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Europe is feeling the heat,
Dulcé Sloan tries to make you late for work,
and President Joe Biden is hoping to fist his way
-to a higher approval rating. -(laughter)
So, let's do this, people.
Let's jump straight into today's headlines.
-♪ ♪ -(applause and cheering)
Okay, let's kick things off with Europe,
the continent with a long history
of white-on-white violence.
Unfortunately, Europe is not having a good time right now.
There's still a war in Ukraine,
which is also causing an energy crisis.
Italy's prime minister has called it quits.
Britain has lost its leadership, which means
now they'll have to find another magic spell
to turn a dandelion into a prime minister.
Plus, for the first time ever,
the Euro has become less valuable than the dollar.
Yeah. And with the economy struggling,
European workers are now limited
-to only 45 weeks of vacation a year. -(laughter)
And as if all of that wasn't enough,
now Europe is dealing with a hot girl summer
that nobody asked for.
The triple-digit temperatures that have sparked forest fires
and drought conditions here in the States
are also taking hold in Europe.
NEWSWOMAN: This morning, people are being warned to take
cover as deadly heat sweeps across Britain.
The National Weather Service issuing the first ever
extreme heat warning,
with forecast highs of 105 today and tomorrow.
Hotter than the Sahara Desert and Delhi.
The scorching heat is bearing down on all of Western Europe,
fueling out-of-control wildfires.
NEWSMAN 2: In Southwest France planes dumped yet more water
over wildfires that have burned an area bigger
than 20,000 football fields.
The heat is causing havoc.
London's Luton Airport
and an RAF base in Oxfordshire both being forced
to close because the runways were melting.
(Italian accent): Mamma mia!
(French accent): Sacrebleu!
(English accent): Bloody ball sweat!
The runways in Europe are melting. Did you hear that?
The runways are melting.
You never want to land a plane and here it go,
"Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah!"
And what do you even do in that situation?
What do you do?
Like, if the runway's melted, where is the plane gonna land?
In the baby's mouth? That's right. Open up, baby.
Please, baby. The plane needs you, baby.
-Ah. -(applause and cheering)
You know, this is one of those situations
where you really appreciate how calm a pilot is, you know?
'Cause, like, even when a runway's melting, I bet
the pilot's just gonna be there like, "Ladies and gentlemen,
"it seems the airport is melting into the ground, so, uh,
"I'm going to suggest everyone get back to their seats.
"Uh, hold on. Now it seems like a portal
"to the underworld is opened,
"and we are slowly being sucked by the devil himself.
"So, uh, I'm gonna go ahead
and turn on the fasten seat belt sign."
(laughter)
"Sit back, relax and enjoy the flight."
But, yes, Europe is scorching hot right now.
And it's so bad that there were photos going around today
of people pouring water in the mouths of the guards
-at Buckingham Palace. Yeah. -(sighing)
I mean if I had to make a suggestion, though,
maybe the first thing I would do in a heat wave
is lose the ten-foot hat covered entirely in fur?
Or at least fill it with ice.
It looks like it would be a good cooler, you know?
And remember, remember,
you might be hearing those temperatures in America going,
like, "Oh, 100 degrees. That doesn't sound bad."
But remember, this heat wave is especially bad for Europe
because Europeans are not prepared for this kind of heat.
Yeah. They don't use air conditioners
in most parts of Europe.
They don't even put ice in their drinks.
And they can get sunburned from, like, a camera flash.
"Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah! Aah!
So how do I look?"
So, once again, all over the world,
we're experiencing record temperatures,
wildfires and droughts.
And I mean, I know it can't be climate change
'cause Fox says that's not real.
So it's probably pronouns? Is it pronouns?
I heard those were pretty bad.
Anyway, let's move on from Europe to another place
that's feeling the heat-- the White House.
After being unable to accomplish anything
that Joe Biden has campaigned on,
the president's approval rating is now hovering
somewhere between long COVID and Uvalde Police Department.
And making matters worse for him is a runaway inflation, right?
Especially when it comes to gas prices.
The prices of gas are so high
that these days driving is the entire date, you know,
just like, "He really spoiled me last night.
"We, we drove all the way from my house
"to the end of the block.
"Oh!
He's so romantic."
But here's the thing, here's the thing.
Until gas prices improve,
neither will... Joe Biden's approval rating, right,
which is why over the weekend he was in Saudi Arabia making nice
with a frenemy who just happens to own a lot of oil.
NEWSWOMAN: It was the fist bump seen around the world.
The president with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,
the man the U.S. holds responsible
for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
NEWSWOMAN 2: It's the image the Saudis had hoped for
and the White House had hoped to avoid.
Biden's doctors reportedly disallowed handshakes
due to COVID but conveniently also helped the president avoid
a photo op of shaking the hand of the crown prince.
Yeah! Yeah!
Stop asking him about the fist bump.
Ask him about the looming recession.
"No, actually, just ask me about the fist bump,
ask me about the fist bump."
(laughs) America obsesses about these things.
"No, don't look too friendly, don't..."
It's also funny how President Biden thought
it would be better to fist-bump Mohammed bin Salman
because that seems less friendly than a handshake?
That's the whitest decision of all time.
No, 'cause it's the opposite.
Handshakes are the most formal way to meet someone,
even your enemy.
You can be like, "Hello."
But fist bumps is almost like, "Ah...!
"What's up, what's up, killer?
"I see you, I see you, man.
I see you, player."
You know what I really think happened?
I think Joe Biden's team briefed him and they were like,
"Mr. President, in Saudi Arabia, if you make them mad--
"and you have-- they'll chop off your hand,
"so, uh, you want to hide your fingers,
"get in, quick, in and out, in and out.
Godspeed, Mr. President."
You know, what Biden should have done
if he didn't want any controversy in this is,
he should have gone in for the handshake
and then given him the "Psych."
Just, just do that move.
There's no comeback for that.
Devastating.
If he did that, MBS would have been like,
"Oh, just take all the oil and go.
Don't tell my friends, don't tell my friends."
And, okay, if you're wondering
why this-this situation is so awkward, right,
"Oh, who cares? He fist-bumped him,
he met him. Why is it so bad?"
It's because back during the presidential campaign,
Biden was saying things like this.
Khashoggi was in fact murdered and dismembered,
and I believe on the order of the crown prince.
There's very little social redeeming value of the--
in the present, uh, government in Saudi Arabia.
We were going to, in fact, make them pay the price
and make them, in fact, the pariah that they are.
Awkward.
Yeah, 'cause how do you go from that
to flying across the world to meet the guy in his palace?
Biden must have been a little nervous.
You know, you meet the guy
and you've said all these things about him,
called him a murderer, called him...
And now you're in his palace?
Just gonna be walking in like,
"Oh, come on, you-you've watched Fox News.
"I just read the teleprompter, man.
"I don't even know where I am most of the time.
That wasn't me."
(laughs, sighs deeply)
And unfortunately for President Biden,
the bad news didn't stop at his presidential pound.
Yes, because when Biden got back to the U.S.,
he had to deal with another, more powerful dictator--
Joe Manchin, West Virginia Democrat
and somehow the real president of the United States.
Because, you see, Biden has spent the last two years trying
to get Joe Manchin to vote for his Build Back Better Bill,
but Manchin has spent the last two years saying no.
He's been giving a variety of answers, you know.
"Oh, I don't want to risk inflation.
"I don't want to end offshore drilling.
"I'm a Gemini and Mercury is in retrograde.
Now's not a good time to make big decisions."
So, after a lot of back-and-forth, Manchin said,
"Look, I'll do a much smaller bill
"that only has some health insurance expansions
"and the climate change stuff,
"and then, like, you can raise taxes
on corporations to pay for it."
So Democrats took out everything Manchin didn't want
and came back last week with a bill
that only has what he asked for
to which Joe Manchin said... (sighs)
More now from Capitol Hill
where Democrats are extremely upset with Senator Joe Manchin
after he effectively torpedoed their hopes
of acting on climate change.
It comes after Manchin told Democratic leadership
he is not willing to back major climate and tax provisions
in President Biden's agenda.
Senator Bernie Sanders
was especially upset over the weekend,
suggesting Manchin never negotiated in good faith
in the first place.
People like Manchin, Sinema to a lesser degree,
who are intentionally sabotaging
the president's agenda, what the American people want,
what a majority of us in the Democratic caucus want.
Nothing new about this.
Yep, Bernie's pissed off.
Yeah. I haven't seen him this pissed
since someone tried to gave him one percent milk.
(imitates Sanders): I stand with the 99% fat milk
that's been excluded from the dairy aisle for far too long.
No more with the one percent.
(applause)
(normal voice): And I get it.
I get why Democrats are frustrated with Joe Manchin
because he's on your team.
He's wearing your jersey, but every time he gets the ball
he dunks on you.
But if Joe Manchin doesn't believe in these policies,
the least he could do is just say so up front
instead of wasting everybody's time
and jerking the Democrats around for a year
pretending there was something they could do to win him over.
(applause)
You know what this reminds me of?
This reminds me of the time
I tried to take a girl to the prom. All right?
And she was like, "Well, first you have to buy me flowers,
"then you have to rent a limo,
then we have to go somewhere nice for dinner."
And I did all of that and then the night of the prom came
and she was like, "I don't think that as your history teacher
"this is appropriate for me to go to the prom with you.
Why am I going to the prom..."
Why didn't you say that at the beginning, Mrs. Jenkins?
'Cause now I'm broke and I don't have a date.
Why is she so big compared to...?
(laughter)
She was a very interesting person.
All right, finally, some news from the world of automobiles,
Transformers that never went through puberty.
Every year, car companies compete
to see who can offer the most exciting new options.
You know like voice-activated controls
or augmented reality windshields
or trunks that have got a lot more junk.
Yeah, you are looking good, Sedan.
I see you, I see you.
But the latest innovation isn't a new feature.
No, it's a new way to pay for what you get.
A new kind of subscription could be making its way
to your bank statements.
BMW says that it will start charging a monthly fee
for heated seats.
NEWSWOMAN: It costs about $12 a month
and would allow the carmaker to activate the heating coils
already built into the seats.
You can purchase the heated seat when you buy the car.
But for those who didn't, you can at least
temporarily try them out on a cold day with a subscription.
They're also considering a subscription service
for heated steering wheels.
Hmm.
That's interesting.
BMW's going to let people subscribe
for certain features in the car like heated seats.
Yeah, so instead of just buying it, you pay month to month.
Which I'll be honest actually sounds great
'cause I don't need heated seats in the summer
so why am I paying? Huh?
They should do this for every feature: the radio,
the windshield wipers.
Yeah, the horn.
I don't need the horn all the time.
I want to subscribe to the horn if I get cut off.
This mother... Yo, give me three. Give me three.
Load it up. Give me three.
I'm gonna light his ass up.
(applause, whooping)
But there's a downside.
You realize there's a downside to this, right?
Car manufacturers are joining the subscription model
and we know how this goes.
First you buy things,
then they go, oh, now you subscribe.
And then how does it end?
It always ends with ads. Always.
It's only a matter of time before you buy a BMW
and then you're gonna have to, like, listen to a mattress ad
every time you start the car.
"Aah! The killer's coming! The kill--
Let's get out of here!"
"Are you looking for a new mattress?"
(screaming)
Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab.
(applause)
(whooping)
So, look, car manufacturers want subscription plans?
That's fine. You know?
Pay for the parts of the car that you only want
when you use them. I think that actually works.
Although, you better be warned--
if you forget to renew the wrong subscriptions,
that shit could end in tears.
Oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh!
Oh, shit, I knew I should have renewed the brakes subscription!
Oh! All right, you got me, BMW!
One more month. One more month of brakes, please.
Wait, wait, $7.99 for one month
and then $50 for a year. Is that cheaper?
Is that... (mutters) What is that?
That's $7.99. Seven times 12, that equals...
It's gonna be...
Oh...!
Oh! Seven times... (blubbers)
It's cheaper... (blubbering)
(cheering and applause)
I'm fine. I'm fine.
I made it. I'm fine.
All right, that's it for the headlines.
But before we go to a quick break,
let's check in on the stock market
with our finance expert Michael Kosta, everybody!
(cheering and applause)
-You okay? You okay? -Michael, nice to see you again.
So, uh, what's happening in the markets, man?
Uh, the market-- You okay, first of all?
That was a-- that was a-- that was a tumble
-you took. Yeah. -Yeah, that wasn't-- that wasn't real.
-Oh, it wasn't real? Okay, phew. All right, got it. -No.
Great. Um, I'm crushing the markets, dude.
-Crushing, crushing, crushing. -Still?
Still crushing. And I got a hot tip for you.
I got a hot tip for all of you. Pay attention, all right?
So, let's get into this. Uh...
Okay. Well, actually, first of all, BMW,
the subscription for the warm seats.
-Yeah. -Right? I mean, I'm over all these subscriptions, okay?
I was trying to print something recently,
and my printer was like, "Hey, do you want to sign up
for an ink subscription?"
S-- Why would I give my credit card to a printing company
when I can just do all my personal printing here at work?
-Okay? I mean, I... -(applause)
Trevor, I print
manuals, encyclopedias,
health records.
Thousands of pages, you know?
I print so much, it's actually easier for me
just to take one of the work printers home with me,
and now I print from work at home.
I can print anything you want.
You just let me know-- I got a printer for you.
-Oh, I-I will. I will. -Let me know.
I got a hot tip, too.
-Okay. We won't. -Don't forget. I got a hot tip for you guys.
-Let's get to this. Oh... -What's happening in the market?
I'll show you. Oh, you know what?
-That European heat wave... -Yes.
That... (exhales) That's hot. That is hot.
I was just in Ireland for a couple days.
-(whooping) -It's-it's hot. It's hot.
And they don't handle the heat well there, okay?
I mean, how you gonna cool off,
drink a lukewarm Guinness
and have some piping hot shepherd's pie?
You know what I mean?
"Mmm, this gravy is so refreshing."
You know?
It is hot in Europe.
And with the euro now, when you're in Europe,
you're hot and you're broke.
I was thinking, I haven't been this hot and broke
since I was 18,
living in L.A.,
doing shirtless auditions
for "independent films" that never got made.
(cheering and applause)
The director said that they're caught up in editing,
but it's been about 20 years, Trevor. So...
All right. I got a hot tip for you. Don't forget.
-I-I won't forget, Michael. -Okay? Okay. Hot tip. All right.
Let's break down this euro chart.
I mean, look, this thing looks like
you're skiing down the Swiss Alps, am I right?
Now, I know that because, thanks to how low the euro is,
I can afford to now ski down the Swiss Alps.
This is great news for all of us!
-It is! -(applause)
Europe, Europe is now cheap for us in America.
You know, think about it-- Americans love going to Mexico
because it's so cheap.
Well, what we didn't realize was,
this whole previous time,
America was Mexico to-to Europe.
Right? But now that's swapped.
Europe is our Mexico.
And we got Mexico, right?
(cheering and applause)
We have two Mexicos.
No other country in the world has two Mexicos.
Think about that. Now...
What I like about this
is this has dropped the Europeans' cockiness
a little bit, you know?
Some French... (puffs) "Oh, you Americans,
you're so overweight." And I'm thinking,
yeah, maybe we are overweight,
because maybe we've just stuffed our pockets
-with our currency. Right? -(cheering)
And it's weighing us down.
I promised you a hot tip.
-Yeah, you've been promising the whole time. -Okay, okay, okay.
Hot tip--
in Europe, you don't tip, right?
And it's hot there.
-(cheering and applause) -Mm.
-I wonder how many people invest on your advice. -Yeah.
Michael Kosta, everybody! All right, when we come back,
Dulcé Sloan is hitting the streets
and she's hitting them hard. Don't go away.
(cheering and applause)
(applause and cheering)
Welcome back to The Daily Show.
You know, there's so much important news
out there these days, so I asked Dulcé Sloan
to get out on the street and talk to people
to get their opinions about issues.
But Dulcé just does what she wants,
so instead, she came back with this.
Hello, friends. Now usually when I'm out and about
on the streets of my favorite city in the world,
I'm asking hard-hitting questions
about the issues of the day, but not today.
I'm out at the rat factory trying
to ask New Yorkers one important question--
-Can I make you late for work? -♪ ♪
I want to.
And I just need to...
find... people with a job.
Can I make you late for work?
Can I make...? No.
Hello, young man. I am trying
to figure out... Wait. What do you do?
Well, I'm traveling.
Okay, so you're unemployed. Got it.
Young man? Young man?
-Can I talk to you? -Yeah.
Okay, now, where are you going?
Uh, Downtown, SoHo.
You going to work?
-I'm heading to work right now. -Where do you work?
Uh, I... at a small start-up.
What the (bleep)? Start...
People keep telling me they work at start-ups.
What do they start up? What are you starting?
What is up? What is going on?
You ever seen, like, subscribe and save on a store online?
We make the subscribe and save thing.
-That's a job?! -Subscription's on a website.
That's a job. I'm out here standing
in the sun like my ancestors,
and this little boy out here making click buttons
on the damn Internet? That's what you do?
-That's what I do. -So, I need you to help me.
One of my friends is having a birthday party.
-Okay. -And what I need--
I found this flavor, I thought it was colorful,
but I did not know if they would like it,
so I would like to ask you to try said cupcake.
You work out, you're fine.
Listen, these aren't gag cupcakes.
We bought them from a legitimate store.
-I-I believe you. -I'm not trying to mess with you.
I hope you don't-- I mean, there's-- it's nut-free,
so if you have an allergy...
Do not put your food on the ground.
Give me that bag. What's wrong with you?
Gonna catch hepatitis 12.
All right, I don't usually eat dairy, but I guess I will today.
Um... is it dairy?
It-it doesn't matter, I'm not allergic.
All right... do you want me to eat, like, part of it?
-The whole thing? -Taste it, boy!
Can you taste the colors?
(laughing): I don't know what I'm tasting.
Oh, no,
-so you're not enjoying it? -No.
-So, even like your best food... -Did you really buy these?
Like, did you pay someone money for them?
-(laughs) -Not my money, Comedy Central's money.
What, are you crazy?
-True. -So, so you're not a fan of these?
I'm not a-- I would,
like, eat it if I was bored.
-(laughs) -Okay.
What do I do with this?
Throw it in the trash can right there
'cause you don't like it.
So, I have one last question for you, young man.
-Yeah. -Did I make you late for work?
-(laughs): Yeah. -Yes!
(humming happily)
I was already late for work when I came out of the subway.
-You know, honestly, I appreciate that. -(laughs)
Can I make you late for...?
You didn't have to do that. That was rude. Okay.
Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, hello.
-(others greeting) -Hi.
Y'all look like students. Y'all ain't got no job.
-(laughter) -No, we don't have a job.
See, 'cause I'm trying to do "Can I make you late for work?"
Now, aren't you all going to school? Ain't that the thing?
-Yeah. -Yeah.
So I can make you late for school, right?
We're actually in a class.
We're doing an assignment right now.
-A field trip. -Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
I'm in school, I didn't sign up for this.
And my adjunct professor, they need to give me a check.
-♪ ♪ -Okay, um...
Hello. Sis, sis, sis. Sis, sis.
Yes, yes, yes.
Okay, first of all, the nails.
I called 'cause of the nails.
I appreciate, you know, we see a moment.
-Love it. Love it. -We got the vibe.
-Ooh, look how cute. -Thank you, thank you.
We got dip powder or just acrylic?
Um, actually, these are Aprés.
-The who? -(laughs)
What do you do?
Um, I'm a political organizer for a labor union.
Um, we organize building service workers.
So, like, people who... clean the building...
People who clean the buildings, people who secure the buildings,
people who work at airports, people who work in schools.
-Okay. -We handle all of it.
You know, they be taking advantage of people.
I'm also in a union.
I'm on TV but we also have to be in unions.
-We need that. We need that. -So... One quick second.
Um... All right.
Just gonna use the camera right quick
to actually touch it...
'Cause you know sometimes you get a little shiny.
-Absolutely. -Maybe just a little...
-A little shiny. -Matte it up a little.
Sorry, can we get my pow...
I-I know you're probably... Are-are you late?
Do you mind?
-For the culture. For my people. -For the culture.
-You can keep that. -Thank you.
It's a little souvenir.
It's been on your face. We don't need it on my face.
I wouldn't put it on your-- We're still in a Panasonic.
We're in a Pandora's box.
Okay? We're in a Popeyes.
We're in a panini press.
-Ooh, a panini press. -We are in a Panda Express.
We're in a pan dulce. Now, just for... (clears throat)
Top and bottom. Quick question.
What's up?
Did I make you late for work?
You made me later.
Yay! (laughs)
Okay.
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
Oh, sir, sir. One moment, please.
Just a quick question.
Now, you strike me as someone
who is known for, like, a signature dish,
a signature... meal
when you're having, like, your dinner parties.
Um, yeah. I have a couple of recipes.
Yes. What is, like, your number one go-to
when you're going to have folks over?
How 'bout just, uh...
my favorite salsa?
A salsa? I'm here for a salsa.
What kind of salsas we talking about?
Uh, salsa with jalapenos and, uh, tomato and...
-Oh. -Mostly jalapenos and cilantro and onion,
gr-green onion and...
SLOAN: Ooh, this dude's gonna make me late to work.
Never mind.
Can I... can I make you late for...
This has been me, Dulcé Sloan,
making people late for work for absolutely no reason.
Bye!
Dulcé Sloan, everybody. All right, stay tuned,
because, when we come back, we'll be talking
about WNBA star Brittney Griner,
who's been detained in Russia for months now,
so don't go away.
(cheering and applause)
(applause and cheering)
welcome back to The Daily Show.
Five months ago, WNBA star Brittney Griner was detained
by the Russian government while visiting Russia
to play with the local basketball team.
We're joined now by Terri Jackson,
executive director of the union representing WNBA players
to discuss where the situation currently stands
and where we hope to go from here.
Terri Jackson, welcome to The Daily Show.
-Thank you, Trevor. -(applause and cheering)
So, I think I'm going to start with the question
that really sets up the whole, you know, not even discussion,
but the situation.
Some people have seen pieces of the story--
Brittney Griner detained in Russia.
Some say, you know, it was because of a false accusation.
Some say it was because of prescriptions.
How did the story start, just to get everybody on the same page?
Our very own Brittney Griner-- BG--
was returning back to Russia.
Um, I think everybody saw that clip
of her in the airport.
Um, at some point, there was a search of her belongings.
And what we learned thereafter was that she was detained.
She was returning back to Russia to go play with her team...
-Mm-hmm. -that she's played with for several years
and won great championships for them.
So she didn't make it back to the team.
She was detained. And let's just stop right there
and just think about what that means
to be an American over in Russia,
to be learning about this process in real time.
And coming forward and making the statements that she made.
And we're just hoping and praying
that the judge, the court extends her great compassion
and great mercy because that was so incredibly brave to do.
-It's a... it's... -But again, but again,
-reading the case into the record... -Mm-hmm.
...and hopefully, this process...
Again, I don't completely understand it,
but hopefully, this process will continue
to move forward, and we can see a conclusion.
That-that... If I may interrupt you there.
-I think, um, that's been... -Sure.
That's been one of the more confusing aspects of the story.
Initially, when it kicked off,
um, many people were encouraged not to weigh in online,
not to bring it to the president's attention,
not to make it an issue
because people felt like this may hamper,
um, you know, her, her defense in Russia.
Because, as you know, in Russia it's different,
it's-it's not really a trial the way Americans think of it.
It's more, the state lays out its case,
and I think it's over 90% prosecution rate.
But what was interesting about this story is when it happened.
Just as the invasion of Ukraine took place,
it seemed like Brittney was being used
as a pawn in this situation.
And I know that puts yourselves in a precarious position,
but how much help are you hoping for from the administration
and how much, you know, of a movement are you hoping
to turn this into, or does that hamper
the negotiations to-to bring this woman home?
You're right, in the beginning we were quiet.
Um, that's what we were told--
that was the best way to show our best support--
and if anybody knows and your audience knows WNBA players,
um, they are very vocal, they-they look to get informed
about a situation, and they will step out on their platforms
and, and-and give, you know, the proper recognition,
the proper spotlight.
But the way that we were told in the beginning,
um, to best show our support was to be quiet,
and so what we did was, we, we reached out to experts,
um, to learn about Russian-Ukrainian affairs,
to learn more about this system,
to learn how this could play out over the next several weeks.
And so, as my members always do, they look to get informed
and educated before they are ready to speak.
When we heard that the State Department had classified BG
as wrongfully detained, when we heard from Cherelle Griner--
BG's wife-- that she needed our help,
we heard that through her team,
it was go time for my, for my members
because this is an issue about the sanctity of sport.
You're right.
She should not be a political pawn.
This is not a game.
This is not the game.
And so to see our brothers and sisters
across all the different professional sports
and so many different organizations step up with us
in this global sports community
and talk about BG, and-and talk about this case
and talk about the need to get her home.
-Um, you know, that's gotten... -Has there been...?
That's gotten the Biden administration's attention.
-Right. -And, um...
That call that Cherelle Griner got
from not only the president but the vice president
to assure her that they were doing everything possible
to get BG home and other detained Americans home.
Well, that gave us the assurance that we need.
And, you know, quite frankly, Trevor,
what this country needs is a rallying cry.
And that's what We Are BG is all about.
It is a rallying cry, we need a win.
So we need to stand with this president.
We need him to do whatever it takes to bring BG home.
When you look at the situation,
you know, through the lens of people who are helping,
people who aren't helping, as you said
there's been support, you know, from other athletes
who now have been given the license to speak.
Um, there are some who have said it feels like
this isn't something that would have happened
to, you know, one of the men's basketball players.
You know, if this was LeBron, he would've been out in a week,
is what people say.
But it feels like whenever dealing
with an international incident, there is a lot of sensitivity
that has to come into play, and-and so I wondered
from your side when looking
at people raising their voices, et cetera,
what are you hoping that they would push for?
You know, is this a situation where you feel
the administration has got it handled?
I know that her family hasn't spoken to her.
But-but what do you need from the people
or is it just everybody having to wait
because two governments are having a conversation
about a delicate issue?
You do have to recognize in any geopolitical system,
um, or situation that you've got to be sensitive, right?
You've got to be careful.
You've got to watch and you've got to monitor.
Right now, it's go time.
Right now, what we need from so many organizations,
from-from so many of our fans,
um, those in your audience,
what we need is to unite,
to come together,
put politics aside,
and let this administration know
we want them to do whatever it takes
to bring wrongfully detained Americans home.
We need folks to go to the WeAreBG.org website.
Again, I'm gonna say it.
WeAreBG.org.
Go to that website. Sign the petition.
Tell folks that you have signed the petition.
It is important that we get this visibility,
um, and that we get the awareness out there.
Terri Jackson, thank you so much for joining us on the show.
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