♪
>> Announcer: FROM
NEW YORK CITY, THE ONLY CITY IN
AMERICA, IT'S THE SHOW THAT
INVENTED NEWS.
THIS IS "THE DAILY SHOW" WITH
YOUR HOST, AL FRANKEN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Al: WELCOME TO
"THE DAILY SHOW."
I'M AL FRANKEN.
IT'S DAY THREE OF MY TIME AT THE
SHOW.
AND IT'S ALSO DAY THREE OF
THE TRUMP INDICTMENT WATCH.
NOW, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED SO FAR
TODAY, BUT LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT
SOMETHING.
I ONLY HAVE ONE MORE DAY THIS
WEEK BEHIND HIS DESK.
AND IF SOME OTHER HOST GETS THIS
ONE,
I'M GONNA BE SO PISSED.
SO COME ON, ALVIN BRAGG,
TOMORROW.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BUT WHATEVER, LET'S GET INTO
TODAY'S [BLEEP] HEADLINES.
♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
OKAY, LET'S KICK THINGS OFF WITH
MY HOME STATE OF MINNESOTA,
WHICH JUST BECAME THE FOURTH
STATE IN THE UNION TO GUARANTEE
FREE SCHOOL LUNCH TO EVERY
SINGLE CHILD!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YES, YES.
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD, FEEL-GOOD
STORY IN MINNESOTA, RIGHT?
WELL, ONE REPUBLICAN STATE
SENATOR DIDN'T THINK SO.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE YET TO
MEET A PERSON IN MINNESOTA THAT
IS HUNGRY.
YET, TO DATE, I HAVE YET TO MEET
A PERSON IN MINNESOTA THAT
SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO
ENOUGH FOOD TO EAT.
NOW, I SHOULD SAY THAT HUNGER IS
A RELATIVE TERM, MR. PRESIDENT.
YOU KNOW?
I HAD A CEREAL BAR FOR BREAKFAST
I GUESS I'M HUNGRY NOW.
[BOOS]
>> Al: THE BAD NEWS IS, THIS
IS A GUY WHO WE CALL IN
MINNESOTA "A BIG JERK."
YOU KNOW, THE GREAT THING IS,
WE'VE GOT 10,000 LAKES WE'VE GOT
THAT WE CAN THROW THIS GOSH DARN
JERK INTO.
[APPLAUSE]
SORRY, WENT OFF THE DEEP END
THERE.
THIS GUY IS CLEARLY A JERK.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS GUY IS
BEING SO STINGY.
THERE IS A SIMPLE SOLUTION HERE.
EVERY YEAR, AT THE
MINNESOTA STATE FAIR, THEY
ALWAYS CARVE A GIANT BUTTER
SCULPTURE OF
PRINCESS KAY OF THE MILKY WAY.
SO WHY DON'T WE TAKE THAT
SCULPTURE
AND SHOVE IT UP THIS GUY'S ASS?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
ENOUGH ON THAT ONE.
LET'S HEAD WEST A COUPLE OF
STATES TO THE GREAT STATE OF
IDAHO, WHERE
THEY JUST VOTED TO BRING BACK
FIRING SQUADS AS A POTENTIAL
FORM OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD.
THAT IS SO RED STATE.
PERSONALLY, I PREFER THE METHOD
OF EXECUTION AND LIBERAL STATES,
GIVE THEM A FEW AMBIEN.
AND PUT A KEN BURNS DOCUMENTARY
ON UNTIL THEY HAVE MET THEIR
GOD.
SOME PEOPLE ARGUE THAT A FIRING
SQUAD IS LESS BARBARIC THAN
LETHAL INJECTION.
BUT I HAVE AN EVEN LESS BARBARIC
IDEA.
WHAT IF WE JUST DIDN'T EXECUTE
PEOPLE AT ALL?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
OR WE DUCT TAPE A HAND GRENADE
TO THEIR HEAD.
AND FINALLY, LET'S TALK ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP, WHO COULD BE
ARRESTED ANY DAY NOW IN THE
PORN STAR HUSH MONEY CASE.
