1 00:00:01,669 --> 00:00:02,800 Trevor: WELL, HELLO. 2 00:00:02,834 --> 00:00:05,132 WHAT’S GOING ON EVERYBODY 3 00:00:05,166 --> 00:00:06,627 I’M TREVOR NOAH. 4 00:00:06,662 --> 00:00:08,126 THIS IS "THE DAILY SOCIAL 5 00:00:08,127 --> 00:00:09,137 DISTANCING SHOW," AND I’M HAPPY 6 00:00:09,172 --> 00:00:12,454 TO ANNOUNCE THAT I JUST 7 00:00:12,488 --> 00:00:14,561 COMPLETED ANOTHER NEW YEAR’S 8 00:00:14,596 --> 00:00:16,906 RESOLUTION-- I FINALLY MANAGED 9 00:00:16,908 --> 00:00:19,427 TO STOP EATING FROG EGGS. 10 00:00:19,428 --> 00:00:20,845 NO, THAT WAS BABY YODA’S 11 00:00:20,847 --> 00:00:21,777 RESOLUTION. 12 00:00:21,812 --> 00:00:24,121 THAT MEANS HE’S GOT MINE! 13 00:00:24,155 --> 00:00:25,019 ANYWAY, ON TONIGHT’S SHOW: 14 00:00:25,053 --> 00:00:26,860 THE STOCK MARKET IS GOING CRAZY, 15 00:00:26,895 --> 00:00:28,962 REPUBLICANS ARE GOING NUTS, AND 16 00:00:28,963 --> 00:00:31,250 CORONAVIRUS IS OUT OF CONTROL. 17 00:00:31,251 --> 00:00:32,631 PLUS, INAUGURATION POET AMANDA 18 00:00:32,632 --> 00:00:35,081 GOURMAN IS JOINING US TO CHAT 19 00:00:35,116 --> 00:00:35,711 ABOUT HER FUTURE. 20 00:00:35,745 --> 00:00:36,762 SO LET’S DO THIS, PEOPLE! 21 00:00:36,763 --> 00:00:37,637 WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW." 22 00:00:39,607 --> 00:00:41,641 Announcer: FROM TREVOR’S 23 00:00:41,676 --> 00:00:41,912 Announcer: FROM TREVOR’S 24 00:00:41,914 --> 00:00:42,712 COUCH IN NEW YORK CITY TO YOUR 25 00:00:42,746 --> 00:00:44,668 COUCH SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, 26 00:00:44,702 --> 00:00:45,828 THIS IS "THE DAILY SOCIAL 27 00:00:45,830 --> 00:00:49,522 DISTANCING SHOW," WITH TREVOR 28 00:00:49,523 --> 00:00:50,021 NOAH. 29 00:00:50,055 --> 00:00:53,457 Trevor: LET’S KICK THINGS OFF 30 00:00:53,491 --> 00:00:55,704 WITH THE STOCK MARKET, AMERICA’S 31 00:00:55,705 --> 00:00:56,758 NUMBER-ONE SUPPLIER OF GREAT 32 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:56,975 DEPRESSIONS. 33 00:00:57,009 --> 00:00:59,987 AS VOLATILE AS THE STOCK MARKET 34 00:01:00,021 --> 00:01:03,060 CAN BE, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF ITS 35 00:01:03,062 --> 00:01:03,699 WILDEST WEEKS YET. 36 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:05,255 THE CRAZIEST BUSINESS STORY 37 00:01:05,256 --> 00:01:06,908 OUT THERE: AN INTERNET TRADING 38 00:01:06,909 --> 00:01:07,841 MOB IS DRIVING THE GAMESTOP 39 00:01:07,876 --> 00:01:08,654 SHARES HIGHER. 40 00:01:08,688 --> 00:01:09,914 IT APPEARS TO SPITE SHORT 41 00:01:09,915 --> 00:01:10,444 SELLERS. 42 00:01:10,446 --> 00:01:12,202 LOOK AT THE STOCK. 43 00:01:12,204 --> 00:01:13,782 IT’S UP MORE THAN 680% SO FAR 44 00:01:13,783 --> 00:01:14,446 THIS YEAR. 45 00:01:14,447 --> 00:01:15,838 THEY REALIZED THAT ALL OF THE 46 00:01:15,872 --> 00:01:17,005 INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS WERE 47 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:18,406 HEDGING ON GAMESTOP, SO THEY 48 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:19,389 JUST BOUGHT A BUNCH OF CALL 49 00:01:19,423 --> 00:01:20,984 OPTIONS, BOUGHT A BUNCH OF STOCK 50 00:01:21,018 --> 00:01:22,428 AND CREATED THE GAMMA SQUEEZE 51 00:01:22,429 --> 00:01:24,131 THAT YOU SAW ON FRIDAY. 52 00:01:24,132 --> 00:01:25,911 Trevor: OKAY, OKAY, I DON’T 53 00:01:25,913 --> 00:01:27,609 KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THAT 54 00:01:27,644 --> 00:01:28,513 EXPLANATION IS WAY TOO 55 00:01:28,514 --> 00:01:28,749 COMPLICATED. 56 00:01:28,784 --> 00:01:33,536 SHORT SELLING THE THING OF THE 57 00:01:33,570 --> 00:01:36,409 LONG SELL AND THEN-- LOOK WHAT 58 00:01:36,410 --> 00:01:38,809 WE REALLY NEED IS THE SCENE FROM 59 00:01:38,811 --> 00:01:40,707 "THE BIG SHORT," WHERE MARGOT 60 00:01:40,708 --> 00:01:43,477 ROBBIE BREAKS IT DOWN FOR US IN 61 00:01:43,479 --> 00:01:44,291 THE BATH TUB. 62 00:01:44,292 --> 00:01:46,005 AND I ACTUALLY CALLED HER TO DO, 63 00:01:46,007 --> 00:01:50,778 THAT BUT SHE BLOCKED MY NUMBER, 64 00:01:50,812 --> 00:01:53,676 SO I HAD TO FIGURE OUT PLAN "B." 65 00:01:53,677 --> 00:01:54,951 BASICALLY, THERE’S A GROUP OF 66 00:01:54,986 --> 00:01:56,396 PEOPLE ON REDDIT WHO DON’T USE 67 00:01:56,397 --> 00:01:57,233 THE STOCK MARKET TO INVEST. 68 00:01:57,234 --> 00:01:57,891 THEY USE IT TO GAMBLE. 69 00:01:57,892 --> 00:02:02,216 AND, YEAH, THAT’S WHAT LOTS OF 70 00:02:02,217 --> 00:02:04,012 "SERIOUS" INVESTORS DO, TOO. 71 00:02:04,013 --> 00:02:05,333 BUT THESE GUYS ON REDDIT ARE 72 00:02:05,334 --> 00:02:06,574 MORE HONEST ABOUT IT, AND THEY 73 00:02:06,575 --> 00:02:08,161 LOVE TO TROLL THE PEOPLE WHO 74 00:02:08,195 --> 00:02:08,571 AREN’T. 75 00:02:08,572 --> 00:02:09,685 SO, THERE’S A STORE CALLED 76 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:10,393 GAMESTOP THAT SELLS VIDEO 77 00:02:10,394 --> 00:02:11,708 GAMES-- NOT A GREAT BUSINESS TO 78 00:02:11,710 --> 00:02:12,959 BE IN SINCE GAMES CAN BE 79 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:13,911 DOWNLOADED NOW. 80 00:02:13,913 --> 00:02:15,525 WHICH IS WHY THE SERIOUS 81 00:02:15,526 --> 00:02:17,667 INVESTORS DECIDED TO SHORT 82 00:02:17,668 --> 00:02:20,173 GAMESTOP, WHICH MEANS TO BET 83 00:02:20,175 --> 00:02:20,928 AGAINST IT. 84 00:02:20,962 --> 00:02:22,138 BUT THE REDDITORS ARE GAMERS WHO 85 00:02:22,173 --> 00:02:23,128 HAVE A SEMI-IRONIC LOVE FOR THE 86 00:02:23,162 --> 00:02:23,724 STORE. 87 00:02:23,725 --> 00:02:25,606 SO THEY STARTED MAKING MEMES 88 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:27,335 ENCOURAGING EACH OTHER TO PUNISH 89 00:02:27,336 --> 00:02:29,912 THE SERIOUS PEOPLE BY BUYING 90 00:02:29,913 --> 00:02:31,937 WORTHLESS GAMESTOP STOCKS. 91 00:02:31,938 --> 00:02:34,461 NOW, INSTEAD OF FAILING, 92 00:02:34,462 --> 00:02:37,625 GAMESTOP IS SUCCEEDING WILDLY. 93 00:02:37,627 --> 00:02:41,238 NOT REALLY, OF COURSE, NOT AS A 94 00:02:41,239 --> 00:02:41,452 BUSINESS. 95 00:02:41,454 --> 00:02:42,352 BUT, COME ON, STOCKS ARE NEVER 96 00:02:42,387 --> 00:02:43,547 REAL. 97 00:02:43,548 --> 00:02:46,519 THE SERIOUS PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY 98 00:02:46,554 --> 00:02:49,978 LOST $5 BILLION, AND SOME GIANT 99 00:02:49,980 --> 00:02:51,529 HEDGE FUNDS HAVE GONE BANKRUPT. 100 00:02:51,531 --> 00:02:53,693 GOT IT? 101 00:02:53,727 --> 00:02:54,047 GOOD. 102 00:02:54,081 --> 00:02:56,904 NOW LET’S GET OUT OF MARGOT 103 00:02:56,905 --> 00:02:58,031 ROBBIE’S BATHROOM BEFORE SHE 104 00:02:58,066 --> 00:02:59,883 GETS HOME AND SCOOZ ME WHAT I’M 105 00:02:59,884 --> 00:03:00,647 DOING HERE. 106 00:03:00,681 --> 00:03:05,482 THE LAST TIME SHE CAUGHT ME HERE 107 00:03:05,484 --> 00:03:07,694 WAS A BIT AWKWARD. 108 00:03:07,728 --> 00:03:10,075 NOW THAT WE’RE ON THE SAME 109 00:03:10,109 --> 00:03:11,691 PAGE, THIS SHIT IS WILD. 110 00:03:11,725 --> 00:03:13,247 AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE 111 00:03:13,281 --> 00:03:14,802 SAYING, "THIS ISN’T HOW WALL 112 00:03:14,803 --> 00:03:16,702 STREET IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. 113 00:03:16,704 --> 00:03:18,684 WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE 114 00:03:18,685 --> 00:03:19,260 HEDGE FUNDS?" 115 00:03:19,261 --> 00:03:20,526 WALL STREET IS GOING TO BE FINE. 116 00:03:20,528 --> 00:03:21,828 THERE IS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT 117 00:03:21,829 --> 00:03:23,190 OF WORK AND THOUSANDS OF 118 00:03:23,192 --> 00:03:24,930 BUSINESSES CLOSING AND YET THE 119 00:03:24,931 --> 00:03:26,078 STOCK MARKET IS AT AN ALL-TIME 120 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:26,970 HIGH. 121 00:03:26,971 --> 00:03:29,623 I’M NOT WORRIED ABOUT HEDGE FUND 122 00:03:29,624 --> 00:03:30,288 GUYS. 123 00:03:30,289 --> 00:03:32,550 THEY CAN CRY ON THEIR HELICOPTER 124 00:03:32,552 --> 00:03:34,428 THAT TAKES THEM TO THEIR BOAT 125 00:03:34,462 --> 00:03:36,311 THAT TAKES THEM TO THEIR YACHT. 126 00:03:36,345 --> 00:03:37,868 I THINK IT’S FUNNY WHEN WALL 127 00:03:37,902 --> 00:03:39,059 STREET DOESN’T LIKE WHEN 128 00:03:39,093 --> 00:03:40,519 SOMEBODY WALL STREETS THEM. 129 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:41,973 WHEN THEY MAKE MOVES THAT COST 130 00:03:41,974 --> 00:03:43,298 PEOPLE THEIR HOMES, THEY’RE 131 00:03:43,299 --> 00:03:44,462 LIKE, HEY, MAN, THOSE ARE THE 132 00:03:44,463 --> 00:03:44,770 RULES." 133 00:03:44,772 --> 00:03:47,189 BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS TO THEM 134 00:03:47,190 --> 00:03:48,287 THEY’RE LIKE, "THOSE AREN’T THE 135 00:03:48,288 --> 00:03:48,976 RULES. 136 00:03:48,977 --> 00:03:50,724 IS SOMEBODY GOING TO REGULATE 137 00:03:50,725 --> 00:03:51,394 THIS." 138 00:03:51,395 --> 00:03:53,125 AND THEY ARE MOVING BEYOND 139 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:53,745 GAMESTOP. 140 00:03:53,746 --> 00:03:56,265 NOW THEY’RE PUMPING UP THE STOCK 141 00:03:56,267 --> 00:03:58,137 PRICES OF OTHER FAILING 142 00:03:58,139 --> 00:04:00,186 COMPANIES LIKE BED BATH & 143 00:04:00,187 --> 00:04:01,389 BEYOND, A.M.C., AND EVEN TOOTSIE 144 00:04:01,391 --> 00:04:01,868 ROLES. 145 00:04:01,903 --> 00:04:04,150 WHICH, BY THE WAY, I DIDN’T EVEN 146 00:04:04,151 --> 00:04:05,290 KNOW THAT TOOTSIE ROLE HAD ITS 147 00:04:05,291 --> 00:04:08,338 OWN STOCK. 148 00:04:08,340 --> 00:04:10,829 WHO WAS THAT FOR? 149 00:04:10,863 --> 00:04:13,158 IT’S A CANDY THAT LOOKS AND 150 00:04:13,159 --> 00:04:15,833 TASTES LIKE A TURD BUT ALSO 151 00:04:15,835 --> 00:04:16,870 STICKS TO YOUR TITHE. 152 00:04:16,905 --> 00:04:17,791 INTERESTED IN INVESTING? 153 00:04:17,793 --> 00:04:20,154 NOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE 154 00:04:20,155 --> 00:04:21,460 ONLY REASON THESE REDDITTORS 155 00:04:21,494 --> 00:04:24,363 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF 156 00:04:24,398 --> 00:04:26,421 IS BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET. 157 00:04:26,423 --> 00:04:28,339 THINK ABOUT IT REDDIT AND THE 158 00:04:28,340 --> 00:04:29,461 SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY MAKE IT 159 00:04:29,495 --> 00:04:31,136 POSSIBLE TO GET TOGETHER WITH 160 00:04:31,171 --> 00:04:32,936 PEOPLE WHO THINK LIKE YOU. 161 00:04:32,937 --> 00:04:33,712 THIS WASN’T POSSIBLE DECADES 162 00:04:33,713 --> 00:04:33,932 AGO. 163 00:04:33,966 --> 00:04:35,638 NOW IF YOU WANT TO TAKE DOWN A 164 00:04:35,673 --> 00:04:37,112 HEDGE FUND, YOU CAN FIND PEOPLE 165 00:04:37,114 --> 00:04:39,177 TO HELP YOU DO IT. 166 00:04:39,178 --> 00:04:40,932 IF YOU WANT TO PLAN AN 167 00:04:40,933 --> 00:04:42,067 INSURRECTION, YOU CAN FIND 168 00:04:42,068 --> 00:04:43,553 PEOPLE TO HELP YOU DO IT. 169 00:04:43,554 --> 00:04:46,420 IF YOU’RE THE ONLY PERSON IN THE 170 00:04:46,455 --> 00:04:48,090 WORLD ATTRACTED TO THAT PART 171 00:04:48,124 --> 00:04:49,974 STAPLER THAT LOOKS LIKE A FACE, 172 00:04:50,008 --> 00:04:51,083 THEN I’LL SEE YOU AT 173 00:04:51,117 --> 00:04:52,028 hotstaplerfaces.com. 174 00:04:52,062 --> 00:04:58,914 LET’S MOVE ON TO SOMETHING THAT 175 00:04:58,949 --> 00:05:00,493 ISN’T SURGING, HUMANS 176 00:05:00,494 --> 00:05:02,869 IT’S A TREND THAT SOMETIMES 177 00:05:02,903 --> 00:05:03,805 HAPPENS AFTER BLIZZARDS, LONG 178 00:05:03,807 --> 00:05:04,535 POWER OUTAGES, OR WHENEVER 179 00:05:04,536 --> 00:05:05,517 COUPLES MIGHT HAVE A LOT OF TIME 180 00:05:05,552 --> 00:05:06,724 TO KILL AND NOT MUCH TO DO. 181 00:05:06,725 --> 00:05:07,762 MANY PEOPLE JOKED THAT COVID 182 00:05:07,763 --> 00:05:08,552 STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS WOULD LEAD 183 00:05:08,553 --> 00:05:09,389 TO A NEW NATIONWIDE BABY BOOM. 184 00:05:09,423 --> 00:05:12,216 WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. 185 00:05:12,217 --> 00:05:13,928 BUT SOME RESEARCHERS PREDICT WE 186 00:05:13,929 --> 00:05:15,221 MIGHT JUST SEE THE EXACT 187 00:05:15,256 --> 00:05:15,454 OPPOSITE. 188 00:05:15,455 --> 00:05:16,275 IT’S LOOKING LIKE THAT "BABY 189 00:05:16,276 --> 00:05:17,373 BOOM" IS ACTUALLY A "BABY 190 00:05:17,408 --> 00:05:17,600 BUST." 191 00:05:17,635 --> 00:05:18,965 THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION 192 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,959 ESTIMATES THIS YEAR COULD SEE A 193 00:05:20,994 --> 00:05:24,631 DIP FROM 2019 APPROACHING 194 00:05:24,632 --> 00:05:26,564 300,000 FEWER BIRTHS. 195 00:05:26,565 --> 00:05:29,225 THE U.S. BIRTH RATE WILL 196 00:05:29,260 --> 00:05:29,829 DECLINE AN ESTIMATED 197 00:05:29,863 --> 00:05:30,610 7% TO 10% THIS NEXT YEAR. 198 00:05:30,644 --> 00:05:31,202 THAT’S ON TOP OF AN ALREADY 199 00:05:31,203 --> 00:05:32,783 35-YEAR LOW. 200 00:05:32,818 --> 00:05:34,814 Trevor: WOW! 201 00:05:34,848 --> 00:05:37,102 SO, APPARENTLY, THESE PAST 10 202 00:05:37,136 --> 00:05:41,887 MONTHS HAVE BEEN ALL NETFLIX AND 203 00:05:41,888 --> 00:05:42,687 NO CHILL. 204 00:05:42,721 --> 00:05:45,140 HONESTLY,@IM NOT SURPRISED. 205 00:05:45,174 --> 00:05:48,381 WHO IS INTO "TIGER KING." 206 00:05:48,383 --> 00:05:50,471 WHEN YOU’RE SITTING NEXT TO 207 00:05:50,506 --> 00:05:51,578 SOMEONE, YOU’RE LIKE, GODDAMN 208 00:05:51,612 --> 00:05:52,416 CAROL BAFNGIN." 209 00:05:52,417 --> 00:05:53,692 YOU’RE NOT MAKING BABIES TO 210 00:05:53,727 --> 00:05:53,947 THAT. 211 00:05:53,982 --> 00:05:55,177 APPARENTLY NOBODY HAS BEEN 212 00:05:55,178 --> 00:05:56,312 MAKING BABIES WHILE THEY’RE IN 213 00:05:56,314 --> 00:05:56,775 LOCKDOWN. 214 00:05:56,776 --> 00:06:01,901 I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 215 00:06:01,902 --> 00:06:02,750 IT MAKES SENSE. 216 00:06:02,784 --> 00:06:04,051 WHEN YOU’RE SPENDING 24 HOURS A 217 00:06:04,085 --> 00:06:04,862 DAY WITH SOMEONE FOR MONTHS, THE 218 00:06:04,896 --> 00:06:05,600 LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS 219 00:06:05,634 --> 00:06:06,686 MAKE ANOTHER ONE OF THEM TO HANG 220 00:06:06,687 --> 00:06:07,066 OUT WITH. 221 00:06:07,067 --> 00:06:07,836 NOT TO MENTION, I’VE BEEN SO 222 00:06:07,871 --> 00:06:09,439 SCARED OF GETTING COVID, I DON’T 223 00:06:09,473 --> 00:06:10,264 EVEN SEE MY OWN FAMILY. 224 00:06:10,266 --> 00:06:11,239 SO I’M DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO 225 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:12,920 LET A STORK HAND DELIVER ME A 226 00:06:12,955 --> 00:06:13,917 BABY. 227 00:06:13,951 --> 00:06:15,381 NO, THANK YOU. 228 00:06:15,416 --> 00:06:17,957 WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT’S NOT 229 00:06:17,991 --> 00:06:19,029 WHERE THEY COME FROM? 230 00:06:19,031 --> 00:06:20,946 WHERE DO THEY-- SEX? 231 00:06:20,980 --> 00:06:23,145 SO YOU HAVE SEX WITH A STORK? 232 00:06:23,179 --> 00:06:26,330 PLUS I AGREE WITH THESE PEOPLE-- 233 00:06:26,364 --> 00:06:28,260 THEY’RE RIGHT ABOUT THE ECONOMY. 234 00:06:28,295 --> 00:06:29,376 I DON’T NEED A BABY. 235 00:06:29,378 --> 00:06:31,289 I ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH MOUTHS TO 236 00:06:31,324 --> 00:06:32,788 FEED: MY MOUTH AND THE OTHER 237 00:06:32,790 --> 00:06:34,958 MOUTH ON THE SIDE OF MY NECK. 238 00:06:34,992 --> 00:06:36,886 "DID YOU SAY SOMETHING, TREVOR?" 239 00:06:36,888 --> 00:06:37,875 GO BACK TO SLEEP, CORNELIUS. 240 00:06:37,876 --> 00:06:40,966 BUT THIS STORY ACTUALLY GIVES ME 241 00:06:40,967 --> 00:06:41,952 A GREAT IDEA. 242 00:06:41,987 --> 00:06:44,390 IF THERE ARE FEWER BABIES THAT 243 00:06:44,424 --> 00:06:47,427 MEANS THERE WILL BE FEWER KIDS. 244 00:06:47,428 --> 00:06:50,241 THAT MEANS FEWER DAYCARES AND 245 00:06:50,242 --> 00:06:53,247 DAYCARES WILL LOSE BUSINESS, AND 246 00:06:53,249 --> 00:06:57,503 WALL STREET WILL SHOT INVEST IN 247 00:06:57,537 --> 00:06:59,850 DAYCARES SO I’M BUYING DAYCARES. 248 00:06:59,885 --> 00:07:03,031 I LOST EVERYTHING, WHY ISN’T 249 00:07:03,032 --> 00:07:04,349 THIS REGULATED. 250 00:07:04,350 --> 00:07:07,496 AND, FINALLY, LET’S DO SOMETHING 251 00:07:07,497 --> 00:07:09,849 YOUR DAD ALWAYS WANTED TO DO ON 252 00:07:09,883 --> 00:07:10,773 VACATION AND CHECK IN ON 253 00:07:10,807 --> 00:07:11,648 THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME. 254 00:07:11,649 --> 00:07:13,460 IT’S WHERE THE GAME CELEBRATES 255 00:07:13,461 --> 00:07:14,084 ITS GREATEST PLAYERS. 256 00:07:14,086 --> 00:07:15,790 BUT THIS YEAR, THE CELEBRATION 257 00:07:15,824 --> 00:07:17,362 IS GOING TO BE A TINY BIT 258 00:07:17,396 --> 00:07:17,546 SMALLER. 259 00:07:17,581 --> 00:07:18,433 ALL THE FORMER BASEBALL 260 00:07:18,467 --> 00:07:19,284 PLAYERS WHO WERE ELIGIBLE FOR 261 00:07:19,318 --> 00:07:20,739 INDUCTION INTO THE BASEBALL HALL 262 00:07:20,740 --> 00:07:24,035 OF FAME THIS YEAR STRUCK OUT. 263 00:07:24,069 --> 00:07:25,556 NO PLAYER WAS NAMED ON THE 264 00:07:25,590 --> 00:07:27,102 REQUIRED 75% OF BALLOTS FROM THE 265 00:07:27,103 --> 00:07:29,489 BASEBALL WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION OF 266 00:07:29,523 --> 00:07:29,755 AMERICA. 267 00:07:29,789 --> 00:07:30,577 SEVEN-TIME CY YOUNG WINNER ROGER 268 00:07:30,611 --> 00:07:31,898 CLEMENS FAILED TO GET ENOUGH 269 00:07:31,932 --> 00:07:33,509 VOTES IN HIS NINTH YEAR ON THE 270 00:07:33,510 --> 00:07:33,875 BALLOT. 271 00:07:33,910 --> 00:07:35,666 CLEMENS WAS SUSPECTED OF HAVING 272 00:07:35,667 --> 00:07:37,241 USED PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS 273 00:07:37,242 --> 00:07:38,822 DURING HIS CAREER. 274 00:07:38,857 --> 00:07:40,709 HE DENIES THAT. 275 00:07:40,743 --> 00:07:42,201 AND BASEBALL’S ALL-TIME HOME 276 00:07:42,235 --> 00:07:44,491 RUN LEADER, BARRY BONDS, ALSO 277 00:07:44,492 --> 00:07:45,561 FAILED IN HIS NINTH TRY. 278 00:07:45,596 --> 00:07:48,285 HE WAS ALSO BELIEVED TO HAVE 279 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:49,583 TAKEN PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING 280 00:07:49,617 --> 00:07:49,856 DRUGS. 281 00:07:49,891 --> 00:07:50,802 PITCHER CURT SCHILLING, WHO WON 282 00:07:50,837 --> 00:07:53,278 THREE WORLD SERIES TITLES, FELL 283 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:54,926 16 VOTES SHORT. 284 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:56,718 SINCE RETIRING, SCHILLING HAS 285 00:07:56,753 --> 00:07:57,750 FACED CRITICISM FOR POSTING 286 00:07:57,751 --> 00:07:58,672 SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS CRITICAL 287 00:07:58,706 --> 00:08:01,537 OF MUSLIMS, TRANSGENDER PEOPLE, 288 00:08:01,538 --> 00:08:03,746 AND JOURNALISTS. 289 00:08:03,748 --> 00:08:06,096 Trevor: TISK, TISK. 290 00:08:06,097 --> 00:08:08,047 SOCIAL MEDIA IS BAD NEWS, GUYS, 291 00:08:08,048 --> 00:08:08,878 BECAUSE I CAN GUARANTEE YOU 292 00:08:08,879 --> 00:08:09,772 THERE’S A LOT OF BIGOTS IN THE 293 00:08:09,806 --> 00:08:11,543 BASEBALL HALL OF FAME. 294 00:08:11,545 --> 00:08:12,544 THEY JUST DIDN’T HAVE SOCIAL 295 00:08:12,578 --> 00:08:15,137 MEDIA TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT. 296 00:08:15,171 --> 00:08:16,925 YOU THINK TY COBB WAS WOKE? 297 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:18,964 I MEAN, JUST AS A RULE, ANY 298 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:20,890 BASEBALL PLAYER WHOSE CARD WAS A 299 00:08:20,925 --> 00:08:21,532 PAINTING PROBABLY HATED 300 00:08:21,566 --> 00:08:21,917 SOMEBODY. 301 00:08:21,919 --> 00:08:23,734 I RESPECT THAT THE BASEBALL HALL 302 00:08:23,735 --> 00:08:25,073 OF FAME WANTS TO MAINTAIN THEIR 303 00:08:25,074 --> 00:08:26,592 INTEGRITY, BUT IT IS KIND OF 304 00:08:26,593 --> 00:08:29,605 FUNNY THAT THE HALL OF FAME HAS 305 00:08:29,606 --> 00:08:30,856 HIGHER STANDARD THAN THE U.S. 306 00:08:30,858 --> 00:08:31,236 GOVERNMENT. 307 00:08:31,237 --> 00:08:32,676 BECAUSE SOME BASEBALL PLAYER IS 308 00:08:32,677 --> 00:08:34,232 LIKE, "I DON’T WANT TO SHARE A 309 00:08:34,266 --> 00:08:35,150 BATHROOM WITH THIS PERSON." 310 00:08:35,184 --> 00:08:36,891 AND THE HALL OF FAMER IS LIKE, 311 00:08:36,925 --> 00:08:39,045 GET OUT OF HERE. 312 00:08:39,046 --> 00:08:40,936 MAKE SOME LAWS OR SOMETHING." 313 00:08:40,970 --> 00:08:42,472 LET’S MOVE ON TO THE MAIN 314 00:08:42,473 --> 00:08:43,617 STORY, THE CORONAVIRUS. 315 00:08:43,618 --> 00:08:45,997 YOU KNOW, IT’S THE REASON YOU’RE EATING A CAESAR SALT ADD ON THE 316 00:08:46,031 --> 00:08:48,970 EATING A CAESAR SALT ADD ON THE 317 00:08:48,971 --> 00:08:52,934 SIDEWALK IN 30-DEGREE WEATHER 318 00:08:52,935 --> 00:08:55,355 THE ENTIRE WORLD IS STRUGGLING 319 00:08:55,356 --> 00:08:56,828 WITH THE PANDEMIC, BUT SOME ARE 320 00:08:56,862 --> 00:08:57,595 HANDLING IT BETTER THAN OTHERS. 321 00:08:57,596 --> 00:08:58,365 SO LET’S CATCH UP ON THE LATEST 322 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:00,492 CORONA NEWS AROUND THE WORLD IN 323 00:09:00,527 --> 00:09:01,712 ANOTHER EPISODE OF "KEEPING UP WITH CORONA." 324 00:09:04,016 --> 00:09:05,216 FIRST THINGS FIRST: JUST BECAUSE 325 00:09:05,251 --> 00:09:06,024 FIRST THINGS FIRST: JUST BECAUSE 326 00:09:06,058 --> 00:09:08,478 WE HAVE A VACCINE FOR THE 327 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,304 CORONAVIRUS DOESN’T MEAN IT’S 328 00:09:10,305 --> 00:09:11,514 GOING AWAY IMMEDIATELY. 329 00:09:11,515 --> 00:09:15,035 IN FACT, RIGHT NOW, IT’S ONLY 330 00:09:15,069 --> 00:09:15,578 GETTING WORSE. 331 00:09:15,613 --> 00:09:17,295 THE URGENCY OF THE VACCINE 332 00:09:17,296 --> 00:09:18,129 EFFORT EVEN MORE CRITICAL THIS 333 00:09:18,130 --> 00:09:20,749 EVENING, A RACE AGAINST TIME AS 334 00:09:20,783 --> 00:09:21,642 THOSE NEW AND MORE-CONTAGIOUS 335 00:09:21,676 --> 00:09:23,838 STRAINS OF THE VIRUS SPREAD. 336 00:09:23,872 --> 00:09:25,260 COVID-19 HAS BEEN MUTATING 337 00:09:25,294 --> 00:09:28,661 THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC, AND IN 338 00:09:28,662 --> 00:09:30,371 RECENT MONTHS, YOU’VE HAD 339 00:09:30,405 --> 00:09:31,594 THESE DISTURBING VARIANTS EMERGE 340 00:09:31,628 --> 00:09:32,981 THAT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN THE 341 00:09:32,982 --> 00:09:33,851 U.K., SOUTH AFRICA, AND BRAZIL. 342 00:09:33,852 --> 00:09:34,706 Reporter: EPIDEMIOLOGISTS 343 00:09:34,741 --> 00:09:38,537 WARN, WITH THE NEW VARIANTS, 344 00:09:38,538 --> 00:09:40,547 EVEN BRIEF INTERACTIONS, LIKE AN 345 00:09:40,548 --> 00:09:41,885 OUTDOOR CHAT WITHOUT A MASK OR 346 00:09:41,886 --> 00:09:43,012 HAVING A CUP OF COFFEE INDOORS, 347 00:09:43,047 --> 00:09:44,642 CAN INCREASE YOUR TRANSMISSION 348 00:09:44,677 --> 00:09:45,678 BY UP TO 70%. 349 00:09:45,712 --> 00:09:46,676 AUTHORITIES STILL DON’T KNOW WHY 350 00:09:46,677 --> 00:09:49,387 THE NEW VARIANTS ARE SO 351 00:09:49,421 --> 00:09:49,756 CONTAGIOUS. 352 00:09:49,757 --> 00:09:51,282 SO AS AN EXTRA LAYER OF 353 00:09:51,283 --> 00:09:53,093 PROTECTION, THEY RECOMMEND 354 00:09:53,127 --> 00:09:55,732 WEARING TWO MASKS. 355 00:09:55,733 --> 00:09:58,436 Trevor: WHOOO! 356 00:09:58,470 --> 00:10:01,468 CORONAVIRUS IS ONE HELL OF A 357 00:10:01,469 --> 00:10:01,988 COMPETITOR, MAN. 358 00:10:02,022 --> 00:10:02,727 IT’S LIKE MICHAEL JORDAN-- 359 00:10:02,762 --> 00:10:03,559 IT HEARD WE MADE A VACCINE AND 360 00:10:03,561 --> 00:10:07,156 IT WAS LIKE, "AND I TOOK THAT 361 00:10:07,190 --> 00:10:07,729 PERSONALLY." 362 00:10:07,730 --> 00:10:09,031 BECAUSE SO FAR, THERE’S THREE 363 00:10:09,032 --> 00:10:09,753 MAJOR VARIANTS OUT THERE, AND 364 00:10:09,787 --> 00:10:11,430 NEW ONES ARE POPPING UP ALL THE 365 00:10:11,464 --> 00:10:12,511 TIME. 366 00:10:12,512 --> 00:10:18,610 PRETTY SOON, WE’RE GOING TO NEED 367 00:10:18,611 --> 00:10:21,241 A SOMMELIER TO TELL THEM APART. 368 00:10:21,275 --> 00:10:24,721 "AH, YES, HERE WE HAVE A 2021 369 00:10:24,756 --> 00:10:27,014 FROM THE FOOTHILLS OF WALES. 370 00:10:27,015 --> 00:10:27,409 VERY STRONG. 371 00:10:27,410 --> 00:10:28,413 IF YOU GIVE THAT A SMELL, YOU’LL 372 00:10:28,415 --> 00:10:29,206 NOTICE YOU CAN’T SMELL." 373 00:10:29,207 --> 00:10:29,917 BUT BECAUSE THESE VARIANTS ARE 374 00:10:29,919 --> 00:10:32,420 SO MUCH MORE INFECTIOUS, 375 00:10:32,422 --> 00:10:35,778 AUTHORITIES ARE NOW SUGGESTING 376 00:10:35,779 --> 00:10:37,366 THAT EVERYBODY WEAR TWO MASKS, 377 00:10:37,367 --> 00:10:38,723 WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA 378 00:10:38,724 --> 00:10:39,274 ESPECIALLY FOR AMERICA, BECAUSE 379 00:10:39,308 --> 00:10:40,996 WHEN EXPERTS SAID "WEAR A MASK," 380 00:10:40,997 --> 00:10:41,875 HALF THE COUNTRY WAS LIKE, 381 00:10:41,876 --> 00:10:42,489 "HELL, NO. THAT’S MY FREEDOM!" 382 00:10:42,524 --> 00:10:43,889 SO IF YOU TELL THEM TO WEAR TWO 383 00:10:43,890 --> 00:10:45,066 MASKS, THEY’LL BE LIKE, "SCREW 384 00:10:45,068 --> 00:10:45,718 YOU! I’M ONLY WEARING ONE MASK, 385 00:10:45,719 --> 00:10:48,148 I’M ONLY WEARING ONE MASK, 386 00:10:48,183 --> 00:10:49,380 LIBTARD! 387 00:10:49,415 --> 00:10:53,177 AND IT TURNS OUT THESE NEW 388 00:10:53,212 --> 00:10:55,848 VARIANTS ARE HITTING 389 00:10:55,850 --> 00:10:57,335 PARTICULARLY HARD RIGHT NOW, 390 00:10:57,369 --> 00:10:58,395 BECAUSE A YEAR OF RESTRICTIONS, 391 00:10:58,429 --> 00:10:59,912 PEOPLE ARE GETTING TIRED OF THAT 392 00:10:59,947 --> 00:11:00,487 LOCKDOWN LIFE. 393 00:11:00,488 --> 00:11:01,683 A NEW COVID LOCKDOWN IN THE 394 00:11:01,717 --> 00:11:02,985 NETHERLANDS HAS SPARKED VIOLENT 395 00:11:02,986 --> 00:11:04,731 PROTESTS THAT CONTINUE TONIGHT. 396 00:11:04,765 --> 00:11:05,659 PROTESTORS HAVE FOUGHT WITH 397 00:11:05,693 --> 00:11:07,455 POLICE IN SEVERAL DUTCH CITIES, 398 00:11:07,490 --> 00:11:08,300 SETTING FIRES TO BUILDINGS. 399 00:11:08,302 --> 00:11:09,183 HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS HAVE BEEN 400 00:11:09,218 --> 00:11:10,383 MADE SINCE THE PROTESTS STARTED 401 00:11:10,384 --> 00:11:12,121 OVER THE WEEKEND. 402 00:11:12,155 --> 00:11:13,448 THE LOCKDOWN INCLUDES A 403 00:11:13,482 --> 00:11:14,630 9:00 P.M. CURFEW. 404 00:11:14,664 --> 00:11:18,456 THAT’S THE FIRST IN THE 405 00:11:18,457 --> 00:11:20,004 NETHERLANDS SINCE WORLD WAR II. 406 00:11:20,039 --> 00:11:21,082 Trevor: ALL RIGHT, GUYS, THIS 407 00:11:21,116 --> 00:11:21,808 RIGHT HERE IS A BAD SIGN. 408 00:11:21,809 --> 00:11:22,506 HOW ARE WE GOING TO KEEP 409 00:11:22,507 --> 00:11:23,473 LOCKDOWNS GOING IN THE REST OF 410 00:11:23,474 --> 00:11:24,238 THE WORLD WHEN THE COUNTRY THAT 411 00:11:24,239 --> 00:11:25,499 INVENTED LEGAL WEED IS LOSING 412 00:11:25,534 --> 00:11:25,940 ITS SHIT? 413 00:11:25,975 --> 00:11:26,907 I MEAN, THE NETHERLANDS ARE 414 00:11:26,908 --> 00:11:28,428 SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE CHILL COUNTRIES. 415 00:11:28,429 --> 00:11:34,104 THINK ABOUT IT-- HOW OFTEN DO 416 00:11:34,105 --> 00:11:36,522 YOU HEAR, "CAREFUL, CAREFULY, 417 00:11:36,523 --> 00:11:38,683 YOU DON’T WANT TO MESS WITH THAT 418 00:11:38,685 --> 00:11:38,911 DUDE. 419 00:11:38,912 --> 00:11:39,516 HE’S DUTCH." 420 00:11:39,518 --> 00:11:41,555 ALTHOUGH, ON THE OTHER HAND, 421 00:11:41,557 --> 00:11:42,881 KNOWING THE DUTCH, THE PAINTINGS 422 00:11:42,882 --> 00:11:44,998 BUT, YEAH, OF COURSE PEOPLE HATE 423 00:11:45,033 --> 00:11:45,418 LOCKDOWNS. 424 00:11:45,420 --> 00:11:47,254 I MEAN, EVEN JUST THE NAME, 425 00:11:47,289 --> 00:11:47,884 "LOCKDOWN," SOUNDS LIKE 426 00:11:47,885 --> 00:11:50,398 SOMETHING YOU SHOULD GET MAD 427 00:11:50,399 --> 00:11:50,743 ABOUT. 428 00:11:50,745 --> 00:11:52,306 WHAT THEY REALLY NEED TO DO IS 429 00:11:52,307 --> 00:11:53,949 REBRAND LOCKDOWNS, YOU KNOW? 430 00:11:53,984 --> 00:11:56,210 MAKE IT MORE APPEALING. 431 00:11:56,245 --> 00:11:58,921 LIKE, CALL IT A "NATIONWIDE 432 00:11:58,922 --> 00:12:00,383 SLUMBER PARTY" OR "EXTENDED COZY 433 00:12:00,384 --> 00:12:03,267 TIME" OR THE "PRETEND YOU’RE AN 434 00:12:03,301 --> 00:12:04,266 INDOOR CAT CHALLENGE." 435 00:12:04,267 --> 00:12:06,471 OF COURSE, LOCKDOWNS ARE ALWAYS 436 00:12:06,506 --> 00:12:09,320 A TEMPORARY FIX. 437 00:12:09,322 --> 00:12:12,724 THE REAL SOLUTION IS GOING TO BE 438 00:12:12,758 --> 00:12:13,648 GETTING EVERYONE VACCINATED, AND 439 00:12:13,682 --> 00:12:14,721 ONE COUNTRY IS SHOWING HOW IT’S 440 00:12:14,722 --> 00:12:15,146 DONE. 441 00:12:15,147 --> 00:12:17,469 THE WORLD’S BIGGEST SUCCESS 442 00:12:17,504 --> 00:12:19,486 STORY RIGHT NOW, ISRAEL. 443 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,316 ISRAEL IS A RELATIVELY SMALL 444 00:12:21,318 --> 00:12:23,221 COUNTRY, BUT IT HAS ADMINISTERED 445 00:12:23,223 --> 00:12:24,520 FAR MORE FIRST DOSES. 446 00:12:24,554 --> 00:12:26,072 ISRAEL CONTINUES TO LEAD THE 447 00:12:26,074 --> 00:12:27,250 WORLD IN VACCINATIONS USING THE 448 00:12:27,251 --> 00:12:28,707 AMERICAN-MADE PFIZER OR MODERNA 449 00:12:28,741 --> 00:12:29,220 VACCINES. 450 00:12:29,222 --> 00:12:30,752 WHILE IN MOST COUNTRIES 451 00:12:30,754 --> 00:12:32,446 AROUND THE WORLD YOU HAVE TO BE 452 00:12:32,447 --> 00:12:33,980 PART OF A PRIORITY GROUP TO BE 453 00:12:34,014 --> 00:12:34,768 VACCINATED, ISRAELI CLINICS HAVE 454 00:12:34,803 --> 00:12:36,221 BEEN GIVING OUT ANY REMAINING 455 00:12:36,222 --> 00:12:37,728 DOSES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC 456 00:12:37,729 --> 00:12:38,531 AFTER THE DAY’S SCHEDULED 457 00:12:38,532 --> 00:12:39,506 APPOINTMENTS END FOR PRIORITY 458 00:12:39,541 --> 00:12:39,714 PATIENTS. 459 00:12:39,715 --> 00:12:41,537 EVERYTHING IS DONE THROUGH 460 00:12:41,571 --> 00:12:42,677 OUR PHONES. 461 00:12:42,678 --> 00:12:44,532 WE ALL GET NOTIFICATION WHERE WE 462 00:12:44,533 --> 00:12:46,137 CAN RECEIVE THE VACCINATION, AND 463 00:12:46,138 --> 00:12:50,409 IT WORKS VERY, VERY WELL. 464 00:12:50,411 --> 00:12:52,295 Trevor: WOW, WELL DONE, 465 00:12:52,329 --> 00:12:53,789 TO ISRAEL, LEADING THE WORLD IN 466 00:12:53,824 --> 00:12:53,979 VACCINATIONS. 467 00:12:54,013 --> 00:12:54,856 AND IT MAKES SENSE THAT THEY’RE 468 00:12:54,857 --> 00:12:55,768 DONG THIS THROUGH PEOPLES’ 469 00:12:55,803 --> 00:12:56,264 PHONES. 470 00:12:56,265 --> 00:12:59,141 I MEAN, THERE’S ALREADY AN APP 471 00:12:59,175 --> 00:13:00,462 WHERE YOU CAN CATCH DISEASES. 472 00:13:00,497 --> 00:13:01,681 SO WHY NOT HAVE ONE THAT CURES 473 00:13:01,715 --> 00:13:02,004 THEM, TOO? 474 00:13:02,039 --> 00:13:02,959 WHAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND IS WHY 475 00:13:02,994 --> 00:13:03,866 CAN’T AMERICA HAVE THAT APP, 476 00:13:03,868 --> 00:13:04,102 TOO? 477 00:13:04,136 --> 00:13:05,071 ISRAEL DOESN’T EVEN HAVE TO 478 00:13:05,072 --> 00:13:05,750 CHANGE IT, 479 00:13:05,751 --> 00:13:06,696 I’LL LEARN HEBREW. 480 00:13:06,698 --> 00:13:09,742 EVERYTHING’S CLOSED, I GOT 481 00:13:09,743 --> 00:13:11,398 NOTHING ELSE TO DO! 482 00:13:11,399 --> 00:13:12,866 NOW, AS IMPORTANT AS GETTING 483 00:13:12,901 --> 00:13:14,858 EVERYONE VACCINATED IS, THERE’S 484 00:13:14,892 --> 00:13:16,581 ONE THING THAT’S EVEN MORE 485 00:13:16,616 --> 00:13:19,995 IMPORTANT: MAKING SURE YOUR 486 00:13:19,996 --> 00:13:21,684 VACCINE ACTUALLY WORKS. 487 00:13:21,718 --> 00:13:23,166 CHINESE COMPANY, SINOVAC, 488 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:24,307 SAYS IT HAS CONFIDENCE IN ITS 489 00:13:24,309 --> 00:13:25,158 VACCINE, AND IT HAS JUST BEEN 490 00:13:25,192 --> 00:13:26,766 PICKED UP BY INDONESIA, BRAZIL, 491 00:13:26,767 --> 00:13:27,465 AND TURKEY. 492 00:13:27,500 --> 00:13:29,322 BUT THERE’S BEEN SKEPTICISM OVER 493 00:13:29,356 --> 00:13:31,153 THE VERACITY OF ITS DATA. 494 00:13:31,154 --> 00:13:33,154 QUESTIONS ARE BEGINNING TO 495 00:13:33,155 --> 00:13:34,822 ARISE BECAUSE INDONESIA ALSO 496 00:13:34,823 --> 00:13:36,451 CONDUCTING ITS OWN TRIAL, 497 00:13:36,486 --> 00:13:38,886 RELEASING NUMBERS THAT PUT ITS 498 00:13:38,921 --> 00:13:41,305 EFFICACY OUT ABOUT 70%. 499 00:13:41,306 --> 00:13:44,352 BRAZIL’S FINDINGS FOR THIS VERY 500 00:13:44,353 --> 00:13:45,460 SAME VACCINATION, DROPPED 501 00:13:45,462 --> 00:13:46,741 EFFICACY DOWN TO 50%." 502 00:13:46,742 --> 00:13:48,587 Trevor: YES, MUCH LIKE AN 503 00:13:48,589 --> 00:13:49,492 AIRPLANE TOUCH SCREEN, CHINA’S 504 00:13:49,493 --> 00:13:53,277 VACCINE ONLY WORKS ABOUT 50% OF 505 00:13:53,278 --> 00:13:54,610 THE TIME. 506 00:13:54,611 --> 00:13:56,460 NO "LION KING. 507 00:13:56,462 --> 00:13:57,614 LION KING. 508 00:13:57,615 --> 00:13:59,069 PLAY LION KING. 509 00:13:59,104 --> 00:14:00,949 PLAY LIONG KING. 510 00:14:00,951 --> 00:14:03,559 I GUESS I’M WATCHING "CATS." 511 00:14:03,593 --> 00:14:08,012 AND I GOTTA SAY, GUYS, I FEEL 512 00:14:08,013 --> 00:14:09,394 REALLY BAD FOR THESE COUNTRIES. 513 00:14:09,395 --> 00:14:12,641 HOW COULD THEY HAVE GUESSED THAT 514 00:14:12,643 --> 00:14:17,269 CHINA WOULD MAKE A CHEAP 515 00:14:17,303 --> 00:14:20,736 KNOCKOFF OF THE VACCINE? 516 00:14:20,738 --> 00:14:24,409 WHAT DO YOU DO, START STANDING 517 00:14:24,411 --> 00:14:26,013 THREE FEET AWAY FROM OTHER 518 00:14:26,047 --> 00:14:27,324 PEOPLE. 519 00:14:27,358 --> 00:14:31,215 HUG ONLY ONE GRANDPARENT. 520 00:14:31,217 --> 00:14:37,330 IT DOESN’T MEAN THEY STOPPED 521 00:14:37,331 --> 00:14:38,072 MOVING FORWARD. 522 00:14:38,107 --> 00:14:39,204 CHINA HAS BEGUN CARRYING OUT 523 00:14:39,206 --> 00:14:40,338 ANAL SWABS FOR COVID IN A 524 00:14:40,339 --> 00:14:40,860 CONTROVERSIAL MOVE THAT’S 525 00:14:40,862 --> 00:14:41,767 RECEIVED SOME PUSHBACK. 526 00:14:41,769 --> 00:14:43,554 A HOSPITAL IN BEIJING CARRIED 527 00:14:43,555 --> 00:14:45,464 OUT THE SWABS WHEN TESTING STAFF 528 00:14:45,465 --> 00:14:46,985 AT A SCHOOL, WHILE AUTHORITIES 529 00:14:47,019 --> 00:14:48,037 IN SOME HOT-SPOT AREAS MAY 530 00:14:48,038 --> 00:14:49,879 INTRODUCE THE MEASURE FOR PEOPLE 531 00:14:49,913 --> 00:14:51,123 ARRIVING FROM ABROAD. 532 00:14:51,125 --> 00:14:53,354 THEY’VE BEEN DOING BLOOD 533 00:14:53,355 --> 00:14:55,494 SERUM TESTS TO DETERMINE IF 534 00:14:55,496 --> 00:14:57,010 PEOPLE HAVE COVID 535 00:14:57,011 --> 00:14:59,342 ANTIBODIES, AND IN SOME PLACES, 536 00:14:59,343 --> 00:15:02,975 INCLUDING A BEIJING HOSPITAL, 537 00:15:02,977 --> 00:15:06,155 THEY CARRIED OUT ANAL SWABS, 538 00:15:06,189 --> 00:15:08,708 WITH THE IDEA BEING THE PRESENCE 539 00:15:08,709 --> 00:15:09,959 OF THE VIRUS IN EXCREMENT IS 540 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:10,754 LONGER TO DETECT THAN, SAY, IF 541 00:15:10,788 --> 00:15:11,566 YOU DO2A MOUTH SWAB. 542 00:15:11,567 --> 00:15:12,638 Trevor: YOU KNOW WHAT? 543 00:15:12,639 --> 00:15:13,608 THERE’S A POINT AT WHICH I WOULD 544 00:15:13,609 --> 00:15:14,409 JUST RATHER HAVE THE CORONA 545 00:15:14,410 --> 00:15:14,775 VIRUS. 546 00:15:14,776 --> 00:15:17,502 ALTHOUGH, I CAN’T SAY I’M 547 00:15:17,503 --> 00:15:19,686 SURPRISED TO HEAR THIS. 548 00:15:19,721 --> 00:15:21,025 I MEAN, SCIENTIFICALLY SPEAKING, 549 00:15:21,026 --> 00:15:23,302 THE ANUS IS THE NOSTRIL OF THE 550 00:15:23,336 --> 00:15:23,877 BUTT. 551 00:15:23,878 --> 00:15:25,693 AND THE PLUS SIDE IS, WITH 552 00:15:25,694 --> 00:15:28,626 TESTING LIKE THIS, YOU MIGHT NOT 553 00:15:28,627 --> 00:15:29,738 EVEN NEED A VACCINE. 554 00:15:29,739 --> 00:15:31,188 YOU JUST TELL PEOPLE, "WE’RE NOT 555 00:15:31,223 --> 00:15:32,424 HAVING LOCKDOWNS, BUT EVERY TIME 556 00:15:32,458 --> 00:15:33,164 YOU LEAVE YOUR APARTMENT, SOME 557 00:15:33,198 --> 00:15:37,476 STRANGER IS GOING TO SHOVE A 558 00:15:37,477 --> 00:15:38,831 Q-TIP UP YOUR BUTT." 559 00:15:38,866 --> 00:15:40,025 WE’LL BE DONE WITH CORONA IN, 560 00:15:40,026 --> 00:15:40,604 LIKE, TWO WEEKS. 561 00:15:40,638 --> 00:15:41,412 ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE COME BACK, 562 00:15:41,414 --> 00:15:42,091 WE’LL FIGURE OUT HOW BIDEN AND 563 00:15:42,092 --> 00:15:44,872 THE REPUBLICANS CAN COME 564 00:15:44,873 --> 00:15:45,582 TOGETHER. 565 00:15:45,616 --> 00:15:47,621 AND AMANDA GORMAN, THE SUPERSTAR 566 00:15:47,622 --> 00:15:48,934 POET FROM THE INAUGURATION, IS 567 00:15:48,935 --> 00:15:51,059 JOINING US ON THE SHOW. SO DON’T GO AWAY. 568 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:53,985 Trevor: WELCOME BACK TO "THE 569 00:15:54,020 --> 00:15:54,712 Trevor: WELCOME BACK TO "THE 570 00:15:54,714 --> 00:15:55,682 DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW." 571 00:15:55,683 --> 00:15:58,021 LET’S TALK ABOUT AMERICA’S NEW 572 00:15:58,056 --> 00:15:59,205 PRESIDENT: JOSEPH RAFIKI BIDEN. 573 00:15:59,238 --> 00:16:01,880 THERE’S NO DOUBT HE’S GOT A 574 00:16:01,881 --> 00:16:03,023 TOUGH JOB AHEAD OF HIM. 575 00:16:03,025 --> 00:16:03,777 BUT IN HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH 576 00:16:03,811 --> 00:16:07,077 LAST WEEK, BIDEN MADE CLEAR WHAT 577 00:16:07,078 --> 00:16:12,104 HIS TOP PRIORITY IS. TO OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES, 578 00:16:12,138 --> 00:16:13,742 TO OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES, 579 00:16:13,743 --> 00:16:18,656 TO RESTORE THE SOUL AND SECURE 580 00:16:18,657 --> 00:16:20,525 THE FUTURE OF AMERICA REQUIRES 581 00:16:20,559 --> 00:16:21,729 SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS. 582 00:16:21,730 --> 00:16:22,566 IT REQUIRES THE MOST ELUSIVE OF 583 00:16:22,567 --> 00:16:23,065 THINGS IN A DEMOCRACY: UNITY. 584 00:16:23,066 --> 00:16:23,287 UNITY. 585 00:16:23,322 --> 00:16:24,084 UNITY. 586 00:16:24,119 --> 00:16:25,696 UNITY. 587 00:16:25,697 --> 00:16:26,845 UNITY. 588 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,827 Trevor: UNITY... 589 00:16:30,861 --> 00:16:32,614 UNITY... 590 00:16:32,616 --> 00:16:34,078 UNITY? 591 00:16:34,112 --> 00:16:35,951 UNITY... 592 00:16:35,952 --> 00:16:41,421 BUT, LOOK, I GET IT. 593 00:16:41,455 --> 00:16:44,609 AMERICA HAS BEEN DIVIDED FOR THE 594 00:16:44,644 --> 00:16:48,714 LAST FOUR YEARS-- TECHNICALLY 12 595 00:16:48,748 --> 00:16:50,933 IF YOU INCLUDE THE OBAMA YEARS. 596 00:16:50,934 --> 00:16:52,586 ACTUALLY, IT WAS PRETTY DIVIDED 597 00:16:52,587 --> 00:16:54,381 UNDER BUSH AND CLINTON, TOO. 598 00:16:54,415 --> 00:16:54,999 AND BUSH. 599 00:16:55,034 --> 00:16:56,330 THEN YOU HAD THE 60s, AND THE 600 00:16:56,331 --> 00:16:57,198 CIVIL WAR... 601 00:16:57,233 --> 00:16:59,472 AND THE WHOLE THING WITH THE 602 00:16:59,506 --> 00:17:01,874 PILGRIMS AND THE INDIANS WASN’T 603 00:17:01,908 --> 00:17:02,784 GREAT, EITHER. 604 00:17:02,819 --> 00:17:03,977 ALL RIGHT, SO AMERICA’S BEEN 605 00:17:03,978 --> 00:17:05,775 DIVIDED FOR, LIKE, 2,000 YEARS 606 00:17:05,810 --> 00:17:06,325 NOW. 607 00:17:06,360 --> 00:17:07,510 THE POINT IS UNITY. 608 00:17:07,511 --> 00:17:08,836 SO I CAN SEE WHY UNITY WOULD BE 609 00:17:08,871 --> 00:17:09,799 VERY APPEALING FOR PEOPLE RIGHT 610 00:17:09,833 --> 00:17:10,328 NOW. 611 00:17:10,330 --> 00:17:13,636 BUT FOR UNITY TO WORK, YOU HAVE 612 00:17:13,670 --> 00:17:15,565 TO AGREE ON WHAT UNITY IS. 613 00:17:15,566 --> 00:17:18,674 AND IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW, 614 00:17:18,708 --> 00:17:20,752 THEY’RE NOT EVEN UNITED ON THAT. 615 00:17:20,753 --> 00:17:22,948 U.S. SENATOR JOHN CORNYN FROM 616 00:17:22,981 --> 00:17:24,920 TEXAS, HIS RESPONSE TO THE 617 00:17:24,954 --> 00:17:26,466 INCLUSION OF TRANSGENDER 618 00:17:26,468 --> 00:17:28,171 PEOPLE IN THE MILITARY WAS TO 619 00:17:28,172 --> 00:17:31,324 TWEET, "ANOTHER UNIFYING MOVE BY 620 00:17:31,325 --> 00:17:32,623 THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, QUESTION 621 00:17:32,624 --> 00:17:32,814 MARK?" 622 00:17:32,848 --> 00:17:34,369 DEMOCRATS CLAIM TO WANT TO 623 00:17:34,370 --> 00:17:36,516 UNIFY THE COUNTRY, BUT 624 00:17:36,517 --> 00:17:38,183 IMPEACHING A FORMER PRESIDENT, 625 00:17:38,217 --> 00:17:40,096 A PRIVATE CITIZEN, IS THE 626 00:17:40,097 --> 00:17:41,329 ANTITHESIS OF UNITY. 627 00:17:41,330 --> 00:17:43,596 JOE BIDEN, YOU TALK ABOUT 628 00:17:43,598 --> 00:17:44,964 UNIFYING THE COUNTRY. 629 00:17:44,998 --> 00:17:46,566 PURSUING IMPEACHMENT AFTER HE 630 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:48,055 LEAVES THE OFFICE WILL FURTHER 631 00:17:48,089 --> 00:17:48,795 DIVIDE THE COUNTRY. 632 00:17:48,829 --> 00:17:49,834 IT’S HARD TO UNIFY WHEN 633 00:17:49,835 --> 00:17:51,354 YOU’RE IMPEACHING A PRESIDENT 634 00:17:51,356 --> 00:17:52,842 WHO HAS ALREADY LEFT OFFICE. 635 00:17:52,876 --> 00:17:55,253 JOE BIDEN VOWED THAT HIS TOP 636 00:17:55,287 --> 00:17:56,099 PRIORITY WAS-- QUOTE-- UNITY. 637 00:17:56,101 --> 00:17:57,223 DOES ANYONE AT THIS POINT STILL 638 00:17:57,224 --> 00:17:58,707 BELIEVE HIM? 639 00:17:58,708 --> 00:17:59,113 ANYBODY? 640 00:17:59,148 --> 00:18:00,197 RAISE YOUR HAND AT HOME. 641 00:18:00,231 --> 00:18:03,356 Trevor: "RAISE YOUR HAND AT 642 00:18:03,357 --> 00:18:03,863 HOME"? 643 00:18:03,864 --> 00:18:06,624 DUDE, ONLY ONE OF YOUR VIEWERS 644 00:18:06,658 --> 00:18:10,046 IS DUMB ENOUGH TO THINK YOU 645 00:18:10,081 --> 00:18:12,940 CAN SEE HIM THROUGH THE TV. 646 00:18:12,941 --> 00:18:14,741 BECAUSE THIS IS RIDICULOUS. 647 00:18:14,775 --> 00:18:15,607 APPARENTLY, REPUBLICANS THINK 648 00:18:15,608 --> 00:18:17,378 THAT UNITY MEANS THE DEMOCRATS 649 00:18:17,413 --> 00:18:19,816 HAVE TO ACT LIKE REPUBLICANS. 650 00:18:19,849 --> 00:18:21,606 THAT’S NOT WHAT UNITY IS. 651 00:18:21,641 --> 00:18:22,826 UNITY DOES NOT MEAN AGREEMENT. 652 00:18:22,861 --> 00:18:24,573 IT DOESN’T MEAN DOING WHATEVER 653 00:18:24,607 --> 00:18:25,940 THE OTHER SIDE WANTS. 654 00:18:25,941 --> 00:18:28,801 UNITY MEANS "THE STATE OF BEING 655 00:18:28,835 --> 00:18:30,839 UNITED." 656 00:18:30,873 --> 00:18:36,069 AND "UNITED" MEANS "UNIFIED." 657 00:18:36,070 --> 00:18:38,770 AND "UNIFIED" MEANS-- 658 00:18:38,771 --> 00:18:42,509 TO BE IN FOR THE SAME THING. 659 00:18:42,544 --> 00:18:45,437 AND THING-- SAME THING, MEANS-- 660 00:18:45,471 --> 00:18:47,520 I’LL TELL YOU THIS MUCH, UNITY 661 00:18:47,554 --> 00:18:50,540 DOESN’T MEAN YOU JUST DO WHAT 662 00:18:50,574 --> 00:18:52,024 THE LOSERS WANT, ALL RIGHT. 663 00:18:52,058 --> 00:18:52,941 IT DEFINITELY DOESN’T MEAN YOU 664 00:18:52,975 --> 00:18:53,866 CAN’T HOLD TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE FOR 665 00:18:53,868 --> 00:18:54,959 WHAT HE DID. 666 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:55,885 THAT WOULDN’T FLY IN COURT. 667 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:56,524 "YOU ARE ACCUSED OF 668 00:18:56,558 --> 00:18:57,762 MANSLAUGHTER. 669 00:18:57,763 --> 00:19:01,340 HOW DO YOU PLEAD?" 670 00:19:01,342 --> 00:19:03,093 "I PLEAD ’UNITY,’ YOUR HONOR." 671 00:19:03,094 --> 00:19:05,337 "MAN, GET YOUR ASS TO JAIL." 672 00:19:05,339 --> 00:19:07,424 AND IT’S ONE THING TO TRY TO 673 00:19:07,458 --> 00:19:09,019 FIND UNITY WITH PEOPLE WHO 674 00:19:09,053 --> 00:19:10,247 DISAGREE WITH YOU ON POLICIES, 675 00:19:10,249 --> 00:19:11,651 BUT HOW DO YOU FIND UNITY WITH 676 00:19:11,652 --> 00:19:14,738 PEOPLE WHO DON’T EVEN RECOGNIZE 677 00:19:14,739 --> 00:19:15,179 YOUR LEGITIMACY? 678 00:19:15,213 --> 00:19:18,077 A CLEAR MAJORITY OF HOUSE 679 00:19:18,111 --> 00:19:19,557 REPUBLICANS, WHO ARE NOW KIND OF 680 00:19:19,559 --> 00:19:21,094 BRAYING ABOUT UNITY, VOTED TO 681 00:19:21,095 --> 00:19:22,551 OVERTURN THE ELECTION AND, IN 682 00:19:22,585 --> 00:19:23,480 EFFECT, MAKE TRUMP PRESIDENT FOR 683 00:19:23,515 --> 00:19:25,159 FOUR MORE YEARS OVER THE WILL OF 684 00:19:25,193 --> 00:19:26,016 THE VOTERS. 685 00:19:26,017 --> 00:19:27,276 THIS ELECTION WAS NOT STOLEN. 686 00:19:27,277 --> 00:19:28,763 DO YOU ACCEPT THAT FACT? 687 00:19:28,764 --> 00:19:29,935 WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS 688 00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:31,467 THAT THE DEBATE OVER WHETHER OR 689 00:19:31,501 --> 00:19:33,048 NOT THERE WAS FRAUD SHOULD 690 00:19:33,050 --> 00:19:33,247 OCCUR. 691 00:19:33,281 --> 00:19:34,500 WE NEVER HAD ANY PRESENTATION IN 692 00:19:34,501 --> 00:19:35,738 COURT WHERE WE ACTUALLY LOOKED 693 00:19:35,739 --> 00:19:37,309 AT THE EVIDENCE. 694 00:19:37,343 --> 00:19:38,093 REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN 695 00:19:38,127 --> 00:19:40,189 MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, A QANON 696 00:19:40,191 --> 00:19:41,273 SUPPORTER, SHE HAS REPEATEDLY 697 00:19:41,274 --> 00:19:43,549 INDICATED SUPPORT FOR EXECUTING 698 00:19:43,550 --> 00:19:44,457 PROMINENT DEMOCRATIC 699 00:19:44,459 --> 00:19:44,873 POLITICIANS. 700 00:19:44,874 --> 00:19:46,356 IN 2019, SHE LIKED A COMMENT 701 00:19:46,357 --> 00:19:47,662 THAT SAID, "A BULLET TO THE HEAD 702 00:19:47,663 --> 00:19:49,545 WOULD BE QUICKER TO REMOVE HOUSE 703 00:19:49,579 --> 00:19:50,859 SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI." 704 00:19:50,894 --> 00:19:53,030 IN 2018, SHE SAID, "THE STAGE IS 705 00:19:53,032 --> 00:19:55,378 BEING SET," AFTER SOMEONE ASKED 706 00:19:55,412 --> 00:19:56,391 WHETHER THEY COULD HANG 707 00:19:56,425 --> 00:19:59,069 PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HILLARY 708 00:19:59,070 --> 00:20:00,203 CLINTON. 709 00:20:00,237 --> 00:20:02,768 Trevor: HOLY SHIT! 710 00:20:02,802 --> 00:20:05,201 THIS MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE LADY 711 00:20:05,202 --> 00:20:07,707 WANTED TO SHOOT PELOSI AND HANG 712 00:20:07,741 --> 00:20:09,328 OBAMA AND HILLARY? 713 00:20:09,362 --> 00:20:11,018 THIS WOMAN IS SOMETHING ELSE. 714 00:20:11,019 --> 00:20:14,150 IT’S LIKE A NORMAL KAREN FELL 715 00:20:14,151 --> 00:20:16,527 INTO A VAT OF CHEMICALS AND 716 00:20:16,529 --> 00:20:18,085 THEN BECAME A BATMAN VILLAIN. 717 00:20:18,086 --> 00:20:20,454 I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU ACHIEVE 718 00:20:20,488 --> 00:20:24,689 UNITY WITH SOMEONE WHO LITERALLY 719 00:20:24,691 --> 00:20:25,874 WANTS YOU DEAD? 720 00:20:25,875 --> 00:20:26,887 THERE’S A REASON WHY "PLANET 721 00:20:26,921 --> 00:20:27,956 EARTH" NEVER ENDS WITH A BILL 722 00:20:27,957 --> 00:20:28,315 BEING SIGNED. 723 00:20:28,316 --> 00:20:29,948 "SUDDENLY, THE CHEETAH LUNGES AT 724 00:20:29,949 --> 00:20:33,473 THE YOUNG GAZELLE, EAGER TO 725 00:20:33,474 --> 00:20:36,377 REACH A BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT AND 726 00:20:36,378 --> 00:20:38,984 SERIOUSLY, PEOPLE, FORGET THE 727 00:20:39,018 --> 00:20:40,044 COUNTRYFOR A MINUTE. 728 00:20:40,046 --> 00:20:40,862 THAT’S THEIR COWORKER! 729 00:20:40,896 --> 00:20:41,738 IMAGINE GOING INTO WORK EVERYDAY 730 00:20:41,772 --> 00:20:42,456 KNOWING ONE OF YOUR COWORKERS 731 00:20:42,491 --> 00:20:43,721 WANTS TO KILL YOU. 732 00:20:43,723 --> 00:20:44,738 A COWORKER STOLE MY YOGURT ONE 733 00:20:44,739 --> 00:20:47,147 TIME, AND I STILL HOLD IT 734 00:20:47,148 --> 00:20:47,887 AGAINST HIM. 735 00:20:47,888 --> 00:20:50,594 I WAS HUNGRY FOR 20 MINUTES THAT 736 00:20:50,628 --> 00:20:52,095 DAY, KEVIN! 737 00:20:52,129 --> 00:20:53,725 YOU’RE A MONSTER! 738 00:20:53,726 --> 00:20:55,283 LOOK, CONSIDERING WHERE THE 739 00:20:55,284 --> 00:20:56,215 REPUBLICAN PARTY IS RIGHT NOW, 740 00:20:56,249 --> 00:20:58,428 I DON’T KNOW IF THE TWO SIDES 741 00:20:58,462 --> 00:20:59,852 CAN REALLY COME TOGETHER. 742 00:20:59,853 --> 00:21:00,937 BUT IT WOULD BE FUN WATCHING 743 00:21:00,971 --> 00:21:03,701 THEM TRY TO TALK THEIR ISSUES 744 00:21:03,735 --> 00:21:04,434 OUT. 745 00:21:04,469 --> 00:21:07,142 TODAY, WE’RE HERE TO WORK ON 746 00:21:07,176 --> 00:21:07,533 UNITY. 747 00:21:07,567 --> 00:21:09,585 NOW, THIS IS A SAFE SPACE TO 748 00:21:09,619 --> 00:21:11,199 SHARE YOUR FEELINGS AND 749 00:21:11,233 --> 00:21:12,480 HOPEFULLY FIND SOME COMMON 750 00:21:12,515 --> 00:21:12,874 GROUND. 751 00:21:12,875 --> 00:21:14,250 DEMOCRATS, LET’S START WITH YOU. 752 00:21:14,251 --> 00:21:15,637 WHAT DOES UNITY MEAN TO YOU? 753 00:21:15,672 --> 00:21:17,222 WE WANT UNITY. 754 00:21:17,223 --> 00:21:19,026 YOU KNOW, IT’S ABOUT COMING 755 00:21:19,060 --> 00:21:19,948 TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, 756 00:21:19,949 --> 00:21:22,167 RESPECTING EACH OTHER. 757 00:21:22,201 --> 00:21:22,927 WRONG! 758 00:21:22,928 --> 00:21:23,650 WRONG. 759 00:21:23,652 --> 00:21:26,124 AH, REPUBLICANS, YOU HAD A 760 00:21:26,158 --> 00:21:27,677 VERY STRONG REACTION TO THAT. 761 00:21:27,679 --> 00:21:29,431 WHAT DOES UNITY MEAN TO YOU? 762 00:21:29,465 --> 00:21:31,004 UNITY IS BRINGING EVERYONE IN 763 00:21:31,038 --> 00:21:32,457 THE COUNTRY TOGETHER TO DO 764 00:21:32,491 --> 00:21:33,445 EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT ALL THE 765 00:21:33,447 --> 00:21:33,753 TIME. 766 00:21:33,754 --> 00:21:35,505 AND IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH 767 00:21:35,506 --> 00:21:37,406 THAT, WE’LL STORM YOUR OFFICE. 768 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:38,461 THAT’S WHAT UNITY IS. 769 00:21:38,463 --> 00:21:39,862 HMMM... VERY GOOD SHARING. 770 00:21:39,863 --> 00:21:41,268 I LOVE HOW HONEST YOU’RE BEING. 771 00:21:41,269 --> 00:21:41,680 YUP. 772 00:21:41,714 --> 00:21:42,969 DEMOCRATS, IS THAT SOMETHING 773 00:21:43,004 --> 00:21:44,230 YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE OPEN TO? 774 00:21:44,232 --> 00:21:45,070 NO. 775 00:21:45,072 --> 00:21:47,292 HE JUST SAID HE WANTS TO STORM 776 00:21:47,293 --> 00:21:48,193 MY OFFICE. 777 00:21:48,194 --> 00:21:50,352 OR PUT YOU IN PRISON. 778 00:21:50,353 --> 00:21:51,370 WHAT! 779 00:21:51,405 --> 00:21:53,011 AH, ACTIONS, VERY GOOD, VERY 780 00:21:53,012 --> 00:21:53,190 GOOD. 781 00:21:53,191 --> 00:21:54,378 YOU KNOW WHAT? 782 00:21:54,412 --> 00:21:55,537 I FEEL WE SHOULD HAVE A BIGGER 783 00:21:55,538 --> 00:21:55,763 SAY. 784 00:21:55,765 --> 00:21:57,665 WE WON THE ELECTION. 785 00:21:57,666 --> 00:22:00,921 YOU STOLE THE ELECTION. 786 00:22:00,922 --> 00:22:02,372 NOW, REMEMBER, COMPROMISE, 787 00:22:02,406 --> 00:22:02,944 OKAY. 788 00:22:02,945 --> 00:22:05,032 SO HOW ABOUT DEMOCRATS WON THE 789 00:22:05,066 --> 00:22:06,985 ELECTION BY STEALING IT? 790 00:22:07,020 --> 00:22:08,221 YEAH, THAT’S FAIR. 791 00:22:08,256 --> 00:22:09,328 NO. 792 00:22:09,329 --> 00:22:10,304 IT’S NOT. 793 00:22:10,339 --> 00:22:12,616 LOOK, WE JUST WANT THE 794 00:22:12,650 --> 00:22:14,536 REPUBLICANS TO COME TO THE TABLE 795 00:22:14,537 --> 00:22:17,739 IN GOOD FAITH AND FIND AREAS WE 796 00:22:17,740 --> 00:22:19,429 CAN AGREE ON SO WE CAN PASS 797 00:22:19,463 --> 00:22:21,006 MEANINGFUL LAWS. 798 00:22:21,007 --> 00:22:23,010 OKAY, LET’S EXPLORE THIS. 799 00:22:23,045 --> 00:22:24,592 REPUBLICANS, WHEN DEMOCRATS JUST 800 00:22:24,594 --> 00:22:26,044 SAID THAT, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU 801 00:22:26,045 --> 00:22:26,757 HEAR? 802 00:22:26,758 --> 00:22:29,805 AH, I HEARD THAT THEY WANT 803 00:22:29,839 --> 00:22:32,064 MANDATORY SHARIA SOCIALISM AND 804 00:22:32,098 --> 00:22:34,732 TO PUT RU PAUL ON THE $50 BILL. 805 00:22:34,733 --> 00:22:36,186 THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID. 806 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:37,497 THAT’S NOT WHAT I SAID AT 807 00:22:37,531 --> 00:22:37,904 ALL! 808 00:22:37,938 --> 00:22:40,221 ALTHOUGH I AM OPEN TO THE RU 809 00:22:40,222 --> 00:22:43,128 PAUL THING TO JAZZ UP THE MONEY. 810 00:22:43,129 --> 00:22:44,986 LISTEN, IF THEY REALLY WANTED 811 00:22:44,987 --> 00:22:46,195 UNITY, HOW DO THEY EXPLAIN THE 812 00:22:46,229 --> 00:22:46,779 CAPITOL RIOTS. 813 00:22:46,781 --> 00:22:48,247 THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A REAL 814 00:22:48,281 --> 00:22:49,525 MOMENT FOR UNITY, BUT THERE 815 00:22:49,526 --> 00:22:51,338 WASN’T A SINGLE DEMOCRAT IN THAT 816 00:22:51,373 --> 00:22:52,623 MOB BECAUSE THEY’RE ALL TALK 817 00:22:52,624 --> 00:22:53,971 WITH NO INSURRECTION. 818 00:22:54,005 --> 00:22:56,023 SEE, SEE, SEE, THIS IS WHAT 819 00:22:56,024 --> 00:22:56,701 HE DOES. 820 00:22:56,735 --> 00:22:57,604 IT’S ALWAYS MY FAULT. 821 00:22:57,638 --> 00:22:58,659 IT IS ALWAYS YOUR FAULT. 822 00:22:58,660 --> 00:23:00,271 MY FAULT? 823 00:23:00,272 --> 00:23:02,271 IT’S YOUR FAULT EVERY SINGLE 824 00:23:02,306 --> 00:23:03,830 TIME YOU’RE WALKING AROUND LIKE, 825 00:23:03,864 --> 00:23:05,369 "IT’S NOT MY FAULT. 826 00:23:05,370 --> 00:23:07,272 IT’S NOT MY FAULT." 827 00:23:07,273 --> 00:23:08,963 YOU CAN STOP. 828 00:23:08,997 --> 00:23:10,294 BOTH OF YOU STOP! 829 00:23:10,328 --> 00:23:11,511 ESPECIALLY THE DEMOCRATS. 830 00:23:11,545 --> 00:23:13,202 LOOK, WE’RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME, 831 00:23:13,204 --> 00:23:15,733 SO WHAT I’D LIKE TO DO IS JUST 832 00:23:15,768 --> 00:23:17,714 TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT ALL 833 00:23:17,715 --> 00:23:18,516 THE PROGRESS WE’VE MADE. 834 00:23:18,550 --> 00:23:20,395 EXCUSE ME, PROGRESS? 835 00:23:20,429 --> 00:23:22,575 THERE HAS BEEN NO PROGRESS. 836 00:23:22,609 --> 00:23:23,997 SEE. 837 00:23:24,032 --> 00:23:26,161 YOU FINALLY AGREED ON SOMETHING. 838 00:23:26,195 --> 00:23:28,255 YOU’RE BOTH UNITED BEHIND THE 839 00:23:28,290 --> 00:23:30,738 FACT THAT YOU CAN NEVER UNITE. 840 00:23:30,740 --> 00:23:31,467 UNITY ACHIEVED. 841 00:23:31,469 --> 00:23:32,584 REPUBLICANS, YOU’RE CURED. 842 00:23:32,586 --> 00:23:33,550 DEMOCRATS, LET’S PICK THIS UP 843 00:23:33,584 --> 00:23:34,335 AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 844 00:23:34,336 --> 00:23:36,634 WE HAVE A LOT TO WORK THROUGH. 845 00:23:36,669 --> 00:23:39,460 COOL, BECAUSE I GOTTA RUN. 846 00:23:39,461 --> 00:23:41,108 I’M PARKED IN A HANDICAPPED SPOT 847 00:23:41,109 --> 00:23:42,079 SO I GOTTA RUN. 848 00:23:42,114 --> 00:23:47,374 OF COURSE YOU DID, OF COURSE 849 00:23:47,408 --> 00:23:48,170 YOU DID. 850 00:23:48,205 --> 00:23:49,389 Trevor: ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE 851 00:23:49,424 --> 00:23:49,866 COME BACK, THE STAR POET FROM 852 00:23:51,063 --> 00:23:53,189 Trevor: WELCOME BACK TO "THE 853 00:23:53,224 --> 00:23:56,069 DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW." 854 00:23:56,070 --> 00:23:57,760 EARLIER TODAY, I SPOKE WITH 855 00:23:57,794 --> 00:23:58,568 POET, ACTIVIST, AND AUTHOR, 856 00:23:58,603 --> 00:23:59,551 AMANDA GORMAN. 857 00:23:59,553 --> 00:24:01,746 WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE 858 00:24:01,748 --> 00:24:04,202 BEING THE YOUNGEST INAUGURAL 859 00:24:04,237 --> 00:24:06,210 POET IN HISTORY, AND SO MUCH 860 00:24:06,245 --> 00:24:06,764 MORE. 861 00:24:06,766 --> 00:24:09,177 IF WE’RE TO LIVE UP TO OUR 862 00:24:09,178 --> 00:24:11,159 TIME, VICTORY WON’T LIE IN THE 863 00:24:11,193 --> 00:24:12,295 BLADE BUT IN ALL THE BRIDGES 864 00:24:12,329 --> 00:24:13,346 WE’VE MADE. 865 00:24:13,347 --> 00:24:16,197 THAT IS THE PROMISE TO GLADE THE 866 00:24:16,231 --> 00:24:19,591 HILL WE CLIMB, IF ONLY WE DARE 867 00:24:19,593 --> 00:24:21,823 IT, BECAUSE BEING AMERICAN IS 868 00:24:21,824 --> 00:24:24,194 MORE THAN A PRIDE WE INHERIT. 869 00:24:24,229 --> 00:24:28,010 IT’S THE PAST WE STEP INTO AND 870 00:24:28,012 --> 00:24:29,605 HOW WE REPAIR IT. 871 00:24:29,606 --> 00:24:32,128 Trevor: AMANDA GORMAN, 872 00:24:32,129 --> 00:24:33,776 WELCOME TO "THE DAILY SOCIAL 873 00:24:33,777 --> 00:24:34,478 DISTANCING SHOW." 874 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,031 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING 875 00:24:36,065 --> 00:24:36,281 ME. 876 00:24:36,283 --> 00:24:37,248 I’M SUPER EXCITED. 877 00:24:37,250 --> 00:24:38,700 Trevor: I AM THE ONE WHO 878 00:24:38,701 --> 00:24:39,306 SHOULD BE EXCITED. 879 00:24:39,307 --> 00:24:41,137 2021 KICTD OFF WITH A BANG. 880 00:24:41,171 --> 00:24:42,373 IT’S BEEN A WHIRLWIND FOR 881 00:24:42,374 --> 00:24:44,603 EVERYBODY, BUT I THINK FOR YOU, 882 00:24:44,604 --> 00:24:46,308 MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE, IT HAS 883 00:24:46,309 --> 00:24:48,022 BEEN EXTRA WHIRLWINDY, WHICH IS 884 00:24:48,023 --> 00:24:50,059 A WORD I TRADEMARKED AND YOU CAN 885 00:24:50,060 --> 00:24:51,897 USE ONE DAY IF YOU’D LIKE TO IN 886 00:24:51,932 --> 00:24:53,357 ONE OF YOUR POEMS. 887 00:24:53,358 --> 00:24:55,738 YOU WENT FROM NOT JUST BEING 888 00:24:55,740 --> 00:24:57,824 NOTABLE BECAUSE YOU READ A POEM, 889 00:24:57,858 --> 00:24:59,219 THE YOUNGEST EVER INAUGURAL 890 00:24:59,254 --> 00:25:00,909 POET, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF WHAT 891 00:25:00,911 --> 00:25:01,784 THE POEM MEANT TO PEOPLE, 892 00:25:01,785 --> 00:25:03,109 BECAUSE OF THE INSPIRATION 893 00:25:03,110 --> 00:25:05,306 BEHIND IT, BECAUSE OF HOW PEOPLE 894 00:25:05,307 --> 00:25:06,441 FELT AFTER THEY HEARD WHAT YOU 895 00:25:06,476 --> 00:25:06,937 DID. 896 00:25:06,972 --> 00:25:09,191 WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU, 897 00:25:09,192 --> 00:25:10,602 JUST IN THIS LITTLE PERI SINCE 898 00:25:10,636 --> 00:25:11,392 THE INAUGURATION? 899 00:25:11,427 --> 00:25:13,639 WHAT HAS YOUR WORLD BEEN LIKE? 900 00:25:13,641 --> 00:25:15,757 MY WORLD HAS BEEN CRAZY. 901 00:25:15,758 --> 00:25:16,919 I MEAN, IT’S BEEN TURNED UPSIDE 902 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:17,233 DOWN. 903 00:25:17,268 --> 00:25:19,780 I MEAN, WHEN I WAS WRITING THE 904 00:25:19,781 --> 00:25:21,187 POEM, I KNEW IT WAS A HISTORIC 905 00:25:21,221 --> 00:25:21,503 MOMENT. 906 00:25:21,505 --> 00:25:23,116 I KNEW IT WAS AN IMPORTANT 907 00:25:23,117 --> 00:25:24,544 MOMENT, WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO 908 00:25:24,578 --> 00:25:25,333 DO JUST SERVICE. 909 00:25:25,368 --> 00:25:26,349 BUT I WASN’T REALLY PAYING 910 00:25:26,384 --> 00:25:28,216 ATTENTION TO THE WAYS IN WHICH 911 00:25:28,251 --> 00:25:29,169 MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE MIGHT 912 00:25:29,171 --> 00:25:29,762 CHANGE. 913 00:25:29,796 --> 00:25:32,868 I WENT, I DID THE POEM, I WALKED 914 00:25:32,903 --> 00:25:34,067 UP AND JUST KIND OF EXPECTED 915 00:25:34,102 --> 00:25:35,676 EVERYTHING TO BE THE SAME. 916 00:25:35,710 --> 00:25:37,006 AND I REMEMBER TRYING TO OPEN MY 917 00:25:37,007 --> 00:25:39,095 INSTAGRAM JUST TO, YOU KNOW, 918 00:25:39,096 --> 00:25:42,418 LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE’S POSTS, 919 00:25:42,419 --> 00:25:45,027 AND ALL OF MY YAPS ARE JUST 920 00:25:45,028 --> 00:25:46,933 CRASHED BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE 921 00:25:46,968 --> 00:25:47,716 FOLLOWERS FLOCKING TO MY 922 00:25:47,750 --> 00:25:48,282 CHANNEL. 923 00:25:48,317 --> 00:25:51,232 IT’S BEEN AMAZING AND I’M STILL 924 00:25:51,266 --> 00:25:53,055 KIND OF ABSORBING IT ALL LIKE A 925 00:25:53,090 --> 00:25:53,388 SPONGE. 926 00:25:53,389 --> 00:25:55,647 Trevor: THE POEM "THE HILL 927 00:25:55,649 --> 00:25:56,799 WE CLIMB," WASN’T JUST MOMENTOUS 928 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:57,706 BECAUSE OF THE DAY IT WAS 929 00:25:57,740 --> 00:25:58,800 PERFORMED ON. 930 00:25:58,802 --> 00:26:01,121 I THINK WHAT MADE IT SPECIAL 931 00:26:01,122 --> 00:26:02,292 SUINCORPORATED, UP UNTIL THAT 932 00:26:02,327 --> 00:26:03,520 DAY, THE THINGS SO MANY PEOPLE 933 00:26:03,555 --> 00:26:04,722 WERE FEELING ABOUT AMERICA. 934 00:26:04,723 --> 00:26:06,240 IF YOU DON’T MIND, WALK ME 935 00:26:06,241 --> 00:26:07,614 THROUGH WHY YOU FELT IT WAS 936 00:26:07,615 --> 00:26:09,062 IMPORTANT TO WRITE A POEM FOR 937 00:26:09,096 --> 00:26:10,712 THAT MOMENT, AND EVEN STILL BE 938 00:26:10,747 --> 00:26:11,718 WRITING THE POEM ON THE ACTUAL 939 00:26:11,719 --> 00:26:13,222 DAY THAT YOU WERE DELIVERING IT. 940 00:26:13,256 --> 00:26:14,323 RIGHT, EXACTLY. 941 00:26:14,324 --> 00:26:16,537 WELL, FOR ME, I MEAN, I WAS 942 00:26:16,571 --> 00:26:18,559 WRITING IT AND TRYING TO FIND A 943 00:26:18,561 --> 00:26:19,983 WAY TO ENCAPSULATE WHAT HAD GONE 944 00:26:19,984 --> 00:26:21,766 ON OVER THE PAST, YOU KNOW, FOUR 945 00:26:21,801 --> 00:26:23,189 YEARS, AND EVEN LOOKING MORE 946 00:26:23,190 --> 00:26:24,095 EXPANSIVELY THAN THAT. 947 00:26:24,129 --> 00:26:25,754 AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE 948 00:26:25,755 --> 00:26:27,321 INSURRECTION AT THE CAPITOL. 949 00:26:27,322 --> 00:26:29,577 SO FOR ME, IT WAS TRYING TO SAY 950 00:26:29,578 --> 00:26:32,210 WE’VE HAD THIS REMINDER OF THE 951 00:26:32,211 --> 00:26:36,592 WAYS IN WHICH DEMOCRACY IS BOTH 952 00:26:36,626 --> 00:26:38,216 FRAGILE AND ALSO ENDURING AND 953 00:26:38,250 --> 00:26:39,681 HOW... TO DEFEND IT. 954 00:26:39,682 --> 00:26:41,305 I THINK A LOT OF TIMES IN 955 00:26:41,307 --> 00:26:42,870 CULTURES, WE THINK OF THE WAYS 956 00:26:42,905 --> 00:26:43,742 IN WHICH WE CAN CLEANSE 957 00:26:43,776 --> 00:26:44,866 OURSELVES WITH WATER. 958 00:26:44,867 --> 00:26:46,557 I THINK THE WAY WE CAN CLEANSE 959 00:26:46,558 --> 00:26:48,129 OURSELVESES WITH WORDS, MEANING 960 00:26:48,130 --> 00:26:51,293 THIS POEM WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO 961 00:26:51,295 --> 00:26:52,795 KIND OF RESANCTIFY, REPURIFY AND 962 00:26:52,797 --> 00:26:53,975 RECLAIM NOT JUST THE CAPITOL 963 00:26:53,977 --> 00:26:55,239 BUILDING BUT AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 964 00:26:55,273 --> 00:26:56,746 AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR. 965 00:26:56,747 --> 00:26:58,961 A PRETTY HIGH ASK OF MYSELF, 966 00:26:58,962 --> 00:27:01,036 BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT’S WHAT I DID 967 00:27:01,070 --> 00:27:02,428 WHEN I SHOWED UP AND I ROLLED UP 968 00:27:02,429 --> 00:27:04,408 MY SLEEVES, AND THAT WAS THE AIM 969 00:27:04,442 --> 00:27:06,337 OF THE POEM, TO USE WORDS TO TRY 970 00:27:06,338 --> 00:27:07,601 TO GO BACK TO THE QUINTESSENCE 971 00:27:07,635 --> 00:27:08,519 OF WHAT AMERICA CAN BE. 972 00:27:08,521 --> 00:27:09,194 Trevor: I THINK YOU 973 00:27:09,195 --> 00:27:10,202 ACHIEVED THAT. 974 00:27:10,237 --> 00:27:11,880 I THINK YOU ACHIEVED THAT A 975 00:27:11,914 --> 00:27:13,236 THOUSAND TIMES OVER. 976 00:27:13,271 --> 00:27:14,507 IT SHOWED IN HOW PEOPLE 977 00:27:14,542 --> 00:27:14,739 RESPONDED. 978 00:27:14,740 --> 00:27:15,599 CONSIDER IT FROM THIS 979 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,356 PERSPECTIVE-- AND YOU MAY NOT. 980 00:27:17,358 --> 00:27:20,494 THIS IS HOW I SAW IT: ON A DAY 981 00:27:20,528 --> 00:27:22,371 WHEN JOE BIDEN IS INAUGURATED, 982 00:27:22,406 --> 00:27:25,024 KAMALA HARRIS IS STEPPING INTO 983 00:27:25,058 --> 00:27:27,713 THE ROLE AS V.P., LADY GAGA IS 984 00:27:27,715 --> 00:27:29,829 PERFORMING, JENNIFER LOPEZ IS 985 00:27:29,863 --> 00:27:31,656 PERFORMING, YOU WERE THE THING 986 00:27:31,657 --> 00:27:33,097 THAT PEOPLE WERE LOOKING-- YOU 987 00:27:33,132 --> 00:27:34,826 WERE THE TRENDING THING. 988 00:27:34,860 --> 00:27:36,975 IT WAS LIKE YOU COMPETING WITH 989 00:27:37,009 --> 00:27:37,948 BERNIE SANDERS’ MITTENS WAS 990 00:27:37,950 --> 00:27:38,728 BASICALLY IT. 991 00:27:38,729 --> 00:27:41,640 THAT MUST BE-- DO YOU TAKE A 992 00:27:41,641 --> 00:27:43,249 MOMENT TO GO LIKE, "MAN, THIS IS 993 00:27:43,283 --> 00:27:43,763 SURREAL?" 994 00:27:43,764 --> 00:27:45,837 THAT IS SO SURREAL, 995 00:27:45,838 --> 00:27:47,417 ESPECIALLY BECAUSE MY FRIENDS, 996 00:27:47,418 --> 00:27:48,862 THEY’RE SO FUNNY AND THEY COME 997 00:27:48,863 --> 00:27:49,665 FOR BLOOD. 998 00:27:49,667 --> 00:27:52,576 THEY WERE TEXTING ME, "JOE BIDEN 999 00:27:52,578 --> 00:27:54,442 DID A GOOD JOB OPENING UP FOR 1000 00:27:54,443 --> 00:27:55,175 AMANDA GORMAN." 1001 00:27:55,177 --> 00:27:56,635 IT’S NOT A COMPETITION. 1002 00:27:56,636 --> 00:27:58,788 YOU KNOW IT’S NOT A FIGHT OVER 1003 00:27:58,823 --> 00:28:00,079 WHO WINS THE INAUGURATION. 1004 00:28:00,114 --> 00:28:01,191 AND THEY WERE LIKE, "BUT YOU 1005 00:28:01,193 --> 00:28:01,438 DID." 1006 00:28:01,472 --> 00:28:03,425 I THINK FOR ME, IT WAS SO 1007 00:28:03,426 --> 00:28:04,538 DAUNTING TO BE ON A STAGE, YOU 1008 00:28:04,540 --> 00:28:05,001 KNOW. 1009 00:28:05,035 --> 00:28:07,496 THERE WAS MICHELLE OBAMA TO MY 1010 00:28:07,497 --> 00:28:08,848 RIGHT, AND BARACK OBAMA, HILLARY 1011 00:28:08,849 --> 00:28:10,343 CLINTON, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO 1012 00:28:10,345 --> 00:28:12,375 THE FIGURES THAT HAVE BEEN 1013 00:28:12,376 --> 00:28:14,745 MYTHOLOGIZED FOR ME AND TO FIND 1014 00:28:14,746 --> 00:28:16,669 MYSELF NOT ONLY BEING IN THAT 1015 00:28:16,670 --> 00:28:18,457 SPACE BUT OWNING IT AND CLAIMING 1016 00:28:18,458 --> 00:28:20,070 IT WAS I THINK THE HIGHLIGHT OF 1017 00:28:20,071 --> 00:28:20,516 MY CAREER. 1018 00:28:20,551 --> 00:28:22,019 Trevor: I BELIEVE THAT YOU 1019 00:28:22,053 --> 00:28:23,382 ARE SLATED TO PERFORM AT THE 1020 00:28:23,383 --> 00:28:24,028 SUPER BOWL. 1021 00:28:24,063 --> 00:28:24,886 THAT IS CORRECT? 1022 00:28:24,921 --> 00:28:25,541 YES. 1023 00:28:25,542 --> 00:28:26,561 I DIDN’T -- 1024 00:28:26,562 --> 00:28:27,793 YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU 1025 00:28:27,794 --> 00:28:29,560 UNDERSTAND, THE JUXTAPOSITION OF 1026 00:28:29,562 --> 00:28:31,377 THIS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? 1027 00:28:31,379 --> 00:28:33,088 POETRY AT THE SUPERUE UNDERSTAND 1028 00:28:33,089 --> 00:28:34,189 THE LEVELS YOU’VE MADE IT TO, 1029 00:28:34,191 --> 00:28:35,205 WHERE THEY WERE LIKE, THIS 1030 00:28:35,206 --> 00:28:37,123 PERSON IS SO GOOD THAT WE HAVE 1031 00:28:37,124 --> 00:28:39,788 TO BRING HER TO DO POETRY AT THE 1032 00:28:39,789 --> 00:28:41,544 SUPER BOWL. 1033 00:28:41,546 --> 00:28:42,847 RIGHT 1034 00:28:42,849 --> 00:28:43,944 ( LAUGHS ) 1035 00:28:43,946 --> 00:28:45,246 LITERALLY, THAT WENT OVER MY 1036 00:28:45,247 --> 00:28:47,493 HEAD, BECAUSE I KNEW ABOUT THE 1037 00:28:47,494 --> 00:28:49,329 SUPER BOWL AND THE INAUGURATION 1038 00:28:49,330 --> 00:28:50,451 AROUND THE SAME TIME. 1039 00:28:50,452 --> 00:28:52,272 AND IT WAS, LIKE, THERE WAS NOT 1040 00:28:52,306 --> 00:28:53,996 SPACE IN MY HEAD FOR BOTH. 1041 00:28:54,031 --> 00:28:55,824 LIKE, I KEPT BEING LIKE, "I HAVE 1042 00:28:55,825 --> 00:28:56,458 TO WRITE THAT INAUGURATION 1043 00:28:56,459 --> 00:28:57,112 POEM." 1044 00:28:57,113 --> 00:28:59,334 AND MY TEAM WAS LIKE, "THERE’S 1045 00:28:59,369 --> 00:29:00,714 THIS LITTLE THING CALLED THE 1046 00:29:00,749 --> 00:29:02,044 SUPER BOWL WHICH YOU SHOULD ALSO 1047 00:29:02,078 --> 00:29:02,767 KEEP IN MIND" 1048 00:29:02,801 --> 00:29:05,988 SO, YOU KNOW, IT’S VERY RARE I 1049 00:29:05,989 --> 00:29:08,687 WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT 1050 00:29:08,688 --> 00:29:09,923 AN EXTANT POSSIBILITY THAT A 1051 00:29:09,958 --> 00:29:11,280 POET WILL BE AT SOMETHING LIKE 1052 00:29:11,314 --> 00:29:12,234 THE SUPER BOWL. 1053 00:29:12,268 --> 00:29:13,957 IT’S JUST NOTHING I HAVE REALLY 1054 00:29:13,959 --> 00:29:14,668 HEARD ABOUT BEFORE. 1055 00:29:14,702 --> 00:29:15,786 Trevor: RIGHT. 1056 00:29:15,821 --> 00:29:17,587 SO THE MOMENTS I STRIVE FOR 1057 00:29:17,622 --> 00:29:19,720 IN MY LIFETIME, WHICH IS TO 1058 00:29:19,721 --> 00:29:21,294 BRING POETRY INTO THE SPACES 1059 00:29:21,296 --> 00:29:23,117 THAT WE LEAST EXPECT IT SO WE 1060 00:29:23,118 --> 00:29:25,314 CAN FULLY GRAPPLE WITH THE WAYS 1061 00:29:25,348 --> 00:29:26,933 IN WHICH IT HAD HEAL AND KIND OF 1062 00:29:26,967 --> 00:29:27,420 RESURRECT US. 1063 00:29:27,422 --> 00:29:28,740 Trevor: LET’S TALK A LITTLE 1064 00:29:28,741 --> 00:29:30,457 BIT ABOUT POETRY. 1065 00:29:30,491 --> 00:29:32,958 I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE POETRY, 1066 00:29:32,959 --> 00:29:35,286 LIKE SOME ART FORMS, HAS ITS 1067 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:36,867 HIGHS AND THEN IT HAS MOMENTS IT 1068 00:29:36,868 --> 00:29:37,185 DISAPPEARS. 1069 00:29:37,219 --> 00:29:38,960 WHY DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD NEVER 1070 00:29:38,961 --> 00:29:39,780 FORGET POETRY? 1071 00:29:39,781 --> 00:29:41,906 WHAT IS IT ABOUT POETRY THAT YOU 1072 00:29:41,907 --> 00:29:43,055 FEEL SOCIETY NEEDS TO HOLD ON 1073 00:29:43,090 --> 00:29:43,621 TO? 1074 00:29:43,623 --> 00:29:46,422 WHAT I ALWAYS SAY IS POETRY 1075 00:29:46,423 --> 00:29:48,423 STANDS AS A GREAT REMINDER OF 1076 00:29:48,425 --> 00:29:50,455 THE PAST THAT WE STAND ON AND 1077 00:29:50,456 --> 00:29:52,839 THE FUTURE THAT WE STAND FOR. 1078 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:55,926 I DO NOT THINK IT IS, YOU KNOW, 1079 00:29:55,927 --> 00:29:57,339 COINCIDENCE THAT WHEN AMERICA 1080 00:29:57,341 --> 00:29:59,736 SEEKS TO KIND OF CONSECRATE ITS 1081 00:29:59,738 --> 00:30:00,823 IDEALS, IT DOES SO THROUGH 1082 00:30:00,858 --> 00:30:01,077 POETRY. 1083 00:30:01,078 --> 00:30:02,553 I DON’T THINK IT’S A COINCIDENCE 1084 00:30:02,555 --> 00:30:04,774 THAT WE SEE A POEM AT THE BASE 1085 00:30:04,808 --> 00:30:06,304 OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, AS 1086 00:30:06,339 --> 00:30:08,264 OPPOSED TO A SCIENTIFIC FORMULA 1087 00:30:08,265 --> 00:30:09,939 OR EVEN A PROSAIC PARAGRAPH. 1088 00:30:09,974 --> 00:30:12,900 YOU KNOW, WHY IS IT THAT WE CALL 1089 00:30:12,902 --> 00:30:14,285 FORTH POETRY IN THOSE MOMENTS? 1090 00:30:14,287 --> 00:30:16,526 OR EVEN POINT OUT TO STUDENTS, 1091 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,949 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’RE AT A BLACK 1092 00:30:18,984 --> 00:30:22,100 LIVES MATTER MARCH AND YOU SEE 1093 00:30:22,101 --> 00:30:24,140 BANNERS THAT SAY THEY BURIED US 1094 00:30:24,141 --> 00:30:25,266 BUT THEY DIDN’T KNOW WE WERE 1095 00:30:25,267 --> 00:30:26,036 SEEDS. 1096 00:30:26,038 --> 00:30:28,392 THAT’S POETRY AT A RACIAL 1097 00:30:28,394 --> 00:30:29,979 JUSTICE MOVEMENT. 1098 00:30:29,981 --> 00:30:31,438 IT’S POETRY BECAUSE IT’S 1099 00:30:31,439 --> 00:30:32,464 INHERENTLY REBELLIOUS IN ITS 1100 00:30:32,466 --> 00:30:33,934 NATURE AND I THINK IT BECOMES 1101 00:30:33,936 --> 00:30:35,537 THE LANGUAGE AND RHETORIC OF THE 1102 00:30:35,538 --> 00:30:37,042 PEOPLE AND WE GET TO COOPT IT 1103 00:30:37,043 --> 00:30:38,217 AND PLAY ON IT. 1104 00:30:38,251 --> 00:30:40,127 WHAT’S MORE, WE GET TO USE THOSE 1105 00:30:40,161 --> 00:30:41,791 WORDS TO REALIZE OUR THOUGHTS 1106 00:30:41,793 --> 00:30:43,354 AND TRANSFORM THOSE THOUGHTS 1107 00:30:43,356 --> 00:30:44,145 INTO ACTIONS. 1108 00:30:44,179 --> 00:30:47,096 Trevor: YOU HAVE A JOURNEY 1109 00:30:47,130 --> 00:30:50,774 AHEAD OF YOU THAT I THINK NOBODY 1110 00:30:50,808 --> 00:30:52,429 CAN PREDICT, WHICH IS EXCITING. 1111 00:30:52,463 --> 00:30:54,950 AND YOU’VE HAD A JOURNEY THAT 1112 00:30:54,985 --> 00:30:55,875 HAS BEEN UNPREDICTABLE, YOU 1113 00:30:55,876 --> 00:30:56,500 KNOW. 1114 00:30:56,534 --> 00:30:58,550 YOU-- YOU’VE TALKED ABOUT IT, 1115 00:30:58,551 --> 00:31:00,647 YOU KNOW, GROWING UP IN A FAMILY 1116 00:31:00,649 --> 00:31:02,548 WITH A SINGLE MOM RAISING 1117 00:31:02,549 --> 00:31:03,853 YOURSELF AND YOUR TWIN SISTER 1118 00:31:03,854 --> 00:31:05,368 AND YOUR BROTHER AS WELL AND HOW 1119 00:31:05,369 --> 00:31:06,506 YOU FOUGHT TO ACHIEVE. 1120 00:31:06,508 --> 00:31:09,016 MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THEN WHAT 1121 00:31:09,050 --> 00:31:11,299 ARE YOU ASPIRING TO, SEEING THAT 1122 00:31:11,333 --> 00:31:12,850 YOU’VE BASICALLY DONE IT ALL, I 1123 00:31:12,851 --> 00:31:13,986 MEAN, IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS? 1124 00:31:13,988 --> 00:31:15,032 RIGHT. 1125 00:31:15,033 --> 00:31:16,430 THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION. 1126 00:31:16,432 --> 00:31:18,610 I MEAN, I’M REALLY TAKING THAT 1127 00:31:18,612 --> 00:31:20,678 TIME TO SIT BACK AND THINK AND 1128 00:31:20,679 --> 00:31:21,872 LIKE, WOW, THAT WAS IT. 1129 00:31:21,906 --> 00:31:22,774 WHAT’S NEXT? 1130 00:31:22,808 --> 00:31:25,314 AND FOR ME, I DON’T THINK IT’S 1131 00:31:25,315 --> 00:31:27,368 ABOUT KIND OF BEATING MY LAST 1132 00:31:27,369 --> 00:31:28,325 THING OR EVEN COMPETING AGAINST 1133 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:28,648 MYSELF. 1134 00:31:28,683 --> 00:31:30,022 I HEAR THAT A LOT. 1135 00:31:30,024 --> 00:31:30,932 AND THAT’S FINE FOR OTHER 1136 00:31:30,966 --> 00:31:31,375 PEOPLE. 1137 00:31:31,409 --> 00:31:33,514 I’M NOT NECESSARILY FIGHTING 1138 00:31:33,515 --> 00:31:35,160 AGAINST MYSELF OR COMPETING OR 1139 00:31:35,194 --> 00:31:35,965 CONTESTING AGAINST ANYTHING I’VE 1140 00:31:35,999 --> 00:31:36,376 DONE. 1141 00:31:36,377 --> 00:31:38,252 BUT I WANT TO KEEP ON THE 1142 00:31:38,287 --> 00:31:39,236 TRAJECTORY THAT I STARTED FOR 1143 00:31:39,237 --> 00:31:39,737 MYSELF. 1144 00:31:39,738 --> 00:31:42,321 I NEVER WANT TO KIND OF DALLY OR 1145 00:31:42,355 --> 00:31:43,581 DIVERGE FROM THAT. 1146 00:31:43,615 --> 00:31:45,911 AND FOR ME, THAT JUST MEANS 1147 00:31:45,945 --> 00:31:47,933 USING MY POETRY TO TOUCH AND 1148 00:31:47,968 --> 00:31:49,429 HEAL AND IMPACT AS MANY PEOPLE 1149 00:31:49,464 --> 00:31:50,056 AS POSSIBLE. 1150 00:31:50,057 --> 00:31:52,292 AND THAT CAN BE AT THE 1151 00:31:52,326 --> 00:31:53,265 INAUGURATION, THE SUPER BOWL. 1152 00:31:53,299 --> 00:31:55,097 IT CAN BE IN A LIVING ROOM. 1153 00:31:55,131 --> 00:31:56,087 IT’S OFTEN IN CLASSROOMS WITH 1154 00:31:56,122 --> 00:31:56,848 OTHER STUDENTS. 1155 00:31:56,849 --> 00:31:59,444 AND SO THAT’S WHAT’S NEXT FOR ME 1156 00:31:59,445 --> 00:32:00,964 ON THE MORE, LIKE, RESUME TICK 1157 00:32:00,965 --> 00:32:02,627 THING THAT I ALWAYS HAVE TO 1158 00:32:02,628 --> 00:32:04,839 MENTION WHEN I’M ON TALK SHOWS. 1159 00:32:04,874 --> 00:32:06,373 I’M LIKE, "I HAVE THREE BOOKS 1160 00:32:06,408 --> 00:32:07,282 COMING OUT." 1161 00:32:07,317 --> 00:32:08,564 THERE’S ALSO THAT. 1162 00:32:08,598 --> 00:32:10,288 WHAT I NEED TO WRITE. 1163 00:32:10,289 --> 00:32:11,408 BUT I’M JUST CHUGGING FORWARD. 1164 00:32:11,409 --> 00:32:12,626 Trevor: I KNOW EVERYONE 1165 00:32:12,627 --> 00:32:13,589 WILL BE READING THE BOOKS. 1166 00:32:13,590 --> 00:32:14,647 THANK YOU SO MUCH, AMANDA 1167 00:32:14,648 --> 00:32:15,602 GORMAN, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON 1168 00:32:15,636 --> 00:32:18,115 ALL YOUR SUCCESS. 1169 00:32:18,149 --> 00:32:20,931 THANK YOU, SO MUCH.█ç 1170 00:32:20,932 --> 00:32:21,932 Trevor: AMANDA’S BOOKS, 1171 00:32:21,966 --> 00:32:25,111 "THE HILL WE CLIMB," "CHANGE 1172 00:32:25,112 --> 00:32:26,940 SINGS," AND HER POETRY 1173 00:32:26,942 --> 00:32:29,565 COLLECTION ARE ALL AVAILABLE TO 1174 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:30,276 PRE-ORDER RIGHT NOW. 1175 00:32:30,277 --> 00:32:31,150 OKAY, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A 1176 00:32:31,151 --> 00:32:32,088 QUICK BREAK, BUT WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS. 1177 00:32:33,791 --> 00:32:34,874 Trevor: THAT’S OUR SHOW FOR 1178 00:32:34,908 --> 00:32:35,246 TONIGHT. 1179 00:32:35,281 --> 00:32:36,108 BUT BEFORE WE GO: 1180 00:32:36,109 --> 00:32:38,709 THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS AS 1181 00:32:38,710 --> 00:32:41,427 BAD AS IT HAS EVER BEEN, BUT 1182 00:32:41,428 --> 00:32:42,828 LUCKILY WE HAVE FIRST RESPONDERS 1183 00:32:42,863 --> 00:32:44,291 ARE STILL OUT ON THE FRONT LINES 1184 00:32:44,325 --> 00:32:45,019 SAVING LIVES. 1185 00:32:45,020 --> 00:32:47,611 AND IF YOU WANT TO HELP THEM 1186 00:32:47,613 --> 00:32:50,346 OUT, PLEASE CONSIDER A DONATION 1187 00:32:50,348 --> 00:32:51,610 TO "FIRST RESPONDERS FIRST," 1188 00:32:51,611 --> 00:32:52,887 WHICH OFFERS FIRST-CLASS MEDICAL 1189 00:32:52,922 --> 00:32:55,574 AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT FOR 1190 00:32:55,575 --> 00:32:56,454 FIRST RESPONDERS.█ç 1191 00:32:56,488 --> 00:33:00,310 TO FIND OUT MORE, GO TO THE LINK 1192 00:33:00,312 --> 00:33:00,927 BELOW. 1193 00:33:00,961 --> 00:33:02,811 UNTIL TOMORROW, STAY SAFE OUT 1194 00:33:02,812 --> 00:33:03,946 THERE, WEAR A MASK, AND 1195 00:33:03,980 --> 00:33:04,878 REMEMBER: THE CORONAVIRUS 1196 00:33:04,912 --> 00:33:06,925 VARIANTS ARE NOT LIKE POKEMON. 1197 00:33:06,926 --> 00:33:08,418 YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CATCH THEM 1198 00:33:08,452 --> 00:33:08,887 ALL. 1199 00:33:08,888 --> 00:33:11,535 BUT YOU CAN TRY. 1200 00:33:11,536 --> 00:33:12,286 BUT YOU SHOULDN’T. 1201 00:33:12,287 --> 00:33:14,783 NOW, HERE IT IS, YOUR MOMENT OF 1202 00:33:14,818 --> 00:33:15,056 ZEN. 1203 00:33:15,057 --> 00:33:16,495 ♪ ♪ ♪ 1204 00:33:16,529 --> 00:33:18,933 THE MAYOR OF MOUNT PLEASANT, 1205 00:33:18,935 --> 00:33:19,813 SOUTH CAROLINA, ASKED A 1206 00:33:19,847 --> 00:33:21,326 CHICK-FIL-A MANAGER TO HELP 1207 00:33:21,327 --> 00:33:23,121 AFTER SEEING HIS CITY’S VACCINE 1208 00:33:23,156 --> 00:33:24,377 DRIVE-THROUGH IN A GRIDLOCK. 1209 00:33:24,378 --> 00:33:25,661 CHICK-FIL-A SHOULD BE THE 1210 00:33:25,663 --> 00:33:27,137 PLACE THAT THEY’RE DISTRIBUTING 1211 00:33:27,139 --> 00:33:28,372 THE VACCINE BECAUSE IT IS SO 1212 00:33:28,406 --> 00:33:28,790 EFFICIENT. 1213 00:33:28,825 --> 00:33:30,746 YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO 1214 00:33:30,748 --> 00:33:31,914 CHICK-FIL-A AND THOSE LINES ARE 1215 00:33:31,916 --> 00:33:32,899 WRAPPED AROUND? 1216 00:33:32,900 --> 00:33:34,654 THEY GET YOU GOING. 1217 00:33:34,656 --> 00:33:36,576 THEIR DRIVE-THROUGHS ARE LIKE 1218 00:33:36,578 --> 00:33:37,432 BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. 1219 00:33:37,433 --> 00:33:38,799 THEY’RE VERY GOOD AT WHAT 1220 00:33:38,801 --> 00:33:40,235 THEY DO AT CHICK-FIL-A. 1221 00:33:40,236 --> 00:33:42,537 I CAN’T FATHOM HOW THEY GET 1222 00:33:42,538 --> 00:33:44,976 ALL THOSE CARS THROUGH THERE. 1223 00:33:44,977 --> 00:33:47,482 MAYBE THE NATIONAL BASED 1224 00:33:47,517 --> 00:33:49,113 CHICK-FIL-A TOOK OVER THE 1225 00:33:49,148 --> 00:33:50,542 VACCINATION SITES, WE’D GET OUR 1226 00:33:50,543 --> 00:33:52,611 SHOTS IN NO TIME. 1227 00:33:52,612 --> 00:33:54,029 VACCINE WITH A CHICKEN 1228 00:33:54,030 --> 00:33:54,299 SANDWICH. 1229 00:33:54,301 --> 00:33:55,162 SOUNDS DELICIOUS. 1230 00:33:55,197 --> 00:33:58,174 YES, IT DOES, THEIR WATCH FELL FRIES.