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Scandal, and paper retirement. These have been some of the greatest days of my life. Now i go on to bigger things partial ownership of the local pontac dealer. Stop by a4 auto for great deals on new and used pontacs. Paper sports still more exciting than baseball. Its a late show with stephen colbert. Tonight mall victories. Plus, stephen welcomes senator Amy Klobuchar and mayor Pete Buttigieg and musical guest haim featuring jon batiste and stay homin. and now, live on tape from a safe distance, its stephen colbert. Stephen i wont do it without you. Okay. Stephen hey and welcome to a late show. Im your host, stephen colbert. And im happy to say today im joined as my stage manager and cameraman and sound person, my lovely wife, evie. Ef, wont you just join us . Thank you very much hello. Stephen there you go we just got a mature rating. And it makes me happy to have my wife here, and i need something to make me happy, and im sure you do, too. Because yesterday, we as a nation hit a terrible milestone in the pandemic, because the United States just passed one million coronavirus cases. Though some disease researchers have estimated that the true number of infections may be about ten times the known number. Thats not exactly comforting, some disease researchers you never hear a mom telling her kid, i know youre scared of the monster under your bed, but, actually, there could be ten monsters under your bed. But theres no way to know, because theyre invisible. Good night even more tragically, the number of u. S. Coronavirus fatalities is now greater than u. S. Losses in the vietnam war. And just like in the vietnam war, donald trump is awol. Thats how you spem ahole, right . Yes. Stephen so america has over one million coronavirus cases and more fatalities than vietnam. Theres no getting around it this is a solemn day for everyone except president ial soninlaw, and man watching you enjoy that lollipop, jared kushner. Heres what hared said this morning on the fox and the friend. I think that we have achieved all the different milestones that are needed. So the federal government rose to the challenge, and this is a Great Success story. And i think that thats really, you know, what needs to be told. Stephen as jared yes, its a great story. More people dying under this administration in 100 days than died in 20 years of the vietnam war. Thats a story that needs to be told. Perhaps in the blockbuster movie preventable apocalypse now. and im being told we have a clip. The success. The success. Stephen the president was asked about those infection numbers today. Reporter today we had a grim milestone of one million cases of the coronavirus. Back in late february, you predicted that the number of cases would go down to zero. How did we get from your prediction of zero to one million . Well, it will go down to zero, ultimately. Stephen okay, sure. Technically, in time, we all eventually go down to zero, which is the ultimate target weight. Trump has been criticized for the lack of testing, but he doesnt see the problem. We are doing more testing than any other country in the world by far. So, were gonna show more cases, because we are doing much, much more testing, double anybody else. Somebody said if you add everybody else combined, that would be a number. Stephen hes right. That would be a number. Tomorrow, hes going to do colors and shapes. Plus, it may be a number, but dont believe trump. That number is not one, because when it comes to percapita testing, the United States. Is below the world average and about the same as belarus. Now, if you dont know, belarus was formerly part of the soviet union and currently a country you dont want to be about the same as. Now, this press conference was supposed to be about everything he was doing to help Small Businesses, and trump hit them with some philosophy. Small business. It is actually very big business, when you think about it. Stephen as trump small is actually very big. At least thats what i paid stormy to say. The white house is having to do some cleanup after mike pence visited the mayo clinic and wouldnt wear a mask. Finally, a medical explanation for why seeing mike pences face makes you feel ill. And it explains why his secret Service Agent was wearing this one. Pence was asked about his disregard for the rules, and he said this since i dont have the coronavirus, i thought it would be a Good Opportunity for me to be here, to be able to speak to these researchers, these incredible healthcare personnel, and look them in the eye and say thank you. Stephen you can still look them in the eye with a mask. Its not a blindfold. Also, i dont have coronavirus isnt an excuse for not protecting other people. Its like a guy saying, i dont need to wear a condom. I want to look you in the eye and say thank you. That was polite. No, you dont like that one . Too bad. By the way, for mike pence, looking you in the eye is second base. Pence pointed out that hes pretty sure hes not contagious. Im tested for the coronavirus on a regular basis, and everyone who is around me is tested for the coronavirus. Stephen none of us can get a test, and youre out there bragging about how often youre tested. Thats like Mother Teresa visiting the hungry while scarfing a hoagie. The reason we have to wear masks is the virus is still out there, and we have to be wary of it when gathering in public spaces, which were about to do a lot more of because the biggest mall operator in the United States plans to reopen 49 of them. No bood mall thats not a good idea. We must keep social distanci ane shes very old. And so are the pressils. The malls are making special safety announcements, and food Court Seating will be spaced to encourage social distancing, and reusable trays will be banished. Thats right banished. Hear ye, hear ye, his noble highness burger king hereby banishes from the realm all reusable trays. And for failing to bear him a son, her majesty, the dairy queen, shall be beheaded with a plastic spork. As a further precaution, in restrooms, every other sink and urinal will be taped off. Well, thats at least good news for one company ralphs sink and urinal tape. Its boom time, baby in your face, johnnys big garbage bag you put over the whole toilet with these malls opening up, its an exciting opportunity for stores that cater to social isolation, like forever 21 feet apart, and gamestop. There was an inspiring message today from new york governor and man watching Stephen Miller swallow a mouse, andrew cuomo. At todays covid briefing, cuomo stressed that its ordinary americans like you who are leading the way on the coronavirus response. And arts and crafts were involved. I want to show you a selfportrait that was done by american people. This is a selfportrait of america. Okay . That is a selfportrait of america. And you know what it spells . It spells love. Weve received thousands of masks from all across america, unsolicited, in the mail homemade, creative, personal, with beautiful notes from all across the country. Literally. Just saying, thinking about you, we care, we love you, we want to help. Stephen that is beautiful, but you know what i bet those notes didnt say . Why dont you staple gun these masks to a wall . Again it is a beautifu iely ges. God bless everyone who did this. But were going through a pandemic. Im not sure the best use of medical equipment is making a collage. Thats like a food bank saying, thanks for your donation this can of beans will be a great addition to our bean can wall if you look closely, it spells bean. now you werent sure where that joke was going, were you . Youre not sure, would this be worth the trip . I dont know if it was. Stephen totally worth the trip. There is some good covid news out there. Researchers at Oxford University have developed a vaccine thats effective in monkeys. Oh, those lucky monkeys, always getting the first inject. While the rest of us are cooped up at home, these monkeys are Walking Around resuming their normal lives like sports, cat washing, and writing my show. Researchers inoculated six monkeys with their vaccine. These animals were then exposed to heavy quantities of the virus, i assume by going bowling in georgia. But heres the good news more than 28 days later, all six were healthy. This is important, because according to the researcher who conducted the test, the rhesus macaque is pretty much the closest thing we have to humans. Well, any drunk, lonely zookeeper could have told you that. Oxfords scientists had already been working on a vaccine for a different strain of coronavirus, so if this vaccine proves safe and effective, the first few million doses could be available by september. Yes just in time to go out and rake the fall leaves. And then use them as toilet paper. Because im definitely going to run out by then. This vaccine presents one ethical dilemma. See, scientists cant expose test subjects to a dangerous virus on purpose, leading one researcher to say, were the only people in the country who want the number of new infections to stay up for another few weeks, so we can test our vaccine. Really, youre the only people . Have you met Vice President disease vector . Coronavirus is impacting every aspect of our lives. And now its come for our most precious resource, award shows, because the academy of Motion Picture arts and sciences has announced that, due to the nationwide lockdown, the 2021 oscars will consider films that didnt play in theaters. Okay, well, this is huge news for all 412 hallmark christmas movies like the christmas santa, a santa for christmas, all i want for christmas is you, santa, and twas the night after christmas. Its mostly about breaking down boxes. The academy stressed that this change isnt permanent, and the temporary rules are very strict, because to be considered, the streamed film must have already had a planned theatricalevsche ive got to say, i agree with the academy in fact, i think they should go further. Because you know what movies released straight to streaming are . Tv ipso tuxedo, i should be eligible for an oscar my show is exactly like a movie theres a soundtrack, theres big stars, and no good time to sneak off to the bathroom. I usually just go during meanwhile. Weve got a good show for you tonight. My guest guests are senator Amy Klobuchar, and mayor Pete Buttigieg. But when we return, sex. What . Why are you laughing when i said, sex . Why does the idea of sex and me make you laugh . Stop . Okay. I should stop. E do i hear 7 . 7 in the front 7 going once. Going twice. Soldo ion lover in the front row next up is lot number 17, a spinach and artichoke dip, beautifully set in a hollowedout loaf of sourdough bread. Dont get mad get e trade and get more than just trading investing. Banking. Guidance. Sprinting past every leak in our softest, smoothest fabric. Shes confident, protected, her strength respected. Depend. The only thing stronger than us, is you. Shes life is too farted, you cant do it on your own imw and dont you know how bad we need each other . You know what im saying . Hmmm. Mmmm. Mmm witpeople at higher riskng, must take extra precautions. You are at higher risk if you are over 65, or if you have an underlying medical condition. Please visit coronavirus. Gov for more information. Stephen hey, everybody, welcome back. Say hello to our friend jon batiste. Jon, how are you doing . Jon im swinging ove hey stephen guess whos my stage manager today . Come on, say hi. Jon wait, where did you go . I lost you. Hi, jon i cant see you. Jon we cant see you. I cant see you over here. I can hear you, though. Hey, evie, how you doing . Stephen shes youre too dazzling. You busted the lens, darling. Can you not see us, jon . Jon no, no. Stephen we can see you. I think i need to be fired. Stephen youre not going anywhere. I cant do this. Stephen youre not going anywhere its really hard. Stephen it is hard, isnt it . All right, well, weve got to go, but lets hit it, jon. What have you got . Jon some duke for his birthday. Te everybody mass social isolation is causing us to discover all sorts of surprising and unexpected stuff. For instance, having to walk around in a face mask has truly brought home for me just how terrible my breath is. Can you get brain damage from your own chili burps . Its like being locked in a trunk with roadkill. Come on, its shocking another unexpected effect from the pandemic. Apparently, selfisolation is making people horny. So, if youre feeling a little hot under the collar, it might not be a fever either way, stay away from your grandma. Researchers have offered potential explanations for increasing libidos, including, more leisure time, fewer outlets for socializing, and that the fear of death can prompt more sexual desire as a coping mechanism. Thats a bit morbid, but it does explain the directors cut of the ring. Ive been really trying baby stephen but i believe that despite this, sex isnt the thing that people are really hot for. And i am here to help. Hey, there. Lying weak at night . If youve seen the news, yes. Youre aching for something forbidden, longing for behavior thats so, so wrong. Well, the late show has footage of exactly what you crave basic human interaction. Highfives. Handshakes firm handshakes. Were talkin hugs. They just met. Weve also got footage of meetings with coworkers that go on and on and on. People waiting in line at the bank sharing that dirty little bin penn on that dirty little chain. They dont know where its been. And we know what you really want to see groups of 10 or more, total strgs. Its a nonames game stand. And feast your eyes on Nanas Birthday Party old people mingling for hours, not a care in the world. doorbell rings oh and whos that at the door . Its the hot young pizza guy. And guess what hes dliferlg . Pizza. For sharing. Oh, yeah. The late shows archive of ve. Ic human interaction. Stephen well be right back with senator Amy Klobuchar stephen well be right back with senator Amy Klobuchar and mayor Pete Buttigieg. To us at best foods, taste is everything. And we believe great taste starts with great ingredients. Because at best foods, were on the side of food. Hold on one second. Sure. Okay. Okay safe drivers save 40 guys guys check it out. Safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 thats safe drivers save 40 . It is, thats safe drivers save 40 . Hes right there. Its him hes here. Hes right here. Hi hi. Hey thats totally him. Its him thats totally the guy. 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Please welcome senator Amy Klobuchar, and mayor Pete Buttigieg. Senator, mayor, thanks so much for being here. Good to be with you. Thanks for having us. Great. Stephen so how is the Campaign Going . I kind of lost track of it after a while. Now that ive been in quarantine who won ohio . I forget. D ouent rningl, everybody. Everybody is stuck at home. How are you handling it . You know, its as good as can be. Its a terrible situation for the country and everybody is having to adapt. But all this after a year of almost never being at home, finding all the all the chores left to be done, making the most of time. By the end of the campaign, we would celebrate if the scheduled said wood be in the same Hotel Room Two nights in a row. So its a big mental shift to go back to being in the same place all the time, but in some ways, healthier than the campaign was. Stephen now that youre all at home with your families, is everybody getting on each others nerves or is it all running pretty smoothly so far, senator . Well, i have my husband here, of course, having recovered from coronavirus with the only lasting symptom being that it appears he cant clean the basement. Because he says its too dusty. And its going fine. I will say i tried to engage them in one of my favorite pass passtimes which is playing scrabble. For days they said, oh, no, the board is too small. We just have a travel one. Unbeknownst to them, i got on the web. I found a really big scrabble board. I got it, i ordered it, i went upstairs, i showed it to them, and they were crestfallep. It was at that moment that i realized stephen why . Are you a particularly vicious scrabble player, senator . Yeah. Pete would be shocked by that, that i would be competitive. laughter . Competitive . What . No. Stephen well, mr. Mayor i always stephen go ahead, senator. Yeah, i always win. Thats the thing. I always win. And so they dont really like playing with me that much. They did win once on a german version. But it was you know. So thats why no one will play with me, so thats my situation. I have this huge scrabble board and no one to play scrabble with. Stephen well, mr. Mayor, you used to challenge the senator to play a norwegian version because i understand you picked up some norwegian just to be able to read some novels. Whats your whats your goto game at home . Theres extra points with the o. With the slash through them. I have to look that up. Thats more points than beaut gej onstrable. I believe you. You know what . What ive discovered is all the great board games you can play on your phone now. So weve had epic battles in monopoly and risk. I will challenge you with a round of words with friends. That might not be good for foster our friendship. I dont know. Stephen but, mayor, those are two great games to show your bona fiedz for running for office. Risk is international relations. Geopolitics and economics, its a natural fit. Stephen all candidates just replace the debates with that. That would be a lot of fun. A friend who was a board game enthusiast brought me this collectible game he found called campaign. And you run for president. I remember thinking, you know, its fascinating that you found this. But, also, this is the last thing i would want to do with whatever few minutes of spare time we get. Stephen senator, i want to ask you about your husband, john. As you said, for the people out there who dont know, your husband just recovered from covid19. And aside from milking this thing so he doesnt have to clean the basement for the next couple of years, how is he doing . Hes doing so much better. And our experience was, like so many other peoples, he couldnt get test back for six days. He had a High Temperature for over 10 days, over 100 degrees. He luckily decided it was at the end when people were still going to work, and he didnt go to a work meeting with the other teachers, which was so good. He would have gotten other people sick. And then he ended up going to the hospital. I kept bugging him, this sounds really bad, after hes coughing up blood, finally he goes in stephen thats never a good sign. No. He had severe pneumonia. His oxygen level was at 70 and he was in the hospital for five or six days. And we saw the same thing so many people see. You want to hug those healthcare workers, and you cant. Theyre the ones that are holding the phone up by his ear, and, also, you cant hold your loved ones hand. And for so many people its so much worse. He took a turn for the better on about the fefg day. But its such an unpredictable scary disease you just dont know how its going to hit and how each person is going to handle it. So its made me really devoted to the testing and doing everything we can to get accin steph theres still so much that we dont knot this virus. We dont really know the fatality rate yet because we dont have proper testing to know how many people have actually contracted it. But we know that its affecting the economy of the United States. Its just been released i think 4. 8 reduction in the g. D. P. , over the last three months. And thats really only only the last few weeks of that were actually affected by the covid19 pandemic. What do you think about the president ordering the meatpacking plants to be reopened in the United States . Youre both from midwestern states. Thats you know, thats meat country. Do you think this was the right thing to do . Well, i think, first of all, just in minnesota, we had one of the major plants, and i know pete has had the same thing happen in indiana, where a bunch of the work version gotten really, really sec. And i think youve got to fix that first, and youve got to do everything you can to get the testing and the tracing. And of course we want to reopen these plant. This is how our farmers in minnesota and indiana and other places our hog producers make a living. So we have to get that done. But, again, i keep going back to the fact when you look at other nations that have gotten on this quicker, its all due to testing. And weve got to get testing, antibody body testing so you can figure out like mayo clinic is doing now if people have had it before and you bring the workers back when its safe. I think thats exactly right. This is an example of whats happening more broadly in the economy. The question isnt whether we want to reopen. We all want to reopen. The question is how to make sure we can do it safely. I love a cheeseburger as much as the next day, and its important to us here in the midwest to make sure the Agricultural Center is supported and up and running. But the president acting so quickly to order these plant back in business, why was he so slow to use those powers at a time when it could have helped us generate more protective equipment and other things needed earlier in the crisis. Stephen senator, i know you have you havent a letter to secretary mnuchin asking for better management of p. P. E. Alones and the program. What response did you get . Well, we havent gotten a written response. I have 21 senators with me on it. I will say, the next day, they then startand audit to look at some of the loans, especially the bigger loans of over 2 million. The problem here, of course, is that youve got to be able to enforce these Program Programs e of the things peets and i both admire about Vice President biden is that when that recovery money came out, when we had the last downturn, he was in charge of making sure the money went out to the people that were supposed to get it, and that there wasnt a bunch of fraud and corruption. And my problem with this administration, right out of the shot, the president of the United States fired the very experienced Inspector General who had worked under bush and obama, who could have overseen a lot of this money. Stephen what kind of oversight is there now of the p. P. P. Program . Right now, the administration is charged with oversight. And, of course, the banks are giving these loans out. And one of the things that really bothered me and many others is the banks were giving preference to justment the companies they had relationship with. That leaves out a whole bunch of barber shops and flrp place flo, and Small Business owners, especially in the Minority Community that need the help. There has to be more oversight in terms of do you really deserve this money . Do you really qualify . Are you getting multiple money from different banks . All of this is going to have to be the focus of oversight from Congress Going forward. Stephen it seems like a good program. Hopefully, it will have oversight. If im not mistaken, the p. P. P. Is you apply for the loan. If you keep your employees at work is it 90 days or 120 days. Do you know . Its in that range, three to four months. Stephen for three to four months it turns into a grant. So this is a way to keep these businesses afloat, keeping these people putting food on their tables. Who gets credits for this . Is this a rare moment of by bypartisan agreement . Yes, it actually was. We came together because we knew we had to do something, and what the program basically does is says if you keep the pleas on, and you make sure they come back if you had to let them go, then youre going to get that loan paid off. And it is really important right now, because all of these people have been uprooted from their jobs, as is unemployment insurance, people who invested all their hopes and dreams in their small neighborhood. In my neighborhood i know others have seen this, too you walk by and there are board up window fronts, and gradually we want these businesses to come back but in the meantime we have got it keep people safe. Stephen mr. Maker i know there were tense mements between you and the senator at the debate, especially the debate in vegas. Now youre teaming up together to campaign. Does what gets said in vegas stay in vegas . How about what we cover in the primaries stays in the primary. Look, i have enormous respect for senator klobuchar. Honestly, of course theres tension on the trail. But one of the things were seeing right now is the differences that we have during the course of primary campaigns are vanishingly small, when compared to what we are up against in terms of bring an end to the trump administration, and what we hold together, shared values. We are the ones who believe Climate Change is real, one oneo care about making sure workers are empowered, ones who are ferociously protective of the future of our democracy, which is yet work amy and others independent senate is so important on making sure thatesh will be able to vote and vote by mail is available. These are the things that motivated us to get into the arena and compete in the first place. And its so much bigger than any o our individual efforts. I think people will be surprised. We knew each other before we started running. I remember having a beer and burger with pete when i was in south bend, and he was amazing then. Hes amazing now. And throughout the campaign, we would text each other. Maybe we even sent a few emojis here and there. Chastin and my husband get along really well, and i think people dont see that. The debate brings about competitiveness and youre fighting for your cause cause, and youre fighting for yourself and your supporters. 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And whether its in the midwest or other parts of the country i think the choice has never been clearer, and that was before we got into this situation of the pandemic. Another thing have heard sometimes from conservative friends who are not wild about President Trump but are trying to come to terms with it, they would say, well, you know, its hard to sink a ship. It doesnt matter that much, even though hes not a good leader. Now were seeing why it does. And thats why its important to turn out trueblue motivated democrats, but to reach across the aisle, to reach out to what i like to call former republicans. I think a lot of this is making clear and joe biden understands this its middle of the country isnt flyover country. Pete and i know this because we live here. And there are a lot of people right now, when you look at the way this virus is starting to hit Rural America in such a big way, thats going to be the ne next the next threat. And youre starting to see some of the hot spots actually be in the middle of the country, in rural area wheres theres less hospitals, less ventilators, more seniors and its a big problem. And thats why bring something compassion and competence to the white house is key. I always think back to the president at the republican convention, which we all remember, where he stood in front ofinatiofront of the natie words, i alone can fix this. Look where we are now. Every day he is blame someone else. He literally said he is the backup t governors of this country. And, meanwhile, we have people dying in senior homes. We have businessboarded up, and we have people who are literally trying out for a leader. And we see instead basically joke around, go chug bleach. I cant think of anything that is more amimical than the midwest. They believe believe in straightforward leadership and getting things done and thats not what this president has done. Stephen now that the campaign is over, lets level with each other. How many times did you forget getwhat state you were in . laughs . I can definitely think of one time when i was in san diego, and i stepped out into a room, and i was convinced that i was in las vegas. Actually, to this day, im not certain it might have been the other way around. It might have been las vegas convinced i was in san diego. Luckily, i didnt say the wrong thing on television. But it takes a while to get your bearings, sometimes. Youre sleep deprived. We would have sometimes a forced day where by the time you wake try is next day you have no idea stephen senator, did you always keep your bearings . Pretty much, except just a few days after i got out of the race, i woke up, and i was in this room, and i noticed the lights were coming in the windows in a really bright way from the street. And i thought, what hotel telemundo is this . Where am i staying . And i realized i opened my eyes im in my own house. I own this r am. So i think you travel so much, youre out on the road, that you sometimes even forget with youre in your own house, yes. And it is great to be home now. Stephen we im going to let you go, but before we go, can you each turn around and pick one book off that shelf at random and tell me what it is . Okay, all righty. Heres one. Youll like this one, nora ephron i feel bad about my neck. Stephen i know that book. Mayor . So these bookcases actually have just been assembled. Im reorganizing my whole library. I just found this gentleme gem e humor section. There you go. Ive got the book and so you can. Stephen senator Amy Klobuchar and mayor Pete Buttigieg, everybody. Thanks so much for being here. Thanks, stephen. Stephen well be right back. Thanks for sharing your diy haircuts. Thanks for sharing your savage moves, and especially your awkward ones. Thanks for sharing your cute kids. And your adorable pets. Now its our turn to share. With the geico giveback. 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Been a couple days since ive been out calling all my friends but they wont pick up found another room in a different place sleeping through the day and i dream the same i dont wanna i dont wanna give i dont wanna give too much i dont wanna feel i dont wanna feel at all cause nights turn into days that turn to grey keep turning over some things never grow no se dlone like some things never change they never fade its never over some things never grow i know alone like no one else does been a couple days since ive been around woke up at the wheel on the edge of town it all looked the same every mile screaming every word of both sides now i dont wanna i dont wanna give i dont wanna give too much i dont wanna feel i dont wanna feel at all cause nights turn into days that turn to grey keep turning over somethings never grow i know alone like no one else does some things never change they never fade its never over some things never grow i know alone like no one else does days get slow like counting cell towers on the road i know alone and i dont wanna talk about it friday hits and i feel like wasting everybodys time when sunday comes they expect me to shine when sunday comes the expect me to shine i know alone i know alone i know alone i know alone i know alone i know alone i know alone some things never change they never fade some things never grow i know alone like music that could mean an increase byin energy bills. You can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or just letting the sun light your home. Stay well and keep it golden. Stephen thats it for a late show. Tune in tomorrow when my guests will be Senate Democratic leader chuck schumer, and paul giamatti. Now stick around for james corden. But first, lets say good night with some music from jon batiste. 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 worry where you come from itll be all right its the late late show reggie ladies and gentlemen, all the way from all the way