>> SCANDAL IN THE CHESSWORLD, CHESS CAM CHEEN MAGNUS CARLSEN
RESIGNED FROM A MATCH IN PROTEST YESTERDAY AFTER ALLEGATIONS THAT
HIS OPPONENT HANS NIEMANN HAD USED ANAL BEADS AND AI TO CHEAT
IN A PREVIOUS MATCH.
ALLEGEDLY AN ACCOMPLICE WAS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO
DETERMINE WHAT MOVES NIEMANN SHOULD MAKE AND THEN SENDING
SIGNALS TO A VIBRATING SET OF ANAL BEADS WHICH NIEMANN IS
ACCUSED OF HAVING INSIDE HIM TO COMMUNICATE THOSE PERFECT MOVES.
BUT THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME AN ATHLETE HAS ATTEMPTED TO ENHANCE
THEIR PERFORMANCE USING VIBRATING ANAL BEADS.
>> THE FINAL RUN FOR INGEMAR JOHANNSON, WILL HAVE TO POUR IT
ON HERE FOR ANY CHANCE EVER A MEDAL.
HERE HE COMES.
OH, JOHANNSON HAVING SOME TROUBLE RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE,
GETTING HIS CONTROL.
MORE DIFFICULTY FOR THE YOUNG SWEDE.
HE'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.
HE HAS REGAINED HIS FOOTING.
NOPE, HE'S HAVING MORE TROUBLE.
SOMETHING SEEMS TO BE WRONG.
WAIT, HE'S UP.
NO, DOWN AGAIN.
NOT A GREAT RUN SO FAR FOR INGEMAR JOHANNSON.
NOTHING LEFT TO DO BUT WALK HOME.
>> IT'S THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT.
TONIGHT THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY.
PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES BILLY EICHNER.
AND U.S.A. ID ADMINISTRATOR SAMANTHA POWER.
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!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: WE'RE BACK, BABY, WE'RE BACK.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) HEY, EVERYBODY, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
WELCOME, WELCOME, ONE AND ALL TO THE LATE SHOW, IN HERE, OUT
THERE, ALL AROUND THE WORLD, I'M YOUR HOST STEPHEN COLBERT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: YOU WATCH THE SHOW, YOU WATCH THE SHOW AND I
SUSPECT YOU ARE NOW.
YOU KNOW THAT I LIKE WRESTLING WITH LIFE'S BIG QUESTIONS LIKE
WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE OR BETTER STILL WHY DON'T
MORE BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO TERRIBLE PEOPLE.
PEOPLE-- PEOPLE LIKE FLORIDA GOVERNOR AND BODY BUILDER--
FLORIDA GOVERNOR AND BODY BUILDER WHO ALWAYS GETS
HEAD DAY, RON DESANTIS, YOU'LL RECALL THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS
TRIED TO SCORE CHEAP POLITICAL POINTS IN FLORIDA BY DRAGOONING
PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS IN TEXAS AND SMUGGLING THEM TO
MASSACHUSETTS.
WELL, GOOD NEWS WE FOUND OUT THAT A TEXAS SHERIFF IS
INVESTIGATING DESANTIS' ROLE IN FLYING MIGRANTS TO MARTHA'S
VINEYARD.
HELL YEAH!
GET HIM!
YOU CAN CATCH IT ALL ON THE NEW TV SHOW WALKER TEXAS FLORIDA
MARTHA'S VINEYARD!
(LAUGHTER) CHUCK NORRIS WAS GOOD IN LENNON.
THE INVESTIGATOR IN QUESTION IS BEAR COUNTY SHERIFF AND
CHARACTER CUT FROM ME WEE'S PLAY HOUSE HALF INJURY SALAZAR.
JAVIER SALAZAR, INVESTIGATING THE CASE WHICH HE CALLS AN ABUSE
OF HUMAN RIGHTS EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN OFF SITED SPECIFIC LAW
THAT MAY HAVE BEEN BROKEN.
BUT IT IS JUST LIKE PORNOGRAPHY, YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT AND
YOU DON'T WANT IT TO INVOLVE RON DESANTIS.
WHAT, IT'S SKIP HEAD DAY, YOU KNOW?
IT AIN'T JUST DESANTIS, THIS WEEKEND TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG
ABBOTT SENT AT LEAST NINE BUS LOADS TO THE PORT AUTHORITY IN
NEW YORK CITY.
OH NO, GOVERNOR ABBOTT, NOW WORKERS WILL HAVE DEAL WITH
CROWDS OF CONFUSED AND SAD PEOPLE AT THE PORT AUTHORITY.
WHAT WILL WE DO!
OH NO!
SO YOU SEND SOME BUSES, OKAY.
TWO CAN PLAY AT THAT GAME, TEXAS.
YOU SEND NEW YORK CITY IMMIGRANTS, WE'RE GOING TO SEND
TEXAS A COUPLE OF BUS LOADS OF TIME SQUARE TOURISTS.
ENJOY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HOLDING M & MS WANDERING AIMLESSLY IN
SEARCH OF THE BUNA GUMP SHRIMP RIMP COMPANY, YOU KNOW WHERE
ELSE YOU CAN BY M & M, EVERY STORE IN AMERICA.
I WOULDN'T EAT SHRIMP OUT OF THE HUDSON.
SPEAKING OF AMERICA, LAND THAT I LOVE, PRESIDENT OF AMERICA JOE
BIDEN MADE BIG NEWS ON THE "60 MINUTES" THIS WEEKEND WHEN HE
MAYBE KIND OF PREMATURELY DECLARED THAT THE PANDEMIC IS
OVER, WHICH MARKS THE FIRST TIME THAT JOE BIDEN HAS EVER MOVED
TOO FAST.
(LAUGHTER) LET'S GO!
COME ON!
WHO'S WITH ME?
BIDEN'S ANNOUNCEMENT TOOK THE WHITE HOUSE BY SURPRISE AND
THEY'RE NOW TRYING TO BACK PEDAL SAYING SURE, THE PRESIDENT COULD
HAVE BEEN MORE NUANCED.
