1 00:00:01,711 --> 00:00:04,250 >> NEWS ABOUT KING CHARLES' CORONATION AND WHO HAS CHOSEN 2 00:00:04,250 --> 00:00:07,271 NOT TO PERFORM. >> WHO'S DECLINED. 3 00:00:07,271 --> 00:00:09,507 I MEAN, THIS IS A BIG SNUB HERE. THERE'S OUTLETS REPORTING THAT 4 00:00:09,507 --> 00:00:14,585 ARTISTS LIKE ELTON JOHN, THE SPICE GIRLS, AND HARRY STYLES 5 00:00:14,585 --> 00:00:18,213 ALL SAID "NO, WE'RE GONNA PASS." >> REPORTEDLY, FORMER PRESIDENT 6 00:00:18,213 --> 00:00:23,885 DONALD TRUMP IS DJ'ING WEEKLY AT MAR-A-LAGO, PLAYING SONGS 7 00:00:23,885 --> 00:00:25,687 FROM HIS iPAD. HE SAYS "Y.M.C.A." IS A CROWD 8 00:00:25,687 --> 00:00:30,492 PLEASER. >> DO YOU HAVE A CORONATION 9 00:00:30,492 --> 00:00:34,329 AROUND THE CORNER BUT CAN'T FIND ANYONE TO PERFORM MUSIC? 10 00:00:34,329 --> 00:00:37,599 THEN LOOK NO FURTHER THAN DJT PRODUCTIONS, FOR WHEN YOU ONLY 11 00:00:37,599 --> 00:00:41,536 WANT THE BEST AND THE BEST IS NOT AVAILABLE. 12 00:00:41,536 --> 00:00:44,873 DJT WILL PUMP OUT THE JAMS. IMAGINE ASCENDING TO THE CROWN 13 00:00:44,873 --> 00:00:47,008 TO THE SOUNDS OF THIS... >> ♪ IN THE HOUSE ♪ 14 00:00:47,008 --> 00:00:49,411 ♪ DONALD TRUMP ♪ ♪ IN THE HOUSE ♪ 15 00:00:49,411 --> 00:00:53,548 ♪ CHARLES, YOU'RE THE KING ♪ ♪ Y.M.C.A. ♪ 16 00:00:53,548 --> 00:00:56,284 >> SO GET YOUR CORONATION STARTED WITH DJT PRODUCTIONS 17 00:00:56,284 --> 00:00:59,988 TODAY. ALSO AVAILABLE FOR WEDDINGS, 18 00:00:59,988 --> 00:01:01,890 BAR MITZVAHS, AND COUPS. >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE 19 00:01:01,890 --> 00:01:10,432 SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." TONIGHT... 20 00:01:10,432 --> 00:01:14,236 A LEAK OF THEIR OWN. FIRST, STEPHEN WELCOMES... 21 00:01:14,236 --> 00:01:21,209 DAMIAN LEWIS AND U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. 22 00:01:21,209 --> 00:01:23,712 LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD. FEATURING LOUIS CATO 23 00:01:23,712 --> 00:01:28,750 AND "THE LATE SHOW" BAND. AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE 24 00:01:28,750 --> 00:01:31,653 FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY, 25 00:01:31,653 --> 00:01:51,039 IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT. >> Stephen: HEY! 26 00:01:51,039 --> 00:02:03,018 ♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 27 00:02:03,018 --> 00:02:05,487 [LAUGHTER] [CHEERING] 28 00:02:05,487 --> 00:02:10,759 HAPPY MONDAY, EVERYBODY. WELCOME. 29 00:02:10,759 --> 00:02:12,360 WELCOME ONE AT ALL TO "THE LATE SHOW." 30 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:19,434 I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 31 00:02:19,434 --> 00:02:25,607 HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT? [CHEERING] 32 00:02:25,607 --> 00:02:27,208 I DON'T KNOW WHY. THE WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN. 33 00:02:27,208 --> 00:02:27,730 WE'RE SHOOTING BALLOONS WITH MILLION DOLLAR MISSILES, 34 00:02:27,730 --> 00:02:30,567 WE'VE GOT TOXIC RUNOFF IN OUR RIVERS, AND THE TOP FORM 35 00:02:30,567 --> 00:02:36,323 OF ENTERTAINMENT IS WATCHING A COKED-UP BEAR COMMIT MURDERS. 36 00:02:36,323 --> 00:02:41,194 THANKS TO CLIMATE CHANGE, THIS WEEKEND, LOS ANGELES GOT 37 00:02:41,194 --> 00:02:44,297 A BIG OLD SNOWSTORM, AND NOT JUST WAY UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, 38 00:02:44,297 --> 00:02:48,401 EVEN THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN GOT DUSTED WITH SNOW. 39 00:02:48,401 --> 00:02:51,905 CALIFORNIA KIDS MADE SNOW-BROS. LOOK HOW CUTE THAT IS. 40 00:02:51,905 --> 00:02:55,241 BUT THEN AGAIN, CALIFORNIA DESERVED TO HAVE SOME FUN, 41 00:02:55,241 --> 00:02:56,943 'CAUSE I BELIEVE CALIFORNIA'S ONLY OTHER WEATHER OPTION 42 00:02:56,943 --> 00:03:01,948 IS "FIRE." I WAS IN LOS ANGELES THIS 43 00:03:01,948 --> 00:03:10,323 WEEKEND, I'M NOT GONNA SAY WHY. I'LL JUST SAY IN A TOTALLY 44 00:03:10,323 --> 00:03:12,359 UNRELATED STORY, THIS THURSDAY MY GUEST WILL BE 45 00:03:12,359 --> 00:03:17,197 MR. STEPHEN SPIELBERG. SPIELBERG. 46 00:03:17,197 --> 00:03:20,567 NO BIG DEAL. WHILE I WAS OUT THERE, I WENT TO 47 00:03:20,567 --> 00:03:26,806 THE PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS, AND WHEN I WAS BACKSTAGE, 48 00:03:26,806 --> 00:03:30,310 THIS IS TRUE, I MET TOM CRUISE. 49 00:03:30,310 --> 00:03:33,313 HE'S NORMAL HEIGHT. HERE'S THE THING, THE MOMENT 50 00:03:33,313 --> 00:03:35,957 HE SHOOK MY HAND, I GAINED THE ABILITY TO FLY AN AIRPLANE. 51 00:03:35,957 --> 00:03:38,459 I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DID IT, I DON'T KNOW WHY HE DID IT, 52 00:03:38,459 --> 00:03:42,263 BUT TOM, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, THANK YOU. 53 00:03:42,263 --> 00:03:45,300 TALK TO ME, GOOSE. NOW, HERE'S ANOTHER SURPRISING 54 00:03:45,300 --> 00:03:48,736 DEVELOPMENT THIS WEEKEND: THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 55 00:03:48,736 --> 00:03:52,473 RELEASED A NEW REPORT SAYING, A LAB LEAK IS THE MOST LIKELY 56 00:03:52,473 --> 00:03:56,577 ORIGIN OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. WELL, THERE IT IS! 57 00:03:56,577 --> 00:04:02,483 CHINESE WET MARKETS, YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK. 58 00:04:02,483 --> 00:04:05,186 LET'S ORDER A ROUND OF PANGOLIN POPPERS FOR THE TABLE! 59 00:04:05,186 --> 00:04:18,866 I LOVE A NICE PLATE OF WET APPS! CAN WE GET SOME CIVIT FINGERS. 60 00:04:18,866 --> 00:04:20,101 NOW, IF LIKE ME, YOU'RE WONDERING WHY THE DEPARTMENT 61 00:04:20,101 --> 00:04:21,369 OF ENERGY IS THE ONE MAKING THIS JUDGEMENT, IT'S BECAUSE THAT 62 00:04:21,369 --> 00:04:22,637 AGENCY OVERSEES A NETWORK OF U.S. NATIONAL LABORATORIES, 63 00:04:22,637 --> 00:04:24,739 SOME OF WHICH CONDUCT ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 64 00:04:24,739 --> 00:04:26,874 NO. NO! 65 00:04:26,874 --> 00:04:30,845 BAD ENERGY DEPARTMENT. NO BIO LABS 66 00:04:30,845 --> 00:04:31,913 UNTIL YOU FINISH BUILDING YOUR ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING 67 00:04:31,913 --> 00:04:38,286 STATIONS! STAY IN YOUR LANE! 68 00:04:38,286 --> 00:04:42,857 YOU DON'T SEE... YOU DON'T SEE... 69 00:04:42,857 --> 00:04:50,298 YOU DON'T SEE THE CENSUS BUREAU BUILDING NUKES. 70 00:04:50,298 --> 00:04:52,066 BUT WHATEVER. WHO AM I TO SAY? 71 00:04:52,066 --> 00:04:55,803 THEY ARE THE ENERGY BAR. I'M SURE THEY'RE SMART. 72 00:04:55,803 --> 00:04:57,004 THEY WOULDN'T RELEASE THESE FINDINGS UNLESS THEY 73 00:04:57,004 --> 00:04:58,406 WERE ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT -- WHAT'S THAT? 74 00:04:58,406 --> 00:05:01,809 THEY MADE THEIR JUDGMENT WITH "LOW CONFIDENCE." 75 00:05:01,809 --> 00:05:03,177 YEAH, YOU COULD TELL BY THE WAY THEY DELIVERED THE NEWS. 76 00:05:03,177 --> 00:05:04,512 "UM, MAYBE IT WAS A LAB LEAK? THAT'S STUPID. 