1 00:00:01,626 --> 00:00:02,877 >> TODAY, THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT BECAME THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN 2 00:00:02,877 --> 00:00:04,003 HISTORY TO BE IMPEACHED TWICE. 3 00:00:04,003 --> 00:00:06,840 >> PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW THE FIRST AMERICAN PRESIDENT TO BE 4 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:07,966 IMPEACHED TWICE. 5 00:00:07,966 --> 00:00:10,218 >> LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE PRESIDENT TRUMP LEAVES OFFICE, 6 00:00:10,218 --> 00:00:12,679 HE HAS EARNED THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE ONLY PRESIDENT WHO HAS 7 00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:16,641 BEEN IMPEACHED TWICE. 8 00:00:22,188 --> 00:00:24,691 ♪♪♪ >> IMPEACHED TWICE? 9 00:00:24,691 --> 00:00:27,360 I CANNOT TELL A LIE -- THAT GUY MUST SUCK! 10 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:33,658 >> HE'S A DOUCHE WHO WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. 11 00:00:33,658 --> 00:00:38,371 >> HEY, NIXON'S PRETTY SILENT ON THIS. 12 00:00:38,371 --> 00:00:39,414 >> I'M JUST LIVING THE DREAM. 13 00:00:39,414 --> 00:00:41,708 OLD DICKIE'S NO LONGER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. 14 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:42,584 HIT IT, FRANKIE! 15 00:00:42,584 --> 00:00:49,299 ♪♪♪ >> ANNOUNCER: IT'S "A LATE SHOW 16 00:00:51,176 --> 00:00:57,182 WITH STEPHEN COLBERT. 17 00:00:57,182 --> 00:01:01,770 TONIGHT, STEPHEN WELCOMES SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 18 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:08,067 MUSICAL GUEST FINNEAS, FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMEIN'. 19 00:01:08,067 --> 00:01:10,904 AND NOW LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER OFFICE BUILDING 20 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:16,993 IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 21 00:01:16,993 --> 00:01:18,912 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. 22 00:01:18,912 --> 00:01:19,537 WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW." 23 00:01:19,537 --> 00:01:20,371 HOPE YOU'RE STAYING WARM. 24 00:01:20,371 --> 00:01:23,750 I HAVE A NICE TOASTY CUP OF COFFEE. 25 00:01:23,750 --> 00:01:27,253 WANT US TO PRI AROUND THE DESSERT TRAY? 26 00:01:27,253 --> 00:01:28,421 YOU GOOD? 27 00:01:28,421 --> 00:01:31,299 I'M GOING TO DROP THIS RIGHT HERE WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. 28 00:01:31,299 --> 00:01:32,967 NO RUSH. 29 00:01:32,967 --> 00:01:37,472 I'M HERE ALL NIGHT. 30 00:01:37,472 --> 00:01:39,265 LIKE ALL OF YOU, I'M DEEPLY WORRIED ABOUT THE DISEASE 31 00:01:39,265 --> 00:01:43,728 SWEEPING OVER THE COUNTRY: FASCISM. 32 00:01:43,728 --> 00:01:45,104 AND COVID. 33 00:01:45,104 --> 00:01:46,272 BUT ONE PLAGUE AT A TIME. 34 00:01:46,272 --> 00:01:48,233 THE HOUSE DID THEIR PART TO INOCULATE DEMOCRACY YESTERDAY, 35 00:01:48,233 --> 00:01:51,945 WHEN THEY IMPEACHED THE PRESIDENT. 36 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:54,113 I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN TONIGHT'S 37 00:01:54,113 --> 00:01:57,116 EDITION OF: "DON AND THE GIANT IMPEACH 2: 38 00:01:57,116 --> 00:02:01,162 GO FAST, WE'RE FURIOUS." 39 00:02:01,162 --> 00:02:03,957 >> I'M A RACIST! 40 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:05,166 WHAT A SCHMUCK I WAS. 41 00:02:05,166 --> 00:02:10,171 I'M STUCK! 42 00:02:10,171 --> 00:02:13,174 >> Stephen: HOW LONG DOES HE STAY UP THERE? 43 00:02:13,174 --> 00:02:14,133 I DON'T KNOW. 44 00:02:14,133 --> 00:02:17,178 DOES THIS GO ON INDEFINITELY IF I DON'T TALK? 45 00:02:17,178 --> 00:02:17,804 OKAY. 46 00:02:17,804 --> 00:02:21,099 I ASSUMED HE WOULD LEAVE! 47 00:02:21,099 --> 00:02:22,684 AFTER HE INCITED THE ASSAULT ON OUR NATION'S CAPITOL, IT ONLY 48 00:02:22,684 --> 00:02:25,311 TOOK A WEEK FOR THE HOUSE TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT. 49 00:02:25,311 --> 00:02:28,982 NANCY PELOSI EXPLAINED THE RUSH: >> HE MUST GO. 50 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:36,322 HE IS A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO THE NATION THAT WE ALL LOVE. 51 00:02:36,322 --> 00:02:37,490 >> STEPHEN: ALL LOVE? 52 00:02:37,490 --> 00:02:39,701 NICE SENTIMENT, BUT I THINK IN TED CRUZ'S CASE, HE DOESN'T SO 53 00:02:39,701 --> 00:02:41,327 MUCH LOVE THE COUNTRY AS STALK IT FROM A BEHIND TREE IN THE 54 00:02:41,327 --> 00:02:44,330 FRONT YARD. 55 00:02:44,330 --> 00:02:47,834 YES, THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ON EARTH IS MENTALLY UNSTABLE, A 56 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:50,295 HABITUAL LIAR, PRONE TO FITS OF RAGE, AND HAS ASSEMBLED A 57 00:02:50,295 --> 00:02:55,425 PRIVATE ARMY OF VIOLENT FOLLOWERS WHO WILL DO ANYTHING 58 00:02:55,425 --> 00:02:56,509 HE COMMANDS. 59 00:02:56,509 --> 00:02:59,345 EVERY MOMENT HE STAYS IN OFFICE PUTS LIVES AT RISK. 60 00:02:59,345 --> 00:03:02,515 SO, RIGHT AFTER THE VOTE, SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL 61 00:03:02,515 --> 00:03:05,977 ANNOUNCED THERE WOULDN'T BE A TRIAL UNTIL AFTER JANUARY 20. 62 00:03:05,977 --> 00:03:07,353 THAT'S WHERE DEMOCRATS MESSED UP. 63 00:03:07,353 --> 00:03:11,608 IF THEY REALLY WANTED TO FETE RID OF HIM, 64 00:03:11,608 --> 00:03:12,984 INSTEAD OF IMPEACHING THE PRESIDENT, THEY SHOULD HAVE 65 00:03:12,984 --> 00:03:14,402 NOMINATED HIM TO THE SUPREME COURT. 66 00:03:14,402 --> 00:03:17,822 MCCONNELL WOULD HAVE HAD HIM IN A BLACK ROBE THE NEXT DAY! 67 00:03:17,822 --> 00:03:20,408 THERE'S A LOT THAT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR ABOUT HOW THE SENATE IS 68 00:03:20,408 --> 00:03:21,659 GOING TO HANDLE THIS. 69 00:03:21,659 --> 00:03:25,371 SUCH AS, HOW LONG THE TRIAL WILL BE, WHEN IT WILL BE HELD, AND 70 00:03:25,371 --> 00:03:28,541 HOW IT WILL BE STRUCTURED. 71 00:03:28,541 --> 00:03:32,420 WE'RE LEAVING A MADMAN IN OFFICE BECAUSE OF LOGISTICS? 72 00:03:32,420 --> 00:03:33,713 LOOK, THE SENATE. 73 00:03:33,713 --> 00:03:36,549 THERE'S ABOUT 10,000 UNEMPLOYED WEDDING PLANNERS IN THIS COUNTRY 74 00:03:36,549 --> 00:03:37,884 RIGHT NOW, AND I'M SURE THEY'D BE HAPPY TO PUT THEIR SKILLS TO 75 00:03:37,884 --> 00:03:39,093 GOOD USE. 76 00:03:39,093 --> 00:03:43,723 WE COULD HAVE THIS GUY IMPEACHED BY FRIDAY, WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF 77 00:03:43,723 --> 00:03:47,518 THE WHOLE FAMILY, WITH AMAZING CENTERPIECES, A COCKTAIL HOUR 78 00:03:47,518 --> 00:03:50,063 WITH PASSED HORS D'OEUVRES, AND A BAND THAT CAN PLAY "UPTOWN 79 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:56,402 FUNK," WHETHER YOU WANT THEM TO OR NOT. 80 00:03:56,402 --> 00:03:59,530 GONNA GET YA! 81 00:03:59,530 --> 00:04:00,907 MCCONNELL'S INACTION WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY ALLOW THE PRESIDENT TO 82 00:04:00,907 --> 00:04:02,075 SERVE OUT HIS FINAL DAYS IN OFFICE. 83 00:04:02,075 --> 00:04:05,954 SCARY THOUGHT, BUT LETTING THE PRESIDENT SERVE OUT HIS LAST 84 00:04:05,954 --> 00:04:08,081 SIX DAYS MEANS... ONE FINAL INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK! 85 00:04:08,081 --> 00:04:12,543 I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE PRESIDENT UNVEILS ALL THOSE BRIDGES AND 86 00:04:12,543 --> 00:04:13,753 TUNNELS HE'S BUILT IN SECRET. 87 00:04:13,753 --> 00:04:15,421 PLUS, HAVE TO IMAGINE THIS IS THE WEEK HE REVEALS HIS PLAN FOR 88 00:04:15,421 --> 00:04:16,172 HEALTHCARE. 89 00:04:16,172 --> 00:04:21,219 I'VE HEARD IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLAN. 90 00:04:21,219 --> 00:04:22,428 A MUCH, MUCH BETTER PLAN THAT THAN OBAMACARE. 91 00:04:22,428 --> 00:04:23,429 AND CHEAPER, TOO. 92 00:04:23,429 --> 00:04:26,099 EVERYONE'S GOING TO LOVE IT, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WITH 93 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:26,891 PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. 94 00:04:26,891 --> 00:04:29,102 SIX DAYS OUGHT TO BE ENOUGH, RIGHT? 95 00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:33,481 >> WE'RE SIGNING A HEALTHCARE PLAN WITHIN TWO WEEKS. 96 00:04:33,481 --> 00:04:34,023 >> STEPHEN: SO CLOSE. 97 00:04:34,023 --> 00:04:36,109 BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME. 98 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:39,445 BY WHICH I MEAN, PLEASE DON'T LET THERE BE A NEXT TIME. 99 00:04:39,445 --> 00:04:43,116 GETTING IMPEACHED FOR A SECOND TIME SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN HIS 100 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:44,534 ATTENTION, ALONG WITH NEWS THAT ONCE HE LEAVES OFFICE, HE COULD 101 00:04:44,534 --> 00:04:47,537 BE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH INCITING A RIOT. 102 00:04:47,537 --> 00:04:48,788 AMONG OTHER THINGS. 103 00:04:48,788 --> 00:04:51,124 SO, LAST NIGHT, HE WENT ON THE INTERNET AND TRIED TO ASSURE THE 104 00:04:51,124 --> 00:04:58,298 NATION THAT HE WAS A MAN OF PEACE, AND HE DID NOT ASSURE US. 105 00:04:58,298 --> 00:04:59,799 >> I CANNOT EMPHASIZE THAT THERE MUST BE NO VIOLENCE, NO LAW 106 00:04:59,799 --> 00:05:05,847 BREAKING, AND NO VANDALISM OF ANY KIND. 107 00:05:05,847 --> 00:05:08,933 >> >> STEPHEN: YES, HE CANNOT EMPHASIZE THAT THERE WOULD 108 00:05:08,933 --> 00:05:12,270 BE NO VIOLENCE... BECAUSE HE'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE VIOLENCE. 109 00:05:12,270 --> 00:05:14,939 IT'S BEEN JUST OVER A WEEK SINCE THE VIOLENT INSURRECTIONISTS 110 00:05:14,939 --> 00:05:18,026 ATTACKED THE CAPITOL, BUT THE DANGER IS FAR FROM OVER. 111 00:05:18,026 --> 00:05:23,781 TODAY, FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WARNED THAT DOMESTIC EXTREMISTS 112 00:05:23,781 --> 00:05:25,658 ARE LIKELY MORE EMBOLDENED TO CARRY OUT ATTACKS ON JOE BIDEN'S 113 00:05:25,658 --> 00:05:29,829 INAUGURATION AND THROUGHOUT 2021. 114 00:05:29,829 --> 00:05:30,872 NO! 115 00:05:30,872 --> 00:05:35,668 2021 WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE YEAR THINGS GOT BETTER! 116 00:05:35,668 --> 00:05:37,170 COME ON, TERRORISTS! 117 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:38,880 IN A COUPLE MONTHS, YOU COULD BE HUGGING YOUR GRANDMAS AND GOING 118 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,007 BACK TO WATERPARKS! 119 00:05:41,007 --> 00:05:44,886 THAT'S WAY MORE FUN THAN BEING HOG-TIED IN THE CELL NEXT TO 120 00:05:44,886 --> 00:05:49,515 DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV. 121 00:05:49,515 --> 00:05:56,230 2021 IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE YEAR OF THE SEA SHANTY. 122 00:05:56,230 --> 00:05:57,398 THEY'RE FUN! 123 00:05:57,398 --> 00:05:58,066 SONGS! 124 00:05:58,066 --> 00:05:59,233 THE FASCIST THREAT IS GROWING. 125 00:05:59,233 --> 00:06:00,401 ACCORDING TO THE F.B.I., ONLINE CHATTER ABOUT MORE VIOLENT 126 00:06:00,401 --> 00:06:03,404 DEMONSTRATIONS "IS OFF THE CHARTS RIGHT NOW." 127 00:06:03,404 --> 00:06:07,992 THAT'S RIGHT, THE THREATS ARE CHART-TOPPING! 128 00:06:07,992 --> 00:06:09,952 YOU CAN EXPERIENCE ALL THE HITS AT HOME WITH, "NOW THAT'S WHAT I 129 00:06:09,952 --> 00:06:13,915 CALL THE FOUL HARVEST OF AMERICA'S RACIST PAST! 130 00:06:13,915 --> 00:06:15,041 VOLUME 244." 131 00:06:15,041 --> 00:06:20,004 BECAUSE OF THESE VIOLENT, ANTI-AMERICAN NUMBNUTS, THIS 132 00:06:20,004 --> 00:06:21,255 YEAR'S INAUGURATION IS LESS DEMOCRATIC CELEBRATION AND MORE 133 00:06:21,255 --> 00:06:25,551 MILITARY OCCUPATION. 134 00:06:25,551 --> 00:06:27,011 WHEN BIDEN TAKES THE OATH, HE'LL BE GUARDED BY MORE THAN 20,000 135 00:06:27,011 --> 00:06:29,931 NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS. 136 00:06:29,931 --> 00:06:31,724 HOLY TACTICAL PANTS! 137 00:06:31,724 --> 00:06:32,934 IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE TELLING YOUR RIOTERS IN CAMO FROM THE GOOD 138 00:06:32,934 --> 00:06:37,897 GUYS IN CAMO, THE NATIONAL GUARD WILL BE THE ONES WITHOUT THE 139 00:06:37,897 --> 00:06:39,023 CONFEDERATE FLAGS. 140 00:06:39,023 --> 00:06:41,901 I HOPE. 141 00:06:41,901 --> 00:06:43,611 A PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MOMENT FOR 142 00:06:43,611 --> 00:06:48,574 AMERICANS TO WITNESS A PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. 143 00:06:48,574 --> 00:06:50,952 INSTEAD, THANKS TO THE PRESIDENT AND HIS BLOOD-THIRSTY GOONS, THE 144 00:06:50,952 --> 00:06:59,752 NATIONAL MALL WILL BE CLOSED ON INAUGURATION DAY. 145 00:06:59,752 --> 00:07:01,587 IS THERE ANY CHANCE THIS IS ALL JUST A LONG CON TO MAKE SURE 146 00:07:01,587 --> 00:07:03,631 THAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAD A SMALLER INAUGURATION CROWD THAN HIS? 147 00:07:03,631 --> 00:07:06,050 THE LOCKDOWN EXTENDS ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP, BECAUSE AFTER 148 00:07:06,050 --> 00:07:09,095 DECADES OF BEING KNOWN AS THE SENATOR WHO RIDES THE TRAIN TO 149 00:07:09,095 --> 00:07:12,598 THE CAPITOL, PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN WILL NO LONGER TAKE THE 150 00:07:12,598 --> 00:07:14,142 AMTRAK TO WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK TO BE SWORN IN. 151 00:07:14,142 --> 00:07:17,603 HOWEVER, TO MAKE UP FOR IT, JUSTICE ROBERTS WILL BE WEARING 152 00:07:17,603 --> 00:07:20,439 A CONDUCTORS HAT, AND UTTER THE PHRASE, "NEXT STOP, POTUS 153 00:07:20,439 --> 00:07:20,940 JUNCTION. 154 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:21,274 ALL ABOARD! 155 00:07:21,274 --> 00:07:25,570 TOOT-TOOT." 156 00:07:25,570 --> 00:07:27,071 IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT PEOPLE IN THE PRESIDENT'S INNER CIRCLE ARE 157 00:07:27,071 --> 00:07:29,991 ATTEMPTING TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM THE POISONOUS 158 00:07:29,991 --> 00:07:33,995 POTUS, INCLUDING POLITICAL POWER PAIR JARED AND IVANKA, SEEN HERE 159 00:07:33,995 --> 00:07:37,999 AFTER BEING SUMMONED BY A HAUNTED MUSIC BOX. 160 00:07:37,999 --> 00:07:41,752 THE PRESIDENT IS APPARENTLY ANGRY AT IVANKA AND JARED OVER 161 00:07:41,752 --> 00:07:44,130 THEIR PLAN TO ATTEND PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN'S 162 00:07:44,130 --> 00:07:45,089 INAUGURATION. 163 00:07:45,089 --> 00:07:49,802 THE PRESIDENT IS ANGRY AT IVANKA? 164 00:07:49,802 --> 00:07:50,803 IT'S PROBABLY NOT SERIOUS. 165 00:07:50,803 --> 00:07:53,472 IT'S JUST A "HE WISHES THEY WERE LOVERS" QUARREL. 166 00:07:53,472 --> 00:07:57,059 BUT THE PRESIDENT'S ANGER WORKED, BECAUSE SOON AFTER HIS 167 00:07:57,059 --> 00:07:59,645 HISSY FIT, IVANKA CHANGED HER TUNE AND IS NOW NOT EXPECTED TO 168 00:07:59,645 --> 00:08:00,438 ATTEND. 169 00:08:00,438 --> 00:08:05,776 WHY WAS SHE EVER GOING TO ATTEND? 170 00:08:05,776 --> 00:08:07,778 WELL, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT JAR-VANKA MIGHT'VE BEEN TRYING 171 00:08:07,778 --> 00:08:10,114 TO GET AN INVITE TO AN EXCLUSIVE COUNTRY CLUB IN THEIR NEW 172 00:08:10,114 --> 00:08:14,118 NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE THEY RECENTLY BECAME OWNERS OF ONE OF 173 00:08:14,118 --> 00:08:17,205 ONLY 29 RESIDENCES LOCATED ON INDIAN CREEK ISLAND, BUT HAVEN'T 174 00:08:17,205 --> 00:08:19,874 YET JOINED THE COUNTRY CLUB THERE BECAUSE MANY MEMBERS ARE 175 00:08:19,874 --> 00:08:23,211 OBJECTING, PARTICULARLY AFTER THE EVENTS AT THE CAPITOL. 176 00:08:23,211 --> 00:08:24,629 YOU KNOW YOU'VE CROSSED A LINE WHEN EVEN THE BILLIONAIRE 177 00:08:24,629 --> 00:08:25,546 COUNTRY CLUB TURNS YOU AWAY. 178 00:08:25,546 --> 00:08:28,674 ( RICH GUY VOICE ) "WE HAVE TO DRAW THE LINE 179 00:08:28,674 --> 00:08:32,345 SOMEWHERE, NOW IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I HAVE A TEE TIME WITH SOME 180 00:08:32,345 --> 00:08:34,680 FINE FELLOWS I MET ON JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S PLANE. 181 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:42,730 WE'RE GOING TO HUNT MY NEW CADDY WITH CROSSBOWS!" 182 00:08:42,730 --> 00:08:43,272 FOUR! 183 00:08:43,272 --> 00:08:46,984 HOW ABOUT SOME UNITY? 