>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST IS AN EMMY AWARD
WINNER YOU KNOW FROM "THE NEWSROOM," "THE LOOMING TOWER"
AND, OF COURSE, "DUMB AND DUMBER."
HE CURRENTLY STARS ON BROADWAY IN "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, OUR FRIND, JEFFEL
DANIELS.
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>> YOU GOT-- YOU GOT BERNIE DOWN.
YOU GOT BERNIE DOWN.
THAT'S THE NEW GO-TO.
>> Stephen: A LITTLE BIT.
A LITTLE BIT.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF BERNIE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTH S.
>> Stephen: IT'S EASY PICKINS.
YOU LOOK LIKE A MAN OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS OUTFIT.
YOU'RE NOT SOME FANCY GUY IN A SUIT.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR JEANS ON.
YOU'VE GOT THE SLEEVES ROLLEDIN UP.
YOU'RE READY TO GO TO WORK FOR AMERICA.
WOULD YOU EVER RUN FOR OFFICE.
>> GOD NO.
>> Stephen: WHY NOT?
>> I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH.
>> Stephen: THAT DOESN'T STOP S MOST OF THE PEOPLE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> NO, IT DOESN'T -- T >> Stephen: WHO DO THIS.
>> YOU LOOK AT THESE GUYS AND YOU HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT-- YOU
HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT-- YOU HAVE TO KNOW TOO MUCH.
I KNOW WHAT I WANT.
I KNOW WHAT I DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW.
BUT I DON'T KNOW NOTHING.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE LEFT TO PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW GOVERNMENTUT
RUNS AND WHO CAN GET THINGS DONE IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IN THE
GOVERNMENT WE HAVE.
IT SHOULDN'T BE SOME GUY WHO IS POPULAR --
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
>> AND THERE HE IS.
>.>> Stephen: I'M ALL FOR PEOPLE SHAKING THINGS UP, BUT IT WOULD
BE NICE IF PEOPLE KNEW HOW TO GET THINGS DONE SO YOU CAN
ACTUALLY PUSH IT THROUGH.
I JUST WANT TO SAY RIGHT OFF THE BAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
IT IS A SCHOOL NIGHT FOR YOU.
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: YOU DID AN ENTIRE PERFORMANCE OF "TO KILL A
MOCKINGBIRD" ARE WHEREYOU BRILLIANTLY EMBOD I ATTICUS
FINCH AT THE SHUBERT THEATRE.
AND IF I'M NOT MITAKEN, CIRC YOU HAVE NOT ONE, NOT ONE, BUT TWO
PERFORMANCES TOMORROW.
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE WHAT MY PEOPLE WOULD SAY A MENSCH.
>> I LOVE BEING A MENSCH.
I WAS GOING TO BE UP UNTIL 2:00 ANYWAY. Ste
YOU GET SPIN.
YOU DO SORKIN AND YOU'RE SPINNING TILL 2:00 IN THE
MORNING.
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES-- WHAT DOES DOING SORKIN-- BECAUSE YOU
HAVE DONE SEVERAL SORKINS AT THIS POINT, MULTIPLE SORKINS.
WHAT DOES IT DO TO YOUR BRAIN TO BE TALKING LIKE THAT, THE WAY HE
WRITES, FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME?
>> WE'RE IN OUR NINTH MONTH NOW-- AT THE END OF OUR NINTHT
MONTH.
WE DID OUR NUMBER 305 TONIGHT.
AND THAT'S A LOT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NOT-- YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT YEARS W
-- >> Stephen: I'LL GIVE YOU--IN
I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.
>> YEAH, OKAY.
>> Stephen: WHY NOT?
>> EIGHT TIMES A WEEK, THE SAME THING, THE SAME THING.
YOU GET TO-- YOU KNOW IT BETTER SO YOU CAN LET IT GO SOONER.
BUT IT STILL IS LIKE THE INDY
500 UP THERE BECAUSE HE WRITES IN A WAY THAT IT FLOWS AND IT
MOVES AND MOVES AND IT MOVES.
AND YOU GET TO THE END OF IT, AND EVEN IF YOU'VE DONE IT 300
TIMES, YOU DON'T JUST GO HOME AND TURN THE LIGHTS OUT.
YOU'RE STILL SPINNING.
>> Stephen: WELL, HAVING DONE IT THIS MANY TIMES, BECAUSE THE
PLAY AND THE SOURCE MATERIAL, THE BOOK, IS ABOUT DIFFERENT
PEOPLE IN THE SAME COMMUNITY REACTING TO ACCUSATIONS OF
VIOLENCE AND ESSENTIALLY RACIAL PROFILING AND HOW RACISM IS
DIVIDING THE PEOPLE IN THIS O TOWN, GIVEN, SAY, LAST THREE
WEEKS, WHERE DONALD TRUMP'S RACISM HAS BECOME MORE OVERT IN
HIS ATTACKS ON VARIOUS POLITICIANS AND COMMUNITIES
AROUND THE UNITED STATES, HAS THAT CHANGED THE TONE OF THE
AUDIENCE WHEN THEY COME IN?
DO YOU THINK THAT CHANGES WHAT THEY GET FROM THE PLAY OR WHAT
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR?
BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY-- ONE OFH THE MOST BRILLIANT MOMENTS IN
THE PLAY IS WHEN-- WHICH IS NEW TO THIS PLAY, WHICH YOU AND YOU
CALPERNIA TALK ABOUT TO WHAT-- DEGREE TO YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSOR OR DO YOU JUST STAND UP FOR THE
OPPRESSED?
>> WE FELT THIS EARLY, WAY BACKN LAST NOVEMBER, DECEMBER,
ESPECIALLY NOW, BECAUSE SUDDENLY BALTIMORE IS IN THE NEWS.
AND THEY ALL-- WE'VE GOT 1400 PEOPLE TONIGHT WHO KNOW THATD?
BALTIMORE IS IN THE NEWS.
AND SO THERE ARE LINES THAT LAND, YOU KNOW, MORE SO THAN
MAYBE SIX MONTHS AGO, MAYBE.
THIS-- "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD"E THE PLAY, YOU FILE IT.
AND IT'S A MIXED AUDIENCE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WHITE PEOPLE
THERE, A LOT OF WHITE LIBERAL AMERICA.
A LOT OF WHITE AMERICA IS SITTING OUT THERE.
AND THIS PLAY IS LIKE A RIGHTIT HOOK TO THEIR CHIN.
YOU WATCH THE MOVIE.
YOU READ THE BOOK.
YOU FEEL THE PLAY.
WHEN TOM ROBINSON GETS SENT TO JAIL, HE'S 100% INNOCENT, AND
THE ONLY REASON HE'S GOING TO JAIL IS BECAUSE HE'S BLACK, YOU
SEE TOM ROBINSON CHAINED UP AND WALKING ACROSS THE STAGE ON HIS
WAY TO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR.
AND IT'S A LONG CROSS.
YOU FEEL THAT.
AND AMERICA NEEDS TO FEEL THATG STUFF.
AMERICA NEEDS TO DO FO BETTER TH LOOK AT THAT PICTURE OF THATSS
FATHER AND THAT DAUGHTER IN THE RIVER... AND YOU TELL--
( APPLAUSE )
GO TO THE VOTING BOOTH AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO, "THEY
SHOULDN'T HAVE CROSSED THE RIVER."
NOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WILL BELIEVE THAT.
GO AHEAD.
VOTE FOR HIP.
DO IT.
BUT I'M-- AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR-- THIS IS I THE SECOND DEBATE OUT
20?
JESUS.
YOU KNOW-- WHITTLE IT DOWN.
BUT WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT CAN TAKE THIS GUY ON, THAT CAN PUNCH
HIM IN THE FACE.
>> Stephen: IT WAS IN--
THERE IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC TO YOUR LIFE THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL HERE IS THAT THE DEBATE WAS BY NO ACCIDENT IN MICHIGAN
TONIGHT, WHICH DONALD TRUMP ONLY WON BY AROUND 10,000 VOTES.
AS A NATIVE MICHIGANNEDER WHAT DO YOU, THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN
WANT OUT OF A PRESIDENT?
WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR IN THE NEXT PRESIDENT?
THE DEMOCRATS ON THE STAGE TONIGHT AND THE STAGE TOMORROW
NIGHT HAVE TO TALK TO THE WHITE AND BLACK AMERICANS WHO LOST
THEIR MANUFACTURING JOBS.
ALL THEY DID WAS WORK THEIR ASS OFF AND HAVE G.M. OR-- PICK A
CORPORATION-- SEND IT TO MEXICO, SEND IT TO CHINA.
BECAUSE THERE'S A NEW GROUP THAT MATTERS MORE, AND THEY'RE CALLED
SHAREHOLDERS.
AND I CAN GET THAT CAR MADE FOR- 28 CENTS IN MEXICOICO.
DONE.
AND I DON'T HAVE TO FEEL BADLY ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S JUST BUSINESS.
OH, OKAY.
YOU HAVE TO TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY GOT SCREWED.
AND TRUMP WAS THE ONLY GUY IN 2016 WHO SAID, "I'M GOING TO
BRING YOUR MANUFACTURING JOBES BACK.
NOT A NEW ONE.
THE ONE YOU HAD, I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK."
HE HASN'T DONE IT.
SO THEY'VE BEEN LIED TO AGAIN.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE.
YOU NEED TO TALK TO THEM AND YOU NEED TO TELL THEM YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO RAISE YOUR TAXES TO GET THESE THINGS DONE, ALL THESE
THING-- YOU NEED TO TALK TO THEM, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES
WHO ARE GOING TO PUT AN END TO THIS MATD ARE MADNESS.
THAT 20%.
NOT ME, NOT YOU, NOT YOU.
THAT 20% THAT VOTE FOR TRUMP THAT DIDN'T WANT TO--87,000
VOTES IN MICHIGAN HAD DEMOCRATS ON THE UNDERCARD AND BLANK ON Y
THE PRESIDENT.
87,000.
SHE LOST BY 11,000 VOTES.
DIDN'T TALK TO THEM.
YOU'VE GOT-- YOU'VE GOT TO GET TO THOSE PEOPLE.
OTHERWISE, IT'S GOING TO BE BAD NEWS NOTIFY 2020.
>> Stephen: JEFF, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
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