1 00:00:00,534 --> 00:00:01,768 [theme music] 2 00:00:01,869 --> 00:00:04,771 ANNOUNCER: From New York City, the only city in America, 3 00:00:04,872 --> 00:00:07,441 it's the show that invented news. 4 00:00:07,541 --> 00:00:13,013 This is The Daily Show with your host, Wanda Sykes. 5 00:00:13,113 --> 00:00:20,087 [cheering] 6 00:00:29,796 --> 00:00:32,566 Hey, what's going on, everybody? 7 00:00:32,666 --> 00:00:34,902 Welcome to The Daily Show. 8 00:00:35,002 --> 00:00:38,705 I'm Wanda Sykes, and I'm back. 9 00:00:38,805 --> 00:00:42,075 [cheering] 10 00:00:42,176 --> 00:00:43,844 Yeah, I'm back. 11 00:00:43,944 --> 00:00:47,247 But, honestly, I never left. 12 00:00:47,347 --> 00:00:51,151 No one told me how to get out this damn building. 13 00:00:51,251 --> 00:00:52,653 You should see them after the show. 14 00:00:52,753 --> 00:00:55,289 They just leave. 15 00:00:55,389 --> 00:00:57,658 But we've got a great show for you tonight. 16 00:00:57,758 --> 00:00:59,426 My girl Nia Long is joining us. 17 00:00:59,526 --> 00:01:00,394 [cheering] 18 00:01:00,494 --> 00:01:02,462 Yes. 19 00:01:02,563 --> 00:01:05,098 So let's get right into it. 20 00:01:05,199 --> 00:01:09,937 [cheering] 21 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:12,072 Let's start with the war in Ukraine. 22 00:01:12,105 --> 00:01:15,642 We're coming up on 11 months since the Kremlin 23 00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:17,644 gremlin invaded. 24 00:01:17,744 --> 00:01:20,848 And now the Ukrainian military is getting 25 00:01:20,948 --> 00:01:22,749 some major reinforcements. 26 00:01:22,850 --> 00:01:24,952 [dramatic music] 27 00:01:25,085 --> 00:01:26,753 Well, the announcement came this morning. 28 00:01:26,854 --> 00:01:29,590 The United States and Germany will both be 29 00:01:29,690 --> 00:01:31,124 sending tanks to Ukraine. 30 00:01:31,225 --> 00:01:33,460 Ukraine has been desperate to get tanks 31 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,963 as Russia prepares for a spring offensive. 32 00:01:36,096 --> 00:01:39,433 And this morning it looks like more than a dozen German tanks 33 00:01:39,533 --> 00:01:43,303 will be on their way soon, with as many as 100 to follow, 34 00:01:43,403 --> 00:01:47,641 with the US expected to send more than 30 Abrams tanks. 35 00:01:47,741 --> 00:01:50,143 Ukraine wants the advanced German tanks 36 00:01:50,244 --> 00:01:51,445 as soon as possible. 37 00:01:51,545 --> 00:01:53,814 As for those Abrams tanks, the only issue 38 00:01:53,914 --> 00:01:59,119 is they will not likely arrive for at least a year. 39 00:01:59,186 --> 00:02:01,054 WANDA SYKES: A year? 40 00:02:01,088 --> 00:02:02,422 Oh, come on, US. 41 00:02:02,523 --> 00:02:04,558 Ukraine is fighting for its life, 42 00:02:04,658 --> 00:02:07,694 and America is like, all right, the delivery window 43 00:02:07,794 --> 00:02:10,063 is from June to December. 44 00:02:10,097 --> 00:02:11,398 Make sure you're home. 45 00:02:11,498 --> 00:02:13,333 [laughter] 46 00:02:13,433 --> 00:02:16,069 I'll tell you, that damn Louis DeJoy has really 47 00:02:16,103 --> 00:02:18,138 messed up the post office. 48 00:02:18,238 --> 00:02:19,606 He's got to go. 49 00:02:19,706 --> 00:02:23,977 [applause] 50 00:02:24,077 --> 00:02:26,947 Now the reason it took so long to send these tanks 51 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,883 is that Germany didn't want to send tanks alone. 52 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:32,953 They wanted another country to send tanks with them. 53 00:02:33,086 --> 00:02:35,656 Because, you know, it's not a great look 54 00:02:35,756 --> 00:02:38,625 just when it's German tanks rolling across Europe. 55 00:02:38,725 --> 00:02:39,660 [laughter] 56 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,230 Kind of makes people nervous. 57 00:02:43,330 --> 00:02:45,566 I think it should have been Sweden. 58 00:02:45,666 --> 00:02:49,736 Yeah, and they send tanks to Ukraine and Russia. 59 00:02:49,837 --> 00:02:50,737 OK, hear me out. 60 00:02:50,838 --> 00:02:51,738 Hear me out. 61 00:02:51,839 --> 00:02:53,974 And then, Sweden, do that thing you 62 00:02:54,107 --> 00:02:57,978 do where you send the tanks in parts with a diagram 63 00:02:58,111 --> 00:02:59,313 for assembling them. 64 00:02:59,413 --> 00:03:01,648 [laughter] 65 00:03:01,748 --> 00:03:03,050 Yeah. 66 00:03:03,150 --> 00:03:07,287 See-- see, that would bring the countries 67 00:03:07,387 --> 00:03:09,556 together because no one can assemble 68 00:03:09,656 --> 00:03:12,192 that shit on their own. 69 00:03:12,292 --> 00:03:14,361 Ukraine would be like, hey, Russia 70 00:03:14,461 --> 00:03:19,066 do you have an extra one of those wooden peggy thingies? 71 00:03:19,099 --> 00:03:22,703 Moving on, the FDA has some good news for babies. 72 00:03:22,803 --> 00:03:25,806 And if there are any babies out there watching, 73 00:03:25,906 --> 00:03:26,807 what you doing? 74 00:03:26,907 --> 00:03:27,808 Go to bed. 75 00:03:27,908 --> 00:03:30,444 [laughter] 76 00:03:30,544 --> 00:03:32,980 And, also, your food is about to taste 77 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:34,882 a lot less like pennies. 78 00:03:34,982 --> 00:03:37,417 In tonight's Health Watch, we have important information 79 00:03:37,518 --> 00:03:38,986 for parents about baby food. 80 00:03:39,086 --> 00:03:42,756 The FDA today proposed new levels for lead in baby food, 81 00:03:42,856 --> 00:03:45,492 cutting the allowable level by about 25% 82 00:03:45,592 --> 00:03:47,327 to 20 parts per billion or less. 83 00:03:47,427 --> 00:03:50,197 Now that would apply to baby foods made with fruits, 84 00:03:50,297 --> 00:03:53,100 vegetables, and dry cereals, but not cereal puff 85 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:56,537 and teething biscuits, which have been found to have some 86 00:03:56,637 --> 00:03:58,405 of the highest lead levels. 87 00:03:58,505 --> 00:04:01,408 The author of a 2019 report that found dangerous levels 88 00:04:01,508 --> 00:04:04,945 of lead in nearly 95% of manufactured baby foods 89 00:04:05,045 --> 00:04:07,915 says the FDA's proposals don't go far 90 00:04:08,048 --> 00:04:10,050 enough to protect children. 91 00:04:10,117 --> 00:04:13,587 But at least now you know. 92 00:04:13,687 --> 00:04:17,224 But at least now you know? 93 00:04:17,324 --> 00:04:18,692 Is that a thing? 94 00:04:18,792 --> 00:04:22,896 Is this how you break bad news to people now? 95 00:04:23,063 --> 00:04:26,633 Hey, remember that bump I thought was a spider bite? 96 00:04:26,733 --> 00:04:30,737 Well, it's herpes, but at least now you know. 97 00:04:30,838 --> 00:04:37,544 [applause] 98 00:04:38,545 --> 00:04:40,781 For more on this news from the FDA, 99 00:04:40,881 --> 00:04:43,684 we sent our correspondents out in the field. 100 00:04:43,784 --> 00:04:47,855 So let's go live to Desi Lydic and Dulcé Sloan. 101 00:04:47,955 --> 00:04:54,928 [cheering] 102 00:04:55,929 --> 00:04:57,931 Hey, Desi, let's start with you. 103 00:04:58,098 --> 00:04:59,700 I mean, this story is crazy. 104 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,736 How does baby food even get lead in it? 105 00:05:02,836 --> 00:05:04,204 No one knows, Wanda. 106 00:05:04,304 --> 00:05:05,873 It could be from the soil. 107 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:08,575 It could be from an old paint in the processing plant. 108 00:05:08,675 --> 00:05:10,544 It could be the guy at the end of the assembly line 109 00:05:10,644 --> 00:05:14,181 who sprinkles lead into all the jars. 110 00:05:14,281 --> 00:05:17,084 You telling me they got lead bay down there? 111 00:05:17,184 --> 00:05:23,757 [laughter] 112 00:05:24,892 --> 00:05:26,827 That's probably where the lead is coming from. 113 00:05:26,927 --> 00:05:28,695 It's impossible to say. 114 00:05:28,795 --> 00:05:31,498 But this regulation is necessary, Wanda. 115 00:05:31,598 --> 00:05:33,467 Lead is harmful to babies, and they 116 00:05:33,567 --> 00:05:36,069 shouldn't eat it unless they keep screaming for it. 117 00:05:36,136 --> 00:05:37,938 And then it's like, fine, who gives a shit? 118 00:05:38,071 --> 00:05:41,475 Have it, whatever makes this tantrum stop. 119 00:05:41,575 --> 00:05:44,444 Parenting is complicated. 120 00:05:44,545 --> 00:05:47,381 OK, let's turn to Dulcé. 121 00:05:47,481 --> 00:05:50,150 I guess it's a good thing the FDA is taking 122 00:05:50,250 --> 00:05:51,818 action on this for babies. 123 00:05:51,919 --> 00:05:53,487 Man, [bleep] babies. 124 00:05:53,587 --> 00:05:56,456 [laughter] 125 00:05:56,557 --> 00:06:01,395 [applause] 126 00:06:01,495 --> 00:06:04,031 I'm in a supermarket in Jackson, Mississippi, 127 00:06:04,064 --> 00:06:07,034 trying to buy bottled water because look at the water 128 00:06:07,134 --> 00:06:09,903 they got down here. 129 00:06:10,037 --> 00:06:13,273 The government needs to fix this problem. 130 00:06:13,373 --> 00:06:14,741 Why do babies get priority? 131 00:06:14,842 --> 00:06:20,080 [cheering] 132 00:06:20,180 --> 00:06:21,481 Why is babies getting priority? 133 00:06:21,582 --> 00:06:25,052 I'm the one paying American taxes. 134 00:06:25,118 --> 00:06:26,854 I mean, well-- well, people love babies. 135 00:06:26,954 --> 00:06:27,855 Come on. 136 00:06:27,955 --> 00:06:29,122 They're cute. 137 00:06:29,223 --> 00:06:30,123 I'm cute. 138 00:06:30,224 --> 00:06:32,059 [laughter] 139 00:06:32,159 --> 00:06:33,560 Babies, hit or miss. 140 00:06:33,660 --> 00:06:36,063 I mean, you've seen them. 141 00:06:36,129 --> 00:06:39,600 You-- you tried to be nice, but that baby was a gremlin. 142 00:06:39,700 --> 00:06:44,605 Listen, besides, how is this helping babies, OK? 143 00:06:44,705 --> 00:06:46,073 They're not getting rid of the lead. 144 00:06:46,139 --> 00:06:47,774 They're just lowering the amount. 145 00:06:47,875 --> 00:06:50,611 How about we don't eat any harmful chemicals? 146 00:06:50,711 --> 00:06:53,080 That's-- that's a good idea, right? 147 00:06:53,113 --> 00:06:57,985 [cheering] 148 00:06:58,085 --> 00:06:58,986 Dulcé, I wish. 149 00:06:59,086 --> 00:07:00,020 It's just not possible. 150 00:07:00,087 --> 00:07:01,555 You know, lead is in the soil. 151 00:07:01,655 --> 00:07:03,023 Mercury's in the ocean. 