Tonight, stephen welcomes kathy bates. And a performance by Nathan Mcintosh. 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 cheers and applause stephen please sit down be everybody. Very kind. Sit down stephen welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. You cant keep a friday crowd down. Its not possible. cheers and applause its physically not possible i am with all of you on that. I am looking forward to the weekend. But you know who never rests . Special counsel and sassy sam waterston, robert mueller. Mueller is the former f. B. I. Director in charge of investigating russian interference in our 2016 election, and we learned this week that he is now probing the trumprussia dossier. Okay, what is in this dossier . Well, it includes a wealth of information on a series of its the peepee tape it talks about the peepee tape applause alleged. Its the infamous report compiled by
Tonight, stephen welcomes kathy bates. And a performance by Nathan Mcintosh. 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 cheers and applause stephen please sit down be everybody. Very kind. Sit down stephen welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. You cant keep a friday crowd down. Its not possible. cheers and applause its physically not possible i am with all of you on that. I am looking forward to the weekend. But you know who never rests . Special counsel and sassy sam waterston, robert mueller. Mueller is the former f. B. I. Director in charge of investigating russian interference in our 2016 election, and we learned this week that he is now probing the trumprussia dossier. Okay, what is in this dossier . Well, it includes a wealth of information on a series of its the peepee tape it talks about the peepee tape applause alleged. Its the infamous report compiled by
Our interviewer is the seventh Circuit Court of appeals judge anne williams. This is an hour and a half. Hello, everybody. My name is david stern, and i am the proud executive director of equal Justice Works. Thank you all for being here. I am very excited. Are you excited . I thought so. I saw you in the halls. You guys are awesome. Just remind you. After a couple of minutes, we will put our phones down. Just want to make sure we all were clear on that one. Of course, we are so honored today to have the justice here to have a conversation with Anne Claire Williams from the seventh Circuit Court of appeals. Not need any introduction. Even if she did, judge williams will be doing it over the next hour. We will have a fabulous person who will lead you through the phenomenal career. What i will i would like to introduce you to judge williams. The mother known as of equal Justice Works because in 1991, six years after she joined the bench can you believe it . She is so young looking, it is
You to this extraordinary audience. These are the next generation of Public Interest lawyers. I have come from all over the country to interview for Public Interest jobs, and to hear the two of you speak. We are thrilled to have you here. I will turn it over to judge williams. [applause] judge williams good afternoon. Good afternoon. Judge williams i know we can do better than that. This is justice rbg. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Judge williams you can imagine how excited we were that Justice Ginsburg said yes. With publics been interest enterprises. Lifeevoted so much of her to making things better in the world using her legal career. She said yes to this conference and career fair, life yes to having this conversation, and she is a rockstar as you know. To understand how it is you became such a force, we begin at the beginning. You grew up in brooklyn. Wonderful parents. Your mom did complete high school, your dad didnt. Your roots are in russia and austria. Your mother give you
And career fair, yes to having this conversation. She is a rock star as you know. To understand how it is you became such a force, we begin at the beginning. You grew up in brooklyn, wonderful parents. Your mom did complete high school. Your dad did not. Russia andare in austria. Your mother gave you some advice that stuck with you on your life. What did she say . My mother was born at an age where there were many things women could not do. The myth was a girl was to grow , andind prince charming live happily ever after. Mother i suppose my mother hoped t herity but she was she instilled in me was the independent. Be able to depend on yourself. She told me to be a lady. But she meant by that was do not ay to emotions that are unproductive, like anger or jealousy or remorse. They will not moving forward, so forget it. [laughter] that was the advice my wonderful mother gave me and repeated again and again. Judge williams and your mom really believes in education and believed in reading a