( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )( BAND P) >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW"!
SON CBS -- ON CBS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) MY FIRST GUEST IS AN EMMY AND
PEABODY AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST WHO SPENT 18 YEARS AT FOX NEWS.
BUT HAS NOW COME TO HIS SENSES AND HE HAS
NOW JOINED THE NEW STREAMING SERVICE CNN+.
HIS NEW SHOW "WHO'S TALKING TO CHRIS WALLACE?" PREMIERES
TOMORROW NIGHT.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, CHRIS WALLACE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: LOVELY TO HAVE YOU BACK.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> SO, STEPHEN, I'VE GOT A QUESTION --
>> Stephen: I ASK THE QUESTIONS ON MY SHOW.
>> NO, NO, I'VE GOT A QUESTION --
>> Stephen: I TELL YOU WHAT, I ALSO HAVE AN EDITOR, SO GO AHEAD
AND ASK.
>> SOME PEOPLE WOULD COVERT SAY YOU ARE A COMEDIAN, RIGHT.
>> Stephen: ID DEPENDS ON THE CROWD.
>> SO HAS ANYONE EVER COME UP OUT OF THE CROWD AND GIVEN YOU A
SMACK RIGHT ACROSS THE FACE?
>> Stephen: NO, BECAUSE I HAVE A GOOD SECURITY TEAM.
>> SO THEY COME OUT BUT THEY GE- >> Stephen: 100 PERCENT --
LIKE A JAVELIN.
ACTUAL TRUE STORY, PEOPLE USED TO ASK ME WHEN I DID THE COLBERT
REPORT, WHEN I WENT INTO CONGRESSMEN'S OFFICE AND SAY
TERRIBLE THINGS TO THEM, PEOPLE WOULD SAY HOW DO YOU KEEP A
STRAIGHT FACE?
IT'S OBVIOUS BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PUNCH ME.
I RESPECT YOU AS A JOURNALIST, YOU HAVE HEFT, INTEGRITY, AND I
HAVE RIBBED YOU OVER THE YEARS A FEW TIMES ABILITY WHY WOULD YOU
WANT TO BE A FOX NEWS, GIVEN THE FACT THAT --
>> YOU HAVE WORN ME OUT ON THIS SUBJECT.
>> Stephen: SEE, WORN YOU OUT.
YOU SEEM TO THINK THIS IS PERHAPS NOT A FAIR ALLEY OF
INQUIRY.
>> NO, I JUST THINK YOU HAVE FLOGGED THIS HORSE OVER AND OVER
FOR YEAR AFTER YEAR.
>> Stephen: YEAH, BUT YOU'VE ONLY RECENTLY ADMITTED I WAS
RIGHT.
( APPLAUSE ) >> SO I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE
YES FOR AN ANSWER AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO MY NEW SHOW.
>> Stephen: OH, WE'LL DEFINITELY MOVE ON TO YOUR NEW
SHOW, AND I ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY.
( LAUGHTER ) LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW SHOW
"WHO'S TALKING TO CHRIS WALLACE?" I'LL BITE.
WHO?
>> WE LAUNCH TOMORROW CNN+.
>> Stephen: THAT'S EXCITING.
VERY EXCITING.
MY FIRST GUEST IS GOING TO BE I THINK ONE OF THE GREAT AMERI
AMERICANS, ADMIRAL WILLIAM McRAVEN, ED OF THE U.S.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, THE COMAN WHO BROUGHT DOWN
BIN LADEN, THE MAN WHO RESCUED CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, THE MAN WHO
CAPTURED SADDAM HUSSEIN, AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY BETTER TO
TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON N UKRAINE AND TO TALK
ABOUT HOW WE FACE THE CHALLENGES WE FACE BECAUSE, AS YOU WELL
KNOW, I'M SURE HE'S BEEN ON THIS SHOW, HE'S AN EXPERT ON
LEADERSHIP.
ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WE'VE GOT NEIL ACUNAS AND ASHTON KUTCHER,
THEY HAVE SPEND TIME RAISING OVER A MILLION DOLLARS FOR
UKRAINE.
THURSDAY WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FORMER HEAD OF DISNEY.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A MIX OF GUESTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO MAKE THIS
MOVE, I LOVE STREAMING.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO A COMMERCIAL, I DON'T.
I CAN JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION FOR 45 MINUTES.
>> Stephen: WOW.
YEAH, SERIOUSLY.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A PRETTY HOSTILE THING FOR YOU TO SAY,
THAT I HAVE TO GO TO A COMMERCIAL.
>> OH, YOU CAN DISH IT OUT BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE IT!
>> Stephen: I'M NOT GOING TO SLAP YOU BECAUSE I'M A
GENTLEMEN.
( LAUGHTER ) I HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU'RE GREAT AT ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTION IN THE RIGHT MOMENT.
WHAT WOULD YOU ASK WILL SMITH IF YOU COULD SIT DOWN WITH HIM?
WHAT WOULD THE FIRST QUESTION BE?
>> ALL RIGHT, MY THOUGHT IS THAT YOU HAVE SPENT WITH YOUR TEAM OF
WRITERS ALL DAY COMING UP WITH A GREAT QUESTION.
>> Stephen: I KNOW, I HAVEN'T.
YOU HAVEN'T.
>> Stephen: I REALLY -- YOU'RE GOING TO TOP ME.
>> Stephen: I PROMISE I WON'T.
WHAT WOULD YOUR QUESTION BE?
>> I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE YOU DO.
IF YOU INTERVIEW PEOPLE FOR A LIVING, YOU THINK TO YOURSELF,
WHAT WOULD I ASK?
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
WHY?
WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?
( APPLAUSE ) AND I THINK THE QUESTION I
ARRIVED AT WAS, WHEN YOU WOKE UP AT 3:00 THIS MORNING AND I KNOW
YOU DID, WHAT DID YOU THINK?
>> Stephen: WOW, WOW -- YEAH, I'M NOT SURE IF HE HAD GONE TO
BED YET AT 3:00.
>> AS I FOUND OUT HE WAS GETTING JIGGY WITH IT.
>> Stephen: I'M JUST THINKING OF IT NOW.
>> OH, OH, SEE -- >> Stephen: I WOULD HAVE SAID,
LIKE, IS THAT THE HARDEST YOU CAN PUNCH?
BECAUSE HE'S A SMALL GUY.
YOU'VE GOT AT LEAST FIVE INCHES ON CHRIS ROCK AND PROBABLY
80 POUNDS.
>> Stephen: THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I'VE HEARD.
YOU ARE REALLY IMPRESSED CHRIS ROCK TOOK THE URCH.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN PUNCHED IN THE FACE, CHRIS
WALLACE?
>> HAVE YOU SEEN THIS FACE?
OF COURSE NOT.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT PLEASANT.
HAVE YOU.
>> Stephen: I HAVE.
YOU'VE HEARD THE EXPRESSION, YOU TALK LIKE A GUY WHO'S NEVER BEEN
PUNCHED IN THE FACE.
YOU DO.
( LAUGHTER ) >> WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE?
>> Stephen: IT'S TERRIBLE.
IT'S COMPLETELY DISORIENTING.
>> I HEAR IF IT'S A REALLY GOOD PUNCH YOU DON'T EVEN FEEL IT.
>> Stephen: I GUESS I DIDN'T GET A GOOD PUNCH BECAUSE I
REALLY FELT IT.
MIKE TYSON'S FAMOUS QUOTE IS EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN TILL THEY
GET PUNCHED IN THE FACE.
TRUE.
COMPLETELY DISORIENTED.
THE FACT CHRIS ROCK REMEMBERED ENGLISH WORDS IS SURPRISING TO
ME.
>> EH HANDLED IT WELL.
>> Stephen: WE'LL COME BACK AND I'LL ASK CHRIS WHAT IT WAS
LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH AN INTERVIEW WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN.
STICK AROUND.