Al Gore Received Illegal Campaign Materials In 2000 (And Reported It)

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST HAS WON A GRAMMY,
A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, AND THE POPULAR VOTE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HIS NEW FILM IS "AN INCONVENIENT
SEQUEL."
>> YOU'RE IN GEORGETOWN WHICH IS THE REDDEST CITY AND COUNTY IN
TEXAS AND I'M A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN.
>> OKAY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR DUTY TO OUR RATE PAYERS IS TO PROVIDE
THEM WITH THE LOWEST POSSIBILITY UTILITY COST.
>> MONEY TALKS.
BUT DOESN'T IT MAKE SENSE FROM A COMMON SENSE STANDPOINT,
THE LESS STUFF YOU PUT IN THE AIR, THE BETTER IT IS?
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, COMMON SENSE.
YOU DON'T NEED SCIENTISTS TO DEBATE THAT.
>> CAN I USE THAT LINE?
ABSOLUTELY.
( LAUGHTER ) >> SOMEBODY GET A PICTURE OF ME
AND MR. VICE PRESIDENT.
>> THERE IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT, AS YOU CAN WELL IMAGINE.
>> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AL
GORE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
>> IT'S GREAT TO BE PART OF RUSSIA WEEK.
>> Stephen: IT IS.
IT IS.
SPEAKING OF WHICH, I FOUND OUT RECENTLY THAT YOU'VE GOT A VERY
INTERESTING HISTORY WHEN IT COMES TO ILLICIT CAMPAIGN HELP.
( LAUGHTER ) IN 2000, YOU WERE PREPPING FOR
THE DEBATES AGAINST GEORGE W.
BUSH -- >> YEAH.
>> Stephen: -- AND I UNDERSTAND YOU GOT THE DEBATE
PREP BOOK OR SOMEONE IN YOUR CAMPAIGN DID?
>> YEAH, SOMEONE HAD STOLEN IT, EVIDENTLY, FROM THE BUSH
CAMPAIGN AND MAILED IT TO MY CLOSE FRIEND TOM DOWNEY WHO WAS
GOING TO BE THE BUSH STAND-IN AND DEBATE PREP.
>> RIGHT.
>. IT WASN'T MAILED FROM MOSCOW, BUT IT WAS MAILED FROM TEXAS,
SOMEBODY VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE BUSH CAMPAIGN.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU DIDN'T KEEP IT.
>> NO, WE IMMEDIATELY TURNED IT OVER TO THE F.B.I.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND TOM RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THE
WHOLE DEBATE PROCESS.
>> Stephen: NOW, DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE OPTION OF KEEPING IT,
WINNING THE ELECTION AND THEN BLAMING THE WHOLE THING ON THE
SECRET SERVICE?
( LAUGHTER ) >> DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME AT THE
TIME, BUT IN RETROSPECT -- NO.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU MET PUTIN IN
THE '90s?
>> IN THE '90s.
HE WAS DEPUTY PAYOR OF ST. PETERSBURG.
THE MAYOR WAS A FORMER LAW PROFESSOR, AND VLADIMIR PUTIN
WAS IN CHARGE OF MAKING SURE ALL THE DETAILS WENT RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHAT KIND OF IMPRESSION DID YOU GET OF THE
GUY?
>> WELL, HE SEEMED COMPETENT, BUT IF SOMEBODY HAD TOLD ME AT
THAT POINT THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA, I WOULD
HAVE SAID, WOW, I'M NOT -- I MEAN, I DIDN'T REALLY INTERACT
WITH HIM ALL THAT MUCH, BUT HE DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY JUMP OUT AS A
FUTURE PRESIDENT.
>> Stephen: AND IF SOMEONE TOLD YOU DONALD TRUMP WOULD BE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WHAT WOULD YOU REACTION HAVE
BEEN AT THE TIME?
>> YEAH, LESS LIKELY, ABSOLUTELY.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE, FOR THE YOUNGENS, WE
HAVE A YOUNG DEMO HERE.
17 YEARS AGO WHEN YOU DID NOT BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, YOU WENT OFF ALONE FOR A WHILE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AND YOU CHANGED YOUR LOOK.
YOU GREW A BEARD, YOU GOT HIPSTER BEFORE HIPSTER WAS HIP.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THIS TO ALL OF US?
SHOULD ALL OF AMERICA JUST GROW A BEARD AND TRY TO GET OVER
THIS?
>> 18% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REALLY LIKED THAT LOOK A LOT,
YEAH.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WAS THERE POLLING
AT THE TIME?
>> NO, I'M KIDDING.
>> Stephen: WAS THERE POLLING AT THE TIME?
PROS ( APPLAUSE )
>> BUT I DON'T WANT TO DISSUADE YOU FROM TRYING IT, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: I'VE TRIED IT.
I CAN'T DO IT.
IT'S A LITTLE PATCHY.
( LAUGHTER ) NOW YOU ARE THE ONLY OTHER
LIVING CANDIDATE WHO WON THE POPULAR VOTE AND DID NOT BECOME
PRESIDENT TO HAVE THE UNITED STATES.
DID YOU SPEAK TO MRS. CLINTON AFTER THIS?
>> I DID.
I SPOKE TO HER AFTER THE ELECTION.
SHE'S GOING TO BE FINE.
THE COUNTRY IS ANOTHER MATTER.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: IF YOU CAN, DID
YOU GIVE HER ANY ADVICE ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE RIDICULOUS
SITUATION AT A CERTAIN LEVEL?
>> YOU JUST MOVE ON.
SHE DIDN'T NEED MY ADVICE.
JUST MOVE ON, THAT'S WHAT I DID, AND LOOKED FOR OTHER WAYS TO
SERVE.
>> Stephen: OBVIOUSLY, YOU THREW YOURSELF INTO EDUCATING
PEOPLE ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING, WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO OUR
CLIMATE.
NOW, TEN YEARS AFTER "AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL," OUR
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS PULLED OUT OF THE PARIS ACCORD.
DOES THAT WORRY YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS WHO KNOW ABOUT GLOBAL
WARMING?
>> I WORRIED IT WOULD BE A DISASTROUS MOVE.
BUT ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD DOUBLED DOWN AND SAID
WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE.
AND EVEN HERE IN THE U.S., A LOT OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT GOVERNORS
AND BUSINESS LEADERS SAID WE'RE STILL IN THE PARIS AGREEMENT AND
WE'RE GOING TO MEET THE COMMITMENTS OF THE COUNTRY
REGARDLESS OF WHAT DONALD TRUMP TWEETS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF )
>> Stephen: IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, DID YOU GET A CHANCE
TO TALK TO DONALD TRUMP ABOUT THIS BEFORE HE PULLED OUT?
>> I DID.
I WENT TO TRUMP TOWER AFTER THE ELECTION, AND THAT WAS NOT THE
ONLY CONVERSATION I HAD WITH HIM, AND I THOUGHT THAT THERE
WAS A CHANCE HE WOULD COME TO HIS SENSES, BUT I WAS WRONG.
>> Stephen: WELL, DOES IT -- WHEN YOU HEAR THAT A PIECE OF
ICE HAS BROKEN OFF, AN ICE SHELF IN ANTARCTICA ABOUT THE SIZE OF
DELAWARE, DO YOU THINK THAT'S A DIRECT ATTACK AT JOE BIDEN AND
THE STATE OF DELAWARE?
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHY IS ICE ALWAYS MEASURED IN THE SIZE
OF U.S. EASTERN SEABOARD STATES?
IS THAT A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OR JUST MORE PAR FOR
THE COURSE?
>> WELL, IT'S SIGNIFICANT AS A SIGN OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO
ANTARCTICA AS A WHOLE.
THIS PARTICULAR ICE SHELF, IT'S ALREADY FLOATING, SO IT WON'T
RAISE SEA LEVEL, BUT IF THE OTHERS BEHIND IT ALSO COME OFF,
THAT COULD RELEASE MORE LAND-BASED ICE THAT WOULD RAISE
SEA LEVEL, AND SIGNIFICANT PART OF WEST ANTARCTICA HAS ALREADY
CROSSED A POINT OF NO RETURN.
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, NO RETURN?
I'M ASKING FOR A FRIEND WHO HAS A BEACH HOUSE.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
THE ICE SCIENTISTS SAY, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WILL BE
CONTINUED SEA LEVEL RISE, BUT WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE
AN IMPACT ON HOW LONG THAT TAKES AND WHETHER OR NOT OTHER BIG
PARTS OF ANTARCTICA MELT IN TURN BECAUSE, IF THEY DID, WE WOULD
LOSE A LOT OF COASTAL CITIES IN THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD.
>> Stephen: WELL, THE NEW FILM IS INCONVENIENT SEQUEL TRUTH TO
POWER.
NORMALLY A SEQUEL TWO MOVIE IS A SIGN IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
IS IT A SIGN IT WASN'T SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE NEED A
SEQUEL TO THIS ONE?
SHOULD WE HAVE DONE MORE BY NOW?
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
>> WE SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE, YES, BUT 18 MONTHS AGO THERE WAS
AN HISTORIC BREAKTHROUGH WITH THE AGREEMENT IN PRIX PARIS
WHERE JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD AGREED TO BRING
POLLUTION DOWN TO ZERO IN THE EARLY PART OF THE SECOND CENTURY
AND THAT'S ENCOURAGING.
WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS.
THE OTHER EXCITING THING IS THE COST OF ELECTRICITY FROM SOLAR
PANELS AND WIND MILLS HAS COME DOWN INCREDIBLY FAST AND, IN
MANY AREAS, IT'S NOW CHEAPER THAN ELECTRICITY FROM BURNING
FOSSIL FUELS.
BATTERIES ARE COMING DOWN IN COST AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE
BECOMING MORE POPULAR, SO WE HAVE A LOT GOING FOR US.
WE CAN AND WILL SOLVE THIS BUT THE REAL PURPOSE OF THIS MOVIE
IS TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET INVOLVED WHO'S INTERESTING TO
HELP SOLVE THIS.
LEARN ABOUT IT, GO TO THE MOVIE, GET THE BOOK, GO TO THE
WEB SITE, INCONVENIENT SEQUEL.com, AND THEN USE YOUR
VOTE AND VOICE IN CONVERSATION ON CLIMATE, AND WHEN CANDIDATES
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, TELL THEM THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME, AND
DEPENDING ON THEIR POSITION, TELL THEM YOU ARE BE FOR THEM OR
DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO DEFEAT THEM.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU'VE GOT TO GO
BUT MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WE'VE GOT TO GO, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION
I COULD ASK IS I KNOW A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE FEELING HOPELESS
ABOUT THIS AND THEY READ ARTICLES AND MAGAZINES OR SEE
INTERVIEWS ON TV AND HEAR IT IS TOO LATE -- YOU KNOW, DON'T EVEN
HAVE KIDS BECAUSE YOU WILL ONLY HELP DESTROY THE PLANET AND
THERE WILL BE NO FUTURE FOR THEM.
IS THERE HOPE, AL GORE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
GO SEE THE MOVIE.
YOU WILL SEE THERE IS TREMENDOUS HOPE.
WE ARE GOING TO WIN THIS.
THE ONLY QUESTION IS HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE, AND TO YOUNG PEOPLE
IN PARTICULAR, I REALLY RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE AS A DATE
MOVIE.
( LAUGHTER ) ATES HOT DATE MOVIE.
IT'S AN AMAZINGLY HOT DATE MOVIE.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE IF THE END OF THE WORLD IS COMING, YOU
MIGHT AS WELL HOOK UP WITH ME.
( LAUGHTER ) THANK YOU SO MUCH,
MR. VICE PRESIDENT.
"AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL," TRUTH TO POWER, IN SELECT THEATERS
JULY 28 AND NATIONWIDE ON AUGUST 4.
AL GORE, EVERYBODY!

Al Gore Received Illegal Campaign Materials In 2000 (And Reported It)

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