1 00:00:01,801 --> 00:00:04,237 >> AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE JANUARY 6th ANNIVERSARY LATER 2 00:00:04,304 --> 00:00:07,006 THIS WEEK, THE SELECT COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE ATTACK ON THE 3 00:00:07,073 --> 00:00:10,744 CAPITOL IS LAYING OUT SOME OF ITS NEW EVIDENCE ABOUT WHAT 4 00:00:10,810 --> 00:00:11,911 HAPPENED THAT DAY. 5 00:00:11,978 --> 00:00:14,647 >> ACCORDING TO THE HOUSE D.M.s ON THE COMMITTEE, THE 6 00:00:14,714 --> 00:00:17,784 VIDEO THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE RELEASED WAS THE SIXTH VERSION 7 00:00:17,851 --> 00:00:21,955 OF THAT, YOU KNOW, PLEASE LEAVE VIDEO, AND THE PREVIOUS FIVE 8 00:00:22,021 --> 00:00:25,558 OUTTAKES WERE SO PROBLEMATIC THAT THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE 9 00:00:25,625 --> 00:00:27,060 WOULDN'T EVEN PUT IT OUT. 10 00:00:27,127 --> 00:00:29,796 YOU BETTER BELIEVE THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS ON THAT COMMITTEE WANT 11 00:00:29,863 --> 00:00:33,633 TO SEE THOSE TAPES. 12 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:37,570 >> THE "LATE SHOW" ACQUIRED THE AUDIO OF THE TAPES. 13 00:00:37,637 --> 00:00:40,206 >> IF YOU'RE READY, MR. PRESIDENT, ACTION! 14 00:00:40,273 --> 00:00:40,840 >> THEY'RE HEROES. 15 00:00:40,907 --> 00:00:44,310 I'M SO PROUD OF THE Q Anon. 16 00:00:44,377 --> 00:00:46,746 I'M HAVING A LOT OF FUN TODAY! 17 00:00:46,813 --> 00:00:47,280 >> CUT. 18 00:00:47,347 --> 00:00:48,882 OKAY, LOVE THE ENERGY. 19 00:00:48,948 --> 00:00:51,418 COULD WE TRY ONE WHERE YOU SAY SOMETHING NEGATIVE? 20 00:00:51,484 --> 00:00:55,388 >> I DON'T LIKE MO SKIRTIOS! 21 00:00:55,455 --> 00:00:58,825 MEANT SOMETHING ABOUT THE VIOLENT PROTESTERS. 22 00:00:58,892 --> 00:01:00,293 >> MY FAVORITE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. 23 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:01,861 >> LET'S TRY A DIFFERENT APPROACH. 24 00:01:01,928 --> 00:01:04,697 WATCH THE LIVE COVERAGE ON THE TELEVISION. 25 00:01:04,764 --> 00:01:09,669 IT'S CHAOS, BROKEN WINDOWS, BLOOD IDEA CAPITOL POLICE, 26 00:01:09,736 --> 00:01:12,639 CONGRESS PEOPLE HUDDLED IN THE BASEMENT TRYING TO STAY ALIVE. 27 00:01:12,705 --> 00:01:13,840 HONEST REACTION, GO! 28 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:17,444 >> THIS IS THE GREATEST TELEVISION SHOW EVER! 29 00:01:17,510 --> 00:01:20,613 >> SIR, THEY WANT TO HANG YOUR VICE PRESIDENT! 30 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:25,118 >> IF YOU SEE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE, PUNCH HIM IN THE 31 00:01:25,185 --> 00:01:26,386 FACE. 32 00:01:26,453 --> 00:01:30,757 >> WHY DON'T WE FORGET ABOUT THE INTERACTION AND FOCUS ON SAYING 33 00:01:30,824 --> 00:01:34,360 SOMETHING UPLIFTING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON THIS DARK AND 34 00:01:34,427 --> 00:01:36,329 TERRIFYING DAY. 35 00:01:36,396 --> 00:01:38,498 >> BING, BONG, BING, BING! 36 00:01:38,565 --> 00:01:44,137 >> Announcer: IT'S A "LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT! 37 00:01:44,204 --> 00:01:45,004 TONIGHT, 2022. 38 00:01:45,071 --> 00:01:48,942 PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES C.D.C. 39 00:01:49,008 --> 00:01:57,250 DIRECTOR DR. ROCHELLE WALENSKY, AND UTKARSH AMBUDKAR, FEATURING 40 00:01:57,317 --> 00:01:58,852 JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN." 41 00:01:58,918 --> 00:02:04,390 AND NOW LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YOR 42 00:02:04,457 --> 00:02:09,929 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 43 00:02:09,996 --> 00:02:24,878 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY! 44 00:02:24,944 --> 00:02:25,979 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY! 45 00:02:31,117 --> 00:02:36,022 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HELLO, MY FRIENDS! 46 00:02:36,089 --> 00:02:36,923 THE YEAR. 47 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:37,524 THERE IT IS. 48 00:02:37,590 --> 00:02:38,791 HAVE A SEAT, EVERYBODY. 49 00:02:38,858 --> 00:02:41,327 THANK YOU SO MUCH, WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW." 50 00:02:41,394 --> 00:02:45,932 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 51 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:47,534 FIRST OF ALL -- ( CHEERING ) 52 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:52,939 >> Stephen: WOO-HOO, INDEED! 53 00:02:53,006 --> 00:02:55,375 HAPPY INURE, NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY. 54 00:02:55,441 --> 00:03:00,046 IT'S 2022, AN UNPRECEDENTED STRAIGHT YEAR OF 2020. 55 00:03:00,113 --> 00:03:04,951 LET'S BE POSITIVE, IT'S A NEW YEAR AND I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD 56 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:06,753 FEELING ABOUT 2023. 57 00:03:06,819 --> 00:03:11,424 ( LAUGHTER ) I HOPE YOU CELEBRATED NEW YEAR'S 58 00:03:11,491 --> 00:03:17,730 RESPONSIBLY BECAUSE THIS SECOND BIGGEST HEADLINE THIS YEAR, 59 00:03:17,797 --> 00:03:22,335 SCIENTISTS SAY THERE ARE NO HANGOVER CURES, TERRIBLE NEWS 60 00:03:22,402 --> 00:03:28,942 FOR AN DICOHEN. 61 00:03:29,008 --> 00:03:32,946 AN ANDY CO-HOSTED CNN'S NEW YEARS 62 00:03:33,012 --> 00:03:34,180 EVE SPECIAL ALONGSIDE ANDERSON COOPER, WHO GOT A FRONT-ROW SEAT 63 00:03:34,247 --> 00:03:35,548 TO THIS: >> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 64 00:03:35,615 --> 00:03:38,017 >> OH, PLEASE, TELL US SOMETHING ANDY. 65 00:03:38,084 --> 00:03:40,954 >> WATCHING MAYOR DE BLASIO-- >> DON'T GO ON A RANT, DON'T GO 66 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:44,257 ON A RANT. 67 00:03:44,324 --> 00:03:46,960 >> DO HIS VICTORY LAP DANCE AFTER FOUR YEARS OF THE 68 00:03:47,026 --> 00:03:49,062 CRAPPIEST TERM-- >> THIS IS HOW YOU WANT TO START 69 00:03:49,128 --> 00:03:50,063 THE NEW YEAR? 70 00:03:50,129 --> 00:03:53,800 >> AS THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK. 71 00:03:53,866 --> 00:03:58,071 THE ONLY THING THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS CAN AGREE ON IS WHAT 72 00:03:58,137 --> 00:04:02,008 A HORRIBLE MAYOR HE HAS BEEN. 73 00:04:02,075 --> 00:04:02,575 DI >> WOW. 74 00:04:02,642 --> 00:04:10,049 >> SO, SAYONARA SUCKER! 75 00:04:10,116 --> 00:04:17,590 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WHOA. 76 00:04:17,657 --> 00:04:18,758 WHOA... 77 00:04:18,825 --> 00:04:19,759 USUALLY WHEN SOMEONE GETS THAT ANGRY DRUNK ON LIVE TV, THEY 78 00:04:19,826 --> 00:04:22,996 HAVE TO GO EXPLAIN THEIR BEHAVIOR TO ANDY COHEN. 79 00:04:23,062 --> 00:04:26,065 ( LAUGHTER ) ANDY ADDRESSED HIS RANT THE NEXT 80 00:04:26,132 --> 00:04:27,700 DAY, TWEETING, "GOOD MORNING! 81 00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:34,073 UM, I WAS A BIT OVERSERVED LAST NIGHT." 82 00:04:34,140 --> 00:04:38,077 UM, ANDY, YOU CAN'T REALLY BLAME THE BARTENDER WHEN YOU WERE THE 83 00:04:38,144 --> 00:04:44,050 BARTENDER. 84 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:46,052 YOU THINK WE WOULDN'T NOTICE? 85 00:04:46,119 --> 00:04:50,723 WE WATCHED WHAT HAPPENED LIVE. 86 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:52,425 ( LAUGHTER ) APPARENTLY, THEY WERE ALSO 87 00:04:52,492 --> 00:04:54,060 WHOOPIN' IT UP IN THE CNN CONTROL ROOM, BECAUSE THEY GOT 88 00:04:54,127 --> 00:05:02,068 DUPED INTO AIRING TWEETS FROM FAKE ACCOUNTS NAMED "BEN DOVER," 89 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:07,674 "MIKE OXLONG," AND "DIXIE NORMUS." 90 00:05:07,740 --> 00:05:10,043 ( LAUGHTER ) NOT TO MENTION BEING PRANKED BY 91 00:05:10,109 --> 00:05:14,347 THE FAKEST NAME OF ALL: WOLF BLITZER. 92 00:05:14,414 --> 00:05:16,215 ( LAUGHTER ) IT'S EMBARRASSING TO GET TRICKED 93 00:05:16,282 --> 00:05:18,051 BY TWITTER TROLLS, WHICH IS WHY I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO 94 00:05:18,117 --> 00:05:22,055 THANK SOME OF THE "LATE SHOW" VIEWERS WHO ALERTED ME TO THIS 95 00:05:22,121 --> 00:05:30,063 STORY ON TWITTER: IVANA UMPEW LUKE ATTERTUSH, DUSTEE LA BIA, 96 00:05:30,129 --> 00:05:34,067 AND REALNAME MCPENIS-BOOBS. 97 00:05:34,133 --> 00:05:38,104 TIMES SQUARE WAS LESS CROWDED THAN ORIGINALLY PLANNED. 98 00:05:38,171 --> 00:05:42,275 THANKS TO OMICRON, OVER THE PAST WEEK, AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 99 00:05:42,341 --> 00:05:46,879 400,000 CASES HAS BEEN REPORTED EACH DAY IN THE UNITED STATES, 100 00:05:46,946 --> 00:05:47,647 TRIPLING FROM TWO WEEKS AGO. 101 00:05:47,714 --> 00:05:50,883 THAT'S TERRIBLE. 102 00:05:50,950 --> 00:05:52,118 THE ONLY THING THAT SHOULD BE TRIPLING OVER THE HOLIDAYS IS MY 103 00:05:52,185 --> 00:05:55,788 B.M.I. 104 00:05:55,855 --> 00:05:58,324 ( LAUGHTER ) THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT, IF 105 00:05:58,391 --> 00:05:59,559 RESULTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA ARE TO BE BELIEVED, THIS SURGE SHOULD 106 00:05:59,625 --> 00:06:01,494 BE OVER QUICKLY. 107 00:06:01,561 --> 00:06:04,197 HERE'S DOCTOR SCOTT GOTTLIEB FACING THE NATION YESTERDAY. 108 00:06:04,263 --> 00:06:07,333 >> IF SOUTH AFRICA IS ANY GUIDE THIS IS ABOUT A TWO MONTH 109 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,769 EPIDEMIC WAVE FROM START TO FINISH. 110 00:06:09,836 --> 00:06:10,970 I THINK CERTAINLY BY THE END OF FEBRUARY WE WILL BE THROUGH 111 00:06:11,037 --> 00:06:12,638 THIS. 112 00:06:12,705 --> 00:06:16,442 >> STEPHEN: OKAY, OMICRON SHOULD BE OVER BY FEBRUARY. 113 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:22,582 QUICK FOLLOW UP, DOCTOR: WHAT YEAR? 114 00:06:22,648 --> 00:06:34,460 ( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 115 00:06:34,527 --> 00:06:37,864 OF COURSE, THE END OF FEBRUARY MEANS OMICRON WON'T BE GONE IN 116 00:06:37,930 --> 00:06:40,500 TIME FOR VALENTINE'S DAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED NEW CANDY 117 00:06:40,566 --> 00:06:46,606 HEARTS THAT SAY THINGS LIKE "DON'T KISS ME," "STAY AWAY," 118 00:06:46,672 --> 00:06:52,378 AND "U R HOT BCUZ FEVER." 119 00:06:52,445 --> 00:06:55,047 ( LAUGHTER ) IN THE MEANTIME, THIS FIFTH WAVE 120 00:06:55,114 --> 00:06:58,251 -- THIS IS THE FIFTH WAVE, RIGHT? 121 00:06:58,317 --> 00:06:58,618 WHAT WAS DELTA? 122 00:06:58,684 --> 00:07:01,654 IT WAS FOUR. 123 00:07:01,721 --> 00:07:02,021 OKAY. 124 00:07:02,088 --> 00:07:02,989 I CAN COUNT. 125 00:07:03,055 --> 00:07:05,625 THE FIFTH WAVE IS PUTTING A REAL STRAIN ON OUR 126 00:07:05,691 --> 00:07:06,793 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. 127 00:07:06,859 --> 00:07:09,462 DUE TO PANDEMIC-RELATED STAFF SHORTAGES, MORE THAN 12,000 128 00:07:09,529 --> 00:07:10,897 FLIGHTS WERE CANCELED BETWEEN CHRISTMAS EVE AND NEW YEAR'S 129 00:07:10,963 --> 00:07:13,900 DAY, AND HERE IN NEW YORK CITY STAFFING ISSUES LED TO THE 130 00:07:13,966 --> 00:07:17,036 SUSPENSION OF SEVERAL SUBWAY LINES. 131 00:07:17,103 --> 00:07:18,237 WHAT? 132 00:07:18,304 --> 00:07:22,675 CLOSING THE SUBWAY BECAUSE OF GERMS IS LIKE CLOSING BROADWAY 133 00:07:22,742 --> 00:07:25,978 BECAUSE OF JAZZ HANDS. 134 00:07:26,045 --> 00:07:29,615 ( LAUGHTER ) OF COURSE, IT'S NOT JUST 135 00:07:29,682 --> 00:07:30,249 NEW YORK -- ( APPLAUSE ) 136 00:07:30,316 --> 00:07:31,617 IT'S NOT JUST NEW YORK, JON. 137 00:07:31,684 --> 00:07:32,885 >> Jon:IST NOT JUST NEW YORK. 138 00:07:32,952 --> 00:07:33,853 >> Stephen: IT'S NOT. 139 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:34,687 >> Jon: IT'S OTHER PLACES. 140 00:07:34,754 --> 00:07:37,089 >> Stephen: IT'S OTHER PLACES. 141 00:07:37,156 --> 00:07:37,890 >> Jon: YES. 142 00:07:37,957 --> 00:07:40,760 >> Stephen: NOWHERE IS SAFETY POINT. 143 00:07:40,827 --> 00:07:42,161 EVEN AN ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION WAS HIT BY A COVID-19 144 00:07:42,228 --> 00:07:43,396 OUTBREAK. 145 00:07:43,462 --> 00:07:46,566 NO ONE KNOWS HOW EXACTLY WHICH RESEARCHER CARRIED THE VIRUS TO 146 00:07:46,632 --> 00:07:50,736 THE STATION, LEADING ONE BIOLOGIST TO SAY THIS: 147 00:07:50,803 --> 00:07:53,406 >> I DON'T KNOW WHO TO TRUST. 148 00:07:53,472 --> 00:07:57,376 >> STEPHEN: THE OUTBREAK AT THE RESEARCH STATION HAPPENED 149 00:07:57,443 --> 00:07:59,679 DESPITE WORKERS BEING FULLY VACCINATED AND BASED IN ONE OF 150 00:07:59,745 --> 00:08:02,715 THE WORLD'S REMOTEST REGIONS. 151 00:08:02,782 --> 00:08:03,783 YES. 152 00:08:03,850 --> 00:08:06,052 SO FEW PEOPLE THERE, SCIENTISTS SAY THE ONLY PLACE ON 153 00:08:06,118 --> 00:08:10,022 EARTH WITH FEWER PEOPLE IS ANY MOVIE THEATER SHOWING "THE LAST 154 00:08:10,089 --> 00:08:10,957 DUEL." 155 00:08:11,023 --> 00:08:18,497 ( LAUGHTER ) ANYONE HERE SEEN THE LAST DUAL? 156 00:08:18,564 --> 00:08:22,235 NO ONE HERE'S SEEN THE LAST DUAL! 157 00:08:22,301 --> 00:08:23,202 ( LAUGHTER ) THANKFULLY, SO FAR, OMICRON 158 00:08:23,269 --> 00:08:24,871 SEEMS TO BE MILDER FOR MOST PEOPLE THAN DELTA. 159 00:08:24,937 --> 00:08:26,072 AND LAST WEEK, THE C.D.C. 160 00:08:26,138 --> 00:08:28,808 ANNOUNCED IT'S CUTTING ISOLATION TIME FOR AMERICANS WHO TEST 161 00:08:28,875 --> 00:08:33,179 POSITIVE FROM TEN DAYS TO FIVE. 162 00:08:33,246 --> 00:08:35,314 THEY ALSO SAID YOU CAN SWIM RIGHT AFTER YOU EAT, BREAKING A 163 00:08:35,381 --> 00:08:38,784 MIRROR ONLY GIVES YOU FOUR YEARS BAD LUCK, AND STEPPING ON A 164 00:08:38,851 --> 00:08:41,687 CRACK WON'T BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK, HER BACK WILL JUST BE VERY 165 00:08:41,754 --> 00:08:45,091 DISAPPOINTED. 166 00:08:45,157 --> 00:08:46,726 ( LAUGHTER ) SO, WHY CHANGE THE RULES 167 00:08:46,792 --> 00:08:49,762 MID-GAME? 168 00:08:49,829 --> 00:08:52,565 C.D.C. DIRECTOR AND MY GUEST TONIGHT DR. ROCHELLE WALENSKY 169 00:08:52,632 --> 00:08:57,136 SAID THE NEW GUIDELINES ARE TO "KEEP THE CRITICAL FUNCTIONS OF 170 00:08:57,203 --> 00:08:58,571 SOCIETY OPEN AND OPERATING." 171 00:08:58,638 --> 00:09:01,440 BUT PEOPLE ARE SUSPICIOUS, BECAUSE JUST DAYS BEFORE THE NEW 172 00:09:01,507 --> 00:09:04,844 GUIDELINES WERE RELEASED, THE C.E.O. OF DELTA AIRLINES ASKED 173 00:09:04,911 --> 00:09:06,679 THE C.D.C. FOR A FIVE-DAY ISOLATION. 174 00:09:06,746 --> 00:09:08,547 WELL, THAT'S LONGSTANDING POLICY. 175 00:09:08,614 --> 00:09:10,983 IF YOUR BUSINESS IS NAMED AFTER A VARIANT, YOU GET TO MAKE ONE 176 00:09:11,050 --> 00:09:14,387 RULE. 177 00:09:14,453 --> 00:09:17,757 ( LAUGHTER ) JUST ONE. 178 00:09:17,823 --> 00:09:23,763 ( APPLAUSE ) OH, THERE IS NEWS ABOUT GEORGIA 179 00:09:23,829 --> 00:09:25,865 REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREEN -- 180 00:09:25,932 --> 00:09:29,769 ( BOOING ) -- SEEN HERE SELECTING A TRIBUTE 181 00:09:29,835 --> 00:09:33,906 FOR "THE HUNGER GAMES." 182 00:09:33,973 --> 00:09:35,107 YESTERDAY, TWITTER PERMANENTLY SUSPENDED GREENE'S PERSONAL 183 00:09:35,174 --> 00:09:37,576 ACCOUNT. 184 00:09:37,643 --> 00:09:44,050 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING. 185 00:09:44,116 --> 00:09:46,285 THAT'S RIGHT. 186 00:09:46,352 --> 00:09:47,486 SHE'S OUTTA THERE! 187 00:09:47,553 --> 00:09:53,859 NW, TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT JEWISH SPACE LASERS, SHE'LL HAVE 188 00:09:53,926 --> 00:10:01,867 TO USE MORMON CARRIER PIGEONS. 189 00:10:01,934 --> 00:10:04,971 DON'T KNOW WHY I HAD TO TURN TO DO THAT. 190 00:10:05,037 --> 00:10:06,105 ( LAUGHTER ) GREENE HAD BEEN TEMPORARILY 191 00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:09,308 SUSPENDED IN THE PAST FOR SPREADING COVID MISINFORMATION 192 00:10:09,375 --> 00:10:11,310 BUT HER LATEST ONLINE LIE VIOLATED TWITTER'S FIVE-STRIKE 193 00:10:11,377 --> 00:10:14,847 POLICY. 194 00:10:14,914 --> 00:10:16,816 YES, FIVE STRIKES. 195 00:10:16,882 --> 00:10:18,851 SO, FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU. 196 00:10:18,918 --> 00:10:22,855 FOOL ME TWICE, SHAME ON ME. 197 00:10:22,922 --> 00:10:29,862 FOOL ME THREE TIMES, YOU ONLY GET TWO MORE FOOLINS AFTER THAT. 198 00:10:29,929 --> 00:10:32,732 ( LAUGHTER ) SPEAKING OF INSANE PEOPLE TRYING 199 00:10:32,798 --> 00:10:35,101 TO DESTROY EVERYTHING, WE'RE APPROACHING THE ONE YEAR 200 00:10:35,167 --> 00:10:38,604 ANNIVERSARY OF THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION. 201 00:10:38,671 --> 00:10:41,841 IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE RIOTERS ARE ASKING FOR MONEY IN THEIR 202 00:10:41,907 --> 00:10:42,975 PRISON CANTEEN ACCOUNTS. 