1 00:00:01,334 --> 00:00:04,304 >> TESLA MAY BE BEST KNOWN FOR ELECTRIC CARS, YES, BUT IT MAY 2 00:00:04,371 --> 00:00:06,506 SOON HAVE ANOTHER PRODUCT TO SHOW OFF. 3 00:00:06,573 --> 00:00:09,776 >> THE COMPANY HELD ITS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DAY ON 4 00:00:09,843 --> 00:00:12,212 FRIDAY, AND THAT'S WHERE C.E.O. ELON MUSK INTRODUCED A PROTOTYPE 5 00:00:12,278 --> 00:00:17,016 OF THE COMPANY'S OPTIMUS ROBOT. ♪ ♪ ♪ 6 00:00:17,083 --> 00:00:23,356 ( ROBOT SPEAKING ) TODAY WE UNVEIL TESLA'S MOST 7 00:00:23,423 --> 00:00:27,827 ADVANCED ROBOT. IT IS NOT ME. 8 00:00:27,894 --> 00:00:34,901 I AM JUST AN EARLY PROTOTYPE, INTRODUCING OPTIMUSK. 9 00:00:34,968 --> 00:00:38,538 ALTHOUGH OPTIMUSK LACKS HUMAN EMOTION, IT HAS REMARKABLE 10 00:00:38,605 --> 00:00:43,309 AGILITY. TAKE A LOOK. 11 00:00:43,376 --> 00:00:47,380 TO BE FAIR, IT'S THE FIRST TIME IT'S DANCED WITHOUT A TETHER. 12 00:00:47,447 --> 00:00:51,418 ITS WATERPROOF WHITE POLYMER COATING LOOKS ALMOST LIKE HUMAN 13 00:00:51,484 --> 00:00:56,656 SKIN. BUT EVEN WITH ALL ITS FLAWS, WE 14 00:00:56,723 --> 00:01:00,460 BELIEVE THAT THE TESLA OPTIMUSK FAR OUTPERFORMS ITS NEAREST 15 00:01:00,527 --> 00:01:03,496 COMPETITOR, THE TOAST-BORG 5000. 16 00:01:03,797 --> 00:01:09,002 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 17 00:01:09,068 --> 00:01:13,239 TONIGHT: BETTER LUCK ANNEX TIME! 18 00:01:13,306 --> 00:01:18,011 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI 19 00:01:18,077 --> 00:01:23,817 AND ARMANDO IANNUCCI AND MUSICAL GUEST DERMOT 20 00:01:23,883 --> 00:01:28,188 KENNEDY. FEATURING LOUIS CATO AND THE 21 00:01:28,254 --> 00:01:33,793 LATE SHOW BAND. AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE 22 00:01:33,860 --> 00:01:37,430 ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 23 00:01:42,202 --> 00:01:45,238 >> Stephen: THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME! 24 00:01:45,305 --> 00:01:47,874 RIGHT THERE! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 25 00:01:47,941 --> 00:02:01,421 >> Stephen: HEY! HEY! 26 00:02:01,488 --> 00:02:03,356 HAVE A LOVELY SHOW. HAPPY MONDAY. 27 00:02:03,423 --> 00:02:05,725 >> Audience: STEPHEN! STEPHEN! 28 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:07,827 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! THANKS, EVERYBODY. 29 00:02:07,894 --> 00:02:11,231 PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT. YOU'RE VERY KIND. 30 00:02:11,297 --> 00:02:12,765 PLEASE. WON'T YOU PLEASE. 31 00:02:12,832 --> 00:02:17,937 WON'T YOU OPI. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. 32 00:02:18,004 --> 00:02:21,541 WELCOME, WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO "LATE SHOW"." 33 00:02:21,608 --> 00:02:24,277 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. THIS WEEKEND, I'M SURE, THAT 34 00:02:24,344 --> 00:02:27,981 YOU, LIKE ME, WERE HORRIFIED BY THE SCALE OF THE DEVASTATION IN 35 00:02:28,047 --> 00:02:31,217 FLORIDA. OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO EVERYONE 36 00:02:31,284 --> 00:02:33,920 DOWN THERE, BUT WHAT THEY REALLY NEED IS OUR SUPPORT. 37 00:02:33,987 --> 00:02:36,656 SO IF YOU WANT TO DONATE, WE HAVE PINNED A LIST OF CHARITIES 38 00:02:36,723 --> 00:02:40,827 TO THE TOP OF OUR TWITTER PAGE, @COLBERT LATE SHOW. 39 00:02:40,894 --> 00:02:43,596 THANKFULLY, HELP IS ALREADY ON THE WAY. 40 00:02:43,663 --> 00:02:47,100 PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS APPROVED AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR 41 00:02:47,166 --> 00:02:48,468 FLORIDA, AND FEDERAL AID HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE 42 00:02:48,535 --> 00:02:53,206 STATE. WELL, THANK GOODNESS! 43 00:02:53,273 --> 00:02:55,675 THE ROADS DOWN THERE ARE A MESS, PEOPLE'S HOMES ARE 44 00:02:55,742 --> 00:02:59,212 DESTROYED, AND ALL THAT'S LEFT OF EPCOT ARE THE BORING PARTS-- 45 00:02:59,279 --> 00:03:04,284 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS EPCOT. ( LAUGHTER ) 46 00:03:04,350 --> 00:03:08,354 THINGS WILL HOPEFULLY START TO GET BETTER SOON, NO THANKS TO 47 00:03:08,421 --> 00:03:13,960 FLORIDA'S CONGRESSPEOPLE. ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THE 48 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:20,233 HOUSE AND THE SENATE BOTH APPROVED A BILL THAT INCLUDED 49 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:22,468 OVER $18 BILLION TO HELP STATES WITH NATURAL DISASTERS. 50 00:03:22,535 --> 00:03:23,903 YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED WHO VOTED AGAINST IT: ALL 16 G.O.P. 51 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:28,741 MEMBERS OF FLORIDA'S CONGRESSIONAL TEAM, AND FLORIDA 52 00:03:28,808 --> 00:03:32,679 SENATOR RICK SCOTT, SEEN HERE SCREAMING "AVADA KEDAVRA." 53 00:03:32,745 --> 00:03:38,151 ( LAUGHTER ) RUBIO, WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THE 54 00:03:38,217 --> 00:03:40,887 VOTE. REALLY? 55 00:03:40,954 --> 00:03:48,061 NORMALLY HE'S SO EASY TO FIND. "MARCO!" 56 00:03:48,127 --> 00:03:53,199 ( LAUGHTER ) THE FOCUS OFF FORMER PRESIDENT 57 00:03:53,266 --> 00:03:57,503 THE SCAMDALORIAN. OF COURSE, HE DOESN'T LIKE THAT. 58 00:03:57,570 --> 00:04:01,140 SO HE LASHED OUT THIS WEEKEND ON SOCIAL MEDIA AGAINST SENATE 59 00:04:01,207 --> 00:04:06,012 MINORITY LEADER AND LOVECHILD OF BEAKER AND BUNSEN HONEYDEW 60 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:09,182 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Louis: WOW! 61 00:04:09,248 --> 00:04:11,684 >> Stephen: MITCH McCONNELL. >> Louis: WOW! 62 00:04:11,751 --> 00:04:20,360 THAT'S SCARY! >> Stephen: SEE, McCONNELL VOTED 63 00:04:20,426 --> 00:04:22,495 TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OPERATING, WHICH THE FORMER 64 00:04:22,562 --> 00:04:23,830 PRESIDENT EVIDENTLY OPPOSES, LEADING HIM TO WRITE OF 65 00:04:23,896 --> 00:04:26,799 McCONNELL, "HE HAS A DEATH WISH." 66 00:04:26,866 --> 00:04:29,068 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW THAT AS A THREAT, BUT THE FORMER 67 00:04:29,135 --> 00:04:30,870 PRESIDENT'S SPOKESPERSON INSISTED, NO, THE REFERENCE TO A 68 00:04:30,937 --> 00:04:34,207 DEATH WISH WAS "POLITICAL" RATHER THAN LITERAL. 69 00:04:34,273 --> 00:04:37,477 OKAY. BUT IT'S NEVER GREAT WHEN YOU 70 00:04:37,543 --> 00:04:41,080 HAVE TO CLARIFY THAT YOUR DEATH THREAT IS A METAPHOR: 71 00:04:41,147 --> 00:04:49,022 "I WANT THIS MOB TO MARCH ON MY OPPONENT'S HOUSE-- FIGURATIVELY, 72 00:04:49,088 --> 00:04:50,823 WHICH IS 'METAPHORICALLY' AT 471 PINECONE ROAD, AND LEAVE 73 00:04:50,890 --> 00:04:59,365 A SEVERED HORSE HEAD IN HIS BED... AS AN ALLEGORY.... 74 00:04:59,432 --> 00:05:01,234 FOR HIS HEAD." THE FORMER PRESIDENT CONTINUED 75 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:04,270 BY GOING AFTER McCONNELL'S WIFE, WHO WAS HIS TRANSPORTATION 76 00:05:04,337 --> 00:05:08,441 SECRETARY, ELAINE CHAO, SAYING McCONNELL MUST IMMEDIATELY SEEK 77 00:05:08,508 --> 00:05:14,647 HELP AND ADVISE FROM HIS CHINA LOVING WIFE, COCO CHOW! 78 00:05:14,714 --> 00:05:19,719 WHAT THE HELL COULD THAT POSSIBLY MEAN? 79 00:05:19,786 --> 00:05:21,487 THERE ARE ONLY TWO EXPLANATIONS. ONE, THAT'S OVERT RACISM. 80 00:05:21,554 --> 00:05:25,692 OR TWO, HE'S SAYING SHE'S KIBBLE FOR CONAN O'BRIEN. 81 00:05:25,758 --> 00:05:29,162 ( LAUGHTER ) PRETENDED THEY DIDN'T HEAR 82 00:05:29,228 --> 00:05:33,199 ANYTHING OFFENSIVE. CNN'S DANA BASH ASKED RICK SCOTT 83 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:35,702 WHAT HE THOUGHT. >> THIS APPEARS RACIST. 84 00:05:35,768 --> 00:05:39,038 IS THAT OKAY? >> I HOPE NO ONE IS RACIST. 85 00:05:39,105 --> 00:05:41,074 I HOPE NO ONE SAYS ANYTHING THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE. 86 00:05:41,140 --> 00:05:44,277 >> Stephen: TOO LATE. ( LAUGHTER ) 87 00:05:44,343 --> 00:05:59,058 HOPE ALL YOU WANT. ( APPLAUSE ) 88 00:05:59,125 --> 00:06:01,327 IT'S LIKE WRITING ON A HEADSTONE, "I HOPE BILL DIDN'T 89 00:06:01,394 --> 00:06:05,498 DIE." ( LAUGHTER ) 90 00:06:05,565 --> 00:06:07,667 PRESIDENT'S ALLIES: VLADIMIR PUTIN. 91 00:06:07,734 --> 00:06:11,304 LAST WEEK, HE FORCED FOUR REGIONS OF OCCUPIED EASTERN 92 00:06:11,370 --> 00:06:15,108 UKRAINE TO HOLD SHAM VOTES IN FAVOR OF JOINING RUSSIA, AND ON 93 00:06:15,174 --> 00:06:17,210 FRIDAY, HE GAVE A BIG SPEECH ANNOUNCING RUSSIA WOULD 94 00:06:17,276 --> 00:06:22,982 OFFICIALLY ANNEX THEM. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS. 95 00:06:23,049 --> 00:06:27,220 YOU'RE NOW PART OF RUSSIA, SO YOU CAN NOW ENJOY RUSSIA'S 96 00:06:27,286 --> 00:06:28,387 NATIONAL PASTIME: FLEEING RUSSIA. 97 00:06:28,454 --> 00:06:31,457 IN HIS SPEECH, PUTIN BOASTED ABOUT HOW POWERFUL RUSSIA IS. 98 00:06:31,524 --> 00:06:33,726 >> (translated): RUSSIA IS A GREAT MILLENNIAL POWER. 99 00:06:33,793 --> 00:06:37,363 >> Stephen: OH, RUSSIA IS A TOTAL MILLENNIAL. 100 00:06:37,430 --> 00:06:43,503 ( LAUGHTER ) SPIRALING INTO DEBT, AND THEY 101 00:06:43,569 --> 00:06:46,072 LOVE AVOCADO TOAST, WHICH IN RUSSIA ... 102 00:06:46,139 --> 00:06:49,475 IS POTATO. ( LAUGHTER ) 103 00:06:49,542 --> 00:06:58,951 NOW-- THEY REMEMBERED!pTHEY REM! NOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY SAYING, 104 00:06:59,018 --> 00:07:03,689 "STEVE, THAT IS CRAZY, BUT AT LEAST HE DIDN'T SEAL THE DEAL BY 105 00:07:03,756 --> 00:07:05,491 DOING A WEIRD HAND-PILE WITH ALL THE FAKE LEADERS OF HIS FAKE NEW 106 00:07:05,558 --> 00:07:07,894 PROVINCES." WELL, PERSON I JUST MADE UP: YOU 107 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,364 ARE WRONG: HOLY SHORTY! 108 00:07:11,430 --> 00:07:13,699 IS THAT PUTIN IN THE MIDDLE, OR WAS IT "TAKE YOUR CREEPY LITTLE 109 00:07:13,766 --> 00:07:16,602 SON TO WORK DAY?" ( LAUGHTER ) 110 00:07:16,669 --> 00:07:31,184 IT OF LOOKED WEIRD BUT-- IT LOOK WEIRD, BUT IT GOT WEIRDER. 111 00:07:31,250 --> 00:07:36,222 >> Stephen: I CAN'T QUITE HEAR WHAT THAT IS. 112 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:42,061 CAN YOU TURN THAT UP, JIM. I CAN'T HEAR WHAT THEY'RE 113 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:43,529 CHANTING. JIM, CAN YOU TURN UP THE 114 00:07:43,596 --> 00:07:45,298 AUDIENCE MICS? >> LET'S GO YANKEES! 115 00:07:45,364 --> 00:07:47,567 >> Stephen: WOW, EVERYONE WANTS AARON JUDGE TO HIT 62. 116 00:07:47,633 --> 00:07:50,403 THAT'S INCREDIBLE. PITCH TO HIM! 117 00:07:50,469 --> 00:07:52,038 HE ALSO MADE THIS SWEEPING DECREE: 118 00:07:52,104 --> 00:07:56,509 >> (translated): I WANT EVERYONE TO REMEMBER THIS: THE 119 00:07:56,576 --> 00:07:59,445 PEOPLE LIVING IN LUHANSK AND DONETSK, IN KHERSON AND 120 00:07:59,512 --> 00:08:03,783 ZAPORIZHZHIA HAVE BECOME OUR CITIZENS FOREVER. 121 00:08:03,850 --> 00:08:05,885 >> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT! FOREVER! 122 00:08:05,952 --> 00:08:08,855 OR, SEVERAL MINUTES, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. 123 00:08:08,921 --> 00:08:14,861 BECAUSE WHILE PUTIN WAS SPEAKING, UKRAINIAN FORCES WERE 124 00:08:14,927 --> 00:08:17,697 RETAKING THE STRATEGIC CITY OF LYMAN. 125 00:08:17,763 --> 00:08:20,466 IT'S JUST LIKE THE OLD SAYING-- ( APPLAUSE ) 126 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:25,037 IT'S JUST LIKE THE OLD SAYING, "WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LYMANS, 127 00:08:25,104 --> 00:08:27,373 UKRAINIAN FORCES WILL CRUSH YOU AND TAKE THEM BACK WITHIN 24 128 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:31,377 HOURS." ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 129 00:08:31,444 --> 00:08:39,218 ( APPLAUSE ) UKRAINIAN ADVANCE. 130 00:08:39,285 --> 00:08:41,687 TODAY, THEY ALSO OVERRAN RUSSIAN FORCES IN RECENTLY-ANNEXED 131 00:08:41,754 --> 00:08:45,858 KHERSON. ( APPLAUSE ) 132 00:08:45,925 --> 00:08:53,099 SO QUICKLY LOCALS DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO LEARN THAT THEY HAD BEEN 133 00:08:53,165 --> 00:08:55,167 ANNEXED. THIS IS TRUE. 134 00:08:55,234 --> 00:08:56,435 WHEN ONE RESIDENT WAS INFORMED SHE WAS BRIEFLY RUSSIAN, SHE 135 00:08:56,502 --> 00:09:01,140 REPLIED, "I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT IT." 136 00:09:01,207 --> 00:09:07,146 IT'S FUNNY TO ME, BECAUSE IT RECALLS A SAYING, 'WITHOUT ME, 137 00:09:07,213 --> 00:09:10,750 THEY MARRIED ME." WOW, EASTERN EUROPEAN SAYINGS 138 00:09:10,816 --> 00:09:11,784 ARE SO SAD. ( AS RUSSIAN ) 139 00:09:11,851 --> 00:09:14,053 BABY WITH BATHWATER. YOU WASTE PERFECTLY GOOD BABY 140 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:20,226 SOUP!'" I ANWAR SADAT! 141 00:09:20,293 --> 00:09:27,333 I DID WARN YOU THAT THEY'RE ALL VERY SAD. 142 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:31,370 AS A TECHNICAL REASON, THE RUSSIAN ARMY'S GETTING ITS ASs 143 00:09:31,437 --> 00:09:36,042 S KICKED: IT SUCKS. ACCORDING TO ONE UKRAINIAN UNIT 144 00:09:36,108 --> 00:09:37,410 COMMANDER, THE RUSSIAN TROOPS HE'S FACED HAVE BEEN WEARING 145 00:09:37,476 --> 00:09:39,946 FLIP-FLOPS, AND HE EVEN SAW TWO RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WHO HAD 146 00:09:40,012 --> 00:09:42,949 ONLY ONE GUN BETWEEN THEM. ( AS RUSSIAN ) 147 00:09:43,015 --> 00:09:45,551 DISCUSSED THIS. ON TUESDAYS, I HOLD GUN, YOU 148 00:09:45,618 --> 00:09:46,953 HOLD BULLETS! TOMORROW, I WEAR FLIP, YOU WEAR 149 00:09:47,019 --> 00:09:59,098 FLOP." ( APPLAUSE ) 150 00:09:59,165 --> 00:10:05,071 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND FOCUS UP RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THERE HAS 151 00:10:05,137 --> 00:10:10,076 BEEN A DEVASTATING SCANDAL IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS. 152 00:10:10,142 --> 00:10:12,044 AT A FISHING TOURNAMENT IN CLEVELAND ON FRIDAY, A DUO THAT 153 00:10:12,111 --> 00:10:13,346 HAD BEEN DECLARED WINNERS WERE CAUGHT CHEATING. 154 00:10:13,412 --> 00:10:14,981 OF COURSE, THIS IS FISHING, SO AFTER THEY WERE CAUGHT, THEY 155 00:10:15,047 --> 00:10:17,016 WERE RELEASED. ( LAUGHTER ) 156 00:10:17,083 --> 00:10:23,556 I DIDN'T REALIZE-- I DIDN'T REALIZE I DESERVED THAT. 157 00:10:23,622 --> 00:10:27,827 THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE VERY GENEROUS. 158 00:10:27,893 --> 00:10:30,229 NOW, IT'S A LAKESIDE FISHING SCANDAL SO EXPLOSIVE, MANY ARE 159 00:10:30,296 --> 00:10:40,373 CALLING IT "WATERGATE." >> I AM NOT A CARP! 160 00:10:40,439 --> 00:10:42,742 ( LAUGHTER ). CARP. 161 00:10:42,808 --> 00:10:47,947 THEY PUNCHED THAT CARP. THAT'S VERY NICE. 162 00:10:48,014 --> 00:10:51,717 THE CONTROVERSY HAPPENED AT THE LAKE ERIE WALLEYE TRAIL 163 00:10:51,784 --> 00:10:55,354 CHAMPIONSHIP, WHERE JUDGES GREW SKEPTICAL WHEN FIVE FISH, 164 00:10:55,421 --> 00:10:56,455 ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT FOUR POUNDS EACH, WEIGHED IN AT 165 00:10:56,522 --> 00:10:58,224 NEARLY 34 POUNDS. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THE JUDGES 166 00:10:58,290 --> 00:11:03,029 SMELLED SOMETHING... SUSPICIOUS. 167 00:11:03,095 --> 00:11:15,708 ( LAUGHTER ) HERE'S THE MOMENT THEY GOT 168 00:11:15,775 --> 00:11:19,445 CAUGHT TRYING TO CHEAT THEIR WAY TO A $28,000 PRIZE: 169 00:11:19,512 --> 00:11:23,749 >> WE GOT WEIGHTS IN FISH! GET THE (BLEEP) OUT OF HERE! 170 00:11:23,816 --> 00:11:28,721 CALL THE COPS! I'LL EXECUTE HIM. 171 00:11:28,788 --> 00:11:36,829 THAT'S (BLEEP) THEFT, (BLEEP). CALL THE (BLEEP) COPS. 172 00:11:36,896 --> 00:11:42,568 CALL THEM, THEN. ( BLEEP ) 173 00:11:42,635 --> 00:11:43,502 JASON, WE GOTTA FILE A POLICE REPORT. 174 00:11:43,569 --> 00:11:45,337 CALL THEM THEN. ALL OF THEM. 175 00:11:45,404 --> 00:11:47,440 EVERY (BLEEP) ONE. ALL OF THEM. 176 00:11:47,506 --> 00:11:48,374 EVERY SINGLE (BLEEP) FISH. >> Stephen: OKAY, THAT GOT REAL 177 00:11:48,441 --> 00:11:51,243 HEATED REAL FAST. THOUGH, TO BE FAIR, EVERY 178 00:11:51,310 --> 00:11:53,212 PARKING LOT IN OHIO COMES WITH A STOCKPILE OF ANGRY DADS IN BASS 179 00:11:53,279 --> 00:11:55,347 PRO SHOP HATS: "AM I DRUNK, OR AM I JUST LIKE 180 00:11:55,414 --> 00:11:57,483 THIS? THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ABOUT 181 00:11:57,550 --> 00:11:59,085 SOMETHING MUCH DEEPER, MAYBE MY DAD! 182 00:11:59,151 --> 00:12:04,623 HE WAS SO ANGRY, AND I NEVER KNEW WHY. 183 00:12:04,690 --> 00:12:06,792 I'M SO ANGRY! I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A LEAD WEIGHT 184 00:12:06,859 --> 00:12:11,630 INSIDE OF ME! SOMEBODY WEIGH ME! 185 00:12:11,697 --> 00:12:14,433 I CAN'T BE THIS HEAVY!" ( LAUGHTER ) 186 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:26,011 AAARs RRHHHH! THESE CHEATERS WEREN'T JUST 187 00:12:26,078 --> 00:12:29,715 JUICING THE FISH WITH LEAD. TAKE A LOOK: 188 00:12:29,782 --> 00:12:34,320 >> A FILETED FISH. >> A PLILAY, YEAH. 189 00:12:34,386 --> 00:12:37,289 IT'S A WALLEYE FILET. >> Stephen: THEY PUT FISH 190 00:12:37,356 --> 00:12:43,496 INSIDE THEIR FISH. YOU CAN FIND IT ALL IN THE 191 00:12:43,562 --> 00:12:44,663 NEW DISNEY CLASSIC: "FINDING NEMO... 192 00:12:44,730 --> 00:12:47,166 STUFFED WITH OTHER NEMOS." WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 193 00:12:47,233 --> 00:12:49,768 TONIGHT. THE CREATOR OF "VEEP" AND 194 00:12:49,835 --> 00:12:53,239 "AVENUE 5," ARMANDO IANNUCCI IS HERE. 195 00:12:53,305 --> 00:12:57,076 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY 196 00:12:57,143 --> 00:12:59,578 PELOSI. RIGHT THERE. 197 00:13:28,607 --> 00:13:29,608 ( APPLAUSE ) WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY. 198 00:13:29,675 --> 00:13:35,714 GIVE IT UP FOR LOUIS CATO AND THE LATE SHOW BAND. 199 00:13:35,781 --> 00:13:47,960 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Louis: STEPHEN. 200 00:13:48,027 --> 00:13:49,461 >> Stephen: IT'S A LITTLE CHILLY IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW. 201 00:13:49,528 --> 00:13:51,997 >> Louis: IT'S PRETTY CHILLY TODAY. 202 00:13:52,064 --> 00:13:54,900 >> Stephen: YOU CAN FEEL THE FALL COMING ON, I LOVE IT. 203 00:13:54,967 --> 00:13:57,503 >> Louis: YOU LOVE IT. TODAY WAS LIKE A STEP ABOVE 204 00:13:57,570 --> 00:14:00,005 FALL. >> Stephen: WE WENT STRAIGHT 205 00:14:00,072 --> 00:14:05,544 FROM SUMMER INTO DEEP FALL. IT WENT FROMITAL COMPOWDER TO 206 00:14:05,611 --> 00:14:11,984 CHAPSTICK IN 24 HOURS. YEAH, EXACTLY RIGHT HERE. 207 00:14:12,051 --> 00:14:14,053 YOU KNOW WHO WE'VE GOT ON TONIGHT, MY FRIEND. 208 00:14:14,119 --> 00:14:18,958 WE HAVE, FIRST OF ALL, AN ARTIST I'VE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO 209 00:14:19,024 --> 00:14:27,166 INTERVIEW BEFORE, BUT WHOSE WORK I ADMIRE ARMANDO IANNUCCI WHO 210 00:14:27,233 --> 00:14:33,739 CREATED "STR "THICK" AND "VE" MY FIRST GUEST HAS REPRESENTED 211 00:14:33,806 --> 00:14:37,843 CALIFORNIA VOTERS FOR 35 YEARS, AND MADE HISTORY WHEN SHE BECAME 212 00:14:37,910 --> 00:14:41,080 FIRST FEMALE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. 213 00:14:41,146 --> 00:14:45,751 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI. 214 00:14:45,818 --> 00:14:51,590 ♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL YOU MAKE ME FEEL YOU MAKE ME 215 00:14:51,657 --> 00:15:06,538 FEEL LIKE A NATURAL WOMAN. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 216 00:15:06,605 --> 00:15:13,479 FEEL LIKE A NATURAL WOMAN. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 217 00:15:13,545 --> 00:15:16,148 MADAM SPEAKER. THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK. 218 00:15:16,215 --> 00:15:19,718 >> MY PLEASURE. >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU 219 00:15:19,785 --> 00:15:21,587 AGAIN. >> NICE TO BE HERE, IN PERSON. 220 00:15:21,654 --> 00:15:24,923 >> Stephen: HOW HAVE YOU BEEN? >> Stephen: I KNOW, WE TALKED 221 00:15:24,990 --> 00:15:29,862 OVER ZOOM ONE TIME BUT WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SPOKEN SINCE 222 00:15:29,928 --> 00:15:31,830 PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS INAUGURATED. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 223 00:15:31,897 --> 00:15:33,832 >> Stephen: SINCE BEFORE THAT. A LOT HAS HAPPENED. 224 00:15:33,899 --> 00:15:36,602 >> A GREAT DEAL. >> Stephen: SINCE THEN. 225 00:15:36,669 --> 00:15:42,308 BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, OVER 15 YEARS AGO, YOU-- YOU BROKE 226 00:15:42,374 --> 00:15:48,314 ONE OF THE GREATEST GLASS CEILINGS IN AMERICA IN BECOMING 227 00:15:48,380 --> 00:15:51,784 THE FIRST FEMALE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. 228 00:15:51,850 --> 00:15:59,491 ( APPLAUSE ) ELECTED SPEAKER AGAIN. 229 00:15:59,558 --> 00:16:04,063 AND NOW YOU HAVE SOME COMPANY BEHIND THE PRESIDENT AT THE 230 00:16:04,129 --> 00:16:07,132 STATE OF THE UNION. HOW DOES IT FEEL? 231 00:16:07,199 --> 00:16:16,508 ( APPLAUSE ) PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS BACK 232 00:16:16,575 --> 00:16:18,544 THERE WITH YOU DURING THE STATE OF THE UNION? 233 00:16:18,610 --> 00:16:22,081 >> WELL, IT WAS VERY EXCITING, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. 234 00:16:22,147 --> 00:16:25,684 OF COURSE, PERSONALLY, KAMALA IS FROM CALIFORNIA, SO WE HAVE 235 00:16:25,751 --> 00:16:28,787 KNOWN HER. BUT OFFICIALLY, IT WAS A GREAT 236 00:16:28,854 --> 00:16:30,556 HONOR. BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT, WHEN WE 237 00:16:30,622 --> 00:16:33,492 WERE THERE WHAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT WAS NOT THAT THE TWO 238 00:16:33,559 --> 00:16:36,995 OF US WERE THERE, BUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID IN HIS SPEECH 239 00:16:37,062 --> 00:16:41,867 ABOUT WOMEN, ABOUT MORE WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE AND ROLES OF 240 00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:45,037 LEADERSHIP, WHETHER IT'S GOVERNMENT, ACADEMIA, WHEREVER 241 00:16:45,104 --> 00:16:47,506 IT WAS. AND HE TALKED ABOUT CHILD CARE 242 00:16:47,573 --> 00:16:52,211 AND CHILD TAX CREDIT AND FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE AND HOME 243 00:16:52,277 --> 00:16:54,646 HEALTHCARE, AND ALL OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WOULD ENABLE 244 00:16:54,713 --> 00:16:58,050 MORE WOMEN TO BALANCE HOME AND WORK. 245 00:16:58,117 --> 00:17:00,352 AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS SO EXCITING FOR THE TWO OF US TO 246 00:17:00,419 --> 00:17:05,157 HEAR THE PRESIDENT HAVE AN AGENDA NOT JUST ABOUT THE 247 00:17:05,224 --> 00:17:07,659 HISTORY WE WERE MAKING, BUT THE PROGRESS THE AMERICAN WOMEN 248 00:17:07,726 --> 00:17:09,862 WOULD BE MAKING UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP. 249 00:17:09,928 --> 00:17:15,234 ( APPLAUSE ) THAT. 250 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:18,103 I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. WOULD YOU ALSO AGREE THAT IT 251 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:20,906 WOULD BE EXCITING SOME DAY TO SEE TWO MEN BACK HERE AND A 252 00:17:20,973 --> 00:17:25,043 WOMAN STANDING UP THERE GIVING THE STATE OF THE UNION SOMETIME? 253 00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:25,911 ( APPLAUSE ). 254 00:17:25,978 --> 00:17:31,483 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) QUICK BREAK. 255 00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:34,420 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI. 256 00:17:34,486 --> 00:17:35,554 STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY. 257 00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:45,063 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, LOOK THERE. 258 00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:48,033 IT IS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI. 259 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:50,702 LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT SLIM MAJORITY THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE 260 00:17:50,769 --> 00:17:54,406 RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CONTROL 261 00:17:54,473 --> 00:17:58,177 COMES AND CONTROL GOES. YOU WERE SPEAKER FROM 2007-2011. 262 00:17:58,243 --> 00:18:02,481 AND THEN ONCE AGAIN IN 2017 BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS 263 00:18:02,548 --> 00:18:06,485 CONTROLLED, FOR THOSE SIX YEARS-- SEVEN YEARS IN BETWEEN. 264 00:18:06,552 --> 00:18:10,155 IN 2018, WHEN YOU WERE SITTING RIGHT THERE IN THAT CHAIR, YOU 265 00:18:10,222 --> 00:18:13,058 CAME ON HERE, AND YOU PREDICTED THAT THE DEMOCRATS WERE GOING TO 266 00:18:13,125 --> 00:18:15,461 PICK UP SEATS IN THE CONGRESS ON A LARGE SCALE. 267 00:18:15,527 --> 00:18:18,096 THEY DID. THEY PICKED UP 40 SEATS IN THE 268 00:18:18,163 --> 00:18:22,334 HOUSE, A REAL WAVE. WHAT IS YOUR PREDICTION FOR THE 269 00:18:22,401 --> 00:18:25,971 ELECTION THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A MONTH AWAY? 270 00:18:26,038 --> 00:18:28,040 MADAM SPEAKER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 271 00:18:28,106 --> 00:18:30,409 >> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT 272 00:18:30,476 --> 00:18:34,012 QUESTION BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN THE HOUSE-- HOLD THE 273 00:18:34,079 --> 00:18:36,381 HOUSE. AND WE WILL HOLD THE HOUSE-- 274 00:18:36,448 --> 00:18:42,154 ( APPLAUSE ) WE WON THE 40 SEATS. 275 00:18:42,221 --> 00:18:45,424 THEN WE LOST SOME WHEN TRUMP WAS ON THE BALLOT. 276 00:18:45,491 --> 00:18:47,793 WE LOST SOME IN THE TRUMP DISTRICTS. 277 00:18:47,860 --> 00:18:51,463 BUT WE HELD ENOUGH SEATS TO HOLD THE HOUSE WITH HIM ON THE 278 00:18:51,530 --> 00:18:53,398 BALLOT. HE'S NOT ON THE BALLOT NOW. 279 00:18:53,465 --> 00:18:56,235 OH, DID I SAY HIS NAME? I DIDN'T MEAN TO. 280 00:18:56,301 --> 00:19:01,907 ( APPLAUSE ) VIDEOTAPES FUMIGATED. 281 00:19:01,974 --> 00:19:04,977 >> PERHAPS YOU COULD BLEEP THAT OUT. 282 00:19:05,043 --> 00:19:06,144 >> Stephen: NO WORRIES. NO WORRIES. 283 00:19:06,211 --> 00:19:09,114 IT IS A FAMILY SHOW. ( LAUGHTER ) 284 00:19:09,181 --> 00:19:13,952 CONFIDENCE THOOD? BECAUSE ALL THE 285 00:19:14,019 --> 00:19:17,122 PROGNOSTICATORS-- CERTAINLY SIX MONTHS AGO THEY SAID IT WAS 286 00:19:17,189 --> 00:19:20,859 GOING TO BE THIS CRAZY RED WAVE. NOW IT LOOKS LIGHTLY THE 287 00:19:20,926 --> 00:19:23,762 DEMOCRATS WILL HOLD THE SENATE BUT THERE IS STILL A FLIGHT 288 00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:26,131 FAVOR FOR THE REPUBLICANS TO TAKE THE HOUSE. 289 00:19:26,198 --> 00:19:28,000 >> YOU READY? >> Stephen: ALWAYS. 290 00:19:28,066 --> 00:19:32,271 >> HERE'S THE THING, WHEN WE WON IN 2020, AGAIN FEWER SEATS, BUT 291 00:19:32,337 --> 00:19:36,675 STILL HOLDING THE HOUSE, WE STARTED RIGHT AWAY TO PREPARE 292 00:19:36,742 --> 00:19:41,647 FOR THE NEXT ELECTION IN TERMS OF ORGANIZATION, OWN THE GROUND. 293 00:19:41,713 --> 00:19:44,850 WHEN YOU MOBILIZE, YOU MUST OWN THE GROUND TO TAKE OUT THE VOTE. 294 00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:49,221 YOU HAVE TO DO THAT WITH INSPIRATION AND HOW WE PUT 295 00:19:49,288 --> 00:19:52,224 TOGETHER OUR MESSAGING. THAT'S TE SECOND "M." 296 00:19:52,291 --> 00:19:54,593 AND THE THIRD IS MONEY. WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE 297 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:56,595 ELECTION. THAT WAS IN DECEMBER OF 2020. 298 00:19:56,662 --> 00:20:00,332 IN JANUARY 6, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, AN INSURRECTION 299 00:20:00,399 --> 00:20:03,702 INCITED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE U.S. 300 00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:07,105 CAPITOL, ON OUR CONSTITUTION, ON OUR DEMOCRACY. 301 00:20:07,172 --> 00:20:10,976 THE GREATEST INFLUX OF CANDIDATES CAME FORWARD, YOUNG 302 00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:15,080 PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF COLOR, PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS, 303 00:20:15,147 --> 00:20:17,716 DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND THE REST, THE BEAUTIFUL DIVERSITY OF 304 00:20:17,783 --> 00:20:20,586 AMERICA, CAME FORWARD. THEY DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO 305 00:20:20,652 --> 00:20:23,188 THOSE PUNDITS WHO SAID YOU CAN'T WIN. 306 00:20:23,255 --> 00:20:27,793 THEY WENT IN WITH COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE THAT THEY COULD WIN. 307 00:20:27,859 --> 00:20:34,199 SO WHEN "ROE V WADE" CAME DOWN, BOOM, WE WERE TOTALLY READY. 308 00:20:34,266 --> 00:20:38,403 AND THAT JUST CAUSE AID WHOLE DIFFERENT ATTITUDE ON THE PART 309 00:20:38,470 --> 00:20:42,941 OF SOME OF WHETHER WE COULD WIN. WE ALWAYS BELIEVED WE COULD WIN 310 00:20:43,008 --> 00:20:46,478 BECAUSE WE KNEW WE HAD TO, BECAUSE OUR DEMOCRACY WAS ON THE 311 00:20:46,545 --> 00:20:48,714 BALLOT, OUR PLANET WAS ON THE BALLOT. 312 00:20:48,780 --> 00:20:52,017 EVERYTHING WAS ON THE BALLOT IN THIS ELECTION, MORE THAN IN 313 00:20:52,084 --> 00:20:55,087 REGULAR MAJORITIES COME AND GO. >> Stephen: IT IS ON THE 314 00:20:55,153 --> 00:20:56,788 BALLOT. YOU'RE TALKING A LITTLE LIKE 315 00:20:56,855 --> 00:20:59,024 YOU'RE TALKING IN THE PAST TENSE, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME 316 00:20:59,091 --> 00:21:01,526 POINTING THAT OUT. WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE MORE THAN 317 00:21:01,593 --> 00:21:02,728 A MONTH TO GO. >> YES. 318 00:21:02,794 --> 00:21:05,063 >> Stephen: THE POLLS STILL AREN'T REFLECTING NECESSARILY 319 00:21:05,130 --> 00:21:08,300 WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. DO YOU BELIEVE THERE THE POLLS. 320 00:21:08,367 --> 00:21:13,605 >> LET ME SAY I SAID, "WAS ON THE BALLOT," WHEN PEOPLE DECIDED 321 00:21:13,672 --> 00:21:15,273 TO RUN. >> Stephen: OKAY 322 00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:17,876 >> AND NOW HERE THEY ARE DOING VERY WELL IN THEIR DISTRICTS. 323 00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:20,812 WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT IT, HERE'S THE WAY WE SEE IT. 324 00:21:20,879 --> 00:21:25,684 I'M FROM MARYLAND ORIGINALLY, AND CALIFORNIA A LONG TIME. 325 00:21:25,751 --> 00:21:29,354 SO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S A HORSE RACING STATE. 326 00:21:29,421 --> 00:21:33,358 AND IN THE-- IN MARYLAND, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE LEAD-- WHICH WE 327 00:21:33,425 --> 00:21:37,863 BELIEVE WE ARE, WHICH WE BELIEVE WE ARE-- WE'RE IN THE LEAD, 328 00:21:37,929 --> 00:21:41,033 YOU'RE IN THE STRETCH, WE MADE THE TURN. 329 00:21:41,099 --> 00:21:43,935 IT'S FIVE WEEKS FROM TOMORROW IS THE ELECTION. 330 00:21:44,002 --> 00:21:46,438 AND VOTING STARTS EVEN SOONER THAN THAT. 331 00:21:46,505 --> 00:21:49,074 WHEN YOU'RE IN THE LEAD AND YOU'RE IN THE STRETCH, YOU WHIP 332 00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:51,610 THE LEAD. AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING. 333 00:21:51,677 --> 00:21:55,580 WE'RE WHIPPING THE LEAD TO ENSURE A DEMOCRATIC VICTORY. 334 00:21:55,647 --> 00:22:02,654 I FEEL JUST WATCHING EACH OF THE RACES-- FORGIVE ME FOR SAYING 335 00:22:02,721 --> 00:22:08,026 THIS IN A VERY COLD-BLOOD WAY AS TO WHICH RACES WE CAN WIN TO 336 00:22:08,093 --> 00:22:11,630 ENSURE THAT WE NOT ONLY HOLD THE HOUSE BUT WE INCREASE OUR 337 00:22:11,697 --> 00:22:13,598 NUMBER. AND A REAL TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT 338 00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:17,402 BIDEN. HE H HAS BEEN A GREAT PRESIDENT. 339 00:22:17,469 --> 00:22:20,405 HAS ACCOMPLISHED-- WORKING AFFECT ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH. 340 00:22:20,472 --> 00:22:22,974 AND THAT IS BEGINNING TO HAVE SOME APPRECIATION IN THE PUBLIC 341 00:22:23,041 --> 00:22:29,648 IN TERMS OF HIS LEADERSHIP-- RESCUE PACKAGE, BIPARTISAN 342 00:22:29,715 --> 00:22:32,884 INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE, THIS MOST RECENT INFLATION REDUCTION 343 00:22:32,951 --> 00:22:37,989 ACT, THE CHIPS ACT, THE PACK ACT FOR OUR VETERANS. 344 00:22:38,056 --> 00:22:41,626 THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB AND WE HAVE BEEN 345 00:22:41,693 --> 00:22:44,296 PROUD. ( APPLAUSE ) 346 00:22:44,362 --> 00:22:51,036 WE'RE STILL-- WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THE NEXT JANUARY 6 347 00:22:51,103 --> 00:22:53,171 HEARING. WE HEARD RIGHT BEFORE YOU CAME 348 00:22:53,238 --> 00:22:57,342 OUT HERE-- YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW THIS-- THAT IS POSSIBLY ON 349 00:22:57,409 --> 00:23:01,680 THURSDAY THE 13th IS WHEN THE NEXT JANUARY 6 HEARING WOULD 350 00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:06,685 BE. YOU SAID YOU WOULD NEVER FORGET 351 00:23:06,752 --> 00:23:09,254 OR FORGIVE THAT DAY. TO YOU WHAT IS THE IDEAL OUTCOME 352 00:23:09,321 --> 00:23:11,356 OF THESE HEARINGS? >> THE TRUTH. 353 00:23:11,423 --> 00:23:13,792 THE TRUTH. THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, IT'S 354 00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:18,597 ABOUT-- ( APPLAUSE ) 355 00:23:18,663 --> 00:23:24,469 AMERICAN PEOPLE SO THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN, NEVER HAPPENS 356 00:23:24,536 --> 00:23:27,839 AGAIN. ( APPLAUSE ) 357 00:23:27,906 --> 00:23:31,543 I'M SO PROUD OF THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE IN A BIPARTISAN WAY, 358 00:23:31,610 --> 00:23:38,016 EVEN THOUGH THE REPUBLICANS HAD REJECTED AN OUTSIDE PANEL. 359 00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:40,886 MITCH McCONNELL WENT TO HIS COLLEAGUES AND SAID, "DO ME A 360 00:23:40,952 --> 00:23:44,623 FAVOR AND DON'T VOTE FOR THE OUTSIDE COMMISSION." 361 00:23:44,689 --> 00:23:46,491 IMAGINE. AND THE PRESIDENT SAYING WHAT 362 00:23:46,558 --> 00:23:49,661 HE'S SAYING ABOUT HIM NOW. HE ALWAYS WAS PROTECTING THE 363 00:23:49,728 --> 00:23:50,796 PRESIDENT. BUT ENOUGH OF HIM. 364 00:23:50,862 --> 00:23:53,265 ABOUT THE FUTURE-- ( LAUGHTER ) 365 00:23:53,331 --> 00:24:00,405 THOMPSON AND THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA THAT HE REPRESENTS AND 366 00:24:00,472 --> 00:24:03,742 LIZ CHENEY-- I MEAN, SO REMARKABLE. 367 00:24:03,809 --> 00:24:05,310 SO MUCH COURAGE. ( APPLAUSE ) 368 00:24:05,377 --> 00:24:08,213 TAKE A QUICK BREAK. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE 369 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,448 SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI, EVERYBODY. ( APPLAUSE ) 370 00:24:18,123 --> 00:24:21,927 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, IT IS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY 371 00:24:21,993 --> 00:24:25,430 PELOSI. MADAM SPEAKER, 35 YEARS AGO, 372 00:24:25,497 --> 00:24:32,170 YOUR FRIEND, THIS WOMAN RIGHT HERE, REPRESENTATIVE BURTON WAS 373 00:24:32,237 --> 00:24:35,307 DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. AND SHE ASKED YOU TO RUN FOR HER 374 00:24:35,373 --> 00:24:37,409 SEAT. WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY TO 375 00:24:37,475 --> 00:24:40,378 HER NOW IF YOU COULD ABOUT THE PATH THAT SHE SET YOU ON. 376 00:24:40,445 --> 00:24:44,182 >> WELL, THAT'S SO NICE OF YOU TO SAY, BECAUSE THIS WAS REALLY 377 00:24:44,249 --> 00:24:48,053 QUITE UNUSUAL THAT A WOMAN WOULD BE INDICATING WHO SHE WANTED TO 378 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,489 HAVE AS HER SUCCESSOR. MEN DID THAT ALL THE TIME, BUT 379 00:24:51,556 --> 00:24:55,427 HERE WAS A WOMAN OFFERING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN. 380 00:24:55,493 --> 00:24:58,964 I HAD NEVER INTENDED TO RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, EVER. 381 00:24:59,030 --> 00:25:02,167 I HAVE FIVE CHILDREN. I WAS RAISING MY FAMILY. 382 00:25:02,234 --> 00:25:08,273 AND WHEN THIS TIME CAME AND SHE OFFERED THIS, I SAID, "WELL, 383 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:10,642 I'VE NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT RUNNING FOR OFFICE. 384 00:25:10,709 --> 00:25:14,112 I'M BASICALLY A SHY PERSON. I DON'T WANT TO PUT MYSELF OUT 385 00:25:14,179 --> 00:25:15,313 THERE." >> Stephen: YOU DO SEEM VERY 386 00:25:15,380 --> 00:25:16,248 SHY. ( LAUGHTER ). 387 00:25:16,314 --> 00:25:22,153 THIS IS NOW. BUT IN ANY EVENT, SO I WENT TO 388 00:25:22,220 --> 00:25:24,422 ALEXANDRA, WHO YOU KNOW, OUR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, WHO WAS 16 AT 389 00:25:24,489 --> 00:25:26,925 THE TIME, GOING INTO SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. 390 00:25:26,992 --> 00:25:31,963 AND I SAID, "ALEXANDRA, MOMENT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR 391 00:25:32,030 --> 00:25:35,934 CONGRESS. I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL WIN, BUT 392 00:25:36,001 --> 00:25:40,772 SALA ASKED ME TO RUN AND SAID IT WOULD MAKE HER FEEL BETTER IF I 393 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:42,173 RAN. I LOVE MY LIFE AND I DON'T NEED 394 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,944 TO RUN FOR OFFICE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR HER REQUEST 395 00:25:46,011 --> 00:25:50,615 BECAUSE IT'S HISTORIC THAT A WOMAN IS SAYING TO ANOTHER WOMAN 396 00:25:50,682 --> 00:25:54,185 'RUN FOR OFFICE '." I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW HOW 397 00:25:54,252 --> 00:25:56,321 HISTORIC THAT IS. THAT WAS QUITE REMARKABLE. 398 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:59,958 I SAID,s, ALEXANDRA, MOMMY WILL BE GONE LIKE THREE NIGHTS A 399 00:26:00,025 --> 00:26:05,530 WEEK IF I WIN, I'LL BE GONE THREE NIGHTS A WEEK, BUT ANY 400 00:26:05,597 --> 00:26:09,401 ANSWER IS OKAY." AND SHE SAID, "MOTHER--" I KNEW 401 00:26:09,467 --> 00:26:12,737 I WAS IN TROUBLE. I WAS I WAS SAYING MOMMY, AND 402 00:26:12,804 --> 00:26:15,674 SHE WAS SAYING MOTHER. SHE SAID, "MOG, GET A LIFE." 403 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:19,311 I HAD NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE. SHOTHIS WAS A LONG TIME AGO. 404 00:26:19,377 --> 00:26:22,213 WHAT TEENAGED GIRL WOULD NOT WANT HER MOTHER OUT OF THE HOUSE 405 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,817 THREE NIGHTS A WEEK? ( APPLAUSE ) 406 00:26:25,884 --> 00:26:37,095 ( APPLAUSE ) PEOPLE SAY TO ME. 407 00:26:37,162 --> 00:26:40,532 SALA SAW SOMETHING IN YOU THAT SHE WAS INSISTING THAT YOU RUN, 408 00:26:40,598 --> 00:26:43,868 AND I HOPE THAT I HAVE HONORED THE CONFIDENCE THAT SHE PLACED 409 00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:45,704 IN ME. BUT THE FIRST DAY ON THE FLOOR 410 00:26:45,770 --> 00:26:49,474 OF THE HOUSE, WHEN I WAS SWORN IN, IN A SPECIAL ELECTION 411 00:26:49,541 --> 00:26:56,281 BECAUSE SALA HAD DIED, I WENT ON THE FLOOR AND I SAID-- I TOLD MY 412 00:26:56,348 --> 00:26:59,317 CONSTITUENTS THAT WHEN I CAME HERE THEY WOULD TELL THEM THAT 413 00:26:59,384 --> 00:27:04,389 SALA SENT ME AND THAT I HAVE COME HERE TO FIGHT AGAINST 414 00:27:04,456 --> 00:27:07,158 H.I.V. AND AIDS. THEY WERE MY VERY FIRST WORDS ON 415 00:27:07,225 --> 00:27:09,661 THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE. AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I SAID, 416 00:27:09,728 --> 00:27:12,430 EXCEPT TO THANK MY PARENTS AND MY CONSTITUENTS. 417 00:27:12,497 --> 00:27:16,434 AND H.I.V. AND AIDS WERE JUST-- JUST SO HORRIBLE IN OUR 418 00:27:16,501 --> 00:27:19,637 COMMUNITY AND IN THE COUNTRY AT THAT TIME. 419 00:27:19,704 --> 00:27:23,208 SO I SAY TO SALA, WE'RE STILL FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE THE 420 00:27:23,274 --> 00:27:26,378 QUALITY OF LIFE EXISTS, AND HOPEFULLY SOME DAY WE'LL HAVE A 421 00:27:26,444 --> 00:27:29,647 CURE. BUT THE FIGHT AGAINST H.I.V. AND 422 00:27:29,714 --> 00:27:35,120 AIDS HAS HELPED US IN MARRIAGE EQUALITY AND OTHER DIAGNOSES 423 00:27:35,186 --> 00:27:38,256 HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THE MODEL THAT THE GRASS ROOTS PUT OUT 424 00:27:38,323 --> 00:27:40,825 THERE. AND WE CAN MANEUVER INTERNALLY 425 00:27:40,892 --> 00:27:43,395 IN CONGRESS. BUT WHAT THE OUTSIDE 426 00:27:43,461 --> 00:27:45,330 MOBILIZATION IS MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. 427 00:27:45,397 --> 00:27:49,667 AND SALA WAS AN OUTSIDE MOBILIZER FOLLOWED THAT 428 00:27:49,734 --> 00:27:53,138 TRADITION. >> Stephen: MY NEXT GUEST IS A 429 00:27:53,204 --> 00:27:56,741 GUY NAMED ARMANDO IANNUCCI, WHO CREATED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, 430 00:27:56,808 --> 00:27:58,076 "VEEP." HAVE YOU EVER SEEN "VEEP"? 431 00:27:58,143 --> 00:28:00,412 >> YES, I'VE SEEN IT A NUMBER OF TIMES. 432 00:28:00,478 --> 00:28:02,147 >> Stephen: DOES IT SEEM ACCURATE TO HOW WASHINGTON IS? 433 00:28:02,213 --> 00:28:04,449 >> NO, OF COURSE NOT. >> Stephen: NO? 434 00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:06,951 ENCHL'S REALLY NICE IN WASHINGTON AND NO ONE EVER STABS 435 00:28:07,018 --> 00:28:09,254 EACH OTHER IN THE BACK, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? 436 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,490 >> OH, I DON'T MEAN THAT. I JUST MEANT-- 437 00:28:12,557 --> 00:28:15,727 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: NO ONE EVER USES 438 00:28:15,794 --> 00:28:17,896 FOUL LANGUAGE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? 439 00:28:17,962 --> 00:28:20,999 >> NOT IN FRONT OF ME. NOT IN FRONT OF THE SPEAKER. 440 00:28:21,066 --> 00:28:27,705 BUT THE STAR OF THE SHOW IS REALLY A STAR IN LIFE AS WELL. 441 00:28:27,772 --> 00:28:29,307 >> Stephen: JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS. 442 00:28:29,374 --> 00:28:33,611 >> SHE IS JUST REMARKABLE. I'M A BIG FAN OF HERS. 443 00:28:33,678 --> 00:28:35,280 SO I'VE SEEN IT FROM TIME TO TIME. 444 00:28:35,346 --> 00:28:40,318 IF I HAVE ANY TIME TO WATCH TV IT'S SPORTS AND "THE STEPHEN 445 00:28:40,385 --> 00:28:42,187 COLBERT SHOW." ( APPLAUSE ). 446 00:28:42,253 --> 00:28:47,926 IT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY 447 00:28:47,992 --> 00:28:49,360 PELOSI, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. 448 00:28:49,427 --> 00:28:51,863 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ARMANDO IANNUCCI. 449 00:29:09,714 --> 00:29:10,849 ( APPLAUSE ) WELCOME BACK. 450 00:29:10,915 --> 00:29:14,853 HAY, EVERYBODY. MY NEXT GUEST IS THE CREATIVE 451 00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:17,856 GENIUS BEHIND "VEEP," "THE THICK OF IT," AND "THE DEATH OF 452 00:29:17,922 --> 00:29:19,491 STALIN." HIS SERIES "AVENUE 5" RETURNS TO 453 00:29:19,557 --> 00:29:22,627 HBO NEXT WEEK FOR ITS SECOND SEASON. 454 00:29:22,694 --> 00:29:25,597 PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," ARMANDO IANNUCCI! 455 00:29:25,663 --> 00:29:30,168 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ). 456 00:29:30,235 --> 00:29:37,375 ( APPLAUSE ). >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 457 00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:39,644 >> Stephen: IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. 458 00:29:39,711 --> 00:29:44,782 I'VE REALLY ADMIRED YOUR WORK FOR SO MANY YEARS. 459 00:29:44,849 --> 00:29:47,552 >> OH, THANK YOU. >> Stephen: "THE THICK OF IT," 460 00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:51,556 "IN THE LOOP," "THE DEATH OF STALIN." 461 00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:55,093 "VEEP," AND NOW "AVENUE 5". ON HBO. 462 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:56,327 OKAY. ( APPLAUSE ) 463 00:29:56,394 --> 00:30:01,299 >> Stephen: YOU CREATED "VE "VEEP," A PART OF WHAT MAKES IT 464 00:30:01,366 --> 00:30:06,437 SO FUNNY IS THE CHARACTERS PUT UP ALL ABOUT APPEARANCES. 465 00:30:06,504 --> 00:30:08,306 >> YES. >> Stephen: IT'S ALL ABOUT 466 00:30:08,373 --> 00:30:10,175 FACADE. AND THEN BEHIND THE SCENES 467 00:30:10,241 --> 00:30:11,809 THEY'RE INCREDIBLY CRUEL TO EACH OTHER. 468 00:30:11,876 --> 00:30:15,313 WHERE DID THAT IDEA COME FROM? >> LIFE. 469 00:30:15,380 --> 00:30:19,284 >> Stephen: FROM LIFE, OKAY. >> I JUST-- YOU KNOW, AS YOU 470 00:30:19,350 --> 00:30:23,821 GROW UP, YOU SUDDENLY REALIZE NO MATTER HOW IMPRESSIVE PEOPLE 471 00:30:23,888 --> 00:30:25,723 ARE, OR THEY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE, THE MORE YOU GET TO 472 00:30:25,790 --> 00:30:29,861 KNOW THEM, THE MORE YOU REALIZE THEY'RE JUST LIKE YOU AND ME. 473 00:30:29,928 --> 00:30:33,631 THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE DAY WITHOUT GETTING 474 00:30:33,698 --> 00:30:35,300 CAUGHT. WHEN I WAS RESEARCHING FOR 475 00:30:35,366 --> 00:30:38,169 "VEEP," THE REALLY IMPOSING LOOKING BUILDING FROM THE 476 00:30:38,236 --> 00:30:40,038 OUTSIDE, LIKE THE STATE DEPARTMENT, YOU REALIZE WHEN YOU 477 00:30:40,104 --> 00:30:43,241 GO IN, IT'S JUST LIKE AN OFFICE. I GOT INTO THE STATE 478 00:30:43,308 --> 00:30:45,343 DEPARTMENT-- A JOURNALIST TOLD ME IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO THE 479 00:30:45,410 --> 00:30:49,447 STATE DEPARTMENT, JUST GO UP TO THEM AND SAY, "I'M FROM THE BBC. 480 00:30:49,514 --> 00:30:52,750 I'M HERE FOR THE 6:30." I SAID, OKAY. 481 00:30:52,817 --> 00:30:57,989 AND I SHOWED THEM MY PASS, WHICH WAS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, A CHILD OR 482 00:30:58,056 --> 00:30:59,724 CHIMPANZEE COULD HAVE PRINTED IT. 483 00:30:59,791 --> 00:31:02,260 IT JUST SAID BBC AND MY NAME AND A PHOTO. 484 00:31:02,327 --> 00:31:06,264 I SAID I'M HERE FROM THE BBC. I'M HERE FOR THE 6:30. 485 00:31:06,331 --> 00:31:09,033 "OH, COME ON IN." I WAS LEFT TO WARNED AROUND THE 486 00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:11,569 STATE DEPARTMENT ON MY OWN. AND I THOUGHT A DESIGNER WANTS 487 00:31:11,636 --> 00:31:15,607 TO GET A GOOD IDEA WHAT IT'S LIKE, SO I'LL TAKE SOME PHOTOS. 488 00:31:15,673 --> 00:31:19,544 I WAS GOING AROUND, UNATTENDED, GOING AROUND, THINKING THIS IS 489 00:31:19,611 --> 00:31:22,013 FUN, AND ALSO INTERNATIONAL ESPIONAGE. 490 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:26,484 ( LAUGHTER ) AND THEN THIS HUGE GUY CAME 491 00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:31,556 AROUND THE CORNER, "EXCUSE ME." I SAID, "I'M HERE FOR THE 6:30." 492 00:31:31,623 --> 00:31:34,092 AND HE SAID, "OH, IT'S JUST OVER THERE." 493 00:31:34,158 --> 00:31:37,929 AND, YET, THIS IMPOSE AGO THIS-- EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE IT KNOWS 494 00:31:37,996 --> 00:31:40,531 WHAT IT'S DOING. AND SOMEBODY TOLD ME, ALSO, THAT 495 00:31:40,598 --> 00:31:43,134 THEY DON'T LIKE FUNDING GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. 496 00:31:43,201 --> 00:31:48,306 THEY DON'T LIKE USING TAXPAYERS' MONEY TO FUND FEDERAL BUILDINGS. 497 00:31:48,373 --> 00:31:51,542 SO THE FURNITURE IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS MISMATCHED. 498 00:31:51,609 --> 00:31:54,012 THEY BOUGHT ONE SET OF DESKS FROM ONE COMPANY AND THE CHAIRS 499 00:31:54,078 --> 00:31:56,981 FROM ANOTHER COMPANY. AND THE CHAIRS ARE TOO BIG TO GO 500 00:31:57,048 --> 00:31:59,183 UNDER THE DESKS. SO YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE IN THE 501 00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:03,421 STATE DEPARTMENT DOING POLICY ON CHINA, BUT LIKE THAT BECAUSE 502 00:32:03,488 --> 00:32:05,089 THEY CAN'T-- ( LAUGHTER ) 503 00:32:05,156 --> 00:32:08,026 ( LAUGHTER ) YOU KNOW. 504 00:32:08,092 --> 00:32:10,795 >> Stephen: SURE. IT'S PROBABLY THE DESK CAME FROM 505 00:32:10,862 --> 00:32:14,465 ONE CONSTITUENCY AND THE CHAIRS CAME FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT. 506 00:32:14,532 --> 00:32:17,802 >> A SENATOR FROM DELAWARE THAT THEY BUY THE DESK FROM. 507 00:32:17,869 --> 00:32:19,737 >> Stephen: SURE. >> SO WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING 508 00:32:19,804 --> 00:32:23,675 FOREIGN POLICY BEING ENACTED, JUST REMEMBER IT IS DREAMT UP BY 509 00:32:23,741 --> 00:32:27,545 SOMEONE LIKE THAT. >> Stephen: WELL, YOU'VE GOT 510 00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:31,015 SOME INTERESTING NEWS AND INTERESTING POLITICS ANYTHING ON 511 00:32:31,082 --> 00:32:33,785 IN THE U.K. RIGHT NOW. >> OH, YES. 512 00:32:33,851 --> 00:32:36,220 >> Stephe: DESPITE THE FACT THE PASSING OF THE QUEEN, YOU 513 00:32:36,287 --> 00:32:39,891 HAVE A NEW PRIME MINISTER, LIZ TRUSS. 514 00:32:39,957 --> 00:32:43,227 >> WE HAVE A NEW PRIME MINISTER, THE QUEEN DIED AND WE'VE HAD A 515 00:32:43,294 --> 00:32:46,431 RUN ON THE POUND. IT'S-- A LOT OF PEOPLE 516 00:32:46,497 --> 00:32:50,501 COMPLAINED ABOUT THE FINAL SERIES OF "GAME OF THRONES" IN 517 00:32:50,568 --> 00:32:52,537 WHICH LOTS OF BING THINGS HAPPENED REALLY FAST. 518 00:32:52,603 --> 00:32:54,739 >> Stephen: RIGHT. >> AND THAT IS NOTHING COMPARED 519 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:57,675 TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE U.K. NOW. 520 00:32:57,742 --> 00:33:04,315 SO, YES, WE HAVE THIS STRANGE PRIME MINISTER CALLED LIZ TRUSS, 521 00:33:04,382 --> 00:33:08,586 WHO I DON'T KNOW IF SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING OR HOW TO DO 522 00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:09,754 IT. >> Stephen: THERE'S A SENSE-- 523 00:33:09,821 --> 00:33:15,293 I HEARD THIS RUMOR-- THAT SHE SORT OF SEES HERSELF AS A 524 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,462 TRANSFORMATIVE FIGURE LIKE MARGARET THATCHER BUT SHE 525 00:33:17,528 --> 00:33:20,598 DOESN'T HAVE THE PERSONALITY TO FILL A SHOE BOX. 526 00:33:20,665 --> 00:33:22,900 >> YOU KNOW HER. >> Stephen: WE'VE SEEN THE 527 00:33:22,967 --> 00:33:24,235 VIDEO. WE SAW THE CURTSY. 528 00:33:24,302 --> 00:33:28,873 >> THE CURTSY. THAT'S A KIND OF-- ONERA. 529 00:33:28,940 --> 00:33:32,143 NOT KNOWING HOW TO CURTSY. WE'RE TAUGHT FROM A VERY YOUNG 530 00:33:32,210 --> 00:33:35,480 AGE IN BRITAIN HOW TO CURTSY. >> Stephen: I BET YOU HAVE A 531 00:33:35,546 --> 00:33:36,748 GREAT CURTSY. >> OH, YES. 532 00:33:36,814 --> 00:33:40,385 IN THE WOMB WE'RE TAUGHT HOW TO CURTSY SO WHEN WE COME OUT WE 533 00:33:40,451 --> 00:33:42,320 CURTSY TO YOUR MOTHER. ( LAUGHTER ) 534 00:33:42,387 --> 00:33:46,190 >> Stephen: IS SHE A KNOWN FIGURE? 535 00:33:46,257 --> 00:33:47,859 HAS SHE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME? 536 00:33:47,925 --> 00:33:52,363 >> SHE'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, BUT NO ONE HAS ANY IDEA 537 00:33:52,430 --> 00:33:55,867 WHAT SHE DOES. EVERYONE THINGS SOMEBODY ELSE 538 00:33:55,933 --> 00:33:58,069 INVITED HER. AND NOW SHE FINDS HERSELF IN 539 00:33:58,136 --> 00:34:00,738 NUMBER 10, AND SHE STILL DOESN'T KNOW. 540 00:34:00,805 --> 00:34:03,107 ALREADY TODAY SHE'S DONE ANOTHER U-TURN. 541 00:34:03,174 --> 00:34:09,914 SHE CAME OUT WITH A VERY CLEVER IDEA OF LOWERING THE TA TACK-- 542 00:34:09,981 --> 00:34:12,617 TAXES FOR THE RICH AND PAYING FOR IT BY CUTTING BENEFITS FOR 543 00:34:12,683 --> 00:34:14,318 THE POOR. THAT PROVED UNPOPULAR 544 00:34:14,385 --> 00:34:20,158 ( LAUGHTER ) SHE WAS INSISTING IT WAS THE 545 00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:23,594 RIGHT THING TO DO, UNTIL TODAY, WHEN SHE SAID IT WAS THE WRONG 546 00:34:23,661 --> 00:34:26,330 THING TO DO. AND SHE'S LEARNED FROM THAT. 547 00:34:26,397 --> 00:34:29,867 >> Stephen: IS IT TRUE THAT OVER THE WEEKEND, SHE GAVE 548 00:34:29,934 --> 00:34:33,504 INTERVIEWS TO NEWSPAPERS, BUT THERE WAS AN EMBARGO ON THE 549 00:34:33,571 --> 00:34:35,406 INTERVIEWS, SO THEY COULDN'T BE RELEASED-- 550 00:34:35,473 --> 00:34:37,809 >> UNTIL TOMORROW. SHE'S GIVING HER SPEECH 551 00:34:37,875 --> 00:34:39,844 TOMORROW. >> Stephen: BUT SHE-- IN 552 00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:42,914 BETWEEN SHE CHANGED HER POSITION SO THEY'RE GOING TO RUN THE OLD 553 00:34:42,980 --> 00:34:45,583 INTERVIEWS WITH HER PREVIOUS POSITION THAT SHE'S NOW FLIPPED 554 00:34:45,650 --> 00:34:47,785 ON. >> YES, THAT DELIGHT AWAITS US 555 00:34:47,852 --> 00:34:51,055 BACK IN THE U.K. >> Stephen: SEASON TWO OF 556 00:34:51,122 --> 00:34:55,626 "AVENUE 5" IS STARTING. IT TAKES PLACE IN THE FUTURE ON 557 00:34:55,693 --> 00:35:00,631 A SPACE CRUISE-- A CRUISE, LUXLY LINER IN SPACE THAT'S GONE AWRY. 558 00:35:00,698 --> 00:35:08,639 >> YES, A BILLIONAIRE HAS GOT INTO SPACE TOURISM, JOSH GAD. 559 00:35:08,706 --> 00:35:11,375 AND IT'S A CRUISE LINE. 6,000 PEOPLE. 560 00:35:11,442 --> 00:35:13,311 THEY WERE MEANT TO BE UP THERE FOR EIGHT WEEKS. 561 00:35:13,377 --> 00:35:15,847 SOMETHING GOES WRONG. THEY'RE STUCK FOR EIGHT YEARS. 562 00:35:15,913 --> 00:35:20,952 AND THAT'S-- AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT JUST HOW DO PEOPLE GET ON 563 00:35:21,018 --> 00:35:24,822 WITH EACH OTHER IF THEY HAVE TO TRY AND, YOU KNOW, SURVIVE. 564 00:35:24,889 --> 00:35:26,657 >> Stephen: IS THERE ANY RELATIONSHIP-- WHAT'S THE 565 00:35:26,724 --> 00:35:28,593 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS SHOW AND YOUR PREVIOUS WORK? 566 00:35:28,659 --> 00:35:33,097 IS THERE A COMMON THREAD? >> IT'S ABOUT LEADERSHIP. 567 00:35:33,164 --> 00:35:37,735 HUGH LAURIE PLAYS THE EXPORT, EXCEPT HE'S NOT A REAL CAPTAIN. 568 00:35:37,802 --> 00:35:41,706 HE JUST LOOKS LIKE A CAPTAIN, AND CAN'T DO A QUITE GOOD 569 00:35:41,772 --> 00:35:43,774 AMERICAN ACCENT, BUT HE ISN'T REALLY A CAPTAIN. 570 00:35:43,841 --> 00:35:47,712 AND SUDDENLY HE FINDS HIMSELF HAVING TO PRETEND TO KNOW WHAT 571 00:35:47,778 --> 00:35:49,714 HE'S DOING. I SUPPOSE THERE'S THAT, THAT 572 00:35:49,780 --> 00:35:53,284 SENSE OF-- AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO ARE WE GOING TO BE FOUND OUT? 573 00:35:53,351 --> 00:35:55,119 DO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, REALLY? 574 00:35:55,186 --> 00:35:58,222 IT'S ABOUT THAT, I SUPPOSE. >> Stephen: AND THE MESSAGE 575 00:35:58,289 --> 00:36:02,260 THAT IS COMMON THROUGHOUT YOUR WORK IS, NO, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT 576 00:36:02,326 --> 00:36:04,829 WE'RE DOING. >> NO, BUT KIND OF ENJOY IT AS 577 00:36:04,896 --> 00:36:08,332 YOU'RE DOING IT, I THINK. YOU KNOW, JUST... 578 00:36:08,399 --> 00:36:11,602 SHOW NO DOUBT. THE MOMENT YOU SHOW DOUBT, THEN 579 00:36:11,669 --> 00:36:14,839 THAT'S-- I'M SURE THAT EVEN PUTIN WHEN HE'S DOING HIS KIND 580 00:36:14,906 --> 00:36:19,043 OF "WE WILL TAKE BACK, OURS FOREVER." 581 00:36:19,110 --> 00:36:22,580 I'M SURE AT THE END OF IT HE GOES, "WAS THAT OKAY?" 582 00:36:22,647 --> 00:36:25,149 "WAS THAT ALL RIGHT?" ( LAUGHTER ) 583 00:36:25,216 --> 00:36:29,053 EVIL, WAS I? IS? 584 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:32,790 ( LAUGHTER ) I'LL DO IT AGAIN." 585 00:36:32,857 --> 00:36:34,025 >> Stephen: IT WAS LOVELY TO HAVE YOU HERE. 586 00:36:34,091 --> 00:36:38,396 >> NICE TO BE HERE. >> Stephen: SEASON TWO OF 587 00:36:38,462 --> 00:36:43,167 "AVENUE 5" PREMIERES ONE WEEK FROM TODAY ON HBO. 588 00:36:43,234 --> 00:36:46,337 ARMANDO IANNUCCI, EVERYBODY! WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A 589 00:36:46,404 --> 00:36:48,005 PERFORMANCE BY DERMOT KENNEDY. 590 00:37:06,090 --> 00:37:07,858 >> Stephen: PERFORMING "DREAMER" FROM HIS UPCOMING 591 00:37:07,925 --> 00:37:22,807 ALBUM "SONDER," DERMOT KENNEDY. ♪ EVER SINCE I WAS A YOUNG BOY 592 00:37:22,873 --> 00:37:28,212 ALBUM "SONDER," DERMOT KENNEDY. ♪ EVER SINCE I WAS A YOUNG BOY 593 00:37:28,279 --> 00:37:31,816 RUNNING THROUGH GRASS ♪ I WAS A DREAMER WRITING 594 00:37:31,882 --> 00:37:33,250 STORIES DOWN THE BACK OF THE CLASS 595 00:37:33,317 --> 00:37:36,721 ♪ I SIT AT THIS PIANO WITH MY HEART IN MY HANDS 596 00:37:36,787 --> 00:37:41,859 ♪ TAKE MY LOVE AND ALL MY LOSS AND GET THE DARKNESS TO DANCE 597 00:37:41,926 --> 00:37:43,828 ♪ KNEW THAT YOU WERE FOR ME WHEN YOU STARTED TO SMILE 598 00:37:43,894 --> 00:37:47,732 ♪ TIME WAS SLOWING DOWN WE COULD HAVE BEEN THERE A WHILE 599 00:37:47,798 --> 00:37:52,536 ♪ TOLD ME YOU WERE MINE ALREADY KNEW I WAS YOURS SO 600 00:37:52,603 --> 00:37:58,876 ISN'T THAT WORTH SOMETHING? ♪ I CAN'T PROMISE EASY DAYS 601 00:37:58,943 --> 00:38:04,415 AND I CAN'T KEEP THE RAIN AWAY ♪ AIN'T GOT A SONG TO SING 602 00:38:04,482 --> 00:38:10,988 WITHOUT YOUR LOVING YEAH, ISN'T THAT WORTH 603 00:38:11,055 --> 00:38:15,326 SOMETHING? ♪ I MIGHT SHOW UP A LITTLE LATE 604 00:38:15,393 --> 00:38:18,429 I'LL TRY TO LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES 605 00:38:18,496 --> 00:38:22,266 ♪ AIN'T GOT A SONG TO SING WITHOUT YOUR LOVING 606 00:38:22,333 --> 00:38:26,237 ♪ YEAH, ISN'T THAT WORTH SOMETHING? 607 00:38:26,303 --> 00:38:36,747 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 608 00:38:36,814 --> 00:38:41,018 ♪ YEAH, ISN'T THAT WORTH SOMETHING? 609 00:38:41,085 --> 00:38:44,255 ♪ SO REMIND ISN'T THAT WORTH SOMETHING? 610 00:38:44,321 --> 00:38:45,389 SO REMIND ME WHEN YOU CAN ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE FELT 611 00:38:45,456 --> 00:38:48,192 I'M STILL THE ONE YOU CALL WHEN THERE'S A STORY TO TELL 612 00:38:48,259 --> 00:38:53,164 I'M STILL THE ONE YOU CALL WHENEVER YOU'RE HURT 613 00:38:53,230 --> 00:38:58,002 YEAH, ISN'T THAT WORTH SOMETHING? 614 00:38:58,069 --> 00:39:04,809 I CAN'T PROMISE EASY DAYS AND I CAN'T KEEP THE RAIN AWAY 615 00:39:04,875 --> 00:39:08,612 AIN'T GOT A SONG TO SING WITHOUT YOUR LOVING 616 00:39:08,679 --> 00:39:17,588 ISN'T THAT WORTH SOMETHING? ♪ I MIGHT SHOW UP A LITTLE LATE 617 00:39:17,655 --> 00:39:20,124 ♪ I'LL TROY TO LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES 618 00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:23,828 ♪ AIN'T GOT A SONG TO SING WITHOUT YOUR LOVING 619 00:39:23,894 --> 00:39:28,666 ♪ YEAH, ISN'T THAT WORTH SOMETHING. 620 00:39:28,733 --> 00:39:41,679 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ YEAH, ISN'T THAT WORTH 621 00:39:41,746 --> 00:39:54,058 SOMETHING? ♪ ♪ ♪ 622 00:39:54,125 --> 00:39:57,795 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I PROMISE THAT THERE WILL 623 00:39:57,862 --> 00:40:00,631 STILL BE DAYS THE SUN DOESN'T RISE 624 00:40:00,698 --> 00:40:03,134 ♪ I PROMISE THAT I'LL MAKE YOU LAUGH WHENEVER YOU CRY 625 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:07,605 ♪ I HONESTLY JUST WANNA-BE THE ONE ON YOUR MIND 626 00:40:07,671 --> 00:40:14,678 ♪ YEAH, ISN'T THAT WORTH SOMETHING? 627 00:40:14,745 --> 00:40:21,352 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BEAUTIFUL. 628 00:40:21,418 --> 00:40:22,853 THANK YOU. DERMOT KENNEDY, EVERYBODY. 629 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,556 THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." GOOD NIGHT.