>> Stephen: WELL, FOLKS, WELCOME BACK TO OUR LIVE SHOW
FOLLOWING THE STATE OF THE UNION BY DONALD TRUMP.
PLEASE HAVE A SEAT, EVERYBODY.
I'M SO GLAD THEY'RE HERE.
MY FIRST GUESTS TONIGHT HOST THE BEST MORNING SHOW ON TV.
FROM "CBS THIS MORNING," PLEASE JOHN DICKERSON NORAH O'DONNELL,
AND BIANNA GOLODRYGA AND GAYLE KING.
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>> Stephen: PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT.
THERE YOU GO.
COME ON DOWN.
FIRST OF ALL,-- >> THIS FEELS LIKE A BIG COUCH,
STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: WE CUT OUT THE BIG COUCH FOR YOU GUYS.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD THIS MANY PEOPLE AT ONCE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WORK REAL JOBS AND HAVE TO GET UP IN THE
MORNING.
THANKS FOR COMING TO OUR LITTLE REINDEER GAMES TONIGHT.
>> WE'RE JUST THINKING SLEEP IS OVERRATED.
AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY UP LATE ON A SCHOOL NIGHT,
SHOULDN'T YOU BE WITH STEPHEN COLBERT?
( APPLAUSE )
RIGHT TO IT.
WE'VE GOT A LOT TO COVER AND VERY LITTLE TIME, AND WE'RE
LIVE!
OKAY, SO, HOW DID HE DO?
HOW-- GAYLE, HOW DO YOU THINK HE DID?
>> WELL, WE KEPT HEARING-- ALL AFTER WE KEPT HEARING IT'S GOING
TO BE UNITY, UNITY, UNITY.
THEN AN HOUR BEFORE I HEARD IT'S GOING TO BE VERY AGGRESSIVE,
VERY CAUSTIC, AND VERY ACRIMONIOUS.
I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS VERY-- I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY TAME.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MOMENTS WHERE YOU WENT "HUH," YOU COCKED
YOUR HEAD.
I THOUGHT HE TRIED TO EXTEND THE OLIVE BRANCH.
>> Stephen: WHEN WAS THAT-- >> WHEN HE GAVE THE SHOUTOUT TO
THE WOMEN.
WHEN HE GAVE THE SHOUTOUT TO THE WOMEN ALL WEARING WHITE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S TRUE.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS REALLY A LOVELY MOMENT THAT THEY HAD
BEFORE HE COULD NAME IT.
YOU KNOW?
I THINK THEY KNEW IT WAS COMING, AND THEY SAID, "WE'RE NOT GOING
TO LET YOU CONGRATULATE US."
>> THEY ALL ROSE-- >> HE WAS TRYING TO TAKE CREDIT
FOR THE FACT SO MANY WOMEN-- WE HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF WOMEN IN
THE WORKFORCE NOW.
74 MILLION WOMEN.
BUT SOME OF THE WOMEN IN CONGRESS TOOK MEN'S JOBS.
>> AND HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT BECAUSE
THEY WON IN LARGE PART BECAUSE THEY RAN AGAINST HIM.
>> Stephen: WHERE'S THE THANK YOU?
AT LONG LAST, WHERE IS THE THANK YOU 124.
>> BUT IT GOT THE BIGGEST APPLAUSE LINE.
>> HE WAS ALSO HAPPY THEY WERE STANDING UP.
YOU HAD DEMOCRATS STANDING UP AND APPLAUDING THE PRESIDENT.
HOW OFTEN DOES THAT HAPPEN?
>> Stephen: HE CAN THINK THEY WERE APPLAUDING HIM.
THAT'S VERY SWEET.
IT WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL, THOUGH, TO SEE ALL OF THAT WHITE PUP GOT
AN IMMEDIATE-- IT WAS A GREAT EFFECT.
I THINK ALL THE WOMEN ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE WORE WHITE.
YOU SAW THE IMPACT OF THE CHECKIN THE CONGRESS
IMMEDIATELY.
THAT IN SOME WAYS WAS-- WE'LL GET TO THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE
IN A MOMENT-- BUT IN WAYS, THAT WAS SORT OF A PRERESPONSE TO
ANYTHING THE PRESIDENT WAS GOING TO SAY WAS THE DIVERSITY OF THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
>> YOU COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE IT WITH NANCY PELOSI STANDING
RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
>> AND WEARING WHITE IN HONOR OF THE SUFFRAGETTES, IN HONOR OF
WOMEN GETTING TO VOTE.
>> I NOTICE ALL THE GUYS GOT TOGETHER, TOO, AND WORE NAVY
SUITS.
>> Stephen: JON, THANK YOU FOR THE SOLIDARITY.
>> IT TURNS OUT-- WE SLEEP IN THESE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT I WEAR TO BED NORMALLY.
>> Stephen: SO WHAT DO YOU THINK-- TOMORROW MORNING, YOU
KNOW, WHEN-- WHEN WE GET UP, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT?
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE TAKEAWAY FROM THE SPEECH IS GOING TO BE?
>> WELL, I DID LEARN, IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM, WE WOULD BE AT
WAR WITH NORTH KOREA.
THAT WAS A MOMENT WHERE I GO -- >> Stephen: THAT'S A VEILED
THREAT.
THAT'S A VEILED THREAT.
THAT'S LIKE, "IF YOU DON'T RE-ELECT ME, I'LL START A WAR
FIVE MINUTES BEFORE I LEAVE, "BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU SAY, "WHEN WE
GET UP," THAT CUTS A LITTLE CLOSE FOR US BECAUSE IT'S IN
ABOUT TWO HOURS.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU ALL GET UP.
I'M SLEEPING IN TOMORROW.
>> WE'LL CALL YOU.
>> IN THE MORNING, FING YOU'RE A TRUMP SUPPORTER OR YOU'RE A
REPUBLICAN THERE WAS A LOT IN THAT SPEECH TO LIKE.
HE TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMY AT LENGTH.
I BET THERE WERE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS WHO THOUGHT WHY
DIDN'T HE DO THIS ALL THE TIME DURING THE 2018 ELECTION, TALK
ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, WHICH WAS A
BIPARTISAN EFFORT.
BUT I THINK STATE OF THE UNIONS EVAPORATE PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER
THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN BASED ON THE CONTEXT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING
OUTSIDE.
AND WHAT'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE THAT BUILDING NOW, THERE ARE
MUELLER INVESTIGATIONS, THERE ARE OTHER FEDERAL
INVESTIGATIONS.
WE ARE IN THE SNOOZE BAR PERIOD BETWEEN ONE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
AND A POTENTIAL OTHER GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
YOU HAVE DEMOCRATS HAVING WON THE HOUSE FEELING ENERGIZED
BECAUSE THEY FOUGHT HIM.
THAT'S THE CONTEXT AND EVERYTHING HE SAYS WILL PROBABLY
EVAPORATE.
AND WE HAVE DONALD TRUMP THE TWEETER DIFFERENT FROM DONALD
TRUMP THE TELEPROMPTER WHO WILL-- WHO WILL--
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
NORAH?
>> WELL, I THINK THERE'S A KEY LINE.
HE THREATENED CONGRESS AS WELL.
HE SAID IF THERE IS GOING TO BE PEACE AND LEGISLATION, THERE
CANNOT BE WAR AND INVESTIGATION.
THAT WAS A THREAT.
HE CALLED THEM THESE RIDICULOUS INVESTIGATIONS.
>> AND HOW MANY INVESTIGATIONS ARE THERE?
>> THERE ARE 17 CURRENT KNOWN INVESTIGATIONS AGAINST TRUMP
BY-- INCLUDING MUELLER, BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK,
IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK.
SO THOSE ARE OUTSIDE OF CONGRESS, THOSE INVESTIGATIONS
THAT ARE-- >> SMOKY THE BEAR.
>> INSPECTOR CLU SO.
>> THERE'S ALSO A DIFFERENCE TALKING ABOUT A HEALTHY ECONOMY
AND THE HOTTEST ECONOMY IN HISTORY.
IT IS JUST NOT THE CASE.
GHANA'S ECONOMY IS GROWING FASTER THAN THE UNITED STATES.
>> Stephen: MAKE AMERICA GHANA AGAIN.
>> EVEN CHINA.
IT'S SLOWING BUT GROWING AT A FASTER RATE THAN THE U.S.
ECONOMY.
A LOT TO BE EXCITED ABOUT.
100 STRAIGHT MONTHS OF JOB GROWTH.
BUT WE HAVE SEEN STRONGER ECONOMIC GROWTH IN YEARS PAST.
>> HE DOES DESERVE SOME CREDIT FOR THE ECONOMY, HIM AND THE
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION
( CHEERS )
HE WOULD FOCUS ON THAT.
I ALWAYS FIND IT DISTURBING, THOUGH, STEVE WHEN HE TALKS
ABOUT THE WALL, AND YOU WOULD THINK THERE ARE MARAUDING
IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRANT WORKERS WHO ARE COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY
WHO ARE GOING TO MURDER US WHILE WE'RE SLEEPING IN OUR BEDS.
I WAS AT TEXAS AT THE BORDER, AND WHEN YOU SEE THESE PEOPLE
AND YOU TALK TO THESE PEOPLE, JUST THINK WHAT IT'S LIKE, YOU
HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR OWN COUNTRY TO COME TO A COUNTRY WHERE
YOU'RE NOT WELCOMED BUT YOU STILL THINK IT'S BETTER TO BE
HERE THAN THERE.
THEY'RE FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES.
THEY'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.
THEY'RE TRYING TO REALLY SAVE THEIR LIVES.
I MET A WOMAN WHOSE DAUGHTER HAD BEEN RAPED SEVERAL TIMES.
AND SHE SAID, "I'VE GOT TO GO.
THE ANOTHER GUY WHO WAS A MEMBER OF A GANG HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE
AND HIS FATHER BROUGHT HIM.
YOU'RE SEPARATING THESE CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS.
THEY ARE COMING BECAUSE THEY WANT A BETTER LIFE.
THEY ARE TRYING TO LIVE.
SURE, THERE ARE SOME OUTLIARS BUT THAT IS NOT THE MAJORITY OF
THE PEOPLE AND THAT BOTHERS ME.
>> Stephen: THAT LEADS TO MY NEXT QUESTION, JOHN, YOU WERE
SAYING THE STATE OF THE UNION SPEECHES ARE KIND OF LIKE
EMOTIONAL COTTON CANDY.
AS SOON AS THEY HIT WATER, THEY EVAPORATE.
WHAT DOES HE GET OUT OF THIS FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT THING RIGHT
NOW, WHICH IS TO FULFILL THE CAMPAIGN PERHAPS TO BUILD THAT
WALL.
HE'S UP AGAINST-- ARE WE 10 DAYS AWAY, FIVE DAYS-- I FORGOT-- 30
SECONDS?
>> 10.
>> Stephen: FROM THE 15th.
WILL THIS MOVE THE NOODLE.
>> NO, IT WON'T MOVE THE NEEDLE, BUT IT SLIDDIFIES HIS SUPPORT.
AND WHERE WAS THAT WEAKENING?
WE SAW FROM THE POLLS HE WAS LOSING SUPPORT DURING THE
SHUTDOWN.
WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT DECLARING AN EMERGENCY FOR, THIS A LOT OF
REPUBLICANS STOOD UP WHEN MIKE PENCE WENT TO MEET WITH HIM TWO
WEEKS AGO AND SAID, "DON'T DO THAT.
WE YLTD YLD AND SCREAMED WHEN BARACK OBAMA DID SIMILAR THINGS,
THIS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL."
IF HE'S MAKING THE CASE LOOKING LIKE HE WAS EXTENDING AN OLIVE
BRANCH-- ALTHOUGH, I'M WITH YOU, I DIDN'T SEE ANY PARTICULAR
OLIVE BRANCHES-- IT SHORES UP HIS TROOPS AND THAT'S GOOD FOR
ONE SPEECH FOR ONE NIGHT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND--
>> DO YOU WANT US TO STAY?
>> Stephen: YES, PLEASE STAY.
I'LL BE BACK WITH THE HOSTS OF "CBS THIS MORNING."
PLEASE DO.