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>> RIGHT THERE IN THE HUDSON
RIVER...
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>> YEAH, THAT WAS AWESOME.
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>> ...NOT FAR FROM THE
"INTREPID," A HUMPBACK WHALE
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BURST OUT OF THE WATER.
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>> WE COULDN'T REALLY BELIEVE
IT, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY
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EXPECT TO SEE A WHALE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE HUDSON.
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♪ ♪ ♪
( TO TUNE OF "NEW YORK, NEW
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YORK" )
>> Announcer: IT'S "A LATE SHOW
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WITH STEPHEN COLBERT."
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TONIGHT:
VACCINATION ANTICIPATION.
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PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES
RACHEL MADDOW AND MEGAN THEE
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STALLION.
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FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY
HOMIN'.
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AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM
THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER OFFICE
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BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S
STEPHEN COLBERT!
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>> Stephen: HEY!
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SORRY.
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SOMEONE'S DRAWING MY ATTENTION
OVER HERE.
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EVIE'S HERE TONIGHT.
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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, LOVE.
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WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW."
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I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
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WELL, THE THING THAT KEEPS
HAPPENING IS STILL HAPPENING,
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BUT NOW... MUCH MORE.
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EVERY DAY, THE U.S. HITS A NEW
TERRIBLE MILESTONE IN THE
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PANDEMIC, AND IN THE PRESIDENT.
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BUT LET'S START WITH THE
PANDEMIC.
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WE SHOULD ALL BRACE OURSELVES,
BECAUSE THE POST-THANKSGIVING
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CORONAVIRUS SURGE IS JUST
STARTING.
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NO SURPRISE.
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WE ALL SAW THE PICTURES.
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EVEN BEFORE THE PARADE, THAT
BOSS BABY WAS NOT STAYING SIX
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FEET AWAY FROM ANYONE.
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BUT THERE'S HOPE ON THE WAY.
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I'LL GIVE YOU THE DETAILS IN
TONIGHT'S EDITION OF:
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"CATCH A THIRD WAVE: ENDLESS
BUMMER."
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>> MY COUSIN IS THE MUCINEX MAN!
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>> GET OUT OF HERE!
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RIGHT NOW, THE PFIZER VACCINE IS
BEING ADMINISTERED IN THE U.K.,
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AND WE'RE LEARNING WHAT TO
EXPECT.
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HEALTH AUTHORITIES IN THE U.K.
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SAY THAT PEOPLE WITH SEVERE
ALLERGIES SHOULD NOT RECEIVE THE
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VACCINE.
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OOH, I HOPE THIS MEANS THE
VACCINE IS A PEANUT BUTTER
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COOKIE!
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ALSO, IN STATESIDE VACCINE
TRIALS, PARTICIPANTS WARN OF
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INTENSE SYMPTOMS AFTER THE
SECOND SHOT, SAYING "I DEVELOPED
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A LOW-GRADE FEVER AND HAD
CHILLS."
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AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME
FOOTAGE OF THAT MAN AFTER HIS
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INOCULATION:
♪ I GOT CHILLS
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THEY'RE MULTIPLYING ♪
>> Stephen: HOPE HE'S OKAY.
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DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT
HE LOOKS LIKE NOW?
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OH, GOOD LORD.
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I JUST PRAY HE DOESN'T DEVELOP
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER.
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YOU KNOW WHO REALLY NEEDS A
VACCINE?
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EVERYBODY.
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BUT ESPECIALLY THE CRUISE
INDUSTRY.
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THEY'RE ONE OF THE FIRST
INDUSTRIES TO BE COMPLETELY
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SHUT DOWN BY CORONAVIRUS.
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BUT NOW, ROYAL CARIBBEAN IS
BACK.
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THEY'VE LAUNCHED A SOCIALLY-
DISTANCED, ULTRA-SANITIZED
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EXPERIENCE THEY'RE CALLING THE
"COVID-SECURE" CRUISE.
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THAT IS GREAT NEWS!
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NOW THE ONLY DISEASE YOU CAN GET
ON A CRUISE IS ALL THE OTHER
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ONES.
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PLUS, IF THERE'S ONE THING
THAT'S NEVER BACKFIRED, IT'S
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BRAGGING ABOUT HOW SAFE YOUR
GIANT CRUISE SHIP IS.
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JUST ASK THE DIRECTOR OF
MARKETING FOR ROYAL CARIBBEAN:
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>> "I'M THE KING OF GOOD IDEAS!"
WHOA!
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WHOA-HO-HO!
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>> Stephen: HE'S REALLY
EXCITED, REALLY EXCITED.
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SOME OF THE SHIP'S COVID
PRECAUTIONS INCLUDE SAILING AT
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HALF CAPACITY WITH MANDATORY
MASKS "AT ALL TIMES," MINGLING
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DISCOURAGED, AND NO STOPS.
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SO YOU'RE ON A BIG SHIP, BUT IT
DOESN'T DOCK ANYWHERE, AND YOU
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CAN'T SEE ANYONE.
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PERFECT VACATION IF YOU'VE BEEN
CUPID UP IN QUARANTINE FOR LAST
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NIGHT MONTHS AND THOUGHT, "I
LOVE MY APARTMENT BUT I WISH IT
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WAS SMALLER AND GAVE ME MOTION
SICKNESS."
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THE CRUISE SET SAIL THIS WEEK,
AND EVERYTHING WAS GOING GREAT,
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UNTIL PASSENGERS WOKE UP TO THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE CAPTAIN:
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>> FOR NOW, THIS IS THE
INFORMATION THAT I HAVE TO SHARE
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WITH YOU.
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A GUEST WAS FEELING WELL--
UNWELL, AND TESTED POSITIVE FOR
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COVID-19.
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>> Stephen: OOH!
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NOT SO COVID-SECURE AFTER ALL!
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THAT IS THE WORST ANNOUNCEMENT
YOU CAN HEAR ON A CRUISE SHIP,
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AFTER, "THE HYPNOTIST WILL BE
STOPPING BY YOUR TABLES IN JUST
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A MOMENT."
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( LAUGHTER )
NO ONE COULD HAVE SEEN THIS
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COMING, EXCEPT EVERYONE, BECAUSE
JUST THREE WEEKS AGO, THE FIRST
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CRUISE TO LAUNCH SINCE THE
PANDEMIC WAS FORCED TO RETURN TO
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ITS HOME PORT AFTER PASSENGERS
TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
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BUT ROYAL CARIBBEAN WENT AHEAD
WITH THEIR CRUISE ANYWAY.
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I GUESS THEY WERE JUST FOLLOWING
THE ADVICE OF THAT FAMOUS
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INSPIRATIONAL POSTER:
"IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED,
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TRY CRAMMING 2,000 PEOPLE ONTO A
DIFFERENT FLOATING HOT ZONE WITH
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UNLIMITED ROOM-TEMPERATURE
SHRIMP."
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JANUARY 20 CANNOT COME FAST
ENOUGH, WHEN AMERICA WILL USHER
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IN A GLORIOUS NEW ERA OF BASIC
COMPETENCE.
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YESTERDAY, PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE
BIDEN UNVEILED MORE MEMBERS OF
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HIS "KNOWING HOW TO DO THINGS"
TASK FORCE, STARTING WITH NAMING
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DR. VIVEK MURTHY AS HIS NOMINEE
FOR SURGEON GENERAL.
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HE'LL BE REPLACING THE OUTGOING
SURGEON GENERAL, A TONGUE
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DEPRESSOR WITH GOOGLY EYES.
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BUT JOE DID STUMBLE JUST A
LITTLE IN PRONOUNCING BOTH THE
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TITLE AND NAME OF HIS NOMINEE
FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
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XAVIER BECERRA.
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>> FOR SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
EDUCATION, I NOMINATE XAVIER
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BACCARIA.
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>> Stephen: CLOSE.
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( LAUGHTER )
DAMN CLOSE!
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IT'S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
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"HEALTH AND EDUCATION" IS THE
NAME OF THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS
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WHERE YOU TEACH XAVIER TO WEAR
CONDOMS SO HE DOESN'T GET
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BACCAREEA.
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( LAUGHTER )
BIDEN ALSO NOMINATED FORMER IOWA
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GOVERNOR TOM VILSACK TO REPRISE
HIS OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ROLE AS
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U.S. AGRICULTURE SECRETARY.
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NOW, IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS
SINCE HE HAS HAD THE JOB.
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HOPEFULLY HE STILL REMEMBERS HOW
CORN WORKS.
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VILSACK ATTACK!
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BIDEN ALSO SET THE BAR FOR "BEST
NAME IN HIS ADMINISTRATION" BY
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NOMINATING OHIO REPRESENTATIVE
MARCIA FUDGE AS HIS HOUSING AND
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URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY.
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FUDGE.
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THAT IS WONDERFUL-- THOUGH SHE
HAS BEEN DOGGED BY ALLEGATIONS
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THAT SHE STEERED VALUABLE
GOVERNMENT CATERING CONTRACTS TO
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HER NEPHEW, E.L.
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AND IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE BIDEN
MIGHT DO A SOLID FOR HIS FORMER
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PRIMARY MOMENT AND MAN WHO SET
THE PHOTO SHOP FILTER TO "ALL,"
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PETE BUTTIGEIG.
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BECAUSE, APPARENTLY, OLD
BOOTY-BOOTS IS BEING LINED UP AS
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BIDEN'S U.S. AMBASSADOR TO
CHINA.
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WAIT A MINUTE.
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WAIT A MINUTE.
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PETE BUTTIEGEG SPEAKS EIGHT
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, NORWEGIAN,
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SPANISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN,
MALTESE, ARABIC, AND DARI.
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BUT NOT MANDARIN.
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YOU'RE SENDING HIM TO THE ONLY
PLACE ON THE PLANET WHERE HE
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DOESN'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.
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THAT'S NOT AN AMBASSADORSHIP.
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THAT'S THE PLOT OF "EMILY IN
PARIS!"
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DESPITE BIDEN'S APPOINTMENTS,
OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT CONTINUES
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TO DENY REALITY.
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AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE LATEST IN
THE LAMENESS OF HIS SAMENESS IN
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TONIGHT'S:
( TO TUNE OF "ROW ROW ROW YOUR
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BOAT" )
>> ♪ SCREW, SCREW, SCREW YOUR
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VOTE!
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IGNORE COVID-19.
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♪ I NEED THERAPY!
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THERAPY!
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THERAPY!
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THERAPY!
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♪ YOU ALL ARE BUT A DREAM! ♪
>> THE ROAD FROM THE WHITE
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HOUSE.
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>> Stephen: THE PRESIDENT'S
LEGAL LOSING STREAK CONTINUES.
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YESTERDAY, THE NEVADA SUPREME
COURT REJECTED HIS CAMPAIGN'S
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APPEAL TO OVERTURN BIDEN'S WIN,
AND THE SUPREME COURT REJECTED
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PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS'
ATTEMPT TO BLOCK BIDEN'S
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VICTORY.
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THIS PRESIDENT HASN'T FACED THIS
MUCH REJECTION SINCE EVERY TIME
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HE HAS TRIED TO HOLD MELANIA'S
HAND.
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( LAUGHTER )
SO, HE'S GETTING MORE DESPERATE.
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THIS AFTERNOON, IN AN ATTEMPT TO
PROVE... SOMETHING, THE
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PRESIDENT TWEETED, "AT
10:00 P.M. ON ELECTION EVENING,
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WE WERE AT 97% WIN WITH THE
SO-CALLED 'BOOKIES'."
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FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
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SECOND OF ALL, SHUT UP.
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( LAUGHTER )
THIRD, IT WOULDN'T MATTER IF
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"THE BOOKIES" HAD GIVEN YOU ODDS
AT 10:00 PM.
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BOOKIES DON'T DECIDE WHO'S
PRESIDENT.
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IT'S THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, NOT
THE ELECTORAL COCKFIGHT.
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HERE'S SOMETHING: WHITE HOUSE
AIDES ARE NOW SPECULATING THAT
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THE PRESIDENT IS PLOTTING TO
GIVE OUT MASS PARDONS.
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NOT REALLY THE BEHAVIOR YOU
EXPECT TO SEE FROM SOMEONE WHO'S
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GOING TO BE AROUND FOR ANOTHER
FOUR YEARS.
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IF YOUR 90-YEAR-OLD GRANDPA
TAKES A TRIP TO ITALY, SKYDIVES,
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AND HAS A THREESOME, HE'S NOT
CROSSING ITEMS OFF HIS "LIVE
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FOREVER" LIST.
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I DON'T KNOW WHO IS HAVING A
THREE-SOME WITH A 90-YEAR-OLD
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BUT GOOD FOR YOU, GRANDPA.
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REPORTEDLY, THE PRESIDENT WANTS
TO HAND OUT PARDONS EVEN TO
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PEOPLE NOT ASKING FOR THEM.
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WHEN YOU ARE A LAME DUCK, THEY
LET YOU DO IT.
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ACCORDING TO ONE AIDE, HE'S
THREATENED TO PARDON "EVERY
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PERSON WHO EVER TALKED TO ME,"
INCLUDING NOTORIOUS CRIME BOSS,
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JIMMY THE GRIMACE.
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BUT THE OFFERS HAVE NOT ALWAYS
BEEN WELCOME.
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YOU SEE, ONE POTENTIAL PARDONEE
EXPLAINED THAT THE OFFER FELT
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AWKWARD BECAUSE THE ADVISER
DIDN'T BELIEVE THEY HAD
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COMMITTED ANY CRIMES.
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OH, THEY DON'T BELIEVE THEY'VE
COMMITTED ANY CRIMES, BUT JUST
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WAIT UNTIL THE PRESIDENT'S
MEMOIR, "IT WAS ALL GREG'S
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IDEA!"
THE FACT THAT YOU ACCEPTED A
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PARDON JUST MAKES YOU LOOK
GUILTY.
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ONE PERSON WHO WAS THREATENED
WITH CLEMENCY SAID THEY BELIEVED
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BEING ON THE LIST COULD HURT
THEIR PUBLIC PERSONA.
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OH, DON'T WORRY.
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IF YOU WORKED FOR THIS
ADMINISTRATION, YOU'RE GOING TO
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WANT TO KEEP YOUR PERSONA HIDDEN
FROM THE PUBLIC.
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BUT THE NEWS ISN'T ALL PANDEMICS
AND POLITICS.
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THERE'S SOME FUN NEWS.
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BECAUSE YESTERDAY, JUST A FEW
BLOCKS FROM WHERE I SIT, A
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HUMPBACK WHALE WAS SPOTTED IN
THE HUDSON RIVER.
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NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHY THE
WHALE CAME TO THE BIG APPLE, BUT
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MARINE SCIENTISTS SAY THAT THE
MOST PLAUSIBLE REASON IS THAT HE
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WANTS TO MAKE IT ON BROADWAY.
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WE HAVE CELL PHONE FOOTAGE OF
THE WHALE IN THE HUDSON.
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THE MOB'S, OBVIOUSLY, GOING TO
HAVE TO UPDATE THEIR THREATS.
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>> "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?"
>> "IT MEANS LUCA BRAZI FROLICS
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WITH THE HUMPBACKS!"
>> Stephen: THE WHALE EVEN PAID
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A VISIT TO THE STATUE OF
LIBERTY.
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ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?
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AND IT DIDN'T STOP THERE.
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IT HIT ALL THE TOURIST SPOTS,
THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING.
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IT WENT ON A CARRIAGE RIDE IN
CENTRAL PARK, AND EVEN VISITED A
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COUPLE OF OLD PALS.
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SPEAKING OF UNLIKELY VISITORS,
ALIENS ARE EVIDENTIALLY REAL.
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ACCORDING TO THE FORMER ISRAELI
SPACE SECURITY CHIEF,
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EXTRATERRESTRIALS EXIST, AND
THEY ARE ALREADY HERE.
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THAT'S AMAZING!
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IN FACT, WE HAVE FOOTAGE OF
ISRAELI SCIENTISTS MAKING
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CONTACT.
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CONTACT.
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WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU
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TONIGHT.
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MY GUESTS ARE RACHEL MADDOW AND
MEGAN THEE STALLION.
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AND EVIE IS HERE.
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STICK AROUND.
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>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
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WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW."
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I'M REALLY EXCITED TO CHECK IN
WITH JON BATISTE TONIGHT.
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JON, HELLO.
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>> Jon: WHAT'S HAPPENING,
STEPHEN.
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>> Stephen: WHAT'S HAPPENING
IS YOU HAVE TO LET ME KNOW WHEN
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THERE ARE BIG EVENTS GOING ON
WITH JON BATISTE.
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I HAD TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS
ONLINE.
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LOOK WHAT IS COMING OUT DECEMBER
17, NEXT THURSDAY.
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IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER
NOW.
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IT IS THE DISNEY PIXAR SOUL BY
JON BATISTE.
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IT'S WON TWO ALBUMS THAT ARE
COME, OUT WITH THAT MOVIE.
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WHAT-- WHAT CAN WE SCPOCT THIS,
JON?
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WHAT'S GOING ON.
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>> Jon: OH, MY GOODNESS.
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THERE IS SO MUCH MUSIC IN THE
FILM.
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TRENT,, AT CUSS AS WELL AS
MYSELF.
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I'M SO GLAD IT'S COMING OUT.
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IT WILL UPLIFT PEOPLE WHEN THEY
SEE IT.
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>> Stephen: THIS MUSIC FROM
AND INSPIRED BY WILL THE FILM,
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AND I UNDERSTAND YOU DID THE
COMPOSITIONS AND THE
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ARRANGEMENTS OF ALL THE SONGS ON
THIS ALBUM.
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>> Jon: YES, I HAD A BAND IT'S
OLDEST PERSON IN THE BAND IS ROY
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HAINES, WHO WAS A GUEST ON OUR
SHOW.
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HE WAS 95 WHEN WE RECORDED THIS
RECORD.
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>> Stephen: WAS HE THE ONE
PLAYING THE DEEP BASS?
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>> Jon: HE WAS PLAYING THE
DRUMS.
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IT WAS-- HE PLAYED THE DRUMS
WITH JOE.
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AND HE WAS THERE-- HE WAS 92 AT
THE TIME.
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HE WAS ON OUR SHOW.
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>> Stephen: YOU WERE ALSO A
CULTURAL CONSULTANT ON THE FILM.
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WHAT DID THAT JOB ENTAIL?
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>> Jon: JUST TALKING ABOUT THE
WAY THAT MUSICIANS LIVE IN THE
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WORLD AND THE WAY THAT WE PLAY
TOGETHER, SO IT CAN FEEL VERY
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AUTHENTIC WHEN YOU WATCH IT AND
NOT SEEM LIKE-- YOU KNOW, WHEN
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YOU SEE MUSIC IN FILM SOMETIMES,
IT DOESN'T FEEL REAL.
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SO I WANTED TO GIVE THEM THE
REAL VIBES, YOU KNOW.
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>> Stephen: JON BATISTE,
EVERYBODY.
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THE ALGUM BUM IS "SOUL" GO GET
IT.
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THANKS, JON.
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MY FIRST GUEST IS AN AUTHOR AND
EMMY-WINNING JOURNALIST WHO
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HOSTS "THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW."
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HER LATEST BOOK IS CALLED
"BAG MAN."
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PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW,"
RACHEL MADDOW.
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RACHEL GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
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>> STEPHEN, IT IS GREAT TO SEE
YOU.
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THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
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>> Stephen: IT IS ALWAYS A BIT
OF A VACATION FOR ME TO HAVE YOU
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ON THE SHOW BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH
A CHAMPION TALKER THAT I CAN SIT
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BACK AND JUST WATCH YOU TAKE
APART THE STORIES OF THE DAY.
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IT'S REALLY DELIGHTFUL.
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BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WANT TO
TALK TO YOU-- A FEW WEEKS AGO
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YOU GAVE A POWERFUL BROADCAST
FROM YOUR HOME ABOUT HOW YOUR
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PARTNER, SUSAN, HAD CONTRACTED
COVID.
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FIRST OF ALL, HOW IS SHE DOING?
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IS SHE ALL RIGHT?
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>> SHE IS OKAY.
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SHE GOT-- SHE HAD A, YOU KNOW,
REAL CASE OF IT.
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AND LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAD
SYMPTOMATIC CASES, SHE'S GOT
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KIND OF THE LONG TAIL OF THE
SYMPTOMS, WHICH IS TRUE FOR
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ALMOST EVERYBODY I KNOW THAT HAS
HAD IT.
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SHE'S GOT THE FATIGUE AND THE
HEADABES AND COUGH LINGERING.
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BUT SHE IS OUT OF WOODS IN TERMS
OF US BEING SCARED THAT SHE
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COULD TAKE A DOWNTURN.
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SHE'S GOING TO BE FINE.
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IT'S BEEN A BEAR TO DEAL WITH.
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IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING I'VE
EVER BEEN THROUGH IN MY LIFE,
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BUT SHE'S GOING TO BE OKAY.
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>> Stephen: HOW HAS THAT
CHANGED YOUR COVERAGE OF COVID
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NOW THAT IT'S BEEN IN YOUR OWN
HOME WITH-- WITH YOUR DEAREST
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ONE?
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>> IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
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I MEAN, I THINK...
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I MEAN, IF I'M HONEST ABOUT IT,
THIS PROBABLY SOUNDS A LITTLE
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BIT ACADEMIC, BUT THE REACTION
TO ME TALKING ABOUT THAT ON THE
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AIR, TO ME SAYING, "LISTEN, I
TAKE THIS AS SERIOUSLY AS
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ANYBODY, BUT I JUST REALIZED
THAT I WASN'T THAT SCARED ABOUT
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GETTING IT MYSELF, BUT SEEING
SUSAN SUFFERING WITH IT, IS THE
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SCARIEST THING IN MY LIFE, AND I
WOULD NOW DO ANYTHING TO PREVENT
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THAT SORT OF RISK TO HER."
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ME PUTTING IT OUT THERE, THE WAY
PEOPLE RESPONDED TO THAT MADE ME
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SORT OF REALIZE THAT I THINK WE
NEED TO PAY CLOSER ATTENTION TO
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WHAT MOTIVATES PEOPLE AND THEIR
BEHAVIOR AROUND RISK.
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IT'S-- YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING
TO JUST SAY, "DON'T DO IT.
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THAT'S DANGEROUS.
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DON'T DO IT.
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THAT'S POTENTIALLY GOING TO GET
YOU INTO TROUBLE.
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NO, NO, NO, NO, NO."
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IT'S ANOTHER THING TO UNDERSTAND
THAT PEOPLE TAKE RISKS FOR A
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REASON.
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IT'S HUMAN NATURE.
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IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU A BAD
PERSON.
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BUT FOR ME IT WAS REVEALATORY
THAT I CARE A LOT MORE ABOUT MY
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PARTNER AND HER SAFETY THAN I DO
ABOUT MYSELF.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS
ABOUT ME PSYCHOLOGICALLY, BUT I
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REALIZED THAT WAS THE
MOTIVATIONAL TRIP FOR ME.
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AND IT MADE ME REALIZE WE HAVE
TO SOR OF THINK ABOUT WHAT
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MOVES PEOPLE MORE THAN WE
ALREADY HAVE BEEN, ESPECIALLY
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NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
THIS VACCINE.
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WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT WILL MOTIVATE PEOPLE
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TO DO THE RIGHT THING AROUND THE
VACCINATION PROGRAM.
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>> Stephen: LET'S TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
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ADMINISTRATION OF OUR PUBLIC
HEALTH AND, EVENTUALLY, THE
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE ROLLED OUT
OF THE VACCINE.
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YOU INTERVIEW TOP HEALTH EXPERTS
AND IMMUNOLOGISTS AND
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EPIDEMIOLOGISTS.
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HAVE YOU ALREADY SEEN ANY CHANGE
IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE MEDICAL
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COMMUNITY, NOW THAT THEY KNOW
THERE'S GOING TO BE AN
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ADMINISTRATION COMING IN THAT
TAKES THIS A LITTLE MORE
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SERIOUSLY?
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>> YEAH.
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I-- I HAVE.
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AND-- I MEAN, YOU EVEN SEE IT
C.E.O. C.D.C.
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THE C.D.C. IS THE INTERNATIONAL
GOLD STANDARD DISEASE-PREVENTION
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AGENCY IN THE WORLD.
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AND THEY JUST GOT ABSOLUTELY
BATTERIED UNDER TRUMP.
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AND IT RESULTED IN THEM DOING A
LOT OF DUMB STUFF.
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AND SINCE THE ELECTION, EVEN
WITH TRUMP STILL THERE, YOU'VE
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SEEN THEM START TO ASSERT
THEMSELVES AND SORT OF SPEAK
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MORE PLAINLY.
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YOU'VE STARTED TO SEE C.D.C.
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OFFICIALS MAKE PUBLIC-FACING
STATEMENTS AND DO BRIEFINGS FOR
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REPORTERS IN A WAY THAT THAT HAD
ALL BEEN SUBSUMED UNDER THE
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WHITE HOUSE AND THEIR, LIKE,
QUACK CONTROL THEY HAD THERE.
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NOW WE'RE GETTING VERY CLEAR
GUIDANCE FROM THE C.D.C.: YOU
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SHOULD WEAR A MASK ANY TIME YOU
ARE ANYWHERE OTHER THAN HOME,
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ANY INDOOR SETTING THAT YOU'RE
IN, OTHER THAN YOUR OWN HOUSE,
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YOU YOU SHOULD WEAR A MASK.
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YES, THAT'S TRUE.
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YOU COULD HAVE SAID THAT MONTHS
AGO.
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BUT AT LEAST YOU'RE SAYING IT
NOW.
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SEEING IT FROM THE C.D.C.
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BUT ALSO THERE ARE ALSO ALL
THESE VERY SERIOUS EXPERTS
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COMING IN AND ADVISING BIDEN.
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THEY'RE DOING LOTS OF
PUBLIC-FACING DISCUSSIONS,
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SPEAKING WITH ONE VOICE, ALL
VERY CONSISTENT.
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AND THAT JUST FEELS LIKE A SEA
CHANGE FROM THE CLOWN SHOW STUFF
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THAT TRUMP WAS DOING AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
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IT FEELS BETTER ALREADY.
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>> Stephen: NOW THAT WE KNOW--
2020 HAS BEEN A SINGULAR YEAR.
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THERE'S BEEN NO YEAR LIKE THIS
IN MY LIFE-- AT LEAST NOT IN MY
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ADULT SORT OF CONSCIOUS LIFE.
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I KNOW THERE WERE TERRIBLE YEARS
IN THE 1960, WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
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BUT THERE'S BEEN NOTHING LIKE
THIS YEAR.
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BUT THERE'S BEEN NOTHING LIKE
THE LAST FOUR YEARS, EITHER.
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AND AS SOMEONE WHO CONSUMES AN
ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF NEWS IN ORDER
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TO CURATE IT AND DISTILL IT FOR
YOUR AUDIENCE, TO TRY TO GIVE
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IT-- AS I SAID YOU'RE MASTER OF
PARTS ON THE LAWN.
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THESE ARE THE PARTS OF THE
STORY, LET ME PUT IT TOGETHER
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AND SHOW YOU HOW THE ENGINE
WORKS.
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YOU HAVE CONSUME A LOT OF THE
POISON OF WHAT THIS PRESENT
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ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO SELL
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE
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WORLD.
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HOW DO YOU THINK THAT HAS
AFFECTED THE WAY YOU APPROACH
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REPORTING THE NEWS?
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>> AHH...
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>> Stephen: THAT'S GOING TO
HOPEFULLY GO BACK TO A DIFFERENT
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SORT OF SOURCE OF NEWS NUTRIENT
AFTER THIS.
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NOW THAT IT'S COMING TO AN END
TO SOME DEGREE, DO YOU HAVE ANY
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PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT IT'S DONE?
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>> ARE YOU ASKING BASICALLY DID
THIS BREAK ME?
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( LAUGHTER ).
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>> Stephen: NO, BUT DID IT IN
SOME WAY CHANGE YOUR CHEMICAL
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COMPOSITION?
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>> IT MIGHT HAVE CHANGED WHAT I
AM ABLE TO DIGEST AND HOW.
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I MEAN, I-- I FEEL LIKE THIS
WAS-- I MEAN, THIS IS A GREAT
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TIME TO BE IN THE NEWS BUSINESS
BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER BEEN MORE
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VITAL, JUST TO LEARN THESE BASIC
RULES AGAIN THAT IF WE DIDN'T
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KNOW THEM BEFORE, YOU KNOW,
DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT THEY'RE
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SAYING.
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JUST WATCH WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
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DON'T-- DON'T TAKE AT FACE VALUE
SOMETHING YOU GET FROM A
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GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL BECAUSE A
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS SAYING
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IT.
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THOSE RULES BECAME VERY EASY TO
REMEMBER ALL OF A SUDDEN AGAIN
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IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION,
WHICH IS GOOD.
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BUT THEY'RE GOOD RULES FOR US
FOR ALL TIME.
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I JUST FEEL LIKE, TO A CERTAIN
EXTENT, LIKE TRAINING TO DO THIS
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WORK MEANS YOU, LIKE, LEARN THE
RULES OF THE ROAD, AND YOU LEARN
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HOW TO OPERATE SAFELY, AND YOU,
LIKE, BUILD UP YOUR SKILLS.
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YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE LESSONS.
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YOU LEARN FROM THE BEST.
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IT'S LIKE GETTING A COMMERCIAL
DRIVER'S LICENSE.
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LIKE I'M GOING TO BE A BIG-RIG
DRIVER.
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I'M GOING TO BE OUT TO AMERICA'S
HIGHWAYS.
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I'M GOING TO CONVEY MYSELF DOWN
THE HIGHWAY IN A WAY THAT IS
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SAFE FOR MY FELLOW TRAVELERS.
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AND THEN YOU ENTER INTO THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND INSTEAD OF
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GETTING YOUR BIG RIG AND ON THE
HIGHWAY, IT TURNS OUT THERE ARE
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00:20:45,619 --> 00:20:46,787
BUMPER CARS.
422
00:20:46,870 --> 00:20:48,205
AND ALL YOU'RE GOING TO DO ALL
DAY IS SMASH INTO EACH OTHER AND
423
00:20:48,288 --> 00:20:52,167
TRY TO HURT EACH OTHER, AND
THAT'S YOUR DRIVING.
424
00:20:52,250 --> 00:20:53,335
AND THAT'S YOUR JOB NOW.
425
00:20:53,418 --> 00:20:56,630
>> Stephen: AND THE GUY IN THE
BIGGEST BUMPER CAR IS SAYING
426
00:20:56,713 --> 00:21:00,467
NOBODY ELSE IS OBEYING THE
RULES, AND THE RULES ARE,
427
00:21:00,550 --> 00:21:01,677
WHEREVER I DRIVE IS FINE.
428
00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:07,140
>> AND I PUT DYNAMITE CHARGES IN
MY BUMPER AND WHEN I HIT YOU,
429
00:21:07,224 --> 00:21:08,308
YOU MIGHT DIE.
430
00:21:08,392 --> 00:21:10,852
IT'S BEEN WEIRD, AND I THINK HAS
UNWIRED A LOT OF US IN THE
431
00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:12,187
BUSINESS IN A WAY.
432
00:21:12,270 --> 00:21:14,356
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
BIDEN BEING BORING.
433
00:21:14,439 --> 00:21:17,734
I MEAN, HE SORT OF PROMISED TO
BE BORING --
434
00:21:17,818 --> 00:21:19,069
>> Stephen: SO AM I.
435
00:21:19,152 --> 00:21:22,489
I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE EXCITED BY
VANILLA IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
436
00:21:22,572 --> 00:21:23,448
TWO SCOOPS, PLEASE.
437
00:21:23,532 --> 00:21:24,533
>> YES.
438
00:21:24,616 --> 00:21:27,536
>> Stephen: ARE THERE ANY
PARTICULAR MEMBERS OF THE
439
00:21:27,619 --> 00:21:33,375
CABINET THAT HE'S ANNOUNCED THAT
EXCITE YOU MOST WITH THEIR...
440
00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:34,626
BASE COMPETENCY?
441
00:21:34,710 --> 00:21:41,717
>> WELL, I MEAN, ALL OF THEIR
BORING BASE COMPETENCY IS ITSELF
442
00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:46,763
LIKE THRILLING TO AN ALMOST
ADULT- LEVEL DEGREE AT THIS
443
00:21:46,847 --> 00:21:47,931
POINT.
444
00:21:48,015 --> 00:21:50,934
LOOK AT YOU WITH ALL YOUR
DEGREES AND EXPERIENCE AND YOUR
445
00:21:51,018 --> 00:21:52,561
COOL-HEADED APPROACH TO
MAINSTREAM PROBLEMS.
446
00:21:52,644 --> 00:21:56,648
>> Stephen: TEAR ME OFF A
PIECE OF THAT C.V
447
00:21:56,732 --> 00:22:00,277
( LAUGHTER )
>> I'M LIKE, I AM-- I AM UNDONE
448
00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:06,116
BY YOUR M.D., M.P.H., C.D.C.
449
00:22:06,199 --> 00:22:07,200
DIRECTOR.
450
00:22:07,284 --> 00:22:08,076
>> Stephen: SAYS HERE YOU'VE
DONE SOME PRO BONO WORK.
451
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,705
>> I'VE READ ALL YOUR AMICUS
BRIEFS.
452
00:22:11,788 --> 00:22:15,709
YEAH, SO IT'S-- IT'S-- I GET
THRILLED BY NEW THINGS, WHICH
453
00:22:15,792 --> 00:22:18,128
IS-- YEAH, PEOPLE KNOWING WHAT
THEY'RE DOING IS BACK.
454
00:22:18,211 --> 00:22:22,090
>> Stephen: THE SCOTUS
REJECTED A BID TO OVERTURN THE
455
00:22:22,174 --> 00:22:23,425
PENNSYLVANIA RESULTS YESTERDAY.
456
00:22:23,508 --> 00:22:27,804
AND WE ALSO PASSED SOMETHING
CALLED SAFE HARBOR DAY, WHEN
457
00:22:27,888 --> 00:22:29,765
ESSENTIALLY THE ELECTORS ARE
LOCKED.
458
00:22:29,848 --> 00:22:33,268
DO YOU THINK, FOR ALL INTENTS
AND PURPOSES THERE ARE NO MORE
459
00:22:33,351 --> 00:22:35,854
BALLS TO BE THROWN, AND AFTER
THIS EVERYTHING IS JUST CHATTER.
460
00:22:35,937 --> 00:22:37,439
>> YEAH, HMM...
461
00:22:37,522 --> 00:22:40,942
I MEAN, ON EARTH ONE, THIS IS
OVER.
462
00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:42,152
>> Stephen: SURE.
463
00:22:42,235 --> 00:22:49,242
>> BUT ON-- IN TRUMP LAND, THIS
IS STILL A VERY REMUNERATIVE
464
00:22:49,326 --> 00:22:50,494
THING.
465
00:22:50,577 --> 00:22:52,496
HE'S STILL MAKING TONS OF MONEY
DOING AND THIS MAKING SOME SORT
466
00:22:52,579 --> 00:22:55,290
OF POLITICAL HAY THAT WE'RE NOT
SURE WHAT HE'S GOING TIGER WOODS
467
00:22:55,373 --> 00:22:56,500
IN THE FUTURE.
468
00:22:56,583 --> 00:22:59,503
SAFE HARBOR DAY IS THE DAY BY
WHICH BASICALLY ANY STATE THAT
469
00:22:59,586 --> 00:23:03,882
CERTIFIES WHO IT'S SENDING TO
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, CONGRESS
470
00:23:03,965 --> 00:23:04,758
CAN'T MESS WITH THEM.
471
00:23:04,841 --> 00:23:07,928
THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT ALL THOSE
ELECTORS.
472
00:23:08,011 --> 00:23:11,556
ALL 50 STATES AS OF TODAY HAVE
CERTIFIED THEIR ELECTION
473
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:12,682
RESULTS.
474
00:23:12,766 --> 00:23:14,309
THERE IS NO HISTORY IN THIS
COUNTRY OF ANY COURT FOR ANY
475
00:23:14,392 --> 00:23:17,521
REASON OVERTURNING A PROPERLY
CERTIFIED ELECTION RESULT IN ANY
476
00:23:17,604 --> 00:23:21,274
STAE, LET ALONE THE WHOLE BUNCH
OF STATES YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE
477
00:23:21,358 --> 00:23:22,901
OVERTHROWN IN ORDER FOR TRUMP TO
DO THIS ELECTION.
478
00:23:22,984 --> 00:23:25,487
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ANOTHER
LAWSUITS UP TO THE SUPREME
479
00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:26,947
COURT.
480
00:23:27,030 --> 00:23:29,366
17 ATTORNEYS GENERAL FROM 17 RED
STATES SIGNED ON TO THIS NEW
481
00:23:29,449 --> 00:23:33,954
EFFORT BY THE TEXAS ATTORNEY
GENERAL, WHO HIMSELF IS UNDER
482
00:23:34,037 --> 00:23:36,039
INDICTMENT, TO GET THIS STUFF
DONE.
483
00:23:36,123 --> 00:23:39,334
I MEAN, I THINK THEY'LL DO THIS
STUFF FOR AS LONG AS THEY CAN
484
00:23:39,417 --> 00:23:43,130
CONTINUE TO GET PEOPLE TO SEND
THEM MONEY TO DO IT.
485
00:23:43,213 --> 00:23:44,840
AND FOR TRUMP, THAT MIGHT BE
INFINITE.
486
00:23:44,923 --> 00:23:48,468
I MEAN, HE MIGHT STILL BE
RAISING MONEY FOR HIS PHANTOM
487
00:23:48,552 --> 00:23:49,511
LEGAL CHALLENGES IN 2026.
488
00:23:49,594 --> 00:23:53,515
BUT IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY
OVERTURNING THE ELECTION,
489
00:23:53,598 --> 00:23:55,642
THERE'S JUST ZERO-- ZERO
POSSIBILITY.
490
00:23:55,725 --> 00:23:56,685
IT'S DONE.
491
00:23:56,768 --> 00:23:58,895
>> Stephen: RACHEL, WE HAVE TO
TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
492
00:23:58,979 --> 00:24:00,230
BUT STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.
493
00:24:00,313 --> 00:24:03,525
WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK
RACHEL WHAT LOOSE ENDS AND
494
00:24:03,608 --> 00:24:07,028
MYSTERIES ABOUT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION SHE HOPES WE FIND
495
00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:09,573
OUT ONCE HE'S OUT OF OFFICE.
496
00:24:09,656 --> 00:24:09,698
♪ ♪ ♪
497
00:24:22,919 --> 00:24:23,211
♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.
498
00:24:23,295 --> 00:24:24,379
WELCOME BACK.
499
00:24:24,462 --> 00:24:28,550
WE'RE HERE WITH THE AUTHOR OF
"BAG MAN," RACHEL MADDOW.
500
00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:34,306
WELL, THAT SORT OF GRIFTING FOR
HIS POSTPRESIDENTIAL CAREER IS
501
00:24:34,389 --> 00:24:36,641
JUST ANOTHER FORM OF CORRUPTION.
502
00:24:36,725 --> 00:24:40,937
THERE'S SOME DEBATE GOING ON AS
TO WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE
503
00:24:41,021 --> 00:24:43,940
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE
ADMINISTRATION AFTER HE LEAVES
504
00:24:44,024 --> 00:24:48,862
OFFICE, WHETHER THAT'S THE BEST
THING FOR THE COUNTRY.
505
00:24:48,945 --> 00:24:50,030
WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE
INDICTMENTS OF ANYONE IN THE
506
00:24:50,113 --> 00:24:52,073
ADMINISTRATION, OR THE PRESIDENT
HIMSELF, OR HIS CHILDREN,
507
00:24:52,157 --> 00:24:53,533
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE JUST TO
KNOW, THOUGH?
508
00:24:53,617 --> 00:24:56,578
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE-- WHAT ARE
THE LOOSE ENDS YOU'D MOST LIKE
509
00:24:56,661 --> 00:24:58,997
TO KNOW ABOUT?
510
00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,709
>> OH, LIKE TRUMP MYSTERIES THAT
NEVER GOT RUN DOWN?
511
00:25:02,792 --> 00:25:03,251
>> Stephen: YES, YES.
512
00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:04,878
>> OH, THERE IS SO MANY.
513
00:25:04,961 --> 00:25:05,921
( LAUGHS ).
514
00:25:06,004 --> 00:25:08,423
>> Stephen: THE TAXES, OF
COURSE, IS ONE GOOD ONE.
515
00:25:08,506 --> 00:25:09,591
>> YEAH.
516
00:25:09,674 --> 00:25:11,468
>> Stephen: YOU'VE BEEN
CHASING THAT DRAGON FOR A WHILE.
517
00:25:11,551 --> 00:25:12,552
>> YES.
518
00:25:12,636 --> 00:25:15,263
I WANT TO KNOW-- YOU KNOW,
THERE'S A LOT OF FINANCIAL
519
00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:19,559
THINGS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT THAT
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, INCLUDING,
520
00:25:19,643 --> 00:25:23,605
YOU KNOW, WHY HIS GOLF COURSES
MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE WHEN ALL
521
00:25:23,688 --> 00:25:28,652
THEY DO IS LOSE MONEY, BUT HE
WAS ABLE TO PAY FOR THEM IN CASH
522
00:25:28,735 --> 00:25:32,989
AND NOBODY KNOWS WHERE HE GOT
THE CASH FROM TO PAY FOR THEM.
523
00:25:33,073 --> 00:25:36,451
>> Stephen: WHO DOES HE OH,
$415 MILLION TO?
524
00:25:36,534 --> 00:25:37,911
>> EXACTLY.
525
00:25:37,994 --> 00:25:39,329
THERE IS ALSO THE SMALLER STUFF.
526
00:25:39,412 --> 00:25:42,415
THE PRESIDENT IS "INDIVIDUAL 1"
IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
527
00:25:42,499 --> 00:25:45,335
YORK, WHERE HIS LAWYER, MICHAEL
COHEN, ACTUALLY DID PRISON TIME
528
00:25:45,418 --> 00:25:48,129
FOR THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE
VIOLATIONS AROUND THAT WHOLE
529
00:25:48,213 --> 00:25:49,297
HUSH MONEY PAYMENT THING.
530
00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:51,967
THOSE PROSECUTORS DESCRIBED THE
PRESIDENT AS HAVING BEEN THE
531
00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:54,469
PERSON WHO DIRECTED THE
COMMISSION OF THOSE FELONIES AND
532
00:25:54,552 --> 00:25:55,345
WHO BENEFITTED FROM THEM.
533
00:25:55,428 --> 00:25:58,807
>> Stephen: UNINDICTED
COCONSPIR SOR.
534
00:25:58,890 --> 00:26:02,519
>> LITERALLY, AN UNINDICTED
CO
535
00:26:02,602 --> 00:26:03,728
CONSPIRATOR.
536
00:26:03,812 --> 00:26:06,815
I'M SEWER INTERESTED IN THE
QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IF
537
00:26:06,898 --> 00:26:09,776
THOSE PROSECUTORS, IF THEY WANT
TO, WHETHER THEY WILL BE ALLOWED
538
00:26:09,859 --> 00:26:12,487
INDEPENDENTLY TO PURSUE THE
PERSON WHO DIRECTED THE
539
00:26:12,570 --> 00:26:16,491
COMMISSION OF THOSE FELONIES
SINCE THEY ALREADY PUT SOMEBODY
540
00:26:16,574 --> 00:26:17,492
ELSE IN PRISON FOR IT.
541
00:26:17,575 --> 00:26:20,120
BUT THERE ARE ALL THESE OTHER
MYSTERIES INSPECT.
542
00:26:20,203 --> 00:26:24,791
WHY DID-- WHY DID THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN SHARE INTERNAL
543
00:26:24,874 --> 00:26:26,793
POLLING DATA WITH A RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER?
544
00:26:26,876 --> 00:26:27,752
I DON'T KNOW.
545
00:26:27,836 --> 00:26:28,670
>> Stephen: COULD BE FOR ANY
NUMBER OF REASONS.
546
00:26:28,753 --> 00:26:30,547
>> WHO AMONG US HASN'T.
547
00:26:30,630 --> 00:26:34,467
>> Stephen: IT'S A GREAT
PICK-UP LINE.
548
00:26:34,551 --> 00:26:38,680
SPEAK OF CORRUPTION, I WANT TO
GET TO YOUR NEW BOOK, "BAG MAN:
549
00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:41,182
THE WILD CRIMES, AUDACIOUS
COVER-UP, AND SPECTACULAR
550
00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:43,643
DOWNFALL OF A BRAZEN CROOK IN
THE WHITE HOUSE."
551
00:26:43,727 --> 00:26:45,895
AND IT'S NOT WHO YOU THINK,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
552
00:26:45,979 --> 00:26:48,398
TELL THE PEOPLE WHO THIS IS
ABOUT.
553
00:26:48,481 --> 00:26:52,819
>> THIS IS ABOUT RICHARD NIXON'S
VICE PRESIDENT, SPIRO AGNEW, WHO
554
00:26:52,902 --> 00:26:57,073
WAS THE ONLY VICE PRESIDENT TO
HAVE EVER BEEN RUN OUT OF OFFICE
555
00:26:57,157 --> 00:26:59,242
ON A RAIL.
556
00:26:59,326 --> 00:27:08,043
AND HE LITERALLY HAD TO RESIGN
HIS OFFICE MINUTES BEFORE HE
557
00:27:08,126 --> 00:27:12,714
PLED NO LO CONTENDRE, PLED NO
CONTEST TO A CHARGE IN A
558
00:27:12,797 --> 00:27:13,923
COURTROOM.
559
00:27:14,007 --> 00:27:16,551
AND THE WHOLE SCHEME BY WHICH HE
AVOIDED PRISON TIME AND WAS
560
00:27:16,634 --> 00:27:20,347
ALLOWED TO RESIGN FOR HIS
CRIMES, RATHER THAN FACE PRISON
561
00:27:20,430 --> 00:27:23,850
TIME, AND THAT WAS TO KEEP HIM
FROM BECOMING PRESIDENT.
562
00:27:23,933 --> 00:27:26,686
IT'S SORT OF AN UNTOLD STORY
BECAUSE IT WAS SO OVERSHADOWED
563
00:27:26,770 --> 00:27:30,398
BY WATERGATE BUT I AM COMPLETELY
OBSESSED WITH THIS STORY.
564
00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:31,858
AND I THINK IT HAS LOTS OF
TRAILING ENDS THAT BRING US
565
00:27:31,941 --> 00:27:33,026
THROUGH TO TODAY.
566
00:27:33,109 --> 00:27:36,363
>> Stephen: IT REMINDS YOU--
HIS STORY REMINDS YOU THAT THE
567
00:27:36,446 --> 00:27:40,450
TERM "BAG MAN" LITERALLY COMES
FROM BAGS OF MONEY.
568
00:27:40,533 --> 00:27:41,534
>> YES.
569
00:27:41,618 --> 00:27:44,746
>> Stephen: I ACTUALLY-- I
ACTUALLY KNOW STORIES FROM
570
00:27:44,829 --> 00:27:52,420
PEOPLE WHO DID CONSTRUCTION IN
BALTIMORE IN THE 1960s AND
571
00:27:52,504 --> 00:27:53,588
50s.
572
00:27:53,671 --> 00:27:57,675
AND GOING IN TO GET YOUR
PERMITTING, YOU HAD TO GET PAST
573
00:27:57,759 --> 00:27:58,843
SPIRO AGNEW.
574
00:27:58,927 --> 00:28:02,097
AND HE WOULD LITERALLY SAY,
"WE'VE GOT A FEW PROBLEMS WITH
575
00:28:02,180 --> 00:28:05,266
YOUR PLAN," AND HE WOULD LEAVE
THE OFFICE, OPEN HIS DRAWERS,
576
00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:09,771
WALK OUT, AND COME BACK IN AND
HE WOULD SEE-- IF THERE WAS NO
577
00:28:09,854 --> 00:28:13,858
CASH IN THE DRAWER, HE WOULD
SAY, "WE STILL HAVE A FEW
578
00:28:13,942 --> 00:28:14,943
PROBLEMS WITH YOUR PERMIT."
579
00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:20,407
THERE'S A LEGACY OF SPIRO
AGNEW'S CORRUPTION AND HIS
580
00:28:20,490 --> 00:28:22,826
RELATIONSHIP WITH RICHARD NIXON
THAT LASTS TO THIS DAY AND HAS
581
00:28:22,909 --> 00:28:26,996
ACTUALLY INFLUENCED THE LAST
FOUR YEARS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS
582
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:27,455
INTO THIS PRESIDENT.
583
00:28:27,539 --> 00:28:28,623
IT'S FASCINATING.
584
00:28:28,706 --> 00:28:32,460
EXPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE WHY HE
ACTUALLY KIND OF PUTS OUR OWN
585
00:28:32,544 --> 00:28:34,587
JUSTICE SYSTEM IN A BIND WHEN IT
COMES TO THE PRESIDENT.
586
00:28:34,671 --> 00:28:40,635
>> AGNEW IS THE LAST GUY BEFORE
TRUMP WHERE THERE'S PROSECUTORS
587
00:28:40,718 --> 00:28:41,719
INVESTIGATING CRIME.
588
00:28:41,803 --> 00:28:44,389
THEY IDENTIFY THE PERP, THE
GUY'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
589
00:28:44,472 --> 00:28:46,474
AND THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
TO DO ABOUT IT.
590
00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:51,938
AND IN AGNEW'S CASE, THEY HAD TO
DECIDE AT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
591
00:28:52,021 --> 00:28:53,857
WHETHER OR NOT HE COULD BE
INDICTED.
592
00:28:53,940 --> 00:28:58,111
AND HIS LAWYERS ARGUED THAT HE
COULDN'T BE INDICTED.
593
00:28:58,194 --> 00:29:00,155
HE COULD ONLY BE IMPEACHED.
594
00:29:00,238 --> 00:29:02,782
AGNEW ACTUALLY WENT TO THE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AT THE TIME
595
00:29:02,866 --> 00:29:04,826
AND ASKED TO BE IMPECHED.
596
00:29:04,909 --> 00:29:06,828
PLEASE INVESTIGATE ME AND
IMPEACH ME.
597
00:29:06,911 --> 00:29:08,037
HE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT
IDEA.
598
00:29:08,121 --> 00:29:12,834
HE THOUGHT THAT WOULD PUT OFF
THE PROSPECT OF BEING INDICTED.
599
00:29:12,917 --> 00:29:15,962
BUT NIXON WHO HAS A COMPLETELY
OTHER SCANDAL-- WATERGATE IS A
600
00:29:16,045 --> 00:29:19,841
TOTAL OTHER THING FOR WHICH HE
THINKS HE'S GOING TO LOSE
601
00:29:19,924 --> 00:29:22,969
OFFICE-- HE DOESN'T WANT THE
WHEELS OF IMP PECHMENT TO START
602
00:29:23,052 --> 00:29:27,182
AROUND AGNEW BECAUSE THEY THINK
IT WILL TURN AROUND AND IMPEACH
603
00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:28,391
HIM.
604
00:29:28,475 --> 00:29:30,518
HE SAID I WANT YOU TO LOOK INTO
THIS, AND WHAT I WANT YOU TO
605
00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:35,106
FIND IS THAT AGNEW DEFINITELY
CAN BE INDICTED, SO HE DOESN'T
606
00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:35,815
GET IMPEACHED.
607
00:29:35,899 --> 00:29:36,816
BUT I CAN'T BE INDICTED AT ALL.
608
00:29:36,900 --> 00:29:38,985
COULD YOU DECIDE THAT, PLEASE.
609
00:29:39,068 --> 00:29:42,405
AND BECAUSE OF THAT SORT OF
DIFFERENCE OF INTEREST BETWEEN
610
00:29:42,489 --> 00:29:45,325
NIXON AND AGNEW, AND BECAUSE OF
THE FACT THAT THEY HATED EACH
611
00:29:45,408 --> 00:29:48,995
OTHER AND WERE BOTH TRYING TO
THROW EACH OTHER UNDER THE BUS
612
00:29:49,078 --> 00:29:52,916
AT THAT TIME, AND THEY WERE BOTH
FELONS, WE ENDED UP UP WITH THIS
613
00:29:52,999 --> 00:29:57,545
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT POLICY THAT
SAYS PRESIDENTS CAN'T BE
614
00:29:57,629 --> 00:29:58,755
INDICTED.
615
00:29:58,838 --> 00:30:01,758
>> Stephen: THAT'S JUST A MEMO
FROM MITCHELL'S OFFICE, RIGHT?
616
00:30:01,841 --> 00:30:02,926
THE CONTINUAL AT THE TIME.
617
00:30:03,009 --> 00:30:04,802
>> A MEMO FROM THE OFFICE OF
LEGAL COUNSEL AT THE TIME THAT
618
00:30:04,886 --> 00:30:08,389
THE AGNEW THING IS GETTING
FORCED INTO THE COURTS.
619
00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:10,934
AND IT'S BASICALLY A FAVOR TO
NIXON AND IT'S A MESS, AND
620
00:30:11,017 --> 00:30:15,063
THERE'S NO SIGN AT ALL-- WE
TALKED TO PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH
621
00:30:15,146 --> 00:30:16,272
THAT.
622
00:30:16,356 --> 00:30:17,732
THERE'S NO INDICATION THEY MEANT
THAT TO BE A CONTROLLING "GET
623
00:30:17,815 --> 00:30:20,026
OUT OF JAIL FREE" CARD FOR EVERY
PRESIDENT WHO CAME AFTER.
624
00:30:20,109 --> 00:30:22,111
BUT IT TURNED INTO ONE.
625
00:30:22,195 --> 00:30:24,864
AND THAT'S WHAT DONALD TRUMP HAS
BEEN BENEFITING FROM.
626
00:30:24,948 --> 00:30:29,869
THAT'S WHY MUELLER DIDN'T LAY
OUT ANY CRIMES TRUMP MIGHT HAVE
627
00:30:29,953 --> 00:30:31,120
COMMITTED.
628
00:30:31,204 --> 00:30:35,250
THAT'S WHY HE WAS "INDIVIDUAL 1"
AND AN UNINDICTED COCONSPIRATOR
629
00:30:35,333 --> 00:30:39,379
INSTEAD OF INDICTED IN A HUSH
MONEY.
630
00:30:39,462 --> 00:30:43,883
TRUMP ORS THAT HE'S NOT IN
PRISON OR UNDER INDICTMENT TO
631
00:30:43,967 --> 00:30:44,592
SPIRO AGNEW.
632
00:30:44,676 --> 00:30:45,927
>> Stephen: THE BOOK IS "BAG
MAN.
633
00:30:46,010 --> 00:30:47,428
IT'S AVAILABLE NOW.
634
00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:48,846
SHE IS RACHEL MADDOW.
635
00:30:48,930 --> 00:30:52,183
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH RAPPER
MEGAN THEE STALLION.
636
00:30:52,267 --> 00:30:53,643
RACHEL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
637
00:31:09,826 --> 00:31:10,076
♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK,
638
00:31:10,159 --> 00:31:11,286
EVERYBODY.
639
00:31:11,369 --> 00:31:12,161
MY NEXT GUEST IS A RAPPER YOU
KNOW FROM HER CHART-TOPPING HITS
640
00:31:12,245 --> 00:31:14,831
"SAVAGE," "BODY," AND "HOT GIRL
SUMMER."
641
00:31:14,914 --> 00:31:20,962
PLEASE WELCOME MEGAN THEE
STALLION!
642
00:31:21,045 --> 00:31:22,630
HEY, MEGHAN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
643
00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:25,633
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
644
00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:27,927
>> Stephen: THIS IS A HUGE,
HUGE YEAR FOR YOU.
645
00:31:28,011 --> 00:31:33,266
YOU HAVE NAMED-- HERE WE GO--
HOLD ON-- ONE OF "TIME'S" 100
646
00:31:33,349 --> 00:31:34,058
MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE.
647
00:31:34,142 --> 00:31:37,979
THAT'S A HELL OF A COVER RIGHT
THERE.
648
00:31:38,062 --> 00:31:39,522
"G.Q.'S" RAPPER OF THE YEAR.
649
00:31:39,606 --> 00:31:46,070
AND YOU ARE THE FIRST WOMAN WITH
THREE STREAMING NUMBER-ONE SONGS
650
00:31:46,154 --> 00:31:48,323
IN ONE YEAR.
651
00:31:48,406 --> 00:31:49,157
PLUS NOMINATED FOR FOUR GRAMMYS.
652
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:54,954
ARE YOU TAKING A MOMENT TO ENJOY
THIS?
653
00:31:55,038 --> 00:31:55,705
>>
( SIGHS )
654
00:31:55,788 --> 00:31:56,831
YOU KNOW WHAT?
655
00:31:56,914 --> 00:31:58,833
I DON'T THINK IT REALLY STILL
HASN'T EVEN HIT ME YET.
656
00:31:58,916 --> 00:32:02,712
EVERY TIME SOMEBODY TELLS ME
SOMETHING, GUESS WHAT YOU?
657
00:32:02,795 --> 00:32:04,172
GUESS WHAT YOU HAVE?
658
00:32:04,255 --> 00:32:06,132
I'M LIKE WHO?
659
00:32:06,215 --> 00:32:06,466
ME?
660
00:32:06,549 --> 00:32:07,634
THANK YOU.
661
00:32:07,717 --> 00:32:09,010
WHEN I TALK TO MY GRANDMA SHE
MAKES ME FEEL LIKE, "YOU'RE
662
00:32:09,093 --> 00:32:11,554
DOING A GOOD JOB."
663
00:32:11,638 --> 00:32:14,974
MY GRANDMA SAID I'M DOING GOOD
SO I MUST BE DOING SOMETHING
664
00:32:15,058 --> 00:32:16,142
RIGHT.
665
00:32:16,225 --> 00:32:21,981
>> Stephen: YOUR ALBUM YOU
RELEASED IS CALLED "GOOD NEWS,"
666
00:32:22,065 --> 00:32:22,982
RELEASED LAST MONTH.
667
00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:24,859
"GOOD NEWS" HAS BEEN IN SHORT
SUPPLY THIS YEAR.
668
00:32:24,942 --> 00:32:26,194
WHY DID YOU WANT TO NAME IT
"GOOD NEWS"?
669
00:32:26,277 --> 00:32:29,072
>> BECAUSE I FELT LIKE EVERY
TIME I GOT ON THE INTERNET OR
670
00:32:29,155 --> 00:32:34,202
ANYTHING I SAW ON TV, IT WAS
JUST BAD NEWS LEFT AND RIGHT.
671
00:32:34,285 --> 00:32:36,871
LIKE 2020 HAS BEEN SUCH AN
EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER.
672
00:32:36,954 --> 00:32:38,081
I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT?
673
00:32:38,164 --> 00:32:41,376
I WANT TO GET ONLINE ON MY PHONE
AND SEE GOOD NEWS IS TRENDING.
674
00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:42,543
GOOD NEWS IS NUMBER ONE.
675
00:32:42,627 --> 00:32:45,004
GOOD NEWS IS EVERYWHERE.
676
00:32:45,088 --> 00:32:47,507
AND IT'S COMING FROM MEGAN THEE
STALLION.
677
00:32:47,590 --> 00:32:50,343
I FELT LIKE THAT WOULD BE A
GREAT NAME FOR SOME AGREEMENT
678
00:32:50,426 --> 00:32:51,552
MUSIC.
679
00:32:51,636 --> 00:32:52,303
>> Stephen: AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE QUARANTINE, YOU HAVE BEEN
680
00:32:52,387 --> 00:32:54,222
HUGE FOR PEOPLE DURING
QUARANTINE.
681
00:32:54,305 --> 00:32:56,933
PEOPLE LOVE DANCING ALONG TO
YOUR MUSIC, ESPECIALLY ON
682
00:32:57,016 --> 00:32:57,934
TIKTOK.
683
00:32:58,017 --> 00:33:01,062
OF COURSE, "SAVAGE" WAS A
WORLD-WIDE PHENOMENON.
684
00:33:01,145 --> 00:33:05,191
IN APRIL YOU REMIXED IT WITH
BEYONCE.
685
00:33:05,274 --> 00:33:05,983
>> YES.
686
00:33:06,067 --> 00:33:07,110
>> Stephen: YOU'RE BOTH FROM
HOUSTON.
687
00:33:07,193 --> 00:33:08,319
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE A FAN.
688
00:33:08,403 --> 00:33:13,866
DID YOU EVER IMAGINE THAT YOU
WOULD HAVE HER ON SPEED DIAL?
689
00:33:13,950 --> 00:33:15,910
>> OH, MY GOD, NO.
690
00:33:15,993 --> 00:33:19,580
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I EVER
SAW DESTINY'S CHILD IN CONCERT,
691
00:33:19,664 --> 00:33:21,124
AT THE AT THE RODEO, AND IT WAS
JUST AMAZING.
692
00:33:21,207 --> 00:33:24,085
AND I REMEMBER BEING A LITTLE
KID LIKE, "WOW!
693
00:33:24,168 --> 00:33:27,422
I WANT TO DO THIS ONE DAY"
AND JUST BEING FROM HOUSTON, YOU
694
00:33:27,505 --> 00:33:33,136
HAVE TO KNOW WHAT BEYONCE JUST
MEANS TO US.
695
00:33:33,219 --> 00:33:37,140
SHE'S-- SO BEING ABLE TO JUST
SPEAK TO BEYONCE NOW, I'M LIKE,
696
00:33:37,223 --> 00:33:37,598
GIRL.
697
00:33:37,682 --> 00:33:39,809
PAT ON THE BACK.
698
00:33:39,892 --> 00:33:40,935
THIS IS GREAT.
699
00:33:41,018 --> 00:33:47,108
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU'VE ALSO
BECOME FRIENDS WITH JAYZ.
700
00:33:47,191 --> 00:33:48,067
AND THEY BOTH GIVE YOU ADVICE.
701
00:33:48,151 --> 00:33:52,113
WHO GIVES YOU BETTER ADVICE,
BEYONCE ON JAY-Z?
702
00:33:52,196 --> 00:33:57,285
>> I WOULD SAY JAY"Z" GIVES THE
FUN ADVICE.
703
00:33:57,368 --> 00:33:58,870
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE FUN
ADVICE?
704
00:33:58,953 --> 00:34:02,790
>> SAY IF I'M HAVING A BAD DAY,
HE'LL BE LIKE, YOU NEED TO BE
705
00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:04,125
SOMEWHERE DRIVING A BOAT.
706
00:34:04,208 --> 00:34:06,711
TURN UP, HAVE A GOOD TIME.
707
00:34:06,794 --> 00:34:07,920
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
708
00:34:08,004 --> 00:34:11,299
HE GIVES ME LIKE THE MORE HOT
GIRL ADVICE.
709
00:34:11,382 --> 00:34:15,094
>> Stephen: WHAT KIND OF
ADVICE DOES BEYONCE GIVE YOU?
710
00:34:15,178 --> 00:34:19,265
>> BEYONCE IS LIKE, "LOOK,
QUEEN, JUST RISE ABOVE."
711
00:34:19,348 --> 00:34:28,149
SHE'S VERY-- SHE SAYS IT IN A
NICER WAY, AND JAY-Z GIVES IT TO
712
00:34:28,232 --> 00:34:29,400
ME THE OTHER WAY.
713
00:34:29,484 --> 00:34:36,282
>> Stephen: YOU MADE SOMETHING
OF A SPLASH S THIS FALL WITH WAP
714
00:34:36,365 --> 00:34:40,661
DECLARED SONG OF THE YEAR BY
"ROLLING STONE" AND "PITCH
715
00:34:40,745 --> 00:34:41,829
FORK."
716
00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:43,790
BUT BECAUSE OF THE EXPLICIT
NATURE OF THIS SONG, YOU HAVE
717
00:34:43,873 --> 00:34:46,667
GOTTEN SOME HEAT FROM SOME
CULTURAL CONSERVATIVES.
718
00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:50,505
HOW DID YOU DEAL WITH THAT
HOSTILITY?
719
00:34:50,588 --> 00:34:55,468
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU TO CARDI, FOR EVEN
720
00:34:55,551 --> 00:34:56,594
PUTTING ME ON THE SONG.
721
00:34:56,677 --> 00:35:00,848
BUT, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THAT
WAS REALLY, LIKE, A LITTLE
722
00:35:00,932 --> 00:35:01,849
WEIRD.
723
00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:03,518
I KNOW THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN
HAVING A BAD YEAR.
724
00:35:03,601 --> 00:35:07,855
AND THEY PROBABLY NEEDED TO TAKE
THEIR FRUSTRATION OUT SOMEWHERE.
725
00:35:07,939 --> 00:35:10,358
BUT I WANT TO TELL THEM THANK
YOU FOR THE STREAMS, BECAUSE
726
00:35:10,441 --> 00:35:14,195
WITHOUT YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF WE
WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE.
727
00:35:14,278 --> 00:35:18,491
BUT, NO, I MEAN, THEM PEOPLE ARE
CRAZY.
728
00:35:18,574 --> 00:35:19,700
( LAUGHS ).
729
00:35:19,784 --> 00:35:22,495
>> Stephen: I WOULD LIKE THAT
ENGRAVED ON A CARD JUST TO HAND
730
00:35:22,578 --> 00:35:25,832
OUT TO PEOPLE-- "THEM PEOPLE
CRAZY."
731
00:35:25,915 --> 00:35:26,499
>> THEM PEOPLE CRAZY.
732
00:35:26,582 --> 00:35:28,334
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR STREAMING.
733
00:35:28,417 --> 00:35:29,126
WAP.
734
00:35:29,210 --> 00:35:33,089
EVERYBODY STILL LISTENING TO IT
NOW.
735
00:35:33,172 --> 00:35:35,049
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A
LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.
736
00:35:35,132 --> 00:35:36,300
STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.
737
00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:37,343
WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK
MEGAN ABOUT THE BODY ODY
738
00:35:37,426 --> 00:35:38,469
CHALLENGE.
739
00:36:05,705 --> 00:36:06,831
♪ ♪ ♪
>> ACROSS THE STREET, YOU'VE
740
00:36:06,914 --> 00:36:09,417
BEEN HOLDING HOLIDAY PARTIES
WITH HUNDRED OF PEOPLE, MANY NOT
741
00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:10,668
WEARING MASKS.
742
00:36:10,751 --> 00:36:13,087
WHY ARE YOU MODELING A DIFFERENT
BEHAVIOR TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
743
00:36:13,170 --> 00:36:15,798
THAN WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL?
744
00:36:15,882 --> 00:36:17,466
>> WELL, THEY'RE CHRISTMAS
PARTIES.
745
00:36:17,550 --> 00:36:18,926
>> HEY, MY BIRTHDAY IS NOT THAT
BIG A DEAL.
746
00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:20,595
I'M 2,00 YEARS OLD.
747
00:36:20,678 --> 00:36:25,266
WHEN YOU TURN TWUN YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO PUT JESUS ON A
748
00:36:25,349 --> 00:36:30,771
LEIBER, WE'RE TALKING BACKYARD
WRESTLING, ADAM SANDLER MIGHT
749
00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:32,023
SHOW UP.
750
00:36:32,106 --> 00:36:34,442
SAVE YOUR MONEY BECAUSE I MIGHT
GET ARRESTED AND SOMEONE HAS TO
751
00:36:34,525 --> 00:36:34,734
BAIL OUT JESUS.
752
00:36:34,817 --> 00:36:36,360
GOT IT!
753
00:36:54,378 --> 00:36:55,588
♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
754
00:36:55,671 --> 00:36:59,300
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH THE ARTIST
BEHIND THE NEW ALBUM "GOOD NEWS"
755
00:36:59,383 --> 00:37:00,343
MEGAN THEE STALLION.
756
00:37:00,426 --> 00:37:04,430
NOW, THERE'S A NEW DANCE CRAZY.
757
00:37:04,513 --> 00:37:05,681
IT'S ON TIKTOK.
758
00:37:05,765 --> 00:37:15,608
IT'S-- IT USES YOUR SONG "BODY,"
THE BODY ODY CHALLENGE, FROM THE
759
00:37:15,691 --> 00:37:16,817
NEW ALBUM ONCE AGAIN.
760
00:37:16,901 --> 00:37:21,489
JIM LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A
LITTLE OF THIS.
761
00:37:21,572 --> 00:37:27,495
♪ ♪ ♪
BODY ODY ODY ODY ODY.
762
00:37:27,578 --> 00:37:38,172
>> BODY ODY ODY ODY.
763
00:37:38,255 --> 00:37:41,175
BODY ODY ODY ODY ODY.
764
00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:41,676
BODY ODY ODY ODY ODY.
765
00:37:41,759 --> 00:37:42,218
BODY ODY ODY ODY ODY.
766
00:37:42,301 --> 00:37:43,970
BODY ODY ODY ODY ODY.
767
00:37:44,053 --> 00:37:48,849
>> Stephen: WHAT-- WHAT DOES
THE-- WHAT DOES THE BODY ODY
768
00:37:48,933 --> 00:37:49,684
CHALLENGE MEAN TO YOU?
769
00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:50,851
( LAUGHING ).
770
00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:53,354
>> Stephen: WHERE DOES THAT
SONG COME FROM, FIRST OF ALL?
771
00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:57,692
>> OKAY, SO, FIRST OF ALL, IN
THE BEGINNING OF QUARANTINE, I
772
00:37:57,775 --> 00:38:00,319
FELT LIKE I DEFINITELY GAINED
THE QUARANTINE FEN.
773
00:38:00,403 --> 00:38:04,490
AND I WAS LITERALLY IN THE
LIVING ROOM LOOKING AT MYSELF
774
00:38:04,573 --> 00:38:07,994
LIKE, WOW, GIRL, YOU HAVE REALLY
DONE IT.
775
00:38:08,077 --> 00:38:09,578
WHAT ARE YOU EVEN EATING?
776
00:38:09,662 --> 00:38:11,372
LIKE, WHY ARE YOU BAKING SO
MUCH?
777
00:38:11,455 --> 00:38:12,623
HOW MANY HONEY BUNS CAN WE EAT?
778
00:38:12,707 --> 00:38:16,377
YOU KNOW, SO I WAS LOOKING AT
MYSELF IN THE MIRROR, AND I WAS
779
00:38:16,460 --> 00:38:16,919
LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT?
780
00:38:17,003 --> 00:38:19,463
YOU LOOK GOOD, THOUGH.
781
00:38:19,547 --> 00:38:20,881
SO, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD DANCE
ABOUT IT.
782
00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:22,842
SO I WROTE ALL THE VERSES TO THE
SONG.
783
00:38:22,925 --> 00:38:27,054
IT TOOK ME A MINUTE TO FIGURE
OUT EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO
784
00:38:27,138 --> 00:38:27,930
SAY.
785
00:38:28,014 --> 00:38:31,267
AND IT CAME FROM ME DANCING IN
THE MIRROR.
786
00:38:31,350 --> 00:38:33,519
AND THAT'S-- THAT'S HOW WE WROTE
THE SONG.
787
00:38:33,602 --> 00:38:36,439
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY ABOUT PEOPLE
JUST CELEBRATING THEIR BODIES.
788
00:38:36,522 --> 00:38:37,606
LIKE --
>> Stephen: THAT'S VERY NICE.
789
00:38:37,690 --> 00:38:40,526
BECAUSE WHEN I'M IN FRONT OF A
FULL-LENGTH MIRROR, I TRY TO
790
00:38:40,609 --> 00:38:43,237
KEEP IT AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE
THESE DAY.
791
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:43,904
>> NO!
792
00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:44,530
YOU HAVE TO APPRECIATE.
793
00:38:44,613 --> 00:38:46,574
LET IT MARINATE.
794
00:38:46,657 --> 00:38:48,451
LET IT SIT, LIKE, I LIKE THIS.
795
00:38:48,534 --> 00:38:50,411
I LIKE WHERE THIS IS GOING.
796
00:38:50,494 --> 00:38:54,415
I WAS ALWAYS THE TALLEST GIRL IN
CLASS SINCE, LIKE, SECOND GRADE,
797
00:38:54,498 --> 00:38:57,293
I WAS PROBABLY ALREADY 5'7".
798
00:38:57,376 --> 00:39:01,422
AND WHEN I FINALLY GOT TO NINTH
GRADE, ALL THE BOYS CAUGHT UP.
799
00:39:01,505 --> 00:39:04,925
BUT I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE
PICKING ON ME, "OH, MY GOD,
800
00:39:05,009 --> 00:39:05,718
YOU'RE SO TALL.
801
00:39:05,801 --> 00:39:08,804
YOU'RE THE BIGGEST GIRL IN
CLASS."
802
00:39:08,888 --> 00:39:11,932
AND I WOULD BE LOOKING AT THEM
LIKE, "NO, YOU'RE ALL REALLY
803
00:39:12,016 --> 00:39:13,142
SMALL."
804
00:39:13,225 --> 00:39:15,394
I HAD GOOD WOMEN IN MY LIFE TELL
ME, "MEGAN, YOU'RE SO GREAT.
805
00:39:15,478 --> 00:39:16,896
YOU'RE TALL LIKE A MODEL."
806
00:39:16,979 --> 00:39:20,483
AND I WAS LIKE, "YEAH, WHAT ARE
YOU KIDS TALKING ABOUT?"
807
00:39:20,566 --> 00:39:25,112
I WANTED MY FANS AND MY
SUPPORTERS TO FEEL LIKE, YOU
808
00:39:25,196 --> 00:39:28,240
KNOW WHAT, GIRL, MEGAN THEE
STALLION SAID I'M FINE SO I MUST
809
00:39:28,324 --> 00:39:29,033
BE FINE.
810
00:39:29,116 --> 00:39:30,117
>> Stephen: WELL, THAT IS GOOD
NEWS.
811
00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:30,826
AND THE ALBUM IS "GOOD NEWS,"
AND IT'S AVAILABLE NOW.
812
00:39:30,910 --> 00:39:32,995
MEGAN THEE STALLION, EVERYBODY.
813
00:39:33,079 --> 00:39:34,580
MEGAN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
814
00:39:34,663 --> 00:39:35,289
>> THANK YOU!
815
00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:36,290
>> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT
BACK.
816
00:39:36,373 --> 00:39:37,708
♪ ♪ ♪
817
00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:50,137
A LATE SHOW, EVERYBODY.
818
00:39:50,221 --> 00:39:52,932
TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST
WILL BE JAMES CORDEN, AND
819
00:39:53,015 --> 00:39:53,724
MUSICAL GUEST, FLEET FOXES.
820
00:39:53,808 --> 00:39:54,642
JAMES HAPPENS TO BE NEXT,
ACTUALLY.
821
00:39:54,725 --> 00:39:56,560
HE'S GOT A SHOW RIGHT HERE ON
THIS NETWORK.
822
00:39:56,644 --> 00:39:56,936
STICK AROUND.
823
00:39:57,019 --> 00:39:59,146
GOOD NIGHT.
824
00:40:03,567 --> 00:40:04,985
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825
00:40:05,069 --> 00:40:05,069
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