1 00:00:01,201 --> 00:00:03,403 >> OVER THE WEEKEND, BIG BIRD ANNOUNCED HE WAS GETTING 2 00:00:03,470 --> 00:00:05,071 VACCINATED AGAINST COVID. 3 00:00:05,138 --> 00:00:07,474 THE BIRD IS MEANT TO BE SIX YEARS OLD. 4 00:00:07,540 --> 00:00:10,143 HE MADE HIS NEWS JUST AFTER THE VACCINE GOT APPROVED FOR KIDS 5 00:00:10,210 --> 00:00:13,046 AGED FIVE TO ELEVEN, BUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT SPARKED ALL KINDS 6 00:00:13,113 --> 00:00:15,482 OF PUSHBACK. 7 00:00:15,548 --> 00:00:17,951 SENATOR TED CRUZ, AMONG OTHERS, CONDEMNING BIG BIRD FOR 8 00:00:18,017 --> 00:00:23,490 ADVOCATING FOR KIDS TO GET THEfá VACCINE, CALLING IT GOVERNMENT 9 00:00:23,556 --> 00:00:26,226 PROPAGANDA. 10 00:00:26,292 --> 00:00:27,093 ♪♪ ♪♪ 11 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:27,494 >> THERE'S A WORD I CAME UP WITH TODAY -- 12 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,829 >> UH-HUH. 13 00:00:29,896 --> 00:00:31,030 >> -- I CAN HARDLY SAY IT, BUT I THINK YOU WILL KNOW WHAT IT 14 00:00:31,097 --> 00:00:32,565 MEANS. 15 00:00:32,632 --> 00:00:35,468 >> WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME, AND MAYBE I CAN HELP YOU. 16 00:00:35,535 --> 00:00:36,936 >> WELL, IT'S QUITE A WORD. 17 00:00:37,003 --> 00:00:38,371 YOU READY TO HEAR IT? 18 00:00:38,438 --> 00:00:38,905 >> SURE! 19 00:00:38,972 --> 00:00:39,773 OKAY, LISTEN TO THIS. 20 00:00:39,839 --> 00:00:42,976 ( CLEARS THROAT ) >> C IS FOR CENSORED! 21 00:01:20,947 --> 00:01:21,047 # >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE 22 00:01:22,148 --> 00:01:27,153 SHOW" WITH TE STEPHEN COLBERT! 23 00:01:27,220 --> 00:01:30,957 TONIGHT, WHERE THERE'S A PILL, THERE'S A WAY. 24 00:01:31,024 --> 00:01:41,401 PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES JONATHAN KARL AND MUSICAL GUEST BRANDI 25 00:01:41,468 --> 00:01:42,268 CARLILE. 26 00:01:42,335 --> 00:01:46,072 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN." 27 00:01:46,139 --> 00:01:50,777 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 28 00:01:50,844 --> 00:01:54,948 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 29 00:01:55,014 --> 00:02:00,954 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( THEME SONG PLAYING ) 30 00:02:01,020 --> 00:02:11,464 >> Stephen: HEY! 31 00:02:11,531 --> 00:02:18,438 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HEY! 32 00:02:18,505 --> 00:02:19,606 HELLO! 33 00:02:19,672 --> 00:02:21,641 ( AUDIENCE CHANTING STEPHEN ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 34 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:23,476 THANK YOU! 35 00:02:23,543 --> 00:02:25,144 THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 36 00:02:25,211 --> 00:02:27,680 WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO "THE LATE SHOW." 37 00:02:27,747 --> 00:02:33,553 I AM YOUR HOST STEPHEN COLBERT, AND FOLKS -- 38 00:02:33,620 --> 00:02:35,021 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF ) 39 00:02:35,088 --> 00:02:40,393 >> Stephen: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HAVEGo8 YOURSELF 40 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:42,962 NOTARIZED BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE ON THE 41 00:02:43,029 --> 00:02:43,730 NIGHT AFTER THE NIGHT AFTER THE NIGHT AFTER AN HISTORIC 42 00:02:43,796 --> 00:02:45,231 OCCASION. 43 00:02:45,298 --> 00:02:49,435 BECAUSE THREE DAYS AGO, CONGRESS APPROVED BIDEN'S $1.2 TRILLION 44 00:02:49,502 --> 00:02:52,839 INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.u$BÑ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 45 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:53,339 WOOO! 46 00:02:53,406 --> 00:02:53,840 THEY DID ONE THING! 47 00:02:53,907 --> 00:03:01,548 THEY DID ONE THING! 48 00:03:01,614 --> 00:03:02,715 WHOO! 49 00:03:02,782 --> 00:03:07,520 ♪ CELEBRATE A TIME COME ON ♪ ( LAUGHTER ) 50 00:03:07,587 --> 00:03:09,789 THIS INFRASTRUCTURE BILL COMES NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON, BECAUSE 51 00:03:09,856 --> 00:03:13,526 THIS FOAM FINGER HAS THE SAME STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AS 52 00:03:13,593 --> 00:03:19,899 MOST OF OUR BRIDGES. 53 00:03:19,966 --> 00:03:22,302 ( LAUGHTER ) CAN WE SHOW THAT ON CBS? 54 00:03:22,368 --> 00:03:30,343 CAN I SHOW THIS ON -- ( LAUGHTER ) 55 00:03:30,410 --> 00:03:31,678 AFTER MONTHS OF DRAGGING THEIR FEET, I THINK WE'RE ALL SHOCKED 56 00:03:31,744 --> 00:03:33,546 THE DEMOCRATS ACTUALLY GOT THIS DONE. 57 00:03:33,613 --> 00:03:39,018 THE PARTY HAS GONE FROM "YES, WE CAN" TO "WAIT, WE DID?!" 58 00:03:39,085 --> 00:03:45,291 ( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 59 00:03:45,358 --> 00:03:45,692 WOW! 60 00:03:45,758 --> 00:03:48,494 HUBBA, HUBBA. 61 00:03:48,561 --> 00:03:49,529 ( APPLAUSE ) THEN AGAIN, THIS BIPARTISAN BILL 62 00:03:49,596 --> 00:03:53,566 WAS SOMETHING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION KEPT CLAIMING 63 00:03:53,633 --> 00:03:57,537 THEY WERE ABOUT TO DO, BUT NEVER DID. 64 00:03:57,604 --> 00:04:01,541 AFTER FOUR YEARS, IT'S FINALLY INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK, AND $1.2 65 00:04:01,608 --> 00:04:05,144 TRILLION BUYS YOU AN INFRA-BUTTLOAD OF 66 00:04:05,211 --> 00:04:07,914 INFRASTRUCTURE. 67 00:04:07,981 --> 00:04:10,650 THIS BILL WILL BRING A MASSIVE UPGRADE OF AMERICA'S ROADS 68 00:04:10,717 --> 00:04:20,226 BRIDGES, AIRPORTS, SEAPORTS AND RAIL SYSTEMS.iv45Q 69 00:04:20,293 --> 00:04:21,894 NOT TO MENTION MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF TO LATE NIGHT HOSTS WHO 70 00:04:21,961 --> 00:04:25,531 DON'T WANT TO TRY TO MAKE JOKES ABOUT POSSIBLY PASSING AN 71 00:04:25,598 --> 00:04:27,600 INFRASTRUCTURE BILL ANYMORE. 72 00:04:27,667 --> 00:04:29,068 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 73 00:04:29,135 --> 00:04:32,505 ONE OF THE BILL'S MAJOR PROVISIONS INCLUDES $47 BILLION 74 00:04:32,572 --> 00:04:37,243 TO WITHSTAND THE DEVASTATING IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 75 00:04:37,310 --> 00:04:38,077 THAT'S GOOD. 76 00:04:38,144 --> 00:04:41,314 YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER? 77 00:04:41,381 --> 00:04:43,916 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PREVENT THE DEVASTATING IMPACTS OF 78 00:04:43,983 --> 00:04:45,518 CLIMATE CHANGE. 79 00:04:45,585 --> 00:04:49,522 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 80 00:04:49,589 --> 00:04:53,059 SHOWING UP TO A CAR CRASH AND HANDING OUT SEATBELTS. 81 00:04:53,126 --> 00:04:55,962 "THERE YOU GO. 82 00:04:56,029 --> 00:04:58,364 YOU COULD HAVE USED ONE. 83 00:04:58,431 --> 00:04:59,132 YEP. 84 00:04:59,198 --> 00:04:59,532 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR YOU. 85 00:04:59,599 --> 00:05:00,366 DON'T MOVE. 86 00:05:00,433 --> 00:05:01,801 THEY SAID DON'T MOVE. 87 00:05:01,868 --> 00:05:06,839 JUST LEAVE THESE HERE." 88 00:05:06,906 --> 00:05:08,241 ( LAUGHTER ) INFRASTRUCTURE IS POSSIBLY NOT 89 00:05:08,307 --> 00:05:09,542 THE ONLY THING THE PRESIDENT PASSED, BECAUSE TABLOIDS ARE 90 00:05:09,609 --> 00:05:12,812 REPORTING ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S "LONG FART" AT THE GLOBAL 91 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:15,748 CLIMATE CHANGE GATHERING IN SCOTLAND. 92 00:05:15,815 --> 00:05:17,050 I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S ALREADY BREAKING PROMISES ON CUTTING 93 00:05:17,116 --> 00:05:21,554 DANGEROUS EMISSIONS. 94 00:05:21,621 --> 00:05:24,924 ( LAUGHTER ) THE PRESIDENT'S ALLEGED CHEEK 95 00:05:24,991 --> 00:05:27,927 SQUEAK HAPPENED DURING A CHAT WITH BRITISH ROYAL CAMILLA 96 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:33,533 PARKER BOWLES, AND IT WAS "AUDIBLE ENOUGH TO MAKE THE 97 00:05:33,599 --> 00:05:34,567 DUCHESS OF CORNWALL BLUSH." 98 00:05:34,634 --> 00:05:37,537 AND IT TAKES A LOT TO MAKE THE DUCHESS EMBARRASSED. 99 00:05:37,603 --> 00:05:41,541 HER ENTIRE FAMILY IS OLD FARTS. 100 00:05:41,607 --> 00:05:45,545 ( LAUGHTER ) ( PIANO RIFF )0 101 00:05:45,611 --> 00:05:49,549 IT'S TRUE. 102 00:05:49,615 --> 00:05:53,052 REPORTEDLY, THE PRESIDENT'S AIR BISCUIT WAS "IMPOSSIBLE TO 103 00:05:53,119 --> 00:05:57,190 IGNORE." 104 00:05:57,256 --> 00:05:59,392 IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. 105 00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:02,428 SO, WE KNOW IT WASN'T PRINCE ANDREW. 106 00:06:02,495 --> 00:06:04,397 ( AUDIENCE REACTS ) AND IT'S NOTHING TO BE 107 00:06:04,464 --> 00:06:05,565 EMBARRASSED ABOUT! 108 00:06:05,631 --> 00:06:09,001 WE ALL REMEMBER J.F.K.'S FIRSTRq MEETING WITH THE QUEEN, AS 109 00:06:09,068 --> 00:06:09,769 IMMORTALIZED IN "THE CROWN." 110 00:06:09,836 --> 00:06:11,070 >> GOOD EVENING YOUR ROYAL MAJESTY. 111 00:06:11,137 --> 00:06:15,875 (FART) >> OH, DEAR. 112 00:06:15,942 --> 00:06:16,476 >> MR. PRESIDENT. 113 00:06:16,542 --> 00:06:17,543 (FART) >> MR. PRESIDENT. 114 00:06:17,610 --> 00:06:18,945 >> YOUR GRACE. 115 00:06:19,011 --> 00:06:19,512 >> SHALL WE? 116 00:06:19,579 --> 00:06:21,547 >> UH-- (FART) 117 00:06:21,614 --> 00:06:24,717 JACKIE? 118 00:06:24,784 --> 00:06:27,687 >> I FEEL LIKE THAT WENT WRONG IN ABOUT 10,000 DIFFERENT WAYS. 119 00:06:27,754 --> 00:06:28,955 >> I'VE SEEN WORSE. 120 00:06:29,021 --> 00:06:29,489 THOUGH NOT SURE WHEN. 121 00:06:29,555 --> 00:06:35,328 (FARTING) ( LAUGHS ) 122 00:06:35,394 --> 00:06:36,996 >> A DRINK? 123 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:40,500 >> Stephen: LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. 124 00:06:40,566 --> 00:06:41,534 WHAT ELSE. 125 00:06:41,601 --> 00:06:44,937 ( APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF ) 126 00:06:45,004 --> 00:06:46,439 >> STEPHEN: UM, WHAT ELSE, WHAT ELSE. 127 00:06:46,506 --> 00:06:49,475 OH, HERE'S A LIL' SOMETHING: THERE MIGHT BE A CURE FOR COVID. 128 00:06:49,542 --> 00:06:51,677 ON FRIDAY, PFIZER ANNOUNCED THAT ITS NEW COVID-19 PILL CUT THE 129 00:06:51,744 --> 00:06:57,550 RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH BY 90%. 130 00:06:57,617 --> 00:06:58,985 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WOW! 131 00:06:59,051 --> 00:07:00,553 DID YOU HEAR THAT? 132 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:04,223 I JUST BROKE THAT NEWS! 133 00:07:04,290 --> 00:07:05,358 WOW! 134 00:07:05,424 --> 00:07:08,094 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAVE NOT BEEN 135 00:07:08,161 --> 00:07:12,832 THIS EXCITED ABOUT A PILL SINCE I DISCOVERED MOLLY, THE NURSE 136 00:07:12,899 --> 00:07:21,541 WHO PRESCRIBES MY CHOLESTEROL MEDICINE. 137 00:07:21,607 --> 00:07:23,075 NOW -- ( APPLAUSE ) 138 00:07:23,142 --> 00:07:25,545 ( PIANO RIFF ) NOW, THIS PILL DOESN'T PREVENT 139 00:07:25,611 --> 00:07:27,113 INFECTION, BUT IT DOES A GREAT JOB TREATING IT. 140 00:07:27,180 --> 00:07:30,149 AND THIS PILL DESIGNED TO AX COVID IS CALLED PAX-LOVID. 141 00:07:30,216 --> 00:07:33,553 ALL THE BEST MEDICAL TREATMENTS RHYME. 142 00:07:33,619 --> 00:07:37,523 IT STARTED WITH ALEXANDER FLEMING'S BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: 143 00:07:37,590 --> 00:07:40,059 PENICILLIN STOPS THE ILLIN'! 144 00:07:40,126 --> 00:07:44,163 ( LAUGHTER ) ANOTHER SIGN THE PANDEMIC MIGHT 145 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:47,066 BE ON THE WAY OUT: YESTERDAY, AFTER 20 MONTHS OF RESTRICTIONS 146 00:07:47,133 --> 00:07:52,238 THE U.S. LIFTED ITS TRAVEL BAN ON 33 COUNTRIES. 147 00:07:52,305 --> 00:07:55,441 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THAT'S GREAT NEWS! 148 00:07:55,508 --> 00:07:57,543 THAT IS -- COME ON! 149 00:07:57,610 --> 00:07:59,679 THAT'S GREAT NEWS. 150 00:07:59,745 --> 00:08:02,548 SOME PARTS OF AMERICA JUST DON'T MAKE SENSE WITHOUT TOURISTS. 151 00:08:02,615 --> 00:08:05,451 YOU THINK NEW YORKERS WANT AN M&M WORLD INSIDE A RED LOBSTER? 152 00:08:05,518 --> 00:08:09,121 THAT'S FOR Y'ALL. 153 00:08:09,188 --> 00:08:10,890 THAT'S NOT FOR US. 154 00:08:10,957 --> 00:08:17,063 CHECK IT OUT, THOUGH, IT'S DELICIOUS. 155 00:08:17,129 --> 00:08:20,032 ( APPLAUSE ) THE TOURISTS MAY BE VACCINATED 156 00:08:20,099 --> 00:08:25,271 BY THE AMERICANS THEY'RE COMING TO VISIT MAY NOT BE. 157 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:35,047 REPUBLICANS AND ANTI-VAXXERS ARE FURIOUS BIGBOARD GOT A COVID 158 00:08:35,114 --> 00:08:39,585 VACCINE. 159 00:08:39,652 --> 00:08:41,053 THIS IS THE CRAZIEST ANTI-VAX MUPPET OUTRAGE SINCE THEY 160 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,957 CLAIMED PFIZER GAVE THE SWEDISH CHEF GIANT MEATBALLS. 161 00:08:45,024 --> 00:08:48,628 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BORK BORK BORK! 162 00:08:48,694 --> 00:08:49,595 ( LAUGHTER ) HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED: LAST WEEK, 163 00:08:49,662 --> 00:08:51,764 THE C.D.C. APPROVED THE VACCINE FOR KIDS 5-11. 164 00:08:51,831 --> 00:08:53,532 I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. 165 00:08:53,599 --> 00:08:57,536 >> THESE GO TO 11. 166 00:08:57,603 --> 00:09:01,540 >> STEPHEN: TO ENCOURAGE KIDS TO GET THEIR SHOTS, BELOVED 167 00:09:01,607 --> 00:09:05,077 CHILDREN'S TV CHARACTERS HAVE BEEN DOING SOME PUBLIC HEALTH 168 00:09:05,144 --> 00:09:06,245 PROMOS. 169 00:09:06,312 --> 00:09:09,215 ON SATURDAY, BIG BIRD TWEETED: "I GOT THE COVID-19 VACCINE 170 00:09:09,282 --> 00:09:10,416 TODAY! 171 00:09:10,483 --> 00:09:13,552 MY WING IS FEELING A LITTLE SORE, BUT IT'LL GIVE MY BODY AN 172 00:09:13,619 --> 00:09:16,222 EXTRA PROTECTIVE BOOST THAT KEEPS ME AND OTHERS HEALTHY." 173 00:09:16,289 --> 00:09:17,056 GREAT TWEET! 174 00:09:17,123 --> 00:09:20,826 NO SURPRISE. 175 00:09:20,893 --> 00:09:21,894 IT'S WHAT BIRDS DO. 176 00:09:21,961 --> 00:09:27,967 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BUT OF COURSE, WE CAN'T HAVE 177 00:09:28,034 --> 00:09:29,669 NICE THINGS, BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE, TEXAS SENATOR AND DRUNK 178 00:09:29,735 --> 00:09:37,677 MAN ON THE SUBWAY SERENADING YOU -- 179 00:09:37,743 --> 00:09:41,047 ( AUDIENCE REACTS ) BUT HOW DO YOU REALLY FEEL? 180 00:09:41,113 --> 00:09:42,214 ( LAUGHTER ) TEXASERS? 181 00:09:42,281 --> 00:09:45,785 AND DRUNK MAN ON THE SUBWAY SERENADING YOU 182 00:09:45,851 --> 00:09:48,654 WITH THE CELLINO AND BARNES SONG, TED CRUZ. 183 00:09:48,721 --> 00:09:49,822 ( LAUGHTER ) CRUZ DIDN'T LIKE THAT BIG BIRD 184 00:09:49,889 --> 00:09:52,024 WAS TEACHING KIDS HOW TO STAY HEALTHY, SO HE RETWEETED IT 185 00:09:52,091 --> 00:09:57,530 WITH THE COMMENT, "GOVERNMENT OLD!" 186 00:09:57,596 --> 00:10:01,400 SENATOR CRUZ... HOW SHOULD I PUT THIS... OUR SHOW TONIGHT IS 187 00:10:01,467 --> 00:10:05,071 BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LETTERS "F" AND "U." 188 00:10:05,137 --> 00:10:15,114 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I'M SURPRISED CRUZ IS AT ODDS 189 00:10:15,181 --> 00:10:20,586 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I'M SURPRISED CRUZ IS AT ODDS 190 00:10:20,653 --> 00:10:21,454 WITH BIG BIRD HERE. 191 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:22,288 THEY HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON. 192 00:10:22,355 --> 00:10:25,524 WHEN IT GETS COLD, THEY BOTH FLY SOUTH. 193 00:10:25,591 --> 00:10:32,832 ( LAUGHTER )Ñi ( APPLAUSE ) 194 00:10:32,898 --> 00:10:33,933 IT WASN'T JUST TED CRUZ. 195 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,067 ONE STATE SENATOR FROM ARIZONA TWEETED, "BIG BIRD IS A 196 00:10:35,134 --> 00:10:37,536 COMMUNIST." 197 00:10:37,603 --> 00:10:40,139 OKAY, THAT'S ACTUALLY TRUE. 198 00:10:40,206 --> 00:10:42,875 BIG BIRD IS A SIX-YEAR-OLD, AND THEY'RE ALL COMMUNISTS! 199 00:10:42,942 --> 00:10:45,177 THEY DON'T OWN ANY PROPERTY, THE COMMUNITY PITCHES IN TO SUPPORT 200 00:10:45,244 --> 00:10:49,548 THEM, AND THEY SAY THAT EVERYTHING YOU OWN IS THEIRS. 201 00:10:49,615 --> 00:10:53,285 ( LAUGHTER ) NEVER TO BE OUT-DUMBED, HERE'S 202 00:10:53,352 --> 00:10:57,490 FOX NEWS: >> BIG BIRD IS LITERALLY HAWKING 203 00:10:57,556 --> 00:10:58,524 AN UNNECESSARY VACCINE. 204 00:10:58,591 --> 00:11:01,494 >> THE WHOLE THING IS SO INEFFECTIVE AND SO STUPID. 205 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:04,864 >> THE TRUTH IS, IF THAT SHOW WAS REAL, BIG BIRD WOULD BE 206 00:11:04,930 --> 00:11:06,098 SHAMED RIGHT NOW FOR NOT HAVING HIS OR-- YOU KNOW, VACCINATION 207 00:11:06,165 --> 00:11:08,067 YET. 208 00:11:08,134 --> 00:11:09,535 >> STEPHEN: IF THAT SHOW WAS REAL, WE'D HAVE MUCH BIGGER 209 00:11:09,602 --> 00:11:13,272 PROBLEMS. 210 00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:16,475 ( LAUGHTER ) THERE'S A MONSTER LIVING IN A 211 00:11:16,542 --> 00:11:21,347 TRASH CAN, A LITTLE RED FURRY GUY ASKING STRANGERS TO TICKLE 212 00:11:21,414 --> 00:11:23,049 HIM, AND ERNIE KEEPS WAKING UP HIS HUSBAND WITH TRUMPETS AND 213 00:11:23,115 --> 00:11:26,352 LIVESTOCK. 214 00:11:26,419 --> 00:11:39,932 ( LAUGHTER )s8 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )ZG█ 215 00:11:39,999 --> 00:11:43,102 ( HUMMING SESAME STREET SONG ) ONE GUY NOT PROMOTING THE 216 00:11:43,169 --> 00:11:47,073 VACCINE IS GREEN BAY QUARTERBACK AND MAN WHO FORGOT HIS HELMET 217 00:11:47,139 --> 00:11:55,214 LUBE, AARON RODGERS.çó YEAH, THEY'RE ALL GOING "LUBE!" 218 00:11:55,281 --> 00:11:56,515 ( LAUGHTER ) LAST WEEK, RODGERS GOT A LOT OF 219 00:11:56,582 --> 00:11:57,750 HEAT AFTER IT WAS REVEALED THAT HE HAD CAUGHT COVID AND WAS 220 00:11:57,817 --> 00:11:59,151 UNVACCINATED DESPITE EARLIER IN THE SEASON, TELLING REPORTERS 221 00:11:59,218 --> 00:12:03,856 THIS: >> ARE YOU VACCINATED AND WHAT'S 222 00:12:03,923 --> 00:12:05,057 YOUR STANCE ON VACCINATIONS? 223 00:12:05,124 --> 00:12:07,793 >> YEAH, I'VE BEEN IMMUNIZED. 224 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:10,996 >> STEPHEN: OH, RIGHT, I FORGOT: SOCCER IS THE ONE WHERE YOU 225 00:12:11,063 --> 00:12:13,532 CAN'T USE YOUR HANDS, FOOTBALL IS THE ONE WHERE YOU LIE THROUGH 226 00:12:13,599 --> 00:12:15,868 YOUR TEETH. 227 00:12:15,935 --> 00:12:17,069 ( LAUGHTER ) ON FRIDAY, RODGERS DEFENDED 228 00:12:17,136 --> 00:12:19,672 HIMSELF. 229 00:12:19,738 --> 00:12:27,146 I REALIZE I'M IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF THE WOKE MOB 230 00:12:27,213 --> 00:12:28,681 NOW, SO BEFORE MY FINAL NAIL GETS PUT IN MY CANCEL CULTURE 231 00:12:28,747 --> 00:12:30,816 CASKET, I'D LIKE TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON SO MANY OF 232 00:12:30,883 --> 00:12:35,054 THE BLATANT LIES THAT ARE OUT THERE ABOUT MYSELF RIGHT NOW. 233 00:12:35,121 --> 00:12:37,523 >> STEPHEN: WOW, CANCEL CULTURE, WOKE MOBS, LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY'S 234 00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:43,629 ENJOYING THEIR SET OF FOX NEWS MAGNETIC POETRY. 235 00:12:43,696 --> 00:12:45,631 ( LAUGHTER ) WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 236 00:12:45,698 --> 00:12:46,632 TONIGHT. 237 00:12:46,699 --> 00:12:49,001 MY GUESTS ARE JONATHAN KARL AND BRANDI CARLILE! 238 00:12:49,068 --> 00:12:53,939 AND WHEN WE COME BACK, IS CHRIS EVANS THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE? 239 00:12:54,006 --> 00:12:57,176 FIND OUT WHEN WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN WE RETURN. 240 00:12:57,243 --> 00:12:59,979 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 241 00:13:20,699 --> 00:13:30,676 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )G█ 242 00:13:30,743 --> 00:13:35,781 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )G█ 243 00:13:35,848 --> 00:13:38,951 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 244 00:13:39,018 --> 00:13:40,019 RIGHT THERE. 245 00:13:40,085 --> 00:13:41,520 IN THE FLESH. 246 00:13:41,587 --> 00:13:44,023 JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN," EVERYBODY! 247 00:13:44,089 --> 00:13:54,200 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ I'LL BE THERE ♪ 248 00:13:54,266 --> 00:13:59,772 >> Stephen: JON -- JON, THERE'S SO MUCH -- THERE'S A 249 00:13:59,838 --> 00:14:00,306 JAM-PACKED SHOW TONIGHT. 250 00:14:00,372 --> 00:14:01,407 >> Jon: YES. 251 00:14:01,473 --> 00:14:04,476 >> Stephen: WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF GREAT GUESTS TONIGHT. 252 00:14:04,543 --> 00:14:07,546 ABC CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN KARL IS 253 00:14:07,613 --> 00:14:08,714 HERE. 254 00:14:08,781 --> 00:14:12,651 HE'S GOT AN EXPLOSIVE NEW BOOK ABOUT THE LAST FEW MONTHS -- 255 00:14:12,718 --> 00:14:13,886 >> Jon: FRONT ROW. 256 00:14:13,953 --> 00:14:16,021 >> Stephen: FRONT ROW SEAT OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO HAVE THE 257 00:14:16,088 --> 00:14:19,024 PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION -- OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. 258 00:14:19,091 --> 00:14:20,993 THE BOOK'S CALLED BETRAYAL. 259 00:14:21,060 --> 00:14:27,800 TURNS OUT --çó I DIDN'T KNOW THIS -- THE LAST FEW MONTHS WERE 260 00:14:27,866 --> 00:14:28,734 NOT GOOD. 261 00:14:28,801 --> 00:14:31,070 ( LAUGHTER ) IT WAS HE WAS NOT ACTING IN THE 262 00:14:31,136 --> 00:14:32,705 BEST INTEREST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 263 00:14:32,771 --> 00:14:35,040 IT WAS CALLED A DOUBLE CROSS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 264 00:14:35,107 --> 00:14:37,343 HE WILL BE OUT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 265 00:14:37,409 --> 00:14:43,582 AND THEN A NATIONAL TREASURE BRANDI CARLILE IS HERE. 266 00:14:43,649 --> 00:14:47,853 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE SAW HER SATURDAY NIGHT AT 267 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:53,158 CARNEGIE HALL DOING JONI MITCHELL'S "BLUE," THE ENTIRE 268 00:14:53,225 --> 00:14:54,493 ALBUM. 269 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:55,628 A TRANSCENDENT EVENING. 270 00:14:55,694 --> 00:14:58,631 >> Jon: EVERYBODY WHO WAS$ THERE WILL REMEMBER THAT NIGHT 271 00:14:58,697 --> 00:14:59,798 FOR SURE. 272 00:14:59,865 --> 00:15:03,135 >> Stephen: I SAW YOU AT THE AFTER-PARTY BUT I DID NOT STAY 273 00:15:03,202 --> 00:15:04,570 BECAUSE I'M AN OLD MAN. 274 00:15:04,637 --> 00:15:09,174 I WENT HOME AND HAD A GLASS OF WATER AND WENT TO BED. 275 00:15:09,241 --> 00:15:10,743 DID A LOT OF FUN PEOPLE SHOW UP. 276 00:15:10,809 --> 00:15:14,713 >> A LOT OF COOL PEOPLE, MUSICIANS. 277 00:15:14,780 --> 00:15:16,749 JIMMY BUFFETT WAS THERE TALKING ABOUT SAILING. 278 00:15:16,815 --> 00:15:19,752 >> Stephen: SON OF A SAN OF A SAILER. 279 00:15:19,818 --> 00:15:21,620 >> I'D GET ON THAT BOAT. 280 00:15:21,687 --> 00:15:26,058 >> Stephen: I'D GET ON THAT BOAT WITH HIM FOR SURE. 281 00:15:26,125 --> 00:15:28,027 YOU KNOW THERE ARE REFRESHMENTS. 282 00:15:28,093 --> 00:15:30,396 ( LAUGHTER ) FOLKS, CHECK YOUR CALENDARS 283 00:15:30,462 --> 00:15:35,567 BECAUSE IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN WHEN THE WORLD WAITS 284 00:15:35,634 --> 00:15:36,502 WITH BAITED BREATH FOR THE 285 00:15:36,568 --> 00:15:39,672 ANNOUNCEMENT OF "PEOPLE'S" SEXIEST MAN ALIVE. 286 00:15:39,738 --> 00:15:41,140 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THERE IT IS. 287 00:15:41,206 --> 00:15:43,208 PEOPLE STILLñr CARE. 288 00:15:43,275 --> 00:15:45,477 WHO WILL FILL THE SEXINESS VACUUM SOON TO BE LEFT BY THE 289 00:15:45,544 --> 00:15:48,013 OUTGOING SEXIEST MAN, MICHAEL B. 290 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,949 JORDAN? 291 00:15:51,016 --> 00:15:54,453 JORDAN, AT THIS POINT, IS A SEXY LAME DUCK. I MEAN, IT'S 292 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,589 JUST HAND-SHAKING AND RIBBON CUTTING FROM HERE ON OUT. 293 00:15:57,656 --> 00:16:00,592 HE REALLY CAN'T PASS ANY MEANINGFUL SEXY LEGISLATION. 294 00:16:00,659 --> 00:16:04,029 NOW, THE IDENTITY OF THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE IS ALWAYS AN 295 00:16:04,096 --> 00:16:06,031 EXTREMELY CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET, I BELIEVE KEPT IN THAT 296 00:16:06,098 --> 00:16:10,969 BRIEFCASE WITH THE NUCLEAR LAUNCH CODES. 297 00:16:11,036 --> 00:16:13,605 BUT THE "NEW YORK POST" HAS BEEN BOASTING THAT THEY HAVE THE 298 00:16:13,672 --> 00:16:17,543 INSIDE SCOOP AND THAT, IN FACT CHRIS EVANS IS "PEOPLE" 299 00:16:17,609 --> 00:16:22,548 MAGAZINE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE 2021. 300 00:16:22,614 --> 00:16:24,083 HOW INTERESTING! 301 00:16:24,149 --> 00:16:26,018 I MEAN, I USUALLY TAKE EVERYTHING THE "NEW YORK POST" 302 00:16:26,085 --> 00:16:30,055 SAYS AT FACE VALUE, BECAUSE THEIR REPORTING IS SO RELIABLE 303 00:16:30,122 --> 00:16:33,592 BUT HOW CAN THEY POSSIBLY MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WHEN THERE IS 304 00:16:33,659 --> 00:16:37,062 ONLY ONE PERSON OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED AND APPROVED BY 305 00:16:37,129 --> 00:16:39,598 "PEOPLE MAGAZINE" TO REVEAL WHO IT IS: YOURS TRULY, WHICH I WILL 306 00:16:39,665 --> 00:16:48,607 BE DOING, EXACTLY 24 HOURS FROM NOW, ON THIS SHOW TOMORROW 307 00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:51,610 NIGHT, IN MY CAPACITY AS "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE'S SEXIEST MAN 308 00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:56,148 ALLOWED TO ANNOUNCE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE. 309 00:16:56,215 --> 00:16:58,050 ( APPLAUSE ) BE HERE. 310 00:16:58,117 --> 00:17:03,288 WE'RE ANNOUNCING IT ON THIS SHOW IN THIS ACT TOMORROW NIGHT. 311 00:17:03,355 --> 00:17:04,423 AND I CAN HEAR YOU CLAMORING "WELL, COME ON, STEVE, IS IT 312 00:17:04,490 --> 00:17:08,594 CHRIS EVANS?" MAYBE! 313 00:17:08,660 --> 00:17:09,762 ( LAUGHTER ) I AM LEGALLY FORBIDDEN FROM 314 00:17:09,828 --> 00:17:14,032 CONFIRMING OR DENYING CHRIS EVANS' SEXINESS IN RELATION TO 315 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:17,603 OTHER MALES WHO ARE ALIVE. 316 00:17:17,669 --> 00:17:19,371 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT PAGE SIX CLAIMS THAT EVANS 317 00:17:19,438 --> 00:17:21,607 "WAS ORIGINALLY SLATED TO TAKE THE MANTLE LAST YEAR," BUT "THE 318 00:17:21,673 --> 00:17:25,144 POST'S" SO-CALLED "INSIDERS" SUPPOSEDLY TELL THEM THAT 319 00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:27,613 "BOSSES THOUGHT IT WAS BETTER TO WAIT A YEAR AFTER HE 320 00:17:27,679 --> 00:17:32,751 ACCIDENTALLY UPLOADED A PICTURE OF HIS PENIS ONLINE." 321 00:17:32,818 --> 00:17:34,052 ( LAUGHTER ) IF TRUE, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS 322 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:38,023 MEANS: WE MAY BE ONE YEAR AWAY FROM SEXIEST MAN ALIVE 323 00:17:38,090 --> 00:17:42,027 JEFFREY TOOBIN. 324 00:17:42,094 --> 00:17:44,530 ( LAUGHTER ) SO, TUNE IN TOMORROW TO SEE ME 325 00:17:44,596 --> 00:17:46,031 MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, AND MR. JORDAN, ENJOY YOUR LAST 24 326 00:17:46,098 --> 00:17:49,902 HOURS. 327 00:17:49,968 --> 00:17:53,672 I JUST PRAY WE SEE A PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF SEXY. 328 00:17:53,739 --> 00:17:55,474 ( LAUGHTER ) WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ABC 329 00:17:55,541 --> 00:17:57,443 NEWS CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT AND, POSSIBLY 330 00:17:57,509 --> 00:18:00,179 SEXIEST MAN ALIVE, JONATHAN KARL. 331 00:18:00,245 --> 00:18:00,946 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 332 00:18:17,196 --> 00:18:17,830 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 333 00:18:17,896 --> 00:18:22,201 WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW." 334 00:18:22,267 --> 00:18:27,005 I'M STILL ME. 335 00:18:27,072 --> 00:18:28,140 >> ME. 336 00:18:28,207 --> 00:18:32,945 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS THE CHIEF 337 00:18:33,011 --> 00:18:34,813 WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT FOR ABC NEWS, AND AUTHOR OF THE 338 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,082 NEW BOOK, "BETRAYAL." 339 00:18:37,149 --> 00:18:38,851 PLEASE WELCOME, JONATHAN KARL! 340 00:18:38,917 --> 00:18:53,332 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 341 00:18:53,398 --> 00:18:54,032 >> Stephen: HEY! 342 00:18:54,099 --> 00:18:54,700 NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 343 00:18:54,766 --> 00:18:58,203 THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 344 00:18:58,270 --> 00:18:59,371 >> YEAH, YEAH. 345 00:18:59,438 --> 00:19:03,675 >> Stephen: HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THAT WHEN YOU 346 00:19:03,742 --> 00:19:08,080 STARTED CNN YOU WERE ONE TO HAVE THE YOUNG GUNS. 347 00:19:08,146 --> 00:19:09,181 >> GENERATION X TEAM, YEAH. 348 00:19:09,248 --> 00:19:13,385 >> Stephen: HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT THAT YOU WERE YOUNG? 349 00:19:13,452 --> 00:19:14,219 >> 47 YEARS AGO. 350 00:19:14,286 --> 00:19:16,855 >> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU'RE HOW OLD NOW? 351 00:19:16,922 --> 00:19:17,422 >> 53. 352 00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:18,524 >> Stephen: AND I'M 57. 353 00:19:18,590 --> 00:19:20,492 I'M YOUNG ADJACENT. 354 00:19:20,559 --> 00:19:23,161 >> I USED TO BE THE YOUNG GUY, TOO. 355 00:19:23,228 --> 00:19:25,497 >> Stephen: I WAS THE NEW GUY AT ONE POINT. 356 00:19:25,564 --> 00:19:26,098 >> YEAH. 357 00:19:26,164 --> 00:19:27,933 >> Stephen: LET'S MOVE ON. 358 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,103 ( LAUGHTER ) YOUR NEW BOOK, "BETRAYAL," IS 359 00:19:31,169 --> 00:19:37,075 ABOUT JANUARY 6 AND THE EVENTS THAT LED UP TO IT. 360 00:19:37,142 --> 00:19:40,479 BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THE EVENTS AND SOME OF THE 361 00:19:40,546 --> 00:19:44,483 REVELATIONS OF YOUR BOOK, WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE FOR YOU AS 362 00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:48,153 SOMEONE IN WASHINGTON TALKING ABOUT AMERICAN POLITICS WHEN 363 00:19:48,220 --> 00:19:49,087 THAT DAY HAPPENED? 364 00:19:49,154 --> 00:19:50,989 >> I WAS HEARTBROKEN. 365 00:19:51,056 --> 00:19:54,059 I SPENT MOST OF MY CAREER COVERING CONGRESS. 366 00:19:54,126 --> 00:19:57,095 LOOK, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU WALK INTO THAT PLACE, I 367 00:19:57,162 --> 00:20:01,533 MEAN, I STILL FEEL A SENSE OF AWE. 368 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,803 WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID AND I WOULD VISIT WITH MY FAMILY, I 369 00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:09,074 WOULD LOOK TO SEE IF THE LIGHT WAS ON -- ON TOP TO HAVE THE 370 00:20:09,141 --> 00:20:12,978 DOME, THAT WOULD MEAN CONGRESS WAS IN SESSION AND I WOULD WANT 371 00:20:13,045 --> 00:20:14,413 TO GO IN AND SEE IT. 372 00:20:14,479 --> 00:20:18,483 TO SEE THE PEOPLE BREAKING IN AND RUMMAGING AROUND ON THE 373 00:20:18,550 --> 00:20:21,086 SENATE FLOOR WAS ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING. 374 00:20:21,153 --> 00:20:24,356 >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS BEING VIOLATED BEYOND THE 375 00:20:24,423 --> 00:20:25,557 PHYSICAL SPACE? 