WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW." FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, FOR
OVER-- I'M SO PLEASED TO HAVE MY GUEST HERE TONIGHT.
OVER FIVE DECADES, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT HAS COVERED EVERY
MAJOR AMERICAN POLITICAL EVENT. HE NOW HOSTS "WHO'S TALKING TO
CHRIS WALLACE?" PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE
SHOW," MR. CHRIS WALLACE! ♪ ♪ ♪
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GREW UP TO A DAIRY FARM, BECAUSE YOU WERE MILKING THAT CROWD.
>> THEY DO UNDERSTAND I'M NOT PRINCE HARRY, CORRECT.
>> Stephen: I CAN SEE IT. I CAN SEE IT.
YOU HAVE A REGALIGATE. YOU'RE IMPERIALLY SLIM.
CHRIS, IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
WHO WOULD I MORE WANT ON DAY THIEF OF KEVIN McCARTHY-GEDON.
>> AS YOU CALLED IT IN YOUR MONOLOGUE, YOU COULD NOT BE
HAPPIER, COULD YOU? >> Stephen: NO.
>> I MEAN, THE COUNTRY -- >> Stephen: THE BIRTH OF MY
CHILDREN AND THIS IS. JUST FANTASTIC.
>> YOU HAVE ONE-THIRD OF THE GOVERNMENT IN OPERATION AND FOR
YOU-- LOOK AT YOU. YOU'RE JUST-- YOU'RE JUST--
BESIDE YOURSELF. >> Stephen: IT JUST SAYS TO ME
THERE IS SUCH A THING AS A GOD WHO PAYS ATTENTION TO PEOPLE
LIKE KEVIN McCARTHY, WHO ARE OVERT HYPOCRITES, WHO CLEARLY
SOLD THEIR SOUL FOR POLITICAL POWER AND GET NOTHING IN RETURN.
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HOW ABOUT THAT? >> I HAVE AN INTERESTING STORY
TO TELL YOU. I CAME UP ON THE TRAIN TODAY.
>> Stephen: OKAY. >> FROM-- THAT'S THE END OF THE
STORY. NO, FROM --
>> Stephen: I'M GRIPPED SO FAR.
>> FROM D.C. TO NEW YORK. WHEN I GOT TO NEW YORK, I
HAPPENED TO BUMP INTO NANCY PELOSI'S DAUGHTER.
>> Stephen: ALEXANDRA. >> ALEXANDRA, EXACTLY.
SHE HAS OTHER DAUGHTERS, BUT IT WAS ALEXANDRA.
>> Stephen: I GUESSED. >> WE BOTH AGREED THIS WOULD
NEVER HAPPEN UNDER NANCY PELOSI BECAUSE NANCY PELOSI HAD ONE
RULE WHICH WAS IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE VOTES, YOU DON'T GO TO THE
FLOOR. SO THEY-- SHE SIMPLY WOULD HAVE
SAID, "WELL, THE HOUSE IS IN RECESS.
WE'RE GOING TO WAIT." SHE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD 10
VOTES,s WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE AT AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW.
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KEEP VOTING BECAUSE THEY-- KEVIN McCARTHY MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH
VOTES TO ADJOURN UNTIL TOMORROW. >> Stephen: RIGHT, BECAUSE THE
DEMOCRATS WANTED TO KEEP GOING-- >> IT'S EMBARRASSING KEVIN
McCARTHY. AND IT'S PLEASING YOU.
>> Stephen: ME, EXACTLY. >> AND THE ANTI-KEVIN PEOPLE
WANT TO PLEASE YOU. NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
>> Stephen: NO. >> BUT IN ANY CASE THERE ARE
ONLY 200 VOTES. THEY MAY STAY IN THERE FOREVER
JUST VOTING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. >> Stephen: IS THERE-- IS
THERE-- LET'S SEE, IS THERE AN END GAME HERE?
DO YOU THINK HE'S GOT ANY PLAN? BECAUSE WHAT MORE CAN HE GIVE
AWAY? THEY'VE REDUCED THE SIZE OF THAT
SPEAKER'S CHAIR WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT HE'S GIVEN UP.
AND HE'S LIKE,s, I'LL LOP OFF ANYTHING TO FIT IN THAT CHAIR AT
THIS POINT." >> LOOK, THAT'S THE REAL POINT.
AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO GET A SPEAKER.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS BAD AS IT SEEMS RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING TO
BE FORGOTTEN WHAT WE WENT THROUGH IN THE FIRST WEEK OF
JANUARY. BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A
REPUBLICAN WHO IS GOING TO BE RUNNING THE HOUSE, AND WITH ALL
OF THE THINGS THAT KEVIN McCARTHY HAS GIVEN AWAY, CAN
THE HOUSE DO ANYTHING? FOR INSTANCE, THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO AT SOME POINT PASS A BUDGET TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT
FUNDED. THEY'RE GOING TO AT SOME POINT
HAVE TO RAISE THE DEBT LIMIT OR WE GO INTO DEFAULT.
IF THEY CAN'T ELECT A SPEAKER, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THEY'RE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE TOUGH VOTES TO ACTUALLY KEEP THE
GOVERNMENT IN OPERATION? >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A
QUICK BREAK, BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE CHRIS WALLACE.
STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY. ♪ ♪ ♪