1 00:00:01,201 --> 00:00:02,535 VIRGINIA HAS A NEW GOVENOR 2 00:00:02,602 --> 00:00:04,070 GLENN YOUNGKIN, THE REPUBLICAN 3 00:00:04,137 --> 00:00:05,638 WASTING NO TIME ACTING ON CAMPAIGN PROMISES, SIGNING AN 4 00:00:05,705 --> 00:00:11,311 EXECUTIVE ORDER TO KEEP WHAT HE CALLS C.R.T., CRITICAL RACE 5 00:00:11,378 --> 00:00:13,380 THEORY, OUT OF VIRGINIA SCHOOLS. ATTACKING C.R.T. HAVING A RIPPLE 6 00:00:13,446 --> 00:00:15,749 EFFECT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE BANNING OF BOOKS, 7 00:00:15,815 --> 00:00:18,885 FICTION AND NONFICTION, THAT DELVE INTO ISSUES OF RACE AND SO 8 00:00:18,952 --> 00:00:21,554 MUCH MORE. >> LOOKING TO LEARN ABOUT 9 00:00:21,621 --> 00:00:23,723 AMERICAN HISTORY THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU FEEL BAD? 10 00:00:23,790 --> 00:00:28,962 TIME LIFE BOOKS PRESENTS THE GLENN YOUNKIN COLLECTION. 11 00:00:29,028 --> 00:00:31,398 EACH WEEK, YOU WILL RECEIVE A NEW YOUNGKIN-APPROVED TEXT WHICH 12 00:00:31,464 --> 00:00:35,735 AVOIDS ADDRESSING RACIAL INEQUALITY, LIKE "A RAISIN IN 13 00:00:35,802 --> 00:00:39,739 THE FUN," "TO THRILL A ROCKING BIRD," "12 BEERS A DAVE, AND "I 14 00:00:39,806 --> 00:00:43,743 KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS KARAOKE." 15 00:00:43,810 --> 00:00:47,447 YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN WILL LOVE LEARNING THAT RACISM IS OVER, 16 00:00:47,514 --> 00:00:51,751 AND THERE'S NO REASON TO THINK ABOUT IT ANYMORE. 17 00:00:51,818 --> 00:00:55,789 OTHER TITLES INCLUDE "THE COLOR URKEL," "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 18 00:00:55,855 --> 00:01:03,496 MALCOLM XMEN," "ROOTS, TURNIPS, BEATS, AND OTHER ROOT 19 00:01:03,563 --> 00:01:05,331 VEGETABLES," AND EVEN "THE COMPLETE WORKS OF TONY 20 00:01:05,398 --> 00:01:09,636 MORRISONI." >> HI, I'M TONY MORRISONI, AND 21 00:01:09,702 --> 00:01:11,738 YOU WILL GET ALL MY STUFF -- LIKE "BELOVED," THAT'S ABOUT MY 22 00:01:11,805 --> 00:01:15,742 EX-GIRLFRIEND GINA. POINT IS, TAKE ME BACK, GINA. 23 00:01:15,809 --> 00:01:19,612 I'M RUNNING OUT OF WORDS TO SAY I'M SORRY FOR KISSING ANGELA. 24 00:01:19,679 --> 00:01:23,716 >> SO START AVOIDING ADDRESSING RACISM TODAY, WITH THE TIME LIFE 25 00:01:23,783 --> 00:01:27,687 GLENN YOUNGKIN COLLECTION. REMEMBER, THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW 26 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:30,623 HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO BE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA. 27 00:01:30,690 --> 00:01:34,661 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE 28 00:01:34,727 --> 00:01:47,740 SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT! TONIGHT, WE WELCOME SENATOR 29 00:01:47,807 --> 00:01:55,381 ELIZABETH WARREN AND MUSICAL GUEST INGRID ANDRESS WITH SAM 30 00:01:55,448 --> 00:01:59,452 HUNT, FEATURING JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN." 31 00:01:59,519 --> 00:02:05,225 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 32 00:02:05,291 --> 00:02:16,202 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 33 00:02:16,269 --> 00:02:27,747 ( THEME SONG PLAYING ) >> Stephen: MY GOODNESS! 34 00:02:27,814 --> 00:02:34,954 MY GOODNESS! MY GOODNESS, MY FRIEND. 35 00:02:35,021 --> 00:02:36,456 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. 36 00:02:36,523 --> 00:02:39,726 PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. ALL MY FRIENDS, WELCOME TO "THE 37 00:02:39,792 --> 00:02:43,463 LATE SHOW." I'M YOUR HOST STEPHEN COLBERT. 38 00:02:43,530 --> 00:02:46,199 FIRST OF ALL -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 39 00:02:46,266 --> 00:02:50,069 THERE IT IS. THERE YOU ARE. 40 00:02:50,136 --> 00:02:58,044 HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY, EVERYONE, HAPPY MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY. 41 00:02:58,111 --> 00:02:59,012 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪ 42 00:02:59,078 --> 00:03:00,179 ♪♪ >> Stephen: IT'S A DAY IN 43 00:03:00,246 --> 00:03:06,219 WHICH WE ALL CELEBRATE DR. KING'S LEGACY BY TAKING HIS 44 00:03:06,286 --> 00:03:08,721 WORDS OUT OVERCONTEXT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE HE AGREES WITH 45 00:03:08,788 --> 00:03:13,026 WHATEVER WE'RE SAYING. AS KING HIMSELF SAID, YOU'RE 46 00:03:13,092 --> 00:03:14,260 RIGHT, STEPHEN. ( LAUGHTER ) 47 00:03:14,327 --> 00:03:25,004 THE U.S. SENATE IS MARKING DR. KING 'S BIRTHDAY BY DOING 48 00:03:25,071 --> 00:03:29,642 WHAT THEY DO BEST -- NOTHING. DEMOCRATS HOPED TO SPEND THE 49 00:03:29,709 --> 00:03:31,244 HOLIDAY PASSING MUCH-NEEDED VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION. 50 00:03:31,311 --> 00:03:33,179 TO DO THAT, THEY HAVE TO MODIFY THE FILIBUSTER. 51 00:03:33,246 --> 00:03:35,148 BUT THAT DREAM DIED LAST WEEK, THANKS TO ARIZONA SENATOR AND 52 00:03:35,214 --> 00:03:37,050 MRS. HAMBURGLAR, KYRSTEN SINEMA. LAST WEEK, SINEMA TOOK TO THE 53 00:03:37,116 --> 00:03:39,218 SENATE FLOOR TO ANNOUNCE THAT, WHILE SHE VALUES VOTING, THE 54 00:03:39,285 --> 00:03:41,721 FILIBUSTER IS HER FIRST LOVE: >> WHILE I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT 55 00:03:41,788 --> 00:03:46,759 THESE BILLS, I WILL NOT SUPPORT SEPARATE ACTIONS THAT WORSEN THE 56 00:03:46,826 --> 00:03:51,431 UNDERLYING DISEASE OF DIVISION INFECTING OUR COUNTRY. 57 00:03:51,497 --> 00:03:55,234 WHAT IS THE LEGISLATIVE FILIBUSTER OTHER THAN A TOOL 58 00:03:55,301 --> 00:03:57,470 THAT REQUIRES NEW FEDERAL POLICY TO BE BROADLY SUPPORTED BY 59 00:03:57,537 --> 00:04:01,240 SENATORS REPRESENTING A BROADER CROSS SECTION OF AMERICANS? 60 00:04:01,307 --> 00:04:05,645 >> STEPHEN: NO. NO. 61 00:04:05,712 --> 00:04:10,817 NOT REPRESENTING A BROADER CROSS SECTION OF AMERICANS. 62 00:04:10,883 --> 00:04:13,019 THE 50 SENATORS WHO ARE CURRENTLY FILIBUSTERING THE 63 00:04:13,086 --> 00:04:14,754 VOTING RIGHTS BILL REPRESENT 41 MILLION FEWER AMERICANS THAN THE 64 00:04:14,821 --> 00:04:19,258 SENATORS WHO SUPPORT IT. STOP ACTING LIKE THE FILIBUSTER 65 00:04:19,325 --> 00:04:23,730 IS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A -- 66 00:04:23,796 --> 00:04:29,502 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) STOP ACTING LIKE THE FILIBUSTER 67 00:04:29,569 --> 00:04:35,341 IS ANYTHING OTHER THAN AN ANTI-DEMOCRATIC TOOL. 68 00:04:35,408 --> 00:04:37,310 WHICH IS ALSO A PRETTY GOOD DESCRIPTION OF KYRSTEN SINEMA. 69 00:04:37,377 --> 00:04:40,113 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS WHAT 70 00:04:40,179 --> 00:04:43,282 MARTIN LUTHER KING SAID ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS AND THE 71 00:04:43,349 --> 00:04:47,587 FILIBUSTER: >> I THINK THE VAST MAJORITY OF 72 00:04:47,654 --> 00:04:50,723 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WOULD VOTE FAVORABLY FOR SUCH A 73 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:55,294 BILL. I THINK THE TRAGEDY IS THAT WE 74 00:04:55,361 --> 00:05:01,300 HAVE A CONGRESS WITH A SENATE THAT HAS A MINORITY OF MISGUIDED 75 00:05:01,367 --> 00:05:06,372 SENATORS WHO WOULD USE THE FILIBUSTER TO KEEP THE MAJORITY 76 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:10,443 OF PEOPLE FROM EVEN VOTING. THEY WON'T LET THE MAJORITY 77 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:12,078 SENATORS VOTE AND CERTAINLY THEY WOULD NOT WANT THE MAJORITY OF 78 00:05:12,145 --> 00:05:15,615 PEOPLE TO VOTE, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY DO NOT REPRESENT THE 79 00:05:15,682 --> 00:05:19,452 MAJORITY OF AMERICAN PEOPLE. IN FACT, THEY REPRESENT IN THEIR 80 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:23,456 OWN STATES A VERY SMALL MINORITY. 