TIES WITH RUSSIA IS GROWING LONGER.
YESTERDAY, NETFLIX ANNOUNCED IT'S SUSPENDED SERVICES IN
RUSSIA, CITING THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE.
>> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE
SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT! TONIGHT, RUSSIA.
STEPHEN WELCOMES ANDERSON COOPER!
AND SUTTON FOSTER. 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 ) ( THEME SONG PLAYING )
>> Stephen: HELLO, EVERYBODY!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH! OUT THERE, DOWN HERE!
♪♪ ♪♪
ALL WORKING OUT! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL WEEK. HAPPY MONDAY.
WELCOME! WELCOME TO, "THE LATE SHOW," I'M
STEPHEN COLBERT. ( CHEERING )
WE'RE ALMOST TWO WEEKS INTO RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE,
AND THE DEEPER YOU DIG INTO WHAT RUSSIA IS DOING OVER THERE, THE
WORSE IT GETS. IT'S LIKE A NESTING DOLL OF BAD.
SO FAR, MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HAVE FLED THE
COUNTRY. IT WOULD BE MORE, BUT RUSSIA
REFUSES TO ABIDE BY THEIR OWN ANNOUNCED CEASE-FIRES AND SAFE
CORRIDORS TO ALLOW CIVILIANS TO ESCAPE.
REPEATEDLY OVER THE WEEKEND, RUSSIAN TROOPS CONTINUED TO
PUMMEL CITIES WITH ROCKETS EVEN AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF
CORRIDORS. IT'S LIKE PUTIN'S COMPETING IN
THE EVIL OLYMPICS AGAINST HIMSELF.
AND 'CUZ HE'S RUSSIAN, YOU KNOW HE'S JUICING.
( LAUGHTER ) NOW, PUTIN SAYS HE'S OFFERING
HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS, FOR REAL THIS TIME, BUT ONLY FOR
UKRAINIANS TO FLEE, TO RUSSIA. WELL, THAT'S NOT HELPFUL.
IT'S LIKE HAVING A SAFETY SIGN THAT SAYS:
"IN CASE OF FIRE JUMP INTO A PIT OF SNAKES."
TURNS OUT THAT UKRAINIAN RESISTANCE HAS BEEN FIERCER THAN
PUTIN EVER DREAMED. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
ABSOLUTELY. SO, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO ACHIEVE
A MILITARY VICTORY, THE RUSSIANS ARE ATTACKING CIVILIAN
INFRASTRUCTURE IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE UKRAINIANS SURVIVE WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY, WATER, FOOD, MEDICAL HELP, AND MEANS OF
SUBSISTENCE. IN WHAT MANY ARE CALLING AN
EFFORT TO BREAK UKRAINIAN MORALE.
BREAK THEIR MORALE? HASN'T PUTIN SEEN HOW TOUGH
THESE UKRAINIANS ARE? THIS WEEKEND, A MAN AND A WOMAN
WHO ARE SERVING TOGETHER IN THE RESISTANCE TOOK A BREAK FROM
FIGHTING TO GET MARRIED ON THE FRONT LINES.
IT'S LIKE A WEDDING IN TEXAS, BUT WITH SLIGHTLY FEWER GUNS.
( LAUGHTER ) ALTHOUGH, I MUST SAY,
HUGE FAUX PAS. EVERYONE KNOWS YOU'RE NOT
SUPPOSED TO WEAR THE SAME COLOR CAMO AS THE BRIDE.
WHERE IS SHE? WHERE IS SHE?
( LAUGHTER ) TELL YOU WHAT, I WILL NEVER
COMPLAIN ABOUT A DESTINATION WEDDING AGAIN.
RUSSIA HAS BEEN HIT WITH A SERIES OF CRIPPLING SANCTIONS,
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S MORE TO COME.
BECAUSE THE U.S. AND ITS EUROPEAN ALLIES ARE NOW
DISCUSSING BANNING IMPORTS OF RUSSIAN OIL.
TAKE THAT, PUTIN. WE'RE NOT GONNA BUY OUR GAS FROM
A WAR CRIMINAL. WE'RE GOING TO BUY IT FROM THE
GOOD GUYS: SAUDI ARABIA. ( LAUGHTER )
BUT IT'S GONNA COST. SINCE THE INVASION, OIL PRICES
HAVE SKYROCKETED. TODAY, THE AVERAGE GAS PRICE IN
AMERICA HIT AN ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH OF OVER FOUR DOLLARS PER
GALLON. OKAY, THAT STINGS, BUT A CLEAN
CONSCIENCE IS WORTH A BUCK OR TWO.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT'S IMPORTANT.
I'M WILLING TO PAY $4 A GALLON.
HELL, I'LL PAY $15 A GALLON. 'CUZ I DRIVE A TESLA.
( LAUGHTER ) RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE
WORLD ARE TRYING TO FIND INVENTIVE
WAYS TO HELP ORDINARY UKRAINIANS.
FOR INSTANCE, ETSY BUYERS ARE URGING PEOPLE TO HELP UKRAINIANS
BY BUYING DIGITAL ITEMS, SUCH AS FONTS, PATTERNS, DOWNLOADABLE
PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTWORK. SO, YOU CAN NOW ORDER A LOVELY
MOTIVATIONAL NEEDLEPOINT PATTERN THAT READS LIVE, LAUGH
RUSSIAN WARSHIP GO ( BLEEP ) YOURSELF.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) GETS YOU RIGHT THERE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE
CONVENTIONAL WAYS TO DONATE TO THE PEOPLE IN UKRAINE, HEAD OVER
TO @COLBERTLATESHOW ON TWITTER. WE'VE PINNED A LIST OF
ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE HELPING REFUGEES ON THE GROUND.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) DESPITE INCREASING GLOBAL
PRESSURE, PUTIN ISN'T BACKING DOWN.
THIS WEEKEND, HE LASHED OUT, DECLARING, THE SANCTIONS IMPOSED
BY WESTERN NATIONS ARE AKIN TO A DECLARATION OF WAR.
(AS PUTIN) PUTIN GAVE THESE COMMENTS WHILE
PUTIN GAVE COMMENTS WHILE SPEAKING TO A
GROUP OF AEROFLOT FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, WHO, BY THE LOOKS OF
IT, WERE THRILLED. TO.
BE THERE. NEVER A GOOD SIGN WHEN THE
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS GIVE YOU THE SAME FACE THEY GIVE THE GUY
CLIPPING HIS TOENAILS IN ECONOMY PLUS.
OF COURSE, RUSSIAN FLIGHT ATTENDANTS KNOW ALL ABOUT NO-FLY
ZONES. THANKS TO SANCTIONS AGAINST
RUSSIAN AIRLINES, AEROFLOT NOW ONLY FLIES TO ONE FOREIGN
AIRPORT: MINSK, THE CAPITAL OF BELARUS.
SO RUSSIAN TRAVEL AGENTS HAVE HAD TO CUT BACK TO A SINGLE
POSTER: (RUSSIAN ACCENT)
"VISIT BELARUS: SKY IS COLOR OF DELICIOUS CIGARETTE."
( APPLAUSE ) SO BELARUS IS HERE TONIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ) IT SEEMS LIKE THE ONLY WAY THIS
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS CAN END IS IF PUTIN IS REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WHEN IS HE OUT?
'24? HE'S UP FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2024,
BUT HE STILL HASN'T DECIDED HOW MUCH HE'S GOING TO WIN BY.
AND HE'S DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THE
RUSSIAN PEOPLE DON'T TURN ON HIM.
FOR INSTANCE, ONE REPORTER IN RUSSIA SAYS, POLICE IN MOSCOW
APPEAR TO BE STOPPING CIVILIANS AND DEMANDING TO SEE THEIR
PHONES IN ORDER TO SCREEN THEIR PHOTOS AND TEXTS.
(AS RUSSIAN) "IT SAYS HERE, 'U UP.' IS SHORT
FOR 'UKRAINE UPRISING.' SEIZE HIM!"
( LAUGHTER ) ( PIANO RIFF )
IT WAS A FLIP PHONE, IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING.
IT'S A FLIP PHONE. ( PIANO RIFF )
THANK YOU, JON. >> Jon: THAT WAS GREAT.
>> Stephen: THE REPORTER SAW POLICE OFFICERS
DEMANDING PHONES FROM PEOPLE NEAR DETSKIY MIR, A POPULAR
RUSSIAN TOY STORE. I FEEL SO BAD FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
THEY JUST WANTED TO GO IN AND BUY RUSSIA'S HOTTEST TOY:
MR. ACTUAL POTATO. ( LAUGHTER )
IS POTATO. ( LAUGHTER )
THIS CRACKDOWN COMES IN THE WAKE OF A NEW LAW THAT WOULD PUNISH
ANYONE WHO SHARES FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WAR IN
UKRAINE WITH UP TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON.
OF COURSE, IN THIS CASE, FALSE IS DEFINED AS ANYTHING OTHER
THAN WHAT PUTIN WANTS YOU TO SAY.
FOR INSTANCE, IT IS NOW A CRIME TO SIMPLY CALL THE WAR A WAR.
INSTEAD, THEY WANT YOU TO USE THE KREMLIN'S TERM:
SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO CALL IT
THAT, THE KREMLIN HAS A FEW OTHER APPROVED OPTIONS:
SPECIAL BANG BANG TIME, AWFUL FAMILIAR RIREUNION.
"NATIONAL LAMPOON'S EASTERN EUROPEAN VACATION," AND
AND BENNIFER. ( APPLAUSE )
EVIDENTLY, THE SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST INFORMATION IS
WOKING BETTER THAN THE REAL ONE.
SOME UKRAINIANS FIND THAT THEIR RELATIVES IN RUSSIA REFUSE TO
BELIEVE IT'S A WAR. THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE ARE SO USED
TO ACCEPTING THE KREMLIN'S LIES THAT THEIR MOST POPULAR
MARGARINE IS: "YOU MUST BELIEVE IT IS BUTTER."
( LAUGHTER ) I'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU
TONIGHT. ED FROM UKRAINE VIA SITE,
ANDERSON COOPER WILL BE HERE, PLUS BROADWAY STAR OF "THE MUSIC
MAN," SUTTON FOSTER. STICK AROUND.
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WLCOME BACK TO THE SHOW!
GIVE IT UP FOR JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN"!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) JON, MY FRIEND, IN JUST A
MOMENT, WE'LL BE TALKING TO BROADWAY SUPERSTORE SUTTON
FOSTER WILL BE OUT HERE FOR "THE MUSIC MAN."
AN AMAZING SHOW. I CANNOT RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY
ENOUGH. ANOTHER THING I CANNOT RECOMMEND
HIGHLY ENOUGH IS IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO HELP THE
PEOPLE IN UKRAINE, GO TO@COLBERT LATE SHOW.
WE HAVE A LIST OF CHARITIES ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE AND IN THE
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES TO HELP THE REFUGEES.
GIVE WHAT YOU CAN, WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
HEARTBREAKING BUT NOT POWERLESS. >> Jon: ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST IS THE ANCHOR OF
CNN'S "ANDERSON COOPER 360" AND A CORRESPONDENT FOR "60
MINUTES." HE JOINS US NOW FROM UKRAINE,
WHERE HE'S COVERING THE RUSSIAN INVASION.
