1 00:00:01,201 --> 00:00:02,302 How is it that we're this deep into a pandemic 2 00:00:02,402 --> 00:00:03,337 but we still don't have a standardized way 3 00:00:03,437 --> 00:00:04,905 to get the test done in our nostrils? 4 00:00:05,005 --> 00:00:06,740 Can anybody tell this to me? 5 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,177 Like, everyone has their own technique of doing the thing. 6 00:00:10,277 --> 00:00:11,778 You know what I mean? Like, some people do, like, 7 00:00:11,879 --> 00:00:13,914 the gentle, like, tickle twirl. You know what I mean? 8 00:00:14,014 --> 00:00:15,682 Where they just try to get you to sneeze. 9 00:00:15,782 --> 00:00:17,417 And then some people do the thing where they're, like-- 10 00:00:17,518 --> 00:00:19,820 it's like a coloring pencil in your nose. 11 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:21,622 And then other people do the thing where they're trying 12 00:00:21,722 --> 00:00:23,957 to see if coronavirus is in the depths of your brain. 13 00:00:24,057 --> 00:00:26,326 You know what I mean? It's like therapy but with a cotton swab. 14 00:00:26,426 --> 00:00:27,928 "Uh, is this what you think of your parents?" 15 00:00:28,028 --> 00:00:30,631 "Aah! Yeah, you've rechanged my thinking." 16 00:00:30,731 --> 00:00:32,900 Like, why do they all have different methods? 17 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:34,835 (stammers) How long have we been in the pandemic? 18 00:00:34,935 --> 00:00:36,203 Why don't people know... 19 00:00:36,303 --> 00:00:37,938 Like, there should be one-- Can you imagine 20 00:00:38,038 --> 00:00:40,007 if we went to the doctor and then when they were doing 21 00:00:40,107 --> 00:00:41,575 that thing with the stick on your tongue, 22 00:00:41,675 --> 00:00:43,610 they all had, like, a different technique? 23 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:45,145 Like, some doctors were like, "No, no, no, no, 24 00:00:45,245 --> 00:00:46,313 "you bring your mouth to me. 25 00:00:46,413 --> 00:00:49,149 "I hold it here. Yeah, this is my style. 26 00:00:49,249 --> 00:00:50,551 That's how I do it." 27 00:00:50,651 --> 00:00:52,853 Other doctors were like, "Uh, airplane coming in. 28 00:00:52,953 --> 00:00:55,856 "Meh. Meh. Meh. Mah. 29 00:00:55,956 --> 00:00:57,624 You've got cancer." 30 00:00:58,859 --> 00:01:00,727 I'm just saying, can we get, like, one standard? 31 00:01:00,827 --> 00:01:03,897 My nose doesn't know what to prepare itself for. 32 00:01:04,064 --> 00:01:05,599 Some days, it's pain. 33 00:01:05,699 --> 00:01:07,968 Some days, it's pleasure. 34 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:10,637 And, yes, it's been very pleasurable on some occasions. 35 00:01:10,737 --> 00:01:13,974 Sometimes they twirl that-that Q-tip in the right way, man. 36 00:01:14,074 --> 00:01:16,743 Ooh. You feel it in your toes. 37 00:01:18,078 --> 00:01:20,180 You're like, "Damn, I might not be positive for COVID, 38 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,449 but I'm feeling something else." 39 00:01:25,118 --> 00:01:26,486 Just me? 40 00:01:27,521 --> 00:01:29,389 I'll see you guys at the test tomorrow. 41 00:01:29,489 --> 00:01:31,725 -♪ ♪ -ANNOUNCER: Coming to you from the heart of Times Square, 42 00:01:31,825 --> 00:01:34,928 in New York City, the only city in America, 43 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:37,197 it's The Daily Show. 44 00:01:37,297 --> 00:01:40,934 Tonight, Barbados says, "No, Queen." 45 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:43,403 COVID conspiracy craze continues. 46 00:01:43,504 --> 00:01:45,906 And Natalie and Derrica Wilson. 47 00:01:46,006 --> 00:01:50,477 This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. 48 00:01:50,577 --> 00:01:52,346 Hey! What's going on, everybody? 49 00:01:52,446 --> 00:01:54,848 Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah. 50 00:01:54,948 --> 00:01:56,183 And joining me for today's headlines 51 00:01:56,283 --> 00:01:58,385 is my good friend Michael Kosta. 52 00:01:58,485 --> 00:01:59,887 What's going on, Michael? How you doing? 53 00:02:00,053 --> 00:02:01,121 I'm doing great. 54 00:02:01,221 --> 00:02:03,790 You know, tonight's the third night of Hanukkah. 55 00:02:03,891 --> 00:02:05,125 Not a lot of people knew that. 56 00:02:05,225 --> 00:02:07,494 -Yeah. -You know, everyone's still going to work. 57 00:02:07,594 --> 00:02:08,929 I always feel like-- First of all, I want to say 58 00:02:09,062 --> 00:02:10,297 what's up to my Jewish people. 59 00:02:10,397 --> 00:02:11,965 You know? Great holiday. 60 00:02:12,065 --> 00:02:13,233 But I feel like... 61 00:02:13,333 --> 00:02:14,668 What changes 'cause of Hanukkah? 62 00:02:14,768 --> 00:02:16,670 Everyone has to still go to work. 63 00:02:16,770 --> 00:02:18,839 You still got to take care of your kids. 64 00:02:18,939 --> 00:02:20,908 You know? I feel like Hanukkah needs more respect, 65 00:02:21,074 --> 00:02:22,576 which is why, from now on, 66 00:02:22,676 --> 00:02:25,078 for the rest of Hanukkah, I'm not coming into work. 67 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:28,081 And I think, all of us, just don't go to work 68 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:32,186 for the rest of Hanukkah and for all Hanukkahs in the future. 69 00:02:32,286 --> 00:02:34,788 Solidarity with my Jewish folk. So... 70 00:02:34,888 --> 00:02:37,858 -Hmm. -I'm an ally to the Jewish people. 71 00:02:37,958 --> 00:02:41,295 I also am not gonna go to work for the rest of Hanukkah, so... 72 00:02:41,395 --> 00:02:43,630 Sounds a lot like your Diwali argument. 73 00:02:43,730 --> 00:02:45,299 But, yeah, good for you, Michael. 74 00:02:45,399 --> 00:02:47,100 I'm just-- You know, I'm trying to-- 75 00:02:47,134 --> 00:02:49,403 I don't want Hanukkah to get the second-- 76 00:02:49,503 --> 00:02:51,205 I don't want Hanukkah to get the shaft. 77 00:02:51,305 --> 00:02:52,639 -I-I mean, I-I hear you. -(stammers) 78 00:02:52,739 --> 00:02:54,274 It's just a little suspicious that you... (chuckles) 79 00:02:54,374 --> 00:02:56,109 you always seem to be, you know, 80 00:02:56,143 --> 00:02:57,611 finding new people to be allies to 81 00:02:57,711 --> 00:02:58,912 when it comes to not coming to work. 82 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:01,181 I'm-I'm just saying. But good for you. 83 00:03:01,281 --> 00:03:02,549 -Thank you. -Good for you. 84 00:03:02,649 --> 00:03:04,618 L'chaim. 85 00:03:04,718 --> 00:03:06,453 All right, let's jump into today's headlines. 86 00:03:06,553 --> 00:03:09,089 ♪ ♪ 87 00:03:09,189 --> 00:03:12,059 We kick things off with the new coronavirus variant 88 00:03:12,092 --> 00:03:14,127 that is scaring the world. 89 00:03:14,228 --> 00:03:15,796 Omnicron. 90 00:03:15,896 --> 00:03:17,064 Omarion? 91 00:03:17,130 --> 00:03:18,365 Malecón. 92 00:03:18,465 --> 00:03:19,733 Emmanuel Macron? 93 00:03:19,833 --> 00:03:21,568 Either way, you people know what I'm talking about. 94 00:03:21,668 --> 00:03:24,438 The world is still waiting to find out whether Omicron-- 95 00:03:24,538 --> 00:03:26,740 that's what it is-- will be a significant problem 96 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:27,741 in our lives. 97 00:03:27,841 --> 00:03:29,209 And I wish they would hurry up, 98 00:03:29,309 --> 00:03:30,744 because I need to know what I'm doing 99 00:03:30,844 --> 00:03:32,412 in two weeks from now. You know? 100 00:03:32,513 --> 00:03:34,648 Should I be buying my Spider-Man tickets, 101 00:03:34,748 --> 00:03:37,751 or learning how to hunt and cook wild animals? 