Late Night: Gauff's Pop It cameo, rail rides, Delhi bugs

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWelcome to Late Night BBN! I'm Hank Ledger, and yes, this is the weird hour. The normal hour left at ten.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorESPN reports tennis star Coco Gauff is in the music video for Gunna's new single, Pop It.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe serves an ace to kick off the beat.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFinally, a serve nobody argues about with a challenge review. Pop It is also what my knees do on stairs.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHank, I once got asked to leave an embassy for less. Please continue.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCBS California Investigates says consultants on California's high-speed rail billed taxpayers for late-night rides. The receipts also show previously undisclosed connections to the rail CEO.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA high-speed rail project paying for car rides. That's like a bakery ordering takeout. Still no train, but the rides were fast.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe BBC reports thousands of security personnel are deployed as Delhi braces for a cockroach protest.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTrains are cancelled and dozens of metro stations are shut.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHank, the cockroach is famously hard to stop. Governments have tried. I was in the room for one of those attempts.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAs we told you earlier, deepfake ads are still muddying the midterms. Tonight's desk bit: Things We Learned This Week.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNumber one: a tennis star can open a rap video. Gloria, you're up.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNumber two: a rail project can bill for rides without moving one inch of track. Efficient, in its way.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNumber three: I have learned nothing. I'm a professional. Gloria, final one.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNumber four: if a deepfake ad shows a candidate being honest, it's definitely fake.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrutal and fair. My guest tonight holds the record for the longest competitive nap in tri-county history. Please welcome Dewey Plimsole!

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    Dewey PlimsoleThanks, Hank. Nine hours, forty minutes, on a folding chair. The judges had to check my pulse twice.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhat does a competitive nap even look like?

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    Dewey PlimsoleTotal commitment. I trained by ignoring my emails for eleven years. Muscle memory.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the other napper, I'm told, tried to cheat?

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    Dewey PlimsoleHe pretended to sleep while checking his phone. I called it. You can hear a thumb breathing.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDewey, I've survived a goat feud. Sleep is a luxury. How do you do it?

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    Dewey PlimsoleGloria, you just stop caring. Pretend the news is a lullaby. No offense, Hank.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNone taken. I've been doing that since the nineties. What's your project?

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    Dewey PlimsoleMy memoir, Wake Me When It's Over, plus a mattress line called the Plimsole Plank. Very firm. Very honest.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDewey Plimsole, everybody. Thank you for staying awake for us. Good night from Late Night BBN!