1 00:00:01,234 --> 00:00:03,436 >> THIS MORNING, THINGS ARE GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE FOR 2 00:00:03,503 --> 00:00:04,571 Facebook. 3 00:00:04,637 --> 00:00:07,207 AN UNPRECEDENTED TROVE OF INTERNAL DOCUMENTS REVIEWED BY 4 00:00:07,273 --> 00:00:10,310 NBC NEWS REVEALS MORE STUNNING FINDINGS FROM THE COMPANY'S OWN 5 00:00:10,377 --> 00:00:12,679 INTERNAL RESEARCH. 6 00:00:12,746 --> 00:00:15,415 IT'S ALSO REVEALING JUST HOW UNHAPPY SOME EMPLOYEES WERE WITH 7 00:00:15,482 --> 00:00:18,585 THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION AND CALLS TO VIOLENCE ON THE 8 00:00:18,651 --> 00:00:22,088 PLATFORM. 9 00:00:22,155 --> 00:00:25,325 >> MEANWHILE, AT Facebook HEADQUARTERS -- 10 00:00:25,392 --> 00:00:26,459 >> OKAY. 11 00:00:26,526 --> 00:00:29,662 AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TURNOVER HERE AT 12 00:00:29,729 --> 00:00:31,331 Facebook. 13 00:00:31,398 --> 00:00:34,167 BUT I'M HAPPY TO WELCOME MY NEW TEAM. 14 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:36,770 SO, LET'S HEAR SOME IDEAS. 15 00:00:36,836 --> 00:00:39,706 >> HOW ABOUT AN APP THAT MAKES TEENAGE GIRLS FEEL HORRIBLE 16 00:00:39,773 --> 00:00:41,508 ABOUT THEMSELVES? 17 00:00:41,574 --> 00:00:43,076 >> HAVE IT. 18 00:00:43,143 --> 00:00:46,379 WHY DON'T WE UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY? 19 00:00:46,446 --> 00:00:47,947 >> DID IT. 20 00:00:48,014 --> 00:00:50,350 WELL, I'M MISS LEX LUTHOR. 21 00:00:50,417 --> 00:00:52,852 WHERE IS HE, ANYWAY? 22 00:00:52,919 --> 00:00:57,957 >> HERE IS MY EVIL PLAN -- WE'RE GOING TO SHIP A SINGLE WATCH 23 00:00:58,024 --> 00:00:59,793 BATTERY IN A BOX LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD A WASHER/DRYER! 24 00:00:59,859 --> 00:01:03,229 ( MANIACAL LAUGH ) >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE 25 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:13,373 SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT! 26 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:20,146 TONIGHT, THE WEST COAST. 27 00:01:20,213 --> 00:01:21,848 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN! 28 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:26,152 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN." 29 00:01:26,219 --> 00:01:31,090 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 30 00:01:31,157 --> 00:01:32,892 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 31 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:41,267 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( THEME SONG PLAYING ) 32 00:01:41,334 --> 00:01:43,169 >> Stephen: HELLO, EVERYBODY! 33 00:01:43,236 --> 00:01:43,670 HEY! 34 00:01:43,736 --> 00:01:48,608 NICE TO SEE YOU! 35 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:53,413 WHAT CAN I SAY? 36 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:58,351 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 37 00:01:58,418 --> 00:02:00,720 >> Jon: HEY! 38 00:02:00,787 --> 00:02:02,288 >> Stephen: THERE IT IS! 39 00:02:02,355 --> 00:02:06,593 THERE IT IS! 40 00:02:06,659 --> 00:02:12,732 ( PIANO RIFF ) NOT ALWAYS, BUT SOMETIMES. 41 00:02:12,799 --> 00:02:14,300 HEY! 42 00:02:14,367 --> 00:02:16,970 THANKS VERY MUCH! 43 00:02:17,036 --> 00:02:17,937 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 44 00:02:18,004 --> 00:02:18,238 BEAUTIFUL. 45 00:02:18,304 --> 00:02:20,173 SO NICE. 46 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:20,807 ALWAYS FEELS GOOD. 47 00:02:20,874 --> 00:02:26,880 THANK YOU. 48 00:02:26,946 --> 00:02:29,249 YOU COME OUT HERE YOU FEEL BETTER. 49 00:02:29,315 --> 00:02:33,853 THAT IS THE SPOT, THIS IS THE MAGIC, LET IT WORK. 50 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:34,254 THANKS, EVERYBODY. 51 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,357 HAVE A SEAT. 52 00:02:37,423 --> 00:02:42,662 ( AUDIENCE CHANTING STEPHEN ) WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," I'M 53 00:02:42,729 --> 00:02:45,198 STEPHEN COLBERT. 54 00:02:45,265 --> 00:02:49,235 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BUT YOU ALREADY KNEW THAT. 55 00:02:49,302 --> 00:02:51,337 ALL OF THE NEWS TODAY IS STUFF WE ALREADY KNOW. 56 00:02:51,404 --> 00:02:55,308 FACEBOOK IS EVIL, GLOBAL WARMING IS REAL, REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS 57 00:02:55,375 --> 00:03:00,613 HELPED PLAN THE COUP, AND POP TARTS CONTAIN NO FRUIT. 58 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,116 IT'S TRUE. 59 00:03:03,182 --> 00:03:05,952 THAT'S OUR TOP STORY. 60 00:03:06,019 --> 00:03:08,021 THIS IS TRUE -- THE COMPANY THAT MAKES THE 61 00:03:08,087 --> 00:03:13,359 TOASTER PASTRY IS BEING SUED FOR $5 MILLION BECAUSE FROSTED 62 00:03:13,426 --> 00:03:18,331 STRAWBERRY POP TARTS CONTAIN 2% OR LESS OF DRIED STRAWBERRIES, 63 00:03:18,398 --> 00:03:18,932 DRIED PEARS, AND DRIED APPLES. 64 00:03:18,998 --> 00:03:22,268 YEAH, WE KNOW. 65 00:03:22,335 --> 00:03:25,138 ( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S WHY WE LIKE 'EM. 66 00:03:25,204 --> 00:03:28,474 ON THE OTHER HAND, THE BROWN SUGAR CINNAMON POP TART HAS REAL 67 00:03:28,541 --> 00:03:31,711 SUGAR, AND 50% OF YOUR RECOMMENDED DAILY ALLOWANCE OF 68 00:03:31,778 --> 00:03:34,647 BROWN. 69 00:03:34,714 --> 00:03:37,917 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT I AM CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED 70 00:03:37,984 --> 00:03:41,621 TO BE SURPRISED BY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD. 71 00:03:41,688 --> 00:03:46,326 SO HERE GOES NOTHIN': HOW 'BOUT THAT WEATHER WE'RE HAVING, HUH? 72 00:03:46,392 --> 00:03:49,128 ( AUDIENCE REACTS ) AIN'T THAT A KICK IN THE KHAKIS? 73 00:03:49,195 --> 00:03:50,496 LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA DECLARED 74 00:03:50,563 --> 00:03:53,266 A DROUGHT EMERGENCY, A HUGE STORM BROUGHT "POTENTIALLY 75 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:55,201 HISTORIC RAIN" TO THE GOLDEN STATE. 76 00:03:55,268 --> 00:04:01,841 IN SACRAMENTO, THEY GOT MORE THAN FIVE AND A HALF INCHES OF 77 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:03,042 RAIN WHICH BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD 78 00:04:03,109 --> 00:04:06,512 SET IN 1880, AND SAN FRANCISCO HAD ITS FOURTH WETTEST DAY IN 79 00:04:06,579 --> 00:04:09,449 THE CITY'S HISTORY. 80 00:04:09,515 --> 00:04:11,284 THE FIRST WETTEST DAY OF COURSE, WAS WHEN HARRY STYLES CAME TO 81 00:04:11,351 --> 00:04:14,354 THE FILLMORE AND PERFORMED WATERMELON SUGAR. 82 00:04:14,420 --> 00:04:23,196 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WOW. 83 00:04:23,262 --> 00:04:28,034 THAT TOUCHED A NERVE, SHALL WE SAY. 84 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:31,671 AND IT'S NOT JUST THE RAIN -- THERE ARE ALSO WINDS THAT ARE SO 85 00:04:31,738 --> 00:04:36,509 STRONG IT TOOK A SEMI AND LEVITATED IT ACROSS A BRIDGE. 86 00:04:36,576 --> 00:04:39,979 I HOPE THAT TRUCKER'S OKAY -- AND THAT THE LID WAS ON HIS PEE 87 00:04:40,046 --> 00:04:42,015 BOTTLE. 