102 00:03:37,851 --> 00:03:40,420 Or should I split the difference and buy Spider-Man tickets 103 00:03:40,521 --> 00:03:42,489 for the wild animals? 104 00:03:42,589 --> 00:03:44,658 But while most of the world is willing to wait and see, 105 00:03:44,758 --> 00:03:46,393 at least one person feels comfortable 106 00:03:46,493 --> 00:03:47,995 about making predictions. 107 00:03:48,095 --> 00:03:50,464 The Moderna CEO told the Financial Times 108 00:03:50,564 --> 00:03:54,168 he expects the existing vaccines to be less effective 109 00:03:54,268 --> 00:03:56,103 against the new variant of COVID. 110 00:03:56,203 --> 00:03:58,005 NEWSMAN: "I think it's going to be a material drop." 111 00:03:58,105 --> 00:04:00,040 This was on vaccine efficacy. 112 00:04:00,140 --> 00:04:01,575 "I just don't know how much 113 00:04:01,675 --> 00:04:03,377 "because we still need to wait for the data. 114 00:04:03,477 --> 00:04:05,212 "But all of the scientists I've spoken to are saying, 115 00:04:05,312 --> 00:04:07,080 'This is not going to be good.'" 116 00:04:07,181 --> 00:04:11,251 Hmm. So on the one hand, 117 00:04:11,351 --> 00:04:16,790 almost all the Omicron cases have been mild so far. 118 00:04:16,890 --> 00:04:20,060 But on the other hand, the guy who stands 119 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:23,764 to gain millions of dollars from new vaccines says 120 00:04:23,864 --> 00:04:27,067 we need new vaccines. Huh. 121 00:04:27,167 --> 00:04:28,735 "If we don't make a new vaccine, 122 00:04:28,836 --> 00:04:31,138 "this disease could be with us Ferrari. 123 00:04:31,238 --> 00:04:32,406 "I mean forever. 124 00:04:32,506 --> 00:04:34,541 Sorry. I was thinking of something else." 125 00:04:34,641 --> 00:04:36,543 Now, look, I'm not saying that the CEO of Moderna is lying. 126 00:04:36,643 --> 00:04:37,878 I'm not saying that at all. 127 00:04:37,978 --> 00:04:39,313 I'm just saying I don't think 128 00:04:39,413 --> 00:04:41,648 he's the most objective source on this topic, you know? 129 00:04:41,748 --> 00:04:45,185 I'll wait to hear what neutral experts say about a new vaccine. 130 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:47,354 People like public health officials, 131 00:04:47,454 --> 00:04:49,723 or the CEO of Johnson & Johnson. 132 00:04:49,823 --> 00:04:51,191 I mean, he's got nothing to gain 133 00:04:51,291 --> 00:04:52,893 'cause nobody's going to buy his vaccines either way, 134 00:04:52,993 --> 00:04:54,895 so I trust him. 135 00:04:54,995 --> 00:04:57,231 And also, if we do need a new vaccine for this new variant, 136 00:04:57,331 --> 00:04:59,199 it's not a big deal. All right, people? 137 00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:01,134 I see people online being like, "Aah! Aah! 138 00:05:01,235 --> 00:05:03,737 We got to get a new shot every year? Is that right?" 139 00:05:03,837 --> 00:05:06,106 Yeah, yeah. You know what? Maybe to not die, 140 00:05:06,206 --> 00:05:09,443 you might need to take 15 minutes out of your year. 141 00:05:09,543 --> 00:05:12,946 What? Is your life so busy that you don't have time for that? 142 00:05:13,046 --> 00:05:15,182 I guarantee you, at some point in the next year, 143 00:05:15,282 --> 00:05:19,453 you will walk by a CVS, unless you live in the desert. 144 00:05:19,553 --> 00:05:23,123 Then, it's gonna be, like, a five-minute walk to a CVS. 145 00:05:24,525 --> 00:05:26,827 This is classic capitalism, 146 00:05:26,927 --> 00:05:29,096 foundation of capitalism, 147 00:05:29,196 --> 00:05:32,065 to sell you something you already have, right? 148 00:05:32,099 --> 00:05:35,135 I mean, I just bought the Taylor Swift album, the new one. 149 00:05:35,235 --> 00:05:36,670 -Yeah. -It has the same ten songs 150 00:05:36,770 --> 00:05:39,273 from an album she put out ten years ago. 151 00:05:39,373 --> 00:05:42,242 That's the beauty of capitalism-- keep buying. 152 00:05:42,342 --> 00:05:44,678 No, that... She was trying to... It's a... it's a... 153 00:05:44,778 --> 00:05:46,146 I bought it. You know who else 154 00:05:46,246 --> 00:05:47,514 I feel really bad for with this whole thing? 155 00:05:47,614 --> 00:05:51,084 Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend's balls. 156 00:05:51,118 --> 00:05:54,087 Because he's got to get another booster. 157 00:05:54,154 --> 00:05:56,089 -(laughing) -You know? 158 00:05:56,156 --> 00:05:59,793 He's gonna be swinging around a little Mazda in his pants. 159 00:05:59,893 --> 00:06:03,063 -Oh. -Yeah. 160 00:06:03,163 --> 00:06:05,032 You know that wasn't... Anyway. 161 00:06:05,132 --> 00:06:07,100 All right, let's talk about colonialism. 162 00:06:07,201 --> 00:06:10,337 It's basically gentrification, but for entire continents. 163 00:06:10,437 --> 00:06:11,839 It's been a really long time 164 00:06:11,939 --> 00:06:13,841 since the British ruled the world, 165 00:06:13,941 --> 00:06:15,876 but the remnants of their empire, 166 00:06:16,043 --> 00:06:18,345 well, they still linger here and there, 167 00:06:18,445 --> 00:06:21,648 like Ghislaine Maxwell at a cheerleading competition. 168 00:06:21,748 --> 00:06:25,385 But yesterday, yet another former British colony announced 169 00:06:25,485 --> 00:06:27,721 that they were cutting ties. 170 00:06:27,821 --> 00:06:30,057 The island of Barbados is officially a republic. 171 00:06:30,090 --> 00:06:31,725 In a ceremony last night, 172 00:06:31,825 --> 00:06:34,428 the Queen's Standard lowered for good. 173 00:06:34,528 --> 00:06:36,496 Queen Elizabeth removed as head of state, 174 00:06:36,597 --> 00:06:39,233 and Barbados swore in its first president. 175 00:06:39,333 --> 00:06:43,170 The Caribbean island cutting 400 years of British ties. 176 00:06:43,270 --> 00:06:47,074 Many British fortunes made from sugar and slavery. 177 00:06:47,140 --> 00:06:49,076 Prince Charles on hand to reflect 178 00:06:49,109 --> 00:06:50,978 on the island's journey as well. 179 00:06:51,078 --> 00:06:54,114 And a different sort of queen honored there. 180 00:06:54,214 --> 00:06:58,118 Pop star Rihanna was named a national hero. 181 00:06:58,218 --> 00:06:59,786 Well, damn! 182 00:06:59,887 --> 00:07:03,891 Rihanna put up one photo of her butt, 183 00:07:04,024 --> 00:07:06,193 and immediately, Barbados was like: 184 00:07:06,293 --> 00:07:08,195 All right, we're done with the queen. 185 00:07:08,295 --> 00:07:10,631 Rihanna is our leader now. 186 00:07:10,731 --> 00:07:12,399 Meanwhile, the queen was like: Rihanna? 187 00:07:12,499 --> 00:07:14,868 Is she the one who married Harry? 188 00:07:15,035 --> 00:07:16,637 I mean, you know what this means, right? 189 00:07:16,737 --> 00:07:18,405 If the queen wants her colony back, 190 00:07:18,505 --> 00:07:20,440 she's gotta fight fire with fire. 191 00:07:20,541 --> 00:07:22,876 This doing anything for you, Barbados? 192 00:07:23,043 --> 00:07:24,645 You got any regrets now? 193 00:07:24,745 --> 00:07:26,446 Look at that ass. 194 00:07:26,547 --> 00:07:29,049 And, you know, you've got to feel bad for the British Empire. 195 00:07:29,149 --> 00:07:31,084 I mean, unless your country was pillaged by them 196 00:07:31,185 --> 00:07:32,953 and they stole all your jewels and resources. 197 00:07:33,053 --> 00:07:34,188 Because, think about it, 198 00:07:34,288 --> 00:07:36,623 last year, they lost one Black person, 199 00:07:36,723 --> 00:07:40,694 and now they've lost an entire island of Black people? 200 00:07:40,794 --> 00:07:43,063 This inflation is real, man. 201 00:07:43,130 --> 00:07:45,065 But what the hell, Brandon? 202 00:07:45,165 --> 00:07:48,402 Did I do it right? Is that how it works? 203 00:07:48,502 --> 00:07:50,170 But you know the story does remind you, 204 00:07:50,270 --> 00:07:51,505 it actually does remind you, 205 00:07:51,605 --> 00:07:53,740 how crazy and massive colonialism was. 206 00:07:53,841 --> 00:07:56,276 Like, we think of colonialism as this old thing from textbooks, 207 00:07:56,376 --> 00:07:59,213 but you realize that in 2021, there's still, like, 208 00:07:59,313 --> 00:08:04,051 a dozen countries that have the queen's picture on their money! 209 00:08:04,151 --> 00:08:05,919 And not like the dope picture. 210 00:08:06,019 --> 00:08:07,788 You understand how wild that is? 211 00:08:07,888 --> 00:08:10,557 Like, imagine if your ex had so much power over you 212 00:08:10,657 --> 00:08:12,693 that 300 years after you broke up, 213 00:08:12,793 --> 00:08:15,629 you still had to have their face on your phone's lock screen. 214 00:08:15,729 --> 00:08:17,064 Ah, yes! 215 00:08:17,164 --> 00:08:20,033 Ah, Kelly. How I don't miss her. 216 00:08:20,133 --> 00:08:24,037 I also think it makes sense that the crown is leaving Barbados, 217 00:08:24,071 --> 00:08:27,441 because for so long, their whole economy was sugar and slavery, 218 00:08:27,541 --> 00:08:31,645 two things that now we know are bad. 219 00:08:32,613 --> 00:08:34,915 I'm sorry, did you say now we know are bad? 220 00:08:35,048 --> 00:08:37,384 You know. Recently. 221 00:08:37,484 --> 00:08:39,620 Until recently. 222 00:08:40,654 --> 00:08:43,056 Yeah, at least now we know, Michael. 223 00:08:43,123 --> 00:08:44,625 At least now we know. 224 00:08:44,725 --> 00:08:47,194 -All right, let's move on... -Sugar will get you, Trevor. 225 00:08:48,195 --> 00:08:50,197 Sugar? 226 00:08:50,297 --> 00:08:53,700 Yes. You're right, Sugar and slavery and sugar. 227 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:55,569 Sugar will get you. 228 00:08:55,669 --> 00:08:58,238 All right, let's move on from the most fun place in the world 229 00:08:58,338 --> 00:09:01,008 to the least: North Korea. 230 00:09:01,041 --> 00:09:03,810 As a dictatorship, North Korea has a lot of arbitrary rules 231 00:09:03,911 --> 00:09:07,314 that citizens have to follow-- and I mean have to follow. 232 00:09:07,414 --> 00:09:09,016 For instance, they're not allowed 233 00:09:09,049 --> 00:09:10,651 to listen to foreign music. 234 00:09:10,751 --> 00:09:13,153 They're not allowed to smile publicly 235 00:09:13,253 --> 00:09:16,323 on the anniversary of Kim Il-sung's death. 236 00:09:16,423 --> 00:09:21,895 And they are not allowed to make any international phone calls. 237 00:09:22,029 --> 00:09:24,031 Which, that last one I kind of agree with. 238 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:26,333 I mean, I don't want people from North Korea phoning me 239 00:09:26,433 --> 00:09:28,335 and depressing me with their problems. 240 00:09:28,435 --> 00:09:30,170 Like, I've got my own shit to deal with. 241 00:09:30,270 --> 00:09:32,172 I've got all this food left over from Thanksgiving. 242 00:09:32,272 --> 00:09:34,374 I don't even know where to put it. 243 00:09:34,474 --> 00:09:36,910 I'm just saying, like, we've all got problems, you know? 244 00:09:37,044 --> 00:09:38,612 But just when you thought North Korea 245 00:09:38,712 --> 00:09:39,913 couldn't get any more oppressive, 246 00:09:40,047 --> 00:09:41,415 they announced a new law this week 247 00:09:41,515 --> 00:09:44,952 that's even telling people how to dress. 248 00:09:45,052 --> 00:09:46,720 North Korea banning leather coats, 249 00:09:46,820 --> 00:09:48,388 all in an effort to get citizens 250 00:09:48,488 --> 00:09:51,058 to stop imitating Kim Jong Un's style. 251 00:09:51,091 --> 00:09:53,060 The country's dictator has been spotted 252 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,662 on numerous occasions in a cowhide coat. 253 00:09:55,762 --> 00:09:57,531 According to Radio Free Asia, 254 00:09:57,631 --> 00:09:59,800 the jackets took off in North Korea 255 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:02,069 after Kim wore one back in 2019. 256 00:10:02,169 --> 00:10:05,672 Since then, imitation coats have cropped up across the country. 257 00:10:05,772 --> 00:10:09,510 Radio Free Asia reporting there are literal fashion police 258 00:10:09,610 --> 00:10:11,245 roaming North Korea, 259 00:10:11,345 --> 00:10:13,680 looking for anyone sporting a leather jacket. 260 00:10:13,780 --> 00:10:15,382 According to an anonymous source, 261 00:10:15,482 --> 00:10:17,017 law enforcement in the country 262 00:10:17,117 --> 00:10:19,987 is going after companies making imitation coats 263 00:10:20,087 --> 00:10:23,957 as well as anyone they spot wearing one in public. 264 00:10:24,057 --> 00:10:27,327 Did they say there's literal fashion police? 265 00:10:27,427 --> 00:10:28,729 'Cause now all I'm thinking of 266 00:10:28,829 --> 00:10:32,099 is, like, North Korea's version of Queer Eye. 267 00:10:32,199 --> 00:10:34,535 It's like Kim Eye for the Korean Guy. 268 00:10:34,635 --> 00:10:36,236 Them just walking down the street like, 269 00:10:36,336 --> 00:10:39,006 "Mm-mm, honey. You cannot look that good." 270 00:10:39,106 --> 00:10:40,674 This is such a strange story, because I always thought 271 00:10:40,774 --> 00:10:42,442 that dictators wanted everyone to copy them. 272 00:10:42,543 --> 00:10:44,411 You know? "Think like me, act like me, 273 00:10:44,511 --> 00:10:45,846 look like me, dress like me." 274 00:10:45,946 --> 00:10:47,814 But then Kim Jong Un, he looked at himself 275 00:10:47,915 --> 00:10:49,416 wearing this jacket, and he was like, 276 00:10:49,516 --> 00:10:51,885 "Nobody else is allowed to look this fly." 277 00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:53,654 And, I mean, you got to admit, he does look pretty good 278 00:10:53,754 --> 00:10:56,490 in that jacket. You know? He looks like Neo in The Matrix. 279 00:10:56,590 --> 00:11:00,294 If Neo drank all of that goo in the bathtub. 280 00:11:00,394 --> 00:11:02,329 KOSTA: Shit, man. 281 00:11:02,429 --> 00:11:04,898 -Do I have to...? -(Noah laughs) 282 00:11:05,065 --> 00:11:07,267 Do I have to return this jacket now? 283 00:11:07,367 --> 00:11:09,303 This was a Hanukkah gift to myself. 284 00:11:09,403 --> 00:11:11,705 (laughs) 285 00:11:11,805 --> 00:11:13,340 I... And the thing is he's right. 286 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,309 You do look fly in these things, man. 287 00:11:15,409 --> 00:11:17,444 -Look at me. -Yeah. No, you-you look... 288 00:11:17,544 --> 00:11:19,079 -You look something, Kosta. -You know? 289 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:21,715 Look, it's like you said, Trevor. 290 00:11:21,815 --> 00:11:23,917 A dictator wants people to copy him. 291 00:11:24,084 --> 00:11:26,887 He should be worried about the trends that he's trying to set 292 00:11:26,987 --> 00:11:29,223 that no one is copying him on, you know? 293 00:11:29,323 --> 00:11:31,725 Like, I don't see a lot of North Koreans with his haircut. 294 00:11:31,825 --> 00:11:34,428 Right? 'Cause no one will say it to his face. 295 00:11:34,528 --> 00:11:36,396 Kim Jong, your hair is wack, son. 296 00:11:36,496 --> 00:11:38,232 -(laughs) -Okay? 297 00:11:38,332 --> 00:11:39,466 Your hair is wack. 298 00:11:39,566 --> 00:11:41,802 Your people won't tell you that. 299 00:11:41,902 --> 00:11:44,204 Anyways... 300 00:11:44,304 --> 00:11:45,973 But this is fly. 301 00:11:46,106 --> 00:11:49,109 Right? Wilsons Leather, Trevor? 302 00:11:50,410 --> 00:11:52,312 Uh, y-you know, Kosta, what I love about you 303 00:11:52,412 --> 00:11:55,349 -is not only the fact that you... -Yeah. 304 00:11:55,449 --> 00:11:57,017 ...are so comfortable in that jacket 305 00:11:57,117 --> 00:11:59,553 but the fact that you believe that Kim Jong Un 306 00:11:59,653 --> 00:12:01,822 -might be watching this show. -I think he is. 307 00:12:01,922 --> 00:12:03,824 -I mean... -Trevor, you're a global star, dude. 308 00:12:03,924 --> 00:12:06,260 -Amen. Thank you for that, Kosta. -Yeah. Yeah. 309 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:07,728 -I appreciate that. -Yeah. 310 00:12:07,828 --> 00:12:09,796 All right, when we come back, 311 00:12:09,897 --> 00:12:13,667 we'll tell you what the government isn't telling you 312 00:12:13,767 --> 00:12:15,969 about COVID. You don't want to miss it. 313 00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:19,373 (whispers): It's the truth. The real truth. 314 00:12:21,950 --> 00:12:23,051 Oh! Welcome back to The Daily Show. (chuckles) 315 00:12:23,151 --> 00:12:24,686 I didn't think you'd come back. 316 00:12:24,786 --> 00:12:26,354 Ever since the pandemic began, 317 00:12:26,454 --> 00:12:28,089 COVID conspiracies have been spreading 318 00:12:28,189 --> 00:12:30,024 almost as fast as COVID itself. 319 00:12:30,124 --> 00:12:32,227 "COVID is caused by 5G!" 320 00:12:32,327 --> 00:12:35,029 "The vaccine has a secret microchip in it." 321 00:12:35,129 --> 00:12:38,833 "Dr. Fauci's first name isn't actually Doctor!" 322 00:12:38,933 --> 00:12:41,336 Some really crazy things out there. 323 00:12:41,436 --> 00:12:43,605 And now that a new variant has emerged, 324 00:12:43,705 --> 00:12:47,809 we're also getting new strains of really stupid conspiracies. 325 00:12:47,909 --> 00:12:51,813 So let's hear what people think is really going on 326 00:12:51,913 --> 00:12:54,682 in another installment of the Pandumbic. 327 00:12:54,782 --> 00:12:57,752 ♪ ♪ 328 00:12:57,852 --> 00:13:00,555 As of now, it looks like it's gonna still be a couple of weeks 329 00:13:00,655 --> 00:13:04,158 before we know more about the Omicron strain, 330 00:13:04,259 --> 00:13:06,361 things like, does it spread faster? 331 00:13:06,461 --> 00:13:08,129 Does it make you sicker? 332 00:13:08,229 --> 00:13:11,032 And is it available as an NFT? 333 00:13:11,132 --> 00:13:12,700 But over in MAGA world, 334 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,770 well, they-they seem to already have figured it all out. 335 00:13:15,870 --> 00:13:17,572 The emergence of the new COVID variant 336 00:13:17,672 --> 00:13:20,341 is sparking a fresh round of conspiracy theories. 337 00:13:20,441 --> 00:13:21,676 Former White House doctor 338 00:13:21,776 --> 00:13:24,445 turned MAGA congressman, Ronny Jackson, tweeted... 339 00:13:37,058 --> 00:13:38,826 It defies logic. And listen here-- 340 00:13:38,927 --> 00:13:40,828 um, unfortunately, it's not just Ronny Jackson. 341 00:13:40,929 --> 00:13:43,364 If it was just Congressman Jackson or Dr. Jackson, 342 00:13:43,464 --> 00:13:45,567 we could call him out. But he's getting help 343 00:13:45,667 --> 00:13:47,035 on, uh, you know where. 344 00:13:47,135 --> 00:13:48,469 -There's always a new variant. -Yeah. And you can always-- 345 00:13:48,570 --> 00:13:50,672 You'll count on a variant about every October. 346 00:13:50,805 --> 00:13:52,340 -Every two years. -(laughs) -Oh, I think it's gonna-- 347 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,043 -Yeah. You're probably right. -(stammers) I mean, however... 348 00:13:55,143 --> 00:13:57,278 They could speed up. Uh, the variants 349 00:13:57,378 --> 00:13:59,347 -can come more quickly and the boosters. -(laughs) 350 00:13:59,447 --> 00:14:01,616 -"We're gonna need a new, uh, variant here." -(chuckles) 351 00:14:01,716 --> 00:14:03,017 -My gosh. -Fear. 352 00:14:03,117 --> 00:14:05,320 Okay, okay, just so-- just so I've got this straight. 353 00:14:05,420 --> 00:14:08,323 According to this conspiracy, the Democrats' big plan 354 00:14:08,423 --> 00:14:10,858 is to intentionally never solve the one problem 355 00:14:10,959 --> 00:14:12,827 that is ruining everyone's life? 356 00:14:12,927 --> 00:14:16,898 That is such a dumbass strategy to win an election. 357 00:14:16,998 --> 00:14:18,967 Which makes me think maybe the Democrats 358 00:14:19,067 --> 00:14:21,002 actually did come up with it. 359 00:14:21,102 --> 00:14:22,103 Aha! 360 00:14:22,203 --> 00:14:23,538 I mean, you realize for this to be true, 361 00:14:23,638 --> 00:14:26,507 the Democrats would have had to coordinate on this lie 362 00:14:26,608 --> 00:14:28,576 with the World Health Organization 363 00:14:28,676 --> 00:14:32,046 and South African scientists and governments across Europe. 364 00:14:32,146 --> 00:14:33,581 You serious, people? 365 00:14:33,681 --> 00:14:35,884 You know the Democrats can't coordinate shit. 366 00:14:35,984 --> 00:14:37,418 The only thing Democrats can coordinate 367 00:14:37,518 --> 00:14:38,853 is their kente cloths. 368 00:14:38,953 --> 00:14:41,289 And it's bad enough to hear this from a congressman, 369 00:14:41,389 --> 00:14:44,392 but what's crazy is that before he was in Congress, 370 00:14:44,492 --> 00:14:47,428 people forget Ronny Jackson was the presidents' doctor, 371 00:14:47,528 --> 00:14:49,464 the presidents' doctor. 372 00:14:49,564 --> 00:14:51,199 And not just Trump's doctor, by the way. 373 00:14:51,299 --> 00:14:53,468 Obama's doctor, too. 374 00:14:53,568 --> 00:14:55,169 Yeah, that guy. 375 00:14:55,270 --> 00:14:58,273 It just shows you how bad America's health care system is. 376 00:14:58,373 --> 00:14:59,807 Even the president was like, 377 00:14:59,908 --> 00:15:01,376 "Uh, you're telling me that, uh, 378 00:15:01,476 --> 00:15:03,344 he's the only doctor in my network?" 379 00:15:03,444 --> 00:15:04,812 I mean, seriously, it's amazing 380 00:15:04,879 --> 00:15:06,814 that Obama and Trump actually survived. 381 00:15:06,881 --> 00:15:08,816 One of them sneezes, and Ronny Jackson is like, 382 00:15:08,883 --> 00:15:10,351 "You've got to realign your electrons. 383 00:15:10,451 --> 00:15:13,154 Quick! Swallow as many magnets as possible!" 384 00:15:13,254 --> 00:15:14,722 And by the way, of all the shows, 385 00:15:14,822 --> 00:15:16,224 how does Fox & Friends not understand 386 00:15:16,324 --> 00:15:18,393 what new variants are? Every four months, 387 00:15:18,493 --> 00:15:20,395 Fox & Friends has two totally different dudes 388 00:15:20,495 --> 00:15:21,829 and one new woman saying the same bullshit 389 00:15:21,930 --> 00:15:23,364 from the same couch. 390 00:15:23,464 --> 00:15:25,533 I mean, if that isn't a new variant, I don't know what is. 391 00:15:25,633 --> 00:15:27,001 Hey, but whatever, man. 392 00:15:27,101 --> 00:15:29,804 I guess the Democrats, in coordination with scientists 393 00:15:29,904 --> 00:15:32,140 in South Africa, Europe, Israel, all over, 394 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,909 are simply pretending there's a new corona variant out there. 395 00:15:35,009 --> 00:15:36,444 That's what they're doing. Yeah. 396 00:15:36,544 --> 00:15:38,947 And they're not only doing it to justify mail-in voting. 397 00:15:39,047 --> 00:15:41,049 No, no, no. It's also because 398 00:15:41,149 --> 00:15:43,985 they're really horny for lockdowns. 399 00:15:44,085 --> 00:15:46,988 Judge, if they keep testing for different strains 400 00:15:47,088 --> 00:15:49,090 of coronavirus, we're going to be locked down 401 00:15:49,190 --> 00:15:50,825 -for the rest of our existence. -Mm. 402 00:15:50,925 --> 00:15:52,794 I am... You know, I had cancer. 403 00:15:52,827 --> 00:15:56,798 My oncologist is a specialist in bone cancer, and he... 404 00:15:56,831 --> 00:15:58,099 You know, every oncologist 405 00:15:58,199 --> 00:16:01,035 who deals with bone cancer identifies hundreds 406 00:16:01,135 --> 00:16:03,504 of coronaviruses inside of our bones. 407 00:16:03,605 --> 00:16:07,842 They've created a problem that can never actually be solved 408 00:16:07,942 --> 00:16:11,846 so they can justify whatever it is they want to do. 409 00:16:11,946 --> 00:16:13,615 I'm sorry. What? 410 00:16:13,715 --> 00:16:16,184 Your bones are riddled with coronavirus? 411 00:16:16,284 --> 00:16:19,087 Quick, lady, you need to swallow these magnets! 412 00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:23,091 Now, what I think Lara Logan was saying there is 413 00:16:23,191 --> 00:16:26,060 that we'll never stop finding new coronavirus variants 414 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,764 when they test us, because our bones are full of them. 415 00:16:29,864 --> 00:16:34,135 And, and, look, this sounded, uh, wrong to me. 416 00:16:34,235 --> 00:16:36,004 But I'm not a bone doctor. 417 00:16:36,104 --> 00:16:37,672 I mean, I am, but... 418 00:16:37,772 --> 00:16:40,041 So, we called a top oncologist 419 00:16:40,141 --> 00:16:42,143 just to make sure that we were right. 420 00:16:42,243 --> 00:16:44,679 And we were like, "Hey, weird question, 421 00:16:44,779 --> 00:16:46,180 "but if you crack open a bone, 422 00:16:46,281 --> 00:16:48,583 do hundreds of coronaviruses fly out?" 423 00:16:48,683 --> 00:16:50,385 And she was like, "No. 424 00:16:50,485 --> 00:16:53,555 And, also, why is everyone asking me this question today?" 425 00:16:53,655 --> 00:16:58,026 So no, people, bones are not filled with coronaviruses. 426 00:16:58,126 --> 00:17:00,795 All right? They're filled with... 427 00:17:00,862 --> 00:17:02,463 milk? 428 00:17:02,564 --> 00:17:04,933 Can we call her back and ask what bones are filled with? 429 00:17:05,033 --> 00:17:06,834 But according to Fox, 430 00:17:06,935 --> 00:17:09,237 now Democrats are going to force everyone 431 00:17:09,337 --> 00:17:11,239 into endless lockdown. That's the plan. 432 00:17:11,339 --> 00:17:14,809 And the worst part is, if Trump was still in office, 433 00:17:14,876 --> 00:17:17,812 this variant-- which doesn't even exist-- 434 00:17:17,912 --> 00:17:19,547 would already be defeated. 435 00:17:19,647 --> 00:17:21,015 COVID is becoming endemic. 436 00:17:21,115 --> 00:17:22,517 It is going to continue to mutate. 437 00:17:22,617 --> 00:17:24,419 It's going to continue to evolve. 438 00:17:24,519 --> 00:17:26,754 It's all around planet Earth. 439 00:17:26,788 --> 00:17:29,224 If President Trump was still in office, by the way, 440 00:17:29,324 --> 00:17:31,059 we'd already have modified vaccines 441 00:17:31,159 --> 00:17:34,095 to deal with the new variants, which is a great point. 442 00:17:34,195 --> 00:17:36,064 Okay, first of all, Stephen Miller-- 443 00:17:36,164 --> 00:17:39,000 if President Trump was still in office? 444 00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:40,401 If? 445 00:17:40,501 --> 00:17:43,271 Someone's not a true believer. 446 00:17:43,371 --> 00:17:46,241 JFK Jr. will be so disappointed when he hears about this one. 447 00:17:46,341 --> 00:17:48,276 I mean, the idea that Donald Trump 448 00:17:48,376 --> 00:17:50,478 would have quickly handled a COVID variant 449 00:17:50,578 --> 00:17:53,414 is by far the least believable shit I have ever heard. 450 00:17:53,514 --> 00:17:55,583 You want to act like we all don't know this man? 451 00:17:55,683 --> 00:17:57,385 There's no way he would have handled it. 452 00:17:57,485 --> 00:17:59,254 First of all, he would have spent four months 453 00:17:59,354 --> 00:18:01,089 denying there was even a new variant, 454 00:18:01,189 --> 00:18:02,690 and then he would have wasted six more months 455 00:18:02,790 --> 00:18:04,525 saying that the vaccines were on their way, 456 00:18:04,626 --> 00:18:06,127 but then also don't worry about it, 457 00:18:06,227 --> 00:18:07,695 because it's not going to hurt anybody, 458 00:18:07,795 --> 00:18:09,130 but also the vaccines are coming. 459 00:18:09,230 --> 00:18:11,099 And then he would have gotten Omicron himself, 460 00:18:11,199 --> 00:18:14,135 and then he would have been like: Omicron is real, folks. 461 00:18:14,235 --> 00:18:16,304 It's totally real, and I beat it. 462 00:18:16,404 --> 00:18:19,974 I karate-chopped it so hard, I destroyed it. 463 00:18:20,074 --> 00:18:21,809 And now it cried and cried to me. 464 00:18:21,910 --> 00:18:24,012 It said, "Trump, why do you do this to me? 465 00:18:24,112 --> 00:18:25,446 You beat me so hard." 466 00:18:25,546 --> 00:18:27,815 And I beat it, so now it's over. 467 00:18:27,916 --> 00:18:29,918 Congratulations to all, 468 00:18:30,018 --> 00:18:32,887 even the haters and the losers. 469 00:18:32,987 --> 00:18:35,924 I mean, you can't have a vaccine for a new variant 470 00:18:36,024 --> 00:18:38,226 a few days after you discover the variant, people! 471 00:18:38,326 --> 00:18:39,961 It's impossible. 472 00:18:40,061 --> 00:18:42,864 The only way you could do that is if you had a time machine. 473 00:18:42,964 --> 00:18:44,966 And we all know if Trump had a time machine, 474 00:18:45,066 --> 00:18:47,101 he wouldn't use it for that. 475 00:18:47,201 --> 00:18:51,506 He'd go back in time to hang baby Mike Pence. 476 00:18:51,606 --> 00:18:53,441 I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. 477 00:18:53,541 --> 00:18:54,776 I'm just kidding. 478 00:18:54,842 --> 00:18:56,477 He'd probably use it to warn himself 479 00:18:56,578 --> 00:18:58,479 not to have that affair with Stormy Daniels. 480 00:18:58,580 --> 00:19:00,782 But then he'd get too horny and end up having a threesome 481 00:19:00,848 --> 00:19:02,517 with himself and Stormy Daniels. 482 00:19:02,617 --> 00:19:03,618 This is so great! 483 00:19:03,785 --> 00:19:06,421 There are fine people on both sides. 484 00:19:06,521 --> 00:19:08,456 Very fine people. 485 00:19:08,556 --> 00:19:10,792 Now, look, anyone whose brain hasn't been rotted 486 00:19:10,892 --> 00:19:12,894 from Fox and Facebook knows 487 00:19:12,994 --> 00:19:15,997 that everything these people are saying is bullshit. 488 00:19:16,097 --> 00:19:18,700 Omicron is a real variant, with real mutations 489 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,402 and real spikes on its real proteins. 490 00:19:21,502 --> 00:19:24,539 And, shit, that's how it works. 491 00:19:24,639 --> 00:19:27,508 Democrats are just trying to keep the pandemic going 492 00:19:27,609 --> 00:19:28,743 to stay in power, 493 00:19:28,776 --> 00:19:30,144 and the best way you can tell that 494 00:19:30,245 --> 00:19:31,579 is that a year ago, 495 00:19:31,746 --> 00:19:35,149 MAGA world was pushing the exact opposite conspiracy. 496 00:19:35,250 --> 00:19:37,352 If it ends up that Biden wins in November, 497 00:19:37,452 --> 00:19:40,755 I guarantee you the week after the election, 498 00:19:40,788 --> 00:19:42,790 suddenly, all those Democratic governors, 499 00:19:42,891 --> 00:19:45,059 all those Democratic mayors will say, 500 00:19:45,159 --> 00:19:46,761 "Everything's magically better. 501 00:19:46,828 --> 00:19:48,429 Go back to work. Go back to school." 502 00:19:48,529 --> 00:19:50,064 Suddenly, the problems are solved. 503 00:19:50,164 --> 00:19:52,767 They'll milk it every single day between now and November 3rd. 504 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:54,569 And guess what? After November 3rd, 505 00:19:54,669 --> 00:19:57,472 coronavirus will magically all of a sudden go away 506 00:19:57,572 --> 00:19:59,941 and disappear, and everybody will be able to reopen. 507 00:20:00,041 --> 00:20:01,609 That's all I hear. Turn on television. 508 00:20:01,776 --> 00:20:04,545 "COVID. COVID. COVID, COVID, COVID. COVID." 509 00:20:04,646 --> 00:20:07,215 By the way, on November 4th, you won't hear about it anymore. 510 00:20:07,315 --> 00:20:09,450 -(cheering and applause) -So... 511 00:20:09,551 --> 00:20:10,785 COVID! 512 00:20:10,885 --> 00:20:13,922 "COVID! COVID!" 513 00:20:14,022 --> 00:20:16,791 (laughing) "COVID!" 514 00:20:16,891 --> 00:20:18,960 This dude was president. 515 00:20:19,060 --> 00:20:21,829 And he's gonna be president again. 516 00:20:21,930 --> 00:20:23,398 (exhales) 517 00:20:23,498 --> 00:20:25,366 Now, to be fair, to be fair, 518 00:20:25,466 --> 00:20:29,270 for a while after the election, we did hear less about COVID. 519 00:20:29,370 --> 00:20:31,639 Mostly because the news was about Donald Trump 520 00:20:31,739 --> 00:20:33,107 trying to overthrow the country. 521 00:20:33,207 --> 00:20:36,344 But this really shows you how drastically MAGA people 522 00:20:36,444 --> 00:20:39,280 have changed their conspiracies about COVID over time. 523 00:20:39,380 --> 00:20:42,884 I mean, you might even say they had to... 524 00:20:42,984 --> 00:20:45,253 mutate their propaganda 525 00:20:45,353 --> 00:20:48,823 so that it could keep spreading in a new environment. 526 00:20:48,923 --> 00:20:51,893 I wonder if there's a medical parallel 527 00:20:51,993 --> 00:20:56,030 to the way these talking points are adapting over time. 528 00:20:56,998 --> 00:20:59,067 No. All right, when we come back, 529 00:20:59,167 --> 00:21:01,336 I'll be talking to two activists who are making sure 530 00:21:01,436 --> 00:21:04,272 that all missing people have a chance to be found, 531 00:21:04,372 --> 00:21:05,807 so don't go away. 532 00:21:05,907 --> 00:21:08,343 "COVID! COVID! 533 00:21:08,443 --> 00:21:10,612 Get me a COVID." 534 00:21:13,047 --> 00:21:14,649 Welcome back to The Daily Show. My guests tonight 535 00:21:14,749 --> 00:21:17,451 are the founders of the Black and Missing Foundation, 536 00:21:17,551 --> 00:21:19,387 Natalie and Derrica Wilson. 537 00:21:19,487 --> 00:21:21,989 They're here to talk about their fight to raise awareness 538 00:21:22,089 --> 00:21:24,859 for Black missing persons cases that are often marginalized 539 00:21:24,959 --> 00:21:27,128 by law enforcement and media. 540 00:21:27,228 --> 00:21:30,197 And they're here to talk about their new HBO docuseries 541 00:21:30,298 --> 00:21:31,732 about this work. 542 00:21:31,832 --> 00:21:33,834 WOMAN: Do you remember her, by any chance? Our daughter. 543 00:21:33,934 --> 00:21:35,903 She used to live on the corner house. She was pregnant. 544 00:21:36,003 --> 00:21:39,173 NATALIE: Some of the neighbors said that law enforcement 545 00:21:39,273 --> 00:21:40,508 didn't even come out 546 00:21:40,608 --> 00:21:43,444 to ask if they had seen or heard anything. 547 00:21:43,544 --> 00:21:46,080 There are two Black women that work in the check cashing spot 548 00:21:46,180 --> 00:21:47,181 -down here. -Okay. 549 00:21:47,281 --> 00:21:49,317 One of 'em, she heavy. She do a lot. 550 00:21:49,417 --> 00:21:52,353 She said, "You know about the pregnant girl that's missing 551 00:21:52,453 --> 00:21:53,754 that didn't make her baby shower." 552 00:21:53,854 --> 00:21:55,623 I said, "Yeah, I used to live around there." 553 00:21:55,723 --> 00:21:59,360 She said the police took forever to come over here. 554 00:21:59,460 --> 00:22:02,596 They never knocked on anybody's door and asked anybody anything. 555 00:22:02,697 --> 00:22:04,765 -What? -I just asked that. 556 00:22:04,865 --> 00:22:06,467 And I said, "Did they knock on everybody's door?" 557 00:22:06,567 --> 00:22:09,136 'Cause someone saw something. You don't just vanish. 558 00:22:09,236 --> 00:22:11,105 Natalie and Derrica, welcome to the show. 559 00:22:11,205 --> 00:22:13,441 -Thank you for having us. -Thank you. Thank you for having us. 560 00:22:13,541 --> 00:22:16,444 A lot of people go missing in America every single day. 561 00:22:16,544 --> 00:22:19,614 Um, a lot of people know that this happens, 562 00:22:19,714 --> 00:22:22,083 and it's an unfortunate story. 563 00:22:22,183 --> 00:22:24,418 A lot of women predominantly go missing 564 00:22:24,518 --> 00:22:26,420 in America every single day. 565 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,390 But what this documentary talks about is an issue that... 566 00:22:29,490 --> 00:22:31,359 I feel started to get a lot of attention 567 00:22:31,459 --> 00:22:33,661 around the Gabby Petito case and that was: 568 00:22:33,761 --> 00:22:35,997 why do Black women, 569 00:22:36,097 --> 00:22:38,265 why do women of color not get the same coverage 570 00:22:38,366 --> 00:22:39,467 when they go missing? 571 00:22:39,567 --> 00:22:41,535 And this is what this documentary talks about. 572 00:22:41,636 --> 00:22:43,904 This is what your-your foundation talks about. 573 00:22:44,005 --> 00:22:45,373 So let's start with that 574 00:22:45,473 --> 00:22:47,408 before we get into the documentary, if you don't mind. 575 00:22:47,508 --> 00:22:49,777 -The Black and Missing Foundation. -Mm-hmm. 576 00:22:49,877 --> 00:22:51,312 What is the work that you do? 577 00:22:51,412 --> 00:22:53,381 We are a nonprofit organization. 578 00:22:53,481 --> 00:22:55,583 And for the past 13 years, 579 00:22:55,683 --> 00:22:58,419 we have been sounding the alarm that people of color 580 00:22:58,519 --> 00:23:00,554 are disappearing at an alarming rate. 581 00:23:00,655 --> 00:23:02,957 And Derrica and I have joined professions-- 582 00:23:03,057 --> 00:23:06,093 I'm in public relations, she's in law enforcement-- 583 00:23:06,193 --> 00:23:08,562 to bring awareness to these cases. 584 00:23:08,663 --> 00:23:11,532 Because these cases are being swept under the rug. 585 00:23:11,632 --> 00:23:13,234 Our community isn't aware of it 586 00:23:13,334 --> 00:23:16,037 because we're not getting the media coverage that's needed 587 00:23:16,137 --> 00:23:18,539 to help find these missing individuals. 588 00:23:18,639 --> 00:23:20,007 I mean, it seems impossible. 589 00:23:20,107 --> 00:23:21,409 You know? When-when I was watching the documentary, 590 00:23:21,509 --> 00:23:22,843 I couldn't believe it when parents were saying, 591 00:23:22,910 --> 00:23:24,478 "No, police have turned us away. 592 00:23:24,578 --> 00:23:26,013 "Police have said, 593 00:23:26,113 --> 00:23:27,481 "'Your child isn't missing. 594 00:23:27,581 --> 00:23:29,483 The person in your life isn't missing. They've run away.'" 595 00:23:29,583 --> 00:23:31,419 Derrica, you were-- you were in law enforcement. 596 00:23:31,519 --> 00:23:34,288 You-you were once a police officer. 597 00:23:34,388 --> 00:23:36,757 As somebody who works from the inside, 598 00:23:36,857 --> 00:23:38,693 what do you think is going wrong? 599 00:23:38,859 --> 00:23:40,461 You know, there is a lack of training 600 00:23:40,561 --> 00:23:42,496 when it comes to missing person cases. 601 00:23:42,596 --> 00:23:44,665 Quite frankly, they're not taken seriously. 602 00:23:44,765 --> 00:23:46,867 When our community are reported as missing, 603 00:23:46,901 --> 00:23:48,869 they're labeled as runaways. 604 00:23:48,936 --> 00:23:51,172 Runaways are not receiving the Amber Alert. 605 00:23:51,272 --> 00:23:52,740 There's no sense of urgency. 606 00:23:52,873 --> 00:23:56,277 And if you really looked at a flyer today-- missing, runaway-- 607 00:23:56,377 --> 00:23:58,346 the message is, not created equal. 608 00:23:58,446 --> 00:24:01,649 You know, there really isn't a sense of urgency to share this, 609 00:24:01,749 --> 00:24:03,651 uh, information for runaways. 610 00:24:03,751 --> 00:24:06,654 And so, we want to get rid of that classification. 611 00:24:06,754 --> 00:24:09,657 We also need to look at the reporting structure. 612 00:24:09,757 --> 00:24:11,826 -We all know that the first 24 hours... -Mm. 613 00:24:11,892 --> 00:24:15,129 ...are the most critical moments when someone goes missing. 614 00:24:15,229 --> 00:24:16,831 And, you know, across the country, 615 00:24:16,931 --> 00:24:19,667 a lot of jurisdictions require you to wait 24 hours 616 00:24:19,834 --> 00:24:22,269 before you can even file a missing persons report. 617 00:24:22,370 --> 00:24:24,405 So there's a lot that needs to change, 618 00:24:24,505 --> 00:24:26,273 especially when it comes to missing persons 619 00:24:26,374 --> 00:24:28,242 'cause there's not enough resources dedicated 620 00:24:28,342 --> 00:24:30,277 to that particular unit. 621 00:24:30,378 --> 00:24:31,846 Let's-let's talk a little bit about the resources. 622 00:24:31,912 --> 00:24:33,247 I mean, there are people who will say, 623 00:24:33,347 --> 00:24:35,082 -"Look, obviously, we want everyone found." -Mm. 624 00:24:35,182 --> 00:24:36,617 "You know, we don't want anybody to be missing. 625 00:24:36,717 --> 00:24:39,387 "But at the same time, so many people aren't missing, 626 00:24:39,487 --> 00:24:41,355 "and so many people have run away. 627 00:24:41,455 --> 00:24:43,491 "And, you know, how do we make sure that police departments 628 00:24:43,591 --> 00:24:45,626 "aren't wasting resources on people 629 00:24:45,726 --> 00:24:46,994 who aren't actually missing?" 630 00:24:47,094 --> 00:24:48,763 How do you find that balance? 631 00:24:48,863 --> 00:24:51,265 Well, we need to take these cases seriously. 632 00:24:51,365 --> 00:24:52,967 What are they running away from? 633 00:24:53,067 --> 00:24:55,603 If they leave voluntarily, what are they running away from, 634 00:24:55,703 --> 00:24:57,672 -and ultimately, what are they running away to? -Hmm. 635 00:24:57,772 --> 00:25:00,274 We know that children who are on the street, 636 00:25:00,374 --> 00:25:04,278 within 24 to 48 hours, they are propositioned for sex. 637 00:25:04,378 --> 00:25:05,980 And they have to survive, 638 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,015 so they're in the sex trade business, 639 00:25:08,115 --> 00:25:10,885 which is a multibillion-dollar industry. 640 00:25:10,952 --> 00:25:13,087 It could be anyone of us that could go missing, 641 00:25:13,187 --> 00:25:16,023 -could be snatched, or just disappear. -Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 642 00:25:16,123 --> 00:25:19,627 And we would want someone to take our case seriously. 643 00:25:19,727 --> 00:25:22,163 It appears, even when, even when, you know, 644 00:25:22,263 --> 00:25:23,631 the police may not take it seriously, 645 00:25:23,731 --> 00:25:25,132 the media takes it seriously. 646 00:25:25,232 --> 00:25:28,636 You know, you'd always watch these stories of missing people, 647 00:25:28,736 --> 00:25:31,138 you know, a missing girl here, a missing boy there. 648 00:25:31,238 --> 00:25:33,841 You'd always see these stories that would get media attention. 649 00:25:33,874 --> 00:25:36,677 However, time and time again, many people in America, 650 00:25:36,844 --> 00:25:40,047 -many people in the African American community... -Mm. 651 00:25:40,147 --> 00:25:43,084 many people in Native communities have said, 652 00:25:43,184 --> 00:25:45,853 "Guys, we don't seem to get that attention. 653 00:25:45,953 --> 00:25:47,355 "The media doesn't cover us for days. 654 00:25:47,455 --> 00:25:49,857 We don't become front-page news in that way." 655 00:25:49,957 --> 00:25:53,361 As two people who are working on not just the issue, 656 00:25:53,461 --> 00:25:54,762 but the PR side of the issue... 657 00:25:54,862 --> 00:25:56,197 -Mm-hmm. -...what do you think that is? 658 00:25:56,297 --> 00:25:59,033 Why do we not see Black girls who are missing 659 00:25:59,133 --> 00:26:02,903 being covered for weeks on end on major news networks? 660 00:26:03,004 --> 00:26:05,272 Well, from a PR perspective, again, 661 00:26:05,373 --> 00:26:07,008 -it's changing that narrative... -Mm-hmm. 662 00:26:07,108 --> 00:26:10,978 ...and ensuring that our missing are household names, too. 663 00:26:11,078 --> 00:26:12,613 And that's the piece that's missing. 664 00:26:12,713 --> 00:26:15,816 Um, we're not saying that other people are not valuable. 665 00:26:15,916 --> 00:26:20,021 -Mm-hmm. -But can you name any Black or missing brown, 666 00:26:20,121 --> 00:26:21,422 Black or brown missing person, 667 00:26:21,522 --> 00:26:25,092 -um, you know, that has disappeared? -Mm. 668 00:26:25,192 --> 00:26:27,094 So we can name the Natalie Holloways, 669 00:26:27,194 --> 00:26:30,398 the Chandra Levy, but can you name the Akia Eggleston? 670 00:26:30,498 --> 00:26:32,933 -Mm. -Can you name any person of color? 671 00:26:33,034 --> 00:26:35,202 So we have to take these cases seriously. 672 00:26:35,303 --> 00:26:37,838 And we need more diversity in the newsroom. 673 00:26:37,938 --> 00:26:41,942 We need people to tell the stories that look like us. 674 00:26:42,043 --> 00:26:45,680 So, you know, obviously, you know, media companies 675 00:26:45,846 --> 00:26:48,849 and these executives, they've been asked these questions, 676 00:26:48,883 --> 00:26:51,319 and they say: No, look, race has nothing to do with it. 677 00:26:51,419 --> 00:26:53,955 We're merely telling the stories that our viewers 678 00:26:54,055 --> 00:26:56,991 want to pay attention to, because, at the end of the day, 679 00:26:57,091 --> 00:26:59,927 we are trying to make people watch our show. 680 00:27:00,027 --> 00:27:02,930 -Mm-hmm. -When they... when they say that, 681 00:27:03,030 --> 00:27:04,865 it seems like they're shifting the blame to the audience 682 00:27:04,932 --> 00:27:07,201 and saying: Society doesn't have an interest 683 00:27:07,301 --> 00:27:09,203 in finding Black and brown girls, 684 00:27:09,303 --> 00:27:11,672 society doesn't have an interest in these stories. 685 00:27:11,806 --> 00:27:15,076 Do you think that argument holds any weight? 686 00:27:15,176 --> 00:27:19,714 Well, I think, again, that the-the decision makers 687 00:27:19,814 --> 00:27:23,851 -are deciding what society wants to see. -Mm. 688 00:27:23,951 --> 00:27:26,921 Uh, they're not asking us or anyone out there. 689 00:27:27,021 --> 00:27:29,223 These families, as you could see in the documentary, 690 00:27:29,323 --> 00:27:31,492 -they are desperate. -Yeah. 691 00:27:31,592 --> 00:27:32,927 -Mm-hmm. -You know, they... 692 00:27:33,027 --> 00:27:35,062 Uh, missing persons isn't a Black issue, 693 00:27:35,162 --> 00:27:37,398 it's not a white issue-- it's an American issue. 694 00:27:37,498 --> 00:27:39,867 And even in the documentary, you see these families. 695 00:27:39,967 --> 00:27:42,370 We're out there with them, distributing flyers. 696 00:27:42,470 --> 00:27:44,972 You know, the Natalie Holloway, the Laci Petersons, 697 00:27:45,072 --> 00:27:47,475 the Chandra Levys, the Gabby Petito, 698 00:27:47,575 --> 00:27:49,310 they have people coming in droves, 699 00:27:49,410 --> 00:27:52,413 flying all over the country to help search. 700 00:27:52,513 --> 00:27:54,615 -Right. -And we can't even get law enforcement 701 00:27:54,715 --> 00:27:56,851 to take the cases seriously. 702 00:27:56,884 --> 00:28:00,154 We can't get the media to shine a spotlight 703 00:28:00,254 --> 00:28:02,256 on these missing individuals. 704 00:28:02,356 --> 00:28:03,691 So if not us, who? 705 00:28:03,858 --> 00:28:06,761 What I appreciated in this documentary as well is, 706 00:28:06,861 --> 00:28:11,565 you see the effects of not treating the... 707 00:28:11,666 --> 00:28:14,168 you know, the cause but going after the symptoms, 708 00:28:14,268 --> 00:28:16,337 and that oftentimes people will talk 709 00:28:16,437 --> 00:28:18,806 about fighting sex trafficking, you know, 710 00:28:18,906 --> 00:28:21,375 fighting these rings that are taking young girls 711 00:28:21,475 --> 00:28:23,277 from everywhere, as you say, Black and white, 712 00:28:23,377 --> 00:28:25,813 -Mm-hmm. -and then putting them into prostitution forcefully, 713 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,515 or whatever it may be, and yet, 714 00:28:27,615 --> 00:28:29,383 if they started looking early enough, 715 00:28:29,483 --> 00:28:32,086 they may find them before that becomes the case. 716 00:28:32,186 --> 00:28:35,389 Absolutely. I mean, that is our message, to be proactive, 717 00:28:35,489 --> 00:28:37,825 and we are hoping that the docuseries 718 00:28:37,858 --> 00:28:39,460 is a call to action. 719 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,063 We know what the issues are, so how do we move forward 720 00:28:42,163 --> 00:28:44,932 to address it so this does not continue 721 00:28:45,032 --> 00:28:47,835 to be a-a pandemic? 722 00:28:47,935 --> 00:28:49,837 -'Cause it is a pandemic impacting our community. -Right. 723 00:28:49,870 --> 00:28:51,272 But how can we move forward 724 00:28:51,372 --> 00:28:53,441 to make it better for everyone else? 725 00:28:53,541 --> 00:28:55,076 The, you know, generations to come. 726 00:28:55,176 --> 00:28:56,978 And what are the steps to move forward? 727 00:28:57,078 --> 00:28:59,747 When you look at concrete things that we can do in society, 728 00:28:59,847 --> 00:29:00,881 whether it's the police, 729 00:29:00,982 --> 00:29:02,183 whether it's the media, et cetera, 730 00:29:02,283 --> 00:29:03,851 what are some of those things that we can do 731 00:29:03,918 --> 00:29:05,953 to try and alleviate this problem? 732 00:29:06,053 --> 00:29:09,223 Well, one, the media can start covering our cases. 733 00:29:09,323 --> 00:29:10,558 And we say less is more. 734 00:29:10,658 --> 00:29:13,327 Less of one individual or one particular race. 735 00:29:13,427 --> 00:29:16,430 Let's equal the playing field and cover more stories. 736 00:29:16,530 --> 00:29:18,232 Don't wait until it trends. 737 00:29:18,332 --> 00:29:20,234 Help it to be a trend. 738 00:29:20,334 --> 00:29:22,603 And law enforcement, we want to challenge them 739 00:29:22,703 --> 00:29:25,006 to look at the way they classify these cases, 740 00:29:25,106 --> 00:29:27,808 which really impacts the resources 741 00:29:27,875 --> 00:29:29,577 that they add to the case. 742 00:29:29,677 --> 00:29:32,013 And we want our community to get involved. 743 00:29:32,113 --> 00:29:34,048 We are fire starters, 744 00:29:34,148 --> 00:29:36,550 and we need them to work alongside us 745 00:29:36,651 --> 00:29:39,287 to help find and bring our missing home. 746 00:29:39,387 --> 00:29:42,823 So, there's so much work that we-we all have to do. 747 00:29:42,857 --> 00:29:47,028 And visit our website at BAMFI.org. 748 00:29:47,128 --> 00:29:48,663 See who's missing. 749 00:29:48,829 --> 00:29:50,097 Like these cases. 750 00:29:50,197 --> 00:29:52,733 Help them go viral and share it within your network. 751 00:29:52,833 --> 00:29:56,470 We're calling for our community to be that digital milk carton. 752 00:29:56,570 --> 00:30:00,341 Share this. You know, let's face our own biases 753 00:30:00,441 --> 00:30:02,243 -and share these profiles. -NOAH: Mm. 754 00:30:02,343 --> 00:30:04,578 Because someone knows something out there, 755 00:30:04,679 --> 00:30:06,747 and we need that someone to come forward 756 00:30:06,847 --> 00:30:09,617 to help us end this nightmare for these families. 757 00:30:09,717 --> 00:30:11,419 I love that. That's great. 758 00:30:11,519 --> 00:30:13,821 Those digital milk cartons. Well, Natalie, Derrica, 759 00:30:13,921 --> 00:30:15,222 thank you so much for joining me on the show. 760 00:30:15,323 --> 00:30:17,224 And congratulations on telling a story 761 00:30:17,325 --> 00:30:19,427 that I think many people definitely need to hear. 762 00:30:19,527 --> 00:30:21,429 -Thank you. -Thank you so much for the opportunity. 763 00:30:21,529 --> 00:30:24,799 NOAH: Black and Missing is available on HBO and HBO Max. 764 00:30:24,832 --> 00:30:25,967 We're gonna take a quick break, 765 00:30:26,067 --> 00:30:27,802 but we'll be right back after this. 766 00:30:30,204 --> 00:30:31,405 Well, that's our show for tonight. 767 00:30:31,505 --> 00:30:33,474 But before we go, today is GivingTuesday, 768 00:30:33,574 --> 00:30:36,510 so please consider supporting Choose Love. 769 00:30:36,610 --> 00:30:39,547 They work to provide refugees and displaced people 770 00:30:39,647 --> 00:30:43,050 with everything from lifesaving search and rescue boats 771 00:30:43,150 --> 00:30:45,252 to food and legal advice. 772 00:30:45,352 --> 00:30:49,123 At the link below, you can go to the Choose Love store, 773 00:30:49,223 --> 00:30:52,226 and you can buy essential emergency items and services 774 00:30:52,326 --> 00:30:53,627 for the refugees who need them. 775 00:30:53,728 --> 00:30:54,995 Diapers, hot meals, 776 00:30:55,096 --> 00:30:56,764 medical services and so much more. 777 00:30:56,864 --> 00:30:58,632 If you'd like to support Choose Love, 778 00:30:58,733 --> 00:31:00,334 then all you have to do is check out the link. 779 00:31:00,434 --> 00:31:02,536 Until tomorrow, stay safe out there. 780 00:31:02,636 --> 00:31:04,438 Get your vaccine, and remember: 781 00:31:04,538 --> 00:31:06,107 if you're going to North Korea, 782 00:31:06,207 --> 00:31:08,209 do not pack your leather jacket. 783 00:31:08,309 --> 00:31:11,045 And, also, don't go to North Korea. 784 00:31:11,145 --> 00:31:13,881 Now here it is, Your Moment of Zen. 785 00:31:13,981 --> 00:31:16,016 ♪ ♪ 786 00:31:18,486 --> 00:31:20,087 It's as likely-- and you're right, 787 00:31:20,187 --> 00:31:21,789 you pointed it out in your great monologue-- 788 00:31:21,889 --> 00:31:23,391 that we don't know much about Omicron. 789 00:31:23,491 --> 00:31:27,061 But it is as likely that Omicron is a good thing 790 00:31:27,161 --> 00:31:29,029 than something we should panic over. 791 00:31:29,130 --> 00:31:30,731 Respiratory viruses mutate. 792 00:31:30,831 --> 00:31:32,733 That's what they do, and they more often than not-- 793 00:31:32,833 --> 00:31:35,136 not an iron claw... ironclad law-- 794 00:31:35,269 --> 00:31:38,272 but more often than not mutate into something more benign. 795 00:31:38,339 --> 00:31:40,007 And as you pointed out, in South Africa, 796 00:31:40,107 --> 00:31:42,476 it sounds very benign, does Omicron. 797 00:31:42,576 --> 00:31:45,546 So, if we all get Omicron and achieve natural immunity, 798 00:31:45,646 --> 00:31:47,681 it can be a good thing.