♪ ♪
>> START THE CLOCK.
♪ ♪
>> Bill: HELLO, HOW ARE YOU?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I
APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE.
WOW.
I APPRECIATE IT, YOU SOUND LIKE
A FULL CROWD.
I'M GOING TO MISS THESE SPARSE
CROWDS WHEN WE GO BACK TO NORMA
NORMAL.
I REALLY HAVE COME TO LOVE IT
AND I KNOW WHY YOU'RE HAPPY
TODAY.
THE VACCINE NOW AS OF APRIL 1ST
IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO
PEOPLE OVER 50 -- SO AGENTS ALL
OVER TOWN ARE SAYING TO THEIR
CLIENTS DON'T DO IT, IT'S A
TRICK TO MAKE YOU ADMIT YOU'RE
OVER 50.
IT'S SO FUNNY, YOU CAN GET THE
VACCINE AT ANY AGE IF YOU'RE A
SMOKER, EX-SMOKER, LIVE IN A
CROWDED NEIGHBORHOOD, HAVE A
HANDICAP, AND THE THING IS YOU
DON'T HAVE TO PROVE ANY OF THIS
BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS AIMING TO
PROTECT THE KEY SECTOR OF THE
L.A. ECONOMY, LIARS.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
YOU CAN JUST TELL, AMERICANS
JUST WANT TO GET OUT OF THE
HOUSE, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO
HAVE EXACTLY THE OLDER LIVES
BACK, JUST DON'T MAKE US WATCH
NOMAD LAND.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU SEE WHAT'S GOING DOWN IN
FLORIDA, SPRING BREAK IN MIAMI?
THE KIDS ARE GOING NUTS, THEY
ARE OUT OF CONTROL, AS THEY
SHOULD BE, KIDS, KIDS SHOULD BE
OUT OF CONTROL.
THEY ARE REFUSING TO WEAR MASKS
WHICH IN THEIR DEFENSE, HOW ARE
YOU SUPPOSED TO TELL IF YOUR
POTENTIAL HOOKUP HAS HERPES IF
THEY HAVE A MASK ON.
IT'S SPRING BREAK, PEOPLE.
CAN YOU BLAME THEM?
IF I HAD BEEN LOCKED UP WITH MY
PARENTS FOR A YEAR, I WOULD WANT
TO SNORT XANAX AND
--------------------------------
--------------- THREE ON A SQUAD
CAR TOO.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
, MASS SHOOTINGS AGAIN, WE
DIDN'T HAVE THIS FOR A WHILE BUT
NOW WE HAVE ONE LAST WEEK, ONE
THIS WEEK, A 21-YEAR-OLD
CHRISTIAN LUNATIC A WEEK BEFORE
AND NOW A MUSLIM 24-YEAR-OLD
LUNATIC, IN A RELATED STORY,
TODAY AN ATHEIST WENT CRAZY AND
REARRANGED HIS BOOKS.
RELATED STORY.
YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT -- I LOVE
THIS STORY, THE WORLD IS REALLY
SHITTING IT'S PANTS ECONOMICALLY
BECAUSE OF THE FUCKING SHIP
STUCK IN THE SUEZ CANAL.
THIS ONE SHIP, YOU TALK ABOUT
TRAFFIC, IT'S LIKE THE 405 TIMES
A MILLION.
I LOVE THIS PART OF THE STORY,
QANON, I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP,
QANON SAID THIS SHIP PROBABLY
HAS TIES TO HILLARY.
AND COULD BE TRANSPORTING
CHILDREN TO MOLEST.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT SEX WITH
CHILDREN A LOT.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
HOW DID YOU GET THERE FROM BOAT?
BUT BIDEN HAD A PRESS
CONFERENCE, IT'S INTERESTING, HE
HASN'T HAD ONE YET, HE WOULDN'T
HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AND HE
DID AND OF COURSE THEY TALK
THEMSELVES UP THERE ON FOX NEWS,
THE IDEA THAT BIDEN IS
COMPLETELY SENILE LIKE HE CAN'T
GET THROUGH A SENTENCE WITHOUT
FORGETTING WHAT COUNTRY THIS IS
OR ANY MINUTE HE'S GOING TO PEE
HIS PANTS LIKE BRADLEY COOPER ON
A STAR IS BORN.
HE DID AN HOUR, I THOUGHT HE HIT
THE RIGHT NOTE, FORCEFUL WITHOUT
ASKING ANYONE TO STEP OUTSIDE.
THAT'S JOE.
HIS BIG NEWS IS WE NOW ARE
PROPOSING, HE IS PROPOSING,
DEMOCRATS WANT TO SELL THIS, A
$3 TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN,
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE BROADEST
SENSE INCLUDES CHILD CARE,
ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS,
5G, RURAL BROADBAND, RETRAINING
OF WORKERS, LOTS OF STUFF,
ROADS, BRIDGES, REDOING THE
ELECTRICAL GRID, VEHICLE
RECHARGING STATIONS, IT SOUNDS
VERY AMBITIOUS CONSIDERING THE
LAST GUY COULDN'T BUILD A WALL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BUT MAYBE I'M TAKING IT TOO FAR.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THERE ARE OF COURSE THINGS ABOUT
IT I HAVE TROUBLE WITH BUT IT'S
GOOD THE COUNTRY IS MOVING AGAI
AGAIN.
OUT OF THIS RETRO GRADE AND YOU
CAN FEEL IT ALL OVER AND THINGS
ARE HAPPENING ALL OVER, FOR
EXAMPLE IN VIRGINIA, THE FIRST
SOUTHERN STATE NOW THAT IS
BANNING THE DEATH PENALTY, THEY
ALREADY GOT A CALL FROM
WEST VIRGINIA IF THEY CAN HAVE
THE CHAIR.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
AND NEW YORK STATE, WHERE I
SPENT SO MUCH OF MY TIME, IS
GOING TO LEGALIZE POT FINALLY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
GOVERNOR CUOMO SAYS HE WILL SIGN
THE BILL AS SOON AS HE GETS DONE
SEARCHING HIS ASSISTANT FOR A
PEN.
WE HAVE A GREAT SHOW.
BRET STEPHENS AND CAITLIN
FLANAGAN ARE HERE.
BUT FIRST, HE'S THE FORMER U.S.
DIRECTOR OF THE CYBERSECURITY
AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
AGENCY, MY OLD JOB.
I SAID THAT A MILLION TIMES,
THAT'S THE MOST RIDICULOUS ONE
YET.
HE IS NOW A FOUNDING PARTNER AT
KREBS STAMOS GROUP:
CHRISTOPHER KREBS.
GREAT TO SEE YOU, THANKS FOR
BEING HERE.
WASHINGTON IS KNOWN TO HAVE THAT
KIND OF CRAZY ALPHABET SOUP,
EVERY AGENCY AND WE KNOW SOME OF
THEM, EPA, MOST PEOPLE NO, SOME
PEOPLE DON'T -- THIS ONE I WAS
NOT FAMILIAR WITH.
LET'S GO THROUGH IT WORD BY
WORD, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE
PLACE YOU WORK FOR?
SPEAK OF THE CYBER SECURITY AND
INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY.
>> Bill: WHY ARE THOSE LINKED
TOGETHER?
>> CYBERSECURITY IS JUST ANOTHER
RISK POSED TO OUR NATION'S
BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
COME OUR NATION'S
INFRASTRUCTURE.
PHYSICAL RISK, CYBERSECURITY
RISK, WE HELP.
>> Bill: WHAT DID YOU DO ALL
DAY?
I'M NOT SAYING THAT SKEPTICALLY,
I JUST REALLY DON'T KNOW.
>> IT'S A BIG MISSION.
THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO
TYPICALLY IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS
WAS CHECKED TWITTER AND SEE WHAT
THE FORMER GUY TWEETED ABOUT AND
HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT MY DAY.
>> Bill: IS THAT RIGHT?
THAT WAS THE BIG ISSUE.
GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF A TWEET
AND SOMETHING WHERE YOU WERE
LIKE OH, FUCK, LOOK WHAT HE SAID
AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING.
>> TYPICALLY, THE LAST YEAR AND
THAT 2020 ELECTION, THE RIGGED
ELECTION, THAT WOULD CAUSE
ACROSS A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS AND
ELECTION OFFICIALS, A LOT OF
CONSTERNATION THAT WE WOULD HAVE
TO GET THE MESSAGING STRAIGHT.
AT SOME GUIDANCE OUT AND PRIOR
TO THAT, IT WAS A LOT OF RUSSIA.
>> Bill: AND THEN TRUMP FIRED
YOU, THAT'S HOW I CAME TO KNOW
YOU.
THAT'S HOW WE COME TO KNOW
PEOPLE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS,
FIRED YOU BY TWEET OF COURSE.
THAT DAY WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING
AT THE TWEETS -- IT GOT VERY
PERSONAL THAT DAY.
>> YEAH, THAT WAS AT THE END OF
THE DAY, 6:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME.
>> Bill: NOT THAT YOU CARE,
NOT THAT IT HURT.
>> I HAD JUST WALKED IN THE DOOR
AND I HAD THOUGHT I HAD MAYBE
GOTTEN THROUGH THE WORST OF IT
AND I MIGHT BE ABLE TO STICK
AROUND FOR TRANSITION AND I GET
A TEXT FROM A BUDDY THAT SAYS --
>> Bill: JUST TO PUT IT IN
PERSPECTIVE THIS IS AFTER THE
ELECTION WHEN TRUMP WAS SAYING
THE THING WAS RIGGED AND THIS
WAS THREE WEEKS AFTER THE
ELECTION?
>> TWO WEEKS TO THE DAY.
>> Bill: WE KNOW WHO WON BY
THEN BUT HE WAS STILL RANTING
AND RAVING AT YOU CAME OUT AND
SAID "MY MEMORY OF IT WAS I
LOOKED AT THIS, I'M THE EXPERT,
THESE PEOPLE HAVE NOT CHEATED,
IT'S THE CLEANEST ELECTION WE
HAVE EVER HAD AND THIS IS ALL
BULLSHIT."
AND YOU'RE FIRED.
BUT YOU DIDN'T BEND THE KNEE,
GOOD FOR YOU, THAT'S WHY WE LIKE
YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND YOU'RE HAPPIER WITH YOUR
DECISION THAN EVER, I'M GUESSIN
GUESSING?
>> I NEVER THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT
IT.
THIS IS PUTTING COUNTRY OVER
PARTY.
[APPLAUSE]
ULTIMATELY, I THINK IT WORKED
OUT FOR ME, THERE WAS SOME ROUGH
PATCHES IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY.
>> Bill: YOU'RE ON TV NOW!
AND HE'S NOT EVEN ON TWITTER!
[LAUGHTER]
YOU WON THIS ONE.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING
ON.
WHAT I KEEP READING IS THE
LARGEST CYBER ATTACK EVER
HAPPENED IN THE LAST YEAR,
RIGHT?
>> WHICH ONE?
>> Bill: THE ONE THAT WENT ON
FOR EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS?
>> THERE MIGHT BE TWO OR MORE.
>> Bill: THERE IS ONE THAT
WE'VE ALL BEEN READING ABOUT, IT
GOT INTO EVERY DEPARTMENT, FOR
MONTHS AND MONTHS, I GUESS THEY
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
>> THAT WAS THE RUSSIANS AGAIN.
>> Bill: TRUMP SAID CHINA BUT
EVERYONE ELSE SAID RUSSIA,
YOU'RE SURE IT'S RUSSIA.
>> IT'S GOT ALL THE HALLMARKS OF
A RUSSIAN ESPIONAGE OPERATION.
>> Bill: WE KEEP HAVING THESE
THINGS HAPPEN WITH RUSSIA, WHAT
IS THE APPROPRIATE, IN YOUR
VIEW, RESPONSE -- WE DON'T WANT
TO BLOW EACH OTHER UP OVER THIS
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE NOT
DOING ANYTHING.
>> WE ARE, THE HEAD OF CYBER
COMMAND AND THE NSA AND THE
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY TALKED
ABOUT SOME OF THE OPERATIONS
THEY RAN AHEAD OF THE ELECTION,
I LOOK AT THIS SPECIFIC ONE, THE
SUNBURST HACK AFFILIATED WITH
SOLAR WINDS, THERE WAS DEGREE OF
RESTRAINT WITH IT.
IF WE THINK BACK TO 2017 WHEN I
JUST STARTED MY OLD JOB, THERE
IS SOMETHING CALLED BAD RABBITS,
ALL REALLY WONKY NAMES AND 2017
WAS PROBABLY THE YEAR OF THE
GREAT HACKS.
THESE EVENTS INCLUDING THE MORE
RECENT ONE ATTRIBUTED TO
CHINA -- MAYBE NOT THAT ONE BUT
THE RUSSIAN ONE SHOW SOME
RESTRAINT, MAYBE THEY'VE
LEARNED, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING
BUT CYBER IS THE NEW NORMAL.
>> Bill: LET'S GO BACK TO THE
PART ABOUT WHAT ARE WE DOING?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION FOR
SOMEBODY ELSE.
>> Bill: A GREAT QUESTION FOR
SOMEBODY ELSE.
>> GO ASK JOE.
>> Bill: IS IT OFFENSIVE?
IT SEEMS LIKE DEFENSE CAN ONLY
DO SO MUCH.
I KNOW WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE,
WE'VE DONE IT TO IRAN.
>> THERE WAS A MEETING LAST WEEK
BETWEEN THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE,
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AND
THE CHINESE HAD A LINE ABOUT HOW
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS.
I TEND TO THINK FROM THE CYBER
PERSPECTIVE THAT THE U.S. IS THE
BEST.
BUT WE LIVE IN THE GLASS EAST OF
HOUSES WHICH MAKES THINGS A
LITTLE CHALLENGING.
>> Bill: JUST WITHIN CYBER OR
WITHIN EVERYTHING?
>> IS THE DIGITAL ECONOMY, THE
WAY EVERYTHING WE DO, NOW,
SCHOOL, BUSINESS, GOVERNMENTS,
EVERYTHING IS DEPENDENT ON THE
INTERNET.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY DEPENDENT ON
THE INTERNET AND THAT MAKES FOR
A LOT OF THINGS WITH THE BAD
GUYS.
>> Bill: WHAT ABOUT BITCOIN?
WHAT YOU SEE THAT GOING?
THAT'S SORT OF IN YOUR AREA, I
SEE IT BRINGING DOWN
CIVILIZATION BUT MAYBE --
>> IT DEPENDS ON WHAT ANGLE OF
BITCOIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY BUT
CRYPTOCURRENCY AS I SEE IT AS
ONE OF THE SINGLE ENABLING
FACTORS THAT HAS ALLOWED CYBER
CRIMINALS TO DEPLOY A MASSIVE
AMOUNT OF LAND SOMEWHERE.
THE ANONYMOUS PAYMENTS, THE
ABILITY TO PAY ANONYMOUSLY AND
THAT IS THE CYBER THREAT THAT
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN IS MOST
CONCERNED ABOUT BECAUSE THEY
FEEL IT AT HOME.
ALL OF THIS OTHER STUFF BUT
RUSSIA AND CHINA, THAT'S
EPHEMERAL.
>> Bill: YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
SCHOOLS, 1600 SCHOOLS WERE HIT
LAST YEAR.
>> HOSPITALS AND GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES, BALTIMORE GOT HIT
TWICE, ATLANTA,
MECKLENBURG COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA, 23 COUNTIES IN
TEXAS.
LOUISIANA HAS BEEN HIT A COUPLE
TIMES.
>> Bill: AND THEY JUST WANT
MONEY, THIS IS NOT ANYTHING
SOPHISTICATED, THIS IS NOT
IDEOLOGICAL IT'S LIKE AT THE END
OF DIE-HARD WHEN HE FINDS OUT
THEY'RE NOT TERRORISTS, THEY'RE
JUST ROBBERS.
>> IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT.
IF THERE IS A VULNERABILITY,
EXPLOIT, MONEY OR INFORMATION TO
BE HAD NO MEANINGFUL
CONSEQUENCES, THE BAD GUYS ARE
GOING TO RUN WILD SO WE HAVE TO
CHANGE THAT EQUATION.
LOOKING AT CRYPTOCURRENCY, WE
NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
WE NEED TO START HOLDING SOME OF
THESE COUNTRIES LIKE RUSSIA THAT
ALLOW THESE CYBER CRIMINALS TO
OPERATE IN THEIR SOVEREIGN
TERRITORY WITH IMPUNITY, WE NEED
TO FOCUS ON THAT.
YOU GET BACK HOME, WE HAVE TO
HELP STATE AND LOCALS TO IMPROVE
THEIR DEFENSES AND I FEAR IT'S
ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE BECAUSE
OF THE WAY TAX REVENUES AT THE
STATE LEVEL HAVE TAKEN A REAL
HIT BECAUSE OF COVID.
I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENTS,
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A 21ST CENTURY
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT.
>> Bill: TELL BY THE NEAR
READY TO GO BACK TO WORK.
>> HOPEFULLY HE IS WATCHING.
>> Bill: I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU
DID.
LET'S MEET OUR PANEL!
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HOW ARE YOU?
HE'S A COLUMNIST FOR THE NEW
YORK TIMES AND AN MSNBC
CONTRIBUTOR: BRET STEPHENS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SHE'S A STAFF WRITER AT THE
ATLANTIC WHO AUTHORED THEIR
APRIL COVER STORY "PRIVATE
SCHOOLS HAVE BECOME TRULY
OBSCENE": CAITLIN FLANAGAN.
SAY WHAT YOU REALLY THINK.
WHAT A GREAT PANEL.
I'VE STARTED SO MANY SHOWS WITH
THIS, MY SOLAR CLOCK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE EAGLE
HAS LANDED.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE GOT HI
HIM.
WE HAVE SOLAR, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
1131.
I HAVE A CLIP OF THEM PUTTING IT
ON TODAY.
THIS IS HANS ROSENBERGER PULLING
THE SWITCH AT MY HOUSE AND SO
MANY PEOPLE TO THANK.
ALTADENA SOLAR, THEY DID IT,
THEY ARE GREAT, A GROUP CALLED
SUN RUN SOLAR GOT INVOLVED, THEY
DIDN'T ASK FOR A PENNY, I WAS
BITCHING ABOUT IT ON TELEVISION
FOR SIX MONTHS, THIS IS WHAT IS
SO AMAZING -- ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE, I HEARD SO MANY PEOPLE
EMAIL ME, CAN I HELP AND I'M
LIKE I ALREADY GOT SO MANY
PEOPLE HELPING AND I WAS
BITCHING ABOUT IT PUBLICLY, I
TALKED TO TWO CONGRESSMEN ON THE
AIR AND IT STILL TOOK 1131 DAYS,
SIX MONTHS AFTER I STARTED
BITCHING ABOUT IT PUBLICLY, WHAT
IS THE REGULAR PERSON DO?
I HAD TO LAUGH WHEN I WAS
READING ABOUT THE NEW
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
OKAY.
REMEMBER, 1131 FOR ME, I DON'T
KNOW IF WE CAN GET THE WHOLE
STATE.
I GUESS WHAT I MEAN TO SAY IS
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL?
>> 3 TRILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY.
DID YOU EVER SEE BREWSTER'S
MILLIONS, HE NEEDS TO SPEND
$30 MILLION IN 30 DAYS TO GET
HIS $300 MILLION PRIZE AND IT
TURNS OUT TO BE DIFFICULT?
>> Bill: I'M PROBABLY GOING TO
AGREE WITH THAT OF THE END OF
THE SHOW, FOR NOW I'M JUST GOING
TO LOOK AT THE POSITIVE SIDE.
IT IS A TROJAN HORSE FOR GREEN
ENERGY AND A TROJAN HORSE I
WELCOME.
IF THAT'S HOW WE HAVE TO DO
GREEN ENERGY IN THIS COUNTRY AND
A TROJAN HORSE, AND WE DO, LET'S
DO IT THAT WAY.
[APPLAUSE]
EVERYTHING IN IT IS REALLY ABOUT
THAT BUT IT'S CALLED
INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOBS, REALLY,
THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND I
THINK THE DEMOCRATS FINALLY GOT
IT THROUGH THEIR THICK SKULLS
HOW TO SELL SOMETHING.
>> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY EVEN
KNOWS WHAT THE WORD
INFRASTRUCTURE MEANS.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW.
SKIP THAT PART, GO ON.
>> Bill: YES YOU DO, WHAT IT
REALLY MEANS IS ROADS AND
BRIDGES AND PORTS IN THE
ELECTRICAL GRID.
HE'S BEING VERY GENEROUS WITH
THE DEFINITION AND IT'S A CHILD
LEARNING, HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE,
YOU CAN CALL ANYTHING
INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE WE WIN
ARGUMENTS THESE DAYS BY CHANGING
THE MEANING OF WORDS.
SILENCE AND VIOLENCE?
I THOUGHT VIOLENCE WAS WHEN IT
HURT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, I WISH WE
HAD MORE CONFETTI, 51% OF
REPUBLICANS BOTH SUPPORT
GAY MARRIAGE AND LEGALIZING POT.
WE'VE GONE OVER THE 50% MARK
WITH REPUBLICANS.
SO WHY COULDN'T CARBON BE NEXT?
NO?
>> SURE, BY ALL MEANS, THEY
SHOULD DO THAT IN ONE OF THE
WAYS OF DOING IT AS BEING
SERIOUS ABOUT CARBON SOLUTIONS
LIKE SUPPORTING NUCLEAR ENERGY.
THAT GOT A BIG CHEER.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bill: BIDEN AT HIS PRESS
CONFERENCE, THERE WAS NO
QUESTIONS IN AN HOUR ABOUT THE
PANDEMIC, THE VACCINE PROGRAM,
OR THE $1.9 TRILLION RELIEF PLAN
HE JUST PASSED.
YOU ARE PRESS PEOPLE, WHAT DO
YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> I THINK THE PRESS IS ALL IN.
>> Bill: MEANING?
>> I THINK HE'S NOT GETTING
PRESSED SO TO SPEAK ON A LOT OF
THE TOUGH ISSUES RIGHT NOW AND I
HAVE TO SAY AS SOMEBODY WHO IS
IN THE MEDIA BUT ISN'T REALLY A
JOURNALIST, I THINK PEOPLE ARE
DOING THE RIGHT THING.
RIGHT NOW, I THINK HATING
AMERICA IS NO LONGER A LUXURY
THAT WE CAN AFFORD.
WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG, I
GREW UP IN BERKELEY, MY PARENTS
WERE SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT OF
KARL MARX, I KNEW AMERICA WAS A
WAR MACHINE, IMPERIALIST POWER
AND MY PARENTS WERE HELPING KIDS
DODGE THE DRAFT AND GET TO
CANADA AND YOU CAN HAVE OPINIONS
LIKE THAT WHEN THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY IS HOLDING UP AMERICA
AND SOME PEOPLE ARE EVEN LIVING
AMERICA.
RIGHT NOW EVERYWHERE YOU TURN
IT'S LIKE PEOPLE BREAK INTO THE
CAPITOL BUILDING IN SHIT ON THE
FLOOR.
>> Bill: IN THE NAME OF LOVING
AMERICA.
IT'S NOT LIKE ANYBODY HATES
AMERICA, THEY JUST HATE THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
THEY DID A SURVEY RECENTLY IN
THE ASKED PEOPLE WHAT IS THE
MOST PRESSING PROBLEM -- BY FAR,
THE WINNER WAS OTHER PEOPLE IN
AMERICA.
I'M NOT KIDDING.
54%, THE OTHERS.
PEOPLE I DON'T AGREE WITH,
THAT'S AMERICA.
>> THE PRESS NEEDS TO HOLD THE
ADMINISTRATION TO ACCOUNT IN A
NORMAL WAY BUT ON THE OTHER
HAND, WE JUST WENT THROUGH FOUR
YEARS IN WHICH THE PRESIDENCY
WAS A JACK HAMMER OUTSIDE YOUR
WINDOW AT 6:00 A.M. EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I THINK A RESPITE IS A PRETTY
GOOD THING.
>> Bill: THAT'S A GOOD
ANALOGY.
I WAS WATCHING DR. ROBERT
REDFORD -- NO, I KNEW I WAS
GOING TO, DR. ROBERT REDFIELD,
THE FORMER HEAD OF THE CDC.
HE SAID SOMETHING THAT WAS
INTERESTING OR AT LEAST IT MADE
NEWS THAT HE THINKS CORONAVIRUS
CAME FROM THE LAB WHICH HAS BEEN
TALKED ABOUT SINCE IT BEGAN.
BUT IN THIS BINARY WAY WE LIVE
IN THE COUNTRY, IT'S LIKE IF
YOU'RE A DEMOCRAT, IT'S A BAT.
IF YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN, IT'S A
LAB AND IT'S SO FUCKING STUPID
BECAUSE THIS IS A SCIENTIFIC
ISSUE, IT TOTALLY COULD HAVE
BEEN A LAB.
>> WHAT HAPPENED TO US THAT
EVERYBODY BEHAVES THIS WAY?
AND THERE'S ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO
BELIEVE IN Q1 NINE?
WHEN WE GREW UP, I KNOW YOU ARE
MUCH YOUNGER BUT IT WASN'T LIKE
THIS.
WE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS BUT WE
DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE THINKING
THERE WERE A CHILD MOLESTERS IN
THE SUEZ CANAL THAT HILLARY SENT
THERE.
>> Bill: NOT EVERYTHING BECAME
A POLARIZING ISSUE.
>> AND WE'VE TRAINED -- I THINK
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WE HAVE
TRAINED PEOPLE TO TURN OFF THEIR
BRAINS.
THE DEFAULT IS DON'T THINK, JOIN
A GROUP AND ADOPT WHATEVER THE
PREVAILING VIEW IS OF THAT
GROUP.
IT'S POSSIBLE TO HOLD
CONSERVATIVE VIEWS AND STILL
THINK DONALD TRUMP IS THE WORST
PRESIDENT AMERICA HAS EVER SEEN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: AS MANY HAVE.
>> IT REQUIRES A LEVEL OF
INDEPENDENT THINKING, IT IS
POSSIBLE TO THINK THAT MAYBE
THIS CAME FROM A LAB BUT AT THE
END OF THE DAY IT DOESN'T MATTER
BECAUSE WE HAVE A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC WE JUST HAVE TO SOLVE.
>> Bill: IT DOES MATTER
BECAUSE IT AFFECTS HOW WE
UNDERSTAND THE DISEASE.
WHAT HE'S SAYING IS HE THINKS IT
CAME FROM A LAB BECAUSE IT ACTED
IN WAYS IT WOULDN'T IF IT CAME
FROM NATURE, THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING TO SAY THAT'S
A REPUBLICAN POINT -- LIKE
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE IS A
REPUBLICAN, I WOULDN'T TAKE IT
BUT WHO KNOWS?
THEY USE IT IN SOME COUNTRIES,
IT'S A MEDICAL ISSUE IT'S NOT
LIKE TRUMP TOOK IT, I WOULDN'T
TAKE IT IF IT SAVED MY LIFE.
>> IT WAS VETTED AROUND BEFORE
HE TOOK IT, IT WAS KNOWN AND
SEEN AS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT
WORK A BIT AND IT HAS.
>> Bill: I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
THE SHOOTING BECAUSE FUCKING
GUNS, EVERY TIME IT HAPPENS AND
IT MAKES YOU SICK THAT THIS IS
AMERICA, WE ARE THE GUN COUNTRY
THAT WE KEEP SHOOTING EACH OTHE
OTHER.
MY QUESTION TODAY IS WHAT IS THE
LAW THAT STOPS THIS.
TED CRUZ SAYS EVERY TIME THERE'S
A SHOOTING WE PLAY THIS
RIDICULOUS THEATER WHERE THIS
COMMITTEE GETS TOGETHER AND
PROPOSES A BUNCH OF LAWS THAT
WOULD DO NOTHING TO STOP THESE
MURDERS.
THEY SAID BOTH OF THESE GUYS GOT
THE GUNS LEGALLY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
WHAT LAW WOULD CHANGE IT?
HE'S SAYING IT WOULD DO NOTHING
TO STOP THESE MURDERS, MOST
PEOPLE ARE FOR THESE THINGS,
LET'S TRY IT AND IF IT DOESN'T,
THEN WILL NECK KNOW.
>> THE ONE THING WE KNOW ABOUT
THESE MEN WHO DO THESE MASS
SHOOTING INCIDENTS, WE KNOW A
FEW THINGS ABOUT THEM BUT ONE OF
THE MAIN COMMONALITIES IS
PROFOUND CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND
DEEP MENTAL ILLNESS.
BACKGROUND CHECK THAT INVOLVED
MENTAL ILLNESS, I THINK THAT
WOULD COME UP AND WE WOULD HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SCREEN OUT
SOME OF THESE MEN, IT MAKES
SENSE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
>> IT SHOULD BE HARDER TO GET A
GUN THEN TO GET A DRIVER'S
LICENSE, THAT SHOULD BE BASIC
COMMON SENSE.
THE OTHER THING I WAS THINKING
ABOUT, WHEN I THINK OF MY BIG
SCREW UPS IN LIFE IT'S USUALLY
WHEN I CLICK SEND ON AN EMAIL TO
YOU SOON AND I WISH THERE WAS AN
ALGORITHM THAT WOULD JUST SAY
THIS LOOKS LIKE AN ANGRY EMAIL,
WE ARE GOING TO HOLD THIS FOR A
FEW HOURS AND IT WOULD'VE SAVED
ME A LOT OF GRIEF IN MY LIFE.
HOW ABOUT THIS LOOKS LIKE YOU
LOOK LIKE YOU ARE PISSED OFF, GO
HOME FOR THREE DAYS AND WE ARE
GOING TO CHECK YOU OUT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> REMEMBER HOMER SIMPSON, THREE
DAY WAITING PERIOD, BUT I'M
ANGRY NOW!
>> Bill: 91% OF PEOPLE SUPPORT
BACKGROUND CHECKS, 89 GUN SALES
TO PEOPLE -- THERE SHOULD BE A
MANDATORY THREE DAY WAITING
PERIOD, THIS INCLUDES MOST
REPUBLICANS AND EVEN NRA
MEMBERS.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S THE LEAST
WE COULD DO, GIVE THAT A TRY,
SEE IF IT CHANGES ANYTHING, IT
MAY NOT BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU SAID
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, I WOULD
PUT THAT IN THE BROADER CATEGORY
OF "CANNOT GET LAID."
[APPLAUSE]
I'M SORRY, BUT ALL OVER THE
WORLD WHETHER IT'S ISIS OR IN
CELLS, IT'S JUST THE THEME.
#NeedAGirlfriend WAS ON HIS
FACEBOOK PAGE, THIS IS THE NAME
OF THE MOVIE.
I'M GOING TO OPEN A CHAIN OF
GAME SCHOOLS AND TEACH MEN HOW
TO HAVE A LITTLE GAME BECAUSE
IT'S NOT LIKE GIRLS AREN'T OUT
THERE.
WE NEED TO TEACH GAME IN THE
CURRICULUM.
>> DID YOU SEE HIS PICTURE?
>> Bill: NO.
>> HE NEEDS A LOT OF TUTORING
FROM YOU, THE NEXT TIME HE GOES
OUT.
>> Bill: IS NOT HOW YOU LOOK,
RIGHT?
IT'S NOT.
WOMEN ARE DEEPER THAN US, LOTS
OF MEN WHO ARE NOT THAT GREAT
LOOKING DO VERY WELL.
I DON'T WANT TO NAME NAMES.
[LAUGHTER]
>> WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT THAT
HE HAS DEEP, DEEP MENTAL ILLNESS
BECAUSE IT'S SO CONSISTENT WITH
THESE MEN.
>> PART OF THE CON ON THE RIGHT
AS THEY SAY WHAT WE REALLY HAVE
IS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, WE
SHOULD INVEST IN MENTAL HEALTH.
ALL COUNTRIES HAVE PEOPLE WITH
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, IT'S
THAT THEY DON'T IMMEDIATE HAVE
ACCESS TO WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: YOU THINK IN THIS
COUNTRY THAT HAS MORE GUNS THAN
PEOPLE, THESE GUYS WHO BOUGHT
THESE GUNS ILLEGAL AND ONE OF
THEM WASN'T AN ASSAULT RIFLE,
YOU THINK THAT WOULD CHANGE
ANYTHING?
YOU DON'T THINK THEY WOULD GET
SOME WEAPON?
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HERE, WE ARE PRETENDING THAT
CERTAIN TYPES OF WEAPONS ARE
GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
THAT NEEDS TO BE QUESTIONED.
>> I AGREE, IF IT MANAGES TO
DIMINISH GUN CRIME.
>> Bill: I'M SAYING LET'S TRY
IT.
TO SPEAK OF THE LARGER POINT IS
SOMEONE SHOULD CALL FOR THE
REPEAL OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
AND STILL PEOPLE START THINKING
THAT IT IS CRAZY THAT WE HAVE AN
AMENDMENT THAT WAS WRITTEN AT A
TIME WHEN A SKILLED MARKSMAN
COULD GET OFF MAY BE TWO SHOTS
IN A MINUTE AT BEST, THAT THAT
IS RELEVANT AND WORKS FOR
TODAY'S CRAZY.
>> Bill: JOHN PAUL STEVENS,
REMEMBER HIM?
HE SAID ALL WE NEED TO DO IS ADD
FIVE WORDS TO THE
SECOND AMENDMENT AND IT'S LIKE
IN THE CASE OF BEING IN THE
MILITIA, WE CAN MAKE IT ALIGNED
WITH THE ORIGINAL INTENT, AND
THOSE FEW WORDS BUT THAT'S NEVER
GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> MAYBE.
I JUST THINK PEOPLE -- THERE'S
GOING TO BE A POINT THAT WE JUST
CAN'T TOLERATE IT ANYMORE AND
IT'S AMAZING AND SHAMEFUL THAT
WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET WHEN
KIDS ARE SHOT DEAD IN THEIR
CLASSROOMS.
IT'S HOPELESSNESS.
>> Bill: I KID FOX NEWS A LOT
ON THIS SHOW AND THE ONLY REASON
I DO IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE
MOSTLY A BUNCH OF OBNOXIOUS
ASSHOLES.
THE ONLY REASON I DO IT --
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BUT FOX IS STILL THE BRAND,
REALLY THAT EVERY OTHER
CONSERVATIVE GROUP MEASURES
THEMSELVES BY BUT THERE IS
TRTROUBLE IN RIVER CITY.
THIS WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE 2,000, MSNBC BEAT THEM.
THIS HAS GOT TO REALLY HURT,
THEY ARE ALWAYS WE ARE THE
RATINGS CHAMPIONS AND THEY HAVE
LOTS OF COMPETITION NOW FROM
OTHER FURTHER RIGHT
ORGANIZATIONS, THAT IS WHAT IS
BLEEDING AWAY FROM THEM.
SO THEY DECIDED TO STEP IT UP.
THEY HAVE A WHOLE NEW SLATE OF
SHOWS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
SOME OF THEM?
THERE REALLY LOOKING TO GET
THERE BASE BACK.
INSIDE SEDITION.
IS GOING TO BE COMING ON.
[LAUGHTER]
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE WITH TUCKER
CARLSON.
[LAUGHTER]
KIRK CAMERON THE SCIENCE GUY.
[LAUGHTER]
FACTBUSTERS.
[LAUGHTER]
INSIDE THE CRISIS ACTOR'S STUDIO
[LAUGHTER]
MORNING WOODS: ACTOR JAMES WOODS
DISCUSSES THE NEWS WITH A PANEL
OF TEENAGE GIRLS.
[LAUGHTER]
THE SEGREGATION ROOM.
PARDON THE INSURRECTION.
[LAUGHTER]
THE HOT BLONDE FASCIST REPORT.
[LAUGHTER]
PAULA DEAN'S PLANTATION
WEDDINGS.
[LAUGHTER]
THE KAREN REPORT WITH MARJORIE
TAYLOR GREENE.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
SAY THAT AGAIN AND I'LL PUNCH
YOU IN THE FACE WITH JON VOIGHT.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I FOUND THAT FUNNIER THAN THE
AUDIENCE, BUT OKAY.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR FOX TO
JUST GO.
I READ THE PHRASE BE ALLOWED TO
EXIST, MAX BOOT HAS SAID SIMILAR
THINGS AND THEY ARE BEING SUED
FOR LYING.
THEY DID LIE AND IT WAS ONLY
ABOUT THE ELECTION AND
DEMOCRACY.
I SEE WHY PEOPLE FEEL THIS WAY,
BUT SHOULD WE THINK THIS THROUGH
A LITTLE MORE?
EVEN TWO CONGRESSPEOPLE AND IN
CALIFORNIA, THEY WROTE LETTERS
TO ALL THE CABLE PROVIDERS AND
SAID ARE YOU PLANNING TO PICK UP
FOX FOR THE NEXT YEAR?
IF SO, WHY?
THAT'S A LITTLE CHEEKY.
>> I THEY'RE GOING TO SEND THE
SAME LETTER ABOUT CNN THAT
MALIGNED THE YOUNG BOY FROM
COVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY
LIBELED HIM AND ARE THEY GOING
TO DO THE SAME THING ABOUT
"ABC NEWS" THAT DID NOTHING
ABOUT JEFFREY EPSTEIN WHEN HE
WAS STILL ALIVE AND THEY
SUPPRESS THAT STORY?
THE NEWS IS A VERY DIRTY
BUSINESS.
[APPLAUSE]
FOX IS DIRTIER THAN MOST.
>> Bill: IT IS DIRTY YEAR.
>> IS DIRTIER.
BUT THE MINUTE YOU SUPPRESS
THAT, THE MINUTE YOU SAY WE
AREN'T GOING TO HAVE THAT ON THE
AIR, AND THE REST OF US CAN'T
SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING AND
IT ALL GOES UNDERGROUND.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO THE DARK
AVENUES OF THE INTERNET.
>> Bill: I READ TRUMP IS
STARTING HIS OWN TWITTER, THAT
WAS INEVITABLE.
DID THEY THINK HE WAS GOING TO
GO AWAY AND START WATCHING
RACHEL MADDOW?
[LAUGHTER]
WHERE THEY GOING TO GO?
>> HER POINT IS SO IMPORTANT,
TWO CAN PLAY THE GAME.
IF DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS PERSONS
CAN WRITE TO TRY TO SUPPRESS ONE
SIDE OF THE DEBATE, REPUBLICANS
ARE GOING TO START DOING IT AS
WELL.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT BEGINS WITH
THE WORDS "CONGRESS SHALL MAKE
NO LAW," THOSE ARE IMPORTANT
WORDS.
PART OF LIVING IN A
FIRST AMENDMENT ENVIRONMENT,
PEOPLE WILL LIE, PEOPLE WILL
MISINFORM AND YOU MAKE A LIVING
BY CALLING THEIR B.S.
THAT'S THE COUNTRY WE ARE IN.
>> Bill: I DON'T LIKE THE WORD
"BE ALLOWED TO EXIST."
SPEAKING OF NOT BE ALLOWED TO
EXIST, YOU WANT TO DO THAT THE
PRIVATE SCHOOL.
>> LESS CONTROVERSIAL.
>> Bill: YOU SAY SHUT THEM
DOWN.
>> I DON'T SAY SHUT THEM DOWN
BUT I SAY THE ONES AT THE VERY
TOP OF THE SYSTEM, THE ONES THAT
COST 35 TO $50,000 A YEAR, THEY
HAD BECOME A MALIGNED FORCE IN
AMERICA, THEY HOOVER UP A HUGE
NUMBER OF SPOTS IN THE
IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS.
EXETER HAS $1.3 BILLION, WE
DON'T GET ANY TAX MONEY.
>> Bill: THAT'S A BIG ONE?
>> >> IT'S IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
>> Bill: I WOULDN'T KNOW
PRIVATE SCHOOLS I WENT TO A
REGULAR SCHOOL IN NEW JERSEY.
>> AND YOU'VE GOT A SHOW!
>> Bill: YOU LOOK LIKE YOU
WERE BORN ON A TENNIS COURT,
WHERE DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL?
>> I WANT TO A FANCY PRIVATE
SCHOOL, I WENT TO A SCHOOL IN
MASSACHUSETTS CALLED MIDDLESEX
WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A WONDERFUL
SCHOOL AND I STILL THINK IT'S A
WONDERFUL SCHOOL AND I THINK
SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS DO
EXTRAORDINARY JOBS.
>> Bill: THEY CHANGED A LOT
SINCE YOU WERE THERE, I'M SORRY
BUT THEY HAVE, THIS IS A LOT OF
WHAT YOUR ARTICLE ABOUT, I ALSO
READ BARI WEISS ARTICLE ABOUT
WESLEY, I'VE TAKEN A LOT OF SHIT
FOR TALKING ABOUT IT BUT IT'S
TRUE, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON
IN THE SCHOOLS AND THESE ARE THE
SCHOOLS THAT FUNNEL KIDS TO
HARVARD AND HARVARD FUNNELS THEM
OUT TO IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE
MEDIA.
TELEVISION, GOVERNMENT AND THEY
CONTROL A LOT OF HOW PEOPLE
THINK.
TWO THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT,
PARENTS DON'T HAVE THE BACK OF
THE TEACHERS ANYMORE, THEY
ALWAYS SIDE WITH THEIR LITTLE
BRAT -- THAT IS DIFFERENT AND
THE BIGGEST THING I THINK IS THE
SHIFT AWAY FROM MORAL TEACHING,
FROM THE PARENT TO THE SCHOOL.
IT USED TO BE THE SCHOOL WOULD
BE AFRAID OF WHAT THE PARENT
THOUGHT, AND OTHER PARENT IS
AFRAID OF GOING AGAINST WHAT
THEY ARE TEACHING IN SCHOOL,
EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T AGREE WITH
IT.
THAT IS A HUGE SHIFT WE SHOULD
STOP AND AT LEAST NOTICE AND
DEBATE AND TALK ABOUT.
>> OF COURSE.
IN THESE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, THAT'S
NOT SUCH A BIG ISSUE IN THE
SENSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEND
YOUR CHILD TO THAT SCHOOL, NO
ONE IS HOLDING A GUN TO YOUR
HEAD AND SAYING YOU HAVE TO GO
TO A FANCY SCHOOL BUT WHEN WE
HAVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THOUSANDS
OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE PARENTS
ARE AFRAID TO CHALLENGE WHAT'S
GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOM,
THAT'S REALLY A PROBLEM, THAT
THE SERIOUS PROBLEM IN
EDUCATION.
>> I THINK IT'S A PROBLEM
THROUGHOUT EDUCATION, WE ARE
LOSING THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN
WHAT EDUCATION IS AND WHAT
INDOCTRINATION IS.
A LOT OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IS
REALLY JUST INDOCTRINATION.
[APPLAUSE]
I STUDY MARXISM IN SCHOOL, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
MARXISM IS, IT'S DIFFERENT FROM
BEING TAUGHT FROM A MARXIST
PERSPECTIVE.
ONE EXPOSES YOU TO IDEAS, THE
OTHER MAKES YOU A SOLDIER IN A
GIVEN PERSPECTIVE AND THERE'S
SOMETHING KIND OF TOTALITARIAN
ABOUT THAT, YOU'RE PRODUCING NOT
INDEPENDENT THINKERS, YOUR
PRODUCING RED GUARDS.
>> IT'S GROTESQUE AT THE WEALTHY
SCHOOLS, CHILDREN OF
BILLIONAIRES BEING TURNED INTO
BABY MARXISTS BECAUSE THAT'S HOW
RICH YOUR DADDY HAS TO BE FOR
MARXISM TO WORK FOR YOU
PERSONALLY AS A THEORY.
[APPLAUSE]
THAT'S ANOTHER AMERICAN ISSUE,
WE'VE GOT TO PULL TOGETHER AND
WE'VE GOT TO LIFT UP THIS WHOLE
IDEA OF EDUCATION AND GET SOME
OF THIS OUT OF THE SCHOOLS, WE
HAVE TO.
>> Bill: I READ IN SOME OF
YOUR ARTICLE AND SOME IN HERS,
THAT THERE IS A CLIMATE OF FEAR
THAT PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN
SCHOOLS.
FEAR OF NOT BEING WOKE ENOUGH,
OF NOT SPEAKING WELCOME ENOUGH.
SHE SAYS POWER IN AMERICA COMES
FROM SPEAKING WOKE.
SHE QUOTES A MATH TEACHER WHO
SAYS I'M IN A CULT -- NOT
EXACTLY IT'S THAT THE CULT IS
ALL AROUND ME AND I'M TRYING TO
SAVE KIDS FROM BECOMING MEMBERS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE HE'S A
SCIENTOLOGY DEFECTOR.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN A
CERTAIN PERIOD WHICH I THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE SHORT-LIVED AND
THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN REACTING
VERY QUICKLY AND HUGELY TO THE
SOCIAL PROTESTS OVER THE SUMMER
WHICH KIDS THANK GOD WERE VERY
MOVED BY AND VERY MUCH A PART
OF.
THAT'S IMPORTANT BUT THE LESSONS
THEY ARE INTRODUCING ON THE
BACKS OF THAT PROTESTS ARE
GROTESQUE.
>> THE CLIMATE OF FEAR IS NOT
JUST IN SCHOOLS, IT'S THROUGHOUT
INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY.
PEOPLE HAVE TO START CALLING
BULLSHIT ON IT.
THE ONLY WAY THIS ENDS IS PEOPLE
IN AUTHORITY SAY WE AREN'T GOING
TO BE BELIEVED IF YOU DON'T WANT
TO WORK HERE, GO ELSEWHERE,
THESE ARE OUR VALUES AND WE ARE
GOING TO STICK BY THEM.
THEY INCLUDE FAIR PLAY AND
OPENNESS TO VARIETY POINTS OF
VIEW.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: THEY SEEM OBSESSED
WITH THE CONCEPT OF PRIVILEGE.
THE ONE YOU TAUGHT AT.
>> HARVARD WESTLAKE.
>> Bill: I'M LOOKING AT THIS
CHART, CAN YOU SHOW THIS CHART
TO PEOPLE?
THE WORLD IS DIVIDED INTO A
OPPRESSION, RESISTANCE,
PRIVILEGE, SOME OF THEM ARE
OUTDATED TO SOME DEGREE.
HETEROSEXUAL, NOT AT THE ABBEY.
GENDER CONFORMING YOUNG ADULT,
OPPRESSION, WORKING CLASS,
PERSON OF COLOR, FEMALE, NOT
EVERYWHERE.
THE WORLD IS SO MUCH MORE
COMPLICATED THAN THIS.
>> THE FIRST THING I WAS TAUGHT
WHEN I WAS TAUGHT HOW TO BE A
TEACHER AT THAT WONDERFUL SCHOOL
WAS NEVER WASTE A STUDENT'S
TIME, THAT'S THE MOST PRECIOUS
RESOURCE.
NEVER TEACH A RIDICULOUS LESSON
AND IF YOU'RE SITTING THERE AT A
SCHOOL THAT COSTS $35,000 A YEAR
AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHO HAS PRIVILEGE IN AMERICA,
GET A MIRROR.
YOU'RE THE PRIVILEGED ONE, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE WITH THIS
COMPLICATED MAP, IT'S A USELESS
LESSON.
>> Bill: AREN'T WE TALKING
ABOUT ADVANTAGE?
THE WORD PRIVILEGE BOTHERS ME.
THERE ARE CERTAIN ADVANTAGES AND
OF COURSE RACE IS THE BIGGEST
ISSUE IN AMERICA.
I WOULD PUT THAT NUMBER ONE BUT
IT'S ALSO NOT THE ONLY ONE,
THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT
FACTORS AND THEY ONLY WANT TO
SEE THIS ONE THING.
WHAT IF SOMEONE IS PAINFULLY SHY
LIKE I WAS?
>> YOU WERE PAINFULLY SHY?
>> Bill: ISN'T IT FUNNY?
BUT IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE.
AT SOME POINT IN YOUR LIFE, THE
LIGHT GOES ON.
>> THE ANSWER TO WHETHER YOU ARE
PRIVILEGED OR ADVANTAGED, THE
ANSWER TO IT ISN'T TO FEEL
GUILTY OR ENTER VIRTUE SIGNAL,
IT'S TO DO SOMETHING WITH THOSE
ADVANTAGES.
TRY TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER
PLACE, DON'T FEEL GUILTY FOR
DOING IT.
>> MORE TO THE POINT, IF YOU ARE
TRULY A MARXIST AND I GREW UP IN
A PRETTY LEFT THE HOUSE, TELL
YOUR PARENTS I DON'T WANT TO GO
TO THIS EXPENSIVE SCHOOL
ANYMORE, THIS IS TOO ELITE, I
WANT TO BE PART OF MAKING PUBLIC
SCHOOLS BETTER AND THEY WANT TO
BE SUPER WOKE AND GO TO YALE.
THAT'S REALLY OFFENSIVE TO
PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD EITHER
OF THOSE THINGS.
IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE IT, COME
HERE TO L.A. CITY COLLEGE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF
TIME, I KNEW YOU WERE COMING
HERE I REALLY WANTED TO GET YOU
ABOUT THE ROYALS.
YOU'RE LAUGHING ALREADY.
>> I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THIS.
>> Bill: BECAUSE NOW THAT
WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO ABSORB IT,
EVERYONE SAW THE OPERA INTERVIEW
WITH HARRY AND MEGHAN, I HAD TO
LAUGH WHEN THEY WERE CANCELING
PEOPLE FOR THE TWEETS THEY WROTE
IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THERE'S A
PICTURE OF HARRY, AMERICA'S NEW
HERO WEARING A SWASTIKA.
I'M JUST SAYING.
I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD CANCEL
HIM FOR IT, PEOPLE DO STUPID
THINGS WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG BUT
IT'S AMAZING HOW THE ANGEL OF
DEATH FLIES OVER SOME PEOPLE'S
HOUSES.
IT'S AMAZING.
>> NOT ONLY THAT BUT SHE FELT A
REALLY WORTHWHILE ROLE FOR HER
TO PLAY WAS TO VISIT THE
COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH
BECAUSE THEY ARE LARGELY PEOPLE
OF COLOR, WHICH IS TRUE BECAUSE
THEY ARE COLONIZED BY THE STUPID
FAMILY YOU MARRIED INTO AND YOU
SHOULD NOT BE THEIR EMISSARY,
YOU SHOULD BE GOING THERE AND
TELLING THEM BREAK FREE AND
LET'S GET BRITAIN TO PAY SOME
REPARATIONS, SHE SHOULDN'T BE
THERE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE
ROYAL FAMILY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> IT'S TRUE, WITH OTHER PEOPLE
LIKE THAT YOUNG EDITOR WHO HAD
JUST BEEN GIVEN HER BIG BREAK
AND DISCOVERED 11-YEAR-OLD
TWEETS WHEN SHE WAS SEVEN TIERED
EUROS SOLD WERE GOING TO DESTROY
HER CAREER.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SCREWED UP AS A
TEENAGER YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER
BEEN A TEENAGER.
WHAT KIND OF PERSON DOESN'T HAVE
HUGE MISTAKES FROM THAT PERIOD
OF TIME?
>> Bill: TED CRUZ BECAUSE HE
KNEW HE WAS GOING TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT.
TED CRUZ DOESN'T, HE KNEW WHEN
HE WAS EIGHT HE STARTED RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT AND THAT'S NOT THE
GUY YOU WANT AS PRESIDENT.
>> YOU'RE MAKING MY POINT.
>> Bill: I AM MAKING YOUR
POINT TO.
>> ANY TIME SOMEONE GETS FIRED
AT "TEEN VOGUE" IT'S A WIN FOR
THE COUNTRY, EVERYONE SHOULD BE
FIRED, THEY SHOULD SHUT THAT
THING DOWN, THEY SHOULD SALT THE
EARTH AND THEY SHOULD GO
INDEPENDENCE I LOOK AT IT TODAY,
THEY HAD AN ARTICLE ABOUT WHY WE
SHOULD ABOLISH THE POLICE IN THE
NEXT ARTICLE WAS ABOUT ONE OF
THE OLSEN TWINS HAIRCUT.
>> Bill: THEN YOU READ THE
STATEMENT FROM THEM WE HAD TO DO
THIS SO THE IMPORTANT WORK OF
"TEEN VOGUE" -- THE IMPORTANT
WORK, ARE YOU KIDDING?
IT'S ABOUT CLOSE FOR TEENAGERS,
ISN'T IT?
>> IT'S ABOUT MORE THAN THAT BUT
TEENAGE GIRLS, THERE IS A HUGE
COMMUNITY THEY CAN REACH ONE
ANOTHER ON A NATIONAL AND GLOBAL
LEVEL ON INSTAGRAM AND SO FORTH,
ADULTS AT THE DEPRAVED
INSTITUTION OF CONDE NAST SHOULD
NOT BE PROFITING OVER FEEDING
THEIR HEADS WITH THIS POISONOUS,
VAPID LEFT WING AGENDA THAT
MAKES THESE GIRLS DUMBER BECAUSE
EVERY TIME THEY RUN SOMETHING ON
FOREIGN POLICY YOU LOOK AT IT
AND GO THAT'S NOT RIGHT AND
THAT'S NOT RIGHT IN THESE GIRLS,
IT'S GREAT, I'M GOING TO GET
THAT HAIRCUT AND BE ON THE SIDE
OF THIS THING, IT'S TERRIBLE.
>> Bill: I HAVE ONE MINUTE AND
I KNOW YOU BOTH HAVE WRITTEN
ABOUT WOODY ALLEN, A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO GET THIS NETWORK
PROBABLY SAW THE DOCUMENTARY.
I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY ABOUT
IT.
THE TITLE OFFENDED ME -- NOT
OFFENDED ME, WAS BULLSHIT AND IT
MAY ALL BE TRUE.
THE TITLE OF THE DOCUMENTARY
WHICH IS ALAN ALLEN V FARROW, T
SUGGESTS THERE WAS A TRIAL IN A
PROSECUTION.
IT'S MISLEADING.
>> THE TWO CONTEMPORANEOUS
REPORTS THAT CAME OUT ACQUITTED
WHICH MEANS PEOPLE WHO THINK
THEY KNOW THE STORY DON'T KNOW
THE STORY.
>> Bill: AND NOW THEY KNOW ONE
SIDE OF THE STORY AND I'M GLAD I
DO, BUT DON'T TELL ME I SAW THE
WHOLE STORY.
>> WHY IS HBO PROFITING, MAKING
A FOUR NIGHT SPECTACULAR.
>> Bill: NOW WE ARE GETTING
INTO SOME TOUCHY TERRITORY!
TIME FOR NEW RULES EVERYBODY,
NEW RULES!
SO THEY CAN PAY THEIR STARS WELL
AND HAVE THEM GET SOLAR, THAT'S
WHY!
GODDAMN IT!
NEW RULE: SOMEONE HAS TO TELL ME
HOW IT MAKES A PARTY BETTER WHEN
YOU'RE STANDING ON A CAR.
[LAUGHTER]
THAT WOULD MAKE ME NOT WANT TO
GO TO A PARTY.
"WHERE'S THE PARTY?"
"WELL, IT'S PARTLY ON A CAR."
JAMES BROWN ONCE SANG "GET UP
OFFA THAT THING."
HE MEANT HIS CAR.
[LAUGHTER]
NEW RULE: BEFORE YOU MAKE FUN OF
THIS HINDU HOLY DAY, WHERE WOMEN
FROM ONE VILLAGE PRETEND TO BEAT
A MAN FROM ANOTHER VILLAGE WITH
LONG STICKS, REMEMBER WE'VE GOT
ONE COMING UP WHERE A LIFE-SIZED
BUNNY HIDES EGGS TO CELEBRATE A
DEAD GUY COMING BACK TO LIFE.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: THE NICOBAR PIGEON HAS
TO GET OVER ITSELF AND REALIZE
THAT WHEN PEOPLE SAY "YOU'RE SO
BEAUTIFUL," THEY MEAN "FOR A
PIGEON."
YOUR COMPETITION IS DIRT-GRAY,
RED-EYED, STANDING ON A TRASHCAN
EATING A CIGAR.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
AND YOU'RE BOTH GOING IN
CHICK-FIL-A.
[LAUGHTER]
I KID, IT'S ACTUALLY FINE FOOD,
IT'S DELICIOUS, WE KID, WE MAKE
LITTLE JOKES.
NEW RULE: SOMEONE HAS TO TELL ME
WHY ALL THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC
LOOK LIKE IUDS.
LOOK AT THAT -- IT CAN'T JUST BE
COINCIDENCE.
DOES BIRTH CONTROL COME FROM
SPACE?
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON, THIS ONE'S
FOR YOU.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: THAT GUY AT EVERY
WEDDING WHO THINKS IT'D BE A
TREAT FOR EVERYONE IF HE
BREAKDANCES.
HAS TO SIT DOWN.
YOU'RE NOT THE LIFE OF THE
PARTY.
YOU'RE THE DRUNK GUY WHO JUST
KICKED GRANDMA IN THE FACE.
[LAUGHTER]
AND FINALLY, NEW RULE.
IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW
ROARING "20S, LET'S NOT REPEAT
THE MISTAKES OF THE LAST ONE.
I KEEP READING THAT AMERICA IS
POISED FOR A ROARING "20S, 21ST
CENTURY EDITION - A REPEAT OF
THAT DECADE A CENTURY AGO, WHEN,
JUST LIKE NOW, THE UNITED STATES
EMERGED FROM A PANDEMIC READY TO
PARTY AS IF THERE WAS COCAINE IN
THE COCA-COLA - WHICH THERE WAS.
[LAUGHTER]
THERE WAS, IN THE 20s.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND NOW, AFTER A YEAR OF MASKING
AND DISTANCING, I KNOW I'M READY
FOR THE PARTY, AND I IMAGINE
MILLIONS OF OTHERS ARE ALSO
ITCHING TO ENGAGE IN RISKY
BEHAVIORS, LIKE AIR TRAVEL,
SHARING A DESSERT OR TWEETING
WHAT YOU REALLY THINK.
[LAUGHTER]
AND WHY NOT?
THE 1920S WAS AN ESPECIALLY
EXCITING TIME: THE ECONOMY
DOUBLED THE MASSES COULD AFFORD
A CAR, AND WOMEN STOPPED WEARING
SIXTEEN LAYERS OF CLOTHING.
NO DREAM WAS TOO BIG: CHARLES
[LAUGHTER]
LINDBERGH BECAME THE FIRST
ANTI-SEMITE TO FLY SOLO ACROSS
THE ATLANTIC BABE RUTH HIT A
HOME RUN 575 FEET, HUNGOVER,
WITH GONORRHEA, WHILE EATING A
PORK CHOP,
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
AND JOE BIDEN STARTED
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND THE STOCK MARKET WAS A GAME
WHERE EVERYBODY WAS A WINNER.
BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
NEXT.
THE ROARING "20S BECAME THE
BROKE-ASS "30S.
IT TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE WITH
THE GREAT DEPRESSION, THE RISE
OF FASCISM, AND WORST OF ALL, AN
ENDLESS STREAM OF MUSICALS ABOUT
SAILORS.
[LAUGHTER]
AND LOOKING AT THE ECONOMIC
FACTORS RIGHT NOW, IT FEELS LIKE
WE'RE BACK IN THE HEADSPACE THAT
WE'LL NEVER RUN OUT OF CASH AS
LONG AS THE FED DOESN'T RUN OUT
OF INK.
I'M JUST SAYING, IF WE'RE GOING
TO DO A NEW ROARING "20S, LET'S
DO IT THIS TIME WITHOUT THE TWO
THINGS THAT MADE THE LAST ONE
SUCK: PROHIBITION AND A
DEPRESSION AT THE END OF IT.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
I'M NO MONEY EXPERT - I ONLY
TURN ON JIM CRAMER TO SCARE AWAY
THE BIRDS - BUT IT DOES SEEM
LIKE THE MARKET IS A LITTLE
DIVORCED FROM REALITY THESE
DAYS.
IT'S ODD THAT THE REAL ECONOMY
HAS BEEN FULL OF NEWS OF
UNEMPLOYMENT, BANKRUPTCIES AND
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SIGNS
SINCE COVID HIT, AND YET THE S&P
IS UP 76% IN THAT TIME.
IT CAN'T GO UP FOREVER.
WE CAN'T ALL WIN.
IT'S NOT THE TICKET MACHINE AT
CHUCK E CHEESE.
A SHARE OF GAMESTOP ISN'T REALLY
WORTH MORE THAN A SHARE OF
TOYOTA.
TO BAIL OURSELVES OUT OF THAT
DEPRESSION, WE SPENT, OVER 10
YEARS, 6% OF OUR GROSS DOMESTIC
PRODUCT.
TO GET OUT OF COVID, WE SPENT,
IN ONE YEAR, 26% OF GDP.
THE WAY WE'RE HANDING OUT MONEY,
YOU'D THINK IT HAD AN EXPIRATION
DATE ON IT.
IN 2008, WHEN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
WAS ON THE EDGE OF COLLAPSE
CONGRESS PASSED WHAT WAS
CONSIDERED A MASSIVE BAILOUT OF
$700 BILLION - SO MASSIVE, OVER
A HUNDRED PROTESTS BROKE OUT
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT
WAS BORN.
NOW?
THE WORD "BILLION" IS SO LAST
DECADE.
CONGRESS HAS PASSED $6 TRILLION
TO FIGHT THE WAR ON COVID - TWO
TRILLION MORE THAN WE SPENT TO
WIN WORLD WAR TWO.
YOU KNOW, THE "BIG ONE?"
FOUR YEARS OF DESPERATE FIGHTING
AGAINST A MURDERER'S ROW OF BAD
GUYS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND UNDER IT.
NOT TO MENTION THIS THING WAS
KIND OF EXPENSIVE TO MAKE.
ALL THAT, IN TODAY'S DOLLARS?
4 TRILLION.
THIS?
6 TRILLION.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THE OTHER THING WE HAVE TO DO IN
THE NEW ROARING "20S IS END THE
DRUG WAR.
A LITTLE SLOW ON THAT, STONERS.
[LAUGHTER]
THIS TIME, CAN WE HAVE THE BIG
PARTY WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY
ABOUT GETTING ARRESTED FOR DOING
THE DRUGS THAT KEEP THE PARTY
GOING IN THE FIRST PLACE?
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BECAUSE IN THE 1920S AMERICA
BANNED ALCOHOL, FOR REASONS
WHICH ARE STILL MYSTERIOUS TO
ME.
HEY, WE'RE ABOUT TO THROW THIS
GIANT RAGER THAT GOES ON FOR 10
YEARS, MAKE SURE NO ONE BRINGS
BOOZE.
[LAUGHTER]
SO LET'S GET RID OF OUR OWN
PROHIBITION, AKA THE DRUG WAR,
AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE PART
WHERE WE ADMIT IT DOESN'T WORK.
IT'S OKAY.
[LAUGHTER]
THE WHITE HOUSE, UNFORTUNATELY,
IS GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
WHAT THE FUCK, JOE?
[LAUGHTER]
YOU REALLY GOTTA GIVE IT TO THE
DRUG WAR: IT'S BIPARTISAN.
IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO WHEN NIXON
ANNOUNCED THAT DRUGS WERE
"PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE."
AND TOLD ELVIS TO GET RID OF
THEM BY TAKING THEM ALL.
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SO MUCH OF THE ROT IN OUR
SOCIETY STEMS FROM OUR
MODERN-DAY VERSION OF
PROHIBITION.
THE PEOPLE FLEEING AT THE
BORDER?
THAT'S THE DRUG WAR.
THE RECORD-SHATTERING AMOUNT OF
INCARCERATION THIS COUNTRY DOES,
WITH ALL ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR
RACIAL INJUSTICE, WASTED LIVES,
AND SKEWED ELECTIONS BECAUSE SO
MANY FELONS CAN'T VOTE - THAT'S
THE DRUG WAR.
OTHER PEOPLE GET IT: MEXICO
LEGALIZED WEED THIS MONTH;
CANADA DID IT TWO YEARS AGO.
WHY ARE WE ALWAYS LAST AT
EVERYTHING NOW?
PORTUGAL RAN THIS EXPERIMENT -
THEY DECRIMINALIZED ALL DRUGS
TEN YEARS AGO, AND THEY HAD LESS
THAN 100 OVERDOSE DEATHS LAST
YEAR.
WE HAVE 81,000.
THE WAR IS OVER.
WEST VIRGINIA LOST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THAT'S OUR
SHOW.
WE ARE OFF NEXT WEEK, I WILL BE
WITH MY SOLAR BACK ON THE NINTH.
I WANT TO THANK MY GUESTS BRET
STEPHENS, CAITLIN FLANAGAN AND
CHRISTOPHER KREBS.
AND THANK YOU, FOLKS.
I THINK MY SOLAR FRIENDS WHO GOT
IT DONE!
APPRECIATE IT!
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