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THERE, AND EVERYBODY IN STAY HUMAN RIGHT OVER THERE, MY
FRIENDS.
GIVE IT UP.
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LOUIS, WE HAVE SOME LOVELY GUESTS OUT HERE TONIGHT.
ONE AN ACT OUR TRULY LOVE.
KARL URBAN IS GOING TO BE OUT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
FROM "THE BOYS."
HE WAS BONES ON "STAR TREK."
HE WAS SCOURGE IN "THOR: RAGNAROK."
FANTASTIC, DRAMATIC, FUNNY.
HE CAN DO IT ALL.
AND CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER IS GOING TO BE OUT HERE IN JUST
A MOMENT.
>> Louis: YEAH, JUST A MOMENT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A BREAK COMING UP.
WE HAVE THE FOURTH OF JULY BREAK COMING UP TO CELEBRATE AMERICA
AND COOL DOWN OUR BURNING HEADS FROM ALL THAT IS HAPPENING IN
THE WORLD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS?
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO OVER THE BREAK?
>> >> Louis: YOU KNOW, I'M GOING
TO TRY TO RECOVER A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN I'M GOING TO
RECORD.
>> Stephen: WHAT?
YOU'RE GOING TO RECORD... RECOR.
>> Louis: AN ALBUM.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE GOING TO DO AN ALBUM.
EXCELLENT, IF YOU NEED ME TO COME IN AND SHAKE A MOROKA.
>> Louis: I HEAR YOU HAVE A MEAN TRIANGLE.
>> Stephen: I-- THANK YOU FOR ASKING-- AM GOING TO BE IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
>> Louis: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW ME, BABY.
I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP IT SEXY THE ENTIRE TIME.
IT'S JUST ME AND EVIE.
WE'RE EMPTY NESTING NOW.
AND THAT'S ALL ABOUT KEEPING IT SEXY.
DON'T TELL HER.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST IS A SIX-TERM U.S.
CONGRESSMAN FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, AND ONE OF TWO
REPUBLICANS SERVING ON THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING
THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," CONGRESSMAN ADAM
KINZINGER!
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>> Stephen: CONGRESSMAN.
>> HEY!
>> Stephen: IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: I JUST WANT TO START OFF WITH A LITTLE BOUQUET
OF GRATITUDE.
AS I SAID BEFORE ON MY SHOW, MY IMMEDIATE FEELING WHEN THESE
HEARINGS STARTED-- WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE
LIKE.
Y'ALL KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE RIGHT BECAUSE YOU HAVE
BEEN GATHERING INFORMATION AND PLAYING THE CARDS CLOSE TO YOUR
CHEST.
YOU HAVE SEEN YOU MANY TIMES BEING INTERVIEWED, YOU AND
REPRESENTATIVE CHENEY, AND YOU ALL SAID, "WE'RE GATHERING
INFORMATION."
>> IT'S NOT EASY TO DO.
YOU'RE GOING, "I WANT TO SAY WHAT I'M SEEING."
>> Stephen: HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S BEEN
BLOWING OUR MINDS HERE?
>> WE HAVE KNOWN IT A WHILE.
AND EVERY DAY THAT GOES BY, WE GET MORE AND MORE INFORMATION,
PEOPLE COMING FORWARD.
I HAVE NOT CEASED TO BE AMAZED AT THE KIND OF STUFF WE STILL
CONTINUE TO LEARN.
AND, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
>> Stephen: WELL, I AM FILLED WITH GRATITUDE FROM THE VERY
FIRST MOMENT I SAW THE FIRST HEARING YOU GUYS DID IN PRIME
TIME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT POLICIES, BUT IT IS GOOD TO SEE
PEOPLE FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AGREE THAT THERE SHOULD BE
A UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
>> YEAH.
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>> Stephen: NOW-- SO YESTERDAY, AS YOU WERE SAYING,
QUITE A DAY.
IT WAS A SURPRISE HEARING.
SURPRISE TO US.
WAS IT A SURPRISE TO YOU?
>> IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE.
YEAH.
IT WAS KIND OF IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WE HAD MADE THE
DECISION TO DO THIS AND LEARNED A LOT OF THE NEW INFORMATION,
SO, YEAH.
I WASN'T AS SURPRISED, BUT IT WAS A SURPRISE.
>> Stephen: WELL, WHAT WAS-- WHY WAS IT CRITICAL TO HAVE THE
HEARING, YOU KNOW, SOSUDDENLY.
>> Stephen: A NUMBER OF REASONS.
THERE WAS SUCH IMPORTANT INFORMATION WE WANTED TO GET
OUT.
AS YOU SAW AT THE END OF THE HEARING, THERE HAVE BEEN THREATS
COMING IN, YOU KNOW.
IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF SOMEBODY KNEW YOU WERE TALKING TO
COMMITTEE.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> THE OTHER THING IS, EVERY TIME A PIECE OF INFORMATION
COMES OUT, WE GET MORE FOLKS COMING FORWARD.
AND I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CASSIDY HUTCHINSON-- WHO,
BY THE WAY, IS A BRAVE AMERICAN.
25, 26 YEARS OLD.
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>> Stephen: SHOWING FAR MORE COURAGE THAN HER BOSS.
>> SHOWING FAR MORE COURAGE THAN HER BOSS, AND SHOWING FAR MORE
COURAGE THAN 99.8% OF REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS-- OR 100.
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COMES FORWARD WITH A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION, AND NOW ALL OF A
SUDDEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME CLARIFY THEIR STATEMENTS
OR TRULY MAY REMEMBER BEING PART OF SOMETHING THEY FORGOT ABOUT.
>> Stephen: CONGRESSMAN THOMPSON SAID LAST NIGHT, AFTER
HEARING THIS TESTIMONY,s, IF THERE'S ANYONE OUT THERE WHO
PERHAPS FINDS THEIR COURAGE OR FIND THEIR MEMORY" AND THERE ARE
PEOPLE SAYING, "OKAY, I'LL COME IN."
>> YEAH, THERE ARE PEOPLE SAYING THEY WILL COME IN.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TALKED TO US ALREADY AND WANT TO
COME IN AND CLARIFY SOMETHING THEY SAID UNDER OATH.
ALL WE WANT TO DO IS GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE ANSWERS AND A DEMOCRACY TO
SURVIVE AND TO FUNCTION-- THERE ARE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW DYING IN
UKRAINE TO DEFEND DEMOCRACY, AND IT'S LIKE WE CAN'T BE IN ANY
MORE OF A HURRY TO GET RID OF OURS HERE.
ALL YOU NEED IS PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR VOTE COUNTS
AND WHO YOU VOTE FOR WINS.
THAT'S HOW-- WINS OR LOSES.
THAT'S HOW A DEMOCRACY SURVIVES.
AND RIGHT NOW, HALF OF THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN CONVINCED
THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
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>> Stephen: WELL... AS YOU SAID, AS YOU SAID YESTERDAY WAS
STARTLING TESTIMONY FROM MISS HUTCHINSON.
WHAT DID SHE REVEAL IN THOSE HEARINGS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
THAT YOU FOUND MOST IMPORTANT?
>> THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS.
I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OF INFORMATION,
DONALD TRUMP KNEW THERE WERE GUNS IN THE CROWD.
DONALD TRUMP WANTED THE TO GET RID OF THE MAGNETOMETERS BECAUSE
HE'S STILL OBSESSED WITH CROWD SIZE.
HE STILL IS.
AND HE WAS WORRIED IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ENOUGH PEOPLE WERE AT
THE ELLIPSE.
SO HE'S LIKE TAKE THE MGNETOMETERS AWAY, BRING THEM
IN.
I KNOW THERE ARE GUNS, BUT THEY'RE NOT HERE TO SHOOT ME.
THEY'RE NOT HERE TO HURT ME.
WHAT THAT SAYS IS HE KNOWS THEY'RE THERE TO HURT SOMEBODY
AND WE ALSO KNOW HE WANTED TO GO DOWN TO THE CAPITOL.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PUT THOSE BASIC PIECES OF INFORMATION
TOGETHER AND SAY THIS WAS A DANGEROUS MAN WHO WANTED TO
OVERTHROW THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS.
AND THEN JUST HER COURAGE ALL THE WAY AROUND AND TALKING ABOUT
SOME OF WHAT SHE'D SEEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
AND IT'S-- IT'S...
I WAS INSPIRED.
I WENT DOWN-- WE GAVE HER-- WE SHOOK HER HAND.
I WENT DOWN TO SHAKE HER HAND AND SHE GAVE ME A HUG AND I LOST
IT.
I DON'T THINK THE CAMERAS CAUGHT IT BECAUSE I'M JUST LIKE--
BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT
IT TOOK FOR HER TO DO THAT AND THE SACRIFICE SHE'S NOW GOING TO
FACE.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT
BACK WITH MORE CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER, EVERYBODY.
STICK AROUND.
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