>> IT IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 6th.
IT HAS BEEN ONE YEAR, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT.
>> ONE YEAR. ANNIVERSARY OF A
VIOLENT ASSAULT ON THE CENTER OF AMERICA'S DEMOCRACY.
♪♪
>> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT!
TONIGHT, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES JOHN
DICKERSON AND COREY HAWKINS, FEATURING JON BATISTE AND "STAY
HUMAN." AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE
ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY!
THERE YOU GO! ( BAND PLAYING )
HEY! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
COME ON! COME ON!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( AUDIENCE CHANTING STEPHEN )
>> Stephen: THANKS, EVERYBODY! PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT.
WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW." I'M YOUR HOST STEPHEN COLBERT.
AND IT IS -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
I AM SO HAPPY TO BE WITH Y'ALL TONIGHT.
IT IS SO GOOD NOT TO BE ALONE TONIGHT BECAUSE IT'S THE
ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE JANUARY 6th ATTACK ON OUR
DEMOCRACY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REFLECT ON A
DAY LIKE THIS. THERE'S A REASON TEXAS MOTTO IS
NOT WHAT'S AN ALAMO? ( LAUGHTER )
THE THING I REMEMBER FROM THAT DAY IS HOW SHOCKED I WAS AT THE
GROTESQUE-NESS OF THIS TRAGEDY. THAT DAY, WE HAD WRITTEN A WHOLE
MONOLOGUE ABOUT WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A REGULAR
PROCEDURAL VOTE TO CERTIFY JOE BIDEN'S ELECTORAL WIN.
AND I WISH WE HAD THE CHANCE TO DO THAT MONOLOGUE BECAUSE
ANYONE WHO'S WORKED IN COMEDY KNOWS THERE'S NO BIGGER
CROWD-PLEASER THAN PROCEDURAL CERTIFICATION JOKES.
( LAUGHTER ) WE HAD A LOT OF THEM.
BACK THEN, WE WEREN'T IN THE THEATER, SO I WAS WORKING FROM
HOME, IN MY HOME OFFICE, AND WE WERE MEETING IN A REWRITE ZOOM,
AND IT WAS ABOUT 1:45. AND WHEN WE'RE IN THAT ZOOM,
WE'RE COMPLETELY FOCUSED ON REWRITING THE SCRIPT.
BUT WE STARTED TO GET SLACKT SLK BUT WE STARTED TO GET SLACKT SLK
MESSAGES FROM MEMBERS OF MY STAFF WHO WERE WATCHING TWITTER
VIDEOS OF THE CARNAGE. AND WE WERE LIKE, "DON'T
BOTHER US, WE'RE REWRITING TONIGHT'S SCRIPT."
AND THEY WERE LIKE, "NO, I THINK WE'RE WATCHING
TONIGHT'S SCRIPT." SO, JUST ABOUT THE TIME THE
CROWD ACTUALLY BREACHED THE WALLS, WE STOPPED WRITING FOR A
MOMENT AND TURNED ON THE NEWS. AND ONE OF MY WRITERS, STEVE
WALTIEN, TOOK A SCREENSHOT OF THE MOMENT I SAW WHAT WAS GOING
ON. TAKE A LOOK.
( LAUGHTER ) THAT IS THE ACTUAL MOMENT THAT I
SAW IT. THAT IS THE FACE OF A MAN
WHOSE DRY JANUARY IS ABOUT TO GET VERY WET.
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
TRUE STORY. >> Jon: A TRUE STORY.
>> Stephen: THAT JOKE. THAT JOKE IS BASED ON A TRUE
STORY. ( LAUGHTER )
WE IMMEDIATELY TORE UP THE SCRIPT, I DROVE INTO THE CITY
WHILE WE FIGURED OUT WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON, AND, BY THE
TIME I GOT HERE, MY PRODUCER CHRIS ASKED, "SHOULD WE BE
LIVE TONIGHT?" I WAS SO OVERWHELMED, I SAID
"I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. I'M GOING TO GO TO THE BATHROOM
AND GET MY BEARINGS, AND WHEN I COME OUT, WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME
WHAT WE'RE DOING." AND WHEN I CAME OUT, HE SAID,
"WE'RE DOING A LIVE SHOW." AND I SAID, "THAT SOUNDS LIKE A
GREAT IDEA." THEN, ABOUT HALF AN HOUR LATER,
HE SAYS, "BY THE WAY, EVERY ADVERTISER HAS PULLED OUT
SO YOU WILL BE LIVE, AND THE CAMERA WILL NEVER CUT AWAY
FOR AN HOUR." AND I SAID -- FANTASTIC.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BUT -- CAN I CHANGE IT?
I CAN'T? I LOVE IT!
BUT AT THE LAST MINUTE WE GOT NEW SPONSORS, SO I'D
LIKE TO SALUTE THE TRUE HEROES OF JANUARY 6, 2021--
CBS AD SALES. ( LAUGHTER )
I'M LOVING THEM. ONE PERSON WHO HAS NOT FORGOTTEN
THE SHOCK AND HORROR OF THAT DAY IS JOE BIDEN.
PRESIDENT BIDEN WENT TO THE CAPITOL THIS MORNING TO MARK THE
FIRST ANNIVERSARY, AND ASKED US ALL TO RELIVE JANUARY 6TH:
>> CLOSE YOUR EYES. GO BACK TO THAT DAY.
WHAT DO YOU SEE? >> STEPHEN: BOURBON.
( LAUGHTER ) THEN HE REMINDED US IN GRAPHIC
DETAIL WHAT WE CAN NEVER FORGET. >> WE SAW WITH OUR OWN EYES,
RIOTERS MENACE THESE HALLS, THREATENING THE LIFE OF THE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. LITERALLY ERECTING GALLOWS TO
HANG THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DESTROYING PROPERTY. LITERALLY DEFECATING IN THE
HALLWAYS. >> STEPHEN: DEFECATING?
THAT'S A VERY DELICATE AND HIGH-MINDED WAY TO DESCRIBE
MAGA MANIACS SMEARING POOP ON THE WALLS.
"THESE IGNOBLE MISCREANTS ABSCONDED WITH MADAME SPEAKER'S
ROSTRUM, SET ALIGHT THEIR CANNABIS CIGARILLOS, AND
BESMIRCHED THESE HALLOWED CORRIDORS WITH THEIR HUMAN
DETRITUS! THE FECAL MATTER HAD HIT THE
OSCILLATOR!" ( LAUGHTER )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I SAY -- I SAY TO YOU, SIR!
( LAUGHTER ) THEN BIDEN TURNED HIS ATTENTION
TO THE ACTIONS-- AND INACTIONS-- OF HIS PREDECESSOR DURING THE
RIOT: >> WHAT DID WE NOT SEE?
WE DIDN'T SEE A FORMER PRESIDENT WHO HAD JUST RALLIED THE MOB TO
ATTACK, SITTING IN A PRIVATE DINING ROOM OFF THE OVAL OFFICE
IN THE WHITE HOUSE, WATCHING IT ALL ON TELEVISION, AND DOING
NOTHING, FOR HOURS. >> STEPHEN: EXCUSE ME, SIR--
SINCE WHEN IS DOWNING A K.F. C. FAMILY BUCKET DOING "NOTHING?"
( LAUGHTER ) HE WAS WORKING HARD, AND HE HAS
THE CHICKEN SWEATS TO PROVE IT. THEN JOE TOOK THE GLOVES OFF.
>> THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS
CREATED AND SPREAD A WEB OF LIES ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION.
HE'S DONE SO BECAUSE HE VALUES POWER OVER PRINCIPLE;
BECAUSE HE SEES HIS OWN INTEREST AS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HIS
COUNTRY'S INTEREST AND AMERICA'S INTEREST;
AND BECAUSE HIS BRUISED EGO MATTERS MORE TO HIM THAN OUR
DEMOCRACY OR CONSTITUTION. HE CAN'T ACCEPT HE LOST
EVEN THOUGH THAT IS WHAT 93 UNITED STATES SENATORS
HIS OWN ATTORNEY GENERAL HIS OWN VICE PRESIDENT,
GOVERNORS AND STATE OFFICIALS IN EVERY BATTLEGROUND STATE,
HAVE ALL SAID. HE LOST.
>> STEPHEN: HELL, YEAH! TELL IT LIKE IT IS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) COME ON!
SO SIMPLE! SO TRUE!
THAT'S IT! I LOVED THAT SPEECH TODAY!
TRULY A POWERFUL SPEECH! THAT'S THE JOE BIDEN I REMEMBER!
ATLAS THE JOBS WE STOLE THIS ELECTION FOR -- I MEAN VOTED
FOR! ( LAUGHTER )
>> Jon: AWE, SHUCKS. >> Stephen: I'VE SAID TOO
MUCH. BIDEN FINISHED WITH A POWERFUL
CALL TO ACTION: >> SO NOW, LET'S STEP UP.
WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER OF AMERICAN HISTORY, WHERE
JANUARY 6TH MARKS, NOT THE END OF DEMOCRACY, BUT THE
BEGINNING OF A RENAISSANCE OF LIBERTY AND FAIR PLAY.
I DID NOT SEEK THIS FIGHT BROUGHT TO THIS CAPITOL ONE YEAR
AGO TODAY-- BUT I WILL NOT SHRINK FROM IT,
EITHER. >> STEPHEN: (AS BIDEN)
"C'MON, I'LL FIGHT YOU. LEPRECHAUN-STYLE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) COME ON!
I TELL YA -- I TELL YA, NO -- SAY HELLO TO MY TWO FRIENDS,
'LIBERTY' AND 'FAIR PLAY.' ( LAUGHTER )
I'M GOING BEAT THE DEFECATION OUT OF YA!"
( LAUGHTER ) PREDICTABLY, BIDEN'S SPEECH
PROMPTED A RESPONSE FROM FORMER PRESIDENT DUBIOUS CAESAR.
( LAUGHTER ) IF YOU WATCH THE SHOW, YOU KNOW
I NO LONGER DO AN IMPRESSION OF THAT DING-A- LING.
NOT JUST BECAUSE I CAN'T STAND THE TASTE OF THAT MAN'S
WORDS IN MY MOUTH, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S SOMEONE WHO MORE
ACCURATELY EMBODIES HIS MENTAL CAPACITY:
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD. THAT'S WHY WE HIRED ONE TO READ
THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S ACTUAL STATEMENT:
>> BIDEN, WHO IS DESTROYING OUR NATION WITH INSANE POLICIES OF
OPEN BORDERS, CORRUPT ELECTIONS, DISASTROUS ENERGY POLICIES,
UNCONSTITUTIONAL MANDATES, AND DEVASTATING SCHOOL CLOSURES,
USED MY NAME TODAY TO TRY TO FURTHER DIVIDE AMERICA.
>> STEPHEN: NO, HE DIDN'T. HE DIDN'T USE YOUR NAME ONCE,
YA' NIMROD. TAKE A LOOK.
>> FORMER PRESIDENT. THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
OUR FORMER PRESIDENT. THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
HE'S NOT JUST THE FORMER PRESIDENT, HE'S THE DEFEATED
FORMER PRESIDENT. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Jon: OH! >> Stephen: COLD BLOODED!
>> Jon: COLD BLOODED! ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: SO HE DIDN'T USE HIS NAME BUT BIDEN DID MAKE ONE
DIRECT REFERENCE TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT --
>> NOT SEE? >> STEPHEN: THERE WERE SOME
NOTABLE ABSENCES FROM THE CEREMONIES TODAY.
DURING A MOVING MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OFFICERS WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES, THERE WERE ONLY TWO REPUBLICANS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR.
THE OTHER REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS CHOSE TO REENACT JANUARY 6TH BY
HIDING IN FEAR. FORMER ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS
DID SHOW THEIR FACES ON "FOX NEWS," LIKE FORMER WHITE HOUSE
CHIEF OF STAFF AND GUY WHO DILATED HIS PUPILS JUST FOR
THE FREE OPTOMETRIST SHADES, MARK MEADOWS.
MEADOWS WENT ON HIS BUDDY HANNITY'S SHOW, AND INSTEAD OF
DISCUSSING THEIR NOW-PUBLIC PANTS-CRAPPING, TERRIFIED TEXT
EXCHANGE FROM A YEAR BACK, MEADOWS COMPLAINED IN ADVANCE
ABOUT HOW THE MEDIA WOULD COVER IT:
>> YOU ARE RIGHT TO POINT OUT THAT TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE
SPENT ON JANUARY 6TH. >> STEPHEN: KEEN ANALYSIS.
MEADOWS WENT ON TO PREDICT THE NEXT DAY WOULD BE SPENT ON
JANUARY 7, THE DAY AFTER MIGHT FOCUS ON JANUARY 8, AND BY THE
WEEKEND-- WE COULD SEE NUMBERS AS HIGH AS 9 OR 10.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
KIDNEYS, DOC. KIDNEYS.
THE JANUARY 6th SELECT COMMITTEE
IS HARD AT WORK INVESTIGATING THE RIOT.
YESTERDAY, THEY SPOKE TO FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY AND
MURDEROUS ANNE KLEIN MANNEQUIN, STEPHANIE GRISHAM.
AND TODAY, SHE TOLD CNN HOW SHE WAS HELPING THE COMMITTEE FLESH
OUT THE DETAILS OF JANUARY 6TH. >> THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS
THEY DIDN'T KNOW. THERE WERE THINGS THAT I WAS
ABLE TO CONFIRM. AND I THINK THERE WERE THINGS
THAT I WAS ABLE TO KIND OF HELP PUT TOGETHER LIKE A PUZZLE.
>> STEPHEN: YES, IT'S A PUZZLE. IN THIS CASE, SUDO -COUP.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU
TONIGHT. MY GUEST IS JOHN DICKERSON WITH
CBS NEWS. STICK AROUND.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
EVERYBODY. GIVE IT UP FOR JON BATISTE AND
"STAY HUMAN" RIGHT OVER THERE. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Jon: WHOO, WHOO, WHOO, WHOO, WHOO!
>> Stephen: AND I GOTTA GIVE IT UP FOR THE MAN WHO SANG OUR
COLD OPEN TONIGHT, LOUIS CATO. THAT WAS AMAZING, LOUIS.
ANYBODY WANT TO SHOUT OUT THERE? FANTASTIC.
>> Jon: YOU MOVED ME. >> Stephen: THANK YOU.
I WANT TO TALK TO JOHN DICKERSON IN JUST A MOMENT.
WE JUST FOUND OUT MOMENTS AGO OUR COLLEAGUE AT 12:30, JAMES
CORDEN, JUST TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID.
HE SAYS HE'S FEELING FINE. HE'S GOING TO BE OUT A FEW DAYS.
HE WASN'T -- HE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE EVERYBODY SOON.
IF OU NEED ME TO MAIL YOU FOOD, LET ME KNOW.
SOMETHING THIN YOU CAN SLIDE UNDER THE DOOR BECAUSE HE'S
GOING TO BE IN ISOLATION FOR A WHILE.
SO NOTHING BUT PIZZA AND QUESADILLA.
>> Jon: FLAT STUFF. PANCAKES.
>> Stephen: FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST IS A SENIOR
NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT AND CHIEF POLITICAL ANALYST FOR
CBS NEWS. PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE
SHOW," JOHN DICKERSON. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> IT'S GOOD TO BE SEEN. >> Stephen: THANKS FOR BEING
HERE. I WAS TALKING IN THE MONOLOGUE,
PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN ABOUT WHAT THAT DAY WAS LIKE FOR US
JUST IN TERMS OF A PRODUCTION. ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE MAY NOT
KNOW IS YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE MY GUEST ON JANUARY 6th TO
TALK ABOUT THE PROCEDURE OF CERTIFYING THE BALLOTS.
>> YOU JUST BOOKED ME A YEAR EARLY.
>> Stephen: INSTEAD, WE HAD KLOBUCHAR AND WHO IS IT?
>> KINZINGER. >> Stephen: FROM THEIR OFFICES
AT THE CAPITOL WHERE THEY HAD JUST BEEN BARRICADED IN.
I WAS DESCRIBING WHAT IT WAS LIKE EMOTIONALLY FOR ME.
YOU'VE STUDIED WASHINGTON FOR YEARS, YOU'RE FROM A POLITICAL
REPORTING FAMILY, SECOND GENERATION.
YOU REPORTED ON CAPITOL HILL. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION LIKE THAT
DAY A YEAR AGO WHEN YOU SAW THIS HAPPENING?
>> SO WE'RE AT HOME LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE BECAUSE IT'S
COVID. I'M, TURNS OUT, IN THE BATHROOM
BECAUSE ANNE, MY WIFE, IS USING THE OFFICE.
I'M ON THE PHONE AND THEY SAID YOU HAVE TO TURN ON THE TV.
THE FIRST THING THAT HIT ME IS HAVING COVERED THE HILL FOR, I
GUESS, SIX YEARS, THOSE HALLWAYS ARE REALLY QUIET.
YOU CAN HEAR THE SHOES CLICKING ON THE FLOOR.
WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THEM, BECAUSE THEY'RE OFTEN QUITE,
EVEN WHEN FILLED WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN, YOU WALK THROUGH AND
THINK ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THERE, THE
GREATS, THE CLOWNS, THE MASSAGE CITY, IT WELLS UP IN YOU.
SO WHEN YOU SAW THE PICTURES, THEY WERE THE SOUNDS THAT DIDN'T
BELONG. THE ROAR, THE BANGING, THE
POUNDING ON THE DOORS. IT WAS LIKE FINGERS ON A
BLACKBOARD. IT WAS SO DISSIDENT.
TO SEE THE FOULING OF A PLACE I WORKED, MY MOM WORKED NOT ONLY
AS A JOURNALIST BUT YEARS ON THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS
COMMITTEE, THAT'S WHERE SHE WENT TO WORK EVERY DAY.
TO FEEL AND SEE THAT WAS SO DISCONNECTING.
I TWEETED SOMETHING THAT SAID THESE ARE THE STEPS WHERE
PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKED ABOUT AMERICAN CARNAGE AND NOW WE'RE
SEEING IT. ABOUT TWO MINUTES LATER, ADAM
VERDUGO CALLED ME FROM THE EVENING NEWS AND SAID WE'RE
GOING ONLINE AND SUDDENLY I'M ON THE PHONE TALKING TO NORAH
O'DONNELL AND WE'RE OFF. IN FACT, I DID A PIECE LIKE
THAT, WHICH I HAD FORGOTTEN I DID TILL THE PRODUCER TWEETED IT
TODAY, THAT WAS THE KIND OF BLUR OF THE DAY IT WAS IN NU.
>> Stephen: AS I WAS SAYING, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MARK DAYS LIKE
THIS, BUT IT'S A DIFFICULT DAY TO CAPTURE IN A SINGLE
REMEMBRANCE. SO MUCH HAPPENED POLITICALLY,
HISTORICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, BUT I THOUGHT THE PRESIDENT TODAY DID
A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF LAYING OUT NOT ONLY A REMINDER OF WHAT LED
TO THAT, WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, BUT WHAT THE STAKES ARE FOR
FORGETTING IT AND FOR NOT ADDRESSING IT.
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH?
>> WELL, IT REMINDED ME OF -- HE WAS FEELING HIS INNER HARRY
TRUMAN. THEY USED TO SAY, GIVE 'EM HELL,
HARRY. TRUMAN USED TO SAY, I TELL THEM
TRUTH AND THEY THINK IT'S HELL. SO THE REACTION BIDEN GOT KIND
OF REMINDED ME OF THAT. THIS HAS BEEN A LAYERED
EXPERIENCE. THE MORE WE LEARN, WE LEARN NEW
THINGS AND WE ASSESS THOSE, BUT THEN IT ALSO GIVES US A NEW VIEW
OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PAST. THIS IS ONGOING BECAUSE -- THIS
IS HISTORIC BECAUSE THE PERSON AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF AMERICAN
POLITICS TOOK DIRECT AIM AT THE CENTER OF IT, WHICH IS PEACEFUL
TRANSFER OF POWER, NOT JUST ON THE 6th BUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT
DID WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE LEADER OF THE STATES.
HE'S STILL THE LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THIS IS STILL AN ONGOING QUESTION.
THAT'S WHAT BIDEN WAS ADDRESSING, IT'S AN ANNIVERSARY
OF AN EVENT BUT THE THREADS AND PARTS OF IT ARE VERY MUCH STILL
WITH US TODAY. >> Stephen: THAT NIGHT IT
LOOKED LIKE A SHOT REPUBLICAN LEADERS WOULD PART WAYS WITH THE
PRESIDENT. >> WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT WHAT
KEVIN McCARTHY, MITCH McCONNELL SAID,.
>> Stephen: LINDSEY GRAHAM. IT'S AS EXCORIATING AS
ANYTHING. I WAS READING TODAY PREPARED TO
SAY WHAT THE REPUBLICANS SAID A YEAR AGO.
MITCH McCONNELL SAID THE PRESIDENT LED TO A DOMESTIC
TERROR ATTACK BY LYING TO THE MOB, THAT HE INCITED IT, KEVIN
McCARTY SAID. THAT'S A JOB WHEN THE PRESIDENT
INCITES RIOT AT THE CAPITOL. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU FORGET.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
STICK AROUND, BACK WITH MORE JOHN DICKERSON, EVERYBODY.
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WE'RE BACK WITH CBS NEWS' JOHN
DICKERSON. TODAY, YOU TWEETED THIS OUT --
YOU SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF BAIT TODAY.
YOU ARE NOT A SHARK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT.
WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT? >> I WON'T TALK ABOUT THE
SPECIFIC THING THAT CAUSED THAT BECAUSE THEN I WOULD BE GIVING
ENERGY TO THE BAIT. >> Stephen: SURE.
BUT IN POLITICS, WE'VE SEEN THIS A LONG TIME IN POLITICS --
I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT A YEAR AGO HE INCITED AN
ACT OF TERRORISM -- SO I'LL SAY SOMETHING THAT'S FULL OUT WRONG
FOR ATTENTION. ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY WILL FACT
CHECK THIS TALKING ABOUT THE BAIT I THREW OUT INSTEAD OF
FOCUSING ON WHAT THE DAY SHOULD BE ABOUT WHICH IS DID THE
CONTRIBUTORY THINGS THAT LED TO JANUARY 6th, ARE THEY STILL
WITH US? WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF THEY
STILL ARE AND WHAT'S THAT GOING TO MEAN FOR OUR DEMOCRACY?
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: LET'S GET INTO
THAT A BIT BECAUSE IT BECAME CLEAR TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND
EVEN PEOPLE WHO DENIED IT WAS CLEAR TO THEM, IF YOU KNOW WHAT
I MEAN, IT BECAME CLEAR TO A LOT OF PEOPLE SHORTLY AFTER THE
FORMER PRESIDENT WENT OUT INTO THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS ROOM I
BELIEVE ON THE 5th OF NOVEMBER AND SAID THEY'RE STEALING IT.
THIS WAS BEFORE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WAS CALLED FOR BIDEN,
AND IT WAS, AGAIN, STILL IN NOVEMBER.
YOU SAID NOVEMBER 9th, SHORTLY THEREAFTER, YOU SAID IF THE
FORMER PRESIDENT CONTINUED TO LIE ABOUT THE ELECTION RESULT
AND THE REPUBLICANS ALLOWED HIM TO DO SO, I BELIEVESH WAS THE
OTHER CONDITION IN THERE, WITHOUT REPUDIATING IT, THEY
WOULD BE, QUOTE, BURNING THE SMALL-D DEMOCRATIC FURNITURE.
A YEAR LATER, HOW SINGED IS THE FURNITURE OR IS IT A TOTAL LOSS
AND WE NEED TO GO TO IKEA? >> WEN I SAID THAT, MY WIFE ANNE
SAID WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY ABOUT
THE DEMOCRATIC FURNITURE LONG BEFORE JANUARY 6th IS THERE
WAS ENERGY IN THE AIR THAT WAS VERY BAD.
A PRESIDENT'S OBLIGATION IS A JOB OF TRUST.
YOU CAN'T GO SAYING THINGS B ARE WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE PROOF AND
YOU REALLY CAN'T GO SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THE CENTRAL
QUESTION OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY WHICH IS THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER
OF POWER. >> Stephen: AND AS YOU'VE SAID
TO ME MANY TIMES, IS IT ROOSEVELT WHO SAID IT,
ESSENTIALLY A MORAL OFFICE. >> RIGHT, SO HE'S BREAKING THAT
JOB. THE OTHER PART OF THE PRESIDENCY
IS YOU DON'T INFLAME, YOU TAMP THINGS DOWN.
SO HE WAS INFLAMING AND BREAKING HIS TRUST OBLIGATION TO THE JOB.
ONCE YOU DO THAT, YOU PUT NEGATIVE ENERGY INTO THE SYSTEM,
AND SOMEBODY HAS TO STAND UP AND SAY, THIS IS WRONG, IT'S NOT
TRUE, BECAUSE REPUBLICANS KNOW THE POWER HE HAS OVER THE BASE
OF THE PARTY AND THAT THEY WILL BELIEVE HIM, IN PART BECAUSE,
FOR FOUR YEARS, HE CHANGED THE VERY NATURE OF TRUTH.
SALT I JUST FELT LIKE THIS AWFUS GOING TO HAPPEN AND I CHOSE THAT
WEIRD METAPHOR. TURNS OUT, FURNITURE WAS BROKEN
AND BUSTED AND, IN FACT, IN REALITY AND IN SYMBOLICALLY.
WHERE ARE WE NOW? I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
EFFORT TO KIND OF FORGET JANUARY 6th FROM THE
PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS, TO TURN IT EVEN INTO A MARTYR'S DAY'S D
RATHER THAN A CRIMINAL ACT OF TERRORISM, WHICH IS WHAT
REPUBLICANS CALLED IT AT THE TIME.
>> Stephen: AND FOR SOME AMERICANS A SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT
BECAUSE 71% OF REPUBLICANS STILL BELIEVE, IN POLLS, THAT BIDEN
WASN'T PROPERLY ELECTED AND THAT DAY A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF
REPUBLICANS BELIEVE THAT THAT DAY WAS ACTUALLY AN F .B.I. FALSE
FLAG OR ANTIFA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> IF YOU GET PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT, THEY SAY, WAIT A MINUTE,
WHY AREN'T YOU DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS?
SINCE YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING, WE'RE GONG TO GO OUR OWN WAY
AND DO SOMETHING VIOLENT BECAUSE THIS CAN'T BE ALLOWED TO STAND.
>> Stephen: SO THE LIE ABOUT THE VIOLENCE LEADS POSSIBLY TO
MORE VIOLENCE, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT BIT OF FURNITURE TO BURN.
>> IT FEELS LIKE THE SAME THING. IF YOU DON'T STAND UP AND SAY
THIS IS A LIE AND DON'T BELIEVE THIS AND YOU'RE BEING MISLED,
THEN YOU LEAVE PEOPLE TO THEIR OWN DEVICES.
SOMETHING HAS BEEN SAID TODAY OFTEN WHICH IS, WELL, THE SYSTEM
WORKED, IT HELPED. WELL, IT DID, BUT WHEN YOU USE A
DEFIBRILLATOR ON SOMEONE WITH A HEART ATTACK, YOU DON'T SAY,
EVERYTHING'S FINE, YOU CAN GO BACK TO SMOKING AND EATING FOUR
CHEESEBURGERS ADAY. YOU SAY THE PATIENT HAS TO BE
DEALT WITH. THE DEFIBRILLATOR WORKED.
THE ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION DIDN'T HAPPEN
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE SYSTEM IS HEALTHY.
>> Stephen: WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AND WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK
JOHN HOW HISTORY MAY REMEMBER -- MIKE PENCE.
I ALMOST FORGET HIS NAME.
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WE'RE BACK HERE.
STAR OF STAGE AND SCREEN JOHN DICKERSON.
THE LIE IS WORKING, TO A LARGE DEGREE, AS I SAID JUST A MOMENT
AGO. WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S SO EASY
FOR THEM TO LIE ABOUT JANUARY 6th TO THE BASE?
>> WELL, THE TRUTH IS WORTH AVOIDING, WHICH IS THE TRUTH
IS -- >> Stephen: THE TRUTH IS SO
DAMNING THEY CAN'T GO NEAR IT. >> BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST, AS THE
REPUBLICAN LEADER SAID A YEAR AGO ON THE SIXTH, THE PRESIDENT
INCITED RIOT BY LYING TO THE MOB BUT HE'S LEADER OF THE PARTY.
REPUBLICAN BASE WANT HIM TO BE PRESIDENT AGAIN, MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS WOULD SAY THAT AND HE'S CREATED A MARKET WHERE PEOPLE
HAVE TO BELIEVE THE BIG LIE OR PLAY FOOTSIE WITH IT IN ORDER TO
RISE WITHIN THE PARTY. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THAT. >> Stephen: THEY'RE ALL
IMPLICATED AT THIS POINT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CHENEY AND
KINZINGER BECAUSE HE STABBED SOMEBODY AND THEY'VE HELPED HIM
CLEAN THE KNIFE, SO THEY'RE ALL ACCOMPLICES AT THIS POINT.
>> EITHER DIRECT ACCOMPLICES OR PLAYED WITH THE IDEA.
THEY SAY, WELL, THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ELECTION IN
2020. THAT'S LIKE SAYING SOMEBODY
YELLS FIRE IN A THEATER WHEN THERE IS NO FIRE AND LOOKS AT
ALL THE PEOPLE RUNNING OUT AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
STAMPEDE, WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO THE FIRE, BUT THE FIRE WAS
A TOTAL FICTION, AND THAT'S WHERE SOME PEOPLE HAVE LANDED,
WHICH IS WE'RE GOING TO STUDY THIS FIRE BECAUSE ALL THESE
PEOPLE STAMPEDED OUT, ALL THESE PEOPLE BELIEVE IT WAS STOLEN.
WELL, THEY BELIEVE IT WAS STOLEN BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN LIED TO.
>> Stephen: STEPHANIE GRISHAM SAID THAT SOME DOZEN -- I FORGET
WHAT NUMBER SHE THREW OUT IF SHE DID -- A GROUP OF EX -TRUMP
OFFICIALS WILL BE GETTING TOGETHER SOON TO STOP THE FORMER
PRESIDENT. YEA?
HOW MUCH STOCK CAN YOU PUT IN THAT BECAUSE THEY TRIED TO STOP
HIM SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST. >> THE ROAD IS LITTERED WITH
GROUPS WHO TRIED TO STOP PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE HAS A UNIQUE CONNECTION WITH HIS PARTY: SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE
STOOD UP AND SAY HE HAS A UNIQUE CONNECTION, PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE
IT AND WE KNOW BETTER THAN LET IT FESTER BECAUSE IT WILL
EXPLODE. I THINK PAT BUCHANAN SAID
WHENEVER THERE'S A MOVEMENT TO STOP X, BET ON X BECAUSE X IS
GOING TO WIN. >> Stephen: THEY WANT TO STOP
X BECAUSE HE HAS THE CLEAR ENERGY.
>> HE HAS THE CLEAR ENERGY. ALSO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP
TAKES A LOT OVERENERGY FROM HIS ENEMIES, AS MANY POLITICIANS DO,
WHICH IS, IN OTHER WORDS, LOOK -- AND THAT'S PART OF
THE -- PRESIDENT BIDEN GAVE THIS PEPPERY SPEECH TODAY, BUT THERE
WILL BE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS WHO CAN LOOK AWAY FROM THE 6th AND
SAY HE'S REALLY BEING UNFAIR, HE'S TARRING THE WHOLE PARTY.
YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS. SO THAT'S A WAY IN WHICH IT
ENERGIZES THE PARTY AND KEEPS IT TOGETHER, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED ON THE 6th.
AS KARL ROVE, THE POLITICAL STRATEGIST FOR PRESIDENT GEORGE
BUSH, HE SAID THE BURDEN IS ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO
REPUDIATE WHAT HAPPENED ON THE 6th.
IF THAT'S THE CASE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SHARE THAT
BURDEN. >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU THINK
HISTORY IS GOING TO REMEMBER MIKE PENCE?
AND AS A QUICK FOLLOW-UP, WHERE IS THAT GUY?
>> WELL, HE'S TRYING TO FIND HIS WAY BACK INTO THE ROOM AND THE
WEIRD THING IS GETTING BACK INTO THE ROOM REQUIRES KIND OF
BELIEVING IN THE THING THAT HE STOOD UP AND DIDN'T DO, WHICH IS
TO SAY -- AND BY THE WAY, THINK ABOUT THIS -- THE MIKE PENCE
STORY IS SO CORRUGATED BECAUSE HERE IS A PERSON WHO IS MORE
LOYAL TO DONALD TRUMP THAN ANYONE BECAUSE OF HE WAS VERY
STRONG WITH EVANGELICALS AND HE BASICALLY SAID THIS GUY'S OKAY
AND HE WAS WITH HIM EVERYWHERE ALONG THE LINE.
THE PERSON WHO WAS MOST LOYAL TO HIM.
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT A TARGET ON HIS BACK THE DAY HE KNEW AND
HAD BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY MIKE PENCE COULD DO NOTHING AND HE
TOOK THE GUY WHO HAD BEEN THE MOST LOYAL AND SAID HERE'S A
SITUATION THAT YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF AND THEN SUDDENLY PEOPLE ARE
BREAKING IN AND YELLING HANG MIKE PENCE, AND HE CONTINUE TO
DO IT. SO THAT'S THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY
THING. MIKE PENCE SAID THAT'S JUST
SOMETHING ABOUT WHICH WE DISAGREE, HE AND DONALD TRUMP.
>> Stephen: ABOUT WHETHER MIKE PENCE SHOULD HANG BY THE NECK?
>> YEAH, YOU PUT IT THAT WAY, IT'S, LIKE, WE DISAGREE ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, WHETHER CILANTRO IS GOOD.
THAT'S THE THING ABOUT WHICH WE DISAGREED.
THIS IS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THAT.
>> Stephen: JOHN, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
COME BACK ON A HAPPIER DAY. GOOD LUCK WITH DRY JANUARY.
CBS NEWS JOHN DICKERSON, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ONE OF THE STARS OF THE STRATEGY "THE F
MACBETH," COREY HAWKINS.
>> Stephen: HEY! WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM THE WALKING
DEAD, "STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON," AND "IN THE HEIGHTS."
HE NOW STARS IN THE LATEST FILM ADAPTATION OF THE SCOTTISH PLAY.
>> MY CHILDREN, TOO? WIFE, CHILDREN, SERVANTS, ALLAN
THAT COULD BE FOUND. >> MY WIFE, KILLED, TOO.
BE COMFORTED. LET'S MAKE OUR GREAT REVENGE --
>> HE HAS NO CHILDREN! ALL, NOT PRETTY ONES.
>> DID YOU SAY ALL? ALL.
BULL AWE MY PRETTY CHICKENS AND THEY FELL IN ONE FELL SWOOP.
I MUST FEEL IT AS A MAN. >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME
BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," COREY HAWKINS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU
AGAIN. BEFORE WE GELT STARTED I CALLED
IT THE SCOTTISH PLAY. THERE'S A TRADITION NOT TO SAY
THE NAME OF THAT PARTICULAR PLAY, IT'S BAD LUCK.
ARE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT THAT?
>> I'M GOING TO BE HONEST. I'M ON THE FENCE A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT IT. I UNDERSTAND THE TRADITION, THE
CURSES AND ALL THAT, BUT I'M ALSO A VERY SPIRITUAL GUY AND I
UNDERSTAND GOD, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, TO THERE'S THAT.
I WAS WORKING ON A PLAY WITH LA TONYA RICHARDSON JACKSON, AND WE
WERE ON A BREAK, AND I SAID IT IN THE THEATER, AND I JUMPED UP,
AND SHE WAS LOOKING AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY, AND I RAN OUT OF THE
THEATER AND STARTED SPINNING AROUND AND SPITTING OVER MY
SHOULDER -- >> Stephen: IS THAT WHAT
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO? >> I GUESS SO, PEOPLE LOOK AT ME
LIKE I'M CRAZY BUT IT'S NEW YORK.
I WENT BACK IN AND LA TONYA WAS SHAKING HER HEAD AND I SAID,
WHAT? SHE SAID, I DON'T PLAY THAT.
CURSES LIKE THAT AND ALL THAT, SHE SAID, I'M COVERED.
SHE SAID, GOD. I SAID, YES, MA'AM, YES, MA'AM.
( APPLAUSE ) I DON'T MIND SAYING IT.
>> Stephen: MACBETH MACBETH MACBETH MACBETH.
>> MACBETH. >> Stephen: HE'S UPSET, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING? YOU'RE GOING TO GET US CANCELED!
I INTERVIEWED YOUR CO-STAR DENZEL WASHINGTON A FEW WEEKS
AGO ABOUT THIS FILM. >> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND AIM LONG -TIME FAN.
VERY FEW PEOPLE STAR STRIKE ME, AND HE IS ONE OF THE FEW I GO
THAT'S DENZEL ( BLEEP ) WASHINGTON RIGHT THERE.
( APPLAUSE ) WHAT'S IT LIKE TO SHARE THE
STAGE OR THE SCREEN WITH HIM FOR THIS?
>> IT'S AN HONOR. EVERY TIME I SEE HIM I'M LIKE
THAT'S DENZEL WASHINGTON. BUT TO BE AS GRACIOUS AS HE IS
NOT ONLY AS A MAN BUT IN HIS WORK AND, LIKE, TO LITERALLY SIT
IN REHEARSAL WITH HIM FOR WEEKS AND WITH FRAN AND JOE COHEN, I
MEAN, TO SIT WITH THEM AND WATCH THESE MASTERS CONTINUE TO
CHALLENGE THEMSELVES AND RISE TO THE OCCASION.
I MEAN, AS AN ARTIST, THAT'S THE DREAM, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, YOU
KNOW, TO CONTINUE -- BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO IT.
THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. YOU KNOW, BUT THE FACT I GOT TO
WATCH THEM DO THIS AND PLAY. >> Stephen: FOR THEM TO BE
GENEROUS WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH YOU.
>> YEAH. >> Stephen: MIGHT GET A
CONTACT GREATNESS. >> LISTEN, LET IT RUB OFF ON ME,
PLEASE, I'LL TAKE IT. >> Stephen: NOT TO SPOIL A
400-YEAR-OLD PLAY, BUT YOUR CHARACTER McDUFF KILLS HIS
CHARACTER. >> WHY DID YOU HAVE TO TELL
THEM? ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: AND IT'S A GREAT SWORD FIGHT AND WE HAVE A STILL
RIGHT HERE. THERE YOU ARE, McDUFF, THERE
YOU ARE. WHAT WAS IT LIKE SWORD FIGHTING
WITH DENZEL WASHINGTON? ARE YOU NERVOUS?
>> AM I NERVOUS? OH, MAN, THE WHOLE TIME, I WAS
THINKING DO NOT KILL DENZEL WASHINGTON, PLEASE, PLEASE!
>> Stephen: HOW CLOSE DO YOU COME?
I'VE NEVER REALLY DONE ANY REALLY PROPER STAGE COMBAT LIKE
THAT WAN ACTUAL -- ARE THESE HEAVY SWORDS?
>> THESE ARE REAL SWORDS AND WE'RE WORKING WITH AN INCREDIBLE
STUNT TEAM THAT WORKED WITH JOE COHEN FOR YEARS, SO I TRUST
MYSELF IN THEIR HANDS. I JUST DON'T TRUST THE SWORD IN
MY HANDS. DENZEL AND I, HE'S WORKING ON --
HE'S SHOOTING OTHER SCENES AND STUFF, AND WE DIDN'T GET A
CHANCE TO WORK ON THAT FIGHT UNTIL THE DAY OF.
SO WE HACKETTED IT SEPARATELY BUT BECAUSE HE'S A MASTER, WE
BEAT THROUGH THE FIGHT, AND IT'S ON THIS TINY PARAPET THAT'S THIS
WIDE AND WE'RE TALKING THE SWORDS AND I'M, LIKE, LORD,
PLEASE DON'T LET THIS BE THE DAY AND DON'T LET ME BE THE ONE.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAD TO DO WAS ACT ON A HORSE
AND I WAS CURIOUS WHETHER YOU HAD RIDDEN A HORSE BEFORE.
( SIGHS ) ( LAUGHTER )
>> THAT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SHOOTING.
TWO THINGS YOU SAY ACTORS DON'T FILM WITH, CHILDREN AND ANIMALS,
SO THEY PUT ME ON A HORSE TO DO SHAKESPEARE ON THE FIRST DAY.
WHICH WAS ALL GOOD. ME AND THIS HORSE HAD BEEN
PRACTICING FOR A MONTH PRIOR TO THIS.
WE HAD BEEN READY, WE BECAME CLOSE, I WAS TELEPATHICALLY
TALKING TO THE DUDE. I NAMED HIM BUDDY, WE WERE IN
LOCK STEP. ON THE DAY OF, DENZEL GRACIOUSLY
CAME ON MY FIRST DAY OF SHOOTING AND FRANCES AND JOEL WAS THERE,
EVERYBODY WAS READY, WE REHEARSED IT A THOUSAND TIMES.
ACTION AND WE GET DOWN, HIT THE MARK, CAMERAS RIGHT THERE, AND
AS SOON AS I START SPEAKING, THE HORSE JUST -- OFF CAMERA.
AND I'M SITTING THERE, LIKE, OKAY, ALL RIGHT, HE'S NERVOUS,
YOU KNOW. >> Stephen: THE HORSE IS
NERVOUS. >> CLEARLY, EVEN THOUGH THE
HORSE HAD PROBABLY DONE MORE FILMS THAN ALL OF US COMBINED.
SO WE DO IT AGAIN, GET DOWN THERE, SAME THING.
AS SOON AS I START SPEAKING -- ( CLICKING TONGUE )
>> I'M STARTING TO FREAK OUT A LITTLE BIT BUT TRYING TO HOLD IT
TOGETHER, JOEL, DENZEL, FRAN, COME ON, DON'T MAKE ME LOOK BAD.
LAST TIME WE DO IT, HE DOES IT AGAIN.
>> Announcer: LOOK OVER TO THE HORSE WRANGLER, OLD GRUFF GUY
HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR YEARS.
HE SAID, ARE YOU NERVOUS? I SAID, I'M NERVOUS, YOU KNOW.
BUT THERE HERE UP, EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE BECAUSE THE CAMERA'S
UP THERE. BT FROM HERE DOWN, I'M SO
NERVOUS, HE SAID, YOUR FEET ARE LITERALLY KICKING THE HORSE
EVERY TIME YOU -- >> Stephen: AND THE HORSE IS
DOING WHAT YOU'RE TELLING HIM TO DO?
>> HE'S DOING WHAT I'M TELLING HIM TO DO.
I SAID, OH, MY GOSH. I FEEL LIKE THE HORSE IS, LIKE,
ARE YOU NERVOUS? LITERALLY, IT WAS -- BUT, YOU
KNOW, WE ALL LAUGHED ABOUT IT, IT WAS FUN AND WE GOT IT DONE.
>> Stephen: GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
"THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH" IS IN THEATERS NOW AND ON APPLE TV+,
JANUARY 14. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, EVERYBODY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, THAT'S IT FOR
"THE LATE SHOW." Get well, James!
GOOD NIGHT!