grab a miller lite vortex bottle. taste greatness. hey, look. i made t-shirts! awesome.(cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thank you so much. ladies and gentlemen, my guest tonight has a nobel prize. big deal. all my guests do. (laughter) please welcome al gore. (cheers and applause) mr. vice president, thank you so much for joining us. (cheers and applause) what an honor to finally have you near wither underneath the glare of my scorn. (laughter) now, sir, let's get some politics out of the way first, may we? >> of course. >> stephen: okay. rick perry endorsed you in 1988. >> yeah. >> stephen: will you return the favor? (laughter) right now and endorse rick perry. >> well, it would hurt him a lot. (laughter) >> stephen: is that an endorsement. >> no, it's not. >> stephen: so because an endorsement would hurt him and you won't endorse him isn't that in itself an endorsement? >> um... you could put it that way. >> stephen: i just did. >> yes! he was a democrat back then. i don't know what happened. >> stephen: weren't we all. (laughter) i've got a l