>> Stephen: GIVE IT UP FOR LOUIS CATO AND "THE LATE SHOW"
BAND, EVERYBODY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE AMAZING
ACTRESSES COME OUT HERE. FROM "STAR TREK: DISCOVERY,"
SONEQUA MARTIN-GREEN WILL BE OUT HERE JUST A MOMENT.
BUT BEFORE THAT, THE ONE, THE ONLY GILLIAN ANDERSON WILL BE
OUT HERE. GOT THE "SCOOP" ON THE NETFLIX.
TIME PERMITTING WE HAVE TWO AMAZING YOUNG IRISH STEP
DANCERS, KEVIN AND DEE CONWAY WILL BE JOINING US LATER IN THE
SHOW. VERY TALENTED.
VERY, VERY TALENTED. YOU KNOW, FOLKS, HERE AT
"THE LATE SHOW," WE TALK ABOUT WHATEVER WE WANT.
MY NAME IS ON THE BUILDING. NOBODY ASKS QUESTIONS.
BUT ONE OF OUR SELF-IMPOSED MANDATES IS THAT, IF WE CAN,
WE TALK ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT.
AND TODAY WHAT EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT IS SOMETHING
THAT'S PRETTY HARD TO TALK ABOUT AND THAT'S ISRAEL
AND GAZA. SINCE OCTOBER 7TH,
THE WHOLE WORLD HAS SEEN THE HORRIBLE INHUMAN COST
OF THIS CONFLICT. THE BEST WAY FOR ISRAELIS
AND PALESTINIANS TO ACHIEVE A PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS
FUTURE. I'M SURE THERE ARE DISAGREEMENTS
IN THIS ROOM. BUT I HOPE THERE IS ONE THING
WE CAN ALL AGREE ON: HUMAN BEINGS SHOULD
HAVE FOOD AND WATER. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HERE'S THE THING. WELL, ON MONDAY,
SEVEN WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN AID WORKERS WERE KILLED
BY AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE IN GAZA.
OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE FAMILIES AND THE LOVED ONES OF
THESE HEROES, AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I MISPRONOUNCE ANY OF
THESE NAMES. SAIFEDDIN ISSAM AYAD ABUTAHA,
JOHN CHAPMAN, JACOB FLICKINGER, ZOMI FRANKCOM, JAMES HENDERSON,
JAMES KIRBY, AND DAMIAN SOBOL. HOW COULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS
HAPPEN? DESPITE THE FACT THAT WORLD
CENTRAL KITCHEN COORDINATED THEIR MOVEMENTS
WITH THE ISRAELI MILITARY, AND THE TEAM WAS LEAVING
A WAREHOUSE IN CENTRAL GAZA AFTER UNLOADING SHIPMENTS OF
FOOD, THEY WERE HIT BY MULTIPLE PRECISION ISRAELI DRONE STRIKES.
THEY WERE RIDING IN THREE VEHICLES, INCLUDING
TWO ARMORED CARS CARRYING THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN LOGO
ON THE ROOF. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU CLAIMED IT WAS A MISTAKE, BUT HE WASN'T EXACTLY
APOLOGETIC. >> UNFORTUNATELY IN THE LAST DAY
THERE WAS A TRAGIC CASE OF OUR FORCES UNINTENTIONALLY HITTING
INNOCENT PEOPLE IN THE GAZA STRIP.
THIS HAPPENS IN WARTIME. >> Stephen: NOTHING
JUST HAPPENS. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE.
IF YOUR ANSWER IS, "THIS HAPPENS IN WAR,"
THEN MAYBE CONSIDER ENDING THE WAR.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THIS IS NOT
AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. ON TOP OF THE THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST,
MORE THAN 200 AID WORKERS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN GAZA SINCE
THE WAR BEGAN. MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE WORLD
CENTRAL KITCHEN IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
IT WAS FOUNDED BY OUR FRIEND CHEF JOSE ANDRES TO BRING FOOD
TO HUNGRY PEOPLE AFTER NATURAL DISASTERS
AND IN WAR ZONES. JOSE ADDRESSED THE SITUATION
TODAY IN A BEAUTIFUL OP-ED IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
TITLED "LET PEOPLE EAT." IN THE OP-ED, JOSE MAKES IT
CLEAR THAT WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN DOESN'T TAKE SIDES.
THEIR WORK IS BASED ON THE SIMPLE BELIEF THAT FOOD
IS A UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHT. IT IS NOT CONDITIONAL ON BEING
GOOD OR BAD, RICH OR POOR, LEFT OR RIGHT.
WE DO NOT ASK WHAT RELIGION YOU BELONG TO.
WE JUST ASK HOW MANY MEALS YOU NEED.
AND THEY WALK THE WALK. SO FAR, IN THIS CONFLICT,
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN HAS DELIVERED 1.75 MILLION HOT MEALS
IN ISRAEL, AND 43 MILLION MEALS IN GAZA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THEY GET IN THERE.
THEY GET IN THERE. THEY GET IN THERE WITH THE FOOD
AND THEY DO THE JOB. THEY'RE LIKE
"SEAL TEAM DOORDASH." OH, YOU BETTER TIP.
BUT NOW, BECAUSE OF THIS AIRSTRIKE, ALL OF THEIR
OPERATIONS IN GAZA ARE SUSPENDED.
THAT THREATENS TO WORSEN THE LEVELS OF HUNGER
AND MALNUTRITION IN GAZA THAT ONE U.S. AGENCY CALLED
"UNPRECEDENTED IN MODERN HISTORY."
SO, JOSE PLEADED WITH ISRAELI OFFICIALS TO OPEN MORE
LAND ROUTES FOR HUMANITARIAN AID IMMEDIATELY, ADDING,
"WE KNOW ISRAELIS. ISRAELIS, IN THEIR HEART
OF HEARTS, KNOW THAT FOOD IS NOT A WEAPON OF WAR."
THAT'S RIGHT. FOOD IS NOT A WEAPON.
EXCEPT OF COURSE FOR TACO BELL'S BIG BEEFY 5-LAYER BURRITO.
LIVE MAS! FOR NOW.
SO, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT. YOU'VE GOT AN UNFOLDING
HUMAN TRAGEDY AND AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S JUST TRYING
TO DO GOOD. I MEAN, THEY LITERALLY MADE
A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT WCK CALLED "WE FEED PEOPLE."
THE ONLY WAY THAT COULD BE AN EVIL ORGANIZATION WOULD BE
IF THAT SENTENCE ENDED WITH "TO PEOPLE."
BUT INSTEAD OF BEING WELCOMED, THEY HAVE BEEN ATTACKED
BY THE IDF, AND HAMAS HAS HAULED MEMBERS OF THEIR TEAM
IN FOR INTERROGATION. SO WHATEVER YOU THINK SHOULD
HAPPEN IN ISRAEL AND GAZA, I HOPE WE CAN ALL AGREE
THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO EAT.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION THAT WOULD GO TOWARD
THE PEACEFUL NON-PARTISAN ENTERPRISE OF ALLOWING HUMANS
TO HAVE THEIR MOST BASIC NEEDS MET, PLEASE THINK ABOUT DONATING
TO WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN BY GOING TO THIS QR CODE.
AND DO SOMETHING RADICAL. "FEED PEOPLE."
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH GILLIAN ANDERSON.