( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> James: WE NEED TO TALK
ABOUT YOUR BOOK.
"THE BOOK OF GUTSY WOMEN" IS AN EXTRAORDINARY BOOK.
IT'S A COLLECTION OF STORIES ABOUT EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN WHO
HAVE INSPIRED YOU.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO WORK ON THIS TOGETHER?
>> BECAUSE THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD LITERALLY
SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL TO TRY TO MAKE SURE SHE HAD
INSPIRATIONAL ROLE MODELS, THAT THERE WERE WOMEN THAT I WOULD
TALK TO HER ABOUT OR THAT I WOULD TRY TO INTRODUCE HER TO
BECAUSE I WANT KIDS, GIRLS AND BOYS, TO HAVE PEOPLE THEY CAN
LOOK UP TO.
I MEAN, WE'RE LIVING IN A REALLY CYNICAL AGE RIGHT NOW.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST NOBODY, BUT
THERE ARE.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE.
WE HAD HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS THAT WE WANTED TO PUT
IN THE BOOK.
THEY OBVIOUSLY SAID, NO, THAT WOULD NOT WORK, SO WE HAD TO CUT
IT DOWN TO 103.
BUT I WANT PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE GUTSY WOMEN IN THEIR OWN
LIVES, THEIR GRANDMOTHERS, MOTHERS, AUNTS, DAUGHTERS,
TEACHERS, FRIENDS, ANYBODY WHO INSPIRES YOU BECAUSE THEY HAVE
COURAGE AND RESILIENCE AND OPT OPTIMISM ABOUT THEIR LIVES.
>> James: AN AMAZING WOMAN YOU TALK ABOUT, SALLY RIDE, WHO IS
THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE.
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS BUT YOU WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT.
>> WHEN I WAS 12 OR 13 I WROTE A LETTER TO N.A.S.A. ASKING HOW
YOU BECAME AN ASTRONAUT.
THEY WROTE BACK AND SAID THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER BUT WE'RE
NOT TAKING GIRLS INTO THE SPACE PROGRAM.
AND I WAS CRUSHED.
I MEAN, I COULD NEVER HAVE DONE IT, BELIEVE ME, BUT
NEVERTHELESS -- >> James: I DON'T THINK IT'S
TOO PLATE LATHE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A
SEAT FOR ME ON ONE OF THE SpaceX THINGS.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL FIND A SEAT FOR YOU.
>> James: CHELSEA JUST SAID PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL FIND A SEAT
FOR YOU.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> AS LONG AS YOU COME BACK.
>> James: YOU MET SALLY RIDE.
I DID AT SPACE CAMP.
>> James: WHEN YOU WERE A TEENAGER.
>> 12 TO 13, I WENT TO SPACE CAMP IN ALABAMA, AND I WORSHIPED
SALLY RIDE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING SHE WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN
SPACE AND I WANTED TO KNOW EVERYTHING I COULD ABOUT HER AND
I WAS SO EXCITED I GOT TO MEET HER AND I WAS SO EXCITED I
LITERALLY FELL FLAT ON MY FACE.
WHEN YOU'RE 12 AND 13, YOU'RE A LITTLE AWKWARD,ND I WAS LIVING
OUT MY AWKWARD NESDZ ON THE WORLD -- AWKWARDNESS ON THE
WORLD STAGE, AND I MET HER AND TRIPPED AND FELLIGHT IN FRONT
OF HER, WHICH I HOPE SHE TOOK AS A COMPLIMENT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW
I HAD TO VIEW IT.
>> James: SEE, GRAVITY!
( LAUGHTER ) HILLARY, IT WAS YOUR BIRTHDAY
RENTS LIE, AND WE FOUND A BIRTH AT A PARTY PHOTO THAT YOU HAD A
PARTY IN THE WHITE HOUSE, WHICH WAS A DOLLIA PARTON THEMED PARTY
AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PARTY.
THIS PHOTO IS FANTASTIC.
WERE THEMED PARTIES A BIG THING AT THE WHITE HOUSE?
>> THEY WERE FOR US.
WE HAD SO MUCH FUN.
WE REALLY DID.
AND USUALLY -- THE FIRST ONE WAS A SURPRISE COSTUME PARTY FOR ME,
FOR MY BIRTHDAY.
AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN, WE DECIDE WE'RE GOING TO DO IT
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
>> James: HOW DID YOU HAVE A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY?
YOU'RE IN YOUR REGULAR CLOTHES, EVERYONE ELSE IS WEARING
PANTSUITS, LIKE, SURPRISE!
>> WHAT HAPPENED WAS I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE CONGRESS ARGUING
ABOUT HEALTHCARE, TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, GOOD OLD UNIVERSAL
HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYBODY SO THEY WOULDN'T BE, YOU KNOW, LEFT OUT
OF BEING TAKEN CARE OF, AND IT WAS A LONG DAY, I CAME BACK, THE
LIGHTS IN THE WHITE HOUSE WERE OFF, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY
ODD.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE CAR DROPS ME OFF, I WALK IN AND THERE'S TWO
WOMEN WHO WORK FOR ME AT THAT TIME AND SAID YOU'VE GOT TO COME
UPSTAIRS RIGHT AWAY.
I THOUGHT, OH, MY GOSH, WHAT'S HAPPENED?
I GO UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR WHICH IS WHERE YOU LIVE WHEN YOU
LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, AND THEY HAD LAID OUT ON MY BED A
COSTUME OF DOLLY MADISON.
>> James: RIGHT.
COMPLETE WITH A BLACK WIG, AND ONE OF THOSE DRESSES THAT
THEY WORE AT THE TURN OF THE 19th CENTURY, AND THEY SAID,
YOU HAVE TO PUT THIS ON.
( LAUGHTER ) I SAID, WHY?
THEY SAID JUST PUT IT ON AND COME DOWNSTAIRS.
AND I WAS GETTING A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS BUT I WASN'T QUITE
SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND THERE WERE A BUNCH OF MY FRIENDS
WHO WERE HAVING THIS COSTUME PARTY.
BUT WE DID THAT THE FIRST YEAR, THE SECOND YEAR WE DID ANOTHER
COSTUME PARTY, AND I LOVE DOLLY PARTON.
SHE'S AMAZING.
>> AND YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE HERE.
>> WHICH THANKFULLY SHE DIDN'T USE.
>> James: REALLY?
HE HAS MANY TALENTS, MANY DON'T OVERLAP, OF COURSE.
>> CAN I JUST SAY HOW HUMILIATING IT IS TO BE THE
MOTHER OF A BABY WHO YOU SING TO EVERY NIGHT BEFORE YOU PUT HER
TO BED, AND, I MEAN, I CAN REMEMBER I WOULD SIT IN THE
ROCKING CHAIR AND I WOULD BE HOLDING HER AND I WOULD BE
SINGING -- MOON RIVER WAS A PARTICULAR FAVORITE BECAUSE I
WOULD LOOK AT THE MOON AND I WAS THINKINGOH, MY GOD THIS IS THE
MOST WONDERFUL THING.
SO WHEN THE CHILD YOU ARE SINGING TO LEARNS TO SPEAK --
( LAUGHTER ) -- AND AMONG HER VERY FIRST
WORDS, THERE I AM SINGING, ROCKING, SHE PUTS HER LITTLE
FINGER ON MY MOUTH AND SAYS, NO SING, MOMMY.
( APPLAUSE )
>> I STILL FEEL BADLY ABOUT THIS!
>> James: STICK AROUND!
MORE OF THESE TWO WHEN WE COME BACK!