YANG.

MR. YANG, IF I MAY, LET ME ASK YOU THIS -- WE HAVE A

BILLIONAIRE IN OFFICE RIGHT NOW, AND LAST NIGHT WE HAD MAYOR

BLOOMBERG WHO IS AN HONEST TO GOD BILLIONAIRE AND TOM STEYER

WHO IS A BILLIONAIRE.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU THAT WE HAVE SO MANY BILLIONAIRES

RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, IT'S A SYMPTOM OF THE FACT THAT MONEY RUNS JUST ABOUT

EVERYTHING IN AMERICAN LIFE TODAY AND IT'S NOT JUST OUR

POLITICS, IT'S THE FACT THAT OUR GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN OVERRUN BY

CORPORATE INTERESTS, AND, UNFORTUNATELY, IF YOU HAVE A

BILLION DOLLARS, THAT'S GOING TO PUT YOU IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO

MAKE DEBATE STAGES AND BE ABLE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT MUCH MORE

SO THAN IF YOU WERE THE AVERAGE CITIZEN WHO JUST HAS SOME GOOD

IDEAS.

I THINK, ACTUALLY, IN MANY WAYS, I'M THE POLAR OPPOSITE OF THOSE

BILLIONAIRES BECAUSE NO ONE HAD EVER HEARD OF ME 12 MONTHS AGO,

AND WE HAVE BEEN GROWING AND GROWING MORE CONSISTENTLY THAN

ANY OTHER CAMPAIGN REALLY BECAUSE AMERICANS HOV OUR VISION

OF A COUNTRY WHERE WE ACTUALLY CAN GET THE BOOT OFF OUR THROATS

AND EXPERIENCE SOME ECONOMIC ABUNDANCE INSTEAD OF SCARCITY.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: PEOPLE HADN'T

HEARD OF YOU A YEAR AGO, AND "THE WASHINGTON POST" ACTUALLY

CALLED YOU "RANDOM GUY, ANDREW YANG," AND PEOPLE STILL HAVE A

LITTLE TROUBLE FIGURING YOU OUT.

FOR INSTANCE, CNBC, IN LISTING ALL THE CANDIDATES HERE LAST

WEEK, HERE ARE YOU AS YANG BUT THEY PUT UP A PICTURE OF A GUY

NAMED JEFF YANG INSTEAD OF YOU.

DID THEY APOLOGIZE TO YOU?

>> THEY HAD A PUBLIC APOLOGY SOME NUMBER OF HOURS LATER AFTER

IT WAS CALLED TO THEIR ATTENTION.

>> Stephen: YEAH.

I THINK THAT'S ABOUT THE 12th APOLOGY I'VE GOTTEN FROM

A MEDIA NETWORK.

>> Stephen: AND WHO IS JEFF YANG?

>> JEFF YANG IS A VENTURE CAPITALIST IN CALIFORNIA WHO IS

A VERY HANDSOME MAN -- >> Stephen: YEAH.

OR YOU.

YOU'RE BOTH GOOD LOOKING GUYS, YEAH.

>> THAT'S ABOUT ALL I KNOW OF HIM.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

DID YOU TALK TO HIM?

HAVE YOU TALKED TO HIM AT ALL?

>> YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T -- I THINK WE EXCHANGED, LIKE, DIRECT

MESSAGES ON TWITTER.

>> Stephen: I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU GET THE NOMINATION,

VICE PRESIDENT -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

-- YANG YANG!

YANG YANG!

IT'S RIGHT THERE, MAN.

>> ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS, IF I DIDN'T WANT TO ATTEND AN EVENT

AND HE WENT -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

( LAUGHTER ) ( PIANO RIFF )

>> Stephen: CNBC WOULDN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

>> THEY CLEARLY WOULDN'T KNOW.

>> Stephen: OKAY, HERE'S THIS BIG NEWS -- I MEAN, THIS IS DAMN

BIG NEWS -- SO THE YANG GANG JUST GOT ONE MAN BIGGER.

THIS IS YOU THANKING DAVE CHAPPELLE AND WELCOME TO THE

YANG GANG DO THIS FOR OUR KIDS.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THAT'S A HUGE GET.

THAT IS ONE OF THE COOLEST CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS I'VE EVER

SEEN.

HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT?

>> OH, DAVE'S PEOPLE REACHED OUT TO MY PEOPLE, WE GOT TOGETHER

FOR AN HOUR-PLUS AND JUST REALLY CONNECTED.

HE'S A PARENT, I'M A PARENT, WE BOTH ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT

THE WAY THE COUNTRY IS GOING, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO

BETTER AND SAY TO OUR KIDS WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO

ACTUALLY LEAVE A COUNTRY WE'RE PROUD OF FOR THEM.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: GOOD LUCK WITH THE

CAMPAIGN -- GOOD LUCK WITH THE CAMPAIGN.

12 MONTHS AGO, YOU WERE RANDOM GUY, YOU KNOW, AN DO YOU YANG,

NOW YOU'RE FAMOUS GUY ANDREW YANG.

IF SOME CRAZY WORLD YOU DON'T BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES -- >> THAT WOULD BE CRAZY.

>> Stephen: ( LAUGHTER )

>> Stephen: -- DO YOU HAVE A FALLBACK CONDITION, REALITY

SHOW, YOU AND PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE RENTING A HOUSE

SOMEPLACE?

>> WELL, GOAL NUMBER ONE IS GET TRUMP OUT OF OFFICE, SO IF I'M

NOT THE NOMINEE, I WILL BE WORKING WITH WHOEVER THE NOMINEE

IS TO WIN IN THE FALL AND THEN I'LL LIKELY END UP AS PART OF

THE ADMINISTRATION TRYING TO SOLVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT

ARE JUST GETTING WORSE.

>> Stephen: WELL, GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND THE YANG GANG NO MATTER

WHAT HAPPENS.

ANDREW YANG, EVERYBODY!

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH COMEDIAN ABBY McENANY!