The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Justice for Breonna Taylor | Nadia Murad (Rebroadcast)

Episode Date: August 7, 2020

Trevor examines the life and legacy of Breonna Taylor, Michael Kosta learns about poop-based medical research, and "The Last Girl" author Nadia Murad talks about her fight against genocide. Originally aired July 30, 2020. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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just 95 days away from the general election. So if you're black, you probably want to start waiting in line now. Anyway, on tonight's episode, President Trump casually floats canceling democracy. Michael Costa investigates the smartest poop you'll ever meet, and we'll talk about the life and legacy of Brianna Taylor. So let's do this, people. Welcome to the Daily Social Distancing show. From Trevor's couch in New York City to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to the to to the to to the to the the the to the the the the to the the to their their their thoome. thiolk. thoom. thiolk. their. their. theirc, theirc, theirc, theirc. theircenecenecenecenecenecenecenecenecenecenecenecenec. Wea. Wea. the the the the the the the the the the 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 Noah.

the ears. Let's kick things off with the bad news. Or as it's known these days, the news. America surpasses 150,000 deaths, the staggering toll, with Florida, California, and Texas breaking single-day death records. The U.S. economy shrank at a 32.9 percent annual rate in the April, June quarter. The worst quarterly plunge ever. The Labor Department says 1.4 million Americans filed jobless claims last week.

It's the second straight week new unemployment claims have risen. Lawmakers are still at odds over another stimulus bill with added unemployment benefits expiring tomorrow. Talks are actually going backwards not forwards. Two months after Democrats agreed on their plan, Republicans still can't seem to agree on what they want. Um, guys, I don't want to overreact. But I'm starting to worry that Trump's not going to make America great again the the the their th again th again to make to make th again to make th again to make to make th again th again th again th again to make on what they want. Um, guys, I don't want to overreact, but I'm starting to worry that Trump's not going to make America great again. And I think I can see what the problem is here, guys. You see, the economy is cratering, but the COVID deaths are rising.

So clearly what America needs to do here is just switch the titles on these two charts. See? Now the economy is up and COVID is down. Everything is fine. You know, one of the most depressing aspects of this situation is how badly the Republicans are blowing it. Deaths are mounting, job losses are rising again, benefits are running out tomorrow, and they just started to come up with a plan like a few days ago? Like if your government can't help when things are this bad, then you don't really have a government. You're just paying people to watch this shit along with you. And it's bad enough that millions of unemployed people are about to lose the $600 a week

lifeline that they've been getting. But in the meantime, the pandemic claimed one of his prominent friends and supporters. For this just into CNN, Trump ally and former US presidential campaign candidate, Herman Kane has died after battling coronavirus. Kane attended President Trump's June 20th rally in Tulsa and recently bragged about the President's Independence Day celebration, writing, quote, masks will not be mandatory for the event, which will be attended by President Trump. People are fed up. Look, regardless of what Herman Kane thought about the coronavirus, every loss of life

to this disease is tragic. And hopefully this will serve as a wake-up call to a lot of people who shared Herman Kane's mindset. I mean, coronavirus doesn't care about your political party. It doesn't care if you like Trump. It doesn't even care if you believe it's real. It is real and it is deadly. So socially distance whenever you can. And please, wear a mask. Hell you can even wear a mask. Oh, thoen thoen thoen thoen tho. tho. tho. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. to to to to to to to tho. tho. tho. tho. th. th. th. th. tho. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. to th. to to th. th. to. to to. th. to. to. to. th. to. to. too. too. too. too. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. toa. to care. Oh, look at me, I'm wearing a mask.

I'm so much safe enough. Yeah, that's fine. Just put it on. So with the economy in crisis mode and deaths continuing to soar, obviously, this is all bad for President Trump's re-election hopes. And today, Trump came up, a tweet from the White House, President Trump tweeting out a short time ago on the upcoming presidential election. With universal mail-in voting, not absentee voting, which is good, 2020 will be the most inaccurate

and fraudulent election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the election until people can properly, securely, and safely vote, question marks. To be very clear, the President cannot do that. The Constitution is unambiguous about this, that Congress, not a president who may have their own self-interest in mind, gets to decide when the leader of the United States is elected. And to his other point, there is no evidence, of course, of widespread voter fraud through mail-in voting, even in states with all mail-in votes. That's right. Trump isn't actually allowed to delay the election.

Although not being allowed to do something has never stopped him before. Like, we'll still have the election on November 3rd, but he'll probably just add a hundred days to August. And sure, maybe the court overturns it but that might not happen until August 73rd. And I mean, this is an absurd suggestion. I know, we can't reschedule the election. For starters, both candidates are like 200 years old. I mean, we've got to keep things moving. I'm not even sure that Trump understands what an alarming ththis is. Because this is basically the move of a dictator. But Trump is just casually throwing it out there in a tweet with a bunch of question marks. Like he's on a group text trying to bail on Happy Hour.

Hey, y'all, November 3 is not great for me. Maybe we re-schedged for 2021? Thoughts? What do you guys think, thi? Just by the way, you remember a few years ago when I said Trump was an African dictator? You remember that? Yeah? People acted like I was crazy. But this is how it starts. First, they just suggest that maybe you postpone the election. Then they suggest that some of the votes are not valid.

And pretty soon they're saying, you know what's really unfair? That there are two political parties. Let's just have one. Then you don't have to worry about making all these decisions anymore. America is mine! Oh, and by the way, I don't know if you remember, but three months ago, Joe Biden predicted that Trump would try to delay the election.

And this is how Trump reacted back then. I never even thought of changing the date the date the date the date the date the date the date the date the date the date the date of changing the date of the election. Why would I do that? November 3rd, it's a good number. Now I look forward to that election and that was just made up propaganda. Oh, I love me some fake Trump outrage. How dare you? I won't sink that low for at least three more months. And just by the way, November 3rd is a good number? What does that have to do with anything? Elect elections elections elections elections elections elections elections elections elections elections elections elections elections elections elections elections elections elections elections elections, elections, elections the the way, November 3rd is a good number? What does that have to do with anything?

Elections aren't decided based on whether the date is a cool number. If it was, every election would be held on June 9th. Nice. But look, regardless of his insane tweets, the chances are that Trump will not be able to move the election, which means he's going to have to come up with a plan to win it the old-fashioned way, by using racism. President Trump is facing scrutiny for his words about affordable housing and the suburbs. He made the comments while discussing the rollback of a housing rule aimed at fighting racial discrimination,

as Trump works to court white suburban voters. There will be no more low-income housing forced in to the suburbs. I abandoned and took away and just rescinded the rule. The Obama-era rule forced local governments that receive federal housing funds to assess patterns of racial housing discrimination and submit plans to eliminate it. On Wednesday, the president tweeted, I am happy to inform all the people living their suburban lifestyle dream that you will no longer be bothered or financially hurt by having low-income housing built in your neighborhood. 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 their th. th. the and just just the and just just just just just just the. the. Wea the. Wea their the. I just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just.......... th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I th. I's thiiii. thii. thiii. I's the. thiiiiiauu tho tho tho thiau thiau thiau the tho the tho the the the the tho the tho tho tho their suburban lifestyle dream that you will no longer be bothered or financially hurt by having low-income housing built in your neighborhood.

Your housing prices will go up based on the market and crime will go down. Enjoy. Later in Texas, the president reaffirming that message. I've seen conflict for years. It's been hell for suburbia. We rescinded the rule three days ago. So enjoy your life, ladies and gentlemen, enjoy your life.

Okay, first of all, suburban lifestyle dream sounds like the world's lamest Katie Perry song. But just in case it wasn't clear, Trump is saying that he's going to stop black people from moving into white people's neighborhood. I mean, it's not even subtle enough to call that a dog whistle. It's too loud. It's more like a dog steel drum. I won't let the black people live near you. Poodoo-pom, boom.

All right, we have to take a quick break. But when we come back, we'll tell you about the full story behind the name Brianna Taylor. So stick around. Finding great candidates to hire can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. You might get a lot of resumes, but not enough candidates with the right skills or experience. But not with Zip Recruiter. Zip Recruiter finds amazing candidates for you fast. And right now you can try it for free at Zip Recruiter. Zip Recruiter's smart technology identifies top talent for your roles quickly.

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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. Starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to the Daily Social Distancing Show. You know, as the world came together over the past few months to protest against racial

injustice, the name George Floyd has been chanted all over the globe. But there's another name, which initially didn't get a lot of attention, but has slowly become the rallying call for people crying out for justice and change. And that name is Brianna Taylor. Public pressure is now mounting with protests and celebrities speaking out. Brianna Taylor. Do you know what happened to Breonna Taylor?

Celebrities from Ali Wong, Kerry Washington, and Cardi B. saying her name. Do you know Brianna Taylor's story, her whole story? I want her family to know, and I want the state of Kentucky to know that we feel for it, and we want justice. The WNBA dedicating this season to social justice. We are dedicating this season to Briiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiia the the season the season the season the season the We are dedicating this season to Brianna Taylor, an outstanding EMT who was murdered over 130 days ago. For the first time in 20 years, Oprah Winfrey is giving up the cover of her old magazine,

putting the late Brianna Taylor on it instead. Yes. From LeBron James to Oprah Winfrey, Megan Markle to the WNBA, the tidal wave of support for Brianna Taylor has been swelling day by day. And the support has even spread to social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok, which is fantastic, but it's unfortunately also come with downsides. Because if you're online a lot, you've probably seen Brianna Taylor being turned into just another meme. You know, whether it's putting her name on a picture of Riana's ass or mentioning her death

in some caption of a random selfie. And the truth is, it's like, this is a weird amalgam of a few things. You have this relatively new phenomenon of using social media to push for justice and reform, which is good. But the downside is social media as a medium medium medium medium medium thia thia thia thia thia thia thi me me me me me me me me me me thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi thi thi. that that that that that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's on that's on that's on that's on 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 thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. that's that's that's that's that's that's, which is good. But the downside of that, the downside is social media as a medium that doesn't always do sincerity well. It doesn't do selflessness well. That struggles to give tragedies the gravity that they deserve. And so you have maybe well-intentioned people who want to keep the name trending, and they want to see Brianna Taylor Get Justice, but now essentially using her name as a punchline.

Because memes are not the best way to honor someone who has passed. It means the reason Obama didn't dab at John Lewis's funeral today. And so today on the show, as painful as it is, I wanted to take the time to either remind people or inform people about the story of Brianna Taylor, not as a slogan or a post on your social media feed, but as a human being. Brianna Taylor, she is more than just a movement, a hashtag or a moment. The 26-year-old was an EMT working in emergency rooms at two hospitals and helping respond to the coronavirus outbreak. She loved to help people.

Brianna loved family. She just was, she was a very sweet person and she went out of her way for anybody. 26 and full of life. This is Brianna Taylor. Etched in her family's memories. Dancing with friends. Girl, let me wash your eyes. Everything gonna be alright. Singing her favorite song, buying her dream car.

She loved life. She loved to be around friends and family. She just, she had it figured out. That's right. Brianna Taylor was a friend, a daughter, an EMT worker, working to help save people's lives, and apparently one hell of a TikTok dancer. And by the way, it's actually nice to see the news covering a black-a- at the hands of police by using their good pictures and not that one picture that makes us all look like we've robbed 50 banks. I mean, you know Brianna Taylor was a great person because if she had jaywalked once, the news would have been frequent Jay- Jay Walker and occasional EMT, Brianna Taylor was sadly killed by the police.

So for 26 years, Brianna Taylor lived her life to the fullest. But then on a random night out of nowhere, the Louisville Police Department turned her into a statistic. On March 13, as Brianna and her boyfriend, Kenny Walker lay asleep in their bed, plain-closed police officers broke down their door using a battering ram on a no-knock drug warrant. Kenny, thinking intruders were violently breaking in, grabbed his licensed gun. Walker says they didn't say they were the police before he fired off a shot from a gun.

The officers responded with a hail of gunfire. When the door comes off the hinges, it's just, it's happening fast, like it was like an explosion. Walker said he purposely aimed his gun towards the ground. Sergeant John Maddingly was struck in the leg and was one of three officers who returned fire. Detective Brett Hankison was standing outside and fired 10 rounds through a closed and curtain patio door. According to Louisville's police chief, his blind shooting displayed an extreme indifference to to to to the value the value to the value to the value to the value to the value to the value the value to the value to the value to the value the value to the value the value to the value the value the value to the value to the to the to the gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gunned gun gunned gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun. the gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun. the gun gun gun gun gun gun gun gun. the gun gun. the gun gun. the gun gun. the gun. the gun gun. the the the the the value gun. the value. the value. the value. the value. the value. the value. the value. the value. the the the the the the the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to. the the the th. the thi. the the the the the the the the the the the curtained patio door. According to Louisville's police chief, his blind shooting displayed an extreme indifference

to the value of human life. The gunshots was through walls, windows, bullet holes were found everywhere in the kitchen, bedrooms, in a neighbor's apartment with small children nearby. Multiple neighbors called 911 asking for police. Only finding out later, it was the police. You know, almost every time we hear a story involving a police shooting, I'm always shocked at how badly trained and not in control the police seem. Brianna Taylor's boyfriend was lying in bed, heard his door get smashed in, grabbed his

legal firearm and had the presence of mind to try and injure the intruder by aiming down. But the cops, who are supposed to be trained professionals, they burst in like they get paid by the bullets. And for anyone who has the audacity to blame Brianna's boyfriend for shooting up the cops, please answer me this question. If America tells people to get a gun to defend the intruders breaking down the door without knocking, what are you supposed to do? To an innocent person, there is zero difference between a no-knock raid and a home invasion. If someone busts down your door in the middle of the night, you're going to think that they're intruders, not oh, the cops might be here, or damn, Uber eats us coming in hot tonight. In fact, it would be weird if you didn't thap that situation. I mean, if not then, what are you saving it for? To be honest, we shouldn't

even be calling these things no-knock raids. That gives them too much credit. We should just drop the euphemism and call it what it is, a home invasion where police get to act like they're in a video game. The police break down the door without warning. They shoot Brianna Taylor eight times in her own house. And what makes the story more tragic is that the cops should never have even been in that house in the first place. Police got five warrants approved. Four were for suspected drug dealers and suspected drug houses, lumped into that with similar language was the warrant for Brianna Taylor's apartment. Under the suspicion, she was involved with handling money and drugs

for an alleged Louisville drug dealer, her ex-boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover. She hadn't dated Glover in months. A package police say they saw Glover picking up at Taylor's apartment was likely a pair of shoes, according to the family attorney. And despite what officers were told before the raid, Brianna Taylor certainly did not live alone. When it was all over, police found no drugs, no money in her apartment. Before going into Brianna Taylor's home, police were actually warned that she would be very little threat, if no threat at all. Yes, they used bogus intel, and they came in guns blazing, even though they knew she wasn't a threat. Every step of the way this investigation ran, the police screwed up.

They made a million mistakes, which is a million more than any black person is ever allowed to make. And honestly, with the amount of mistakes that the police made throughout the entire process, I don't even know if it's fair to call them mistakes at this point. Because a mistake is something you do by accident. But these cops the cops the cops the cops the cops the cops the cops the cops the cops the cops the cops the cops the cops the cops accident. But these cops blatantly ignored so many protocols and so much information. At some point it moves from a mistake to just actively not giving a fuck. And it's bad enough when you learn what these people did in the heat of the moment, but in a way, what's even worse is what they did when they had the time to think.

Brianna Taylor was alive for several minutes after police shot her five times and for more than 20 minutes after Taylor was fatally shot, Taylor 26 lay where she fell in her hallway, receiving no medical attention according to dispatch logs. You see her boyfriend after the shooting being arrested here in the parking lot. Police tried to charge him with attempting to kill police officers but those charges were later dropped. A recently released police incident report from that night is mostly blank. It claims there was no forced entry. It does list Taylor as a victim of a crime. And under injuries it says none even though Taylor was shot eight times.

You see it's one thing to quote-unquote shoot someone accidentally eight times but leaving her on the floor without any medical attention that isn't an accident. That's just a blatant disregard for black life. And on top of all of that the cop submitted a mostly blank incident report really you really couldn't think of anything that you could write on that report, not even, oh, we fucked up? These officers are so bad they couldn't even solve the murder that they committed? And right now, the Attorney General of Kentucky says that they're investigating Brianna

Taylor's killing. But it's been four months. And in that four months, they've seemed to find a way to to find a way, to find a way, to find a way, to find a way, to find a way, to find a way, to find a way, to find a way, to find a way, to find a way, to find a way, to find a way, to find a way to arrest somebody. It's been more than four months since 26-year-old EMT Brianna Taylor was shot and killed in her own home. So far, there have been no charges filed against the three white officers involved. By comparison, though, this week, it took just one day to file felony charges against more than 80 protesters who went to the home of Kentucky Attorney General calling for justice and Brianna's killing. single day in America we're reminded that there are different criminal justice systems depending on who you are. There's one for the rich and there's one for the poor.

There's one for white people and there's a different one for black people. And apparently there's also one for those who oppose police brutality and for those who commit it. Now I won't lie. The one bit of hope that I have seen from this is th, th, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, th, we, th, we, th, th, th, th, th, th, we, th, we, th, we, th, th, we, we, we, we, we, we the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're, we're the, we're, we're the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the's also one for those who oppose police brutality and for those who commit it. Now I won't lie, the one bit of hope that I have seen from this is that the protests are actually getting results. Because a few months ago, almost nobody had heard of this case. But now thanks to people taking to the streets and relentlessly pushing for justice, some changes are being made, including Brianna's law, which bans no-knock warrants in Louisville.

But the truth is, we have so much more work to do. Because what happened to Brianna Taylor, it's not just a few bad cops. It's not even really just about the cops. It's also the legislature that gave them the power to break into houses, the judge that signed the warrant, the police department that didn't act against these officers, and the county that charged the protesters for challenging these rules. In other words, what happened to Brianna Taylor wasn't a failure of the system. It was the system working as it's intended. And that is why people are fighting for the system to be changed. We'll be right back.

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the needle in the haystack. Four out of five employers who post on Zip Recruiter get a quality candidate within the first day. Try it for free at this exclusive web address, Zip Recruiter.com slash zip. that's the smartest way to hire. 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. As the rates of coronavirus keep rising here in the US, there has been a raging debate

about whether or not the official numbers are accurate. Well Michael Costa investigates a new method for detecting COVID that may solve the mystery in this incredibly scientific and mature report. Human excrement, poop, duckey. It's an important part of the digestive process and difficult to clean out of a wedding tuxedo, but it may just save our lives. Finding potential hot spots of the coronavirus through sewage. It's a method that scientists hope will eventually help us stay safe in the future. That's what Biobot, a tech company, started by a few MIT grads, is doing right now. To treat this

important story with the gravity it deserves, I've decided to not make any juvenile poop jokes. I'm going to make two. Three. I get to make three poop jokes in this segment. But that's it. Starting now. So Biobot is based on a very simple concept. Everybody pees and poops every day. How do you know that? Has every person you've ever met poop and pee? Okay, so it's not a formal study. We know that waste contains a rich source of information on our health and our well-being.

Our doctors look at it all the time to understand things that are going on inside your body, but every day we're flushing this information down the toilet. So at BioBot we're collecting samples at the wastewater treatment facility in our cities. You know what this reminds me of when I take my dog for a walk and he takes a giant load on the sidewalk, typically I'll leave it there, but sometimes I look at it and I say, oh wow, it looks like my dog ate a tennis ball, there's yellow felt everywhere, maybe we got to take him to the vet. Is that essentially what you're doing but for us?

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understanding the consumption of various different types of opioid drugs, things like cocaine, Check. Marijuana. Check. Ecstasy, methamphetamines, heroin. Check. And nicotine. Only when I'm doing number two. It helps with the smell. Let's talk about privacy for a moment.

Could I opt out of this by shitting in a bucket? What's great about sewage is that when we collect a sample, we actually can't tie that back to an individual person. Okay, that's good. Few. Newshire, let's talk about COVID-19. How did you start testing sewage for that? About two months ago, when the scope of the coronavirus outbreak became clear, we developed the methods to actually detect the virus in sewage, we developed the methods to actually detect the virus in sewage and also start to quantify it. Some of our initial findings actually showed that in a community in Massachusetts there were about

450 confirmed clinical cases of coronavirus and yet our samples on that same day suggested that there were up to 100,000 cases. So Biobot launched a national campaign, asking cities to the the US to send a the US to send a the US to.. to to to to to to to to to to the to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the 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 to to 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 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 the the the that there were up to 100,000 cases. So Biobot launched a national campaign, asking cities around the US to send them their poop. At this point, the company is working with waste treatment facilities in 42 states and analyzing the crap of more than 10% of the population. So every time I take a number two, I'm actually helping the country. It's my civic duty. We imagine that this is going to become very critical data in helping governments evaluate when and how to reopen our cities again.

As America reopens, wastewater testing can tell us in real time if COVID cases are increasing, and whether it's really safe to go back to normal life in real time if COVID cases are increasing and whether it's really safe to go back to normal life, like pooping at the office, in a Starbucks bathroom, or even on the street between parked cars. Damn, I miss that. There will be another public health crisis like the one today. And having something like this in place beforehand can really act as an early warning so that we're not blindsided again. No this is a hectic time and we appreciate your expertise.

But I actually have to go. I have to drop my kids off at the pool. No, no, no, that's not a joke. Stop. I'm serious. My kids have swimming lessons right now. So it's a private pool. Thank you so much for that, Michael. So mature.

When we come back, I'll be talking to Nadia Murad, a human rights activist who survived being imprisoned by ISIS. So stay tuned. 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. You're rolling?

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. So earlier today I spoke with Nadia Murad, an Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. We talked about how she survived ISIS and her advocacy for all the other survivors of genocide

and sexual violence. Nadia Murad, welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Thank you so much for having me. And it's my honor to be with you and join you today. Before we start, I just want to remind your viewers that today is the world day against the human trafficking. And it is our collective responsibility to end the human trafficking. And I hope everyone can help to raise awareness about these topics. You have spoken about this, and I think that's why your story is so powerful.

Because many people thought of ISIS and, you know, there was a point where it was all that and I think that's why your story is so powerful because many people thought of ISIS and you know there was a point where it was all that was in the news And once the larger caliphate was defeated people thought the story was finished, but you've you've been an advocate Speaking out saying there are so many women who are still the victims of sex trafficking and sexual violence at the hands of ISIS at the hands of this Islamic state the, you know, you??????? You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you th, you know, you know, you know, th, you've th, you've thi, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the hands of ISIS, at the hands of this Islamic State, that's trying to create terror through the abuse of women's bodies, what are some of the things that you think the international community could be doing to help? You know, I wish that our pain and what is happening to us right now after six years of what ISIS did to us. I wish it was gone with when they killed Baghdadi or other ISIS, but this is not the reality. The reality is that we have, until today we have 2,000 Yazidi women and children still in

captivity. Including my sister-in-law, my niece, my nephew. We have more than 85 mass graves in Senja right now. We have more than 60% of the Yosidi community is displaced. Our homeland is destroyed. And what ISIS can not just for one or two days. ISIS, ISIS left behind them a community that will not recover without the support of international community.

A year ago, you met with the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and in the Oval Office, and I actually want to show a little clip of that meeting. I hope you can call or anything to Iraqi and Kurdistan government to... But ISIS is gone. But if I can't... But now it's Kurdish and who? Iraqi, Iraqi government. If I cannot go to my home and live in a safe place and get my like my dignity bag. We cannot find a safe place to leave. All this happened to me, they killed my mom, my six brothers, they left behind them. Where are they now?

They killed them. They are in the masquerque's incendi. And I'm still fighting just to live in safe. Please do something. You had to explain to him the situation on the ground. Since then, have you heard back, or has anything changed or has anything been done to try and remedy what is happening to the Yazidis,

and especially the women? With the US government, we have been doing a lot of work. Vice President, Mike Pence, he, from the beginning, he's a big support support the situation, the situation, to support, to support support support support support support support support support support support support support support support support support support support support support support support support support support support to support to support to support to support to support to support to support their, their, their, their, their, their, the situation the situation, the situation, the situation, the situation, the situation, the situation, the situation, the situation the situation the situation the situation the situation, the situation, the situation, the situation, the situation, the situation, the situation, the situation, the situation, the situation, the situation, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, to the, he, from the beginning, he's a big support to our case to Yazidi to go back. I think one of the most difficult challenges I have faced since the beginning that my community was not well known to other people. Even the president's around the world, and it was difficult for me to go and explain to them who we are, what happened to us. I think 20 days later I had met them again in France, in the G7 in France, and I think they got the message.

And this was my work advocating for my community and many other communities around the world that to make sure that people will know what happened to us. So they would try to do something like Yazidi or others will not go through that things again. When we see images of people who are fleeing countries as refugees, oftentimes we are told the story, especially in Western media, that these people want to look for a better life in another country,

but you talk about how much pride people have for their homeland, how much people want to go home. Do you think that if the Iraqi government and the international community could come together to fix these regions and rehabilitate what has happened, do you think people will come back? You know, I don't think those people that have already made it to Europe or Canada or other places will go back soon because they are seeing the other people in Iraq still this place. But why I started to focus on my homeland

as someone who was kidnapped, as someone who lived as a refugee, this place, is because I knew that no one is ready to take more refuges. And we can, they can help us and other, other small communities and other countries. for people's, for people who the people's, because the people's, because take more refugees. And we can, they can help us and other small communities and other countries, people can go back, but without support and safety, we cannot go back. I can't tell you that I'm not happy to be a refugee. After spending my, like, entire life with my family,

you always wanted to stay in your home, and it's not something that I wish to be a refugee. No, it's not, it's not that easy. Right. The fact that you faced so many atrocities at the hands of ISIS. You've been through things that no human being could ever imagine going through, and yet you've used it to become an advocate for the change you want to see to to to to to to to to to to to to the change you want to see the change you want to see to see the change you want to see the change you want to see to see the change you want to see to see the change to see the change the change the change the change the change to the change the change to the change to the change the change 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 the things that no human being could ever imagine going through. And yet you've used it to become an advocate for the change you want to see, and you're trying to move the world into a more positive place.

Where did you find the strength or what keeps you going in a fight that seems so unwinnable sometimes? You know, since the first day started, it's not something easy. I came from a small community, a family that we were 11 siblings. My mother raised us by her, like on her own. She was a single mother. It was not easy for her. They came to me, my family, my community.

They raped us. They killed my mother. They killed six of my brothers who left behind them, six widows with 21 minor children. Like so many other people, many other Yazidi families who we still waiting to, to, one day to see our family members like bury them in our homeland. I don't think it's something that I want to do it. I am not happy with all this thing because I was part of what happened.

But I have no other choice. And I guess that's the painful truth. You don't have a choice and I feel like if everyone in the world felt like they didn't have a choice, then hopefully governments would step up and do something about it. And especially on a day like today, hopefully we can stand together and have the right people hear the message that we....... And, their, their, th. And, to be. And, th. And, th. And, to, th. And, thi, to, thi, thi, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, and, the, the, and, 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, and, the, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the, and, and, the, and, the, and, and, their, their, and, their, and, and, their, their, their, their, the.a.a.a.a.a. te.a. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, today. Hopefully we can stand together and have the right people hear the message that we have to try and fight against sex trafficking and the trafficking of women around the world no matter where or how it's happening. Thank you so much for having me and forgive me if my English it was not good. I'm trying to study hard because I was not able to finish high school. Stay safe and please wear your mask for your safety and the safety of everyone's else. Thank you so much.

Thank you again for that Nadia. Well, that's our show for tonight. But before we go, I just wanted to remind you that America is facing a nationwide poll worker shortage. Now, because most poll workers are over 60, and coronavirus is still in the air, many of them are under poll workers, means fewer polling stations are open, and it also means longer lines that not everybody can afford to stay and wait in. But the good news is, most poll working is paid.

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