AND ACCORDING TO
"THE NEW YORK TIMES," TRUMP IS
TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER HE
SHOULD SMILE FOR THE CAMERAS
WHEN HE GETS ARRESTED.
NOW, PERSONALLY, I THINK IT
WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO SMILE.
IN FACT, MAYBE HE COULD DO THIS
SMILE.
YOU'LL NOTICE WE PUT A BLACK BAR
ACROSS THE YOUNG WOMAN'S FACE TO
HELP MAINTAIN HER ANONYMITY.
BUT DON'T FORGET, TRUMP HAS FOUR
SEPARATE INVESTIGATIONS THAT
COULD LAND HIM IN JAIL.
REMEMBER THOSE CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS HE TOOK FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE?
WELL, THAT CASE JUST GOT A LOT
MORE SERIOUS FOR HIM.
>> TRUMP FACES MULTIPLE CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS.
SOURCES TELLING "ABC NEWS" A
FEDERAL JUDGE HAS DETERMINED
THAT THERE IS ENOUGH COMPELLING
PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE THAT TRUMP
BROKE THE LAW IN ANOTHER CASE:
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S
INVESTIGATION OF TRUMP'S
HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS.
IN PARTICULAR, PROSECUTORS SAY
HE KNOWINGLY MISLED HIS
ATTORNEYS SO THAT THEY WOULD
FILE A SWORN STATEMENT LAST JUNE
THAT HE KNEW WAS FALSE, CLAIMING
THAT A DILIGENT SEARCH OF HIS
MAR-A-LAGO ESTATE FOUND HE HAD
TURNED OVER ALL THE CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS IN HIS POSSESSION.
>> Al: SO JUST TO BE CLEAR:
TRUMP WAS ALREADY IN TROUBLE FOR
STEALING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
AND NOW HE MAY HAVE BROKEN THE
LAW AGAIN BY TRICKING HIS OWN
LAWYERS INTO LYING TO THE
GOVERNMENT.
SO TRUMP'S ORIGINAL CRIMES ARE
NOW HAVING
THEIR OWN LITTLE BABY CRIMES.
[APPLAUSE]
THEY GROW UP AND IMPLICATE YOU
SO FAST, DON'T THEY?
THE LITTLE GUYS?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING A LAWYER
FOR DONALD TRUMP AND FINDING OUT
HE SET YOU UP?
THAT WOULD MAKE YOU QUESTION
WHETHER IT WAS EVEN WORTH BUYING
A DEGREE FROM BARBADOS IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT CASES GOING ON AND
THIS ALL SEEMS VERY COMPLICATED,
BUT THERE IS A SIMPLE
EXPLANATION.
TRUMP IS A CRIMINAL.
I HOPE THAT CLEARS IT UP.
[APPLAUSE]
NOW, AS YOU KNOW, AS TRUMP FACES
THE PROSPECT OF ARREST, HE HAS
CALLED ON HIS SUPPORTERS TO TAKE
TO THE STREETS AND PROTEST.
SO JORDAN KLEPPER WENT DOWN TO
THE COURTHOUSE TO
BEAR WITNESS TO THE CHAOS.
CHECK IT OUT.
♪
>> LAST WEEK, DONALD TRUMP
DECLARED HIS ARREST WAS
IMMINENT, AND CALLED FOR A
PROTEST TO TAKE OUR NATION BACK
OUTSIDE THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO YESTERDAY, I VENTURED ALL THE
WAY DOWNTOWN AND JOINED THE
MEDIA CIRCUS TO OBSERVE THIS
CROWD OF PROTESTERS WHO WERE
DEFINITELY AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE
SOMEWHERE.
THIS IS TRUE SOCIAL HERE.
IT SAYS, TUESDAY, PROTEST, TAKE
OUR NATION BACK.
EXCUSE ME, IS THIS THE PROTEST
FOR TRUMP?
THE SUPPORTING -- ARE WE TAKING
OUR NATION BACK?
IS THAT TODAY?
I THOUGHT THAT WAS TODAY.
>> SO I DID HAVE THE DAY RIGHT.
THEN I FOUND A PROUD AND TOTALLY
CONCEALED TRUMP SUPPORTER.
>> COMING HERE TO SUPPORT TRUMP.
>> SO TRUMP WENT ON HIS OWN
SOCIAL MEDIA AND HE CALLED OUT
PEOPLE, HIS SUPPORTERS, TO COME
OUT HERE AND SUPPORT HIM.
AND RIGHT NOW, THAT IS JUST YOU.
>> I AM HERE, I AM HERE.
I DON'T NEED YOU TO COME
OUTSIDE.
I GOT THIS.
>> OKAY.
>> I AM HERE TO SEE WHAT IS
GOING ON.
EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT IT SO
I CAME HERE TO CHECK IT OUT.
>> YOU WANTED TO SEE WITH YOUR
OWN EYES.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I DON'T BELIEVE WHAT I'M HEARING
ON THE NEWS.
>> WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN SO FAR?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
>> NOTHING?
>> CORRECT.
>> THIS WAS AN UNUSUAL MAGA
RALLY.
THE NUMBERS WERE LOW AND IT WAS
IN MY OWN CITY.
HOWEVER, THE ARGUMENTS OVER SOME
BASIC FACTS WERE PROFESSIONALLY
FAMILIAR.
>> DO YOU THINK IT IS FAIR FOR
TRUMP TO BE INDICTED IF IT DOES
HAPPEN THIS WEEK?
>> LISTEN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
SPECIFIC FACTS, BUT WHAT I DO
KNOW IS HE IS THAT I PRESIDENT.
>> RIGHT NOW --
>> I THINK HE IS THE PRESIDENT.
>> HE IS SERVING THE ROLE AS
YOUR PRESIDENT CURRENTLY?
>> IN MY HEART, HE IS MY
PRESIDENT.
>> DOES HAVE TO BE CLEAR.
YOU THINK JOE BIDEN'S PRESIDENT,
RIGHT?
>> NO, I THINK THAT MAN IS A
SCAM.
I JUST KNOW THAT ALLEGEDLY HE IS
THERE BECAUSE THAT MAN DOESN'T
MAKE ANY SENSE.
>> BUT TECHNICALLY HE IS THERE,
HE IS SERVING THE ROLE OF
PRESIDENT.
>> MAY BE, I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE NOT BEEN UP TO
WASHINGTON, D.C., HAVE NOT SEEN
HIM WALK IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> YOU DON'T THINK HE SPENDS
TIME IN THE WHITE HOUSE?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> THERE ARE VIDEOS OF HIM IN
THE WHITE HOUSE.
I JUST WANT TO GET BEYOND THIS
FACT.
HE IS A RESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
DONALD TRUMP WAS THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
FACT?
>> THAT IS WHAT SOME SAY.
>> JOE BIDEN IS GOING AFTER HIM
BECAUSE -- I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY
HE IS GOING AFTER HIM BECAUSE
THEY ARE GOING TO PUSH THEM OUT
THE DOOR AND PROBABLY BRING
MICHELLE OR MICHAEL OBAMA AND,
OKAY?
>> MICHAEL OBAMA.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> WHY DO YOU CALL HER MICHAEL
OBAMA?
>> WHAT DO JOAN RIVERS SAY?
>> WHAT TO JOAN RIVERS SAY?
DO YOU GET MOST OF YOUR NEWS
FROM JOAN RIVERS?
>> I DON'T GET NONE OF MY NEWS
FROM JOAN RIVERS, I'M JUST
SAYING WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT
MICHAEL OBAMA.
>> REGARDLESS OF THE SOURCES,
THE MAGA CROWD, WHICH THE POLICE
ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN THREE
AND SIX PEOPLE, BELIEVED THESE
CHARGES WERE UNWORTHY OF A
FORMER PRESIDENT.
>> I DON'T FEEL TRUMP SHOULD BE
IN TROUBLE.
THAT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
I FEEL TO INVITE A PRESIDENT.
>> THIS IS A POLITICAL ATTACK?
>> YES.
>> THEY ARE NOT CHARGING SOMEONE
ELSE.
>> HOLD ON.
EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL.
>> THEY DIDN'T CHARGE SOMEBODY
ELSE WITH THIS EXACT CRIME.
>> YEAH, SO WHY SHOULD HE BE IN
TROUBLE?
>> WELL, MICHAEL COHEN WAS
CHARGED, PLED GUILTY, SERVED
TIME IN JAIL.
>> DISLOYALTY.
LOYALTY MEANS NOTHING.
>> THIS IS ABOUT A MAN WHO
CHEATED ON HIS WIFE WITH A PORN
STAR WHILE HIS WIFE WAS AT HOME
WITH THEIR NEWBORN SON.
BUT LOYALTY IS A BIG ISSUE FOR
YOU?
>> WE MAN.
>> EVEN TRUMP DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
HOW THE LAW WORKS.
TURNS OUT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN
IT WORKS EITHER.
BUT FOR MAGA SUPPORTERS FEELING
FOMO ABOUT MISSING THE DONALD'S
SHOWDOWN WAS JUST US, I'M
CONFIDENT YOU'LL GET ANOTHER
CHANCE.
>> HOW LONG WILL YOU BE HERE
TODAY?
>> MAYBE A COUPLE MORE HOURS,
WALK AROUND, GRAB SOMETHING TO
EAT.
>> IF TRUMP IS INDICTED IN
GEORGIA AND ASKED HIM ARE YOU
GOING THERE?
>> I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I WILL.
>> A A BIG OLD INDICTMENT TO OUR.
SEE YOU IN GEORGIA, MAYBE D.C.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Al: JORDAN KLEPPER, EVERYONE.
ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE COME BACK,
WE'LL TELL YOU WHY
TUCKER CARLSON'S FACE LOOKS LIKE
THAT.
SO DON'T GO AWAY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Al: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE DAILY SHOW."
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN
HERE, BUT NONE OF OUR JOKES
WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE
REAL WORK OF REAL JOURNALISTS.
REAL JOURNALISTS LIKE
TUCKER CARLSON.
KNOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW
TUCKER CARLSON IS A WORLD-CLASS
ASSHOLE.
BUT WHAT THOSE PEOPLE OFTEN FAIL
TO MENTION IS THAT HE ALSO LOOKS
LIKE AN ASSHOLE.
ALTHOUGH IT TURNS OUT, HE GETS A
LOT OF HELP AS WE WILL DISCOVER
IN ANOTHER INSTALLMENT OF "THE
PEOPLE BEHIND THE PEOPLE."
>> WE HAVE THIS INFORMATION IS
PART OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
BUT WE CAN'T ANNOUNCE
IMMEDIATELY AS WE TYPICALLY DO.
WE WILL HOLD IT.
>> IT IS OKAY.
READY.
NOW LOOKED DUMBFOUNDED.
>> AS IF NINTENDO JUST ANNOUNCED
LUIGI IS TRANS.
>> GOOD, GOOD, YES.
>> MY NAME IS GAVIN BANCROFT AND
I'M TUCKER CARLSON'S FACE COACH.
♪
>> IF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN TUCKER
LOOKING LIKE A GROOM THAT LEFT
HIMSELF AT THE ALTAR OR
SCANDALIZED WASTE BAKED POTATO, YOU
HAVE SEEN MY WORK.
>> TUCKER, LEAN INTO THE CAMERA
LIKE YOU ARE A 10-YEAR-OLD
WATCHING A COW GIVE BIRTH.
PERFECT.
NOW HOLD IT.
HOLD IT.
HOLD IT!
>> SOME PEOPLE THINK TUCKER WAS
BORN WITH A FACE THAT LOOKS LIKE
AN INBRED BOAT SHOE BUT IT IS
ACTUALLY A LOT OF HARD WORK.
>> [BLEEP] YEAH!
>> THAT IS WHY HE PAYS ME
$400,000 A YEAR.
AMERICA.
>> AND NOW LAUGH LIKE YOU ARE A
FANCY PRINCE WHO JUST SAW A
PEASANT GET KICKED BY A MULE!
>> OH, GOD, BECAUSE WE DON'T DO
MATH.
