1 00:00:03,169 --> 00:00:04,504 >> TWITTER SAYS IT HAS BANNED 70,000 ACCOUNTS PROMOTING THE 2 00:00:04,504 --> 00:00:08,466 QANON CONSPIRACY THEORIES, FACEBOOK ALSO RESTRICTING TALK 3 00:00:08,466 --> 00:00:10,510 ABOUT ELECTION FRAUD, AND PARLER, THE NEWLY FAVORED 4 00:00:10,510 --> 00:00:12,887 CONSERVATIVE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE TAKEN OFFLINE INDEFINITELY. 5 00:00:12,887 --> 00:00:16,516 >> WHERE ARE ALL THESE USERS GOING TO GO? 6 00:00:16,516 --> 00:00:18,059 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> HAS YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT 7 00:00:18,059 --> 00:00:22,230 BEEN SUSPENDED FOR BEING TOO EXTREME? 8 00:00:22,230 --> 00:00:24,941 LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO SPREAD HATE AND MISINFORMATION FREE OF 9 00:00:24,941 --> 00:00:27,652 CENSORSHIP? 10 00:00:27,652 --> 00:00:30,238 THEN COME BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PLATFORM FOR SPEWING 11 00:00:30,238 --> 00:00:32,240 UNRESTRICTED NONSENSE-- CRAPR. 12 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,244 BIG TECH WON'T TELL YOU HOW TO THINK ON CRAPR. 13 00:00:36,244 --> 00:00:39,205 EXERCISE YOUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH BY POSTING FALSE INFORMATION, 14 00:00:39,205 --> 00:00:43,376 NAZI PROPAGANDA, OR YOUR OPINION OF THE LATEST "BRIDGERTON" 15 00:00:43,376 --> 00:00:45,253 EPISODE. 16 00:00:45,253 --> 00:00:49,507 YOU CAN SPEAK YOUR MIND FREELY WITHOUT FEAR OF HAVING YOUR POST 17 00:00:49,507 --> 00:00:50,717 FACT-CHECKED. 18 00:00:50,717 --> 00:00:54,304 YOU'LL BE INTRODUCED TO A FREE MARKET OF IDEAS, ANY OF WHICH 19 00:00:54,304 --> 00:00:56,598 YOU CAN ENDORSE WITH A RE-SQUAT. 20 00:00:56,598 --> 00:01:00,268 AND IT'S THE ONLY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM STILL ALLOWING POSTS 21 00:01:00,268 --> 00:01:03,271 FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 22 00:01:03,271 --> 00:01:05,190 SO JOIN CRAPR TODAY, WHERE YOUR IDEAS WILL NEVER BE-- HEY! 23 00:01:05,190 --> 00:01:09,277 YOU CAN'T LYSOL MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS! 24 00:01:09,277 --> 00:01:13,281 THIS IS ORWELLIAN! 25 00:01:13,281 --> 00:01:15,325 ( TOILET FLUSHING ) >> Announcer: IT'S "A LATE SHOW 26 00:01:15,325 --> 00:01:18,286 WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 27 00:01:18,286 --> 00:01:20,872 TONIGHT: PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES 28 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:26,920 JAMES COMEY AND LILI REINHART 29 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:31,299 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 30 00:01:31,299 --> 00:01:33,635 AND NOW, LIVE oN TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER OFFICE 31 00:01:33,635 --> 00:01:41,309 BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 32 00:01:41,309 --> 00:01:47,357 >> Stephen: WELCOME, WELCOME, CITIZENS, TO "A LATE SHOW." 33 00:01:47,357 --> 00:01:48,525 I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 34 00:01:48,525 --> 00:01:52,237 WELL, FELLOW AMERICANS, THE BIG STORY TODAY-- AND WE'LL BE 35 00:01:52,237 --> 00:01:57,325 TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE BIG SCRIPT WE HAVE HERE-- 36 00:01:57,325 --> 00:02:00,286 WILL BE THE BIG STORY FROM YESTERDAY, WHICH WAS ALSO THE 37 00:02:00,286 --> 00:02:03,373 BIG STORY FROM LAST WEEK, WHICH IS JUST THE GRAND FINALE OF THE 38 00:02:03,373 --> 00:02:06,334 STORY FROM THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 39 00:02:06,334 --> 00:02:09,462 IT'S BEEN SIX DAYS SINCE MAGA TERRORISTS RANSACKED THE CAPITOL 40 00:02:09,462 --> 00:02:12,382 BUILDING, BUT THE DANGER HAS NOT PASSED. 41 00:02:12,382 --> 00:02:16,261 YESTERDAY, THE F.B.I. RELEASED A BULLETIN INDICATING THAT "ARMED 42 00:02:16,261 --> 00:02:21,349 PROTESTS" ARE BEING PLANNED AT ALL 50 STATE CAPITOLS. 43 00:02:21,349 --> 00:02:24,477 STILL WANT TO BE A STATE, PUERTO RICO? 44 00:02:24,477 --> 00:02:27,313 THERE MIGHT BE AN OPENING SOON. 45 00:02:27,313 --> 00:02:31,109 THE F.B.I. WARNED THAT THE ARMED PROTESTS ARE BEING PLANNED FROM 46 00:02:31,109 --> 00:02:35,697 JANUARY 16 THROUGH AT LEAST JANUARY 20. 47 00:02:35,697 --> 00:02:39,284 FOUR DAYS THAT'S NOT AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT 48 00:02:39,284 --> 00:02:42,453 INSURGENCY. 49 00:02:42,453 --> 00:02:43,580 THAT'S A MUSIC FESTIVAL. 50 00:02:43,580 --> 00:02:44,497 IT'S "COUP-CHELLA"-- WHICH IS REALLY THE ONLY PLACE IT'S 51 00:02:44,497 --> 00:02:46,708 APPROPRIATE TO GO SHIRTLESS IN BUFFALO HORNS. 52 00:02:46,708 --> 00:02:49,836 AND IT'S NOT JUST STATE CAPITOLS. 53 00:02:49,836 --> 00:02:51,838 YESTERDAY, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WERE BRIEFED ON THREE PLANNED 54 00:02:51,838 --> 00:02:54,132 RIOTS FOR D.C. 55 00:02:54,132 --> 00:02:57,302 THE MOST CONCERNING PLOT WOULD INVOLVE INSURRECTIONISTS FORMING 56 00:02:57,302 --> 00:02:59,846 A PERIMETER AROUND THE CAPITOL, THE WHITE HOUSE, AND THE SUPREME 57 00:02:59,846 --> 00:03:03,349 COURT, AND THEN BLOCKING DEMOCRATS FROM ENTERING THE 58 00:03:03,349 --> 00:03:07,729 CAPITOL-- PERHAPS EVEN KILLING THEM-- SO THAT REPUBLICANS COULD 59 00:03:07,729 --> 00:03:09,355 TAKE CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT. 60 00:03:09,355 --> 00:03:10,690 WHAT KIND OF PLAN IS THAT? 61 00:03:10,690 --> 00:03:14,402 THEY'RE GOING TO KILL A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, BUT AFTER THAT, IT'S 62 00:03:14,402 --> 00:03:17,030 JUST BACK TO SEVENTH GRADE CIVICS AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO 63 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:18,406 NOTICE? 64 00:03:18,406 --> 00:03:20,408 THERE'S A REASON THE FIRST ARTICLE OF THE CONSTITUTION 65 00:03:20,408 --> 00:03:22,452 ISN'T "THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE 66 00:03:22,452 --> 00:03:25,246 COMPOSED OF MEMBERS CHOSEN EVERY SECOND YEAR BY THE PEOPLE-- 67 00:03:25,246 --> 00:03:29,417 UNLESS, OF COURSE, ONE SIDE MURDERS THE OTHER SIDE, IN WHICH 68 00:03:29,417 --> 00:03:32,420 CASE, IT'S 'GRAND THEFT AUTO' RULES." 69 00:03:32,420 --> 00:03:35,423 AND CONGRESS DID RECEIVE SOME HELPFUL SAFETY TIPS, AS THEY 70 00:03:35,423 --> 00:03:40,053 WERE REMINDED THAT "THE PURCHASE OF A BULLETPROOF VEST IS A 71 00:03:40,053 --> 00:03:41,262 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSE." 72 00:03:41,262 --> 00:03:46,059 GOOD TO KNOW. 73 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:47,477 SAME REASON LINCOLN GOT TO WRITE OFF THOSE THEATER TICKETS. 74 00:03:47,477 --> 00:03:51,564 FOR ALMOST A WEEK NOW, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE TRYING TO TELL US WHAT WE 75 00:03:51,564 --> 00:03:55,443 SAW ISN'T WHAT WE SAW, WHICH IS WHY TODAY, IT WAS REASSURING 76 00:03:55,443 --> 00:03:59,530 TO HEAR FROM F.B.I. OFFICIAL STEVEN D'ANTUONO-- DO I HAVE 77 00:03:59,530 --> 00:04:01,741 THAT RIGHT? 78 00:04:01,741 --> 00:04:07,246 LET'S SAY I HAVE THAT RIGHT-- WHO MADE IT CLEAR: THE MAGA 79 00:04:07,246 --> 00:04:08,623 MANIACS WHO TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT ARE GOING TO PAY. 80 00:04:08,623 --> 00:04:10,416 >> THE F.B.I. HAS WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH THE UNITED STATES 81 00:04:10,416 --> 00:04:15,880 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS HERE IN 82 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,925 D.C. AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO ARREST AND CHARGE MULTIPLE 83 00:04:18,925 --> 00:04:23,554 INDIVIDUALS WHO TOOK PART IN THE DESTRUCTION. 84 00:04:23,554 --> 00:04:28,101 IN SIX DAYS, WE HAVE OPENED OVER 160 CASE FILES, AND THAT'S JUST 85 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:28,977 THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. 86 00:04:28,977 --> 00:04:33,606 >> Stephen: THAT'S AN APT METAPHOR UPON 87 00:04:33,606 --> 00:04:35,483 THE MAGA CROWD HAS A LOT IN COMMON WITH ICEBERGS: COLD; 88 00:04:35,483 --> 00:04:43,658 WHITE; AND WHEN THE HEAT IS ON, TEY JUST MELT BEFORE YOUR EYES. 89 00:04:43,658 --> 00:04:44,492 IT WAS VALIDATING TO HEAR SOMEONE, ANYONE, TAKE THIS WHOLE 90 00:04:44,492 --> 00:04:46,494 THING AS SERIOUSLY AS IT DESERVES. 91 00:04:46,494 --> 00:04:50,498 >> TO BE CLEAR, THE BRUTALITY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WATCHED WITH 92 00:04:50,498 --> 00:04:53,960 SOCK AND DISBELIEF ON THE 6th WOULD NOT BE TOLERATED BY 93 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:54,669 THE F.B.I. 94 00:04:54,669 --> 00:04:56,504 THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE F.B.I. 95 00:04:56,504 --> 00:05:01,175 WILL LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED IN THIS INVESTIGATION. 96 00:05:01,175 --> 00:05:03,511 >> Stephen: SO, MAGA-HEADS WHO THOUGHT THE FEDS WERE OUT TO GET 97 00:05:03,511 --> 00:05:06,597 YOU, I'M HAPPY TO SAY, THEY ARE NOW. 98 00:05:06,597 --> 00:05:08,933 I HAVE A FEELING YOU'LL SOON BE OCCUPYING ANOTHER FEDERAL 99 00:05:08,933 --> 00:05:11,102 BUILDING FOR A LONG TIME. 100 00:05:11,102 --> 00:05:14,856 THEN IT WAS TIME TO HEAR FROM ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE 101 00:05:14,856 --> 00:05:19,444 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND I'M AGAIN, MICHAEL SHERWIN. 102 00:05:19,444 --> 00:05:25,199 AM I SAYING SHERWIN CORRECTLY? 103 00:05:25,199 --> 00:05:25,658 SHERWIN? 104 00:05:25,658 --> 00:05:26,868 LET'S SAY I AM. 105 00:05:26,868 --> 00:05:31,330 SO FAR, THE MAGA MOB HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR MINOR CRIMES, LIKE 106 00:05:31,330 --> 00:05:34,834 TRESPASSING, BUT SHERWIN TOLD US THINGS ARE GOING TO GET SERIOUS. 107 00:05:34,834 --> 00:05:37,003 >> THE F.B.I., WORKING WITH THE U.S. ATTORNEYS' OFFICES ACROSS 108 00:05:37,003 --> 00:05:38,880 THE COUNTRY-- AND THE CRUX OF THOSE BEING IN D.C.-- WE'RE 109 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:43,301 LOOKING AT SIGNIFICANT FELONY CASES TIED TO SEDITION AND 110 00:05:43,301 --> 00:05:45,636 CONSPIRACY. 111 00:05:45,636 --> 00:05:46,512 >> Stephen: SEDITION. 112 00:05:46,512 --> 00:05:48,973 YOU MAGA TERRORISTS MUST BE PRETTY PROUD! 113 00:05:48,973 --> 00:05:50,850 YOU'RE FINALLY BEING TREATED JUST LIKE THOSE GUYS WHOSE FLAG 114 00:05:50,850 --> 00:05:53,394 YOU LOVE TO CARRY! 115 00:05:53,394 --> 00:05:56,856 BUT YOU KNOW WHO'S NOT TAKING ALT-RIGHT TERRORISM SERIOUSLY? 116 00:05:56,856 --> 00:05:59,358 THE PRESIDENT. 117 00:05:59,358 --> 00:06:02,987 YESTERDAY, HE HAD A PHONE CALL WITH HOUSE MINORITY LEADER, 118 00:06:02,987 --> 00:06:06,407 KEVIN McCARTHY, SEEN HERE REALIZING THAT GOD HAS CURSED 119 00:06:06,407 --> 00:06:08,993 HIM TO BE KEVIN McCARTHY. 120 00:06:08,993 --> 00:06:11,370 AND INSTEAD OF ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT REALLY HAPPENED, THE 121 00:06:11,370 --> 00:06:14,040 PRESIDENT BLAMED STORMING THE CAPITOL ON "ANTIFA PEOPLE." 122 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:14,707 WHAT? 123 00:06:14,707 --> 00:06:17,585 THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 124 00:06:17,585 --> 00:06:20,671 YOU INVITED THOSE RIOTERS TO YOUR RALLY IN WASHINGTON. 125 00:06:20,671 --> 00:06:26,594 THEY WERE WEARING YOUR SHIRTS, YOUR HATS, WAVING YOUR FLAG, AND 126 00:06:26,594 --> 00:06:30,640 THEY CHEERED WHEN YOU TOLD THEM TO GO MARCH ON THE CAPITOL. 127 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,601 FROM NOW ON, NEUROLOGISTS ARE GOING TO HOLD UP PICTURES LIKE 128 00:06:33,601 --> 00:06:37,855 THIS TO STROKE VICTIMS AND SAY, "CAN YOU TELL ME WHOSE 129 00:06:37,855 --> 00:06:40,441 SUPPORTERS THESE ARE?" AND IF THEY DON'T SAY, "THEY'RE 130 00:06:40,441 --> 00:06:47,198 MAGA PEOPLE," YOU KNOW IT'S TIME TO TAKE AWAY THEIR CAR KEYS. 131 00:06:47,198 --> 00:06:49,867 THIS ANTIFA EXCUSE IS SO RIDICULOUS THAT EVEN THE 132 00:06:49,867 --> 00:06:54,372 NORMALLY SPINE-FREE ZONE OF KEVIN McCARTHY PUSHED BACK, 133 00:06:54,372 --> 00:06:54,747 SAYING, "IT'S NOT ANTIFA. 134 00:06:54,747 --> 00:06:55,790 IT'S MAGA. 135 00:06:55,790 --> 00:06:58,292 I KNOW. 136 00:06:58,292 --> 00:06:59,043 I WAS THERE." 137 00:06:59,043 --> 00:07:01,420 FINDING OUT THIS LATE IN THE GAME 138 00:07:01,420 --> 00:07:04,590 THAT KEVIN McCARTHY HAS THE ABILITY TO NAME REALITY IN THE 139 00:07:04,590 --> 00:07:06,592 FACE OF THE PRESIDENT'S LIES IS LIKE FINDING OUT THAT TOM HANKS 140 00:07:06,592 --> 00:07:10,429 IN "CASTAWAY" HAD A BOAT THE WHOLE TIME. 141 00:07:10,429 --> 00:07:18,146 WHY DIDN'T YOU USE IT BEFORE, YOU IDIOT? 142 00:07:18,146 --> 00:07:19,063 DID WILSON STOP YOU? 143 00:07:19,063 --> 00:07:19,939 YOU COULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH HELEN HUNT! 144 00:07:19,939 --> 00:07:25,903 SHE SEEMS VERY NICE. 145 00:07:25,903 --> 00:07:27,613 NOW, ON THE PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER, McCARTHY TOLD POTUS HE 146 00:07:27,613 --> 00:07:30,283 SHOULD CALL JOE BIDEN, MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT-ELECT, AND FOLLOW 147 00:07:30,283 --> 00:07:31,909 TRADITION AND LEAVE A WELCOME LETTER IN THE RESOLUTE DESK FOR 148 00:07:31,909 --> 00:07:33,578 HIS SUCCESSOR. 149 00:07:33,578 --> 00:07:35,621 WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COPY OF THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE 150 00:07:35,621 --> 00:07:36,622 PRESIDENT'S WELCOME LETTER. 151 00:07:36,622 --> 00:07:41,460 "IF YOU EVER WANT TO SEE DEOCRACY AGAIN, LEAVE A 152 00:07:41,460 --> 00:07:43,921 WHEELBARROW OF CHICKEN NUGGETS WITH THE CONCIERGE AT MY HOTEL." 153 00:07:43,921 --> 00:07:48,467 NOW, PROTECTING THE COUNTRY FROM ITS DERANGED RULER MIGHT COME 154 00:07:48,467 --> 00:07:49,635 DOWN TO VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE, SEEN HERE AT ONE OF THE 155 00:07:49,635 --> 00:07:54,307 PRESIDENT'S "WHO SHOULD YOU MURDER NEXT" RALLIES. 156 00:07:54,307 --> 00:07:55,933 ( LAUGHTER ) THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 157 00:07:55,933 --> 00:07:58,686 PASSED A RESOLUTION TODAY ASKING PENCE TO REMOVE THE PRESIDENT 158 00:07:58,686 --> 00:08:00,646 USING THE 25th AMENDMENT. 159 00:08:00,646 --> 00:08:06,360 AND YOU'D THINK PENCE WOULD BE INTO THE IDEA, CONSIDERING THE 160 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,238 WHOLE "HANG HIM" THING. 161 00:08:09,238 --> 00:08:11,699 BUT YOU WOULD BE DEAD WRONG, BECAUSE YESTERDAY, AFTER DAYS OF 162 00:08:11,699 --> 00:08:15,328 SILENCE, THE PRESIDENT AND MIKE PENCE SPOKE FOR THE FIRST TIME, 163 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:18,497 MEETING IN THE OVAL OFFICE, AND AGREED THAT THOSE WHO BROKE THE 164 00:08:18,497 --> 00:08:21,292 LAW AND STORMED THE CAPITOL LAST WEEK DO NOT REPRESENT THEIR 165 00:08:21,292 --> 00:08:22,335 POLICY OF AMERICA FIRST. 166 00:08:22,335 --> 00:08:27,340 OF COURSE THIS MOB VIOLENCE WASN'T AMERICA FIRST. 167 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:30,760 IT WAS IN GERMANY FIRST. 168 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,679 SO, APPARENTLY, IT'S ALL WATER UNDER THE GALLOWS NOW. 169 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,682 I CANNOT FATHOM THIS TYPE OF SELF-DESTRUCTIVE LOYALTY. 170 00:08:36,682 --> 00:08:39,685 BUT I GUESS IT'S WORTH IT FOR THE REWARD: MIKE WAS NAMED WHITE 171 00:08:39,685 --> 00:08:43,189 HOUSE EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK! 172 00:08:43,189 --> 00:08:45,358 IT COMES WITH A $10 COUPON TO SUBWAY AND INSTRUCTIONS TO THE 173 00:08:45,358 --> 00:08:49,862 MOB SO THEY CAN CATCH MIKE PENCE AT SUBWAY. 174 00:08:49,862 --> 00:08:51,864 WITH THE 25th AMENDMENT OPTION OFF THE TABLE, HOUSE DEMOCRATS 175 00:08:51,864 --> 00:08:55,368 ARE SET TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT. 176 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:58,829 I'LL CATCH YOU UP ON THE LATEST IN OUR "BACK BY UNPOPULAR 177 00:08:58,829 --> 00:09:03,417 DEMAND" SEGMENT, "DON AND THE GIANT IMPEACH 2: GO FAST, WE'RE 178 00:09:03,417 --> 00:09:06,837 FURIOUS." 179 00:09:06,837 --> 00:09:15,388 >> THAT WAS A CLOSE ONE. 180 00:09:15,388 --> 00:09:18,849 >> Stephen: EVEN THOUGH THEIR OWN LIVES WERE THREATENED BY THE 181 00:09:18,849 --> 00:09:21,852 COUP THAT THE PRESIDENT INSTIGATED, ONLY A HANDFUL OF 182 00:09:21,852 --> 00:09:23,854 REPUBLICANS HAVE BACKED REMOVING HIM FROM OFFICE. 183 00:09:23,854 --> 00:09:27,400 THE REST ARE SAYING, "OH, THERE'S ONLY SEVEN DAYS LEFT." 184 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,903 MAY I REMIND YOU, SEVEN DAYS IS A LONG TIME WHEN YOU LET A 185 00:09:30,903 --> 00:09:33,406 LUNATIC BE THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD. 186 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:36,742 IF A GRIZZLY BEAR SHOWS UP AT A CHILD'S BIRTHDAY PARTY, YOU 187 00:09:36,742 --> 00:09:39,620 DON'T SAY, "THERE'S ONLY 45 MINUTES LEFT, LET'S JUST RUN 188 00:09:39,620 --> 00:09:45,418 OUT THE CLOCK WHILE HE GNAWS ON TYLER." 189 00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:48,421 MAKE YOURSELF BIGGER, TYLER! 190 00:09:48,421 --> 00:09:51,007 IT FRIGHTENS THEM! 191 00:09:51,007 --> 00:09:53,259 ONE FORMER SENATE AIDE EXPLAINED THAT, FOR REPUBLICANS, HOLDING 192 00:09:53,259 --> 00:09:54,802 THE PRESIDENT ACCOUNTABLE IS "STILL POLITICALLY PROBLEMATIC." 193 00:09:54,802 --> 00:09:57,805 YES, REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS DESPERATELY NEED THE PRESIDENT'S 194 00:09:57,805 --> 00:10:00,433 SUPPORTERS TO LIKE THEM! 195 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:03,436 I MEAN, THEIR HANDS ARE TIED! 196 00:10:03,436 --> 00:10:09,108 ALMOST LITERALLY. 197 00:10:09,108 --> 00:10:10,443 THE G.O.P. HAS NEW TALKING POINTS FOR WHY THEY THINK 198 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:11,110 REMOVING THE PRESIDENT IS THE WRONG MOVE: 199 00:10:11,110 --> 00:10:13,362 >> LET'S TRY TO COME TOGETHER. 200 00:10:13,362 --> 00:10:15,364 >> I THINK THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO AS LEADERS IN 201 00:10:15,364 --> 00:10:16,949 AMERICA IS LOWER THE TEMPERATURE AND TRY TO COME TOGETHER. 202 00:10:16,949 --> 00:10:18,784 >> I THINK WE NEED TO LOWER THE RHETORIC. 203 00:10:18,784 --> 00:10:23,122 WE NEED TO GET SOME UNITY GOING. 204 00:10:23,122 --> 00:10:26,792 >> Stephen: OKAY, LET'S UNIFY IN PUNISHING ALL THE 205 00:10:26,792 --> 00:10:27,835 INSURRECTIONISTS AND THEIR POLITICAL LEADERS WHO 206 00:10:27,835 --> 00:10:30,796 LEGITIMIZED THEIR HOMICIDAL FANTASIES. 207 00:10:30,796 --> 00:10:33,591 THERE CAN BE NO HEALING UNTIL THE SICKNESS IS IDENTIFIED AND 208 00:10:33,591 --> 00:10:34,800 REMOVED. 209 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:39,430 AND YOU CAN DO IT NOW! 210 00:10:39,430 --> 00:10:42,808 THE TUMOR LOST HIS TWITTER FEED! 211 00:10:42,808 --> 00:10:43,267 BECAUSE UNITY'S GREAT! 212 00:10:43,267 --> 00:10:45,394 I'M ALL FOR UNITY. 213 00:10:45,394 --> 00:10:46,812 SO, REPUBLICANS, WHAT'S YOUR OUTREACH TO THE OTHER SIDE? 214 00:10:46,812 --> 00:10:49,023 YOU GOT TO ANTE UP. 215 00:10:49,023 --> 00:10:51,359 YOU DON'T GET TO STAY IN THE GAME IF YOU DON'T TOSS IN A CHIP 216 00:10:51,359 --> 00:10:52,568 OF GOOD FAITH. 217 00:10:52,568 --> 00:10:55,654 THE OTHER SIDE IS GOING TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN BY 218 00:10:55,654 --> 00:10:57,156 GETTING RID OF THE GUY WHO CAUSED IT. 219 00:10:57,156 --> 00:11:05,122 WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DO TO HELP? 220 00:11:05,122 --> 00:11:06,832 BECAUSE, SO FAR, YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING. 221 00:11:06,832 --> 00:11:09,502 THEY WERE SIMPLY CERTIFYING A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION-- AN 222 00:11:09,502 --> 00:11:13,506 ELECTION THAT YOU KNEW WAS FREE AND FAIR-- BUT YOU LIED ABOUT IT 223 00:11:13,506 --> 00:11:14,965 ANYWAY, BECAUSE YOU WANTED CAMPAIGN CASH AND EYEBALLS AND, 224 00:11:14,965 --> 00:11:17,676 YOU WERE AFRAID TO MAKE YOUR BOSS AND HIS MAGA MONSTER MAD. 225 00:11:17,676 --> 00:11:18,844 YOUR LIES LEGITIMIZED THE FANTASIES OF A VIOLENT, 226 00:11:18,844 --> 00:11:27,186 ANTI-DEMOCRATIC MOB THAT NEARLY GOT YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES 227 00:11:27,186 --> 00:11:28,729 KILLED, AND DID GET A POLICEMAN MURDERED. 228 00:11:28,729 --> 00:11:30,856 NOW YOU WANT TO USE YOUR HOLLOW CALLS FOR UNITY TO SWEEP IT ALL 229 00:11:30,856 --> 00:11:33,859 UNDER THE RUG? 230 00:11:33,859 --> 00:11:38,489 WELL, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT, BROTHER, BECAUSE THE RIOTERS 231 00:11:38,489 --> 00:11:43,494 ALSO POOPED ON YOUR RUGS. 232 00:11:43,494 --> 00:11:44,870 NOW, AS THE PRESS CONFERENCE MADE CLEAR TODAY, THE FEDS ARE 233 00:11:44,870 --> 00:11:46,372 ARRESTING MEMBERS OF THE MAGA-WAFFEN IN LARGE NUMBERS. 234 00:11:46,372 --> 00:11:47,915 TO DO SO, THE F.B.I. HAS STREAMLINED THE PROCESS. 235 00:11:47,915 --> 00:11:51,502 THEY'VE GIVEN ALL THEIR FIELD OFFICES A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO 236 00:11:51,502 --> 00:11:53,838 ASK ALL POTENTIAL SUSPECTS. 237 00:11:53,838 --> 00:11:57,425 IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE STUFF LIKE, "WERE YOU IN WASHINGTON ON THE 238 00:11:57,425 --> 00:11:58,884 AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 6?" "DO YOU BELIEVE THE U.S. 239 00:11:58,884 --> 00:12:03,055 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS STOLEN?" 240 00:12:03,055 --> 00:12:03,973 AND "WHO DID YOU ROOT FOR? 241 00:12:03,973 --> 00:12:11,564 INDIANA JONES OR THE MELTING-FACE NAZI GUY?" 242 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:12,690 NOW, WITH THE HELP OF ONLINE DETECTIVES, THE F.B.I. IS SLOWLY 243 00:12:12,690 --> 00:12:13,899 BUT SURELY TRACKING THESE PEOPLE DOWN AND ARRESTING THEM. 244 00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:14,191 CASE IN POINT, THIS JACK-HOLE IN THE VIKING HAT IS NAMED JAKE 245 00:12:14,191 --> 00:12:17,027 ANGELI. 246 00:12:17,027 --> 00:12:20,030 HOW DO WE KNOW THAT'S HIS NAME? 247 00:12:20,030 --> 00:12:22,408 WELL, AMONG OTHER REASONS, ANGELI ACTUALLY CALED THE 248 00:12:22,408 --> 00:12:26,787 F.B.I. HIMSELF TO ACKNOWLEDGE HE WAS THE PERSON IN PHOTOGRAPHS 249 00:12:26,787 --> 00:12:30,916 OF THE RIOT AND TOLD A REPORTER HE WAS NOT AFRAID OF ARREST. 250 00:12:30,916 --> 00:12:33,919 WHY DOES HE THINK HE CAN CALL THE F.B.I. AND JUST EXPLAIN AWAY 251 00:12:33,919 --> 00:12:34,920 HIS CRIME? 252 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:40,759 ♪ WHITE PRIVILEGE ♪ OH, THANK YOU, "LATE SHOW" 253 00:12:40,759 --> 00:12:41,886 CHOIR. 254 00:12:41,886 --> 00:12:44,013 ( LAUGHTER ) ANGELI-- A.K.A. THE QANON 255 00:12:44,013 --> 00:12:49,768 SHAMAN-- WENT ON TO EXPLAIN, "AND EVEN IF I WAS ARRESTED, 256 00:12:49,768 --> 00:12:50,769 WASN'T GANDHI ARRESTED A LOT? 257 00:12:50,769 --> 00:12:54,440 WASN'T MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ARRESTED A LOT? 258 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:58,444 WASN'T JESUS ARRESTED?" YES, FOR NON-VIOLENT PROTEST-- 259 00:12:58,444 --> 00:13:00,196 KIND OF THEIR THING. 260 00:13:00,196 --> 00:13:01,780 JESUS NEVER SAID, "LET HE WHOSE CANDIDATE DID NOT WIN CAST THE 261 00:13:01,780 --> 00:13:02,239 FIRST STONE. 262 00:13:02,239 --> 00:13:02,823 AND THE SECOND. 263 00:13:02,823 --> 00:13:06,452 AND THE THIRD. 264 00:13:06,452 --> 00:13:10,080 HANG MIKE PENCE!" SINCE HIS ARREST, ANGELI, A 265 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:14,084 FAILED ACTOR WHO LIVES WITH HIS MOM, HAS GONE ON A HUNGER 266 00:13:14,084 --> 00:13:17,004 STRIKE-ISH. 267 00:13:17,004 --> 00:13:19,840 HE "WON'T EAT IN JAIL BECAUSE HE NEEDS 'ORGANIC FOOD.'" 268 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:24,011 SO, YOU'VE JUST BEEN ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO OVERTHROW THE 269 00:13:24,011 --> 00:13:26,514 GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN A VIOLENT COUP THAT KILLED 270 00:13:26,514 --> 00:13:30,059 FIVE PEOPLE, AND YOU'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE MENU? 271 00:13:30,059 --> 00:13:30,809 WHAT WOULD YOU EVEN CALL THAT? 272 00:13:30,809 --> 00:13:35,022 ♪ WHITE PRIVILEGE ♪ THANK YOU. 273 00:13:35,022 --> 00:13:36,273 "EXCUSE ME, OFFICER. 274 00:13:36,273 --> 00:13:40,653 I ORDERED THE ORGANIC SPINACH FRITATTA WITH WHEAT TOAST, AND I 275 00:13:40,653 --> 00:13:42,655 GOT EXPIRED HAM ON WONDER BREAD. 276 00:13:42,655 --> 00:13:44,990 I AM TELLING YOU-- THIS IS A WARNING-- I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS 277 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:48,827 PRISON ZERO STARS. 278 00:13:48,827 --> 00:13:55,334 OKAY, NOW I'M BEING STABBED IN THE RIBS. 279 00:13:55,334 --> 00:14:00,881 THAT SHIV BETTER BE GLUTEN-FREE!" 280 00:14:00,881 --> 00:14:04,051 NOW, BRACE YOURSELF: A JUDGE HAS RULED IN ANGELI'S FAVOR, 281 00:14:04,051 --> 00:14:06,178 WE'VE LEARNED THAT THE SHAMAN WILL GET HIS ORGANIC FOOD. 282 00:14:06,178 --> 00:14:08,055 WELL, THAT'S JUST STANDARD. 283 00:14:08,055 --> 00:14:10,808 WE ALL REMEMBER WHAT THE ANONYMOUS FEDERAL AGENTS SAID 284 00:14:10,808 --> 00:14:15,062 THIS SUMMER WHILE SHOVING PROTESTERS INTO UNMARKED VANS: 285 00:14:15,062 --> 00:14:18,148 >> WOULD YOU LIKE THE CHICKEN OR THE FISH! 286 00:14:18,148 --> 00:14:19,066 CHICKEN OR THE FISH?! 287 00:14:19,066 --> 00:14:21,652 NOW! 288 00:14:21,652 --> 00:14:23,821 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 289 00:14:23,821 --> 00:14:25,489 THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE F.B.I., JAMES COMEY, IS HERE. 290 00:14:25,489 --> 00:14:29,868 STICK AROUND. 291 00:14:29,868 --> 00:14:32,663 ♪ ♪ ♪ 292 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:54,101 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, LET'S SAY HI 293 00:14:54,101 --> 00:14:55,144 TO JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY. 294 00:14:55,144 --> 00:14:58,022 WAS THAT TEAKO, TEAKO? 295 00:14:58,022 --> 00:15:00,566 >> Jon: YES. 296 00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:04,111 YES, INDEED. 297 00:15:04,111 --> 00:15:07,114 >> Stephen: I-- I LOVE LISTENING TO BRAZILIAN MUSIC 298 00:15:07,114 --> 00:15:09,700 IT GETS-- IT CUTS RIGHT THROUGH IT. 299 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:11,285 I DON'T CARE HOW DOWN I AM. 300 00:15:11,285 --> 00:15:13,120 >> Jon: YEAH, YOU FEEL THE SUN ON YOUR SKIN. 301 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:14,413 I LOVE THAT VIBE. 302 00:15:14,413 --> 00:15:16,290 >> Stephen: HAVE YOU BEEN DOWN THERE? 303 00:15:16,290 --> 00:15:17,041 >> Jon: YEAH, YEAH. 304 00:15:17,041 --> 00:15:18,876 >> Stephen: YOU HAVE? 305 00:15:18,876 --> 00:15:22,921 >> Jon: YES, BAIJA IS A LOT LIKE NEW ORLEANS. 306 00:15:22,921 --> 00:15:24,256 THEY HAD RICE AND BEANS. 307 00:15:24,256 --> 00:15:25,549 AND I WAS LIKE, WOW. 308 00:15:25,549 --> 00:15:29,928 I DIDN'T KNOW YOU ALL WERE COOKING LIKE THAT, TOO. 309 00:15:29,928 --> 00:15:31,138 >> Stephen: WE'RE TAKING THE SHOW TO RIO. 310 00:15:31,138 --> 00:15:33,557 THE SHOW IS GOING TO RIO. 311 00:15:33,557 --> 00:15:36,769 CAN YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE OF THAT FLAVOR AS WE GO OUT? 312 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:38,479 >> Jon: OH, YEAH. 313 00:15:38,479 --> 00:15:45,235 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: JON BATISTE, 314 00:15:45,235 --> 00:15:45,653 EVERYBODY. 315 00:15:45,653 --> 00:15:46,153 THANK YOU, JON. 316 00:15:46,153 --> 00:15:48,113 >> Jon: YES, INDEED. 317 00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:52,785 PEOPLE MAKE THE WORLD GO 'ROUND. 318 00:15:52,785 --> 00:15:54,828 >> Stephen: MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS A "NEW YORK TIMES" 319 00:15:54,828 --> 00:15:56,246 BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AND THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE F.B.I. 320 00:15:56,246 --> 00:15:58,123 PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW," JAMES COMEY. 321 00:15:58,123 --> 00:16:00,084 DIRECTOR, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 322 00:16:00,084 --> 00:16:02,086 >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, STEPHEN. 323 00:16:02,086 --> 00:16:05,673 >> Stephen: I'M SURPRISED A MAN OF YOUR HEIGHT CAN FIT INTO 324 00:16:05,673 --> 00:16:06,382 A ZOOM BOX. 325 00:16:06,382 --> 00:16:07,091 ( LAUGHTER ). 326 00:16:07,091 --> 00:16:08,967 >> I'M JAMMED INTO A LITTLE BOX. 327 00:16:08,967 --> 00:16:10,636 >> Stephen: OKAY. 328 00:16:10,636 --> 00:16:12,930 NOW, I AM NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHERE TO BEGIN. 329 00:16:12,930 --> 00:16:17,101 I WANT TO GET TO YOUR NEW BOOK, "SAVING JUSTICE," BECAUSE I 330 00:16:17,101 --> 00:16:20,187 THINK THAT HAS PARTICULAR RESONANCE RIGHT NOW. 331 00:16:20,187 --> 00:16:23,607 BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE EVENTS OF 332 00:16:23,607 --> 00:16:26,610 THIS LAST WEEK AND YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON WORKING FOR THIS 333 00:16:26,610 --> 00:16:27,820 ADMINISTRATION. 334 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:30,656 THE PRESIDENT, AS YOU SAID IN YOUR LAST BOOK, ASKED YOU FOR 335 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:32,950 LOYALTY SEVEN DAYS AFTER HIS INAUGURATION. 336 00:16:32,950 --> 00:16:37,162 AND WE HAVE SORT OF THE DANGEROUS REPERCUSSIONS OF THE 337 00:16:37,162 --> 00:16:42,835 NEED FOR THAT KIND OF BLIND LOYALTY TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. 338 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:46,839 OBVIOUSLY, MOST DISTURBINGLY, LAST WEDNESDAY, BUT THEN IN THE 339 00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:51,677 EXCUSES AND THE OBFUSCATIONS BEING MADE BY THE SORT OF 340 00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:53,178 SPINELESS MEMBERS OF THE PARTY WHO ARE FOLLOWING HIM FOR THEIR 341 00:16:53,178 --> 00:16:55,973 OWN BENEFIT. 342 00:16:55,973 --> 00:17:02,062 WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO WHAT YOU SAW LAST WEDNESDAY? 343 00:17:02,062 --> 00:17:06,692 AND AS A FOLLOW-UP, YOUR REACTION TO THOSE WHO ARE STILL 344 00:17:06,692 --> 00:17:07,860 MAKING EXCUSES? 345 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:10,654 >> WELL, AS AN AMERICAN, I HOPE LIKE ALL AMERICANS, I WAS 346 00:17:10,654 --> 00:17:14,533 SICKENED TO SEE AN ATTACK ON THE CENTER OF OUR DEMOCRACY. 347 00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:17,536 AS A FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL, I WAS ANGRY THAT THE 348 00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:19,538 CAPITOL WAS SO POORLY DEFENDED. 349 00:17:19,538 --> 00:17:24,209 AND I FOUND THAT MIX DISORIENTING AND VERY, VERY 350 00:17:24,209 --> 00:17:25,377 CONCERNING. 351 00:17:25,377 --> 00:17:28,630 AND THEN TO SEE PEOPLE MAKING EXCUSES FOR AN ASSAULT ON OUR 352 00:17:28,630 --> 00:17:33,719 DEMOCRACY JUST DEEPENS MY SENSE OF NASA AND DISTASTE FOR THEM, 353 00:17:33,719 --> 00:17:36,597 AND MAKES ME WORRY ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET BETWEEN HERE 354 00:17:36,597 --> 00:17:37,723 AND THE INAUGURATION. 355 00:17:37,723 --> 00:17:39,683 >> Stephen: I MEAN, THIS S THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 356 00:17:39,683 --> 00:17:45,522 AND I-- I THINK THAT CALLS FOR UNITY ARE ALWAYS WELCOME, BUT 357 00:17:45,522 --> 00:17:50,569 SHOULDN'T THERE BE SOME PRICE OF ADMISSION TO THE UNITY PARTY? 358 00:17:50,569 --> 00:17:54,156 DON'T THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE... 359 00:17:54,156 --> 00:17:57,367 SUPPORTED THE PRESIDENT UP TILL NOW HAVE TO ADMIT AND UNDERSTAND 360 00:17:57,367 --> 00:17:59,578 WHAT A DANGER HE IS? 361 00:17:59,578 --> 00:18:03,582 AND THEN WE CAN ALL UNIFY IN DEALING WITH THAT DANGER. 362 00:18:03,582 --> 00:18:06,293 >> YEAH, THEY'RE STANDING IN THE LOBBY OF A BUILDING THAT THEY 363 00:18:06,293 --> 00:18:10,380 LIT ON FIRE, AS THE REST OF US ARE UNNING OUT, THEY'RE URGING 364 00:18:10,380 --> 00:18:12,758 US ALL TO LOVE EACH OTHER AND TO UNIFY. 365 00:18:12,758 --> 00:18:15,594 THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH FIRST. 366 00:18:15,594 --> 00:18:19,598 WE NEED TO PROTECT THE BUILDING AND PEOPLE NEED TO ADMIT THEIR 367 00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:20,474 RESPONSIBILITY. 368 00:18:20,474 --> 00:18:22,434 THEY HAVE NURTURED THE EXPLOSION, ALMOST A 369 00:18:22,434 --> 00:18:26,647 CHERNOBYL-LIKE EXPLOSION OF THE RADIOACTIVE STEW OF RACISM, 370 00:18:26,647 --> 00:18:29,900 MISOGYNY, CONSPIRACY-MINDED VIOLENCE THAT WE'VE LONG HAD IN 371 00:18:29,900 --> 00:18:33,779 THIS COUNTRY BUT WE'VE KEPT IT IN A CONTAINMENT BUILDING. 372 00:18:33,779 --> 00:18:38,075 THEY'VE BEEN DIGGING AT THE FOUNDATION OF THAT BUILDING FOR 373 00:18:38,075 --> 00:18:41,328 THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AND NOW THERE'S BEEN AN EXPLOSION 374 00:18:41,328 --> 00:18:43,288 AND THERE HAS TO BE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. 375 00:18:43,288 --> 00:18:49,920 >> Stephen: YOU SAID YOU WERE SHOCKED NOT ONLY BY THE 376 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,298 LAWLESSNESS BUT THE LACK OF. 377 00:18:53,298 --> 00:18:59,012 CHRISTOPHER WRAY, TOLD CONGRESS THAT WHITE SUPREMACISTS ARE THE 378 00:18:59,012 --> 00:19:00,848 BIGGEST DOMESTIC TERRORISM THREAT, AND THAT WE SHOULD BE 379 00:19:00,848 --> 00:19:02,766 PREPARED FOR THAT. 380 00:19:02,766 --> 00:19:05,644 NOW, OF "THE WASHINGTON POST" ALSO REPORTS THAT THE F.B.I. 381 00:19:05,644 --> 00:19:08,730 WARNED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ATTACK. 382 00:19:08,730 --> 00:19:11,191 SO WE HAVE THE GENERALIZED WARNING FROM THE DIRECTOR OF 383 00:19:11,191 --> 00:19:12,317 F.B.I., YOUR OLD JOB. 384 00:19:12,317 --> 00:19:16,530 AND THEN YOU HAVE SPECIFIC WARNINGS FROM THE F.B.I. 385 00:19:16,530 --> 00:19:19,700 I'VE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT, PIECE TOGETHER THE DIFFERENT 386 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:22,536 EXPLANATIONS AS TO WHY THERE WASN'T PREPARATION. 387 00:19:22,536 --> 00:19:25,539 DO YOU HAVE SOME SENSE WHY THEY WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THIS, FROM 388 00:19:25,539 --> 00:19:28,125 WHAT YOU'VE SEEN FROM NEWS REPORTS? 389 00:19:28,125 --> 00:19:31,336 I'M ASKING YOU TO CURATE THE NEWS TO ME TO SEE IF YOU CAN 390 00:19:31,336 --> 00:19:34,131 EXPLAIN FROM YOUR SUFFICIENT WHY THEY DIDN'T HAVE A SHOW OF FORCE 391 00:19:34,131 --> 00:19:36,216 FOR WHAT WAS SO CLEARLY A DANGEROUS GROUP? 392 00:19:36,216 --> 00:19:39,970 >> YEAH, I-- I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT, STEPHEN. 393 00:19:39,970 --> 00:19:43,015 I-- WE WERE HIT AS A GOVERNMENT AFTER 9/11 FOR A FAILURE OF 394 00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:44,224 IMAGINATION. 395 00:19:44,224 --> 00:19:46,643 WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THE WAY THE TERRORISTS MIGHT COME AT US. 396 00:19:46,643 --> 00:19:48,979 THIS WOULDN'T HAVE INVOLVED ANY IMAGINATION AT ALL. 397 00:19:48,979 --> 00:19:50,022 THIS WAS JUST A FAILURE. 398 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:51,523 AND I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT. 399 00:19:51,523 --> 00:19:55,193 THERE ARE LITTLE PIECES OF IT THAT I SEE, MAYBE BREAKDOWNS IN 400 00:19:55,193 --> 00:19:58,155 COMMUNICATION, OR MAYBE A FEAR OF NOT BEING TOO AGGRESSIVE IN 401 00:19:58,155 --> 00:19:59,364 THE POSTURE OF THE DEFENSE AROUND THE CAPITOL. 402 00:19:59,364 --> 00:20:01,366 NONE OF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE TO ME. 403 00:20:01,366 --> 00:20:05,537 IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE AS A COUNTRY 404 00:20:05,537 --> 00:20:11,501 UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED AS WE DID AT 9/11. 405 00:20:11,501 --> 00:20:15,881 >> Stephen: THE OFFICIALS AT THE D.O.J. HELD A NEWS 406 00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:16,673 CONFERENCE TODAY. 407 00:20:16,673 --> 00:20:17,883 DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE THAT? 408 00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:18,717 >> YES. 409 00:20:18,717 --> 00:20:19,718 >> Stephen: WHAT STOOD OUT FIRST OF ALL? 410 00:20:19,718 --> 00:20:20,802 >> THEY'RE DOING THE WAY YOU EXPECT THEM TO DO. 411 00:20:20,802 --> 00:20:23,847 THIS IS WHAT THE F.B.I. DOES BEST, WHICH IS TO FIND THE 412 00:20:23,847 --> 00:20:26,058 PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE AND BRING THEM TO JUSTICE QUICKLY. 413 00:20:26,058 --> 00:20:28,226 SO IF YOU WERE THERE AND YOU PARTICIPATED IN THAT ATTACK, 414 00:20:28,226 --> 00:20:29,269 THERE'S GOING TO BE A KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR. 415 00:20:29,269 --> 00:20:31,688 YOU SHOULD TURN YOURSELF IN NOW. 416 00:20:31,688 --> 00:20:36,902 AND THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT TAS THEY SHOULD, AS A SEDITIOUS 417 00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:37,402 CONSPIRACY AND INSURRECTION AGAINST THE UNITED STATES 418 00:20:37,402 --> 00:20:38,570 GOVERNMENT. 419 00:20:38,570 --> 00:20:41,907 THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT STRUCK ME, THAT THIS IS WHAT THE 420 00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:43,909 F.B.I. DOES AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT THE F.B.I. TO DO. 421 00:20:43,909 --> 00:20:47,537 >> Stephen: YOU SAY, "YOU SHOULD TURN YOURSELF IN," YOU 422 00:20:47,537 --> 00:20:50,082 DON'T-- DO YOU MEAN JUST THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN NAMED THAT 423 00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:51,208 THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR? 424 00:20:51,208 --> 00:20:53,752 OR IF YOU KNOW YOU WERE THERE AND ENGAGED IN UNLAWFULL 425 00:20:53,752 --> 00:20:55,379 ACTIVITY YOU SHOULD TURN YOURSELF IN BECAUSE THERE ARE 426 00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:58,131 CAMERAS ALL OIFER THE PLACE AND THEY'RE GOING TO FIND YOU? 427 00:20:58,131 --> 00:21:00,384 >> YEAH, IF YOU TRESPASSED ON THE PROPERTY, IF YOU WENT UP 428 00:21:00,384 --> 00:21:04,054 THOSE STAIRS-- NOT EVEN INTO THE BUILDING-- IF YOU WENT UP THOSE 429 00:21:04,054 --> 00:21:05,764 STAIRS YOU COMMITTED A CRIME. 430 00:21:05,764 --> 00:21:08,767 IN YOU PARTICIPATED IN ASSAULTS ON THE POLICE OFFICERS, WENT 431 00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:10,936 INSIDE THE BUILDING, ANY OF THAT, YOU ARE GOING TO BE FOUND. 432 00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:14,106 THE BUREAU IS A HUMAN ORGANIZATION WITH LOTS OF FLAWS. 433 00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:17,150 ONE THING IT DOES EXTREMELY WELL IS RELENTLESSLY TRACK DOWN 434 00:21:17,150 --> 00:21:18,360 PEOPLE LIKE THIS. 435 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:21,321 >> Stephen: WERE YOU SURPRISED IT TOOK THIS LONG TO GET THIS 436 00:21:21,321 --> 00:21:21,738 PRESS CONFERENCE FROM THE F.B.I. 437 00:21:21,738 --> 00:21:24,741 AND THE D.O.J. 438 00:21:24,741 --> 00:21:30,580 WE'VE ALL BEEN KIND OF RELYING ON CATCH-AS-CATCH-ICA 439 00:21:30,580 --> 00:21:33,458 INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WAS BEING DONE SO FAR TO APPREHEND PEOPLE. 440 00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:34,668 >> YES, I WAS. 441 00:21:34,668 --> 00:21:37,504 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AT ALL TIMES THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT BE 442 00:21:37,504 --> 00:21:38,422 TRANSPARENT AROUND ITS WORK. 443 00:21:38,422 --> 00:21:40,340 IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I WROTE THE BOOK. 444 00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:43,385 ESPECIALLY IN CRISIS, THE AMERICAN PRIME NEED TO HEAR THAT 445 00:21:43,385 --> 00:21:47,014 ADULTS ARE ON THIS AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY'RE 446 00:21:47,014 --> 00:21:47,723 DOING. 447 00:21:47,723 --> 00:21:48,849 I WAS SURPRISED IT TOOK SO LONG. 448 00:21:48,849 --> 00:21:50,517 >> Stephen: WE HEARD FROM D.O.J. AND F.B.I. OFFICIALS AT 449 00:21:50,517 --> 00:21:57,315 THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM DIRECTOR 450 00:21:57,315 --> 00:21:58,525 WRAY. 451 00:21:58,525 --> 00:22:00,193 SHOULD HE BE OUT THERE OUT FRONT TELLING US WHAT'S BEING DONE? 452 00:22:00,193 --> 00:22:02,112 >> IN NORMAL TIMES, SURE. 453 00:22:02,112 --> 00:22:03,613 BUT I-- I SPECULATE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. 454 00:22:03,613 --> 00:22:07,284 I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO HIM-- THAT HE IS A PERSON OF GREAT 455 00:22:07,284 --> 00:22:11,580 INTEGRITY, TRYING TO STAY IN THE JOB AND NOT TO GIVE AN UNSTABLE 456 00:22:11,580 --> 00:22:13,665 PRESIDENT AN EXCUSE TO DECAPITATE THE F.B.I. IN THE 457 00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:15,792 MIDDLE OF A CRISIS. 458 00:22:15,792 --> 00:22:18,295 THAT'S JUST SPECULATION, BUT IT'S INFORMED SPECULATION. 459 00:22:18,295 --> 00:22:21,423 I COULD IMAGINE HIM WANTING TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO ANTAGONIZE THE 460 00:22:21,423 --> 00:22:23,050 MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR ANOTHER EIGHT DAYS. 461 00:22:23,050 --> 00:22:28,346 >> Stephen: SO IT'S REALLY IN THE INTEREST OF MAINTAINING THE 462 00:22:28,346 --> 00:22:32,517 INVESTIGATIONS OR CONTINUITY AT THE BUREAU WOULD BE YOUR 463 00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:33,310 SPECULATION? 464 00:22:33,310 --> 00:22:34,478 IS THAT BASED-- >> THAT'S MY GUESS. 465 00:22:34,478 --> 00:22:36,521 >> Stephen: IS THAT BASED ON ANY CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD? 466 00:22:36,521 --> 00:22:41,026 >> NO, IT'S JUST BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, KNOWING THE BUREAU, 467 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:43,403 KNOWING THE KIND OF PERSON CHRIS WRAY SA PERSON OF GREAT 468 00:22:43,403 --> 00:22:44,404 INTEGRITY, BUT VERY PRUDENT. 469 00:22:44,404 --> 00:22:46,198 AND KNOWING THE KIND OF PRESIDENT WE HAVE. 470 00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:50,202 IF HE GOES OUT THERE AND STARTS TALKING ABOUT SEDITIOUS 471 00:22:50,202 --> 00:22:51,495 INCITEMENT COMMENTS BY PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE INVESTIGATING, THE 472 00:22:51,495 --> 00:22:53,413 BUREAU MAY BE DECAPITATED WHEN WE NEED IT MOST. 473 00:22:53,413 --> 00:22:56,875 >> Stephen: BUT THAT THESE LAWYERS WHO WENT OUT TODAY, 474 00:22:56,875 --> 00:23:00,045 THESE INVESTIGATORS WHO WENT OUT TODAY, IT'S OKAY FOR THEM TO SAY 475 00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:04,174 IT BECAUSE IN THE PRESIDENT'S POINT OF VIEW, THEY'RE NOBODIES. 476 00:23:04,174 --> 00:23:07,969 >> THEY'RE CAREER PEOPLE NO ONE'S EVER HEARD OF. 477 00:23:07,969 --> 00:23:10,889 KNOWING THE PRESIDENT'S PARANOIA, HE'LL PROBABLY TRY TO 478 00:23:10,889 --> 00:23:12,099 CONNECT THAT QUICKLY TO THE DIRECTOR. 479 00:23:12,099 --> 00:23:14,601 BUT AT LEAST IT GIVES THE DIRECTOR SOME SPACE SO AS NOT TO 480 00:23:14,601 --> 00:23:16,937 PROMPT AN IMMEDIATE FIRING. 481 00:23:16,937 --> 00:23:21,608 THAT WOULD BE VERY BAD FOR THE AGENCY AND THE COUNTRY. 482 00:23:21,608 --> 00:23:26,613 >> Stephen: YOUR NEW BOOK IS CALLED "SAVING JUSTICE," AND IN 483 00:23:26,613 --> 00:23:29,699 IT, YOU SAY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SHOULD NOT PURSUE A 484 00:23:29,699 --> 00:23:32,619 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE PRESIDENT ONCE HE LEAVES OFFICE. 485 00:23:32,619 --> 00:23:35,580 HAVE THE EVENTS OF THE LAST WEEK CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT THAT? 486 00:23:35,580 --> 00:23:38,583 >> THAT WAS A REALLY HARD CALL WHEN I WROTE IT BACK IN THE 487 00:23:38,583 --> 00:23:39,126 FALL. 488 00:23:39,126 --> 00:23:40,377 IT'S EVEN HARDER NOW. 489 00:23:40,377 --> 00:23:44,965 I THINK I'M STILL IN THE PLACE THAT THE COUNTRY IS BEST SERVED 490 00:23:44,965 --> 00:23:49,386 BY NOT GIVING DONALD TRUMP SPACE ON OUR TELEVISION SCREENS IN A 491 00:23:49,386 --> 00:23:51,555 COURT PROCEEDING IN D.C. FOR THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS. 492 00:23:51,555 --> 00:23:55,851 >> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT SPACE IN AN EIGHT-BY-FIVE CELL? 493 00:23:55,851 --> 00:23:58,103 >> I BELIEVE THE STATE PROSECUTORS IN NEW YORK SHOULD 494 00:23:58,103 --> 00:24:00,647 PURSUE HIM FOR THE CROOK HE WAS BEFORE HE BECAME PRESIDENT. 495 00:24:00,647 --> 00:24:02,607 AND IF THEY CONVICT HIM, THAT'S FINE. 496 00:24:02,607 --> 00:24:04,693 I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THE MISSION JOE BIDEN HAS BEFORE 497 00:24:04,693 --> 00:24:08,488 HIM, WHICH IS TO HEAL OUR COUNTRY BOTH SPIRITUALLY AND 498 00:24:08,488 --> 00:24:10,740 LITERALLY, BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR FELLOW AMERICANS ARE DYING, 499 00:24:10,740 --> 00:24:14,494 IS NOT ADVANCED BY HAVING DONALD TRUMP GET WHAT HE WANTS MOST, 500 00:24:14,494 --> 00:24:18,290 WHICH IS TO BE IN THE DRAMA, IN WASHINGTON EVERY SINGLE DAY. 501 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:22,460 I'D RATHER THE LIGHTS GO OUT, WHICH IS THE GREATEST PUNISHMENT 502 00:24:22,460 --> 00:24:23,712 HEBD IMAGINE. 503 00:24:23,712 --> 00:24:27,174 STAND ON YOUR LAWN AT MAR-A-LAGO AND YELL AT CARS, BUT NOT HAVE 504 00:24:27,174 --> 00:24:30,552 THE LIGHTS ON THERE, AND LET JOE BIDEN GET ON WITH THE BUSINESS 505 00:24:30,552 --> 00:24:31,720 OF THE UNITED STATES. 506 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,181 >> Stephen: WHAT MAKES YOU THINK HE'S NOT GOING TO GRAB FOR 507 00:24:34,181 --> 00:24:36,433 THE SPOTLIGHT ANYWAY? 508 00:24:36,433 --> 00:24:39,936 I MEAN, THERE ARE CRAVEN AND CYNICAL MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA WHO 509 00:24:39,936 --> 00:24:41,813 WILL GIVE HIM ALL THE SPOTLIGHT THAT HE WANTS. 510 00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:43,607 >> HE WILL, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SUCH A CLOSE CALL. 511 00:24:43,607 --> 00:24:47,986 I THINK THE AMOUNT OF SPOTLIGHT HE COULD CLAIM WOULD BE SO MUCH 512 00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:50,780 GREATER IF HE WAS WALKING IN AND OUT OF THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN 513 00:24:50,780 --> 00:24:54,534 D.C. AS PART OF "UNITED STATES VERSUS DONALD TRUMP." 514 00:24:54,534 --> 00:24:59,164 THAT CIRCUS WOULD DOMINATE OUR NATION FOR PROBABLY ANOTHER 515 00:24:59,164 --> 00:25:00,373 THREE YEARS OR MORE. 516 00:25:00,373 --> 00:25:08,506 >> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE PART OF THIS 517 00:25:08,506 --> 00:25:11,885 VIOLENT INSURRECTION, THESE PEOPLE WHO, IN MY OPINION, ARE 518 00:25:11,885 --> 00:25:12,510 ACCESSORY TO MURDER. 519 00:25:12,510 --> 00:25:17,140 WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO THEM? 520 00:25:17,140 --> 00:25:21,186 BECAUSE I MEAN, I'M OPPOSED TO THE DEATH PENALTY, BUT SOMETHING 521 00:25:21,186 --> 00:25:24,689 TERRIBLE HAS TO BE RAINED DOWN ON THESE PEOPLE SO THAT NO ONE 522 00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:27,984 EVER BREATHES THE IDEA OF DOING IT AGAIN. 523 00:25:27,984 --> 00:25:31,029 >> THEY SHOULD ALL COME TO SEE THE RULE OF LAW THAT'S THE SPINE 524 00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:33,281 OF THIS COUNTRY UP VERY, VERY CLOSE. 525 00:25:33,281 --> 00:25:36,034 DEPENDING ON UPON THEIR INVOLVEMENT, THEY SHOULD BE 526 00:25:36,034 --> 00:25:38,870 BROUGHT TO JUSTICE AND PUNISHED SEVERELY. 527 00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:40,747 I'M ALSO OPPOSED TO THE DEATH PENALTY BUT THEY SHOULD BE 528 00:25:40,747 --> 00:25:41,998 PUNISHED SEVERELY. 529 00:25:41,998 --> 00:25:44,501 THEY WERE PART OF A CONSPIRACY THAT RESULTED IN THE MURDER OF A 530 00:25:44,501 --> 00:25:45,669 POLICE OFFICER. 531 00:25:45,669 --> 00:25:47,712 THERE'S NOTHING MORE SERIOUS THAN THAT, IN AN ATTACK ON THE 532 00:25:47,712 --> 00:25:49,214 CENTER OF OUR DEMOCRACY. 533 00:25:49,214 --> 00:25:52,801 SO AMERICANS RULE OF LAW IS OUR-- IS OUR GREAT SPINE AND IT 534 00:25:52,801 --> 00:25:57,806 SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO BEAR ON ALL OF THEM OVER THE NEXT DAYS AND 535 00:25:57,806 --> 00:25:58,974 MONTHS. 536 00:25:58,974 --> 00:26:02,727 >> Stephen: YOU HAD A UNIQUE VIEW OF THE PRESIDENT AND HIS 537 00:26:02,727 --> 00:26:07,190 PSYCHE WHEN HE FELT LIKE HE WASN'T GETTING THE LOYALTY THAT 538 00:26:07,190 --> 00:26:10,235 HE BELIEVED THAT HE DESERVED. 539 00:26:10,235 --> 00:26:13,905 MITCH McCONNELL REPORTEDLY, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, IS ACTUALLY 540 00:26:13,905 --> 00:26:16,116 HAPPY THAT NANCY PELOSI AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE BRINGING FORWARD 541 00:26:16,116 --> 00:26:20,078 THESE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT. 542 00:26:20,078 --> 00:26:22,497 YOU HAVE PEOPLE LEAVING HIS CABINET. 543 00:26:22,497 --> 00:26:24,874 WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING ON IN THAT SQUIRREL CAGE OF A BRAIN OF 544 00:26:24,874 --> 00:26:25,458 HIS RIGHT NOW? 545 00:26:25,458 --> 00:26:27,794 >> SOMETHING REALLY SCARY. 546 00:26:27,794 --> 00:26:32,048 BECAUSE THIS IS A PERSON, AS YOU KNOW, WHO-- FOR WHOM AFFIRMATION 547 00:26:32,048 --> 00:26:33,258 IS LIKE OXYGEN. 548 00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:33,800 HE CRAVES IT. 549 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:34,634 HE NEEDS IT. 550 00:26:34,634 --> 00:26:37,595 AND NOW HE'S NOT ONLY NOT GETTING IT. 551 00:26:37,595 --> 00:26:40,807 HE WILL PERCEIVE BETRAYAL BY THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM. 552 00:26:40,807 --> 00:26:43,476 AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR OUR 553 00:26:43,476 --> 00:26:45,562 COUNTRY OVER THE NEXT EIGHT DAYS. 554 00:26:45,562 --> 00:26:49,774 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WE COME 555 00:26:49,774 --> 00:26:51,818 BACK, I'LL ASK DIRECTOR COMEY ABOUT THIS HILLARY CLINTON 556 00:26:51,818 --> 00:26:55,947 HE MENTIONS IT HERE AND IT'S JUST A FASCINATING STORY. 557 00:26:55,947 --> 00:26:57,574 ♪ ♪ ♪ 558 00:27:06,833 --> 00:27:07,959 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 559 00:27:07,959 --> 00:27:10,837 WE'RE BACK WITH THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE F.B.I. AND THE 560 00:27:10,837 --> 00:27:13,798 AUTHOR OF "SAVING JUSTICE." 561 00:27:13,798 --> 00:27:14,883 JAMES COMEY. 562 00:27:14,883 --> 00:27:18,595 IN THE BOOK, YOU ALSO WRITE ABOUT THE CLINTON E-MAIL 563 00:27:18,595 --> 00:27:19,346 INVESTIGATION AGAIN. 564 00:27:19,346 --> 00:27:21,306 WHY DID YOU WANT TO REVISIT THAT? 565 00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:23,808 HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR THOUGHTS OVER WHETHER YOU DID THE RIGHT 566 00:27:23,808 --> 00:27:24,726 THING? 567 00:27:24,726 --> 00:27:26,978 >> NO, I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO REVISIT IT. 568 00:27:26,978 --> 00:27:30,648 IT'S A NIGHTMARE FROM WHICH I CAN'T AWAKEN, BUT I COULDN'T 569 00:27:30,648 --> 00:27:33,318 TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPARENCY AND OPERATING IN A 570 00:27:33,318 --> 00:27:36,738 WAY WITHOUT POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN INVESTIGATIONS WITHOUT AT 571 00:27:36,738 --> 00:27:37,947 LEAST TOUCHING THAT IN A BRIEF WAY AS I DO. 572 00:27:37,947 --> 00:27:42,369 I WOULDN'T-- I WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING, EXCEPT I WOULDN'T BE 573 00:27:42,369 --> 00:27:44,162 INVOLVED IF I HAD A MAGIC WAND. 574 00:27:44,162 --> 00:27:47,374 EVEN IF I COULD TRAVEL BACK IN TIME, I CAN'T MAKE A DECISION 575 00:27:47,374 --> 00:27:49,334 BASED ON POLITICS, AS PAINFUL AS THAT IS. 576 00:27:49,334 --> 00:27:52,420 AND DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF ENORMOUS 577 00:27:52,420 --> 00:27:54,506 PAIN FOR ALL OF US, INCLUDING ME. 578 00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:57,384 >> Stephen: DID YOU WATCH THE SHOTIME SPECIAL WITH JEFF 579 00:27:57,384 --> 00:27:58,510 DANIELS AS JIM COMEY? 580 00:27:58,510 --> 00:27:59,302 >> I DID. 581 00:27:59,302 --> 00:28:00,345 >> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU THINK? 582 00:28:00,345 --> 00:28:01,805 WAS THAT-- WAS IT ACCURATE? 583 00:28:01,805 --> 00:28:03,181 >> IT WAS ACCURATE. 584 00:28:03,181 --> 00:28:05,850 I-- THE ONLY FEEDBACK I GAVE HIM IS HE SHOULD HAVE ACTED TALLER. 585 00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:09,354 AND HE SAID, "THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THEY CAN DO." 586 00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:12,649 BUT I WAS INTIMIDATED BY-- THAT HE WAS PLAYING ME, AND I 587 00:28:12,649 --> 00:28:15,360 ACTUALLY WAS VERY EMOTIONAL WATCHING IT. 588 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:19,072 IT BROUGHT BACK THE PAIN OF THE CLINTON E-MAIL SITUATION MY 589 00:28:19,072 --> 00:28:20,240 INTERACTIONS WITH TRUMP. 590 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:21,950 HE CAPTURED THAT PAIN AND THE VALUES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 591 00:28:21,950 --> 00:28:22,826 JUSTICE AND THE F.B.I. IN AN AMAZING WAY. 592 00:28:22,826 --> 00:28:25,203 HE'S AN INCREDIBLE TALENT. 593 00:28:25,203 --> 00:28:30,375 >> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT BRENDAN GLEASON, RIGHT? 594 00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:31,876 BRENDAN GLEASON IS THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED DONALD TRUMP. 595 00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:35,422 I HAD NEVER SEEN A DEPICTION OF DONALD TRUMP THAT WASN'T IN ANY 596 00:28:35,422 --> 00:28:36,256 WAY COMEDIC. 597 00:28:36,256 --> 00:28:39,342 AND I FOUND IT POWERFUL AND CHILLING. 598 00:28:39,342 --> 00:28:42,554 WAS THAT ACCURATE TO THE MAN YOU SAW BEHIND CLOSED DOORS? 599 00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:43,763 >> YES. 600 00:28:43,763 --> 00:28:47,892 I WAS ONLY ON SET ONE DAY, AND IT WAS TO WATCH THEM FILM THE 601 00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:49,144 LOYALTY DINNER. 602 00:28:49,144 --> 00:28:50,895 SO JUST ME AGAINST TRUMP, AS YOU MENTIONED, SEVEN DAYS AFTER HE 603 00:28:50,895 --> 00:28:52,147 TOOK OFFICE. 604 00:28:52,147 --> 00:28:55,859 AND WHAT GLEASON CAPTURED IS THE MENACE, THE PRIVATE MENACE OF 605 00:28:55,859 --> 00:29:00,029 DONALD TRUMP THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET TO SEE. 606 00:29:00,029 --> 00:29:03,032 AGAIN, WITHOUT SATIRE, WITHOUT OVERPLAYING THE COMMUNICATED THE 607 00:29:03,032 --> 00:29:09,414 MENACE OF THIS LA COSA NOSTRA BOSS THAT IS OUR PRESIDENT. 608 00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:11,958 IT WAS SO POWERFUL IT LEFT ME WITH A SICK FEELING IN MY 609 00:29:11,958 --> 00:29:13,084 STOMACH. 610 00:29:13,084 --> 00:29:16,087 >> Stephen: ON PAGE 188 YOU WRITE, "I TRIED TO LIMIT MY 611 00:29:16,087 --> 00:29:22,427 CONTACT WITH THE PRESIDENT, AVOIDING THE 'EYE OF SORREN' AS 612 00:29:22,427 --> 00:29:23,928 I EXPLAINED O MY STAFF." 613 00:29:23,928 --> 00:29:28,933 IF TRUMP IS SORIN, WHO ARE YOU IN THE SCENARIO. 614 00:29:28,933 --> 00:29:32,937 I GUESS TREE BEARD, BUT DO YOU PICTURE YOURSELF AS ANY OF 615 00:29:32,937 --> 00:29:34,063 CHARACTER. 616 00:29:34,063 --> 00:29:37,442 >> I WAS BORN TO BE ONE OF THANTS AND HOPE TO BLEND INTO 617 00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:40,278 THE FOREST LIKE I TRIED TO DO WITH MY BLUE SUIT YOU. 618 00:29:40,278 --> 00:29:43,865 >> Stephen: ENDED OUR LAST INTERVIEW, WHICH WAS I THINK 17 619 00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:48,077 YEARS AGO-- IF I COUNT THE RINGS IN MY SOUL-- BY SAYING YOU'RE 620 00:29:48,077 --> 00:29:51,789 OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS COUNTRY'S VAVALUES ARE STRONG ENOUGH THAT 621 00:29:51,789 --> 00:29:52,957 WILL NOT ONLY SURVIVE THIS. 622 00:29:52,957 --> 00:29:54,042 WE WILL THRIVE. 623 00:29:54,042 --> 00:29:57,462 ARE YOU STILL OPTIMISTIC AS WE FACE THE PRESENT CRISIS? 624 00:29:57,462 --> 00:29:58,630 >> I AM. 625 00:29:58,630 --> 00:29:59,923 I AM. 626 00:29:59,923 --> 00:30:03,301 I THINK IN A WAY THIS WILL SERVE AS THE INFLECTION POINT THAT WE 627 00:30:03,301 --> 00:30:04,469 NEEDED SO BADLY. 628 00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:07,305 AND YOU SEE IT IN SOME OF THE MOVEMENT IN THE EARLY PUBLIC 629 00:30:07,305 --> 00:30:08,515 OPINION SURVEYS. 630 00:30:08,515 --> 00:30:13,520 I THINK THE-- THOSE PEOPLE LOST IN THE FOG OF FRAUD, OF LIES, 631 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,939 MORE AND MORE OF THEM WILL LEAVE THAT FOG BECAUSE OF EVENTS LIKE 632 00:30:15,939 --> 00:30:20,151 THIS AND WANT REST OF US WILL BE AWAKENED TO THIS THING THAT 633 00:30:20,151 --> 00:30:24,364 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAS RIGHT WHEN HE SAID OUR FOUNDERS GAVE US A 634 00:30:24,364 --> 00:30:26,199 REPUBLIC, MADAM, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT. 635 00:30:26,199 --> 00:30:29,494 WE HAVE TO KEEP IT, AND THIS IS THE MOMENT TO REMIND OURSELVES 636 00:30:29,494 --> 00:30:30,703 OF THAT. 637 00:30:30,703 --> 00:30:33,498 >> Stephen: FINAL QUESTION, IN OCTOBER OF 2019, YOU TOLD "THE 638 00:30:33,498 --> 00:30:38,962 NEW YORK TIMES" "I HAVE A FANTASY ABOUT JANUARY 21, 2021, 639 00:30:38,962 --> 00:30:43,675 DELETING MY TWITTER AND MOVING ON TO SOMETHING ELSE." 640 00:30:43,675 --> 00:30:47,011 WE ARE NOW NINE, EIGHT-- HOW MANY DAYS? 641 00:30:47,011 --> 00:30:47,679 EIGHT DAYS AWAY. 642 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:50,348 DO YOU STILL FEEL LIKE THAT? 643 00:30:50,348 --> 00:30:54,018 >> I DO, BUT I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THOSE MOVIE WHERE'S THAT DATE IS 644 00:30:54,018 --> 00:30:55,353 MOVING AWAY FROM ME. 645 00:30:55,353 --> 00:30:58,273 IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY LONG EIGHT DAYS FOR ALL OF US. 646 00:30:58,273 --> 00:31:01,025 BUT WHEN THAT DAY COMES, THE 21st COMES, I LOOK FORWARD 647 00:31:01,025 --> 00:31:03,069 TO MOVING ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. 648 00:31:03,069 --> 00:31:06,072 >> Stephen: WHAT-- WHAT'S NEXT? 649 00:31:06,072 --> 00:31:07,532 WHAT ELSE ARE YOU PLANNING? 650 00:31:07,532 --> 00:31:08,533 MORE BOOKS? 651 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:10,326 >> I'M DONE WRITING BOOKS ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT. 652 00:31:10,326 --> 00:31:10,827 I'M TELL YOU THAT. 653 00:31:10,827 --> 00:31:12,161 I'M GOING TO TEACH. 654 00:31:12,161 --> 00:31:14,372 I SIGNED UP TO TEACH AT COLUMBIA. 655 00:31:14,372 --> 00:31:17,584 SO I'LL BE TEACHING LAW STUDENTS AND BUSINESS STUDENTS AND OTHER 656 00:31:17,584 --> 00:31:19,377 STUDENTS WHICH IS SOMETHING I'VE ALWAYS LOVED. 657 00:31:19,377 --> 00:31:22,880 AND THEN I'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT I WANT TO DO BEYOND THAT. 658 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:27,385 >> Stephen: DIRECTOR, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 659 00:31:27,385 --> 00:31:28,678 HIS BOOK "SAVING JUSTICE: TRUTH, TRANSPARENCY, AND TRUST" IS 660 00:31:28,678 --> 00:31:29,554 AVAILABLE NOW. 661 00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:33,933 JAMES COMEY, EVERYBODY. 662 00:31:33,933 --> 00:31:35,059 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE STAR OF "RIVERDALE," LILI 663 00:31:35,059 --> 00:31:37,395 REINHART. 664 00:31:49,115 --> 00:31:51,117 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. 665 00:31:51,117 --> 00:31:52,410 WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW." 666 00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:56,122 MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTRESS YOU KNOW FROM "HUSTLERS," "CHEMICAL 667 00:31:56,122 --> 00:31:58,416 HEARTS," AND "RIVERDALE." 668 00:31:58,416 --> 00:31:59,792 >> YOU'RE HANDSOME. 669 00:31:59,792 --> 00:32:01,794 >> LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON. 670 00:32:01,794 --> 00:32:04,881 >> OH, MY GOSH. 671 00:32:04,881 --> 00:32:08,092 DADDY. 672 00:32:08,092 --> 00:32:15,767 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> BETTY COOPER, YOU TAKE MY 673 00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:16,601 BREATH AWAY. 674 00:32:16,601 --> 00:32:24,275 >> JUDD JUGHEAD JONES, THE FEELI MUTUAL. 675 00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:28,321 >> OKAY, GUYS, PICTURE TIME. 676 00:32:28,321 --> 00:32:29,238 SMILE. 677 00:32:29,238 --> 00:32:32,825 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "A 678 00:32:32,825 --> 00:32:34,243 LATE SHOW," LILI REINHART! 679 00:32:34,243 --> 00:32:34,952 HEY, LILI. 680 00:32:34,952 --> 00:32:36,621 >> HI! 681 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:38,331 >> Stephen: THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 682 00:32:38,331 --> 00:32:42,669 NOW, OKAY, AS PEOPLE AT HOME CAN PROBABLY TELL FROM THAT CLIP, 683 00:32:42,669 --> 00:32:45,129 SEASON 5 OF "RIVERDALE"? 684 00:32:45,129 --> 00:32:45,630 SEASON 5? 685 00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:46,339 >> YEAH. 686 00:32:46,339 --> 00:32:47,590 >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. 687 00:32:47,590 --> 00:32:51,219 YOU GUYS-- THERE'S A PHOTO UP THERE-- THE WHOLE GANG IS GOING 688 00:32:51,219 --> 00:32:51,511 TO PROM. 689 00:32:51,511 --> 00:32:52,470 >> YEAH. 690 00:32:52,470 --> 00:32:55,807 >> Stephen: IMPORTANT QUESTION: DID YOU, LILI 691 00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:56,140 REINHART, GO TO PROM? 692 00:32:56,140 --> 00:32:59,519 >> I DIDN'T. 693 00:32:59,519 --> 00:33:03,314 I, UNFORTUNATELY, I STARTED ONLINE SCHOOL WHEN I WAS 16. 694 00:33:03,314 --> 00:33:06,484 SO I COULD FOCUS-- SO I COULD FOCUS -- 695 00:33:06,484 --> 00:33:07,276 >> Stephen: SO CLOSE! 696 00:33:07,276 --> 00:33:07,902 >> I KNOW. 697 00:33:07,902 --> 00:33:09,612 SO I-- I DIDN'T GO TO PROM. 698 00:33:09,612 --> 00:33:14,826 BUT I SAW ALL OF MY FRIENDS GOING TO PROM FROM AFAR. 699 00:33:14,826 --> 00:33:17,328 BUT I WASN'T-- I WASN'T-- YOU KNOW, I WASN'T TOO UPSET ABOUT 700 00:33:17,328 --> 00:33:20,164 IT, BECAUSE I TOLD MYSELF THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF 701 00:33:20,164 --> 00:33:25,670 OPPORTUNITIES TO WEAR BEAUTIFUL DRESSES ON RED CARPETS. 702 00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:27,547 AND, LUCKILY, THAT HAPPENED. 703 00:33:27,547 --> 00:33:30,174 >> Stephen: IS IT TRUE THAT YOU AUDITIONS FOR "RIVERDALE" BY 704 00:33:30,174 --> 00:33:32,635 SENDING IN A VIDEOTAPE FROM HOME? 705 00:33:32,635 --> 00:33:33,845 >> YEAH, YEAH. 706 00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:39,350 SO I SELF-TAPED FROM-- FROM HOME AND WAS ACTUALLY TOLD NO, THEY 707 00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:39,851 WEREN'T INTERESTED. 708 00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:41,018 THEY DIDN'T WANT ME. 709 00:33:41,018 --> 00:33:43,896 SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, MOVED ON WITH MY LIFE. 710 00:33:43,896 --> 00:33:47,066 AND THEN I MOVED TO L.A. AND WENT IN, IN PERSON, AND THEN 711 00:33:47,066 --> 00:33:48,067 BOOKED IT. 712 00:33:48,067 --> 00:33:51,487 SO I ORIGINALLY WAS TOLD NO OFF OF MY SELF-TAPE. 713 00:33:51,487 --> 00:33:54,532 >> Stephen: NOW, THIS SEASON-- AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG 714 00:33:54,532 --> 00:33:56,993 HERE-- YOU FLASH FORWARD SEVEN YEARS. 715 00:33:56,993 --> 00:33:58,202 LIKE, YOU LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL. 716 00:33:58,202 --> 00:34:02,081 YOU GET SEVEN YEARS OLDER, AND ALL OF YOU ARE OLD AND UGLY NOW, 717 00:34:02,081 --> 00:34:02,957 OBVIOUSLY, SEVEN YEARS. 718 00:34:02,957 --> 00:34:07,003 ARE YOU YOUR OWN AGE IN ITS SERIES NOW? 719 00:34:07,003 --> 00:34:11,007 >> YEAH, I'M NOW A YEAR OLDER IN "RIVERDALE" THAN I AM IN REAL 720 00:34:11,007 --> 00:34:11,716 LIFE. 721 00:34:11,716 --> 00:34:12,800 I'M PLAYING 25 NOW, AND I'M 24. 722 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,636 >> Stephen: YOU CAN TELL US ANYTHING-- CAN YOU TELL US 723 00:34:15,636 --> 00:34:17,013 ANYTHING ABOUT THE JUMP AHEAD? 724 00:34:17,013 --> 00:34:19,599 >> UHM... 725 00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:20,224 UH... 726 00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:23,019 I'M NOT A TEENAGER ANYMORE. 727 00:34:23,019 --> 00:34:25,229 AND MY CHARACTER, BETTY COOPER, IS WORKING AS AN F.B.I. TRAINEE, 728 00:34:25,229 --> 00:34:26,439 WHICH IS VERY EXCITING. 729 00:34:26,439 --> 00:34:31,360 >> Stephen: WE JUST HAD THE DIRECTOR OF THE F.B.I.-- FORMER 730 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,738 DIRECTOR, JAMES COMEY, ON BEFORE HERE. 731 00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:35,072 I SHOULD HOOK YOU GUYS UP. 732 00:34:35,072 --> 00:34:37,241 HE CAN GIVE YOU SOME ADVICE ON HOW TO PLAY IT REAL. 733 00:34:37,241 --> 00:34:39,243 >> GIVE ME SOME TIPS, I KNOW, YEAH. 734 00:34:39,243 --> 00:34:43,039 IT'S BEEN REALLY COOL, THOUGH. 735 00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:44,165 IT'S FUN. 736 00:34:44,165 --> 00:34:44,874 >> Stephen: IN SEPTEMBER, YOU PUBLISHED YOUR FIRST BOOK. 737 00:34:44,874 --> 00:34:47,919 IT'S A BOOK OF POETRY. 738 00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:50,963 PUT IT RIGHT OVER HERE SO WE CAN SEE. 739 00:34:50,963 --> 00:34:53,090 IT'S CALLED "SWIMMING LESSONS." 740 00:34:53,090 --> 00:34:57,762 SO POETRY, YOU'RE GOING FOR THE BIG MONEY BY BUYING A POET. 741 00:34:57,762 --> 00:35:00,097 IT'S JUST A CASH GRAB, OBVIOUSLY. 742 00:35:00,097 --> 00:35:02,517 REQUEST YET SWIMMING LESSONS?" WHY IS IT CALLED THAT? 743 00:35:02,517 --> 00:35:03,684 >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 744 00:35:03,684 --> 00:35:07,563 I THOUGHT OF THAT TITLE AS I WAS FALLING ASLEEP ONE NIGHT. 745 00:35:07,563 --> 00:35:10,441 I WAS KIND OF GRASPING AT STRAWS. 746 00:35:10,441 --> 00:35:14,821 MY EDITOR WAS TELLING ME I HAD, LIKE, ONE DAY LEFT TO TURN IN MY 747 00:35:14,821 --> 00:35:15,321 TITLE. 748 00:35:15,321 --> 00:35:17,240 AND I WAS LIKE-- AH! 749 00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:21,953 REALLY, JUST "SWIMMING LESSONS" CAME ACROSS MY MIND. 750 00:35:21,953 --> 00:35:23,830 "DOES THIS WORK? 751 00:35:23,830 --> 00:35:24,372 YEAH, IT WORKS. 752 00:35:24,372 --> 00:35:25,832 IT'S SWIMMING LESSONS. 753 00:35:25,832 --> 00:35:27,416 IT'S KIND OF NOSTALGIC. 754 00:35:27,416 --> 00:35:30,086 IT'S SOMETHING YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND YOU'RE LEARNING 755 00:35:30,086 --> 00:35:32,213 AND YOU'RE TRYING TO STAY AFLOAT, LIVE LIFE -- 756 00:35:32,213 --> 00:35:35,132 >> Stephen: LITERALLY ALIVE SO YOU DON'T DROWN. 757 00:35:35,132 --> 00:35:36,968 >> RIGHT, RIGHT, EXACTLY. 758 00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:40,471 SO I JUST THOUGHT-- I THOUGHT IT WAS A SWEET TITLE THAT KIND OF 759 00:35:40,471 --> 00:35:44,934 MADE SENSE IN TERMS OF LEARNING AND TRYING THINGS FOR THE FIRST 760 00:35:44,934 --> 00:35:46,102 TIME. 761 00:35:46,102 --> 00:35:47,645 THE BOOK IS KIND OF ABOUT EXPLORING YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCES 762 00:35:47,645 --> 00:35:50,147 OF LOVE AND HEARTACHE. 763 00:35:50,147 --> 00:35:51,190 SO... 764 00:35:51,190 --> 00:35:53,150 >> Stephen: DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE MAYBE YOU NEED MORE 765 00:35:53,150 --> 00:35:55,152 SWIMMING LESSONS SO YOU DON'T DROWN IN LIFE? 766 00:35:55,152 --> 00:35:56,320 >> I'M ACTUALLY... 767 00:35:56,320 --> 00:36:01,284 I'M PRETTY GOOD AT SWIMMING, LIKE, IN REAL LIFE. 768 00:36:01,284 --> 00:36:03,578 BUT IN... 769 00:36:03,578 --> 00:36:06,873 LIKE, SWIMMING IN A POOL, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY 770 00:36:06,873 --> 00:36:09,000 SWIMMING THROUGH LIFE, I'M WORKING ON IT. 771 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,127 I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN. 772 00:36:11,127 --> 00:36:12,378 I COULD PROBABLY TAKE A COUPLE OF MORE LESSONS. 773 00:36:12,378 --> 00:36:15,172 BUT THAT'S WHAT THERAPY IS, RIGHT? 774 00:36:15,172 --> 00:36:17,508 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT 775 00:36:17,508 --> 00:36:18,551 BACK WITH MORE LILI REINHART. 776 00:36:50,416 --> 00:36:51,542 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. 777 00:36:51,542 --> 00:36:53,461 WE'RE BACK WITH STAR OF "RIVERDALE" AND THE AUTHOR OF 778 00:36:53,461 --> 00:36:55,504 "SWIMMING LESSONS," LILI REINHART. 779 00:36:55,504 --> 00:37:00,343 I UNDERSTAND YOU WROTE THIS BY PUTTING YOUR THOUGHTS OR PUTTING 780 00:37:00,343 --> 00:37:07,433 YOUR IDEAS INTO THE NOTES" APPON YOUR PHONE. 781 00:37:07,433 --> 00:37:10,228 IS THERE ANYTHING THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE BOOKS? 782 00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:16,192 >> I'M HANDY-DANDY, I WRITE EVERYTHING IN MY PHONE. 783 00:37:16,192 --> 00:37:17,276 EVERYTHING. 784 00:37:17,276 --> 00:37:19,403 I MAKE LISTS ALL THE TIME, AND ONE OF THE LISTS I HAVE 785 00:37:19,403 --> 00:37:22,615 CURRENTLY IS-- I CREATED IT JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND IT 786 00:37:22,615 --> 00:37:25,409 SAYS, "BUBLTH LIST," BUT I'VE ONLY COME UP WITH ONE THING SO 787 00:37:25,409 --> 00:37:26,619 FAR. 788 00:37:26,619 --> 00:37:37,213 AND THE ONE THING IS "I WANT TO GO TO CIRC DU SOLEIL HEAVILY 789 00:37:37,213 --> 00:37:39,006 UNDER THE INFLUENCE." 790 00:37:39,006 --> 00:37:40,967 >> Stephen: OF...? 791 00:37:40,967 --> 00:37:42,551 >> THAT'S OPEN TO INTERPRETATION. 792 00:37:42,551 --> 00:37:45,221 >> Stephen: IT'S LEGAL MOST PLACES NOW. 793 00:37:45,221 --> 00:37:49,392 >> IT IS! 794 00:37:49,392 --> 00:37:52,436 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHAT COULD IT BE? 795 00:37:52,436 --> 00:37:53,479 THAT'S A MYSTERY FOR THE F.B.I. 796 00:37:53,479 --> 00:37:58,234 TO SOLVE. 797 00:37:58,234 --> 00:38:01,654 OKAY, JUST A LITTLE-- WE HAVE TO GO HERE, BUT AS A LITTLE BONUS, 798 00:38:01,654 --> 00:38:04,573 BESIDES WRITING POETRY, WHAT RELAXES YOU? 799 00:38:04,573 --> 00:38:07,952 WHAT DO YOU DO JUST TO CHILL OUT AND LET GO? 800 00:38:07,952 --> 00:38:11,747 >> WELL, I I AM ALSO A FEAR OF REDDIT. 801 00:38:11,747 --> 00:38:14,000 I HEAR YOU'RE A FAN OF REDDIT, RIGHT? 802 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,710 >> Stephen: I AM, YEAH, YEAH. 803 00:38:15,710 --> 00:38:16,585 I'VE BEEN ON THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 804 00:38:16,585 --> 00:38:17,461 >> THAT'S WHAT I HEAR. 805 00:38:17,461 --> 00:38:21,298 I'M A REDDIT FAN, TOO. 806 00:38:21,298 --> 00:38:23,926 I SCROLL THROUGH REDDIT AND TIKTOK FOR HOURS AT NIGHT, WHICH 807 00:38:23,926 --> 00:38:26,971 IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO BEFORE YOU GO TO BED. 808 00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:30,307 >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE ANY SUBREDITZ? 809 00:38:30,307 --> 00:38:32,518 DO YOU HAVE ANY FAVORITE SUBREDITZ? 810 00:38:32,518 --> 00:38:35,813 >> I LOVE ODDLY SATISFYING. 811 00:38:35,813 --> 00:38:38,524 >> Stephen: WHEN THE BROOM FITS EXACTLY BETWEEN THE TWO 812 00:38:38,524 --> 00:38:43,529 CABINETS. 813 00:38:43,529 --> 00:38:45,531 GIF RECIPES. 814 00:38:45,531 --> 00:38:47,074 >> I DO, TOO. 815 00:38:47,074 --> 00:38:49,660 >> Stephen: BEFORE I GO TO BED, LOVE IT. 816 00:38:49,660 --> 00:38:52,830 >> "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR DOG?" IS A GOOD ONE. 817 00:38:52,830 --> 00:38:55,541 >> Stephen: DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE APPEAL OF "ROAST ME?" 818 00:38:55,541 --> 00:38:59,211 I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE APPEAL OF "ROAST ME" WHERE YOU HOLD A 819 00:38:59,211 --> 00:39:01,505 PIECE OF PAPER-- I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT AT ALL. 820 00:39:01,505 --> 00:39:04,383 >> THOSE ARE SOME CONFIDENT PEOPLE. 821 00:39:04,383 --> 00:39:07,678 ALTHOUGH, PEOPLE ROAST ME WITHOUT ME ASKING FOR IT, SO I 822 00:39:07,678 --> 00:39:11,640 GUESS IT'S JUST PART OF MY LIFE. 823 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:12,850 >> Stephen: SEASON FIVE OF "RIVERDALE" PREMIERES JANUARY 20 824 00:39:12,850 --> 00:39:14,685 ON THE CW. 825 00:39:14,685 --> 00:39:19,565 REQUESTED SWIMMING LESSONS," LIL I'S BOOK OF POETRY, IS RACIAL 826 00:39:19,565 --> 00:39:20,399 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 827 00:39:30,576 --> 00:39:31,702 LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY. 828 00:39:31,702 --> 00:39:33,871 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE SAMANTHA BEE AND 829 00:39:33,871 --> 00:39:38,584 BREAKOUT STAR OF "NORMAL PEOPLE," PAUL MESCUL. 830 00:39:38,584 --> 00:39:41,545 I HEAR HE'S VERY CUTE. 831 00:39:41,545 --> 00:39:44,006 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 832 00:39:44,006 --> 00:39:44,882 GOOD NIGHT. 833 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:47,551 Captioning sponsored by CBS Captioned by