1 00:00:01,401 --> 00:00:04,170 JONI MITCHELL IS JOINING FELLOW SINGER/SONGWRITER NEIL 2 00:00:04,237 --> 00:00:07,440 YOUNG AND ASKING FOR HER MUSIC TO BE REMOVED FROM SPOTIFY. 3 00:00:07,507 --> 00:00:09,976 THE MUSICIANS ARE PROTESTING AGAINST THE STREAMING SERVICE 4 00:00:10,043 --> 00:00:12,412 SAYING IT'S SPREADING MISINFORMATION ABOUT COVID 5 00:00:12,479 --> 00:00:14,981 VACCINES. ♪ ♪ ♪ 6 00:00:15,048 --> 00:00:20,019 >> AT SPOTIFY, WE MAY HAVE LOST A FEW GREAT ARTISTS, BUT THAT 7 00:00:20,086 --> 00:00:22,389 DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T STILL ENJOY THEIR MUSIC COVERED BY THE 8 00:00:22,455 --> 00:00:26,326 BANDS WHO HAVEN'T LEFT. ♪ BUM-BUM-BUM-BUM 9 00:00:26,393 --> 00:00:34,868 ♪ I WANT TO LIVE WITH A CINNAMON GIRL 10 00:00:34,934 --> 00:00:40,240 A CINNAMON GIRL ♪ >> IT'S THE BEST OF NEIL YOUNG 11 00:00:40,306 --> 00:00:42,876 AND JONI MITCHELL SUNG BY THE CHORDON BLUES. 12 00:00:42,942 --> 00:00:52,585 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ HEY OLD MAN 13 00:00:52,652 --> 00:00:55,422 TAKE A LOOK AT MY LIFE ♪ >> THESE GUYS DON'T CARE ABOUT 14 00:00:55,488 --> 00:01:02,328 COVID OR WHAT'S TRUE OR FALSE. THEY JUST WANT ANYONE TO LISTEN. 15 00:01:02,395 --> 00:01:06,866 IT'S THE JONI MITCHELL NO ONE ASKED FOR. 16 00:01:06,933 --> 00:01:10,904 ♪ BUM-BUM-BUM-BUM ♪ I'VE LOOKED AT LIFE FROM BOTH 17 00:01:10,970 --> 00:01:17,110 SIDES NOW ♪ ♪ BUM-BUM-BUM 18 00:01:17,177 --> 00:01:21,247 ♪ THEY PAVED PARADISE AND PUT UP A PARKING LOT ♪ 19 00:01:21,314 --> 00:01:24,751 >> GUARANTEED, THESE GUYS WILL NEVER LEAVE SPOTIFY. 20 00:01:24,818 --> 00:01:29,856 WE'VE ASKED THEM, MORE THAN ONCE. 21 00:01:29,923 --> 00:01:31,090 SPOTIFY: IF ANYBODY ELSE LEAVES YOU'RE GETTING COVERED BY THIS 22 00:01:31,157 --> 00:01:35,962 GUY: ( ♪ YODELING ♪ ) 23 00:01:36,029 --> 00:01:41,701 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE 24 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:46,873 SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." TONIGHT: 25 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:50,043 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: 26 00:01:50,109 --> 00:01:53,346 FAITH HILL AND MUSICAL GUEST AURORA 27 00:01:53,413 --> 00:01:58,384 WITH A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY CLARISSA WARD. 28 00:01:58,451 --> 00:02:00,720 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 29 00:02:00,787 --> 00:02:04,324 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE 30 00:02:04,390 --> 00:02:13,132 ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 31 00:02:13,199 --> 00:02:28,081 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 32 00:02:28,147 --> 00:02:40,293 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 33 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:41,694 ( YODELING ) >> Stephen: WELCOME, WELCOME, 34 00:02:41,761 --> 00:02:44,230 ONE AND ALL, IN HERE, OUT THERE, ALL AROUND THE WORLD, TO "THE 35 00:02:44,297 --> 00:02:48,401 LATE SHOW." I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 36 00:02:48,468 --> 00:02:50,837 AND TODAY-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 37 00:02:50,904 --> 00:02:59,279 CALENDAR, MY FRIEND, BECAUSE TODAY IS FEBRUARY 1st. 38 00:02:59,345 --> 00:03:01,114 AND I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH! 39 00:03:01,180 --> 00:03:08,821 ( APPLAUSE ) CELEBRATE THE BLACK EXPERIENCE 40 00:03:08,888 --> 00:03:10,390 AND BLACK CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COUNTRY. 41 00:03:10,456 --> 00:03:13,226 AND FOR CORPORATE BRANDS, IT'S A TIME TO SUGGEST THAT LANGSTON 42 00:03:13,293 --> 00:03:16,095 HUGHES WOULD HAVE LOVED THE NEW WENDY'S DOUBLE BACONATOR. 43 00:03:16,162 --> 00:03:21,501 UNFORTUNATELY, 14 STATES HAVE A WEIRD WAY OF CELEBRATING BLACK 44 00:03:21,568 --> 00:03:25,104 HISTORY MONTH WITH NEW RULES THAT LIMIT HOW TEACHERS CAN 45 00:03:25,171 --> 00:03:32,512 TEACH BLACK HISTORY MONTH. OR AS THE TEACHERS WILL NOW BE 46 00:03:32,579 --> 00:03:36,449 FORCED TO CALL IT... "MONTH." 47 00:03:36,516 --> 00:03:44,791 ONE EDUCATOR WARNED THAT TEACHERS COULD MENTION 48 00:03:44,857 --> 00:03:46,359 JACKIE ROBINSON BROKE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S COLOR LINE BUT 49 00:03:46,426 --> 00:03:47,794 NOT DISCUSS WHY BLACK PLAYERS WERE BANNED. 50 00:03:47,860 --> 00:03:49,596 THEY COULD ALSO MENTION SOUL SINGER MARVIN GAYE BUT NOT 51 00:03:49,662 --> 00:03:50,997 DISCUSS HIS "WHAT'S GOING ON" LYRICS. 52 00:03:51,064 --> 00:03:53,600 INSTEAD, SCHOOL DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE TO TEACH THIS VERSION. 53 00:03:53,666 --> 00:03:56,002 LOUIS? ♪ ♪ ♪ 54 00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:58,938 ♪ MOTHER, MOTHER, GEE, YOUR BLOUSE 55 00:03:59,005 --> 00:04:09,616 LOOKS NICE TODAY ♪ BROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHER 56 00:04:09,682 --> 00:04:13,586 I MADE YOU THIS FISH FILET ♪ YOU KNOW I JUST CAME 57 00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:21,127 HERE TO SAY THAT EVERYTHING IS A-OKAY 58 00:04:21,194 --> 00:04:25,798 ♪ NOTHIN'S GOIN' ON NOTHIN'S GOIN' ON 59 00:04:25,865 --> 00:04:30,703 ♪ NOTHIN'S GOIN' ON ♪ 60 00:04:30,770 --> 00:04:42,415 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BUT I SOMEHOW STILL WANT TO HAVE 61 00:04:42,482 --> 00:04:43,916 SEX. ( LAUGHTER ) 62 00:04:43,983 --> 00:04:50,823 IS. SPEAK OF TRYING-- ONE PERSON 63 00:04:50,890 --> 00:04:52,358 APPLAUDING ME HAVING SEX UP THERE. 64 00:04:52,425 --> 00:04:55,628 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SPEAKING OF TRYING TO ERASE 65 00:04:55,695 --> 00:04:58,097 HISTORY: WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT, 66 00:04:58,164 --> 00:05:01,067 "COUP-SSOLINI." THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE JUST 67 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:05,605 GOT NEW PROOF THAT HE WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN PROPOSALS 68 00:05:05,672 --> 00:05:07,140 TO USE HIS NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCIES TO SEIZE VOTING 69 00:05:07,206 --> 00:05:12,779 MACHINES. IT'S QUITE A TURN FOR AN 70 00:05:12,845 --> 00:05:14,313 ELECTION CAMPAIGN. HIS SLOGAN WENT FROM "KEEP 71 00:05:14,380 --> 00:05:17,050 AMERICA GREAT" TO "SEIZE THEM, YOU FOOLS!" 72 00:05:17,116 --> 00:05:22,555 ( LAUGHTER ) AFTER YEARS OF BUILDING A THICK, 73 00:05:22,622 --> 00:05:30,129 PROTECTIVE CALLOUS OVER MY HEART AND MY BRAIN JUST TO PROTECT 74 00:05:30,196 --> 00:05:36,502 MYSELF FROM THE HOT, BLACK, TAR OF HIS NARCISSISTIC, EVIL 75 00:05:36,569 --> 00:05:37,603 IMPULSES FOR ME TO TAKE THIS INFORMATION IN FOR THE 76 00:05:37,670 --> 00:05:40,106 GARGANTUAN AND GROTESQUE VIOLATION OF EVERYTHING THAT 77 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:43,910 THIS COUNTRY HOLDS DEAR. BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH TAKING 78 00:05:43,976 --> 00:05:50,183 A MOMENT RIGHT NOW TO LET THIS SINK IN, TO MARINATE IN THE 79 00:05:50,249 --> 00:05:53,086 MADNESS. AT HOME, YOU MIGHT WANT TO PAUSE 80 00:05:53,152 --> 00:05:54,353 YOUR DVR TO SCREAM INTO A BAG OR PUNCH A HOLE IN THE DRYWALL, 81 00:05:54,420 --> 00:05:57,590 BECAUSE THE FORMER PRESIDENT, STILL THE LEADER OF ONE OF THE 82 00:05:57,657 --> 00:06:03,429 TWO MAJOR PARTIES WHO HAS ALL OF THE REPUBLICANS BALLS IN A 83 00:06:03,496 --> 00:06:09,302 LITTLE VELVET POUCH THAT HE WEARS AROUND HIS NECK AS AN 84 00:06:09,368 --> 00:06:11,370 AMULET, WANTED U.S. TROOPS TO GO INTO YOUR LOCAL POLLING PLACE, 85 00:06:11,437 --> 00:06:12,672 GRAB THE MACHINES, THROW 'EM IN A TRUCK, THEN GOD KNOWS WHAT. 86 00:06:12,739 --> 00:06:13,940 WATERBOARD THEM TILL THEY SAID HE WON? 87 00:06:14,006 --> 00:06:16,609 YOU SHOULD BE ALARMED, EVEN IF YOU VOTED FOR HIM, BECAUSE 88 00:06:16,676 --> 00:06:21,614 MILITARY COUPS DO NOT LEAD TO HEALTHY SOCIETIES. 89 00:06:21,681 --> 00:06:22,882 NO ONE EVERY SAYS, "IF ONLY WE COULD EMULATE THE ECONOMIC 90 00:06:22,949 --> 00:06:29,589 MIRACLE THAT IS MYANMAR." AND HE TRIED SO HARD TO GET THIS 91 00:06:29,655 --> 00:06:30,690 DONE. IN FACT, IN FACT-- 92 00:06:30,757 --> 00:06:37,029 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) MYANMAR. 93 00:06:37,096 --> 00:06:41,768 IN FACT, IN HIS FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE THIS MAY BE THE THING HE 94 00:06:41,834 --> 00:06:45,538 WORKED HARDEST ON. IN NOVEMBER, HE ASKED WHETHER 95 00:06:45,605 --> 00:06:47,006 THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT COULD SEIZE THE MACHINES, 96 00:06:47,073 --> 00:06:48,241 THEY SAID, "WHAT? NO." 97 00:06:48,307 --> 00:06:53,012 SO, HE DIRECTED HIS LAWYER, RUDOLPH W. GIULIANI, TO ASK THE 98 00:06:53,079 --> 00:06:55,915 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IF IT COULD LEGALLY TAKE CONTROL 99 00:06:55,982 --> 00:06:58,718 OF VOTING MACHINES IN KEY SWING STATES. 100 00:06:58,785 --> 00:07:01,654 NO ONE ASKS IF THEY'RE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DO SOMETHING UNLESS 101 00:07:01,721 --> 00:07:04,023 THEY'RE PRETTY SURE IT'S ILLEGAL: 102 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:07,794 "HEY, YOU'RE MY LAWYER. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. 103 00:07:07,860 --> 00:07:09,295 IS THERE ANY WAY I COULD LEGALLY SELL HEROIN AS AN 104 00:07:09,362 --> 00:07:13,266 ANTIDEPRESSANT? NO? 105 00:07:13,332 --> 00:07:20,039 WELL, THAT NEWS MAWKS ME REALLY SAD. 106 00:07:20,106 --> 00:07:25,511 YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HELP? A LITTLE BLACK TAR ZOLOFT!" 107 00:07:25,578 --> 00:07:27,780 THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TURNED HIM DOWN. 108 00:07:27,847 --> 00:07:29,081 BUT THE EX-PRESIDENT ALSO' REVIEWED A PROPOSAL TO HAVE 109 00:07:29,148 --> 00:07:31,083 THE PENTAGON TAKE CONTROL OF THE MACHINES. 110 00:07:31,150 --> 00:07:32,685 THAT IS HORRIFYING. THE ONLY TIME THE MILITARY 111 00:07:32,752 --> 00:07:33,986 SHOULD TAKE CONTROL OF THE MACHINES IS WHEN WE INEVITABLY 112 00:07:34,053 --> 00:07:35,188 GO TO WAR AGAINST OUR ROBOT OVERLORDS. 113 00:07:35,254 --> 00:07:37,256 I WILL NOT BOW DOWN BEFORE MY ROOMBA. 114 00:07:37,323 --> 00:07:43,596 ( LAUGHTER ) BY DISGRACED FORMER NATIONAL 115 00:07:43,663 --> 00:07:47,133 SECURITY ADVISOR MICHAEL FLYNN AND DISGRACED CURRENT LAWYER 116 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,637 SYDNEY POWELL. BUT EVEN MR. GIULIANI FELT THAT 117 00:07:51,704 --> 00:07:55,107 THE IDEA OF BRINGING IN THE MILITARY WAS BEYOND THE PALE. 118 00:07:55,174 --> 00:08:00,446 DO YOU KNOW HOW CRAZY YOU HAVE TO BE TO HEAR THAT YOU'VE GONE 119 00:08:00,513 --> 00:08:03,883 TOO FAR FOR RUDY GIULIANI? ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 120 00:08:03,950 --> 00:08:14,260 ( APPLAUSE ) TOO MUCH TO DRINK FROM RUDY 121 00:08:14,327 --> 00:08:18,297 GIULIANI. OR YOU'VE GOT TO GET THOSE 122 00:08:18,364 --> 00:08:19,932 BOTTOM TEETH FIXED, FROM RUDY GIULIANI. 123 00:08:19,999 --> 00:08:22,201 OR DON'T TRY TO FISH YOUR PENIS OUT IN FRONT OF A "BORAT" FILM 124 00:08:22,268 --> 00:08:28,674 CREW, FROM RUDY GIULIANI. AND SO FAR-- 125 00:08:28,741 --> 00:08:33,813 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND SO FAR, NONE OF THESE GOONS 126 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,416 ARE IN JAIL. OR DISBARRED. 127 00:08:37,483 --> 00:08:41,320 BUT THAT COULD CHANGE... IS WHAT I TELL MYSELF EVERY 128 00:08:41,387 --> 00:08:44,991 NIGHT WHEN MY HEAD HITS THE PILLOW. 129 00:08:45,057 --> 00:08:47,226 THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE IS LUCKY THEY'RE LEARNING ANY OF 130 00:08:47,293 --> 00:08:50,696 THIS, BECAUSE SOME OF THE WHITE HOUSE RECORDS TURNED OVER TO 131 00:08:50,763 --> 00:08:54,000 THEM HAD TO BE TAPED BACK TOGETHER BY NATIONAL ARCHIVES 132 00:08:54,066 --> 00:08:56,402 STAFF BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN RIPPED UP. 133 00:08:56,469 --> 00:08:58,838 SOUNDS LIKE DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE PEOPLE AT THE NATIONAL 134 00:08:58,905 --> 00:09:05,645 ARCHIVES ALSO GOT INTO PUZZLES: "OKAY, IT'S FUN. 135 00:09:05,711 --> 00:09:06,612 I START WITH THE CORNERS, THEN I DO THE SIDES. 136 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:07,847 OOH! GOT A KETCHUP STAIN HERE. 137 00:09:07,914 --> 00:09:12,251 WAIT, I SAW ANOTHER ONE. HERE'S ANOTHER RED ONE. 138 00:09:12,318 --> 00:09:15,288 OH, THE REDS DON'T MATCH. WAIT, THIS IS FROM MARCH 21. 139 00:09:15,354 --> 00:09:20,293 THAT'S A TACO TUESDAY. THIS IS SALSA!" 140 00:09:20,359 --> 00:09:24,030 NOW, IT VIOLATES THE PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ACT TO TEAR 141 00:09:24,096 --> 00:09:25,631 UP OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. BUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD A 142 00:09:25,698 --> 00:09:29,602 VERY GOOD REASON: HE WAS AFRAID OF GOING TO JAIL. 143 00:09:29,669 --> 00:09:33,606 ALSO, HE WAS KNOWN INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE FOR HIS HABIT OF 144 00:09:33,673 --> 00:09:36,142 TEARING PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS INTO SHREDS AND TOSSING THEM ON 145 00:09:36,208 --> 00:09:37,843 THE FLOOR, WHICH ADVISERS CALLED HE PRESIDENT'S UNOFFICIAL 146 00:09:37,910 --> 00:09:43,449 "FILING SYSTEM." ( LAUGHTER ) 147 00:09:43,516 --> 00:09:48,154 "FILING SYSTEM." ( AS MOB GUY ) 148 00:09:48,220 --> 00:09:55,127 THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA TESTIFY AGAINST US. 149 00:09:55,194 --> 00:09:57,730 LET'S JUST SAY ROCCO IS FILING WITH THE FISHES." 150 00:09:57,797 --> 00:10:04,403 ( APPLAUSE ) IT WASN'T JUST TEARING. 151 00:10:04,470 --> 00:10:05,938 ACCORDING TO WHITE HOUSE ADVISERS, HE ONCE ATE A 152 00:10:06,005 --> 00:10:09,608 SENSITIVE DOCUMENT. HE WOULD HAVE EATEN MORE 153 00:10:09,675 --> 00:10:12,044 SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS, BUT HE RAN OUT OF RANCH. 154 00:10:12,111 --> 00:10:17,450 ( LAUGHTER ) PUBLIC OFFICE, FLORIDA GOVERNOR 155 00:10:17,516 --> 00:10:19,118 AND MAN DESCRIBING WHAT ADELE'S MUSIC MEANS TO HIM, 156 00:10:19,185 --> 00:10:22,922 RON DESANTIS. ( AUDIENCE BOOS ) 157 00:10:22,989 --> 00:10:29,228 THERE WERE A COUPLE OF NAZI RALLIES IN ORLANDO. 158 00:10:29,295 --> 00:10:30,396 I ASSUME THEY WERE TRYING TO ANNEX THE SUDETENLAND PAVILION 159 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:36,769 AT EPCOT. NOW, THIS IS TERRIBLE, AND THE 160 00:10:36,836 --> 00:10:41,574 EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD TO CONDEMN, UNLESS YOU'RE 161 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,109 RON DeSANTIS, WHO REMAINED SILENT. 162 00:10:43,175 --> 00:10:48,848 IT'S BEEN SAID THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR EVIL TO SUCCEED IS 163 00:10:48,914 --> 00:10:50,049 FOR GOOD MEN TO SAY NOTHING. IT'S ALSO BAD WHEN RON DeSANTIS 164 00:10:50,116 --> 00:10:52,785 SAYS NOTHING. THEN DeSANTIS GOT CORNERED BY 165 00:10:52,852 --> 00:10:56,088 SOME NO-GOOD REPORTERS WANTING TO KNOW THINGS LIKE, "HEY, GOV: 166 00:10:56,155 --> 00:10:58,057 SO NAZIS? WHERE DO YOU COME DOWN ON THAT 167 00:10:58,124 --> 00:11:01,127 WHOLE DEAL?" BUT DeSANTIS IDENTIFIED THE TRUE 168 00:11:01,193 --> 00:11:04,030 ENEMY: DEMOCRATS. >> WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS 169 00:11:04,096 --> 00:11:09,035 THESE PEOPLE, THESE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE TRYING TO USE THIS AS 170 00:11:09,101 --> 00:11:11,337 SOME TYPE OF POLITICAL ISSUE TO TRY TO SMEAR ME AS IF I HAD 171 00:11:11,404 --> 00:11:13,339 SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT-- WE'RE NOT PLAYING THEIR GAME. 172 00:11:13,406 --> 00:11:21,647 >> Stephen: HE SEEMS TO THINK BEING ASKED HOW HE FEELS ABOUT 173 00:11:21,714 --> 00:11:24,750 NAZIS IS SOME KIND OF GOTCHA QUESTION INSTEAD OF THE BIGGEST 174 00:11:24,817 --> 00:11:25,751 SOFTBALL QUESTION OF ALL TIME. WATCH. 175 00:11:25,818 --> 00:11:37,296 I THINK NAZIS ARE BAD. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 176 00:11:37,363 --> 00:11:44,503 NOT FROM RON DeSANTIS. ( LAUGHTER ) 177 00:11:44,570 --> 00:11:48,607 TONIGHT. MY GUESTS ARE FAITH HILL AND 178 00:11:48,674 --> 00:11:51,677 CLARISSA WARD VIA SATELLITE FROM UKRAINE. 179 00:11:51,744 --> 00:11:55,214 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL TELL YOU WHETHER RUSSIA HAS INVADED 180 00:11:55,281 --> 00:11:58,717 YET. THE ANSWER MAY SURPRISE YOU. 181 00:12:20,506 --> 00:12:33,018 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 182 00:12:33,085 --> 00:12:45,297 JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN, EVERYBODY! ( APPLAUSE ) 183 00:12:45,364 --> 00:12:48,434 YES! THAT IS SWING. 184 00:12:48,501 --> 00:12:55,908 >> Stephen: HELLO, JON. HELLO, EVERYBODY. 185 00:12:55,975 --> 00:12:57,109 JON, HAPPY-- HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH. 186 00:12:57,176 --> 00:12:59,979 >> Jon: HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH. 187 00:13:00,045 --> 00:13:01,514 >> Stephen: A LOT TO CELEBRATE THIS MONTH. 188 00:13:01,580 --> 00:13:03,048 >> Jon: THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. 189 00:13:03,115 --> 00:13:04,650 >> Stephen: ALSO HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR. 190 00:13:04,717 --> 00:13:08,721 >> Jon: YES. >> Stephen: IN THE CHINESE 191 00:13:08,787 --> 00:13:10,923 CALENDAR, CORRECT? YOU KNOW WHAT YEAR THIS IS? 192 00:13:10,990 --> 00:13:14,026 >> Jon: IT'S THE YEAR OF THE TIGER. 193 00:13:14,093 --> 00:13:16,428 >> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD FOR CINCINNATI. 194 00:13:16,495 --> 00:13:18,998 >> Jon: YES, WOW, CINCINNATI. >> Stephen: YOU NEVER KNOW, 195 00:13:19,064 --> 00:13:24,336 TWO POINT MAKE A LINE. >> Jon: THAT'S RIGHT 196 00:13:24,403 --> 00:13:26,105 >> Stephen: FOLKS, FOR WEEKS NOW, THERE HAVE BEEN MAJOR 197 00:13:26,172 --> 00:13:27,540 TENSIONS OVER IN EASTERN EUROPE. HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON: 198 00:13:27,606 --> 00:13:31,977 VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS GOT RUSSIAN TROOPS MASSING ON THE BORDERS OF 199 00:13:32,044 --> 00:13:34,613 UKRAINE AND HAS USED THIS SELF-GENERATED CRISIS TO DEMAND 200 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:38,350 THAT NATO PLEDGE TO HALT FURTHER EASTWARD EXPANSION AND AGREE NOT 201 00:13:38,417 --> 00:13:41,086 TO ADMIT UKRAINE AS A MEMBER. THAT'S NOT FAIR. 202 00:13:41,153 --> 00:13:43,355 UKRAINE ALREADY MADE IT THROUGH NATO RUSH WEEK. 203 00:13:43,422 --> 00:13:46,859 ( LAUGHTER ) GREASED ALBUM CLENCHED IN THEIR 204 00:13:46,926 --> 00:13:50,663 BUTT CHEEKS UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS OR NOTHING? 205 00:13:50,729 --> 00:13:53,899 ( LAUGHTER ) STORY. 206 00:13:53,966 --> 00:13:56,268 ( LAUGHTER ) NEGOTIATING. 207 00:13:56,335 --> 00:14:00,372 TODAY, THERE WAS A PHONE CALL BETWEEN U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE 208 00:14:00,439 --> 00:14:05,377 AND MAN WHO ALWAYS MAKES YOU WATCH HIM EAT DURING ZOOM 209 00:14:05,444 --> 00:14:06,612 MEETINGS, ANTONY BLINKEN, AND RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND MAN 210 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:10,416 WHO POSTPONED LUNCH FOR THIS ZOOM MEETING, SERGEY LAVROV. 211 00:14:10,482 --> 00:14:16,255 IN ADVANCE OF THE PHONE CALL, ONE U.S. OFFICIAL CLAIMED THE 212 00:14:16,322 --> 00:14:19,358 RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT HAS DELIVERED A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO A U.S. 213 00:14:19,425 --> 00:14:20,492 PROPOSAL AIMED AT DE-ESCALATING THE UKRAINE 214 00:14:20,559 --> 00:14:21,894 CRISIS. I BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A 215 00:14:21,961 --> 00:14:25,397 COPY OF THAT WRITTEN RESPONSE: "DEAR SIR OR MADAM, KABOOM! 216 00:14:25,464 --> 00:14:29,468 KISSES, VLAD." ( LAUGHTER ) 217 00:14:29,535 --> 00:14:37,042 THE KREMLIN CLAIMS THEY HAVE NOT SENT AN OFFICIAL REPLY, BUT WE 218 00:14:37,109 --> 00:14:38,310 GOT A PREVIEW TODAY OF THEIR RESPONSE WHEN PUTIN TOLD 219 00:14:38,377 --> 00:14:41,614 REPORTERS, "IT IS ALREADY CLEAR THAT THE FUNDAMENTAL RUSSIAN 220 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:45,217 CONCERNS WERE IGNORED. WE DID NOT SEE AN ADEQUATE 221 00:14:45,284 --> 00:14:49,355 CONSIDERATION OF OUR THREE KEY REQUIREMENTS." 222 00:14:49,421 --> 00:14:51,824 YES, YOU MUST ADDRESS THE THREE KEY REQUIREMENTS: 223 00:14:51,890 --> 00:14:53,392 GIVE. ME. 224 00:14:53,459 --> 00:14:58,230 UKRAINE. ( LAUGHTER ) 225 00:14:58,297 --> 00:15:02,301 YESTERDAY, IN THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL, THE U.S. AND RUSSIAN 226 00:15:02,368 --> 00:15:08,641 AMBASSADORS GOT INTO A DIPLOMATIC BRAWL. 227 00:15:08,707 --> 00:15:11,176 AW, DAMN! THERE'S NOTHING MORE THRILLING 228 00:15:11,243 --> 00:15:12,745 THAN A DIPLOMATIC BRAWL. ( AS RING ANNOUNCER ) 229 00:15:12,811 --> 00:15:18,651 THE U.N. BUILDING IN NEW YORK, LET'S GET READY TO DRAFT 230 00:15:18,717 --> 00:15:22,521 A NON-BINDING RESOLUTIOOOOON!" 231 00:15:22,588 --> 00:15:30,062 ( APPLAUSE ) U.N. CLAIMED THAT THE U.S. IS 232 00:15:30,129 --> 00:15:33,699 EXAGGERATING THE THREAT, BUT LOOK HOW MANY TROOPS RUSSIA HAS 233 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:36,001 ALL AROUND UKRAINE. THAT'S A LOT OF RED. 234 00:15:36,068 --> 00:15:40,306 IF THIS WERE AN AD FOR T -MOBILE, I'D CONSIDER SWITCHING CARRIERS. 235 00:15:40,372 --> 00:15:43,909 ( LAUGHTER ) WESTERN SIDE OF UKRAINE IN 236 00:15:43,976 --> 00:15:46,245 MOLDOVA. THAT'S NOT EVEN ON THE RUSSIAN 237 00:15:46,312 --> 00:15:47,846 BORDER. WHAT'S THEIR EXCUSE? 238 00:15:47,913 --> 00:15:52,851 ( AS RUSSIAN SOLDIER ) WE ARE JUST HERE TO ENJOY, UH, 239 00:15:52,918 --> 00:15:55,688 SCENIC MOLDOVA. THEY HAVE WORLD'S LARGEST 240 00:15:55,754 --> 00:15:59,191 TURNIP." ( LAUGHTER ) 241 00:15:59,258 --> 00:16:04,396 BIG... SOUP." ( APPLAUSE ) 242 00:16:04,463 --> 00:16:09,735 EVERYBODY LOVES A GOOD TURNIP JOKE. 243 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:12,104 ONE WORRYING SIGN THAT A RUSSIAN INVASION MAY BE IMMINENT IS THAT 244 00:16:12,171 --> 00:16:14,907 THE U.S. HAS SEEN INDICATIONS THAT RUSSIA HAS POSITIONED 245 00:16:14,973 --> 00:16:18,744 SUPPLIES OF BLOOD NEAR UKRAINE'S BORDERS. 246 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:23,148 NOTHING GOOD REQUIRES SUPPLIES OF BLOOD. 247 00:16:23,215 --> 00:16:24,350 "HEY, NEIGHBOR, WANNA JOIN CANDACE AND ME FOR APPLE PICKING 248 00:16:24,416 --> 00:16:25,150 NEXT SUNDAY? GREAT. 249 00:16:25,217 --> 00:16:27,686 OH, BRING A COUPLE PINTS OF BLOOD. 250 00:16:27,753 --> 00:16:33,926 NO REASON." TO DISCOURAGE RUSSIA FROM 251 00:16:33,992 --> 00:16:36,695 INVADING, A SENATE PANEL SAID IT'S CLOSE TO APPROVING THE 252 00:16:36,762 --> 00:16:40,866 "MOTHER OF ALL SANCTIONS." OH, AND MOTHERS KNOW SANCTIONS: 253 00:16:40,933 --> 00:16:43,402 "DAKOTA, IF YOUR GRADES DON'T IMPROVE, NO SCREEN TIME, NO 254 00:16:43,469 --> 00:16:44,903 PARTIES, AND NO EXPORTING OIL TO THE EUROPEAN BLOC. 255 00:16:44,970 --> 00:16:46,638 I DON'T CARE IF CHINA'S GETTING AWAY WITH CRUSHING THE UYGHURS. 256 00:16:46,705 --> 00:16:52,177 NO. AH-AH!" 257 00:16:52,244 --> 00:16:57,483 NO! ( LAUGHTER ) 258 00:16:57,549 --> 00:17:07,059 SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA'S LARGEST BANKS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 259 00:17:07,126 --> 00:17:08,427 AND AND SOVEREIGN DEBT, WHICH COULD CAUSE SEVERE INFLATION, A 260 00:17:08,494 --> 00:17:10,262 STOCK MARKET CRASH, AND OTHER FORMS OF FINANCIAL PANIC THAT 261 00:17:10,329 --> 00:17:12,030 WOULD EFFECTIVELY CUT THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY OFF FROM MUCH OF 262 00:17:12,097 --> 00:17:14,266 THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM. THEY'RE GOING TO DESTROY THE 263 00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:19,838 BANKING SYSTEM IN RUSSIA, ESSENTIALLY PLUNGING THE COUNTRY 264 00:17:19,905 --> 00:17:20,839 BACK INTO 2008. THEY'LL THEN MAKE THEM DOWN A 265 00:17:20,906 --> 00:17:21,807 FOUR LOKO AND WATCH THE "INDIANA JONES" WITH 266 00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:27,179 SHIA LABOUF. ( LAUGHTER ) 267 00:17:27,246 --> 00:17:31,517 FIND OUT IS NOT THAT CONCERNED ABOUT UKRAINIAN SOVEREIGNTY 268 00:17:31,583 --> 00:17:34,286 BEING CRUSHED TO DUST UNDER THE IRON HEEL OF VLADIMIR PUTIN? 269 00:17:34,353 --> 00:17:36,955 UKRAINIANS. THROUGHOUT THIS CRISIS, THEIR 270 00:17:37,022 --> 00:17:40,826 PRESIDENT, VOLODMYR ZELENSKY, HAS BEEN STRANGELY RELAXED. 271 00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:43,095 AND ACCORDING TO CNN'S CLARISSA WARD, HIS PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING 272 00:17:43,162 --> 00:17:47,232 SUIT. >> WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE HERE, 273 00:17:47,299 --> 00:17:49,101 THERE IS NO SENSE OF HEIGHTENED ANXIETY OR ALARM. 274 00:17:49,168 --> 00:17:52,204 WE HAVE BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF DAYS NOW. 275 00:17:52,271 --> 00:17:54,773 PEOPLE HERE ARE ANXIOUS A LITTLE BIT. 276 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,375 BUT, LARGELY, THEY SEEM TO BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE 277 00:17:56,442 --> 00:17:59,311 A WAR. >> Stephen: YES, THEY'RE A 278 00:17:59,378 --> 00:18:00,512 LITTLE ANXIOUS, BUT THEY'VE DEALT WITH IT IN AN INTERESTING 279 00:18:00,579 --> 00:18:04,283 WAY. AS TENSIONS HAVE ESCALATED, 280 00:18:04,349 --> 00:18:07,519 SOME UKRAINIANS HAVE HIT THE DANCE FLOOR IN CLUBS TO ESCAPE A 281 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:08,687 SENSE OF DREAD FOR A FLEETING MOMENT. 282 00:18:08,754 --> 00:18:11,757 OF COURSE. WE ALL KNOW THE FAMOUS 283 00:18:11,824 --> 00:18:14,660 AFFIRMATION: DANCE LIKE NO ONE'S INVADING. 284 00:18:14,726 --> 00:18:18,764 ( LAUGHTER ) MAJOR RUSSIAN INVASION OF ITS 285 00:18:18,831 --> 00:18:21,300 WESTERN NEIGHBOR, PLUNGING THE WORLD INTO THE MOST DANGEROUS 286 00:18:21,366 --> 00:18:26,338 STANDOFF SINCE THE COLD WAR? OR IS THE U.S. MAKING A MOUNTAIN 287 00:18:26,405 --> 00:18:28,373 OUT OF A MOLEHILL THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS SURROUNDED WITH 288 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:32,811 100,000 TROOPS? WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL ASK CNN'S 289 00:18:32,878 --> 00:18:35,581 CLARISSA WARD VIA SATELLITE FROM UKRAINE. 290 00:18:35,647 --> 00:18:36,482 STICK AROUND. 291 00:18:49,828 --> 00:18:51,330 HEY EVERYBODY. 292 00:18:51,396 --> 00:18:56,068 WELCOME BACK! TO "THE LATE SHOW." 293 00:18:56,134 --> 00:19:01,073 FOLKS, JOINING ME NOW FROM UKRAINE, PLEASE WELCOME CNN 294 00:19:01,139 --> 00:19:03,542 CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, CLARRISA WARD. 295 00:19:03,609 --> 00:19:05,277 CLARISSA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 296 00:19:05,344 --> 00:19:08,914 >> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: IN THE U.N. 297 00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:13,585 YESTERDAY, THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA WERE AT LOG LOGGERHEADS. 298 00:19:13,652 --> 00:19:18,090 THE U.S. SAYS THE UKRAINE IS-- IS AN URGENT AND DANGEROUS 299 00:19:18,156 --> 00:19:20,325 SITUATION IN DANGER OF RUSSIA INVADING. 300 00:19:20,392 --> 00:19:23,762 THE RUSSIANS SAY THAT THE UNITED STATES IS EXAGGERATING. 301 00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:25,864 YOU'VE TALKED TO THE UKRAINE YABS. 302 00:19:25,931 --> 00:19:28,200 HOW ARE THEY FEEL ABOUT ALL OF THIS? 303 00:19:28,267 --> 00:19:31,103 >> IT'S REALLY EXTRAORDINARY, BECAUSE YOU WOULD EXPECT THERE 304 00:19:31,169 --> 00:19:35,941 TO BE AN ALL-OUT PANIC, RIGHT. ANY OTHER COUNTRY, THERE ARE 305 00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:39,611 120,000 TROOPS ON YOUR BORDER. THERE IS A BUILD-UP OF MILITARY 306 00:19:39,678 --> 00:19:41,580 HARDWARE. YOU'VE GOT RUSSIAN SHIPS ALSO 307 00:19:41,647 --> 00:19:44,516 DOWN IN THE SOUTH. YOU'D THINK THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE 308 00:19:44,583 --> 00:19:47,252 REALLY FREAKED OUT. BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IN 309 00:19:47,319 --> 00:19:51,590 UKRAINE IS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH THE THREAT OF 310 00:19:51,657 --> 00:19:52,891 RUSSIAN AGGRESSION FOR EIGHT YEARS. 311 00:19:52,958 --> 00:19:56,495 AND THEY LIVED THROUGH A COUPLE OF YEARS OF A PRETTY VICIOUS 312 00:19:56,562 --> 00:20:00,699 FIGHTING BETWEEN UKRAINIAN FORCES AND PRO-RUSSIAN 313 00:20:00,766 --> 00:20:02,668 SEPARATISTS. WAR HAS KIND OF BECOME THE 314 00:20:02,734 --> 00:20:06,538 FABRIC OF LIFE HERE. AND AS A RESULT, I THINK THAT 315 00:20:06,605 --> 00:20:11,143 UNTIL THERE ARE ACTUALLY BOMBS FALLING OR SHOTS BEING FIRED, 316 00:20:11,209 --> 00:20:14,513 PEOPLE DON'T PAY AS MUCH ATTENTION TO THE RHETORIC COMING 317 00:20:14,580 --> 00:20:18,016 FROM EITHER SIDE. SO, LIKE, THE THING THAT PEOPLE 318 00:20:18,083 --> 00:20:21,086 WOULD TELL ME A LOT IS, "WE DON'T LISTEN TO POLITICS. 319 00:20:21,153 --> 00:20:25,457 WE DON'T WORRY ABOUT POLITICS." UNTIL THINGS ACTUALLY START 320 00:20:25,524 --> 00:20:28,293 HAPPENING, THIS IS ALL IN THE REALM OF POLITICS FOR THEM. 321 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:32,631 AND UKRAINIAN LEADERS ARE REALLY TRYING, ALSO, TO KEEP PEOPLE 322 00:20:32,698 --> 00:20:33,999 CALM. AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THEM 323 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:37,336 COMING OUT AND REALLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE SEEN, 324 00:20:37,402 --> 00:20:40,572 DISAGREEING WITH AMERICA AND SAYING, "WE DON'T THINK AN 325 00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:44,109 ALL-OUT INVASION IS POSSIBLE. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO STAY CALM." 326 00:20:44,176 --> 00:20:47,212 >> Stephen: I WAS SAYING BEFORE THE CRISIS IS A 327 00:20:47,279 --> 00:20:53,885 SELF-GENERATED ONE BY RUSSIA. WHAT DOES HE NEED TO ACUATE THIS 328 00:20:53,952 --> 00:20:56,455 INTO AN INVASION? HE'S GOT THE TROOPS THERE. 329 00:20:56,521 --> 00:21:01,760 WHAT NEED TO HAPPEN FOR HIM TO JUSTIFY THE ACTION THAT'S MOST 330 00:21:01,827 --> 00:21:03,061 FEARED? THE TANKS. 331 00:21:03,128 --> 00:21:06,298 >> SO I THINK THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT 332 00:21:06,365 --> 00:21:09,001 SORT OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN TALKING 333 00:21:09,067 --> 00:21:13,538 ABOUT, IS THAT HE WOULD STAGE SOME KIND OF A FALSE FLAG 334 00:21:13,605 --> 00:21:17,309 OPERATION, BY WHICH I MEAN, IN SOME SORT OF PRO-RUSSIAN 335 00:21:17,376 --> 00:21:21,947 SEPARATIST AREA-- WHERE, BY THE WAY, THEY HAVE BEEN HANDING OUT 336 00:21:22,014 --> 00:21:25,384 RUSSIAN PASSPORTS LIKE CANDY FOR THE PAST YEARS," HE WOULD SAY 337 00:21:25,450 --> 00:21:29,388 THERE'S BEEN AN ATTACK ON UKRAINIAN FORCES. 338 00:21:29,454 --> 00:21:32,491 THESE ARE RUSSIAN CITIZENS. WE MUST GO IN TO PROTECT THEM, 339 00:21:32,557 --> 00:21:34,259 RIGHT. AND THAT GIVES HIM THE SORT OF 340 00:21:34,326 --> 00:21:38,397 FIG LEAF OR PRETEXT OF SAYING, "I HAVE AN OBLIGATION. 341 00:21:38,463 --> 00:21:41,767 THESE PEOPLE HAVE RUSSIAN PASSPORTS. 342 00:21:41,833 --> 00:21:44,369 THEY'RE RUSSIAN CITIZENS. WE NEED TO OFFER THEM DEFENSES." 343 00:21:44,436 --> 00:21:47,572 AND THEN BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU'VE GOT RUSSIAN TANKS ROLLING 344 00:21:47,639 --> 00:21:50,275 ACROSS THAT BORDER INTO DETERIORATE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT 345 00:21:50,342 --> 00:21:54,112 MAY BE UNDER THE CONTROL OF PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS, BUT 346 00:21:54,179 --> 00:21:57,082 THIS IS STILL PART OF UKRAINE, WHICH IS A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY. 347 00:21:57,149 --> 00:22:00,619 AND IT STILL WOULD CONSTITUTE, YOU KNOW, A REALLY BIG DEAL, 348 00:22:00,686 --> 00:22:03,488 EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT AN ALL -OUT INVASION. 349 00:22:03,555 --> 00:22:07,459 >> Stephen: DO THE UKRAINIANS HAVE THE SAME SORT OF NATIONAL 350 00:22:07,526 --> 00:22:11,329 IDENTITY THAT AMERICANS DO? BECAUSE WE REALLY THINK OF 351 00:22:11,396 --> 00:22:16,368 OURSELVES AS AMERICANS FIRST, NO MATTER WHAT OUR ETHNICITY IS, 352 00:22:16,435 --> 00:22:19,738 AND THAT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR COUNTRY WITHOUT 353 00:22:19,805 --> 00:22:22,474 PERMISSION. WE HAVE A WALL-- THEY NEED A 354 00:22:22,541 --> 00:22:23,842 WALL. WOULD THEY LIKE A WALL? 355 00:22:23,909 --> 00:22:27,913 BECAUSE WE HAVE A WALL WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE TO THE SOUTHERN 356 00:22:27,979 --> 00:22:30,182 BORDER ( LAUGHS ) 357 00:22:30,248 --> 00:22:32,417 >> THERE ARE PLENTY WHO WOULD LIKE A WALL. 358 00:22:32,484 --> 00:22:36,388 UKRAINIANS DEFINITELY HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF NATIONAL 359 00:22:36,455 --> 00:22:38,790 IDENTITY, BUT IT SHIFTS A LITTLE BIT AS YOU MOVE THROUGHOUT THE 360 00:22:38,857 --> 00:22:40,125 COUNTRY. WHEN YOU GO TO THE FAR WEST OF 361 00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:45,030 THE COUNTRY, BORDERING POLAND, YOU SEE MUCH MORE UKRAINIANS WHO 362 00:22:45,097 --> 00:22:48,467 REALLY WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION AND WITH THE WEST 363 00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:51,403 AND WITH NATO. WHEN YOU MOVE TO THE FURTHER 364 00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:55,507 PARTS OF THE EAST, YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHERE RUSSIAN IS THEIR 365 00:22:55,574 --> 00:22:57,976 FIRST LANGUAGE. THEY HAVE FAMILY IN RUSSIA. 366 00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:01,613 WE INTERVIEWED A UKRAINIAN SOLDIER ON THE FRONT LINES 367 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,916 TODAY, HE IS A UKRAINIAN SOLDIER FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY, BUT HE 368 00:23:04,983 --> 00:23:11,389 DID NOT WANT TO GIVE HIS NAME ON CAMERA, BECAUSE HIS FAMILY IS IN 369 00:23:11,456 --> 00:23:13,725 DONBAS, AND THAT'S SEPARATIST REGION. 370 00:23:13,792 --> 00:23:18,430 AND I HOPE THAT HELPS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT, THIS IS 371 00:23:18,497 --> 00:23:20,632 COMPLEX. THIS IS NUANCED. 372 00:23:20,699 --> 00:23:24,336 RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BORDERS, HAVE A LONG 373 00:23:24,402 --> 00:23:27,506 HISTORY, THEY'RE INTERMINGLED IN TERMS OF FAMILY, IN TERMS OF THE 374 00:23:27,572 --> 00:23:30,308 LANGUAGE, IN TERMS OF THE HISTORY, IN TERMS OF THE 375 00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:32,511 CULTURE. SO IT'S NOT A CLEAR-CUT ISSUE OF 376 00:23:32,577 --> 00:23:37,682 JUST, YOU KNOW, UKRAINIANS HATE RUSSIA, AND RUSSIA IS THE ENEMY. 377 00:23:37,749 --> 00:23:40,118 FOR MANY UKRAINIANS, OF COURSE, RUSSIA IS THE ENEMY. 378 00:23:40,185 --> 00:23:45,957 BUT FOR MANY OTHERS, THEY ARE ALSO VERY ENMESHED IN RUSSIAN 379 00:23:46,024 --> 00:23:47,092 LIFE. >> Stephen: I'M OLD ENOUGH TO 380 00:23:47,159 --> 00:23:51,897 REMEMBER THAT THE SOVIET UNIWOULD COMMONLY TRY TO TEST 381 00:23:51,963 --> 00:23:56,401 NEW PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES BY CREATING A CRISIS, A 382 00:23:56,468 --> 00:24:00,539 FOREIGN POLICY CRISE EARLY IN THAT PRESIDENT'S TERM, TO SEE 383 00:24:00,605 --> 00:24:04,943 WHAT KIND OF MAN THEY WERE DEALING WITH? 384 00:24:05,010 --> 00:24:08,980 COULD THIS BE PART OF THE IT, TOO, RATTLING THE CAGE TO SEE 385 00:24:09,047 --> 00:24:11,650 THE RESPONSE FROM THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION. 386 00:24:11,716 --> 00:24:15,220 >> I THINK PRESIDENT PUTIN IS ALWAYS TRYING TO PUSH BUTONS 387 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:18,190 LIKE, ESPECIALLY WITH EACH PRESIDENT, TO SEE WHO THEY ARE 388 00:24:18,256 --> 00:24:21,960 AND WHAT THEY STAND FOR. AND I THINK MAYBE-- AND IT'S 389 00:24:22,027 --> 00:24:25,063 SPECULATION-- PRESIDENT PUTIN SEES PRESIDENT BIDEN AND SEES 390 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:27,499 HOW MUCH BIDEN AND HIS ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN TALKING 391 00:24:27,566 --> 00:24:29,601 ABOUT CHINA. "WE WANT TO FOCUS ON CHINA. 392 00:24:29,668 --> 00:24:31,937 THIS IS THE BIG CHALLENGE. THIS IS THE BIG THREAT. 393 00:24:32,003 --> 00:24:35,907 THIS IS THE BIG COMPETITOR." SO PERHAPS HE'S TRYING TO TAKE 394 00:24:35,974 --> 00:24:38,443 ADVANTAGE OF THAT MOMENT AND BOTH KIND OF REESTABLISH HIMSELF 395 00:24:38,510 --> 00:24:43,481 AS BEING A MAJOR PLAYER OF, YOU KNOW, MAJOR INTERNATIONAL 396 00:24:43,548 --> 00:24:47,118 CONSEQUENCE ON THE WORLD STAGE, BUT ALSO HOPEFULLY TRY TO TAKE 397 00:24:47,185 --> 00:24:49,421 ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT MAYBE PRESIDENT BIDEN DOESN'T WANT TO 398 00:24:49,487 --> 00:24:53,124 BE AS FOCUSED ON RUSSIA, THAT HE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, 399 00:24:53,191 --> 00:24:55,660 CHINA BE THE NUMBER ONE THING ON HIS AGENDA. 400 00:24:55,727 --> 00:24:58,663 BUT WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS, STEPHEN-- AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T 401 00:24:58,730 --> 00:25:02,934 KNOW IF YOU FOUND THIS, BUT, LIKE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU 402 00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:07,272 ALWAYSEND UP COMING BACK TO THE SAME THING, WHICH IS WHAT IS 403 00:25:07,339 --> 00:25:09,341 PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN THINKING RIGHT NOW? 404 00:25:09,407 --> 00:25:10,475 >> >> Stephen: IS THIS SO 405 00:25:10,542 --> 00:25:13,345 IMPORTANT TO HIM? WHY IS UKRAINE SO IMPORTANT TO 406 00:25:13,411 --> 00:25:15,447 HIM? >> WELL, IF YOU'VE HAD THE 407 00:25:15,513 --> 00:25:18,917 LUXURY OF READING-- HE WROTE A LETTER ABOUT THIS LAST SUMMER. 408 00:25:18,984 --> 00:25:22,320 IT'S EXCEPTIONALLY LONG AND EXCEPTIONAL DETAILED. 409 00:25:22,387 --> 00:25:25,757 IT'S, LIKE, YOU KNOW, A HISTORICAL TOME. 410 00:25:25,824 --> 00:25:29,961 HE VIEWS UKRAINE AND RUSSIA AS BEING SORT OF SPIRITUALLY AND 411 00:25:30,028 --> 00:25:32,664 RELIGIOUSLY AND LINGUISTICALLY AND HISTORICALLY AND CULTURALLY 412 00:25:32,731 --> 00:25:36,968 KIND OF ONE AND THE SAME, BONDED TOGETHER. 413 00:25:37,035 --> 00:25:39,804 , YOU KNOW, WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION 414 00:25:39,871 --> 00:25:44,242 AND HE DESCRIBES IT AS ONE OF THE GREATEST CATASTROPHES, HE'S 415 00:25:44,309 --> 00:25:50,048 TALKING IN NO SMALL PART ABOUT UKRAINE AND THAT DEEP, DEEP THAT 416 00:25:50,115 --> 00:25:53,818 HE BELIEVES EXISTS THERE. SO WHEN HE SEES UKRAINIANS 417 00:25:53,885 --> 00:25:57,756 TURNING TOWARDS THE TEST AND OUSTING THE PRESIDENT WHO WAS 418 00:25:57,822 --> 00:26:04,729 HERE BEFORE, YA, IN OKOVICH, WHO WAS THE KREMLIN'S MAN AND HAVING 419 00:26:04,796 --> 00:26:08,767 A REVOLUTION AND WANTING TO BE PART OF NATO, THAT'S ANATHEMA TO 420 00:26:08,833 --> 00:26:11,136 EVERYTHING HE STANDS FOR. IT FEEDS INTO THIS IDEA WHICH IS 421 00:26:11,202 --> 00:26:15,740 SORT OF, YOU KNOW, A MANTRA OF HIS, WHICH IS NATO ENCIRCLEMENT. 422 00:26:15,807 --> 00:26:20,211 THE WEST IS TRYING TO CASTRATE RUSSIA, TO WEAKEN RUSSIA, TO 423 00:26:20,278 --> 00:26:23,181 ENCIRCLE US AND PUT THEIR WEAPONS THERE AND THEIR FORCES 424 00:26:23,248 --> 00:26:24,382 THERE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE 425 00:26:24,449 --> 00:26:27,018 REALLY WILL GO TO GREAT, GREAT LENGTHS TO PREVENT. 426 00:26:27,085 --> 00:26:31,089 >> Stephen: WELL, CLARISSA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US 427 00:26:31,156 --> 00:26:34,693 THE PERSPECTIVE RIGHT THERE IN UKRAINE. 428 00:26:34,759 --> 00:26:36,928 CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, CLARISSA WARD, 429 00:26:36,995 --> 00:26:38,563 EVERYBODY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH FAITH 430 00:26:38,630 --> 00:26:39,331 HILL. ♪ ♪ ♪ 431 00:26:50,141 --> 00:26:52,077 ( APPLAUSE ) HEY EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK! 432 00:26:52,143 --> 00:27:01,553 ( APPLAUSE ) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY GUEST TONIGHT AS A FIVE -TIME 433 00:27:01,619 --> 00:27:02,687 GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING SINGER AND COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR. 434 00:27:02,754 --> 00:27:08,727 SHE NOW STARS IN "1883." >> YOU DRINK COFFEE? 435 00:27:08,793 --> 00:27:14,766 >> IT'S NOT FOR ME. >> THERE'S NO ONE ELSE HERE. 436 00:27:14,833 --> 00:27:18,470 ( SIGHS ) YOU LIED. 437 00:27:18,536 --> 00:27:23,174 >> I DID, DIDN'T I? >> WHAT KIND OF A WOMAN DRINKS 438 00:27:23,241 --> 00:27:25,410 COFFEE? >> I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THE 439 00:27:25,477 --> 00:27:28,580 LECTURE ON WOMANHOOD. THIS COFFEE IS FOR HIM AFTER A 440 00:27:28,646 --> 00:27:30,815 LONG NIGHT. SOME DAY, IF YOU'RE LUCK TOW 441 00:27:30,882 --> 00:27:35,020 FIND A MAN, OR SIMPLY FIND A MAN WHO IS EXTREMELY UNLUCKY, YOU'LL 442 00:27:35,086 --> 00:27:42,160 LEARN COFFEE IS A WELCOME TREAT AFTER A HARD RIDE. 443 00:27:42,227 --> 00:27:43,928 >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," FAITH HILL. 444 00:27:43,995 --> 00:27:49,467 ♪ ♪ ♪ 445 00:27:49,534 --> 00:28:04,416 ( APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 446 00:28:04,482 --> 00:28:15,326 ( APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 447 00:28:15,393 --> 00:28:18,296 >> WOW! HI! 448 00:28:18,363 --> 00:28:19,664 >> Stephen: THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 449 00:28:19,731 --> 00:28:22,534 >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS ON 450 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,302 "1883". >> THANK YOU. 451 00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:28,206 >> Stephen: MUCH-ANTICIPATED PREQUEL TO THE INCREDIBLY 452 00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:31,042 POPULAR "YELLOWSTONE." >> YES IS THERE HERE'S THE 453 00:28:31,109 --> 00:28:34,412 THING, I SAW FROM THAT CLIP AND OTHER CLIPS I'VE SEEN, 454 00:28:34,479 --> 00:28:37,582 OBVIOUSLY, IT'S PIONEER LIFE. PIONEER LIFE LOOKS REALLY ROUGH. 455 00:28:37,649 --> 00:28:41,986 FOR INSTANCE, JUST EVEN THE WARDROBE, THAT'S A LOT OF WOOL. 456 00:28:42,053 --> 00:28:45,190 AND IT'S-- IT IS HOT AND LONG AND SCRATCHY. 457 00:28:45,256 --> 00:28:48,226 LIKE, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO HAVE TO BE DECKED OUT, OUT IN THE HEAT 458 00:28:48,293 --> 00:28:51,529 ALL THE TIME? >> WELL, I DO BELIEVE, AND I DO 459 00:28:51,596 --> 00:28:56,835 FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THIS, THAT A MAN SHOULD HAVE TO WEAR A 460 00:28:56,901 --> 00:29:00,371 CORSET, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WE HAD TO WEAR, RIGHT? 461 00:29:00,438 --> 00:29:03,041 ( APPLAUSE ) >> DARE -- 462 00:29:03,108 --> 00:29:06,277 >> Stephen: OBVIOUSLY, I SWEAR SPANX EVERY NIGHT? 463 00:29:06,344 --> 00:29:09,447 >> REALLY. I COULD NEVER-- I DON'T BELIEVE 464 00:29:09,514 --> 00:29:14,853 THAT. BUT YOU-- I WEAR-- I HAVE WORN 465 00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:17,755 THEM, TOO. NOT WHAT YOU CALL THEM -- 466 00:29:17,822 --> 00:29:23,428 >> Stephen: MANX. MAN SPANX. 467 00:29:23,495 --> 00:29:31,169 ASK TIM. ASK TIM IF HE WEARS MANSSP ANX. 468 00:29:31,236 --> 00:29:36,774 >> THE CORSETS, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THEY SURVIVED WITH THE 469 00:29:36,841 --> 00:29:38,810 WARDROBE. SPHWHRU DON'T HAVE TO GET FULLY 470 00:29:38,877 --> 00:29:41,012 TIGHTENED IN OR ANYTHING DO YOU? >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. 471 00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:42,480 >> Stephen: THAT LOOKS PAINFUL. 472 00:29:42,547 --> 00:29:46,117 >> IT WAS PAINFUL, AND I HAVE RIBS, THEY ARE STILL FLOATING 473 00:29:46,184 --> 00:29:52,690 AROUND SOMEWHERE IN MY BODY. SOME ARE MISSING IN ACTION. 474 00:29:52,757 --> 00:29:55,960 BUT THAT'S OKAY. IT'S ALL FOR THE ART OF IT ALL. 475 00:29:56,027 --> 00:29:58,796 >> Stephen: YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND PLAY HUSBAND AND WIFE IN 476 00:29:58,863 --> 00:29:59,797 THE SHOW. >> YES. 477 00:29:59,864 --> 00:30:02,066 >> Stephen: AND, OBVIOUSLY, SO THERE YOU ARE. 478 00:30:02,133 --> 00:30:03,835 IN THE SHOW YOU'RE HUSBAND AND WIFE. 479 00:30:03,902 --> 00:30:05,570 AT HOME YOU'RE HUSBAND AND BEFORE. 480 00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:09,040 HOW DO YOU SEPARATE THOSE TWO? HOW DO YOU KEEP FROM BRINGING 481 00:30:09,107 --> 00:30:12,043 WORK HOME? >> WELL, WE'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 482 00:30:12,110 --> 00:30:13,311 25 YEARS. >> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS. 483 00:30:13,378 --> 00:30:17,081 ( APPLAUSE ) >> THANK YOU. 484 00:30:17,148 --> 00:30:21,119 WE HAVE THREE GROWN DAUGHTERS, ALL IN THEIR 20s. 485 00:30:21,186 --> 00:30:23,321 >> Stephen: ARE YOU EMPTY NESTERS? 486 00:30:23,388 --> 00:30:26,524 >> WE ARE EMPTY NESTERS NOW. ARE YOU. 487 00:30:26,591 --> 00:30:29,527 >> WE JUST THIS YEAR HIT THAT. >> HEARTBREAKING. 488 00:30:29,594 --> 00:30:31,462 >> Stephen: IT'S DIFFICULT, ISN'T IT. 489 00:30:31,529 --> 00:30:34,532 YOU WALK BY THEIR BEDROOMS-- >> IT'S SO TRUE. 490 00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:37,068 THANK GOD FOR THIS PROJECT. IT WAS LIKE-- YEAH, HONESTLY. 491 00:30:37,135 --> 00:30:39,871 SO BACK TO THAT IN A MINUTE. >> Stephen: SORRY. 492 00:30:39,938 --> 00:30:43,541 >> NO, SORRY, I GET OFF TOPIC AND I'M A TALKER. 493 00:30:43,608 --> 00:30:47,345 WHAT DID YOU ASK ME? ( LAUGHTER ) 494 00:30:47,412 --> 00:30:55,553 ABOUT THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE? >> A-HA! 495 00:30:55,620 --> 00:30:56,654 HA-HA! GOOD ONE. 496 00:30:56,721 --> 00:30:57,855 >> Stephen: YOU COULD PLAY CLARISSA WARD IN THE MOVIE. 497 00:30:57,922 --> 00:30:59,791 >> GOOD ONE. >> Stephen: YOU COULD, YOU 498 00:30:59,857 --> 00:31:01,492 COULD. >> SHE'S AMAZING, ACTUALLY, BY 499 00:31:01,559 --> 00:31:03,261 THE WAY. SHE'S AMAZING. 500 00:31:03,328 --> 00:31:05,029 UPON GOD BLESS YOU. >> Stephen: HOW DO YOU 501 00:31:05,096 --> 00:31:08,633 SEPARATE IT WHEN YOU GET HOME. WORK IS NEVER OVER THEN. 502 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:12,203 >> THE WORK IS OVER. HERE'S WHAT WE DECIDED, WE'RE 503 00:31:12,270 --> 00:31:14,739 TOGETHER ALL THE TIME, LITERALLY ALL THE TIME, AND WE DECIDED 504 00:31:14,806 --> 00:31:19,644 THAT WE WOULD NEVER WORK LINES TOGETHER -- 505 00:31:19,711 --> 00:31:22,213 >> Stephen: YOU DON'T RUN LINES WITH EACH OTHER? 506 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:25,183 >> NO, WE DO NOT. >> Stephen: YOU HAVE SCENES 507 00:31:25,250 --> 00:31:28,119 TOGETHER, YOU DON'T RUN LINES? >> WE DO NOT. 508 00:31:28,186 --> 00:31:31,923 BECAUSE WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR IT TO BE SHOT, TIM IS JAMES, I 509 00:31:31,990 --> 00:31:36,227 AM MARGARET, AND THAT'S WHO WE ARE WHEN THE CAMERAS ROLL, 510 00:31:36,294 --> 00:31:38,529 THAT'S WHO WE ARE. AND I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THAT UP 511 00:31:38,596 --> 00:31:41,966 TO HIM BEFORE THEN. YOU KNOW, I MAY HAVE A SURPRISE 512 00:31:42,033 --> 00:31:45,036 IN MY PICTURE OR SHOULD GO. >> Stephen: SURE, SURE. 513 00:31:45,103 --> 00:31:47,772 YOU NEVER SLIP INTO JEANS AND MARGARET WHEN YOU'RE AT HOME FOR 514 00:31:47,839 --> 00:31:49,240 JUST A MINUTE. NOTHING? 515 00:31:49,307 --> 00:31:51,376 >> HE DOES ( LAUGHTER ) 516 00:31:51,442 --> 00:31:58,082 I SAW A MEMORY OCCUR TO YOU JUST THERE. 517 00:31:58,149 --> 00:32:00,184 GO AHEAD. IT'S LATE NIGHT. 518 00:32:00,251 --> 00:32:01,452 IT'S ALL RIGHT. ( LAUGHTER ). 519 00:32:01,519 --> 00:32:04,922 >> Stephen: I'LL ASK HIM TOMORROW. 520 00:32:04,989 --> 00:32:06,924 I'LL ASK HIM TOMORROW. ( APPLAUSE ) 521 00:32:06,991 --> 00:32:11,496 DON'T LET HIM WATCH THIS. WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, 522 00:32:11,562 --> 00:32:15,500 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK FAITH WHAT IT IS LIKE TO 523 00:32:15,566 --> 00:32:17,035 SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE SUPER BOWL. 524 00:32:17,101 --> 00:32:18,770 IT'S TERRIFYING. STICK AROUND. 525 00:32:26,077 --> 00:32:32,216 WE'RE BACK WITH FAITH HILL, STAR OF "1883" ON PARAMOUNT+. 526 00:32:32,283 --> 00:32:34,485 I GOTTA ASK-- I GOT SOMETHING. >> OKAY. 527 00:32:34,552 --> 00:32:36,921 >> Stephen: THE SUPER BOWL IS COMING UP THIS WEEKEND, AND YOU 528 00:32:36,988 --> 00:32:41,759 SANG THE SUPER BOWL IN 2000. WHAT IS THAT LIKE TO SING THE 529 00:32:41,826 --> 00:32:44,028 NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE SUPER BOWL? 530 00:32:44,095 --> 00:32:46,331 THE PRESSURE MUST BE EXTRAORDINARY. 531 00:32:46,397 --> 00:32:49,734 >> THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF PRESSURE EVER. 532 00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:54,772 LIKE, WELL, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS IN MY CAREER THAT I 533 00:32:54,839 --> 00:32:57,809 WOULD-- ONE TOPPED THAT. I NEVER THOUGHT IT COULD. 534 00:32:57,875 --> 00:33:02,580 BUT, YES, SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR THE SUPER BOWL WAS 535 00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:07,285 TERRIFYING. HOWEVER, WHEN I SANG IT, THE 536 00:33:07,352 --> 00:33:09,921 TENNESSEE TITANS HAPPENED TO MAKE IT TO THE SUPER BOWL THAT 537 00:33:09,987 --> 00:33:12,023 SAME YEAR. >> Stephen: SURE. 538 00:33:12,090 --> 00:33:14,192 >> AND I HAD ACCEPTED THE HONOR-- I WAS ASKED, AND I SAID 539 00:33:14,258 --> 00:33:17,295 OH, MY GOSH YES. AND I WAS LIKE WHAT DID I JUST 540 00:33:17,362 --> 00:33:18,429 DO? IT'S TERRIFYING. 541 00:33:18,496 --> 00:33:21,666 >> Stephen: HIR. HOW DO YOU CALM YOURSELF DOWN 542 00:33:21,733 --> 00:33:25,036 BEFORE YOU GO OUT THERE KNOWING THAT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF 543 00:33:25,103 --> 00:33:27,939 PEOPLE ARE WATCHING? >> WELL, HONESTLY, THE TENNESSEE 544 00:33:28,005 --> 00:33:31,042 TITANS WERE PLAYING IN THIS PARTICULAR SUPER BOWL, AND THAT 545 00:33:31,109 --> 00:33:34,479 CALMED ME BECAUSE I WAS SO PROUD OF OUR TEAM. 546 00:33:34,545 --> 00:33:39,317 BUT I DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE RESTROOM JUST REHEARSING. 547 00:33:39,384 --> 00:33:43,488 SERIOUSLY, I DID, WITH A BOOM BOX, LITERALLY, A BOOM BOX, IN 548 00:33:43,554 --> 00:33:46,691 THE PUBLIC RESTROOM BEFORE I WALKED OUT. 549 00:33:46,758 --> 00:33:53,097 I WALKED FROM THE PUBLIC RESTROOM OUT TO THE FIELD AND 550 00:33:53,164 --> 00:33:54,999 SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. >> Stephen: YOU WERE AFRAID 551 00:33:55,066 --> 00:33:58,436 YOU WOULD FORGET THE LYRICS? >> I HAVE FORGOTTEN THE LYRICS. 552 00:33:58,503 --> 00:33:59,837 >> WOW. >> I HAVE. 553 00:33:59,904 --> 00:34:03,741 IT'S ONE OF THOSE SONGS YOU KNOW SO WELL AND YOU THINK I'LL NEVER 554 00:34:03,808 --> 00:34:06,177 FORGET THE LYRICS. IT HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE. 555 00:34:06,244 --> 00:34:09,380 IT WAS AT A PLAY-OFF GAME MANY YEARS PRIOR. 556 00:34:09,447 --> 00:34:13,384 I WAS AT THE DALLAS-- I WAS SINGING AT A DALLAS PLAY-OFF 557 00:34:13,451 --> 00:34:14,852 GAME, THE BEGINNING OF MY CAREER. 558 00:34:14,919 --> 00:34:18,256 AND I'M WALK-- AND I WAS ASKED TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM 559 00:34:18,322 --> 00:34:20,258 PLAY-OFF GAME. AND I I'M WALKING OUT TO THE 560 00:34:20,324 --> 00:34:26,197 CENTER OF THE FIELD WITH THIS VERY GENEROUS GUARD, THIS WOMAN 561 00:34:26,264 --> 00:34:30,067 THAT WAS WALKING ME OUT. AND I SAY TO HER-- AND THIS IS 562 00:34:30,134 --> 00:34:33,037 TELEVISED, "WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW JUST THE FIRST WORD OF THE 563 00:34:33,104 --> 00:34:35,406 NATIONAL ANTHEM?" ( LAUGHTER ) 564 00:34:35,473 --> 00:34:43,848 THE O." AND SHE SAID, "SEARLY?" 565 00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:47,518 AND WE'RE WALKING HAND IN HAND, AND I SAID, "I'M SERIOUS. 566 00:34:47,585 --> 00:34:52,957 I'M VERY SERIOUS." SHE SAID "OH, MY, HONEY, I DON'T 567 00:34:53,024 --> 00:34:55,259 KNOW." AND I SAID-- I SAID -- 568 00:34:55,326 --> 00:34:56,527 >> Stephen: THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR. 569 00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:59,831 >> I DON'T KNOW-- I DON'T KNOW-- I DON'T KNOW, EITHER. 570 00:34:59,897 --> 00:35:05,970 OKAY I'M JUST GOING TO SING "AMAZING GRACE" SO THEY'LL 571 00:35:06,037 --> 00:35:08,673 FORGIVE ME FOR THAT. >> Stephen: YOU BAILED ON THE 572 00:35:08,739 --> 00:35:10,908 NATIONAL ANTHEM. >> I DID NOT, I DID NOT. 573 00:35:10,975 --> 00:35:15,279 BUT HONEST TO GOD, WHEN I HIT THAT CENTER AND IT WENT LIVE, IF 574 00:35:15,346 --> 00:35:22,086 I DIDN'T HAVE O, SAY," IT WAS GOING TO BE 575 00:35:22,153 --> 00:35:27,625 ♪ AMAZING GRACE." >> Stephen: WAS IT A TRACK OR 576 00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:29,026 A CAPPELLA. >> I WAS NAKED LIFE. 577 00:35:29,093 --> 00:35:31,229 IT WAS IT. WHAT YOU SAW IN THE CENTER OF 578 00:35:31,295 --> 00:35:33,331 THAT CIRCLE, IT WAS-- THAT WAS ME. 579 00:35:33,397 --> 00:35:38,135 SO IT WAS EITHER GOING TO BE ♪ O SAY ♪ 580 00:35:38,202 --> 00:35:42,039 >> Stephen: I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE TO SING "AMAZING 581 00:35:42,106 --> 00:35:44,542 GRACE "TO THE TUNE OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 582 00:35:44,609 --> 00:35:48,546 >> I THOUGHT I WOULD SING "AMAZING GRACE" AND BE FORGIVEN. 583 00:35:48,613 --> 00:35:55,853 BUT IT WORKED OUT. >> Stephen: COUNTRY STAR NICK 584 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,389 GUYTON WAS ANNOUNCED. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR HER. 585 00:35:58,456 --> 00:36:00,992 ARE YOU GUYS FRIENDS? >> AMAZING ARTIST. 586 00:36:01,058 --> 00:36:04,762 I HAVE NOT MET HER. BUT I AM SUCH A HUGE FAN AND 587 00:36:04,829 --> 00:36:08,432 SUPPORTER, AND SHE IS GOING TO SLAY IT. 588 00:36:08,499 --> 00:36:12,703 >> Stephen: NIKI, THE FIRST WORD IS O. 589 00:36:12,770 --> 00:36:14,839 >> SHE'S GOING TO SLAY IT. >> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH 590 00:36:14,906 --> 00:36:16,440 FOR BEING HERE. >> AM I DONE? 591 00:36:16,507 --> 00:36:19,610 >> Stephen: YOU CAN SAY, BUT WE HAVE TO GO SELL SOME SOAP. 592 00:36:19,677 --> 00:36:22,647 >> OKAY, SOAP IS GOOD. YEAH, GOOD SOAP, BYE. 593 00:36:22,713 --> 00:36:25,449 >> Stephen: NEW EPISODES OF "1883" PREMIERE SUNDAYS ON 594 00:36:25,516 --> 00:36:27,451 PARAMOUNT+. IT'S FAITH HILL, EVERYBODY. 595 00:36:27,518 --> 00:36:30,121 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY AURORA. 596 00:36:36,627 --> 00:36:39,230 >> Stephen: AND NOW PERFORMING, "A TEMPORARY HIGH" FROM HER 597 00:36:39,297 --> 00:36:42,667 ALBUM, "THE GODS WE CAN TOUCH," AURORA. 598 00:36:42,733 --> 00:36:43,968 ( SYNTH POP ) 599 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:47,572 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ IT SEEMS LIKE WE 600 00:36:47,638 --> 00:36:54,946 LIKE TO BE LIVING DANGEROUSLY ♪ OUR HEART SINGS 601 00:36:55,012 --> 00:37:00,484 A TEMPORARY LIE ♪ IT SEEMS LIKE HER 602 00:37:00,551 --> 00:37:11,395 MADNESS COULD BE ENDLESSLY ♪ HER LOVE IS A TEMPORARY HIGH 603 00:37:11,462 --> 00:37:19,403 AND YOU'RE RUNNING TO THE SHORE ♪ HOWLING AT THE WAVES 604 00:37:19,470 --> 00:37:20,972 HOWLING BACK AT YOU (YOU-OU-OU) 605 00:37:21,038 --> 00:37:23,407 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'RE AHEAD, 606 00:37:23,474 --> 00:37:25,109 SHE'S COMING AFTER ♪ AND WHEN YOU RUN, 607 00:37:25,176 --> 00:37:28,479 SHE'S RUNNING FASTER ♪ AND WHEN SHE LOVES YOU 608 00:37:28,546 --> 00:37:32,216 BETTER HOPE HER LOVE IS NOT ♪ A TEMPORARY HIGH 609 00:37:32,283 --> 00:37:37,822 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ YOUR BODY WAS WARM 610 00:37:37,888 --> 00:37:43,094 WHEN SHE WAS COLD ♪ YOU WOULD LONG FOR LOVE 611 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:51,135 HER STORM WAS A TEMPORARY LIGHT ♪ AND I GUESS YOU FROZE 612 00:37:51,202 --> 00:37:55,706 WHEN THE STORM ♪ BLEW AWAY HER CLOTHES 613 00:37:55,773 --> 00:38:00,411 AND YOU NEVER GOT WARM AGAIN ♪ ♪ ♪ 614 00:38:00,478 --> 00:38:06,417 ♪ YOUR HANDS AS BLUE AS ICE YOU REACHED TOWARDS THE SKY 615 00:38:06,484 --> 00:38:11,389 ♪ REACHING BACK AT YOU (YOU-OU-OU) 616 00:38:11,455 --> 00:38:13,691 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'RE AHEAD, 617 00:38:13,758 --> 00:38:15,626 SHE'S COMING AFTER ♪ AND WHEN YOU RUN, 618 00:38:15,693 --> 00:38:19,463 SHE'S RUNNING FASTER ♪ AND WHEN SHE LOVES YOU 619 00:38:19,530 --> 00:38:24,535 BETTER HOPE HER LOVE IS NOT ♪ A TEMPORARY HIGH 620 00:38:24,602 --> 00:38:30,775 (YOU, YOU, YOU) ♪ AND WHEN YOU RUN, 621 00:38:30,841 --> 00:38:33,144 SHE'S RUNNING FASTER ♪ AND WHEN SHE LOVES YOU 622 00:38:33,210 --> 00:38:39,150 BETTER HOPE HER LOVE IS NOT ♪ A TEMPORARY HIGH 623 00:38:39,216 --> 00:38:50,594 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ YOUR HANDS AS BLUE AS ICE 624 00:38:50,661 --> 00:38:54,065 YOU REACHED TOWARDS THE SKY ♪ REACHING BACK AT YOU 625 00:38:54,131 --> 00:38:56,133 (YOU-OU-OU) ♪ ♪ ♪ 626 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:58,402 ♪ WHEN YOU'RE AHEAD, SHE'S COMING AFTER 627 00:38:58,469 --> 00:39:01,972 ♪ AND WHEN YOU RUN, SHE'S RUNNING FASTER 628 00:39:02,039 --> 00:39:06,844 ♪ AND WHEN SHE LOVES YOU BETTER HOPE HER LOVE IS NOT 629 00:39:06,911 --> 00:39:11,549 ♪ A TEMPORARY HIGH (YOU, YOU, YOU) 630 00:39:11,615 --> 00:39:15,052 ♪ AND WHEN YOU RUN, SHE'S RUNNING FASTER 631 00:39:15,119 --> 00:39:19,123 ♪ AND WHEN SHE LOVES YOU BETTER HOPE HER LOVE IS NOT 632 00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:30,167 ♪ A TEMPORARY HIGH ♪ ♪ ♪ 633 00:39:30,234 --> 00:39:33,771 ♪ YOU BETTER HOPE THAT HER LOVE IS NOT TEMPORARY 634 00:39:33,838 --> 00:39:45,750 ♪ YOU BETTER HOPE THAT HER LOVE IS NOT TEMPORARY 635 00:39:45,816 --> 00:39:53,958 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 636 00:39:54,024 --> 00:39:54,992 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AURORA EVERYBODY, THAT'S IT FOR 637 00:39:55,059 --> 00:39:56,527 "THE LATE SHOW." TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS 638 00:39:56,594 --> 00:39:58,896 WILL BE TIM MCGRAW AND MARTHA STEWART. 639 00:39:58,963 --> 00:40:01,332 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. GOODNIGHT. 640 00:40:13,310 --> 00:40:21,118 ♪ ♪ ♪HEY HEY, MY MY. ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE.♪ ♪ 641 00:40:21,185 --> 00:40:27,358 ♪ ♪ ♪ WILL NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER DIE ♪ ♪ ♪