1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:04,738 TIES WITH RUSSIA IS GROWING LONGER. 2 00:00:04,804 --> 00:00:07,607 YESTERDAY, NETFLIX ANNOUNCED IT'S SUSPENDED SERVICES IN 3 00:00:07,674 --> 00:00:10,543 RUSSIA, CITING THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. 4 00:01:04,531 --> 00:01:05,965 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE 5 00:01:06,032 --> 00:01:13,873 SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT! TONIGHT, RUSSIA. 6 00:01:13,940 --> 00:01:21,147 STEPHEN WELCOMES ANDERSON COOPER! 7 00:01:21,214 --> 00:01:29,155 AND SUTTON FOSTER. FEATURING JON BATISTE AND "STAY 8 00:01:29,222 --> 00:01:31,825 HUMAN." AND NOW LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED 9 00:01:31,891 --> 00:01:41,367 SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 10 00:01:41,434 --> 00:01:50,677 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( THEME SONG PLAYING ) 11 00:01:50,743 --> 00:02:05,625 >> Stephen: HELLO, EVERYBODY! 12 00:02:05,692 --> 00:02:07,861 >> Stephen: HELLO, EVERYBODY! 13 00:02:07,927 --> 00:02:17,670 THANK YOU VERY MUCH! OUT THERE, DOWN HERE! 14 00:02:17,737 --> 00:02:18,571 ♪♪ ♪♪ 15 00:02:18,638 --> 00:02:25,044 ALL WORKING OUT! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 16 00:02:25,111 --> 00:02:30,216 ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL WEEK. HAPPY MONDAY. 17 00:02:30,283 --> 00:02:31,851 WELCOME! WELCOME TO, "THE LATE SHOW," I'M 18 00:02:31,918 --> 00:02:37,223 STEPHEN COLBERT. ( CHEERING ) 19 00:02:37,290 --> 00:02:43,496 WE'RE ALMOST TWO WEEKS INTO RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE, 20 00:02:43,563 --> 00:02:44,764 AND THE DEEPER YOU DIG INTO WHAT RUSSIA IS DOING OVER THERE, THE 21 00:02:44,831 --> 00:02:50,203 WORSE IT GETS. IT'S LIKE A NESTING DOLL OF BAD. 22 00:02:50,270 --> 00:02:51,437 SO FAR, MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HAVE FLED THE 23 00:02:51,504 --> 00:02:55,808 COUNTRY. IT WOULD BE MORE, BUT RUSSIA 24 00:02:55,875 --> 00:02:57,243 REFUSES TO ABIDE BY THEIR OWN ANNOUNCED CEASE-FIRES AND SAFE 25 00:02:57,310 --> 00:03:02,649 CORRIDORS TO ALLOW CIVILIANS TO ESCAPE. 26 00:03:02,715 --> 00:03:04,050 REPEATEDLY OVER THE WEEKEND, RUSSIAN TROOPS CONTINUED TO 27 00:03:04,117 --> 00:03:08,054 PUMMEL CITIES WITH ROCKETS EVEN AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF 28 00:03:08,121 --> 00:03:10,123 CORRIDORS. IT'S LIKE PUTIN'S COMPETING IN 29 00:03:10,189 --> 00:03:13,927 THE EVIL OLYMPICS AGAINST HIMSELF. 30 00:03:13,993 --> 00:03:18,998 AND 'CUZ HE'S RUSSIAN, YOU KNOW HE'S JUICING. 31 00:03:19,065 --> 00:03:20,600 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, PUTIN SAYS HE'S OFFERING 32 00:03:20,667 --> 00:03:24,370 HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS, FOR REAL THIS TIME, BUT ONLY FOR 33 00:03:24,437 --> 00:03:28,942 UKRAINIANS TO FLEE, TO RUSSIA. WELL, THAT'S NOT HELPFUL. 34 00:03:29,008 --> 00:03:30,977 IT'S LIKE HAVING A SAFETY SIGN THAT SAYS: 35 00:03:31,044 --> 00:03:35,114 "IN CASE OF FIRE JUMP INTO A PIT OF SNAKES." 36 00:03:35,181 --> 00:03:40,687 TURNS OUT THAT UKRAINIAN RESISTANCE HAS BEEN FIERCER THAN 37 00:03:40,753 --> 00:03:52,131 PUTIN EVER DREAMED. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 38 00:03:52,198 --> 00:03:53,566 ABSOLUTELY. SO, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO ACHIEVE 39 00:03:53,633 --> 00:03:57,537 A MILITARY VICTORY, THE RUSSIANS ARE ATTACKING CIVILIAN 40 00:03:57,604 --> 00:04:01,541 INFRASTRUCTURE IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE UKRAINIANS SURVIVE WITHOUT 41 00:04:01,608 --> 00:04:04,711 ELECTRICITY, WATER, FOOD, MEDICAL HELP, AND MEANS OF 42 00:04:04,777 --> 00:04:07,413 SUBSISTENCE. IN WHAT MANY ARE CALLING AN 43 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,515 EFFORT TO BREAK UKRAINIAN MORALE. 44 00:04:09,582 --> 00:04:12,518 BREAK THEIR MORALE? HASN'T PUTIN SEEN HOW TOUGH 45 00:04:12,585 --> 00:04:17,523 THESE UKRAINIANS ARE? THIS WEEKEND, A MAN AND A WOMAN 46 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:20,259 WHO ARE SERVING TOGETHER IN THE RESISTANCE TOOK A BREAK FROM 47 00:04:20,326 --> 00:04:24,998 FIGHTING TO GET MARRIED ON THE FRONT LINES. 48 00:04:25,064 --> 00:04:29,535 IT'S LIKE A WEDDING IN TEXAS, BUT WITH SLIGHTLY FEWER GUNS. 49 00:04:29,602 --> 00:04:34,674 ( LAUGHTER ) ALTHOUGH, I MUST SAY, 50 00:04:34,741 --> 00:04:36,376 HUGE FAUX PAS. EVERYONE KNOWS YOU'RE NOT 51 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:37,410 SUPPOSED TO WEAR THE SAME COLOR CAMO AS THE BRIDE. 52 00:04:37,477 --> 00:04:40,747 WHERE IS SHE? WHERE IS SHE? 53 00:04:40,813 --> 00:04:42,281 ( LAUGHTER ) TELL YOU WHAT, I WILL NEVER 54 00:04:42,348 --> 00:04:45,518 COMPLAIN ABOUT A DESTINATION WEDDING AGAIN. 55 00:04:45,585 --> 00:04:47,587 RUSSIA HAS BEEN HIT WITH A SERIES OF CRIPPLING SANCTIONS, 56 00:04:47,654 --> 00:04:52,725 AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S MORE TO COME. 57 00:04:52,792 --> 00:04:54,327 BECAUSE THE U.S. AND ITS EUROPEAN ALLIES ARE NOW 58 00:04:54,394 --> 00:04:56,195 DISCUSSING BANNING IMPORTS OF RUSSIAN OIL. 59 00:04:56,262 --> 00:04:58,064 TAKE THAT, PUTIN. WE'RE NOT GONNA BUY OUR GAS FROM 60 00:04:58,131 --> 00:05:01,534 A WAR CRIMINAL. WE'RE GOING TO BUY IT FROM THE 61 00:05:01,601 --> 00:05:05,538 GOOD GUYS: SAUDI ARABIA. ( LAUGHTER ) 62 00:05:05,605 --> 00:05:09,542 BUT IT'S GONNA COST. SINCE THE INVASION, OIL PRICES 63 00:05:09,609 --> 00:05:12,945 HAVE SKYROCKETED. TODAY, THE AVERAGE GAS PRICE IN 64 00:05:13,012 --> 00:05:14,147 AMERICA HIT AN ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH OF OVER FOUR DOLLARS PER 65 00:05:14,213 --> 00:05:17,316 GALLON. OKAY, THAT STINGS, BUT A CLEAN 66 00:05:17,383 --> 00:05:22,722 CONSCIENCE IS WORTH A BUCK OR TWO. 67 00:05:22,789 --> 00:05:29,495 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT'S IMPORTANT. 68 00:05:29,562 --> 00:05:32,932 IT'S IMPORTANT. I'M WILLING TO PAY $4 A GALLON. 69 00:05:32,999 --> 00:05:37,537 HELL, I'LL PAY $15 A GALLON. 'CUZ I DRIVE A TESLA. 70 00:05:37,603 --> 00:05:44,477 ( LAUGHTER ) RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE 71 00:05:44,544 --> 00:05:45,545 WORLD ARE TRYING TO FIND INVENTIVE 72 00:05:45,611 --> 00:05:46,813 WAYS TO HELP ORDINARY UKRAINIANS. 73 00:05:46,879 --> 00:05:49,449 FOR INSTANCE, ETSY BUYERS ARE URGING PEOPLE TO HELP UKRAINIANS 74 00:05:49,515 --> 00:05:52,719 BY BUYING DIGITAL ITEMS, SUCH AS FONTS, PATTERNS, DOWNLOADABLE 75 00:05:52,785 --> 00:05:54,854 PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTWORK. SO, YOU CAN NOW ORDER A LOVELY 76 00:05:54,921 --> 00:05:57,523 MOTIVATIONAL NEEDLEPOINT PATTERN THAT READS LIVE, LAUGH 77 00:05:57,590 --> 00:06:04,731 RUSSIAN WARSHIP GO ( BLEEP ) YOURSELF. 78 00:06:04,797 --> 00:06:07,500 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) GETS YOU RIGHT THERE. 79 00:06:07,567 --> 00:06:10,737 GETS YOU RIGHT THERE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE 80 00:06:10,803 --> 00:06:14,040 CONVENTIONAL WAYS TO DONATE TO THE PEOPLE IN UKRAINE, HEAD OVER 81 00:06:14,107 --> 00:06:16,709 TO @COLBERTLATESHOW ON TWITTER. WE'VE PINNED A LIST OF 82 00:06:16,776 --> 00:06:21,547 ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE HELPING REFUGEES ON THE GROUND. 