1 00:00:05,338 --> 00:00:11,644 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:11,711 --> 00:00:25,291 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:25,358 --> 00:00:30,530 ♪ ♪ 4 00:00:30,597 --> 00:00:36,035 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 5 00:00:36,102 --> 00:00:37,237 >> John: WELCOME, WELCOME TO 6 00:00:37,303 --> 00:00:38,238 LAST WEEK TONIGHT I'M JOHN 7 00:00:38,304 --> 00:00:39,272 OLIVER THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 8 00:00:39,339 --> 00:00:41,408 JOINING US IT HAS BEEN A BUSY 9 00:00:41,474 --> 00:00:43,243 WEEK FROM TRUMP ANNOUNCING PLANS 10 00:00:43,309 --> 00:00:44,811 TO RUIN YOUR THANKSGIVING AT 11 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:45,278 LEAST ONE MORE TIME TO 12 00:00:45,345 --> 00:00:46,646 NANCY PELOSI ANNOUNCING SHE WILL 13 00:00:46,713 --> 00:00:48,248 STEP DOWN FROM HER LEADERSHIP 14 00:00:48,314 --> 00:00:49,783 ROLE IN THE HOUSE TO PARIS 15 00:00:49,849 --> 00:00:52,419 REVEALING ITS OLYMPIC MASCOT 16 00:00:52,485 --> 00:00:52,886 WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT'S 17 00:00:52,952 --> 00:00:55,588 ADVERTISING A WORLDWIDE SPORTING 18 00:00:55,655 --> 00:00:57,023 EVENT AND MORE LIKE A 19 00:00:57,090 --> 00:00:57,991 GYNECOLOGIST SPENT TOO MUCH ON 20 00:00:58,057 --> 00:00:58,258 MARKETING. 21 00:00:58,324 --> 00:01:00,660 WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE 22 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:01,828 ONGOING CHAOS AT TWITTER, IT'S 23 00:01:01,895 --> 00:01:02,862 BEEN THREE WEEKS SINCE IT WAS 24 00:01:02,929 --> 00:01:04,297 TAKEN OVER BY ELON MUSK A MAN 25 00:01:04,364 --> 00:01:08,968 WHO ANSWERS THE QUESTION WHAT IF 26 00:01:09,035 --> 00:01:09,502 WILLY WONKA BENEFITED FROM 27 00:01:09,569 --> 00:01:10,870 APARTHEID THE? 28 00:01:10,937 --> 00:01:11,137 [LAUGHTER] 29 00:01:11,204 --> 00:01:13,406 GOING BACK TO THE START OF HIS 30 00:01:13,473 --> 00:01:14,040 TAKEOVER, FROM DAY ONE TREND IT 31 00:01:14,107 --> 00:01:17,343 WAS A TOTAL MESS. 32 00:01:17,410 --> 00:01:19,746 >> HE POSTED A VIDEO OF HIM 33 00:01:19,813 --> 00:01:21,114 ARRIVING AT TWITTER'S HQ. 34 00:01:21,181 --> 00:01:23,583 LET THAT SINK AND HE TOLD US. 35 00:01:23,650 --> 00:01:25,185 HE ANNOUNCED COMEDY IS NOW LEGAL 36 00:01:25,251 --> 00:01:26,386 ON TWITTER. 37 00:01:26,453 --> 00:01:28,188 >> John: OKAY THEN. 38 00:01:28,254 --> 00:01:31,024 IF COMEDY IS NOW LEGAL WE 39 00:01:31,090 --> 00:01:31,624 PROBABLY NEED TO RECONVENE THE 40 00:01:31,691 --> 00:01:33,593 COMEDY SUPREME COURT TO SET A 41 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:35,228 PRECEDENT ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR 42 00:01:35,295 --> 00:01:36,529 VIOLATION OF COMEDY MALL RIGHT 43 00:01:36,596 --> 00:01:37,730 THERE. 44 00:01:37,797 --> 00:01:38,665 MANY OF THE WORST PEOPLE 45 00:01:38,731 --> 00:01:41,401 ON TWITTER SEEM TO TAKE IT AS 46 00:01:41,468 --> 00:01:44,003 THE BRAKES ARE NOW OFF, FINDING 47 00:01:44,070 --> 00:01:48,241 USE OF A RACIAL SLUR SPIKING 48 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:49,476 NEARLY 500%. 49 00:01:49,542 --> 00:01:50,710 WHICH IS PRETTY SHOCKING EVEN 50 00:01:50,777 --> 00:01:53,179 FOR A WEBSITE WHERE A REGULAR 51 00:01:53,246 --> 00:01:56,483 TRENDING TOPIC IS SOMETIMES JUST 52 00:01:56,549 --> 00:01:59,819 "THE JEWS." 53 00:01:59,886 --> 00:02:03,122 30,000 PEOPLE TWEETING ABOUT THE 54 00:02:03,189 --> 00:02:04,057 JEWS ON A THURSDAY AFTERNOON YOU 55 00:02:04,123 --> 00:02:06,626 DO NOT WANT TO CLICK TO FIND OUT 56 00:02:06,693 --> 00:02:07,227 WHY. 57 00:02:07,293 --> 00:02:08,795 HE INITIALLY TRIED TO SET 58 00:02:08,862 --> 00:02:09,696 EXPECTATIONS LOW TWEETING PLEASE 59 00:02:09,762 --> 00:02:11,531 NOTE THAT TWITTER WILL DO LOTS 60 00:02:11,598 --> 00:02:13,933 OF DUMB THINGS IN THE COMING 61 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:14,501 MONTHS, SOMETHING HE THEN 62 00:02:14,567 --> 00:02:17,036 ELABORATED ON LIKE THIS. 63 00:02:17,103 --> 00:02:19,372 >> THE INTENT IS NOT TO DO DUMB 64 00:02:19,439 --> 00:02:20,139 THINGS, WE AREN'T ASPIRATIONAL 65 00:02:20,206 --> 00:02:23,076 LAY DUMB. 66 00:02:23,142 --> 00:02:26,813 WE ARE ASPIRATIONAL HE NOT DUMB. 67 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:28,581 >> John: IF YOU HAVE TO SAY WE 68 00:02:28,648 --> 00:02:29,983 ARE NOT DUMB IN THREE SLIGHTLY 69 00:02:30,049 --> 00:02:32,285 DIFFERENT WAYS IN A ROW THAT 70 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:33,019 DOESN'T INSPIRE CONFIDENCE. 71 00:02:33,086 --> 00:02:36,556 IT'S LIKE SOMEONE GOING "I'M 72 00:02:36,623 --> 00:02:38,625 SOBER, I'M NOT DRUNK, I'M GOOD 73 00:02:38,691 --> 00:02:39,926 TO DRIVE." 74 00:02:39,993 --> 00:02:41,361 AT THE END OF THOSE THREE 75 00:02:41,427 --> 00:02:42,228 STATEMENTS I'M NOT HANDING YOU 76 00:02:42,295 --> 00:02:43,796 THE KEYS TO ANYTHING. 77 00:02:43,863 --> 00:02:45,331 ALSO TWITTER HAS ALWAYS BEEN A 78 00:02:45,398 --> 00:02:47,267 PLACE WHERE YOU SHOULD BE 79 00:02:47,333 --> 00:02:48,034 ASPIRATIONAL LAY DUMB. 80 00:02:48,101 --> 00:02:50,503 IF IT ENDS UP BECOMING SOMEWHERE 81 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:53,473 YOU CAN'T TWEET THE BABA DUKE 82 00:02:53,540 --> 00:02:54,107 THROAT GAME PROBABLY CRAZY AND 83 00:02:54,173 --> 00:02:57,744 GET A QUARTER A MILLION LIKES I 84 00:02:57,810 --> 00:02:59,946 DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT 85 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:01,614 ANYMORE. 86 00:03:01,681 --> 00:03:03,016 INDEED THEY HAVE DONE SOME VERY 87 00:03:03,082 --> 00:03:04,784 DUMB THINGS, A NEW PROGRAM WENT 88 00:03:04,851 --> 00:03:07,820 LIVE FOR THE SITE CHARGED $8 A 89 00:03:07,887 --> 00:03:09,255 MONTH FOR BLUE CHECKMARKS, USED 90 00:03:09,322 --> 00:03:11,991 TO VERIFY COMPANIES ACTUALLY ARE 91 00:03:12,058 --> 00:03:13,960 WHO THEY SAID THEY WERE. 92 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:16,796 WHEN AMTRAK POSTED THE ACTUAL 93 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:17,597 TWEET "TRAINS." 94 00:03:17,664 --> 00:03:19,766 YOU KNEW AN EXPERT WAS WEIGHING 95 00:03:19,832 --> 00:03:20,833 IN. 96 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:21,634 AND THAT SELLING THAT 97 00:03:21,701 --> 00:03:23,636 VERIFICATION FOR $8 HAD 98 00:03:23,703 --> 00:03:24,203 PREDICTABLE RESULTS. 99 00:03:24,270 --> 00:03:26,272 >> I WANT TO SHOW YOU A FEW OF 100 00:03:26,339 --> 00:03:28,741 THE FAKE ACCOUNTS THAT HAVE 101 00:03:28,808 --> 00:03:29,042 POPPED UP. 102 00:03:29,108 --> 00:03:32,445 FAKE ACCOUNT FOR NINTENDO, THE 103 00:03:32,512 --> 00:03:34,347 VIDEO GAME COMPANY SHOWED MARIO 104 00:03:34,414 --> 00:03:35,014 THERE, THE ICONIC FIGURE GIVING 105 00:03:35,081 --> 00:03:39,819 THE FINGER. 106 00:03:39,886 --> 00:03:41,888 IT'S OFFENSIVE, I GUESS. 107 00:03:41,955 --> 00:03:43,957 >> John: I GUESS IT IS. 108 00:03:44,023 --> 00:03:46,359 OF MARIO GIVING THE FINGER 109 00:03:46,426 --> 00:03:48,928 APPARENTLY UNACCEPTABLE BUT 500% 110 00:03:48,995 --> 00:03:51,731 INCREASE IN RACISM, WHAT ARE YOU 111 00:03:51,798 --> 00:03:52,599 GOING TO DO? 112 00:03:52,665 --> 00:03:55,602 THAT DOESN'T COUNT, THAT WAS 113 00:03:55,668 --> 00:03:57,236 ALLOWED, I CHECKED. 114 00:03:57,303 --> 00:03:59,672 IT WASN'T JUST NINTENDO A FAKE 115 00:03:59,739 --> 00:04:01,207 VERIFIED PEPSI ACCOUNTS TWEETED 116 00:04:01,274 --> 00:04:04,277 COKE IS BETTER, AMERICAN GIRL 117 00:04:04,344 --> 00:04:05,278 ACCOUNT TWEETED FELICITY OWNED 118 00:04:05,345 --> 00:04:07,246 SLAVES WHICH MAKES YOU WONDER 119 00:04:07,313 --> 00:04:08,615 WHAT FELICITY DISCOVERS THE 120 00:04:08,681 --> 00:04:10,617 SECRET WAS REALLY ABOUT AND A 121 00:04:10,683 --> 00:04:12,418 FAKE VERIFY TESLA ACCOUNT 122 00:04:12,485 --> 00:04:14,354 TWEETED WE WILL BE OFFERING 123 00:04:14,420 --> 00:04:16,055 10,000 VEHICLES TO THE UKRAINIAN 124 00:04:16,122 --> 00:04:17,991 MILITARY, OUR CARS ARE THE MOST 125 00:04:18,057 --> 00:04:19,258 ADVANCED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES ON 126 00:04:19,325 --> 00:04:20,026 THE MARKET. 127 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:21,461 CLEARLY THINGS ARE CHANGING 128 00:04:21,527 --> 00:04:23,496 ON TWITTER RIGHT NOW. 129 00:04:23,563 --> 00:04:25,331 THE SITE NO LONGER SEEMS TO BE 130 00:04:25,398 --> 00:04:27,834 ADDING EXPLANATIONS TO TRENDING 131 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:29,636 TOPICS, PREVIOUSLY HELPED ADD 132 00:04:29,702 --> 00:04:30,970 CONTEXT AND HELP COMBAT THIS 133 00:04:31,037 --> 00:04:31,270 INFORMATION. 134 00:04:31,337 --> 00:04:35,074 WHICH IS WHY R.I.P. JIMMY FALLON 135 00:04:35,141 --> 00:04:36,376 WAS TWEETED WITH NO FURTHER 136 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:39,712 INFORMATION WHICH PROMPTED 137 00:04:39,779 --> 00:04:42,415 FALLON HIMSELF TO POST CAN YOU 138 00:04:42,482 --> 00:04:47,820 FIX THIS WHICH PROMPTED HIM TO 139 00:04:47,887 --> 00:04:48,388 RESPOND FIX WHAT? 140 00:04:48,454 --> 00:04:49,389 A VERY FUNNY RESPONSE. 141 00:04:49,455 --> 00:04:52,025 ALL OF THIS IS TAKING A REAL 142 00:04:52,091 --> 00:04:53,326 TOLL, MAJOR ADVERTISERS HAVE 143 00:04:53,393 --> 00:04:54,560 PULLED THEIR ADVERTISING REVENUE 144 00:04:54,627 --> 00:04:57,030 INCLUDING GENERAL MILLS, GM, 145 00:04:57,096 --> 00:04:57,864 UNITED AIRLINES, AND PFIZER 146 00:04:57,930 --> 00:04:59,532 WHICH IS PROBABLY A SMART MOVE 147 00:04:59,599 --> 00:05:00,433 FOR THEM. 148 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:02,301 WE ARE ABOUT FIVE SECONDS AWAY 149 00:05:02,368 --> 00:05:06,305 FROM A FAKE PFIZER ACCOUNT 150 00:05:06,372 --> 00:05:08,474 TWEETING THE RUMORS ARE TRUE OR 151 00:05:08,541 --> 00:05:12,545 A FAKE GENERAL MILLS ACCOUNT 152 00:05:12,612 --> 00:05:13,946 TWEETING AT CHEERIOS OUR COCK 153 00:05:14,013 --> 00:05:15,148 RINGS FOR MICE. 154 00:05:15,214 --> 00:05:16,382 AS FOR WORKING INSIDE TWITTER 155 00:05:16,449 --> 00:05:17,884 THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE, 156 00:05:17,950 --> 00:05:20,486 MUSK HAS GOTTEN BITTEN OF HALF 157 00:05:20,553 --> 00:05:21,821 THE STAFF TARGETING ANY WORKERS 158 00:05:21,888 --> 00:05:23,122 WHO HAVE CRITICIZED HIM AT 159 00:05:23,189 --> 00:05:24,424 ONE POINT ENGINEERS WERE ASKED 160 00:05:24,490 --> 00:05:25,925 TO PRINT OUT THEIR RECENT CODE 161 00:05:25,992 --> 00:05:28,361 CONTRIBUTIONS SO THEY COULD BE 162 00:05:28,428 --> 00:05:30,329 EVALUATED WHICH IS NOT ONLY HOW 163 00:05:30,396 --> 00:05:31,197 YOU WOULD TRADITIONALLY EVALUATE 164 00:05:31,264 --> 00:05:33,199 CODE, IT'S ALSO A SECURITY RISK 165 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:34,400 WHICH IS PRESUMABLY WHY 166 00:05:34,467 --> 00:05:36,102 ENGINEERS WERE QUICKLY TOLD TO 167 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:39,372 SHRED THEIR PRINTOUTS. 