1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:04,571 >> EVER BOUGHT A PLANE TICKET ONLY TO BE HIT WITH A BUNCH OF 2 00:00:04,637 --> 00:00:08,608 HIDDEN FEES AT CHECK OUT AND ARE YOU LIKE UGHH. 3 00:00:08,675 --> 00:00:10,310 WELL, THAT MAY BE COMING TO AN END. 4 00:00:10,377 --> 00:00:13,613 TODAY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED A NEW PROPOSAL THAT 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,649 WOULD REQUIRE AIRLINES AND ONLINE TRAVEL AGENCIES TO SHOW 6 00:00:16,716 --> 00:00:18,251 THE ADDITIONAL FEES UP FRONT. 7 00:00:18,318 --> 00:00:22,188 THAT INCLUDES FEES FOR SEATS WITH EXTA LEG ROOM, CHANGE OR 8 00:00:22,255 --> 00:00:25,992 CANCEL A FLIGHT, OR BRING ON CHECKED OR CARRYON BAGS. 9 00:00:26,059 --> 00:00:29,329 >> WE HERE AT THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT 10 00:00:29,396 --> 00:00:32,098 TO COMPLY WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT'S CALL 11 00:00:32,165 --> 00:00:33,299 FOR TRANSPARENT PRICES. 12 00:00:33,366 --> 00:00:36,803 AND IF YOU HAVE EVER FLOWN A COMMERCIAL JET YOU KNOW THAT THE 13 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:40,340 REAL COST OF FLYING ISN'T JUST FINANCIAL, IT'S EMOTIONAL. 14 00:00:40,407 --> 00:00:44,411 THAT'S WHY THE AIRLINES ARE TEAMING UP WITH WESTERNER 15 00:00:44,477 --> 00:00:48,481 HERTZOGUE, THE ONLY-- MAN CAPABLE OF CAN HAVE AING THE 16 00:00:48,548 --> 00:00:49,916 COST OF FLYING. 17 00:00:49,983 --> 00:00:55,221 >> I'M WESTERNER HERZOG, AND THIS IS THE PRIZE OF A ONE WAY 18 00:00:55,288 --> 00:01:00,927 TICKET FROM ORLANDO TO CLEVELAND. 19 00:01:00,994 --> 00:01:06,566 AS YOU SIT IDLING ON THE TARMAC FOR 55 MINUTES PRETAKE OFF, YOU 20 00:01:06,633 --> 00:01:13,940 NOT ONLY LOSE A FRACTION OF YOUR SOUL, BUT IT IS THAT PART OF YOU 21 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:17,210 NEVER EXISTED AND WHEN YOU TURN AROUND TO GIVE A DIRTY LOOK TO 22 00:01:17,277 --> 00:01:22,482 THE TODDLER ROUNDHOUSE KICKING THE BACK OF YOUR SEAT, YOU SEE 23 00:01:22,549 --> 00:01:29,956 IN HIS FACE YOURSELF AS A CHILD, AND FEEL COMPELLED TO WARN HIM 24 00:01:30,023 --> 00:01:33,927 THAT THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO BE OKAY. 25 00:01:33,993 --> 00:01:40,733 BY THE END OF THE FLIGHT, YOU REALIZE YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. 26 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:47,807 AND IT IS PRETZELS, TWISTED AND MALL FORMED, COVERED IN CRYSTALS 27 00:01:47,874 --> 00:01:50,043 THAT TASTE OF TEARS. 28 00:01:50,109 --> 00:01:55,381 >> AND COMING SOON, DEPARTURE UPDATES FROM JOHNNY CASH. 29 00:01:55,448 --> 00:01:57,450 ♪ 13 HOUR DELAY. 30 00:02:00,019 --> 00:02:10,964 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT!" 31 00:02:11,030 --> 00:02:12,265 TONIGHT: HEARING TODAY, GONE TOMORROW! 32 00:02:12,332 --> 00:02:14,734 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: SAMUEL L. JACKSON 33 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:17,170 AND CLARISSA WARD FEATURING LOUIS CATO AND THE 34 00:02:17,237 --> 00:02:24,944 LATE SHOW BAND! 35 00:02:25,011 --> 00:02:28,681 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 36 00:02:28,748 --> 00:02:33,186 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 37 00:02:33,253 --> 00:02:35,255 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 38 00:02:59,045 --> 00:03:02,649 WELCOME, EVERYONE, ONE AND ALL DOWN HERE, UP THERE, ALL AROUND 39 00:03:02,715 --> 00:03:04,884 THE WORLD. 40 00:03:04,951 --> 00:03:05,919 WELCOME, WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO THE LATE SHOW. 41 00:03:05,985 --> 00:03:09,255 I'M YOUR HOST STEPHEN COLBERT. 42 00:03:09,322 --> 00:03:10,924 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE). 43 00:03:10,990 --> 00:03:14,561 >> Stephen: FOLKS, I WAS WATCHING, WE HAD EVERY PLAN IN 44 00:03:14,627 --> 00:03:17,497 THE WORLD TO START TONIGHT'S MONOLOGUE BY TALKING ABOUT WHAT 45 00:03:17,564 --> 00:03:20,533 I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN TOMORROW'S MONOLOGUE, THE LATEST 46 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,670 JANUARY 6th HEARING BUT WE JUST LEARNED THIS AFTERNOON THAT 47 00:03:23,736 --> 00:03:27,473 THE COMMITTEE HAS POSTPONED TOMORROW'S HEARING SAYING QUOTE, 48 00:03:27,540 --> 00:03:31,277 NO T IS FOR A GOOD REASON N LIGHT OF HURRICANE IAN BEARING 49 00:03:31,344 --> 00:03:34,581 DOWN ON PARTS OF FLORIDA WE HAVE DECIDED TO POSTPONE TOMORROW'S 50 00:03:34,647 --> 00:03:35,448 PROCEEDINGS. 51 00:03:35,515 --> 00:03:36,316 THAT SUNDAY STANDABLE. 52 00:03:36,382 --> 00:03:38,518 WE HOPE EVERYBODY IN FLORIDA STAYS SAFE. 53 00:03:38,585 --> 00:03:43,823 PLEASE, IF YOU CAN, GET OUT OF THE STORM'S PATH. 54 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:47,594 WORST-CASE SCENARIO-- (APPLAUSE) 55 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:51,230 WORST CASE SCEN AR YORKS TELL RON DESANTIS YOU ARE VENEZUELAN 56 00:03:51,297 --> 00:03:56,369 MAYBE HE GIVES YOU A FREE PLANE RIDE TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 57 00:03:56,436 --> 00:04:02,709 (APPLAUSE) ONE EVENT THAT WILL NOT BE 58 00:04:02,775 --> 00:04:04,310 DELAYED IS THE MID TERM ELECTIONS. 59 00:04:04,377 --> 00:04:07,547 AND THINGS AREN'T LOOKING GREAT FOR REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE 60 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:15,555 AND VAMPIRE DISTRACTED, OKAY, BUT HOW DO YOU REALLY FEEL. 61 00:04:15,622 --> 00:04:20,259 AND VAMPIRE DISTRACTED BY YOUR THROBBING JUGULAR, DR. MEHMET 62 00:04:20,326 --> 00:04:21,527 OZ. 63 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:25,031 DR. OZ HAS BEEN TRAILING IN THE POLLS FOR THE WHOLE RACE BEHIND 64 00:04:25,098 --> 00:04:31,971 PENNSYLVANIA LT. GOVERNOR AND HALF FINISHED WOOLLY WILLY JOHN 65 00:04:32,038 --> 00:04:33,172 FETTERMAN. 66 00:04:33,239 --> 00:04:34,941 RECENTLY OZ WENT ON A RIGHT WING PODCAST AND POINTED OUT THAT 67 00:04:35,008 --> 00:04:37,944 FETTERMAN OFTEN WEARS HOODIES AND CARINGOR ON THE CAMPAIGN 68 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:41,981 TRAIL AND TRIED TO USE THAT TO SHOW ATTACK HIM BUT THE INSULT 69 00:04:42,048 --> 00:04:43,316 DIDN'T COME ACROSS AS INSULTING. 70 00:04:43,383 --> 00:04:46,552 >> WHEN HE DRESSES LIKE THAT, HE IS KICKING AUTHORITIES IN THE 71 00:04:46,619 --> 00:04:51,324 BALANCES, SAYING I'M THE MAN, I WILL SHOW THOSE GUYS WHO IS 72 00:04:51,391 --> 00:04:52,525 BOSS. 73 00:04:52,592 --> 00:04:58,164 >> Stephen: YEAH, WAY TO STICK IT TO FETTERMAN BY MAKING HIM 74 00:04:58,231 --> 00:05:01,901 SEEM-- COOL? 75 00:05:01,968 --> 00:05:04,437 I TELL YOU, I TELL YOU, WHEN FETTERMAN DRESSES LIKE THAT HE 76 00:05:04,504 --> 00:05:07,440 LOOKS LIKE A MAN YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS W I MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT 77 00:05:07,507 --> 00:05:08,207 HE WANTS. 78 00:05:08,274 --> 00:05:10,243 ALSO YOU HAVE SEEN HOW HUGE HE IS. 79 00:05:10,309 --> 00:05:15,081 I JUST-- JUST THINK I WOULD FEEL SAFE CRADLED IN THOSE BURLY 80 00:05:15,148 --> 00:05:16,282 TATTOOED ARMS. 81 00:05:16,349 --> 00:05:18,451 NOT LONG AFTER THAT INTERVIEW FETTERMAN RESPONDED WITH THIS 82 00:05:18,518 --> 00:05:21,921 ACTUAL TWEET SHOWING HIS NEW LOGO, FETTERMAN KICKING 83 00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:25,792 AUTHORITY IN THE BALLS. 84 00:05:25,858 --> 00:05:30,463 THAT'S HOW DO YOU IT GOT TO LOVE IT, THAT IS HOW YOU RUN FOR 85 00:05:30,530 --> 00:05:32,031 SENATE. 86 00:05:32,098 --> 00:05:33,199 FANTASTIC. 87 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:35,868 THAT IS FANTASTICMENT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT AUTHORITY BUT HE 88 00:05:35,935 --> 00:05:39,672 DEFINITELY JUST RACKED DR. OZ IN THE NUTS. 89 00:05:39,739 --> 00:05:43,976 SPEAKING OF PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE KICKED IN THE BALLS, VLADIMIR 90 00:05:44,043 --> 00:05:48,081 PUTIN, HIS WAR AGAINST UKRAINE HAS BEEN GOING SO BADLY THE LAST 91 00:05:48,147 --> 00:05:50,383 WEEK, HE ORDERED A DRAFT. 92 00:05:50,450 --> 00:05:53,386 THIS HAS BEEN SUPERUNPOPULAR AND TO AVOID IT A LOT OF RUSSIANS 93 00:05:53,453 --> 00:05:56,889 ARE GETTING THE HELL OUT OF DODGESKY ESPECIALLY TO 94 00:05:56,956 --> 00:06:02,695 NEIGHBORING GEORGIA RESULTING IN A LINE OF OVER 5,000 CARS, THAT 95 00:06:02,762 --> 00:06:04,897 IS AT LEAST TEN MILES LONG. 96 00:06:04,964 --> 00:06:08,801 AND I'M TOLD WE HAVE FOOTAGE FROM A HELICOPTER. 97 00:06:08,868 --> 00:06:11,237 >> TRAFFIC IS PRETTY BACKED UP ALONG THE GEORGIA BORDER SO IF 98 00:06:11,304 --> 00:06:17,110 YOU ARE THINKING OF FLEEING FOR CONSCRIPTION HEAD OUT EARLY AND 99 00:06:17,176 --> 00:06:18,678 PACK SOME SNACKS. 100 00:06:18,745 --> 00:06:21,748 >> I HAVE A HELICOPTER, I'M OUT OF HERE, SEE YOU SUCKERS. 101 00:06:21,814 --> 00:06:28,921 >> Stephen: THOSE WHO HAVEN'T MANAGED TO FLEE-- IVAN IN THE 102 00:06:28,988 --> 00:06:32,091 SKY -- THOSE WHO HAVEN'T MANAGED TO FLEE ARE FINDING OTHER WAYS 103 00:06:32,158 --> 00:06:35,194 OUT OF SERVICE BECAUSE MOBILIZED RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN CALLING A 104 00:06:35,261 --> 00:06:38,231 HOTLINE TO ASK HOW TO SURRENDER. 105 00:06:38,297 --> 00:06:41,067 WE ACTUALLY CALLED THAT HOTLINE THIS AFTERNOON AND WE HAVE THIS 106 00:06:41,134 --> 00:06:41,868 RECORDING. 107 00:06:41,934 --> 00:06:44,771 >> WELCOME TO THE SURRENDER HOTLINE. 108 00:06:44,837 --> 00:06:47,240 FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO SU RENDSER PRESS ONE. 109 00:06:47,306 --> 00:06:56,182 FOR SHOW TIMES FOR MINIONS, THE RISE OF GROOT, PRESS 2-RBGS 110 00:06:56,249 --> 00:07:04,423 FOR-- AND ESPANOL NUMBERO THREEA. 111 00:07:04,490 --> 00:07:07,260 >> AND I GET WHY THEY WANT TO PREEMPTIVELY SURRENDER. 112 00:07:07,326 --> 00:07:10,963 CHECK OUT THIS LEAKED VIDEO OF A GROUP OF SOLDIERS REPORTEDLY 113 00:07:11,030 --> 00:07:13,933 BEING TOLD WHAT TO PACK FOR THE FRONT LINES. 114 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,671 >> GET YOUR IL GIRLFRIENDS AND WIFE TOES GET SANITARY PAD, THE 115 00:07:18,738 --> 00:07:22,375 CHEAPEST PADS PLUS THE CHEAPEST TAMPONS, YOU KNOW WHAT THE 116 00:07:22,441 --> 00:07:23,509 TAMPONS ARE FOR? 117 00:07:23,576 --> 00:07:27,947 YOU SHOVE IT RIGHT INTO THE BULLET WOUND AND THE TAMPON 118 00:07:28,014 --> 00:07:30,983 EXPANDS AND APPLIES PRESSURE TO THE WOUND. 119 00:07:31,050 --> 00:07:34,587 >> Stephen: TAMPONS TO PLUG GUNSHOT WOUNDS, THAT SAWFUL. 120 00:07:34,654 --> 00:07:37,690 PLUS SO AWKWARD TO ASK FOR. 121 00:07:37,757 --> 00:07:39,325 I'VE BEEN SHOT. 122 00:07:39,392 --> 00:07:50,303 I'VE BEEN SHOT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A-- TAMPON. 123 00:07:50,369 --> 00:07:53,139 (APPLAUSE) GO TO THE BATHS ROOM TOGETHER. 124 00:07:53,206 --> 00:07:57,777 NOT EVERYONE IS FLEEING RUSSIAN A SOME FOLKS ARE PUTTING DOWN 125 00:07:57,844 --> 00:08:03,082 ROOTS LIKE NSA WRESTLE BLOWER AND SHOWED UP AT THE FUNERAL 126 00:08:03,149 --> 00:08:05,451 DRESSED LIKE, THAT EDWARD SNOWDEN, EVER SINCE LEAKING 127 00:08:05,518 --> 00:08:09,088 DETAILS TO THE NSA SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM SNOWDEN HAS BEEN LIVING 128 00:08:09,155 --> 00:08:10,756 IN EXILE IN RUSSIA. 129 00:08:10,823 --> 00:08:14,527 YESTERDAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED HE WAS GRANTED RUSSIAN CITIZENSHIP. 130 00:08:14,594 --> 00:08:20,099 THAT SAY ROUGH BIT OF TIMING, BUD. 131 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:22,201 CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE CITIZEN, PUT RIGHT HAND ON 132 00:08:22,268 --> 00:08:25,438 POTATOE AND REPEAT AFTER ME. 133 00:08:25,504 --> 00:08:32,144 I, STATE YOUR NAME, I, STATE YOUR NAME SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO 134 00:08:32,211 --> 00:08:35,014 IMMEDIATELY GO TO BE EXPLODED IN UKRAINE. 135 00:08:35,081 --> 00:08:41,520 HERE IS PASSPORT AND WEAPON, SHARP AND TAMPON. 136 00:08:41,587 --> 00:08:54,600 OTHER PEOPLE-- (APPLAUSE) 137 00:08:54,667 --> 00:08:59,005 OTHER PEOPLE ARE FLEEING RUSSIAN CITIZENSHIP BY FORCE BECAUSE 138 00:08:59,071 --> 00:09:02,775 PUTIN HAS MADE OCCUPIED PARTS OF UKRAINE VOTE ON JOINING RUSSIA 139 00:09:02,842 --> 00:09:05,144 IN SHAM REFERENDUMS. 140 00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:07,546 AND I'M BEING TOLD WE HAVE A COPY OF THAT BALLOT. 141 00:09:07,613 --> 00:09:09,715 SHOULD UKRAINE JOIN RUSSIA. 142 00:09:09,782 --> 00:09:11,050 DA, SUPER DA. 143 00:09:11,117 --> 00:09:15,855 OR DAHHH, I'M FALLING OUT A WINDOW. 144 00:09:15,922 --> 00:09:16,756 VERY SLIPPERY FLOORS. 145 00:09:16,822 --> 00:09:18,057 VERY SLIPPERY FLOORS. 146 00:09:18,124 --> 00:09:20,726 A LOT OF BANANAS. 147 00:09:20,793 --> 00:09:24,030 A LOT OF BANANAS IN THE PENTHOUSE. 148 00:09:24,096 --> 00:09:26,699 ACCORDING TO ONE UKRAINIAN MAYOR THE GET OUT OF THE VOTE EFFORT 149 00:09:26,766 --> 00:09:28,034 HAS BEEN EXACTLY WHAT YOU THINK. 150 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:30,703 THEY BANG LOUDLY, THEY RING THE DOOR BELL, THEY GIVE PEOPLE A 151 00:09:30,770 --> 00:09:34,307 BALLOT AND POINT WITH THEIR RIFLES WHERE TO PUT THE MARK. 152 00:09:34,373 --> 00:09:38,878 AND OF COURSE LIKE ALL ELECTIONS IT IS BEING RUN BY ELDERLY 153 00:09:38,945 --> 00:09:39,745 VOLUNTEERS. 154 00:09:39,812 --> 00:09:40,947 DING DONG. 155 00:09:41,013 --> 00:09:44,917 HELLO TAFARECH, HERE IS YOUR BALLOT, VOTE IN THE RIGHT WAY OR 156 00:09:44,984 --> 00:09:49,388 I WILL POP A CAP IN YOUR ASS, OKAY? 157 00:09:49,455 --> 00:09:53,693 ALL RIGHT, THERE SAY BAKE SALE DOWN THERE. 158 00:09:53,759 --> 00:09:56,462 STAYING OVERSEAS IN THE U.K. 159 00:09:56,529 --> 00:09:59,131 BUCKINGHAM PALACE RELEASED KING CHARLES 3rd OFFICIAL MONDAY 160 00:09:59,198 --> 00:10:00,499 GRAM DESIGN. 161 00:10:00,566 --> 00:10:04,136 TAKE THAT PEOPLE WHO SAY ITS MONARCHY IS AN OUTDATED 162 00:10:04,203 --> 00:10:05,471 INSTITUTION THAT DOES NOTHING. 163 00:10:05,538 --> 00:10:09,508 THEY RELEASE MONOGRAMS. 164 00:10:09,575 --> 00:10:16,615 JUST IN CASE-- (APPLAUSE) 165 00:10:16,682 --> 00:10:17,850 VERY IMPORTANT. 166 00:10:17,917 --> 00:10:21,053 JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO BUY THE KING OF ENGLAND A BATH TOWEL. 167 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:21,754 WE HAVE IT? 168 00:10:21,821 --> 00:10:22,655 TAKE A LOOK. 169 00:10:22,722 --> 00:10:24,290 OKAY, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. 170 00:10:24,357 --> 00:10:25,491 CLASSY. 171 00:10:25,558 --> 00:10:29,662 FEATURES THE KING'S INITIAL INTERTWINED WITH THE LETTER R, R 172 00:10:29,729 --> 00:10:36,235 FOR REX, LATIN FOR KING, AND INTERTWINED FOR YEARS OF 173 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:37,236 INBREEDING. 174 00:10:37,303 --> 00:10:41,440 WE'VE GOT AN UPDATE-- SEE, HE WOULDN'T LIKE IT. 175 00:10:41,507 --> 00:10:47,079 HE WOULDN'T. 176 00:10:47,146 --> 00:10:50,216 IT IS A LONG STORY. 177 00:10:50,282 --> 00:10:53,352 WE'VE GOT AN UPDATE FROM OUTER SPACE, LAST NIGHT I TOLD YOU 178 00:10:53,419 --> 00:10:56,355 ABOUT NASA'S DART MISSION, WHICH SAY TEST TO SEE IF THEY COULD 179 00:10:56,422 --> 00:11:00,159 KNOCK A PLANET KILL ERAS TROID OFF COURSE AND SAVE THE EARTH. 180 00:11:00,226 --> 00:11:04,663 THEY TRIED A MINI VERSION OF THAT ON A SPACE ROCK THAT WASN'T 181 00:11:04,730 --> 00:11:07,166 PRESENTLY THREATENING US AND GUESS WHAT THE DART MISSION 182 00:11:07,233 --> 00:11:10,136 SUCCESSFULLY SLAMMED INTO THE ASTEROID, THERE IS THE SLAM 183 00:11:10,202 --> 00:11:11,704 RIGHT THERE. 184 00:11:11,771 --> 00:11:20,079 IN YOUR FACE, IN YOUR FACE, ASTEROID, PLANET SAVED. 185 00:11:20,146 --> 00:11:22,515 WE, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A DIRECT HIT IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 186 00:11:22,581 --> 00:11:26,285 TWO MONTHS FOR SCIENTISTS TO DETERMINE IF THE ASTEROID'S 187 00:11:26,352 --> 00:11:27,353 ORBIT HAS CHANGED. 188 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:29,588 SO IF THIS WERE A REAL EMERGENCY, I WOULD BE TELLING 189 00:11:29,655 --> 00:11:34,693 YOU FOLKS, WE MAY HAVE SAVED THE PLANET, WE'LL FIND OUT IN TWO 190 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:35,895 MONTHS. 191 00:11:35,961 --> 00:11:38,397 >> UNTIL THEN THERE IS ONLY ONE THING TO DO, SPEND TIME WITH 192 00:11:38,464 --> 00:11:43,903 THOSE YOU LOVE AND TOGETHER SIGN UP FOR A FREE TWO MONTH TRIAL OF 193 00:11:43,969 --> 00:11:45,604 PARAMOUNT PLUS. 194 00:11:45,671 --> 00:11:48,641 PARAMOUNT PLUS, WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE. 195 00:11:48,707 --> 00:11:54,680 WHY NOT. 196 00:11:54,747 --> 00:11:59,118 WATCH THAT YELLOWSTONE, THAT'S PRETTY FUN. 197 00:11:59,185 --> 00:12:00,886 THE MISSION WAS TRICKY, ESSENTIALLY THEY HIT A BULL WET 198 00:12:00,953 --> 00:12:04,690 A SMALLER BULLET THAT THEY SHOT TEN MONTHS AGO BUT THEY NAILED 199 00:12:04,757 --> 00:12:08,394 IT, EARNING THIS JOYFUL CELEBRATION OF THE MOMENT OF 200 00:12:08,461 --> 00:12:09,295 IMPACT. 201 00:12:09,361 --> 00:12:15,601 >> THREE, TWO, ONE. 202 00:12:15,668 --> 00:12:17,536 OH MY GOSH. 203 00:12:17,603 --> 00:12:18,237 >> OH WOW. 204 00:12:18,304 --> 00:12:22,808 >> AWAITING VISUAL CONFIRMATION. 205 00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:24,977 ALL RIGHT. 206 00:12:25,044 --> 00:12:26,545 WE LOST SIGNAL. 207 00:12:26,612 --> 00:12:31,317 >> WE GOT IT? 208 00:12:31,383 --> 00:12:35,087 WE HAVE IMPACT. 209 00:12:35,154 --> 00:12:39,191 IN THE NAME OF PLANETARY DEFENSE. 210 00:12:39,258 --> 00:12:40,526 >> FANTASTIC. 211 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:47,032 OH, FANTASTIC. 212 00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:47,867 OH. 213 00:12:47,933 --> 00:12:49,168 >> Stephen: LOOK AT THOSE HAPPY NERDS. 214 00:12:49,235 --> 00:12:52,738 I'M SO HAPPY FOR THEM THAT IS LOVELY. 215 00:12:52,805 --> 00:12:54,907 QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT. 216 00:12:54,974 --> 00:12:56,008 >> VERY NICE. 217 00:12:56,075 --> 00:12:58,911 >> Stephen: WHEN THEY HIT THEIR TARGET TWICE WHEN THEY 218 00:12:58,978 --> 00:13:02,181 LANDED THAT DOUBLE HIGH FIVE. 219 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:04,583 THIS IS A LOT LIKE WHAT HAPPENS EVERY NIGHT WITH THE WRITERS WHO 220 00:13:04,650 --> 00:13:07,520 WORK HERE AT THE LATE SHOW MISSION CONTROL. 221 00:13:07,586 --> 00:13:10,556 HERE THEY ARE WATCHING A LIVE FEED OF LAST NIGHT'S OPENING 222 00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:12,224 MONOLOGUE. 223 00:13:12,291 --> 00:13:18,898 >> SETTING UP THE JOKE, TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN SECONDS TO 224 00:13:18,964 --> 00:13:24,470 PUNCH LINE, FIVE, FOUR, THREE TWO COMEDY. 225 00:13:24,537 --> 00:13:28,707 >> THE QUESTION ASK O DO YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT, WE HAVE 226 00:13:28,774 --> 00:13:35,881 LAUGHTER, THE ANSWER IS YES. 227 00:13:35,948 --> 00:13:41,120 AND THE JOKE LANDED AND IN TWO MONTHS WE'LL FIND OUT IF IT WAS 228 00:13:41,187 --> 00:13:42,054 PUNY, FUNNY. 229 00:13:42,121 --> 00:13:44,223 WE HAVE A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 230 00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:46,692 MY GUEST IS SAMUEL L. JACKSON AND CNN'S CLARISSA WARD. 231 00:13:46,759 --> 00:13:48,761 BUT WHEN WE RETURN, THE HOTTEST NEW RIDESHARING APPS. 232 00:14:26,999 --> 00:14:28,400 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK. 233 00:14:28,467 --> 00:14:39,945 HEY HELLO TO LOUIS AND THE LATE SHOW BAND, EVERYBODY. 234 00:14:40,012 --> 00:14:40,512 I LOVE THAT VERSION. 235 00:14:40,579 --> 00:14:41,547 >> THANKS, MAN, THANKS,. 236 00:14:41,614 --> 00:14:48,020 >> Stephen: THAT IS BEAUTIFUL, SOUNDS FANTASTIC. 237 00:14:48,087 --> 00:14:49,255 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE). 238 00:14:49,321 --> 00:14:51,423 >> Stephen: OH MY GOODNESS. 239 00:14:51,490 --> 00:14:52,157 WHAT'S GOING ON. 240 00:14:52,224 --> 00:14:53,158 ANYTHING TO SAY? 241 00:14:53,225 --> 00:14:55,261 PLEASE V A SEAT, EVERYBODY. 242 00:14:55,327 --> 00:14:58,230 OH LOUIS, OH MY FRIEND. 243 00:14:58,297 --> 00:14:59,398 >> OH STEPHEN. 244 00:14:59,465 --> 00:15:01,667 >> Stephen: OH MY FRIEND, WE HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL 245 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:05,204 GERSES TONIGHT, WE ALWAYS DO, OBVIOUSLY, I'M GRATEFUL FOR 246 00:15:05,271 --> 00:15:06,739 EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME TALK TO THIS CLOWN. 247 00:15:06,805 --> 00:15:12,344 BUT TONIGHT WE HAVE FROM THE CNN, SENIOR INTERNATIONAL 248 00:15:12,411 --> 00:15:15,214 CORRESPONDENT CLARISSA WARD IS HERE TONIGHT, AMAZING. 249 00:15:15,281 --> 00:15:19,485 SHE DOES EVERYTHING. 250 00:15:19,551 --> 00:15:23,289 AND ALSO THE LEGENDARY SAMUEL L. 251 00:15:23,355 --> 00:15:26,592 JACKSON IS HERE TONIGHT. 252 00:15:26,659 --> 00:15:29,061 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE). 253 00:15:29,128 --> 00:15:31,864 >> Stephen: WHOOO. 254 00:15:31,930 --> 00:15:36,635 FUN FACT, THE L STANDS FOR LEGENDARY. 255 00:15:36,702 --> 00:15:37,569 >> DID NOT KNOW THAT. 256 00:15:37,636 --> 00:15:41,106 >> Stephen: FOLKS, I'M A BIT OF A TECH HEAD. 257 00:15:41,173 --> 00:15:44,109 DON'T BELIEVE ME? 258 00:15:44,176 --> 00:15:47,379 ASK JEEFS. 259 00:15:47,446 --> 00:15:51,984 AND-- (APPLAUSE). 260 00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:54,987 >> Stephen: ONE TECHNOLOGY THAT I PARTICULARLY LOVE IS RIDE 261 00:15:55,054 --> 00:15:56,221 SHARE APPS. 262 00:15:56,288 --> 00:15:58,924 THEY ARE PERFECT FOR WHEN YOU WANT TO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION 263 00:15:58,991 --> 00:16:02,828 BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO PUT YOUR LIFE IN THE HANDS OF A SLEEP 264 00:16:02,895 --> 00:16:04,496 DEPRIVED STRANGER. 265 00:16:04,563 --> 00:16:07,032 IT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT FEW YEAR FORCE INDUSTRY LEADERS UBER AND 266 00:16:07,099 --> 00:16:10,336 LYFT, THEY'VE LOST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND MANY DRIVERS HAVE 267 00:16:10,402 --> 00:16:15,040 QUIT BUT NOW NEW STARTUPS ARE EMERGING TO TREAT THE DRIVERS 268 00:16:15,107 --> 00:16:18,811 BETTER SUMP IS ALTO WHICH GIVES ANNUAL COMPENSATION, THE 269 00:16:18,877 --> 00:16:23,115 DRIVER'S COOPERATIVE WHICH PROMISES A SHARE OF THE PROFITS 270 00:16:23,182 --> 00:16:27,219 AND WRIDZ WHICH GIVES 100 PERCENT OF THE CAB FARES TO THE 271 00:16:27,286 --> 00:16:28,787 DRIVER. 272 00:16:28,854 --> 00:16:31,757 HEY, WRIDZ, THAT IS GREAT BUT MAYBE SAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF 273 00:16:31,824 --> 00:16:34,893 THAT MONEY FOR SPELL CHECK. 274 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,030 THERE IS ONE NEW RIDE SHARE STARTUP THAT HAS FOUND A 275 00:16:38,097 --> 00:16:41,700 BUSINESS MODEL THAT ENSURES IT WILL KEEP ALL OF ITS DRIVERS 276 00:16:41,767 --> 00:16:42,201 HAPPY. 277 00:16:42,267 --> 00:16:43,001 TAKE A LOOK. 278 00:16:43,068 --> 00:16:45,437 >> LOOKING FOR A NEW RIDE SHARE APP? 279 00:16:45,504 --> 00:16:47,005 >> CAR IS ALMOST HERE. 280 00:16:47,072 --> 00:16:47,973 >> UBER? 281 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:48,774 >> NO. 282 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:49,074 >> LYFT. 283 00:16:49,141 --> 00:16:49,641 >> NOPE. 284 00:16:49,708 --> 00:16:53,245 >> TRYING SOMETHING NEW. 285 00:16:53,312 --> 00:16:55,647 MID WESTERN DAD FOR MARK? 286 00:16:55,714 --> 00:16:58,784 >> INTRODUCING MID WESTERN DAD, THE ONLY RIDE SHARE APP THAT 287 00:16:58,851 --> 00:17:02,388 GUARANTEES TO HAVE NO PROBLEM KEEPING OUR DRIVERS HAPPY. 288 00:17:02,454 --> 00:17:05,524 >> LOOKS LIKE WE GET TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME TOGETHER. 289 00:17:05,591 --> 00:17:07,960 >> BECAUSE LET'S FACE T DADS JUST LOVE DRIVING YOU AROUND. 290 00:17:08,026 --> 00:17:13,866 MID WESTERN DAD IS THE ONLY CAR SERVICE THAT COMES EXCLUSIVELY 291 00:17:13,932 --> 00:17:16,402 TO AND FROM AIRPORTS WITH THE OCCASIONAL STOP AT THE HARDWARE 292 00:17:16,468 --> 00:17:17,803 STORE. 293 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:20,072 >> JUST GOT TO GRAB SOMETHING REAL QUICK. 294 00:17:20,139 --> 00:17:26,078 JUST NEEDED SOME SCREWS BUT THESE BABIES WERE ON SALE. 295 00:17:26,145 --> 00:17:28,580 >> OKAY. 296 00:17:28,647 --> 00:17:30,549 >> THAT IS APPROACHING BUT SAID THAT FOR TEN MINUTES. 297 00:17:30,616 --> 00:17:32,518 >> CAN I HOLD YOURS. 298 00:17:32,584 --> 00:17:36,822 >> WITH MID WESTERN DAD YOU PAY BY PUTTING UP WITH FIGHTS WITH 299 00:17:36,889 --> 00:17:37,589 THE GPS. 300 00:17:37,656 --> 00:17:39,191 >> WHAT IS WITH THESE GOOGLE MAPS. 301 00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:41,693 >> I THINK THAT IS YOUR GMAIL APP. 302 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:45,230 >> OH, WOW, SINGLES IN MY AREA. 303 00:17:45,297 --> 00:17:47,099 >> RAMBLING STORIES. 304 00:17:47,166 --> 00:17:49,802 >> MY BUDDY DENNIS USED TO LIVE AROUND HERE. 305 00:17:49,868 --> 00:17:50,469 >> WHO? 306 00:17:50,536 --> 00:17:58,377 >> AND OF COURSE, STEELY DAN. 307 00:17:58,444 --> 00:18:01,447 ♪. 308 00:18:01,513 --> 00:18:05,384 >> I THINK IT IS THIRD. 309 00:18:05,451 --> 00:18:06,952 >>. 310 00:18:07,019 --> 00:18:10,556 >> MID WESTERN DAD, THE ONLY RIDE SHARE THAT TIPS YOU. 311 00:18:10,622 --> 00:18:11,156 >> HERE'S 20 BUCKS. 312 00:18:11,223 --> 00:18:12,257 >> I CAN'T TAKE THIS. 313 00:18:12,324 --> 00:18:15,527 >> TAKE T WILL YOU NEED IT IN THE CITY. 314 00:18:15,594 --> 00:18:18,230 COME HERE, YOU. 315 00:18:18,297 --> 00:18:19,164 >> LOVE YOU. 316 00:18:19,231 --> 00:18:23,101 >> AND COMING SOON, MID WESTERN MOM. 317 00:18:23,168 --> 00:18:26,038 >> YOU WANT TO GET SOME FOOD IN THE TERMINAL. 318 00:18:26,104 --> 00:18:29,208 >> STORAGES I PACKED YOU SANDWICHES. 319 00:18:29,274 --> 00:18:29,608 >> THANK YOU. 320 00:18:29,675 --> 00:18:35,047 >> ALL RIGHT. 321 00:18:35,113 --> 00:18:36,114 ALL RIGHT. 322 00:18:36,181 --> 00:18:38,917 TRAVEL SAFELY. 323 00:18:38,984 --> 00:18:39,952 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 324 00:18:40,018 --> 00:18:40,352 >> TAKE PICTURES. 325 00:18:40,419 --> 00:18:41,887 >> I WILL. 326 00:18:41,954 --> 00:18:43,956 >> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SAMUEL L. JACKSON. 327 00:19:06,945 --> 00:19:09,882 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, THANK YOU LOUIS. 328 00:19:09,948 --> 00:19:12,851 THANK YOU. 329 00:19:12,918 --> 00:19:15,320 WELCOME BACK, FOLKS. 330 00:19:15,387 --> 00:19:22,060 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ACTOR AND 331 00:19:22,127 --> 00:19:24,496 ONE BAD MONDAY TO FRIDAY. 332 00:19:24,563 --> 00:19:30,202 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW SAMUEL L. JACKSON. 333 00:19:30,269 --> 00:19:31,570 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE). 334 00:19:31,637 --> 00:19:34,540 ♪ DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE. 335 00:19:34,606 --> 00:19:39,177 ♪ DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE. 336 00:19:39,244 --> 00:19:46,118 ♪ GOING TO LAY DOWN MY BURDENS DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE. 337 00:19:46,184 --> 00:20:01,066 ♪ (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 338 00:20:01,133 --> 00:20:06,772 ♪ (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 339 00:20:06,838 --> 00:20:07,372 >> ALL RIGHT! 340 00:20:07,439 --> 00:20:09,775 >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. 341 00:20:09,841 --> 00:20:13,111 >> OH, PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAND. 342 00:20:13,178 --> 00:20:13,712 I LIKE IT. 343 00:20:13,779 --> 00:20:15,681 >> Stephen: MR. SAMUEL L. 344 00:20:15,747 --> 00:20:17,249 JACKSON, IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 345 00:20:17,316 --> 00:20:20,752 >> THANK YOU, SO LOVELY TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND DO THIS 346 00:20:20,819 --> 00:20:21,887 AGAIN. 347 00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:24,790 >> Stephen: IN PERSON, WE SAW YOU ZOOM OVER A YEAR AGO. 348 00:20:24,856 --> 00:20:25,557 >> EXACTLY. 349 00:20:25,624 --> 00:20:26,491 >> Stephen: THIS IS SO MUCH NICER. 350 00:20:26,558 --> 00:20:29,561 THERE IS SOMETHING INEFFABLE. 351 00:20:29,628 --> 00:20:32,164 MICRONUTRIENTS THAT GET PASSED BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE WHEN ARE YOU 352 00:20:32,230 --> 00:20:33,332 TOGETHER. 353 00:20:33,398 --> 00:20:34,933 >> IT IS THE WHOLE KIND OF REASON I'M HERE IN NEW YORK AND 354 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,803 THEN BACK IN FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE AND HAVING THE WHOM 355 00:20:37,869 --> 00:20:45,077 LIVE THING HAPPENING.p>> StepheT THERE THAT DON'T KNOW YET, THOSE 356 00:20:45,143 --> 00:20:49,581 DON'T KNOW YOU ARE STARRING IN THE PIANO LESSON WRITTEN BY THE 357 00:20:49,648 --> 00:20:53,352 GREAT AUGUST WILSON. 358 00:20:53,418 --> 00:20:54,853 PREVIEWS STARTED LAST WEEK. 359 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,724 HOW ARE YOU FEELS ABOUT BEING BACK ON BROADWAY? 360 00:20:58,790 --> 00:21:01,026 >> IT'S AMAZINGLY ENERGIZING. 361 00:21:01,093 --> 00:21:02,861 I HAD FORGOTTEN. 362 00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:05,731 >> Stephen: HOW LONG HAD IT BEEN? 363 00:21:05,797 --> 00:21:09,601 >> I THINK MAYBE SEVEN YEARS OR SO LAST TIME I WAS ON BROADWAY. 364 00:21:09,668 --> 00:21:16,508 DOING A PLANE CALLED THE MOUNTAIN TOP RIGHT BEFORE I DID 365 00:21:16,575 --> 00:21:17,743 DJANGO. 366 00:21:17,809 --> 00:21:21,913 I WENT FROM BEING MARTIN LUTHER KING TO BEING STEVEN, THE MOST 367 00:21:21,980 --> 00:21:28,687 HATED NEGRO IN CINEMATIC HISTORY AFTER PLAYING MARTIN LUTHER 368 00:21:28,754 --> 00:21:29,855 KING. 369 00:21:29,921 --> 00:21:31,923 BEING BACK ON BROADWAY YOU FORGET, I STARTED HERE, I 370 00:21:31,990 --> 00:21:35,594 POINTEDDED THE PAVEMENT AND DID PLAYS ALL THE TIME, YOU FORGOT 371 00:21:35,661 --> 00:21:37,996 HOW ENERGY IDENTIFIES YOU LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING PEOPLE EVERY 372 00:21:38,063 --> 00:21:40,365 NIGHT AND MEETING THAT ENERGY AND WHAT THAT DOES TO YOU. 373 00:21:40,432 --> 00:21:42,467 >> Stephen: YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT 374 00:21:42,534 --> 00:21:44,202 CONNECTION IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND EXPRESS THE CHARACTER IN A 375 00:21:44,269 --> 00:21:45,237 DIFFERENT WAY? 376 00:21:45,303 --> 00:21:47,005 >> I'M PLAYING A DIFFERENT CHARACTER IN THIS PLAY. 377 00:21:47,072 --> 00:21:51,677 I ORIGINATED THIS CHARACTER 30 SOME YEARS AGO, AT YALE. 378 00:21:51,743 --> 00:21:53,378 >> Stephen: HERE WE GO. 379 00:21:53,445 --> 00:21:55,447 YOU WERE IN THIS PLAY. 380 00:21:55,514 --> 00:21:56,715 YOU PLAYED. 381 00:21:56,782 --> 00:22:00,452 >> I PLAYED BOY WILLIE AND JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON IS PLAYING THAT 382 00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:00,952 CHARACTER NOW. 383 00:22:01,019 --> 00:22:02,054 >> Stephen: UH-HUH. 384 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:06,091 >> AND THE CHARACTER THAT I HAD AM PLAYING NOW IS THIS 385 00:22:06,158 --> 00:22:09,928 CHARACTER, WHO WAS PLAYED BY CARL WHO WAS A REALLY GOOD 386 00:22:09,995 --> 00:22:11,530 FRIEND OF MINE AT THE TIME. 387 00:22:11,596 --> 00:22:13,999 >> Stephen: THIS IS 1987. 388 00:22:14,066 --> 00:22:15,434 >> YEAH, LONG TIME AGO, LONG TIME AGO. 389 00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:17,969 >> Stephen: WAS THIS PLAY STILL IN DEVELOPMENT, WAS AUGUST 390 00:22:18,036 --> 00:22:21,506 WILSON THERE WORKING ON THE PLAY WITH Y'ALL? 391 00:22:21,573 --> 00:22:25,544 >> YES, WE STARTED PREVIEWS AT YALE, YES, WE COME IN WITH NEW 392 00:22:25,610 --> 00:22:29,147 PAGES DURING THE DAY AND WE WOULD REHEARSE THEM AND LEARN 393 00:22:29,214 --> 00:22:30,215 THEM AND DO THEM THAT NIGHT. 394 00:22:30,282 --> 00:22:33,218 WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW BUT WE ARE NOT 395 00:22:33,285 --> 00:22:36,788 LEARNING NEW THINGS BUT WE ARE STILL REHEARSING BECAUSE WE ARE 396 00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:40,125 IN PREVIEWS WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO GO TO REHEARSAL ALL DAY AND 397 00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:41,626 DO A SHOW AT NIGHT. 398 00:22:41,693 --> 00:22:46,932 SO WE ARE DOING TWICE AS MANY SHOWS AS WHEN THE SHOW ACTUALLY 399 00:22:46,998 --> 00:22:47,766 OPENS. 400 00:22:47,833 --> 00:22:49,000 >> Stephen: WHAT WAS HIS PROCESS LIKE? 401 00:22:49,067 --> 00:22:50,736 BECAUSE HE IS ONE OF THE GREATS OF AMERICAN THEATRE, OF WORLD 402 00:22:50,802 --> 00:22:51,603 THEATER. 403 00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:53,004 WHAT WAS THAT LIKE TO WORK WITH HIM? 404 00:22:53,071 --> 00:22:55,273 >> WELL, YOU TALK ABOUT THE CHARACTERS DURING THE DAY, AND 405 00:22:55,340 --> 00:23:00,746 LLOYD RICHARDS WAS DIRECTING IT, WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE DRAMA 406 00:23:00,812 --> 00:23:04,516 DEPARTMENT AT YALE WHEN WE WERE DOING IT. 407 00:23:04,583 --> 00:23:06,017 WE DEVELOPED THE CHARACTERS, TALKED ABOUT THEM. 408 00:23:06,084 --> 00:23:08,320 WE TALKED ABOUT THE THINGS THEY WANTED. 409 00:23:08,386 --> 00:23:12,924 WHAT BOY WILLIE Y GOALS WERE, MY CHARACTER AND WHAT WAS GOING 410 00:23:12,991 --> 00:23:14,192 ON IN THE PLAY. 411 00:23:14,259 --> 00:23:17,028 WHAT THE PIANO LESSON REALLY WAS, WHT IT MEANT. 412 00:23:17,095 --> 00:23:20,632 AND THAT WAS BEFORE WE KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT GENERATIONAL 413 00:23:20,699 --> 00:23:22,234 WEALTH OR STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT AS THAT. 414 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:26,571 AND WHAT THE PLAY ACTUALLY MEANS IN TERMS OF TAKING AN HEIRLOOM 415 00:23:26,638 --> 00:23:30,308 OR SOMETHING OF VALUE THAT BELONGS TO A FAMILY AND TURNING 416 00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:34,246 IT INTO SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HELP THE FAMILY DOWN THE 417 00:23:34,312 --> 00:23:35,480 LINE. 418 00:23:35,547 --> 00:23:38,316 AND IF ONE PERSON WANTS TO KEEP T ANOTHER PERSON WANTS TO SELL 419 00:23:38,383 --> 00:23:40,385 IT, TO DO THAT WHO IS RIGHT WHO IS WRONG. 420 00:23:40,452 --> 00:23:44,089 SO THAT IS THE CONUNDRUM OF THE PLAY. 421 00:23:44,156 --> 00:23:45,757 >> Stephen: AS YOU DO THIS PLAY DO YOU THINK BACK TO THAT 422 00:23:45,824 --> 00:23:48,627 YOUNG MAN WHO WAS DOING IT IN 1987. 423 00:23:48,693 --> 00:23:52,164 DO YOU APPROACH A ROLE DIFFERENTLY THAN HE DID? 424 00:23:52,230 --> 00:23:53,532 >> YEAH, I DO. 425 00:23:53,598 --> 00:23:57,102 DIFFERENT CHARACTER, DIFFERENT GOALS. 426 00:23:57,169 --> 00:23:59,604 DEFINITELY DIFFERENT DIRECTOR. 427 00:23:59,671 --> 00:24:00,806 WHO-- . 428 00:24:00,872 --> 00:24:03,341 >> Stephen: FOR PEOPLE THERE WHO DON'T KNOW YOUR DIRECTOR IS 429 00:24:03,408 --> 00:24:05,844 ACCLAIMED ACTOR, THE FIRST WOMAN TO DIRECT AN AUGUST WILSON PLAY 430 00:24:05,911 --> 00:24:11,216 ON BROADWAY JUST HAPPENS TO BE YOUR WIFE, LATONYA RICHARDSON 431 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:13,251 JACKSON. 432 00:24:13,318 --> 00:24:13,885 >> YEAH, EXACTLY. 433 00:24:13,952 --> 00:24:14,953 >> Stephen: WHAT IS IT LIKE? 434 00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:19,157 WHAT IS IT LIKE, IS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE BEEN 435 00:24:19,224 --> 00:24:20,959 DIRECTED BY YOUR WIFE OR HAS SHE DIRECTED YOU BEFORE? 436 00:24:21,026 --> 00:24:24,129 >> IN THE THEATER, YES. 437 00:24:24,196 --> 00:24:26,965 NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN DIRECTED BY HER BUT YEAH, ON 438 00:24:27,032 --> 00:24:28,633 STAGE, YEAH, FOR SURE. 439 00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:33,538 BUT SHE, SHE HAS A VISION THAT IS AMAZING FOR THIS PLAY. 440 00:24:33,605 --> 00:24:35,574 I HAVE SEEN THIS PLAY A LOT. 441 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,176 AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE THIS WAY. 442 00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:43,148 SHE'S THE FIRST PERSON TO APPROACH THE PLAY FROM THIS 443 00:24:43,215 --> 00:24:44,349 PLACE THAT SHE WANTS TO DO IT. 444 00:24:44,416 --> 00:24:48,587 AND IT IS ABOUT THE PIANO AND ABOUT THIS THING, ABOUT THESE 445 00:24:48,653 --> 00:24:55,627 PEOPLE BUT SHE'S ALWAYS INSISTED IT WAS A GHOST GOAT STORY AND 446 00:24:55,694 --> 00:24:56,995 SHE MADE IT ONE. 447 00:24:57,062 --> 00:25:02,100 SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE IT, PLEASE COME SEE IT. 448 00:25:02,167 --> 00:25:03,335 (APPLAUSE). 449 00:25:03,401 --> 00:25:05,036 >> Stephen: CAN YOU ALL LEAVE THAT, YOU CAN LEAVE THE WORK AT 450 00:25:05,103 --> 00:25:08,473 THE OFFICE OR DOES IT FOLLOW YAL HOME. 451 00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:10,342 >> RIGHT NOW IT IS FOLLOWING US HOME BECAUSE ST ALL DAY. 452 00:25:10,408 --> 00:25:13,378 SO WE TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT REHEARSAL OR SHE WILL TELL ME 453 00:25:13,445 --> 00:25:17,749 WHAT I NEED TO DO TO FA TILL-- THAT SILL TATE SOMEBODY 454 00:25:17,816 --> 00:25:20,318 DOING SOETHING ELSE OR TO STOP DOING THIS OTHER THING THAT SHE 455 00:25:20,385 --> 00:25:21,887 DOESN'T LIKE ME DOING. 456 00:25:21,953 --> 00:25:27,392 >> Stephen: HERE Y'ALL ARE TOGETHER, RIGHT THERE. 457 00:25:27,459 --> 00:25:28,293 HOW LONG HAVE Y'ALL BEEN MARRIED? 458 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:31,463 >> WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED, WHAT IS THIS, 22? 459 00:25:31,529 --> 00:25:33,565 42 YEARS. 460 00:25:33,632 --> 00:25:34,699 YEAH. 461 00:25:34,766 --> 00:25:36,334 >> Stephen: THAT'S NICE. 462 00:25:36,401 --> 00:25:39,371 >> BUT WE LIVED TOGETHER TEN YEARS BEFORE WE GOT MARRIED. 463 00:25:39,437 --> 00:25:42,440 >> Stephen: SO YOU HAVE BEEN TOGETHER 52 YEARS. 464 00:25:42,507 --> 00:25:44,309 >> YEAH. 465 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:45,076 >> Stephen: HERE SAY SHOT OF Y'ALL. 466 00:25:45,143 --> 00:25:45,844 >> OH YEAH. 467 00:25:45,911 --> 00:25:46,978 >> Stephen: THAT IS A GREAT SHOT. 468 00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:52,617 >> THAT IS THE BEGINNING, THAT IS BACK IN COLLEGE, YEAH. 469 00:25:52,684 --> 00:25:53,385 1972. 470 00:25:53,451 --> 00:25:57,555 >> Stephen: DID YOU MEET IN CLASS. 471 00:25:57,622 --> 00:26:01,326 >> WELL, THE FIRST TIME I SAW HER WAS ACTUALLY, I WAS ON A 472 00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:07,499 PLANE OING TO MEMPHIS TO MARCH WITH THE GARBAGE WORKERS THE DAY 473 00:26:07,565 --> 00:26:08,700 AFTER MARTIN LUTHER KING. 474 00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:15,407 WE WERE ON A PLANE THAT ROBERT AND BILL COSBY RENTED TO TAKE 475 00:26:15,473 --> 00:26:18,510 THESE STUDENTS TO MARCH WITH THE GARBAGE WORKERS, SO I SAW HER ON 476 00:26:18,576 --> 00:26:21,746 THE PLANE AND WAS LIKE WHO IS THAT. 477 00:26:21,813 --> 00:26:28,053 AND I DIDN'T SEE HER AGAIN FOR SIX MONTHS OR SO AFTER WE LOCKED 478 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:32,390 THE TWRUSSIES IN A BUILDING, AND SHE WAS THERE TOO. 479 00:26:32,457 --> 00:26:34,726 WE TOOK OVER, THE TRUSTEE MEETING. 480 00:26:34,793 --> 00:26:38,663 AND THEN I DIDN'T SEE HER AGAIN FOR LIKE TWO YEARS BECAUSE I GOT 481 00:26:38,730 --> 00:26:41,833 KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL AND SHE DIDN'T. 482 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:46,137 WHEN I CAME BACK TO SCHOOL I WENT TO REGISTER FOR THE DRAMA 483 00:26:46,204 --> 00:26:51,376 DEPARTMENT AND SHE WAS TRYING TO SNEAK HER PRODUCTION BOOK IN THE 484 00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:54,713 PROFESSOR'S OFFICE AND HE WAS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW TALKING 485 00:26:54,779 --> 00:26:56,781 TO ME AND SHE STUCK IT ON THE THING AND I SAW HER. 486 00:26:56,848 --> 00:27:00,251 SHE SNUCK OUT OF THE ROOM AND HE TURNED AROUND AND GRABBED IT AND 487 00:27:00,318 --> 00:27:03,688 PUT A BIG F ON IT AND THEN I SAW HER THAT NIGHT AT THE REHEARSAL 488 00:27:03,755 --> 00:27:05,890 FOR THE FIRST TIME. 489 00:27:05,957 --> 00:27:11,329 AND WE KIND HAVE BEEN TOGETHER EVER SINCE, YEAH. 490 00:27:11,396 --> 00:27:14,899 >> Stephen: THAT'S LOVELY, THAT'S LOVELY. 491 00:27:14,966 --> 00:27:17,936 WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE 492 00:27:18,003 --> 00:27:20,005 SAMUEL L. JACKSON. 493 00:27:24,976 --> 00:27:27,712 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE IS WITH THE 494 00:27:27,779 --> 00:27:33,818 YOUNG, THE TALENTED, SAMUEL L. 495 00:27:33,885 --> 00:27:35,020 JACKSON. 496 00:27:35,086 --> 00:27:40,792 AS YOU SAID, THE ACTOR WHO IS PLAYING YOUR ORIGINAL PART, HE 497 00:27:40,859 --> 00:27:42,460 IS JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON. 498 00:27:42,527 --> 00:27:43,795 >> YES. 499 00:27:43,862 --> 00:27:46,931 >> Stephen: AND WHAT IS IT LIKE TO WATCH HIM DO THIS PART 500 00:27:46,998 --> 00:27:50,402 THAT YOU DID BACK THEN AND DO YOU GIVE HIM ANY ADVICE? 501 00:27:50,468 --> 00:27:52,837 ANY NOTES AT ALL? 502 00:27:52,904 --> 00:27:56,808 >> FIRST THING WAS I WAS INSTRUCTED NEVER TALK TO JOHN 503 00:27:56,875 --> 00:28:01,413 DAVID ABOUT BOY WILLIE, SO I HAVE NEVER HAD A CONVERSATION 504 00:28:01,479 --> 00:28:02,380 WITH HIM ABOUT THAT CHARACTER. 505 00:28:02,447 --> 00:28:05,116 >> Stephen: DO YOU THINK HE WOULD LIKE IT? 506 00:28:05,183 --> 00:28:07,786 >> OH YEAH, OH YEAH, OF COURSE. 507 00:28:07,852 --> 00:28:09,888 >> Stephen: THE FACT THAT YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING 508 00:28:09,954 --> 00:28:14,325 ABOUT THIS PART OR THIS PLAY TO HIM AND YOU'RE SAYING IT ON TV 509 00:28:14,392 --> 00:28:18,329 AND HE MIGHT BE WATCHING RIGHTp. 510 00:28:18,396 --> 00:28:22,667 >> NO, NO, I'M NOT TELLING HIM HOW TO DO IT I'M NOT TELLING HIM 511 00:28:22,734 --> 00:28:26,638 WHAT BOY WILLY'S INTENTIONS ARE OR AT THIS POINT IN THE PLAY ARE 512 00:28:26,704 --> 00:28:29,741 YOU SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE, AND THIS PART, BUT TO SIT THERE AND 513 00:28:29,808 --> 00:28:35,380 WATCH HIM, I DID BOY WILLY A SPECIFIC WAY BECAUSE I WAS 514 00:28:35,447 --> 00:28:36,548 DIRECTED TO DO IT THAT WAY. 515 00:28:36,614 --> 00:28:39,617 IS HE BEING DIRECTED TO DO BOY WILLY ANOTHER WAY AND TO SIT 516 00:28:39,684 --> 00:28:43,621 THERE AND WATCH IT IS KIND OF BREATHTAKING AT TIMES BECAUSE I 517 00:28:43,688 --> 00:28:45,890 SAY I NEVER THOUGHT TO DO THAT. 518 00:28:45,957 --> 00:28:49,427 YOU KNOW, I NEVER THOUGHT TO TRY THAT, SHE HAS HIM DOING 519 00:28:49,494 --> 00:28:52,564 SOMETHING THAT IS SPECTACULARLY MOVING AND TOUCHING IN A WAY 520 00:28:52,630 --> 00:28:54,799 THAT I DIDN'T DO IT, YOU KNOW. 521 00:28:54,866 --> 00:28:56,367 AND I LOVE WATCHING THAT. 522 00:28:56,434 --> 00:29:00,205 I LOVE WATCHING HIS GROWTH FROM THE FIRST DAY WE STEPPED IN THE 523 00:29:00,271 --> 00:29:05,043 REHEARSAL ROOM AND MOVING AROUND THAT ROOM AND BEING COMFORTABLE 524 00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:08,746 WITH THE FACTOR-- ACTORS, AND HAVING THAT MANY WORDS TO SAY. 525 00:29:08,813 --> 00:29:11,716 WHEN AND IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS PLAY, 526 00:29:11,783 --> 00:29:15,720 THIS CHARACTER TALKS THE WHOLE PLAY, THE WHOLE, WHOLE, WHOLE 527 00:29:15,787 --> 00:29:18,857 PLAY AND I REMEMBER WHEN I DID IT BY THE TIME MY CHARACTER SAID 528 00:29:18,923 --> 00:29:24,829 TO HIM BOY WILLY, WILL YOU SHUT UP, THE AUDIENCE ARE LIKE YEAH, 529 00:29:24,896 --> 00:29:26,631 PLEASE, CUZ IT WAS THAT KIND OF PLAY. 530 00:29:26,698 --> 00:29:31,102 BUT WHEN I SAY IT TO HIM IN THIS PLAY, YOU KNOW, THE AUDIENCE VL 531 00:29:31,169 --> 00:29:32,437 LIKE OH MY GOD. 532 00:29:32,504 --> 00:29:35,740 THEY'RE LIKE, THEY LOVE HIM SO MUCH BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE WHAT 533 00:29:35,807 --> 00:29:37,142 HE WANTS AND WHAT HE IS DOING. 534 00:29:37,208 --> 00:29:38,576 AND I BELIEVE IT. 535 00:29:38,643 --> 00:29:40,178 AND I AM MOVED BY IT. 536 00:29:40,245 --> 00:29:43,481 AND I'M SITTING THERE JUST THINKING THIS SAY GREAT PLAY TO 537 00:29:43,548 --> 00:29:46,985 DO EVERY NIGHT, I'M SITTING THERE ENJOYING THE PLAY AND 538 00:29:47,051 --> 00:29:50,722 HOPING, LIKE OH NO, DID I MISS MY LINE. 539 00:29:50,788 --> 00:29:56,127 I'M SITTING THERE WATCHING, OH MY GOD, IT'S QUIET. 540 00:29:56,194 --> 00:29:57,795 AND-- IS IT ME? 541 00:29:57,862 --> 00:30:00,798 >> Stephen: I'VE DONE THAT BEFORE, THIS IS GOING REALLY 542 00:30:00,865 --> 00:30:02,400 WELL. 543 00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:07,672 >> AND THEN IT GETS QUIET, OH, WAIT A MINUTE. 544 00:30:07,739 --> 00:30:10,842 >> Stephen: YOU HAVE EVER FALLEN ASLEEP ON STAGE? 545 00:30:10,909 --> 00:30:11,643 >> NOT ON STAGE. 546 00:30:11,709 --> 00:30:15,513 I HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP DURING A MOVIE. 547 00:30:15,580 --> 00:30:18,449 >> Stephen: CAMERAS ARE ROLLING AND YOU ARE ASLEEP. 548 00:30:18,516 --> 00:30:20,785 >> WHEN I'M DOING OFFER CAMERA FOR THE OTHER ACTOR.& 549 00:30:20,852 --> 00:30:23,755 >> Stephen: OH, I SEE. 550 00:30:23,821 --> 00:30:33,932 AND IT GETS KIND OF LIKE, IS THIS AS GOOD AS HE GOING TO BE? 551 00:30:33,998 --> 00:30:35,433 >> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 552 00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:36,334 >> OH, MY PLEASURE. 553 00:30:36,401 --> 00:30:38,603 >> Stephen: THE PIANO LESSON SON BROADWAY. 554 00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:40,305 >> PLEASE COME, PLEASE COME. 555 00:30:40,371 --> 00:30:42,006 >> Stephen: SAMUEL L. JACKSON, EVERYBODY. 556 00:30:42,073 --> 00:30:43,074 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH CNN'S CLARISSA WARD. 557 00:31:03,995 --> 00:31:06,898 >> Stephen: APPROPRIATES, HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK. 558 00:31:06,965 --> 00:31:12,604 FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST HAS BEEN REPORTING FROM FRONT LINES 559 00:31:12,670 --> 00:31:13,938 ACROSS THE WORLD FOR OVER 50 YEARS, NOW CNN CHIEF 560 00:31:14,005 --> 00:31:15,406 INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT. 561 00:31:15,473 --> 00:31:17,475 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW CLARISSA WARD. 562 00:31:42,033 --> 00:31:45,870 I'M LIKE FLABBERGASTED BY HOW MUCH FUN IT IS, I'M NOT USED TO 563 00:31:45,937 --> 00:31:47,305 HAVING THIS MUCH FUN. 564 00:31:47,372 --> 00:31:49,440 >> Stephen: NO, NO, YOU REALLY AREN'T. 565 00:31:49,507 --> 00:31:51,376 THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THAT WE HAVE DONE AN INTERVIEW. 566 00:31:51,442 --> 00:31:53,511 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE BEEN IN PERSON. 567 00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:57,315 IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON A BATTLE FIELD OR A RECENT BATTLE FIELD 568 00:31:57,382 --> 00:32:01,286 OR SOME TRAGIC DOWN FALL SOME PLACE. 569 00:32:01,352 --> 00:32:02,086 >> YEAH. 570 00:32:02,153 --> 00:32:04,689 >> Stephen: DO YOU ENJOY THIS MORE? 571 00:32:04,756 --> 00:32:07,158 >> THIS IS ALMOST MORE OVERWHELMING. 572 00:32:07,225 --> 00:32:07,692 BUT I DIDN'T FALL OVER. 573 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:08,926 THAT WAS MY BIG FEAR. 574 00:32:08,993 --> 00:32:11,896 I WAS LIKE I'M WEARING HEELS. 575 00:32:11,963 --> 00:32:13,464 I'M NOT USED TO. 576 00:32:13,531 --> 00:32:14,465 THIS. 577 00:32:14,532 --> 00:32:15,867 >> Stephen: DO YOU NOT WEAR HEELS IN THE FIELD. 578 00:32:15,933 --> 00:32:16,768 >> NO, NOT USUALLY. 579 00:32:16,834 --> 00:32:19,404 >> Stephen: IT IS TROUBLE WITH THE RUBBLE. 580 00:32:19,470 --> 00:32:20,605 >> EXACTLY, EXACTLY. 581 00:32:20,672 --> 00:32:23,708 >> Stephen: WELL, ARE YOU IN TOWN BECAUSE THE NEWS EMMYS ARE 582 00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:24,475 COMING. 583 00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:26,411 SO YOU ARE NOMINATEDDED FOR THREE. 584 00:32:26,477 --> 00:32:27,712 CONGRATULATIONS FOR THAT. 585 00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:29,447 >> THANK YOU. 586 00:32:29,514 --> 00:32:33,685 >> I'VE BEEN PERFECTING MY CLAP FOR WHEN YOU DON'T WIN AND YOU 587 00:32:33,751 --> 00:32:37,221 HAVE TO DO THE CLAP WHERE YOU LOOK REALLY FEAP FOR ITS OTHER 588 00:32:37,288 --> 00:32:38,389 PERSON. 589 00:32:38,456 --> 00:32:40,091 >> Stephen: SURE, THAT WOULD BE KIND OF ENTERTAINING IF YOU 590 00:32:40,158 --> 00:32:43,227 WERE THE ONE PERSON WHO WANT. 591 00:32:43,294 --> 00:32:45,663 >> I THINK I MIGHT-- . 592 00:32:45,730 --> 00:32:47,365 >> Stephen: DO IT, JUST DO IT. 593 00:32:47,432 --> 00:32:48,599 OKAY. 594 00:32:48,666 --> 00:32:52,603 LAST WEEK, LET'S GETS TO-- LAST WEEK PUTIN ANNOUNCED A PARTIAL 595 00:32:52,670 --> 00:32:53,504 MOBILIZATION. 596 00:32:53,571 --> 00:32:54,706 >> YEP. 597 00:32:54,772 --> 00:32:57,775 >> Stephen: AND HE IS FAINING THIS GOING IN AN ORDERLY 598 00:32:57,842 --> 00:32:58,910 PROCESS. 599 00:32:58,976 --> 00:33:00,912 WE HAVE GOTTEN REPORT, POSSIBLY FROM YOU, I DON'T KNOW. 600 00:33:00,978 --> 00:33:05,583 WE HAVE GOTTEN REPORTS THAT IN FACT THERE REALLY IS NO PLANNED, 601 00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:06,718 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 602 00:33:06,784 --> 00:33:09,654 WHAT DO WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN RUSSIA? 603 00:33:09,721 --> 00:33:11,589 >> WE KNOW IT SAY DISASTER. 604 00:33:11,656 --> 00:33:15,560 AS YOU ELUDED TO IN YOUR INTRODUCTION N YOUR MONOLOGUE, 605 00:33:15,626 --> 00:33:20,198 THIS IS NOT SEAL TEAM SIX, THESE GUYS BEING RECRUITED TO GO 606 00:33:20,264 --> 00:33:23,634 THERE, A LOT OF THEM ARE DRUNK, A LOT OF THEM HAVE NO MILITARY 607 00:33:23,701 --> 00:33:24,869 EXPERIENCE. 608 00:33:24,936 --> 00:33:26,337 A LOT OF THEM ARE JUST ORDINARY YOUNG GUYS WHO HAVE NO DESIRE 609 00:33:26,404 --> 00:33:29,474 WHATSOEVER TO GO AND FIGHT AND DIE IN A WAR THAT THEY DON'T 610 00:33:29,540 --> 00:33:30,908 BELIEVE IN. 611 00:33:30,975 --> 00:33:33,311 AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT 612 00:33:33,378 --> 00:33:37,715 OF RUSSIANS I THINK HAVE BEEN PRETTY SANGUINE ABOUT THE WAR IN 613 00:33:37,782 --> 00:33:39,984 UKRAINE, AS LONG AS IT STAYED ON THEIR TELEVISION SETS. 614 00:33:40,051 --> 00:33:42,453 >> Stephen: PUTIN WANTED IT THAT WAY. 615 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:43,654 >> THAT IS HOW HE WANTS IT. 616 00:33:43,721 --> 00:33:45,556 THERE IS A REASON HE WAITED ALL THIS TIME BEFORE TAKING THIS 617 00:33:45,623 --> 00:33:46,758 STEP. 618 00:33:46,824 --> 00:33:47,925 BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME NOW, RUSSIANS 619 00:33:47,992 --> 00:33:49,394 REALLY GET IT. 620 00:33:49,460 --> 00:33:54,532 THAT EVERYTHING THEY HAVE BUILT FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS IS NOW IN 621 00:33:54,599 --> 00:33:55,633 JEOPARDY. 622 00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:58,169 AND IT COULD BE A WHOLE GENERATION BEFORE THEY WILL BE 623 00:33:58,236 --> 00:34:00,671 ABLE TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES. 624 00:34:00,738 --> 00:34:04,642 AND I HAVE TALKED TO FRIENDS IN RUSSIA WHO ARE JUST SOBBING 625 00:34:04,709 --> 00:34:07,845 BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS REALLY CROSSING THE 626 00:34:07,912 --> 00:34:08,646 RUBICON. 627 00:34:08,713 --> 00:34:10,648 AND IT WON'T BE THE SAME AGAIN. 628 00:34:10,715 --> 00:34:12,817 AND YOU ARE ALREADY SEEING PEOPLE PROTESTING. 629 00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:18,990 AND OF COURSE YOU THEN SEE THIS INCREDIBLE, I MEAN MACK VELLIAN 630 00:34:19,056 --> 00:34:23,060 A APPROACH TO DEALING WITH THE PROTESTERS WHAT IS THE SICKEST 631 00:34:23,127 --> 00:34:24,929 THING YOU CAN DO TO THEM, LET'S PUNISH THEM BY ISSUING DRAFT 632 00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:27,999 SUMONS, SO PEOPLE WHO ARE GETS A RESTED IN SOME OF THESE PROTESTS 633 00:34:28,065 --> 00:34:32,937 IN MOSCOW ARE BEING THEN SUM MONDAYED TO GO AND SERVE. 634 00:34:33,004 --> 00:34:37,742 AND ARE YOU SEEING PROTESTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. 635 00:34:37,809 --> 00:34:42,780 THEY DELIBERATELY ZEROED IN ON PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT ARE 636 00:34:42,847 --> 00:34:43,981 NOT ETHNICALLY RUSSIAN. 637 00:34:44,048 --> 00:34:46,951 AND THAT IS DEEPLY CYNICAL AND ARE YOU SEEING A REALLY STRONG 638 00:34:47,018 --> 00:34:49,020 RESPONSE FROM PEOPLE. 639 00:34:51,556 --> 00:34:54,025 AT HORROR, THE POSSIBILITY THAT EVERYTHING THEY BUILT OVER PO 640 00:34:54,091 --> 00:34:58,663 YEARS COULD BE GONE, SINCE THE FALL OF THE IRON CURTAIN, WHAT 641 00:34:58,729 --> 00:35:01,766 DOES THAT MEAN THAT CAN IT COULD BE LOST WHAT COULD BE LOST IN 642 00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:05,703 THIS FOR THEM S THAT PUTIN HAS RISKED THEIR NATIONAL SECURITY, 643 00:35:05,770 --> 00:35:08,039 HAS RICKED THEIR STANDING IN THE WORLD, THEY GET KICKED OUT OF 644 00:35:08,105 --> 00:35:12,210 THE BANKING SYSTEM, THEY HAD THE RUBLE CRUMBLE. 645 00:35:12,276 --> 00:35:15,613 WHAT IS IT THEY COULD LOSE IF PUTIN LOSES THE WARNESS YOU HIT 646 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,081 ON THE TWO CENTRAL THINGS. 647 00:35:17,148 --> 00:35:19,984 THE BIG PART OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT PUTIN MADE WITH 648 00:35:20,051 --> 00:35:24,522 THE PEOPLE AS HE ROSE WAS THIS IDEA OF STABILITY, COMING OUT OF 649 00:35:24,589 --> 00:35:26,724 THE CHAOS OF THE 1990. 650 00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:30,628 AND ALSO SELF-RESPECT AND BEING ABLE TO HOLD YOUR HEAD UP EYE ON 651 00:35:30,695 --> 00:35:31,829 THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE. 652 00:35:31,896 --> 00:35:36,734 BOTH OF THOSE THINGS NOW HAVE EFFECTIVELY BEING COR ROADED. 653 00:35:36,801 --> 00:35:42,173 >> NOW THE REFERENDUM THAT PUTIN HAS CALLED IN THESE BREAKAWAY 654 00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:46,878 REGIONS IN EASTERN UKRAINE, OR SUPPOSEDLY BREAKAWAY REGIONS OF 655 00:35:46,944 --> 00:35:50,548 UKRAINE WHAT IS THE UPSIDE FOR HIM FOR DOS THIS? 656 00:35:50,615 --> 00:35:54,952 BECAUSE IT CLEARLY APPEARS TO BE A SHAM ELECTION AT GUNPOINT, SO 657 00:35:55,019 --> 00:35:57,622 NO DOUBT WILL SAY IT WAS 97% IN FAVOR. 658 00:35:57,688 --> 00:35:58,456 >> HE ALREADY HAS. 659 00:35:58,523 --> 00:36:00,024 >> THE RESULTS HAVE COME OUT. 660 00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:01,292 SHOCKING NEWS, GUYS. 661 00:36:01,359 --> 00:36:03,094 >> Stephen: WHAT IS THE RESULT. 662 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:08,065 >> I BELIEVE IT WAS 96 PERCENT, 97 PERCENT, 98 PERCENT AND MAYBE 663 00:36:08,132 --> 00:36:09,100 LIKE 95. 664 00:36:09,166 --> 00:36:11,469 THERE WERE FOUR DIFFERENT REGIONS. 665 00:36:11,536 --> 00:36:15,106 BUT EFFECTIVELY WHAT THIS IS, THIS IS A SMOKE SCREEN FOR 666 00:36:15,172 --> 00:36:18,242 ANNEXATION SO THEN RUSSIAN CAN SAY ALL THESE PARTS OF UKRAINE 667 00:36:18,309 --> 00:36:20,244 ARE NOW EFFECTIVELY PART OF RUSSIA. 668 00:36:20,311 --> 00:36:25,349 SO ANY ATTACK ON THESE AREAS IS NO LONGER AN ATTACK ON UKRAINIAN 669 00:36:25,416 --> 00:36:27,552 TERRITORY OR EVEN DISPUTED TERRITORY. 670 00:36:27,618 --> 00:36:29,720 THIS IS A DIRECT ATTACK ON RUSSIA. 671 00:36:29,787 --> 00:36:33,658 AND THAT IS WHY HE CAME OUT AND GAVE THIS SORTED OF VERY OMINOUS 672 00:36:33,724 --> 00:36:38,195 WARNING ABOUT NOT BEING AFRAID TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. 673 00:36:38,262 --> 00:36:40,231 >> Stephen: HOW SERIOUSLY. 674 00:36:40,298 --> 00:36:44,068 HE SAYS I'M NOT BLUFFING WHICH SAN ODD THING FOR SOMEONE TO 675 00:36:44,135 --> 00:36:47,405 SAIRKS ESPECIALLY A WORLD LEADER DEALING WITH WEAPONS THAT COULD 676 00:36:47,471 --> 00:36:49,140 DESTROY EVERYTHING. 677 00:36:49,206 --> 00:36:52,076 FROM WHAT YOU KNOW OF RUSSIA BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LONG 678 00:36:52,143 --> 00:36:53,077 RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT COUNTRY. 679 00:36:53,144 --> 00:36:57,348 YOU WERE ABC'S CHIEF CORRESPONDENT FOR RUSSIA FOR 680 00:36:57,415 --> 00:36:58,182 YEARS. 681 00:36:58,249 --> 00:37:01,452 SHOULD WE-- IS HE BLOFFING-- BLUFFING. 682 00:37:01,519 --> 00:37:02,787 I THOUGHT HI MORE TO THAT QUESTION. 683 00:37:02,853 --> 00:37:03,754 >> THAT IS IT. 684 00:37:03,821 --> 00:37:05,389 >> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS BEYOND THAT. 685 00:37:05,456 --> 00:37:08,993 >> I PRAY HE IS BLUFFING BUT NO ONE SHOULD ASSUME HE IS BLUFFING 686 00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:13,464 AND EVERYONE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WHAT HAPPENS IF HE IS NOT 687 00:37:13,531 --> 00:37:14,765 BLUFFING. 688 00:37:14,832 --> 00:37:16,334 I HAVE TALKED TO HARD-LINERS INSIDE RUSSIA WHO SUPPORT THE 689 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:21,172 USE OF, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY A TACTICAL NUKE, FOR EXAMPLE, 690 00:37:21,238 --> 00:37:22,740 BECAUSE THEY SAY IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR RUSSIA AT THIS 691 00:37:22,807 --> 00:37:25,876 STAGE TO REINJECT FEAR INTO THE BATTLE SPACE. 692 00:37:25,943 --> 00:37:27,979 >> Stephen: AND IT WOULD PROVIDE THEM ENOUGH TIME TO GET 693 00:37:28,045 --> 00:37:30,281 THIS MOBILIZATION GOING. 694 00:37:30,348 --> 00:37:34,752 BECAUSE IF IT IS YOU KNOW, THE PAYOFF THAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED, 695 00:37:34,819 --> 00:37:37,788 THEN THEY NEED SOMETHING TO KEEP UKRAINIANS FROM ADVANCING. 696 00:37:37,855 --> 00:37:45,363 >> THE IRONY IS NONE OF THIS IS LIKELY, EVEN THE MOST EXTREME 697 00:37:45,429 --> 00:37:48,599 NUBBING LEER-- NUKES, FOR EXAMPLE, NONE OF THAT IS GOING 698 00:37:48,666 --> 00:37:51,235 TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE DYNAMIC ON THE BATTLE FIELD. 699 00:37:51,302 --> 00:37:53,938 I THINK WHAT RUSSIA IS REALLY HOPING TO DO IN THE LONG RUN OR 700 00:37:54,005 --> 00:37:57,208 CERTAINLY MANY ANALYSTS BELIEVE THIS, IS THEY JUST WANT TO KEEP 701 00:37:57,274 --> 00:38:00,811 THIS BLINDING AND GRINDING AND GRINDING FOR AS LONG AS THEY 702 00:38:00,878 --> 00:38:02,013 POSSIBLY CAN. 703 00:38:02,079 --> 00:38:06,317 BECAUSE THE ONE THING THEY ARE BETTER AT THAN MOST OTHERS IS 704 00:38:06,384 --> 00:38:07,251 SUFFERING. 705 00:38:07,318 --> 00:38:09,286 AND SO THEY HAVE A VERY HIGH PAIN THRESHHOLD. 706 00:38:09,353 --> 00:38:13,090 AND THEY'RE REALLY HOPING THAT IF THEY CAN MAXIMIZE THIS, KEEP 707 00:38:13,157 --> 00:38:17,061 IT GOING AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, THAT THEY WILL START TO SEE 708 00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:18,529 SUPPORT WANTING FOR UKRAINE. 709 00:38:18,596 --> 00:38:22,233 WHAT THEY HAVEN'T BANKED ON AND WHAT I HAVE BEEN COVERING FOR 20 710 00:38:22,299 --> 00:38:25,403 YEARS APP I HAVE SEEN OVER AN OVER AGAIN, THE PEOPLE WHO WIN 711 00:38:25,469 --> 00:38:29,273 USUALLY ARE THE PEOPLE WHOSE HEARTS ARE IN IT THE PEOPLE WHO 712 00:38:29,340 --> 00:38:33,377 BELIEVE IT, THEY FEEL IT, THEY FIGHT FOR IT. 713 00:38:33,444 --> 00:38:36,380 >> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT FEELING AND FIGHTING. 714 00:38:36,447 --> 00:38:38,516 YOU'VE ALSO REPORTED FROM IRAN IN THE PAST. 715 00:38:38,582 --> 00:38:43,054 WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHAT IS GOING ON THERE WITH THE PROTESTS 716 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:47,291 IN ITS STREETS AND THE QUESTION OF THE LEADERSHIP, ESPECIALLY 717 00:38:47,358 --> 00:38:50,594 THE WOMEN PROTESTING IN THE STREET. 718 00:38:50,661 --> 00:38:55,566 >> ST EXTRAORDINARY THE BRAVERY OF THESE WOMEN. 719 00:38:55,633 --> 00:38:58,269 I MEAN NEXT LEVEL. 720 00:38:58,335 --> 00:39:03,641 A 22 YEAR OLD WOMAN IS REPORTEDLY BEATEN TO DEATH FOR 721 00:39:03,708 --> 00:39:05,342 DARING TO SHOW HER HAIR. 722 00:39:05,409 --> 00:39:10,514 AND THIS GROUND SWELL THAT YOU HAVE SEEN OF WOMEN GOING OUT AND 723 00:39:10,581 --> 00:39:16,754 PULLING OFF THEIR HEAD SCARFS AND DEMANDING TO NO LONGER BE 724 00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:20,558 SECOND CLASS CITIZENS, EFFECTIVELY, AND RISKING 725 00:39:20,624 --> 00:39:21,559 EVERYTHING. 726 00:39:21,625 --> 00:39:24,328 THEIR LIVES, THEIR LIVELIHOODS, THEIR SECURITY. 727 00:39:24,395 --> 00:39:29,834 AND THE IDEA OF HOW FRIGHTERNING THAT IS TO THESE MAJORITY OF 728 00:39:29,900 --> 00:39:33,871 GERIATRIC MEN WHO HAVE BEEN RULING IRAN FOR FOUR DECADES. 729 00:39:33,938 --> 00:39:36,607 NOW I'M NEVER GOING TO GET A VISIONA. 730 00:39:36,674 --> 00:39:40,111 BUT IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY THING TO SEE. 731 00:39:40,177 --> 00:39:42,947 >> Stephen: CLARISSA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, GOOD TO 732 00:39:43,013 --> 00:39:43,347 SEE YOU. 733 00:39:43,414 --> 00:39:44,248 >> THANK YOU. 734 00:39:44,315 --> 00:39:47,184 >> Stephen: YOU CAN WATCH CLARISSA ON CNN. 735 00:39:47,251 --> 00:39:49,920 HER BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK. 736 00:39:49,987 --> 00:39:50,621 CLARISSA WARD, EVERYBODY. 737 00:39:50,688 --> 00:39:52,690 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 738 00:40:13,511 --> 00:40:14,612 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 739 00:40:14,678 --> 00:40:15,946 I'VE GOT ANDERSON COOPER, AND STAR OF THE MOVIE, "SMILE," 740 00:40:16,013 --> 00:40:17,948 SOSIE BACON. 741 00:40:18,015 --> 00:40:18,582 STICK AROUND FOR JAMES CORDEN. 742 00:40:18,649 --> 00:40:20,151 GOOD NIGHT.