Country lawyer, but since when is enticing a Foreign Government to mess with our election a catty wampus booger boo . I rest my case and the angry tubas. Is it your position that President Trump should not be impeached, even if all the evidence and arguments laid out by the house are accepted as fact . Ill answer the question. You want answers . I think im entitled. You want answers . I want the truth you cant handle the truth i rest my case. So sign up today for darius lighthouses acting school of legal acting. And you can trust me, because im not only the theaters director. Ive also played a pivotal character on law and order. He was killed right here. Keys, briefcase, just got home from work. laughter announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert dems the break week 2020 candidates, gone but not forgotten. Except the ones we forgot. Tonight obtuse of power. Plus, stephen welcomes jim gaffigan and tom steyer. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen yes yes oh, yes stephen thank you everybody, up here, all you heres, out there, up there, down there. Welcome to the late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert first of all, cheers and applause piano riff you know what, lets start off the evening on a positive note, jon. Happy Martin Luther king jr. Day cheers and applause Beautiful Day, Beautiful Day, Beautiful Day to celebrate. Beautiful message to remember. Both the president and the first lady noted the day on twitter. Melanias tweet was short and sweet together we honor dr. Martin luther king jr. M. L. K. Day. She really relates to dr. Kings message, especially the part about wanting to be free at last. laughter jon oh, oh, my goodness stephen i think i heard. I dont know. Its what i heard. Jon yes, i heard that, too. Stephen the oddist thing about that tweet was the graphic she used, m. L. K. Day. Timely and factual. Im being told we have a preview of the first ladys tweet for tomorrow. So trut stephen in addition to this being m. L. K. Day, its also the third anniversary of trumps inauguration. audience booing january 20, 2017. I think we all remember where we were when we werent there. laughter cheers and applause jon landed nicely on that one. Stephen but were also exactly one year away from the inauguration of our next president. cheers and applause piano riff pause, pause. So it will either be a massive, historic celebration down in d. C. , or the white house will tell us it was a massive, historic celebration down in d. C. laughter but Inauguration Day may come early, because tomorrow is the beginning of Trumps Senate impeachment trial. cheers and applause and i will give you all the latest in tonights don and the giant impeacm gonna bomb the out of them. Stephen over the weekend, house impeachment managers filed a 111page brief outlining the president s abuse of power and obstruction of congress. They conclude that President Trumps conduct is the framers worst nightmare. Yes, the framers worst nightmare, next to the one where theyre addressing the Continental Congress without pantaloons. laughter in response, the president s lawyers say that abuse of power is not impeachable. Yes, it is its the most powerful job in the world. Thats why abuse of power is the thing a president is not supposed to do. Its like lord actons famous saying, power corrupts, is donald trump corrupt . Absolutely. laughter cheers and applause abuse, buse. Right. But theyre saying technically, technically, technically, its not a crime. Well, you dont have to break cappuccino, t i still want you cheers and applause laughter stephen no worth it. Warm this time of year. Jon i dont mess with that. Stephen constitutional law scholar Laurence Tribe says the argument that only criminal offenses are impeachable has died a thousand deaths in the writings of all the experts on the subject, but it staggers on like a vengeful zombie. Look, larry, you may not agree with the president s allies, but i think that the term vengeful zombies is a little oh. laughter oh. On the nose. On the nose. Jon oh, that thing right there. cheers and applause stephen i object but the ultimate insult against trumps defense brief is the allegation that it is so weak he likely dictated parts himself. Now, we dont know if this is true, but there is a hint of that in this section which resident, the articles of impeachment now before the senate are an affront to the constitution. Hello, ill take a large meat lovers pizza. Extra meat. Extra lover. Bye. Damn i forgot the garlic knots laughter jon you dont never get em. Stephen and heres the thing donald trump is taking none of this lightly. With his presidency on the line, trump is turning to his favorite legal scholar television. laughter according to one source, trump has been telling people that he wanted a highprofile legal team that can perform on television, and trump loves having people who are on television working for him. as trump quick, get me matlock, perry mason, law and order, give me that dumd, m, things. And darma and greg. Team trump includes harvard law professor and man who just googled Alan Dershowitz underwear, Alan Dershowitz, who famously defended o. J. Simpson and Jeffrey Epstein. as trump get me dershowitz. Im exactly as innocent as Jeffrey Epstein and o. J. Simpson. But jared, just in case, gas up the bronco. laughter now, dershowitz was on the sunday shows pushing the whole abuse of power being no biggie. You needed proof of an actual crime. It neednt be a statutory crime, but it has to be criminal behavior, criminal in nature. Stephen okay, but during the clinton impeachment, one prominent legal scholar disagreed. It certainly doesnt have to be a crime if you have somebody who completely corrupts the office of president and who abuses trust and who poses great danger to our liberty. You dont need a technical crime. Stephen okay, but look, weve all wait back in 1974, dershowitz said this about Richard Nixon and watergate im not happy seeing nixons gang being tried by blacks and liberals in the district of columbia. Wow. That statement did not age well, but then again, neither did Alan Dershowitz. applause piano riff as i said as i said, the senate trial starts tomorrow, but were still a little fuzzy on the details thanks to Senate Majority leader audience booing and crowd favorite mitch mcconnell. laughter heres how its supposed to work as majority leader, mcconnell writes up the rules for the trial, then the entire senate votes on those rules. Simple. Thing is mcconnell has so far refused to reveal any of the details about his resolution. The trial starts tomorrow that would be like a wedding invite going out that says ceremony at 1 00 p. M. , st. Matthews episcopal church. B. Y. O. Bride. laughter now, mitch has been hushhush about the rules of engagement, but it doesnt seem like hes confident trump is innocent, because reportedly, mcconnell is preparing a resolution that would leave room for President Trumps lawyers to move immediately to dismiss the impeachment charges, in whats being called a breakglass option. Yes, break glass. Always a sure sign that everything is aokay. Thats why public building applause thats why public buildings have axes on the wall with signs that say break glass in case everythings hunkydory. laughter now, while mcconnell is out there busy rigging the trial, some of the jurors have already started their defense of the president , like alabama senator and frankenstein noticing fire, richard shelby. Shelby was on this curious week with george, and he got asked this question do you think it was proper for the president to solicit foreign interference in our election . Weve seen the president in public ask the ukrainians to get involved, ask the chinese to get involved. Well, those are just statements, political. Things happen. Peopdo things. Idyw laughter stephen that is an ironclad defense. Its like a defense attorney saying, your honor, did my client commit murder . Yes, but things happen. Sometimes very sharp things happen like 22 times to the torso. Okay, you must piano riff you must declare him innocent by reason of whatcha gonna do . Kids will be kids. laughter now, with impeachment heating up in washington, trump escaped to texas for the annual convention of the American Farm bureau. He began by telling them that they all loved him. A poll just came out wall street journal. It just came out. Look at this farmer approval of trump hits record. Poll shows 83 of the farmers and ranchers approve of the president s job performance. 83 cheers and applause but i want to know, really, who are the 17 . Who are they . Who the hell are the 17 . laughter anybody in here from the 17 . Dont raise your hand. It may be dangerous. audience reacts stephen wow, thats a little disconcerting from the most powerful man in the world. as trump seriously, who in this room does not approve of me . Im throwing a special party for you guys. Just follow the cows up that ramp right over there. laughter just ignore the whirling party blades. laughter trump also spent a good amount of time talking about agriculture commissioner sid miller, seen here awranglin a cupcake. And youll never guess which detail about miller he focused in on he had the big, beautiful cowboy hat on. I love that hat. I wish we could wear them in washington or new york, because i would be the biggest buyer of that hat. laughter teen actually, mr. President you can wear them in new york. In fact, my drummer, joe saylor, is wearing one right now. cheers and applause rim shot that wasnt actually a joke, joe. rim shot laughter laughter one issue affecting farmers is the estate tax. And if theres anybody worried about who inherits their fortune, its donald trump. Is there anybody here that does not love their children and does not want to leave their beautiful farm to their children . You mean theres not one person that dislikes your children because theyre brats, because theyre spoiled, rotten brats . Stephen as trump come on, admit it. Everyone hates their kids, right . Especially the blonde one, giant gums. Weve got a great show for you tonight. cheers and applause jim gaffigan is here. When we return, there are vacancies in the royal family. Stick around. cheers and applause band playing whisthi head to oldnavy. Com for up to sixty percent off everything thats up to sixty percent off everything at oldnavy. 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Jon a pilgrimage to nonviolence. Its amazing. Stephen yeah,. Jon incredible stuff. Stephen yeah. applause well, folks, the world cant stop talking about everyones favorite troubled royal twosome brad pitt and jennifer aniston. laughter but also meghan and harry, who have dragged britain into what some are calling me megxitits. Or as i call it harrabdication. Its going to catch on. Give it time i say good on them for leaving. The British Press is doing to this family exactly what they did to harrys mother, plus racism. The world was riveted yesterday when harry gave a speech in london, and spoke publicly for the first time about harrabdication. See . Its already catching on. laughter and he made it clear that the treatment of his family by the tabloids had become too much. It brings me Great Sadness that it has come to this. The decision that i have made for my wife and i to step back is not one i made lightly. There really was no other option. I hope that helps you understand what it had come to that i would step my family back from all ive ever known, to take a step forward into what i hope can be a more peaceful life. Stephen peaceful life . Harry, you have an eightmonthold baby. laughter you will not have a peaceful life again for the next 18 years. Right now, just shoot for a less pukedon life. Although meghan is already in canada with their son, archie, harry insists they are not breaking entirely with buckingham palace. What i want to make clear is were not walking away. Stephen were flying away on an airplane. laughter turns out, if you walk from england to canada, you drown or get eaten by sharks. laughter harry and meghan will also repay the 3. 1 million in public money used to refurbish frogmore cottagwait, theres an actual pe called Frogmore Cottage . That sounds madeup, like hogwarts, or humpty dumpty, or benedict cumberbatch. laughter and despite giving up his h. R. H. Title, harry remains sixth in line for the crown, which puts him just behind prince williams children and just ahead of john goodman. laughter and to make the whole thing even more official, on saturday, Queen Elizabeth herself announced that harry and meghan will no longer be working members of britains monarchy. So that means theres a job opening in the royal family. Maybe a megxit means a colbentrance. laughter hi how are you . Mrs. Queen can i call you queeny . My name is Stephen Colbert. Im interested in the position of royal highness. I have no formal training in being a prince, but i have been told im a royal pain in the ass. laughter anyway, im a fast learner, im highly motivated, i can wave backwards, and ive never met Jeffrey Epstein. laughter well be right back with jim gaffigan. cheers and applause band playing people ask m celebrity. And, i tell them, nobody should. But, i just dont think you need a separate private plane. But i, but i want it hey, buddy. 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Please welcome back to the late show, our friend jim gaffigan cheers and applause band playing thank you thank you. Stephen welcome back. Thank you. Stephen professor gaffigan. I am a very artistic person. Stephen very speaking Foreign Language but i dont know what that means. Stephen very distinguished. I had an interview recently, a reporter asked me in a sincere tone, rall standup comedians slobs . I was, like, i think thats an insult, but now im dressed up for your show. Thank you for having me. Stephen were glad we could get you. Were always glad to snag a few minutes with mr. Gaffigan because youre a busy man, always on tour. Any unusual venues . I pretty much perform everywhere and anywhere. Im going international. But last year, i performed at a rodeo. Stephen wow which was because i have a good agent. laughter stephen obviously, i have to ask the question it was my first rodeo. It was. laughter applause it was. And i love i love that saying, you know, not my first rodeo, as if the second rodeo is when it makes sense. You know, its, like, oh, now i getit people are riding animals that want to be left alone. laughter at first, i thought it was an aggressive petting zoo. But it was fascinating. Stephen may i ask where this was . It was at the san antonio rodeo. Its a big todo. Stephen thats a good one. A big todo. Stephen yeah. And it was so impressive, and theres different events, some of them more dangerous than others, some of them different skills, you know. Like, theres the calf roping where a guy chases down a calf, you know, like cows are super fast. laughter well, in this event, a guy chases down a baby cow, but hes riding a horse, so its an even race. laughter and then he lassos the calf and ties it up, and whoever does it the fastest is most likely to be a serial killer. laughter but it was amazing. And its just like, these performers or these cowboys are so intense. At one point, one of them came up to me and goes, you do standup comedy . I could never do that. And then he proceeded to climb on a bull. laughter and the world never made sense again. laughter stephen do you have a favorite event you like to watch . I mean, the bull riding was its insane. Stephen its terrifying. Its 1,500 pounds of angry pot roast. laughter yeah, its like we never we live in such a riskaverse society, i mean, kids are wearing helmets walking down the street. At the rodeo, theres no safety meeting. Theres no one going, all right, fellows, i dont want to see you get hurt well, except everyone in the stadium. laughter but the bull riding is so impressive. Of course, they i was surprised they only ride the bull up to eight seconds. Thats the whole time. Stephen you hit eight seconds, you just jump off . Or someone rescues you. Stephen what . Yeah, someone rides past in a horse and grabs them off. Youve never seen a rodeo and call yourself an american . Stephen i have. Ive seen them jump off. Ive never seen someone riding a horse up next to you and pulls off. I think thats a harder competition. I think thats, like, eight seconds. Thats your whole workday. That has to change your perspective. Even riding an elevator, oh, i could have ridden three bulls. As you watch it, its so impressive stephen are there guys who do the full eight . Yeah. There are a couple of guys who do the full eight. Stephen are they good guys, or are the bulls weak . I dont know. Eight seconds is really impressive but not that long, especialy when you consider a dead body could ride a bull for two seconds. Theres one guy who says, you did good, you did good. Not as good as the corpse, but you did all right. laughter stephen have you ever been on a mechnical bull . I have not. Stephen i have. Its very painful, even for short periods of time. That seems unnecessary. Stephen the chaffing the chafing on the thighs you dont expect. laughter i was watching this bull riding, and just the core strength to do that, thats unnecessary. laughter you know . I mean, i barely have the core strength to ride a bike at this point. Stephen were there rodeo clowns . Because i really like rodeo clowns look fantastic. Good job. Those are the best. I dont know how they convince someone to be a rodeo clown. Like, after the rider thrown by the furious bull, we need someone to distract and maybe antagonize that 2,400pound animal. And me and the fellows, were thinking, you would be good at that. And the other guys are like, me . Do i have protection . You mean, like, makeup . laughter no, something to protect me from the bull you wouldnt be out there naked, you would be dressed like a clown like i dont know why theyre dressed like clowns. Stephen its so when they die its humiliating. Do they think, like, a bulls going to throw a rider and be like was that a clown . Is it my birthday . Did you guys get me a clown for my birthday . applause applause stephen now, rodeo is and i think this might be late to even say this that is not where i would picture your act, like, in the sandpit out there. No, but ive performed last year, i performed at a zoo. laughter stephen at a zoo . I dont know whats going on with my career at this point. Stephen at a zoo . It was the toledo zoo. I dont know why they picked me. Gaffigan show do it at the animal jail, you know. laughter i mean, obviously, zoos are not animal jails. I mean, the animals cant leave, and if they tried to leave, theyd shoot them, but laughter but it was outside the toledo zoo. Its beautiful. You could see some of the animals. I dont know what they were thinking. They were probably, like, whos the new guy . Well, that polar bear really let himself go. laughter but some animals do perform at the zoo, and theyre rewarded with food. And i was, like, you know what . I have a pretty similar arrangement. Thats what i get. laughter stephen now, your kids travel with you sometimes, right . Unfortunately, yeah. Stephen is that a good arrangement . I took my family to europe last summer, and i brought my kids, which is great, because theyre always there to point out every insecurity you have, right . Theyre, like, you know you look fat. Yeah, i do know that. You know you look like a tourist. Yes, i do know that. And its weird, because we never want to look like tourists, right. Stephen you want to look native. We want to mix in. Its like, what are the locals doing . What are the locals doing . People are like, theyre at work. Can i do that . I want to do that. But we do behave strangely as tourists. When were in europe, we visit a bunch of churches. Stephen sure. You never do that at home. You never wake up on saturday, hey, you want to look at churches . Never, no. But it was fun. Stephen youve got the new movie, and its called troop zero. Yes. Stephen on amazon prime. Its a movie for kids. Its good for kids. Everybody would like it. But kids can watch it. Yeah. Its definitely a movie about misfits, and its a girls adventure story. Its for everyone, though. Stephen because the last time you were on, i think you were playing a murderer, right . This is better. Stephen have your kids seen this one . You know, it came out on friday. I was gone, but, no, they didnt see it. You know what i mean . Stephen do they ever watch your stuff . I mean, i dont really i dont force them. Im not like, time to watch daddy, you know what i mean . laughter and, so, its but its weird. Like, they might stumble upon something, but theyre not interested, you know. Theres no interest whatsoever. Stephen are they actively disinterested . I would say theyre actively disinterested. I dont even know if they like me. Stephen i dont know, ive walked in on my son watching john oliver. Like, what are you doing . Why are you hurting me like this . laughter they watch a lot of youtube, so they might stumble upon a clip, and theyre, like, hey, i saw that thing you did. It was all right. Stephen thats nice. Like im in a trial period, you know. laughter like, you might still be my dad. Stephen we have a clip from the movie. Can you tell me whats happening . This is viola davis, the most amazing actor in the world. cheers and applause i play a single father. And im a lawyer, and my assistant, or partner, in this business is viola davis. And my daughter comes in, and shes kind of the victim of bullying. This is set in the 70s. And i guess the rest kind of says what it is. What the hell happened to your hair . Fell off, i guess. You look ferocious, boss. Nothing more important than that. So who did this . No one just tell her she looks nice whats wrong with yall . Why is she letting people cut on her hair . She aint letting nobody do nothing. Clarification, boss. 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And ask your doctor if biktarvy is right for you. band playing steph hey, edy welcome back to the late show already in progress. Folks, my next guest this evening is a billionaire who founded the Advocacy Group need to impeach. Hes now running for president of the United States. Please welcome tom steyer cheers and applause band playing stephen nice to have you on. Fun. Stephen thanks for being here. Well, i hope its fun. I hope its fun for you and for me, because im talking to a politician, now. Youve never been a politician before, right . Right. Stephen because youre a politician, i keep my pen, and i check my notes, okay, because ive got to make sure i hold your feet to whatever fire happens to be burning tonight. Number one, everyones talking about the debate moment last week between sanders and warren. And youre part of this, too. Jim . applause i think you called me a liar on national tv. What. I think you called me a liar on national tv. Lets not do it right now. If you want to have that discussion, lets have it another time. I dont want to get into the middle of it. I just want to say hi, bernie. Good. laughter cheers and applause stephen did i did you not i know youre no part of that argument, but, obviously, ive never been a waiter because youve got to read the room. How are you going to negotiate middle east peace if you cant tell when two people are fighting . Oh, i knew they were fighting. Stephen you were going over there to break it up . No, i was going over there to say hi. laughter it was the end of the evening, we spent two hours on the debate stage, and i just wanted to say, so nice to see you both. Ill see you later. Stephen okay, okay. And thats exactly what i did. Stephen you almost didnt make that debate because theres fundraising. Whats the standard for fundraising . 225,000 individual donors. Stephen and what is the standard for polling . You needed some combination, either four polls or two polls at some level. Stephen and the last two polls that came in, nevada and south carolina, is what got you over the top, right, for the polling . Yes. Stephen you have spent more money there than anyone on ads, 24 million. Tom steyer, is money speech . Well, let me say this in this race, every Single Person is going to be judged on their message. Stephen mmhmm. And there is money matters. Im not trying to say it doesnt matter. But if you dont have something to say that resonates, then money doesnt matter. Stephen what if two people have similar messages or messages that resonate similarly, but one person gets it out at the tune of 24 million because money is a problem with our politics now. Should you be allowed to do it, in tom steyers opinion . Look, i am for Public Financing of elections so everybody gets a chance. I actually have a plan of how everybody can get a chance to get money, enough to get their message out. But im running stephen, im running for a very specific reason. As you know, i didnt think i was going to run. Stephen no, last january, you said no. Right. Stephen then this summer you said yes. What changed your mind . I think, a, i believe i was listening to the debates and people were talking about different progressive policies, the difference between medicare for all and a public option, different green new deals. But no one was talking about what i think the two most important things are in the way i thought they should. One is we arent getting any of those progressive policies until we break the corporate stranglehold that they have on our government. Basically, this Government Works for corporations. applause its been bought look, if we break the corruption of our government, if we take back the government from the corporations, were going to get healthcare as a right, affordable healthcare as a right; quality Public Education starting with preschool. Were going to get clean air and water as a right for every american. applause but im running because i think americans need to know the issue is can we break this corporate stranglehold, and are we going tto solve Climate Change . Those two things. We do those two things we do those two things if you stop for a second and imagine that were true, we would be in the best position of anybody in the history of the planet. Stephen lets talk about the economy. Youve said that democrats have to beat trump on the economy. Whats your response to the president and supporters who say, good economy. Good job numbers, the dow has so many dow points now. Whats your response to that . I would say good for whom . If you look at the g. D. P. Numbers, which he also talks about, it isnt a successful economy or country if the economy grows but all of the extra income only goes to a small, small percentage of people who are very rich already. That is not a success. applause stephen okay. The dow, the dow 10 of americans own 85 of the stock. Stephen okay. Mr. Trump passed a tax bill that, in my mind, is the worst piece of economic legislation in american history. And if you look at what it meant for corporations it was the biggest giveaway ever for people in big corporations. Top 400 corporations now have an effective tax rate of 11 . If you dont pay any taxes, your Company Becomes a lot more valuable. And it really is still only hitting that top few people in the United States. And lets talk about jobs for a second, unemployment. Stephen how have you done under the tax code. How have you done under trumps tax code, just curious. Just to be clear, mr. Trumps tax code actually targets people in blue states like california by not allowing people in blue states to deduct their state income taxes. So in effect, my effective tax rate went up, just to be clear. Stephen thats good to know. But he did that deliberately its true in new york, also. Stephen because he knows hes not going to win those states. Yes. Stephen so in the most legislative way possible, screw you. Yup. And how is it for him . You should check out how it does for real estate developers. Oh, my gosh. Stephen so hes feathering his own nest. I know it comes as a shock to you. Stephen no, but what im shocked at all the different ways it happens, not that it happens, but egregiously. Stephen egregiously. Let me talk about unemployment, because i think thats real important. Look, we have a really low unemployment rate, but people cant lives on the jobs they have. You know, is it really a successful economy stephen if you need two jobs. No, it isnt. Honestly, one of the things i say, because i look it up myself, is we have a 7. 25 National Minimum wage. If you took the minimum wage in 1980, when Ronald Reagan was elected, and just inflation, adjusted it, so theres no increase in buying power, its the same. In 2020 dollars, it would be 11 bucks. But that isnt really the way wages are supposed to go, because people get a lot more productive over time. American workers get a lot more done in their work hours. Its normally split between working people and employers. If you include the increase in productivity for the workers, their share, it would be a 22 minimum wage today, not 7. 25. applause stephen we have to take a brief break for commercials. Please dont go away. And well be right back with more mr. Tom steyer. Hes running for president of the United States cheers and applause band playing look, my opinion on who deserves credit for impeachment, i started the movement, but 8. 5 Million People signed the petition, and didnt just sign the petition. They emailed their congress people, called congress people, wrote letters to their congress people, and they agitated. They were making i give them the credit. applause look, 8. 5 million americans basically said this is a matter of right and wrong. This is a matter of everybody being held to one law, one standard. We have the most corrupt president in american history. And its not a matter of political convenience or the next midterm. Its a matter of what does america stand for . Are we a valuedriven country anymore or not . And 8. 5 million americans stepped up and basically pushed for the idea we stand for something. Stephen i give the credit to donald trump. I think he did this all himself. laughter applause now, youre a billionaire as i said youre a billionaire, but in every event and debate, youre wearing the same tie. What is going on . laughter and here again tonight, you have the same tie on. laughter no one gives you ties . Why . You could give me a tie or a couple of bucks. Stephen i will not give you any money. laughter but why the one tie . Again, why i have been wearing this tie not this specific one, but either this one or one very much like it for 25 years. I wor long before i was stephen does it mean something to you . Yes, it does. To me, im wearing a bright, loud, fun tie, and i get up in the morning and i think, lets go lets have a great day cheers and applause lets swing a little. Lets have some fun piano riff stephen thank you so much for being here. Tom stey as a mother and a wife, i understand how challenging families and our communities. That is why our state is responding at every level of government to slow the spread of covid19, while ensuring our most vulnerable californians have what they need. But we can each do our part. And it starts by staying home. I know this is a big sacrifice for so many, but staying home saves lives. Learn more at covid19. Ca. Gov. Stephen good night captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org are you ready yall to have some fun feel the love tonight dont you worry where it is you come from itll be all right