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GIVE IT UP FOR THE BAND!
YOU REALLY SHOULD BE HERE HEARING THIS TONIGHT.
YOU GUYS SOUND AMAZING. LOUIS, WE ARE-- YOU GUYS ALWAYS
YOU SOUND PARTICULARLY SOUND FANTASTIC. ENERGIZED
TONIGHT. TELL ME WHO WE HAVE SITTING IN
WITH THE BAND TONIGHT, PLEASE. >> Louis: SWEEPING THE WORLD
INCREDIBLE CLYDE AND GRACIE OF MUSIC, WE'VE GOT THE FROM
THE BAND LAWRENCE.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU. YOU SOUND AMAZING.
I GOT TWO PEOPLE, I GOT TWO PEOPLE, TOO.
I GOT SOSIE BACON. STAR OF THE MOVIE "SMILE" WILL
BE OUT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. >> Stephen: I SAW THE
COMMERCIALS. TERRIFYING.
I'LL NEVER SMILE AT ANYONE AGAIN.
AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE A YOUNG MAN NAMED ANDERSON COOPER WHO WILL
BE OUT HERE. VERY TALENTED YOUNG MAN.
MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS A
ANCHOR AND HOST OF "ANDERSON COOPER 360."
PLEASE WELCOME, BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," ANDERSON COOPER!
HELLO, ANDERSON COOPER! ♪ ♪ ♪
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>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU. >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU
AGAIN. FOR THOSE OF YOU KEEPING SCORE
AT HOME, THIS IS YOUR 14th APPEARANCE--
>> IS IT REALLY. >> Stephen: ON "THE LATE
SHOW." >> IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'M
SWEARING A SMOCK. >> Stephen: WHY AREN'T YOU
WEARING A SUIT. >> IT'S AN ODE TO CUNNINGHAM.
DO YOU REMEMBER HIM? IT'S AN INSIDE JOKE AND ONE
PERSON GOT IT. >> Stephen: THEY SAY IF YOU
CAN REACH ONE PERSON, THOSE ARE TERRIBLE RATINGS.
( LAUGHTER )
LITTLE AFTER 6:00 RIGHT NOW. WE TAPED THE SHOW EARLIER.
WE KNOW AROUND 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON, HURRICANE IAN MADE
LANDFALL-- >> A CATEGORY 4.
>> Stephen: MASSIVE CATEGORY 4.
WHAT DO WE KNOW SO FAR? >> SUSTAINED WINDS AT SOME POINT
150 MILES PER HOUR, VERY HIGH-LEVEL CATEGORY 4, COULD
HAVE BEEN A CATEGORY 5. WHAT'S WEIRD IS IT'S A SIMILAR
TRACK TO HURRICANE CHARLIE, ANYONE DOWN IN FLORIDA IN 2004.
AND THAT-- THAT VEERED OFF TAMPA BAY, WHERE I WAS IN 2004.
SO THAT DAMAGE COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE.
IAN IS MUCH BIRTHER THAN #CHARLIE.
THE POTENTIAL STORM SURGE, OTHER POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGES IS
REALLY GREAT. IT SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT
RIGHT BEFORE IT MADE LANDFALL, WHICH MEANS IT IS GOING TO BE
OVER LAND A LITTLE BIT LONGER. THERE ARE ALREADY EARLY REPORTS
OF PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOME. POLICE-- 911 CALLS BEING
OVERWHELMED. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S
POTENTIALLY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.
AND, OBVIOUSLY, THE VERY REAL POTENTIAL FOR LOSS OF LIFE.
>> Stephen: NOW, I THOUGHT TONIGHT WE'D BE TALKING TO YOU
ABOUT THE JANUARY 6 HEARINGS. >> YTHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
TODAY. >> Stephen: BUT IN FACT THAT
WAS POSTPONED BECAUSE THE HURRICANE WAS COMING IN.
LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT IT IN GENERAL.
ANTICIPATING? BECAUSE THEY'RE WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN SAYING THAT--
FIRST THEY SAID THE HEARINGS WOULD BE RESUMING IN THE FALL.
>> RIGHT. >> Stephen: AND THEN WE GOT
THE WORD THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE ONLY PLANNED HEARING FOR THE
FALL. >> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD IN YOUR REPORTING THAT
THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO OR SHOW? DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING?
>> I KNOW THEY WILL BE SHOWING SOME VIDEOS AND --
>> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE?
>> I HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY ARE.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S YOUR IDEA OF WHAT THEY ARE?
>> I-- I WOULDN'T GO INTO IT.
YOU'RE A NEWSMAN. REPORT, REPORT WHAT YOU THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE. WHATDO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO
BE? >> I-- I-- YEAH.
I'M JUST NOT GOING TO GO INTO IT.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE CONFIRMATION?
>> NO, I'M JUST NOT-- I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU IN THESE VIDEOS?
( LAUGHTER )
WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT'S IN THE VIDEOS, ANDERSON COOPER?
>> THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHOWING SOME VIDEOS-- SOME DOCUMENTARY
STUFF THAT WAS ALREADY ON CNN THAT IS REPORTED THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO SHOW. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE THEY'RE
GOING TO SHOW OR WHAT PARTS OF STUFF THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW.
>> Stephen: I THINK YOU DO KNOW.
( LAUGHTER )
ANDERSON, WHAT HAVE YOU MADE OF IT SO FAR?
BECAUSE CERTAINLY GOING INTO IT, THERE WAS A LOT OF WORRY THIS
WAS GOING TO BE A NOTHING BURGER.
>> I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY WELL ORGANIZED.
THE INFORMATION IS STUNNING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND.
IT STUNS ME THAT THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE ENTIRE
CONGRESS EMBRACED, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, AND HAVE A
9/11-STYLE COMMISSION TO ACTUALLY INVESTIGATE THE LARGEST
ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY SINCE 9/11.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WERE IN ON IT.
THAT'S WHY.
SHOULD HAVE-- I MEAN, THE IDEA >> STILL, THE LEADERSHIP THAT
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WHICH WAS EMBRACED BY-- ON A BIPARTISAN
BASIS ACROSS THE BOARD IS JUST OUTRAGEOUS.
>> Stephen: I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I THINK MADE THE DIFFERENCE ON
THE HEARING, EVERYBODY ON THAT PANEL, EVERYBODY ON THE HEARINGS
THINKS THE HEARINGS SHOULD BE HAPPENING.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. THERE'S NO SABOTAGE GOING ON.
>> LOOK, YOU DO-- LOOK, THERE IS TREMENDOUS BRAVERY ON THAT
LIZ CHENEY, ADAM KINZINGER, PANEL. WHO
ARE REPUBLICANS HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR POLITICAL CAREERS, THEIR
FOR NOW, FOR STANDING UP FOR POLITICAL FUTURES, AT LEAST THE
TRUTH AND TRYING TO GET AT WHAT IS TRUE AND WHAT ACTUALLY
HAPPENED. AND THERE'S STILL-- THE FACT
THAT WE STILL DON'T KNOW SO MUCH OF WHAT HAPPENED, THE FACT THAT
THE CELL PHONE COMMUNICATIONS OF THE SECRET SERVICE AGENTS AROUND
THE PRESIDENT HAVE-- WERE WIPED? I MEAN--
>> Stephen: THEY SAID THEY GOT THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF
INFORMATION FROM THE SECRET SERVICE AND THEY GOT A BUNCH OF
THE PHONES SEIZED. IS THAT WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU
WON'T TELL ME? IS THAT WHAT YOU HAVE?
THAT'S NOT. >> THAT'S NOT IT.
THEY MIGHT HAVE VIDEO OF THAT. >> Stephen: IS IT SOME FUN
TIKTOKS YOU DON'T WANT TO SHARE WITH ME.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT IF YOU CAN STAY THERE, I'LL
BEBACK WITH MORE ANDERSON COOPER, EVERYBODY.
STICK AROUND. ♪ ♪ ♪