1 00:00:05,255 --> 00:00:10,009 ♪ THE LATE LATE SHOW, OH, OH THE LATE LATE SHOW, OOH 2 00:00:10,093 --> 00:00:16,266 ♪ THE LATE LATE SHOW, OH, OH THE LATE LATE SHOW 3 00:00:16,349 --> 00:00:21,187 ♪ OH, OH IT'S THE LATE LATE SHOW ♪ 4 00:00:21,271 --> 00:00:29,612 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Reggie: YEAH! 5 00:00:29,696 --> 00:00:33,158 OKAY! 6 00:00:33,241 --> 00:00:36,411 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> James: GOOD EVENING LADIES 7 00:00:36,494 --> 00:00:37,162 AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO "THE LATE LATE SHOW." 8 00:00:37,245 --> 00:00:37,829 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 9 00:00:37,912 --> 00:00:41,166 WE'RE HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE. 10 00:00:41,249 --> 00:00:44,169 ON TONIGHT'S SHOW, WE'LL BE CHATTING WITH SUPER 11 00:00:44,252 --> 00:00:58,183 BOWL CHAMPION TOM BRADY, THE INCREDIBLE STACEY ABRAMS, AND 12 00:00:58,266 --> 00:01:02,145 IS A PERFORMANCE FROM J.P. SAXE AND MAREN MORRIS. 13 00:01:02,228 --> 00:01:03,188 YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT! 14 00:01:03,271 --> 00:01:05,273 STICK AROUND! 15 00:01:05,356 --> 00:01:06,483 A LOT OF SHOW IN THERE. 16 00:01:06,566 --> 00:01:09,235 WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THERE MOST, REG? 17 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:13,198 >> Reggie: THAT'S ALMOST TOO MUCH SHOW THERE. 18 00:01:13,281 --> 00:01:14,783 >> James: YEAH. 19 00:01:14,866 --> 00:01:16,993 I DO THINK THAT SOMETIMES. 20 00:01:17,076 --> 00:01:18,995 SOMETIMES I THINK WE SHOULD SPREAD THIS OUT. 21 00:01:19,078 --> 00:01:20,497 >> Reggie: YEAH, TOTALLY. 22 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:24,667 >> James: SOMETIMES I LOOK AT THE BOARD OF WHO'S ON THE SHOW 23 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:28,630 AND YOU GO, WEAPON, TOM BRADY AND STACEY ABRAMS, WE COULD 24 00:01:28,713 --> 00:01:32,467 PROBABLY USE ONE OF THEM NEXT WEEK. 25 00:01:32,550 --> 00:01:40,308 ( LAUGHTER ) IT'S THE THIRD LEAVE FROM C.S.I. 26 00:01:40,391 --> 00:01:41,518 CYBER. 27 00:01:41,601 --> 00:01:45,313 >> STACEY ABRAMS IS ACTUALLY THE THIRD LEAD ON C.S.I. CYBER. 28 00:01:45,396 --> 00:01:47,357 >> James: THAT DOES CHANGE THINGS. 29 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:48,358 >> SHE'S BUSY. 30 00:01:48,441 --> 00:01:51,319 >> James: WHY DON'T WE DO THAT, SPACE IT OUT? 31 00:01:51,402 --> 00:01:52,070 >> WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS. 32 00:01:52,153 --> 00:01:54,280 IT'S ABOUT SCHEDULING. 33 00:01:54,364 --> 00:01:59,077 >> James: MY POINT IS LET'S JUST HAVE A STEADY FALL OF RAIN. 34 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:05,333 WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS, AND THEN SOME WEEKS IT'S BARREN. 35 00:02:05,416 --> 00:02:07,710 ( LAUGHTER ) BARREN, AND IT DOESN'T RAIN! 36 00:02:07,794 --> 00:02:11,256 THERE'S NO RAIN! 37 00:02:11,339 --> 00:02:15,260 THERE'S A HOSE PIPE BAND. 38 00:02:15,343 --> 00:02:18,263 >> JUST CELEBRITY CLIMATE PARENT, GOING TO LAP. 39 00:02:18,346 --> 00:02:20,306 >> CELEBRITY CLIMATE PATTERN. 40 00:02:20,390 --> 00:02:27,272 >> James: CELEBRITY CLIMATE PATTERN, IS THIS WORDS FROM YOUR 41 00:02:27,355 --> 00:02:30,733 I JUST SAID IT OUT LOUD. 42 00:02:30,817 --> 00:02:32,110 >> IT SOUNDS LIKE A BIT. 43 00:02:32,193 --> 00:02:33,403 TIME TO PLAY. 44 00:02:33,486 --> 00:02:37,740 >> James: TIME TO PLAY CELEBRITY CLIMATE. 45 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:45,290 WHICH CELEBRITY IS BEST IN THE SUMMER? 46 00:02:45,373 --> 00:02:49,294 I'VE GOT THIS WHEEL HERE AND -- ( LAUGHTER ) 47 00:02:49,377 --> 00:02:53,298 -- THE REASON WE'RE PLAYING THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A GOOD 48 00:02:53,381 --> 00:02:56,092 GUEST IN ELEVEN DAYS! 49 00:02:56,175 --> 00:02:58,428 ( LAUGHTER ) WHO ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT, TOM 50 00:02:58,511 --> 00:02:59,304 BRADY? 51 00:02:59,387 --> 00:02:59,762 >> OH, YEAH. 52 00:02:59,846 --> 00:03:01,931 >> James: YEAH? 53 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:03,016 HE'S THE MAN. 54 00:03:03,099 --> 00:03:05,643 >> James: I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CHATTING WITH HIM. 55 00:03:05,727 --> 00:03:11,316 SEE WHAT HE'S GOT TO SAY FOR HIMSELF. 56 00:03:11,399 --> 00:03:16,279 >> James: OH, YEAH, I'M LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED. 57 00:03:16,362 --> 00:03:19,657 >> ASK HIM ABOUT BEING GLUTEN FREE. 58 00:03:19,741 --> 00:03:24,412 >> James: IS HE GLUTEN FREE? 59 00:03:24,495 --> 00:03:25,079 YEAH. 60 00:03:25,163 --> 00:03:28,333 NO SUGAR, NO BREAD, NO GLUTEN. 61 00:03:28,416 --> 00:03:29,292 HE'S A MACHINE. 62 00:03:29,375 --> 00:03:31,794 >> James: YEAH, BUT WHAT'S HE DONE WITH IT? 63 00:03:31,878 --> 00:03:34,172 >> HE HASN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S COOL. 64 00:03:34,255 --> 00:03:39,928 >> James: YEAH, HE'S GOT NO GLUTEN, HE'S GOT NO SUGAR, HE'S 65 00:03:40,011 --> 00:03:44,307 GOT NO DAIRY, BUT WHAT HAS HE ACHIEVED? 66 00:03:44,390 --> 00:03:44,807 >> FOR WHAT. 67 00:03:44,891 --> 00:03:46,351 >> James: FOR WHAT. 68 00:03:46,434 --> 00:03:50,271 THE GREATEST OF ALL TIMES. 69 00:03:50,355 --> 00:03:52,357 HAS HE TRIED CHICK-FIL-A SAUCE? 70 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,444 THAT'S ALSO THE GREATEST OF ALL TIMES. 71 00:03:56,527 --> 00:03:57,153 >> Reggie: THAT'S TRUE. 72 00:03:57,236 --> 00:03:57,528 THAT'S TRUE. 73 00:03:57,612 --> 00:03:58,529 SO GOOD. 74 00:03:58,613 --> 00:04:00,907 >> James: DO YOU WANT TO DO THE HEADLINES, IAN? 75 00:04:00,990 --> 00:04:08,498 I TELL YOU WHAT, DO YOU, YOU'RE CO-HEAD WRITER ON THE SHOW, 76 00:04:08,581 --> 00:04:13,503 PEMPLET FIXTURE IN THAT CORNER, DO YOU WANT TO DO THE HEADLINES? 77 00:04:13,586 --> 00:04:14,420 >> NO. 78 00:04:14,504 --> 00:04:18,675 >> Reggie: WOW, CO-HEAD AND CAMBRIA SAYS NO. 79 00:04:18,758 --> 00:04:21,177 >> James: LAUREN, THE OTHER CO-HEAD WRITER. 80 00:04:21,260 --> 00:04:24,305 DO YOU WANT TO DO T THE HEADLINE >> NO. 81 00:04:24,389 --> 00:04:25,181 >> James: NO! 82 00:04:25,264 --> 00:04:27,517 I HONESTLY THAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAVE ME. 83 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,354 YOU LOOKED AT ME LIKE COME TO ME BECAUSE HE'S REALLY PUT YOU IN A 84 00:04:31,437 --> 00:04:32,271 CORNER, I'LL SAVE YOU. 85 00:04:32,355 --> 00:04:35,692 YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THE HEADLINES EITHER? 86 00:04:35,775 --> 00:04:36,693 >> NOT REALLY. 87 00:04:36,776 --> 00:04:38,319 >> James: NO ONE WANTS WANTS TO DO THE HEADLINES. 88 00:04:38,403 --> 00:04:39,112 ROB DOES. 89 00:04:39,195 --> 00:04:44,033 ROB DOES BECAUSE THIS IS LATE NIGHT. 90 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:46,661 >> I WANT TO DO CELEBRITY CLIMATE PATTERNS. 91 00:04:46,744 --> 00:04:52,375 >> James: CELEBRITY CLIMATE PARENTS. 92 00:04:52,458 --> 00:04:56,170 ♪ CELEBRITY CLIMATE PATTERN ♪ >> THERE'S A HIGH PRESSURE 93 00:04:56,254 --> 00:04:57,380 JARRED BUTLER SYSTEM MOVING IN! 94 00:04:57,463 --> 00:05:01,050 >> James: IT'S ALL ABOUT WHO'S IN THE NEWS, WHO'S HOT, WHO'S 95 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:01,509 COLD. 96 00:05:01,592 --> 00:05:04,429 >> Reggie: YEAH. 97 00:05:04,512 --> 00:05:10,226 IT'S A RuPAUL WARNING! 98 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:11,394 ( LAUGHTER ) >> James: SO NO HEADLINES. 99 00:05:11,477 --> 00:05:12,228 NO. 100 00:05:12,311 --> 00:05:13,438 >> James: JOHN, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? 101 00:05:13,521 --> 00:05:16,357 YOU WERE VERY INVOLVED IN THE WRITING TO HAVE THE HEADLINES 102 00:05:16,441 --> 00:05:17,108 TODAY. 103 00:05:17,191 --> 00:05:19,110 >> I THINK MY PART OF IT IS DONE. 104 00:05:19,193 --> 00:05:21,696 >> James: MY PART WAS DONE! 105 00:05:21,779 --> 00:05:23,406 ( LAUGHTER ) I GET PAID EITHER WAY, I'LL BE 106 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:26,325 HERE TOMORROW, DOESN'T MATTER! 107 00:05:26,409 --> 00:05:28,870 ( LAUGHTER ) ALL RIGHT, WELL, ( BLEEP ) YOU 108 00:05:28,953 --> 00:05:32,540 WE'RE DOING THEM. 109 00:05:32,623 --> 00:05:34,709 ( LAUGHTER ) LET'S JUMP INTO THE HEADLINES. 