HE WAS SIMPLY SAYING WE HAVE HIT A DIFFERENT PHASE.
OKAY, SAYING SOMETHING IS OVER, KIND OF A MISLEADING WAY TO
DECLARE A NEW FACE.
CAROL, IT'S OVER, I CAN'T TAKE YOU YOU ANY MORE BECAUSE I'M
ASKING YOU TO MARRY ME.
STOP CRYING, IT IS A NEW PHASE.
WHY ARE YOU-- LITTLE KNOWN FACT OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE LEADERS
TOO.
TAKE NEW BRITISH PRIME MINISTER AND WOMAN ABOUT TO CATCH A
MARSHMALLOW IN HER MUT.
LIZ TRUSS, PRIME MINISTER TRUZ REPLACED BORE IS JOHNSON A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO BUT BASED ON THIS FOOTAGE OF TRUSS ARRIVING
AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY FOR THE QUEEN'S FUNERAL, AUSTRALIAN TV
DID NOT GET THE MEMO.
>> NO, HARD TO IDENTIFY.
MAYBE MINOR ROYALS, MEMBERS OF THE-- I CAN'T IDENTIFY THEM.
>> WE CAN'T WITH EVERYONE, UNFORTUNATELY.
THEY LOOK LIKE THEY COULD WELL BE LOCAL DIGNITARIES, HARD TO
SEE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BAGS OF-- BACKS OF THEIR HEAD.
>> WE ARE GETTING NOW TO THE POINT OF THE END THEY-- I'M JUST
TOLD THAT WAS LIZ TRUSS, THE NEW PRIME MINISTER.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
HOW IS YOUR NEW JOB, LIZ.
WOW.
SHE'S THE LEADER OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NO ONE RECOGNIZED
HER.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF PARLIAMENT, EVERYONE
PRAY RISE AND BE UPSTANDING FOR THE HONORABLE-- CHIEF MADAME BIG
GUY.
GIVE IT UP FOR THE LADY IN THE FLAT HAT.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE SAYING COME ON.
THOSE PRESENTERS WERE AUSTRALIAN, HOW ARE THEY
SUPPOSED TO KNOW ABOUT BRITISH POLITICIANS, TO WHICH I SAY THAT
IS NO EXCUSE.
I'M NOT AUSTRALIAN BUT I AM MORE THAN FAMILIAR WITH THEIR PRIME
MINISTER, WOLVERINE.
(APPLAUSE) I'M JOKING, HERE IS THEIR ACTUAL
PRIME MINISTER.
(LAUGHTER) OF COURSE THE BIGGEST POLITICAL
NEWS IS THE UPCOMING MID TERMS AND ONE OF THE RACES THAT COULD
DECIDE CONTROL OF THE SENATE IS IN GEORGIA BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC
INCUMBENT AND YOUR CHURCH'S NUMBER ONE GRANDMA MAGNET RAFAEL
WARNOCK AND HIS OPPONENT FORMER NFL PLAYER HERSCHEL WALKER SEEN
HERE FINDING OUT HE'S RUNNING FOR SENATE.
WHAT?
COME ON, MAN?
WHAT?
WALKER HAS NO POLITICAL EXPERIENCE OR QUALIFICATIONS.
BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE HE ALSO LIES A LOT.
SO FAR IN THIS CAMPAIGN IT HAS COME TO LIFE THAT WALKER HAS
CLAIMED TO OWN COMPANIES THAT DON'T EXIST.
CLAIMED TO BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN HE WASN'T AND LIED ABOUT
GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE WHICH HE DID NOT DO.
WELL, THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP WITH YOUR COURSE WORK WHEN ARE YOU A
PRETEND COP RUNNING MULTIPLE FAKE COMPANIES.
SO FAR, SO FAR WALKER FANS HERE, THERE YOU GO.
SO FAR, TOO LATE, SO FAR WALKER HAS BEEN DOING ALL HE CAN TO
AVOID DEBATING HIS OPPONENT.
HE EVEN TURNED DOWN A DEBATE WITH WARNOCK BECAUSE OF SUNDAY
NIGHT FOOTBALL EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ON A THURSDAY.
(APPLAUSE) WHOW!
LOOK, I WOULD LOVE TO DEBATE BUT I CAN'T, MY DOG ATE MY PODIUM
AND NIE FLIGHT WAS DELAYED GOING INTO A TUNNEL.
ANYWAY, GOT TO G IT IS TACO MONDAY, I HAVE A REAL CASE OF
THE THURSDAYS.
TGI-W.
(APPLAUSE) WALKER HAS SINCE AGREED TO
DEBATED WARNOCK ON OCTOBER 14th, BUT WHEN ASKED ABOUT
IT, HE TRIED TO LOWER EXPECTATIONS SAYING I'M NOT THAT
SMART.
HE'S A PREPARER, WARNOCK IS SMART AND WEARS THESE NICE SUITS
SO HE IS GOING TO SHOW OFF AND EMBARRASS ME AT THE DEBATE.
CLAIMS HIS BOLD NEW CAMPAIGN SLOGAN VOTE WALKER, I'M NOT THAT
SMART.
ANOTHER RACE-- NO, NO, NO, THANK YOU.
BACK AT YOU.
ANOTHER RACE FOLKS ARE WATCHING IS IN UTAH FEATURING STATE
SENATE CANDIDATE AND WALL MARTED GREETER WHO WON'T LET YOU PASS
UNTIL YOU HAVE ANSWERED HERRIED EL, LINDAR PAULSON.
PAUL SON WENT VIRAL OVER THE WEEKEND FOR A NEW CAMPAIGN AD.
DO ENJOY.
HEY UTAH DISTRICT 12 SNOALT LISTEN UP RIGHT HERE.
♪ THERE'S A NEW NAME ON THE BALLOT FOR THE SENATE THIS YEAR.
♪ MY NAME IS LINDA PAULSON REPUBLICAN AND AWESOME.
♪ LOVE GOD AND FAMILY.
♪ AND THE STULINGS.
♪ I'M PRORELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
♪ PROLIFE, PROPOLICE.
♪ THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS AND THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.
♪ GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS SHOULD LEAD TO SELF SUFFICIENT SEE.
♪ AND SUPPORT TRADITIONAL FAMILY.
♪ AS THE FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF SOCIETY.
♪ BUT IN SCHOOLS THEY'RE PUSHING FOR NEW BELIEFS.
♪ AND JUST TO CLARIFY.
♪ THAT'S A AS A FEMALE ADULT.
♪ I KNOW WHAT A WOMAN IS.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
THERE IS A LOT TO UNPACK THERE.
FIRST OF ALL, HEY LINDA, AS A FEMALE ADULT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT A
RHYME IS?
TRADITIONALLY, THAT'S A FAIRLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE WHOLE
RAPPING THING.
REMINDED ME OF THAT FAMOUS JAY-Z LYRIC, IF YOU ARE HAVING GIRL
PROBLEMS I FEEL BAD FOR YOU SON.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, AS A FEMALE ADULT, I KNOW WHAT I WOMAN IS.
BUT, IN PAULSON'S DEFENSE, SHE DOES SUPPORT TRADITIONAL
FAMILIAR-I-LY.
ACCORDING TO HER WEBSITE SHE'S GOT FIVE GIRLS AND FOUR BOYS
PLUS 35 GRANDCHILDREN AND 14 GREATS.
49 GRAND AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND NONE OF THEM KNOW GARAGE
BAND?
STILL PAULSON IS 80 YEARS OLD, GOD BLESS HER.
AND THIS IS HER FIRST POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
SO YOU HAVE TO RESPECT HER FOR GOING VIRAL.
IN FACT HAVE I A LITTLE MESSAGE THAT I THINK MIGHT RESONATE WITH
LINDA.
GENTLEMEN?
♪ HEY LINDA PAULSON, LISTEN UP RIGHT HERE.
♪ YOU HAVE THE HIP, HOPEN-EST AD THIS YEAR.
♪ I'M STEPHEN KOLPACK BEDDER.
♪ THE CONSTITUTION IS GOOD.
♪ AND JUST TO CLARIFY AS A COMEDIAN.
♪ I WANT TO YOU MAKE MORE SONGS PLEASE.
♪ WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.
MY GUESTS ARE BILLY EICHNER AND HEAD OF U.S.A. ID SAMANTHA
POWER.
BUT WHEN WE COME BACK "MEANWHILE."
COME ON, Y'ALL. BLANKER BLANK
>> Stephen: GIVE IT UP FOR THE BAND, EVERYBODY.
(APPLAUSE) LOUIS, YOU GUYS SOUND FANTASTIC
TONIGHT.
YOU ALWAYS FANTASTIC BUT IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE JOE TAYLOR
BACK, GOOD TO SEE YOU, MISSED YOU COWBOY.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK.
I MISSED YOU, WE HAVE SOME DELIGHTFUL GUEST THERE EVENING,
WE USE HAVE DELIGHTFUL GUESTS BUT THESE TWO, I'M VERY EXCITED
ABOUT.
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER, HEAD OF U.S.A. ID, FORMER U.N.
AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES, SAMANTHA POWER IS SHEER.
(APPLAUSE) , U.N. GENERAL A SEM BLEERKS
U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS IN SESSION THIS WEEK, WHICH IS WHY
IT TOOK ME TWO HOURS AND TEN MINUTES TO GET TO WORK THIS
MORNING.
I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO TAKE OUT MY ANGER ON SAMANTHA POWERS.
>> IT'S NOT HER FAULT.
>> Stephen: AND ALSO BILLY ON THE STREET HIMSELF, BILLY
EICHNER IS GOING TO BE HERE.
(APPLAUSE) AND FOLKS, I'M SURE YOU HAVE
SEEN ALL THE NEWS ABOUT HURRICANE FIONA THE DEVASTATING
STORM THAT HIT PUERTO RICO ON SUNDAY KNOCKING OUT POWER TO THE
ISLAND, DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND I'M SURE YOU ALL WANT
TO HELP.
BUT OFTEN NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE WANT TO HELP, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO WE HERE AT THE LATE SHOW HAVE PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF
ORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH YOU CAN DO FLAIT TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF
PUERTO RICO STVMENT PINNED TO OUR TWITTER FEED.
JUST GO TO@COLBERT DDZ LATESHOW, GIVE WHAT YOU CAN AND LET YOUR
FELLOW AMERICAN CITIZENS IN PUERTO RICO KNOW THAT YOU LOVE,
YOU CARE ABOUT THEM AND YOU HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN.
FOLKS, IF YOU WATCH THE SHOW YOU KNOW I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME
RIGHT OVER THERE WANDERING THE FRESH NEWS MARKET GATHERING FOR
YOU THE MOST TOPICAL CHARCUTERIE AND GUINEA HEN EGGS BLENDING
THEM WITH A VADOUVAN AND SAVORY VEEL STOCK AND CHILLING IT IN A
HAND-HAMMERED COPPER MOWLD TO CREATE FOR YOU THE MICHELIN STAR
ASPIC GELEE TERRYNE THAT IS MY MONOLOGUE BUT TIMES I REGAIN
GONE SHUSNESS BEHIND THE PICK N SAVE, BOIL THE GELATIN FROM A
OPOSSUMS BONES AND THROW IN THE LOOSE FLAMIN HOT CHEAT OWES AND
SKITED ELS IN MY BOOT POUR IT ALL INTO A DISCARDED SINKER
UNTIL IT SETS TO PRESENT THE POST APOCALYPTIC JEL OWE SALAD
OF NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT, MEAN WHILE.
♪ OH MEANWHILE, THAT IS REFRESHING.
MEANWHILE, IN ARKANSAS PLANT-BASED COMPANY BEYOND MEATS
COO WAS ARRESTED FOR BITING A MAN'S NOSE.
WELL, OF COURSE HE DID.
THIS MAN'S ON A STEADY DIET OF BEAN-BASED SAUSAGE AND BEEF
CRUMBLES MADE FROM PEA PROTEIN, THAT WOULD MAKE ANYONE SNAP.
GIVE THE GUY A SLIM JIM BEFORE HE KILLS AGAIN.
THIS NOSE CHOMPING INCIDENTS EXPLAINS BEYOND MEAT'S NEW
PRODUCT, MEAT!
APPARENTLY IT WAS A ROAD RAGE CONFRONTATION IN A PARKING
GARAGE AND WHEN POLICE ARRIVED THEY FOUND TWO MALES WITH BLOODY
FACES AT THE SCENE TO WHICH RAMSEY SAID ACTUALLY IT'S BEAT
JUICE, IT TRICKS YOUR BRAIN INTO THINKING YOU ARE EATING REAL
MEANWHILE, THE PRECURSOR TO THE SMILEY FACE EMOJI, THE EMOTICON
IS 40.
THE FIRST EMOTICON WAS POSTED TO A CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
MESSAGE BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 19th, 1982.
THE HE MOT COP REALIZED IT WAS 40 WHEN IT FELL A CLEEP ON THE
COUCH WHILE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY AND IT WAS FINE WITH
THAT.
MEANWHILE-- THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT.
MEANWHILE, ETHEREUM PLUNGED AFTER THE SEC CHAIR SAID THE
MERGE COULD MAKE CRYPTO A SECURITY.
FORECASTERS FURTHER PREDICT THAT I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND ANY OF
THOSE WORDS.
(APPLAUSE) MEANWHILE, STARTING IN 2027
CALIFORNIANS WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE HUMAN EXOSING AS AN
ALTERNATIVE BURIAL OPTION.
GREAT.
OH SURE, YOU CLAP NOW.
BUT IT IS ONE MORE RECYCLABLE TO KEEP TRACK OF.
HONE!
HONEY, I KNOW EGG SHELLS AND COFFEE GROUNDS ARE OKAY BUT WHAT
ABOUT UNCLE RICK?
IS HE COME POST OR DISPOSAL-- .
MEANWHILE, IN THE COUNTRY OF GEORGIA, ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOUND A
1.8 MILLION YEAR OLD HUMAN TOOTH.
ARCHAEOLOGISTS PLAN TO PUT THAT TOOTH UNDER A PILLOW IN HOPES OF
ATTRACTING THE 1.8 MILLION YEAR OLD TOOTH FAIRY.
MEANWHILE, FOLLOWING THE POPULARITY OF SOME DUMBASS
PARTICULAR TOK CHALLENGE THE FDA IS TELLING PEOPLE DON'T COOK
CHICK THEN NYQUIL.
THAT WARNING OF COURSE ISSUED BY THE FDA'S DEPARTMENT OF I GUESS
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO SAY THIS NOW.
THE FDA FURTHER WARNS THAT BOILING A MEDICATION CAN MAKE IT
MUCH MORE CONCENTRATED AND INHALING THE MEDICATIONS VAPORS
WHILE COOKING COULD CAUSE HIGH LEVELS OF THE DRUGS TO ENTER
YOUR BODY.
REALLY, FDA.
IS THIS A WARNING OR INSTRUCTIONS?
BECAUSE-- THE STATEMENT CONTINUED MARIAN-- MARIJUANA CAN
BE DANGEROUS IN HIGH CONCENTRATIONS LIKE SAY IF YOU
PACK SOME DANK NEWINGS IN A GRAVITY BONG AND TAKE THE ENTIRE
CHAMBER THEN HOT BOX THAT [BLEEP] FOR A WAY MELLOW SERB,
ALSO MANAGER HELPS FIGHT COTTON MOUTH, CAN I SMELL TIME.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH BILLY EICHNER!
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OH MY FRIENDS, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST
TONIGHT FROM "DIFFICULT PEOPLE" AND BILLY ON THE STREET.
HE HAS NOW COWRITTEN, EXECUTIVE PRODUCED AND STARS IN "BROS."
>> YOU LIKE DUMB GUYS WHANS?
>> YOU HEARD ME, I SEE WHAT YOU LIKE.
YOU LIKE THESE BIG BROY, MEAT HEAD IDIOTS S THAT WHAT YOU
LIKE, A AARON, YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH THE BIG BOYS, HUH?
LOOK, YOU WANT TO BE IN THE FIGHT, YOU LIKE THAT.
YEAH, I CAN BE TOUGH, I CAN BE TOUGH LIKE YOUR BOYS.
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU LIKE, OH, NOW YOU ARE ON MY BLANKET, BRO.
NOW I'M ON YOUR BLANKET, NOW YOU WANT TOSH ON MY BIG BLANKET.
I CAN BE AGGRESSIVE.
THERE YOU ARE.
YEAH, YEAH?
>> HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, BILLY EICHNER!
(APPLAUSE) >> HELLO NEW YORK CITY!
HELLO, PLEASE TAKE A SEAT.
>> Stephen: LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
>> LOVELY TO SEE YOU TOO.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR DRESS APPROPRIATELY.
>> YOU ARE MY FIRST AUTUMN NAL GUEST.
>> IT IS VERY NANCY MYERS, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: WE ARE JUST THAT EXCITED TO SEE EACH OTHER.
>> I'M EXCITED.
>> Jon: YOU ARE THE EXECUTIVE-- .
>> Stephen: ARE YOU THE EXECUTIVE WRITER, IN THE FIRST
BIG BUDGET MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STUDIO GAY RO M.C. OM AVAILABLE
ONLY IN THEATERS.
>> THIS IS AN HONEST TO GOD MOVIE ROM COME.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: FANTASTIC.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Stephen: HELL OF A MILESTONE.
>> I'M SO EXCITED, THE FIRST GAY ROM COME EVER MADE BY THE MAJOR
STUD YORKS THE ENTIRE CAST IS OPENLY LGBTQ ACTORS.
>> Stephen: THAT IS NICE, HERE IS WHAT YOU LIKE, WHAT I HAVE
SEEN SO FAR BECAUSE HAVE I NOT SEEN THE ENTIRE FILM, IS THAT
OKAY, ROM COME,-- ROMCOM, BIG BUDGET MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
STUDIO ROMCOM.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: THEY OFTEN HAVE THE ROM, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T
BRING THE COM.
THIS ONE IS THE ROM AND THE COM.
>> IT DUSKS I MADE THE MOVIE, SO MUCH COM.
SO MUCH COM.
>> Stephen: IT DOESN'T OVERPOWER THE ROM THOUGH.
>> NO, IT DOESN'T.
>> Stephen: ST VERY ROMY.
>> WE ALL LOVE COM, I PREFER IT.
>> Stephen: IT MAKES THE ROM BETTER BECAUSE YOU FEEL MORE
COMFORTABLE WITH THE ROM.
>> THE MORE COM, THE MORE SATISFIED I AM.
YES.
>> Stephen: I AGREE.
SURE.
>> YES.
>> COM ALL OVER ME.
BUT I MADE THE MOVIE, OH CALM DOWN, MY GOD.
LET'S ALL BE ADULTS HERE THERE IS A LOT OF COMEDY, I MADE THE
MOVIE WITH JUD APATOW, AND NICK, THEY MADE SOME OF THE FUNNIEST
MOVIES OF ALL TIME, BRIDE MAIDS, 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, FORGETTING
SARA MAR SLAL BUT NEVER ONE ABOUT A GAY COUPLE.
I AM REALLY PROUD, I THINK ST THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE.
>> Stephen: WAS IT A HARD SELL TO GET A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
STUDIO TO DO THE FIRST GAY ROMCOM.
>> YES, I MEAN THE SAME STUDIO THAT MAKES JURASSIC WORLD, AND
MINIONS AND FAST AND FURIOUS MADE THIS R RATED GAY ROMCOM BUT
THE TIME THEY BOUGHT IT THEY WERE EXCITESSED, IT DEFINITELY
TOOK HOLLYWOOD OVER A HUNDRED YEARS TO GET HERE BUT BY THE
TIME THEY BOUGHT IT THEY SAID YES, WE WANT.
THIS THE WHOLE FOCUS WAS MAKING IT AS FUNNY AS POSSIBLE AND AS
HONEST AS POSSIBLE.
>> Stephen: SO THE 2022 HAS BEEN A BIT OF A MILESTONE FOR
THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE FIRST MAJOR MOTION PICTURE GAY ROMCOM
AVAILABLE IN THEATERS.
>> ONLY IN THEATERS.
>> Stephen: THERE WAS FYRE ISLAND ON HULU.
DO YOU SEE THIS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?
>> I HOPE.
SO I LOVE ROMANTIC COMEDIES, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: EVEN AS A KID.
>> EVEN AS A KID I REMEMBER GOING TO SEE MOON STRUCK WITH MY
PARENTS AND WHEN HARRY MET SALLY.
AND WORKING GIRL, AND PRETTY WOMAN, YOU KNOW.
I LOVE BROKE BACK MOUNTAIN T IS A MASTERPIECE, I HAVE SEEN IT
ONCE, YOU'VE GOT MAIL, HAVE I SEEN 50 TIMES.
SO THOSE ARE THE MOVIES THAT I LOVE.
AND THEY MADE ME WANT TO BE IN MOVIES.
I NEVER SAW A LOT OF GAY FOLKS IN THOSE MOVIES BUT I THINK
PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW MUCH MONEY IT IS TO GO TO A MOVIE AND
LAUGH WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE AND ESCAPE THE WORLD AND
JUST FEEL GOOD ABOUT LIFE.
SO I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: YOU TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE BROKE BACK
MOUNTAIN WHICH PEOPLE TAKE SERIOUSLY, AN IMPORTANT FILM, A
FINE FILM, AN IMPORTANT FILM.
BUT DOES IT BOTHER YOU AT ALL THAT PEOPLE DON'T TAKE, THAT
PEOPLE DON'T TAKE COMEDY SERIOUSLY?
>> COMEDY IS SO HARD.
AND I LOVED BROKE BACK MOUNTAIN AND IT MOVED ME BUT CAN I TELL
YOU THAT WRITING "BROS" WAS THE MOST CHALLENGING THING I EVER
DID.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS HARD ABOUT IT.
>> WRITING JOKES IS A HARD THING TO DO.
>> Stephen: I'M FAMILIAR.
>> YES, EXACTLY.
AND IT'S WEIRD THAT WE DON'T RESPECT COMEDIES IN THE SAME
WAY.
>> Stephen: BUT IS IT KIND OF IMPORTANT NOT TO GET RESPECT AS
A COMEDIAN.
IT IS KIND OF IMPORTANT, MAD MAGAZINE WAS PRINTED ON PULP
PAPER FOR A REASON.
>> I'M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP MAD MAGAZINE, STEPHEN.
BUT NO, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN FOR ME I LOVEMAKING PEOPLE LAUGH.
I WOULD RATHER MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH.
ALL THE MOVIES WE GET, IN MOVIE THEATERS WE GET ARE VERY GRITTY,
VERY DARK, WE LIVE IN A VERY CYNICAL WORLD SO I WANT TO BRING
PEOPLE TO THE MOVIE THEATER AND MAKE THEM FEEL GOOD ABOUT LIFE,
YOU KNOW, LAUGH WITH EACH OTHER.
WE NEED THAT NOW.
WE REALLY DO.
>> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT FEELING GOOD FOR A SECOND.
I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU ABOUT THE PREMISE
OF THAT VERY FUNNY SCENE WE JUST SAW.
IS THAT YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH THE BIG BOYS OR WHATEVER.
YOU ARE A BIG BOY, YOU ARE FIT, YOU ARE HANDSOME.
YOU'VE GOT A CERTAIN RUGGED MACHISMO.
>> WELL, THANK YOU, STEPHEN.
WE CAN STAR IN THE NEXT GAY ROMCOM TOGETHER.
I WOULD LIKE THAT.
BUT I THINK MY CHARGE IN THE MOVIE IS OBSESSED WITH A CERTAIN
TYPE OF CONVENTIONAL MASCULINITY THAT HE DOESN'T REPRESENT.
YOU KNOW, HE WAS NEVER THE JOCK.
HE WAS NEVER THE BRO.
AND HE IS FALLING FOR A GUY WHO IS INFATUATED WITH THAT SORT OF
BROY BEHAVIOR AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS EXCLUSIVE TO GAY MEN, I
THINK EVERYONE KIND OF PUTS THE TRADITIONAL MASCULINITY ON A
PEDESTAL.
>> Stephen: DO YOU?
HAVE YOU-- IS THAT A FACTOR FOR YOU.
>> I THINK I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THAT, NOT SO MUCH ANY MORE BUT
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, GAY MEN IN PARTICULAR, I NEVER HAD AN ISSUE
BEING GAY BUT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, ESPECIALLY, I WANTED TO
BE A MAN.
YOU KNOW, YOU WANTED TO BE MASCULINE AND WE WERE VERY DRAWN
TO THAT SORT OF BEHAVIOR.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THE IMAGE IN YOUR MIND WHAT WAS THE ICON
OF THAT.
>> YOU KNOW, I GREW UP WITH MARKY MARK IN CALVIN KLEIN ADS
AND ABBANDONATO ABERCROMBIE & FITCH AND YOU GO THERE IS A MAN
WITH A SIX PACK GREETING YOU AT THE DOR AND YOU GO I'M HERE TO
BUY JEANS.
>> Stephen: I FOUND THAT DISSPIRITTING WHEN I WAS
YOUNGER, I AM NEVER GOING TO LOOK LIKE THAT.
>> WE HAD ALL OF THOSE IMAGES IN OUR HEAD AND IT IS TOUGH TO
RETIRE-- REWIRE YOURSELF, WE ARE TILL OBSESSED WITH IT A BIT AS
A CULTURE.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WE COME BACK I WILL ASK
BILLY WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO SHOOT THIS FILM IN HIS HOMETOWN OF NEW
YORK CITY.
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE HERE WITH BILLY EICHNER,
STAR OF BROS.
WHILE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A SEXY SEXY MAN THAT YOU SPENT
TIME OUT ON THE STREET W THE FIRST BILLY ON THE STREET IN
THREE YEARS AND OUT THERE TO SUPPORT BROS WHICH IS THE FIRST
BIG BUDGET MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STUDIO FILM AVAILABLE IN
THEATERS A GAY ROMCOM, YOUR GOOD FRIEND PAUL RUDD.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THE REIGNING, I WANT TO POINT OUT, I WANT TO
REMIND EVERYBODY, REMIND EVERYBODY OUT THERE THAT HE IS
THE REIGNING PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE.
>> HE IS A VERY SEXY MAN.
WE JUST PUT OUT TODAY THE FIRST BILLY ON THE STREET VIDEO IN
THREE YEARS.
>> Stephen: WAS IT GOOD TO BE ON THE STREET AND DOING THAT
AGAIN.
>> IT WAS.
I LOVE NEW YORK, I LOVE BEING OUT THERE PAUL IS ONE OF THE
BEST GUESTS WE'VE EVER HAD.
IT IS EVERYWHERE ONLINE IF YOU WANT TO CHECK IT OUT.
IS HE FEARLESS.
A LOT OF THE OTHER FACTORS, DID YOU IT AND YOU WERE WONDERFUL.
>> Stephen: FEARFUL.
>> YOU WERE NOT FEARFUL BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE ACTORS SCARED
TO TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE STREET BUT PAUL JUST GOES FOR T HE IS
AMAZING.
>> Stephen: SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T EXPECT HIM TO BE THE SEX
YE-- SEXIEST MAN ALIVE, THAT THEY WANTED SOMEBODY MORE IN
THAT STEREO TYPICAL TAB HUNTER MAN ON A PEDESTAL.
>> TAB HUNTER, YOU ARE GOING WAY BACK.
>> Stephen: I'M OLDER THAN YOU ARE.
>> I MEAN TAB HUNTER WAS A VERY SEXY MAN.
>> Stephen: HOW ABOUT MCCONAUGHEY.
>> IS HE A VERY-- PAUL RUDD IS SO SEXY.
>> Stephen: I AGREE, HE ACHIEVED HIS SEXINESS ON THE
SHOW, WHERE IT WAS ANNOUNCED.
QUICK QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS.
HAS THERE BEEN A GAY SEXIEST MAN ALIVE?
>> YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE.
I DON'T THINK THERE HAS BEEN.
I'M SURE THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE CLOSET BUT
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OPENLY GAY, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: MAYBE NEXT YEAR.
>> MAYBE THE PINK TELETUBY, HE WAS GAY.
>> Stephen: MAYBE BILLY EICHNER.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN.
>> Stephen: WHY NOT.
>> WHY NOT, YOU ARE THE STAR OF THE FIRST BIG BUDGET ROMCOM.
>> Stephen: WITH.
>> MOTION PICTURE IN THEATERS ONLY.
>> Stephen: SO YOU SHOPPED THE FILM HERE IN NEW YORK CITY WHICH
IS YOUR HOMETOWN, HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT TO YOU TO COME BACK HERE
AND DO THIS MILE STOAP BACK IN YOUR OWN.
>> IT WAS BEAUTIFUL T REALLY WAS.
I'M LIKE A VERY NEUROTIC, GAY JEWISH NATIVE NEW YORKER.
I DON'T TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO APPRECIATE THINGS SOMETIMES AS
THEY ARE HAPPENING BUT THERE WAS A MOMENT WHEN WE WERE SHOOTING A
SCENE ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF CENTRAL PARK
AND IT REMINDED ME MUCH THOSE ROMCOMS I LOVE THAT TOOK PLACE
IN NEW YORK.
ALL THOSE NORAH EFRAN WHERE HARRY MET SALLY, WALKING IN
CENTRAL PARK, MOON STRUCK, ALL NEW YORK BASED MOVIES AND I SAT
THERE AND THOUGHT WE ARE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THESE MOTIONS BUT
I'M DOS IT ON MY OWN TERMS AS A GAY MAN WITH ANOTHER GAY MAN.
AND WE HAVE REALLY NEVER SEEN THAT ON THE BIG SCREEN IN THIS
WAY AND I WAS SO GRATEFUL AND I GET VERY EMOTIONAL TALKING ABOUT
IT.
BUT IT WAS MAGICAL.
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU HAVE TO RUN OFF NOW, I KNOW, WE'VE GOT
TO LET YOU GO.
YOU HAVE GOT TO GET TO-- YOU HAVE TO DASH OUT OF HERE BECAUSE
ARE YOU GOING TO THE PREMIER.
>> WE HAVE THE NEW YORK PREMIER TONIGHT, NOT TO BE EVEN MORE
SENTIMENTAL BUT THE PREMIER OF BROS TONIGHT IN NEW YORK IS AT
THE THEATER WHERE I SAW YOU'VE GOT MAIL OVER 20 YEARS AGO.
AND THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
>> Stephen: SO IF YOU PERFECTED YOUR HUMBLE ACCEPTING
OF COMPLIMENTS FACE EMOTION.
>> I'M VERY BAD AT THAT.
>> Stephen: BILLY, OH MY GOD, I LOVED YOUR MOVIE SO MUCH T
IES SO ROMY AND SO COMY AT THE SAME TIME.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AN I SO UNDERSTAND WHY ARE YOU THE EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER, COWRITER AND STAR OF THE FIRST BIG BUDGET MAJOR
MOTION STUDIO GAY ROMCOM, CONGRATULATIONS ST A BEAUTIFUL
FILM.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU LIKE MY COM.
>> Stephen: BROS IS IN THEATERS NEXT FRIDAY.
THAT IS BILLY EICHNER, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THANK YOU, BILLY, BACK WITH THE HEAD OF THE U.S.A. ID SAMANTHA
POWERS.
SRS HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS THE PULITZER PRIZE
WINNING AUTHOR WHO SPENT FOUR YEARS AS U.N. AMBASSADOR AND IS
CURRENTLY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF U.S.A. ID.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW SAMANTHA POWER.
HEY.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> NICE DIGS.
>> Stephen: YEAH, ST NICE DIGSK SUSPECT TMENT LAST SUMMER
OVER ZOOM YOU AND I DISCUSSED PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PLEDGE TO SEND
COVID VACCINES AROUND THE WORLD AND U.S.A. ID OF COURSE IS PART
OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THAT.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING THAT THE PAFNED IS
OVER?
DO YOU THINK-- THAT THE PANDEMIC IS OVER, DO YOU THINK HE GOT
THAT RIGHT BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SOME BACK PEDALING AT 1600
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, GO AHEAD, THROW YOUR BOSS UNDER THE BUS
LIGHT NOW.
>> LET'S THINK BACK TO WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN ENTERED OFFICE.
DEATHS SINCE THEN ARE DOWN 90%.
THE PANDEMIC WE ALL KNOW, LOOK, WE'RE HERE.
SCHOOLS ARE OPEN.
I'M NOT THE PATHETIC HOME SCHOOLER THAT I ONCE WAS DURING
THE PAFNED.
>> Stephen: WILL YOUR CHILDREN EVER RECOVER FROM TEACHING THEM
MATH.
>> NO, NEVER, THE SETBACK IS PERMANENT.
BUT I THINK WHAT HE WAS SAYING WAS THAT COVID NEEDLESS TO SAY
IS NOT THE DISRUPTIVE THREAT THAT IT WAS.
AND IT, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE TOOLS AVAILABLE, EVERYBODY
SHOULD GO AND GET THEIR VARIANT BOOSTER AND THEIR FLU SHOT AT
THE SAME TIME.
WE ARE IN A POSITION TO MANAGE THIS, OUR ECONOMY HAS REOPENED.
WE ARE TRYING TO BE SURE THE SAME STHING HAPPENS IN EVEN THE
POOREST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.
AND WE HAVE MADE GREAT HEADWAY.
>> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGE WE FACE IN THE
WORLD RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT ONE THE GREATEST CHALLENGES THAT U.S.A. ID IS HOPING TO HELP
MITIGATE IS THAT, IS THE FOOD SHORTAGE AROUND THE WORLD AND
THAT CROP YIELDS ARE DOWN PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF GLOBAL
WARMING BUT ALSO THE WAR IN UKRAINE WHICH PROVIDES 25% OF
THE WORLD'S WHEAT.
IS THIS PUTIN'S FAULT, THIS FOOD SHORTAGE?
BECAUSE HE'S BLAMING THE WEST.
HE'S BLAMING US.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND HOW HARD IS-- IS THE U.N. A PLACE WHERE
YOU CAN FIGHT THAT MISINFORMATION?
>> I TRAVELED THIS SUMMER TO TWO OF THE WORST EFFECTED COUNTRIES
IN THE FOOD CRIES I KENYA AND SOMALIA, WHERE BASICALLY WE'RE
ON THE BRINK OF FAMINEE IN PARTS OF BOTH OF THOSE COUNTRIES.
AND I BROUGHT SUPPORT FOR FERTILIZER ON BEHALF OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, I BROUGHT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR SOME OF
THE SEEDS SO FARMERS CAN PLANT IN THE CEASESONS AHEAD AND
BROUGHT EMERGENCY ASSISTANT, MR. LAVROV CAME A FEW DAYS AFTER
I DID FROM THE SAME COUNTRIES AND HE BROUGHT MISINFORMATION
AND LIES WHICH DON'T FEED ANYBODY.
AND SO THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS THERE IS A LOT OF NOISE OUT
THERE AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION S YOU KNOW, TRYING TO TURN THAT
NOISE UP ON VERY HIGH DES INEL.
MY EXPERIENCE IN TRAVELING TO THESE COUNTRIES THAT ARE VERY
VULNERABLE RIGHT NOW IS THEY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
THEY KNOW THAT PRESIDENT PUTIN FOR A VERY LONG TIME BLOCKED THE
UKRAINE THAT WAS IN UKRAINIAN PORTS READY TO REACH COUNTRIES
LIKE SOMALIA, KENYA, PLACES LIKE LEB TON-- LEBANON, SYRIA, JUST
BLOCKED T FINALLY THERE WAS A BREAKTHROUGH AND SOME OF THOSE
GRAINS ARE MOVING BUT PRICES ALREADY SPIKED BECAUSE OF THE
FOOD SHORTAGE THAT THAT CONTRIBUTED TO.
I WILL SAY THE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS ARE CHRONIC
CONDITIONS.
CLIMATED CLANG IS A CHRONIC CONDITION.
THE HORN OF AFRICA IS EXPERIENCING ITS FOURTH STRAIGHT
FAILED RAINY SEASON.
THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE IN RECORDED HISTORY.
I WAS JUST IN PAKISTAN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
STEPHN, I FELT LIKE I WAS IN THE APOCALYPSE.
I WAS FLYING INLAND ABOUT 200 MILES FROM THE NEAREST OCEAN AND
I WAS LOOKING DOWN.
I WAS LIKE WAIT, THAT IS OCEAN.
AND THEN NO, ACTUALLY A THIRD OF THE COUNTRY IS UNDERWATER
BECAUSE OF MELTING GLACIERS COMBINED WITH MONDAY SOON RAINS
THAT ARE FIVE TIMES AS INTENSE AS THEY EVER HAVE BEFORE.
AND WHAT YOU SEE, YOU CAN SEE LIKE LITTLE SORT OF ROOFTOPS
SOMETIMES POKING OUT OR 12 METER HIGH TREES THAT WERE YOU SEE
JUST THE RIM OF THE TREE, THAT IS HOW MUCH WATER THERE IS ON
THE GROUND.
BUT YOU ALSO SEE THE CROP LAND THAT HAVE JUST BEEN RAVAGERRED
BY THESE FLOODS.
SO WE EITHER HAVE TOO MUCH WATER OR TOO LITTLE WATER EVERYWHERE
YOU LOOK.
AND PART OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO AS U.S.A. ID ON BEHALF OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND THERE IS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT WHICH IS
WONDERFUL.
IS NOT ONLY FEED PEOPLE WHO JUST LOST THEIR CROP LAND BECAUSE OF
FLOODING OR BECAUSE OF DROUGHT, BUT ACTUALLY GIVE THEM THE
RESILIENCE TO NOT BE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY ARE
HEADACHING HUMANITARIAN ACTIONS.
NOBODY WANTS EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.
THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO PLANT THEIR SEEDS, TAKE THEIR HAR
VESES AND DEAL, AND RELOCATE IN SOME CASES, SO AS TO BE IN
PLACES THAT ARE MORE HOSPITALITY GIVEN THE CHANGING CLIMATE.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THIS JOB LIKE?
ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLACES YOU ARE NAMING, DO YOU KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?
>> THE TRIPS ARE GREAT BECAUSE YOU GET CLOSE AND YOU FEEL THE
HUMAN CONSEQUENCES OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE ALL
READING ABOUT, BACK HERE AND THAT AMERICANS ARE EXPERIENCING
IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
YOU SEE THE RESILL YENSZ, THAT HUNGER PEOPLE HAVE TO GET BACK
TO WORK AND NOT BE RECEIVING ASSISTANCE.
THEY ALL WANT TRADE, NOT AID.
HONESTLY STEPHEN, THE WAY I FEW THIS JOB IS I WAS IN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION SO FORTUNATE, FOR EIGHT YEARS, MY FIRST TIME IN
PUBLIC SERVICE, THEN I HAD TO LIVE THE NEXT FOUR YEARS OUT OF
GOVERNMENT.
THOO YOU KNOW, POWERFUL AS TWEETS ARE, IT DIDN'T HAVE QUITE
THE SAME, YOU KNOW, IMPACT POTENTIALLY.
I MEAN THE UNITED STATES IS IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL AND IS IN
IT IN A WAY THAT AGAIN IF YOU PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES,
WHAT WOULD YOU WISH THE UNITED STATES RESPONSE TO BE.
I JUST FEEL REALLY LUCKY TO BE A PART OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THAT IS.
THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD THERE GO I.
WE ARE FORTUNATE TO BE IN THIS POSITION RATHER THAN TO BE-- .
>> Stephen: I KNOW WE HAVE TO GO HERE, GOT TO GO HERE, IN JUST
ONE SECOND.
, GETTING THE HIGH SIGN OVER HERE.
BUT SPEAKING OF THE AIDE YEARS YOU SPENT IN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION, WHAT ONE THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THAT
ADMINISTRATION WAS AT THE TIME VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, NOW
HE'S YOUR BOSS.
WHAT WAS HE LIKE AS A BIT OF A STRONG WORD BUT WHAT WAS HE LIKE
AS A COWORKER, LET'S SAY.
>> I WILL MENTION TO HIM THAT THAT WAS-- MY COWORKER AS THE
VICE PRESIDENT.
HE WAS, JOE BIDEN IS EXACTLY BEHIND THE SCENES WHAT JOE BIDEN
IS, YOU KNOW, OUT IN GRAND DISPLAY.
AND SO WE WOULD BE IN MEEGHTS AND I WOULD BE SAYING SOMETHING,
MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE LANDING LIKE A LEAD BALLOON IN THE CENTER OF
THE MEETING, WITH THE THEN PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT OBAMA.
SPARRING A LITTLE BIT.
MAYBE A LITTLE, AGAINS, COUNTER TO WHAT OTHERS MIGHT WANT TO BE
DOING AT THE TIME AND I JUST KIND OF BE DEFLATED AND FEEL
UNJOINED AND NEXT THING SOMEBODY WOULD PASS ME A NOTE FROM MANY
SEATS DOWN, BECAUSE THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE
PRESIDENT AND IT WOULD BE A NOTE FROM JOE BIDEN SAYING THAT IS
EXACTLY WHY YOU ARE HERE.
YOU KNOW, NEVER BE QUIET.
ANOTHER NOTE, GO IRISH.
YOU KNOW.
SO THAT'S-- .
>> Stephen: THAT'S JOE.
SAM AN, THAT LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: U.S.A. ID ADMINISTRATOR SAMANTHA POWER,
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, THAT'S IT FOR THE LATE SHOW,
TUNE IN TOMORROW, MY GUEST WILL BE OLIVIA WILDE AND UKRAINE'S
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
STICK AROUND FOR JAMES CORDEN.
GOOD NIGHT.