN: OOH, LET ME GUESS...
EAT A SALAD?
TELL ERIC HE WAS PROUD OF HIM?
HAVE A BOWEL MOVEMENT WITHOUT PRAYING FOR GOD'S MERCY?
OOH, I KNOW: WIN THE ELECTION.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THERE WAS A WHOLE LIST OF
SECURITY OFFICIALS THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T REACH OUT TO THAT DAY.
>> WE HAVE CONFIRMED IN NUMEROUS INTERVIEWS WITH SENIOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND MILITARY LEADERS, VICE PRESIDENT'S STAFF
AND D.C. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, NONE OF THEM, NOT ONE HEARD FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT DAY.
HE DID NOT CALL TO ISSUE ORDERS.
HE DID NOT CALL TO OFFER ASSISTANCE.
>> STEPHEN: HE DID NOT CALL THEM FROM A BOX.
HE DID NOT CALL WATCHING FOX.
HE DID NOT HELP OUT UNCLE SAM.
HIS BRAIN IS MADE OF EGGS AND HAM.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
BUT, IN HIS DEFENSE, IT IS POSSIBLE HE FORGOT THE NUMBER
FOR 9-1-1.
( LAUGHTER ) THEY ALSO PLAYED TESTIMONY OF
WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL PAT CIPOLLONE, SHOWING JUST HOW MUCH
HE AND OTHERS TRIED TO GET THE PRESIDENT TO ACT.
>> DID YOU CONTINUE MR. CIPOLLONE, THROUGHOUT THE
PERIOD OF TIME UP UNTIL 4:17, CONTINUE, YOU AND OTHERS, TO
PUSH FOR A STRONGER STATEMENT?
>> YES.
>> WERE YOU JOINED IN THAT EFFORT BY IVANKA TRUMP?
>> YES.
>> ERIC HERSCHMANN?
>> YES.
>> MARK MEADOWS?
>> YES.
>> STEPHEN: IS THE PRESIDENT GUILTY?
>> YES.
>> STEPHEN: IS A HOTDOG A SANDWICH?
>> YES.
WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE '70s GROUP.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WAS EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE OTHER
THAN THE PRESIDENT HORRIFIED BY HIS CRIMINAL COUP ATTEMPT?
>> YES!
YES!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: EVEN THOUGH
ADVISORS WANTED HIM TO MAKE A PUBLIC ADDRESS, THEY KNEW IT
WOULD COME WITH A COUPLE OF RISKS.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ADVISORS KNEW HIS STATE OF MIND AT THE
MOMENT AND THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT HE WOULD SAY IN
UNSCRIPTED COMMENTS.
>> Stephen: YES, THEY WERE WORRIED HE WOULD WALK UP TO THE
PODIUM IN THE PRESS ROOM AND START JAZZ SCATTING, HANG MIKE
PENCE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> MEMBERS OF THE V.P. WERE
STARTING TO FEAR FOR THEIR OWN LIVES.
THERE WAS A LOT OF YELLING, A LOT OF -- A LOT OF VERY PERSONAL
CALLS OVER THE RADIO, SO -- IT WAS JUST HURTING, I DON'T LIKE
TALKING ABOUT IT.
BUT THERE WERE CALLS TO SAY GOODBYE TO FAMILY MEMBERS, SO ON
AND SO FORTH.
>> Stephen: MEMBERS OF PENCE'S SECURITY DETAIL WERE CALLING
THEIR FAMILIES TO SAY GOODBYE.
THAT'S HOW REAL THE DANGER WAS, SO ANYTIME SOME REPUBLICAN SAYS
THIS WAS JUST A NORMAL TOURIST VISIT, REMEMBER THE GUY THAT
DISNEYLAND DRESSED AS GOOFY NEVER CALLS HIS WIFE TO SAY, I
MAY NOT MAKE IT HOME TONIGHT, HA-HA, KISS THE KIDS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NOW, DURING THE VIOLENCE, DURING
ALL THIS VIOLENCE, THE EX-PRESIDENT TWEETED ANOTHER
ATTACK ON MIKE PENCE AND ONE RIOTER EXPLAINED THE EFFECT ON
THE OTHER RIOTERS.
>> THAT'S THE WORD.
MIKE PENCE HAS HURT US.
>> Stephen: THAT'S HISTORIC, NO ONE EVER ADMITTED MIKE PENCE
SCREWED THEM.
( LAUGHTER ) THERE'S CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT.
HEARSAY.
( APPLAUSE ) THEN THE COMMITTEE TALKED ABOUT
MISSOURI SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY, THE MAN WHO FAMOUSLY RAISED A
FIST IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE MOB BEFORE ENTERING CONGRESS THAT
DAY.
TURNS OUT, ONCE THE MOB BROKE INTO THE BUILDING, HE WASN'T
QUITE SO ENTHUSIASTIC TO STAND WITH THEM!
>> LATER THAT DAY, SENATOR HAWLEY FLED AFTER THOSE
PROTESTORS HE HELPED TO RILE UP STORMED THE CAPITOL.
SEE FOR YOURSELF.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: YEAH!
P-SHET!EW.
LOOK AT HIM GO!
JIM, CAN WE PLAY THAT WITH THE AUDIO TURNED UP?
( APPLAUSE ) ONE WITNESS DESCRIBED A STUNNING
PHONE CALL BETWEEN KEVIN McCARTHY AND THE FORMER
PRESIDENT.
>> I ASKED KEVIN McCARTHY, WHO'S A REPUBLICAN LEADER ABOUT
THIS, AND HE SAID HE CALLED DONALD -- HE FINALLY GOT THROUGH
TO DONALD TRUMP AND HE SAID, YOU HAVE GOT TO GET ON TV, YOU HAVE
GOT TO GET ON TWITTER, YOU HAVE GOT TO CALL THESE PEOPLE OFF.
THE PRESIDENT SAID TO HIM, AS THIS WAS HAPPENING, THESE AREN'T
MY PEOPLE, THESE ARE ANTIFA.
BUT SECOND OF ALL, LET'S SAY THEY WERE ANTIFA, WOULDN'T THAT
WANT TO MAKE THE PRESIDENT STOP THEM MORE?
YOU HEARD IT FIRST THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T WANT TO STOP ANTIFA AND
HE THINKS THEY ARE VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE AND HE LOVES THEM.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WHILE THE PRESIDENT DID NOT GET
IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA FOR THREE HOURS ON JANUARY 6th, THE
COMMITTEE SHOWED POLITICIANS OF BOTH PARTIES CALLING ON HIM TO
TAKE ACTION, INCLUDING THIS GUY.
>> I CALL ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO GO ON NATIONAL TELEVISION NOW TO
FULFILL HIS OATH AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND DEMAND AN END
TO THIS SIEGE.
>> Stephen: OH, MY GOD!
WHO WAS THAT VITAL YOUNG MAN?
HE'S GOT PEP IN HIS STEP!
HE'D MAKE A GREAT PRESIDENT.
SOMEBODY JUDGE JOE BIDEN AWAKE AND TELL HIM WE FOUND A
SUCCESSOR!
( LAUGHTER ) IN HIS CLOSING STATEMENT,
REPRESENTATIVE KINZINGER BROUGHT THE WHOLE THING HOME.
>> WHATEVER YOUR POLITICS, WHATEVER YOU THINK ABOUT THE
OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION, WE AS AMERICANS MUST ALL AGREE ON THIT
ON JANUARY 6th WAS A SUPREME VIOLATION OF HIS OATH OF OFFICE
AND A COMPLETE DERELICTION OF HIS DUTY TO OUR NATION.
IT IS A STAIN ON OUR HISTORY.
IT IS A DISHONOR TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED AND DIED IN
SERVICE OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
>> Stephen: YES.
HE -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
WELL SAID.
YES.
HE IS A STAIN ON OUR HISTORY.
AND THANKS TO THESE HEARINGS, WE KNOW THAT STAIN IS KETCHUP.
( LAUGHTER ) IN HER CLOSING STATEMENT,
CONGRESSWOMAN LURIA QUOTED OUR 16th PRESIDENT.
>> ABRAHAM LINCOLN 23 YEARS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR SAID, IF
DESTRUCTION BE OUR LOT, WE MUST OURSELVES BE ITS AUTHOR AND ITS
FINISHER.
DONALD TRUMP WAS THE AUTHOR, AND WE THE PEOPLE, FOR OURSELVES AND
OUR POSTERITY, SHOULD NOT LET DONALD TRUMP BE THE FINISHER.
>> Stephen: IT'S TRUE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE CANNOT LET DONALD TRUMP
FINISH.
THAT'S HOW WE GOT ERIC AND DON, JR.
IT'S TOO RISKY.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
SO, ALL IN ALL, IT WAS A LONG NIGHT, ALMOST THREE HOURS, BUT
IT WASN'T NEARLY AS LONG AS THE 187 MINUTES WHERE THE FORMER
PRESIDENT DID NOTHING TO STOP AN ONGOING INSURRECTION THAT HE
CREATED AND THEN WATCHED IT ALL IN GLEE, AS IT PLAYED OUT ON TV.
LET'S JUST HOPE SOME OF HIS FOLLOWERS WERE WATCHING THIS
TONIGHT.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LATER ON, I'LL BE TALKING TO
MUSIC LEGEND JACK WHITE.
WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL TALK ABOUT TONIGHT'S HEARINGS WITH
MSNBC'S CHRIS HAYES!
STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY!
MY GUEST TONIGHT HAS REPORTED ON POLITICS FOR TWO DECADES,
AND IS THE HOST OF "ALL IN WITH CHRIS HAYES."
PLEASE WELCOME CHRIS HAYES!
I THOUGHT IT WAS REMARKABLE COMPELLING
>> Stephen: WHAT IS IT ABOUT THAT?
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE REALITY THAT WE DON'T
KNOW YET.
>> JUST HOW CLOSE IT CAME.
HOW CLOSE WE CAME TO IS A COUP BEING PULLED OFF, THE PRAITH
LEADING A MOB AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT AT THE CAPITOL.
IT WAS A MATTER OF SECONDS AND FEET BETWEEN THE VICE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES WHO HAD A TARGET PAINTED ON HIS BACK BY
THE PRESIDENT AND A CROWD WHO WAS OUT FOR THE BLOOD ABOUT HIM.
YOU CAN HEAR ON THE VOCAL TAMBOR ON THE COMES OF THE SECRET
SERVICE, THEY ARE IN FIGHT OR FLIGHT MODE.
THESE ARE USUALLY, AS YOU SAY, VERY COOL CUSTOMERS.
THEY ARE TRAINED TO DEAL WITH EVENTUALITIES.
THEY ARE TRAINED TO DEAL WITH THAT EXIT IS CLOSED, WE'LL GO TO
THAT EXIT.
YOU CAN HEAR PANIC IN THE VOICES.
>> Stephen: THEY DON'T HAVE TOTAL OPERATIONAL AND
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.
THEY WOULDN'T REACT IF A FRIED EGG WINKED AT THEM.
( LAUGHTER ) OKAY?
>> HAS THAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
>> Stephen: NO, IT NEVER HAS, THANK GOD.
ANY OTHER REVELATIONS FROM TONIGHT THAT LEAP OUT TO YOU?
FOR INSTANCE, WHAT ABOUT WE SAW OUTTAKES, ESPECIALLY OF THE
JANUARY 7th SPEECH, WHERE HE SEEMED VERY OUT OF SORTS, THE
FORMER PRESIDENT, SLAMMING THE PODIUM, AND -- AND SAID HE
DIDN'T WANT TO SAY THAT THE ELECTION WAS OVER.
HE WANTED TO TAKE THAT OUT OF THE SCRIPT.
WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY REVEALING, THAT SENTENCE.
THAT SUBSTANCE WHERE HE SAID I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S OVER,
WHICH SAYS EVERYTHING.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
HE'LL EVEN SAY THE BALLOTS HAD BEEN CERTIFIED.
>> EXACTLY.
HE WILL SAY CONGRESS HAS CERTIFIED BUT DOESN'T WANT TO
SAY IT'S OVER.
WHEN YOU JUXTAPOSE THAT WITH JUST THIS LAST WEEK A LOCAL NEWS
OUTLET IN WISCONSIN REPORTS ON THE ASSEMBLY GETTING A CALL FROM
DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE WANTS TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION.
>> Stephen: DECERTIFY IT.
WHEN YOU COMBINE I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S OVER WITH THE FACT
THIS IS ONGOING, THERE'S SOMETHING INCREDIBLY DARKLY
PROPHETIC ABOUT HIM SAYING I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S OVER.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU FEEL MATTHEW POTTINGER AND SARAH
MATTHEWS CONTRIBUTED WITH THEIR TESTIMONY TONIGHT?
>> IT'S A VERY INTERESTING RHETORICAL APPROACH THE
COMMITTEE HAS TAKEN.
THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO PERSUADE, AND THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE
PERSUADED WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE BY AND LARGE REPUBLICANS.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, AS LIZ CHENEY SAID AT THE END OF THAT
HEARING, WE HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU VOICES OF LOYAL REPUBLICANS,
NOT AS POLITICAL ENEMIES BUT POLITICAL SUPPORTERS, THE PEOPLE
THAT WORKED FOR HIM, THE PEOPLE THAT BELIEVED IN HIM, AND THEY
ARE CONFESSING THAT THEY FOUND THIS BEHAVIOR INTOLERABLE.
SO MATTHEWS AND POTTINGER WERE THERE TO DO THAT.
THEY WERE THERE UNTIL THAT DAY AND THE ATTEMPTED COUP HOOPS AND
THAT'S TOO MUCH FOR THEM.
AND SO, IN THAT WAY, I THINK THEY LEND CREDIBILITY TO THE
IDEA THAT, OUTSIDE OF DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF, THERE WAS
ESSENTIALLY UNANIMITY AMONG THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LOYAL TO HIM
THAT WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS INDEFENSIBLE AND THAT HIS
CONDUCT ON THAT DAY WAS INDEFENSIBLE.
>> Stephen: WHO DO YOU THINK COMES OFF WORSE?
WHO DO YOU THINK AROUND HIM LOOKS THE WORST.
>> MEADOWS.
>> Stephen: HE LOOKS COMPLETELY INEFFECTUAL AND
SPINELESS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> YES, AND THIS BY CZAR
CIPHER -- PARTLY BECAUSE MEADOWS HASN'T GIVEN HIS TESTIMONY.
A LOT OF IT IS PEOPLE TRYING TO WASH A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT'S LEFT
OF REPUTATION, THEY SAY, I SAID WE CAN'T DO THIS.
MEADOWS HASN'T BE THERE.
ALL WE KNOW IS HE'S SCROLLING HIS PHONE AS THE COUNTRY IS
BURNING.
>> Stephen: A LITTLE CANDY CRUSH.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT STICK AROUND FOR MORE
WITH CHRIS HAYES, EVERYBODY.
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WE'RE HERE WITH CHRIS HAYES FROM "ALL IN WITH CHRIS HAYES."
LET'S GET BACK TO THE HEARINGS.
THE COMMITTEE FOCUSED TODAY ON THE 187 MINUTES OF THE FORMER
PRESIDENT'S INACTION.
NOW THAT WE HAVE A FULLER PICTURE OF WHAT HE WAS OR WAS
NOT DOING THAT DAY, HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THE STORY?
>> WELL, I THINK -- I MEAN, IN SOME WAYS, I THINK SAYING HE
DIDN'T ACT UNDERSELLS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THERE IS ONE
EXTREMELY CRUCIAL ACTION IN THAT PERIOD, WHICH IS THAT HE SENDS
OUT A TWEET, SICCING THE CROWD ON MIKE PENCE, WHO IS IN THE
BUILDING THAT THEY ARE OVERRUNNING.
AND I THINK THAT BOTH WHAT WE SAW TODAY AND WHAT WE LEARNED
TODAY AND WHAT WE LEARNED FROM ALL OF THE TESTIMONY AND
EVIDENCE THEY HAVE INTRODUCED IS THAT THAT TWEET LOOKS WORSE AND
WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE WITH EVERY NEW FACT WE LEARNED.
IT IS HARDER AND HARDER NOT TO THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT, IN A
FIT OF RAGE, WAS ATTEMPTING TO HAVE THE MOB REMOVE MIKE PENCE
FROM HIS ABOUT TO DO HIS CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY.
>> Stephen: EVERY OTHER GAMBIT HAD FAILED.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: ALL YOU CAN DO, IN THIS CASE, QUITE LITERALLY, IS
BURN IT DOWN.
>> THAT COMBINED WITH THE FACT HE'S CALLING U.S. SENATORS.
>> Stephen: BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHO YET.
>> WE DON'T KNOW.
I HOPE WE FIND OUT.
>> Stephen: OTHER THAN TOMMY TUBBERFIELD.
WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE, I THINK THEY'RE EVACUATING US,
MR. PRESIDENT.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS LATER.
( LAUGHTER ) HE'S STILL IN THERE AND STILL
WANTS THIS COUP TO HAPPEN.
ANOTHER FACT WE LEARNED TONIGHT THAT'S INCREDIBLY INCRIMINATING
WAS THE WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYTHING
ALL THE WANTS TO GO IN THERE BECAUSE SHE DOCUMENTS EVERY
MOMENT IS SHUT DOWN.
HE'S THERE WITH HIS CELL PHONE, CALLING U.S. SENATORS.
AT THAT POINT, YOU HAVE TO CONCLUDE, AND I SAID THIS
BEFORE, HE IS, A, WATCHING THE COVERAGE THE WAY THE OWNER OF A
BASKETBALL TEAM IN THE FRONT ROW ROOTS ON THEIR TEAM.
( APPLAUSE ) HE'S SITTING THERE LIKE HE'S A
SPECTATOR.
>> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT ONE OF HIS TOP DRAFT PICKS, JOSH
HAWLEY.
( LAUGHTER ) THERE'S A REALLY LOVELY MOMENT.
THERE'S A REALLY LOVELY MOMENT WHERE THEY SHOW HIM RUNNING.
WHY DO YOU THINK THEY DID THAT?
WHAT WAS THE VALUE OF SHOWING JOSH HAWLEY SKEDADDLING?
( LAUGHTER ) >> THE VALUE WAS THE COMMITTEE
TELLING JOSH HAWLEY TO GO F HIMSELF.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( LAUGHTER )
>> I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PROBATIVE
VALUE IN THE PRESENTATION.
>> Stephen: NO, IT'S A LITTLE OFF-ROAD.
>> WELL, IT'S A LITTLE OFF-ROAD, BUT IT'S ALSO, LIKE, YOU WENT
OUT THERE THAT DAY -- I THINK THE MESSAGE THERE, AGAIN, I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE THEY WERE RUNNING BECAUSE
THEY WERE SCARED AND BEING EVACUATED, BUT YOU WENT UP THERE
THAT DAY TO GO THROW YOUR FIST UP AND PLAY WITH FIRE, AND
EVERYONE GOT TO SEE YOU DO THAT AND SEE YOU FUND RAISE AFTER IT
AND SEE HOW YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU OWN THE LIBS, BUT NOT SEE
YOU WITH YOUR TAIL BETWEEN YOUR LEGS WHEN THE MOB IS ABOUT TO
KNOCK DOWN YOUR DOOR.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU HAVE BEEN
REPORTING ON POLITICS FOR 20 YEARS.
THIS IS THE EIGHTH HEARING, NINTH HEARING TONIGHT?
>> EIGHTH.
>> Stephen: EIGHTH HEARING TONIGHT?
WHAT MOST HAS SURPRISED YOU?
ANYTHING SURPRISED YOU MOST ABOUT THE LAST EIGHT HEARINGS?
>> WELL I THINK THE SHEER AMOUNT OF NEW INFORMATION THEY HAVE
UNCOVERED IS GENUINELY REMARKABLE.
>> Stephen: HOW THEY'VE GIVEN IT TO US.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
IT IS AS A TELEVISION PRACTITIONER.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
IT HAS BEEN A TOUR DEFORCE OF PRODUCTION.
>> Stephen: I THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE HOW ANY CONGRESSIONAL
HEARING IS HELD TO A STANDARD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE CIRCUS
THAT USUALLY HAPPENS IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE SEEN AS
ENTERTAINMENT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING
( APPLAUSE ) >> YES.
AND I AGREE.
BUT THE NECESSARY PRE-CONDITION FOR THAT IS YOU HAVE A UNANIMITY
OF PURPOSE AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ACROSS PARTY LINES
TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPENED AND TO PRESENT THEIR
CASE TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
THAT IS USUALLY NOT THE CASE -- >> Stephen: RIGHT.
IF JIM JORDAN WERE UP THERE IN HIS SHIRT SLEEVES AND
EVERYTHING IS BROKEN DOWN IN MAJORITY TIME, MINORITY TIME,
RESPONSE, REBUTTAL, YOU CAN'T DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
>> Stephen: I THINK THAT'S PROOF KEVIN McCARTHY DOES NOT
DESERVE TO BE SPEAKER WAS HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND POLITICS WELL
ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT HIS OWN GAME WAS.
WE HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER BREAK.
BACK WITH MORE CHRIS HAYES, EVERYBODY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH MR. CHRIS HAYES.
CHRIS, YOU SAID, AFTER THE TESTIMONY LAST WEEK, WHEN WE
FIRST SAW PAT CIPOLLONE TALKING, YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO THROW
SOMETHING AT THE TV WHEN YOU WOULD HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT THE
BEHAVIOR OF HIS LEGAL TEAM, WHY?
>> HE WAS TALKING ABOUT A MEETING ON DECEMBER 18 WHERE
MICHAEL FLYNN IS IN THERE AND THE OVERSTOCK GUY --
( LAUGHTER ) -- AND SAID THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE
BACKING UP ARGUMENTS WITH FACTS.
I SAID, BUDDY, DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU WORK FOR?
THERE IS THIS AIR OF ENFORCED NANAIVETY THAT SAYS WELL, THE
PRESIDENT WAS SAYING STUFF THAT WASN'T TRUE.
WELL, WE CHECKED IT OUT AND WE RAN IT TO GROUND AND I KEPT
TELLING HIM IT WASN'T TRUE AND HE KEPT COMING BACK.
I'M, LIKE, I'M GOING TO LOSE MY MIND -- WERE YOU THAT DELUSIONAL
OR ARE YOU LYING NOW?
IT HAS TO BE ONE OF THE TWO.
>> Stephen: THEY DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS TEAM NORMAL AND
TEAM CRAZY.
YOU WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT, YOU ALL ARE ON TEAM CRAZY.
YOU GOT DRAFTED BY COACH CRAZY.
>> CORRECT.
>> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MISSING TEXTS FROM THE
SECRET SERVICE.
IT DOES NOT SEEM 34R5UZABLE ON ANY LEVEL.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS, JUST A FEW HOURSING A, A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED INTO THE BEHAVIOR OF THE SECRET
SERVICE.
>> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL LAUNCHED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO
SEVERAL HAVE RETAINED PRIVATE COUNSEL.
A LOT OF THIS STINKS.
WATCHING THE EVIDENCE TODAY BE INTRODUCED AND THE FRENETIC,
HARRIED COMMUNICATIONS OF THE SECRET SERVICE OF THE DAY AND
THE PERSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHO WAS LISTENING TO THEIR COMS
AS THEY'RE SAYING GOOD BUY TO THEIR FAMILY THINKING THEY'RE
GOING TO LOSE THEIR LIVES, MAKES YOU THINK WE LEARNED A LOT FROM
THE SECRET SERVICE ON JANUARY 6th, A LITTLE WEIRD
THAT WE GOT RID OF THEM.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REPRESENTATIVE CHENEY SAID
TODAY WAS THEY'VE GOTTEN MORE INFORMATION AND THAT THE DAM IS
BREAKING IN TERMS OF THE RESISTANCE TO GETTING SORT OF
MORE INSIDE INFORMATION, AND THAT LEADS TO A BROADER QUESTION
IS WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT THE AGGREGATE IMPACT OF THIS WILL
BE, ALL THIS INFORMATION PRESENTED IN A CLEAR WAY AND IN
A CALM WAY, WILL HAVE POLITICALLY?
AND I DON'T MEAN NECESSARILY THE HORSE RACE, I MEAN ON THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THAIRLD FIDELITY TO DONALD TRUMP?
>> I AM NOT THE TARGET AUDIENCE HERE SO I DON'T WANT TO PROJECT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S CLEAR THEY HAVE A TARGET AUDIENCE.
>> YEAH, THEY.
DO HERE'S WHAT I THINK -- I THINK HIS POLITICAL POWER IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ACTUALLY WANING A LITTLE BIT.
DOESN'T MEAN HE'S MOTT THE FRONTRUNNER, HE IS.
DOESN'T MEAN HE'S NOT THE MOST LIKELY TO BE THE NOMINEE, HE IS.
IF YOU ASKED ME TO BET AGAINST THE FIELD, I'D PROBABLY TAKE HIM
OVER THE FIELD.
BUT THE BAGGAGE HERE, THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF DRAPING THIS
BAGGAGE AROUD HIS NECK.
EVEN IF YOU THINK DONALD TRUMP IS GREAT AND YOU HATE THE LIBS,
AND YOU WANT TO WIN, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE IN YOUR HEAD HE'S GOT A
LOT OF BAGGAGE, DO WE WANT SOMEONE WITH THAT MUCH BAGGAGE?
>> Stephen: CHRIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THE LIVE.
>> THANK YOU >> Stephen: "ALL IN WITH CHRIS
>> Stephen: ARTISTIC SQUALOR.
HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK!
HERE WE GO!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M HERE, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW,
WITH THE GREAT JACK WHITE.
HE'S A SINGER, SONGWRITER, RECORD PRODUCER, MAN WHO
CONSIDERS ME HIS CLOSEST PERSONAL FRIEND...
>> SURE.
>> STEPHEN: AND I'M HONORED.
>> YEAH, SURE.
>> STEPHEN: I'M HONORED, YOU KNOW.
THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY.
I KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS BUSY.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RELEASING TWO SOLO ALBUMS THIS YEAR.
BUT WHAT I DID NOT KNOW, AND THIS SURPRISED ME, IS THAT
YOU'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING OUT A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER RECORDS
THIS YEAR.
>> WE WERE GOING TO CONTACT YOU ABOUT THIS.
A LOT OF THE RECORDS THAT WE WORKED ON.
>> STEPHEN: RIGHT.
YOU SHOULD'VE CONTACTED ME, BECAUSE I'M ON ALL OF THEM.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> STEPHEN: WHICH I DID NOT KNOW.
>> YEAH, EXACTLY.
>> STEPHEN: OKAY, A LITTLE SHOCKING.
RUDE.
BUT, I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THESE RECORDS ARE.
BECAUSE, HERE'S THE THING-- WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THESE
RECORDS ARE.
MY GRAPHICS TEAM JUST PUT TOGETHER A BUNCH OF ALBUM
COVERS.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE COVERS.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO
REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO RECORD ALL OF THESE.
>> YEAH.
>> STEPHEN: AND MAYBE WE CAN GENERATE SOME INDUSTRY BUZZ!
>> YES, OKAY!
>> STEPHEN: YOU KNOW, A LITTLE HEAT FOR THESE ALBUMS.
>> SHIFT SOME UNITS.
>> STEPHEN: SHIP SOME UNITS?
>> SHIFT SOME UNITS.
>> STEPHEN: SHIFT SOME UNITS?
UH-HUH.
>> SOME MUSIC BIZ TALK.
>> STEPHEN: PIPE SOME HEAT.
YEP, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
>> YEAH, PIPE SOME HEAT.
>> STEPHEN: SEE IF WE CAN TONGUE IT!
>> YEAH.
>> STEPHEN: THAT'S WHAT THE KIDS SAY-- "WOW, YOU'RE REALLY
TONGUING IT!" >> YEAH, THEY DO SAY THAT.
>> STEPHEN: YEAH, SO, IT'S TIME FOR "MAYBE DROPPING SOON."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪
>> STEPHEN: THANK YOU FOR RECORDING OUR THEME SONG
RIGHT THERE.
>> NO PROBLEM.
THAT TOOK ME TEN SECONDS.
>> STEPHEN: ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO-- THESE ARE THE ALBUMS THAT
JACK AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN.
HERE WE GO.
HERE'S THE FIRST ONE.
OKAY.
MAYBE DROPPING SOON.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> STEPHEN: IT'S COLBERT AND WHITE, "FENNEL, DILL, TARRAGON &
CHIVES."
YEAH.
>> THERE WAS A THING I HAD BEEN CREATING IN THE MARKETPLACE WITH
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL'S RATHER, WHAT ENDED UP BEING INFERIOR TO
THIS ALBUM, "ROSEMARY AND THYME" AND ALL OF THAT.
>> STEPHEN: RIGHT.
>> WE THOUGHT THERE WERE PLENTY OF OTHER SPICES THAT HADN'T BEEN
TALKED ABOUT YET.
>> STEPHEN: RIGHT.
THE FENNEL, THE DILL, THE TARRAGON AND CHIVES.
YOU KNOW, WHAT SURPRISED ME ABOUT-- ABOUT THIS, AND I DIDN'T
THINK THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I LOVED THE CHOICE-- IS THAT
YOU DECIDED TO DO THE ENTIRE ALBUM COSPLAYING AS A YOUNG
SIGOURNEY WEAVER.
>> I DID, YEAH, EXACTLY.
THAT ACTUALLY WORKED, BECAUSE THIS CAME OUT IN '84, RIGHT
BEFORE "GHOST BUSTERS."
>> STEPHEN: YEAH, YEAH.
WHO YOU GONNA CALL?
>> US.
>> STEPHEN: YEAH.
"FRENCH KISS, CIRQUE DU PSYCHO."
>> YEAH!
>> STEPHEN: WHAT'S AMAZING ABOUT THIS IS, YOU CAN ROCK THIS HARD
WITHOUT MAKING A SOUND.
>> EXACTLY, YEAH.
>> STEPHEN: IT'S JUST 40 MINUTES OF SILENCE.
>> YES.
AND MARCEL MARCEAU DID ACTUALLY RELEASE A VINYL RECORD OF
COMPLETE SILENCE AT ONE TIME, AND WE THOUGHT WE WOULD EXPAND
ON THAT.
>> STEPHEN: SURE.
WE WERE INSPIRED BY THAT.
AND I RECOMMEND PEOPLE JUST CRANK THIS THING AND RIP OFF THE
KNOB.
>> RIGHT, BUT ALSO INCLUDE KISS INTO IT, TOO.
YOU KNOW, TWO OF THE FOUR MEMBERS OF KISS.
>> STEPHEN: DID YOU HAVE A FAVORITE KISS SONG GROWING UP?
I KNOW WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THE ALBUMS, BUT--
>> OH, I'M FROM DETROIT, SO I GUESS "DETROIT ROCK CITY."
>> STEPHEN: SURE, YEAH.
>> WHICH WE COVER ON THIS, IN SILENCE.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
AND LASTLY, "COLBERT & WHITE: YO HO HO AND A
BASKET OF SHRIMP!" PLUS 39 OTHER UNAUTHORIZED
JINGLES FOR LONG JOHN SILVER'S!
THIS WAS OUR PITCH TO LONG JOHN SILVER'S, TO TRY TO DO THE ADS,
TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A JINGLE.
>> YOUR SEA SHANTY ON HERE ABOUT DEEP-FRIED JALAPENOS IS ON
SIDE B.
>> STEPHEN: "ROCKERS AND POPPERS," IT'S CALLED.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU REMEMBER THE TITLE.
HOW COME YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE WHOLE ALBUM?
>> STEPHEN: WELL, AS YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE ALBUM, I'M REMEMBERING
A FEW THINGS.
AND THEN, YOU HAD THAT GREAT SHANTY ABOUT--
>> BARRETT'S PRIVATEERS.
WHAT?
>> STEPHEN: YOU'RE A FAN OF BARRETT'S PRIVATEERS?
>> ♪ OH THE YEAR WAS...
♪ 1778 HOW I WISH I WAS
IN SHERBROOK NOW ♪ A LETTER OF MARK CAME
FROM THE KING ♪ TO THE SCUMMIEST VESSEL
I'D EVER SEEN ♪ GOD DAMN THEM ALL
I WAS TOLD WE'D CRUISE THE SEAS ♪ FOR AMERICAN GOLD
WE'D FIRE NO GUNS ♪ SHED NO TEARS
NOW I'M A BROKEN MAN ON A ♪ HALIFAX PIER
THE LAST OF BARRETT'S PRIVATEERS >> OH MY GOD!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> STEPHEN: NUMBER ONE ALBUM!
>> I DIDN'T KNOW YOU KNEW THAT SONG.
>> STEPHEN: I REMEMBER!
JACK WHITE, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: PERFORMING "IF I DIE TOMORROW, FROM HIS ALBUM
ENTERING HEAVEN ALIVE, PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW,"
JACK WHITE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
♪ IF I DIE TOMORROW, COULD YOU FIND IT IN YOUR HEART TO SING ♪
♪ IF MY MOTHER CRIES IN SORROW, WILL YOU HELP HER WITH THE MANY
THINGS ♪ ♪ THAT SHE NEEDS FROM TIME TO
TIME AND DAY TO DAY ♪ ♪ SO IF I DIE TOMORROW ♪
♪ WOULD YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO SAY TODAY ♪
♪ SHE WON'T MIND THE TROUBLE ♪ ♪ SHE'S BEEN THROUGH IT ALL
BEFORE ♪ ♪ I KNOW SHE'LL SAY ♪
♪ MAKE IT A DOUBLE ♪ ♪ OFFER A LEMON DRINK ♪
♪ AND BEFORE YOU KNOW ♪ ♪ SHE'LL BE LAUGHING ABOUT OLD
TIMES AND THOSE DAYS ♪ ♪ SO IF I DIE TOMORROW ♪
♪ PROMISE YOU CAN WALK AWAY OKA♪ ♪ I HATE TO THINK ABOUT IT ♪
♪ SO IT HELPS TO SHOUT IT ♪ ♪ AND IF YOU COULD HELP ME OUT ♪
♪ IT WOULD BE SO MUCH FOR MY PEACE OF MIND ♪
♪ IN HER HEART IS CARE ♪ ♪ EVER SINCE I WAS A NEWBORN ♪
♪ I PUSHED ASIDE THIS WORRY ♪ ♪ FOR THE SAKE OF MY LIFE ♪
♪♪ ♪♪
♪ IF I DIE TOMORROW ♪ ♪ COULD YOU FIND IT IN YOUR
HEART TO SAY ♪ ♪ I BEGGED AND BORROWED
EVERYBODY'S LOVE, AND THEY GAVE FOR FREE ♪
♪ AND I WISH THAT I COULD GIVE IT BACK TO THEM ♪
♪ SO IF I DIE TOMORROW, COULD YOU GIVE THEM ALL THE LOVE THEY
LENT TO ME.
♪♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, JACK!
JACK WHITE, EVERYBODY!
THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW," GOOD NIGHT!