>> RUDY GIULIANI AND TRUMP'S LEGAL TEAM COULDN'T EVEN
CONVINCE REPUBLICAN SENATOR AND TRUMP LOYALIST, LINDSEY GRAHAM,
THAT THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS WERE FRAUDULENT.
GIULIANI SENT GRAHAM DOCUMENTS, WHICH GIULIANI BELIEVED PROVED
HIS THEORIES.
WHILE GRAHAM PUBLICLY BACKED TRUMP, IN PRIVATE, HE CAME TO
THE CONCLUSION THAT GIULIANI'S ARGUMENTS WERE SUITABLE FOR
"THIRD GRADE."
>> SHAME ON YOU, LINDSEY GRAHAM.
THESE SCURRILOUS ACCUSATIONS ARE AN INSULT TO ALL THIRD GRADERS
EVERYWHERE.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE A COMPLETE MORON TO BELIEVE THIS PROVES ANY
FRAUD.
>> THIS IS FRAUD.
THIS IS ABSOLUTE FRAUD.
>> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT."
TONIGHT: PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES:
BOB WOODWARD AND ROBERT COSTA
AND MUSICAL GUEST, LEON BRIDGES FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY
HUMAN.
AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK
CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: HEY!
DIWALK TOO FAST THIS TIME?
HEY, JOE!
CHEAPER GOOD TO SEE YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT, EVERYBODY.
THANKS.
WELCOME, ONE AND ALL TO "THE LATE SHOW."
I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.
I SAID THAT WRONG.
LET ME START OVER.
WELCOME TO THE EMMY AWARD-WINNING "LATE SHOW!"
I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
>> Audience: STEPHEN!
>> Stephen: VERY NICE, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BECAUSE ON SUNDAY NIGHT, THE
TALENTED STAFF AND CREW OF THIS SHOW WON AN EMMY FOR OUR LIVE
ELECTION SPECIAL: "STEPHEN COLBERT'S ELECTION
NIGHT 2020: DEMOCRACY'S LAST STAND: BUILDING BACK AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN BETTER 2020."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND-- THIS IS-- THIS IS
ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
MY RESEARCH DEPARTMENT SAYS, AS FAR AS THEY CAN TELL, IT'S THE
LONGEST TITLE EVER TO WIN A PRIMETIME EMMY.
THE ONLY THING LONGER WAS THE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BY THE
DIRECTOR OF "THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT."
( LAUGHTER ) THIS AWARD BELONGS TO EVERYONE
WHO MAKES THIS SHOW HAPPEN, AN ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS-- CONGRATULATIONS.
AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEM, ESPECIALLY THE SWEET, GANGLY
WEIRDO WHO CRASHED THE STAGE.
SEE IF YOU CAN SPOT HIM.
>> AND THE EMMY FOR VARIETY SPECIAL, LIVE, GOES TO:
"STEPHEN COLBERT'S ELECTION NIGHT 2020."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
♪ ♪ ♪ >> YES!
>> Stephen: IT'S TRUE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT'S TRUE.
I CAN NOW-- I CAN NOW REVEAL THAT CONAN
O'BRIEN HAS BEEN ONE OF MY WRITERS FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.
COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT NETWORKS.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, CONAN.
SADLY, TODAY I HAD TO LET CONAN GO.
AFTER A YEAR OF COVID, CBS IS TIGHTENING BUDGETS, AND WE PAY
OUR WRITERS BY THE FOOT.
( LAUGHTER ) WHILE I WAS UP THERE, I TRIED TO
SQUEEZE IN ALL MY "THANK YOUS," BUT THE ACADEMY TRIED TO PLAY
ME OFF TWICE.
IN MY DEFENSE, THIS EAR DOESN'T HEAR ANYTHING, AND THIS EAR ONLY
HEARS WHAT IT WANTS TO.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
KEEP IN MIND, TO WIN THAT EMMY, WE BEAT THE OSCARS, THE GRAMMYS,
THE SUPERBOWL HALFTIME SHOW, AND BIDEN'S INAUGURATION
SPECIAL.
SO TECHNICALLY-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
TECHNICALLY-- OUR ELECTION SHOW BEAT THE ACTUAL ELECTION.
( LAUGHTER ) I BELIEVE THAT MEANS I GET TO
APPOINT ONE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
I GET TO APPOINT ONE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
DOLLY PARTON?
NO.
KERMIT?
CONAN.
HE'S AVAILABLE.
OF COURSE, NOW THAT I KNOW THAT LIVE ELECTION SHOWS BRING IN THE
SWEET, SWEET HOLLYWOOD GOLD, I'M ANNOUNCING MY 2021 CANADIAN
ELECTION MOOSE-TACULAR, FEATURING OUR CARTOON PRIME
MINISTER AND SASKATOONING OUT THE NEWS.
WHEN IS THAT?
WHEN IS THAT HAPPENING?
AND I'M BEING TOLD THE CANADIAN ELECTION WAS LAST NIGHT, SO
WE'LL HAVE TO SAVE THE SPECIAL UNTIL NEXT MONTH, WHEN A MOB OF
FASCIST BEAVERS STORM THE PARLIAMENT.
NOW, FOLKS, WINNING THIS EMMY WAS A GREAT WAY TO TAKE MY MIND
OFF THE FACT THAT OUR DEMOCRACY IS IN DEEP TROUBLE.
AND I KNOW THAT THANKS TO MY GUESTS TONIGHT, BOB WOODWARD AND
ROBERT COSTA-- ( APPLAUSE )
OR AS I'M CALLING THEM, BOBERT CODWARD.
THEY'VE WRITTEN A TRULY UPSETTING NEW TELL-ALL ABOUT
THE LAST DAYS OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, CALLED "PERIL."
AFTER READING THE BOOK, I THINK THE TITLE ISN'T STRONG ENOUGH.
I SUGGEST RENAMING IT "AAAAAAAGGGH!"
( LAUGHTER ) NOW, DON'T TELL THE AUTHORS, BUT
I HAVEN'T FINISHED READING "AAAAAAGH!" BECAUSE I HAD TO
STOP READING IT TO KEEP YELLING "AAAGHHHH!"
"PERIL" IS FULL OF THINGS YOU WISH YOU DIDN'T NEED TO KNOW,
LIKE THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF WAS
WORRIED THE EX-PRESIDENT MIGHT LAUNCH A NUCLEAR STRIKE TO
DISTRACT FROM THE ELECTION, THAT OUR DEMOCRACY WAS SAVED BY DAN
QUAYLE, AND THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S LEGAL TEAM LAID OUT
A SIX-STEP PLAN FOR VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE TO OVERTURN
THE ELECTION.
( BOOING ) YEAH, IT'S DISTURBING.
BUT IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY THEY GAVE THE JOB TO PENCE.
EVERYONE KNOWS THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS A HARD TIME TAKING
SIX STEPS.
( LAUGHTER ) I READ IT.
I'VE READ IT.
AND THIS BLUEPRINT FOR A FASCIST COUP WAS WRITTEN BY DISGRACED
FORMER LAW PROFESSOR AND INVENTOR OF THE SIDE TOUPEE,
JOHN EASTMAN.
( LAUGHTER ) THIS EASTMAN FELLOW TOLD PENCE
THAT, ON JANUARY 6, HE COULD OVERTURN THE ELECTION RESULTS BY
THROWING OUT ELECTORS FROM SEVEN STATES.
SEVEN STATES!
THAT'S 15% OF THE STATES!
THOUGH IT DOES SAY IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
"WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE
CREATED EQUAL-- OFFER NOT VALID IN PENNSYLVANIA, GEORGIA
MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, ARIZONA, NEVADA, AND NEW MEXICO."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
HERE'S HOW-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
HERE'S HOW EASTMAN'S EVIL PLAN WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK: PENCE
WOULD THROW OUT THOSE SEVEN STATES' ELECTORAL VOTES
BECAUSE THEY ALLEGEDLY HAD COMPETING ELECTORS.
IN FACT, NO STATE HAD ACTUALLY PUT FORWARD AN ALTERNATE SLATE
OF ELECTORS.
THERE WERE MERELY THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S ALLIES CLAIMING
WITHOUT ANY AUTHORITY TO BE ELECTORS.
( AS ERIC ) "I CAN BE AN ELECTOR, DAD.
I HEREBY NAME YOU 'KING PRESIDENT DAD, THE SECOND.'
NOW CAN WE PLAY CATCH?" WITH THOSE--
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NEXT YEAR--
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) -- NEXT YEAR, ACTING.
PENCE WOULD HAVE DECLARED THE FORMER PRESIDENT THE WINNER WITH
MORE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES AT 232 VOTES TO 222.
EASTMAN PREDICTED THAT ACTION WOULD RECEIVE HOWLS, OF COURSE,
FROM THE DEMOCRATS.
YES, IN FACT, IT REMINDS ME OF ALLEN GINSBERG'S "HOWL": "I SAW
THE BEST MINDS OF MY GENERATION DESTROYED BY MADNESS,
AND SOME DOUCHEBAG NAMED JOHN EASTMAN."
PER THE PLAN, PENCE THEN WOULD SAY THAT NO CANDIDATE HAD
REACHED 270 VOTES IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND THROW THE
ELECTION TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHERE A MAJORITY
WOULD VOTE FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO WIN THE ELECTION,
BECAUSE AT THE TIME, REPUBLICANS CONTROLLED 26 OF THE STATE
DELEGATIONS, THE BARE MAJORITY NEEDED TO WIN THAT VOTE.
THAT'S NOT WINNING AN ELECTION.
THAT'S GRABBING POWER BY A PUSSY.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN, THEY LET YOU DO IT.
THE CONSPIRATORS WERE CONFIDENT IN THE PLAN, WITH ONE CAVEAT:
"THE MAIN THING HERE IS THAT PENCE SHOULD DO THIS WITHOUT
ASKING FOR PERMISSION-- EITHER FROM A VOTE OF THE JOINT SESSION
OR FROM THE COURT."
NOW, LUCKILY, MIKE PENCE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT ASKING
PERMISSION: ( LAUGHTER )
"MOTHER, I KNOW THIS IS CONTROVERSIAL, BUT MAY I PLEASE
PUT ICE IN MY WATER?
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A CHANCE IT WILL MAKE MY TUMMY
PREGNANT."
( LAUGHTER ) HERE'S THE DISTURBING DETAIL:
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE RIOT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT OPENED A DOOR
NEAR THE RESOLUTE DESK SO HE COULD HEAR HIS PEOPLE.
HE LEFT THE DOOR OPEN THE MUFFLED SOUNDTRACK OF EXCITED
SCREAMS AND YELLS FROM HIS SUPPORTERS FILLING THE ROOM.
THAT IS SOME SERIOUS DICTATOR ENERGY.
BUT LISTENING TO A FASCIST MOB IS THE ONLY WAY THAT GUY CAN
FALL ASLEEP.
IN FACT, ON HIS NIGHTSTAND, HE HAS A WHITE POWER NOISE MACHINE:
"HEIL SLUMBER."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
TODAY-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
SURE.
WHY NOT?
EVERYBODY LOVES A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.
NOW, TODAY, WOODWARD AND COSTA APPEARED ON COFFEE JOE MORNING
AND THE MORNING BREW CREW, AND WOODWARD SAID THIS ABOUT THAT
MOMENT: >> IT REMINDED ME OF NIXON
TALKING TO THE PICTURES OF FORMER PRESIDENTS ON THE WALL AT
A MOMENT AS WATERGATE WAS CRACKING OPEN AND CRACKING HIS
PRESIDENCY.
AND THE EQUIVALENT IS THAT TRUMP ISN'T TALKING TO GEORGE
WASHINGTON OR ABRAHAM LINCOLN LIKE NIXON WAS.
HE'S TALKING TO THIS MOB.
>> Stephen: AND I'M BEING TOLD WE'VE JUST RECEIVED A STATEMENT
FROM THE GHOST OF RICHARD NIXON: HEY, BOB, I MADE YOU FAMOUS.
HOW YOU GONNA DO ME LIKE THAT?
I AM NOTHING LIKE THAT GUY.
I CREATED THE E.P.A., AND THIS IS MY REAL HAIR.
IN SUMMATION, ABBBBBLA, ABBBBBLA."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
LUCKILY-- WOW, WOW, THE GHOST OF RICHARD NIXON.
( APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪
LUCKILY, THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S LEGAL TEAM DID NOT COUNT ON ONE
THING: SOME REPUBLICANS CARING IF THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES,
LIKE UTAH SENATOR MIKE LEE, WHO SAID OF PLANS TO TRY AND
OVERTURN THE RESULTS IN INDIVIDUAL STATES: "YOU MIGHT AS
WELL MAKE YOUR CASE TO QUEEN ELIZABETH II."
OKAY, LET'S ASK HER.
YOUR MAJESTY, CAN THEY PRESENT THEIR CASE TO YOU?
>> NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR IT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: THANK YOU.
THANKFULLY, IF YOU WANT TO SEE A FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACY, JUST LOOK
NORTH, BECAUSE YESTERDAY, WITH VERY LITTLE DRAMA, CANADIANS
RE-ELECTED PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU.
TRUDEAU CALLED THE ELECTION BACK IN AUGUST IN THE HOPES OF
GETTING A MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT, WHICH LED TO A
36-DAY CAMPAIGN, AS OPPOSED TO OUR 2020 CAMPAIGN, WHICH
STARTED IN 2017 AND WILL LAST UNTIL THE MYPILLOW GUY IS
STRAPPED TO A ROCKET AND FIRED INTO THE HEART OF THE SUN.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU GOT A THING?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE THING IS?
AND UNLIKE THE $14 BILLION AMERICA JUST POURED DOWN THE
ELECTION HOLE, THIS CAMPAIGN COST CANADA $600 MILLION.
AND THOSE ARE CANADIAN DOLLARS, WHICH ARE MORE FUN TO USE
BECAUSE NONE OF THE MOOSES ON THEIR MONEY EVER OWNED
SLAVES.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.
MY GUESTS ARE THE AUTHORS OF "PERIL," BOB WOODWARD AND ROBERT
COSTA.
BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE!"
♪ ♪ ♪
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
GIVE IT UP FOR JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
JON-- >> Jon: AAAH!
>> Stephen: JON, WE'VE GOT A GREAT-- WE HAVE AMAZING GUESTS
TONIGHT.
THE WE HAVE BOB WOODWARD AND ROBERT COSTA FROM THE BOOK
"PERIL."
I CAN'T WAIT.
I-- I-- I JUST-- SPOILER: DON'T TELL ME HOW DEMOCRACY ENDS.
NOW, IT'S A GREAT BOOK, THOUGH, VERY ENJOYABLE.
"ENJOYABLE" IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD.
GRIPPING, I CALL IT A GRIPPING READ.
I CAN'T WAIT TO FINISH IT, BUT IT'S PRETTY UPSETTING.
JON, IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE YOU OUT AT THE EMMYS.
>> Jon: YES, YES.
>> Stephen: YOU AND OUR GUESTS TONIGHT--
>> Jon: GOOD TO BE THERE.
>> Stephen: YOU AND OUR MUSICAL GUEST TONIGHT LEON
BRIDGES DID A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL RENDITION OF HIS SONG.
THE NAME OF THE SONG IS AGAIN?
>> Jon: "RIVER."
>> Stephen: "RIVER" FOR ITS IMMEMORIUM REEL.
I WAS PROUD TO SEE YOU UP THERE.
IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE.
( APPLAUSE ) Y'KNOW, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME
OVER THERE CAREFULLY ASSEMBLING THE MOST TOPICAL VIRTUOSO WIND
SECTION, TUNING THE VIOLAS, CELLOS, AND CONTRABASS TO THE
COUNTRY'S ZEITGEIST, AND WAVING MY CONDUCTOR'S BATON IN THE
TEMPO OF HUMOR TO PRESENT FOR YOU THE SPECTACULAR BRAHMS
CONCERTO IN SATIRE MAJOR THAT IS MY MONOLOGUE.
BUT SOMETIMES, I WAKE UP IN A FUGUE STATE BEHIND THE ABANDONED
VIDEO STORE, STEAL A GARBAGE CAN LID AND A BROKEN UMBRELLA
HANDLE, THEN GRAB AN EMPTY CAN OF P.B.R. I'VE BEEN USING AS AN
ASHTRAY TO FASHION A RUSTED KAZOO, ALL TO CREATE THE
2-IN-THE-MORNING ONE-MAN-STOMP SHOW OF NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT:
>> "MEANWHILE!" ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: IT'S A SHOT IN THE ARM IS WHAT IT IS.
IT'S A SHOT IN THE ARM TO A WEARY NATION.
MEANWHILE, SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND EVIDENCE OF HUMANS MAKING
CLOTHES 120,000 YEARS AGO, WHICH MEANS WE CAN FINALLY DATE THE
FIRST-EVER "WHO WORE IT BEST."
MEANWHILE, AFTER SEVERAL ACCIDENTS WHILE ON AUTOPILOT,
SOME TESLA OWNERS ARE LOSING TRUST IN ELON MUSK'S PROMISES OF
"FULL SELF-DRIVING," WHICH IS EMBARRASSING FOR MUSK, WHO
HAS PUBLICLY BRAGGED, "IF YOU BUY A CAR THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE
HARDWARE NECESSARY FOR FULL SELF-DRIVING, IT IS LIKE BUYING
A HORSE."
AND A TESLA IS NOTHING LIKE A HORSE, BECAUSE A HORSE CAN MOVE
ON ITS OWN WITHOUT CRASHING INTO A SUNGLASS HUT.
( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, A FLORIDA MAN FED UP
WITH POTHOLES PLANTED A BANANA TREE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
( LAUGHTER ) I GOTTA SAY, I DID NOT EXPECT
THAT HEADLINE TO END WITH FLORIDA MAN DOING GENEROUS
PUBLIC WORKS.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, "FLORIDA MAN FED UP WITH POTHOLES FILLS
IT WITH EX-WIFE'S PHOTOS AND DEFROSTED CHICKEN WINGS BEFORE
SETTING IT ON FIRE WITH HAIRSPRAY."
( APPLAUSE ) SURE.
FLORIDA MAN.
MEANWHILE, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, IS CURRENTLY UNDER
LOCKDOWN WITH FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS CLOSED, AND YET,
NEW ZEALAND COPS HAVE ARRESTED MEN ENTERING THE LOCKED-DOWN
CITY WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF ILLICIT K.F.C.
OH, NEW ZEALAND!
THAT'S WHAT COUNTS AS ILLICIT FOR YOU?
IN AMERICA, WE GOT METH-HEADS GETTING BUSTED FOR COOKING
VIAGRA BATH SALTS.
( LAUGHTER ) VIAGRA BATH SALTS: THE MOST
TERRIFYING BONER YOU'LL NEVER ESCAPE.
( LAUGHTER ) APPARENTLY, THESE KENTUCKY FRIED
BANDITS WERE ATTEMPTING TO SMUGGLE IN THREE BUCKETS OF
CHICKEN, A BIG STASH OF FRIES, AND TEN TUBS OF COLESLAW.
TEN TUBS OF COLESLAW?!
ARREST THEM FOR THAT!
WHO LOOKS AT MAC AND CHEESE AND MASHED POTATOES AND SAYS, "EH,
YOU KNOW WHAT I COULD GO FOR?
WET CABBAGE."
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH BOB WOODWARD AND ROBERT COSTA.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY GUESTS TONIGHT ARE A TWO-TIME PULITZER
PRIZE WINNER AND A NATIONAL POLITICAL REPORTER FOR "THE
WASHINGTON POST" WHO'VE WRITTEN A NEW BOOK CALLED "PERIL."
PLEASE WELCOME BOB WOODWARD AND ROBERT COSTA!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
♪ ♪ ♪ HEY, BOB, WELCOME BACK.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
HEY, ROBERT.
HEY, FELLAS.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
BOB, ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: ROBERT, NICE TO MEET YOU, HAVING YOU ON FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
I WANT TO SAY, AS I HAVE CONFESSED ALREADY, I AM NOT
FULLY FINISHED WITH THIS BOOK.
AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GOOD READ.
IT IS REALLY COMPELLING.
IT'S JUST THAT I HAVE TO CLOSE IT EVERY SO OFTEN TO QUIETLY
WEEP.
( LAUGHTER ) AND THEN START IT AGAIN.
AND I MEAN THAT SOMEWHAT SINCERELY, BECAUSE WHAT REALLY
IS UPSETTING ABOUT THIS IS NOT EVEN SO MUCH WHAT YOU'RE
REPORTING IN HERE.
BECAUSE HAVING READ "FEAR" AND "RAGE," NOTHING IN HERE IS
SURPRISING.
WHILE SHOCKING AND UPSETTING, THE PATH WAS LAID FOR THE
BEHAVIOR THAT IS IN THIS BOOK.
BUT IT IS-- IT IS-- IT IS UPSETTING TO READ.
AND I WAS WONDERING, WAS IT UPSETTING TO WRITE?
>> YES.
WE WERE-- LOOK, THE THEME HERE-- AND IT WAS A DISCOVERY FOR US,
THAT THIS WAS A NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS.
WE'VE KIND OF THOUGHT ALL OF TRUMP WAS A DOMESTIC PROBLEM
POLITICALLY.
BUT IN CHINA, RUSSIA, AND IRAN, THEY SAID, "MY GOD, WHAT'S
HAPPENING HERE?" SO THEY WENT ON MILITARY ALERT.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE THREE CALAMITIES THAT CAN BEFALL
THE UNITED STATES.
FIRST, A WAR WITH A MAJOR POWER, LIKE CHINA.
SECOND IS THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
AND THE THIRD WOULD BE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LEGITIMACY OF
THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENCY.
AND WE FOUND ALL OF THOSE.
AND SO IT WAS-- IT WAS A SURPRISE, AND IT WAS ONE OF--
THE PROBLEM OF TRUMP EXTENDED GLOBALLY.
AND IF YOU GET INTO WHAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS,
GENERAL MILLEY, DID, HE SAW THIS, AND HE'S GETTING
INTELLIGENCE THAT THE CHINESE THINK WE ARE GOING TO ATTACK
THEM.
AND IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, THAT'S A NIGHTMARE.
THAT IS THE KIND OF HAIR-TRIGGER ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE CAN BE A
MISTAKE, WHERE, AS MILLEY TOLD HIS STAFF, YOU WILL HAVE WHAT'S
CALLED A FIRST MOVE, PEARL HARBOR.
AND SO, BOTTOM LINE, WE WERE GOING THROUGH A SECRET NATIONAL
SECURITY CRISIS THAT THE PUBLIC DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT, WE DIDN'T
KNOW ABOUT, AS REPORTERS, AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FIND OUT THOSE
THINGS AS THEY HAPPEN.
AND THE WORLD DIDN'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW, THE-- THE OATH THAT FEDERAL
POLITICIANS TAKE IS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION.
AND AGAINST ALL THREATS, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
AND IN A WAY, THAT GREATEST DOMESTIC THREAT WAS THE
PRESIDENT HIMSELF BECAUSE HE WAS THE LOCUS OF THE LIE THAT
ACTUALLY LED TO THE CRISIS ON JANUARY 6.
AND, ROBERT, I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN COVERING
WASHINGTON FOR YEARS.
WHAT WAS THE MOST SHOCKING THING THAT YOU UNCOVERED IN YOUR
RESEARCH FOR THIS BOOK, IN YOUR REPORTING?
>> WELL, BOB MENTIONED HIS THIRD POINT ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY, AND
JUST HOW CLOSE THIS COUNTRY CAME.
WE SPENT NINE MONTHS DOING NOTHING EXCEPT DIGGING INTO
THIS-- HOW CLOSE THE PRESIDENCY CAME TO MAYBE BEING THROWN TO
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
ON JANUARY 5, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE INSURRECTION, PRESIDENT
TRUMP HAS VICE PRESIDENT PENCE IN THE OVAL OFFICE.
AND AS YOU SAID, HE OPENS THE DOOR LATER THAT NIGHT.
HE'S LISTENING TO HIS SUPPORTERS OUTSIDE, AND HE'S TELLING THE
VICE PRESIDENT THAT EVENING, "WOULDN'T IT BE COOL TO HAVE THE
POWER TO NOT CERTIFY AN ELECTION?
WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO DO THAT?" IT WAS THE ULTIMATE TEMPTATION
OF POWER.
YOU SAY THIS IS A SYSTEM BASED ON THE CONSTITUTION.
IT IS.
BUT THE POWER THAT WAS IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HANDS, IN THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH WAS USED AND ALMOST WEAPONIZED, ACCORDING TO
OUR REPORTING, AND THE WAY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ADVISERS SAW
THE SITUATION.
>> Stephen: I BROKE DOWN IN THE MONOLOGUE WHAT WAS IN THE
EASTMAN MEMO, ESSENTIALLY, THE STEPSES THAT HAD BEEN LAID OUT
FOR VICE PRESIDENT PENCE.
THE EXISTENCE OF THAT NEMO, WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT HOW
SERIOUS OF A THREAT THIS WAS?
>> WELL, IT'S VERY SERIOUS, BECAUSE TRUMP-- I MEAN, STILL TO
THIS DAY, IS SAYING THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.
AND THAT MEMO, THE EASTMAN MEMO, SAYS, HEY, LOOK, WE HAVE THIS
POWER, AND PENCE AS VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT OF THE
SENATE, CAN JUST GET UP THERE AND SAY, "OH, I'M CONFUSED," OR
"I'M NOT GOING TO CERTIFY BIDEN," AND THROW THIS COUNTRY
INTO A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS.
>> THIS MEMO WAS PRESENTED TO THE VICE PRESIDENT'S TEAM.
VICE PRESIDENT PENCE IS BEING PRESSURED TO READ THIS MEMO.
ON JANUARY 4, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS EASTMAN IN THE OVAL OFFICE
AND SAYS-- EASTMAN AND TRUMP STANDING THERE TALKING TO PENCE
"LISTEN TO EASTMAN.
FOLLOW EASTMAN'S ADVICE."
THIS IS NOT SOME "LAW REVIEW" ARTICLE BEING PASSED AMONG
AIDESES.
THIS IS DIRECTLY PRESIDENT TO V.P.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE, BECAUSE WHEN WE COME BACK, I WANT TO ASK BOB
AND ROBERT ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE WHO PERPETRATED THIS LIE?
STICK AROUND.
HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK WITH THE AUTHORS OF "PERIL," ROBERT
COSTA AND BOB WOODWARD.
LET'S GET TO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR A SECOND.
SOUL OF THIS, THIS LIE, ALL OF THIS PRESSURE BEING PUT ON
REPUBLICAN LEADERS TO NOT PUBLICLY CALL BIDEN THE
PRESIDENT.
SO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OF TRANSFER OF POWER THERE.
YOU-- A LOT OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY GOING OUT THERE AND SAYING,
"WELL, WE SHOULD INVESTIGATE WHETHER THERE'S A FRAUD HERE,"
EVEN THOUGH FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS
SHOW WHO WORK IN WASHINGTON, BEHIND THE SCENES NOBODY REALLY
BELIEVED IT.
DO YOU GET A SENSE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE PERHAPS NOT THE
PRESIDENT, NOT EASTMAN, NOT THE TIGHT INNER CIRCLE IN THE WHITE
HOUSE, DID THE PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON BELIEVE THAT THERE
WAS FRAUD, EVEN THE ONES WHO WERE BEING SORT OF TACITLY
APPROVING OF THE TACTIC?
>> NO.
AND SEE WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THE TWO MOST CONSERVATIVE TRUMP
SUPPORTERS IN THE SENATE, SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, AND SENATOR MIKE LEE OF UTAH, BIG TRUMP SUPPORTERS.
THEY LOOKED AT TRUMP'S CLAIM AND SAID, "WE'RE GOING TO
INVESTIGATE."
THEY INVESTIGATED AND SAID, "THERE'S ZERO EVIDENCE TO
SUPPORT THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.
THE.
AND IT'S-- AS WE SAY, IT'S NOT NANCY PELOSI OR CHUCK SCHUMER
SAYING THIS.
IT'S THE TRUMP SUPPORTERS.
>> Stephen: BUT NOT PUBLICLY.
>> NO, WELL -- >> Stephen: NOT PUBLICLY, AND
THAT IS UNDERMINING CONFIDENCE IN THE ELECTION BY THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND THE WORLD.
>> OUR REPORTING SHOWS THAT THE BIG LIE, THIS IDEA OF ELECTION
FRAUD, WAS NOT SOME PASSING STORM FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
IT'S THE CLIMB RIGHT NOW INSIDE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THESE SOURCES WOULD COME OVER TO WOODWARD'S HOUSE, TO MY HOUSE,
AND THEY WOULD TALK, SOME OF THESE REPUBLICANS FOR HOURS,
ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL THEY HAVE NO POLITICAL CAPITAL TO SPEAK UP.
EVEN IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CLAIMS,
THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO GO OUT THERE AND COUNTER HIM.
THAT'S THE DYNAMIC RIGHT NOW AHEAD OF 2022, AND AHEAD OF
2024.
>> Stephen: BOB, YOU'VE BEEN IN WASHINGTON A LONG TIME,
REPORTER A LONG TIME, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A MORE CYNICAL OR
DESTRUCTIVE USE OF POLITICAL GAMESMANSHIP?
>> WELL, THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF EFFORTS GOING BACK TO NIXON --
>> Stephen: ANYTHING CLOSE TO THIS?
>> THIS-- THIS WAS A SUBVERSION, OR AN ATTEMPTED SUBVERSION OF
DEMOCRACY.
AND IT NEVER STOPPED.
AND HERE'S THE PROBLEM: IT CONTINUES.
A REVIEWER FOR "THE NEW YORK TIMES" OF "PERIL" SAID IT'S LIKE
THE EPILOGUE IS THE BEGINNING.
IT'S THE PROLOGUE.
WE ARE INTO IT AGAIN.
WE THINK TRUMP'S GOING TO RUN, AND RUN AGAIN.
HE'S GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> AND, YOU KNOW, HE-- HE COULD --
>> Stephen: NOT TO GIVE AWAY-- NOT TO GIVE AWAY THE END OF YOUR
BOOK.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: BUT THE LAST SENTENCE IS, "PERIL REMAINS."
OKAY, A LITTLE CHILL, A LITTLE CHILL DOWN THE SPINE JUST NOW.
AND I THINK THE PERIL WILL REMAIN, UNLESS THERE ACTUALLY
ARE CONSEQUENCES.
HERE'S MY METAPHOR FOR THIS: ON JANUARY 6, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO
WERE ADDICTED TO ALL THE LIES STORMED THE CAPITOL.
THEY WERE ADDICTED TO THAT DRUG THAT WAS BEING SOLD TO THEM.
BUT THE DRUG DEALERS ARE NOT BEING PURSUED.
AND SO, THE ADDICTION WILL CONTINUE.
( APPLAUSE ) >> OKAY.
IT'S AN INTERESTING WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
BUT 600 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN THAT INVESTIGATION.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> AND WE STILL DON'T-- WHO REALLY ORGANIZED IT?
I MEAN, TRUMP WAS THE SPIRITUAL GODFATHER OF THE INSURRECTION.
NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
BUT TO GET 600 PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME THING IS VERY UNUSUAL.
IT TAKES A LOT OF SKILL.
AND SO THERE'S-- THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE ON THAT.
>> THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY, THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE GETTING OUT OF THE
G.O.P. BECAUSE OF THE PRIMARY RACES.
WHEN YOU SAY, "WHERE'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR REPUBLICANS?"
THEY DON'T FEEL ANY ACCOUNTABILITY, BECAUSE THEY
FEEL THEY'RE RIGHT AT THE RED-HOT CENTER OF WHERE THE
G.O.P. ACTUALLY IS.
>> Stephen: SO THE ONLY CONSEQUENCES ARE FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO DID THE RIGHT THING.
>> TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
BUT MITCH McCONNELL-- AGAIN, HE'S THE EMBODIMENT OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
AND YOU DO THIS SO WELL.
SO McCONNELL, FROM KENTUCKY, AND RUNNING THE REPUBLICANS IN
THE SENATE, IN THE CLOAK ROOM WOULD GATHER AROUND WITH
SENATORS-- >> AND THEY MOCK PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
AND THAT COMES THROUGH IN THE BOOK.
THIS IS A STORY OF REPUBLICANS, EVEN IF THEY'RE PUBLICLY WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP, LEADER McCONNELL, ONE OF HIS FAVORITE
JOKES TO TELL IN THE CLOAK ROOM IS, "DO YOU KNOW WHY FORMER
SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON HE CALLED PRESIDENT TRUMP A
MORON, BUT DENIED IT?
DO YOU KNOW WHY HE WAS ABLE TO DENY IT.
BECAUSE HE CALLED HIM AN EXPLETIVE MORON."
>> ( BLEEP ) MORON.
>> Stephen: THAT'S HOW YOU WIN PULITZER, BUDDY.
>> I KNOW I HAVE TO LEARN.
>> Stephen: DROP THE "F" BOMB.
>> McCONNELL DID.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY, IT'S NEWS.
IT'S OKAY.
WE HAVE TO TAKE ONE MORE BREAK.
BUT STICK AROUND, BECAUSE WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK THEM
ABOUT A SCENE IN THE BOOK THAT TOOK THEIR BREATH AWAY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
WE'RE BACK WITH THE AUTHORS OF "PERIL," ROBERT COSTA AND BOB
WOODWARD.
NOW, WATERGATE STARTED AS A BURGLARY.
AND THEN BECAME A TEST OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER.
HOW DO YOU THINK PRESIDENTIAL POWER HAS CHANGED OVER THE PAST
FOUR YEARS, AND WHAT VIEW OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER IS OUR NEW
PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN, FACED WITH WHEN HE COMES IN?
>> WELL, THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE CONCENTRATION OF POWER IN THE
PRESIDENCY.
IT'S BREATHTAKING.
I'VE WRITTEN BOOKS ABOUT 10 PRESIDENTS.
I DIDN'T DO ONE ON HARDING, BECAUSE I WASN'T ALIVE.
( LAUGHTER ) BUT THAT'S THE ONLY REASON.
AND POWER INCREASES WITH EACH PRESIDENT.
AND TRUMP, AS PRESIDENT, I MEAN, LOOK AT WHAT HE DID.
HE DEFINED NOT JUST THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OR WASHINGTON
OR POLITICS.
HE DEFINED AMERICA IN A WAY.
AND IF HE'S GOT-- I DON'T KNOW-- 30% TO 40% OF THE VOTERS IN THE
COUNTRY SUPPORT HIM, YOU KNOW, HE-- IT'S A REAL-- SO, WHAT
WE'RE HOPING IS THAT PEOPLE-- WE APPROACHED THIS NOT FROM A
PARTISAN ANGLE, BUT WHAT HAPPENED?
WHY WAS TRUMP DOING THESE THINGS?
WHY WAS HE HAVING LAWYERS IN THERE TELL HIM THINGS THAT JUST
DISAPPEAR WHEN YOU INVESTIGATE?
PEOPLE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
>> Stephen: LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS IN A NONPARTISAN WAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S DISTRESSING TO ME IS WHEN I READ
THE BOOK, I THOUGHT I'M NOT SURE EVEN SOMETHING THIS WELL
RESEARCHED AND WELL EXPLAINED AND THIS EXPLOSIVE, AS THE STORY
YOU TELL IN THIS BOOK, AND THIS IS YOU RECORDING THE INTERVIEWS.
EVERYTHING IN QUOTES HERE, YOU HAVE DEAD TO RIGHTS, RIGHT?
>> YES.
WE DON'T DISCLOSE WHO THE SOURCES ARE.
WE DO THEM ON WHAT'S CALLED "DEEP BACKGROUND."
WE'RE GOING TO USE EVERYTHING.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU HAVE-- LIKE, BARR HAD TO HAVE
COOPERATED WITH YOU, BECAUSE ONE POINT IT SAYS, "THOUGHT BARR."
HOW WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT BARR THOUGHT UNLESS BARR TOLD YOU?
>> THERE ARE MANY WAYS.
HE COULD HAVE A DIARY.
>> Stephen: YOU COULD BE A WITCH.
>> I COULD BE A WITCH.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> WE DON'T DISCUSS SOURCING.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T DISCUSS SOURCING.
HOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE TALKING TO YOU FOR THIS BOOK ARE TRYING
TO REHABILITATE THEIR OWN IMAGE BY SAYING, "I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT
WAS BAD.
I PUSHED BACK."
>> SOME, YES, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
AND THE ONE COURAGEOUS PERSON WHO DID SOMETHING WAS GENERAL
MILLEY.
HE SAID "I AM GOING TO...
( APPLAUSE ) I MEAN, THERE IS A SCENE IN THE
BOOK, WHICH TOOK OUR BREATHS AWAY, I THINK.
WHEN NANCY PELOSI CALLED-- SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, SECOND IN
LINE FOR THE PRESIDENCY-- CALLS GENERAL MILLEY, AND WE HAVE A
TRANSCRIPT OF IT-- AND SAYS, "GENERAL MILLEY, YOU KNOW TRUMP
IS CRAZY.
HE IS--" YOU KNOW, "HE IS A DANGEROUSLY CRAZY.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTROL NUCLEAR WEAPONS?"
AND MILLEY SAYS, "OH, DON'T WORRY, WE HAVE PROCEDURES," AND
SO FORTH.
AND SHE IS POUNDING ON HIM REAL HARD.
AND IT'S A CLASSIC WASHINGTON MOMENT PHONE CALL.
AND TO HAVE A TRANSCRIPT.
SO YOU SEE NOT THE B.S., BUT WHAT THEY'RE REALLY SAYING TO
EACH OTHER.
AND THEN AFTER THE CALL, MILLEY THINKS, YOU KNOW, SHE'S RIGHT.
WE BETTER WORRY ABOUT TRUMP.
AND SO HE CALLS IN THE COLONELS AND ONE-STAR GENERALS AND
ADMIRALS INTO HIS OFFICE FROM THE WAR ROOM IN THE PENTAGON --
>> Stephen: PEOPLE IN THE NUCLEAR CHAIN OF COMMAND.
>> YES.
AND NOT JUST NUCLEAR, BUT ANY MILITARY ACTION.
AND HE SAYS, "ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE THESE PROCEDURES.
DON'T TAKE A CALL FROM THE PRESIDENT WITHOUT ME BEING
INVOLVED.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?" AND HE GOES AROUND THE THE ROOM.
"GOT IT?" "YES, SIR."
"GOT IT?
GOT IT?
GOT IT?" "YES, SIR."
HE'S NOT SEIZING POWER.
HE'S PUTTING IN PRECAUTIONS TO MAKE SURE IF TERRORISM'S GOING
TO BLOW UP THE WORLD, OR DO SOMETHING THAT'S AGAINST
AMERICAN INTEREST OR IN FACT AGAINST TRUMP'S INTEREST, HE'S
GOING TO AT LEAST BE THERE AT THEITABLY SAYING, "NO!"
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS STRIKING TO ME ABOUT THE
LAST FOUR YEARS, AS MUCH AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT WANTED TO BE A
STRONGMAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK THOSE FOUR YEARS AND THE TWO
BOOKS THAT YOU WROTE, AND THE BOOK THAT YOU AND ROBERT WROTE
TOGETHER-- ROBERT, I'LL START WITH YOU-- WHAT DO YOU THINK
THESE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND CERTAINLY THE CRISIS AT THE END
OF THE ADMINISTRATION ACTUALLY CAN TO AMERICAN POWER IN THE
WORLD?
>> IT CERTAINLY TESTED AMERICAN POWER.
AND WHETHER AMERICA IS GOING TO BE SEEN AS WANT BEACON FOR
LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD.
AND IT IS STILL AN UNFOLDING STORY, WHAT IS THE IDEA OF
AMERICA?
WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT TO OUR ALLIES, TO OUR ADSEAS.
THERE MIGHT BE A FOURTH BOOK.
>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE THINKING OF THIS.
>> Stephen: DO YOU EVER WANT TO WRITE A HAPPY BOOK, BOB?
DO YOU EVER WANT TO WRITE A CHILDREN'S BOOK ABOUT A SNAIL
THAT MEETS A RABBIT OR SOMETHING?
>> NO, KEEP YOUR HEAD ON THE TABLE BECAUSE OF WHAT I'M GOING
TO TELL YOU.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> WE ARE PLANNING TO DO ANOTHER BOOK.
WE HAD "FEAR."
WE HAD "RAGE."
WE HAVE "PERIL."
AND THE FOURTH'S GOING TO BE TITLED "COLBERT."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: BESTSELLER.
PULITZER PRIZE.
>> WE WON'T REVEAL ANY SOURCING.
NO USE OF THE FIRST NAME.
>> Stephen: THE BOOK, "PERIL" IS AVAILABLE NOW.
BOB WOODWARD AND ROBERT COSTA, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY LEON BRIDGES.
"MOTORBIKE" FROM HIS ALBUM "GOLD-DIGGERS SOUND," LEON
BRIDGES!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ ♪
♪ WE DON'T STOP, BUT THE TIME DO
LOVERS IN ANOTHER LIFE, ♪ LET ME REMIND YOU
LOOK BACK, SEE ME BEHIND YOU ♪ WHEN IT FEELS GOOD YOU DON'T
HAVE TO TRY TO ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ AND IF YOU SAY SO IF YOU SAY SO
♪ THEN LET'S GO I KNOW YOU'RE ALL THAT I WANTED
♪ SINCE I MET YA WHAT DO I GOTTA DO TO GET YA?
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ON THE BACK OF MY MOTORBIKE
SWITCH LANES, 29, OOH (OOH) ♪ IT'S WHATEVER YOU LIKE, OOH
ON THE BACK OF MY MOTORBIKE ♪ WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE SKY,
OOH (OOH) ♪ IT'S WHATEVER YOU LIKE
WE CAN RIDE, RIDE, RIDE ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ GIRL, GO AHEAD AND LEAVE YA KEYS ON THE DRESSER
♪ YOU AIN'T GONNA NEED THEM TONIGHT
♪ YOU'RE HOTTER THAN A DESERT, DON'T MEAN NO PRESSURE
♪ I JUST WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL RIGHT
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ AND IF YOU SAY SO
IF YOU SAY SO ♪ THEN LET'S GO
I KNOW YOU'RE ALL THAT I WANTED ♪ SINCE I MET YA
WHAT DO I GOTTA DO TO GET YA?
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ON THE BACK OF MY MOTORBIKE
SWITCH LANES, 29, OOH (OOH) ♪ IT'S WHATEVER YOU LIKE, OOH
ON THE BACK OF MY MOTORBIKE ♪ WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE SKY,
OOH (OOH) ♪ IT'S WHATEVER YOU LIKE
WE CAN RIDE, RIDE, RIDE ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ ♪
♪ WE DON'T STOP, BUT THE TIME DO, DO
♪ WHEN IT FEELS GOOD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO, TO
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ON THE BACK OF MY MOTORBIKE
SWITCH LANES, 29, OOH (OOH) ♪ IT'S WHATEVER YOU LIKE, OOH
ON THE BACK OF MY MOTORBIKE ♪ WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE SKY,
OOH (OOH) ♪ IT'S WHATEVER YOU LIKE
WE CAN RIDE, RIDE, RIDE ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ ♪
WE CAN RIDE,
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> LEON BRIDGES, EVERYBODY!
THAT'S IT FOR THE LATE SHOW.
TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR OUR ALL-STAR SALUTE TO GLOBAL
WARMING.
JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT.
GOOD NIGHT.