PLEASE WELCOME, ANDERSON COOPER. ANDERSON
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> HEY.
THANK YOU, STEPHEN. >> Announcer: ANDERSON, WHERE
ARE YOU IN UKRAINE? >> I AM IN A HOTEL ROOM IN LVIV,
UKRAINE, WHICH IS IN THE FAR WEST OF THE COUNTRY RELATIVELY
CLOSE TO THE POLISH BORDER, SORT OF THE TRANSIT POINT WHERE A LOT
OF FAMILIES, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO ARE FLEEING KYIV, HASH KYIV
OR ODESSA, ANYONE WHO CAN GET OUT COME TO LVIV AT THE TRAIN
STATION. ABOUT 50,000 ARE ARRIVING AT THE
TRAIN STATION EVERY DAY. THEY ARE HOPING TO GET POINTS
WEST ANYWHERE. >> Stephen: SO IS IT A
RELATIVELY SAFE PLACE RIGHT NOW? >> IT IS.
THE WAR HASN'T COME THE SAME WAY AS IN KYIV.
THE ROCKETS AREN'T LANDING. SIRENS GO OFF EVERY NOW AND
THEN. A LOT OF PEOPLE IGNORE THEM AT
THIS STAGE. THOUGH I WAS IN A CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL WHERE EVERY TIME THE SIREN GOES OFF, THEY HAVE TO
TAKE THE CHILDREN TO THE BOMB SHELTER UNTIL THE ALL CLEAR.
YEAH, IT'S RELATIVELY SAFE AT THIS POINT.
>> Stephen: FOR 12 DAYS, WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE
UKRAINIANS BRAVELY RESISTING THE INVASION OF THE RUSSIAN TROOPS.
WHAT ARE THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE ACTUAL BATTLE FRONT?
FOR INSTANCE, WHERE IS THAT 40-MILE COLUMN OF TANKS WE HEARD
SO MUCH ABOUT NORTH OF KYIV? WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THAT?
>> THEY BELIEVE IT'S PROBABLY A RESUPPLY CONVOY, SO MAYBE TANKS
AND ARMORED VEHICLES BUT ALSO GAS TRUCKS AND THE LIKE.
THAT STILL SEEMS TO BE STALLED, AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
DETAILS ON EXACTLY WHY, BUT, ESSENTIALLY, THE RUSSIAN PLAN,
IT SEEMS, HAD BEEN TO TRY TO SEIZE THE AIRPORT IN KYIV EARLY
ON, KIND OF A LIGHTNING STRIKE, THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR FIRST
TARGETS, AND IF THEY HAD THAT AIRFIELD, THEY COULD FLY IN HUGE
AMOUNTS OF FROOPS AND SUPPLIES. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT
AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FLY THE SUPPLIES IN.
THAT'S WHERE THAT COLUMN WAS SORT OF HEADING DOWN TO BE A
RESUPPLY COLUMN. BUT IT'S BEEN STALLED, IT'S BEEN
ATTACKED REPEATEDLY AT VARIOUS POINTS BY UKRAINIAN FORCES.
THERE'S TRAFFIC JAMS. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ARRIVE
AND CIRCLE KYIV AS THEY MAY WANT TO.
>> Announcer: WELL, THE RESISTANCE AND THE COURAGE OF
THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE HAS BEEN INSPIRING TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE
WORLD, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE OF
DEMOCRACY, AS THE BEST PATH FOR HUMANITY AND NOT THE BOOT OF
AUTOCRACY. BUT THERE'S AN ATTACK COMING
FROM ALL SIDES OF THE COUNTRY. WHERE IS THE HEAVIEST FIGHTING
RIGHT NOW? >> RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, IT'S ALL
OVER. KHARKIV HAS BEEN -- WHICH IS THE
SECOND LARGEST CITY WHICH IS ALL THE WAY IN THE EAST, THAT HAS
BEEN HIT VERY HARD. KYIV, THERE'S BEEN SHELLING,
OBVIOUSLY, FIGHTING IN AND AROUND IN THE COMMUNITIES AROUND
RESIDENTIAL AREAS. WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, TERRIBLE,
TERRIBLE BOMBARDMENTS OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
I MEAN, THE IMAGES, THE SOUNDS OF PEOPLE SCREAMING, FINDING
CHILDREN SLAUGHTERED IN THE STREETS IS HARD TO EVER FORGET.
THERE'S A LOT OF FIGHTING, VERY INTENSE IN THE SOUTH.
THAT'S A BIG PUSH FOR THE RUSSIANS.
THEY WANT TO TRY TO SEIZE ODESSA.
THEY'VE SEIZED KHERSON, A SMALL TOWN IN THE SOUTH.
BUT ODESSA IS A TOWN IN THE SOUTH.
CERTAINLY WHATEVER THE RUSSIAN PLAN WAS, THE REALITY OF THE
STRENGTH OF THE UKRAINIAN DEFENSE FORCES AND THE
VOLUNTEERS HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY AND CLEARLY NOT
WHAT RUSSIA EXPECTED, AND, SO, THEY ARE CLEARLY REVISING
WHATEVER BATTLE PLAN THEY MAY HAVE HAD, THAT HAS CERTAINLY
SEEMED TO HAVE GONE OUT THE WINDOW NOW AND THE RUSSIANS ARE
TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS, ACCORDING TO U.S. OFFICIALS,
THAT THEY ARE JUST NOW GOING TO WHAT THEY DID IN PERHAPS ALEPPO
WHICH IS JUST LAY WASTE TO CITIES, LAY WASTE TO RESIDENTIAL
AREAS TO BREAK THE BACK TO HAVE THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE -- THE BACK
OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE, THAT IS THE ATTEMPT.
I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS 25 YEARS AND I HAVE BEEN IN A LOT OF
COUNTRIES OF WAR, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A POPULATION IN A COUNTRY
THAT HAS BEEN INVADED AS UNIFIED IN THEIR COMPLETE LOATHING OF
RUSSIA IN THIS CASE, OF THE ATTACKER, AND TO A MAN, WOMAN
AND CHILD, THEIR DESIRE TO RESIST THIS, WHATEVER MAY COME,
RESIST IN THE SHORT TERM AND IF THERE IS N OCCUPATION BECAUSE
OF THE OVERWHELMING FORCE OF RUSSIANS TO RESIST UNDER ANY
KIND OF OCCUPATION, I'VE NEVER SEEN A COUNTRY AS DETERMINED AND
UNIFIED. ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY. BACK WITH MORE ANDERSON COOPER
FROM LVIV, UKRAINE.
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. WE'RE BACK WITH ANDERSON COOPER
VIA SATELLITE FROM LVIV, UKRAINE.
IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, IN HUGE CRISES LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY
OVERSEAS, WHERE CNN HAS THE RESOURCES TO COVER A STORY LIKE
THIS, WE LOOK TO CNN BECAUSE NOBODY DOES THIS STORY BETTER
THAN Y'ALL. BUT I'M CURIOUS, AS SOMEBODY
WHO'S COVERED A LOT OF WARS, HOW DO YOU AVOID THE "FOG OF WAR,"
WHEN SO MUCH IS GOING ON, SO MUCH MISINFORMATION SPREAD BY
THE OPPOSING FORCES, WHEN SO MUCH OF THIS FIGHTING IS, IF NOT
GUERILLA STYLE, CERTAINLY NONCONVENTIONAL IN THEIR
RESISTANCE, HOW DO YOU VET WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AND MAKE SURE
YOU'RE NOT LOSING THE TRUTH IN THE FLAG OF WAR HERE.
>> YEAH, AND THE OLD SAYING IS THE TRUTH IS THE CASUAL OF WAR.
THAT IS CERTAINLY THE CASE. IT CERTAINLY HELPS TO HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION LIKE CNN WITH INDIVIDUALS IN ODESSA AND,
YOU KNOW, ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES.
I'M IN RELATIVE SAFETY OF LVIV, BUT RISKING THEIR LIVES EVERY
SINGLE DAY TO FIND THE FACTS AND TO BE GOING OUT, SEEING WHAT'S
HAPPENING AND REPORTING THAT AND, YOU KNOW, SARAH'S AT THE
BORDER AND SEES THINGS, SEES PEOPLE GOING THE OPPOSITE WAY.
SHE GOES UP AND TALKS TO THEM AND THEY ARE AMERICANS AND
OTHERS WHO ARE DECIDING TO FIGHT IN UKRAINE.
IT IS OLD-FASHIONED REPORTING, AND IT IS VERY BRAVE WHAT THEY
ARE DOING, AND I THINK THAT'S ESSENTIAL BECAUSE THERE IS SO
MUCH MISINFORMATION. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RESOURCES,
OBVIOUSLY, THAT WE ALL SEE VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU CAN NOW
GEOLOCATE VIDEO TO TRY TO ASCERTAIN EXACTLY IS IT WHAT THE
SENDER OF THIS VIDEO IS SAYING IT IS.
BUT WE ARE DEVOTING A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES TO COVERING
THIS FROM AS MANY COUNTRIES AS POSSIBLE, AND I THINK THAT'S
ESSENTIAL. I THINK IT'S -- YOU KNOW, IN
ALEPPO IN SYRIA, IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, RUSSIA WAS DROPPING BARREL
BOMBS, WHICH JUST OBLITERATED COMMUNITIES, THEY WERE ABLE TO
GET AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH REPORTERS ON THE
GROUND. THERE WERE A LOT OF BRAVE
REPORTERS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT KILLED THERE AS WELL
REPORTING, BUT, YOU KNOW, CHECHNYA, IN 1995, I WAS A
FREELANCE REPORTER, A ONE-MAN BAND, I WAS SCARED TO GO TO
GROZNA, IT WAS SO BRUTAL, THE WORLD DIDN'T SEE WHAT WAS GOING
ON THERE ON A DAILY BASIS. AT LEAST WE CAN SEE WHAT'S
HAPPENING HERE. NO ONE CAN SAY THEY DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GOING ON. NO ONE CAN SAY THEY DON'T KNOW
RUSSIA IS LYING TO THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
NO ONE CAN SAY THEY'RE NOT TARGETING CIVILIANS.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS, IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED, ALREADY.
IT IS THE THING I THINK THAT DRIVES EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE
HERE COVERING THIS IS TO BEAR WITNESS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING
BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN PEOPLE DYING IN SILENCE.
>> Stephen: AS YOU SAY, LIFE IN LVIV IS RELATIVELY EACEFUL
COMPARED TO THE REST TO HAVE THE COUNTRY, BUT THERE ARE
1.5 MILLION UKRAINIANS HAVE FLED ACROSS THE BORDER, 200,000 ARE
INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN AND AROUND LVIV AND 50,000 REFUGEES
PASS THROUGH THE TRAIN STATION THERE EVERY DAY.
WHAT ARE THEY EXPERIENCING AS THEY FLEE WEST?
WHAT KIND OF HELP ARE THEY GETTING RIGHT NOW?
>> IT IS HELLSH FOR PEOPLE GETTING OUT.
IF YOU ARE IN KHARKIV, IF YOU ARE IN KYIV, THERE ARE TRAINS
THAT COME, THE SCHEDULING IS HARD, SO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ARE JUST WAITING AROUND FOR A TRAIN AND, WHEN IT COMES,
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE RUSH THE TRAIN AND, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE ARE,
YOU KNOW -- IN UKRAINE, PEOPLE ARE TOGETHER AND UNIFIED AND
PEOPLE WANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO GET ON THE TRAIN FIRST, AS IT
SHOULD BE, AND MEN HAVE TO STAY BEHIND.
MANY MEN COME TO BRING THEIR WIVES OR THEIR CHILDREN ON TO
THE TRAINS, BUT THESE TRAINS ARE PACKED.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO GET OUT,
THERE'S NO SEATING AND IT CAN TAKE HOURS AND HOURS AND THEN,
YOU KNOW, DAYS EVEN GETTING TO THE BORDER.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A CAR, YOU'RE IN LINE FOR 24 HOURS OR
48 HOURS, HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES, DEPENDING ON WHAT BORDER
CROSSING YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SEPARATED
FROM YOUR HUSBAND, YOUR LOVED ONES YOU'RE LEAVING BEHIND.
SOMETIMES IT'S MOTHERS CARRYING SICK KIDS.
I TOLD YOU I WAS AT A CANCER WARD IN LVIV WHERE CHILDREN
WITH, I MEAN, REALLY SEVERE CANCERS, STOMACH CANCER, BRAIN
CANCER, WHO WERE BEING TREATED IN BASEMENTS IN KYIV UNDER
BOMBARDMENT. THEIR DOCTORS ARE SAYING, LOOK,
YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE YOUR CHILD FURTHER WEST TO ACTUALLY GET
TREATMENT, AND THERE'S NO AMBULANCES TO TAKE THEM.
THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, SPECIALIZED CARE VEHICLES TAKING
THESE KIDS. IT'S MOTHERS CARRYING THEIR KIDS
WITH REALLY SEVERE CANCERS ON A PACKED TRAIN WHERE THEY HAVE TO
JUST HOLD ON TO THEM AND STAND FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND THEN
THEY GET TO A HOSPITAL IN LVIV AND THERE ARE STILL NOT ENOUGH
SUPPLIES FOR THEM, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO TRY TO GET INTO POLAND
WHERE THEY CAN GET BETTER CARE. SO IT'S JUST AWFUL.
IT'S JUST AWFUL. EVERYBODY HAS A STORY, EVERY
FAMILY HAS BEEN DIVIDED. THERE IS SO MUCH LOSS AND IT'S
ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE AS THIS GOES ON.
>> Stephen: ON FRIDAY, CNN STOPPED BROADCASTING FROM
RUSSIA. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN PRACTICALLY?
>> I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. I MEAN, I'VE SORT OF BEEN SO
FOCUSED ON HERE, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF NEWS
ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN. THE RUSSIAN DOUMA PASSED A LAW
THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN PUT THROUGH BASICALLY OUTLAWING ACTUAL
REPORTING ON THE WAR. YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T CALL THE
WAR A WAR THERE, THEY DON'T CALL THE INVASION AN INVASION, THEY
SAY THEY ARE NOT TARGETING OR KILLING CIVILIANS.
SO ANY ACTUAL, FACTUAL REPORTING OF IT, FROM OUR READING SO FAR
OF THIS LAW, SEEMS LIKE THAT CAN BE LABELED AS FAKE REPORTING
AND, THEREFORE, YOU CAN BE TARGETED AND PUNISHED AND A
REPORTER CAN BE JAILED FOR MANY YEARS.
SO AT THIS POINT, AS FAR AS I KNOW, A LOT OF NEWS
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE STOPPED REPORTING.
I THINK THE "WASHINGTON POST" HAVE STOPPED PUTTING REPORTERS'
NAMES ON ARTICLES. EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO ASSESS
WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS AND WHERE THIS KIND OF GOES, BUT
IT'S CERTAINLY AN INDICATION OF VLADIMIR PUTIN'S ATTEMPT TO
CONTROL INFORMATION, AND, YOU KNOW, I SAW THIS VIDEO OF THIS
LITTLE OLD LADY ON THE STREETS IN RUSSIA AT A PROTEST.
SHE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE THAN FIVE FEET TALL.
SHE WAS IN HER '80s. SHE HELD UP TWO HANDMADE SIGNS
PROTPROTESTING THE WAR, AND SHES WHISKED OFF THE STREETS AND
ARRESTED BY RUSSIAN RIOT POLICE. TO ME, IT WAS THE MOST
INCREDIBLE IMAGE BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS, YOU KNOW, VLADIMIR
PUTIN WHO LIKES TO APPEAR HALF NAKED RIDING AROUND ON A HORSE
OR IN HIS BLACK BELT DOING JUDEOAS A TOUGH GUY IS SCARED OF
AN 80-SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO IS SIMPLY STANDING ON A
STREET HOLDING UP A SIGN PROTESTING A WAR.
SO ME, THIS KIND OF A LAW IS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS AND A SIGN OF
FEAR AND A SIGN OF THE REALITY OF THE DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN
THAT RUSSIA WAGES. >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A
BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK
ANDERSON ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING A
WITNESS TO WAR. STICK AROUND.
>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WE'RE BACK WITH ANDERSON COOPER
FROM LVIV, UKRAINE. LAST NIGHT, YOU SAID IT'S
NECESSARY TO BE A WITNESS TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN UKRAINE.
SO MUCH OF IT IS DISTURBING AND TRAUMATIC, BUT, OF COURSE,
THAT'S THE STORY THAT'S HAPPENING, THAT'S THE TRUTH.
HOW DO YOU MAKE THE EDITORIAL DECISIONS OF WHAT TO SHOW PEOPLE
OF THIS WAR? BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO
ROMANTICIZE WAR, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT NOT TO OFFEND THE
DIGNITY OF THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED.
HOW DO YOU MAKE THE DECISION OF WHAT TO GIVE TO US?
>> LOOK, I MEAN, THERE ARE THINGS ONE SEES IN WARS THAT YOU
DON'T PUT ON TELEVISION. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF
DESCRIPTION OF DEAT THIS YOU CAN IMAGINE HAPPENS, AND THAT'S NOT
NECESSARILY SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT TO SEE OR THAT IT'S
APPROPRIATE TO HUT ON TELEVISIO, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT NOT
TO SANITIZE EVERYTHING SO THAT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SOME, YOU
KNOW, JUST SOME FILM OR SOME MOVIE OR YOU'VE SEEN WORSE IN
MOVIES, AND IT JUST DOESN'T SUCK THE REALITY OUT OF IT.
IT'S A FINE LINE, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING
AT STUFF, AND I TEND TO BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE WHAT IS
HAPPENING. IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT AND, AFTER
A WHILE, MAYBE IT ALL STARTS TO LOOK THE SAME.
THERE ARE PEOPLE, DECENT PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST LIVING THEIR LIVES
AND HAVE HAD THEIR LIVES COMPLETELY RIPPED APART, YOU
KNOW. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FLEEING, THEY
ARE NOW REFUGEES, BUT THEY ARE NOT REFUGEES, THEY ARE PEOPLE
JUST LIKE YOU AND I, AND SOME ARE FROM AFRICA AND SOME INDIA
AND SOME FROM UKRAINE AND THEY ARE FLEEING AND THEIR LIVES ARE
COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND UROOTED AND THEIR FAMILIES
DIVIDED, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE ALL THAT AND TO
FEEL WHAT IT IS LIKE TO IMAGINE YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES, TO HAVE
IEMPATHY AND WALK IN THEIR SHOE. FOR THAT, I THINK YOU HAVE TO
SEE SOME OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND YOU HAVE TO HEAR IT AND YOU HAVE
TO SEE IT, AND IT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO LOOK AT IT, BUT TO
LOOK AWAY, TO ME, IT'S JUST NOT AN OPTION.
I JUST BELIEVE THAT I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PLACES WHERE PEOPLE JUST
DISAPPEAR, WHERE THEIR BODIES LITERALLY DISINTEGRATE INTO THE
SAND OR THE EARTH AND THERE'S NO PHOTOGRAPH OF THEM THAT THEIR
FAMILY HAS AND THERE'S NO MARKER OF THEM OF WHERE THEY DIED, AND
I THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE THING TO BE SLAUGHTERED IN A WAR, BUT TO
BE VIS RATED AND NOT HAVE ANYBODY EVEN NOTICE YOUR PASSING
IS PARTICULARLY HAUNTING TO ME, AND I BELIEVE IN BEARING WITNESS
TO THE DIGNITY OF PEOPLE HERE AND ALSO THE INDIGNITY THAT IS
BEING DONE TO PEOPLE. ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WHAT SHOULD THE WORLD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO IN
THE WEEKS AHEAD? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF
NEGOTIATIONS? IS IT THESE EVACUATION
CORRIDORS? WHAT IS THE STORY YOU'VE GOT
YOUR EYE OUT FOR? >> THERE HAVE BEEN THREE
MEETINGS BETWEEN UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS IN BELARUS.
NOT MUCH HAS COME OUT OF IT. I THINK I'VE TALKED TO UKRAINIAN
OFFICIALS WHO SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, THEY WON'T SAY THEY TRUST
THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE TALKING TO.
VLADIMIR PUTIN IS THE ONE WHO ENDS UP MAKING THE DECISIONS.
THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE MAY BE SOME PLACES THAT THEY CAN COME
TO SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT ON, BUT THAT HASN'T HAD YET IN THREE
MEETINGS. AND THESE HUMANITARIAN
CORRIDORS, IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
THE FEW TIMES IT'S SET UP IN VERY LIMITED WINDOWS AND PLACES,
HASN'T LASTED WRONG. UKRAINIANS BLAME THE RUSSIANS
FOR VIOLATING IT, AND THE RUSSIANS SAY IT'S THE UKRAINIAN
MILITARY WHO DID. THAT HAS NOT WORKED.
RUSSIA IS SAYING YOU CAN HAVE A HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR TO GO INTO
BELARUS OR RUSSIA, BUT THERE ARE VERY FEW UKRAINIANS WHO WANT TO
FLEE INTO RUSSIA OR BELARUS, WHEN IT'S RUSSIA WHO IS
ATTACKING UKRAINE AND ATTACKING IT ALSO FROM BELARUS.
SO THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME SORT OF INTERMEDIARY LIKE THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF THE RED CROSS WHO DOES THIS KIND OF
THING, AND THERE'S GOT TO BE THE WILL ON BOTH SIDES TO CREATE
HUMANITARIAN CORRIDORS TO GET PEOPLE OUT AND SUPPLIES IN
BECAUSE, SOON, YOU KNOW, THE CITIES ARE GOING TO START
RUNNING OUT OF FOOD AND MEDICINE AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE
RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN. IT IS THE SURGICAL STRIKE THEY
WERE PROBABLY HOPING FOR DIDN'T HAPPEN AND, NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE MAXIMUM DAMAGE TO BREAK THE WILL OF THE
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT WILL HAPPEN, I DON'T
KNOW. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT -- YEAH, I
MEAN, NOBODY CAN SAY WHAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT I CERTAINLY THINK
THAT THE EXAMPLE THAT UKRAINIANS HAVE SHOWN THUS FAR OF THE
WILLINGNESS TO STAND UP AND FIGHT AND RESIST, IT IS JUST
EXTRAORDINARY TO WITNESS, AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE AND KIND OF AN
HONOR TO BE HERE AND BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW -- YOU KNOW, WHEN
PEOPLE -- IT REALLY MOVES ME WHEN PEOPLE SAY GOODBYE TO YOU,
THEY -- THE OFFICIAL GREETING AMONG SOLDIERS AND NOW EVEN
AMONG CIVILIANS IS, YOU KNOW, GLORY TO UKRAINE.
AND THEN THE ANSWER TO THAT IS DPLOAR TO THE HEROES -- GLORY TO
THE HEROES. TO ME, THAT EMBODIES THE SPIRIT
THAT PEOPLE HAVE HERE THAT IS NOT JUST ABOUT THEIR OWN
INDIVIDUAL PAIN AND THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL HEARTBREAK, IT'S THAT
THEY'RE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER.
I WAS AT A PLACE TODAY WHERE MOMS WHOSE KIDS AND HUSBANDS
WERE AT THE FRONT WERE PACKING SUPPLIES AND HAND WEAVING
CAMOUFLAGE NETTING FOR UKRAINIAN TANKS AND ARTILLERY PIECES.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CRYING ON THE ONE HAND BECAUSE THEIR LOVED ONE
IS GONE AND THEY FEEL LIKE THIS IS HOW THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE.
AND IT'S JUST -- IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY THING TO WITNESS.
>> Stephen: ANDERSON, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE REPORTING YOU'RE DOING AND, OF COURSE, ALL
YOUR COLLEAGUES ON THE FRONT FOR SHOWING US THE BARBARISM OF THIS
INVASION AND THE DIGNITY OF THE UKRAINIANS COURAGEOUS RESPONSE.
ANDERSON COOPER REPORTING FROM UKRAINE, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH BROADWAY STAR SUTTON FOSTER.
>> Stephen: HEY HEY! WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS A TWO-TIME TONY
AWARD-WINNING ACTOR, SINGER AND DANCER WHO
NOW STARS IN "THE MUSIC MAN" ON BROADWAY.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," SUTTON FOSTER.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT! >> Stephen: I'VE GOT TO TAKE
THAT OFF BEFORE I GO HOME TO EVIE.
SHE WILL BE VERY UPSET. SUTTON FOSTER OF SHOW BUSINESS.
>> YEAH. >> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING ON HERE. THE MUSIC MANN IS SUCH A
DELIGHT, IT IS ABSOLUTELY A A MEDICINE FOR THE SOUL,
ESPECIALLY IN DARK TIMES. IT IS SO BRIGHT, THERE'S NOT A
WAY TO LEAVE IT HAPPIER. IF EVERYBODY SAW IT, WE WOULD
LIKE EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT MORE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> IT IS ONE TO HAVE THE MOST
JOYFUL, MOST LOVING, WONDERFUL THINGS I'VE EVER BEEN A PART OF,
ESPECIALLY AFTER THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND ESPECIALLY
NOW DURING THIS TIME OF UNCERTAINTY, IT IS TRULY A TONIC
FOR THE SOUL AND THE HEART. I LOVE EVERY SINGLE MOMENT I GET
TO DO IT. I FEEL SO LUCKY.
>> Stephen: AND PART OF BROADWAY'S REOPENING IN THE
WINTER GARDEN THEATRE, SUCH A GREAT THEATER.
>> IT'S WONDERFUL. THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO
YEARS HAS BEEN DEVASTATING FOR OUR INDUSTRY, BUT FOR THEATER TO
BE BACK, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE PERFORMING LIVE AND SHARING THIS
EXPERIENCE WITH A LIVE AUDIENCE. >> Stephen: AND YOU AND HUGH
JACKMAN, FANTASTIC! >> HE'S THE BEST!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THIS IS A BROADWAY
STAGE, ORIGINALLY, AND I HAVE A BUNCH OF RITUALS I DO BEFORE I
COME OUT HERE EVERY NIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY RITUALS BEFORE
YOU DO THE SHOW? >> ACTUALLY HUGH AND I DO.
HE COMES TO VISIT IN MY DRESSING ROOM AND WE HAVE CARPET CHAT.
I HAVE THINGS TO SIT ON, BUT FOR SOME REASON WE BOTH END UP ON
THE FLOOR. >> Stephen: BEFORE THE SHOW.
BEFORE THE SHOW. WE HAVE COFFEE AND SMOOTHIES AND
WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD START A PODCAST CALLED CARPET CHAT.
>> Stephen: ABOUT AREA RUGS. ( LAUGHTER )
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE DONE BROADWAY SINCE BECOMING A
MOM. >> I HAVE A FIVE-YEAR-OLD LITTLE
GIRL. SHE JUST TURNED FIVE THIS WEEK.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EMILY. SHE'S THE BEST.
>> Stephen: HAS SHE SEEN THE SHOW.
>> SHE DID. SHE SAW IT ONCE BEFORE WE OPENED
BECAUSE SHE WAS INVITED TO OPENING NIGHT, BUT THEN SHE
WANTED TO DECIDE IF SHE LIKED IT ENOUGH TO COME TO OPENING, WHICH
SHE DID. WHEN SHE CAME TO OPENING NIGHT,
I ASKED MY HUSBAND, I SAID, HOW DID SHE DO?
DID SHE APPLAUD OR RESPOND? >> Stephen: BECAUSE THE
RESPONSE IN THE THEATER IS INCANDESCENT.
THE AUDIENCE IS ON FIRE. >> THE AUDIENCE IS GOING CRAZY,
SHE LOVED IT. HE SAID, SHE CLAPPED WHEN YOU
TOOK YOUR BOW. BUT SHE REALLY DIDN'T CLAP OR
ANYTHING. I SAID, YOU DIDN'T CLAP?
SHE SAID, I NEED TIME TO PROCESS.
I'M JUST NOT GOING TO CONFORM TO THE MASSES.
I NEED TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. >> Stephen: THAT IS A TOUGH
CRITIC. YOU WORK WITH A TON OF
INCREDIBLE ARTISTS. >> 21 BROADWAY DEBUTS.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE BEEN IN SO MANY BROADWAY SHOWS, TWO-TIME
TONY AWARD-WINNER. WHAT'S IT LIKE TO SEE THESE
YOUNG PEOPLE. >> IT'S REMARKABLE.
WE HAVE TEN-YEAR-OLDS TO VETERANS.
THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. FULL OF JOY, INCREDIBLE HUMAN
BEINGS. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE WORKING
WITH KIDS. IT BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN
EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE THEIR BEST
SELF BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS HOW IT CAN BE.
BECAUSE IT ISN'T ALWAYS THAT WAY.
>> Stephen: DO THEY ASK FOR ADVICE?
>> THEY DO. ONE OF THE GIRLS ASKS ME FOR
ADVICE ABOUT WHAT SHE SHOULD WEAR FOR OPENING OR
REPRESENTATION OR SOMETHING. >> Stephen: WHO WAS THAT FOR
YOU? WAS THERE SOMEBODY OF YOUR
STATURE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER WHO GAVE YOU GOOD ADVICE?
>> I HAD TWO FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS, SO MY HIGH
SCHOOL DRAMA TEACHER, MR. BODICK, RECENTLY PASSED AWAY
RECENTLY, BUT HE SAW ME IN EVERY SINGLE SHOW.
I WOULDN'T BE DOING THAT WITHOUT HIM.
AND MY HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE TEACHER MRS. CLARK.
>> Stephen: I'LL SHOW THE PHOTO AFTER THE STORY.
>> SHE SAW THE SHOW AND WAS, LIKE, SO EXCITED.
AND SHE SAID, CAN I MEET MY CRUSH?
HUGH JACKMAN. SHE SAID, I WOULD JUST LOVE IT.
I SAID BECAUSE OF COVID, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANYONE
BACKSTAGE, BUT HUGH WALKED OUT AND SCREAMED, MRS. HARRIET
CLARK, AND SHE SCREAMED LIKE A GIRL.
THERE SHE IS WITH HER CRUSH. I CAME OUT TO SEE HER, AND SHE
HAD ALREADY LEFT. ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: EXCELLENT TIMING. ( LAUGHTER )
YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT -- WE TALKED ABOUT CROCHETING THE LAST TIME
YOU WERE HERE AND YOUR OWN CRAFT WORK AND NOW YOU'VE WRITTEN A
BOOK ABOUT IT, CALLED HOW CRAFTING SAVED MY LIFE.
>> YES. >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO.
THERE YOU GO. HOOKED.
HOW CRAFTING SAVED MY LIFE.
HOW DID CRAFTING SAVE YOUR LIFE H SUTTON FOSTER.
>> IT'S A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS I'VE MADE
THROUGHOUT MY LIFE AND SORT OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING DURING THE
TIME. THE BABY BLANKET I WAS MAKING
WHEN I WAS WAITING FOR MY DAUGHTER TO BE BORN.
THE CROSS STITCHING, THE BLANKET I WAS MAKING WHEN I GOT MY
DIVORCE, FILLED WITH A LOT OF ENERGY, ANGST AND TEARS.
BUT IT WAS A WAY FOR ME TO TELL MY STORY WITH THE WAY THINGS
WILL LIVE ON HOPEFULLY BEYOND ME.
>> Stephen: U YOU SEEM TO MARK IMPORTANT MOMENTS WITH YOUR
CRAFTING. >> I DO.
>> Stephen: I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT YOU ARE MARKING THIS
EVENING WITH CRAFTING. >> I AM.
>> Stephen: I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS.
>> BEING ON YOUR SHOW IS A MOMENT FOR ME AND, SO, I MADE
YOU A LITTLE SOMETHING. I MADE IT WHILE I WAS IN THE
DRESSING ROOM AT THE MUSIC MAN, SO THIS IS FOR YOU.
( APPLAUSE ) IT'S A TOILET PAPER ROLL COVER.
>> Stephen: IT'S A CROW SHADE MUG!
( LAUGHTER ) TOILET PAPER -- WHERE WAS THIS
TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I NEEDED TO HIDE MY TOILET PAPER?
( LAUGHTER ) >> EXACTLY.
THAT'S FOR YOUR EMERGENCY ROLE. >> Stephen: THIS IS LOVELY.
NO PROBLEM. >> Stephen: THANK YOU.
THE MUSICAL IS "THE MUSIC MAN" ON BROADWAY AT THE WINTER GARDEN
THEATRE. GO SEE IT.
SUTTON FOSTER, EVERYBODY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
>> STEPHEN: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW."
TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE JOHN C. REILLY AND
KRISTIN CHENOWETH. JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT.
GOODNIGHT. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )