>> THERE IS A DEAL THIS MORNING THAT PUTS THE BRAKES ON A
POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING NATIONWIDE FREIGHT RAIL STRIKE.
IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHO DOES CALL HIMSELF THE MOST PRO-UNION
PRESIDENT EVER, IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PUSHING TO
GET A DEAL DONE.
HE SAYS IT GIVES RAIL WORKERS BETTER PAY, BETTER WORKING
CONDITIONS, AND PEACE OF MIND.
>> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT."
TONIGHT: THE IMMIGRATION GAME.
PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: QUEEN LATIFAH
AND JOURNALIST NINA TOTENBERG
FEATURING LOUIS CATO AND THE LATE SHOW BAND.
AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK
CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT!
>> Stephen: THEY WEREN'T GOING TO LET US IN FOR A MINUTE.
YOU OKAY?
YOU ALL RIGHT?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Audience: STEPHEN!
STEPHEN!
STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: HAPPY THURSDAY.
HAPPY THURSDAY.
HEY!
HOW ARE YOU, EVERYBODY!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WELCOME.
HELLO, WELCOME, MY FRIENDS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WELCOME, WELCOME ONE AND ALL, IN HERE, OUT THERE, ALL AROUND THE
WORLD, TO "LATE SHOW"."
I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
CHECK YOUR CALENDARS BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF HISPANIC
HERITAGE MONTH.
( APPLAUSE ) IN WHICH WE HONOR THE
RESILIENCE, INFLUENCE, AND CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF
HISPANIC AMERICANS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MONTH, BECAUSE NOTHING SAYS
"APPRECIATION" QUITE LIKE, "OH, DAMN, IT'S THE 15th ALREADY?
UM, OKAY, YOUR MONTH STARTS NOW!
LO SIENTO." ( LAUGHTER )
ONE GUY WHO'S GOT AN ODD WAY OF CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE IS
FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS ( BOOING )
SEEN HERE SAYING, "HE IS SPARTACUS!
GET HIM!" YESTERDAY, DeSANTIS FLEW TWO
PLANES OF HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD.
HEY, RON, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DISCOURAGE IMMIGRATION, MAYBE
DON'T SEND PEOPLE TO ONE OF THE LOVELIEST PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND
JUST IN TIME FOR LEAF PEEPING SEASON.
( APPLAUSE ) "NOW, SIT DUNE, EVERYBODY, YOU
HEAR ME?
SIT DOWN AND ENJOY THE HAYRIDE!" OF COURSE, DeSANTIS WASN'T
SENDING THESE FOLKS TO THE VINEYARD TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.
HE WAS HUMAN TRAFFICKING THESE FAMILIES AS A POLITICAL STUNT.
JUST LIKE IT SAYS ON THE STATUE OF LIBERTY: "GIVE US YOUR TIRED,
YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO-- PSYCH!
YOU JUST GOT 'LIBER-T'D!'" ( APPLAUSE )
WAS IT WORTH IT?
I GUESS SO.
WHY NOT.
IN FACT, FLORIDA OFFICIALS LIED TO THESE PEOPLE AND TOLD THEM
THEY WERE GOING TO BOSTON.
AND THEY DIDN'T TELL MASSACHUSETTS OFFICIALS THAT THE
PLANES WERE COMING.
BUT LOCAL RESIDENTS RESPONDED.
AS THE TOWN'S STATE REPRESENTATIVE TWEETED, "OUR
ISLAND JUMPED INTO ACTION PUTTING TOGETHER 50 BEDS, GIVING
EVERYONE A GOOD MEAL, PROVIDING A PLAY AREA FOR THE CHILDREN,
MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE THE HEALTHCARE AND SUPPORT THEY
NEED.
( APPLAUSE ) WE ARE A COMMUNITY THAT COMES
TOGETHER TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS."
YEAH, DeSANTIS OWNED THE LIBS BY MAKING THEM LOOK COMPASSIONATE,
JUST LIKE THAT CUCK JESUS.
SEND THAT GUY A TRUCKLOAD OF LEPERS,SEE HOW HE LIKES IT!
OF COURSE, DeSANTIS'S HATE-STUNT DON'T COME CHEAP.
THIS YEAR, THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S BUDGET FOR THIS KIND
OF STUFF IS $12 MILLION.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WITH GLOBAL WARMING AND ALL, I'M GONNA SAY
FLORIDA SHOULD BE SPENDING THAT MONEY ON SOMETHING MORE USEFUL,
LIKE SNORKELS, OR WATERPROOF METH.
FOR THE GATORS.
IT'S FOR THE GATORS.
DON'T-- DON'T COME BETWEEN A GATOR AND HIS METH.
THERE'S SOME EXCITING NEWS ABOUT A THING I DIDN'T SEE HAPPENING.
BECAUSE THIS MORNING, THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS
REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT TO AVERT A NATIONAL RAIL STRIKE.
AT LEAST, WE THINK THEY DID.
BECAUSE LIKE ALL TRAIN ANNOUNCEMENTS, IT SOUNDED LIKE
THIS: ( STATIC NOISES )
THE MAIN ISSUE WAS RAIL WORKERS ASKING FOR SICK LEAVE, AND
NEGOTIATIONS WENT DOWN TO THE WIRE, WITH THE FINAL STAGES
BEGINNING YESTERDAY MORNING AND LASTING 20 HOURS, UNTIL
PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED IN AROUND 9:00 P.M.
THIS IS WHAT JOE BIDEN WAS MADE FOR: TRAINS, UNIONS, TALKING FOR
20 HOURS!
THE ONLY WAY THIS SITUATION COULD'VE BEEN MORE JOE BIDEN
READY WAS IF THE LEAD NEGOTIATOR WAS AN ICE CREAM CONE WEARING
AVIATORS.
IN FACT, WE HAVE FOOTAGE OF THE MOMENT THE UNION LEADER INVITED
THE PRESIDENT IN.
>> RELEASE THE BIDEN!
CHOO-CHOO!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: BIDEN SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THE AGREEMENT
WOULD GIVE WORKERS "BETTER PAY, IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS,
AND PEACE OF MIND AROUND THEIR HEALTHCARE COSTS."
PLUS, AS MANY FLATTENED PENNIES AS THEY WANT.
THIS DEAL WAS A CHANCE FOR BIDEN TO PROVE HE SUPPORTS UNIONS.
HE'S CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT, LIKE ON LABOR DAY:
>> YOU'RE THE BEST LABORERS IN THE WORLD.
YOU BUILD THE BEST PRODUCT.
AND NO, NO, I'M NOT JUST JOKING.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT JOKING?
BUT, MR. PRESIDENT, ARE YOU JUST SAYING THAT?
>> I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT UNION AUTO WORKERS?
>> WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE THE MOST SKILLED AUTOWORKERS IN THE
WORLD.
>> Stephen: OKAY, THAT'S GOTTA BE HYPERBOLE.
>> THAT'S NOT HYPERBOLE.
>> Stephen: BUT SURELY, SIR, YOU DON'T THINK THAT UNIONS BUILT
MORE THAN JUST OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM?
>> UNIONS BUILT THE MIDDLE CLASS.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
CAN WE FACT CHECK THAT?
>> THAT'S A FACT.
THAT'S A FACT.
>> Stephen: YOU GOTTA BE JOKING!
>> I'M NOT JOKING.
>> Stephen: I FORGOT.
I FORGOT.
YOU'RE NOT JOKING.
NOW I JUST FEEL STUPID.
>> YOU'RE THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
VERY NICE OF YOU TO SAY.
( APPLAUSE ) OH, THERE'S SOME NEWS ABOUT
FAR-RIGHT COLORADO REPRESENTATIVE AND HOMECOMING
QUEEN OF FURY ROAD HIGH, LAUREN BOEBERT.
LAST LAST WEEK, BOEBERT WAS READING A
BIBLE PASSAGE AT A CONFERENCE WHEN THIS HAPPENED:
RAMPANT EVIL, GRABBING AND GRASPING, VICIOUS BACKSTABBING.
THEY MADE LIFE HELL ON EARTH WITH THEIR ENVY WONTON KILLING."
I DON'T KNOW WHAT A "WONTON KILLING" IS.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOOK THAT ONE UP.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, EITHER, BUT IF ANYONE
EVER WITNESSES A WONTON KILLING, YOU KNOW WHO YOU HAVE TO CALL:
>> NANCY PELOSI'S GAZPACHO POLICE.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: IT'S TRUE.
IT COOLS IT DOWN.
GAZPACHO POLICE COOL DOWN THE SITUATION OF THE WANTON KILLER.
THE PRIMARIES ARE OVER, AND WITH CONTROL OF THE SENATE UP FOR
GRABS, REPUBLICAN VOTERS PLAYED IT SAFE AND NOMINATED THE
KOOKIEST, ZANIEST CONSPIRACY WACKOS THIS SIDE OF NUTSO BANANA
JUNCTION.
FOR INSTANCE, NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICAN AND MAN DEMANDING YOU
SALUTE HIS BELT, DON BOLDUC.
BOLDUC IS SO MAGA CRAZY, EVEN NEW HAMPSHIRE'S REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR DESCRIBED HIM AS A "CONSPIRACY-THEORIST EXTREMIST."
BOLDUC IS POLLING BEHIND HIS MODERATE DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT,
WHICH COULD BE WHY BOLDUC WENT ON TV TODAY, AND WHEN CONFRONTED
WITH WHAT HE SAID IN THE PRIMARIES, DID THIS:
>> THERE'S THIS, FROM AUGUST 14th, WHEN YOU HAD A DEBATE.
WATCH HERE.
>> I SIGNED A LETTER WITH 120 OTHER GENERALS AND ADMIRALS
SAYING THAT TRUMP WON THE ELECTION, AND, DAMMIT, I STAND
BY MY LETTER.
>> DO YOU STAND BY THAT TODAY?
>> SO... YOU KNOW... WE, UH, WE... WE, UH, YOU KNOW... LIVE
AND LEARN, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: (AS BOLDUC) "SO, UH, SO, UH, WE, UH... YOU
KNOW, UH, WE... UH, WE.... UH WE, MAH-WAY, UH WE MAH-WAY...
( TO TUNE OF "LION SLEEPS TONIGHT")
♪ UH WE MAH-WAY, UH WE MAH-WAY, IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, THE NEWEST
HAMPSHIRE, THE LIAR SPEAKS TONIGHT ♪
( APPLAUSE ) I'M SORRY, BOLDUC, I
INTERRUPTED, YOU WERE DESPERATELY HEDGING?
>> I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS, AND I SPENT THE PAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS TALKING TO GRANITE STATERS ALL OVER THE
STATE FROM, YOU KNOW, EVERY PARTY, AND I HAVE COME TO THE
CONCLUSION-- AND I WANT TO BE DEFINITIVE ON THIS.
THE ELECTION WAS NOT STOLEN.
>> Stephen: WOW, NORMALLY, TO SEE THAT MUCH BACKPEDALING YOU
HAVE TO WATCH THE TOUR DE FRANCE ON REWIND.
( LAUGHTER ) OF COURSE, ALL THESE RIGHT-WING
CRAZIES ARE GETTING THEIR CUES FROM FORMER PRESIDENT OPTIMUS
CRIME.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
WE'RE GETTING SOME NEW REVELATIONS ABOUT THAT LAST GUY,
IN A BOOK CALLED "THE DIVIDER" BY
PETER BAKER AND SUSAN GLASSER.
ACCORDING TO THE BOOK, THE FORMER PRESIDENT TOLD JORDAN'S
KING ABDULLAH THAT HE WOULD GIVE HIM THE WEST BANK.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN'T PROMISE TO GIVE AWAY SOMETHING YOU DON'T
OWN.
"HEY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, I GOT YOU YOUR NEIGHBOR'S TRUCK.
YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO CHANGE THE PLATES.
AND HAUL ASS.
HERE HE COMES!" HERE'S THE THING, THE WEST BANK
IS FULL OF PALESTINIANS, AND PALESTINIANS IN JORDAN HAVE
REPEATEDLY TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE MONARCHY, SO WHEN HE HEARD
THE OFFER, KING ABDULLAH WAS LESS THAN THRILLED, SAYING,
"I THOUGHT I WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK.
I COULDN'T BREATHE.
I WAS BENT DOUBLED-OVER."
OKAY, SOUNDS BAD, OR MAYBE THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
SOME PEOPLE GET A GIFT.
WE ALL REMEMBER THAT FAMOUS JEWELRY COMMERCIAL:
>> EVERY KISS BEGINS WITH...
KAAAHH!!
MY HEART!!
( SOUND OF FALLING ) WELL, SHE DIED HAPPY.
ALSO-- ( APPLAUSE )
THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE REVELATIONS ABOUT THE FORMER
PRESIDENT'S ONE-TIME CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN KELLY, SEEN HERE
TOO TIRED TO PUNCH HIMSELF IN THE FACE.
( LAUGHTER ) KELLY WAS OFTEN AT ODDS WITH THE
FORMER PRESIDENT.
AT ONE POINT, WHEN HE REFUSED TO LOWER THE FLAG AFTER SENATOR
JOHN McCAIN'S DEATH, KELLY TOLD HIM, "IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT JOHN
McCAIN'S FUNERAL, WHEN YOU DIE, THE PUBLIC WILL COME TO YOUR
GRAVE AND PISS ON IT."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
GOTTA STAY HYDRATED.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.
MY GUESTS ARE QUEEN LATIFAH AND JOURNALIST NINA TOTENBERG.
BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE!"
STICK AROUND.
LOUIS CATO AND THE LATE SHOW BAND RIGHT THERE.
LOUIS, WE HAVE THE LOVELY, THE TALENTED QUEEN LATIFAH IS ON THE
SHOW TONIGHT.
>> Louis: TONIGHT, YES, IN THE BUILDING!
>> Stephen: AND SUPREME COURT CORRESPONDENT, A LONGTIME NPR,
NINA TOTENBERG IS GOING TO BE HERE, TALKING ABOUT RUTH BADER
GINSBURG, AND THE PRESENT STATE OF THE COURT RIGHT NOW.
YOU KNOW OUR FRIEND JOE SAILOR IS OUT THIS WEEK.
PLEASE TELL EVERYBODY WHO IS JOINING YOU ON THE DRUMS THIS
WEEK.
>> Louis: I HAVE ONE OF MY OLDEST AND LONGEST DEAREST
FRIENDS, JACK DEBOE.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
FOLKS, YOU KNOW I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME RIGHT OVER THERE,
SURVEYING THE DAY'S RAW NEWS QUARRY, THEN MINING FOR YOU THE
FINEST, MOST LUXURIOUS ROSE-GOLD STORIES, CASTING AND HAMMERING
THEM INTO DELICATE HERRINGBONE COUPLINGS AND ADORNING IT WITH
HALF-CARAT SAPPHIRES TO CRAFT FOR YOU THE EXQUISITE HARRY
WINSTON SAUTOIR NECKLACE THAT IS MY MONOLOGUE.
BUT SOMETIMES, JUST SOMETIMES, FOLKS, I SNAP AWAKE IN A
STAINED HAMMOCK, RIP THE STARTER CORD OUT OF A BROKEN LEAF-BLOWER
AND STRING IT WITH BIRD SKULLS, RACCOON TEETH, AND SQUIRREL
FEMURS SO I CAN DON THE FOREST-DWELLER'S HOBO CHOKER OF
NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT: >> MEANWHILE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: RIGHT THERE.
ON TARGET.
ALWAYS ON TARGET.
MEANWHILE, A NEW STUDY SAYS THAT IF WE EXERCISE FOR 30 MINUTES A
DAY BUT SPEND THE REST OF THE TIME SITTING, "IT'S ALMOST AS IF
WE HAD NOT WORKED OUT AT ALL."
WELL, THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
BECAUSE IT MEANS IF ALL I DO IS SIT ALL DAY, IT'S ALMOST AS IF I
HAD WORKED OUT.
( LAUGHTER ) OKAY.
HOLD ON, ONE MORE REP.
( APPLAUSE ) MEANWHILE, A DIFFERENT NEW STUDY
HAS REVEALED "HOW TO PUT A CRYING BABY TO SLEEP, THE
SCIENTIFIC WAY."
RESEARCHERS SAY THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD IS TO "HOLD THE
BABY AND WALK FOR FIVE MINUTES, THEN SIT AND HOLD THE BABY FOR
FIVE TO EIGHT MINUTES, THEN PUT THEM TO BED."
AND WHEN YOUR BABY STILL WON'T SLEEP, RESEARCHERS RECOMMEND YOU
STAY UP FOR 18 HOURS STRAIGHT, THEN HALLUCINATE A VISITATION
BY A BENEVOLENT GHOST-OWL WHO WILL SING YOU THE INSTRUCTIONS
FOR HOW TO BUILD A SPACE ARK.
THEN YOU'LL WAKE UP IN THE SHOE CLOSET.
AND THE BABY WILL STILL BE AWAKE.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
HOW INSULTING IS SCIENCE BEING TO MOTHERS?
"HAVE YOU TRIED WALKING AROUND FOR FIVE MINUTES?
DID YOU TRY SITTING FOR FIVE TO EIGHT MINUTES?
YOU MUST BE DOING IT WRONG."
( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, ACCORDING TO MEDICAL
RESEARCH, "LOTS OF SEX MAKES PASSING KIDNEY STONES
'PLEASURABLE,' AND 'FASTER.'" THAT IS GOING TO MAKE FOR SOME
INTERESTING PICKUP LINES.
"HEY, WANNA COME BACK TO MY PLACE AND HELP ME PASS A KIDNEY
STONE?
I PROMISE YOU SOMEBODY'S GONNA BE SCREAMING."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
YOU EVER PASS A KIDNEY STONE.
>> Louis: I HAVE, I HAVE.
NO BUENO.
>> Stephen: I CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING LESS SEXY THAN PASSING
A KIDNEY STONE.
SLIDING DOWN A 50-FOOT GRATER INTO A BOWL OF GIN.
MEANWHILE...
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S VERY-- HOW MANY MEN HERE
HAVE HAD A KIDNEY STONE.
HOW MANY-- HOW MANY WOMEN?
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT FEW PEOPLE.
( LAUGHTER ) GOD MUST HATE ME.
( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, THE QUEEN ISN'T THE
ONLY LEADER THE WORLD IS MOURNING THIS WEEK.
WE ALSO LOST "FRED FRANZIA, THE MASTERMIND BEHIND TWO BUCK CHUCK
WINE."
SO POUR ONE OUT FOR FRED TONIGHT.
OR POUR OUT, LIKE, THREE.
THEY'RE REALLY CHEAP.
( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, EVERY SO OFTEN, A
STORY COMES ALONG THAT IS SO SPECIFIC IN SUBJECT MATTER THAT
IT REQUIRES IT'S OWN SPECIAL CATEGORY, WHICH WE COVER IN OUR
NEWEST "MEANWHILE" SUBSEGMENT, "ANAL-BEAD-WHILE."
ANAL-BEAD-WHILE, "THE CHESS WORLD HAS BEEN ROCKED BY RUMORS
OF ANAL BEADS."
THEY CALL IT CASTLING.
HERE'S THE ACCUSATION: LAST WEEK "WORLD CHESS CHAMPION MAGNUS
CARLSEN WAS UNEXPECTEDLY DEFEATED BY UNDERDOG HANS
NIEMANN."
AND NOW FANS SPECULATE NIEMANN HAD "AN ACCOMPLICE WHO WAS
WATCHING THE GAME BEING BROADCAST LIVE ONLINE AND
CONSULTING AN A.I. CHESS PROGRAM," THEN "USING WIRELESS
ANAL BEADS THAT VIBRATE TO NIEMANN THE CORRECT MOVES."
I KNOW IT'S UNLIKELY, BUT IT WOULD EXPLAIN HIS UNIQUE STYLE
OF PLAY: "KNIGHT TO KING...
SEVEN!...
( APPLAUSE ) CHECK."
( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, "BINGO, LITE-BRITE,
AND NERF ARE AMONG THIS YEAR'S TOY HALL OF FAME FINALISTS."
AH, YES...
( APPLAUSE ) AH, YES, BINGO.
FUN FOR KIDS AGED 85 TO 92.
NEXT YEAR'S HALL-OF-FAME CONTENDERS INCLUDE OTHER
FAVORITE CHILDHOOD TOYS LIKE THE GOLD CHAIN ON YOUR GLASSES,
SHOWER SAFETY HANDLES, AND SOUP.
( LAUGHTER ) WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH QUEEN
LATIFAH.
MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ACTRESS WITH THE NUMBER-ONE
MOVIE ON NETFLIX AND ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SHOWS ON NETWORK
TELEVISION.
PLEASE WELCOME THE STAR OF "END OF THE ROAD" AND CBS'S "THE
EQUALIZER," QUEEN LATIFAH!
>> WOOO!
WOOO!
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
>> THEY SOUND SO GOOD!
>> Stephen: DON'T THEY SOUND GOOD.
>> PEACE!
PEACE, EVERYBODY!
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I WISH MORE OF MY
GUESTS WOULD START OFF THE INTERVIEW WITH A WOOO!
>> MORE LIKE A WOOO!
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A LOT TO BE HOOTING AND HAPPY ABOUT
BECAUSE THIS MORNING YOU HAD A LOVELY CEREMONY.
YOU CAME FROM A LOVELY CEREMONY.
I'D LIKE TO SHOW THIS PHOTO RIGHT HERE.
YOU OPENED A SCHOOL NAMED AFTER YOUR LATE MOTHER, RITA OWENS.
( APPLAUSE ) WHAT IS THAT LIKE?
AND WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS SCHOOL TO YOUR FAMILY?
( APPLAUSE ).
>> I'LL TELL YOU, THIS IS-- THIS IS A HUGE-- THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE
THING FOR OUR FAMILY.
MY MOTHER WAS AN EDUCATOR.
SHE TAUGHT HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT SHE ALSO TAUGHT LIFE.
SHE TAUGHT LOVE.
SHE TAUGHT EMPOWERMENT FOR KIDS, FOR CHILDREN.
SHE WAS AN EDUCATOR.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT AND LOVE FOR OUR
EDUCATORS.
THEY DO SO MUCH.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WHO ELSE IS IN
THIS PHOTO HERE?
>> THIS IS ALSO, LIKE, THE FIRST-- THIS IS THE FIRST THEME
ACADEMY IN IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY.
THIS IS REALLY LIKE THE BEGINNING OF THE FUTURE FOR
THESE CHILDREN WHO SHE LOVED SO MUCH.
AND WHO IS IN THAT PICTURE?
WHO YOU GOT THERE?
>> Stephen: WHO YOU GOT THERE?
>> YOU GOT MY GRANDMOTHER IN THERE.
HEY, NANA!
THANK YOU TO MAYOR BOSS AND DOC DRAPER BOSS FOR MAKING THIS
HAPPEN.
AND MY PARTNER.
>> Stephen: HERE IS YOU AND YOUR MOM.
>> THERE IS MY MOM.
>> Stephen: 30 YEARS AGO.
>> THAT'S MY MOM.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: TELL ME ABOUT-- WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM HER?
>> UHM, GOSH...
LOVE.
I LEARNED LOVE.
I LEARNED TO LOVE.
SHE'S THE FIRST PERSON TO LOVE ME.
AND SO I LEARNED LOVE.
AND-- AND I LEARNED THAT WE-- WHEN WE'RE GIVEN THINGS WE HAVE
TO GIVE BACK.
SO I ALSO LEARNED TO LOVE HIP HOP.
>> Stephen: FROM YOUR MOM?
>> MY MOTHER WAS A HIP HOP HIT.
I REMEMBER GETTING IN HER CAR, AND TURNING THE RADIO ON AND IT
WAS SAYING ♪ IT WAS JUST ANOTHER CASE OF
THAT OLD P.T.A.."
I SAID WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL
PLAYING IN YOUR CAR, BUSTER RHYMES.
BUT IF NOT FOR MY MOM, I WOULD NOT BE HERE.
SHE WAS THE CLASS ADVISER AND WOULD HIRE THE D.J.s FOR THE
CLASS FUND RAISERS.
AND SHE INTRODUCED ME TO MY FIRST D.J., WHO BECAME MY
PRODUCER, WHO GOT ME SIGNED.
I GAME A RAPPER.
ALL MY BOYS BECAME RAPPERS.
SHE USED TO GO TO THE SHOWS WITH ME IN THE GENG.
SHE WAS REALLY INVOLVED IN-- IN OUR GROWING UP IN HIP HOP, YOU
KNOW.
SHE JUST REALLY LISTENED TO THE YOUTH.
AND SHE STAYED CONNECTED.
SO IF IT WEREN'T FOR HER, I WOULDN'T BE HERE.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: THAT'S LOVELY, THAT'S LOVELY.
>> YEAH, SHE RESPECTED KIDS.
>> Stephen: NOW, ANOTHER MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY, YOUR
GRANDMOTHER, WHO IS IN THIS PHOTO RIGHT HERE, SHE IS A BIG
FAN OF CBS' "THE EQUALIZER."
IS SHE AN EASY FAN OR DO YOU GET CRITIQUES?
DO YOU GET NOTES FROM HER?
>> I GET...
I GET-- LISTEN, I BETTER MAKE THE SHOW.
BOTTOM LINE.
BECAUSE SHE IS IN THAT RECLIERN WATCHING THAT SHOW EVERY SUNDAY.
>> Stephen: SHE GETS TO SPEND SUNDAYS WITH YOU BECAUSE SHE
GETS TO SEE OW TV.
>> LISTEN, THERE ARE LITERALLY DAYS, "I'M NOT DOING IT."
SHE'S LIKE, "I JUST LOVE THAT SHOW!"
"I JUST LOVE THE ACTION.
I JUST LOVE ALL THAT ACTION."
IT'S SO FUNNY.
MY 93-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER LOVES ALL THE ACTION.
AND MY AUNT ANGEL, WHO SITS AND WATCHES IT WITH HER, GETS SO MAD
IF FOOTBALL RUNS LATE OR IF THERE'S, LIKE, A SPECIAL ON.
IT'S LIKE, "WHO IS THIS ADELE?" ( LAUGHTER )
"DON'T MAKE ME COME UP THERE AND HOLLER AT OPRAH."
I'M LIKE, "WHOA, CALM DOWN."
THEY GET SERIOUS ABOUT "THE EQUALIZER."
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY THINGS YOU WERE
PART OF MAKING IS-- I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS NOW--
BUT THERE YOU ARE AS MOMMA NORTON IN CHICAGO 20 YEARS AGO.
>> YEEEAH!
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: FOR WHICH YOU WERE NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD.
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT MAKING THAT FILM?
IT'S EXTRAORDINARY FILM.
>> IT WAS-- IT WAS AN AMAZING TIME.
I MEAN, WE-- IT WAS-- YOU KNOW, ROB MARSHALL DIRECTED IT.
I REMEMBER HAVING TO AUDITION THREE TIMES TO GET THE ROLE.
AND BY THE THIRD TIME, I WAS LIKE, "THEY GOTTA TELL ME
SOMETHING OR I'M NOT DOING THIS AGAIN!"
BUT IT WAS-- I HAD TO EARN THAT ROLE BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE
WANTED THAT ROLE.
AND ALL THE BROADWAY DANCERS WERE IN THE FILM.
AND, YOU KNOW, HERE WE GOT ALL THESE A-LIST ACTORS.
BUT EVERYBODY CHECKED THEIR EGO AT THE DOOR.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GUYS HAVE A SENSE YOU WERE MAKING
SOMETHING SPECIAL?
IT RULED THE OSCARS THAT YEAR.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THAT?
>> I ABSOLUTELY FELT LIKE WE WERE MAKING SOMETHING SPECIAL.
I THINK WE ALL KNEW, BECAUSE EVEN ON OUR DAYS OFF-- MIND YOU,
WE WERE WORKING MINIMUM 12 HOURS A DAY, UP TO 18 HOURS A DAY.
WE WERE WORKING LONG DAYS, THROUGH THE WINTER.
BUT PEOPLE WOULD COME IN ON THEIR DAY OFFS TO WATCH OTHER
PEOPLE SHOOT BECAUSE THEY WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE WAY THESE
SHOTS WERE LOOKING AND WHAT ROB HAD PLANNED.
AND IT WAS JUST SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING TO BE A PART OF THAT
PEOPLE WOULD JUST COME IN AND HANG OUT AND WATCH IT HAWM.
SO WE KNEW WE WERE DOING SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL.
AND IT'S THE TEST OF TIME.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WE COME
BACK, I WILL ASK QUEEN LATIFAH WHAT ACTORS SHE THINKS MIGHT BE
GOOD RAPPERS.
STICK AROUND.
>> Stephen: HERE YOU HAVE IT RIGHT HERE.
HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE WITH QUEEN LATIFAH.
NOW YOU HAVE GOT THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE ON NETFLIX, "END OF THE
ROAD."
>> WHAT DID YOU SAY?
>> Stephen: THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE ON NETFLIX, "END OF THE
ROAD."
>> WHAT?
( APPLAUSE ) SORRY.
>> Stephen: STARRING YOU AND FELLOW RAPPER CHRIS LUDACRIS
BRIDGES.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO TRANSITION FROM RAPPER TO ACTOR.
YOU HAVE BEEN ACTING FOR A LONG TIME, BUT WHAT IS THAT
TRANSITION LIKE?
>> I THINK IT'S-- I THINK IT'S-- WELL, FOR ME, IT WAS A PRETTY
GOOD TRANSITION.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK I WAS CO DOING, TO BE HONEST WITH
YOU.
I THINK BECAUSE WE MAKE VIDEOS AS RAPPERS, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE
VIDEOS SO WE'RE USED TO PERFORMING IN FRONT OF THE
CAMERA, HITTING MARK S.
>> Stephen: I THINK RAPPERS MAKE SOME OF THE BEST GUEST OLZ
THE SHOW, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE THEY ALL KNOW HOW TO PRESENT
THEMSELVES.
THEY ALL KNOW HOW TO RELATE TO A CROWD.
NOTHING THROWS THEM.
THEY'RE FANTASTIC GUESTS.
>> NOTHING -- >> Stephen: JUST TAKE A
COMPLIMENT AND MOVE ON.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I'M THE "THE EQUALIZER" OR THE LATE FROM--
BRENDA FROM "END OF THE ROAD."
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, COLBERT!
HELP ME!
>> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW ANY OTHER RAPPERS YOU THINK LIKE,
"THAT PERSON SHOULD ACT.
I THINK THAT PERSON WOULD BE A GOOD ACTOR."
>> I THINK A LOT OF ACTORS COULD BE RAPPERS.
>> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT ACTORS BEING RAPPERS?
>> I THINK A LOT OF ACTORS WANT TO BE RAPPERS.
>> Stephen: OH, I BET, I BET.
SEE THE SPIRIT IN ANYBODY WHO HAS THE RIGHT ATTITUDE.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
WHO YOU ALL GOT?
WHO DO YOU THINK WOULD BE A RAPPER TURNED ACTOR.
>> Audience: STEPHEN.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
YOU GOT A HOT BAND.
>> Stephen: I DO.
>> ALL YOU NEED IS A FEW BARS.
SEE, HE'S ALREADY A RAPPER.
ANYBODY WHO SAYS, "I GOT BARS," THEY'RE ALREADY --
>> Stephen: JUST DON'T ASK ME TO PROVE IT.
( LAUGHTER ) WHAT ABOUT DENZEL?
>> DENZEL?
DENZEL COULD DO ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: I THINK SO, TOO.
>> I THINK DENZEL HAS THAT SWAGGER OF A RAPPER ANYWAY.
HE DEFINITELY COULD DO IT.
I COULD SEE JUDE LAW DO IT, TOO.
>> Stephen: JUDE LAW, REALLY, KIND OF ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
RAPPER.
>> JUDE LAW IS CUTE AND HE CAN DO ANYTHING.
BUT THAT'S JUST ME.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
>> THAT'S JUST ME.
I THINK MEG THE STALLION COULD DO IT.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> I THINK-- WELL, I MEAN I THINK LIZZO COULD PULL IT OFF.
( APPLAUSE ) I THINK THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH
OF-- YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF ACTORS WHO COULD TURN--
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU GOTTA HAVE SOME SKILLS TO BE A RAPPER.
DRAKE IS ALREADY BOTH.
SO WE'RE GOOD IN THAT SENSE.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE FROM "END OF THE ROAD."
WHAT ARE WE ABOUT TO SEE?
>> I PLAY THIS MOMMA WHO IS TRYING TO START OUR LIFE OVER,
YOU KNOW, GET A FRESH START, AND WE TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND WE WIND UP IN THIS HOTEL IN SOMETHING GETS A LITTLE FISHY IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: IN THE NEXT ROOM.
>> NEXT DOOR.
WE'RE IN A MOTEL, SO YOU ALREADY KNOW.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> SOMEBODY THROWING A PARTY OR SOMETHING?
>> IT'S 4:00 IN THE MORNING, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S WHEN THE BEST PARTIES GET STARTED.
>> NO, NO, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A FIGHT.
>> WHAT?
( KNOCKING ) >> I'M CALLING THE FRONT OFFICE.
>> THAT DEFINITELY AIN'T NO PARTY.
>> I'M SCARED.
>> I'M NOT LETTING THIS GO ON.
>> WHAT?
>> MOM, PLEASE DON'T GO OUT THERE.
>> I'M AN E.R. NURSE.
FOR ALL WE KNOW SOME WOMAN MIGHT BE GETTING BEAT BY A MAN.
>> WHAT YOU GOING TO DO, GO GET CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT?
>> MOM, NO.
>> SIS ( GUNFIRE )
>> MOM?
MOM!
>> SHHH!
( APPLAUSE ) >> MY FIRST THRILLER.
>> Stephen: LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
"END OF THE ROAD" IS ON NETFLIX NOW.
SEASON THREE OF "THE EQUALIZER" PREMIERES OCTOBER 2, GRANDMA,
RIGHT HERE ON CBS.
QUEEN LATIFAH, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH JOURNALIST NINA TOTENBERG.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW!
>> Stephen: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS A
PEABODY AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST WHO HAS SPENT DECADES COVERING
THE SUPREME COURT AND LEGAL AFFAIRS FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC
RADIO.
HER NEW BOOK IS "DINNERS WITH RUTH."
PLEASE WELCOME, NINA TOTENBERG!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS WATER IF YOU WANT IT.
>> IS IT WATER OR RUM?
> >> Stephen: IT'S WATER.
WE CAN GET YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT.
WE HAVE A BAR BACK HERE.
SO LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON.
YOU ARE A NATIONAL TREASURE OF AMERICA'S RADIO SOUND-SCAPE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: OVER AT NPR.
BUT NOW-- I CAN'T BELIEVE-- ( APPLAUSE )
I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE.
BUT NOW YOU HAVE WRITTEN YOUR FIRST BOOK.
>> AND MY LAST.
>> Stephen: YOUR FIRST BOOK.
IT'S CALLED "DINNERS WITH RUTH."
IT'S AVAILABLE NOW.
AND IT IS ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP OVER THE LAST 50
YEARS WITH RUTH BADER GINSBURG.
>> IT'S ALSO-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: AND?
>> AND HAS A LONGER TITLE.
IT SAYS "A MEMOIR ON THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIPS."
AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT RUTH AND ME.
IT'S ABOUT THE WOMEN OF MY GENERATION WHO CAME UP WHEN WE
WEREN'T TRYING TO BREAK A GLASS CEILING.
WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GET A FOOT IN THE DOOR.
AND-- ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN TO THE LADDER YET?
>> AND SO, IT'S ABOUT MY FRIENDS, OTHER FRIENDS BESIDES
RUTH, MALE AND FEMALE.
AND MY LATE HUSBAND AND MY NOW AND FOREVER HUSBAND, ONE HOPES.
AND SO IT'S ABOUT A LIFE OF FRIENDSHIPS.
ESPECIALLY THE MOST FAMOUS OF THEM IS RUTH BADER GINSBURG.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: AND HOW DO WE ALL-- HOW DID YOU ALL FIRST
BECOME FRIENDS?
>> I WAS BRAND NEW ASSIGNED TO COVER THE COURT.
AND I PICKED UP THIS BRIEF.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
IT TURNED OUT TO BE-- IT WAS HER FIRST BRIEF IN THE SUPREME
COURT.
>> Stephen: SO SHE'S NOT A JUSTICE AT THIS POINT.
>> NO, SHE WAS A PROFESSOR AT RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL.
AND SHE HAD WRITTEN THIS BRIEF THAT ARGUED THAT WOMEN ARE
COVERED BY THE 14th AMENDMENT GUARANTEED TO EQUAL
PROTECTION OF THE LAW.
AND LO AND BEHOLD, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THE SUPREME COURT
BOUGHT IT.
BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
SO I CALLED HER UP AND I GOT AN HOUR-LONG LECTURE.
I ENDED UP SORT OF LIKE A GOOSE WHOSE LIVER WAS NOW READY FOR
FOIS GRAS.
>> Stephen: SHE JAMMED THIS DOWN YOUR THROAT?
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: YOU HAD TO BALANCE BEING THE FRIEND OF A JUSTICE
WITH COVERING THE SUPREME COURT.
HOW DELICATE OF A BALANCE WAS THAT?
AND DID YOU ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT?
>> WE GOT IT RIGHT ALL EXCEPT ONCE WHEN SHE DIDN'T WANT ME TO
ASK HER ABOUT WHAT THE-- THE MEAN THING SHE SAID ABOUT TRUMP.
AND I SAID, "I'M SORRY, RUTH, BUT I HAVE TO ASK YOU.
THAT'S MY JOB."
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> AND SHE WAS VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT, TO THE POINT THAT MY
HUSBAND, WHO IS A SURGEON, WAS A MEDICAL CONFIDANT FOR HER.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON WHEN SHE WAS GETTING SICKER.
AND AT ONE POINT, SHE CALLED ME FROM THE I.C.U., AFTER SHE HAD
BEEN OPERATED ON FOR LUNG CANCER.
AND I'M WAITING TO DO A TV HIT.
AND SHE CALLS-- WE'RE IN THE RESTAURANT-- AND SHE SAYS,
"NINA, IT'S RUTH.
I'M SITTING HERE HAVING A BETTER CONSOMME THAN I HAVE ANY RIGHT
TO EXPECT IN A HOSPITAL."
P.S., SHE HAD A CHEST TUBE IN.
AND SHE SAID, "AND I'M CALLING BECAUSE I WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHY
I HAD FORBIDDEN DAVID TO TELEYOU WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO BE TRAPPED BETWEEN YOUR
OBLIGATIONS AS A JOURNALIST AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP FOR ME.
AND THAT IS THE WAY WE ALWAYS OPERATED.
WE EACH KNEW THAT WE HAD A DIFFERENT ROLE.
AND BECAUSE SHE WASN'T A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, AND SHE WASN'T--
DIDN'T WORK AT THE WHITE HOUSE, AND SHE WASN'T RUNNING FOR
OFFICE, THE RULES WERE FAIRLY CLEAR.
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU'VE SAID THAT BEING "A WITNESS TO HISTORY
IS AN ELEGANT WAY OF SAYING THAT I AM A GOSSIP."
>> THAT'S TRUE.
( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S TRUE.
>> tephen: SO LET'S DISH.
( LAUGHTER ) CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS, IN THE
PAST WEEK, CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS AND ELENA KAGAN HAVE EXPRESSED
OPPOSITE VIEWS ON HOW DECISIONS AFFECT THE LEGITIMACY OF THE
SUPREME COURT.
SO WHERE DO YOU COME IN?
DO YOU THINK THE COURT HAS AN INNATE LEGITIMACY THAT SHOULD BE
RESPECTED OR DO THEY HAVE TO EARN IT THROUGH THE VALUE OF
THEIR DECISIONS?
>> WELL, I THINK THEY DO HAVE TO EARN IT.
AND THEY HAVE EARNED IT.
AND WE'RE AT A-- YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT A VERY IMPORTANT TIPPING
POINT FOR THE COURT.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE PEOPLE WHO CALL INTO
QUESTION THE COURT'S LEGITIMACY AT THIS POINT?
BECAUSE IT'S SO DIVORCE FROM THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, GIVEN HOW
THE COURT WAS CONSTRUCTED OVER THE LAST DECADE.
>> WE COULD HAVE A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE ROLE
OF THE COURT IS.
IT'S TO INTERPRET THE CONSTITUTION.
BUT THIS IS A COURT THAT'S MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN ANY COURT I
THINK IN PROBABLY 90 YEARS.
AND IT'S ALSO WHAT ONE SCHOLAR CALLED "THE YOLO" COURT-- YOU
ONLY LIVE ONCE.
AND SOME OF THESE FOLKS-- SOME OF THESE FOLKS ACT AS IF THEY'RE
GOING TO BE GONE TOMORROW BECAUSE THEY'RE GRABBING CASES
LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW.
>> Stephen: HOW DOES ROBERTS-- BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, HE SEEMS
PUBLICLY QUITE DETERMINED TO KEEP THE IDEA THAT THE COURT IS
AN APOLITICAL INSTITUTION.
AND THAT THERE IS AMITY IN THE COURT.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, WHAT DO YOU HEAR AS SOMEBODY WHO REPORTS ON
THE COURT?
>> I THINK AFTER THE LEAK IN THE ABORTION CASE, THE COURT IS VE
VERY-- NOT A HAPPY PLACE.
IT'S ALWAYS, TO ONE EXTENT OR ANOTHER, A SOMEWHAT
DISFUNCTIONAL FAMILY.
BUT THEY HAVE TO LIVE TOGETHER FOR THE REST OF THEIR
PROFESSIONAL LIVES AND THEY MAKE THE BEST OF IT.
I'M NOT SURE THEY'RE MAKING THE BEST OF IT AT THE MOMENT.
>> Stephen: THERE WAS A TIME WHEN EVEN PEOPLE WHO HAD VASTLY
DIFFERENT JUDICIAL VIEWS GOT ALONG VERY WELL.
HERE'S ANTONIN SCALIA AND RUTH BADER GINSBURG ON A TRIP
TOGETHER IN INDIA.
DO YOU THINK-- WHAT WAS THEIR FRIENDSHIP LIKE?
>> THEY WERE VERY CLOSE AND RESPECTFUL FRIENDS, EVEN THOUGH
THEY DISAGREED NOT ALL THE TIME, BUT IN SOME OF THE BIGGEST
ISSUES THEY DISAGREED.
AND ANYBODY-- I MEAN, I LOVED IT NINO SCALIA, AS HE WAS KNOWN.
HE WAS MY FRIEND, TOO.
IN THAT PICTURE-- WHERE IS THE PICTURE.
>> Stephen: I'LL GET IT FOR YOU.
>> HE WAS IN FRONT OF HER.
I ONCE INTERVIEWED THEM-- IT WAS MY FAVORITE INTERVIEW I EVER
DID.
I DID IT ON STAGE OF THE TWO OF THEM FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A
HALF.
AND I ASKED THEM ABOUT THAT PICTURE.
AND HE SAID HE WAS IN FRONT OF HER BECAUSE OF SENIORITY.
AND SHE SAID THAT SHE THOUGHT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE
DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: "DINNERS WITH RUTH" IS AVAILABLE NOW.
NINA TOTENBERG, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW."
STICK AROUND FOR JAMES CORDEN.
GOOD NIGHT.