168 00:05:39,439 --> 00:05:40,506 SOME ARGUE THERE WAS A METHOD TO 169 00:05:40,573 --> 00:05:42,775 THIS MADNESS, OTHERS AREN'T SO 170 00:05:42,842 --> 00:05:43,209 SURE. 171 00:05:43,276 --> 00:05:44,811 >> YOU DON'T FIRE HALF THE 172 00:05:44,877 --> 00:05:45,945 PEOPLE THAT WORK AT A COMPANY 173 00:05:46,012 --> 00:05:50,750 UNLESS YOU HAVE A PLAN. 174 00:05:50,817 --> 00:05:56,189 >> YEAH, I MEAN I DON'T KNOW. 175 00:05:56,255 --> 00:05:56,756 THIS GUY SIGN SOME PAPERWORK 176 00:05:56,823 --> 00:05:59,892 EIGHT MONTHS AGO THAT IT BECAME 177 00:05:59,959 --> 00:06:01,360 VERY CLEAR HE DIDN'T WANT TO 178 00:06:01,427 --> 00:06:02,962 SIGN AND LATER ON SPENT SEVEN 179 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:04,430 MONTHS TRYING TO RENEGE ON IT. 180 00:06:04,497 --> 00:06:06,699 IF HE HAS A PLAN I WOULD LIKE TO 181 00:06:06,766 --> 00:06:09,602 SEE IT, IT IS NOT A PUBLICLY 182 00:06:09,669 --> 00:06:10,136 AVAILABLE ONE. 183 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:11,370 >> John: RIGHT. 184 00:06:11,437 --> 00:06:12,338 IT SURE SEEMS LIKE ELON MUSK 185 00:06:12,405 --> 00:06:14,874 DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN, HE SEEMS TO 186 00:06:14,941 --> 00:06:17,043 BE CROWDSOURCING ADVICE WITH 187 00:06:17,110 --> 00:06:18,244 DESPERATE TWEETS LIKE "WHAT 188 00:06:18,311 --> 00:06:19,612 SHOULD TWITTER DO NEXT?" 189 00:06:19,679 --> 00:06:25,451 THAT'S WHEN HE'S NOT SHARING 190 00:06:25,518 --> 00:06:27,987 MEMES, HE CAPTIONED THIS ROCKS. 191 00:06:28,054 --> 00:06:30,623 THIS IS WHAT HE SPENT 192 00:06:30,690 --> 00:06:32,358 $44 BILLION TO DO, TO TWEET THIS 193 00:06:32,425 --> 00:06:34,327 ROCK JOKE. 194 00:06:34,393 --> 00:06:35,795 WE MIGHT NEED TO MAKE COMEDY 195 00:06:35,862 --> 00:06:41,100 ILLEGAL AGAIN. 196 00:06:41,167 --> 00:06:43,002 NOT ONLY HAVE MULTIPLE LABOR 197 00:06:43,069 --> 00:06:44,971 LAWSUITS ALREADY BEEN FILED, 198 00:06:45,037 --> 00:06:46,038 TWITTER HAS BEEN OPERATING UNDER 199 00:06:46,105 --> 00:06:49,008 THE CONSENT DECREE FROM THE FTC 200 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:50,209 REQUIRING SPECIAL OVERSIGHT 201 00:06:50,276 --> 00:06:52,612 AFTER ALLEGATIONS OF USER DATA 202 00:06:52,678 --> 00:06:53,946 MISUSE BUT SEVERAL KEY PEOPLE 203 00:06:54,013 --> 00:06:55,081 RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT OVERSIGHT 204 00:06:55,148 --> 00:06:59,285 ARE NOW GONE. 205 00:06:59,352 --> 00:07:01,020 WHILE HIS ONLINE PERSONA HAS 206 00:07:01,087 --> 00:07:02,755 BEEN A FUN TROLL DURING AN 207 00:07:02,822 --> 00:07:04,190 APPEARANCE ON MONDAY YOU GOT THE 208 00:07:04,257 --> 00:07:05,391 SENSE THAT THE FUND MAY HAVE 209 00:07:05,458 --> 00:07:07,727 WORN OFF FOR HIM. 210 00:07:07,794 --> 00:07:09,228 >> I'M REALLY WORKING THE 211 00:07:09,295 --> 00:07:11,330 ABSOLUTE MOST AMOUNT I CAN WORK 212 00:07:11,397 --> 00:07:12,632 FROM MORNING UNTIL NIGHT SEVEN 213 00:07:12,698 --> 00:07:15,635 DAYS A WEEK. 214 00:07:15,701 --> 00:07:16,702 THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I WOULD 215 00:07:16,769 --> 00:07:22,975 RECOMMEND, FRANKLY. 216 00:07:23,042 --> 00:07:25,578 YEAH. 217 00:07:25,645 --> 00:07:27,780 [LAUGHTER] 218 00:07:27,847 --> 00:07:29,849 I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY. 219 00:07:29,916 --> 00:07:32,985 >> John: HOLY SHIT! 220 00:07:33,052 --> 00:07:35,521 THAT MAN IS IN EVERY POSSIBLE 221 00:07:35,588 --> 00:07:37,590 SENSE IN A VERY DARK PLACE. 222 00:07:37,657 --> 00:07:39,792 THE ENTIRE VIBE OF THAT VIDEO IS 223 00:07:39,859 --> 00:07:42,728 "WIZARD OF OZ" SUICIDE NOTE. 224 00:07:42,795 --> 00:07:44,730 WHO KNOWS WHAT IS GOING TO 225 00:07:44,797 --> 00:07:45,698 HAPPEN FROM HERE? 226 00:07:45,765 --> 00:07:47,967 HE CERTAINLY DOESN'T SEEM TO HE 227 00:07:48,034 --> 00:07:49,602 HAS DECIMATED HIS STAFF AND HIS 228 00:07:49,669 --> 00:07:51,237 PRODUCT, HE CAN TRY TO SELL 229 00:07:51,304 --> 00:07:52,471 WHAT'S LEFT OF TWITTER OR HE CAN 230 00:07:52,538 --> 00:07:54,607 CONTINUE FUNCTIONALLY WORSE THAN 231 00:07:54,674 --> 00:07:55,808 BEFORE AS A FREE-FOR-ALL DIGITAL 232 00:07:55,875 --> 00:07:56,809 CLOWN TOWN. 233 00:07:56,876 --> 00:07:57,777 THE POTENTIAL COLLAPSE OF THIS 234 00:07:57,844 --> 00:07:59,212 SITE HAS BEEN SAD FOR THE 235 00:07:59,278 --> 00:08:00,646 WORKERS AND THOSE WHO HAVE 236 00:08:00,713 --> 00:08:03,049 RELIED ON IT THERE IS UNDENIABLY 237 00:08:03,115 --> 00:08:03,649 SOMETHING A LITTLE SATISFYING 238 00:08:03,716 --> 00:08:06,219 ABOUT A GUY WHO WAS SO DESPERATE 239 00:08:06,285 --> 00:08:07,954 TO BE PERCEIVED AS COOL AND 240 00:08:08,020 --> 00:08:10,189 FUNNY ON THE INTERNET THAT HE 241 00:08:10,256 --> 00:08:11,591 PAID $44 BILLION TO MAKE IT 242 00:08:11,657 --> 00:08:13,559 HAPPEN ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT HE 243 00:08:13,626 --> 00:08:15,228 STILL SOMEHOW COULDN'T AFFORD 244 00:08:15,294 --> 00:08:16,195 IT. 245 00:08:16,262 --> 00:08:17,830 LET THAT ONE SINK IN. 246 00:08:17,897 --> 00:08:20,800 AND NOW, THIS. 247 00:08:20,867 --> 00:08:23,769 >> AND NOW, PEOPLE ON TV HAVE 248 00:08:23,836 --> 00:08:25,204 SOME THOUGHTS ON THANKSGIVING 249 00:08:25,271 --> 00:08:25,538 FOOD. 250 00:08:25,605 --> 00:08:28,808 >> THE SIDES, EVERYTHING ELSE 251 00:08:28,875 --> 00:08:31,010 INVOLVED IN THANKSGIVING. 252 00:08:31,077 --> 00:08:32,979 FOOTBALL, FRIENDS, FAMILY -- 253 00:08:33,045 --> 00:08:34,013 TURKEY? 254 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:34,180 NO. 255 00:08:34,247 --> 00:08:36,282 >> I LOVE ALL THE OTHER 256 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:38,317 LEFTOVERS, JUST NOT THE TURKEY. 257 00:08:38,384 --> 00:08:40,253 IT SMELLS REALLY BAD TO ME. 258 00:08:40,319 --> 00:08:42,788 >> TURKEY TASTES LIKE DIRT, HAM 259 00:08:42,855 --> 00:08:43,689 TASTES LIKE SALTED DIRT. 260 00:08:43,756 --> 00:08:46,092 >> I DON'T LIKE SWEET POTATOES. 261 00:08:46,158 --> 00:08:49,161 >> I REMEMBER THAT. 262 00:08:49,228 --> 00:08:51,397 >> I'VE HEARD RECENTLY THAT SAY 263 00:08:51,464 --> 00:08:52,565 WHITE PEOPLE THING. 264 00:08:52,632 --> 00:08:54,100 >> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT BUT I 265 00:08:54,166 --> 00:08:57,169 DIDN'T WANT TO BE OFFENSIVE. 266 00:08:57,236 --> 00:08:58,271 >> NOBODY EATS ALL THE GREEN 267 00:08:58,337 --> 00:09:00,139 BEAN CASSEROLE WHEN I MAKE IT. 268 00:09:00,206 --> 00:09:01,374 >> I DON'T LIKE THE FEELING ON 269 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:02,975 THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH. 270 00:09:03,042 --> 00:09:04,277 >> THE ONLY THING MY KID WILL 271 00:09:04,343 --> 00:09:07,914 EAT ARE THE BISCUITS HE HAD 272 00:09:07,980 --> 00:09:08,314 THANKSGIVING FOOD. 273 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:10,316 >> I TRIED TO. 274 00:09:10,383 --> 00:09:12,485 I MAKE REALLY GOOD GREEN BEAN 275 00:09:12,551 --> 00:09:12,985 CASSEROLE TOO. 276 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:15,788 >> APPARENTLY NOT! 277 00:09:15,855 --> 00:09:16,055 [LAUGHTER] 278 00:09:16,122 --> 00:09:17,390 >> John: MOVING ON OUR MAIN 279 00:09:17,456 --> 00:09:19,725 STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS THE 280 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:20,226 WORLD CUP, IT'S LIKE THE 281 00:09:20,293 --> 00:09:21,360 SUPER BOWL EXCEPT THE REST OF 282 00:09:21,427 --> 00:09:23,629 THE WORLD ACTUALLY GIVES A FUCK. 283 00:09:23,696 --> 00:09:26,132 THE WORLD CUP IS A BIG DEAL, A 284 00:09:26,198 --> 00:09:29,035 COUNTRY QUALIFYING FOR IT IS A 285 00:09:29,101 --> 00:09:30,803 HUGE CELEBRATION. 286 00:09:30,870 --> 00:09:31,437 WATCH THIS AUSTRALIAN REPORTER 287 00:09:31,504 --> 00:09:34,040 WHEN HIS NATION TO PERU ON 288 00:09:34,106 --> 00:09:35,007 PENALTIES TO MAKE IT TO THE 289 00:09:35,074 --> 00:09:37,576 TOURNAMENT. 290 00:09:37,643 --> 00:09:40,579 >> WE ARE THROUGH, WE ARE 291 00:09:40,646 --> 00:09:40,846 THROUGH! 292 00:09:40,913 --> 00:09:43,516 HOW GOOD IS THIS? 293 00:09:43,582 --> 00:09:50,790 [SCREAMING] 294 00:09:50,856 --> 00:10:01,000 HOW ARE YOU FEELING? 295 00:10:01,067 --> 00:10:01,534 [LAUGHTER] 296 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:02,768 >> John: THERE IS NOTHING NOT 297 00:10:02,835 --> 00:10:04,937 TO LOVE ABOUT THAT FROM THE 298 00:10:05,004 --> 00:10:06,138 REPORTER HOLDING OUT HIS 299 00:10:06,205 --> 00:10:08,240 MICROPHONE TO AMPLIFY PEOPLES 300 00:10:08,307 --> 00:10:10,409 JOY SHRIEKING TO THE GUY KISSING 301 00:10:10,476 --> 00:10:12,278 THE CAMERA TO SOMEONE STEALING 302 00:10:12,345 --> 00:10:13,145 HIS STAFF WOULD SADLY HE NEVER 303 00:10:13,212 --> 00:10:14,814 GOT BACK AND THE REASON I KNOW 304 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:16,449 THAT IS I HAVE IT NOW. 305 00:10:16,515 --> 00:10:17,550 IT USED TO BE YOUR MOM'S BUT NOW 306 00:10:17,616 --> 00:10:20,786 IT'S ALL MINE. 307 00:10:20,853 --> 00:10:22,755 THE WORLD CUP GOT UNDERWAY TODAY 308 00:10:22,822 --> 00:10:24,724 AND WE HAVE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT 309 00:10:24,790 --> 00:10:26,158 THE ORGANIZATION BEHIND IT -- 310 00:10:26,225 --> 00:10:29,528 FEE FOR A CARTEL-LIKE GROUP OF 311 00:10:29,595 --> 00:10:30,796 SCUMBAGS, ASSORTED CRIMINALS WHO 312 00:10:30,863 --> 00:10:32,498 OCCASIONALLY PUT ON SOCCER 313 00:10:32,565 --> 00:10:32,732 MATCHES. 314 00:10:32,798 --> 00:10:34,934 FEVER HAS ALWAYS BEEN TERRIBLE 315 00:10:35,001 --> 00:10:37,136 WHICH IS WHAT MAKES IT A LITTLE 316 00:10:37,203 --> 00:10:38,337 HARD WHO CLAIMS THEIR EVENT 317 00:10:38,404 --> 00:10:40,339 ISN'T JUST ABOUT SPORT IT'S A 318 00:10:40,406 --> 00:10:45,011 NET POSITIVE FOR HUMANITY. 319 00:10:45,077 --> 00:10:46,278 >> THIS WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT OF 320 00:10:46,345 --> 00:10:48,080 PEACE AND UNITY WILL BE THE ONE 321 00:10:48,147 --> 00:10:50,249 THAT BRINGS THE WORLD TOGETHER 322 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:52,618 AFTER SOME DIFFICULT TIMES. 323 00:10:52,685 --> 00:10:53,552 WE SHOULD NEVER UNDERESTIMATE 324 00:10:53,619 --> 00:10:56,789 THE UNIFYING POWER THAT 325 00:10:56,856 --> 00:10:57,590 SOMETHING SO UNIQUE HAS. 326 00:10:57,656 --> 00:10:59,558 >> John: THAT IS SOME PRETTY 327 00:10:59,625 --> 00:11:01,961 GRANDIOSE TALK COMING FROM THE 328 00:11:02,028 --> 00:11:03,596 START OF WHAT THE FUCK ARE THOSE 329 00:11:03,662 --> 00:11:05,164 EYEBROWS, CHARLIE BROWN? 330 00:11:05,231 --> 00:11:06,565 THE TRUTH IS MORE COMPLICATED 331 00:11:06,632 --> 00:11:07,400 THAN THAT WHICH IS NOT TO SAY I 332 00:11:07,466 --> 00:11:09,235 AM NOT EXCITED ABOUT THE 333 00:11:09,301 --> 00:11:10,770 WORLD CUP BECAUSE I AM. 334 00:11:10,836 --> 00:11:12,204 IT ONLY HAPPENS EVERY FOUR YEARS 335 00:11:12,271 --> 00:11:14,840 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT THE WAY 336 00:11:14,907 --> 00:11:15,808 PEOPLE WITH LEAP YEAR BIRTHDAYS 337 00:11:15,875 --> 00:11:18,110 LOOK FORWARD TO LEAP YEARS WITH 338 00:11:18,177 --> 00:11:20,579 AN ENTHUSIASM SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 339 00:11:20,646 --> 00:11:21,514 UNDERSTANDABLE AND HONESTLY KIND 340 00:11:21,580 --> 00:11:22,415 OF PATHETIC. 341 00:11:22,481 --> 00:11:23,949 THIS WORLD CUP IS BEING HOSTED 342 00:11:24,016 --> 00:11:25,351 FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN THE 343 00:11:25,418 --> 00:11:27,520 MIDDLE EAST BY THE SMALL NATION 344 00:11:27,586 --> 00:11:29,588 OF QATAR WHICH IS GOING ALL OUT 345 00:11:29,655 --> 00:11:31,791 TURNING IT INTO A MAJOR BRANDING 346 00:11:31,857 --> 00:11:33,692 EVENT, SIGNING A MASSIVE 347 00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:34,293 MULTIMILLION DOLLAR AGREEMENT 348 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:36,162 WITH DAVID BECKHAM TO BE AN 349 00:11:36,228 --> 00:11:37,163 AMBASSADOR FOR THE COUNTRY WHICH 350 00:11:37,229 --> 00:11:38,564 PRESUMABLY INCLUDES GETTING HIM 351 00:11:38,631 --> 00:11:39,999 TO MAKE MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS. 352 00:11:40,066 --> 00:11:41,534 >> I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS HOW 353 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,302 MUCH I LOVE FOOD AND THE FOOD 354 00:11:43,369 --> 00:11:45,304 CULTURE IS VERY EXCITING AND 355 00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:47,339 QATAR. 356 00:11:47,406 --> 00:11:50,543 I LOVE TO GO TO SPICE MARKETS, I 357 00:11:50,609 --> 00:11:54,146 LOVE TO GO TO FISH MARKETS. 358 00:11:54,213 --> 00:11:55,581 >> EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW MUCH I 359 00:11:55,648 --> 00:11:58,084 LOVE A TACO. 360 00:11:58,150 --> 00:12:01,754 >> WE ARE NOW IN THIS AMAZING 361 00:12:01,821 --> 00:12:03,255 PLACE USING THE TRADITIONAL 362 00:12:03,322 --> 00:12:03,656 SPICES. 363 00:12:03,722 --> 00:12:05,224 >> I LOVE WRITING I LOVE A BIKE 364 00:12:05,291 --> 00:12:07,126 COMMUNITY. 365 00:12:07,193 --> 00:12:08,928 >> I LOVE BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF 366 00:12:08,994 --> 00:12:14,366 NOWHERE AND TALKING AND EATING, 367 00:12:14,433 --> 00:12:17,136 THIS IS PERFECTION FOR ME. 368 00:12:17,203 --> 00:12:19,205 >> John: BY MY COUNT, 369 00:12:19,271 --> 00:12:20,739 DAVID BECKHAM OF THE FOLLOWING. 370 00:12:20,806 --> 00:12:23,809 FOOD, FOOD CULTURE, SPICE 371 00:12:23,876 --> 00:12:25,911 MARKETS, FISH MARKETS, A TACO, 372 00:12:25,978 --> 00:12:27,813 BIKE CULTURE, AND BEING IN THE 373 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:29,081 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE EATING AND 374 00:12:29,148 --> 00:12:29,515 TALKING. 375 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:31,083 THEY BELIEVE SHOULD HAVE JUST 376 00:12:31,150 --> 00:12:32,885 KEPT TAKING HIM TO PLACES TO SEE 377 00:12:32,952 --> 00:12:35,855 WHAT THEY COULD GET HIM TO SAY 378 00:12:35,921 --> 00:12:36,755 WHAT HE LOVES HER MONEY. 379 00:12:36,822 --> 00:12:40,526 >> I LOVE PUBLIC BATHROOMS, I 380 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:42,094 LOVE SYMMETRIES, EVERYONE KNOWS 381 00:12:42,161 --> 00:12:45,264 HOW MUCH I LOVE TOMBSTONES AND 382 00:12:45,331 --> 00:12:47,299 GRIEVING FAMILIES. 383 00:12:47,366 --> 00:12:49,401 I LOVE PROCTOLOGIST CULTURE, 384 00:12:49,468 --> 00:12:51,170 THIS IS PERFECTION FOR ME. 385 00:12:51,237 --> 00:12:52,805 >> John: THE NEXT MONTH IS 386 00:12:52,872 --> 00:12:54,974 QATAR'S BIG MONTH ON THE WORLD 387 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:55,875 STAGE HOSTING AN EVENT THAT 388 00:12:55,941 --> 00:12:57,710 EXPECTS TO ATTRACT OVER A 389 00:12:57,776 --> 00:12:58,344 MILLION SPECTATORS IN PERSON TO 390 00:12:58,410 --> 00:13:00,279 A COUNTRY JUST THE SIZE OF 391 00:13:00,346 --> 00:13:01,046 CONNECTICUT'S. 392 00:13:01,113 --> 00:13:03,182 AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD UNDERNEATH 393 00:13:03,249 --> 00:13:05,384 THE PAGEANTRY AND DAVID BECKHAM 394 00:13:05,451 --> 00:13:07,019 DOING BAD ANTHONY BOURDAIN 395 00:13:07,086 --> 00:13:08,821 COSPLAY IS A MUCH DARKER STORY. 396 00:13:08,888 --> 00:13:10,089 SMALL SIGNS OF WHICH HAVE LEAKED 397 00:13:10,156 --> 00:13:11,724 OUT THIS WEEK LIKE IN THIS 398 00:13:11,790 --> 00:13:16,662 MOMENT FROM A DANISH REPORTER. 399 00:13:16,729 --> 00:13:21,567 [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE] 400 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:23,802 >> WE ARE LIVE ON DANISH 401 00:13:23,869 --> 00:13:28,641 TELEVISION. 402 00:13:28,707 --> 00:13:31,377 YOU INVITED THE WHOLE WORLD TO 403 00:13:31,443 --> 00:13:33,279 COME HERE, WHY CAN'T WE FILM? 404 00:13:33,345 --> 00:13:36,182 IS A PUBLIC PLACE. 405 00:13:36,248 --> 00:13:41,720 >> YOU WANT TO BREAK THE CAMERA? 406 00:13:41,787 --> 00:13:42,054 OKAY. 407 00:13:42,121 --> 00:13:44,123 >> YOU'RE THREATENING US BY 408 00:13:44,190 --> 00:13:44,890 SMASHING THE CAMERA. 409 00:13:44,957 --> 00:13:46,759 >> John: HE WAS ASKED HOW 410 00:13:46,825 --> 00:13:48,027 WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WORKING 411 00:13:48,093 --> 00:13:49,395 CONDITIONS FOR JOURNALISTS IN 412 00:13:49,461 --> 00:13:51,697 THE QATAR AND SECONDS LATER A 413 00:13:51,764 --> 00:13:53,232 BUNCH OF GOLF CART DUNES SHOWED 414 00:13:53,299 --> 00:13:55,067 UP TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR 415 00:13:55,134 --> 00:13:56,068 HIM. 416 00:13:56,135 --> 00:13:57,970 CREDIT TO THIS GUY FOR BEING SO 417 00:13:58,037 --> 00:13:59,939 EXCITED TO APPEAR ON DANISH TV 418 00:14:00,005 --> 00:14:03,042 THAT HE GAVE THE CAMERA A LITTLE 419 00:14:03,108 --> 00:14:04,310 WAVE BEFORE PRESUMABLY SMASHING 420 00:14:04,376 --> 00:14:05,878 THE SHIT OUT OF IT. 421 00:14:05,945 --> 00:14:07,513 HARASSING JOURNALISTS IS THE TIP 422 00:14:07,580 --> 00:14:09,248 OF THE ICEBERG HERE, ONE THAT 423 00:14:09,315 --> 00:14:10,983 INCLUDES A HOST OF HUMAN RIGHTS 424 00:14:11,050 --> 00:14:11,750 VIOLATIONS. 425 00:14:11,817 --> 00:14:14,119 GIVEN ALL OF THAT, TONIGHT LET'S 426 00:14:14,186 --> 00:14:15,921 TALK ABOUT THE QATAR WORLD CUP 427 00:14:15,988 --> 00:14:17,189 AND LET'S START GOING BACK TO 428 00:14:17,256 --> 00:14:18,390 THE MOMENT BACK IN 2012 WHEN THE 429 00:14:18,457 --> 00:14:20,125 WINNER OF THE BID TO HOST THIS 430 00:14:20,192 --> 00:14:21,994 TOURNAMENT WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE 431 00:14:22,061 --> 00:14:24,163 FORMER HEAD OF FIFA. 432 00:14:24,230 --> 00:14:32,771 >> THE WINNER TO ORGANIZE THE 433 00:14:32,838 --> 00:14:34,640 2022 FIFA WORLD CUP IS QATAR. 434 00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:35,975 >> John: AS A GENERAL RULE I 435 00:14:36,041 --> 00:14:39,411 TRIED NOT TO MAKE FUN OF OLD MEN 436 00:14:39,478 --> 00:14:41,013 WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH AS A 437 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:41,880 FIRST LANGUAGE BUT DUE TO EVIL 438 00:14:41,947 --> 00:14:44,917 HE IS AN EXCEPTION BUT HIM 439 00:14:44,984 --> 00:14:48,887 SAYING TWO, 22 WILL ALWAYS BE 440 00:14:48,954 --> 00:14:53,125 FUNNY TO ME. 441 00:14:53,192 --> 00:14:54,960 FOR REASONS FIFA WERE FULLY 442 00:14:55,027 --> 00:14:56,562 AWARE OF, QATAR WAS AN UNSOUND 443 00:14:56,629 --> 00:14:59,131 CHOICE FOR A SUMMER SOCCER 444 00:14:59,198 --> 00:14:59,498 TOURNAMENT. 445 00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:02,568 >> FIFA CONDUCTED ITS OWN 446 00:15:02,635 --> 00:15:03,569 OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS WHICH FOUND 447 00:15:03,636 --> 00:15:04,870 QATAR WAS AN UNSUITABLE PLACE 448 00:15:04,937 --> 00:15:05,871 FOR THE WORLD CUP AND A 449 00:15:05,938 --> 00:15:07,273 DANGEROUS PLACE TO HOLD THE 450 00:15:07,339 --> 00:15:07,539 WORLD CUP. 451 00:15:07,606 --> 00:15:10,409 SUMMER TEMPERATURES WOULD BE A 452 00:15:10,476 --> 00:15:11,143 HAZARD TO THE HEALTH OF PLAYERS 453 00:15:11,210 --> 00:15:14,780 AND THE FANS. 454 00:15:14,847 --> 00:15:18,117 DETHEY DIDN'T HAVE THE SPACE FOR 455 00:15:18,183 --> 00:15:19,351 THE STADIUM INFRASTRUCTURE THAT 456 00:15:19,418 --> 00:15:19,885 WAS REQUIRED. 457 00:15:19,952 --> 00:15:22,721 >> THEY WOULD HAVE TO BUILD 90 458 00:15:22,788 --> 00:15:23,656 NEW STADIUMS, THERE WASN'T 459 00:15:23,722 --> 00:15:25,057 ENOUGH ROOM FOR THEM SO THEY 460 00:15:25,124 --> 00:15:26,625 WOULD HAVE TO CREATE A WHOLE NEW 461 00:15:26,692 --> 00:15:29,194 CITY. 462 00:15:29,261 --> 00:15:31,163 >> John: QATAR WASN'T A 463 00:15:31,230 --> 00:15:32,364 SURPRISING CHOICE IT WAS 464 00:15:32,431 --> 00:15:32,865 LOGICALLY INEXPLICABLE. 465 00:15:32,931 --> 00:15:34,400 IT WOULD BE LIKE AT THE 466 00:15:34,466 --> 00:15:36,135 WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW AWARD OF 467 00:15:36,201 --> 00:15:37,469 THE BEST IN SHOW TITLE TO THE 468 00:15:37,536 --> 00:15:38,437 TORTOISE -- NOTHING AGAINST THAT 469 00:15:38,504 --> 00:15:39,805 TORTOISE BUT NOT ONLY SHOULD IT 470 00:15:39,872 --> 00:15:42,207 NOT HAVE WON IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 471 00:15:42,274 --> 00:15:43,942 AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED. 472 00:15:44,009 --> 00:15:45,811 THE FIRST AND MOST OBVIOUS 473 00:15:45,878 --> 00:15:47,212 PROBLEM IS QATAR IS NOTORIOUSLY 474 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:48,547 SCORCHING HOT IN THE SUMMER, 475 00:15:48,614 --> 00:15:52,751 THAT IS WHY FIFA EVENTUALLY MOVE 476 00:15:52,818 --> 00:15:53,952 THE WORLD CUP TO NOVEMBER BUT 477 00:15:54,019 --> 00:15:56,622 QATAR'S INITIAL FIRST PITCH 478 00:15:56,689 --> 00:15:59,158 PRETENDED HEAT WASN'T AN ISSUE 479 00:15:59,224 --> 00:16:00,659 PROMISING THEY WOULD BUILD 480 00:16:00,726 --> 00:16:02,328 OUTDOOR STADIUMS WHILE 481 00:16:02,394 --> 00:16:03,962 SCIENTISTS PITCHED IDEAS LIKE A 482 00:16:04,029 --> 00:16:04,963 MASSIVE REMOTE CONTROL 483 00:16:05,030 --> 00:16:07,499 ARTIFICIAL CLOUD THEY CAN MOVE 484 00:16:07,566 --> 00:16:10,369 AROUND TO COVER STADIUMS IN 485 00:16:10,436 --> 00:16:10,569 SHADE. 486 00:16:10,636 --> 00:16:13,539 WHICH DIDN'T EXIST AND WOULDN'T 487 00:16:13,605 --> 00:16:14,540 SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM ANYWAY. 488 00:16:14,606 --> 00:16:15,507 IT'S THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR 489 00:16:15,574 --> 00:16:17,810 EQUIVALENT OF PULLING DOWN THE 490 00:16:17,876 --> 00:16:19,111 CAR FLAP TO KEEP THE SUN OUT OF 491 00:16:19,178 --> 00:16:21,280 YOUR EYES. 492 00:16:21,347 --> 00:16:22,848 YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED TO LEARN 493 00:16:22,915 --> 00:16:24,249 OF THE MANY ACCUSATIONS THAT 494 00:16:24,316 --> 00:16:26,852 THEY WON THEIR WORLD CUP A BIT 495 00:16:26,919 --> 00:16:28,287 THROUGH BRIBERY WITH ALLEGATIONS 496 00:16:28,354 --> 00:16:29,188 INCLUDING THREE OFFICIALS WHO 497 00:16:29,254 --> 00:16:31,190 AGREED TO VOTE FOR QATAR DID SO 498 00:16:31,256 --> 00:16:32,224 IN EXCHANGE FOR A MILLION 499 00:16:32,291 --> 00:16:33,926 DOLLARS EACH AND I WON'T SAY 500 00:16:33,992 --> 00:16:35,327 QATAR DEFINITELY GOT THE 501 00:16:35,394 --> 00:16:36,862 WORLD CUP THROUGH BRIBERY AND I 502 00:16:36,929 --> 00:16:37,696 WON'T SAY THEY DIDN'T AND I WILL 503 00:16:37,763 --> 00:16:43,001 SAY THAT THEY DID. 504 00:16:43,068 --> 00:16:43,969 [LAUGHTER] 505 00:16:44,036 --> 00:16:45,604 AND WHILE THEY DENIED THERE WAS 506 00:16:45,671 --> 00:16:46,972 ANY MISCONDUCT IN THEIR BID TO 507 00:16:47,039 --> 00:16:48,140 THE FACT REMAINS THEY WERE GOING 508 00:16:48,207 --> 00:16:49,775 TO NEED TO BUILD AND NOT JUST A 509 00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:51,944 BUNCH OF NEW STADIUMS BUT ALSO A 510 00:16:52,010 --> 00:16:53,712 NEW AIRPORT, METRO SYSTEM, ROADS 511 00:16:53,779 --> 00:16:55,147 AND ABOUT A HUNDRED NEW HOTELS. 512 00:16:55,214 --> 00:16:57,149 THEY HAD TO BUILD SO MUCH NEW 513 00:16:57,216 --> 00:16:59,251 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT EVEN THE 514 00:16:59,318 --> 00:17:00,386 WORLD CUP'S MASCOT DOESN'T SEEM 515 00:17:00,452 --> 00:17:02,187 TO BE ABLE TO BELIEVE WHAT HIS 516 00:17:02,254 --> 00:17:04,790 COUNTRY HAS JUST DONE. 517 00:17:04,857 --> 00:17:07,159 >> THE FIRST THING I WANT TO 518 00:17:07,226 --> 00:17:08,360 SHOW YOU ARE THE STADIUMS! 519 00:17:08,427 --> 00:17:12,297 THE STADIUMS! 520 00:17:12,364 --> 00:17:13,065 IT'S MIND-BLOWING ARENAS 521 00:17:13,132 --> 00:17:14,099 DESIGNED BY SOME OF THE BEST 522 00:17:14,166 --> 00:17:17,169 ARCHITECTS IN THE WORLD. 523 00:17:17,236 --> 00:17:19,405 THIS IS THE SAME CITY, CAN YOU 524 00:17:19,471 --> 00:17:19,972 BELIEVE IT DIDN'T EXIST TEN 525 00:17:20,038 --> 00:17:21,673 YEARS AGO? 526 00:17:21,740 --> 00:17:25,144 NOW IT'S ONE OF THE CITIES 527 00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:25,911 HOSTING THE WORLD CUP. 528 00:17:25,978 --> 00:17:27,546 >> John: I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT 529 00:17:27,613 --> 00:17:29,081 CITY WASN'T THERE TEN YEARS AGO 530 00:17:29,148 --> 00:17:31,183 AND IT'S A BIT ALARMING. 531 00:17:31,250 --> 00:17:32,651 IF YOU DROPPED BY AN EMPTY PLOT 532 00:17:32,718 --> 00:17:34,653 OF LAND WITH A SIGN READING 533 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:35,721 COMING SOON AT TGI FRIDAY'S AND 534 00:17:35,788 --> 00:17:37,689 THE VERY NEXT DAY YOU SAW THE 535 00:17:37,756 --> 00:17:39,792 GRAND OPENING OF IT YOU WOULD 536 00:17:39,858 --> 00:17:40,759 HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW 537 00:17:40,826 --> 00:17:43,295 THE FUCK IT HAPPENED THAT FAST. 538 00:17:43,362 --> 00:17:44,496 ACCORDING TO ONE ESTIMATE THE 539 00:17:44,563 --> 00:17:47,332 GOVERNMENT HAS SPENT MORE THAN 540 00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:48,066 $300 BILLION ON INFO STRUCTURE 541 00:17:48,133 --> 00:17:49,334 PROJECTS AND THEY CAN AFFORD 542 00:17:49,401 --> 00:17:50,235 THAT. 543 00:17:50,302 --> 00:17:51,370 THEY HAVE A LOT OF MONEY THANKS 544 00:17:51,437 --> 00:17:52,905 TO THEIR HUGE OIL AND NATURAL 545 00:17:52,971 --> 00:17:53,539 GAS RESERVES. 546 00:17:53,605 --> 00:17:57,409 WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF 547 00:17:57,476 --> 00:17:58,510 HIS CITIZENS. 548 00:17:58,577 --> 00:18:00,446 NATIONALS ONLY NUMBER ABOUT 549 00:18:00,512 --> 00:18:01,680 380,000. 550 00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:03,115 HOWEVER THE COUNTRY HAS A 551 00:18:03,182 --> 00:18:04,650 POPULATION OF NEARLY 3 MILLION 552 00:18:04,716 --> 00:18:07,653 AND THAT IS BECAUSE 90% OF IT 553 00:18:07,719 --> 00:18:09,521 CONSIST OF FOREIGNERS AND 554 00:18:09,588 --> 00:18:11,056 MIGRANT WORKERS AND ITS MIGRANT 555 00:18:11,123 --> 00:18:12,558 WORKERS WHO PROVIDE MOST OF THE 556 00:18:12,624 --> 00:18:14,693 MANUAL LABOR THERE AND THOSE ARE 557 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:16,662 THE ONES WHO HAD TO BUILD ALL 558 00:18:16,728 --> 00:18:17,729 THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS 559 00:18:17,796 --> 00:18:18,363 TOURNAMENT WHICH BRINGS US TO 560 00:18:18,430 --> 00:18:22,935 ONE OF THE MAJOR SCANDALS. 561 00:18:23,001 --> 00:18:25,103 >> QATAR RECRUITED HUNDREDS OF 562 00:18:25,170 --> 00:18:26,872 THOUSANDS OF WORKERS MAINLY FROM 563 00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:28,974 INDIA, NEPAL, AND BANGLADESH NEW 564 00:18:29,041 --> 00:18:29,741 AGENCIES IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES 565 00:18:29,808 --> 00:18:31,543 JUST TO SECURE A JOB MIGRANTS 566 00:18:31,610 --> 00:18:33,145 HAD LITTLE CHOICE BUT TO PAY 567 00:18:33,212 --> 00:18:34,713 RECRUITMENT FEES OF UP TO $4,000 568 00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:37,516 BEFORE THEY LEFT THE COUNTRY. 569 00:18:37,583 --> 00:18:39,318 ONCE THEY GOT TO QATAR, THEY 570 00:18:39,384 --> 00:18:40,652 WERE ALREADY IN DEBT AND TRAPPED 571 00:18:40,719 --> 00:18:42,955 IN A SYSTEM KNOWN IN THE 572 00:18:43,021 --> 00:18:44,756 MIDDLE EAST. 573 00:18:44,823 --> 00:18:47,559 >> THE SYSTEM CAN BE A FORM OF 574 00:18:47,626 --> 00:18:49,728 MODERN-DAY SLAVERY AND THE 575 00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:51,930 FEATURES OF IT AMOUNT IN SOME 576 00:18:51,997 --> 00:18:52,464 CASES THE FORCED LABOR. 577 00:18:52,531 --> 00:18:55,033 >> John: ALL THE NEW STADIUMS 578 00:18:55,100 --> 00:18:56,335 AND INFRASTRUCTURE WERE 579 00:18:56,401 --> 00:18:57,536 ESSENTIALLY BUILT THROUGH 580 00:18:57,603 --> 00:18:58,537 MODERN-DAY SLAVERY. 581 00:18:58,604 --> 00:19:01,173 WE SHOULD PROBABLY INTRODUCE A 582 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:04,910 NEW COLLECTIVE NOUN, A GAGGLE OF 583 00:19:04,977 --> 00:19:06,512 GEESE, A POD OF WHALES, AND 584 00:19:06,578 --> 00:19:08,413 ATROCITY OF STADIUMS. 585 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:09,748 IT EXISTS IN SOME FORM IN 586 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:11,817 SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN THE 587 00:19:11,884 --> 00:19:13,952 MIDDLE EAST. 588 00:19:14,019 --> 00:19:15,020 WORKERS COME TO SWITCH JOBS OR 589 00:19:15,087 --> 00:19:17,723 LEAVE THE COUNTRY WITHOUT 590 00:19:17,789 --> 00:19:19,358 EXPLICIT CONDITION OF THEIR 591 00:19:19,424 --> 00:19:20,592 EMPLOYER, THEY LITERALLY HAVE 592 00:19:20,659 --> 00:19:21,159 THEIR PASSPORT TAKEN AWAY. 593 00:19:21,226 --> 00:19:26,298 BEING SO DEPENDENT ON AN 594 00:19:26,365 --> 00:19:27,966 EMPLOYER MEANS LABORERS EDIT 595 00:19:28,033 --> 00:19:29,501 VIRTUALLY NO RIGHTS. 596 00:19:29,568 --> 00:19:30,769 A LABORER FROM NEPAL MAINTAINS 597 00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:32,104 HE WAS UNDERPAID AND FOR DOING 598 00:19:32,170 --> 00:19:35,541 WORK IN BRUTAL CONDITIONS. 599 00:19:35,607 --> 00:19:36,174 [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE] 600 00:19:36,241 --> 00:19:39,645 >> I WENT TO QATAR IN 2019 ON 601 00:19:39,711 --> 00:19:40,746 THE 21ST OF MARCH I STARTED 602 00:19:40,812 --> 00:19:43,148 WORKING AT THE STADIUM. 603 00:19:43,215 --> 00:19:46,652 IT WAS VERY HOT, GOT UP TO 604 00:19:46,718 --> 00:19:47,419 52 DEGREES CELSIUS THE FIRST 605 00:19:47,486 --> 00:19:50,756 YEAR I WAS THERE. 606 00:19:50,822 --> 00:19:52,291 I USED TO SWEAT IN THE EXACT WAY 607 00:19:52,357 --> 00:19:54,092 AS IF IT WAS RAINING FROM THE 608 00:19:54,159 --> 00:19:54,393 SKY. 609 00:19:54,459 --> 00:19:57,229 >> John: YOU KNOW HOW HOT 610 00:19:57,296 --> 00:19:59,731 52 DEGREES CELSIUS IS? 611 00:19:59,798 --> 00:20:00,933 ITS 125 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. 612 00:20:00,999 --> 00:20:02,768 IF YOU BUILD A STADIUM IN THAT 613 00:20:02,834 --> 00:20:03,969 HEAT YOU SHOULD GET TO OWN IT. 614 00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:09,341 THAT SHOULDN'T BE STADIUM, THAT 615 00:20:09,408 --> 00:20:10,075 SHOULD BE HIS FUCKING STADIUM 616 00:20:10,142 --> 00:20:11,510 AND NO ONE SHOULD BE ALLOWED 617 00:20:11,577 --> 00:20:13,345 INSIDE IT WITHOUT SAYING THAT 618 00:20:13,412 --> 00:20:14,546 OUT LOUD. 619 00:20:14,613 --> 00:20:15,447 THERE'S SOMETHING PRETTY FUCKED 620 00:20:15,514 --> 00:20:17,950 UP WITHOUT ARGUING IT'S TOO HOT 621 00:20:18,016 --> 00:20:19,685 FOR PEAK ATHLETES TO BE OUTSIDE 622 00:20:19,751 --> 00:20:20,852 FOR 90 MINUTES BUT IT'S 623 00:20:20,919 --> 00:20:21,520 COMPLETELY FINE TO BUILD 624 00:20:21,587 --> 00:20:23,055 STADIUMS AND THAT HEAT FOR HOURS 625 00:20:23,121 --> 00:20:24,690 A DAY AND MONTHS ON END. 626 00:20:24,756 --> 00:20:25,724 THAT'S NOT GETTING INTO THE 627 00:20:25,791 --> 00:20:27,192 LIVING CONDITIONS THEY WERE 628 00:20:27,259 --> 00:20:27,859 SUBJECTED TO. 629 00:20:27,926 --> 00:20:30,095 >> WE DROVE OUTSIDE THE CITY TO 630 00:20:30,162 --> 00:20:31,263 A PLACE THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T 631 00:20:31,330 --> 00:20:34,399 WANT PEOPLE TO SEE -- THE 632 00:20:34,466 --> 00:20:36,335 SPRAWLING LABOR CAMPS WERE THE 633 00:20:36,401 --> 00:20:37,536 WORKERS ARE HOUSED. 634 00:20:37,603 --> 00:20:39,404 MEN WERE PACKED WALL-TO-WALL, 635 00:20:39,471 --> 00:20:40,372 EIGHT TO A ROOM. 636 00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:42,574 THE HEAT WAS STIFLING. 637 00:20:42,641 --> 00:20:44,109 THE KITCHEN FILTHY. 638 00:20:44,176 --> 00:20:45,477 THE BEDS THEY TOLD US INFESTED 639 00:20:45,544 --> 00:20:48,513 WITH BEDBUGS. 640 00:20:48,580 --> 00:20:51,116 HE LIVES HERE AMONG 150 OTHER 641 00:20:51,183 --> 00:20:51,550 MEN. 642 00:20:51,617 --> 00:20:52,684 THEY SHARED TWO BATHROOMS. 643 00:20:52,751 --> 00:20:54,686 >> THERE IS NO SHOWER HERE, KNOW 644 00:20:54,753 --> 00:20:55,654 WHAT TO WASH YOUR BODY, WHERE 645 00:20:55,721 --> 00:20:59,491 YOU WASH YOUR BODY? 646 00:20:59,558 --> 00:21:03,395 YOU WASH YOUR BODY IN THE TOILE 647 00:21:03,462 --> 00:21:03,629 TOILET? 648 00:21:03,695 --> 00:21:05,097 >> HARD TO BELIEVE BUT IN THESE 649 00:21:05,163 --> 00:21:05,998 CAMPS IT'S ROUTINE. 650 00:21:06,064 --> 00:21:08,333 AT ANOTHER CAMP OF THE TOILETS 651 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,102 OVERFLOWED WITH SEWAGE AND TWO 652 00:21:10,168 --> 00:21:12,304 FILTHY KITCHENS WERE BEING 653 00:21:12,371 --> 00:21:12,904 SHARED BY 600 MEN. 654 00:21:12,971 --> 00:21:14,406 >> John: THAT IS HORRIFYING. 655 00:21:14,473 --> 00:21:16,575 NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO LIVE 656 00:21:16,642 --> 00:21:17,709 LIKE THAT -- JUST WAIT UNTIL HE 657 00:21:17,776 --> 00:21:22,581 FINDS OUT ABOUT THIS. 658 00:21:22,648 --> 00:21:23,915 YEAH, YOUR TOURNAMENT IS BUILT 659 00:21:23,982 --> 00:21:25,550 ON HUMAN SUFFERING, BUT HE. 660 00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:26,752 YOU SHOULD KNOW WHEN THAT 661 00:21:26,818 --> 00:21:29,521 REPORTER TALKED TO THE HEAD OF 662 00:21:29,588 --> 00:21:30,322 ONE OF THE LEADING SPORTS 663 00:21:30,389 --> 00:21:32,991 ORGANIZATIONS, IT DIDN'T GO WEL 664 00:21:33,058 --> 00:21:33,992 WELL. 665 00:21:34,059 --> 00:21:34,526 >> YOU GO YOURSELF AND 666 00:21:34,593 --> 00:21:37,029 INVESTIGATE YOU WILL SEE THEM 667 00:21:37,095 --> 00:21:40,332 LIVING IN A VERY COMFORTABLE, 668 00:21:40,399 --> 00:21:41,066 HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. 669 00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:43,935 >> COMFORTABLE AND HEALTHY? 670 00:21:44,002 --> 00:21:46,138 >> A VERY HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. 671 00:21:46,204 --> 00:21:48,340 >> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT WE HAVE 672 00:21:48,407 --> 00:21:49,741 GONE TO THE CAMPS. 673 00:21:49,808 --> 00:21:51,510 >> YOU WENT YOURSELF? 674 00:21:51,576 --> 00:21:53,879 >> THIS WEEK IN DOHA YOU HAVE 675 00:21:53,945 --> 00:21:54,780 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MEN 676 00:21:54,846 --> 00:21:56,181 LIVING IN LABOR CAMPS. 677 00:21:56,248 --> 00:21:58,717 SOME OF THEM PACKED INTO SMALL 678 00:21:58,784 --> 00:22:00,552 ROOMS, EIGHT MEN TO A ROOM LIKE 679 00:22:00,619 --> 00:22:01,920 THE ONE WE SAW. 680 00:22:01,987 --> 00:22:03,488 TEN MEN SHARING A TOILET, NO 681 00:22:03,555 --> 00:22:05,023 SHOWERS, HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE 682 00:22:05,090 --> 00:22:06,425 LABOR CAMPS YOURSELF? 683 00:22:06,491 --> 00:22:08,360 >> I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER 684 00:22:08,427 --> 00:22:08,627 QUESTIONS. 685 00:22:08,694 --> 00:22:10,328 >> YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER 686 00:22:10,395 --> 00:22:10,529 THAT. 687 00:22:10,595 --> 00:22:12,030 >> OF COURSE YOU DON'T WANT TO 688 00:22:12,097 --> 00:22:12,731 ANSWER THAT. 689 00:22:12,798 --> 00:22:15,300 >> WE WERE TOLD THE INTERVIEW 690 00:22:15,367 --> 00:22:16,168 WAS OVER. 691 00:22:16,234 --> 00:22:17,369 >> John: INCREDIBLE. 692 00:22:17,436 --> 00:22:19,137 NOTHING SAYS WORKERS LIVE IN A 693 00:22:19,204 --> 00:22:20,305 COMFORTABLE AND HEALTHY 694 00:22:20,372 --> 00:22:20,939 ENVIRONMENT QUITE LIKE LEAVING 695 00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:26,378 THE ROOM 30 SECONDS AFTER YOU 696 00:22:26,445 --> 00:22:26,945 REALIZE THE PERSON YOU'RE 697 00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:27,913 TALKING TO HAS SEEN THAT 698 00:22:27,979 --> 00:22:28,780 ENVIRONMENT. 699 00:22:28,847 --> 00:22:30,682 INVESTIGATION FOUND SEXY 500 700 00:22:30,749 --> 00:22:32,918 MIGRANT WORKERS DIED IN QATAR 701 00:22:32,984 --> 00:22:34,553 FROM 2102 MAX 2020. 702 00:22:34,619 --> 00:22:36,722 THAT NUMBER ACCOUNTS FOR ALL 703 00:22:36,788 --> 00:22:38,156 MIGRANT WORKER DEATHS IN QATAR, 704 00:22:38,223 --> 00:22:40,325 NOT JUST THOSE WHO WORKED ON 705 00:22:40,392 --> 00:22:41,159 STADIUMS. 706 00:22:41,226 --> 00:22:42,561 THE GOVERNMENT'S PREFERRED 707 00:22:42,627 --> 00:22:43,795 ACCOUNT SAID THERE HAD ACTUALLY 708 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:45,964 ONLY BEEN 37 DEATHS AMONG 709 00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:47,933 LABORERS AT WORLD CUP OF 710 00:22:47,999 --> 00:22:49,134 STADIUMS AND ONLY THREE WERE 711 00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:50,702 WORK-RELATED TO. 712 00:22:50,769 --> 00:22:52,003 IF THAT NUMBER SEEMS 713 00:22:52,070 --> 00:22:53,972 SUSPICIOUSLY LOW TO YOU, IT'S 714 00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:56,408 BECAUSE IT VERY MUCH IS. 715 00:22:56,475 --> 00:22:57,075 THEIR PREFERRED ACCOUNT IS 716 00:22:57,142 --> 00:22:58,376 CONVENIENTLY LIMITED TO THE 717 00:22:58,443 --> 00:22:59,778 SMALL HANDFUL OF WORK SITES THAT 718 00:22:59,845 --> 00:23:01,713 WERE UNDER THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF 719 00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:04,449 SCRUTINY AND TO EXCLUDE THE 720 00:23:04,516 --> 00:23:05,283 HUNDREDS OF OTHER WORLD CUP 721 00:23:05,350 --> 00:23:06,518 RELATED PROJECTS. 722 00:23:06,585 --> 00:23:07,619 WHAT'S MORE, AUTOPSIES WEREN'T 723 00:23:07,686 --> 00:23:09,755 DONE ON MOST OF THESE WORKERS 724 00:23:09,821 --> 00:23:12,224 WITH ONE INVESTIGATION FINDING 725 00:23:12,290 --> 00:23:15,393 NEARLY 70% OF DEATHS OF INDIAN, 726 00:23:15,460 --> 00:23:17,662 NEPALI, AND BANGLADESHI 727 00:23:17,729 --> 00:23:21,833 NATIONALS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO 728 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:23,735 NATURAL CAUSES OR CARDIAC ARREST 729 00:23:23,802 --> 00:23:24,936 WHICH FEELS VAGUE BECAUSE 730 00:23:25,003 --> 00:23:25,704 CARDIAC ARREST JUST MEANS THEIR 731 00:23:25,771 --> 00:23:27,906 HEART STOPPED WHICH IS LITERALLY 732 00:23:27,973 --> 00:23:28,774 HOW EVERYBODY DIES. 733 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,642 I CAN TELL YOU WITH FULL 734 00:23:30,709 --> 00:23:32,144 CONFIDENCE THAT HIS HEART 735 00:23:32,210 --> 00:23:34,146 STOPPED IS BOTH HOW I AND 736 00:23:34,212 --> 00:23:35,580 KID ROCK WILL DIE -- THAT 737 00:23:35,647 --> 00:23:36,381 DOESN'T MEAN OUR CARDIAC ARREST 738 00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:38,216 WILL BE CAUSED BY THE SAME 739 00:23:38,283 --> 00:23:39,084 THING. 740 00:23:39,151 --> 00:23:41,253 ONE OF OUR DEATHS WILL LIKELY 741 00:23:41,319 --> 00:23:42,687 INVOLVE A LOT OF METH, A MONSTER 742 00:23:42,754 --> 00:23:44,890 TRUCK AND A VARIETY OF ILLEGAL 743 00:23:44,956 --> 00:23:45,157 FIREWORKS. 744 00:23:45,223 --> 00:23:48,927 AND THE OTHER DEATH WILL BE 745 00:23:48,994 --> 00:23:49,494 KID ROCK'S. 746 00:23:49,561 --> 00:23:51,897 QATAR WILL ARGUE THEY HAVE MADE 747 00:23:51,963 --> 00:23:52,531 SIGNIFICANT LABOR REFORMS IT'S 748 00:23:52,597 --> 00:23:54,065 SOMETHING THE HEAD OF THEIR 749 00:23:54,132 --> 00:23:55,400 WORLD CUP EFFORTS HAS PROUDLY 750 00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:55,967 BRAGGED ABOUT. 751 00:23:56,034 --> 00:23:58,136 >> IF WE LOOK AT THE ACTIONS THE 752 00:23:58,203 --> 00:23:59,571 GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN SO FAR, 753 00:23:59,638 --> 00:24:01,173 LAWS IMPLEMENTED SO FAR BEING 754 00:24:01,239 --> 00:24:05,911 APPLIED AS WELL. 755 00:24:05,977 --> 00:24:07,779 THE KAFALA SYSTEM HAS BEEN 756 00:24:07,846 --> 00:24:08,513 DISMANTLED. 757 00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:09,447 ALLOWING WORKERS TO CHANGE 758 00:24:09,514 --> 00:24:11,716 EMPLOYERS AND ALSO AT THE SAME 759 00:24:11,783 --> 00:24:14,286 TIME THERE WAS THE EXIT PERMIT 760 00:24:14,352 --> 00:24:14,853 SYSTEM. 761 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:16,488 >> THEY COULDN'T LEAVE WITHOUT 762 00:24:16,555 --> 00:24:17,455 PERMISSION. 763 00:24:17,522 --> 00:24:19,057 >> THAT HAS BEEN DISMANTLED AS 764 00:24:19,124 --> 00:24:19,257 WELL. 765 00:24:19,324 --> 00:24:20,625 >> John: THOSE SOUND GREAT AND 766 00:24:20,692 --> 00:24:22,527 TO AN EXTENT THAT THEY ARE BUT 767 00:24:22,594 --> 00:24:24,496 THEY ALSO HAVE SOME MAJOR 768 00:24:24,563 --> 00:24:25,130 ASTERISKS ON THEM. 769 00:24:25,197 --> 00:24:26,698 WORKERS IN QATAR HAVE SAID THEY 770 00:24:26,765 --> 00:24:28,133 ARE STILL REQUIRED TO GET 771 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:28,867 PERMISSION FROM THE CURRENT 772 00:24:28,934 --> 00:24:30,468 EMPLOYER BEFORE THEY CAN MOVE TO 773 00:24:30,535 --> 00:24:32,470 A NEW JOB AND HAVE ALSO 774 00:24:32,537 --> 00:24:33,305 EXPERIENCED RETALIATION FROM 775 00:24:33,371 --> 00:24:35,740 THEIR EMPLOYERS WHEN THEY TRY TO 776 00:24:35,807 --> 00:24:37,609 LEAVE BUT ALSO THE REFORMS HE'S 777 00:24:37,676 --> 00:24:39,811 BRAGGING ABOUT ONLY BEGAN TO BE 778 00:24:39,878 --> 00:24:42,314 IMPLEMENTED IN 2018 WHEN MUCH OF 779 00:24:42,380 --> 00:24:45,917 THE HARD WORK WAS ALREADY DONE. 780 00:24:45,984 --> 00:24:47,586 HE IS BRAGGING ABOUT DISMANTLING 781 00:24:47,652 --> 00:24:48,420 THE KAFALA SYSTEM WHILE SITTING 782 00:24:48,486 --> 00:24:50,055 IN A STADIUM BUILT USING IT. 783 00:24:50,121 --> 00:24:51,289 THE ONLY WAY THAT PAT ON THE 784 00:24:51,356 --> 00:24:52,924 BACK COULD HAVE BEEN MORE 785 00:24:52,991 --> 00:24:54,125 HYPOCRITICAL AS IF HE FORCED A 786 00:24:54,192 --> 00:24:57,963 MIGRANT WORKER TO DO IT FOR HIM 787 00:24:58,029 --> 00:24:58,496 AND 120-DEGREE HEAT. 788 00:24:58,563 --> 00:25:00,131 INCREDIBLY IT'S NOT JUST QATAR 789 00:25:00,198 --> 00:25:00,899 BRAGGING ABOUT THE PROGRESS 790 00:25:00,966 --> 00:25:03,835 THAT'S BEING MADE, FIFA HAS HAD 791 00:25:03,902 --> 00:25:05,570 THE NERVE TO CLAIM CREDIT FOR IT 792 00:25:05,637 --> 00:25:06,037 TOO. 793 00:25:06,104 --> 00:25:07,439 >> ALL THE CHANGES THAT HAVE 794 00:25:07,505 --> 00:25:08,707 HAPPENED IN THIS COUNTRY IN 795 00:25:08,773 --> 00:25:09,241 TERMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND 796 00:25:09,307 --> 00:25:12,844 WORKERS RIGHTS AND SO ON, HUMAN 797 00:25:12,911 --> 00:25:14,045 RIGHTS -- WOULD NOT HAVE 798 00:25:14,112 --> 00:25:15,013 HAPPENED OR CERTAINLY NOT AT THE 799 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,416 SAME SPEED WITHOUT THE PROJECT 800 00:25:18,483 --> 00:25:21,887 OF THE WORLD CUP. 801 00:25:21,953 --> 00:25:23,889 >> John: THAT IS ONE OF A 802 00:25:23,955 --> 00:25:25,757 FUCKING CLAIM BECAUSE YOU CANNOT 803 00:25:25,824 --> 00:25:27,926 POSSIBLY ARGUE FIFA DESERVES 804 00:25:27,993 --> 00:25:29,160 CREDIT. 805 00:25:29,227 --> 00:25:31,363 THERE A VALUATION OF QATAR'S BID 806 00:25:31,429 --> 00:25:32,497 HAD ZERO MENTIONED OF HUMAN 807 00:25:32,564 --> 00:25:33,465 RIGHTS OR DEMANDS FOR LABOR 808 00:25:33,531 --> 00:25:33,798 REFORMS. 809 00:25:33,865 --> 00:25:36,167 THINK ABOUT IT LIKE THIS, IF THE 810 00:25:36,234 --> 00:25:39,537 COUNTRY MADE NO CHANGES TO ITS 811 00:25:39,604 --> 00:25:41,106 KAFALA SYSTEM AND PASSED A LAW 812 00:25:41,172 --> 00:25:42,340 CALLED THE DOUBLING DOWN ON 813 00:25:42,407 --> 00:25:44,175 SLAVE LABOR ACT OF 2019 YOU KNOW 814 00:25:44,242 --> 00:25:45,510 WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED? 815 00:25:45,577 --> 00:25:46,711 THE WORLD CUP STILL WOULD HAVE 816 00:25:46,778 --> 00:25:48,480 KICKED OFF IN QATAR TODAY, ISN'T 817 00:25:48,546 --> 00:25:49,981 THAT RIGHT? 818 00:25:50,048 --> 00:25:51,516 ;-) IF YOU AGREE. 819 00:25:51,583 --> 00:25:52,918 HIM I FUCKING KNEW IT, I KNEW 820 00:25:52,984 --> 00:25:54,519 YOU KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON 821 00:25:54,586 --> 00:25:57,122 THERE. 822 00:25:57,188 --> 00:25:58,323 WHEN FIFA AWARDED QATAR THE 823 00:25:58,390 --> 00:25:59,424 WORLD CUP THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY 824 00:25:59,491 --> 00:26:00,725 THE STADIUMS WERE GETTING BUILT 825 00:26:00,792 --> 00:26:01,459 AND THERE'S ONLY ONE GROUP OF 826 00:26:01,526 --> 00:26:02,360 PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING TO DO IT 827 00:26:02,427 --> 00:26:02,961 AND THEY GAVE THEM THE 828 00:26:03,028 --> 00:26:05,130 TOURNAMENT ANYWAY. 829 00:26:05,196 --> 00:26:06,631 THAT IS NOT THE ONLY TROUBLING 830 00:26:06,698 --> 00:26:08,300 THING THEY HAD TO HAVE KNOWN 831 00:26:08,366 --> 00:26:10,735 BACK THEN BECAUSE LET'S TAKE A 832 00:26:10,802 --> 00:26:13,138 LOOK AT QATAR'S HUMAN RIGHTS 833 00:26:13,204 --> 00:26:13,405 SITUATION. 834 00:26:13,471 --> 00:26:14,673 I RECOGNIZE EVERY COUNTRY HAS 835 00:26:14,739 --> 00:26:15,941 HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES INCLUDING 836 00:26:16,007 --> 00:26:16,741 THIS ONE. 837 00:26:16,808 --> 00:26:18,710 FOR MORE ON THAT, SEE EVERY 838 00:26:18,777 --> 00:26:21,246 OTHER STORY THIS SHOW HAS EVER 839 00:26:21,313 --> 00:26:21,680 DONE. 840 00:26:21,746 --> 00:26:24,115 QATAR IS IN SOME WAYS NEXT 841 00:26:24,182 --> 00:26:24,316 LEVEL. 842 00:26:24,382 --> 00:26:25,317 WOMEN HAD VERY LIMITED RIGHTS 843 00:26:25,383 --> 00:26:26,718 THEY NEED PERMISSION FOR THEIR 844 00:26:26,785 --> 00:26:29,854 MALE GUARDIANS TO MARRY, WORK IN 845 00:26:29,921 --> 00:26:31,323 GOVERNMENT JOBS AND TRAVEL 846 00:26:31,389 --> 00:26:33,325 ABROAD UNTIL CERTAIN AGES ALSO 847 00:26:33,391 --> 00:26:35,560 BECAUSE SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE 848 00:26:35,627 --> 00:26:38,163 IS ILLEGAL, PREGNANT WOMEN HAVE 849 00:26:38,229 --> 00:26:39,097 TO PRESENT A MARRIAGE 850 00:26:39,164 --> 00:26:40,231 SIGNIFICANT TO RECEIVE PRENATAL 851 00:26:40,298 --> 00:26:40,966 CARE WHICH I HESITATE TO TELL 852 00:26:41,032 --> 00:26:42,968 YOU ABOUT JUST IN CASE THE 853 00:26:43,034 --> 00:26:43,935 SUPREME COURT IS WATCHING THE 854 00:26:44,002 --> 00:26:45,904 SHOW TONIGHT AND GETTING ANY NEW 855 00:26:45,971 --> 00:26:47,138 IDEAS. 856 00:26:47,205 --> 00:26:48,773 AS FOR THE LGBT COMMUNITY, 857 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:50,008 SEXUAL CONDUCT BETWEEN MEN IS 858 00:26:50,075 --> 00:26:51,142 CRIMINALIZED AND CAN RESULT IN 859 00:26:51,209 --> 00:26:54,346 SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON. 860 00:26:54,412 --> 00:26:56,848 FIFA WAS NOT UNAWARE OF THIS. 861 00:26:56,915 --> 00:26:59,150 HE JOKED ABOUT IT JUST DAYS 862 00:26:59,217 --> 00:27:00,118 AFTER QATAR WAS AWARDED THE 863 00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:01,219 TOURNAMENT WHEN HE WAS ASKED 864 00:27:01,286 --> 00:27:04,522 WHAT ADVICE HE WOULD GIVE TO GAY 865 00:27:04,589 --> 00:27:05,390 FANS WHO WANTED TO TRAVEL TO 866 00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:08,560 QATAR THIS WAS HIS RESPONSE. 867 00:27:08,626 --> 00:27:10,395 >> I WOULD SAY THEY SHOULD 868 00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:12,630 REFRAIN FROM ANY SEXUAL 869 00:27:12,697 --> 00:27:13,732 ACTIVITIES. 870 00:27:13,798 --> 00:27:15,734 >> John: THEY SAY IN COMEDY 871 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:19,537 YOU CAN EITHER PUNCH UP, PUNCH 872 00:27:19,604 --> 00:27:20,438 DOWN, OR COSIGN OPPRESSIVE 873 00:27:20,505 --> 00:27:21,506 GOVERNMENTS FOR A QUICK LAUGH 874 00:27:21,573 --> 00:27:23,074 WHILE LOOKING LIKE THE PENGUIN 875 00:27:23,141 --> 00:27:25,143 WENT TO WHARTON, WE ALL KNOW 876 00:27:25,210 --> 00:27:26,378 WHICH OPTION HE JUST CHOSE 877 00:27:26,444 --> 00:27:27,245 THERE. 878 00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:28,613 GET THE SEPP BLATTER A NETFLIX 879 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,715 SPECIAL IT SEEMS LIKE HE'S 880 00:27:30,782 --> 00:27:30,949 READY. 881 00:27:31,016 --> 00:27:33,351 QATAR HAS REPEATED EVERYONE IS 882 00:27:33,418 --> 00:27:34,819 WELCOME AT THIS WORLD CUP 883 00:27:34,886 --> 00:27:35,620 INCLUDING GAY FANS. 884 00:27:35,687 --> 00:27:38,823 BUT AS THIS GAY MAN WHO WAS 885 00:27:38,890 --> 00:27:39,824 GRANTED ASYLUM SIDE OF THE 886 00:27:39,891 --> 00:27:41,559 DANGERS HE FACED THEIR POINTS 887 00:27:41,626 --> 00:27:43,094 OUT EVEN IF IT IS THE CASE FOR 888 00:27:43,161 --> 00:27:44,996 THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS, IT'S A HELL 889 00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:46,598 OF A BLIND EYE TO TURN. 890 00:27:46,664 --> 00:27:53,038 >> IT'S LIKE HAVING A HOUSEHOLD 891 00:27:53,104 --> 00:27:55,106 WITH CHILDREN THAT ARE 892 00:27:55,173 --> 00:27:56,574 DOMESTICALLY ABUSED AND NOW 893 00:27:56,641 --> 00:27:57,442 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FANCY 894 00:27:57,509 --> 00:28:00,545 DINNER PARTY. 895 00:28:00,612 --> 00:28:01,946 PEOPLE CAN COME IN, THEY CAN 896 00:28:02,013 --> 00:28:04,182 BRING THEIR KIDS, THEIR KIDS CAN 897 00:28:04,249 --> 00:28:05,050 JUMP ON THE TABLE AND THEY CAN 898 00:28:05,116 --> 00:28:07,585 DO EVERYTHING THEY WANT -- THE 899 00:28:07,652 --> 00:28:08,353 CHILDREN THAT LIVE THERE ARE 900 00:28:08,420 --> 00:28:11,356 GOING TO BE IN THE BASEMENT, 901 00:28:11,423 --> 00:28:14,659 QUIET, BEHAVING AND THEY CAN'T 902 00:28:14,726 --> 00:28:15,326 JUMP ON THE TABLE LIKE OTHER 903 00:28:15,393 --> 00:28:17,729 KIDS THAT VISITED. 904 00:28:17,796 --> 00:28:18,396 BECAUSE THEY WILL BE PUNISHED IN 905 00:28:18,463 --> 00:28:22,067 THAT HOUSEHOLD FOR DOING IT. 906 00:28:22,133 --> 00:28:24,302 NOW YOU KNOW THE CHILDREN THERE 907 00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:26,304 ARE ABUSED. 908 00:28:26,371 --> 00:28:28,773 SO HOW ARE YOU SHOWING UP TO THE 909 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:28,973 HOME? 910 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,109 >> John: EXACTLY. 911 00:28:31,176 --> 00:28:32,710 A QATARI GOVERNMENT IS ENGAGING 912 00:28:32,777 --> 00:28:34,712 IN HORRENDOUS BEHAVIOR AND WE 913 00:28:34,779 --> 00:28:35,280 CAN'T GLOSS OVER THAT 914 00:28:35,346 --> 00:28:36,681 UNCRITICALLY PUT IT IN THE 915 00:28:36,748 --> 00:28:37,549 SPOTLIGHT TO. 916 00:28:37,615 --> 00:28:40,351 IT'S AN AUTHORITARIAN REGIME, 917 00:28:40,418 --> 00:28:41,286 NOT MEL FUCKING GIBSON. 918 00:28:41,352 --> 00:28:43,188 HERE'S A FUN GAME, GUESS HOW 919 00:28:43,254 --> 00:28:45,190 MANY MOVIES HE'S BEEN IN THIS 920 00:28:45,256 --> 00:28:47,392 YEAR -- YOU'RE WRONG, IT'S 921 00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:47,592 SEVEN! 922 00:28:47,659 --> 00:28:51,463 THIS TRULY HAS BEEN THE YEAR OF 923 00:28:51,529 --> 00:28:51,863 MEL. 924 00:28:51,930 --> 00:28:53,298 THE WORKING CONDITIONS, THE 925 00:28:53,364 --> 00:28:55,033 OPPRESSION OF WOMEN OR 926 00:28:55,100 --> 00:28:56,267 GAY PEOPLE WAS A DEAL BREAKER, 927 00:28:56,334 --> 00:28:57,469 IN FACT THERE AUTHORITARIAN 928 00:28:57,535 --> 00:28:58,503 TENDENCIES MAY ACTUALLY HAVE 929 00:28:58,570 --> 00:29:00,905 BEEN A DEAL SWEETENER. 930 00:29:00,972 --> 00:29:02,874 FIFA HAS LONG HAD A SOFT SPOT 931 00:29:02,941 --> 00:29:03,508 FOR AUTOCRATS I'M NOT JUST 932 00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:05,743 SAYING THAT BECAUSE I GAVE THE 933 00:29:05,810 --> 00:29:07,112 THE WORLD CUP TO RUSSIA AND 2018 934 00:29:07,178 --> 00:29:09,881 OR WENT AHEAD WITH ONE IN 935 00:29:09,948 --> 00:29:10,682 ARGENTINA IN 1978 WHEN IT WAS 936 00:29:10,748 --> 00:29:12,550 RUN BY A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP 937 00:29:12,617 --> 00:29:13,218 OR EVEN THEY HELD THE SECOND 938 00:29:13,284 --> 00:29:15,520 WORLD CUP EVER IN MUSSOLINI'S 939 00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:18,857 ITALY IN 1934. 940 00:29:18,923 --> 00:29:21,659 THEY HAVE SET THEMSELVES, FIFA'S 941 00:29:21,726 --> 00:29:22,794 SECRETARY GENERAL ONCE SAID I 942 00:29:22,861 --> 00:29:25,096 WILL SAY SOMETHING WHICH IS 943 00:29:25,163 --> 00:29:27,132 CRAZY BUT LESS DEMOCRACY IS 944 00:29:27,198 --> 00:29:28,566 SOMETIMES BETTER FOR ORGANIZING 945 00:29:28,633 --> 00:29:29,701 A WORLD CUP WHEN YOU HAVE A 946 00:29:29,767 --> 00:29:32,070 STRONG HEAD OF STATE, THAT IS 947 00:29:32,137 --> 00:29:34,739 EASIER FOR US ORGANIZERS. 948 00:29:34,806 --> 00:29:36,574 EVEN FOR A QUOTE WHICH IS 949 00:29:36,641 --> 00:29:38,710 PREFACED BY "I WILL SAY 950 00:29:38,776 --> 00:29:40,111 SOMETHING WHICH IS CRAZY." 951 00:29:40,178 --> 00:29:43,948 THAT IS FUCKING NUTS! 952 00:29:44,015 --> 00:29:45,350 AUTHORITARIANS ARE GOOD FOR FIFA 953 00:29:45,416 --> 00:29:47,085 AND THIEF IS GOOD FOR 954 00:29:47,152 --> 00:29:48,086 AUTHORITARIANS AS THIS CRITIC 955 00:29:48,153 --> 00:29:49,888 POINTS OUT RUSSIA'S WORLD CUP 956 00:29:49,954 --> 00:29:51,556 FOUR YEARS AGO WAS PRECEDED BY A 957 00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:52,891 LOT OF CONTROVERSY AND CRITICISM 958 00:29:52,957 --> 00:29:54,759 BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE 959 00:29:54,826 --> 00:29:55,560 REMEMBER ABOUT IT. 960 00:29:55,627 --> 00:29:57,695 HIM >> HIM WHAT WE SAW IN THE 961 00:29:57,762 --> 00:29:59,664 RUN UP TO 2018 WAS A LOT OF 962 00:29:59,731 --> 00:30:01,633 COVERAGE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING 963 00:30:01,699 --> 00:30:03,735 IN RUSSIA, A LOT OF COVERAGE OF 964 00:30:03,801 --> 00:30:04,936 RIGHTS ABUSES A LOT OF INTEREST 965 00:30:05,003 --> 00:30:09,841 IN THAT AND A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT. 966 00:30:09,908 --> 00:30:13,745 I THINK WHAT THEY NOTICED IS HOW 967 00:30:13,811 --> 00:30:15,013 THAT VANISHED AS SOON AS THE 968 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:16,714 FIRST WHISTLE BLEW. 969 00:30:16,781 --> 00:30:17,415 I THINK EVERYONE BECAME 970 00:30:17,482 --> 00:30:22,253 CAPTIVATED BY THE FOOTBALL. 971 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,189 THE QATARIS KNOW IF THEY CAN GET 972 00:30:24,255 --> 00:30:25,590 TO THE FIRST WHISTLE THEY ARE 973 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:25,924 OVER THE LINE. 974 00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:27,125 >> John: IT'S TRUE, SUCH AS 975 00:30:27,192 --> 00:30:29,694 THE POWER OF THE WORLD CUP. 976 00:30:29,761 --> 00:30:30,461 MEMORIES OF CONTROVERSY ARE 977 00:30:30,528 --> 00:30:32,897 LIKELY TO BE WASHED AWAY ONCE IT 978 00:30:32,964 --> 00:30:34,332 BEGINS AND INCIDENTALLY, WHAT A 979 00:30:34,399 --> 00:30:36,601 VIP BOX TO BE A PART OF THERE. 980 00:30:36,668 --> 00:30:38,970 QUICK TIP FOR THE PRESIDENT OF 981 00:30:39,037 --> 00:30:40,471 FIFA IF YOU'RE GOOD TO MAKE 982 00:30:40,538 --> 00:30:41,472 ARGUMENTS ABOUT HOW YOUR 983 00:30:41,539 --> 00:30:43,107 ORGANIZATION IS A GLOBAL FORCE 984 00:30:43,174 --> 00:30:46,010 FOR GOOD MAYBE TRY NOT TO SIT 985 00:30:46,077 --> 00:30:47,712 BETWEEN MOHAMMAD BIN SALMAN AND 986 00:30:47,779 --> 00:30:48,079 VLADIMIR PUTIN. 987 00:30:48,146 --> 00:30:51,449 YOU ARE THE FILLING IN A REAL 988 00:30:51,516 --> 00:30:52,550 SHIT SANDWICH THERE. 989 00:30:52,617 --> 00:30:53,051 [LAUGHTER] 990 00:30:53,117 --> 00:30:55,353 THAT FIRST WHISTLE HAS NOW BEEN 991 00:30:55,420 --> 00:30:56,688 BLOWN. 992 00:30:56,754 --> 00:30:57,722 QATAR PLAYED ECUADOR IN THE 993 00:30:57,789 --> 00:30:59,090 OPENING GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT 994 00:30:59,157 --> 00:31:02,060 EARLIER TODAY, SO WHAT NOW? 995 00:31:02,126 --> 00:31:03,528 WORKERS HOPE SOME OF THE 996 00:31:03,595 --> 00:31:04,996 ATHLETES PARTICIPATING CAN HELP 997 00:31:05,063 --> 00:31:06,431 SHINE A LIGHT ON ALL THE 998 00:31:06,497 --> 00:31:08,733 EXPLOITATION THAT WENT INTO THIS 999 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,868 EVENT. 1000 00:31:10,935 --> 00:31:14,272 >> MY MESSAGE -- THOUSANDS OF 1001 00:31:14,339 --> 00:31:15,607 WORKERS LIKE ME HAVE WORKED ON 1002 00:31:15,673 --> 00:31:16,341 THE STADIUM. 1003 00:31:16,407 --> 00:31:18,943 WE DID NOT GET OUR SALARY, OUR 1004 00:31:19,010 --> 00:31:19,210 BENEFITS. 1005 00:31:19,277 --> 00:31:21,112 I HOPE IF YOU TALK ABOUT WORKERS 1006 00:31:21,179 --> 00:31:22,280 LIKE US, MAYBE WE WILL GET WHAT 1007 00:31:22,347 --> 00:31:25,283 WE ARE OWED. 1008 00:31:25,350 --> 00:31:28,086 I DO NOT HAVE MUCH FAITH BUT 1009 00:31:28,152 --> 00:31:29,520 STILL I HAVE HOPE. 1010 00:31:29,587 --> 00:31:32,457 >> John: THAT HOPE IS PRETTY 1011 00:31:32,523 --> 00:31:33,258 MOVING, ESPECIALLY GIVEN ALL THE 1012 00:31:33,324 --> 00:31:36,327 REASONS NOT TO HAVE ANY. 1013 00:31:36,394 --> 00:31:38,062 I REALLY HOPE MESSI HEARS THAT 1014 00:31:38,129 --> 00:31:39,430 MESSAGE, GIVEN THOUGH HE PLAYS 1015 00:31:39,497 --> 00:31:44,002 PARIS ST. GERMAIN A TEAM OWNED 1016 00:31:44,068 --> 00:31:45,470 BY THE STATE INVESTMENT FUND OF 1017 00:31:45,536 --> 00:31:46,638 QATAR AT ONE HOLD YOUR BREATH 1018 00:31:46,704 --> 00:31:48,506 WAITING FOR HIM TO CRITICIZE 1019 00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:51,676 THEM, PEOPLE DON'T OPENLY SHIT 1020 00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:53,745 ON THEIR EMPLOYERS UNLESS OF 1021 00:31:53,811 --> 00:31:56,481 COURSE IT'S 1022 00:31:56,547 --> 00:31:57,482 WARNER BROS.-DISCOVERY, THEY ARE 1023 00:31:57,548 --> 00:31:59,651 TO BUSILY CANCELING SHOWS THE 1024 00:31:59,717 --> 00:32:00,718 NOTICE. 1025 00:32:00,785 --> 00:32:02,487 SOME PLAYERS TO THEIR CREDIT 1026 00:32:02,553 --> 00:32:03,888 HAVE BEEN SPEAKING OUT TO. 1027 00:32:03,955 --> 00:32:05,456 HARRY KANE AND OTHER TEAM 1028 00:32:05,523 --> 00:32:08,059 CAPTAINS HAVE SAID THEY WILL 1029 00:32:08,126 --> 00:32:09,994 WEAR ONE LOVE ARMBAND AND 1030 00:32:10,061 --> 00:32:11,429 ORGANIZATIONS FROM AUSTRALIANS 1031 00:32:11,496 --> 00:32:12,630 NATIONAL TEAM TO THE 1032 00:32:12,697 --> 00:32:14,599 INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS UNION HAVE 1033 00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:15,500 ISSUED STATEMENTS CONDEMNING 1034 00:32:15,566 --> 00:32:19,170 TREATMENT OF WORKERS, WOMEN, AND 1035 00:32:19,237 --> 00:32:19,671 GAY PEOPLE. 1036 00:32:19,737 --> 00:32:20,672 IT'S NOT THE PLAYERS WHO ARE 1037 00:32:20,738 --> 00:32:23,808 RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MESS, IT'S 1038 00:32:23,875 --> 00:32:24,008 FIFA. 1039 00:32:24,075 --> 00:32:26,711 THEY PUT THE WORLD CUP IN QATAR 1040 00:32:26,778 --> 00:32:27,545 AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED 1041 00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:29,447 SINCE THEN HAS BEEN A COMPLETE 1042 00:32:29,514 --> 00:32:30,515 DISGRACE. 1043 00:32:30,581 --> 00:32:31,949 I'M NOT SAYING YOU SHOULDN'T 1044 00:32:32,016 --> 00:32:33,651 WATCH THIS WORLD CUP OR BE 1045 00:32:33,718 --> 00:32:34,052 EXCITED ABOUT IT. 1046 00:32:34,118 --> 00:32:36,487 AS TOUGH AS THIS IS TO ADMIT, I 1047 00:32:36,554 --> 00:32:38,456 WILL BE WATCHING. 1048 00:32:38,523 --> 00:32:39,390 ONE OF MY GREATEST JOYS IS 1049 00:32:39,457 --> 00:32:40,858 SITTING COMPLETELY ALONE IN MY 1050 00:32:40,925 --> 00:32:43,494 LIVING ROOM AND CHEERING ON 1051 00:32:43,561 --> 00:32:44,028 ENGLAND UNTIL THEY ARE 1052 00:32:44,095 --> 00:32:46,130 INEVITABLY KNOCKED OUT IN THE 1053 00:32:46,197 --> 00:32:46,964 QUARTERFINALS ON PENALTIES. 1054 00:32:47,031 --> 00:32:49,100 LET'S TRY TO MAKE SURE A LINE IS 1055 00:32:49,167 --> 00:32:49,767 DRAWN HERE. 1056 00:32:49,834 --> 00:32:52,537 IN A FEW WEEKS' TIME, THE 1057 00:32:52,603 --> 00:32:53,171 WORLD CUP WILL BE OVER. 1058 00:32:53,237 --> 00:32:55,006 THE FINAL WHISTLE WILL BE BLOWN 1059 00:32:55,073 --> 00:32:56,541 ON DECEMBER 18TH IN THE STADIUM 1060 00:32:56,607 --> 00:32:59,310 THAT HE BUILT IN A CITY THAT 1061 00:32:59,377 --> 00:33:01,512 DIDN'T EXIST TEN YEARS AGO AND 1062 00:33:01,579 --> 00:33:02,513 FIFA WILL HAPPILY MOVE ON. 1063 00:33:02,580 --> 00:33:04,849 THEY WILL POINT TO NEW HUMAN 1064 00:33:04,916 --> 00:33:07,151 RIGHTS POLICIES THEY HAVE NOW 1065 00:33:07,218 --> 00:33:09,921 ADOPTED, WE'LL SEE HOW TRULY 1066 00:33:09,987 --> 00:33:11,556 COMMITTED TO THOSE THEY REALLY 1067 00:33:11,622 --> 00:33:12,523 ARE ESPECIALLY ONE OF THE 1068 00:33:12,590 --> 00:33:14,292 SUITORS TO HOST THE 2030 CUP IS 1069 00:33:14,359 --> 00:33:15,393 RUMORED TO BE SAUDI ARABIA WHICH 1070 00:33:15,460 --> 00:33:19,197 ALSO USES THE KAFALA SYSTEM THAT 1071 00:33:19,263 --> 00:33:20,965 HAS A WORSE HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD 1072 00:33:21,032 --> 00:33:21,299 THEN QATAR. 1073 00:33:21,366 --> 00:33:23,835 THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE 1074 00:33:23,901 --> 00:33:24,502 FIFA WILL EVER DO THE RIGHT 1075 00:33:24,569 --> 00:33:25,970 THING BUT I WOULD LOVE IT IF IT 1076 00:33:26,037 --> 00:33:28,005 COULD FOR JUST ONCE IN ITS 1077 00:33:28,072 --> 00:33:30,074 SHITTY HISTORY FIND A WAY TO 1078 00:33:30,141 --> 00:33:31,709 HOLD ITSELF TO THE LOFTY IDEALS 1079 00:33:31,776 --> 00:33:33,711 THAT IT HAS THE GALL TO PROFESS. 1080 00:33:33,778 --> 00:33:36,114 I WOULD LOVE THAT AS MUCH AS I 1081 00:33:36,180 --> 00:33:36,881 LOVE THE WORLD CUP ITSELF AND 1082 00:33:36,948 --> 00:33:41,018 MAY BE, JUST, EVEN AS MUCH AS 1083 00:33:41,085 --> 00:33:43,321 DAVID BECKHAM LOVES A TACO. 1084 00:33:43,388 --> 00:33:45,490 BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE PERFECTION 1085 00:33:45,556 --> 00:33:46,924 FOR ME. 1086 00:33:46,991 --> 00:33:48,226 AND NOW, THIS. 1087 00:33:48,292 --> 00:33:51,629 >> AND NOW, PEOPLE ON TV 1088 00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:52,163 INTERROGATE THE IMPORTANT 1089 00:33:52,230 --> 00:33:52,430 QUESTION. 1090 00:33:52,497 --> 00:33:57,568 DO YOU SAY PECAN OR PECAN? 1091 00:33:57,635 --> 00:34:00,872 >> IT'S PECAN. 1092 00:34:00,938 --> 00:34:02,006 I WILL TRUST A SOUTHERNER ON 1093 00:34:02,073 --> 00:34:04,041 THIS ONE. 1094 00:34:04,108 --> 00:34:05,977 >> YOU DON'T LIKE PECAN PIE? 1095 00:34:06,043 --> 00:34:11,048 >> IT'S PECAN. 1096 00:34:11,115 --> 00:34:15,052 >> I'M GLAD YOU SAY PECAN. 1097 00:34:15,119 --> 00:34:18,656 >> WE HAVE TOASTED PECANS. 1098 00:34:18,723 --> 00:34:23,394 >> I SAY PECAN. 1099 00:34:23,461 --> 00:34:25,029 >> FIVE END. 1100 00:34:25,096 --> 00:34:29,300 >> WHAT ELSE -- 1101 00:34:29,367 --> 00:34:30,768 >> I SAY PECAN. 1102 00:34:30,835 --> 00:34:31,903 >> OF COURSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT 1103 00:34:31,969 --> 00:34:34,172 TO SAY. 1104 00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:38,443 >> WHO WANTS TO EAT SOMETHING 1105 00:34:38,509 --> 00:34:39,076 CALLED THE PECAN? 1106 00:34:39,143 --> 00:34:41,846 >> IT'S NOT A URINARY DEVICE. 1107 00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:44,248 >> THEY ARE BOTH DELICIOUS, I 1108 00:34:44,315 --> 00:34:46,551 DON'T CARE. 1109 00:34:46,617 --> 00:34:48,286 >> I SAY THANKS SO MUCH, NOW ONE 1110 00:34:48,352 --> 00:34:52,623 OF OUR GOOD FRIENDS -- 1111 00:34:52,690 --> 00:34:54,058 >> John: MOVING ON. 1112 00:34:54,125 --> 00:34:56,694 BEFORE WE GO, THIS IS OUR FINAL 1113 00:34:56,761 --> 00:34:57,728 SHOW OF THE YEAR AND FRANKLY IT 1114 00:34:57,795 --> 00:34:59,630 HAS BEEN A TURBULENT ONE FROM 1115 00:34:59,697 --> 00:35:02,266 BRITAIN HAVING ITS SHORTEST AND 1116 00:35:02,333 --> 00:35:03,701 WEIRDEST SERVING PRIME MINISTER 1117 00:35:03,768 --> 00:35:05,069 EVER TO ROE V. WADE BEING 1118 00:35:05,136 --> 00:35:06,471 OVERTURNED, TO RUSSIA'S WAR IN 1119 00:35:06,537 --> 00:35:07,905 UKRAINE WHICH LEST WE FORGET 1120 00:35:07,972 --> 00:35:09,607 BEGAN BACK IN FEBRUARY WITH THE 1121 00:35:09,674 --> 00:35:11,042 HAUNTING SOUND OF AIR RAID 1122 00:35:11,108 --> 00:35:13,244 SIRENS AND WAS COVERED ON CNN 1123 00:35:13,311 --> 00:35:17,982 WITH THIS JARRING MOMENT. 1124 00:35:18,049 --> 00:35:21,152 [SIRENS] 1125 00:35:21,219 --> 00:35:23,321 ♪ ♪ 1126 00:35:23,387 --> 00:35:33,264 ♪ ♪ 1127 00:35:33,331 --> 00:35:35,733 >> GET FIVE BONELESS WINGS FOR 1128 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:37,468 $1 WITH ANY HANDCRAFTED BURGER 1129 00:35:37,535 --> 00:35:38,102 ONLY AT APPLEBEE'S. 1130 00:35:38,169 --> 00:35:39,871 >> John: THE POINT IS IT HAS 1131 00:35:39,937 --> 00:35:41,305 BEEN A VERY WEIRD YEAR. 1132 00:35:41,372 --> 00:35:43,241 THANKFULLY WE DID MANAGE TO HAVE 1133 00:35:43,307 --> 00:35:43,908 SOME FUN. 1134 00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:45,810 WE PRODUCED A SUBWAY SANDWICH 1135 00:35:45,877 --> 00:35:47,612 KOREAN DRAMA, WE SENT A POLAR 1136 00:35:47,678 --> 00:35:49,514 BEAR TO BET ON AN ICE MELTING 1137 00:35:49,580 --> 00:35:50,581 CONTEST IN ALASKA, WE 1138 00:35:50,648 --> 00:35:52,216 BLACKMAILED CONGRESS WITH 1139 00:35:52,283 --> 00:35:53,150 INFORMATION WE VERY MUCH HAVE 1140 00:35:53,217 --> 00:35:54,285 AND NICK OFFERMAN BLEW UP A 1141 00:35:54,352 --> 00:35:56,454 TRASH CAN TO MAKE A POINT ABOUT 1142 00:35:56,521 --> 00:35:57,121 ELECTIONS. 1143 00:35:57,188 --> 00:35:59,724 OUR WEIRDEST MOMENT CAME WHEN WE 1144 00:35:59,790 --> 00:36:00,825 DISCUSSED AI IMAGE GENERATORS 1145 00:36:00,892 --> 00:36:02,693 BECAUSE YOU MAY REMEMBER WE 1146 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:03,160 LEARNED PEOPLE MADE A 1147 00:36:03,227 --> 00:36:06,197 SURPRISINGLY LARGE NUMBER OF 1148 00:36:06,264 --> 00:36:07,832 IMAGES OF ME WITH THIS GENERATOR 1149 00:36:07,899 --> 00:36:09,700 ALONE FEATURING AROUND 500 OF 1150 00:36:09,767 --> 00:36:09,934 THEM. 1151 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:11,836 WE STUMBLED ON A WHOLE SEQUENCE 1152 00:36:11,903 --> 00:36:12,703 OF IMAGES THAT INVOLVED ME 1153 00:36:12,770 --> 00:36:15,106 FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE CABBAGE 1154 00:36:15,172 --> 00:36:16,340 AND MARRYING IT. 1155 00:36:16,407 --> 00:36:18,743 SOMETHING WE RECREATE IT IN 1156 00:36:18,809 --> 00:36:19,510 PERSON WITH STEVE BUSCEMI 1157 00:36:19,577 --> 00:36:20,478 PRESIDING AS THE WEDDING 1158 00:36:20,545 --> 00:36:20,912 OFFICIANT TO. 1159 00:36:20,978 --> 00:36:22,780 I MARRIED A CABBAGE THIS YEAR 1160 00:36:22,847 --> 00:36:26,050 AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 1161 00:36:26,117 --> 00:36:27,685 I HAVE A QUICK UPDATE BECAUSE WE 1162 00:36:27,752 --> 00:36:28,519 CHECKED THAT THE GENERATOR SEE 1163 00:36:28,586 --> 00:36:29,987 IF MORE IMAGES WILL BE MADE OF 1164 00:36:30,054 --> 00:36:31,522 ME AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THEY 1165 00:36:31,589 --> 00:36:33,858 VERY MUCH HAVE. 1166 00:36:33,925 --> 00:36:36,460 A SEARCH FOR MY NAME ON THERE 1167 00:36:36,527 --> 00:36:38,629 CURRENTLY RETURNS OVER 15,000 1168 00:36:38,696 --> 00:36:39,263 RESULTS. 1169 00:36:39,330 --> 00:36:42,266 LET ME BE VERY CLEAR, THIS HAS 1170 00:36:42,333 --> 00:36:42,600 TO STOP. 1171 00:36:42,667 --> 00:36:45,836 THIS SHIT IS GETTING OUT OF HAN 1172 00:36:45,903 --> 00:36:46,237 HAND. 1173 00:36:46,304 --> 00:36:47,505 SOME USERS ARE CONTINUING TO 1174 00:36:47,572 --> 00:36:48,272 SPECULATE ON MY ROMANTIC 1175 00:36:48,339 --> 00:36:51,809 EXPLOITS WITH IMAGES LIKE JOHN 1176 00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:53,477 OLIVER IS NOW DATING A CARROT, 1177 00:36:53,544 --> 00:36:55,346 WHILE OTHERS HAVE MOVED ON LIKE 1178 00:36:55,413 --> 00:36:57,415 THIS ONE STARTING WITH THE 1179 00:36:57,481 --> 00:36:58,649 PROMPT TWO RACCOONS CONDUCTING 1180 00:36:58,716 --> 00:36:59,650 AN INTERVIEW OF JOHN OLIVER 1181 00:36:59,717 --> 00:37:01,919 WHICH PRODUCED THIS RESULT. 1182 00:37:01,986 --> 00:37:05,389 KUDOS WITH GOING WITH MY POINT 1183 00:37:05,456 --> 00:37:09,260 OF VIEW IN THAT SITUATION. 1184 00:37:09,327 --> 00:37:10,695 IT SEEMED TO BE SETTING A NEW 1185 00:37:10,761 --> 00:37:13,297 STORY IN MOTION IT BEGINS WITH 1186 00:37:13,364 --> 00:37:13,598 THIS PROMPT. 1187 00:37:13,664 --> 00:37:14,498 JOHN OLIVER YOON JOHN OLIVER 1188 00:37:14,565 --> 00:37:15,800 EUNA CYCLING TOWARDS A VERY 1189 00:37:15,866 --> 00:37:18,035 STEEP MOUNTAINOUS HILL WHICH 1190 00:37:18,102 --> 00:37:19,537 PROMPTED THIS ALMOST SERENE SET 1191 00:37:19,604 --> 00:37:20,438 OF IMAGES. 1192 00:37:20,504 --> 00:37:22,306 THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE 1193 00:37:22,373 --> 00:37:23,674 THE NEXT IMAGES WHILE UNICYCLE 1194 00:37:23,741 --> 00:37:25,710 LINE UP A VERY STEEP MOUNTAINOUS 1195 00:37:25,776 --> 00:37:27,345 HILL, HE REALIZES HE CAN'T 1196 00:37:27,411 --> 00:37:28,312 UNICYCLE, DOESN'T EVER WANT TO 1197 00:37:28,379 --> 00:37:30,548 AND NOT ONLY IS HE AFRAID OF 1198 00:37:30,615 --> 00:37:32,416 HEIGHTS, HE LITERALLY HAS A 1199 00:37:32,483 --> 00:37:33,918 CRIPPLING FEAR OF UNICYCLES AS 1200 00:37:33,985 --> 00:37:35,186 HE TUMBLES DOWN THE HILL IN 1201 00:37:35,252 --> 00:37:38,656 AGONY HE SAYS HIS TRADEMARK 1202 00:37:38,723 --> 00:37:40,891 CATCHPHRASE "WHY DO UNICYCLES 1203 00:37:40,958 --> 00:37:41,125 EXIST?" 1204 00:37:41,192 --> 00:37:42,293 WHICH TO BE FAIR IS A THING I 1205 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:44,128 SAY ALL THE TIME TO GO THERE ARE 1206 00:37:44,195 --> 00:37:46,964 A FEW IMAGES OF A POST-UNICYCLE 1207 00:37:47,031 --> 00:37:48,065 ACCIDENT IN THE HOSPITAL UNTIL 1208 00:37:48,132 --> 00:37:49,834 FINALLY THEY TYPE IN THE PROMPT 1209 00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:51,268 AFTER RECOVERING FROM HIS 1210 00:37:51,335 --> 00:37:52,136 UNICYCLE ACCIDENT HE RETURNS TO 1211 00:37:52,203 --> 00:37:54,338 HIS SHOW WHAT HE DOES ONE OF 1212 00:37:54,405 --> 00:37:55,673 THOSE WILD JOHN OLIVER HAS HBO 1213 00:37:55,740 --> 00:37:58,209 MONEY STUNTS, I GUESS HE TIES 1214 00:37:58,275 --> 00:37:59,343 TOGETHER A HUNDRED UNICYCLES AND 1215 00:37:59,410 --> 00:38:01,245 PAIRS OF TWO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT 1216 00:38:01,312 --> 00:38:01,779 NATURE INTENDED TO. 1217 00:38:01,846 --> 00:38:05,383 THEN THERE ARE LIKE 50 CLOWNS ON 1218 00:38:05,449 --> 00:38:06,584 STAGE WRITING THE DANGEROUS JOHN 1219 00:38:06,651 --> 00:38:07,785 OLIVER BY UNICYCLES THEN HE'S 1220 00:38:07,852 --> 00:38:09,220 LIKE THAT'S OUR SHOW, SEE YOU 1221 00:38:09,286 --> 00:38:09,987 NEXT WEEK. 1222 00:38:10,054 --> 00:38:13,658 PICTURE IN YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW 1223 00:38:13,724 --> 00:38:15,426 WHAT A SPECTACULAR IMAGE WOULD 1224 00:38:15,493 --> 00:38:16,060 BE GENERATED BY THE DESCRIPTION 1225 00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:16,427 OF THAT. 1226 00:38:16,494 --> 00:38:19,163 DO YOU HAVE THAT IMAGE IN YOUR 1227 00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:19,363 MIND? 1228 00:38:19,430 --> 00:38:20,665 GOODS BECAUSE THIS IS THE IMAGE 1229 00:38:20,731 --> 00:38:25,336 THE AI PRODUCED. 1230 00:38:25,403 --> 00:38:26,937 VERY CLEVERLY FOCUSING ON THE 1231 00:38:27,004 --> 00:38:28,739 SEE YOU NEXT WEEK PART OF THAT 1232 00:38:28,806 --> 00:38:28,973 PROMPT. 1233 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,976 LOOK HOW HAPPY I LOOK THERE! 1234 00:38:32,043 --> 00:38:35,112 IT IS SUCH A SHAME BECAUSE THE 1235 00:38:35,179 --> 00:38:36,347 CONCEPT OF CHAOTIC CLOWNS 1236 00:38:36,414 --> 00:38:38,015 WOBBLING AROUND DANGEROUSLY ON 1237 00:38:38,082 --> 00:38:39,517 UNICYCLES ACTUALLY FELT LIKE A 1238 00:38:39,583 --> 00:38:41,085 PRETTY DECENT METAPHOR THAT THE 1239 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:42,853 YEAR WE JUST WENT THROUGH. 1240 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:44,989 IT'S MESSY, IDIOTIC, A LITTLE 1241 00:38:45,056 --> 00:38:46,857 BIT SCARY AND IT FEELS LIKE 1242 00:38:46,924 --> 00:38:48,859 SOMEONE DIDN'T FULLY THINK IT 1243 00:38:48,926 --> 00:38:49,093 THROUGH. 1244 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,294 IT'S FRUSTRATING NOT BEING ABLE 1245 00:38:50,361 --> 00:38:51,896 TO SEE THAT IMAGE FOR OURSELVES, 1246 00:38:51,962 --> 00:38:55,066 ISN'T IT? 1247 00:38:55,132 --> 00:38:55,232 ... 1248 00:38:55,299 --> 00:38:58,636 IS SOMETHING SOMEONE MIGHT SAY 1249 00:38:58,703 --> 00:38:59,870 IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO 1250 00:38:59,937 --> 00:39:02,273 OUR PRODUCTION BUDGET. 1251 00:39:02,339 --> 00:39:04,675 TO CLOSE OUT OUR SEASON, HERE IT 1252 00:39:04,742 --> 00:39:04,909 IS! 1253 00:39:04,975 --> 00:39:07,211 A PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF THE 1254 00:39:07,278 --> 00:39:08,813 LAST YEAR! 1255 00:39:08,879 --> 00:39:11,982 LOOK AT ALL THESE FUCKING CLOWN 1256 00:39:12,049 --> 00:39:12,216 CLOWNS! 1257 00:39:12,283 --> 00:39:17,354 LOOK AT THEM, LOOK AT THIS OTHER 1258 00:39:17,421 --> 00:39:19,857 ATROCITY. 1259 00:39:19,924 --> 00:39:21,792 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING 1260 00:39:21,859 --> 00:39:23,027 OUR SHOW THIS YEAR. 1261 00:39:23,094 --> 00:39:25,162 WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT, THANKS 1262 00:39:25,229 --> 00:39:27,064 TO OUR STAFF -- STOP HONKING. 1263 00:39:27,131 --> 00:39:28,799 THANKS TO OUR STAFF FOR WORKING 1264 00:39:28,866 --> 00:39:29,700 SO HARD TO. 1265 00:39:29,767 --> 00:39:31,535 HIM I DON'T LIKE THIS AT ALL 1266 00:39:31,602 --> 00:39:33,104 THIS WAS A HUGE MISTAKE. 1267 00:39:33,170 --> 00:39:35,473 WE WILL BE BACK NEXT FEBRUARY, 1268 00:39:35,539 --> 00:39:38,042 PLEASE STAY SAFE UNTIL THEN. 1269 00:39:38,109 --> 00:39:41,212 SAY IT WITH ME, WHY DO UNICYCLES 1270 00:39:41,278 --> 00:39:41,879 EXIST? 1271 00:39:41,946 --> 00:39:42,546 CLASSIC PHRASE. 1272 00:39:42,613 --> 00:39:51,322 HIM SEE YOU YEAR, GOOD NIGHT! 1273 00:39:51,388 --> 00:39:52,389 ♪ ♪