152 00:07:03,090 --> 00:07:04,525 Animals are full of plastic. 153 00:07:04,625 --> 00:07:05,926 It's called the ecosystem. 154 00:07:06,026 --> 00:07:07,895 [laughter] 155 00:07:08,028 --> 00:07:09,596 Desi's got a point, Dulcé. 156 00:07:09,696 --> 00:07:12,032 I mean, chemicals are everywhere. 157 00:07:12,099 --> 00:07:15,068 Especially everywhere Black people live. 158 00:07:15,169 --> 00:07:21,275 [applause] 159 00:07:21,375 --> 00:07:23,777 I mean, my first boyfriend was exposed to so many chemicals-- 160 00:07:23,877 --> 00:07:24,811 he glowed in the dark. 161 00:07:24,912 --> 00:07:25,812 [laughter] 162 00:07:25,913 --> 00:07:26,813 Wait a minute. 163 00:07:26,914 --> 00:07:27,948 I'd never heard of that before. 164 00:07:28,048 --> 00:07:29,516 Are you sure that was the chemicals? 165 00:07:29,616 --> 00:07:30,517 I mean, it's hard to say. 166 00:07:30,617 --> 00:07:31,585 He had a lot going on. 167 00:07:31,685 --> 00:07:32,719 [laughter] 168 00:07:32,819 --> 00:07:33,921 I see. 169 00:07:34,054 --> 00:07:37,658 So, Desi, is this the best the FDA can do-- just 170 00:07:37,758 --> 00:07:41,195 try to make sure babies aren't eating too much lead? 171 00:07:41,295 --> 00:07:43,730 Wanda, it's not a bad strategy. 172 00:07:43,830 --> 00:07:46,133 If babies are going to spend their lives eating chemicals, 173 00:07:46,233 --> 00:07:47,601 then we may as well get them started 174 00:07:47,701 --> 00:07:49,236 early to build up an immunity. 175 00:07:49,336 --> 00:07:50,437 You know? 176 00:07:50,537 --> 00:07:53,507 I mean, that's why I've decided to eat more lead. 177 00:07:53,607 --> 00:07:56,076 Personally, I'm just starting now. 178 00:07:56,143 --> 00:07:58,712 OK, I don't think you should-- 179 00:07:58,812 --> 00:07:59,813 Here's how I see it. 180 00:07:59,913 --> 00:08:02,015 If I start now, then by this time next year, 181 00:08:02,082 --> 00:08:06,553 I should be able to eat a whole car battery and be fine. 182 00:08:06,653 --> 00:08:08,021 Huh. 183 00:08:08,088 --> 00:08:09,022 That's not a bad idea. 184 00:08:09,122 --> 00:08:14,061 I mean, you know, I guess I can try. 185 00:08:14,161 --> 00:08:15,929 Dulcé-- Dulcé, don't do that. 186 00:08:16,029 --> 00:08:20,334 [groaning] 187 00:08:20,434 --> 00:08:23,237 Mm, that's a good year-- 188 00:08:23,337 --> 00:08:24,938 tire. Oh, my god. 189 00:08:25,038 --> 00:08:26,073 Oh. 190 00:08:26,173 --> 00:08:27,074 I saw Jesus. 191 00:08:27,174 --> 00:08:30,944 I gotta say, this lead is not bad. 192 00:08:31,044 --> 00:08:33,514 Mm, really good. 193 00:08:33,614 --> 00:08:35,516 I'll tell you what, Wanda. 194 00:08:35,616 --> 00:08:39,052 I'll tell you what else. 195 00:08:39,086 --> 00:08:43,790 [laughter] 196 00:08:43,891 --> 00:08:46,627 Desi. 197 00:08:46,727 --> 00:08:47,628 Desi. 198 00:08:47,728 --> 00:08:48,629 Huh? 199 00:08:48,729 --> 00:08:52,099 Yeah. 200 00:08:52,199 --> 00:08:53,867 What were you going to say? 201 00:08:53,967 --> 00:08:59,540 Oh, just that if babies and humans can come a together, 202 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,009 it's fervor America great. 203 00:09:02,042 --> 00:09:03,911 [laughter] 204 00:09:04,011 --> 00:09:11,018 [laughs] 205 00:09:12,853 --> 00:09:16,023 Oh, lord, she done lost her damn mind. 206 00:09:16,123 --> 00:09:17,024 Oh. 207 00:09:17,124 --> 00:09:20,694 [laughter] 208 00:09:20,794 --> 00:09:23,030 I'm just glad that nothing happened to me. 209 00:09:23,096 --> 00:09:25,032 You know what I mean? 210 00:09:25,098 --> 00:09:26,533 Ooh, just out here being healthy. 211 00:09:26,633 --> 00:09:28,435 This water wasn't that bad. Y'all want some? 212 00:09:28,535 --> 00:09:29,436 It's good. 213 00:09:29,536 --> 00:09:31,405 Dulcé, you're-- you're glowing. 214 00:09:31,505 --> 00:09:32,439 Mm. 215 00:09:32,539 --> 00:09:33,440 Thank you, sis. 216 00:09:33,540 --> 00:09:34,808 I got a new skin care routine. 217 00:09:34,908 --> 00:09:38,245 [applause] 218 00:09:38,345 --> 00:09:41,481 Lord, I hope the insurance here is good. 219 00:09:41,582 --> 00:09:44,184 Desi Lydic and Dulcé Sloan, everyone. 220 00:09:44,284 --> 00:09:46,954 [cheering] 221 00:09:47,054 --> 00:09:51,391 All right, when we come back, Roy Wood, Jr. visits Cop City. 222 00:09:51,491 --> 00:09:52,659 You don't want to miss it. 223 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:56,096 [cheering] 224 00:10:01,513 --> 00:10:07,953 [cheering] 225 00:10:09,187 --> 00:10:12,991 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 226 00:10:13,091 --> 00:10:16,161 Atlanta is in turmoil right now. 227 00:10:16,261 --> 00:10:18,664 And if you're wondering why, it's because the police 228 00:10:18,764 --> 00:10:20,666 shot a protester in Cop City. 229 00:10:20,766 --> 00:10:22,935 And if that has you even more confused, 230 00:10:23,035 --> 00:10:26,605 we sent Roy Wood, Jr. down there to help explain. 231 00:10:26,705 --> 00:10:28,340 Tonight we take a look at Atlanta, 232 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,342 where shit's getting crazy. 233 00:10:30,442 --> 00:10:32,144 I'm talking Waffle House crazy. 234 00:10:32,244 --> 00:10:34,279 REPORTER 1: Atlanta's busy downtown descended 235 00:10:34,379 --> 00:10:36,515 into chaos over the weekend. 236 00:10:36,615 --> 00:10:39,084 Hundreds of protesters marched in the streets 237 00:10:39,184 --> 00:10:41,987 in the wake of the death of a 26-year-old 238 00:10:42,087 --> 00:10:43,589 environmental activist. 239 00:10:43,689 --> 00:10:46,225 The activist was killed on Wednesday 240 00:10:46,325 --> 00:10:50,329 as officers cleared protesters from the site of a planned 241 00:10:50,429 --> 00:10:51,530 police training center. 242 00:10:51,630 --> 00:10:53,065 ROY WOOD, JR. (VOICEOVER): Police training center? 243 00:10:53,165 --> 00:10:54,633 But these guys are trained, right? 244 00:10:54,733 --> 00:10:57,002 This isn't an armed militia of interns. 245 00:10:57,102 --> 00:10:59,805 Back before things got this bad, I went to Atlanta 246 00:10:59,905 --> 00:11:02,507 and met with local activist Jasmine Burnett. 247 00:11:02,608 --> 00:11:04,109 The Atlanta Police Foundation is building 248 00:11:04,209 --> 00:11:05,577 a massive urban warfare training 249 00:11:05,677 --> 00:11:08,480 facility with bomb testings, tear gas 250 00:11:08,580 --> 00:11:10,616 explosions, a shooting range. 251 00:11:10,716 --> 00:11:12,851 Didn't people march to defund the police? 252 00:11:12,951 --> 00:11:14,119 It look like they refunded the police? 253 00:11:14,219 --> 00:11:15,120 Yes, they did. 254 00:11:15,220 --> 00:11:16,321 ROY WOOD, JR. (VOICEOVER): Activists 255 00:11:16,421 --> 00:11:17,723 have dubbed this development Cop City, 256 00:11:17,823 --> 00:11:20,492 an 85-acre, $90 million complex, 257 00:11:20,592 --> 00:11:22,394 including a shooting range, burn buildings, 258 00:11:22,494 --> 00:11:24,363 and a mock city that includes apartments, 259 00:11:24,463 --> 00:11:25,931 a school, even a bar. 260 00:11:26,031 --> 00:11:27,132 ROY WOOD, JR.: So this is basically 261 00:11:27,199 --> 00:11:28,567 like Six Flags for the police. 262 00:11:28,667 --> 00:11:30,402 Yes, it's a playground. 263 00:11:30,502 --> 00:11:31,770 You can't call it a playground. 264 00:11:31,870 --> 00:11:32,838 - Mm-hmm. - Oh, wait. 265 00:11:32,938 --> 00:11:33,972 You right. This is literally a playground. 266 00:11:34,139 --> 00:11:35,173 ROY WOOD, JR. (VOICEOVER): But I 267 00:11:35,274 --> 00:11:36,575 had a dream about how they could make this project 268 00:11:36,675 --> 00:11:38,777 more appealing to activists. 269 00:11:38,877 --> 00:11:40,479 We name it after Martin Luther King. 270 00:11:40,579 --> 00:11:41,580 Doesn't matter. 271 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:44,016 Tyler Perry presents the training facility. 272 00:11:44,149 --> 00:11:46,151 The name doesn't change the impact. 273 00:11:46,184 --> 00:11:47,386 I can tell you don't watch no Tyler Perry. 274 00:11:47,486 --> 00:11:48,520 ROY WOOD, JR. (VOICEOVER): Activists 275 00:11:48,620 --> 00:11:50,155 like Jasmine have been campaigning against Cop 276 00:11:50,255 --> 00:11:51,623 City using legal avenues. 277 00:11:51,723 --> 00:11:53,425 But others have been like, screw it. 278 00:11:53,525 --> 00:11:56,028 I'm going full Mad Max. 279 00:11:56,161 --> 00:11:58,630 REPORTER 2: Protesters threw at least one Molotov cocktail. 280 00:11:58,730 --> 00:12:00,566 REPORTER 3: Protesters set fire to a construction 281 00:12:00,666 --> 00:12:01,867 worker's truck. 282 00:12:01,967 --> 00:12:03,402 ROY WOOD, JR. (VOICEOVER): Activists calling themselves 283 00:12:03,502 --> 00:12:05,203 Forest Defenders have been occupying 284 00:12:05,304 --> 00:12:08,507 the woods around the Cop City building site for over a year. 285 00:12:08,607 --> 00:12:10,909 It's an effort to protect the surrounding Black community 286 00:12:11,009 --> 00:12:13,512 from increased flooding and other environmental impacts 287 00:12:13,612 --> 00:12:14,947 of this development. 288 00:12:15,113 --> 00:12:17,149 So against my better judgment, I headed it 289 00:12:17,249 --> 00:12:18,750 to one of their encampments. 290 00:12:18,850 --> 00:12:20,886 Barricades, burnt-out, truck pretty normal place. 291 00:12:20,986 --> 00:12:22,254 OK. 292 00:12:22,354 --> 00:12:24,122 ROY WOOD, JR. (VOICEOVER): I met with Sabo and Green Grass, 293 00:12:24,156 --> 00:12:26,158 two Forest Defenders who were going to give 294 00:12:26,258 --> 00:12:27,859 me a tour of the-- wait. Wait, wait. 295 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:28,860 Who the hell is this? 296 00:12:28,961 --> 00:12:29,928 [siren] 297 00:12:30,028 --> 00:12:32,931 Oh, I think that's the police rolling up. 298 00:12:33,031 --> 00:12:35,968 Yeah, because we're trying to obstruct their project. 299 00:12:36,134 --> 00:12:37,569 Green Grass. Just took off. 300 00:12:37,669 --> 00:12:39,004 Green Grass don't [bleep] with the police. 301 00:12:39,137 --> 00:12:40,405 I understand. It's a Black thing. 302 00:12:40,505 --> 00:12:42,708 Yeah, let's go this way. 303 00:12:42,808 --> 00:12:43,942 ROY WOOD, JR. (VOICEOVER): I'd rather 304 00:12:44,042 --> 00:12:46,411 take my chance with the Georgia Ewoks than the cops. 305 00:12:46,511 --> 00:12:49,381 So I followed Green Grass and Sabo into the woods. 306 00:12:49,481 --> 00:12:50,949 So I just got here, and the police 307 00:12:51,049 --> 00:12:52,417 just ran us into the forest. 308 00:12:52,517 --> 00:12:53,752 Is that normal? 309 00:12:53,852 --> 00:12:54,753 Yes. 310 00:12:54,853 --> 00:12:55,988 Yeah. 311 00:12:56,154 --> 00:12:59,558 They come Monday through Friday just to terrorize us 312 00:12:59,658 --> 00:13:00,659 like police do. 313 00:13:00,759 --> 00:13:02,160 ROY WOOD, JR. (VOICEOVER): Some of the Forest 314 00:13:02,261 --> 00:13:04,696 Defenders have a $25,000 bounty on their head. 315 00:13:04,796 --> 00:13:06,865 So they mask up to disguise their identity. 316 00:13:06,965 --> 00:13:10,636 And some are even taking a cue from old-school T-Pain. 317 00:13:10,736 --> 00:13:15,974 (SINGING) This is a plantation, historically, 318 00:13:16,108 --> 00:13:18,877 and an ex-prison farm. 319 00:13:18,977 --> 00:13:20,512 I gotta be honest. 320 00:13:20,612 --> 00:13:22,514 I wish I had an Auto-Tune I could speak in 321 00:13:22,614 --> 00:13:26,151 because you just made prison farm industrial complex 322 00:13:26,251 --> 00:13:27,452 sounds so melodic. 323 00:13:27,553 --> 00:13:29,388 ROY WOOD, JR. (VOICEOVER): They led me to the living room, 324 00:13:29,488 --> 00:13:30,789 one of their encampments with kind 325 00:13:30,889 --> 00:13:33,025 of a A24 horror film vibe. 326 00:13:33,125 --> 00:13:35,193 Press in the living room! 327 00:13:35,294 --> 00:13:37,629 Yeah, don't-- don't just say press. 328 00:13:37,729 --> 00:13:40,432 You got to say Roy Wood, Jr., who 329 00:13:40,532 --> 00:13:41,900 you know from Def Comedy Jam. 330 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:42,901 HBO. 331 00:13:43,001 --> 00:13:44,169 And he's one of the best-- 332 00:13:44,269 --> 00:13:45,170 Def Comedy Jam. 333 00:13:45,270 --> 00:13:46,238 --comedians to do it. 334 00:13:46,338 --> 00:13:49,207 Oh, no, no. 335 00:13:49,308 --> 00:13:52,778 This living room is used as our community function. 336 00:13:52,878 --> 00:13:53,779 Hey, bingo. 337 00:13:53,879 --> 00:13:55,013 Y'all got bingo night? 338 00:13:55,147 --> 00:13:56,048 Yeah. 339 00:13:56,148 --> 00:13:58,617 Where's the Molotov cocktail station? 340 00:13:58,717 --> 00:14:00,285 Where's the gun training station? 341 00:14:00,385 --> 00:14:02,287 The majority of us just want to live 342 00:14:02,387 --> 00:14:03,522 in peace with each other. 343 00:14:03,622 --> 00:14:06,692 We work here on ourselves, and we do yoga. 344 00:14:06,792 --> 00:14:09,094 And we meditate, get massages here. 345 00:14:09,194 --> 00:14:10,095 ROY WOOD, JR.: Wait. 346 00:14:10,195 --> 00:14:11,430 Y'all get massages? 347 00:14:11,530 --> 00:14:15,167 You do yoga, meditate, stretch, and deal with your inner-- 348 00:14:15,267 --> 00:14:16,301 like therapy. 349 00:14:16,401 --> 00:14:17,302 Yeah. 350 00:14:17,402 --> 00:14:19,204 Has that had any type of effect 351 00:14:19,304 --> 00:14:21,173 on stopping Cop City from coming? 352 00:14:21,273 --> 00:14:23,909 Yeah, their construction only gotten like two 353 00:14:24,009 --> 00:14:25,010 days in the past year. 354 00:14:25,110 --> 00:14:27,746 And one of the primary construction firms 355 00:14:27,846 --> 00:14:29,114 dropped out. 356 00:14:29,181 --> 00:14:30,782 ROY WOOD, JR. (VOICEOVER): According to leaked documents, 357 00:14:30,883 --> 00:14:33,485 the Cop City building plan is months behind schedule. 358 00:14:33,585 --> 00:14:35,254 This crunchy granola shit seems to be working. 359 00:14:35,354 --> 00:14:37,456 But Forest Defenders say law enforcement has stepped 360 00:14:37,556 --> 00:14:38,891 up raids on their camps. 361 00:14:38,991 --> 00:14:41,960 So they built barricades, and they avoid police 362 00:14:42,127 --> 00:14:45,130 by living in treehouses, like some sort of Antifa 363 00:14:45,197 --> 00:14:46,465 Swiss Family Robinson. 364 00:14:46,565 --> 00:14:50,769 ROY WOOD, JR.: OK, so that's about 50 feet in the air. 365 00:14:50,869 --> 00:14:52,137 Yeah. 366 00:14:52,204 --> 00:14:54,339 ROY WOOD, JR. (VOICEOVER): Tree sitters may drop things. 367 00:14:54,439 --> 00:14:57,609 Mardi Gras beads? 368 00:14:57,709 --> 00:15:01,079 You just said that they drop paper bags of shit. 369 00:15:01,146 --> 00:15:02,748 Well, if the cops are in here, 370 00:15:02,848 --> 00:15:05,250 and you can't come down from the tree-- 371 00:15:05,350 --> 00:15:08,520 It's a lot of different ways to protest. 372 00:15:08,620 --> 00:15:12,090 Why is your way live in the tree house 80 feet up 373 00:15:12,157 --> 00:15:14,092 and drop shit in paper bag? 374 00:15:14,126 --> 00:15:16,094 We have to stop Cop City because they're 375 00:15:16,194 --> 00:15:17,195 practicing to murder us. 376 00:15:17,296 --> 00:15:18,497 They are practicing the bomb us. 377 00:15:18,597 --> 00:15:22,167 They're practicing how to come into our homes 378 00:15:22,267 --> 00:15:23,735 more effectively while we're asleep. 379 00:15:23,835 --> 00:15:26,838 The alternative is staying here, shitting in a bag 380 00:15:26,939 --> 00:15:31,209 sometimes, or lay down and watch the world burn. 381 00:15:31,310 --> 00:15:32,344 Anyone up there? 382 00:15:32,444 --> 00:15:35,113 Please, don't drop shit on us. 383 00:15:35,147 --> 00:15:36,415 This is my only suit. 384 00:15:36,515 --> 00:15:38,283 ROY WOOD, JR. (VOICEOVER): Since my visit to the Atlanta 385 00:15:38,383 --> 00:15:39,785 forest, police raids and arrests 386 00:15:39,885 --> 00:15:41,820 have only been more frequent, culminating 387 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:43,855 in last week's shooting. 388 00:15:43,956 --> 00:15:46,024 Police don't usually target protesters 389 00:15:46,124 --> 00:15:47,359 like this in America. 390 00:15:47,459 --> 00:15:49,895 What if they go after celebrity journalists next? 391 00:15:49,995 --> 00:15:51,597 Good thing I got rid of my phone in the woods 392 00:15:51,697 --> 00:15:54,032 so the police can't track me. 393 00:15:54,132 --> 00:15:55,601 Oh, shit. 394 00:15:55,701 --> 00:15:57,569 How am I supposed to get an Uber out of here? 395 00:15:57,669 --> 00:15:59,471 [cheering] 396 00:15:59,571 --> 00:16:00,672 Thank you, Roy. 397 00:16:00,772 --> 00:16:03,308 All right, stay tuned because when we come back, 398 00:16:03,408 --> 00:16:06,078 my friend Nia Long will be joining me on the show. 399 00:16:06,111 --> 00:16:07,212 So don't go away. 400 00:16:07,312 --> 00:16:10,949 [cheering] 401 00:16:17,623 --> 00:16:24,063 [applause] 402 00:16:25,064 --> 00:16:26,966 Welcome back to the Daily Show. 403 00:16:27,066 --> 00:16:30,469 My guest tonight is a friend and an actor who 404 00:16:30,569 --> 00:16:32,505 is starring in two new films-- 405 00:16:32,605 --> 00:16:34,907 "Missing," which is in theaters now, 406 00:16:35,007 --> 00:16:37,410 and "You People," which will be streaming on Netflix, 407 00:16:37,510 --> 00:16:39,011 January 27th. 408 00:16:39,111 --> 00:16:41,447 This is your white granddaddy come back to haunt me. 409 00:16:41,547 --> 00:16:42,448 What? 410 00:16:42,548 --> 00:16:43,783 It started off by him putting them 411 00:16:43,883 --> 00:16:46,218 strong-ass genes in you that lighten 412 00:16:46,318 --> 00:16:48,054 up the coffee in my babies. 413 00:16:48,154 --> 00:16:49,388 Abar, you sound ridiculous. 414 00:16:49,488 --> 00:16:51,991 And then he planted a poison pill in my little baby girl, 415 00:16:52,091 --> 00:16:54,794 and it has grown into this white boy that had invited 416 00:16:54,894 --> 00:16:55,961 us to lunch at Roscoe's. 417 00:16:56,062 --> 00:16:59,465 Those children got beautiful, cultural experiences 418 00:16:59,565 --> 00:17:01,267 from those moments with my granddaddy. 419 00:17:01,367 --> 00:17:02,268 So please stop. 420 00:17:02,368 --> 00:17:04,170 What they got was confused, clearly. 421 00:17:04,270 --> 00:17:05,171 They are not confused. 422 00:17:05,271 --> 00:17:06,238 They are confused. 423 00:17:06,339 --> 00:17:07,573 You don't think this is confusion? 424 00:17:07,673 --> 00:17:10,009 All I'm going to tell you is, we don't need to be arguing 425 00:17:10,109 --> 00:17:12,611 in front of the white boy. 426 00:17:12,712 --> 00:17:15,281 Please welcome my girl, Nia Long! 427 00:17:15,381 --> 00:17:22,388 [music playing] 428 00:17:33,532 --> 00:17:35,101 OK! 429 00:17:35,234 --> 00:17:37,336 Well, these are nice, tall chairs! 430 00:17:37,436 --> 00:17:38,471 How are you? 431 00:17:38,571 --> 00:17:40,239 - I'm doing really well. - Good. 432 00:17:40,306 --> 00:17:41,440 It's so good to see you. - It's nice to see you. 433 00:17:41,540 --> 00:17:42,842 I was just going to say the same thing. 434 00:17:42,942 --> 00:17:43,876 I know! 435 00:17:43,976 --> 00:17:47,847 So, you have two movies out. 436 00:17:47,947 --> 00:17:48,848 It's crazy. 437 00:17:48,948 --> 00:17:51,684 What the hell? 438 00:17:51,784 --> 00:17:52,885 Won't he do it? 439 00:17:52,985 --> 00:17:54,420 He will do it all the time. 440 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,555 And I just said to myself, I was like, boy, I better 441 00:17:56,655 --> 00:17:57,890 hurry up and get another job, because I'm 442 00:17:57,990 --> 00:18:00,126 going to have a whole year where nothing comes out. 443 00:18:00,259 --> 00:18:01,127 You know how this goes. 444 00:18:01,260 --> 00:18:02,628 It's feast or famine. - Right, right. 445 00:18:02,728 --> 00:18:03,763 So how did you do that? 446 00:18:03,863 --> 00:18:06,265 You shot one movie Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 447 00:18:06,332 --> 00:18:07,466 another on Tuesday, Thursday? 448 00:18:07,566 --> 00:18:08,768 Yeah, Sunday, too. 449 00:18:08,868 --> 00:18:10,770 They had me working on a Sunday! 450 00:18:10,870 --> 00:18:15,741 No, I actually-- it just-- the timing of the release dates 451 00:18:15,841 --> 00:18:16,942 worked out this way. Yeah. 452 00:18:17,043 --> 00:18:17,943 That's great. 453 00:18:18,044 --> 00:18:19,245 That's great. 454 00:18:19,345 --> 00:18:21,614 And-- so, in "You People," you got Eddie Murphy, Julia 455 00:18:21,714 --> 00:18:23,315 Louis-Dreyfus, Jonah Hill-- 456 00:18:23,416 --> 00:18:25,418 I've worked with all of them. 457 00:18:25,518 --> 00:18:27,453 And Kenya, too. 458 00:18:27,553 --> 00:18:29,288 But see, what-- you got to actually 459 00:18:29,388 --> 00:18:30,623 work with Eddie Murphy. 460 00:18:30,723 --> 00:18:33,759 When I worked with Eddie, it was "Nutty Professor 2," 461 00:18:33,859 --> 00:18:35,795 and I pretty much worked with a tennis ball. 462 00:18:35,895 --> 00:18:40,132 Because he was-- some days I'll get one Eddie Murphy, 463 00:18:40,232 --> 00:18:43,436 but he was all in the make-up as Granny, so. 464 00:18:43,536 --> 00:18:44,870 And then, it's exhausting. 465 00:18:44,970 --> 00:18:46,672 So sometimes the off-camera stuff-- 466 00:18:46,772 --> 00:18:47,840 I know the tennis ball thing. 467 00:18:47,940 --> 00:18:49,475 I did that with Martin Lawrence. 468 00:18:49,575 --> 00:18:51,677 I mean, you kind of-- with "Big Mama's House," right? 469 00:18:51,777 --> 00:18:53,079 Same kind of concept. 470 00:18:53,245 --> 00:18:54,146 He was there! 471 00:18:54,246 --> 00:18:56,048 He was there for every single shot. 472 00:18:56,148 --> 00:18:57,116 Wow. 473 00:18:57,249 --> 00:18:58,984 Yeah, no prosthetic makeup in this one. 474 00:18:59,085 --> 00:19:02,621 So he was there, and he was wonderful. 475 00:19:02,722 --> 00:19:04,623 And I was so excited to finally be 476 00:19:04,724 --> 00:19:05,992 old enough to play his wife. 477 00:19:06,092 --> 00:19:10,262 Because for years, it was like, oh, no, you're too young. 478 00:19:10,296 --> 00:19:11,964 You know? 479 00:19:12,064 --> 00:19:15,101 And now, the men always get the younger women, so here we are. 480 00:19:15,267 --> 00:19:16,268 There you go. 481 00:19:16,335 --> 00:19:17,236 There you go. 482 00:19:17,336 --> 00:19:19,271 So-- and then, your other movie-- 483 00:19:19,372 --> 00:19:20,272 "Missing." 484 00:19:20,373 --> 00:19:21,340 Yes. 485 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,210 That's kind of like a-- 486 00:19:24,310 --> 00:19:30,116 you're like the Black woman Liam Neeson in "Taken," right? 487 00:19:30,216 --> 00:19:32,051 That would be Storm Reid, because she's 488 00:19:32,218 --> 00:19:34,653 on a mission to find me. 489 00:19:34,754 --> 00:19:36,756 And, you know what's great about the film, 490 00:19:36,856 --> 00:19:43,663 is everything is shot through some sort of technical device. 491 00:19:43,763 --> 00:19:45,598 So it's either an iPhone, a Ring 492 00:19:45,698 --> 00:19:49,769 Cam, a secret phone that's like planted on set somewhere. 493 00:19:49,869 --> 00:19:55,808 So every rule that I've learned about film and television, 494 00:19:55,908 --> 00:19:57,076 I had to throw out the window. 495 00:19:57,243 --> 00:19:58,411 Because there were no overs, there 496 00:19:58,511 --> 00:20:02,481 were no cuts-- it was just shoot and don't ask questions. 497 00:20:02,581 --> 00:20:05,751 Because if you ask questions, you will be more confused. 498 00:20:05,851 --> 00:20:07,019 So I just had to trust the process. 499 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:08,087 It was good. 500 00:20:08,254 --> 00:20:10,122 I would have been, like, with the cameras-- 501 00:20:10,256 --> 00:20:11,390 hey, get that from under my chin! 502 00:20:11,490 --> 00:20:12,391 What you doing? 503 00:20:12,491 --> 00:20:13,459 Bring that up there! 504 00:20:13,559 --> 00:20:15,461 I had mines on ladders. 505 00:20:15,561 --> 00:20:16,996 Oh, yeah, shoot me from up there! 506 00:20:17,096 --> 00:20:20,933 Can I tell you-- 507 00:20:21,033 --> 00:20:23,536 there's a moment in the film that actually applies 508 00:20:23,636 --> 00:20:25,771 to exactly what you're saying, where I had to like 509 00:20:25,871 --> 00:20:28,207 shoot my own coverage in-- 510 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:29,208 on the cell phone. 511 00:20:29,241 --> 00:20:30,209 And I'm like, going like this. 512 00:20:30,242 --> 00:20:31,610 I'm like, no, don't roll it yet. 513 00:20:31,711 --> 00:20:33,713 No, no, no, no. 514 00:20:33,813 --> 00:20:35,114 OK, there we go, stop! 515 00:20:35,214 --> 00:20:39,785 And there's-- a woman knows her light and her angles after 516 00:20:39,885 --> 00:20:41,053 a certain amount of time. 517 00:20:41,220 --> 00:20:42,054 Yes. 518 00:20:42,221 --> 00:20:43,289 Yes. 519 00:20:43,389 --> 00:20:45,291 Well, this is the-- 520 00:20:45,391 --> 00:20:49,228 I think it's great to see a Black woman 521 00:20:49,328 --> 00:20:51,230 in this type of role. 522 00:20:51,263 --> 00:20:53,466 It's like, taking over, like, a drama thing. 523 00:20:53,566 --> 00:20:55,768 So like, maybe you can, like, take over, 524 00:20:55,868 --> 00:20:58,070 like, the John Wick movies. 525 00:20:58,237 --> 00:20:59,605 You know? Yeah! 526 00:20:59,705 --> 00:21:00,973 It could be-- Yeah! 527 00:21:01,073 --> 00:21:04,610 It could be like, John Wick is like, they killed her edges. 528 00:21:04,710 --> 00:21:06,712 And now she wants revenge. 529 00:21:06,812 --> 00:21:08,781 Yes! 530 00:21:08,881 --> 00:21:10,049 No more lace front! 531 00:21:10,149 --> 00:21:13,819 That's right. 532 00:21:13,919 --> 00:21:15,354 As long as I can wear this coat, 533 00:21:15,454 --> 00:21:18,024 I'll play whatever character. 534 00:21:18,190 --> 00:21:19,659 It is fancy. 535 00:21:19,759 --> 00:21:21,093 You are fancy. 536 00:21:21,193 --> 00:21:22,995 You are very fancy, Nia Long. 537 00:21:23,095 --> 00:21:24,330 Well, you know what happened is-- 538 00:21:24,430 --> 00:21:27,667 I went to Dubai right before I came here to see Beyonce. 539 00:21:27,767 --> 00:21:29,201 And she was incredible. 540 00:21:29,268 --> 00:21:31,837 I was like, literally crying. 541 00:21:31,937 --> 00:21:33,539 I was crying in the audience. 542 00:21:33,639 --> 00:21:35,574 I'm like, a true fan. 543 00:21:35,675 --> 00:21:37,743 And that was my first Beyonce concert. 544 00:21:37,843 --> 00:21:41,380 So to see it in Dubai was like, one of those moments 545 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,582 that I will remember for the rest of my life. 546 00:21:43,683 --> 00:21:46,352 So everything in Dubai is blingy. 547 00:21:46,452 --> 00:21:48,054 And I'm kind of not-blingy. 548 00:21:48,220 --> 00:21:49,855 But everything I packed-- 549 00:21:49,955 --> 00:21:53,759 [laughter] 550 00:21:53,859 --> 00:21:55,361 - Kind of. - OK, there we go. 551 00:21:55,461 --> 00:21:56,362 There we go. 552 00:21:56,462 --> 00:21:58,898 But everything I packed was blingy, so. 553 00:21:58,998 --> 00:22:01,233 I'm sorry, Wanda, this is just blingy. 554 00:22:01,334 --> 00:22:03,002 You blingy. 555 00:22:03,102 --> 00:22:05,871 OK, I got to ask you something real quick. 556 00:22:05,971 --> 00:22:08,841 I have to ask you something, because I know how it goes. 557 00:22:08,941 --> 00:22:12,244 So recently-- I'm going to read it-- there was a headline, 558 00:22:12,345 --> 00:22:17,450 right, where you said, I quote, "Black movies and Black famous 559 00:22:17,550 --> 00:22:18,784 only hold us back." 560 00:22:18,884 --> 00:22:19,785 Yes. 561 00:22:19,885 --> 00:22:22,188 You want to clear that shit up? 562 00:22:22,254 --> 00:22:23,389 Because you know-- 563 00:22:23,489 --> 00:22:24,757 That's not written correctly. 564 00:22:24,857 --> 00:22:26,192 You know how goes. 565 00:22:26,225 --> 00:22:28,561 Because they take one headline and turn it into something. 566 00:22:28,661 --> 00:22:29,595 Read that again? 567 00:22:29,695 --> 00:22:30,596 Let me see that again? 568 00:22:30,696 --> 00:22:31,664 How much time you got? 569 00:22:31,764 --> 00:22:34,400 "Terms like Black movies and Black famous 570 00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:35,768 only hold us back." 571 00:22:35,868 --> 00:22:38,204 OK, so, what I mean by-- you know what I mean. 572 00:22:38,304 --> 00:22:39,205 I know, but go ahead. 573 00:22:39,305 --> 00:22:40,272 But-- but, so-- 574 00:22:40,373 --> 00:22:41,307 For them. 575 00:22:41,407 --> 00:22:48,381 For the white people in the audience-- 576 00:22:49,949 --> 00:22:53,486 what I mean by that is, if we continue 577 00:22:53,586 --> 00:22:57,757 to practice this idea of separatism, 578 00:22:57,857 --> 00:23:00,526 we continue to divide. 579 00:23:00,626 --> 00:23:07,566 And I will always and forever hold my fist up, because I 580 00:23:08,567 --> 00:23:10,403 understand the experience. 581 00:23:10,503 --> 00:23:14,140 But I also believe that the more we understand about one 582 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,777 another, and the more accepting we are of one another, 583 00:23:17,877 --> 00:23:22,214 this thing called art should be representative of all of us. 584 00:23:22,314 --> 00:23:23,749 Thank you. 585 00:23:23,849 --> 00:23:26,185 OK, we're going to take a quick break. 586 00:23:26,285 --> 00:23:28,187 We'll be right back after this. 587 00:23:28,287 --> 00:23:29,989 [applause] 588 00:23:30,089 --> 00:23:33,459 [music playing] 589 00:23:42,468 --> 00:23:43,369 [cheering] 590 00:23:43,469 --> 00:23:45,037 That's our show for tonight. 591 00:23:45,137 --> 00:23:47,273 But before we go, please, consider 592 00:23:47,373 --> 00:23:49,041 supporting The Bail Project. 593 00:23:49,141 --> 00:23:52,044 They're a nonprofit that provides free bail assistance 594 00:23:52,144 --> 00:23:53,546 and pretrial services. 595 00:23:53,646 --> 00:23:55,081 If you want to help their mission, 596 00:23:55,181 --> 00:23:57,083 please, donate at the link below. 597 00:23:57,183 --> 00:23:59,585 Now here it is, your Moment of Zen. 598 00:23:59,685 --> 00:24:01,053 [laughs] 599 00:24:01,153 --> 00:24:02,989 What are you laughing at? 600 00:24:03,089 --> 00:24:04,457 Is it me? 601 00:24:04,557 --> 00:24:06,559 Did I do something? 602 00:24:06,659 --> 00:24:07,560 What is so funny? 603 00:24:07,660 --> 00:24:09,362 [laughter] I'm serious. 604 00:24:09,462 --> 00:24:10,363 I have no idea. 605 00:24:10,463 --> 00:24:12,064 It's global belly laugh day. 606 00:24:12,164 --> 00:24:13,566 So we were just doing a little experiment. 607 00:24:13,666 --> 00:24:15,334 We're testing a theory-- wanted to see if it would, 608 00:24:15,434 --> 00:24:16,769 like-- - How contagious it would be. 609 00:24:16,869 --> 00:24:18,137 - --how contagious laughter is. - It was not. 610 00:24:18,237 --> 00:24:19,805 ANNOUNCER: MTV.