>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK!
GIVE IT UP FOR LOUIS CATO AND THE "THE LATE SHOW" BAND RIGHT
THERE! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN JUST A
FEW MINUTES, CARRIE COON FROM THE NEW MOVIE "BOSTON STRANGLER"
WILL BE HERE TO TALK TO US OVER THERE, BUT FIRST I'M ON MY FIRST
GUEST THIS EVENING IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES. SHE IS THE FIRST WOMAN, THE
FIRST BLACK AMERICAN, AND THE FIRST SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN TO
HOLD THE OFFICE. PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO
"THE LATE SHOW," VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
THANKS VERY MUCH. HEY, YO!
GLAD TO HAVE YOU. >> Vice President Harris:
THANK YOU! THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: MADAME VICE PRESIDENT, IT'S AN HONOR TO
HAVE YOU HERE AND THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY AGAIN.
THIS IS YOUR SIXTH VISIT TO "THE LATE SHOW."
>> Vice President Harris: THIS IS MY SIXTH VISIT LIVE IN
PERSON. >> Stephen: HERE'S THE THING,
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE INTERVIEWED YOU SINCE YOU GOT
ALL FANCY AND EXECUTIVE BRANCH OVER THERE.
AFTER TWO YEARS AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES IN THIS HIGH CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE, HAS IT
SUNK IN AND ARE YOU USED TO WAIT?
IS AT WORK A DAY OR YOU WAKE UP AND DO YOU GO I'M VICE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES. >> Vice President Harris:
HERE'S THE THING, BECAUSE YOU AND I HAVE VISITED BEFORE.
>> Stephen: ISN'T ACCURATE? >> Vice President Harris:
THERE ARE BITS THAT ARE ACTUALLY QUITE ACCURATE.
LAST WEEK, KNIGHT TM, WE WERE HAVING LONG DAYS AS USUAL
A MEMBER OF MY TEAM DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING VERY SWEET FOR ME.
I WAS OUT OF MY OFFICE IN THE WEST WING HAVING A MEETING
ACROSS THE STREET AND WALKING BACK TOWARD MY OFFICE AND I NEED
TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. THE WINTER IS ALMOST OVER, IT
WAS REALLY COLD TODAY. SO I DECIDED WHEN YOU'RE IN THE
MEETING TO LIGHT THE FIRE PLACE. BUT I FORGOT TO OPEN THE FLU FL.
AND SO THE SECRET SERVICE IS LIKE MA'AM, YOU CANNOT GO BACK
TO YOUR OFFICE. BECAUSE THERE WAS SMOKE
EVERYWHERE. >> Stephen: A BEAUTIFUL CURE
ON THE HAM IN THERE. >> Vice President Harris: SO
THERE ARE THOSE MOMENTS. BUT RECENTLY, AN EVENT AT THE
WHITE HOUSE, THE FIRST TIME I MET HER AND SHE IS TERRIFIC.
>> Stephen: IN ONE OF THE SCENES OF THE SHOW IS THAT HER
CHARACTER IS FRUSTRATED BY THE SOMETIMES VAGUE DUTIES OF THE
ROLE. IT'S A HIGH CONSTITUTIONAL
OFFICE BUT NOT DESCRIBE WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
DOES THAT RING TRUE AND WHAT'S THE ACTUAL ROLE ON A DAILY BASIS
AS YOU FOUND IT? >> I HAVE THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF
SERVING WITH JOE BIDEN WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
RIGHT. EXACTLY RIGHT.
EXACTLY RIGHT. WAS VICE PRESIDENT.
>> Stephen: DOES HE UNDER UNDERSTAND?
>> Vice President Harris: HE DOES, HE DOES.
HE REALLY IS A TRUE PARTNER AND HE UNDERSTANDS THAT JOB.
IF WE CAME IN DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.
SO MUCH OF THE WORK WAS ABOUT WE'VE GOT TO COVER A LOT OF
BASES AND LET'S FIGURE OUT BETWEEN US WE CAN DO IT.
BUT HE'S AN EXTRAORDINARY LEADER AND I WISH PEOPLE COULD SEE WHAT
I SEE BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON WHO SITS BEHIND THAT DE
DESK. THE DECISIONS THAT PERSON HAS TO
MAKE ON THE DECISIONS THAT NOBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTRY CAN
MAKE. HE'S AN EXTRAORDINARY LEADER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HE IS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S AN EXCELLENT ANSWER AND THE
QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE JOB OF THE VICE PRESIDENT?
