MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN OSCAR-WINNING DOCUMENTARIAN
WHO'S TAKEN ON PRESIDENTS, THE N.R.A.,
GENERAL MOTORS, AND BIG PHARMA.
PLEASE WELCOME, MICHAEL MOORE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK.
WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW."
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: THE FIRST QUESTION TONIGHT IS THIS SHUTDOWN IS YOUR
FAULT, RIGHT?
( LAUGHTER ) SOMEHOW YOU WITH YOUR
DOCUMENTERRING, AGITATING PUSHED THE DEMOCRATS TOO FAR TO THE
LEFT WITH YOUR SOCIAL OCASIO-CORTEZING AND YOU PAINTED
NANCY PELOSI IN THE DORIANER WITH THE OFFER OF I GET
EVERYTHING AND YOU GET NOTHING.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Stephen: SO TODAY, ANOTHER ROAD BLOCK.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: ANOTHER WINDOW-DRESSING ACTION IN THE
SENATE WHERE THE DEMOCRATS HAD A BILL, THE REPUBLICANS HAD A
BILL, DEMOCRATS GOT MORE VOTES THAN THE REPUBLICANS DID.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: REPUBLICANS DEFECTED, SIX.
>> SIX.
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THIS SAY TO YOU?
WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING?
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T SUPPORT THIS, BY A LARGE MARGIN,
THEY DON'T SUPPORT THE WALL, SO HE'S NOT EVEN PAYING ATTENTION
TO THE POLLS HE LOVES SO MUCH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THE ODD THING IS
THAT THERE ARE SOME WHO DO, BUT EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO DO SUPPORT
THE WALL DO NOT BELIEVE THE SHUTDOWN IS THE WAY TO GET IT.
>> EXACTLY.
ANY SANE PERSON -- EVEN IF THEY'RE FOR THE WALL -- KNOWS
THIS IS CRAZY THAT WE'RE IN MONTH TWO OF THIS.
NOBODY SHOULD BE WORKING WITHOUT PAY.
NOBODY ON YOUR CREW -- WHO ON THE COLBERT SHOW WOULD WORK FOR
FREE?
>> Stephen: I WOULD.
YOU WOULD.
>> Stephen: IT IS AN HONOR -- IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
EDIT THIS OUT AND DON'T TELL CBS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> AND I WOULD BE HERE, TOO.
>> Stephen: GOOD.
WE'RE PAYING YOU?
>> YEAH.
I GET A MINIMUM, LIKE $700 OR SOMETHING.
>> Stephen: YEAH, SURE.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THESE DAYS.
>> Stephen: THOSE 800,000 PEOPLE WOULD LOVE THAT.
>> CAMERA TWO WOULD NOT BE HERE IF YOU WERE IN YOUR SECOND MONTH
AND CBS WERE NOT PAYING YOU.
THE BAND WOULD NOT BE HERE IF YOU WEREN'T BEING PAID.
HOW MANY MONTHS WOULD YOU YOU WORK FOR FREE?
>> Stephen: I HAVE ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR.
HE'S A GRAMMY NOMINEE.
HE DOESN'T KNEE THIS.
HE'S GONE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> IF THIS GOES FOR ANOTHER
MONTH, HE'LL HAVE HIS OWN SHOW.
>> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE.
WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS ENDS?
HOW DO YOU THINK IT SNENDZ DOES TRUMP FOLD?
>> THERE'S AN EASY WAY TO END IT.
FEDERAL WORKERS, DON'T GO TO WORK WITHOUT PAY.
NOBODY HERE WOULD GO TO WORK WITHOUT PAY.
NOBODY THERE OTHER THAN JOE THE DRUMMER, NOBODY WOULD GO TO WORK
WITHOUT PAY.
YOU KNOW.
( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S JUST A BASIC FACT, AND
WE, THE PEOPLE, WE SHOULDN'T BE SUPPORTING ANYTHING THAT
REQUIRES SOMEONE WHO'S NOT PAID WORKING FOR US.
WE SHOULD NOT FLY.
YOU KNOW, DON'T FILL OUT YOUR TAX RETURN FOR THE I.R.S.
>> Stephen: NOW, HOLD ON -- NO, NO, NO --
>> Stephen: I DON'T WANT MY AUDIENCE TO GO TO JAIL.
>> NO, DON'T GO TO JAIL.
>> Stephen: THEY DON'T HAVE TVs IN JAIL.
>> GO ONLINE TO THE I.R.S.
EVERY AMERICAN HAS A RIGHT TO FILE A ONE-PAGE FORM THAT ALLOWS
YOU TO FILE ON AUGUST 15th.
EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT FOR AN EXTENSION.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK FOR IT.
THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE UNPAID I.R.S. WORKERS DOING WORK FOR
YOU.
>> Stephen: THAT'S INTERESTING.
CONSULT A LAWYER, FIRST.
>> YOU HAVE TO PAY YOUR TAXES BY APRIL 15th, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE
TO FILE THE FORM IF YOU GET AN EXTENSION.
IF YOU'RE A CRIMINAL OUT THERE WATCHING TONIGHT, DON'T COMMIT
CRIMES DURING THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
THE F.B.I. IS NOT BEING PAID!
>> Stephen: YOU'RE ON YOUR HONOR.
>> RIGHT, JUST -- ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: NOW, DO I HAVE THIS RIGHT -- CNN IS REPORTING
EEXCLUSIVE THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS DRAFTING THE
EMERGENCY DECLARATION THAT WILL ASK FOR SEVEN DOLLARS BILLION TO
DO THE WALL AND THEY'LL JUST DO AN END RUN AROUND CONSTITUTIONAL
NORMS AND JUST GO GRAB THE MONEY AND TAKE THE LAND.
>> WOW.
WELL, I SAW THAT JUST BEFORE I CAME OUT AND, LISTEN, IF HE
DECLARES A NATIONAL EMERGENCY, THIS MAN IS OUT OF CONTROL.
THIS IS OUR COUNTRY.
WE ARE A DEMOCRACY, WE'RE A FREE SOCIETY.
IF THIS WERE ANY OTHER COUNTRY -- TURKEY, THE
PHILIPPINES OR RUSSIA -- AND THEY HAD AN ELECTION AND THE
RULER'S PARTY SOMEHOW LOST THEIR LEGISLATIVE BRAFN LIKE HE DID IN
NOVEMBER AND THEN THAT RULER DECLARED A MONTH LATER, I'M
SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT, WHAT WOULD WE CALL THAT IF IT
WERE ANOTHER COUNTRY DOING THAT?
THIS GUY DOESN'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO BE OPEN, HE
CERTAINLY DOESN'T WANT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO BE
OPEN.
>> Stephen: I BELIEVE THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS
AND NOT TALKING ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW.
>> EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
SO IF HE TRIES TO PULL A NATIONAL EMERGENCY, WE THE
PEOPLE HAVE TO DECLARE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
WE HAVE TO NON-VIOLENTLY RISE UP, WE HAVE TO TAKE TO THE
STREETS, WE HAVE TO BUILD OUR OWN WALL, A HUMAN WALL AROUND
THE WHITE HOUSE, AROUND THE WHITE HOUSE --
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) -- AND --
>> Stephen: PEACEFULLY.
-- PEACEFULLY, NON-VIOLENT, AND THIS IS -- NOTHING WILL STOP
A BULLY UNLESS YOU STAND UP TO THE BULLY IN THE SCHOOL YARD.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY.
>> Stephen: SPEAKING OF WHICH, WHAT DO YOU THINK STANDING UP TO
BULLIES, WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS HAPPENED WITH THE DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESS SO FAR UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SPEAKER PELOSI AND
THE NEW MEMBERS THEY HAVE BECAUSE IS THIS THE REVOLUTION
YOU WERE CALLING FOR THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE?
ARE YOU LOOKING AT IT?
>> YES, IT HAPPENED.
WE'RE NOT DONE WITH IT, BUT WE ELECTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF GREAT
PEOPLE AND YOU'VE HAD SOME OF THEM ON YOUR SHOW HERE.
YOU'VE HAD THEM ON BEFORE THEY WERE ELECTED.
>> Stephen: WE HAD THEM ON, THEREFORE THEY WERE ELECTED.
>> THAT'S WHAT I MEANT TO SAY.
THAT'S WHAT I MEANT TO SAY.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YEAH, GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD.
>> NO, I UNDERSTAND.
AND YOU'VE HAD POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
YOU HAVE SOMEBODY ANNOUNCE ON THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: KRISTEN GILLIBRAND.
>> KRISTEN GILLIBRAND.
SO I'M VERY HAPPY.
I'M SURPRISED THE OLD GUARD TO HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS
NOT STOOD IN THEIR WAY AND IN FACT HAS PUT ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ ON THE COMMITTEE --?
>> Stephen: THEY GET TO SAY TO THE TRUMP PEOPLE, WHAT DID YOU
DO.
>> THE FIRST MUSLIM WOMAN IN CONGRESS AND ALEXANDRIA OCASIO
CORTES WILL BE ABLE TO INTERROGATE WHEN THE TRUMP
IMPEACHMENT STARTS AND IT WILL START.
>> Stephen: YOUR DOCUMENTARY TALKS ABOUT HOW WE GOT TRUMP IN
2016 AND IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.
>> YEAH, IT'S STREAMING.
LET ME ASK, YOU ARE A CELEBRITY AND INTERESTED IN
POLITICS.
DO YOU BELIEVE CELEBRITIES IN POLITICS AT THE SERVE TO MIX OR
SHOULD WE LEAVE POLITICS TO THE POLITICIANS AND THE CELEBRITIES
SHUT UP?
BECAUSE A LOT OF GUYS TALK AND SAY, MICHAEL MOORE IN HOLLYWOOD,
WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
>> THAT'S WHAT THE RIGHT WING SAYS ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD
ELITISTS BUT THEY RUN REAGAN, TRUMP, FRED GRANDY.
>> Stephen: DON'T YOU SAY ONE THING ABOUT GOPHER.
>> HE'LL ALWAYS BE GOPHER TO ME.
>> Stephen: YOU GET OFF MY SHOW!
SERIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO GO TO COMMERCIAL.
I LOVE HAVING YOU HERE BUT WE HAVE TO GO TO COMMERCIAL.
>> ONE FINAL WORD.
>> Stephen: AS LONG AS YOU REALIZE WE'RE TURNING OFF
CAMERAS TO.
THE PEOPLE HERE, THERE'S SOMEONE IN THIS AUDIENCE WHO LIKE
ALEXANDRIA WAS TWO YEARS AGO, A 27-YEAR-OLD BARTENDER HERE IN
NEW YORK, WHO ONE OF YOU RIGHT NOW SHOULD THINK ABOUT RUNNING
FOR CONGRESS, STATE SENATE, STATE REP.
SOMEBODY'S WATCHING AT HOME, THERE'S A BARTENDER WATCHING
RIGHT NOW IN A BAR.
THINK OF RUNNING IN 2020.
WHY NOT?
IT'S OUR COUNTRY!
THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
>> Stephen: BEAUTIFUL.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, MICHAEL.
>> THANK YOU, BROTHER.
>> Stephen: >> STEPHEN: "FAHRENHEIT 11/9" IS
NOW STREAMING ON AMAZON AND AVAILABLE ON DVD AND BLURAY.
MICHAEL MOORE, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH KEN MARINO.