1 00:00:01,401 --> 00:00:04,204 >> RUDY GIULIANI AND TRUMP'S LEGAL TEAM COULDN'T EVEN 2 00:00:04,270 --> 00:00:07,507 CONVINCE REPUBLICAN SENATOR AND TRUMP LOYALIST, LINDSEY GRAHAM, 3 00:00:07,574 --> 00:00:09,943 THAT THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS WERE FRAUDULENT. 4 00:00:10,009 --> 00:00:11,611 GIULIANI SENT GRAHAM DOCUMENTS, WHICH GIULIANI BELIEVED PROVED 5 00:00:11,678 --> 00:00:14,748 HIS THEORIES. 6 00:00:14,814 --> 00:00:17,484 WHILE GRAHAM PUBLICLY BACKED TRUMP, IN PRIVATE, HE CAME TO 7 00:00:17,550 --> 00:00:19,185 THE CONCLUSION THAT GIULIANI'S ARGUMENTS WERE SUITABLE FOR 8 00:00:19,252 --> 00:00:20,620 "THIRD GRADE." 9 00:00:27,594 --> 00:00:28,762 >> SHAME ON YOU, LINDSEY GRAHAM. 10 00:00:28,828 --> 00:00:32,565 THESE SCURRILOUS ACCUSATIONS ARE AN INSULT TO ALL THIRD GRADERS 11 00:00:32,632 --> 00:00:34,567 EVERYWHERE. 12 00:00:34,634 --> 00:00:36,569 YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE A COMPLETE MORON TO BELIEVE THIS PROVES ANY 13 00:00:36,636 --> 00:00:39,205 FRAUD. 14 00:00:39,272 --> 00:00:40,473 >> THIS IS FRAUD. 15 00:00:40,540 --> 00:00:41,775 THIS IS ABSOLUTE FRAUD. 16 00:00:44,177 --> 00:00:45,745 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 17 00:00:45,812 --> 00:00:52,819 TONIGHT: PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: 18 00:00:58,925 --> 00:01:01,761 BOB WOODWARD AND ROBERT COSTA 19 00:01:01,828 --> 00:01:04,597 AND MUSICAL GUEST, LEON BRIDGES FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY 20 00:01:04,664 --> 00:01:05,765 HUMAN. 21 00:01:09,335 --> 00:01:11,738 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 22 00:01:11,805 --> 00:01:13,773 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 23 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,177 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 24 00:01:17,243 --> 00:01:23,516 >> Stephen: HEY! 25 00:01:23,583 --> 00:01:25,752 DIWALK TOO FAST THIS TIME? 26 00:01:25,819 --> 00:01:32,859 HEY, JOE! 27 00:01:32,926 --> 00:01:34,027 CHEAPER GOOD TO SEE YOU. 28 00:01:34,093 --> 00:01:39,466 GOOD TO SEE YOU. 29 00:01:39,532 --> 00:01:41,734 PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT, EVERYBODY. 30 00:01:41,801 --> 00:01:42,602 THANKS. 31 00:01:42,669 --> 00:01:47,740 WELCOME, ONE AND ALL TO "THE LATE SHOW." 32 00:01:47,807 --> 00:01:48,808 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 33 00:01:48,875 --> 00:01:49,976 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. 34 00:01:50,043 --> 00:01:50,577 I SAID THAT WRONG. 35 00:01:50,643 --> 00:01:51,644 LET ME START OVER. 36 00:01:51,711 --> 00:01:54,180 WELCOME TO THE EMMY AWARD-WINNING "LATE SHOW!" 37 00:01:54,247 --> 00:01:57,650 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 38 00:01:57,717 --> 00:02:10,630 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 39 00:02:10,697 --> 00:02:12,632 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 40 00:02:12,699 --> 00:02:18,638 THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 41 00:02:18,705 --> 00:02:21,374 >> Audience: STEPHEN! 42 00:02:21,441 --> 00:02:24,644 >> Stephen: VERY NICE, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 43 00:02:24,711 --> 00:02:29,616 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BECAUSE ON SUNDAY NIGHT, THE 44 00:02:29,682 --> 00:02:30,984 TALENTED STAFF AND CREW OF THIS SHOW WON AN EMMY FOR OUR LIVE 45 00:02:31,050 --> 00:02:33,419 ELECTION SPECIAL: "STEPHEN COLBERT'S ELECTION 46 00:02:33,486 --> 00:02:37,123 NIGHT 2020: DEMOCRACY'S LAST STAND: BUILDING BACK AMERICA 47 00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:39,592 GREAT AGAIN BETTER 2020." 48 00:02:39,659 --> 00:02:42,962 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND-- THIS IS-- THIS IS 49 00:02:43,029 --> 00:02:45,031 ABSOLUTELY TRUE. 50 00:02:45,098 --> 00:02:48,101 MY RESEARCH DEPARTMENT SAYS, AS FAR AS THEY CAN TELL, IT'S THE 51 00:02:48,167 --> 00:02:53,039 LONGEST TITLE EVER TO WIN A PRIMETIME EMMY. 52 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:54,741 THE ONLY THING LONGER WAS THE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BY THE 53 00:02:54,807 --> 00:02:57,043 DIRECTOR OF "THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT." 54 00:02:57,110 --> 00:03:01,514 ( LAUGHTER ) THIS AWARD BELONGS TO EVERYONE 55 00:03:01,581 --> 00:03:05,051 WHO MAKES THIS SHOW HAPPEN, AN ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 56 00:03:05,118 --> 00:03:06,819 CONGRATULATIONS. 57 00:03:06,886 --> 00:03:12,425 CONGRATULATIONS-- CONGRATULATIONS. 58 00:03:12,492 --> 00:03:15,194 AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEM, ESPECIALLY THE SWEET, GANGLY 59 00:03:15,261 --> 00:03:17,030 WEIRDO WHO CRASHED THE STAGE. 60 00:03:17,096 --> 00:03:21,034 SEE IF YOU CAN SPOT HIM. 61 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:23,269 >> AND THE EMMY FOR VARIETY SPECIAL, LIVE, GOES TO: 62 00:03:23,336 --> 00:03:26,372 "STEPHEN COLBERT'S ELECTION NIGHT 2020." 63 00:03:26,439 --> 00:03:26,906 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 64 00:03:26,973 --> 00:03:36,082 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> YES! 65 00:03:36,149 --> 00:03:39,619 >> Stephen: IT'S TRUE. 66 00:03:39,686 --> 00:03:42,889 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT'S TRUE. 67 00:03:42,956 --> 00:03:46,726 I CAN NOW-- I CAN NOW REVEAL THAT CONAN 68 00:03:46,793 --> 00:03:50,897 O'BRIEN HAS BEEN ONE OF MY WRITERS FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. 69 00:03:50,964 --> 00:03:52,832 COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT NETWORKS. 70 00:03:52,899 --> 00:03:57,036 THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, CONAN. 71 00:03:57,103 --> 00:03:59,038 SADLY, TODAY I HAD TO LET CONAN GO. 72 00:03:59,105 --> 00:04:01,641 AFTER A YEAR OF COVID, CBS IS TIGHTENING BUDGETS, AND WE PAY 73 00:04:01,708 --> 00:04:05,044 OUR WRITERS BY THE FOOT. 74 00:04:05,111 --> 00:04:07,780 ( LAUGHTER ) WHILE I WAS UP THERE, I TRIED TO 75 00:04:07,847 --> 00:04:09,048 SQUEEZE IN ALL MY "THANK YOUS," BUT THE ACADEMY TRIED TO PLAY 76 00:04:09,115 --> 00:04:13,052 ME OFF TWICE. 77 00:04:13,119 --> 00:04:17,056 IN MY DEFENSE, THIS EAR DOESN'T HEAR ANYTHING, AND THIS EAR ONLY 78 00:04:17,123 --> 00:04:18,424 HEARS WHAT IT WANTS TO. 79 00:04:18,491 --> 00:04:21,027 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 80 00:04:21,094 --> 00:04:26,699 KEEP IN MIND, TO WIN THAT EMMY, WE BEAT THE OSCARS, THE GRAMMYS, 81 00:04:26,766 --> 00:04:29,035 THE SUPERBOWL HALFTIME SHOW, AND BIDEN'S INAUGURATION 82 00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:30,370 SPECIAL. 83 00:04:30,436 --> 00:04:35,041 SO TECHNICALLY-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 84 00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:41,047 TECHNICALLY-- OUR ELECTION SHOW BEAT THE ACTUAL ELECTION. 85 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:44,017 ( LAUGHTER ) I BELIEVE THAT MEANS I GET TO 86 00:04:44,083 --> 00:04:45,718 APPOINT ONE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. 87 00:04:45,785 --> 00:04:50,390 I GET TO APPOINT ONE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. 88 00:04:50,456 --> 00:04:50,790 DOLLY PARTON? 89 00:04:50,857 --> 00:04:53,026 NO. 90 00:04:53,092 --> 00:04:53,626 KERMIT? 91 00:04:53,693 --> 00:04:57,030 CONAN. 92 00:04:57,096 --> 00:04:58,431 HE'S AVAILABLE. 93 00:04:58,498 --> 00:05:04,270 OF COURSE, NOW THAT I KNOW THAT LIVE ELECTION SHOWS BRING IN THE 94 00:05:04,337 --> 00:05:07,507 SWEET, SWEET HOLLYWOOD GOLD, I'M ANNOUNCING MY 2021 CANADIAN 95 00:05:07,573 --> 00:05:08,641 ELECTION MOOSE-TACULAR, FEATURING OUR CARTOON PRIME 96 00:05:08,708 --> 00:05:11,044 MINISTER AND SASKATOONING OUT THE NEWS. 97 00:05:11,110 --> 00:05:13,546 WHEN IS THAT? 98 00:05:13,613 --> 00:05:16,249 WHEN IS THAT HAPPENING? 99 00:05:16,315 --> 00:05:18,951 AND I'M BEING TOLD THE CANADIAN ELECTION WAS LAST NIGHT, SO 100 00:05:19,018 --> 00:05:20,687 WE'LL HAVE TO SAVE THE SPECIAL UNTIL NEXT MONTH, WHEN A MOB OF 101 00:05:20,753 --> 00:05:27,660 FASCIST BEAVERS STORM THE PARLIAMENT. 102 00:05:27,727 --> 00:05:28,761 NOW, FOLKS, WINNING THIS EMMY WAS A GREAT WAY TO TAKE MY MIND 103 00:05:28,828 --> 00:05:30,897 OFF THE FACT THAT OUR DEMOCRACY IS IN DEEP TROUBLE. 104 00:05:30,963 --> 00:05:35,501 AND I KNOW THAT THANKS TO MY GUESTS TONIGHT, BOB WOODWARD AND 105 00:05:35,568 --> 00:05:41,574 ROBERT COSTA-- ( APPLAUSE ) 106 00:05:41,641 --> 00:05:45,545 OR AS I'M CALLING THEM, BOBERT CODWARD. 107 00:05:45,611 --> 00:05:47,780 THEY'VE WRITTEN A TRULY UPSETTING NEW TELL-ALL ABOUT 108 00:05:47,847 --> 00:05:51,517 THE LAST DAYS OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, CALLED "PERIL." 109 00:05:51,584 --> 00:05:55,521 AFTER READING THE BOOK, I THINK THE TITLE ISN'T STRONG ENOUGH. 110 00:05:55,588 --> 00:05:59,492 I SUGGEST RENAMING IT "AAAAAAAGGGH!" 111 00:05:59,559 --> 00:06:02,962 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, DON'T TELL THE AUTHORS, BUT 112 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:06,733 I HAVEN'T FINISHED READING "AAAAAAGH!" BECAUSE I HAD TO 113 00:06:06,799 --> 00:06:11,537 STOP READING IT TO KEEP YELLING "AAAGHHHH!" 114 00:06:11,604 --> 00:06:14,340 "PERIL" IS FULL OF THINGS YOU WISH YOU DIDN'T NEED TO KNOW, 115 00:06:14,407 --> 00:06:18,377 LIKE THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF WAS 116 00:06:18,444 --> 00:06:20,546 WORRIED THE EX-PRESIDENT MIGHT LAUNCH A NUCLEAR STRIKE TO 117 00:06:20,613 --> 00:06:23,483 DISTRACT FROM THE ELECTION, THAT OUR DEMOCRACY WAS SAVED BY DAN 118 00:06:23,549 --> 00:06:27,186 QUAYLE, AND THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S LEGAL TEAM LAID OUT 119 00:06:27,253 --> 00:06:30,790 A SIX-STEP PLAN FOR VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE TO OVERTURN 120 00:06:30,857 --> 00:06:31,524 THE ELECTION. 121 00:06:31,591 --> 00:06:39,098 ( BOOING ) YEAH, IT'S DISTURBING. 122 00:06:39,165 --> 00:06:41,033 BUT IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY THEY GAVE THE JOB TO PENCE. 123 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:43,503 EVERYONE KNOWS THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS A HARD TIME TAKING 124 00:06:43,569 --> 00:06:44,170 SIX STEPS. 125 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:45,404 ( LAUGHTER ) I READ IT. 126 00:06:45,471 --> 00:06:51,511 I'VE READ IT. 127 00:06:51,577 --> 00:06:53,646 AND THIS BLUEPRINT FOR A FASCIST COUP WAS WRITTEN BY DISGRACED 128 00:06:53,713 --> 00:06:55,515 FORMER LAW PROFESSOR AND INVENTOR OF THE SIDE TOUPEE, 129 00:06:55,581 --> 00:06:57,550 JOHN EASTMAN. 130 00:06:57,617 --> 00:07:03,623 ( LAUGHTER ) THIS EASTMAN FELLOW TOLD PENCE 131 00:07:03,689 --> 00:07:05,825 THAT, ON JANUARY 6, HE COULD OVERTURN THE ELECTION RESULTS BY 132 00:07:05,892 --> 00:07:09,562 THROWING OUT ELECTORS FROM SEVEN STATES. 133 00:07:09,629 --> 00:07:12,799 SEVEN STATES! 134 00:07:12,865 --> 00:07:13,900 THAT'S 15% OF THE STATES! 135 00:07:13,966 --> 00:07:15,234 THOUGH IT DOES SAY IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 136 00:07:15,301 --> 00:07:18,404 "WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE 137 00:07:18,471 --> 00:07:19,939 CREATED EQUAL-- OFFER NOT VALID IN PENNSYLVANIA, GEORGIA 138 00:07:20,006 --> 00:07:23,409 MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, ARIZONA, NEVADA, AND NEW MEXICO." 139 00:07:23,476 --> 00:07:25,111 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 140 00:07:25,178 --> 00:07:31,517 HERE'S HOW-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 141 00:07:31,584 --> 00:07:35,521 HERE'S HOW EASTMAN'S EVIL PLAN WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK: PENCE 142 00:07:35,588 --> 00:07:39,192 WOULD THROW OUT THOSE SEVEN STATES' ELECTORAL VOTES 143 00:07:39,258 --> 00:07:42,061 BECAUSE THEY ALLEGEDLY HAD COMPETING ELECTORS. 144 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:43,496 IN FACT, NO STATE HAD ACTUALLY PUT FORWARD AN ALTERNATE SLATE 145 00:07:43,563 --> 00:07:51,571 OF ELECTORS. 146 00:07:51,637 --> 00:07:54,740 THERE WERE MERELY THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S ALLIES CLAIMING 147 00:07:54,807 --> 00:07:57,543 WITHOUT ANY AUTHORITY TO BE ELECTORS. 148 00:07:57,610 --> 00:08:03,516 ( AS ERIC ) "I CAN BE AN ELECTOR, DAD. 149 00:08:03,583 --> 00:08:07,520 I HEREBY NAME YOU 'KING PRESIDENT DAD, THE SECOND.' 150 00:08:07,587 --> 00:08:11,557 NOW CAN WE PLAY CATCH?" WITH THOSE-- 151 00:08:11,624 --> 00:08:15,595 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NEXT YEAR-- 152 00:08:15,661 --> 00:08:25,538 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) -- NEXT YEAR, ACTING. 153 00:08:25,605 --> 00:08:29,842 PENCE WOULD HAVE DECLARED THE FORMER PRESIDENT THE WINNER WITH 154 00:08:29,909 --> 00:08:33,379 MORE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES AT 232 VOTES TO 222. 155 00:08:33,446 --> 00:08:35,514 EASTMAN PREDICTED THAT ACTION WOULD RECEIVE HOWLS, OF COURSE, 156 00:08:35,581 --> 00:08:39,518 FROM THE DEMOCRATS. 157 00:08:39,585 --> 00:08:43,522 YES, IN FACT, IT REMINDS ME OF ALLEN GINSBERG'S "HOWL": "I SAW 158 00:08:43,589 --> 00:08:50,529 THE BEST MINDS OF MY GENERATION DESTROYED BY MADNESS, 159 00:08:50,596 --> 00:08:52,899 AND SOME DOUCHEBAG NAMED JOHN EASTMAN." 160 00:08:52,965 --> 00:08:54,734 PER THE PLAN, PENCE THEN WOULD SAY THAT NO CANDIDATE HAD 161 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:56,435 REACHED 270 VOTES IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND THROW THE 162 00:08:56,502 --> 00:08:59,505 ELECTION TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHERE A MAJORITY 163 00:08:59,572 --> 00:09:02,909 WOULD VOTE FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO WIN THE ELECTION, 164 00:09:02,975 --> 00:09:06,913 BECAUSE AT THE TIME, REPUBLICANS CONTROLLED 26 OF THE STATE 165 00:09:06,979 --> 00:09:12,985 DELEGATIONS, THE BARE MAJORITY NEEDED TO WIN THAT VOTE. 166 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:13,719 THAT'S NOT WINNING AN ELECTION. 167 00:09:13,786 --> 00:09:15,221 THAT'S GRABBING POWER BY A PUSSY. 168 00:09:15,288 --> 00:09:19,492 BUT WHEN YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN, THEY LET YOU DO IT. 169 00:09:19,558 --> 00:09:22,929 THE CONSPIRATORS WERE CONFIDENT IN THE PLAN, WITH ONE CAVEAT: 170 00:09:22,995 --> 00:09:27,500 "THE MAIN THING HERE IS THAT PENCE SHOULD DO THIS WITHOUT 171 00:09:27,566 --> 00:09:31,504 ASKING FOR PERMISSION-- EITHER FROM A VOTE OF THE JOINT SESSION 172 00:09:31,570 --> 00:09:32,638 OR FROM THE COURT." 173 00:09:32,705 --> 00:09:33,539 NOW, LUCKILY, MIKE PENCE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT ASKING 174 00:09:33,606 --> 00:09:37,410 PERMISSION: ( LAUGHTER ) 175 00:09:37,476 --> 00:09:39,612 "MOTHER, I KNOW THIS IS CONTROVERSIAL, BUT MAY I PLEASE 176 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:41,447 PUT ICE IN MY WATER? 177 00:09:41,514 --> 00:09:42,581 I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A CHANCE IT WILL MAKE MY TUMMY 178 00:09:42,648 --> 00:09:45,551 PREGNANT." 179 00:09:45,618 --> 00:09:50,022 ( LAUGHTER ) HERE'S THE DISTURBING DETAIL: 180 00:09:50,089 --> 00:09:51,891 THE NIGHT BEFORE THE RIOT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT OPENED A DOOR 181 00:09:51,958 --> 00:09:57,263 NEAR THE RESOLUTE DESK SO HE COULD HEAR HIS PEOPLE. 182 00:09:57,330 --> 00:09:59,498 HE LEFT THE DOOR OPEN THE MUFFLED SOUNDTRACK OF EXCITED 183 00:09:59,565 --> 00:10:02,435 SCREAMS AND YELLS FROM HIS SUPPORTERS FILLING THE ROOM. 184 00:10:02,501 --> 00:10:03,602 THAT IS SOME SERIOUS DICTATOR ENERGY. 185 00:10:03,669 --> 00:10:06,973 BUT LISTENING TO A FASCIST MOB IS THE ONLY WAY THAT GUY CAN 186 00:10:07,039 --> 00:10:08,207 FALL ASLEEP. 187 00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:11,544 IN FACT, ON HIS NIGHTSTAND, HE HAS A WHITE POWER NOISE MACHINE: 188 00:10:11,610 --> 00:10:13,713 "HEIL SLUMBER." 189 00:10:13,779 --> 00:10:15,848 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 190 00:10:15,915 --> 00:10:17,550 TODAY-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 191 00:10:17,616 --> 00:10:18,451 SURE. 192 00:10:18,517 --> 00:10:18,751 SURE. 193 00:10:18,818 --> 00:10:22,555 WHY NOT? 194 00:10:22,621 --> 00:10:26,859 EVERYBODY LOVES A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. 195 00:10:26,926 --> 00:10:30,096 NOW, TODAY, WOODWARD AND COSTA APPEARED ON COFFEE JOE MORNING 196 00:10:30,162 --> 00:10:31,497 AND THE MORNING BREW CREW, AND WOODWARD SAID THIS ABOUT THAT 197 00:10:31,564 --> 00:10:39,472 MOMENT: >> IT REMINDED ME OF NIXON 198 00:10:39,538 --> 00:10:43,509 TALKING TO THE PICTURES OF FORMER PRESIDENTS ON THE WALL AT 199 00:10:43,576 --> 00:10:47,513 A MOMENT AS WATERGATE WAS CRACKING OPEN AND CRACKING HIS 200 00:10:47,580 --> 00:10:53,719 PRESIDENCY. 201 00:10:53,786 --> 00:10:57,456 AND THE EQUIVALENT IS THAT TRUMP ISN'T TALKING TO GEORGE 202 00:10:57,523 --> 00:10:59,325 WASHINGTON OR ABRAHAM LINCOLN LIKE NIXON WAS. 203 00:10:59,392 --> 00:11:07,199 HE'S TALKING TO THIS MOB. 204 00:11:07,266 --> 00:11:08,667 >> Stephen: AND I'M BEING TOLD WE'VE JUST RECEIVED A STATEMENT 205 00:11:08,734 --> 00:11:10,336 FROM THE GHOST OF RICHARD NIXON: HEY, BOB, I MADE YOU FAMOUS. 206 00:11:10,403 --> 00:11:11,003 HOW YOU GONNA DO ME LIKE THAT? 207 00:11:11,070 --> 00:11:12,905 I AM NOTHING LIKE THAT GUY. 208 00:11:12,972 --> 00:11:15,307 I CREATED THE E.P.A., AND THIS IS MY REAL HAIR. 209 00:11:15,374 --> 00:11:18,978 IN SUMMATION, ABBBBBLA, ABBBBBLA." 210 00:11:19,045 --> 00:11:21,981 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 211 00:11:22,048 --> 00:11:28,954 LUCKILY-- WOW, WOW, THE GHOST OF RICHARD NIXON. 212 00:11:29,021 --> 00:11:32,925 ( APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 213 00:11:32,992 --> 00:11:37,897 LUCKILY, THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S LEGAL TEAM DID NOT COUNT ON ONE 214 00:11:37,963 --> 00:11:40,299 THING: SOME REPUBLICANS CARING IF THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES, 215 00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:43,903 LIKE UTAH SENATOR MIKE LEE, WHO SAID OF PLANS TO TRY AND 216 00:11:43,969 --> 00:11:45,738 OVERTURN THE RESULTS IN INDIVIDUAL STATES: "YOU MIGHT AS 217 00:11:45,805 --> 00:11:48,941 WELL MAKE YOUR CASE TO QUEEN ELIZABETH II." 218 00:11:49,008 --> 00:11:50,276 OKAY, LET'S ASK HER. 219 00:11:50,342 --> 00:11:53,512 YOUR MAJESTY, CAN THEY PRESENT THEIR CASE TO YOU? 220 00:11:53,579 --> 00:11:57,116 >> NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR IT. 221 00:11:57,183 --> 00:11:57,650 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 222 00:11:57,716 --> 00:12:01,520 >> Stephen: THANK YOU. 223 00:12:01,587 --> 00:12:03,989 THANKFULLY, IF YOU WANT TO SEE A FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACY, JUST LOOK 224 00:12:04,056 --> 00:12:10,529 NORTH, BECAUSE YESTERDAY, WITH VERY LITTLE DRAMA, CANADIANS 225 00:12:10,596 --> 00:12:12,431 RE-ELECTED PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU. 226 00:12:12,498 --> 00:12:14,233 TRUDEAU CALLED THE ELECTION BACK IN AUGUST IN THE HOPES OF 227 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:16,469 GETTING A MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT, WHICH LED TO A 228 00:12:16,535 --> 00:12:20,473 36-DAY CAMPAIGN, AS OPPOSED TO OUR 2020 CAMPAIGN, WHICH 229 00:12:20,539 --> 00:12:23,609 STARTED IN 2017 AND WILL LAST UNTIL THE MYPILLOW GUY IS 230 00:12:23,676 --> 00:12:28,481 STRAPPED TO A ROCKET AND FIRED INTO THE HEART OF THE SUN. 231 00:12:28,547 --> 00:12:36,222 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU GOT A THING? 232 00:12:36,288 --> 00:12:39,492 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE THING IS? 233 00:12:39,558 --> 00:12:44,497 AND UNLIKE THE $14 BILLION AMERICA JUST POURED DOWN THE 234 00:12:44,563 --> 00:12:48,467 ELECTION HOLE, THIS CAMPAIGN COST CANADA $600 MILLION. 235 00:12:48,534 --> 00:12:52,471 AND THOSE ARE CANADIAN DOLLARS, WHICH ARE MORE FUN TO USE 236 00:12:52,538 --> 00:12:56,475 BECAUSE NONE OF THE MOOSES ON THEIR MONEY EVER OWNED 237 00:12:56,542 --> 00:12:59,745 SLAVES. 238 00:12:59,812 --> 00:13:00,946 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 239 00:13:01,013 --> 00:13:02,148 MY GUESTS ARE THE AUTHORS OF "PERIL," BOB WOODWARD AND ROBERT 240 00:13:02,214 --> 00:13:02,915 COSTA. 241 00:13:02,982 --> 00:13:05,484 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE!" 242 00:13:05,551 --> 00:13:06,952 "MEANWHILE!" ♪ ♪ ♪ 243 00:13:07,019 --> 00:13:08,154 ( APPLAUSE ) 244 00:13:36,448 --> 00:13:37,883 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 245 00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:43,489 GIVE IT UP FOR JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN! 246 00:13:43,556 --> 00:13:48,160 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 247 00:13:48,227 --> 00:13:51,931 JON-- >> Jon: AAAH! 248 00:13:51,997 --> 00:13:56,635 >> Stephen: JON, WE'VE GOT A GREAT-- WE HAVE AMAZING GUESTS 249 00:13:56,702 --> 00:13:57,736 TONIGHT. 250 00:13:57,803 --> 00:13:58,037 THE WE HAVE BOB WOODWARD AND ROBERT COSTA FROM THE BOOK 251 00:13:58,103 --> 00:13:58,437 "PERIL." 252 00:13:58,504 --> 00:13:59,638 I CAN'T WAIT. 253 00:13:59,705 --> 00:14:03,442 I-- I-- I JUST-- SPOILER: DON'T TELL ME HOW DEMOCRACY ENDS. 254 00:14:03,509 --> 00:14:07,913 NOW, IT'S A GREAT BOOK, THOUGH, VERY ENJOYABLE. 255 00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:09,748 "ENJOYABLE" IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD. 256 00:14:09,815 --> 00:14:13,419 GRIPPING, I CALL IT A GRIPPING READ. 257 00:14:13,485 --> 00:14:16,922 I CAN'T WAIT TO FINISH IT, BUT IT'S PRETTY UPSETTING. 258 00:14:16,989 --> 00:14:19,692 JON, IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE YOU OUT AT THE EMMYS. 259 00:14:19,758 --> 00:14:20,559 >> Jon: YES, YES. 260 00:14:20,626 --> 00:14:22,561 >> Stephen: YOU AND OUR GUESTS TONIGHT-- 261 00:14:22,628 --> 00:14:23,762 >> Jon: GOOD TO BE THERE. 262 00:14:23,829 --> 00:14:26,765 >> Stephen: YOU AND OUR MUSICAL GUEST TONIGHT LEON 263 00:14:26,832 --> 00:14:30,402 BRIDGES DID A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL RENDITION OF HIS SONG. 264 00:14:30,469 --> 00:14:32,037 THE NAME OF THE SONG IS AGAIN? 265 00:14:32,104 --> 00:14:34,807 >> Jon: "RIVER." 266 00:14:34,873 --> 00:14:38,577 >> Stephen: "RIVER" FOR ITS IMMEMORIUM REEL. 267 00:14:38,644 --> 00:14:40,546 I WAS PROUD TO SEE YOU UP THERE. 268 00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:44,049 IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE. 269 00:14:44,116 --> 00:14:50,089 ( APPLAUSE ) Y'KNOW, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME 270 00:14:50,155 --> 00:14:52,024 OVER THERE CAREFULLY ASSEMBLING THE MOST TOPICAL VIRTUOSO WIND 271 00:14:52,091 --> 00:14:55,728 SECTION, TUNING THE VIOLAS, CELLOS, AND CONTRABASS TO THE 272 00:14:55,794 --> 00:14:59,732 COUNTRY'S ZEITGEIST, AND WAVING MY CONDUCTOR'S BATON IN THE 273 00:14:59,798 --> 00:15:02,101 TEMPO OF HUMOR TO PRESENT FOR YOU THE SPECTACULAR BRAHMS 274 00:15:02,167 --> 00:15:10,709 CONCERTO IN SATIRE MAJOR THAT IS MY MONOLOGUE. 275 00:15:10,776 --> 00:15:12,378 BUT SOMETIMES, I WAKE UP IN A FUGUE STATE BEHIND THE ABANDONED 276 00:15:12,444 --> 00:15:14,113 VIDEO STORE, STEAL A GARBAGE CAN LID AND A BROKEN UMBRELLA 277 00:15:14,179 --> 00:15:16,115 HANDLE, THEN GRAB AN EMPTY CAN OF P.B.R. I'VE BEEN USING AS AN 278 00:15:16,181 --> 00:15:19,285 ASHTRAY TO FASHION A RUSTED KAZOO, ALL TO CREATE THE 279 00:15:19,351 --> 00:15:24,023 2-IN-THE-MORNING ONE-MAN-STOMP SHOW OF NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT: 280 00:15:24,089 --> 00:15:27,493 >> "MEANWHILE!" ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 281 00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:29,328 >> Stephen: IT'S A SHOT IN THE ARM IS WHAT IT IS. 282 00:15:29,395 --> 00:15:38,103 IT'S A SHOT IN THE ARM TO A WEARY NATION. 283 00:15:38,170 --> 00:15:42,741 MEANWHILE, SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND EVIDENCE OF HUMANS MAKING 284 00:15:42,808 --> 00:15:48,047 CLOTHES 120,000 YEARS AGO, WHICH MEANS WE CAN FINALLY DATE THE 285 00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:50,115 FIRST-EVER "WHO WORE IT BEST." 286 00:15:50,182 --> 00:15:53,419 MEANWHILE, AFTER SEVERAL ACCIDENTS WHILE ON AUTOPILOT, 287 00:15:53,485 --> 00:15:57,623 SOME TESLA OWNERS ARE LOSING TRUST IN ELON MUSK'S PROMISES OF 288 00:15:57,690 --> 00:16:00,025 "FULL SELF-DRIVING," WHICH IS EMBARRASSING FOR MUSK, WHO 289 00:16:00,092 --> 00:16:02,094 HAS PUBLICLY BRAGGED, "IF YOU BUY A CAR THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE 290 00:16:02,161 --> 00:16:04,430 HARDWARE NECESSARY FOR FULL SELF-DRIVING, IT IS LIKE BUYING 291 00:16:04,496 --> 00:16:07,366 A HORSE." 292 00:16:07,433 --> 00:16:09,835 AND A TESLA IS NOTHING LIKE A HORSE, BECAUSE A HORSE CAN MOVE 293 00:16:09,902 --> 00:16:14,106 ON ITS OWN WITHOUT CRASHING INTO A SUNGLASS HUT. 294 00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:17,543 ( LAUGHTER ) MEANWHILE, A FLORIDA MAN FED UP 295 00:16:17,609 --> 00:16:20,312 WITH POTHOLES PLANTED A BANANA TREE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. 296 00:16:20,379 --> 00:16:24,049 ( LAUGHTER ) I GOTTA SAY, I DID NOT EXPECT 297 00:16:24,116 --> 00:16:28,053 THAT HEADLINE TO END WITH FLORIDA MAN DOING GENEROUS 298 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,123 PUBLIC WORKS. 299 00:16:31,190 --> 00:16:32,424 I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, "FLORIDA MAN FED UP WITH POTHOLES FILLS 300 00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:34,360 IT WITH EX-WIFE'S PHOTOS AND DEFROSTED CHICKEN WINGS BEFORE 301 00:16:34,426 --> 00:16:37,796 SETTING IT ON FIRE WITH HAIRSPRAY." 302 00:16:37,863 --> 00:16:38,330 ( APPLAUSE ) SURE. 303 00:16:38,397 --> 00:16:44,036 FLORIDA MAN. 304 00:16:44,103 --> 00:16:46,638 MEANWHILE, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, IS CURRENTLY UNDER 305 00:16:46,705 --> 00:16:50,109 LOCKDOWN WITH FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS CLOSED, AND YET, 306 00:16:50,175 --> 00:16:52,044 NEW ZEALAND COPS HAVE ARRESTED MEN ENTERING THE LOCKED-DOWN 307 00:16:52,111 --> 00:17:01,353 CITY WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF ILLICIT K.F.C. 308 00:17:01,420 --> 00:17:02,187 OH, NEW ZEALAND! 309 00:17:02,254 --> 00:17:04,056 THAT'S WHAT COUNTS AS ILLICIT FOR YOU? 310 00:17:04,123 --> 00:17:07,159 IN AMERICA, WE GOT METH-HEADS GETTING BUSTED FOR COOKING 311 00:17:07,226 --> 00:17:08,127 VIAGRA BATH SALTS. 312 00:17:08,193 --> 00:17:09,895 ( LAUGHTER ) VIAGRA BATH SALTS: THE MOST 313 00:17:09,962 --> 00:17:12,264 TERRIFYING BONER YOU'LL NEVER ESCAPE. 314 00:17:12,331 --> 00:17:16,034 ( LAUGHTER ) APPARENTLY, THESE KENTUCKY FRIED 315 00:17:16,101 --> 00:17:20,038 BANDITS WERE ATTEMPTING TO SMUGGLE IN THREE BUCKETS OF 316 00:17:20,105 --> 00:17:24,443 CHICKEN, A BIG STASH OF FRIES, AND TEN TUBS OF COLESLAW. 317 00:17:24,510 --> 00:17:26,111 TEN TUBS OF COLESLAW?! 318 00:17:26,178 --> 00:17:28,046 ARREST THEM FOR THAT! 319 00:17:28,113 --> 00:17:31,650 WHO LOOKS AT MAC AND CHEESE AND MASHED POTATOES AND SAYS, "EH, 320 00:17:31,717 --> 00:17:33,752 YOU KNOW WHAT I COULD GO FOR? 321 00:17:33,819 --> 00:17:36,288 WET CABBAGE." 322 00:17:36,355 --> 00:17:39,658 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH BOB WOODWARD AND ROBERT COSTA. 323 00:17:52,838 --> 00:17:53,472 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, 324 00:17:53,539 --> 00:17:57,209 EVERYBODY. 325 00:17:57,276 --> 00:18:00,712 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY GUESTS TONIGHT ARE A TWO-TIME PULITZER 326 00:18:00,779 --> 00:18:04,750 PRIZE WINNER AND A NATIONAL POLITICAL REPORTER FOR "THE 327 00:18:04,817 --> 00:18:06,018 WASHINGTON POST" WHO'VE WRITTEN A NEW BOOK CALLED "PERIL." 328 00:18:06,084 --> 00:18:09,054 PLEASE WELCOME BOB WOODWARD AND ROBERT COSTA! 329 00:18:09,121 --> 00:18:09,822 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 330 00:18:09,888 --> 00:18:15,194 ♪ ♪ ♪ HEY, BOB, WELCOME BACK. 331 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:17,996 THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 332 00:18:18,063 --> 00:18:31,076 HEY, ROBERT. 333 00:18:31,143 --> 00:18:31,610 HEY, FELLAS. 334 00:18:31,677 --> 00:18:32,778 THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 335 00:18:32,845 --> 00:18:34,713 BOB, ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON. 336 00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:35,914 >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 337 00:18:35,981 --> 00:18:37,483 >> Stephen: ROBERT, NICE TO MEET YOU, HAVING YOU ON FOR THE 338 00:18:37,549 --> 00:18:38,584 FIRST TIME. 339 00:18:38,650 --> 00:18:41,753 I WANT TO SAY, AS I HAVE CONFESSED ALREADY, I AM NOT 340 00:18:41,820 --> 00:18:42,821 FULLY FINISHED WITH THIS BOOK. 341 00:18:42,888 --> 00:18:45,023 AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GOOD READ. 342 00:18:45,090 --> 00:18:48,460 IT IS REALLY COMPELLING. 343 00:18:48,527 --> 00:18:54,666 IT'S JUST THAT I HAVE TO CLOSE IT EVERY SO OFTEN TO QUIETLY 344 00:18:54,733 --> 00:18:55,601 WEEP. 345 00:18:55,667 --> 00:18:58,537 ( LAUGHTER ) AND THEN START IT AGAIN. 346 00:18:58,604 --> 00:19:02,174 AND I MEAN THAT SOMEWHAT SINCERELY, BECAUSE WHAT REALLY 347 00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:04,843 IS UPSETTING ABOUT THIS IS NOT EVEN SO MUCH WHAT YOU'RE 348 00:19:04,910 --> 00:19:05,978 REPORTING IN HERE. 349 00:19:06,044 --> 00:19:13,252 BECAUSE HAVING READ "FEAR" AND "RAGE," NOTHING IN HERE IS 350 00:19:13,318 --> 00:19:14,386 SURPRISING. 351 00:19:14,453 --> 00:19:16,622 WHILE SHOCKING AND UPSETTING, THE PATH WAS LAID FOR THE 352 00:19:16,688 --> 00:19:17,556 BEHAVIOR THAT IS IN THIS BOOK. 353 00:19:17,623 --> 00:19:20,359 BUT IT IS-- IT IS-- IT IS UPSETTING TO READ. 354 00:19:20,425 --> 00:19:23,028 AND I WAS WONDERING, WAS IT UPSETTING TO WRITE? 355 00:19:23,095 --> 00:19:24,263 >> YES. 356 00:19:24,329 --> 00:19:29,201 WE WERE-- LOOK, THE THEME HERE-- AND IT WAS A DISCOVERY FOR US, 357 00:19:29,268 --> 00:19:32,738 THAT THIS WAS A NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS. 358 00:19:32,804 --> 00:19:38,710 WE'VE KIND OF THOUGHT ALL OF TRUMP WAS A DOMESTIC PROBLEM 359 00:19:38,777 --> 00:19:39,878 POLITICALLY. 360 00:19:39,945 --> 00:19:43,582 BUT IN CHINA, RUSSIA, AND IRAN, THEY SAID, "MY GOD, WHAT'S 361 00:19:43,649 --> 00:19:48,754 HAPPENING HERE?" SO THEY WENT ON MILITARY ALERT. 362 00:19:48,820 --> 00:19:53,458 AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE THREE CALAMITIES THAT CAN BEFALL 363 00:19:53,525 --> 00:19:55,227 THE UNITED STATES. 364 00:19:55,294 --> 00:19:59,164 FIRST, A WAR WITH A MAJOR POWER, LIKE CHINA. 365 00:19:59,231 --> 00:20:02,801 SECOND IS THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. 366 00:20:02,868 --> 00:20:08,073 AND THE THIRD WOULD BE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LEGITIMACY OF 367 00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:09,708 THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENCY. 368 00:20:09,775 --> 00:20:12,444 AND WE FOUND ALL OF THOSE. 