J.R. Majewski Appears To Lie About His Military Service | Christiane Amanpour & Tyler Perry

let's tell us thing all right. We have got a great show for you tonight. Republicans are promising to cut jobs. Everything in the UK is on sale, and doth Veda has found a new voice. Plus, Tyler Perry is joining us on the show, and we're gonna be chatting to Christiane. I'm on about what's happening in Iran. So let's do these people that's come straight into today's headlines, all right. Before we get into the big stories, let's catch up on a few other things going on in the world.

We kick things off with big news from the NFL, which has announced that this year's Super Bowl halftime show will be headlined by Rihanna, and we can all agree on what that means. Right. That means that this isn't the super Bowl anymore. This is a Rihanna concert with football around it, all right, that's what it is. In government news, the CIA has announced that it is launching a podcast. Yeah, which is great because I guess now

for a change, we're gonna be listening to them. And I know, I know a lot of people are doubtful about this, they think it's weird. But I think it's gonna be a huge, huge hit, you know, Yeah, because the CIA said that they're going to use the same tactics they used when they launched Crack. So this podcast is gonna go everywhere. It's gonna be really good. Oh. In international news, Italy has elected its first female prime minister. Yeah. Who.

It's also a right wing politician who loves Mussolini to late. You cheered, No, your cheer. You can't take your chairs back. You can't take your chairs back. You loved already. Yeah. This is a bitter sweet for Italian liberals because a woman broke the glass ceiling, but she did it by throwing an immigrant through it. All right, let's move on to the big stories of the day, starting with Star Wars,

the sci fi movie that made incest cool. For almost fifty years, James Earl Jones has been the voice behind Darth Vader, the most famous villain in movie history and most famous asthmatic. But on Friday, Disney announced that the force is going to be moving on. James Earl Jones is reportedly retiring from voicing Darth Vader, but Star Wars fans may not even notice. Vanity Fair says the ninety one year old actor has signed off on a plan to use artificial intelligence to craft new dialogue from his

old voice recordings. You see the little mommaid becomes black and they take a white gentile Jones, Hi, I told you that'd be backlash. I told you. I'm joking. I'm joking. I'm joking. The legendary actor has retired from doing the voice. That's all that happened. And what's interesting to me is that you hear what they said. Instead of trying to find someone else to voice the pot, Disney has said they're gonna use artificial intelligence to replicate Darth Vada's voice. Yeah,

I don't know, people, this makes me a little nervous. Yeah, we think AI is going to take over the world, and now we're gonna teach it to use the dark side of the force. No one thinks this is a bad idea, But I get it. I get it. I mean that voice is iconic, you know, it belongs in Darth Vader's body or announcing CNN promos. But that's it, and that's the last thing we need. The last thing we need is them opening the roll up to like other famous people like they could you know when they

do that with roles, and then it becomes weird. You know. Can you imagine Darth Vader being voiced by someone else? Luke, I am your father, but until your mama sells me, the paternity tays, you can just call me uncle Darth. And for our main story tonight, I am your father. That's right, Luke, I am your daddy. And yes, that upsets me as much as it upsets you. Luke. A lot of people are saying I'm your father. Look, they're saying they've never seen a better father, and they're right.

I love all my children. It's you, It's Ivanka, and that's it. It would have never worked. All right, enough of that, let's move on from star wars to another ongoing battle, the mid term elections. In our latest installments of Vote Demmick, we're not just six weeks away from election day, which means each party is making their closing pitches to the voters. Democrats are promising that if they win, they will secure abortion rights and share Nancy Pelosi stock tips.

And Friday, to counter that message, Republicans revealed their new policy idea. House Republicans are unveiling their plan to win back the majority in November. On Friday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who is eyeing the Speaker's gabble, announced his new GOP agenda, called the Commitment to America. But on that very first day that we're sworn in, you'll see that it all changes because on our very first bill, we're gonna repeal eight seven thousand I R S Agents.

Our job is to work for you, not go after you. God damn eight seven thousand I R S agents fired. Yeah, but I just streaked the flaws. Will streak them at home because your ass is gone. Hashtag Republicans also love the language they use when they're trying to be tactical, right when they complain about jobs going away, they'll be like, you're losing jobs, you're getting fired. When it's then they're like,

we're gonna repeal these jobs. And if you're thinking that seve is a weirdly specific number, that's because it is the exact number of I R S employees hired by the Biden administration a couple of months ago. Yeah, And the idea behind this was that the government could get more money if the I R S was better able to crack down on all the text It's like billionaires

and corporations, right, which makes sense, Which makes sense. Although another way to get more money in taxes would be to not make doing taxes feel like solving the formula for the time space continuum. They could make it easier. Yeah, it would have spent all weekend combining line C with linet B. I want if I wanted to be an accountant, I would have been an account and god damn it.

But now the GOP is promising fewer I R S agents, which means you have less of a chance of getting audited, which means you don't have to worry as much about paying your taxes. And you know what it is. Yeah, Basically the GOP is that kid who ran for class present in ninth grade on a platform of making homework illegal. And you're like, this doesn't seem responsible or even possible, But yeah, he has my vote, Yeah he has my vote.

But look, this IRS bill has a good chance of happening, because remember, the Republicans are still expected to take control of the House this year for and for many reasons. Yeah, Joe Biden's on popularity. The way congressional districts are drawn. People are hearing that Republicans are giving away free flights to mops vineyard. But remember it's not a sure thing.

They might win, but it's not a sure thing. And part of the reason it's not as sure as it should be is because the Republicans keep putting up candidates like this. Republican House candidate JR. Majewski is struggling in his campaign in northwest Ohio. The forty two year old Republican first launched into fame by painting Donald Trump into his lawn and raised eyebrows last year with a rap video attacking Joe Biden. He's crap in his paint, our dreams,

in our freedom, this is our last shame. Majuski is now in hot water again, facing accusations that he lied about being deployed to Afghanistan after nine eleven, when in fact he served away from combat. Majuski says, the documents proving that he saw combat our top secret. In fact, the orders and the military records that I've been able to obtain from my personal files shows that all of

my deployments are listed as classified. Yeah, that's right, people, he cannot prove that he was in combat because all of the records are classified. And I believe him. Man, I I've been there. I've been there. I have when I was in middle school. My girlfriend was classified too, and it sucks. She was so hot, guys, I wish you could have seen her, but oh man, she was so classified. Well, if you if you weren't in active combat, you can't just say you were in active combat, especially

if you get elected at a dinner party. We get it, you know, I killed bin Laden who. But lying about an active combat isn't just disrespectful told the truths who are actually in active combat, it's also extremely misleading to the voters. Right if you're gonna say you're doing top secret combat in Afghanistan and you can't show it to us. You should at least have to prove it, you know, you should have to do some S team six ships in front of us. Yeah, Like the guy standing next

to you just snap his neck on stage. But then I'll believe You'll be like, oh, ship, did you say that? And then the guy I'm talking to his head slides off his body. I'm like, but it looks like this guy wasn't in active combat and he didn't kill anything other than that rap music video that was like rap did not survived that video. Rest in peace, hip hop or we will remember You. We will remember you. All right, But let's move on to some international news, because America

isn't the only country in the world. You know, there's like ten of us. Three weeks ago, the UK was introduced to its new Prime Minister, Liz Truce, who announced that she was gonna get Britain back on track. She just didn't mention which way the track would be going. This morning, the British pound plunged nearly five percent to a record low against the US dollar, levels like that's not seen since the eighties. This amid growing fears of

instability in the UK. Frida British officials announced the largest tax cuts in fifty years, while also boosting government borrowing and spending. Worries there this will be inflationary. This seems to be a vote of no, no support for the new government here, and it's a big ambitious plans announced late last week. Yeah, so here's what happened, lisztrups introduced a round of tax cuts for the wealthy, and in response,

the British currency has collapsed, which is not what they wanted. Yeah, and at some point, can we admit that even lifelong politicians don't actually know what they're doing? Right? Can Can we admit that we were just assumed they have some idea of the way things work, but they just they just run things the way we used to play Mortal Kombat, you know, just just hit all the buttons and hope for fatality. Come on, Luke, can come on. I actually feel bad for listeners because this was the first bill

that she proposed and it tanked the entire economy. Can you imagine being Prime minister and your first idea, your first idea was like, oh, you know what you tell all about money? It's worth this now? Thanks Liz. I'm kid, I'm kidding. Obviously, this the bull wasn't the first thing she did. The first first thing she did was killed the queen, right, this was the second thing. That's what it was. All Right. That's it for the headlines. That's

it for the headlines. But before we go to a quick break, let's check it on the stock market without finance expert Michael Cost to everybody, Michael, what is happening in the markets today? I'm crushing the market, Trevor, consistent exponential growth. And I got a hot tip for you, hot tip for you, and a hot tip for you. Know you always say that you're crushing it, but like, how are you crying? Like what do you what are you invest in? Well, I'm glad you asked that, Trevor,

and I would love to tell you, but it's classified. Okay, And look, it's hard to constantly be crushing it, especially right now. World markets are down. I mean, look at this. You know, in response, governments around the world are raising their rates. And here's what people don't realize. This is why I'm an expert. If you raise prices, things get more expensive. Okay, a lot of people don't know that, but but but look, look, you know you know who's

not crushing it. The British. Okay, the British pound is way down. I mean, look at this chart. Okay, this looks bad. This looks like my face when I made my own face serum from TikTok. But but but by the way, doesn't it kind of piss you off that they added a last name to their money? You know, how far how far up your own ass are you when you give your money a last name? I mean, pound, sterling.

The dollars should do that, right, dollar, first name, dollar, middle name, Bill's last name, y'all suffix right, Hello, lone pounds, Carolyne? What up? I'm Della Della Bills, y'all. Look now, let's let's dig into this. Let's look at the chart right here. Also, I think it's funny that they had to like make a little crown right there. You know, we gotta look. People are blaming the tax cuts, they're blaming Liz Truce. But no, here's what happened with the power the queen Okay,

rest in power. Okay, she passed away. Now you can see right here, this moment, right here is where the Brits realize Charles is gonna be on their money. All right, Having a seventy year old man and your pants is never exciting. Okay, look at this, and it's definitely not going to stimulate your economy. Now, if you're an American tourist, this can be used to your advantage because now is the best time to buy British goods like sword stuck in stones, or or Scotland or extra used for random

words like color or neighborhood, you know, British. Thanks now, Trevor. These governments they're trying to do too much, raising interest rates, conversion rates, inflation, monetization consideration. I have a solution, okay. In order to stimulate the economy. All we have to do is add hot people to our cash, not Charles. Okay, way more people are likely to take out money and spend it if there's pictures of sexy people on the money.

Imagine pulling out a dollar and it's got Paul Rudd on it, or or Sophia Virgara or Paul Rudd, you know. Imagine taking out of twenty and you look and it's that guy from I Love You Man. But if it isn't Jason Siegel, yeah, Paul Rudd, right, Michael Uh, can you just give us a hot tip. I promise you hot to if we do get sexy people on the money, like like I'm suggesting, and you can rub them together.

That's like two sexy people kissing. Okay, And and and you can again one bill you get like a hot leading lady and on the other bill you could get someone from that you know, the is forty or or aunt man, you know, like a Paul Rudd, right, and you could that's hot. Back to you, Trevor, thank you so much for that microloft. All right, when we come back, we're gonna be chatting to Christian. I'm on Paul about the fight for freedom in Iran. So don't go away.

I'm thankful. Welcome back Sunday's show. Everyone has been talking about the situation in Iran, and if you haven't heard about, ten days ago, a young woman named Massa Amini was arrested by the Morality police for not properly covering her hair, and then she died in their custody. Ever since then, Iranians have been pouring into the streets demanding justice for

her death and freedom for Iran's women. Now, so far, the government has answered the protesters with brutal violence and has shown no signs of reconsidering the law that requires

women to cover their hair. In fact, last week, the president of Iran was scheduled to be interviewed by CNN's Christian Alman Paul in New York, and at the last minute, he demanded that she wear a head scarff for the interview, even though the interview was in New York, and when she refused, he straight up just canceled the interview and left, just left her looking like she was giving therapy to a ghost. So joining me now to talk about the

interview and the situation in Iran is Christian Aman Paul. Christian, welcome to the game. Stops um, let's jump straight into it. You have interviewed many Iranian presidents. You have never been in a situation like this before where they where they demanded of you that you wear the head scarf, not in Iran. Walked me through the situation and also why you owes to not do what the what the president

of irund requested. Well, very briefly, like you know, with my team, we wanted to do this interview and we were going to get the Iranian president's first an exclusive interview on American soil. And as you know, because New Yorkers know, it's gridlock at the u N. This is the u N Week and one of the things we like to do is get voices from all over the world, including the Iranian president. So I've done this now many years, and I've always had the first interview with the latest

Iranian president and it's never been an issue. There is no law in the United States that requires a journalist to wear a scarf for any interview. Um and it was never an issue. And by the way, I find out that this guy, he had a breakfast, he had a press conference, and he didn't require anybody to wear a scarf. So, you know, come to the evening and it's now eight o'clock and then they say he's praying and he's resting, and you know, we're gonna do it

a little bit later. And suddenly UM an aid came and said, um, we would like the president would like you to wear a scarf. I'm like, why, Um No, I don't have to wear a scarf anyway, cut to the chase, it is not law, and as a journalist, I made instantaneously a journalistic decision based on the principle that it wasn't law and be you don't get you know, strong armed by a foreign government or any government when you're trying to sit and conduct a previously arranged interview.

It seems it seems like and I can't help thinking that this was most probably um, I guess, in some way, shape or form, motivated by the timing. You know, you are of Iranian descent. Do you think that there was an element of him not wanting to appear on camera with you for fear of a message it may center a country that's very quickly turning against this dictator. Well,

I think you're you're right. I mean, I don't know that I'm as sure, but I do actually believe that he did not want to be seen with a woman who who whose head was uncovered right at the same time that in his own country there was an uprising on the streets, and in fact a woman had died, a young woman had died because of this um while

in the custody of the morality police. And I would just say that this morality police has been around since, you know, forty plus years of the Islamic Revolution, but under some presidents it's less obvious and less strict, and under some it's much more strict. So this particular president is one of the very hardline variety, and he basically came to power by um making the crackdown on all sorts of social norms, including on women's dress and their activity.

That was the central theme of his campaign. And you know, clearly it's all gone, as we say, pear shaped, because I don't think he expected that something like this would cause the worst uprising in Iran since two thousand nine. It's really interesting and and your you know, your audience should know in your viewers that some of the Iranian people are under the age of twenty one. Sixty of Iranian students and university graduates are women. Women have a

lot of power and they want their full rights. I think they have every right to want that, and across the world that you know, I think there may be some misconception. Some see this as these women completely going up against Islam, when in fact it's not that. What they're saying is they have nothing against anybody practicing a religion or anyone, you know, dressing the way their religion requires. Their Their qualm seems to be about the government forcing

people to do it, should they not wish to? Is that correct? Look, that is correct. The actual the matter is that it is uh the law, at least the social law. I don't know it's written in the you know, the legal the legal books, but it is the social and religious law, and it has been since the beginning

of the revolution, which happened in nineteen nine. But interestingly, Trevor, you know, the women came out in the streets back then forty plus years ago to also call for a change of regime, but they were not wearing head scarves, and there was no question at that time where at

the beginning of head scarves being compulsory. I know women who went into the streets at that time, including members of my own family, who wanted to get rid of one monarchy for what they thought was going to be democracy. Then very shortly thereafter Ilmeni said, oh no, actually, you women you need to be you know, veiled. And that has been a bubbling cauldron for the last many many years. I had a wonderful woman on my show tonight, married John Satrapi. If any of you know the graphic novel

novel Persepolis, which she wrote about her a childhood. She basically said this, Look, the people of Iran wanted democracy. The minute you take off the veil, you know, their dictatorship will go. So the regime is not going to allow that. But she said, she put it this way, it's only to keep men's eyes off women. So if they're so corny, she said, and they're so unable to control themselves, well maybe they should take a cold shower

or look somewhere else. And that's the bottom line. And I'm, you know, sorry to say it, but even in your country, Trevor, even in the United States, with this law that has you know, banned the ability for women to make their own choices about their own bodies, it's something incredibly important that we have to you know, keep an eye on and that in that moment, I was not, as a journalist or as a woman going to put a headscarf on and somehow bind myself in some kind of you know, well,

I've always I appreciate you taking the time to join us on the show. Um, I appreciate you. You know, I've I've grown up watching you cover all of these stories, and as always I appreciate the work that you do out there. Thank you. So much for joining us on the Daily Show once again. Thank you. Be sure to watch Christians. I'm on Poor Show. It's is on CNN I, which is weekdays on PBS in the United States. We're gonna take a quick break, but we'll be right back

after this. Welcome back to the Day Show. My guest tonight is a right time. He's a director, he's an actor, and he's a producer who has built an entertainment empire. He's here to talk about his latest film, at jazz Man's Blues, which is now streaming on Netflix. Please welcome, Timer Perry. How are you, Tyler Perry? How are you? I played that clip and then I said, please welcome Tyler Perry. And I know some people are watching that going wait, was was that Tyler Perry? So what what

you said, Tyler Perry? What is happening here? This is a very different movie. People say, Tyler Perry, we think there'll be a type of movie that comes out and this is not tell me about the movie. Yeah, media is not in this. There's no It's set in the nineteen forties, and she does not pop out from behind a tree going hellero, it doesn't happen this uh. This.

Actually wrote this movie twenty seven years ago, the first movie I ever wrote, and I've been holding onto it for a very long time because I had to be intentional about building my studio doing things that work, because I couldn't take a chance on doing a period piece, especially ten fifteen years ago. So I made everything work and and solidified myself. So now I can do the things that I've always wanted to do, and this is one of them. But let's so let's go back to

the inception of this. Tyler Perry twenty six years ago, goes, I want to make a story that's about jazz, but more important, it's a period piece in the nine and it's about forbidden love. What what? What? What attracted you to that time period? Why? Why the story? What was it about this that made you want to make it?

I couldn't afford to go to theater, so I would sneak in an intermission and there was a show at you know, people would come out to smoke, and then when they went back in, I would act like I bought a ticket and I walked out like that. And there was a there was August Wilson play in in Atlanta at the time called Our Two Trains Running and I got a chance to see it, and it blew me away. While the second half anyway, and there was a there was a afterwards, there was an after party,

and I got a chance to talk to him. I said, you know, I'm doing this play. I wrote this play card. I know I have been changed. It's not working very well. You know, people say it's Chipland circuits, very low brown, and I was feeling low on myself and bad about it. And he was so encouraging. He said, let me tell you the power of the Chipland circuit and what it did for all of us as black people, but also let me encourage you to write whatever is on your heart.

Don't be limited. And I went home and started writing jazz Man from aug Wilson. Yeah, you know, you're one of the most fascinating human beings and entertainment for me, because you occupy so many different zeitgeists. You know, people have ideas of you, people have ideas about what you create, and it seems like you exist not despite it, but in spite of it. Is it's almost like you know, you know, you even said to me, uh, you know, I won't make you watch him Ada movie, but I'll

make you watch this one. I won't force you to watch him Ada movie, but I want you to watch this right. But but but but even in that, you know, what I find interesting about that is, how have you been able to operate or work in a world where so many people have an idea of what you create and why it should or shouldn't be created? And you haven't pigeonholed yourself. You've gone, I create whatever I would

like to create. You know, in spite of what people say about what I create, Well, listen, I'm number one. I'm very familiar with my audience, the audience that I grew up with, the people that I know. I know what they love and like it. We are I am them, they are me. So when I'm telling those kind of stories again, it's it's intentionality, the media's of it all. Why did I get married? Those stories help me build

a multibillion dollar brand in this huge studio. So I knew that that is the lane that I had to walk in, and I won't ever leave it because I love seeing it. I love that. Yeah, I won't ever leave it. But I also know that there are other sides of me. You know, while I was getting panned by critics for media, I always had Jasmine in my back pocket. So to be in this moment, it feels really good to see people understand that just because you come from one place or you do one thing, doesn't

mean you have to stay there. I like that. Yeah, I like the love. I also love how I also love how you You You have this connection with not just Medea, but the idea of Medea. What what what the character has done for you, what the audience has done for you, what you've built with them? And I like that you say, I'm not just going to leave it now because this is the thought of myself I always wanted is maybe it's on a on a personal level,

just seeing you as a human being. There was this moment where Tyler Perry blew up, is the best way to put it. You know, all of a sudden, all of films in Atlanta and they were people were coming to your studios now and now Marvel needed Tyler Perry's phone number, and and you became larger than life in the industry. You created a new level of respect for

black creators and for black studio executives, etcetera. But but one thing I always wondered with you was it seemed like you you were super confidence as Medea, and it seemed like as Tyler Perry, you were like finding yourself in in this journey. I always wanted was I just seeing that or or was that? Was that something that I was just projecting onto you? You can't be more

confident than media. I mean, she is what she is to be that size and have those breasts, you have super confident, right, But no, I but people don't know about me. I'm an introvert opposed as an extrovert, so so I'm always awkward in those situations. So that may be what it is, Okay, But yeah, but everything I mean, you know, people started seeing you online and you started working out, and all of a sudden there was Tyluperry with a six pack, and Tyler Perry started living this life.

It's been amazing to watch. Genuinely, I'll tell you why. I'll tell you why. I'll tell you why because you know, it was something that Oprah funny Enough said to me about how you changed her life, which is a crazy sentence to say. By the way, can we just acknowledge you it was Oprah as a guest. But she said to me, she said, it was Tyler Perry who finally helped me realize that I had made it and I had made money, that I was rich. I was like,

what do you mean, Oprah, your Oprah? And she says, yes, but I've grown up so poor and I struggled for so long that I never allowed myself the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of my labor. And it was Tyler Perry who called me one day and said, hey, Oprah, Oprah, your rich relaxed? Right? I want to know who called you or who instilled that in you? Because no, because you've also come up just I mean, I've seen the first idea of a studio you had. Who who to

installed that in you? Nobody. I'm still waiting for no, no, no, But I would tell you, but to go back to this Opra thing. She left out a part of that because she she gets off her private jet and she has uh garbage bag mixed matched luggage and all this other stuff, and I call up, like, Oprah, what are you doing my luggage that matches? You get off a private plane. So so so that's the part she left

out of the story. But honestly she was she had already been that for me, just just just the level of because even though she's a very wealthy woman and she has a lot, open is not a money I got money, money money, that's not who she is. With the genuineness of her shows through. And she also showed me how to be graceful inside of all of it. But also Sydney Portier just the man with the just the class and the grace and the way he held himself and carried himself. He was one of the first

black men that I saw. I had that kind of present slow and I wanted to be like that, and I never heard him talk about money. Wow, that's really amazing. Um, you are a pioneer. You know, oftentimes in life they say it's easier to chase a goal that other people have said because you know where you're trying to get to, but then once you get there, becomes difficult because you don't know where else to go. You are at the place. Now,

what is Tyler Perry dream off? I mean, when you when you have the studios that the movies are made, and you make the movies, you can write your own character. What do you dream about? At this point. You know. That's why when Jaz when I finished jas Man and shot it and got it out. Now it's coming out at you know, tomorrow or Netflix. The level of grief I felt was shocking to me because I've been holding onto it so long. It was like a kid going off to college and now you've got an empty nests

so I'm like, well, what's next? What do I want to do next? Project? Was that important? Oh my god, it was that important. Yeah, And to hold it all of that time where you're hearing all of this other stuff about your work, it was really tough. But to now to let it go and be out there. I felt the sense of grief. But what I also understand is that the thing that is getting keeping me going

right now. There's no other reason for me to do this other than to come to the studio every day and work alongside people who have never had a chance in this business. They they are listen, I've got I've got um people working in in gripp and Electric who before my prisoners, who had been in jail for seven twenty years, working side by side, And to have somebody come up with me say, Tyler, I just want to thank you so much because I just bought my mother house.

That kind of things like how can I how can I stop? And what would have happened had I not done it? Like all of their dreams were tied into my destiny. So I have to keep going. So that's what I want to do. That's that's that's what keeps me going. It keeps you going, it keeps the people going. I appreciate you so much. Thank you for driving on. How did parr? Everybody? We're gonna take a quick break.

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