83 00:06:21,614 --> 00:06:28,054 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) DESPITE INCREASING GLOBAL 84 00:06:28,121 --> 00:06:30,923 PRESSURE, PUTIN ISN'T BACKING DOWN. 85 00:06:30,990 --> 00:06:33,126 THIS WEEKEND, HE LASHED OUT, DECLARING, THE SANCTIONS IMPOSED 86 00:06:33,192 --> 00:06:37,530 BY WESTERN NATIONS ARE AKIN TO A DECLARATION OF WAR. 87 00:06:37,597 --> 00:06:50,476 (AS PUTIN) PUTIN GAVE THESE COMMENTS WHILE 88 00:06:50,543 --> 00:06:51,711 PUTIN GAVE COMMENTS WHILE SPEAKING TO A 89 00:06:51,778 --> 00:06:52,912 GROUP OF AEROFLOT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, WHO, BY THE LOOKS OF 90 00:06:52,979 --> 00:06:53,713 IT, WERE THRILLED. TO. 91 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:55,448 BE THERE. NEVER A GOOD SIGN WHEN THE 92 00:06:55,515 --> 00:06:56,849 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS GIVE YOU THE SAME FACE THEY GIVE THE GUY 93 00:06:56,916 --> 00:07:04,557 CLIPPING HIS TOENAILS IN ECONOMY PLUS. 94 00:07:04,624 --> 00:07:05,725 OF COURSE, RUSSIAN FLIGHT ATTENDANTS KNOW ALL ABOUT NO-FLY 95 00:07:05,792 --> 00:07:07,360 ZONES. THANKS TO SANCTIONS AGAINST 96 00:07:07,426 --> 00:07:08,694 RUSSIAN AIRLINES, AEROFLOT NOW ONLY FLIES TO ONE FOREIGN 97 00:07:08,761 --> 00:07:09,896 AIRPORT: MINSK, THE CAPITAL OF BELARUS. 98 00:07:09,962 --> 00:07:10,863 SO RUSSIAN TRAVEL AGENTS HAVE HAD TO CUT BACK TO A SINGLE 99 00:07:10,930 --> 00:07:12,532 POSTER: (RUSSIAN ACCENT) 100 00:07:12,598 --> 00:07:19,739 "VISIT BELARUS: SKY IS COLOR OF DELICIOUS CIGARETTE." 101 00:07:19,806 --> 00:07:23,075 ( APPLAUSE ) SO BELARUS IS HERE TONIGHT. 102 00:07:23,142 --> 00:07:24,343 ( LAUGHTER ) IT SEEMS LIKE THE ONLY WAY THIS 103 00:07:24,410 --> 00:07:29,248 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CAN END IS IF PUTIN IS REMOVED FROM OFFICE. 104 00:07:29,315 --> 00:07:36,055 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WHEN IS HE OUT? 105 00:07:36,122 --> 00:07:37,256 '24? HE'S UP FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2024, 106 00:07:37,323 --> 00:07:39,759 BUT HE STILL HASN'T DECIDED HOW MUCH HE'S GOING TO WIN BY. 107 00:07:39,826 --> 00:07:40,927 AND HE'S DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THE 108 00:07:40,993 --> 00:07:43,830 RUSSIAN PEOPLE DON'T TURN ON HIM. 109 00:07:43,896 --> 00:07:46,465 FOR INSTANCE, ONE REPORTER IN RUSSIA SAYS, POLICE IN MOSCOW 110 00:07:46,532 --> 00:07:51,437 APPEAR TO BE STOPPING CIVILIANS AND DEMANDING TO SEE THEIR 111 00:07:51,504 --> 00:07:53,306 PHONES IN ORDER TO SCREEN THEIR PHOTOS AND TEXTS. 112 00:07:53,372 --> 00:07:59,412 (AS RUSSIAN) "IT SAYS HERE, 'U UP.' IS SHORT 113 00:07:59,478 --> 00:08:06,686 FOR 'UKRAINE UPRISING.' SEIZE HIM!" 114 00:08:06,752 --> 00:08:07,687 ( LAUGHTER ) ( PIANO RIFF ) 115 00:08:07,753 --> 00:08:11,991 IT WAS A FLIP PHONE, IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING. 116 00:08:12,058 --> 00:08:15,428 IT'S A FLIP PHONE. ( PIANO RIFF ) 117 00:08:15,494 --> 00:08:16,929 THANK YOU, JON. >> Jon: THAT WAS GREAT. 118 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:20,466 >> Stephen: THE REPORTER SAW POLICE OFFICERS 119 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:21,634 DEMANDING PHONES FROM PEOPLE NEAR DETSKIY MIR, A POPULAR 120 00:08:21,701 --> 00:08:24,804 RUSSIAN TOY STORE. I FEEL SO BAD FOR THOSE PEOPLE. 121 00:08:24,871 --> 00:08:27,607 THEY JUST WANTED TO GO IN AND BUY RUSSIA'S HOTTEST TOY: 122 00:08:27,673 --> 00:08:39,418 MR. ACTUAL POTATO. ( LAUGHTER ) 123 00:08:39,485 --> 00:08:41,420 IS POTATO. ( LAUGHTER ) 124 00:08:41,487 --> 00:08:43,489 THIS CRACKDOWN COMES IN THE WAKE OF A NEW LAW THAT WOULD PUNISH 125 00:08:43,556 --> 00:08:44,957 ANYONE WHO SHARES FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WAR IN 126 00:08:45,024 --> 00:08:48,427 UKRAINE WITH UP TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON. 127 00:08:48,494 --> 00:08:51,631 OF COURSE, IN THIS CASE, FALSE IS DEFINED AS ANYTHING OTHER 128 00:08:51,697 --> 00:08:54,033 THAN WHAT PUTIN WANTS YOU TO SAY. 129 00:08:54,100 --> 00:08:57,036 FOR INSTANCE, IT IS NOW A CRIME TO SIMPLY CALL THE WAR A WAR. 130 00:08:57,103 --> 00:09:00,439 INSTEAD, THEY WANT YOU TO USE THE KREMLIN'S TERM: 131 00:09:00,506 --> 00:09:03,376 SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO CALL IT 132 00:09:03,442 --> 00:09:09,515 THAT, THE KREMLIN HAS A FEW OTHER APPROVED OPTIONS: 133 00:09:09,582 --> 00:09:16,422 SPECIAL BANG BANG TIME, AWFUL FAMILIAR RIREUNION. 134 00:09:16,489 --> 00:09:20,426 "NATIONAL LAMPOON'S EASTERN EUROPEAN VACATION," AND 135 00:09:20,493 --> 00:09:24,463 AND BENNIFER. ( APPLAUSE ) 136 00:09:24,530 --> 00:09:25,831 EVIDENTLY, THE SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST INFORMATION IS 137 00:09:25,898 --> 00:09:27,500 WOKING BETTER THAN THE REAL ONE. 138 00:09:27,566 --> 00:09:32,438 SOME UKRAINIANS FIND THAT THEIR RELATIVES IN RUSSIA REFUSE TO 139 00:09:32,505 --> 00:09:34,707 BELIEVE IT'S A WAR. THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE ARE SO USED 140 00:09:34,774 --> 00:09:36,442 TO ACCEPTING THE KREMLIN'S LIES THAT THEIR MOST POPULAR 141 00:09:36,509 --> 00:09:40,413 MARGARINE IS: "YOU MUST BELIEVE IT IS BUTTER." 142 00:09:40,479 --> 00:09:47,086 ( LAUGHTER ) I'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU 143 00:09:47,153 --> 00:09:50,022 TONIGHT. ED FROM UKRAINE VIA SITE, 144 00:09:50,089 --> 00:09:50,823 ANDERSON COOPER WILL BE HERE, PLUS BROADWAY STAR OF "THE MUSIC 145 00:09:50,890 --> 00:09:52,992 MAN," SUTTON FOSTER. STICK AROUND. 146 00:10:34,900 --> 00:10:37,069 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WLCOME BACK TO THE SHOW! 147 00:10:37,136 --> 00:10:40,473 GIVE IT UP FOR JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN"! 148 00:10:40,539 --> 00:10:50,449 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) JON, MY FRIEND, IN JUST A 149 00:10:50,516 --> 00:10:56,355 MOMENT, WE'LL BE TALKING TO BROADWAY SUPERSTORE SUTTON 150 00:10:56,422 --> 00:10:58,391 FOSTER WILL BE OUT HERE FOR "THE MUSIC MAN." 151 00:10:58,457 --> 00:10:59,258 AN AMAZING SHOW. I CANNOT RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY 152 00:10:59,325 --> 00:11:00,426 ENOUGH. ANOTHER THING I CANNOT RECOMMEND 153 00:11:00,493 --> 00:11:03,996 HIGHLY ENOUGH IS IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO HELP THE 154 00:11:04,063 --> 00:11:08,701 PEOPLE IN UKRAINE, GO TO@COLBERT LATE SHOW. 155 00:11:08,768 --> 00:11:14,040 WE HAVE A LIST OF CHARITIES ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE AND IN THE 156 00:11:14,106 --> 00:11:15,574 NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES TO HELP THE REFUGEES. 157 00:11:15,641 --> 00:11:19,578 GIVE WHAT YOU CAN, WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN. 158 00:11:19,645 --> 00:11:22,048 THANK YOU SO MUCH. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 159 00:11:22,114 --> 00:11:24,183 HEARTBREAKING BUT NOT POWERLESS. >> Jon: ABSOLUTELY. 160 00:11:24,250 --> 00:11:28,020 >> Stephen: FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST IS THE ANCHOR OF 161 00:11:28,087 --> 00:11:29,155 CNN'S "ANDERSON COOPER 360" AND A CORRESPONDENT FOR "60 162 00:11:29,221 --> 00:11:31,991 MINUTES." HE JOINS US NOW FROM UKRAINE, 163 00:11:32,058 --> 00:11:32,892 WHERE HE'S COVERING THE RUSSIAN INVASION. 