1 00:00:01,668 --> 00:00:03,637 ANNOUNCER: Coming to you from New York City, 2 00:00:03,737 --> 00:00:05,339 the only city in America, 3 00:00:05,439 --> 00:00:07,374 it's The Daily Show. 4 00:00:07,474 --> 00:00:08,842 Tonight, 5 00:00:08,942 --> 00:00:11,512 Ukraine borrows some missiles, 6 00:00:11,612 --> 00:00:14,081 Senator Chris Murphy, 7 00:00:14,181 --> 00:00:16,850 and Akwaeke Emezi. 8 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:21,054 This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. 9 00:00:21,154 --> 00:00:23,190 (cheering and applause) 10 00:00:35,602 --> 00:00:36,770 What's going on, everybody? 11 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:38,906 Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah. 12 00:00:39,006 --> 00:00:40,574 Thank you so much for tuning in. 13 00:00:40,674 --> 00:00:43,010 Thank you for coming out in person. 14 00:00:43,110 --> 00:00:45,212 Feel that vibe! Feel that vibe! 15 00:00:45,312 --> 00:00:47,247 Wow! This is great. This is great. 16 00:00:47,347 --> 00:00:48,749 Take a seat, everybody. Take a seat. 17 00:00:48,849 --> 00:00:50,050 And first things first, 18 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:52,386 can I just say happy Pride Month, everybody. 19 00:00:52,486 --> 00:00:53,921 (cheering and applause) 20 00:00:54,021 --> 00:00:55,222 Welcome to it. 21 00:00:55,322 --> 00:00:57,157 You know what that means. For the rest of June, 22 00:00:57,257 --> 00:01:00,928 all crimes are legal for gay people. (whoops) 23 00:01:01,061 --> 00:01:02,462 Yeah, I studied. I studied. 24 00:01:02,563 --> 00:01:04,131 All right, we got a really great show for you tonight. 25 00:01:04,231 --> 00:01:06,200 We'll be talking about the battle to steal Ukraine. 26 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:07,467 We're gonna be talking about the battle 27 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:08,769 to steal the next election 28 00:01:08,869 --> 00:01:11,071 and the battle to steal Star Wars back 29 00:01:11,138 --> 00:01:12,072 from Black people. 30 00:01:12,172 --> 00:01:13,907 Plus, Senator Chris Murphy 31 00:01:14,074 --> 00:01:15,275 is joining us from Hartford, Connecticut, 32 00:01:15,375 --> 00:01:16,710 to tell us which Republicans 33 00:01:16,810 --> 00:01:18,812 are finally getting on board with gun control. 34 00:01:18,912 --> 00:01:20,314 So, let's do this, people. 35 00:01:20,414 --> 00:01:22,883 Let's jump straight into today's headlines. 36 00:01:22,983 --> 00:01:25,085 -♪ ♪ -(cheering and applause) 37 00:01:29,923 --> 00:01:31,959 Okay. Let's kick things off 38 00:01:32,092 --> 00:01:34,628 with the ongoing Russian war with Ukraine. 39 00:01:34,728 --> 00:01:36,330 Or, as the Russian media says, 40 00:01:36,430 --> 00:01:39,566 "There is no war, but we're also winning it." 41 00:01:39,666 --> 00:01:41,535 Ever since Vladimir Putin decided 42 00:01:41,635 --> 00:01:44,238 to aggressively crash on his neighboring country's couch, 43 00:01:44,338 --> 00:01:48,408 Ukraine has been asking America for bigger and better weapons 44 00:01:48,509 --> 00:01:49,810 to help them defend themselves. 45 00:01:49,910 --> 00:01:52,446 Now, usually, when you ask America 46 00:01:52,546 --> 00:01:54,114 to send you weapons, they'll send them quicker 47 00:01:54,181 --> 00:01:55,782 than a restaurant that precooks the food in the morning 48 00:01:55,883 --> 00:01:57,684 and then just reheats it when you order it at night, 49 00:01:57,784 --> 00:02:00,420 but because America and the rest of the world 50 00:02:00,521 --> 00:02:03,590 is terrified of starting World War III-- rightfully so-- 51 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:06,293 they've had to find ways to support Ukraine 52 00:02:06,393 --> 00:02:09,096 without being accused of attacking Russia. 53 00:02:09,196 --> 00:02:13,066 And so just today, President Biden announced this. 54 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:14,635 NEWSMAN: This morning, President Biden has announced 55 00:02:14,735 --> 00:02:18,172 the U.S. will send another $700 million worth of weapons, 56 00:02:18,272 --> 00:02:20,841 defense systems to the Ukrainian military. 57 00:02:20,941 --> 00:02:22,409 Among the newly provided weaponry 58 00:02:22,509 --> 00:02:24,344 is the Multiple Launch Rocket System, 59 00:02:24,444 --> 00:02:26,947 uh, which is a highly capable long-range system. 60 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,415 NEWSMAN 2: This has been the subject of debate 61 00:02:28,515 --> 00:02:31,084 inside the Biden administration for weeks now, 62 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:32,619 whether or not to provide Ukraine 63 00:02:32,719 --> 00:02:35,422 with these more advanced, longer range weapons systems. 64 00:02:35,522 --> 00:02:37,658 Concerns, uh, within the administration 65 00:02:37,758 --> 00:02:40,093 that Russia might view this as a provocative step, 66 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:41,461 giving Ukraine the ability 67 00:02:41,562 --> 00:02:43,430 to strike within Russian territory. 68 00:02:43,530 --> 00:02:46,300 That's why the United States actually sought assurances 69 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,302 and secured those assurances from Ukraine 70 00:02:48,402 --> 00:02:50,838 that they would not use these ro... these rocket systems 71 00:02:50,938 --> 00:02:54,808 to strike Russian targets on Russian territory. 72 00:02:54,908 --> 00:02:57,978 Yeah, that's right. Biden made Ukraine promise 73 00:02:58,111 --> 00:03:00,047 that they will only use the rockets 74 00:03:00,113 --> 00:03:01,548 in Ukrainian territory. 75 00:03:01,648 --> 00:03:03,517 They will not use them in Russia. 76 00:03:03,617 --> 00:03:06,220 Yeah. So, he's basically giving them advanced rockets 77 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,589 like a dad gives his teenager a credit card. 78 00:03:08,689 --> 00:03:11,058 Just like, "Now, remember what I told you. 79 00:03:11,124 --> 00:03:14,094 "This is only for gas, groceries 80 00:03:14,194 --> 00:03:17,364 "and the strip club. No textbooks this time. 81 00:03:17,464 --> 00:03:20,067 I don't want to see that charge again." 82 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:21,602 But this is major help, though. 83 00:03:21,702 --> 00:03:24,471 $700 million. 84 00:03:24,571 --> 00:03:26,607 That's a ton of rockets. 85 00:03:26,707 --> 00:03:29,243 Or maybe it's, like, ten rockets. 86 00:03:29,343 --> 00:03:31,445 I never know with military equipment. Like... (laughs) 87 00:03:31,545 --> 00:03:33,847 No, you-you never know how much anything costs, you know? 88 00:03:33,947 --> 00:03:36,116 It's like when someone tells me they spent $100 at Sephora. 89 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:38,285 I have no idea if that's, like, one face cream 90 00:03:38,385 --> 00:03:40,654 or enough eye glitter for a whole season of Euphoria. 91 00:03:40,754 --> 00:03:43,090 I don't know how much it is. 92 00:03:43,123 --> 00:03:45,759 And look, I get that America is trying to find the balance 93 00:03:45,859 --> 00:03:47,127 between helping Ukraine 94 00:03:47,227 --> 00:03:48,795 and triggering its own war with Russia, 95 00:03:48,896 --> 00:03:51,465 but still, this is putting Ukraine in a tough spot. 96 00:03:51,565 --> 00:03:54,101 Because who knows how easy these missiles are to use. 97 00:03:54,168 --> 00:03:55,869 You know, I don't want us to be in World War III 98 00:03:55,969 --> 00:03:57,204 just because some Ukrainian soldier 99 00:03:57,304 --> 00:03:58,739 entered the distance in kilometers 100 00:03:58,839 --> 00:04:00,908 when it was supposed to be in miles, you know what I'm saying? 101 00:04:01,041 --> 00:04:02,843 It was like, "Oh, 1.6? I meant to put..." 102 00:04:02,943 --> 00:04:04,912 (yells) 103 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,650 But I will say, this is good for Ukraine to defend themselves. 104 00:04:09,750 --> 00:04:11,084 And this is good for Russia to know 105 00:04:11,185 --> 00:04:13,387 they can't just push other countries around. 106 00:04:13,487 --> 00:04:15,656 You know who this is most exciting for? 107 00:04:15,756 --> 00:04:17,891 American missiles. Yeah. 108 00:04:18,058 --> 00:04:20,394 What a different experience this is gonna be for them. 109 00:04:21,328 --> 00:04:23,497 I'm so excited. 110 00:04:23,597 --> 00:04:27,367 Oh, I'm so excited to be going overseas for the first time. 111 00:04:27,467 --> 00:04:30,070 And the best part is I've been invited. 112 00:04:30,170 --> 00:04:31,471 Wow. 113 00:04:31,572 --> 00:04:35,075 Because my dad went to Iraq, but he wasn't invited. 114 00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:36,810 And my grandfather, he went to Vietnam, 115 00:04:36,910 --> 00:04:39,079 and, boy, did they not want him there. 116 00:04:39,179 --> 00:04:42,850 But look at me-- I got invited to Ukraine! 117 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:44,952 ♪ I'm a missile going to Ukraine ♪ 118 00:04:45,085 --> 00:04:46,153 ♪ They invited me ♪ 119 00:04:46,253 --> 00:04:49,423 ♪ I'm a good missile in my family! ♪ 120 00:04:50,390 --> 00:04:51,859 My new one-man show, Missile in Ukraine, 121 00:04:51,959 --> 00:04:53,160 will be debuting next week. 122 00:04:53,260 --> 00:04:55,696 -You guys can join in. Make sure to watch it. -(cheering) 123 00:04:57,264 --> 00:04:58,966 All right, let's move on. 124 00:04:59,933 --> 00:05:01,602 Disney released a new Star Wars show 125 00:05:01,702 --> 00:05:04,071 on their streaming platform Disney+, 126 00:05:04,171 --> 00:05:07,608 which I've heard is good but not as good as Paramount+. 127 00:05:07,708 --> 00:05:09,676 Now, this Star Wars show 128 00:05:09,776 --> 00:05:11,044 is not the one about the Mandalorian 129 00:05:11,111 --> 00:05:12,446 and it's not the one about Boba Fett. 130 00:05:12,546 --> 00:05:15,048 No, this one is about Obi-Wan Kenobi, 131 00:05:15,082 --> 00:05:17,217 the galaxy's most powerful hobo. 132 00:05:17,317 --> 00:05:19,853 And anyone can see where this is going. Right? 133 00:05:19,953 --> 00:05:21,922 It's just, like, show after show on Disney. 134 00:05:22,055 --> 00:05:24,057 You see what they're doing. You get it. 135 00:05:24,091 --> 00:05:25,125 Their plan is to release a show 136 00:05:25,225 --> 00:05:27,394 about every character in Star Wars. 137 00:05:27,494 --> 00:05:28,462 It's genius. 138 00:05:28,562 --> 00:05:30,063 Make a ton of money. 139 00:05:30,163 --> 00:05:33,267 Personally, I can't wait for the Jabba the Hutt sitcom. 140 00:05:34,968 --> 00:05:36,603 (chuckling) 141 00:05:36,703 --> 00:05:37,871 What? 142 00:05:37,971 --> 00:05:39,740 I know she broke your heart, Jabba, 143 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:42,209 but you got to start dating again! 144 00:05:42,309 --> 00:05:44,344 (speaking Huttese) 145 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:49,082 Dude, chaining her up and putting her in a gold bikini 146 00:05:49,183 --> 00:05:51,218 doesn't count as a date, silly! 147 00:05:51,318 --> 00:05:53,554 -(laughing) -(canned laughter) 148 00:05:53,654 --> 00:05:55,689 ♪ ♪ 149 00:05:57,457 --> 00:05:59,493 (cheering and applause) 150 00:06:04,798 --> 00:06:06,400 That show's also premiering next week. 151 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:07,835 Anyway, 152 00:06:07,935 --> 00:06:09,837 the Obi-Wan Kenobi show is introducing 153 00:06:09,937 --> 00:06:12,039 a lot of new characters to the Star Wars franchise, 154 00:06:12,105 --> 00:06:14,141 but there is one character in particular 155 00:06:14,241 --> 00:06:17,177 who isn't getting the warmest welcome from the fans. 156 00:06:17,277 --> 00:06:19,847 NEWSWOMAN: This morning, Obi-Wan Kenobi himself 157 00:06:19,947 --> 00:06:22,950 -putting his force behind costar Moses Ingram... -Where is he? 158 00:06:23,050 --> 00:06:25,752 ...after social media users launched racist attacks 159 00:06:25,853 --> 00:06:29,890 against her after her debut in the Jedi Knight's new series. 160 00:06:30,057 --> 00:06:31,558 She brings so much to the series. 161 00:06:31,658 --> 00:06:33,627 She bring so much to the franchise. 162 00:06:33,727 --> 00:06:35,929 And it just sickened me to my stomach to hear 163 00:06:36,063 --> 00:06:37,464 that this had been happening. 164 00:06:37,564 --> 00:06:40,167 We stand with Moses. We love Moses. 165 00:06:40,267 --> 00:06:42,903 And if you're sending her bullying messages, 166 00:06:43,070 --> 00:06:45,405 you're no Star Wars fan in my mind. 167 00:06:45,506 --> 00:06:47,508 NEWSWOMAN: Moses sharing she had received hundreds 168 00:06:47,608 --> 00:06:50,644 of racist messages following the series premiere. 169 00:06:50,744 --> 00:06:54,815 There's nothing anybody can do to stop this hate. 170 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:57,518 I think the thing that bothers me 171 00:06:57,618 --> 00:06:59,853 is that, like... 172 00:07:00,020 --> 00:07:03,757 sort of this feeling that I've had inside of myself, 173 00:07:03,857 --> 00:07:06,059 which no one has told me, but this feeling of, like, 174 00:07:06,159 --> 00:07:07,661 I just got to shut up and take it. 175 00:07:07,761 --> 00:07:09,596 And I'm not built like that. 176 00:07:09,696 --> 00:07:11,231 Neither should you be. No one should have to just shut up 177 00:07:11,331 --> 00:07:13,033 and take racism. I agree with that. 178 00:07:13,100 --> 00:07:15,636 Especially in Star Wars. Guys, like, what is this? 179 00:07:15,736 --> 00:07:17,838 What is this? You're racist in Star... 180 00:07:17,938 --> 00:07:19,773 Like, from the very beginning, 181 00:07:19,873 --> 00:07:22,509 this has been a series where no one thinks twice 182 00:07:22,609 --> 00:07:26,613 if Harrison Ford is best friends with a giant dog bear 183 00:07:26,713 --> 00:07:28,782 or if a brother and sister want to smash. 184 00:07:28,882 --> 00:07:30,784 No one complains about that. 185 00:07:30,884 --> 00:07:33,353 They're not getting death threats. 186 00:07:33,453 --> 00:07:37,324 I'm so tired of fans attacking Black people in Star Wars, 187 00:07:37,424 --> 00:07:39,459 when there are so many other races and species 188 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:40,928 they could be bag-- bigoted against. 189 00:07:41,061 --> 00:07:42,930 Think about it. You could hate everyone, 190 00:07:43,063 --> 00:07:46,066 Go on a rant about the creepy Twi'leks, you know? 191 00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:47,734 Or the greedy Jawas. 192 00:07:47,835 --> 00:07:49,436 There are so many more opportunities for racism 193 00:07:49,536 --> 00:07:51,171 than just Black people. Mix it up. 194 00:07:51,271 --> 00:07:52,873 Broaden your horizons. 195 00:07:52,973 --> 00:07:55,542 You know? Or as the Ewoks say... (speaks Ewokese) 196 00:07:55,642 --> 00:07:57,377 You know? 197 00:07:57,477 --> 00:07:59,413 Got to think bigger. 198 00:07:59,513 --> 00:08:01,048 It really is. 199 00:08:01,148 --> 00:08:03,383 -Just... get out there. -(applause and cheering) 200 00:08:04,918 --> 00:08:07,654 And you know, it's really great 201 00:08:07,754 --> 00:08:10,357 that Ewan McGregor made a video supporting his costar, 202 00:08:10,457 --> 00:08:13,327 but I think Star Wars needs to come back even harder 203 00:08:13,427 --> 00:08:16,230 at the racists, really make them suffer. 204 00:08:16,330 --> 00:08:18,732 They should give Princess Leia a new, Black boyfriend. 205 00:08:18,832 --> 00:08:21,034 -Yeah. That's right. -MAN: Yeah! 206 00:08:21,101 --> 00:08:24,571 -(applause and cheering) -Going to be a dope scene. 207 00:08:24,671 --> 00:08:26,840 She's going to come back in, and he'll be like, 208 00:08:26,940 --> 00:08:29,376 "Hey, yo, Leia, I got the plans for the Death Star. 209 00:08:29,476 --> 00:08:31,044 We're going to (bleep) tonight." 210 00:08:31,078 --> 00:08:33,146 (laughter) 211 00:08:35,616 --> 00:08:38,051 All right, finally, let's talk about families. 212 00:08:38,151 --> 00:08:40,120 You know, one of the best parts about having a family is 213 00:08:40,220 --> 00:08:42,689 that you have people to blame in therapy 214 00:08:42,789 --> 00:08:44,691 -for why you haven't succeeded in life. -(laughter) 215 00:08:44,791 --> 00:08:48,161 And also, you have people who will continue your lineage, 216 00:08:48,262 --> 00:08:51,298 deep into the plastic-bag, global-warming apocalypse. 217 00:08:51,398 --> 00:08:54,635 Now, there are few cultures who take family more seriously 218 00:08:54,735 --> 00:08:58,238 than Indian people, but as this next story shows, 219 00:08:58,338 --> 00:09:01,675 some of them might be taking it a little too seriously. 220 00:09:01,775 --> 00:09:03,010 All right, let's take a quick peek 221 00:09:03,110 --> 00:09:04,344 at what's trending right now. 222 00:09:04,444 --> 00:09:06,380 An unusual lawsuit in India. 223 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,882 Parents are suing their only son 224 00:09:09,016 --> 00:09:11,018 for not giving them a grandchild. 225 00:09:11,051 --> 00:09:15,122 Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad say that they've done their part. 226 00:09:15,222 --> 00:09:17,224 They paid for their son's pilot training, 227 00:09:17,324 --> 00:09:19,826 a lavish wedding and even a honeymoon. 228 00:09:19,927 --> 00:09:22,396 And they say that they've waited six years for a grandchild, 229 00:09:22,496 --> 00:09:25,032 and now they have filed a lawsuit saying 230 00:09:25,098 --> 00:09:26,400 that if their son and daughter-in-law 231 00:09:26,500 --> 00:09:28,535 don't give them a grandchild within a year, 232 00:09:28,635 --> 00:09:31,138 they owe the parents $50 million rupees, 233 00:09:31,238 --> 00:09:35,676 which is equivalent to $675,000. 234 00:09:35,776 --> 00:09:38,045 -Damn! -(laughter) 235 00:09:38,111 --> 00:09:40,180 Damn, this is wild! 236 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:44,551 They're suing their son for not giving them a grandchild. 237 00:09:44,651 --> 00:09:46,587 Being parents is so weird. 238 00:09:46,687 --> 00:09:49,590 You spend the first 18 years doing everything you can 239 00:09:49,690 --> 00:09:52,326 -to stop your kids from having sex. -(laughter) 240 00:09:52,426 --> 00:09:54,094 And then, as soon as they grow up, 241 00:09:54,194 --> 00:09:57,164 you turn into frat bros. "Yo, you got to get laid, dude! 242 00:09:57,264 --> 00:09:59,900 "And don't use a condom, either. That shit's for losers. 243 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,337 Just do it. Do it now." 244 00:10:03,437 --> 00:10:08,008 (applause and cheering) 245 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:09,476 As weird as it is, part of me sees 246 00:10:09,576 --> 00:10:11,178 where these parents are come from, though. 247 00:10:11,278 --> 00:10:13,280 I mean, the only reason you have kids is so 248 00:10:13,380 --> 00:10:15,215 that you can get grandchildren. 249 00:10:15,315 --> 00:10:17,184 Yeah, let's be honest. Nobody wants to be a parent. 250 00:10:17,284 --> 00:10:18,585 You know? It's just what you have to do 251 00:10:18,685 --> 00:10:21,455 to become a grandparent. The name is in it. 252 00:10:21,555 --> 00:10:23,457 It's "grand." It's better. 253 00:10:23,557 --> 00:10:24,791 And also, grandkids and grandparents-- 254 00:10:24,892 --> 00:10:26,326 they're on the same page. 255 00:10:26,426 --> 00:10:28,462 Of course, grandparents want to be grandparents, you know? 256 00:10:28,562 --> 00:10:29,863 They're the same thing. 257 00:10:29,963 --> 00:10:32,399 They both love telling long and pointless stories. 258 00:10:32,499 --> 00:10:34,935 They have so many of the same life experiences. 259 00:10:35,035 --> 00:10:37,838 It's just like, "Hey, Grandpa, I walked-ded in the park, 260 00:10:37,938 --> 00:10:40,374 and I saw a puppy, and I pooped-ded in my pants." 261 00:10:40,474 --> 00:10:42,543 Just like, "Wow! Same here, kiddo." 262 00:10:42,643 --> 00:10:45,245 (laughter) 263 00:10:45,345 --> 00:10:48,215 But look, if these parents really want grandkids, 264 00:10:48,315 --> 00:10:50,751 I don't know if a lawsuit is really going 265 00:10:50,851 --> 00:10:53,987 to help make that happen, especially with, like, a year. 266 00:10:54,087 --> 00:10:55,422 You've given them a year. 267 00:10:55,522 --> 00:10:58,025 You realize every time now their son has sex, 268 00:10:58,125 --> 00:11:00,561 -he's thinking about his parents. -(laughter) 269 00:11:00,661 --> 00:11:03,297 "They did this, not me." 270 00:11:03,397 --> 00:11:05,599 And that lawsuit is definitely going to help his dirty talk. 271 00:11:05,699 --> 00:11:07,067 Can you imagine? 272 00:11:07,134 --> 00:11:08,635 This poor Indian guy is going to be in his bedroom. 273 00:11:08,735 --> 00:11:10,304 He's just like, "Do you like that? Do you like that? 274 00:11:10,404 --> 00:11:11,705 "You like the way I'm trying to avoid 275 00:11:11,805 --> 00:11:13,841 "paying $675,000 to my parents? 276 00:11:13,941 --> 00:11:17,811 This is a 50 million pump right here. 50 million rupee!" 277 00:11:17,911 --> 00:11:20,280 (speaking foreign language) 278 00:11:20,380 --> 00:11:22,349 (applause and cheering) 279 00:11:22,449 --> 00:11:24,084 Why would you do that? 280 00:11:24,117 --> 00:11:26,787 All right, that's it for the headlines, but before we go, 281 00:11:26,887 --> 00:11:28,222 let's check in on traffic with our very own 282 00:11:28,322 --> 00:11:30,257 -Roy Wood, Jr., everybody! -(applause and cheering) 283 00:11:30,357 --> 00:11:34,795 Yeah. What's up, man? 284 00:11:34,895 --> 00:11:36,496 How you been, bro? 285 00:11:36,597 --> 00:11:38,699 -What's going on, Roy? -Ah, I'm great, man. I'm chilling. 286 00:11:38,799 --> 00:11:40,334 What is happening in the traffic, man? 287 00:11:40,434 --> 00:11:42,102 Hey, man, you know I'm like a pigeon at the bakery, 288 00:11:42,169 --> 00:11:45,205 -just trying to get his bread up. It is what it is. -Okay. 289 00:11:45,305 --> 00:11:46,773 A quick look at the roads. Now, as you can see, 290 00:11:46,874 --> 00:11:48,475 the northbound 770 starting to clear up. 291 00:11:48,575 --> 00:11:50,611 We had a little bit of disruption a little bit earlier. 292 00:11:50,711 --> 00:11:52,112 A tractor trailer overturned. Some onlooker delays. 293 00:11:52,212 --> 00:11:53,514 -Wait, wait, R-Roy. -Uh... 294 00:11:53,614 --> 00:11:55,415 You're actually doing the traffic. 295 00:11:55,516 --> 00:11:58,952 Yeah, yeah. I've... been going to therapy, man, 296 00:11:59,119 --> 00:12:00,120 and I figured, like... 297 00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:02,656 She told me to be a vessel of positivity 298 00:12:02,756 --> 00:12:05,158 -to people within my circle, and... -This is amazing. 299 00:12:05,259 --> 00:12:06,460 and then karma would be reciprocal. So, you know, 300 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:08,061 I've come out here before and we go back and forth, 301 00:12:08,095 --> 00:12:09,429 -and I don't want that... -Yeah, because you never want to do-- 302 00:12:09,530 --> 00:12:11,064 I say "Do the traffic," and then you're like, "Nah, 303 00:12:11,098 --> 00:12:12,533 -I don't want to do the traffic. (grumbles)" -Yeah, and I just-- 304 00:12:12,633 --> 00:12:14,134 And then you're like-- Then you want to talk about, like, 305 00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:15,435 the things I'm talking about. But this is great. You're doing 306 00:12:15,536 --> 00:12:17,504 -that now. -Yeah, I'm gonna just do this job. 307 00:12:17,604 --> 00:12:19,606 -This is 'cause of therapy? -Yeah. That's... 308 00:12:19,706 --> 00:12:21,575 My man. Look at-- This is growth. 309 00:12:21,675 --> 00:12:23,177 -Real quick... -But I'm glad you're not jumping in... 310 00:12:23,277 --> 00:12:24,645 Let's... What's the traffic? 311 00:12:24,745 --> 00:12:28,849 About Ukraine, real quick, let me just say something. 312 00:12:28,949 --> 00:12:32,085 Just-just real quick about Ukraine, the Russian thing, 313 00:12:32,119 --> 00:12:34,421 like, I know we're sending Ukraine the-the weapons 314 00:12:34,521 --> 00:12:37,691 and we're sending money, but the issue, bro, is that 315 00:12:37,791 --> 00:12:40,694 that ain't what the Russians respect. 316 00:12:40,794 --> 00:12:42,763 We got to get their respect. We got to get the respect 317 00:12:42,863 --> 00:12:45,299 of the Russians, and the only thing-- some people 318 00:12:45,399 --> 00:12:47,634 only respect crazy, so you got to be crazy. 319 00:12:47,734 --> 00:12:49,670 It ain't enough just to send 'em a rocket. 320 00:12:49,770 --> 00:12:51,805 The United States got to go over there and just 321 00:12:51,905 --> 00:12:53,974 buck a couple shots in the air just to let 'em know 322 00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:56,910 what we could do if we wanted to. Just, "bop, bop, bop!" 323 00:12:57,010 --> 00:12:59,680 Just a couple, just shoot a couple rockets, missiles 324 00:12:59,780 --> 00:13:00,814 in the air and then they be like, 325 00:13:00,914 --> 00:13:03,383 "A'ight, they crazy, let's leave." 326 00:13:03,483 --> 00:13:05,052 'Cause that's-that's how you handle stuff 327 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:06,687 in the streets, man. You put your ten toes 328 00:13:06,787 --> 00:13:09,923 on the ground and you go "bop, bop!" That's what you do 329 00:13:10,057 --> 00:13:11,925 -in the streets. -I-I'm sorry, what-what streets are these 330 00:13:12,059 --> 00:13:14,127 -that you're talking about? -Like North Korea. 331 00:13:14,228 --> 00:13:16,763 Like, North Korea, right? 332 00:13:16,864 --> 00:13:18,866 What the-- Don't do that with me. 333 00:13:18,966 --> 00:13:20,334 Does anybody ran up on North Korea? 334 00:13:20,434 --> 00:13:21,802 Ain't nobody ran up on North Korea. 335 00:13:21,902 --> 00:13:23,070 -Nobody ran up on North Korea. -Know why? 'Cause every two, 336 00:13:23,170 --> 00:13:25,072 three months, North Korea go... (imitates rocket) 337 00:13:25,105 --> 00:13:27,074 "Pop, pop, pop!" 338 00:13:27,107 --> 00:13:29,176 They shoot a rocket up in the air for no reason. 339 00:13:29,276 --> 00:13:32,880 And that's what you got to do, dawg. That's the streets, man. 340 00:13:32,980 --> 00:13:34,448 It's like Boyz n the Hood. Did you ever see 341 00:13:34,548 --> 00:13:36,350 -Boyz n the Hood? -Y-Yeah, I did. 342 00:13:36,450 --> 00:13:37,885 That's what the Russian-Ukraine-- 343 00:13:37,985 --> 00:13:39,586 that's what the United States got to be. We got to be like 344 00:13:39,686 --> 00:13:41,722 Ice Cube. Like, uh, you remember Boyz n the Hood, 345 00:13:41,822 --> 00:13:44,558 Ricky got bumped into by the gangbangers, and the gangbangers 346 00:13:44,658 --> 00:13:46,393 are getting ready to beat up Ricky, and then Ice Cube 347 00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:49,263 stepped up, was like, "We got a problem here? 348 00:13:49,363 --> 00:13:50,964 We got a problem here?" 349 00:13:51,098 --> 00:13:52,566 That's what America-- but it'd be a missile. It'd be a missile 350 00:13:52,666 --> 00:13:56,303 right here and all. "You-you got a problem. What you gonna do?" 351 00:13:57,538 --> 00:13:58,906 And Russia'd be like, "A'ight, let's go on back 352 00:13:59,006 --> 00:14:01,141 and drink some vodka." That's how everything'd went. 353 00:14:01,241 --> 00:14:02,943 That's a-that's a novel way to solve-- All right, so, so, 354 00:14:03,043 --> 00:14:04,945 so, what's happening in the, uh, in the traffic there, Roy? 355 00:14:05,045 --> 00:14:07,214 Them kids should countersue they parents. 356 00:14:10,317 --> 00:14:12,719 -They-- I'm gonna get to that. But they should count-- -Okay. 357 00:14:12,819 --> 00:14:15,656 'Cause-'cause how you gonna sue me for not having a kid? 358 00:14:15,756 --> 00:14:17,824 I should be able to-- If you can sue me for not having a kid, 359 00:14:17,925 --> 00:14:21,128 I should be able to sue you for having a kid. 360 00:14:21,228 --> 00:14:24,064 I didn't consent to being conceived. 361 00:14:24,164 --> 00:14:26,900 Therefore I want some money. 362 00:14:27,067 --> 00:14:28,969 I just don't think that's right. And that-that behavior 363 00:14:29,069 --> 00:14:30,938 from them parents anyway-- that come from parents 364 00:14:31,071 --> 00:14:34,441 who ain't scared of they kids. You-you-- At a certain point, 365 00:14:34,541 --> 00:14:35,909 your parents supposed to be scared of you. 366 00:14:36,076 --> 00:14:37,411 -You the child-- -Your parents? 367 00:14:37,511 --> 00:14:38,645 -Yeah. You-- -Your parents are supposed to be scared of you? 368 00:14:38,745 --> 00:14:39,947 Yeah, you stronger, you faster, your parents 369 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,082 can't be behaving like that. 370 00:14:43,417 --> 00:14:45,085 That's why every time I go back to Alabama, I go home, 371 00:14:45,152 --> 00:14:47,821 visit my mama, I turn on one of them murder forensic shows 372 00:14:47,921 --> 00:14:50,791 where they kill the parents, and then I just look at her. 373 00:14:53,293 --> 00:14:57,264 Just to let her know I got some ideas up in there. 374 00:14:57,364 --> 00:14:59,299 Gonna scold me into having a child. 375 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:01,401 You gonna scold me into having a child? 376 00:15:01,502 --> 00:15:02,903 Scolding don't work. 377 00:15:03,036 --> 00:15:04,638 Everybody know that scolding don't work. 378 00:15:04,738 --> 00:15:07,374 It's like in Boyz n the Hood-- you see Boyz n the Hood? 379 00:15:07,474 --> 00:15:09,576 When Doughboy's mama scolded him, she said, 380 00:15:09,676 --> 00:15:11,745 "Don't you go to that store and go stealing some stuff," 381 00:15:11,845 --> 00:15:14,848 and what'd Doughboy do? End up dead two weeks after Ricky. 382 00:15:20,053 --> 00:15:22,055 We-we got enough time left? Do we even have any time? 383 00:15:22,122 --> 00:15:24,258 No, we-we don't, we don't. We had the time, and then, 384 00:15:24,358 --> 00:15:26,326 I mean, we basically watched Boyz n the Hood. 385 00:15:26,426 --> 00:15:27,861 -So, uh-- -But-but-- 386 00:15:27,961 --> 00:15:29,530 But, uh, you know what, I'm glad-I'm glad you've been 387 00:15:29,630 --> 00:15:31,098 going to therapy, that's been helping. 388 00:15:31,198 --> 00:15:33,100 -Roy Wood Jr., everybody. Thank you. -Yeah, it's been good. 389 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,902 -(cheering, applause) -I appreciate it. 390 00:15:35,068 --> 00:15:37,271 All right, when we come back, Senator Chris Murphy 391 00:15:37,371 --> 00:15:39,306 is joining us on the show. You don't want to miss it. 392 00:15:39,406 --> 00:15:41,441 (cheering, applause) 393 00:15:48,381 --> 00:15:50,416 (cheering and applause) 394 00:15:56,322 --> 00:15:57,857 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 395 00:15:57,957 --> 00:15:59,325 My first guest 396 00:15:59,425 --> 00:16:01,127 is Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut. 397 00:16:01,227 --> 00:16:02,495 He represented Newtown 398 00:16:02,595 --> 00:16:04,563 when the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre 399 00:16:04,664 --> 00:16:05,898 occurred a decade ago, 400 00:16:05,998 --> 00:16:08,301 and following the devastating school shooting 401 00:16:08,401 --> 00:16:12,238 in Uvalde, Texas, he begged his colleagues to act. 402 00:16:12,338 --> 00:16:14,774 Why do you go through all the hassle 403 00:16:14,874 --> 00:16:16,842 of getting this job, 404 00:16:16,943 --> 00:16:19,545 of putting yourself in a position of authority, 405 00:16:19,645 --> 00:16:22,848 if your answer is that as the slaughter increases, 406 00:16:22,949 --> 00:16:26,319 as our kids run for their lives, we do nothing? 407 00:16:28,621 --> 00:16:31,324 What are we doing? 408 00:16:32,625 --> 00:16:34,660 Why are you here... 409 00:16:37,630 --> 00:16:40,833 ...if not to solve a problem 410 00:16:40,933 --> 00:16:43,869 as existential as this? 411 00:16:43,970 --> 00:16:46,038 Joining us live now from Hartford, Connecticut, 412 00:16:46,138 --> 00:16:48,174 please welcome Senator Chris Murphy to The Daily Show. 413 00:16:48,274 --> 00:16:50,376 (cheering and applause) 414 00:16:50,476 --> 00:16:52,178 Senator Murphy. 415 00:16:53,479 --> 00:16:54,947 It... 416 00:16:55,948 --> 00:16:57,483 It must feel at some point, 417 00:16:57,583 --> 00:16:59,852 uh, like you-you are, you know, 418 00:16:59,952 --> 00:17:02,188 going up against an immovable force. 419 00:17:02,288 --> 00:17:03,489 It must feel at some point 420 00:17:03,556 --> 00:17:05,992 like you are engaging in a conversation 421 00:17:06,092 --> 00:17:08,494 that seems to go around and around in circles. 422 00:17:08,594 --> 00:17:12,665 But it seems like in and around this time, 423 00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:13,899 there is some movement. 424 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,501 There are some Republicans who have said, 425 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:17,870 "You know what? Maybe there is something we should be doing 426 00:17:17,970 --> 00:17:19,505 even if it is not the perfect solution." 427 00:17:19,538 --> 00:17:20,773 Let's-let's jump straight into that 428 00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:22,141 and talk about what you've seen 429 00:17:22,241 --> 00:17:24,110 in terms of a bipartisan move 430 00:17:24,210 --> 00:17:27,680 to change what gun safety should be in America. 431 00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:29,982 Well, Trevor, thanks for having me on. 432 00:17:30,082 --> 00:17:32,818 And i-it does feel, um, often 433 00:17:32,919 --> 00:17:35,221 like déjà vu repeating itself. 434 00:17:35,321 --> 00:17:37,323 Uh, ten years I've been at this. 435 00:17:37,423 --> 00:17:39,525 Um, the American public has made up their mind. 436 00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:41,994 There's nothing in this country that's as popular 437 00:17:42,094 --> 00:17:44,563 as changing the gun laws to make our kids safer. 438 00:17:44,664 --> 00:17:47,733 90% of Americans support things like making sure 439 00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:49,468 that everybody has to go through a background check 440 00:17:49,502 --> 00:17:50,536 before they buy a gun. 441 00:17:50,636 --> 00:17:52,605 Um, but we run up against this brick wall, 442 00:17:52,705 --> 00:17:54,140 which is the power of the gun industry 443 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:55,641 and the gun lobby. But you're right. 444 00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:57,810 It does feel different this time. 445 00:17:57,910 --> 00:18:00,246 Um, I just got off the phone, 446 00:18:00,346 --> 00:18:03,182 off a Zoom call, with, um, about, uh, 447 00:18:03,282 --> 00:18:05,618 t-ten or 12 Republicans and Democrats 448 00:18:05,718 --> 00:18:08,754 that are trying to pass something that will save lives-- 449 00:18:08,854 --> 00:18:11,924 not do everything but try to break this logjam. 450 00:18:12,024 --> 00:18:14,327 And I think it's because of the, you know, 451 00:18:14,493 --> 00:18:17,496 very unique, cataclysmic nature of this last mass shooting 452 00:18:17,530 --> 00:18:19,765 but also because, over the last ten years, 453 00:18:19,865 --> 00:18:21,767 you know, we've built an anti-gun violence movement 454 00:18:21,867 --> 00:18:24,370 that is powerful, that has just as many members 455 00:18:24,503 --> 00:18:27,506 and just as much money as the NRA and the gun lobby has, 456 00:18:27,607 --> 00:18:29,275 and that has started to have an impact. 457 00:18:29,375 --> 00:18:31,911 So I don't know whether this is gonna succeed. 458 00:18:32,011 --> 00:18:34,947 I-I've been, you know, Charlie Brown kicking a football 459 00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:37,350 that gets pulled out from under me, uh, over and over again 460 00:18:37,516 --> 00:18:40,419 enough times to know that maybe this won't turn out differently. 461 00:18:40,519 --> 00:18:43,723 But, um, I owe it to the, uh, families in Texas, 462 00:18:43,823 --> 00:18:47,593 the families in my state, in Sandy Hook, to give it a try. 463 00:18:47,693 --> 00:18:49,262 What seems to be the holdup? 464 00:18:49,362 --> 00:18:51,063 What are some of the internal conversations 465 00:18:51,163 --> 00:18:52,265 that you're having? 466 00:18:52,365 --> 00:18:54,634 Y-You know, without betraying anybody's trust, 467 00:18:54,734 --> 00:18:55,901 what are the sticking points? 468 00:18:56,002 --> 00:18:58,037 Because if-if so many Americans, 469 00:18:58,137 --> 00:19:00,840 if such a large percentage is in support 470 00:19:00,940 --> 00:19:03,342 of many of these commonsense measures, 471 00:19:03,476 --> 00:19:05,011 why then do their representatives 472 00:19:05,111 --> 00:19:07,813 not seem able to put those things into effect? 473 00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:10,716 Well, right now, this is a problem 474 00:19:10,816 --> 00:19:12,285 only inside the Republican Party. 475 00:19:12,385 --> 00:19:14,387 Every single Democrat in the Senate 476 00:19:14,487 --> 00:19:17,657 would support things like expanded background checks. 477 00:19:17,757 --> 00:19:20,059 And-and the reason that it's a problem in the Republican Party 478 00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:23,529 is that, um, to win a Republican primary today, 479 00:19:23,629 --> 00:19:25,798 a lot of my colleagues think that you need 480 00:19:25,898 --> 00:19:28,634 the endorsement of the, uh, gun lobby. 481 00:19:28,734 --> 00:19:30,970 Uh, not-not just because of the money 482 00:19:31,070 --> 00:19:32,705 that comes from groups like the NRA 483 00:19:32,805 --> 00:19:35,174 but because, um, you know, associating yourself 484 00:19:35,274 --> 00:19:37,910 with the gun industry has become kind of a proxy 485 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:40,846 for a broader set of conservative values. 486 00:19:40,947 --> 00:19:43,249 And so we got to solve that problem for Republicans. 487 00:19:43,349 --> 00:19:45,518 We got to find another way for them to demonstrate 488 00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:48,554 how conservative they are without having to do the bidding 489 00:19:48,654 --> 00:19:50,756 of a-- of an industry that is supported 490 00:19:50,856 --> 00:19:52,625 by only 10% of their constituents. 491 00:19:52,725 --> 00:19:54,360 But that's starting to change, 492 00:19:54,460 --> 00:19:56,629 because now a lot of Republicans are starting to see 493 00:19:56,729 --> 00:19:59,098 that they vote for things, um, you know, 494 00:19:59,198 --> 00:20:02,802 like restrictions on, um, uh, a-assault weapons, 495 00:20:02,902 --> 00:20:04,236 they actually will be rewarded 496 00:20:04,337 --> 00:20:06,372 by larger numbers of their constituents 497 00:20:06,472 --> 00:20:08,207 than ever before that support these things. 498 00:20:08,307 --> 00:20:10,743 So I-I think the political calculations 499 00:20:10,843 --> 00:20:13,479 of some of my colleagues are beginning to change. 500 00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:14,547 But it's slow. 501 00:20:14,647 --> 00:20:16,349 You know, for decades, they were told 502 00:20:16,482 --> 00:20:19,485 you can never, ever beat the gun lobby in an election. 503 00:20:19,518 --> 00:20:21,487 That's not true anymore, but it takes a little while 504 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:22,788 for that lesson to be learned. 505 00:20:22,888 --> 00:20:24,357 Let's talk about some of the concrete steps then 506 00:20:24,490 --> 00:20:25,791 you're looking to take. 507 00:20:25,891 --> 00:20:28,694 You know, every mass shooting in America is followed 508 00:20:28,794 --> 00:20:30,496 very promptly by people saying, 509 00:20:30,563 --> 00:20:33,165 "This wouldn't be solved by that solution." 510 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:34,934 "This solution wouldn't solve that problem." 511 00:20:35,034 --> 00:20:36,502 And it becomes a chicken and the egg scenario 512 00:20:36,602 --> 00:20:38,204 that never seems to end. 513 00:20:38,304 --> 00:20:40,273 What are some of the concrete measures that you can take now 514 00:20:40,373 --> 00:20:42,575 to change some of the gun laws in America 515 00:20:42,675 --> 00:20:45,645 to make the country safer, at least, if not perfect? 516 00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:48,314 Yeah, and I think it's really important to remember 517 00:20:48,447 --> 00:20:51,217 that there's a mass slaughter in this country every single day. 518 00:20:51,317 --> 00:20:52,718 I get it. There's good reason 519 00:20:52,818 --> 00:20:54,954 why this country pays more attention 520 00:20:55,054 --> 00:20:58,057 after a catastrophe like Uvalde. 521 00:20:58,157 --> 00:21:02,061 But there's 110, 120 people every single day 522 00:21:02,161 --> 00:21:03,863 who die from guns, and, in fact, since Uvalde, 523 00:21:03,963 --> 00:21:07,300 there's been 18 mass shootings in the United States. 524 00:21:07,466 --> 00:21:10,503 Now it was four people, ten people, 12 people, 525 00:21:10,603 --> 00:21:11,871 not enough to get the headlines, 526 00:21:11,971 --> 00:21:13,873 but there's a crisis every single day. 527 00:21:13,973 --> 00:21:15,541 What are we talking about? Red flag laws. 528 00:21:15,641 --> 00:21:18,711 These are the laws that allow you to take guns away 529 00:21:18,811 --> 00:21:22,148 temporarily from kids like this guy in Uvalde, 530 00:21:22,248 --> 00:21:26,352 who was showing signs of doing something disastrous. 531 00:21:26,485 --> 00:21:27,753 We're talking about strengthening 532 00:21:27,853 --> 00:21:28,988 our background check system. 533 00:21:29,088 --> 00:21:30,389 We're not going to get all the way 534 00:21:30,489 --> 00:21:31,857 to universal background checks, but making sure 535 00:21:31,958 --> 00:21:34,961 that more gun sales come with these background checks. 536 00:21:35,061 --> 00:21:37,997 We're talking about money 537 00:21:38,097 --> 00:21:40,666 for community anti-violence initiatives. 538 00:21:40,766 --> 00:21:42,969 Trying to wrap services around at-risk kids, 539 00:21:43,069 --> 00:21:45,605 especially in our cities, um, 540 00:21:45,705 --> 00:21:48,140 where poverty often leads to violence. 541 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,977 That could make a big impact, as well. 542 00:21:51,077 --> 00:21:52,445 So it's not everything I want, 543 00:21:52,545 --> 00:21:54,880 but it would be the most significant set 544 00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:57,216 of gun reforms, in really, 30 years, 545 00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:59,852 and we're closer than ever to getting it done. 546 00:21:59,952 --> 00:22:03,289 There are many people who voted for Democrats 547 00:22:03,456 --> 00:22:05,258 who I think would sometimes look enviously 548 00:22:05,358 --> 00:22:07,460 at what Republicans are able to do 549 00:22:07,493 --> 00:22:10,062 despite, you know, their setbacks. 550 00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:12,331 You know, we've seen what Mitch McConnell has been able 551 00:22:12,465 --> 00:22:13,866 to do with the Supreme Court. 552 00:22:13,966 --> 00:22:15,901 We've seen what Republicans have been able to do 553 00:22:16,002 --> 00:22:18,671 with abortion and restricting it around the country. 554 00:22:18,771 --> 00:22:22,675 Um, do you ever consider these options? 555 00:22:22,775 --> 00:22:24,176 Do you ever think to yourself, 556 00:22:24,277 --> 00:22:26,312 "Oh, man, we should also be looking at ways 557 00:22:26,479 --> 00:22:28,180 "to use the tools and the mechanisms 558 00:22:28,281 --> 00:22:30,683 that are present to us in America to get something done?" 559 00:22:30,783 --> 00:22:34,153 Or is there a reason that you don't take that approach? 560 00:22:35,488 --> 00:22:38,491 Well, right now, we have a majority in the House 561 00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:42,495 and the Senate that support expanding background checks 562 00:22:42,595 --> 00:22:45,698 to every gun sale, which would probably save the most lives. 563 00:22:45,798 --> 00:22:47,199 We have a president who will sign that bill. 564 00:22:47,300 --> 00:22:49,769 The problem is the rules of the Senate right now 565 00:22:49,869 --> 00:22:52,772 require you to get 60 votes, not 50 votes 566 00:22:52,872 --> 00:22:55,141 in order to pass a-a bill like that. 567 00:22:55,241 --> 00:22:56,842 So, for the American people, it's frustrating, right, 568 00:22:56,943 --> 00:22:59,278 because they did their job. They put majorities 569 00:22:59,445 --> 00:23:01,681 in the House, the Senate, a president in the White House 570 00:23:01,781 --> 00:23:05,117 who support what they support-- expanded, uh, protections 571 00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:06,886 when it comes to our nation's kids 572 00:23:06,986 --> 00:23:08,521 and the safety of our communities. 573 00:23:08,621 --> 00:23:10,523 But the rules of the Senate stand in the way. 574 00:23:10,623 --> 00:23:12,959 Now, when Mitch McConnell wanted to get conservatives 575 00:23:13,059 --> 00:23:16,529 on the Supreme Court to outlaw abortion, 576 00:23:16,629 --> 00:23:19,699 he changed the rules of the Senate. But right now, 577 00:23:19,799 --> 00:23:22,234 we are a few votes shy, in the Democratic caucus, 578 00:23:22,335 --> 00:23:24,570 of changing the rules now that we're in charge. 579 00:23:24,670 --> 00:23:28,341 So, yes, I-I don't think we should deliberately 580 00:23:28,474 --> 00:23:30,743 adopt the policies of Mitch McConnell, 581 00:23:30,843 --> 00:23:33,679 but I do think that when we have power, um, you know, 582 00:23:33,779 --> 00:23:35,915 when the voters have given us power, 583 00:23:36,015 --> 00:23:38,484 we should listen to them, um, 584 00:23:38,517 --> 00:23:40,519 and do what the majority of Americans want us to do. 585 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:43,856 Well, I'm sure most Americans would hope-- in fact, all-- 586 00:23:43,956 --> 00:23:45,391 that you're not Charlie Brown this time, the ball 587 00:23:45,491 --> 00:23:47,159 doesn't get taken away, and something actually gets done. 588 00:23:47,260 --> 00:23:48,594 Thank you so much for taking the time to join us 589 00:23:48,694 --> 00:23:50,129 and, uh, we hope to see you again. 590 00:23:50,229 --> 00:23:52,598 -Thanks. -We'll be right back. 591 00:23:52,698 --> 00:23:54,734 (cheering, applause) 592 00:24:03,229 --> 00:24:05,264 (cheering and applause) 593 00:24:07,633 --> 00:24:10,269 Welcome back to The Daily Show. My next guest tonight 594 00:24:10,369 --> 00:24:11,670 is an award-winning, best-selling author. 595 00:24:11,771 --> 00:24:13,139 They're here to talk about their novel, 596 00:24:13,239 --> 00:24:15,574 You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty, 597 00:24:15,674 --> 00:24:17,643 and their memoir, Dear Senthuran, 598 00:24:17,743 --> 00:24:20,212 which will be available soon in paperback. 599 00:24:20,312 --> 00:24:22,748 Please welcome Akwaeke Emezi. 600 00:24:22,848 --> 00:24:24,884 -♪ ♪ -(cheering and applause) 601 00:24:26,318 --> 00:24:28,687 (laughs) 602 00:24:33,993 --> 00:24:36,228 Akwaeke Emezi, welcome to The Daily Show. 603 00:24:36,328 --> 00:24:37,430 Thank you for having me. 604 00:24:37,530 --> 00:24:38,964 It... I feel like I've met you before. 605 00:24:39,064 --> 00:24:40,166 -(laughs) -It's so weird. 606 00:24:40,266 --> 00:24:41,634 We have, like, this energy between us. 607 00:24:41,734 --> 00:24:43,602 It's, uh, it's... There's something about it. 608 00:24:43,702 --> 00:24:46,672 Um, I shouldn't just welcome you to The Daily Show. 609 00:24:46,772 --> 00:24:48,073 I should also say congratulations 610 00:24:48,174 --> 00:24:51,210 on being not just one of the most prolific writers 611 00:24:51,310 --> 00:24:53,913 but one of the most celebrated prolific writers. 612 00:24:54,013 --> 00:24:57,349 You have written four books in-in how many years now? 613 00:24:57,450 --> 00:24:59,251 Seven books in four years, actually. 614 00:24:59,351 --> 00:25:02,054 -All right. You see? I was counting four. -(laughs) 615 00:25:02,154 --> 00:25:04,957 'Cause I knew in the pan... How many in the pandemic alone? 616 00:25:05,057 --> 00:25:06,358 In the pandemic, about four, yes. 617 00:25:06,459 --> 00:25:07,693 -In the pandemic, it was four, yeah. -Yes. 618 00:25:07,793 --> 00:25:08,994 'Cause I remember going like... I-I've, like, 619 00:25:09,095 --> 00:25:11,063 looked at everyone who worked in the pandemic 620 00:25:11,163 --> 00:25:12,798 and how much work they did, and it was four books 621 00:25:12,898 --> 00:25:14,333 just in the pandemic. 622 00:25:14,366 --> 00:25:15,468 -Yep, that's accurate. -Right? Everyone else was like, 623 00:25:15,568 --> 00:25:16,702 "We're making bread," and you're like, 624 00:25:16,802 --> 00:25:17,937 "I'm gonna make, uh, best-selling books." 625 00:25:18,037 --> 00:25:20,106 Um, I-I would love to know 626 00:25:20,206 --> 00:25:22,208 how you switch so seamlessly between genres, 627 00:25:22,341 --> 00:25:24,610 because you-you aren't celebrated in one. 628 00:25:24,710 --> 00:25:26,946 You know, people love your poetry. 629 00:25:27,046 --> 00:25:28,914 People have fallen in love with your memoir. 630 00:25:29,014 --> 00:25:32,451 And then now, you've switched into the world of novels, 631 00:25:32,551 --> 00:25:34,120 which everyone was shocked by. 632 00:25:34,220 --> 00:25:35,921 'Cause they were like, "Why-why would you do this? 633 00:25:36,021 --> 00:25:38,190 -It's trash." Romance novels. -Romance novels specifically. 634 00:25:38,357 --> 00:25:40,059 Yes. People are like, "No, romance is trash." 635 00:25:40,159 --> 00:25:41,594 And now you've written it, and people are like, 636 00:25:41,694 --> 00:25:43,729 -"Maybe-maybe it's not trash. Maybe it's, uh..." -(laughs) 637 00:25:43,829 --> 00:25:45,531 I-I'd love to know how you switch so seamlessly. 638 00:25:45,631 --> 00:25:48,968 I think it's because I'm a reader of every genre. 639 00:25:49,068 --> 00:25:50,770 So, I started reading romance novels 640 00:25:50,870 --> 00:25:52,805 when I was a kid growing up in Nigeria, 641 00:25:52,905 --> 00:25:54,406 and we would smuggle them to school 642 00:25:54,507 --> 00:25:56,776 because they were banned for being vulgar 643 00:25:56,876 --> 00:25:58,511 -and inappropriate. -Oh. 644 00:25:58,611 --> 00:25:59,945 And they were, like, the Harlequin, 645 00:26:00,045 --> 00:26:01,380 the Mills & Boon romance 646 00:26:01,447 --> 00:26:03,215 -with, like, you know, Fabio on the cover. -Right. 647 00:26:03,315 --> 00:26:05,151 -(laughs) -Wait, you were a fan of those? 648 00:26:05,317 --> 00:26:06,685 Yes. 649 00:26:06,786 --> 00:26:08,320 -I mean, I was 13. -(laughs) 650 00:26:08,354 --> 00:26:09,622 -Okay, but still. -To be fair. 651 00:26:09,722 --> 00:26:11,157 Okay, okay. All right, all right. Still... 652 00:26:11,323 --> 00:26:13,492 And I really got into them as a kid. 653 00:26:13,592 --> 00:26:14,860 I think there's something in there about, like, 654 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,363 being young and exploring your own sexuality. 655 00:26:17,463 --> 00:26:20,366 Um, and then I came to the States when I was 16 656 00:26:20,466 --> 00:26:22,868 for college, and I discovered paranormal romance. 657 00:26:22,968 --> 00:26:24,470 And I was like, "Oh, my goodness." 658 00:26:24,570 --> 00:26:26,439 (laughter) 659 00:26:26,539 --> 00:26:28,441 -"Shape-shifters." -(laughing): Oh, my Lord. 660 00:26:28,541 --> 00:26:29,842 That's hilarious. 661 00:26:29,942 --> 00:26:31,477 And-and then I took a break from it, 662 00:26:31,577 --> 00:26:34,346 but I came back around, like, in the last couple of years, 663 00:26:34,413 --> 00:26:36,449 and I found, like, the romance that was being written now 664 00:26:36,549 --> 00:26:38,484 -was so different from what I grew up on. -Yes. 665 00:26:38,584 --> 00:26:41,454 And it had, like, so much representation in it. 666 00:26:41,554 --> 00:26:43,355 And it had so much hope in it. 667 00:26:43,422 --> 00:26:45,257 You know, you could read these love stories 668 00:26:45,357 --> 00:26:47,693 about people that society considers deviant, 669 00:26:47,793 --> 00:26:49,728 whether it's just because you're Black or you're queer 670 00:26:49,829 --> 00:26:52,364 or you're neurodivergent or you're in a wheelchair, 671 00:26:52,465 --> 00:26:54,366 and they get happily ever afters. 672 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:55,968 And I was like, "There's a little magic in that." 673 00:26:56,068 --> 00:26:57,436 Like, a little magic of hope. 674 00:26:57,536 --> 00:26:59,605 I think that's what people love about your work, 675 00:26:59,705 --> 00:27:03,809 is that it has shifted the ideas of what is "the norm" 676 00:27:03,909 --> 00:27:05,945 and just told stories through multiple different lenses. 677 00:27:06,045 --> 00:27:08,047 You know, I'll-I'll start with-with your memoir. 678 00:27:08,147 --> 00:27:10,382 The style that you wrote it in is really interesting 679 00:27:10,483 --> 00:27:13,319 because it's a series of letters to people 680 00:27:13,419 --> 00:27:16,422 and yet it takes us through a journey of-of your life. 681 00:27:16,522 --> 00:27:17,823 Why did you choose to do it in that way? 682 00:27:17,923 --> 00:27:19,992 Why didn't you choose to address the book to the reader 683 00:27:20,092 --> 00:27:21,427 and-and rather let us in on a world 684 00:27:21,527 --> 00:27:24,396 where we almost become voyeurs of your relationships? 685 00:27:24,497 --> 00:27:28,234 Well, so the secret is I hate writing essays, 686 00:27:28,334 --> 00:27:32,338 because you have to be, like, so serious about them 687 00:27:32,438 --> 00:27:34,774 and you have to do research and things like that. 688 00:27:34,874 --> 00:27:36,575 And I just wanted to write a book 689 00:27:36,675 --> 00:27:39,044 that felt like the conversations I have with my friends. 690 00:27:39,145 --> 00:27:40,880 -Oh, I like that. -I think, like, these are the spaces 691 00:27:40,980 --> 00:27:43,182 in which you're really honest 692 00:27:43,349 --> 00:27:44,984 -because it's intimate. -Mm-hmm. 693 00:27:45,084 --> 00:27:46,986 Because you're speaking without a filter. 694 00:27:47,086 --> 00:27:49,388 You're not worried about, you know, how some random reader 695 00:27:49,488 --> 00:27:50,656 -is going to take it. -Oh, yes. 696 00:27:50,756 --> 00:27:52,458 And it strips down that artifice. 697 00:27:52,558 --> 00:27:53,692 It strips down that wall. 698 00:27:53,793 --> 00:27:55,728 It's a different kind of vulnerability. 699 00:27:55,828 --> 00:27:57,363 And, also, in writing in letters, 700 00:27:57,430 --> 00:27:59,698 it's like a citational practice for me, 701 00:27:59,799 --> 00:28:01,667 I think, in terms of community. 702 00:28:01,767 --> 00:28:04,303 Like, all the ideas I have, the stories I tell, 703 00:28:04,336 --> 00:28:06,872 I tell them with my friends, I tell them with other people. 704 00:28:06,972 --> 00:28:09,141 And so to write the letters, it was a way of showing the world, 705 00:28:09,308 --> 00:28:11,010 like, "These are the people I think with." 706 00:28:11,110 --> 00:28:12,945 Even if it's not people that I know personally, 707 00:28:13,045 --> 00:28:14,780 people who I engage with their work, 708 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:16,215 these are the people I'm thinking with. 709 00:28:16,315 --> 00:28:18,117 These are the people I'm building worlds with, 710 00:28:18,217 --> 00:28:20,152 and I wanted them to be recognized as well. 711 00:28:20,319 --> 00:28:21,854 It-It's a beautiful journey. 712 00:28:21,954 --> 00:28:23,322 And then to switch from, you know... 713 00:28:23,355 --> 00:28:24,623 from one style of book to the other, 714 00:28:24,723 --> 00:28:27,226 You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty 715 00:28:27,326 --> 00:28:28,861 has-has just gotten everybody buzzing. 716 00:28:28,961 --> 00:28:31,397 And Michael B. Jordan is gonna be making the film version 717 00:28:31,497 --> 00:28:33,199 of the book, the film adaptation. 718 00:28:33,332 --> 00:28:35,434 -You're gonna be an executive producer on it. -Yes. 719 00:28:35,534 --> 00:28:37,336 It's a really beautiful story. Before we get into that, 720 00:28:37,369 --> 00:28:39,805 I'd love to know why you chose not to write the screenplay. 721 00:28:39,905 --> 00:28:41,006 Because you-you are a writer. 722 00:28:41,107 --> 00:28:43,209 Why-why not do that part of it as well? 723 00:28:43,342 --> 00:28:45,411 I have too many books to write 724 00:28:45,511 --> 00:28:47,379 -right now. (laughing) -Okay, okay. Oh. You know what? 725 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,849 -That's-- Yeah, yeah. I mean... -(cheering and applause) 726 00:28:49,949 --> 00:28:52,618 I mean... I get it. I get it. 727 00:28:54,487 --> 00:28:57,189 But, also, I think, for Black people working in Hollywood, 728 00:28:57,356 --> 00:29:00,059 like in film and TV, it's a different style of writing. 729 00:29:00,159 --> 00:29:01,794 Like, I was executive producer on-- 730 00:29:01,894 --> 00:29:04,930 -in development for my first book, Freshwater. -Mm-hmm. 731 00:29:05,030 --> 00:29:06,599 And we were working with FX, and we were in development 732 00:29:06,699 --> 00:29:08,667 for, like, three years, and I was like, "Oh. 733 00:29:08,768 --> 00:29:10,569 This is very different from writing books." 734 00:29:10,669 --> 00:29:12,538 Because in books, you can do whatever you want, 735 00:29:12,638 --> 00:29:14,073 -and no one's going to stop you. -Yeah, you're in control. Yeah. 736 00:29:14,173 --> 00:29:15,574 -Right. -Your editor can say, 737 00:29:15,674 --> 00:29:17,009 "Well, I want you to change this," and you can be like, 738 00:29:17,109 --> 00:29:20,012 "No!" And nothing happens. 739 00:29:20,112 --> 00:29:22,481 But in TV, you kind of have to listen to the people 740 00:29:22,581 --> 00:29:24,116 -who are giving you notes. -Oh, yeah, you do, yeah. 741 00:29:24,216 --> 00:29:26,118 -Yeah, they don't play that game. -Yeah, it's, you know... 742 00:29:26,218 --> 00:29:27,787 They're like, "No, no, no, this not going to work." 743 00:29:27,887 --> 00:29:30,856 Yeah, I wanted to hand it over to people who actually 744 00:29:30,956 --> 00:29:33,759 do work in that field and kind of know how to collaborate 745 00:29:33,859 --> 00:29:35,394 -maybe a little bit better. -I like that. 746 00:29:35,494 --> 00:29:37,329 Okay, so, they're like the conduit between yourself 747 00:29:37,396 --> 00:29:39,432 and the TV. Okay, I get that. 748 00:29:39,532 --> 00:29:44,170 The story is a really beautiful, painful look at, 749 00:29:44,336 --> 00:29:45,871 not just love. 'Cause, you know, 750 00:29:45,971 --> 00:29:47,473 when I heard it was going to be a romance novel, 751 00:29:47,573 --> 00:29:48,908 I was like, "Oh, this is going to be interesting." 752 00:29:49,008 --> 00:29:51,944 And it's more than, like, a romance model in the way... 753 00:29:52,044 --> 00:29:53,479 novel in the way we think of it. 754 00:29:53,579 --> 00:29:56,615 It's a story about grief really. You know, we follow the story 755 00:29:56,715 --> 00:30:00,486 of Feyi in the book who's a woman who's lost her partner, 756 00:30:00,586 --> 00:30:03,456 and she's in this world where it's just grief. 757 00:30:03,556 --> 00:30:04,790 What is the point of life, almost, 758 00:30:04,890 --> 00:30:06,992 is what we're experiencing in the book. 759 00:30:07,092 --> 00:30:08,794 And then, we see her fall in love with somebody. 760 00:30:08,894 --> 00:30:10,296 I won't spoil all of it. 761 00:30:10,362 --> 00:30:13,499 -But that person is tied to her through grief. -Mm. 762 00:30:13,599 --> 00:30:15,768 I would love to know how that became a theme 763 00:30:15,868 --> 00:30:17,303 for a romance novel. 764 00:30:17,403 --> 00:30:19,305 You wouldn't think that death and grief would be something 765 00:30:19,371 --> 00:30:20,806 that you'd want to put in a book about love. 766 00:30:20,906 --> 00:30:22,875 It snuck in, you know? 767 00:30:22,975 --> 00:30:25,010 Initially, I was like, "This is going to be a fluffy book." 768 00:30:25,111 --> 00:30:27,313 -Yes. -"It's just going to be messy, hot girl summer." 769 00:30:27,379 --> 00:30:30,483 -(laughter) -And then I met the character. 770 00:30:30,583 --> 00:30:34,453 And she was like, "I have depths that you can only dream of." 771 00:30:34,553 --> 00:30:37,456 And-and when I started writing it, it felt... 772 00:30:37,556 --> 00:30:39,892 it felt fitting because I think there is so much grief 773 00:30:39,992 --> 00:30:41,660 -in the world we're living in now. -Yeah. 774 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,829 There's so much of it, and so many people are trying 775 00:30:43,929 --> 00:30:45,197 to figure out this question of, 776 00:30:45,331 --> 00:30:47,533 "How do I keep living throughout it?" 777 00:30:47,633 --> 00:30:49,635 -In some ways it feels sacrilegious almost. -Mm. 778 00:30:49,735 --> 00:30:52,905 -It feels wrong. It feels like survivor's guilt. -Yes, it does. 779 00:30:53,005 --> 00:30:54,640 Like, there are so many people who are suffering, 780 00:30:54,740 --> 00:30:56,675 -and you're here having a hot girl summer. -Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 781 00:30:56,776 --> 00:30:58,644 And how do you balance all of that? 782 00:30:58,744 --> 00:31:01,514 Um, so in the book, I wanted to write about this woman 783 00:31:01,614 --> 00:31:03,949 who's exploring that and figuring it out. 784 00:31:04,049 --> 00:31:07,553 Because at some point, we do have to find a way to live. 785 00:31:07,653 --> 00:31:10,523 And so, she is, like, chasing life, she's chasing joy, 786 00:31:10,623 --> 00:31:11,991 and she's chasing happiness, 787 00:31:12,091 --> 00:31:14,560 and she's making a lot of messy choices along the way. 788 00:31:14,660 --> 00:31:17,129 But I think that's part and parcel of it. 789 00:31:17,296 --> 00:31:19,598 -You know, with grief, the world doesn't stop. -Mm-hmm. 790 00:31:19,698 --> 00:31:21,934 And that's something I wrote about, like, in my memoir. 791 00:31:22,034 --> 00:31:24,703 It's... It seems wrong the way 792 00:31:24,804 --> 00:31:27,173 that one world can stop when you lose someone, 793 00:31:27,306 --> 00:31:29,408 and the rest of the world just keeps going. 794 00:31:29,508 --> 00:31:32,711 -Like, it doesn't matter that your world just stopped. -Right. 795 00:31:32,812 --> 00:31:34,046 And at some point, you have to figure out 796 00:31:34,146 --> 00:31:35,414 how to blend back into it. 797 00:31:35,514 --> 00:31:37,183 Yeah, how you get back into the highway of life 798 00:31:37,316 --> 00:31:40,453 that's just moving along. The, um, the-the main character 799 00:31:40,553 --> 00:31:42,354 in the book is also an artist, 800 00:31:42,455 --> 00:31:43,756 and I feel like that was inspired a little bit 801 00:31:43,856 --> 00:31:46,592 by your world, because I know you are-- 802 00:31:46,692 --> 00:31:48,227 I mean, "an artist" almost doesn't describe it, 803 00:31:48,327 --> 00:31:50,529 because you-you like everything, you know? 804 00:31:50,629 --> 00:31:53,065 It's video art and it's pictures, and it's everything. 805 00:31:53,165 --> 00:31:55,367 But her style of art is very particular, because 806 00:31:55,468 --> 00:31:57,937 she works with-- you know, and I've seen some of the images, 807 00:31:58,037 --> 00:32:01,874 it's-- it's blood. You know, which feels very morbid. 808 00:32:01,974 --> 00:32:04,176 I-I wanted to know how you got into art that involves, 809 00:32:04,276 --> 00:32:06,612 like, portraits of people where there's a lot of blood 810 00:32:06,712 --> 00:32:09,048 in the image, but it's not sad, somehow. 811 00:32:09,148 --> 00:32:10,850 What-what is the message you're trying to convey 812 00:32:10,950 --> 00:32:12,718 and what connected you to that art form? 813 00:32:12,818 --> 00:32:15,387 You know, for me, it's always something spiritual. 814 00:32:15,488 --> 00:32:16,989 Like, one of the things I try to do-- 815 00:32:17,089 --> 00:32:19,291 and that was why I also wrote the memoir the way I wrote it-- 816 00:32:19,391 --> 00:32:21,694 is to figure out how to move spirit first 817 00:32:21,794 --> 00:32:24,463 in a world that's always asking to you translate it 818 00:32:24,563 --> 00:32:28,300 into something that's more legible to, you know, 819 00:32:28,367 --> 00:32:29,802 the mainstream or to the layperson, 820 00:32:29,902 --> 00:32:33,105 and-and I find that, with blood, there's something so visceral 821 00:32:33,205 --> 00:32:37,143 about it, where you can't-- you can't mask it. 822 00:32:37,309 --> 00:32:40,613 You look at it and it's exactly what it appears to be. 823 00:32:40,713 --> 00:32:42,748 -Right. -It's jarring, in that sense, 824 00:32:42,848 --> 00:32:45,217 and it's such a big part of rituals, 825 00:32:45,317 --> 00:32:48,420 especially for indigenous, like, African faith traditions, 826 00:32:48,521 --> 00:32:51,023 it's such a big part of ritual. So, with my work, 827 00:32:51,123 --> 00:32:52,825 a lot of the times, what I'm doing is I'm creating 828 00:32:52,925 --> 00:32:55,694 these self-portraits, I'm recreating rituals, 829 00:32:55,795 --> 00:32:58,364 I'm trying to find a way to, like, connect back 830 00:32:58,464 --> 00:33:01,200 to all these ways of being, like, before we were colonized 831 00:33:01,333 --> 00:33:03,068 and, you know, our whole cultures were stripped from us. 832 00:33:03,169 --> 00:33:05,137 Right, right, right. It-it really is an interesting journey 833 00:33:05,271 --> 00:33:07,940 and it-it's fun to see you playing with that 834 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:09,675 in the book and the journey that she's on and, you know, 835 00:33:09,775 --> 00:33:11,877 going into the Caribbean, and I'll tell you all about-- 836 00:33:11,977 --> 00:33:13,279 you guys are just gonna have to read the boo-- I don't want to 837 00:33:13,312 --> 00:33:14,647 tell you the book, 'cause I see you guys now, like, 838 00:33:14,747 --> 00:33:16,148 "Tell us more, Trevor." I'm not gonna tell you any more. 839 00:33:16,282 --> 00:33:17,817 Thank you for joining me on the show. Congratulations 840 00:33:17,917 --> 00:33:19,618 on yet another critically-acclaimed book, 841 00:33:19,718 --> 00:33:21,287 and I hope to see you again on the show. 842 00:33:21,387 --> 00:33:22,288 -Thank you. It's a pleasure. -Thank you so much. 843 00:33:22,388 --> 00:33:24,089 (cheering, applause) 844 00:33:24,190 --> 00:33:26,492 You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty is available now 845 00:33:26,592 --> 00:33:30,196 and Dear Senthuran will be available in paperback 846 00:33:30,296 --> 00:33:31,931 on June 7th. We're gonna take a quick break, 847 00:33:32,031 --> 00:33:34,433 but we'll be right back after this. 848 00:33:34,533 --> 00:33:36,569 -Thank you very much. -(cheering, applause continuing) 849 00:33:41,941 --> 00:33:43,075 (cheering, applause) 850 00:33:43,175 --> 00:33:44,376 Well, that's our show for tonight. 851 00:33:44,477 --> 00:33:46,479 But before we go, before we go, 852 00:33:46,579 --> 00:33:49,615 please consider donating to Everytown for Gun Safety. 853 00:33:49,715 --> 00:33:52,384 They're a movement of parents, students, survivors, 854 00:33:52,485 --> 00:33:55,454 educators, gun owners and concerned citizens 855 00:33:55,554 --> 00:33:57,189 who are fighting to end gun violence 856 00:33:57,289 --> 00:33:58,724 and build safer communities. 857 00:33:58,824 --> 00:34:01,961 Research shows that common sense public safety policies 858 00:34:02,061 --> 00:34:04,663 can reduce gun violence and save lives. 859 00:34:04,763 --> 00:34:06,765 Everytown works with local, federal and state governments 860 00:34:06,866 --> 00:34:09,535 to enact and implement these policies, so if you can, 861 00:34:09,635 --> 00:34:12,171 please donate and help them at the link below. 862 00:34:12,271 --> 00:34:14,573 Until tomorrow, stay safe out there and remember: 863 00:34:14,673 --> 00:34:17,109 if you're desperate to have grandkids, 864 00:34:17,209 --> 00:34:19,078 don't sue your children. 865 00:34:19,178 --> 00:34:20,880 Just go to a playground and take one. 866 00:34:20,980 --> 00:34:22,648 There's hundreds there. Hundreds. 867 00:34:22,748 --> 00:34:25,084 Now here it is, Your Moment of Zen. 868 00:34:26,785 --> 00:34:29,121 Maybe the jury is saying that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard 869 00:34:29,221 --> 00:34:32,791 should never reconcile, but maybe this could bring about 870 00:34:32,892 --> 00:34:36,529 a reconciliation of Johnny Depp and Kate Moss. 871 00:34:36,629 --> 00:34:37,897 Who knows? 872 00:34:37,997 --> 00:34:40,366 I was being told in my ear about a mountain lion, 873 00:34:40,466 --> 00:34:43,035 so I didn't hear you, but we should probably move on to that. 874 00:34:43,102 --> 00:34:44,637 NEWSMAN: Yes, all right, Fox News alert, 875 00:34:44,737 --> 00:34:46,205 and a live look at a high school 876 00:34:46,305 --> 00:34:49,108 in Pescadero, California where students and staff 877 00:34:49,208 --> 00:34:52,044 got quite a scare-- a mountain lion 878 00:34:52,077 --> 00:34:55,281 somehow getting inside the building.