77 00:05:04,512 --> 00:05:13,988 FORGET I SAID ANYTHING." NOW, IT TURNS OUT, NOT EVERYONE 78 00:05:13,988 --> 00:05:17,225 IN THE GOVERNMENT AGREES. SEE, WHILE THE DEPARTMENT OF 79 00:05:17,225 --> 00:05:20,161 ENERGY SUSPECTS IT WAS A LAB LEAK, FOUR OTHER AGENCIES, 80 00:05:20,161 --> 00:05:22,864 ALONG WITH A NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PANEL, STILL JUDGE 81 00:05:22,864 --> 00:05:25,700 THAT THE PANDEMIC WAS LIKELY THE RESULT OF A NATURAL 82 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:29,303 TRANSMISSION, AND THE CIA REMAINS UNDECIDED. 83 00:05:29,303 --> 00:05:31,506 IN FACT, THE CIA ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT. 84 00:05:31,506 --> 00:05:38,146 "WHICH VIRUS? NO, THAT ONE WASN'T US." 85 00:05:38,146 --> 00:05:42,150 HUH? THAT WAS NOT. 86 00:05:42,150 --> 00:05:45,753 THERE WAS ALSO NO THEORY PUT FORTH BY, QUOTE, 87 00:05:45,753 --> 00:05:47,922 "ANOTHER AGENCY THAT OFFICIALS WOULDN'T NAME." 88 00:05:47,922 --> 00:05:55,897 WAIT A SECOND. THERE IS A UNITED STATES 89 00:05:55,897 --> 00:06:00,001 INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES SO SECRET THEY CAN'T EVEN SAY ITS NAME? 90 00:06:00,001 --> 00:06:04,038 IS IT RUMPELSTILTSKIN? IS IT FIGHT -- 91 00:06:04,038 --> 00:06:05,873 VOLDEMORT! ANYWAY, WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS 92 00:06:05,873 --> 00:06:07,275 STORY AS SOON AS ANYONE HAS ANYTHING THEY CAN PROVE. 93 00:06:07,275 --> 00:06:09,210 SPEAKING OF DEADLY LEAKS, REMEMBER ALL THAT TOXIC SLUDGE 94 00:06:09,210 --> 00:06:13,047 FROM THE TRAIN DERAILMENT DOWN IN OHIO? 95 00:06:13,047 --> 00:06:14,182 WELL, THERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS. IT'S FINALLYSTARTING 96 00:06:14,182 --> 00:06:17,351 TO LEAVE OHIO. THE BAD NEWS: IT COULD BE COMING 97 00:06:17,351 --> 00:06:19,353 TO YOU. BECAUSE SOIL AND WATER 98 00:06:19,353 --> 00:06:21,122 FROM THE TRAIN WRECK WERE TAKEN TO MICHIGAN AND TEXAS 99 00:06:21,122 --> 00:06:28,663 WITHOUT WARNING. AND NO SURPRISE, 100 00:06:28,663 --> 00:06:30,998 MICHIGAN AND TEXAS WEREN'T HAPPY WITH THIS SURPRISE, SO THE EPA 101 00:06:30,998 --> 00:06:33,367 STOPPED THE SHIPMENTS OF TOXIC WASTE, AND THE NEW PLAN IS TO 102 00:06:33,367 --> 00:06:36,938 SCHLEP IT BACK TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN OHIO, INCLUDING THE 103 00:06:36,938 --> 00:06:40,041 TOWN OF EAST LIVERPOOL, WHICH IS LITERALLY ON THE OHIO RIVER. 104 00:06:40,041 --> 00:06:44,946 NOT THE BEST CONTAINMENT PLAN. "ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, IT'S SAFE 105 00:06:44,946 --> 00:06:48,316 TO GO BACK IN THE POOL. WE SCOOPED THE DIAPER OUT OF THE 106 00:06:48,316 --> 00:06:51,786 DEEP END AND WE PLACED IT SAFELY AT THE TOP OF THE WATER SLIDE! 107 00:06:51,786 --> 00:06:56,324 ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY IN!" 108 00:06:56,324 --> 00:07:02,430 BUT EVEN THAT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE REALLY? 109 00:07:02,430 --> 00:07:05,800 TOXIC WASTE. EVEN THAT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE 110 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:10,471 THE MOST DISTURBING PART OF THIS STORY. 111 00:07:10,471 --> 00:07:14,842 THE MOST DISTURBING POINT, IT TURNS OUT, IS NOT TELLING PEOPLE 112 00:07:14,842 --> 00:07:20,081 WHERE HAZARDOUS WASTE IS GOING IS STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. 113 00:07:20,081 --> 00:07:21,749 EVEN OHIO GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE WAS NOT BRIEFED ON WHERE IN THE 114 00:07:21,749 --> 00:07:24,719 COUNTRY THE SHIPMENTS WOULD BE SENT, WHICH, REPORTEDLY, 115 00:07:24,719 --> 00:07:26,521 IS TYPICAL. AND A TEXAS OFFICIAL WHO WAS 116 00:07:26,521 --> 00:07:28,089 OUTRAGED TO RECEIVE A SURPRISE SHIPMENT NOTED THAT 117 00:07:28,089 --> 00:07:31,692 THERE'S NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR HER OFFICE TO BE NOTIFIED. 118 00:07:31,692 --> 00:07:35,530 GOOD LORD, DOES THE TRAIN INDUSTRY HAVE ANY RULES? 119 00:07:35,530 --> 00:07:37,398 IS "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS" 120 00:07:37,398 --> 00:07:46,073 AN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO? EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN ALMOST A 121 00:07:46,073 --> 00:07:49,777 MONTH SINCE THE ORIGINAL CRASH, PRESIDENT BIDEN STILL HASN'T 122 00:07:49,777 --> 00:07:55,883 VISITED WHICH REPORTERS ASKED HIM ABOUT ON FRIDAY. 123 00:07:55,883 --> 00:07:57,251 >> I WAS NOT -- I DID A WHOLE VIDEO -- 124 00:07:57,251 --> 00:07:59,854 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE -- WHAT THE HELL -- ON -- 125 00:07:59,854 --> 00:08:02,523 >> ZOOM? >> ZOOM! 126 00:08:02,523 --> 00:08:04,258 ZOOM. ALL I CAN HEAR EVERY TIME I 127 00:08:04,258 --> 00:08:05,593 THINK OF ZOOM IS THAT SONG OF MY GENERATION, 128 00:08:05,593 --> 00:08:16,003 "WHO'S ZOOMIN' WHO?" >> Stephen: REALLY? 129 00:08:16,003 --> 00:08:21,275 WE ALL GO UP ON WORDS. EVERY SO OFTEN. 130 00:08:21,275 --> 00:08:28,115 "WHO'S ZOOMIN' WHO?" IS THE SONG OF YOUR GENERATION? 131 00:08:28,115 --> 00:08:29,083 ARETHA FRANKLIN'S "WHO'S ZOOMIN WHO" CAME 132 00:08:29,083 --> 00:08:31,452 OUT IN 1985. SIR, THE SONG OF YOUR GENERATION 133 00:08:31,452 --> 00:08:41,095 IS "GREGORIAN CHANT." DEUS ERA. 134 00:08:41,095 --> 00:08:44,966 WE'VE ALSO GOT NEWS FROM SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO RUN AGAINST BIDEN. 135 00:08:44,966 --> 00:08:49,537 TURNS OUT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS MAR-A-LAGO'S RESIDENT DJ. 136 00:08:49,537 --> 00:08:52,406 THAT'S GOTTA BE FUN. "AW, HONEY, HE'S PLAYING 137 00:08:52,406 --> 00:08:54,609 OUR SONG: A LONG RANT ABOUT 138 00:08:54,609 --> 00:09:00,982 LOW-FLUSH TOILETS." APPARENTLY, THE EX-PRESIDENT DJs 139 00:09:00,982 --> 00:09:02,750 EVERY THURSDAY, BUT HE DOESN'T SPIN FROM A BOOTH. 140 00:09:02,750 --> 00:09:03,692 ACCORDING TO AN INSIDER, HE CONTROLS THE MUSIC 141 00:09:03,692 --> 00:09:08,230 ON AN iPAD, USUALLY FROM HIS TABLE, SO HE EATS AND PLAYS. 142 00:09:08,230 --> 00:09:16,572 IT'S A DJ STYLE THE CLUB KIDS CALL "TODDLER AT OLIVE GARDEN." 143 00:09:16,572 --> 00:09:23,746 [APPLAUSE] THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS ASKED 144 00:09:23,746 --> 00:09:27,583 ABOUT HIS DJ'ING IN A PODCAST INTERVIEW, AND HE HAD THIS TO 145 00:09:27,583 --> 00:09:29,819 SAY. >> DO YOU ACTUALLY SPIN OR -- 146 00:09:29,819 --> 00:09:33,189 >> NO, I DON'T SPIN BUT I PICK. I PICK THE ONES I LIKE. 147 00:09:33,189 --> 00:09:35,224 >> Stephen: THEN YOU'RE NOT A DJ! 148 00:09:35,224 --> 00:09:38,060 "I'M A CHEF. I'M A CHEF. 149 00:09:38,060 --> 00:09:40,262 I DON'T COOK. I JUST LOOK AT THE MENU 150 00:09:40,262 --> 00:09:45,201 AND I PICK. I PICK THE ONES I LIKE. 151 00:09:45,201 --> 00:09:59,315 AND I EAT THE ONES I PICK." BING BONG. 152 00:09:59,315 --> 00:10:00,749 THE EX-PRESIDENT ALSO RAN DOWN WHICH MUSIC HE LIKES THE MOST. 153 00:10:00,749 --> 00:10:03,652 >> YOU KNOW WHAT GETS THEM ROCKING? 