[SARCASTIC LAUGH]
>> I WILL SCOUR THE INTERNET FOR
NEW SURPRISED AND DISGUSTED FACE
IS THAT TUCKER CAN MAKE DURING
HIS INTERVIEW WHEN HE FINDS OUT
ONE OF THE M&MS IS A LESBIAN.
>> THE GREEN EMINEM IS
APPARENTLY NOW A LESBIAN MAY BE.
>> IT IS SUCH A TREAT TO GET TO
WORK WITH TUCKER.
HE HAS ALL THE ATTRIBUTES IF HE
IS COACH COULD WANT.
A 40 POUNDS GOAL, NATURAL MOUTH
BREATHER, THE HAIRCUT OF A DRUNK
LACROSSE.
IT IS A FACE THAT IS MADE TO
TELL OLD PEOPLE THAT "ABBOTT
ELEMENTARY" IS CRITICAL RACE
THEORY.
MORE SUPPLE, SUBTLE EXPRESSIONS.
>> HEY, TUCKER, LET'S JUST TRY A
CASUAL SMILE LIKE YOU WERE
WALKING TO WORK AND YOU SAW A
MEXICAN FAMILY GETTING EVICTED.
>> BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
TUCKER KNOWS WHERE HIS BREAD IS
BUTTERED, AND NONE IS LOOKING
LIKE A RANK INSIDE WALKED IN ON
HIS PARENTS HAVING SEX.
>> THAT IS A WRAP ON TUCKER'S
FACE!
TUCKER'S FACE, EVERYONE!
SEE YOU TOMORROW!
GERM >> Al: STAY TUNED BECAUSE
WHEN WE COME BACK,
HEATHER McGHEE WILL BE JOINING
ME ON THE SHOW!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS
WORD FROM THAT MY PILLOW GUY.
READY TO GO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Al: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE DAILY SHOW."
MY GUEST TONIGHT IS AN AUTHOR
WHOSE "NEW YORK TIMES"
BEST SELLER,
"THE SUM OF US," HAS JUST BEEN
ADAPTED FOR YOUNG READERS.
PLEASE WELCOME HEATHER McGHEE!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪
GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING
PODCASTS, VERY PROCEDURES PRESTIGIOUS
PODCAST FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS
NOW, AND YOU ARE MY FAVORITE
GUEST, YOU'VE BEEN ON THREE
TIMES, YOU ARE ONE OF MY
FAVORITE GUESTS, YOU ARE SO
BRILLIANT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU ARE AN ECONOMIST.
AND THE FIRST TIME WE MET WAS
DURING THE BANKING CRISIS, AND
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT.
SUBPRIME LOANS, ET CETERA.
AND HOUSING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
BIG PART IN THE GAP IN TERMS OF
WEALTH BETWEEN BLACKS AND
WHITES.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHERE THAT KIND
OF STARTED?
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I ALWAYS SAY, WEALTH IS WHERE
HISTORY SHOWS UP IN YOUR WALLET.
SO TODAY, THE AVERAGE BLACK
COLLEGE GRADUATE HAS LESS WEALTH
ON AVERAGE THAN THE AVERAGE
WHITE HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT.
MAKES NO SENSE.
>> Al: SAY THAT AGAIN.
>> SO IF YOU ARE THE AVERAGE
WHITE HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT, YOU
ARE WEALTHIER THAN THE AVERAGE
BLACK COLLEGE GRADUATES.
SO THAT IS HISTORY SHOWING UP IN
YOUR WALLET.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WEALTH, NOT
A PAYCHECK.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT YOUR HOME
EQUITY, STOCKS, BONDS,
INHERITANCES, AND THAT ALL DATES
BACK TO JOSH THAT MASSIVE RACIAL
WEALTH DIVIDE WE HAVE TODAY
DATES BACK TO WIN MOST MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS' WEALTH
BEGAN WHICH WAS IN THE NEW DEAL
ERA, COMING OUT OF THE
DEPRESSION, THE PROGRESSIVE FDR
GOVERNMENT SAYS, WE WANT TO
COMMIT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
MASS HOMEOWNERSHIP, AND THEY
CREATED THIS MASSIVE SYSTEM, THE
SYSTEM OF PUBLIC SUBSIDY.
AND THEY BASED IT ON THE NEVER
SUBSTANTIATED ASSUMPTION THAT
BLACK PEOPLE WOULD BE TOO MUCH
OF A CREDIT RISK.
SO THEY COMMISSIONED MAPS OF THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY'S LARGEST CITIES
AND SURVEYED THEM DOWN TO THE
BLOCK LEVEL FOR FOR THE RACIAL AND
ETHNIC CHARACTER AND SAID, IF
THERE WAS A HIGH NEGRO
CONSULTATION, WE WILL CIRCLE
BACK WITH A REDLINE AND SAY
BANKS DO NOT LOAN HERE.
THAT REALLY ONLY ENTERED IN THE
1970s.
AND IT WAS QUICKLY REPLACED BY
WHAT PEOPLE CALL REVERSE
REDLINING, WHICH IS WHEN THOSE
CONTIGUOUS COMMUNITIES OF LOWER
WEALTH BLACK COMMUNITIES WERE
TARGETED WITH THOSE HIGH-COST
LOANS.
>> Al: THAT IS WHAT WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT.
>> YEAH.
>> Al: BUT YEAH, REDLINING
STARTED DURING THE PROGRESSIVE
FDR IN THE EARLY '30s.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THE WAY I SEE IT -- THIS IS
REALLY THE CORE IDEA OF "THE SUM
OF US" -- YOU AND I MET NOT JUST
BECAUSE BLACK FAMILIES WERE
BEING DISPERSED IGNORANTLY DISPROPORTIONATELY
TARGETED, WE MET ONCE EVERYTHING
HAD FALLEN APART, ONCE LEHMAN
HAD GONE BANKRUPT, TRILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF HEALTH HOUSEHOLD WEALTH AND
8 MILLION JOBS DISAPPEARED ALL
NIGHT, IT WAS SUCH AN OBJECT
LESSON IN THE WAY IN WHICH
RACISM CAN ULTIMATELY HAVE A
COST FOR EVERYONE.
WE WERE THE CANARIES AND THE
DASH WE IGNORE THE CANARIES IN
THE COAL MINE EARLY IN THE CRISIS AND
BANKING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
WEREN'T FOCUSED ON IT, AND
OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW HOW THE STORY
ENDED.
>> Al: WELL, "THE SUM OF US"
IS ABOUT HOW RACE INTERSECTS
WITH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY.
AND IT BECAME AN INSTANT
"NEW YORK TIMES" BEST SELLER,
AND NOW YOU HAVE DONE A BOOK
THAT IS FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN.
[LAUGHTER]
>> TODDLER'S.
>> Al: NOT FOR TODDLERS BUT
FOR EARLY MIDDLE SCHOOLERS?
>> MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL.
>> Al: AND HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN
THIS TO THEM?
BECAUSE THESE KIDS ARE ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND THIS, RIGHT?
I NOTICE, THIS IS THE BOOK, AND
IT IS A LITTLE SHORTER THAN THE
OTHER, BUT IT SEEMS PRETTY
SOPHISTICATED.
>> YEAH, WE REALLY DIDN'T DUMB
IT DOWN.
THAT WAS A LESSON WE DID, WE DID
CASUAL FOCUS GROUPS OF EDUCATORS
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND
THEY WERE LIKE, DON'T THEM IT
DOWN.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO ALL
THE SAME INFORMATION YOU DO, AND
WE HAVE THE SAME KINDS OF
QUESTIONS.
THE CORE QUESTION AT THE HEART
OF "THE SUM OF US"'S WHY DOES IT
SEEM LIKE WE CAN'T HAVE NICE
THINGS IN AMERICA?
NICE THINGS LIKE, NOT LIKE
FLYING CARS, BUT UNIVERSAL
HEALTH CARE AND PAID FAMILY
LEAVE AND CHILD CARE AND A GREAT
SCHOOL IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEY HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS
TOO.
SO IN "THE SUM OF US," I USE A
LOT OF DATA AND A LOT OF HISTORY
BUT ULTIMATELY IT IS A SERIES OF
STORIES, LIKE THE STORY OF THE
DRAIN PUBLIC POOL.
>> Al: THE COVER OF THIS IS A
BOY JUMPING IN A POOL, A WHITE
BOY, LOOKS LIKE, AND I THINK A
BLACK CHILD IN THERE, TELL THAT
STORY.
THAT IS THE FIRST STORY YOU TELL
THESE KIDS, RIGHT?
>> IT IS.
IT IS THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED
TOO MANY OF THE COUNTRY'S NEARLY
2,000 LAVISHLY FUNDED GRAND
RESORT-STYLE PUBLIC SWIMMING
POOLS THAT WERE BUILT IN THAT
SAME NEW DEAL ERA OF PUBLIC
GOODS AROUND WHEN THE BIG
HOUSING SUBSIDIES WERE
HAPPENING.
I LIKE TO GET THE KIDS TO
PICTURE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE
TO HAVE A COMMUNITY POOL THAT
WAS FREE AND COULD HOLD OVER
1,000 SWIMMERS AT A TIME.
AND MOST OF THEM, THEY KIND OF
GASP AND THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT
THE IDEA.
AND THEN I TELL THEM, THAT THEY
WERE USUALLY FOR WHITES ONLY.
AND THEY ARE SORT OF LIKE, OH.
BUT THEN I SAY, AND A CIVIL
RIGHTS MOVEMENT, BLACK FAMILIES
BEGAN TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT
IS OUR TAX DOLLARS THAT HAVE
UNDER THOSE PUBLIC POOLS ALL
ALONG, WE WANT OUR KIDS TO SWIM
AND THE COURTS SIDED WITH HIM IN
PROGRESS WAS MADE AND THEN MANY
TOWNS AND CITIES, NOT JUST IN
THE JIM CROW SOUTH, DECIDED TO
DRAIN THE PUBLIC POOLS RATHER
THAN INTEGRATE THEM.
THEY LITERALLY DRAINED OUT THE
WATER AND BACKED UP TRUCKLOADS
OF DIRT.
AND I REALLY SEE IN THE
CONVERSATIONS THEY HAVE COME OF
THE QUESTIONS THEY ASK, THEY GET
IT.
>> Al: THIS IS SO
UNBELIEVABLE.
AND THEY DID THAT ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
>> ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, OHIO,
WEST VIRGINIA, ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
>> Al: THEN THEY PLANTED OVER
IT.
JUST SO BLACK AND WHITE PEOPLE
COULDN'T SWIM TOGETHER.
>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
A ZERO-SUM STORY, THIS OLD STORY
THAT SAYS THAT PROGRESS FOR
PEOPLE OF COLOR HAS TO COME AT
THE EXPENSE OF WHITE PEOPLE,
THAT WE CAN'T ALL SORT OF SHARE
AND WELL-BEING, THAT WE ARE IN
THIS COMPETITION FOR DOMINANCE
AND STATUS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOUNG PEOPLE GET IT.
IT IS A STORY THAT IS OF COURSE
UNBELIEVABLE.
WHAT THEY HAVE LIVED IN AMERICA
LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT IT IS
ACTUALLY QUITE BELIEVABLE.
THEY UNDERSTAND THAT OVER THEIR
LIFETIME, PUBLIC GOODS HAVE
REALLY BEEN ATROPHYING, THAT
THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE BIG,
BEAUTIFUL ZOOMING POOLS ANYMORE.
THAT THERE ISN'T FREE COLLEGE OF
THE THERE WAS -- THAT WAS KIND
OF A PUBLIC POOL THAT WAS FUNDED
BY THE GOVERNMENT.
AND THEY KNOW THAT AS THE
COLLEGE-GOING POPULATION GOT
MORE DIVERSE, FOR THEM, THEY ARE
ALREADY IN A GENERATION --
>> Al: THIS ZERO-SUM IDEA IS
BASICALLY THAT THE WEALTHIER
WHITES TAUGHT POORER WHITES THAT
ANYTHING THAT HELPS
AFRICAN AMERICANS HURTS THEM.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> Al: THAT A ZERO-SUM.
>> YEAH.
>> Al: AND "THE SUM OF US" IS
ABOUT, WE ALL DO BETTER WHEN WE
DO BETTER, WHICH IS WHAT PAUL
WELLSTONE USED TO SAY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THE LATE GREAT, THE LATE
GREAT.
YOU KNOW, THE PART OF THE BOOK
THAT YOUNG PEOPLE REALLY
RESONATE WITH IS THE HOPEFUL
PART.
THEY WANT TO HEAR THAT WE CAN
FIX THIS.
AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT
EVERYTHING ABOUT THE WORLD THAT
WE SEE NOW, ALL OF THE
DYSFUNCTION, IT IS BECAUSE
PEOPLE MADE DECISIONS TO MAKE
THE WORLD AS IT IS.
AND SO PEOPLE CAN MAKE BETTER
DECISIONS.
AND THE CORE MESSAGES THAT COME
THROUGH COLLECTIVE ACTION,
PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER ACROSS
LINES OF RACE, FINDING
SOLIDARITY, RECOGNIZING THAT WE
ALL DO BETTER WHEN WE ALL DO
BETTER, THAT WE ALL WANT BIG,
BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC POOLS, WE CAN
REALLY WIN AND TAKE ON POWERFUL
INTERESTS BUT WE CAN'T IF WE ARE
DIVIDED.
AND THEY GET THAT.
IT HAS BEEN A REALLY FUN TRIP
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SCHOOLS,
LIBRARIES.
>> Al: YOU HAVE BEEN ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY, FINDING COMMUNITIES
WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING, IN
MINNESOTA, WE HAVE A TOWN,
WILMER MINNESOTA, IT IS THE
BIGGEST TURKEY PRODUCING COUNTY
IN MINNESOTA, WHICH IS THE
BIGGEST TURKEY PRODUCING, I
WENT TO THE GRADUATION THERE,
ABOUT HALF THE CLASS, GERMAN,
SCANDINAVIAN, ABOUT A THIRD OF
THE CLASS HISPANIC, THERE IS A
BIG MEAT-PACKING PLANT THERE,
ABOUT 15% SOMALI.
THIS WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
THING I HAD EVER GONE TO IN THE
TIME I WAS IN THE SENATE.
THIS TOWN JUST WORKED TOGETHER.
LEWISTON, MAINE, IS DOING THAT.
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, THIS WORKS
WHEN WE ALL REALIZE THE SOME OF "THE SUM
OF US," THAT IS HOW WE CREATE
WEALTH, THAT IS HOW WE CREATE
PROSPERITY WHEN THAT IS HOW WE
CREATE A GOOD LIFE FOR ALL
AMERICANS.
THE ONE YOU SHOULD MAYBE RUN FOR
OFFICE, AL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[LAUGHTER]
>> Al: YOU HEARD HER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THE YOUNG READERS' ADAPTION,
ADAPTATION, RATHER, A FEATHER'S
BOOK IS AVAILABLE NOW.
AND "THE SUM OF US" PODCAST
SERIES IS AVAILABLE WHEREVER YOU
GET YOUR PODCASTS.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A QUICK
BREAK, BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
AFTER THIS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪
>> Al: THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR
TONIGHT BUT BEFORE WE GO, I
WOULD LIKE YOU TO VERY SERIOUSLY
CONSIDER DONATING TO SANDY HOOK
PROMISED, THE FOUNDATION WAS
STARTED BY PARENTS WHO LOST A
CHILD AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL TEN YEARS AGO.
I MET THESE PARENTS AFTER THE
SCHOOL -- AFTER THE SHOOTING IN
2012, AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TO TRY TO
SAVE OTHER FAMILIES FROM GOING
THROUGH THE HORROR THAT THEY
EXPERIENCED.
IF YOU CAN, PLEASE HELP SUPPORT
THEIR CONTINUING WORK BY
DONATING TO THE LINK BELOW.
REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
NOW HERE IT IS.
YOUR "MOMENT OF ZEN."
>> NO TELLING WHAT SNOOP DOGG
CAN COME UP WITH.
>> SHE HAS A SNOOP DOGG TATTOO
ON HER SHOULDER.
>> I'M TELLING YOU.
JULIE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT