( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
WE'RE BACK WITH U.S.
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN.
YOU GUYS OBVIOUSLY COMPETED AGAINST EACH OTHER.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU SUPPORTED HIM AROUND SUPER TUESDAY, IS
THAT WHEN YOU THREE WENT BEHIND PRESIDENT BIDEN?
>> RIGHT AROUND THEN.
>> Stephen: YOU STARTED THE CABINET WITHOUT MEETING IN THE
OVAL OFFICE BECAUSE OF COVID.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHEN DID YOU FINALLY GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE
AND HAVE YOUR FIRST LIVE MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT?
>> YEAH, IT WAS A FEW WEEKS IN.
THE FIRST TIME I WAS INVITED, I WAS QUARANTINED BECAUSE I HAD
BEEN EXPOSED TO SOMEBODY WITH COVID, SO THEY WHEELED ME IN ON
A VIDEO CART.
I WAS ON ZOOM.
THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY GOT TO GO IN IT WAS A BIPARTISAN
MEETING WITH SENATORS FROM THE OTHER SIDE, AND TALKING ABOUT
INSURRECTION, WORKING TOWARD WHAT EVENTUALLY THROUGH ALL THE
TWISTS AND TURNS HELPED GET TO THE DEAL THE PRESIDENT REACHED
LAST WEEK.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
ON ONE LEVEL, YOU KNOW, I'M A CABINET OFFICER, I'M THERE WITH
THE JOB TO DO, I'M TRYING TO TAKE NOTES AND THINK ABOUT WHAT
I'M GOING TO SAY AND READ THE ROOM, BUT THERE'S A PART OF YOU
THAT'S, LIKE, I'M IN THE OVAL OFFICE, THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
( LAUGHTER ) WHEN I GOT UP TO LEAVE, I
NOTICED LOOKING OVER THE PRESIDENT'S SHOULDER AND I ASKED
HIM, IS THAT A MOON ROCK?
HE'S GOT A MOON ROCK IN THERE, ON THE BOOKSHELF.
IT WAS, LIKE, YEAH.
HE SHOWED ME THE MOON ROCK.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLY SYMBOLIC AND HISTORIC PLACE BUT IT'S AN
OFFICE WHERE PEOPLE WORK AND GET THINGS DONE AND WHAT REALLY
EXCITES ME IS WE REALLY ARE GETTING THINGS DONE IN THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HERE'S A PICTURE
OF YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND CHASTEN, THAT'S YOU IN THE FIRST FLOOR OF
THE WHITE HOUSE THERE.
I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE HAD TO MOVE TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
HOW HAS THE MOVE GONE?
>> GREAT.
IT'S DIFFERENT.
REAL ESTATE'S A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN INDIANA.
SO WE'RE IN A ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU BIKE EVERYWHERE.
>>THEY HAVE GREAT BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SERIOUSLY, THERE'S GREAT BIKE TRAILS AND PARKS.
NOT EVERY DAY BUT I RIDE MY BIKE TO WORK SOME DAYS AND I LOVE TO
BIKE AROUND TOWN.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU BOUGHT A USED BIKE AND THAT
CAUSED COMMOTION.
>> CHASTEN IS GOOD ON FINDING DEALS ONLINE.
THAT'S HOW WE FURNISHED OUR APARTMENT.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE GOVERNMENT WORKERS, A LIMITED INCOME,
OBVIOUSLY.
>> I MENTIONED I WANTED TO BIKE AROUND, AND, SO, YOU KNOW, HE
ARRANGED THIS DEAL AND I HAD TO GO PICK UP THE BIKE.
IT WAS RUNNING MATE EARLY AND MY SECURITY DETAIL AND I WERE
GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND WE GOT IN THE VEHICLE AND, AS WE
STARTED TO GO, THEY SAID, SIR, CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM THE
LOCATION OF THE BIKE SHOP?
BECAUSE THIS ADDRESS YOU GAVE US IS COMING UP AS THE PARKING LOT
OF THE PIZZA HUT IN PETWORTH, WITH IS I EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.
THAT'S WHERE THE GUY WANTED TO MEET.
IT WAS PROBABLY WEIRDER FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE HE'S JUST
STANDING THERE, I DON'T HINK HE RECOGNIZED MY NAME OR CHASTEN'S,
AND SO THREE SUVs DESCEND ON HIM AND IHOP OUT WANTING TO BUY
A BICYCLE.
I DID AND IT WAS A GREAT BIKE.
EXCEPT I GOT A FLAT TIRE LAST WEEK.
>> Stephen: OH, WELL, GOOD LUCK.
, IS, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: I HOPE THE BILL GOES WELL.
>> ALIVE AND WELL.
>> Stephen: FORMERLY MAYOR PETE, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE.
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ACTRESS KATJA HERBERS!