154 00:10:03,652 --> 00:10:09,158 "Y.M.C.A." >> Stephen: OH, YEAH, HE LOVES 155 00:10:09,158 --> 00:10:11,093 TO PLAY "Y.M.C.A." THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, 156 00:10:11,093 --> 00:10:19,969 SOMETIMES HE FORGETS HOW TO SPELL IT. 157 00:10:19,969 --> 00:10:25,407 DID YOU SAY "AWW?" ARE YOU WORRIED THAT THE 158 00:10:25,407 --> 00:10:30,479 PRESIDENT IS ILLITERATE? 159 00:10:30,479 --> 00:10:31,981 THANKFULLY, THAT GUY IS OUT OF OFFICE, AND THE WORLD 160 00:10:31,981 --> 00:10:35,217 HAS MORE STEADY, SANE LEADERSHIP. 161 00:10:35,217 --> 00:10:38,387 LIKE THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO, ANDRES MANUEL LOPEZ OBRADOR, 162 00:10:38,387 --> 00:10:41,156 WHO, OVER THE WEEKEND, POSTED A PHOTO OF WHAT HE CLAIMS 163 00:10:41,156 --> 00:10:44,326 IS AN ELF. THAT'S EXCITING NEWS! 164 00:10:44,326 --> 00:10:46,896 I THOUGHT ALL THE ELVES LEFT FOR VALINOR AT THE END OF 165 00:10:46,896 --> 00:10:49,899 THE MOVIE. ELROND, CALL ME. 166 00:10:49,899 --> 00:10:51,667 WE HAVE SO MUCH TO CATCH YOU UP ON! 167 00:10:51,667 --> 00:10:56,672 DO YOU KNOW ABOUT COCAINE BEAR? THIS ELF SIGHTING IS THE MOST 168 00:10:56,672 --> 00:10:59,341 AMAZING SUPERNATURAL ALLEGATION BY A PRESIDENT SINCE 169 00:10:59,341 --> 00:11:02,511 FDR SAID THIS. >> THE ONLY THING WE HAVE 170 00:11:02,511 --> 00:11:05,948 TO FEAR IS THE LOCHNESS MONSTER! 171 00:11:05,948 --> 00:11:08,550 OH, RIGHT, THAT'S A "SUBMARINE?" 172 00:11:08,550 --> 00:11:13,222 WAKE UP, SHEEPLE! >> Stephen: LOPEZ OBRADOR 173 00:11:13,222 --> 00:11:16,091 IS ALL-IN. HE CLAIMED THE PHOTO 174 00:11:16,091 --> 00:11:17,393 "WAS TAKEN THREE DAYS AGO" AND THAT 175 00:11:17,393 --> 00:11:21,163 "EVERYTHING IS MYSTICAL." ADDING, "OOH, I THINK THE EDIBLE 176 00:11:21,163 --> 00:11:24,500 IS KICKING IN. GUYS, COME PET THE DOG. 177 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:33,375 IT FEELS SO COOL!" SO FAIR IS FAIR. 178 00:11:33,375 --> 00:11:36,445 HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO. I'M NOT. 179 00:11:36,445 --> 00:11:38,647 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MYSTICAL, BEAUTIFUL 180 00:11:38,647 --> 00:11:41,784 REAL-LIFE ELF! UH-HUH. 181 00:11:41,784 --> 00:11:43,552 IS THIS WHAT ELVES LOOK LIKE IN MEXICO? 182 00:11:43,552 --> 00:11:51,093 IF SO, I DO NOT WANT TO TRY THEIR KEEBLER COOKIES. 183 00:11:51,093 --> 00:11:52,962 BUT AGAIN, HE'S THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO, WHO AM I TO JUDGE. 184 00:11:52,962 --> 00:12:01,203 LET'S LISTEN TO HIS SPEECH FROM LAST NIGHT. 185 00:12:01,203 --> 00:12:05,174 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. BY NOW MOST PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE 186 00:12:05,174 --> 00:12:09,996 PHOTO I POSTED OF THE MAGICAL ELVES BUT SINCE THAT PHOTO, I'VE 187 00:12:09,996 --> 00:12:14,414 HAD ONE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE ELF LIKE WHEN THE ELF RETURNED. 188 00:12:14,414 --> 00:12:15,969 AND WENT THROUGH MY TRASH. WE ARE USING A BROOM TO COAX 189 00:12:19,439 --> 00:12:24,677 THE ELF OUT, HE HISSED ME WITH HIS TEETH. I BELEIVE HE PASSED 190 00:12:24,677 --> 00:12:27,268 HIS MAGIC ON TO ME. 191 00:12:27,268 --> 00:12:29,290 >> Stephen: WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 192 00:12:29,290 --> 00:12:33,451 MY GUESTS ARE DAMIAN LEWIS AND THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO 193 00:12:33,451 --> 00:12:35,899 THE UNITED NATIONS, LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD. 194 00:12:35,899 --> 00:12:39,092 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE"! 195 00:13:13,906 --> 00:13:16,956 ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: "THE LATE SHOW" 196 00:13:16,956 --> 00:13:27,714 BAND. I WAS SAYING TO LOUIS. 197 00:13:27,714 --> 00:13:35,106 I WAS SAYING TO LOUIS IN THE COMMERCIAL BREAK THROUGH ONLY 198 00:13:35,106 --> 00:13:38,571 FIRST CAME OUT HERE, I THOUGHT HE WAS WEARING A BLACK SUEDE 199 00:13:38,571 --> 00:13:44,043 JACKET AND NO SHIRT. I THOUGHT THAT'S REALLY DARING. 200 00:13:44,043 --> 00:13:46,012 THAT IS VERY SLY STONE OF YOU OVER THERE. 201 00:13:46,012 --> 00:13:51,384 THAT WAS VERY FUNKY. TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR DEAR FRIEND 202 00:13:51,384 --> 00:13:54,654 OF THE SHOW, DAMIAN LEWIS IS ON THE SHOW THIS EVENING. 203 00:13:54,654 --> 00:13:58,357 YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM FROM THAT "BILLIONS" SHOW. 204 00:13:58,357 --> 00:14:01,927 WHAT AN HONOR TO HAVE THE AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N., LINDA 205 00:14:01,927 --> 00:14:04,263 THOMAS-GREENFIELD IS GOING TO BE OUT HERE. 206 00:14:04,263 --> 00:14:08,567 WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. COMING UP IN A FEW DAYS, WE 207 00:14:08,567 --> 00:14:12,738 ALREADY HAD THE ANNIVERSARY OF PUTIN'S INVASION OF UKRAINE, 208 00:14:12,738 --> 00:14:15,541 LAST FRIDAY. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT. 209 00:14:15,541 --> 00:14:18,377 SHE WAS ON THE FLOOR OF THE U.N. GIVING A SPEECH ABOUT PEACE WHEN 210 00:14:18,377 --> 00:14:22,615 THE INVASION HAPPENED A YEAR AG AGO. 211 00:14:22,615 --> 00:14:24,383 FOLKS, I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME ROAMING THE SWISS NEWS ALPS, 212 00:14:24,383 --> 00:14:28,154 HERDING THE DAY'S FINEST SIMMEN-TALL STORY CATTLE 213 00:14:28,154 --> 00:14:30,389 TO HARVEST THE MOST TOPICAL CUTS WHICH I PAIR WITH A REDUCTION 214 00:14:30,389 --> 00:14:33,526 OF SHALLOT AND BARREL-AGED PORTUGUESE WINE TO SERVE YOU 215 00:14:33,526 --> 00:14:36,862 THE MADEIRA-DIJON TENDERLOIN THAT IS MY MONOLOGUE. 216 00:14:36,862 --> 00:14:38,531 BUT SOMETIMES I AM HOSED AWAKE BEHIND A CONDEMNED RETIREMENT 217 00:14:38,531 --> 00:14:40,599 HOME, GRAB A FISTFUL OF DISCARDED LUNCH MEATS, 218 00:14:40,599 --> 00:14:46,939 TOSS THEM INTO A BUSTED BLENDER WITH CRUSHED-UP PEPTO BISMOL 219 00:14:46,939 --> 00:14:50,076 THEN POUR THE SLURRY INTO AN OLD BABY SOCK TO OFFER YOU 220 00:14:50,076 --> 00:14:51,477 THE TRICK-INELLA-TAINTED DRIFTER SAUSAGE OF NEWS THAT IS 221 00:14:51,477 --> 00:15:00,052 MY SEGMENT, "MEANWHILE." 222 00:15:00,052 --> 00:15:03,856 IT'S PURE, CLEAN ENERGY IS WHAT IT IS. 223 00:15:03,856 --> 00:15:06,358 MEANWHILE, AMID A STUDENT HOUSING SHORTAGE, 224 00:15:06,358 --> 00:15:08,527 CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY AT HUMBOLDT 225 00:15:08,527 --> 00:15:14,400 IS CONSIDERING PUTTING STUDENTS ON A BARGE. 