1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:03,103 >> THERE IS A DEAL THIS MORNING THAT PUTS THE BRAKES ON A 2 00:00:03,169 --> 00:00:06,940 POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING NATIONWIDE FREIGHT RAIL STRIKE. 3 00:00:07,006 --> 00:00:08,441 IT'S NOT HAPPENING. 4 00:00:08,508 --> 00:00:11,678 PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHO DOES CALL HIMSELF THE MOST PRO-UNION 5 00:00:11,745 --> 00:00:12,946 PRESIDENT EVER, IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PUSHING TO 6 00:00:13,012 --> 00:00:14,447 GET A DEAL DONE. 7 00:00:14,514 --> 00:00:17,450 HE SAYS IT GIVES RAIL WORKERS BETTER PAY, BETTER WORKING 8 00:00:17,517 --> 00:00:19,519 CONDITIONS, AND PEACE OF MIND. 9 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:12,939 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 10 00:01:13,006 --> 00:01:16,943 TONIGHT: THE IMMIGRATION GAME. 11 00:01:17,010 --> 00:01:20,947 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: QUEEN LATIFAH 12 00:01:21,014 --> 00:01:23,683 AND JOURNALIST NINA TOTENBERG 13 00:01:24,150 --> 00:01:28,054 FEATURING LOUIS CATO AND THE LATE SHOW BAND. 14 00:01:28,121 --> 00:01:32,425 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 15 00:01:32,492 --> 00:01:36,996 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 16 00:01:40,467 --> 00:01:45,238 >> Stephen: THEY WEREN'T GOING TO LET US IN FOR A MINUTE. 17 00:01:45,305 --> 00:01:46,105 YOU OKAY? 18 00:01:46,172 --> 00:01:50,477 YOU ALL RIGHT? 19 00:01:50,543 --> 00:01:55,882 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Audience: STEPHEN! 20 00:01:55,949 --> 00:01:56,182 STEPHEN! 21 00:01:56,249 --> 00:01:56,816 STEPHEN. 22 00:01:56,883 --> 00:02:00,920 >> Stephen: HAPPY THURSDAY. 23 00:02:00,987 --> 00:02:03,723 HAPPY THURSDAY. 24 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:04,357 HEY! 25 00:02:04,424 --> 00:02:12,432 HOW ARE YOU, EVERYBODY! 26 00:02:12,499 --> 00:02:14,501 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 27 00:02:22,075 --> 00:02:23,710 PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 28 00:02:23,776 --> 00:02:24,344 WELCOME. 29 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:26,246 HELLO, WELCOME, MY FRIENDS. 30 00:02:26,312 --> 00:02:28,081 GOOD TO SEE YOU. 31 00:02:28,147 --> 00:02:31,484 WELCOME, WELCOME ONE AND ALL, IN HERE, OUT THERE, ALL AROUND THE 32 00:02:31,551 --> 00:02:36,422 WORLD, TO "LATE SHOW"." 33 00:02:36,489 --> 00:02:37,957 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 34 00:02:38,024 --> 00:02:41,027 CHECK YOUR CALENDARS BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF HISPANIC 35 00:02:41,094 --> 00:02:43,696 HERITAGE MONTH. 36 00:02:43,763 --> 00:02:46,799 ( APPLAUSE ) IN WHICH WE HONOR THE 37 00:02:46,866 --> 00:02:51,671 RESILIENCE, INFLUENCE, AND CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF 38 00:02:51,738 --> 00:02:54,807 HISPANIC AMERICANS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MONTH, BECAUSE NOTHING SAYS 39 00:02:54,874 --> 00:02:57,277 "APPRECIATION" QUITE LIKE, "OH, DAMN, IT'S THE 15th ALREADY? 40 00:02:57,343 --> 00:02:59,178 UM, OKAY, YOUR MONTH STARTS NOW! 41 00:02:59,245 --> 00:03:03,516 LO SIENTO." ( LAUGHTER ) 42 00:03:03,583 --> 00:03:07,654 ONE GUY WHO'S GOT AN ODD WAY OF CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE IS 43 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:11,157 FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS ( BOOING ) 44 00:03:11,224 --> 00:03:11,991 SEEN HERE SAYING, "HE IS SPARTACUS! 45 00:03:12,058 --> 00:03:16,229 GET HIM!" YESTERDAY, DeSANTIS FLEW TWO 46 00:03:16,296 --> 00:03:19,699 PLANES OF HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 47 00:03:19,766 --> 00:03:23,169 HEY, RON, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DISCOURAGE IMMIGRATION, MAYBE 48 00:03:23,236 --> 00:03:26,172 DON'T SEND PEOPLE TO ONE OF THE LOVELIEST PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND 49 00:03:26,239 --> 00:03:27,740 JUST IN TIME FOR LEAF PEEPING SEASON. 50 00:03:27,807 --> 00:03:35,682 ( APPLAUSE ) "NOW, SIT DUNE, EVERYBODY, YOU 51 00:03:35,748 --> 00:03:36,849 HEAR ME? 52 00:03:36,916 --> 00:03:44,090 SIT DOWN AND ENJOY THE HAYRIDE!" OF COURSE, DeSANTIS WASN'T 53 00:03:44,157 --> 00:03:45,758 SENDING THESE FOLKS TO THE VINEYARD TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. 54 00:03:45,825 --> 00:03:47,293 HE WAS HUMAN TRAFFICKING THESE FAMILIES AS A POLITICAL STUNT. 55 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,596 JUST LIKE IT SAYS ON THE STATUE OF LIBERTY: "GIVE US YOUR TIRED, 56 00:03:49,662 --> 00:03:53,166 YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO-- PSYCH! 57 00:03:53,232 --> 00:03:59,105 YOU JUST GOT 'LIBER-T'D!'" ( APPLAUSE ) 58 00:03:59,172 --> 00:03:59,939 WAS IT WORTH IT? 59 00:04:00,006 --> 00:04:01,341 I GUESS SO. 60 00:04:01,407 --> 00:04:03,676 WHY NOT. 61 00:04:03,743 --> 00:04:07,680 IN FACT, FLORIDA OFFICIALS LIED TO THESE PEOPLE AND TOLD THEM 62 00:04:07,747 --> 00:04:11,184 THEY WERE GOING TO BOSTON. 63 00:04:11,250 --> 00:04:13,553 AND THEY DIDN'T TELL MASSACHUSETTS OFFICIALS THAT THE 64 00:04:13,620 --> 00:04:14,454 PLANES WERE COMING. 65 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:15,688 BUT LOCAL RESIDENTS RESPONDED. 66 00:04:15,755 --> 00:04:17,624 AS THE TOWN'S STATE REPRESENTATIVE TWEETED, "OUR 67 00:04:17,690 --> 00:04:21,461 ISLAND JUMPED INTO ACTION PUTTING TOGETHER 50 BEDS, GIVING 68 00:04:21,527 --> 00:04:23,563 EVERYONE A GOOD MEAL, PROVIDING A PLAY AREA FOR THE CHILDREN, 69 00:04:23,630 --> 00:04:25,965 MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE THE HEALTHCARE AND SUPPORT THEY 70 00:04:26,032 --> 00:04:27,734 NEED. 71 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,671 ( APPLAUSE ) WE ARE A COMMUNITY THAT COMES 72 00:04:31,738 --> 00:04:37,810 TOGETHER TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS." 73 00:04:37,877 --> 00:04:45,985 YEAH, DeSANTIS OWNED THE LIBS BY MAKING THEM LOOK COMPASSIONATE, 74 00:04:46,052 --> 00:04:47,153 JUST LIKE THAT CUCK JESUS. 75 00:04:47,220 --> 00:04:48,354 SEND THAT GUY A TRUCKLOAD OF LEPERS,SEE HOW HE LIKES IT! 76 00:04:48,421 --> 00:04:50,590 OF COURSE, DeSANTIS'S HATE-STUNT DON'T COME CHEAP. 77 00:04:50,657 --> 00:04:52,592 THIS YEAR, THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S BUDGET FOR THIS KIND 78 00:04:52,659 --> 00:04:53,760 OF STUFF IS $12 MILLION. 79 00:04:53,826 --> 00:04:58,998 YOU KNOW, MAYBE WITH GLOBAL WARMING AND ALL, I'M GONNA SAY 80 00:04:59,065 --> 00:05:03,002 FLORIDA SHOULD BE SPENDING THAT MONEY ON SOMETHING MORE USEFUL, 81 00:05:03,069 --> 00:05:06,739 LIKE SNORKELS, OR WATERPROOF METH. 82 00:05:06,806 --> 00:05:07,240 FOR THE GATORS. 83 00:05:07,306 --> 00:05:09,208 IT'S FOR THE GATORS. 84 00:05:09,275 --> 00:05:15,648 DON'T-- DON'T COME BETWEEN A GATOR AND HIS METH. 85 00:05:15,715 --> 00:05:21,387 THERE'S SOME EXCITING NEWS ABOUT A THING I DIDN'T SEE HAPPENING. 86 00:05:21,454 --> 00:05:22,955 BECAUSE THIS MORNING, THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS 87 00:05:23,022 --> 00:05:24,190 REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT TO AVERT A NATIONAL RAIL STRIKE. 88 00:05:24,257 --> 00:05:25,258 AT LEAST, WE THINK THEY DID. 89 00:05:25,324 --> 00:05:27,760 BECAUSE LIKE ALL TRAIN ANNOUNCEMENTS, IT SOUNDED LIKE 90 00:05:27,827 --> 00:05:39,639 THIS: ( STATIC NOISES ) 91 00:05:39,706 --> 00:05:41,407 THE MAIN ISSUE WAS RAIL WORKERS ASKING FOR SICK LEAVE, AND 92 00:05:41,474 --> 00:05:46,446 NEGOTIATIONS WENT DOWN TO THE WIRE, WITH THE FINAL STAGES 93 00:05:46,512 --> 00:05:48,381 BEGINNING YESTERDAY MORNING AND LASTING 20 HOURS, UNTIL 94 00:05:48,448 --> 00:05:51,684 PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED IN AROUND 9:00 P.M. 95 00:05:51,751 --> 00:05:59,659 THIS IS WHAT JOE BIDEN WAS MADE FOR: TRAINS, UNIONS, TALKING FOR 96 00:05:59,726 --> 00:06:03,696 20 HOURS! 97 00:06:03,763 --> 00:06:08,267 THE ONLY WAY THIS SITUATION COULD'VE BEEN MORE JOE BIDEN 98 00:06:08,334 --> 00:06:10,570 READY WAS IF THE LEAD NEGOTIATOR WAS AN ICE CREAM CONE WEARING 99 00:06:10,636 --> 00:06:11,838 AVIATORS. 100 00:06:11,904 --> 00:06:15,074 IN FACT, WE HAVE FOOTAGE OF THE MOMENT THE UNION LEADER INVITED 101 00:06:15,141 --> 00:06:15,675 THE PRESIDENT IN. 102 00:06:15,742 --> 00:06:19,679 >> RELEASE THE BIDEN! 103 00:06:19,746 --> 00:06:23,182 CHOO-CHOO! 104 00:06:23,249 --> 00:06:30,123 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 105 00:06:30,189 --> 00:06:33,259 >> Stephen: BIDEN SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THE AGREEMENT 106 00:06:33,326 --> 00:06:35,027 WOULD GIVE WORKERS "BETTER PAY, IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS, 107 00:06:35,094 --> 00:06:37,630 AND PEACE OF MIND AROUND THEIR HEALTHCARE COSTS." 108 00:06:37,697 --> 00:06:43,002 PLUS, AS MANY FLATTENED PENNIES AS THEY WANT. 109 00:06:43,069 --> 00:06:44,237 THIS DEAL WAS A CHANCE FOR BIDEN TO PROVE HE SUPPORTS UNIONS. 110 00:06:44,303 --> 00:06:47,673 HE'S CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT, LIKE ON LABOR DAY: 111 00:06:47,740 --> 00:06:49,942 >> YOU'RE THE BEST LABORERS IN THE WORLD. 112 00:06:50,009 --> 00:06:51,410 YOU BUILD THE BEST PRODUCT. 113 00:06:51,477 --> 00:06:52,078 AND NO, NO, I'M NOT JUST JOKING. 114 00:06:52,145 --> 00:06:53,179 >> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT JOKING? 115 00:06:53,246 --> 00:06:55,581 BUT, MR. PRESIDENT, ARE YOU JUST SAYING THAT? 116 00:06:55,648 --> 00:06:56,149 >> I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT. 117 00:06:56,215 --> 00:06:59,152 >> Stephen: OKAY. 118 00:06:59,218 --> 00:07:03,489 BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT UNION AUTO WORKERS? 119 00:07:03,556 --> 00:07:05,158 >> WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE THE MOST SKILLED AUTOWORKERS IN THE 120 00:07:05,224 --> 00:07:08,327 WORLD. 121 00:07:08,394 --> 00:07:08,895 >> Stephen: OKAY, THAT'S GOTTA BE HYPERBOLE. 122 00:07:08,961 --> 00:07:11,264 >> THAT'S NOT HYPERBOLE. 123 00:07:11,330 --> 00:07:13,900 >> Stephen: BUT SURELY, SIR, YOU DON'T THINK THAT UNIONS BUILT 124 00:07:13,966 --> 00:07:14,967 MORE THAN JUST OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM? 125 00:07:15,034 --> 00:07:18,805 >> UNIONS BUILT THE MIDDLE CLASS. 126 00:07:18,871 --> 00:07:22,008 >> Stephen: REALLY? 127 00:07:22,074 --> 00:07:22,508 CAN WE FACT CHECK THAT? 128 00:07:22,575 --> 00:07:22,909 >> THAT'S A FACT. 129 00:07:22,975 --> 00:07:24,043 THAT'S A FACT. 130 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:26,913 >> Stephen: YOU GOTTA BE JOKING! 131 00:07:26,979 --> 00:07:28,347 >> I'M NOT JOKING. 132 00:07:28,414 --> 00:07:29,682 >> Stephen: I FORGOT. 133 00:07:29,749 --> 00:07:31,050 I FORGOT. 134 00:07:31,117 --> 00:07:31,617 YOU'RE NOT JOKING. 135 00:07:31,684 --> 00:07:32,919 NOW I JUST FEEL STUPID. 136 00:07:32,985 --> 00:07:33,719 >> YOU'RE THE BEST IN THE WORLD. 137 00:07:33,786 --> 00:07:35,121 >> Stephen: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 138 00:07:35,188 --> 00:07:45,932 VERY NICE OF YOU TO SAY. 139 00:07:45,998 --> 00:07:47,934 ( APPLAUSE ) OH, THERE'S SOME NEWS ABOUT 140 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,170 FAR-RIGHT COLORADO REPRESENTATIVE AND HOMECOMING 141 00:07:51,237 --> 00:07:54,941 QUEEN OF FURY ROAD HIGH, LAUREN BOEBERT. 142 00:07:55,007 --> 00:08:00,880 LAST LAST WEEK, BOEBERT WAS READING A 143 00:08:00,947 --> 00:08:02,949 BIBLE PASSAGE AT A CONFERENCE WHEN THIS HAPPENED: 144 00:08:07,954 --> 00:08:11,157 RAMPANT EVIL, GRABBING AND GRASPING, VICIOUS BACKSTABBING. 145 00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:14,360 THEY MADE LIFE HELL ON EARTH WITH THEIR ENVY WONTON KILLING." 146 00:08:14,427 --> 00:08:19,899 I DON'T KNOW WHAT A "WONTON KILLING" IS. 147 00:08:19,966 --> 00:08:22,768 I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOOK THAT ONE UP. 148 00:08:22,835 --> 00:08:24,904 >> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, EITHER, BUT IF ANYONE 149 00:08:24,971 --> 00:08:28,507 EVER WITNESSES A WONTON KILLING, YOU KNOW WHO YOU HAVE TO CALL: 150 00:08:28,574 --> 00:08:32,278 >> NANCY PELOSI'S GAZPACHO POLICE. 151 00:08:32,345 --> 00:08:33,646 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 152 00:08:33,713 --> 00:08:35,882 >> Stephen: IT'S TRUE. 153 00:08:35,948 --> 00:08:38,050 IT COOLS IT DOWN. 154 00:08:38,117 --> 00:08:46,392 GAZPACHO POLICE COOL DOWN THE SITUATION OF THE WANTON KILLER. 155 00:08:46,459 --> 00:08:48,394 THE PRIMARIES ARE OVER, AND WITH CONTROL OF THE SENATE UP FOR 156 00:08:48,461 --> 00:08:52,932 GRABS, REPUBLICAN VOTERS PLAYED IT SAFE AND NOMINATED THE 157 00:08:52,999 --> 00:08:54,400 KOOKIEST, ZANIEST CONSPIRACY WACKOS THIS SIDE OF NUTSO BANANA 158 00:08:54,467 --> 00:08:56,936 JUNCTION. 159 00:08:57,003 --> 00:09:04,277 FOR INSTANCE, NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICAN AND MAN DEMANDING YOU 160 00:09:04,343 --> 00:09:05,411 SALUTE HIS BELT, DON BOLDUC. 161 00:09:05,478 --> 00:09:06,846 BOLDUC IS SO MAGA CRAZY, EVEN NEW HAMPSHIRE'S REPUBLICAN 162 00:09:06,913 --> 00:09:16,923 GOVERNOR DESCRIBED HIM AS A "CONSPIRACY-THEORIST EXTREMIST." 163 00:09:16,989 --> 00:09:24,163 BOLDUC IS POLLING BEHIND HIS MODERATE DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT, 164 00:09:24,230 --> 00:09:25,398 WHICH COULD BE WHY BOLDUC WENT ON TV TODAY, AND WHEN CONFRONTED 165 00:09:25,464 --> 00:09:27,166 WITH WHAT HE SAID IN THE PRIMARIES, DID THIS: 166 00:09:27,233 --> 00:09:28,968 >> THERE'S THIS, FROM AUGUST 14th, WHEN YOU HAD A DEBATE. 167 00:09:29,035 --> 00:09:30,403 WATCH HERE. 168 00:09:30,469 --> 00:09:35,007 >> I SIGNED A LETTER WITH 120 OTHER GENERALS AND ADMIRALS 169 00:09:35,074 --> 00:09:38,210 SAYING THAT TRUMP WON THE ELECTION, AND, DAMMIT, I STAND 170 00:09:38,277 --> 00:09:38,878 BY MY LETTER. 171 00:09:38,945 --> 00:09:40,913 >> DO YOU STAND BY THAT TODAY? 172 00:09:40,980 --> 00:09:44,984 >> SO... YOU KNOW... WE, UH, WE... WE, UH, YOU KNOW... LIVE 173 00:09:45,051 --> 00:09:48,421 AND LEARN, RIGHT? 174 00:09:48,487 --> 00:09:56,896 >> Stephen: (AS BOLDUC) "SO, UH, SO, UH, WE, UH... YOU 175 00:09:56,963 --> 00:09:58,864 KNOW, UH, WE... UH, WE.... UH WE, MAH-WAY, UH WE MAH-WAY... 176 00:09:58,931 --> 00:10:00,466 ( TO TUNE OF "LION SLEEPS TONIGHT") 177 00:10:00,533 --> 00:10:05,104 ♪ UH WE MAH-WAY, UH WE MAH-WAY, IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, THE NEWEST 178 00:10:05,171 --> 00:10:16,916 HAMPSHIRE, THE LIAR SPEAKS TONIGHT ♪ 179 00:10:16,983 --> 00:10:24,957 ( APPLAUSE ) I'M SORRY, BOLDUC, I 180 00:10:25,024 --> 00:10:26,826 INTERRUPTED, YOU WERE DESPERATELY HEDGING? 181 00:10:26,892 --> 00:10:29,061 >> I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS, AND I SPENT THE PAST 182 00:10:29,128 --> 00:10:32,565 COUPLE OF WEEKS TALKING TO GRANITE STATERS ALL OVER THE 183 00:10:32,631 --> 00:10:38,270 STATE FROM, YOU KNOW, EVERY PARTY, AND I HAVE COME TO THE 184 00:10:38,337 --> 00:10:40,139 CONCLUSION-- AND I WANT TO BE DEFINITIVE ON THIS. 185 00:10:40,206 --> 00:10:43,976 THE ELECTION WAS NOT STOLEN. 186 00:10:44,043 --> 00:10:46,145 >> Stephen: WOW, NORMALLY, TO SEE THAT MUCH BACKPEDALING YOU 187 00:10:46,212 --> 00:10:50,516 HAVE TO WATCH THE TOUR DE FRANCE ON REWIND. 188 00:10:50,583 --> 00:10:52,118 ( LAUGHTER ) OF COURSE, ALL THESE RIGHT-WING 189 00:10:52,184 --> 00:10:54,653 CRAZIES ARE GETTING THEIR CUES FROM FORMER PRESIDENT OPTIMUS 190 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,222 CRIME. 191 00:10:56,288 --> 00:11:02,661 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 192 00:11:02,728 --> 00:11:04,463 WE'RE GETTING SOME NEW REVELATIONS ABOUT THAT LAST GUY, 193 00:11:04,530 --> 00:11:10,136 IN A BOOK CALLED "THE DIVIDER" BY 194 00:11:10,202 --> 00:11:11,270 PETER BAKER AND SUSAN GLASSER. 195 00:11:11,337 --> 00:11:12,805 ACCORDING TO THE BOOK, THE FORMER PRESIDENT TOLD JORDAN'S 196 00:11:12,872 --> 00:11:14,640 KING ABDULLAH THAT HE WOULD GIVE HIM THE WEST BANK. 197 00:11:14,707 --> 00:11:16,442 FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN'T PROMISE TO GIVE AWAY SOMETHING YOU DON'T 198 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:19,912 OWN. 199 00:11:19,979 --> 00:11:21,213 "HEY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, I GOT YOU YOUR NEIGHBOR'S TRUCK. 200 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:22,148 YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO CHANGE THE PLATES. 201 00:11:22,214 --> 00:11:23,149 AND HAUL ASS. 202 00:11:23,215 --> 00:11:28,120 HERE HE COMES!" HERE'S THE THING, THE WEST BANK 203 00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:30,623 IS FULL OF PALESTINIANS, AND PALESTINIANS IN JORDAN HAVE 204 00:11:30,689 --> 00:11:34,693 REPEATEDLY TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE MONARCHY, SO WHEN HE HEARD 205 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,196 THE OFFER, KING ABDULLAH WAS LESS THAN THRILLED, SAYING, 206 00:11:37,263 --> 00:11:38,664 "I THOUGHT I WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. 207 00:11:38,731 --> 00:11:40,132 I COULDN'T BREATHE. 208 00:11:40,199 --> 00:11:43,469 I WAS BENT DOUBLED-OVER." 209 00:11:43,536 --> 00:11:46,305 OKAY, SOUNDS BAD, OR MAYBE THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 210 00:11:46,372 --> 00:11:49,809 SOME PEOPLE GET A GIFT. 211 00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:50,976 WE ALL REMEMBER THAT FAMOUS JEWELRY COMMERCIAL: 212 00:11:51,043 --> 00:11:53,312 >> EVERY KISS BEGINS WITH... 213 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:53,879 KAAAHH!! 214 00:11:53,946 --> 00:11:54,814 MY HEART!! 215 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:58,184 ( SOUND OF FALLING ) WELL, SHE DIED HAPPY. 216 00:11:58,250 --> 00:12:02,655 ALSO-- ( APPLAUSE ) 217 00:12:02,721 --> 00:12:08,928 THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE REVELATIONS ABOUT THE FORMER 218 00:12:08,994 --> 00:12:11,397 PRESIDENT'S ONE-TIME CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN KELLY, SEEN HERE 219 00:12:11,464 --> 00:12:15,201 TOO TIRED TO PUNCH HIMSELF IN THE FACE. 220 00:12:15,267 --> 00:12:16,735 ( LAUGHTER ) KELLY WAS OFTEN AT ODDS WITH THE 221 00:12:16,802 --> 00:12:17,937 FORMER PRESIDENT. 222 00:12:18,003 --> 00:12:20,906 AT ONE POINT, WHEN HE REFUSED TO LOWER THE FLAG AFTER SENATOR 223 00:12:20,973 --> 00:12:25,344 JOHN McCAIN'S DEATH, KELLY TOLD HIM, "IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT JOHN 224 00:12:25,411 --> 00:12:29,181 McCAIN'S FUNERAL, WHEN YOU DIE, THE PUBLIC WILL COME TO YOUR 225 00:12:29,248 --> 00:12:32,918 GRAVE AND PISS ON IT." 226 00:12:32,985 --> 00:12:47,867 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 227 00:12:47,933 --> 00:12:49,401 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 228 00:12:50,569 --> 00:12:52,972 GOTTA STAY HYDRATED. 229 00:12:53,038 --> 00:12:55,808 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 230 00:12:55,875 --> 00:12:58,210 MY GUESTS ARE QUEEN LATIFAH AND JOURNALIST NINA TOTENBERG. 231 00:12:58,277 --> 00:13:00,479 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE!" 232 00:13:00,546 --> 00:13:02,548 STICK AROUND. 233 00:13:54,033 --> 00:13:58,170 LOUIS CATO AND THE LATE SHOW BAND RIGHT THERE. 234 00:13:58,237 --> 00:14:03,275 LOUIS, WE HAVE THE LOVELY, THE TALENTED QUEEN LATIFAH IS ON THE 235 00:14:03,342 --> 00:14:04,143 SHOW TONIGHT. 236 00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:06,512 >> Louis: TONIGHT, YES, IN THE BUILDING! 237 00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:09,081 >> Stephen: AND SUPREME COURT CORRESPONDENT, A LONGTIME NPR, 238 00:14:09,148 --> 00:14:12,751 NINA TOTENBERG IS GOING TO BE HERE, TALKING ABOUT RUTH BADER 239 00:14:12,818 --> 00:14:14,887 GINSBURG, AND THE PRESENT STATE OF THE COURT RIGHT NOW. 240 00:14:14,954 --> 00:14:18,657 YOU KNOW OUR FRIEND JOE SAILOR IS OUT THIS WEEK. 241 00:14:18,724 --> 00:14:22,661 PLEASE TELL EVERYBODY WHO IS JOINING YOU ON THE DRUMS THIS 242 00:14:22,728 --> 00:14:23,729 WEEK. 243 00:14:23,796 --> 00:14:28,867 >> Louis: I HAVE ONE OF MY OLDEST AND LONGEST DEAREST 244 00:14:28,934 --> 00:14:30,936 FRIENDS, JACK DEBOE. 245 00:14:31,003 --> 00:14:37,243 >> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 246 00:14:37,309 --> 00:14:39,812 FOLKS, YOU KNOW I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME RIGHT OVER THERE, 247 00:14:39,878 --> 00:14:42,715 SURVEYING THE DAY'S RAW NEWS QUARRY, THEN MINING FOR YOU THE 248 00:14:42,781 --> 00:14:45,384 FINEST, MOST LUXURIOUS ROSE-GOLD STORIES, CASTING AND HAMMERING 249 00:14:45,451 --> 00:14:49,388 THEM INTO DELICATE HERRINGBONE COUPLINGS AND ADORNING IT WITH 250 00:14:49,455 --> 00:14:52,458 HALF-CARAT SAPPHIRES TO CRAFT FOR YOU THE EXQUISITE HARRY 251 00:14:52,524 --> 00:14:55,060 WINSTON SAUTOIR NECKLACE THAT IS MY MONOLOGUE. 252 00:14:55,127 --> 00:14:58,831 BUT SOMETIMES, JUST SOMETIMES, FOLKS, I SNAP AWAKE IN A 253 00:14:58,897 --> 00:15:01,367 STAINED HAMMOCK, RIP THE STARTER CORD OUT OF A BROKEN LEAF-BLOWER 254 00:15:01,433 --> 00:15:04,870 AND STRING IT WITH BIRD SKULLS, RACCOON TEETH, AND SQUIRREL 255 00:15:04,937 --> 00:15:08,073 FEMURS SO I CAN DON THE FOREST-DWELLER'S HOBO CHOKER OF 256 00:15:08,140 --> 00:15:15,781 NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT: >> MEANWHILE! 257 00:15:15,848 --> 00:15:16,849 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: RIGHT THERE. 258 00:15:16,915 --> 00:15:18,450 ON TARGET. 259 00:15:18,517 --> 00:15:23,922 ALWAYS ON TARGET. 260 00:15:23,989 --> 00:15:27,459 MEANWHILE, A NEW STUDY SAYS THAT IF WE EXERCISE FOR 30 MINUTES A 261 00:15:27,526 --> 00:15:32,031 DAY BUT SPEND THE REST OF THE TIME SITTING, "IT'S ALMOST AS IF 262 00:15:32,097 --> 00:15:36,001 WE HAD NOT WORKED OUT AT ALL." 263 00:15:36,068 --> 00:15:37,269 WELL, THAT'S GREAT NEWS. 264 00:15:37,336 --> 00:15:38,570 BECAUSE IT MEANS IF ALL I DO IS SIT ALL DAY, IT'S ALMOST AS IF I 265 00:15:38,637 --> 00:15:43,075 HAD WORKED OUT. 266 00:15:43,142 --> 00:15:47,079 ( LAUGHTER ) OKAY. 267 00:15:47,146 --> 00:15:56,555 HOLD ON, ONE MORE REP. 268 00:15:56,622 --> 00:16:02,895 ( APPLAUSE ) MEANWHILE, A DIFFERENT NEW STUDY 269 00:16:02,961 --> 00:16:04,129 HAS REVEALED "HOW TO PUT A CRYING BABY TO SLEEP, THE 270 00:16:04,196 --> 00:16:07,466 SCIENTIFIC WAY." 271 00:16:07,533 --> 00:16:10,135 RESEARCHERS SAY THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD IS TO "HOLD THE 272 00:16:10,202 --> 00:16:13,238 BABY AND WALK FOR FIVE MINUTES, THEN SIT AND HOLD THE BABY FOR 273 00:16:13,305 --> 00:16:16,141 FIVE TO EIGHT MINUTES, THEN PUT THEM TO BED." 274 00:16:16,208 --> 00:16:20,646 AND WHEN YOUR BABY STILL WON'T SLEEP, RESEARCHERS RECOMMEND YOU 275 00:16:20,713 --> 00:16:24,316 STAY UP FOR 18 HOURS STRAIGHT, THEN HALLUCINATE A VISITATION 276 00:16:24,383 --> 00:16:27,419 BY A BENEVOLENT GHOST-OWL WHO WILL SING YOU THE INSTRUCTIONS 277 00:16:27,486 --> 00:16:28,287 FOR HOW TO BUILD A SPACE ARK. 278 00:16:28,354 --> 00:16:30,289 THEN YOU'LL WAKE UP IN THE SHOE CLOSET. 279 00:16:30,356 --> 00:16:33,125 AND THE BABY WILL STILL BE AWAKE. 280 00:16:33,192 --> 00:16:41,633 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 281 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:44,403 HOW INSULTING IS SCIENCE BEING TO MOTHERS? 282 00:16:44,470 --> 00:16:46,672 "HAVE YOU TRIED WALKING AROUND FOR FIVE MINUTES? 283 00:16:46,739 --> 00:16:49,475 DID YOU TRY SITTING FOR FIVE TO EIGHT MINUTES? 284 00:16:49,541 --> 00:16:51,076 YOU MUST BE DOING IT WRONG." 285 00:16:51,143 --> 00:16:58,117 ( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, ACCORDING TO MEDICAL 286 00:16:58,183 --> 00:17:00,652 RESEARCH, "LOTS OF SEX MAKES PASSING KIDNEY STONES 287 00:17:00,719 --> 00:17:06,859 'PLEASURABLE,' AND 'FASTER.'" THAT IS GOING TO MAKE FOR SOME 288 00:17:06,925 --> 00:17:09,194 INTERESTING PICKUP LINES. 289 00:17:09,261 --> 00:17:12,664 "HEY, WANNA COME BACK TO MY PLACE AND HELP ME PASS A KIDNEY 290 00:17:12,731 --> 00:17:14,266 STONE? 291 00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:16,635 I PROMISE YOU SOMEBODY'S GONNA BE SCREAMING." 292 00:17:16,702 --> 00:17:19,104 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 293 00:17:19,171 --> 00:17:20,639 YOU EVER PASS A KIDNEY STONE. 294 00:17:20,706 --> 00:17:24,143 >> Louis: I HAVE, I HAVE. 295 00:17:24,209 --> 00:17:25,377 NO BUENO. 296 00:17:25,444 --> 00:17:28,147 >> Stephen: I CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING LESS SEXY THAN PASSING 297 00:17:28,213 --> 00:17:32,618 A KIDNEY STONE. 298 00:17:32,684 --> 00:17:37,890 SLIDING DOWN A 50-FOOT GRATER INTO A BOWL OF GIN. 299 00:17:37,956 --> 00:17:38,824 MEANWHILE... 300 00:17:38,891 --> 00:17:40,559 ( LAUGHTER ) IT'S VERY-- HOW MANY MEN HERE 301 00:17:40,626 --> 00:17:42,060 HAVE HAD A KIDNEY STONE. 302 00:17:42,127 --> 00:17:45,397 HOW MANY-- HOW MANY WOMEN? 303 00:17:45,464 --> 00:17:47,866 I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT FEW PEOPLE. 304 00:17:47,933 --> 00:17:52,137 ( LAUGHTER ) GOD MUST HATE ME. 305 00:17:52,204 --> 00:17:55,941 ( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, THE QUEEN ISN'T THE 306 00:17:56,008 --> 00:17:58,377 ONLY LEADER THE WORLD IS MOURNING THIS WEEK. 307 00:17:58,444 --> 00:18:01,280 WE ALSO LOST "FRED FRANZIA, THE MASTERMIND BEHIND TWO BUCK CHUCK 308 00:18:01,346 --> 00:18:03,415 WINE." 309 00:18:03,482 --> 00:18:06,819 SO POUR ONE OUT FOR FRED TONIGHT. 310 00:18:06,885 --> 00:18:07,686 OR POUR OUT, LIKE, THREE. 311 00:18:07,753 --> 00:18:08,620 THEY'RE REALLY CHEAP. 312 00:18:08,687 --> 00:18:10,889 ( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, EVERY SO OFTEN, A 313 00:18:10,956 --> 00:18:13,625 STORY COMES ALONG THAT IS SO SPECIFIC IN SUBJECT MATTER THAT 314 00:18:13,692 --> 00:18:17,896 IT REQUIRES IT'S OWN SPECIAL CATEGORY, WHICH WE COVER IN OUR 315 00:18:17,963 --> 00:18:23,469 NEWEST "MEANWHILE" SUBSEGMENT, "ANAL-BEAD-WHILE." 316 00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:25,337 ANAL-BEAD-WHILE, "THE CHESS WORLD HAS BEEN ROCKED BY RUMORS 317 00:18:25,404 --> 00:18:29,842 OF ANAL BEADS." 318 00:18:29,908 --> 00:18:33,645 THEY CALL IT CASTLING. 319 00:18:33,712 --> 00:18:37,115 HERE'S THE ACCUSATION: LAST WEEK "WORLD CHESS CHAMPION MAGNUS 320 00:18:37,182 --> 00:18:40,385 CARLSEN WAS UNEXPECTEDLY DEFEATED BY UNDERDOG HANS 321 00:18:40,452 --> 00:18:41,887 NIEMANN." 322 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:43,455 AND NOW FANS SPECULATE NIEMANN HAD "AN ACCOMPLICE WHO WAS 323 00:18:43,522 --> 00:18:48,126 WATCHING THE GAME BEING BROADCAST LIVE ONLINE AND 324 00:18:48,193 --> 00:18:51,730 CONSULTING AN A.I. CHESS PROGRAM," THEN "USING WIRELESS 325 00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:57,870 ANAL BEADS THAT VIBRATE TO NIEMANN THE CORRECT MOVES." 326 00:18:57,936 --> 00:19:02,641 I KNOW IT'S UNLIKELY, BUT IT WOULD EXPLAIN HIS UNIQUE STYLE 327 00:19:02,708 --> 00:19:05,844 OF PLAY: "KNIGHT TO KING... 328 00:19:05,911 --> 00:19:09,882 SEVEN!... 329 00:19:09,948 --> 00:19:11,950 ( APPLAUSE ) CHECK." 330 00:19:23,962 --> 00:19:25,898 ( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, "BINGO, LITE-BRITE, 331 00:19:25,964 --> 00:19:30,102 AND NERF ARE AMONG THIS YEAR'S TOY HALL OF FAME FINALISTS." 332 00:19:30,168 --> 00:19:30,802 AH, YES... 333 00:19:30,869 --> 00:19:34,673 ( APPLAUSE ) AH, YES, BINGO. 334 00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:37,910 FUN FOR KIDS AGED 85 TO 92. 335 00:19:37,976 --> 00:19:41,813 NEXT YEAR'S HALL-OF-FAME CONTENDERS INCLUDE OTHER 336 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,049 FAVORITE CHILDHOOD TOYS LIKE THE GOLD CHAIN ON YOUR GLASSES, 337 00:19:44,116 --> 00:19:49,922 SHOWER SAFETY HANDLES, AND SOUP. 338 00:19:49,988 --> 00:19:51,924 ( LAUGHTER ) WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH QUEEN 339 00:19:51,990 --> 00:19:52,491 LATIFAH. 340 00:20:16,014 --> 00:20:20,953 MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ACTRESS WITH THE NUMBER-ONE 341 00:20:21,019 --> 00:20:22,788 MOVIE ON NETFLIX AND ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SHOWS ON NETWORK 342 00:20:22,854 --> 00:20:23,989 TELEVISION. 343 00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:27,326 PLEASE WELCOME THE STAR OF "END OF THE ROAD" AND CBS'S "THE 344 00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:29,394 EQUALIZER," QUEEN LATIFAH! 345 00:20:47,913 --> 00:20:51,316 >> WOOO! 346 00:20:51,383 --> 00:20:58,991 WOOO! 347 00:20:59,057 --> 00:20:59,791 >> Stephen: THAT'S NICE. 348 00:20:59,858 --> 00:21:01,259 >> THEY SOUND SO GOOD! 349 00:21:01,326 --> 00:21:04,796 >> Stephen: DON'T THEY SOUND GOOD. 350 00:21:04,863 --> 00:21:05,631 >> PEACE! 351 00:21:05,697 --> 00:21:07,699 PEACE, EVERYBODY! 352 00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:09,935 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I WISH MORE OF MY 353 00:21:10,002 --> 00:21:13,939 GUESTS WOULD START OFF THE INTERVIEW WITH A WOOO! 354 00:21:14,006 --> 00:21:16,708 >> MORE LIKE A WOOO! 355 00:21:16,775 --> 00:21:19,611 >> Stephen: YOU HAVE A LOT TO BE HOOTING AND HAPPY ABOUT 356 00:21:19,678 --> 00:21:21,580 BECAUSE THIS MORNING YOU HAD A LOVELY CEREMONY. 357 00:21:21,647 --> 00:21:23,281 YOU CAME FROM A LOVELY CEREMONY. 358 00:21:23,348 --> 00:21:25,484 I'D LIKE TO SHOW THIS PHOTO RIGHT HERE. 359 00:21:25,550 --> 00:21:30,722 YOU OPENED A SCHOOL NAMED AFTER YOUR LATE MOTHER, RITA OWENS. 360 00:21:30,789 --> 00:21:32,691 ( APPLAUSE ) WHAT IS THAT LIKE? 361 00:21:32,758 --> 00:21:36,495 AND WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS SCHOOL TO YOUR FAMILY? 362 00:21:36,561 --> 00:21:37,763 ( APPLAUSE ). 363 00:21:37,829 --> 00:21:41,366 >> I'LL TELL YOU, THIS IS-- THIS IS A HUGE-- THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE 364 00:21:41,433 --> 00:21:42,834 THING FOR OUR FAMILY. 365 00:21:42,901 --> 00:21:44,970 MY MOTHER WAS AN EDUCATOR. 366 00:21:45,037 --> 00:21:46,438 SHE TAUGHT HIGH SCHOOL. 367 00:21:46,505 --> 00:21:48,073 BUT SHE ALSO TAUGHT LIFE. 368 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:49,941 SHE TAUGHT LOVE. 369 00:21:50,008 --> 00:21:53,679 SHE TAUGHT EMPOWERMENT FOR KIDS, FOR CHILDREN. 370 00:21:53,745 --> 00:21:55,914 SHE WAS AN EDUCATOR. 371 00:21:55,981 --> 00:21:58,884 AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT AND LOVE FOR OUR 372 00:21:58,950 --> 00:21:59,317 EDUCATORS. 373 00:21:59,384 --> 00:22:00,485 THEY DO SO MUCH. 374 00:22:00,552 --> 00:22:02,921 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WHO ELSE IS IN 375 00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:04,089 THIS PHOTO HERE? 376 00:22:04,156 --> 00:22:07,492 >> THIS IS ALSO, LIKE, THE FIRST-- THIS IS THE FIRST THEME 377 00:22:07,559 --> 00:22:09,995 ACADEMY IN IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY. 378 00:22:10,062 --> 00:22:13,465 THIS IS REALLY LIKE THE BEGINNING OF THE FUTURE FOR 379 00:22:13,532 --> 00:22:15,333 THESE CHILDREN WHO SHE LOVED SO MUCH. 380 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:16,702 AND WHO IS IN THAT PICTURE? 381 00:22:16,768 --> 00:22:17,936 WHO YOU GOT THERE? 382 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:18,970 >> Stephen: WHO YOU GOT THERE? 383 00:22:19,037 --> 00:22:23,008 >> YOU GOT MY GRANDMOTHER IN THERE. 384 00:22:23,075 --> 00:22:23,742 HEY, NANA! 385 00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:26,178 HEY, NANA! 386 00:22:26,244 --> 00:22:31,650 THANK YOU TO MAYOR BOSS AND DOC DRAPER BOSS FOR MAKING THIS 387 00:22:31,717 --> 00:22:32,184 HAPPEN. 388 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:33,018 AND MY PARTNER. 389 00:22:33,085 --> 00:22:34,386 >> Stephen: HERE IS YOU AND YOUR MOM. 390 00:22:34,453 --> 00:22:36,421 >> THERE IS MY MOM. 391 00:22:36,488 --> 00:22:37,823 >> Stephen: 30 YEARS AGO. 392 00:22:37,889 --> 00:22:39,524 >> THAT'S MY MOM. 393 00:22:39,591 --> 00:22:40,659 ( APPLAUSE ). 394 00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:43,962 >> Stephen: TELL ME ABOUT-- WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM HER? 395 00:22:44,029 --> 00:22:48,333 >> UHM, GOSH... 396 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:48,600 LOVE. 397 00:22:48,667 --> 00:22:49,034 LOVE. 398 00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:49,768 I LEARNED LOVE. 399 00:22:49,835 --> 00:22:50,736 I LEARNED TO LOVE. 400 00:22:50,802 --> 00:22:52,537 SHE'S THE FIRST PERSON TO LOVE ME. 401 00:22:52,604 --> 00:22:55,373 AND SO I LEARNED LOVE. 402 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,611 AND-- AND I LEARNED THAT WE-- WHEN WE'RE GIVEN THINGS WE HAVE 403 00:22:59,678 --> 00:23:00,378 TO GIVE BACK. 404 00:23:00,445 --> 00:23:04,282 SO I ALSO LEARNED TO LOVE HIP HOP. 405 00:23:04,349 --> 00:23:06,518 >> Stephen: FROM YOUR MOM? 406 00:23:06,585 --> 00:23:09,387 >> MY MOTHER WAS A HIP HOP HIT. 407 00:23:09,454 --> 00:23:13,792 I REMEMBER GETTING IN HER CAR, AND TURNING THE RADIO ON AND IT 408 00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:16,194 WAS SAYING ♪ IT WAS JUST ANOTHER CASE OF 409 00:23:16,261 --> 00:23:18,764 THAT OLD P.T.A.." 410 00:23:18,830 --> 00:23:22,901 I SAID WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL 411 00:23:22,968 --> 00:23:26,838 PLAYING IN YOUR CAR, BUSTER RHYMES. 412 00:23:26,905 --> 00:23:29,508 BUT IF NOT FOR MY MOM, I WOULD NOT BE HERE. 413 00:23:29,574 --> 00:23:33,145 SHE WAS THE CLASS ADVISER AND WOULD HIRE THE D.J.s FOR THE 414 00:23:33,211 --> 00:23:34,246 CLASS FUND RAISERS. 415 00:23:34,312 --> 00:23:38,116 AND SHE INTRODUCED ME TO MY FIRST D.J., WHO BECAME MY 416 00:23:38,183 --> 00:23:40,719 PRODUCER, WHO GOT ME SIGNED. 417 00:23:40,786 --> 00:23:42,621 I GAME A RAPPER. 418 00:23:42,687 --> 00:23:43,989 ALL MY BOYS BECAME RAPPERS. 419 00:23:44,055 --> 00:23:45,991 SHE USED TO GO TO THE SHOWS WITH ME IN THE GENG. 420 00:23:46,057 --> 00:23:50,896 SHE WAS REALLY INVOLVED IN-- IN OUR GROWING UP IN HIP HOP, YOU 421 00:23:50,962 --> 00:23:51,730 KNOW. 422 00:23:51,797 --> 00:23:54,499 SHE JUST REALLY LISTENED TO THE YOUTH. 423 00:23:54,566 --> 00:23:55,801 AND SHE STAYED CONNECTED. 424 00:23:55,867 --> 00:23:58,270 SO IF IT WEREN'T FOR HER, I WOULDN'T BE HERE. 425 00:23:58,336 --> 00:23:59,404 ( APPLAUSE ). 426 00:23:59,471 --> 00:24:00,705 >> Stephen: THAT'S LOVELY, THAT'S LOVELY. 427 00:24:00,772 --> 00:24:04,109 >> YEAH, SHE RESPECTED KIDS. 428 00:24:04,176 --> 00:24:06,578 >> Stephen: NOW, ANOTHER MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY, YOUR 429 00:24:06,645 --> 00:24:11,850 GRANDMOTHER, WHO IS IN THIS PHOTO RIGHT HERE, SHE IS A BIG 430 00:24:11,917 --> 00:24:14,152 FAN OF CBS' "THE EQUALIZER." 431 00:24:14,219 --> 00:24:17,622 IS SHE AN EASY FAN OR DO YOU GET CRITIQUES? 432 00:24:17,689 --> 00:24:19,491 DO YOU GET NOTES FROM HER? 433 00:24:19,558 --> 00:24:22,594 >> I GET... 434 00:24:22,661 --> 00:24:25,096 I GET-- LISTEN, I BETTER MAKE THE SHOW. 435 00:24:25,163 --> 00:24:26,364 BOTTOM LINE. 436 00:24:26,431 --> 00:24:30,969 BECAUSE SHE IS IN THAT RECLIERN WATCHING THAT SHOW EVERY SUNDAY. 437 00:24:31,036 --> 00:24:33,872 >> Stephen: SHE GETS TO SPEND SUNDAYS WITH YOU BECAUSE SHE 438 00:24:33,939 --> 00:24:35,240 GETS TO SEE OW TV. 439 00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:38,610 >> LISTEN, THERE ARE LITERALLY DAYS, "I'M NOT DOING IT." 440 00:24:38,677 --> 00:24:42,781 SHE'S LIKE, "I JUST LOVE THAT SHOW!" 441 00:24:42,848 --> 00:24:44,049 "I JUST LOVE THE ACTION. 442 00:24:44,115 --> 00:24:45,650 I JUST LOVE ALL THAT ACTION." 443 00:24:45,717 --> 00:24:47,786 IT'S SO FUNNY. 444 00:24:47,853 --> 00:24:49,721 MY 93-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER LOVES ALL THE ACTION. 445 00:24:49,788 --> 00:24:55,327 AND MY AUNT ANGEL, WHO SITS AND WATCHES IT WITH HER, GETS SO MAD 446 00:24:55,393 --> 00:24:58,630 IF FOOTBALL RUNS LATE OR IF THERE'S, LIKE, A SPECIAL ON. 447 00:24:58,697 --> 00:25:05,403 IT'S LIKE, "WHO IS THIS ADELE?" ( LAUGHTER ) 448 00:25:05,470 --> 00:25:08,607 "DON'T MAKE ME COME UP THERE AND HOLLER AT OPRAH." 449 00:25:08,673 --> 00:25:10,542 I'M LIKE, "WHOA, CALM DOWN." 450 00:25:10,609 --> 00:25:12,811 THEY GET SERIOUS ABOUT "THE EQUALIZER." 451 00:25:12,878 --> 00:25:14,813 >> Stephen: ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY THINGS YOU WERE 452 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,450 PART OF MAKING IS-- I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS NOW-- 453 00:25:18,516 --> 00:25:24,055 BUT THERE YOU ARE AS MOMMA NORTON IN CHICAGO 20 YEARS AGO. 454 00:25:24,122 --> 00:25:24,756 >> YEEEAH! 455 00:25:24,823 --> 00:25:25,991 ( APPLAUSE ). 456 00:25:26,057 --> 00:25:29,127 >> Stephen: FOR WHICH YOU WERE NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD. 457 00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:31,763 WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT MAKING THAT FILM? 458 00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:32,564 IT'S EXTRAORDINARY FILM. 459 00:25:32,631 --> 00:25:36,601 >> IT WAS-- IT WAS AN AMAZING TIME. 460 00:25:36,668 --> 00:25:41,006 I MEAN, WE-- IT WAS-- YOU KNOW, ROB MARSHALL DIRECTED IT. 461 00:25:41,072 --> 00:25:43,775 I REMEMBER HAVING TO AUDITION THREE TIMES TO GET THE ROLE. 462 00:25:43,842 --> 00:25:46,745 AND BY THE THIRD TIME, I WAS LIKE, "THEY GOTTA TELL ME 463 00:25:46,811 --> 00:25:49,014 SOMETHING OR I'M NOT DOING THIS AGAIN!" 464 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,516 BUT IT WAS-- I HAD TO EARN THAT ROLE BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE 465 00:25:51,583 --> 00:25:53,518 WANTED THAT ROLE. 466 00:25:53,585 --> 00:25:56,388 AND ALL THE BROADWAY DANCERS WERE IN THE FILM. 467 00:25:56,454 --> 00:26:00,525 AND, YOU KNOW, HERE WE GOT ALL THESE A-LIST ACTORS. 468 00:26:00,592 --> 00:26:03,028 BUT EVERYBODY CHECKED THEIR EGO AT THE DOOR. 469 00:26:03,094 --> 00:26:05,497 >> Stephen: DID YOU GUYS HAVE A SENSE YOU WERE MAKING 470 00:26:05,563 --> 00:26:06,164 SOMETHING SPECIAL? 471 00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:08,099 IT RULED THE OSCARS THAT YEAR. 472 00:26:08,166 --> 00:26:09,034 >> YES. 473 00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:10,201 >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THAT? 474 00:26:10,268 --> 00:26:13,638 >> I ABSOLUTELY FELT LIKE WE WERE MAKING SOMETHING SPECIAL. 475 00:26:13,705 --> 00:26:19,444 I THINK WE ALL KNEW, BECAUSE EVEN ON OUR DAYS OFF-- MIND YOU, 476 00:26:19,511 --> 00:26:23,648 WE WERE WORKING MINIMUM 12 HOURS A DAY, UP TO 18 HOURS A DAY. 477 00:26:23,715 --> 00:26:25,917 WE WERE WORKING LONG DAYS, THROUGH THE WINTER. 478 00:26:25,984 --> 00:26:28,386 BUT PEOPLE WOULD COME IN ON THEIR DAY OFFS TO WATCH OTHER 479 00:26:28,453 --> 00:26:31,256 PEOPLE SHOOT BECAUSE THEY WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE WAY THESE 480 00:26:31,323 --> 00:26:33,425 SHOTS WERE LOOKING AND WHAT ROB HAD PLANNED. 481 00:26:33,491 --> 00:26:36,995 AND IT WAS JUST SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING TO BE A PART OF THAT 482 00:26:37,062 --> 00:26:40,699 PEOPLE WOULD JUST COME IN AND HANG OUT AND WATCH IT HAWM. 483 00:26:40,765 --> 00:26:43,501 SO WE KNEW WE WERE DOING SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL. 484 00:26:43,568 --> 00:26:45,070 AND IT'S THE TEST OF TIME. 485 00:26:45,136 --> 00:26:47,939 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WE COME 486 00:26:48,006 --> 00:26:52,077 BACK, I WILL ASK QUEEN LATIFAH WHAT ACTORS SHE THINKS MIGHT BE 487 00:26:52,143 --> 00:26:52,711 GOOD RAPPERS. 488 00:26:52,777 --> 00:26:54,779 STICK AROUND. 489 00:27:05,957 --> 00:27:06,958 >> Stephen: HERE YOU HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. 490 00:27:07,025 --> 00:27:10,962 HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE WITH QUEEN LATIFAH. 491 00:27:11,029 --> 00:27:15,567 NOW YOU HAVE GOT THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE ON NETFLIX, "END OF THE 492 00:27:15,633 --> 00:27:16,067 ROAD." 493 00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:17,202 >> WHAT DID YOU SAY? 494 00:27:17,268 --> 00:27:21,439 >> Stephen: THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE ON NETFLIX, "END OF THE 495 00:27:21,506 --> 00:27:21,740 ROAD." 496 00:27:21,806 --> 00:27:22,273 >> WHAT? 497 00:27:22,340 --> 00:27:23,408 ( APPLAUSE ) SORRY. 498 00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:29,581 >> Stephen: STARRING YOU AND FELLOW RAPPER CHRIS LUDACRIS 499 00:27:29,647 --> 00:27:30,648 BRIDGES. 500 00:27:30,715 --> 00:27:33,518 WHAT IS IT LIKE TO TRANSITION FROM RAPPER TO ACTOR. 501 00:27:33,585 --> 00:27:36,488 YOU HAVE BEEN ACTING FOR A LONG TIME, BUT WHAT IS THAT 502 00:27:36,554 --> 00:27:37,722 TRANSITION LIKE? 503 00:27:37,789 --> 00:27:40,859 >> I THINK IT'S-- I THINK IT'S-- WELL, FOR ME, IT WAS A PRETTY 504 00:27:40,925 --> 00:27:42,093 GOOD TRANSITION. 505 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,196 I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK I WAS CO DOING, TO BE HONEST WITH 506 00:27:45,263 --> 00:27:46,398 YOU. 507 00:27:46,464 --> 00:27:48,233 I THINK BECAUSE WE MAKE VIDEOS AS RAPPERS, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE 508 00:27:48,299 --> 00:27:50,368 VIDEOS SO WE'RE USED TO PERFORMING IN FRONT OF THE 509 00:27:50,435 --> 00:27:51,569 CAMERA, HITTING MARK S. 510 00:27:51,636 --> 00:27:53,538 >> Stephen: I THINK RAPPERS MAKE SOME OF THE BEST GUEST OLZ 511 00:27:53,605 --> 00:27:57,342 THE SHOW, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE THEY ALL KNOW HOW TO PRESENT 512 00:27:57,409 --> 00:27:58,176 THEMSELVES. 513 00:27:58,243 --> 00:28:01,046 THEY ALL KNOW HOW TO RELATE TO A CROWD. 514 00:28:01,112 --> 00:28:02,514 NOTHING THROWS THEM. 515 00:28:02,580 --> 00:28:06,518 THEY'RE FANTASTIC GUESTS. 516 00:28:06,584 --> 00:28:09,687 >> NOTHING -- >> Stephen: JUST TAKE A 517 00:28:09,754 --> 00:28:10,922 COMPLIMENT AND MOVE ON. 518 00:28:10,989 --> 00:28:14,426 >> I DON'T KNOW IF I'M THE "THE EQUALIZER" OR THE LATE FROM-- 519 00:28:14,492 --> 00:28:15,260 BRENDA FROM "END OF THE ROAD." 520 00:28:15,326 --> 00:28:18,096 I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, COLBERT! 521 00:28:18,163 --> 00:28:19,264 HELP ME! 522 00:28:19,330 --> 00:28:22,000 >> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW ANY OTHER RAPPERS YOU THINK LIKE, 523 00:28:22,067 --> 00:28:23,268 "THAT PERSON SHOULD ACT. 524 00:28:23,334 --> 00:28:25,837 I THINK THAT PERSON WOULD BE A GOOD ACTOR." 525 00:28:25,904 --> 00:28:28,006 >> I THINK A LOT OF ACTORS COULD BE RAPPERS. 526 00:28:28,073 --> 00:28:29,908 >> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT ACTORS BEING RAPPERS? 527 00:28:29,974 --> 00:28:32,577 >> I THINK A LOT OF ACTORS WANT TO BE RAPPERS. 528 00:28:32,644 --> 00:28:35,246 >> Stephen: OH, I BET, I BET. 529 00:28:35,313 --> 00:28:38,183 SEE THE SPIRIT IN ANYBODY WHO HAS THE RIGHT ATTITUDE. 530 00:28:38,249 --> 00:28:39,451 >> I DON'T KNOW. 531 00:28:39,517 --> 00:28:40,885 WHO YOU ALL GOT? 532 00:28:40,952 --> 00:28:46,591 WHO DO YOU THINK WOULD BE A RAPPER TURNED ACTOR. 533 00:28:46,658 --> 00:28:49,594 >> Audience: STEPHEN. 534 00:28:49,661 --> 00:28:50,161 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 535 00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:52,730 >> YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 536 00:28:52,797 --> 00:28:53,932 YOU GOT A HOT BAND. 537 00:28:53,998 --> 00:28:54,599 >> Stephen: I DO. 538 00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:58,970 >> ALL YOU NEED IS A FEW BARS. 539 00:28:59,037 --> 00:29:00,972 SEE, HE'S ALREADY A RAPPER. 540 00:29:01,039 --> 00:29:03,241 ANYBODY WHO SAYS, "I GOT BARS," THEY'RE ALREADY -- 541 00:29:03,308 --> 00:29:05,477 >> Stephen: JUST DON'T ASK ME TO PROVE IT. 542 00:29:05,543 --> 00:29:06,811 ( LAUGHTER ) WHAT ABOUT DENZEL? 543 00:29:06,878 --> 00:29:08,680 >> DENZEL? 544 00:29:08,746 --> 00:29:09,481 DENZEL COULD DO ANYTHING. 545 00:29:09,547 --> 00:29:10,582 >> Stephen: I THINK SO, TOO. 546 00:29:10,648 --> 00:29:14,519 >> I THINK DENZEL HAS THAT SWAGGER OF A RAPPER ANYWAY. 547 00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:16,588 HE DEFINITELY COULD DO IT. 548 00:29:16,654 --> 00:29:20,091 I COULD SEE JUDE LAW DO IT, TOO. 549 00:29:20,158 --> 00:29:23,228 >> Stephen: JUDE LAW, REALLY, KIND OF ENGLISH GENTLEMAN 550 00:29:23,294 --> 00:29:24,129 RAPPER. 551 00:29:24,195 --> 00:29:25,997 >> JUDE LAW IS CUTE AND HE CAN DO ANYTHING. 552 00:29:26,064 --> 00:29:26,898 BUT THAT'S JUST ME. 553 00:29:26,965 --> 00:29:27,465 >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT. 554 00:29:27,532 --> 00:29:29,567 >> THAT'S JUST ME. 555 00:29:29,634 --> 00:29:32,537 I THINK MEG THE STALLION COULD DO IT. 556 00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:33,705 >> Stephen: SURE. 557 00:29:33,771 --> 00:29:37,208 >> I THINK-- WELL, I MEAN I THINK LIZZO COULD PULL IT OFF. 558 00:29:37,275 --> 00:29:39,277 ( APPLAUSE ) I THINK THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH 559 00:29:39,344 --> 00:29:42,514 OF-- YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF ACTORS WHO COULD TURN-- 560 00:29:42,580 --> 00:29:43,882 I DON'T KNOW. 561 00:29:43,948 --> 00:29:46,951 YOU GOTTA HAVE SOME SKILLS TO BE A RAPPER. 562 00:29:47,018 --> 00:29:49,087 DRAKE IS ALREADY BOTH. 563 00:29:49,154 --> 00:29:50,421 SO WE'RE GOOD IN THAT SENSE. 564 00:29:50,488 --> 00:29:52,390 >> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE FROM "END OF THE ROAD." 565 00:29:52,457 --> 00:29:53,558 WHAT ARE WE ABOUT TO SEE? 566 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:57,929 >> I PLAY THIS MOMMA WHO IS TRYING TO START OUR LIFE OVER, 567 00:29:57,996 --> 00:30:01,466 YOU KNOW, GET A FRESH START, AND WE TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 568 00:30:01,533 --> 00:30:06,271 AND WE WIND UP IN THIS HOTEL IN SOMETHING GETS A LITTLE FISHY IN 569 00:30:06,337 --> 00:30:10,008 THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. 570 00:30:10,074 --> 00:30:13,044 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: IN THE NEXT ROOM. 571 00:30:13,111 --> 00:30:13,878 >> NEXT DOOR. 572 00:30:13,945 --> 00:30:17,482 WE'RE IN A MOTEL, SO YOU ALREADY KNOW. 573 00:30:17,549 --> 00:30:18,917 >> Stephen: JIM. 574 00:30:18,983 --> 00:30:20,485 >> SOMEBODY THROWING A PARTY OR SOMETHING? 575 00:30:20,552 --> 00:30:22,520 >> IT'S 4:00 IN THE MORNING, RIGHT? 576 00:30:22,587 --> 00:30:24,322 >> THAT'S WHEN THE BEST PARTIES GET STARTED. 577 00:30:24,389 --> 00:30:26,691 >> NO, NO, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A FIGHT. 578 00:30:26,758 --> 00:30:27,992 >> WHAT? 579 00:30:28,059 --> 00:30:32,931 ( KNOCKING ) >> I'M CALLING THE FRONT OFFICE. 580 00:30:32,997 --> 00:30:34,365 >> THAT DEFINITELY AIN'T NO PARTY. 581 00:30:34,432 --> 00:30:35,500 >> I'M SCARED. 582 00:30:35,567 --> 00:30:37,602 >> I'M NOT LETTING THIS GO ON. 583 00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:38,403 >> WHAT? 584 00:30:38,469 --> 00:30:40,004 >> MOM, PLEASE DON'T GO OUT THERE. 585 00:30:40,071 --> 00:30:41,873 >> I'M AN E.R. NURSE. 586 00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:44,776 FOR ALL WE KNOW SOME WOMAN MIGHT BE GETTING BEAT BY A MAN. 587 00:30:44,842 --> 00:30:47,378 >> WHAT YOU GOING TO DO, GO GET CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT? 588 00:30:47,445 --> 00:30:49,414 >> MOM, NO. 589 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:53,418 >> SIS ( GUNFIRE ) 590 00:30:53,484 --> 00:30:54,485 >> MOM? 591 00:30:54,552 --> 00:30:55,920 MOM! 592 00:30:55,987 --> 00:30:57,989 >> SHHH! 593 00:31:06,564 --> 00:31:13,938 ( APPLAUSE ) >> MY FIRST THRILLER. 594 00:31:14,005 --> 00:31:15,673 >> Stephen: LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 595 00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:17,342 "END OF THE ROAD" IS ON NETFLIX NOW. 596 00:31:17,408 --> 00:31:22,747 SEASON THREE OF "THE EQUALIZER" PREMIERES OCTOBER 2, GRANDMA, 597 00:31:22,814 --> 00:31:24,249 RIGHT HERE ON CBS. 598 00:31:24,315 --> 00:31:26,517 QUEEN LATIFAH, EVERYBODY. 599 00:31:26,584 --> 00:31:28,586 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH JOURNALIST NINA TOTENBERG. 600 00:31:45,036 --> 00:31:48,573 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 601 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,975 WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW! 602 00:31:51,042 --> 00:31:52,977 >> Stephen: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS A 603 00:31:53,044 --> 00:31:54,946 PEABODY AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST WHO HAS SPENT DECADES COVERING 604 00:31:55,013 --> 00:31:58,249 THE SUPREME COURT AND LEGAL AFFAIRS FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC 605 00:31:58,316 --> 00:31:59,050 RADIO. 606 00:31:59,117 --> 00:31:59,784 HER NEW BOOK IS "DINNERS WITH RUTH." 607 00:31:59,851 --> 00:32:04,989 PLEASE WELCOME, NINA TOTENBERG! 608 00:32:05,056 --> 00:32:09,093 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 609 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:10,995 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 610 00:32:11,062 --> 00:32:21,439 RIGHT HERE. 611 00:32:21,506 --> 00:32:22,840 THIS IS WATER IF YOU WANT IT. 612 00:32:22,907 --> 00:32:24,676 >> IS IT WATER OR RUM? 613 00:32:24,742 --> 00:32:26,844 > >> Stephen: IT'S WATER. 614 00:32:26,911 --> 00:32:28,346 WE CAN GET YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT. 615 00:32:28,413 --> 00:32:32,150 WE HAVE A BAR BACK HERE. 616 00:32:32,216 --> 00:32:33,551 SO LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON. 617 00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:36,988 YOU ARE A NATIONAL TREASURE OF AMERICA'S RADIO SOUND-SCAPE. 618 00:32:37,055 --> 00:32:37,555 >> THANK YOU. 619 00:32:37,622 --> 00:32:38,923 >> Stephen: OVER AT NPR. 620 00:32:38,990 --> 00:32:43,494 BUT NOW-- I CAN'T BELIEVE-- ( APPLAUSE ) 621 00:32:43,561 --> 00:32:44,729 I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE. 622 00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:46,831 BUT NOW YOU HAVE WRITTEN YOUR FIRST BOOK. 623 00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:48,633 >> AND MY LAST. 624 00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:50,802 >> Stephen: YOUR FIRST BOOK. 625 00:32:50,868 --> 00:32:53,004 IT'S CALLED "DINNERS WITH RUTH." 626 00:32:53,071 --> 00:32:54,172 IT'S AVAILABLE NOW. 627 00:32:54,238 --> 00:32:56,441 AND IT IS ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP OVER THE LAST 50 628 00:32:56,507 --> 00:32:57,909 YEARS WITH RUTH BADER GINSBURG. 629 00:32:57,975 --> 00:33:02,947 >> IT'S ALSO-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 630 00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:04,282 >> Stephen: AND? 631 00:33:04,349 --> 00:33:07,485 >> AND HAS A LONGER TITLE. 632 00:33:07,552 --> 00:33:12,924 IT SAYS "A MEMOIR ON THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIPS." 633 00:33:12,990 --> 00:33:15,093 AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT RUTH AND ME. 634 00:33:15,159 --> 00:33:20,298 IT'S ABOUT THE WOMEN OF MY GENERATION WHO CAME UP WHEN WE 635 00:33:20,365 --> 00:33:22,934 WEREN'T TRYING TO BREAK A GLASS CEILING. 636 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,203 WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GET A FOOT IN THE DOOR. 637 00:33:25,269 --> 00:33:27,004 AND-- ( APPLAUSE ) 638 00:33:27,071 --> 00:33:30,475 >> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN TO THE LADDER YET? 639 00:33:30,541 --> 00:33:36,214 >> AND SO, IT'S ABOUT MY FRIENDS, OTHER FRIENDS BESIDES 640 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:37,448 RUTH, MALE AND FEMALE. 641 00:33:37,515 --> 00:33:42,920 AND MY LATE HUSBAND AND MY NOW AND FOREVER HUSBAND, ONE HOPES. 642 00:33:42,987 --> 00:33:47,692 AND SO IT'S ABOUT A LIFE OF FRIENDSHIPS. 643 00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:51,596 ESPECIALLY THE MOST FAMOUS OF THEM IS RUTH BADER GINSBURG. 644 00:33:51,662 --> 00:33:52,697 ( APPLAUSE ). 645 00:33:52,764 --> 00:33:57,301 >> Stephen: AND HOW DO WE ALL-- HOW DID YOU ALL FIRST 646 00:33:57,368 --> 00:33:58,269 BECOME FRIENDS? 647 00:33:58,336 --> 00:34:02,540 >> I WAS BRAND NEW ASSIGNED TO COVER THE COURT. 648 00:34:02,607 --> 00:34:04,442 AND I PICKED UP THIS BRIEF. 649 00:34:04,509 --> 00:34:06,644 I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. 650 00:34:06,711 --> 00:34:10,314 IT TURNED OUT TO BE-- IT WAS HER FIRST BRIEF IN THE SUPREME 651 00:34:10,381 --> 00:34:11,315 COURT. 652 00:34:11,382 --> 00:34:12,984 >> Stephen: SO SHE'S NOT A JUSTICE AT THIS POINT. 653 00:34:13,050 --> 00:34:15,686 >> NO, SHE WAS A PROFESSOR AT RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL. 654 00:34:15,753 --> 00:34:18,856 AND SHE HAD WRITTEN THIS BRIEF THAT ARGUED THAT WOMEN ARE 655 00:34:18,923 --> 00:34:22,727 COVERED BY THE 14th AMENDMENT GUARANTEED TO EQUAL 656 00:34:22,794 --> 00:34:23,928 PROTECTION OF THE LAW. 657 00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:26,431 AND LO AND BEHOLD, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE SUPREME COURT 658 00:34:26,497 --> 00:34:27,131 BOUGHT IT. 659 00:34:27,198 --> 00:34:28,466 BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. 660 00:34:28,533 --> 00:34:31,969 SO I CALLED HER UP AND I GOT AN HOUR-LONG LECTURE. 661 00:34:32,036 --> 00:34:37,508 I ENDED UP SORT OF LIKE A GOOSE WHOSE LIVER WAS NOW READY FOR 662 00:34:37,575 --> 00:34:39,110 FOIS GRAS. 663 00:34:39,177 --> 00:34:41,479 >> Stephen: SHE JAMMED THIS DOWN YOUR THROAT? 664 00:34:41,546 --> 00:34:42,680 >> RIGHT. 665 00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:45,082 >> Stephen: YOU HAD TO BALANCE BEING THE FRIEND OF A JUSTICE 666 00:34:45,149 --> 00:34:46,017 WITH COVERING THE SUPREME COURT. 667 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:48,419 HOW DELICATE OF A BALANCE WAS THAT? 668 00:34:48,486 --> 00:34:49,921 AND DID YOU ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT? 669 00:34:49,987 --> 00:34:55,393 >> WE GOT IT RIGHT ALL EXCEPT ONCE WHEN SHE DIDN'T WANT ME TO 670 00:34:55,460 --> 00:34:59,397 ASK HER ABOUT WHAT THE-- THE MEAN THING SHE SAID ABOUT TRUMP. 671 00:34:59,464 --> 00:35:02,600 AND I SAID, "I'M SORRY, RUTH, BUT I HAVE TO ASK YOU. 672 00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:03,868 THAT'S MY JOB." 673 00:35:03,935 --> 00:35:05,036 >> Stephen: SURE. 674 00:35:05,102 --> 00:35:09,140 >> AND SHE WAS VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT, TO THE POINT THAT MY 675 00:35:09,207 --> 00:35:13,411 HUSBAND, WHO IS A SURGEON, WAS A MEDICAL CONFIDANT FOR HER. 676 00:35:13,478 --> 00:35:17,315 AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON WHEN SHE WAS GETTING SICKER. 677 00:35:17,381 --> 00:35:22,854 AND AT ONE POINT, SHE CALLED ME FROM THE I.C.U., AFTER SHE HAD 678 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:25,523 BEEN OPERATED ON FOR LUNG CANCER. 679 00:35:25,590 --> 00:35:29,093 AND I'M WAITING TO DO A TV HIT. 680 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:33,231 AND SHE CALLS-- WE'RE IN THE RESTAURANT-- AND SHE SAYS, 681 00:35:33,297 --> 00:35:34,465 "NINA, IT'S RUTH. 682 00:35:34,532 --> 00:35:38,836 I'M SITTING HERE HAVING A BETTER CONSOMME THAN I HAVE ANY RIGHT 683 00:35:38,903 --> 00:35:42,139 TO EXPECT IN A HOSPITAL." 684 00:35:42,206 --> 00:35:44,308 P.S., SHE HAD A CHEST TUBE IN. 685 00:35:44,375 --> 00:35:51,582 AND SHE SAID, "AND I'M CALLING BECAUSE I WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHY 686 00:35:51,649 --> 00:35:54,585 I HAD FORBIDDEN DAVID TO TELEYOU WHAT WAS GOING ON. 687 00:35:54,652 --> 00:35:57,889 AND IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO BE TRAPPED BETWEEN YOUR 688 00:35:57,955 --> 00:36:03,895 OBLIGATIONS AS A JOURNALIST AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP FOR ME. 689 00:36:03,961 --> 00:36:07,164 AND THAT IS THE WAY WE ALWAYS OPERATED. 690 00:36:07,231 --> 00:36:10,067 WE EACH KNEW THAT WE HAD A DIFFERENT ROLE. 691 00:36:10,134 --> 00:36:13,004 AND BECAUSE SHE WASN'T A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, AND SHE WASN'T-- 692 00:36:13,070 --> 00:36:16,474 DIDN'T WORK AT THE WHITE HOUSE, AND SHE WASN'T RUNNING FOR 693 00:36:16,541 --> 00:36:19,210 OFFICE, THE RULES WERE FAIRLY CLEAR. 694 00:36:19,277 --> 00:36:23,114 >> Stephen: WELL, YOU'VE SAID THAT BEING "A WITNESS TO HISTORY 695 00:36:23,180 --> 00:36:26,217 IS AN ELEGANT WAY OF SAYING THAT I AM A GOSSIP." 696 00:36:26,284 --> 00:36:27,051 >> THAT'S TRUE. 697 00:36:27,118 --> 00:36:28,152 ( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S TRUE. 698 00:36:28,219 --> 00:36:32,390 >> tephen: SO LET'S DISH. 699 00:36:32,456 --> 00:36:34,258 ( LAUGHTER ) CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS, IN THE 700 00:36:34,325 --> 00:36:38,429 PAST WEEK, CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS AND ELENA KAGAN HAVE EXPRESSED 701 00:36:38,496 --> 00:36:41,499 OPPOSITE VIEWS ON HOW DECISIONS AFFECT THE LEGITIMACY OF THE 702 00:36:41,566 --> 00:36:43,167 SUPREME COURT. 703 00:36:43,234 --> 00:36:44,468 SO WHERE DO YOU COME IN? 704 00:36:44,535 --> 00:36:49,240 DO YOU THINK THE COURT HAS AN INNATE LEGITIMACY THAT SHOULD BE 705 00:36:49,307 --> 00:36:52,243 RESPECTED OR DO THEY HAVE TO EARN IT THROUGH THE VALUE OF 706 00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:53,277 THEIR DECISIONS? 707 00:36:53,344 --> 00:36:56,681 >> WELL, I THINK THEY DO HAVE TO EARN IT. 708 00:36:56,747 --> 00:36:58,549 AND THEY HAVE EARNED IT. 709 00:36:58,616 --> 00:37:02,920 AND WE'RE AT A-- YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT A VERY IMPORTANT TIPPING 710 00:37:02,987 --> 00:37:05,890 POINT FOR THE COURT. 711 00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:08,593 >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE PEOPLE WHO CALL INTO 712 00:37:08,659 --> 00:37:10,361 QUESTION THE COURT'S LEGITIMACY AT THIS POINT? 713 00:37:10,428 --> 00:37:13,264 BECAUSE IT'S SO DIVORCE FROM THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, GIVEN HOW 714 00:37:13,331 --> 00:37:15,199 THE COURT WAS CONSTRUCTED OVER THE LAST DECADE. 715 00:37:15,266 --> 00:37:18,636 >> WE COULD HAVE A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE ROLE 716 00:37:18,703 --> 00:37:20,037 OF THE COURT IS. 717 00:37:20,104 --> 00:37:21,505 IT'S TO INTERPRET THE CONSTITUTION. 718 00:37:21,572 --> 00:37:25,443 BUT THIS IS A COURT THAT'S MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN ANY COURT I 719 00:37:25,509 --> 00:37:27,678 THINK IN PROBABLY 90 YEARS. 720 00:37:27,745 --> 00:37:33,417 AND IT'S ALSO WHAT ONE SCHOLAR CALLED "THE YOLO" COURT-- YOU 721 00:37:33,484 --> 00:37:35,086 ONLY LIVE ONCE. 722 00:37:35,152 --> 00:37:39,423 AND SOME OF THESE FOLKS-- SOME OF THESE FOLKS ACT AS IF THEY'RE 723 00:37:39,490 --> 00:37:43,094 GOING TO BE GONE TOMORROW BECAUSE THEY'RE GRABBING CASES 724 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:44,595 LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW. 725 00:37:44,662 --> 00:37:53,037 >> Stephen: HOW DOES ROBERTS-- BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, HE SEEMS 726 00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:58,509 PUBLICLY QUITE DETERMINED TO KEEP THE IDEA THAT THE COURT IS 727 00:37:58,576 --> 00:38:02,313 AN APOLITICAL INSTITUTION. 728 00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:04,982 AND THAT THERE IS AMITY IN THE COURT. 729 00:38:05,049 --> 00:38:08,386 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, WHAT DO YOU HEAR AS SOMEBODY WHO REPORTS ON 730 00:38:08,452 --> 00:38:09,620 THE COURT? 731 00:38:09,687 --> 00:38:14,659 >> I THINK AFTER THE LEAK IN THE ABORTION CASE, THE COURT IS VE 732 00:38:14,725 --> 00:38:16,127 VERY-- NOT A HAPPY PLACE. 733 00:38:16,193 --> 00:38:18,896 IT'S ALWAYS, TO ONE EXTENT OR ANOTHER, A SOMEWHAT 734 00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:19,964 DISFUNCTIONAL FAMILY. 735 00:38:20,031 --> 00:38:23,668 BUT THEY HAVE TO LIVE TOGETHER FOR THE REST OF THEIR 736 00:38:23,734 --> 00:38:24,869 PROFESSIONAL LIVES AND THEY MAKE THE BEST OF IT. 737 00:38:24,935 --> 00:38:27,571 I'M NOT SURE THEY'RE MAKING THE BEST OF IT AT THE MOMENT. 738 00:38:27,638 --> 00:38:30,374 >> Stephen: THERE WAS A TIME WHEN EVEN PEOPLE WHO HAD VASTLY 739 00:38:30,441 --> 00:38:33,010 DIFFERENT JUDICIAL VIEWS GOT ALONG VERY WELL. 740 00:38:33,077 --> 00:38:37,081 HERE'S ANTONIN SCALIA AND RUTH BADER GINSBURG ON A TRIP 741 00:38:37,148 --> 00:38:38,049 TOGETHER IN INDIA. 742 00:38:38,115 --> 00:38:40,651 DO YOU THINK-- WHAT WAS THEIR FRIENDSHIP LIKE? 743 00:38:40,718 --> 00:38:45,322 >> THEY WERE VERY CLOSE AND RESPECTFUL FRIENDS, EVEN THOUGH 744 00:38:45,389 --> 00:38:49,827 THEY DISAGREED NOT ALL THE TIME, BUT IN SOME OF THE BIGGEST 745 00:38:49,894 --> 00:38:52,296 ISSUES THEY DISAGREED. 746 00:38:52,363 --> 00:39:00,871 AND ANYBODY-- I MEAN, I LOVED IT NINO SCALIA, AS HE WAS KNOWN. 747 00:39:00,938 --> 00:39:03,140 HE WAS MY FRIEND, TOO. 748 00:39:03,207 --> 00:39:05,276 IN THAT PICTURE-- WHERE IS THE PICTURE. 749 00:39:05,342 --> 00:39:06,243 >> Stephen: I'LL GET IT FOR YOU. 750 00:39:06,310 --> 00:39:07,712 >> HE WAS IN FRONT OF HER. 751 00:39:07,778 --> 00:39:10,981 I ONCE INTERVIEWED THEM-- IT WAS MY FAVORITE INTERVIEW I EVER 752 00:39:11,048 --> 00:39:12,183 DID. 753 00:39:12,249 --> 00:39:14,185 I DID IT ON STAGE OF THE TWO OF THEM FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A 754 00:39:14,251 --> 00:39:14,985 HALF. 755 00:39:15,052 --> 00:39:20,157 AND I ASKED THEM ABOUT THAT PICTURE. 756 00:39:20,224 --> 00:39:25,196 AND HE SAID HE WAS IN FRONT OF HER BECAUSE OF SENIORITY. 757 00:39:25,262 --> 00:39:29,633 AND SHE SAID THAT SHE THOUGHT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE 758 00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:30,668 DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT. 759 00:39:30,735 --> 00:39:39,910 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 760 00:39:39,977 --> 00:39:41,045 >> Stephen: "DINNERS WITH RUTH" IS AVAILABLE NOW. 761 00:39:41,112 --> 00:39:41,579 NINA TOTENBERG, EVERYBODY! 762 00:39:41,645 --> 00:39:42,646 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 763 00:40:04,001 --> 00:40:04,902 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 764 00:40:04,969 --> 00:40:06,103 STICK AROUND FOR JAMES CORDEN. 765 00:40:06,170 --> 00:40:08,172 GOOD NIGHT.