1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:04,838 >> AT A RECENT RALLY, GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR 2 00:00:04,904 --> 00:00:08,508 GREENE ACCUSED TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG OF 3 00:00:08,575 --> 00:00:11,177 WEAKENING THE MANLINESS OF AMERICAN CARS. 4 00:00:11,244 --> 00:00:17,384 >> DEMOCRATS, LIKE PETE BUTTIGIEG, WANT TO EMASCULATE 5 00:00:17,450 --> 00:00:20,353 THE WAY WE DRIVE AND FORCE ALL OF YOU TO RELY ON ELECTRIC 6 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:21,454 VEHICLES. 7 00:00:21,521 --> 00:00:25,358 >> I LITERALLY DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. 8 00:00:25,425 --> 00:00:29,295 I MEAN, MY SENSE OF MANHOOD IS NOT CONNECTED TO WHETHER MY 9 00:00:29,362 --> 00:00:31,197 VEHICLE IS FUELED BY GASOLINE OR WHETHER IT'S FUELED BY 10 00:00:31,264 --> 00:00:33,633 ELECTRICITY. 11 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:37,737 >> ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A CAR THAT WON'T EMACULATE YOU, A CAR 12 00:00:37,804 --> 00:00:41,374 THAT LETS PEOPLE KNOW YOU'RE 100% DUDE AND NOT SOME 13 00:00:41,441 --> 00:00:44,911 NAMBY-PAMBY WHO IS TRYING TO SAVE THE EARTH? 14 00:00:44,978 --> 00:00:48,581 INTRODUCING THE PONTIAC SCHVANTZ, THE FIRST 15 00:00:48,648 --> 00:00:52,519 GASOLINE-POWERED CAR SHAPED LIKE YOUR MANHOOD. 16 00:00:52,585 --> 00:00:57,991 IT ACCELERATES 0 TO 60 IN 3.5 SECONDS, AND THEN TAKES A NAP. 17 00:00:58,057 --> 00:01:07,300 AND THE PONTIAC SCHVANTZ IS LOADED WITH MASCULINE OPTIONS 18 00:01:07,367 --> 00:01:09,536 LIKE NO SEAT BELTS, SO YOU CAN RIDE IT WITHOUT PROTECTION. 19 00:01:09,602 --> 00:01:12,205 AND NO REVERSE GEAR, BECAUSE THIS BAD BOY NEVER PULLS OUT. 20 00:01:12,272 --> 00:01:14,874 SO PICK UP THE CAR ENDORSED BY MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, THE 21 00:01:14,941 --> 00:01:15,675 PONTIAC SCHVANTZ. 22 00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:17,644 WARNING: CAR MAY SHRINK IN WINTER. 23 00:01:20,046 --> 00:01:23,516 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 24 00:01:23,583 --> 00:01:33,193 TONIGHT: PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: 25 00:01:33,259 --> 00:01:35,862 DR. ANTHONY FAUCI AND CODY KEENAN 26 00:01:37,597 --> 00:01:41,668 FEATURING LOUIS CATO AND THE LATE SHOW BAND. 27 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:48,107 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 28 00:01:48,174 --> 00:01:52,812 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 29 00:01:54,013 --> 00:01:56,015 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 30 00:02:11,764 --> 00:02:15,568 >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU. 31 00:02:15,635 --> 00:02:17,704 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HAPPY WEDNESDAY. 32 00:02:17,770 --> 00:02:18,505 EXACTLY RIGHT. 33 00:02:18,571 --> 00:02:19,839 HEY, EVERYBODY! 34 00:02:19,906 --> 00:02:21,741 PLEASE SIT DOWN, EVERYBODY. 35 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:24,010 THANK YOU, THANKS. 36 00:02:24,077 --> 00:02:26,813 WELCOME, WELCOME, ONE AND ALL, IN HERE OUT THERE, ALL AROUND 37 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:31,885 THE WORLD, MR. AND MRS. AMERICA, AND ALL THE SHIPS AT SEA, TO 38 00:02:31,951 --> 00:02:33,820 "THE LATE SHOW." 39 00:02:33,887 --> 00:02:36,122 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 40 00:02:36,189 --> 00:02:38,024 RIGHT NOW THE BIG STORY-- ( APPLAUSE ) 41 00:02:38,091 --> 00:02:44,130 THE BIG STORY CONTINUES TO BE THE EXTRAORDINARY DAMAGE WREAKED 42 00:02:44,197 --> 00:02:45,164 ON FLORIDA BY HURRICANE IAN. 43 00:02:45,231 --> 00:02:46,699 IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG ROAD BACK FOR THESE PEOPLE. 44 00:02:46,766 --> 00:02:48,668 IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO HELP, WE'VE GOT A LIST OF 45 00:02:48,735 --> 00:02:54,207 CHARITIES PINNED TO OUR TWITTER ACCOUNT @COLBERTLATESHOW. 46 00:02:54,274 --> 00:02:55,975 PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY. 47 00:02:56,042 --> 00:02:57,744 WE HOPE THE STATE OF FLORIDA GETS BACK TO NORMAL SOON, 48 00:02:57,810 --> 00:03:03,249 BECAUSE, IN FLORIDA, NORMAL IS STILL VERY STRANGE, WHICH IS 49 00:03:03,316 --> 00:03:07,687 WHY WE ENJOY MAKING SO MANY JOKES ABOUT THAT STATE. 50 00:03:07,754 --> 00:03:09,656 IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO GET THESE PEOPLE FOOD, WATER, AND SHELTER, 51 00:03:09,722 --> 00:03:10,924 WHATEVER THEY NEED TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. 52 00:03:10,990 --> 00:03:12,559 NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT BECAUSE MY 53 00:03:12,625 --> 00:03:16,796 GRAPHICS TEAM HAS A MOCKUP OF AN ALLIGATOR DOING METH ON A JET 54 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:19,132 SKI JUST BURNING A HOLE IN THEIR POCKET. 55 00:03:19,198 --> 00:03:22,936 ( LAUGHTER ) TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN FLEW DOWN 56 00:03:23,002 --> 00:03:25,305 TO FLORIDA AND MET WITH FLORIDA GOVERNOR AND MAN WHO LEARNED HOW 57 00:03:25,371 --> 00:03:30,677 TO STAND FROM A MEN'S ROOM SIGN ( BOOING ) 58 00:03:30,743 --> 00:03:33,780 RON DeSANTIS. 59 00:03:33,846 --> 00:03:34,581 GOVERNOR DeSANTIS HAS BEEN TOURING DAMAGED AREAS TO LET 60 00:03:34,647 --> 00:03:38,384 RESIDENTS KNOW THEY'RE NOT FORGOTTEN. 61 00:03:38,451 --> 00:03:40,787 AND THE ONE THING FEW WILL EVER FORGET IS THE WHITE KNEE-HIGH 62 00:03:40,853 --> 00:03:41,988 BOOTS HE WAS SPORTING. 63 00:03:42,055 --> 00:03:48,227 THE LOOK IS LESS "GOVERNOR ON THE GO" AND MORE "GOVERNOR OF 64 00:03:48,294 --> 00:03:49,329 THE GO-GOs." 65 00:03:49,395 --> 00:03:50,797 PRESIDENT BIDEN AND GOVERNOR DeSANTIS PUT ASIDE THEIR 66 00:03:50,863 --> 00:03:52,732 POLITICS AND APPEARED TOGETHER TO LET FLORIDIANS KNOW THAT HELP 67 00:03:52,799 --> 00:03:53,967 IS ON THE WAY. 68 00:03:54,033 --> 00:03:56,235 AND THE GOVERNOR KICKED THINGS OFF BY MAKING THE EXTENT OF THE 69 00:03:56,302 --> 00:03:58,304 DAMAGE VERY CLEAR: >> THESE STORMS COME. 70 00:03:58,371 --> 00:03:59,372 THEY'RE ON THE HORIZON. 71 00:03:59,439 --> 00:04:02,108 YOU KIND OF PROJECT, "HEY, IT COULD BE REALLY BAD." 72 00:04:02,175 --> 00:04:04,744 OFTENTIMES, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY GET TO THAT LEVEL. 73 00:04:04,811 --> 00:04:07,780 WELL, THIS WAS THE-- THIS WAS THE FULL MONTY. 74 00:04:07,847 --> 00:04:13,920 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: SOME MAY QUESTION 75 00:04:13,987 --> 00:04:17,924 WHETHER A COMEDY ABOUT FULLY NUDE MALE STRIPPERS IS THE MOST 76 00:04:17,991 --> 00:04:21,127 APPROPRIATE WAY TO REFER TO A NATURAL DISASTER. 77 00:04:21,194 --> 00:04:25,331 BUT KEEP IN MIND, ANY TIME YOU LOOK AT A MAP OF FLORIDA, YOU'RE 78 00:04:25,398 --> 00:04:28,201 GETTING THE FULL MONTY. 79 00:04:28,267 --> 00:04:31,371 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 80 00:04:31,437 --> 00:04:37,477 ( CHEERING ) PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE NEXT, AND 81 00:04:37,543 --> 00:04:39,646 IT WAS A HEARTWARMING SPEECH ABOUT UNITY, RECOVERY, AND 82 00:04:39,712 --> 00:04:44,083 STRENGTH. 83 00:04:44,150 --> 00:04:46,019 BUT I GOT TO POINT OUT, AT NO POINT DID HE THROW ROLLS OF 84 00:04:46,085 --> 00:04:48,321 PAPER TOWELS INTO A DESPERATE CROWD, RAISING THE TROUBLING 85 00:04:48,388 --> 00:04:50,957 QUESTION: IS BIDEN TOO OLD TO RICOCHET A ROLL OF BRAWNY OFF A 86 00:04:51,024 --> 00:04:53,660 PENSIONER'S NOGGIN? 87 00:04:53,726 --> 00:04:55,161 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 88 00:04:55,228 --> 00:04:58,431 AFTER THE SPEECH-- YOU GOTTA ASK. 89 00:04:58,498 --> 00:05:00,867 AFTER THE SPEECH, THE PRESIDENT WAS GREETED BY FORT MYERS BEACH 90 00:05:00,933 --> 00:05:03,269 MAYOR, RAY MURPHY, AND WAS CAUGHT SAYING THIS TO THE MAYOR 91 00:05:03,336 --> 00:05:05,004 ON A HOT MIC. 92 00:05:09,876 --> 00:05:16,582 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: OKAY, OKAY. 93 00:05:16,649 --> 00:05:21,154 OKAY, YOU APPLAUD, BUT I THINK IT IS WRONG... 94 00:05:21,220 --> 00:05:23,089 FOR CBS TO MAKE US BLEEP THAT. 95 00:05:23,156 --> 00:05:26,259 UP THE COAST IN GEORGIA, SCANDAL STILL SURROUNDS G.O.P. SENATE 96 00:05:26,325 --> 00:05:31,264 CANDIDATE AND NECK WITH A SIDE ORDER OF HEAD, HERSCHEL WALKER. 97 00:05:31,330 --> 00:05:34,100 THIS WEEK, "THE DAILY BEAST" REPORTED THAT WALKER-- WHO HAS 98 00:05:34,167 --> 00:05:37,603 BEEN VOCALLY ANTIABORTION-- PAID FOR HIS GIRLFRIEND TO HAVE AN 99 00:05:37,670 --> 00:05:40,473 ABORTION BACK IN 2009. 100 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:42,608 NOW WE'VE LEARNED THAT THE G.O.P. KNEW ABOUT WALKER'S 101 00:05:42,675 --> 00:05:45,411 COMPLETE HYPOCRISY FOR A LONG TIME, BUT THEIR REACTION 102 00:05:45,478 --> 00:05:47,847 RAN THE GAMUT FROM "THIS ABORTION THING I HEARD. 103 00:05:47,914 --> 00:05:59,559 HAVING MORE KIDS THAN HE WAS I HAD HEARD ABOUT THE ALLEGED 104 00:05:59,625 --> 00:06:01,861 LIABILITIES. 105 00:06:01,928 --> 00:06:04,230 EH, IT'S NOT GOING TO COME OUT" "OH, YEAH, WE KNEW ABOUT ALL OF 106 00:06:04,297 --> 00:06:06,232 IT-- THE SECRET KIDS, THE ABORTION COVER-UP, THE BACKYARD 107 00:06:06,299 --> 00:06:07,433 PIT WHERE HE MAKES TODDLERS FIGHT RACCOONS FOR SPORT-- YOU 108 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:10,369 GUYS HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THAT ONE YET? 109 00:06:10,436 --> 00:06:12,638 EH, IT'S NOT GONNA COME OUT. 110 00:06:12,705 --> 00:06:15,408 AND EVEN IF IT DOES, SOMETIMES THE TODDLERS WIN." 111 00:06:15,475 --> 00:06:21,013 ( LAUGHTER ) THEY GENERALLY DID NOT SEEM TOO 112 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,281 WORRIED, BECAUSE, AS ANOTHER STRATEGIST PUT IT, HERSCHEL 113 00:06:22,348 --> 00:06:24,917 WALKER IS JUST "A WEALTHY, FAMOUS FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO IS 114 00:06:24,984 --> 00:06:27,920 OBVIOUSLY SPREADING HIS SEED." 115 00:06:27,987 --> 00:06:29,889 (TO TUNE OF "NEW YORK, NEW YORK") 116 00:06:29,956 --> 00:06:37,430 ♪ JUST SPREADING HIS SEED HIS SEX IS UNSAFE 117 00:06:37,497 --> 00:06:46,272 ♪ HE WILL NOT BE A PART OF IT HIS CHILD'S LIFE! ♪ 118 00:06:46,339 --> 00:06:49,275 BUT THE G.O.P. IS STANDING BY THEIR MAN, ESPECIALLY FORMER 119 00:06:49,342 --> 00:06:53,279 SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND CURRENT PUCKERED SPHINCTER, NEWT 120 00:06:53,346 --> 00:06:55,114 GINGRICH. 121 00:06:55,181 --> 00:06:57,717 GINGRICH WENT ON THE FOX NEWS LAST NIGHT TO DEFEND WALKER. 122 00:06:57,784 --> 00:07:01,120 >> YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN THROUGH A LONG, TOUGH PERIOD. 123 00:07:01,187 --> 00:07:03,222 HE HAD A LOT OF CONCUSSIONS COMING OUT OF FOOTBALL. 124 00:07:03,289 --> 00:07:05,191 HE SUFFERED P.T.S.D. 125 00:07:05,258 --> 00:07:05,892 >> Stephen: SEE? 126 00:07:05,958 --> 00:07:07,193 WALKER ISN'T A BAD GUY. 127 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:13,099 HE'S JUST HAD SO MANY CONCUSSIONS HE CAN'T POSSIBLY BE 128 00:07:13,166 --> 00:07:14,300 HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTIONS! 129 00:07:14,367 --> 00:07:16,803 YOU KNOW: A SENATOR. 130 00:07:16,869 --> 00:07:18,571 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 131 00:07:18,638 --> 00:07:20,006 ALSO-- ( CHEERING ) 132 00:07:20,072 --> 00:07:25,545 IS ♪ DA-DA-DA♪ 133 00:07:25,611 --> 00:07:29,949 ALSO, P.T.S.D. ISN'T THE ACRONYM YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, NEWT, UNLESS 134 00:07:30,016 --> 00:07:33,286 YOU THINK IT MEANS "PROBABLY THREE SECRET DAUGHTERS." 135 00:07:33,352 --> 00:07:38,591 ( LAUGHTER ) AND BECAUSE IT'S THE G.O.P., 136 00:07:38,658 --> 00:07:42,528 GINGRICH HAD TO BRING UP THE MAN UPSTAIRS. 137 00:07:42,595 --> 00:07:43,796 >> I THINK HE'S A REMARKABLE PERSON. 138 00:07:43,863 --> 00:07:45,932 I THINK HE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT SENATE CANDIDATE IN THE COUNTRY. 139 00:07:45,998 --> 00:07:51,070 HE WILL DO MORE TO CHANGE THE SENATE JUST BY HIS SHEER 140 00:07:51,137 --> 00:07:54,674 PRESENCE, BY HIS CONFIDENCE AND DEEP COMMITMENT TO CHRIST.>> StE 141 00:07:54,740 --> 00:07:56,609 MORE COMMITTED TO CHRIST? 142 00:07:56,676 --> 00:08:00,146 CERTAINLY NOT HIS OPPONENT, THE HONORABLE REVEREND DR. RAPHAEL 143 00:08:00,213 --> 00:08:04,183 WARNOCK, PASTOR OF THE HISTORIC EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH, 144 00:08:04,250 --> 00:08:07,153 SPIRITUAL HOME OF THE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING. 145 00:08:07,220 --> 00:08:09,856 ( APPLAUSE ) SAYING WALKER IS MORE CHRISTIAN 146 00:08:09,922 --> 00:08:13,125 THAN WARNOCK IS LIKE SAYING YOU'RE MORE INTO BASEBALL THAN 147 00:08:13,192 --> 00:08:15,795 MR. MET. 148 00:08:15,862 --> 00:08:17,630 HIS HEAD IS A BASEBALL. 149 00:08:17,697 --> 00:08:24,403 AND HE STILL HASN'T HAD AS MANY CONCUSSIONS AS HERSCHEL WALKER. 150 00:08:24,470 --> 00:08:28,407 OVER IN WISCONSIN, WE GOT A SURPRISING ADMISSION FROM 151 00:08:28,474 --> 00:08:31,577 REPUBLICAN SENATOR AND GHOST DOOMED TO HAUNT A LAQUINTA INN, 152 00:08:31,644 --> 00:08:33,412 RON JOHNSON. 153 00:08:33,479 --> 00:08:36,949 AS WE HAVE KNOWN FOR A WHILE NOW, ON THE MORNING OF 154 00:08:37,016 --> 00:08:40,786 JANUARY 6, SENATOR JOHNSON'S STAFF ATTEMPTED TO DELIVER TO 155 00:08:40,853 --> 00:08:44,690 VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE LISTS OF FAKE ELECTORS WHO WOULD BE 156 00:08:44,757 --> 00:08:47,426 USED AS PART OF THEIR PLOT TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION. 157 00:08:47,493 --> 00:08:50,062 JOHNSON HAS REPEATEDLY DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT, BUT YESTERDAY, 158 00:08:50,129 --> 00:08:53,165 HE ACKNOWLEDGED TEXTING WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S ATTORNEY ON 159 00:08:53,232 --> 00:08:54,433 JANUARY 6. 160 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:57,236 WELL, HERE'S SOMETHING NO ONE'S EVER SAID BEFORE: IT LOOKS LIKE 161 00:08:57,303 --> 00:08:59,605 RON JOHNSON KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING. 162 00:08:59,672 --> 00:09:03,643 ( LAUGHTER ) THIS IS PRETTY DAMNING, BUT 163 00:09:03,709 --> 00:09:07,313 RON-JON-- AS THE TIKTOKERS CALL HIM-- CLAIMS HE HAD NO CHOICE. 164 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:09,715 SAYING, "WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU GOT A TEXT FROM THE ATTORNEY 165 00:09:09,782 --> 00:09:12,818 FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?" 166 00:09:12,885 --> 00:09:16,889 UHHH... SMASH MY PHONE, CHANGE MY NAME, AND BURN OFF MY 167 00:09:16,956 --> 00:09:20,092 FINGERTIPS WITH A CURLING IRON? 168 00:09:20,159 --> 00:09:24,330 JOHNSON SAID HE HAD TO RESPOND TO IT. 169 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:26,599 AND, ANYWAY, HE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT MUCH OF A CONSPIRACY 170 00:09:26,666 --> 00:09:29,201 BECAUSE "THE ENTIRE EPISODE LASTED ABOUT AN HOUR." 171 00:09:29,268 --> 00:09:32,438 YOU CAN DO A LOT OF ILLEGAL STUFF IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME: 172 00:09:32,505 --> 00:09:34,307 "YOUR HONOR, I PLEAD NOT GUILTY. 173 00:09:34,373 --> 00:09:36,475 I WAS ONLY STABBING HIM FOR ABOUT AN HOUR!" 174 00:09:36,542 --> 00:09:41,847 ( LAUGHTER ) PLUS, SENATOR JOHNSON SAYS, HE 175 00:09:41,914 --> 00:09:45,484 DIDN'T KNOW THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S 176 00:09:45,551 --> 00:09:46,686 ATTORNEY WANTED HIM TO DELIVER. 177 00:09:46,752 --> 00:09:49,622 SO JOHNSON'S JUST AN UNWITTING COURIER OF ILLEGAL CONTRABAND. 178 00:09:49,689 --> 00:09:52,992 "YES, I SWALLOWED THOSE 15 BALLOONS, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THEY 179 00:09:53,059 --> 00:09:54,760 WERE FULL OF HEROIN! 180 00:09:54,827 --> 00:09:56,329 I JUST THOUGHT THERE WAS A SIX-YEAR-OLD'S BIRTHDAY PARTY IN 181 00:09:56,395 --> 00:10:03,102 MY STOMACH!" OH, WE ALSO GOT A NEW LITTLE 182 00:10:03,169 --> 00:10:05,204 SNIPPET OF CRAZY FROM GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVE AND CURSED DOLL 183 00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:07,840 FASHIONED FROM SILLY PUTTY AND HATE, MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE. 184 00:10:07,907 --> 00:10:12,979 AT A RECENT RALLY IN MICHIGAN, GREENE RAILED AGAINST OUR 185 00:10:13,045 --> 00:10:15,381 TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY, PETE BUTTIGIEG, FOR PROMOTING 186 00:10:15,448 --> 00:10:20,987 ELECTRIC VEHICLES: >> BUT DEMOCRATS, LIKE PETE 187 00:10:21,053 --> 00:10:23,055 BUTTIGIEG, WANT TO EMASCULATE THE WAY WE DRIVE. 188 00:10:23,122 --> 00:10:26,258 >> Stephen: "HE THINKS ELECTRIC CARS SHOULD USE THE SAME 189 00:10:26,325 --> 00:10:27,593 BATHROOMS AS GAS-POWERED CARS! 190 00:10:27,660 --> 00:10:29,395 I'M SORRY, I'M A LADY. 191 00:10:29,462 --> 00:10:32,665 AND I DON'T DRIVE STICK!" ( LAUGHTER ) 192 00:10:32,732 --> 00:10:34,066 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. 193 00:10:34,133 --> 00:10:36,502 I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS. 194 00:10:36,569 --> 00:10:38,537 ( APPLAUSE ) THERE'S NO WAY-- THERE'S NO WAY 195 00:10:38,604 --> 00:10:42,141 TO MAKE THAT MEAN ANYTHING. 196 00:10:42,208 --> 00:10:46,345 BUTTIGIEG CLAPPED BACK: >> I LITERALLY DON'T EVEN 197 00:10:46,412 --> 00:10:49,348 UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. 198 00:10:49,415 --> 00:10:53,085 I MEAN, MY SENSE OF MANHOOD IS NOT CONNECTED TO WHETHER MY 199 00:10:53,152 --> 00:10:54,320 VEHICLE IS FUELED BY GASOLINE OR WHETHER IT'S FUELED BY 200 00:10:54,387 --> 00:10:55,654 ELECTRICITY. 201 00:10:55,721 --> 00:10:58,858 >> Stephen: SOUNDS LIKE A GUY WHO NEVER CONNECTED HIS 202 00:10:58,924 --> 00:11:00,993 MANHOOD TO HIS CAR. 203 00:11:01,060 --> 00:11:08,667 IT'S HOW I CHECK MY OIL LEVEL: NATURE'S DIPSTICK. 204 00:11:08,734 --> 00:11:12,605 ( LAUGHTER ) OVER IN-- 205 00:11:12,671 --> 00:11:14,607 OVER IN UKRAINE, RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO HAVE THEIR ASSES 206 00:11:14,673 --> 00:11:16,776 HANDED TO THEM ON A BED OF PICKLED CABBAGE. 207 00:11:16,842 --> 00:11:24,784 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT'S GOTTEN SOME PEOPLE WORRIED 208 00:11:24,850 --> 00:11:27,386 THAT A CORNERED PUTIN MAY RESORT TO USING A TACTICAL NUCLEAR 209 00:11:27,453 --> 00:11:28,621 WEAPON. 210 00:11:28,687 --> 00:11:32,091 BUT THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE ARE SAYING "SCREW THAT"-- LITERALLY. 211 00:11:32,158 --> 00:11:35,761 BECAUSE SOME UKRAINIANS ARE RESPONDING TO THE THREAT OF 212 00:11:35,828 --> 00:11:40,166 NUKES BY ORGANIZING AN ORGY. 213 00:11:40,232 --> 00:11:41,167 WELL, YEAH! 214 00:11:41,233 --> 00:11:41,934 THAT'S WHAT WE ALL PLAN TO DO. 215 00:11:42,001 --> 00:11:43,536 IT'S ALL IN THAT COLD WAR P.S.A.: 216 00:11:43,602 --> 00:11:47,239 "SUCK AND COVER." 217 00:11:47,306 --> 00:11:48,574 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 218 00:11:48,641 --> 00:11:51,744 MORE THAN-- SURE, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE TURTLE? 219 00:11:51,811 --> 00:11:54,547 WHAT'S THE TURTLE'S NAME? 220 00:11:54,613 --> 00:11:59,118 MORE THAT 15,000 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR THE ORGY, 221 00:11:59,185 --> 00:12:02,021 WHICH IS SET TO TAKE PLACE ON A HILLSIDE OF KYIV, WITH THE 222 00:12:02,088 --> 00:12:04,824 INTENTION TO HEAD THERE IN THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR ATTACK-- AS 223 00:12:04,890 --> 00:12:05,691 OPPOSED TO FINDING THE NEAREST BUNKER. 224 00:12:05,758 --> 00:12:08,761 I GET IT. 225 00:12:08,828 --> 00:12:12,298 I MEAN, WITH THE BOMBS FALLING, WHY KISS YOUR ASS GOOD-BYE, WHEN 226 00:12:12,364 --> 00:12:14,233 YOU CAN HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE DO IT? 227 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:17,036 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 228 00:12:17,103 --> 00:12:19,672 FORMER WHITE HOUSE SPEECHWRITER CODY KEENAN IS HERE. 229 00:12:19,738 --> 00:12:22,842 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI. 230 00:12:22,908 --> 00:12:24,543 TONY! 231 00:12:24,610 --> 00:12:25,611 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 232 00:12:57,042 --> 00:13:00,913 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 233 00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:07,853 GIVE IT UP FOR LOUIS CATO AND THE LATE SHOW BAND. 234 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:09,922 LOUIS, WHO DO WE HAVE JOINING US ON THE BASS HERE? 235 00:13:09,989 --> 00:13:11,690 >> Louis: YOU RECOGNIZE THAT FACE. 236 00:13:11,757 --> 00:13:13,025 THAT'S SEASON ONE FACE. 237 00:13:13,092 --> 00:13:14,693 >> Stephen: SEASON ONE? 238 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:16,729 I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU IN SEVEN YEARS. 239 00:13:16,795 --> 00:13:18,497 >> IT'S LITERALLY BEEN SEVEN YEARS. 240 00:13:18,564 --> 00:13:19,632 IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN. 241 00:13:19,698 --> 00:13:22,201 >> Stephen: YOU LOOK-- YOU'VE WEATHERED SEVEN YEARS MUCH 242 00:13:22,268 --> 00:13:23,769 BETTER THAN I HAVE. 243 00:13:23,836 --> 00:13:27,473 >> YOU LOOK GREAT. 244 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:29,575 >> Stephen: MICHAEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 245 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:30,643 >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. 246 00:13:30,709 --> 00:13:34,380 >> Stephen: THANKS FOR PLUCKING THE STRINGS. 247 00:13:34,446 --> 00:13:38,717 LOUIS, IN JUST A MINUTE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CODY KEENAN WHO IS 248 00:13:38,784 --> 00:13:43,055 THE FORMER CHIEF WHITE HOUSE SPEECHWRITER FOR BARACK OBAMA. 249 00:13:43,122 --> 00:13:43,822 >> Louis: RIGHT. 250 00:13:43,889 --> 00:13:45,558 >> Stephen: HE'S GOT A BOOK. 251 00:13:45,624 --> 00:13:49,862 HE'S GOT A BOOK CALLED "GRACE. 252 00:13:49,929 --> 00:13:50,663 THE. 253 00:13:50,729 --> 00:13:53,465 HE'LL BE OUT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. 254 00:13:53,532 --> 00:13:55,801 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BEFORE WE DO ANY OF THAT,s MY FIRST 255 00:13:55,868 --> 00:14:01,207 GUEST IS THE CHIEF MEDICAL ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT WHOSE 256 00:14:01,273 --> 00:14:04,944 LEVEL-HEADED GUIDANCE HAS TAKEN US THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. 257 00:14:05,010 --> 00:14:07,012 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," DR. ANTHONY FAUCI! 258 00:14:09,682 --> 00:14:11,684 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 259 00:14:20,593 --> 00:14:33,305 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 260 00:14:33,372 --> 00:14:36,709 >> Stephen: DOCTOR. 261 00:14:36,775 --> 00:14:37,776 >> THANK YOU. 262 00:14:37,843 --> 00:14:41,714 >> Stephen: IT'S GOOD-- IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 263 00:14:41,780 --> 00:14:42,948 >> THANK YOU, IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. 264 00:14:43,015 --> 00:14:45,284 >> Stephen: I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU BUT 265 00:14:45,351 --> 00:14:45,884 NEVER IN PERSON. 266 00:14:45,951 --> 00:14:47,486 THIS IS NICE. 267 00:14:47,553 --> 00:14:48,754 >> RIGHT. 268 00:14:48,821 --> 00:14:49,555 >> Stephen: ONLY OVER ZOOM. 269 00:14:49,622 --> 00:14:51,857 >> WE'VE BECOME A ZOOM SOCIETY. 270 00:14:51,924 --> 00:14:54,927 >> Stephen: NOTHING BEATS THE TACTILE SENSATION. 271 00:14:54,994 --> 00:14:56,328 SOMEBODY WORKS OUT! 272 00:14:56,395 --> 00:14:57,062 THERE YOU GO. 273 00:14:57,129 --> 00:14:58,764 THE FAUCI GUNS. 274 00:14:58,831 --> 00:15:03,168 FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 54 YEARS OF SERVICE TO 275 00:15:03,235 --> 00:15:05,237 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OUR HEALTH SYSTEM. 276 00:15:05,304 --> 00:15:05,638 ( APPLAUSE ). 277 00:15:05,704 --> 00:15:06,639 >> THANK YOU. 278 00:15:06,705 --> 00:15:09,074 >> Stephen: I KNOW IT'S GOING TO COME TO AN END. 279 00:15:09,141 --> 00:15:12,177 AT LEAST YOUR FEDERAL SERVICE IS COMING TO AN END. 280 00:15:12,244 --> 00:15:15,414 WHILE WE'VE GOT YOU HERE, WE CAN STILL PICK YOUR BRAIN, I WANT TO 281 00:15:15,481 --> 00:15:19,985 ASK YOU SOME THINGS ABOUT THIS PANDEMIC WE'VE HEARD SO MUCH 282 00:15:20,052 --> 00:15:21,053 ABOUT. 283 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:21,720 PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID RECENTLY THE PANDEMIC IS OVER. 284 00:15:21,787 --> 00:15:22,721 IT DOESN'T FEEL OVER. 285 00:15:22,788 --> 00:15:26,392 FOR INSTANCE, JIMMIE, CAN WE GET A SHOT OF THIS? 286 00:15:26,458 --> 00:15:29,228 THIS AUDIENCE RIGHT HERE, EVERYBODY HERE IS STILL IN THEIR 287 00:15:29,295 --> 00:15:31,930 MASKS RIGHT HERE, JUST FOR AN ABUNDANCE OF SAFETY. 288 00:15:31,997 --> 00:15:35,901 AS YOU CAN SEE, EVERY NIGHT I COME OUT HERE, IT DOESN'T FEEL 289 00:15:35,968 --> 00:15:37,336 OVER TO ME. 290 00:15:37,403 --> 00:15:38,570 WHEN WILL IT FEEL OVER? 291 00:15:38,637 --> 00:15:41,840 >> IT WILL FEEL OVER IN A REAL SENSE WHEN IT GETS TO SUCH A LOW 292 00:15:41,907 --> 00:15:45,344 LEVEL IN SOCIETY THAT IT DOESN'T DISRUPT THE SOCIAL ORDER, THE 293 00:15:45,411 --> 00:15:48,681 WAY IT IS HERE, REQUIRING PEOPLE TO WEAR MASKS, ALL KINDS OF 294 00:15:48,747 --> 00:15:50,516 THINGS LIKE THAT. 295 00:15:50,582 --> 00:15:55,854 WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS REFERRING TO IS THAT THE VERY ACUTE STAGE 296 00:15:55,921 --> 00:15:59,992 OF THE OUTBREAK, WHETHER WE WERE GETTING 900,000 CASES A DAY AND 297 00:16:00,059 --> 00:16:03,862 3,000 TO 4,000 DEATHS, THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 298 00:16:03,929 --> 00:16:07,132 WE'RE WAY DOWN IN CASES, BUT WE'RE ALSO WAY DOWN IN DEATHS. 299 00:16:07,199 --> 00:16:10,302 BUT THE LEVEL THAT WE'RE AT, STEPHEN, IS NOT REALLY 300 00:16:10,369 --> 00:16:11,570 ACCEPTABLE. 301 00:16:11,637 --> 00:16:15,274 I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE AT ALL WITH SAYING WE CAN LIVE WITH 400 302 00:16:15,341 --> 00:16:16,442 DEATHS A DAY. 303 00:16:16,508 --> 00:16:20,379 WE HAVE GOT TO GET THE LEVEL OF INFECTION AND THE LEVEL OF 304 00:16:20,446 --> 00:16:23,949 DEATHS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS FAR, FAR LOWER SO THAT IT IS NOT 305 00:16:24,016 --> 00:16:26,985 ERADICATED -- WE'RE NOT GOING TO COMPLETELY GET RID OF THIS. 306 00:16:27,052 --> 00:16:31,390 BUT WE WANT TO GET IT TO A LEVEL THAT'S SO LOW IT JUST DOESN'T 307 00:16:31,457 --> 00:16:32,558 DISRUPT SOCIETY. 308 00:16:32,624 --> 00:16:34,259 >> Stephen: NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALL NOTICED 309 00:16:34,326 --> 00:16:37,763 OVER THE LAST TWO, THREE YEARS IS THAT BASICALLY, IT'S LIKE TWO 310 00:16:37,830 --> 00:16:40,399 MONTHS OF BADNESS, TWO MONTHS OF A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 311 00:16:40,466 --> 00:16:41,567 TWO MONTHS OF BADNESS. 312 00:16:41,633 --> 00:16:44,670 I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING BACK INTO A TWO MONTHS OF BADNESS. 313 00:16:44,737 --> 00:16:45,804 >> YEAH. 314 00:16:45,871 --> 00:16:47,906 >> Stephen: BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE OUT AT THE SHOW. 315 00:16:47,973 --> 00:16:51,176 WE STILL TEST HERE AND TRY TO KEEP A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. 316 00:16:51,243 --> 00:16:54,046 WE HAVE PEOPLE OUT THIS WEEK THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD IN A LONG 317 00:16:54,113 --> 00:16:55,247 TIME. 318 00:16:55,314 --> 00:16:57,015 ARE WE GOING TO SEE THIS COLD WEATHER WAVE AGAIN THIS YEAR? 319 00:16:57,082 --> 00:16:58,517 >> YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT. 320 00:16:58,584 --> 00:17:00,285 I HAVE TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU. 321 00:17:00,352 --> 00:17:03,088 WE MIGHT, HOPEFULLY -- >> Stephen: YOU COULD LIE AND 322 00:17:03,155 --> 00:17:03,822 MAKE ME FEEL BETTER. 323 00:17:03,889 --> 00:17:05,023 IT WORKS FOR POLITICIANS. 324 00:17:05,090 --> 00:17:06,392 ( LAUGHTER ). 325 00:17:06,458 --> 00:17:11,230 >> HOPEFULLY, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN 326 00:17:11,296 --> 00:17:13,565 INFECTED, PLUS THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, AND WE 327 00:17:13,632 --> 00:17:20,239 HOPE THEY'LL GET THEIR UPDATED BA.5 BIVALIENT SOON FOR PEOPLE 328 00:17:20,305 --> 00:17:23,142 ELIGIBLE, AND ALMOST EVERYBODY IS ELIGIBLE FOR IT, THAT YOU 329 00:17:23,208 --> 00:17:24,643 WILL GET A DAMPENING OF EFFECT. 330 00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:28,080 THIS VIRUS IS SO UNIQUE, UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE EXPERIENCED, 331 00:17:28,147 --> 00:17:32,050 WHERE YOU GET THE CONTINUED EMERGENCE OF VARIANTS THAT TEND 332 00:17:32,117 --> 00:17:34,753 TO ELUDE THE GENERAL PROTECTION THAT YOU WOULD GET FROM A 333 00:17:34,820 --> 00:17:36,989 VACCINE OR FROM A PRIOR INFECTS. 334 00:17:37,055 --> 00:17:41,293 NOT COMPLETELY, BUT JUST ENOUGH TO DIMINISH THE LEVEL OF 335 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:42,494 PROTECTION. 336 00:17:42,561 --> 00:17:45,063 THEN YOU WIND UP GOING INTO A WINTER SEASON WHEN MOST PEOPLE 337 00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:49,868 WOULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME INDOORS, AND ANY RESPIRATORY 338 00:17:49,935 --> 00:17:53,472 INFECTION, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, ALWAYS DOES BETTER FOR THE VIRUS 339 00:17:53,539 --> 00:17:55,574 WHEN YOU'RE INDOORS IN THE COLD WEATHER. 340 00:17:55,641 --> 00:17:59,445 THE WAY WE CAN MOLLIFY THAT, MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GET OUT OF 341 00:17:59,511 --> 00:18:02,448 HAND, IS JUST GO OUT AND GET VACCINATED. 342 00:18:02,514 --> 00:18:07,986 WE HAVE 68% OF OUR POPULATION IS VACCINATED, AND ONLY ONE-HALF OF 343 00:18:08,053 --> 00:18:10,656 THOSE HAVE GOTTEN AT LEAST ONE BOOST. 344 00:18:10,722 --> 00:18:13,725 IF YOU COMPARE US TO THE OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, WE ARE 345 00:18:13,792 --> 00:18:19,832 DOWN IN THE RANKING OF VACCINATION,s EVEN BELOW SOME 346 00:18:19,898 --> 00:18:22,267 LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES. 347 00:18:22,334 --> 00:18:25,270 SO WE HAVE TO DO BETTER IF WE WANT TO GET BACK TO A NORMALITY. 348 00:18:25,337 --> 00:18:28,106 >> Stephen: YOU'VE BEEN AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY 349 00:18:28,173 --> 00:18:32,478 AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR 40 YEARS NOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 350 00:18:32,544 --> 00:18:36,548 >> 54, BUT -- >> Stephen: 54 AT N.I.A.D.? 351 00:18:36,615 --> 00:18:38,984 >> AND I'VE BEEN THE DIRECTOR FOR 38. 352 00:18:39,051 --> 00:18:40,385 >> Stephen: THE DIRECTOR FOR 38 YEARS. 353 00:18:40,452 --> 00:18:43,889 IN 2020, YOU WENT THROUGH SOME VERY TUMULTUOUS TIMES. 354 00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:47,292 YOU WERE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE UNITED STATES TRYING TO CONFRONT 355 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:52,498 THE AIDS EPIDEMIC IN THE 1980s AND THE 1990s. 356 00:18:52,564 --> 00:18:54,466 BUT 2020 WAS DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 357 00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:55,567 >> ABSOLUTELY YOU. 358 00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:58,837 >> Stephen: BECAME THE CENTER OF A MEDIA AND POLITICAL 359 00:18:58,904 --> 00:19:02,007 FIRESTORM FOR WHAT SEEMED COVERAGENT ADVICE TO THE 360 00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:02,908 AMERICAN PEOPLE. 361 00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:05,077 HOW DO YOU WEATHER THAT KIND OF MAELSTROM? 362 00:19:05,143 --> 00:19:08,046 >> STEPHEN, YOU JUST HAVE TO FOCUS ON WHAT YOUR JOB IS. 363 00:19:08,113 --> 00:19:10,816 AND MY IS JOB AS A SCIENTIST AND A PHYSICIAN AND A PUBLIC HEALTH 364 00:19:10,883 --> 00:19:13,919 OFFICIAL WAS TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN FROM A SCIENTIFIC 365 00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:17,256 STANDPOINT, LIKE DEVELOPING THE VACCINE, TO GETTING THE MESSAGES 366 00:19:17,322 --> 00:19:19,324 TO PEOPLE ABOUT GETTING VACCINATED. 367 00:19:19,391 --> 00:19:25,898 AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS JUST FOCUS LIKE A LASER ON WHAT YOUR 368 00:19:25,964 --> 00:19:29,902 JOB IS OPINION AND MY JOB IS TO DO WHAT I CAN TO PROTECT THE 369 00:19:29,968 --> 00:19:33,238 HEALTH AND THE WELFARE OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, AND INDIRECTLY 370 00:19:33,305 --> 00:19:36,508 FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD, BECAUSE WE'RE A LEADER IN PUBLIC 371 00:19:36,575 --> 00:19:37,276 HEALTH. 372 00:19:37,342 --> 00:19:38,677 AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF IS NOISE. 373 00:19:38,744 --> 00:19:41,880 I MEAN, THE SLINGS AND THE ARROWS AND ALL THAT KIND OF 374 00:19:41,947 --> 00:19:44,416 THING, YOU JUST HAVE TO PUT THAT ASIDE AS NOISE AND NOT PAY 375 00:19:44,483 --> 00:19:45,584 ATTENTION TO IT. 376 00:19:45,651 --> 00:19:47,753 >> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SORT OF CONFUSION 377 00:19:47,819 --> 00:19:50,556 THAT CAME OUT OVER LAST FEW YEARS. 378 00:19:50,622 --> 00:19:53,058 I THINK I'VE ASKED YOU ABOUT THIS, BUT I WANT TO CHECK IN ONE 379 00:19:53,125 --> 00:19:54,393 MORE TIME. 380 00:19:54,459 --> 00:19:56,595 DID IVERMECTIN DO ANYTHING? 381 00:19:56,662 --> 00:19:57,829 >> NO. 382 00:19:57,896 --> 00:20:00,232 >> Stephen: HUMANS DO TAKE IT BUT NOT FOR THIS PURPOSE? 383 00:20:00,299 --> 00:20:03,302 >> IT DOES NOT HELP WITH COVID. 384 00:20:03,368 --> 00:20:06,672 >> HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, DID IT DO ANYTHING? 385 00:20:06,738 --> 00:20:07,839 >> NO. 386 00:20:07,906 --> 00:20:10,008 >> Stephen: PEOPLE WHO HORDED THAT, NO REASON TO HAVE DONE 387 00:20:10,075 --> 00:20:10,709 THAT. 388 00:20:10,776 --> 00:20:11,276 JUST CHECKING. 389 00:20:11,343 --> 00:20:11,877 >> Stephen: YOU GOT IT. 390 00:20:11,944 --> 00:20:12,377 >> Stephen: FOR A FRIEND. 391 00:20:12,444 --> 00:20:13,946 >> YOU GOT IT RIGHT. 392 00:20:14,012 --> 00:20:16,248 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 393 00:20:16,315 --> 00:20:18,317 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, EVERYBODY, 394 00:20:30,028 --> 00:20:34,399 WE'RE BACK HERE WITH DR. ANTHONY FAUCI. 395 00:20:34,466 --> 00:20:37,302 WELL, YOU'RE AMERICA'S DOCTOR, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE 396 00:20:37,369 --> 00:20:39,204 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ONGOING PANDEMIC. 397 00:20:39,271 --> 00:20:40,372 SOME OF MY STAFF HERE. 398 00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:43,809 SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOME RAPID-FIRE 399 00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:47,746 QUESTIONS AND GET RAPID-FIRE ANSWERS. 400 00:20:47,813 --> 00:20:52,250 IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE CALLING "DOCTOR'S ORDERS." 401 00:20:52,317 --> 00:20:57,456 DR. FAUCI, CAN YOU GET A FLU SHOT AND BOOSTER SHOT AT THE 402 00:20:57,522 --> 00:20:58,991 SAME TIME? 403 00:20:59,057 --> 00:20:59,491 >> YES. 404 00:20:59,558 --> 00:21:00,592 THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. 405 00:21:00,659 --> 00:21:03,729 >> Stephen: SHORT ANSWER: HOW OFTEN WILL WE BE GETTING 406 00:21:03,795 --> 00:21:05,097 BOOSTED, FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES? 407 00:21:05,163 --> 00:21:05,864 >> WE DON'T KNOW THAT. 408 00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:07,666 YOU HAVE TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST. 409 00:21:07,733 --> 00:21:10,268 WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT IF WE HAVE 410 00:21:10,335 --> 00:21:13,805 TO DO THAT, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, UNTIL THIS GETS 411 00:21:13,872 --> 00:21:17,476 SO LOW IT'S ESSENTIALLY A NONENTITY, IT IS CONCEIVABLE 412 00:21:17,542 --> 00:21:20,212 THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET A REGULAR BOOSTER, SIMILAR TO WHAT 413 00:21:20,278 --> 00:21:22,347 WE DO WITH INFLUENZA. 414 00:21:22,414 --> 00:21:25,851 >> Stephen: OKAY, HOW CAN PEOPLE SAFELY GATHER FOR THE 415 00:21:25,917 --> 00:21:26,652 HOLIDAYS? 416 00:21:26,718 --> 00:21:28,320 >> WELL, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS. 417 00:21:28,387 --> 00:21:30,956 FIRST OF ALL, GET VACCINATED, CERTAINLY OF ENCOURAGE THE 418 00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:34,026 PEOPLE-- YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS WHO YOU'RE GOING TO BE 419 00:21:34,092 --> 00:21:36,028 INTERACTING WITH AT THE HOLIDAYS-- TO GET VACCINATED. 420 00:21:36,094 --> 00:21:39,631 >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU CONVINCE FRIENDS OR FAMILY 421 00:21:39,698 --> 00:21:41,700 MEMBERS WHO WILL NOT GET VACCINATED? 422 00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:45,137 LET'S SAY I HAVE SOMEONE I LOVE VERY MUCH, AND WHO I DO NOT-- I 423 00:21:45,203 --> 00:21:48,206 DO NOT JUDGE THEM FOR NOT DOING THIS, BUT I WORRY THEM EYE WORRY 424 00:21:48,273 --> 00:21:50,876 SO MUCH ABOUT THEM FOR NOT DOING IT. 425 00:21:50,942 --> 00:21:53,211 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW THEY HAVE OTHER CONDITIONS, AND IF THEY 426 00:21:53,278 --> 00:21:55,213 GOT IT THIS WOULD BE TERRIBLE FOR THEM. 427 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:56,314 WHAT IS THE ARGUMENT HERE? 428 00:21:56,381 --> 00:21:59,484 THE ARGUMENT IS YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, AND THE DATA ARE 429 00:21:59,551 --> 00:22:00,719 ABSOLUTELY CRYSTAL CLEAR. 430 00:22:00,786 --> 00:22:02,854 >> Stephen: IS THE SCIENCE IN ON WHETHER THE VACCINE IS SAFE? 431 00:22:02,921 --> 00:22:06,224 >> OH, WOULD YOU WANT A DOUBT. 432 00:22:06,291 --> 00:22:09,661 IT'S BEEN GIVEN TO BILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN BILLIONS OF DOSES. 433 00:22:09,728 --> 00:22:14,433 THERE'S NO DOUBT-- SAFETY IS OFF THE TABLE, NO DOUBT IT'S SAFE. 434 00:22:14,499 --> 00:22:16,735 THE IMPORTANT POINT IS IF YOU REASON WITH PEOPLE AND SHOW THE 435 00:22:16,802 --> 00:22:19,805 STATISTICS OF THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS 436 00:22:19,871 --> 00:22:22,207 AMONG UNVACCINATED PEOPLE COMPARED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE 437 00:22:22,274 --> 00:22:26,211 VACCINATED AND UP TO DATE ON THEIR BOOSTER, THE CURVES GO 438 00:22:26,278 --> 00:22:29,181 HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH FOR PEOPLE UNVACCINATED, 439 00:22:29,247 --> 00:22:31,349 HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATHS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED. 440 00:22:31,416 --> 00:22:33,351 TO HAVE PEOPLE JUST LOOK AT THE DATA. 441 00:22:33,418 --> 00:22:36,421 THAT'S NOT GOING TO CONVINCE EVERYBODY, BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO AT 442 00:22:36,488 --> 00:22:40,425 LEAST PUT A LITTLE BIT STOCK IN DATA, THEY SHULD UNDERSTAND 443 00:22:40,492 --> 00:22:41,460 THAT. 444 00:22:41,526 --> 00:22:42,861 >> Stephen: WHEN SHOULD WE STILL BE WEARING MASKS? 445 00:22:42,928 --> 00:22:47,032 >> YOU KNOW, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE LEVEL OF DYNAMICS OF 446 00:22:47,099 --> 00:22:48,433 VIRUS IN THE COMMUNITY. 447 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:52,137 YOU KNOW, THE C.D.C. SHOWS IN THEIR COLOR CODING WHETHER IT'S 448 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:53,905 HIGH, MEDIUM, OR LOW. 449 00:22:53,972 --> 00:22:57,843 IF YOU ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE THE LEVEL OF VIRUS IS REALLY 450 00:22:57,909 --> 00:23:01,446 VERY LOW FROM THE STANDPOINT OF CIRCULATION IN THE COMMUNITY, 451 00:23:01,513 --> 00:23:05,684 THEN YOU COULD PROBABLY GET AWAY AND POSSIBLY WEAR A MASK IF YOU 452 00:23:05,751 --> 00:23:07,986 ARE A PERSON AT A HIGH RISK. 453 00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:09,187 IT REALLY DEPENDS. 454 00:23:09,254 --> 00:23:12,824 IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA WHERE THERE'S VIRUS THAT THE DYNAMICS 455 00:23:12,891 --> 00:23:17,329 IS RED HOOT, THEN WHEN YOU'RE IN AN INDOOR CONGREGATE SETTING, 456 00:23:17,395 --> 00:23:19,397 YOU SHOULD FOLLOW THE C.D.C. 457 00:23:19,464 --> 00:23:20,932 RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WEARING A MASK. 458 00:23:20,999 --> 00:23:23,235 >> Stephen: IF YOU ARE INFECTED IS THERE ANYTHING YOU 459 00:23:23,301 --> 00:23:25,637 CAN DO TO HELP AVOID CHANCES OF LONG COVID? 460 00:23:25,704 --> 00:23:28,940 >> FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU GET VACCINATED AND THEN WIND UP 461 00:23:29,007 --> 00:23:32,978 GETTING INFECTED, THE DATA CLEARLY SHOW NOW, THE LIKELIHOOD 462 00:23:33,044 --> 00:23:36,581 OF YOUR GETTING LONG COVID IS MARKEDLY DIMINISHED COMPARED TO 463 00:23:36,648 --> 00:23:38,049 AN UNVACCINATED PERSON. 464 00:23:38,116 --> 00:23:42,387 SO WHAT YOU CAN PREEMPTIVELY DO IS GET VACCINATED. 465 00:23:42,454 --> 00:23:44,923 HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T GET INFECTED. 466 00:23:44,990 --> 00:23:47,125 BUT IF YOU DO, YOU'LL DIMINISH THE CHANCE OF GETTING LONG 467 00:23:47,192 --> 00:23:48,260 COVID. 468 00:23:48,326 --> 00:23:50,262 >> Stephen: AND HOW MUCH DO YOU ENJOY TESTIFYING BEFORE 469 00:23:50,328 --> 00:23:50,862 CONGRESS? 470 00:23:50,929 --> 00:23:51,930 >> OH, IT'S A LOT OF FUN. 471 00:23:51,997 --> 00:23:54,366 ( LAUGHTER ). 472 00:23:54,432 --> 00:23:56,768 >> Stephen: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MADE A DOCUMENTARY 473 00:23:56,835 --> 00:24:00,572 ABOUT YOU, AND I WAS HONORED WHEN I HEARD THAT A CLIP OF US 474 00:24:00,639 --> 00:24:03,842 TALKING ABOUT YOU WAS INCLUDED IN IT. 475 00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:07,312 I'D LIKE TO WATCH IT RIGHT NOW TO SEE WHAT WE CONTRIBUTED TO 476 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:11,383 THE NARRATIVE WHILE OUR COUNTRY WAS FACING THIS TIME OF CRISIS. 477 00:24:11,449 --> 00:24:12,651 JIM. 478 00:24:12,717 --> 00:24:15,720 >> "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE, THERE'S A PETITION TO MAKE YOU SEXIEST MAN 479 00:24:15,787 --> 00:24:17,823 ALIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE SAY BRAINS ARE SEXY. 480 00:24:17,889 --> 00:24:22,360 I'M WONDERING HOW YOU'RE-- WHAT YOUR FAMILY THINKS ABOUT ALL OF 481 00:24:22,427 --> 00:24:23,028 THIS. 482 00:24:23,094 --> 00:24:24,930 >> IT'S REALLY KIND OF CRAZY. 483 00:24:24,996 --> 00:24:28,567 WE TRY NOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AND JUST FOCUS ON THE 484 00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:29,935 RESPONSIBILITY AND THE JOB THAT WE HAVE. 485 00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:32,838 THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, NOT THAT OTHER STUFF. 486 00:24:32,904 --> 00:24:35,307 >> Stephen: THAT IS SO HUMBLE. 487 00:24:35,373 --> 00:24:36,808 AND SO SEXY. 488 00:24:36,875 --> 00:24:39,811 ( LAUGHTER ) JIM, CAN WE PUT FAUCI BACK UP? 489 00:24:39,878 --> 00:24:41,980 CAN WE GET A WIDER SHOT? 490 00:24:42,047 --> 00:24:43,715 OH, YEAH! 491 00:24:43,782 --> 00:24:45,684 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HOTNESS! 492 00:24:45,750 --> 00:24:48,553 JUST TRY TO STAY SIX FEET AWAY. 493 00:24:48,620 --> 00:24:53,325 ( APPLAUSE ) WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK 494 00:24:53,391 --> 00:24:54,726 HERE TO PAY THE BILLS. 495 00:24:54,793 --> 00:24:58,597 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, EVERYBODY. 496 00:24:58,663 --> 00:24:59,497 DON'T GO ANYWHERE. 497 00:24:59,564 --> 00:25:00,498 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS THIS. 498 00:25:10,976 --> 00:25:14,679 WE'RE BACK HERE WITH DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 499 00:25:14,746 --> 00:25:17,916 ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI. 500 00:25:17,983 --> 00:25:20,986 DOCTOR, WE WERE TALKING ABABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE BOOSTER SHOTS A 501 00:25:21,052 --> 00:25:22,787 LITTLE BIT EARLIER. 502 00:25:22,854 --> 00:25:25,223 AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE LATEST BOOSTER SHOT. 503 00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:26,391 WHAT IS IT? 504 00:25:26,458 --> 00:25:31,162 >> WITH THE LATEST IS A VERY SPECIFIC SHOT DIRECTED AT THE 505 00:25:31,229 --> 00:25:34,299 CURRENTLY CIRCULATING VARIANT, AND THAT'S BA.5. 506 00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:35,934 IT'S A HYBRID. 507 00:25:36,001 --> 00:25:41,239 IT HAS PART OF BA.5, AND PART THE OLDER, ORIGINAL VACCINE. 508 00:25:41,306 --> 00:25:44,042 >> Stephen: AND HOW-- HOW COW BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR THAT? 509 00:25:44,109 --> 00:25:44,876 AM I ELIGIBLE? 510 00:25:44,943 --> 00:25:45,810 >> ABSOLUTE, YEAH. 511 00:25:45,877 --> 00:25:48,113 >> Stephen: HAVE YOU HAD IT? 512 00:25:48,179 --> 00:25:50,215 >> I HAVEN'T HAD IT YET. 513 00:25:50,282 --> 00:25:51,416 I'M DUE FOR IT. 514 00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:54,052 I GOT INFECTED ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, AND THE 515 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:57,155 RECOMMENDTION IS IF YOU'VE GOTTEN INFECTED, WAIT THREE 516 00:25:57,222 --> 00:25:58,890 MONTHS AND GET A BOOSTER. 517 00:25:58,957 --> 00:26:01,693 SO I'M ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE TO GET BOOSTER. 518 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:03,862 >> Stephen: DO YOU WANT-- WE HAVE A DRUGSTORE DOWN THE 519 00:26:03,929 --> 00:26:04,829 STREET. 520 00:26:04,896 --> 00:26:06,498 DO YOU WANT TO GO GET-- RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. 521 00:26:06,564 --> 00:26:07,966 DO YOU WANT TO GET THE BOOSTER RIGHT NOW? 522 00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:09,100 >> CAN WE? 523 00:26:09,167 --> 00:26:10,702 IF WE CAN, LET'S DO IT. 524 00:26:10,769 --> 00:26:12,070 >> Stephen: IT'S MY SHOW. 525 00:26:12,137 --> 00:26:16,174 WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE WANT. 526 00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:18,443 JIMMIE, LET'S DO IT. 527 00:26:18,510 --> 00:26:19,544 LET'S DO IT! 528 00:26:19,611 --> 00:26:21,146 LET'S GET A BOOSTER SHOT! 529 00:26:21,212 --> 00:26:21,813 COME ON! 530 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,248 WATCH YOUR STEP. 531 00:26:23,315 --> 00:26:25,083 WATCH YOUR STEP RIGHT THERE. 532 00:26:25,150 --> 00:26:29,020 HELLO. 533 00:26:29,087 --> 00:26:30,088 LET'S GO OUT HERE. 534 00:26:30,155 --> 00:26:31,623 CLOSE THE DOOR. 535 00:26:31,690 --> 00:26:35,060 ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. 536 00:26:35,126 --> 00:26:38,296 RIGHT DOWN HERE ON THE CORNER. 537 00:26:38,363 --> 00:26:39,898 YOU GREW UP IN BROOKLYN, RIGHT? 538 00:26:39,965 --> 00:26:42,701 >> I DID, I DID. 539 00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:44,102 >> Stephen: COULD I HEAR YOUR BEST, "HEY, I'M WALKING HERE!" 540 00:26:44,169 --> 00:26:46,404 >> HEY, I'M WALKING HERE! 541 00:26:46,471 --> 00:26:48,540 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: TOTALLY BELIEVABLE! 542 00:26:48,606 --> 00:26:50,709 HOW ABOUT A-- CAN YOU GIVE ME A "FORGET ABOUT IT?" 543 00:26:50,775 --> 00:26:54,346 >> FUHGEDABOUTIT! 544 00:26:54,412 --> 00:26:57,148 >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO, VERY NICE. 545 00:26:57,215 --> 00:26:59,184 ARE YOU WORRIED AT ALL ABOUT THE NEW BOOSTER? 546 00:26:59,250 --> 00:27:00,318 >> NO. 547 00:27:00,385 --> 00:27:06,057 >> Stephen: NO, YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE 5G CHIP THEY 548 00:27:06,124 --> 00:27:07,726 PUT INTO YOU? 549 00:27:07,792 --> 00:27:13,198 >> BILL GATES AND I DECIDED WE'LL TAKE THE CHIPS OUT NOW. 550 00:27:13,264 --> 00:27:14,532 HOW USED TO NEEDLES ARE YOU? 551 00:27:14,599 --> 00:27:15,300 >> PRETTY. 552 00:27:15,367 --> 00:27:17,769 >> Stephen: HAVE YOU HAD ANY BOTOX? 553 00:27:17,836 --> 00:27:18,636 YOU LOOK FANTASTIC. 554 00:27:18,703 --> 00:27:21,139 YOU CAN'T TELL ME THIS IS NATURAL. 555 00:27:21,206 --> 00:27:23,975 LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED SOME CONDOMS. 556 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:26,378 I'LL ASK FOR YOU. 557 00:27:26,444 --> 00:27:28,546 LAUGH SPOOKY SEASON IS COMING UP. 558 00:27:28,613 --> 00:27:30,248 WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST. 559 00:27:30,315 --> 00:27:36,321 >> A THOUSAND KIDS COMING TO MY DOOR BREATHING ON ME. 560 00:27:36,388 --> 00:27:39,724 >> Stephen: YOU'RE A DOCTOR, WHAT IS THE HEALTHIEST CANDY YOU 561 00:27:39,791 --> 00:27:44,496 CAN GET? 562 00:27:44,562 --> 00:27:46,031 >> CERTAINLY, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE BRAND NAMES HERE, 563 00:27:46,097 --> 00:27:47,198 NONE OF THEM. 564 00:27:47,265 --> 00:27:47,832 >> Stephen: WELL, SKITTLES-- GREAT SOURCE OF FRUIT FLAVOR. 565 00:27:47,899 --> 00:27:48,633 >> AND ALSO A LOT OF SUGAR. 566 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:49,601 >> Stephen: BUT THAT GIVES YOU POWER! 567 00:27:49,667 --> 00:27:51,836 TO GET THINGS DONE. 568 00:27:51,903 --> 00:27:52,837 RIGHT, RIGHT. 569 00:27:52,904 --> 00:27:57,142 >> Stephen: WHAT WAS YOUR GO-TO CANDY AS A KID? 570 00:27:57,208 --> 00:27:57,709 >> KIT-KAT! 571 00:27:57,776 --> 00:27:58,276 >> Stephen: KIT-KAT! 572 00:27:58,343 --> 00:27:59,144 REALLY? 573 00:27:59,210 --> 00:27:59,944 DID THEY HAVE THESE WHEN YOU WERE A KID? 574 00:28:00,011 --> 00:28:00,745 >> OH, YEAH. 575 00:28:00,812 --> 00:28:01,546 KIT-KAT AND MALT BALLS. 576 00:28:01,613 --> 00:28:02,380 >> Stephen: DO YOU LIKE BABY RUTH? 577 00:28:02,447 --> 00:28:03,181 >> NO, TOO STICKY. 578 00:28:03,248 --> 00:28:04,349 >> Stephen: DID YOU KNOW BABE RUTH? 579 00:28:04,416 --> 00:28:05,050 >> NO, I DIDN'T. 580 00:28:05,116 --> 00:28:06,117 I'M NOT THAT OLD, STEPHEN. 581 00:28:06,184 --> 00:28:06,818 >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT! 582 00:28:06,885 --> 00:28:08,720 I'M SORRY. 583 00:28:08,787 --> 00:28:10,755 DO YOU HAVE A COSTUME FOR HALLOWEEN YET? 584 00:28:10,822 --> 00:28:11,956 >> NOT YET. 585 00:28:12,023 --> 00:28:14,459 >> Stephen: I KNOW YOU WANT TO CONVINCE PEOPLE TO GO GET THIS 586 00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:15,527 SHOT, RIGHT? 587 00:28:15,593 --> 00:28:16,327 >> RIGHT. 588 00:28:16,394 --> 00:28:18,063 >> Stephen: IT'S A COOL THING TO DO. 589 00:28:18,129 --> 00:28:19,230 OKAY. 590 00:28:19,297 --> 00:28:24,035 WHAT COULD BE MORE COMPELLING THAN GETTING THE SHOT WITH A 591 00:28:24,102 --> 00:28:27,839 PAIR OF SEXY KITTEN EARS ON? 592 00:28:27,906 --> 00:28:28,540 ( LAUGHTER ). 593 00:28:28,606 --> 00:28:30,141 >> YOU LOOK WONDERFUL, STEPHEN. 594 00:28:30,208 --> 00:28:30,942 >> Stephen: THANK YOU. 595 00:28:31,009 --> 00:28:33,445 DOCTOR, JUST PUT THESE ON. 596 00:28:33,511 --> 00:28:34,913 PUT THESE ON. 597 00:28:34,979 --> 00:28:39,784 I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO SAY MEOW-MEOW OR LICK YOUR PAW. 598 00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:44,055 LOOK IN THE CAMERA AND SAY, "DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR 599 00:28:44,122 --> 00:28:44,756 BOOSTER." 600 00:28:44,823 --> 00:28:45,523 THIS IS REALLY GOING TO SELL IT. 601 00:28:45,590 --> 00:28:47,892 >> ONLY IF YOU'RE WITH ME, STEPHEN. 602 00:28:47,959 --> 00:28:48,693 >> Stephen: 100%. 603 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,729 >> DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR BOOSTER. 604 00:28:51,796 --> 00:28:59,070 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HOW ABOUT 605 00:28:59,137 --> 00:28:59,804 SUNGLASSES? 606 00:28:59,871 --> 00:29:04,876 DO YOU WANT TO TRY THOSE ON? 607 00:29:04,943 --> 00:29:05,844 >> ARE WE COOL? 608 00:29:05,910 --> 00:29:06,911 >> Stephen: YEAH, WE'RE COOL. 609 00:29:06,978 --> 00:29:11,516 THIS IS COOL. 610 00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:14,552 GO GET SHOT. 611 00:29:14,619 --> 00:29:14,986 IT'S DOPE. 612 00:29:15,053 --> 00:29:17,722 STAY IN SCHOOL. 613 00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:22,260 ( LAUGHTER ) YOU CAN HAVE THESE IF YOU WANT. 614 00:29:22,327 --> 00:29:23,895 ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU GO. 615 00:29:23,962 --> 00:29:24,329 HELLO! 616 00:29:24,395 --> 00:29:25,697 GOOD AFTERNOON. 617 00:29:25,763 --> 00:29:29,901 I WAS WONDERING WHETHER I COULD SET MY FRIEND UP HERE WITH A 618 00:29:29,968 --> 00:29:30,902 COVID BOOSTER SHOT? 619 00:29:30,969 --> 00:29:32,137 ED>> ABSOLUTELY HAVE A SEAT. 620 00:29:32,203 --> 00:29:35,773 >> Stephen: IT'S OKAY TO BE SCARED. 621 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,408 >> HOLD MY HAND? 622 00:29:37,475 --> 00:29:42,914 >> Stephen: I WILL. 623 00:29:42,981 --> 00:29:46,217 DO YOU THINK HE'S NERVOUS TO GIVE ANTHONY FAUCI A SHOT? 624 00:29:46,284 --> 00:29:47,085 >> HE PROBABLY IS. 625 00:29:47,152 --> 00:29:48,186 >> HI, THERE. 626 00:29:48,253 --> 00:29:49,053 >> HEY. 627 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:50,922 I I JUST NEED TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS. 628 00:29:50,989 --> 00:29:53,558 HAVE YOU HAD A COVID VACCINATION BEFORE? 629 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:56,161 >> YES >> AND HAVE YOU HAD AN UNTOWARD 630 00:29:56,227 --> 00:29:56,628 REACTION? 631 00:29:56,694 --> 00:29:57,462 >> NO. 632 00:29:57,529 --> 00:29:58,930 >> AND HAVE YOU BEEN INFECTED BEFORE? 633 00:29:58,997 --> 00:30:00,165 >> A LITTLE OVER THREE MONTHS. 634 00:30:00,231 --> 00:30:06,938 >> I'M SITTING RIGHT HERE AND NO ONE IS ASKING ME. 635 00:30:07,005 --> 00:30:08,239 I HAD COVID, TOO. 636 00:30:08,306 --> 00:30:09,207 NO ONE CARES. 637 00:30:09,274 --> 00:30:11,943 LET'S SEE THOSE GUNS? 638 00:30:12,010 --> 00:30:16,915 LET'S SEE THOSE FAMOUS FAUCI GUNS. 639 00:30:16,981 --> 00:30:21,619 YOU WORK OUT, DO YOU LIFT, BRO? 640 00:30:21,686 --> 00:30:23,388 >> YOU KNOW, I WORK OUT, BUT ONLY FROM THE WAIST DOWN. 641 00:30:23,454 --> 00:30:24,889 >> Stephen: THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. 642 00:30:24,956 --> 00:30:27,392 THAT'S SOME GOOD TRIs. 643 00:30:27,458 --> 00:30:32,030 >> JUST HAVE A SEAT FOR ME. 644 00:30:32,096 --> 00:30:35,466 >> Stephen: ARE YOU NERVOUS TO GIVE ANTHONY FAUCI A SHOT? 645 00:30:35,533 --> 00:30:36,501 >> I'VE DONE THIS PLENTY OF TIMES. 646 00:30:36,568 --> 00:30:37,835 >> Stephen: BUT THAT'S ANTHONY FAUCI. 647 00:30:37,902 --> 00:30:38,937 THAT'S LIKE POURING A DRINK FOR JACK DANIELS. 648 00:30:39,003 --> 00:30:40,071 ARE YOU NERVOUS TO GIVE THIS MAN A SHOT? 649 00:30:40,138 --> 00:30:41,472 >> HE'S ACTUALLY ONLY THE THIRD MOST FAMOUS PERSON I'VE 650 00:30:41,539 --> 00:30:42,674 VACCINATED. 651 00:30:42,740 --> 00:30:44,809 >> Stephen: WHO IS THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON YOU'VE VACCINATED? 652 00:30:44,876 --> 00:30:47,579 >> TAKE A DEEP BREATH FOR ME... 653 00:30:47,645 --> 00:30:50,848 >> Stephen: WHO IS THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON? 654 00:30:50,915 --> 00:30:52,150 >> THAT'S IT. 655 00:30:52,217 --> 00:30:55,820 >> Stephen: THERE'S THE MOMENT. 656 00:30:55,887 --> 00:30:56,921 >> Stephen: OKAY, WHO IS THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON YOU'VE 657 00:30:56,988 --> 00:30:57,522 VACCINATED? 658 00:30:57,589 --> 00:30:58,556 >> I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT. 659 00:30:58,623 --> 00:31:01,593 >> Stephen: YES, YOU CAN! 660 00:31:01,659 --> 00:31:02,694 >> THANK YOU. 661 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,496 >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 662 00:31:05,563 --> 00:31:08,132 >> Stephen: CAN YOU GIVE ME A HINT? 663 00:31:08,199 --> 00:31:09,367 >> SO, THE ASK IS THAT YOU HANG OUT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, AND 664 00:31:09,434 --> 00:31:09,934 WE'LL SEE HOW YOU'RE DOING. 665 00:31:10,001 --> 00:31:10,501 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH! 666 00:31:10,568 --> 00:31:11,436 >> THANK YOU, TAKE CARE! 667 00:31:11,502 --> 00:31:12,237 >> Stephen: OKAY, YOU JUST GOT THE INJECTION. 668 00:31:12,303 --> 00:31:14,839 HOW ARE YOU FEELING NOW? 669 00:31:14,906 --> 00:31:17,842 >> I'M GOOD. 670 00:31:17,909 --> 00:31:18,576 >> Stephen: YOU SURE? 671 00:31:18,643 --> 00:31:19,377 >> I'M POSITIVE! 672 00:31:19,444 --> 00:31:20,111 >> Stephen: NO SWELLING OF ANYTHING? 673 00:31:20,178 --> 00:31:21,212 >> NO. 674 00:31:21,279 --> 00:31:22,747 >> Stephen: NIKKI MINAJ'S COUSIN'S FRIEND WANTED ME TO 675 00:31:22,814 --> 00:31:27,151 ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT SIDE EFFECTS. 676 00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:28,620 >> NO, THEY'RE FINE! 677 00:31:28,686 --> 00:31:30,655 >> Stephen: BECAUSE IF THEY SWELL TOO MUCH, YOU WON'T BE 678 00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:34,859 ABLE TO TAKE YOUR PANTS OFF. 679 00:31:34,926 --> 00:31:36,861 DR. FAUCI, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 680 00:31:36,928 --> 00:31:37,929 YOU'VE BEEN SO GOOD. 681 00:31:37,996 --> 00:31:38,930 >> IT'S BEEN WORTH THE TRIP. 682 00:31:38,997 --> 00:31:39,731 >> Stephen: YOU DESERVE IT. 683 00:31:39,797 --> 00:31:42,066 YOU DESERVE IT. 684 00:31:42,133 --> 00:31:47,972 ANTHONY FAUCI, FULLY INOCULATED AND BOOSTED. 685 00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:51,376 IF YOU WANT TO STAY AS HEALTHY AS THIS GUY, HEAD TO 686 00:31:51,442 --> 00:31:53,811 vaccines.gov TO FIND BOOSTER SHOTS NEAR YOU. 687 00:31:53,878 --> 00:31:55,780 DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, EVERYBODY! 688 00:31:55,847 --> 00:31:58,016 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH FORMER WHITE HOUSE SPEECHWRITER 689 00:31:58,082 --> 00:31:59,083 CODY KEENAN! 690 00:32:20,004 --> 00:32:20,872 HEY, EVERYBODY! 691 00:32:20,938 --> 00:32:22,040 GET SOME GOGGLES. 692 00:32:22,106 --> 00:32:23,341 GET SOME GOGGLES. 693 00:32:23,408 --> 00:32:27,045 WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. 694 00:32:27,111 --> 00:32:29,147 MY NEXT GUEST SPENT FOUR YEARS AS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHIEF 695 00:32:29,213 --> 00:32:31,816 WHITE HOUSE SPEECHWRITER, AND HAS WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED, 696 00:32:31,883 --> 00:32:34,852 "GRACE: PRESIDENT OBAMA AND TEN DAYS IN THE BATTLE FOR AMERICA." 697 00:32:34,919 --> 00:32:40,858 PLEASE WELCOME CODY KEENAN! 698 00:32:40,925 --> 00:32:50,902 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 699 00:32:50,968 --> 00:32:52,670 >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE AGAIN. 700 00:32:52,737 --> 00:32:53,705 >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. 701 00:32:53,771 --> 00:32:55,406 >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU. 702 00:32:55,473 --> 00:32:59,844 FOR THOSE UP THERE WHO DO NOT KNOW, FORMER WHITE HOUSE 703 00:32:59,911 --> 00:33:02,380 SPEECHWRITER, CURRENT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 704 00:33:02,447 --> 00:33:02,814 PROFESSOR. 705 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:03,548 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 706 00:33:03,614 --> 00:33:05,616 >> Stephen: GO, NORTHWESTERN. 707 00:33:05,683 --> 00:33:10,388 OF SOMETIMES YOU ANSWER TO THE NICKNAME "HEMINGWAY,." 708 00:33:10,455 --> 00:33:11,222 >> YEAH. 709 00:33:11,289 --> 00:33:12,590 >> Stephen: NO PRESSURE FOR A WRITER. 710 00:33:12,657 --> 00:33:13,691 >> YEAH. 711 00:33:13,758 --> 00:33:16,994 >> Stephen: OKAY, PAPA, I'LL BITE-- HOW ID YOU GET THE 712 00:33:17,061 --> 00:33:17,862 NICKNAME HEMINGWAY? 713 00:33:17,929 --> 00:33:20,331 >> WELL, HERE'S THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET. 714 00:33:20,398 --> 00:33:22,300 IN THE WHITE HOUSE EVERYBODY JUST ASSUMED IT WAS BECAUSE I 715 00:33:22,367 --> 00:33:23,601 HAD SOME HEFT TO ME. 716 00:33:23,668 --> 00:33:27,138 DURING THE STAY OF THE UNION ADDRESS I WOULD GROW A BIG 717 00:33:27,205 --> 00:33:27,972 BEARD. 718 00:33:28,039 --> 00:33:29,173 >> Stephen: HUGE FAN OF BULL FIGHTING. 719 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:30,641 >> HUGE FAN OF BULL FIGHTING. 720 00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:32,276 IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. 721 00:33:32,343 --> 00:33:34,879 IN 2014 WE WERE ON AN OFFICIAL TRIP TO FRANCE AND I WAS WRITING 722 00:33:34,946 --> 00:33:38,516 A SPEECH FOR THE PRESIDENT FOR THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF 723 00:33:38,583 --> 00:33:39,650 D-DAY. 724 00:33:39,717 --> 00:33:41,552 WHICH IS NOT REALLY A SPEECH YOU CAN SCREW UP, YOU KNOW. 725 00:33:41,619 --> 00:33:44,589 EVERYBODY KNOWS THE STORY OF D-DAY. 726 00:33:44,655 --> 00:33:45,923 YOU CAN'T MESS UP THAT STORY. 727 00:33:45,990 --> 00:33:50,862 BUT I BUSTED MY ASS TO MAKE THIS THE BEST SPEECH ANYBODY HAS 728 00:33:50,928 --> 00:33:52,029 GIVEN ON D-DAY. 729 00:33:52,096 --> 00:33:54,465 AND THE PRESIDENT CAME BACK ON THE PLANE AND SAID, "THIS IS 730 00:33:54,532 --> 00:33:56,234 GREAT, I HAVE NO EDITS." 731 00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:58,569 AND THAT FREES UP A NICE IN PARIS. 732 00:33:58,636 --> 00:34:01,906 A GRABBED A BUNCH OF STAFF EARS BECAUSE WE ALL LOVED EACH OTHER. 733 00:34:01,973 --> 00:34:04,242 WE HAD BEEN TOGETHER SINCE 2007. 734 00:34:04,308 --> 00:34:08,012 WE DIDN'T GET TO HANG OUT OFTEN SO WE HAD A BIG DINNER IN PER 735 00:34:08,079 --> 00:34:09,347 PARIS.& PEOPLE STARTED LEAVING TO GO 736 00:34:09,414 --> 00:34:12,750 BACK TO THE HOTEL AND A FEW OF US WERE LIKE, WE'RE IN PARIS. 737 00:34:12,817 --> 00:34:13,751 LET'S GO OUT. 738 00:34:13,818 --> 00:34:17,889 FOUR OF US ENDED UP STAYING OUT ALL NIGHT LONG. 739 00:34:17,955 --> 00:34:21,993 JUST GOING FROM BAR TO BAR, JAZZ CLUB TO JAZZ CLUB, WATCHED THE 740 00:34:22,059 --> 00:34:24,495 SUN COME OVER OVER THE SEINE. 741 00:34:24,562 --> 00:34:28,132 WE SHOWED UP BACK AT THE HOTEL AT 6:30 IN THE THE MORNING, AS 742 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:31,302 STAFF SHOWERED, DRESSED AND READY TO GET INTO THE MOTORCADE. 743 00:34:31,369 --> 00:34:38,576 AND BEN RHOADES IS JUST SHOUTING AT THIS POINT, "VIVA LAS 744 00:34:38,643 --> 00:34:39,043 AMERICANS! 745 00:34:39,110 --> 00:34:40,278 VIVA LAIS FRANCE." 746 00:34:40,344 --> 00:34:46,017 AND THE DEPUTY WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF SAID GET UPSTAIRS AND 747 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:51,722 SHOWER AND GET READY WE'RE LEAVING YOUR ASS IN PARIS. 748 00:34:51,789 --> 00:34:55,960 WE GOT BACK AND SOMEBODY DIAMOND US OUT TO THE PRESIDENT. 749 00:34:56,027 --> 00:34:59,864 HE GOT BACK OF ON THE PLANE AND SAID, "A MOVABLE FEAST IS BACK." 750 00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:01,632 WE SLOUCHED IN OUR CHAIRS. 751 00:35:01,699 --> 00:35:08,906 HE'S JUST JEALOUS BECAUSE HE CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE. 752 00:35:08,973 --> 00:35:13,511 EIGHT YEARS, YOU WORKED IN THE WHITE HOUSE, MASTERING OBAMA'S 753 00:35:13,578 --> 00:35:15,813 VOICE, HIS RHETORICAL STYLE. 754 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,850 WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM HIM BY WRITING FOR HIM? 755 00:35:18,916 --> 00:35:22,553 >> ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING LESSONS HE TAUGHT ME ACTUALLY 756 00:35:22,620 --> 00:35:25,523 INVOLVED JAZZ, WHICH I WASN'T EXPECTED. 757 00:35:25,590 --> 00:35:27,725 THIS WAS 2015, AND I HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE STATE OF THE 758 00:35:27,792 --> 00:35:30,328 UNION ADDRESS, WHICH A SPEECH EVERY SPEECHWRITER WANTS TO 759 00:35:30,394 --> 00:35:33,698 WRITE UNTIL YOU DO BECAUSE IT'S AWFUL. 760 00:35:33,764 --> 00:35:34,432 RIGHT? 761 00:35:34,499 --> 00:35:34,999 >> Stephen: IT'S A LAUNDRY LIST. 762 00:35:35,066 --> 00:35:37,401 >> IT'S A LAUNDRY LIST. 763 00:35:37,468 --> 00:35:40,404 NOBODY REALLY LIKES THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS WHEN YOU'RE 764 00:35:40,471 --> 00:35:42,573 WATCHING AT HOME AND I WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE THIS ONE THE 765 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:43,841 BEST. 766 00:35:43,908 --> 00:35:45,910 I GAVE IT TO HIM EIGHT DAYS OUT, A NEW RECORD AND I'M WAITING FOR 767 00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:49,380 HIM TO CALL ME UP TO THE OFFICE AND TELL ME HOW GOOD IT IS. 768 00:35:49,447 --> 00:35:50,848 AND THAT CALL DOESN'T COME. 769 00:35:50,915 --> 00:35:54,151 AND I'M AITING AND FREAKING OUT AND A DAY LATER HIS ASSISTANT 770 00:35:54,218 --> 00:35:56,420 CALLS AND SAID, "THE BOSS WANTS TO SEE YOU." 771 00:35:56,487 --> 00:35:58,523 AND I'M LIKE THIS IS IT. 772 00:35:58,589 --> 00:35:59,757 FINALLY. 773 00:35:59,824 --> 00:36:03,794 AND HE IS HAVING LUNCH IN THE PRIVATE DINING ROOM AND HE SAID, 774 00:36:03,861 --> 00:36:05,296 "BROTHER, SIT DOWN." 775 00:36:05,363 --> 00:36:07,765 AND HE SAID, "HOW ARE YOU DOING?" 776 00:36:07,832 --> 00:36:09,100 "I'M FINE." 777 00:36:09,166 --> 00:36:11,936 WHAT DID YOU DO OVER THE HOLIDAYS? 778 00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:13,638 "I WROTE THE SPEECH. 779 00:36:13,704 --> 00:36:14,739 >> IS IT GOOD OR NOT. 780 00:36:14,805 --> 00:36:17,975 THIS IS THE BEST SHAPE WE HAVE BEEN IN EIGHT DAYS OUT. 781 00:36:18,042 --> 00:36:19,210 >> I GO GREAT. 782 00:36:19,277 --> 00:36:21,779 WE STILL HAVE EIGHT DAYS SO WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER. 783 00:36:21,846 --> 00:36:24,849 HE GOES, "HERE'S THE THING, EVERYTHING IS IN HERE." 784 00:36:24,916 --> 00:36:28,753 I GO, "I KNOW, IT'S THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. 785 00:36:28,819 --> 00:36:30,655 EVERYTHING IS IN HERE." 786 00:36:30,721 --> 00:36:32,857 HE SAID, "EVERYTHING IS A 10. 787 00:36:32,924 --> 00:36:35,026 EVERY SENTENCE SAYS SOMETHING. 788 00:36:35,092 --> 00:36:35,860 EVERY WORD MEANS SOMETHING. 789 00:36:35,927 --> 00:36:38,195 I NEED SOME OF IT AT FOUR, SEVEN, SIX." 790 00:36:38,262 --> 00:36:39,931 AND I'M LIKE I KIND OF GET WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING DOWN. 791 00:36:39,997 --> 00:36:42,366 HE SAID LET ME PUT IT ANOTHER WAY. 792 00:36:42,433 --> 00:36:44,936 DO YOU EVER LISTEN TO MILES DAVIS? 793 00:36:45,002 --> 00:36:47,805 WHEN MY GIRLFRIEND COMES OVER, I PUT MILES DAVIS ON. 794 00:36:47,872 --> 00:36:51,075 HE SAYS YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT MILES DAVIS? 795 00:36:51,142 --> 00:36:51,742 OBVIOUSLY NOT. 796 00:36:51,809 --> 00:36:54,946 IT'S THE NOTES YOU DON'T PLAY. 797 00:36:55,012 --> 00:36:55,713 IT'S THE SILENCES. 798 00:36:55,780 --> 00:36:56,914 YOU GUYS GET IT. 799 00:36:56,981 --> 00:36:58,115 IT'S THE SILENCES. 800 00:36:58,182 --> 00:37:02,353 SO I WANT YOU TO GO HOME TONIGHT, PORYOURSELF A DRINK, 801 00:37:02,420 --> 00:37:05,590 LISTEN TO MILES DAVIS, DON'T DO ANY WORK, AND COME BACK HERE 802 00:37:05,656 --> 00:37:07,325 TOMORROW AND FIND ME SOME SILENCES. 803 00:37:07,391 --> 00:37:11,929 AND THAT KIND OF STUCK WITH ME THROUGH SPEECH WRITING AND LIFE. 804 00:37:11,996 --> 00:37:14,832 EVEN NOW WITH BREADON NEW BABY I CARVE OUT TIME. 805 00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:17,001 MY WIFE WILL BE LIKE, HEY, FIND SOME SILENCES. 806 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:20,237 >> Stephen: WITH A BRAND NEW BABY YOU FIND SILENCES? 807 00:37:20,304 --> 00:37:24,609 WELL, THE NEW BOOK IS CALLED "GRACE: PRESIDENT OBAMA AND TEN 808 00:37:24,675 --> 00:37:27,211 DAYS IN THE BATTLE FOR AMERICA." 809 00:37:27,278 --> 00:37:32,650 AFTER EIGHT YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND HELPING PRESIDENT 810 00:37:32,717 --> 00:37:37,121 OBAMA, WHY FOCUS ON THOSE 10 DAYS IN JUNE OF 2015? 811 00:37:37,188 --> 00:37:39,857 >> THERE WERE SO MANY EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS PACKED INTO 812 00:37:39,924 --> 00:37:41,092 THESE 10 DAYS. 813 00:37:41,158 --> 00:37:45,096 I REMEMBER SOMEBODY WROTE IT WAS TOO IMPLAUSIBLE FOR AN ENTIRE 814 00:37:45,162 --> 00:37:49,133 SEASON OF THE "WEST WING." 815 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:53,037 THE 10 DAYS WERE BOOKENDED BY A RACIST MASSACRE IN CHARLESTON IN 816 00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:55,840 A BLACK CHURCH CARRIED OUT BY WHITE SUPREMACISTS. 817 00:37:55,906 --> 00:38:02,279 THE TENTH DAY BARACK OBAMA WENT DOWN AND SANG AMAZING GRACE. 818 00:38:02,346 --> 00:38:04,949 AND IN BETWEEN THERE WERE THESE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS. 819 00:38:05,016 --> 00:38:08,152 THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS STARTING BRINGING DOWN THE 820 00:38:08,219 --> 00:38:09,687 CONFEDERATE FLAG IN THE SOUTH. 821 00:38:09,754 --> 00:38:13,658 THE SUPREME COURT IS-- WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO RULE ON 822 00:38:13,724 --> 00:38:14,959 OBAMACARE AND MARRIAGE EQUALITY. 823 00:38:15,026 --> 00:38:16,694 WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY. 824 00:38:16,761 --> 00:38:20,431 ALL THESE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM OUR HISTORY ARE COMING TO 825 00:38:20,498 --> 00:38:23,901 THE FORE AT THE SAME TIME-- RACE, VIOLENCE, BIGOTRY, 826 00:38:23,968 --> 00:38:24,468 INEQUALITY. 827 00:38:24,535 --> 00:38:25,670 WHO MATTERS? 828 00:38:25,736 --> 00:38:27,772 WHAT IF THE SUPREME COURT SAYS GAY PEOPLE CAN'T GET MARRIED? 829 00:38:27,838 --> 00:38:31,809 AND THEY BECOME A SECOND-CLASS TIER OF CITIZENS? 830 00:38:31,876 --> 00:38:34,945 WHAT IF THEY SAY THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF WORKING AMERICANS 831 00:38:35,012 --> 00:38:37,948 WHO JUST GOT HEALTH INSURANCE, THEY CAN'T HAVE IT ANYMORE? 832 00:38:38,015 --> 00:38:40,451 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT? 833 00:38:40,518 --> 00:38:43,921 I STOLE A THESIS FROM HIM FOR THE BOOK-- AND HE KNOWS THIS. 834 00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:48,693 IN HIS SPEECH IN SALMA HE SAID, HE DESCRIBED SALMA, BUT IT'S 835 00:38:48,759 --> 00:38:49,894 ALSO TRUE OF POLITICS. 836 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:53,030 IT'S NOT A CLASH OF ARMIES BUT A CLASH OF WILLS. 837 00:38:53,097 --> 00:38:56,133 WE'RE ALWAYS ENGAGED IN THIS CONTEST TO DETERMINE THE TRUE 838 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:57,334 MEANING OF AMERICA. 839 00:38:57,401 --> 00:39:00,371 AND IN THAT WEEK, EVERYTHING WENT THE RIGHT WAY, AND IT FELT 840 00:39:00,438 --> 00:39:02,907 LIKE WE WERE WINNING THAT CONTEST FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A 841 00:39:02,973 --> 00:39:03,841 WHILE. 842 00:39:03,908 --> 00:39:05,576 OBVIOUSLY, THESE THINGS DON'T HOLD FOREVER. 843 00:39:05,643 --> 00:39:06,844 PROGRESS IS UP AND DOWN. 844 00:39:06,911 --> 00:39:09,346 BUT IT WAS JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY THAT NEED TO BE TOLD. 845 00:39:09,413 --> 00:39:11,682 AND I WANT-- YOU MENTIONED I TEACH NOW. 846 00:39:11,749 --> 00:39:15,352 I WANT YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE MY STUDENTS TO READ THIS BOOK AND I 847 00:39:15,419 --> 00:39:19,290 WANT IT IT TO DO WHAT OTHER BOOKS DID FOR ME CONVINCE 848 00:39:19,356 --> 00:39:21,625 SCONVINCE PEOPLE THAT POLITICS IS WORTHY OF THEIR TIME. 849 00:39:21,692 --> 00:39:24,361 AND YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND IT MATTERS. 850 00:39:24,428 --> 00:39:27,865 AND IT CAN ACTUALLY BE FUN AND JOYFUL, WHICH WE DON'T SEE NOW, 851 00:39:27,932 --> 00:39:29,934 BUT IT REALLY CAN BE. 852 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,671 FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS GROWN CYNICAL, I WANT IT TO BE A 853 00:39:33,738 --> 00:39:34,905 BROADSIDE AGAINST THAT CYNICISM. 854 00:39:34,972 --> 00:39:35,306 AGAIN. 855 00:39:35,372 --> 00:39:40,911 ( APPLAUSE ). 856 00:39:40,978 --> 00:39:42,546 >> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 857 00:39:42,613 --> 00:39:47,051 GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 858 00:39:47,118 --> 00:39:48,619 "GRACE: PRESIDENT OBAMA AND TEN DAYS IN THE BATTLE FOR AMERICA" 859 00:39:48,686 --> 00:39:49,186 IS AVAILABLE NOW. 860 00:39:49,253 --> 00:39:50,621 CODY KEENAN, EVERYBODY! 861 00:39:50,688 --> 00:39:52,022 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 862 00:39:52,089 --> 00:39:54,091 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 863 00:40:10,508 --> 00:40:12,576 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 864 00:40:12,643 --> 00:40:15,946 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE CATE BLANCHETT AND STAR 865 00:40:16,013 --> 00:40:16,747 OF "THE PATIENT," DOMHNALL GLEESON. 866 00:40:16,814 --> 00:40:17,348 STICK AROUND FOR JAMES CORDEN. 867 00:40:17,414 --> 00:40:19,416 GOOD NIGHT.