>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW!
MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS THE JUNIOR SENATOR FROM CALIFORNIA,
AND A RISING STAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
PLEASE WELCOME SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NICE TO MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU DOING?
I'M GOOD.
ONE DAY AT A TIME.
>> Stephen: SURE.
ALL OF US, ONE DAY AT A TIME.
IT'S LIKE WE'RE IN RECOVERY FROM REALITY.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: NOW, LISTEN, YOU WERE ELECTED TO THE SENATE IN
2016.
>> CORRECT.
>> Stephen: BEFORE THAT, YOU WERE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
CALIFORNIA.
>> TWO TERMS.
BEFORE THAT DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR TWO TERMS.
>> Stephen: OKAY, NOW -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
-- THE REASON I ASK ABOUT HOW RECENTLY YOU WERE ELECTED, I
LIKE TO ASK PEOPLE WHO HAVE FRESH EYES ON THE GOVERNMENT IN
WASHINGTON.
>> OKAY, YES.
>> Stephen: ESPECIALLY CONGRESS AND THE SENATE.
IS IT REALLY AS DYSFUNCTIONAL AS IT'S PORTRAYED?
>> SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE THIS FRIEND, AND HE SAYS CALMLY
EVERY -- HE SAYS, KAMALA, EVERY TIME I WATCH YOU BEING
INTERVIEWED -- BECAUSE THE PRESS HANGS OUT TOGETHER, THE -- WE'RE
THESE TRAINS THAT TAKE YOU FROM THE OFFICE BUILDING TO THE
CAPITOL.
THERE'S A SPAN OF SPACE YOU WALK BEFORE YOU GO UP TO VOTE AND
PRESS HANGS OUT THERE.
SO EVERY TIME YOU GET OFF THE TRAIN, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING
ON, THEY ASK QUESTIONS AND I ANSWER QUESTIONS, I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT.
MY FRIEND SAYS CALMLY, EVERY TIME YOU ASK A QUESTION YOU KEEP
TALKING ABOUT IT'S TROUBLING.
HE SAID, CAN YOU COME UP WITH SOMETHING NEW?
LIKE WHY DON'T YOU SAY WHAT YOU REALLY MEAN?
IT'S A HOT MESS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, SURE, THAT'S
REFRESHING.
THAT'S REFRESHING IN ITS CANDOR.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WELL, TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY THAT SENATOR TAMMY
DUCKWORTH THE FIRST SITTING SENATOR TO GIVE BIRTH BROUGHT
HER DAUGHTER -- >> HER DAUGHTER.
>> Stephen: -- TO VOTE ON THE FLOOR.
THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS TO ALLOW BABIES ON THE FLOOR.
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, YES.
>> Stephen: WOW.
OKAY, SO -- ( APPLAUSE )
WAS THERE ANY RESISTANCE?
>> I WILL NOT DIVULGE SOURCES OF THE RESISTANCE BUT THERE ARE
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
DOES IT MEAN SHE WILL NURSE HER CHILD ON THE FLOOR?
IT WAS RIDICULOUS.
HERE'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN WE
NEED A NURSERY OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE CLOAK ROOM IN THE UNITED
STATES SENATE ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
> WE ONLY HAVE 22 WOMEN IN THE UNITED
STATES SENATE AND THAT'S AN HISTORIC NUMBER
>> Stephen: MIGHT GO UP THIS NOVEMBER
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU WERE A D.A.,
ATTORNEY GENERAL, ATTORNEY, YOU'RE KNOWN FOR TOUGH
QUESTIONING.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND, IN FACT, WE'VE GOT A CLIP HERE OF YOU
RATTLING ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS JUST A LITTLE BIT.
>> DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMUNICATION WITH ANY RUSSIAN
BUSINESSMEN OR ANY RUSSIAN NATIONALS?
>> I DON'T BELIEVE I HAD ANY CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN
BUSINESSMEN OR RUSSIAN NATIONALS.
>> ARE YOU AWARE -- LOT OF PEOPLE WERE AT THE
CONVENTION, IT'S CONCEIVABLE.
>> SIR.
WELL, IF I DON'T QUALIFY IT, YOU WILL ACCUSE ME OF LYING SO I
NEED TO BE CORRECT AS BEST AS I CAN.
>> I DO WANT YOU TO BE HONEST.
'M NOT ABLE TO BE RUSHED THIS FAST.
IT MAKES ME NERVOUS.
>> Stephen: WHY, SENATOR!
WHY AT LONG LAST ARE YOU BEING SO MEAN TO THAT ENCHANTED FOREST
CREATURE!
YOU MAKE HIM NERVOUS!
YOU GAVE HIM THE VAPORS!
HOW DARE YOU!
HAVE YOU NO SHAME!
WAS HAT HISTRIONICS ON HIS PART?
>> I AM A PROSECUTOR.
I HAVE PROSECUTED EVERYTHING INCLUDING HOMICIDES.
WHEN I'M SITTING THERE AT THAT MOMENT, IT'S ABOUT GETTING TO
THE TRUTH.
WHAT IS THE TRUTH, WHAT HAPPENED?
AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SKIRTING AROUND IT AND THE GRAND
GESTURES, INSTEAD OF ANSWERING THE QUESTION ARE NOT WHAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT AND, SO, I'M SITTING THERE TRYING TO GET
AT THE TRUTH.
>> Stephen: LET'S GET AT THE THE TRUTH FOR A SECOND HERE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE ON THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITY.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE CONCLUDED
IN THEIR REPORT SAYING NO COLLUSION.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHAT WERE YOU GUYS?
>> OUR INVESTIGATION IS STILL OPEN AND WE WILL GO WHEREVER THE
FACTS TAKE US.
>> Stephen: SO ARE THERE THINGS YOU KNOW -- HOLD ON.
( APPLAUSE ) ARE THERE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW
THAT YOU CAN'T TELL US THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TELL US?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
( LAUGHTER ) ALL OF THE ABOVE IS TRUE.
>> Stephen: ARE THEY GOOD?
( LAUGHTER ) I MEAN, ARE THEY, LIKE, WHOA?
>> I CAN'T SAY, BUT I WILL SAY THIS -- ON A RELATED SUBJECT,
THERE IS ALSO AN INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED BY SPECIAL
COUNSEL BOB MUELLER, AND WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS
NO INTERFERENCE BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
AND IT'S A SERIOUS MATTER.
RIGHT NOW, IN FACT, THERE IS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION IN THE
UNITED STATES SENATE THAT IS NOT BEING BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR FOR A
VOTE, AND WE'VE GOT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS, GUYS, BECAUSE IT'S
NOT ONLY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND FIGURING OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND
ENSURING THERE'S CONSEQUENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY, WE ALSO SHOULD
THINK ABOUT IT GOING FORWARD, OKAY, AND THAT RELATES TO THE
FACT THAT, YES, FIRST OF ALL, IT IS A FACT, RUSSIA INTERFERED IN
THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
THAT'S NOT A DEBATABLE FACT.
OKAY, ONE, RIGHT.
>> Stephen: I'M ON BOARD.
OME ARE NOT.
SOME ARE NOT.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
TWO WITH, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, HAVING DONE IT,
WE HAVE NO REASON TO THINK THEY WON'T DO IT AGAIN.
SO 2018 IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE VERY VIGILANT ABOUT
PROTECTING AND SECURING THAT ELECTION PROCESS AND, IN FACT, I
HAVE A BILL THAT'S A BIPARTISAN BILL WITH JAMES LANGFORD FROM
OHIO.
ALSO ON THE ISSUE OF PROTECTING MUELLER, THERE SHOULD BE
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S SMART PUBLIC PALSY,
BUT IT WILL ENDURE, IT WILL ENDURE WHOEVER IS PRESIDENT TO
SAY WHEN THERE IS SPECIAL COUNSEL, THEY CANNOT BE FIRED
JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I VOTE WITH YOU.
RIGHT.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS, EVERYBODY!
BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY SNOW PATROL!