376 00:20:25,624 --> 00:20:29,461 >> IT WAS A DIRECT ASSAULT ON OUR DEMOCRACY, IT REALLY WAS. 377 00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:31,096 IT'S NOT JUST WORDS. 378 00:20:31,163 --> 00:20:35,133 THEY WERE TRYING TO STOP THE CROWN JEWEL OF AMERICAN 379 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:39,271 DEMOCRACY WHICH IS THE PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER. 380 00:20:39,338 --> 00:20:44,242 LAST THE LAST STEP IN CERTIFYING THE PLEACHES AND THEY WERE 381 00:20:44,309 --> 00:20:45,444 DIRECTLY TRYING TO STOP IT. 382 00:20:45,510 --> 00:20:49,047 THEY WEREN'T JUST VANDALIZING AND GOING THROUGH, THEY WERE 383 00:20:49,114 --> 00:20:53,151 TRYING TO STOP WHAT MAKES AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AMERICAN 384 00:20:53,218 --> 00:20:53,919 DEMOCRACY. 385 00:20:53,986 --> 00:20:55,787 BY THE WAY, THEY ALMOST SUCCEEDED. 386 00:20:55,854 --> 00:20:58,690 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IN THIS BOOK, AS I RESEARCHED IT, I CAME 387 00:20:58,757 --> 00:21:04,129 TO REALIZE THAT WE WERE FAR CLOSER TO LOSING IT ALL THAN I 388 00:21:04,196 --> 00:21:05,364 REALIZED AT THE TIME. 389 00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:08,333 I WAS FREAKED OUT AS WE ALL WERE AT THE TIME BUT IT WAS WORSE. 390 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:12,504 >> Stephen: WHAT'S THE THING THAT MOST SHOCKED YOU IN 391 00:21:12,571 --> 00:21:14,039 REPORTING FOR THIS BOOK? 392 00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:16,875 WHAT GOT US CLOSE THAN YOU IMAGINED? 393 00:21:16,942 --> 00:21:22,681 >> IF A FEW PEOPLE HAD ACTUALLY DONE WHAT TRUMP DEMANDED OFok 394 00:21:22,748 --> 00:21:24,783 THEM, IT COULD HAVE FLIPPED THE OTHER WAY. 395 00:21:24,850 --> 00:21:26,918 THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO BASICALLY SAVED OUR DEMOCRACIER BUT 396 00:21:26,985 --> 00:21:28,854 THEY'RE NOT YOUR TRADITIONA HEAROS. 397 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:38,363 MANY ARE LONG-TIME REPUBLICAN PARTISANS WHO DID WHAT HE WANTED 398 00:21:38,430 --> 00:21:41,900 BUT WHEN IT CAME TO THIS MOMENT THEY STOPPED. 399 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:47,506 DID YOU THINK PENCE WOULD BE THE GUY TO STAND UP TO TRUMP? 400 00:21:47,572 --> 00:21:49,808 >> Stephen: NO. 401 00:21:49,875 --> 00:21:53,512 HE WAS THE MAN WHO WOULD TAKE HIS WATER BOTTLE OFF THE TABLE 402 00:21:53,578 --> 00:21:55,113 IF TRUMP DID. 403 00:21:55,180 --> 00:21:59,084 >> HE WAS DISLOYAL WHEN IT COUNTED THE MOST. 404 00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:04,356 SOME OTHERS WERE IN SOME WAYS POLITICAL HACKS WHO STOOD STRONG 405 00:22:04,423 --> 00:22:07,592 AND DID THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT MOMENT. 406 00:22:07,659 --> 00:22:11,396 >> Stephen: AS SOMEONE WHO REPORTS IN WASHINGTON CAN YOU 407 00:22:11,463 --> 00:22:13,465 CALL PEOPLE POLITICAL HACKS? 408 00:22:13,532 --> 00:22:14,299 >> I DIDN'T NEIGHBOR ANYBODY. 409 00:22:14,366 --> 00:22:15,901 >> Stephen: BUT WE KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. 410 00:22:15,967 --> 00:22:18,070 >> I MEAN THAT IN A GAD WAY. 411 00:22:18,136 --> 00:22:19,538 >> Stephen: SURE, WE ALWAYS DO. 412 00:22:19,604 --> 00:22:22,274 I'VE SEEN THE SHOW. 413 00:22:22,340 --> 00:22:23,408 IT'S BRILLIANT. 414 00:22:23,475 --> 00:22:25,711 ( LAUGHTER ) THE NEXT QUESTION, AS PAINFUL AS 415 00:22:25,777 --> 00:22:29,314 THAT DAY WAS, IT IS ALREADY BEING CAST AS A DAY IN HISTORY 416 00:22:29,381 --> 00:22:32,517 AND I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO KNOW 417 00:22:32,584 --> 00:22:36,955 BETTER WHO ARE NOW TRYING TO REFRAME THAT DAY AS NOT A 418 00:22:37,022 --> 00:22:41,359 VIOLATION OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND AS MERELY A PROTEST AND AS AN 419 00:22:41,426 --> 00:22:47,032 ONGOING GAS LIGHTING THEY'RE TRYING TO TELL US WHAT WE SAW WE 420 00:22:47,099 --> 00:22:50,135 DID NOT SEE AND PREVENT OUR ABILITY TO STOP IT FROM 421 00:22:50,202 --> 00:22:51,570 HAPPENING AGAIN, I BELIEVE. 422 00:22:51,636 --> 00:22:55,607 THAT'S AN ONGOING THING, THAT'S NOT AN HISTORICAL FEELING, IT'S 423 00:22:55,674 --> 00:22:57,476 AN ONGOING EVENT. 424 00:22:57,542 --> 00:23:00,378 >> IT'S ONGOING, IT'S HAPPENING NOW, IT'S OUTRAGEOUS. 425 00:23:00,445 --> 00:23:04,916 IT DROVE ME EVERY DAY AS I WAS WRITING THE BOOK. 426 00:23:04,983 --> 00:23:08,954 I WANTED TO GET THE HISTORY DOWN IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE 427 00:23:09,020 --> 00:23:10,088 INDISPUTABLE. 428 00:23:10,155 --> 00:23:13,492 I WOULD TRY TO WRITE IT IN A WAY THAT EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE 429 00:23:13,558 --> 00:23:15,894 SYMPATHETIC TO TRUMP AND BELIEVED THE THINGS HE WAS 430 00:23:15,961 --> 00:23:19,064 SAYING WOULD SEE, NO, THAT'S A LIE. 431 00:23:19,131 --> 00:23:22,667 I WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT THE STUFF HE WAS SAYING AND WENT 432 00:23:22,734 --> 00:23:26,371 THROUGH IN DETAIL AND EXPLAINED WHY IT'S COMPLETE NONSENSE, A 433 00:23:26,438 --> 00:23:27,639 COMPLETE LIE. 434 00:23:27,706 --> 00:23:31,376 AND TO SEE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE DAY AND TRUMP HIMSELF -- I MEAN, 435 00:23:31,443 --> 00:23:35,514 WHEN I INTERVIEWED HIM FOR THE BOOK TALKING ABOUT IT WAS SOME 436 00:23:35,580 --> 00:23:38,150 KIND OF GLORIOUS DAY, JANUARY 6th. 437 00:23:38,216 --> 00:23:41,353 >> Stephen: YOU REVEAL IN THE BOOK THAT AS HE WAS LEAVING 438 00:23:41,419 --> 00:23:44,422 OFFICE, I THINK ON JANUARY 20th, ABOUT TO GET ON 439 00:23:44,489 --> 00:23:49,361 AIR FORCE ONE AND LEAVE FOR THE LAST TIME, HE TOLD RONALD 440 00:23:49,427 --> 00:23:51,897 McDANIEL, I'M DONE, I'M STARTING MY OWN PARTY. 441 00:23:51,963 --> 00:23:52,664 >> YEAH. 442 00:23:52,731 --> 00:23:55,033 >> Stephen: HOW DID THEY STOP HIM? 443 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:56,268 >> THIS WAS AMAZING. 444 00:23:56,334 --> 00:23:59,504 THIS WAS ACTUALLY WHEN HE WALKED UP THE STEPS TO AIR FORCE ONE 445 00:23:59,571 --> 00:24:03,341 FOR HIS LAST FLIGHT ON THE PLANE TO GO TO FLORIDA, HE GETS INTO 446 00:24:03,408 --> 00:24:07,445 HIS OFFICE AT THE FRONT OF THE PLANE BEFORE THE PLANE TAKES OFF 447 00:24:07,512 --> 00:24:08,980 AND McDANIEL WAS CALLING HIM. 448 00:24:09,047 --> 00:24:13,151 SHE WASN'T AT HIS FAREWELL CEREMONY, JUST TO SAY THANK YOU, 449 00:24:13,218 --> 00:24:16,087 GOOD LUCK, AND THAT'S WHEN HE DROPPED THIS BOMB. 450 00:24:16,154 --> 00:24:19,491 THE WAY THEY STOPPED HIM FROM LEAVING THE PARTY IS ESSENTIALLY 451 00:24:19,558 --> 00:24:23,528 MADE A SERIES OF THREATS, OF WARNINGS, AND SAID IF HE DID IT 452 00:24:23,595 --> 00:24:26,932 IT WOULD COST HIM TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 453 00:24:26,998 --> 00:24:31,536 THERE WERE LEGAL BILLS THE RNC WERE PAYING THAT WOULD NOW BE 454 00:24:31,603 --> 00:24:35,373 HIS TO PAY AND THEY WOULD TAKE HIS BIG 40 MILLION NAME EMAIL 455 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:39,311 LIST AND THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE IT WORTHLESS, TAKE CONTROL AND 456 00:24:39,377 --> 00:24:42,814 GIVE IT OUT FOR FREE SO HE COULDN'T RENT IT ANYMORE. 457 00:24:42,881 --> 00:24:44,583 >> Stephen: HE'S A BUSINESSMAN. 458 00:24:44,649 --> 00:24:47,219 >> IT WAS GOING TO COST HIM TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND HE 459 00:24:47,285 --> 00:24:49,588 BACKED DOWN FOUR OR FIVE DAYS AFTER JANUARY 20th. 460 00:24:49,654 --> 00:24:51,456 HE TOLD THEM HE WAS LEAVING. 