226 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,970 THOUGH IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THAT CLASSWORK COULD BE AFFECTED BY 227 00:15:17,970 --> 00:15:21,607 HOUSING STUDENTS ON A BARGE. "PROFESSOR, SORRY MY PAPER WAS 228 00:15:21,607 --> 00:15:23,409 LATE. MY DORM HAD TO RUN A LOAD 229 00:15:23,409 --> 00:15:27,446 OF BAUXITE TO SINGAPORE." MEANWHILE, IN THEATERS THIS 230 00:15:27,446 --> 00:15:30,282 WEEKEND, COCAINE BEAR'S BOX OFFICE CAME DANGEROUSLY 231 00:15:30,282 --> 00:15:33,519 CLOSE TO TAKING NUMBER ONE. WHILE IN MY FRONT YARD THIS 232 00:15:33,519 --> 00:15:36,989 WEEKEND, ONCE AGAIN, METH RACCOON CAME DANGEROUSLY 233 00:15:36,989 --> 00:15:41,894 CLOSE TO TAKING MY CAR. YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 234 00:15:41,894 --> 00:15:46,198 TAKE SOME ACTION. MEANWHILE, WE HERE AT MEANWHILE 235 00:15:46,198 --> 00:15:48,067 BALLISTIC LASER SYSTEMS AND GOGURT IMAGINEERING 236 00:15:48,067 --> 00:15:50,770 SOMETIMES COME ACROSS SO MANY STORIES ABOUT THE ROYAL FAMILY 237 00:15:50,770 --> 00:16:04,283 THAT WE COLLECT THEM IN OUR MEANWHILE SUB-SEGMENT, 238 00:16:04,283 --> 00:16:07,052 "SOVEREIGN-WHILE. ACCORDING TO REPORTS, 239 00:16:07,052 --> 00:16:08,220 THE KING'S CORONATION IS IN CRISIS AFTER ELTON JOHN 240 00:16:08,220 --> 00:16:09,755 AND THE SPICE GIRLS TURNED DOWN THE CHANCE TO APPEAR. 241 00:16:09,755 --> 00:16:10,856 SIR ELTON JOHN IS SNUBBING THE KING? 242 00:16:10,856 --> 00:16:12,658 I'M NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT. 243 00:16:12,658 --> 00:16:15,327 >> ♪ IT'S A LITTLE BIT FUNNY ♪ 244 00:16:15,327 --> 00:16:17,196 >> Stephen: YUP. THAT'S IT. 245 00:16:17,196 --> 00:16:19,865 APPARENTLY ENGLAND'S "MINISTRY OF KINGLY FESTIVALS" 246 00:16:19,865 --> 00:16:26,372 OR WHATVER IS REALLY STRUGGLING TO BOOK MUSIC FOR THE CORONATION 247 00:16:26,372 --> 00:16:27,907 SINCE, ASIDE FROM ELTON AND THE SPICYS, 248 00:16:27,907 --> 00:16:29,308 ED SHEERAN, ADELE, AND ROBBIE WILLIAMS HAVE 249 00:16:29,308 --> 00:16:31,877 ALSO TURNED DOWN THE CHANCE TO PERFORM AT THE CONCERT. 250 00:16:31,877 --> 00:16:34,446 SO THE PLANNERS ARE GOING WITH WILLIAM AND CAMILLA 251 00:16:34,446 --> 00:16:43,923 PLAYING "YAKKETY SAX" ON KAZOOS. 252 00:16:43,923 --> 00:16:47,426 MEANWHILE IN TAKING IT EASY NEWS, APPARENTLY THE LATEST WORK 253 00:16:47,426 --> 00:16:55,501 PLACE TREND IS CALLED "BARE MINIMUM MONDAYS." 254 00:16:55,501 --> 00:16:57,703 NORMALLY I WOULD HAVE A JOKE HERE, BUT... 255 00:16:57,703 --> 00:17:03,943 MONDAY. MEANWHILE, ACROSS THE POND, 256 00:17:03,943 --> 00:17:07,346 THE U.K. IS EXPERIENCING A FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SHORTAGE 257 00:17:07,346 --> 00:17:10,683 THAT COULD LAST UNTIL MAY. THE U.K. GOVERNMENT BLAMES THE 258 00:17:10,683 --> 00:17:12,952 SCARCITY, IN PART, ON POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS 259 00:17:12,952 --> 00:17:17,590 IN SPAIN. OKAY, HAVE THEY TRIED PLANTING 260 00:17:17,590 --> 00:17:19,358 THE CROPS ON THE PLAIN? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE RAIN 261 00:17:19,358 --> 00:17:25,431 MAINLY FALLS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. 262 00:17:25,431 --> 00:17:28,801 MEANWHILE, NEWS FROM NEW YORK, BECAUSE NEW YORK CITY THIEVES 263 00:17:28,801 --> 00:17:31,971 ARE STEALING APPLE HEADPHONES OFF VICTIMS' HEADS. 264 00:17:31,971 --> 00:17:35,241 IT INVOLVES PEOPLE ON MOPEDS RIDING UP TO VICTIMS AND 265 00:17:35,241 --> 00:17:38,477 SNATCHING THEIR APPLE AIRPODS MAX, THEN SPEEDING OFF. 266 00:17:38,477 --> 00:17:42,381 GOOD GOD. WHAT IS AMERICA COMING TO? 267 00:17:42,381 --> 00:17:47,286 MOPED CRIME? WHAT IS THIS, MARSEILLE? 268 00:17:47,286 --> 00:17:49,588 WHEN YOU GET MUGGED IN NEW YORK, THERE ARE STANDARDS! 269 00:17:49,588 --> 00:17:54,793 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET CONKED OVER THE HEAD WITH A LENGTH OF 270 00:17:54,793 --> 00:17:59,832 REBAR AND THEN THREE RATS IN A TRENCHCOAT 271 00:17:59,832 --> 00:18:01,567 TAKE YOUR [BLEEP] AND THEIR GETAWAY CAR 272 00:18:01,567 --> 00:18:07,506 IS A COCKROACH. THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD! 273 00:18:07,506 --> 00:18:11,911 WORDS TO THAT EFFECT. MEANWHILE, IN SPORTS NEWS, 274 00:18:11,911 --> 00:18:15,247 AMAZON'S JEFF BEZOS IS CONSIDERING A BID ON THE NFL'S 275 00:18:15,247 --> 00:18:21,787 WASHINGTON COMMANDERS. THAT'LL BE EXCITING. 276 00:18:21,787 --> 00:18:24,837 THE RECEIVER CAN ORDER THE FOOTBALL AND THEN SIGN FOR IT IN 277 00:18:24,837 --> 00:18:27,840 THE END ZONE. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK 278 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:28,941 WITH DAMIAN LEWIS. 279 00:18:42,335 --> 00:18:42,882 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Stephen: "THE LATE SHOW" 280 00:18:42,882 --> 00:18:46,618 BAND, EVERYBODY. FOLKS, WHERE MY? 281 00:18:46,618 --> 00:18:48,620 HERE, THEY ARE? I KNOW I WOULD FIND IT 282 00:18:48,620 --> 00:18:51,256 EVENTUALLY. WELCOME BACK, LADIES AND 283 00:18:51,256 --> 00:18:52,891 GENTLEMEN. MY FIRST GUEST 284 00:18:52,891 --> 00:18:56,709 IS AN EMMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "HOMELAND," 285 00:18:56,709 --> 00:19:00,340 "WOLF HALL," AND "BILLIONS." HE NOW STARS IN THE NEW 286 00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:02,529 LIMITED SERIES "A SPY AMONG FRIENDS." 287 00:19:02,529 --> 00:19:04,140 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," 288 00:19:04,140 --> 00:19:10,079 DAMIAN LEWIS. 289 00:19:16,886 --> 00:19:31,701 >> ♪ WE'RE CAUGHT IN A TRAP ♪ ♪ I CAN'T WALK OUT ♪ 290 00:19:31,701 --> 00:19:34,537 >> Stephen: PLEASE. NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 291 00:19:34,537 --> 00:19:40,476 YOUR BACK ON TELEVISION AND YOUR FIRST ROLL SINCE "BILLIONS." 292 00:19:40,476 --> 00:19:44,347 THE NEW SERIES "A SPY AMONG FRIENDS." 293 00:19:44,347 --> 00:19:47,851 I ASSUME YOU ARE A SPY OR ARE YOU THE FRIENDS? 294 00:19:47,851 --> 00:19:52,488 >> Damian: I AM ACTUALLY THE FRIEND OF THE SPY BUT I HAPPEN 295 00:19:52,488 --> 00:19:56,326 TO BE A SPY AS WELL. >> Stephen: DO YOU LIKE SPY 296 00:19:56,326 --> 00:19:58,895 THRILLERS? >> Damian: WHO DOESN'T LOVE A 297 00:19:58,895 --> 00:20:00,663 SPY THRILLER? >> Stephen: BAD PEOPLE I 298 00:20:00,663 --> 00:20:02,298 GUESS. WHAT DO YOU THINK -- 299 00:20:02,298 --> 00:20:06,169 WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS SO ALARMING? 