WELCOME BACK.

LET'S SAY HELLO TO OUR FRIEND MR. JON BATISTE.

♪♪♪ >> Jon: HELLO, HELLO, HELLO.

>> Stephen: JON, ARE YOU AWARE THAT 2021 IS THE YEAR OF THE SEA

SHANTY?

>> Jon: OH, MY GOODNESS!

WOW!

>> Stephen: I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M THE ONE TELLING YOU, A

MSICAL GENIUS WITH HIS FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THE SCENE, AS WE

CALL IT, DOESN'T KNOW THAT THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE SEA SHANTY.

I HAVE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE THIS!

I TOLD MY WHOLE FAMILY OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK.

DAD, YOU'RE CRAZY, GET OFF THE GROG AND COME BACK TO PORT.

NO ONE'S GOING TO LISTEN TO SEA SHAN'TIES AND NOW THEY'RE

BLOWING UP ONLINE.

>> Jon: I'VE GOT TO GET ON THAT.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ♪ ♪ THERE ONCE WAS A SHIP THAT PUT

TO SEA ♪ ♪ THE NAME WAS BELLY T.

SOON MAY THE WELL OMAN COME TO BRING THE SUGAR, TEA AND RUM ♪

♪ ONE DAY WHEN THE TONGUING IS DONE WE'LL TAKE OUR LEAVE AND

GO ♪ ♪♪♪

>> Jon: OH!

I LIKE THAT!

>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.

>> Jon: WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT?

>> Stephen: WELLERMAN.

IT IS A 19th CENTURY NEW ZEALAND WHALING SONG.

WHALING SONGS ARE GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST, BEST, GREATEST, ALL

A CAPPELLA, A CAPPELLA, A CAPPELLA, TREMENDOUS, TAKE

YOUR CARS, DRUMS, MOOD, THROW IT IN THE TOILETTE, WHALING SONGS.

PLOND GUYS IN SWEATERS, IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING.

>> Jon: I BET.

I SEE THE FASHION, ALREADY.

CHIC.

>> Stephen: 100%.

>> Jon: YEAH.

>> Stephen: GOT ANYTHING NAUTICAL ON THOSE FINGERTIPS,

JON?

>> Jon: I LIKE THE WELLERMAN.

♪♪♪ ( LAUGHTER )

♪♪♪ ( LAUGHTER )

>> Stephen: I'M AFRAID WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR BERNIE

SANDERS NOW.

THANK THE SENATOR FOR STOPPING BY, WE'LL TALK TO HIM ANOTHER

TIME.

JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

>> Jon: YES, INDEED.

>> STEPHEN: JOINING ME NOW IS A VERMONT SENATOR AND FORMER

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO HAS SPENT OVER 30 YEARS ADVOCATING

FOR PROGRESSIVE CAUSES.

PLEASE WELCOME SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS!

SENATOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> Stephen: IT'S BEEN EIGHT DAYS SINCE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS

URGED ON BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES STORMED AND

VANDALIZED THE CAPITOL BUILDING.

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THIS ALL STARTED?

>> I WAS IN THE SENATE, PARTICIPATING IN THE DEBATE AS

TO WHETHER OR NOT WE CERTIFY BIDEN'S ELECTION AS PRESIDENT,

AND, STEPHEN, IT WAS CLEARLY TO ME ONE TO HAVE THE MORE

DEPRESSING AND MEMORABLE DAYS IN AMERICAN HISTORY CERTAINLY SINCE

I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN POLITICS TO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A

PRESIDENT WHO INCITED A RIOT WHICH CALLED FOR INSURRECTION

AND REALLY THREATENED THE WELL BEING OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE

AND SENATE.

IT WAS A FRIGHTENING AND AT THE PRESSING DAY.

>> Stephen: THE DAY WAS DEPRESSING BEFORE THE VIOLENT

ATTACK.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU HAD SO MANY MEMBERS TO HAVE THE

REPUBLICAN PARTY, ORIGINALLY BETWEEN 140 AND 150 REPUBLICANS

IN THE HOUSE, AND THEN AT A CERTAIN POINT AT THE BEGINNING

THERE WERE 13 REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE WHO WERE ESSENTIALLY

SAYING THAT THE VOTES IN SEVERAL STATES WERE ILLEGITIMATE.

SO THAT ITSELF WAS ACTUALLY DEPRESSING TO SEE THAT KIND OF

RESISTANCE TO A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE -- DID YOU SEE A DAWNING ON THE FACES TO HAVE

THE SENATORS AROUND YOU AS IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THIS WAS NOT A

PROTEST, THAT THIS WAS A RIOT?

>> WELL, THE TRUTH IS, IN MANY WAYS, WE WERE THE LAST TO KNOW

WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND IN ABOUT TEN SECONDS WE UNDERSTOOD HOW

ILL PREPARED, HOW HORRIFICALLY ILL PREPARED THE POLICE WERE,

THE DEGREE TO WHICH THEY WERE OVERWHELMED.

WHAT HE FIRST LEARNED, WE HEARD NOISE OUTSIDE, AND THEN,

SUDDENLY, IN THE MIDDLE OF A DEBATE, A POLICE OFFICER JUMPED

UP ON TO THE PODIUM, INTERRUPTED A SPEAKER AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE

HAVE AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, WE THINK YOU WILL BE SAFEST HERE IN

THE SENATE CHAMBERS, STAY IN PLACE, DO NOT LEAVE THE CHAMBER.

AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, FRIGHTENING ENOUGH.

AND THEN WHAT WE HEARD A FEW MINUTES LATER, WHICH WAS I THINK

THE MOST FRIGHTENING MOMENT, IS THEY SAID, WELL, WE THINK THIS

SENATE CHAMBER, WHICH HAS MANY, MANY DOORS AND WINDOWS, MAY NOT

BE THE SAFEST PLACE.

WE'RE GOING TO ESCORT YOU TO ANOTHER LOCATION, WHICH TURNED

OUT TO BE IN THE HART OFFICE BUILDING, WHICH WAS MUCH EASIER

TO DEFEND.

SO, ALL IN ALL, THE BELIEF THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WITHIN A FEW

FEET OF WHERE THE CHAMBER WAS, THREATENING TO DO DAMAGE NOT

ONLY TO THE VENUE BUT ALSO TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WAS

SOMETHING, CERTAINLY, THAT NONE OF US WILL FORGET.

>> Stephen: HOW LONG WERE YOU IN LOCKDOWN?

>> I THINK BETWEEN TWO AND THREE HOURS.

>> Stephen: WHO WERE YOU WITH?

IS IT PEOPLE SORT OF RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO ROOMS?

>> NO, THIS WAS A LARGE HEARING ROOM IN HART.

IT WAS VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE SENATE.

I WOULD GUESS OVER 90 MEMBERS WERE THERE.

THERE WERE A LOT OF STAFF THERE AND POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL.

>> Stephen WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION?

WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION LIKE BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE SENATE IN

THERE, BECAUSE I IMAGINE YOU HAD SOME EMOTIONS RUNNING HIGH

TOWARD THE PEOPLE WHO HAD INCITED THIS MOB BY TELLING THE

BIG LIE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> Stephen: AND EVERY FASCIST MOVEMENT REQUIRES ELITES TO GIVE

CREDIBILITY TO THE FANTASIES OF THE MOB.

>> AND LET US BE VERY, VERY CLEAR -- AT THE ESSENCE OF THIS

CRISIS IS THE PERPETRATION OF THIS HUGE LIE THAT AN ELECTION,

WHICH BIDEN WON BY A FAIRLY HEALTHY MAJORITY, 7 MILLION MORE

VOTES THAN TRUMP, YOU HAD NOT ONLY TRUMP BUT A LOT OF

APOLOGISTS FOR HIM CLAIMING THAT HE REALLY -- THAT TRUMP REALLY

WON THE ELECTION.

AND, YOU KNOW, TRUST ME, THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT WERE HEATEDLY

DISCUSSED WITHIN THAT ROOM, NOT TO MENTION A REAL ANGER AT THE

SERGEANT OF ARMS AND THE CAPITOL POLICE LEADERSHIP WHO WERE SO

ILL PREPARED.

WE ARE THE LARGEST MILITARY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD,

$740 BILLION A YEAR ON THE MILITARY, AND THE IDEA THAT WE

COULD NOT PROTECT THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL FROM A FEW

THOUSAND RIOTERS IS UNBELIEVABLE.

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

WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK SENATOR SANDERS WHAT HE BELIEVES

SHOULD HAPPEN TO THOSE IN CONGRESS WHO HELPED FOMENT THIS

SEDITION.