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But you know, Boris Johnson gives the greatest farewell speech of all time. And you'll never guess which US president got COVID. So let's do these people. Let's go straight into today's headlines. Right, Let's kick things off with the big news of the day. President Biden has had a rough time recently. He couldn't get climate change action, he couldn't get free community college, he couldn't get tax hikes on the rich. But it turns out there's one thing
he could get. He began this hour with breaking news from the White House, where President Joe Biden is an isolation after he tested positive for COVID. The White House Press Secretary is saying that the President is fully vaccinated, He's been twice boosted. He's experiencing what they say are very mild symptoms at this point, so he will be isolating, but he will be able to continue in his role. He won't need to turn over any duties, it appears
to the Vice president at this point. Hey, folks, guess you heard the Sporting Night test depositor of code. But I've been double vaccinated, double boosted. Symptoms are mild and uh and I really appreciate your increasing concerns. But I'm doing well and you get a lot of work done, going to continue to get it done. And uh and in the meantime, thanks for your concern and keep the faith. It's going to be okay, Okay, First things first, I'm sure all of our thoughts are with President Biden for
a speedy recovery. Get well soon, sir. You made it through the Spanish flute. You can make it through this. I know you can do it. And also, it does look like he's gonna be fine. All right. He's even got like swag in that video is like hey, uh huh, you probably heard I got COVID. But I get why he's got swag. You know, he's been vaxed, he's been boosted, he's been double boosted, and he's taking anti viral drugs and just to be safe, he's sipping some bleach on
the side. You know. Yeah, that ship seems a little ridiculous. So you get COVID, then you're like, I'll try anything. Another reason the president is going to be fine is because, let's be honest, there's not much that COVID can do to him. Think about it. What's gonna happen. The virus is gonna get in his body and be like, let's see what I can do here. Time to get some brain fog, some fatigue, some dizzy. Wait, wait, have I
already been here? What's going on now? In the meantime, Biden says he will not be taking any sick days, which is what sucks about being president. Right, He's still gonna put on a strong face and you have the job. You'll be milking that ship. You know, COVID red. I think I'm gonna be sick for the rest of the summer. If you see pictures of me by the pool, all
my whole of my phone was hacked. All right, But let's move on from the big news out of Americans with the big news that's coming out of the United Kingdom. The Queen has COVID. No, I'm joking. I'm joking. That would be crazy though, right, that would be crazy. No, I'm joking. She doesn't have COVID. She's been dead for years. Anyway, back in turning, I team Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party. They won a landslide election victory. It
was huge. They won everywhere in Southern England and Manchester and Sherlock upon Watson and East Narnia, all the places basically between Boris and ed sheer In. Was a good year, especially for British people who looked like they're from the year thirteen twenty six. There was a good time and it was such a commanding victory that people thought Boris Johnson might become the Prime Minister who was up there for a decade, you know, which would be amazing for
Britain's first human broom. But then Boris started getting caught up in scandals. Right, he botched the COVID response. Then he got caught throwing a bunch of parties while the rest of Britain had to be in lockdown, and then he hired people who he knew alleged sex offenders. And of course there was that time when he showed up to Parliament wearing a T shirt that said the carpet matches the drapes, which was totally inappropriate because it doesn't.
He combs the carpets. So finally, last month he was forced to resign in disgrace, and yesterday he gave the greatest farewell speech of all time. Boris Johnson, facing Parliament for one last time as British Prime Minister. As only he would, Johnson defended his record in his farewell remarks. He also gave some words of advice to his successor.
Number one, stay close to the Americans, stick up for the Ukrainians, stick up for freedom and democracy everywhere, car tatis and deregulate wherever you can to make this the greatest place to live and invest, which it is. Focus on the road ahead, Focus on the road ahead, but always remember to check the rear view mirror and remember remember a bubble. It's not Twitter that counts, it's the
people that's sent us here. Mrs Speaker. I want to thank everybody here, and hasta la vista baby, thank you, Hasta la vista baby. This is the land of Shakespeare and Jane Austen. And the quote Boris chose was from the Terminator. I mean, I guess that shows you the power of American culture. Even the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is like farewell and god speed. It's a ridiculous thing. Ever, I don't know if you sort like the speech was weird, the whole thing in the middle.
It looked like you just started giving random advice about driving, focus on the road ahead, always checked the rear view mirror, and remember it's not a hits and run if you drive away slowly. You know. It's also like normally when you're giving a speech, especially about resigning or being fired, like sure, do you want to make people regret it? Like when you give the speech, you want people to go like, ah, man, have we made the wrong choice?
They're leaving? Like remember with Obama right when he gave his farewell speech, even racists in America were like, maybe he was one of the good ones. But this guy, this guy gives this speech, like yo, how did he get the job? How did he want a contest? Or something. Who is this pussies anywhere? Let's let's move on to some news about America's most powerful institution, Amazon, And I know, I know from the get go people have mixed feelings
about Amazon. Oh they exploit their workers, Oh they ruined local economies. Quit bitching. I love them. You know why. If I need more Shaman, I get it on Amazon and booms at my house in six hours. And yeah, maybe it's not exactly Shaman. Maybe it's like a Chinese knock off. And maybe the toilet paper is mostly made out of lead. But am I gonna get brain poisoning from wiping with lead? No? And I certainly am not
gonna get brain poisoning from wiping with lead anyway. The fact is Amazon is the parts of life in America, and I'm not gonna get brain poisoning from wiping with lead. And now am Uzon is going to be expanding even more. We have breaking news out of Seattle this morning, home to Amazon, the company announcing it is diving further into the healthcare industry with plans to buy healthcare provider one Medical for about three point nine billion dollars. Amazon says
healthcare is high on its list of things that needs reinventing. Yeah, finally a win for Jeff Bezos. Oh man, I could not be more excited. Yeah, because with Amazon's prediction algorithm, healthcare will never be the same. You know. You notice how they always know what you want, what you need before you even know it's imagine them with healthcare. You're gonna buy a pack of double Bay double A batteries, and then just before you check out, they'll be like,
you might also need chemotherapy. By chemotherapy, I don't have a ship. I shouldn't have used that lead toilet paper now about. I know, I know some people are a little uncomfortable with the idea of Amazon getting into every industry, you know, because they're buying medicine now, they run the cloud, they own TV studios, they have grocery stores and you know what, so what, what's the words that could happen? Huh? Well? What what? At some point Jeff Bezos owns everything? So what?
And then he has all our money? So now where his slaves working crazy hours in the warehouse, you know, peeing in bottles? That doesn't sound so bad. Yeah, at least I don't know where my packages are. Take it. For myself. The one thing that does suck about this is if Amazon also owns your medicine. You realize that means Alexa knows your medical secrets. You gotta watch out for that because you're gonna be hanging out at home with your friends and all of a sudden, Alexa will
be like, your hemorrhoid cream is arriving this afternoon. No, Alexa cancel? Cancl cancel? You would like me to cancel your giant top of hemorrhoid cream? No, no, no cancol. All right, that's it for the headlines. But before we go to break, it's time to checking on the weather forecast with our very own Dasili like everybody, well, it's absolutely a sad Please just help us out. What is the weather looking like, Trevor. It is hot out there, so let's make it quick because I got a kid
in my car. Relax, Relax, it's not my kid, it's just some actor I hired so I could use the car pool lane. Anyway, it is scorching all across this country as you can see, and it is really important that we take precaution. So I'm just gonna I'm gonna give everyone a few tips to stay safe out there. Okay, safe and cool now. This heat is dangerous, especially for pets and the elderly. Basically, anyone who eats out of a bowl is considered high risk. Um, So do your
elderly neighbors a favor, popeye, see how they're doing. Check in because if they die, God rest their soul, you get first DIBs on that real estate. And this real estate market is a beast. You've got to be competitive. I actually checked in on my my neighbor this morning. Unfortunately she was fine. What do you do? Second tip, it is cooler at night, so you're gonna want to leave those windows open before bed. And I know what you're thinking, Trevor, what about robbers? Right? Crime rates are up?
So this is why I home alone my house every single night, marbles on the floor, blow torches up above. The whole deal. You just takes care of everything. The one thing you're gonna want to do is you're gonna want to remind anyone that you live with about that because my my husband has not been the same since the pink cannon's incident a little bit rough. Next tip, wear loose clothing, okay, especially if you sweat a lot like me, and I mean a lot, Trevor. It is
like a slip and slide under this sleep. It's a whole situation. I'm talking violently, moist. I mean, you do not want to know what's happening. Yeah, yeah, yes I do. I don't. I don't want to know. Yes, the sheer volume of it. Sometimes there's a grit to it, you know what I'm talking about, like gritty. Have you ever opened up a dishwasher mid cycle? That's what it's like. It's like that. Well, I'm glad you didn't tell me anyway.
It is a medical condition, which is why I so appreciate you being such an ally leaving out those towels for me, those beautiful clean towels in your bathroom for me to use three four, five times a day. Sometimes I just I really appreciate that. And and to show you, that's why I always folded up neatly and put it exactly how you left it. Thank you. I use those towels on my face. Of course. The most effective way
to beat the heat is to stay hydrated. Okay, but please please be careful watch out for products that claim to be more hydrating than water. That's a cash grab. There is only one thing that can hydrate you more than water, and that is Darryl's hard brown lemonade. What makes it brown? After one or two? No one cares if it ain't brown, it's not going down. Has so good? So good? You know who could use Daryl's hard brown? President Biden? You know why because it also cures covid.
The only hard brown lemonade that also cures covid. Mm hmm. That is why I love this stuff? Is thick anyway, those are the big tips to carry it through this heat. Oh um, one more thing. Actually, if a guy named Darryl offers you fifty dollars, no strings attached? There are strings attached. Ship. This kid's calling me again. Oh yeah, no, you can't put the windows down. Someone could steal something. Well, did you home alone the car? Is she gonna leave
the does he like to everybody? That's I think that's illegal? All right? When we come back, we want to find out if Donald Trump is going to be president. All prisoners, you don't want to miss it. Yeah, welcome back to a day show. Tonight was the season finale of the January six hearings, the TV event that investigates the day a mob of megamaniacs tried to help Mike Pants meet his hero. So phase one of the hearings coming to a close. Let's catch up on the latest developments in
our ongoing coverage of January six. After weeks of televised hearings, we're learning a lot about what happened on January six and the days that led up to it. We learned that Donald Trump was told by his closest advisors that the election wasn't stolen. We also learned that he set up a fake election defense fund that took millions of
dollars from his supporters. We also learned that he knew his crowd was on that day and still sent them to the capital anyway, and after all of these guys, I don't know about you, but I'm starting to think this Donald Trump guy might be bad news. I'm seeing like one or two red flags. Yeah, and I'm not the only one. Because remember how we learned in those hearings about how Trump tried to get Mike Pen's to
single heavily toss out the election results. Remember that, Yeah, Well, a bipartism group of senators has decided that ship should never happen again. Here in Washington, a bipartisan group of senators have cut a deal that would make it much tougher to pull off a repeat of what former President Trump tried to do that effort to pressure his vice
president into overturning the election. One measure would reform the Electoral count Act to make it clear that the VP's job is quote solely ministerial, and that he or she does not have any power solely to determine, except reject, or otherwise adjudicate disputes over electors. Wow, this is big.
This is big. Senators from both parties have agreed to amend the Electoral Counts Act of seven to make it clear once and for all that the VP cannot just toss out the election results, which, yes, is something everyone in America already knew except for one guy. You know. It's kind of like when in kindergarten the teacher made an announcement to the whole class, but it was clearly directed at one kid. You know. It's like, okay, class, remember, we don't poop on the toilet, We poop in the toilet.
That that's for everyone to understand, Okay, Donald, it was It was obviously to everyone else. But the vice president can just throw out the election results. That would make no sense. Why would you give so much power to someone who's otherwise totally powerless. Would be like handing over control of America's drones to whichever kid wins the National
Spelling b It's what the founders wanted. But either way, this is a big deal, and it's also a good reminder for America that if an old ash law doesn't make sense anymore, you can just change that ship right, And don't get me wrong, ain't me wrong. I'm not saying it's because people in the day were stupid. No, people back in the day were smart as hell, all right. They studied the classics, they knew how to write in cursive, they wore top hats, all the signs of an intelligent person.
But they wrote the laws that made sense for their time. Yeah, they need to spell this out because they didn't have a Donald Trump. So that law has changed. The vice president conscious overturned the election, and knowing America and whoever writes the story, what's gonna happen is Donald Trump's gonna get all these people to become the electors in each state, they're gonna ignore the voters, right, and they're gonna go these are the votes, and then it's gonna come to
Kamala Harris will be like Kamala flip the things. She's like. Man. But it looks like overturning the next election might be the least of Donald Trump's worries, because, after all the facts that the committee has exposed about his lost overturning, the Justice Department might be paid on all the visits. The spot line on the Justice Department's investigation is growing, Attorney General Mary Garland making it clear he will hold
accountable every person who was criminally responsible. No person, It's about the law in this country. Nothing stops us. No. I don't know how to maybe say that again. No person is about the longest country. I can't say any damn. I've never seen that side of Marrigarland looked like he was about to cut a bit. Did you see any did that? Yeah? He like he turned into Samuel L. Jackson for a second. He's like, no person is above what about the Americans? Like, what part of no person?
Don't you understand? Mother? I said, no person. Now. What's interesting about the story is that some Democrats are actually mad at Mary Garland because they think he doesn't really want to prosecute Trump, all right. They say he's slow rolling, he's trying to hide behind things. But I'll be honest, I get it. I think the man is in a tough spot here. Think about it. Even if Trump is definitely guilty, can you imagine what would happen if he
gets sent to prison? The country would explode. You thought January six was bad, Trump supporters will be storming everything. If you got arrest of the capital, the White House to Supreme Court. The only place that would be safe from them is libraries, Like, don't go in there. They
got history books. But it turns out, it turns out Mary Garland isn't even Trump's only problem, because right now he's being investigated by everyone, right Congress, the States of New York, a district attorney in Georgia, the men in black, and I get it. I get it. No human beings don't just look like this. It doesn't make sense. That's not a human thing. So Trump looks like he's in a tough spot right now. But if there's one thing we know about Donald Trump is that getting out of
tough spots is his speciality. Can get out of anything, criminal cases, lawsuits, marriages, marriages, other marriages, And apparently, apparently Trump thinks he's found an ingenious way to get out of his current troubles. It is sounding more likely than an announcement from for President Trump about election bid is more of a matter of when and not an if.
But it's not just about avenging a loss for people with knowledge of the situation tell Rolling Stone Magazine that mounting legal issues are a motivating factor for Trump's desire to retake the Oval office. According to the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, a sitting president cannot be charged with a federal crime. Yeah, so it turns out some people are above the law. And it's crazy that Trump
might run for president so that he doesn't go to jail. Yeah, you know, it's almost wild that Donald Trump is the only person who runs for president but has no interest in being president. You know, the first time he did it to try and drum up ratings for The Apprentice, And now he's gonna run just to stay out of out of jail. Like his campaign slogan is probably gonna be Trump four, I can't do time I actually think
it would make the campaign more fun. Yeah. Can you imagine if Trump's running for president while he's running from the law every ready, just like no child should ever learn pronouns or how ship the comes are here, Rudy open the sewer gate. You'll never get me. Pepp out, peppy how check out. So that's the end of the first season of The January six Committee, and it ends with the possibility of Trump going to prison. And I'm sure right now, wherever he is, the man is probably terrified.
He's just like, what do I do, Milannia. I can't go to prison. How am I gonna survive? Don't worry, Donald, I'll give you tieps. I've been a prisoner for twenty years, all right? That true? Because when we come back Blitz father rule, it will be turning me on the show. Don't go off talking about the day show My guests. Like is a musician and artist filmmaker who has collaborated with the likes of Beyonce and Oprah Winfrey. He's here to talk about his debut novel, The Scent of Burnt Flowers.
Please welcome, Let's ba. How are you? How are you doing so fantastic? This is so good to have you here because you know, there are a few people in the world who can say that they have people like Oprah Winfrey and Beyonce as their fans. Fear none. Maybe you maybe let's let's let's let's start with this with this idea. I mean, you know, people have seen your work, even if they don't know, if they don't know your name. You do so many different things. You know, you're nominated
for a Grammy for co directing black Is King. Um, you're also now creating the musical adaptation of the Kind of Purple Absolutely and all of this and your journey begins in Ghana. I'm always fascinated as an African. How how does that journey begin? How does it get you to this point here? Well, first, no African has one job. We know that, you know you gotta do them all. You gotta do it all. And you know, I've always I've been no'med by storytelling. That's for me. It's the beginning.
I grew up with a grandmother that told stories. They were incredible. They were always visual. Um I call it the HBO Showtime Netflix of its time, and and the beauty of that was they were imaginative. So I grew understanding that stories could be nonlinear, it could be they're powerful tools um for the imagination, and so over time,
for me, that's just been it. It's just chasing this idea of storytelling, understanding that stories bring us together, understanding especially as a continent where stories are so few and far between and so few people know about our stories. I found that having to do it and multiple mediums allows me to tell more of the same exact story. I love that you've done that across multiple mediums, because you know, you don't just direct, and you don't just
you know, produce and create movies. You you also are are a rapper? Do you have like four self released albums right right you and now a novel throw into the mix? Absolutely? What what's happened? You're just you're just winning so hard and then you you get bored in the next time. Like, not many people would think that they can write the book, and then not many people would write a book that is getting the reviews. Your book is getting indeed, I mean, and I really look,
it was covid. It was covid. Okay, it was all I'll take it. Everyone else does. Everyone else is baking bread. You were writing a book. It's it's a fantastic book as well, you know, and the and the premise to your points of stories is beautiful. I won't give away all of the details, but essentially, it's the story of a couple in the sixties, a black couple in the sixties living in America who escaped to Africa, and you know,
a whole journey unfolds. Now. What I love is that it's set in the sixties, and we know the civil rights movements, we know all the stories in around that time, but it feels strangely like it could be said today as well as people going like America, I'm not sure I need to go to Africa, absolutely, and and and it's it's been an ongoing thing. And for me, what it is is also about expectation. You know, I have a lot of friends who say they want to go to Africa and they go and they go, oh, this
is this is the real Africa, and it's real. It's very real to them. And I find that ultimately, Um, I was have friends who want to come to America, yes, and you know that you're told they are you know, they're no homeless people there attempted coups and things like that, and then and then you arrive and you go, wait, that happens here too, And so the expectation back and forth for me has been one of the most interesting
juxtapositions of this book. And whether it's now, whether it's then, I think this story is still the same we're all longing for at home that we hope will be better than the one we're in. I love that. Wow, I already love that. Also, I also enjoy how you know, how how real you made the story. This, this is if I'm not mistaken, this this has already been bought to be turned into a series, correct, absolutely, this is.
This is wild because you know, most of the times, most of the time, the book has to be out and then people are like, oh, we need to make this into a movie or a TV series. And then you wrote the book and there was a bidding warm people, we want how do they even know what was in the book? Did they know or do they just know you? And then they were like, we'll take it, We'll take it this. I would love that. Okay, Okay, they had to. So now here's here's a question I have. Everyone says
the same thing about everything. Oh, the book was always beat. The book is better, the book is better. How are you going to make sure that the book isn't just better? How do you make sure that the series, you know, holds a candle to the book? Absolutely? I mean I think first, you know, shout out to Yaya du Martin, who's going to be starring in in in the show. Um, I mean, it's it's it's really going to be fantastic,
um exploration. Because one thing I found about writing is that you can create these multiple layers and backstory in ways that you probably couldn't in television. But in television and or a film, you've got a visual medium in which you can tell non verbal story too, so you can show people are supposed to tell them. And so I feel like I'm I have the best of both worlds because I can go in here whenever I need it, but I also have the visual to tell the stories.
I love that. So, so you gonna be working on the adaptation and the musical is what what's the what's the process with that right now? Because you know, the color purple is one of those stories that is really held in high esteem in the United States, such an important story. It's you know, it's multi generational. You're going to be redoing it as a musical, which which is particularly interesting. How do you how do you capture the essence of something whilst also bringing elements of the new
and then making sure that the world's merged together. How you did it? How you did it. I didn't make the color purple. No, I think you're confusing me with Steven Scott. That's how There are a lot of people tell me that on this side of Steven Spieler, not trying to like sorry, I mean, I mean the Daily Show. I mean, it's what you did. And I have to be honest, it's such an inspiration, you know, when I there eciting, thank you ste when I got this job.
When I got this job, you were one of the first people I thought about, which is, how do you take something that is classic? How do you tell you something that people love and making your own? And and you did that, and so in going into the Color Purple, which we just wrapped, by the way, um yes, the
fantastic UM. Shout out to Steven Spielberg and and Oprah for the support and love, and the Warner Brother's family for the love but they really allowed me to make this my own and and they allowed me to to to experiment, They allowed me to give celia and imagination. They allowed me to do things that I think um elevate the story and and and make it something that's modern and something that still holds its foundations together. And so also Alice Walker's amazing text, which is the original
inspiration for all of this. Very very lucky. I think we're lucky because we we're gonna be the ones who experience, you know, how you put the work together. I find myself intreated with a lot of the work you create, because you can tell that, you know, Ghana and Africa as a whole have an indelible impression on how you think and how you apply your mind to the projects that you're working on. You see this in the book,
and I loved how you did it. You tell a story about people who are connected by so many things and yet have so many things that actually make them different. You know, particularly an African American couple going to Africa and going this is our home and then realizing it goes it's not, but it is, and and there are things that are different, and that how did you how do you tackle that sensitively? Because what I felt reading
the book was Wow, we are the people. But we can also celebrate the fact that new cultures have emerged and new ideas have spread across the you know, from generation to generation. How do you how do you capture them? And do you do it on purpose or is it just innate? I mean it's it's it's on purpose. I mean the fact that I grew up in Ghana through high school, I went to actual to secondary school, which is fantastic school, produced presidents. I'm lucky to be from
that school. And and but but the beauty there was that I've been able to really never let go of, you know, that early those early years of my life, which then you know, spending as much time as I have now in the US, it's kind of found a way to kind of all quagless. That's one thing which now which now is kind of the mirror threw which I am, or the vessel through which I've made music,
it was the same. It was like taking you know, public Enemy and mixing it with flat which which you know, you know now you've got aphobeats and everybody knows it. But ten years ago it was that it was wild, it was canine, it was myself, very few people who were who were attempting to do this. And I think it's all about this double consciousness where you kind of zig zag through these worlds where you know that you're never quite either because they both become one thing and
and and and that's how these characters find themselves. They find themselves constantly wrestling with identity. Um, who am I? You know? Where where am I going? And what world do I belong? Ultimately? Is it where you are? Is it where you were born? Is it? Is it where you're where you're going next? And that's kind of where I find I've personally wrestled with that myself, um, and many many immigrants do. Um. And so that's kind of how I I filter all that through into this book.
You've done an amazing job. It's going to be an amazing show. And thank you so much for you. As we talk about the big the France of Burnt Flowers is available. Now let's bugger ruin. Everybody's gonna take a quick break. Well we're right back after the thank you, my brother. What I'm gonna starts like but before we go,
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