300 00:20:06,169 --> 00:20:08,703 >> Damian: I THINK IT IS THE DOUBLE LIFE, THE TOTAL DUPLICITY 301 00:20:08,703 --> 00:20:12,807 THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE ONE LIFE ENTIRELY SEEMINGLY TRANSPARENTLY 302 00:20:12,807 --> 00:20:15,710 WHILST HAVING A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LIFE GOING ON 303 00:20:15,710 --> 00:20:18,513 SIDE-BY-SIDE. I THINK THAT'S FASCINATING, AND 304 00:20:18,513 --> 00:20:24,285 THE ABILITY TO CONCEAL WHILST GOING ABOUT YOUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE 305 00:20:24,285 --> 00:20:30,125 I THINK IS THE SKILL, MASTERFUL, STRANGE SORT OF SHAPE SHIFTING 306 00:20:30,125 --> 00:20:32,360 SKILL TO HAVE. THE TWO GUYS THAT WE TELL THE 307 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:38,533 STORY ABOUT BASED ON A TRUE STORY, NICHOLAS ELLIOTT, THE 308 00:20:38,533 --> 00:20:41,102 FRIEND F OUR MOST NOTORIOUS SPY IN THE U.K. 309 00:20:41,102 --> 00:20:45,774 ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS TRADERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, A 310 00:20:45,774 --> 00:20:52,080 GUY CALLED FILBY, GUY WHO BETRAYED HIS COUNTRY. 311 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:56,351 HE WAS CAUGHT IN 1963, HIS BEST FRIEND NICHOLAS ELLIOTT, 312 00:20:56,351 --> 00:21:07,629 WHO I PLAY, THE IMMACULATE WONDERFUL GUY PIERCE PLAYS KIM 313 00:21:07,629 --> 00:21:09,697 PHILBY. ELLIOTT, HIS BEST FRIEND IS SENT 314 00:21:09,697 --> 00:21:13,835 OUT TO INTERROGATE HIM. THEY HAVE THIS NOW NOTORIOUS 315 00:21:13,835 --> 00:21:19,174 FOUR DAYS OF INTERVIEWS. 3 MINUTES WHICH GETS LOST WHEN 316 00:21:19,174 --> 00:21:21,676 THEY GO TO THE WINDOW. THEY OPEN THE WINDOW ON THE 317 00:21:21,676 --> 00:21:26,381 BEIRUT STREET. THERE ARE NO TRANSCRIPTS OF THIS 318 00:21:26,381 --> 00:21:29,918 3 MINUTES AND NO ONE KNOWS WHAT WAS SAID IN THOSE 3 MINUTES. 319 00:21:29,918 --> 00:21:33,721 ALL THEY DO KNOW IS THAT THE NEXT DAY, KIM PHILBY WAS ON A 320 00:21:33,721 --> 00:21:39,060 BOAT HEADING TO MOSCOW. THERE IS INTRIGUE FOR MANY YEARS 321 00:21:39,060 --> 00:21:44,432 ABOUT ELLIOTT'S PART IN KIM PHILBY'S DEFECTION 322 00:21:44,432 --> 00:21:46,568 EFFECTIVELY. HE WASN'T BROUGHT BACK. 323 00:21:46,568 --> 00:21:52,907 HE WASN'T TRIED, EXECUTED, WHATEVER, IN A COURT OF LAW OR 324 00:21:52,907 --> 00:21:54,809 PUBLIC OPINION. EFFECTIVELY HE SORT OF ROTTED 325 00:21:54,809 --> 00:21:59,380 HIS LIVER AND VODKA IN MOSCOW. >> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP. 326 00:21:59,380 --> 00:22:02,884 WHAT ARE WE ABOUT TO SEE? >> Damian: OKAY. 327 00:22:02,884 --> 00:22:06,254 >> Stephen: NO. WHAT ARE WE ABOUT TO SEE? 328 00:22:06,254 --> 00:22:09,123 >> Damian: STEVE, IT'S NOT WORKING. 329 00:22:09,123 --> 00:22:10,358 SORRY, OKAY. >> Stephen: WE DON'T HAVE TO 330 00:22:10,358 --> 00:22:14,295 SET IT UP. HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR OWN SHOW? 331 00:22:14,295 --> 00:22:15,563 DO YOU KNOW? >> Damian: I ONLY WATCH THINGS 332 00:22:15,563 --> 00:22:26,508 I AM IN. THIS IS THE DEBRIEFING SCENE 333 00:22:26,508 --> 00:22:27,342 WHEN ELLIOT COMES BACK UNDER SUSPICION. 334 00:22:27,342 --> 00:22:31,546 HE IS DEBRIEFED BY AN AM I FIVE AGENT PLAYED BY THE DUTIFUL, 335 00:22:31,546 --> 00:22:34,749 BRILLIANT ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN. LET'S HOPE IT IS THAT SCENE. 336 00:22:34,749 --> 00:22:37,552 >> MR. ELLIOTT. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU 337 00:22:37,552 --> 00:22:41,189 MIGHT NEED A MOMENT OR TWO TO BREAK THE ICE. 338 00:22:41,189 --> 00:22:44,993 BELIEVE ME, I DO. WOULD YOU MIND IF WE NOW 339 00:22:44,993 --> 00:22:59,040 CONSIDER BROKEN? >> THE WORD ESCAPE WAS SUGGESTED 340 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,544 KIM PHILBY WAS IN SOME SORT OF CUSTODY WHICH HE WAS NOW BUT I 341 00:23:02,544 --> 00:23:07,775 DO UNDERSTAND THE DRIVE OF YOUR QUESTION AND THE ANSWER IS THIS, 342 00:23:07,775 --> 00:23:14,047 I SIMPLY DIDN'T THINK AND RUN. I WAS OFFERING HIM COMPLETE 343 00:23:14,047 --> 00:23:17,251 IMMUNITY AND SECRECY WITH A NICE RETIREMENT IN THE COUNTRY WITH 344 00:23:17,251 --> 00:23:20,888 HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN FOR A FULL CONFESSION OF EVERYTHING HE EVER 345 00:23:20,888 --> 00:23:23,290 DID FOR THE KGB. I DIDN'T THINK FOR A MOMENT THAT 346 00:23:23,290 --> 00:23:29,229 HE WOULD CHOOSE RUSSIA OVER TH THAT. 347 00:23:29,229 --> 00:23:34,858 [APPLAUSE] >> Stephen: DO YOU THINK YOU'D 348 00:23:34,858 --> 00:23:41,799 BE A GOOD SPY? >> Damian: NO. 349 00:23:41,799 --> 00:23:44,535 >> Stephen: WHY NOT? I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD EITHER. 350 00:23:44,535 --> 00:23:47,504 I'VE GOT TO MY THEORIES. >> Damian: THAT WAS KIND OF 351 00:23:47,504 --> 00:23:50,140 LIKE A SET UP. YOU HAVE THE ANSWER ALREADY. 352 00:23:50,140 --> 00:23:54,845 >> Stephen: I HAD A THEORY. WHY DON'T YOU THINK YOU'D BE A 353 00:23:54,845 --> 00:23:59,483 GOOD SPY? >> Damian: UHH. 354 00:23:59,483 --> 00:24:02,353 >> Stephen: IF IT'S MY REASON, I CAN SEE WHY YOU'RE HESITANT TO 355 00:24:02,353 --> 00:24:05,189 ANSWER. CAN I TELL YOU MY RECENT FIRST? 356 00:24:05,189 --> 00:24:07,391 >> Damian: YOUR REASON IS ALREADY SOUNDING MORE EXCITING 357 00:24:07,391 --> 00:24:10,160 THAN MINE. >> Stephen: MY REASON IS THAT 358 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,096 A SPY SHOULD BE BORING, AND YOU'RE INTERESTING. 359 00:24:12,096 --> 00:24:19,203 >> Damian: AWW. >> Stephen: A SPY SHOULD NOT 360 00:24:19,203 --> 00:24:22,406 BE MEMORABLE. A SPY WOULD NOT DO THAT. 361 00:24:22,406 --> 00:24:25,342 A SPY DOES NOT RUB THEIR OWN NIPPLE IN PUBLIC. 362 00:24:25,342 --> 00:24:28,178 >> Damian: YOU DON'T KNOW THAT I DON'T HAVE A COUNTER AGENT OUT 363 00:24:28,178 --> 00:24:32,149 THERE RIGHT NOW RUBBING THEIR NIPPLE BACK TO ME RIGHT NOW. 364 00:24:32,149 --> 00:24:35,252 >> Stephen: THIS IS TRUE. IT IS ALL SPY CRAFT ALL THE 365 00:24:35,252 --> 00:24:38,222 TIME. WHAT WAS YOUR REASON FOR NOT 366 00:24:38,222 --> 00:24:40,724 BEING A SPY? >> Damian: I THINK THAT THAT 367 00:24:40,724 --> 00:24:44,561 LIFE OF SECRECY, THEY LOVE THAT CULTURE OF SECRECY. 368 00:24:44,561 --> 00:24:49,233 IT'S A SORT OF AN ELITE WAY TO LIVE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU 369 00:24:49,233 --> 00:24:52,603 ARE IN A VERY SMALL ELITE OF PEOPLE WHO DO WHAT YOU DO. 370 00:24:52,603 --> 00:25:01,045 NOBODY ELSE K KNOWS WHAT YOU DO AND IN THE EXAMPLE OF 371 00:25:01,045 --> 00:25:03,547 KIM PHILBY, HE WAS DOUBLE-CROSSING EVERYBODY. 372 00:25:03,547 --> 00:25:08,519 HE WAS IN AN ELITE OF ONE. I THINK THAT ABSOLUTELY DROVE 373 00:25:08,519 --> 00:25:11,955 HIS EGO, HIS NARCISSISM. I THINK HE LOVED THAT. 374 00:25:11,955 --> 00:25:15,693 I'M NOT SAYING I'M NOT EGOTISTICAL OR NARCISSISTIC. 