1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:02,936 >> THEY MAY BE TINY, BUT GOLDFISH ARE NOW LEARNING TO 2 00:00:03,002 --> 00:00:04,270 DRIVE. YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT. 3 00:00:04,337 --> 00:00:06,940 A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS IN ISRAEL HAVE BUILT THIS FISH -OPERATED 4 00:00:07,006 --> 00:00:13,947 VEHICLE. >> HE LIVES HIS LIFE EIGHT 5 00:00:14,013 --> 00:00:17,951 SECONDS AT A TIME. BECAUSE THAT'S ALL HE CAN 6 00:00:18,017 --> 00:00:21,955 REMEMBER. BUT FOR THOSE EIGHT SECONDS, 7 00:00:22,021 --> 00:00:28,728 HE'S FREE. ( SQUEAKING ) 8 00:00:28,795 --> 00:00:30,797 FURIOUS." >> LET'S GO FOR A RIDE. 9 00:00:38,071 --> 00:00:42,075 >> ONE FISH, TWO FISH, GOLD FISH, GONE FISH. 10 00:00:54,053 --> 00:00:56,990 ( TIRES SQUEALING ) HEARTS OF THOSE WE LEAVE BEHIND 11 00:00:57,056 --> 00:00:59,058 IS NOT TO DIE. ( TOILET FLUSHING ) 12 00:01:05,999 --> 00:01:12,071 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 13 00:01:12,138 --> 00:01:14,941 TONIGHT: COUP YEAR'S EVE. 14 00:01:15,008 --> 00:01:20,547 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR 15 00:01:20,613 --> 00:01:23,149 AND MUSICAL GUEST SAINt JHN 16 00:01:23,216 --> 00:01:28,488 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 17 00:01:28,555 --> 00:01:31,024 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE 18 00:01:31,090 --> 00:01:36,529 ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 19 00:01:36,596 --> 00:01:38,598 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 20 00:01:55,548 --> 00:02:01,120 >> Stephen: I LIKE IT. I LIKE IT. 21 00:02:01,187 --> 00:02:04,057 >> Jon: VEGAS, COME ON. >> Stephen: VEGAS, BABY. 22 00:02:04,123 --> 00:02:07,393 HELLO, LEWIS. HELLO, JOE. 23 00:02:07,460 --> 00:02:12,532 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME,s ONE AND ALL. 24 00:02:12,599 --> 00:02:15,535 WELCOME, MY FRIENDS, "THE LATE SHOW." 25 00:02:15,602 --> 00:02:20,106 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. AND I AM SO GLAD YOU COULD BE 26 00:02:20,173 --> 00:02:21,307 WITH US TONIGHT. ( APPLAUSE ) 27 00:02:21,374 --> 00:02:28,548 I NEED A LITTLE BIT OF THE WARMTH, OF BEING WITH THE GOOD 28 00:02:28,615 --> 00:02:32,519 PEOPLE HERE TODAY. TOMORROW IS THE ONE-YEAR 29 00:02:32,585 --> 00:02:34,220 ANNIVERSARY OF THE JANUARY 6th INSURRECTION, THAT HORRIBLE DAY 30 00:02:34,287 --> 00:02:35,355 WHEN MILLIONS OF AMERICANS STARED AT THE TV IN SHOCK AND 31 00:02:35,421 --> 00:02:40,527 GRIEF AND SAID, "AH, CRAP. IS THAT UNCLE DAVE?" 32 00:02:40,593 --> 00:02:45,064 ( LAUGHTER ) INVESTIGATING THE ATTACK HAS SET 33 00:02:45,131 --> 00:02:48,535 ITS SIGHTS ON A NEW TARGET: FOX NEWS HOST AND PROOF THAT THE 34 00:02:48,601 --> 00:02:54,374 IRISH WEREN'T MEANT TO LIVE PAST 60, SEAN HANNITY. 35 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:56,543 LAST NIGHT, THE COMMITTEE SENT A LETTER ASKING HANNITY TO TALK TO 36 00:02:56,609 --> 00:03:00,547 THEM ABOUT SOME BOMBSHELL TEXT MESSAGES THAT INDICATE THAT 37 00:03:00,613 --> 00:03:04,551 HANNITY HAD "ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S 38 00:03:04,617 --> 00:03:10,924 PLANNING FOR JANUARY 6th." AND I'M BEING TOLD WE HAVE 39 00:03:10,990 --> 00:03:16,963 FOOTAGE OF THE MOMENT HANNITY RECEIVED THAT LETTER. 40 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:19,933 ( LAUGHTER ) 41 00:03:19,999 --> 00:03:23,937 >> Stephen: ACCORDING TO THE COMMITTEE, ON DECEMBER 31 2020, 42 00:03:24,003 --> 00:03:27,941 HANNITY SENT CHIEF OF STAFF MARK MEADOWS A TEXT THAT SAID, "I DO 43 00:03:28,007 --> 00:03:28,875 NOT SEE JANUARY 6 HAPPENING THE WAY HE IS BEING TOLD." 44 00:03:28,942 --> 00:03:30,109 SO HANNITY CLEARLY KNEW WHAT WAS COMING. 45 00:03:30,176 --> 00:03:31,210 I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THE FORMER PRESIDENT PLANNED THIS 46 00:03:31,277 --> 00:03:32,645 COUP WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENTIRE FOX NEWS LINEUP, 47 00:03:32,712 --> 00:03:35,281 INCLUDING THE COMMERCIALS. ( LAUGHTER ) 48 00:03:35,348 --> 00:03:37,350 DOWNSIDES TO DESTROYING OUR SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE 49 00:03:50,029 --> 00:03:51,230 GOVERNMENT. ON JANUARY 5, HE WROTE TO 50 00:03:51,297 --> 00:03:54,968 MEADOWS AGAIN, SAYING THAT HE WAS "VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE NEXT 51 00:03:55,034 --> 00:03:57,971 48 HOURS." SO HE EITHER HAD ADVANCE 52 00:03:58,037 --> 00:03:59,072 KNOWLEDGE OF THE PLOT OR HAD JUST EATEN THREE TACO BELL 53 00:03:59,138 --> 00:04:05,244 BURRITO SUPREMES. ( LAUGHTER ) 54 00:04:05,311 --> 00:04:18,324 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HOURS WAS GOING TO BRING CHAOS. 55 00:04:18,391 --> 00:04:22,061 IF THE COMMITTEE REALLY WANTS THE INSIDE SCOOP ON THE WHITE 56 00:04:22,128 --> 00:04:25,999 HOUSE'S PLAN TO STAGE THE COUP, THEY SHOULD TALK TO PETER 57 00:04:26,065 --> 00:04:29,268 NAVARRO, SEEN HERE THROWING A PILLOWCASE OF KITTENS INTO THE 58 00:04:29,335 --> 00:04:37,043 RIVER. NAVARRO WAS ON MSNBC LAST NIGHT, 59 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:41,280 AND HE REVEALED THAT THE WHITE HOUSE'S PLOT TO OVERTHROW THE 60 00:04:41,347 --> 00:04:45,251 ELECTION EVEN HAD A CUTE LITTLE NICKNAME: 61 00:04:45,318 --> 00:04:47,020 >> THIS PLAN WE HAD CALLED THE "GREEN BAY SWEEP." 62 00:04:47,086 --> 00:04:49,122 >> Stephen: NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE "GREEN BAY SNEAK," 63 00:04:49,188 --> 00:04:51,791 WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ASK AARON RODGERS IF HE'S 64 00:04:51,858 --> 00:04:53,259 VACCINATED. ( LAUGHTER ) 65 00:04:53,326 --> 00:05:03,803 AND-- SURE. NAVARRO EXPLAINED THAT WHAT THE 66 00:05:03,870 --> 00:05:07,407 COUP PLOT HAD IN COMMON WITH THE FOOTBALL PLAY WAS TEAMWORK-- 67 00:05:07,473 --> 00:05:12,912 AND, OBVIOUSLY, BRAIN DAMAGE: >> WE HAD OVER 100 CONGRESSMEN 68 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:17,216 AND SENATORS ON CAPITOL HILL READY TO IMPLEMENT THE SWEEP. 69 00:05:17,283 --> 00:05:19,385 WE WERE GOING TO CHALLENGE THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION IN THE 70 00:05:19,452 --> 00:05:25,258 SIX BATTLEGROUND STATES. AND AT 1:00 P.M., SENATOR TED 71 00:05:25,324 --> 00:05:28,861 CRUZ AND GOSAR, A REPRESENTATIVE, STARTED THE 72 00:05:28,928 --> 00:05:31,164 GREEN BAY SWEEP BEAUTIFULLY, CHALLENGING THE RESULTS OF 73 00:05:31,230 --> 00:05:33,266 ARIZONA. >> Stephen: I HAVEN'T SEEN 74 00:05:33,332 --> 00:05:39,272 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY SO CLEARLY EXPLAINED ON TV BY THE CRIMINAL 75 00:05:39,338 --> 00:05:41,641 SINCE RACHEL RAY WELCOMED CO-HOST JEFFREY DAHMER. 76 00:05:41,708 --> 00:05:49,248 YUMMO! BUT NAVARRO SAYS THERE WAS ONE 77 00:05:49,315 --> 00:05:53,720 FLAW IN THE JANUARY 6 PLAN: >> ALL THIS REQUIRED WAS PEACE 78 00:05:53,786 --> 00:05:55,054 AND CALM ON CAPITOL HILL. >> Stephen: (AS SCOOBY VILLAIN) 79 00:05:55,121 --> 00:05:57,256 "AND WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WTH IT, TOO, IF IT WASN'T FOR 80 00:05:57,323 --> 00:06:01,260 THAT MEDDLING MOB WE UNLEASHED ON CAPITOL HILL. 81 00:06:01,327 --> 00:06:03,730 DAMN YOU, SCOOBY-COUP!" ( APPLAUSE ) 82 00:06:03,796 --> 00:06:08,468 REFERENCE. GOOD. 83 00:06:08,534 --> 00:06:11,904 GLAD THEY GOT THE REFERENCE. BY THE WAY, THAT'S NOT AN 84 00:06:11,971 --> 00:06:13,906 EXAGGERATION. CHECK OUT HOW MUCH PETER NAVARRO 85 00:06:13,973 --> 00:06:15,908 LOOKS LIKE A SCOOBY-DOO VILLAIN. NAVARRO THEN EXPLAINED HOW HIS 86 00:06:15,975 --> 00:06:23,916 GOOD OLD-FASHIONED FOOTBALL COUP WAS SUPPOSED TO GO: 87 00:06:23,983 --> 00:06:25,218 >> THE REMEDY WAS FOR VICE PRESIDENT PENCE AS THE 88 00:06:25,284 --> 00:06:29,222 QUARTERBACK IN THE GREEN BAY SWEEP TO REMAND THOSE VOTES BACK 89 00:06:29,288 --> 00:06:33,226 TO THE SIX BATTLEGROUND STATES FOR 10 DAYS FOR A LOOK TO SEE IF 90 00:06:33,292 --> 00:06:36,529 THERE WERE ANY ELECTION IRREGULARITIES OR FRAUD. 91 00:06:36,596 --> 00:06:43,369 >> Stephen: REALLY? PENCE IS THE QUARTERBACK IN THIS 92 00:06:43,436 --> 00:06:47,473 SITUATION? HE DOESN'T STRIKE ME AS THE 93 00:06:47,540 --> 00:06:50,610 QUARTERBACK TYPE PERSONALITY. IF I HAD TO PICK A POSITION THAT 94 00:06:50,676 --> 00:06:53,379 FITS HIS SPARKLING PERSONALITY, I'D GO WITH TACKLING DUMMY. 95 00:06:53,446 --> 00:06:56,783 TOMORROW-- ( APPLAUSE ) 96 00:06:56,849 --> 00:07:05,725 TOMORROW, CONGRESS IS GOING TO MARK THE DARK ANNIVERSARY 97 00:07:05,792 --> 00:07:11,697 WITH SOLEMNITY, WITH EVENTS INCLUDING A PRAYER VIGIL. 98 00:07:11,764 --> 00:07:13,099 AND DO NOT EVER DOUBT THE POWER OF PRAYER. 99 00:07:13,166 --> 00:07:15,868 REMEMBER, ON MONDAY, DEVIN NUNES FORMALLY RESIGNED FROM CONGRESS. 100 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:21,240 THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME, LORD. ( APPLAUSE ) 101 00:07:21,307 --> 00:07:26,512 THE SOLEMNITY OF THE DAY WAS IN DANGER OF BEING UNDERMINED BY 102 00:07:26,579 --> 00:07:31,350 FORMER PRESIDENT "MY LITTLE PHONY." 103 00:07:31,417 --> 00:07:36,489 TWO WEEKS AGO, HE ANNOUNCED THAT AT THE TIME OF THE CAPITOL 104 00:07:36,556 --> 00:07:39,358 PRAYER SERVICE, HE PLANNED TO DELIVER REMARKS DOUBLING DOWN ON 105 00:07:39,425 --> 00:07:41,227 THE "BIG LIE," TO COUNTERPROGRAM THE REMEMBRANCE EVENTS. 106 00:07:41,294 --> 00:07:43,362 YEAH, YOU CAN'T LET REMEMBRANCE EVENTS GO ON WITHOUT 107 00:07:43,429 --> 00:07:48,234 COUNTERPROGRAMMING. THE SAME REASON AT A FUNERAL YOU 108 00:07:48,301 --> 00:07:49,435 GOT TO BRING OUT AN INSULT COMIC FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GLAD 109 00:07:49,502 --> 00:07:53,239 THE GUY'S DEAD. ( INSULT COMIC ) 110 00:07:53,306 --> 00:08:00,112 IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN HIM STIFF IN YEARS! 111 00:08:00,179 --> 00:08:02,582 OH! HIS WIFE KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING 112 00:08:02,648 --> 00:08:03,516 ABOUT. THAT'S MY TIME. 113 00:08:03,583 --> 00:08:05,685 HIS, TOO! TIP YOUR PALLBEARERS." 114 00:08:05,751 --> 00:08:13,860 ( APPLAUSE ) THE SPEECH WITH A STATEMENT. 115 00:08:13,926 --> 00:08:16,495 NOW, READING THIS STATEMENT STRAIGHT WOULD GIVE IT WAY MORE 116 00:08:16,562 --> 00:08:22,268 RESPECT THAN IT DESERVES, BUT I NO LONGER DO AN 117 00:08:22,335 --> 00:08:25,171 IMPRESSION OF THAT CRACK WIPE ANYMORE. 118 00:08:25,238 --> 00:08:26,772 SO, INSTEAD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HIS STATEMENT READ BY SOMEONE 119 00:08:26,839 --> 00:08:28,107 WHO HAS THE SAME LEVEL OF EMOTIONAL MATURITY: A 7 -YEAR-OLD 120 00:08:28,174 --> 00:08:31,377 CHILD. ( IN CHILD'S VOICE ) 121 00:08:31,444 --> 00:08:37,250 COMMITTEE OF HIGHLY PARTISAN POLITICAL HACKS INVESTIGATING 122 00:08:37,316 --> 00:08:41,554 THE CAUSE OF THE JANUARY 6th PROTEST, WHICH WAS THE RIGGED 123 00:08:41,621 --> 00:08:47,660 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2020? I WILL BE HAVING A NEWS 124 00:08:47,727 --> 00:08:49,228 CONFERENCE ON JANUARY 6th AT MAR-A-LAGO TO DISCUSS ALL OF 125 00:08:49,295 --> 00:08:53,232 THESE POINTS, AND MORE. UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, THE 126 00:08:53,299 --> 00:08:57,036 INSURRECTION TOOK PLACE ON NOVEMBER 3rd. 127 00:08:57,103 --> 00:09:03,442 IT WAS THE COMPLETELY UNARMED PROTEST OF THE RIGGED ELECTION 128 00:09:03,509 --> 00:09:06,312 THAT TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY 6. >> Stephen: THANK YOU, SIR. 129 00:09:06,379 --> 00:09:11,918 I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT-- ( APPLAUSE ) 130 00:09:11,984 --> 00:09:17,890 ARMED. AND WHEN DID WE START HAVING TO 131 00:09:17,957 --> 00:09:21,894 SAY "UNARMED" PROTESTS?" PROTESTS ARE UNARMED BY DEFAULT. 132 00:09:21,961 --> 00:09:23,629 THAT'S LIKE SAYING, "WE HAD A LOVELY WEEKEND. 133 00:09:23,696 --> 00:09:25,431 IT WAS A TOTALLY BLOODLESS COTILLION." 134 00:09:25,498 --> 00:09:29,902 WELL, GOOD NEWS. YESTERDAY, THE FORMER PRESIDENT 135 00:09:29,969 --> 00:09:32,571 CANCELED HIS JANUARY 6 EVENT. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 136 00:09:32,638 --> 00:09:38,911 I'LL GIVE IT UP. I'LL GIVE IT UP, YEAH. 137 00:09:38,978 --> 00:09:42,915 I'M SURE HE'S VERY DISAPPOINTED. I MEAN, HE'D ALREADY PICKED THE 138 00:09:42,982 --> 00:09:47,920 PERFECT OUTFIT FOR THE DAY. HE EXPLAINED HIS DECISION WITH 139 00:09:47,987 --> 00:09:50,923 THIS STATEMENT: >> IN LIGHT OF THE TOTAL BIAS 140 00:09:50,990 --> 00:09:55,928 AND DISHONESTY OF THE JANUARY 6th UNSELECT COMMITTEE OF 141 00:09:55,995 --> 00:10:00,933 DEMOCRATS, TWO FAILED REPUBLICANS, AND THE FAKE NEWS 142 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,937 MEDIA, I AM CANCELING THE JANUARY 6th PRESS CONFERENCE AT 143 00:10:05,004 --> 00:10:08,941 MAR-A-LAGO ON THURSDAY, AND INSTEAD WILL DISCUSS MANY 144 00:10:09,008 --> 00:10:12,945 OF THOSE IMPORTANT TOPICS AT MY RALLY ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 145 00:10:13,012 --> 00:10:16,949 IN ARIZONA. IT WILL BE A BIG CROWD! 146 00:10:17,016 --> 00:10:20,953 ( LAUGHTER ) HE'S MOVING IT FROM MAR-A- LAGO 147 00:10:21,020 --> 00:10:24,857 TO ARIZONA, CONSIDERING THEIR STATE MOTTO: ARIZONA: AMERICA'S 148 00:10:24,924 --> 00:10:28,561 BACKUP FLORIDA. ( APPLAUSE ) 149 00:10:28,627 --> 00:10:32,698 ONE. WE'RE GOING TO NEED ONE. 150 00:10:32,765 --> 00:10:36,268 APPARENTLY, THE REAL REASON HE CANCELED THE EVENT IS BECAUSE 151 00:10:36,335 --> 00:10:37,870 SOME ADVISERS URGED THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO RESCHEDULE FOR A 152 00:10:37,937 --> 00:10:40,940 DAY THAT WOULD DRAW LESS ATTENTION TO A LOW POINT OF HIS 153 00:10:41,007 --> 00:10:46,012 PRESIDENCY. SO, EVERY DAY OF HIS PRESIDENCY 154 00:10:46,078 --> 00:10:48,247 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT-- 155 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:55,054 ( CHEERING ) ( APPLAUSE ) 156 00:10:55,121 --> 00:10:59,759 IT WOULD BE LIKE JUDAS GIVING A SPEECH TO COMMEMORATE 157 00:10:59,825 --> 00:11:01,093 GOOD FRIDAY: "SURE, IT'S A SAD DAY, BUT 158 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:04,930 WITHOUT ME, NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED! 159 00:11:04,997 --> 00:11:07,066 THE REAL CRUCIFIXION WAS ON NOVEMBER 3rd! 160 00:11:07,133 --> 00:11:08,934 MARY MAGDALENE KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT. 161 00:11:09,001 --> 00:11:12,238 TIP YOUR PHARISEES." ( APPLAUSE ) 162 00:11:12,304 --> 00:11:19,045 THANK YOU. BUT ACCORDING TO THE "NEW YORK 163 00:11:19,111 --> 00:11:23,949 TIMES'" MAGGIE HABERMAN, THE REAL, REAL REASON IS THAT IT WAS 164 00:11:24,016 --> 00:11:25,284 BECOMING CLEAR HE WASN'T LIKELY TO GET THE LIVE TV COVERAGE HE 165 00:11:25,351 --> 00:11:29,955 WAS HOPING FOR. WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE. 166 00:11:30,022 --> 00:11:32,591 UPSTAGING SOLEMN EVENTS RARELY GETS GOOD RATINGS. 167 00:11:32,658 --> 00:11:34,460 THAT'S WHY THEY CANCELED "DICK CLARK'S PEARL HARBOR'S ROCKIN' 168 00:11:34,527 --> 00:11:40,232 EVE." ( LAUGHTER ) 169 00:11:40,299 --> 00:11:43,536 RIGHT? THERE'S AN UPDATE FROM THE WORLD 170 00:11:43,602 --> 00:11:46,472 OF COVID: EVERYONE IN THE WORLD HAS COVID. 171 00:11:46,539 --> 00:11:53,512 ( LAUGHTER ) WERE CLOSED IN THE FIRST WEEK OF 172 00:11:53,579 --> 00:11:56,115 JANUARY, AND THE QUITTING RATE FOR THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY 173 00:11:56,182 --> 00:11:58,451 REACHED AN ALL-TIME HIGH. OKAY, THERE'S AN EASY SOLUTION 174 00:11:58,517 --> 00:12:00,786 HERE. KIDS, THIS IS THE MOMENT DOC 175 00:12:00,853 --> 00:12:02,455 McSTUFFINS HAS BEEN TRAINING YOU FOR. 176 00:12:02,521 --> 00:12:05,791 GRAB YOUR FISHER-PRICE STETHOSCOPE AND ASK MOMMY AND 177 00:12:05,858 --> 00:12:07,993 DADDY FOR A RIDE TO THE E.R. YOU'RE SCRUBBIN' IN! 178 00:12:08,060 --> 00:12:10,663 DAMMIT, McKENZIE! THERE ARE LIVES ARE ON THE LINE! 179 00:12:10,729 --> 00:12:17,603 ( LAUGHTER ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 180 00:12:17,670 --> 00:12:30,449 ( CHEERING ) TWIN? 181 00:12:30,516 --> 00:12:34,453 IS? SO, THE COUNTRY'S IN CHAOS. 182 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:38,491 WHAT WE NEED IS CLEAR GUIDANCE FROM THE C.D.C., WHICH IS WHY 183 00:12:38,557 --> 00:12:42,461 THEY ISSUED YESTERDAY, NEW GUIDANCE UPDATING THEIR RECENT 184 00:12:42,528 --> 00:12:47,666 FIVE-DAY ISOLATION RULE WITH THIS SIMPLE ADDENDUM: 185 00:12:47,733 --> 00:12:49,335 PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECOVERED FROM THE VIRUS AND HAVE ISOLATED FOR 186 00:12:49,401 --> 00:12:50,569 AT LEAST FIVE DAYS CAN TAKE A RAPID TEST IF THEY WANT, BUT 187 00:12:50,636 --> 00:12:53,839 THEY DON'T HAVE TO. AND THOSE WHO TEST POSITIVE 188 00:12:53,906 --> 00:12:56,609 AFTER FIVE DAYS FROM THEIR INITIAL TEST SHOULD ISOLATE FOR 189 00:12:56,675 --> 00:12:59,078 ANOTHER FIVE DAYS. ALSO, PEOPLE WHO TEST NEGATIVE 190 00:12:59,145 --> 00:13:01,180 OR DON'T GET TESTED CAN GO BACK TO WORK, AS LONG AS THEY WEAR A 191 00:13:01,247 --> 00:13:02,481 MASK. OOH, I KNOW THIS ONE! 192 00:13:02,548 --> 00:13:05,851 THE ANSWER IS... THE KNIFE WAS AN ICICLE! 193 00:13:05,918 --> 00:13:07,052 NO, YOU TAKE THE CHICKEN AND THE GRAIN, AND YOU VACCINATE THE 194 00:13:07,119 --> 00:13:10,723 FOX! AM I-- NO. 195 00:13:10,789 --> 00:13:14,460 ALL RIGHT. EVEN THE NEWS-- 196 00:13:14,527 --> 00:13:18,731 ( APPLAUSE ) UNDERSTAND THESE UPDATED 197 00:13:18,797 --> 00:13:21,767 GUIDELINES. >> CONFUSING TIMES WHEN IT COMES 198 00:13:21,834 --> 00:13:25,437 TO RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE C.D.C. 199 00:13:25,504 --> 00:13:29,842 THIS LATEST CHANGE FROM THEM, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? 200 00:13:29,909 --> 00:13:31,510 >> IT IS CONFUSING. IT DOES FEEL LIKE A BIT OF A 201 00:13:31,577 --> 00:13:32,611 CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE: IF THIS, THEN THIS. 202 00:13:32,678 --> 00:13:35,948 IF THIS, THEN THIS. >> IT DOES FEEL IN MANY WAYS "DO 203 00:13:36,015 --> 00:13:38,517 THE HOKEY POKEY AND TURN YOURSELF AROUND." 204 00:13:38,584 --> 00:13:40,119 >> Stephen: GAYLE'S RIGHT. IN FACT, THAT'S AN EASY WAY TO 205 00:13:40,186 --> 00:13:45,758 REMEMBER THE NEW RULES. JON? 206 00:13:45,824 --> 00:13:49,395 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( SUNG TO "HOKEY POKEY" ) 207 00:13:49,461 --> 00:13:54,466 ♪ OR MAYBE JUST GO OUT ♪ HEY, AM I STILL SICK? 208 00:13:54,533 --> 00:13:58,470 ♪ THAT'S FOR YOU TO FIGURE OUT. ♪ YOU DO THE NOSEY -POKEY 209 00:13:58,537 --> 00:14:02,474 ♪ AND YOU CRY YOURSELF TO SLEEP ♪ TIME FOR MY DAILY SHOUT! 210 00:14:02,541 --> 00:14:07,513 AAAAAAAH! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 211 00:14:07,580 --> 00:14:10,482 TONIGHT. MY GUEST IS SENATOR AMY 212 00:14:10,549 --> 00:14:11,917 KLOBUCHAR. BUT WHEN WE RETURN, YOUNG PEOPLE 213 00:14:11,984 --> 00:14:13,986 ARE GETTING SCAMMED. CAN WE DO ANYTHING TO STOP OLD 214 00:14:55,027 --> 00:15:01,934 STAY HUMAN, EVERYBODY! JUST PEELING THE PAINT OFF THE 215 00:15:02,001 --> 00:15:06,839 WALLS. UNBELIEVABLE. 216 00:15:06,905 --> 00:15:11,143 ( APPLAUSE ) OVER THERE, MY FRIENDS. 217 00:15:11,210 --> 00:15:15,981 LAMPLEY, I JUST-- >> Jon: JOHN LAMPELY! 218 00:15:16,048 --> 00:15:19,818 >> Stephen: YOU ARE PLAYING THAT THING SO DAMN HOT AND HARD, 219 00:15:19,885 --> 00:15:24,523 THEY FEEL LIKE I JUST GOT A MILD DERM ABRASION RIGHT NOW. 220 00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:29,762 I HAVE A YOUTHFUL GLOW. JON, YOU KNOW WHO WE HAVE ON 221 00:15:29,828 --> 00:15:32,631 TONIGHT? WE'VE GOT ON SITTING SENATOR AMY 222 00:15:32,698 --> 00:15:34,366 KLOBUCHAR IS HERE TONIGHT. ( APPLAUSE ) 223 00:15:34,433 --> 00:15:38,504 TO HER WAS A YEAR AGO. THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO HER WAS 224 00:15:38,570 --> 00:15:42,274 THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 6. SHE WAS FRESH FROM THE CHAOS AND 225 00:15:42,341 --> 00:15:44,276 SPOKE TO US. NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 226 00:15:44,343 --> 00:15:47,613 WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, AND THE VOTING RIGHT BILL, JUST AS 227 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,516 IMPORTANT-- MAYBE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE NONE OF IT 228 00:15:50,582 --> 00:15:53,485 MATTER-- NONE OF THIS MATTERS WITHOUT A VOTING RIGHTS BILL. 229 00:15:53,552 --> 00:15:55,220 >> Jon: WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THERE. 230 00:15:55,287 --> 00:15:57,690 >> Stephen: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE THAT 231 00:15:57,756 --> 00:15:59,692 HAPPENED. IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED MOMENTS 232 00:15:59,758 --> 00:16:01,727 AGO BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS, THIS AFTERNOON. 233 00:16:01,794 --> 00:16:04,229 THE AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED. 234 00:16:04,296 --> 00:16:05,531 >> Jon: THAT'S RIGHT. >> Stephen: INDEFINITELY. 235 00:16:05,597 --> 00:16:08,767 FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW-- AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULDN'T 236 00:16:08,834 --> 00:16:10,469 KNOW-- HOW MANY NOMINATIONS, JON? 237 00:16:10,536 --> 00:16:13,005 HOW MANY NOMINATIONS DID YOU GET THIS YEAR? 238 00:16:13,072 --> 00:16:16,275 >> Jon: I GOT 11 NOMINATIONS. >> Stephen: YOU NEED TWO 239 00:16:16,342 --> 00:16:19,178 HANDS-- YOU NEED TWO HANDS AND A FOOT, TWO HANDS AND A FOOT TO 240 00:16:19,244 --> 00:16:22,581 COUNT THAT. >> Jon: IT WAS NICE. 241 00:16:22,648 --> 00:16:25,050 >> Stephen: I'M SORRY YOU HAVE TO WAIT. 242 00:16:25,117 --> 00:16:29,421 I'M SORRY IT GETS POSTPONED BECAUSE I'M SURE IT WAS A BIG 243 00:16:29,488 --> 00:16:32,825 NIGHT. WAS IT THE 30th OR THE 244 00:16:32,891 --> 00:16:36,495 THIRST? >> Jon: IT WAS T THE 31st 245 00:16:36,562 --> 00:16:39,231 BUT I ELECT JUST AS EXCITED. IT'S SAFE. 246 00:16:39,298 --> 00:16:40,632 >> Stephen: IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S SAFE. 247 00:16:40,699 --> 00:16:43,669 WE ALL WANT TO BE SAFE. BUT YOU WOULD HAVE FOUND OUT ON 248 00:16:43,736 --> 00:16:45,371 31st WHETHER YOU WON THOSE 11. 249 00:16:45,437 --> 00:16:49,007 NOW YOU ARE STILL POTENTIALLY GOING TO WIN INDEFINITELY. 250 00:16:49,074 --> 00:16:51,977 >> Jon: I LOVE THAT. >> Stephen: NOW, JUST ASSUME 251 00:16:52,044 --> 00:16:53,512 YOU'VE WON UNTIL THEY-- >> Jon: YES. 252 00:16:53,579 --> 00:16:57,049 >> Stephen: SAY NO. WHICH THEY DON'T OF WON'T. 253 00:16:57,116 --> 00:17:00,753 >> Jon: I ALWAYS ASSUME I WON. THAT'S MY PHILOSOPHY. 254 00:17:00,819 --> 00:17:02,287 >> Stephen: CASH THAT CHECK NOW. 255 00:17:02,354 --> 00:17:04,490 I ASSUME THERE'S CASH. IS THERE CASH? 256 00:17:04,556 --> 00:17:08,894 >> Jon: YEAH, SOMETHING. FOLKS, WE ALL WORRY ABOUT THE 257 00:17:08,961 --> 00:17:11,897 OLDER FOLKS OUT THERE, THE ONES IN OUR LIVES BEING SCAMMED ON 258 00:17:11,964 --> 00:17:14,900 THE INTERNET. BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE ELDERLY 259 00:17:14,967 --> 00:17:16,335 ANYMORE, BECAUSE, ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH, GEN Zers ARE MORE 260 00:17:16,402 --> 00:17:21,907 LIKELY THAN OTHER AGE GROUPS TO FALL FOR SCAMS. 261 00:17:21,974 --> 00:17:24,009 IT'S NOT SURPRISING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 262 00:17:24,076 --> 00:17:27,012 GENERATION THAT WAS CONNED INTO BRINGING BACK LOW-RISE JEANS. 263 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:30,082 DON'T DO IT. YOU EAT, LIKE, ONE BAGEL AND 264 00:17:30,149 --> 00:17:34,153 YOU'RE REACHING FOR A LONG SWEATER. 265 00:17:34,219 --> 00:17:36,321 APPARENTLY, THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF NEW, YOUTH-ORIENTED CONS, 266 00:17:36,388 --> 00:17:40,325 LIKE ONLINE INFLUENCER SCAMS, WHERE SCAMMERS CREATE FAKE 267 00:17:40,392 --> 00:17:44,329 SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS THAT MIMIC AN INFLUENCER, HOLD A 268 00:17:44,396 --> 00:17:50,169 CONTEST, AND THEN ASK THE WINNER TO PAY A FEE OR PROVIDE 269 00:17:50,235 --> 00:17:52,271 THEIR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER TO GET THEIR PRIZE. 270 00:17:52,337 --> 00:17:54,506 HOW SAD THAT CON ARTISTS ARE SULLYING THE TRUSTED PROFESSION 271 00:17:54,573 --> 00:17:56,642 OF ONLINE INFLUENCERS? NOW WHO WILL I TRUST TO SELL ME 272 00:17:56,708 --> 00:18:03,882 HAIR-GROWTH, WEIGHT-LOSS TEA? SCAMMERS OUT THERE ARE ALSO 273 00:18:03,949 --> 00:18:05,751 GOING AFTER GEN Z'S LOVE LIVES WITH SO-CALLED ROMANCE SCAMS, 274 00:18:05,818 --> 00:18:11,890 WHERE FRAUDSTERS MEET SOMEONE ONLINE, THEN WORK ON WINNING A 275 00:18:11,957 --> 00:18:15,561 PERSON'S HEART AND THEN TRY TO GET THE VICTIM'S MONEY. 276 00:18:15,627 --> 00:18:18,897 KIDS THELTZ DAYS WITH THEIR TECHNOLOGY. 277 00:18:18,964 --> 00:18:20,599 IN MY DAY, YOU HAD TO DO ALL THAT IN PERSON-- STEAL THEIR 278 00:18:20,666 --> 00:18:21,800 CHECKBOOK, AND THEN FLEE FROM THE POLICE IN A CAR WHERE YOU 279 00:18:21,867 --> 00:18:24,102 HAD TO KNOW WHERE YOU WERE GOING! 280 00:18:24,169 --> 00:18:31,076 NO G.P.S. ANOTHER BIG AREA WHERE YOUNG 281 00:18:31,143 --> 00:18:32,444 ARE GETTING SCAMMED: ON YE OLDE BLOCKCHAIN. 282 00:18:32,511 --> 00:18:34,546 JUST RECENTLY, THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FELL VICTIM TO A 283 00:18:34,613 --> 00:18:37,049 CRYPTO SCAM WHEN AN UNKNOWN DEVELOPER LAUNCHED A TOKEN 284 00:18:37,115 --> 00:18:41,353 INSPIRED BY THE HIT NETFLIX SHOW "SQUID GAME" CALLED "SQUID." 285 00:18:41,420 --> 00:18:45,057 THE TOKEN GOT OVER 43,000 INVESTORS BEFORE THE DEVELOPERS 286 00:18:45,123 --> 00:18:50,562 SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED, MAKING OFF WITH ABOUT $3.3 MILLION. 287 00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:55,400 WELL, WELL, WELL. LOOKS LIKE "THE SQUID GAMERS" 288 00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:57,069 HAVE BECOME... "THE SQUIDDERS"? 289 00:18:57,135 --> 00:19:00,339 I HAVEN'T SEEN THE SHOW. I HEAR-- I HEAR VERY GOOD 290 00:19:00,405 --> 00:19:01,907 THINGS. ( LAUGHTER ) 291 00:19:01,974 --> 00:19:07,746 SO HERE TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE SOME TIPS ON HOW TO AVOID 292 00:19:07,813 --> 00:19:09,248 INTERNET SCAMS IS MY WRITER AND CERTIFIED YOUNG PERSON, ELIANA 293 00:19:09,314 --> 00:19:12,651 KWARTLER. COME ON OUT HERE, ELAINA. 294 00:19:12,718 --> 00:19:14,553 THANKS FOR BEING HERE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. 295 00:19:14,620 --> 00:19:19,224 >> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: ELIANA, HOW CAN 296 00:19:19,291 --> 00:19:21,293 YOUNG PEOPLE AVOID SCAMS ON THE INTERNET? 297 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:26,098 >> YEAH, THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT QUESTION, STEVE. 298 00:19:26,164 --> 00:19:27,933 AND TO START OFF, I WAS HOPING YOU COULD ANSWER A QUESTION 299 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,537 FOR ME: HOW DO I FIND MY ROUTING NUMBER? 300 00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:33,071 >> Stephen: UH, AT THE BOTTOM OF ANY CHECK-- WAIT, WHY DO 301 00:19:33,138 --> 00:19:38,877 YOU NEED YOUR ROUTING NUMBER? >> WELL, IF YOU MUST KNOW, I 302 00:19:38,944 --> 00:19:40,846 ENTERED AN INSTAGRAM CONTEST, AND I AM THE LUCKY WINNER OF A 303 00:19:40,913 --> 00:19:43,715 YEAR'S SUPPLY OF LULULEMON YOGA PANTS. 304 00:19:43,782 --> 00:19:46,518 ALL I HAVE TO DO IS GIVE THEM MY ROUTING NUMBER. 305 00:19:46,585 --> 00:19:49,054 >> Stephen: A YEAR'S SUPPLY? HOW MANY IS THAT? 306 00:19:49,121 --> 00:19:51,857 >> ONE. ( LAUGHTER ) 307 00:19:51,924 --> 00:19:53,625 MIGHT BE ONE OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE FALLING FOR THESE NEW 308 00:19:53,692 --> 00:19:55,994 SCAMS. >> DON'T WORRY, STEVE. 309 00:19:56,061 --> 00:19:59,131 I CHECKED IT OUT WITH MY BOYFRIEND, AND HE SAYS IT'S 310 00:19:59,197 --> 00:20:02,935 COOL. HIS NAME IS JOHN SMITH. 311 00:20:03,001 --> 00:20:08,707 WE'RE TOTALLY IN LOVE. ISN'T HE SO HANDSOME? 312 00:20:08,774 --> 00:20:12,978 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: JOHN SMITH. 313 00:20:13,045 --> 00:20:18,917 JOHN SMITH, OKAY. HAVE YOU EVER MET JOHN IN 314 00:20:18,984 --> 00:20:20,185 PERSON? >> NO. 315 00:20:20,252 --> 00:20:22,588 IT'S A LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP. 316 00:20:22,654 --> 00:20:26,925 >> Stephen: ELAINA, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU. 317 00:20:26,992 --> 00:20:28,660 THAT'S A STOCK PHOTO. IT STILL HAS THE WATERMARK 318 00:20:28,727 --> 00:20:30,929 ON IT. >> UM, YEAH. 319 00:20:30,996 --> 00:20:35,701 HE'S A MODEL. HE JUST DID A SUPER -PRESTIGIOUS 320 00:20:35,767 --> 00:20:38,937 AD CAMPAIGN WHERE HE'S HANGING OUT WITH HIS DIVERSE COLLEAGUES 321 00:20:39,004 --> 00:20:42,941 IN A BOARDROOM. >> Stephen: I'M VERY HAPPY FOR 322 00:20:43,008 --> 00:20:45,611 YOU. ELIANA, DO YOU HAVE ANY ACTUAL 323 00:20:45,677 --> 00:20:47,913 TIPS PEOPLE CAN USE? >> OKAY, YES. 324 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:54,653 IF GEN Zs WANT TO STAY SAFE ONLINE, THEY SHOULD INVEST IN 325 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:56,521 THIS NEW AMAZING CRYPTOCURRENCY TOKEN CALLED COLBERT-COIN, 326 00:20:56,588 --> 00:20:58,924 INSPIRED BY THE HIT CBS SHOW, "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN 327 00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:02,928 COLBERT." >> Stephen: ELAINA, ELAINA, 328 00:21:02,995 --> 00:21:05,364 COME ON. >> YEAH, YEAH. 329 00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:10,936 >> Stephen: LOOK, ELAINA, THAT IS OBVIOUSLY AN AMAZING 330 00:21:11,003 --> 00:21:11,937 INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY. TELL ME, WHAT DO YOUNG PEOPLE 331 00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:14,940 NEED TO DO TO GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR? 332 00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:18,577 >> JUST A CREDIT CARD NUMBER! THEN CAN SEND IT, ALONG WITH THE 333 00:21:18,644 --> 00:21:20,545 NAME OF THEIR FIRST PET AND THE STREET THEY GREW UP ON, TO 334 00:21:20,612 --> 00:21:25,217 elianaandstephenlegitimate business@colbertcoin. belarus. 335 00:21:25,283 --> 00:21:28,920 >> Stephen: WOW, IT'S THAT EASY? HOW DOES IT WORK? 336 00:21:28,987 --> 00:21:30,522 >> WELL, WITH COLBERT-COIN, YOU GIVE US YOUR SAVINGS, AND THEN 337 00:21:30,589 --> 00:21:32,758 WE CRYPTOCURRENCY IT. AFTER THAT, YOU NEVER HAVE TO 338 00:21:32,824 --> 00:21:35,160 WORRY ABOUT IT ANYMORE, MY STANS. 339 00:21:35,227 --> 00:21:37,529 >> Stephen: THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE BUSY TURNING YOUR CASH INTO 340 00:21:37,596 --> 00:21:42,601 FUTURE MONEY. TO THE MOON, APES! 341 00:21:42,668 --> 00:21:43,902 >> THAT'S LIT. NOW, YOU MIGHT BE ASKING 342 00:21:43,969 --> 00:21:46,938 YOURSELF, "WHY ARE STEVE AND ELIANA DOING THIS?" 343 00:21:47,005 --> 00:21:50,776 SIMPLE: WE WANT TO HELP YOU. >> Stephen: AND NOT BECAUSE 344 00:21:50,842 --> 00:21:54,913 WE'RE IN WAY TOO DEEP WITH AN UNDERGROUND BELARUSIAN LOAN 345 00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:57,082 SHARK, AND DRAGOMIR SAYS WE HAVE THREE DAYS TO PAY UP OR HE'S 346 00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:58,917 COMING FOR OUR KNEECAPS. ( LAUGHTER ) 347 00:21:58,984 --> 00:22:02,187 >> YES, NOT THAT. >> Stephen: SO INVEST IN 348 00:22:02,254 --> 00:22:11,930 COLBERT-COIN TODAY. >> YOU CAN TRUST US. 349 00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:14,266 >> BECAUSE WE'RE A TV SHOW! >> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK 350 00:22:14,332 --> 00:22:16,334 WITH SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR. ♪ ♪ ♪ 351 00:22:43,028 --> 00:22:44,629 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: EVERYBODY, THANK 352 00:22:44,696 --> 00:22:47,833 YOU SO MUCH. FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING. 353 00:22:47,899 --> 00:22:50,969 WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY. 354 00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:52,738 FOLKS, MY GUEST TONIGHT IS THE SENIOR 355 00:22:52,804 --> 00:22:55,140 SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. 356 00:22:55,207 --> 00:23:01,146 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR. 357 00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:16,094 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 358 00:23:16,161 --> 00:23:21,933 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 359 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,370 >> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: THANKS SO MUCH FOR 360 00:23:25,437 --> 00:23:27,939 BRAVING THE WINTER AND THE OMICRON TO BE WITH US THIS 361 00:23:28,006 --> 00:23:29,541 EVENING. >> NO PROBLEM. 362 00:23:29,608 --> 00:23:32,911 >> Stephen: NOW, ALSO, THE SNOWSTORM IN D.C. YESTERDAY. 363 00:23:32,978 --> 00:23:35,814 HOW DID YOU FARE. >> I WORE MY BOOTS. 364 00:23:35,881 --> 00:23:39,618 >> Stephen: AS A MINNESOTAN, WAS IT A WORK-A-DAY FOR YOU? 365 00:23:39,684 --> 00:23:42,220 WERE YOU SURPRISED IT WAS PARALYZING THE NATION'S CAPITAL. 366 00:23:42,287 --> 00:23:46,525 >> YES, THE D.C. SNOW -REMOVAL POLICY IS WAIT TILL IT MELTS. 367 00:23:46,591 --> 00:23:50,462 THAT'S IT. AND THOSE CARS ON I-95, IT WAS 368 00:23:50,529 --> 00:23:52,898 ROLE HORRIBLE. >> Stephen: 27 HOURS OF NO 369 00:23:52,964 --> 00:23:55,600 MOVEMENT. >> RIGHT, AND MY FRIEND TIM 370 00:23:55,667 --> 00:23:59,604 KAINE IN THAT CAR FOR 27 HOURS TRYING TO GET TO THE CAPITAL. 371 00:23:59,671 --> 00:24:03,608 I COULD HAVE SNOW SHOED FASTER. BUT, YES, IT WAS TOUGH. 372 00:24:03,675 --> 00:24:06,978 >> Stephen: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENING AS FAR AS THE EYE 373 00:24:07,045 --> 00:24:09,548 COULD SEE. IT MUST FEEL FAMILIAR TO THE 374 00:24:09,614 --> 00:24:10,482 SENATE. >> GRIDLOCK, GOT IT. 375 00:24:10,549 --> 00:24:11,817 >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. IT'S WHAT I DO. 376 00:24:11,883 --> 00:24:17,222 >> WE NEED A FEW SNOW SHOVELS. ( APPLAUSE ) 377 00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:22,761 THE SHOW-- WE HAVE SPOKEN ONCE SINCE THEN OVER ZOOM, BUT YOU 378 00:24:22,828 --> 00:24:27,933 WERE ON THE SHE ON JANUARY 6 FROM THE CAPITOL, ON THAT DARK 379 00:24:27,999 --> 00:24:33,538 DAY, GIVING US YOUR PLAY-BY- PLAY OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH YOU, AND 380 00:24:33,605 --> 00:24:36,942 YOUR REACTION TO THAT MOMENT. A YEAR LATER, TOMORROW BEING THE 381 00:24:37,008 --> 00:24:39,845 FIRST ANNIVERSARY, WHAT DO YOU... WHAT DO YOU MOST REMEMBER 382 00:24:39,911 --> 00:24:42,814 FROM THAT DAY? WHAT DO YOU-- WHAT DO YOU TAKE 383 00:24:42,881 --> 00:24:45,350 FROM THAT EXPERIENCE, NOT ONLY WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU, BUT WHAT 384 00:24:45,417 --> 00:24:49,521 IT MEANS TO OUR NATION. >> YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT 385 00:24:49,588 --> 00:24:53,058 OF FOCUS ON THE ELECTEDS THAT DAY, BUT I REMEMBER THE 386 00:24:53,124 --> 00:24:55,160 OFFICERS' FACES, SCRATCHES DOWN THEIR FACES. 387 00:24:55,227 --> 00:24:58,463 THE WORDS OF OFFICER DUNN, WHO AFTER BRAVELY DEFENDING NOT JUST 388 00:24:58,530 --> 00:25:03,702 THE CAPITOL, BUT OUR REPUBLIC, SAID TO ONE OF HIS FELLOW 389 00:25:03,768 --> 00:25:07,172 OFFICERS COLLAPSED IN THE ROTUNDA, SAID HE WAS CALLED THE 390 00:25:07,239 --> 00:25:11,610 "N" WORD MULTIPLE TIMES, AND HE SAID, "IS THIS AMERICA? 391 00:25:11,676 --> 00:25:14,379 THIS AMERICA?" AND STAFF MEMBERS, A LOT OF-- 392 00:25:14,446 --> 00:25:17,148 THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF FOCUS ON THAT, INCLUDING MY OWN STAFF 393 00:25:17,215 --> 00:25:20,952 IN A CLOSET WITH FORKS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY WERE 394 00:25:21,019 --> 00:25:27,459 RIGHT NEAR ONE OF THE DOORS WHERE THE INSURRECTIONISTS 395 00:25:27,525 --> 00:25:30,395 INVADED THE CAPITOL. SO THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. 396 00:25:30,462 --> 00:25:32,030 THAT'S ALL THEY HAD, TWO OF THEM. 397 00:25:32,097 --> 00:25:33,698 THEY HAD FORKS AND THEY WERE READY TO GO. 398 00:25:33,765 --> 00:25:36,902 THERE WERE OFFICERS-- JUST TO MAKE THIS CLEAR: 75% OF THE 399 00:25:36,968 --> 00:25:41,172 OFFICERS WERE IN PLAIN CLOTHES. THEY WERE INSURRECTIONISTS THAT 400 00:25:41,239 --> 00:25:43,808 HAD BETTER PROTECTION THAN THEY DID. 401 00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:49,314 AND SO, THERE HAS BEEN NOT JUST SOUL-SEARCHING GOING ON, NOT 402 00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:51,683 JUST MAJOR INVESTIGATIONS, AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE 403 00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:54,319 UNITED STATES POINTED OUT TODAY. WE MADE MAJOR CHANGES TO 404 00:25:54,386 --> 00:25:57,856 SECURITY AT THE CAPITOL. BUT IN THE END, MY BIGGEST 405 00:25:57,923 --> 00:26:00,926 MEMORY ACTUALLY HAPPENED A FEW HOURS AFTER YOUR SHOW, AND 406 00:26:00,992 --> 00:26:05,664 THAT'S WHEN WE HAD VOWED TO GO BACK TO FINISH OUR JOB. 407 00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:10,168 AND AT 3:30 IN THE MORNING, SENATOR BLUNT, THE REPUBLICAN 408 00:26:10,235 --> 00:26:13,672 SENATOR FROM MISSOURI, AND VICE PRESIDENT PENCE, MYSELF, AND TWO 409 00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:18,944 YOUNG WOMEN WITH THE MAHOGANY BOX WITH THE-- THE LAST 410 00:26:19,010 --> 00:26:21,846 ELECTORAL BALLOTS UP TO WYOMING, MADE THAT WALK THROUGH THE 411 00:26:21,913 --> 00:26:24,616 BROKEN GLASS AND THE SPRAY-PAINTED STATUE, AND WE 412 00:26:24,683 --> 00:26:30,922 FINISHED OUR JOB AND DECLARED THAT JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS 413 00:26:30,989 --> 00:26:33,692 WERE THE VICTORS. THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER. 414 00:26:33,758 --> 00:26:43,034 ( APPLAUSE ) BE GRATEFUL, AND MANY OF US WILL 415 00:26:43,101 --> 00:26:45,670 ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND THE OTHER PEOPLE THERE WHO DID 416 00:26:45,737 --> 00:26:49,040 THEIR JOBS. AND SEND THE WILL OF THE 417 00:26:49,107 --> 00:26:51,876 AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THAT MOMENT. BUT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO 418 00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:54,913 DID NOT, INCLUDING MANY OF YOUR COLLEAGUES. 419 00:26:54,980 --> 00:26:58,149 AND SO I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE ALL HUSTLED OFF TO ROOMS. 420 00:26:58,216 --> 00:27:01,453 I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY SAFE ROOMS, BUT 421 00:27:01,519 --> 00:27:04,522 ROOM WHERE YOU COULD BE SAFE WHILE THE CAPITOL POLICE WERE 422 00:27:04,589 --> 00:27:07,292 TRYING TO FEND OFF THE INSURRECTIONISTS. 423 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,661 BUT I ASSUME YOU WERE THROWN IN THERE TOGETHER. 424 00:27:09,728 --> 00:27:13,198 IT WASN'T LIKE, "HERE'S THE REPUBLICAN ROOM, THE DEMOCRATIC 425 00:27:13,264 --> 00:27:18,069 ROOM." IT WAS ALL SIDES OF AISLE. 426 00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:21,006 WERE YOU IN THE ROOM WITH JOSH HAWLEY AND LINDSAY GRAHAM? 427 00:27:21,072 --> 00:27:22,807 >> YES. >> Stephen: WHAT WAS THAT 428 00:27:22,874 --> 00:27:24,609 LIKE. >> EVERYONE WAS IN THE SAME 429 00:27:24,676 --> 00:27:27,512 ROOM. FIRST OF ALL, WE HAD TVs ON SO 430 00:27:27,579 --> 00:27:30,482 WE COULD SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. >> Stephen: YOU COULD SEE THE 431 00:27:30,548 --> 00:27:32,817 ATTACK CONTINUING STANDING NEXT TO THE PEOPLE WHO INVITED IT? 432 00:27:32,884 --> 00:27:35,186 >> THAT'S CORRECT. AND I REMEMBER THERE WAS ONE 433 00:27:35,253 --> 00:27:37,422 DRAMATIC MOMENT. REMEMBER HOW-- I KNOW YOU DO-- 434 00:27:37,489 --> 00:27:40,859 HOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT WOULD NOT EVEN ADDRESS -- 435 00:27:40,925 --> 00:27:43,895 >> Stephen: OVER THREE HOURS. >> YES, IT TOOKS HOURS AND 436 00:27:43,962 --> 00:27:45,663 HOURS. BUT INCOMING PRESIDENT BIDEN, HE 437 00:27:45,730 --> 00:27:47,365 DID. AND THERE WAS A MOMENT WHERE 438 00:27:47,432 --> 00:27:50,001 EVERYONE WATCHED HIM SPEAK, AND EVERYONE APPLAUDED. 439 00:27:50,068 --> 00:27:52,003 AND THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. AND -- 440 00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:54,839 >> Stephen: ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE APPLAUDED. 441 00:27:54,906 --> 00:27:57,642 >> THEY DID. AND SENATOR BLUNT AND I GOT ON 442 00:27:57,709 --> 00:28:00,478 THE STAGE, BECAUSE SENATOR SCHUMER, WHO WAS THE INCOMING 443 00:28:00,545 --> 00:28:05,183 LEADER, JOINED US LATER IN THE EVENING, AND HE AND SENATOR 444 00:28:05,250 --> 00:28:06,818 McCONNELL WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHICH THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE 445 00:28:06,885 --> 00:28:10,088 UNDER THE SECURITY PROTOCOLS. SENATOR BLUNT AND I WENT TO 446 00:28:10,155 --> 00:28:13,191 STAGE AND WE SAID NO MATTER WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN THAT 447 00:28:13,258 --> 00:28:15,360 CHAMBER, WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK, AND WE'RE GOING TO FINISH 448 00:28:15,427 --> 00:28:18,963 OUR JOB. SO, OVERALL, WE LITERALLY WORKED 449 00:28:19,030 --> 00:28:21,633 IT TO TAKE CARE OF OBJECTIONS, OF ALL THINGS. 450 00:28:21,699 --> 00:28:25,003 AS YOU KNOW, DURING THE INSURRECTION, THERE WERE STILL 451 00:28:25,070 --> 00:28:26,604 PLANNED OBJECTIONS TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. 452 00:28:26,671 --> 00:28:29,541 >> Stephen: YES. >> THE VAST MAJORITY OF 453 00:28:29,607 --> 00:28:33,144 SENATORS, OVER 90 OF THEM OUT OF 100, DID VOTE TO UPHOLD THE 454 00:28:33,211 --> 00:28:34,446 RESULTS. BUT THERE WERE SOME THAT DIDN'T. 455 00:28:34,512 --> 00:28:37,182 AND I STILL, WHEN I LOOK AT THEM, I THINK ABOUT THAT EVERY 456 00:28:37,248 --> 00:28:38,983 TIME. BECAUSE I FELT THAT MOMENT, AS 457 00:28:39,050 --> 00:28:42,987 WE WALKED THROUGH THAT BROKEN GLASS AND FAST FORWARD TWO WEEKS 458 00:28:43,054 --> 00:28:45,857 LATER THAT BEAUTIFUL INAUGURATION UNDER THE BLUE SKY, 459 00:28:45,924 --> 00:28:50,361 LEADERS OF BOTH PARTIES, THAT THIS WAS BEHIND US, THAT 460 00:28:50,428 --> 00:28:51,830 DEMOCRACY HAD PREVAILED. AND IT DID -- 461 00:28:51,896 --> 00:28:56,701 >> Stephen: "OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE" AS LADY GASAID. 462 00:28:56,768 --> 00:29:03,408 >> IT WAS. AND I REMEMBER SHE SANG, AMANDA 463 00:29:03,475 --> 00:29:09,647 GORHAM'S POEM, AS GARTH BROOKS SANG "AMAZING GRACE." 464 00:29:09,714 --> 00:29:12,217 AND THEN DONALD TRUMP IS OUT THERE, AS YOU JUST POINTED OUT 465 00:29:12,283 --> 00:29:15,220 EARLIER IN THE SHOW, IS STILL OUT THERE WITH HIS BIG LIE 466 00:29:15,286 --> 00:29:19,157 TELLING PEOPLE A LIE. IT'S NOT JUST A LIE ABOUT AN 467 00:29:19,224 --> 00:29:23,128 ELECTION. HE IS LITERALLY UNDERMINING OUR 468 00:29:23,194 --> 00:29:25,230 DEMOCRACY AS WE SPEAK. >> Stephen: AND HE'S LYING 469 00:29:25,296 --> 00:29:27,866 ABOUT THAT DAY, JANUARY 6. >> HE'S LYING ABOUT THE DAY. 470 00:29:27,932 --> 00:29:29,501 HE'S LYING ABOUT WHO WON THE ELECTION. 471 00:29:29,567 --> 00:29:31,469 HE HAS PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL FOLLOWING HIM AND SHOWING UP. 472 00:29:31,536 --> 00:29:35,840 AND I JUST THINK IT IS ON ALL OF US-- I DON'T CARE WHAT POLITICAL 473 00:29:35,907 --> 00:29:38,109 PARTY. AND I HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION FOR 474 00:29:38,176 --> 00:29:45,617 THE REPUBLICANS OVER IN THE HOUSE, INCLUDING LIZ CHENEY, WHO 475 00:29:45,683 --> 00:29:48,353 ARE, VERY FEW OF THEM, THAT ARE OUT THERE WILLING TO SAY THAT 476 00:29:48,419 --> 00:29:51,256 WE'VE GOT TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. 477 00:29:51,322 --> 00:29:53,658 BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T 478 00:29:53,725 --> 00:29:56,227 THINK WE SHOULD. AND I THINK WE HAVE TO HOLD THEM 479 00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:58,463 ACCOUNTABLE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 480 00:29:58,530 --> 00:30:00,932 CARRY ON THE TORCH. WE ARE STEWARDS OF OUR DEMOCRACY 481 00:30:00,999 --> 00:30:04,469 IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. SO THAT MEANS WHAT THEY DIDN'T 482 00:30:04,536 --> 00:30:08,873 GET DONE WITH BEAR SPRAY AND BAYONETS AND FLAG POLES, THEY 483 00:30:08,940 --> 00:30:12,911 ARE NOW TRYING TO DO WITH LAWS SAYING YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE 484 00:30:12,977 --> 00:30:14,979 DROP-OFF BOX IN THE ENTIRE CITY OF MILWAUKEE. 485 00:30:15,046 --> 00:30:18,216 >> Stephen: OR THE LEGISLATURE HAS THE ABILITY TO OVERTURN THE 486 00:30:18,283 --> 00:30:21,219 WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND APPOINT THEIR OWN ELECTORS. 487 00:30:21,286 --> 00:30:26,824 >> EXACTLY. OR-- AND HERE'S ONE-- DISMANTLE 488 00:30:26,891 --> 00:30:29,527 NONPARTISAN ELECTION COMMISSIONS AND REPLACE THEM, THAT YOU'D 489 00:30:29,594 --> 00:30:32,530 HAVE A PARTISAN LEGISLATURE COUNTING THE BALLOTS. 490 00:30:32,597 --> 00:30:35,733 WE ARE NOT A DICTATORSHIP. WE ARE A DEMOCRACY. 491 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,170 AND WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, VAST DIFFERENCES, BUT 492 00:30:39,237 --> 00:30:42,440 IN THE END, WE HAVE TO RESPECT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND THE 493 00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:44,809 VOTES. AND THAT ALSO MEANS ALLOWING 494 00:30:44,876 --> 00:30:49,514 PEOPLE TO VOTE. AS REVEREND WARNOCK, NOW SENATOR 495 00:30:49,581 --> 00:30:53,051 WARNOCK SAYS SO WELL, RIGHT NOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY, 496 00:30:53,117 --> 00:30:55,153 SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT SOME PEOPLE TO VOTE. 497 00:30:55,220 --> 00:30:58,323 THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. AND WE MUST CALL IT OUT AND STOP 498 00:30:58,389 --> 00:30:59,524 IT. ( APPLAUSE ) 499 00:30:59,591 --> 00:31:03,161 QUICK BREAK. BUT DON'T GO ANYWHERE. 500 00:31:03,228 --> 00:31:05,863 WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK THE SENATOR ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE 501 00:31:05,930 --> 00:31:07,932 TO WORK WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO HELPED INCITE THAT RIOT THAT 502 00:31:22,013 --> 00:31:23,948 ( APPLAUSE ). WE'RE BACK WITH SENATOR AMY 503 00:31:24,015 --> 00:31:29,954 KLOBUCHAR. SENATOR, WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE IN 504 00:31:30,021 --> 00:31:33,391 THE CHAMBER WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO ON THAT NIGHT WERE 505 00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:35,960 APPLAUDING BIDEN, BUT HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY TRIED TO GAS LIGHT 506 00:31:36,027 --> 00:31:40,164 AMERICA ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT AND WHO ARE CLEARLY 507 00:31:40,231 --> 00:31:43,134 FASCIST CURIOUS IF NOT FASCIST THEMSELVES? 508 00:31:43,201 --> 00:31:46,037 THOSE PEOPLE WHO WILL NEVER LIVE DOWN THEIR SHAME BUT DON'T CARE 509 00:31:46,104 --> 00:31:49,674 BECAUSE THEY HAVE NONE. WHAT'S IT LIKE TO SIT AND WORK 510 00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:53,244 NEXT TO THEM? >> NOT PLEASANT. 511 00:31:53,311 --> 00:31:55,113 BUT EVERY DAY -- >> Stephen: THAT'S A VERY 512 00:31:55,179 --> 00:31:58,349 HARSH THING COMING FROM A MINNESOTAN. 513 00:31:58,416 --> 00:32:00,652 >> EVERY DAY YOU HAVE TO GO AND DO YOUR JOB. 514 00:32:00,718 --> 00:32:02,820 AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DEMOCRACY. 515 00:32:02,887 --> 00:32:06,057 THEY GOT ELECTED. I WILL WORK TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE 516 00:32:06,124 --> 00:32:09,560 NOT REELECTED, BUT IT IS ON ME TO MAKE THE CASE TO THE AMERICAN 517 00:32:09,627 --> 00:32:14,065 PEOPLE, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, THAT OUR DEMOCRACY 518 00:32:14,132 --> 00:32:17,735 MUST PREVAIL. AND RIGHT NOW, THE ISSUE OF OUR 519 00:32:17,802 --> 00:32:21,606 DAY-- I MEAN, I WOULD PERSONALLY GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER, OOB. 520 00:32:21,673 --> 00:32:23,741 I THINK WE'VE GOT TO -- >> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT 521 00:32:23,808 --> 00:32:26,044 THAT. >> I THINK WE'VE GOT TO LAY-- 522 00:32:26,110 --> 00:32:29,080 BUT SHORT OF THAT, THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO. 523 00:32:29,147 --> 00:32:32,650 WE ARE RESTORE THE SENATE TO THE PLACE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, WHERE 524 00:32:32,717 --> 00:32:36,154 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ACTUALLY DEBATE ISSUES INSTEAD OF WHAT IS 525 00:32:36,220 --> 00:32:39,457 GOING ON RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE OBJECT TO SOMETHING, PUT A HOLD 526 00:32:39,524 --> 00:32:41,859 ON A NOMINEE AND GO HOME AND RAISE MONEY. 527 00:32:41,926 --> 00:32:44,228 >> Stephen: IT'S THE MOST DELIBERATIVE BODY IN THE WORLD 528 00:32:44,295 --> 00:32:47,231 BUT THERE'S VERY LITTLE DELIBERATION. 529 00:32:47,298 --> 00:32:50,935 >> THEY SHOULD HAVE TO STAY THERE AND DEBATE LIKE "MR. SMITH 530 00:32:51,002 --> 00:32:52,637 GOES TO WASHINGTON" THAT OLD MOVIE. 531 00:32:52,704 --> 00:32:56,240 THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND DEBATE AND MAKE THEIR CASE TO THE 532 00:32:56,307 --> 00:33:01,279 AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> Stephen: UNTIL CLAUDE REINS 533 00:33:01,346 --> 00:33:03,715 HAS A BREAKDOWN. >> BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S 534 00:33:03,781 --> 00:33:04,816 HAPPENING. IN THE HISTORY OF THE SENATE-- 535 00:33:04,882 --> 00:33:09,620 ARE YOU READY FOR THIS-- 160, 160 EXCEPTIONS TO THAT 536 00:33:09,687 --> 00:33:12,990 FILIBUSTER RULE THAT BASICALLY SAYS THE FILIBUSTER RULE, YOU 537 00:33:13,057 --> 00:33:17,528 BASICALLY HAVE TO GET 60 PEOPLE. 160 DIFFERENT EXCEPTIONS TO 538 00:33:17,595 --> 00:33:19,330 THAT. THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES MADE 539 00:33:19,397 --> 00:33:24,001 MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE HISTORY OF THE SENATE. 540 00:33:24,068 --> 00:33:27,805 AND I THINK WHEN OUR VERY DEMOCRACY IS AT RISK, WHEN 541 00:33:27,872 --> 00:33:32,243 YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE PASSING LAWS THAT SAY YOUR VOTE 542 00:33:32,310 --> 00:33:35,680 CAN'T BE COUNTED, I THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO 543 00:33:35,747 --> 00:33:38,249 THE FILIBUSTER. >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE 544 00:33:38,316 --> 00:33:40,685 ANOTHER BREAK, BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK THE SENATOR ABOUT 545 00:33:40,752 --> 00:33:43,955 THE FUTURE OF THE FILIBUSTER AND THE NEW VOTING RIGHTS BILL. 546 00:33:44,021 --> 00:33:46,023 STICK AROUND. ♪ ♪ ♪ 547 00:34:04,976 --> 00:34:08,913 ( APPLAUSE ). WE'RE BACK HERE #-R WITH THE 548 00:34:08,980 --> 00:34:11,449 SENIOR SENATOR FROM MINNESOTA, AMY KLOBUCHAR. 549 00:34:11,516 --> 00:34:15,920 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW THEN-PRESIDENT- ELECT 550 00:34:15,987 --> 00:34:19,457 BIDEN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, BETWEEN THE ELECTION AND THE 551 00:34:19,524 --> 00:34:22,493 INAUGURATION. AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT A NEW 552 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:26,097 VOTING RIGHTS BILL, SAYING DOESN'T THAT HAVE TO BE FIRST 553 00:34:26,164 --> 00:34:29,434 BECAUSE NOTHING ELSE REALLY MATTERS UNLESS YOU STABILIZE OUR 554 00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:31,903 DEMOCRACY WITH A TRUE VOTING RIGHTS BILL? 555 00:34:31,969 --> 00:34:35,072 NOW, IT TURNED OUT THAT THE VOTING RIGHTS BILL IS FOURTH. 556 00:34:35,139 --> 00:34:37,842 YOU KNOW, IT'S THE FOURTH THING BEING INTRODUCED. 557 00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:40,545 WAS THAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO? SHOULD WE HAVE DONE THE OTHER 558 00:34:40,611 --> 00:34:42,914 THREE FIRST? >> THE WORK ON THAT VOTING 559 00:34:42,980 --> 00:34:45,917 RIGHTS BILL HAS BEEN GOING ON-- I CHAIR THE RULES COMMITTEE, 560 00:34:45,983 --> 00:34:49,754 AND, LITERALLY, OUR FIRST BILL THAT WE GOT THROUGH LEGISLATION 561 00:34:49,821 --> 00:34:54,292 WAS THE "FOR THE PEOPLE" ACT. WE THEN MADE SOME CHANGES ON IT. 562 00:34:54,358 --> 00:34:56,727 IT'S NOW CALLED THE "FREEDOM TO VOTE" ACT. 563 00:34:56,794 --> 00:35:01,566 I LEAD THE BILL. WE HAVE EVERY DEMOCRATIC SENATOR 564 00:35:01,632 --> 00:35:04,969 AND NOW WIRE AT THIS OTHER POINT, TALKING ABOUT THE SENATE 565 00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:07,638 RULES. WHAT THE BILL DOES-- IT IS SO 566 00:35:07,705 --> 00:35:09,674 FIRMLY GROUNDED IN THE CONSTITUTION. 567 00:35:09,740 --> 00:35:13,711 THE CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT CONGRESS CAN MAKE OR ALTER THE 568 00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:15,913 TIME, PLACE, MANNER OF ELECTIONS, RIGHT. 569 00:35:15,980 --> 00:35:18,683 THIS WAS ANTICIPATE, THAT AT SOME POINT, BECAUSE IT'S A 570 00:35:18,749 --> 00:35:21,519 FEDERAL ELECTION-- AND THIS ISN'T JUST FOR PRESIDENT. 571 00:35:21,586 --> 00:35:25,056 IT'S ALSO FOR SENATE, FOR HOUSE-- THAT CONGRESS CAN PLAY A 572 00:35:25,122 --> 00:35:27,391 ROLE. AND THIS IS OUR MOMENT TO STEP 573 00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:28,326 IN. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE 574 00:35:28,392 --> 00:35:31,195 HAD CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION IN THE 1960s. 575 00:35:31,262 --> 00:35:34,532 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT SOME POINT STEPS IN. 576 00:35:34,599 --> 00:35:38,669 WHEN WHEN YOU HAVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, LIKE YOU'VE GOT 577 00:35:38,736 --> 00:35:41,973 IN GEORGIA, WHICH IS ONE OF THE WORST LAWS THAT PASSED, YOU 578 00:35:42,039 --> 00:35:45,243 CAN'T EVEN REGISTER PEOPLE TO VOTE DURING THE LAST MONTH OF 579 00:35:45,309 --> 00:35:47,879 THE RUNOFF PERIOD. AND IN THE LAST ELECTION, WHEN 580 00:35:47,945 --> 00:35:53,551 SENATOR WARNOCK WON AND SENATOR OSSEFF WON, THEY REGISTERED 581 00:35:53,618 --> 00:35:55,353 70,000 PEOPLE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. 582 00:35:55,419 --> 00:35:57,121 THEY HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY PUT IN PLACE THAT YOU HAVE 583 00:35:57,188 --> 00:36:01,125 TO WRITE A DATE ON THE OUTER, INSIDE ENVELOPE. 584 00:36:01,192 --> 00:36:04,095 YOU KNOW WHAT THE DATE IS? YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE THE DATE 585 00:36:04,161 --> 00:36:06,163 YOU'RE FILING YOUR BALLOT. YOUR BIRTHDAY. 586 00:36:06,230 --> 00:36:08,933 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FIGURE OUT THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PUT THAT 587 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,203 ON THE OUTSIDE OF AN ENVELOPE. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS 588 00:36:12,270 --> 00:36:14,705 THAT ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SUPPRESS 589 00:36:14,772 --> 00:36:17,241 THE VOTE. AND YOU ADD TO THAT THE FACT 590 00:36:17,308 --> 00:36:21,712 THAT THE "FREEDOM TO VOTE" ACT ALSO INCLUDES SOMETHING REALLY 591 00:36:21,779 --> 00:36:25,483 IMPORTANT WHICH IS TRANSPARENCY AND DISCLOSURE OF DARK MONEY, 592 00:36:25,550 --> 00:36:29,320 OUTSIDE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN POLLUTING OUR ELECTION PROCESS. 593 00:36:29,387 --> 00:36:32,623 ( APPLAUSE ) AS WELL. 594 00:36:32,690 --> 00:36:33,691 SO... ( APPLAUSE ) 595 00:36:33,758 --> 00:36:37,962 SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. SAFE TRAVELS HOME. 596 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:43,167 >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE >> Stephen: SENATOR AMY 597 00:36:43,234 --> 00:36:43,734 KLOBUCHAR, EVERYBODY! WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A 598 00:36:51,008 --> 00:36:53,511 >> Stephen: PERFORMING HIS NEW SINGLE, "THE BEST PART OF LIFE," 599 00:36:53,578 --> 00:36:57,181 SAINt JHN! 600 00:36:57,248 --> 00:37:00,318 >> ♪ ALL NIGHTS, ALL NIGHTS, EVERY NIGHT 601 00:37:00,384 --> 00:37:03,187 ♪ YOU ONLY LOVE ME WHEN THEY'RE NOT WATCHING 602 00:37:03,254 --> 00:37:06,924 ♪ ALL NIGHTS, ALL NIGHTS, EVERY NIGHT 603 00:37:06,991 --> 00:37:11,162 ♪ ALL NIGHT HEY WHO'S SCARED? 604 00:37:11,228 --> 00:37:14,298 ♪ WHO REALLY AFRAID OF WHERE THIS GOES? 605 00:37:14,365 --> 00:37:18,936 ♪ EVEN THOUGH I KNOW HOW IT ENDS UP, AIN'T NOBODY SCARED 606 00:37:19,003 --> 00:37:22,473 ♪ I PUT MY HAND UP IN THE AIR YOU PUT YOUR HEART UP IN THE AIR 607 00:37:22,540 --> 00:37:26,911 ♪ YOU GAVE IT TO ME, MADE IT VERY CLEAR 608 00:37:26,978 --> 00:37:30,915 ♪ THIS IS THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE I'M EXCITED, I'M HAPPY THAT 609 00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:33,517 ♪ IT'S PRIVATE, I'M READY, BABE DON'T GOTTA TELL ME 610 00:37:33,584 --> 00:37:38,022 ♪ HOW YOU LIKE IT I'M PSYCHIC, I KNOW JUST 611 00:37:38,089 --> 00:37:42,927 ♪ HOW YOU LIKE IT IN EVERY WAY HOLD ME, NOBODY ELSE SURVIVED, 612 00:37:42,994 --> 00:37:45,529 ♪ NOBODY MADE IT OUT I GOTTA WAVE THE FLAG ON 613 00:37:45,596 --> 00:37:50,635 ♪ THE STEPS BY MY LONELY I DON'T KNOW THE MILES, GIRL, 614 00:37:50,701 --> 00:37:54,939 ♪ I DON'T KNOW THE ROUTES THE ONLY THING I KNOW IS 615 00:37:55,006 --> 00:37:58,909 ♪ THIS LOVE ♪ I'M WITH YOU 616 00:37:58,976 --> 00:38:03,180 FOR FOREVER EVER EVEN IF IT END ♪ AND THE BEST PART OF LIFE, I'M 617 00:38:03,247 --> 00:38:10,054 WITH YOU ♪ FOR FOREVER EVER, THEN WE RE- 618 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:13,524 ♪ AND THE BEST PART OF LIFE, I'M WITH YOU 619 00:38:13,591 --> 00:38:19,330 ♪ FOR FOREVER EVER EVER 'TIL THE END 620 00:38:19,397 --> 00:38:23,501 ♪ I'M WITH YOU FOR FOREVER 'TLL THE END 621 00:38:23,567 --> 00:38:28,939 ♪ LOOK, TRUTHFULLY SPEAKING, MY DOG, I WOULDN'T TELL YOU NO LIES 622 00:38:29,006 --> 00:38:32,443 ♪ I WASN'T HERE EVERY NIGHT, I DID MY SHARE OF THE CRIMES 623 00:38:32,510 --> 00:38:34,912 ♪ I WAS A TERROR SOMETIMES, AIN'T SEE THE MIRROR SOMETIMES 624 00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:38,916 ♪ NOW I'M ACCOUNTABLE, DAWG, COMFORTABLE CLOSING MY EYES 625 00:38:38,983 --> 00:38:42,920 ♪ I CAN'T BE 'FRAID OF THE DARK, CAN'T LET YOU PLAY WITH MY HEART 626 00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:46,924 ♪ I WAS JUST PLAYING MY PART, I KNOW YOU STAYING APART 627 00:38:46,991 --> 00:38:50,995 ♪ WE BEEN IN LOVE FOR A WHILE, WE BEEN IN LOVE, NO DENIAL 628 00:38:51,062 --> 00:38:55,132 ♪ WE DONE RAN A FOREST MILE, BABY, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE- 629 00:38:55,199 --> 00:38:58,502 ♪ HOLD ME, NOBODY ELSE SURVIVED, NOBODY MADE IT OUT 630 00:38:58,569 --> 00:39:02,940 ♪ I GOTTA WAVE THE FLAG ON THE STEPS BY MY LONELY 631 00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:06,777 ♪ I DON'T KNOW THE MILES, GIRL, I DON'T KNOW THE ROUTES 632 00:39:06,844 --> 00:39:12,383 ♪ THE ONLY THING I KNOW IS THIS LOVE 633 00:39:12,450 --> 00:39:13,718 ♪ THE BEST PART OF LIFE, I'M WITH YOU WOO 634 00:39:13,784 --> 00:39:18,089 ♪ FOR FOREVER EVER EVEN IF IT END WOO 635 00:39:18,155 --> 00:39:21,192 ♪ AND THE BEST PART OF LIFE, I'M WITH YOU HEY, HEY 636 00:39:21,258 --> 00:39:25,062 ♪ FOR FOREVER EVER, THEN WE RE- BEGIN 637 00:39:25,129 --> 00:39:28,699 ♪ AND THE BEST PART OF LIFE, I'M WITH YOU 638 00:39:28,766 --> 00:39:30,935 ♪ FOR FOREVER EVER EVER 'TIL THE END 639 00:39:31,001 --> 00:39:34,939 ♪ AND THE BEST PART OF LIFE IN A MOVIE 640 00:39:35,005 --> 00:39:38,943 ♪ I'M WITH YOU FOR FOREVER 'TLL THE END 641 00:39:39,009 --> 00:39:42,913 ♪ AND THE BEST PART OF LIFE, I'M WITH YOU 642 00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:46,917 ♪ FOR FOREVER EVER EVER 'TIL THE END 643 00:39:46,984 --> 00:39:50,287 ♪ AND THE BEST PART OF LIFE IN A MOVIE 644 00:39:50,354 --> 00:39:54,925 ♪ I'M WITH YOU FOR FOREVER 'TLL THE END 645 00:39:54,992 --> 00:39:57,294 ♪ WHOA, OH ALL NIGHTS, ALL NIGHTS, 646 00:39:57,361 --> 00:40:02,933 ♪ EVERY NIGHT YOU ONLY LOVE ME WHEN 647 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,637 ♪ THEY'RE NOT WATCHING ALL NIGHTS, ALL NIGHTS, 648 00:40:06,704 --> 00:40:10,941 ♪ EVERY NIGHT ALL NIGHT 649 00:40:11,008 --> 00:40:16,580 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: SAINt JHN, 650 00:40:16,647 --> 00:40:18,949 EVERYBODY! THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 651 00:40:19,016 --> 00:40:21,585 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST WILL BE JOHN DICKERSON. 652 00:40:21,652 --> 00:40:23,654 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. GOOD NIGHT.