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>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
WE'RE HERE WITH FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON.
MADAM, SENATOR HARRIS IS MAKING HISTORY OF HER OWN RIGHT NOW
WITH THE V.P. NOMINATION.
HAVE YOU GIVEN HER ANY ADVICE OR DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE TO IMPART
TO HER ABOUT HOW TO SUFFER THE SLINGS A AND ARROWS OF THE ONGOG
MISOGYNY AND SEXISM THAT'S TOO OFTEN A PART OF OUR PUBLIC
DISCOURSE?
>> OH, THAT'S SO TRUE.
SHE AND I ARE FRIENDS.
WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER QUITE SOME TIME.
HER SISTER WAS ONE OF MY SENIOR ADVISORS ON MY CAMPAIGN.
SO I'VE TALKED WITH HER REALLY FROM THE VERY MOMENT THAT SHE
DECIDED SHE WAS GOING TO RUN UNTIL JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, AFTER
SHE WAS SELECTED AS THE VICE PRESIDENT NOMINEE.
I THINK SHE IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB, AND, AS I SAID LAST NIGHT,
I AM CONFIDENT THAT SHE WILL HANDLE WHATEVER THE SLINGS AND
ARROWS ARE AND, OF COURSE, THERE WILL BE SOME, AS YOU RIGHTLY
SAY, STEPHEN, BECAUSE SHE'S GOT GREAT EXPERIENCE.
BUT SHE ALSO HAS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, JUST CONFIDENCE AND
JOYFULNESS.
SHE'S SOMEBODY WHO ENJOYS BEING IN THE ARENA.
I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT SHE'S GOING TO HANDLE WHATEVER COMES
HER WAY WITH JUST REAL GRACE AND COURAGE.
>> Stephen: WELL, BOTH OF YOU AND SENATOR HARRIS ARE EXAMPLES
FOR WOMEN OUT THERE WHO WANT TO GET INTO POLITICS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR YOUNG WOMEN OUT THERE OR OLD WOMEN OUT
THERE WHO MIGHT WANT TO GET INTO THE ARENA?
>> YOU KNOW, I'M ASKED THIS QUESTION EVERY WEEK, SEEMS LIKE,
AND -- >> Stephen: I WAS HOPING I WAS
THE FIRST ONE.
>> NO, I HAVE BEEN DOING ZOOMS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND VERY
OFTEN IT IS A QUESTION AND WHAT I ALWAYS SAY IS IF YOU WANT TO
GET INTO POLITICS, LEARN WHAT POLITICS WILL DEMAND OF YOU AND
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN FOR OFFICE TO BE IN
PUBLIC SERVICE, TO BE IN GOVERNMENT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER WAYS THAT YOU CAN MAKE A
CONTRIBUTION.
BUT IF ELECTORAL POLITICS ATTRACTS YOU, THEN WORK ON A
CAMPAIGN.
GET TO KNOW WHAT THE DEMANDS ARE OF BEING IN THAT ARENA.
UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GOING TO BE CRITICIZED NO MATTER WHAT YOU
DO, NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY.
THAT JUST GOES WITH THE TERRITORY.
YOU'VE GOT TO -- YOU KNOW, AS EL NOOR ROOSEVELT -- ELEANOR
ROOSEVELT SAY FAMOUSLY ABOUT 100 YEARS AGO, IF YOU WANT TO BE IN
THE PUBLIC ARENA YOU HAVE TO GROW SKIN AS THICK AS THE HIDE
OF A RHINOCEROS BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENS IN POLITICS.
BUT IT IS SO WORTH THE EFFORT, AND IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO
GET ELECTED, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD YOU CAN DO.
I MEAN ONE TO HAVE THE TOUCHING THINGS TO ME ABOUT THESE PAST
FOUR NIGHTS HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE STORIES OF THE WAY THAT JOE
BIDEN IN QUIET, YOU KNOW, UNASSUMING SETTINGS HAS REALLY
INSPIRED PEOPLE LIKE THE YOUNG MAN TALKING ABOUT HIS STUTTER
AND HOW JOE TOOK TIME WITH HIM, AND WE HEARD SO MUCH OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE PUBLIC LIFE, PEOPLE WILL COME TO
YOU WITH THEIR PROBLEMS.
THEY'LL ASK YOU QUESTIONS.
AND IF YOU'RE OF A MINDSET WHERE YOU WANT TO BE PERSONALLY
INVOLVED AND HELPFUL, YOU CAN DO THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAYBE
PEOPLE WILL NEVER KNOW ABOUT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU TRY
TO DO ON THE BROADER SCALE.
>> Stephen: YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE -- WAS THIS YESTERDAY?
OR RECENTLY, JAMES COMEY TWEETED THIS PHOTO.
IT SAYS 19th AMENDMENT IS AN IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARY, BUT THE
VOTE IS NOT ENOUGH.
WE NEED MORE WOMEN IN OFFICE WEARING A T-SHIRT THAT SAYS
"ELECT MORE WOMEN."
DID YOU HAVE TO GO TO AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST TO GET YOUR
EYEBALLS BACK OUT OF YOUR SKULL GIVEN HOW FAR I'M GUESSING THEY
ROLLED BACK WHEN YOU SAW THIS?
>> OH, I MUST HAVE HAD I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE CALLING ME,
TEXTING, E-MAILING, TWEETING, YEAH, I WAS QUITE A SURPRISING
MOMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN REDEMPTION, I GUESS, AND --
>> Stephen: I BELIEVE IN REDEMPTION, I GUESS...
>> YOU KNOW, FOR THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE
IT COULD BE.
>> Stephen: SO YOU'RE HOPING HE WILL BE STRUCK BLIERNTIOND IF
I REMEMBER -- BLIND, IF I REMEMBER MY BIBLE, THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENED TO PAUL ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS.
>> YEAH, BUT PAUL CAME OUT OF BEING BLIND AND WENT ON TO DO A
FEW OTHER THINGS.
>> Stephen: WE'LL TAKE A BREAK AND BE BACK WITH MORE SECRETARY
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON.
STICK AROUND.