1 00:00:01,067 --> 00:00:02,635 >> DEMOCRATS TAKE A VICTORY LAP 2 00:00:02,702 --> 00:00:05,205 AFTER WINNING KEY RACES IN NEVADA AND ARIZONA, GIVING THEM 3 00:00:05,271 --> 00:00:09,309 CONTROL OF THE SENATE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 4 00:00:09,376 --> 00:00:11,277 >> DEMOCRATS CELEBRATING A NARROW VICTORY AFTER BEATING THE 5 00:00:11,344 --> 00:00:13,279 ODDS AND DEFYING HISTORY TO SECURE THE MAJORITY IN THE 6 00:00:13,346 --> 00:00:15,682 SENATE. ( SUNG TO "ALL I DO IS WIN" ) 7 00:00:49,616 --> 00:00:55,321 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 8 00:00:55,388 --> 00:00:58,124 TONIGHT: HOW ABOUT DEM APPLES? 9 00:01:09,202 --> 00:01:13,840 FEATURING LOUIS CATO AND THE LATE SHOW BAND. 10 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:18,945 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 11 00:01:19,012 --> 00:01:22,348 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 12 00:01:23,483 --> 00:01:38,364 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: OH, THAT'S RIGHT! 13 00:01:38,431 --> 00:01:39,732 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: OH, THAT'S RIGHT! 14 00:01:39,799 --> 00:01:46,506 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) GOOD TO SEE YOU. 15 00:01:46,573 --> 00:01:50,410 GOOD TO SEE YOU. HEY, EVERYBODY! 16 00:01:50,477 --> 00:01:54,514 WELCOME, WELCOME, ONE AND ALL TO "THE LATE SHOW." 17 00:01:54,581 --> 00:01:56,382 THE. I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 18 00:01:56,449 --> 00:01:58,718 AND I DON'T-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 19 00:01:58,785 --> 00:02:05,158 WEEK AGO TONIGHT, I WAS A LITTLE STRESSED OUT-- YOU KNOW, JUST 20 00:02:05,225 --> 00:02:07,894 ABOUT SILLY STUFF, THAT IN RETROSPECT I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN 21 00:02:07,961 --> 00:02:11,030 TOO CONCERNED ABOUT, LIKE THE RISING TIDE OF FASCISM. 22 00:02:11,097 --> 00:02:19,539 ( LAUGHTER ) I CONTINUED TO BE STRESSED OUT 23 00:02:19,606 --> 00:02:21,975 FOR FOUR MORE DAYS, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO WON IN NEVADA. 24 00:02:22,041 --> 00:02:26,079 TURNS OUT, WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS TAKES FOUR DAYS TO FIGURE OUT 25 00:02:26,145 --> 00:02:31,050 WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 26 00:02:31,117 --> 00:02:35,488 BUT ON SATURDAY NIGHT, WE LEARNED THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE 27 00:02:35,555 --> 00:02:50,436 KEEPING CONTROL OF THE SENATE! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 28 00:02:50,503 --> 00:02:52,405 KEEPING CONTROL OF THE SENATE! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 29 00:02:52,472 --> 00:02:58,244 TURNS OUT THAT RED WAVE WAS ACTUALLY A BLUE SPLASH, JUST AS 30 00:02:58,311 --> 00:03:00,346 THE MAXIPAD COMMERCIALS FORETOLD. 31 00:03:00,413 --> 00:03:10,957 ( LAUGHTER ) THE DEMOCRATS SEALED THE DEAL IN 32 00:03:11,024 --> 00:03:12,625 NEVADA, WHERE CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO DEFEATED HER G.O.P. 33 00:03:12,692 --> 00:03:19,132 OPPONENT. OF COURSE, THIS IS NEVADA, SO 34 00:03:19,198 --> 00:03:20,800 CORTEZ MASTO CAN EITHER TAKE THE WIN AND WALK AWAY OR GO DOUBLE 35 00:03:20,867 --> 00:03:24,571 OR NOTHING. C'MON, WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO 36 00:03:24,637 --> 00:03:27,674 BE BOTH SENATORS? CONTROL OF THE SENATE MEANS THAT 37 00:03:27,740 --> 00:03:35,381 DEMOCRATS WILL BE ABLE TO APPROVE JUDGES, BLOCK 38 00:03:35,448 --> 00:03:37,850 LEGISLATION FROM A POTENTIAL G.O.P. HOUSE, AND MOST 39 00:03:37,917 --> 00:03:39,552 CRUCIALLY, PICK THE THEME OF THE SENATE HOMECOMING DANCE. 40 00:03:39,619 --> 00:03:42,722 BERNIE'S PUSHING FOR "ENCHANTMENT UNDER THE SOUP." 41 00:03:42,789 --> 00:03:46,793 THE DEMOCRATS' VICTORY IN NEVADA MEANS THE GEORGIA RUNOFF WILL NO 42 00:03:46,859 --> 00:03:48,995 LONGER DETERMINE CONTROL OF THE SENATE, SO GEORGIANS WILL HAVE 43 00:03:49,062 --> 00:03:50,663 TO COME UP WITH A NEW REASON TO VOTE FOR HERSCHEL WALKER. 44 00:03:50,730 --> 00:03:55,168 FOR MANY OF THEM, IT'LL BE "HE'S MY DAD." 45 00:03:55,234 --> 00:04:04,744 ( LAUGHTER ) WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? 46 00:04:04,811 --> 00:04:07,413 NOW THAT THE REPUBLICANS FAILED TO TAKE BACK THE SENATE, THEY'RE 47 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:13,820 ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES AND COMING TOGETHER TO PICK A 48 00:04:13,886 --> 00:04:15,521 SCAPEGOAT AND HURL THEM DOWN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT. 49 00:04:15,588 --> 00:04:17,624 RIGHT NOW, KNIVES ARE OUT FOR SENATE MINORITY LEADER AND 50 00:04:17,690 --> 00:04:19,959 CLINICALLY DEPRESSED PUDDING, MITCH McCONNELL AND FLORIDA 51 00:04:20,026 --> 00:04:23,463 SENATOR AND NEWLY DISCOVERED CAVE FISH, RICK SCOTT. 52 00:04:23,529 --> 00:04:26,833 ( LAUGHTER ) REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ARE MAD AT 53 00:04:26,899 --> 00:04:29,802 McCONNELL FOR NOT TELLING THE VOTERS WHAT THE G.O.P. WOULD DO 54 00:04:29,869 --> 00:04:31,738 IF THEY GOT CONTROL OF THE SENATE. 55 00:04:31,804 --> 00:04:34,707 AND THEY'RE EVEN MADDER AT RICK SCOTT FOR TELLING VOTERS WHAT 56 00:04:34,774 --> 00:04:42,482 THEY WOULD DO IF THEY GOT CONTROL OF THE SENATE-- 57 00:04:42,548 --> 00:04:46,285 SPECIFICALLY SCOTT TALKED ABOUT CUTTING SOCIAL SECURITY AND 58 00:04:46,352 --> 00:04:50,523 MEDICARE, WHICH RESULTED IN SCARING OLDER VOTERS. 59 00:04:50,590 --> 00:04:53,192 RICK SCOTT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO SCARE OLDER VOTERS. 60 00:04:53,259 --> 00:04:56,262 HE'S SUPPOSED TO SCARE HARRY POTTER AND HIS MEDDLING FRIENDS! 61 00:04:56,329 --> 00:05:04,237 ( APPLAUSE ) THE G.O.P. BLAME IS GOING TO THE 62 00:05:04,303 --> 00:05:08,374 PERSON WHO ACTUALLY DESERVES IT, FORMER PRESIDENT CHEATLOAF. 63 00:05:08,441 --> 00:05:12,712 ( LAUGHTER ) STRATEGIST, THEY LOST BECAUSE OF 64 00:05:12,779 --> 00:05:16,282 THE EX-PRESIDENT'S HANDPICKED CONSPIRACY CANDIDATES, SAYING 65 00:05:16,349 --> 00:05:20,386 "THE MYPILLOW-IZATION OF THE G.O.P. HAS BEEN A DISASTER." 66 00:05:20,453 --> 00:05:25,058 TO WHICH MIKE LINDELL RESPONDED, "USE PROMO CODE 'GOP-DISASTER' 67 00:05:25,124 --> 00:05:29,162 FOR 20% OFF YOUR NEXT PILLOW SHAM!" 68 00:05:29,228 --> 00:05:38,371 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SHAM!" 69 00:05:38,438 --> 00:05:47,914 ESPECIALLY A PROMINENT ELECTION DENIER WAS DENIED HIS 70 00:05:47,980 --> 00:05:50,950 ELECTION, AND FINALLY ADMITTED IT. 71 00:05:51,017 --> 00:05:52,585 I'M TALKIN' ABOUT PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL 72 00:05:52,652 --> 00:05:56,289 CANDIDATE AND HAUNTED TESTICLE, DOUG MASTRIANO. 73 00:05:56,355 --> 00:05:58,491 MASTRIANO BELIEVED GOD WOULD ENSURE HIS VICTORY, SO IT WAS 74 00:05:58,558 --> 00:06:02,061 EXTRA SWEET WHEN, THIS SUNDAY, DOUG MASTRIANO CONCEDED TO JOSH 75 00:06:02,128 --> 00:06:10,403 SHAPIRO. ♪ LAL LOUIA! 76 00:06:10,470 --> 00:06:13,673 HALLELUJAH ♪ YES, ON A SUNDAY. 77 00:06:13,740 --> 00:06:15,441 REMINDS ME OF THE INSPIRATIONAL POSTER, WHERE THE LORD SAYS, 78 00:06:15,508 --> 00:06:17,410 "THE TIMES WHEN YOU SAW ONLY ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS ON THE BEACH, 79 00:06:17,477 --> 00:06:19,212 THAT'S BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA BE SEEN ANYWHERE NEAR DOUG 80 00:06:19,278 --> 00:06:22,148 MASTRIANO. HE'S KOO-KOO!" 81 00:06:22,215 --> 00:06:25,985 ( LAUGHTER ) BEFORE THE-- 82 00:06:26,052 --> 00:06:29,188 ♪ HALLELUJAH ♪ BEFORE THE MIDTERMS, THE FORMER 83 00:06:29,255 --> 00:06:32,892 PRESIDENT HAD BEEN TEASING HIS 2024 PRESIDENTIAL KICKOFF FOR 84 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:36,028 TOMORROW. RIGHT, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 85 00:06:36,095 --> 00:06:38,397 TOMORROW. BUT NOW THAT SO MANY OF HIS 86 00:06:38,464 --> 00:06:41,033 CANDIDATES GOT CREAMED, REPUBLICANS ARE ADVISING HIM TO 87 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:43,870 DELAY HIS ANNOUNCEMENT UNTIL AFTER THE SENATE RUNOFF 88 00:06:43,936 --> 00:06:46,372 IN GEORGIA. AND SO... 89 00:06:46,439 --> 00:06:50,676 HE'S GONNA ANNOUNCE TOMORROW. ADVISORS TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT 90 00:06:50,743 --> 00:06:53,713 CLAIM HE'S EAGER TO START ATTACKING OTHER POTENTIAL 91 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:56,249 G.O.P. HOPEFULS, SAYING, "I WOULD EXPECT HIM TO COME 92 00:06:56,315 --> 00:06:58,918 OUT SWINGING." WHICH SOUNDS SCARY AT FIRST. 93 00:06:58,985 --> 00:07:04,357 BUT REMEMBER: WHEN HE COMES OUT SWINGING, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS: 94 00:07:04,423 --> 00:07:17,937 ( LAUGHTER ) BREAKS MY HEART. 95 00:07:18,004 --> 00:07:20,807 BREAKS MY HEART. THERE'S MORE CHAOS AT TWITTER, 96 00:07:20,873 --> 00:07:23,776 THANKS TO NEW C.E.O. ELON MUSK, SEEN HERE DEFINITELY AT HIS 97 00:07:23,843 --> 00:07:27,413 FIRST RODEO. IT'S BEEN JUST OVER TWO WEEKS 98 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:31,350 SINCE MUSK PAID $44 BILLION TO BUY TWITTER, AND THE COMPANY 99 00:07:31,417 --> 00:07:35,021 HAS GONE INTO A TAILSPIN. AD REVENUE HAS PLUNGED, MUSK HAS 100 00:07:35,087 --> 00:07:38,124 ALREADY FIRED HALF OF TWITTER'S EMPLOYEES, AND LATE LAST WEEK, 101 00:07:38,191 --> 00:07:41,527 HE WARED THE REMAINING STAFF THAT BANKRUPTCY IS POSSIBLE. 102 00:07:41,594 --> 00:07:44,297 HE'S GOING TO LOSE IT ALL UNLESS HE CAN FIND SOMEONE EVEN RICHER 103 00:07:44,363 --> 00:07:47,834 AND STUPIDER THAN HE IS TO BUY IT. 104 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:53,906 I WOULD TRY THE MONOPOLY GUY. HIS CAR IS A FRIGGIN' "SHOE." 105 00:07:53,973 --> 00:07:59,612 ( LAUGHTER ) HE TRADE THE THIMBLE IN FOR A 106 00:07:59,679 --> 00:08:02,949 SHOE! ONE COMPANY IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO 107 00:08:03,015 --> 00:08:06,352 STICK IT OUT BECAUSE SPACE-X PURCHASED A BIG ADVERTISING 108 00:08:06,419 --> 00:08:12,391 CAMPAIGN ON TWITTER. YES, ELON'S SPACE-X IS GOING TO 109 00:08:12,458 --> 00:08:15,661 SAVE ELON'S TWITTER, AND ELON'S SOLAR PANEL COMPANY IS GOING TO 110 00:08:15,728 --> 00:08:22,702 SAVE ELON'S TESLA. ♪ IT'S THE CIRCLE OF JERK! ♪ 111 00:08:22,768 --> 00:08:32,411 ( APPLAUSE ) CUTTING-EDGE SOLUTIONS TO SAVE 112 00:08:32,478 --> 00:08:35,848 THE COMPANY-- SPECIFICALLY, HE'S TWEETING HIS BUTT OFF. 113 00:08:35,915 --> 00:08:40,553 RIGHT NOW, HE'S ON TRACK TO POST MORE THAN 750 TIMES THIS 114 00:08:40,620 --> 00:08:47,059 MONTH, OR MORE THAN 25 TIMES A DAY, SAYING THINGS LIKE, 115 00:08:47,126 --> 00:08:48,961 "TWITTER FEELS INCREASINGLY ALIVE." 116 00:08:49,028 --> 00:08:50,863 YES, IT FEELS MORE ALIVE THAN EVER, JUST LIKE RIGHT AFTER YOU 117 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:59,538 CUT A CHICKEN'S HEAD OFF. WOW, HE'S REALLY RUNNING AROUND. 118 00:08:59,605 --> 00:09:01,707 HE'S DANCING! I'M DANCING WITH THAT CHICKEN! 119 00:09:01,774 --> 00:09:07,480 I WANNA BE JUST LIKE THAT DANCIN' CHICKEN... 120 00:09:07,546 --> 00:09:11,851 OH, OH, OH,. NOW THE CHICKEN IS SLEEPING, 121 00:09:11,918 --> 00:09:16,322 SAID ELON MUSK. ONE REASON ADVERTISERS ARE 122 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:19,125 FLEEING THE PLATFORM IS ALL OF THE PROBLEMS TWITTER IS HAVING 123 00:09:19,191 --> 00:09:20,927 WITH THEIR NEW BLUE-CHECK POLICY, WHICH ALLOWS ANYONE TO 124 00:09:20,993 --> 00:09:25,564 BE VERIFIED FOR AN $8 FEE. IN THE PAST, THOSE BLUE CHECK 125 00:09:25,631 --> 00:09:28,367 WERE RESERVED FOR VERIFIED PUBLIC FIGURES AND COMPANIES. 126 00:09:28,434 --> 00:09:31,704 BUT WITH THE NEW EIGHT-BUCK VERIFICATION, INTERNET JOKESTERS 127 00:09:31,771 --> 00:09:34,573 WENT WILD, MAKING FAKE ACCOUNTS FOR PUBLIC FIGURES LIKE 128 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:41,681 ELON MUSK, GEORGE W. BUSH, AND RUDY GIULIANI. 129 00:09:41,747 --> 00:09:43,950 WELL, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY FAKE. THE REAL RUDY GIULIANI CAN NO 130 00:09:44,016 --> 00:09:46,185 LONGER AFFORD $8 A MONTH. ( LAUGHTER ) 131 00:09:46,252 --> 00:09:54,560 # THE POLICY-- DANCIN' WITH THAT CHICKEN! 132 00:09:54,627 --> 00:10:00,633 LOOK AT HIM GO! THE POLICY BEGAN TO HAVE 133 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:08,307 REAL-WORLD IMPACT ON SOME OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT PERSONS: 134 00:10:08,374 --> 00:10:10,743 CORPORATIONS. A FAKE CHECK-MARKED PEPSI 135 00:10:10,810 --> 00:10:13,346 ACCOUNT TWEETED, "COKE IS BETTER." 136 00:10:13,412 --> 00:10:19,485 ( LAUGHTER ) NOT WRONG ACCOUNTS. 137 00:10:19,552 --> 00:10:29,128 AND, BUT, IN RETURN, IN RETURN A FAKE COCA-COLA ACCOUNT SAID, 138 00:10:29,195 --> 00:10:30,830 "IF THIS GETS 1,000 RETWEETS, WE WILL PUT COCAINE BACK IN COCA 139 00:10:30,896 --> 00:10:37,837 COLA." ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 140 00:10:37,903 --> 00:10:42,675 RETWEETS FROM @DONJR. ( LAUGHTER ) 141 00:10:42,742 --> 00:10:48,414 BUT PERHAPS THE MOST DAMAGING TWEET FROM A FAKE ACCOUNT 142 00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:54,754 HAPPENED TO PHARMACEUTICAL GIANT ELI LILLY, WHEN AN ACCOUNT 143 00:10:54,820 --> 00:10:58,324 IN LILLY'S NAME ANNOUNCED THAT "INSULIN IS FREE NOW," AND 144 00:10:58,391 --> 00:11:02,728 COMPANY STOCK FELL 4.37%, CAUSING THE COMPANY TO LOSE 145 00:11:02,795 --> 00:11:04,897 BILLIONS IN MARKET CAP. I CAN'T BELIEVE WALL STREET FELL 146 00:11:04,964 --> 00:11:07,199 FOR THAT. THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING 147 00:11:07,266 --> 00:11:12,371 WAS UP WHEN A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY OFFERED TO HELP ANYONE. 148 00:11:12,438 --> 00:11:16,208 ( LAUGHTER ) ONE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL-- 149 00:11:16,275 --> 00:11:22,448 ( APPLAUSE ) TRYING TO MAKE TWITTER 150 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:25,818 ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS MESS, MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR AND 151 00:11:25,885 --> 00:11:29,055 COCKATOO IN HEAT, ED MARKEY. ( LAUGHTER ) 152 00:11:29,121 --> 00:11:32,691 TWEETED, "A WASHINGTON POST REPORTER WAS ABLE TO CREATE 153 00:11:32,758 --> 00:11:35,861 A VERIFIED ACCOUNT IMPERSONATING ME. 154 00:11:35,928 --> 00:11:39,131 I'M ASKING FOR ANSWERS FROM ELON MUSK, WHO IS PUTTING PROFITS 155 00:11:39,198 --> 00:11:43,302 OVER PEOPLE AND HIS DEBT OVER STOPPING DISINFORMATION." 156 00:11:43,369 --> 00:11:45,571 MUSK RESPONDED, "PERHAPS IT IS BECAUSE YOUR REAL ACCOUNT 157 00:11:45,638 --> 00:11:51,944 SOUNDS LIKE A PARODY?" COOL COMEBACK, BOSS. 158 00:11:52,011 --> 00:11:55,915 BUT YOU KNOW WHO MIGHT HAVE A BETTER COMEBACK? 159 00:11:55,981 --> 00:11:57,583 SENATOR MARKEY, WHO SITS ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATION, 160 00:11:57,650 --> 00:11:58,951 MEDIA, AND BROADBAND. HE TWEETED, "ONE OF YOUR 161 00:11:59,018 --> 00:12:03,055 COMPANIES IS UNDER AN F.T.C. CONSENT DECREE. 162 00:12:03,122 --> 00:12:05,091 AUTO SAFETY WATCHDOG N.H.T.S.A. IS INVESTIGATING ANOTHER FOR 163 00:12:05,157 --> 00:12:08,627 KILLING PEOPLE. AND YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR TIME 164 00:12:08,694 --> 00:12:10,796 PICKING FIGHTS ONLINE. FIX YOUR COMPANIES OR 165 00:12:10,863 --> 00:12:14,133 CONGRESS WILL." ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 166 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:25,644 THAT IS GONNA LEAVE A MARKEY. WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 167 00:12:25,711 --> 00:12:30,149 TONIGHT. MY GUEST IS MICHELLE OBAMA. 168 00:12:30,216 --> 00:12:33,686 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I CALL A VERY IMPORTANT FAMILY MEETING. 169 00:12:33,752 --> 00:12:35,488 OKAY. GET DOWN HERE. 170 00:13:12,858 --> 00:13:14,727 ( APPLAUSE ) EVERYBODY. 171 00:13:14,793 --> 00:13:24,603 HELLO, JOSEPH. >> Joe: HELLO, STEPHEN. 172 00:13:24,670 --> 00:13:27,840 >> Stephen: YOU LOOK GOOD UP THERE. 173 00:13:27,907 --> 00:13:33,579 TONIGHT,s YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME, AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHO AM I 174 00:13:33,646 --> 00:13:35,915 TUKE TONIGHT? THERE ARE FEW NAMES YOU WANT TO 175 00:13:35,981 --> 00:13:40,619 HEAR MORE THAN MICHELLE OBAMA. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 176 00:13:40,686 --> 00:13:45,658 YEAH. IT'S GOING TO BE FUN. 177 00:13:45,724 --> 00:13:48,727 BIG NIGHT, BIG NIGHT. THAT'S BIG. 178 00:13:48,794 --> 00:13:53,299 THAT CHECKS A LOT OF BOXES. THAT CHECKS A WHOLE LOT OF BOXES 179 00:13:53,365 --> 00:13:56,502 RIGHT THERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS, 180 00:13:56,569 --> 00:13:58,337 PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TELLING ME THAT I'M KIND OF LIKE THEIR 181 00:13:58,404 --> 00:14:01,106 "TV DAD." PROBABLY BECAUSE I'M MIDDLE 182 00:14:01,173 --> 00:14:03,809 AGED, AND I LOVE SAYING THE WORDS "SUMP PUMP." 183 00:14:03,876 --> 00:14:06,278 AND AS A TV DAD, FROM TIME TO TIME, I LIKE TO CHECK IN AND SEE 184 00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:09,415 HOW YOU'RE DOING. SO EVERYBODY GET IN THE LIVING 185 00:14:09,481 --> 00:14:13,786 ROOM. DAD IS CALLING A FAMILY MEETING! 186 00:14:13,852 --> 00:14:23,162 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 187 00:14:23,229 --> 00:14:28,801 SEAT. SIT DOWN, KIDDIE. 188 00:14:28,867 --> 00:14:31,537 HEY, BUDDY. THANKS FOR SITTING DOWN WITH 189 00:14:31,604 --> 00:14:33,272 YOUR OLD MAN. AND THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR 190 00:14:33,339 --> 00:14:34,740 HELPING ME STAND UP WHEN WE'RE DONE. 191 00:14:34,807 --> 00:14:37,142 HAS THIS COUCH ALWAYS BEEN SO SQUISHY? 192 00:14:37,209 --> 00:14:42,481 ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO CHECK IN WITH YA, BUDDY, HAVE A LITTLE 193 00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:44,250 NOGGIN-A-NOGGIN. NOW, I'M SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO 194 00:14:44,316 --> 00:14:46,085 SIT HERE AND GET A LECTURE FROM AMERICA'S TV DAD, SO I ALSO 195 00:14:46,151 --> 00:14:49,355 INVITED AMERICA'S MOM. MICHELLE, COME ON OUT. 196 00:14:49,421 --> 00:14:56,128 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU. 197 00:14:56,195 --> 00:14:58,497 THERE YOU GO. OH! 198 00:14:58,564 --> 00:15:05,571 SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 199 00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:09,575 THAT'S AMAZING. THERE YOU GO. 200 00:15:09,642 --> 00:15:14,613 NOW, LISTEN, BUDDY, LISTEN, LISTEN TO YOUR MOM, BUDDY. 201 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,815 BUDDY, I KNOW YOU'RE EXCITED TO SEE HER. 202 00:15:16,882 --> 00:15:21,920 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). THERE YOU GO. 203 00:15:21,987 --> 00:15:28,560 >> OH, MY GOODNESS! >> Stephen: YEAH. 204 00:15:28,627 --> 00:15:32,731 >> SWEETHEART, HI! IT'S YOUR MOM! 205 00:15:32,798 --> 00:15:34,466 YOU LOOK SO HEALTHY. YOU CLEARLY TOOK MY ADVICE AND 206 00:15:34,533 --> 00:15:36,869 ATE YOUR VEGETABLES. >> Stephen: YEAH, KIDDO, YOU 207 00:15:36,935 --> 00:15:40,539 LOOK GREAT! >> Michelle: YOU KNOW, YOU COULD 208 00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:42,841 USE SOME VEGETABLES YOURSELF. >> Stephen: OH, NO WORRIES 209 00:15:42,908 --> 00:15:49,114 THERE. MY DIET IS 99% CORN CHIP. 210 00:15:49,181 --> 00:15:52,217 >> Michelle: THAT'S NOT A VEGETABLE. 211 00:15:52,284 --> 00:15:57,790 >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, THEN I'LL SUPPLEMENT IN WITH POTATO 212 00:15:57,856 --> 00:15:58,957 CHIPS. NOW LOOK, BUDDY, LISTEN CHAMP. 213 00:15:59,024 --> 00:16:00,893 WE KNOW YOU'RE GETTING TO THE AGE WHERE YOU'RE EMBARRASSED 214 00:16:00,959 --> 00:16:03,028 WHEN WE CALL YOU CUTE NICKNAMES, SO I PROMISE I'LL STOP CALLING 215 00:16:03,095 --> 00:16:04,330 YOU THINGS LIKE "BUDDY" AND "CHAMP." 216 00:16:04,396 --> 00:16:05,931 >> Michelle: AND I WILL, TOO, LIL' SWEETIE PIE PUMPKIN LAMB 217 00:16:05,998 --> 00:16:09,535 FACE. >> Stephen: WE DON'T WANT TO 218 00:16:09,601 --> 00:16:10,836 EMBARRASS YOU IN FRONT OF YOUR FRIENDS. 219 00:16:10,903 --> 00:16:16,475 WE KNOW KIDS CAN BE CRUEL. BUT REMEMBER WHAT YOUR MOM HERE 220 00:16:16,542 --> 00:16:18,077 LIKES TO SAY: WHEN THEY GO LOW, YOU GO-- 221 00:16:18,143 --> 00:16:20,813 >> Michelle: POUR ME A GLASS OF WINE. 222 00:16:20,879 --> 00:16:22,648 >> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. 223 00:16:22,715 --> 00:16:31,056 ( APPLAUSE ) BY THE WAY, IS EVERYTHING OKAY 224 00:16:31,123 --> 00:16:35,227 AT SCHOOL? >> Michelle: YOUR DAD AND I WANT 225 00:16:35,294 --> 00:16:36,462 TO TALK ABOUT YOUR RECENT TEST SCORES. 226 00:16:36,528 --> 00:16:39,231 >> Stephen: WE'RE NOT HAPPY WITH SOME OF THE RESULTS. 227 00:16:39,298 --> 00:16:42,668 BUT WE DO ACCEPT THEM. >> Michelle: THAT'S RIGHT. 228 00:16:42,735 --> 00:16:44,870 IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACCEPT RESULTS, EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE 229 00:16:44,937 --> 00:16:48,207 THEM. ( LAUGHTER ) 230 00:16:48,273 --> 00:16:51,877 >> Stephen: TRUE, THAT'S SO TRUE. 231 00:16:51,944 --> 00:17:01,053 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THE STRESS IS GETTING TO YOU, IT 232 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,655 HELPS TO TAKE A SECOND FOR YOURSELF AND PAUSE. 233 00:17:03,722 --> 00:17:08,827 >> Michelle: BUT DON'T PAUSE TOO MUCH, BECAUSE, LOOK... 234 00:17:08,894 --> 00:17:14,867 THAT CAN GET REALLY... REALLY... 235 00:17:14,933 --> 00:17:18,103 ANNOYING. ( LAUGHTER ) 236 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:23,442 SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU AT THANKSGIVING THIS YEAR, BECAUSE 237 00:17:23,509 --> 00:17:27,079 THIS YEAR AND EVERY YEAR, THE THING WE'RE MOST THANKFUL 238 00:17:27,146 --> 00:17:30,282 FOR IS YOU. >> Michelle: AND FREEDOM. 239 00:17:30,349 --> 00:17:32,885 >> Stephen: YES, FREEDOM ( APPLAUSE ) 240 00:17:32,951 --> 00:17:36,422 FREEDOM AND YOU. >> Michelle: AND A FAIR 241 00:17:36,488 --> 00:17:39,725 DEMOCRACY. >> Stephen: TRUE, TRUE. 242 00:17:39,792 --> 00:17:45,230 ( APPLAUSE ) YOU. 243 00:17:45,297 --> 00:17:47,599 >> Michelle: OH, AND RANCH DRESSING. 244 00:17:47,666 --> 00:17:51,703 >> Stephen: OH, YEAH. WE LOVE RANCH. 245 00:17:51,770 --> 00:17:52,838 >> Michelle: BUT YOU'RE DEFINITELY TOP FIVE! 246 00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:55,040 >> Stephen: OH, AND WE KNOW YOU'RE STILL MAD AT US 247 00:17:55,107 --> 00:17:57,042 BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T LET YOU GET ONE OF THOSE SEPTUM PIERCINGS, 248 00:17:57,109 --> 00:17:58,577 EVEN THOUGH ALL YOUR COOL FRIENDS HAVE THEM. 249 00:17:58,644 --> 00:18:04,383 >> Michelle: WELL, GOOD NEWS, BUDDY-- WE DECIDED TO CHANGE 250 00:18:04,450 --> 00:18:06,919 ALL OF THAT. >> Stephen: YES, ANY TIME YOUR 251 00:18:06,985 --> 00:18:11,824 FRIENDS ARE AROUND, I'M GONNA WEAR A FAKE NOSE RING. 252 00:18:11,890 --> 00:18:20,899 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Michelle: ONCE THEY SEE HIM, 253 00:18:20,966 --> 00:18:23,202 IT WON'T BE COOL ANYMORE! >> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME! 254 00:18:23,268 --> 00:18:28,106 WE'VE ALWAYS GOT YOUR BACK, BECAUSE WE'RE PROUD OF YOU. 255 00:18:28,173 --> 00:18:29,508 >> Michelle: YOU'VE GOT YOUR WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF YOU, AND 256 00:18:29,575 --> 00:18:32,110 YOU CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING. >> Stephen: YES! 257 00:18:32,177 --> 00:18:35,113 IF YOU WORK HARD, YOU CAN GO TO PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, GET YOUR 258 00:18:35,180 --> 00:18:38,083 J.D. FROM HARVARD LAW, WRITE BESTSELLING BOOKS, BE AN 259 00:18:38,150 --> 00:18:41,553 ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE, INSPIRE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE 260 00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:43,055 GLOBE, AND BE A BARRIER- BREAKING PART OF AMERICAN 261 00:18:43,121 --> 00:18:51,163 HISTORY! ( APPLAUSE ) 262 00:18:51,230 --> 00:18:56,502 JOKES ON TV! ( LAUGHTER ) 263 00:18:56,568 --> 00:19:00,639 EVERYONE'S PATH IS DIFFERENT. >> Stephen: CHEERS TO THAT! 264 00:19:00,706 --> 00:19:03,775 >> CHEERS, HONEY. WE LOVE YOU! 265 00:19:03,842 --> 00:19:05,143 >> Stephen: GOOD TALK, KIDDO. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH 266 00:19:05,210 --> 00:19:06,745 MICHELLE OBAMA! 267 00:19:18,257 --> 00:19:18,991 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,s 268 00:19:19,057 --> 00:19:23,795 WELCOME BACK! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 269 00:19:23,862 --> 00:19:29,501 IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE MY GUEST BACK IN THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER. 270 00:19:29,568 --> 00:19:32,504 PLEASE WELCOME THE FORMER FIRST LADY OF THESE UNITED STATES, 271 00:19:32,571 --> 00:19:37,309 MICHELLE OBAMA! ♪ ♪ ♪ 272 00:19:37,376 --> 00:19:52,257 ( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 273 00:19:52,324 --> 00:20:04,469 ( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 274 00:20:04,536 --> 00:20:08,373 >> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU. 275 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:12,978 GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANKS, EVERYBODY. 276 00:20:13,045 --> 00:20:23,288 IT IS LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN. >> IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU! 277 00:20:23,355 --> 00:20:26,091 >> Stephen: I LOVE THE SPARKLES. 278 00:20:26,158 --> 00:20:27,459 >> IT'S SPARKLY. >> Stephen: YEAH. 279 00:20:27,526 --> 00:20:29,661 >> IT'S LATE NIGHT. >> Stephen: IT IS. 280 00:20:29,728 --> 00:20:32,731 I DON'T KEEP PEOPLE WEAK. >> WAKE UP, EVERYBODY! 281 00:20:32,798 --> 00:20:34,800 SPARKLE! >> Stephen: THE LAST TIME-- 282 00:20:34,866 --> 00:20:36,969 THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE IN PERSON-- 283 00:20:37,035 --> 00:20:40,105 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: WAS NOVEMBER OF 284 00:20:40,172 --> 00:20:41,740 '18. >> THAT'S A LONG TIME AGO. 285 00:20:41,807 --> 00:20:45,644 >> Stephen: THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. 286 00:20:45,711 --> 00:20:49,214 THIS LILGD COVID THING GOT IN THE WAY IN THE MIDDLE. 287 00:20:49,281 --> 00:20:50,549 >> THAT THING. >> Stephen: YOU WERE TALKING 288 00:20:50,616 --> 00:20:53,852 ABOUT YOUR BESTSELLING MEMOIR "BECOMING." 289 00:20:53,919 --> 00:20:59,925 NOW YOU HAVE A NEW BOOK IT'S CALLED "THE LIGHT WE CARRY" 290 00:20:59,992 --> 00:21:06,465 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). >> Stephen: "THE LIGHT WE 291 00:21:06,531 --> 00:21:07,699 CARRY: OVERCOMING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES." 292 00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:10,602 WHAT ARE THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, MICHELLE? 293 00:21:10,669 --> 00:21:12,771 WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION? 294 00:21:12,838 --> 00:21:15,841 DID YOU DO IT OVER COVID? >> I DID, I DID. 295 00:21:15,907 --> 00:21:20,045 RIGHT AFTER THE "BECOMING" BOOK TOUR, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DOING 296 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:22,681 ARENA TOURS. YOU DID SOME STUFF WITH ME. 297 00:21:22,748 --> 00:21:24,750 >> Stephen: I KNOW. I WAS SO LUCKY. 298 00:21:24,816 --> 00:21:26,852 THIS IS SO LUCKY TO BE ON STAGE WITH YOU. 299 00:21:26,918 --> 00:21:29,354 >> I HAD SO MUCH FUN, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 300 00:21:29,421 --> 00:21:30,656 HAD CONVERSATIONS. ( APPLAUSE ) 301 00:21:30,722 --> 00:21:36,862 COUNTRIES, HUGE CROWDS, LOTS OF HUGS. 302 00:21:36,928 --> 00:21:39,998 AND THEN THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED, AND THE WORLD SHUT DOWN. 303 00:21:40,065 --> 00:21:45,070 SO WE WENT FROM BEING TOGETHER, ALTHOUGH WE WERE STILL STRESSING 304 00:21:45,137 --> 00:21:49,207 ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION AND PEOPLE WERE, IN A 305 00:21:49,274 --> 00:21:55,047 WAY, THERE WAS A CERTAIN KIND OF NEED TO CONNECT THAT WAS GOING 306 00:21:55,113 --> 00:21:56,882 ON. THERE WAS AN EXCITEMENT, A LOVE. 307 00:21:56,948 --> 00:22:01,553 AND THEN WE JUST SHUT DOWN. AND I THINK, LIKE A LOT OF 308 00:22:01,620 --> 00:22:04,890 PEOPLE, LOCKED AT HOME, JUST SORT OF WATCHING THE WORLD 309 00:22:04,956 --> 00:22:10,162 SEEMINGLY FALL APART BEFORE OUR VERY EYES, I STARTED KIND OF 310 00:22:10,228 --> 00:22:13,198 LOOPING IN MY HEAD. YOU KNOW, WONDERING, LIKE A LOT 311 00:22:13,265 --> 00:22:17,002 OF PEOPLE, HOW DID WE GET HERE AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET OUT? 312 00:22:17,069 --> 00:22:19,371 AND I GET QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME. 313 00:22:19,438 --> 00:22:23,542 I'M ASKED, "HOW DO YOU STAY HIGH WHEN THE WORLD FEELS LIKE IT'S 314 00:22:23,608 --> 00:22:27,079 IN A LOW PLACE?" AND THIS BOOK IS MY BEST ANSWER, 315 00:22:27,145 --> 00:22:29,748 YOU KNOW. SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME KIND OF 316 00:22:29,815 --> 00:22:32,651 MED TATH AND TRYING TO GET OUT OF MY HEAD AND TRYING TO FIGURE 317 00:22:32,718 --> 00:22:37,222 OUT WHAT TOOLS I COULD USE TO KEEP MYSELF LIFTED, NOT TO FALL 318 00:22:37,289 --> 00:22:40,425 INTO DEPRESSION AND HOPELE HOPELESSNESS. 319 00:22:40,492 --> 00:22:43,528 AND SO I'M OFFERING SOME OF THE TOOLS THEY USED. 320 00:22:43,595 --> 00:22:46,832 BUT THE GOAL FOR ME THROUGH THIS BOOK IS TO START A CONVERSATION 321 00:22:46,898 --> 00:22:50,535 BECAUSE WE-- WE NEED TO RECONNECT, YOU KNOW. 322 00:22:50,602 --> 00:22:53,171 I DON'T THINK WE DO WELL-- ( APPLAUSE ) 323 00:22:53,238 --> 00:22:57,843 ISOLATION. WE ARE ALL FEELING ANXIOUS. 324 00:22:57,909 --> 00:23:01,179 WE ARE ALL FEELING UNSEEN, UNHEARD. 325 00:23:01,246 --> 00:23:03,548 WE'RE AFRAID. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING 326 00:23:03,615 --> 00:23:06,284 THAT FEAR. WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO CONTROL IT, 327 00:23:06,351 --> 00:23:10,355 HOW TO QUIET THAT FEARFUL MIND. AND I'M NO DIFFERENT. 328 00:23:10,422 --> 00:23:15,660 I HAD TO WORK MY WAY OUT OF MY HOLE AND FIND MY PURPOSE AGAIN. 329 00:23:15,727 --> 00:23:21,733 >> Stephen: YOU SAID THAT WRITING "BECOMING" FELT LIKE AN 330 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:22,768 EXHALE. >> YEAH. 331 00:23:22,834 --> 00:23:24,569 AFTER EIGHT YEARS. >> Stephen: AFTER EIGHT YEARS. 332 00:23:24,636 --> 00:23:27,005 BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE. 333 00:23:27,072 --> 00:23:30,342 WHAT-- I MEAN, YOU WROTE THIS BOOK AT A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN WE 334 00:23:30,408 --> 00:23:32,878 WERE ALL BEING CAUTIOUS ABOUT INHALING. 335 00:23:32,944 --> 00:23:39,151 ( LAUGHTER ) DO WITH HOW YOU DEAL WITH 336 00:23:39,217 --> 00:23:42,053 STRESS, MICHELLE OBAMA? >> BREATHING IS KEY. 337 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:44,856 BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THING-- ONE OF THE MANY THINGS 338 00:23:44,923 --> 00:23:49,561 THAT I'VE LEARNED THAT I HAVE TO MASTER IS QUIETING THE FEARFUL 339 00:23:49,628 --> 00:23:52,898 MIND. FEAR SAY POWERFUL EMOTION. 340 00:23:52,964 --> 00:23:54,800 >> Stephen: FEAR IS A MIND KILLER. 341 00:23:54,866 --> 00:23:57,235 >> WE NEED IT. IT KEEPS US SAFE. 342 00:23:57,302 --> 00:24:02,274 BUT IF WE OVER-PRIVILEGE IT, IT KEEPS US STUCK, YOU KNOW. 343 00:24:02,340 --> 00:24:03,675 AND-- ( APPLAUSE ) 344 00:24:03,742 --> 00:24:08,713 ABOUT FEAR IS THAT IF YOU OVERPRIVILEGE IT, IT GETS TO 345 00:24:08,780 --> 00:24:12,751 THAT POSITION AND GOES, "OH, IT WILL BE VERY BAD FOR YOU TO NOT 346 00:24:12,818 --> 00:24:14,352 OVER-PRIVILEGE ME." >> THAT'S. 347 00:24:14,419 --> 00:24:17,222 >> Stephen: IT GETS IN THAT POSITION, "YOU SHOULD BE AFRAID 348 00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:20,258 ABOUT TAKING ME OFF THE TOP OF YOUR LIST." 349 00:24:20,325 --> 00:24:21,893 >> THAT'S RIGHT. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE 350 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,230 ALL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IS LEARNING HOW TO DECODE WHEN THAT 351 00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:28,166 FEAR IS GOING TO HELP US AND WHEN IT'S HOLDING US BACK. 352 00:24:28,233 --> 00:24:30,836 BECAUSE WHAT-- YOU KNOW, YOU COME OUT HERE EVERY NIGHT AND 353 00:24:30,902 --> 00:24:35,307 YOU MAKE IT LOOK EASY. BUT I KNOW THERE IS ALWAYS A 354 00:24:35,373 --> 00:24:41,379 THING IN PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE PUBLIC EYE WHERE YOU HAVE TO GET 355 00:24:41,446 --> 00:24:44,282 OVER THAT CREST OF FEAR AND GET OUT HERE AND DO YOUR THING. 356 00:24:44,349 --> 00:24:47,118 AND YOU PRACTICE IT. YOU GET BETTER AT IT. 357 00:24:47,185 --> 00:24:51,122 AND WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE, IF YOU DO IT WELL, YOU DO IT RIGHT, 358 00:24:51,189 --> 00:24:53,191 IS OPPORTUNITY. IT'S OPENNESS. 359 00:24:53,258 --> 00:24:54,726 IT'S PURPOSE. IT'S POSSIBILITY. 360 00:24:54,793 --> 00:24:57,662 >> Stephen: AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH OTHER 361 00:24:57,729 --> 00:25:00,332 PEOPLE. BECAUSE BEING ALONE LEADS TO 362 00:25:00,398 --> 00:25:03,001 FEAR, TOO. >> AND FEARFUL MINDS ARE 363 00:25:03,068 --> 00:25:05,003 ISOLATED, AND THEIR WORLDS BECOME SMALL. 364 00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:09,174 AND I THINK TOO MANY OF US ARE LIVING IN OUR SMALL WORLDS, IN 365 00:25:09,241 --> 00:25:13,078 OUR SMALL MINDS, REINFORCED WITH OUR THOUGHTS, THE LOOP IN OUR 366 00:25:13,144 --> 00:25:14,512 HEAD. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE LEADERS WHO 367 00:25:14,579 --> 00:25:18,884 ARE WILLING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, & LEAD WITH FEAR AND PREY 368 00:25:18,950 --> 00:25:24,723 ON THAT INSTINCT, THEN WE FALL OVER IN THE DITCH. 369 00:25:24,789 --> 00:25:27,792 >> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GIVES ME HOPE ABOUT THE 370 00:25:27,859 --> 00:25:30,862 MIDTERMS, THIS MAKES THREE ELECTIONS IN A ROW, THREE CYCLES 371 00:25:30,929 --> 00:25:38,270 IN A ROW WHERE THAT PURE-FEAR MESSAGE FAILED. 372 00:25:38,336 --> 00:25:41,006 >> YES. AMERICA, YES, AMERICA. 373 00:25:41,072 --> 00:25:45,076 ( APPLAUSE ) FOR US-- IT DOESN'T MEAN 374 00:25:45,143 --> 00:25:47,579 EVERYTHING IS FIXED. THERE'S STILL WORK TO DO, BUT IT 375 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:52,517 REMINDS US WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW IS THAT MOST OF US ARE-- ARE 376 00:25:52,584 --> 00:25:58,456 REASONABLE, DECENT PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL PARTY, 377 00:25:58,523 --> 00:26:01,860 REGARDLESS OF PARTY. THREUZ AND WE'VE BEEN SO 378 00:26:01,927 --> 00:26:04,195 DISCONNECTED FROM EACH OTHER. WE DON'T GET OUR OWN INFORMATION 379 00:26:04,262 --> 00:26:07,532 ABOUT EACHING. WE'RE HEARING IT THROUGH THE 380 00:26:07,599 --> 00:26:08,967 MEDIA. WE'RE READING IT ON OUR PHONES 381 00:26:09,034 --> 00:26:11,336 AND WE'RE NOT INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T AGREE WITH US, 382 00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:13,471 KNOWING THAT JUST WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOUR WORRIES 383 00:26:13,538 --> 00:26:15,941 COME FROM A PLACE, TOO, YOU KNOW. 384 00:26:16,007 --> 00:26:19,778 YOUR FEAR COMES FROM, YOU KNOW, THE ANXIETY OF NOT HAVING A JOB. 385 00:26:19,844 --> 00:26:22,480 YOU DON'T KNOW HOW YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO TURN OUT. 386 00:26:22,547 --> 00:26:27,419 KIDS WHO ARE OUT HERE CAUSING TROUBLE, NOBODY'S INVESTED IN 387 00:26:27,485 --> 00:26:29,721 THEM. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY 388 00:26:29,788 --> 00:26:33,391 TO FIND EMPATHY AGAIN FOR EACH OTHER SO THAT WE'RE NOT BLAMING 389 00:26:33,458 --> 00:26:35,894 ONE ANOTHER, WE'RE NORTH DEMONIZING ONE ANOTHER. 390 00:26:35,961 --> 00:26:37,996 BUT THAT STARTS WITH UNDERSTANDING WHERE DOES THAT 391 00:26:38,063 --> 00:26:40,799 FEAR COME FROM? SO FOR ME, PART MEDITATION IN 392 00:26:40,865 --> 00:26:45,236 THAT CHAPTER OF THE INTOOK ME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO I 393 00:26:45,303 --> 00:26:50,175 HANDLE FEAR? I TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST 394 00:26:50,241 --> 00:26:52,177 SCARED TIMES IN MY LIFE IN THE BOOK. 395 00:26:52,243 --> 00:26:55,947 LOOK, I GREW UP IN THE INNER CITY, THINGS TO REALLY BE AFRAID 396 00:26:56,014 --> 00:26:58,683 OF. BUT MOST AFRAID I WAS WAS WHEN 397 00:26:58,750 --> 00:27:00,885 MY HUSBAND CAME TO ME AND SAID HE WANTED TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT 398 00:27:00,952 --> 00:27:03,488 OF THE UNITED STATES. TRUE. 399 00:27:03,555 --> 00:27:04,622 >> Stephen: THAT'S AN UNCERTAIN TIME. 400 00:27:04,689 --> 00:27:08,126 >> THAT'S AN UNCERTAIN TIME. AND HE SAID IF I WASN'T ON 401 00:27:08,193 --> 00:27:09,995 BOARD, HE'D SHUT THE WHOLE THING DOWN. 402 00:27:10,061 --> 00:27:13,365 AND I JUST-- I SORT OF POINT OUT, WITH MY FEAR ALONE, I COULD 403 00:27:13,431 --> 00:27:15,800 HAVE CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY. 404 00:27:15,867 --> 00:27:19,070 BUT I DIDN'T. ( APPLAUSE ) 405 00:27:19,137 --> 00:27:24,809 >> Stephen: YOU SAID YES, EVENTUALLY. 406 00:27:24,876 --> 00:27:26,611 >> EVENTUALLY. >> Stephen: I READ THE LAST 407 00:27:26,678 --> 00:27:28,780 BOOK. >> I SAID YES, EVENTUALLY. 408 00:27:28,847 --> 00:27:31,516 WE'RE HERE. WE DID IT. 409 00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:34,052 BUT IN THE DECISION I WAS MAKING, I WAS LIKE WHY DON'T-- 410 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,255 WHY WOULD I SAY NO TO MY HUSBAND'S DREAM? 411 00:27:37,322 --> 00:27:40,325 WHAT WOULD CAUSE ME NOT TO DO IT? 412 00:27:40,392 --> 00:27:43,895 AND IT WAS CHANGE. I DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE 413 00:27:43,962 --> 00:27:44,996 ANYTHING. I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THE HOME 414 00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:46,831 I KNEW. I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THE 415 00:27:46,898 --> 00:27:49,734 FRIENDS I KNEW. I DIDN'T WANT CHANGE. 416 00:27:49,801 --> 00:27:54,105 I DIDN'T WANT DISCOUNTER. AND I HAD TO SAY TO MYSELF IS 417 00:27:54,172 --> 00:27:58,843 THAT A REASON NOT TO TRY SOMETHING PURPOSEFUL. 418 00:27:58,910 --> 00:28:02,714 IS THAT WHAT I SAY TO MY KIDS WHEN THEY'RE OLDER AND I AM 419 00:28:02,781 --> 00:28:07,185 TALKING TO MY GRANDCHILDREN, AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE TIME THEIR 420 00:28:07,252 --> 00:28:11,322 GRANDFATHER WANT TO BE PRESIDENT, AND LITTLE SCARED 421 00:28:11,389 --> 00:28:14,125 GRANDMA WANTED TO STAY IN HER HOUSE AND ROCK IN HER CHAIR. 422 00:28:14,192 --> 00:28:17,495 >> Stephen: CAN YOU IMAGINE? >> I WOULD BE ROCKING LIKE THIS. 423 00:28:17,562 --> 00:28:20,532 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT 424 00:28:20,598 --> 00:28:22,901 BACK WITH MORE MICHELLE OBAMA, EVERYBODY, STICK AROUND. 425 00:28:34,779 --> 00:28:38,850 ( APPLAUSE ) AUTHOR OF "THE LIGHT WE 426 00:28:38,917 --> 00:28:44,656 CARRY," MICHELLE OBAMA. COVID WASN'T THE ONLY CHALLENGE 427 00:28:44,722 --> 00:28:46,891 WE WERE FACING IN 2020 INTO 2021. 428 00:28:46,958 --> 00:28:49,494 AS HARD AS THAT WAS. I DON'T THINK YOU AND I HAVE HAD 429 00:28:49,561 --> 00:28:54,199 A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS YET, THERE YOU ARE, YOU AND YOUR 430 00:28:54,265 --> 00:29:00,371 HUSBAND, AFTER YOUR EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE, YOU'RE CITIZENS AT 431 00:29:00,438 --> 00:29:01,239 HOME. >> YEAH. 432 00:29:01,306 --> 00:29:02,974 >> Stephen: WATCHING JANUARY 6 UNFOLD. 433 00:29:03,041 --> 00:29:05,009 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: LIKE EVERYBODY 434 00:29:05,076 --> 00:29:06,945 ELSE BUT OF COURSE THESE ARE YOUR COLLEAGUES. 435 00:29:07,011 --> 00:29:09,013 THIS IS THE PLACE YOU USED TO WORK. 436 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:12,317 YOU KNOW THOSE PEOPLE. THAT IS A VERY FAMILIAR AREA TO 437 00:29:12,383 --> 00:29:13,952 YOU. WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU? 438 00:29:14,018 --> 00:29:16,754 AND I KNOW THIS IS A VERY BROAD QUESTION, BUT WHAT WAS IT LIKE 439 00:29:16,821 --> 00:29:19,958 TO SIT THERE WITH YOUR HUSBAND AND TO WATCH THAT UNFOLD? 440 00:29:20,024 --> 00:29:24,095 >> IT WAS SAD. IT WAS-- IT WAS-- IT WAS DEEPLY, 441 00:29:24,162 --> 00:29:28,099 DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING, DISHEARTENING, BUT IT WASN'T 442 00:29:28,166 --> 00:29:32,103 COMPLETELY SURPRISING. I MEAN, WE WERE-- WITH THE 443 00:29:32,170 --> 00:29:35,039 LANGUAGE, THE BEHAVIOR, WE WERE CREEPING TOWARDS SOME KIND OF 444 00:29:35,106 --> 00:29:38,176 CHAOTIC MOMENT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT THROUGHOUT 445 00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:43,047 THE ENTIRE ELECTION. I WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THE PERSON 446 00:29:43,114 --> 00:29:46,151 RUNNING AGAINST HILLARY CLINTON WAS NOT UP TO THE JOB, THAT IT 447 00:29:46,217 --> 00:29:51,456 WAS GOING TO BE CHAOTIC, THAT THE JOB OF PRESIDENT IS NOT A 448 00:29:51,523 --> 00:29:55,627 JOKE AND THAT IT WOULD CAUSE PROBLEMS. 449 00:29:55,693 --> 00:29:59,264 WE WERE JUST BRACING FOR WHAT WAS THAT BIG THING GOING TO BE? 450 00:29:59,330 --> 00:30:05,103 WHAT WAS-- HOW BAD WOULD IT GET? AND TO SEE CITIZENS STORMING 451 00:30:05,170 --> 00:30:10,408 THROUGH THE CAPITOL, IT WAS SURREAL, AND IT WAS FRIGHTENING 452 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:13,411 AND DEEPLY, DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING. 453 00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:17,282 >> Stephen: WELL, YOU WRITE IN THE BOOK THAT OF ALL THE 454 00:30:17,348 --> 00:30:21,519 QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKED, ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT IS PEOPLE 455 00:30:21,586 --> 00:30:24,956 COME UP TO YOU AND SAY, "DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO GO HIGH WHEN THEY 456 00:30:25,023 --> 00:30:29,494 GO LOW?" >> "NOW? 457 00:30:29,561 --> 00:30:30,929 NOW?" >> Stephen: "HAVE YOU SEEN HOW 458 00:30:30,995 --> 00:30:36,034 LOW-- HAVE YOU SEEN HOW LOW--" MY VERSION OF THAT IS I TOTALLY 459 00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:37,535 UNDERSTAND GOING HIGH WHEN SOMEBODY GOES LOW. 460 00:30:37,602 --> 00:30:42,407 BUT THE BAR IS SO LOW, STAYING AT YOUR OWN ALTITUDE STILL MEANS 461 00:30:42,473 --> 00:30:43,808 HIGHER. I DO ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO UP 462 00:30:43,875 --> 00:30:47,445 HERE, OR CAN I JUST STAY NORMAL? DO I HAVE TO BE A SAINT? 463 00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:51,449 DO I HAVE TO BE A SAINT? BECAUSE DOWN HERE, I'M PISSED 464 00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:53,484 OFF! >> YOU KNOW, AND I EXPLAIN WHAT 465 00:30:53,551 --> 00:30:56,854 I MEANT BY GOING HIGH, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN INTERPRETED AND IT'S 466 00:30:56,921 --> 00:31:00,058 BEEN PUT ON MUGS. YOU HEAR IT QUOTED EVERYWHERE. 467 00:31:00,124 --> 00:31:05,597 BUT I EXPLAIN THAT IN THIS BOOK. AND FOR ME, GOING HIGH IS NOT 468 00:31:05,663 --> 00:31:10,268 LOSING THE URGENCY OR THE PASSION OR THE RAGE, ESPECIALLY 469 00:31:10,335 --> 00:31:15,173 WHEN YOU ARE JUSTIFIED IN IT. GOING HIGH MEANS FINDING THE 470 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:20,144 PURPOSE IN YOUR RAGE, YOU KNOW. RAGE WITHOUT REASON, WITHOUT A 471 00:31:20,211 --> 00:31:24,349 PLAN, WITHOUT DIRECTION IS JUST MORE RAGE. 472 00:31:24,415 --> 00:31:27,518 AND WE'VE BEEN LIVING IN A LOT OF RAGE. 473 00:31:27,585 --> 00:31:31,489 AND WHY DO YOU GO HIGH? BECAUSE THE OPPOSITE WAY OF 474 00:31:31,556 --> 00:31:37,028 BEING IS UNSUSTAINABLE. NO ONE IS HAPPY IN THIS PLACE, 475 00:31:37,095 --> 00:31:40,932 YOU KNOW.pIF IT WORKED, WE'D DO. GO LOW, YEAH. 476 00:31:40,999 --> 00:31:47,071 IT'S EASY TO GO LOW. IT'S EASY TO LEAD FROM YOUR 477 00:31:47,138 --> 00:31:50,875 BASEST GUT INTULS, RIGHT, TO REACT, TO THROW YOUR HURT OUT 478 00:31:50,942 --> 00:31:54,112 THERE. >> Stephen: IT'S EMOTIONAL 479 00:31:54,178 --> 00:31:56,180 JUNK FOOD. >> IT IS, AND IT FEELS GOOD. 480 00:31:56,247 --> 00:31:59,217 IT'S A QUICK FIX. BUT IT DOESN'T FIX ANYTHING OVER 481 00:31:59,284 --> 00:32:02,020 THE LONG TERM. IF IT DID, I WOULD BE LIKE, HEY, 482 00:32:02,086 --> 00:32:04,155 GO FOR IT. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND A 483 00:32:04,222 --> 00:32:06,157 SOLUTION. I'M TRYING TO PUSH US TO THINK 484 00:32:06,224 --> 00:32:10,728 ABOUT SOLUTIONS THAT WILL ACTUALLY UNITE US AND GET US 485 00:32:10,795 --> 00:32:13,464 FOCUSED ON THE REAL PROBLEMS. ( APPLAUSE ) 486 00:32:13,531 --> 00:32:18,136 "GO HIGH." SO, YES. 487 00:32:18,202 --> 00:32:19,137 >> Stephen: YES. >> GO HIGH. 488 00:32:19,203 --> 00:32:22,573 >> Stephen: GO HIGH. >> YES, GO HIGH, AMERICA, 489 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:27,278 PLEASE, GO HIGH. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 490 00:32:27,345 --> 00:32:31,582 ANOTHER BREAK HERE BUT PLEASE STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY. 491 00:32:31,649 --> 00:32:33,318 MORE MICHELLE OBAMA WHEN WE COME BACK. 492 00:32:39,557 --> 00:32:41,225 ( APPLAUSE ). LOOK WHO THAT IS? 493 00:32:41,292 --> 00:32:46,197 >> IT'S MICHELLE OBAMA, AUTHOR OF "THE LIGHT WE CARRY." 494 00:32:46,264 --> 00:32:50,268 ONE OF THE CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK IS CALLED "PARTNERING WELL." 495 00:32:50,335 --> 00:32:53,504 AND YOU CERTAINLY HAVE. HERE YOU ARE ON YOUR WEDDING DAY 496 00:32:53,571 --> 00:32:55,606 WITH YOUR HUSBAND. >> OOOH! 497 00:32:55,673 --> 00:32:58,543 >> Stephen: AND PEOPLE LOOK UP TO YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND AS A 498 00:32:58,609 --> 00:33:00,244 SORT OF ASPIRATIONAL RELATIONSHIP. 499 00:33:00,311 --> 00:33:05,650 BUT YOU WRITE-- YOU WRITE SOMEHOW THAT REALITY IS LESS 500 00:33:05,717 --> 00:33:09,287 GLITTERY AND SHINY THAN IT MAY APPEAR. 501 00:33:09,354 --> 00:33:13,224 WHY WAS THAT IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SHARE IN YOUR NEW BOOK, "THE 502 00:33:13,291 --> 00:33:16,761 LIGHT WE CARRY"? >> BECAUSE I WANT YOUNG PEOPLE 503 00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:20,565 TO WIN AT LIFE. AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO GIVE UP 504 00:33:20,631 --> 00:33:25,169 WHEN STUFF GETS HARD. BUILDING A-- PARTNERING WITH 505 00:33:25,236 --> 00:33:28,406 SOMEBODY, IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT, BUILDING A FAMILY,s 506 00:33:28,473 --> 00:33:32,744 THAT'S A GOOD THING. BUT IT'S NOT 50-50. 507 00:33:32,810 --> 00:33:36,848 IT'S NOT ALL A HAPPY PLACE. AND IF WE SIT HERE IN OUR 508 00:33:36,914 --> 00:33:41,486 PERFECT MARRIAGES AND SHOW THAT TO YOU, THAT MEANS WHEN YOU AS A 509 00:33:41,552 --> 00:33:46,991 YOUNG PERSON HIT A NATURAL SNAG, YOU'RE GOING TO THINK YOU'RE 510 00:33:47,058 --> 00:33:49,060 BROKEN WHEN ACTUALLY, YOU'RE JUST LIVING LIFE. 511 00:33:49,127 --> 00:33:52,697 AND I SEE TOO MANY-- ( APPLAUSE ) 512 00:33:52,764 --> 00:33:58,536 QUIT WHEN THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE NATURAL PROCESS OF BEING-- 513 00:33:58,603 --> 00:34:02,440 BUILDING A LIFE WITH ANOTHER PERSON, WHICH IN AND OF ITSELF 514 00:34:02,507 --> 00:34:03,875 IS CRAZY HARD. >> Stephen: IT IS. 515 00:34:03,941 --> 00:34:06,778 >> AND THEN YOU ADD KIDS ON, YOU KNOW. 516 00:34:06,844 --> 00:34:12,717 AND YOU LOVE YOUR KIDS. BUT THEY WILL MESS UP YOUR 517 00:34:12,784 --> 00:34:13,651 MARRIAGE. THEY SHOW UP. 518 00:34:13,718 --> 00:34:16,020 THEY ARE GREEDY. THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH. 519 00:34:16,087 --> 00:34:18,589 ( LAUGHTER ). OPPONENTS. 520 00:34:18,656 --> 00:34:20,792 >> THEY DON'T FOLLOW RULES. YOU KNOW. 521 00:34:20,858 --> 00:34:25,797 AND YOU'RE REALLY MAD AT THEM. BUT THEY'RE SO CUTE AND YOU LOVE 522 00:34:25,863 --> 00:34:29,000 THEM SO, SO YOU BLAME YOUR PARTNER. 523 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:32,203 IT'S LIKE... "IT'S YOUR FAULT!" 524 00:34:32,270 --> 00:34:36,774 AND THAT GOES ON FOR YEARS! >> Stephen: OH, NO. 525 00:34:36,841 --> 00:34:41,345 >> AND YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE-- DON'T WALK AWAY FROM HIM OR HER. 526 00:34:41,412 --> 00:34:44,515 JUST LET THE KID GROW UP. GET THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE QUICK. 527 00:34:44,582 --> 00:34:47,518 AND THEN YOU LOOK UP -- >> Stephen: NOW WE'RE EMPTY 528 00:34:47,585 --> 00:34:49,520 NESTERS. YOU TURN AND YOU GO, "HEY! 529 00:34:49,587 --> 00:34:52,123 I REMEMBER WHY-- >> I LIKE YOU. 530 00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:59,096 BARACK AND I, THE LAST ONE WENT OUT, WE WERE LIKE, "OH, HI. 531 00:34:59,163 --> 00:35:01,299 IT'S YOU. I DON'T NEED YOU FOR ANYTHING 532 00:35:01,365 --> 00:35:05,269 BUT LOVE." ( APPLAUSE ) 533 00:35:05,336 --> 00:35:09,207 ON THAT, YOU KNOW. SO PEOPLE HAVE TO KNOW FROM US. 534 00:35:09,273 --> 00:35:12,176 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MARRIED 30 YEARS -- 535 00:35:12,243 --> 00:35:15,012 >> Stephen: 29, 29, GETTING THERE, GETTING THERE. 536 00:35:15,079 --> 00:35:19,617 >> THAT YOU KNOW YOU COULD GO THROUGH 10 BAD YEARS, AND YOU 537 00:35:19,684 --> 00:35:25,022 WOULD TAKE THOSE ODDS, RIGHT? SO DON'T GIVE UP AT THE FIRST 538 00:35:25,089 --> 00:35:28,359 SIGN OF PROBLEMS, WORK ON IT. NOW IF YOUR PARTNER IS CRAZY, 539 00:35:28,426 --> 00:35:31,128 GET OUT. GET OUT, GET OUT FAST. 540 00:35:31,195 --> 00:35:34,465 BUT IF YOU'RE JUST HAVING REGULAR PROBLEMS, WORK IT OUT. 541 00:35:34,532 --> 00:35:36,534 >> Stephen: YEAH. >> SO-- WE DID. 542 00:35:36,601 --> 00:35:40,204 >> Stephen: YEAH. I LIKE TO SAY, PEOPLE ASK ME 543 00:35:40,271 --> 00:35:43,140 SOMETIMES, "YOU SEEM TO HAVE A NICE MARRIAGE." 544 00:35:43,207 --> 00:35:46,310 "I THINK WE DO." WHAT DO YOU ADVISE? 545 00:35:46,377 --> 00:35:53,351 "DON'T BE AFRAID TO SAY 'I'M SORRI'" BECAUSE YOU CAN'T LOSE. 546 00:35:53,417 --> 00:35:59,290 THERE'S NO REAL SCOREBOARD. .>> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD MODEL 547 00:35:59,357 --> 00:36:02,193 FOR BARACK. >> Stephen: IT'S IMPORTANT TO 548 00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:05,229 REMEMBER THAT NO MATTER HOW-- >> YOU HEAR, THAT HONEY. 549 00:36:05,296 --> 00:36:08,833 DON'T BE ARB FRAYED TO SAY YOU'RE SORRY TO ME? 550 00:36:08,900 --> 00:36:11,369 >> Stephen: NO MATTER HOW PERFECT A MARRIAGE IS, SOMETIMES 551 00:36:11,435 --> 00:36:13,638 THE HUSBAND IS WRONG. ( LAUGHTER ) 552 00:36:13,704 --> 00:36:16,874 >> IS IT? >> Stephen: YES. 553 00:36:16,941 --> 00:36:17,942 WE'RE COMING UP. >> IT IS. 554 00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:21,612 >> Stephen: ANY PARTICULAR TRADITIONS IN YOUR FAMILY? 555 00:36:21,679 --> 00:36:28,052 DOES YOUR-- DOES YOUR HUSBAND EVER JUST REFLEXIVELY PARDON THE 556 00:36:28,119 --> 00:36:29,253 TURKEY? ( LAUGHTER ) 557 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,690 YEAR BECAUSE ONE OF THEM-- ALL RIGHT, CRANBERRY, YOU'RE GOOD? 558 00:36:32,757 --> 00:36:37,094 >> YEAH, NO, WE WALKED AWAY FROM THAT TRADITION. 559 00:36:37,161 --> 00:36:41,566 WE-- BUT OF COURSE I'M LOSING MY MOTHER TO HER FAVORITE CHILD, MY 560 00:36:41,632 --> 00:36:44,068 BROTHER. SO SHE WON'T BE SPENDING 561 00:36:44,135 --> 00:36:46,938 CHRISTMAS WITH ME. I AM STILL-- I STILL HAVEN'T 562 00:36:47,004 --> 00:36:49,607 DONE ENOUGH TO MOVE UP THE LADDER. 563 00:36:49,674 --> 00:36:53,077 >> Stephen: NEVER ENDS. NEVER ENDS. 564 00:36:53,144 --> 00:36:55,179 THE BOOK IS "THE LIGHT WE CARRY." 565 00:36:55,246 --> 00:36:58,316 IT'S AVAILABLE NOW. IT'S MICHELLE OBAMA, EVERYBODY. 566 00:36:58,382 --> 00:37:00,785 MICHELLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 567 00:37:00,851 --> 00:37:04,655 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY STROMAE. 568 00:37:08,926 --> 00:37:12,997 PERFORMING "L'ENFER" FROM HIS ALBUM, "MULTITUDE," STROMAE! 569 00:37:13,064 --> 00:37:24,875 ( APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 570 00:37:24,942 --> 00:37:30,615 ♪ J'SUIS PAS TOUT SEUL A ETRE TOUT SEUL 571 00:37:30,681 --> 00:37:33,117 ♪ CA FAIT D'JA CA D'MOINS DANS LA TETE 572 00:37:33,184 --> 00:37:38,923 ♪ ET SI J'COMPTAIS, COMBIEN ON BEAUCOUP 573 00:37:38,990 --> 00:37:42,093 ♪ TOUT CE A QUOI J'AI D'JA PENSE DIRE QUE PLEIN D'AUTRES Y ONT 574 00:37:42,159 --> 00:37:44,662 D'JA PENSE ♪ MAIS MALGRE TOUT JE M'SENS 575 00:37:44,729 --> 00:37:51,602 TOUT SEUL DU COUP 576 00:37:51,669 --> 00:37:54,005 ♪ J'AI PARFOIS EU DES PENSEES SUICIDAIRES 577 00:37:54,071 --> 00:37:59,443 ♪ ET J'EN SUIS PEU FIER ON CROIT PARFOIS QUE C'EST LA 578 00:37:59,510 --> 00:38:03,214 SEULE MANIERE DE LES FAIRE TAIRE ♪ CES PENSEES QUI NOUS FONT 579 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:08,319 VIVRE UN ENFER ♪ CES PENSEES QUI ME FONT VIVRE 580 00:38:08,386 --> 00:38:15,292 UN ENFER ♪ ♪ ♪ 581 00:38:15,359 --> 00:38:22,199 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ EST-C'QU'Y A QUE MOI QUI 582 00:38:22,266 --> 00:38:26,837 AI LA TELE ♪ ET LA CHAINE CULPABILITE? 583 00:38:26,904 --> 00:38:30,141 MAIS FAUT BIEN S'CHANGER LES IDEES 584 00:38:30,207 --> 00:38:33,310 ♪ PAS TROP QUAND MEME SINON CA R'PART VITE DANS 585 00:38:33,377 --> 00:38:36,313 LA TETE ♪ ET C'EST TROP TARD POUR QU'CA 586 00:38:36,380 --> 00:38:38,683 S'ARRETE ♪ C'EST LA QU'J'AIMERAIS TOUT 587 00:38:38,749 --> 00:38:45,156 OUBLIER DU COUP 588 00:38:45,222 --> 00:38:50,561 ♪ J'AI PARFOIS EU DES PENSEES SUICIDAIRES 589 00:38:50,628 --> 00:38:52,797 ♪ ET J'EN SUIS PEU FIER ON CROIT PARFOIS QUE C'EST LA 590 00:38:52,863 --> 00:38:56,300 ♪ SEULE MANIEÈRE DE LES FAIRE TAIRE 591 00:38:56,367 --> 00:38:57,201 ♪ CES PENSEES QUI ME FONT VIVRE UN ENFER 592 00:38:57,268 --> 00:39:05,810 ♪ CES PENSEES QUI ME FONT VIVRE UN ENFER 593 00:39:05,876 --> 00:39:19,757 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 594 00:39:19,824 --> 00:39:29,133 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ TU SAIS J'AI MUREMENT REFLECHI 595 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:32,470 ET JE SAIS VRAIMENT PAS QUOI FAIRE DE TOI 596 00:39:32,536 --> 00:39:37,441 JUSTEMENT, REFLECHIR ♪ C'EST BIEN L'PROBLEME AVEC TOI 597 00:39:37,508 --> 00:39:41,112 TU SAIS J'AI MUREMENT REFLECHI ♪ ET JE SAIS VRAIMENT PAS QUOI 598 00:39:41,178 --> 00:39:45,850 FAIRE DE TOI ♪ JUSTEMENT, REFLECHIR 599 00:39:45,916 --> 00:39:56,927 C'EST BIEN L'PROBLEME AVEC TOI ♪ ♪ ♪ 600 00:39:56,994 --> 00:40:11,876 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 601 00:40:11,942 --> 00:40:13,077 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 602 00:40:13,144 --> 00:40:21,919 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 603 00:40:21,986 --> 00:40:22,953 GOOD NIGHT.