375 00:25:15,693 --> 00:25:20,664 BECAUSE I AM BOTH. BUT I THINK IT WOULD DESTROY YOU 376 00:25:20,664 --> 00:25:25,002 IN THE END, HAVING TO MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL OF SECRECY, THAT 377 00:25:25,002 --> 00:25:27,805 DOUBLE LIFE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. 378 00:25:27,805 --> 00:25:29,556 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT 379 00:25:29,556 --> 00:25:31,451 BACK WITH MORE DAMIAN LEWIS, EVERYBODY. 380 00:25:31,451 --> 00:25:31,997 STICK AROUND. 381 00:25:37,549 --> 00:25:39,679 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. WE'RE BACK WITH THE STAR OF 382 00:25:39,679 --> 00:25:45,389 "A SPY AMONG FRIENDS." DAMIAN LEWIS. 383 00:25:45,389 --> 00:25:47,725 DAMIAN LEWIS. OH, DAMIAN LEWIS. 384 00:25:47,725 --> 00:25:53,564 I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DO AND ACTING EXERCISE TO GET YOURSELF 385 00:25:53,564 --> 00:25:57,235 AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHARACTER WHERE YOU CHOOSE AN 386 00:25:57,235 --> 00:26:00,004 ANIMAL THAT IS LIKE THE CHARACTER YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY 387 00:26:00,004 --> 00:26:04,023 OR TO INSPIRE YOU TO PLAY THE CHARACTER. 388 00:26:04,023 --> 00:26:10,230 HOW DOES THAT WORK? >> Damian: WELL, GOOD QUES 389 00:26:10,230 --> 00:26:12,265 QUESTION. WHEN I WAS AT CONSERVATORY IN 390 00:26:12,265 --> 00:26:21,040 DRAMA SCHOOL, THEY SENT US SOME LONDON ZOO EVERY WEEKEND FOR 391 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:25,912 FIRST SEMESTER. THEY WANTED US TO STUDY ANIMALS, 392 00:26:25,912 --> 00:26:27,313 ANIMAL MOVEMENT AND ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGY. 393 00:26:27,313 --> 00:26:29,549 AS A TOOL FOR ACTING. I SAID OH, GREAT. 394 00:26:29,549 --> 00:26:34,320 I'M GOING TO GO TO THE APE CAGE AND STUDIED THE APES AND THEY 395 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:38,091 SAID NO, YOU'RE NOT PURE YOU'RE ALREADY TOO MUCH LIKE AN APE. 396 00:26:38,091 --> 00:26:41,594 WE NEED YOU TO STUDY SOMETHING WHERE THERE IS STILLNESS. 397 00:26:41,594 --> 00:26:45,999 THEY SAID YOU ARE GOING TO BE A LIZARD. 398 00:26:45,999 --> 00:26:51,804 AND I WENT TO THE REPTILE HOUSE AT LONDON ZOO FOR 12 STRAIGHT 399 00:26:51,804 --> 00:26:54,807 WEEKS AND I CAME OUT OF THERE THE END OF THE 12 WEEKS 400 00:26:54,807 --> 00:26:57,977 THINKING, THIS IS GREAT. I AM GOING TO SCORE THE TOP 401 00:26:57,977 --> 00:27:02,348 GRADES OF THE CLASS BECAUSE I SAW THAT LIZARD MOVE THREE TIMES 402 00:27:02,348 --> 00:27:05,118 IN 12 WEEKS. >> Stephen: DO YOU STILL HAVE 403 00:27:05,118 --> 00:27:07,787 THE LIZARD? >> Damian: THE LIZARD DOES TWO 404 00:27:07,787 --> 00:27:10,156 THINGS. THE LIZARD LIES TOTALLY STILL 405 00:27:10,156 --> 00:27:14,928 UNDER THE HEAT LAMP FOR 12 WEEKS. 406 00:27:14,928 --> 00:27:18,598 AND THEN MAYBE ONCE IN WEEK SIX AND AGAIN IN WEEK NINE, IT WILL 407 00:27:18,598 --> 00:27:39,886 DO THIS. [APPLAUSE] 408 00:27:39,886 --> 00:27:43,189 HONESTLY MY FRIEND OSCAR, HE SAID YOU ARE AN APE. 409 00:27:43,189 --> 00:27:46,359 YOU CAN'T BE AN APE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE A LIZARD WITH 410 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,128 DAMIAN. WE GOT ON OUR BLACK LEOTARDS, WE 411 00:27:49,128 --> 00:27:52,198 LAY ON THE FLOOR AND RELAY ON TOP OF EACH OTHER FOR AN HOUR. 412 00:27:52,198 --> 00:27:54,033 THAT WAS IT. TOTALLY STILL. 413 00:27:54,033 --> 00:27:58,604 TOP MARKS. >> Stephen: WHAT ANIMAL, WAS 414 00:27:58,604 --> 00:28:02,909 HIS NAME, NICHOLAS? >> Damian: NICHOLAS ELLIOTT. 415 00:28:02,909 --> 00:28:04,177 >> Stephen: WHAT ANIMAL WAS HE? 416 00:28:04,177 --> 00:28:07,580 >> Damian: BECAUSE OF THE DOUBLE LIFE, HE FELT TO ME HE 417 00:28:07,580 --> 00:28:10,917 WAS BIRDLIKE. THERE WAS A BIT OF A PEACOCK 418 00:28:10,917 --> 00:28:13,886 ABOUT NICHOLAS ELLIOTT, SOMEONE WHO LIKED TELLING DIRTY 419 00:28:13,886 --> 00:28:16,456 LIMERICKS. THAT WAS A BIG THING OF HIS IN 420 00:28:16,456 --> 00:28:18,925 REAL LIFE. HE LOVED BEING AT THE BAR AND 421 00:28:18,925 --> 00:28:21,561 ENTERTAINING WITH DIRTY LIMERICKS. 422 00:28:21,561 --> 00:28:25,365 SORT OF THE PEACOCK, THE FEATHERS FANNED, COUPLE OF 423 00:28:25,365 --> 00:28:28,134 WHISKEYS IN. THEN THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY 424 00:28:28,134 --> 00:28:33,139 HAWK LIKE, EAGLE LIKE ABOUT HIM, VERY WATCHFUL AND ATTENTIVE. 425 00:28:33,139 --> 00:28:36,976 HE WAS TWO BIRDS FOR ME. I TRY TO NARROW IT DOWN TO ONE 426 00:28:36,976 --> 00:28:44,417 WITH EACH CHARACTER. AND THEN THE INTERESTING THING, 427 00:28:44,417 --> 00:28:48,354 THE INTERESTING ANTHROPOMORPHIC THING ABOUT STARTING AN ANIMAL 428 00:28:48,354 --> 00:28:54,827 IS HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY INTEGRATE THAT INTO YOU PHYSICALLY WITHOUT 429 00:28:54,827 --> 00:28:56,929 PEOPLE -- >> Stephen: SAY THAT YOU'RE 430 00:28:56,929 --> 00:29:00,199 DOING A BIRD. >> Damian: WHY IS THAT SPY 431 00:29:00,199 --> 00:29:03,703 WALKING AROUND LIKE A PEACOCK? THAT'S WEIRD. 432 00:29:03,703 --> 00:29:07,407 IT'S ABOUT HOW YOU INTEGRATE IT. >> Stephen: HOW ABOUT BOBBY 433 00:29:07,407 --> 00:29:10,176 AXELROD? DID HE HAVE AN ANIMAL? 434 00:29:10,176 --> 00:29:13,813 >> Damian: BOBBY AXELROD IS A PREDATOR, ONE OF THE BIG CATS. 435 00:29:13,813 --> 00:29:17,183 HE IS A CHEETAH. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF PLAY ON 436 00:29:17,183 --> 00:29:20,820 WORDS BECAUSE HE IS CLEARLY, YOU KNOW... 437 00:29:20,820 --> 00:29:24,223 WELL, LET'S CALL IT, HE'S A CRIMINAL. 438 00:29:24,223 --> 00:29:32,565 AND SO THE CHEETAH WAS A GOOD SORT OF -- ENTERTAIN ME, THAT'S 439 00:29:32,565 --> 00:29:38,704 THE CAT HE WAS. IN BOBBY AXELROD, I DON'T KNOW 440 00:29:38,704 --> 00:29:46,579 IF ANY OF YOUR WATCH HIT TV SHOW "BILLIONS," BUT WITH BOBBY, 441 00:29:46,579 --> 00:29:51,084 BECAUSE HE'S KIND OF A LARGER THEN. 442 00:29:51,084 --> 00:29:56,589 HE'S A BIT OF A ROCK STAR, SWAGGERING COWBOY. 443 00:29:56,589 --> 00:30:00,526 HE SHOULD ROLL LIKE A BIG CAT A BIT. 444 00:30:00,526 --> 00:30:03,763 SO I KEPT THAT FOR HIM. >> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND. 445 00:30:03,763 --> 00:30:07,066 WE'VE GOT TO GO IN A MINUTE BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE AN 446 00:30:07,066 --> 00:30:08,534 ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE TO THE PEOPLE. 447 00:30:08,534 --> 00:30:13,106 A LITTLE BIT OF NEWS THAT NOBODY KNOWS YET. 448 00:30:13,106 --> 00:30:15,775 REGARDING MR. AXELROD. ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO TELL 449 00:30:15,775 --> 00:30:19,479 THE FOLKS? >> Damian: WELL, BOBBY. 450 00:30:19,479 --> 00:30:25,952 BOBBY IS BACK. HE'S COMING BACK. 451 00:30:25,952 --> 00:30:30,356 >> Stephen: TO "BILLIONS." >> Damian: YES. 452 00:30:30,356 --> 00:30:34,760 IT'S BACK IN ITS EXCITING. HE'S NOT BEEN AROUND FOR A 453 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:39,866 COUPLE SEASONS BUT HE IS BACK. >> Stephen: WHEN? 454 00:30:39,866 --> 00:30:40,700 >> Damian: I CAN'T TELL YOU THIS. 455 00:30:40,700 --> 00:30:42,535 >> Stephen: I WILL TELL YOU THIS. 456 00:30:42,535 --> 00:30:46,272 IT'S BEEN LOVELY TO HAVE YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 457 00:30:46,272 --> 00:30:49,426 "A SPY AMONG FRIENDS" PREMIERES MARCH 12 ON MGM+. 458 00:30:49,426 --> 00:30:53,151 DAMIAN LEWIS EVERYBODY. WE WILL BE BACK WITH AMBASSADOR. 459 00:30:53,151 --> 00:30:55,087 LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD. 460 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:11,837 ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. 461 00:31:11,837 --> 00:31:16,563 WELCOME BACK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT 462 00:31:16,563 --> 00:31:21,534 GUEST IS A DIPLOMAT WHO SPENT 40 YEARS WORKING IN THE GOVERNMENT. 463 00:31:21,534 --> 00:31:24,537 SHE SERVES AS THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE 464 00:31:24,537 --> 00:31:28,575 UNITED NATIONS. PLEASE WELCOME AMBASSADOR LINDA 465 00:31:28,575 --> 00:31:43,056 THOMAS-GREENFIELD. ♪ ♪ 466 00:31:43,056 --> 00:31:45,325 >> Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield: I MATCH YOUR 467 00:31:45,325 --> 00:31:47,126 CHAIR. >> Stephen: THANKS FOR BEING 468 00:31:47,126 --> 00:31:50,296 HERE. FRIDAY WAS THE ONE-YEAR 469 00:31:50,296 --> 00:31:54,667 ANNIVERSARY OF PUTIN'S INVASION OF UKRAINE. 470 00:31:54,667 --> 00:31:57,570 YOU WERE ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING 471 00:31:57,570 --> 00:31:58,938 WITH THE INVASION ACTUALLY HAPPENED. 472 00:31:58,938 --> 00:32:06,079 LOOKING BACK, OVER THE LAST YEAR, ARE YOU SURPRISED WHERE WE 473 00:32:06,079 --> 00:32:12,074 ARE OR WHERE THINGS ARE IN UKRAINE GIVEN HOW PERILOUS THE 474 00:32:12,074 --> 00:32:13,775 SITUATION LOOKED IN THOSE FIRST WEEKS? 475 00:32:13,775 --> 00:32:15,277 >> Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield: WELL, I HAVE 476 00:32:15,277 --> 00:32:18,647 TO TELL YOU THAT DAY WAS SURREAL. 477 00:32:18,647 --> 00:32:22,284 WE CALLED AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE COUNCIL SO THAT WE COULD 478 00:32:22,284 --> 00:32:26,955 WARN THE WORLD THAT RUSSIA WAS PLANNING TO INVADE UKRAINE, AND 479 00:32:26,955 --> 00:32:30,859 THEY DID IT WHILE WE WERE SITTING IN THE COUNCIL AND SO I 480 00:32:30,859 --> 00:32:34,663 THINK EVEN THE RUSSIANS, THEY WERE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL SO 481 00:32:34,663 --> 00:32:37,232 THERE AMBASSADOR WAS SITTING IN THE CHAIR. 482 00:32:37,232 --> 00:32:42,838 AS WE ALL LOOKED AT OUR PHONES AND HEARD THAT THIS WAS 483 00:32:42,838 --> 00:32:45,307 HAPPENING. AT THE TIME, RUSSIA SAID THIS IS 484 00:32:45,307 --> 00:32:47,743 JUST GOING TO BE A TWO-WEEK OPERATION. 485 00:32:47,743 --> 00:32:51,647 WE'LL FINISH IT OFF, AND HERE WE ARE ONE YEAR LATER. 486 00:32:51,647 --> 00:32:56,018 AND THEY WORSE SO, THEY WERE SO MISGUIDED. 487 00:32:56,018 --> 00:33:00,122 THEY WERE SO MISTAKEN BECAUSE ONE YEAR LATER, UKRAINE STILL 488 00:33:00,122 --> 00:33:06,762 STANDS AND PRESIDENT BIDEN... WAS THERE AT THE ONE-YEAR MARK. 489 00:33:06,762 --> 00:33:10,932 CONGRATULATING PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY FOR THE 490 00:33:10,932 --> 00:33:15,203 FORTITUDE THAT THE UKRAINIANS HAVE SHOWN AND SHOWED THE 491 00:33:15,203 --> 00:33:19,508 UKRAINIANS HAVE THE WORLD STILL STANDS UNITED WITH UKRAINE. 492 00:33:19,508 --> 00:33:25,180 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Stephen: WHAT'S IT LIKE TO 493 00:33:25,180 --> 00:33:31,987 BE IN THE ROOM WITH THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR, THEN OR NOW. 494 00:33:31,987 --> 00:33:35,590 YOU EVER SAY, COME ON. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS THINKING? 495 00:33:35,590 --> 00:33:39,461 DO YOU EVER GET TO SHOOT STRAIGHT WITH THESE GUYS? 496 00:33:39,461 --> 00:33:40,429 >> Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield: OCCASIONALLY 497 00:33:40,429 --> 00:33:42,998 WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOOT STRAIGHT. 498 00:33:42,998 --> 00:33:46,668 THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE INVASION OF UKRAINE. 499 00:33:46,668 --> 00:33:50,072 WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. WE SIT AROUND THE TABLE EVERY 500 00:33:50,072 --> 00:33:52,307 DAY, 15 COUNTRIES, FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS AND TEN 501 00:33:52,307 --> 00:33:56,011 ELECTED MEMBERS WE HAVE TO ENGAGE ON ANY NUMBER OF ISSUES. 502 00:33:56,011 --> 00:34:00,615 WE ENGAGE ON ISSUES WHERE WE ACTUALLY AGREE. 503 00:34:00,615 --> 00:34:04,853 WE AGREED ON SANCTIONS AGAINST HAITIAN GANGS. 504 00:34:04,853 --> 00:34:08,824 WE AGREED ON CONTINUING TO KEEP THE BORDER OPEN INTO SYRIA A 505 00:34:08,824 --> 00:34:12,894 YEAR AGO SO THAT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COULD CONTINUE TO GO 506 00:34:12,894 --> 00:34:20,235 INTO PEOPLE IN NEED. BUT AFTER THE UKRAINIAN WAR, 507 00:34:20,235 --> 00:34:26,007 RUSSIA REALLY, REALLY DISRESPECTED THE COUNCIL AND 508 00:34:26,007 --> 00:34:29,845 EVERYTHING WE STAND FOR BECAUSE THEY SIT AS PERMANENT MEMBERS OF 509 00:34:29,845 --> 00:34:33,381 THE COUNCIL AND THEY ATTACKED THEIR NEIGHBOR. 510 00:34:33,381 --> 00:34:36,218 THEY BROUGHT THIS UNPROVOKED WAR ON THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. 511 00:34:36,218 --> 00:34:40,689 THEY ARE COMMITTING M WAR CRIME. THEY ARE COMMITTING CRIMES 512 00:34:40,689 --> 00:34:43,058 AGAINST HUMANITY. THEY ARE COMMITTING HUMAN RIGHTS 513 00:34:43,058 --> 00:34:45,861 VIOLATIONS RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR EYES AND THEY ARE PERMANENT 514 00:34:45,861 --> 00:34:48,263 MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL. >> Stephen: MEANING THAT THEY 515 00:34:48,263 --> 00:34:49,598 HAVE VETO POWER. >> Ambassador 516 00:34:49,598 --> 00:34:50,999 Thomas-Greenfield: THEY HAVE VETO POWER AND IT IS FOR THAT 517 00:34:50,999 --> 00:34:56,104 REASON THAT WE TAKE OUR ACTIONS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHERE 518 00:34:56,104 --> 00:35:00,308 THEIR VETO POWER DOESN'T WORK. AND WE HAVE CONDEMNED THEM 519 00:35:00,308 --> 00:35:04,045 ROUNDLY. ON FRIDAY WE PUT FORWARD A 520 00:35:04,045 --> 00:35:09,851 RESOLUTION, A PEACE RESOLUTION. 141 COUNTRIES VOTED FOR THAT 521 00:35:09,851 --> 00:35:10,952 RESOLUTION. >> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT 522 00:35:10,952 --> 00:35:14,756 CHINA FOR JUST A MOMENT. BECAUSE IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT 523 00:35:14,756 --> 00:35:23,198 CHINA IS CONSIDERING SENDING WEAPONRY AND AID TO RUSSIA. 524 00:35:23,198 --> 00:35:25,967 ANTONY BLINKEN AND JAKE SULLIVAN HAVE SAID YEAH, THAT'S BAD. 525 00:35:25,967 --> 00:35:29,604 YOU CAN'T DO THAT. WHY WOULD IT BE PARTICULAR BAD 526 00:35:29,604 --> 00:35:33,542 FOR CHINA TO DO THAT BEYOND PROLONGING THE WAR? 527 00:35:33,542 --> 00:35:34,676 >> Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield: FIRST, IT 528 00:35:34,676 --> 00:35:39,214 WILL PROLONG THE WAR. SECOND, IT MEANS CHINA WILL 529 00:35:39,214 --> 00:35:42,083 ALIGN ITSELF WITH RUSSIA'S ACTIONS IN UKRAINE. 530 00:35:42,083 --> 00:35:45,787 CHINA WOULD ALIGN ITSELF WITH COMMITTING HUMAN RIGHTS 531 00:35:45,787 --> 00:35:48,123 VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. 532 00:35:48,123 --> 00:35:54,629 CARRYING OUT THE BLOODY WAR THAT HAS REALLY DESTROYED 533 00:35:54,629 --> 00:35:59,000 INFRASTRUCTURE IN UKRAINE. THIS IS ABOUT SUPPORTING THE 534 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,436 U.N. CHARTER. IF CHINA ALIGNS ITSELF WITH 535 00:36:01,436 --> 00:36:04,406 RUSSIA, THAT IT BECOMES PART OF THAT PROBLEM. 536 00:36:04,406 --> 00:36:10,645 SO WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY EVIDENCE YET THAT THEY HAVE MADE A 537 00:36:10,645 --> 00:36:15,684 DECISION TO PROVIDE LETHAL WEAPONS BUT THEY UNDERSTAND VERY 538 00:36:15,684 --> 00:36:20,522 CLEARLY IF THEY DO PROVIDE LETHAL WEAPONS THAT THEY ARE 539 00:36:20,522 --> 00:36:26,361 SUPPORTING RUSSIA IN ITS EFFORTS TO DESTROY A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY. 540 00:36:26,361 --> 00:36:30,999 >> Stephen: OBVIOUSLY THINGS CAN GET TENSE IN ANY DIPLOMATIC 541 00:36:30,999 --> 00:36:33,635 SITUATION. PART OF YOUR JOB AS AN INVESTOR 542 00:36:33,635 --> 00:36:38,573 TO TRY TO DE-ESCALATE, THAT IS THE COAL, DIPLOMACY IS THE 543 00:36:38,573 --> 00:36:41,209 DEPARTMENT OF PEACE. I UNDERSTAND THE OF INTERESTING 544 00:36:41,209 --> 00:36:44,346 FORM OF DIPLOMACY THAT YOU USED TO TRY TO WIN PEOPLE OVER NOT 545 00:36:44,346 --> 00:36:47,682 ONLY FOR YOURSELF BUT FOR THE STATES. 546 00:36:47,682 --> 00:36:49,217 >> Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield: [LAUGHS] 547 00:36:49,217 --> 00:36:51,286 I ASSUME YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GUMBALL DIPLOMACY. 548 00:36:51,286 --> 00:36:54,389 >> Stephen: I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANT. 549 00:36:54,389 --> 00:36:59,828 THAT'S WHY I WAS LETTING YOU. WHAT IS GUMBO DIPLOMACY? 550 00:36:59,828 --> 00:37:01,796 >> Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield: ANYONE IN 551 00:37:01,796 --> 00:37:06,568 THE AUDIENCE FROM LOUISIANA? GUMBO DIPLOMACY IS ABOUT DUMBO, 552 00:37:06,568 --> 00:37:09,771 AN EXTRAORDINARY DISH, AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE 553 00:37:09,771 --> 00:37:15,377 OVER A GREAT MEAL. I COOK IT MYSELF. 554 00:37:15,377 --> 00:37:20,582 I SHARED MY RECIPE THAT I MADE UPON THE SPOT WITH 555 00:37:20,582 --> 00:37:22,984 "THE WASHINGTON POST," I HAVE NEVER USED THE RECIPE MYSELF. 556 00:37:22,984 --> 00:37:27,188 >> Stephen: DID YOU GIVE THEM THE REAL RECIPE OR WHAT PEOPLE 557 00:37:27,188 --> 00:37:30,025 WHO AREN'T FROM LOUISIANA ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE? 558 00:37:30,025 --> 00:37:32,627 I WENT DOWN, JON BAPTISTE, I WENT DOWN TO COOK WITH HIS MOM 559 00:37:32,627 --> 00:37:36,564 AND HE SAID TO ME AFTERWARDS, THAT'S NOT THE RECIPE. 560 00:37:36,564 --> 00:37:39,401 >> Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield: PEOPLE WHO 561 00:37:39,401 --> 00:37:41,403 COOED GUMBO, WE DON'T USE A RECIPE. 562 00:37:41,403 --> 00:37:45,006 YOU JUST COOK. SO I COOK AND I ACTUALLY TRIED 563 00:37:45,006 --> 00:37:49,644 TO RECONSTRUCT WHAT I DO AND THAT RECIPE. 564 00:37:49,644 --> 00:37:57,419 I WAS IN GHANA A FEW MONTHS AGO AND THE AMBASSADOR THERE HAD HER 565 00:37:57,419 --> 00:38:00,889 CHEF USE THE RECIPE AND THE GUMBO WAS REALLY GOOD. 566 00:38:00,889 --> 00:38:04,292 I HAVE TO TRY THE RECIPE. IT WAS BETTER THAN ANYTHING I'VE 567 00:38:04,292 --> 00:38:08,596 EVER MADE BEFORE. >> Stephen: HOW DID YOU -- 568 00:38:08,596 --> 00:38:11,766 AFTER 40 YEARS OF WORKING IN DIPLOMACY, I'M SURE CAN BE 569 00:38:11,766 --> 00:38:14,836 DISHEARTENING SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SEE THE STATE OF THE WORLD. 570 00:38:14,836 --> 00:38:19,774 WHAT ARE THE MOMENTS THAT SUSTAIN YOU, THROUGH MOMENTS OF 571 00:38:19,774 --> 00:38:20,775 DOUBT LET'S SAY? >> Ambassador 572 00:38:20,775 --> 00:38:22,143 Thomas-Greenfield: IT'S RARE THAT I HAVE MOMENTS OF DOUBT 573 00:38:22,143 --> 00:38:26,815 BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING IS IMPORTANT. 574 00:38:26,815 --> 00:38:31,820 BUT ONE OF THE MOMENTS I HAD THAT REALLY BROUGHT TO THE 575 00:38:31,820 --> 00:38:35,546 FOREFRONT WHY WHAT I DO IS SO IMPORTANT, SOME YEARS AGO I MET 576 00:38:35,546 --> 00:38:39,684 YOUNG SUDANESE MAN, SOUTH SUDANESE MAN ON THE STREETS IN 577 00:38:39,684 --> 00:38:44,989 ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, AND HE SAID HEY, LINDA, YOU HELPED MAKE IT 578 00:38:44,989 --> 00:38:47,225 REFUGEE STATUS TO THE UNITED STATES. 579 00:38:47,225 --> 00:38:51,095 AND I REALIZED AT THAT MOMENT THAT SOMETHING I DID HAVE CHANGE 580 00:38:51,095 --> 00:38:54,499 SOMEBODY'S LIFE. AND SO I APPROACH MY WORK EVERY 581 00:38:54,499 --> 00:38:58,069 SINGLE DAY THAT I AM DOING SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO 582 00:38:58,069 --> 00:39:02,273 CHANGE SOMEBODY'S LIFE. I MAY NEVER MEET THE PERSON. 583 00:39:02,273 --> 00:39:05,476 I MAY NEVER HEAR WHAT I'VE DONE BUT I KNOW IN MY HEART I'M DOING 584 00:39:05,476 --> 00:39:07,879 SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO PEOPLE. 585 00:39:07,879 --> 00:39:13,051 FOR THAT REASON, I CAN GET UP EVERY DAY DEAL WITH THE CRAP AND 586 00:39:13,051 --> 00:39:17,488 FIGHT THE GOOD BATTLE. >> Stephen: AMBASSADOR, 587 00:39:17,488 --> 00:39:20,722 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 588 00:39:20,722 --> 00:39:22,691 AMBASSADOR LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD, EVERYBODY. 589 00:39:22,691 --> 00:39:24,095 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 590 00:39:44,012 --> 00:39:45,178 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 591 00:39:45,178 --> 00:39:47,179 TUNE IN TOMORROW. MY GUEST WILL BE 592 00:39:47,179 --> 00:39:50,090 KAL PENN, AND PRINCE HARRY TAKES THE 593 00:39:50,090 --> 00:39:53,117 COLBERT QUESTIONERT. STICK AROUND FOR JAMES. 594 00:39:53,117 --> 00:39:54,459 GOOD NIGHT. ♪ ♪