SAY HELLO TO OUR FRIEND MR. JON BATISTE!

HEY, JON, GOOD TO SEE YA!

>> Jon: I SEE YOU SWINGING IN THERE.

>> Stephen: OH, BABY, BABY.

YEAH, I WAS SWINGING LIKE A GATE.

>> Jon: OOOH!

>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> Jon: YOU KNOW, THE DEBATE IS ALWAYS A HARROWING EXPERIENCE

TO WATCH.

I CAN'T WATCH IT.

>> Stephen: BUT YOU ALSO CAN'T LOOK AWAY.

>> Jon: RIGHT, EXACTLY, IT'S THE WORST THING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN THAT, I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'RE GOING

TO SHOW UP AND VOTE AND HAVE THE RIGHT RESULT HAPPEN.

>> Stephen: I KNOW YOU'RE VOTING EARLY THIS WEEKEND,

RIGHT?

>> Jon: YEAH.

>> Stephen: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ON ELECTION DAY ITSELF?

>> ON ELECTION DAY ITSELF I'M ACTUALLY TAKING A BAND AND I'M

GOING TO PHILLY AND WE'RE GOING TO PLAY FOR THE VOTERS AS

THEY'RE WAITING TO VOTE.

WE'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, IT'S GOING TO BE A CELEBRATION

AND WE'RE GOING TO MANIFEST THEA RIGHTNESS.

>> Stephen: THAT'S FANTASTIC.

GOOD LUCK WITH THE MANIFESTATION.

I KNOW YOU WILL BRING IT.

>> WE ALWAYS WILL.

>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE ANY DEBATE MUSIC FOR US BEFORE I GO

AND DO THE LOVELY GOVERNOR CUOMO HERE?

>> LET ME CHANGE IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

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>> Stephen: JON BATISTE.

ALCHEMIZING.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY GUEST TONIGHT IS THE A 6th GOVERNOR

TO HAVE THE GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK, HIS NEW BOOK,

"AMERICAN CRISIS," IS A "NEW YORK TIMES" -- OOPS -- BEST

SELLER.

PLEASE WELCOME GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO!

GOVERNOR, YOUR EXCELLENCY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> GOOD TO BE W WITH YOU, STEPHE >> Stephen: NOW, YOU AND THIS

GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK GOT SOME AIR TIME TONIGHT.

TRUMP SAID THAT NEW YORK USED TO BE VIBRANT, NOW IT'S DYING, AND

HE CALLED NEW YORK CITY ITSELF A GHOST TOWN.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND ON BEHALF OF YOUR STATE?IGHT

>> YEAH, WELL THEN YOU MUST BE A GHOST, STEPHEN.

LOOK, IT'S NOTHING NEW.

TRUMP HATES NEW YORK.

FEELINGS ARE PROBABLY MUTUAL.

WE DID THE EXACT OPPOSITE THAT HE HAS DONE ON THIS COVID

SITUATION.

HE'S LIED TO THE NATION ABOUT IT, AND WE DID THE EXACT

OPPOSITE.

WE HAD THE WORST SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY, MAYBE ON THE GLOBE,

BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT N MISSED THAT THE VIRUS HAD LEFT

CHINA, WE WANT TO EUROPE AND WAS COMING HERE FROM CHINA -- FROM

EUROPE.

YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT LOVES TO TALK ABOUT THE CHINA BAN.

WHAT HE LEAVES OUT, STEPHEN, IS THAT IT WAS IN EUROPE AND IT

CAME HERE FOR THREE MONTHS BEFORE HE DID THE EUROPEAN

TRAVEL BAN, AND HE'S DECEIVED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND

NEW YORK HAS DONE THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

WE TOLD THE TRUTH, WE'RE HONEST, WE ACKNOWLEDGED IT, WE WERE

SMART ABOUT IT, WE ARE UNITED, WE WORK TOGETHER AND WE BROUGHT

THE RATE DOWN NOW TO ONE OF THE LOWEST RATES IN THE UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA.

NEW YORK HAS A LOWER INFECTION RATE THAN THE WHITE HOUSE,

STEPHEN.

SO, YES.

AND I HAVE BEEN A CRITIC OF HIS, SO I UNDERSTAND HOW HE FEELS.

>> Stephen: FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT A GHOST, GOVERNOR.

I'M JUST SO PALE THAT I'M TRANSLUCENT.

>> HE SAID A GHOST TOWN, AND YOU ARE THERE.

SO I ASSUME.

>> Stephen: NO, I UNDERSTAND.

BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE MIGHT MISTAKE ME FOR SOMEONE

FROM THE AFTERLIFE.

YOU ARE ALSO A FREQUENT SUBJECT OF TRUMP'S TWEETS.

WHY DO YOU THINK HE'S FIXATED ON YOU, SIR?

>> I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE PRESIDENT BASICALLY IS

A BULLY, AND HE'S ACCUSTOMED TO ATTACKING SOMEONE AND THEY BACK

DOWN, AND WHEN YOU ATTACK A NEW YORKER, A NEW YORKER DOESN'T

BACK DOWN, AND I'M NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN WHEN I'M DEFENDING THE

PEOPLE TO HAVE THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND HE'S JUST WRONG.

AND THE WAY TO DEAL WITH A BULLY IS YOU STAND UP TO THE BULLY.

HE HAS BEEN DECEIVING THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY ON COVID, AND

OVER 200,000 PEOPLE ARE DEAD.

AND, STEPHEN, THE WORST IS STILL AHEAD, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A GREAT GOVERNMENT BLUNDER WHEN IT GOES

TO ADMINISTER THIS VACCINE.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER -- ANOTHER SCAM THAT THIS PRESIDENT IS

PLAYING.

IT'S BEN PUBLIC RELATIONS ALLRN ALONG, AND NOW HE STANDS UPI

THERE TONIGHT AND SAYS, WITHIN WEEKS, THERE'S GOING BE A

VACCINE.

HE'S BEEN SAYING WITHIN WEEKS SINCE SEPTEMBER 15th.

AND THEN WHAT HE DOESN'T WANT TO ANSWER IS, AND ONCE THERE'S A

VACCINE, HOW TO YOU PRODUCE 600 MILLION DOSES, AND HOW DO

YOU ADMINISTER IT?

I HAVE A GENERAL.

AND IS THE GENERAL GOING TO INOCULATE SCHOOL CHILDREN ANDO

SENIOR CITIZENS IN NURSING HOMES?

I MEAN, HE'S NEVER HAD AN IDEA ABOUT HOW TO DO THIS.

HE'S ALWAYS DENIED IT.

HE'S NEVER EVEN BEEN ENGAGED.

HE LEFT IT TO ALL THE STATES, AND THEN HE TOLD THE STATES

DON'T DO ANYTHING.

AND THE STATES THAT LISTENED TO HIM NOW HAVE HIGHER DEATH RATES

THAN BEFORE.

STATE OF FLORIDA THAT HE LOVES TO TALK ABOUT AS HIS MODEL, THEY

HAD OVER 100 PEOPLE DIE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

NEW YORK HAD 15.

UNDER THIS PRESIDENT, ABOUT 1,000 PEOPLE DIE EVERY DAY.

THAT'S THREE, FOUR, FIVE TIMES THE NUMBER IN THE U.K. AND

MEXICO AND FRANCE AND SPAIN AND ITALY.

IT HAS BEEN AN ATROCITY, AND THE WORST PART OF IT IS, FORGET THE

POLITICS, PEOPLE HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF IT.

>> Stephen: IT IS A MASSIVE, I WAS GOING TO SAY SLOW-ROLLING

TRAGEDY, BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S A FAST-ROLLING TRAGEDY, THE

NUMBER OF DEATHS EVERY DAY.

BECAUSE THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOT TAKE

THIS SERIOUSLY FROM THE BEGINNING -- MATTER OF FACT,

PLAYED IT DOWN AND LIED TO THE PEOPLE.

BUT IF I CAN TALK ABOUT THE POLITICS FOR A MOMENT, OBVIOUSLY

IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO HAVE

TAKEN THIS SERIOUSLY, BUT IT'S ALSO THE RIGHT THING FOR HIM.

MONY, NOT THAT YOU DID EVERYTHING RIGHT FROM THE

BEGINNING, BUT THE PEOPLE OF NEW YORK SAW THAT YOU TOOK THIS

SERIOUSLY, AND THAT YOU DID YOUR BEST TO MITIGATE, AND YOU

CONTINUE TO DO YOUR BEST TO MITIGATE THE PROBLEM IN NEW YORK

AND THAT ON A DAILY BASIS YOU KEPT THEM INFORMED, HE COULD

HAVE HAD ALL THAT GOOD WEALTH IN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BY SEEING HE

CARED.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM AND THEY CAN TELL HE'S

LYING.

WHY NOT FOR HIS OWN SAKE WOULDN'T HE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY?

>> YEAH, BECAUSE A SKUNK DOESN'T STOP SMELLING, AND THE SKUNK

CAN'T STOP SMELLING.

>> Stephen: I'LL WRITE THAT DOWN, HOLD ON. O

GOT TO WRITE IT DOWN.

SKUNK -- ( LAUGHTER )

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ONE.

I'VE HEARD THE TIGER AND THE STRIPES.

I DIDN'T KNOW THE SMELLING ONE.

OKAY.

IS THAT AN ITALIAN THING?

>> I LIKE THE SKUNK BETTER.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

NO, IT'S A NEW YORK THING.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

LOOK, YES, IF HE COULD HAVE SME LED, IF HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN

PAST HIMSELF, IF HE COULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE, IF

HE WASN'T A NARCISSIST, IF HE WASN'T PARANOID, IF HE WAS

COMPETENT, THEN, YES, I AGREE 100%, HE COULD HAVE STOOD UP, HE

COULD HAVE TOLD THE TRUTH, HE COULD HAVE LOOKED AT THE CAMERA

AND SAID THIS IS AMERICA, WE'RE GOING TO COME TOGETHER, WE'RE

GOING TO UNIT AND WE'RE GOING TO BEAT THIS VIRUS AND I'M GOING TO

TELL YOU THE TRUTH BECAUSE WE CAN HANDLE IT.

YES, I BELIEVE AND, BY THE WAY, I BELIEVE TONIGHT WE WOULD HAVE

BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE'S GOING TO GET REELECTED.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE AFRAID, THEY NEEDED LEADERSHIP, AND HE

FAILED, BUT HAD HE DONE IT, HAD HE BEEN A LEADER, YES, HE COULD

HAVE CHANGED HIS POLITICAL FORTUNES 180 DEGREES.

INSTEAD, HE CONFIRMED WHO HE IS, WHICH IS A LIAR, HE IS

DECEITFUL, THAT'S WHAT HE DID WITH COVID, AND HE SAYS, IN THE

WOODWARD BOOK, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD HAVE PANICKED.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T PANIC.

HE PANICKED.

I DIDN'T PANIC, AND NEW YORKERS DIDN'T PANIC.

I LOOKED AT THEM EVERY MORNING, STEPHEN, AND I TOLD THEM THE

TRUTH.

I SHOWED THEM THE NUMBERS, I SHOWED THEM THE FACTS, I TOLD

THEM WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT, AND THIS STATE TURNEDL

EVERYTHING AROUND.

THAT'S WHAT BOTHERS HIM ABOUT NEW YORK.

IT SHOWS HIM WHAT THIS COUNTRY COULD HAVE DONE.

HOW DID WE GO FROM THE HIGHEST RATE IN THE UNITED STATES TO ONE

OF THE LOWESTFECTION RATES IN THE -- LOWEST INFECTION RATES IN

THE UNITED STATES AFTER WHAT NEW YORK WENT THROUGH, AND WHY

ISN'T THAT THE STORY IN EVERY STATE?

WHY DO WE HAVE, SEVEN MONTHS LATER, THESE STATES WITH

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GETTING SICK EVERY DAY, WHEN THEY HAD SEVEN

MONTHS TO PREPARE, AND THERE'S STILL NO TESTING, THERE'S NO

TRACING, THERE'S NO HOSPITAL BEDS?

IT'S AN HISTORIC GOVERNMENT BLUNDER, AND NEW YORK REPRESENTS

THE OPPOSITE TO HIM.

, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S GALLING.

AND DO I SPEAK TO IT EVERY CHANCE I GET?

YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT I DO.

>> Stephen: NOW, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 40 STATES THAT

ARE CURRENTLY ON NEW YORK'S QUARANTINE LIST AND THREE MORE

NOW QUALIFY BUT THEY'RE EXEMPT, WHICH IS NEW JERSEY, CONNECTICUT

AND PENNSYLVANIA.

HOW LONG IS THIS SUSTAINABLE, SIR?

MY HOME STATE, SOUTH CAROLINA, IS ON THAT LIST.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE HOLIDAYS?

ARE PEOPLE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO VISIT THEIR FAMILIES?

CAN I GO TO SOUTH CAROLINA, COME BACK AND STILL COME INTO THE

CITY TO WORK?

HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO GO ON?

>> YEAH, HERE IS THE PROBLEM.

WE STARTED A QUARANTINE LIST WHEN SOME STATES WENT VERY HIGH

BECAUSE THE INFECTION IN NEW YORK WAS THEN THE MAIN

OBSTACLE WAS PEOPLE COMING IN FROM OUT OF STATE AND BRINGING

IN THE INFECTION.

SO EWE HAD A COUPLE OF STATES ON THE QUARANTINE LIST.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED, STEPHEN, IS OUR RATE IS SO LOW, AND ALL THE

OTHER STATES ARE NOW SO HIGH, THAT THEY ALL POSE A THREAT, AND

YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS UNSUSTAINABLE.

WE HAVE, LIKE, 43 STATES ON THE QUARANTINE LIST, YOU KNOW.

WE'RE LIKE THE ISLAND OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RIGHT NOW.

AND THE QUARANTINE IS YOU CAN COME BACK, BUT YOU HAVE TO

QUARANTINE NOW FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE YOU'RE EXPOSED.

I'M WORKING WITH SOME HEALTH EXPERTS TO SEE IF WE COULD COME

UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE MECHANISM THAT USES TECHNOLOGY AND USES

THE NEW TESTING INSTEAD.

BECAUSE, LOOK, WE WANT TO KEEP OURSELVES SAFE HERE IN NEW YORK,

BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE PRACTICAL REALITIES THAT PEOPLE

HAVE TO COME AND GO.

>> Stephen: GOVERNOR, WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.

WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK THE GOVERNOR ABOUT SOME OF THE

LESSONS HE'S LEARNED AND PUT IN HIS NEW BOOK, "AMERICAN CRISIS."

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