WELCOME BACK!
JON, THANK YOU.
I LOVE HEARING IT, ALL NIGHT LONG.
>> Jon: LOVE THAT MUSIC.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW, MY FIRST GUESTS TONIGHT HOST ONE
OF THE MOST POPULAR PODCASTS IN THE COUNTRY.
FROM "POD SAVE AMERICA," PLEASE WELCOME JON FAVREAU, JON LOVETT,
AND TOMMY VIETOR!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: WELL, GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW"
AGAIN.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
>> Stephen: LET'S GET TO THE HEAT OF THE MEAT HERE.
JOHN BRENNAN'S SECURITY CLEARANCE WAS REVOKED.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU USED TO WORK ACROSS THE HALL
FROM HIM.
>> I DID.
>> Stephen: WHAT OFFICE?
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.
>> Stephen: SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY SAID IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
REVOKED.
HE'S A BUTTHEAD.
( LAUGHTER ) TRUMP SAID HE HAD WILD OUTBURSTS
ON THE INTERNET.
DOES THAT SEEM LIKE JOHN TO YOU?
>> NO.
JOHN WORKED IN THE C.I.A. FOR 25 YEARS, THE STATION CHIEF IN
SAUDI ARABIA, OVERSAW THE BIN LADEN OPERATION.
THE REASON YOU GIVE SOMEONE LIKE JOHN CLEARANCE IS SO THE CURRENT
PEOPLE IN CHARGE CAN GO TO HIM FOR ADVICE.
LET'S SAY TRUMP'S TEAM FOUND THE HEAD OF AL QUAIDA AND WANTED TO
MAKE SURE HOW IT'S HIM, TALK TO JOHN.
WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE JOHN IN THE SITUATION ROOM, YOU HAVE JARED.
WE WOULD RATHER HAVE JOHN BRENNAN THAN JARED KUSHNER.
TRUMP ANNOUNCED THIS WITHOUT TELLING HIS HEAD OF THE D.N.I.,
HIS C.I.A. DWRERKT.
>> Stephen: JUST SHOOIN SHOOTING THE HIP?
>> YES, HAD HIS SPOKESPERSON TELLING EVERYONE WHO WORKS IN
THE WORKFORCE THIS IS PURE POLITICS AND IF THEY TELL TRUMP
SOMETHING HE DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR THEY CAN BE PUNISHED AND
THAT CAN END VERY BADLY.
>> Stephen: YOU USED TO WORK FOR OBAMA.
HOW IRONCLAD WERE YOUR NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS?
>> WE NEVER SIGNED NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS.
>> HE SAID ABOUT THE BIRTH THING.
>> Stephen: WHERE HE WAS BORN, OBVIOUSLY, EXACTLY.
>> BUT IT'S NOT WHERE YOU THINK, THAT'S WHAT SO EXCITING.
IT'S A THIRD PLACE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU THINK
WHEN YOU HEAR THAT THERE WERE N.D.A.s BEING DEMANDED
EVIDENTLY JUST TO PLEASE THE PRESIDENT?
>> HE'S BEEN DOING THIS HIS WHOLE LIFE, THOUGH, RIGHT?
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR HIM, THINKS IT'S THE SAME IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
MOST OF THE COMMUNICATION YOU HAVE NO THE WHITE HOUSE IS
PUBLIC RECORD BECAUSE YOU'RE WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE.
THE IDEA OMEROSA OR ANYONE WOULD SIGN A N.D.A., THEY'RE NOT
ENFORCEABLE.
THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL SAID I KNEW THEY WEREN'T ENFORCEABLE
BUT TRUMP WAS AGITATED SO I THOUGHT I WOULD HELP HIM OUT.
>> HE'S TRYING TO KEEP THESE PEOPLE QUIET BUT THIS IS THE
MOST LEAKING, BACK BITING.
>> I DON'T THINK THEY LIKE EACH OTHER.
>> WHEN YOU WORK AT THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM
WHICH IS YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY THE KIND OF PERSON WHO WOULD
WORK AT THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I MEAN, KELLYANNE CONWAY GAVE AN
INTERVIEW TO "THE WASHINGTON POST" WHERE SHE TRIED TO
ANONYMOUSLY ATTACK HER OWN HUSBAND.
LIKE THEY'RE ALL GOING TO LEAK BECAUSE THEY'RE SITTING AROUND
THE TABLE WITH PEOPLE THEY DON'T TRUST, NOR SHOULD THEY BECAUSE
THEY'RE ALL TAPING EACH OTHER AND THEY'RE THE DREGS OF
REPUBLICAN POLITICS WHO SAY, I DON'T KNOW, I WORK AT THE WHITE
HOUSE, THAT SEEMS COOL.
OH, MY GOD, IT'S A NIGHTMARE.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE ODD THINGS, IT'S THE LEAKIEST WHITE
HOUSE OF ALL TIME AND TRUMP WANTS TO FIND THE LEAKERS.
IS THE REASON HE CAN'T FIND THE LEAKERS IS THEY WOULD HAVE TO
FIRE EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE BECAUSE THERE'S NO
ONE WHO DOESN'T LEAK?
>> HE'S THE BIG LEAKER!
>> Stephen: HE'S JOHN BANNON.
HE'S DAVID DENISON.
>> THIS WHOLE BRENNAN THING, HE WAS IN THE OVAL OFFICE WHERE HE
LEAKED CLASSIFIED ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE TO THE RUSSIANS IN
THE OVAL OFFICE JUST FOR FUN, JUST BECAUSE HE WANTED TO TELL
THEM A STORY.
>> Stephen: HE WAS BRAGGING, TRYING TO PROVE HE WAS THE
PRESIDENT.
>> RIGHT, LOOK AT ALL THE SECRETS I KNOW.
>> Stephen: WANT TO KNOW THE LAUNCH CODES?
I'LL GIVE YOU A HINT THERE'S A LOT OF FIVES IN THERE.
( LAUGHTER ) WELL, PEOPLE ARE TALKING
ABOUT -- PEOPLE ARE SAYING ONE OF THE LEAKS IS INSIDE THE WHITE
HOUSE IS THAT THERE IS OMEROSA PARANOIA, THAT THEY -- THAT THEY
THINK SHE'S GOT THEM, THAT THEY'RE AFRAID OF HER THEM AND
ARE MORE NOW.
>> THEY SHOULD BE.
SHE'S RELEASE AGO TAPE A DAY.
IT'S LIKE REALITY SHOW WATERGATE.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GUYS RECORD EACH OTHER.
>> WE DO NOW.
>> Stephen: MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME?
>> THEY SHOULD BE AFRAID OF OMEROSA.
IT'S OKAY TO ADMIT YOU'RE TERRIFIED, BECAUSE IF YOU SPOKE
HONESTLY AND FAIRLY AND TOOK THE JOB FOR WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE SERIOUSLY AND THEY RELEASED THE RECORDING, YOU
WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
THEY'RE NOT JUST TERRIFIED OMEROSA RECORDED THEM, THEY'RE
TERRIFIED OMEROSA RECORDED THEM BEING TERRIBLE.
>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH...
>> IT'S EXCITING!
>> Stephen: IT REALLY IS EXCITING!
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF SURVEILLANCE
TAPES OR SECRET RECORDINGS BUT I WANT TO HEAR IT ALL.
>> THE THING ABOUT IT, TOO, IS --
>> Stephen: I LIKE THAT.
THERE'S NO HERO.
>> NO, IT'S ALIEN V PREDATOR.
>> Stephen: GOOD MOVIE.
UNDERRATED MOVIE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> OMEROSA HAS KNOWN WHAT WE
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BEFORE WE DID.
I THINK OMEROSA STILL WANTS US TO BE TALKING ABOUT HER NEXT
WEEK SO I'M VERY EXCITED BECAUSE I DON'T THINK SHE'S DONE.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE THE HEAD SPEECH WRITER FOR OBAMA, TRUE?
>> TRUE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
LET'S TALK ABOUT ANDREW CUOMO -- ( APPLAUSE )
>> THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE TO?
>> Stephen: YES.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK, HIS
EXCELLENCY ANDREW CUOMO.
>> YOU WILL ASK ABOUT THE LINE I GAVE HIM.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
HE SAID YESTERDAY IN HIS SPEECH WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN BECAUSE AMERICA WAS NEVER THAT GREAT.
ON A SCALE OF ONE TO THE END OF ALL THE UNIVERSE, HOW BIGAMY
STAKE WAS THAT FROM A SPEECH WRITER?
>> ALSO BABIES, NOT A FAN.
CHILDREN DON'T LIKE HIM.
>> Stephen: I CAN'T TELL WHETHER THAT WAS IN A SPEECH
THAT HAD BEEN WRITTEN AND VETTED OR IF HE WAS IMPROVING.
>> THERE IS TRUTH TO THE STATEMENT.
IF YOU'RE AFTERNO AFRICAN-AMERIC LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY AND
PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW GREAT THINGS WERE IN THE OLD
DAYS, THAT WOULD RING PRETTY AWFUL TO ME.
( APPLAUSE ) TO REFERENCE THE REALITY OF OUR
HISTORY AND THE FACT THAT WE SHOULDN'T VIEW THINGS WITH ROSE
COLORED GLASSES, BUT I THINK THERE ARE THINGS AND PHRASES YOU
SAY IN POLITICS THAT ARE GOING TO STICK WITH YOU FOR A VERY
LONG TIME AND THIS IS ONE.
>> YEAH, HE COULD HAVE MADE THAT POINT IN A RHETORICAL WAY.
>> Stephen: YOU COULD SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN BECAUSE AMERICA HAS ALWAYS HAD THE PROMISE OF
GREATNESS, IN ITS FOUNDING DOCUMENTS AMERICA HAS ALWAYS
HELD THE SEEDS OF GREATNESS FOR EVERY GENERATION TO WATER,
WHATEVER, ANYTHING!
>> OH, I'M FACING A CHALLENGE FROM THE LEFT, AMERICA SUCCESS.
SUCCESS -- AMERICA SUCKS, HOW'S THAT PROGRESSIVES.
>> DON'T SAY AMERICA IS OR NOT GREAT.
HOW ABOUT YOU JUST COME UP WITH YOUR OWN SLOGAN THAT DOESN'T
COMPARE YOURSELF TO DONALD TRUMP?
HOW ABOUT THAT?
>> Stephen: AMERICA IS DELICIOUS!
( LAUGHTER ) >> THIRTY-ONE FLAVORS.
>> Stephen: AMERICA WILL MAKE YOU LOSE WEIGHT!
( LAUGHTER ) DO YOU THINK IT ACTUALLY HURTS
HIM?
DO YOU THINK THIS GIVES CYNTHIA NIXON AN OPENING?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN -- >> SHE'S RENTING SPACE IN HIS
HEAD AND IT'S AT NEW YORK PRICES.
IT'S NOT AS EASY AS -- >> Stephen: BASED ON THAT
SPEECH, I WOULD SAY IT'S UNFURNISHED.
>> BUT 2018 IS SO IMPORTANT AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT
EVERYONE GETS OUT THERE AND GETS INVOLVED AND LEDGE ADMINISTERED
WHICH IS WHY TODAY WE LAUNCHED SOMETHING CALLED VOTE SAVE
AMERICA.
IF YOU GO TO VOTE SAVE AMERICA.com IT IS A ONE-STOP
SHOP.
REGISTER TO VOTE, PUT IN YOUR ZIP CODE AND FIND A POLITICAL
EVENT NEAR YOU IF YOU WANT TO HELP THE CAMPAIGN OF YOUR
CHOICE.
AND WE HAVE A SAMPLE BALLOT, SO YOUR BALLOT IN NOVEMBER WILL BE
ON YOUR PHONE WITH ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHO YOU'RE
VOTING FOR, WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, WHAT THEY STAND FOR, AND YOU CAN
FILL IT OUT AHEAD OF TIME SO WHEN YOU WALK INTO YOUR POLLING
PLACE, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHO YOU'RE VOTING FOR.
>> Stephen: PEOPLE REGISTERING TO VOTE DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER
AS A DEMOCRAT, DO THEY?
THEY CAN REGISTER AS A DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT, JUST
VOTE.
>> YOU SHOULD CHECK BECAUSE REPUBLICANS ARE REALLY
UNREGISTERRING PEOPLE.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
REGISTERED.
>> AND EVERYBODY SHOULD VOTE BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT MIDTERM ELECTIONS WE'VE EVER HAD.
IN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE IN THIS ONE, THIS MAY BE YOUR LAST
CHANCE TO GET A FLAVOR FOR DEMOCRACY.
SO MAYBE GIVE IT A TRY!
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, ON THAT HAPPY NOTE, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE!
GOOD TO SEE YOU!
TOMMY!
POD SAVE AMERICA, EVERYBODY!