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What's going on, everybody?
Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah.
Thank you so much for tuning in.
Thank you for coming out in person.
Thank you for being here.
Thank you so much for being here.
Good to see you. Take a seat, everybody.
We have got a super fun show for you tonight.
It is jam-packed. Donald Trump wishes he was Hitler.
Your favorite streaming services are having a baby.
And Joe Biden is the best or worst president in history.
Plus, Republican Senator Tim Scott is joining us on the show,
and Nathalie Emmanuel is here to talk about her brand-new movie.
So let's do this, people.
Let's jump straight into today's headlines!
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Okay. All right.
Before we get into the big stories,
let's catch up on a few other things
that are going on in the world.
First up, some international news.
New Zealand may be getting a new name.
-Yes. Yeah. -(murmuring)
Maori politicians have launched a campaign
to restore one of the country's original names,
Aotearoa. Right?
-(cheering and applause) -Yeah. And...
I think we can all be honest.
Like, they didn't put a lot of thought
into naming it "New Zealand" in the first place.
Yeah, colonizers were so lame.
"This is New Zealand. This is New England.
New York." Zero effort.
It's like Pete Davidson calling his next girlfriend "New Kim."
Terrible. It's not gonna work.
Meanwhile, in health news,
officials in New York say that hundreds of people in the state
may be infected with polio
because so many people are unvaccinated.
Yeah. So I guess New York is back.
Back in the 1950s.
And, you know, I'll be honest with you, I don't care anymore.
Yeah. I don't.
Polio? You want to come for me? Come.
Come. Yeah, you're gonna have to fight for space in my body
with COVID and monkeypox.
Just going on. Just go at it.
(applause)
Just go at it hard.
(cheering and applause)
Oh, and in, uh...
in politics, in politics,
according to a new book about the Trump White House,
President Trump complained
that his national security team wasn't loyal enough to him,
saying-- quote--
"Why can't you be like the German generals
in World War II?"
(groaning)
Yeah. That's right.
Fox News was out there every day like,
"These liberals are so over-the-top,
"always comparing Trump to Hitler."
Meanwhile, Trump was going,
"Why won't people treat me more like Hitler?
Why not? Why not?"
(cheering and applause)
And it actually--
it actually got even more alarming than that.
Later in the same meeting,
he told his generals to find the Ark of the Covenant
before Indiana Jones got his hands on it!
No, I'm joking. But that's not even the real story.
So, this is the crazy part. After Trump went off
about how his generals should be as loyal as Hitler's were,
General Kelly's response to him was,
"You do know that they tried to kill Hitler three times...
and almost pulled it off."
And I don't know why, but I feel like--
I feel like that information
didn't change Trump's opinion of the German generals.
Like-like, knowing Trump, he was probably like,
"Those losers tried to kill Hitler three times,
"and they choked like a dog.
"Like a dog. Couldn't get it done.
"You know who was able to kill Hitler on the first try?
"Hitler. It's called leadership, people.
Leadership."
But, anyway,
-let's move on... -(cheering and applause)
...to some of the bigger news stories of the day,
starting off with President Joe Biden,
who had himself one hell of a weekend.
First of all,
he finally tested negative again for COVID...
-(cheering) -...and was allowed to leave quarantine
for the first time in 18 days.
Yeah. So he's back and as good as new
or whatever he was when he went in.
And... and 18 days is a long time in quarantine.
But I'm sure he'll get right back
into the swing of things, you know?
Because, yeah, being president is a lot like,
you know, riding a-a bike.
Oh, Joe, no! Don't do it!
Don't do it!
(groaning, chuckling)
So, the good news for Biden is that he's out of quarantine,
and even more good news for Biden
is that he's now in the history books.
The historic vote in the Senate.
Major, major victory tonight for the Democrats
and for our planet.
This morning, Democrats triumphant.
Every member of my caucus is elated about what happened
because we've really-- we've changed the world...
in a way that you rarely get an opportunity to do that.
Passing a sweeping climate, health care,
and economic package after 22 straight hours
of dusk-to-dawn work over the weekend.
Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote
for Democrats to pass the bill,
which boasts climate spending
and billions in energy investments.
Also reducing prices of prescription drugs
by letting Medicare negotiate directly
with pharmaceutical companies.
A major legislative victory for Democrats in Congress
and for the Biden White House.
Suddenly he is one of the most consequential
legislative presidents since LBJ
in his first two years in office.
Yeah, don't look now, people, but all of a sudden
Sleepy Joe has himself a pretty fat stack of accomplishments.
Yeah, in just the past few weeks
he'll have done lower prescription drug prices,
the biggest investment in green energy ever,
health care for veterans exposed to burn pits,
investments in... computer chip, uh, production,
and he capped the leader of al-Qaeda
while he was sunbathing.
-(audience cheering) -Think about it, this is insane.
You realize what this means?
If he keeps this up, his approval rating's
going to shoot all the way up to, like, 39%.
(laughter)
And he did all of this with COVID!
I bet right now the White House doctors are trying
to figure out how to give COVID back to the president again.
"Come on, guys." (coughs)
"If we get him infected, maybe he'll end the war in Ukraine."
(coughs)
And by the way, I-I know this is weird, but-but have you noticed
that Joe Biden seems to be the most successful
whenever he disappears?
No, I know, I know it's weird, but, like-like,
during the campaign, right, he went and he hid in the basement,
and nobody saw him for months.
Everyone was like, "Where's Joe Biden? Where's Joe Biden?"
And then out of nowhere they were like,
they announced that he was the president, yeah?
Remember, he even came out on Election Night
and was just like, "Wait, really?
"Okay, yeah, I-I guess.
Oh, what, me?"
Then, now-- gas prices crazy, Congress stuck, inflation wild.
Joe Biden gets COVID, disappears into the basement again,
and then, when he comes out,
they tell him that not only is he still the president.
He is now one of the greatest presidents
in the history of presidents!
Gas prices went down, Congress is getting things done,
the Choco Taco is coming back from the dead!
(cheers and applause)
So, I don't know what's in that basement,
but whatever it is, it's working.
In fact, I want that basement to be president.
Basement, 2024.
And, by the way, it's not like this bill
was easy for Biden to get. Remember that.
Because it's a 50-50 senate. All right.
The Democrats can't afford to lose a single vote.
So, first, they spent a year
convincing Joe Manchin to get on board.
And he was like, "Look, I'll back your climate change stuff,
"but only if you let me squeeze baby seals
to see if there's oil inside."
And the Democrats were like, "Sure, yeah, yeah, whatever."
But then at the last minute,
they had to convince Kyrsten Sinema.
And she was like, "Okay, I'll sign on,
"but only if you let me squeeze hedge fund managers
to see if there's campaign donations inside."
And I guess it worked.
So, let's move on, because no matter what you think
about Joe Biden's accomplishments,
we can all agree that he stole the election in 2020.
-(laughter) -Yeah.
It was a landslide victory for Donald Trump,
but sneaky Joe Byron hacked into the matrix
and turned all the voting machines black.
No one denies this.
And on January 6, a group of patriots
tried to explain all of this to Mike Pence's neck.
-But instead of listening, -(laughter)
the U.S. government has been throwing them in jail.
They've been locked away in those cold cells
ever since with only their fur hats to keep them warm.
So over the weekend, over the weekend,
conservatives gathered in Texas, all right,
to raise awareness for just how badly...
the January 6 rioters are being treated.
And-and the way they did this
was they held a very special tribute
that is very moving and not at all hilarious.
The insurrection fallout is front and center at CPAC.
This year's most buzzed about booth is this: a fake jail cell.
Uh, what you're watching actually happened at CPAC.
It features a convicted January 6 rioter
doing performance art in a cage wearing an orange jumpsuit.
NEWSWOMAN: Visitors were offered headsets
so they could listen to interviews
with jailed January 6 defendants while watching the actor weep.
Some viewers wept along with him.
Others threw money into the cage.
Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene
entered the cell to pray with him.
-Okay, wait, wait, wait. -(audience exclaiming)
Wait. Wait.
Wait. Okay, just wait.
H-Help me understand... help me understand the logic here.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is praying
for a fake prisoner?
(laughter)
No, this is a real thing, and she's, like, serious.
Who is this lady?
Like, America, you understand.
This is a person who's actually part of running your country.
She's in there mourning with a fake, praying for...
Like, how does she function in the world?
It's a fake prisoner.
She must have the hardest time at Broadway shows.
"They killed Hamilton!
-Aah! Aah!" -(laughter, applause)
I mean, I guess in her defense, this actor in the lobby
of the CPAC convention hall really committed to the role?
Because apparently, he spent hours in that jail cell
weeping the whole time, just weeping.
Which in a way is a powerful performance art
because isn't what conservatism has turned into in America?
Right? It's just people in MAGA hats
acting like they're victims?
"There's fewer white people now than there used to be.
But we still have all the power."
-(crying) -(applause and cheering)
By the way, the part that made me laugh the hardest was
how people were throwing money into the cage.
-(laughter) -Like, what is that? What is...?
Is this like the only way they know how to interact with art
is the same way they interact with strippers? You know?
Just like, "Your freedom has been stolen from you.
"Shake that ass!
-Just shake that ass!" -(laughter, applause)
Now you would think a story like this couldn't get any crazier,
but truly, the best part of the story is this actor
who played the defendant was an actual rioter on January 6...
-(audience groaning, gasping) -...who reportedly avoided
a prison sentence by snitching on the other rioters.
-(audience groaning) -Yeah.
So just so you understand, this dude is pretending
to be a prisoner that he helped send to prison!
-(laughter) -Which is insane!
You snitched on your fellow rioters, they go to jail,
and now, you're out on the streets crying like,
"Man, I wish there was something I could have done
"to stop them from going to jail.
I wish there's something I could have done!"
This is wild.
All right, let's move on to some major news
out of the entertainment world. There is no denying that
there are far too many streaming services
out there these days, people. It's just too much.
There's Hulu, there's Netflix,
there's you know, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+.
It's getting out of hand. It's getting out of hand.
Especially when Paramount+ gives you everything
-that you need in one place, you know? -(laughter)
There's Champions League, there's RuPaul's Drag Race,
there's The Daily Show, there's South Park,
there's Star Trek, The Daily Show,
Beavis and Butt-Head, and of course, The Daily Show.
What else do you need?!
(applause and cheering)
So, yes, there are way too many services.
But luckily, soon, there's going to be one less.
NEWSMAN: Soon, you'll get a two-for-one deal on streaming.
HBO Max and Discovery+ will merge next year.
Subscribers will have various options
between HBO's scripted entertainment
and Discovery's reality-based programming.
NEWSWOMAN: It comes as HBO Max struggles
with performance and customer issues.
The CEO Of Warner Bros. says Discovery+ has better technology
and will become the core of the new service.
No, no. No, this is enough.
How many times is HBO going to change its name, huh?
It was HBO Go,
and then it was HBO Now, and then it's HBO Max?
Like, at this point, I feel like they're just messing with us.
Next month, they're gonna be like,
"Our new name is 'HBO Bitch-Ass Says What.'"
"What?" "Ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha."
So, yeah, Warner Bros., Discovery and HBO
are merging everything into one giant company.
I know that's going to be weird, but I, for one, cannot wait
to see how all of these bigger shows combine.
ANNOUNCER: Coming up on House Hunters Westeros...
Jerry is looking for a bigger space in King's Landing
for his growing family.
Okay, first of all, a sword chair? What is this?
Like, 1527, guys? Let's switch that.
Let's just switch that whole thing up, you know?
Let's put in a cute ottoman,
knock down some of these walls, yeah?
Switch out the blood with a fresh coat of paint.
Yeah, we got to do that. Aah! Aah!
Oh, we got to fix the thermostat.
That's way too hot. Way too hot.
ANNOUNCER: And also on the new HBO Discovery,
stay tuned for the premiere
of our new series, 90 Day Succession.
To fundamentally alter the nature of the family
on my wedding day? You have any conception
of how f-- goddamn selfish you are?
(heavy African accent): Lady, I just want a green card.
(regular accent): 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, applause)
This is wild, Michael. Mergers, people coming together.
What is happening in the market today?
I am crushing it. I-I mean, I am crushing it so hard.
-You always are, man. -But, you know, you're-- yeah,
-you're crushing it, too. You know? You're crushing it. -What?
-You're an excellent boss. You know? -Oh. Oh, thank you.
Yeah, and-and I-- and-- and I'm loyal to you, Trevor.
Unlike-- unlike those Trump generals, you know?
You-- You're my Hitler, Trevor.
-No, no, I-- -I'm ser-- No, I'm serious.
When-when you look at Trevor Noah, I want you
-to think of Adolf Hitler, okay? -No, no... No, no, no.
I don't-I don't think that's doing what you think it is.
-I appreciate-- Let's just go-- -O-Okay. I also--
-I got a hot tip for you. -Yeah, yeah, thank you.
I got a hot tip for you, make some money,
like I make some money. I got a hot tip for you. Pay attention.
So, behind me right here, this is the Warner Bros. stock
after the streaming merger between HBO Max and Discovery+.
And what you want to pay attention to here, okay--
Actually, just for a second--
that story about President Biden--
well, he's just accomplishing so much.
Crushing it.
With COVID. Right?
Apparently, you can get a lot done with COVID.
I mean, me-- I'm crushing this segment,
and I've got COVID, too. You know what I'm saying? (coughs)
I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding.
I have polio. But let's get back
to the chart, you know the chart.
As a financial expert, I'm here to offer this:
mergers are tricky, all right?
What's the most dangerous part of driving, right? Merging.
I can't tell you how many times
I've just plowed into people, right?
What's-what's the worst part of a birthday party?
Merging separate groups of friends. You know?
Work friends, college friends, both groups have stories
you don't want the other side to know about.
Business merging is no different, okay?
Mergers-- Trevor, they're a lot like relationships, right?
At first, it's two single companies just having fun.
You're like, "Hey, maybe we should have fun together.
"You know? Combine our assets,
like, like a marriage."
In fact, that's why it's called a merger,
because "merge" sounds
so much like "merrerge."
Okay?
But next thing you know,
after the merge, the arguing starts.
Are we HBO Discovery, are we Discovery HBO?
How many subsidiaries are we gonna have?
Because I want one, but she wants three.
Where are we gonna spend the holidays?
Why does Discovery+ keep (bleep) my best friend, okay?
And-and then-- and then that's when this happens, Trevor.
Michael, Mi-Michael, I think you're getting off track.
-Okay. All right. -Can you just give up the hot tip, please?
You're right, okay.
Hot tip. Oh, yeah. Um, uh,
you should get tested for polio. Honestly, I think I have it.
-So... -Well, thank you so much for that.
-Michael Kosta, everybody. -(cheering, applause)
You should get it checked out. Don't go away,
'cause when we come back, Republican Senator Tim Scott
will be joining me right here on the show.
-We'll be right back. -(cheering, applause)
(cheering and applause)
Welcome back to The Daily Show.
My first guest is a Republican from South Carolina
serving in the United States Senate.
He's here to talk about his new memoir,
America, a Redemption Story.
Please welcome Senator Tim Scott.
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-Welcome back. -Thank you. Appreciate it.
-Senator Scott, welcome back to the show. -How are you?
Thank you. It's good to be back.
It's good to have you here.
It's very rare that Republicans drop in, uh,
when they are still in office and not, like, on their way out.
This is fun. Um, no, it-it really is.
Because, you know, you've always been somebody
who comes on the show and-and we talk about everything
-and I appreciate that. -Absolutely.
-This time is a little different. -Yes.
You've written a book about your life.
And, honestly, there's-there's a lot in this book
that I didn't know about you as a human being.
You know? And-- Let's-let's start in the beginning.
-Certainly. -In many ways,
the book talks about your journey
-of how you got to where you got to today. You know? -Absolutely.
Many people have referred to you as many different things--
-the unicorn, you know, the lone Black senator... -Yeah.
...in the Republican Party.
People have referred to you as the-the outlier.
But what's really interesting in the book is you talk
about how you got there with family who were also Democrats.
Talk-talk me through that experience of, you know,
what it was like being in a family
where people were voting differently.
Absolutely. Well, fir-- I think the most important part
of my story really is the devastation of divorce,
-being raised by a single mom... -Mm-hmm.
...who worked 16 hours a day, three days a week
and eight hours a day, two days a week as a nurse's aide,
just changing bedpans and rolling patients.
So seeing my mother work her butt off
to try to keep food on the table
and then moving in with my grandparents.
My grandfather born in 1921
-in Salley, South Carolina... -Yeah.
...having to get off the sidewalk
when white folks were coming.
Just the humiliation
and the devastation that he experienced.
And that passed down to my mother,
-and then it impacted me, too. -Mm-hmm.
Sometimes we forget to tell both sides of the story
-when we're having conversations. -Mm.
I wanted to make sure that people had a full perspective
of my journey to becoming who I am,
because much of it was built on the shoulders
of people who paid a very high price
for you and I to have this conversation.
And sometimes we forget to say thank you
-to those who went before us. -Right, right, right.
-On the shoulders of giants. I mean, you know... -Absolutely.
...it's interesting that you say "telling all sides
of the story," because you-you talk about your father
-very early on in the book. -Yes.
And what I appreciate is how you talk
about the negative impact he had on you
-but you appreciate all of the positive as well. -Absolutely.
You talk about how he comes back
-from fighting a war for America... -Yes.
...and yet America doesn't want him.
People spit at him.
He doesn't get treated as a-- as a first-class citizen.
What-what impact did that have on you growing up, knowing this?
You know, I-I learned a lot more about my father's story,
-uh, while I was writing the book. -Uh-huh.
Truly, to tell you the truth,
my father and I was not close for about 30 years.
-Right. -After their divorce, we went separate ways.
And, uh, it was in my late 20s, early 30s
when I first started getting back with him.
Truth is that the more I understood about the pain
and the misery and the devastation that happened
-during the Vietnam conflict for him... -Mm-hmm.
-...as well as coming back as a Black Vietnam veteran... -Right.
...very, very, very painful experience.
And then the altercations that he had
with other members of the service
just because he was Black
and how that painted and stained him
and how that caused him to spiral some.
And being the recipient of that, you see it differently.
-Mm-hmm. -As you grow older, you get 20/20,
uh, looking backwards.
And so my father is now a-a good man,
a solid man that I have much respect for.
And having walked that journey together
-has made me such a better person. -Mm. Mm.
And it gives me a perspective that I would not have had
had I not taken the time to-to listen.
Because sometimes when we go through pain and suffering,
we put our finger towards the person we think
caused us that pain and we literally turn our backs.
I think sometimes the best thing we can do
is listen,
even to the people we feel like hurt us.
-Hmm. -There's a scripture in Matthew 5:44 says
to-to love your enemies,
-to pray for those who persecute you. -Mm-hmm.
-Mm. -I got to say that, South Carolina,
we've had more than our share.
And I talk about Mother Emanuel church shooting.
Right.
Th-Those amazing people...
mm...
...forgave
the killer,
the racist who walked into the church,
sat through a bible study.
And when you hear stories like that and you understand
the, the magnitude of their power to bring light
into a dark place, the least I could do
is learn to listen to people who may disagree with me.
You've always done that, you know,
you've always had conversations with people
you don't agree with.
Um, you-you've often faced criticism as well.
You know, many-many people have said,
"How can you be a Black man in the Republican Party?"
-Yeah. -"Look at what the Republican Party is doing.
Look at the policies that the Republican Party enacts."
And-and some people haven't been-- you know,
-haven't said it to you in the nicest way. -No.
You talk in the book about how people called you "Uncle Tim"
when you, when you, you know,
you responded to the president's address.
How do you, how do you reconcile,
you know, that-that-that narrative?
Or how do you reconcile the conflict of being a Black man
in a party that is predominantly white,
and-and Black people are predominantly Democrats,
and saying, "No, no, no, I-I can still believe in this
and not be, you know, a 'race traitor,'"
which I don't, I don't believe in, in any way.
-No, yeah. -But I'm-- you know?
Well, Trevor... breaking news here.
(laughter)
-You ready? -I'm ready.
I think the Black community is a conservative community.
So I think I'm just being consistent with who I am.
Let me give you a couple of examples of policy positions
that I think that most, most people don't understand
or appreciate or have ever even heard--
-that while we were in the majority... -Mm-hmm.
...from 2016 to 2020, we invested more money
in historically Black colleges and universities
than any other time in American history.
-We made the funding for HBCUs permanent... -Right.
-...for the first time in American history. -Mm-hmm.
We put a billion dollars in the middle of the pandemic
specifically targeting HBCUs.
My office-- we led the charge on sickle cell anemia research
and passed legislation to make sure that it would be easier.
Unemployment, 2016 to 2020, we had the lowest unemployment
in the history of the country for African Americans,
Hispanics, Asians, a 70-year low for women.
We created seven million jobs.
-Two-thirds were African Americans and Hispanics. -Yeah.
So-- but my point is that when you think
about the policy positions that I have fought for,
not to even talk about opportunity zones,
the fact is that as a sitting conservative Republican,
I fought for those issues that had the greatest impact
in the communities where I come from
because it's, like, common sense.
But-but here's, but here's the thing that I find interesting.
-Yes. -And by the way, you're not an outlier in doing this.
I-I-I find it interesting, um, to see how American politicians
choose to measure time or effect
because what you said was true,
-that 2016 to-- to 2020... -Yes, yes.
There was a man by the name of Barack Obama
who was president up until 2016, and, as you know,
-in economics effects can take a while. -I-I've heard that name.
-Absolutely... -You've heard of the name, right?
-(stammers) I have. -Right? And so, no, so here's the thing.
-I have indeed, yes, yes, yes. -Here's the thing.
I don't think, I don't think I'm-- you know, and you know
-we've had conversations. -We have indeed, yeah.
-Yes. -I'm not accusing you of-of betraying anybody,
I'm not accusing you of that.
I think sometimes what becomes confusing for people is
how it seems like the Republican Party
and-and conservatives at large seem to have
an idea of, uh, you know, victimhood.
Let's-let's put it this way. So, I'll see people saying,
"Oh, we're sick and tired of people talking about racism.
"That's over. We-We're sick and tired
"of people talking about oppression. That's over.
-Minorities need to..." Right? -Yeah.
But what it seems like-- and you'll-you'll-you'll tell me
how you see it-- is it seems like oftentimes, in order
for people of color to be accepted
-into the Republican Party... -Right.
...they have to ignore all of the systemic things
-that happened to them in the country. -Yes, right.
And then the people who are in the Republican Party go,
"We're the victims.
"We're the real people being oppressed,
"we're being replaced, we're being oppressed.
"This is what's actually happening
because we are white."
And I-I find-- d-do you not find
that there's a weird disparity at times?
I hear what you're saying, but can I point out one thing?
Of course. Do y'all mind?
-(audience laughs) -Okay.
-Whew. -(laughing)
Don't ask a question you don't know the answer to.
'Cause we don't know. My bad, my bad.
-In my book... -Yes.
...one thing you'll learn very quickly,
-I don't sidestep the issue of race at all. -You don't.
That-That's why I say, with you, I agree with that.
-Right. -And-and I-I talk about
the 20-plus times that I've been stopped
-in the last two decades... -Yes.
-...for just driving while Black. -Mm-hmm.
I talk about the race riot that happened at the high school
I was going to attend when I was in the eighth grade.
I talk-I talk about the challenges
that so many people in our community
-has faced because of the color of our skin. -Right.
I-I talk about the economic realities.
I talk about the justice system.
I work, as you know, on police reform.
So, the truth of the matter is
that I think you have to be comfortable in your own skin,
-Mm-hmm. -wherever you are.
And if you have to betray or deny a part of your existence,
don't do it.
And I refuse to allow any party affiliation
to stop me from being what I'm going to be when I leave
and what I was before I came.
-But... -And you do, I will say, you do that honestly.
-Yeah, you do that honestly, -(applause)
-beyond-beyond just black. -Yes, yes.
You talk about this in the book, for instance.
You-you-you were one of the senators who said,
Donald Trump, in trying to overturn the election,
-what he did was unconstitutional. -Yes.
You know, you talk about January 6.
I feel like, even in the book,
when you're telling the story of January 6,
you-you do a really good job of placing the blame
at the feet of the people who conducted the insurrection.
Yes, yes.
It seems like there is a looming absence, though,
you know, a glaring absence of Trump's name in it.
-It seems like at times you are... -(scattered chuckles)
You know, and I-I don't mean it in a bad way at all,
but it seems like you are trying to thread the needle, you know,
of saying what happened but then not saying why it happened.
-Well... -(applause) -Does that make sense?
I... Yes, it does.
(applause quiets)
(man shouts indistinctly)
Yeah, tell the truth. Praise the Lord, yes, yes. I like that.
So it-it is called The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
-and not Tim Scott so... -Right.
-I assume the audience is gonna go with you. -No, no, no, no.
-But here's, but here's... -No, no. No, I...
No, I'm-I'm being fun... I'm being funny.
-I'm being funny. -Yeah. No, I'm with you. I'm with you.
I mean, I know you're a comedian. I'm trying my best.
-You know. -(laughing)
I'm working... Give a brother a break.
-No, I give you all breaks. -So, so...
No, you know that. Yes.
Here's-here's my point, though.
I was actually in the building...
And you... yeah, you talk about it in the book.
...rolling my sleeves up,
-preparing to fight for my life. -Right.
So when I put the blame on the people
-who were coming after me, -Mm-hmm.
I put the blame squarely where I believe it belongs.
And that's what you hear in my-my recount of the issue.
When I say that at the end of that day on January 6,
we, the United States Senate,
both Republicans and Democrats,
went back out and performed our duty
to affirm that President Biden has won the election?
-Mm-hmm. -We did our job.
So I'm not actually sugarcoating
or skirting or pivoting away from an issue.
I'm actually not making it more political than it has to be.
-But then let me ask you this. -Certainly.
Okay, many people have floated the idea--
and I'm not asking about everybody.
As my mom would say, "I'm only asking about you right now."
(laughter)
Uh, I would like to know then
if you were asked to run as Donald Trump's vice president,
would you accept that?
That's a good question.
-(laughter) -I-I was, uh...
I'm going to pivot.
-(laughter) -At least you're honest.
Okay. At least you're honest.
-(applause) -(laughing) -So...
Let me... here's the truth.
When you're up for reelection to the United States Senate,
the first goal is to win.
So once you win, then you look at the options that are left
and make a decision on what is possible.
And so, for me, at this point in my career,
the only thing I'm asking for are the people in South Carolina
to give me a s... a chance to be reelected.
Right. And-and they do, they do love you.
You served your state well.
You know, you talk about your beginnings in the book
and you talk about the commitment
that you have to your country.
And people-people admire it in the way that you've served,
whether they agree with you or not.
Um, talking about South Carolina, though.
-Yes, sir. -I would love to know how you see the state
and its positioning as it pertains
to some of the issues facing America today,
one of the biggest being abortion.
For many, many years, people said Roe v. Wade was settled.
-Roe v. Wade was settle. -Yeah.
People saw the Supreme Court flip
in a way that some senators even felt betrayed.
You know, I won't ask you to comment on the Supreme Court,
you know, but what I will ask you to comment on
is South Carolina as a whole.
Right now, many senators, many lawmakers
have said it's up to the states.
-Let the states decide. -Yeah.
We see states are starting to decide--
Kansas, Indiana, et cetera.
South Carolina has a bill that is being discussed
that would prohibit people from giving women information
on getting an abortion, even if they were to do it
in a state that did decided to still have it.
So, where do you stand on that issue then?
Well, I will say, I have not read the legislation
because I'm a United States senator, not a state senator,
-so I don't have the information to answer. -Uh-huh. -(groaning)
-I... Look, look, look, look. -No, no, no, I agree.
I understand, you don't want to comment on something,
-but then even... -No, no, but, hey, bottom line...
No, no, let me.
Not-not... don't think I'm gonna ever satisfy
-your audience on this issue. Don't get me wrong. -No, no, no.
-No, I'm... Yes. -But the truth is, though,
you're asking me about a bill I have not even seen,
-nor have I... -So then let me ask you...
-Yeah. Yeah. -Let me ask you, then,
-based not on that bill, but on the issue, rather. -Yes. Yes.
Should people be able to get information
about the decisions that they want to make?
-Yes. -The answer is "yes." Yup.
Okay. So if they were restricting it--
-I'm not saying they are-- right? -I don't... I don't...
-Yeah. Yeah. -Then you would not be for that?
I think that people making a profound decision
-should have all the information. -Mm-hmm.
-Pros and cons. -Right.
Let's talk about, um, the journey to the presidency.
I've been on The Daily Show for a few years now,
and there's something I've noticed,
and that is, when people write memoirs...
-(laughter) -it generally means...
-(both laugh)
-(applause) -It generally means that they...
they might be, uh...
-they might be eyeing a run at the presidency. -Oh.
So, with 2024 coming up...
I know you've been asked this in many, many different ways.
I'm not going to ask you, "Would you run? Would you not run?"
You're gonna tell me, "Well, Trevor, right now,
"we just got to focus on the midterms,
-and they're the most important thing." -(laughter)
But I know that. I get that, right?
-I actually wasn't going to say that. -Okay.
I was going to say that we should focus
on the next Friday night
like we were high school football players,
-but you get the point. Yes, yes, yes. -Ah. Right.
-So let me ask you this then, rather. -Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
What would do you differently
if you were elected president of the United States?
What would you do differently from a Donald Trump presidency?
What would you do differently from a Joe Biden presidency?
What is the difference that you would bring?
I honestly think that the...
A-- America's the greatest country on Earth.
We are the solution, not the problem.
-(person whoops, claps) -If we are going to focus our attention
on making America a better country...
Uh, thank all three of your people up there.
-I really appreciate that. Um... If-if... -(laughter)
I think it's just, in the moment, people are struggling.
-In the moment. Yeah. Yeah. -In the moment, people are,
-for whatever reason, yeah. -I see. So,
if I were going to set an agenda,
-the first thing I would do is... -Mm-hmm.
I would focus on the poorest zip codes in this country
-need really high-quality education. -I agree.
-(applause) -If... (stammers)
I went to four different elementary schools
by the fourth grade.
I am serious about equipping our parents with all the options
they need, and improving the quality
of our public education, rather than... Here in New York City,
-the Success Academy does a fantastic job. -Mm-hmm.
Or in Charleston, we have the...
We have one of the top 50 public high schools
in all of the country.
So there's a way for us to be able... to be able
to provide great incentives for our... for our kids
to continue along the path to a better education.
-That's number one. -Is that your way of saying
-privatizing education? -No, no, no.
I don't know if you're saying that or not.
Yeah. Let me say it differently. Uh, so... No, no.
But this is the thing I've noticed in America.
-Absolutely. I am... -In the book...
-Just to go back to the book. -Yeah, yeah.
What I do like is that you talk about the impacts that education
made both negatively and positively in your life.
-Absolutely, yeah. -You know, where it impacted you.
And there's something I did notice in the book is,
your journey cannot be separated
from the journey that America had.
You cannot separate it from a world where
-America believed in investing in America. -Yeah.
Where it wasn't a, "Oh, those kids can choose
those charter schools or those systems or those..."
-You get what I'm saying? -Absolutely. Yup.
It seemed like this was...
you were a product of that world.
And we spend $760 billion,
as a country, on public education, K-12.
-But teachers are still broke. -Listen, we... Listen.
-(applause and cheering) -If you're... Yeah. Yes. Yeah.
So... And your point is a good one.
So, we... in the Department of Education in Washington, D.C.,
the average employee at the Department of Education
makes over $100,000 a year while the teacher does not.
So, should we take some of the money that we're spending
in Washington, D.C., and give it back to the states
so that they can provide more money for teachers?
-That's great. -Well, but, or you could...
-or you could just take it away from wars. -Or...
-(applause and cheering) -Yup, that's true,
-but I would disagree. I would disagree. -You know?
Yeah. So, I would say without any question
that if you look at the breakdown of our budget
-around the country, you would see... -Mm-hmm.
that we are spending $760 billion--
-750, 775 on education. -Yeah. Yeah.
We spend about 670-- oh, actually, it's up now--
about $800 billion on our discretionary defense.
We spend about a trillion--
$1.1 trillion on Social Security.
About $800 billion on Medicare.
About $600 or so on Medicaid.
-So, our domestic spending -Mm-hmm.
rivals any other place on earth.
So, it's not that we can't walk and chew gum.
It's not that we can't provide for the primary defense
of this nation and fund education.
The truth is, in South Carolina and around the country,
some of the poorest-performing schools
have about $24,000 per student.
One of the blessings of this area in New York City
is the charter schools, the Success Academy,
very similar to what we have in Charleston--
Meeting Street Academies-- where you're seeing
for less than half
of the current student, uh, expenditures,
you can get high-quality education
for the average student
in the average place without privatizing it.
And, oh, by the way, I still-- I still support all choice.
I mean, whatever it takes to improve education, I'm for.
-All choice? Whoa! -Hold on, sorry, sorry.
-I'm-I'm not gonna clip that. -(cheering, applause)
-I'm not going to clip that. -In education. In education.
-I know where you stand. I know where you stand. -Yes, yes.
-Um, before I let you go, there-there is-- -Trevor,
-you're-you're pretty good at this job. -Thank you.
-Thank you. -That's-- And-and your--
No, and I appreciate you coming, I really do.
And you're discerning in your hearing
and you're directional in your questions.
-I like this. Yeah, you-- -I try, I try. Um...
-I understand. -It's, um, you know...
what I do enjoy in the book is that
it reminds me that you are a human being.
I don't-I don't need to agree with you on everything
to believe that you are a human being.
-And you talk about that in the book, you talk about -Right.
the way people see you, um,
the way you see people you don't agree with.
One of the more, um, touching parts of your book
is when you talk about going with your grandfather
to-- for him to vote.
-And this was for him to vote for-- -2008.
-Yeah, 2008. -Oh, yeah.
-And he was going to vote for Barack Obama. -Absolutely.
And one of the volunteers at the polling station
didn't trust that you would, like, let him vote.
'Cause your grandfather couldn't read, is that correct?
Correct. Yeah, so,
it's-it's one of the most touching stories
about my grandfather I could ever share. Uh...
going back to 1921, fast forward in 2008,
thinking about a Black man born in the deep south
-Mm-hmm. -with very, very few rights, if any at all...
living long enough
to see this country evolve far enough
for the possibility of an African American
being elected president of the United States.
It was something he could not
comprehend or imagine.
So, I-I take him to vote, as I-as I always have.
We're walking into the voting booth,
and because he can't read,
I always went in to the booth with him,
which is the way that we do it,
and-and the young lady at the counter didn't think,
me being a Republican, I'm gonna honor my grandfather's wishes.
And-and I just thought to myself, "How sad is it
that what she thinks of the human condition is so off?"
But my grandfather, having 100% faith in me said,
"Lady, please and thank you. Shut up."
-And we went in there together. -"This is my grandson."
Yeah, exactly. And so I said, "Grandaddy, I want you-
I want you-- I want you to memorize"--
my grandfather had a, almost a photographic memory--
-Right. -I said, "I want you to-- 'Barack Obama.'
"I want you to remember those words,
"so when you see it on TV, you know who you voted for.
-I love that. -"There will never be any question on who--
what you did." And so he said, "Okay, Timmy."
He calls me Timmy. And so we push the button and I said,
"Okay, Granddad, I you to hit the 'vote' button--
the big green button." And the-- And walking out there,
getting in the car...
I've seen my grandfather cry twice.
Once was when my grandmother died, April 29, 2001.
And the second time was having the privilege
and the responsibility of electing President Barack Obama.
(applause)
It's a really, really fantastic book,
because I think it gives, uh, so much more complexity
to who you are as a man. Thank you for joining me
-on the show. -Thank you, sir. Appreciate it.
I appreciate you. Not everyone comes here
and chats with me. So I always appreciate you.
-Thank you for coming here. -Thank you, really.
Senator Scott's book America: A Redemption Story,
is available right now. Stay tuned, 'cause when we come back,
Nathalie Emmanuel will be joining me on the show.
Don't go away. Thank you very much, sir.
(cheering, applause)
(cheering and applause)
Welcome back to The Daily Show.
My next guest
is Emmy-nominated actor Nathalie Emmanuel.
She's here to talk about starring in the new film
The Invitation.
So, where are the bride and groom?
(chuckles softly)
Mmm.
Our four families have served each other for generations.
But as you all know,
there has been someone missing from this table.
Tonight, that once-broken bond will be renewed.
When Evelyn Alexander and I are wed.
(cheering and applause)
Refreshments, please.
(gasping)
Please welcome Nathalie Emmanuel!
-♪ ♪ -(cheering and applause)
Nathalie Emmanuel,
welcome back to The Daily Show.
-Welcome in person. -Thank you.
-In person. -Because the first thing I have to say
is congratulations,
because the last time we spoke was virtually...
-Yes. -...and that's when you were doing, uh...
the new show was Die Hart
-with Kevin Hart, right? -That's right. That's right.
-Yeah. -And since then, you got nominated for an Emmy
-for that role, so congratulations. -Thank you.
(cheering and applause)
Thank you so much.
It feels like your-your journey has just been--
You know? It's just on the up.
You're enjoying yourself, whether it's comedy,
whether it's drama, whether it's whatever--
-This is, like, a thriller. It's... -It's a thriller/horror.
-Yeah, it's-it's terrifying. -Yes.
Um, I'm-- You know, I like to challenge myself
and try my hand at everything.
Watching this movie, I was like,
"This is a terrible mistake that your character has made."
Because we saw a little bit in the clip.
She goes to, like, f-- you know, like,
-a lavish event in England... -Yeah, like,
a destination wedding
-with a long-lost relative who is a stranger. -Yes.
Um, and goes alone.
I mean, no.
Like, that was her first mistake.
-(laughs) -(laughs) So...
I so-- I always joke that, um,
if it was me in the situation,
that movie would have ended in the scene with,
um, my best friend who's like, "Are you gonna go meet him?"
And we'd be like, "Nah."
And-- 'Cause, no, like...
-Yeah. -If I got invited to a long-lost relative's event
and I get there and then it's a bunch of people wearing masks
pulling out knives, I'd be like, "Yeah, this did not go
-"as I intended. -Yeah.
This-this is not it."
What-what I also found interesting was
you are playing an American in-in the movie
-but then everyone in-in-- is English. -Else is British. Yeah.
W-- Is that-- is that, like, super weird for you?
'Cause it's like you-you're English playing an American
with English people. Do you find that there's, like,
parts of Nathalie that change? Like, are there...
-For sure. -Is, like-- Are there things, like,
American Nathalie does
that English Nathalie would never do?
Um, I think American Nathalie is probably a little more--
She's probably a little louder, to be honest.
A little louder?
Yeah, like, I don't mean that to sound, like, negative.
-Like, um... -No, no, no, it's fine. You've said it.
-Americans are loud. You've said it now, Nathalie! -No, but...
-You've said it now, Nathalie! -(cheering)
But we love that. I love that.
Um, I think that sometimes, like,
-my "Britishness," you know, often it's like, -Yes.
-you know, keep it sort of-- -Yes, of course.
-Uh-huh, yeah. -Yeah. Exactly. And so--
And I think there's a freedom that comes with that accent
and the-- I see with Americans, like, they have
no problem expressing themselves,
expressing their opinions, and I love that.
-I wish I had more of that. -I know what you mean.
-Yes. -So, I tried to adopt it myself,
-Not always successfully, but, yeah. -No, I think
-you do a great job of it. I-I loved seeing it -Thank you.
in the character. I loved seeing how you changed.
W-W-- Before I let you go, there's one change
that we have to speak about, and that's your hair.
-Yeah. -Right? It looks gorgeous.
-(cheering, applause) -Thank you.
-Thank you so much. -I-I saw the video
-of you cutting your hair, and it was really emotional. -Yeah.
-It was so emotional. -Because we've known you
with your hair for so long, it's become a part of you,
and people have even come up to you and said, like,
"Thank you so much for having natural hair
on-on a TV show," and it-- Like,
what-what made you decide, "You know what, I'm gonna cut it"?
-And not for a role, by the way. Just for yourself. -No.
It was for me. Um, I think it had taken--
I-- For many years, I wanted to cut my hair,
and I always found a reason not to,
and I think some of it was fear.
Some of it was like, oh, um, you know, to be--
what is femininity or beauty or whatever?
Like, often we're kind of taught that you have to have long hair
and it has to be a certain way, and-- and I think I'd, um...
Also, like, there was a real pride
-in not changing my hair, um, for the screen -Right.
and on red carpets and doing, you know, glamorous looks
with my natural texture, and, you know,
hair discrimination, all of that.
It was a real kind of defiance that was in my hair
and a celebration that was in my hair.
And so, when I decided to cut it, I wanted to just shed it.
I wanted to let go of all the sort of complex feelings,
but, you know, start fresh.
-And to be honest, -You did a great job.
-I love it. -It looks good.
-Congratulations to you. -Thank you.
You've inspired me. Now...
Now, maybe... I'm not-I'm not gonna cut it,
but maybe I'll come to the show with corn rows.
Maybe, you never know. I might switch things up.
-You've-you've inspired me, now. -I mean, you've been doing--
-You've been mixing it up. -Yeah, but I might--
now I might, like, just do, like, a whole--
-You never know. -Like a whole thing.
Just like a-- You know? I don't know.
I still like it for now. Nathalie, thank you so much
-for joining me on the show. -Thank you so much.
Absolute pleasure seeing you again.
Make sure to watch The Invitation.
It's gonna be exclusively in theaters on August 26.
Nathalie Emmanuel, everybody. We're gonna take a quick break,
but we'll be right back after this.
-Thank you again. -(cheering, applause)
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Now here it is, Your Moment of Zen.
♪ ♪
We're all so grateful to be joined
by representatives Ronny Jackson, my doctor.
He loved looking at my body.
It was so strong, powerful.
But he said I'm the healthiest president that's ever lived.
-Hey! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. -Hey. -Oh!
You think you're better than us?
Hey, buddy, I'm rock hard.
If I wasn't just a face on a rock,
I'd totally (bleep) you up.
Wait a second, was he talking about his (bleep)?
Grow up, Roosevelt.