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♪ ♪ ♪ >> HELLO, AGAIN.
I'M STILL SAM WATERSTON.
WE CONTINUE OUR LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE BEST MOMENTS FROM
"THE LATE SHOW" WITH STEPHEN COLBERT 2020 CAMPAIGN COVERAGE."
YOU HANDSOME DEVIL.
>> Stephen: MY GUEST TONIGHT HAS SPENT DECADES WORKING
TOWARDS POLITICAL REVOLUTION, AND JUST TODAY SUSPENDED HIS
CAMPAIGN.
PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW," SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.
SENATOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
IT IS AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU AFTER YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY.
SENATOR, WHY IS NOW THE RIGHT TIME, IN YOUR OPINION, TO END
YOUR CAMPAIGN.
YOU SAY YOU'RE STILL INTERESTED IN GETTING DELEGATES AND
AMASSING MORE DELEGATES AND TAKING THEM TO THE CONVENTION.
WHY STOP THE CAMPAIGN NOW?
>> WELL, I THINK FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
I THINK THE MATHEMATICS IS PRETTY CLEAR THEY CAN'T WIN.
AND WHILE YOU CAN MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT YOU SHOULD RUN A
CAMPAIGN, FIGHT FOR YOUR IDEAS, BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, EVEN IF
YOU CAN'T WIN, I THINK THE PANDEMIC THAT WE ARE
EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW MAKES EVEN THAT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
>> Stephen: THE FIRST QUESTION: WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN
THE TICKET?
>> I'D BE HONORED IF ASKED.
AND I'M HONORED TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
BUT, HONESTLY, LET ME JUST TELL YOU SOMETHING.
I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER WHEREVER I AM TO HELP JOE BIDEN
WIN.
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT-- AND WITHOUT-- THIS
IS NOT RHETORIC.
I TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN OUR
LIFETIME.
>> Stephen: IN THOSE DEBATES, YOU LANDED HAYMAKERS ON JOE
BIDEN.
I MEAN, THEY WERE HIS-- HIS TEETH WERE LIKE CHICKLETS ALL
OVER THE STAGE.
AND NOW, I BELIEVE YOU THAT YOU'RE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF HIM.
HOW DOES THAT TRANSITION HAPPEN?
HOW DO YOU GO FROM BEING SUCH A PASSIONATE OPPONENT ON SUCH
BEDROCK PRINCIPLES FOR YOU, AND NOW, YOU GUYS SEEM TO BE PALS?
>> IT WAS A DEBATE.
>> Stephen: NOT EVERYBODY LANDED PUNCHES LIKE YOU DID,
THOUGH.
>> IT WAS A DEBATE!
>> Stephen: SO YOU DON'T MEAN IT.
>> IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I'VE KNOWN JOE A LONG TIME, AND I
CARE ABOUT HIM DEEPLY.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS WITH
WHOM WE HAVE DISAGREEMENTS.
THAT DOESN'T OVERCOME OR OVERSHADOW THE COMMONALITY
BETWEEN US AND THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN US.
>> Stephen: WELL, WE ALL KNOW WE'RE IN A CRISIS, NOT JUST
NATIONALLY BUT GLOBALLY.
NOT ENOUGH ATTENTION REALLY IS BEING PAID TO THE NECESSITY FOR
GRIEF RIGHT NOW.
FOR THE GRIEF FOR THE LOSS OF CLOSE TO 100,000 PEOPLE SO FAR.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A PUBLIC EXPRESSION FROM THE TOP OF THAT
GRIEF, WHICH HELPS GUIDE THE-- HELPS GUIDE THE COUNTRY'S SOUL
IN TIMES OF CRISIS LIKE THIS.
WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE
AND HAVE NO OUTLET RIGHT NOW, NATIONALLY AND COLLECTIVELY, FOR
THEIR GRIEF?
>> SO MANY FAMILIES, EVERY ONE OF THOSE, NOW OVER 90,000-- IT'S
GOING TO BE WELL OVER 100 BEFORE THIS IS OVER-- WHO HAVE LOST
SOMEBODY, LEFT BEHIND A FAMILY, LEFT BEHIND SOMEBODY WITH A
BROKEN HEART, WITH A FEELING LIKE-- THE FEELING YOU HAVE WHEN
YOU LOSE SOMEONE YOU LOVE, AS YOU KNOW, IS LIKE THERE'S A BIG
BLACK HOLE YOU SEEM TO GET SUCKED INTO.
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER, OVER TIME, YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER
THAT THERE'S STILL PART OF YOU, THAT YOUR HEART, YOUR SOUL, IT'S
WHO YOU ARE.
THERE'S THIS CONNECTION THAT IS REAL.
AND THE ONLY WAY I KNOW FROM ME HOW TO GET THROUGH IT IS TO FIND
PURPOSE.
WHAT WOULD THE PERSON YOU LOST, WHAT WOULD THEY WANT YOU DOING?
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO MAKE IT BETTER?
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO DEAL WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCE, WHY THEY DID LOSE
THEIR LIFE?
>> Stephen: ARE WE GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT?
>> YES, WE ARE.
I PROMISE YOU, WE'RE GOING TO BE-- WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS
AND WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT STRONGER.
>> COMING UP, MORE BEST OF "THE LATE SHOW."
WELL THAT'S ALL THAT POSSIBLY BE SAID ABOUT "THE LATE SHOW
WITH STEPHEN COLBERT'S 2020 CAMPAIGN COVERAGE."
I'VE BEEN SAM WATERSTON.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME.
I KNOW I DID.
NOW, HOW DO I GET OUT OF HERE?
HELLO?
DOES ANY-- DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THERE'S AN
EXIT AROUND HERE?
HELLO?
ANYBODY?
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HELLO!
ANYONE!
ANYBODY?
I'M A-- I'M GETTING A LITTLE SCARED.
I-- I'M-- I FULFILLED MY CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION, OKAY?
CAN I GO NOW?