HOW ARE YOU, SENATOR?
THANK YOU STANDARD SO MUCH.
>> I'M GOOD, I'M HERE IN BROOK HUNDRED SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> HOW IS IT IN BROOK HUNDRED, IS IT OKAY?
>> IT'S OKAY.
YOU KNOW I LIVED IF BROOK-MAY WHOLE LIFELONG BEFORE IT WAS
COOL.
>> WELL LOOK, IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE WEEK AND WE'RE SO
THANKFUL FOR YOU FINDING THE TIME TO TALK WITH US.
OBVIOUSLY THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION HAS BEEN
HAPPENING THIS WEEK.
I WENT INTO IT, I FELT QUITE WORRIED.
I DIDN'T KNOW QUITE HOW HOW IT W GOING TO PLAY OUT.
I FOUND IT ENJOYABLE WITH SOME VERY INCITE-- INSPIRING MOMENTS
AND SPEECHES, DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE MOMENT.
>> YEAH, I WILL GIVE YOU TOO, I LOVED KAMALA HARRIS' SPEECH.
TO HAVE A BLACK WOMAN, ASIAN WOMAN THERE AT THE BRIDGE FROM
ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT SHOWING THE UNINCLUDESSIVENESS
OF THE PARTY, IT MAKES MY HAIR STAND A LITTLE ON EDGE IN A
THAIS WAY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A BLACK WOMAN PRESIDENT ONE DAY.
WHAT A GREAT THING.
SO THAT WAS GREAT.
AND THAT WAS ON THE POSITIVE, UPLIFT.
BUT THE NEGATIVE, NOT NEGATIVE BUT THE POINT, I WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING, I THOUGHT BARACK OBAMA NAILED TRUMP BETTER THAN I
EVER HEARD IT.
HE IS NOT ONE FOR HYPERBOLE.
SO I KNOW SOME OF YOU LISTEN, BUT IT IS WORTH REPEATING
BECAUSE HE NAILED THE SON OF I GONE.
HE SAID I NEVER EXPECTED THAT MY SUCCESSOR WOULD EMBRACE MY
VISION OR CONTINUE MAY POLICIES.
I DID HOPE THAT FOR THE SAKE OF OUR COUNTRY THAT DONALD TRUMP
MIGHT SHOW SOME INTEREST IN TACKING THE JOB SERIOUSLY.
THAT HE MIGHT COME TO FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THE OFFICE AND
DISCOVER THE REVERENCE FOR THE BEM OCTOBER SEE -- DEMOCRACY
THAT HAD BEEN PLACED IN HI CARE BUT HE NEVER DID.
FOR CLOSE TO FOUR YEARS HE PUT NO INTEREST IN PUTTING IN THE
WORK, IN INTEREST IN FINDING COMMON GROUND, NO INTEREST IN
USING THE AWESOME POWER OF HIS OFFICE TO HELP NN BUT HIMSELF
AND HIS FRIENDS.
NO INTEREST IN TREATING THE PRESIDENCY AS ANYTHING BUT ONE
MORE REALITY SHOW HE CAN USE TO GET THE ATTENTION HE CRAVES.
DONALD TRUMP HASN'T GROWN FLOO THE JOB CUZ HE CAN'T.
BOOM.
I HOPE DONALD TRUMP WAS LISTENING TO THAT.
WON'T GET IT YOU ABOUT I HOPE HE WAS LISTENING.
>> James: IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
OBVIOUSLY NOT GROWING UP HERE I DIDN'T REALIZE QUITE HOW
INCREDIBLE IT WAS FOR A PREVIOUS PRESIDENT TO SPEAK IT ABOUT
ANOTHER PRESIDENT IN SUCH A MANNER.
I MEAN YOU HAVE SAT IN THE OVAL OFFICE WITH DONALD TRUMP, WOULD
YOU SAY THAT IS A FAIR ASSESSMENT OF WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN
FIRST HAPPENED.
>> VERY FAIR, HE HAS HAD THIS INFANTILE EGO THAT NEEDS
CONSTANT FEEDING.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF HE IS BIGOTED TO DO IT, IF HE IS
RACIST TO DO IT, IF ELYS TO DO IT.
AND HE IS THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE PRESIDENT WE'VE HAD IN THE
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
WE HAVE GOT TO GET RID OF HIM, JAMES, WE'VE GOT TO GET RID OF
HIM.
>> James: THAT IS THE ISSUE.
BECAUSE ALSO PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID LAST NIGHT, DEMOCRACY ISN'T
SAVE.
LIKE WITH REGARDS TO THIS UPCOMING ELECTION, HOW DO, HOW
DO YOU, I WAS GOING TO SAY WE, I WILL BE USELESS IN IT BUT HOW DO
YOU MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF IT?
HOW DID WE PROJECT-- PROTECT IT, LIKE WHAT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS LOOMING ELECTION?
>> WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT OF COURSE IS THAT DONALD TRUMP WILL
TRY TO DISCREDIT IT IN ANYWAY.
