remember old pat goodale used it say you want to know what's going on in america, watch advertising. because they want to sell what they have. we have hope, but we have got to give them support. we have got to give them the backbone to do what we know has to be done because i doubt any of you would be here if you did not care deeply about this. you should not come to hear me speak. [laughter] -- you sure did not come to hear me speak. [laughter] but i mean it. let's not give up. as the old saying goes, hope springs eternal. i know we talked a lot about famous people. my colleagues in the senate used to always kid me because i was always quoting irish poets. they think i did it because i'm irish. they think i did it because we irish got a little bit of a chip on our shoulder a little bit sometimes. that's not why i did it. i did it because they are the best poets in the world. [laughter] there's a famous poet who worked a stanza that i think is the definition of what i think should be our call today for young people. it is that history teaches us not to hope on this side of the grave,

for example, this year, we are welcoming robert redford, jane goodall.conference, brian adams performed for us and wrote a song for us based on sustainability. it was like goosebumps. matt: very cool. you have invested in businesses that are working now. lyft, for example. nico: tier. matt: tier is fairly new, but immediately swamped of the streets. i did a racing competition with my cameraman in frankfurt a couple of months ago. it's the fastest of the skidders. what do you think is the -- scooters. what do you think is the endgame for the skidders? -- scooters. nico: the tier has done a phenomenal job. the founder is from berlin. there was a time when the competition was so vast and all the americans had already come to berlin. there was american scooters everywhere with bird and a lime. tier, they were operatively so excellent, so efficient. they were progressing really fast and really convincing investors, the big players, softbank financed the last round and tier now has the best product. they pioneered vulnerable helmets. they pioneered -- foldable

>> oh, that would be jane goodall.outrage that the public is ignorant of your own hunky doctor status? >> i think there's room in science for two hunky science doctors. you know what, it is sometimes interesting, i'm in a party and i'm telling someone what i do and i said, i'm the guy who led the human genome project and they're like, yeah, yeah, what's dr. fauci realy like? ( laughter ) >> stephen: dr. francis collins, thank you so much for being here. we'll be right back. ♪♪ james corden is next. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ♪♪ >> i'm all right, brother, how are you? >> stephen: holding it together. holding it together. i get to go back into the theater. we found out last night we get to go back in the theater on june 14. >> oh, congratulations, baby, good for you! >> stephen: thank you. you could cut a diamond with my nipples right now, i'm so excited. ( laughter ) captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ the late late show, oh, oh the late late show, ooh ♪ the

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