110 00:05:34,792 --> 00:05:37,795 SOME NEWS TO TALK ABOUT -- TOMORROW, THE SENATE IS 111 00:05:37,879 --> 00:05:40,548 SCHEDULED TO VOTE ON PRESIDENT BIDEN'S $1.9 TRILLION COVID 112 00:05:40,631 --> 00:05:44,260 RELIEF PACKAGE. 113 00:05:44,343 --> 00:05:45,595 BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE UPSET THAT THE BILL WILL NOT INCLUDE A 114 00:05:45,678 --> 00:05:49,432 PREVIOUSLY-PROMISED MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE. 115 00:05:49,515 --> 00:05:52,560 "YOU HAD ONE JOB!" SAID EVERYBODY WHO'S WORKING TWO 116 00:05:52,643 --> 00:05:55,271 JOBS. 117 00:05:55,354 --> 00:05:56,272 ( LAUGHTER ) I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, AND 118 00:05:56,355 --> 00:05:57,356 DON'T WORRY. 119 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,109 NO, THIS WON'T AFFECT THE TAKE-HOME PAY OF EVERYONE IN 120 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:00,777 CONGRESS. 121 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:04,530 THEY'LL BE ABSOLUTELY FINE. 122 00:06:04,614 --> 00:06:09,410 I MEAN, IT'S SUCH A -- LEAVE IT TO DEMOCRATS TO SOMEHOW 123 00:06:09,494 --> 00:06:12,121 FIND A WAY TO GIVE AMERICANS TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN RELIEF 124 00:06:12,205 --> 00:06:14,749 AND STILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE A LETDOWN. 125 00:06:14,832 --> 00:06:16,626 ( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, SENATOR ELIZABETH 126 00:06:16,709 --> 00:06:20,630 WARREN HAS JUST INTRODUCED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CALL FOR 127 00:06:20,713 --> 00:06:24,634 A TAX ON "ULTRA-MILLIONAIRES," WHICH IS DEFINED AS HOUSEHOLDS 128 00:06:24,717 --> 00:06:27,929 WORTH MORE THAN $50 MILLION. 129 00:06:28,012 --> 00:06:31,349 THAT INCLUDES ABOUT 100,000 AMERICAN FAMILIES. 130 00:06:31,432 --> 00:06:34,102 HOUSEHOLDS WORTH MORE THAN $50 MILLION. 131 00:06:34,185 --> 00:06:36,813 OR AS JEFF BEZOS CALLS THEM THE MIDDLE CLASS. 132 00:06:36,896 --> 00:06:40,316 ( LAUGHTER ) WARREN'S PLAN CALLS FOR AN 133 00:06:40,399 --> 00:06:44,612 ADDITIONAL 1% TAX ON BILLIONAIRES. 134 00:06:44,695 --> 00:06:48,324 PLUS AN EXTRA 1% FOR EVERY TIME ELON MUSK TWEETS SOMETHING 135 00:06:48,407 --> 00:06:49,158 WEIRD. 136 00:06:49,242 --> 00:06:52,620 ( LAUGHTER ) IT'S A STRANGE NAME FOR THEM 137 00:06:52,703 --> 00:06:55,331 "ULTRA MILLIONAIRE." 138 00:06:55,414 --> 00:06:55,790 "ULTRA MILLIONAIRE." 139 00:06:55,873 --> 00:06:58,835 >> Reggie: ULTRA. 140 00:06:58,918 --> 00:07:00,002 >> James: "ULTRA MILLIONAIRE." 141 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:01,546 IT SOUNDS LIKE THE NAME OF A COMIC BOOK SUPERHERO INVENTED BY 142 00:07:01,629 --> 00:07:04,549 REPUBLICANS. 143 00:07:04,632 --> 00:07:08,678 ( LAUGHTER ) IAN, WHAT'S ULTRA MILLIONAIRE'S 144 00:07:08,761 --> 00:07:10,179 SUPER POWER? 145 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:16,394 >> HE CAN FLY ONLY BY PULLING HIMSELF UP ON HIS BOOT STRAPS! 146 00:07:16,477 --> 00:07:18,521 ( LAUGHTER ) >> James: DID YOU GUYS SEE 147 00:07:18,604 --> 00:07:20,690 THIS? 148 00:07:20,773 --> 00:07:23,526 STARTING IN MAY. 149 00:07:23,609 --> 00:07:25,862 ROYAL CARIBBEAN WILL BE OFFERING CRUISES IN WHICH ALL OF THE 150 00:07:25,945 --> 00:07:28,698 PASSENGERS, AND ALL OF THE CREW, WILL HAVE ALREADY BEEN 151 00:07:28,781 --> 00:07:29,407 VACCINATED FOR COVID-19. 152 00:07:29,490 --> 00:07:29,866 >> YES. 153 00:07:29,949 --> 00:07:31,075 >> James: YEAH. 154 00:07:31,159 --> 00:07:32,034 NOW ALL YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ON THE CRUISE SHIP IS GETTING 155 00:07:32,118 --> 00:07:36,706 SEA SICK, SALMONELLA, E. COLI, AND NOROVIRUS. 156 00:07:36,789 --> 00:07:39,208 ( LAUGHTER ) EVERYONE WILL HAVE THE COVID 157 00:07:39,292 --> 00:07:41,752 VACCINE. 158 00:07:41,836 --> 00:07:42,587 >> Reggie: SWEET. 159 00:07:42,670 --> 00:07:46,549 >> James: IRONICALLY, AT A LOT OF THOSE 160 00:07:46,632 --> 00:07:48,676 CRUISE SHIP BUFFETS YOU'D ACTUALLY PREFER NOT TO HAVE A 161 00:07:48,759 --> 00:07:49,886 SENSE OF TASTE OR SMELL. 162 00:07:49,969 --> 00:07:50,678 >> Reggie: TRUE. 163 00:07:50,761 --> 00:07:52,430 >> James: I'M WORRIED ABOUT THIS. 164 00:07:52,513 --> 00:07:54,432 SHALL UH TELL YOU WHY I'M SOAR RID? 165 00:07:54,515 --> 00:07:56,726 I'M JUST WORRIED THEY'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, "YOU DON'T NEED 166 00:07:56,809 --> 00:07:59,937 MASKS ON THIS CRUISE!" AND THEN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WILL 167 00:08:00,021 --> 00:08:00,897 DIE WHEN THEY GO SNORKELING. 168 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:06,235 ( LAUGHTER ) AND WE WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT 169 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:09,238 A NEW PRODUCT THAT HAS JUST BEEN SUBMITTED FOR F.D.A. APPROVAL. 170 00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:12,742 THEY'RE EYE DROPS THAT INCREASE YOUR DEPTH OF FOCUS SO YOU DON'T 171 00:08:12,825 --> 00:08:15,077 HAVE TO WEAR READING GLASSES. 172 00:08:15,161 --> 00:08:20,750 BUT THEN HOW WILL I PRETEND TO BE SMART? 173 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:22,084 ( LAUGHTER ) HERE'S HOW IT WORKS: PEOPLE WILL 174 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:24,712 BE LIKE "YEAH, GLASSES ARE SUCH A PAIN IN THE ASS. 175 00:08:24,795 --> 00:08:32,762 HOLD ON, WHAT'S THIS MENU SAY?" JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE. 176 00:08:32,845 --> 00:08:35,723 ( LAUGHTER ) "I MEAN, THIS IS JUST SO MUCH 177 00:08:35,806 --> 00:08:40,728 EASIER THAN GLASSES." 178 00:08:40,811 --> 00:08:47,151 ( LAUGHTER ) THOSE GLASSES ARE SUCH A PAIN. 179 00:08:47,235 --> 00:08:50,112 ( LAUGHTER ) I'LL HAVE THE TIRAMISU. 180 00:08:50,196 --> 00:08:52,573 THANK YOU. 181 00:08:52,657 --> 00:08:54,450 ( LAUGHTER ) NO MORE READING GLASSES. 182 00:08:54,533 --> 00:08:56,786 THE GOOD NEWS IS, IT'S MUCH HARDER TO FORGET A BOTTLE OF EYE 183 00:08:56,869 --> 00:09:00,790 DROPS ON YOUR HEAD. 184 00:09:00,873 --> 00:09:09,423 ( LAUGHTER ) HERE'S THE STORY -- 185 00:09:09,507 --> 00:09:10,174 REESE'S HAS INTRODUCED A NEW KIND OF PEANUT BUTTER CUP 186 00:09:10,258 --> 00:09:11,300 THIS TIME WITH NO CHOCOLATE AT ALL. 187 00:09:11,384 --> 00:09:12,635 THEY'RE CALLING THEM THE "REESE'S ULTIMATE PEANUT BUTTER 188 00:09:12,718 --> 00:09:14,804 LOVERS CUP." 189 00:09:14,887 --> 00:09:15,888 HERE THEY ARE HERE. 190 00:09:15,972 --> 00:09:17,056 LOOK AT THAT. 191 00:09:17,139 --> 00:09:19,308 IT LOOKS LIKE A REESE'S THAT STOPPED DYING ITS HAIR DURING 192 00:09:19,392 --> 00:09:20,518 QUARANTINE. 193 00:09:20,601 --> 00:09:24,480 ( LAUGHTER ) THEY'RE 100% PEANUT BUTTER. 194 00:09:24,563 --> 00:09:25,356 >> Reggie: WOW. 195 00:09:25,439 --> 00:09:28,150 >> James: YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE 196 00:09:28,234 --> 00:09:29,318 OUT THERE WHO ABSOLUTELY DESPISE CHOCOLATE. 197 00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:32,613 THE NEW PRODUCT WILL BE CALLED THE "REESE'S ULTIMATE PEANUT 198 00:09:32,697 --> 00:09:34,198 BUTTER LOVERS CUP." 199 00:09:34,282 --> 00:09:36,659 WHICH IS BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL NAME, "REESE'S PEANUT 200 00:09:36,742 --> 00:09:39,662 BUTTER CUPS: NOW BUTT-ASS NAKED!" 201 00:09:39,745 --> 00:09:43,165 ( LAUGHTER ) IS THAT ENOUGH HEADLINES, ROB? 202 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:46,043 CAN WE TALK TO TOM BRADY NOW? 203 00:09:46,127 --> 00:09:47,712 >> YEAH, THAT'S ENOUGH HEADLINES. 204 00:09:47,795 --> 00:09:50,381 >> James: CAN WE TALK TO TOM BRADY? 205 00:09:50,464 --> 00:09:51,924 >> YEAH, LET'S TALK TO TOM BRADY. 206 00:09:52,008 --> 00:10:00,641 >> James: JOINING US RIGHT NOW FOR HIS FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE 207 00:10:00,725 --> 00:10:02,560 HIS SEVENTH CAREER SUPER BOWL WIN, FROM THE 208 00:10:02,643 --> 00:10:05,313 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, HERE'S SUPER BOWL M.V.P., TOM BRADY! 209 00:10:05,396 --> 00:10:06,355 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU. 210 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:07,356 HOW ARE YOU? 211 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:08,024 >> HI, JAMES. 212 00:10:08,107 --> 00:10:09,608 SO GREAT BEING WITH YOU. 213 00:10:09,692 --> 00:10:10,693 LOVE BEING ON YOUR SHOW. 214 00:10:10,776 --> 00:10:11,861 >> James: WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE. 215 00:10:11,944 --> 00:10:15,865 CONGRATULATIONS ON AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT JUST A FEW WEEKS 216 00:10:15,948 --> 00:10:17,033 AGO. 217 00:10:17,116 --> 00:10:20,202 NOW THAT YOU'RE IN THE OFF SEASON, DO YOU HAVE A HARD TIME 218 00:10:20,286 --> 00:10:24,206 FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO WITH YOURSELF WHEN THE SEASON'S OVER? 219 00:10:24,290 --> 00:10:25,458 >> USUALLY YES. 220 00:10:25,541 --> 00:10:28,210 LIKE, I ALWAYS DESCRIBE FOOTBALL SEASON AS A TREADMILL AND IT'S 221 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:32,381 GOING FAST, YOU KNOW, AND EVERY WEEK YOU WORK BASICALLY SEVEN 222 00:10:32,465 --> 00:10:34,842 DAYS A WEEK FOR SIX STRAIGHT MONTHS, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN 223 00:10:34,925 --> 00:10:39,013 YOU'RE ON THIS TREADMILL THAT'S GOING FAST AND, BOOM, YOU HIT 224 00:10:39,096 --> 00:10:40,723 THE STOP BUTTON, AND IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE A CRASH LANDING. 225 00:10:40,806 --> 00:10:45,436 SO WE HAD SOME TIME WHERE WE SPENT SOME TIME WITH MY WIFE AND 226 00:10:45,519 --> 00:10:48,064 KIDS AND I ACTUALLY HAD KNEE SURGERY. 227 00:10:48,147 --> 00:10:50,983 SO I'M KIND OF REHABBING NOW, WITH I IS GIVING ME SOMETHING TO 228 00:10:51,067 --> 00:10:51,400 DO. 229 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:52,568 >> James: SURE. 230 00:10:52,651 --> 00:10:54,737 ALTHOUGH I'D MUCH RATHER BE KIND OF STAYING ACTIVE LIKE I 231 00:10:54,820 --> 00:10:55,404 NORMALLY DO. 232 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:57,865 >> James: AND YOU FEEL GOOD? 233 00:10:57,948 --> 00:11:02,036 WHEN YOU GET HOME AFTER PRE-SEASON, DOES YOURSELF 234 00:11:02,119 --> 00:11:06,749 PRESENT YOU WITH A LIST OF TO-DO CHORES AROUND THE HOUSE? 235 00:11:06,832 --> 00:11:08,709 SOMETHING YOU HAVE BEEN IGNORING ALL SEASON? 236 00:11:08,793 --> 00:11:10,086 DOES THAT EVER HAPPEN? 237 00:11:10,169 --> 00:11:15,800 >> I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY PART OF THAT WHERE SHE SAYS, 238 00:11:15,883 --> 00:11:19,845 OKAY, YOUR TURN, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT BREAKFAST THIS MORNING, YOU 239 00:11:19,929 --> 00:11:23,474 GOT, YOU KNOW, THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING 240 00:11:23,557 --> 00:11:26,602 FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS WHILE YOU HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOOTBALL. 241 00:11:26,685 --> 00:11:28,938 BUT SHE'S BEEN -- SHE'S THE BEST SUPPORTER. 242 00:11:29,021 --> 00:11:33,609 SHE'S BEEN AMAZING, AND I THINK, FOR ME, IT'S LIKE -- IT'S JUST A 243 00:11:33,692 --> 00:11:34,819 WHOLE DIFFERENT LIFE. 244 00:11:34,902 --> 00:11:37,738 SO THERE'S THIS IN-SEASON MODE OF UP EARLY FOOTBALL THIS, YOU 245 00:11:37,822 --> 00:11:42,618 KNOW, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT JUST LITERALLY STOPPED. 246 00:11:42,701 --> 00:11:46,831 SO I'M JUST GETTING REACQUAINTED WITH THE DISHWASHER, WHERE THE 247 00:11:46,914 --> 00:11:47,790 BROOM IS, WHERE THE VACUUM IS. 248 00:11:47,873 --> 00:11:51,085 >> James: REACQUAINTED WITH THE DISHWASHER. 249 00:11:51,168 --> 00:11:52,294 WHAT A GREAT LINE. 250 00:11:52,378 --> 00:11:56,173 YOU TOLD ME WHEN WE WERE TALKING BEFORE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS AN 251 00:11:56,257 --> 00:11:58,592 AMAZING THING ABOUT WHEN YOU'D WON THE SUPER BOWL A FEW WEEKS 252 00:11:58,676 --> 00:12:01,929 AGO IN TAMPA AND THE TEAM THAT YOU HAD MOVED TO, AND TELL ME 253 00:12:02,012 --> 00:12:06,142 ABOUT -- TELL ME THE STORY YOU TOLD ME WHEN SHE EMBRACED YOU ON 254 00:12:06,225 --> 00:12:07,393 THE FIELD. 255 00:12:07,476 --> 00:12:10,479 >> YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG MOMENT, OBVIOUSLY, AND IT'S 256 00:12:10,563 --> 00:12:14,275 A CULMINATION OF A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, MONTHS OF EVERYONE WORKING 257 00:12:14,358 --> 00:12:18,154 HARD AND, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND US THAT 258 00:12:18,237 --> 00:12:22,783 SUPPORT US AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE GAME ENDS AND YOU 259 00:12:22,867 --> 00:12:25,828 REALIZE, OKAY, GAME IS OVER, SEASON'S OVER, THEY'RE DROPPING 260 00:12:25,911 --> 00:12:26,996 CONFETTI. 261 00:12:27,079 --> 00:12:31,625 THIS YEAR WAS DIFFERENT WITH A LOT OF US, BUT, ANYWAY, I WAS 262 00:12:31,709 --> 00:12:34,545 LOOKING FOR MY FAMILY, AND I WAS SAYING, WHERE'S MY FAMILY? 263 00:12:34,628 --> 00:12:38,174 AND I SEE MY OLDEST SON RUN OVER TO ME, DAD! 264 00:12:38,257 --> 00:12:42,845 I GIVE HIM A BIG HUG, AND I SAW MY TWO LITTLE ONES AND I SAW MY 265 00:12:42,928 --> 00:12:49,477 WIFE AND I GAVE HER A BIG HUG AND JUST AS I DID IT, SHE SAID, 266 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:50,436 WHAT MORE DO YOU HAVE TO PROVE? 267 00:12:50,519 --> 00:12:53,022 >> James: AND WHAT DID YOU SAY IN THAT MOMENT? 268 00:12:53,105 --> 00:12:55,649 >> I JUST GAVE HER A BIG HUG. 269 00:12:55,733 --> 00:12:58,903 I WAS TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT REAL QUICK. 270 00:12:58,986 --> 00:13:02,198 I THINK I MOVED ON TO SOMETHING ELSE PRETTY QUICKLY. 271 00:13:02,281 --> 00:13:05,201 >> James: WHAT YOU'VE DONE THIS YEAR IS SO REMARKABLE. 272 00:13:05,284 --> 00:13:07,661 THIS IS YOUR FIRST YEAR ON THIS NEW TEAM. 273 00:13:07,745 --> 00:13:08,871 I MEAN -- >> YEAH. 274 00:13:08,954 --> 00:13:12,708 >> James: BE HONEST, WAS ANY PART OF YOU SURPRISED AT HOW FAR 275 00:13:12,791 --> 00:13:14,418 YOU WENT AS A TEAM? 276 00:13:14,502 --> 00:13:17,838 DID YOU THINK THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS IN YOUR 277 00:13:17,922 --> 00:13:28,098 FIRST SEASON AT TAMPA? 278 00:13:28,182 --> 00:13:28,766 >> YEAH. 279 00:13:28,849 --> 00:13:30,059 WHERE IT WAS WAS GREAT FOR ME. 280 00:13:30,142 --> 00:13:31,310 I WOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED ANYTHING. 281 00:13:31,393 --> 00:13:35,731 I THINK, WHEN WE WERE AT THAT POINT AT THE PATRIOTS, EVERYONE 282 00:13:35,814 --> 00:13:39,235 AT THE START OF THE SEASON WOULD BE, LIKE, WHO ARE YOU GUYS 283 00:13:39,318 --> 00:13:40,486 PLAYING IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME? 284 00:13:40,569 --> 00:13:45,950 AND IT ALWAYS GOT TO BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE EXPECTATIONS WERE 285 00:13:46,033 --> 00:13:51,288 SO -- NOT UNREALISTIC, IT WAS JUST LIKE PEOPLE JUMPED AHEAD OF 286 00:13:51,372 --> 00:13:54,542 ALL THE INTENSE COMPETITION WHICH, IN THE END FOR US, YOU 287 00:13:54,625 --> 00:13:57,586 KNOW, YOU KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT'S A LOT HARDER THAN THAT. 288 00:13:57,670 --> 00:13:59,880 AND I THINK GOING INTO THIS YEAR WAS DIFFERENT FOR ME BECAUSE, 289 00:13:59,964 --> 00:14:03,884 YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO A DIFFERENT PLACE, AND THAT WASN'T REALLY 290 00:14:03,968 --> 00:14:05,302 THE QUESTION THAT WAS BEING ASKED. 291 00:14:05,386 --> 00:14:09,431 THE QUESTION IS CAN YOU GUYS BE SIXFUL, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE 292 00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:12,059 SUCCESSFUL, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO LEARN YOUR TEAMMATES, HOW ARE 293 00:14:12,142 --> 00:14:13,227 THEY GOING TO LEARN YOU? 294 00:14:13,310 --> 00:14:17,439 AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE'RE THRUST INTO THE SEASON, 295 00:14:17,523 --> 00:14:21,068 THE SEASON STARTS, AND WE GO -- BASICALLY PLAY ONE OF THE BEST 296 00:14:21,151 --> 00:14:24,613 TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE AS THE FIRST GAME IN THE YEAR, WHICH IS KIND 297 00:14:24,697 --> 00:14:28,075 OF THE MEASURING STICK, AND WE GOT OFF TO A SLOW START. 298 00:14:28,158 --> 00:14:31,287 SO WE BASICALLY FOUND -- WE STARTED OFF, YOU KNOW, NOT 299 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:32,538 GREAT. 300 00:14:32,621 --> 00:14:33,789 WE IMPROVED A LITTLE BIT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND THEN WE 301 00:14:33,872 --> 00:14:38,085 HAD A PRETTY ROUGH PATCH IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, AND WE GOT A 302 00:14:38,168 --> 00:14:42,006 WHY BUY WEEK AT THE RIGHT TIME WHERE HE DIDN'T HAVE A GAME AND 303 00:14:42,089 --> 00:14:46,260 WE COULDN'T REALLY RECALIBRATE WHERE WE WERE AT. 304 00:14:46,343 --> 00:14:49,013 AND, MAN, THE LAST FOUR WEEKS OF THE SEASON AND THROUGH THE 305 00:14:49,096 --> 00:14:53,976 POST-SEASON, WE REALLY JUST -- WE FOUND OUR RHYTHM, AND WHEN WE 306 00:14:54,059 --> 00:14:59,440 FOUND OUR RHYTHM, WE JUST REALLY HAD THE PEDAL ON THE METAL, AND 307 00:14:59,523 --> 00:15:00,024 EVERYONE WORKED REALLY HARD. 308 00:15:00,107 --> 00:15:01,275 IT WAS GREAT TEAMWORK. 309 00:15:01,358 --> 00:15:07,114 IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO SEE A TEAM COME TOGETHER THE WAY THAT IT 310 00:15:07,197 --> 00:15:07,531 DID. 311 00:15:07,615 --> 00:15:08,657 >> James: YEAH. 312 00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:12,119 AND THE BELIEF AS WE KEPT GOING, IT WAS LIKE IT GREW AND 313 00:15:12,202 --> 00:15:13,370 GREW AND GREW AND GREW. 314 00:15:13,454 --> 00:15:15,998 AND I THINK BY THE TIME WE ETCH GOT TO THE SUPER BOWL, ALL OF US 315 00:15:16,081 --> 00:15:19,668 STILL FELT LIKE WE WERE STILL GETTING BETTER. 316 00:15:19,752 --> 00:15:21,879 WE WERE STILL IMPROVING. 317 00:15:21,962 --> 00:15:26,842 MAN, IF THE GAME WAS A MONTH FROM NOW, WE WOULD STILL BE 318 00:15:26,925 --> 00:15:30,179 GETTING BETTER, AND I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT FEELING GOING INTO 319 00:15:30,262 --> 00:15:33,223 THAT GAME WHICH IS WHY WE FELT SO MUCH CONFIDENCE THAT WE 320 00:15:33,307 --> 00:15:35,893 WEREN'T GOING ON FUMES AT THAT POINT, WE WEREN'T TRYING TO 321 00:15:35,976 --> 00:15:37,061 SURVIVE THE SEASON. 322 00:15:37,144 --> 00:15:41,190 WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE WERE AT AND WANTED TO 323 00:15:41,273 --> 00:15:44,360 FINISH THE GAME IN THE RIGHT WAY AND PROVING TO EVERYONE THAT WE 324 00:15:44,443 --> 00:15:48,030 WERE DESERVING TO BE THE CHAMPS AND JUST SO HAPPY FOR OUR TEAM 325 00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:49,865 THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT. 326 00:15:49,948 --> 00:15:50,616 >> James: YOU ABSOLUTELY DID. 327 00:15:50,699 --> 00:15:53,035 IT WAS AN AMAZING THING TO WATCH. 328 00:15:53,118 --> 00:15:58,415 AS WAS, I HAVE TO SAY, THE BOAT PARADE WAS EQUALLY AS FANTASTIC 329 00:15:58,499 --> 00:15:59,917 TO WATCH. 330 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:00,751 ( LAUGHTER ) YOU -- 331 00:16:00,834 --> 00:16:03,170 >> I DON'T REMEMBER THAT QUITE AS WELL. 332 00:16:03,253 --> 00:16:06,006 >> James: IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER IT, TAKE A LOOK. 333 00:16:12,262 --> 00:16:17,267 ( SHOUTING ) ( LAUGHTER ) 334 00:16:17,351 --> 00:16:18,102 >> James: I MEAN, I KNOW THE OUTCOME AND MY HEART IS STILL IN 335 00:16:18,185 --> 00:16:20,729 MY MOUTH WHEN I SEE IT. 336 00:16:20,813 --> 00:16:23,065 IS THERE ANY BIT OF YOU THINKING, WHAT DO I DO IF THIS 337 00:16:23,148 --> 00:16:25,401 GOES IN THE WATER? 338 00:16:25,484 --> 00:16:28,904 >> OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, I WAS NOT THINKING AT THAT MOMENT. 339 00:16:28,987 --> 00:16:30,072 ( LAUGHTER ) THERE WAS NOT A THOUGHT. 340 00:16:30,155 --> 00:16:35,452 IT WAS, THIS SEEMS LIKE REALLY FUN TO DO. 341 00:16:35,536 --> 00:16:39,081 AND NOT TO MENTION, WHEN YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON ONE OF THOSE 342 00:16:39,164 --> 00:16:41,750 TROPHIES, THERE ARE A LOT OF SHARP EDGES TON BOTTOM WHERE THE 343 00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:42,501 STAND IS. 344 00:16:42,584 --> 00:16:44,920 OBVIOUSLY THE BALL IS WHAT IT IS. 345 00:16:45,003 --> 00:16:49,925 BUT I FOUND OUT LATER THAT HAD THAT BEEN AN INCOMPLETE PASS, 346 00:16:50,008 --> 00:16:51,093 THAT WOULD HAVE WENT DOWN, LIKE, 80 FEET. 347 00:16:51,176 --> 00:16:53,137 >> James: OH, YOU'RE NEVER SEEING IT AGAIN. 348 00:16:53,220 --> 00:16:56,640 >> SO I'M SO HAPPY TO CAM. 349 00:16:56,724 --> 00:17:00,102 >> James: WHOSE VOICES DID YOU HEARSAY, NO! 350 00:17:00,185 --> 00:17:01,937 SOMEBODY SHOUTS, NO! 351 00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:02,855 DON'T DO IT! 352 00:17:02,938 --> 00:17:06,150 >> THAT'S MY LITTLE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. 353 00:17:06,233 --> 00:17:08,777 >> James: OH, NO! 354 00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:11,238 ( LAUGHTER ) >> AND WHO COULD IMAGINE THAT AN 355 00:17:11,321 --> 00:17:14,575 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL WOULD HAVE THE MOST SENSE OF ANYBODY IN THE 356 00:17:14,658 --> 00:17:15,492 WHOLE AREA AT THE TIME? 357 00:17:15,576 --> 00:17:17,161 LIKE SHE'S THE VOICE OF REASON. 358 00:17:17,244 --> 00:17:19,246 I MEAN, GO FIGURE. 359 00:17:19,329 --> 00:17:20,414 IT WAS REALLY CUTE. 360 00:17:20,497 --> 00:17:24,501 >> James: IT WAS SO BRILLIANT, SEEING YOU HAVE SUCH A GREAT 361 00:17:24,585 --> 00:17:25,294 TIME. 362 00:17:25,377 --> 00:17:33,677 THIS IS YOU GETTING OFF THE BOAT. 363 00:17:33,761 --> 00:17:34,803 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, WHAT IS THIS? 364 00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:40,267 IS THIS SEA LEGS OR, DARE I SAY IT, A TOUCH OF TEQUILA? 365 00:17:40,350 --> 00:17:42,603 >> OH, MAN -- I THINK A LITTLE OF BOTH. 366 00:17:42,686 --> 00:17:44,646 A LITTLE OF BOTH. 367 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:46,648 IT'S DEFINITELY A MOMENT OF CELEBRATION. 368 00:17:46,732 --> 00:17:49,193 I'M HAPPY I'M ON LAND AT THAT POINT, ABSOLUTELY HAPPY I'M 369 00:17:49,276 --> 00:17:54,823 BEING SURROUND BID MY FELLOW QUARTERBACK GRIFF AT THE RIGHT 370 00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:56,533 PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. 371 00:17:56,617 --> 00:17:59,369 WHO COULD HAVE A FRIEND BET THRARN THAT MAKING SURE I WAS SO 372 00:17:59,453 --> 00:18:00,162 COMFORTABLE WALKING OFF THE BOAT LIKE THAT? 373 00:18:00,245 --> 00:18:03,791 >> James: WE ALL NEED THAT FRIEND. 374 00:18:03,874 --> 00:18:09,963 AND I'VE GOT TO SAY, THAT TO ME, SEEING THAT STUFF, IT SUMS UP 375 00:18:10,047 --> 00:18:13,217 WHAT THAT TEAM KIND OF REPRESENTED TO LOTS OF FOOTBALL 376 00:18:13,300 --> 00:18:14,384 FANS OVER THE YEARS. 377 00:18:14,468 --> 00:18:16,261 YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WERE SO TOGETHER AND YOU'RE ENJOYING IT 378 00:18:16,345 --> 00:18:20,641 AND IT LOOKS LIKE A TEAM THAT ANYONE WOULD WANT TO BE A PART 379 00:18:20,724 --> 00:18:25,521 OF, AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE I'M CONSTANTLY THINKING THIS, TOM, 380 00:18:25,604 --> 00:18:28,232 THAT YOU ARE ONLY A YEAR OLDER THAN ME, RIGHT, YOU'RE 381 00:18:28,315 --> 00:18:33,362 PERFORMING AT YOUR PEAK, YOU'RE DOING IT. 382 00:18:33,445 --> 00:18:33,862 >> YEAH. 383 00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:35,197 >> James: BE HONEST. 384 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:40,369 DO YOU THINK IT'S TOO LATE FOR ME TO BE DRAFTED? 385 00:18:40,452 --> 00:18:44,206 ( LAUGHTER ) JUST GIVE IT TO ME STRAIGHT. 386 00:18:44,289 --> 00:18:44,581 >> BEING COMPLETELY HONEST. 387 00:18:44,665 --> 00:18:45,833 >> James: YEP. 388 00:18:45,916 --> 00:18:48,669 YOU HAVE ZERO CHANCE. 389 00:18:48,752 --> 00:18:49,545 ZERO. 390 00:18:49,628 --> 00:18:50,295 ( LAUGHTER ) >> James: BUT I THINK I'VE GOT 391 00:18:50,379 --> 00:18:52,381 THE PHYSIQUE. 392 00:18:52,464 --> 00:18:53,674 NO? 393 00:18:53,757 --> 00:18:56,426 I FEEL LIKE, WITH YOUR GUIDANCE, YOU DON'T THINK YOU COULD GET ME 394 00:18:56,510 --> 00:18:57,719 HALFWAY THERE? 395 00:18:57,803 --> 00:19:01,390 >> YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK YOU'RE SO TALENTED -- I MEAN, YOU CAN'T 396 00:19:01,473 --> 00:19:02,724 BE GREAT AT EVERYTHING. 397 00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:07,521 LOOK AT YOU -- >> James: BUT SURELY, I MIGHT 398 00:19:07,604 --> 00:19:10,691 NOT MAKE TAMPA BUT IF I COULD PLAY FOR THE JETS. 399 00:19:10,774 --> 00:19:12,693 >> YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PLAY FOR THE JETS. 400 00:19:12,776 --> 00:19:15,404 ACTUALLY, YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT. 401 00:19:15,487 --> 00:19:17,239 ( LAUGHTER ) >> James: TOM BRADY, WE LOVE 402 00:19:17,322 --> 00:19:18,407 YOU SO MUCH. 403 00:19:18,490 --> 00:19:23,787 CHECK OUT TB12 SPORTS.com TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TOM STAYS THE 404 00:19:23,871 --> 00:19:25,038 GREATEST OF ALL TIME. 405 00:19:25,122 --> 00:19:26,540 CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT SEASON, TOM. 406 00:19:26,623 --> 00:19:27,749 THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 407 00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:29,293 FROM ALL OF US HERE, WE LOVE IT EVERY TIME YOU'RE HERE AT THE 408 00:19:29,376 --> 00:19:32,296 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH STACEY ABRAMS, EVERYBODY. 409 00:19:32,379 --> 00:19:34,173 TOM BRADY! 410 00:19:47,436 --> 00:19:48,562 ♪♪♪ >> James: WELCOME BACK. 411 00:19:48,645 --> 00:19:52,441 NOW, I COULD NOT P MORE EXCITED THAT OUR NEXT GUEST IS HERE. 412 00:19:52,524 --> 00:19:55,319 JOINING US ON THE SHOW IS A "NEW YORK TIMES" BEST-SELLING 413 00:19:55,402 --> 00:19:58,989 AUTHOR, AN ENTREPRENEUR, AND POLITICAL POWERHOUSE. 414 00:19:59,072 --> 00:20:02,784 WHAT AN HONOR TO HAVE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE NOMINEE, STACEY 415 00:20:02,868 --> 00:20:06,788 ABRAMS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT! 416 00:20:06,872 --> 00:20:09,124 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) STACEY, HOW ARE YOU? 417 00:20:09,207 --> 00:20:09,666 >> QUITE WELL, THANK YOU. 418 00:20:09,750 --> 00:20:10,542 HOW ARE YOU? 419 00:20:10,626 --> 00:20:12,294 >> James: I'M SO EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU. 420 00:20:12,377 --> 00:20:14,171 SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE. 421 00:20:14,254 --> 00:20:17,299 WHERE ARE YOU ZOOMING IN FROM NOW. 422 00:20:17,382 --> 00:20:17,966 >> ATLANTA'S, GEORGIA. 423 00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:19,134 MY HOME. 424 00:20:19,217 --> 00:20:21,929 >> James: LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS PAST 12 MONTHS BECAUSE I 425 00:20:22,012 --> 00:20:25,432 CANNOT THINK OF A PERSON WHO HAS WORKED HARDER FOR THE DEMOCRATIC 426 00:20:25,515 --> 00:20:27,351 PARTY THAN YOU THIS PAST YEAR. 427 00:20:27,434 --> 00:20:30,646 HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A BREAK? 428 00:20:30,729 --> 00:20:34,066 BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU DESERVE ONE. 429 00:20:34,149 --> 00:20:42,282 >> I ACTUALLY DID GET TO TAKE A WEEK'S VACATION A FEW WEEKS AGO 430 00:20:42,366 --> 00:20:43,992 AND IT WAS MARVELOUS. 431 00:20:44,076 --> 00:20:48,455 >> James: WHAT SORT OF STUFF DOES STACEY ABRAMS LIKE TO GET 432 00:20:48,538 --> 00:20:50,457 UP TO WHEN SHE'S NOT SAVING AMERICA. 433 00:20:50,540 --> 00:20:55,170 >> THIS IS NOT SUCKING UP, BUT ONE THING I DID IS START AT THE 434 00:20:55,253 --> 00:20:59,007 REBOOT OF DR. WHO AND GOT TO ENJOY TWO OF MY FAVORITE 435 00:20:59,091 --> 00:21:01,301 EPISODES WITH YOU, AND I READ SOME BOOKS. 436 00:21:01,385 --> 00:21:03,178 >> James: LOOK AT THIS! 437 00:21:03,261 --> 00:21:04,054 THAT'S AMAZING! 438 00:21:04,137 --> 00:21:06,348 I'LL TELL MATT, HE'LL BE OVER THE MOON. 439 00:21:06,431 --> 00:21:09,226 I DIDN'T KNOW THIS ABOUT YOU, STACEY, YOU GRADUATED SPELMAN 440 00:21:09,309 --> 00:21:13,855 COLLEGE WITH A MINOR DEGREE IN THEATER, WHICH IS WHY I ALWAYS 441 00:21:13,939 --> 00:21:15,399 KNEW WE WOULD GET ALONG. 442 00:21:15,482 --> 00:21:20,320 WHAT SORT OF PLAYS AND MUSICALS WERE YOU DOING? 443 00:21:20,404 --> 00:21:24,366 DID YOU EVER CONSIDER A CAREER AS AN ACTRESS IS THIS. 444 00:21:24,449 --> 00:21:28,370 >> I WENT TO A PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL MY LAST TWO YEARS OF HIGH 445 00:21:28,453 --> 00:21:33,375 SCHOOL AND DID LIGHTING DESIGN AND A LITTLE DIRECTING, THEN 446 00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:36,503 STARRED IN A SPRING PLAY AT SPELLMAN AND MOREHOUSE, BUT I 447 00:21:36,586 --> 00:21:41,174 DIDN'T GRADUATE WITH A MINOR BECAUSE I REALIZED I DIDN'T HAVE 448 00:21:41,258 --> 00:21:44,761 THE ATTENTION SPAN TO BE AN ACTOR ALONE AND I WANTED TO DO 449 00:21:44,845 --> 00:21:45,887 OTHER THINGS. 450 00:21:45,971 --> 00:21:48,390 I JUST APPRECIATE AMAZING ACTORS AND ACTRESSES AND LOVE 451 00:21:48,473 --> 00:21:51,685 TELEVISION AND FILM BUT COULD NOT MAKE IT MY PROFESSION. 452 00:21:51,768 --> 00:21:56,231 >> James: IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE NIGHT ON BROADWAY, WHAT SHOW 453 00:21:56,314 --> 00:21:57,441 WOULD YOU DO? 454 00:21:57,524 --> 00:22:01,403 >> I WOULD LOVE TO DO IS A SHOW THAT WE DID WHEN I WAS IN HIGH 455 00:22:01,486 --> 00:22:01,945 SCHOOL. 456 00:22:02,029 --> 00:22:04,281 I LOVE "THE BOYFRIEND." 457 00:22:04,364 --> 00:22:07,451 I THINK IT'S ONE TO HAVE THE FUN MUSICALS ON AN AMAZING SET AND 458 00:22:07,534 --> 00:22:10,412 MUSIC THAT FEW PEOPLE GET TO APPRECIATE. 459 00:22:10,495 --> 00:22:13,373 >> James: I THINK WE COULD GET THAT ON FOR ONE NIGHT. 460 00:22:13,457 --> 00:22:19,796 STACEY ABRAMS AND "THE BOYFRIEND ." 461 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,382 [ APPLAUSE ] STACEY, OBVIOUSLY, IN 2020, 462 00:22:22,466 --> 00:22:27,429 EVERYONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO POLITICS, IT FELT VERY ZONED IN 463 00:22:27,512 --> 00:22:32,267 ON THE ELECTION, AND I WAS REALLY ALARMED WHEN I READ THAT, 464 00:22:32,350 --> 00:22:36,438 IN 2021, AND I WANT TO GET THIS RIGHT, THERE'S ALREADY BEEN MORE 465 00:22:36,521 --> 00:22:41,526 THAN 250 VOTER SUPPRESSION BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED BY 466 00:22:41,610 --> 00:22:42,152 REPUBLICANS. 467 00:22:42,235 --> 00:22:43,779 WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS? 468 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:49,618 AND ARE YOU WORRIED THAT PEOPLE, SINCE BIDEN WON, ARE SORT OF, 469 00:22:49,701 --> 00:22:51,495 LIKE, OH, IT'S DONE NOW, IT'S ALL OKAY? 470 00:22:51,578 --> 00:22:55,999 BECAUSE THIS IS THE TIME WHERE EVERYBODY HAS TO BE THE MOST 471 00:22:56,083 --> 00:22:56,416 VIGILANT, RIGHT? 472 00:22:56,500 --> 00:22:57,542 >> IT IS. 473 00:22:57,626 --> 00:23:02,756 I MEAN, YES, I'M WORRIED, BECAUSE WHAT WE SAW HAPPEN ON 474 00:23:02,839 --> 00:23:05,801 JANUARY 6, THE INSURRECTION IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WAS A VIOLENT 475 00:23:05,884 --> 00:23:08,470 VERSION OF WHAT WE'RE WATCHING HAPPEN IN STATE CAPITOLS ACROSS 476 00:23:08,553 --> 00:23:10,639 THE COUNTRY. 477 00:23:10,722 --> 00:23:13,934 WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO IS UNDO THE ELECTION BY SILENCING 478 00:23:14,017 --> 00:23:17,854 THOSE THEY DIDN'T AGREE WITH AND THAT IS BY AND LARGE COMMUNITIES 479 00:23:17,938 --> 00:23:19,064 OF COLOR, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE THE POOR. 480 00:23:19,147 --> 00:23:25,570 SO MY WORK IS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT, NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE 481 00:23:25,654 --> 00:23:27,572 IN THE UNITED STATES, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT DEMOCRACY 482 00:23:27,656 --> 00:23:31,868 REMAINS UNDER THREAT AND THAT THE BEST SOLUTION, YOU KNOW, 483 00:23:31,952 --> 00:23:34,538 BARRING A MASS AMNESIA OF THOSE WHO ARE ANTI-DEMOCRATIC AND 484 00:23:34,621 --> 00:23:39,376 FORGET TO TRY TO STEAL THE VOTES IS WE HAVE ACTION BY CONGRESS. 485 00:23:39,459 --> 00:23:43,630 THAT HR-1, FOR THE PEOPLE ACT, PASSED THE HOUSE THAT THE SENATE 486 00:23:43,713 --> 00:23:46,508 VERSION PASSED BY AT LEAST SUSPENDING THE FILIBUSTER FOR 487 00:23:46,591 --> 00:23:50,512 THE PROTECTION OF DEMOCRACY AND THAT WE PASS HR-4, THE JOHN 488 00:23:50,595 --> 00:23:56,518 LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT TO PROTECT VOTING FROM HERE 489 00:23:56,601 --> 00:23:57,602 ON. 490 00:23:57,686 --> 00:23:58,854 >> James: THE VOTING SUPPRESSION BILLS THEY'RE TRYING 491 00:23:58,937 --> 00:24:02,524 TO BRING IN, WHAT ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THEY'RE TRYING TO DO? 492 00:24:02,607 --> 00:24:08,196 >> SO, IN GEORGIA, THEY ARE TRYING TO ELIMINATE AUTOMATIC 493 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,490 VOTER REGISTRATION, WHICH WOULD PUSH SO MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, 494 00:24:10,574 --> 00:24:13,535 ESPECIALLY YOUNGER PEOPLE, OUT OF VOTER REGISTRATION. 495 00:24:13,618 --> 00:24:17,372 THEY'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE NO EXCUSES ABSENTEE BALLOTING, THAT 496 00:24:17,455 --> 00:24:20,542 MEANS IF YOU NEEDED TO VOTE BY MAIL IN, LET'S SAY, A PANDEMIC, 497 00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:26,173 THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN EXCUSE OF BEING ELDERLY, IN THE 498 00:24:26,256 --> 00:24:29,384 MILITARY OR DISABLED IN ORDER TO USE ABSENTEE BALLOTING. 499 00:24:29,467 --> 00:24:31,845 BUT THEY'RE ALSO TRYING TO END EARLY VOTING. 500 00:24:31,928 --> 00:24:35,390 THAT WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE NEEDED TO BE ABLE 501 00:24:35,473 --> 00:24:39,603 TO VIOLATE SAFELY AND SECURELY AND IF THEY HAD TO GO IN PERSON, 502 00:24:39,686 --> 00:24:43,481 EARLY VOTING MEANT PEOPLE WEREN'T CROWDING INTO THE SAME 503 00:24:43,565 --> 00:24:46,568 PRECINCT ON THE SAME DAY IN NOVEMBER AND HAD A FEW WEEKS TO 504 00:24:46,651 --> 00:24:48,820 GET IT DONE. 505 00:24:48,904 --> 00:24:53,241 UNFORTUNATELY, THIS REPUBLICAN ETHOS IS THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE 506 00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:56,578 THE RIGHT TO VOTE EXCEPT ONE DAY AND LIMITS AND BARRIERS OF WHO 507 00:24:56,661 --> 00:24:58,580 GETS TO BE THERE. 508 00:24:58,663 --> 00:25:02,459 >> James: DO YOU EVER CROSS PATHS WITH SOME OF THE 509 00:25:02,542 --> 00:25:07,464 REPUBLICANS WHO YOU KNOW ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO DO THIS IN 510 00:25:07,547 --> 00:25:10,467 CORRIDORS OR BIG CEREMONIES OR MEETINGS? 511 00:25:10,550 --> 00:25:11,593 WHAT ARE THOSE MOMENTS LIKE? 512 00:25:11,676 --> 00:25:14,137 >> WELL, I DON'T GO OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. 513 00:25:14,221 --> 00:25:15,263 >> James: SURE. 514 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:17,599 BT DURING MY TIME IN THE LEGISLATURE, I FOUGHT MANY OF 515 00:25:17,682 --> 00:25:18,767 THESE BILLS. 516 00:25:18,850 --> 00:25:23,104 IN FACT, THE PRIMARY PROPONENT IN THE HOUSE'S NAME IS BARRY 517 00:25:23,188 --> 00:25:25,482 FLEMING IS MOST WELL KNOWN IN THE VOTER SUPPRESSION CIRCLES 518 00:25:25,565 --> 00:25:30,654 FOR HAVING DEPUTY SHERIFFS FOLLOW BLACK MEN HOME TO SCARE 519 00:25:30,737 --> 00:25:31,821 THEM OUT OF VOTING. 520 00:25:31,905 --> 00:25:34,491 HE WAS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND HE BASICALLY SAID THIS IS AN 521 00:25:34,574 --> 00:25:36,159 OKAY THING TO DO. 522 00:25:36,243 --> 00:25:38,620 HE HAS BEEN PROPOSING LIMITS AND RESTRICTIONS ON VOTING FOR AS 523 00:25:38,703 --> 00:25:43,291 LONG AS I'VE KNOWN HIM AND IT IS A HARD THING TO WORK WITH 524 00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:45,627 SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT YOUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE 525 00:25:45,710 --> 00:25:48,630 HEARD IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. 526 00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:52,634 >> James: SO HOW DO YOU STAY DIGNIFIED IN THOSE MOMENTS? 527 00:25:52,717 --> 00:25:55,553 >> WELL, YOU REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER 528 00:25:55,637 --> 00:25:56,554 DAY. 529 00:25:56,638 --> 00:25:59,140 I ALWAYS FOCUS ON THE FIGHT AND NOT THE PERSON. 530 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:04,980 I USE, YOU KNOW, PROFANE LANGUAGE IN MY HEAD BUT NOT OUT 531 00:26:05,063 --> 00:26:05,814 LOUD. 532 00:26:05,897 --> 00:26:07,065 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, I 533 00:26:07,148 --> 00:26:09,609 REMEMBER THAT THE POINT OF THIS IS NOT SO ANY ONE PERSON CAN WIN 534 00:26:09,693 --> 00:26:13,697 AN ELECTION, IT'S ABOUT BUILDING A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS EVERY 535 00:26:13,780 --> 00:26:18,410 ELIGIBLE VOTER TO BE HEARD, AND THAT REQUIRES PATIENCE, IT 536 00:26:18,493 --> 00:26:21,496 REQUIRES SOMETIMES COMPROMISE, ALTHOUGH I DO NOT BELIEVE THE 537 00:26:21,579 --> 00:26:24,082 COMPROMISE IS NECESSARY IN THIS SPACE BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING 538 00:26:24,165 --> 00:26:28,003 NOW IS NOT JUST VOTER SUPPRESSION, IT'S A RETURN TO 539 00:26:28,086 --> 00:26:30,672 THE JIM CROW ERA, WHEN THE LIMITS ON ACCESS TO VOTING WERE 540 00:26:30,755 --> 00:26:34,801 INTENTIONALLY TARGETED AT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 541 00:26:34,884 --> 00:26:38,680 AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GEORGIA IS HAPPENING IN ARIZONA TO 542 00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:43,852 LATINO AND NATIVE AMERICANS, IN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO YOUNG VOTERS 543 00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:47,981 AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IT'S ANTITHETICAL TO WHO WE SAY WE 544 00:26:48,064 --> 00:26:49,316 ARE AS A NATION. 545 00:26:49,399 --> 00:26:52,027 I DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF ANGER. 546 00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:56,197 I HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED AND DETERMINED ON FIXING THE 547 00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:57,324 PROBLEMS. 548 00:26:57,407 --> 00:26:58,575 >> James: THE BIG NEWS IN WASHINGTON De' IS ALL ABOUT 549 00:26:58,658 --> 00:27:05,665 THE COVID RELIEF BILL WITH A LOT OF ATTENTION ON THE $15 MINIMUM 550 00:27:05,749 --> 00:27:06,374 WAGE INCREASE. 551 00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:07,375 WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS? 552 00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:11,087 I FEEL THIS IS A HUGE MISTAKE TO NOT INCLUDE IT. 553 00:27:11,171 --> 00:27:12,547 WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? 554 00:27:12,630 --> 00:27:15,258 >> I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR AMERICA IF WE COULD INCLUDE 555 00:27:15,342 --> 00:27:18,345 IT, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF GETTING THIS PACKAGE 556 00:27:18,428 --> 00:27:22,849 THROUGH WITH THE VOTES NECESSARY THAT THE THAT THE $1.9 TRILLION 557 00:27:22,932 --> 00:27:30,690 IS SO ESSENTIAL TO SUSTAINING IN THIS MOMENT, I DON'T THINK WE 558 00:27:30,774 --> 00:27:34,569 SHOULD GIVE UP ON THE $15 MINIMUM WAGE. 559 00:27:34,652 --> 00:27:37,739 I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION AND DISGUST, BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE 560 00:27:37,822 --> 00:27:40,700 ARE PEOPLE IN MY STATE AND ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE SO 561 00:27:40,784 --> 00:27:45,205 DESPERATE FOR RELIEF THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET DONE WHAT WE CAN NOW 562 00:27:45,288 --> 00:27:47,874 BUT IF WE PROTECT THE RIGHT TO VOTE WE CAN COME BACK AND GET 563 00:27:47,957 --> 00:27:50,126 THE NEXT THING DONE. 564 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:54,756 >> James: TRUMP APPEARED AT THE THE C-PAC EVENT AND GAVE A 565 00:27:54,839 --> 00:28:01,429 SPEECH ALLUDING TO A 2024 RUN FOR PRESIDENTY. 566 00:28:01,513 --> 00:28:03,807 COULD THIS BE A REAL CONCERN FOR DEMOCRATS? 567 00:28:03,890 --> 00:28:05,058 >> I DON'T CARE WHAT THAT MAN DOES. 568 00:28:05,141 --> 00:28:10,105 THE FILM I PRODUCED "ALL IN THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY" IS HOW WE 569 00:28:10,188 --> 00:28:16,277 CAN'T BE STYMIED BY ONE PERSON OR IDEA, THAT WE HAVE TO BE 570 00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:20,615 FOCUSED ON OUR GOALS, AND OUR GOAL OF FULL INCLUSION IN 571 00:28:20,698 --> 00:28:25,829 DEMOCRACY IS WE CAN'T GIVE THE ATTENTION THE FAILED PRESIDENT 572 00:28:25,912 --> 00:28:26,955 WANTS. 