WE ARE FIRST GOING TO FULLY FUND THE POST OFFICE AND WE'RE GOING
TO SAY EVERY BALLOT YOU SEND IN, THE REQUEST BY MAIL HAS TO BE
TREATED AS FIRST CLASS.
I MET THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.
HE WOULDN'T SPEAK TO ME BUT I FINALLY FORCED THE
ADMINISTRATION TO GET HIM TO TALK TO SPEAKER PELOSI AND I.
THIS GUY WANTS TO DISMANTLE THE POST OFFICE AND RUIN THE
ELECTIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO STOP HIM.
AD SECOND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE WILL BE FAIR LEKS SO NONE
THAT WANTS A MAIL IN BALANCE THE AM MEW PARENTS ALWAYS VOTED, BUT
THIS YEAR THEY CAN'T GO OUT OF THEIR HOUSE.
THEY CAN'T GO OUT OF THAWR APARTMENT IN QUEENS.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO CAN GET A MAIL-IN
BALLOT, GET IT AND THE POST OFFICE HAS TO TREAT IT AS FIRST
CLASS MAIL, NO IF, ANDS OR BUTS, THAT IS HOW WE MAKE SURE THIS
ELECTION WORKS.
>> WHEN YOU MEET WITH LOUIS DEJOY, THAT IS WHO WE TALKING
ABOUT.
>> YES.
>> James: WHEN YOU MEET WITH LOUIS DEJOY, HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN
YOUR OWN SOURCE OF DIGNIFIED STANCE WHEN YOU SAT OPPOSITE
SOMEBODY LAKE THAT BUS I DO THINK HAVING WATCHED YOU THE
LAST FIVE YEARS I'VE LIVED HERE, THERE IS A WAY OF TREATING
PEOPLE YOU WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL, AND DIGNIFIEDMENT
HOW DO YOU DO THAT WHEN SOMEBODY'S BEHAVIOR IS SO
BLATANT.
>> I AM FROM BROOK LIP SO I TELL HIM JUST WHAT I THINK, YOU KNOW
WHAT I SAID, YOU SAY YOU WANT TO CHANGE THINGS.
NO ONE BELIEVES YOU BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SAID IN THE
PAST AND EVERYTHING DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID IN THE PAST.
WE DON'T TRUST YOU TO DO IT.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT OURSELVES.
WE'LL PASS LEGISLATION THAT FORCES THE POST OFFICE TO WORK
THE RIGHT WAY.
>> James: AND WHAT DOES HE SAY TO THAT?
>> NOT MUCH.
HE SAYS OH, HE'S GOING TO TRY TO FIX IT.
HE GOT A LOT OF HEAT.
I WAS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, VERY REPUBLICAN AREA.
THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY.
VETERANS, THEY GET ALL THEIR MEDICINE THROUGH THE MAIL.
PEOPLE WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS THEY CAN'T GO TO THE
STORES, THIS IS UNIVERSAL.
AND EVEN THE REPUBLICANS WHO WANTED TO DESTROY THE POST
OFFICE ARE FEELING THE HEAT, THAT IS WHY I THINK WE WILL
PREVAIL ON THIS ONE.
>> James: I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
IS COMING UP NEXT WEEK.
WILL YOU BE WATCHING THE CONVENTION?
AND WHAT DO YOU EXPECT.
>> YOU SHOULD ALWAYS KNOW WHAT YOUR OPPONENTS ARE DOING AM BUT
HERE IS WHAT I THINK.
I THINK THEIR CONVENTION IS GOING TO BE NASTY, MEAN
SPIRITED, DIVISIVE AND NOT VERY-- NOT UPLIFTING IN ANYWAY.
AND THE FACT THAT WE DEMOCRATS HAD DIVERSITY, CAME TOGETHER AND
TALKED ABOUT HOPE AND ASPIRATIONS.
THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NASTY, NEGATIVITY.
LET MAY TELL YOU, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT A SOLUTION.
THEY JUST DON'T WANT NAME CALLING.
THAT IS J THINGS ARE MOVING IN OUR DIRECTION.
THAT IS WHY WHEN TRUMP STRIES TO DO THEES IN OREGON IT BACK
FEURED, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T WANT US DIVIDEDMENT I
THINK THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IS GOING TO SHOW A LOT OF ANGER,
NEGATIVITY AND IT WILL NOT WORK.
>> James: YOU KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTION,
THERE IS STILL A DEADLY VIRUS, AN ECONOMIC DISASTER, WE'RE
TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT.
TALK THROUGH THAT SECOND RELIEF PACKAGE AND WHY THAT STILL HAS
NOT BEEN VOTED ON.
WHAT IS THE HOLDUP?
>> THERE ARE, IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THIS, HERE WE HAVE THE
GREATEST ECONOMIC CRISIS SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION, THE
GREATEST HEALTH CRISIS SINCE THE SPANISH FLU, YOU HAVE 20
REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND IN MY VIEW THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE
PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF WHO DON'T WANT TO SPEND
ANY MONEY.
WHAT IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOING.
BELIEF IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, KNOW DAMN WELL WHEN YOU HAVE A
DEEP DEEP RECESSION, WHEN YOU HAVE AN EP DEPPIC LIKE THIS IT
HAS TO BE GOVERNMENT.
BUT THESE GUYS, THAT IS WHAT IS HOLDING IT UP.
I THINK THE PRESSURE IS MOUNTING ON THEM.
YOU HAVE TEN OR 12 REPUBLICAN SENATORS UP FOR RE-ELECTION AND
THEY ARE THE TO GETTING THINGS DONE.
IF WE KEEP THE HEAT ON THEM I AM HOPEFUL WE GET A STRONG PACKAGE
THAT HELPS WITH TREATMENT, WITH OPENING SCHOOLS SAFELY W ONE FOR
FIRST-- MONEY FOR FIRST SPOARNDS, WITH THE KIND OF
THINGS WE NEED, WITH UNEMPLOYMENT THAT IS GENEROUS,
NOT CUTTING PEOPLE BACK THAT WE CAN PREVAIL.
WE JUST HAVE TO HANG TOUGH.
WE DID ON THE PREVIOUS COVID BILL.
THE FIRST BILL THEY HAD WAS A HORRIBLE BILL.
THEY WERE NOT GOING FOR IT AND THEY CAME AROUND.
I HOPE THAT HAPPENS AGAIN.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN ON TELEVISION.
WHAT SEEMS LIKE SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE NATION EVERY DAY FOR DECADES
BUT I WANT TO KNOW, CAN YOU REMEMBER YOUR TELEVISION DEBUT?
>> OH YES, I DO.
>> TALK TO ME ABOUT IT.
>> I WAS IN JAMES MADISON HIGH SCOOL AND THEY HAD A SHOW
CALLED IT'S ACADEMIC WHERE THEY ASK HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS
QUESTIONS, WE WON THE CITY CHAMPIONSHIP, BY THE WAY SAME
HIGH SCHOOL BERNIE SANDERS WANT TO.
SO THE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND IT WAS AGAINST ARCH BUSH OP, THEY WERE
THE WINNER OF THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL, PLAIN VEUL, BIN WINNER
OF THE SUBURBAN SCHOOL, THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD SHELL AK THE
NEW YORK CITY SCHOOL.
WE WON.
YOU KNOW THE MODERATOR THE LATE BOB COKEY ROBERTS.
I REMEMBER THE QUESTION.
>> WE HAVE A PHOTO, THIS IS YOU, AM I RIGHT IN THINKING YOU GOT
THE WINNING QUESTION RIGHT.
>> YES, IT WAS WHAT IS THE-- WHAT CAUSES THE WHITE
PIGMENT IN WHITE PAINT AND I LOVE CHEMISTRY, TITANIUM
DIOXIDE.
I HAD A LOT OF HAIR.
>> James: THAT IS SOMETHING YOU LEARN EVERY DAY, TITANIUM
DIE OX ATE, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE THING, MORE WITH SENATOR CHUCK
SENATOR WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS THING ON THE SHOW CALLED A
"LATE, LATE SHOW" AND TELL WHERE WE ASK OUR GUESTS TO SHARE
SOMETHING FROM THEIR HOMES THAT WE MAY OTHERWISE NEVER GET TO
SEE.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US TONIGHT?
>> YES, I HAVE TWO.
FIRST THIS IS MY BIKE HELMET.
EVERY SATURDAY, I WORK PRETTY HARD BUT I NEED A LITTLE RELIEF.
EVERY SATURDAY I TRY TO RIDE MY BIKE AROUND THE CITY, I'M NOT A
SPANNED EXGUY, I DON'T GO 40 MILES AN HOUR, I RIDE SLOWLY, I
STOP, I TALK TO PEOPLE, I SEE SOMETHING BUILDING BUILT I TALK
TO THE CONSTRUCTION GUYS, I SEE SOMEONE ON THE STEAPS, ON THE
STOOP, HERE IS WHAT I DO WHEN I'M NOT TALKING TO PEOPLE, THIS
IS MY 609 SONGS, EVERY ONE I LVE T IS LIKE YOUR FAVORITE,
THE ONLY TIME I LISTEN IS WHEN I RIDE MY BIKE, THE COMBINATION
FOR ME, HEAVEN.
>> I LOVE THAT REGGIE SAW YOUR iPOD AND LOOKED AT IT LIKE IT
WAS AN OLD VINYL RECORD PLAYER.
>> RIGHT, MY KIDS GOT IT FOR ME FOR FATHER'S DAY 11 YEARS AGO
AND I'M STILL LISTENING.
I JUST PUT A NEW SONG ON.
I LOVE BOB DYLAN, IDIOT WINS, YOU KNOW THAT ONE.
>> IS IT IDEO WIND.
>> OH, IDIOT WIN WITH BACK TO THE LAST ELECTION.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> THANK YOU IS MUCH FOR SHARING THOSE WITH US, SENATOR, THANK
YOU FOR GIVING US THE TIME T HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO TALK TO YOU,
SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER