The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Biden Calls for Unity | Amanda Gorman

Episode Date: January 28, 2021

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and this is the Daily Social Distancing Show. Before we get started, I'm happy to announce that I've completed yet another New Year's resolution. Yes, my friends, I finally managed to stop eating frog eggs. No wait, that was Baby Yoda's resolution. Oh, that means he's got mine. Anyway, on tonight's show, the stock market is going crazy. Republicans are going nuts and coronavirus is going out of control. Plus, inauguration poet Amanda Gorman is joining us to chat about her future. So let's do this, people. Welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show.

From Trevor's couch in New York City to your couch somewhere in the world. This is the Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noa. Ears Edition. Let's kick things off with the stock market. America's number one supplier of Great Depressions. As volatile as the stock market can be, this has been one of its wildest weeks yet. Craziest business story out there. An internet trading mob is driving game stop chairs higher. It appears to spite shortsellers.

Look at the stock. It's up more than 680% so far this year. They realized that all of the institutional investors were hedging on GameStop, so they just bought a bunch of call options, bought a bunch of stock and created the gamma squeeze that you saw on Friday. Okay, okay.

I don't know about you, but that explanation is way too complicated. Short selling the thing of the long sell and then the... Look, what we really need here is that scene from the big short, where Margot Robbie breaks it down for us in a bathtub, you know? And I actually called her to do that, but she blocked my number. So, uh, I had to figure out plan B. Basically, there's a group of people on Reddit who don't use the stock market to invest. They use it to gamble. And yeah, that's what a lot of serious investors do, too.

But these guys on Reddit are more honest about it, and they love to troll the people who aren't. So, there's a store called GameStop that sells video games. Not a great business th th the the th th the the th th the the th the th their th th th th their th their th th th their th th th th th is th is th is th is th is the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's th. There's the the the the the the the the the the the the the theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee the the the the the the troll the people who aren't. So there's a store called GameStop that sells video games, not a great business to be in since games can be downloaded now, which is why the serious investors decided to short GameStop, which means to bet against it. But the Reditors are gamers who have a semi-ironic love for the store, so they started making memes encouraging each other to punish the serious people by buying worthless GameStop stocks. Now, th games, th game, th game, th game, th game, th game, th game, th game, th game, th game, th game, th game, th game, so, th game, so, th game, so th game, so tham, so tham, so tham, so thom, so tho, tham, so tho, tho, tho, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's thom, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, th. th. So. So, thi. So, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to to to to to to to to to to tho, tho, tho, tho, tho tho that tho tho tho tho that tho that that tho the the to the to to other to punish the serious people by buying worthless GameStop stocks. Now instead of failing, Game Stop is succeeding wildly. Not really, of course, not as a business. But come on, stocks are never real. The serious people have already lost $5

billion and some giant hedge funds have gone bankrupt. Got it? Good. Now, let's get out Margot Robbie's bathroom before she gets home and asked me what I'm doing here. The last time she caught me here was a bit awkward. Okay, now that we're on the same page, Yo, this shit is wild! And I know some people are freaking out about this. People like, this isn't how Wall Street is supposed to work.

Well, what's gonna happen to these poor hedge funds? Let me tell you something. Wall Street is gonna be fine, right? There are millions of people who are out of work and thousands of businesses closing, and yet the stocked their today. And yet the stock market market the stock market the stock market the stock market the stock market the stock market is the stock market the stock market is the stock market is the stock market the stock market is the stock market is the stock market is the stock market is the stock market is the stock market is an the stock market is an the stock this on their helicopter that takes them to their boat, that takes them to their yacht. In fact, if anything, I think it's actually funny to see how Wall Street doesn't like it

when somebody Wall Street's them. Yeah, because when they make moves that cost people their homes, people in Wall Street, the rules? Is someone going to regulate this? And these Reddit investors are already moving beyond GameStop. Now they're pumping up the stock prices of other failing companies like Bedboth and Beyond, AMC movie theaters and even Tutsi Rolls, which by the way I didn't even know that Tutsi Roll had its own stock. Who was that for? So it's a candy that looks and tastes like a turd, but it also sticks to your teeth. You're interested in investing? Now, if you think about it,

the only reason that these Reddit's have been able to pull this off is because of the internet. Yeah, think about it, like Reddit and all these social media, they make it possible to get together with people who think like you. This wasn't possible decades ago. Like now if you want to take down a hedge fund, you can find people to help you do it. If you want to plan an insurrection, you can find people to help you do it. Hell, if you think you're the only person in the world who's attracted to that part the stapler that that looks that looks that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that thler thler thler thler the the the the the the the the the's the the theateateate's the's the's the. the the the the the the is is the the is the is the is the the the the the the the the the the th is th is th is th is th is th is th is th is th is the the the the the the the the the the the the the theeeeeat. to theat. to theatmm, mm-mm. But let's move on to something that isn't surging. Humans. It's a trend that sometimes happens after blizzards, long power outages or whenever couples

might have some time to kill and not much to do. Many people joke that COVID-stay-at-home to lead to a new nationwide baby boom. We talked about that, but some researchers predict we might just see the opposite. It's looking like that baby boom is actually a baby bust. The Brookings Institution estimates this year could see a dip from 2019 approaching three hundred thousand fewer births. The U.S. birth rate will decline an estimated 7 to 10 percent this next year. That's on top of an already 35-year low. Wow.

So apparently these last 10 months have been all Netflix and no chill. And honestly I'm not surprised. Who's fucking to Tiger King? Because I mean there's certain things that you can watch and be like, yeah, we're going to get it on. But like when you're sitting next to someone, you're like, Baskin, you're not making babies to that. But yes, apparently nobody has been making babies while they're in lockdown. And I mean, when you think about it, it makes sense. You know, when you're spending 24 hours a day with

someone for months, the last thing you want to do is make another one one of them to hang out with. Not to mention, I've to mention to mention to mention to mention to mention to mention to mention I I I I I I I to mention to mention to mention to mention I have to mention I've to mention I've to me me me me me me to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to make, to make, to make, to make, to make, to make, to make, to make, to make, to make, to make, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. the. the. the. the. thean. thean. thean. thean. thean. thean. thean. toean. thean. toean. thean. thean. thean. to mention, I've been so scared of getting COVID, I don't even see my own family. So I'm definitely not going to let a stalk hand deliver me a baby. No, thank you. What do you mean that's not where they come from? So where do they... Sex? So you have sex with a stalk? Plus, I agree with these people.

They're rights about the economy. I already have enough mouths to feed. I th. I the mouth. the mouth. the mouth. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thoom. thoom. thoom. thoom. to. thoom. to. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. tooom. toe. tooom. toe. tooome. tooome. tooome. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. the. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. to economy. I don't need a baby. I already have enough mouths to feed. I got my mouth and the other mouth that's on the side of my neck. Did you say something, Trevor? Go back to sleep, Cornelius. But you know this story actually gives me a great idea. If there's fewer babies, that means there's going to be fewer kids so Wall Street will bet against daycares which means I'm buying a daycare. Let's do this Reddit. Oh I lost everything. Why isn't this regulated? And finally, let's do something your dad always wanted to do on vacation and check in on the Baseball Hall of Fame. It's where the game celebrates its greatest players. But this year,

the celebration is going to be a tiny bit smaller. All the former baseball players who were eligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year struck out. No player was named on the required 75% of ballots from the Baseball Writers Association of America. Seven times saw young winner Roger Clemens failed to get enough votes in his ninth year on the ballot. Clemens was suspected of having used performance enhancing drugs during his career. He denies that.

And baseball's all-time home run leader, Barry Bonds also failed in his ninth try. He was also believed to have taken performance-enhancing drugs. Pitcher Kurt Schilling, who won three World Series titles, fell 16 votes short. Since retiring, Schilling has faced criticism for posting social media comments critical of Muslims, transgender people and journalists. Tisk, tisk. Social media is bad news, guys. Because I can guarantee you, there's a lot of bigots in the Base baseball Hall of Fame. They just didn't have social media to tell you about it. You think Ty Cobb was woke? I mean just as a rule, any baseball player whose card was a painting probably hated somebody. I respect that the baseball hall of fame wants to maintain their integrity but it is kind of funny that

the whole of fame has higher standards than the US government. Because some baseball players like, I don't want to share a bathroom with this person, and the Hall of Fame is like, hey, get out of here! Go make some laws or something. All right, let's move on to our main story. The coronavirus. You know, it's the reason you're eating a Caesar salad on the sidewalk in 30-degree weather. The entire world is struggling with this pandemic. But some countries are handling it better than others. So, let's catch up on the latest Corona news around the world in another episode of Keeping

Up with Corona. First things first. Just because we have a vaccine for the coronavirus doesn't mean it's going away immediately. In fact, right't mean it's going away immediately. In fact, right now, it's only getting worse. The urgency of the vaccine effort is even more critical this evening, a race against time, as those new and more contagious strains of the virus spread. COVID-19 has been mutating throughout this pandemic, and in recent months you've had these disturbing variants emerging

that have been discovered in the UK here in South Africa and Brazil. Epidemiologists warn with the new variants even brief interactions like an outdoor chat without a mask or having a cup of coffee indoors can increase your transmission by up to 70 percent. Authorities still don't know why the new variants are so contagious. So as an extra layer of protection, they recommend wearing two masks. Phew. Corona virus is one hell of a competitor, man.

It's like Michael Jordan. You know, it heard we made a vaccine and Corona was like, and I took that personally. Because so far, there's three major variants out there. And new ones are popping up all the time. Like pretty soon, we're going to need a Somalier to tell them apart. Ah, yes, here we have a 2021 from the foothills of Wales, very strong. If you give that a smell, you'll notice that you can't smell. But because these variants are so much more infectious, authorities are now suggesting that everybody wear two masks.

Which I think is a great idea, especially for America. Because when experts said wear a mask, half the country was like, hell no, that's my freedom. So if you tell them to wear two masks, then people are like, screw you, I'm only wearing one mask, Libtard. And it turns out, these new variants are hitting particularly hard right now because a year of restrictions has gotten people tired of that lockdown life. The new COVID lockdown in the Netherlands has sparked violent protests that continued tonight. Protesters have fought with police in several Dutch cities,

setting fires to buildings. Hundreds of arrests have been made since the protest started over the weekend. The lockdown includes a 9 p.m. curfew. That's the first in the Netherlands since World War II. All right, guys. This right here is a bad sign. How are we going to keep the lockdowns going in the rest of the world when the country that invented legal weed is losing its shit. I mean, the Netherlands are supposed to be one of the chill countries. Think about it.

How often do you hear, careful, careful, you don't want to mess with that, dude. He's Dutch. The Dutch are super nice. They're so nice, they named paying for things together after them. You want to be an asshole or you want to go Dutch. But yeah, of course people hate. lockdowns. I mean even just the name lockdown. Sounds like something you should get mad about. What they really need to do is rebrand lockdowns, you know? Make it more appealing. Like call it a nationwide slumber party or extended cozy time or the pretend you're an indoor cat challenge.

Of course lockdowns are always a temporary fix. The real solution is going to be getting everybody vaccinated. And one country is showing everyone else how it's done. The world's biggest success story right now, Israel. Israel is a relatively small country, but it has administered far more first doses. Israel continues to lead the world in vaccinations using the American-made Pfizer or Moderna vaccines vaccines. Well, in most countries around the world, vaccinations using the American-made Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. While in most countries around the world, you have to be part of a priority go to be vaccinated.