88 00:04:42,081 --> 00:04:44,150 ( LAUGHTER ) SPEAKING OF WHICH, OUTSIDE THE 89 00:04:44,217 --> 00:04:46,953 49ERS STADIUM, WIND ALSO BLEW PORTA-POTTIES ACROSS THE 90 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:50,490 PARKING LOT. 91 00:04:50,556 --> 00:04:54,494 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 92 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:56,329 THE FAN HITS THE (BLEEP). 93 00:04:56,396 --> 00:04:56,996 THAT'S QUALITY. 94 00:04:57,063 --> 00:04:59,599 THAT'S A QUALITY FAMILY JOKE. 95 00:04:59,666 --> 00:05:01,801 >> Jon: YEAH, IT'S A QUALITY JOKE. 96 00:05:01,868 --> 00:05:05,071 >> Stephen: BRING THE KIDS IN FOR THAT JOKE. 97 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:05,772 SO WHAT'S CAUSING IT? 98 00:05:05,838 --> 00:05:06,973 HUMANS. 99 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,441 BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, THERE'S AN OFFSHORE STORM SYSTEM KNOWN 100 00:05:08,508 --> 00:05:10,510 AS A BOMB CYCLONE. 101 00:05:10,576 --> 00:05:11,611 YES, BOMB CYCLONES. 102 00:05:11,678 --> 00:05:14,580 BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WEATHER IS NOW. 103 00:05:14,647 --> 00:05:17,316 JUST COMBINATIONS OF TERRIBLE THINGS. 104 00:05:17,383 --> 00:05:18,785 SO GET READY FOR NEXT WEEK'S FORECAST OF: 105 00:05:18,851 --> 00:05:20,787 SUNDAY: MURDER TYPHOON. 106 00:05:20,853 --> 00:05:22,889 MONDAY: STAB-ICANES. 107 00:05:22,955 --> 00:05:25,058 AND THEN THE REST OF THE WEEK IS FLOODS THAT TRY TO EXPLAIN 108 00:05:25,124 --> 00:05:26,893 BITCOIN TO YOU. 109 00:05:26,959 --> 00:05:28,695 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 110 00:05:28,761 --> 00:05:29,896 I DON'T CARE. 111 00:05:29,962 --> 00:05:36,803 I DON'T CARE ABOUT BLOCK CHANGES STOP TRYING TO EXPLAIN BLOCK 112 00:05:36,869 --> 00:05:37,704 CHANGE. 113 00:05:37,770 --> 00:05:38,771 ( APPLAUSE ) THERE'S SOME EXCITING NEWS OUT 114 00:05:38,838 --> 00:05:39,772 OF THE NEGOTIATIONS OVER PRESIDENT BIDEN'S BUILD BACK 115 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,475 BETTER BILL. 116 00:05:42,542 --> 00:05:44,711 AS OF THIS WEEKEND, REPORTS ARE DEMOCRATS ARE NEAR A DEAL ON THE 117 00:05:44,777 --> 00:05:47,080 SPENDING BILL. 118 00:05:47,146 --> 00:05:56,322 AND I AM NEAR-EXCITED TO BRING YOU THIS BREAKING NEARLY-NEWS 119 00:05:56,389 --> 00:05:57,490 FOR MORE CONTEXT, LET'S WATCH TV. 120 00:05:57,557 --> 00:05:58,891 FIRST UP, JEREMY DIAMOND AT CNN. 121 00:05:58,958 --> 00:06:02,395 JEREMY, ARE THEY ON THE PRECIPICE OF A DEAL? 122 00:06:02,462 --> 00:06:05,031 >> IT DOES APPEAR THESE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ARE ON THE 123 00:06:05,098 --> 00:06:08,668 PRECIPICE OF A DEAL. 124 00:06:08,735 --> 00:06:09,769 >> STEPHEN: OK, IS IT CLEAR HOW MUCH PROGRESS WAS MADE 125 00:06:09,836 --> 00:06:10,837 YESTERDAY? 126 00:06:10,903 --> 00:06:13,039 >> IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW MUCH PROGRESS WAS EXACTLY MADE 127 00:06:13,106 --> 00:06:15,475 YESTERDAY. 128 00:06:15,541 --> 00:06:16,876 >> STEPHEN: WELL, WHAT DO WE KNOW? 129 00:06:16,943 --> 00:06:20,413 >> WE DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT YET. 130 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,115 >> STEPHEN: WELL, WHAT DON'T WE KNOW? 131 00:06:22,181 --> 00:06:24,784 >> THERE ARE STILL A FEW UNKNOWNS. 132 00:06:24,851 --> 00:06:27,620 >> STEPHEN: OK, SO WHAT ARE THESE KNOWN UNKNOWNS THAT WERE 133 00:06:27,687 --> 00:06:29,722 DISCUSSED? 134 00:06:29,789 --> 00:06:33,025 >> WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DETAILS OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED. 135 00:06:33,092 --> 00:06:36,395 >> STEPHEN: OK, GIVEN HOW LITTLE WE KNOW, CAN CABLE NEWS GET TO A 136 00:06:36,462 --> 00:06:38,030 PLACE WHERE THEY CAN TALK CONTINUALLY ABOUT THESE 137 00:06:38,097 --> 00:06:39,565 NEGOTIATIONS AND STILL TELL US NOTHING? 138 00:06:39,632 --> 00:06:40,733 >> CAN THEY GET THERE? 139 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,636 THAT'S THE QUESTION AT THE MOMENT. 140 00:06:43,703 --> 00:06:48,708 >> STEPHEN: THANK YOU ALL, FOR NOTHING. 141 00:06:48,775 --> 00:06:54,046 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THERE IT IS. 142 00:06:54,113 --> 00:06:55,615 >> Jon: I LIKE THAT. 143 00:06:55,681 --> 00:07:00,253 >> Stephen: WE WILL STAY ON THIS STORY, AS 144 00:07:00,319 --> 00:07:03,022 THERE CONTINUES NOT TO BE ONE. 145 00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:04,223 ( LAUGHTER ) CRUCIALLY, THE SPENDING BILL'S 146 00:07:04,290 --> 00:07:06,092 ALMOST EXISTENCE IS CLOSE TO BEING SEMI-CONFIRMED BY SPEAKER 147 00:07:06,159 --> 00:07:09,862 NANCY PELOSI, WHO TOLD REPORTERS THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE "PRETTY 148 00:07:09,929 --> 00:07:13,499 MUCH THERE" ON THE SOCIAL SPENDING BILL. 149 00:07:13,566 --> 00:07:16,102 THAT'S SOME REAL "TEXTING YOUR FRIEND "2 MINS AWAY" WHEN YOU 150 00:07:16,169 --> 00:07:18,137 HAVEN'T LEFT THE HOUSE YET' ENERGY. 151 00:07:18,204 --> 00:07:21,607 I'M RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. 152 00:07:21,674 --> 00:07:27,246 GO AHEAD AND ORDER SOME PAID FAMILY LEAVE FOR THE TABLE. 153 00:07:27,313 --> 00:07:28,214 ( LAUGHTER ) NO... THAT'S NOT THE SOUND OF MY 154 00:07:28,281 --> 00:07:30,683 SHOWER RUNNING. 155 00:07:30,750 --> 00:07:36,389 HOW COULD YOU HEAR MY SHOWER WHEN I'M TEXTING? 156 00:07:36,455 --> 00:07:37,490 ( PIANO RIFF ) WHAT'S THIS? 157 00:07:37,557 --> 00:07:38,591 I'M GETTING ANOTHER ALERT - IT'S A BREAKING COULD BE 158 00:07:38,658 --> 00:07:41,460 SOMETHING. 159 00:07:41,527 --> 00:07:42,595 ( LAUGHTER ) WE'RE HEARING THAT THESE TRACES 160 00:07:42,662 --> 00:07:45,598 OF PROGRESS MAY HAVE BEEN DETECTED THIS WEEKEND IN THE 161 00:07:45,665 --> 00:07:46,966 MYTHICAL LAND OF DELAWARE. 162 00:07:47,033 --> 00:07:49,468 >> PRESIDENT BIDEN, AND SENATOR JOE MANCHIN, SENATOR CHUCK 163 00:07:49,535 --> 00:07:52,738 SCHUMER, THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, THEY HAD A CRITICAL 164 00:07:52,805 --> 00:07:57,176 MEETING YESTERDAY AT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DELAWARE HOME, AND 165 00:07:57,243 --> 00:07:58,911 DURING THAT MEETING WE'RE TOLD THEY MADE SOME PROGRESS IN 166 00:07:58,978 --> 00:08:02,782 REACHING TOWARDS A DEAL. 167 00:08:02,849 --> 00:08:06,519 >> Stephen: OKAY, NOW WE'RE TALKING. 168 00:08:06,586 --> 00:08:07,787 THE WORD IS, THEY HAVEN'T REACHED A DEAL, BUT BY THE END 169 00:08:07,854 --> 00:08:09,021 OF THE MEETING, THESE THREE OLD MEN WERE ABLE TO PUT ASIDE THEIR 170 00:08:09,088 --> 00:08:12,592 DIFFERENCES AND RELEASE A JOINT STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE 171 00:08:12,658 --> 00:08:17,797 THEY SURE DON'T MAKE 'EM LIKE SOPHIA LOREN ANYMORE. 172 00:08:17,864 --> 00:08:18,297 AND THEY DO NOT. 173 00:08:18,364 --> 00:08:19,165 THEY TONIGHT. 174 00:08:19,232 --> 00:08:21,300 TREAT YOURSELF. 175 00:08:21,367 --> 00:08:26,038 >> TREAT YOURSELF TO A -- ( APPLAUSE ) 176 00:08:26,105 --> 00:08:27,273 I DON'T KNOW. 177 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:30,509 ( LAUGHTER ) IT IS A MONUMENTALLY BAD DAY FOR 178 00:08:30,576 --> 00:08:34,480 FACEBOOK, THE WORLD'S TOP SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK AND UNCLE 179 00:08:34,547 --> 00:08:36,649 RADICALIZER. 180 00:08:36,716 --> 00:08:38,517 THANKS TO HUNDREDS OF LEAKED INTERNAL DOCUMENTS, 17 NEWS 181 00:08:38,584 --> 00:08:42,121 ORGANIZATIONS ARE PUBLISHING A SERIES OF STORIES ABOUT ALL OF 182 00:08:42,188 --> 00:08:51,731 THE DAMAGE FACEBOOK DOES, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW COORDINATED GROUPS 183 00:08:51,797 --> 00:08:53,633 ON FACEBOOK SOW DISCORD AND VIOLENCE, INCLUDING ON JANUARY 184 00:08:53,699 --> 00:08:54,734 6. 185 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:55,935 THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE DISCORD YOUR COUSIN SOWS ON 186 00:08:56,002 --> 00:09:01,040 FACEBOOK BY ANNOUNCING SHE'S NAMED HER TWINS DASH AND OTTER. 187 00:09:01,107 --> 00:09:02,408 ( LAUGHTER ) UNSURPRISINGLY A LOT OF 188 00:09:02,475 --> 00:09:04,377 MISINFORMATION HAS TO DO WITH FACEBOOK CEO MARK ZUCKERBERG. 189 00:09:04,443 --> 00:09:10,583 LAST YEAR, HE TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS THAT FACEBOOK REMOVES 190 00:09:10,650 --> 00:09:12,551 94% OF HATE SPEECH, BUT THE COMPANY'S OWN RESEARCHERS 191 00:09:12,618 --> 00:09:17,089 ESTIMATED THAT IT WAS REMOVING LESS THAN 5%. 192 00:09:17,156 --> 00:09:21,093 ( AUDIENCE REACTS ) THAT'S A HELL OF A SPREAD. 193 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,062 MOM, I KNOW I SAID I GOT 94% ON THE MATH TEST, BUT IT WAS 194 00:09:23,129 --> 00:09:26,499 ACTUALLY 5%. 195 00:09:26,565 --> 00:09:27,767 I DIDN'T LIE. 196 00:09:27,833 --> 00:09:31,170 I JUST SUCK AT MATH. 197 00:09:31,237 --> 00:09:33,839 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 198 00:09:33,906 --> 00:09:36,142 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I DID. 199 00:09:36,208 --> 00:09:37,410 I SUCKED AT MATH. 200 00:09:37,476 --> 00:09:38,477 I SUCKED AT MATH. 201 00:09:38,544 --> 00:09:40,746 I DID. 202 00:09:40,813 --> 00:09:44,116 THE C.E.O.'S INFLUENCE WAS SO STRONG THAT A FORMER V.P. AT 203 00:09:44,183 --> 00:09:48,287 FACEBOOK SAID THE SPECTER OF ZUCKERBERG LOOMS IN EVERYTHING 204 00:09:48,354 --> 00:09:52,959 THE COMPANY DOES. 205 00:09:53,025 --> 00:09:54,760 BUT IS IT HIS SPECTER, OR DID HE JUST WEAR TOO MUCH SUNSCREEN 206 00:09:54,827 --> 00:09:57,797 AGAIN? 207 00:09:57,863 --> 00:09:58,931 ( LAUGHTER ) SOCIAL MEDIA ISN'T THE ONLY 208 00:09:58,998 --> 00:10:01,033 THING THAT HELPED CAUSE THE JANUARY 6TH RIOT. 209 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:06,105 SO DID GOP OFFICIALS. 210 00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:09,542 BECAUSE ORGANIZERS SAY THEY PARTICIPATED IN 'DOZENS' OF 211 00:10:09,608 --> 00:10:10,943 PLANNING MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND WHITE HOUSE 212 00:10:11,010 --> 00:10:16,749 STAFF. 213 00:10:16,816 --> 00:10:17,650 WOW. 214 00:10:17,717 --> 00:10:18,584 ( AUDIENCE REACTS ) GREAT PLANNING, GUYS. 215 00:10:18,651 --> 00:10:19,852 (AS ORGANIZER) YOU GRAB THE PODIUM, YOU SMEAR 216 00:10:19,919 --> 00:10:22,288 YOUR POOP ON THE WALLS, THE REST OF YOU RECORD IT ON YOUR PHONES, 217 00:10:22,355 --> 00:10:27,793 AND PUT IT ON FACEBOOK SO WE DEFINITELY GET CAUGHT. 218 00:10:27,860 --> 00:10:30,496 LET'S GO TO JAIL! 219 00:10:30,563 --> 00:10:34,834 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF ) 220 00:10:34,900 --> 00:10:40,339 TEAMWORK. 221 00:10:40,406 --> 00:10:42,008 ONE OF THE MOST SURPRISING, COMPLETELY NOT SURPRISING 222 00:10:42,074 --> 00:10:44,343 REVELATIONS IS HOW MANY REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 223 00:10:44,410 --> 00:10:45,911 WERE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING. 224 00:10:45,978 --> 00:10:48,180 WE'RE TALKING INTELLECTUAL GIANTS LIKE 225 00:10:48,247 --> 00:10:51,717 PAUL GOSAR LAUREN BOEBERT 226 00:10:51,784 --> 00:10:53,886 MO BROOKS MADISON CAWTHORN 227 00:10:53,953 --> 00:10:57,356 ANDY BIGGS LOUIE GOHMERT 228 00:10:57,423 --> 00:11:05,931 IT'S A REAL OCEANS 11 OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T COUNT TO TEN. 229 00:11:05,998 --> 00:11:10,403 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF ) 230 00:11:10,469 --> 00:11:14,106 THEY HAVE TO SET REMINDERS ON THEIR PHONE TO REMIND THEMSELVES 231 00:11:14,173 --> 00:11:16,242 TO BREATHE. 232 00:11:16,308 --> 00:11:17,176 ( LAUGHTER ) THIS WASN'T JUST A RANDOM EVENT 233 00:11:17,243 --> 00:11:18,277 WITH WEIRDOS LIKE THE Q-SHAMAN. 234 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:20,679 THIS WAS A CONSPIRACY TO OVERTURN A DEMOCRATIC ELECTION 235 00:11:20,746 --> 00:11:24,984 THAT INCLUDED THE WEIRDOS IN CONGRESS. 236 00:11:25,051 --> 00:11:26,652 ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS SAID "I REMEMBER MARJORIE TAYLOR 237 00:11:26,719 --> 00:11:29,388 GREENE SPECIFICALLY." 238 00:11:29,455 --> 00:11:32,258 YES, I CAN IMAGINE IT'S HARD TO FORGET SOMEONE WHO TELLS YOU 239 00:11:32,324 --> 00:11:38,030 FOREST FIRES ARE CAUSED BY CIRCUMCISED SPACE LASERS. 240 00:11:38,097 --> 00:11:38,931 ( LAUGHTER ) WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 241 00:11:38,998 --> 00:11:41,700 TONIGHT, MY GUEST IS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. 242 00:12:12,798 --> 00:12:14,233 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 243 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:18,070 GIVE IT UP FOR JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN," PLEASE. 244 00:12:18,137 --> 00:12:30,015 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) JON, GOOD TO SEE YA. 245 00:12:30,082 --> 00:12:37,623 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Jon: YEAH... 246 00:12:37,690 --> 00:12:38,524 YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING. 247 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:40,392 >> Stephen: PLEASE HAVE A SEAT, EVERYBODY. 248 00:12:40,459 --> 00:12:41,660 THANK YOU VERY MUCH! 249 00:12:41,727 --> 00:12:45,631 JON, LISTEN, I KNOW YOU'RE COOL AND YOU DO FUN THINGS AND YOU DO 250 00:12:45,698 --> 00:12:52,204 COOL THINGS THAT ARE FUN, BUT I BET, WHATEVER YOU NAME, I BET I 251 00:12:52,271 --> 00:12:53,205 DID SOMETHING COOLER. 252 00:12:53,272 --> 00:12:55,941 >> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU DO? 253 00:12:56,008 --> 00:13:00,779 >> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO NAME WHAT YOU DID AND SEE IF I CAN 254 00:13:00,846 --> 00:13:01,547 BEAT IT. 255 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:07,853 >> Jon: OH, I WENT TO DISNEY WORLD. 256 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:08,988 >> Stephen: THAT'S PRETTY COOL. 257 00:13:09,054 --> 00:13:11,223 I HAD DINNER WITH DION WARWICK. 258 00:13:11,290 --> 00:13:12,491 >> Jon: OH! 259 00:13:12,558 --> 00:13:14,393 >> Stephen: WHO WON, JON? 260 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:15,661 >> Jon: YOU GOT THAT ONE. 261 00:13:15,728 --> 00:13:20,766 >> Stephen: THAT'S MY ACE IN THE HOLE. 262 00:13:20,833 --> 00:13:24,703 THERE'S A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HER LIFE IN THE FILM FESTIVAL CALLED 263 00:13:24,770 --> 00:13:26,839 DON'T MAKE ME OVER. 264 00:13:26,906 --> 00:13:29,942 I INTERVIEWED HER AFTER THE AUDIENCE. 265 00:13:30,009 --> 00:13:31,810 SHE'S SO COOL. 266 00:13:31,877 --> 00:13:41,053 SHE'S 80, STILL GOT IT, SHILL COOL, ENERGETIC, PERFORMING. 267 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:44,924 SHE SAID -- ♪ DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO 268 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:46,058 SAN JOSEÉ ♪ >> Jon: AHAZEING. 269 00:13:46,125 --> 00:13:50,396 >> Stephen: YOU FORGET HOW MANY AMAZING HITS SHE HAD AND 270 00:13:50,462 --> 00:13:51,497 WHATTEN AMAZING WOMAN. 271 00:13:51,564 --> 00:13:53,032 HAVE YOU MET HER. 272 00:13:53,098 --> 00:13:54,099 >> Jon: I HAVEN'T MET HER. 273 00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:55,301 >> Stephen: I'LL INTRODUCE YOU. 274 00:13:55,367 --> 00:13:58,704 >> Jon: I'LL HOLD YOU TO THAT ONE. 275 00:13:58,771 --> 00:14:01,974 >> Stephen: JON, HAVE YOU EVER MET BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN? 276 00:14:02,041 --> 00:14:03,275 >> Jon: YES. 277 00:14:03,342 --> 00:14:05,811 >> Stephen: THE GUY'S PRETTY COOL. 278 00:14:05,878 --> 00:14:09,215 HE'S OVER HERE JUST MINUTES AWAY FROM NOW. 279 00:14:09,281 --> 00:14:14,920 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS RIGHT THERE. 280 00:14:14,987 --> 00:14:16,589 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THAT'S EXACTLY 281 00:14:16,655 --> 00:14:20,993 RIGHT AND HE'S GOT A PODCAST NOW WITH FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA. 282 00:14:21,060 --> 00:14:22,761 PRETTY EXCITING. 283 00:14:22,828 --> 00:14:24,463 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU KNOW WHO ELSE HAS A PODCAST. 284 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:27,132 I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW. 285 00:14:27,199 --> 00:14:30,536 YOU'RE ALL HERE ON AN HISTORIC NIGHT FOR THE LATE SHOW. 286 00:14:30,603 --> 00:14:32,238 BECAUSE THIS SHOW HERE, THE ONE YOU'RE WATCHING NOW, IS ALSO THE 287 00:14:32,304 --> 00:14:33,405 FIRST SHOW OF OUR NEW PODCAST: "THE LATE SHOW POD SHOW WITH 288 00:14:33,472 --> 00:14:37,776 STEPHEN COLBERT." 289 00:14:37,843 --> 00:14:40,579 FROM HERE ON OUT, RIGHT AFTER THE SHOW AIRS, YOU CAN GET THAT 290 00:14:40,646 --> 00:14:45,117 SHOW'S AUDIO AS A PODCAST. 291 00:14:45,184 --> 00:14:52,725 IT GIVES YOU EVERYTHING YOU WANT AND NO DEADLY NEUROTOXINS. 292 00:14:52,791 --> 00:14:53,993 CAN CONAN'S PODCAST SAY THE SAME? 293 00:14:54,059 --> 00:14:55,961 HE CERTAINLY HASN'T. 294 00:14:56,028 --> 00:14:57,162 WHICH MAKES YOU WONDER WHY. 295 00:14:57,229 --> 00:14:58,664 AND JUST BECAUSE THE PODCAST LISTENERS WON'T SEE THE VISUALS, 296 00:14:58,731 --> 00:15:00,299 DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY AREN'T GETTING THE FULL SHOW 297 00:15:00,366 --> 00:15:01,967 EXPERIENCE. 298 00:15:02,034 --> 00:15:03,969 ISN'T THAT RIGHT, HOLLYWOOD SUPERSTARS ANGELINA JOLIE AND 299 00:15:04,036 --> 00:15:08,540 IDRIS ELBA? 300 00:15:08,607 --> 00:15:13,178 THEY'RE BOTH NODDING YES. 301 00:15:13,245 --> 00:15:14,113 ( CHEERING ) THANKS FOR STOPPING BY, ANGELINA 302 00:15:14,179 --> 00:15:17,683 JOLIE AND IDRIS ELBA. 303 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:23,822 PLEASE PUT ON SOME CLOTHES NEXT TIME! 304 00:15:23,889 --> 00:15:24,957 ( CHEERING ) SO, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT "THE 305 00:15:25,024 --> 00:15:26,158 LATE SHOW POD SHOW," STARTING TONIGHT ON APPLE PODCASTS, 306 00:15:26,225 --> 00:15:29,528 SPOTIFY, BLOOFY, PETS.COM, YOUR METAL FILLINGS, 18TH CENTURY 307 00:15:29,595 --> 00:15:35,934 SCRIMSHAW CARVINGS, OR WHEREVER YOU GET PODCASTS. 308 00:15:36,001 --> 00:15:39,838 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN! 309 00:15:39,905 --> 00:15:41,006 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 310 00:15:51,150 --> 00:15:57,556 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 311 00:15:57,623 --> 00:16:05,230 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 312 00:16:05,297 --> 00:16:08,167 WELCOME BACK! 313 00:16:08,233 --> 00:16:12,805 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M 314 00:16:12,871 --> 00:16:19,044 EXCITED TO TELL YOU THAT MY GUEST TONIGHT CALLS HIMSELF A 315 00:16:19,111 --> 00:16:20,713 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE FROM FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY, WHO PLAYS 316 00:16:20,779 --> 00:16:21,647 THE GUITAR. 317 00:16:21,714 --> 00:16:23,482 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. 318 00:16:23,549 --> 00:16:33,525 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 319 00:16:33,592 --> 00:17:16,268 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 320 00:17:16,335 --> 00:17:17,870 >> Stephen: LOVELY TO SEE YOU. 321 00:17:17,936 --> 00:17:19,872 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING BACK. 322 00:17:19,938 --> 00:17:20,639 >> MY PLEASURE. 323 00:17:20,706 --> 00:17:21,807 >> Stephen: GOOD SEEING YOU AGAIN. 324 00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:24,710 I KNOW YOU'RE A BUSY MAN ALL THE TIME. 325 00:17:24,777 --> 00:17:27,279 YOU HAVE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH FORMER PRESIDENT 326 00:17:27,346 --> 00:17:28,313 OBAMA. 327 00:17:28,380 --> 00:17:33,852 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: FAIR AMOUNT OF 328 00:17:33,919 --> 00:17:34,887 TIME. 329 00:17:34,953 --> 00:17:43,128 YOU HAVE A NEW BOOK "RENEGADES," BORN IN THE U.S.A. 330 00:17:43,195 --> 00:17:48,634 IT COVERS THE SERIES OF PODCASTS YOU MADE WITH HIM. 331 00:17:48,700 --> 00:17:56,909 DID YOU MAKE THE CUT FOR HIS 60th BIRTHDAY PARTY THIS LAST 332 00:17:56,975 --> 00:17:57,943 AUGUST? 333 00:17:58,010 --> 00:17:59,578 >> WELL, I HEARD YOU WEREN'T GOING SO I DIDN'T GO. 334 00:17:59,645 --> 00:18:02,214 >> Stephen: I WAS GOING, AND I GOT CUT. 335 00:18:02,281 --> 00:18:02,881 >> OH, OH! 336 00:18:02,948 --> 00:18:05,484 >> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 337 00:18:05,551 --> 00:18:07,686 THERE WAS NOBODY INTERESTING THERE, ANYWAY. 338 00:18:07,753 --> 00:18:08,654 >> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT. 339 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:10,622 YOU WEREN'T THERE AND I WEREN'T THERE. 340 00:18:10,689 --> 00:18:11,089 >> THAT'S IT. 341 00:18:11,156 --> 00:18:13,725 >> Stephen: SURE. 342 00:18:13,792 --> 00:18:16,495 BEYONCE. 343 00:18:16,562 --> 00:18:17,696 >> JAY-Z! 344 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:20,399 >> Stephen: THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION TO ME, HAS HE 345 00:18:20,466 --> 00:18:24,703 INVITED YOU TO CALL HIM BARACK? 346 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:28,440 >> UH, WELL, I ACTUALLY ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT. 347 00:18:28,507 --> 00:18:32,211 I SAID, HOW DO YOU WANT TO BE REFERRED TO? 348 00:18:32,277 --> 00:18:39,384 AND I ASSUMED MR. PRESIDENT, BUT HE SAID, CALL ME BARACK. 349 00:18:39,451 --> 00:18:43,021 >> Stephen: WOW. 350 00:18:43,088 --> 00:18:44,056 YEAH. 351 00:18:44,122 --> 00:18:45,224 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WAS THAT HARD? 352 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:49,728 THEN HE ASKED HOW I WANTED TO BE REFERRED TO, AND I SAID, 353 00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:51,830 MR. BOSS, PLEASE. 354 00:18:51,897 --> 00:18:54,700 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: MICHELE HAS BEEN 355 00:18:54,766 --> 00:18:59,404 KINDLY ASKED ME TO CALL HER MICHELLE, AND I HAVE NOT HEARD 356 00:18:59,471 --> 00:19:00,939 ANYTHING FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT. 357 00:19:01,006 --> 00:19:05,811 I JUST SAY, MICHELLE, YOUR HUSBAND -- 358 00:19:05,878 --> 00:19:10,315 ( LAUGHTER ) HOW DID THE PODCAST AND BOOK 359 00:19:10,382 --> 00:19:11,550 COME ABOUT? 360 00:19:11,617 --> 00:19:13,485 WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS? 361 00:19:13,552 --> 00:19:14,586 >> IT WAS THE PRESIDENT'S IDEA. 362 00:19:14,653 --> 00:19:15,754 HE CALLED ME. 363 00:19:15,821 --> 00:19:20,459 I THOUGHT HE HAD THE WRONG NUMBER, BECAUSE HE'S A COLUMBIA 364 00:19:20,526 --> 00:19:22,628 GRADUATE, TEACHER OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, UNIVERSITY 365 00:19:22,694 --> 00:19:29,935 OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL, FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF 366 00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:32,538 THE UNITED STATES. 367 00:19:32,604 --> 00:19:43,682 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I AM A GUITAR PLAYER. 368 00:19:43,749 --> 00:19:55,561 I AM A FREEHOLD HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. 369 00:19:55,627 --> 00:20:01,833 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I WILL EMAIL YOUR 370 00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:02,634 RESUME TO YOU. 371 00:20:02,701 --> 00:20:04,503 IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THAT. 372 00:20:04,570 --> 00:20:06,905 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU WRITE IN THE 373 00:20:06,972 --> 00:20:10,042 INTRODUCTION OF THIS BOOK, YOU SAY THESE ARE TREACHEROUS TIMES 374 00:20:10,108 --> 00:20:12,611 WITH MUCH AT STAKE, WITH EVERYTHING AT STAKE. 375 00:20:12,678 --> 00:20:16,782 I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT WHAT DO YOU MEAN ABOUT THAT, 376 00:20:16,848 --> 00:20:17,349 SPECIFICALLY? 377 00:20:17,416 --> 00:20:19,384 I MEAN, IT'S HARROWING. 378 00:20:19,451 --> 00:20:21,620 >> OH, IT'S HARROWING. 379 00:20:21,687 --> 00:20:26,825 DO YOU WANT MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, MATT GAETZ, RON 380 00:20:26,892 --> 00:20:28,727 DeSANTIS AND OUR EX-FEARLESS LEADER DECIDING THE FATE OF THE 381 00:20:28,794 --> 00:20:32,598 AMERICAN EXPERIMENT? 382 00:20:32,664 --> 00:20:35,767 ( BOOING ) > 383 00:20:35,834 --> 00:20:37,502 >> Stephen: I AGREE WITH THAT DANGER. 384 00:20:37,569 --> 00:20:41,940 BUT KEEPING YOUR HOPE UP, I THINK, IS A MORAL COMMANDMENT 385 00:20:42,007 --> 00:20:44,376 >> THAT'S CORRECT >> Stephen: I SAY YOU DO NOT 386 00:20:44,443 --> 00:20:45,077 WORRY. 387 00:20:45,143 --> 00:20:47,646 SO HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR HOPE UP? 388 00:20:47,713 --> 00:20:50,282 >> YOU HAVE TO BE A FIGHTING OPTIMIST, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, 389 00:20:50,349 --> 00:20:54,853 IN THE SENSE THAT, WELL, THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO OVERTURN FREE 390 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:59,758 AND FAIR ELECTION, IT FAILED >> Stephen: BUT EVERY DAY, WE 391 00:20:59,825 --> 00:21:05,597 LEARN THERE WAS MUCH MORE COMPLEXITY TO IT AND MUCH MORE 392 00:21:05,664 --> 00:21:06,932 CONSPIRATORS >> YEAH, THAT'S JUST COMING OUT. 393 00:21:06,999 --> 00:21:14,873 I MEAN, IT'S A CLICHE, BUT HOW DO YOU REMAIN OPTIMISTIC? 394 00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:15,674 I'VE GOT YOUNG KIDS. 395 00:21:15,741 --> 00:21:18,143 I HAVE TO, I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. 396 00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:21,013 >> Stephen: SURE. 397 00:21:21,079 --> 00:21:25,217 ( APPLAUSE ) >> YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE OTHER 398 00:21:25,283 --> 00:21:27,152 CHOICE IS UNTHINKABLE. 399 00:21:27,219 --> 00:21:33,892 SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO REMAIN OPTIMISTIC, AND SEEING THEM, YOU 400 00:21:33,959 --> 00:21:39,064 KNOW, MY KIDS WERE OUT AT GEORGE FLOYD AND BLACK LIVES MATTER 401 00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:42,134 PROTESTS, SEEING THE DIVERSE GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE 402 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,904 STREETS THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION, YOU KNOW, IT'S A 403 00:21:45,971 --> 00:21:49,341 CLICHE, BUT THAT'S WHAT KEEPS ME OPTIMISTIC. 404 00:21:49,408 --> 00:21:54,012 I THINK THERE'S A GREAT GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE 405 00:21:54,079 --> 00:21:58,950 COMING UP WHO WILL BE INTERESTED IN PROTECTING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 406 00:21:59,017 --> 00:22:04,890 AND THINGS LIKE THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO VOTE, ALL OF WHICH HAS 407 00:22:04,956 --> 00:22:08,860 BEEN A SORT OF AN ENDANGERED SPECIES AT THE MOMENT, SO, 408 00:22:08,927 --> 00:22:10,495 ANYWAY, THAT'S MY HOPE. 409 00:22:10,562 --> 00:22:13,065 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT STICK AROUND. 410 00:22:13,131 --> 00:22:16,334 BACK WITH MORE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. 411 00:22:16,401 --> 00:22:18,003 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 412 00:22:25,377 --> 00:22:27,212 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 413 00:22:27,279 --> 00:22:31,883 WE'RE BACK WITH THE AUTHOR ALONG WITH BARACK OBAMA OF THE BOOK 414 00:22:31,950 --> 00:22:34,720 "RENEGADES," BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. 415 00:22:34,786 --> 00:22:37,689 PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE WORK-LIFE BALANCE A LOT. 416 00:22:37,756 --> 00:22:41,693 WHEN ART IS YOUR WORK, IS THERE SUCH A THING AS AN ART-LIFE 417 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,762 BALANCE, OR IS EVERYTHING BLENDED. 418 00:22:43,829 --> 00:22:49,968 >> YEAH, YEAH, NO, THERE'S GOT TO BE. 419 00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:54,005 I FOUND OUT EARLY ON, LOVE MY JOB, GREAT WAY TO MAKE A LIVING, 420 00:22:54,072 --> 00:22:56,541 NO WAY TO LIVE IF YOU'RE A MUSICIAN. 421 00:22:56,608 --> 00:22:58,477 SO YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH YOURSELF THERE. 422 00:22:58,543 --> 00:23:03,815 MY JOB, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO MAKE A LIVING. 423 00:23:03,882 --> 00:23:09,387 IF YOU FULLY SUBSUME YOURSELF IN IT, IT'S NO WAY TO LIVE, AND 424 00:23:09,454 --> 00:23:15,127 THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY ARTISTS PREVIOUS TO ME AND MY 425 00:23:15,193 --> 00:23:20,565 PIERCE WHO DIDN'T FIGURE THAT OUT, AND IT CAN BE VERY, VERY, 426 00:23:20,632 --> 00:23:26,271 VERY, VERY DANGEROUS TO YOU MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, NOT 427 00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:29,908 CLEAVING BETWEEN YOUR WORK LIFE AND YOUR FAMILY LIFE AND YOUR 428 00:23:29,975 --> 00:23:32,477 HOME LIFE, YOU KNOW. 429 00:23:32,544 --> 00:23:38,216 YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME VERY CLEAR BOUNDARIES AND 430 00:23:38,283 --> 00:23:41,686 DISTINCTIONS IF YOU WANT TO LIVE A FULL LIFE IN BOTH THOSE AREAS. 431 00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:46,124 >> Stephen: THAT IS SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN IN 1975 432 00:23:46,191 --> 00:23:53,265 WHEN THIS ALBUM DROPPED, AND -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 433 00:23:53,331 --> 00:23:56,735 "BORN TO RUN," A BREAKTHROUGH MOMENT FOR YOU. 434 00:23:56,802 --> 00:23:59,371 I UNDERSTAND YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING TO SHOW US FROM THIS 435 00:23:59,437 --> 00:24:00,605 ALBUM. 436 00:24:00,672 --> 00:24:01,573 >> OH, RIGHT. 437 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,643 SOMEBODY SAID, SHOW AND TELL, BRING SOMETHING. 438 00:24:04,709 --> 00:24:06,244 ALL RIGHT, LET ME GET AHOLD. 439 00:24:06,311 --> 00:24:12,184 THIS IS THE GUITAR THAT IS -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 440 00:24:12,250 --> 00:24:13,552 THAT'S THE GUITAR. 441 00:24:13,618 --> 00:24:25,664 >> Stephen: THAT'S THE ONE. 442 00:24:25,730 --> 00:24:28,200 ( APPLAUSE ) I'VE PLAYED THIS GUITAR FOR 50 443 00:24:28,266 --> 00:24:28,800 YEARS. 444 00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:32,771 I BOUGHT IT WHEN I WAS 22. 445 00:24:32,838 --> 00:24:39,845 22 YEARS OLD FOR $185 ON HIGHWAY 34, I THINK, IN BELMAR, 446 00:24:39,911 --> 00:24:46,585 NEW JERSEY, FROM A MAN -- ( APPLAUSE ) 447 00:24:46,651 --> 00:24:53,925 -- FROM A GREAT DITAR MAN NAMED PHIL PATILLO. 448 00:24:53,992 --> 00:24:57,629 IT'S A MUTT, IT'S MADE UP OF TWO GUITARS. 449 00:24:57,696 --> 00:25:03,034 BUT THIS GUITAR HAS BEEN IN EVERY CLUB, THEATER, ARENA AND 450 00:25:03,101 --> 00:25:05,837 STADIUM ACROSS AMERICA AND MOST OF THE WORLD. 451 00:25:05,904 --> 00:25:09,507 SO IT'S BEEN AROUND A BIT. 452 00:25:09,574 --> 00:25:13,011 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IT'S NOT THE ONLY 453 00:25:13,078 --> 00:25:16,615 GUITAR YOU PLAY IN CONCERT, THOUGH, RIGHT? 454 00:25:16,681 --> 00:25:17,816 >> NO. 455 00:25:17,883 --> 00:25:19,651 >> Stephen: WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU GO FROM ANOTHER 456 00:25:19,718 --> 00:25:21,052 GUITAR TO THIS ONE? 457 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:22,220 >> THIS FEELS LIKE MY ARM. 458 00:25:22,287 --> 00:25:25,523 IF I HAVE THIS GUITAR, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON. 459 00:25:25,590 --> 00:25:28,827 THIS BECAME AN EXTENSION OF MY ACTUAL BODY, YOU KNOW. 460 00:25:28,894 --> 00:25:33,164 ANYTHING ELSE I PICK UP, IT'S A GUITAR. 461 00:25:33,231 --> 00:25:37,168 YOU KNOW, AND, FOR SOME REASON, I'VE PLAYED THIS FOR SO LONG 462 00:25:37,235 --> 00:25:45,911 THAT IT JUST BECAME A PART OF YOUR NATURAL SORT OF PHYSIQUE. 463 00:25:45,977 --> 00:25:50,315 BUT I DON'T PLAY IT MUCH ON STAGE THESE DAYS BECAUSE IT'S 464 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:54,319 GOTTEN -- I SORT OF PUT IT A LITTLE BIT OUT TO PASTURE, IT'S 465 00:25:54,386 --> 00:25:55,787 DONE SO MUCH GOOD WORK FOR ME. 466 00:25:55,854 --> 00:25:59,357 >> Stephen: HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING IT OUT TO STUD? 467 00:25:59,424 --> 00:26:00,458 >> YEAH, YEAH. 468 00:26:00,525 --> 00:26:01,326 I SHOULD, YOU KNOW. 469 00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:03,895 >> Stephen: HERE, I'LL TAKE THAT FOR YA. 470 00:26:03,962 --> 00:26:04,896 I'LL PUT IT BACK. 471 00:26:04,963 --> 00:26:12,971 >> YEAH, OKAY. 472 00:26:13,038 --> 00:26:15,307 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. 473 00:26:15,373 --> 00:26:20,612 HAVE YOU EVER LET JON STEWART TOUCH THIS? 474 00:26:20,679 --> 00:26:25,583 >> I DON'T BELIEVE JON STEWART HAS TOUCHED THAT GUITAR, NO. 475 00:26:25,650 --> 00:26:28,386 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: NOW, YOUR FANS ARE 476 00:26:28,453 --> 00:26:29,454 FAMOUSLY DEVOTED. 477 00:26:29,521 --> 00:26:33,892 ARE THERE ANY PARTICULAR MEMORIES OF FANS EXPRESSING 478 00:26:33,959 --> 00:26:36,194 THEIR APPRECIATION TO YOU THAT COME TO MIND? 479 00:26:36,261 --> 00:26:38,930 >> YEAH, THERE'S BEEN A FEW. 480 00:26:38,997 --> 00:26:43,735 THE WORST WAS, AFTER I JUMPED OVER THE WALL AT ELVIS' HOUSE, 481 00:26:43,802 --> 00:26:48,006 AND I -- WHICH, LONG STORY SHORT, I JUMPED OVER THE WALL AT 482 00:26:48,073 --> 00:26:51,209 ELVIS' HOUSE TO SEE IF ELVIS WAS AT HOME. 483 00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:53,178 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WAS HE? 484 00:26:53,244 --> 00:26:55,180 NO, HE WAS IN LAKE TAHOE. 485 00:26:55,246 --> 00:26:56,014 >> Stephen: OKAY. 486 00:26:56,081 --> 00:26:57,749 AND THEN THEY THREW ME OUT. 487 00:26:57,816 --> 00:27:01,686 BUT I HAD A LOT OF FANS DOING THAT TO ME FOR QUITE A WHILE. 488 00:27:01,753 --> 00:27:06,024 WHEN I WOULD CHASE THEM AWAY OFF MY FRONT LAWN, THEY WOULD SAY, 489 00:27:06,091 --> 00:27:08,660 BUT YOU DID IT TO ELVIS! 490 00:27:08,727 --> 00:27:13,865 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT ONE OF THE STRANGEST ONES 491 00:27:13,932 --> 00:27:18,436 WAS I'M ON MY MOTORCYCLE WITH A FRIEND OF MINE, WE'RE COMING 492 00:27:18,503 --> 00:27:22,040 FROM LAKE PLACID, HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MILES TO GET FROM 493 00:27:22,107 --> 00:27:25,510 LAKE PLACID, WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT IN AN AFTERNOON, GET BACK TO 494 00:27:25,577 --> 00:27:27,846 JERSEY, AND IT STARTS POURING. 495 00:27:27,912 --> 00:27:31,449 AND IT'S POURING AND POURING, AND WE'RE RIDING, AND IT'S LIKE 496 00:27:31,516 --> 00:27:35,220 PINS AND NEEDLES HITTING YOU, AND WE'RE SOAKED COMPLETELY TO 497 00:27:35,286 --> 00:27:36,454 THE BONE. 498 00:27:36,521 --> 00:27:41,059 I GO THROUGH A TOLL BOOTH, I'M STUCK IN TRAFFIC, I'M DRENCHED, 499 00:27:41,126 --> 00:27:49,901 AND A GUY ROLLS DOWN HIS WINDOW, HANDS ME AN 8X10 AND A PEN. 500 00:27:49,968 --> 00:27:54,839 ( LAUGHTER ) SO I SIGNED IT AND HANDED IT 501 00:27:54,906 --> 00:27:57,175 BACK TO HIM. 502 00:27:57,242 --> 00:27:59,644 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE 503 00:27:59,711 --> 00:28:01,713 ANOTHER BREAK BUT STICK AROUND. 504 00:28:01,780 --> 00:28:03,448 BACK IN A MINUTE BE MORE BRUCE. 505 00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:04,949 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 506 00:28:27,772 --> 00:28:29,674 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 507 00:28:29,741 --> 00:28:32,043 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'RE BACK WITH THE AUTHOR OF 508 00:28:32,110 --> 00:28:32,944 "RENEGADES." 509 00:28:33,011 --> 00:28:34,646 YOU KNOW THIS GUY, IT'S BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. 510 00:28:34,712 --> 00:28:37,782 ON TOP OF THE WEEK AND THE PODCAST THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD, 511 00:28:37,849 --> 00:28:41,453 YOU ALSO HAVE -- LET ME BE SURE TO GET THIS RIGHT, IT IS A 512 00:28:41,519 --> 00:28:48,793 CONCERT FILM OF THE LEGENDARY "1979 NO NUKES CONCERT." 513 00:28:48,860 --> 00:28:51,863 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THERE YOU GO. 514 00:28:51,930 --> 00:28:55,433 >> NOW, THERE IS ONE PROBLEM WITH THIS ALBUM COVER. 515 00:28:55,500 --> 00:29:00,605 EVERY BAND MEMBER IS ON IT EXCEPT FOR ROY BENTON. 516 00:29:00,672 --> 00:29:10,014 ROY BENTON IS NOT ON THIS ALBUM COVER BY MISTAKE, AND I'M IN 517 00:29:10,081 --> 00:29:14,385 VERY DEEP ( BLEEP ) ABOUT IT, WHICH IS WHY I BRING IT UP THIS 518 00:29:14,452 --> 00:29:15,520 EVENING. 519 00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:22,961 SO, ROY, YOU ARE NOT HERE, BUT YOU ARE HERE IN MY HEART. 520 00:29:23,027 --> 00:29:29,100 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: SO FOR THE PEOPLE 521 00:29:29,167 --> 00:29:33,271 WHO DON'T -- I REMEMBER, I WAS THE RIGHT AGE TO BE LISTENING TO 522 00:29:33,338 --> 00:29:37,642 THE CONCERT, THE NO NUKES CONCERT. 523 00:29:37,709 --> 00:29:38,843 I WAS 15. 524 00:29:38,910 --> 00:29:45,016 FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, WHAT WAS THE NO NUKES CONCERT? 525 00:29:45,083 --> 00:29:51,823 >> THE NO NUKES CONCERT WAS A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR NO NUKES. 526 00:29:51,890 --> 00:29:53,057 >> Stephen: THERE IT IS. 527 00:29:53,124 --> 00:29:54,259 THERE YOU GO. 528 00:29:54,325 --> 00:29:58,830 >> AND, AT THE TIME, I WAS KIND OF TALKED INTO IT BY JACKSON 529 00:29:58,897 --> 00:30:03,868 BROWN AND THE THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR ACCIDENT CONVINCED ME TO 530 00:30:03,935 --> 00:30:04,569 TAKE PART. 531 00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:07,138 SO THAT'S WHAT THE SHOW WAS. 532 00:30:07,205 --> 00:30:11,676 THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE -- TOM PETTY, JACKSON 533 00:30:11,743 --> 00:30:17,315 BROWN, CHAKA KAHN, JAMES TAYLOR, BONNIE RAITT, THERE WERE A LOT 534 00:30:17,382 --> 00:30:19,017 OF GREAT MUSICIANS. 535 00:30:19,083 --> 00:30:23,555 WE PLAYED MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FOR I THINK TWO NIGHTS, ONE OF 536 00:30:23,621 --> 00:30:27,926 WHICH WAS MY BIRTHDAY WHEN I TURNED 30, AND IT WAS A GREAT 537 00:30:27,992 --> 00:30:29,294 SHOW. 538 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:33,631 THE E STREET BAND PLAYED FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF, AND THIS FILM 539 00:30:33,698 --> 00:30:36,601 COMING OUT MOMENTARILY IS A FILM OF THAT SHOW. 540 00:30:36,668 --> 00:30:40,705 >> Stephen: AND WE HAVE A CLIP HERE OF I THINK THIS IS THE END 541 00:30:40,772 --> 00:30:42,473 OF YOUR SECOND NIGHT OUT THERE. 542 00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:43,508 >> OKAY. 543 00:30:43,575 --> 00:30:46,978 >> Stephen: SO YOU'VE ALREADY TURNED 30, I THINK. 544 00:30:47,045 --> 00:30:48,179 >> YEAH. 545 00:30:48,246 --> 00:30:50,448 >> Stephen: AND THE CROWD IS TRYING TO GET YOU TO DO ONE MORE 546 00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:51,382 SONG. 547 00:30:51,449 --> 00:30:52,016 JIM. 548 00:30:52,083 --> 00:30:55,720 >> I CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS! 549 00:30:55,787 --> 00:30:59,190 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I'M 30 YEARS OLD! 550 00:30:59,257 --> 00:31:03,995 MY HEART'S STARTING TO GO ON ME! 551 00:31:04,062 --> 00:31:06,064 I CAN'T! 552 00:31:06,130 --> 00:31:07,899 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I CAN'T! 553 00:31:07,966 --> 00:31:09,767 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I CAN'T! 554 00:31:09,834 --> 00:31:16,274 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I DON'T WANT YOU TO BEG. 555 00:31:16,341 --> 00:31:18,910 I DON'T WANT YOU TO BEG. 556 00:31:18,977 --> 00:31:23,881 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 557 00:31:23,948 --> 00:31:30,922 ♪♪ ♪♪ 558 00:31:30,989 --> 00:31:41,733 ♪♪ ♪♪ 559 00:31:41,799 --> 00:31:51,509 ♪♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 560 00:31:58,883 --> 00:32:00,985 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU'RE 30! 561 00:32:01,052 --> 00:32:03,855 YOU CAN'T GO ON, YOU'RE 30! 562 00:32:03,921 --> 00:32:07,258 >> I CAN'T GO ON LIKE THAT, I'M 30 YEARS OLD! 563 00:32:07,325 --> 00:32:09,260 THAT'S IT! 564 00:32:09,327 --> 00:32:12,497 >> Stephen: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU NOW AND 565 00:32:12,563 --> 00:32:16,100 THAT 30-YEAR-OLD GUY AND WHAT'S THE SAME? 566 00:32:16,167 --> 00:32:20,405 >> WELL, IT'S FUNNY, ON STAGE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A LOT OF 567 00:32:20,471 --> 00:32:24,876 DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW. 568 00:32:24,942 --> 00:32:29,747 ( APPLAUSE ) YOU KNOW, WE STILL COME OUT, AND 569 00:32:29,814 --> 00:32:35,253 WE TAKE IT ALL THE WAY EVERY NIGHT THAT WE'RE ON STAGE, YOU 570 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,555 KNOW. 571 00:32:37,622 --> 00:32:42,026 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S A 572 00:32:42,093 --> 00:32:43,227 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON. 573 00:32:43,294 --> 00:32:49,400 AT 30, I WAS STILL A KID, AND THAT WAS MY ENTIRE LIFE, WHAT 574 00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:53,304 YOU'RE VIEWING RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW. 575 00:32:53,371 --> 00:32:55,473 SO THAT'S -- >> Stephen: NO ART-LIFE 576 00:32:55,540 --> 00:32:56,040 BALANCE THERE. 577 00:32:56,107 --> 00:32:57,709 >> NO ART-LIFE BALANCE. 578 00:32:57,775 --> 00:33:01,412 NO, JUST WORK WORK WORK WORK. 579 00:33:01,479 --> 00:33:03,481 SO THAT WAS DIFFERENT. 580 00:33:03,548 --> 00:33:07,218 BUT BASICALLY, I STILL FEEL ABOUT IT THE WAY THAT KID WOULD 581 00:33:07,285 --> 00:33:08,052 HAVE. 582 00:33:08,119 --> 00:33:09,454 THAT HASN'T CHANGED AT ALL, YOU KNOW. 583 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,956 >> Stephen: WE'RE SO LUCKY YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING A SONG 584 00:33:12,023 --> 00:33:13,291 FOR US TONIGHT. 585 00:33:13,358 --> 00:33:14,692 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 586 00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:19,030 ♪♪ >> Stephen: MR. BRUCE 587 00:33:19,097 --> 00:33:21,432 SPRINGSTEEN, WHAT WILL YOU BE PLAYING? 588 00:33:21,499 --> 00:33:25,403 >> I WILL BE PLAYING THE RIVER. 589 00:33:25,470 --> 00:33:27,271 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WHICH WAS A SONG -- IT'S A SONG 590 00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:32,276 I WROTE WHEN I WAS THAT YOUNG MAN RIGHT THERE, I WROTE IT 591 00:33:32,343 --> 00:33:34,879 PROBABLY ONLY WEEKS OR MONTHS BEFORE THAT SHOW. 592 00:33:34,946 --> 00:33:39,717 I WAS 29 WHEN I WROTE IT, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S HELD UP PRETTY 593 00:33:39,784 --> 00:33:43,187 WELL, AND IT WAS REALLY THE BEGINNING OF A CERTAIN KIND OF 594 00:33:43,254 --> 00:33:50,461 MY NARRATIVE WRITING THAT LED TO A RECORD I MADE CALLED NEBRASKA 595 00:33:50,528 --> 00:33:57,468 AND THE RECORD CALLED THE GHOST OF TOM JODE AND DEVILS AND DUST. 596 00:33:57,535 --> 00:33:59,437 >> Stephen: I REMEMBER WHEN IT CAME OUT. 597 00:33:59,504 --> 00:34:03,641 I WAS 16, JUST GOT MY LICENSE, I WAS LATE COMING HOME, I WAS WITH 598 00:34:03,708 --> 00:34:08,179 A FRIEND OF MINE FROM BOSTON AND HE INTRODUCED ME TO YOUR MUSIC, 599 00:34:08,246 --> 00:34:13,985 AND HE SAYS, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS, AND WE LISTENED TO "THE 600 00:34:14,051 --> 00:34:14,552 RIVER." 601 00:34:14,619 --> 00:34:16,087 I WAS RIVETTED ABOUT IT. 602 00:34:16,154 --> 00:34:19,390 I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING NEW. 603 00:34:19,457 --> 00:34:26,030 I'M CURIOUS, WHAT DID THAT SONG MEAN TO YOU THEN, AND WHAT DOES 604 00:34:26,097 --> 00:34:27,198 IT MEAN NOW? 605 00:34:27,265 --> 00:34:33,271 >> I WROTE THE SONG "MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT," I WAS LIVING IN 606 00:34:33,337 --> 00:34:34,505 NEW JERSEY. 607 00:34:34,572 --> 00:34:36,941 I CAME HOME FROM THE STUDIO, I WENT UP TO MY ROOM, AND I'M NOT 608 00:34:37,008 --> 00:34:40,378 SURE WHAT THE INITIAL INSPIRATION WAS. 609 00:34:40,445 --> 00:34:45,149 I THINK I HAD BEEN LISTENING TO SOME HANK WILLIAMS, AND HE HAD A 610 00:34:45,216 --> 00:34:49,420 SONG ABOUT GOING DOWN TO THE RIVER, AND THE RIVER WAS DRY, 611 00:34:49,487 --> 00:34:50,388 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 612 00:34:50,455 --> 00:34:54,258 SO IT STAYED IN MY HEAD. 613 00:34:54,325 --> 00:35:00,665 AND MY SISTER WAS -- WHO LIVED ONLY HALF AN HOUR AWAY FROM ME 614 00:35:00,731 --> 00:35:03,601 WAS SORT OF LIVING MY PARENTS' LIVES, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE JUST, 615 00:35:03,668 --> 00:35:07,405 YOU KNOW, LIVING A VERY BLUE-COLLAR LIFE, HER HUSBAND 616 00:35:07,472 --> 00:35:12,043 WAS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER, IT WAS THE '70s RECESSION, THERE 617 00:35:12,109 --> 00:35:17,715 WASN'T A LOT OF WORK TO BE HAD, AND I STARTED -- REALLY, SHE WAS 618 00:35:17,782 --> 00:35:21,085 THE INSPIRATION -- SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE THE INSPIRATION FOR 619 00:35:21,152 --> 00:35:26,491 THE CORE OF THAT SONG. 620 00:35:26,557 --> 00:35:34,298 AND ONCE I GOT THE OPENING LINES THAT I COME FROM DOWN IN THE 621 00:35:34,365 --> 00:35:38,402 VALLEY, MR. WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG THEY BRING YOU UP TO DO LIKE 622 00:35:38,469 --> 00:35:42,974 YOUR DADDY DONE, THE REST FELL OUT AFTER THAT. 623 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,309 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: BRUCE, THANK YOU 624 00:35:45,376 --> 00:35:47,111 SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 625 00:35:47,178 --> 00:35:48,145 THANKS FOR PLAYING. 626 00:35:48,212 --> 00:35:50,181 ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO TALK TO YOU. 627 00:35:50,248 --> 00:35:54,218 THE BOOK IS "RENEGADES," THE MAN IS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. 628 00:35:54,285 --> 00:35:55,653 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A SONG. 629 00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:56,687 STICK AROUND. 630 00:36:03,895 --> 00:36:06,797 >> STEPHEN: AND NOW, PERFORMING "THE RIVER," BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. 631 00:36:06,864 --> 00:36:12,436 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 632 00:36:12,503 --> 00:36:20,244 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I COME FROM DOWN IN THE VALLEY 633 00:36:20,311 --> 00:36:31,422 WHERE MISTER, WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG ♪ THEY BRING YOU UP TO DO 634 00:36:31,489 --> 00:36:37,929 LIKE YOUR DADDY DONE ♪ ME AND MARY WE MET 635 00:36:37,995 --> 00:36:43,768 IN HIGH SCHOOL ♪ WHEN SHE WAS JUST SEVENTEEN 636 00:36:43,834 --> 00:36:48,739 WE'D RIDE OUT OF THIS VALLEY ♪ DOWN TO WHERE 637 00:36:48,806 --> 00:36:58,182 THE FIELDS WERE GREEN ♪ WE'D GO DOWN TO THE RIVER 638 00:36:58,249 --> 00:37:06,023 AND INTO THE RIVER WE'D DIVE ♪ YEAH DOWN TO THE RIVER 639 00:37:06,090 --> 00:37:14,665 WE'D RIDE ♪ THEN I GOT MARY PREGNANT 640 00:37:14,732 --> 00:37:22,206 AND, MAN, THAT WAS ALL SHE WROTE ♪ AND FOR MY 19TH BIRTHDAY 641 00:37:22,273 --> 00:37:30,047 I GOT A UNION CARD ♪ AND A WEDDING COAT 642 00:37:30,114 --> 00:37:31,215 WE WENT DOWN TO THE COURTHOUSE ♪ AND THE JUDGE PUT IT ALL 643 00:37:31,282 --> 00:37:38,189 TO REST ♪ NO WEDDING DAY SMILES, 644 00:37:38,255 --> 00:37:46,063 NO WALK DOWN THE AISLE ♪ NO FLOWERS, NO WEDDING DRESS 645 00:37:46,130 --> 00:37:50,201 THAT NIGHT WE WENT ♪ DOWN TO THE RIVER 646 00:37:50,267 --> 00:37:58,175 AND INTO THE RIVER WE'D DIVE ♪ OH DOWN TO THE RIVER 647 00:37:58,242 --> 00:38:08,619 WE'D RIDE ♪ ♪ ♪ 648 00:38:08,686 --> 00:38:12,490 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I GOT A JOB WORKING 649 00:38:12,556 --> 00:38:19,130 CONSTRUCTION ♪ FOR THE JOHNSTOWN COMPANY 650 00:38:19,196 --> 00:38:23,200 BUT LATELY ♪ THERE AIN'T BEEN MUCH WORK 651 00:38:23,267 --> 00:38:29,440 ON ACCOUNT OF THE ECONOMY ♪ NOW ALL THOSE THINGS 652 00:38:29,507 --> 00:38:33,310 THAT SEEMED SO IMPORTANT ♪ WELL THEY VANISHED 653 00:38:33,377 --> 00:38:38,416 RIGHT INTO THE AIR ♪ NOW I JUST ACT LIKE I DON'T 654 00:38:38,482 --> 00:38:44,822 REMEMBER ♪ MARY ACTS LIKE SHE DON'T CARE 655 00:38:44,889 --> 00:38:50,561 BUT I REMEMBER US RIDING ♪ IN MY BROTHER'S CAR 656 00:38:50,628 --> 00:38:55,132 HER BODY TAN AND WET ♪ DOWN AT THE RESERVOIR 657 00:38:55,199 --> 00:38:58,235 AT NIGHT ON THOSE BANKS ♪ I'D LIE AWAKE 658 00:38:58,302 --> 00:39:00,805 AND PULL HER CLOSE ♪ JUST TO FEEL EACH BREATH 659 00:39:00,871 --> 00:39:05,776 SHE'D TAKE ♪ NOW THOSE MEMORIES 660 00:39:05,843 --> 00:39:11,682 COME BACK TO HAUNT ♪ ME THEY HAUNT ME LIKE A CURSE 661 00:39:11,749 --> 00:39:18,189 IS A DREAM A LIE ♪ IF IT DON'T COME TRUE 662 00:39:18,255 --> 00:39:27,398 OR IS IT SOMETHING WORSE, ♪ THAT SENDS ME DOWN TO THE 663 00:39:27,465 --> 00:39:30,735 RIVER THOUGH I KNOW THE RIVER IS ♪ DRY THAT SENDS ME DOWN TO THE 664 00:39:30,801 --> 00:39:44,048 RIVER TONIGHT ♪ DOWN TO THE RIVER 665 00:39:44,115 --> 00:39:52,690 MY BABY AND I ♪ OH DOWN TO THE RIVER 666 00:39:52,757 --> 00:40:04,635 WE RIDE ♪ 667 00:40:04,702 --> 00:40:05,803 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THANK YOU, BRUCE. 668 00:40:05,870 --> 00:40:08,072 THANKS, BROTHER. 669 00:40:08,139 --> 00:40:12,943 >> Stephen: "RENEGADES" IS OUT TOMORROW AND THE "1979 NO NUKES 670 00:40:13,010 --> 00:40:15,412 CONCERT" IS AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 19th. 671 00:40:15,479 --> 00:40:16,981 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, EVERYBODY! 672 00:40:17,047 --> 00:40:18,048 THAT'S IT FOR THE "LATE SHOW." 673 00:40:18,115 --> 00:40:20,618 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST WILL BE KATIE COURIC. 674 00:40:20,684 --> 00:40:22,019 GOOD NIGHT!