1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:06,072 >> YOU'VE JUST WATCHED THE STATE OF THE UNION, BUT YOU WANT MORE? 2 00:00:06,139 --> 00:00:09,943 INTRODUCING, NEW FROM HASBRO, THE STATE OF THE UNION PLAY SET. 3 00:00:10,009 --> 00:00:11,678 >> AWESOME! 4 00:00:11,745 --> 00:00:13,580 >> NOW, YOU CAN RELIVE ALL YOUR FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM THE STATE 5 00:00:13,646 --> 00:00:16,216 OF THE UNION. 6 00:00:16,282 --> 00:00:17,584 >> I NOMINATE JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON. 7 00:00:17,650 --> 00:00:20,286 >> YAY! 8 00:00:20,353 --> 00:00:21,688 >> BOOO! 9 00:00:21,755 --> 00:00:23,823 SHE'S A COMMUNIST! 10 00:00:23,890 --> 00:00:31,765 >> WITH COLLECTIBLE ELECTABLES, JOE BIDEN, KAMALA HARRIS, BERNIE 11 00:00:31,831 --> 00:00:34,067 SANDERS, MITCH McCCONNELL, NANCY PELOSI WITH BATTLE GAVEL, 12 00:00:34,134 --> 00:00:36,269 AND TED CRUZ WITH EMERGENCY CANCUN GETAWAY KIT. 13 00:00:36,336 --> 00:00:39,105 >> WE MUST STAND UP TO DICTATORS. 14 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:41,808 >> I MISS MY DICTATOR. 15 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:45,278 >> AND COMING NEXT FROM HASBRO, THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSE PLAY 16 00:00:45,345 --> 00:00:47,380 SET, FEATURING... 17 00:00:47,447 --> 00:00:48,581 UH, WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY SURE. 18 00:00:51,317 --> 00:00:56,890 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW LIVE WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 19 00:00:56,956 --> 00:01:00,527 TONIGHT, STATUS JOE. 20 00:01:00,593 --> 00:01:05,865 PLUS STEPHEN WELCOMES LIVE: BERNIE SANDERS 21 00:01:05,932 --> 00:01:13,573 AND MUSICAL GUEST BIG THIEF FEATURING LIVE JON BATISTE AND 22 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:17,944 STAY HUMAN. 23 00:01:18,011 --> 00:01:21,014 AND NOW LIVE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 24 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:22,715 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 25 00:01:22,782 --> 00:01:29,355 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 26 00:01:29,422 --> 00:01:44,304 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU 27 00:01:44,370 --> 00:01:45,438 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU 28 00:01:45,505 --> 00:01:48,308 WHAT'S GOING ON? 29 00:01:48,374 --> 00:01:51,144 HAPPY TUESDAY! 30 00:01:51,211 --> 00:01:52,378 HELLO, CHRISTOPHER. 31 00:01:52,445 --> 00:01:54,347 HELLO, PAUL. 32 00:01:54,414 --> 00:01:55,114 HEY, EVERYBODY. 33 00:01:55,181 --> 00:02:09,596 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 34 00:02:09,662 --> 00:02:11,431 >> Stephen: DANG, DANG, IT FEELS GOOD TO BE LIVE! 35 00:02:11,498 --> 00:02:13,366 RIGHT THERE. 36 00:02:13,433 --> 00:02:14,000 WELCOME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 37 00:02:14,067 --> 00:02:14,567 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 38 00:02:14,634 --> 00:02:15,068 >> Audience: STEPHEN! 39 00:02:15,134 --> 00:02:16,035 STEPHEN! 40 00:02:16,102 --> 00:02:18,204 STEPHEN! 41 00:02:18,271 --> 00:02:19,138 >> Stephen: COME ON. 42 00:02:19,205 --> 00:02:19,906 THAT'S A LIVE CROWD RIGHT THERE. 43 00:02:19,973 --> 00:02:25,445 >> JON: YEAH!p>> Stephen: THANK. 44 00:02:25,512 --> 00:02:26,679 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) PLEASE HAVE A SEAT EVERYBODY. 45 00:02:26,746 --> 00:02:27,747 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 46 00:02:27,814 --> 00:02:29,516 WELCOME, ONE AND ALL-- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE. 47 00:02:29,582 --> 00:02:31,718 WOOO! 48 00:02:31,784 --> 00:02:33,186 WELCOME, ONE AND ALL TO "THE LATE SHOW." 49 00:02:33,253 --> 00:02:34,554 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 50 00:02:34,621 --> 00:02:40,126 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, THAT 51 00:02:40,193 --> 00:02:43,530 MEANS LEGALLY WE ARE LIVE AFTER JOE BIDEN'S FIRST OFFICIAL STATE 52 00:02:43,596 --> 00:02:47,467 OF THE UNION ADDRESS. 53 00:02:47,534 --> 00:02:55,575 AND LET ME TELL YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT WAS 54 00:02:55,642 --> 00:02:57,443 A ROLLER-COASTER RIDE OF RIP-ROARING REASONABLENESS. 55 00:02:57,510 --> 00:02:58,711 KEEP IN MIND, A WEEK AGO, THIS WAS GOING TO BE A TOTALLY 56 00:02:58,778 --> 00:02:59,812 DIFFERENT SPEECH. 57 00:02:59,879 --> 00:03:03,583 BUT WHEN UKRAINE WAS INVADED, THE WHOLE WORLD CHANGED. 58 00:03:03,650 --> 00:03:05,285 BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A DICTATOR WHO THINKS HE CAN 59 00:03:05,351 --> 00:03:08,254 VIOLENTLY CONQUER A SOVEREIGN DEMOCRACY, BUT JOE BIDEN BEAT 60 00:03:08,321 --> 00:03:09,989 HIM IN THE LAST ELECTION. 61 00:03:10,056 --> 00:03:12,692 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Jon: WHOA! 62 00:03:12,759 --> 00:03:16,162 WHOA! 63 00:03:16,229 --> 00:03:17,664 >> Stephen: OH! 64 00:03:17,730 --> 00:03:20,733 >> Jon: WHOA! 65 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:26,239 >> Stephen: AND NOW THE WORLD IS FACING ANOTHER ONE WHO IS 66 00:03:26,306 --> 00:03:30,677 ROLLING TANKS INTO UKRAINE. 67 00:03:30,743 --> 00:03:31,911 MANY LAWMAKERS WORE THE COLORS OF THE UKRAINIAN FLAG, BLUE AND 68 00:03:31,978 --> 00:03:33,112 YELLOW. 69 00:03:33,179 --> 00:03:33,513 IT'S A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY NOT SEEN SINCE THE LAST "MINIONS" 70 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:34,480 MOVIE. 71 00:03:34,547 --> 00:03:38,551 ( LAUGHTER ) AND BIDEN GOT RIGHT TO THE TOPIC 72 00:03:38,618 --> 00:03:41,854 ON EVERYONE'S MIND: VLADIMIR PUTIN'S INVASION OF UKRAINE. 73 00:03:41,921 --> 00:03:43,590 >> HE THOUGHT HE COULD ROLL INTO UKRAINE AND THE WORLD WOULD ROLL 74 00:03:43,656 --> 00:03:48,728 OVER. 75 00:03:48,795 --> 00:03:49,996 INSTEAD, HE MET WITH A WALL OF STRENGTH HE NEVER ANTICIPATED OR 76 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:51,197 IMAGINED. 77 00:03:51,264 --> 00:03:53,866 >> Stephen: YES, HE RAN INTO A WALL OF STRENGTH, WHICH IS WHY 78 00:03:53,933 --> 00:03:56,436 WE MUST KEEP VLADIMIR PUTIN FROM ACQUIRING WEAPONS OF MASS 79 00:03:56,502 --> 00:03:57,470 KOOL-AID. 80 00:03:57,537 --> 00:04:08,848 ( LAUGHTER ) OH, YEAH! 81 00:04:08,915 --> 00:04:10,216 THEN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CALLED FOR A 82 00:04:10,283 --> 00:04:11,484 SYMBOLIC GESTURE FROM ALL THOSE PRESENT: 83 00:04:11,551 --> 00:04:13,252 >> LET EACH OF US, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO STAND, STAND AND SEND AN 84 00:04:13,319 --> 00:04:16,889 UNMISTAKABLE SIGNAL TO THE WORLD FOR UKRAINE. 85 00:04:16,956 --> 00:04:31,838 ( APPLAUSE ) ( APPLAUSE ) 86 00:04:31,904 --> 00:04:33,706 ( APPLAUSE ) ( APPLAUSE ) 87 00:04:35,041 --> 00:04:40,079 OVER THIS WEEKEND. 88 00:04:40,146 --> 00:04:43,383 OVER THE WEEKEND, BIDEN AND OUR ALLIES IMPOSED CRIPPLING 89 00:04:43,449 --> 00:04:45,685 FINANCIAL SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA. 90 00:04:45,752 --> 00:04:48,054 AND TONIGHT, BIDEN ADDED A MEASURE AIMED DIRECTLY AT 91 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:51,791 PUTIN'S BUDDIES: >> THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 92 00:04:51,858 --> 00:04:55,028 OF JUSTICE IS ASSEMBLING A DEDICATED TASK FORCE TO GO AFTER 93 00:04:55,094 --> 00:04:58,698 THE CRIMES OF THE RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS. 94 00:04:58,765 --> 00:05:01,467 WE ARE JOINING WITH OUR EUROPEAN ALLIES TO FIND AND SEIZE THEIR 95 00:05:01,534 --> 00:05:02,769 YACHTS, THEIR LUXURY APARTMENTS, THEIR PRIVATE JETS. 96 00:05:02,835 --> 00:05:07,173 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WOO! 97 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:13,980 NOW SEIZE BEZOS' PENIS ROCKET AND THAT STUPID COWBOY HAT! 98 00:05:14,047 --> 00:05:14,347 WOOO! 99 00:05:14,414 --> 00:05:14,714 Oh! 100 00:05:14,781 --> 00:05:19,519 >> Jon: OH! 101 00:05:19,585 --> 00:05:24,190 >> Stephen: AND THE SMACKDOWN DIDN'T STOP THERE. 102 00:05:24,257 --> 00:05:30,063 >> TONIGHT I AM ANNOUNCING THAT WE WILL JOIN OUR ALLIES IN 103 00:05:30,129 --> 00:05:31,397 CLOSING OFF AMERICAN AIRSPACE TO ALL RUSSIAN FLIGHTS FURTHER 104 00:05:31,464 --> 00:05:31,964 ISOLATING RUSSIA. 105 00:05:32,031 --> 00:05:33,099 >> Stephen: BOOM. 106 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:34,967 NOW RUSSIANS WILL ALL BE STUCK IN THEIR AIRPORTS, EATING 107 00:05:35,034 --> 00:05:36,636 CINNA-BORSCHT. 108 00:05:36,703 --> 00:05:39,906 BUT IF HE REALLY WANTED TO PUNISH RUSSIA, HE'D JUST DIVERT 109 00:05:39,972 --> 00:05:42,341 ALL THEIR FLIGHTS TO NEWARK. 110 00:05:42,408 --> 00:05:44,477 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 111 00:05:44,544 --> 00:05:44,977 TERMINAL "C." 112 00:05:45,044 --> 00:05:47,847 TERMINAL "C," BABY. 113 00:05:47,914 --> 00:05:49,782 AMERICA'S NOT ALONE IN THIS FLIGHT. 114 00:05:49,849 --> 00:05:51,851 THE E.U. AND CANADA HAVE ALREADY BANNED RUSSIAN PLANES FROM THEIR 115 00:05:51,918 --> 00:05:54,187 AIR SPACE. 116 00:05:54,253 --> 00:05:57,824 AND ALL FLIGHTS TO RUSSIA HAVE EVEN BEEN CANCELLED BY THE 117 00:05:57,890 --> 00:06:02,395 LOW-COST, HUNGARY-BASED AIRLINE WIZZ AIR. 118 00:06:02,462 --> 00:06:04,430 ( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S RIGHT, RUSSIA. 119 00:06:04,497 --> 00:06:05,098 YOU CAN'T EVEN TAKE A WIZZ. 120 00:06:05,164 --> 00:06:07,266 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 121 00:06:07,333 --> 00:06:11,904 AND THEY'RE HUNGARY'S NUMBER-ONE AIRLINE. 122 00:06:11,971 --> 00:06:13,239 pWHEN HIS SPEECH TURNED TO THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, HE STARTED 123 00:06:13,306 --> 00:06:16,509 WITH THE CLASSICS: >> MY DAD HAD TO LEAVE HIS HOME 124 00:06:16,576 --> 00:06:18,644 IN SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, TO FIND WORK. 125 00:06:18,711 --> 00:06:21,914 >> Stephen: WOO! 126 00:06:21,981 --> 00:06:26,552 DO "NO MALARKY!" DO "DOG-FACE PONY SOLDIER!" 127 00:06:26,619 --> 00:06:31,758 SNIFF SOMEONE'S HAIR! 128 00:06:31,824 --> 00:06:35,495 THEN-- IT GETS VERY HOT, VERY FAST. 129 00:06:35,561 --> 00:06:40,733 THEN BIDEN STARTED TALKING ABOUT HIS RELIEF PLAN, AND CHUCK 130 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,870 SCHUMER GOT OUT A LITTLE AHEAD OF HIS SKIS: 131 00:06:43,936 --> 00:06:48,808 >> THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN-- THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN HELPED 132 00:06:48,875 --> 00:06:54,347 WORKING PEOPLE-- ( LAUGHTER ) 133 00:06:54,413 --> 00:06:55,848 >> Stephen: ARE WE-- ARE WE-- ARE WE NOT CLAPPING? 134 00:06:55,915 --> 00:06:58,785 OKAY, OKAY, I'LL SIT DOWN. 135 00:06:58,851 --> 00:06:59,585 SORRY. 136 00:06:59,652 --> 00:07:00,453 >> --AND LEFT NO ONE BEHIND. 137 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,890 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO! 138 00:07:03,956 --> 00:07:05,691 THERE YOU GO! 139 00:07:05,758 --> 00:07:11,297 THERE YOU GO! 140 00:07:11,364 --> 00:07:12,265 I DIDN'T-- THAT WAS-- I SAW I GOT A LITTLE... 141 00:07:12,331 --> 00:07:16,235 IT'S KIND OF WEIRD. 142 00:07:16,302 --> 00:07:17,436 I'M LIVE BUT EVIDENTLY CHUCK SCHUMER IS ON A SEVEN-SECOND 143 00:07:17,503 --> 00:07:18,504 DELAY. 144 00:07:18,571 --> 00:07:24,911 THEN BIDEN MADE A BIG PROMISE: >> WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE 145 00:07:24,977 --> 00:07:29,849 AFFORDABLE HIGH-SPEED INTERNET FOR EVERY AMERICAN: RURAL, 146 00:07:29,916 --> 00:07:31,784 SUBURBAN, URBAN, AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. 147 00:07:31,851 --> 00:07:34,020 >> Stephen: YES! 148 00:07:34,086 --> 00:07:39,258 BECAUSE IN AMERICA, REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU ARE OR WHERE THEY 149 00:07:39,325 --> 00:07:40,560 LIVE, EVERYONE DESERVES THE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT TO 150 00:07:40,626 --> 00:07:42,261 STREAM PORNOGRAPHY. 151 00:07:42,328 --> 00:07:50,803 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THEN THE PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTED 152 00:07:50,870 --> 00:07:52,305 THE EFFORTS OF AMERICAN WORKERS. 153 00:07:52,371 --> 00:07:57,276 >> POWERED BY PEOPLE I'VE MET, LIKE JOJO BURGESS, FROM 154 00:07:57,343 --> 00:07:59,579 GENERATIONS OF UNION STEEL WORKERS IN PITTSBURGH. 155 00:07:59,645 --> 00:08:00,279 WHO IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT. 156 00:08:00,346 --> 00:08:03,015 WHERE ARE YOU, JOJO? 157 00:08:03,082 --> 00:08:05,151 >> Stephen: "JOJO WAS A MAN WHO THOUGHT HE WAS A LONER, BUT HE 158 00:08:05,218 --> 00:08:09,455 KNEW IT COULDN'T LAST. 159 00:08:09,522 --> 00:08:10,556 JOJO, JOJO LEFT HIS HOME IN TUSCON, ARIZONA, FOR SOME 160 00:08:10,623 --> 00:08:11,023 CALIFORNIA GRASS. 161 00:08:11,090 --> 00:08:11,724 GET BACK! 162 00:08:11,791 --> 00:08:13,726 GET BACK, JOJO!" ( APPLAUSE ) 163 00:08:13,793 --> 00:08:16,229 GET BACK TO WHERE YOU ONCE BELONG! 164 00:08:16,295 --> 00:08:16,896 COME ON, NO, I'M SERIOUS, FOLKS. 165 00:08:16,963 --> 00:08:22,068 GET BACK! 166 00:08:22,134 --> 00:08:25,271 NOT EVERYONE WAS FOCUSED ON THE SPEECH. 167 00:08:25,338 --> 00:08:29,175 KEVIN McCARTHY WAS THERE BUT BUSY LOOKING AT HIS PHONE. 168 00:08:29,242 --> 00:08:32,311 TO BE FAIR, TODAY'S WORDLE WAS PRETTY TRICKY. 169 00:08:32,378 --> 00:08:34,981 ( LAUGHTER ) OF COURSE, THE MINORITY LEADER 170 00:08:35,047 --> 00:08:38,818 IN THE HOUSE NOT PAYING ATTENTION LOOKED DISRESPECTFUL. 171 00:08:38,885 --> 00:08:40,019 BUT KEEP IN MIND, HE MIGHT'VE BEEN ON AMAZON SHOPPING FOR A 172 00:08:40,086 --> 00:08:42,054 SPINE. 173 00:08:42,121 --> 00:08:43,422 ( LAUGHTER ) MANY, MANY-- 174 00:08:43,489 --> 00:08:45,758 ( APPLAUSE ) GOOD GUY. 175 00:08:45,825 --> 00:08:49,061 YOU'LL LIKE HIM. 176 00:08:49,128 --> 00:08:52,331 MANY OF BIDEN'S CABINET WERE THERE. 177 00:08:52,398 --> 00:08:56,836 WE GOT TO SEE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION PETE BUTTIGIEG 178 00:08:56,903 --> 00:08:57,236 IN THE BALCONY. 179 00:08:57,303 --> 00:08:57,904 JUST KIDDING. 180 00:08:57,970 --> 00:08:59,205 I'M JOKING! 181 00:08:59,272 --> 00:09:02,341 WE MAKE JOKES! 182 00:09:02,408 --> 00:09:04,744 JUST JOSHING. 183 00:09:04,810 --> 00:09:09,282 THAT BOY IS JOSHUA DAVIS, A 13-YEAR-OLD WHO HAS BEEN 184 00:09:09,348 --> 00:09:10,883 FIGHTING TO HELP KIDS WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES. 185 00:09:10,950 --> 00:09:12,985 BUT A SEAT AT THE STATE OF THE UNION WASN'T THE ONLY REASON IT 186 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:15,454 WAS A SPECIAL DAY FOR JOSHUA. 187 00:09:15,521 --> 00:09:16,389 >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BUDDY, BY THE WAY. 188 00:09:16,455 --> 00:09:24,463 ( APPLAUSE ) FOR JOSHUA, AND 200,000 OTHER 189 00:09:24,530 --> 00:09:28,634 YOUNG PEOPLE WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES, LET'S CAP THE COST OF 190 00:09:28,701 --> 00:09:29,635 INSULIN AT $35 A MONTH. 191 00:09:29,702 --> 00:09:32,305 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: OH, MY GOD, HE'S SO 192 00:09:32,371 --> 00:09:33,406 ADORABLE. 193 00:09:33,472 --> 00:09:38,311 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HE JUST-- I JUST WANT TO GRAB 194 00:09:38,377 --> 00:09:40,780 THOSE CHEEKS! 195 00:09:40,846 --> 00:09:43,916 AND-- THIS IS TRUE-- IT'S HIS 13th BIRTHDAY. 196 00:09:43,983 --> 00:09:47,987 THE POOR KID GOT STUCK WITH THE WORST BAR MITZVAH THEME OF ALL 197 00:09:48,054 --> 00:09:49,689 TIME: RAMPANT INFLATION. 198 00:09:49,755 --> 00:09:52,024 ( LAUGHTER ) ANYWAY, IT WAS REALLY A SWEET 199 00:09:52,091 --> 00:09:55,127 MOMENT. 200 00:09:55,194 --> 00:09:56,362 I MEAN, THERE'S NO ONE IN THAT ROOM CUTER THAN THAT KID. 201 00:09:56,429 --> 00:10:06,906 ( APPLAUSE ) ( LAUGHTER ) 202 00:10:06,973 --> 00:10:09,742 I STAND CORRECTED. 203 00:10:09,809 --> 00:10:12,979 THE PRESIDENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT COMPANIES WHO TOOK 204 00:10:13,045 --> 00:10:14,113 ADVANTAGE OF COVID RELIEF WERE FINALLY GOING TO BE HELD 205 00:10:14,180 --> 00:10:17,950 ACCOUNTABLE: >> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL 206 00:10:18,017 --> 00:10:20,653 NAME A CHIEF PROSECUTOR FOR PANDEMIC FRAUD. 207 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:25,091 >> Stephen: HOPEFULLY, HE MEANS FINANCIAL PANDEMIC FRAUD, AND 208 00:10:25,157 --> 00:10:26,525 NOT LYING ABOUT "MAYBE BEING pEXPOSED" SO YOU CAN GET OUT OF 209 00:10:26,592 --> 00:10:29,295 GOING TO YOUR COUSIN'S DESTINATION WEDDING. 210 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:33,265 ( LAUGHTER ) BIDEN TOUTED HIS COVID RESPONSE: 211 00:10:33,332 --> 00:10:41,073 >> I'VE ORDERED MORE PILLS THAN ANYONE IN THE WORLD HAS. 212 00:10:41,140 --> 00:10:45,011 >> Stephen: WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW JOE WAS CAST IN THE NEXT SEASON 213 00:10:45,077 --> 00:10:46,879 OF "EUPHORIA." 214 00:10:46,946 --> 00:10:51,717 THERE YOU GO! 215 00:10:51,784 --> 00:10:55,121 NOTHING LIKE A LIVE SHOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 216 00:10:55,187 --> 00:10:59,625 BIDEN FINISHED HIS SPEECH WITH THE UNVEILING OF HIS BIG "UNITY 217 00:10:59,692 --> 00:11:01,894 AGENDA," AND THE FIRST ITEM STUCK OUT TO ME. 218 00:11:01,961 --> 00:11:03,596 >> LET'S TAKE ON MENTAL HEALTH. 219 00:11:03,662 --> 00:11:05,664 >> Stephen: I CAN'T BELIEVE HE MADE A DIRECT ATTACK ON 220 00:11:05,731 --> 00:11:07,033 MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE. 221 00:11:07,099 --> 00:11:09,735 ( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 222 00:11:09,802 --> 00:11:17,276 THEN-- >> Jon: OH! 223 00:11:17,343 --> 00:11:19,812 >> Stephen: BIDEN ENDED WITH A ROUSING SALUTE TO AMERICA. 224 00:11:19,879 --> 00:11:23,582 >> WE ARE THE ONLY NATION ON EARTH THAT HAS ALWAYS TURNED 225 00:11:23,649 --> 00:11:26,652 EVERY CRISIS WE HAVE FACED INTO AN OPPORTUNITY. 226 00:11:26,719 --> 00:11:28,754 THE ONLY NATION THAT CAN BE DEFINED BY A SINGLE WORD. 227 00:11:28,821 --> 00:11:30,222 >> Stephen: STUFFED-CRUST! 228 00:11:30,289 --> 00:11:31,757 WAIT, THAT'S TWO. 229 00:11:31,824 --> 00:11:32,758 CRUNCHTASTIC? 230 00:11:32,825 --> 00:11:34,627 BENNIFER? 231 00:11:34,693 --> 00:11:35,995 ( LAUGHTER ) I'M SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT. 232 00:11:36,062 --> 00:11:36,962 I INTERRUPTED. 233 00:11:37,029 --> 00:11:40,399 YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE STATE OF THE UNION? 234 00:11:40,466 --> 00:11:43,335 >> MY REPORT IS THIS: THE STATE OF THE UNION IS STRONG BECAUSE 235 00:11:43,402 --> 00:11:44,270 YOU, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ARE STRONG. 236 00:11:44,336 --> 00:11:50,342 ( APPLAUSE ) WE ARE STRONGER TODAY-- WE ARE 237 00:11:50,409 --> 00:11:53,079 STRONGER TODAY THAN WE WERE A YEAR AGO. 238 00:11:53,145 --> 00:11:57,149 >> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE, BUT IT'S A PRETTY LOW BAR. 239 00:11:57,216 --> 00:11:59,685 A YEAR AGO, WE WEREN'T WEARING PANTS AND OUR ASSES HAD MERGED 240 00:11:59,752 --> 00:12:00,619 WITH OUR COUCHES. 241 00:12:00,686 --> 00:12:03,956 ( LAUGHTER ) BUT ALL IN ALL, IN THE END, IT 242 00:12:04,023 --> 00:12:10,830 WAS A POWERFUL SPEECH AT A MOMENT OF GLOBAL CRISIS, AND 243 00:12:10,896 --> 00:12:13,065 BIDEN BROUGHT IT HOME WITH A ROUSING CALL TO NATIONAL 244 00:12:13,132 --> 00:12:15,034 GREATNESS: >> THIS IS OUR MOMENT. 245 00:12:15,101 --> 00:12:18,671 TO MEET AND OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME, AND WE 246 00:12:18,737 --> 00:12:24,477 WILL AS ONE PEOPLE, ONE AMERICA, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 247 00:12:24,543 --> 00:12:26,512 GOD BLESS YOU ALL, AND MAY GOD PROTECT OUR TROOPS. 248 00:12:26,579 --> 00:12:30,316 THANK YOU. 249 00:12:30,382 --> 00:12:31,183 GO GET HIM. 250 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:31,784 >> Stephen: YEAH, GO GET 'EM! 251 00:12:31,851 --> 00:12:33,185 JUST DO IT! 252 00:12:33,252 --> 00:12:34,053 SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM! 253 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:35,654 PLAY BALL! 254 00:12:35,721 --> 00:12:37,256 GET JIGGY WITH IT! 255 00:12:37,323 --> 00:12:38,090 GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL! 256 00:12:38,157 --> 00:12:39,692 THAT'LL DO, PIG. 257 00:12:39,758 --> 00:12:42,595 THAT'LL DO. 258 00:12:42,661 --> 00:12:43,762 FOR FRODO! 259 00:12:43,829 --> 00:12:44,296 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 260 00:12:44,363 --> 00:12:48,300 ♪ ♪ ♪ LET'S GO! 261 00:12:48,367 --> 00:12:51,337 WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. 262 00:12:51,403 --> 00:12:54,206 MY GUEST IS SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS. 263 00:12:54,273 --> 00:12:56,275 BUT WHEN WE RETURN, MEANWHILE!" ♪ ♪ ♪ 264 00:13:31,010 --> 00:13:33,812 >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY! 265 00:13:33,879 --> 00:13:35,347 GIVE IT UP FOR JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 266 00:13:35,414 --> 00:13:41,453 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Jon: YEAH! 267 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:48,994 OH! 268 00:13:49,061 --> 00:13:52,665 OH! 269 00:13:52,731 --> 00:13:53,232 >> Stephen: JON, MY FRIEND. 270 00:13:53,299 --> 00:13:54,033 HAPPY LIVE SHOW. 271 00:13:54,099 --> 00:13:54,934 >> Jon: HAPPY LIVE SHOW TO YOU, TOO. 272 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,236 >> Stephen: HAPPY LIVE SHOW. 273 00:13:57,303 --> 00:14:00,606 WE HAVEN'T DONE A LIVE SHOW WITH A LIVE AUDIENCE IN OVER TWO 274 00:14:00,673 --> 00:14:02,341 YEARS, RIGHT, IN HERE. 275 00:14:02,408 --> 00:14:04,443 WE DID THEM UPSTAIRS WITH A LIVE AUDIENCE, WE HAVEN'T DONE IT. 276 00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:08,581 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. 277 00:14:08,647 --> 00:14:09,515 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Jon: WOOO! 278 00:14:09,582 --> 00:14:10,716 WOOO! 279 00:14:10,783 --> 00:14:15,120 >> Stephen: JON, I GOT RIGHT HERE COMING UP IS SENATOR BERNIE 280 00:14:15,187 --> 00:14:16,355 SANDERS TO GIVE HIS REACTION TO TONIGHT'S STATE OF THE UNION 281 00:14:16,422 --> 00:14:18,691 SPEECH. 282 00:14:18,757 --> 00:14:20,526 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ALWAYS A PLEASURE, ALWAYS A 283 00:14:20,593 --> 00:14:22,895 PLEASURE, ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE. 284 00:14:22,962 --> 00:14:26,465 YOU KNOW I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME RIGHT OVER THERE, COMBING 285 00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:28,968 THROUGH THE DAY'S BIGGEST NEWS, AND SELECTING FOR YOU THE 286 00:14:29,034 --> 00:14:31,437 FINEST, MOST TOPICAL INDIAN ROSEWOOD, SPRUCE, AND MAHOGANY 287 00:14:31,503 --> 00:14:35,541 STORIES. 288 00:14:35,608 --> 00:14:38,244 I THEN HAND-SHAPE AND COMBINE THEM WITH AN ABALONE 289 00:14:38,310 --> 00:14:40,012 MULTI-STRIPE BACK INLAY, ADD FORWARD-SHIFTED SCALLOPED 290 00:14:40,079 --> 00:14:44,850 BRACES, ANTIQUE WHITE BINDING, AND A HIGH-PERFORMANCE NECK WITH 291 00:14:44,917 --> 00:14:46,118 A HEXAGON FINGERBOARD, AND FINALLY LAY IN A 292 00:14:46,185 --> 00:14:48,420 TORTOISE-PATTERN PEARL PICK GUARD, AND A COMPENSATED 293 00:14:48,487 --> 00:14:52,891 BONE SADDLE, TO CRAFT FOR YOU THE EXQUISITE MARTIN D-45 294 00:14:52,958 --> 00:14:55,628 DREADNOUGHT ACOUSTIC GUITAR THAT IS MY NIGHTLY MONOLOGUE. 295 00:14:55,694 --> 00:14:58,264 BUT SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES I SNAP AWAKE IN AN RUSTY COFFIN FREEZER 296 00:14:58,330 --> 00:15:09,008 BEHIND AN ABANDONED DAIRY QUEEN OUTSIDE GALVESTON. 297 00:15:09,074 --> 00:15:10,276 THEN I NAIL A 2X4 TO A CEDAR URN I STOLE FROM A FUNERAL, STRING 298 00:15:10,342 --> 00:15:11,410 ON SOME BRAKE CABLES I RIPPED OUT OF A COP CAR, THEN I CUT EYE 299 00:15:11,477 --> 00:15:13,279 THE LOCALS ON THE TEXAS CHAINSAW BANJO OF NEWS THAT IS MY 300 00:15:13,345 --> 00:15:17,016 SEGMENT: "MEANWHILE!" 301 00:15:17,082 --> 00:15:24,123 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) MEANWHILE, BABY! 302 00:15:24,189 --> 00:15:27,993 IT KNOWS ALL, IT SEES ALL. 303 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:32,197 MEANWHILE, "PELOTON OWNERS CAN NOW PLAY A VIDEO GAME WHILE THEY 304 00:15:32,264 --> 00:15:33,966 WORK OUT." 305 00:15:34,033 --> 00:15:35,067 EVEN MORE EXCITING: THEY CAN ALSO NOT DO THAT. 306 00:15:35,134 --> 00:15:39,672 ( LAUGHTER ) THE NEW FEATURE IS CALLED 307 00:15:39,738 --> 00:15:44,143 "LANEBREAK," AND IT TURNS YOUR PELOTON SCREEN INTO AN 308 00:15:44,209 --> 00:15:48,414 INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAME, WHERE "RIDERS PEDAL ALONG A FLOATING 309 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:49,948 VIRTUAL TRACK, ENCOUNTERING PROMPTS AND CHALLENGES ALONG 310 00:15:50,015 --> 00:15:53,218 THE WAY." 311 00:15:53,285 --> 00:15:56,088 IN OTHER WORDS, THINK 'MARIO KART' MEETS PELOTON." 312 00:15:56,155 --> 00:16:01,126 "ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY FINAL PUSH. 313 00:16:01,193 --> 00:16:02,628 FINAL PUSH! 314 00:16:02,695 --> 00:16:03,862 LOOK OUT FOR THE GREEN SHELLS! 315 00:16:03,929 --> 00:16:05,064 LIFE IS GOING TO THROW A LOT OF BANANA PEELS YOUR WAY, SO WHAT 316 00:16:05,130 --> 00:16:05,664 DO WE DO? 317 00:16:05,731 --> 00:16:06,131 SAY IT WITH ME: TURN! 318 00:16:06,198 --> 00:16:06,732 FUN! 319 00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:07,733 THINGS! 320 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,402 INTO WORK! 321 00:16:10,469 --> 00:16:16,875 YAY!" ( APPLAUSE ) 322 00:16:16,942 --> 00:16:20,245 MEANWHILE, A NEW PRISON IN ZURICH RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF 323 00:16:20,312 --> 00:16:23,749 APPLICATIONS FOR VOLUNTEERS TO "LIVE LIKE A PRISONER" IN 324 00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:26,285 ORDER "TO TEST THE NEW JAIL BEFORE THE FACILITY ACCEPTS ITS 325 00:16:26,352 --> 00:16:29,922 FIRST INMATES." 326 00:16:29,988 --> 00:16:32,925 THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE EXPERIENCE AS REAL AS POSSIBLE. 327 00:16:32,991 --> 00:16:37,296 BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REAL PRISONERS, STRIP SEARCHES ON 328 00:16:37,363 --> 00:16:38,397 ENTRY... OPTIONAL. 329 00:16:38,464 --> 00:16:41,600 MIGHT WANT TO WATCH OUT FOR WHO OPTS INTO THAT. 330 00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:49,708 I'LL HAVE THE STRIP SEARCH, OFFICER WITH EXTRA CAVITY. 331 00:16:49,775 --> 00:16:51,143 MEANWHILE, "SCIENTISTS HAVE SOLVED THE 30,000-YEAR-OLD 332 00:16:51,210 --> 00:16:58,751 'VENUS' STATUE MYSTERY." 333 00:16:58,817 --> 00:17:00,119 HAVEING DISCOVERED OF WILLENDORF IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND FINEST 334 00:17:00,185 --> 00:17:04,022 EXAMPLES OF HUMANS DISCOVERING A NEW ART OR 335 00:17:04,089 --> 00:17:07,159 TECHNOLOGY AND IMMEDIATELY USING IT FOR PORN. 336 00:17:07,226 --> 00:17:11,997 BY THE WAY-- AND THIS IS TRUE-- YOU'LL NOTICE DOWN THRE, MY NET 337 00:17:12,064 --> 00:17:19,671 WORK MADE US BLUR WHAT ONE ASSUMES ARE GENITALS ON A 338 00:17:19,738 --> 00:17:23,609 30,000-YEAR-OLD FERTILITY SCULPTURE. 339 00:17:23,675 --> 00:17:24,877 THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CBS VIEWERS NOT BE UPSET BY 340 00:17:24,943 --> 00:17:32,484 ABSTRACTED PALEOLITHIC NUDITY AFTER A RELAXING EVEN OF 341 00:17:32,551 --> 00:17:38,223 MURDERED SEX WORKERS ON "CSI:VEGAS." 342 00:17:38,290 --> 00:17:42,661 ( APPLAUSE ) MEANWHILE, IN SAN DIEGO, 343 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:46,932 AUTHORITIES SEIZED NEARLY $3 MILLION WORTH OF METH IN AN 344 00:17:46,999 --> 00:17:52,938 ONION SHIPMENT, IN WHICH THE METH WAS SHAPED INTO SMALL 345 00:17:53,005 --> 00:17:58,010 GLOBES DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE ONIONS. 346 00:17:58,076 --> 00:17:59,144 NOT SURE IF YOUR ONIONS ARE METH? 347 00:17:59,211 --> 00:18:03,248 IF IT MAKES YOU CRY BECAUSE OF ITS FRUMS, IT'S AN ONION. 348 00:18:03,315 --> 00:18:06,885 IF IT MAKES YOU CRY BECAUSE YOU SOLD YOUR DAUGHTER'S BIKE TO A 349 00:18:06,952 --> 00:18:10,756 NAME WITH NO TEETH NAMED SKEETER, COULD BE METH. 350 00:18:10,823 --> 00:18:14,827 MEANWHILE, PEPSI IS INTRODUCING A BRAND NEW SODA FAVOR CALLED 351 00:18:14,893 --> 00:18:16,094 NITRO PEPSI. 352 00:18:16,161 --> 00:18:19,565 A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND NITROGEN-INFUSED COLA THAT HAS A 353 00:18:19,631 --> 00:18:21,733 CREAMIER AND SMOOTHER TASTE COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL 354 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:22,835 CARBONATED SOD AS. 355 00:18:22,901 --> 00:18:26,305 OR AS I WILL CALL S, ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T HAVE COKE? 356 00:18:26,371 --> 00:18:35,914 CAN YOU CHECK? 357 00:18:35,981 --> 00:18:37,115 NITRO! 358 00:18:37,182 --> 00:18:39,418 MEANWHILE THIS FOOTAGE WENT pVIRAL OVER THE WEEKEND AND KEEP 359 00:18:39,485 --> 00:18:41,854 IN MIND EVERYONE IS OKAY. 360 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:47,793 A TRACTOR TRAILER FULL OF MAIL DROVE OFF A MASSACHUSETTS 361 00:18:47,860 --> 00:18:48,794 TURNPIKE RAMP AND INTO THE CHARLES RIVER." 362 00:18:48,861 --> 00:18:50,662 AGAIN, THE DRIVER IS FINE-- WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. 363 00:18:50,729 --> 00:18:52,331 NOT BECAUSE HE SURVIVED THAT CRASH, BUT BECAUSE HE SURVIVED 364 00:18:52,397 --> 00:18:54,166 BEING IN THE CHARLES RIVER. 365 00:18:54,233 --> 00:18:58,637 ( LAUGHTER ) AT THIS POINT, IT'S LIKE 90% 366 00:18:58,704 --> 00:19:06,178 PARLIAMENT CIGARETTE FILTERS AND RED SOX FAN VOMIT. 367 00:19:06,245 --> 00:19:11,350 A MAN WAS HOSPITALIZED AFTER SHOVING A AA BATTERY INTO HIS 368 00:19:11,416 --> 00:19:12,551 PENIS. 369 00:19:12,618 --> 00:19:17,389 WORSE, PEE PUT IT IN BACKWARDS SO HIS PENIS WOULDN'T STARTED. 370 00:19:17,456 --> 00:19:17,956 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS. 371 00:20:30,028 --> 00:20:36,969 BERNIE! 372 00:20:37,035 --> 00:20:38,303 >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 373 00:20:38,370 --> 00:20:39,471 THANKS FOR BEING BACK. 374 00:20:39,538 --> 00:20:44,443 >> WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO BE PERFORMING IN FRONT OF HUMAN 375 00:20:44,509 --> 00:20:44,943 BEINGS! 376 00:20:45,010 --> 00:20:45,410 >> Stephen: I KNOW. 377 00:20:45,477 --> 00:20:45,744 IT'S MUCH BETTER. 378 00:20:45,811 --> 00:20:46,945 >> I KNOW. 379 00:20:47,012 --> 00:20:50,749 >> Stephen: IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN JUST SHOUTING DOWN A PIPE. 380 00:20:50,816 --> 00:20:54,686 NOW, SENATOR, YOU WERE INVITED, OF COURSE, AS A SENATOR TO BE AT 381 00:20:54,753 --> 00:20:55,754 THE SPEECH TONIGHT. 382 00:20:55,821 --> 00:20:59,224 BUT YOU-- >> I MUCH PREFER TO BE HERE. 383 00:20:59,291 --> 00:21:01,326 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THIS IS NICER 384 00:21:01,393 --> 00:21:05,764 THAN-- WE'RE HONORED, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THIS IS NICER THAN HANGING 385 00:21:05,831 --> 00:21:06,798 OUT WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES? 386 00:21:06,865 --> 00:21:07,366 >> YES. 387 00:21:07,432 --> 00:21:08,967 >> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH? 388 00:21:09,034 --> 00:21:09,635 >> IT IS. 389 00:21:09,701 --> 00:21:11,637 >> Stephen: OKAY. 390 00:21:11,703 --> 00:21:13,405 THE STATE OF THE UNION IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY. 391 00:21:13,472 --> 00:21:16,775 YOU KNOW, THE EYES WILL OF THE NATION ARE ALWAYS ON WHAT THE 392 00:21:16,842 --> 00:21:18,977 PRESIDENT, WHOEVER IT IS AT THAT TIME, IS GOING TO SAY. 393 00:21:19,044 --> 00:21:23,782 BUT IT FEELS PARTICULARLY POWERFUL TONIGHT TO SEE BIDEN 394 00:21:23,849 --> 00:21:27,853 DESCRIBE IN STARK TERMS THE FIGHT BETWEEN FREEDOM AND 395 00:21:27,919 --> 00:21:31,156 TYRANNY, THE ONGOING BATTLE THAT IS NOT THEORETICAL AT THIS 396 00:21:31,223 --> 00:21:35,460 POINT, BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND AWE TALKERACY. 397 00:21:35,527 --> 00:21:40,065 WHAT IS THE SSKS OF TONIGHT'S STATE OF UNION-- JUST TALK ABOUT 398 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:42,701 FOREIGN POLICY-- IN THE WAKE OF WHO'S HAPPENING IN UKRAINE. 399 00:21:42,768 --> 00:21:46,905 >> Stephen: BUT IT CANNOT BE MORE TRAUMATIC. 400 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:49,741 WHAT PUTIN HAS DONE IS SO OUTRAGEOUS, IT IS SO HORRIBLE, 401 00:21:49,808 --> 00:21:52,978 IT IS SO CRUEL, THAT IT IS UNSPEAKABLE. 402 00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:55,180 AND THERE WAS A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION. 403 00:21:55,247 --> 00:21:58,350 WE WERE WORKING ON A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION, AND, APPARENTLY, 404 00:21:58,417 --> 00:21:59,551 THAT'S NOT WHAT HE WANTED. 405 00:21:59,618 --> 00:22:05,157 HE WANTED TO CONQUER UKRAINE, AND WE'RE SEEING THE SUFFERING 406 00:22:05,223 --> 00:22:06,758 THAT IS GOING ON THERE. 407 00:22:06,825 --> 00:22:09,661 BUT IT BRINGS, I THINK, TO THE FORE, WHAT POLITICS AND 408 00:22:09,728 --> 00:22:11,096 EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ABOUT. 409 00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:16,001 AND YOU THINK BACK, STEPHEN, JUST IN THE LAST YEAR OF WHAT 410 00:22:16,068 --> 00:22:17,169 THIS COUNTRY HAS GONE THROUGH. 411 00:22:17,235 --> 00:22:19,438 I THINK THE PRESIDENT MADE THE POINT THAT HE MADE IT WELL. 412 00:22:19,504 --> 00:22:25,677 LET'S BE CLEAR: THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT MOMENT IN OUR 413 00:22:25,744 --> 00:22:26,845 LIFETIMES. 414 00:22:26,912 --> 00:22:29,548 AND IF YOU FEEL DEPRESSED, AND IF YOU FEEL ANXIOUS, AND YOU 415 00:22:29,614 --> 00:22:31,216 FEEL CONFUSED YOU KNOW WHAT? 416 00:22:31,283 --> 00:22:32,551 WELCOME TO THE CLUB. 417 00:22:32,617 --> 00:22:35,153 THAT'S HOW ALL OF AMERICA FEELS RIGHT NOW. 418 00:22:35,220 --> 00:22:36,955 YOU JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. 419 00:22:37,022 --> 00:22:42,060 BEFORE BIDEN EVEN TOOK OFFICE, WE HAD AN INSURRECTION LED BY A 420 00:22:42,127 --> 00:22:47,199 PRESIDENT WHO IS LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, TRYING TO 421 00:22:47,265 --> 00:22:48,366 UNDERMINE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. 422 00:22:48,433 --> 00:22:52,304 WE'RE NOW DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC, WHICH SOON WILL CLAIM 423 00:22:52,370 --> 00:22:55,907 A MILLION OF OUR FELLOW AMERICANS AND MAKE SO MANY OTHER 424 00:22:55,974 --> 00:22:57,142 PEOPLE SICK. 425 00:22:57,209 --> 00:22:59,478 WE'RE DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE. 426 00:22:59,544 --> 00:23:03,115 SCIENTISTS TELL US WE'RE LOSING THE STRUGGLE FOR A PLANET TO 427 00:23:03,181 --> 00:23:07,085 LEAVE TO OUR KIDS THAT WILL BE HEALTHY. 428 00:23:07,152 --> 00:23:11,423 WE'RE DEALING WITH AN ECONOMY WHERE HALF OF OUR PEOPLE ARE 429 00:23:11,490 --> 00:23:13,725 LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. 430 00:23:13,792 --> 00:23:16,461 PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD THE DYSFUNCTIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM 431 00:23:16,528 --> 00:23:17,529 THAT WE HAVE. 432 00:23:17,596 --> 00:23:21,166 AND THEN, PUTIN INVADES UKRAINE. 433 00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:25,937 SO THIS IS JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT IN OUR HISTORY, AND WE 434 00:23:26,004 --> 00:23:26,838 HAVE GOT TO BE TOUGH. 435 00:23:26,905 --> 00:23:27,639 WE CAN DO IT. 436 00:23:27,706 --> 00:23:28,907 THE PRESIDENT IS RIGHT. 437 00:23:28,974 --> 00:23:35,147 BUT WE HAVE TO THINK THIS THING THROUGH, NOT FALL FOR, YOU KNOW, 438 00:23:35,213 --> 00:23:36,414 SIMPLISTIC SOLUTIONS. 439 00:23:36,481 --> 00:23:40,252 BUT IF WE STAND DISPTH HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT THING IN 440 00:23:40,318 --> 00:23:44,322 THIS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT MOMENT IN HISTORY, WE CAN PREVAIL. 441 00:23:44,389 --> 00:23:45,056 ( APPLAUSE ). 442 00:23:45,123 --> 00:23:48,059 >> Stephen: NOW I UNDERSTAND... 443 00:23:48,126 --> 00:23:54,800 I'M GOING TO TAKE-- I'M GOING TO TACK A WILD GUESS THAT YOU'RE 444 00:23:54,866 --> 00:23:59,504 NOT EUGE FANS WITH-- OF RUSSIAN OLIGARCH BILLIONAIRES, OKAY. 445 00:23:59,571 --> 00:24:02,707 AND THE PRESIDENT SAID THEY'RE GOING TO GO AFTER THEM, THE 446 00:24:02,774 --> 00:24:07,279 D.O.J. IS GOING TO GO AFTER THESE PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY THEIR 447 00:24:07,345 --> 00:24:10,282 ILL-GOTTEN BOOTY THAT THEY GOT FOR BUDDYING UP WITH PUTIN. 448 00:24:10,348 --> 00:24:12,584 I ASSUME YOU APPROVE OF THAT. 449 00:24:12,651 --> 00:24:15,353 >> ABSOLUTELY, LOOK -- >> Stephen: WHO UPSETS YOU 450 00:24:15,420 --> 00:24:17,289 MORE, AMERICAN OLIGARCHS OR RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS? 451 00:24:17,355 --> 00:24:19,491 >> WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT ( LAUGHTER ). 452 00:24:19,558 --> 00:24:20,392 >> Stephen: I HOPE WE DO. 453 00:24:20,458 --> 00:24:22,694 >> WE CAN START WITH THE RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS. 454 00:24:22,761 --> 00:24:27,132 WE JUST PUT SOMETHING UP ON OUR TWITTER PAGE TODAY. 455 00:24:27,199 --> 00:24:30,735 PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THAT PUTIN IS AN 456 00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:31,837 AUTOCRAT. 457 00:24:31,903 --> 00:24:35,307 IT'S NOT JUST THAT HE IS A DICTATOR TRYING TO UNDERMINE 458 00:24:35,373 --> 00:24:38,677 WHAT HAD BEEN A SEMBLANCE OF DEMOCRACY IN RUSSIA. 459 00:24:38,743 --> 00:24:40,412 THIS GUY-- WE DON'T KNOW. 460 00:24:40,478 --> 00:24:42,647 THE TRUTH IS NOBODY REALLY KNOWS. 461 00:24:42,714 --> 00:24:45,917 BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HE'S THE RICHEST GUY IN THE WORLD, MAYBE 462 00:24:45,984 --> 00:24:48,787 WORTH OVER $200 BILLION. 463 00:24:48,854 --> 00:24:52,791 HE AND HIS OLIGARCHIC FRIENDS HAVE STOLEN THE PROPERTY OF THE 464 00:24:52,858 --> 00:24:59,397 RUSSIAN PEOPLE, THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IN RUSSIA IS 465 00:24:59,464 --> 00:25:00,532 UNBELIEVABLE. 466 00:25:00,599 --> 00:25:01,633 THEY HAVE IT ALL WHILE ORDINARY RUSSIANS ARE SUFFERING. 467 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:03,902 >> Stephen: AND APPARENTLY PROBABLY STOLE SOME OF THE 468 00:25:03,969 --> 00:25:06,471 MILITARY BUDGET BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE EXPLANATIONS WHY THE 469 00:25:06,538 --> 00:25:09,207 MILITARY EQUIPMENT IS SO TERRIBLE OVER THERE. 470 00:25:09,274 --> 00:25:09,808 SERIOUSLY. 471 00:25:09,875 --> 00:25:12,644 THAT HAS BEEN SPECULATED. 472 00:25:12,711 --> 00:25:16,314 >> NAVALNY, WHO YOU KNOW IS THIS INCREDIBLY BRAVE PERSON-- AND I 473 00:25:16,381 --> 00:25:20,785 GOTTA SAY SOMETHING, AND I DON'T THINK IS GETTING ENOUGH 474 00:25:20,852 --> 00:25:22,020 ATTENTION. 475 00:25:22,087 --> 00:25:26,591 I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR THESE INCREDIBLY BRAVE PEOPLE, OFTEN 476 00:25:26,658 --> 00:25:31,663 YOUNG PEOPLE, IN RUSSIA, WHO ARE OUT ON THE STREETS PROTESTING 477 00:25:31,730 --> 00:25:34,032 AGAINST WHAT THEIR PRESIDENT IS DOING. 478 00:25:34,099 --> 00:25:35,166 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 479 00:25:35,233 --> 00:25:36,801 >> Stephen: KNOWING THAT IT'S-- IT'S BEEN CALLED ILLEGAL. 480 00:25:36,868 --> 00:25:39,037 >> OH, -- >> Stephen: AND THEY WILL BE 481 00:25:39,104 --> 00:25:39,638 ARRESTED. 482 00:25:39,704 --> 00:25:40,505 >> THEY WILL BE ARRESTED. 483 00:25:40,572 --> 00:25:43,241 GOD KNOWS WHAL HAPPEN TO THEM. 484 00:25:43,308 --> 00:25:48,780 YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, CELEBRITIES WHO ARE PUTTING THEIR NAMES IN 485 00:25:48,847 --> 00:25:50,815 OPPOSITION, WHOSE YEARS WILL BE DESTROYED. 486 00:25:50,882 --> 00:25:54,419 SO I THINK THE POINT TO BE MADE IS THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE ARE NOT 487 00:25:54,486 --> 00:25:55,620 OUR ENEMIES. 488 00:25:55,687 --> 00:25:59,190 IT IS THEIR AUTOCRACY, AND THE CROOKS AND THE EVIL PEOPLE WHO 489 00:25:59,257 --> 00:26:00,125 RUN THAT COUNTRY. 490 00:26:00,191 --> 00:26:02,260 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 491 00:26:02,327 --> 00:26:04,329 BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, 492 00:26:27,986 --> 00:26:30,855 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 493 00:26:30,922 --> 00:26:31,990 WELCOME BACK. 494 00:26:32,057 --> 00:26:35,093 WE'RE HERE WITH SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS ON OUR LIVE "LATE 495 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:35,994 SHOW"." 496 00:26:36,061 --> 00:26:38,797 ALL RIGHT, SENATOR, LET'S GET TO ECONOMICS. 497 00:26:38,863 --> 00:26:40,098 TONIGHT, PRESIDENT BIDEN LAID OUT HIS ECONOMIC PLAN. 498 00:26:40,165 --> 00:26:42,701 IT INCLUDED CUTTING THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 499 00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:44,469 CUTTING THE COST OF CHILD CARE. 500 00:26:44,536 --> 00:26:46,571 MAKING CORPORATIONS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. 501 00:26:46,638 --> 00:26:51,743 IS IT-- IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT BIDEN WAS FEELING THE BERN 502 00:26:51,810 --> 00:26:52,210 TONIGHT? 503 00:26:52,277 --> 00:26:54,245 YOU'RE AN EXPERT. 504 00:26:54,312 --> 00:26:55,480 ( APPLAUSE ) YOU'RE AN EXPERT ON THE BERN? 505 00:26:55,547 --> 00:27:00,919 >> WELL, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE HE TOOK OFFICE, WE HAD A 506 00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:05,223 TASK FORCE OF PEOPLE FROM MY CAMPAIGN AND HIS CAMPAIGN 507 00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:08,326 WORKING TOGETHER ON A SET OF PROPOSALS. 508 00:27:08,393 --> 00:27:11,496 AND MUCH OF WHAT HE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT WAS JUST THAT. 509 00:27:11,563 --> 00:27:13,198 AND HERE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT. 510 00:27:13,264 --> 00:27:16,668 YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT BEING A DIVIDED NATION, AND IN MANY WAYS 511 00:27:16,735 --> 00:27:17,736 THAT'S TRUE. 512 00:27:17,802 --> 00:27:21,106 BUT IN SOME WAYS, STEPHEN, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY UNITED. 513 00:27:21,172 --> 00:27:23,441 EVERYBODY HATES THE DRUG COMPANIES. 514 00:27:23,508 --> 00:27:26,511 AND EVERYBODY-- EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT IT IS ABSURD THAT WE IN 515 00:27:26,578 --> 00:27:31,916 SOME CASES PAY 10 TIMES MORE FOR THE SAME EXACT DRUG SOLD IN 516 00:27:31,983 --> 00:27:36,121 CANADA OR EUROPE THAT ONE OUT OF FOUR AMERICANS CANNOT AFFORD THE 517 00:27:36,187 --> 00:27:38,857 PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAT THEIR DOCTORS PRESCRIBE. 518 00:27:38,923 --> 00:27:43,161 MEANWHILE, THE COMPANIES MAKE TENS OF BILLIONS IN PROFITS AND 519 00:27:43,228 --> 00:27:46,898 GIVE HUGE COMPENSATION PACKAGES TO THEIR C.E.O.s. 520 00:27:46,965 --> 00:27:50,001 AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THIS-- WE ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT 521 00:27:50,068 --> 00:27:52,504 NOW TO LOWER THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 522 00:27:52,570 --> 00:27:59,044 THE DRUG COMPANIES HAVE SPENT AT LEAST $300 MILLION ON LOBBYISTS 523 00:27:59,110 --> 00:28:00,845 ALONE. 524 00:28:00,912 --> 00:28:03,014 THEY'VE GOT 1,500 LOBBYISTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., TO MAKE SURE 525 00:28:03,081 --> 00:28:06,317 THAT WE CONTINUE PAYING THE HIGHEST PRICES IN THE WORLD FOR 526 00:28:06,384 --> 00:28:07,552 PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 527 00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:10,255 SO WHEN BIDEN SAYS WE'VE GOT TO LOWER THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION 528 00:28:10,321 --> 00:28:12,991 DRUGS, THAT MEDICARE'S GOT TO NEGOTIATE PRICES WITH THE 529 00:28:13,058 --> 00:28:16,227 PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, AS THE V.A. NOW DOES, THE OVERWHELMING 530 00:28:16,294 --> 00:28:19,397 MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SUPPORT HIM. 531 00:28:19,464 --> 00:28:21,232 THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT 532 00:28:21,299 --> 00:28:26,237 IT IS ABSURD THAT FAMILIES ARE PAYING $10,000, $15,000 A YEAR 533 00:28:26,304 --> 00:28:27,372 FOR CHILD CARE. 534 00:28:27,439 --> 00:28:30,041 WE'VE GOT TO LOWER THE COST OF CHILD CARE SUBSTANTIALLY. 535 00:28:30,108 --> 00:28:33,945 I BELIEVE WE OUGHT TO EXPAND MEDICARE TO COVER DENTAL, 536 00:28:34,012 --> 00:28:36,181 HEARING, AND EYEGLASSES. 537 00:28:36,247 --> 00:28:37,982 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 538 00:28:38,049 --> 00:28:42,087 >> Stephen: NOW, YOU-- YOU AND JOE BIDEN, OBVIOUSLY, HAVE 539 00:28:42,153 --> 00:28:43,455 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. 540 00:28:43,521 --> 00:28:47,492 IF YOU WERE UP THERE AT THAT PODIUM TONIGHT, WHAT WOULD YOU 541 00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:50,495 SAY THE STATE OF OUR UNION IS? 542 00:28:50,562 --> 00:28:53,298 >> I WOULD SAY... 543 00:28:53,364 --> 00:28:55,333 THAT WE'RE AN ANXIOUS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. 544 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,169 WE HAVE GONE THROUGH SO MUCH. 545 00:28:58,236 --> 00:29:03,174 BUT I THINK, AS HE INDICATED, THE STRENGTH OF OUR COUNTRY IS 546 00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:04,342 ALWAYS THE PEOPLE. 547 00:29:04,409 --> 00:29:07,979 AND OUR HISTORY IS THAT WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH, WE STAND UP 548 00:29:08,046 --> 00:29:09,214 AND WE FIGHT BACK. 549 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,383 AND I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE PREPARED TO DO THAT RIGHT 550 00:29:12,450 --> 00:29:15,053 NOW. 551 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:22,527 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: BIDEN KEPT LOOKING 552 00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:27,031 TO THE REPUBLICANS WHILE PROMOTING HIS LEGISLATIVE 553 00:29:27,098 --> 00:29:28,133 AGENDA. 554 00:29:28,199 --> 00:29:32,837 HE COULD PASS MUCH OF THAT AGENDA WITH ONLY DEMOCRATIC 555 00:29:32,904 --> 00:29:33,872 SUPPORT. 556 00:29:33,938 --> 00:29:36,841 SHOULD HE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT MAN INCH AND SINEMA. 557 00:29:36,908 --> 00:29:41,579 >> NO, WE'VE LOOKED AT THEM FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S THE SAD 558 00:29:41,646 --> 00:29:42,814 TRUTH. 559 00:29:42,881 --> 00:29:44,916 WHAT HE DIDN'T GET INTO ENOUGH TONIGHT IS THE POWER OF MONEY IN 560 00:29:44,983 --> 00:29:46,084 POLITICS. 561 00:29:46,151 --> 00:29:48,853 LET'S BE VERY CLEAR-- WE HAVE A CORRUPT POLITICAL SYSTEM. 562 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,289 CANDIDATES AND MEMBERS OF BOTH THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN 563 00:29:51,356 --> 00:29:54,159 PARTIES TAKE HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY FROM THE PHARMACEUTICAL 564 00:29:54,225 --> 00:29:56,561 INDUSTRY, FROM THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY. 565 00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:59,731 AND, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO UNITED STATES SENATORS 566 00:29:59,797 --> 00:30:04,302 WHO ARE MORE INTERESTED IN GETTING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS 567 00:30:04,369 --> 00:30:07,005 FROM THE WEALTHY AND THE POWERFUL THAN DOING THE WORK OF 568 00:30:07,071 --> 00:30:07,639 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 569 00:30:07,705 --> 00:30:08,273 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 570 00:30:08,339 --> 00:30:10,608 IT'S A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS. 571 00:30:10,675 --> 00:30:15,013 BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST-- IT'S NOT JUST MANCHIN AND 572 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:16,214 SINEMA. 573 00:30:16,281 --> 00:30:17,682 YOU'VE GOT 50 REPUBLICANS, AND NOT ONE OF THEM IS PREPARED TO 574 00:30:17,749 --> 00:30:21,486 STAND UP TO THE DRUG COMPANIES, NOT ONE OF THEM IS PREPARED TO 575 00:30:21,553 --> 00:30:24,022 STAND UP TO THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY. 576 00:30:24,088 --> 00:30:27,058 NOT ONE OF THEM, APPARENTLY, IS PREPARED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR 577 00:30:27,125 --> 00:30:30,195 CHILDREN HAVE QUALITY CHILD CARE AND WOMEN CAN GO BACK TO WORK. 578 00:30:30,261 --> 00:30:33,865 SO YOU'VE GOT 50 REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE GOT TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE 579 00:30:33,932 --> 00:30:36,000 IN THIS COMING ELECTION. 580 00:30:36,067 --> 00:30:36,935 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 581 00:30:37,001 --> 00:30:38,336 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE ONE MORE BREAK. 582 00:30:38,403 --> 00:30:39,370 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE BERNIE SANDERS. 583 00:30:40,138 --> 00:30:41,139 STICK AROUND. 584 00:30:53,051 --> 00:30:55,720 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! 585 00:30:55,787 --> 00:31:02,961 BERNIE SANDERS AGAIN. 586 00:31:03,027 --> 00:31:07,865 NOW, BIDEN TONIGHT, IN THE STATE OF THE UNION, HE PRAISED KETANJI 587 00:31:07,932 --> 00:31:08,933 BROWN JACKSON. 588 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:13,771 THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, 50 DEMOCRATIC SENATORS, KAMALA 589 00:31:13,838 --> 00:31:15,873 HARRIS IS THE 51st VOTE. 590 00:31:15,940 --> 00:31:18,176 DO YOU THINK SHE WILL GO THROUGH, OR WILL SOME OF THE 591 00:31:18,243 --> 00:31:19,944 SENATORS GO, "I DON'T KNOW. 592 00:31:20,011 --> 00:31:24,115 AM I REALLY A DEMOCRAT?" >> WELL, I HOPE SHE WILL GO 593 00:31:24,182 --> 00:31:27,785 THROUGH, AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE THAT 594 00:31:27,852 --> 00:31:28,987 HAPPEN. 595 00:31:29,053 --> 00:31:33,458 I THINK WE NEED PEOPLE ON THE SUPREME COURT-- AND SHE IS, I 596 00:31:33,524 --> 00:31:37,462 THINK, WILL BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE-- WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT WE 597 00:31:37,528 --> 00:31:41,766 NEED THE LAW TO WORK FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE AND NOT JUST 598 00:31:41,833 --> 00:31:43,968 POWERFUL CORPORATE INTERESTS. 599 00:31:44,035 --> 00:31:47,138 ( APPLAUSE ) I WILL DO-- I THINK BIDEN MADE 600 00:31:47,205 --> 00:31:48,706 THE RIGHT PICK. 601 00:31:48,773 --> 00:31:51,442 I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON HIM TO GO IN OTHER 602 00:31:51,509 --> 00:31:53,578 DIRECTIONS, BUT I THINK HE MADE THE RIGHT PICK. 603 00:31:53,645 --> 00:31:54,846 >> AND STRONGLY SUPPORT HER. 604 00:31:54,912 --> 00:31:56,047 ( APPLAUSE ). 605 00:31:56,114 --> 00:31:59,550 >> Stephen: BIDEN ENDED THE SPEECH TONIGHT, HE CONCLUDED BY 606 00:31:59,617 --> 00:32:04,489 SAYING AS HARD AS THESE TIMES HAVE BEEN, I AM MORE OPTIMISTIC 607 00:32:04,555 --> 00:32:06,824 ABOUT AMERICA TODAY THAN I HAVE BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE. 608 00:32:06,891 --> 00:32:09,761 DO YOU SHARE HIS OPTIMISM? 609 00:32:09,827 --> 00:32:10,662 >> NO. 610 00:32:10,728 --> 00:32:17,769 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: GET THAT DOWN. 611 00:32:17,835 --> 00:32:18,469 JUST N-O? 612 00:32:18,536 --> 00:32:19,070 THERE YOU GO. 613 00:32:19,137 --> 00:32:21,005 >> THAT'S HIS PERSONALITY. 614 00:32:21,072 --> 00:32:23,675 HE'S GENERALLY MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN I AM. 615 00:32:23,741 --> 00:32:26,444 ( LAUGHTER ) AND IT'S A GOOD THING. 616 00:32:26,511 --> 00:32:29,781 ( APPLAUSE ) HE LIKES PEOPLE MORE THAN I LIKE 617 00:32:29,847 --> 00:32:30,448 PEOPLE. 618 00:32:30,515 --> 00:32:33,785 YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE THINGS. 619 00:32:33,851 --> 00:32:38,823 BUT I THINK, LOOK, THIS WILL BE THE MOMENT THAT TESTS US IN A 620 00:32:38,890 --> 00:32:41,192 WAY WE HAVE NEVER BEEN TESTED IN OUR LIFETIME. 621 00:32:41,259 --> 00:32:44,462 THE CRISES ARE THERE. 622 00:32:44,529 --> 00:32:45,663 THEY ARE SOLVABLE. 623 00:32:45,730 --> 00:32:49,767 AND THEY ARE SOLVABLE IF WE'RE PREPARED TO FOCUS ON THEM, NOT 624 00:32:49,834 --> 00:32:54,205 GET DIVERTED, NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET US TO HATE EACH OTHER 625 00:32:54,272 --> 00:32:58,176 BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN OR WHERE WE WERE BORN. 626 00:32:58,242 --> 00:33:01,612 BUT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, FOR THE SAKE OF OUR KIDS AND 627 00:33:01,679 --> 00:33:04,315 GRANDCHILDREN, WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE. 628 00:33:04,382 --> 00:33:08,619 WE HAVE TO PROTECT AMERICAN DEMOCRACY FROM THOSE WHO ARE 629 00:33:08,686 --> 00:33:11,589 TRYING TO UNDERMINE IT. 630 00:33:11,656 --> 00:33:15,960 THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR ALL, AND NOT JUST 631 00:33:16,027 --> 00:33:17,195 THE 1%. 632 00:33:17,261 --> 00:33:22,767 AND THAT DESPITE WHAT PUTIN IS DOING RIGHT NOW, AND OUR NEED TO 633 00:33:22,834 --> 00:33:23,668 DEFEND UKRAINE-- OF COURSE WE HAVE TO DO THAT IT'S GOAL HAS 634 00:33:26,704 --> 00:33:29,707 GOT TO BE THAT SOME DAY THERE WILL BE PEACE ON THIS PLANET 635 00:33:29,774 --> 00:33:33,211 RATHER THAN PEOPLE GOING AROUND KILLING EACH OTHER. 636 00:33:33,277 --> 00:33:35,513 AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE. 637 00:33:35,580 --> 00:33:36,547 ( APPLAUSE ). 638 00:33:36,614 --> 00:33:38,950 >> Stephen: WELL, I WOULD SAY-- YOU SAY YOU'RE NOT 639 00:33:39,016 --> 00:33:41,819 OPTIMISTIC, YOU SAY YOU'RE NOT AS OPTIMISTIC AS JOE BIDEN, BUT 640 00:33:41,886 --> 00:33:44,756 I WOULD SAY THE HOPE THAT THERE CAN BE A DAY THAT THERE'S PEACE 641 00:33:44,822 --> 00:33:47,191 ON THIS PLANET IS AN OPTIMISTIC THING TO SAY. 642 00:33:47,258 --> 00:33:48,393 >> IT IS. 643 00:33:48,459 --> 00:33:51,362 I'LL TELL YOU THIS, STEPHEN-- AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT HONOR 644 00:33:51,429 --> 00:33:54,899 FOR ME TO HAVE RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND ANY ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY. 645 00:33:54,966 --> 00:34:00,538 AND WHEN I STAND BEFORE OFTEN THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, 646 00:34:00,605 --> 00:34:03,841 BLACK, LATINO, GAY, AND STRAIGHT, AND ASIAN-- AND YOU 647 00:34:03,908 --> 00:34:06,778 SEE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO WORK TOGETHER TO TRANSFORM THIS 648 00:34:06,844 --> 00:34:08,179 COUNTRY INTO A NATION OF JUSTICE. 649 00:34:08,246 --> 00:34:09,781 THAT GIVES ME OPTIMISM. 650 00:34:09,847 --> 00:34:13,451 THAT'S WHERE WHAT OPTIMISM I HAVE COMES FROM, IT'S FROM A 651 00:34:13,518 --> 00:34:16,320 GENERATION THAT REALLY WANTS TO CHANGE THIS COUNTRY. 652 00:34:16,387 --> 00:34:17,422 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 653 00:34:17,488 --> 00:34:18,289 >> Stephen: SENATOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 654 00:34:18,356 --> 00:34:19,757 >> THANK YOU. 655 00:34:19,824 --> 00:34:22,760 >> Stephen: SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, EVERYBODY. 656 00:34:22,827 --> 00:34:24,762 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY BIG THIEF. 657 00:34:24,829 --> 00:34:26,831 THANK YOU, SENATOR. 658 00:34:55,026 --> 00:34:56,194 >> Stephen: HERE PERFORMING "SIMULATION SWARM" FROM THEIR 659 00:34:56,260 --> 00:35:04,302 ALBUM, "DRAGON NEW WARM MOUNTAIN I BELIEVE IN YOU," BIG THIEF. 660 00:35:04,368 --> 00:35:19,250 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 661 00:35:19,317 --> 00:35:20,284 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 662 00:35:20,351 --> 00:35:23,654 ♪ I TRIED TO TELL YOU I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO STAY 663 00:35:23,721 --> 00:35:26,991 ♪ YOU BELIEVE SHE CAN SEE THROUGH 664 00:35:27,058 --> 00:35:31,529 ♪ CUTTING AT THE SILENT CLAY A RELIEF, BECKON DEEP BLUE 665 00:35:31,596 --> 00:35:34,432 ♪ FETTERED IN THE MAGNET SUN EAT THE GUN AS IT FEEDS YOU 666 00:35:34,499 --> 00:35:40,404 ♪ SPITTING UP THE OXYGEN ONCE AGAIN 667 00:35:40,471 --> 00:35:46,377 ♪ ONCE AGAIN ONCE AGAIN 668 00:35:46,444 --> 00:35:52,116 ♪ EMPTY HORSES GALLOP THROUGH THE VIOLET DOOR 669 00:35:52,183 --> 00:35:56,287 ♪ FOLLOW RED, CROOKED COURSES SHADOWS ON THE MONLIT FLOOR 670 00:35:56,354 --> 00:36:00,291 ♪ O MY STARS, WINGED CREATURES GATHERING IN SILKEN HEIGHT 671 00:36:00,358 --> 00:36:05,630 ♪ LIKE THE LAST HUMAN TEACHERS ONCE AGAIN, WE MUST BLEED NEW 672 00:36:05,696 --> 00:36:10,401 ♪ EVEN AS THE HOURS SHAKE CRYSTAL BLOOD LIKE A DREAM TRUE 673 00:36:10,468 --> 00:36:15,339 ♪ A RIPPLE IN THE WOUND AND WAKE YOU BELIEVE, I BELIEVE TOO 674 00:36:15,406 --> 00:36:19,243 ♪ THAT YOU ARE THE RIVER OF LIGHT 675 00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:22,413 ♪ WHO I LOVE, THAT I CLING TO IN THE BELLY OF THE EMPTY NIGHT 676 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:28,286 ♪ FROM THE 31ST FLOOR OF THE SIMULATION SWARM 677 00:36:28,352 --> 00:36:31,389 ♪ WITH THE DRONE OF FLUORESCENCE FLICKER, FEVER, FILL THE FORM 678 00:36:31,455 --> 00:36:34,425 ♪ WITH A WARM GUSH NOW I WANNA TOUCH 679 00:36:34,492 --> 00:36:39,163 ♪ LIKE WE NEVER COULD BEFORE I'D FLY TO YOU TOMORROW 680 00:36:39,230 --> 00:36:41,933 ♪ I'M NOT FIGHTING IN THIS WAR I WANNA DROP MY ARMS 681 00:36:41,999 --> 00:36:48,306 ♪ AND TAKE YOUR ARMS AND WALK YOU TO THE SHORE 682 00:36:48,372 --> 00:36:52,276 ♪ I REMEMBER BUILDING AN ENERGY SHIELD 683 00:36:52,343 --> 00:36:56,514 ♪ IN YOUR ROOM, LIKE A TEMPLE SWALLOWS IN THE WINDLESS FIELD 684 00:36:56,581 --> 00:37:03,187 ♪ VERY THIN, WITH YOUR MOTHER TALL AS A PALE GREEN TREE 685 00:37:03,254 --> 00:37:07,858 ♪ VERY WILD, BRIGHT AS WINTER RISING WITH A PRISM KEY 686 00:37:07,925 --> 00:37:10,428 ♪ AND A CHILD TO DELIVER TAKEN WITH THE BLOOD AND VINE 687 00:37:10,494 --> 00:37:12,763 ♪ AS THE FIRST LITTLE ANGEL LITTLE ANDY, SOFT IN 688 00:37:20,304 --> 00:37:24,308 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 689 00:37:24,375 --> 00:37:31,949 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 690 00:37:32,016 --> 00:37:34,418 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 691 00:37:34,485 --> 00:37:39,590 LITTLE ANDY, SOFT IN ♪ YOUR NEWBORN SKIN 692 00:37:39,657 --> 00:37:44,328 ONLY ONE, LITTLE ANDY ♪ WILL YOU RETURN AGAIN? 693 00:37:44,395 --> 00:37:48,299 I BELIEVE WE CAN RENEW ♪ AND YOU COULD BE MY BROTHER 694 00:37:48,366 --> 00:37:52,303 ONCE AGAIN, FALL ASLEEP WITH OUR ♪ BACKS AGAINST EACH OTHER 695 00:37:52,370 --> 00:37:56,273 YOU BELIEVE, I BELIEVE TOO ♪ THAT YOU ARE THE RIVER 696 00:37:56,340 --> 00:37:58,643 OF LIGHT WHO I LOVE ♪ THAT I SING TO IN THE BELLY 697 00:37:58,709 --> 00:38:04,281 OF THE EMPTY NIGHT ♪ FROM THE 31ST FLOOR OF THE 698 00:38:04,348 --> 00:38:08,285 SIMULATION SWARM ♪ WITH THE DRONE OF FLUORESCENCE 699 00:38:08,352 --> 00:38:10,554 FLICKER, FEVER, FILL THE FORM ♪ WITH A WARM GUSH 700 00:38:10,621 --> 00:38:15,459 NOW I WANNA TOUCH ♪ LIKE WE NEVER COULD BEFORE 701 00:38:15,526 --> 00:38:19,730 I'D FLY TO YOU TOMORROW ♪ I'M NOT FIGHTING IN THIS WAR 702 00:38:19,797 --> 00:38:22,400 I WANNA DROP MY ARMS ♪ AND TAKE YOUR ARMS 703 00:38:22,466 --> 00:38:26,570 AND WALK YOU TO THE SHORE ♪ I'D FLY TO YOU TOMORROW 704 00:38:26,637 --> 00:38:28,706 I'M NOT FIGHTING IN THIS WAR ♪ I WANNA DROP MY ARMS 705 00:38:28,773 --> 00:38:36,280 AND TAKE YOUR ARMS ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 706 00:38:36,347 --> 00:38:44,321 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 707 00:38:44,388 --> 00:38:51,128 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 708 00:38:51,195 --> 00:38:56,300 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 709 00:38:56,367 --> 00:39:07,411 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 710 00:39:07,478 --> 00:39:08,446 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: BIG THIEF, 711 00:39:08,512 --> 00:39:12,283 EVERYBODY. 712 00:39:12,349 --> 00:39:17,254 FOLKS, THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 713 00:39:17,321 --> 00:39:19,056 >> THIS IS OUR 35th LIVE SHOW AND I WANT TO THANK 714 00:39:19,123 --> 00:39:21,859 EVERYBODY WHO PUT IT TOGETHER, THE WRITERS, THE PRODUCERS, THIS 715 00:39:21,926 --> 00:39:24,061 CREW, THE GREATEST CONTROL ROOM IN TELEVISION. 716 00:39:24,128 --> 00:39:32,303 AND YOU FOR WATCHING. 717 00:39:32,369 --> 00:39:34,105 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE ANDY SERKIS AND FIONA 718 00:39:34,171 --> 00:39:34,638 HILL. 719 00:39:34,705 --> 00:39:35,473 JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT.