Our beautiful mayonnaise fountain. And, as always, plenty of parking for your jackbooted security detail. So. Come to franks banquet hall. Forget the virus, and come and try us announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight citizens unrest. Plus, stephen welcomes senator cory booker. And andrew ross sorkin. And musical guest brian wilson. Featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen is this the right height . Okay. How about this . Even better. Its even lower now. Stephen a little bit of that. Come on, were selling some tickets right here. Oh, hello. Welcome to a late show. Im your shows Stephen Colbert. The biggest story continues to out when werent sleeping last night. Its the one happening all over america the protests in the wake of the murder of george floyd, whose Memorial Service in minneapolis was held today. Support for floyd, his family, and the demand for Racial Justice and accountability has been so widespread that i have to issue a rare correction. Last night, i said that there have been protests in 380 cities. Well, in fact, last night that number grew to at least 430 cities and towns, meaning this isnt happening just in our major urban centers. I believe the 430th largest city in america is the party city on route six. The demonstrations are everywhere. Charlotte, north carolina. Tampa, florida. Boise, idaho. Anywhere else, johnny . Ive been everything boston, charleston, dayton, louisiana, washington, houston, kingston, texarkana, monterey, faraday santa fe, tallapoosa, glen rock, black rock, little rock, oskaloosa, tennessee to hennessey, chicopee, spirit lake, grand lake, devils lake, crater lake. Stephen singing ive marched everywhere, man. Ive marched everywhere men in black. indiscernible . Stephen what . Im sure its navy blue. Stephen is it blue . Yes. Stephen tim man in blue. These protests are uniting americans of all backgrounds. You may have noticed that boise, idaho does not have a lot of black people. Neither does laramie, wyoming. In fact, part of that protest was because their only black resident moved away. Explains this sign. And dont buy the false narrative that these are lawless mobs the vast majority of these protests have been peaceful. You might not know that if you watch cable news, because to the news, peace is boring. Thats why cnn Just Launched their Sister Network the burning trash can channel. as blitzer breaking news. The fire has now reached the snickers wrapper. Is it only a matter of time before the empty chicken bucket is engulfed in flame . Anderson . But you can find footage of peaceful protests all over twitter. Like this stirring scene from houston, where black activists fought for change on horseback. Come on look at that its like the ride of the rohirrim in the lord of the rings. If there were any black characters in the lord of the rings. But despite the peaceful nature of these protests, local governments have been cracking down hard. Curfews have been enacted in atlanta, chicago, cleveland, dallas, denver, l. A. , louisville, minneapolis new york, philadelphia, phoenix, raleigh, san franciso, seattle, and washington, d. C. Bay y major city. So, congratulations to americas new nightlife hot spot oconomowok, wisconsin. Come for the beer, stay because we had to take away your car keys. Because you really enjoy the beer. The point of a curfew is to stop lawbreakers from taking advantage of the protests. But, in some cities, folks are getting swept up by cops in curfews starting as early as 6 00 p. M. Ah, yes, 6 00 p. M. , the witching hour, when evil anarchists drink their amstel lite and plot to burn, baby, burn. Because i forgot to basste in many places, police are using curfew as an excuse to bring the smackdown on peaceful protestors, like in new york, where cops chased and beat up a biker trying to get home. That is awful. And its completely unfair. All the bars in new york are closed. Why do the cops still get to go clubbing . In cincinnati, cops stopped a group of young women trying to get home and confiscated one of their bags. Turned out, it had her insulin inside. Heres what happened when she asked the cop to return it. You can search the bag, just please, id like to have my lin. She needs her insulin. Your property will go with you, dont worry. You can search it all you want, but can i please can i just have it sitting in front of me, please . She needs her insulin. I need to make sure its in my sight. I cant go without it please od sugar droppg. I nein insulin, sl die. Stephen yeah, everyone knows that diabetics is l. Ron hubbards less successful second book. Turns out, negative thoughts put alien ghosts in your pancreas. Youve got to cut out the engrams and teddy grams. And cops havent been making easy. Like in d. C. , where protestors demanded the cops let them go home let us leave let us leave let us leave let us leave let us leave stephen yeah, same thing my kids started chanting around week five of quarantine. Theres a name for when police box in a crowd of people to create a pretext to arrest them. Its called a kettle. I guess thats a case of the cops calling a kettle on anyone black. Pun the tears away ybthe crag people for breaking curfew came from d. C. On monday. While peacefully marching, a crowd of protesters wound up in a residential neighborhood where they were boxed in by police, who started pushing, spraying mace, and trampling people. A Good Samaritan gave the 60 protestors shelter in his home rahul dubey, seen here proving that not all heroes wear capes. Some wear tasteful scarves. Even though police fired pepper spray into his home as people were entering, dubey let the 60 protestors stay all night until curfew was lifted, and even provided milk to soothe their eyes, and pizza oh, my god. Someone get this man a medal. And maybe a new bathroom. 60 people consuming nothing but milk and pizza. Who needs tear gas . One of the harshest responses weve seen is Police Firing rubber bullets at people, a Peaceful Protesters, or even just bystanders. Hands up, dont shoot gunfire bleep . Doing it again gunfire stephen and rubber bullets are more bullet than rubber. Officers call them less ethyl ammunition. Arau peul protesters so tru get handsy with the bible. Trump has been criticized by a lot of people for misuse of the military, and the latest is trumps former defense secretary and star of disneys new live action droopy, mad dog mattis. In a scathing Statement Released last night, mattis said, i have watched this weeks unfolding events, angry and appalled. The words equal justice under law are carved in the pediment of the United States supreme court. This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand, one that all of us should be able to get behind. as trump youre right, jim. We should get behind them. Element of surprise. Then marinate those suckers with some pepper spray. You know, like it says in the good book. Mattis added that we must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insistiueas d our values as a nation. That is a stirring message of compassion, unity, and reason. From mad dog . I hereby rename you principled pooch mattis accuses trump of dividing the American People and uses history to point out why thats bad instructions given by the military departments to our troops before the normandy invasion reminded soldiers that the nazi slogan for destroying us was divide and conquer. our american answer is in union there is strength. Strong stuff, though trump has his own views on the battle of normandy. Very fine people, on both sides. Stephen mattis harsh words are especially surprising, because after he left the white house, he said this i will not speak ill of a sitting president. Stephen evidently, he will speak ill of a president lying in bed covered in curly fries. Trump immediately fired back on twitter probably the only thing barack obama and i have in common is that we both had the honor of firing jim mattis, the worlds most overrated general. I asked for his letter of resignation, and felt great about it. His nickname was chaos, which i didnt like, and changed to mad dog. dotdotdot, i gave him a new life, things to do, and battles to win, but he seldom brought home the bacon. as trump its true. We had all these great wars and he didnt bring me home a single piece of bacon from the middle east. And not just the bacon either. He never brought home the sausage, the ham, not even a hash brown. Or as i call it, potato meat. Uhoh, now im hungry. Somebody tear gas those protesters, were walking to dennys. Just like Winston Churchill did. If you think trumps tweet was stupid, youre wrong. It was stupid and wrong, because trump claimed he fired mattis, but mattis resigned, and trump also claimed that he changed mattis nickname to mad dog, but he did not. Why does trump have to take credit for everything . as trump i cant believe espn left me out of the last dance. you know, im the one who came up with air jordan. They used to call him sugar shorts mike. Trump has also gotten push back from secretary of defense and School Principal who hits on your mom, mark esper. At a press conference yesterday morning, esper said that using active duty military to quell protests was a bad idea, and promised to reduce the number of troops in washington, d. C. Shortly thereafter, when asked if President Trump still had confidence in esper, press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany said this as of right now, secretary esper is still secretary esper. Stephen rarely a good sign when you hear Something Like that. Thanks, everybody, for the anniversary wishes. I just want you to know that, as of right now, my wife is still my wife. Heres to whatevs last night, we learned that esper met with trump in the oval office. Im sure that was a fun meeting. as trump look, espie, you seem to have forgotten your Job Description keeping your thin little lips pressed to ass force one. Now, im going to drop trou, and its time to bring home the bacon. After the meeting, esper changed his mind about withdrawing troops. Thats the fastest 180 in d. C. Since trump mistakenly walked into a salad bar. Fiber is important stephen weve got a show for you tonight. Ill be talking with new jersey senator cory booker. Stick around. For your worst sore throat pain, try Vicks Vapocool drops. Its not candy, its powerful relief. Ahhh vaporize sore that pain with Vicks Vapocool drops and try new vapocool spray. And we want you to know that the starbucks app is the easiest way to find your store, order ahead, pay, and pick up your favorites. We cant wait to see you again. Theand we want to thank times, the Extraordinary People in the healthcare community, working to care for all of us. At novartis, we promise to do our part. As always, were doing everything we can to help keep cosentyx accessible and affordable. If you have any questions at all, call us, email us, visit us online. Were here to help support you when you need us. Take care, and be well. To learn more, call one eight four four cosentyx or visit cosentyx. Com okay, ive given you guys a chance to confess. This little baby can detect trace amounts of cheetle. Whaaaaat . Gloria . Kids . When did we get a cat . Its a cheetos thing. Stephen welcome back. My first guest is a former mayor of newark and current senator from new jersey. Please welcome senator cory booker senator, thanks for being here. Stephen, its always good to be with you. Thank you for having me. Stephen now, sir, just to jump straight to it, on monday, we saw federal officials shooting tear gas, rubber bullets and flash grenades to clear poffles protesters out of Lafayette Square so the president could do a photoop in front of a church. Youre in d. C. Now. Were you nearby when that happened . I was just a couple of miles away. I really wish i almost feel embarrassment i wasnt there with the protestors to confront what has been, my opinion, in my lifetime, one of the greatest affronts of our most sanctuary state principles and ideas. You have to understand, i was born in washington, d. C. I moved to new jersey when i was a baby u but my parents came out here after attending historically black colleges, got their first jobs here because of people black and white. My dad was the first black man to get a job with i. B. M. In the virginia area. My mom worked for d. C. Schools and helped organize the march on washington. It was one of the greatest protests weve seen in history in the 60s. My parents said this is sacred ground where people are protesting their Second Amendment rights, lgbtq rights, womens rights. The first person arrested in that area was alice paul, suffragette. For him to speak how he ehonors Peaceful Protesters and then, behind him, to unleash tear gas, rubber bullets, men on horseback charging or marching into that crowd, it was horrific, and tramples some of the most, to me, sacrosanct ideals of america, the trying to petition your government, the right to protest, the right to free speech and the right to protest. There were journalists there. I talked with classmates whose son was hit with one of the bullets in the park. The assault on the americans peacefully protesting in their capital, that was an assault on all of us. Stephen now, of course, washington, d. C. Isnt a state. There is no gv ine or tog this, and there are evidently reportedly theres been a flood of different federal Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers from federal prison systems, d. E. A. Agents, custom and Border Patrol besides military on the streets including military armored vehicles. It looks like an enormous somewhat oppressive show of force on tv. Whats it like there . Is it a harbin jeer of things to come elsewhere . What it is is sad, hurtful, scary. Im a United States senator and i left here late last night, and i literally thought twice about putting on my shorts and a tshirt to walk home because the painful thing that and the conversation ive had with many other black n thist week is tothor life. When i was when i was 12, 13 years old, i was already about 6 tall, and to have a nation where the elders, the men in my family felt the need to begin to educate me that i would make people feel scared or uncomfortable, they had this chilling sort of it was a time i was feeling strong and playing football, to try to help me understand that, when i was getting my license, this is not a joke, you need to listen to us because a misunderstanding or an interaction could mean your death. And then to have experiences in my late teens and early 20s with Police Officers, with weapons drawn on me, with my car surrounded, accused of stealing my car, followed in malls years upon years, to being confronted by security guards. And the feeling of a United States senator, tim scott, republican from south carolina, has talked on the floor about how many times he was stopped on the way into the senate in ways his colleague Lindsey Graham says never happens to me. And, so,hen i said about the rodney king thing when you brought up the use of the incorks ac, it was hardly for me to think. I wrote down, i was president of my class, awarded the rhodes scholarship, and that night of the rodney king verdict, i remember writing it with shaking hands, wife i lost control, because the rage and hurt and anger that led me to the streets had with familmembers about i this country will treatse titlel these things i worked for, but i knew there were experiences happening to people that could easily be me. And i think that what has made this moment in American History so difficult for all of us after amaud arbery, after breonna taylor, after a black man in central park bird watching, having Police Called on him, and then seeing the death of george floyd in front of us is horrific, violent pornography of a killing, i think the thing thats made a lot of my friends just break down in tears this week is, 30 years ago, rod cirntion when we were marching at stanford, we felt we could change this and that we wouldnt have to have these same conversations with our kids, with my nephews. And decades have passed, and we havent put this nation to a point where you have kids in o y 20s who are really questioning this nation and wondering if a country that has spent generations in search of itself, the values i would die for, liberty and justice for all, equality under the law, we are still in search of making those real, and this is one of those times where its good to see its so good to see americans of black, white, the whole rainbow, its so good to see their anger, its so good to see people who for too long have been too comfortable in this country, too comfortable to sit and accept a nation that says the land of the free but one out of every three incarcerated women on the planet earth are in our prisons and jails, predominantly, disproportionately people of color. The nation, the greatest indicator whether you will be around toxicity that will give you cancer and respiratory diseases, the number one indicator of whether you live around toxic sites in america is race, more than any other indicator, where the safety and security of black bodies is being exposed in a way right now with covid 19, with africanamericans losing jobs at greater rates than others and, now, to be displayed for all america to see something that is an every day haunting part of your thoughts that maybe, when im walking home as a United States senator, i might be mistaken and something might happen. So thats wrong. Its this weird moment, stephen, where i am emotionally raw. Ive had moments on the senate floor, i just came from another one, where im yelling with respect to a colleague who stopped 9 snatoto vote for an antilynching bill, for dear god, a bill where we finally got pass