369 00:20:12,511 --> 00:20:20,285 AND SO IT WAS-- IT WAS A SURPRISE, AND IT WAS ONE OF-- 370 00:20:20,352 --> 00:20:25,123 THE PROBLEM OF TRUMP EXTENDED GLOBALLY. 371 00:20:25,190 --> 00:20:28,927 AND IF YOU GET INTO WHAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS, 372 00:20:28,994 --> 00:20:33,465 GENERAL MILLEY, DID, HE SAW THIS, AND HE'S GETTING 373 00:20:33,532 --> 00:20:37,135 INTELLIGENCE THAT THE CHINESE THINK WE ARE GOING TO ATTACK 374 00:20:37,202 --> 00:20:38,203 THEM. 375 00:20:38,270 --> 00:20:41,073 AND IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, THAT'S A NIGHTMARE. 376 00:20:41,139 --> 00:20:48,880 THAT IS THE KIND OF HAIR-TRIGGER ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE CAN BE A 377 00:20:48,947 --> 00:20:53,452 MISTAKE, WHERE, AS MILLEY TOLD HIS STAFF, YOU WILL HAVE WHAT'S 378 00:20:53,518 --> 00:20:57,589 CALLED A FIRST MOVE, PEARL HARBOR. 379 00:20:57,656 --> 00:21:03,862 AND SO, BOTTOM LINE, WE WERE GOING THROUGH A SECRET NATIONAL 380 00:21:03,929 --> 00:21:08,700 SECURITY CRISIS THAT THE PUBLIC DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT, WE DIDN'T 381 00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:11,803 KNOW ABOUT, AS REPORTERS, AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FIND OUT THOSE 382 00:21:11,870 --> 00:21:13,205 THINGS AS THEY HAPPEN. 383 00:21:13,271 --> 00:21:16,008 AND THE WORLD DIDN'T KNOW. 384 00:21:16,074 --> 00:21:20,479 >> Stephen: YOU KNOW, THE-- THE OATH THAT FEDERAL 385 00:21:20,545 --> 00:21:25,450 POLITICIANS TAKE IS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION. 386 00:21:25,517 --> 00:21:27,619 AND AGAINST ALL THREATS, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. 387 00:21:27,686 --> 00:21:31,023 AND IN A WAY, THAT GREATEST DOMESTIC THREAT WAS THE 388 00:21:31,089 --> 00:21:35,127 PRESIDENT HIMSELF BECAUSE HE WAS THE LOCUS OF THE LIE THAT 389 00:21:35,193 --> 00:21:40,666 ACTUALLY LED TO THE CRISIS ON JANUARY 6. 390 00:21:40,732 --> 00:21:43,602 AND, ROBERT, I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN COVERING 391 00:21:43,669 --> 00:21:44,770 WASHINGTON FOR YEARS. 392 00:21:44,836 --> 00:21:48,640 WHAT WAS THE MOST SHOCKING THING THAT YOU UNCOVERED IN YOUR 393 00:21:48,707 --> 00:21:51,843 RESEARCH FOR THIS BOOK, IN YOUR REPORTING? 394 00:21:51,910 --> 00:21:54,513 >> WELL, BOB MENTIONED HIS THIRD POINT ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY, AND 395 00:21:54,579 --> 00:21:56,048 JUST HOW CLOSE THIS COUNTRY CAME. 396 00:21:56,114 --> 00:21:59,151 WE SPENT NINE MONTHS DOING NOTHING EXCEPT DIGGING INTO 397 00:21:59,217 --> 00:22:02,087 THIS-- HOW CLOSE THE PRESIDENCY CAME TO MAYBE BEING THROWN TO 398 00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:03,255 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 399 00:22:03,321 --> 00:22:06,058 ON JANUARY 5, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE INSURRECTION, PRESIDENT 400 00:22:06,124 --> 00:22:08,293 TRUMP HAS VICE PRESIDENT PENCE IN THE OVAL OFFICE. 401 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:12,798 AND AS YOU SAID, HE OPENS THE DOOR LATER THAT NIGHT. 402 00:22:12,864 --> 00:22:15,634 HE'S LISTENING TO HIS SUPPORTERS OUTSIDE, AND HE'S TELLING THE 403 00:22:15,701 --> 00:22:18,470 VICE PRESIDENT THAT EVENING, "WOULDN'T IT BE COOL TO HAVE THE 404 00:22:18,537 --> 00:22:21,807 POWER TO NOT CERTIFY AN ELECTION? 405 00:22:21,873 --> 00:22:25,077 WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO DO THAT?" IT WAS THE ULTIMATE TEMPTATION 406 00:22:25,143 --> 00:22:26,111 OF POWER. 407 00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:28,280 YOU SAY THIS IS A SYSTEM BASED ON THE CONSTITUTION. 408 00:22:28,346 --> 00:22:29,581 IT IS. 409 00:22:29,648 --> 00:22:34,252 BUT THE POWER THAT WAS IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HANDS, IN THE 410 00:22:34,319 --> 00:22:37,389 EXECUTIVE BRANCH WAS USED AND ALMOST WEAPONIZED, ACCORDING TO 411 00:22:37,456 --> 00:22:39,891 OUR REPORTING, AND THE WAY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ADVISERS SAW 412 00:22:39,958 --> 00:22:41,059 THE SITUATION. 413 00:22:41,126 --> 00:22:44,262 >> Stephen: I BROKE DOWN IN THE MONOLOGUE WHAT WAS IN THE 414 00:22:44,329 --> 00:22:48,333 EASTMAN MEMO, ESSENTIALLY, THE STEPSES THAT HAD BEEN LAID OUT 415 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:49,534 FOR VICE PRESIDENT PENCE. 416 00:22:49,601 --> 00:22:54,406 THE EXISTENCE OF THAT NEMO, WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT HOW 417 00:22:54,473 --> 00:22:57,375 SERIOUS OF A THREAT THIS WAS? 418 00:22:57,442 --> 00:23:00,479 >> WELL, IT'S VERY SERIOUS, BECAUSE TRUMP-- I MEAN, STILL TO 419 00:23:00,545 --> 00:23:04,382 THIS DAY, IS SAYING THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN. 420 00:23:04,449 --> 00:23:12,824 AND THAT MEMO, THE EASTMAN MEMO, SAYS, HEY, LOOK, WE HAVE THIS 421 00:23:12,891 --> 00:23:15,060 POWER, AND PENCE AS VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT OF THE 422 00:23:15,127 --> 00:23:19,164 SENATE, CAN JUST GET UP THERE AND SAY, "OH, I'M CONFUSED," OR 423 00:23:19,231 --> 00:23:23,401 "I'M NOT GOING TO CERTIFY BIDEN," AND THROW THIS COUNTRY 424 00:23:23,468 --> 00:23:25,837 INTO A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS. 425 00:23:25,904 --> 00:23:29,875 >> THIS MEMO WAS PRESENTED TO THE VICE PRESIDENT'S TEAM. 426 00:23:29,941 --> 00:23:35,013 VICE PRESIDENT PENCE IS BEING PRESSURED TO READ THIS MEMO. 427 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,983 ON JANUARY 4, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS EASTMAN IN THE OVAL OFFICE 428 00:23:38,049 --> 00:23:42,487 AND SAYS-- EASTMAN AND TRUMP STANDING THERE TALKING TO PENCE 429 00:23:42,554 --> 00:23:44,122 "LISTEN TO EASTMAN. 430 00:23:44,189 --> 00:23:45,991 FOLLOW EASTMAN'S ADVICE." 431 00:23:46,057 --> 00:23:51,196 THIS IS NOT SOME "LAW REVIEW" ARTICLE BEING PASSED AMONG 432 00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:51,963 AIDESES. 433 00:23:52,030 --> 00:23:53,532 THIS IS DIRECTLY PRESIDENT TO V.P. 434 00:23:53,598 --> 00:23:55,634 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 435 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:56,334 DON'T GO ANYWHERE, BECAUSE WHEN WE COME BACK, I WANT TO ASK BOB 436 00:23:56,401 --> 00:23:58,069 AND ROBERT ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. 437 00:23:58,136 --> 00:24:00,672 WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE WHO PERPETRATED THIS LIE? 438 00:24:00,739 --> 00:24:01,439 STICK AROUND. 439 00:24:12,050 --> 00:24:18,456 HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK WITH THE AUTHORS OF "PERIL," ROBERT 440 00:24:18,523 --> 00:24:19,991 COSTA AND BOB WOODWARD. 441 00:24:20,058 --> 00:24:22,294 LET'S GET TO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR A SECOND. 442 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:28,466 SOUL OF THIS, THIS LIE, ALL OF THIS PRESSURE BEING PUT ON 443 00:24:28,533 --> 00:24:31,236 REPUBLICAN LEADERS TO NOT PUBLICLY CALL BIDEN THE 444 00:24:31,303 --> 00:24:32,270 PRESIDENT. 445 00:24:32,337 --> 00:24:35,607 SO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OF TRANSFER OF POWER THERE. 446 00:24:35,674 --> 00:24:39,244 YOU-- A LOT OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY GOING OUT THERE AND SAYING, 447 00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:41,813 "WELL, WE SHOULD INVESTIGATE WHETHER THERE'S A FRAUD HERE," 448 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,317 EVEN THOUGH FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS 449 00:24:45,383 --> 00:24:48,420 SHOW WHO WORK IN WASHINGTON, BEHIND THE SCENES NOBODY REALLY 450 00:24:48,486 --> 00:24:49,621 BELIEVED IT. 451 00:24:49,688 --> 00:24:52,624 DO YOU GET A SENSE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE PERHAPS NOT THE 452 00:24:52,691 --> 00:24:55,560 PRESIDENT, NOT EASTMAN, NOT THE TIGHT INNER CIRCLE IN THE WHITE 453 00:24:55,627 --> 00:24:57,596 HOUSE, DID THE PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON BELIEVE THAT THERE 454 00:24:57,662 --> 00:25:02,067 WAS FRAUD, EVEN THE ONES WHO WERE BEING SORT OF TACITLY 455 00:25:02,133 --> 00:25:02,801 APPROVING OF THE TACTIC? 456 00:25:02,868 --> 00:25:04,035 >> NO. 457 00:25:04,102 --> 00:25:07,505 AND SEE WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THE TWO MOST CONSERVATIVE TRUMP 458 00:25:07,572 --> 00:25:12,310 SUPPORTERS IN THE SENATE, SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM OF SOUTH 459 00:25:12,377 --> 00:25:17,048 CAROLINA, AND SENATOR MIKE LEE OF UTAH, BIG TRUMP SUPPORTERS. 460 00:25:17,115 --> 00:25:20,619 THEY LOOKED AT TRUMP'S CLAIM AND SAID, "WE'RE GOING TO 461 00:25:20,685 --> 00:25:21,720 INVESTIGATE." 462 00:25:21,786 --> 00:25:25,223 THEY INVESTIGATED AND SAID, "THERE'S ZERO EVIDENCE TO 463 00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:28,627 SUPPORT THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN. 464 00:25:28,693 --> 00:25:29,828 THE. 465 00:25:29,895 --> 00:25:35,533 AND IT'S-- AS WE SAY, IT'S NOT NANCY PELOSI OR CHUCK SCHUMER 466 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:36,134 SAYING THIS. 467 00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:36,935 IT'S THE TRUMP SUPPORTERS. 468 00:25:37,002 --> 00:25:38,837 >> Stephen: BUT NOT PUBLICLY. 469 00:25:38,904 --> 00:25:40,939 >> NO, WELL -- >> Stephen: NOT PUBLICLY, AND 470 00:25:41,006 --> 00:25:44,075 THAT IS UNDERMINING CONFIDENCE IN THE ELECTION BY THE AMERICAN 471 00:25:44,142 --> 00:25:45,310 PEOPLE AND THE WORLD. 472 00:25:45,377 --> 00:25:48,413 >> OUR REPORTING SHOWS THAT THE BIG LIE, THIS IDEA OF ELECTION 473 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,549 FRAUD, WAS NOT SOME PASSING STORM FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. 474 00:25:51,616 --> 00:25:54,252 IT'S THE CLIMB RIGHT NOW INSIDE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 475 00:25:54,319 --> 00:25:57,589 THESE SOURCES WOULD COME OVER TO WOODWARD'S HOUSE, TO MY HOUSE, 476 00:25:57,656 --> 00:26:00,392 AND THEY WOULD TALK, SOME OF THESE REPUBLICANS FOR HOURS, 477 00:26:00,458 --> 00:26:04,663 ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL THEY HAVE NO POLITICAL CAPITAL TO SPEAK UP. 478 00:26:04,729 --> 00:26:06,898 EVEN IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CLAIMS, 479 00:26:06,965 --> 00:26:09,034 THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO GO OUT THERE AND COUNTER HIM. 480 00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:14,472 THAT'S THE DYNAMIC RIGHT NOW AHEAD OF 2022, AND AHEAD OF 481 00:26:14,539 --> 00:26:15,573 2024. 482 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,176 >> Stephen: BOB, YOU'VE BEEN IN WASHINGTON A LONG TIME, 483 00:26:18,243 --> 00:26:21,346 REPORTER A LONG TIME, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A MORE CYNICAL OR 484 00:26:21,413 --> 00:26:26,384 DESTRUCTIVE USE OF POLITICAL GAMESMANSHIP? 485 00:26:26,451 --> 00:26:30,288 >> WELL, THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF EFFORTS GOING BACK TO NIXON -- 486 00:26:30,355 --> 00:26:31,856 >> Stephen: ANYTHING CLOSE TO THIS? 487 00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:38,797 >> THIS-- THIS WAS A SUBVERSION, OR AN ATTEMPTED SUBVERSION OF 488 00:26:38,863 --> 00:26:39,331 DEMOCRACY. 489 00:26:39,397 --> 00:26:40,131 AND IT NEVER STOPPED. 490 00:26:40,198 --> 00:26:41,967 AND HERE'S THE PROBLEM: IT CONTINUES. 491 00:26:42,033 --> 00:26:47,939 A REVIEWER FOR "THE NEW YORK TIMES" OF "PERIL" SAID IT'S LIKE 492 00:26:48,006 --> 00:26:49,441 THE EPILOGUE IS THE BEGINNING. 493 00:26:49,507 --> 00:26:50,308 IT'S THE PROLOGUE. 494 00:26:50,375 --> 00:26:55,080 WE ARE INTO IT AGAIN. 495 00:26:55,146 --> 00:26:59,084 WE THINK TRUMP'S GOING TO RUN, AND RUN AGAIN. 496 00:26:59,150 --> 00:27:00,418 HE'S GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT. 497 00:27:00,485 --> 00:27:02,087 >> Stephen: YEAH. 498 00:27:02,153 --> 00:27:05,623 >> AND, YOU KNOW, HE-- HE COULD -- 499 00:27:05,690 --> 00:27:09,060 >> Stephen: NOT TO GIVE AWAY-- NOT TO GIVE AWAY THE END OF YOUR 500 00:27:09,127 --> 00:27:09,361 BOOK. 501 00:27:09,427 --> 00:27:10,462 >> OKAY. 502 00:27:10,528 --> 00:27:13,765 >> Stephen: BUT THE LAST SENTENCE IS, "PERIL REMAINS." 503 00:27:13,832 --> 00:27:16,668 OKAY, A LITTLE CHILL, A LITTLE CHILL DOWN THE SPINE JUST NOW. 504 00:27:16,735 --> 00:27:20,472 AND I THINK THE PERIL WILL REMAIN, UNLESS THERE ACTUALLY 505 00:27:20,538 --> 00:27:21,740 ARE CONSEQUENCES. 506 00:27:21,806 --> 00:27:26,144 HERE'S MY METAPHOR FOR THIS: ON JANUARY 6, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO 507 00:27:26,211 --> 00:27:32,317 WERE ADDICTED TO ALL THE LIES STORMED THE CAPITOL. 508 00:27:32,384 --> 00:27:36,187 THEY WERE ADDICTED TO THAT DRUG THAT WAS BEING SOLD TO THEM. 509 00:27:36,254 --> 00:27:40,025 BUT THE DRUG DEALERS ARE NOT BEING PURSUED. 510 00:27:40,091 --> 00:27:41,960 AND SO, THE ADDICTION WILL CONTINUE. 511 00:27:42,027 --> 00:27:50,268 ( APPLAUSE ) >> OKAY. 512 00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:54,706 IT'S AN INTERESTING WAY TO LOOK AT IT. 513 00:27:54,773 --> 00:27:57,709 BUT 600 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN THAT INVESTIGATION. 514 00:27:57,776 --> 00:27:58,710 >> Stephen: SURE. 515 00:27:58,777 --> 00:28:00,779 >> AND WE STILL DON'T-- WHO REALLY ORGANIZED IT? 516 00:28:00,845 --> 00:28:06,251 I MEAN, TRUMP WAS THE SPIRITUAL GODFATHER OF THE INSURRECTION. 517 00:28:06,317 --> 00:28:08,319 NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 518 00:28:08,386 --> 00:28:15,960 BUT TO GET 600 PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME THING IS VERY UNUSUAL. 519 00:28:16,027 --> 00:28:18,263 IT TAKES A LOT OF SKILL. 520 00:28:18,329 --> 00:28:20,298 AND SO THERE'S-- THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE ON THAT. 521 00:28:20,365 --> 00:28:23,334 >> THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE 522 00:28:23,401 --> 00:28:25,970 REPUBLICAN PARTY, THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE GETTING OUT OF THE 523 00:28:26,037 --> 00:28:28,039 G.O.P. BECAUSE OF THE PRIMARY RACES. 524 00:28:28,106 --> 00:28:30,909 WHEN YOU SAY, "WHERE'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR REPUBLICANS?" 525 00:28:30,975 --> 00:28:34,279 THEY DON'T FEEL ANY ACCOUNTABILITY, BECAUSE THEY 526 00:28:34,345 --> 00:28:37,582 FEEL THEY'RE RIGHT AT THE RED-HOT CENTER OF WHERE THE 527 00:28:37,649 --> 00:28:38,716 G.O.P. ACTUALLY IS. 528 00:28:38,783 --> 00:28:41,419 >> Stephen: SO THE ONLY CONSEQUENCES ARE FOR THE PEOPLE 529 00:28:41,486 --> 00:28:42,353 WHO DID THE RIGHT THING. 530 00:28:42,420 --> 00:28:46,257 >> TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 531 00:28:46,324 --> 00:28:50,261 BUT MITCH McCONNELL-- AGAIN, HE'S THE EMBODIMENT OF THE 532 00:28:50,328 --> 00:28:50,829 REPUBLICAN PARTY. 533 00:28:50,895 --> 00:28:54,232 AND YOU DO THIS SO WELL. 534 00:28:54,299 --> 00:28:59,537 SO McCONNELL, FROM KENTUCKY, AND RUNNING THE REPUBLICANS IN 535 00:28:59,604 --> 00:29:03,675 THE SENATE, IN THE CLOAK ROOM WOULD GATHER AROUND WITH 536 00:29:03,741 --> 00:29:05,510 SENATORS-- >> AND THEY MOCK PRESIDENT 537 00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:06,311 TRUMP. 538 00:29:06,377 --> 00:29:07,545 AND THAT COMES THROUGH IN THE BOOK. 539 00:29:07,612 --> 00:29:10,748 THIS IS A STORY OF REPUBLICANS, EVEN IF THEY'RE PUBLICLY WITH 540 00:29:10,815 --> 00:29:11,950 PRESIDENT TRUMP, LEADER McCONNELL, ONE OF HIS FAVORITE 541 00:29:12,016 --> 00:29:15,553 JOKES TO TELL IN THE CLOAK ROOM IS, "DO YOU KNOW WHY FORMER 542 00:29:15,620 --> 00:29:18,690 SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON HE CALLED PRESIDENT TRUMP A 543 00:29:18,756 --> 00:29:19,624 MORON, BUT DENIED IT? 544 00:29:19,691 --> 00:29:22,694 DO YOU KNOW WHY HE WAS ABLE TO DENY IT. 545 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:28,099 BECAUSE HE CALLED HIM AN EXPLETIVE MORON." 546 00:29:28,166 --> 00:29:29,067 >> ( BLEEP ) MORON. 547 00:29:29,134 --> 00:29:32,170 >> Stephen: THAT'S HOW YOU WIN PULITZER, BUDDY. 548 00:29:32,237 --> 00:29:34,305 >> I KNOW I HAVE TO LEARN. 549 00:29:34,372 --> 00:29:35,039 >> Stephen: DROP THE "F" BOMB. 550 00:29:35,106 --> 00:29:36,941 >> McCONNELL DID. 551 00:29:37,008 --> 00:29:39,077 >> Stephen: EXACTLY, IT'S NEWS. 552 00:29:39,144 --> 00:29:39,777 IT'S OKAY. 553 00:29:39,844 --> 00:29:41,045 WE HAVE TO TAKE ONE MORE BREAK. 554 00:29:41,112 --> 00:29:44,916 BUT STICK AROUND, BECAUSE WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK THEM 555 00:29:44,983 --> 00:29:48,219 ABOUT A SCENE IN THE BOOK THAT TOOK THEIR BREATH AWAY. 556 00:29:48,286 --> 00:29:48,887 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 557 00:30:15,747 --> 00:30:20,652 WE'RE BACK WITH THE AUTHORS OF "PERIL," ROBERT COSTA AND BOB 558 00:30:20,718 --> 00:30:21,486 WOODWARD. 559 00:30:21,553 --> 00:30:27,091 NOW, WATERGATE STARTED AS A BURGLARY. 560 00:30:27,158 --> 00:30:29,294 AND THEN BECAME A TEST OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER. 561 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:35,833 HOW DO YOU THINK PRESIDENTIAL POWER HAS CHANGED OVER THE PAST 562 00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:42,373 FOUR YEARS, AND WHAT VIEW OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER IS OUR NEW 563 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:46,844 PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN, FACED WITH WHEN HE COMES IN? 564 00:30:46,911 --> 00:30:49,914 >> WELL, THERE'S AN INCREDIBLE CONCENTRATION OF POWER IN THE 565 00:30:49,981 --> 00:30:51,449 PRESIDENCY. 566 00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:52,317 IT'S BREATHTAKING. 567 00:30:52,383 --> 00:30:55,787 I'VE WRITTEN BOOKS ABOUT 10 PRESIDENTS. 568 00:30:55,853 --> 00:30:59,958 I DIDN'T DO ONE ON HARDING, BECAUSE I WASN'T ALIVE. 569 00:31:00,024 --> 00:31:05,697 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT THAT'S THE ONLY REASON. 570 00:31:05,763 --> 00:31:08,333 AND POWER INCREASES WITH EACH PRESIDENT. 571 00:31:08,399 --> 00:31:14,239 AND TRUMP, AS PRESIDENT, I MEAN, LOOK AT WHAT HE DID. 572 00:31:14,305 --> 00:31:19,143 HE DEFINED NOT JUST THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OR WASHINGTON 573 00:31:19,210 --> 00:31:20,245 OR POLITICS. 574 00:31:20,311 --> 00:31:22,714 HE DEFINED AMERICA IN A WAY. 575 00:31:22,780 --> 00:31:30,455 AND IF HE'S GOT-- I DON'T KNOW-- 30% TO 40% OF THE VOTERS IN THE 576 00:31:30,521 --> 00:31:37,195 COUNTRY SUPPORT HIM, YOU KNOW, HE-- IT'S A REAL-- SO, WHAT 577 00:31:37,262 --> 00:31:41,466 WE'RE HOPING IS THAT PEOPLE-- WE APPROACHED THIS NOT FROM A 578 00:31:41,532 --> 00:31:43,868 PARTISAN ANGLE, BUT WHAT HAPPENED? 579 00:31:43,935 --> 00:31:47,372 WHY WAS TRUMP DOING THESE THINGS? 580 00:31:47,438 --> 00:31:53,344 WHY WAS HE HAVING LAWYERS IN THERE TELL HIM THINGS THAT JUST 581 00:31:53,411 --> 00:31:55,513 DISAPPEAR WHEN YOU INVESTIGATE? 582 00:31:55,580 --> 00:31:57,015 PEOPLE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT THAT. 583 00:31:57,081 --> 00:32:00,285 >> Stephen: LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS IN A NONPARTISAN WAY. 584 00:32:00,351 --> 00:32:02,754 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S DISTRESSING TO ME IS WHEN I READ 585 00:32:02,820 --> 00:32:06,324 THE BOOK, I THOUGHT I'M NOT SURE EVEN SOMETHING THIS WELL 586 00:32:06,391 --> 00:32:09,327 RESEARCHED AND WELL EXPLAINED AND THIS EXPLOSIVE, AS THE STORY 587 00:32:09,394 --> 00:32:15,166 YOU TELL IN THIS BOOK, AND THIS IS YOU RECORDING THE INTERVIEWS. 588 00:32:15,233 --> 00:32:17,201 EVERYTHING IN QUOTES HERE, YOU HAVE DEAD TO RIGHTS, RIGHT? 589 00:32:17,268 --> 00:32:18,169 >> YES. 590 00:32:18,236 --> 00:32:20,305 WE DON'T DISCLOSE WHO THE SOURCES ARE. 591 00:32:20,371 --> 00:32:23,641 WE DO THEM ON WHAT'S CALLED "DEEP BACKGROUND." 592 00:32:23,708 --> 00:32:25,743 WE'RE GOING TO USE EVERYTHING. 593 00:32:25,810 --> 00:32:28,279 >> Stephen: BUT YOU HAVE-- LIKE, BARR HAD TO HAVE 594 00:32:28,346 --> 00:32:32,917 COOPERATED WITH YOU, BECAUSE ONE POINT IT SAYS, "THOUGHT BARR." 595 00:32:32,984 --> 00:32:36,287 HOW WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT BARR THOUGHT UNLESS BARR TOLD YOU? 596 00:32:36,354 --> 00:32:37,855 >> THERE ARE MANY WAYS. 597 00:32:37,922 --> 00:32:39,157 HE COULD HAVE A DIARY. 598 00:32:39,223 --> 00:32:40,091 >> Stephen: YOU COULD BE A WITCH. 599 00:32:40,158 --> 00:32:41,192 >> I COULD BE A WITCH. 600 00:32:41,259 --> 00:32:42,460 ( LAUGHTER ). 601 00:32:42,527 --> 00:32:44,262 >> WE DON'T DISCUSS SOURCING. 602 00:32:44,329 --> 00:32:47,098 >> Stephen: YOU DON'T DISCUSS SOURCING. 603 00:32:47,165 --> 00:32:49,000 HOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE TALKING TO YOU FOR THIS BOOK ARE TRYING 604 00:32:49,067 --> 00:32:52,370 TO REHABILITATE THEIR OWN IMAGE BY SAYING, "I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT 605 00:32:52,437 --> 00:32:52,837 WAS BAD. 606 00:32:52,904 --> 00:32:54,138 I PUSHED BACK." 607 00:32:54,205 --> 00:32:56,107 >> SOME, YES, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 608 00:32:56,174 --> 00:33:02,780 AND THE ONE COURAGEOUS PERSON WHO DID SOMETHING WAS GENERAL 609 00:33:02,847 --> 00:33:03,514 MILLEY. 610 00:33:03,581 --> 00:33:06,818 HE SAID "I AM GOING TO... 611 00:33:06,884 --> 00:33:13,624 ( APPLAUSE ) I MEAN, THERE IS A SCENE IN THE 612 00:33:13,691 --> 00:33:16,894 BOOK, WHICH TOOK OUR BREATHS AWAY, I THINK. 613 00:33:16,961 --> 00:33:21,799 WHEN NANCY PELOSI CALLED-- SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, SECOND IN 614 00:33:21,866 --> 00:33:27,372 LINE FOR THE PRESIDENCY-- CALLS GENERAL MILLEY, AND WE HAVE A 615 00:33:27,438 --> 00:33:30,942 TRANSCRIPT OF IT-- AND SAYS, "GENERAL MILLEY, YOU KNOW TRUMP 616 00:33:31,008 --> 00:33:33,644 IS CRAZY. 617 00:33:33,711 --> 00:33:38,116 HE IS--" YOU KNOW, "HE IS A DANGEROUSLY CRAZY. 618 00:33:38,182 --> 00:33:41,285 HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTROL NUCLEAR WEAPONS?" 619 00:33:41,352 --> 00:33:46,424 AND MILLEY SAYS, "OH, DON'T WORRY, WE HAVE PROCEDURES," AND 620 00:33:46,491 --> 00:33:47,258 SO FORTH. 621 00:33:47,325 --> 00:33:51,195 AND SHE IS POUNDING ON HIM REAL HARD. 622 00:33:51,262 --> 00:33:55,566 AND IT'S A CLASSIC WASHINGTON MOMENT PHONE CALL. 623 00:33:55,633 --> 00:33:57,335 AND TO HAVE A TRANSCRIPT. 624 00:33:57,402 --> 00:34:01,472 SO YOU SEE NOT THE B.S., BUT WHAT THEY'RE REALLY SAYING TO 625 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:02,707 EACH OTHER. 626 00:34:02,774 --> 00:34:06,377 AND THEN AFTER THE CALL, MILLEY THINKS, YOU KNOW, SHE'S RIGHT. 627 00:34:06,444 --> 00:34:07,712 WE BETTER WORRY ABOUT TRUMP. 628 00:34:07,779 --> 00:34:15,386 AND SO HE CALLS IN THE COLONELS AND ONE-STAR GENERALS AND 629 00:34:15,453 --> 00:34:19,457 ADMIRALS INTO HIS OFFICE FROM THE WAR ROOM IN THE PENTAGON -- 630 00:34:19,524 --> 00:34:21,092 >> Stephen: PEOPLE IN THE NUCLEAR CHAIN OF COMMAND. 631 00:34:21,159 --> 00:34:22,059 >> YES. 632 00:34:22,126 --> 00:34:26,898 AND NOT JUST NUCLEAR, BUT ANY MILITARY ACTION. 633 00:34:26,964 --> 00:34:31,235 AND HE SAYS, "ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE THESE PROCEDURES. 634 00:34:31,302 --> 00:34:38,309 DON'T TAKE A CALL FROM THE PRESIDENT WITHOUT ME BEING 635 00:34:38,376 --> 00:34:39,444 INVOLVED. 636 00:34:39,510 --> 00:34:41,846 DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?" AND HE GOES AROUND THE THE ROOM. 637 00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:45,850 "GOT IT?" "YES, SIR." 638 00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:46,651 "GOT IT? 639 00:34:46,717 --> 00:34:47,685 GOT IT? 640 00:34:47,752 --> 00:34:51,622 GOT IT?" "YES, SIR." 641 00:34:51,689 --> 00:34:52,890 HE'S NOT SEIZING POWER. 642 00:34:52,957 --> 00:34:55,159 HE'S PUTTING IN PRECAUTIONS TO MAKE SURE IF TERRORISM'S GOING 643 00:34:55,226 --> 00:35:00,231 TO BLOW UP THE WORLD, OR DO SOMETHING THAT'S AGAINST 644 00:35:00,298 --> 00:35:03,434 AMERICAN INTEREST OR IN FACT AGAINST TRUMP'S INTEREST, HE'S 645 00:35:03,501 --> 00:35:10,208 GOING TO AT LEAST BE THERE AT THEITABLY SAYING, "NO!" 646 00:35:10,274 --> 00:35:14,412 >> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS STRIKING TO ME ABOUT THE 647 00:35:14,479 --> 00:35:18,516 LAST FOUR YEARS, AS MUCH AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT WANTED TO BE A 648 00:35:18,583 --> 00:35:20,785 STRONGMAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK THOSE FOUR YEARS AND THE TWO 649 00:35:20,852 --> 00:35:24,489 BOOKS THAT YOU WROTE, AND THE BOOK THAT YOU AND ROBERT WROTE 650 00:35:24,555 --> 00:35:26,958 TOGETHER-- ROBERT, I'LL START WITH YOU-- WHAT DO YOU THINK 651 00:35:27,024 --> 00:35:29,393 THESE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND CERTAINLY THE CRISIS AT THE END 652 00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:32,396 OF THE ADMINISTRATION ACTUALLY CAN TO AMERICAN POWER IN THE 653 00:35:32,463 --> 00:35:33,231 WORLD? 654 00:35:33,297 --> 00:35:35,900 >> IT CERTAINLY TESTED AMERICAN POWER. 655 00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:38,469 AND WHETHER AMERICA IS GOING TO BE SEEN AS WANT BEACON FOR 656 00:35:38,536 --> 00:35:41,639 LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD. 657 00:35:41,706 --> 00:35:44,275 AND IT IS STILL AN UNFOLDING STORY, WHAT IS THE IDEA OF 658 00:35:44,342 --> 00:35:45,343 AMERICA? 659 00:35:45,409 --> 00:35:50,515 WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT TO OUR ALLIES, TO OUR ADSEAS. 660 00:35:50,581 --> 00:35:51,582 THERE MIGHT BE A FOURTH BOOK. 661 00:35:51,649 --> 00:35:54,919 >> YOU KNOW, WE'RE THINKING OF THIS. 662 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:57,488 >> Stephen: DO YOU EVER WANT TO WRITE A HAPPY BOOK, BOB? 663 00:35:57,555 --> 00:35:59,624 DO YOU EVER WANT TO WRITE A CHILDREN'S BOOK ABOUT A SNAIL 664 00:35:59,690 --> 00:36:01,759 THAT MEETS A RABBIT OR SOMETHING? 665 00:36:01,826 --> 00:36:05,129 >> NO, KEEP YOUR HEAD ON THE TABLE BECAUSE OF WHAT I'M GOING 666 00:36:05,196 --> 00:36:05,863 TO TELL YOU. 667 00:36:05,930 --> 00:36:06,697 >> Stephen: OKAY. 668 00:36:06,764 --> 00:36:09,367 >> WE ARE PLANNING TO DO ANOTHER BOOK. 669 00:36:09,433 --> 00:36:10,568 WE HAD "FEAR." 670 00:36:10,635 --> 00:36:12,537 WE HAD "RAGE." 671 00:36:12,603 --> 00:36:13,504 WE HAVE "PERIL." 672 00:36:13,571 --> 00:36:17,875 AND THE FOURTH'S GOING TO BE TITLED "COLBERT." 673 00:36:17,942 --> 00:36:22,813 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: BESTSELLER. 674 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:23,514 PULITZER PRIZE. 675 00:36:23,581 --> 00:36:25,616 >> WE WON'T REVEAL ANY SOURCING. 676 00:36:25,683 --> 00:36:26,584 NO USE OF THE FIRST NAME. 677 00:36:26,651 --> 00:36:27,485 >> Stephen: THE BOOK, "PERIL" IS AVAILABLE NOW. 678 00:36:27,552 --> 00:36:31,055 BOB WOODWARD AND ROBERT COSTA, EVERYBODY! 679 00:36:31,122 --> 00:36:34,458 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY LEON BRIDGES. 680 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:46,637 "MOTORBIKE" FROM HIS ALBUM "GOLD-DIGGERS SOUND," LEON 681 00:36:46,704 --> 00:36:48,239 BRIDGES! 682 00:36:48,306 --> 00:36:56,247 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 683 00:36:56,314 --> 00:37:06,290 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 684 00:37:06,357 --> 00:37:15,766 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 685 00:37:15,833 --> 00:37:18,402 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WE DON'T STOP, BUT THE TIME DO 686 00:37:18,469 --> 00:37:22,273 LOVERS IN ANOTHER LIFE, ♪ LET ME REMIND YOU 687 00:37:22,340 --> 00:37:25,876 LOOK BACK, SEE ME BEHIND YOU ♪ WHEN IT FEELS GOOD YOU DON'T 688 00:37:25,943 --> 00:37:26,677 HAVE TO TRY TO ♪ ♪ ♪ 689 00:37:26,744 --> 00:37:30,281 ♪ AND IF YOU SAY SO IF YOU SAY SO 690 00:37:30,348 --> 00:37:34,318 ♪ THEN LET'S GO I KNOW YOU'RE ALL THAT I WANTED 691 00:37:34,385 --> 00:37:38,289 ♪ SINCE I MET YA WHAT DO I GOTTA DO TO GET YA? 692 00:37:38,356 --> 00:37:42,893 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ON THE BACK OF MY MOTORBIKE 693 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:54,271 SWITCH LANES, 29, OOH (OOH) ♪ IT'S WHATEVER YOU LIKE, OOH 694 00:37:54,338 --> 00:37:58,275 ON THE BACK OF MY MOTORBIKE ♪ WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE SKY, 695 00:37:58,342 --> 00:38:02,713 OOH (OOH) ♪ IT'S WHATEVER YOU LIKE 696 00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:10,287 WE CAN RIDE, RIDE, RIDE ♪ ♪ ♪ 697 00:38:10,354 --> 00:38:13,457 ♪ GIRL, GO AHEAD AND LEAVE YA KEYS ON THE DRESSER 698 00:38:13,524 --> 00:38:16,727 ♪ YOU AIN'T GONNA NEED THEM TONIGHT 699 00:38:16,794 --> 00:38:18,996 ♪ YOU'RE HOTTER THAN A DESERT, DON'T MEAN NO PRESSURE 700 00:38:19,063 --> 00:38:20,464 ♪ I JUST WANNA MAKE YOU FEEL RIGHT 701 00:38:20,531 --> 00:38:24,735 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ AND IF YOU SAY SO 702 00:38:24,802 --> 00:38:26,637 IF YOU SAY SO ♪ THEN LET'S GO 703 00:38:26,704 --> 00:38:30,274 I KNOW YOU'RE ALL THAT I WANTED ♪ SINCE I MET YA 704 00:38:30,341 --> 00:38:32,476 WHAT DO I GOTTA DO TO GET YA? 705 00:38:32,543 --> 00:38:38,282 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ON THE BACK OF MY MOTORBIKE 706 00:38:38,349 --> 00:38:46,290 SWITCH LANES, 29, OOH (OOH) ♪ IT'S WHATEVER YOU LIKE, OOH 707 00:38:46,357 --> 00:38:53,464 ON THE BACK OF MY MOTORBIKE ♪ WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE SKY, 708 00:38:53,531 --> 00:38:56,467 OOH (OOH) ♪ IT'S WHATEVER YOU LIKE 709 00:38:56,534 --> 00:38:59,503 WE CAN RIDE, RIDE, RIDE ♪ ♪ ♪ 710 00:39:06,343 --> 00:39:11,615 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 711 00:39:11,682 --> 00:39:17,521 ♪ WE DON'T STOP, BUT THE TIME DO, DO 712 00:39:17,588 --> 00:39:20,458 ♪ WHEN IT FEELS GOOD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO, TO 713 00:39:20,524 --> 00:39:26,664 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ON THE BACK OF MY MOTORBIKE 714 00:39:26,731 --> 00:39:38,109 SWITCH LANES, 29, OOH (OOH) ♪ IT'S WHATEVER YOU LIKE, OOH 715 00:39:38,175 --> 00:39:42,279 ON THE BACK OF MY MOTORBIKE ♪ WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE SKY, 716 00:39:42,346 --> 00:39:46,283 OOH (OOH) ♪ IT'S WHATEVER YOU LIKE 717 00:39:46,350 --> 00:39:56,460 WE CAN RIDE, RIDE, RIDE ♪ ♪ ♪ 718 00:39:56,527 --> 00:40:02,266 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 719 00:40:02,333 --> 00:40:06,270 ♪ ♪ ♪ WE CAN RIDE, 720 00:40:06,337 --> 00:40:14,278 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 721 00:40:14,345 --> 00:40:18,816 ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 722 00:40:18,883 --> 00:40:20,718 >> LEON BRIDGES, EVERYBODY! 723 00:40:20,785 --> 00:40:21,886 THAT'S IT FOR THE LATE SHOW. 724 00:40:21,952 --> 00:40:24,989 TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR OUR ALL-STAR SALUTE TO GLOBAL 725 00:40:25,055 --> 00:40:25,823 WARMING. 726 00:40:25,890 --> 00:40:27,424 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 727 00:40:27,491 --> 00:40:28,159 GOOD NIGHT.