Israeli clinics have been giving out any remaining doses to the general public after their day's scheduled appointments and for priority patients. Everything is done through our phones. We all get notification where we can receive the vaccination. And it worked very, very well. Wow, well done to Israel on leading the world in vaccinations. And you know, it makes sense that they're doing this through people's phones. I mean, there's already an app where you can catch diseases, so why not have one that cures them too?

What I don't understand is, why can't America have that app too? Israel doesn't even have to change it. I'll learn Hebrew. Everything's closed. I've got nothing else to do. Now, as important as everyone getting vaccinated is, there's one thing that's even more important, making sure that your vaccine actually works. Chinese company Sinifac says it has confidence in its vaccine. That has just been picked up by Indonesia, Brazil and Turkey, but there has been skepticism over the veracity of its data.

Questions are beginning to arise because Indonesia also conducting its own trials, releasing numbers that put its efficacy at about 70%. Brazil's findings for this very same vaccination dropped efficacy down to 50%. Yes, much like an airplane touch screen, China's vaccine only works about 50% of the time. No, Lion King. Lion King. Play Lion King. Play Lion King.

Play Lion King. I guess I'm watching cats. And I've got to say, guys, I really feel bad for these countries. How could they have guessed that China would make a cheap knockoff of the vaccine? I mean, what is a person supposed to do with a vaccine that's only 50% as effective as the others? Start standing three feet away from other people? Go have half a meal in a restaurant, only hug one of your grandmas?

Now, just because China is struggling to manufacture vaccines, doesn't mean that they've stopped moving forward with technology, especially when it comes to to to to to to to to to to to to to testing to testing te testing tecing the the the the the the the tex the the the the the the the the the the vaccine the vaccine the vaccine the vaccine thexxxxxxxxxxiiiiaqiaqiol. thiol. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, thethey've stopped moving forward with technology, especially when it comes to testing for coronavirus. China has begun carrying out anal swabs for COVID in a controversial move that has received some pushback. A hospital in Beijing carried out the swabs when testing staff at a school, while authorities in some hotspot areas may introduce the measure for people arriving from abroad. They've been doing blood serum tests to determine whether or not people have COVID antibodies.

And in some places, including a Beijing hospital, they carried out anal swabs with the idea being that the presence of the virus in excrement is longer to detect than if you do, say, a mouth swab. You know what? There's a point at which I would rather just have the coronavirus. Although I can't say I'm surprised to hear this, I mean, scientifically speaking, the anus is the nostril of the butt. And the plus side is, with testing like this, you might not even need a vaccine. You just tell people, hey, we're not having lockdowns, but every time you leave your apartment, some stranger's gonna shove a Q-tip up your butt.

We'll be done with coronavirus in like two weeks. All right, when we come back, we'll figure out how Biden and the Republicans can come together. And Amanda Gorman, the superstar-spa star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star star, the superstar, the superstar, the superstar, the superstar, the superstar, the superstar, the superstar, the superstar, the superstar, the superstar, the superstar, the superstar, the superstar, the the superstar, the superstar, the superstar, the superstar, the superstar, the superstar, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the on the show, so don't go away. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives. But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at.

That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look on Apple podcasts starting September 17. Welcome back to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Let's talk about America's new president. Joseph Rafiki Biden. There's no doubt that he's got a tough America's new president. Joseph Rafiki Biden. There's no doubt that he's got a tough job ahead of him,

but in his inauguration speech last week, Biden made clear what his top priority is. To overcome these challenges, to restore the soul and secure the future of America requires so much more than words, it requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy. Unity, unity, unity, unity, unity. Unity.

Unity. Unity. Unity. Unity? Unity? Unity. But look, I get it. America has been divided over the last four years. Technically 12, if you include Obama's years. Actually, it was pretty divided under Bush.

And Clinton. Whoofe, yeah, that was bad. Oh, you also had the 60s and the Civil War. I mean, the Civil War. Oh, man. You know what, also wasn't great. The Pilgims and the Indians, tie. thiiiiiii. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, th, tho, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. t, t, t, t, ty, ty. ty. ty. togu. togu. togu. togu. togu. togu. togu. togu. togu. togui great? The whole thing with the pilgrims and the Indians either. All right, so America's been divided for like 2,000 years now. The point is unity.

So, I can see why unity would be very appealing for people right now. But for unity to work, you have to agree on what unity is. And in Washington right now, they're not even united on that. U.S. Senator John Corner from Texas, his response to the inclusion of transgender people in the military was to tweet another unifying move by the new administration, question mark? Democrats claim to want to unify the country, but impeaching a former president, a private citizen, is the antithesis of unity. Joe Biden, you talk about unifying the country. Pursuing impeachment after he leaves the office, will further divide the country.

It's hard to unify when you're impeaching a president who's already left office. Joe Biden vowed that his top priority was, quote, unity. Does anyone at this point still believe him? Anybody raise your hand at home? Raise your hand at home? Dude, only one of your viewers is dumb enough to think that you can see him through the TV. Because this is ridiculous, right? Apparently Republicans think that unity means the Democrats have to act like Republicans? That's not what unity is. Unity does not mean agreements. It doesn't mean doing whatever the

other side wants. Unity means the state of being united. And united means unified. And unified means and unified means to be in for the same thing. And thing, same thing means, I'll tell you this much. Unity doesn't mean you just do what the losers want, all right? It definitely doesn't mean that you can't hold Trump accountable for what he did. That wouldn't fly in court. You are accused of manslaughter. How do you plead? I plead unity, your honor.

Man, get your ass to jail. And it's one thing to try to find unity with people who disagree with you on policies. But how do you find unity with people who don't even recognize your legitimacy? A clear majority of House Republicans who are now kind of braing about unity voted to overturn the election and in effect make Trump president for four more years over the will of the voters. This election was not stolen. Do you accept that fact? Well, what I would say is that the debate over whether or not there was frauds should

occur. We never had any presentation in court when we actually looked at the evidence. Republican Congressman Marjorie Taylor Green, a Q&N supporter. She has repeatedly indicated support for executing prominent Democratic politicians. 2019, she liked to comment that said, quote, a bullet to the head would be quicker to remove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. In 2018, she said, quote, the stage is being set after someone asked whether they could hang President Obama and Hillary Clinton. Holy shit!

This Marjorie Taylor Greenlady wanted to shoot Pelosi and hang Obama and Hillary? This woman is something else. It's like a normal Karen fell into a vet of chemicals and then became a Batman villain. I mean, how can you achieve unity with someone who's literally wanting you dead? There's a reason why planet Earth never ends with a bill being signed. And suddenly the cheater lunges at the young gazelle, eager to reach a bipartisan agreement. Seriously, people, forget the country for a minute, right?

That's their co-worker. Imagine going into work every day, knowing one of your co-workers wants to kill you. A co-worker stole my yogurt one time, and I still hold it against him. I was hungry for 20 minutes that day, Kevin. You're a monster! Look, considering where the Republican Party is right now, I don't know if the two sides can really todk, to to work to work to work to work thua thoe thuuiiiiii.., thu., thu. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, is right now, I don't know if the two sides

can really come together, but it would be fun watching them try to talk their issues out. Today we're here to work on unity. Now this is a safe space to share your feelings and hopefully find some common ground. Democrats, let's start with you. What does unity? We want unity. It's about coming t you? We want unity. You know it's about coming together and you're respecting each other. Wrong. Wrong.

Republicans you had a very strong reaction to that. What does unity mean to you? Unity is bringing everyone in the country together to do exactly what we want all the time and if you have a problem with that we'll storm your office. That's what unity is. Very good sharing. I love how honest you're being.. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their. their. their. their their. their. their. their. their. Wrong. Wrong. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. the. the. their. the. the. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. the time and if you have a problem with that we'll storm your office that's what unity is. Very good sharing I love how honest you're being. Democrats is that something you think you might be open to? No he just said he wants to storm my office or put you in prison. What? Ah options very good very good. You know what I feel we should have a bigger say we won the election. You stole the election. Now, remember, compromise. Okay, so how about Democrats won the election

by stealing it? Yeah, that's fair. No, it's not. Look, we just went the Republicans to come to the table in good faith and find areas we can agree on so we can pass meaningful laws. Okay, let's explore this. Republicans. tho. tho. th. Remember, th. Remember, th. Remember, th. Remember, th. Remember, th. Remember, th. Remember, th. Remember, tho. Remember, tho, tho, tho, tho. Remember, tho, remember, remember, tho, remember, remember, remember, remember, remember, tho, remember, remember, remember, remember, tho, remember, remember, remember, remember, remember, remember, remember, remember, tho, remember, remember, remember, remember, remember, tho, remember, tho, tho, the Republicans, the Republicans, th. Com, th. Com, th. Remember, th. Remember, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. thi thi. tho. thi. tho. thi. tho. the the tho the tho tho the the tho tho the tho tho tho the tho the tho tho tho tho th come to the table in good faith and find areas we can agree on so we can pass meaningful laws. Okay, let's explore this. Republicans, when Democrats just said that, what is it that you hear? I heard that they want mandatory Sharia socialism and to put Rupal on the $50 bill. That's what she said. That's not what I said at all. Although I am open to the RuPaul thing kind of jaz up the money, but listen., let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, the the the the th, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let the the the th, let's, let's, let's th. Let th, let's th. Let's th. Let's th. Let's th. Let's th. Let's th. Let's, let let let let let let let let let let let, let let let, let let let, let, let let, let let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, let, the the the the the the the the the the th. Let, let the the the thi. the the thi, let's the the they. they. the. the. the. the. Let's the. Let's the. Let's the. Let's the. Let's the they. Let's the, let's she said. That's not what I said at all. Although I am open to the RuPaul thing, kind of jives up the money, but listen, if they really wanted Unity, how do they explain the capital riots? That could have been a real moment for unity,

but there wasn't a single Democrat in that mob, because they're all talk with no insurrection. See, see, see, this is what he does, their th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, thin, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thi. It's always my fault. My fault? My fault? It's your fault every single time. You're always making it your fault. Okay, you're walking around like it's not my fault. You can stop. You can stop, but it is. You can stop.

Especially the Democrats. Look, we're almost at a time. So what I'd like to do is just take a step a step a step a step to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to do is just to do is just to do is just to do is just th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to do. to do. to do. to do. to do. to do. to do. to do. to do. to do. to do. to do. th. th. th. thi. thi. the. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. thi. thi. thi. thi. th look at all the progress we've made. Excuse me? Progress? There has been no progress. See, you finally agreed on something. You're both united behind the fact that you can never unite. Unity achieved. Republicans, you're cured.

Democrats, let's pick this up again next week. We have a lot to work through. Cool, because I got around. I'm parked in a handicapped spot. So thanks. Of course you did. Of course he did. All right, when we come back, the star poet from the inauguration, Amanda Goldman is joining us on the show. So don't go away. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television.

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So earlier today, I spoke with poet, activist, and author, Amanda Gorman. We talked about what it was like being the youngest inobral poet in history and what lies in store. If we're to live up to our own time, then victory won't lie in the blade, but in all the bridges we've made. That is the promise to glade the hill we climb, if only we dare it, because being American is more than a pride we inherit. It's the past we step into and how we repair it.

Amanda Gorman, welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Thank you so much for having it. I'm super excited. I'm the one who should be excited because, I mean, 2021 kicked off with a bang. It's been a whirlwind for everybody, but I think for you more than most people, it has been extra whirlwindy, which is a word I trademarked you can use one day if you'd like to in one of your poems. You went from not just being notable because you read a poem the youngest ever inaugural poet, but also because of what the poem meant to people,

because of the inspiration behind it, because of how people felt after they heard what you did. What has it been like for you? Just in this little period since the inauguration, what has your world been like? My world has been crazy. I mean it's been turned upside down. I mean when I was writing the poem I knew it was a historic moment, I knew it was an important moment which is why I wanted to do just service but I wasn't really paying attention to the ways in which my own personal life might change. So I went, I did my Niagara Poem, I walked off and just kind of expected everything to be the same, and then I remember trying to open my Instagram just to, you know, look at

other people's post and all of my appseats because of all the followers that were just, you know, flocking to my channel. So it's been amazing and I'm still kind of absorbing it all like a sponge. The poem, The Hill We Climb, wasn't just momentous because of the day it was performed on. I think what made it special was that you incorporated up until that day the things that so many people were feeling about America. If you don't mind, walk me through why you felt it was important was important the the the the the the the the the the to be important the the the the the to be important, the the the the to be, the th., thoicicicicicicicicicicicil, to, thoan, to, toe, toe, tho, thiolioliolioliolomea, toe, to, th. I, thoom. I, 't mind, walk me through why you felt it was important to write a poem for that moment and then even still be writing the poem on the actual day that you were delivering it. Right, exactly.

Well, for me, I mean, I was writing it and trying to finn the way to encapsulate what had gone on over the past four years and even looking more expansively than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than... And the the the the thua. the the thua. the the the thui and the the the the the the, the the the, the, the, the the the the, the, the, tho. tho. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th.. th. the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, the an the an then, you know, we had the insurrection at the Capitol. So for me, it was trying to say, we've had this reminder of the ways in which democracy is both fragile and also enduring and how necessary it is to defend it. And I think a lot of times in cultures, we think of the ways in which we can cleanse ourselves with words, meaning that this poem was an opportunity to kind of resanctify, repurify, and reclaim not just the capital building, but American democracy and what it stands for.

A pretty high ask of myself, but you know, that's what I do when I showed up and I rolled up my sleeves, and that was the aim of the poem, to use words to try to the the the to th., th, tho, the tho, tho, the tho, tho, tho, the tho, tho, that, the that, that, that, that, tho, tho, tho, thoomat, thooma, that, that, tho, th, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, the the tho, rea, rea, rea, rea, rea, rea, rea, rea, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the thracea, thracea, thr.e, ca, ca, ca, ca, ca, ca,ea, ca.ea.a.a.a.r.r.a.r.racea, rea, rea, rea, rea, rea, rea, re poem, to use words, to try to go back to the quintessence of what America can be. I think you achieved that. I think you achieved that a thousand times over, and it showed in how people responded. I mean, consider it from this perspective, and you may not, but this is how I saw it. I went, on a day when Joe Biden's inaugurized, is stepping into the role as VP. Lady Gaga is performing. Jennifer Lopez is performing.

You were the thing that people were looking. You were the trending thing. I mean, it was like you competing with Bernie Sanders's meetings was basically it. That must be. Do you take a moment to go like, man, this is surreal. That is so surreal, especially because my friends, they're so funny and you know, they come for blood. So they were texting me like, well, Joe Biden did a good job opening up for Amanda Gorman.

You know who won that inauguration. I was like, you know, it's not a competition. You know, it's not a fight of who wins the inauguration there, like, but you did. And so I think for me, it was so daunting, it's to be so it's to be so a stage, you know, there was Michelle Obama to my right and Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and what happened. So the figures that have been, you know, mythologized for me and to find myself not only being in that space, but owning it and claiming it was, I think, the highlight of my career. I believe that you are slated to perform at the Super Bowl, that is correct?

Yes. I didn't understand the juxtaposition of this right now, right? Poetry at the Super Bowl. You understand the levels you've made it to, where they were like, this person is so good that we have to bring her to do poetry at the Super Bowl at the Super Bowl in the inauguration around the same time and it was like there was not space in my head for both. Like I kept it being like, I gotta write that inauguration poem and my team was like, there's

this little thing called the Super Bowl which you should also keep in mind. And so, you know, it's very rare and I would say, if not, you know, it's very rare, and I would say, you know, if not, you know, an extant possibility that a poet will be at something like the Super Bowl. It's just nothing I have really heard about before. And so, for the moments I strive for in my lifetime, which is to bring poetry into the spaces that we least expect it so that we can fully kind of grapple with the ways in which it can heal and kind of resurrect us. Let's talk a little bit about poetry. I mean, it feels like poetry like some art forms has its highs and then it has moments where it disappears.

Why do you think we should never forget poetry? What is it about poetry that you feel society needs to hold on to? Well, what I always say is poetry stands as a great reminder of the past that we stand on and the future that we stand for. I do not think it is any coincidence that when America seeks to kind of consecrate its ideals, it does so through poetry. I don't think it's a poece that we see a poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty as opposed to like a scientific formula or even a prosaic paragraph, you know, why is it that we call forth poetry in those moments? Or even point out to students, you know, when you're out of Black Lives Matter March and you see

you know banners that say they buried us but they didn't know we recedes, that's poetry at the first racial justice movement. And so poetry, because it's inherently, tha tha tha the the the the the thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the, the, thi, thi, thi, thi, the, the, thu. thu. thui, the, the, the, th. th. th. th. th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, the, the, the, theooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooes, the, the, th, that's poetry at the first racial justice movement. And so poetry, because it's inherently rebellious in its nature, I think it really becomes the language and the rhetoric of the people. We get to kind of co-opt it and put our own play on it. And what's more, we get to use those words to realize our thoughts and transform those thoughts into actions. You have a journey ahead of you that I think nobody can predict, which is exciting, and you've had a journey that has been unpredictable. You know, you've talked about it.

You know, growing up in a family with a single mom who was raising yourself and your twin sister and your brother as well, and how you just fought to achieve. My question to you then is, what are you aspiring to seeing that you that you that you that you basically, that you basically that you basically, that you basically that you basically that you basically, that you basically, that you basically, that you basically, that you basically, that you've that you've that you've that you've that you've that you've that you've that you've that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you, that you, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've, that you've that you've that you've that you've that you've basically, that you've basically, that you've basically, that you've basically, that you've basically, that you've basically, how you just fought to achieve. My question to you then is, what are you aspiring to seeing that you've basically done it all in the past few weeks? Right. That's a great question. I mean, I'm really taking that time to kind of sit back and think and be like,

well, wow, that was it, kind of what's next? And for me, I don't think it's about, thin a a a about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about a a thinhinghing, thininininininin, thin, thiii and that's a that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's that's that's that's that's that's thiii., thi., thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thiauiauiauiauiauia. that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's's about kind of beating my last thing or even competing against myself. I hear that a lot that's fine for other people. I'm not necessarily fighting against myself or competing or contesting against anything I've done, but I want to keep on the trajectory that I've started for myself. I never want to kind of dally or diverge from that. And for me, that just means using my poetry to toucest and heal and impact as many people as possible. And that can be at the inauguration, the Super Bowl, it can be in a living room, it's

often in classrooms and other students. And so that's what's next for me on the more resume tick thing that I always have to mention when I'm on talk shows. I'm like, I have three books coming out, so there's also that in the very immediate what I need to write, but you know, I'm just shugging forward. Well, I know everyone's going to be reading the books. Thank you so much Amanda Gorman and congratulations on all your success. Thank you so much. Don't forget, Amanda's books, the hill we climb, change thinks, and th. thine. thine. thine. thine. thine. thine. thine. thine. thine. thine. thine. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin. thin, thin, thin, thin, tho, thin, thin, thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' that, I I I I I I I I I I I th. Well, I I I I th. Well, I I I I I I I th. Well, I I th. Well, I's, I's, I's, I's, I'm, I'm thin' thin, I'm thin, thin, thin, the. the a the a the a the a the a the a the a the a theanan, thean, thean, thin,order right now. All right, we're going to take a quick break, but we'll be right back after this. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives.

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