164 00:11:32,958 --> 00:11:40,032 PLEASE WELCOME, ANDERSON COOPER. ANDERSON 165 00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:42,301 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> HEY. 166 00:11:42,368 --> 00:11:48,641 THANK YOU, STEPHEN. >> Announcer: ANDERSON, WHERE 167 00:11:48,707 --> 00:11:54,713 ARE YOU IN UKRAINE? >> I AM IN A HOTEL ROOM IN LVIV, 168 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:58,184 UKRAINE, WHICH IS IN THE FAR WEST OF THE COUNTRY RELATIVELY 169 00:11:58,250 --> 00:12:02,488 CLOSE TO THE POLISH BORDER, SORT OF THE TRANSIT POINT WHERE A LOT 170 00:12:02,555 --> 00:12:08,828 OF FAMILIES, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO ARE FLEEING KYIV, HASH KYIV 171 00:12:08,894 --> 00:12:15,234 OR ODESSA, ANYONE WHO CAN GET OUT COME TO LVIV AT THE TRAIN 172 00:12:15,301 --> 00:12:17,870 STATION. ABOUT 50,000 ARE ARRIVING AT THE 173 00:12:17,937 --> 00:12:22,441 TRAIN STATION EVERY DAY. THEY ARE HOPING TO GET POINTS 174 00:12:22,508 --> 00:12:24,743 WEST ANYWHERE. >> Stephen: SO IS IT A 175 00:12:24,810 --> 00:12:27,947 RELATIVELY SAFE PLACE RIGHT NOW? >> IT IS. 176 00:12:28,013 --> 00:12:31,984 THE WAR HASN'T COME THE SAME WAY AS IN KYIV. 177 00:12:32,051 --> 00:12:36,722 THE ROCKETS AREN'T LANDING. SIRENS GO OFF EVERY NOW AND 178 00:12:36,789 --> 00:12:38,124 THEN. A LOT OF PEOPLE IGNORE THEM AT 179 00:12:38,190 --> 00:12:41,193 THIS STAGE. THOUGH I WAS IN A CHILDREN'S 180 00:12:41,260 --> 00:12:50,402 HOSPITAL WHERE EVERY TIME THE SIREN GOES OFF, THEY HAVE TO 181 00:12:50,469 --> 00:12:53,806 TAKE THE CHILDREN TO THE BOMB SHELTER UNTIL THE ALL CLEAR. 182 00:12:53,873 --> 00:12:55,040 YEAH, IT'S RELATIVELY SAFE AT THIS POINT. 183 00:12:55,107 --> 00:12:59,945 >> Stephen: FOR 12 DAYS, WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE 184 00:13:00,012 --> 00:13:03,149 UKRAINIANS BRAVELY RESISTING THE INVASION OF THE RUSSIAN TROOPS. 185 00:13:03,215 --> 00:13:07,520 WHAT ARE THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE ACTUAL BATTLE FRONT? 186 00:13:07,586 --> 00:13:11,991 FOR INSTANCE, WHERE IS THAT 40-MILE COLUMN OF TANKS WE HEARD 187 00:13:12,057 --> 00:13:15,261 SO MUCH ABOUT NORTH OF KYIV? WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THAT? 188 00:13:15,327 --> 00:13:18,764 >> THEY BELIEVE IT'S PROBABLY A RESUPPLY CONVOY, SO MAYBE TANKS 189 00:13:18,831 --> 00:13:22,201 AND ARMORED VEHICLES BUT ALSO GAS TRUCKS AND THE LIKE. 190 00:13:22,268 --> 00:13:26,172 THAT STILL SEEMS TO BE STALLED, AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF 191 00:13:26,238 --> 00:13:30,609 DETAILS ON EXACTLY WHY, BUT, ESSENTIALLY, THE RUSSIAN PLAN, 192 00:13:30,676 --> 00:13:38,083 IT SEEMS, HAD BEEN TO TRY TO SEIZE THE AIRPORT IN KYIV EARLY 193 00:13:38,150 --> 00:13:41,187 ON, KIND OF A LIGHTNING STRIKE, THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR FIRST 194 00:13:41,253 --> 00:13:46,992 TARGETS, AND IF THEY HAD THAT AIRFIELD, THEY COULD FLY IN HUGE 195 00:13:47,059 --> 00:13:51,897 AMOUNTS OF FROOPS AND SUPPLIES. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT 196 00:13:51,964 --> 00:13:55,601 AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FLY THE SUPPLIES IN. 197 00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:59,338 THAT'S WHERE THAT COLUMN WAS SORT OF HEADING DOWN TO BE A 198 00:13:59,405 --> 00:14:03,542 RESUPPLY COLUMN. BUT IT'S BEEN STALLED, IT'S BEEN 199 00:14:03,609 --> 00:14:07,446 ATTACKED REPEATEDLY AT VARIOUS POINTS BY UKRAINIAN FORCES. 200 00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:09,348 THERE'S TRAFFIC JAMS. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ARRIVE 201 00:14:09,415 --> 00:14:12,618 AND CIRCLE KYIV AS THEY MAY WANT TO. 202 00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:15,054 >> Announcer: WELL, THE RESISTANCE AND THE COURAGE OF 203 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,924 THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE HAS BEEN INSPIRING TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE 204 00:14:18,991 --> 00:14:22,861 WORLD, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE OF 205 00:14:22,928 --> 00:14:29,168 DEMOCRACY, AS THE BEST PATH FOR HUMANITY AND NOT THE BOOT OF 206 00:14:29,235 --> 00:14:30,869 AUTOCRACY. BUT THERE'S AN ATTACK COMING 207 00:14:30,936 --> 00:14:34,306 FROM ALL SIDES OF THE COUNTRY. WHERE IS THE HEAVIEST FIGHTING 208 00:14:34,373 --> 00:14:37,543 RIGHT NOW? >> RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, IT'S ALL 209 00:14:37,610 --> 00:14:39,878 OVER. KHARKIV HAS BEEN -- WHICH IS THE 210 00:14:39,945 --> 00:14:43,048 SECOND LARGEST CITY WHICH IS ALL THE WAY IN THE EAST, THAT HAS 211 00:14:43,115 --> 00:14:46,885 BEEN HIT VERY HARD. KYIV, THERE'S BEEN SHELLING, 212 00:14:46,952 --> 00:14:49,722 OBVIOUSLY, FIGHTING IN AND AROUND IN THE COMMUNITIES AROUND 213 00:14:49,788 --> 00:14:52,591 RESIDENTIAL AREAS. WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, TERRIBLE, 214 00:14:52,658 --> 00:14:55,828 TERRIBLE BOMBARDMENTS OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 215 00:14:55,894 --> 00:15:01,700 I MEAN, THE IMAGES, THE SOUNDS OF PEOPLE SCREAMING, FINDING 216 00:15:01,767 --> 00:15:05,904 CHILDREN SLAUGHTERED IN THE STREETS IS HARD TO EVER FORGET. 217 00:15:05,971 --> 00:15:09,908 THERE'S A LOT OF FIGHTING, VERY INTENSE IN THE SOUTH. 218 00:15:09,975 --> 00:15:12,011 THAT'S A BIG PUSH FOR THE RUSSIANS. 219 00:15:12,077 --> 00:15:17,683 THEY WANT TO TRY TO SEIZE ODESSA. 220 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:23,222 THEY'VE SEIZED KHERSON, A SMALL TOWN IN THE SOUTH. 221 00:15:23,289 --> 00:15:26,292 BUT ODESSA IS A TOWN IN THE SOUTH. 222 00:15:26,358 --> 00:15:30,562 CERTAINLY WHATEVER THE RUSSIAN PLAN WAS, THE REALITY OF THE 223 00:15:30,629 --> 00:15:34,867 STRENGTH OF THE UKRAINIAN DEFENSE FORCES AND THE 224 00:15:34,933 --> 00:15:37,169 VOLUNTEERS HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY AND CLEARLY NOT 225 00:15:37,236 --> 00:15:41,540 WHAT RUSSIA EXPECTED, AND, SO, THEY ARE CLEARLY REVISING 226 00:15:41,607 --> 00:15:45,177 WHATEVER BATTLE PLAN THEY MAY HAVE HAD, THAT HAS CERTAINLY 227 00:15:45,244 --> 00:15:47,746 SEEMED TO HAVE GONE OUT THE WINDOW NOW AND THE RUSSIANS ARE 228 00:15:47,813 --> 00:15:51,650 TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS, ACCORDING TO U.S. OFFICIALS, 229 00:15:51,717 --> 00:15:56,121 THAT THEY ARE JUST NOW GOING TO WHAT THEY DID IN PERHAPS ALEPPO 230 00:15:56,188 --> 00:15:59,558 WHICH IS JUST LAY WASTE TO CITIES, LAY WASTE TO RESIDENTIAL 231 00:15:59,625 --> 00:16:03,329 AREAS TO BREAK THE BACK TO HAVE THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE -- THE BACK 232 00:16:03,395 --> 00:16:06,231 OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE, THAT IS THE ATTEMPT. 233 00:16:06,298 --> 00:16:08,901 I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS 25 YEARS AND I HAVE BEEN IN A LOT OF 234 00:16:08,967 --> 00:16:13,572 COUNTRIES OF WAR, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A POPULATION IN A COUNTRY 235 00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:21,780 THAT HAS BEEN INVADED AS UNIFIED IN THEIR COMPLETE LOATHING OF 236 00:16:21,847 --> 00:16:30,122 RUSSIA IN THIS CASE, OF THE ATTACKER, AND TO A MAN, WOMAN 237 00:16:30,189 --> 00:16:34,660 AND CHILD, THEIR DESIRE TO RESIST THIS, WHATEVER MAY COME, 238 00:16:34,727 --> 00:16:36,862 RESIST IN THE SHORT TERM AND IF THERE IS N OCCUPATION BECAUSE 239 00:16:36,929 --> 00:16:40,332 OF THE OVERWHELMING FORCE OF RUSSIANS TO RESIST UNDER ANY 240 00:16:40,399 --> 00:16:43,769 KIND OF OCCUPATION, I'VE NEVER SEEN A COUNTRY AS DETERMINED AND 241 00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:45,938 UNIFIED. ( APPLAUSE ) 242 00:16:46,004 --> 00:16:49,341 >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. 243 00:16:49,408 --> 00:16:52,044 STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY. BACK WITH MORE ANDERSON COOPER 244 00:16:52,111 --> 00:16:55,013 FROM LVIV, UKRAINE. 245 00:17:03,055 --> 00:17:06,759 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. WE'RE BACK WITH ANDERSON COOPER 246 00:17:06,825 --> 00:17:09,027 VIA SATELLITE FROM LVIV, UKRAINE. 247 00:17:09,094 --> 00:17:13,499 IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, IN HUGE CRISES LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY 248 00:17:13,565 --> 00:17:16,301 OVERSEAS, WHERE CNN HAS THE RESOURCES TO COVER A STORY LIKE 249 00:17:16,368 --> 00:17:20,372 THIS, WE LOOK TO CNN BECAUSE NOBODY DOES THIS STORY BETTER 250 00:17:20,439 --> 00:17:23,742 THAN Y'ALL. BUT I'M CURIOUS, AS SOMEBODY 251 00:17:23,809 --> 00:17:29,181 WHO'S COVERED A LOT OF WARS, HOW DO YOU AVOID THE "FOG OF WAR," 252 00:17:29,248 --> 00:17:32,351 WHEN SO MUCH IS GOING ON, SO MUCH MISINFORMATION SPREAD BY 253 00:17:32,418 --> 00:17:38,290 THE OPPOSING FORCES, WHEN SO MUCH OF THIS FIGHTING IS, IF NOT 254 00:17:38,357 --> 00:17:41,460 GUERILLA STYLE, CERTAINLY NONCONVENTIONAL IN THEIR 255 00:17:41,527 --> 00:17:43,829 RESISTANCE, HOW DO YOU VET WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AND MAKE SURE 256 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:46,532 YOU'RE NOT LOSING THE TRUTH IN THE FLAG OF WAR HERE. 257 00:17:46,598 --> 00:17:50,936 >> YEAH, AND THE OLD SAYING IS THE TRUTH IS THE CASUAL OF WAR. 258 00:17:51,003 --> 00:17:56,308 THAT IS CERTAINLY THE CASE. IT CERTAINLY HELPS TO HAVE AN 259 00:17:56,375 --> 00:18:03,649 INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION LIKE CNN WITH INDIVIDUALS IN ODESSA AND, 260 00:18:03,715 --> 00:18:09,755 YOU KNOW, ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES. 261 00:18:09,822 --> 00:18:15,794 I'M IN RELATIVE SAFETY OF LVIV, BUT RISKING THEIR LIVES EVERY 262 00:18:15,861 --> 00:18:19,731 SINGLE DAY TO FIND THE FACTS AND TO BE GOING OUT, SEEING WHAT'S 263 00:18:19,798 --> 00:18:25,637 HAPPENING AND REPORTING THAT AND, YOU KNOW, SARAH'S AT THE 264 00:18:25,704 --> 00:18:28,707 BORDER AND SEES THINGS, SEES PEOPLE GOING THE OPPOSITE WAY. 265 00:18:28,774 --> 00:18:31,910 SHE GOES UP AND TALKS TO THEM AND THEY ARE AMERICANS AND 266 00:18:31,977 --> 00:18:34,079 OTHERS WHO ARE DECIDING TO FIGHT IN UKRAINE. 267 00:18:34,146 --> 00:18:38,517 IT IS OLD-FASHIONED REPORTING, AND IT IS VERY BRAVE WHAT THEY 268 00:18:38,584 --> 00:18:42,554 ARE DOING, AND I THINK THAT'S ESSENTIAL BECAUSE THERE IS SO 269 00:18:42,621 --> 00:18:44,923 MUCH MISINFORMATION. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RESOURCES, 270 00:18:44,990 --> 00:18:50,229 OBVIOUSLY, THAT WE ALL SEE VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU CAN NOW 271 00:18:50,295 --> 00:18:56,401 GEOLOCATE VIDEO TO TRY TO ASCERTAIN EXACTLY IS IT WHAT THE 272 00:18:56,468 --> 00:18:58,904 SENDER OF THIS VIDEO IS SAYING IT IS. 273 00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:02,708 BUT WE ARE DEVOTING A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES TO COVERING 274 00:19:02,774 --> 00:19:06,712 THIS FROM AS MANY COUNTRIES AS POSSIBLE, AND I THINK THAT'S 275 00:19:06,778 --> 00:19:09,214 ESSENTIAL. I THINK IT'S -- YOU KNOW, IN 276 00:19:09,281 --> 00:19:12,751 ALEPPO IN SYRIA, IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, RUSSIA WAS DROPPING BARREL 277 00:19:12,818 --> 00:19:16,355 BOMBS, WHICH JUST OBLITERATED COMMUNITIES, THEY WERE ABLE TO 278 00:19:16,421 --> 00:19:20,726 GET AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH REPORTERS ON THE 279 00:19:20,792 --> 00:19:21,960 GROUND. THERE WERE A LOT OF BRAVE 280 00:19:22,027 --> 00:19:25,764 REPORTERS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT KILLED THERE AS WELL 281 00:19:25,831 --> 00:19:31,270 REPORTING, BUT, YOU KNOW, CHECHNYA, IN 1995, I WAS A 282 00:19:31,336 --> 00:19:39,811 FREELANCE REPORTER, A ONE-MAN BAND, I WAS SCARED TO GO TO 283 00:19:39,878 --> 00:19:43,582 GROZNA, IT WAS SO BRUTAL, THE WORLD DIDN'T SEE WHAT WAS GOING 284 00:19:43,649 --> 00:19:47,085 ON THERE ON A DAILY BASIS. AT LEAST WE CAN SEE WHAT'S 285 00:19:47,152 --> 00:19:49,555 HAPPENING HERE. NO ONE CAN SAY THEY DON'T KNOW 286 00:19:49,621 --> 00:19:51,657 WHAT'S GOING ON. NO ONE CAN SAY THEY DON'T KNOW 287 00:19:51,723 --> 00:19:53,392 RUSSIA IS LYING TO THEIR OWN PEOPLE. 288 00:19:53,458 --> 00:19:57,029 NO ONE CAN SAY THEY'RE NOT TARGETING CIVILIANS. 289 00:19:57,095 --> 00:19:59,698 WE HAVE SEEN THIS, IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED, ALREADY. 290 00:19:59,765 --> 00:20:03,969 IT IS THE THING I THINK THAT DRIVES EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE 291 00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:07,673 HERE COVERING THIS IS TO BEAR WITNESS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING 292 00:20:07,739 --> 00:20:13,245 BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN PEOPLE DYING IN SILENCE. 293 00:20:13,312 --> 00:20:19,451 >> Stephen: AS YOU SAY, LIFE IN LVIV IS RELATIVELY EACEFUL 294 00:20:19,518 --> 00:20:22,688 COMPARED TO THE REST TO HAVE THE COUNTRY, BUT THERE ARE 295 00:20:22,754 --> 00:20:26,959 1.5 MILLION UKRAINIANS HAVE FLED ACROSS THE BORDER, 200,000 ARE 296 00:20:27,025 --> 00:20:31,463 INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN AND AROUND LVIV AND 50,000 REFUGEES 297 00:20:31,530 --> 00:20:34,266 PASS THROUGH THE TRAIN STATION THERE EVERY DAY. 298 00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:38,704 WHAT ARE THEY EXPERIENCING AS THEY FLEE WEST? 299 00:20:38,770 --> 00:20:41,673 WHAT KIND OF HELP ARE THEY GETTING RIGHT NOW? 300 00:20:41,740 --> 00:20:44,109 >> IT IS HELLSH FOR PEOPLE GETTING OUT. 301 00:20:44,176 --> 00:20:51,750 IF YOU ARE IN KHARKIV, IF YOU ARE IN KYIV, THERE ARE TRAINS 302 00:20:51,817 --> 00:20:56,088 THAT COME, THE SCHEDULING IS HARD, SO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 303 00:20:56,154 --> 00:20:58,690 PEOPLE ARE JUST WAITING AROUND FOR A TRAIN AND, WHEN IT COMES, 304 00:20:58,757 --> 00:21:01,727 YOU KNOW, PEOPLE RUSH THE TRAIN AND, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE ARE, 305 00:21:01,793 --> 00:21:05,998 YOU KNOW -- IN UKRAINE, PEOPLE ARE TOGETHER AND UNIFIED AND 306 00:21:06,064 --> 00:21:09,167 PEOPLE WANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO GET ON THE TRAIN FIRST, AS IT 307 00:21:09,234 --> 00:21:11,703 SHOULD BE, AND MEN HAVE TO STAY BEHIND. 308 00:21:11,770 --> 00:21:15,140 MANY MEN COME TO BRING THEIR WIVES OR THEIR CHILDREN ON TO 309 00:21:15,207 --> 00:21:17,209 THE TRAINS, BUT THESE TRAINS ARE PACKED. 310 00:21:17,275 --> 00:21:19,511 YOU KNOW, THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO GET OUT, 311 00:21:19,578 --> 00:21:22,681 THERE'S NO SEATING AND IT CAN TAKE HOURS AND HOURS AND THEN, 312 00:21:22,748 --> 00:21:27,219 YOU KNOW, DAYS EVEN GETTING TO THE BORDER. 313 00:21:27,285 --> 00:21:31,690 YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A CAR, YOU'RE IN LINE FOR 24 HOURS OR 314 00:21:31,757 --> 00:21:37,262 48 HOURS, HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES, DEPENDING ON WHAT BORDER 315 00:21:37,329 --> 00:21:40,599 CROSSING YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SEPARATED 316 00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:43,502 FROM YOUR HUSBAND, YOUR LOVED ONES YOU'RE LEAVING BEHIND. 317 00:21:43,568 --> 00:21:45,704 SOMETIMES IT'S MOTHERS CARRYING SICK KIDS. 318 00:21:45,771 --> 00:21:49,341 I TOLD YOU I WAS AT A CANCER WARD IN LVIV WHERE CHILDREN 319 00:21:49,408 --> 00:21:54,112 WITH, I MEAN, REALLY SEVERE CANCERS, STOMACH CANCER, BRAIN 320 00:21:54,179 --> 00:21:57,749 CANCER, WHO WERE BEING TREATED IN BASEMENTS IN KYIV UNDER 321 00:21:57,816 --> 00:21:59,618 BOMBARDMENT. THEIR DOCTORS ARE SAYING, LOOK, 322 00:21:59,685 --> 00:22:03,955 YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE YOUR CHILD FURTHER WEST TO ACTUALLY GET 323 00:22:04,022 --> 00:22:06,224 TREATMENT, AND THERE'S NO AMBULANCES TO TAKE THEM. 324 00:22:06,291 --> 00:22:10,729 THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, SPECIALIZED CARE VEHICLES TAKING 325 00:22:10,796 --> 00:22:14,132 THESE KIDS. IT'S MOTHERS CARRYING THEIR KIDS 326 00:22:14,199 --> 00:22:18,303 WITH REALLY SEVERE CANCERS ON A PACKED TRAIN WHERE THEY HAVE TO 327 00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:21,973 JUST HOLD ON TO THEM AND STAND FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND THEN 328 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:25,977 THEY GET TO A HOSPITAL IN LVIV AND THERE ARE STILL NOT ENOUGH 329 00:22:26,044 --> 00:22:29,214 SUPPLIES FOR THEM, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO TRY TO GET INTO POLAND 330 00:22:29,281 --> 00:22:33,051 WHERE THEY CAN GET BETTER CARE. SO IT'S JUST AWFUL. 331 00:22:33,118 --> 00:22:37,022 IT'S JUST AWFUL. EVERYBODY HAS A STORY, EVERY 332 00:22:37,089 --> 00:22:40,158 FAMILY HAS BEEN DIVIDED. THERE IS SO MUCH LOSS AND IT'S 333 00:22:40,225 --> 00:22:44,329 ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE AS THIS GOES ON. 334 00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:47,432 >> Stephen: ON FRIDAY, CNN STOPPED BROADCASTING FROM 335 00:22:47,499 --> 00:22:49,034 RUSSIA. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN PRACTICALLY? 336 00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:53,138 >> I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. I MEAN, I'VE SORT OF BEEN SO 337 00:22:53,205 --> 00:22:57,776 FOCUSED ON HERE, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF NEWS 338 00:22:57,843 --> 00:23:01,480 ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES THIS 339 00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:05,917 MEAN. THE RUSSIAN DOUMA PASSED A LAW 340 00:23:05,984 --> 00:23:08,987 THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN PUT THROUGH BASICALLY OUTLAWING ACTUAL 341 00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:10,989 REPORTING ON THE WAR. YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T CALL THE 342 00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:15,594 WAR A WAR THERE, THEY DON'T CALL THE INVASION AN INVASION, THEY 343 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:20,031 SAY THEY ARE NOT TARGETING OR KILLING CIVILIANS. 344 00:23:20,098 --> 00:23:25,003 SO ANY ACTUAL, FACTUAL REPORTING OF IT, FROM OUR READING SO FAR 345 00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:28,607 OF THIS LAW, SEEMS LIKE THAT CAN BE LABELED AS FAKE REPORTING 346 00:23:28,673 --> 00:23:32,611 AND, THEREFORE, YOU CAN BE TARGETED AND PUNISHED AND A 347 00:23:32,677 --> 00:23:35,280 REPORTER CAN BE JAILED FOR MANY YEARS. 348 00:23:35,347 --> 00:23:38,717 SO AT THIS POINT, AS FAR AS I KNOW, A LOT OF NEWS 349 00:23:38,784 --> 00:23:40,285 ORGANIZATIONS HAVE STOPPED REPORTING. 350 00:23:40,352 --> 00:23:46,758 I THINK THE "WASHINGTON POST" HAVE STOPPED PUTTING REPORTERS' 351 00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:49,060 NAMES ON ARTICLES. EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO ASSESS 352 00:23:49,127 --> 00:23:51,930 WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS AND WHERE THIS KIND OF GOES, BUT 353 00:23:51,997 --> 00:23:55,400 IT'S CERTAINLY AN INDICATION OF VLADIMIR PUTIN'S ATTEMPT TO 354 00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:59,271 CONTROL INFORMATION, AND, YOU KNOW, I SAW THIS VIDEO OF THIS 355 00:23:59,337 --> 00:24:03,041 LITTLE OLD LADY ON THE STREETS IN RUSSIA AT A PROTEST. 356 00:24:03,108 --> 00:24:04,843 SHE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE THAN FIVE FEET TALL. 357 00:24:04,910 --> 00:24:12,184 SHE WAS IN HER '80s. SHE HELD UP TWO HANDMADE SIGNS 358 00:24:12,250 --> 00:24:15,987 PROTPROTESTING THE WAR, AND SHES WHISKED OFF THE STREETS AND 359 00:24:16,054 --> 00:24:21,660 ARRESTED BY RUSSIAN RIOT POLICE. TO ME, IT WAS THE MOST 360 00:24:21,726 --> 00:24:24,396 INCREDIBLE IMAGE BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS, YOU KNOW, VLADIMIR 361 00:24:24,462 --> 00:24:28,099 PUTIN WHO LIKES TO APPEAR HALF NAKED RIDING AROUND ON A HORSE 362 00:24:28,166 --> 00:24:34,706 OR IN HIS BLACK BELT DOING JUDEOAS A TOUGH GUY IS SCARED OF 363 00:24:34,773 --> 00:24:39,511 AN 80-SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO IS SIMPLY STANDING ON A 364 00:24:39,578 --> 00:24:40,912 STREET HOLDING UP A SIGN PROTESTING A WAR. 365 00:24:40,979 --> 00:24:48,286 SO ME, THIS KIND OF A LAW IS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS AND A SIGN OF 366 00:24:48,353 --> 00:24:53,491 FEAR AND A SIGN OF THE REALITY OF THE DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN 367 00:24:53,558 --> 00:24:55,594 THAT RUSSIA WAGES. >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A 368 00:24:55,660 --> 00:24:57,429 BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK 369 00:24:57,495 --> 00:24:59,464 ANDERSON ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING A 370 00:24:59,531 --> 00:25:02,133 WITNESS TO WAR. STICK AROUND. 371 00:25:11,276 --> 00:25:14,913 >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WE'RE BACK WITH ANDERSON COOPER 372 00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:18,149 FROM LVIV, UKRAINE. LAST NIGHT, YOU SAID IT'S 373 00:25:18,216 --> 00:25:23,989 NECESSARY TO BE A WITNESS TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN UKRAINE. 374 00:25:24,055 --> 00:25:26,625 SO MUCH OF IT IS DISTURBING AND TRAUMATIC, BUT, OF COURSE, 375 00:25:26,691 --> 00:25:29,227 THAT'S THE STORY THAT'S HAPPENING, THAT'S THE TRUTH. 376 00:25:29,294 --> 00:25:32,430 HOW DO YOU MAKE THE EDITORIAL DECISIONS OF WHAT TO SHOW PEOPLE 377 00:25:32,497 --> 00:25:38,236 OF THIS WAR? BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO 378 00:25:38,303 --> 00:25:42,207 ROMANTICIZE WAR, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT NOT TO OFFEND THE 379 00:25:42,274 --> 00:25:44,075 DIGNITY OF THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED. 380 00:25:44,142 --> 00:25:47,145 HOW DO YOU MAKE THE DECISION OF WHAT TO GIVE TO US? 381 00:25:47,212 --> 00:25:50,348 >> LOOK, I MEAN, THERE ARE THINGS ONE SEES IN WARS THAT YOU 382 00:25:50,415 --> 00:25:55,787 DON'T PUT ON TELEVISION. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF 383 00:25:55,854 --> 00:26:00,525 DESCRIPTION OF DEAT THIS YOU CAN IMAGINE HAPPENS, AND THAT'S NOT 384 00:26:00,592 --> 00:26:04,129 NECESSARILY SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT TO SEE OR THAT IT'S 385 00:26:04,195 --> 00:26:09,834 APPROPRIATE TO HUT ON TELEVISIO, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT NOT 386 00:26:09,901 --> 00:26:13,505 TO SANITIZE EVERYTHING SO THAT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SOME, YOU 387 00:26:13,571 --> 00:26:19,144 KNOW, JUST SOME FILM OR SOME MOVIE OR YOU'VE SEEN WORSE IN 388 00:26:19,210 --> 00:26:27,752 MOVIES, AND IT JUST DOESN'T SUCK THE REALITY OUT OF IT. 389 00:26:27,819 --> 00:26:30,622 IT'S A FINE LINE, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING 390 00:26:30,689 --> 00:26:37,395 AT STUFF, AND I TEND TO BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE WHAT IS 391 00:26:37,462 --> 00:26:38,964 HAPPENING. IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT AND, AFTER 392 00:26:39,030 --> 00:26:41,933 A WHILE, MAYBE IT ALL STARTS TO LOOK THE SAME. 393 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,537 THERE ARE PEOPLE, DECENT PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST LIVING THEIR LIVES 394 00:26:45,603 --> 00:26:48,473 AND HAVE HAD THEIR LIVES COMPLETELY RIPPED APART, YOU 395 00:26:48,540 --> 00:26:51,476 KNOW. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FLEEING, THEY 396 00:26:51,543 --> 00:26:54,946 ARE NOW REFUGEES, BUT THEY ARE NOT REFUGEES, THEY ARE PEOPLE 397 00:26:55,013 --> 00:27:00,018 JUST LIKE YOU AND I, AND SOME ARE FROM AFRICA AND SOME INDIA 398 00:27:00,085 --> 00:27:03,588 AND SOME FROM UKRAINE AND THEY ARE FLEEING AND THEIR LIVES ARE 399 00:27:03,655 --> 00:27:05,757 COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND UROOTED AND THEIR FAMILIES 400 00:27:05,824 --> 00:27:09,794 DIVIDED, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE ALL THAT AND TO 401 00:27:09,861 --> 00:27:15,800 FEEL WHAT IT IS LIKE TO IMAGINE YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES, TO HAVE 402 00:27:15,867 --> 00:27:20,538 IEMPATHY AND WALK IN THEIR SHOE. FOR THAT, I THINK YOU HAVE TO 403 00:27:20,605 --> 00:27:24,909 SEE SOME OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND YOU HAVE TO HEAR IT AND YOU HAVE 404 00:27:24,976 --> 00:27:29,381 TO SEE IT, AND IT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO LOOK AT IT, BUT TO 405 00:27:29,447 --> 00:27:33,918 LOOK AWAY, TO ME, IT'S JUST NOT AN OPTION. 406 00:27:33,985 --> 00:27:37,989 I JUST BELIEVE THAT I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PLACES WHERE PEOPLE JUST 407 00:27:38,056 --> 00:27:41,226 DISAPPEAR, WHERE THEIR BODIES LITERALLY DISINTEGRATE INTO THE 408 00:27:41,292 --> 00:27:44,629 SAND OR THE EARTH AND THERE'S NO PHOTOGRAPH OF THEM THAT THEIR 409 00:27:44,696 --> 00:27:47,732 FAMILY HAS AND THERE'S NO MARKER OF THEM OF WHERE THEY DIED, AND 410 00:27:47,799 --> 00:27:51,870 I THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE THING TO BE SLAUGHTERED IN A WAR, BUT TO 411 00:27:51,936 --> 00:27:57,475 BE VIS RATED AND NOT HAVE ANYBODY EVEN NOTICE YOUR PASSING 412 00:27:57,542 --> 00:28:01,679 IS PARTICULARLY HAUNTING TO ME, AND I BELIEVE IN BEARING WITNESS 413 00:28:01,746 --> 00:28:05,483 TO THE DIGNITY OF PEOPLE HERE AND ALSO THE INDIGNITY THAT IS 414 00:28:05,550 --> 00:28:19,664 BEING DONE TO PEOPLE. ( APPLAUSE ) 415 00:28:19,731 --> 00:28:22,734 >> Stephen: WHAT SHOULD THE WORLD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO IN 416 00:28:22,801 --> 00:28:26,504 THE WEEKS AHEAD? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF 417 00:28:26,571 --> 00:28:28,540 NEGOTIATIONS? IS IT THESE EVACUATION 418 00:28:28,606 --> 00:28:29,874 CORRIDORS? WHAT IS THE STORY YOU'VE GOT 419 00:28:29,941 --> 00:28:37,282 YOUR EYE OUT FOR? >> THERE HAVE BEEN THREE 420 00:28:37,348 --> 00:28:40,185 MEETINGS BETWEEN UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS IN BELARUS. 421 00:28:40,251 --> 00:28:43,721 NOT MUCH HAS COME OUT OF IT. I THINK I'VE TALKED TO UKRAINIAN 422 00:28:43,788 --> 00:28:46,658 OFFICIALS WHO SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, THEY WON'T SAY THEY TRUST 423 00:28:46,724 --> 00:28:48,693 THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE TALKING TO. 424 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,596 VLADIMIR PUTIN IS THE ONE WHO ENDS UP MAKING THE DECISIONS. 425 00:28:51,663 --> 00:28:55,600 THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE MAY BE SOME PLACES THAT THEY CAN COME 426 00:28:55,667 --> 00:29:01,840 TO SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT ON, BUT THAT HASN'T HAD YET IN THREE 427 00:29:01,906 --> 00:29:05,510 MEETINGS. AND THESE HUMANITARIAN 428 00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:07,011 CORRIDORS, IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING. 429 00:29:07,078 --> 00:29:11,883 THE FEW TIMES IT'S SET UP IN VERY LIMITED WINDOWS AND PLACES, 430 00:29:11,950 --> 00:29:14,919 HASN'T LASTED WRONG. UKRAINIANS BLAME THE RUSSIANS 431 00:29:14,986 --> 00:29:18,223 FOR VIOLATING IT, AND THE RUSSIANS SAY IT'S THE UKRAINIAN 432 00:29:18,289 --> 00:29:21,993 MILITARY WHO DID. THAT HAS NOT WORKED. 433 00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:25,797 RUSSIA IS SAYING YOU CAN HAVE A HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR TO GO INTO 434 00:29:25,864 --> 00:29:29,634 BELARUS OR RUSSIA, BUT THERE ARE VERY FEW UKRAINIANS WHO WANT TO 435 00:29:29,701 --> 00:29:33,538 FLEE INTO RUSSIA OR BELARUS, WHEN IT'S RUSSIA WHO IS 436 00:29:33,605 --> 00:29:36,207 ATTACKING UKRAINE AND ATTACKING IT ALSO FROM BELARUS. 437 00:29:36,274 --> 00:29:41,546 SO THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME SORT OF INTERMEDIARY LIKE THE 438 00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:43,748 INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF THE RED CROSS WHO DOES THIS KIND OF 439 00:29:43,815 --> 00:29:47,952 THING, AND THERE'S GOT TO BE THE WILL ON BOTH SIDES TO CREATE 440 00:29:48,019 --> 00:29:50,889 HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS TO GET PEOPLE OUT AND SUPPLIES IN 441 00:29:50,955 --> 00:29:53,391 BECAUSE, SOON, YOU KNOW, THE CITIES ARE GOING TO START 442 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:58,496 RUNNING OUT OF FOOD AND MEDICINE AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE 443 00:29:58,563 --> 00:30:04,002 RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN. IT IS THE SURGICAL STRIKE THEY 444 00:30:04,068 --> 00:30:06,838 WERE PROBABLY HOPING FOR DIDN'T HAPPEN AND, NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE 445 00:30:06,905 --> 00:30:12,911 THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE MAXIMUM DAMAGE TO BREAK THE WILL OF THE 446 00:30:12,977 --> 00:30:15,847 UKRAINIAN PEOPLE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT WILL HAPPEN, I DON'T 447 00:30:15,914 --> 00:30:19,918 KNOW. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT -- YEAH, I 448 00:30:19,984 --> 00:30:25,423 MEAN, NOBODY CAN SAY WHAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT I CERTAINLY THINK 449 00:30:25,490 --> 00:30:30,428 THAT THE EXAMPLE THAT UKRAINIANS HAVE SHOWN THUS FAR OF THE 450 00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:37,068 WILLINGNESS TO STAND UP AND FIGHT AND RESIST, IT IS JUST 451 00:30:37,135 --> 00:30:40,738 EXTRAORDINARY TO WITNESS, AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND KIND OF AN 452 00:30:40,805 --> 00:30:46,978 HONOR TO BE HERE AND BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW -- YOU KNOW, WHEN 453 00:30:47,045 --> 00:30:51,749 PEOPLE -- IT REALLY MOVES ME WHEN PEOPLE SAY GOODBYE TO YOU, 454 00:30:51,816 --> 00:30:55,820 THEY -- THE OFFICIAL GREETING AMONG SOLDIERS AND NOW EVEN 455 00:30:55,887 --> 00:30:58,356 AMONG CIVILIANS IS, YOU KNOW, GLORY TO UKRAINE. 456 00:30:58,423 --> 00:31:05,763 AND THEN THE ANSWER TO THAT IS DPLOAR TO THE HEROES -- GLORY TO 457 00:31:05,830 --> 00:31:07,899 THE HEROES. TO ME, THAT EMBODIES THE SPIRIT 458 00:31:07,966 --> 00:31:10,635 THAT PEOPLE HAVE HERE THAT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THEIR OWN 459 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:16,574 INDIVIDUAL PAIN AND THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL HEARTBREAK, IT'S THAT 460 00:31:16,641 --> 00:31:18,409 THEY'RE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER. 461 00:31:18,476 --> 00:31:24,349 I WAS AT A PLACE TODAY WHERE MOMS WHOSE KIDS AND HUSBANDS 462 00:31:24,415 --> 00:31:27,652 WERE AT THE FRONT WERE PACKING SUPPLIES AND HAND WEAVING 463 00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:32,657 CAMOUFLAGE NETTING FOR UKRAINIAN TANKS AND ARTILLERY PIECES. 464 00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:35,793 YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CRYING ON THE ONE HAND BECAUSE THEIR LOVED ONE 465 00:31:35,860 --> 00:31:41,165 IS GONE AND THEY FEEL LIKE THIS IS HOW THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE. 466 00:31:41,232 --> 00:31:45,236 AND IT'S JUST -- IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY THING TO WITNESS. 467 00:31:45,303 --> 00:31:48,473 >> Stephen: ANDERSON, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. 468 00:31:48,539 --> 00:31:51,843 AND THANK YOU FOR THE REPORTING YOU'RE DOING AND, OF COURSE, ALL 469 00:31:51,909 --> 00:31:57,348 YOUR COLLEAGUES ON THE FRONT FOR SHOWING US THE BARBARISM OF THIS 470 00:31:57,415 --> 00:32:02,620 INVASION AND THE DIGNITY OF THE UKRAINIANS COURAGEOUS RESPONSE. 471 00:32:02,687 --> 00:32:05,056 ANDERSON COOPER REPORTING FROM UKRAINE, EVERYBODY. 472 00:32:05,123 --> 00:32:06,658 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH BROADWAY STAR SUTTON FOSTER. 473 00:32:27,578 --> 00:32:29,480 >> Stephen: HEY HEY! WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY! 474 00:32:29,547 --> 00:32:34,118 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS A TWO-TIME TONY 475 00:32:34,185 --> 00:32:38,756 AWARD-WINNING ACTOR, SINGER AND DANCER WHO 476 00:32:38,823 --> 00:32:39,957 NOW STARS IN "THE MUSIC MAN" ON BROADWAY. 477 00:32:40,024 --> 00:32:45,963 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," SUTTON FOSTER. 478 00:32:46,030 --> 00:32:59,444 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING ) 479 00:32:59,510 --> 00:33:02,246 >> SORRY ABOUT THAT! >> Stephen: I'VE GOT TO TAKE 480 00:33:02,313 --> 00:33:04,615 THAT OFF BEFORE I GO HOME TO EVIE. 481 00:33:04,682 --> 00:33:10,054 SHE WILL BE VERY UPSET. SUTTON FOSTER OF SHOW BUSINESS. 482 00:33:10,121 --> 00:33:12,223 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH 483 00:33:12,290 --> 00:33:16,728 FOR BEING ON HERE. THE MUSIC MANN IS SUCH A 484 00:33:16,794 --> 00:33:20,498 DELIGHT, IT IS ABSOLUTELY A A MEDICINE FOR THE SOUL, 485 00:33:20,565 --> 00:33:24,736 ESPECIALLY IN DARK TIMES. IT IS SO BRIGHT, THERE'S NOT A 486 00:33:24,802 --> 00:33:30,808 WAY TO LEAVE IT HAPPIER. IF EVERYBODY SAW IT, WE WOULD 487 00:33:30,875 --> 00:33:33,678 LIKE EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT MORE. 488 00:33:33,745 --> 00:33:37,782 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> IT IS ONE TO HAVE THE MOST 489 00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:40,685 JOYFUL, MOST LOVING, WONDERFUL THINGS I'VE EVER BEEN A PART OF, 490 00:33:40,752 --> 00:33:43,454 ESPECIALLY AFTER THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND ESPECIALLY 491 00:33:43,521 --> 00:33:46,257 NOW DURING THIS TIME OF UNCERTAINTY, IT IS TRULY A TONIC 492 00:33:46,324 --> 00:33:50,461 FOR THE SOUL AND THE HEART. I LOVE EVERY SINGLE MOMENT I GET 493 00:33:50,528 --> 00:33:52,697 TO DO IT. I FEEL SO LUCKY. 494 00:33:52,764 --> 00:33:57,368 >> Stephen: AND PART OF BROADWAY'S REOPENING IN THE 495 00:33:57,435 --> 00:34:01,205 WINTER GARDEN THEATRE, SUCH A GREAT THEATER. 496 00:34:01,272 --> 00:34:04,142 >> IT'S WONDERFUL. THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO 497 00:34:04,208 --> 00:34:07,945 YEARS HAS BEEN DEVASTATING FOR OUR INDUSTRY, BUT FOR THEATER TO 498 00:34:08,012 --> 00:34:11,115 BE BACK, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE PERFORMING LIVE AND SHARING THIS 499 00:34:11,182 --> 00:34:16,120 EXPERIENCE WITH A LIVE AUDIENCE. >> Stephen: AND YOU AND HUGH 500 00:34:16,187 --> 00:34:20,124 JACKMAN, FANTASTIC! >> HE'S THE BEST! 501 00:34:20,191 --> 00:34:22,927 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THIS IS A BROADWAY 502 00:34:22,994 --> 00:34:26,497 STAGE, ORIGINALLY, AND I HAVE A BUNCH OF RITUALS I DO BEFORE I 503 00:34:26,564 --> 00:34:28,766 COME OUT HERE EVERY NIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY RITUALS BEFORE 504 00:34:28,833 --> 00:34:32,203 YOU DO THE SHOW? >> ACTUALLY HUGH AND I DO. 505 00:34:32,270 --> 00:34:36,073 HE COMES TO VISIT IN MY DRESSING ROOM AND WE HAVE CARPET CHAT. 506 00:34:36,140 --> 00:34:41,045 I HAVE THINGS TO SIT ON, BUT FOR SOME REASON WE BOTH END UP ON 507 00:34:41,112 --> 00:34:43,414 THE FLOOR. >> Stephen: BEFORE THE SHOW. 508 00:34:43,481 --> 00:34:47,985 BEFORE THE SHOW. WE HAVE COFFEE AND SMOOTHIES AND 509 00:34:48,052 --> 00:34:55,760 WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD START A PODCAST CALLED CARPET CHAT. 510 00:34:55,827 --> 00:34:58,029 >> Stephen: ABOUT AREA RUGS. ( LAUGHTER ) 511 00:34:58,096 --> 00:35:00,698 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE DONE BROADWAY SINCE BECOMING A 512 00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:03,601 MOM. >> I HAVE A FIVE-YEAR-OLD LITTLE 513 00:35:03,668 --> 00:35:06,504 GIRL. SHE JUST TURNED FIVE THIS WEEK. 514 00:35:06,571 --> 00:35:08,139 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EMILY. SHE'S THE BEST. 515 00:35:08,206 --> 00:35:09,907 >> Stephen: HAS SHE SEEN THE SHOW. 516 00:35:09,974 --> 00:35:13,211 >> SHE DID. SHE SAW IT ONCE BEFORE WE OPENED 517 00:35:13,277 --> 00:35:15,313 BECAUSE SHE WAS INVITED TO OPENING NIGHT, BUT THEN SHE 518 00:35:15,379 --> 00:35:19,484 WANTED TO DECIDE IF SHE LIKED IT ENOUGH TO COME TO OPENING, WHICH 519 00:35:19,550 --> 00:35:22,119 SHE DID. WHEN SHE CAME TO OPENING NIGHT, 520 00:35:22,186 --> 00:35:26,557 I ASKED MY HUSBAND, I SAID, HOW DID SHE DO? 521 00:35:26,624 --> 00:35:29,560 DID SHE APPLAUD OR RESPOND? >> Stephen: BECAUSE THE 522 00:35:29,627 --> 00:35:31,662 RESPONSE IN THE THEATER IS INCANDESCENT. 523 00:35:31,729 --> 00:35:34,932 THE AUDIENCE IS ON FIRE. >> THE AUDIENCE IS GOING CRAZY, 524 00:35:34,999 --> 00:35:39,604 SHE LOVED IT. HE SAID, SHE CLAPPED WHEN YOU 525 00:35:39,670 --> 00:35:44,742 TOOK YOUR BOW. BUT SHE REALLY DIDN'T CLAP OR 526 00:35:44,809 --> 00:35:47,478 ANYTHING. I SAID, YOU DIDN'T CLAP? 527 00:35:47,545 --> 00:35:50,915 SHE SAID, I NEED TIME TO PROCESS. 528 00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:54,285 I'M JUST NOT GOING TO CONFORM TO THE MASSES. 529 00:35:54,352 --> 00:36:00,124 I NEED TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. >> Stephen: THAT IS A TOUGH 530 00:36:00,191 --> 00:36:03,194 CRITIC. YOU WORK WITH A TON OF 531 00:36:03,261 --> 00:36:07,899 INCREDIBLE ARTISTS. >> 21 BROADWAY DEBUTS. 532 00:36:07,965 --> 00:36:12,737 >> Stephen: YOU HAVE BEEN IN SO MANY BROADWAY SHOWS, TWO-TIME 533 00:36:12,803 --> 00:36:16,741 TONY AWARD-WINNER. WHAT'S IT LIKE TO SEE THESE 534 00:36:16,807 --> 00:36:20,645 YOUNG PEOPLE. >> IT'S REMARKABLE. 535 00:36:20,711 --> 00:36:24,348 WE HAVE TEN-YEAR-OLDS TO VETERANS. 536 00:36:24,415 --> 00:36:28,753 THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. FULL OF JOY, INCREDIBLE HUMAN 537 00:36:28,819 --> 00:36:30,555 BEINGS. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE WORKING 538 00:36:30,621 --> 00:36:32,757 WITH KIDS. IT BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN 539 00:36:32,823 --> 00:36:34,659 EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE THEIR BEST 540 00:36:34,725 --> 00:36:38,396 SELF BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS HOW IT CAN BE. 541 00:36:38,462 --> 00:36:39,830 BECAUSE IT ISN'T ALWAYS THAT WAY. 542 00:36:39,897 --> 00:36:42,033 >> Stephen: DO THEY ASK FOR ADVICE? 543 00:36:42,099 --> 00:36:44,735 >> THEY DO. ONE OF THE GIRLS ASKS ME FOR 544 00:36:44,802 --> 00:36:48,739 ADVICE ABOUT WHAT SHE SHOULD WEAR FOR OPENING OR 545 00:36:48,806 --> 00:36:50,741 REPRESENTATION OR SOMETHING. >> Stephen: WHO WAS THAT FOR 546 00:36:50,808 --> 00:36:54,612 YOU? WAS THERE SOMEBODY OF YOUR 547 00:36:54,679 --> 00:36:57,949 STATURE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER WHO GAVE YOU GOOD ADVICE? 548 00:36:58,015 --> 00:37:00,718 >> I HAD TWO FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS, SO MY HIGH 549 00:37:00,785 --> 00:37:05,856 SCHOOL DRAMA TEACHER, MR. BODICK, RECENTLY PASSED AWAY 550 00:37:05,923 --> 00:37:11,128 RECENTLY, BUT HE SAW ME IN EVERY SINGLE SHOW. 551 00:37:11,195 --> 00:37:12,797 I WOULDN'T BE DOING THAT WITHOUT HIM. 552 00:37:12,863 --> 00:37:15,466 AND MY HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE TEACHER MRS. CLARK. 553 00:37:15,533 --> 00:37:18,169 >> Stephen: I'LL SHOW THE PHOTO AFTER THE STORY. 554 00:37:18,235 --> 00:37:20,738 >> SHE SAW THE SHOW AND WAS, LIKE, SO EXCITED. 555 00:37:20,805 --> 00:37:24,709 AND SHE SAID, CAN I MEET MY CRUSH? 556 00:37:24,775 --> 00:37:27,745 HUGH JACKMAN. SHE SAID, I WOULD JUST LOVE IT. 557 00:37:27,812 --> 00:37:35,019 I SAID BECAUSE OF COVID, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANYONE 558 00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:42,660 BACKSTAGE, BUT HUGH WALKED OUT AND SCREAMED, MRS. HARRIET 559 00:37:42,727 --> 00:37:47,598 CLARK, AND SHE SCREAMED LIKE A GIRL. 560 00:37:47,665 --> 00:37:51,902 THERE SHE IS WITH HER CRUSH. I CAME OUT TO SEE HER, AND SHE 561 00:37:51,969 --> 00:37:54,105 HAD ALREADY LEFT. ( LAUGHTER ) 562 00:37:54,171 --> 00:37:58,109 >> Stephen: EXCELLENT TIMING. ( LAUGHTER ) 563 00:37:58,175 --> 00:38:01,912 YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT -- WE TALKED ABOUT CROCHETING THE LAST TIME 564 00:38:01,979 --> 00:38:06,550 YOU WERE HERE AND YOUR OWN CRAFT WORK AND NOW YOU'VE WRITTEN A 565 00:38:06,617 --> 00:38:09,954 BOOK ABOUT IT, CALLED HOW CRAFTING SAVED MY LIFE. 566 00:38:10,021 --> 00:38:10,721 >> YES. >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. 567 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:14,392 THERE YOU GO. HOOKED. 568 00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:16,127 HOOKED. HOW CRAFTING SAVED MY LIFE. 569 00:38:16,193 --> 00:38:20,097 HOW DID CRAFTING SAVE YOUR LIFE H SUTTON FOSTER. 570 00:38:20,164 --> 00:38:23,000 >> IT'S A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS I'VE MADE 571 00:38:23,067 --> 00:38:26,103 THROUGHOUT MY LIFE AND SORT OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING DURING THE 572 00:38:26,170 --> 00:38:30,675 TIME. THE BABY BLANKET I WAS MAKING 573 00:38:30,741 --> 00:38:34,412 WHEN I WAS WAITING FOR MY DAUGHTER TO BE BORN. 574 00:38:34,478 --> 00:38:42,853 THE CROSS STITCHING, THE BLANKET I WAS MAKING WHEN I GOT MY 575 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:46,557 DIVORCE, FILLED WITH A LOT OF ENERGY, ANGST AND TEARS. 576 00:38:46,624 --> 00:38:50,628 BUT IT WAS A WAY FOR ME TO TELL MY STORY WITH THE WAY THINGS 577 00:38:50,695 --> 00:38:52,763 WILL LIVE ON HOPEFULLY BEYOND ME. 578 00:38:52,830 --> 00:38:56,467 >> Stephen: U YOU SEEM TO MARK IMPORTANT MOMENTS WITH YOUR 579 00:38:56,534 --> 00:38:57,601 CRAFTING. >> I DO. 580 00:38:57,668 --> 00:38:59,770 >> Stephen: I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT YOU ARE MARKING THIS 581 00:38:59,837 --> 00:39:01,872 EVENING WITH CRAFTING. >> I AM. 582 00:39:01,939 --> 00:39:03,941 >> Stephen: I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS. 583 00:39:04,008 --> 00:39:07,344 >> BEING ON YOUR SHOW IS A MOMENT FOR ME AND, SO, I MADE 584 00:39:07,411 --> 00:39:10,114 YOU A LITTLE SOMETHING. I MADE IT WHILE I WAS IN THE 585 00:39:10,181 --> 00:39:18,856 DRESSING ROOM AT THE MUSIC MAN, SO THIS IS FOR YOU. 586 00:39:18,923 --> 00:39:24,028 ( APPLAUSE ) IT'S A TOILET PAPER ROLL COVER. 587 00:39:24,095 --> 00:39:32,737 >> Stephen: IT'S A CROW SHADE MUG! 588 00:39:32,803 --> 00:39:35,973 ( LAUGHTER ) TOILET PAPER -- WHERE WAS THIS 589 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:40,111 TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I NEEDED TO HIDE MY TOILET PAPER? 590 00:39:40,177 --> 00:39:41,412 ( LAUGHTER ) >> EXACTLY. 591 00:39:41,479 --> 00:39:43,881 THAT'S FOR YOUR EMERGENCY ROLE. >> Stephen: THIS IS LOVELY. 592 00:39:43,948 --> 00:39:47,184 NO PROBLEM. >> Stephen: THANK YOU. 593 00:39:47,251 --> 00:39:51,756 THE MUSICAL IS "THE MUSIC MAN" ON BROADWAY AT THE WINTER GARDEN 594 00:39:51,822 --> 00:39:52,757 THEATRE. GO SEE IT. 595 00:39:52,823 --> 00:39:54,725 SUTTON FOSTER, EVERYBODY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK 596 00:40:15,946 --> 00:40:17,181 >> STEPHEN: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 597 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:20,618 TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE JOHN C. REILLY AND 598 00:40:20,684 --> 00:40:22,987 KRISTIN CHENOWETH. JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT. 599 00:40:23,053 --> 00:40:24,688 GOODNIGHT. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )