1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:03,036 >> G.O.P. SENATE CANDIDATE HERSCHEL WALKER CONTINUES TO 2 00:00:03,103 --> 00:00:06,239 FACE CONTROVERSY. 3 00:00:06,306 --> 00:00:08,475 AFTER ALLEGED REPORTS OF EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS, THREE 4 00:00:08,541 --> 00:00:13,646 SECRET CHILDREN, AND PAYING FOR AN ABORTION, FOR SOME REASON, 5 00:00:13,713 --> 00:00:15,181 WALKER THOUGHT THIS WAS THE RIGHT STORY TO PUT THE 6 00:00:15,248 --> 00:00:18,618 CONTROVERSIES TO REST. 7 00:00:18,685 --> 00:00:21,254 >> SO I'VE BEEN TELLING THIS LITTLE STORY ABOUT THIS BULL OUT 8 00:00:21,321 --> 00:00:23,456 IN THE FIELD WITH SIX COWS. 9 00:00:23,523 --> 00:00:25,458 AND THREE OF THEM ARE PREGNANT. 10 00:00:25,525 --> 00:00:28,194 SO YOU KNOW YOU GOT SOMETHING GOING ON. 11 00:00:28,261 --> 00:00:31,631 BUT ALL HE CARED ABOUT IS KEPT HIS NOSE AGAINST THE FENCE, 12 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:35,702 LOOKING AT THREE OTHER COWS THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO HIM 13 00:00:42,409 --> 00:00:45,979 I'M LARRY FARBLAUGH, WITH THE WALKER CAMPAIGN. 14 00:00:46,045 --> 00:00:49,482 ISN'T HERSCHEL GREAT? 15 00:00:49,549 --> 00:00:52,719 I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN AND CLARIFY A FEW THINGS ABOUT 16 00:00:52,786 --> 00:00:56,856 HERSCHEL'S TOTALLY APPROPRIATE BULL STORY. 17 00:00:56,923 --> 00:01:01,127 FIRST OF ALL, THE BULL DENIES KNOWING ANY OF THE PREGNANT COWS 18 00:01:01,194 --> 00:01:03,163 IN THE FIELD. 19 00:01:03,229 --> 00:01:08,935 AND ALTHOUGH THE BULL SENT EACH COW A $700 CHECK AND A 20 00:01:09,002 --> 00:01:10,937 THOUGHTFUL CARD, THE BULL SENDS CHECKS TO ALL SORTS OF 21 00:01:11,004 --> 00:01:11,571 LIVESTOCK. 22 00:01:11,638 --> 00:01:12,806 SO NOTHING STRANGE THERE. 23 00:01:12,872 --> 00:01:16,943 THE POINT OF MR. WALKER'S BULL STORY IS THE BULL WANTS TO HAVE 24 00:01:17,010 --> 00:01:21,014 SEX WITH ANYTHING THAT MOOOOVES. 25 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:26,953 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 26 00:01:27,020 --> 00:01:33,960 TONIGHT: UNBELIEVABLE! 27 00:01:34,027 --> 00:01:37,697 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS 28 00:01:37,764 --> 00:01:38,765 AND MARCIA GAY HARDEN 29 00:01:39,732 --> 00:01:45,505 FEATURING LOUIS CATO AND THE LATE SHOW BAND. 30 00:01:45,572 --> 00:01:49,809 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 31 00:01:49,876 --> 00:01:54,147 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 32 00:01:54,214 --> 00:01:54,948 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 33 00:01:55,014 --> 00:01:58,585 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT! 34 00:01:58,651 --> 00:01:59,586 BEAUTIFUL! 35 00:01:59,652 --> 00:02:02,589 OH! 36 00:02:02,655 --> 00:02:05,258 A RAY OF SUNSHINE! 37 00:02:05,325 --> 00:02:11,865 THANK YOU! 38 00:02:11,931 --> 00:02:13,199 HELLO, FRIEND. 39 00:02:13,266 --> 00:02:15,869 GOOD TO SEE YOU. 40 00:02:15,935 --> 00:02:18,004 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HELLO. 41 00:02:18,071 --> 00:02:18,471 HELLO. 42 00:02:18,538 --> 00:02:20,273 HELLO. 43 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:21,341 THAT'S RIGHT. 44 00:02:21,407 --> 00:02:23,176 HEY! 45 00:02:23,243 --> 00:02:25,011 THERE YOU GO! 46 00:02:25,078 --> 00:02:29,616 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GET IT,s I TOTALLY GET IT, I-- I'M 47 00:02:29,682 --> 00:02:31,217 EXCITED TO SEE YOU, TOO. 48 00:02:31,284 --> 00:02:35,054 DON'T GET ME WRONG. 49 00:02:35,121 --> 00:02:41,327 WELCOME, WELCOME, IN HERE, OUT THERE, WELCOME TO "THE LATE 50 00:02:41,394 --> 00:02:42,028 SHOW." 51 00:02:42,095 --> 00:02:44,697 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 52 00:02:44,764 --> 00:02:46,933 TONIGHT I COME TO YOU TONIGHT WITH A SPRING IN MY STEP, A SONG 53 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,604 IN MY HEART, EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY REFRESHED. 54 00:02:51,671 --> 00:02:53,706 BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW AS HUMANS, HAVE TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT 55 00:02:53,773 --> 00:02:55,375 SOMETIMES BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE? 56 00:02:55,441 --> 00:02:56,709 WELL, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, SOMETIMES BAD THINGS HAPPEN 57 00:02:56,776 --> 00:02:59,012 TO ALEX JONES. 58 00:02:59,078 --> 00:03:06,653 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND THAT-- THAT'S A GOOD THING. 59 00:03:06,719 --> 00:03:16,396 BECAUSE-- AND THIS JUST CAME DOWN-- THANKS TO A RULING 60 00:03:16,462 --> 00:03:18,464 BY A CONNECTICUT JURY, ALEX JONES HAS BEEN ORDERED TO PAY 61 00:03:18,531 --> 00:03:23,036 SANDY HOOK VICTIMS' FAMILIES NEARLY $1 BILLION. 62 00:03:23,102 --> 00:03:24,370 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WOOO! 63 00:03:24,437 --> 00:03:26,606 THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY! 64 00:03:26,673 --> 00:03:29,909 YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT! 65 00:03:29,976 --> 00:03:32,879 BILLION WITH A CAPITAL "BYEEE." 66 00:03:32,946 --> 00:03:36,983 AND THAT'S IT. 67 00:03:37,050 --> 00:03:38,518 THAT'S THAT STORY. 68 00:03:38,585 --> 00:03:43,590 A LOT OF OTHER STORIES TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT I'D BE JUST 69 00:03:43,656 --> 00:03:45,391 AS HAPPY TO STAND HERE AND GRIN. 70 00:03:45,458 --> 00:03:47,160 SHOULD I DO THE MONOLOGUE? 71 00:03:47,226 --> 00:03:48,895 LET'S DO THE MONOLOGUE? 72 00:03:48,962 --> 00:03:50,196 FINE, FINE, LET'S MOVE ON. 73 00:03:50,263 --> 00:03:55,301 I FEEL LIKE I'M PEAKING, BUT WE'LL GO ON. 74 00:03:55,368 --> 00:03:57,704 THE BIG STORY TONIGHT IS WHATEVER HAPPENS TOMORROW, 75 00:03:57,770 --> 00:04:00,206 BECAUSE THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE WILL HOLD WHAT'S BEING 76 00:04:00,273 --> 00:04:03,476 CALLED THE PROBABLY FINAL PUBLIC HEARING. 77 00:04:03,543 --> 00:04:08,414 ( LAUGHTER ) THAT SOUNDS "POSSIBLY" EXCITING. 78 00:04:08,481 --> 00:04:11,918 IF TOMORROW IS THE FINALE, I HOPE IT ENDS LIKE "SEINFELD": 79 00:04:11,985 --> 00:04:14,754 WITH ALL THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN JAIL. 80 00:04:14,821 --> 00:04:23,096 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) UH-HUH. 81 00:04:23,162 --> 00:04:24,263 "IT WAS A COUP... 82 00:04:24,330 --> 00:04:30,203 ABOUT NOTHING!" ("SEINFELD" RIFF) 83 00:04:30,269 --> 00:04:32,338 FOR NOW-- THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 84 00:04:32,405 --> 00:04:34,540 FOR NOW, DEMOCRACY IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL IN AMERICA. 85 00:04:34,607 --> 00:04:37,010 FOR BEARS. 86 00:04:37,076 --> 00:04:39,779 AS I INFORMED YOU YESTERDAY, LAST NIGHT WAS THE FINAL VOTE OF 87 00:04:39,846 --> 00:04:42,181 FAT BEAR WEEK 2022. 88 00:04:42,248 --> 00:04:49,956 THE CONTEST PITTED PLUCKY TUBBY CUBBY 901 AGAINST THE FAVORITE, 89 00:04:50,023 --> 00:04:57,363 747, NICKNAMED COLBERT-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 90 00:04:57,430 --> 00:04:58,965 WHICH IS INSPIRED BY THE EAR IMPERFECTION HE SHARES WITH 91 00:04:59,032 --> 00:05:00,366 STEPHEN COLBERT. 92 00:05:00,433 --> 00:05:02,201 YES, CHECK IT OUT. 93 00:05:02,268 --> 00:05:06,572 CHECK MY DEFORMITY OUT. 94 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:08,441 I'M THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON WITH AN EAR IMPERFECTION. 95 00:05:08,508 --> 00:05:09,976 TAKE THAT, VINCENT VAN GOGH! 96 00:05:10,043 --> 00:05:13,179 YOU BIG CRY BABY. 97 00:05:13,246 --> 00:05:15,815 THE RESULTS ARE IN. 98 00:05:15,882 --> 00:05:17,717 PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT BEARS. 99 00:05:17,784 --> 00:05:21,621 AND THE 747 IS AMERICA'S FAT BEER. 100 00:05:21,688 --> 00:05:33,332 THERE ARE LESS-IMPORTANT RACES OUT THERE, 101 00:05:33,399 --> 00:05:34,734 LIKE THE RACE FOR GEORGIA'S SENATE 102 00:05:34,801 --> 00:05:36,436 SEAT FEATURING REPUBLICAN NOMINEE AND MAN SAYING, "THE 103 00:05:36,502 --> 00:05:38,004 BABY'S FATHER IS MOI?" HERSCHEL WALKER. 104 00:05:38,071 --> 00:05:40,039 WALKER'S BEEN IN HOT WATER EVER SINCE WE LEARNED THAT, DESPITE 105 00:05:40,106 --> 00:05:41,607 HIS HARD-LINE, NO-EXCEPTIONS, ABORTION-IS-MURDER POLITICAL 106 00:05:41,674 --> 00:05:43,509 POSITION, IN 2009 HE URGED HIS GIRLFRIEND TO GET AN ABORTION 107 00:05:43,576 --> 00:05:44,043 AND PAID FOR IT. 108 00:05:44,110 --> 00:05:46,145 EVENTUALLY. 109 00:05:46,212 --> 00:05:48,081 BECAUSE YESTERDAY, WE LEARNED THAT THE WOMAN HAD TO REPEATEDLY 110 00:05:48,147 --> 00:05:49,615 PRESS WALKER FOR FUNDS TO PAY FOR IT. 111 00:05:49,682 --> 00:05:53,052 AH, SO HE'S COOL WITH ABORTION AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T COST HIM. 112 00:05:53,119 --> 00:05:57,090 SO HE'S SOCIALLY LIBERAL, FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE, COMPLETE 113 00:05:57,156 --> 00:05:58,491 A-HOLE. 114 00:05:58,558 --> 00:06:00,460 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 115 00:06:00,526 --> 00:06:05,198 TO STEER-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 116 00:06:05,264 --> 00:06:09,569 TO STEER THE CONVERSATION AWAY FROM ABORTION OR HIS MULTIPLE 117 00:06:09,635 --> 00:06:12,472 SECRET CHILDREN WITH MULTIPLE SECRET LOVERS, YESTERDAY, WALKER 118 00:06:12,538 --> 00:06:18,911 HELD A RALLY AND TOLD THIS TOTALLY UNRELATED STORY: 119 00:06:18,978 --> 00:06:24,951 >> SO I'VE BEEN TELLING THIS LITTLE STORY ABOUT THIS BULL OUT 120 00:06:25,017 --> 00:06:28,488 IN THE FIELD WITH SIX COWS, AND THREE OF THEM ARE PREGNANT, SO 121 00:06:28,554 --> 00:06:30,723 YOU KNOW HE GOT SOMETHING GOING ON. 122 00:06:30,790 --> 00:06:32,492 >> Stephen: YEAH, HE'S GETTING DATING ADVICE FROM HERSCHEL 123 00:06:32,558 --> 00:06:34,427 WALKER. 124 00:06:34,494 --> 00:06:38,998 ( LAUGHTER ) I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, GO ON. 125 00:06:39,065 --> 00:06:42,468 >> BUT ALL HE CARED ABOUT IS KEPT HIS NOSE AGAINST THIS 126 00:06:42,535 --> 00:06:45,571 FENCE, LOOKING AT THREE OTHER COWS THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO HIM. 127 00:06:45,638 --> 00:06:48,941 NOW ALL HE HAD TO DO IS EAT GRASS, BUT NO, NO, NO, HE 128 00:06:49,008 --> 00:06:50,042 THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS BETTER SOMEWHERE ELSE. 129 00:06:50,109 --> 00:06:52,712 SO HE DECIDED "I WANT TO GET OVER THERE." 130 00:06:52,779 --> 00:06:56,883 SO ONE DAY, HE MEASURED THAT FENCE UP, AND HE SAID, "I THINK 131 00:06:56,949 --> 00:06:59,185 I CAN JUMP THIS." 132 00:06:59,252 --> 00:07:01,821 SO THAT DAY CAME WHERE HE GOT BACK, AND HE GOT BACK, AND AS HE 133 00:07:01,888 --> 00:07:05,091 TOOK OFF RUNNING, HE DOVE OVER THAT FENCE AND HIS BELLY GOT CUT 134 00:07:05,158 --> 00:07:09,929 UP ON THE BOTTOM. 135 00:07:09,996 --> 00:07:11,898 BUT AS HE MADE IT OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE, HE SHOOK IT OFF AND 136 00:07:11,964 --> 00:07:13,132 GOT SO EXCITED ABOUT IT. 137 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:14,233 AND HE RAN TO THE TOP OF THAT HILL, BUT WHEN HE GOT UP THERE, 138 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:18,204 HE REALIZED THEY WERE BULLS TOO. 139 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:32,151 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 140 00:07:32,218 --> 00:07:34,687 >> Stephen: AND THE MORAL OF THAT STORY IS "DON'T LET 141 00:07:34,754 --> 00:07:38,324 HERSCHEL WALKER NEAR A MICROPHONE." 142 00:07:38,391 --> 00:07:39,525 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 143 00:07:39,592 --> 00:07:50,837 ( CHEERING ) THAT IS THE MOST INAPPROPRIATE 144 00:07:50,903 --> 00:07:52,738 ANIMAL STORY I'VE HEARD SINCE "THE VERY HORNY CATERPILLAR." 145 00:07:52,805 --> 00:07:58,244 ( LAUGHTER ) PRESIDENT BIDEN-- YOU KNOW JOE 146 00:07:58,311 --> 00:07:58,778 BIDEN. 147 00:07:58,845 --> 00:07:59,846 ( APPLAUSE ) YEAH. 148 00:07:59,912 --> 00:08:01,080 GIVE THEM HELL, JOE. 149 00:08:01,147 --> 00:08:04,450 GETTING A LOT DONE. 150 00:08:04,517 --> 00:08:05,651 BIDEN'S ALSO BEEN BUSY LATELY. 151 00:08:05,718 --> 00:08:07,186 LAST NIGHT, HE SAT DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH LAST REMAINING 152 00:08:07,253 --> 00:08:11,357 CNN EMPLOYEE, JAKE TAPPER. 153 00:08:11,424 --> 00:08:14,560 IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HEAR FROM JOE, CONSIDERING THAT LAST WEEK 154 00:08:14,627 --> 00:08:16,896 AT A FUNDRAISER, HE CASUALLY WARNED THAT THE WORLD IS AT RISK 155 00:08:16,963 --> 00:08:18,130 OF NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON. 156 00:08:18,197 --> 00:08:22,068 WHICH, EXPERTS AGREE, IS ONE OF THE WORST KINDS OF ARMAGEDDON. 157 00:08:22,134 --> 00:08:25,538 THANKFULLY, BIDEN DOESN'T BELIEVE PUTIN IS INSANE ENOUGH 158 00:08:25,605 --> 00:08:27,807 TO ACTUALLY USE NUKES, JUST THAT HE'S MADE A BUNCH OF 159 00:08:27,874 --> 00:08:29,942 MISTAKES THAT PUT HIM IN A DESPERATE SITUATION. 160 00:08:30,009 --> 00:08:34,013 >> CONDI RICE AND BOB GATES AND JAMES CLAPPER HAVE USED WORDS 161 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:35,982 LIKE "ERRATIC" AND "UNHINGED" TO DESCRIBE PUTIN'S BEHAVIOR 162 00:08:36,048 --> 00:08:37,950 TODAY. 163 00:08:38,017 --> 00:08:42,588 DO YOU THINK PUTIN IS A RATIONAL ACTOR? 164 00:08:42,655 --> 00:08:44,724 >> I THINK HE IS A RATIONAL ACTOR WHOS MISCALCULATED 165 00:08:44,790 --> 00:08:48,828 SIGNIFICANTLY. 166 00:08:48,895 --> 00:08:50,529 >> Stephen: OKAY, "RATIONAL ACTOR WHO'S MISCALCULATED 167 00:08:50,596 --> 00:08:50,963 SIGNIFICANTLY." 168 00:08:51,030 --> 00:08:51,998 SO... 169 00:08:52,064 --> 00:08:59,605 JARED LETO IN "HOUSE OF GUCCI"? 170 00:08:59,672 --> 00:09:02,341 >> WHY? 171 00:09:02,408 --> 00:09:02,808 WHY? 172 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:05,011 WHY DID YOU DO IT? 173 00:09:05,077 --> 00:09:07,046 >> Stephen: BUT THINGS GOT REALLY SPICY WHEN JAKE BROUGHT 174 00:09:07,113 --> 00:09:08,214 UP BIDEN'S AGE. 175 00:09:08,281 --> 00:09:09,448 >> WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TO DEMOCRATS WHO LIKE YOU, WHO LIKE 176 00:09:09,515 --> 00:09:11,083 WHAT YOU'VE DONE, BUT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR AGE AND THE 177 00:09:11,150 --> 00:09:13,986 DEMANDS OF THE JOB? 178 00:09:14,053 --> 00:09:15,454 >> WELL, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT I CAN GET 179 00:09:15,521 --> 00:09:16,088 ANYTHING DONE. 180 00:09:16,155 --> 00:09:17,256 LOOK WHAT I'VE GOTTEN DONE. 181 00:09:17,323 --> 00:09:22,028 THEY'VE BEEN SAYING THIS ABOUT MY AGE SINCE I BEGAN TO RUN. 182 00:09:22,094 --> 00:09:24,697 AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN COME WORK OUT WITH ME IN THE MORNING. 183 00:09:24,764 --> 00:09:27,833 ( AS BIDEN ) >> Stephen: "YOU WANNA GO, JAKE? 184 00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:30,536 YOU WANT TO WORK OUT, BABY? 185 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:32,038 I MEAN-- ( APPLAUSE ). 186 00:09:32,104 --> 00:09:34,106 I'LL TELL YOU. 187 00:09:34,173 --> 00:09:41,213 I'LL TELL YOU, LOOK, LOOK, DO YOU EVEN LIFT, BRO-HAM? 188 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,050 MEET AT OH-400 TO TOSS THE MEDICINE BALL AROUND. 189 00:09:44,116 --> 00:09:45,484 THEN WATCH ME PULL A FISHING BOAT DOWN THE POTOMAC WITH JUST 190 00:09:45,551 --> 00:09:50,990 MY CHOMPERS. 191 00:09:51,057 --> 00:09:52,792 THEN I'LL PUNCH A STEAK 'TIL IT'S TARTAR, PEEL OFF MY 192 00:09:52,858 --> 00:09:54,193 SINGLET, AND JUMP INTO THE ICE BARREL. 193 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:55,761 IT'S A WORKOUT ROUTINE I CALL 'P--I'M ALMOST 90--X'! 194 00:09:55,828 --> 00:09:59,231 C'MON, JAKE-JACK!'" COME ON! 195 00:09:59,298 --> 00:10:07,106 ( APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU, CITIZEN. 196 00:10:07,173 --> 00:10:10,943 NO MATTER HOW STRESSFUL LIFE IS, YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE COMFORT IN 197 00:10:11,010 --> 00:10:11,944 THE FACT THAT YOU'RE NOT FACEBOOK FOUNDER AND PROOF THAT 198 00:10:12,011 --> 00:10:15,114 MONEY CAN'T BUY YOU HAIRCUT, MARK ZUCKERBERG. 199 00:10:15,181 --> 00:10:18,951 ZUCK'S BEEN HAVING A ROUGH GO OF IT. 200 00:10:19,018 --> 00:10:21,854 FIRST, HE RENAMED FACEBOOK META, AS IN, HE NEVER MET-A DEMOCRACY 201 00:10:21,921 --> 00:10:23,556 HE COULDN'T DESTROY. 202 00:10:23,622 --> 00:10:26,225 AND OVER THE PAST YEAR, HIS COMPANY'S STOCK PRICE HAS 203 00:10:26,292 --> 00:10:28,094 TUMBLED NEARLY 60%. 204 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:34,433 MARK, I SAY THIS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. 205 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:37,269 HA! 206 00:10:37,336 --> 00:10:38,504 HA-HA! 207 00:10:38,571 --> 00:10:39,705 ONE REASON META IS LOSING VALUE IS BECAUSE THEY ARE BAD AT THE 208 00:10:39,772 --> 00:10:41,807 THINGS THAT THEY DO. 209 00:10:41,874 --> 00:10:43,843 MAINLY, THE SIMULATED ONLINE REALITY CALLED THE METAVERSE, 210 00:10:43,909 --> 00:10:47,546 WHERE ZUCKERBERG ENVISIONS BILLIONS OF PEOPLE INHABITING 211 00:10:47,613 --> 00:10:51,050 IMMERSIVE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR HOURS ON END, WORKING, 212 00:10:51,117 --> 00:10:54,186 SOCIALIZING, AND PLAYING GAMES. 213 00:10:54,253 --> 00:10:56,088 AND YOU KNOW HOW YOU DON'T WANT TO DO ANY OF THE THINGS I JUST 214 00:10:56,155 --> 00:10:58,524 DESCRIBED TO YOU? 215 00:10:58,591 --> 00:11:01,994 ZUCKERBERG THINKS YOU DO, BECAUSE HIS HEAD IS UP AN 216 00:11:02,061 --> 00:11:04,597 IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE CALLED "HIS BUTT." 217 00:11:04,663 --> 00:11:05,831 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 218 00:11:05,898 --> 00:11:15,941 IN FACT-- IT'S VERY HARD-- IT IS VERY HARD TO DO THAT WITH THE 219 00:11:16,008 --> 00:11:18,177 GOGGLES ON. 220 00:11:18,244 --> 00:11:24,216 IN FACT, MARK HAS THROWN A ZUCKLOAD OF CASH AT THIS IDEA. 221 00:11:24,283 --> 00:11:25,785 BUT EVEN HIS OWN EMPLOYEES DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY. 222 00:11:25,851 --> 00:11:35,494 A RECENT INTERNAL POLL FOUND THAT OUT OF 1,000 META 223 00:11:35,561 --> 00:11:37,329 EMPLOYEES POLLED, ONLY 58% SAID THEY UNDERSTOOD THE METAVERSE 224 00:11:37,396 --> 00:11:38,531 STRATEGY. 225 00:11:38,597 --> 00:11:39,698 AND WHEN ZUCKERBERG URGED META TO HAVE VIRTUAL MEETINGS, MANY 226 00:11:39,765 --> 00:11:41,033 META EMPLOYEES DIDN'T HAVE V.R. 227 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:43,669 HEADSETS OR HADN'T GOTTEN AROUND TO SETTING THEM UP. 228 00:11:43,736 --> 00:11:45,137 V.R. IS NOW THEIR WHOLE THING! 229 00:11:45,204 --> 00:11:50,643 IT'S LIKE IF ARBY'S SLOGAN WAS "WAIT, I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE 230 00:11:50,709 --> 00:11:53,345 MEATS?" ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN 231 00:11:53,412 --> 00:11:54,380 THE METAVERSE IS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE META DOO-DOO. 232 00:11:54,447 --> 00:11:59,118 CHECK IT OUT: IT'S LIKE A YOUTUBE-ONLY KIDS 233 00:11:59,185 --> 00:12:02,388 CARTOON MADE IN DENMARK TO TEACH SONGS ABOUT RECYCLING. 234 00:12:02,455 --> 00:12:05,291 ( LAUGHTER ) SO THE META BRAIN-TRUST GOT 235 00:12:05,357 --> 00:12:08,327 TOGETHER AND CAME UP WITH A CUTTING EDGE SOLUTION TO ALL 236 00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:12,631 THEIR PROBLEMS, AND THEY TWEETED IT OUT YESTERDAY: "LEGS." 237 00:12:12,698 --> 00:12:15,067 OKAY. 238 00:12:15,134 --> 00:12:16,836 IN RESPONSE, FINGER. 239 00:12:16,902 --> 00:12:26,779 ( LAUGHTER ) WHY, WHY-- WAIT. 240 00:12:26,846 --> 00:12:27,546 WHY? 241 00:12:27,613 --> 00:12:34,186 ( APPLAUSE ) DON'T ENCOURAGE ME. 242 00:12:34,253 --> 00:12:37,456 ( LAUGHTER ) IN FACT, MORAL AT THE COMPANY IS 243 00:12:37,523 --> 00:12:43,295 SO LOW, SOME WORKERS NOW REFER TO KEY METAVERSE PROJECTS AS 244 00:12:43,362 --> 00:12:48,968 M.M.H., AN ACRONYM FOR MAKE MARK HAPPY. 245 00:12:49,034 --> 00:12:50,903 AND AT HIS LATEST TOWN HALL, HE EMBRACED IT. 246 00:12:50,970 --> 00:12:53,172 AND "THE LATE SHOW" HAS ACQUIRED AN EXCLUSIVE CLIP. 247 00:12:53,239 --> 00:12:54,740 JIM? 248 00:12:54,807 --> 00:13:01,313 >> HEY, WE'RE HERE TOGETHER IN THE ALL-NEW METAM.M.H., A 249 00:13:01,380 --> 00:13:05,351 VIRTUAL REALITY SPACE MY COMPANY HAS BUILT TO KEEP ME HAPPY AND 250 00:13:05,417 --> 00:13:06,485 OUT OF THEIR REALITY. 251 00:13:06,552 --> 00:13:09,021 CLAP IF YOU LOVE ME. 252 00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:09,488 ( APPLAUSE ). 253 00:13:09,555 --> 00:13:10,022 >> HEY, MARK. 254 00:13:10,089 --> 00:13:10,923 >> HEY. 255 00:13:10,990 --> 00:13:14,326 THIS IS MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHRISTINE. 256 00:13:14,393 --> 00:13:16,095 WHAT POSITIVE BUSINESS NEWS DO YOU HAVE TO REPORT? 257 00:13:16,162 --> 00:13:18,931 >> WE ALL BELIEVE IN THE DIRECTION YOU'RE TAKING THIS 258 00:13:18,998 --> 00:13:19,498 COMPANY. 259 00:13:19,565 --> 00:13:20,766 >> GOOD. 260 00:13:20,833 --> 00:13:28,140 >> AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, WE COULD REIN 261 00:13:28,207 --> 00:13:31,443 IN SOME OF THE METAVERSE SPENDING SEEING AS OUR STOCKS 262 00:13:31,510 --> 00:13:32,111 FELL 60%. 263 00:13:32,178 --> 00:13:36,782 >> THAT DOESN'T END ME VERY H. 264 00:13:36,849 --> 00:13:39,985 YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN M. IS UN-H. 265 00:13:40,052 --> 00:13:42,288 >> PLEASE DON'T. 266 00:13:42,354 --> 00:13:46,725 ( LAUGHTER ) >> ANY OTHER CONSTRUCTIVE 267 00:13:46,792 --> 00:13:50,729 CRITICISM, QUOTING TORSO? 268 00:13:50,796 --> 00:13:52,898 >> Stephen: WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT! 269 00:13:52,965 --> 00:13:53,966 MY GUESTS ARE GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS AND MARCIA GAY 270 00:13:54,033 --> 00:13:56,202 HARDEN. 271 00:13:56,268 --> 00:13:58,737 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE!" 272 00:13:58,804 --> 00:14:00,739 JOIN US. 273 00:14:33,005 --> 00:14:34,006 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: GIVE IT UP FOR THE 274 00:14:34,073 --> 00:14:37,643 BAND, EVERYBODY, LOUIS CATO AND THE LATE SHOW BAND! 275 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:44,783 ( APPLAUSE ) DOES THAT SONG HAVE A NAME, 276 00:14:44,850 --> 00:14:45,451 LOUIS? 277 00:14:45,517 --> 00:14:46,518 GLUZ IT'S CALLED "GRATITUDE." 278 00:14:46,585 --> 00:14:51,957 >> Stephen: I LOVE IT, WHAT A WAY TO LIVE YOUR LIFE. 279 00:14:52,024 --> 00:14:53,492 FOLKS, YOU KNOW I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME, RIGHT OVER THERE, 280 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:55,127 TENDING THE DAY'S NEWS BAR, BLENDING FOR YOU THE FINEST, 281 00:14:55,194 --> 00:14:58,964 MOST TOPICAL ST. GEORGE CITRUS VODKA, JUICE FROM THE MOST 282 00:14:59,031 --> 00:15:01,100 SUCCULENT CASTELO STORY LIMES, BEN LEAR CRANBERRIES, AND 283 00:15:01,166 --> 00:15:05,371 COINTREAU TO SERVE UP THE DELICIOUS AND PERFECTLY BALANCED 284 00:15:05,437 --> 00:15:06,705 COSMO THAT IS MY MONOLOGUE. 285 00:15:06,772 --> 00:15:08,574 BUT SOMETIMES, JUST SOMETIMES, FOLKS, I HUFF STEAMBOAT 286 00:15:08,641 --> 00:15:11,777 LUBRICANTS AND CRASH A STOLEN HANG GLIDER INTO THE CAFETERIA 287 00:15:11,844 --> 00:15:15,281 OF AN ABANDONED MENTAL HOSPITAL WHERE I BLEND UP SOME OLD 288 00:15:15,347 --> 00:15:19,184 PUDDING MIX, DRAIN CLEANER, AND EXPIRED DILAUDID TO SERVE YOU 289 00:15:19,251 --> 00:15:22,621 THE TRESPASSER'S DEMON DAIQUIRI OF NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT: 290 00:15:22,688 --> 00:15:25,357 >> MEANWHILE! 291 00:15:25,424 --> 00:15:32,431 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IT KNOWS ALL. 292 00:15:32,498 --> 00:15:37,503 IT FORGIVES ALL. 293 00:15:37,569 --> 00:15:40,339 MEANWHILE, AFTER SEVERAL UNPLEASANT INCIDENTS, 294 00:15:40,406 --> 00:15:43,709 "CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE WILL NOW FINE PASSENGERS $500 FOR ROWDY 295 00:15:43,776 --> 00:15:45,744 BEHAVIOR." 296 00:15:45,811 --> 00:15:47,579 AND FOR REPEATED OFFENSES, YOU WILL BE SENTENCED TO ANOTHER 297 00:15:47,646 --> 00:15:49,181 CARNIVAL CRUISE. 298 00:15:49,248 --> 00:15:54,753 ( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, IN A MAJOR BRAIN 299 00:15:54,820 --> 00:15:58,590 SCIENCE BREAKTHROUGH, "SCIENTISTS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY 300 00:15:58,657 --> 00:16:05,097 TRANSPLANTED CLUSTERS OF HUMAN NEURONS INTO THE BRAINS OF 301 00:16:05,164 --> 00:16:06,932 RATS," WHICH "GREW INTO MILLIONS OF NEW NEURONS AND WIRED 302 00:16:06,999 --> 00:16:09,802 THEMSELVES INTO THEIR NEW NERVOUS SYSTEMS." 303 00:16:09,868 --> 00:16:15,207 THAT'S AMAZING. 304 00:16:15,274 --> 00:16:18,644 IT'S POSSIBLE ONE DAY RAT'S BRAINS MIGHT BE SO MUCH LIKE 305 00:16:18,711 --> 00:16:20,379 HUMANS THAT THEY STAY AWAKE AT NIGHT ASKING THEMSELVES, "WHAT 306 00:16:20,446 --> 00:16:20,946 HAVE WE DONE? 307 00:16:21,013 --> 00:16:25,851 WE ARE MONSTERS. 308 00:16:25,918 --> 00:16:28,620 GOOD LORD, CLEANSE THE EARTH WITH FIRE." 309 00:16:28,687 --> 00:16:30,823 MEANWHILE, AT A PROMOTIONAL EVENT FOR DC'S "BLACK ADAM," A 310 00:16:30,889 --> 00:16:33,792 FATHER IN THE AUDIENCE CROWD-SURFED HIS BABY OVER TO 311 00:16:33,859 --> 00:16:37,463 DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON. 312 00:16:37,529 --> 00:16:39,431 HERE HE GOES. 313 00:16:39,498 --> 00:16:40,299 THERE HE GOES. 314 00:16:40,366 --> 00:16:44,937 AND THERE'S THE ROCK TAKING THE INFANT. 315 00:16:45,003 --> 00:16:49,641 A LITTLE TIP TO DADS OUT THERE: DO NOT LET A CROWD OF STRANGERS 316 00:16:49,708 --> 00:16:53,379 PASS YOUR BABY AROUND. IF YOU'RE TAKING YOUR CHILD TO A CROWDED 317 00:16:53,445 --> 00:16:54,813 VENUE LIKE THAT, DO THE RESPONSIBLE THING AND STORE THEM 318 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:56,982 AT THE COAT CHECK. 319 00:16:57,049 --> 00:16:58,517 STUFF THEM INSIDE A COAT. 320 00:16:58,584 --> 00:17:00,185 STUFF THEM INSIDE A COAT. 321 00:17:00,252 --> 00:17:01,920 ( APPLAUSE ) THAT WAY YOU ONLY GET ONE 322 00:17:01,987 --> 00:17:04,823 TICKET, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 323 00:17:04,890 --> 00:17:07,326 MEANWHILE, AS A COMMENTARY ON FINANCIAL FORCES IN THE ART 324 00:17:07,393 --> 00:17:11,330 WORLD, PAINTER DAMIEN HIRST "HAS BEGUN BURNING THOUSANDS OF HIS 325 00:17:11,397 --> 00:17:13,632 OWN PAINTINGS." 326 00:17:13,699 --> 00:17:17,169 OKAY. 327 00:17:17,236 --> 00:17:19,838 MEANWHILE-- ( LAUGHTER ) 328 00:17:19,905 --> 00:17:22,408 IN TV RATINGS NEWS, THE NEW DRAMA ABOUT SERIAL KILLER 329 00:17:22,474 --> 00:17:24,743 JEFFREY DAHMER HAS BECOME NETFLIX'S SECOND BIGGEST SERIES 330 00:17:24,810 --> 00:17:26,145 EVER. 331 00:17:26,211 --> 00:17:29,415 IT'S SUCH A HUGE HIT THAT NETFLIX JUST ANNOUNCED THEIR 332 00:17:29,481 --> 00:17:32,785 LATEST SEIES: "BRIDGERTON BUT THEY EAT PEOPLE." 333 00:17:32,851 --> 00:17:34,553 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 334 00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:35,621 IT'S QUESTIONABLE. 335 00:17:35,687 --> 00:17:38,924 IT'S A QUESTIONABLE IDEA. 336 00:17:38,991 --> 00:17:41,260 I DON'T KNOW IF I'D WATCH THAT. 337 00:17:41,326 --> 00:17:43,762 MEANWHILE, THE "STATUE OF LIBERTY'S CROWN IS OPENING FOR 338 00:17:43,829 --> 00:17:46,632 THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED." 339 00:17:46,698 --> 00:17:49,802 IT IS A LANDMARK MOMENT IN THE CITY'S RECOVERY THAT HAS 340 00:17:49,868 --> 00:17:51,937 MILLIONS OF NEW YORKERS SAYING, "YEAH, I'VE NEVER BEEN. 341 00:17:52,004 --> 00:17:52,938 YOU GOTTA GET ON A BOAT. 342 00:17:53,005 --> 00:17:54,940 IT'S A WHOLE THING. 343 00:17:55,007 --> 00:17:55,874 I CAN SEE HER. 344 00:17:55,941 --> 00:17:59,044 I CAN SEE HER RIGHT OVER THERE." 345 00:17:59,111 --> 00:18:01,079 IF YOU PLAN ON VISITING THE OL' HEADPIECE, THE TREK TO THE CROWN 346 00:18:01,146 --> 00:18:04,049 CONSISTS OF "162 STEPS, AND THERE IS NO ELEVATOR." 347 00:18:04,116 --> 00:18:07,820 WHICH EXPLAINS WHY THOSE HUDDLES MASSES ARE ALWAYS TIRED AND 348 00:18:07,886 --> 00:18:10,556 YEARNING TO BREATHE. 349 00:18:10,622 --> 00:18:12,624 MEANWHILE, "A MAN IS SUING 'TEXAS PETE' BECAUSE THE HOT 350 00:18:12,691 --> 00:18:14,927 SAUCE IS MADE IN NORTH CAROLINA." 351 00:18:14,993 --> 00:18:17,830 WAIT 'TIL THIS GUY HEARS ABOUT MARS BARS. 352 00:18:17,896 --> 00:18:20,466 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 353 00:18:20,532 --> 00:18:22,968 MARS BARS. 354 00:18:23,035 --> 00:18:31,443 MARS BARS. 355 00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:35,147 MEANWHILE, IF YOU HAVE MONEY IN THE STOCK MARKET, YOU MIGHT BE 356 00:18:35,214 --> 00:18:37,149 SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT "STRESSED-OUT WALL STREET 357 00:18:37,216 --> 00:18:38,650 EXECUTIVES HAVE BEEN FLOCKING TO SO-CALLED 'KETAMINE CLINICS' 358 00:18:38,717 --> 00:18:39,551 FOR HALLUCINOGENIC I.V. 359 00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:40,719 THERAPY." 360 00:18:40,786 --> 00:18:42,421 BUT DON'T BE FREAKED OUT THAT THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF YOUR 361 00:18:42,488 --> 00:18:45,991 LIFE SAVINGS ARE TRIPPING BALLS. 362 00:18:46,058 --> 00:18:52,297 I'M SURE THEY'LL STILL REMEMBER THE SIMPLE RULE: 363 00:18:52,364 --> 00:18:55,501 YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BUY LOW AND SELL HIGH. 364 00:18:55,567 --> 00:18:58,770 ( TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING ) THE MARKET CAN'T HURT YOU NOW, 365 00:18:58,837 --> 00:19:00,172 BRO. 366 00:19:00,239 --> 00:19:02,841 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE STOCKS ARE TRADING US. 367 00:19:02,908 --> 00:19:04,910 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. 368 00:19:18,957 --> 00:19:19,625 WELCOME BACK! 369 00:19:19,691 --> 00:19:24,463 THANK YOU, LOUIS. 370 00:19:24,530 --> 00:19:30,602 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS THE ANCHOR OF 371 00:19:30,669 --> 00:19:38,644 "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" AND "THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE 372 00:19:38,710 --> 00:19:39,811 STEPHANOPOULOS." 373 00:19:39,878 --> 00:19:41,713 HIS NEW DOCUMENTARY SERIES IS "POWER TRIP: THOSE WHO SEEK 374 00:19:41,780 --> 00:19:42,881 POWER AND THOSE WHO CHASE THEM." 375 00:19:42,948 --> 00:19:47,886 PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS! 376 00:19:47,953 --> 00:19:50,389 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 377 00:19:50,455 --> 00:19:51,123 >> FINALLY! 378 00:19:51,189 --> 00:19:52,090 >> Stephen: FINALLY! 379 00:19:52,157 --> 00:19:53,926 THERE YOU ARE! 380 00:19:53,992 --> 00:19:55,360 IN THE SEAT. 381 00:19:55,427 --> 00:19:55,928 NICE TO SEE YOU. 382 00:19:55,994 --> 00:19:57,029 >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. 383 00:19:57,095 --> 00:19:59,932 >> Stephen: WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION-- 384 00:19:59,998 --> 00:20:01,133 YOU'VE NEVER INTERVIEWED ME. 385 00:20:01,199 --> 00:20:04,069 I NEVER INTERVIEWED-- >> NOT THE REAL STEPHEN COLBERT. 386 00:20:04,136 --> 00:20:07,005 I COULDN'T BELIEVE, I WAS TELL YOUR TEAM LAST STAGE. 387 00:20:07,072 --> 00:20:11,777 I COULD TAKE A LIE DETECTOR TEST SWEARING I WAS ON THE SHOW AND I 388 00:20:11,843 --> 00:20:12,911 HAVEN'T BEEN ON IT. 389 00:20:12,978 --> 00:20:16,982 >> Stephen: WE HAD YOUR WIFE ELLIE ON A COUPLE OF TIMES. 390 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:19,651 >> AND SHE HAS THE SAME BASIC VIBE YOU DO. 391 00:20:19,718 --> 00:20:21,753 I THINK THIS IS 1212. 392 00:20:21,820 --> 00:20:23,855 >> IS THIS THE "FIRST WEEK" ONE? 393 00:20:23,922 --> 00:20:27,593 >> Stephen: YOU HAD ME ON "THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE 394 00:20:27,659 --> 00:20:34,533 STEPHANOPOULOS" WHEN I HAD A SUPER PAC. 395 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,502 LOOK AT THOSE TWO YOUNG BUCKS WITH DARK HAIR. 396 00:20:37,569 --> 00:20:43,241 IT'S TOUGH TO-- LIKE, WASHINGTON IS FULL OF, YOU KNOW, 397 00:20:43,308 --> 00:20:46,778 WELL-INTENTIONED, POORLY INFORMED, HIGH-STATUS IDIOTS, 398 00:20:46,845 --> 00:20:47,913 WHICH IS WHAT I WAS. 399 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:50,449 WHAT WAS IT LIKE INTERVIEWING THE CHARACTER. 400 00:20:50,515 --> 00:20:51,550 VERY FEW PEOPLE GOT TO DO THAT. 401 00:20:51,617 --> 00:20:52,751 >> IT WAS VERY HARD. 402 00:20:52,818 --> 00:20:55,187 BECAUSE I COULD NEVER STAY IN CHARACTER INTERVIEWING YOU IN 403 00:20:55,253 --> 00:20:55,887 CHARACTER. 404 00:20:55,954 --> 00:20:57,222 I WOULD BREAK UP THE WHOLE TIME. 405 00:20:57,289 --> 00:20:58,890 BUT I REALIZE NOW, I OWE YOU. 406 00:20:58,957 --> 00:21:00,092 I OWE YOU A DEBT. 407 00:21:00,158 --> 00:21:01,293 >> Stephen: WHY? 408 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:03,428 >> IT WAS THE PERFECT TRAINING FOR INTERVIEWING DONALD TRUMP. 409 00:21:03,495 --> 00:21:05,564 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 410 00:21:05,631 --> 00:21:06,999 >> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME. 411 00:21:07,065 --> 00:21:10,035 YOU'RE WELCOME. 412 00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:11,837 BECAUSE NOTHING I SAID MEANT ANYTHING! 413 00:21:11,903 --> 00:21:13,105 >> NO, THAT'S THE THING. 414 00:21:13,171 --> 00:21:17,476 YOU BOTH THROW OUT THESE CLOUDS OF WORD SALAD, THAT ACTUALLY IF 415 00:21:17,542 --> 00:21:19,878 YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THEM, OFTEN IS NONSENSE. 416 00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:21,713 >> Stephen: NONSENSE TO YOU, GEORGE. 417 00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:23,348 BUT THESE PEOPLE GET TDON'T YOU? 418 00:21:23,415 --> 00:21:27,319 I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT AN INTERVIEW YOU DID WITH MAGGIE 419 00:21:27,386 --> 00:21:28,286 HABERMAN RECENTLY. 420 00:21:28,353 --> 00:21:31,523 SHE'S GOT THE BOOK "THE CONFIDENCE MAN" BOOK. 421 00:21:31,590 --> 00:21:33,959 BASICALLY, THE MAKING OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT. 422 00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:34,893 AND YOU'RE IN IT. 423 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,729 THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT IT. 424 00:21:37,796 --> 00:21:41,867 YOU'RE IN IT, AND SHE DETAILS HOW THE THEN-CANDIDATE, FORMER 425 00:21:41,933 --> 00:21:46,538 PRESIDENT, LASHEDLY OUT AT YOU AFTER A 2016 INTERVIEW YOU DID 426 00:21:46,605 --> 00:21:47,172 WITH HIM. 427 00:21:47,239 --> 00:21:49,541 WHY DID HE LASH OUT AT YOU? 428 00:21:49,608 --> 00:21:52,511 BECAUSE HE LASHED OUT IN SO MANY WAYS TO SO MANY DIFFERENT 429 00:21:52,577 --> 00:21:53,145 PEOPLE. 430 00:21:53,211 --> 00:21:54,446 >> I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS. 431 00:21:54,513 --> 00:21:55,614 >> Stephen: WHAT WAS THE LASHING ABOUT? 432 00:21:55,681 --> 00:21:58,550 >> IT WAS THE DAY AFTER THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN 2016. 433 00:21:58,617 --> 00:21:59,885 I GUESS IT WAS A FRIDAY. 434 00:21:59,951 --> 00:22:02,721 I FLEW OUT TO COLORADO TO MEET HIM IN SOME TOWN. 435 00:22:02,788 --> 00:22:06,258 AND WE STARTED TO TALK, AND I ASKED HIM A QUESTION ABOUT-- 436 00:22:06,324 --> 00:22:10,328 REMEMBER THIS GOLD STAR MOTHER, THE MUSLIM WOMAN WHOSE SON WAS 437 00:22:10,395 --> 00:22:11,129 KILLED? 438 00:22:11,196 --> 00:22:12,164 >> Stephen: I REMEMBER, SURE, SURE. 439 00:22:12,230 --> 00:22:15,133 >> AND HE ATTACKED HER, AND HE JUST WENT AFTER HER. 440 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,502 AND I WAS LIKE, I GUESS THE INTERVIEW IS OVER. 441 00:22:17,569 --> 00:22:18,837 HE JUST ENDED HIS CAMPAIGN. 442 00:22:18,904 --> 00:22:20,072 BUT WE KEPT ON GOING. 443 00:22:20,138 --> 00:22:23,442 AND I STARTED TO ASK HIM ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH VLADIMIR 444 00:22:23,508 --> 00:22:25,944 PUTIN, WHICH HE NEVER GAVE A STRAIGHT ANSWER TO. 445 00:22:26,011 --> 00:22:29,047 HE SAID HE KNEW HIM, HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW HIM. 446 00:22:29,114 --> 00:22:33,618 HE SAID HE MET HIM, HE SAID HE DIDN'T MEET HIM. 447 00:22:33,685 --> 00:22:38,090 I ASKED HIM THREE OUR FOUR TIMES, TELL ME WHAT THE 448 00:22:38,156 --> 00:22:39,291 RELATIONSHIP WAS. 449 00:22:39,357 --> 00:22:44,029 HE FINISHED THE INTERVIEW, AND HE WALKED OUT OF THE DOOR AND 450 00:22:44,096 --> 00:22:47,566 CALLED OVER MY PRODUCER, ONE OF THE EMBEDS TRAVELING WITH HIM. 451 00:22:47,632 --> 00:22:49,701 AND I COULD HEAR THE YELLING IN THE HALLWAY. 452 00:22:49,768 --> 00:22:53,739 THEN HE HAD HAD HOPE HICKS COME BACK INTO THE ROOM AND GET ME 453 00:22:53,805 --> 00:22:55,273 AND WALK MAY INTO THE HALL. 454 00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:59,077 AND THEN HE STARTED YELLING AT ME GOING ON AND ON AND ON AND ON 455 00:22:59,144 --> 00:23:00,946 BECAUSE I ASKED HIM ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN, WHICH SHOULD 456 00:23:01,012 --> 00:23:05,317 HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST TELL IN THE WORLD BACK IN 2016. 457 00:23:05,383 --> 00:23:05,751 ( APPLAUSE ). 458 00:23:05,817 --> 00:23:08,920 >> Stephen: YES. 459 00:23:08,987 --> 00:23:13,125 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAGGIE TALKS ABOUT-- IF I CALL HER 460 00:23:13,191 --> 00:23:16,061 MAGGIE, MISS HABERMAN TALKS ABOUT IN HER BOOK, IS HOW 461 00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:18,930 DIFFICULT IT HAS BEEN OVER THE YEARS TO REPORT ON THAT FELLA 462 00:23:18,997 --> 00:23:22,367 BECAUSE ANYTHING YOU SAY ABOUT HIM, ESPECIALLY FACT CHECKING 463 00:23:22,434 --> 00:23:26,671 HIS LIES, ENDS UP REINFORCING WHAT THE ORIGINAL ASSERTION HE 464 00:23:26,738 --> 00:23:31,409 MADE WAS, AND THE FACT CHECK KNOW-- WHAT IS IT, A LIE WILL GO 465 00:23:31,476 --> 00:23:35,647 AROUND THE WORLD WHILE FACTS ARE STILL PUTTING ON THEIR SHOES-- 466 00:23:35,714 --> 00:23:36,815 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 467 00:23:36,882 --> 00:23:38,750 AND YOU REINFORCE THE LIE BY TALKING ABOUT THE FACT CHECK. 468 00:23:38,817 --> 00:23:41,720 AND I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW YOU'VE LEARNED TO DEAL WITH THAT. 469 00:23:41,787 --> 00:23:45,524 >> NOTHING HAS BEDEVILED ME MORE OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. 470 00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:47,859 THIS IS THE BIGGEST POSSIBLE PROBLEM. 471 00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:53,331 AT WHAT POINT DO WE BECOME COMPLICEIT IN THIS SIMPLY BY 472 00:23:53,398 --> 00:23:54,132 COVERING HIM? 473 00:23:54,199 --> 00:23:55,834 AND I THINK THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION. 474 00:23:55,901 --> 00:23:57,936 >> Stephen: THE CRAZY THING IS WHEN HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF 475 00:23:58,003 --> 00:24:00,839 THE UNITED STATES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHILLED ME WAS NOW 476 00:24:00,906 --> 00:24:03,842 THERE'S NO NOT TALKING ABOUT HIM BECAUSE HE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT 477 00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:04,943 PERSON IN THE WORLD. 478 00:24:05,010 --> 00:24:07,312 >> THERE ARE THINGS WE DID LEARN, LIKE THINGS WE WOULD 479 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:08,647 NEVER DO NOW. 480 00:24:08,713 --> 00:24:11,416 WE USED TO JUST SORT OF BROADCAST HIS WORDS, AND THEN IF 481 00:24:11,483 --> 00:24:14,653 HE LIED, WE'D SAY, "THAT'S A LIE." 482 00:24:14,719 --> 00:24:18,924 NOW, AT LEAST ON MY SHOWS, IF WHAT HE SAYS IS FACTUALLY UNTRUE 483 00:24:18,990 --> 00:24:20,125 HE WON'T SHOW IT. 484 00:24:20,192 --> 00:24:22,494 WE'LL SAY HE'S LIED AGAIN ABOUT. 485 00:24:22,561 --> 00:24:23,628 >> Stephen: THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S GOOD. 486 00:24:23,695 --> 00:24:24,996 >> THAT'S A START. 487 00:24:25,063 --> 00:24:25,497 ( APPLAUSE ). 488 00:24:25,564 --> 00:24:25,864 >> Stephen: THAT IS. 489 00:24:25,931 --> 00:24:26,398 THAT'S GOOD. 490 00:24:26,464 --> 00:24:28,033 THAT'S A GOOD ANSWER. 491 00:24:28,099 --> 00:24:30,435 JUST THE FACT CHECK, NOT THE ASSERTION. 492 00:24:30,502 --> 00:24:35,440 >> ALL THE THINGS THAT USED TO WORK IN POLITICIANS, YOU WOULD 493 00:24:35,507 --> 00:24:37,542 SHOW THEY CHANGED THEIR POSITION. 494 00:24:37,609 --> 00:24:38,910 NOBODY CARED ABOUT THAT. 495 00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:43,348 YOU WOULD SHOW HE CALLED JOHN McCAIN, A WAR HERO, A LOSER. 496 00:24:43,415 --> 00:24:44,783 HE NOBODY CARED ABOUT THAT. 497 00:24:44,850 --> 00:24:48,854 HE ATTACKED A GOLD STAR MOM AND PEOPLE DIDN'T CARE-- NOT THAT 498 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:49,521 THEY DIDN'T CARE. 499 00:24:49,588 --> 00:24:51,857 >> Stephen: NOT SUFFICIENT. 500 00:24:51,923 --> 00:24:54,759 HE COULD SHOOT A GUY ON FIFTH AVENUE. 501 00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:59,464 >> HE ACCUSED BARACK OBAMA OF WIRETAPPING HIM. 502 00:24:59,531 --> 00:25:02,534 NOBODY EVER MADE AN ACCUSATION LIKE THAT AGAINST A FORMER 503 00:25:02,601 --> 00:25:03,068 PRESIDENT. 504 00:25:03,134 --> 00:25:04,236 HE SURVIVED ALL THAT. 505 00:25:04,302 --> 00:25:06,404 I'M NOT SURE THAT STRING WILL CONTINUE. 506 00:25:06,471 --> 00:25:08,273 ACTUALLY, THAT STRING WILL NOT CONTINUE. 507 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:09,741 BUT IT HAS BEEN AMAZING. 508 00:25:09,808 --> 00:25:12,143 >> Stephen: TOMORROW, AS WE WERE SAYING EARLIER, TOMORROW, 509 00:25:12,210 --> 00:25:14,579 JANUARY 6, POSSIBLY, MAYBE -- >> THE FINAL HEARING. 510 00:25:14,646 --> 00:25:18,116 >> Stephen: THE FINAL HEARING, NOT ENTIRELY SURE. 511 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:21,119 >> THEY'RE SAYING THERE WILL BE ALL THIS NEW SECRET SERVICE 512 00:25:21,186 --> 00:25:22,254 EVIDENCE THAT WILL COME OUT. 513 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,123 I GUESS MY BIG QUESTION IS WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO KNOW? 514 00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:26,124 HE LOST THE ELECTION. 515 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:27,158 HE LIED ABOUT IT. 516 00:25:27,225 --> 00:25:29,961 HE STOKED UP A CROWD OF ARMED MILITANTS. 517 00:25:30,028 --> 00:25:33,665 THEY STORMED THE CAPITOL WHILE HE WATCHED IT ON TV. 518 00:25:33,732 --> 00:25:36,268 SHOULDN'T THAT BE CASE CLOSED? 519 00:25:36,334 --> 00:25:36,868 ( APPLAUSE ). 520 00:25:36,935 --> 00:25:43,942 >> Stephen: SURE, SURE. 521 00:25:44,009 --> 00:25:46,411 SO, GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, RIGHT NOW, IS CALLING ON THEM TO NOT 522 00:25:46,478 --> 00:25:48,613 HAVE THE HEARING TOMORROW, IS WHAT I'M HEARING. 523 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,016 >> I'M GOING TO BE WATCHING. 524 00:25:51,082 --> 00:25:51,917 NO QUESTION. 525 00:25:51,983 --> 00:25:53,885 >> Stephen: I'M GOING TO BE WATCHING, TOO. 526 00:25:53,952 --> 00:25:57,622 YOU'LL BE REPORTING ON IT AND I WILL MAKE JOKES ON IT. 527 00:25:57,689 --> 00:25:59,791 >> BY THE WAY. 528 00:25:59,858 --> 00:26:00,992 >> Stephen: YES. 529 00:26:01,059 --> 00:26:03,161 >> JUST BEFORE I WALKED IN HERE, YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO 530 00:26:03,228 --> 00:26:05,096 PROCESS IT, "THE WASHINGTON POST" HAS AN AMAZING STORY. 531 00:26:05,163 --> 00:26:06,131 >> Stephen: I HEARD ABOUT THIS. 532 00:26:06,197 --> 00:26:06,898 TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT THIS IS. 533 00:26:06,965 --> 00:26:08,733 >> IT'S KIND OF INCREDIBLE. 534 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,870 THEY SAY ACCORDING TO PEOPLE INSIDE THE INVESTIGATION A TRUMP 535 00:26:11,937 --> 00:26:14,839 EMPLOYEE HAS TOLD THEM THAT AFTER THE SUBPOENA CAME IN FOR 536 00:26:14,906 --> 00:26:18,643 THE DOCUMENTS AT MAR-A-LAGO, TRUMP TOLD HIM TO MOVE THE 537 00:26:18,710 --> 00:26:24,482 DOCUMENTS, AND THEY SHOW-- THEY HAVE ON SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE, 538 00:26:24,549 --> 00:26:25,951 ACCORDING TO THE "WASHINGTON POST," SHOWING THE BOXES BEING 539 00:26:26,017 --> 00:26:27,052 MOVED. 540 00:26:27,118 --> 00:26:28,386 >> Stephen: SO BEFORE THE "FBI" WENT IN THERE TO GRAB 541 00:26:28,453 --> 00:26:30,655 THEM, THERE WAS STUFF THAT WAS SHIPPED OUT TO LOCATIONS 542 00:26:30,722 --> 00:26:31,623 UNKNOWN. 543 00:26:31,690 --> 00:26:32,657 >> ACCORDING TO "THE WASHINGTON POST" ARTICLE. 544 00:26:32,724 --> 00:26:33,558 >> Stephen: OKAY, WOW. 545 00:26:33,625 --> 00:26:35,060 >> KIND OF AMAZING. 546 00:26:35,126 --> 00:26:39,531 >> Stephen: SO IT'S TIME TO RAID TRUMP BOWER AND BEDMINSTER 547 00:26:39,597 --> 00:26:42,600 AND ERIC'S HOUSE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 548 00:26:42,667 --> 00:26:43,301 SURE, WHY NOT. 549 00:26:43,368 --> 00:26:45,937 WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 550 00:26:46,004 --> 00:26:49,240 WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK GEORGE ABOUT WHAT HE'S LOOKING 551 00:26:49,307 --> 00:26:51,910 FORD IN THE JANUARY 6 HEARINGS TOMORROW. 552 00:26:51,977 --> 00:26:52,978 STICK AROUND. 553 00:26:58,016 --> 00:27:00,218 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, IT'S GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, 554 00:27:00,285 --> 00:27:00,852 RIGHT THERE. 555 00:27:00,919 --> 00:27:02,153 WE'VE LEARNED A LOT. 556 00:27:02,220 --> 00:27:05,390 WHAT ARE YOU HEARING, ACTUAL NEWS PERSON, ABOUT WHAT WE'RE 557 00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:06,591 GOING TO LEARN TOMORROW? 558 00:27:06,658 --> 00:27:10,028 >> TOMORROW, THERE ARE NO LIVE WITNESSES, BUT THEY ARE SAYING 559 00:27:10,095 --> 00:27:12,030 THERE'S GOING TO BE NEW WITNESS TESTIMONY. 560 00:27:12,097 --> 00:27:16,067 AND WE KNOW THAT SINCE THE LAST HEARING, THEY INTERVIEWED MANY 561 00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:17,268 MORE SECRET SERVICE AGENTS. 562 00:27:17,335 --> 00:27:19,437 THEY SAY, ACCORDING TO BACKGROUND BRIEFINGS THAT CAME 563 00:27:19,504 --> 00:27:22,841 OUT TODAY, THEY HAVE A LOT-- MANY MORE TEXTS COMING FROM THE 564 00:27:22,907 --> 00:27:23,975 SECRET SERVICE AS WELL. 565 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:26,478 AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, ALL THIS INFORMATION IS GOING TO 566 00:27:26,544 --> 00:27:30,415 SHOW EVEN MORE ABOUT THE STATE OF MIND AND THE ACTIONS OF 567 00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:33,685 DONALD TRUMP ON THAT DAY. 568 00:27:33,752 --> 00:27:38,857 >> Stephen: NOW, ALL OF THIS WILL HAVE SOME INFLUENCE ON THE 569 00:27:38,923 --> 00:27:39,491 MIDTERMS. 570 00:27:39,557 --> 00:27:41,393 PEOPLE SAY THAT-- >> SOME. 571 00:27:41,459 --> 00:27:43,461 >> Stephen: NOT A LOT, BUT SOME. 572 00:27:43,528 --> 00:27:46,631 CONCERN ABOUT DEMOCRACY IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AT LEAST ON 573 00:27:46,698 --> 00:27:49,567 THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, PEOPLE ARE MOTIVATED TO VOTE ON. 574 00:27:49,634 --> 00:27:54,105 WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST RACES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT COME NOVEMBER 575 00:27:54,172 --> 00:27:55,040 8? 576 00:27:55,106 --> 00:27:56,941 AND WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THOSE. 577 00:27:57,008 --> 00:27:58,843 >> I THINK THE BIG ONES-- YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SENATE. 578 00:27:58,910 --> 00:28:03,448 I THINK THE HOUSE IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT, IT USUALLY DOESN'T IN 579 00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:05,417 MIDTERMS GO AGAINST THE INCUMBENT PRESIDENT. 580 00:28:05,483 --> 00:28:07,085 IT'S VERY HARD FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO HOLD THE HOUSE. 581 00:28:07,152 --> 00:28:09,454 BUT THE SENATE COULD GO EITHER WAY. 582 00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:13,058 AND I THINK YOU REALLY CAN JUST LOOK AT FOUR RACES. 583 00:28:13,124 --> 00:28:15,894 GEORGIA, NEVADA, WISCONSIN, AND PENNSYLVANIA. 584 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:17,595 THEY'RE GOING TO TELL THE STORY. 585 00:28:17,662 --> 00:28:20,465 WHICHEVER PARTY WINS-- IF ONE PARTY WINS THREE OF THE FOUR, 586 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:22,033 THEY'RE GOING TO CONTROL THE SENATE, I BELIEVE. 587 00:28:22,100 --> 00:28:27,305 AND IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO BOIL IT DOWN TO ONE, YOU WERE SHOWING 588 00:28:27,372 --> 00:28:29,007 IS EARLIER IN THE SHOW, HERSCHEL WALKER. 589 00:28:29,074 --> 00:28:32,077 THE GEORGIA RACE COULD BE THE TIPPING POINT RACE IN THIS 590 00:28:32,143 --> 00:28:33,278 ELECTION. 591 00:28:33,344 --> 00:28:34,612 >> Stephen: IF HERSCHEL WALKER IS ELECTED TO THE SENATE, WHAT 592 00:28:34,679 --> 00:28:35,880 IS THE DOWN POINT? 593 00:28:35,947 --> 00:28:38,716 ( LAUGHTER ) BECAUSE IT REALLY MEANS THAT 594 00:28:38,783 --> 00:28:39,918 NOTHING MEANS ANYTHING ANYMORE. 595 00:28:39,984 --> 00:28:44,622 THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES-- THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES AT ALL 596 00:28:44,689 --> 00:28:45,557 FOR HYPOCRISY THEN. 597 00:28:45,623 --> 00:28:48,226 >> IT'S BEEN A MIND-BLOWING COUPLE OF WEEKS. 598 00:28:48,293 --> 00:28:49,594 THERE'S BEEN NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 599 00:28:49,661 --> 00:28:51,496 >> Stephen: YOU USED TO WORK IN POLITICS. 600 00:28:51,563 --> 00:28:52,630 >> YEAH. 601 00:28:52,697 --> 00:28:54,466 >> Stephen: WERE THERE EVER CONSEQUENCES FOR HYPOCRISY? 602 00:28:54,532 --> 00:28:55,600 >> OH, SURE. 603 00:28:55,667 --> 00:29:00,772 I MEAN, PEOPLE USED TO BE IN FEAR OF BEING CALLED OUT FOR 604 00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:05,510 FLIPPING POSITIONS OR, YOU KNOW, LYING ABOUT PAYING FOR AN 605 00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:09,280 ABORTION, IF THAT'S IN FACT WHAT HAPPENED. 606 00:29:09,347 --> 00:29:11,816 AND YOU USED TO PAY A PRICE FOR IT. 607 00:29:11,883 --> 00:29:16,287 BUT IT-- ONE OF THE MOST CHILLING THINGS ABOUT THE LAST 608 00:29:16,354 --> 00:29:20,592 SEVERAL YEARS, GOING BACK TO THE "ACCESS HOLLYWOOD" TAPE, IS HOW 609 00:29:20,658 --> 00:29:23,761 PEOPLE CAN PROCESS NEW INFORMATION THAT THEY WOULD 610 00:29:23,828 --> 00:29:28,533 NORMALLY BE TROUBLED BY, BUT IF IT'S ABOUT THEIR TEAM, THEY 611 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:29,701 CLOSE RANKS. 612 00:29:29,767 --> 00:29:32,003 >> Stephen: WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MIDTERMS FOR ANOTHER 613 00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:38,610 REASON BECAUSE YOU PRODUCED A NEW DOCU-SERIES CALLED "POWER 614 00:29:38,676 --> 00:29:41,679 TRIP: THOSE WHO SEEK POWER AND THOSE WHO CHASE THEM," AND IT'S 615 00:29:41,746 --> 00:29:43,114 ON THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. 616 00:29:43,181 --> 00:29:45,917 >> I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 617 00:29:45,984 --> 00:29:48,286 >> Stephen: TELL US WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU. 618 00:29:48,353 --> 00:29:53,424 >> WE USUALLY HAVE VERY YOUNG REPORTERS IN THEIR 20s COVER 619 00:29:53,491 --> 00:29:54,626 CAMPAIGNS. 620 00:29:54,692 --> 00:29:56,227 THEY'RE CALLED EMBEDS BECAUSE THEY LIVE WITH THE CAMPAIGNS. 621 00:29:56,294 --> 00:30:00,431 WE DECIDED THIS YEAR TO DO IT WITH THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. 622 00:30:00,498 --> 00:30:04,836 PICKED SEVEN INCREDIBLY YOUNG, AMBITIOUS, SMART, FUN TO WATCH 623 00:30:04,903 --> 00:30:08,306 REPORTERS AND WE SENT THEM OUT TO COVER THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS 624 00:30:08,373 --> 00:30:11,476 AND WE WANT TO SHOW PEOPLE THE PROCESS, SHOW THEM HOW THEY'RE 625 00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:14,612 TRYING TO COVER WHAT I THINK IS AN INCREDIBLY CONSEQUENTIAL 626 00:30:14,679 --> 00:30:15,847 MIDTERM ELECTIONS. 627 00:30:15,914 --> 00:30:18,016 AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB -- >> Stephen: YOU'RE IN IT, TOO. 628 00:30:18,082 --> 00:30:21,953 >> YEAH, I'M SORT OF THEIR COACH, WHICH IS FUN FOR ME, TOO. 629 00:30:22,020 --> 00:30:22,720 I DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL. 630 00:30:22,787 --> 00:30:24,756 I CAN JUST CALL THEM ON THE PHONE. 631 00:30:24,822 --> 00:30:26,324 >> Stephen: THAT'S NICE. 632 00:30:26,391 --> 00:30:30,295 SO YOU COACH THE REPORTERS, BUT IF YOU HAD TO, YOU COULD COACH 633 00:30:30,361 --> 00:30:32,463 THE PEOPLE THEY'RE COVERING, TOO, BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT 634 00:30:32,530 --> 00:30:34,165 IT'S LIKE-- >> I'VE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE. 635 00:30:34,232 --> 00:30:35,800 AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. 636 00:30:35,867 --> 00:30:40,238 ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DRAWN ON IN THIS SHOW IS MY BACKGROUND IN 637 00:30:40,305 --> 00:30:41,472 POLITICS. 638 00:30:41,539 --> 00:30:45,043 I WORKED IN CONGRESS FOR MANY YEARS AND IN THE MICHAEL DUKAKIS 639 00:30:45,109 --> 00:30:48,379 CAMPAIGN, AND BILL CLINTON, HIS FIRST TERM IN THE WHITE HOUSE. 640 00:30:48,446 --> 00:30:51,115 I USED WHAT I LSHED THERE TO HELP INFORM WHAT'S GOING ON NOW. 641 00:30:51,182 --> 00:30:52,584 >> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE. 642 00:30:52,650 --> 00:30:53,718 ANYTHING YOU NEED TO SET UP? 643 00:30:53,785 --> 00:31:00,625 >> I'M TALKING TO A REPORTER, LALEY, WHO IS COVERING THE 644 00:31:00,692 --> 00:31:03,127 HERSCHEL WALKER CAMPAIGN, AND I'M GOING BACK TO MY EXPERIENCE 645 00:31:03,194 --> 00:31:03,928 IN THE CLINTON YEARS AS SHE'S TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO GET THE 646 00:31:03,995 --> 00:31:05,029 STORY FROM HERSCHEL WALKER. 647 00:31:05,096 --> 00:31:08,700 >> THIS WEEK I FEEL LIKE I EXPERIENCD WHAT SOME OF THE 648 00:31:08,766 --> 00:31:11,769 OTHER EMBEDS ARE EXPERIENCING, ALL OF PLY MESSAGES TO THEIR 649 00:31:11,836 --> 00:31:14,839 STAFFERS, NOT A LOT OF RESPONSES COMING BACK. 650 00:31:14,906 --> 00:31:18,543 >> I REMEMBER BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE AS A STAFFER AND A STORY 651 00:31:18,610 --> 00:31:19,744 HIT. 652 00:31:19,811 --> 00:31:24,249 IN THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN WE GOT HIT BY JENNIFER AND THE DRAFT 653 00:31:24,315 --> 00:31:25,750 STORY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. 654 00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:33,424 AND CLINTON'S POLL NUMBERS DROPPED A LOT ON THE CHARACTER 655 00:31:33,491 --> 00:31:34,659 ISSUE. 656 00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:40,965 AND PART WAY HE FOUGHT BACK WAS TO GO CONFRONT, WAS TO ANSWER 657 00:31:41,032 --> 00:31:42,133 EVERY QUESTION. 658 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:49,040 YOU GET THE SENSE WALKER IS TRYING TO MOVE TOWARDS THAT BY 659 00:31:49,107 --> 00:31:50,308 TAKING THESE QUESTIONS TODAY? 660 00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:53,411 >> NO, I THINK THIS WAS THE CAMPAIGN'S WAY OF MAKING SURE 661 00:31:53,478 --> 00:31:55,913 THAT THE PRESS GOT OFF THEIR BACK A LITTLE. 662 00:31:55,980 --> 00:32:00,652 NOW HIS CAMPAIGN STAFFERS CAN SAY, "HEY, HE GAGGLED." 663 00:32:00,718 --> 00:32:02,887 >> SHE GAVE A GOOD ANSWER RIGHT THERE. 664 00:32:02,954 --> 00:32:03,888 >> Stephen: SHE SURE DID. 665 00:32:03,955 --> 00:32:04,922 SHE SURE DID. 666 00:32:04,989 --> 00:32:06,924 THIS IS AVAILABLE ON? 667 00:32:06,991 --> 00:32:08,726 >> HULU. 668 00:32:08,793 --> 00:32:10,028 WE DROP ONE EVERY SUNDAY. 669 00:32:10,094 --> 00:32:13,931 >> Stephen: GEORGE, GOOD TO SEE YOU. 670 00:32:13,998 --> 00:32:15,033 "POWER TRIP" IS ON HULU NOW. 671 00:32:15,099 --> 00:32:16,167 GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, EVERYBODY. 672 00:32:16,234 --> 00:32:17,235 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MARCIA GAY HARDEN. 673 00:32:31,015 --> 00:32:31,949 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 674 00:32:32,016 --> 00:32:39,424 WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW." 675 00:32:39,490 --> 00:32:40,958 FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST IS AN OSCAR AND TONY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR YOU 676 00:32:41,025 --> 00:32:43,094 KNOW FROM "POLLOCK," "MYSTIC RIVER," AND "ANGELS IN AMERICA." 677 00:32:43,161 --> 00:32:46,497 SHE NOW STARS IN THE CBS SHOW "SO HELP ME TODD." 678 00:32:46,564 --> 00:32:50,868 >> DO YOU REMEMBER BRIAN MACATEE? 679 00:32:50,935 --> 00:32:53,137 >> YOUR FRIEND FROM GRADE SCHOOL? 680 00:32:53,204 --> 00:32:53,705 OF COURSE I REMEMBER HIM. 681 00:32:53,771 --> 00:32:54,872 HE WAS A LITTLE HOODLUM. 682 00:32:54,939 --> 00:32:57,041 >> NOBODY SAYS HOODLUM ANYMORE. 683 00:32:57,108 --> 00:32:58,976 >> PEOPLE SAY IT, I JUST SAID IT. 684 00:32:59,043 --> 00:33:01,846 >> SHE WAS A JUVENILE DELINQUENT. 685 00:33:01,913 --> 00:33:03,948 >> THOSE ARE ALL THINGS OF THE PAST. 686 00:33:04,015 --> 00:33:06,884 WHAT HE REALLY NEEDS RIGHT NOW IS AN INCREDIBLE LAWYER TO GET 687 00:33:06,951 --> 00:33:10,455 HIM OUT OF SOME DUMB TRESPASSING CHARGE. 688 00:33:10,521 --> 00:33:11,089 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. 689 00:33:11,155 --> 00:33:12,357 >> OKAY, YOU'RE OPEN TO IT. 690 00:33:12,423 --> 00:33:13,491 I LIKE THAT. 691 00:33:13,558 --> 00:33:17,061 YES, BRIAN HAS MADE SOME MISTAKES AND HAS A LITTLE BIT OF 692 00:33:17,128 --> 00:33:17,729 A RAP SHEET. 693 00:33:17,795 --> 00:33:20,598 >> A LITTLE BIT OF RAP SHEET? 694 00:33:20,665 --> 00:33:24,669 >> JAYWALKING, A FEW BAD CHECKS, WHATEVER. 695 00:33:24,736 --> 00:33:26,971 BUT HE'S TRYING TO GET HIS LIFE BACK ON TRACK. 696 00:33:27,038 --> 00:33:28,806 HE'S TRYING SO HARD. 697 00:33:28,873 --> 00:33:34,045 >> TODD, HE STOLE $30 FROM MY PURSE WHEN HE WAS 10. 698 00:33:34,112 --> 00:33:35,113 >> WE ALL STOLE $30 FROM YOUR PURSE WHEN WE WERE 10! 699 00:33:38,015 --> 00:33:40,418 >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW" MARCIA GAY 700 00:33:40,485 --> 00:33:44,122 HARDEN! 701 00:33:44,188 --> 00:33:45,990 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ). 702 00:33:46,057 --> 00:33:46,891 >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 703 00:33:46,958 --> 00:33:48,960 >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. 704 00:33:59,971 --> 00:34:03,007 IT IS-- IT IS LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW AT LONG LAST. 705 00:34:03,074 --> 00:34:04,942 >> I'M A FAN GIRL. 706 00:34:05,009 --> 00:34:06,277 I AM LOVING BEING HERE. 707 00:34:06,344 --> 00:34:08,179 AND I AM SUCH A FAN OF YOURS. 708 00:34:08,246 --> 00:34:09,580 THIS IS SO MUCH FUN FOR ME. 709 00:34:09,647 --> 00:34:11,582 >> Stephen: I'M AN Es NORMS FAN OF YOURS. 710 00:34:11,649 --> 00:34:12,784 >> THANK YOU. 711 00:34:12,850 --> 00:34:18,156 >> Stephen: I KNOW I GUSHED AT YOU BEFORE BUT I NEVER HAD YOU 712 00:34:18,222 --> 00:34:19,390 ON? 713 00:34:19,457 --> 00:34:21,459 >> IT'S BECAUSE I WAS GUSHING BACK AT YOU AND YOU COULDN'T SEE 714 00:34:21,526 --> 00:34:23,127 YOURSELF GUSHING AT ME. 715 00:34:23,194 --> 00:34:25,530 >> Stephen: THAT'S WHY I LIKE YOU. 716 00:34:25,596 --> 00:34:29,067 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ON YOUR SHOW BUT YOU'RE NO STRANGER TO 717 00:34:29,133 --> 00:34:30,568 BROADWAY THEATERS. 718 00:34:30,635 --> 00:34:35,273 THIS YEAR MARKS THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF "ANGELS IN 719 00:34:35,339 --> 00:34:36,207 AMERICA." 720 00:34:36,274 --> 00:34:37,942 AND THAT RIGHT HERE WAS YOUR BROADWAY DEBUT. 721 00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:38,709 >> YES. 722 00:34:38,776 --> 00:34:39,677 >> Stephen: HERE YOU ARE. 723 00:34:39,744 --> 00:34:44,315 ( APPLAUSE ) THERE IS A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL 724 00:34:44,382 --> 00:34:45,516 THINGS ON BROADWAY. 725 00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:48,119 THERE IS A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT ART, BUT VERY FEW THINGS THAT 726 00:34:48,186 --> 00:34:49,353 HAVE THE CULTURAL IMPACT. 727 00:34:49,420 --> 00:34:50,555 >> RIGHT. 728 00:34:50,621 --> 00:34:54,358 >> Stephen: AND THE MEANING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO GO SEE IT AS 729 00:34:54,425 --> 00:34:55,493 THAT SHOW. 730 00:34:55,560 --> 00:35:01,065 DID YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WERE DOING IT THAT YOU WERE PART OF 731 00:35:01,132 --> 00:35:02,133 SOMETHING... 732 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,803 WELL, THAT HAD REAL CULTURAL AND HUMAN WEIGHT TO IT? 733 00:35:05,870 --> 00:35:10,408 >> I DIDN'T KNOW IT INTERNALLY, BECAUSE I HADN'T BEEN IN THE 734 00:35:10,475 --> 00:35:14,111 ORIGINAL SHOW, IN CALIFORNIA, AND I WAS CAST INTO THE BROADWAY 735 00:35:14,178 --> 00:35:14,812 SHOW. 736 00:35:14,879 --> 00:35:16,614 SO I DIDN'T KNOW IT EXTERNALLY. 737 00:35:16,681 --> 00:35:20,618 I KNEW IT INTERNALLY, BECAUSE IN MY OWN LIFE, I HAD MY FIRST 738 00:35:20,685 --> 00:35:24,255 BOYFRIEND WHO DIE OF AIDS, AND ALL AROUND US IN NEW YORK PEOPLE 739 00:35:24,322 --> 00:35:26,591 WERE DYING OF AIDS, AND THE COMMUNITY WAS SHOWING HOW TO 740 00:35:26,657 --> 00:35:29,894 STAND TOGETHER AND HOW TO GET MEDICINES AT THE RIGHT PRICE AND 741 00:35:29,961 --> 00:35:32,730 HOW TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND HOW TO LIVE WITH AIDS. 742 00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:35,099 SO THE GAY COMMUNITY WAS JUST STUNNING. 743 00:35:35,166 --> 00:35:37,835 AND I LIVED DOWN IN THE WEST VILLAGE AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE 744 00:35:37,902 --> 00:35:42,273 WERE DOING THE SHOW, PEOPLE WOULD COME UP TO ME IN THE WEST 745 00:35:42,340 --> 00:35:45,476 VILLAGE AND THEY WOW SAY, "ARE YOU MARCIA GAY HARDEN?" 746 00:35:45,543 --> 00:35:47,512 AND I WOULD SAY, "YI AM." 747 00:35:47,578 --> 00:35:50,848 THEY SAID, "I WANT YOU TO KNOW I TOOK MY PARENTS TO SEE THIS PLAY 748 00:35:50,915 --> 00:35:53,551 AND THEN I TOLD THEM I WAS DYING." 749 00:35:53,618 --> 00:35:55,620 YOUR HEART WOULD FALL ON THE GROUND. 750 00:35:55,686 --> 00:36:00,691 I THINK IN AN ACTOR'S-- MAYBE EVERYBODY'S LIFE-- THERE ARE SO 751 00:36:00,758 --> 00:36:03,027 FEW TIMES WHEN YOUR WORK AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD 752 00:36:03,094 --> 00:36:05,897 MEET AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BEING A MESSENGER OF A 753 00:36:05,963 --> 00:36:07,131 DIFFERENCE. 754 00:36:07,198 --> 00:36:08,900 AND OF COURSE THE MESSENGER OF THE DIFFERENCE WAS THROUGH TONY 755 00:36:08,966 --> 00:36:11,369 KUSH MER'S WORDS, A MODERN SHAKESPEARE. 756 00:36:11,435 --> 00:36:12,803 THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS, THE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PLAY. 757 00:36:12,870 --> 00:36:18,910 HE WAS KIND OF ATTACKING EVERYTHING-- REAGANISM, GREED, 758 00:36:18,976 --> 00:36:22,246 AND SOCIETY NOT LOOKING AT THE GAY COMMUNITY, WHICH IS, YOU 759 00:36:22,313 --> 00:36:25,316 KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE STILL SCHOOLS TODAY WHERE YOU'RE 760 00:36:25,383 --> 00:36:28,052 NOT ALLOWED TO TEACH THAT IT'S OKAY TO BE WHOEVER YOU ARE. 761 00:36:28,119 --> 00:36:30,521 AND IT'S NOT OKAY TO BE GAY. 762 00:36:30,588 --> 00:36:31,622 AND THIS WAS 30 YEARS AGO. 763 00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:32,857 WE WERE DOING THIS PLAY. 764 00:36:32,924 --> 00:36:37,461 SO IT KIND OF SADDENS ME THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH 765 00:36:37,528 --> 00:36:38,029 NOW. 766 00:36:38,095 --> 00:36:38,863 BUT WE'LL DO MORE PLAYS. 767 00:36:38,930 --> 00:36:39,497 >> Stephen: YES. 768 00:36:39,564 --> 00:36:40,765 >> AND MAKE MORE MESSAGE S. 769 00:36:40,831 --> 00:36:41,632 >> Stephen: YES. 770 00:36:41,699 --> 00:36:48,472 ( APPLAUSE ) WELL, NOW, IN A COMPLETELY 771 00:36:48,539 --> 00:36:53,578 DIFFERENT TONE, YOU ARE NOW STARRING IN THE NEW CBS COMEDY 772 00:36:53,644 --> 00:36:54,912 "SO HELP ME TODD." 773 00:36:54,979 --> 00:36:58,716 WHERE THE PREMISE IS YOU'RE A LAWYER WHO HIRES YOUR SON TO BE 774 00:36:58,783 --> 00:37:00,785 A PRIVATE DETECTIVE. 775 00:37:00,851 --> 00:37:05,690 TO DIG UP INFORMATION. 776 00:37:05,756 --> 00:37:08,392 WOULD YOU BE A GOOD LAWYER YOURSELF? 777 00:37:08,459 --> 00:37:08,926 >> OKAY. 778 00:37:08,993 --> 00:37:10,227 WHAT PARENT WOULDN'T? 779 00:37:10,294 --> 00:37:13,731 ( LAUGHTER ) I MEAN-- 780 00:37:13,798 --> 00:37:16,233 ( APPLAUSE ) HOW OFTEN -- 781 00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:17,468 >> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE. 782 00:37:17,535 --> 00:37:21,539 >> ARE WE ARGUING WITH OUR KIDS ABOUT WHAT'S RIGHT AND WRONG. 783 00:37:21,606 --> 00:37:23,107 I'M A RIGHT FIGHTER. 784 00:37:23,174 --> 00:37:24,308 I'M A REAL ARGUURE. 785 00:37:24,375 --> 00:37:27,578 MORE THAN THAT, WE'RE ALSO GOOD INVESTIGATORS. 786 00:37:27,645 --> 00:37:30,715 I DEFY ANY PARENT WHO TELLS ME THEY DID NOT SNOOP AROUND IN 787 00:37:30,781 --> 00:37:34,418 THEIR KID'S-- I DIDN'T-- IN MY KIDS' DIARIES. 788 00:37:34,485 --> 00:37:36,687 I WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING. 789 00:37:36,754 --> 00:37:39,657 WE SNOOP, WE SMELL SMOKE, A-HA. 790 00:37:39,724 --> 00:37:40,758 ALL OF THAT. 791 00:37:40,825 --> 00:37:45,029 SO I WOULD MAKE A GOOD BOTH, SIMPLY BY BEING A PARENT. 792 00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:48,966 IF YOU HAD TO PUT ME OUT IN THE REAL WORLD TO DO IT I HAVE TO 793 00:37:49,033 --> 00:37:53,270 TELL YOU I WOULD BE A BETTER LAWYER THAN AN INVESTIGATOR -- 794 00:37:53,337 --> 00:37:55,906 >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A LOT IN COMMON WITH YOUR CHARACTER, 795 00:37:55,973 --> 00:37:56,907 MARGARET? 796 00:37:56,974 --> 00:37:59,210 >> I DO-- DON'T JUDGE ME. 797 00:37:59,276 --> 00:38:00,177 WE'RE BOTH PRUDES A LITTLE BIT? 798 00:38:00,244 --> 00:38:01,579 >> YOU'RE BOTH PRUDES? 799 00:38:01,646 --> 00:38:02,713 >> A LITTLE BIT. 800 00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:03,681 JUST A LITTLE BIT. 801 00:38:03,748 --> 00:38:05,616 >> Stephen: IN WHAT RESPECT. 802 00:38:05,683 --> 00:38:06,584 YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A PRUDE? 803 00:38:06,651 --> 00:38:10,755 >> I'M A LITTLE OLD FASHIONED. 804 00:38:10,821 --> 00:38:12,657 WE'RE BOTH SIGNAL, WHICH IS PROBABLY BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE 805 00:38:12,723 --> 00:38:14,792 BIT OF A PRUDE. 806 00:38:14,859 --> 00:38:19,196 AND, BUT, I HAVE THESE GIRLFRIENDS, AND MARGARET 807 00:38:19,263 --> 00:38:20,364 DOESN'T REALLY HAVE THIS. 808 00:38:20,431 --> 00:38:22,700 I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND WHO IS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO GET ME BACK 809 00:38:22,767 --> 00:38:23,834 OUT IN THE WORLD THERE. 810 00:38:23,901 --> 00:38:28,339 SO SHE WILL SEND THESE LITTLE SEX TOY THINGS TO ME, JUST 811 00:38:28,406 --> 00:38:29,073 KNOW-- >> Stephen: LIKE YOU DO. 812 00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:30,675 >> AS ONE DOES. 813 00:38:30,741 --> 00:38:31,375 >> Stephen: LIKE DO YOU. 814 00:38:31,442 --> 00:38:33,477 >> JUST TO SHORT OF SHOCK ME. 815 00:38:33,544 --> 00:38:38,149 AND JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO SHE SENT ME SOMETHING-- I WILL 816 00:38:38,215 --> 00:38:42,687 SAY IT-- AND I SAID I'M NOT SHOCKED ABOUT THIS AT ALL. 817 00:38:42,753 --> 00:38:46,724 BECAUSE I HAVE ONE NAMED AFTER ME. 818 00:38:46,791 --> 00:38:50,394 >> Stephen: THIS IS-- THIS IS-- I KNOW THIS IS FOR THEN. 819 00:38:50,461 --> 00:38:52,463 >> NOW, YOU KNOW. 820 00:38:52,530 --> 00:38:55,232 >> Stephen: THIS IS THE LUBRICANT. 821 00:38:55,299 --> 00:38:56,033 >> IT IS. 822 00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:57,068 >> Stephen: AND DID YOU NOT NAME IT. 823 00:38:57,134 --> 00:38:58,302 IT IS NAMED AFTER YOU. 824 00:38:58,369 --> 00:38:59,336 GET KIDS OUT OF THE ROOM. 825 00:38:59,403 --> 00:39:02,540 >> WOULD YOU LIKE -- >> Stephen: I WILL HOLD IT UP, 826 00:39:02,606 --> 00:39:04,775 AND YOU CAN READ THE NAME. 827 00:39:04,842 --> 00:39:08,713 >> THIS IS CALLED "MARCIA GAY HARD ON." 828 00:39:08,779 --> 00:39:14,719 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 829 00:39:14,785 --> 00:39:19,256 AND I DISCOVERED THIS DURING COVID, I DISCOVERED IT. 830 00:39:19,323 --> 00:39:23,894 I HAD SEEN A PICTURE OF IT AND I TRACKED THE GUY DOWN. 831 00:39:23,961 --> 00:39:26,831 HIS NAME IS ZADDY EARTH. 832 00:39:26,897 --> 00:39:27,698 >> Stephen: ZADDY EARTH? 833 00:39:27,765 --> 00:39:29,133 >> YES, IT'S TRUE. 834 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:34,772 HIS LOGO ON THE SHOW OR SLOGAN OR WHATEVER IS HAVING AN F'ING 835 00:39:34,839 --> 00:39:35,406 GOOD TIME. 836 00:39:35,473 --> 00:39:37,641 I SAID YOU'RE USING MY NAME. 837 00:39:37,708 --> 00:39:39,777 HE SAID IF YOU'RE MAD I'LL TAKE IT OFF. 838 00:39:39,844 --> 00:39:41,245 I SAID THIS IS GREAT. 839 00:39:41,312 --> 00:39:45,249 BUT IF YOU DO IT YOU HAVE TO DONATE TO ALZHEIMER'S. 840 00:39:45,316 --> 00:39:46,917 BECAUSE MY MOTHER JUST PASSED AND YOU KNOW WHEN THEY 841 00:39:46,984 --> 00:39:51,722 REMEMBERED HOW TO DO IT, HONEY, THEY HAD AN F'ING GOOD TIME. 842 00:39:51,789 --> 00:39:53,758 >> Stephen: "SO HELP ME TODD" AIRS THURSDAYS AT 9:00 P.M. 843 00:39:53,824 --> 00:39:56,694 ON CBS. 844 00:39:56,761 --> 00:39:57,461 IT'S MARCIA GAY HARDEN, EVERYBODY. 845 00:39:57,528 --> 00:39:59,463 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 846 00:40:18,015 --> 00:40:20,117 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 847 00:40:20,184 --> 00:40:23,754 TUNE IN TOMORROW FOLLOWING THE JANUARY 6th HEARINGS WHEN MY 848 00:40:23,821 --> 00:40:25,956 GUESTS WILL BE JEREMY STRONG AND ED SHEERAN. 849 00:40:26,023 --> 00:40:28,025 GOOD NIGHT!