WELCOME BACK!

LET'S SAY HELLO TO MR. JON BATISTE!

JON, CONGRATULATIONS ON A THOUSAND SHOWS!

>> Jon: NAH, NAH NAH NAH, NAH NAH NAH NAH, NAH NAH NAH NAH!

>> Stephen: I KNOW YOU'RE CLAPPING RIGHT AND I'M NOT.

SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY I MET YOU AT THE OLD GIG OVER ON

53rd STREET.

>> Jon: YEAH, 53rd AND 11th.

>> Stephen: WE DANCED OUT ON THE STREETS AND I THOUGHT, I

COULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THAT GUY AND I LOVED IT.

THANK YOU, JON.

>> Jon: I LOVE IT, TOO.

IT'S BEEN GREAT, AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET TO A THOUSAND MORE.

LET'S HIT IT, POW!

>> Stephen: SOUNDS GOOD.

BUT LET'S GET BACKING TO FIRST.

DO YOU HAVE ANY MUSIC IN YOUR FINGERS THAT MIGHT CELEBRATED A

THOU?

>> Jon: DA, DA DA DA DA DA!

>> Stephen: ANYTHING ELSE?

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>> Stephen: JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY!

THANK YOU, JON!

>> Jon: YES, INDEED!

HAVE A GOOD ONE.

>> Stephen: YOU, TOO.

MY GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER YOU KNOW

FROM "ROGER AND ME," "BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE," AND "FAHRENHEIT

9/11."

PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," MICHAEL MOORE!

HELLO, MICHAEL, NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK.

>> HELLO, STEPHEN.

IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK.

>> Stephen: HOW WERE YOU FEELING?

YOU WERE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE IN 2016 WHO SENT UP A SIGNAL

FLARE SAYING, HEY, GUYS, TRUMP COULD REALLY WIN THIS ONE,

PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THIS.

>> RIGHT.

>> Stephen: 2020, BIDEN'S LEAD BIG 5 MILLION VOTES, LOOK LIKE

HE'S ON TRACK TO GO TO 306 IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

DO YOU THINK BIDEN CAN PULL THIS ONE OUT, MICHAEL?

>> (LAUGHING) HE'S ALREADY PULLED IT OUT.

YES, WE ALL FEEL GREAT ABOUT THAT.

BUT WHAT WE ARE ON GUARD FOR IS THE FACT THAT TRUMP IS, ONCE

AGAIN, NOT DEALING WITH REALITY, AND I NEVER TAKE ANYTHING FOR

GRANTED WHENT IT COMES TO HIM, WHEN HE CAN PULL OFF WHAT HE'S

UP TO, WHO HE'S FIRING, WHO HE'S REPLACING, THE HEAD OF THE

DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WITH A GUY THAT TRIPPED GOING UP THE STEPS

TO HAVE THE PENTAGON.

ALL OF -- UP THE STEPS OF THE PENTAGON.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE JUSTIFIABLY NERVES ABOUT GETTING THROUGH

THESE NEXT 69 DAYS OR SO.

>> Stephen: LET'S CONCENTRATE ON THE POSITIVE FOR A MOMENT.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: YOU'RE A PROUD MICHIGANDER.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR STATE, RIGHT NOW BIDEN'S

LEAD IS TEN TIMES LARGER THAN WHAT TRUMP WON THE STATE BY IN

2016.

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO SEE YOUR STATE FLIP BACK?

>> REALLY GOOD.

>> Stephen: LET ME WRITE THAT DOWN.

MICHAEL MOORE SAID "REALLY GOOD."

THAT'S VERY RARE.

>> WELL, THE EMBARRASSMENT OF THESE LAST FOUR YEARS, EVERY

TIME I HEAR MICHIGAN BEING CALLED A RED STATE, TO REMOVE

THE SCARLET LETTER LAST WEEK FELT GOOD, I THINK, AMONGST MANY

OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW IN MICHIGAN.

SO, YES, WE DID SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT AS DID THE PEOPLE IN

WISCONSIN AND PENNSYLVANIA.

>> Stephen: WHAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE, YOU THINK, THIS

TIME?

>> WELL, FOUR YEARS OF AN INSANE PERSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE, I

MEAN, THAT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT.

AND I THINK, TOO, THE BLACK COMMUNITY WAS PRETTY MUCH

IGNORED FOUR YEARS AGO, AND, REMEMBER, THESE ARE MAJORITY

BLACK CITIES -- FLINT, PONTIAC -- AND 83 COUNTIES IN

MICHIGAN, BIDEN WON 11 OF THEM, YET WON THE STATE BY THAT LARGE

MARGIN BECAUSE UP THE I-75 CORRIDOR, ALL THESE MAJORITY

BLACK CITIES CAME OUT IN HUGE NUMBERS FOR HIM AND THE COLLEGE

TOWNS OF ANN ARBOR AND EAST LANSING, HUGE NUMBERS, SO THE

YOUTH VOTE, BLACK VOTE, THAT'S WHAT REALLY MADE THE DIFFERENCE

THIS YEAR.

>> Stephen: WHAT DO PEOPLE WHO AREN'T FROM MICHIGAN NOT

UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS STATE BECAUSE, YES, YOU HAVE THIS

VICTORY BY BIDEN THERE, YOU HAVE A LARGE URBAN BLACK POPULATION.

TELL ME ABOUT THE GUYS WHO PRETEND TO BE IN THE ARMY WITH

THE CAMO AND SAY THEY'RE MILITIA AND THINK THEY'RE GOING TO

KIDNAP THE GOVERNOR.

TELL ME ABOUT THAT MICHIGAN.

>> YEAH, I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH THEM.

I KNOW THEM.

>> Stephen: EVERYBODY WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH THEM.

BUT WHAT'S THE MOTIVATION?

>> I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, THOUGH, TERRY NICHOLS WITH TIMOTHY

McVEIGH WHO BLEW UP THE OKLAHOMA CITY FEDERAL BUILDING

GRADUATED THE SAME YEAR I DID IN THE HIGH SCHOOL NEXT TO MINE

WHERE I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL.

NO, SO I'VE KNOWN ALL THESE GUYS FOR A LONG TIME.

AGAIN, I THINK THEY'RE JUST A LOT OF BLUSTER.

THEY WERE DEMONSTRATING WITH THEIR GUNS AT THE STATE CAPITOL

THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY WERE UPSET THAT THE GYMS AND THE NAIL

SALONS WERE CLOSED, AND I WAS, LIKE, WELL, GOOD!

MAYBE THERE'S PROGRESS BEING MADE HERE.

BUT I THINK THAT, YES, LISTEN, 70 MILLION-PLUS PEOPLE VOTED FOR

TRUMP SO, CLEARLY, WE KNOW THE COUNTRY WE LIVE IN, THE PROBLEMS

AREN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO GO AWAY.

THE BIGOTRY, THE MISOGYNY AND ALL THESE THINGS, WE'LL STILL

HAVE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE -- AND MAYBE THEIR KIDS WILL GO TO

SCHOOL, THEY'LL READ BOOKS, AND THE NEXT GENERATION WILL BE

BETTER.

>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK BUT STICK AROUND,

WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE MICHAEL MOORE.

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