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Im talking about National Security adviser and last walrus on the beach without a mate, john bolton. laughter today, with no public preamble, the president tweeted, i informed john bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the white house. laughter cheers and applause and another another goodbye another trumpling bites the dimpling of dirt. laughter trump goes through staffers like a high 17yearold goes through little debbie swiss rolls. We knew there was bound to be conflict between these two guys like two rams butting heads. It was going to happen eventually because trump was very down on our middle eastern wars, whereas bolton has never seen a patch of sand he didnt want to make glow. In fact, trump has long complained privately that mr. Bolton was too willing to get the United States into another war, with trump saying behind the scenes, if it was up to john, wed be in four wars now. laughter and im already in so many wars trade war. Cupcake war. Im in a flame war with chrissy tiegen, and world war ii, what if the nazis had won . Plus, back in may, trump said this john is a he has strong views on things, but thats okay. I actually temper john, which is pretty amazing, isnt it . Nobody thought that was going to hap im the one that tempers him. Stephen so, donald trump is the voice of reason . laughter as trump john, john. Youre talking crazy, okay . Now, can we please get back to discussing windmill cancer. Trump concluded, and, therefore dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot i asked john for his resignation, which was given to me this morning. Okay, the president is making a simple statement of fact, so its probably a lie. laughter because 12 minutes after trumps announcement, bolton tweeted, i offered to resign last night, and President Trump said, lets talk about it tomorrow. laughter oh, john yes, john, well talk tomorrow. Now, i want you to look into the distance while i tell you about rabbits. laughter steinbeck reference. The announcement was a complete surprise, especially since the tweet came about 90 minutes before bolton was expected to appear at a press briefing with secretary of state mike pompeo and treasury secretary steven mnuchin. Oh, no. You left the nuch hanging . laughter as mnuchin im sorry john bolton couldnt be here. John bolton couldnt be here today. Instead, the role of National Security advisor will be filled by this task rabbit i hired. For ten bucks an hour, he gives National Security advice and assembles ikea furniture and tells us who to bomb. Back in march of 2018, bolton almost wasnt hired in the first place. Apparently, mr. Trump hesitated, in part because of his negative reaction to mr. Boltons walrusstyle mustache. Ironically, while bolton is leaving, the mustache is staying on as stephen millers new hairpiece. cheers and applause its youthifying. Trump promised, i will be naming a new National Security advisor next week. Who will it be . Well, we know trump picked bolton because he saw him on fox news. So get ready for National Security adviser, my pillow guy. laughter and as he thought about dumping his current National Security advisor, trump started reminiscing about his ex former National Security advisor h. R. Mcmaster, seen here showing hes willing to sit down with americas enemies. Because its been reported that trump began calling h. R. Mcmaster last year, to say he misses him. laughter as trump its been so different since you left. Now when they say, h. R. Wants to talk to you, its for much worse reasons. laughter after dispatching bolton to the white house boneyard, trump addressed the conference of historically black colleges and universities. I did note see that one coming. He gave a mostly onprompter address, except for a few unscheduled mouth detours. You have never stopped working to improve this country and you der the government. You have to just keep going. Stephen i think his brain just tried to hit the brakes then spun out on a patch of ice. as trump you have done so much for thhiiss derrraaaauuurrrr. laughter haaah. Brrr just keep going. Theyll never know you sneeeerrrrourrrrammmm. Then trump bailed out his sinking canoe, and told those in attendance to keep their feet on the ground and reach for the lowest stars they can. Nasa is expanding outreach to h. B. C. U. Students who want to become scientists, engineers, and even astronauts. I dont know about the astronaut. I dont want to be an astronaut. How about you . Does anybody want to be an astronaut . Stephen what kind of president are you . laughter what the hell are you talking about for petes sake, being an astronaut is the stereotypically american aspiration for greatness. You dont want to be an astronaut . Oh, im sorry. Youd rather be a cosmonaut. I forgot. Trump then applause i forgot. I forgot. laughter trump then took time to recognize some folks in the room and some that were not in the room. I also want to recognize our terrific executive director of the white houses h. B. C. U. s initiative, jonathan holifield. Where is jonathan. applause and i want to tell you, Evander Holyfield is a friend of mine, and he could fight. You always knew when you went in the ring with evander, he may be 50 pounds lighter, but you knew it was going to be a tough night out there for you. Stephen as trump holyfield got his ear bitten by mike tyson. And i tell you, i know tyson Chicken Nuggets very well, theyre delicious. Which reminds me of the denver nuggets. And, of course, i happen to know john denver. He wrote Rocky Mountain high and i bet a lot of you out there watching me freeassociate feel like youre high right now. Trump cheers and applause trump envisioned a future when some of the students in front of him might become president. You are all going to make better deals than that. You have to promise me when youre up here someday one of you or two of you or three of you at different times, of course. Youll be up here. Stephen as trump and whether one, two, or three of you make it to this incredible seat of power, i promise to spread rumors that all of you were born in kenya. Thats my promise. All right . Ill see you then. Big fans of kenya here. Of course, trumps been flapping the old jaw meat a lot in the last 24 hours. Last night, he held a rally down in fayetteville, North Carolina, to check in with his deplora buddies. And the president had a warning about those godless democrats our evangelicals are here tonight, and theyre all over the place. cheers and what weve done for them and for religion is so important. You know, the other side, i dont think they are big believers. Theyre not big believers in religion, that i can tell you. Stephen i know a lot of democrats who are religious, but when they see you on tv, they mumble, there is no god. cheers and applause trump also repeated his favorite joke, im never leaving office. We may have to go for an extra term. cheers oh, they are going crazy. Theyre going crazy. Tomorrow, you are going to see headlines, trump wants an extra term. I told you. I told you. He wants an extra he wants an extra term, ladies and gentlemen. We told you. We told you hes a dictator. We told you. No, no, im only kidding. laughter stephen you can only Say Something so many times before it becomes clear that youre not kidding. Its like that boyfriend that keeps joking about having a threesome. Wouldnt that be hilarious . I mean, what a riot. You, me, your College Friend brenda. Anyway, are you going to call brenda or should i . Because im just kidding this is all part joke hey, you know who we should tell that joke to . Brenda. Do you think shed get it . What . Do you understand the jock im telling. What . Whats that . Two guys . No. Thats not bleep funny. laughter of course, North Carolina was just hit by Hurricane Dorian, and trump mentioned that, a little bit. North carolina will truly recover so fast. I know you people so well. Lets not even talk about it. Lets not even talk about it. Stephen as trump lets not even talk about it. Lets talk about the real victims alabama. laughter and trumps not done lying about the weather, folks. Last night, on his way to fayetville, he gave this lie on air force one we have now people standing in line trying to get into the arena. And i will tell you that they are soaking wet. Stephen only one problem. It wasnt raining in fayetteville. Or was it . Just look at this official picture from the National Weather service. cheers and applause weve got a great show for you tonight. But when we return meanwhile stick around. 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But once in while, i like to gather up some dandelions, day old news papers, and cigarette butts, squish them into a ball, and stuff them into an empty can of baked beans to form the hobo wedding center. Piece of my news, that is my segment, meanwhile. Hobo wedding centerpiece. cheers and applause meanwhile, in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian this weekend, footage went viral of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that had been abandoned on myrtle beach during the storm. Which is bad news for the trucks owner, but great news for the neighborhood old man with a metal detector. laughter quite a haul, honey i found two bottle caps, a buffalo nickel, and a midsize Sport Utility vehicle. And why was this jeep abandoned on the beach . Well, the vehicles owner says that he lent the jeep to his cousin, who was driving on the beach, trying to get a picture of the sunrise before Hurricane Dorian hit. The cousin then got stuck in a ditch in the sand and left the vehicle, so the cousin sent the owner a message with a photo of his grand cherokee getting pummeled by waves, and two minutes after getting the message, the police knocked on the owners door to tell him they had found his jeep. laughter and we have the winner for the award for most cousin. But maybe cheers and applause i left it. It was getting wet, so i left it maybe the best footage to emerge of the jeep is this clip of a local south carolinian who decided to give the s. U. V. Its last rites that is actually the best way to make someone listen to your bagpipe solo bury them in sand, surround them with turbulent water, and they are a car. Meanwhile, its time for our longrunning meanwhile subsegment, runaway snake. I dont want to alarm anyone, but a snake escaped in a Wisconsin High School and no one can find it it was lost by a biology teacher who insists the snake has no history of harming anyone or striking out, and theres no need for anyone inside the school to be overly concerned. One thing is for sure that statement was issued by the snake. laughter and its actually a little closer than i want it to be. Jon you better get away from that. Stephen there gu. laughter now, theyre not sure, but the snake is believed to be hiding out inside a science Lab Ventilation system. So finding this python is simple. Sit a student next to a vent dressed as a wounded mouse. laughter so, its been an exciting week for the kids over at fond du lac high school. But more importantly, its given me an idea for a sexy new teen drama. Jim . Why havent you been answering my tictok dms ashley . We need to get our stories straight. What we did at the abandoned apple factory is wrong. I dont want to hear that. I am not going to high school jail for this. Not for you, not for kim ber, not for kately. hissing . What was that . Stop trying to change the subject. I need you to. Aarrggh cheers and applause stephen well be right back with ansel elgort. A lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesnt get everything clean. I tell them, it may be your detergent. Thats why more dishwasher brands recommend cascade platinum. Its speciallydesigned with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. Cascade platinums unique actionpacs dissolve quickly. To remove stuckon food. For sparklingclean dishes, the first time. Choose the detergent that lets your dishwasher do the dishes cascade platinum. The number one recommended brand in north america. Could you email me the part great about geicon, tim. Making it easy to switch and save hundreds . Oh yeah, sure. Um. You dont know my name, do you . laughs nervously of course i know your name. I just get you mixed up with the other guy. Whats his name . 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Alalready in progress. Ladies and gentlemen, my first guest tonight is an actor you know from the fault in our stars, divergent, and baby driver. He now stars in the goldfinch. Please welcome to the late show, ansel elgort cheers and applause . Stephen oh come on look at that cheers nicely done. Thats a good entrance right there. You know, you crossed the floor right there like a dancer. And im not surprised. Because i just heard this maybe other people know i did not know this. You have been cast as tony in Steven Spielbergs west side story. Congratulations. Thank you. applause . Stephen what an extraordinary what an extraordinary thing. Its unbelievable. I am pinching myself constantly whenever im talking to him and hes directing me. Stephen how how did you find out . What was that moment like . I got a phone call, and i get a lot of unknown phone calls. Ive had the same number since sixth grade. I just dont want to change it. Changing your phone number is really annoying. Stephen yeah, yeah sure. I get this unknown number. For some reason i answer it, and they said, i had, ansel, Steven Spielberg wants to talk to you. I had been auditioning and fighting for this role and it was stephen. And his tone sort of implied i wouldnt get the role but i was so happy he called me me and tell me i didnt get it. Stephen nice of him to call you personally to put you down. And turned into i did get it. He played me, too. He knew what he was doing. And i was so happy, and i couldnt tell anyone. But i called my mom and dad, and cried a little bit and. laughter stephen thatsandable. Did you grow up loving this musical . Yeah, ive always musical theater has been my first love. See oklahoma and decided theethats me. Thats me on stage, the guy with the lasso. Stephen i understand you also were in west side story. When i was 12 years old, i was in west side story at theater camp. I went to theater camp for seven years. And stephen that is that you right there . Thats me laughter yeah. Stephen is this is this and there you are right there. What who is this the officer crump key scene . Im probably saying officer krumpkey, im down on my knees applause stephen i imagine that spielberg got wind of this and went, theres my tony right there. Exactly, yes. Stephen no oh, wow. Is it still were you already a trained dancer before this . A little bit. I wasnt very good at ballet. But i love to dance, always. But i took ballet when i was a kid. Now were doing ballet again, because the choreographer is justin peck, a new york city choreographer so weve been in ballet every day. Its great. It changes your body. It fixes your posture. I dont know everything, but i stand behind a beautiful woman who is doing it and sort of watch what shes doing and. laughter get into it and. Plie, oka stephen you have to learn your your grande and rel have as and things like that. Ive my girlfriend also a ballet dancer. She said youre rolled too far back on your feet. I would like to take ballet seriously. Tony is not a ballet dancer. Hes a tough guy. Stephen but vuitton it, right. They ballet fight. They dance fight. In this one we fight for real. Stephen fight for real . Switch blades. I dont want that happening. Stephen can you tell me anything about the time period, anything . Im not supposed to. Stephen tell me. I had a dream the other night stephen is a friend. Go ahead, tell me. I had a nightmare the other night i didnt have the role. They told me, the audition has been great its whole thifntions screen test up to this point. We had two weeks left of filming and it was terrible. I dont want to lose want role. I still feel like i could stephen it would be expensive to recast you at this point so i think youre safe. But i feel like Steven Spielberg can do whatever he wants. Stephen youre in the new film the goldfinch based on a Pulitzer Prizewinning novel. We have a clip. Can you tell us what is in the clip . Its you and jeffrey wright. Its me and jeffrey wright. I have been ceeching this goldfinch painting. We stole it from the museum when there was an attack, the same attack where i lost my mother, and the painting means my mother to me. I havent told anybody i had it. Somehow or other, i may have lost it, and it may be gone forever. Stephen and he knows. And now the news is out. Stephen jim. It was his last painting, because he died in an explosion. Stupid accident. And somehow, miracle after miracle, it survives through centuries. Until you. I never meant i didnt know what it was at first. I dont even know why i kept it. I was just trying i was just trying to keep it safe. It wasnt yours to keep applause cheers stephen so youre the bad guy. No. Stephen can i ask you about i really like your name, ansel elgort. Thank you. Stephen how did you get the name. Stephen coalbert. Stephen thats how you say it if youre a russian spy. Elgort family name, i assume. Yes. I think it was like elgortavich, and they chopped it up at ellis island. Stephen ansel . Im named after ansel adams, the photographer. My father is a photographer, too. Stephen i always thought your name sounded like an anagram of something else. If you dont mind, i did a Little Research today. Your name is not only lovely as ansel elgort, but you can use all the letters of your name to also spell tell me iyoany of. cheers and applause laughter i like that one, too you. Stephen like that one, too . Yes. Thank you. applause . Stephen youre welcome. You can have these once the interview is over. Okay. Stephen do you hang out with spielberg at all . Is he a fun guy to be with . Im not supposed to talk about anything to do with spielberg. Stephen just hanging out im not asking about the movie. Is he a nice person . Hes so nice you. Stephen told me something about spielberg upon you are so out of the movie right now. Do you have a Favorite Song . We know what the songs are in the musical. Do you have a Favorite Song in the musical. Somethings coming. I love that one. Stephen sing it. The movie is not coming out until december 2020. Im not giving all my tricks away. Illob your show in a year. Stephen stephen whats your Favorite Song youre singing in the goldfinch. Ive lost the painting. What do i do . Booohooo stephen dont give it away. Dont give it away. cheers and applause stephen nicely done. Ansel, thank you so much for being here. Thank you. Stephen nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Stephen the goldfinch is in theaters this friday. Ansel elgort, everybody legal stunner. Well be right back with jodi kantor and megan twohey. With prebiotic oat. It hydrates and softens skin. So it looks like this. And you feel like this. Aveeno® daily moisturizer get skin happy™ into our subaru forester. We fit a lot of life dad its good to be back. mom it sure is. mom vo over the years, we trusted it to carry and protect the things that were most important to us. 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Switch to sprint and get both an unlimited plan and one of the newest phones included for just 35 a month. For people with hearing loss, visit sprintrelay. Com. band playing cheers and applause stephen hey, everybody welcome back. Ladies and gentlemen, my next guests tonight are the Pulitzer Prizewinning journalists who broke the Harvey Weinstein story for the New York Times. Their new book about that and the revolutionary Metoo Movement that followed in its is called she said. Please welcome jodi kantor and megan twohey applause stephen hi. Thanks for being here. Were glad to be here. Stephen i have followed your work closely, especially the last couple of years, and im really looking forward to your book, some of which i have read already. Its called she said. And its about breaking the Sexual Harassment story that helped ignite a movement. You both won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018. Not for investigative reporting, but for public service. Which is the best Pulitzer Prize, right . applause that is the best . Is that the best one . It meant a lot to us. Stephen its the best one. This reporting that you did just to remind everybody it ignited a movement, a change in our viniculture and had ramifications across not only Harvey Weinsteins industry but across many, and many peoples lives. When you went to publish that original article, did you know what was coming in its wake . We we had no idea. All we knew at the New York Times in 2017 is that we were committed to investigating Sexual Harassment across a variety of industries from hollywood to silicon valley, to the restaurant industry, and even the auto plants. But we had no idea what the impact of those investigations were going to be whatsoever. Stephen this book now is being called an all the president s men of the meetoo era. Why tell the story behind the story you told. Because these stories have come to mean so much to so many people, we wanted to bring everybody else with us on this journey. First of all, a lot of what originally happened in this investigation was off the record. So we needed to go back and find a way to share those secrets and to bring people through the process and really show you what we witnessed to bring you into our partnership, have you there in our office during the final confrontations with Harvey Weinstein. And, also, we wanted to push further because the initial investigation showed a piece of the puzzle. But there were so many Unanswered Questions how could a company, the weinstein company, become so explicit in abuse, for example . Thats a story about the weinstein company, but its also a story about all of our workplaces, if you see some sort of wrongdoing in your workplace, what do you do . Stephen tell me about the final confrontations with Harvey Weinstein. What kind of intimidations did he, and i assume the company, bring to bear against you guys . He amassed a group of highpowered lawyers who were going to threaten us with a lawsuit if we went forward with our story. He hired a private Investigative Firm made up of former israeli professional individuals promised 300,000 if they put a stop on our investigation. And in the 11th hour, as we prepared to publish, Harvey Weinstein basically barge bargeo New York Times himself, followed by some of his lawyers and folders and information he was hoping to use to smear his accusers. Stephen were coming up this was in october of 2017, right . So were coming up on the twoyear anniversary of the publication of this story and the igniting of the Meetoo Movement the hashtag too, and the idea existed beforehand, but this really amplified it, and it became a national movement. Some people say that its gone too far, that some well get swept up in the desire to change the culture and sexually dynamics certainly in the workplace, and that there have been casualties along the way, that its gone too far. What do you make of those assessmentses . What weve seen in our reporting is theres a mounting sense of unfairness on both sides. And, actually, i dont think anybody fees that our system works for the accused or the accusers. Basically, there are three questions about meetoo that remain totally unresolved. One is what is the scope of the behaviors under scrutiny . Are we only talking about really severe cases of sexual assault, rape . Or is this also about bad dates . Second of all, how do we get the facts right . How do we get to the bottom of what really happened, what kind of information do we trust and not trust in trying to figure out what happened . And then the third is what should punishment or accountability look like . And all three of those questions are really controversial. And stephen and the answers to all three are. I mean, clearly were going to settle this right here ask right now. Stephen exactly, before the commercial break right now. Look, the contribution that we can make is that were journalists and you cant solve a problem you cant see. And we will keep reporting so that we can report the true history of what really happened. Stephen you are journalists, and you talk about that in terms of your need to actually know. In response to the idea that is a very wellmeaning one that i think has a very positive effect overall, which is believe women. But point out that as journalists, youve got a different attitude toward believing. What is the motto that one of your colleagues has on his desk . Well, you know, actually, one of my reporterrize got my start at a newspaper in wisconsin, and my editor used to have a saying pinned over his desk which was, if your mother tells you she loves you, check it out, which i think which i think speaks to at least when we as reporters apply to all of the work that we do when it comes to reporting allegations of any kind. I mean, we really apply a very rigorous process of corroboration and due diligence, and even in the end, going to the accusers excuse me, to the accused to make sure they have adequate time to respond so we can ensure accuracy and fairness. Even when it involves Harvey Weinstein barging into the New York Times, were going to go through that process to make sure wire producing airtight story s. Stephen we have to attack a little bit of a break. Well be right back with more jodi kantor and megan twohey. Well talk about where we go from here. applause this is my absolute favorite from the target collection. I love the detail. 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Let me ask you this it felt to me and it has felt to me the last two years like a nonviolent revolution that is a revolutionary change in how we think about sexualehvior certainly in the workplace. Why hasnt that revolution swept up in any way a man whos been accused 17 times, credibly, of sexual assault, donald trump . Why is he untouched by any of this . Do you have an opinion about, that or an idea . Well, you know, in 2016 i was one of the reporters who worked on the first stories of women coming forward with allegations against President Trump. And, actually, when we well, hes thencandidate trump. And when we got back from book leave two months ago, the very first story i did back on the job was e. Joon carroll who was the most recent woman to come forward with a serious allegation, basically rape, against trump. And jodi and i spent a lot of time wondering about why some stories stick and others dont . We found time and again when these allegations push into the political realm, whether a democrat, a republican, whether its trump, going back over the years, they quickly descend into holy war, and oftentimes the women basically are almost forgotten as both political sides go to war against each other. Stephen well, theres a level of tribalism there, i suppose, that no one no one forms their identity in association with Harvey Weinstein, necessarily, but a particular politician or a political figure is part of their identity, and if theyre guilty, somehow im guilty for supporting them. I think thats right. And what we show is our book starts with trump, the reporting on trump, and then graduates to the reporting on weinstein, and then push throughs. We didnt want to stop with weinstein. We wanted to push through to the complicated year that followed. Kavanaugh. you talk about once again, back into the political realm. Stephen why was it important for you for that. We found she was one of the polarizing figures. Some people thought she was a villain. Some people thought she was a hero. When we were able to piece together her backstory to testifying in washington, we realized it was so much more complicated than either side knew. Stephen now youre talking about youre doing reporting, the two of you, on epstein. Are you reporting on sexual crimes and sexual abuse now in a different at mott fear, in a different world, than the worst you were in when you first publishes these stories . Is it a different environment . You know, what is so striking about epstein is how reminiscent it is of the weinstein story in some ways. Obviously, not in all of the particulars. But this spheelg of this is vaster than we ever could have imagined. And theres this vanear of privilege that is hiding something very rotten and, you know, and complicity and enabling. How could how could all of these people have gotten swept up into actually helping with abuse . So theres a bit of a feeling of deja vu for us. Stephen well, jodi, megan, thank you so much for being here. The book is she said. Its available now. Jodi kantor, megan twohey, everybody. Well be right back. cheers and applause find the brands you love from nordstrom. Up to 70 off at nordstrom rack. Thats fashion at a fraction. Shop anytime at nordstromrack. Com and get easy returns in store. Nordstrom rack. What will you find . Stephen thats it for the late show. Tune in tomorrow when my guests will be james mcavoy, stephen king, and musical guest, vampire weekend. Now stick around for james corden. Good night stephen sorry john bolton couldnt be here today. The role of the National Security adviser will be played by my frothy spittle. Frothy spittle. Jon oh, wow. Stephen hi, ladies weve had a complaint about noise. I am officer spittle. Are you ready yall to have some fun feel the love tonight dont you worry bout where it is you come from itll be all right its the late, late show