573 00:28:27,038 --> 00:28:32,961 THE EXTENT WE FOCUS OUR ATTENTION OPEN HIM AND NOT THOSE 574 00:28:33,044 --> 00:28:37,924 WHO NEED OUR HELP, WE GIVE HIM EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS. 575 00:28:38,007 --> 00:28:41,803 NOW I'VE GIVEN HIM 308 SECONDS MORE ATTENTION THAN I WANTED TO. 576 00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:45,306 >> James: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FYKE FOR DEMOCRACY. 577 00:28:45,390 --> 00:28:47,642 HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS FILM TO YOU AND TELL US ABOUT IT. 578 00:28:47,725 --> 00:28:51,438 >> THIS IS A DOCUMENTARY THAT I CO-PRODUCED STARTING IN 2019. 579 00:28:51,521 --> 00:28:53,815 IT CAME OUT IN 2020 IN SEPTEMBER, AND IT WAS DESIGNED 580 00:28:53,898 --> 00:28:56,484 TO DO THREE THINGS. 581 00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:58,778 ONE IS TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT VOTER SUPPRESSION ISN'T NEW, 582 00:28:58,862 --> 00:29:03,658 IT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE THE START OF THIS NATION AND IT HAS BEEN A 583 00:29:03,741 --> 00:29:06,828 PERMANENT STAIN ON OUR NOTIONS OF DEMOCRACY. 584 00:29:06,911 --> 00:29:13,835 NUMBER TWO, I NEED FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO 585 00:29:13,918 --> 00:29:20,341 ME IN GEORGIA, THE EGREGIOUS CAMPAIGN, IT PUT INTO SHARP 586 00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:21,718 FOCUS WHAT HAPPENED. 587 00:29:21,801 --> 00:29:25,013 I NEEDED PEOPLE TO KNOW IT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN IN GEORGIA, 588 00:29:25,096 --> 00:29:27,724 IT HAPPENED IN NORTH DAKOTA, IT HAPPENED IN TEXAS, IT HAPPENED 589 00:29:27,807 --> 00:29:31,352 IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND FLORIDA, BUT NUMBER THREE, WHEN YOU KNOW 590 00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:36,983 WHAT THE ENEMY LOOKS LIKE, YOU CAN FIGHT BACK AND THAT'S THE 591 00:29:37,066 --> 00:29:37,984 MOST IMPORTANT PIECE. 592 00:29:38,067 --> 00:29:40,987 ALL IN CAME OUT IN SEPTEMBER 2020 IN TIME FOR THE 593 00:29:41,070 --> 00:29:44,073 2020 ELECTION, BUT WE WANT IT TO BE ON PEOPLE'S MINDS BECAUSE 594 00:29:44,157 --> 00:29:48,203 WE'RE STILL IN THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AND FIGHTING AGAINST 595 00:29:48,286 --> 00:29:50,872 VOTER SUPPRESSION, BUT UNTIL IT'S VANQUISHED, WE CAN'T GIVE 596 00:29:50,955 --> 00:29:52,874 IN OR LET IT GO. 597 00:29:52,957 --> 00:29:56,836 >> James: THE FILM WAS SHORT-LISTED FOR AN OSCAR. 598 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,672 YOU COME FROM A LARGE FAMILY. 599 00:29:59,756 --> 00:30:02,884 IF THE ACADEMY AWARDS WERE HAPPENING UNDER ONE ROOF AND YOU 600 00:30:02,967 --> 00:30:05,345 COULD BRING A FAMILY MEMBER, WHO WOULD YOU BRING? 601 00:30:05,428 --> 00:30:06,679 >> I WOULD HAVE TO BRING MY MOM. 602 00:30:06,763 --> 00:30:07,931 >> James: IT WOULD BE SO BEAUTIFUL. 603 00:30:08,014 --> 00:30:10,767 I REALLY REALLY HOPE THAT THE FILM GETS THE OSCAR NOMINATION 604 00:30:10,850 --> 00:30:14,229 THAT IT RICHLY DESERVES. 605 00:30:14,312 --> 00:30:16,105 IT'S COMPLETELY BRILLIANT AS ARE YOU. 606 00:30:16,189 --> 00:30:20,401 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A CLIP FROM "ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR 607 00:30:20,485 --> 00:30:23,530 DEMOCRACY STREAMING RIGHT NOW ON AMAZON PRIME. 608 00:30:23,613 --> 00:30:26,574 >> MY NAME IS STACEY ABRAMS AND I'M RUNNING TO BE THE NEXT 609 00:30:26,658 --> 00:30:27,909 GOVERNOR TO HAVE THE GREAT STATE OF GEORGIA. 610 00:30:27,992 --> 00:30:31,246 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE TALKED TO PEOPLE, WE MET THEM 611 00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:35,583 AT THEIR DOORS, CHURCHES, MOSQUES, TEMPLES, SHINES, SIN 612 00:30:35,667 --> 00:30:36,417 DOGS. 613 00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:39,879 I WENT TO DRAGON CON AND MUSIC FEST. 614 00:30:39,963 --> 00:30:41,965 I TALKED ABOUT REAL ISSUES. 615 00:30:42,048 --> 00:30:46,928 I TALKED ABOUT MY BROTHER AND HIS FIGHT WITH DRUG AIL DICTION 616 00:30:47,011 --> 00:30:49,097 AND INCARCERATION. 617 00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:52,016 >> THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF FOLKS IN GEORGIA WHO ONLY GET THE HELP 618 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:53,935 THEY NEED WHEN THEY GO TO PRISON. 619 00:30:54,018 --> 00:30:58,064 I'M RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR BECAUSE I WANT GEORGIA TO BE A STATE OF 620 00:30:58,147 --> 00:30:59,107 REDEMPTION! 621 00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:00,275 >> James: MORE WITH STACEY ABRAMS WHEN WE COME BACK, 622 00:31:18,084 --> 00:31:22,046 ♪♪♪ >> James: WELCOME BACK. 623 00:31:22,130 --> 00:31:27,010 STACEY, WE HAVE BEEN DOINGS A THING, A "THE LATE LATE SHOW" 624 00:31:27,093 --> 00:31:27,677 OTHERWISE GET TO SEE. 625 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:31,014 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? 626 00:31:31,097 --> 00:31:32,223 >> I DO INDEED. 627 00:31:32,307 --> 00:31:38,021 THIS IS A BOOK MY SIBLINGS AND I PUT TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE MY 628 00:31:38,104 --> 00:31:39,939 PARENTS 45th ED WITHING ANNIVERSARY. 629 00:31:40,023 --> 00:31:42,191 THESE ARE MY PARENTS ON THE COVER. 630 00:31:42,275 --> 00:31:45,987 I WANTED TO SHOW THIS ONE BECAUSE WE JUST CELEBRATED THEIR 631 00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:47,822 52nd ANNIVERSARY ON SUNDAY. 632 00:31:47,905 --> 00:31:48,865 SO HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD. 633 00:31:48,948 --> 00:31:52,785 >> James: OH, MY GOODNESS, THAT'S INCREDIBLE! 634 00:31:52,869 --> 00:31:54,329 52 YEARS! 635 00:31:54,412 --> 00:31:55,246 WOW! 636 00:31:55,330 --> 00:31:56,289 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT, REGGIE. 637 00:31:56,372 --> 00:31:58,666 DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR GUESTS THIS EVENING? 638 00:31:58,750 --> 00:31:59,584 >> Reggie: I DO. 639 00:31:59,667 --> 00:32:03,129 TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO -- ( DRUM ROLL ) 640 00:32:03,212 --> 00:32:05,048 -- LET'S GO FOR STACEY ABRAMS. 641 00:32:05,131 --> 00:32:06,049 >> James: OKAY. 642 00:32:06,132 --> 00:32:08,968 >> Reggie: STACEY, DO YOU THINK ALL OF THE VOTER 643 00:32:09,052 --> 00:32:12,889 SUPPRESSION STUFF THAT'S GOING ON IS A PRODUCT OF INSECURITY, 644 00:32:12,972 --> 00:32:16,184 DO YOU THINK IT'S SHORT-SIGHTED OR LONG-SIGHTED? 645 00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:18,227 WHAT'S THE FUNCTION OF IT? 646 00:32:18,311 --> 00:32:21,147 IT DOESN'T SEEM VERY EFFICIENT. 647 00:32:21,230 --> 00:32:22,148 >> IT'S LAZINESS. 648 00:32:22,231 --> 00:32:24,192 VOTER SUPPRESSION IS THE EASIEST WAY TO WIN. 649 00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:28,237 IF YOU WORK TO CONVINCE PEOPLE TO AGREE WITH YOU, THAT TAKES 650 00:32:28,321 --> 00:32:29,489 TIME, EFFORT AND MONEY. 651 00:32:29,572 --> 00:32:33,826 BUT STEALING THE RIGHT TO VOTE FROM THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALIZED 652 00:32:33,910 --> 00:32:37,914 AND TOO DISADVANTAGED TO FIGHT BACK IS A LAZY WAY TO WINL 653 00:32:37,997 --> 00:32:38,748 ELECTIONS. 654 00:32:38,831 --> 00:32:40,583 >> Reggie: I CONCUR AND THAT'S CORRECT. 655 00:32:40,667 --> 00:32:45,213 >> James: IT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 656 00:32:45,296 --> 00:32:46,339 THANK STACEY ABRAMS. 657 00:32:46,422 --> 00:32:47,965 J.P. SAXE AND MAREN MORRIS ARE HERE WHEN WE COME BACK. 658 00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:02,146 ♪♪♪ >> James: WE HAVE SO MANY 659 00:33:02,230 --> 00:33:04,565 GREAT GUESTS COMING UP ON THE SHOW. 660 00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:06,609 BEN SCHWARTZ, DAISY RIDLEY, TREVOR NOAH, TRACY MORGAN, AND 661 00:33:06,693 --> 00:33:11,572 EDDIE MURPHY, PLUS MUSIC FROM FOO FIGHTERS, CAROLINE POLACHEK, 662 00:33:11,656 --> 00:33:14,117 GROUPLOVE, AND KINGS OF LEON. 663 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,412 RIGHT AFTER THIS WE HAVE A PERFORMANCE FROM JP SAXE AND 664 00:33:17,495 --> 00:33:17,912 MAREN MORRIS. 665 00:33:17,995 --> 00:33:19,163 DON'T GO ANYWHERE. 666 00:33:19,247 --> 00:33:20,998 ♪ WE LOVE YOU ♪ ♪ I LOVE YOU ♪ 667 00:33:30,258 --> 00:33:34,429 ♪♪♪ ♪ WELCOME BACK ♪ 668 00:33:34,512 --> 00:33:35,304 >> James: WELCOME BACK. 669 00:33:35,388 --> 00:33:37,890 OUR NEXT GUEST IS A MULTI-PLATINUM SELLING 670 00:33:37,974 --> 00:33:39,058 SINGER-SONGWRITER AND MUSICIAN. 671 00:33:39,142 --> 00:33:43,146 HE'S NOMINATED FOR HIS FIRST GRAMMY FOR "SONG OF THE YEAR." 672 00:33:43,229 --> 00:33:45,022 WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HIM WITH US. 673 00:33:45,106 --> 00:33:50,778 PLEASE WELCOME THE SINGULAR THE DASHING, JP SAXE! 674 00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:53,948 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 675 00:33:54,031 --> 00:33:57,577 NOMINATED FOR YOUR FIRST GRAMMY FOR SONG OF THE YEAR, THIS IS 676 00:33:57,660 --> 00:33:58,995 HUGE, IT IS A MASSIVE CATEGORY. 677 00:33:59,078 --> 00:34:03,291 TALK ME THROUGH, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU HEARD? 678 00:34:03,374 --> 00:34:04,459 >> WELL, I WAS EXTREMELY EXCITED. 679 00:34:04,542 --> 00:34:11,758 IT WAS THE LAST SONG NAMED IN THE LAST CATEGORY IN WHICH WE 680 00:34:11,841 --> 00:34:13,176 WERE ELIGIBLE. 681 00:34:13,259 --> 00:34:16,637 SO JULIE AND I WERE WATCHING THE NOMINATION BROADCAST, AND BY 682 00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:21,142 THIS POINT WE JUST ACCEPTED WE WERE BEING VERY OPTIMISTIC, 683 00:34:21,225 --> 00:34:24,854 OVERLY AMBITIOUS, WHY ARE WE EVEN WATCHING THIS. 684 00:34:24,937 --> 00:34:28,024 THEN THEY CALLED OUR SONG NAME AND WE LOOKED APT EACH OTHER IN 685 00:34:28,107 --> 00:34:29,233 SHOCK. 686 00:34:29,317 --> 00:34:34,113 I THINK WE KISSED BUT IT WAS NOT VERY GOOD BECAUSE IT WAS TOO 687 00:34:34,197 --> 00:34:34,614 ENTHUSIASTIC. 688 00:34:34,697 --> 00:34:36,407 A MOMENT LIKE THAT. 689 00:34:36,491 --> 00:34:36,949 WE WERE OVERJOYED. 690 00:34:37,033 --> 00:34:37,700 WE CALLED OUR PARENTS. 691 00:34:37,784 --> 00:34:40,953 IT WAS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL MOMENT. 692 00:34:41,037 --> 00:34:45,541 >> James: THE SONG YOU'RE PERFORMING TONIGHT, "LINE BY 693 00:34:45,625 --> 00:34:46,375 LINE," IS WITH MAREN MORRIS. 694 00:34:46,459 --> 00:34:49,587 HOW DID THIS COLLABORATION COME ABOUT? 695 00:34:49,670 --> 00:34:51,547 >> I TWEETED HOW MUCH I LOVED MAREN MORRIS' SONGS. 696 00:34:51,631 --> 00:34:55,176 I DIDN'T SEE HER SEEING THAT TWEET AS A POSSIBILITY, BUT SHE 697 00:34:55,259 --> 00:34:59,180 DID AND SHE RECIPROCATED THAT SHE LIKED MY SONGS, TOO, SO I 698 00:34:59,263 --> 00:35:03,309 GOT ON A FLIGHT TO NASHVILLE AND WE GOT IN A ROOM TOGETHER, SPENT 699 00:35:03,392 --> 00:35:04,227 TWO DAYS WRITING SONGS, THIS IS THE SECOND ONE WE WROTE. 700 00:35:04,310 --> 00:35:05,353 >> James: THAT'S GREAT. 701 00:35:05,436 --> 00:35:07,230 I'M SO HAPPY YOU DID, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON EVERYTHING, 702 00:35:07,313 --> 00:35:10,358 AND BEST OF LUCK FOR THE GRAMMIALS. 703 00:35:10,441 --> 00:35:12,652 >> THANK YOU. 704 00:35:12,735 --> 00:35:13,903 >> James: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 705 00:35:13,986 --> 00:35:14,946 HERE MAKING THE TELEVISION DEBUT OF THEIR BRILLIANT SINGLE "LINE 706 00:35:15,029 --> 00:35:16,447 BY LINE," PLEASE WELCOME JP SAXE AND MAREN MORRIS! 707 00:35:22,161 --> 00:35:29,252 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ THERE ARE THINGS THAT I SING 708 00:35:29,335 --> 00:35:34,298 THAT I'D NEVER HAVE ♪ THE CONFIDENCE TO SAY 709 00:35:34,382 --> 00:35:37,260 THERE ARE THINGS I BELIEVE ♪ THAT I ONLY FIGURE OUT 710 00:35:37,343 --> 00:35:40,263 WHEN I SIT DOWN TO PLAY ♪ THE TRUTH DON'T SCARE ME 711 00:35:40,346 --> 00:35:42,223 IN A MELODY ♪ IMMORTALIZING MY 712 00:35:42,306 --> 00:35:48,229 SINCERITY ♪ THERE ARE THINGS THAT I SING 713 00:35:48,312 --> 00:35:52,233 THAT I'D NEVER HAVE ♪ THE CONFIDENCE TO SAY 714 00:35:52,316 --> 00:35:54,235 LIKE THAT SONG ABOUT ♪ MY PARENTS THAT I'LL 715 00:35:54,318 --> 00:35:58,406 NEVER SHOW 'EM ♪ AND THE ONES ABOUT MY EXES 716 00:35:58,489 --> 00:36:02,243 THAT THEY DON'T DESERVE ♪ WHEN IT COMES TO YOU 717 00:36:02,326 --> 00:36:06,372 I'M STILL TRYING TO ♪ FIND THE WORDS 718 00:36:06,455 --> 00:36:10,293 LOVE TOO BIG FOR A LOVE SONG ♪ IF I TRIED TO SUM IT UP 719 00:36:10,376 --> 00:36:14,297 I KNOW I'D GET IT WRONG ♪ SOMETIMES IF IT DON'T SOUND 720 00:36:14,380 --> 00:36:18,968 RIGHT I APOLOGIZE ♪ I JUST SAID IT 721 00:36:19,051 --> 00:36:21,262 'CAUSE IT RHYMED ♪ FOUR CHORDS, THREE MINUTES 722 00:36:21,345 --> 00:36:23,431 YOU NEVER FIT IN IT ♪ SO I JUST TAKE YOU 723 00:36:23,514 --> 00:36:29,854 LINE BY LINE ♪ OOH, OOH-OOH, OOH-OOH 724 00:36:29,937 --> 00:36:34,275 I'LL BE WRITING ABOUT YOU ♪ FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE 725 00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:41,532 LINE BY LINE BY LINE THERE ARE THINGS THAT I SING 726 00:36:41,616 --> 00:36:46,954 ♪ THAT I'LL NEVER HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO SAY 727 00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:50,291 ♪ LIKE I'M STILL NOT CONVINCED THAT I WON'T BE TOO MUCH 728 00:36:50,374 --> 00:36:54,128 ♪ FOR YOU SOMEDAY YEAH, WE BOTH KNOW 729 00:36:54,211 --> 00:36:55,296 ♪ THE WAY IT GOES HEAR MY FEARS 730 00:36:55,379 --> 00:37:00,968 ♪ ALL ON THE RADIO THERE ARE THINGS THAT I SING 731 00:37:01,052 --> 00:37:06,349 ♪ THAT I'LL NEVER HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO SAY 732 00:37:06,432 --> 00:37:10,353 ♪ LOVE TOO BIG FOR A LOVE SONG IF I TRIED TO SUM IT UP 733 00:37:10,436 --> 00:37:14,440 ♪ I KNOW I'D GET IT WRONG SOMETIMES IF IT DON'T SOUND 734 00:37:14,523 --> 00:37:17,652 ♪ RIGHT I APOLOGIZE I JUST SAID IT 735 00:37:17,735 --> 00:37:21,489 ♪ 'CAUSE IT RHYMED FOUR CHORDS, THREE MINUTES 736 00:37:21,572 --> 00:37:22,365 ♪ YOU NEVER FIT IN IT SO I JUST TAKE YOU 737 00:37:22,448 --> 00:37:29,497 ♪ LINE BY LINE OOH, OOH-OOH, OOH-OOH 738 00:37:29,580 --> 00:37:34,126 ♪ I'LL BE WRITING ABOUT YOU FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE 739 00:37:34,210 --> 00:37:36,837 ♪ LINE BY LINE BY LINE BY LINE LINE BY LINE 740 00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:38,422 ♪ I'LL BE WRITING ABOUT YOU FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE 741 00:37:38,506 --> 00:37:43,177 ♪ LINE BY LINE BY LINE BY LINE LINE BY LINE 742 00:37:43,260 --> 00:37:46,305 ♪ I'LL BE WRITING ABOUT YOU FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE 743 00:37:46,389 --> 00:37:49,225 ♪ I KNOW IT'S COMPLICATED HAVING ALL YOUR-- ON DISPLAY 744 00:37:49,308 --> 00:37:53,020 ♪ I APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU MAKE IT WORK 745 00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:58,526 ♪ WHEN IT COMES TO YOU I'M STILL TRYING TO 746 00:37:58,609 --> 00:38:02,530 ♪ FIND THE WORDS LOVE TOO BIG FOR A LOVE SONG 747 00:38:02,613 --> 00:38:06,867 ♪ IF I TRIED TO SUM IT UP I KNOW I'D GET IT WRONG 748 00:38:06,951 --> 00:38:09,370 ♪ SOMETIMES IF IT DON'T SOUND RIGHT I APOLOGIZE 749 00:38:09,453 --> 00:38:12,873 ♪ I JUST SAID IT 'CAUSE IT RHYMED 750 00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:14,500 ♪ FOUR CHORDS, THREE MINUTES YOU NEVER FIT IN IT 751 00:38:14,583 --> 00:38:18,421 ♪ SO I JUST TAKE YOU LINE BY LINE 752 00:38:18,504 --> 00:38:22,425 ♪ OOH, OOH-OOH, OOH-OOH I'LL BE WRITING ABOUT YOU 753 00:38:22,508 --> 00:38:26,470 ♪ FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE LINE BY LINE BY LINE 754 00:38:26,554 --> 00:38:30,433 ♪ BY LINE LINE BY LINE I'LL BE WRITING ABOUT YOU 755 00:38:30,516 --> 00:38:34,687 ♪ FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE LINE BY LINE BY LINE 756 00:38:34,770 --> 00:38:38,441 ♪ BY LINE LINE BY LINE I'LL BE WRITING ABOUT YOU 757 00:38:38,524 --> 00:38:45,239 ♪ FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE ♪ >> James: JP SAXE AND MAREN 758 00:38:45,322 --> 00:38:46,866 MORRIS, EVERYONE!“ LINE BY LINE” IS AVAILABLE 759 00:38:46,949 --> 00:38:47,241 RIGHT NOW. 760 00:38:47,324 --> 00:38:48,284 COME ON BACK! 761 00:39:04,550 --> 00:39:08,471 TOMORROW NIGHT: BEN SCHWARTZ AND MUSIC FROM FOO FIGHTERS. 762 00:39:08,554 --> 00:39:09,013 WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THEN. 763 00:39:09,096 --> 00:39:10,973 REGGIE, TAKE US HOME.