LADIES AND GENTLEMEN -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
-- YOU ALL KNOW MY FIRST GUEST AS THE EMMY AWARD-WINNING
STAR OF "THE GOOD WIFE."
SHE NOW PLAYS A DOCTOR TRYING TO STOP THE SPREAD OF EBOLA IN "THE
HOT ZONE."
>> EBOLA. ONE OF THE DEADLIEST VIRUSES ON EARTH.
SIMILAR SYMPTOMS AS MARLBERG, BUT INSTEAD OF KILLING 30% OF
ITS VICTIMS, IT KILLS 90.
>> HEY, HEY HEY!
( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME BACK
TO THE LATE SHOW, JULIANNA MARGULIES!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: HELLO.
HELLO!
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> IT IS SO NICE TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, AS A
SON OF AN IMMUNOLOGIST, BECAUSE I WAS TAUGHT TO BE AFRAID OF
PEOPLE'S GERMS AT A YOUNG AGE.
WE WERE TALKING BACKSTAGE, YOU DON'T SHAKE HANDS, YOU BUMP
ELBOWS AS AN IMMUNOLOGIST WHEN YOU'RE WORKING IN A HOT ZONE.
>> YES, WHEN YOU'RE WORKING IN A HOT ZONE, THE DOCTOR I STUDIED,
NANCY JACKS, WHO I PLAY, WHY THINK SHE'S AN AMERICAN HERO --
>> Stephen: THIS IS A TRUE STORY.
>> THIS IS A TRUE STORY.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
THIS IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY.
IT'S CALLED "THE HOT ZONE" BY RICHARD PRESTON, AND THIS
HAPPENED IN 1989 ON U.S. SOIL.
THERE WAS AN EBOLA OUTBREAK IN A MONKEY HOUSE.
>> Stephen: THAT SOUNDS FUN IF YOU JUST LISTEN TO THE TITLE.
SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD BAR -- YOU GUYS GOING TO THE RUSTED MONKEY
HOUSE?
( LAUGHTER ) I MADE LIGHT OF WHAT COULD HAVE
BEEN A TERRIBLE PANDEMIC, I APOLOGIZE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> YOU HAVE TO, BECAUSE IT'S
DEVASTATING.
WHAT'S AMAZING AND THE REASON I DID THIS PROJECT IS, WHEN I READ
THE BOOK, I COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND NONE
OF US KNEW ABOUT IT.
NONE OF US KNEW ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE C.D.C. DIDN'T WANT ANYONE --
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR PANDEMIC.
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN RUSHING TO GET OUT OF VIRGINIA BECAUSE
EBOLA AZIR HAS A 90% FATALITY RATE.
THERE'S NOW A VACCINE-FREE EBOLA.
I HOPE I'M NOT BORING YOU ALL.
>> Stephen: NO, GET OUT OF VIRGINIA!
GET OUT!
JUST THIS CONVERSATION MAKES ME WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE PURELLE.
( LAUGHTER ) LET'S GET BACK TO MORE "THE HOT
ZONE" IN A MOMENT.
I'LL JUST SAY ONE THING, THESE ARE THE ADS I'M SEEING UP
EVERYWHERE OF YOU IN THE HOT ZONE RIGHT THERE, AND I WILL SAY
THAT, BASED UPON THIS AD RIGHT HERE, YOU HAVE A TYPE NOW.
YOU ARE A WOMAN WHO HAS JUST HAD IT.
( LAUGHTER ) GOOD WIFE, EBOLA, I'VE HAD IT,
FINE!
I'LL FIX IT!
>> I AM FED UP.
>> Stephen: ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.
THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, THE "THE GOOD WIFE" WAS STILL ON IN
2016.
>> I THINK I CAME ON WITH CHRISTINE AND MATT.
>> Stephen: YOU DID.
A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE 2016 IN OUR CULTURAL AND POLITICAL
LANDSCAPE.
>> YA THINK?
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: HOW HAVE YOU DEALT
WITH THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, POLITICS JUST SORT OF
SWALLOWED -- >> I STARTED DRINKING.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF )
>> OH!
AWESOME!
I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING DOWN, WE MAY AS WELL BE DRUNK.
>> Stephen: I DON'T HAVE ANY ICE, I'M AFRAID.
>> THAT'S OKAY, I LIKE IT NEAT.
NEAT AND CLEAN LIKE MY MEN.
>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO.
CHEERS.
>> Stephen: CHEERS.
HERE'S TO BETTER TIMES.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THAT'S NICE, IT'S SMOOTH.
>> Stephen: TASTY STUFF.
NOW, SO, DUTY VORS YOURSELF FROM THE -- DO YOU DIVORCE YOURSELF
FROM THE WHOLE POLITICAL THING?
>> I TRY TO.
I CAN'T.
>> Stephen: IT'S EVERYWHERE.
IT'S EVERYWHERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I STOPPED DOING SI DO NOT READ THE NEWS AT
NIGHT BECAUSE I WAS WAKING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT FROM
NIGHTMARES OF JUST SCREAMING.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE READ MY DREAM DIARY.
( LAUGHTER ) >> I WAS IN A BOARD ROOM.
THERE WAS A LONG TABLE, AND IT WAS JUST THE GUY WHO'S IN THE
OVAL OFFICE RIGHT NOW SITTING THERE, AND I WALKED IN, AND I
WAS SCREAMING, SCREAMING, DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT THE NEXT -- I
MEAN, I WAS GOING CRAZY AT HIM AND SCREAMING AND YELLING, AND
THAT WAS 2016.
I WOKE UP IN A SWEAT AND I THOUGHT, OH, MY GOD I'VE GONE
INSANE AND I HAVE TO STOP READING THE NEWS AT NIGHT.
I READ THE "NEW YORK TIMES" IN THE MORNING, I LISTEN TO NPR.
I KNOW, I'M SUCH A NEW YORKER.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I DO BECAUSE I WANT TO BE INFORMED.
OCCASIONALLY I'LL WATCH PBS "NewsHour", OCCASIONALLY.
>> Stephen: JUST TO GET TO SLEEP.
( LAUGHTER ) >> BECAUSE THEY'RE RIGHT ON AT
7:00.
>> Stephen: AND THEN YOU GO TO SLEEP.
>> STEPHEN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I GO TO SLEEP AROUND
10:00, 11:00, DEPENDING.
>> Stephen: I'M MUCH OLD THAN YOU ARE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> NOT REALLY.
>> Stephen: BEFORE WE GO.
LET'S LEAVE ON A HIGH NOTE, YOU'VE HAD TO LEARN A FAIR
AMOUNT TO DO "THE HOT ZONE," YOU'VE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
ACTUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT GLOBAL PANDEMICS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU REASSURED OR WERE YOU TERRIFIED BY WHAT
YOU LEARNED?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU.
AND I WOULD TELL YOU -- ( LAUGHTER )
-- BOTH.
>> Stephen: OH.
I'M REASSURED THAT I'M THIS TERRIFIED.
( LAUGHTER ) I'M RIGHT TO BE THIS PANICKED.
>> LET ME EXPLAIN.
I'M REASSURED THAT A STUDIO LIKE GEO IS SHEDDING THE LIGHT ON
SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROBLEM.
THIS IS A GLOBAL ISSUE.
IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN AFRICA.
IT'S NOT IF IT WILL HAPPEN ON U.S. SOIL AGAIN, IT'S WHEN.
STAY WITH ME.
( LAUGHTER ) SO SHEGD LIGHT ON IT, IT'S ON
THE COVER OF THE "NEW YORK TIMES" TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME,
WHERE USUALLY IT'S BACK IN PAGE 18.
>> Stephen: SURE.
FINALLY, WE'RE SHEDDING LIGHT ON A GLOBAL PROBLEM, AND WE NEED
TO SUPPORT OUR SCIENTISTS AND STOP DENYING SCIENCE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I'LL GO WITH THAT.
AND, SO, I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE WORK THAT'S GOING BEHIND,
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE CONSTANTLY BEING TOLD, NO, I KNOW SCIENCE.
>> Stephen: AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, STAY OUT OF
VIRGINIA.
>> NO!
GO TO VIRGINIA!
YOU'RE GOING TO GET ME THE TROUBLE!
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: "THE HOT ZONE"
PREMIERES NEXT MONDAY ON "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC."
JULIANNA MARGULIES, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ADMIRAL WILLIAM McRAVEN!