203 00:10:43,042 --> 00:10:46,112 CONGRESS' SELECT COMMITTEE HAS SPENT THE LAST SIX MONTHS 204 00:10:46,178 --> 00:10:47,847 INVESTIGATING, AND THEY'VE HAD SOME LUCK SUSSING OUT THE 205 00:10:47,913 --> 00:10:53,919 DAY'S MOVEMENTS BY FORMER PRESIDENT FILET O'FOOL. 206 00:10:53,986 --> 00:10:56,122 ( LAUGHTER ) FOR INSTANCE, ON JANUARY 6, THEY 207 00:10:56,188 --> 00:10:57,957 NOW KNOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SITTING IN THE DINING ROOM 208 00:10:58,024 --> 00:11:02,928 NEXT TO THE OVAL OFFICE WATCHING THE RIOTS UNFOLD ON 209 00:11:02,995 --> 00:11:05,231 TELEVISION. 210 00:11:05,297 --> 00:11:06,932 WHICH MEANS ON JANUARY 6, 2021, THERE WERE NO RERUNS OF "THE 211 00:11:06,999 --> 00:11:10,936 FLINTSTONES." 212 00:11:11,003 --> 00:11:16,609 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 213 00:11:16,675 --> 00:11:17,076 SURE. 214 00:11:17,143 --> 00:11:22,915 FLINTSTONES, SURE. 215 00:11:22,982 --> 00:11:24,050 BUT HIS VIEWING WAS INTERRUPTED. 216 00:11:24,116 --> 00:11:26,919 ACCORDING TO CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY, "WE HAVE FIRSTHAND 217 00:11:26,986 --> 00:11:30,356 TESTIMONY THAT HIS DAUGHTER IVANKA WENT IN AT LEAST TWICE TO 218 00:11:30,423 --> 00:11:33,125 ASK HIM TO 'PLEASE STOP THIS VIOLENCE.'" 219 00:11:33,192 --> 00:11:34,060 DIDN'T WORK. 220 00:11:34,126 --> 00:11:35,928 EVERYONE KNOWS HE DOESN'T LISTEN TO HIS KIDS. 221 00:11:35,995 --> 00:11:38,064 YOU'VE GOT TO SEND IN HIS TRUSTED MILITARY ADVISER: 222 00:11:38,130 --> 00:11:38,964 COLONEL SANDERS. 223 00:11:39,031 --> 00:11:42,134 (AS COLONEL) "I SAY, STOP THIS VIOLENCE. 224 00:11:42,201 --> 00:11:47,907 IT'S FINGER LICKIN' BAD!" ( LAUGHTER ) 225 00:11:47,973 --> 00:11:50,609 SO, A FIRST-HAND SOURCE SAID IVANKA TRIED TO STOP IT. 226 00:11:50,676 --> 00:11:52,011 I WONDER WHO HAD THE COURAGE TO COME FORWARD TO MAKE THE FORMER 227 00:11:52,078 --> 00:11:55,881 FIRST DAUGHTER LOOK THIS GOOD? 228 00:11:55,948 --> 00:12:01,020 I HAVE BEEN TOLD WE HAVE A PHOTO OF THIS MYSTERY WITNESS. 229 00:12:01,087 --> 00:12:02,254 ( LAUGHTER ) THE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO BEEN 230 00:12:02,321 --> 00:12:05,991 INVESTIGATING WHY IT TOOK THE FORMER PRESIDENT SO LONG TO 231 00:12:06,058 --> 00:12:07,193 ADDRESS THE MOB ON JANUARY 6. 232 00:12:07,259 --> 00:12:10,529 APPARENTLY, HE KEPT HAVING TO RE-TAPE HIS VIDEO TELLING FANS 233 00:12:10,596 --> 00:12:15,000 TO LEAVE THE CAPITOL RIOT, WHICH MAY EXPLAIN HIS 187 MINUTE 234 00:12:15,067 --> 00:12:17,036 SILENCE DURING THE ATTACK. 235 00:12:17,103 --> 00:12:19,672 OVER THREE HOURS OF SILENCE FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT? 236 00:12:19,738 --> 00:12:29,548 THAT'S AN UNHEARD OF PHENOMENON MELANIA CALLS, "MY DREAM DATE." 237 00:12:29,615 --> 00:12:35,988 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 238 00:12:36,055 --> 00:12:37,690 INSIDERS SAY THAT HE HAD TO RE-SHOOT A VIDEO DURING THE RIOT 239 00:12:37,756 --> 00:12:40,626 BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T SAY THE RIGHT THING. 240 00:12:40,693 --> 00:12:43,295 OKAY, BUT WHAT WERE THEY EXPECTING? 241 00:12:43,362 --> 00:12:47,032 NOT SAYING THE RIGHT THING IS HIS THING. 242 00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:51,070 THAT'S LIKE SAYING, "WE HAVE TO RE-SHOOT THIS KOOL-AID 243 00:12:51,137 --> 00:12:54,039 COMMERCIAL, THAT GIANT PITCHER KEEPS SMASHING THROUGH THE BRICK 244 00:12:54,106 --> 00:12:55,608 WALL." 245 00:12:55,674 --> 00:12:56,842 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE. 246 00:12:56,909 --> 00:13:04,016 BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE HAS ASKED THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOR THE 247 00:13:04,083 --> 00:13:04,884 VIDEOS THAT WERE NEVER POSTED. 248 00:13:04,950 --> 00:13:05,818 OH, GOOD! 249 00:13:05,885 --> 00:13:07,086 WE'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE ALL THE BLOOPERS. 250 00:13:07,153 --> 00:13:09,221 AND LIKE ALL THE BEST BLOOPERS, I HOPE THERE'S ONE WHERE HE GETS 251 00:13:09,288 --> 00:13:10,055 HIT IN THE NUTS. 252 00:13:10,122 --> 00:13:13,192 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 253 00:13:13,259 --> 00:13:15,394 MY GUEST IS C.D.C. DIRECTOR DR. ROCHELLE WALENSKY. 254 00:13:15,461 --> 00:13:19,064 STICK AROUND. 255 00:13:19,131 --> 00:13:28,407 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 256 00:16:46,305 --> 00:16:57,783 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 257 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,355 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 258 00:17:03,422 --> 00:17:04,356 WELCOME BACK! 259 00:17:04,423 --> 00:17:16,468 JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN," EVERYBODY! 260 00:17:16,535 --> 00:17:17,102 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: JON, GOOD TO SEE 261 00:17:17,169 --> 00:17:20,406 YOU. 262 00:17:20,472 --> 00:17:23,609 ( JON SINGING ) >> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR THE 263 00:17:23,675 --> 00:17:27,079 BURST OF COLOR UNDER THE SLATE GREY SKIES OF NEW YORK TONIGHT. 264 00:17:27,146 --> 00:17:27,679 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 265 00:17:27,746 --> 00:17:28,580 >> Jon: ENERGY, ENERGY. 266 00:17:28,647 --> 00:17:31,150 >> Stephen: WE JUST HAD A TWO-WEEK BREAK. 267 00:17:31,216 --> 00:17:32,317 >> Jon: THAT'S RIGHT. 268 00:17:32,384 --> 00:17:35,387 >> Stephen: IT'S LOVELY TO BE BACK WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE. 269 00:17:35,454 --> 00:17:36,722 ( CHEERING ) AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S 270 00:17:36,789 --> 00:17:41,260 NICE IS TO GO ON BREAK AND BE AWAY, WHEN I'M BACK HERE, I 271 00:17:41,326 --> 00:17:45,964 REALIZE WHAT A FLURRIES AND PRIVILEGE IT IS TO SHARE THE 272 00:17:46,031 --> 00:17:48,267 STAGE WITH YOU ALL OVER THERE. 273 00:17:48,333 --> 00:17:55,808 IT'S AMAZING TO HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS DO EVERY NIGHT. 274 00:17:55,874 --> 00:17:57,876 ( APPLAUSE ) DID YOU HAVE ANY NEW YEAR'S 275 00:17:57,943 --> 00:17:58,644 RESOLUTIONS? 276 00:17:58,710 --> 00:17:59,678 >> Jon: I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT. 277 00:17:59,745 --> 00:18:02,281 THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, INCHES HAD ONE. 278 00:18:02,347 --> 00:18:03,916 I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO BE BETTER. 279 00:18:03,982 --> 00:18:06,752 >> Stephen: EVERY DAY'S A NEW YEAR? 280 00:18:06,819 --> 00:18:07,786 >> Jon: EVERY DAY. 281 00:18:07,853 --> 00:18:12,858 DID YOU MAKE ANY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS? 282 00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:16,361 >> Stephen: I MADE THE SAME ONE AS EVERY YEAR, DRY JANUARY. 283 00:18:16,428 --> 00:18:18,597 LET ME JUST GET THROUGH JANUARY. 284 00:18:18,664 --> 00:18:23,035 I MADE IT LAST YEAR AND I WAS DAMN SERIOUS ABOUT IT SIX DAYS. 285 00:18:23,101 --> 00:18:25,304 THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6th, THE DRY JANUARY 286 00:18:25,370 --> 00:18:28,440 JUST WENT OUT THE WINDOW! 287 00:18:28,507 --> 00:18:30,542 ( APPLAUSE ) I'M GOING TO MAKE IT THIS TIME! 288 00:18:30,609 --> 00:18:31,777 >> Jon: YEAH. 289 00:18:31,844 --> 00:18:36,782 >> Stephen: I'M GOING TO MAKE IT AT LEAST TO SEVEN THIS TIME. 290 00:18:36,849 --> 00:18:37,950 >> Jon: MM-HMM. 291 00:18:38,016 --> 00:18:40,819 >> Stephen: FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN INFECTIOUS 292 00:18:40,886 --> 00:18:42,120 DISEASE EXPERT, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE 293 00:18:42,187 --> 00:18:43,288 CONTROL AND PREVENTION. 294 00:18:43,355 --> 00:18:47,493 PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," DR. ROCHELLE WALENSKY. 295 00:18:47,559 --> 00:19:02,441 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 296 00:19:02,508 --> 00:19:04,343 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 297 00:19:11,950 --> 00:19:13,852 >> Stephen: SO NICE TO HAVE YOU OBSERVE. 298 00:19:13,919 --> 00:19:16,522 THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE UP HERE. 299 00:19:16,588 --> 00:19:19,324 YOU MUST BE VERY BUSY THESE DAYS. 300 00:19:19,391 --> 00:19:19,892 >> IT'S NOT BORING. 301 00:19:19,958 --> 00:19:21,159 >> Stephen: I GUESS NOT. 302 00:19:21,226 --> 00:19:24,696 YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR FOR CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, PREVIOUSLY 303 00:19:24,763 --> 00:19:33,939 CHIEF OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT MASS GENERAL, HARVARD MEDICAL 304 00:19:34,006 --> 00:19:37,409 SCHOOL PROFESSOR, ALSO THE N.I.H. 305 00:19:37,476 --> 00:19:42,648 WE HEAR SO MANY BEREAVE YAGS AND ACRONYMS HAVING TO DO WITH OUR 306 00:19:42,714 --> 00:19:45,684 OWN HEALTH. 307 00:19:45,751 --> 00:19:51,223 C.D.C., F.D.A., N.I.H. -- WHAT DOES THE C.D.C. DO, THE MISSION 308 00:19:51,290 --> 00:19:53,158 OF THE ORGANIZATION? 309 00:19:53,225 --> 00:19:57,062 >> TO PROTECT AMERICA'S HEALTH THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH, STATE AND 310 00:19:57,129 --> 00:20:00,465 LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE ON HOW TO PROTECT 311 00:20:00,532 --> 00:20:05,404 YOUR HE HAVE HEALTH NOT JUST THROUGH COVID BUT OUTBREAK 312 00:20:05,470 --> 00:20:11,343 INVESTIGATIONS, THROUGH SALT PREVENTION AND SALT INTAKE AND 313 00:20:11,410 --> 00:20:14,046 HYPERTENSION, THROUGH OPIOID CRISES. 314 00:20:14,112 --> 00:20:19,685 WE WORK WITH LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND PROTECT GUIDANCE TO HELP 315 00:20:19,751 --> 00:20:21,553 PROTECT AMERICA'S HEALTH 20-7. 316 00:20:21,620 --> 00:20:23,455 >> Stephen: HERE IT IS 2022. 317 00:20:23,522 --> 00:20:29,328 WE GO INTO YEAR THREE, IF YOU COUNT THE END OF 19, TECHNICALLY 318 00:20:29,394 --> 00:20:34,866 YEAR FOUR, CALENDAR YEAR AT LEAST, OF COVID. 319 00:20:34,933 --> 00:20:37,502 WHERE ARE WE WITH THIS DISEASE? 320 00:20:37,569 --> 00:20:40,072 WE HAVE A DEBATE DURING THE MONOLOGUE. 321 00:20:40,138 --> 00:20:42,374 IS OMICRON THE FIFTH WAVE? 322 00:20:42,441 --> 00:20:46,411 >> YEAH, I THINK WE PROBABLY CAN COUNT THE FIRST TWO WAVES AS ONE 323 00:20:46,478 --> 00:20:47,679 OR TWO. 324 00:20:47,746 --> 00:20:49,781 WE HAVE SORT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK AND BOSTON AND THE EAST 325 00:20:49,848 --> 00:20:52,284 COAST AND THAT MOVED OVER THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THE 326 00:20:52,351 --> 00:20:57,623 SUMMER AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAD THE ALFA WAVE AND THE DELTA WAVE 327 00:20:57,689 --> 00:21:02,394 AND HERE WE ARE IN THE OMICRON WAVE. 328 00:21:02,461 --> 00:21:06,498 >> Stephen: SO OMICRON SHOWED UP THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER, 329 00:21:06,565 --> 00:21:07,332 ESSENTIALLY. 330 00:21:07,399 --> 00:21:08,333 >> HERE IN THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER. 331 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,870 WE STARTED HEARING ABOUT IT AROUND THANKSGIVING. 332 00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:13,138 >> Stephen: OKAY. 333 00:21:13,205 --> 00:21:19,244 WHAT DOES A MONTH OR A MONTH AND A HALF OF DATA TELL US ABOUT THE 334 00:21:19,311 --> 00:21:21,813 SEVERITY OF OMICRON? 335 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:26,518 IF YOU GET IT, AND LET'S SAY WE'RE NOT VACCINATED, WHAT IF 336 00:21:26,585 --> 00:21:31,690 SOMEBODY WHO DECIDED NOT TO GET VACCINATED AND HITS THAT OMICRON 337 00:21:31,757 --> 00:21:33,558 RAW DOG, WHAT HAPPENS THERE? 338 00:21:33,625 --> 00:21:35,227 WHAT ARE WE LEARNING? 339 00:21:35,293 --> 00:21:38,597 >> SO, SEVERITY COMES IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS, LIKE HOW MANY 340 00:21:38,664 --> 00:21:42,234 PEOPLE DO YOU EXPECT TO BE INFECTED, HOW TRANSMISSIBLE IS 341 00:21:42,300 --> 00:21:44,903 IT, AND HOW SEVERE IS IT IN ANY GIVEN PERSON. 342 00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:47,272 >> Stephen: START WITH THE TRANSMISSIBILITY. 343 00:21:47,339 --> 00:21:48,740 >> MUCH MORE THAN THE PRIOR VARIANT. 344 00:21:48,807 --> 00:21:53,278 >> Stephen: EVEN THE DELTA, WHICH WAS MUCH MORE 345 00:21:53,345 --> 00:21:56,615 TRANSMISSIBLE THAN -- >> THAN ALPHA. 346 00:21:56,682 --> 00:22:00,152 >> Stephen: TWO TO THREE TIMES MORE SO? 347 00:22:00,218 --> 00:22:06,625 >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SEVERITY, WE TALK ABOUT THE SHEER VOLUME 348 00:22:06,692 --> 00:22:10,162 THAN THE NUMBERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, IN U.K. AND SOUTH 349 00:22:10,228 --> 00:22:12,330 AFRICA AND WE START TO SEE IT IN THIS COUNTRY. 350 00:22:12,397 --> 00:22:18,036 >> Stephen: DO WE KNOW WHY IT'S MORE TRANSMISSIBLE? 351 00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:21,339 >> MORE MUTATIONS ON THE BINDING PROTEIN AND HOW WELL IT CAN 352 00:22:21,406 --> 00:22:24,810 TIGHTLY COMBINE TO THE RECEPTORS IN OUR NOSE. 353 00:22:24,876 --> 00:22:28,680 >> Stephen: DOES IT MAKE MORE OF ITSELF SO YOU'RE GETTING MORE 354 00:22:28,747 --> 00:22:31,216 OF A LOAD WHEN WE TALK TO EACH OTHER? 355 00:22:31,283 --> 00:22:34,386 >> IT CAN, WHICH GETS TO THE NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS WHY DOES 356 00:22:34,453 --> 00:22:37,322 IT SEEM TO BE A LITTLE LESS SEVERE IN ANY GIVEN INDIVIDUAL. 357 00:22:37,389 --> 00:22:40,459 >> Stephen: BASED ON WHAT? 358 00:22:40,525 --> 00:22:42,594 "SEEM" IS WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN. 359 00:22:42,661 --> 00:22:46,131 >> WE'RE STARTING TO SEE DATA FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND U.K. IS 360 00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:50,368 THAT THEIR HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH RATES DID NOT RISE AS MUCH 361 00:22:50,435 --> 00:22:59,845 AS THEY'VE SEEN IN PRIOR WAVES, THAT THEY'VE NOT USED AS MUCH 362 00:22:59,911 --> 00:23:03,148 OXYGEN, THAT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IN THE HOSPITALS IS LESS SEVERE 363 00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:04,182 IN ANY GIVEN PATIENT. 364 00:23:04,249 --> 00:23:07,686 >> Stephen: DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SOUTH 365 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:10,021 AFRICA'S POPULATION BEING YOUNGER THAN OURS AND THE FACT 366 00:23:10,088 --> 00:23:12,557 IT'S SUMMER THERE AND NOT GOING INTO WINTER? 367 00:23:12,624 --> 00:23:15,761 >> THOSE ARE ALL THINGS WE'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, 368 00:23:15,827 --> 00:23:16,962 RIGHT. 369 00:23:17,028 --> 00:23:18,597 THEY HAVE HAD LESS VACCINATION THAN WE HAVE, THEY HAVEN'T YET 370 00:23:18,663 --> 00:23:22,801 BOOSTED, BUT, IN FACT, THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF BACKGROUND IMMUNITY 371 00:23:22,868 --> 00:23:26,772 BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD PRETTY SEVERE WAVES PREVIOUSLY AND MANY 372 00:23:26,838 --> 00:23:28,039 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INIF WE COULD. 373 00:23:28,106 --> 00:23:32,344 SO HOW WELL WE CAN TAKE THE DATA FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND HOW WE CAN 374 00:23:32,410 --> 00:23:35,847 APPLY THEM HERE IS A BIT UNCLEAR, SO WE'RE STARTING TO 375 00:23:35,914 --> 00:23:38,150 SEE SIMILAR THINGS HERE. 376 00:23:38,216 --> 00:23:41,386 HUGE AMOUNTS OF CASES, AS YOU'VE NOTED, AND THE HOSPITALIZATIONS 377 00:23:41,453 --> 00:23:43,355 WHILE INCREASED IN HOSPITALIZATION RATES, NOT AT 378 00:23:43,421 --> 00:23:46,925 THE RATE WE STARTED TO SEE WITH ALPHA AND DELTA AT THIS TIME. 379 00:23:46,992 --> 00:23:51,062 >> Stephen: SO WE'RE HAVING MASSIVE HOSPITALIZATIONS HERE 380 00:23:51,129 --> 00:23:54,833 NOT BECAUSE IT IS MORE VIRULENT, NECESSARILY, BUT BECAUSE THERE 381 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:56,568 ARE SO MANY MORE CASES? 382 00:23:56,635 --> 00:23:59,604 >> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING AND WORRIED ABOUT. 383 00:23:59,671 --> 00:24:04,476 WE HAVEN'T SEEN A TON OF MASSIVE INCREASES IN HOSPITALIZATIONS. 384 00:24:04,543 --> 00:24:07,312 WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT IN THE MIDWEST, BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT 385 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:08,547 THAT WE WOULD HAVE. 386 00:24:08,613 --> 00:24:11,883 >> Stephen: THE MEDIA WANTS ME TO BELIEVE THAT, THOUGH, BECAUSE 387 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:15,120 I'M SEEING A LOT OF REPORTS OF SYSTEMS CRASHING AND WE'RE 388 00:24:15,187 --> 00:24:19,758 OVERWHELMED AND IS THAT JUST IN ISOLATED PLACES THAT ARE BEING 389 00:24:19,825 --> 00:24:22,093 PRESENTED BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT THE FACE OF THE ENTIRE UNITED 390 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:23,261 STATES? 391 00:24:23,328 --> 00:24:25,397 >> I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE PLACES THAT ARE IN HARD TIMES, 392 00:24:25,463 --> 00:24:28,600 NO QUESTION, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF DELTA OUT THERE. 393 00:24:28,667 --> 00:24:29,668 >> Stephen: OKAY. 394 00:24:29,734 --> 00:24:33,405 SO IT'S NOT LIKE OMICRON COMES IN AND KICKS DELTA OUT 395 00:24:33,471 --> 00:24:34,172 IMMEDIATELY. 396 00:24:34,239 --> 00:24:37,209 WE'RE IN A HI PRIED SITUATION NOW? 397 00:24:37,275 --> 00:24:40,212 >> WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A HYBRID SITUATION AND HOSPITALIZATIONS 398 00:24:40,278 --> 00:24:45,417 ARE TWO WEEKS BEHIND WHAT WE GENERALLY SEE IN CASES SO WE MAY 399 00:24:45,483 --> 00:24:48,019 BE SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENED IN DELTA AND MANY OF THE CASES IN 400 00:24:48,086 --> 00:24:49,321 THE HOSPITAL MAY BE DELTA CASES. 401 00:24:49,387 --> 00:24:52,891 >> Stephen: BASED ON THE EXPERIENCES OF AFTER THE 402 00:24:52,958 --> 00:24:55,527 HOLIDAYS, EVERYBODY GETS TOGETHER FOR CHRISTMAS AND 403 00:24:55,594 --> 00:24:59,064 PERHAPS NEW YEAR'S, WHEN WOULD WE SEE THE REAL SPIKE IN PEOPLE 404 00:24:59,130 --> 00:25:00,298 COMING DOWN WITH THIS? 405 00:25:00,365 --> 00:25:00,799 >> A WEEK OR TWO. 406 00:25:00,866 --> 00:25:02,033 >> Stephen: OKAY. 407 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:04,502 WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT STICK AROUND, WE'LL BE RIGHT 408 00:25:04,569 --> 00:25:10,108 BACK WITH MORE C.D.C. DIRECTOR DR. ROCHELLE WALENSKY. 409 00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:14,613 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 410 00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:27,192 >> Stephen: SO SHORT SIGHTED! 411 00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:29,761 ( BAND PLAYING ) HEY, EVERYBODY! 412 00:25:29,828 --> 00:25:33,798 WE'RE BACK WITH C.D.C. DIRECTOR DR. ROCHELLE WALENSKY. 413 00:25:33,865 --> 00:25:37,435 ONE OF THE THINGS -- CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THIS -- IS 414 00:25:37,502 --> 00:25:40,038 OMICRON DOESN'T CARE IF YOU'VE HAD THIS BEFORE, LIKE IF YOU'VE 415 00:25:40,105 --> 00:25:47,145 HAD DELTA OR THE ALPHA VARIANT OF THIS, IT DOESN'T OFFER YOU 416 00:25:47,212 --> 00:25:49,381 IMMUNIZATION AGAINST THE OMICRON VARIANT. 417 00:25:49,447 --> 00:25:53,852 DOES OMICRON -- DO WE KNOW IF OMICRON CARES WHETHER YOU'VE HAD 418 00:25:53,919 --> 00:25:54,486 OMICRON BEFORE? 419 00:25:54,552 --> 00:25:55,754 >> WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET. 420 00:25:55,820 --> 00:25:59,257 >> Stephen: PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, WELL, IF IT'S LESS SEVERE, WHY 421 00:25:59,324 --> 00:26:00,525 DON'T WE HAVE CHICKENPOX PARTIES AND WE'LL GET TOGETHER, HAVE A 422 00:26:00,592 --> 00:26:04,663 KISSING BOOTH, EVERYBODY GETS OMICRON AND WE ALL DON'T GET 423 00:26:04,729 --> 00:26:06,097 THAT SICK AND WE'RE ALL DONE. 424 00:26:06,164 --> 00:26:09,534 YOU DON'T RECOMMEND THAT APPROACH? 425 00:26:09,601 --> 00:26:10,735 ( LAUGHTER ) >> I DEFINITELY DON'T. 426 00:26:10,802 --> 00:26:14,406 WE KNOW IF YOU'RE VACCINATED, YOU'RE 17 TIMES LESS LIKELY TO 427 00:26:14,472 --> 00:26:20,545 BE IN THE HOSPITAL THAN IF YOU'RE UNVACCINATED, AND IF 428 00:26:20,612 --> 00:26:27,352 YOU'RE VACCINATED, YOU'RE 20 TIMES LESS LIKELY TO DIE THAN 429 00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:28,520 UNVACCINATED. 430 00:26:28,586 --> 00:26:33,091 WE KNOW SOME VACCINATIONS GIVE YOU SOME PROTECTION AGAINST 431 00:26:33,158 --> 00:26:34,326 OMICRON. 432 00:26:34,392 --> 00:26:38,930 BUT PROBABLY BEING PREVIOUSLY INFECTED FROM DELTA OR THE WILD 433 00:26:38,997 --> 00:26:41,232 TYPE WON'T PROTECT YOU AGAINST OMICRON. 434 00:26:41,299 --> 00:26:44,602 WE THINK OMICRON MIGHT PROTECT YOU AGAINST DELTA AND, 435 00:26:44,669 --> 00:26:51,509 THEREFORE, SUGGESTS THAT OMICRON MAY PROTECT YOU AGAINST OMICRON. 436 00:26:51,576 --> 00:26:52,410 SORRY. 437 00:26:52,477 --> 00:26:53,912 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THERE ARE A LOT OF 438 00:26:53,979 --> 00:26:59,317 CONDITIONAL WORDS IN THERE -- MAY, KIND OF, SORT OF, IFFY -- 439 00:26:59,384 --> 00:27:00,552 OKAY. 440 00:27:00,618 --> 00:27:06,458 THE BIG C.D.C. NEWS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE MONOLOGUE IS YOU'VE 441 00:27:06,524 --> 00:27:11,763 GONE FROM RECOMMENDING A TEN DAY TO A FIVE-DAY ISOLATION. 442 00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:12,998 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 443 00:27:13,064 --> 00:27:18,803 >> WE KNOW BASED ON TWO YEARS' EXPERIENCE WITH THIS VIRUS THAT 444 00:27:18,870 --> 00:27:22,407 THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOUR TRANSMISSIBILITY HAPPENS IN THE 445 00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:25,377 DAY OR TWO BEFORE YOU GET SYMPTOMS AND THE TWO TO THREE 446 00:27:25,443 --> 00:27:26,678 DAYS AFTERWARDS. 447 00:27:26,745 --> 00:27:30,715 SO PROBABLY 80 TO 90% OF ALL YOUR TRANSMISSIBILITY HAS 448 00:27:30,782 --> 00:27:34,119 HAPPENED DURING THOSE FIRST FIVE DAYS, AND WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE 449 00:27:34,185 --> 00:27:37,756 TO BE SURE IF THEY'RE HOME, THEY'RE HOME FOR THE RIGHT 450 00:27:37,822 --> 00:27:40,825 PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THEY'RE MAXIMALLY TRANSMISSIBLE. 451 00:27:40,892 --> 00:27:43,762 >> Stephen: AND BY TRANSMISSIBILITY, DO YOU MEAN 452 00:27:43,828 --> 00:27:46,731 THAT THE ACTUAL VIRUS IN YOU GOES TO SLEEP, OR YOU'RE JUST 453 00:27:46,798 --> 00:27:49,000 NOT PRODUCING MUCH OF IT ANYMORE? 454 00:27:49,067 --> 00:27:51,036 WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE TRANSMISSIBILITY GOES DOWN? 455 00:27:51,102 --> 00:27:52,937 YOU STILL HAVE IT IN YOU. 456 00:27:53,004 --> 00:27:53,505 >> THE BURDEN. 457 00:27:53,571 --> 00:27:54,672 >> Stephen: THE AMOUNT. 458 00:27:54,739 --> 00:27:57,509 THE AMOUNT OF VIRUS AND THE AMOUNT OF VIRUS THAT YOU COULD 459 00:27:57,575 --> 00:28:01,813 POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, AEROSOLIZE, PUT OUT IN DROPLETS, 460 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,048 COUGH AROUND TO OTHERS. 461 00:28:03,114 --> 00:28:07,485 SO MOST OF THAT HAPPENS IN THOSE FIRST TWO DAYS BEFORE YOU HAVE 462 00:28:07,552 --> 00:28:10,021 SYMPTOMS AND TWO TO THREE DAYS AFTER. 463 00:28:10,088 --> 00:28:14,659 SO, BY DAY FIVE, WE REALLY THINK MOST OF THAT TRANSMISSIBILITY IS 464 00:28:14,726 --> 00:28:15,794 BEHIND YOU. 465 00:28:15,860 --> 00:28:19,230 >> Stephen: IN THE U.K., THEY -- AGAIN, CORRECT ME IF I'M 466 00:28:19,297 --> 00:28:22,534 WRONG -- BUT IN THE U.K., THEY WENT FROM TEN TO SEVEN DAYS, BUT 467 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,971 THEY ARE ALSO REQUIRING OR RECOMMENDING A NEGATIVE TEST 468 00:28:27,038 --> 00:28:30,608 BEFORE CONSIDERING YOURSELF OUT OF QUARANTINE OR ISOLATION. 469 00:28:30,675 --> 00:28:33,411 ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT HERE? 470 00:28:33,478 --> 00:28:38,883 BECAUSE DR. FAUCI ON CNN AND ABC SUGGESTED THAT'S UNDER 471 00:28:38,950 --> 00:28:40,151 CONSIDERATION. 472 00:28:40,218 --> 00:28:44,255 IS HE TALKING OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF HIS MOUTH OVER THERE AND YOU 473 00:28:44,322 --> 00:28:48,893 WOULD JUST LIKE TO TELL HIM TO PUT A CORK IN IT, TONY? 474 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:49,828 >> I'D NEVER SAY THAT. 475 00:28:49,894 --> 00:28:52,964 ( LAUGHTER ) DEEPEST RESPECT FOR DR. FAUCI. 476 00:28:53,031 --> 00:28:56,334 >> Stephen: OBVIOUSLY, YES. 477 00:28:56,401 --> 00:28:58,703 REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION -- THE F.D.A. HAS AUTHORIZED THESE 478 00:28:58,770 --> 00:29:02,740 TESTS, AND THEY'RE TERRIFIC TESTS FOR WHAT THAT YOU'VE 479 00:29:02,807 --> 00:29:04,008 AUTHORIZED THEM FOR. 480 00:29:04,075 --> 00:29:06,911 SO THE F.D.A.'S AUTHORIZED THEM FOR DIAGNOSIS, AND WHAT THEY'VE 481 00:29:06,978 --> 00:29:11,249 SAID FOR THE TESTS ARE THE BEST DIAGNOSIS FOR EARLY IN THE 482 00:29:11,316 --> 00:29:12,050 DISEASE COURSE. 483 00:29:12,117 --> 00:29:15,253 >> Stephen: THE RAPID ANTIGEN TEST? 484 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:16,454 >> EXACTLY. 485 00:29:16,521 --> 00:29:18,890 SO IF YOU HAVE ACCESS AT A TEST AND WANT TO DO A TEST AT DAY 486 00:29:18,957 --> 00:29:22,360 FIVE AND IF YOUR SYMPTOMS ARE GONE AND FEELING WELL, GO AHEAD 487 00:29:22,427 --> 00:29:23,895 AND DO THAT TEST. 488 00:29:23,962 --> 00:29:27,165 HERE'S HOW I WOULD INTERPRET THAT TEST -- IF IT'S POSITIVE, 489 00:29:27,232 --> 00:29:29,200 STAY HOME FOR ANOTHER FIVE DAYS. 490 00:29:29,267 --> 00:29:33,638 IF IT'S NEGATIVE, I WOULD SAY YOU STILL REALLY NEED TO WEAR A 491 00:29:33,705 --> 00:29:37,842 MASK, YOU STILL MAY HAVE TRANSMISSIBILITY AHEAD OF YOU, 492 00:29:37,909 --> 00:29:41,179 YOU STILL SHOULDN'T VISIT GRANDMA, SHOULDN'T GET ON AN 493 00:29:41,246 --> 00:29:44,549 AIRPLANE AND SHOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT BEING WITH OTHER PEOPLE 494 00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:46,551 WHILE WEARING A MASK ALL THE TIME. 495 00:29:46,618 --> 00:29:49,554 >> Stephen: IF I WERE TO GET COVID AND ISOLATED FOR FIVE 496 00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:53,625 DAYS, WHEN COULD I COME BACK AND DO MY SHOW AGAIN? 497 00:29:53,691 --> 00:29:55,960 >> WELL, I WOULD SAY, ARE YOU FEELING BETTER? 498 00:29:56,027 --> 00:29:59,164 >> Stephen: YES, LET'S SEE I'M FEELING BETTER. 499 00:29:59,230 --> 00:30:00,498 >> YOUR SYMPTOMS ARE GONE. 500 00:30:00,565 --> 00:30:02,200 >> Stephen: YES, AFTER FIVE DAYS. 501 00:30:02,267 --> 00:30:06,204 >> THEN I WOULD SAY YOU WOULD WANT TO WEAR A MASK ALL THE 502 00:30:06,271 --> 00:30:07,205 TIME. 503 00:30:07,272 --> 00:30:09,174 >> Stephen: EVEN ON STAGE DURING THE MONOLOGUE? 504 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,242 >> EVEN ON STAGE DURING THE MONOLOGUE. 505 00:30:11,309 --> 00:30:13,244 >> Stephen: I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. 506 00:30:13,311 --> 00:30:13,778 >> TEN DAYS. 507 00:30:13,845 --> 00:30:15,013 >> Stephen: TEN DAYS. 508 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:15,480 WELL, THERE YOU GO. 509 00:30:15,547 --> 00:30:17,081 I GAVE IT A SHOT. 510 00:30:17,148 --> 00:30:21,052 I'VE GOT NO PLANS, I JUST WANT TO KNOW NOW FROM THE HORSE'S 511 00:30:21,119 --> 00:30:21,753 MOUTH. 512 00:30:21,819 --> 00:30:23,421 WE WANT TO TAKE ONE MORE BREAK. 513 00:30:23,488 --> 00:30:24,689 STICK AROUND. 514 00:30:24,756 --> 00:30:27,458 WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK THE DOCTOR ABOUT RESTORING TRUST IN 515 00:30:27,525 --> 00:30:29,694 THE C.D.C. 516 00:30:29,761 --> 00:30:32,363 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 517 00:30:36,401 --> 00:30:40,738 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 518 00:30:40,805 --> 00:30:41,839 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 519 00:30:41,906 --> 00:30:44,075 WE'RE BACK WITH C.D.C. DIRECTOR DR. ROCHELLE WALENSKY. 520 00:30:44,142 --> 00:30:46,477 NOW, THERE'S PEOPLE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING TESTS. 521 00:30:46,544 --> 00:30:50,148 THERE WAS A BIG SCRAMBLE, AND I KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT 522 00:30:50,215 --> 00:30:51,316 ANNOUNCED THAT THE U.S. 523 00:30:51,382 --> 00:30:55,320 GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO MAKE 500 MILLION TESTS AVAILABLE TO 524 00:30:55,386 --> 00:30:57,021 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THE WEEKS AHEAD. 525 00:30:57,088 --> 00:31:00,992 SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING THE QUESTION, WELL, WHY DIDN'T Y'ALL 526 00:31:01,059 --> 00:31:03,561 ANTICIPATE THIS BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, ISN'T THAT BEFORE WE 527 00:31:03,628 --> 00:31:04,796 WOULD NEED THE TEST? 528 00:31:04,862 --> 00:31:08,633 DO YOU THINK THERE WAS VALIDITY TO THE CRITICISM THERE WASN'T 529 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:12,036 ENOUGH ANTICIPATED -- WHAT'S THE WORD -- PREVENTION OF THE 530 00:31:12,103 --> 00:31:16,708 DISEASE BY ALLOWING THESE TESTS TO BE DISTRIBUTED EARLIER? 531 00:31:16,774 --> 00:31:19,744 >> RIGHT, SO WE RECOGNIZE WE HAVE TO DO MORE. 532 00:31:19,811 --> 00:31:23,915 WE RECOGNIZE, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE IT'S SURGING, IT'S 533 00:31:23,982 --> 00:31:27,952 HARD TO FIND THE ANTIGEN TESTS. 534 00:31:28,019 --> 00:31:32,056 PCRsS ARE AVAILABLE AND WE HAVE BEEN RAMPING UP SITES. 535 00:31:32,123 --> 00:31:36,427 WE ARE USING THE ANTIGEN TESTS REALLY SMARTLY AND TESTS TO STAY 536 00:31:36,494 --> 00:31:39,597 TO KEEP OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL AND HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THERE WAS 537 00:31:39,664 --> 00:31:43,668 THIS CONFLUENCE OF EVENTS OF OMICRON HITTING AND SURGES JUST 538 00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:48,539 AT THE HOLIDAYS WHEN PEOPLE WANTED MORE TESTS TOGETHER. 539 00:31:48,606 --> 00:31:58,683 >> Stephen: IT COSTS ABOUT 14 BUCKS TO GET AN OMICRON TEST AT 540 00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:01,886 WAL-MART, OR A COVID TEST AT WAL-MART. 541 00:32:01,953 --> 00:32:08,593 AT CVS OR RITE AID OR DWAYNE REED, THAT'S A $24 TEST. 542 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:12,764 DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD REGULATION IN MAKING THE TESTS 543 00:32:12,830 --> 00:32:15,700 COST THE SAME EVERYWHERE? 544 00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:17,702 >> YES, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT PRICE. 545 00:32:17,769 --> 00:32:18,903 >> Stephen: WHAT SHOULD THE PRICE BE? 546 00:32:18,970 --> 00:32:21,839 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY IN THE PANDEMIC 547 00:32:21,906 --> 00:32:25,610 TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE HIT THE HARDEST AND THAT ACCESS TO 548 00:32:25,677 --> 00:32:30,448 THESE TESTS ESPECIALLY AMONG VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, RACIAL 549 00:32:30,515 --> 00:32:33,418 AND ETHNIC, MINORITY POPULATIONS, POPULATIONS ARE OUR 550 00:32:33,484 --> 00:32:37,322 ESSENTIAL WORKERS SO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE TESTS NOT AT $24 A 551 00:32:37,388 --> 00:32:38,356 POP. 552 00:32:38,423 --> 00:32:39,957 SO I WOULD LIKE THOSE TEST PRICES TO BE FAR LOWER. 553 00:32:40,024 --> 00:32:41,793 >> Stephen: HOW WOULD THAT HAPPEN? 554 00:32:41,859 --> 00:32:43,328 WHO WOULD DO THAT? 555 00:32:43,394 --> 00:32:48,266 THE F.D.A. WOULD MANDATE THAT, CONGRESS PASS A LAW? 556 00:32:48,333 --> 00:32:49,934 >> IT WOULDN'T BE THROUGH F.D.A. 557 00:32:50,001 --> 00:32:51,235 OR C.D.C. 558 00:32:51,302 --> 00:32:56,874 IT MIGHT BE THROUGH C.M.S. OR OTHER REGULATORY AGENCIES. 559 00:32:56,941 --> 00:33:00,678 >> Stephen: WHAT IS C.M.S. 560 00:33:00,745 --> 00:33:02,413 CENTER MORE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. 561 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,650 >> Stephen: I HAVE BEEN AN ADMIRER OF THE DISEASE RESPONSE 562 00:33:05,717 --> 00:33:08,353 TEAMS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. 563 00:33:08,419 --> 00:33:15,893 I THINK THE C.D.C. IS A MODEL FOR THE OTHER HEALTH 564 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:16,961 ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. 565 00:33:17,028 --> 00:33:27,939 IT HAS -- IT HAD A HIT OF CREDIBILITY FOR BOWING TO 566 00:33:28,005 --> 00:33:29,807 VARIOUS ONCE. 567 00:33:29,874 --> 00:33:37,882 CHANGES TO THE GUIDANCES TO WERE PUT OUT THAT WERE INACCURATE AND 568 00:33:37,949 --> 00:33:39,584 COULD HAVE COST PEOPLE THEIR LIVES. 569 00:33:39,650 --> 00:33:41,919 IT PUT A HIT ON THE C.D.C. 570 00:33:41,986 --> 00:33:43,087 CREDIBLE. 571 00:33:43,154 --> 00:33:45,590 WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO RESTORE PUBLIC TRUST IN THE C.D.C.? 572 00:33:45,656 --> 00:33:47,992 I THINK THERE ARE TWO PIECES TO THAT. 573 00:33:48,059 --> 00:33:50,862 ONE IS I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE C.D.C. KNOW 574 00:33:50,928 --> 00:33:55,633 THAT, WHEN THEY PRODUCE GOOD SCIENCE, THAT IT'S GOING TO SEE 575 00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:59,604 THE LIGHT OF DAY BECAUSE THEY TOOK A HIT, TOO, AND THESE ARE 576 00:33:59,670 --> 00:34:03,708 12,000 PEOPLE -- YOU KNOW, THE CARD SAYS 24-7, AND THAT'S WHAT 577 00:34:03,775 --> 00:34:09,881 THEY DO, THEY'RE UP 24-7, PROTECTING AMERICA'S HEALTH. 578 00:34:09,947 --> 00:34:15,453 ( APPLAUSE ) >> SO MY JOB WAS TO MAKE SURE 579 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,489 THAT THEIR VOICE WAS HEARD AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCIENCE 580 00:34:18,556 --> 00:34:19,824 COULD GET OUT THERE. 581 00:34:19,891 --> 00:34:22,493 AND THEN MY JOB WAS TO TELL AMERICA THAT I'M LEADING WITH 582 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:23,594 THE SCIENCE. 583 00:34:23,661 --> 00:34:27,899 AND IT'S HARD AND IT'S COMPLICATED AND IT MOVES AND IT 584 00:34:27,965 --> 00:34:32,637 CHANGES, AND THEN I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT AND TO BE HONEST 585 00:34:32,703 --> 00:34:33,905 WITH WHERE WE ARE. 586 00:34:33,971 --> 00:34:36,741 >> Stephen: THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS, IT'S A SIMPLE THING TO 587 00:34:36,808 --> 00:34:40,211 SAY, BUT FOR SOME REASON SOME PEOPLE CAN'T ACCEPT IT, WHICH IS 588 00:34:40,278 --> 00:34:44,449 WHY DON'T YOU ALL CHANGE WHAT YOUR GUIDANCE IS BECAUSE YOU 589 00:34:44,515 --> 00:34:45,216 LEARN NEW THINGS. 590 00:34:45,283 --> 00:34:46,417 >> EVERY DAY. 591 00:34:46,484 --> 00:34:48,085 >> Stephen: BUT AS LONG AS YOU CAN BACK IT UP WITH SCIENCE, I 592 00:34:48,152 --> 00:34:51,889 AM SO GLAD Y'ALL ARE WILLING TO CHANGE YOUR MIND, AND GLUCT ALL 593 00:34:51,956 --> 00:34:56,327 OF US AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING OVER AT THE C.D.C. 594 00:34:56,394 --> 00:34:59,764 GIVE MY BEST TO THE 12,000 PEOPLE. 595 00:34:59,831 --> 00:35:00,565 >> THANK YOU. 596 00:35:00,631 --> 00:35:01,299 >> Stephen: >> STEPHEN: DR. ROCHELLE 597 00:35:01,365 --> 00:35:02,567 WALENSKY, EVERYBODY. 598 00:35:02,633 --> 00:35:05,269 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH STAR OF CBS' "GHOSTS," UTKARSH AMBUDKAR. 599 00:35:05,336 --> 00:35:08,840 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 600 00:35:33,464 --> 00:35:35,666 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 601 00:35:35,733 --> 00:35:36,234 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 602 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:36,667 WELCOME BACK! 603 00:35:36,734 --> 00:35:37,235 THAT'S NOT MINE. 604 00:35:37,301 --> 00:35:38,803 THIS IS MINE RIGHT HERE. 605 00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:42,507 WELCOME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW." 606 00:35:42,573 --> 00:35:46,043 MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR AND RAPPER YOU KNOW FROM "THE MINDY 607 00:35:46,110 --> 00:35:46,878 PROJECT" AND "PITCH PERFECT." 608 00:35:46,944 --> 00:35:52,250 HE NOW STARS IN THE CBS SHOW "GHOSTS." 609 00:35:52,316 --> 00:35:54,619 >> GOD BLESS HER, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD BE DOING. 610 00:35:54,685 --> 00:35:57,355 >> BYE-BYE CHISELED PHYSIQUE. 611 00:35:57,421 --> 00:36:00,591 JAKE, WHAT IS GOING ON? 612 00:36:00,658 --> 00:36:05,329 HATTIE STARRED TO ENJOY JAY'S BODY MORE. 613 00:36:05,396 --> 00:36:05,897 >> SAMANTHAIA, DIVINE! 614 00:36:05,963 --> 00:36:08,332 THIS IS AN EPIC BENDER. 615 00:36:08,399 --> 00:36:11,769 HPPY HOUR WAS THE STUFF OF LEGEND. 616 00:36:11,836 --> 00:36:12,336 >> OH! 617 00:36:12,403 --> 00:36:13,504 I'M BACK! 618 00:36:13,571 --> 00:36:15,740 SHE'S GETTING STRONGER. 619 00:36:15,806 --> 00:36:18,342 IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER FOR ME TO KEEP HER -- OH, OH! 620 00:36:18,409 --> 00:36:18,976 SILENCE! 621 00:36:19,043 --> 00:36:21,679 TIRED OF YOUR BLATHERING. 622 00:36:21,746 --> 00:36:24,315 >> THIS IS LIKE WATCHING MCENROE AND CONNERS. 623 00:36:24,382 --> 00:36:29,487 >> I NEED YOU TO LET JAY FINISH COOKING. 624 00:36:29,554 --> 00:36:33,090 >> NO, I'M ACTUALLY LIVING AND I WON'T LET YOU TAKE THAT AWAY FOR 625 00:36:33,157 --> 00:36:34,191 ME. 626 00:36:34,258 --> 00:36:37,061 >> WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR ANY PRIEST, WE ARE DOING THIS 627 00:36:37,128 --> 00:36:39,997 EXORCISM OURSELVES. 628 00:36:40,064 --> 00:36:41,098 >> AWESOME! 629 00:36:41,165 --> 00:36:41,566 >> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," UTKARSH 630 00:36:41,632 --> 00:36:46,404 AMBUDKAR. 631 00:36:46,470 --> 00:37:01,352 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 632 00:37:01,419 --> 00:37:03,888 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 633 00:37:04,422 --> 00:37:04,822 >> WHOA, COOL! 634 00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:06,157 THAT IS AMAZINGS! 635 00:37:06,223 --> 00:37:08,025 >> Stephen: THANKS FOR BEING ON. 636 00:37:08,092 --> 00:37:10,828 >> SO GLAD CBS FORCED YOU TO HAVE ME ON THE SHOW. 637 00:37:10,895 --> 00:37:11,862 I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. 638 00:37:11,929 --> 00:37:15,366 >> Stephen: WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME FAMILY NOW. 639 00:37:15,433 --> 00:37:17,802 >> I'VE NEVER BEEN ON YOUR COUCH BEFORE. 640 00:37:17,868 --> 00:37:22,773 >> Stephen: IS THIS YOUR FIRST LATE NIGHT SHOW? 641 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:33,417 >> THE FIRST TIME I'M SITTING HERE. 642 00:37:33,484 --> 00:37:36,587 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN UP HERE, SO THIS IS REALLY 643 00:37:36,654 --> 00:37:37,788 COOL. 644 00:37:37,855 --> 00:37:41,592 >> Stephen: I REMEMBER BEFORE I EVER WENT ON, CONAN WAS THE 645 00:37:41,659 --> 00:37:45,396 LATE LATE NIGHT SHOW I EVER WE WANT ON AND I BOUGHT A NEW 646 00:37:45,463 --> 00:37:46,397 JACKET FOR IT. 647 00:37:46,464 --> 00:37:50,067 IT WAS A MISTAKE, IT WAS A BRIGHT YELLOW JACKET. 648 00:37:50,134 --> 00:37:52,036 >> NO, I'M NOT WEARING ANY BRIGHT COLORS TONIGHT. 649 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:52,937 NO, I'M GOOD. 650 00:37:53,004 --> 00:37:57,008 I DO GET TO KEEP THE SOCKS, WHICH IS COOL. 651 00:37:57,074 --> 00:37:59,644 >> Stephen: DO YOU NORMALLY HAVE TO GIVE YOUR SOCKS BACK TO 652 00:37:59,710 --> 00:38:00,711 PEOPLE? 653 00:38:00,778 --> 00:38:04,348 >> I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED WHEN HE SAID, GUESS WHAT? 654 00:38:04,415 --> 00:38:05,583 THE SOCKS ARE A GIFT. 655 00:38:05,650 --> 00:38:14,492 I SAID, BRO, WHO ELSE WILL PUT THE SOCKS ON AFTER I'M DONE WITH 656 00:38:14,558 --> 00:38:15,226 THEM? 657 00:38:15,292 --> 00:38:16,460 GROSS. 658 00:38:16,527 --> 00:38:21,032 >> Stephen: THEY MIGHT WANT TO BECAUSE "GHOSTS" IS NOW THE MOST 659 00:38:21,098 --> 00:38:22,133 WATCHED COMEDY. 660 00:38:22,199 --> 00:38:24,802 YOU HAVE A SENSE YOU WERE POSSESSED BY A GHOST THERE. 661 00:38:24,869 --> 00:38:27,438 WHAT'S THE PREMISE OF THE SHOW? 662 00:38:27,505 --> 00:38:33,711 >> THE PREMISE OF THE SHOW IS SAM AND JAY, ROSE McI'VEER AND 663 00:38:33,778 --> 00:38:37,114 I, INHERIT THIS STONE MANSION INHABITED BY SPIRITS WHO HAVEN'T 664 00:38:37,181 --> 00:38:42,553 BEEN ABLE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PLAIN AND, YEAH, WE'RE IN A 665 00:38:42,620 --> 00:38:43,788 HAUNTED HOUSE. 666 00:38:43,854 --> 00:38:47,692 MY CONTACT CAN'T SEE THE GHOSTS SO I STARE OFF INTO THE MIDDLE 667 00:38:47,758 --> 00:38:51,662 DISTANCE FOR 22 MINUTES WHILE ROSE DOES MOST TO HAVE THE HEAVY 668 00:38:51,729 --> 00:38:52,396 LIFTING. 669 00:38:52,463 --> 00:38:53,330 >> Stephen: SHE SEES THE GHOSTS. 670 00:38:53,397 --> 00:38:54,131 >> SHE DOES. 671 00:38:54,198 --> 00:38:55,232 SHE'S INCREDIBLE IN THE CAST. 672 00:38:55,299 --> 00:38:56,500 WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN. 673 00:38:56,567 --> 00:39:01,872 THE CLIP YOU SAW WAS ME DOING AN IMPRESSION OF REBECCA WHO PLAYS 674 00:39:01,939 --> 00:39:04,709 HEADY WHO'S AN AMAZING ACTOR. 675 00:39:04,775 --> 00:39:05,710 WE HAVE A GOOD TIME. 676 00:39:05,776 --> 00:39:08,646 EVERYBODY IS HAPPY TO BE THERE. 677 00:39:08,713 --> 00:39:09,447 MONTREAL IS COLD. 678 00:39:09,513 --> 00:39:10,715 >> Stephen: IS THAT WHERE YOU SHOOT? 679 00:39:10,781 --> 00:39:14,552 >> YES, BUT THE GOOD THING IS I HAVEN'T LEARNED ANY FRENCH. 680 00:39:14,618 --> 00:39:17,688 >> Stephen: PARFAIT. 681 00:39:17,755 --> 00:39:18,589 PARFAIT, DELICIOUS! 682 00:39:18,656 --> 00:39:20,391 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: DO YOU BELIEVE IN 683 00:39:20,458 --> 00:39:21,358 GHOSTS? 684 00:39:21,425 --> 00:39:22,827 >> I -- I -- >> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN 685 00:39:22,893 --> 00:39:24,895 A GHOST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? 686 00:39:24,962 --> 00:39:25,629 >> NO, I HAVEN'T SEEN A GHOST. 687 00:39:25,696 --> 00:39:28,299 I BELIEVE IN OUR BETTER ANGELS. 688 00:39:28,365 --> 00:39:33,504 I BELIEVE OUR ANCESTORS AND SPIRITS ARE TAKING CARE OF US 689 00:39:33,571 --> 00:39:39,343 AND SHEPHERDING US ALONG IF WE'RE OPEN TO THE POSITIVE 690 00:39:39,410 --> 00:39:41,545 ENERGY AND TEACHINGS. 691 00:39:41,612 --> 00:39:44,782 IF THE C.D.C. CAN GET DEEP UP HERE, SO CAN I. 692 00:39:44,849 --> 00:39:45,750 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: DO IT. 693 00:39:45,816 --> 00:39:46,550 DO IT. 694 00:39:46,617 --> 00:39:47,651 >> THANKS. 695 00:39:47,718 --> 00:39:49,620 >> Stephen: BESIDES BEING AN ACTOR, YOU ARE ONE OF THE 696 00:39:49,687 --> 00:39:51,822 RAPPERS THE KIDS LISTEN TO THESE DAYS. 697 00:39:51,889 --> 00:39:53,758 >> WELL, THEY USED TO LISTEN TO, YEAH, FOR SURE. 698 00:39:53,824 --> 00:40:02,399 >> Stephen: YOU RAP UNDER THE NAME UTK THE INC. 699 00:40:02,466 --> 00:40:03,400 >> YEP. 700 00:40:03,467 --> 00:40:05,336 >> Stephen: AS PART OF FREE STYLE LOVE SUPREME. 701 00:40:05,402 --> 00:40:13,277 HERE YOU ARE WITH OUR FRIEND LYNN MINIMUM WELL MIRANDA -- 702 00:40:13,344 --> 00:40:14,245 LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA. 703 00:40:14,311 --> 00:40:16,313 >> THERE HE IS. 704 00:40:16,380 --> 00:40:19,283 WE HAD OUR CLOSING NIGHT ON BROADWAY LAST NIGHT. 705 00:40:19,350 --> 00:40:22,820 >> Stephen: IS IT TRUE THE CAST HAS TATTOOS TOGETHER? 706 00:40:22,887 --> 00:40:27,992 >> ALL OF US HAVE MATCHING TATTOOS OF THE FREE STYLE 707 00:40:28,058 --> 00:40:30,561 SUPREME INSIGNIA SOMEWHERE ON OUR BODY. 708 00:40:30,628 --> 00:40:33,564 >> Stephen: HAS ANYONE SEEN THE SHOW? 709 00:40:33,631 --> 00:40:34,698 >> I DON'T KNOW. 710 00:40:34,765 --> 00:40:38,068 >> Stephen: THIS IS A CBS EXCLUSIVE, WHERE ON THE BODIES 711 00:40:38,135 --> 00:40:41,772 YOU HAVE THE FREE STYLE LOVE SUPREME LOGO. 712 00:40:41,839 --> 00:40:43,507 >> THERE WE ARE. 713 00:40:43,574 --> 00:40:45,242 THERE'S MINE ON MY RIBS. 714 00:40:45,309 --> 00:40:48,579 LIN ON HIS BACK -- >> Stephen: AND THIS GUY 715 00:40:48,646 --> 00:40:50,414 DOESN'T WANT TO SHOW YOU. 716 00:40:50,481 --> 00:40:50,815 >> IT'S HIS LEG. 717 00:40:50,881 --> 00:40:51,682 RIGHT THERE. 718 00:40:51,749 --> 00:40:52,650 SEE. 719 00:40:52,716 --> 00:40:57,054 >> Stephen: I THOUGHT THAT LEG BELONGED TO YOU. 720 00:40:57,121 --> 00:40:57,555 >> MM-HMM, MM-HMM. 721 00:40:57,621 --> 00:40:59,790 SO THERE WE ARE. 722 00:40:59,857 --> 00:41:02,193 THERE'S OUR TATTOOS. 723 00:41:02,259 --> 00:41:05,763 THAT WENT OVER REALLY WELL. 724 00:41:05,830 --> 00:41:07,631 THAT WAS A GOOD BIT. 725 00:41:07,698 --> 00:41:10,234 >> Stephen: IT'S NOT A BIT, MY FRIEND, THIS IS NEWS. 726 00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:17,074 JOHN AND I ACTUALLY LAST MONTH, WE DROPPED SOME BARS. 727 00:41:17,141 --> 00:41:18,275 >> I HEARD. 728 00:41:18,342 --> 00:41:20,878 >> Stephen: OKAY, ON THE LORD OF THE RINGS 20th ANNIVERSARY 729 00:41:20,945 --> 00:41:23,781 RIGHT THERE. 730 00:41:23,848 --> 00:41:25,683 >> OKAY. 731 00:41:25,749 --> 00:41:26,584 WHOO! 732 00:41:26,650 --> 00:41:28,419 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I ASSUME ALL GOOD 733 00:41:28,485 --> 00:41:33,057 RAPPERS RAP ABOUT THEIR FAVORITE, YOU KNOW, NERD LOVE. 734 00:41:33,123 --> 00:41:34,291 >> OH, YEAH, DEFINITELY. 735 00:41:34,358 --> 00:41:37,127 >> Stephen: CAN YOU GIVE ME -- I DON'T KNOW REALLY KNOW HOW TO 736 00:41:37,194 --> 00:41:37,962 DO THAT. 737 00:41:38,028 --> 00:41:41,131 CAN YOU GIVE ME ADVICE ON HOW TO FLOW? 738 00:41:41,198 --> 00:41:42,199 >> SURE. 739 00:41:42,266 --> 00:41:46,203 FIRST OF ALL, HAVE YOU HEARD OF A GROUP CALLED UGK? 740 00:41:46,270 --> 00:41:51,709 BECAUSE HE LOOKS LIKE PIMP C IN THE VIDEO AND YOU LOOK 741 00:41:51,775 --> 00:41:52,743 INCREDIBLE. 742 00:41:52,810 --> 00:41:53,544 YOU'RE LEGENDARY. 743 00:41:53,611 --> 00:41:54,745 JUST KNOW WE SAW AND APPRECIATED IT. 744 00:41:54,812 --> 00:42:04,154 >> Stephen: YOU SAW ME AS -- I SEE A LOT OF PIMPC IN 745 00:42:04,221 --> 00:42:04,822 STEPHEN. 746 00:42:04,889 --> 00:42:05,823 >> Stephen: THIS OUTFIT HERE? 747 00:42:05,890 --> 00:42:10,861 IT HAS A GOOD PIMP VIBE TO IT. 748 00:42:10,928 --> 00:42:19,436 WE CAN DO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR FRIEND J.R. 749 00:42:19,503 --> 00:42:20,371 CONGRATULATIONS. 750 00:42:20,437 --> 00:42:21,705 ( APPLAUSE ) >> CAN WE DO SOMETHING WITH THE 751 00:42:21,772 --> 00:42:22,373 BAND? 752 00:42:22,439 --> 00:42:26,410 >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU NEED? 753 00:42:26,477 --> 00:42:30,147 ( MOUTHS BEAT ) >> HERE WE GO. 754 00:42:30,214 --> 00:42:36,620 A COLD BEER, I HIT THE FLO, OKAY, LET THE AIR GO, I MAKE THE 755 00:42:36,687 --> 00:42:39,290 BODY SHIVER WITH THE QUIVER OF YOUR BOW. 756 00:42:39,356 --> 00:42:43,594 I WATCH THE MOVIE AND I GOT TO FROWN, LORD OF THE RINGS DON'T 757 00:42:43,661 --> 00:42:44,561 HAVE NOBODY BROWN! 758 00:42:44,628 --> 00:42:49,366 WHERE IS THE MELANIN? 759 00:42:49,433 --> 00:42:50,467 WHERE -- >> Stephen: FAIR ENOUGH. 760 00:42:50,534 --> 00:42:51,035 I'S TRUE. 761 00:42:51,101 --> 00:42:52,703 >> Stephen: FAIR ENOUGH. 762 00:42:52,770 --> 00:42:53,704 YEAH. 763 00:42:53,771 --> 00:42:57,374 >> Stephen: WELL, GHOSTS RETURNS THIS THURSDAY AT 764 00:42:57,441 --> 00:42:58,442 9:00 P.M. ON CBS. 765 00:42:58,509 --> 00:42:59,910 UTKARSH AMBUDKAR, EVERYBODY! 766 00:42:59,977 --> 00:43:02,746 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 767 00:43:12,723 --> 00:43:15,259 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 768 00:43:15,326 --> 00:43:18,495 LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY. 769 00:43:18,562 --> 00:43:24,702 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST WILL BE STAR OF COBRA KAI, RALPH 770 00:43:24,768 --> 00:43:27,338 MACCHIO. 771 00:43:27,404 --> 00:43:28,339 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 772 00:43:28,405 --> 00:43:29,406 GOOD NIGHT. 773 00:43:30,541 --> 00:43:31,842 Captioning sponsored by CBS Captioned by 774 00:43:31,909 --> 00:43:32,609 Media Access Group at WGBH Captioning sponsored by CBS