81 00:05:23,523 --> 00:05:25,291 >> STEPHEN: THE SAD THING IS, DR. KING COULD MAKE THE EXACT 82 00:05:25,358 --> 00:05:31,297 SAME STATEMENT TODAY, AND IT WOULD BE JUST AS RELEVANT, AS 83 00:05:31,364 --> 00:05:36,736 LONG AS HE MENTIONED WORDLE. ( LAUGHTER ) 84 00:05:36,803 --> 00:05:38,905 SENATE DEMOCRATS AND THE PRESIDENT MET TO TRY TO GET 85 00:05:38,971 --> 00:05:41,974 SINEMA AND HER OBSTRUCTIN' BUDDY JOE MANCHIN ON BOARD, BUT 86 00:05:42,041 --> 00:05:46,279 AFTERWARDS, BIDEN DIDN'T SOUND TOO OPTIMISTIC 87 00:05:46,345 --> 00:05:50,416 >> Y'ALL ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT COMPLICATED SUBJECTS LIKE, CAN 88 00:05:50,483 --> 00:05:52,251 YOU GET THIS DONE? I HOPE WE CAN GET THIS DONE. 89 00:05:52,318 --> 00:05:54,854 THE HONEST TO GOD ANSWER IS, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE CAN GET 90 00:05:54,921 --> 00:05:59,692 THIS DONE. IS THIS MIC ON? 91 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:03,730 >> Stephen: OH, NO! OH -- OH, NO! 92 00:06:03,796 --> 00:06:10,269 THAT IS THE WEAKEST I'VE SEEN A PRESIDENT LOOK, SINCE JFK'S 93 00:06:10,336 --> 00:06:15,007 INAUGURAL: >> ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN 94 00:06:15,074 --> 00:06:16,275 DO FOR YOU. ASK, CAN YOUR COUNTRY DO 95 00:06:16,342 --> 00:06:18,010 ANYHING? THE HONEST TO GOD ANSWER IS I 96 00:06:18,077 --> 00:06:22,582 DON'T KNOW. IS THIS THING ON? 97 00:06:22,648 --> 00:06:24,350 HELLO. WHERE AM I? 98 00:06:24,417 --> 00:06:26,586 WHO AM I? MARILYN, HEAT UP THE TUB. 99 00:06:26,652 --> 00:06:34,260 I'M COMING HOME. SNOOT IT'S A BATH. 100 00:06:34,327 --> 00:06:38,564 IT WAS VERY COLD. >> Jon: I WAS COLD. 101 00:06:38,631 --> 00:06:42,535 YOU COULD SEE THE COLD COMING OUT OF HIS MOUTH. 102 00:06:42,602 --> 00:06:44,003 ( APPLAUSE ) >> STEPHEN: ANOTHER PERSON WHO 103 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:46,172 HAS A STRANGE WAY OF CELEBRATING MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY IS 104 00:06:46,239 --> 00:06:50,576 INCOMING VIRGINIA GOVERNOR GLENN YOUNGKIN, SEEN HERE AFTER BEING 105 00:06:50,643 --> 00:06:51,711 SWORN IN AS THE PENGUIN. ( LAUGHTER ) 106 00:06:51,778 --> 00:06:52,845 ON HIS FIRST DAY IN OFFICE, YOUNGKIN SIGNED 11 EXECUTIVE 107 00:06:52,912 --> 00:06:57,950 ACTIONS, INCLUDING ONE ENDING CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN 108 00:06:58,017 --> 00:07:00,653 SCHOOLS. WHICH, FOR THE RECORD, IS NOT 109 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,555 TAUGHT IN VIRGINIA SCHOOLS, BUT THAT YOUNGKIN CATEGORIZES AS ANY 110 00:07:02,622 --> 00:07:06,559 SCHOOL LESSONS THAT DEFINE RACISM AS AN INSTITUTIONAL 111 00:07:06,626 --> 00:07:13,633 PROBLEM DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. 112 00:07:13,699 --> 00:07:14,801 SO, HISTORY. AFTER SIGNING IT, YOUNGKIN 113 00:07:14,867 --> 00:07:18,571 RETURNED TO THE EXECUTIVE MANSION IN RICHMOND THAT WAS 114 00:07:18,638 --> 00:07:30,516 BUILT IN 1813 BY ( HAWAIIAN MUSIC PLAYS ) 115 00:07:30,583 --> 00:07:32,685 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: OKAY. 116 00:07:32,752 --> 00:07:37,723 THE NEXT DAY, YOUNGKIN HEADED OVER TO FOX NEWS SUNDAY AND USED 117 00:07:37,790 --> 00:07:39,091 MARTIN LUTHER KING TO DEFEND HIS ANTI-KNOWLEDGE AGENDA: 118 00:07:39,158 --> 00:07:40,793 >> AND THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING RING IN OUR 119 00:07:40,860 --> 00:07:45,298 EARS THAT WE MUST JUDGE ONE ANOTHER BY THE CONTENT OF OUR 120 00:07:45,364 --> 00:07:47,834 CHARACTER AND NOT THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN. 121 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:49,368 THIS IS WHAT WILL BE THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLE OF OUR 122 00:07:49,435 --> 00:07:51,938 EXECUTIVE ORDER, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN VIRGINIA SCHOOLS. 123 00:07:52,004 --> 00:07:53,372 >> STEPHEN: YOU THINK MARTIN LUTHER KING'S MESSAGE TO AMERICA 124 00:07:53,439 --> 00:07:58,277 IS, "DON'T TEACH CHILDREN ABOUT RACISM?" 125 00:07:58,344 --> 00:08:04,383 LET'S SEE IF HE AGREES. KING SAID, WHITES, IT MUST 126 00:08:04,450 --> 00:08:06,018 FRANKLY BE SAID, ARE NOT PUTTING IN A SIMILAR MASS EFFORT TO 127 00:08:06,085 --> 00:08:07,486 RE-EDUCATE THEMSELVES OUT OF THEIR RACIAL IGNORANCE. 128 00:08:07,553 --> 00:08:09,222 IT IS AN ASPECT OF THEIR SENSE OF SUPERIORITY THAT THE WHITE 129 00:08:09,288 --> 00:08:14,560 PEOPLE OF AMERICA BELIEVE THEY HAVE SO LITTLE TO LEARN. 130 00:08:14,627 --> 00:08:20,132 >> STEPHEN: WOW. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 131 00:08:20,199 --> 00:08:24,503 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SOUNDS LI LIKE -- 132 00:08:24,570 --> 00:08:26,572 THAT SOUNDS A LOT LIKE CRITICAL RACE THEORY. 133 00:08:26,639 --> 00:08:31,911 GLENN YOUNGKIN SHOULD STOP THEM FROM TEACHING ABOUT THAT GUY IN 134 00:08:31,978 --> 00:08:34,847 VIRGINIA SCHOOLS. BUT IT'S NOT JUST YOUR VOTES 135 00:08:34,914 --> 00:08:36,148 REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT TO COUNT. IT'S ALSO YOU. 136 00:08:36,215 --> 00:08:38,384 WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT CENSUS OFFICIALS WROTE A MEMO IN 2020, 137 00:08:38,451 --> 00:08:40,319 COMPLAINING OF UNPRECEDENTED MEDDLING BY THE FORMER 138 00:08:40,386 --> 00:08:44,624 PRESIDENT'S ADMINISTRATION IN THE 2020 CENSUS. 139 00:08:44,690 --> 00:08:46,792 IT MAKES SENSE. THE LAST GUY DOESN'T LIKE 140 00:08:46,859 --> 00:08:52,265 COUNTING ANYTHING: COVID INFECTIONS, POUNDS ON A SCALE, 141 00:08:52,331 --> 00:08:58,271 ERIC AS HIS SON. ( LAUGHTER ) 142 00:08:58,337 --> 00:09:02,575 THE MEMO DATES FROM THE FALL OF 2020, WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION 143 00:09:02,642 --> 00:09:08,080 WAS PRESSING THE CENSUS BUREAU TO END THE COUNT WEEKS EARLY. 144 00:09:08,147 --> 00:09:09,916 IF YOU END THE COUNT EARLY, YOU'RE NOT DOING A CENSUS. 145 00:09:09,982 --> 00:09:11,117 THANK GOD THESE PEOPLE WERE NEVER IN CHARGE OF A FIELD TRIP: 146 00:09:11,183 --> 00:09:14,787 (AS TEACHER) OK, IS EVERYONE BACK ON THE BUS? 147 00:09:14,854 --> 00:09:21,761 ONE, TWO, BORED OF COUNTING. FLOOR IT. 148 00:09:21,827 --> 00:09:25,765 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 149 00:09:25,831 --> 00:09:26,565 FINE! SHUSH! 150 00:09:26,632 --> 00:09:32,238 I'M DRINKING! QUIET! 151 00:09:32,305 --> 00:09:34,073 BUT IT WASN'T JUST MOVING UP THE DEADLINE. 152 00:09:34,140 --> 00:09:35,641 THE ADMINISTRATION WAS ADAMANT THAT, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, 153 00:09:35,708 --> 00:09:38,577 THE BUREAU SEPARATELY TALLY THE NUMBER OF UNDOCUMENTED 154 00:09:38,644 --> 00:09:42,581 IMMIGRANTS IN EACH STATE, AND HAD A FAR-REACHING PLAN TO SCOUR 155 00:09:42,648 --> 00:09:46,252 BILLIONS OF GOVERNMENT RECORDS FOR HINTS OF FOREIGNERS LIVING 156 00:09:46,319 --> 00:09:50,589 HERE, ILLEGALLY OR NOT. OOOH-- SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY WAS 157 00:09:50,656 --> 00:10:00,666 IN THE MARKET FOR A FOURTH WIF ( LAUGHTER ) 158 00:10:00,733 --> 00:10:02,568 BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO ADD THOSE IMMIGRANTS TO THE CENSUS, 159 00:10:02,635 --> 00:10:06,505 THEY WANTED TO EXCLUDE THEM, LEAVING AN OLDER AND WHITER 160 00:10:06,572 --> 00:10:07,940 POPULATION BASE IN STATES WITH LARGE IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS, 161 00:10:08,007 --> 00:10:09,375 SOMETHING THAT WAS PRESUMED TO WORK TO REPUBLICAN ADVANTAGE. 162 00:10:09,442 --> 00:10:10,843 EXCLUDE THE IMMIGRANTS AND INCLUDE AS MANY OLDER, WHITE 163 00:10:10,910 --> 00:10:14,146 AMERICANS AS POSSIBLE. A PROCESS WHICH WEDDING BANDS 164 00:10:14,213 --> 00:10:20,987 REFER TO AS "PLAYING A BILLY JOEL SONG." 165 00:10:21,053 --> 00:10:24,991 ( LAUGHTER ) ♪ SLOW DOWN YOU CRAZY CHILD ♪ 166 00:10:25,057 --> 00:10:30,563 ♪ YOU'RE SO AMBITIOUS FOR A -- ♪ I LOVE BILLY JOEL. 167 00:10:30,629 --> 00:10:32,098 THE CENSUS BUREAU PUSHED BACK HARD, TO THE POINT WHERE ONE 168 00:10:32,164 --> 00:10:33,332 EXPERT SAID THEIR EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF CENSUS 169 00:10:33,399 --> 00:10:34,667 OPERATIONS WERE NOTHING SHORT OF HEROIC. 170 00:10:34,734 --> 00:10:37,069 YES, AMERICA WAS SAVED BY THE LATEST SUPERHERO ADDITION TO THE 171 00:10:37,136 --> 00:10:46,278 M.C.U. -- CENSUSMAN! 172 00:10:46,345 --> 00:10:48,647 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HE WAS A NORMAL FATHER OF THREE 173 00:10:48,714 --> 00:10:50,583 RADIOACTIVE ACCOUNTANT. SPEAKING OF BUREAUCRATS, THE 174 00:10:50,649 --> 00:10:52,685 C.D.C. UPDATED THEIR COVID GUIDANCE TO SUGGEST THAT 175 00:10:52,752 --> 00:10:56,589 SCHOOLS CANCEL FOOTBALL AND BAND. 176 00:10:56,655 --> 00:10:58,624 BUT WITHOUT FOOTBALL AND BAND, HOW WILL OUR KIDS LEARN THE 177 00:10:58,691 --> 00:11:02,561 LESSONS YOU CAN ONLY GET FROM A FOOTBALL PLAYER STUFFING YOU 178 00:11:02,628 --> 00:11:04,263 INTO A CELLO CASE? ( LAUGHTER ) 179 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:06,565 SO FAR, SCHOOLS HAVE RESISTED THE GUIDELINES, SAYING THEY ARE 180 00:11:06,632 --> 00:11:10,636 UNREALISTIC. ACCORDING TO ONE FORMER C.D. C. 181 00:11:10,703 --> 00:11:14,573 ADVISOR: YOU'VE GOT NERDS, LITERALLY SCIENCE NERDS, WHO ARE 182 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:16,575 WRITING THESE THINGS. ALSO EXPLAINS THIS GUIDANCE FROM 183 00:11:16,642 --> 00:11:21,180 THE WEBSITE: AVOID HIGH-RISK ACTIVITIES SUCH 184 00:11:21,247 --> 00:11:24,417 AS EYE CONTACT WITH THE PRETTY GIRLS, QUESTIONS ABOUT 'THE GAME 185 00:11:24,483 --> 00:11:26,152 LAST NIGHT,' AND ANY CLASSROOM SITUATION IN WHICH YOUR BONER 186 00:11:26,218 --> 00:11:30,189 MAY BE VISIBLE THROUGH YOUR DOCKERS. 187 00:11:30,256 --> 00:11:31,357 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 188 00:11:31,424 --> 00:11:37,430 THAT'S A BRAND FLAME. CAPITAL D ON THAT DOCKERS. 189 00:11:37,496 --> 00:11:38,497 TM. TM. 190 00:11:38,564 --> 00:11:39,698 YOU CAN'T BLAME THE C.D.C. FOR BEING CAREFUL, THOUGH. 191 00:11:39,765 --> 00:11:42,301 WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT LONGTERM COVID EFFECTS AND THEY 192 00:11:42,368 --> 00:11:45,504 ARE NOT GOOD. FOR INSTANCE, SCIENTISTS HAVE 193 00:11:45,571 --> 00:11:49,108 DETERMINED THAT 'COVID DICK' IS REAL. 194 00:11:49,175 --> 00:11:54,213 YES, BUT HE PREFERS TO BE CALLED RON DESANTIS. 195 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:55,815 ( LAUGHTER ) ( PIANO RIFF ) 196 00:11:55,881 --> 00:11:56,615 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU. 197 00:11:56,682 --> 00:12:02,088 >> Jon: OH! >> Stephen: THANK YOU. 198 00:12:02,154 --> 00:12:04,023 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WOW! 199 00:12:04,090 --> 00:12:10,296 I REBOOTED YA WITH THAT JOKE! A STUDY FROM NOVEMBER FOUND THAT 200 00:12:10,362 --> 00:12:13,999 MEN WHO CAUGHT COVID WERE ABOUT THREE TIMES AS LIKELY TO DEVELOP 201 00:12:14,066 --> 00:12:19,472 A NEW CASE OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AS THOSE WHO DIDN'T. 202 00:12:19,538 --> 00:12:23,375 OK, QUESTION: CAN I GET A FEW MORE BOOSTERS JUST TO BE SAFE? 203 00:12:23,442 --> 00:12:24,577 ( LAUGHTER ) DO THEY HAVE A PFIZER I.V.? 204 00:12:24,643 --> 00:12:27,480 SHOULD MY PENIS BE WEARING A MASK? 205 00:12:27,546 --> 00:12:31,417 WITH BEST PRACTICES IS ALL I WANT TO KNOW. 206 00:12:31,484 --> 00:12:36,188 LUCKILY, THE CONDITION DOESN'T APPEAR TO AFFECT A HUGE 207 00:12:36,255 --> 00:12:37,456 PROPORTION OF MEN. OK, NOT GREAT FOR PEOPLE TRYING 208 00:12:37,523 --> 00:12:38,691 COMFORT A STRUGGLING PARTNER-- (AS PARTNER) 209 00:12:38,757 --> 00:12:40,693 DON'T WORRY DARLING, THIS HAPPENS TO EVERY, WELL ACTUALLY 210 00:12:40,759 --> 00:12:45,631 IT HAPPENS TO ALMOST NO ONE. THIS IS REALLY JUST YOU. 211 00:12:45,698 --> 00:12:46,966 ( LAUGHTER ) THANKFULLY, MALE SEXUAL ISSUES 212 00:12:47,032 --> 00:12:50,836 CAUSED BY COVID CAN BE TREATED. ACCORDING TO ONE UROLOGIST, ALL 213 00:12:50,903 --> 00:12:57,309 IT TAKES IS PENILE REHAB. ( LAUGHTER ) 214 00:12:57,376 --> 00:13:02,181 AND TO GET THE PENIS TO REALIZE IT HAS A PROBLEM, YOU MIGHT NEED 215 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:03,582 A PENILE INTERVENTION. DEAR PENIS, IT MAKES ME SAD TO 216 00:13:03,649 --> 00:13:10,256 SEE YOU LAYING AROUND DOING NOTHING. 217 00:13:10,322 --> 00:13:12,625 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 218 00:13:12,691 --> 00:13:14,560 I WANT YOU TO GET HELP SO THAT ONE DAY, TOGETHER, WE CAN GET 219 00:13:14,627 --> 00:13:20,299 BACK TO HEARING THAT BEAUTIFUL SOUND: BOI-OI-OI- ING. 220 00:13:20,366 --> 00:13:23,335 ( LAUGHTER ) WE HAVE A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 221 00:13:23,402 --> 00:13:26,305 TONIGHT! MY GUEST IS SENATOR ELIZABETH 222 00:13:26,372 --> 00:13:29,041 WARREN! BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I TELL 223 00:13:29,108 --> 00:13:31,477 YOU EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT MODERN ROMANCE. 224 00:14:01,307 --> 00:14:03,842 >> Stephen: JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN." 225 00:14:03,909 --> 00:14:14,386 HELLO, MY FRIENDS. HELLO, JON. 226 00:14:14,453 --> 00:14:19,124 ( JON SINGING ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 227 00:14:19,191 --> 00:14:21,260 >> Stephen: HOW YOU DOING, JON? 228 00:14:21,327 --> 00:14:23,429 >> Jon: I'M GOOD. I'M OPTIMISTIC. 229 00:14:23,495 --> 00:14:26,332 >> Stephen: YOU'RE OPTIMISTIC? >> Jon: I'M OPTIMISTIC. 230 00:14:26,398 --> 00:14:27,933 >> Stephen: I REALLY LIKE THAT. 231 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,268 GIVE ME A HIT OF THAT OPTIMISM. >> Jon: YOU'VE GOT TO STAY 232 00:14:29,335 --> 00:14:32,705 OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF 233 00:14:32,771 --> 00:14:34,373 DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL, BABY. 234 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:39,745 >> Stephen: FOR THY ROD AND STAFF, THEY COMFORT ME. 235 00:14:39,812 --> 00:14:44,016 THERE YOU GO. WE HAVE AN OPTIMIST ON THE SHOW 236 00:14:44,083 --> 00:14:45,884 TONIGHT. SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN IS HERE 237 00:14:45,951 --> 00:14:48,687 TONIGHT. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 238 00:14:48,754 --> 00:14:52,258 OPTIMISTS, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING RIGHT HERE. 239 00:14:52,324 --> 00:14:55,961 SO, HERE'S THE DEAL IS THAT SHE IS -- HOW MANY TIMES? 240 00:14:56,028 --> 00:14:58,297 THIS IS THE NINTH TIME SHE'S BEEN ON THE SHOW. 241 00:14:58,364 --> 00:15:05,371 THOSE ARE SOME JOHN OLIVER, NEIL TYSON NUMBERS. 242 00:15:05,437 --> 00:15:06,972 SHE'S PUTTING POINTS ON THE BOARD. 243 00:15:07,039 --> 00:15:09,141 I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO HER. 244 00:15:09,208 --> 00:15:13,612 HE SAID TO ME, HEY, MENTION THE PODCAST. 245 00:15:13,679 --> 00:15:18,550 AND HE ALSO SAID ON THE ELEVATOR, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 246 00:15:18,617 --> 00:15:28,894 THE OTHER THING, BUT HE SAID AS LONG AS YOU MENTION THE PODCAST. 247 00:15:28,961 --> 00:15:35,901 WE HAVE THE ENTIRE AUDIO OF THIS SHOW, SO IT'S EVERYTHING YOU 248 00:15:35,968 --> 00:15:38,337 LOVE ABOUT THE SHOW AND A LITTLE LESS. 249 00:15:38,404 --> 00:15:41,106 BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT SHOW UP IN THE PODCAST THAT AREN'T IN 250 00:15:41,173 --> 00:15:44,543 THE SHOW. ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID ABOUT 251 00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:47,646 ME NOT BEING GOOD FOR THE NEXT VARIANT IS PROBABLY NOT IN THE 252 00:15:47,713 --> 00:15:49,648 SHOW, BUT PROBABLY IN THE PODCAST. 253 00:15:49,715 --> 00:15:51,150 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO LET'S DO THAT. 254 00:15:51,216 --> 00:15:55,754 LET'S TAKE THAT OUT SO PEOPLE GO WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT THE 255 00:15:55,821 --> 00:15:58,290 VARIANTS? HE'LL HAVE TO GO TO THE PODCAST 256 00:15:58,357 --> 00:16:02,561 TO FIND OUT WHAT I SAID. ( PIANO RIFF ) 257 00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:12,171 I'M TCB-ING IT RIGHT THERE! FOLKS, IF YOU KNOW ONE THING 258 00:16:12,237 --> 00:16:13,305 ABOUT ME, YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE LOVING LOVE. 259 00:16:13,372 --> 00:16:14,573 IN FACT, SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE "ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE." 260 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:18,410 I JUST MADE THAT UP. ( LAUGHTER ) 261 00:16:18,477 --> 00:16:20,879 BUT THESE DAYS, ROMANCE IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING, WITH NEW 262 00:16:20,946 --> 00:16:22,281 TERMS FOR HARD-TO-UNDERSTAND MODERN RELATIONSHIPS EMERGING AT 263 00:16:22,348 --> 00:16:26,852 A BLISTERING PACE. AND I LIKE TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT 264 00:16:26,919 --> 00:16:30,589 THEM IN MY RECURRING SEGMENT: "ROMANSPLAINING" 265 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:45,537 ( SEXY SAX MUSIC ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 266 00:16:45,604 --> 00:16:46,939 ( SEXY SAX MUSIC ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 267 00:16:47,005 --> 00:16:48,574 >> STEPHEN: FIRST UP IN THE LOVE FEST, EXPERTS TELL US THAT THE 268 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:52,277 HOT NEW RELATIONSHIP TERM IS OUTERCOURSE. 269 00:16:52,344 --> 00:16:54,546 WHICH I FIRST ASSUMED WAS WHEN A BASEBALL GAME GETS SO BORING THE 270 00:16:54,613 --> 00:16:59,051 OUTFIELDERS START DRY HUMPING THEIR GLOVE. 271 00:16:59,118 --> 00:17:00,219 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT OUTERCOURSE IS, APPARENTLY, 272 00:17:00,285 --> 00:17:03,255 A CATCH-ALL TERM FOR FORMS OF NONPENETRATIVE SEX. 273 00:17:03,322 --> 00:17:06,558 AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BLOW UP THIS YEAR. 274 00:17:06,625 --> 00:17:08,794 AS ONE EXPERT PUT IT YOU'VE HEARD OF INTERCOURSE, NOW 275 00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:12,364 IT'S TIME TO ACQUAINT YOURSELF WITH ITS NOT-SO- DISTANT COUSIN. 276 00:17:12,431 --> 00:17:14,566 CUZ NOTHING SAYS, 'SEXY' LIKE ACQUAINTING YOURSELF WITH A 277 00:17:14,633 --> 00:17:22,307 NOT-SO-DISTANT COUSIN. ( LAUGHTER ) 278 00:17:22,374 --> 00:17:26,078 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NEXT UP -- WEDDINGS ARE 279 00:17:26,145 --> 00:17:28,280 DANGEROUS. NEXT UP, IN THE TUNNEL OF LOVE 280 00:17:28,347 --> 00:17:30,749 IS THE EXCITING NEW TERM "WANDERLOVE," ESSENTIALLY CODE 281 00:17:30,816 --> 00:17:34,286 FOR A HOLIDAY ROMANCE SUCH AS A TRYST ON THE BEACH BLOSSOMING 282 00:17:34,353 --> 00:17:37,055 INTO A RELATIONSHIP. AS OPPOSED TO WHAT A TRYST ON 283 00:17:37,122 --> 00:17:41,894 THE BEACH USUALLY BLOSSOMS INTO: HERPES. 284 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,964 ( LAUGHTER ) ALSO, SAND IN THE CRANNIES. 285 00:17:46,031 --> 00:17:46,932 ( LAUGHTER ) ANOTHER HOT TREND IN DATING IS 286 00:17:46,999 --> 00:17:50,569 NOT DATING AT ALL. APPARENTLY, MANY PEOPLE ARE 287 00:17:50,636 --> 00:17:53,972 TRYING OUT BEING SOMETHING THEY NOW CALL, 'CONSCIOUSLY SINGLE.' 288 00:17:54,039 --> 00:17:58,277 BECAUSE THAT SOUNDS WAY BETTER THAN "INVOLUNTARILY UNDATEABLE." 289 00:17:58,343 --> 00:18:01,747 ( LAUGHTER ) BEING CONSCIOUSLY SINGLE, MEANS 290 00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:04,283 EMBRACING THE PERKS OF NOT HAVING A SIGNIFICANT OTHER. 291 00:18:04,349 --> 00:18:06,985 THE BIGGEST PERK: PRESSING PLAY NEXT EPISODE AND NOT HAVING IT 292 00:18:07,052 --> 00:18:10,289 PLAY EPISODE EIGHT FOR SOME REASON. 293 00:18:10,355 --> 00:18:16,228 I THOUGHT WE WERE WATCHING YELLOW JACKETS TOGETHER, HONEY 294 00:18:16,295 --> 00:18:18,564 ( LAUGHTER ) FINALLY, THOSE LOOKING FOR LOVE 295 00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:24,703 MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN LETTING GO OF YOUR TYPE FOR 2022. 296 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:26,572 CALLED UNTYPING. A MOVE PERHAPS INSPIRED BY KIM 297 00:18:26,638 --> 00:18:30,209 KARDASHIAN AND PETE DAVIDSON. ( LAUGHTER ) 298 00:18:30,275 --> 00:18:35,614 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) MAKES SENSE. 299 00:18:35,681 --> 00:18:38,550 BECAUSE, AT THIS RATE, BY THE END OF 2022, EVERY ONE OF US 300 00:18:38,617 --> 00:18:42,521 WILL HAVE DATED PETE DAVIDSON. ( LAUGHTER ) 301 00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:45,157 OF COURSE, THERE ARE MANY OTHER KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS OUT THERE 302 00:18:45,224 --> 00:18:47,092 THAT HAVE NO NAME. YET. 303 00:18:47,159 --> 00:18:50,229 TONIGHT, I ROMANSPLAIN THEM TO YOU. 304 00:18:50,295 --> 00:18:52,297 FIRST UP, IF YOU'RE NOT READY FOR OUTERCOURSE, TRY 305 00:18:52,364 --> 00:19:02,174 'INTRA'-COURSE, WHICH IS WHEN YOU -- 306 00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:04,276 ( LAUGHTER ) I JUST REMEMBERED WHERE THIS 307 00:19:04,343 --> 00:19:08,580 JOKE IS GOING. ( LAUGHTER ) 308 00:19:08,647 --> 00:19:10,315 'INTRA'-COURSE, WHICH IS WHEN YOU GET IT ON WITH YOUR ENTIRE 309 00:19:10,382 --> 00:19:15,521 INTRAMURAL SOFTBALL LEAGUE. ( LAUGHTER ) 310 00:19:15,587 --> 00:19:19,024 IN THIS GAME, ALL THE BALLS ARE FOUL. 311 00:19:19,091 --> 00:19:20,492 ( LAUGHTER ) AND IF WANDER-LOVE ISN'T REALLY 312 00:19:20,559 --> 00:19:21,860 FOR YOU, TRY WANDA-LOVE, WHICH IS WHEN YOU HAVE A NICE 313 00:19:21,927 --> 00:19:25,631 CANDLE-LIT DINNER WITH WANDA SYKES. 314 00:19:25,697 --> 00:19:26,565 ( LAUGHTER ) DOESN'T HAVE TO GET PHYSICAL. 315 00:19:26,632 --> 00:19:28,700 SHE'S JUST A DELIGHTFUL CONVERSATIONALIST. 316 00:19:28,767 --> 00:19:30,903 AND IF YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN BEING CONSCIOUSLY SINGLE, WHY 317 00:19:30,969 --> 00:19:34,773 NOT TRY BEING UNCONSCIOUSLY UNCOUPLED? 318 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:38,577 WHICH IS WHEN YOUR PARTNER DIVORCES YOU WHILE YOU'RE IN A 319 00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:46,585 COMA. ( LAUGHTER ) 320 00:19:46,652 --> 00:19:50,722 ABANDONMENT NOT YOUR CUP OF TEA? NO PROBLEM, TRY A FLEASOME, 321 00:19:50,789 --> 00:19:52,524 WHICH IS WHEN YOU AND YOUR PARTNER WANT TO SPICE THINGS UP 322 00:19:52,591 --> 00:19:54,159 IN BED, SO YOU INVITE THE BASSIST FROM THE 323 00:19:54,226 --> 00:19:58,297 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS. IF YOU LIKE THE WAY HE SLAPS 324 00:19:58,363 --> 00:20:04,303 THAT BASS, WAIT 'TIL YOU SEE HOW HE TAPS THAT ASS. 325 00:20:04,369 --> 00:20:06,238 THAT'S IT FOR ROMANCE PLANNING WITH STEPHEN COLBERT THAT'S ME. 326 00:20:06,305 --> 00:20:10,275 JOIN ME NEXT TIME WHEN I GIVE YOU 10 TIPS THAT WILL DRIVE HIM CRAZY 327 00:20:10,342 --> 00:20:14,880 IN BED. NUMBER ONE, SPRINKLE HIS PILLOW IN MERCURY. 328 00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:18,283 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WIITH SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN. 329 00:20:39,571 --> 00:20:41,807 >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY! 330 00:20:41,873 --> 00:20:43,976 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY GUEST TONIGHT IS A TWO -TERM 331 00:20:44,042 --> 00:20:50,983 US SENATOR FROM THE GREAT STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS AND A FORMER 332 00:20:51,049 --> 00:20:54,786 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE 333 00:20:54,853 --> 00:21:02,894 SHOW," SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 334 00:21:02,961 --> 00:21:17,843 ( BAND PLAYING ) >> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH. 335 00:21:17,909 --> 00:21:19,177 ( BAND PLAYING ) >> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH. 336 00:21:19,244 --> 00:21:22,447 IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. IT'S ALWAYS A SHOT IN THE ARM TO 337 00:21:22,514 --> 00:21:23,682 HAVE YOU HERE. >> YOU BET. 338 00:21:23,749 --> 00:21:27,085 I'LL SHOOT YOUR ARM ANYTIME. I'M READY. 339 00:21:27,152 --> 00:21:30,188 >> Stephen: YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND BRUCE I JUST LEARNED GOT 340 00:21:30,255 --> 00:21:31,256 COVID IN DECEMBER. >> YES. 341 00:21:31,323 --> 00:21:32,624 >> Stephen: HOW DID IT FEEL AND HOW ARE YOU DOING? 342 00:21:32,691 --> 00:21:35,994 >> I WAS KIND OF FLUSH FOR ABOUT A DAY AND A HALF AND THAT'S IT. 343 00:21:36,061 --> 00:21:37,963 I'M DONE. >> Stephen: YOU BOOSTED AND 344 00:21:38,030 --> 00:21:39,831 EVERYTHING? >> YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S THE 345 00:21:39,898 --> 00:21:43,335 DEAL, THAT VACCINE PLUS THE BOOSTER MEANS THAT, WHEN YOU GET 346 00:21:43,402 --> 00:21:46,772 SICK, YOU JUST GET A LITTLE BIT SICK, FOR MOST PEOPLE. 347 00:21:46,838 --> 00:21:49,474 SO EVERYBODY, GET VACCINATED, GET YOUR BOOSTER. 348 00:21:49,541 --> 00:21:51,410 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NOW, EVERYBODY 349 00:21:51,476 --> 00:21:54,346 HERE -- EVERYBODY HERE IS VACCINATED. 350 00:21:54,413 --> 00:21:57,015 THESE ARE "IT" GETTERS RIGHT HERE. 351 00:21:57,082 --> 00:21:58,684 >> GOOD, GOOD. >> Stephen: HOW LONG WERE YOU 352 00:21:58,750 --> 00:22:01,119 HOME? HOW LONG WERE YOU ISOLATED? 353 00:22:01,186 --> 00:22:03,855 >> OH, WELL YOU HAVE TO ISOLATE, BACK THEN, FOR TEN DAYS BEFORE 354 00:22:03,922 --> 00:22:05,957 THEY CHANGED IT TO FIVE. >> Stephen: BAILEY MUST HAVE 355 00:22:06,024 --> 00:22:09,194 BEEN HAPPY TO HAVE YOU GUYS AROUND ALL THE TIME. 356 00:22:09,261 --> 00:22:14,433 >> YOU KNOW, BAILEY WANTS US THERE 24-7 AT HIS BECK AND CALL, 357 00:22:14,499 --> 00:22:18,103 AND THE PARTS HE DIDN'T LIKE WAS THAT WE COULDN'T TAKE HIM 358 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:21,206 EVERYWHERE WHERE HE LIKES TO GO, BUT WE COULD TAKE HIM OUTSIDE 359 00:22:21,273 --> 00:22:24,476 FOR GOOD WALKS. BAILEY IS -- YOU KNOW, HE'S A 360 00:22:24,543 --> 00:22:26,511 DOG WHO HAS CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS. 361 00:22:26,578 --> 00:22:30,515 >> Stephen: HAS HE STOLEN ANY BURRITOS, RECENTLY? 362 00:22:30,582 --> 00:22:34,619 HE'S A BURRITO THIEF, HE LEARNED THIS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. 363 00:22:34,686 --> 00:22:38,690 >> HE IS, AND WE TRY TO KEEP OUR HOUSE A BURRITO-FREE ZONE 364 00:22:38,757 --> 00:22:40,659 BECAUSE OF BAILEY. >> Stephen: EXACTLY, YOU DON'T 365 00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:42,794 WANT TO TEMPT HIM. >> EXACTLY. 366 00:22:42,861 --> 00:22:44,262 >> Stephen: OKAY. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE VOTING 367 00:22:44,329 --> 00:22:49,000 RIGHTS ACT THAT'S GOING TO COME UP BEFORE THE SENATE TOMORROW? 368 00:22:49,067 --> 00:22:51,236 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: TOMORROW. 369 00:22:51,303 --> 00:22:52,938 OKAY. IN 1957, MARTIN LUTHER KING 370 00:22:53,004 --> 00:22:57,209 CALLED VOTER RESTRICTIONS "A TRAGIC BETRAYAL OF THE HIGHEST 371 00:22:57,275 --> 00:23:02,280 MAN DATES OF OUR -- MANDATES OF OUR DEMOCRATIC TRADITION" AND 372 00:23:02,347 --> 00:23:08,386 THEN TOMORROW YOU VOTE ON THE FREEDOM TO VOTE, THE JOHN R. 373 00:23:08,453 --> 00:23:12,023 LEWIS ACT. HOW DID WE GET BACK HERE TO WHEN 374 00:23:12,090 --> 00:23:14,926 WE NEED IT? >> WHEN DR. KING SPOKE, IT WAS 375 00:23:14,993 --> 00:23:19,498 TRULY THE CASE BECAUSE OF RESTRICTIVE STATE LAWS THAT, 376 00:23:19,564 --> 00:23:22,768 PRINCIPALLY, AFRICAN -AMERICANS WERE DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO 377 00:23:22,834 --> 00:23:24,770 VOTE. SOME OTHER GROUPS WERE KEPT OUT, 378 00:23:24,836 --> 00:23:29,808 BUT THAT WAS THE PRINCIPAL AIM. MID 1960 PASSED THE SOARGTS ACT, 379 00:23:29,875 --> 00:23:34,012 AND IT OPENED UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE AMERICAN CITIZENS TO 380 00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:38,917 VOTE, AND VOTING INCREASED OVER TIME AND, FRANKLY, THAT'S WHERE 381 00:23:38,984 --> 00:23:43,155 WE WOULD HAVE LEFT EVERYTHING. BUT THEN AN EXTREMIST UNITED 382 00:23:43,221 --> 00:23:45,423 STATES SUPREME COURT A FEW YEARS AGO GUTTED THE VOTING RIGHTS 383 00:23:45,490 --> 00:23:52,330 ACT, BUT THAT ALL BY ITSELF JUST OPENED THE DOOR TO RESTRICTING 384 00:23:52,397 --> 00:23:54,866 VOTING. DONALD TRUMP, WHEN HE LOST THE 385 00:23:54,933 --> 00:23:59,004 ELECTION, HE TOOK MILLIONS OF PEOPLE DOWN THE DARK HOLE OF THE 386 00:23:59,070 --> 00:24:06,778 BIG LIE, AND NOW WE'VE GOT REPUBLICAN STATE LEGISLATURES 387 00:24:06,845 --> 00:24:10,282 ALL AROUND THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE TRYING TO OUTDO EACH OTHER TO 388 00:24:10,348 --> 00:24:16,421 KEEP PEOPLE OF COLOR FROM VOTING, TO KEEP 389 00:24:16,488 --> 00:24:19,724 AFRICAN-AMERICANS FROM VOTING, LATINOS AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON 390 00:24:19,791 --> 00:24:23,495 TRIBAL LANDS AND KEDGE STUDENTS FROM VOTING. 391 00:24:23,562 --> 00:24:26,264 ANYONE THEY CAN IDENTIFY WHO IS LIKELY TO VOTE DEMOCRATIC, 392 00:24:26,331 --> 00:24:28,667 THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PUT RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE 393 00:24:28,733 --> 00:24:32,337 SO THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO VOTE. >> Stephen: BEFORE THE GUTTING 394 00:24:32,404 --> 00:24:35,473 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT BY THE ROBERTS COURT, THAT WOULD HAVE 395 00:24:35,540 --> 00:24:38,109 HAD TO GO BEFORE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE NINE 396 00:24:38,176 --> 00:24:40,612 STATEMENTS THAT HISTORICALLY PASSED MOST OF THESE NOW THEY 397 00:24:40,679 --> 00:24:43,815 CAN JUST DO IT WITHOUT REVIEW. >> NOW THEY CAN JUST DO IT 398 00:24:43,882 --> 00:24:46,318 WITHOUT REVIEW, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 399 00:24:46,384 --> 00:24:48,720 AND, BOY, HAVE THEY GOTTEN IT ON. 400 00:24:48,787 --> 00:24:51,323 THEY ARE OUT THERE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP 401 00:24:51,389 --> 00:24:56,161 PEOPLE FROM VOTING, TO KEEP THOSE VOTES FROM BEING COUNTED 402 00:24:56,228 --> 00:25:03,501 ANDO TO GERRYMANDER WITH SUCH SURGICAL PRECISION THAT AN EVER 403 00:25:03,568 --> 00:25:05,237 SHRINKING MINORITY OF REPUBLICANS WILL ACTUALLY 404 00:25:05,303 --> 00:25:12,777 CONTROL NOT ONLY THE STATE LEGISLATURE BUT ALL SEATS IN 405 00:25:12,844 --> 00:25:15,113 CONGRESS AND ULTIMATELY DISTORT ELECTION OF PRESIDENT OF THE 406 00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:18,283 UNITED STATES. >> Stephen: NOW THIS PAST 407 00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:21,219 YEAR, THERE WERE 19 STATES THAT PASSED 34 LAWS, BUT IT WAS 408 00:25:21,286 --> 00:25:23,755 ALREADY A PROBLEM BEFORE THIS LATEST CRISIS IN THE PAST YEAR 409 00:25:23,822 --> 00:25:28,960 WHERE, AS YOU SAID, BEING LED DOWN A DARK ROAD BASED ON THIS 410 00:25:29,027 --> 00:25:30,962 BIG LIE. A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO WHEN I 411 00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:36,268 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW THEN PRESIDENT -ELECT BIDEN, ONE 412 00:25:36,334 --> 00:25:39,471 OF THE THINGS I ASKED HIM WAS, IN YOUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, 413 00:25:39,537 --> 00:25:42,274 VOTING RIGHTS HAS TO BE FIRST, RIGHT, BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE 414 00:25:42,340 --> 00:25:48,480 YOU WANT TO DO IS FOR NAUGHT UNLESS YOU GET THE VOTING RIGHTS 415 00:25:48,546 --> 00:25:52,183 FIRST BECAUSE IT WILL JUST BE REVERSED BY THE NEXT PERSON WHO 416 00:25:52,250 --> 00:25:58,390 COMES IN BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE ACTUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE 417 00:25:58,456 --> 00:26:00,692 AMERICAN PEOPLE IF THE VOTING RIGHTS RESTRICTIONS GO THROUGH. 418 00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:03,662 WHY IS IT WHERE IT IS? >> BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH 419 00:26:03,728 --> 00:26:07,065 VOTES. LOOK, I WISH IT WERE OTHERWISE. 420 00:26:07,132 --> 00:26:12,771 HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS, WE FINALLY HAVE 50 -- COUNT THEM ALL 50 -- 421 00:26:12,837 --> 00:26:15,307 DEMOCRATS IN THE SAME PLACE ON WHAT THE VOTING RIGHTS 422 00:26:15,373 --> 00:26:17,575 PROTECTION SHOULD LOOK LIKE. UNDERSTAND THIS, THAT PART BY 423 00:26:17,642 --> 00:26:22,013 ITSELF WAS NOT EASY AND PART OF THE REASON IT'S NOT EASY IS 424 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,884 EVERY TIME WE WOULD THINK NOW WE HAVE THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO 425 00:26:25,951 --> 00:26:29,054 OUTLAW, THE REPUBLICANS IN SOME STATE WOULD FIGURE OUT SOMETHING 426 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:33,224 ELSE YOU COULD DO. LIKE IF PEOPLE WERE WAITING TWO 427 00:26:33,291 --> 00:26:36,661 HOURS IN THE HOT SUN IN GEORGIA LET'S MAKE THAT ILLEGAL TO GIVE 428 00:26:36,728 --> 00:26:39,831 THEM A DRINK OF WATER. SO WE HAD TO FINALLY KEEP 429 00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:43,101 CHANGING THE FEDERAL LAWS AND GOT THE BILL IN PLACE. 430 00:26:43,168 --> 00:26:48,039 WHEN THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT PASSED ORIGINALLY, IT WAS 431 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:53,244 FILIBUSTERED AND HARD FOUGHT. WHEN IT WAS RE-UPPED IN THE 432 00:26:53,311 --> 00:26:56,681 1990s, 98 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE VOTED IN FAVOR OF 433 00:26:56,748 --> 00:26:58,416 IT. NOW WE HAVE NOT ONE SINGLE 434 00:26:58,483 --> 00:27:03,888 REPUBLICAN, NOT ONE WHO WILL VOTE TO PROTECT THE VOTE IN 435 00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:06,858 AMERICA. SO WE'VE GOT 50 DEMOCRATS WHO 436 00:27:06,925 --> 00:27:10,862 SAY THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PICK THIS UP AND DO IT BY 437 00:27:10,929 --> 00:27:13,565 OURSELVES. THAT'S THE SKINNIEST MAJORITY 438 00:27:13,631 --> 00:27:16,301 YOU CAN V BUT WE CAN DO THAT. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS CAN BREAK 439 00:27:16,368 --> 00:27:21,239 THE TIE, WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BUT WE HAVE STUMBLED ON 440 00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:26,911 THE FILIBUSTER, THIS RULE THAT HAS ITS ROOTS IN RACISM AS A WAY 441 00:27:26,978 --> 00:27:33,485 TO TRY TO BLOCK -- IT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN USED TO TRY TO 442 00:27:33,551 --> 00:27:36,488 BLOCK CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 50 443 00:27:36,554 --> 00:27:40,425 REPUBLICANS ALL STANDING FIRM WITH THAT FILIBUSTER BECAUSE IT 444 00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:43,228 GIVES MITCH McCONNELL A VETO, BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT TWO DEMOCRATS 445 00:27:43,294 --> 00:27:47,832 WHO ARE WITH THEM, AND THAT MEANS WE CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES. 446 00:27:47,899 --> 00:27:50,835 >> Stephen: BUT CERTAINLY THE EXISTENCE OF THE FILIBUSTER IS 447 00:27:50,902 --> 00:27:52,170 NO SURPRISE. >> NO. 448 00:27:52,237 --> 00:27:54,139 >> Stephen: AND THE, YOU KNOW, STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER BY 449 00:27:54,205 --> 00:27:57,675 THE REPUBLICANS IS NOT NECESSARILY A SURPRISE. 450 00:27:57,742 --> 00:28:01,046 IF YOU KNOW THAT THE VOTE WON'T PASS TOMORROW, WHAT IS THE 451 00:28:01,112 --> 00:28:04,883 PURPOSE, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF ACTUALLY HOLDING THE VOTE? 452 00:28:04,949 --> 00:28:07,719 >> SO I WANT TO BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. 453 00:28:07,786 --> 00:28:12,157 THE FACT THAT 50 REPUBLICANS WILL STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, 454 00:28:12,223 --> 00:28:15,160 LOOK YOU RIGHT IN THE EYE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST FINE 455 00:28:15,226 --> 00:28:19,731 WITH ME TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM GOING TO THE POLLS IF THEY MIGHT 456 00:28:19,798 --> 00:28:24,269 VOTE DEMOCRATIC, IT'S JUST FINE WITH ME TO SAY THAT IF A 457 00:28:24,335 --> 00:28:28,106 REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE DOESN'T LIKE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE IN 458 00:28:28,173 --> 00:28:32,110 THEIR STATE VOTED MAJORITY DEMOCRATIC THAT, NONETHELESS, 459 00:28:32,177 --> 00:28:36,881 THEY PLAN TO KEEP CONTROL THEMSELVES AND NOT COUNT THOSE 460 00:28:36,948 --> 00:28:40,351 VOTES. IT'S JUST FINE WITH THEM TO 461 00:28:40,418 --> 00:28:44,823 GERRYMANDER SO THAT A SMALLER AND MORE EXTREMIST MAJORITY CAN 462 00:28:44,889 --> 00:28:49,227 CONTINUE TO CONTROL -- MINORITY CAN CONTINUE TO CONTROL OVER THE 463 00:28:49,294 --> 00:28:52,630 MAJORITY IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE 464 00:28:52,697 --> 00:28:54,199 SHOULD JUST SAY, HEY, THAT'S OKAY. 465 00:28:54,265 --> 00:28:58,069 ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES IN AMERICA HAS NOW SAID 466 00:28:58,136 --> 00:29:04,576 THAT IT IS THEIR POLICY TO WIN BY KEEPING AMERICAN CITIZENS 467 00:29:04,642 --> 00:29:08,780 FROM VOTING, AND WE OUGHT TO PUT THEM ON THE RECORD, MAKE THEM 468 00:29:08,847 --> 00:29:12,317 VOTE ON THAT, MAKE A RECORD OF THAT AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE 469 00:29:12,383 --> 00:29:16,488 IN THE NEXT ELECTION. ENOUGH. 470 00:29:16,554 --> 00:29:17,789 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A 471 00:29:17,856 --> 00:29:21,793 QUICK BREAK, BUT STICK AROUND. WHEN WE COME BACK, THE SENATOR 472 00:29:21,860 --> 00:29:26,631 AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OR FAILURE OF THE FILIBUSTER. 473 00:29:34,005 --> 00:29:37,075 HEY, EVERYBODY! WE'RE BACK WITH 474 00:29:37,142 --> 00:29:42,213 SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN. OKAY, SO THERE ARE, AGAIN, THESE 475 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:49,454 19 STATES AND THESE 34 BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED. 476 00:29:49,521 --> 00:29:53,992 THINGS ARE BAD, THINGS ARE VERY BAD IN 1965. 477 00:29:54,058 --> 00:29:55,093 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: THAT VOTE HAPPENED 478 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:56,528 IN THE WAKE OF BLOODSY SUNDAY. >> YEAH. 479 00:29:56,594 --> 00:29:59,564 >> Stephen: ARE THINGS GOING TO HAVE TO GET MUCH WORSE BEFORE 480 00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:03,668 THEY GET ANY BETTER? WHAT IS GOING TO BREAK, IN YOUR 481 00:30:03,735 --> 00:30:05,937 OPINION, THIS MORAL FAILING, THIS DEADLOCK? 482 00:30:06,004 --> 00:30:10,608 I DON'T KNOW, BUT LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY -- WE MAY NOT BE ABLE 483 00:30:10,675 --> 00:30:15,413 TO CARRY THIS VOTE TOMORROW OR ON WEDNESDAY, BUT IF WE DON'T 484 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:19,284 CARRY IT ON WEDNESDAY, THEN WE GET BACK UP ON THURSDAY AND GET 485 00:30:19,350 --> 00:30:22,020 RIGHT BACK IN THE FIGHT. AND IF WE DON'T CARRY IT IN 486 00:30:22,086 --> 00:30:26,724 THURSDAY, THEN WE GET BACK IN THE FIGHT ON FRIDAY, AND WE GET 487 00:30:26,791 --> 00:30:29,994 BACK ON THE FIGHT ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. 488 00:30:30,061 --> 00:30:32,864 ( APPLAUSE ) THERE IS NOTHING WE DO AS A 489 00:30:32,931 --> 00:30:37,468 DEMOCRACY THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GUARANTEEING THAT ALL 490 00:30:37,535 --> 00:30:45,443 AMERICAN CITIZENS HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND THE RIGHT TO HAVE 491 00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:46,978 THAT VOTE COUNTED. ( APPLAUSE ) 492 00:30:47,045 --> 00:30:50,148 SO HERE'S THE PLAN -- WE'RE GOING TO VOTE, HOLD THEM TO VOTE 493 00:30:50,215 --> 00:30:52,650 AND STAY AFTER THEM. I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO STAY ON 494 00:30:52,717 --> 00:30:56,454 THEM LIKE A DOG ON A BONE, WE'RE JUST GOING TO STAY ON THIS, STAY 495 00:30:56,521 --> 00:31:01,459 ON THIS, STAY ON THIS. >> Stephen: LIKE BAILEY ON A 496 00:31:01,526 --> 00:31:03,895 BURRITO. >> THERE YOU GO. 497 00:31:03,962 --> 00:31:07,465 BAILEY ON A BURRITO. >> Stephen: ARE YOU IN FAVOR 498 00:31:07,532 --> 00:31:13,037 OF GETTING RID OF, MODIFYING, GETTING RID OF THE FILIBUSTER OR 499 00:31:13,104 --> 00:31:19,477 TURNING THE FILIBUSTER INTO A TRUE TALKING FILIBUSTER. 500 00:31:19,544 --> 00:31:23,248 ALL TOGETHER. I BELIEVE IN MAJORITY RULE, 501 00:31:23,314 --> 00:31:24,916 HELLO! >> THAT'S WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO 502 00:31:24,983 --> 00:31:27,485 BE ABOUT. THE FOUNDER LOOKED AT THE SYSTEM 503 00:31:27,552 --> 00:31:30,755 AND CONSIDERED A SUPER MAJORITY IN THE SENATE AND SAID, NO, 504 00:31:30,822 --> 00:31:33,858 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. SIMPLE MAJORITY IN THE SENATE. 505 00:31:33,925 --> 00:31:38,429 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO A LOT. 506 00:31:38,496 --> 00:31:41,532 UNDERSTAND THIS, YES, IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING THE VOTE, BUT IT'S 507 00:31:41,599 --> 00:31:46,571 ALSO ABOUT REFORMING OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, IT'S ALSO 508 00:31:46,638 --> 00:31:48,940 ABOUT GUN SAFETY, IT'S ALSO ABOUT PROTECTING OUR 509 00:31:49,007 --> 00:31:52,944 ENVIRONMENT. IF YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO USE THE 510 00:31:53,011 --> 00:31:58,316 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP MAKE US BUILD A BETTER COUNTRY, AND 511 00:31:58,383 --> 00:32:03,254 YOU'RE NOT JUST THERE TO TRY TO CUT TAXES AND APPOINT EXTREMIST 512 00:32:03,321 --> 00:32:08,426 JUDGES, THEN YOU NEED TO GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND GO BY 513 00:32:08,493 --> 00:32:10,228 MAJORITY RULE. I WANT TO GET RID OF THE 514 00:32:10,295 --> 00:32:11,596 FILIBUSTER. PART ONE. 515 00:32:11,663 --> 00:32:15,166 >> Stephen: WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK BUT WE'LL BE BACK WITH 516 00:32:15,233 --> 00:32:17,168 MORE SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN, EVERYBODY 517 00:32:26,311 --> 00:32:28,746 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WE'RE BACK HERE WITH 518 00:32:28,813 --> 00:32:32,216 SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN. IF YOU CAN'T GET RID OF THE 519 00:32:32,283 --> 00:32:36,154 FILIBUSTER, WHAT ABOUT -- AND JUST HEAR ME OUT AND TRY TO HEAR 520 00:32:36,220 --> 00:32:39,057 THIS OBJECTIVELY. >> ALL RIGHT. 521 00:32:39,123 --> 00:32:41,859 >> Stephen: WHAT IF WE JUST GET RED TO HAVE THE SENATE? 522 00:32:41,926 --> 00:32:44,228 ( LAUGHTER ) AND I'M 100% SERIOUS HERE. 523 00:32:44,295 --> 00:32:49,600 IT IS THE MOST ANTI -DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION NEXT TO THE 524 00:32:49,667 --> 00:32:53,304 JUDICIARY BECAUSE THE JUDICIARY IS ONLY THE WAY IT IS BECAUSE 525 00:32:53,371 --> 00:32:57,275 THE SENATE IS THE WAY IT IS. NO ONE WOULD DROP A 526 00:32:57,342 --> 00:33:02,714 SINGLETARY -- YOU'VE ALREADY GOT TENURE, YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR 527 00:33:02,780 --> 00:33:05,249 OTHER JOB. YOU WILL BE FINE, SPEND MORE 528 00:33:05,316 --> 00:33:10,355 TIME WITH BAILEY AND BRUCE. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT 529 00:33:10,421 --> 00:33:15,259 POSSIBLE PURPOSE THE UNITED STATES SENATE PROVIDES RIGHT 530 00:33:15,326 --> 00:33:16,260 NOW. >> WOW. 531 00:33:16,327 --> 00:33:21,432 ( LAUGHTER ) LOOK, I HEAR YOU! 532 00:33:21,499 --> 00:33:24,802 ( LAUGHTER ) HERE'S WHAT WE PROVIDE, IN 533 00:33:24,869 --> 00:33:27,905 THEORY, IS THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE DELIBERATIVE BODY. 534 00:33:27,972 --> 00:33:33,678 THAT WAS WHAT WE ENVISIONED. BUT AS LONG AS WE ARE TANGLED IN 535 00:33:33,745 --> 00:33:38,750 THE FILIBUSTER, THEN WE DON'T GET TO DO WHAT THE FOUNDERS 536 00:33:38,816 --> 00:33:42,787 ENVISIONED THAT WE WOULD, AND THAT IS DEBATE THE BIG ISSUES OF 537 00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:47,525 THE DAY AND THEN VOTE ON THEM. WHEN THE DEBATE IS OVER AND THEN 538 00:33:47,592 --> 00:33:52,263 VOTE ON THEM. INSTEAD, WHERE WE ARE NOW, IS 539 00:33:52,330 --> 00:33:56,701 SOMEBODY JUST SENDS IN, I'M FILIBUSTERING THAT, AND WHAT 540 00:33:56,768 --> 00:33:59,971 HAPPENS IS THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST IN OUR COUNTRY, THE 541 00:34:00,037 --> 00:34:04,242 THINGS THAT AFFECT PEOPLE RIGHT WHERE THEY LIVE, THINGS THAT ARE 542 00:34:04,308 --> 00:34:09,814 POPULAR WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE -- YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE DOING 543 00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:14,952 UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE GET TANGLED UP IN THE 544 00:34:15,019 --> 00:34:18,623 FILIBUSTER. WE COULD BE DOING -- WE COULD BE 545 00:34:18,689 --> 00:34:21,426 DOING NEGOTIATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND LOWERING 546 00:34:21,492 --> 00:34:24,829 THE PRICE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. WE COULD BE DOING IT RIGHT NOW. 547 00:34:24,896 --> 00:34:27,665 WE COULD BE CHANGING THE RULES AROUND THIS COUNTRY. 548 00:34:27,732 --> 00:34:32,570 I SAID EARLIER ABOUT GUN SAFETY AND SAVING LIVES RIGHT NOW. 549 00:34:32,637 --> 00:34:37,742 BUT ON ALL OF THAT, WE NOT ONLY DON'T GET TO DO IT AT THE END, 550 00:34:37,809 --> 00:34:41,279 WE DON'T EVEN EVER GET TO HAVE A DEBATE AROUND IT. 551 00:34:41,345 --> 00:34:45,216 THE FILIBUSTER KEEPS US FROM DOING THINGS THAT ARE SUPPORTED 552 00:34:45,283 --> 00:34:54,158 BY 70%, 80%, 90% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND THAT IS 553 00:34:54,225 --> 00:34:58,563 FUNDAMENTALLY ANTI -DEMOCRATIC. SO, A SENATE WITH A FILIBUSTER, 554 00:34:58,629 --> 00:35:02,767 IT'S A SERIOUS QUESTION, WHY ARE WE THERE? 555 00:35:02,834 --> 00:35:05,636 >> Stephen: IF THE REPUBLICANS TAKE CONTROL OF THE SENATE IN 556 00:35:05,703 --> 00:35:11,909 THIS NEXT ROUND OR ANY FUTURE ROUND 557 00:35:11,976 --> 00:35:13,911 ( SENATOR GASPS ) >> I'M SORRY. 558 00:35:13,978 --> 00:35:16,848 >> Stephen: HOW WOULD YOU FEEL. 559 00:35:16,914 --> 00:35:20,251 >> I PUT MY MONEY ON THE DEMOCRACY. 560 00:35:20,318 --> 00:35:22,954 ( APPLAUSE ) IF THEY HAVE A MAJORITY, SO BE 561 00:35:23,020 --> 00:35:25,223 IT. >> Stephen: IT'S AN 562 00:35:25,289 --> 00:35:27,758 ANTI-DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION. 41 MILLION AMERICANS ARE 563 00:35:27,825 --> 00:35:30,194 REPRESENTED MORE BY YOUR SIDE THAN THE REPUBLICANS AND, YET, 564 00:35:30,261 --> 00:35:32,930 THEY COULD GET ONE MORE VOTE. >> BUT WITHOUT THE FILIBUSTER, 565 00:35:32,997 --> 00:35:36,534 THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY, WITHOUT THE FILIBUSTER, THEY CAN'T 566 00:35:36,601 --> 00:35:40,004 MAINTAIN THAT. IF WE PROTECT VOTING AND GET RID 567 00:35:40,071 --> 00:35:44,242 OF THE FILIBUSTER, THEN IT REALLY IS A QUESTION OF WHAT THE 568 00:35:44,308 --> 00:35:47,111 AMERICAN WANT. SO HERE'S THE THING, 70% OF 569 00:35:47,178 --> 00:35:50,615 AMERICANS BELIEVE IN THE RULE OF ROE v. WADE. 570 00:35:50,681 --> 00:35:53,050 THEY WANT TO PROTECT ROE v. WADE. 571 00:35:53,117 --> 00:35:57,154 LET'S PUT IT TO A VOTE. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 572 00:35:57,221 --> 00:36:00,725 REPUBLICANS WANT TO VOTE NO ON THAT. 573 00:36:00,791 --> 00:36:03,394 FINE. I'M READY FOR THE NEXT ELECTION. 574 00:36:03,461 --> 00:36:10,134 AND THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE. ED IF YOU BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY 575 00:36:10,201 --> 00:36:12,904 AND GETTING RID OF THE FILIBUSTER WHEN YOU'RE IN THE 576 00:36:12,970 --> 00:36:18,809 MAJORITY AND THE MINORITY. I'M NOT THERE TO SAY BY THE 577 00:36:18,876 --> 00:36:21,946 FILIBUSTER I WANT TO PROTECT MYSELF, I'M THERE TO SAY THIS IS 578 00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:24,148 HOW DEMOCRACY IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. 579 00:36:24,215 --> 00:36:27,818 PROTECT THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO VOTE AND I'LL TAKE MY 580 00:36:27,885 --> 00:36:30,721 CHANCES, EVERY SIX YEARS, TWO YEARS IN THE HOUSE, EVERY FOUR 581 00:36:30,788 --> 00:36:33,524 YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. THAT'S HOW DEMOCRACY IS SUPPOSED 582 00:36:33,591 --> 00:36:36,227 TO WORK. PUT THESE BIG ISSUES UP. 583 00:36:36,294 --> 00:36:39,430 LET'S VOTE ON THEM! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 584 00:36:39,497 --> 00:36:44,135 >> Stephen: SENATOR, GOOD LUCK! 585 00:36:44,201 --> 00:36:46,971 SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN, EVERYBODY! 586 00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:49,373 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY INGRID ANDRESS 587 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,442 WITH SAM HUNT. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 588 00:37:07,191 --> 00:37:09,594 >> Stephen: AND NOW, PERFORMING "WISHFUL DRINKING," INGRID 589 00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:15,333 ANDRESS WITH SAM HUNT. ♪ MAYBE I'M JUST 590 00:37:15,399 --> 00:37:17,335 WISHFUL DRINKING ♪ GIVE MY HEART 591 00:37:17,401 --> 00:37:20,304 SOMETHING TO SINK IN ♪ BETTER MAKE IT TWO, 592 00:37:20,371 --> 00:37:21,706 NOTHING I WON'T DO ♪ FOR ANOTHER ROUND 593 00:37:21,772 --> 00:37:25,543 OF ME AND YOU ♪ I KNOW IT'S A SHOT 594 00:37:25,610 --> 00:37:27,545 IN THE DARK ♪ LOOKING FOR WHAT'S LEFT 595 00:37:27,612 --> 00:37:29,647 OF A SPARK ♪ THROWING 'EM BACK 596 00:37:29,714 --> 00:37:33,451 LIKE I GOT NOTHING TO LOSE ♪ IT'S A SLOW BURN 597 00:37:33,517 --> 00:37:37,421 JUST LIKE YOU ♪ EVERYBODY SAYS, 598 00:37:37,488 --> 00:37:39,423 "GIVE IT TIME" ♪ BUT I'M FEELING LIKE I'M STUCK 599 00:37:39,490 --> 00:37:43,361 ON REWIND ♪ THROWING 'EM BACK 600 00:37:43,427 --> 00:37:46,330 LIKE I GOT NOTHING TO LOSE ♪ IT'S A SLOW BURN 601 00:37:46,397 --> 00:37:49,333 JUST LIKE YOU ♪ WHEN I'M A COUPLE IN, 602 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:53,537 I GET OPTIMISTIC ♪ LIKE YOU AND ME ARE REALISTIC 603 00:37:53,604 --> 00:37:56,173 MAYBE I'M JUST WISHFUL DRINKING ♪ GIVE MY HEART 604 00:37:56,240 --> 00:38:00,845 SOMETHING TO SINK IN ♪ BETTER MAKE IT TWO, 605 00:38:00,911 --> 00:38:03,447 NOTHING I WON'T DO ♪ FOR ANOTHER ROUND 606 00:38:03,514 --> 00:38:07,985 OF ME AND YOU ♪ I GET HOPEFUL WHEN I'M TIPSY 607 00:38:08,052 --> 00:38:11,622 THINKING YOU MIGHT ♪ ACTUALLY MISS ME 608 00:38:11,689 --> 00:38:13,524 IT'S A HUNDRED PROOF, ♪ NOTHING I WON'T DO 609 00:38:13,591 --> 00:38:17,328 FOR ANOTHER ROUND ♪ OF ME AND YOU 610 00:38:17,395 --> 00:38:19,797 I'M WISHFUL DRINKING ♪ OOOH-OOH, 611 00:38:19,864 --> 00:38:23,267 OOOH-OOH, ♪ OOOH-OOH, 612 00:38:23,334 --> 00:38:25,536 ♪ WITH EVERY SIP I'M GETTING CLOSER 613 00:38:25,603 --> 00:38:29,240 ♪ TO THINKING THAT WE AIN'T REALLY OVER 614 00:38:29,306 --> 00:38:33,444 ♪ I KNOW IT AIN'T RIGHT BUT, BABY, JUST FOR TONIGHT 615 00:38:33,511 --> 00:38:37,248 ♪ I DON'T WANNA HAVE NO CLOSURE WHEN I'M A COUPLE IN, 616 00:38:37,314 --> 00:38:41,519 ♪ I GET OPTIMISTIC LIKE YOU AND ME ARE REALISTIC 617 00:38:41,585 --> 00:38:44,121 ♪ MAYBE I'M JUST WISHFUL DRINKING 618 00:38:44,188 --> 00:38:47,391 ♪ GIVE MY HEART SOMETHING TO SINK IN 619 00:38:47,458 --> 00:38:49,527 ♪ BETTER MAKE IT TWO, NOTHING I WON'T DO 620 00:38:49,593 --> 00:38:52,863 ♪ FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF ME AND YOU 621 00:38:52,930 --> 00:38:55,800 ♪ I GET HOPEFUL WHEN I'M TIPSY 622 00:38:55,866 --> 00:38:59,470 ♪ THINKING YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY MISS ME 623 00:38:59,537 --> 00:39:01,539 ♪ IT'S A HUNDRED PROOF, NOTHING I WON'T DO 624 00:39:01,605 --> 00:39:05,342 ♪ FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF ME AND YOU 625 00:39:05,409 --> 00:39:09,447 ♪ I'M WISHFUL DRINKING OOH, OOH, OOH 626 00:39:09,513 --> 00:39:14,985 ♪ YEAH, I'M WISHFUL DRINKING OOOH-OOH, 627 00:39:15,052 --> 00:39:18,589 ♪ OOOH-OOH, OOOH-OOH, 628 00:39:18,656 --> 00:39:20,691 I'M TRACING YOUR FOOTPRINTS ♪ THROUGH MY MEMORIES 629 00:39:20,758 --> 00:39:23,394 TRYING TO FIND ♪ WHERE WE WENT WRONG 630 00:39:23,461 --> 00:39:25,930 REPLACING THE SPACE ♪ YOU LEFT WITH NEW THINGS 631 00:39:25,996 --> 00:39:29,533 NOTHING I TRY LASTS LONG ♪ MAYBE I'M JUST 632 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:33,437 WISHFUL DRINKING ♪ GIVE MY HEART 633 00:39:33,504 --> 00:39:37,041 SOMETHING TO SINK IN ♪ BETTER MAKE IT TWO, 634 00:39:37,108 --> 00:39:39,443 NOTHING I WON'T DO ♪ FOR ANOTHER ROUND 635 00:39:39,510 --> 00:39:42,279 OF ME AND YOU ♪ I GET HOPEFUL 636 00:39:42,346 --> 00:39:45,449 WHEN I'M TIPSY ♪ THINKING YOU MIGHT 637 00:39:45,516 --> 00:39:48,886 ACTUALLY MISS ME ♪ IT'S A HUNDRED PROOF, 638 00:39:48,953 --> 00:39:50,788 NOTHING I WON'T DO ♪ FOR ANOTHER ROUND 639 00:39:50,855 --> 00:39:53,524 OF ME AND YOU (YOU) 640 00:39:53,591 --> 00:39:56,727 ♪ I'M WISHFUL DRINKING OOOH-OOH, 641 00:39:56,794 --> 00:39:59,096 ♪ OOOH-OOH, OOOH-OOH, 642 00:39:59,163 --> 00:40:03,467 (YEAH, I'M WISHFUL DRINKING) ♪ I'M WISHFUL DRINKING 643 00:40:03,534 --> 00:40:13,544 ♪ I'M WISHFUL DRINKING ♪ I'M WISHFUL DRINKING 644 00:40:13,611 --> 00:40:18,482 ♪ ♪ ♪ 645 00:40:18,549 --> 00:40:19,784 >> Stephen: INGRID ANDRESS WITH SAM HUNT, EVERYBODY 646 00:40:19,850 --> 00:40:23,354 THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." TUNE IN TOMORROW, WHEN MY GUESTS 647 00:40:23,420 --> 00:40:26,457 WILL BE, BRIAN COX AND SAMANTHA BEE. 648 00:40:26,524 --> 00:40:27,458 GOODNIGHT.