YOUR ANSWER IS PART OF THE JOB I'M GUESSING.
>> Vice President Harris: YOU KNOW, MY JOB IS -- FOR EXAMPLE,
I WILL TELL YOU. I WAS RECENTLY IN MUNICH AT THE
MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE. THE JOB THERE WAS TO STAND UP
AND AS YOU KNOW, MOST OF MY CAREER HAS BEEN AS A PROSECUTOR.
I DECLARE THAT WE COME IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
BELIEVED THAT RUSSIA HAS COMMITTED CRIMES AGAINST
HUMANITY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE -- SORRY TO
INTERRUPT, BUT I WAS CURIOUS. AS SOMEONE WHO WAS A D.A. AND
NAG, WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF YOU SAYING THAT IN THAT MOMENT
ON THE WORLD STAGE? >> Vice President Harris: I
THINK THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF SIGNIFICANCE AND CONTEXTUALIZES
MY SPEECH AND STATEMENT IN THAT WAY.
AS A FORMER PROSECUTOR, I UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
REVIEWING AND LOOKING AT THE EVIDENCE AND COMPARING IT TO THE
LAW. WHEN WE LOOK AT EVIDENCE -- THE
U.N. FOR EXAMPLE HAS PRODUCED A CHILD A GIRL AS YOUNG AS
4-YEAR-OLD ASSAULTED BY A RUSSIAN SOLDIER.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE IMAGES. WE ALL SAW OF A PREGNANT WOMAN
WHO WAS AT A MATERNITY HOSPITAL WHO WAS SLAUGHTERED THAT THERE
IS NO QUESTION THAT THESE ARE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
WE MUST DECLARE IT AS SO, AND WE AS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
MUST BE CLEARLY AND FORCEFULLY ABOUT THE NEED TO MAINTAIN
STANDARDS THAT ARE INTERNATIONAL RULES AND LAWS AROUND BEHAVIOR
SUCH AS THAT. TO ENSURE CONSEQUENCE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT'S ONE OF MY MOST RECENT
ROLES AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO STAND BEFORE
OUR ALLIES AND PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD IN PARTICULAR IN THE
CONTEXT OF OUR TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIPS AND NOT ONLY STATE
OUR POSITION, BUT TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO STAND WITH US AS WE
HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE FEBRUARY THE FOURTH OF LAST YEAR DURING
THE -- AND DURING THIS YEAR OF THIS UNPROVOKED ATTACK.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF SOMEONE LIKE
GOVERNOR DeSANTIS WHO -- WHILE THERE IS A STRAIN OF
ISOLATIONISM THROUGHOUT AMERICAN HISTORY, IS SAYING IT'S NOT IN
AMERICA'S STRATEGIC INTERESTS TO SIDE WITH THE UKRAINIANS AND
OFFER THEM MATERIAL AID THEY NEED TO DEFEND THEMSELVES
AGAINST AN INVADING POWER. >> Vice President Harris: AS
VICE PRESIDENT, I'VE NOW MET WITH OVER 100 PRIME MINISTERS,
PRESIDENTS, CHANCELLORS. WHEN YOU'VE HAD THE EXPERIENCE
OF MEETING AND UNDERSTANDING THE SIGNIFICANCE, AGAIN, OF
INTERNATIONAL RULES AND NORMS, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STANDING FIRM AND CLEAR ABOUT
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY, THE
SIGNIFICANCE I'M STANDING FIRM AGAINST ANY NATION THAT WE TRIED
TO TAKE BY FORCE. ANOTHER NATION.
IF YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES, YOU PROBABLY WOULD NOT
MAKE STATEMENTS LIKE THAT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Stephen: SUGGESTING THAT PERHAPS HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
THE ISSUES. WELL, YOU HAVE SAID THAT YOU
INTEND TO RUN IN 2024 WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN.
IT IS THAT YOUR WAY OF LETTING US KNOW THAT HE'S WANTING TO
RUN? >> Vice President Harris:
WE'RE NOT NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT ON THE
SHOW. >> Stephen: HE WENT IN MIND.
>> Vice President Harris: NO, HE WOULDN'T MIND AT ALL.
>> Stephen: YOU GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF IT?
I'M SURE PRESIDENT OBAMA FLOATED A FEW IDEAS HERE AND THERE FOR
HIM. >> Vice President Harris: OUR
JOE BIDEN HAS SAID HE INTENDS TO RUN AND IF HE DOES, HE'LL BE
RUNNING AGAIN. >> Stephen: OKAY, SO HE DOES
INTEND TO RUN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
MORE AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS,