THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
ALSO TAKING ACTION FOLLOWING
RUSSIA'S INVASION.
CNN SISTER COMPANY WARNER
BROTHERS SAYS IT WILL BE PAUSING
THE RELEASE OF THE FILM "THE
BATMAN" IN RUSSIA OVER THE
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN UKRAINE.
>> SINCE THERE IS NO "THE
BATMAN" RELEASE, RUSSIAN STATE
MEDIA MADE THEIR OWN.
♪ ♪ ♪
( "BATMAN" THEME SONG )
>> ROBIN ROBINOVICH, IT'S TIME
TO DE-NAZIFY GOTHAM CITY.
SEND IN TANKS.
>> HOLY VATRUSHKA, VLADMAN.
GOTHAM HAS A DEMOCRATICALLY
ELECTED GOVERNMENT.
INVADING UNPROVOKED KIND OF
MAKES YOU THE NAZI.
>> YOU HAVE GIVEN ME MUCH TO
THINK ABOUT, ROBIN ROBINOVICH.
>> COMRADE, I WAS KIDDING!
♪ VLADMAN ♪
>> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE
SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT."
TONIGHT:
PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES:
ANDY SERKIS
AND FIONA HILL
WITH A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY
BE SARA BAREILLES AND JOSH GRO.
FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY
HUMAN.
AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE
ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK
CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT!
♪ ♪ ♪
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
AND GENTLEMEN.
WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW."
I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
ABOUT RUSSIA'S INVASION OF
UKRAINE,EXCEPT FOR LAST NIGHT,
WHEN WE TOOK A BRIEF BREAK TO
TALK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT TALKING
ABOUT RUSSIA'S INVASION OF
UKRAINE.
LAST NIGHT, WE WERE LIVE.
SO TONIGHT, I'M DEAD INSIDE.
BUT I'M GLAD WE PUT EFFORT TO
NTO MAKE THE LIVE SHOW.
BECAUSE IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD
NIGHT FOR THE PRESIDENT, UNLIKE
FOR SOME OF HIS CRITICS.
YOU SEE, THE D.C. AREA WAS PUT
ON HIGH ALERT AFTER A GROUP OF
TRUCKERS THREATENED TO SWARM
INTO THE CAPITAL TO PROTEST
BIDEN'S SPEECH AND VACCINE
MANDATES THE WAY THEY HAD IN
CANADA.
ORGANIZERS ESTIMATED THERE WOULD
BE UPWARDS OF 3,000 ATTENDEES.
BUT BY THE TIME BIDEN'S SPEECH
BEGAN, ONLY 12 RALLY-GOERS HAD
ACTUALLY ASSEMBLED.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
12.
AND MOST OF THEM JUST WANTED TO
SEE TRUCKERS SO THEY COULD DO
THIS.
( HORN HONKING )
TAKE A LOOK AT HOW EMPTY THIS
RALLY WAS.
( LAUGHTER )
THROUGH THE PLACE, IF ANY HAD
SHOWN UP.
PART OF THE PROBLEM MIGHT HAVE
BEEN THE RALLY'S ORGANIZER,
FORMER M.M.A. FIGHTER AND
AUTHORITARIAN WIGGLE, KYLE
SEFCIK.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO SEFCIK
RELEASED OF HIS OWN STIRRING
WORDS:
>> ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS, THANKS
FOR BEING HERE TODAY, ALL RIGHT.
SO, FEW REASONS WE'RE HERE
TODAY.
>> Stephen: (AS SEFCIK)
"THE FIRST BEING THAT MANY OF
YOU ARE LOST ON YOUR WAY TO THE
AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM.
( LAUGHTER )
TO PICK UP TRASH IN THIS PARKING
LOT.
AND THE REST ARE OUR MOMS WHO
ARE DRIVING US HOME."
( LAUGHTER )
THERE ARE 12 PEOPLE THERE.
YOU COULD JUST DO IT A.S.M.R.
( WHISPERING )
HEY, EVERYBODY.
HI.
DESPITE CRIPPLING FINANCIAL
SANCTIONS AND RUSSIAN DRESSING
BEING PULLED FROM THE SHELVES OF
YOUR LOCAL KROGER, THE INVASION
OF UKRAINE CONTINUES.
RUSSIAN FORCES HAVE CAPTURED
THEIR FIRST CITY AND INTENSIFIED
THEIR CRIMINAL ATTACKS ON THE
DEFENSELESS CIVILIAN POPULATION.
BUT FIERCE UKRAINIAN RESISTANCE
CONTINUES TO DENY THE KREMLIN
THE EASY VICTORY IT HAD
ANTICIPATED.
IN FACT--
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
CONVOY STRETCHING 40 MILES LONG
ON A ROADWAY NORTH OF KYIV
APPEARS TO HAVE BOGGED DOWN.
SO YOU KNOW THOSE TROOPS MUST BE
BORED AS HELL.
( RUSSIAN ACCENT )
SOMETHING THAT START WITH 'T.'"
"IS TANK?"
( LAUGHTER )
IS ALWAYS TANK."
( LAUGHTER )
FACING FUEL AND FOOD SHORTAGES,
AND ARE GRIPPED BY LOMORAL,
LEADING SOME TO SURRENDER
EN MASSE.
EVIDENTLY, THE RUSSIAN MARINES'
SLOGAN IS "SEMPER-BYEEEEEE."
AND ON THEIR WAY OUT, THEY'RE
NOT PICKING UP AFTER THEMSELVES.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO OF
UKRAINIAN TROOPS FINDING
ABANDONED RUSSIAN ARMORED
VEHICLES.
SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR UKRAINE'S NUMBER ONE
AUTOMOTIVE CHARITY:
1-877-TANKS-FOR-TOTS.
♪ DONATE YOUR TANK TODAY ♪
( APPLAUSE )
EVERYDAY UKRAINIANS LOOKING TO
PICK UP A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED
VEHICLE: THE UKRAINE GOVERNMENT
SAYS CITIZENS DON'T NEED TO
DECLARE CAPTURED RUSSIAN TANKS
AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT FOR TAX
PURPOSES.
WELL, THAT IS GREAT NEWS,
BECAUSE WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.
YOU COME ACROSS AN ABANDONED
RUSSIAN T-72B3 TANK, AND YOUR
FIRST THOUGHT IS, "HOW IS THIS
GOING TO IMPACT MY TAXABLE
INCOME?"
( APPLAUSE )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
MILITARY TAX ACCOUNTANTS AT THE
C.P.A.-TEAM.
I PITY THE FOOL WHO DOESN'T
ITEMIZE HIS DEDUCTIONS!
GOTTA WORK ON MY MR. "T."
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
IT'S BEEN ABOUT 40 YEARS.
NOT EVERY RUSSIAN SOLDIER HAS
WALKED AWAY.
ONE VIDEO BEING SHARED ON
UKRAINIAN CHANNELS SHOWS A
CAPTURED RUSSIAN SOLDIER BEING
GIVEN FOOD AND TEA AND BEING
ALLOWED TO FACE-TIME HIS MOM.
SNACKS AND A PARENTAL PHONE
CALL?
THE UKRAINIANS ARE UNDER ATTACK,
AND THEY'RE TREATING THEIR
INVADERS LIKE HOMESICK CAMPERS.
( AS CAMP COUNSELOR )
HOME, AND IT IS VERY SCARY.
WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME YOUR GUN.
OKAY.
YOU TAKE THIS YARN AND GO MAKE
AN INVASION BRACELET OVER THERE.
DMITRI STARTED ONE.
GO HANG OUT WITH DMITRI OVER
THERE.
YOU GUYS ARE BOTH RUSSIAN."
( APPLAUSE )
DEFIANT, LIKE THIS GRANDMA WHO
SPOKE TO CNN:
>> "LET THOSE RUSSIAN
(BLEEP) COME HERE," SHE SAYS.
"WE ARE READY TO GREET THEM.
HOW DID YOU LEARN HOW TO MAKE
MOLOTOV COCKTAILS?
"GOOGLE HELPED," SHE
TELLS ME.
YOU GOOGLED IT?
"OF COURSE," SHE SAYS.
>> Stephen: UGH, GOOGLING
MOLOTOV COCKTAIL RECIPES IS
ALWAYS SUCH A PAIN, BECAUSE
FIRST YOU HAVE TO SCROLL THROUGH
A WHOLE BLOG POST.
"AS A BUSY MOM, IT CAN BE TOUGH
TO FIND AN EXPLOSIVES RECIPE
THAT WORKS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
BY THE TIME I GET KAYLEIGH AND
BRAXTON HOME FROM SOCCER
PRACTICE, I JUST WANT A
30-MINUTE WAY TO VANQUISH THE
ARMIES OF DARKNESS.
THANK GOODNESS FOR MY COSORI AIR
FRYER."
THEN THERE'S THIS WOMAN FROM THE
CITY OF KONOTOP-- AM I SAILING
THAT RIGHT-- FROM KONOTOP, WHO
CURSED THE RUSSIANS, LITERALLY.
>> ( translated):
IT'S KONOTOP.
HERE EVERY SECOND WOMAN IS A
WITCH.
TOMORROW, YOU'LL NO LONGER BE
ABLE TO GET YOUR PENIS TO
STAND."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Jon: OH!
>> Stephen: OH!
>> Jon: OH.
>> Stephen: OH!
>> Jon: OH!
>> Stephen: WOW, THE WICKED
WITCH OF THE EASTERN BLOC.
I THINK WE HAVE SOME MORE
FOOTAGE:
>> I'LL GET YOU, MY PRETTY, AND
YOUR LITTLE DONG TOO!
>> Stephen: NEARLY THE ENTIRE
WORLD HAS UNITED IN ITS
CONCHEMINATION OF RUSSIA.
IN FACT, ONE OF THEIR LAST
REMAINING ALLIES IS BELARUSIAN
STRONGMAN ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO,
SEEN HERE DRESSED IN THE PUBES
OF OF HIS ENEMIES.
GOT SOME VERY OLD ENEMIES,
EVIDENTLY.
( LAUGHTER )
LUKASHENKO MIGHT NOT BE THE
SHARPEST TURNIP IN THE BASKET,
BECAUSE YESTERDAY, A REPORTER
TWEETED OUT THIS PHOTO,
EXPLAINING THAT LUKASHENKO WAS
ADDRESSING HIS SECURITY COUNCIL,
SHOWING PLANNED TROOP MOVEMENTS,
INFRASTRUCTURE TARGETS, AND A
PLAN TO DIVIDE UKRAINE INTO FOUR
PARTS.
THIS GUY IS WORSE THAN THE
DUMBEST BOND VILLAIN.
( AS VILLAIN )
MISTER BOND, I HAVE DETAILED
PLANS TO TAKE OVER UKRAINE.
PROMISE NOT TO MEMORIZE IT!
I WILL NOW LEAVE YOU TO A VERY
SLOW AND UNSUPERVISED DEATH.
AND I WILL JUST LEAVE MY
CELLPHONE RIGHT HERE."
( LAUGHTER )
EVEN-- EVEN-- EVEN WORSE-- THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU.
EVEN WORSE--
( APPLAUSE )
THANKS.
I'M ANNUAL ACTOR.
EVEN WORSE, THE MAP SUGGESTS
THAT PUTIN IS CONSIDERING AN
ATTACK ON MOLDOVA.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AN INVASION OF MOLDOVA IS BEING,
"MULLED OVA."
NOTHING, JOE.
THANK YOU.