184 00:08:46,984 --> 00:08:48,027 WHILE JARED AND IVANKA MIGHT BE ON THE OUTS WITH THE PRESIDENT, 185 00:08:48,027 --> 00:08:50,279 THERE ARE STILL A FEW FAMILY MEMBERS WILLING TO GO 186 00:08:50,279 --> 00:08:53,157 DOWN WITH THE SHIP, BECAUSE ERIC AND DON JR., ARE NOW SOME OF THE 187 00:08:53,157 --> 00:08:55,701 ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE TALKING WITH HIM. 188 00:08:55,701 --> 00:08:56,911 "DAD! 189 00:08:56,911 --> 00:09:01,332 IT'S GOING TO BE JUST YOU AND ME AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TOGETHER 190 00:09:01,332 --> 00:09:02,208 FOREVER." 191 00:09:02,208 --> 00:09:03,209 ( SINGING ) "PEOPLE, LET ME TELL YOU 'BOUT 192 00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:05,211 MY BEST FRIEND... 193 00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:06,003 >> SING IT, DAD! 194 00:09:06,003 --> 00:09:09,215 ...HE'S A WARM HEARTED PERSON... 195 00:09:09,215 --> 00:09:19,850 DADDY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THINK YOU 196 00:09:19,850 --> 00:09:22,186 COULDN'T DISLIKE JARED AND IVANKA MORE, WE HAVE AN 197 00:09:22,186 --> 00:09:24,063 IMPORTANT UPDATE. 198 00:09:24,063 --> 00:09:26,190 APPARENTLY, SECRET SERVICE ASSIGNED TO JARED AND IVANKA 199 00:09:26,190 --> 00:09:29,402 WERE FORCED TO FIND ALTERNATE TOILETS AFTER THEY WERE 200 00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:32,738 INSTRUCTED NOT TO USE ANY OF THE HALF-DOZEN BATHROOMS INSIDE THE 201 00:09:32,738 --> 00:09:35,408 COUPLE'S HOUSE, AT THE FAMILY'S REQUEST. 202 00:09:35,408 --> 00:09:38,119 ALTHOUGH I DO UNDERSTAND THE KUSHNERS' TOILETS MUST BE VERY 203 00:09:38,119 --> 00:09:40,037 BUSY RIGHT NOW, WITH JARED AND IVANKA FLUSHING THEIR SOCIAL 204 00:09:40,037 --> 00:09:42,123 LIVES AND POLITICAL FUTURES DOWN THEM. 205 00:09:42,123 --> 00:09:47,878 FOR A WHILE, AGENTS WENT DOWN THE STREET TO A BATHROOM IN A 206 00:09:47,878 --> 00:09:54,135 GARAGE AT BARACK AND MICHELLE'S OBAMA'S HOUSE. 207 00:09:54,135 --> 00:09:57,096 THAT WAS GENEROUS OF THEM. 208 00:09:57,096 --> 00:09:58,222 BUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S DETAIL BANNED THEM AFTER A 209 00:09:58,222 --> 00:10:00,099 SECRET SERVICE SUPERVISOR FROM THE KUSHNER DETAIL LEFT AN 210 00:10:00,099 --> 00:10:01,058 UNPLEASANT MESS IN THE OBAMA'S BATHROOM. 211 00:10:01,058 --> 00:10:03,185 YOU MESSED UP BARACK OBAMA'S BATHROOM? 212 00:10:03,185 --> 00:10:05,479 COME ON, THE MAN IS RETIRED. 213 00:10:05,479 --> 00:10:10,109 HE'S LITERALLY TOO OLD FOR THIS ( BLEEP )! 214 00:10:10,109 --> 00:10:13,654 AFTER THEIR RESTROOM PRIVILEGES WERE REVOKED AT THE OBAMA'S, THE 215 00:10:13,654 --> 00:10:15,197 AGENTS ASSIGNED TO JARED AND IVANKA BEGAN DRIVING A MILE AWAY 216 00:10:15,197 --> 00:10:18,617 TO USE A RESTROOM AT MIKE PENCE'S HOME. 217 00:10:18,617 --> 00:10:27,168 OR AS THEY CODE-NAMED IT, "I AM DROPPING A #2 AT #2'S." 218 00:10:27,168 --> 00:10:28,919 BUT SECRET SERVICE NEEDED A MORE PERMANENT PLACE TO ANSWER 219 00:10:28,919 --> 00:10:33,007 NATURE'S CALL, SO SINCE SEPTEMBER 2017, THE FEDERAL 220 00:10:33,007 --> 00:10:37,219 GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SPENDING $3,000 A MONTH-- MORE THAN 221 00:10:37,219 --> 00:10:39,972 $100,000 TO DATE-- TO RENT A BASEMENT STUDIO, WITH A 222 00:10:39,972 --> 00:10:42,141 BATHROOM, FROM A NEIGHBOR OF THE KUSHNER FAMILY. 223 00:10:42,141 --> 00:10:45,144 $100,000? 224 00:10:45,144 --> 00:10:47,396 THAT IS SOME EXPENSIVE CRAP. 225 00:10:47,396 --> 00:10:50,483 WHICH, I HAVE TO SAY, IS REALLY ON-BRAND FOR IVANKA. 226 00:10:50,483 --> 00:10:53,527 I WAS NOT A FAN OF THIS COUPLE BEFORE, BUT IT SEEMS 227 00:10:53,527 --> 00:10:57,156 PARTICULARLY DOUCHEY OF JARED AND IVANKA NOT TO LET SECRET 228 00:10:57,156 --> 00:10:58,324 SERVICE IN THEIR BATHROOMS. 229 00:10:58,324 --> 00:11:01,994 I'M JUST SAYING, THESE ARE MEN AND WOMEN WHO LITERALLY WOULD 230 00:11:01,994 --> 00:11:02,912 TAKE A BULLET FOR YOU. 231 00:11:02,912 --> 00:11:06,165 THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS LET THEM TAKE A LEAK. 232 00:11:06,165 --> 00:11:09,251 ONE GUY WHO'S DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO BE HANGING OUT WITH THE 233 00:11:09,251 --> 00:11:14,173 PRESIDENT MUCH IS LAWYER AND MAN READING THE GOOGLE RESULTS FOR 234 00:11:14,173 --> 00:11:15,883 RUDY GIULIANI, RUDY GIULIANI. 235 00:11:15,883 --> 00:11:19,845 AFTER POTUS LOST THE ELECTION, RUDY CRISSCROSSED THE COUNTRY, 236 00:11:19,845 --> 00:11:22,181 PINCHING OUT HIS ARGUMENTS IN COURT IN A DESPERATE EFFORT TO 237 00:11:22,181 --> 00:11:26,185 OVERTURN THE LEGAL RESULTS OF THE ELECTION, WHICH ENDED WITH 238 00:11:26,185 --> 00:11:27,228 ONE WIN AND 64 LOSSES. 239 00:11:27,228 --> 00:11:30,189 ONE AND 64. 240 00:11:30,189 --> 00:11:36,070 A RECORD KNOWN AS "THE KNICKS," I AM TOLD. 241 00:11:36,070 --> 00:11:39,240 BY NOSE WHO FOLLOW SUCH THINGS. 242 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:44,829 BUT NOW, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD TO -- I'M MOSTLY INTO THE SEA 243 00:11:44,829 --> 00:11:45,663 SHANTIES THESE DAYS. 244 00:11:45,663 --> 00:11:47,706 WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO GET ME OFF THAT? 245 00:11:47,706 --> 00:11:49,875 JUST BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T ON THE SEA SHANTY TRAIN WHEN I WAS. 246 00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:51,877 I WAS WAY AHEAD OF YOU ON THE SEA SHANTDY THING. 247 00:11:51,877 --> 00:11:55,923 EVERYONE KNOWS 2021 IS THE YEAR OF THE SEA SHANTY. 248 00:11:55,923 --> 00:11:59,218 COME ON, GRANDPA! 249 00:11:59,218 --> 00:12:06,267 GET IN THE BOAT, WE'RE ROLLING OUT TO THE SLOOP AND GOING AFTER 250 00:12:06,267 --> 00:12:07,893 THE SPERM WHALES. 251 00:12:07,893 --> 00:12:09,061 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 252 00:12:09,061 --> 00:12:10,396 YOU DON'T HAVE ANY BUTTONS. 253 00:12:10,396 --> 00:12:12,940 YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. 254 00:12:12,940 --> 00:12:15,401 JUST READ? 255 00:12:15,401 --> 00:12:16,026 WOW! 256 00:12:16,026 --> 00:12:20,781 MY APOLOGIES TO EVERYBODY. 257 00:12:20,781 --> 00:12:24,076 BUT, NOW -- AND I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, THE PRESIDENT HAS 258 00:12:24,076 --> 00:12:28,414 TURNED ON RUDY, AND REFUSES TO PAY HIM FOR HIS LEGAL WORK. 259 00:12:28,414 --> 00:12:29,582 SUCKS FOR GIULIANI. 260 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:30,332 NOW HE'S GOING TO HAVE MAKE MONEY ON THE SIDE, BOTTLING 261 00:12:30,332 --> 00:12:35,254 UNCLE RUDY'S ORIGINAL SKULL SYRUP. 262 00:12:35,254 --> 00:12:37,214 THE PRESIDENT IS SO SERIOUS ABOUT NOT PAYING HIS ATTORNEY 263 00:12:37,214 --> 00:12:41,177 THAT HE HAS SAID HE MUST PERSONALLY APPROVE ANY 264 00:12:41,177 --> 00:12:44,305 REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE EXPENSES GIULIANI INCURRED WHILE 265 00:12:44,305 --> 00:12:46,599 TRAVELING ON HIS BEHALF. 266 00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:47,683 TRAVELING EXPENSES? 267 00:12:47,683 --> 00:12:49,185 WELL, THERE'S NO WAY THE PRESIDENT'S PAYING FOR RUDY'S 268 00:12:49,185 --> 00:12:57,193 GAS WHEN HE WAS ALREADY GIVING IT AWAY FOR FREE. 269 00:12:57,193 --> 00:13:00,070 ( RUDY EXPELS GAS ) THOUGH I COULD UNDERSTAND 270 00:13:00,070 --> 00:13:02,281 WANTING TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT RUDY'S EXPENSES, GIVEN THAT 271 00:13:02,281 --> 00:13:03,407 SO FAR, HE'S SUBMITTED RECEIPTS FOR "DELTA BUSINESS 272 00:13:03,407 --> 00:13:04,950 CLASS BRAND PLASTIC BOTTLE VODKA." 273 00:13:04,950 --> 00:13:07,286 "UBER XL T-SHIRT THAT I SLEPT IN BEHIND THE RACETRACK," AND "PAY 274 00:13:07,286 --> 00:13:08,120 PER VIEW PORN: OOPS! 275 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,999 ALL COUSINS!" ( LAUGHTER ) 276 00:13:11,999 --> 00:13:13,000 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 277 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,003 MY GUEST IS BERNIE SANDERS. 278 00:13:16,003 --> 00:13:16,962 STICK AROUND. 279 00:13:16,962 --> 00:13:17,338 THERE! 280 00:13:17,338 --> 00:13:18,797 ( SINGING ) 281 00:13:35,022 --> 00:13:45,824 ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 282 00:13:45,824 --> 00:13:46,784 WELCOME BACK. 283 00:13:46,784 --> 00:13:50,955 LET'S SAY HELLO TO OUR FRIEND MR. JON BATISTE. 284 00:13:50,955 --> 00:13:53,832 ♪♪♪ >> Jon: HELLO, HELLO, HELLO. 285 00:13:53,832 --> 00:13:57,169 >> Stephen: JON, ARE YOU AWARE THAT 2021 IS THE YEAR OF THE SEA 286 00:13:57,169 --> 00:13:57,753 SHANTY? 287 00:13:57,753 --> 00:13:59,004 >> Jon: OH, MY GOODNESS! 288 00:13:59,004 --> 00:14:01,799 WOW! 289 00:14:01,799 --> 00:14:03,008 >> Stephen: I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M THE ONE TELLING YOU, A 290 00:14:03,008 --> 00:14:06,595 MSICAL GENIUS WITH HIS FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THE SCENE, AS WE 291 00:14:06,595 --> 00:14:11,016 CALL IT, DOESN'T KNOW THAT THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE SEA SHANTY. 292 00:14:11,016 --> 00:14:13,060 I HAVE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE THIS! 293 00:14:13,060 --> 00:14:19,692 I TOLD MY WHOLE FAMILY OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK. 294 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:20,859 DAD, YOU'RE CRAZY, GET OFF THE GROG AND COME BACK TO PORT. 295 00:14:20,859 --> 00:14:23,904 NO ONE'S GOING TO LISTEN TO SEA SHAN'TIES AND NOW THEY'RE 296 00:14:23,904 --> 00:14:25,030 BLOWING UP ONLINE. 297 00:14:25,030 --> 00:14:28,325 >> Jon: I'VE GOT TO GET ON THAT. 298 00:14:28,325 --> 00:14:31,996 WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ♪ ♪ THERE ONCE WAS A SHIP THAT PUT 299 00:14:31,996 --> 00:14:36,875 TO SEA ♪ ♪ THE NAME WAS BELLY T. 300 00:14:36,875 --> 00:14:41,589 SOON MAY THE WELL OMAN COME TO BRING THE SUGAR, TEA AND RUM ♪ 301 00:14:41,589 --> 00:14:45,759 ♪ ONE DAY WHEN THE TONGUING IS DONE WE'LL TAKE OUR LEAVE AND 302 00:14:45,759 --> 00:14:47,136 GO ♪ ♪♪♪ 303 00:14:47,136 --> 00:14:52,057 >> Jon: OH! 304 00:14:52,057 --> 00:14:53,934 I LIKE THAT! 305 00:14:53,934 --> 00:14:55,894 >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT. 306 00:14:55,894 --> 00:14:58,230 >> Jon: WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT? 307 00:14:58,230 --> 00:14:59,189 >> Stephen: WELLERMAN. 308 00:14:59,189 --> 00:15:06,071 IT IS A 19th CENTURY NEW ZEALAND WHALING SONG. 309 00:15:06,071 --> 00:15:10,743 WHALING SONGS ARE GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST, BEST, GREATEST, ALL 310 00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:12,077 A CAPPELLA, A CAPPELLA, A CAPPELLA, TREMENDOUS, TAKE 311 00:15:12,077 --> 00:15:17,499 YOUR CARS, DRUMS, MOOD, THROW IT IN THE TOILETTE, WHALING SONGS. 312 00:15:17,499 --> 00:15:19,877 PLOND GUYS IN SWEATERS, IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING. 313 00:15:19,877 --> 00:15:20,502 >> Jon: I BET. 314 00:15:20,502 --> 00:15:22,046 I SEE THE FASHION, ALREADY. 315 00:15:22,046 --> 00:15:22,504 CHIC. 316 00:15:22,504 --> 00:15:23,213 >> Stephen: 100%. 317 00:15:23,213 --> 00:15:28,802 >> Jon: YEAH. 318 00:15:28,802 --> 00:15:32,222 >> Stephen: GOT ANYTHING NAUTICAL ON THOSE FINGERTIPS, 319 00:15:32,222 --> 00:15:32,890 JON? 320 00:15:32,890 --> 00:15:34,558 >> Jon: I LIKE THE WELLERMAN. 321 00:15:34,558 --> 00:15:44,610 ♪♪♪ ( LAUGHTER ) 322 00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:50,783 ♪♪♪ ( LAUGHTER ) 323 00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:54,286 >> Stephen: I'M AFRAID WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR BERNIE 324 00:15:54,286 --> 00:15:55,496 SANDERS NOW. 325 00:15:55,496 --> 00:15:59,625 THANK THE SENATOR FOR STOPPING BY, WE'LL TALK TO HIM ANOTHER 326 00:15:59,625 --> 00:16:00,209 TIME. 327 00:16:00,209 --> 00:16:00,834 JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY. 328 00:16:00,834 --> 00:16:01,460 THANK YOU, SIR. 329 00:16:01,460 --> 00:16:04,463 >> Jon: YES, INDEED. 330 00:16:04,463 --> 00:16:05,839 >> STEPHEN: JOINING ME NOW IS A VERMONT SENATOR AND FORMER 331 00:16:05,839 --> 00:16:08,342 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO HAS SPENT OVER 30 YEARS ADVOCATING 332 00:16:08,342 --> 00:16:09,176 FOR PROGRESSIVE CAUSES. 333 00:16:09,176 --> 00:16:13,305 PLEASE WELCOME SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS! 334 00:16:13,305 --> 00:16:15,808 SENATOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 335 00:16:15,808 --> 00:16:16,975 >> MY PLEASURE. 336 00:16:16,975 --> 00:16:22,147 >> Stephen: IT'S BEEN EIGHT DAYS SINCE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS 337 00:16:22,147 --> 00:16:29,279 URGED ON BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES STORMED AND 338 00:16:29,279 --> 00:16:33,367 VANDALIZED THE CAPITOL BUILDING. 339 00:16:33,367 --> 00:16:34,493 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THIS ALL STARTED? 340 00:16:34,493 --> 00:16:38,997 >> I WAS IN THE SENATE, PARTICIPATING IN THE DEBATE AS 341 00:16:38,997 --> 00:16:45,504 TO WHETHER OR NOT WE CERTIFY BIDEN'S ELECTION AS PRESIDENT, 342 00:16:45,504 --> 00:16:48,298 AND, STEPHEN, IT WAS CLEARLY TO ME ONE TO HAVE THE MORE 343 00:16:48,298 --> 00:16:52,553 DEPRESSING AND MEMORABLE DAYS IN AMERICAN HISTORY CERTAINLY SINCE 344 00:16:52,553 --> 00:16:57,558 I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN POLITICS TO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A 345 00:16:57,558 --> 00:17:05,190 PRESIDENT WHO INCITED A RIOT WHICH CALLED FOR INSURRECTION 346 00:17:05,190 --> 00:17:12,364 AND REALLY THREATENED THE WELL BEING OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE 347 00:17:12,364 --> 00:17:13,323 AND SENATE. 348 00:17:13,323 --> 00:17:14,408 IT WAS A FRIGHTENING AND AT THE PRESSING DAY. 349 00:17:14,408 --> 00:17:18,412 >> Stephen: THE DAY WAS DEPRESSING BEFORE THE VIOLENT 350 00:17:18,412 --> 00:17:18,704 ATTACK. 351 00:17:18,704 --> 00:17:19,830 >> YES. 352 00:17:19,830 --> 00:17:21,039 >> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU HAD SO MANY MEMBERS TO HAVE THE 353 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:24,376 REPUBLICAN PARTY, ORIGINALLY BETWEEN 140 AND 150 REPUBLICANS 354 00:17:24,376 --> 00:17:27,254 IN THE HOUSE, AND THEN AT A CERTAIN POINT AT THE BEGINNING 355 00:17:27,254 --> 00:17:32,718 THERE WERE 13 REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE WHO WERE ESSENTIALLY 356 00:17:32,718 --> 00:17:36,221 SAYING THAT THE VOTES IN SEVERAL STATES WERE ILLEGITIMATE. 357 00:17:36,221 --> 00:17:40,267 SO THAT ITSELF WAS ACTUALLY DEPRESSING TO SEE THAT KIND OF 358 00:17:40,267 --> 00:17:44,772 RESISTANCE TO A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION. 359 00:17:44,772 --> 00:17:48,192 WHAT WAS IT LIKE -- DID YOU SEE A DAWNING ON THE FACES TO HAVE 360 00:17:48,192 --> 00:17:52,237 THE SENATORS AROUND YOU AS IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THIS WAS NOT A 361 00:17:52,237 --> 00:17:56,074 PROTEST, THAT THIS WAS A RIOT? 362 00:17:56,074 --> 00:18:00,245 >> WELL, THE TRUTH IS, IN MANY WAYS, WE WERE THE LAST TO KNOW 363 00:18:00,245 --> 00:18:07,044 WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND IN ABOUT TEN SECONDS WE UNDERSTOOD HOW 364 00:18:07,044 --> 00:18:11,423 ILL PREPARED, HOW HORRIFICALLY ILL PREPARED THE POLICE WERE, 365 00:18:11,423 --> 00:18:15,302 THE DEGREE TO WHICH THEY WERE OVERWHELMED. 366 00:18:15,302 --> 00:18:19,348 WHAT HE FIRST LEARNED, WE HEARD NOISE OUTSIDE, AND THEN, 367 00:18:19,348 --> 00:18:22,893 SUDDENLY, IN THE MIDDLE OF A DEBATE, A POLICE OFFICER JUMPED 368 00:18:22,893 --> 00:18:27,272 UP ON TO THE PODIUM, INTERRUPTED A SPEAKER AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE 369 00:18:27,272 --> 00:18:32,069 HAVE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, WE THINK YOU WILL BE SAFEST HERE IN 370 00:18:32,069 --> 00:18:35,405 THE SENATE CHAMBERS, STAY IN PLACE, DO NOT LEAVE THE CHAMBER. 371 00:18:35,405 --> 00:18:38,742 AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, FRIGHTENING ENOUGH. 372 00:18:38,742 --> 00:18:42,120 AND THEN WHAT WE HEARD A FEW MINUTES LATER, WHICH WAS I THINK 373 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:46,208 THE MOST FRIGHTENING MOMENT, IS THEY SAID, WELL, WE THINK THIS 374 00:18:46,208 --> 00:18:49,795 SENATE CHAMBER, WHICH HAS MANY, MANY DOORS AND WINDOWS, MAY NOT 375 00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:51,296 BE THE SAFEST PLACE. 376 00:18:51,296 --> 00:18:55,968 WE'RE GOING TO ESCORT YOU TO ANOTHER LOCATION, WHICH TURNED 377 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:59,429 OUT TO BE IN THE HART OFFICE BUILDING, WHICH WAS MUCH EASIER 378 00:18:59,429 --> 00:19:00,639 TO DEFEND. 379 00:19:00,639 --> 00:19:04,810 SO, ALL IN ALL, THE BELIEF THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WITHIN A FEW 380 00:19:04,810 --> 00:19:13,735 FEET OF WHERE THE CHAMBER WAS, THREATENING TO DO DAMAGE NOT 381 00:19:13,735 --> 00:19:20,659 ONLY TO THE VENUE BUT ALSO TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WAS 382 00:19:20,659 --> 00:19:23,745 SOMETHING, CERTAINLY, THAT NONE OF US WILL FORGET. 383 00:19:23,745 --> 00:19:25,664 >> Stephen: HOW LONG WERE YOU IN LOCKDOWN? 384 00:19:25,664 --> 00:19:27,374 >> I THINK BETWEEN TWO AND THREE HOURS. 385 00:19:27,374 --> 00:19:29,668 >> Stephen: WHO WERE YOU WITH? 386 00:19:29,668 --> 00:19:33,338 IS IT PEOPLE SORT OF RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO ROOMS? 387 00:19:33,338 --> 00:19:37,217 >> NO, THIS WAS A LARGE HEARING ROOM IN HART. 388 00:19:37,217 --> 00:19:39,845 IT WAS VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE SENATE. 389 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:42,723 I WOULD GUESS OVER 90 MEMBERS WERE THERE. 390 00:19:42,723 --> 00:19:46,184 THERE WERE A LOT OF STAFF THERE AND POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL. 391 00:19:46,184 --> 00:19:50,355 >> Stephen WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION? 392 00:19:50,355 --> 00:19:53,692 WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION LIKE BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE SENATE IN 393 00:19:53,692 --> 00:19:58,864 THERE, BECAUSE I IMAGINE YOU HAD SOME EMOTIONS RUNNING HIGH 394 00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:03,035 TOWARD THE PEOPLE WHO HAD INCITED THIS MOB BY TELLING THE 395 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:04,328 BIG LIE. 396 00:20:04,328 --> 00:20:05,537 >> ABSOLUTELY. 397 00:20:05,537 --> 00:20:10,042 >> Stephen: AND EVERY FASCIST MOVEMENT REQUIRES ELITES TO GIVE 398 00:20:10,042 --> 00:20:12,836 CREDIBILITY TO THE FANTASIES OF THE MOB. 399 00:20:12,836 --> 00:20:16,381 >> AND LET US BE VERY, VERY CLEAR -- AT THE ESSENCE OF THIS 400 00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:23,597 CRISIS IS THE PERPETRATION OF THIS HUGE LIE THAT AN ELECTION, 401 00:20:23,597 --> 00:20:28,393 WHICH BIDEN WON BY A FAIRLY HEALTHY MAJORITY, 7 MILLION MORE 402 00:20:28,393 --> 00:20:33,065 VOTES THAN TRUMP, YOU HAD NOT ONLY TRUMP BUT A LOT OF 403 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:37,736 APOLOGISTS FOR HIM CLAIMING THAT HE REALLY -- THAT TRUMP REALLY 404 00:20:37,736 --> 00:20:39,947 WON THE ELECTION. 405 00:20:39,947 --> 00:20:44,284 AND, YOU KNOW, TRUST ME, THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT WERE HEATEDLY 406 00:20:44,284 --> 00:20:50,749 DISCUSSED WITHIN THAT ROOM, NOT TO MENTION A REAL ANGER AT THE 407 00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:56,588 SERGEANT OF ARMS AND THE CAPITOL POLICE LEADERSHIP WHO WERE SO 408 00:20:56,588 --> 00:20:57,714 ILL PREPARED. 409 00:20:57,714 --> 00:21:02,928 WE ARE THE LARGEST MILITARY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, 410 00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:05,639 $740 BILLION A YEAR ON THE MILITARY, AND THE IDEA THAT WE 411 00:21:05,639 --> 00:21:11,436 COULD NOT PROTECT THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL FROM A FEW 412 00:21:11,436 --> 00:21:13,438 THOUSAND RIOTERS IS UNBELIEVABLE. 413 00:21:13,438 --> 00:21:16,066 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT STICK AROUND. 414 00:21:16,066 --> 00:21:19,403 WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK SENATOR SANDERS WHAT HE BELIEVES 415 00:21:19,403 --> 00:21:24,616 SHOULD HAPPEN TO THOSE IN CONGRESS WHO HELPED FOMENT THIS 416 00:21:24,616 --> 00:21:25,784 SEDITION. 417 00:21:34,710 --> 00:21:36,920 A ♪♪♪ 418 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:38,922 ♪♪♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, 419 00:21:38,922 --> 00:21:42,801 WE'RE BACK WITH SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS. 420 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:46,638 ER YOU SAID IN SEPTEMBER, YOU WARNED AS WE COUNT EVERY VOTE, 421 00:21:46,638 --> 00:21:50,308 I'VE THING POSSIBLE MUST BE DONE TO PREVENT CHAOS, DISINFORMATION 422 00:21:50,308 --> 00:21:51,476 AND, YES, EVEN VIOLENCE. 423 00:21:51,476 --> 00:21:55,439 DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE AT THIS POINT WHY, AS YOU SAY, THIS 424 00:21:55,439 --> 00:21:59,443 TREMENDOUS FAILURE HAPPENED? 425 00:21:59,443 --> 00:22:04,364 BECAUSE -- AND CHRISTOPHER WRAY SAID THE MOST DANGEROUS DOMESTIC 426 00:22:04,364 --> 00:22:10,787 TERRORIST THREAT RIGHT NOW IS FROM WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS IN 427 00:22:10,787 --> 00:22:11,663 THIS COUNTRY. 428 00:22:11,663 --> 00:22:13,999 SO IT'S NOT LIKE PEOPLE WEREN'T WARNED. 429 00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:15,292 >> NO, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 430 00:22:15,292 --> 00:22:20,380 ALL I CAN TELL YOU -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE HEARING DIFFERENT STORIES 431 00:22:20,380 --> 00:22:23,508 FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE -- EITHER IT WAS A GO DESK AND HORRIFIC 432 00:22:23,508 --> 00:22:27,512 FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND AND TO ANTICIPATE WHAT WAS HAPPENING -- 433 00:22:27,512 --> 00:22:33,018 I SPOKE TO A VERY HIGHER-UP GUY WHILE I WAS IN LOCKDOWN, AND HIS 434 00:22:33,018 --> 00:22:37,022 RESPONSE WAS, WELL, WE JUST DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THIS. 435 00:22:37,022 --> 00:22:37,689 REALLY? 436 00:22:37,689 --> 00:22:38,940 REALLY? 437 00:22:38,940 --> 00:22:41,526 WITH ALL OF YOUR INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS, YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT 438 00:22:41,526 --> 00:22:43,904 WAS GOING ONLINE, YOU DIDN'T KNOW THE THREAT TO THE CAPITOL, 439 00:22:43,904 --> 00:22:46,156 YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS EGGING THESE 440 00:22:46,156 --> 00:22:46,823 PEOPLE ON? 441 00:22:46,823 --> 00:22:49,034 YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT, REALLY? 442 00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:52,537 SO A TREMENDOUS FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP, WHICH WILL BE 443 00:22:52,537 --> 00:22:57,709 INVESTIGATED, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. 444 00:22:57,709 --> 00:23:01,546 >> Stephen: ALEXANDER HAMILTON WROTE IN FEDERALIST 27, THE HOPE 445 00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:06,218 OF IMPUNITY IS A STRONG INCITEMENT TO SEDITION. 446 00:23:06,218 --> 00:23:10,889 THE DREAD OF PUNISHMENT A PROPORTIONATELY STRONG 447 00:23:10,889 --> 00:23:12,140 DISCOURAGEMENT TO IT. 448 00:23:12,140 --> 00:23:17,062 ISN'T IT IMPORTANT THAT JUSTICE BE SWIFT AND THE HAMMER BE HARD? 449 00:23:17,062 --> 00:23:21,066 >> WELL, THAT'S AMONG OTHER REASONS WHY THE HOUSE, IN RATHER 450 00:23:21,066 --> 00:23:28,240 QUICK TIME, IMPEACHED TRUMP AND WHY HE MUST BE CONVICTED. 451 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,701 YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ASK ME, THEY SAY, WHAT IS THE SENSE OF 452 00:23:31,701 --> 00:23:35,413 IMPEACHING A GUY WHO HAS A WEEK LEFT IN HIS TERM, AND THERE'S A 453 00:23:35,413 --> 00:23:39,084 LOT OF SENSE TO IT, AND THE SENSE IS THAT THIS PRESIDENT AND 454 00:23:39,084 --> 00:23:45,090 ANYBODY ELSE WHO ENTERS THE OVAL OFFICE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT IF 455 00:23:45,090 --> 00:23:52,222 YOU INCITE INSURRECTION AGAINST YOUR OWN GOVERNMENT FOR YOUR OWN 456 00:23:52,222 --> 00:23:55,767 CHIEF POLITICAL PURPOSES, THAT WILL BE SEVERELY PUNISHED. 457 00:23:55,767 --> 00:23:58,270 >> Stephen: I TRUST THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND THE 458 00:23:58,270 --> 00:24:02,315 F.B.I. IS TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY AND WILL USE ALL OF THE POWER AT 459 00:24:02,315 --> 00:24:05,861 THEIR COMMAND TO BRING THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS TO JUSTICE, 460 00:24:05,861 --> 00:24:08,738 AND CERTAINLY NOTHING THEY DID WAS DEFENSIBLE, BUT WHAT ABOUT 461 00:24:08,738 --> 00:24:11,658 PEOPLE LIKE JOSH HAWLEY AND TED CRUZ? 462 00:24:11,658 --> 00:24:17,664 WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE MOE BROOKS, ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO 463 00:24:17,664 --> 00:24:22,294 INCITED THIS CROWD, AS I SAID AND YOU AGREED, WITH THE BIG 464 00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:23,336 LIE? 465 00:24:23,336 --> 00:24:27,257 I DON'T THINK THAT'S A CONTROVERSIAL THING THAT THEY 466 00:24:27,257 --> 00:24:28,425 INSPIRED THESE PEOPLE. 467 00:24:28,425 --> 00:24:29,593 WHAT CAN BE DONE SO THAT NO GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL EVER DOES 468 00:24:29,593 --> 00:24:35,932 THIS AGAIN AND, CERTAINLY, NO CROWD EVER DOES THIS AGAIN? 469 00:24:35,932 --> 00:24:38,643 DOESN'T THERE HAVE -- SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE TO THEM, WHAT CAN 470 00:24:38,643 --> 00:24:39,769 THE SENATE DO? 471 00:24:39,769 --> 00:24:42,606 >> I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. 472 00:24:42,606 --> 00:24:45,525 WHAT HAS CONCERNED ME THE MOST, AND, AGAIN, I'M HEARING 473 00:24:45,525 --> 00:24:48,612 ALLEGATIONS ON THESE HAVE TO BE INVESTIGATED, IS THAT THERE WERE 474 00:24:48,612 --> 00:24:53,158 SOME MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE WHO ACTUALLY ESCORTED PEOPLE WHO 475 00:24:53,158 --> 00:24:58,830 TURNED OUT TO BE RIOTERS THE DAY BEFORE THROUGH THE CAPITOL 476 00:24:58,830 --> 00:24:59,873 PREMISES. 477 00:24:59,873 --> 00:25:01,458 NOW, WHAT THE HELL THAT'S ABOUT, WE HAVE TO FIND OUT. 478 00:25:01,458 --> 00:25:05,212 >> Stephen: EVEN THOUGH THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO VISITORS, NO 479 00:25:05,212 --> 00:25:07,339 TOURS OF THE CAPITOL SINCE MARCH. 480 00:25:07,339 --> 00:25:08,548 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 481 00:25:08,548 --> 00:25:10,175 >> Stephen: NOT EVEN MEMBERS ARE REALLY ALLOWED TO BRING ANY 482 00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:10,675 PEOPLE IN FOR A TOUR. 483 00:25:10,675 --> 00:25:11,843 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 484 00:25:11,843 --> 00:25:17,974 IF THAT ALLEGATION IS TRUE, STEPHEN, IF IT'S TRUE, THAT TELL 485 00:25:17,974 --> 00:25:19,809 US SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DEALT WITH. 486 00:25:19,809 --> 00:25:22,354 >> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT THE SENATORS? 487 00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:23,521 I KNOW YOU'RE THE WORLD'S MOST DELIBERATIVE BODY BUT THERE HAS 488 00:25:23,521 --> 00:25:26,566 TO BE A LIMIT WHERE YOU HAVE TO ASK SHOULD THIS PERSON BE IN 489 00:25:26,566 --> 00:25:32,364 HERE WITH US IF THEY AREN'T WILLING TO ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF 490 00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:34,157 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHEN THEY VOTE? 491 00:25:34,157 --> 00:25:38,703 >> ON THE ONE HAND YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT EXPELLING 492 00:25:38,703 --> 00:25:41,873 PEOPLE, THEY WERE ELECTED BY CONSTITUENTS. 493 00:25:41,873 --> 00:25:43,875 TRUST ME, THIS WILL BE AN ISSUE. 494 00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:46,836 HOW WE DEAL WITH THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT 495 00:25:46,836 --> 00:25:47,963 VERY, VERY HARD. 496 00:25:47,963 --> 00:25:50,674 >> Stephen: CAN YOU AT LEAST MAKE TED CRUZ OR JOSH HAWLEY 497 00:25:50,674 --> 00:25:56,263 WEAR A STUPID HAT THAT SAYS SEDITIONIST ON TOP? 498 00:25:56,263 --> 00:25:57,681 THEY HAVE TO FACE THE CORNER. 499 00:25:57,681 --> 00:26:05,397 THERE HAS TO BE A STAIN THAT DOESN'T LEAVE THEM AS A JUDGMENT 500 00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:06,564 OF HISTORY. 501 00:26:06,564 --> 00:26:08,566 >> AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CRISIS IS YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT 502 00:26:08,566 --> 00:26:11,778 WHO GAVE US A BIG, BIG LIE THAT HE WON THE ELECTION BY A LAND 503 00:26:11,778 --> 00:26:16,408 SLIDE WHEN, IN FACT, HE LOST, AND THEN YOU HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF 504 00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:20,245 PEOPLE, NOT JUST CRUZ AND HAWLEY, WHO TID NOT SAY WHAT IS 505 00:26:20,245 --> 00:26:23,790 SIMPLY THE TRUTH, HEY, PEOPLE RUN IN ELECTIONS AND LOSE. 506 00:26:23,790 --> 00:26:26,084 I'VE WON, SOMETIMES YOU WIN. 507 00:26:26,084 --> 00:26:29,963 H LOST THE ELECTION, PERIOD, END OF DISCUSSION, AND WE HAD 508 00:26:29,963 --> 00:26:35,760 VERY VERY VERY FEW SENATORS WHO MADE THAT STATEMENT. 509 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:40,598 >> Stephen: ONCE THE NEWEST SNRRTS ARE SWORN? 510 00:26:40,598 --> 00:26:44,602 -- SENATORS ARE SWORN IN, THE DEMOCRATS, YOU CONFERENCING WITH 511 00:26:44,602 --> 00:26:46,896 THEM, WILL HAVE CONTROL OF THE SENATE, AND YOU WILL BE THE NEW 512 00:26:46,896 --> 00:26:48,773 CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. 513 00:26:48,773 --> 00:26:52,402 THAT'S YOUR FIRST PRIORITY? 514 00:26:52,402 --> 00:26:57,449 >> MY FIRST PRIORITY IS TO WORK ON A COMPREHENSIVE 515 00:26:57,449 --> 00:26:59,617 RECONCILIATION BILL, WITHOUT GETTING INTO ALL THE RULES OF 516 00:26:59,617 --> 00:27:00,702 THE SENATE. 517 00:27:00,702 --> 00:27:02,912 THIS IS A MEANS BY WHICH WE CAN PASS VERY SIGNIFICANT 518 00:27:02,912 --> 00:27:08,752 LEGISLATION WITH A MAJORITY, WITH 51 VOTES AND NOT WITH 60. 519 00:27:08,752 --> 00:27:15,133 AND I'M GOING TO MAKE THAT RECONCILIATION BILL AS BOLD AND 520 00:27:15,133 --> 00:27:16,343 AGGRESSIVE AS I POSSIBLY CAN. 521 00:27:16,343 --> 00:27:19,679 WE FACE MORE CRISES TODAY THAN ANYTIME IN THE MODERN HISTORY OF 522 00:27:19,679 --> 00:27:20,764 THIS COUNTRY. 523 00:27:20,764 --> 00:27:25,643 IT'S NOT JUST THE TERRIBLE PANDEMIC WHICH HAS CLAIMED 524 00:27:25,643 --> 00:27:28,355 ALMOST 400,000 LIVES, IT IS MASSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT, MILLIONS 525 00:27:28,355 --> 00:27:34,819 OF PEOPLE UNABLE TO FEED THEIR KIDS, PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING EIC 526 00:27:34,819 --> 00:27:39,115 EVICTED, PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO 527 00:27:39,115 --> 00:27:40,367 HEALTHCARE. 528 00:27:40,367 --> 00:27:42,452 WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS RESPOND TO THE PAIN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE 529 00:27:42,452 --> 00:27:43,661 FEELING, WHICH IS ENORMOUS RIGHT NOW. 530 00:27:43,661 --> 00:27:44,913 PEOPLE ARE LOSING FAITH IN GOVERNMENT. 531 00:27:44,913 --> 00:27:47,499 WE HAVE TO RESTORE THE FAITH BY SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT? 532 00:27:47,499 --> 00:27:49,959 WE HEAR YOUR PAIN AND WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND IN A BOLD 533 00:27:49,959 --> 00:27:52,712 MANNER AND, IN ADDITION TO THAT, PROBABLY IN A SECOND 534 00:27:52,712 --> 00:27:56,800 RECONCILIATION BILL, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE SYSTEMIC, 535 00:27:56,800 --> 00:28:00,178 LONG-TERM, ONGOING PROBLEMS FACING THIS COUNTRY. 536 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:01,846 PEOPLE CAN'T LIVE ON $10 AN HOUR. 537 00:28:01,846 --> 00:28:07,310 WE'VE GOT TO RAISE THE MINIMUM-WAGE TO A LIVING WAGE. 538 00:28:07,310 --> 00:28:09,979 INSANE WE ARE THE ONLY MAJOR COUNTRY ON EARTH NOT TO HAVE 539 00:28:09,979 --> 00:28:14,692 GUARANTEED HEALTHCARE TO ALL, OR HAVE PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL 540 00:28:14,692 --> 00:28:15,902 LEAVE. 541 00:28:15,902 --> 00:28:17,821 WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, WITH COUNTRIES AROUND 542 00:28:17,821 --> 00:28:21,491 THE WORLD, OR WE'RE NOT LEAVING MUCH TO OUR KIDS OR 543 00:28:21,491 --> 00:28:22,575 GRANDCHILDREN. 544 00:28:22,575 --> 00:28:23,827 IN OTHER WORDS, AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IN HISTORY, 545 00:28:23,827 --> 00:28:27,539 CONGRESS WILL HAVE TO RISE UP AND BE EXTREMELY BOLD IN 546 00:28:27,539 --> 00:28:31,084 ADDRESSING THE MAJOR CRISES FACING WORKING FAMILIES AND THE 547 00:28:31,084 --> 00:28:36,673 MIDDLE CLASS AND I INTEND TO BE ACTIVE IN THAT PROCESS. 548 00:28:36,673 --> 00:28:39,551 >> Stephen: PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN RELEASED 549 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:40,510 THE RESCUE PLAN. 550 00:28:40,510 --> 00:28:43,179 CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT IT CONTAINS? 551 00:28:43,179 --> 00:28:45,056 > IT'S A SERIOUS START. 552 00:28:45,056 --> 00:28:52,105 AMONG OTHER THINGS, IN LOOKING AGENT THE PANDEMIC, IT SAYS WE 553 00:28:52,105 --> 00:28:55,066 NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OF THE VACCINE PRODUCTION WE 554 00:28:55,066 --> 00:28:58,862 POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE VACCINES OUT AROUND 555 00:28:58,862 --> 00:28:59,904 THE COUNTRY. 556 00:28:59,904 --> 00:29:05,368 WE NEED A LOT BETTER JOB DISTRIBUTING THOSE VACCINES, 557 00:29:05,368 --> 00:29:07,454 GETTING THE ARMS INTO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 558 00:29:07,454 --> 00:29:10,081 WE ARE NOT DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. 559 00:29:10,081 --> 00:29:12,250 BIDEN'S PLAN ALSO UNDERSTANDS THAT THE ECONOMY IS IN SHAMBLES 560 00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:16,588 AND THAT WE NEED EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR WORKING FAMILIES. 561 00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:20,925 HE IS SUPPORTIVE OF ANOTHER $1,400 ON TOP OF THE $600 WE 562 00:29:20,925 --> 00:29:25,013 PROVPROVIDED IN THE LAST BILL FO WORKING CLASS ADULTS AND THEIR 563 00:29:25,013 --> 00:29:29,058 KIDS, EXTENDING UNEMPLOYMENT, MAKING SURE THAT SMALL 564 00:29:29,058 --> 00:29:32,103 BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO SURVIVE. 565 00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:35,106 SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A LOT OF HARD LOOK 566 00:29:35,106 --> 00:29:38,151 AT THE AT THE TAILS, BUT IT IS A VERY GOOD START IN ADDRESSING 567 00:29:38,151 --> 00:29:41,779 THE PANDEMIC CRISIS AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS WE NOW FACE. 568 00:29:41,779 --> 00:29:46,326 >> Stephen: IF I COULD MAKE JUST TWO SUGGESTIONS, AND YOU 569 00:29:46,326 --> 00:29:50,747 CAN SAY YOU GO TO HELL, STEPHEN COLBERT, BUT MY TWO SUGGESTIONS 570 00:29:50,747 --> 00:29:54,626 WOULD BE THIS, ONE, PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS 571 00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:57,337 BECAUSE THERE IS ONE PARTY IN THIS COUNTRY WHO WANTS TO GET 572 00:29:57,337 --> 00:30:00,798 INTO OFFICE AND PULL UP THE LADDER BEHIND THEM, AND IT IS 573 00:30:00,798 --> 00:30:04,385 VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHATEVER GAINS YOU MAKE ARE MAINTAINED BY 574 00:30:04,385 --> 00:30:08,473 FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS OR TOSSED OUT BY FREE AND FAIR 575 00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:09,140 ELECTIONS, WHATEVER. 576 00:30:09,140 --> 00:30:10,475 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DECIDE. 577 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:13,978 BUT IF OUR VOTING RIGHTS ARE NOT PROTECTED -- AND I DON'T KNOW 578 00:30:13,978 --> 00:30:17,982 WHAT CAN BE DONE ON A FEDERAL LEVEL -- 579 00:30:17,982 --> 00:30:19,901 >> A LOT CAN BE DONE, STEPHEN. 580 00:30:19,901 --> 00:30:22,820 YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN. 581 00:30:22,820 --> 00:30:26,616 LOOK, AMONG THE MANY OTHER CRISES WE'RE FACING NOW, 582 00:30:26,616 --> 00:30:32,288 OBVIOUSLY LED BY TRUMP, THERE IS A CHALLENGE, A FIERCE EFFORT TO 583 00:30:32,288 --> 00:30:33,998 UNDERSTOOD MINE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND THE RESPONSE HAS 584 00:30:33,998 --> 00:30:44,968 GOT TO BE THAT WE'RE CREATING A MORE VIBRANT DEMOCRACY WHICH 585 00:30:44,968 --> 00:30:47,345 MEANS EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO VOTE. 586 00:30:47,345 --> 00:30:49,973 WE WON'T HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE, DEAL WITH VOTER SUPPRESSION. 587 00:30:49,973 --> 00:30:54,894 WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH CITIZENS UNITED AND THE ABILITY OF 588 00:30:54,894 --> 00:30:56,229 BILLIONAIRES TO BUY ELECTIONS. 589 00:30:56,229 --> 00:30:59,482 BUT HOW WE CREATE A SITUATION WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO 590 00:30:59,482 --> 00:31:04,070 UNDERSTAND THE POLITICAL PROCESS CAN VOTE AS EASILY AS POSSIBLE 591 00:31:04,070 --> 00:31:05,655 AND THOSE ARE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, ABSOLUTELY A VERY 592 00:31:05,655 --> 00:31:06,698 HIGH PRIORITY. 593 00:31:06,698 --> 00:31:11,202 >> Stephen: BACK WITH MORE SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS. 594 00:31:11,202 --> 00:31:13,288 ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ 595 00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:26,884 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 596 00:31:26,884 --> 00:31:29,887 WE'RE BACK WITH THE SOON-TO-BE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE BUDGET 597 00:31:29,887 --> 00:31:31,097 COMMITTEE, SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS. 598 00:31:31,097 --> 00:31:39,188 IT HAS BEEN A LONG FOUR YEARS, AND AMERICA HAS CHANGED IN A LOT 599 00:31:39,188 --> 00:31:41,232 OF WAYS. 600 00:31:41,232 --> 00:31:46,571 WHAT, IN YOUR OPINION, HAS BEEN THE GREATEST CHANGE YOU'VE SEEN 601 00:31:46,571 --> 00:31:50,366 WROUGHT ON THIS GREAT COUNTRY OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND 602 00:31:50,366 --> 00:31:56,122 WHAT HAS STAYED THE SAME, DESPITE THE ATTACKS? 603 00:31:56,122 --> 00:32:00,543 >> WELL, I THINK WHAT HAS UPSET ME THE MOST IS NOT JUST DONALD 604 00:32:00,543 --> 00:32:01,794 TRUMP. 605 00:32:01,794 --> 00:32:07,300 TRUMP IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR AND A DEMAGOGUE, AND I GOT THAT, BUT 606 00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:13,139 WHAT UPSETS ME THE MOST IS SOME 73 MILLION AMERICANS SUPPORTED 607 00:32:13,139 --> 00:32:17,935 HIM AND THAT HE DID BETTER IN MANY DEPRESSED AREAS OF THE 608 00:32:17,935 --> 00:32:19,729 COUNTRY THAN HE DID IN 2016. 609 00:32:19,729 --> 00:32:21,439 NOW, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? 610 00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:25,276 WHY DO PEOPLE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SOMEBODY WHO IS A LIAR, 611 00:32:25,276 --> 00:32:30,531 WHO GIVES THEIR BENEFITS -- MAKES POLICY TO BENEFIT THE RICH 612 00:32:30,531 --> 00:32:33,743 AND THE POWERFUL AT THE EXPENSE OF WORKING PEOPLE? 613 00:32:33,743 --> 00:32:34,786 HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? 614 00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:38,998 HOW DO WE RESTORE FAITH IN GOVERNMENT SO THAT PEOPLE 615 00:32:38,998 --> 00:32:42,502 UNDERSTAND THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO BE 616 00:32:42,502 --> 00:32:45,088 WORKING FOR THEM? 617 00:32:45,088 --> 00:32:51,803 HOW DO WE BRING A NATION TOGETHER WHICH TRUMP HAS DONE 618 00:32:51,803 --> 00:32:57,809 ITS BEST TO DIVIDE US WITH HIS RACISM AND HIS XENOPHOBIA? 619 00:32:57,809 --> 00:33:01,479 SO WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS TASK IN FRONT OF US IN THAT REGARD. 620 00:33:01,479 --> 00:33:05,775 I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME WHAT'S POSITIVE ABOUT 621 00:33:05,775 --> 00:33:12,448 ALL OF THIS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAVE HAD GOVERNMENTAL 622 00:33:12,448 --> 00:33:16,202 OFFICIALS, SECRETARIES OF STATE IN GEORGIA, ARIZONA, OTHER 623 00:33:16,202 --> 00:33:22,625 REPUBLICAN STATES WHO, AGAINST AN ONSLAUGHT OF VICIOUSNESS AND 624 00:33:22,625 --> 00:33:25,545 TREATS FROM TRUMP'S BASE, HAVE DEFENDED THE CONSTITUTION, AND 625 00:33:25,545 --> 00:33:27,922 THAT'S NO SMALL THING. 626 00:33:27,922 --> 00:33:33,886 BUT GETTING BACK TO YOUR POINT ABOUT REINVIGORATING DEMOCRACY 627 00:33:33,886 --> 00:33:37,890 AND VOTING RIGHTS, AT THE VERY HIGHLES LEVEL OF PRIORITIES HAS 628 00:33:37,890 --> 00:33:46,399 GOT TO BE THE EFFORT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CREATE A VIBRANT 629 00:33:46,399 --> 00:33:51,529 DEMOCRACY WHERE IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ME, THAT'S FINE, YOU'RE NOT 630 00:33:51,529 --> 00:33:55,241 MY ENEMY, WHERE WE HAVE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, WHERE BIG MONEY 631 00:33:55,241 --> 00:33:59,704 DOES NOT BUY ELECTIONS, WHERE WE END THE KIND OF RACISM AND 632 00:33:59,704 --> 00:34:00,872 XENOPHOBIA THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. 633 00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:04,083 >> Stephen: THERE WAS SOME SPECULATION THAT YOU WOULD BE 634 00:34:04,083 --> 00:34:09,088 SECRETARY OF LABOR, BUT, WHEN BIDEN NOMINATED, INSTEAD, MARTY 635 00:34:09,088 --> 00:34:15,595 WALSH, HE DID SAY THIS ABOUT YOU MORE PASSIONATE AND DEVOTED ALLY 636 00:34:15,595 --> 00:34:17,764 TO WORKING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY THAN YOU. 637 00:34:17,764 --> 00:34:22,185 DOES IT EVER SURPRISE YOU THAT THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED THE 638 00:34:22,185 --> 00:34:27,523 PRESIDENT, THOSE 74 MILLION PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOM ARE WORKING 639 00:34:27,523 --> 00:34:29,942 CLASS WHITE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES, THAT YOU CAN'T FIND 640 00:34:29,942 --> 00:34:33,070 COMMON CAUSE WITH THEM BECAUSE MANY OF THE POLICIES THAT YOU 641 00:34:33,070 --> 00:34:37,116 PUT FORTH WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR EVERY WORKING CLASS PERSON 642 00:34:37,116 --> 00:34:40,203 IN THE UNITED STATES, MANY OF THEM FOR ALL PEOPLE, BUT 643 00:34:40,203 --> 00:34:44,123 CERTAINLY SPEAKING OUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE POWER 644 00:34:44,123 --> 00:34:47,293 OF THE CORPORATE MONEY BEHIND THEM IS SOMETHING YOU'RE KNOWN 645 00:34:47,293 --> 00:34:47,960 FOR. 646 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:49,128 WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM? 647 00:34:49,128 --> 00:34:52,507 >> MY MESSAGE IS LET US WORK TOGETHER ON HEALTHCARE, LET'S 648 00:34:52,507 --> 00:34:54,926 WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE ALL OUR KIDS REGARDLESS OF INCOME 649 00:34:54,926 --> 00:35:05,937 CAN GET A HIGHER EDUCATION, LET US NOT ALLOW THE DEMAGOGUES 650 00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:07,230 DIVIDE US UP. 651 00:35:07,230 --> 00:35:09,315 WHETHER YOU'RE BLACK, WHITE, LATINO, YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO 652 00:35:09,315 --> 00:35:14,278 HAVE A DECENT EDUCATION, YOU WANT CLEAN WATER, YOU NEED 653 00:35:14,278 --> 00:35:18,407 HEALTHCARE AND YOU CAN'T MAKE IT ON STARVATION WAGES. 654 00:35:18,407 --> 00:35:21,994 WHAT OUR JOB HAS TO BE IS TO BRING PEOPLE AROUND AN AGENDA 655 00:35:21,994 --> 00:35:25,748 THAT IS IN FACT SUPPORTED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 656 00:35:25,748 --> 00:35:28,334 AND VIGOROUSLY OPPOSE THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DIVIDE US BY 657 00:35:28,334 --> 00:35:32,588 THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN OR OUR RELIGION OR WHERE WE WERE BORN. 658 00:35:32,588 --> 00:35:36,968 >> Stephen: IN 2016, PAUL RYAN SAID REPUBLICANS SHOULD BE 659 00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:40,596 SCARED OF DEMOCRATS CONTROLLING THE SENATE BECAUSE BERNIE 660 00:35:40,596 --> 00:35:42,640 SANDERS WOULD BE THE BUDGET CHAIR. 661 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:46,978 BEFORE WE GO, WHAT'S THEONE THING THAT YOU COULD SAY THAT 662 00:35:46,978 --> 00:35:49,272 WOULD SCARE PAUL RYAN THE MOST? 663 00:35:49,272 --> 00:35:52,525 >> WELL, I WOULD SAY TO PAUL RYAN IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO 664 00:35:52,525 --> 00:35:56,279 START AN EFFORT TO TAX THE WEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN THIS 665 00:35:56,279 --> 00:36:01,450 COUNTRY AND THE LARGEST CORPORATIONS WHO, TODAY, ARE NOT 666 00:36:01,450 --> 00:36:03,327 BAYING, BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION, THEIR FAIR SHARE OF 667 00:36:03,327 --> 00:36:04,328 TAXES. 668 00:36:04,328 --> 00:36:06,831 >> Stephen: SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, EVERYBODY. 669 00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:08,207 BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY FINNEAS. 670 00:36:08,207 --> 00:36:10,668 SENATOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 671 00:36:10,668 --> 00:36:11,836 ♪♪♪ 672 00:36:21,846 --> 00:36:31,898 ♪ ♪ 673 00:36:31,898 --> 00:36:35,192 ♪ ♪ 674 00:36:38,529 --> 00:36:39,739 >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK. 675 00:36:39,739 --> 00:36:47,830 PERFORMING HIS SINGLE, "CAN'T WAIT TO BE DEAD," FINNEAS! 676 00:36:47,830 --> 00:36:52,376 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ SOMEBODY'S DRIVIN' YOU HOME 677 00:36:55,838 --> 00:37:03,054 BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE ♪ YOU'RE IN THE BACK OF THE CAR 678 00:37:03,054 --> 00:37:07,850 SOMEBODY'S TRYIN' TO HELP ♪ AND MAKIN' EVERYTHING WORSE 679 00:37:07,850 --> 00:37:15,066 SOMEBODY PLEASE CALL THE NURSE ♪ SOMEBODY'S RIPPING YOU OFF 680 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:19,779 TRYIN' TO SELL YOU GOOD NEWS ♪ YOU KNOW WE'RE STILL GONNA 681 00:37:19,779 --> 00:37:23,783 LOSE ♪ BUT I NEED TO BE WHERE YOU ARE 682 00:37:23,783 --> 00:37:27,078 FOR NO REASON AT ALL ♪ OR ELSE I'LL SUFFER 683 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:35,795 WITHDRAWAL ♪ NOBODY'S COMIN' TO SAVE ME 684 00:37:35,795 --> 00:37:43,928 NOBODY KNOWS ANY BETTER, ANYWAY ♪ I THINK WE'RE THINKIN' 685 00:37:43,928 --> 00:37:47,932 THE SAME THING ♪ IF THIS IS HOW IT ENDS 686 00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:52,687 I WASN'T LISTENIN' ♪ ♪ ♪ 687 00:38:02,279 --> 00:38:07,910 ♪ SOMEBODY'S SCREAMIN' AGAIN ANOTHER SUNBURN WITH HAIR 688 00:38:07,910 --> 00:38:11,914 ♪ IT'S TOO MUCH FUN NOT TO STARE SOMEBODY'S CALLIN' YOU OUT 689 00:38:11,914 --> 00:38:19,922 ♪ FOR SOMETHIN' YOU NEVER SAID KINDA CAN'T WAIT TO BE DEAD 690 00:38:19,922 --> 00:38:27,138 ♪ SOMEBODY'S WASTING MY TIME CHECK YOUR CONFEDERATE FLAG 691 00:38:27,138 --> 00:38:35,855 YOU'VE GOT NO REASON TO BRAG ♪ NOBODY'S COMIN' TO SAVE ME 692 00:38:35,855 --> 00:38:38,482 NOBODY KNOWS ANY BETTER, ANYWAY ♪ I THINK WE'RE THINKIN' 693 00:38:38,482 --> 00:38:45,239 THE SAME THING ♪ IF THIS IS HOW IT ENDS 694 00:38:45,239 --> 00:39:00,004 I WASN'T LISTENIN' ♪ TO YOU 695 00:39:00,004 --> 00:39:09,221 TO YOU ♪ I WASN'T LISTENIN' YET 696 00:39:09,221 --> 00:39:15,186 NOT EVEN GONE, BUT YOU'LL ♪ BE MISSIN' ME YET 697 00:39:15,186 --> 00:39:23,986 I WASN'T LISTENIN' YET ♪ I WASN'T LISTENIN' 698 00:39:23,986 --> 00:39:31,952 I WASN'T LISTENIN' YET ♪ >> Stephen: FINNEAS, EVERYBODY! 699 00:39:35,539 --> 00:39:38,584 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 700 00:39:49,678 --> 00:39:52,098 >> STEPHEN: WELL, THAT'S IT FOR "A LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY. 701 00:39:52,098 --> 00:39:55,059 TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR A RARE FRIDAY SHOW 702 00:39:55,059 --> 00:39:58,395 WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE THE FOLKS FROM "THE CIRCUS" AND 703 00:39:58,395 --> 00:40:00,231 MUSICAL GUEST, "THE WAR ON DRUGS." 704 00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:01,732 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 705 00:40:01,732 --> 00:40:04,235 STAY SAFE. 706 00:40:04,235 --> 00:40:04,735 ♪♪♪ Captioned by 707 00:40:05,736 --> 00:40:15,913 Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 708 00:40:15,913 --> 00:40:25,965 Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 709 00:40:25,965 --> 00:40:31,345 Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 710 00:40:31,345 --> 00:40:35,641 aptioning sponsored by CBS