1 00:00:06,533 --> 00:00:07,833 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:07,900 --> 00:00:11,533 >> START THE CLOCK. 3 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:17,600 ♪ ♪ 4 00:00:17,666 --> 00:00:26,333 ♪ ♪ 5 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:35,166 ♪ ♪ 6 00:00:35,233 --> 00:00:37,566 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 7 00:00:37,633 --> 00:00:39,733 >> Bill: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 8 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:44,200 THANK YOU, HOW ARE YOU? 9 00:00:44,266 --> 00:00:44,666 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 10 00:00:44,733 --> 00:00:48,000 THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. 11 00:00:48,066 --> 00:00:55,200 I APPRECIATE THAT, ALL RIGHT. 12 00:00:55,266 --> 00:00:58,466 THANK YOU, VERY KIND OF YOU. 13 00:00:58,533 --> 00:01:04,266 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND A 14 00:01:04,333 --> 00:01:05,966 SPECIAL -- 15 00:01:06,033 --> 00:01:07,633 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 16 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:07,866 I KNOW. 17 00:01:07,933 --> 00:01:12,533 A SPECIAL WELCOME TO ALL THE 18 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:13,333 LADIES FLEEING TEXAS, YOU'RE 19 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,000 WELCOME IN OUR STATE. 20 00:01:15,066 --> 00:01:16,600 YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT SHIT? 21 00:01:16,666 --> 00:01:19,133 THEY REALLY WENT FULL HOG IN 22 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:20,366 TEXAS, ABORTIONS NOW BANNED IF A 23 00:01:20,433 --> 00:01:23,966 WOMAN IS MORE THAN SIX WEEKS 24 00:01:24,033 --> 00:01:24,766 PREGNANT, SIX WEEKS. 25 00:01:24,833 --> 00:01:26,700 THEY SAY EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN 26 00:01:26,766 --> 00:01:31,000 TEXAS, NOT FETUSES. 27 00:01:31,066 --> 00:01:33,933 [APPLAUSE] 28 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:34,666 SIX WEEKS? 29 00:01:34,733 --> 00:01:36,133 MOST WOMEN DON'T EVEN KNOW IF 30 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:37,400 THEY'RE PREGNANT AT THAT POINT 31 00:01:37,466 --> 00:01:39,200 OR IF THEY REALLY EVER WANT TO 32 00:01:39,266 --> 00:01:41,466 SEE THE GUY AGAIN. 33 00:01:41,533 --> 00:01:41,766 [LAUGHTER] 34 00:01:41,833 --> 00:01:46,400 [APPLAUSE] 35 00:01:46,466 --> 00:01:48,600 I BOUGHT A CAR LAST YEAR, THEY 36 00:01:48,666 --> 00:01:50,800 GAVE ME MORE TIME TO SEE IF I 37 00:01:50,866 --> 00:01:52,033 WANTED TO KEEP THE SATELLITE 38 00:01:52,100 --> 00:01:54,433 RADIO. 39 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:54,700 [LAUGHTER] 40 00:01:54,766 --> 00:01:59,300 [APPLAUSE] 41 00:01:59,366 --> 00:02:01,333 THIS BILL IS SERIOUS, THIS BILL 42 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:02,766 ENCOURAGES CITIZEN BOUNTY 43 00:02:02,833 --> 00:02:04,233 HUNTERS, DID YOU SEE THAT PART 44 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:05,166 OF IT? 45 00:02:05,233 --> 00:02:08,500 OH, MY GOD, TO SUE ANYONE, A 46 00:02:08,566 --> 00:02:10,733 STRANGER, WHO YOU SEE ASSISTING 47 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,000 A WOMAN GETTING AN ABORTION, 48 00:02:13,066 --> 00:02:15,600 IT'S CALLED THE RICHES FOR 49 00:02:15,666 --> 00:02:18,566 SNITCHES PROGRAM. 50 00:02:18,633 --> 00:02:18,900 [LAUGHTER] 51 00:02:18,966 --> 00:02:21,600 [APPLAUSE] 52 00:02:21,666 --> 00:02:23,533 AND THE WAY IT WORKS IS THERE'S 53 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,700 A WEBSITE AND YOU CAN BE THE 54 00:02:25,766 --> 00:02:26,066 WHISTLE-BLOWER. 55 00:02:26,133 --> 00:02:27,700 AGAIN, ANYONE WHO ASSISTS A 56 00:02:27,766 --> 00:02:32,500 WOMAN, IT COULD BE THE DRIVER -- 57 00:02:32,566 --> 00:02:33,333 I WANT TO SAY PARENTHETICALLY IF 58 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,833 YOU'RE MAKING YOUR GIRLFRIEND 59 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:40,200 TAKE AN UBER TO AN ABORTION, 60 00:02:40,266 --> 00:02:42,566 MAYBE YOU'RE AN EVEN BIGGER 61 00:02:42,633 --> 00:02:46,633 ASSHOLE. 62 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:47,366 [APPLAUSE] 63 00:02:47,433 --> 00:02:51,533 AND OTHER MEDIEVAL GOVERNMENTS 64 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,700 NEWS, THE TALIBAN OVER IN 65 00:02:53,766 --> 00:02:56,200 AFGHANISTAN, THEY ANNOUNCED THE 66 00:02:56,266 --> 00:02:57,766 KABUL AIRPORT IS GETTING BACK TO 67 00:02:57,833 --> 00:02:59,800 NORMAL, ISN'T THAT A GOOD THING? 68 00:02:59,866 --> 00:03:01,666 SEVERAL FLIGHTS WENT OFF, 69 00:03:01,733 --> 00:03:02,566 HUNDREDS OF FOREIGNERS INCLUDING 70 00:03:02,633 --> 00:03:04,433 AMERICANS HAVE TAKEN OFF OUT OF 71 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:05,700 COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS OUT OF KABUL, 72 00:03:05,766 --> 00:03:06,566 AND I'M NOT A FAN OF THE 73 00:03:06,633 --> 00:03:08,100 TALIBAN, I DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS 74 00:03:08,166 --> 00:03:10,400 IT. 75 00:03:10,466 --> 00:03:11,133 [LAUGHTER] 76 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,866 BUT I'VE GOT TO SAY THE TALIBAN 77 00:03:12,933 --> 00:03:14,333 WHEN THEY TELL PEOPLE IN COACH 78 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:15,833 TO WAIT UNTIL BUSINESS CLASS HAS 79 00:03:15,900 --> 00:03:20,466 BOARDED, THEY WAIT. 80 00:03:20,533 --> 00:03:21,800 [LAUGHTER] 81 00:03:21,866 --> 00:03:24,233 [APPLAUSE] 82 00:03:24,300 --> 00:03:29,900 ALSO, THE LAST JEW HAS LEFT 83 00:03:29,966 --> 00:03:32,766 AFGHANISTAN, THE ONLY JEW. 84 00:03:32,833 --> 00:03:34,533 THERE WAS ONE JEW AND HE HAS NOW 85 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:34,733 LEFT. 86 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:39,233 HE SAID IT WAS TOUGH TO BE A JEW 87 00:03:39,300 --> 00:03:40,866 IN AFGHANISTAN BUT ON THE BRIGHT 88 00:03:40,933 --> 00:03:43,133 SIDE, NEVER A WAIT WHEN HE 89 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,266 CHINESE FOOD. 90 00:03:45,333 --> 00:03:47,000 WAS ALWAYS A BRIGHT SIDE TO. 91 00:03:47,066 --> 00:03:47,266 [LAUGHTER] 92 00:03:47,333 --> 00:03:49,933 [APPLAUSE] 93 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,333 THE OTHER BIG NEWS OF COURSE YOU 94 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,366 SAW TODAY, BIDEN HAS ORDERED A 95 00:03:55,433 --> 00:03:56,366 SWEEPING FEDERAL VACCINE 96 00:03:56,433 --> 00:03:58,133 REQUIREMENTS, NOW MANDATES FOR 97 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,366 PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES. 98 00:04:02,433 --> 00:04:05,166 HEALTH CARE WORKERS, FEDERAL 99 00:04:05,233 --> 00:04:05,466 CONTRACTORS. 100 00:04:05,533 --> 00:04:06,800 REPUBLICANS PUSHING BACK. 101 00:04:06,866 --> 00:04:07,733 IN TEXAS, GOVERNOR ABBOTT SAID 102 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:09,700 IT IS NO FAIR IF YOU FIRE PEOPLE 103 00:04:09,766 --> 00:04:11,300 TO MAKE THEM DO WHAT YOU WANT, 104 00:04:11,366 --> 00:04:12,933 HOW CAN I SUE THEM TO MAKE THEM 105 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,500 DO WHAT I WANT? 106 00:04:16,566 --> 00:04:16,800 [LAUGHTER] 107 00:04:16,866 --> 00:04:23,300 [APPLAUSE] 108 00:04:23,366 --> 00:04:25,266 I LOVE THAT, THINKING INTO 109 00:04:25,333 --> 00:04:26,300 APPLAUSE. 110 00:04:26,366 --> 00:04:26,666 IT'S A NEW ONE. 111 00:04:26,733 --> 00:04:29,166 I LIKE IT. 112 00:04:29,233 --> 00:04:30,800 IT'S ALSO THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY, 113 00:04:30,866 --> 00:04:33,200 I'M SURE YOU KNOW, OF 9/11, OR 114 00:04:33,266 --> 00:04:39,200 AS JENS HE CALLS IT, "WHAT?" 115 00:04:39,266 --> 00:04:41,066 THEY DON'T KNOW, THEY DON'T 116 00:04:41,133 --> 00:04:42,300 CARE, THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE 117 00:04:42,366 --> 00:04:44,866 THEIR OWN 9/11 WHICH IS THE DAY 118 00:04:44,933 --> 00:04:48,300 KIM KARDASHIAN'S ASS BROKE THE 119 00:04:48,366 --> 00:04:49,500 INTERNET. 120 00:04:49,566 --> 00:04:49,766 [LAUGHTER] 121 00:04:49,833 --> 00:04:52,733 [APPLAUSE] 122 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:53,933 AND OF COURSE CALIFORNIA'S BIG 123 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,266 RECALL, ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT 124 00:04:56,333 --> 00:04:57,500 THIS, YOU TREPIDATIONS ABOUT 125 00:04:57,566 --> 00:04:58,366 THIS? 126 00:04:58,433 --> 00:05:00,166 IT'S ENDING TUESDAY, HAVE YOU 127 00:05:00,233 --> 00:05:00,900 MAILED IN BALLOTS? 128 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,300 WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A 129 00:05:02,366 --> 00:05:02,500 WHILE. 130 00:05:02,566 --> 00:05:05,533 [APPLAUSE] 131 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,233 I TELL YOU, CALIFORNIA POLITICS 132 00:05:07,300 --> 00:05:12,200 IS SO FUCKING CONFUSING, JUST 133 00:05:12,266 --> 00:05:14,433 ADD GAVIN NEWSOM'S NAME AND A 134 00:05:14,500 --> 00:05:19,300 FUCK, MARRY, OR KILL. 135 00:05:19,366 --> 00:05:21,100 'S BIGGEST CONTENDER IS LARRY 136 00:05:21,166 --> 00:05:24,000 ELDER, DO YOU KNOW LARRY ELDER? 137 00:05:24,066 --> 00:05:24,600 AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE 138 00:05:24,666 --> 00:05:28,300 RADIO HOST, LARRY USED TO DO OUR 139 00:05:28,366 --> 00:05:29,533 SHOW, RIGHT? 140 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,233 WHO IS WORKING WITH ME? 141 00:05:32,300 --> 00:05:33,133 [LAUGHTER] 142 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:33,800 WE SHOULD HAVE LARRY ON AGAIN 143 00:05:33,866 --> 00:05:38,533 AFTER HE LOSES. 144 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:39,033 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 145 00:05:39,100 --> 00:05:42,866 I LIKE LARRY, HE'S NOT AFRAID TO 146 00:05:42,933 --> 00:05:45,200 PUT IT OUT THERE. 147 00:05:45,266 --> 00:05:46,333 HE SAID ON REPARATIONS, THE 148 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:47,666 SUBJECT CAME UP IN AN INTERVIEW 149 00:05:47,733 --> 00:05:51,500 AND HE SAID YOU COULD ARGUE THAT 150 00:05:51,566 --> 00:05:53,800 SLAVE OWNERS, BECAUSE SLAVES 151 00:05:53,866 --> 00:05:57,633 WERE PROPERTY AT THE TIME, THEY 152 00:05:57,700 --> 00:05:58,633 COULD GET REPARATIONS. 153 00:05:58,700 --> 00:06:03,133 THE OWNERS GO YES, YOU COULD 154 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,366 ARGUE THAT, LARRY, IF YOU WANT 155 00:06:05,433 --> 00:06:07,566 TO GET YOUR ASS KICKED AT THE 156 00:06:07,633 --> 00:06:11,633 BARBERSHOP. 157 00:06:11,700 --> 00:06:13,033 HE'S OUT THERE. 158 00:06:13,100 --> 00:06:14,000 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 159 00:06:14,066 --> 00:06:14,600 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 160 00:06:14,666 --> 00:06:16,800 TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY AND HIS 161 00:06:16,866 --> 00:06:18,200 HUSBAND, PETE BUTTIGIEG, 162 00:06:18,266 --> 00:06:20,033 REMEMBER HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT? 163 00:06:20,100 --> 00:06:22,366 'S HUSBAND, THEY HAD A BABY -- 164 00:06:22,433 --> 00:06:25,500 THEY HAD TWINS AND I MUST SAY 165 00:06:25,566 --> 00:06:29,033 SUCH A HIGH-PROFILE BIRTH DROVE 166 00:06:29,100 --> 00:06:30,133 HOME THE POINT THAT GAY PEOPLE 167 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:31,700 HAVE CHILDREN FOR THE EXACT SAME 168 00:06:31,766 --> 00:06:32,666 REASON THAT STRAIGHT COUPLES DO, 169 00:06:32,733 --> 00:06:34,833 THEY HAVE RUN OUT OF THINGS TO 170 00:06:34,900 --> 00:06:41,100 TALK ABOUT. 171 00:06:41,166 --> 00:06:42,200 OKAY, WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW, 172 00:06:42,266 --> 00:06:43,066 GEORGE WILL AND CHRISTINA 173 00:06:43,133 --> 00:06:43,833 BELLANTONI ARE HERE. 174 00:06:43,900 --> 00:06:44,866 BUT FIRST, SHE'S THE DEMOCRATIC 175 00:06:44,933 --> 00:06:45,433 CONGRESSWOMAN WHO REPRESENTS 176 00:06:45,500 --> 00:06:49,333 CALIFORNIA'S 13TH DISTRICT: 177 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,966 BARBARA LEE! 178 00:06:52,033 --> 00:06:53,733 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HOW ARE YOU 179 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:54,433 DOING TONIGHT? 180 00:06:54,500 --> 00:06:56,966 >> DOING GREAT, NICE BEING WITH 181 00:06:57,033 --> 00:06:57,333 YOU ONCE AGAIN. 182 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,233 >> Bill: I APPRECIATE IT, I 183 00:06:59,300 --> 00:07:00,933 WANT TO DO ON ESPECIALLY TODAY 184 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,866 BECAUSE IT IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF 185 00:07:02,933 --> 00:07:04,366 9/11 AND I MENTIONED ON THIS 186 00:07:04,433 --> 00:07:05,500 SHOW A WHILE AGO, YOU AND 187 00:07:05,566 --> 00:07:07,400 PEOPLE -- THAT THE SAME THING 188 00:07:07,466 --> 00:07:10,333 ALL OVER THE MEDIA, YOU WERE THE 189 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:12,133 LONE VOICE AFTER 9/11 TO STAND 190 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,466 UP AND SAY "MAYBE WE SHOULD NOT 191 00:07:14,533 --> 00:07:15,633 GO INTO AFGHANISTAN. 192 00:07:15,700 --> 00:07:21,433 "[APPLAUSE] 193 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:23,133 I FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE A 194 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,100 BARBARA LEE AWARD, THE BARBARA 195 00:07:25,166 --> 00:07:27,466 LEE, HENRY FONDA IN 12 ANGRY MEN 196 00:07:27,533 --> 00:07:29,133 AWARD FOR BEING THE LONE PERSON 197 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,166 WHO STANDS UP AGAINST A GROUP 198 00:07:32,233 --> 00:07:33,400 EVEN WHEN THE GROUP IS ALL 199 00:07:33,466 --> 00:07:36,400 HEADING IN ONE DIRECTION, AND I 200 00:07:36,466 --> 00:07:38,666 WOULD WANT TO ASK YOU TONIGHT 201 00:07:38,733 --> 00:07:39,800 ASIDE FROM THE SPECIFIC LESSONS 202 00:07:39,866 --> 00:07:41,333 FROM AFGHANISTAN, DON'T YOU 203 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:42,833 THINK ONE OF THEM IS ALSO THAT 204 00:07:42,900 --> 00:07:44,866 PEOPLE ARE SHEEP AND GROUPTHINK 205 00:07:44,933 --> 00:07:46,700 IS ONE OF OUR MOST DANGEROUS 206 00:07:46,766 --> 00:07:49,466 PROBLEMS? 207 00:07:49,533 --> 00:07:50,800 >> I TELL YOU, FIRST OF ALL, LET 208 00:07:50,866 --> 00:07:55,600 ME JUST SAY WHENEVER WE ARE IN A 209 00:07:55,666 --> 00:07:57,933 MOMENT OF CRISIS, I'M TALKING 210 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,800 ABOUT NOW, OUR EMOTIONAL 211 00:08:01,866 --> 00:08:02,933 REACTION TO NATIONAL SECURITY 212 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,533 CRISES AND OUR PERSONAL LIVES. 213 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:07,566 WHENEVER WE ARE IN GRIEVING OR 214 00:08:07,633 --> 00:08:09,466 IN MORNING, WHENEVER WE ARE SAD, 215 00:08:09,533 --> 00:08:11,633 WHENEVER WE ARE ANGRY, THAT IS 216 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:14,533 NOT THE TIME TO MAKE IMPORTANT 217 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:14,900 DECISIONS. 218 00:08:14,966 --> 00:08:17,000 WE NEED TO STEP BACK AS MEMBERS 219 00:08:17,066 --> 00:08:17,800 OF CONGRESS AND LEADERS, WE HAVE 220 00:08:17,866 --> 00:08:20,333 TO STEP BACK FOR A MINUTE AND 221 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:21,800 WAIT UNTIL THE MOMENT WHEN WE 222 00:08:21,866 --> 00:08:23,866 CAN BE RATIONAL AND THINK ABOUT 223 00:08:23,933 --> 00:08:26,033 AND UNDERSTAND THE COSTS AND 224 00:08:26,100 --> 00:08:26,766 CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACTIONS WE 225 00:08:26,833 --> 00:08:30,733 ARE ABOUT TO TAKE. 226 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:32,966 YES, WE NEEDED TO BE UNIFIED IN 227 00:08:33,033 --> 00:08:35,100 A RESPONSE TO THE HORRIFIC 228 00:08:35,166 --> 00:08:37,066 TERRORIST ATTACKS, AND IT WAS 229 00:08:37,133 --> 00:08:40,533 NOT A PARTISAN MOMENT, BUT IN 230 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:41,833 FACT WE HAD A DUTY AND A 231 00:08:41,900 --> 00:08:42,933 RESPONSIBILITY NOT TO GO ALONG 232 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,000 WITH THE FLOW BECAUSE THREE DAYS 233 00:08:45,066 --> 00:08:47,300 AFTERWARDS WE WANTED TO BRING 234 00:08:47,366 --> 00:08:48,766 TERRORISTS TO JUSTICE. 235 00:08:48,833 --> 00:08:50,566 GROUPTHINK IS DANGEROUS IN MANY 236 00:08:50,633 --> 00:08:52,133 RESPECTS BUT I THINK AS MEMBERS 237 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,300 OF CONGRESS, WE HAVE TO REALLY 238 00:08:54,366 --> 00:08:56,700 STEP BACK FOR A MOMENT AS I SAID 239 00:08:56,766 --> 00:08:57,933 ON THE FLOOR AND MAKE SOME 240 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,000 SERIOUS DECISIONS NOT IN THE 241 00:08:59,066 --> 00:09:01,833 MOMENT OF GREASE AND CRISIS AND 242 00:09:01,900 --> 00:09:02,733 TRAGEDY. 243 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:03,566 [APPLAUSE] 244 00:09:03,633 --> 00:09:07,900 >> Bill: TRUE THAT. 245 00:09:07,966 --> 00:09:09,766 WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW WE ARE 246 00:09:09,833 --> 00:09:10,533 GROUPTHINK AND? 247 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,200 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO LOOK BACK 248 00:09:12,266 --> 00:09:14,000 ON IN TEN OR 20 YEARS AND TO SAY 249 00:09:14,066 --> 00:09:16,433 WE ALL WERE SHEEP ON THAT ONE? 250 00:09:16,500 --> 00:09:18,166 >> I DON'T THINK IT'S ABOUT 251 00:09:18,233 --> 00:09:19,266 LOOKING BACK AND SAYING WE ALL 252 00:09:19,333 --> 00:09:21,533 WERE SHEEP, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 253 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,066 REALLY LEARNING THE LESSONS OF 254 00:09:23,133 --> 00:09:25,033 THE LAST 20 YEARS, SEVERAL OF 255 00:09:25,100 --> 00:09:27,300 WHICH WE KNOW ALREADY. 256 00:09:27,366 --> 00:09:29,733 ONE IS WHICH THERE IS NO 257 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:30,400 MILITARY SOLUTION IN 258 00:09:30,466 --> 00:09:31,333 AFGHANISTAN, IF YOU KNOW THE 259 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,300 HISTORY YOU KNOW THERE WILL 260 00:09:33,366 --> 00:09:34,133 NEVER BE MILITARY SOLUTIONS BY 261 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,566 THE UNITED STATES. 262 00:09:36,633 --> 00:09:38,433 IF THE PRESIDENT WAS RIGHT, 263 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:40,500 WITHDRAWING OUR TROOPS, 264 00:09:40,566 --> 00:09:41,100 ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 265 00:09:41,166 --> 00:09:43,333 HAD WE STAYED THERE FOR THE NEXT 266 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,866 FIVE, TEN, 20 YEARS, WE WOULD 267 00:09:45,933 --> 00:09:48,266 PROBABLY BE IN WORSE SHAPE. 268 00:09:48,333 --> 00:09:49,300 THERE IS NO MILITARY SOLUTION 269 00:09:49,366 --> 00:09:51,133 AND THE MILITARY OPTION IS 270 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:51,900 ALWAYS ON THE TABLE AS IT 271 00:09:51,966 --> 00:09:54,866 RELATES TO THE USE OF FORCE. 272 00:09:54,933 --> 00:09:56,866 SECONDLY, WE CAN'T GO AROUND THE 273 00:09:56,933 --> 00:09:57,866 WORLD AND NATION BUILD. 274 00:09:57,933 --> 00:09:59,700 CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MUCH MONEY 275 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:00,800 WE HAVE SPENT NOW? 276 00:10:00,866 --> 00:10:02,200 WE HAVE SPENT TRILLIONS OF 277 00:10:02,266 --> 00:10:03,500 DOLLARS AND WE HAVE SPENT 278 00:10:03,566 --> 00:10:04,666 TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IT COULD 279 00:10:04,733 --> 00:10:06,066 HAVE BEEN USED FOR 280 00:10:06,133 --> 00:10:08,400 INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR JOBS, FOR 281 00:10:08,466 --> 00:10:09,933 HEALTH CARE, FOR EDUCATION, FOR 282 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,400 DOMESTIC PRIORITIES IN OUR OWN 283 00:10:11,466 --> 00:10:13,600 COUNTRY ALSO TO SUPPORT OUR 284 00:10:13,666 --> 00:10:15,066 TROOPS AND MAKE SURE OUR TROOPS 285 00:10:15,133 --> 00:10:17,666 HAVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THEY 286 00:10:17,733 --> 00:10:19,533 DESERVE. 287 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,066 THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE 288 00:10:21,133 --> 00:10:22,266 TO USE OUR COUNTERTERRORISM 289 00:10:22,333 --> 00:10:23,733 MEASURES AND BRING TERRORISTS TO 290 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:24,866 JUSTICE, THIS IS A DANGEROUS 291 00:10:24,933 --> 00:10:25,633 WORLD. 292 00:10:25,700 --> 00:10:26,700 I THINK WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS 293 00:10:26,766 --> 00:10:29,333 WE HAVE TO USE ALL THE ASPECTS 294 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:30,700 OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY 295 00:10:30,766 --> 00:10:33,066 POLICIES AND THE TOOLS THAT WE 296 00:10:33,133 --> 00:10:33,766 HAVE. 297 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:36,933 WE HAVE DEFENSE, OF COURSE, BUT 298 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:38,900 WE ALSO HAVE DIPLOMACY, 299 00:10:38,966 --> 00:10:39,433 DEVELOPMENT, HUMANITARIAN 300 00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:40,966 STRATEGIES WE CAN USE AND WE 301 00:10:41,033 --> 00:10:43,433 NEED TO REBALANCE AND REIMAGINE 302 00:10:43,500 --> 00:10:44,566 HOW WE DO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY 303 00:10:44,633 --> 00:10:44,933 FOR THE FUTURE. 304 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,833 I THINK THOSE ARE THE LESSONS WE 305 00:10:47,900 --> 00:10:50,733 HAVE LEARNED. 306 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:52,333 [APPLAUSE] 307 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,366 >> Bill: WHAT SHOULD WE HAVE 308 00:10:54,433 --> 00:10:57,933 SPECIFICALLY DONE AFTER 9/11? 309 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,566 WE DID A LOT, WE UPPED THE 310 00:11:01,633 --> 00:11:02,100 DEFENSE BUDGET A LOT, WE 311 00:11:02,166 --> 00:11:02,666 DEVELOPED THE DEPARTMENT OF 312 00:11:02,733 --> 00:11:03,666 HOMELAND SECURITY WHICH IS 313 00:11:03,733 --> 00:11:08,633 COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL. 314 00:11:08,700 --> 00:11:09,933 SHOULD WE HAVE JUST REINFORCED 315 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,200 THE COCKPIT DOORS AND KILLED 316 00:11:11,266 --> 00:11:12,533 BIN LADEN WHAT THAT HAVE 317 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:13,733 SUFFICED? 318 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:15,766 >> WE KNOW WHAT WE SHOULDN'T 319 00:11:15,833 --> 00:11:17,300 HAVE DONE AND THAT IS SENT OUR 320 00:11:17,366 --> 00:11:19,966 TROOPS INTO HARM'S WAY EVEN 321 00:11:20,033 --> 00:11:23,833 AFTER BIN LADEN WAS KILLED THERE 322 00:11:23,900 --> 00:11:25,266 AGO WE HAD A MOMENT WE SHOULD'VE 323 00:11:25,333 --> 00:11:26,500 BROUGHT OUR TROOPS HOME AND WE 324 00:11:26,566 --> 00:11:26,933 DIDN'T. 325 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,333 WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS 326 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:30,433 INVESTED MORE IN 327 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:31,500 COUNTERTERRORISM MEASURES BUT 328 00:11:31,566 --> 00:11:33,500 ALSO WE SHOULD HAVE INVESTED 329 00:11:33,566 --> 00:11:35,500 MORE IN OUR DIPLOMATIC 330 00:11:35,566 --> 00:11:36,866 INITIATIVES AS IT RELATES TO 331 00:11:36,933 --> 00:11:38,933 AFGHANISTAN AND ALSO SUPPORTING 332 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,666 WOMEN AND GIRLS AND MAKING SURE 333 00:11:41,733 --> 00:11:43,566 THAT WE ENSURE OUR EMPOWERMENT 334 00:11:43,633 --> 00:11:45,000 AND EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE 335 00:11:45,066 --> 00:11:45,800 AND SAFETY. 336 00:11:45,866 --> 00:11:47,766 WHAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IS 337 00:11:47,833 --> 00:11:49,200 GO INTO AFGHANISTAN NOT KNOWING 338 00:11:49,266 --> 00:11:52,666 WHEN WE WERE LEAVING, NOT HAVING 339 00:11:52,733 --> 00:11:54,733 A SUNSET DATE, NOT HAVING A 340 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:56,166 SPECIFIC MISSION AND ENDING UP 341 00:11:56,233 --> 00:11:59,533 20 YEARS LATER ASKING THE 342 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:04,200 QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO WHERE 343 00:12:04,266 --> 00:12:08,100 THE $2 TRILLION OF TAXPAYER 344 00:12:08,166 --> 00:12:08,933 DOLLARS WENT, WE NEED TO SALUTE 345 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,633 AND THANK OUR TROOPS, THEY HAVE 346 00:12:10,700 --> 00:12:12,033 DONE EVERYTHING THIS COUNTRY HAS 347 00:12:12,100 --> 00:12:15,833 ASKED THEM TO DO, EVERYTHING. 348 00:12:15,900 --> 00:12:18,333 EVERYTHING. 349 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:19,366 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 350 00:12:19,433 --> 00:12:22,733 I'M THE DAUGHTER OF A 25 YEAR 351 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:31,966 VETERAN, LIEUTENANT COLONEL 352 00:12:32,033 --> 00:12:34,700 GARVIN A TUTT, HE CALLED ME 353 00:12:34,766 --> 00:12:35,266 AFTER I VOTED AGAINST THAT 354 00:12:35,333 --> 00:12:37,300 AUTHORIZATION AND SAID THAT'S 355 00:12:37,366 --> 00:12:39,466 THE RIGHT VOTE, THAT BLANK CHECK 356 00:12:39,533 --> 00:12:41,133 WAS OVERLY BROAD, DON'T SEND OUR 357 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:41,866 TROOPS INTO HARM'S WAY LESS YOU 358 00:12:41,933 --> 00:12:43,433 KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. 359 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:45,500 WE HAVE TO BE PROUD AND THANK 360 00:12:45,566 --> 00:12:47,466 OUR TROOPS FOR WHAT THEY HAVE 361 00:12:47,533 --> 00:12:48,100 DONE AND NO NEVER AGAIN ARE WE 362 00:12:48,166 --> 00:12:50,866 GOING TO SEND THEM INTO A WAR 363 00:12:50,933 --> 00:12:52,166 WITHOUT END AND NOT KNOW WHEN IN 364 00:12:52,233 --> 00:12:53,466 FACT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE 365 00:12:53,533 --> 00:12:54,233 TO COME HOME. 366 00:12:54,300 --> 00:12:56,100 >> Bill: WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT 367 00:12:56,166 --> 00:12:59,566 YOU DID VERY MUCH, THANK YOU. 368 00:12:59,633 --> 00:13:00,100 BARBARA LEE, EVERYBODY, I 369 00:13:00,166 --> 00:13:05,666 APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY. 370 00:13:05,733 --> 00:13:05,900 THANK YOU! 371 00:13:05,966 --> 00:13:08,600 LET'S MEET OUR PANEL. 372 00:13:08,666 --> 00:13:09,966 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 373 00:13:10,033 --> 00:13:10,166 ♪ ♪ 374 00:13:10,233 --> 00:13:11,400 SHE'S DIRECTOR OF THE MEDIA 375 00:13:11,466 --> 00:13:12,766 CENTER AT USC ANNENBERG AND A 376 00:13:12,833 --> 00:13:14,266 CONTRIBUTING EDITOR OF THE 19TH 377 00:13:14,333 --> 00:13:18,633 NEWS: CHRISTINA BELLANTONI. 378 00:13:18,700 --> 00:13:24,100 BACK WITH US, HOW ARE YOU DOING? 379 00:13:24,166 --> 00:13:25,033 HE'S A PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING 380 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:25,900 COLUMNIST FOR THE WASHINGTON 381 00:13:25,966 --> 00:13:26,600 POST AND AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK 382 00:13:26,666 --> 00:13:28,833 OUT ON SEPTEMBER 14TH "AMERICAN 383 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:31,100 HAPPINESS AND DISCONTENTS: THE 384 00:13:31,166 --> 00:13:35,400 UNRULY TORRENT, 2008-2020": 385 00:13:35,466 --> 00:13:39,333 GEORGE WILL! 386 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:40,100 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 387 00:13:40,166 --> 00:13:41,533 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, SIR. 388 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,466 IF THE BIG NEWS TODAY IT WAS 389 00:13:44,533 --> 00:13:45,466 BIDEN TALKING ABOUT THESE NEW 390 00:13:45,533 --> 00:13:49,300 MANDATES, IT COULD AFFECT UP TO 391 00:13:49,366 --> 00:13:49,933 100 MILLION PEOPLE, HEALTH CARE 392 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 WORKERS, BUSINESSES WHO HAVE 393 00:13:52,066 --> 00:13:52,866 OVER 100 WORKERS, CONTRACTORS, 394 00:13:52,933 --> 00:13:54,833 THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, 395 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:56,533 100 MILLION PEOPLE TO TELL 396 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:57,433 SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO. 397 00:13:57,500 --> 00:13:59,733 I WANT TO GET YOUR OPINION TO 398 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:00,866 START THE SHOW, TELL ME FIRST OF 399 00:14:00,933 --> 00:14:03,333 ALL WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS? 400 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,666 >> HUGE RELIEF, I DISAGREE WITH 401 00:14:05,733 --> 00:14:08,600 BIDEN WHEN HE SAID HIS PATIENCE 402 00:14:08,666 --> 00:14:10,133 IS WEARING THIN -- MY PATIENTS 403 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:11,066 IS OUT. 404 00:14:11,133 --> 00:14:12,466 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE 405 00:14:12,533 --> 00:14:14,133 ALTERNATE REALITY THAT COULD 406 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:14,600 HAVE BEEN. 407 00:14:14,666 --> 00:14:15,866 [APPLAUSE] 408 00:14:15,933 --> 00:14:17,133 HAD PEOPLE GOTTEN VACCINATED AND 409 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:18,666 THE PRESIDENT'S TEAM OF COURSE 410 00:14:18,733 --> 00:14:20,133 THEY ARE LOOKING AT NUMBERS AND 411 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:20,966 THEY KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE 412 00:14:21,033 --> 00:14:23,100 NOT GOING TO GET THE VACCINE 413 00:14:23,166 --> 00:14:25,300 WHEN THAT FDA AUTHORIZATION CAME 414 00:14:25,366 --> 00:14:27,066 IN, THIS IS A WAY TO FORCE IT TO 415 00:14:27,133 --> 00:14:27,300 HAPPEN. 416 00:14:27,366 --> 00:14:30,733 >> Bill: GEORGE? 417 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:32,700 >> I AGREE WITH THE BIDEN 418 00:14:32,766 --> 00:14:33,933 OF DECEMBER WHEN HE BECAME 419 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,000 PRESIDENT, HE WAS ASKED IF HE 420 00:14:36,066 --> 00:14:36,633 WOULD MANDATE VACCINATIONS AND 421 00:14:36,700 --> 00:14:37,266 HE SAID I DON'T HAVE THE POWER 422 00:14:37,333 --> 00:14:39,500 TO DO THAT. 423 00:14:39,566 --> 00:14:40,566 IN FACT, CONGRESS DOESN'T HAVE 424 00:14:40,633 --> 00:14:42,733 THE POWER TO DO THAT, NOT HAVING 425 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:44,400 A GENERAL POLICE POWER, THAT 426 00:14:44,466 --> 00:14:45,700 BELONGS TO THE STATES. 427 00:14:45,766 --> 00:14:46,800 WHEN THIS IS LITIGATED IT'S 428 00:14:46,866 --> 00:14:48,600 GOING TO BE NOT ABOUT INDIVIDUAL 429 00:14:48,666 --> 00:14:49,733 RIGHTS IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 430 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:51,866 SEPARATION OF POWERS AND 431 00:14:51,933 --> 00:14:53,166 FEDERALISM THEIR GOLD EYES GLAZE 432 00:14:53,233 --> 00:14:53,800 OVER WHEN YOU BRING THESE THINGS 433 00:14:53,866 --> 00:14:57,633 UP BUT IT MATTERS. 434 00:14:57,700 --> 00:14:58,266 WHEN DONALD TRUMP SAID I'M GOING 435 00:14:58,333 --> 00:15:02,300 TO TAKE MONEY APPROPRIATED FROM 436 00:15:02,366 --> 00:15:03,933 X AND REPURPOSE IT TO BUILD THE 437 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:04,900 WALL, PEOPLE WERE OUTRAGED AND 438 00:15:04,966 --> 00:15:06,966 RIGHTLY SO, THEY SHOULD BE 439 00:15:07,033 --> 00:15:07,900 OUTRAGED ALSO THAT AN 440 00:15:07,966 --> 00:15:10,466 INSTITUTION AND APPENDAGE OF THE 441 00:15:10,533 --> 00:15:12,733 EXECUTIVE BRANCH THE 442 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,833 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY 443 00:15:14,900 --> 00:15:16,766 ADMINISTRATION HAS DECIDED TO 444 00:15:16,833 --> 00:15:18,300 EXERCISE FAST POWER, HITHERTO 445 00:15:18,366 --> 00:15:20,933 UNEXPECTED TO WORK IN THE 446 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,866 STATUTE CREATING OSHA, TO ADMIT 447 00:15:24,933 --> 00:15:27,033 NO LIMITING PRINCIPLE, JUST AS 448 00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:28,266 WHEN THE SUPREME COURT TOOK A 449 00:15:28,333 --> 00:15:29,633 LOOK AT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE 450 00:15:29,700 --> 00:15:31,833 CONTROL SAYING WE ARE GOING TO 451 00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:32,800 SUSPEND EVICTIONS OF THE 452 00:15:32,866 --> 00:15:33,400 SUPREME COURT SAID WHERE'D YOU 453 00:15:33,466 --> 00:15:38,133 GET THE POWER TO BROADLY SAY 454 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,500 THAT LANDLORDS ARE REQUIRED, 455 00:15:41,566 --> 00:15:44,266 BECAUSE THEY GO ON PAYING TAXES 456 00:15:44,333 --> 00:15:45,166 AND INSURANCE AND MAINTENANCE 457 00:15:45,233 --> 00:15:47,900 AND MORTGAGE AND ALL THE REST, 458 00:15:47,966 --> 00:15:50,066 REQUIRED TO PAY FREE HOUSING? 459 00:15:50,133 --> 00:15:52,933 THIS IS A CASE OF GOVERNMENT NOT 460 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,300 RESPECTING LIMITS AND IT'S THE 461 00:15:54,366 --> 00:15:54,900 RULE OF LAW. 462 00:15:54,966 --> 00:15:56,733 PEOPLE SAY THIS IS AN ABNORMAL 463 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:57,433 TIME. 464 00:15:57,500 --> 00:15:58,766 >> Bill: I HAVE ANOTHER BEEF 465 00:15:58,833 --> 00:15:59,566 AGAINST GOVERNMENT WHICH I 466 00:15:59,633 --> 00:16:02,333 MENTIONED BEFORE, I WAS READING 467 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,266 A QUOTE FROM THE MEXICAN 468 00:16:04,333 --> 00:16:06,566 CORONAVIRUS CZAR, HE SAID WHY DO 469 00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:09,266 WE NEED BOTTLED POISON AND SOFT 470 00:16:09,333 --> 00:16:09,900 DRINKS? 471 00:16:09,966 --> 00:16:12,033 HEALTH IN MEXICO WOULD BE VERY 472 00:16:12,100 --> 00:16:14,400 DIFFERENT IF WE STOPPED BEING 473 00:16:14,466 --> 00:16:14,966 DECEIVED BY THESE LIFESTYLES 474 00:16:15,033 --> 00:16:18,166 SOLD ON TELEVISION AND RADIO AD 475 00:16:18,233 --> 00:16:19,266 ADS. 476 00:16:19,333 --> 00:16:20,533 I'M FOR GETTING THE COUNTRY BACK 477 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,100 ON ITS FEET AND IF IT TAKES A 478 00:16:22,166 --> 00:16:23,900 LOT OF VACCINES TO DO THAT, I 479 00:16:23,966 --> 00:16:25,500 UNDERSTAND THAT TO A DEGREE. 480 00:16:25,566 --> 00:16:27,166 IT'S PREDICATED ON THIS IDEA 481 00:16:27,233 --> 00:16:27,666 THAT WE ARE ALL EQUALLY 482 00:16:27,733 --> 00:16:30,900 VULNERABLE AND WE ARE NOT. 483 00:16:30,966 --> 00:16:33,100 A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH 484 00:16:33,166 --> 00:16:34,300 LIFESTYLE CHOICES, WHICH WE JUST 485 00:16:34,366 --> 00:16:36,433 REFUSED TO TALK ABOUT. 486 00:16:36,500 --> 00:16:38,666 I HATE TO BE THE ONE WHO HAS TO 487 00:16:38,733 --> 00:16:41,033 ALWAYS SAY IT, BUT 78% OF THE 488 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:43,900 PEOPLE WHO DIED FROM THIS WERE 489 00:16:43,966 --> 00:16:44,133 OBESE. 490 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,100 THE VAST NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE 491 00:16:47,166 --> 00:16:48,566 WORLD WHO HAVE DIED FROM IT ARE 492 00:16:48,633 --> 00:16:49,900 IN COUNTRIES WHERE THAT IS A 493 00:16:49,966 --> 00:16:50,966 PROBLEM. 494 00:16:51,033 --> 00:16:52,300 THEY KEEP SAYING "LET THE 495 00:16:52,366 --> 00:16:54,400 SCIENCE SPEAK, LISTEN TO THE 496 00:16:54,466 --> 00:16:54,933 SCIENCE. 497 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:55,966 ," THIS IS WHAT THE SCIENCE IS 498 00:16:56,033 --> 00:16:59,833 SCREAMING LOUD AND CLEAR. 499 00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:01,833 UNLESS PEOPLE HAVE SOME SKIN IN 500 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:02,766 THE GAME EVEN BEFORE COVID, WE 501 00:17:02,833 --> 00:17:04,366 ARE NEVER GOING TO GET A HANDLE 502 00:17:04,433 --> 00:17:06,300 ON HER BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THE 503 00:17:06,366 --> 00:17:08,533 ECONOMY ALSO WHICH IS 504 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:09,466 HEALTH CARE. 505 00:17:09,533 --> 00:17:10,000 PEOPLE HAVE TO TAKE SOME 506 00:17:10,066 --> 00:17:12,200 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN 507 00:17:12,266 --> 00:17:13,100 HEALTH, THEY HAVE TO MEET THE 508 00:17:13,166 --> 00:17:17,733 GOVERNMENT HALFWAY. 509 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,666 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 510 00:17:20,733 --> 00:17:24,533 >> SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT MANDATE 511 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:25,500 FFITNESS? 512 00:17:25,566 --> 00:17:27,666 >> Bill: NOT MANDATES BUT HOW 513 00:17:27,733 --> 00:17:29,100 ABOUT A PROGRAM, HOW ABOUT 514 00:17:29,166 --> 00:17:29,766 MENTIONING IT? 515 00:17:29,833 --> 00:17:31,300 WE CAN'T USE THE BULLY PULPIT, 516 00:17:31,366 --> 00:17:33,133 HAS IT EVER BEEN MENTIONED? 517 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,533 I NEVER HEAR ANYONE TALK ABOUT 518 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:35,933 IT. 519 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,400 >> BARACK OBAMA WAS CRITICIZED 520 00:17:37,466 --> 00:17:38,666 FOR BEING FITNESS OBSESSED, 521 00:17:38,733 --> 00:17:40,300 SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE FROM THE 522 00:17:40,366 --> 00:17:41,433 TOP, MICHELLE OBAMA WAS 523 00:17:41,500 --> 00:17:43,733 CRITICIZED FOR HER GARDEN. 524 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:47,333 >> Bill: CRITICIZED, SO SHE WE 525 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:52,933 SHOULD SHRINK FROM THAT? 526 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,166 >> I'M WITH YOU, IT DOESN'T STOP 527 00:17:55,233 --> 00:17:56,333 ANYONE WANTS TO PROTECT OUR 528 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:57,900 FAMILIES WHO DON'T FIT INTO 529 00:17:57,966 --> 00:17:59,733 THOSE CATEGORIES. 530 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:00,266 THIS VIRUS DOES NOT KNOW 531 00:18:00,333 --> 00:18:04,233 PEOPLE'S PERSONAL HABITS. 532 00:18:04,300 --> 00:18:06,700 >> Bill: NO, BUT IT KNOWS 533 00:18:06,766 --> 00:18:10,233 THIS, IT KNOWS THIS. 534 00:18:10,300 --> 00:18:12,466 FOUR FIFTHS IS KIND OF A BIG 535 00:18:12,533 --> 00:18:14,666 NUMBER FOR ONE FACTOR. 536 00:18:14,733 --> 00:18:16,433 >> THE MOST EFFICIENT THING 537 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:18,000 GOVERNMENT DOES IS DISSEMINATE 538 00:18:18,066 --> 00:18:18,633 PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT 539 00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:20,733 CHOLESTEROL OR SMOKING -- 50 540 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,433 YEARS AGO, ABOUT HALF OF 541 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:24,800 AMERICAN ADULTS WOKE UP IN THE 542 00:18:24,866 --> 00:18:27,433 MORNING AND LIT A CIGARETTE, WE 543 00:18:27,500 --> 00:18:30,366 CUT THAT IN HALF. 544 00:18:30,433 --> 00:18:32,300 AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF OUR 545 00:18:32,366 --> 00:18:33,866 HEALTH CARE GOALS WHICH IS ABOUT 546 00:18:33,933 --> 00:18:37,833 18% GDP IS ABOUT KNOWN RISKY 547 00:18:37,900 --> 00:18:39,866 BEHAVIOR, VIOLENCE, VEHICULAR 548 00:18:39,933 --> 00:18:41,233 ACCIDENTS, CORONARY HEART 549 00:18:41,300 --> 00:18:42,666 DISEASE, LUNG DISEASE, 550 00:18:42,733 --> 00:18:42,933 ET CETERA. 551 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:43,933 >> Bill: AND THE FOOD, THE BIG 552 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,033 ONE IS FOOD. 553 00:18:47,100 --> 00:18:48,633 THAT DWARFS THE OTHER ONES, IT'S 554 00:18:48,700 --> 00:18:50,633 THE ONE WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO 555 00:18:50,700 --> 00:18:50,866 MENTION. 556 00:18:50,933 --> 00:18:53,433 THAT HAS GOT TO CHANGE. 557 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:56,266 LISTEN, THIS IS OUR LAST SHOW WE 558 00:18:56,333 --> 00:18:57,200 HAVE BEFORE THIS RECALL ELECTION 559 00:18:57,266 --> 00:18:58,766 COMING UP SO I WANT TO ASK ABOUT 560 00:18:58,833 --> 00:19:01,000 THIS QUESTION, BECAUSE IT SEEMS 561 00:19:01,066 --> 00:19:02,066 LIKE THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO 562 00:19:02,133 --> 00:19:04,000 REPUBLICANS WANT GAVIN NEWSOM TO 563 00:19:04,066 --> 00:19:04,633 RESIGN FOR THE CRIME OF BEATING 564 00:19:04,700 --> 00:19:09,300 THEM IN THE ELECTION. 565 00:19:09,366 --> 00:19:09,566 [LAUGHTER] 566 00:19:09,633 --> 00:19:10,200 I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE 567 00:19:10,266 --> 00:19:12,633 GENERAL TREND IN AMERICA WHERE 568 00:19:12,700 --> 00:19:13,433 ELECTIONS DON'T COUNT IF IT 569 00:19:13,500 --> 00:19:14,600 DOESN'T COME OUT THE WAY YOU 570 00:19:14,666 --> 00:19:18,466 WANTED THEM TO GO. 571 00:19:18,533 --> 00:19:20,766 I ALSO THINK READING AS I HAVE 572 00:19:20,833 --> 00:19:23,866 THIS WEEK A LOT OF PEOPLE 573 00:19:23,933 --> 00:19:25,400 TALKING ABOUT A FAILED BIDEN 574 00:19:25,466 --> 00:19:27,833 PRESIDENCY, AFTER NINE YEARS -- 575 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:29,533 NINE MONTHS -- NINE YEARS, CAN 576 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:29,833 YOU IMAGINE? 577 00:19:29,900 --> 00:19:35,633 THAT WOULD BE TRUMP. 578 00:19:35,700 --> 00:19:37,266 CAN YOU GIVE A GUY A CHANCE? 579 00:19:37,333 --> 00:19:39,133 IT SEEMS LIKE NO ONE WANTS TO 580 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,566 SOLVE A PROBLEM, THEY JUST WANT 581 00:19:41,633 --> 00:19:42,700 TO BLAME PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T 582 00:19:42,766 --> 00:19:44,733 IMMEDIATELY SOLVED THE PROBLEM. 583 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:49,700 [APPLAUSE] 584 00:19:49,766 --> 00:19:51,933 AND THIS IS NOT A WAY A 585 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,700 GOVERNMENT CAN FUNCTION OR BE 586 00:19:53,766 --> 00:19:54,033 STABLE. 587 00:19:54,100 --> 00:19:57,033 >> IT'S AN INSTANT GRATIFICATION 588 00:19:57,100 --> 00:19:57,266 PROBLEM. 589 00:19:57,333 --> 00:19:59,633 BUT THEY ALSO BOTH WENT FROM 590 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:00,466 PRETTY PEAK HIGH IS. 591 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:02,533 GAVIN NEWSOM CAME IN, HUGE WIN 592 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:03,800 IN THE ELECTION, WAS PRETTY 593 00:20:03,866 --> 00:20:06,933 POPULAR AT THE BEGINNING OF 594 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,600 CORONAVIRUS, I VIEW THAT TRICKLE 595 00:20:08,666 --> 00:20:09,500 THINGS AS SEPARATE ALTHOUGH IT'S 596 00:20:09,566 --> 00:20:11,666 INTERESTING THE PRESIDENT IS 597 00:20:11,733 --> 00:20:13,566 CAMPAIGNING FOR NEWSOM IN THE 598 00:20:13,633 --> 00:20:15,133 11TH HOUR, CLEARLY THEY THINK 599 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:16,133 HE'S POPULAR ENOUGH THAT'S GOING 600 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:17,366 TO HELP HERE. 601 00:20:17,433 --> 00:20:18,366 PEOPLE DON'T LIKE HYPOCRISY AND 602 00:20:18,433 --> 00:20:21,166 THAT IS WHERE SOME OF THIS 603 00:20:21,233 --> 00:20:21,833 STARTED AGAINST NEWSOM. 604 00:20:21,900 --> 00:20:23,866 I'M VOTING NO ON THE RECALL, I 605 00:20:23,933 --> 00:20:24,866 THINK HE'S A FINE GOVERNOR AND I 606 00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:27,500 WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM STAY AND I 607 00:20:27,566 --> 00:20:29,200 ALSO THINK WHEN YOU GOVERN THIS 608 00:20:29,266 --> 00:20:29,400 WAY -- 609 00:20:29,466 --> 00:20:31,766 [APPLAUSE] 610 00:20:31,833 --> 00:20:36,633 ITS CONSTANT CHANGE, CALIFORNIA 611 00:20:36,700 --> 00:20:39,866 HAS AN ABILITY TO HAVE A RECALL, 612 00:20:39,933 --> 00:20:41,633 WE ALSO HAVE AN ABILITY TO PUT 613 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:43,666 SO MANY PROPOSITIONS ON THE 614 00:20:43,733 --> 00:20:44,800 BALLOT FAIRLY EASILY WHICH 615 00:20:44,866 --> 00:20:48,333 COMPLETELY CHANGE LAWS VERY 616 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:48,733 QUICKLY. 617 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,166 IT'S ONE OF THE WAYS IN 618 00:20:50,233 --> 00:20:51,066 CALIFORNIA, IF EVERY STATE HAD 619 00:20:51,133 --> 00:20:53,600 THIS I BET YOU WOULD SEE A LOT 620 00:20:53,666 --> 00:20:54,466 MORE RECALLS. 621 00:20:54,533 --> 00:20:55,866 >> Bill: WHAT DO YOU THINK? 622 00:20:55,933 --> 00:20:57,866 >> I'M AGAINST RECALLS COME ON 623 00:20:57,933 --> 00:21:02,600 AGAINST INITIATIVES, I'M AGAINST 624 00:21:02,666 --> 00:21:05,333 REFERENDA. 625 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:06,800 THIS IS APPLIED TO POPULISM 626 00:21:06,866 --> 00:21:08,866 WHICH IS THE BELIEF THAT THE 627 00:21:08,933 --> 00:21:10,133 PUBLIC PASSIONS ARE SELF 628 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:10,733 GRATIFYING AND THEY SHOULD BE 629 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,766 TRANSLATED IMMEDIATELY AND 630 00:21:13,833 --> 00:21:17,800 DIRECTLY INTO POLICY AND 631 00:21:17,866 --> 00:21:19,566 INSTITUTIONS. 632 00:21:19,633 --> 00:21:22,266 THE PRINCIPLE OF REPRESENTATION 633 00:21:22,333 --> 00:21:23,600 WHICH IS THE ESSENCE OF OUR 634 00:21:23,666 --> 00:21:24,900 REPUBLIC, IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T 635 00:21:24,966 --> 00:21:26,700 DECIDE ISSUES, THEY DECIDE WHO 636 00:21:26,766 --> 00:21:28,466 WILL DECIDE, YOU CAN'T IN THE 637 00:21:28,533 --> 00:21:29,900 CASE OF A RECALL SIMPLY DECLARE 638 00:21:29,966 --> 00:21:30,533 A MULLIGAN BECAUSE YOU DON'T 639 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:31,700 LIKE THE SHOT YOU TOOK. 640 00:21:31,766 --> 00:21:33,800 [APPLAUSE] 641 00:21:33,866 --> 00:21:36,900 >> Bill: EVEN IF YOU DON'T 642 00:21:36,966 --> 00:21:37,466 LIKE GOVERNOR NEWSOM OR HIS 643 00:21:37,533 --> 00:21:39,466 POLICIES YOU WOULD SAY HE SHOULD 644 00:21:39,533 --> 00:21:40,600 STAY BECAUSE YOU'RE A MAN OF 645 00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:41,233 PRINCIPLE. 646 00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:42,966 >> I THINK PEOPLE DESERVE TO 647 00:21:43,033 --> 00:21:45,700 SUFFER THE CHOICE THEY MADE, YE 648 00:21:45,766 --> 00:21:46,433 YES. 649 00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:46,700 [LAUGHTER] 650 00:21:46,766 --> 00:21:46,966 [APPLAUSE] 651 00:21:47,033 --> 00:21:48,733 >> THAT'S THE POINT OF AN 652 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:49,800 ELECTION ON A SCHEDULE, YOU CAN 653 00:21:49,866 --> 00:21:51,800 CAST JUDGMENT ON THAT PERSON IN 654 00:21:51,866 --> 00:21:52,233 THE NEXT ELECTION. 655 00:21:52,300 --> 00:21:55,433 >> Bill: HOPEFULLY WE CAN 656 00:21:55,500 --> 00:21:56,866 RECALL THE RECALL LAW, THAT 657 00:21:56,933 --> 00:22:03,233 WOULD BE SO CALIFORNIA. 658 00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:03,500 [LAUGHTER] 659 00:22:03,566 --> 00:22:04,933 LET ME ASK ABOUT TEXAS, WHAT'S 660 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:09,833 GOING ON IN TEXAS, THIS IS WOW. 661 00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:11,033 INTERESTING STUFF, INTERESTING 662 00:22:11,100 --> 00:22:11,633 THAT THE SUPREME COURT ALREADY 663 00:22:11,700 --> 00:22:13,933 BASICALLY HEARD IT. 664 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,633 I HEARD THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, 665 00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:18,266 BIDEN'S DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO 666 00:22:18,333 --> 00:22:19,500 SUE TEXAS AND WHAT, TO GET ALL 667 00:22:19,566 --> 00:22:22,866 WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT? 668 00:22:22,933 --> 00:22:25,066 WAIT, WE DID THAT IN THE 669 00:22:25,133 --> 00:22:29,433 SUPREME COURT SAID TEXAS, YOU DO 670 00:22:29,500 --> 00:22:30,600 YOU. 671 00:22:30,666 --> 00:22:32,800 I'M WONDERING IF THIS COULD 672 00:22:32,866 --> 00:22:33,033 BACKFIRE. 673 00:22:33,100 --> 00:22:34,066 REPUBLICANS ALWAYS SEEM TO BE 674 00:22:34,133 --> 00:22:36,533 HAPPIER WHEN THEY ARE OUT OF 675 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:37,633 OFFICE BECAUSE THEY JUST ARE SO 676 00:22:37,700 --> 00:22:41,033 GOOD AT THE BITCHING, AND THEY 677 00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:45,733 LOVE TO OWN THE LIBERALS AND 678 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,200 COMPLAIN, WHEN THEY GET INTO 679 00:22:47,266 --> 00:22:48,633 OFFICE, AND GET TO ENACT SOME 680 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:51,966 OTHER IDEAS, THEY SCARE THE SHIT 681 00:22:52,033 --> 00:22:53,300 OUT OF PEOPLE. 682 00:22:53,366 --> 00:22:54,500 ELECTIONS ARE WON ON FEAR A LOT 683 00:22:54,566 --> 00:22:55,400 OF THE TIME, THAT'S HOW TRUMP 684 00:22:55,466 --> 00:22:57,566 GOT IN, THE FEAR OF THE 685 00:22:57,633 --> 00:22:58,733 OVERREACHING OF THE LIBERALS AND 686 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:00,733 SO FORTH. 687 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:02,533 I'M WONDERING IF THIS COULD 688 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:03,000 REALLY HELP -- I THINK 689 00:23:03,066 --> 00:23:05,200 GOVERNOR ABBOTT IS HELPING GAVIN 690 00:23:05,266 --> 00:23:06,666 NEWSOM COME I THINK PEOPLE ARE 691 00:23:06,733 --> 00:23:08,000 GOING TO LOOK AT THAT AND GO 692 00:23:08,066 --> 00:23:10,300 "OH, MY GOD, WE DON'T WANT A 693 00:23:10,366 --> 00:23:11,400 REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR HERE IN THIS 694 00:23:11,466 --> 00:23:13,133 STATE IF THAT'S WHAT A 695 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,533 REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR MIGHT DO." 696 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:19,066 [APPLAUSE] 697 00:23:19,133 --> 00:23:20,800 DO YOU THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE? 698 00:23:20,866 --> 00:23:22,733 >> IT'S DEFINITELY POSSIBLE, IN 699 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,333 MY LIFETIME, IN MY CAREER 700 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:26,700 COVERING POLITICS SO MANY PEOPLE 701 00:23:26,766 --> 00:23:27,933 WOULD TALK ABOUT THIS CONCEPT 702 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,866 THAT IF ROE V. WADE WAS EVER 703 00:23:29,933 --> 00:23:31,766 OVERTURNED, IF WOMEN WOULD TAKE 704 00:23:31,833 --> 00:23:34,733 TO THE STREETS, THAT WOULD END 705 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:36,500 EVERYTHING, YOU WOULD HAVE A 706 00:23:36,566 --> 00:23:37,733 PERMANENT DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY. 707 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:38,633 THIS HAS BEEN SLOWLY HAPPENING 708 00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:40,900 FOR A VERY LONG TIME, PEOPLE 709 00:23:40,966 --> 00:23:45,666 HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING, TRYING TO 710 00:23:45,733 --> 00:23:49,133 GET THINGS TO THE COURT -- WHAT 711 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:53,733 TRUMP DID TO THE JUDICIARY -- 712 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:55,033 >> Bill: DID, MEANING? 713 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:57,300 >> MITCH McCONNELL AND TRUMP, 714 00:23:57,366 --> 00:23:58,500 COMPLETELY CHANGING THE 715 00:23:58,566 --> 00:24:00,633 JUDICIARY, JUSTICES WHO WOULD BE 716 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:03,800 IN FAVOR OF THINGS THAT ARE 717 00:24:03,866 --> 00:24:05,500 HAPPENING IN TEXAS, I CAN GO 718 00:24:05,566 --> 00:24:06,500 INTO THE MERITS OF THAT IF 719 00:24:06,566 --> 00:24:10,100 THAT'S THE DEBATE YOU WANT TO 720 00:24:10,166 --> 00:24:10,300 HAVE. 721 00:24:10,366 --> 00:24:11,900 PARTICULARLY IN TEXAS WHERE THEY 722 00:24:11,966 --> 00:24:12,900 ARE TRYING TO RESTRICT VOTING 723 00:24:12,966 --> 00:24:14,700 RIGHTS BUT THEY ARE ALSO FORCING 724 00:24:14,766 --> 00:24:16,533 SPORTS TEAMS TO HAVE THE 725 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:17,366 NATIONAL ANTHEM AT EVERY SINGLE 726 00:24:17,433 --> 00:24:18,600 GAME IN TEXAS. 727 00:24:18,666 --> 00:24:19,766 YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO 728 00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:22,633 SOMETHING WITH YOUR OWN BODY, IT 729 00:24:22,700 --> 00:24:23,333 IS DANGEROUS AND REALLY ALARMING 730 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:28,733 FOR ANY PERSON. 731 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:34,266 [APPLAUSE] 732 00:24:34,333 --> 00:24:37,300 >> THE TEXAS LAW IS A SHORT 733 00:24:37,366 --> 00:24:40,266 LIVED SIDESHOW, AS SOON AS IT'S 734 00:24:40,333 --> 00:24:43,033 ENFORCED BY ONE OF THESE PRIVATE 735 00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:44,966 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S, IT WILL BE 736 00:24:45,033 --> 00:24:46,566 STRUCK DOWN SUMMARILY, THE BIG 737 00:24:46,633 --> 00:24:48,833 SHOW WILL BE COMING THIS FALL, 738 00:24:48,900 --> 00:24:50,066 ORAL ARGUMENTS IN A MISSISSIPPI 739 00:24:50,133 --> 00:24:51,800 CASE WITH THE COURT IS BEING 740 00:24:51,866 --> 00:24:53,866 ASKED EXPLICITLY TO OVERTURN 741 00:24:53,933 --> 00:24:55,400 ROE V. WADE. 742 00:24:55,466 --> 00:24:58,466 BY JUNE OF 2022, OFF YEAR 743 00:24:58,533 --> 00:24:59,033 ELECTIONS, THERE WILL BE AN 744 00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:00,833 ANSWER TO THAT. 745 00:25:00,900 --> 00:25:03,333 I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD AN 746 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:03,933 ELECTION TURN ON AN ABORTION 747 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,066 ISSUE COME I DON'T LIKE WE EVER 748 00:25:06,133 --> 00:25:06,600 WILL. 749 00:25:06,666 --> 00:25:08,133 >> Bill: REALLY? 750 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:09,700 I FEEL LIKE THE OPPOSITE, I FEEL 751 00:25:09,766 --> 00:25:10,433 LIKE ABORTION IS THAT ISSUE THAT 752 00:25:10,500 --> 00:25:14,733 IS ALWAYS THERE AND A VERY 753 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,333 SIZABLE PART OF THE POPULATION 754 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,666 VOTES PRETTY MUCH JUST ON THAT. 755 00:25:20,733 --> 00:25:22,466 IT CROSSES PARTY LINES, BY THE 756 00:25:22,533 --> 00:25:22,633 WAY. 757 00:25:22,700 --> 00:25:25,633 >> MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE 758 00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:26,833 SINGLE-ISSUE VOTERS ON THAT ARE 759 00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:29,033 ON THE PRO-LIFE SIDE. 760 00:25:29,100 --> 00:25:30,866 >> Bill: RIGHT, BUT THE 761 00:25:30,933 --> 00:25:32,766 DEMOCRATS DEPEND A LOT ON THE 762 00:25:32,833 --> 00:25:36,900 LATINO VOTE, THERE'S A LOT OF -- 763 00:25:36,966 --> 00:25:39,033 CHRISTIANS OF ALL STRIPES 764 00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:39,700 SOMETIMES. 765 00:25:39,766 --> 00:25:41,100 >> AND TEXAS DEMOCRATS ARE 766 00:25:41,166 --> 00:25:43,033 HOPING THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WILL 767 00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:44,866 HAPPEN, GALVANIZE EVERYONE, 768 00:25:44,933 --> 00:25:45,900 MONEY, RESOURCES, GETTING PEOPLE 769 00:25:45,966 --> 00:25:48,033 OUT TO VOTE AND I HOPE SO -- 770 00:25:48,100 --> 00:25:52,033 PEOPLE HAVE SHORT MEMORIES. 771 00:25:52,100 --> 00:25:55,000 THIS CONSTANT NEEDING TO CHANGE, 772 00:25:55,066 --> 00:25:57,566 THEN YOU END UP WITH THINGS LIKE 773 00:25:57,633 --> 00:25:59,333 THIS. 774 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,766 >> Bill: YOU MENTION THEY'RE 775 00:26:02,833 --> 00:26:04,066 GOING TO MAKE SPORTS TEAMS PLAY 776 00:26:04,133 --> 00:26:05,466 THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, THAT IS ONE 777 00:26:05,533 --> 00:26:07,333 OF THE THINGS THEY'RE GOING TO 778 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:08,000 DO. 779 00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:08,533 ALSO, YOU CAN CARRY A GUN 780 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,233 ANYWHERE, I THINK. 781 00:26:11,300 --> 00:26:13,233 >> OPEN CARRY IF YOU'RE 21 AND 782 00:26:13,300 --> 00:26:13,433 OVER. 783 00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:14,433 >> Bill: WE GOT A HOLD OF SOME 784 00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:19,266 OF THE OTHER -- I LOVE THE 785 00:26:19,333 --> 00:26:22,633 ANTICIPATORY -- 786 00:26:22,700 --> 00:26:23,766 [APPLAUSE] 787 00:26:23,833 --> 00:26:26,933 I LOVE THAT "I KNOW THE BULLSHIT 788 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:31,700 IS COMING NOW, BILL" LAUGHED. 789 00:26:31,766 --> 00:26:36,466 THEY PASSED LITERALLY 666 LAWS. 790 00:26:36,533 --> 00:26:38,933 ABORTION ONE GOT ALL THE PRESS, 791 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,833 BUT SOME OF THE OTHER ONES, 792 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:44,500 THESE PEOPLE ARE OUT TO OWN THE 793 00:26:44,566 --> 00:26:47,533 LIBERALS. 794 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:49,833 FOR EXAMPLE, ALL DOGS MUST BE 795 00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:50,333 NAMED AFTER CONFEDERATE 796 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:51,500 GENERALS. 797 00:26:51,566 --> 00:26:51,766 [LAUGHTER] 798 00:26:51,833 --> 00:26:55,866 [APPLAUSE] 799 00:26:55,933 --> 00:26:58,200 JEAN SHORTS -- WHAT THE FUCK 800 00:26:58,266 --> 00:27:00,233 HAPPENED THERE? 801 00:27:00,300 --> 00:27:00,833 JEAN SHORTS MUST SHOW AT LEAST 802 00:27:00,900 --> 00:27:03,000 ONE INCH OF ASS. 803 00:27:03,066 --> 00:27:03,266 [LAUGHTER] 804 00:27:03,333 --> 00:27:04,133 [APPLAUSE] 805 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:04,800 A BALD EAGLE TATTOO IS NOW AN 806 00:27:04,866 --> 00:27:09,533 ACCEPTABLE FORM OF VOTER ID. 807 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:09,800 [LAUGHTER] 808 00:27:09,866 --> 00:27:13,966 [APPLAUSE] 809 00:27:14,033 --> 00:27:14,633 "ITCHY TRIGGER FINGER" IS NOW A 810 00:27:14,700 --> 00:27:18,600 LEGAL DEFENSE. 811 00:27:18,666 --> 00:27:18,866 [LAUGHTER] 812 00:27:18,933 --> 00:27:19,333 [APPLAUSE] 813 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:20,133 SAN ANTONIO WILL BE RENAMED ST. 814 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,933 TONY'S. 815 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:23,733 [LAUGHTER] 816 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:24,000 [APPLAUSE] 817 00:27:24,066 --> 00:27:24,566 CHIROPRACTORS MUST OFFER GAY 818 00:27:24,633 --> 00:27:29,866 CONVERSION THERAPY. 819 00:27:29,933 --> 00:27:30,600 [LAUGHTER] 820 00:27:30,666 --> 00:27:34,000 AND MY FAVORITE. 821 00:27:34,066 --> 00:27:41,000 ORDERS THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO 822 00:27:41,066 --> 00:27:45,800 REDUCE ITS WEIRDNESS 823 00:27:45,866 --> 00:27:47,466 BY 25%. 824 00:27:47,533 --> 00:27:48,133 DON'T DO IT AUSTEN! 825 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,500 BEAR WEIRD AND PROUD. 826 00:27:49,566 --> 00:27:53,133 I LOVE IT. 827 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,600 I FEEL LIKE THE BATTLEGROUND FOR 828 00:27:56,666 --> 00:27:57,300 THE NEXT ELECTIONS ARE MOVING 829 00:27:57,366 --> 00:28:00,200 INTO THE SCHOOL ROOM. 830 00:28:00,266 --> 00:28:02,766 UNIVERSITIES, BUT ESPECIALLY 831 00:28:02,833 --> 00:28:06,466 SCHOOLS, GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, HIGH 832 00:28:06,533 --> 00:28:09,566 SCHOOLS, A PROFESSOR BECAME THE 833 00:28:09,633 --> 00:28:10,666 LATEST TEACHER AND PROFESSOR TO 834 00:28:10,733 --> 00:28:14,033 RESIGN THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF 835 00:28:14,100 --> 00:28:15,033 WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS 836 00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:16,400 AND I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS 837 00:28:16,466 --> 00:28:18,900 FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. 838 00:28:18,966 --> 00:28:20,433 AT FIRST PEOPLE ARE DOING WHAT 839 00:28:20,500 --> 00:28:21,166 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? 840 00:28:21,233 --> 00:28:23,066 IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE KIDS AND A 841 00:28:23,133 --> 00:28:24,533 LOT OF TIMES KIDS COME HOME FROM 842 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:25,400 SCHOOL, THEY DIDN'T TELL PARENTS 843 00:28:25,466 --> 00:28:27,033 WHAT THEY ARE BEING TOLD IN 844 00:28:27,100 --> 00:28:28,433 SCHOOL -- PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW. 845 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:33,700 NOW IT'S MUCH MORE OF AN ISSUE. 846 00:28:33,766 --> 00:28:34,033 WHO VOTES? 847 00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:35,300 PARENTS VOTE. 848 00:28:35,366 --> 00:28:37,166 FOR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE PARTIES TO 849 00:28:37,233 --> 00:28:38,166 GO TO, YOU'RE SINGLE, YOU DON'T 850 00:28:38,233 --> 00:28:44,300 HAVE A MORTGAGE, PARENTS VOTE. 851 00:28:44,366 --> 00:28:46,733 THIS GUY, HE SAYS ABOUT HIS 852 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:48,733 UNIVERSITY, HE HAS TRANSFORMED A 853 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:50,933 BASTION OF FREE INQUIRY INTO A 854 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,633 SOCIAL JUSTICE FACTORY WHICH 855 00:28:52,700 --> 00:28:54,666 ONLY INPUTS ARE RACE, GENDER, 856 00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:55,433 AND VICTIMHOOD, THE ONLY OUTPUTS 857 00:28:55,500 --> 00:29:00,033 ARE GOOD THEM A GRIEVANCE AND 858 00:29:00,100 --> 00:29:00,300 DIVISION. 859 00:29:00,366 --> 00:29:01,233 THIS IS EVERYWHERE. 860 00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:04,300 A TEACHER IN CONNECTICUT 861 00:29:04,366 --> 00:29:05,700 RESIGNED "I DECIDED TO RESIGN 862 00:29:05,766 --> 00:29:07,100 FROM WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MY 863 00:29:07,166 --> 00:29:08,500 FOREVER CAREER BECAUSE I FELT 864 00:29:08,566 --> 00:29:09,466 MORE LIKE A POLITICAL ACTIVIST 865 00:29:09,533 --> 00:29:12,066 THAN A TEACHER IN MY OWN 866 00:29:12,133 --> 00:29:13,000 CLASSROOM. 867 00:29:13,066 --> 00:29:14,700 WHAT'S GOING ON IN CLASSROOMS 868 00:29:14,766 --> 00:29:16,633 ACROSS OUR COUNTRY IS PITTING 869 00:29:16,700 --> 00:29:17,200 STUDENTS AGAINST EACH OTHER 870 00:29:17,266 --> 00:29:20,466 BASED ON THE COLOR OF THEIR 871 00:29:20,533 --> 00:29:20,666 SKIN. 872 00:29:20,733 --> 00:29:22,133 "IN VIRGINIA "I WAS TOLD IN ONE 873 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,633 OF MY SO-CALLED EQUITY TRAININGS 874 00:29:25,700 --> 00:29:26,833 THAT WHITE CHRISTIAN ABLE-BODIED 875 00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:28,100 FEMALES CURRENTLY HAVE THE POWER 876 00:29:28,166 --> 00:29:28,933 IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THAT HAS TO 877 00:29:29,033 --> 00:29:32,900 CHANGE. 878 00:29:32,966 --> 00:29:35,666 "SHE SAID A DISSENTING OPINION 879 00:29:35,733 --> 00:29:36,666 IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE SPOKEN IN 880 00:29:36,733 --> 00:29:40,100 MY PERSONAL LIFE. 881 00:29:40,166 --> 00:29:40,800 IN LOUISIANA, JONATHAN COBLE 882 00:29:40,866 --> 00:29:42,700 SAYS THEY ARE TELLING OUR BLACK 883 00:29:42,766 --> 00:29:44,333 CHILDREN THEY ARE OPPRESSED BY 884 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,366 WHITE PEOPLE SO THEY DON'T HAVE 885 00:29:46,433 --> 00:29:46,666 A CHANCE. 886 00:29:46,733 --> 00:29:48,766 WE WANT TO TEACH EDUCATION, NOT 887 00:29:48,833 --> 00:29:50,200 LEFT WING IDEAS THAT AREN'T 888 00:29:50,266 --> 00:29:53,400 BACKED UP BY FACTS OR SCIENCE. 889 00:29:53,466 --> 00:29:54,066 YOU'VE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS 890 00:29:54,133 --> 00:29:55,200 RECENTLY, I THINK IT'S ON A LOT 891 00:29:55,266 --> 00:30:00,066 OF PEOPLE'S MINDS NOW. 892 00:30:00,133 --> 00:30:01,566 WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE 893 00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:02,266 THE REPERCUSSIONS FROM THE NEXT 894 00:30:02,333 --> 00:30:06,300 ELECTION FOR THIS ISSUE? 895 00:30:06,366 --> 00:30:08,666 >> ORWELLIAN IS AN OVERUSED 896 00:30:08,733 --> 00:30:10,733 ADJECTIVE BUT HERE IT APPLIES. 897 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:12,866 IN 1984, ORWELL SAID WATCH THE 898 00:30:12,933 --> 00:30:13,533 LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT BECOMES 899 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:17,100 TURNED INSIDE OUT. 900 00:30:17,166 --> 00:30:18,866 IN 1984, LOVEMAN TATE, WAR MEANT 901 00:30:18,933 --> 00:30:20,533 PEACE COME ON CAMPUS TODAY 902 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,700 DIVERSITY MEANS ENFORCE 903 00:30:22,766 --> 00:30:26,233 CONFORMITY. 904 00:30:26,300 --> 00:30:27,566 THROUGH THE MAGIC OF MODERN 905 00:30:27,633 --> 00:30:34,400 PARENTING, IS AN ISN'T IT 906 00:30:34,466 --> 00:30:35,500 INTERESTING THAT PARENTS BECAME 907 00:30:35,566 --> 00:30:37,566 A VERB RIGHT THIS HAPPENED? 908 00:30:37,633 --> 00:30:40,866 >> PEOPLE NEVER SAID PARENT WAS 909 00:30:40,933 --> 00:30:41,700 A VERB BEFORE? 910 00:30:41,766 --> 00:30:44,533 >> IT'S VERY RECENT. 911 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,033 NOW WE ARE SKILLFUL AT PARENTING 912 00:30:47,100 --> 00:30:48,600 AND THIS PRODUCES PERFECTIONIST 913 00:30:48,666 --> 00:30:50,200 PARENTING, IF YOU ARE RELEASED 914 00:30:50,266 --> 00:30:50,866 CAREFUL OF IT, NO ONE WAS 915 00:30:50,933 --> 00:30:55,966 CHILDREN BELIEVE THIS, IF YOU'RE 916 00:30:56,033 --> 00:30:57,433 REALLY GOOD AT PARENTING YOU 917 00:30:57,500 --> 00:30:58,400 WILL PRODUCE THE PERFECT CHILD 918 00:30:58,466 --> 00:31:00,433 TO WHICH YOU ARE ENTITLED. 919 00:31:00,500 --> 00:31:02,333 THE PROBLEM OF COURSE IS WHAT'S 920 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,066 HAPPENING ON CAMPUS IS THEY ARE 921 00:31:04,133 --> 00:31:05,733 GIVING UP ON THE ESSENTIAL 922 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:06,500 INGREDIENT OF DEMOCRACY WHICH IS 923 00:31:06,566 --> 00:31:10,300 THE CULTURE OF PERSUASION, AND 924 00:31:10,366 --> 00:31:14,733 THEY ARE GOING TO MANDATE 925 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:19,066 EVICTION MORATORIUM, VACCINES, 926 00:31:19,133 --> 00:31:21,033 WE NOW MANDATE HARMONY ON CAMPUS 927 00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:22,833 BECAUSE WE HAVE RAISED CHILDREN 928 00:31:22,900 --> 00:31:24,666 TO BE SO RISK-AVERSE AND TO BE 929 00:31:24,733 --> 00:31:26,833 SO CONVINCED THAT THEY ARE 930 00:31:26,900 --> 00:31:27,966 AWESOME, THEY ALL GOT TO 931 00:31:28,033 --> 00:31:28,833 PARTICIPATION TROPHIES FOR 932 00:31:28,900 --> 00:31:31,000 SHOWING UP AT SOCCER PRACTICE 933 00:31:31,066 --> 00:31:32,566 AND THEY ARRIVE AT THE CAMPUS 934 00:31:32,633 --> 00:31:34,233 AND THEY WANT TO HAVE A SAFE 935 00:31:34,300 --> 00:31:37,866 SPACE TO BE SAFE FROM 936 00:31:37,933 --> 00:31:39,333 CHALLENGING IDEAS THAT MIGHT 937 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,766 MAKE THEM SAD. 938 00:31:41,833 --> 00:31:43,533 DID YOU KNOW THAT 939 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,233 BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, THE PHRASE 940 00:31:45,300 --> 00:31:47,866 "TRIGGER WARNING" NOW REQUIRES A 941 00:31:47,933 --> 00:31:48,233 TRIGGER WARNING? 942 00:31:48,300 --> 00:31:49,033 WARNING SUGGESTS THERE'S A 943 00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:50,666 DANGER AND TRIGGER, YOU KNOW 944 00:31:50,733 --> 00:31:52,866 WHAT THAT MAKES PEOPLE THINK OF. 945 00:31:52,933 --> 00:31:53,466 >> Bill: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 946 00:31:53,533 --> 00:31:58,166 PUT A TRIGGER WARNING ON THE 947 00:31:58,233 --> 00:31:58,966 CONSTITUTION AND THE DECLARATION 948 00:31:59,033 --> 00:31:59,466 OF INDEPENDENCE. 949 00:31:59,533 --> 00:32:00,533 >> THEY SAID DOCUMENTS MIGHT BE 950 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,466 HARMFUL OR DIFFICULT TO VIEW. 951 00:32:03,533 --> 00:32:04,966 >> Bill: THIS IS ALWAYS MY 952 00:32:05,033 --> 00:32:06,700 THING WITH DEMOCRATS. 953 00:32:06,766 --> 00:32:08,800 IF WHAT YOU'RE DOING SOUNDS LIKE 954 00:32:08,866 --> 00:32:14,133 A HEADLINE IN THE ONION -- 955 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,866 REALLY. 956 00:32:16,933 --> 00:32:18,066 NATIONAL ARCHIVES PUTS TRIGGER 957 00:32:18,133 --> 00:32:18,666 WARNING ON THE DECLARATION OF 958 00:32:18,733 --> 00:32:22,866 INDEPENDENCE, I WOULD SAY 959 00:32:22,933 --> 00:32:23,866 QUALIFIES -- 960 00:32:23,933 --> 00:32:25,900 SEATTLE BULLET WHETHER OR NOT TO 961 00:32:25,966 --> 00:32:28,866 DECRIMINALIZE CRIME. 962 00:32:28,933 --> 00:32:31,300 >> THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO DO 963 00:32:31,366 --> 00:32:33,800 THIS CAME WITHIN AN EYELASH OF 964 00:32:33,866 --> 00:32:36,066 REELECTING DONALD TRUMP WITH 965 00:32:36,133 --> 00:32:37,400 THREE WORDS, DEFUND THE POLICE. 966 00:32:37,466 --> 00:32:41,066 IF YOU THINK THAT'S THE CRAZIEST 967 00:32:41,133 --> 00:32:41,700 THINGS THAT THE PROGRESSIVES CAN 968 00:32:41,766 --> 00:32:43,500 COME UP WITH, YOU DON'T 969 00:32:43,566 --> 00:32:45,400 UNDERSTAND WILL'S LAW WHICH IS 970 00:32:45,466 --> 00:32:47,666 THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS 971 00:32:47,733 --> 00:32:49,500 ROCK-BOTTOM. 972 00:32:49,566 --> 00:32:49,766 [APPLAUSE] 973 00:32:49,833 --> 00:32:51,166 >> THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT 974 00:32:51,233 --> 00:32:52,866 ISSUES, I'VE ONLY BEEN IN 975 00:32:52,933 --> 00:32:54,266 ACADEMIA FOR THREE YEARS, I'M 976 00:32:54,333 --> 00:32:57,100 NOT A CLASSIC ACADEMIC, I CAME 977 00:32:57,166 --> 00:32:57,533 UP AS A JOURNALIST. 978 00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,933 I WILL SAY DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT 979 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:00,566 IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AT LEAST 980 00:33:00,633 --> 00:33:03,200 AT THE UNIVERSITY I WORK AT, 981 00:33:03,266 --> 00:33:03,366 USC. 982 00:33:03,433 --> 00:33:06,900 I TEACH POLITICAL REPORTING, WE 983 00:33:06,966 --> 00:33:09,666 HAVE A VERY GENEROUS ALUM WHO 984 00:33:09,733 --> 00:33:11,833 WANTS TO HELP US EXPOSE STUDENTS 985 00:33:11,900 --> 00:33:13,633 TO THE REAL WORLD OF POLITICS. 986 00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:15,433 WE TAKE THEM ON TRIPS TO 987 00:33:15,500 --> 00:33:16,133 WASHINGTON, D.C., WHERE THEY 988 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:17,766 MEET REPUBLICANS, THEY MEET 989 00:33:17,833 --> 00:33:18,033 DEMOCRATS. 990 00:33:18,100 --> 00:33:19,633 I TOOK A GROUP OF STUDENTS TO 991 00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:21,033 THE IOWA CAUCUSES WHERE THEY 992 00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:21,833 WERE HEARING PERSPECTIVES THEY 993 00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:23,866 HAD NEVER HEARD IN AREAS WHEN 994 00:33:23,933 --> 00:33:25,100 THEY GROW UP IN CALIFORNIA FOR 995 00:33:25,166 --> 00:33:26,500 THE FIRST TIME. 996 00:33:26,566 --> 00:33:28,200 I NEVER ACTUALLY TALKED TO A 997 00:33:28,266 --> 00:33:28,833 PRO-LIFE PERSON BEFORE ONE 998 00:33:28,900 --> 00:33:31,400 STUDENT TOLD ME. 999 00:33:31,466 --> 00:33:32,900 AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW -- 1000 00:33:32,966 --> 00:33:34,100 >> Bill: THAT DOESN'T SOUND 1001 00:33:34,166 --> 00:33:38,466 VERY DIVERSE. 1002 00:33:38,533 --> 00:33:39,333 >> ACADEMICS IS PROPELLED BY 1003 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,000 LIBERALISM, I HAD A STUDENT RUN 1004 00:33:42,066 --> 00:33:43,666 A REPORT ON THE USC PROFESSORS 1005 00:33:43,733 --> 00:33:45,233 AND THERE WERE LESS THAN FIVE 1006 00:33:45,300 --> 00:33:47,833 THAT HAD DONATED TO DONALD TRUMP 1007 00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:48,433 IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 1008 00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:50,700 ALL THE DONATIONS FOR ANYBODY 1009 00:33:50,766 --> 00:33:52,633 WHO LISTED USC PROFESSOR AND 1010 00:33:52,700 --> 00:33:54,066 WHAT YOUR TITLE IS WERE GOING TO 1011 00:33:54,133 --> 00:33:56,633 DEMOCRATS, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE 1012 00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:56,966 CANDIDATES. 1013 00:33:57,033 --> 00:33:59,300 PEOPLE ARE NOT WRONG WHEN THEY 1014 00:33:59,366 --> 00:34:01,633 SENSE A FEELING THERE BUT 1015 00:34:01,700 --> 00:34:02,466 DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT IS JUST AS 1016 00:34:02,533 --> 00:34:04,833 IMPORTANT AS DIVERSITY OF HOW WE 1017 00:34:04,900 --> 00:34:06,333 LOOK IN PROSPECTUS WE COME TO IT 1018 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:07,833 WITH. 1019 00:34:07,900 --> 00:34:09,266 THAT'S SOMETHING I BELIEVE MOST 1020 00:34:09,333 --> 00:34:10,266 ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS ARE TRYING 1021 00:34:10,333 --> 00:34:12,266 FOR EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE 1022 00:34:12,333 --> 00:34:13,333 LIKE THAT PROFESSOR FROM 1023 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:14,600 PORTLAND STATE WHO HAS BEEN 1024 00:34:14,666 --> 00:34:17,166 CHALLENGING -- HE HAS TRIED TO 1025 00:34:17,233 --> 00:34:18,000 CHALLENGE THAT SCHOOL FOR A LONG 1026 00:34:18,066 --> 00:34:19,000 TIME. 1027 00:34:19,066 --> 00:34:20,733 HE BRINGS IN DIFFERENT SPEAKERS 1028 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,266 AND TRIES TO HAVE THIS 1029 00:34:22,333 --> 00:34:22,933 CONVERSATION AND THAT'S 1030 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:24,466 IMPORTANT TO EXPOSE STUDENTS TO 1031 00:34:24,533 --> 00:34:26,066 SOMETHING ART EXPERIENCE TO, TO 1032 00:34:26,133 --> 00:34:27,366 READ GEORGE WILL'S COLUMNS, I 1033 00:34:27,433 --> 00:34:28,566 HAVE MY STUDENTS READ BILL 1034 00:34:28,633 --> 00:34:30,066 KRISTOL COLUMNS BECAUSE THEY 1035 00:34:30,133 --> 00:34:30,966 AREN'T EXPOSED TO IT AS MUCH AND 1036 00:34:31,033 --> 00:34:33,266 THEY HAVE TO BE. 1037 00:34:33,333 --> 00:34:33,533 [APPLAUSE] 1038 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:37,366 >> Bill: JUST HAVE THEM READ 1039 00:34:37,433 --> 00:34:41,233 GEORGE. 1040 00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:42,800 WHAT ABOUT WHAT THESE TEACHERS 1041 00:34:42,866 --> 00:34:44,266 ARE SAYING IN SPECIFIC, WHEN 1042 00:34:44,333 --> 00:34:45,433 PEOPLE SAY TO ME SOMETIMES YOU 1043 00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:46,833 GO AFTER THE LEFT A LOT THESE 1044 00:34:46,900 --> 00:34:49,600 DAYS, WHY? 1045 00:34:49,666 --> 00:34:52,000 AND I GO "BECAUSE YOU'RE 1046 00:34:52,066 --> 00:34:52,666 EMBARRASSING ME!" 1047 00:34:52,733 --> 00:34:54,333 THAT'S WHY I GO AFTER THE LEFT 1048 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:55,666 IN THE WAY YOU NEVER DID BEFORE 1049 00:34:55,733 --> 00:34:58,266 BECAUSE YOU ARE INVERTING 1050 00:34:58,333 --> 00:35:00,000 THAT -- I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP 1051 00:35:00,066 --> 00:35:00,633 ON BEING LIBERAL. 1052 00:35:00,700 --> 00:35:02,833 THIS IS WHAT THESE TEACHERS ARE 1053 00:35:02,900 --> 00:35:04,533 TALKING ABOUT. 1054 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:05,600 YOU'RE TAKING CHILDREN AND 1055 00:35:05,666 --> 00:35:06,800 MAKING THEM HYPER AWARE OF RACE 1056 00:35:06,866 --> 00:35:09,433 IN THE WAY WOULDN'T OTHERWISE 1057 00:35:09,500 --> 00:35:09,966 BE. 1058 00:35:10,033 --> 00:35:12,166 I SAW LAST NIGHT ON THE FOOTBALL 1059 00:35:12,233 --> 00:35:15,233 GAME, ALICIA KEYS SANG "LIFT 1060 00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:17,600 EVERY VOICE AND SING" WHICH NOW 1061 00:35:17,666 --> 00:35:19,266 I HEAR IS CALLED THE BLACK 1062 00:35:19,333 --> 00:35:19,933 NATIONAL ANTHEM. 1063 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,833 MAYBE WE SHOULD GET RID OF OUR 1064 00:35:21,900 --> 00:35:23,033 NATIONAL ANTHEM BUT I THINK WE 1065 00:35:23,100 --> 00:35:24,366 SHOULD HAVE ONE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 1066 00:35:24,433 --> 00:35:27,000 I THINK WHEN YOU GO DOWN A ROAD 1067 00:35:27,066 --> 00:35:28,933 WE ARE HAVING TWO DIFFERENT 1068 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:30,866 NATIONAL ANTHEMS, COLLEGES 1069 00:35:30,933 --> 00:35:33,133 SOMETIMES -- MANY OF THEM HAVE 1070 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:33,766 DIFFERENT GRADUATION CEREMONIES 1071 00:35:33,833 --> 00:35:36,333 FOR BLACK-AND-WHITE, SEPARATE 1072 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,100 DORMS -- THIS IS WHAT I MEAN, 1073 00:35:39,166 --> 00:35:40,366 SEGREGATION. 1074 00:35:40,433 --> 00:35:42,700 YOU CONVERTED THE IDEA. 1075 00:35:42,766 --> 00:35:43,700 WE ARE GOING BACK TO THAT UNDER 1076 00:35:43,766 --> 00:35:47,900 A DIFFERENT NAME. 1077 00:35:47,966 --> 00:35:50,900 [APPLAUSE] 1078 00:35:50,966 --> 00:35:52,400 YOU'RE MAKING A FACE, HOW DO YOU 1079 00:35:52,466 --> 00:35:54,233 SAY THAT IS NOT SEGREGATION, I 1080 00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:54,700 DON'T UNDERSTAND? 1081 00:35:54,766 --> 00:35:56,100 >> ALL OF THOSE THINGS, THAT 1082 00:35:56,166 --> 00:35:57,666 DOES NOT SOUND GOOD TO ME, 1083 00:35:57,733 --> 00:35:58,433 THAT'S NOT THE EXPERIENCE I'M 1084 00:35:58,500 --> 00:36:02,200 SEEING IN ACADEMIA. 1085 00:36:02,266 --> 00:36:03,000 YOU'RE HAVING REAL 1086 00:36:03,066 --> 00:36:03,366 CONVERSATIONS -- 1087 00:36:03,433 --> 00:36:03,966 >> Bill: YOU'RE NOT 1088 00:36:04,033 --> 00:36:05,400 EVERYWHERE, THIS IS HAPPENING. 1089 00:36:05,466 --> 00:36:06,600 >> THIS IS MY OWN PERSONAL 1090 00:36:06,666 --> 00:36:09,133 EXPERIENCE I'M TALKING ABOUT 1091 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,733 HERE. 1092 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,066 IT IS A MOMENT PEOPLE ARE 1093 00:36:13,133 --> 00:36:13,633 RECOGNIZING OTHERS HAVE 1094 00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:15,266 DIFFERENT LIVED EXPERIENCES AND 1095 00:36:15,333 --> 00:36:16,666 THIS GENERATION, I KNOW WE ARE 1096 00:36:16,733 --> 00:36:18,733 GOING WITH THIS, THEY ARE TOO 1097 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:19,700 WOKE AND ALL THAT. 1098 00:36:19,766 --> 00:36:22,500 I SPEND MY DAY AROUND 19 TO MY 1099 00:36:22,566 --> 00:36:23,100 25-YEAR-OLDS EVERY SINGLE DAY, 1100 00:36:23,166 --> 00:36:26,200 HUNDREDS OF THEM A WEEK. 1101 00:36:26,266 --> 00:36:26,800 GENERALLY, THEY HAVE A LOT OF 1102 00:36:26,866 --> 00:36:28,466 EMPATHY FOR OTHERS. 1103 00:36:28,533 --> 00:36:31,233 [APPLAUSE] 1104 00:36:31,300 --> 00:36:32,700 EVERYONE GETS A TROPHY, MY KID 1105 00:36:32,766 --> 00:36:35,966 LOST AT UNO AND HE WAS PISSED I 1106 00:36:36,033 --> 00:36:37,466 DIDN'T LET HIM WIN, THERE'S A 1107 00:36:37,533 --> 00:36:38,433 PURPOSE TO THAT I DON'T WANT HIM 1108 00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:39,900 TO FEEL LIKE HE'S PERFECTED 1109 00:36:39,966 --> 00:36:40,200 EVERYTHING. 1110 00:36:40,266 --> 00:36:43,233 THERE'S A MOMENT THESE YOUNG 1111 00:36:43,300 --> 00:36:46,700 PEOPLE ARE RECOGNIZING THE WORLD 1112 00:36:46,766 --> 00:36:48,766 ISN'T PERFECT AND THEY CAN WORK 1113 00:36:48,833 --> 00:36:50,766 TOGETHER TO COLLECTIVELY MAKE IT 1114 00:36:50,833 --> 00:36:51,000 BETTER. 1115 00:36:51,066 --> 00:36:52,300 >> Bill: YOU THINK THEY 1116 00:36:52,366 --> 00:36:54,033 DISCOVERED THAT? 1117 00:36:54,100 --> 00:36:54,633 YOU THINK THEY ARE THE FIRST 1118 00:36:54,700 --> 00:36:57,266 GENERATION THAT THOUGHT THAT, 1119 00:36:57,333 --> 00:36:59,900 THE WORLD ISN'T PERFECT? 1120 00:36:59,966 --> 00:37:00,433 EVERY GENERATION THINKS THE 1121 00:37:00,500 --> 00:37:08,100 WORLD'S TOTAL TO TO SHIT. 1122 00:37:08,166 --> 00:37:11,366 >> HENCE MY INSULT TO 1123 00:37:11,433 --> 00:37:13,766 BABY BOOMERS, I BELIEVE THE WAY 1124 00:37:13,833 --> 00:37:15,633 THIS GENERATION IS LOOKING AT 1125 00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:16,866 THINGS WILL BENEFIT THE 1126 00:37:16,933 --> 00:37:17,566 COLLECTIVE GOOD WHERE SO MUCH OF 1127 00:37:17,633 --> 00:37:20,200 IT IS SELFISH. 1128 00:37:20,266 --> 00:37:21,966 >> Bill: YOU THINK THIS 1129 00:37:22,033 --> 00:37:23,433 GENERATION IS LESS SELFISH? 1130 00:37:23,500 --> 00:37:26,400 WE'LL AND SEE HOW THAT COMES OUT 1131 00:37:26,466 --> 00:37:30,833 ON TIKTOK. 1132 00:37:30,900 --> 00:37:34,200 >> WHERE ARE RACE RELATIONS 1133 00:37:34,266 --> 00:37:35,100 WORSE, PROBABLY ON CAMPUS WHERE 1134 00:37:35,166 --> 00:37:37,100 THEY OBSESS ABOUT RACE 1135 00:37:37,166 --> 00:37:38,800 EXCESSIVELY. 1136 00:37:38,866 --> 00:37:44,366 AN ENORMOUS NU NUMBER OF PEOPLEA 1137 00:37:44,433 --> 00:37:44,966 MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR INCLUSION 1138 00:37:45,033 --> 00:37:45,933 INDUSTRY NOW EXISTS IN THIS 1139 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:46,700 COUNTRY TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT 1140 00:37:46,766 --> 00:37:47,733 THINGS ARE BAD AND GETTING 1141 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,733 WORSE, ACTUALLY, THEY ARE 1142 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:51,233 GETTING BETTER. 1143 00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:52,300 >> Bill: YES! 1144 00:37:52,366 --> 00:37:54,833 >> THE BEST EXAMPLE, THE ONLY 1145 00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:56,633 ESTABLISHED RELIGION IN THIS 1146 00:37:56,700 --> 00:37:58,200 COUNTRY IS SEC FOOTBALL DOWN 1147 00:37:58,266 --> 00:37:58,866 SOUTH, TURN ON THE FOOTBALL GAME 1148 00:37:58,933 --> 00:38:03,966 AND YOU WILL SEE GEORGIA, 1149 00:38:04,033 --> 00:38:05,400 ALABAMA, AND THE HEAD REFEREE IS 1150 00:38:05,466 --> 00:38:06,733 AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN, HE'S 1151 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:08,933 BOSSING EVERYONE AROUND. 1152 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:10,466 THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED TO PLAY IN 1153 00:38:10,533 --> 00:38:15,200 THE SEC UNTIL 60 YEARS AGO. 1154 00:38:15,266 --> 00:38:16,433 NOW THE DAILY INTERACTIONS OF 1155 00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:17,766 NORMAL AMERICANS WERE NOT 1156 00:38:17,833 --> 00:38:18,733 OBSESSING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT 1157 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:19,766 THE UNITED STATES WAS FOUNDED ON 1158 00:38:19,833 --> 00:38:23,033 RACE IN 1619, NOT OBSESSING 1159 00:38:23,100 --> 00:38:23,933 ABOUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY, 1160 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,600 THEY'RE GETTING ON WITH THEIR 1161 00:38:26,666 --> 00:38:28,333 LIVES AND RACE RELATIONS IN THE 1162 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:32,900 VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS 1163 00:38:32,966 --> 00:38:33,900 INTERACTIONS HAVE NEVER BEEN 1164 00:38:33,966 --> 00:38:34,133 BETTER. 1165 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,066 >> Bill: TO THE POINT ABOUT 1166 00:38:36,133 --> 00:38:36,933 INVERTING WITH THE GOALS WERE, 1167 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,133 WHEN I WAS A KID I WAS TOO YOUNG 1168 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,666 TO UNDERSTAND BUT MY FATHER WAS 1169 00:38:40,733 --> 00:38:42,100 TELLING ME JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS A 1170 00:38:42,166 --> 00:38:43,400 GREAT PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE SENT 1171 00:38:43,466 --> 00:38:47,200 THE TROOPS SO THAT BLACK KIDS 1172 00:38:47,266 --> 00:38:48,366 COULD GO TO SCHOOL, BECAUSE THE 1173 00:38:48,433 --> 00:38:50,200 GOAL WAS TO HAVE AS GOOD 1174 00:38:50,266 --> 00:38:50,833 EDUCATION FOR EVERYBODY. 1175 00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:53,733 NO I THINK I READ IN YOUR COLUMN 1176 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:54,966 ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON 1177 00:38:55,033 --> 00:38:57,633 WHICH HAS DIFFERENT GRADUATION 1178 00:38:57,700 --> 00:39:01,633 STANDARDS FOR "PEOPLE OF COLOR," 1179 00:39:01,700 --> 00:39:02,000 LOWER STANDARDS. 1180 00:39:02,066 --> 00:39:04,633 WHICH TO ME IS SUCH AN INSULT. 1181 00:39:04,700 --> 00:39:06,033 >> OREGON HAS SAID PROFICIENCY 1182 00:39:06,100 --> 00:39:08,600 REQUIREMENTS IN MATH AND READING 1183 00:39:08,666 --> 00:39:10,166 ARE NOW GOING TO BE SUSPENDED 1184 00:39:10,233 --> 00:39:13,633 FOR EQUITY REASONS BECAUSE THERE 1185 00:39:13,700 --> 00:39:14,866 ARE DISPROPORTIONATE OUTCOMES. 1186 00:39:14,933 --> 00:39:16,033 THIS IS THE SOFT BIGOTRY OF LOW 1187 00:39:16,100 --> 00:39:18,200 EXPECTATIONS APPLIED. 1188 00:39:18,266 --> 00:39:19,666 >> Bill: THAT'S RIGHT. 1189 00:39:19,733 --> 00:39:24,200 [APPLAUSE] 1190 00:39:24,266 --> 00:39:24,600 NO? 1191 00:39:24,666 --> 00:39:25,666 EVERY TIME YOU MAKE A FACE I 1192 00:39:25,733 --> 00:39:29,766 HAVE TO ASK WHY. 1193 00:39:29,833 --> 00:39:31,433 >> I THINK THIS IS A 1194 00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:33,033 CONVERSATION -- TAKING 1195 00:39:33,100 --> 00:39:35,033 STANDARDIZED TESTING AND 1196 00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:36,366 DISCUSSING HOW THAT HAS APPLIED 1197 00:39:36,433 --> 00:39:40,233 THE LAWSUIT AGAINST HARVARD AND 1198 00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:41,766 HOW -- THERE IS A MOMENT TO LOOK 1199 00:39:41,833 --> 00:39:44,466 AT WHAT IT MEANS TO GET A 1200 00:39:44,533 --> 00:39:46,066 COLLEGE EDUCATION NOW, THERE'S A 1201 00:39:46,133 --> 00:39:47,800 MOMENT TO LOOK AT HOW 1202 00:39:47,866 --> 00:39:50,166 STANDARDIZED TESTS APPLY TO 1203 00:39:50,233 --> 00:39:50,866 GROUPS OF PEOPLE. 1204 00:39:50,933 --> 00:39:52,766 THIS IS NOT MY AREA OF 1205 00:39:52,833 --> 00:39:53,733 EXPERTISE, AND TEACHING 1206 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:55,333 JOURNALISM, I'M NOT LOOKING AT 1207 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,433 ACADEMIA AS A WHOLE AND 1208 00:39:57,500 --> 00:39:59,000 ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE IT BUT 1209 00:39:59,066 --> 00:39:59,866 UNDERSTANDING WHY THESE 1210 00:39:59,933 --> 00:40:00,466 CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING I 1211 00:40:00,533 --> 00:40:03,400 THINK IS IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. 1212 00:40:03,466 --> 00:40:07,066 >> Bill: OKAY, LAST QUESTION. 1213 00:40:07,133 --> 00:40:08,500 [APPLAUSE] 1214 00:40:08,566 --> 00:40:09,066 ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11, I THINK 1215 00:40:09,133 --> 00:40:09,866 WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT A LOT 1216 00:40:09,933 --> 00:40:14,066 MORE ABOUT THE SAUDIS, FINALLY, 1217 00:40:14,133 --> 00:40:15,900 BIDEN SEEMS TO WANT TO GET INTO 1218 00:40:15,966 --> 00:40:17,166 WHAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO 1219 00:40:17,233 --> 00:40:17,900 SEE FOR YEARS. 1220 00:40:17,966 --> 00:40:19,500 I REMEMBER SEEING ALL OF THOSE 1221 00:40:19,566 --> 00:40:23,433 REPORTS, INTERNAL REPORTS, 1222 00:40:23,500 --> 00:40:24,066 SECURITY REPORTS WERE EVERYTHING 1223 00:40:24,133 --> 00:40:26,300 WAS BLACKED OUT. 1224 00:40:26,366 --> 00:40:29,233 EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SAUDIS, WE 1225 00:40:29,300 --> 00:40:30,666 CAN KNOW. 1226 00:40:30,733 --> 00:40:31,966 I'M JUST WONDERING, SINCE THIS 1227 00:40:32,033 --> 00:40:34,433 IS A FEW YEARS PAST WE KNOW WHEN 1228 00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:37,233 THEY KILLED JAMAL KHASHOGGI WITH 1229 00:40:37,300 --> 00:40:40,633 A BONE SAW, WILL THAT COLOR OUR 1230 00:40:40,700 --> 00:40:41,366 THINKING OF WHAT THE SAUDIS ARE 1231 00:40:41,433 --> 00:40:42,666 CAPABLE OF AND WHAT THEY MIGHT 1232 00:40:42,733 --> 00:40:44,866 HAVE BEEN DOING PRE9/11? 1233 00:40:44,933 --> 00:40:45,666 >> THAT'S WITH LUDACRIS ABOUT 1234 00:40:45,733 --> 00:40:47,300 THE FACT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS 1235 00:40:47,366 --> 00:40:49,500 BEEN HIDING AND TOLD BIDEN UNDER 1236 00:40:49,566 --> 00:40:51,500 EXTREME PRESSURE WAS TOLD BY 1237 00:40:51,566 --> 00:40:52,133 SURVIVORS OF THE FAMILIES WOULD 1238 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,766 NOT BE WELCOME AT 111 1239 00:40:54,833 --> 00:40:56,800 COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS, IF HE 1240 00:40:56,866 --> 00:40:58,933 DIDN'T RELEASE HITHERTO KEPT 1241 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,200 SECRET REPORTS OF THE 9/11 1242 00:41:01,266 --> 00:41:04,700 COMMISSION -- THAT MIGHT CAUSE 1243 00:41:04,766 --> 00:41:07,166 THE SAUDIS TO HAVE A BAD 1244 00:41:07,233 --> 00:41:09,700 REPUTATION. 1245 00:41:09,766 --> 00:41:10,700 [LAUGHTER] 1246 00:41:10,766 --> 00:41:12,300 HOW DO YOU LOSE A REPUTATION YOU 1247 00:41:12,366 --> 00:41:14,733 FORFEITED WITH 15 OF YOUR MEN 1248 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:16,333 WITH OBVIOUS AID AND COMFORT 1249 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,733 FROM SAUDI OFFICIALS AND 1250 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:19,433 CHARITIES, SO-CALLED, RUN BY THE 1251 00:41:19,500 --> 00:41:23,033 GOVERNMENT -- FLEW THE PLANES. 1252 00:41:23,100 --> 00:41:25,466 THE IDEA WE ARE PROTECTING THE 1253 00:41:25,533 --> 00:41:26,600 SAUDIS FROM FORFEITING A 1254 00:41:26,666 --> 00:41:28,366 REPUTATION HE FORFEITED LONG AGO 1255 00:41:28,433 --> 00:41:29,533 IS ABSURD. 1256 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,233 SECRECY MAKES US IGNORANT, 1257 00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:33,166 SECRECY IS GOVERNMENT 1258 00:41:33,233 --> 00:41:33,466 REGULATION. 1259 00:41:33,533 --> 00:41:34,766 MOST GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS -- 1260 00:41:34,833 --> 00:41:38,866 [APPLAUSE] 1261 00:41:38,933 --> 00:41:42,666 OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED SOME SECRETS 1262 00:41:42,733 --> 00:41:43,766 TO PROTECT GOVERNMENT 1263 00:41:43,833 --> 00:41:46,033 DELIBERATIONS AND SOURCES AND 1264 00:41:46,100 --> 00:41:48,200 METHODS OF INTELLIGENCE, BUT 1265 00:41:48,266 --> 00:41:49,033 MOST REGULATION TELLS US WHAT WE 1266 00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:51,600 CANNOT DO. 1267 00:41:51,666 --> 00:41:55,066 SECRECY TELLS US WHAT WE CANNOT 1268 00:41:55,133 --> 00:41:56,066 KNOW AND GOVERNMENT ALWAYS HAS 1269 00:41:56,133 --> 00:41:58,033 AN INTEREST TO MAXIMIZE SECRECY 1270 00:41:58,100 --> 00:41:59,566 AS ITS PRIVATE PROPERTY WHICH IS 1271 00:41:59,633 --> 00:42:02,166 WHY I SALUTE THE FAMILIES, MORE 1272 00:42:02,233 --> 00:42:04,000 THAN 2,000 PEOPLE PUT PRESSURE 1273 00:42:04,066 --> 00:42:05,833 ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND 1274 00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:06,433 THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAID 1275 00:42:06,500 --> 00:42:10,333 "WELL, OKAY, WE'LL WE THINK 1276 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:11,166 THIS. 1277 00:42:11,233 --> 00:42:12,333 WATCH THEM COME AFTER 9/11 HAS 1278 00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:13,966 PASSED AND THE FLEETING 1279 00:42:14,033 --> 00:42:15,133 ATTENTION SPAN OF THE AMERICAN 1280 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:17,066 PEOPLE MOVES ON, WE'LL SEE IF 1281 00:42:17,133 --> 00:42:17,633 THEY ACTUALLY RELEASE THIS. 1282 00:42:17,700 --> 00:42:20,766 >> Bill: WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 1283 00:42:20,833 --> 00:42:21,633 SECRECY, I MUST SAY THE THING I 1284 00:42:21,700 --> 00:42:24,400 ALWAYS THINK OF AS A SECRET IS 1285 00:42:24,466 --> 00:42:25,466 MONEY. 1286 00:42:25,533 --> 00:42:27,266 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 1287 00:42:27,333 --> 00:42:29,333 $3.5 TRILLION WHICH USED TO BE A 1288 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:30,800 LOT OF MONEY. 1289 00:42:30,866 --> 00:42:36,100 I KIND OF STILL THINK IT IS, AND 1290 00:42:36,166 --> 00:42:37,933 WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT THIS? 1291 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,500 ALL I KNOW AND EVEN WHEN I READ 1292 00:42:40,566 --> 00:42:42,533 DETAILED ARTICLES, WHAT THE HECK 1293 00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,100 ARE THEY DOING WITH THIS MONEY, 1294 00:42:45,166 --> 00:42:46,600 WITH THAT KIND OF MONEY? 1295 00:42:46,666 --> 00:42:50,566 WHERE IS IT GOING, DO WE HAVE 1296 00:42:50,633 --> 00:42:51,666 ANY IDEA? 1297 00:42:51,733 --> 00:42:53,833 PEOPLE JUST VOTE BASED ON THAT'S 1298 00:42:53,900 --> 00:42:58,400 MY TEAM AND THIS COUNTRY, THE 1299 00:42:58,466 --> 00:43:01,800 WRONG DIRECTION UNDER TRUMP, 1300 00:43:01,866 --> 00:43:02,633 LET'S VOTE $3.5 TRILLION TO GO 1301 00:43:02,700 --> 00:43:03,600 IN THE OTHER DIRECTION AND I 1302 00:43:03,666 --> 00:43:04,466 DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE 1303 00:43:04,533 --> 00:43:07,166 SPENT WISELY. 1304 00:43:07,233 --> 00:43:09,833 >> NEVER MIND IF THE MY TEAM 1305 00:43:09,900 --> 00:43:11,400 THAT IS DOING THINGS THAT 1306 00:43:11,466 --> 00:43:12,800 CONFLICT WITH ITS OWN VALUES 1307 00:43:12,866 --> 00:43:13,833 WITH DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE. 1308 00:43:13,900 --> 00:43:15,800 YOU CAN COMPARE THIS TO THE 1309 00:43:15,866 --> 00:43:16,700 FIGHT OVER INFRASTRUCTURE, 1310 00:43:16,766 --> 00:43:18,666 THAT'S ONE REASON WHY JOE BIDEN 1311 00:43:18,733 --> 00:43:21,566 IS TWISTED UP ABOUT WHAT'S GOING 1312 00:43:21,633 --> 00:43:23,633 TO HAPPEN WITH SOME VERY 1313 00:43:23,700 --> 00:43:24,333 IMPORTANT BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR 1314 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,400 THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THEY ARE 1315 00:43:26,466 --> 00:43:27,266 ALLOWING SENATOR MANCHIN TO HAVE 1316 00:43:27,333 --> 00:43:29,066 HIS SAY HERE AND THAT SHOULDN'T 1317 00:43:29,133 --> 00:43:29,966 SURPRISE ANYONE. 1318 00:43:30,033 --> 00:43:30,800 WE KNOW GOING AND THAT'S WHAT 1319 00:43:30,866 --> 00:43:32,600 JOE BIDEN WAS GOING TO DO, HE 1320 00:43:32,666 --> 00:43:33,500 WAS GOING TO BE A CREATURE OF 1321 00:43:33,566 --> 00:43:35,033 THE SENATE AND MAKE SURE HE'S 1322 00:43:35,100 --> 00:43:36,066 LISTENING TO HIS FORMER 1323 00:43:36,133 --> 00:43:38,300 COLLEAGUES THERE AND THAT'S 1324 00:43:38,366 --> 00:43:39,533 GOING TO DICTATE THEIR 1325 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:40,466 DECISIONS. 1326 00:43:40,533 --> 00:43:41,900 THAT IS ALL PARTY LINES DRAWN 1327 00:43:41,966 --> 00:43:46,166 AND UNTIL SOMETHING CHANGES AT A 1328 00:43:46,233 --> 00:43:48,133 LEVEL WHERE YOU HAVE BIGGER 1329 00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:49,566 MAJORITIES AND MORE POWER, 1330 00:43:49,633 --> 00:43:52,566 YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE SEEING 1331 00:43:52,633 --> 00:43:52,766 THIS. 1332 00:43:52,833 --> 00:43:54,700 PEOPLE TAKING THEIR SIDES AND 1333 00:43:54,766 --> 00:43:54,966 THAT'S IT. 1334 00:43:55,033 --> 00:43:57,500 >> YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT WHERE 1335 00:43:57,566 --> 00:43:59,300 THE MONEY'S GOING, I'M WORRIED 1336 00:43:59,366 --> 00:44:00,666 ABOUT WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. 1337 00:44:00,733 --> 00:44:02,066 FOR ALL THE TALK ABOUT THE 1338 00:44:02,133 --> 00:44:03,533 DISCORD IN WASHINGTON, MUCH MORE 1339 00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:06,600 FRIGHTENING IS THE CONSENSUS, 1340 00:44:06,666 --> 00:44:10,166 IT'S AS BROAD AS THE REPUBLIC, 1341 00:44:10,233 --> 00:44:11,166 DEEP AS THE GRAND CANYON AND IT 1342 00:44:11,233 --> 00:44:13,266 IS THIS. 1343 00:44:13,333 --> 00:44:16,133 WE SHOULD HAVE A LARGE, EVERMORE 1344 00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:17,166 AMBITIOUS ENTITLEMENT STATE AND 1345 00:44:17,233 --> 00:44:18,100 NOT PAY FOR IT, EVERYONE'S 1346 00:44:18,166 --> 00:44:20,700 AGREED ON ITS. 1347 00:44:20,766 --> 00:44:21,433 [APPLAUSE] 1348 00:44:21,500 --> 00:44:23,266 >> Bill: ALSO A LARGE, 1349 00:44:23,333 --> 00:44:25,333 EVERMORE UNNECESSARY BLOATED 1350 00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:28,166 PENTAGON. 1351 00:44:28,233 --> 00:44:28,433 [APPLAUSE] 1352 00:44:28,500 --> 00:44:29,533 THAT'S AT LEAST AS BIG A PROBLEM 1353 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:31,200 AS THE ENTITLEMENT STATE, IS IT 1354 00:44:31,266 --> 00:44:31,666 NOT TO? 1355 00:44:31,733 --> 00:44:33,266 THAT WE CONSTANTLY ARE PUTTING 1356 00:44:33,333 --> 00:44:35,033 MORE MONEY AND VERY OFTEN, THE 1357 00:44:35,100 --> 00:44:37,033 PENTAGON WILL SAY, NO, WE DON'T 1358 00:44:37,100 --> 00:44:39,200 NEED THESE TANKS, WE CAN'T USE 1359 00:44:39,266 --> 00:44:39,400 THEM. 1360 00:44:39,466 --> 00:44:41,000 AND THEY STILL MAKE THEM, 1361 00:44:41,066 --> 00:44:46,466 BECAUSE THAT'S REAL SOCIALISM. 1362 00:44:46,533 --> 00:44:48,366 OKAY, I GOT TO GO TO NEW RULES, 1363 00:44:48,433 --> 00:44:51,800 EVERYBODY, THANK YOU. 1364 00:44:51,866 --> 00:44:54,866 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1365 00:44:54,933 --> 00:44:56,600 ♪ ♪ 1366 00:44:56,666 --> 00:44:57,733 NEW RULE: JOHN BENNETT, CHAIRMAN 1367 00:44:57,800 --> 00:44:58,466 OF THE OKLAHOMA REPUBLICAN 1368 00:44:58,533 --> 00:44:59,166 PARTY, HAS TO TELL US: IF THIS 1369 00:44:59,233 --> 00:45:01,133 REALLY IS YOU POSING WITH YOUR 1370 00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:02,300 FAMILY, ISN'T THE LIBERAL 1371 00:45:02,366 --> 00:45:03,633 CARICATURE OF REPUBLICANS RIGHT 1372 00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:09,800 ON THE MONEY? 1373 00:45:09,866 --> 00:45:10,066 [LAUGHTER] 1374 00:45:10,133 --> 00:45:10,866 [APPLAUSE] 1375 00:45:10,933 --> 00:45:11,966 AND ISN'T YOUR CARICATURE OF 1376 00:45:12,033 --> 00:45:15,533 LIBERALS A LITTLE OFF? 1377 00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:16,633 BECAUSE THIS IS ALICIA ANDREWS, 1378 00:45:16,700 --> 00:45:17,933 CHAIR OF THE OKLAHOMA DEMOCRATS, 1379 00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:18,633 AND I DON'T SEE HER POSING WITH 1380 00:45:18,700 --> 00:45:24,666 HER FAMILY LIKE THIS. 1381 00:45:24,733 --> 00:45:26,700 [LAUGHTER] 1382 00:45:26,766 --> 00:45:27,600 [APPLAUSE] 1383 00:45:27,666 --> 00:45:29,300 NEW RULE: SOMEONE HAS TO TELL ME 1384 00:45:29,366 --> 00:45:30,566 WHY THE FIRED GUY ALWAYS HAS A 1385 00:45:30,633 --> 00:45:34,866 BOX WITH A SMALL POTTED PLANT. 1386 00:45:34,933 --> 00:45:35,200 [LAUGHTER] 1387 00:45:35,266 --> 00:45:36,500 PEOPLE WHO KNOW AMERICA ONLY 1388 00:45:36,566 --> 00:45:37,466 FROM MOVIES MUST THINK A BEGONIA 1389 00:45:37,533 --> 00:45:41,100 IS SEVERANCE PAY. 1390 00:45:41,166 --> 00:45:41,366 [LAUGHTER] 1391 00:45:41,433 --> 00:45:42,566 BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT THIS GUY, 1392 00:45:42,633 --> 00:45:43,266 HE'S GOING HOME TO A GOOD WOMAN 1393 00:45:43,333 --> 00:45:44,666 WHO JUST BOUGHT THE FOOD ALL 1394 00:45:44,733 --> 00:45:52,800 AMERICANS EAT AFTER A TRIP TO 1395 00:45:52,866 --> 00:45:54,700 THE MARKET: CELERY AND FRENCH 1396 00:45:54,766 --> 00:45:57,266 BREAD TO. 1397 00:45:57,333 --> 00:45:57,966 NEW RULE: JANET 1398 00:45:58,033 --> 00:45:58,233 [LAUGHTER] 1399 00:45:58,300 --> 00:45:58,500 [APPLAUSE] 1400 00:45:58,566 --> 00:45:59,866 CHEN, WHO CREATED THESE EAR 1401 00:45:59,933 --> 00:46:00,433 COVERINGS FEATURED AT CHINA 1402 00:46:00,500 --> 00:46:01,100 FASHION WEEK, MUST FIRE HER 1403 00:46:01,166 --> 00:46:02,266 TRANSLATOR. 1404 00:46:02,333 --> 00:46:03,400 I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS NOT WHAT 1405 00:46:03,466 --> 00:46:03,666 [LAUGHTER] 1406 00:46:03,733 --> 00:46:04,700 THOSE AMERICANS MEANT WHEN THEY 1407 00:46:04,766 --> 00:46:06,033 ASKED HER TO DESIGN HEADPHONES 1408 00:46:06,100 --> 00:46:13,466 FOR HOUSE MUSIC. 1409 00:46:13,533 --> 00:46:13,966 [LAUGHTER] 1410 00:46:14,033 --> 00:46:14,900 [APPLAUSE] 1411 00:46:14,966 --> 00:46:16,700 NEW RULE: NOW THAT ABBA ARE 1412 00:46:16,766 --> 00:46:17,533 GOING ON TOUR AS 1413 00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:18,866 COMPUTER-GENERATED AVATARS 1414 00:46:18,933 --> 00:46:20,033 SOMEONE HAS TO ASK THEM, 1415 00:46:20,100 --> 00:46:21,066 "WEREN'T YOU ALWAYS 1416 00:46:21,133 --> 00:46:27,766 COMPUTER-GENERATED AVATARS?" 1417 00:46:27,833 --> 00:46:28,533 [LAUGHTER] 1418 00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:28,800 [APPLAUSE] 1419 00:46:28,866 --> 00:46:29,833 YOU MEAN HUMANS WROTE "GIMME 1420 00:46:29,900 --> 00:46:30,333 GIMME GIMME A MAN AFTER 1421 00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:32,800 MIDNIGHT?" 1422 00:46:32,866 --> 00:46:34,500 I ALWAYS ASSUMED IT WAS AN IBM 1423 00:46:34,566 --> 00:46:35,200 SUPER-COMPUTER SET TO "FULL 1424 00:46:35,266 --> 00:46:43,266 CAUCASIAN." 1425 00:46:43,333 --> 00:46:43,600 [LAUGHTER] 1426 00:46:43,666 --> 00:46:43,866 [APPLAUSE] 1427 00:46:43,933 --> 00:46:46,066 NEW RULE: THE COVID PATIENTS AT 1428 00:46:46,133 --> 00:46:47,200 A THAILAND FIELD HOSPITAL WHO 1429 00:46:47,266 --> 00:46:49,200 WERE DOING SO MANY DRUGS AND 1430 00:46:49,266 --> 00:46:55,166 HAVING SO MUCH GROUP SEX THAT 1431 00:46:55,233 --> 00:46:55,433 [LAUGHTER] 1432 00:46:55,500 --> 00:46:56,466 THE POLICE HAD TO RAID THE 1433 00:46:56,533 --> 00:46:57,500 PLACE, HAVE TO TELL US. 1434 00:46:57,566 --> 00:47:05,366 WHAT DRUGS? 1435 00:47:05,433 --> 00:47:05,733 [LAUGHTER] 1436 00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:06,200 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1437 00:47:06,266 --> 00:47:10,300 BECAUSE IT SURE SOUNDS LIKE THEY 1438 00:47:10,366 --> 00:47:12,000 WORKED. 1439 00:47:12,066 --> 00:47:12,266 [LAUGHTER] 1440 00:47:12,333 --> 00:47:13,366 AND FINALLY, NEW RULE. 1441 00:47:13,433 --> 00:47:14,033 BEFORE WE SPREAD DEMOCRACY 1442 00:47:14,100 --> 00:47:14,866 AROUND THE WORLD, AMERICA HAS TO 1443 00:47:14,933 --> 00:47:15,866 FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPREAD WATER 1444 00:47:15,933 --> 00:47:21,900 AROUND AMERICA. 1445 00:47:21,966 --> 00:47:23,200 [APPLAUSE] 1446 00:47:23,266 --> 00:47:24,966 WE DON'T KNOW IF AFGHANISTAN 1447 00:47:25,033 --> 00:47:27,000 EVEN WANTED DEMOCRACY, BUT I'VE 1448 00:47:27,066 --> 00:47:27,733 BEEN TO BURBANK -- I KNOW THEY 1449 00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:31,333 DRINK WATER. 1450 00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:31,600 [LAUGHTER] 1451 00:47:31,666 --> 00:47:33,933 BUT FOR HOW MUCH LONGER? 1452 00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:35,533 OUR NEW NORMAL IS NEVER-ENDING, 1453 00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:37,333 LIFE THREATENING DROUGHT AND 1454 00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:40,900 WILDFIRES IN THE WEST, AND IN 1455 00:47:40,966 --> 00:47:42,500 THE EAST, THE OPPOSITE: THAT'S 1456 00:47:42,566 --> 00:47:44,000 THE "EXTREME RAINFALL" AREA, 1457 00:47:44,066 --> 00:47:52,866 WHAT I CALL THE CARDI B REGION, 1458 00:47:52,933 --> 00:47:53,133 [LAUGHTER] 1459 00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:54,233 BECAUSE IF YOU LIVE THERE, YOUR 1460 00:47:54,300 --> 00:47:57,966 ASS IS GOING TO BE WET. 1461 00:47:58,033 --> 00:47:58,233 [LAUGHTER] 1462 00:47:58,300 --> 00:48:00,433 [APPLAUSE] 1463 00:48:00,500 --> 00:48:01,500 RIVERS HERE IN THE WEST DRY 1464 00:48:01,566 --> 00:48:02,566 UP, THE EAST COAST WILL BE 1465 00:48:02,633 --> 00:48:03,800 GETTING BRAND NEW RIVERS, LIKE 1466 00:48:03,866 --> 00:48:07,333 THIS ONE IN MANHATTAN. 1467 00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:08,766 IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ON THE 1468 00:48:08,833 --> 00:48:09,666 SUBWAY, THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S 1469 00:48:09,733 --> 00:48:12,366 SUPPOSED TO LOOK. 1470 00:48:12,433 --> 00:48:12,633 [LAUGHTER] 1471 00:48:12,700 --> 00:48:13,700 AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, WHEN I SAW 1472 00:48:13,766 --> 00:48:14,666 THAT VIDEO, I THINK I HAD THE 1473 00:48:14,733 --> 00:48:15,600 SAME THOUGHT AS EVERYONE HERE IN 1474 00:48:15,666 --> 00:48:24,733 CALIFORNIA: CAN WE HAVE SOME? 1475 00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:26,033 [APPLAUSE] 1476 00:48:26,100 --> 00:48:27,433 WHENEVER I WATCH FLOOD FOOTAGE 1477 00:48:27,500 --> 00:48:28,766 FROM ANYWHERE, I FEEL LIKE A 1478 00:48:28,833 --> 00:48:29,400 GIRL WITH NO ASS STARING AT KIM 1479 00:48:29,466 --> 00:48:32,633 KARDASHIAN. 1480 00:48:32,700 --> 00:48:34,666 JUST ONCE, I'D LIKE TO BE THE 1481 00:48:34,733 --> 00:48:35,300 DUMBASS WHOSE CAR STALLS OUT IN 1482 00:48:35,366 --> 00:48:38,900 THE INTERSECTION. 1483 00:48:38,966 --> 00:48:39,700 FOR MORE ON THIS, LET'S GO TO 1484 00:48:39,766 --> 00:48:43,833 ME, WITH THE WEATHER. 1485 00:48:43,900 --> 00:48:44,966 "OKAY, ON THIS SIDE OF THE 1486 00:48:45,033 --> 00:48:45,733 COUNTRY IT DOESN'T RAIN ANYMORE, 1487 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:46,633 EVER. 1488 00:48:46,700 --> 00:48:47,733 AND ON THIS SIDE OF THE COUNTRY, 1489 00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:49,133 THEY'RE DROWNING. 1490 00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:58,566 NOW HERE'S SPORTS." 1491 00:48:58,633 --> 00:48:59,133 [LAUGHTER] 1492 00:48:59,200 --> 00:48:59,600 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1493 00:48:59,666 --> 00:49:04,433 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PLEASE. 1494 00:49:04,500 --> 00:49:05,000 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1495 00:49:05,066 --> 00:49:06,900 YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T AN 1496 00:49:06,966 --> 00:49:08,600 IMPONDERABLE QUANDARY, LIKE COLD 1497 00:49:08,666 --> 00:49:09,766 FUSION OR WHY THEY CAN'T FIND A 1498 00:49:09,833 --> 00:49:13,033 HOST FOR JEOPARDY. 1499 00:49:13,100 --> 00:49:13,300 [LAUGHTER] 1500 00:49:13,366 --> 00:49:14,866 AS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE 1501 00:49:14,933 --> 00:49:16,666 SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY 1502 00:49:16,733 --> 00:49:17,633 ONCE SAID, "ONE MAN'S FLOOD 1503 00:49:17,700 --> 00:49:18,566 CONTROL IS ANOTHER MAN'S WATER 1504 00:49:18,633 --> 00:49:20,633 SUPPLY." 1505 00:49:20,700 --> 00:49:21,766 DOES ANYONE SEE WHERE I'M GOING 1506 00:49:21,833 --> 00:49:26,800 WITH THIS? 1507 00:49:26,866 --> 00:49:27,900 THAT IT WOULD BE A GIANT WIN-WIN 1508 00:49:27,966 --> 00:49:30,566 IF WE JUST BUILT PIPELINES FROM 1509 00:49:30,633 --> 00:49:31,533 WHERE THE WATER IS, TO WHERE THE 1510 00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:40,166 WATER ISN'T. 1511 00:49:40,233 --> 00:49:40,633 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1512 00:49:40,700 --> 00:49:41,266 I'M NOT A CIVIL ENGINEER BUT IF 1513 00:49:41,333 --> 00:49:42,733 WE CAN EXTRACT SHALE OIL FROM 1514 00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:44,100 TAR SANDS TWO MILES BELOW THE 1515 00:49:44,166 --> 00:49:45,533 FROZEN SURFACE OF CANADA AND 1516 00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:49,800 PIPE IT TO LOUISIANA, WHY NOT 1517 00:49:49,866 --> 00:49:52,233 WATER? 1518 00:49:52,300 --> 00:49:53,900 [APPLAUSE] 1519 00:49:53,966 --> 00:49:55,000 WATER IS A LOT EASIER TO GET 1520 00:49:55,066 --> 00:49:57,300 THAN OIL -- I'VE HEARD THERE ARE 1521 00:49:57,366 --> 00:49:58,533 PLACES WHERE IT LITERALLY FALLS 1522 00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:05,566 FROM THE SKY. 1523 00:50:05,633 --> 00:50:05,833 [LAUGHTER] 1524 00:50:05,900 --> 00:50:06,500 NOW, IN THE PAST WHEN I'VE 1525 00:50:06,566 --> 00:50:07,433 BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF A WATER 1526 00:50:07,500 --> 00:50:08,666 PIPELINE, I WAS DETERRED FROM 1527 00:50:08,733 --> 00:50:10,366 PRESSING THE POINT BY THE 1528 00:50:10,433 --> 00:50:12,700 CONVENTIONAL WISDOM THAT THIS 1529 00:50:12,766 --> 00:50:14,400 HAS BEEN PROPOSED AND STUDIED 1530 00:50:14,466 --> 00:50:16,933 AND IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE. 1531 00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:18,366 BUT I LOOKED INTO THE DETAILS 1532 00:50:18,433 --> 00:50:19,200 AND TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO CALL 1533 00:50:19,266 --> 00:50:21,266 BULLSHIT ON THAT. 1534 00:50:21,333 --> 00:50:23,800 WHAT'S NOT FEASIBLE IS US. 1535 00:50:23,866 --> 00:50:26,800 THIS IDEA IS ONLY A 1536 00:50:26,866 --> 00:50:28,566 "NON-STARTER" BECAUSE OF PETTY 1537 00:50:28,633 --> 00:50:29,866 POLITICAL SQUABBLES, INSANE 1538 00:50:29,933 --> 00:50:32,300 LEVELS OF GRAFT AND RED TAPE -- 1539 00:50:32,366 --> 00:50:33,866 IT'S COMPLETELY DOABLE, AND IN 1540 00:50:33,933 --> 00:50:35,566 FACT HAS BEEN PROPOSED MANY 1541 00:50:35,633 --> 00:50:37,733 TIMES BY SERIOUS PEOPLE. 1542 00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:40,533 AVAILABILITY OF WATER IS NOT THE 1543 00:50:40,600 --> 00:50:43,400 PROBLEM. 1544 00:50:43,466 --> 00:50:44,966 TO THE EAST OF US, FLOODING, TO 1545 00:50:45,033 --> 00:50:46,400 THE WEST, A GIANT RESERVOIR 1546 00:50:46,466 --> 00:50:48,333 CALLED THE PACIFIC OCEAN -- OH 1547 00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:50,533 YES THE OCEAN. 1548 00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:51,900 DID YOU KNOW THAT ISRAEL GETS 1549 00:50:51,966 --> 00:50:54,066 MOST OF ITS WATER FROM THE 1550 00:50:54,133 --> 00:50:55,466 OCEAN, FROM DESALINIZATION? 1551 00:50:55,533 --> 00:50:57,766 WHY CAN'T WE DO DESALINIZATION 1552 00:50:57,833 --> 00:51:01,433 IF ISRAEL DOES? 1553 00:51:01,500 --> 00:51:05,566 WE HAVE JEWS HERE -- I'M SURE 1554 00:51:05,633 --> 00:51:05,866 [LAUGHTER] 1555 00:51:05,933 --> 00:51:07,566 [APPLAUSE] 1556 00:51:07,633 --> 00:51:09,166 THEY CAN FIGURE IT OUT. 1557 00:51:09,233 --> 00:51:11,133 WE HAVE LOTS OF SMART PEOPLE. 1558 00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:12,633 THE PROBLEM ISN'T ONE OF 1559 00:51:12,700 --> 00:51:13,866 KNOW-HOW EITHER -- IT'S WILL. 1560 00:51:13,933 --> 00:51:14,700 AND SELFISHNESS. 1561 00:51:14,766 --> 00:51:16,966 AND GREED. 1562 00:51:17,033 --> 00:51:18,966 THINK ABOUT IT LOGICALLY: WHY 1563 00:51:19,033 --> 00:51:19,600 WOULD IT REALLY BE HARDER TO GET 1564 00:51:19,666 --> 00:51:22,733 WATER THROUGH A PIPE THAN OIL? 1565 00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:24,000 THE U.S. ALREADY HAS 2.6 MILLION 1566 00:51:24,066 --> 00:51:25,566 MILES OF PIPELINES. 1567 00:51:25,633 --> 00:51:27,033 TO TRANSPORT OIL. 1568 00:51:27,100 --> 00:51:29,166 AND NATURAL GAS, AND HAZARDOUS 1569 00:51:29,233 --> 00:51:32,300 LIQUIDS -- ARE THEY ALL REALLY 1570 00:51:32,366 --> 00:51:34,633 EASIER TO MOVE THAN WATER? 1571 00:51:34,700 --> 00:51:35,666 IS A WATER PIPELINE REALLY MORE 1572 00:51:35,733 --> 00:51:37,366 OF AN ENGINEERING CHALLENGE THAN 1573 00:51:37,433 --> 00:51:39,066 WHEN WE BUILT RAILROADS THROUGH 1574 00:51:39,133 --> 00:51:40,966 THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, OR LAID THE 1575 00:51:41,033 --> 00:51:42,733 TRANS-ATLANTIC CABLE, OR MADE 1576 00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:44,800 THE PANAMA CANAL? 1577 00:51:44,866 --> 00:51:47,533 OR PUT A MAN ON THE MOON, WHICH, 1578 00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:49,733 EVEN IF YOU THINK WAS FAKED, YOU 1579 00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:51,133 HAVE TO ADMIT: PULLING OFF A 1580 00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:52,600 PRANK LIKE THAT WOULD IN ITSELF 1581 00:51:52,666 --> 00:51:53,300 BE QUITE A REMARKABLE 1582 00:51:53,366 --> 00:52:03,400 ACHIEVEMENT. 1583 00:52:03,466 --> 00:52:07,833 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1584 00:52:07,900 --> 00:52:08,866 MOVING WATER IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 1585 00:52:08,933 --> 00:52:09,500 IT CAN BE DONE. 1586 00:52:09,566 --> 00:52:10,400 OTHERS HAVE DONE IT. 1587 00:52:10,466 --> 00:52:11,033 THE ROMANS DID IT WITH 1ST 1588 00:52:11,100 --> 00:52:12,366 CENTURY TECHNOLOGY -- SOME OF 1589 00:52:12,433 --> 00:52:14,500 THEIR AQUEDUCTS ARE STILL IN 1590 00:52:14,566 --> 00:52:14,666 USE. 1591 00:52:14,733 --> 00:52:15,566 THE INCAS, THE MINOANS, THE 1592 00:52:15,633 --> 00:52:16,666 EGYPTIANS, LOTS OF ANCIENT 1593 00:52:16,733 --> 00:52:17,866 PEOPLE DID IT. 1594 00:52:17,933 --> 00:52:20,600 AND LET'S NOT FORGET MOSES 1595 00:52:20,666 --> 00:52:26,900 PARTING THE RED SEA. 1596 00:52:26,966 --> 00:52:27,166 [LAUGHTER] 1597 00:52:27,233 --> 00:52:27,433 [APPLAUSE] 1598 00:52:27,500 --> 00:52:29,366 CHINA DOES IT NOW. 1599 00:52:29,433 --> 00:52:31,366 BEIJING DEPENDS ON WATER THAT IS 1600 00:52:31,433 --> 00:52:33,533 PROVIDED BY THEIR MASSIVE 1601 00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:35,933 SOUTH-NORTH WATER TRANSFER 1602 00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:38,533 PROJECT WHICH WAS BEGUN IN 1603 00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:40,633 DECEMBER OF 2002, AND OF COURSE, 1604 00:52:40,700 --> 00:52:42,000 BEING CHINA COMPLETED THE NEXT 1605 00:52:42,066 --> 00:52:50,866 DAY. 1606 00:52:50,933 --> 00:52:51,166 [LAUGHTER] 1607 00:52:51,233 --> 00:52:51,433 [APPLAUSE] 1608 00:52:51,500 --> 00:52:54,500 BUT IN AMERICA, WE DON'T EVEN 1609 00:52:54,566 --> 00:52:55,766 START, BECAUSE WE KNOW: WHY 1610 00:52:55,833 --> 00:52:59,066 WOULD IT BE ANY DIFFERENT FROM 1611 00:52:59,133 --> 00:53:00,733 EVERY OTHER AMBITIOUS PROJECT -- 1612 00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:02,066 LIKE AFGHANISTAN -- THAT ALWAYS 1613 00:53:02,133 --> 00:53:03,066 JUST TURNS INTO A GIANT MONEY 1614 00:53:03,133 --> 00:53:05,300 GRAB? 1615 00:53:05,366 --> 00:53:07,166 HERE IN CALIFORNIA WE KNOW: WE 1616 00:53:07,233 --> 00:53:07,866 CAN'T HOUSE THE HOMELESS BECAUSE 1617 00:53:07,933 --> 00:53:09,766 THE COST OF A SINGLE UNIT HAS 1618 00:53:09,833 --> 00:53:12,566 RISEN TO 750,000 DOLLARS. 1619 00:53:12,633 --> 00:53:14,000 WE TRIED TO BUILD HIGH-SPEED 1620 00:53:14,066 --> 00:53:15,000 RAIL. 1621 00:53:15,066 --> 00:53:16,133 THEY FINALLY PULLED THE PLUG ON 1622 00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:17,300 THAT BECAUSE THE COST GOT SO OUT 1623 00:53:17,366 --> 00:53:18,566 OF HAND. 1624 00:53:18,633 --> 00:53:20,633 THAT'S WHY NOTHING EVER GETS 1625 00:53:20,700 --> 00:53:21,933 DONE IN THIS COUNTRY, BECAUSE SO 1626 00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:23,466 MUCH BULLSHIT IS BUILT INTO 1627 00:53:23,533 --> 00:53:24,733 EVERYTHING, THAT IT'S A 1628 00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:26,600 BOONDOGGLE BEFORE IT STARTS. 1629 00:53:26,666 --> 00:53:29,066 THIS IS OUR TRAGIC FLAW: THE 1630 00:53:29,133 --> 00:53:30,600 EVER BALLOONING COSTS, THE 1631 00:53:30,666 --> 00:53:32,766 INFLATED CONTRACTS, THE 1632 00:53:32,833 --> 00:53:34,933 BACK-SCRATCHING, THE KICKBACKS, 1633 00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:35,900 THE PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, THE 1634 00:53:35,966 --> 00:53:37,966 PADDED EXPENSE ACCOUNTS, THE 1635 00:53:38,033 --> 00:53:40,500 LAYERS AND LAYERS OF 1636 00:53:40,566 --> 00:53:41,633 "CONSULTANTS," THE PERMITS, THE 1637 00:53:41,700 --> 00:53:43,933 FEES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 1638 00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:46,733 STATEMENTS, THE LAWSUITS, THE 1639 00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:50,433 LAWYERS, THE LOBBYISTS, THE RED 1640 00:53:50,500 --> 00:53:50,633 TAPE. 1641 00:53:50,700 --> 00:53:52,466 GRAFT ON A SCALE UNTAMABLE. 1642 00:53:52,533 --> 00:53:53,566 BUT 78 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN 1643 00:53:53,633 --> 00:53:55,633 THE WEST. 1644 00:53:55,700 --> 00:53:56,900 WHAT DO WE DO IN THE NOT 1645 00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:58,000 SO-DISTANT FUTURE WHEN THEY'RE 1646 00:53:58,066 --> 00:54:00,366 ALL WATER REFUGEES? 1647 00:54:00,433 --> 00:54:02,300 THE COLORADO RIVER SUPPLIES 1648 00:54:02,366 --> 00:54:03,466 FORTY MILLION PEOPLE WITH THE 1649 00:54:03,533 --> 00:54:05,666 WATER THEY NEED TO LIVE, AND 1650 00:54:05,733 --> 00:54:07,333 IT'S DRYING UP -- THOSE PEOPLE 1651 00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:09,533 CAN'T ALL GET IN COVERED WAGONS, 1652 00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:10,266 HEAD EAST AND MOVE BACK IN WITH 1653 00:54:10,333 --> 00:54:14,933 THEIR PARENTS. 1654 00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:15,200 [LAUGHTER] 1655 00:54:15,266 --> 00:54:15,666 OKAY, THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1656 00:54:15,733 --> 00:54:16,066 [APPLAUSE] 1657 00:54:16,133 --> 00:54:17,033 I'LL BE AT THE ECCLES THEATER IN 1658 00:54:17,100 --> 00:54:18,566 SALT LAKE CITY, THIS SUNDAY 1659 00:54:18,633 --> 00:54:20,266 SEPTEMBER 12TH, AT CITY NATIONAL 1660 00:54:20,333 --> 00:54:26,900 CIVIC IN SAN JOSE, SEPTEMBER 1661 00:54:26,966 --> 00:54:30,166 AND INVENTING HIM CENTER IN 1662 00:54:30,233 --> 00:54:30,866 PITTSBURGH ON THE 1663 00:54:30,933 --> 00:54:31,900 I WANT TO THANK MY GUESTS 1664 00:54:31,966 --> 00:54:32,100 17TH. 1665 00:54:32,166 --> 00:54:32,700 CHRISTINA BELLANTONI, GEORGE 1666 00:54:32,766 --> 00:54:35,966 WILL AND BARBARA LEE. 1667 00:54:36,033 --> 00:54:38,566 NDU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! 1668 00:54:38,633 --> 00:54:39,033 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1669 00:54:39,100 --> 00:54:48,966 ♪ ♪ 1670 00:54:49,033 --> 00:54:53,333 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1671 00:54:53,400 --> 00:55:05,366 ♪ ♪ 1672 00:55:05,433 --> 00:55:06,433 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]