I WAS LAYING BETS DOWNSTAIRS IF
YOU WERE GOING TO DO THAT.
OKAY.
THE SANCTIONS CONTINUE TO RAIN
PAIN.
VISA AND MASTERCARD HAVE BLOCKED
RUSSIAN BANKS FROM THEIR
NETWORKS.
THAT EXPLAINS THEIR NEW SLOGAN:
"VISA, IT'S EVERYWHERE YOU WANT
TO BE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO
BE IN RUSSIA."
IN HIS--
( APPLAUSE )
THIS IS 1981 OUT HERE.
IN HIS SPEECH LAST NIGHT, BIDEN
TOOK THE FIGHT DIRECTLY TO
PUTIN'S CRONIES:
>> THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE IS ASSEMBLING A
DEDICATED TASK FORCE TO GO AFTER
THE CRIMES OF THE RUSSIAN
OLIGARCHS.
WE ARE JOINING WITH EUROPEAN
ALLIES TO FIND AND SEIZE THEIR
YACHTS.
>> Stephen: YOU HEARIA,
OLIGARCHS?
THE FEDS ARE LOOKING FOR YOUR
LUXURY SHIPS.
THEY'VE MADE A GAME OF IT:
"YACHT-SEE."
TURNS OUT
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
SHOTS.
TURNS OUT, THERE'S A LITTLE
SECTION OF THE CONSTITUTION THAT
ALLOWS CONGRESS TO GRANT LETTERS
OF MARQUE AND REPRISAL AND MAKE
RULES CONCERNING CAPTURES ON
LAND AND WATER, WHICH MEANS THE
GOVERNMENT CAN EMPOWER PRIVATE
INDIVIDUALS TO LEGALLY SEIZE
FOREIGN VESSELS.
AND THERE'S NO BETTER PRIVATE
INDIVIDUAL FOR THIS JOB THAN.
"DOG THE BOATY HUNTER."
( LAUGHTER )
THANK YOU.
IT'S A LONG SWIM.
A LONG SWIM RIGHT THERE.
IN ORDER TO GET AROUND PUTIN'S
INTERNET CENSORSHIP AT HOME,
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE
LETTING RUSSIANS KNOW THE TRUE
NATURE OF THIS WAR BY POSTING
GOOGLE REVIEWS FOR RESTAURANTS
IN MOSCOW AND ST. PETERSBURG
WITH THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
EVENTS UNFOLDING IN UKRAINE.
WITH MESSAGES LIKE, "YOUR
PRESIDENT STARTED A WAR AGAINST
UKRAINE."
"YOUR GOVERNMENT IS LYING TO
YOU."
"PLEASE STOP WAR AGAINST YOUR
UKRAINIAN BROTHERS."
"GIVE PEACE A CHANCE."
AND, "THIS IS A NO-WIN SITUATION
FOR ALL."
THAT LAST ONE IS ACTUALLY THE
SLOGAN OF THE MOSCOW TACO BELL.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
TONIGHT.
MY GUESTS ARE ANDY SERKIS AND
RUSSIA EXPERT FIONA HILL.
BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I
CELEBRATE A VERY IMPORTANT
ANNIVERSARY.
JOIN US, WON'T YOU?
♪ ♪ ♪
( APPLAUSE )
♪ ♪ ♪
( APPLAUSE )
STAY HUMAN, EVERYBODY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: JON, WE DID THE
LIVE SHOW LAST NIGHT.
A LOVE SHOW LAST NIGHT, AND
THOSE ARE REALLY TIGHT.
IT'S ALL A DOUBLE-STUFFED OREO,
WE HAVE TO GET RIGHT THROUGH IT.
AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SAY
HAPPY MARDI GRAS.
>> Jon: YES, INDEED.
>> Stephen: AND, SO, DID YOU--
DID YOU-- DID YOU CELEBRATE
MARDI GRAS IN ANY WAY?
>> Jon: I PUT ON MARDI GRAS
TUNES IN MY DRESSING ROOM AND
DANCE S.
>> Stephen: MARCHED AROUND BY
YOURSELF.
ONE-MAN VIEW.
>> Jon: YES.
>> Stephen: I HOLD IN MY HANDS
HERE.
I HAVE THE CARDS FOR OUR TWO
GUESTS TONIGHT, TWO VERY
EXCITING GUESTS.
ONE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE
PERFORMERS.
ANDY SERKIS IS GOING TO BE HERE.
AND THE NEW "BATMAN" WHICH YOU
CAN'T SEE IN RUSSIA, CAN'T SEE
IN RUSSIA.
AND THEN RUSSIA EXPERT FIONA
HILL IS HERE.
SHE IS GOING TO EXPLAIN A LOT OF
WHAT'S GOING ON OVER IN THE WAR
IN UKRAINE AND PUTIN'S
MOTIVATIONS.
FOLKS, THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL
NIGHT FOR ME, BECAUSE
TONIGHT, I'M CELEBRATING ONE OF
THE SWEETEST THINGS THAT'S EVER
HAPPENED IN MY LIFE.
THIS IS MY ANNIVERSARY...
( APPLAUSE )
FLAVOR:
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
AMERICONE DREAM."
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT IT WAS
15 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK THAT BEN
AND JERRY APPEARED ON MY OLD
SHOW TO INTRODUCE AMERICONE
DREAM TO THE WORLD.
AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
BUT, REMEMBER, THE CAMERA ADDS
10 POUNDS.
AND ABOUT 40 YEARS.
I'M SO PROUD OF AMERICONE DREAM.
NOT ONLY DOES IT TASTE GOOD.
IT DOES GOOD.
BECAUSE ALL OF MY PROCEEDS
GENERATED BY THE SALES OF THIS
ICE CREAM ARE DONATED TO
HUNDREDS OF GREAT CHARITIES
CHOSEN EACH YEAR BY MY STAFF
HERE AT THE SHOW.
AND I WAS SO HAPPY TO RECENTLY
LEARN THAT OVER THE LAST 15
YEARS, WE HAVE GIVEN AWAY
$4,258,500.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: BOOM.
ISN'T THAT LOVELY?
THAT-- THAT IS A LOTA DOUGH,
WHICH IS NOT AN INGREDIENT IN MY
ICE CREAM.
YOU'RE THINKING OF JIMMY
FALLON'S "THE TONIGHT DOUGH,"
WHICH HAS COOKIE DOUGH, AND I
THINK GROUND-UP PEACOCK.
IT'S GOT BEAKS AND STUFF.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE OUT
THERE FOR SUPPORTING AMERICONE
DREAM.
YOU'RE LIVING THE AMERICAN
DREAM: HELPING OTHERS BY SITTING
AT HOME AND EATING ICE CREAM.
NOW, PERSONALLY--
( APPLAUSE )
DREAM HAS HELPED ME GET THROUGH
A LOT IN THE LAST 15 YEARS.
AND WHILE I'D LOVE TO KEEP
SITTING HERE AND SINGING IT'S
PRAISES, I FIGURED WHY NOT GET
SOMEONE WHO'S BETTER AT SINGING
TO DO THAT?
SO I ASKED A COUPLE OF MY
SWEETEST FRIENDS TO HELP ME OUT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
GROBAN, SARA BAREILLES, BEN,
JERRY-- ALL OF YOU-- FOR EATING
MY ICE CREAM, AND MY ENTIRE
STAFF FOR HELPING GIVE ALL THAT
MONEY AWAY.
LET'S KEEP AMERICONE DREAMIN'
FOR ANOTHER 15 YEARS.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ANDY
SERKIS.
♪ ♪ ♪
RIGHT HERE?
THIS ONE?
THAT ONE?
THEE WE GO.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME
BACK.
FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST IS AN
ACTOR AND DIRECTOR YOU KNOW FROM
"THE PLANET OF THE APES" FILMS,
"BLACK PANTHER," AND, MY
PERSONAL FAVORITE, AS GOLLUM
FROM "THE LORD OF THE RINGS."
HE NOW STARS IN "THE BATMAN."
>> OUR ACCOUNTING FRIEND AT
WAYNE ENTERPRISES ARE COMING FOR
BREAKFAST.
>> HERE, WHY.
>> BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET YOU TO
GO THERE.
>> THIS IS SERIOUS, BRUCE.
IF THIS CONTINUES IT WON'T BE
LONG BEFORE YOU HAVE NOTHING
LEFT.
>> I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
>> YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR
FAMILY'S LEGACY?
>> WHAT I'M DOING IS MY FAMILY'S
LEGACY.
IF I CAN'T CHANGE THINGS HERE,
IF I CAN'T HAVE AN EFFECT, I
DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO ME.
ME.
STOP.
YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER.
>> I'M WELL AWARE.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK
TO "THE LATE SHOW," ANDY SERKIS.
♪ ♪ ♪
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: VERY FEW OF MY
GUESTS JIG THEIR WAY OUT HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA EFFORT.
>> I'M A LITTLE EXHAUSTED NOW, I
HAVE TO SAY.
>> Stephen: TAKE IT EASY.
I'LL TAKE FROM HERE.
I'LL ASK THE QUESTIONS.
YOU JUST GIVE THE ANSWERS.
I JUST SAW THE NEW "THE BATMAN."
I LOVED YOUR ALFRED PENNYWORTH.
HOW WAS YOUR ALFRED A LITTLE
DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOUS
ALFRED-BATMAN RELATIONSHIPS
WE'VE SEEN BEFORE.
>> MATT REEVES, WHO WROTE AND
DIRECTED IT, WANTED TO CREATE AN
EMOTIONAL RELATIONSHIP, A VERY
DEEPLY EMOTIONAL ONE, WHICH IS
SORT OF-- THEY'RE NOT KIND OF ON
SONG, AS THEY NORMALLY ARE.
ALFRED AND BATMAN GOING OUT AND
FACING THE FAUX TOGETHER.
WE WANTED TO CREATE TENSION IN
THE RELATIONSHIP.
IT'S BASICALLY HOW WE MEET
BATMAN, WHICH IS ROBERT
PATTINSON'S BRUCE WAYNE IS VERY
VULNERABLE, AND HE'S ON A BIT OF
A SELF-DESTRUCTIVE MISSION, AND
HE'S PUSHING AT ALFRED, AS YOU
SAW FROM THE CLIP.
HE'S SORT OF PUSHING HIM AWAY.
AND ALFRED JUST FEELS LIKE HE
CAN'T-- HE CAN'T CONNECT WITH
HIM.
HEALEY NEVER FILL THE VOID OF
BEING A FATHER FIGURE FOR HIM.
SO IT'S KIND OF REALLY-- IT'S
SHIFTING SANDS, THEIR
RELATIONSHIP.
>> Stephen: WITHOUT GIVING
ANYTHING AWAY, THIS ISN'T REALLY
AN ORIGIN STORY.
YOU'RE-- HE'S ALREADY BATMAN AND
YOU'RE ALREADY WORRIED THAT HE'S
THROUGHOUT BEING BATMAN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
HE'S CAUSING HIMSELF-- HE'S
GOING OUT EVERY NIGHT AND TRYING
TO BE A VIGILANTE, BUT YOU CAN
SEE THE SELF-DESTRUCT BUTTON
ANYTHING, AND HE SEES THE PAIN.
>> Stephen: THERE'S SO MUCH
ANTICIPATION FOR THIS MOVIE
RIGHT NOW, THAT IT'S ACTUALLY
BEING USED AS A CUDGEL AGAINST
THE RUSSIANS BY NOT PLAYING IT
THERE.
IT'S ONE OF THE SANCTIONS BEING
LEVELED AGAINST RUSSIA IS THEY
DON'T GET THIS MOVIE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: VERY POWERFUL.
YOU'RE IN A VERY POWERFUL
POSITION RIGHT NOW.
>> THE MOVIE IS A POWERFUL
THING.
>> Stephen: IT IS A VERY
POWERFUL THING.
YOU WERE IN "BLACK PANTHER,"
VENOM, LET THERE BE CARNAGE, YOU
DIRECTED.
NOW YOU'RE IN THE "THE BATMAN,"
SO LEGALLY I HAVE TO ASK YOU ARE
YOU A MARVEL GUY OR A D.C. GUY?
AND BE VERY CAREFUL HOW YOU
ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
>> I WAS JUST THINKING WHO IS
GOING TO EMPLOY ME THE MOST
AFTER THIS MOMENT?
WELL...
NO, I LOVE BOTH WORLDS.
( LAUGHTER )
>> BECAUSE-- BECAUSE-- BECAUSE,
LOOK, I MEAN, I LOVE THE
BRIGHTNESS AND THE BOLDNESS OF
MARVEL STORIES.
THEY'RE ALL MYTHOLOGIST, AND I
LIKE D.C. --
>> Stephen: THEY'RE KIND OF
FAIRY STORIES THEMSELVES, LIKE
TOLKIEN IS.
LIKE A MODERN FAIRY STORY.
>> FOR OUR GENERATION, WHICH IS
WHY THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT-- YOU
KNOW, THEY TOUCH ON REAL HUMAN
EMOTIONS, ON WORLD, YOU KNOW,
EVENTS ON WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND
US.
THEY ARE GREAT ALLEGORIES FOR
OUR TIMES.
>> Stephen: WELL, WE HUMAN
BEINGS LEARN THROUGH
STORYTELLING.
>> CORRECT.
>> Stephen: AND THIS IS A
COMMON STORY FOR US TO SHARE AND
BUILDS A SENSE OF COMMUNITIES.
ONE OF THE GREAT COMMUNITIES YOU
HAVE BEEN PART OF OF COURSE IS
"LORD OF THE RINGS," WHICH JUST
CELEBRATED 20 YEARS SINCE IT WAS
FIRST RELEASED.
AND I CAN'T BELIEVE--
( APPLAUSE )
HERE SOME WAY.
AND BILLY BOYD AND DON MONAHAN
CALLED AND SAID WE WANT TO DO
SOMETHING WITH YOU.
WE CAME UP WITH THIS RAP SONG TO
CELEBRATE IT.
AND YOU WERE PART OF IT.
WE HAVE A LITTLE CLIP.
>> IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
DID YOU SUCH A GREAT JOB
♪ LORD OF THE RINGS IS THE
NUMBER ONE CHILI
♪ ASK ANYBODY AND THEY KNOW THE
DILLY
♪ ASK ALL THE FISHES THE SEAWEED
>> Stephen: SO THERE YOU ARE,
THE FISHES, THE SEAWEED, THE
CRILI, THE OFFICIAL CELEBRATION
RIGHT THERE.
WHEN YOU SENT THAT SHOT IN OF
YOU LOOKING THROUGH THAT WATER
SURFACE, I THOUGHT THAT'S GREAT.
WHAT EFFECT DID WE PUT ON THAT?
THEY SAID NOTHING.
THAT'S WHAT HE SENT.
SO A DIRECTOR TO THE END, WHAT
WERE YOU SHOOT THIS THROUGH, A
FISH TANK?
>> I FOUND A NICE BIG BOWL AT
HOME AND FILLED IT UP WITH WATER
AND THOUGHT WE HAVE TO MAKE
SOMETHING OUT OF THIS.
IT'S A LITTLE SNATCH.
I GOT MY iPHONE, STUCK IT
UNDERNEATH A BOWL OF WATER AND
JIGGLED IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
>> Stephen: ART ON A DIME WITH
ANDY SERKIS.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
WHEN WE COME BACK, AN DEAL SHOW
US HOW HE DID ALL THE CHARACTERS
IN HIS AUDIO BOOK OF "LORD OF
THE RINGS."
STICK AROUND.
( APPLAUSE )
WE'RE P BACK HERE WITH ANDY
SERKIS, FROM THE NEW MOVIE "THE
BATMAN."
IN MAY OF 2020, LIKE-- LIKE MANY
PEOPLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
COVID PANDEMIC, PEOPLE DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THEY WANTED TO CREATE ART.
THEY WANTED TO O THINGS TO HELP
FUND RAISE FOR CHARITIES.
YOU DID THIS EXTRAORDINARY
THING, WHICH IN MAY 2020, YOU
READ "THE HOBBIT" IN ONE SITTING
ON A LIVE STREAM FOR CHARITY.
HOW-- I HEARD CLIPS OF IT.
HW LONG DID THAT TAKE YOU TO
DO?
>> ALL TOGETHER IT WAS ABOUT 11
FOURS AND FOUR, FIVE MINUTES
( APPLAUSE ).
YOU STOP?
>> WELL, I-- I LITERALLY-- I
LITERALLY HAD FOUR TWO-MINUTE
BREAKS THROUGHOUT --
>> Stephen: FOR 11 HOURS.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
I WANT IT TO FEEL LIKE-- YOU
KNOW, THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND IT
WAS TO TAKE EVERYBODY-- LIKE YOU
SAY, EVERYONE WAS TRAPPED
INDOORS AND NOBODY COULD GO
ANYWHERE, AND WHAT BETTER THAN
TO GO ON A QUEST A JOURNEY
INSIDE YOUR MIND.
AND I THOUGHT IF I COULD AT
LEAST TAKE KIDS OFF PARENTS'--
YOU KNOW, WHO MUST HAVE BEEN
GOING CRAZY AT THIS POINT-- SIT
THEM DOWN.
MY WHOLE THINKING WAS IF THEY
COULD SIT THEIR KIDS SIT DOWN
AND LISTEN FOR 11 HOURS IT WOULD
LET THEM DO SOMETHING ELSE.
>> Stephen: PEOPLE LOVED THIS
SO MUCH-- AND I THINK THIS IS A
GREAT IDEAUE HAVE NOW DONE--
RECORDED THE FULL AUDIO BOOKS OF
"THE HOBBIT" AND THE "LORD OF
THE RINGS" TRILOGY FOR AUDIBLE.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO
RETURN TO MIDDLE EARTH FOR THAT
ENTIRE THING?
>> I HAVE TO SAY, I'VE PLAYED
SOME PRETTY PHYSICAL PARTS IN MY
TIME, BUT SITTING IN FRONT OF A
MICROPHONE FOR SIX WEEKS TO
RECORD "LORD OF THE RINGS" IN
ITS ENTIRETY I THINK WAS ONE OF
THE MOST DRAINING AND MENTALLY
EXHAUSTING.
AUDIO BOOKS, THEY'RE NOT EASY
THINGS.
I'M A PHYSICAL ACTOR, BUT,
ACTUALLY, IT'S A KIND OF-- IT'S
A TEST ALL ON ITS OWN.
AND THE LEVELS THAT YOU-- THE
EMOTIONAL JOURNEY.
AND, ALSO, I WAS SORT OF
CHANNELING MY FRIENDS WHO HAD
ACTED WITH IT, YOU KNOW, FOR
SOME OF IT, AND MAKING UP NEW
VOICES AS WELL.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU
DIFFERENTIATE THE VOICES?
I HAVE A PROP BACK HERE THAT I
WAS TOLD TO GIVE YOU, BUT I
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO
DO WITH THIS.
HOW WOULD YOU DIFFERENTIATE
BETWEEN THE VOICES, KEEPING THEM
CLEAR.
THERE ARE HOW MANY CHARACTERS?
>> I THINK ALL IN ALL, THERE ARE
132 CHARACTERS.
SO-- OF COURSE SOME OF THEM ONLY
APPEAR ONCE AND THEY'RE SORT
OF-- YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SORT OF
WINGING IT IN A WAY AND KIND OF
IMPROVISING STUFF.
OTHER CHARACTERS, OBVIOUSLY,
RETURN.
AND THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD
REALLY, REALLY REMEMBER
EVERYBODY WAS BY A PHYSICAL KIND
OF APPROXIMATION TO WHERE THE
MICROPHONE WAS.
FOR INSTANCE, GANDALF WOULD
ALWAYS BE UP HERE, AND-- I WAS
TRYING TO MAKE IT A BIT MORE
ORIGINAL.
I WASN'T FULL ON-- FULL ON "YOU
SHALL NOT PART."
AND THEN ELRON, WHO IS MORE KIND
OF-- HE WAS MORE HERE, AND I
ALWAYS DID THIS WITH MY RIGHT
HAND AND GAVE HIM A LITTLE
BIT... AND EVERY TIME I MOVED MY
HAND LIKE THAT, IT WOULD GET ME
BACK INTO CHARACTER.
AND HE WAS LIKE THIS, BECAUSE HE
WAS REALLY PISSED OFF THAT HE
COULDN'T QUITE REACH THE
MICROPHONE.
AND OF COURSE--
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
OF REALLY-- WELL, GOLLUM WAS ON
THE SIDE AND SMEIGLE WAS ON THIS
SIDE.
AND HE WOULD SAY THINGS LIKE...
THEY'RE GOING TO IMPOSE
SANCTIONS.
SANCTIONS?
SANCTIONS, MY PRECIOUS.
IF THEY DO ANYTHING, WE'RE GOING
TO GIVE THEM ( BLEEP ) BACK.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
THEATERS FRIDAY IN "THE BATMAN."
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH RUSSIA
EXPERT FIONA HILL.
ANDY SERKIS.
THANK YOU, SIR.
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WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
MY NEXT GUEST IS A SENIOR FELLOW
AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION WHO
HAS ADVISED THREE PRESIDENTS ON
RUSSIAN AND EUROPEAN POLICY.
HER NEW BOOK IS, "THERE IS
NOTHING FOR YOU HERE."
PLEASE WELCOME FIONA HILL!
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>> Stephen: THANKS FOR BEING
HERE.
AS I SAID, THE BOOK IS "THERE IS
NOTHING FOR YOU HERE."
U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICER IN THE
BUSH AND OBAMA ADMINISTRATIONS,
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL,.
THOUGH MOST PEOPLE HERE MIGHT
RECOGNIZE YOU FIRST FROM YOUR
TESTIMONY IN THE 2019
IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
THE FIRST ONE, THE O.G.,
IMPEACHMENT CLASSIC.
YOU'RE A FORMER INTELLIGENCE
OFFICER.
IT'S BEEN SIX DAYS SINCE RUSSIA
INVADED UKRAINE.
AND THE E.U. HAS SHOWED
UNPRECEDENTED UNIT NERESPONSETO
THIS.
WHAT IS MOST SURPRISING TO YOU
ABOUT BOTH THE INVASION AND THE
RESPONSE?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, ON THE
INVASION, SADLY, WHAT'S BEEN
MOST SURPRISING IS THAT IT'S
GONE ON FOR SO LONG.
BECAUSE --
>> Stephen: WE WERE TOLD IT
WOULD BE VERY QUICK, LIGHTNING
STRIKE, TAKE OVER THE CITIES,
AND YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THE
SAME THING.
>> I THINK EVERYBODY DID,
THINKING OF THE PREPONDERANCE OF
POWER THE RUSSIANS HAVE,
VIS-A-VIS THE UKRAINIANS.
WHEN THEY'RE FACING AN INVASION
FORCE OF ALMOST 190,000 MEN WITH
ALL OF THE STATE-OF-THE-ART
EQUIPMENT THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE
GOT, WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE
MOVED A LOT FASTER.
SO WE THINK IN PART THE RUSSIANS
MIGHT HAVE INITIALLY BEEN TRYING
TO MINIMIZE CASUALTIES.
AND IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU SAID
ABOUT THE EUROPEAN RESPONSE WAS,
YES, WE WERE PRETTY SURPRISED BY
ALL OF THIS AS WELL.
AN I'M SURE THAT PUTIN AND THE
RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN QUITE
SURPRISED, TOO.
BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION,
FOR EXAMPLE, THAT A LOT OF
BUSINESSES IN EUROPE WOULD HAVE
BEEN VERY RELUCTANT TO PULL BACK
FROM THEIR INVESTMENTS IN
RUSSIA, GIVEN OIL AND GAS AND
THE DOMINANCE OF THE RUSSIAN
ENERGY SECTOR IN EUROPE THAT
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, "I
DON'T WANT TO FREEZE TO DEATH."
SO IT'S VERY SURPRISING TO SEE
MAJOR OIL AND GAS COMPANIES, FOR
EXAMPLE, PULLING OUT OF RUSSIA,
ALONG WITH ALL KINDS OF OTHER
BUSINESSES.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THE GOVERNMENT
RESPONSE.
IT'S WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS
DONE ON A LEVEL OF BUSINESS,
COMMERCE, AND ORDINARY PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: WELL, SO FAR, THE
GOVERNMENT SANCTIONS, RESTRICTED
AIR SPACE, BANNED RUSSIA FROM
SWIFT.
THEY DON'T GET TO SEE THE NEW
"BATMAN" MOVIE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHAT, SHORT OF
DIRECT MILITARY INTERVENTION,
CAN OR SHOULD BE DONE IN YOUR
OPINION?
>> THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF THINGS
WE COULD BE DOING NOW, AND I'M
SURE A LOT OF THESE ARE UNDER
DISCUSSION.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THE AIR SPACE
OVER UKRAINE BECAUSE THAT WOULD
BE SEEN AS DIRECT INTERFERENCE.
BUT WHAT WE'VE CLOSED AIR SPACE
TO RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL CRAFT AND
ALSO MILITARY AIRCRAFT.
BUT THERE ARE HUMANITARIAN
CORRIDORS THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO
BE ESTABLISHING THERE, BECAUSE
WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
UKRAINIANS WHO ARE BASICALLY
FLEEING INTO ALL THE NEIGHBORING
COUNTRIES.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE A
LOT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ON THE
BORDERS, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE I
CAN QUITE WELL IMAGINE WE WOULD
START TO BE HELPING WOUNDED
UKRAINIAN SERVICEMEN, AS WELL AS
CIVILIANS.
AND THERE'S ANYTHING TO BE AN
AWFUL LOT OF ASSISTANCE THAT IS
GOING TO COME IN, NOT JUST FOR
THE REFUGEES IN PLACES LIKE
POLAND OR SLOVAKIA OR FURTHER
AFIELD IN EUROPE.
BUT YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE
PEOPLE GO IN THERE TO FIGHT.
IT'S NOT JUST UKRAINIANS.
UKRAINE HAS AN ENORMOUS NUMBER
OF HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPIONS
WILL OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE
MAYOR OF KYIV.
AND HIS BROTHER, THEY'VE MADE
THIS AMAZING SET OF VIDEOS FOR
SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU'VE GOT ONE OF THE CURRENT
HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPIONS WHO
HAS GIVEN UP HIS FIGHT TO GO
BACK.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE SAYING I WANT TO
GO IN THERE AND DO SOMETHING TO
HELP THE UKRAINIANS, WHICH IS
NOT SOMETHING I DON'T THINK
RUSSIANS WOULD HAVE ANTICIPATE.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE STUDIED
PUTIN FOR DECADES AND YOU MET
HIM MANY TIMES.
YOU SAY IN THE BOOK-- AGAIN
"THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU
HERE--" YOU WRITE ABOUT SITTING
NEXT TO HIM A DINNER.
"A," WHY WOULD PUTIN LET SOMEONE
WHO STUDIES PUTIN SIT NEXT TO
HIM AT A DINNER?
( LAUGHTER )
CONVERSATION LIKE?
IS IT LIGHT AND SPARKLY?
IS HE FLIRTY?
WHAT'S HE LIKE?
>> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S
PRETTY SPARSE.
AND THE MOST DISTURBING THING
SITTING NEXT TO HIM AT DINNER--
HE WAS ON THE SIDE RIGHT HERE--
HE DIDN'T EAT OR DRINK ANYTHING.
THAT'S WHY I'M NOT TOUCHING THAT
CUP OF WATER.
>> Stephen: NOT EVEN WATER.
>> HE DOESN'T EVEN TRUST HIS OWN
WATER AND TEA THAT'S THERE, TEA
PROBABLY WE CAN THINK ABOUT
PUTTING THE PILOANIUM IN THE TEA
FOR THE FORMER SPY IN LONDON.
>> Stephen: WAS THAT THE
POLONIUM IN THE SUSHI?
>> IT COULD BE.
GIVEN THE RISKS --
>> Stephen: DID YOU TALK TO
HIM?
>> SORT OF.
THE THING THEY COULD SEE IS,
LIKE YOU HAVE ON YOUR DESK HERE,
YOUR NOTES.
YOURS ARE IN VERY SMALL FONT.
HIS WERE IN ENORMOUS FONT SO I
COULD SEE THEM, AND HE WASN'T
WEARING GLASSES AND I WAS CLOSE
ENOUGH TO SEE HE WASN'T WEARING
CONTACT LENSES.
MOST OF US-- CERTAINLY ME-- I
COULD READ HIS NOTES BECAUSE
THEY WERE THAT BIG IN TERMS OF
FONT.
THE ONE THING I NOTICED IS HE'S
SHORTSIGHTED.
HE'S NOT THE SUPERMAN WE THINK
OF.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN'T READ MY
CARD?
>> I CAN'T READ THE CARD.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN'T READ,
"GET HER TO DRINK THE TEA."
NOW, DO YOU THINK THAT THERE'S
ANY FEAR OF HIS OWN OLIGARCHS,
YOU KNOW, LIKE BECAUSE THERE'S
NO HONOR AMONG THIEVES.
AND IF HE SHOWS WEAKNESS, THEY
COULD TURN ON HIM.
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY THE
OLIGARCHS SO MUCH AS THE PEOPLE
IN HIS INNER CIRCLE.
SO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME UP
WITH THIS PLAN OF INVADING
UKRAINE, LET'S SAY FIRST OF ALL,
IT'S NOT RUSSIAN PEOPLE, AND
IT'S NOT ALL THE PEOPLE IN
RUSSIAN BUSINESS.
IT'S A VERY SMALL CIRCLE OF
PEOPLE THAT INCLUDES THE HEAD OF
INTELLIGENCE, ALL OF THESE
SECURITY SERVICES.
AND THESE ARE NOT THE KIND OF
GUYS WHO HAVE YACHTS OFF MONACO,
BASICALLY PALACES IN PARIS OR
ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY
MUCH ROOTED IN RUSSIA ITSELF.
AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE TOO
WORRIED ABOUT ALL OF THESE
SANCTIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S
CUT OFF, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
INVESTED IN THE WEST.
THEY'VE REALLY GOT THAT BUNKER
SIEGE MENTALITY.
AND THEY'RE THE PEOPLE HE
PROBABLY DOES HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT.
BECAUSE IF THIS WAR DOESN'T GO
WELL, IF IT LOOKS LIKE RUSSIA IS
LOSING, I DON'T THINK THEY CARE
ABOUT THE WORLD OF PUBLIC
OPINION, BUT IF THERE'S NOT ANY
MOVEMENT ON THE GROUND, IF THAT
GREAT CONVOY OF TANKS JUST
BASICALLY RUNS OUT OF GAS AND IS
JUST LEFT THERE AND THEY HAVE TO
MOVE FURTHER-- IF THEY HAVE TO
LAY WASTE TO UKRAINE TO GET A
SUCCESS, THAT'S ALREADY GOING TO
BE THE THE KIND OF PROBLEMS.
YOU MIGHT THEN START TO GET A
BACKLASH FROM THOSE PEOPLE
THINKING THIS HAS NOT GONE AS
THEY INTEND.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU'VE SAID
IN ANOTHER INTERVIEW THAT, YOU
KNOW, HE DOESN'T BUILD WEAPONS
NOT TO USE THEM.
SO IT IS-- IT IS-- IT IS
CONCEIVABLE HE WOULD USE A
TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPON.
PUTTING THAT ASIDE, THAT IS THE
IMPETUS FOR THIS QUESTION IS
WHAT OFF RAMP IS THERE FOR
PUTIN, SHY OF ACTUALLY TAKING
AND HOLDING UKRAINE-- BECAUSE
THAT SEEMS UNLIKELY GIVEN THE
SUCCESS OF HIS ARMY SO FAR AND
THE SIZE OF HIS MILITARY-- THAT
THEY CAN HOLD THAT SPACE.
WHAT CAN HE GET, SHY OF UKRAINE
AND THE WEST SAYING, "OKAY, TAKE
UKRAINE," THAT WOULD ALLOW HIM
TO LEAVE AND SAVE FACE.
>> THAT'S THE REAL PROBLEM WE
HAVE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE TO THINK LONG AND HARD
HOW WE STRUCTURE, FIRST OF ALL,
DISCUSSIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS,
WHICH WE CAN'T IN THE MIDDLE OF
A MASSIVE INVASION BECAUSE WE
WANT TO SEE THE PULLBACK FROM
UKRAINE, AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF
ALL OF THE FORCES, NOT JUST THE
PULLBACK FROM HOSTILITIES.
THE PROBLEM IS, JUST AS YOU'VE
LAID IT OUT, PUTIN WANTS US TO
TAKE AN OFF RAMP.
HE WANTS FULL CAPITULATION-- HE
ALREADY SAID THAT.
HE TOLD THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY
TO LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS AND EVEN
OVERTHROW PRESIDENT ZELENSKY AND
THEIR GOVERNMENT.
THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
HE WANTS TO TAKE AS MUCH
TERRITORY AS HE POSSIBLY CAN AND
BASICALLY HAVE A NEGOTIATION
THAT LEAVES HIM IN CHARGE OF AS
MUCH OF UKRAINE AS HE CAN
POSSIBLY HAVE.
THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE
THINKING ABOUT HOW WE TRY TO GET
SOME PRESSURE ON HIM TO FIND A
WAY OUT OF THIS THAT WE'RE ALL
GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.
AND I THINK, HONESTLY, ONE OF
THE FEW WAYS THAT WE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO GET TO HIM, IS IF FOR
EXAMPLE, PRESIDENT Z I AND THE
CHINESE EXPRESSED SOME
DISPLEASURE, BUT THAT SEEMS A
PRETTY LONG SHOT AS WELL.
>> Stephen: FIONA, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THE BOOK IS "THERE IS NOTHING
FOR YOU ERE."
IT'S AVAILABLE NOW.
FIONA HILL, EVERYBODY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
THAT'S IT FOR THE "LATE LATE SHOW."
TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS
WILL BE KYLE MacLACHLAN AND
ARIAN MOAYED.
JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT.
GOOD NIGHT.
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