Welcome to an HBO podcast from the HBO late night series Real Time with Bill Maugh.

Oh, please. Thank you very much. Hey everybody. Wow, it is, uh, wow, we've been

off since November 20th. Great to be back. I've been on a bit of a news diet. Anything

big happened? I, you know, I'd say if the stuff that was happening in America right now

was happening anywhere else in the world, we didn't

invade that country. Biden, did you see him today? He announced it's a

inauguration theme. America united. And all I can think is boy, you have spent a lot

of time in the basement. There's, there's 20,000 armed troops on heightened alert in Washington

right now. And Joe will be giving his inauguration speech in front of basically nobody. Welcome

to my world, Joe. No, these, I just want to, it's what it's a, you hear some people here.

These are, we are not allowed to have an audience anymore. I'm not complaining about that.

We are very appreciative of the authorities on all levels who have let us be here in our

studio. We get it. There's a crisis out here in California and in the country. So these

are just the normal askissers. I hope they're askissers who hang around the studio. We're

allowed here. Just if they're not, I really have no chance. But, but Joe outlined his plan

today for the future. He wants to give every American a check for $1,400 best grandpa ever.

But let's see what, but let's, let's review what's happened while we were off. Oh, yeah,

there was an insurrection at the Capitol. A bunch of Fox news freaks and QAnon nuts from

deep red districts bashed and rammed and broke their way into the Capitol instead of getting

there the usual way by being elected. I mean, you, you also in the video, right? They

stormed in and they chased retreating police up the stairs, ransacked the building. This

is something I never thought I would see in America. Trump supporters taking the stairs.

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