461 00:24:51,523 --> 00:24:55,627 HE WASN'T SAYING I MIGHT, HE SAID I'M DONE, I'M GONE, I'M 462 00:24:55,694 --> 00:24:58,496 STARTING MY OWN PARTY, AND HE BACKED DOWN. 463 00:24:58,563 --> 00:25:00,532 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 464 00:25:00,599 --> 00:25:01,733 DON'T GO ANYWHERE. 465 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:06,071 WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK JONATHAN INTERESTING NEWS ABOUT 466 00:25:06,137 --> 00:25:08,540 MIKE PENCE THAT I DID NOT KNOW AND NEITHER DID YOU BUT YOU 467 00:25:08,607 --> 00:25:08,940 SHOULD. 468 00:25:09,007 --> 00:25:09,341 STICK AROUND. 469 00:25:25,624 --> 00:25:26,191 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WITHHOLDING THINGS 470 00:25:26,258 --> 00:25:27,559 THAT BELONG TO US. 471 00:25:27,626 --> 00:25:28,827 HEY, EVERYBODY! 472 00:25:28,894 --> 00:25:35,200 WE'RE BACK WITH THE AUTHOR OF "BETRAYAL," ABC NEWS CHIEF 473 00:25:35,267 --> 00:25:36,968 WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN KARL. 474 00:25:37,035 --> 00:25:41,006 YO WENT DOWN TO MAR-A-LAGO AND INTERVIEWED THE FORMER PRESIDENT 475 00:25:41,072 --> 00:25:42,941 FOR THE BOOK, AS YOU SAID. 476 00:25:43,008 --> 00:25:43,909 >> YEAH. 477 00:25:43,975 --> 00:25:45,343 >> Stephen: AFTER JANUARY 6th, JOHN KELLY SAID 478 00:25:45,410 --> 00:25:48,847 THAT HE, TO YOU, I BELIEVE, THAT HE BELIEVED THE PRESIDENT WAS 479 00:25:48,914 --> 00:25:51,816 MENTALLY UNFIT TO SERVE IN THE OVAL OFFICE. 480 00:25:51,883 --> 00:25:55,353 >> HE WANTED THE 25 25th AMENDMENT TO BE INVOKED 481 00:25:55,420 --> 00:25:56,421 IMMEDIATELY. 482 00:25:56,488 --> 00:26:00,425 HE TOLD ME THAT WHILE THE RIOTERS WERE STILL IN THE 483 00:26:00,492 --> 00:26:03,261 BUILING, THEY SHOULD MEET NOW AND GET HIM OUT NOW. 484 00:26:03,328 --> 00:26:06,531 >> Stephen: YOU'VE TALKED TO THE MAN RECENTLY. 485 00:26:06,598 --> 00:26:09,668 WHAT IS HIS MENTAL STATE? 486 00:26:09,734 --> 00:26:10,368 >> UM -- ( LAUGHTER ) 487 00:26:10,435 --> 00:26:12,304 THAT'S A -- THAT'S A TOUGH ONE. 488 00:26:12,370 --> 00:26:16,241 LOOK, I WENT DOWN TO SEE HIM THE FIRST INTERVIEW FOR THE BOOK WAS 489 00:26:16,308 --> 00:26:20,412 IN MAR-A-LAGO, JUST ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AFTER HE LEFT 490 00:26:20,478 --> 00:26:23,148 OFFICE, AND, YOU KNOW, HE LOOKED FINE, HE LOOKED FIT. 491 00:26:23,214 --> 00:26:25,383 A LOT OF PRESIDENTS AGE IN OFFICE. 492 00:26:25,450 --> 00:26:28,353 HE DOESN'T SEEM HE ACTUALLY AGED IN OFFICE, IT'S WEIRD. 493 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:29,020 >> Stephen: YES. 494 00:26:29,087 --> 00:26:31,022 SOME PEOPLE DON'T AGE. 495 00:26:31,089 --> 00:26:33,458 IT'S SUSPICIOUS, JONATHAN KARL. 496 00:26:33,525 --> 00:26:34,759 >> IT'S VERY SUSPICIOUS. 497 00:26:34,826 --> 00:26:37,429 BUT HE WAS UTTERLY DELUSIONAL ESPECIALLY IN TALKING ABOUT THE 498 00:26:37,495 --> 00:26:38,163 EVENTS OF JANUARY 6th. 499 00:26:38,229 --> 00:26:41,399 >> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE. 500 00:26:41,466 --> 00:26:43,034 DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? 501 00:26:43,101 --> 00:26:45,136 >> YES, I WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THE DAY. 502 00:26:45,203 --> 00:26:48,340 >> Stephen: AND WHERE ARE YOU TALKING TO HIM BECAUSE IT SOUNDS 503 00:26:48,406 --> 00:26:48,740 WEIRD. 504 00:26:48,807 --> 00:26:49,240 >> IT'S WEIRD. 505 00:26:49,307 --> 00:26:50,375 SORRY FOR THE SOUND. 506 00:26:50,442 --> 00:26:51,810 IT'S AT MAR-A-LAGO. 507 00:26:51,876 --> 00:26:56,748 HE MADE ME TO THIS INTERVIEW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOBBY OF 508 00:26:56,815 --> 00:26:58,116 MAR-A-LAGO RIGHT BEFORE DINNER. 509 00:26:58,183 --> 00:27:03,121 HE WANTED EVERYONE WHO CAME TO DINNER SEE HIM BEING 510 00:27:03,188 --> 00:27:03,955 INTERVIEWED. 511 00:27:04,022 --> 00:27:06,191 THAT'S WHY YOU HEAR PEOPLE WALKING BY. 512 00:27:06,257 --> 00:27:09,561 HE SAID TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT ME. 513 00:27:09,627 --> 00:27:13,565 BUT IN THE TRANSCRIPT TO HAVE THE INTERVIEW HE SAID, I'M WITH 514 00:27:13,631 --> 00:27:15,967 THE GREAT JONATHAN KARL, HERE HE IS. 515 00:27:16,034 --> 00:27:18,370 THIS IS A GUY LOT OF NAMES. 516 00:27:18,436 --> 00:27:20,305 BUT HE WANTED TO BE SEEN. 517 00:27:20,372 --> 00:27:25,010 >> SOME PEOPLE WERE SAYING 1776, AND IT'S RIGGED AND BEING 518 00:27:25,076 --> 00:27:26,911 STOLEN, WHY NOT CHARGE THE CAPITOL. 519 00:27:26,978 --> 00:27:29,581 >> I HAD NOT HEARD THAT BUT PEOPLE WERE VERY ANGRY. 520 00:27:29,647 --> 00:27:36,221 PEOPLE WERE THERE, THAT CROWD, THE PRESS, THE FAKE NEWS, WHICH 521 00:27:36,287 --> 00:27:39,557 IS FAKE, NEVER TALKED ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE CROWD. 522 00:27:39,624 --> 00:27:40,392 THAT WAS A MASSIVE CROWD. 523 00:27:40,458 --> 00:27:41,960 THAT WAS A MASSIVE CROWD. 524 00:27:42,027 --> 00:27:43,862 >> Stephen: HE'S MISSING THE NARRATIVE HERE. 525 00:27:43,928 --> 00:27:45,697 IT'S ABOUT WHETHER HE'S POPULAR. 526 00:27:45,764 --> 00:27:51,536 >> YEAH, I'M ASKING HIM ABOUT A RIOT, ONE TO -- ONE OF THE DARK 527 00:27:51,603 --> 00:27:54,606 DAYS IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY 528 00:27:54,672 --> 00:27:56,841 PEOPLE CAME OUT TO SEE HIM. 529 00:27:56,908 --> 00:28:02,514 >> Stephen: I KNOW YOU HAD A FACT ABOUT MIKE PENCE. 530 00:28:02,580 --> 00:28:07,685 >> I FOUND OUT MIKE PENCE HAD WITH HIM THE ENTIRE TIME AN 531 00:28:07,752 --> 00:28:10,321 OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO CAPTURED IMAGES 532 00:28:10,388 --> 00:28:13,558 OF THAT ENTIRE PERIOD INCLUDING THE ROUGHLY FIVE HOURS WHERE 533 00:28:13,625 --> 00:28:18,730 PENCE WAS HIDDEN AWAY IN THE BOWELS OF THE CAPITOL IN A PLACE 534 00:28:18,797 --> 00:28:23,201 NO ONE'S EVER KNOWN BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO LEAVE. 535 00:28:23,268 --> 00:28:27,605 THEY GOT HIM OUT OF THE SENATE CHAMBER AND TOOK HIM SOMEWHERE. 536 00:28:27,672 --> 00:28:30,909 >> Stephen: WHILE PEOPLE WERE ERECTING GALLOWS ACROSS THE 537 00:28:30,975 --> 00:28:31,876 STREET. 538 00:28:31,943 --> 00:28:33,611 >> I GOT AHOLD OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND SAW THE 539 00:28:33,678 --> 00:28:34,212 PHOTOGRAPHS. 540 00:28:34,279 --> 00:28:35,013 >> Stephen: YOU SAW THEM. 541 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:36,681 I SAW THE PHOTOGRAPHS. 542 00:28:36,748 --> 00:28:43,555 IT WAS WILD TO SEE HE WAS IN A LOADING DOCK IN AN UNDERGROUND 543 00:28:43,621 --> 00:28:46,825 PARKING GARAGE BENEATH THE CAPITOL COMPLEX. 544 00:28:46,891 --> 00:28:49,894 HE HAD NO PLACE TO SIT IN THE CONCRETE PARKING GARAGE, YOU 545 00:28:49,961 --> 00:28:51,096 KNOW, WITH HIS FAMILY. 546 00:28:51,162 --> 00:28:55,033 THIS IS THE VICE PRESIDENT TO HAVE THE UNITED STATES -- THE 547 00:28:55,100 --> 00:28:56,968 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND HE'S HOLED UP IN A 548 00:28:57,035 --> 00:28:59,571 BASEMENT, AND I WENT TO THE VICE PRESIDENT, FORMER 549 00:28:59,637 --> 00:29:02,907 VICE PRESIDENT, AND I ASKED HIM IF I COULD ACCOMPLISH THOSE 550 00:29:02,974 --> 00:29:05,210 PHOTOGRAPHS -- I THINK THEY'RE PART OF THE HISTORICAL RECORD. 551 00:29:05,276 --> 00:29:08,379 >> Stephen: ONE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS IS HIM LITERALLY 552 00:29:08,446 --> 00:29:10,248 LOOKING AT THE TWEET OF THE PRESIDENT SAYING -- 553 00:29:10,315 --> 00:29:15,753 >> ONE OF THEM IS HIS CH CHIEF O STAFF SHOWING HIM HIS PHONE AND 554 00:29:15,820 --> 00:29:18,623 IT'S THE TWEET OF TRUMP SAYING MIKE PENCE DIDN'T HAVE THE 555 00:29:18,690 --> 00:29:19,791 COURAGE. 556 00:29:19,858 --> 00:29:23,428 THIS IS THE GUY WHO FLED THE RIOTERS AND TRUMP IS SAYING HE 557 00:29:23,495 --> 00:29:25,630 DIDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE. 558 00:29:25,697 --> 00:29:26,998 KIND OF LOOKS LIKE PENCE IS GRIMACING BUT YOU CAN NEVER 559 00:29:27,065 --> 00:29:28,099 REALLY TELL, I DON'T KNOW. 560 00:29:28,166 --> 00:29:31,503 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT THE FIGHT REFERRED TO IS 561 00:29:31,569 --> 00:29:34,873 THEY REFUSED TO LET ME PUBLISH THE PHOTOGRAPHS. 562 00:29:34,939 --> 00:29:37,408 BUT I HAVE A SUSPICION THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE IS GOING 563 00:29:37,475 --> 00:29:39,410 TO WANT TO SEE THOSE PHOTOS. 564 00:29:39,477 --> 00:29:40,812 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: AND THOSE AREN'T 565 00:29:40,879 --> 00:29:41,946 HIS PHOTOS. 566 00:29:42,013 --> 00:29:44,649 >> NO, THEY'RE YOUR PHOTOS, THEY'RE EVERYBODY'S PHOTOS. 567 00:29:44,716 --> 00:29:47,018 >> Stephen: WE PAID FOR THOSE. 568 00:29:47,085 --> 00:29:48,653 YES, TAKEN BE I THE WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER. 569 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,756 >> Stephen: PART OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. 570 00:29:51,823 --> 00:29:54,959 >> YES, AND PART OF THE HISTORICAL RECORD ON THE DAY WE 571 00:29:55,026 --> 00:29:55,960 NEEDED TO SEE THE RECORD. 572 00:29:56,027 --> 00:29:58,096 >> Stephen: JONATHAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 573 00:29:58,163 --> 00:29:59,364 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 574 00:29:59,430 --> 00:30:00,932 >> Stephen: THE BOOK IS "BETRAYAL." 575 00:30:00,999 --> 00:30:02,967 AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 16. 576 00:30:03,034 --> 00:30:04,435 JONATHAN KARL, EVERYBODY! 577 00:30:04,502 --> 00:30:06,437 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH BRANDI CARLILE. 578 00:30:06,504 --> 00:30:08,006 ( BAND PLAYING ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 579 00:30:31,596 --> 00:30:44,876 ( BAND PLAYING ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 580 00:30:44,943 --> 00:30:45,643 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 581 00:30:45,710 --> 00:30:47,111 WELCOME BACK! 582 00:30:47,178 --> 00:30:52,383 FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS A SIX-TIME 583 00:30:52,450 --> 00:30:54,586 GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING SINGER/SONGWRITER AND A NUMBER 584 00:30:54,652 --> 00:30:56,387 ONE "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLING AUTHOR. 585 00:30:56,454 --> 00:31:03,494 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," BRANDI CARLILE! 586 00:31:03,561 --> 00:31:13,538 ( BAND PLAYING ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 587 00:31:13,605 --> 00:31:23,715 ( BAND PLAYING ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 588 00:31:23,781 --> 00:31:24,515 >> HI. 589 00:31:24,582 --> 00:31:26,284 >> Stephen: LOVELY TO HAVE YOU HERE. 590 00:31:26,351 --> 00:31:27,118 >> LOVELY TO BE HERE. 591 00:31:27,185 --> 00:31:28,987 >> Stephen: I LOVE HEARING YOU PERFORM. 592 00:31:29,053 --> 00:31:32,156 WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK BUT NOT IN PERSON, OVER ZOOM. 593 00:31:32,223 --> 00:31:34,125 >> FEELS LIKE I'VE KNOWN YOU FOREVER. 594 00:31:34,192 --> 00:31:35,994 >> Stephen: I KIND OF HAVE THE FEELING, TOO. 595 00:31:36,060 --> 00:31:41,032 I WANT TO GET TO YOUR NEW ALBUM, "IN THESE SILENT DAYS," IN JUST 596 00:31:41,099 --> 00:31:44,435 A MOMENT, DOING A SONG OFF THAT TONIGHT. 597 00:31:44,502 --> 00:31:46,971 ( APPLAUSE ) BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE 598 00:31:47,038 --> 00:31:50,041 CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL SATURDAY NIGHT. 599 00:31:50,108 --> 00:31:56,214 WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY -- IT'S ALWAYS AS I SAID BEFORE, JONI 600 00:31:56,281 --> 00:32:01,552 MITCHELL'S "BLUE," I SEE THAT SIGN, "SOLD OUT," CARNEGIE HALL, 601 00:32:01,619 --> 00:32:03,721 FIRST TIME YOU GO THERE, NO PROBLEM. 602 00:32:03,788 --> 00:32:06,324 SET THE BAR KIND OF HIGH FOR YOURSELF. 603 00:32:06,391 --> 00:32:09,027 THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME YOU HAD DONE IT, RIGHT? 604 00:32:09,093 --> 00:32:11,229 >> YES, I HAD DONE IT ONCE IN L.A. 605 00:32:11,296 --> 00:32:15,466 >> Stephen: YOU SAID YOU HAD TO BE HYPNOTIZED TO CALM 606 00:32:15,533 --> 00:32:17,235 YOURSELF DOWN ENOUGH TO DO IT IN L.A. 607 00:32:17,302 --> 00:32:19,203 DID YOU HAVE TO DO THAT THIS TIME? 608 00:32:19,270 --> 00:32:20,571 >> I WAS ABLE TO RELY ON THE TOOLS I GOT FROM BEING 609 00:32:20,638 --> 00:32:23,675 HYPNOTIZED LAST TIME, SOME OF THE MANTRAS I WAS TO TELL MYSELF 610 00:32:23,741 --> 00:32:27,445 TO SNAP OUT OF TOTAL PANIC, AND IT WORKED. 611 00:32:27,512 --> 00:32:29,981 THE GOAL WAS NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST TIME. 612 00:32:30,048 --> 00:32:32,884 >> Stephen: WHAT'S THE FEELING TO WALK OUT ON CARNEGIE HALL 613 00:32:32,950 --> 00:32:34,152 STAGE THE FIRST TIME? 614 00:32:34,218 --> 00:32:37,889 >> IT'S DEEPLY EMOTIONAL FOR ME BECAUSE I FEEL THAT'S MAYBE THE 615 00:32:37,955 --> 00:32:40,491 MOST IMPORTANT VENUE IN THE COUNTRY, AND AS JUST, YOU KNOW, 616 00:32:40,558 --> 00:32:44,062 A LITTLE GIRL THAT'S JUST GROWN UP, FASCINATED WITH THE CONCEPT 617 00:32:44,128 --> 00:32:48,599 OF ENTERTAINING PEOPLE IN LIVE MUSIC, I MEAN, YOU GET TO 618 00:32:48,666 --> 00:32:49,801 CARNEGIE HALL AND YOU'VE DONE IT. 619 00:32:49,867 --> 00:32:52,770 >> Stephen: THIS IS AN AMAZING BARREL OF A PLACE. 620 00:32:52,837 --> 00:32:55,039 ( APPLAUSE ) FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN, 621 00:32:55,106 --> 00:32:58,276 THIS IS AN AMAZING BARREL OF A PLACE. 622 00:32:58,343 --> 00:33:01,045 THIS IS TREMENDOUS SCALE WITH EXTRAORDINARY ACOUSTICS IN 623 00:33:01,112 --> 00:33:01,612 THERE. 624 00:33:01,679 --> 00:33:02,880 >> IT'S STUNNING, YEAH. 625 00:33:02,947 --> 00:33:06,851 I MEAN, ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS IS WHEN WE STEPPED OUT 626 00:33:06,918 --> 00:33:10,221 IN FRONT TO HAVE THE P.A. AND DID A SONG WITH NO 627 00:33:10,288 --> 00:33:11,222 AMPLIFICATION. 628 00:33:11,289 --> 00:33:14,525 >> Stephen: YOU DID "CANNONBALL," SO BEAUTIFUL. 629 00:33:14,592 --> 00:33:15,626 >> WE DID. 630 00:33:15,693 --> 00:33:18,529 >> Stephen: THERE ARE MANY INCREDIBLE LYRICS WRITTEN BY 631 00:33:18,596 --> 00:33:21,632 JONI MITCHELL THROUGHOUT HER ENTIRE CAREER BUT ESPECIALLY ON 632 00:33:21,699 --> 00:33:26,404 "BLUE" WHICH IS THE GATEWAY DRUG FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR JONI 633 00:33:26,471 --> 00:33:26,804 MITCHELL. 634 00:33:26,871 --> 00:33:27,705 >> I THINK SO. 635 00:33:27,772 --> 00:33:28,873 >> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE LYRIC? 636 00:33:28,940 --> 00:33:30,908 >> OH, MY GOD I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH. 637 00:33:30,975 --> 00:33:35,980 I LIKE WHAT A RANT LAST TIME I SAW RICHARD IS. 638 00:33:36,047 --> 00:33:37,348 DOESN'T MATTER IF IT RHYMES. 639 00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:41,185 I LOVE THE SPOT WHERE SHE'S, LIKE, I'M GOING TO BLOW THIS 640 00:33:41,252 --> 00:33:42,420 DAMN CANDLE OUT. 641 00:33:42,487 --> 00:33:46,491 I DON'T WANT NOBODY COMING OVER TO MY TABLE, I GOT NOTHING TO 642 00:33:46,557 --> 00:33:47,859 TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT. 643 00:33:47,925 --> 00:33:51,629 IT'S JUST SORT OF A RANT, YOU FEEL SHE DIDN'T WRITE IT, SHE 644 00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:52,964 JUST DESCREEND IT. 645 00:33:53,030 --> 00:33:54,165 >> Stephen: MM-HMM. 646 00:33:54,232 --> 00:33:58,202 MAYBE PERSONALLY, I RESONATE WITH THE LINE I'M FRIGHTENED BY 647 00:33:58,269 --> 00:34:03,007 THE DEVIL BUT I'M DRAWN TO THE ONES THAT AREN'T AFRAID. 648 00:34:03,074 --> 00:34:06,878 >> Stephen: I'M AS CONSTANT AS THE NORTHERN STAR, AND I SAID 649 00:34:06,944 --> 00:34:09,046 CONSTANTLY IN THE DARKNESS, WHERE'S THAT AT? 650 00:34:09,113 --> 00:34:12,817 IF YOU WANT ME, I'LL BE IN THE BAR. 651 00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:15,553 SHE JUST LEAVES OUT THE LINE MOTHER ( BLEEP ). 652 00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:18,389 >> I KNOW, I KNOW! 653 00:34:18,456 --> 00:34:21,592 BUT YOU FEEL IT, IT'S THERE, IT'S SO DISMISSIVE. 654 00:34:21,659 --> 00:34:25,730 WHENEVER I SING THAT LINE, I GO, IF YOU WANT ME, I'LL BE IN THE 655 00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:28,800 BAR -- I EVEN BAT THE PERSON AWAY WITH MY HAND. 656 00:34:28,866 --> 00:34:32,003 >> Stephen: SO YOU DID IT, YOU CRUSHED IT, YOU ABSOLUTELY BLEW 657 00:34:32,069 --> 00:34:32,870 THE HOUSE DOWN. 658 00:34:32,937 --> 00:34:37,942 HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE AFTERWARDS? 659 00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:45,149 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> I HAD A SHOT OF TEQUILA. 660 00:34:45,216 --> 00:34:46,284 >> Stephen: GOOD. 661 00:34:46,350 --> 00:34:48,486 BECAUSE I WAS, LIKE, NO ALCOHOL FOR THE WEEKS LEADING UP 662 00:34:48,553 --> 00:34:49,687 TO THIS. 663 00:34:49,754 --> 00:34:55,026 I HAD A SHOT OF TEQUILA AND I CALLED JONI ON FaceTime AND WE 664 00:34:55,092 --> 00:34:57,028 HAD A LITTLE FaceTime AND WE TALKED. 665 00:34:57,094 --> 00:34:59,096 >> Stephen: I UNDERSTANDYOU GO TO JAMS AT HER PLACE. 666 00:34:59,163 --> 00:35:01,699 SHE HAS A JAM JUST ABOUT EVERY MONTH. 667 00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:04,235 WHAT'S IT LIKE TO JAM AT JONI'S PLACE? 668 00:35:04,302 --> 00:35:07,538 >> IT'S LIKE WHEN YOUR LIFE FLASHES BEFORE YOUR EYES, YOU 669 00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:11,075 WILL SEE THE JAMS BEFORE YOU SEE THE BIRTH OF YOUR CHILDREN KIND 670 00:35:11,142 --> 00:35:11,976 OF THING. 671 00:35:12,043 --> 00:35:13,878 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: LAST TIME WE WERE 672 00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:17,949 TALKING, YOU HAD JUST RELEASED YOUR BOOK "BROKEN HORSES" WHICH 673 00:35:18,015 --> 00:35:22,286 HAS BECOME A "NEW YORK TIMES" NUMBER ONE BEST SELLER 674 00:35:22,353 --> 00:35:23,754 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> I WAS SO EXCITED. 675 00:35:23,821 --> 00:35:26,157 I WAS HOPING YOU'D HEARD ABOUT THAT. 676 00:35:26,224 --> 00:35:28,893 >> Stephen: DID THAT INFLUENCE AT ALL THE WRITING OF THIS? 677 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,027 BECAUSE THEY'RE BACK TO BACK. 678 00:35:30,094 --> 00:35:33,130 >> YEAH, MORE THAN ANYTHING I'VE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE, IT 679 00:35:33,197 --> 00:35:34,365 INFLUENCED IT. 680 00:35:34,432 --> 00:35:37,935 I SHUT THE COMPUTER ON THE BOOK AND TOOK A DEEP BREATH, GOT UP 681 00:35:38,002 --> 00:35:45,643 FROM THE DESK AND WALKED OVER TO THE PIANO AND WROTE THE FIRST 682 00:35:45,710 --> 00:35:47,011 SONG ON "IN THESE SILENT DAYS." 683 00:35:47,078 --> 00:35:49,480 I WAS NEVER BLOCKED AS A WRITER EVER. 684 00:35:49,547 --> 00:35:51,182 >> Stephen: WHAT WILL YOU PLAY FOR US? 685 00:35:51,249 --> 00:35:56,654 >> I WAS THINKING ABOUT PLAYING THIS BEAUTIFUL LIFE AFFIRMING 686 00:35:56,721 --> 00:35:59,323 LULU BUY CALLED "THIS TIME TOMORROW." 687 00:35:59,390 --> 00:36:01,926 >> Stephen: STICK AROUND BECAUSE BRANDI WILL BE DOING 688 00:36:01,993 --> 00:36:08,733 THAT IN JUST A MOMENT FROM HER ALBUM, "IN THESE SILENT DAYS." 689 00:36:08,799 --> 00:36:09,800 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 690 00:36:23,214 --> 00:36:25,483 >> Stephen: AND NOW, PERFORMING "THIS TIME TOMORROW" FROM HER 691 00:36:25,550 --> 00:36:29,987 ALBUM, "IN THESE SILENT DAYS," BRANDI CARLILE. 692 00:36:30,054 --> 00:36:41,265 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 693 00:36:41,332 --> 00:36:45,269 ♪ WHEN THE FIRE INSIDE THAT BURNS SO BRIGHT 694 00:36:45,336 --> 00:36:49,407 ♪ BEGINS TO GROW FADED IT CAN BE HARD TO SEE 695 00:36:49,473 --> 00:36:55,179 ♪ THE GROUND ON WHICH YOU STAND 696 00:36:55,246 --> 00:36:59,216 ♪ THOUGH YOU MAY NOT BE AFRAID OF WALKIN' IN THE DARKNESS 697 00:36:59,283 --> 00:37:03,287 ♪ YOU WILL FEEL LIKE A STRANGER IN THIS LAND 698 00:37:03,354 --> 00:37:09,293 ♪ YOU CAN TRY TO CARVE A FAITH OUT OF YOUR OWN 699 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:15,266 ♪ BUT A BROKEN SPIRIT MAY DRY OUT THE BONE 700 00:37:15,333 --> 00:37:19,637 ♪ AND THE EDGES OF THE NIGHT MAY CAUSE YOU SORROW 701 00:37:19,704 --> 00:37:27,278 ♪ YOU KNOW I MAY NOT BE AROUND THIS TIME TOMORROW 702 00:37:27,345 --> 00:37:38,723 ♪ BUT I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU YEAH, I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU 703 00:37:38,789 --> 00:37:43,561 ♪ WHEN THE HOPE THAT YOU HOLD TIGHTLY TO HAS ALL BUT VANISHED 704 00:37:43,628 --> 00:37:50,868 ♪ AND THERE ARE NO WORDS OF COMFORT TO BE FOUND 705 00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:55,272 ♪ YOU WILL KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LOST AND WITHOUT LOVE 706 00:37:55,339 --> 00:37:59,577 ♪ MAY YOU FIGHT TO KILL THAT DEAFENING SOUND 707 00:37:59,644 --> 00:38:05,850 ♪ BUT OUR HOLY DREAMS OF YESTERDAY AREN'T GONE 708 00:38:05,916 --> 00:38:11,555 ♪ THEY STILL HAUNT US LIKE THE GHOSTS OF BABYLON 709 00:38:11,622 --> 00:38:15,760 ♪ AND THE BREAKIN' OF THE DAY MIGHT BRING YOU SORROW 710 00:38:15,826 --> 00:38:21,265 ♪ YOU KNOW I MAY NOT BE AROUND THIS TIME TOMORROW 711 00:38:21,332 --> 00:38:31,575 ♪ BUT I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU YEAH, I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU 712 00:38:31,642 --> 00:38:39,283 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ OOH, OOH, OOH 713 00:38:39,350 --> 00:38:51,262 OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH ♪ OOH, OOH 714 00:38:51,328 --> 00:38:55,566 OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH ♪ YOU CAN TRY TO CARVE 715 00:38:55,633 --> 00:39:03,274 A FAITH OUT OF YOUR OWN ♪ BUT A BROKEN SPIRIT MAY 716 00:39:03,340 --> 00:39:07,578 DRY OUT THE BONE ♪ AND THE EDGES OF THE NIGHT 717 00:39:07,645 --> 00:39:11,582 MAY CAUSE YOU SORROW ♪ YOU KNOW I MAY NOT BE AROUND 718 00:39:11,649 --> 00:39:19,490 THIS TIME TOMORROW ♪ BUT OUR HOLY DREAMS OF 719 00:39:19,557 --> 00:39:23,561 YESTERDAY AREN'T GONE ♪ THEY STILL HAUNT US LIKE 720 00:39:23,627 --> 00:39:27,865 THE GHOSTS OF BABYLON ♪ AND THE BREAKIN' OF THE DAY 721 00:39:27,932 --> 00:39:33,304 MIGHT BRING YOU SORROW ♪ YOU KNOW I MAY NOT BE AROUND 722 00:39:33,370 --> 00:39:45,282 THIS TIME TOMORROW ♪ BUT I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU 723 00:39:45,349 --> 00:39:57,294 I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU ♪ I WILL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU 724 00:39:57,361 --> 00:40:07,338 I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 725 00:40:07,404 --> 00:40:12,376 I'LL ALWAYS BE WITH YOU ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 726 00:40:12,443 --> 00:40:15,279 >> Stephen: CHECK OUT ANOTHER PERFORMANCE FROM BRANDI CARLILE 727 00:40:15,346 --> 00:40:17,648 AT colbertlateshow.com. 728 00:40:17,715 --> 00:40:18,949 BRANDI CARLILE, EVERYBODY. 729 00:40:19,016 --> 00:40:20,184 THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 730 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:23,120 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE QUENTIN TARANTINO AND 731 00:40:23,187 --> 00:40:24,955 "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE! 732 00:40:25,022 --> 00:40:26,223 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 733 00:40:26,290 --> 00:40:27,091 GOOD NIGHT.