The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Keeping Up with the Coronavirus - The CDC Sows Confusion | Bernice A. King

Episode Date: January 19, 2022

Australia deports unvaccinated tennis star Novak Djokovic, the CDC issues confusing COVID-19 guidelines, and Dr. Bernice A. King discusses The King Center and "It Starts with Me." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Because you'll be like a seven-letter word to describe bad. Hmm, baddest. Coming to you from the heart of Times Square in New York City, the only city in America. It's the Daily Show, Ears Edition. edition. Tonight, Australian clothes for Jokovich, CDC's new guidelines, and Dr. Bernice King. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Hey, what's going on everybody? Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah and joining me for today's headlines is my very good friend Michael Costa. What's going on Michael, how

you doing? Hey, Trevor, I'm just trying to stick to my New Year's resolutions. I'm trying to read upside down more, so. The purpose being? Well, you know, I keep getting these upside-down books in the mail. And I don't know if it's supply chain or Amazon, so I just figured, instead of throwing them out, just learn how to read them. So. You know what, Michael? Yeah.

I wish the world had more people like you. A lot of people would have just thrown the books away, but I'm challenging myself to read upside down. I love that. I knew that you would get it. Yeah, you just see the world in a completely different way. upside down. It's easier for me to do it like that. You know, sometimes I wonder how this pandemic has gone on this long. Yeah. Because there are people like you in the world and I'm like, how haven't we solved it already? Thank you so much, dude. Yes. That's exactly right. Yes.

My Mac good to have. I'm gonna read about just read a little bit. You go ahead. You go ahead. All right. Well, while he's doing th. that. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their the the the their the th. the the th. th. th. th. their the their the th. the th. th. th. the th. th. 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 the the their. their their their their their their their th. the. the. the. the. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. tha. the. the. th. th. today's headlines. We begin with the big news from the world of sports. And no, I'm not talking about all the great NFL playoff games over the weekend. I mean, I've always said, man, the most exciting games are the ones that are over in the first quarter. No, I'm talking about Novak Jokovich, the Serbian tennis star whose name is worth up to 140 points in Scrabble. This is supposed to have been a big week for Jokovic, but like my dream of starring in the biopic of Weird Al, it wasn't meant to be. The Australian Open got underway Monday without the world's number one ranked male tennis player.

Novak Jokovitch returned to his date of Serbia after being deported from Australia for not being vaccinated against COVID. The Australian government said it canceled his because Jokovic's presence could lead to an increase in anti-vaccination sentiment and even civil unrest. Australia requires everyone entering the country to be vaccinated or have a medical exemption. Jokovich had an exemption because of a recent COVID infection, but it sparked outrage in Australia, apparently prompting the government to act. An opinion poll yesterday showed 71% of Australians wanted Jokovic deported.

Damn, it says a lot about you when that many Australians think you're too dangerous to be in their country. I mean, this is the country whose health minister is a giant poisonous spider. Oh, I get things done. And Australia is the last country you want to get deported from. I mean, imagine stepping off a 25-hour flight and then immediately having to get on another 25-hour flights. I don't know what Jokovich thinks is in the vaccine, but it can't possibly be worse than breathing in farts for 50 hours straight. But then again, th th th th th again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, again, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi-a, thi-a, thi-a, thi-a, thi-augh, thi-a, thi-a, thi-a, thi-a, thi-a, thi-a, thi-a, thi, thi, and thi, and thi, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi-a, thi-s, thi-s, thi-s, thi-s, throo'-s, thro'-s, and throauuuauioli. thoauioli. thioli. thi. thi. thi't possibly be worse than breathing in farts for 50 hours straight. But then again, it's not that surprising that Jokovich would be against the vaccine. Keep in mind that this is a man who says he knows that he has a gluten intolerance, and this is completely true because he's physically weaker if he's holding a slice of bread. Yeah. So gluten works like kryptonite for him. You think

COVID is scary but Jokovic could die just walking past the bakery. Oh, a bone burn. I will say as hard as it is to sympathize with Jokovich, it is a little disturbing that the Australian government allowed him in, then deported him just because they changed their minds. I mean if a government can arbitrarily deport an athlete, what's to stop them from deporting a whole team? And how can we get it to be the New York Jets? Yeah. And also, I love how the Australian government is proclaiming

that there's some health component to this, as if, I mean, you've been to Australia, it's not exactly the healthiest culture. They eat terrible amounts of beer. A, a, a, I, I, I, I, I, I, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. th. to, thii. th. thi. thi. thi. the, to, to, thoome, tho, thiolome. too, tho, tho, tho, too, too, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. toa, thea. toa. toea. toea. toeauuu. too toeauu. too toeau. tooo. toea. thea. thea. tha. eat terrible food, they drink exuberant amounts of beer. A blue and onion has like 40,000 calories, Trevor, and you're going to kick this guy out of the tennis tournament and you still haven't kicked out the sting ready that killed Steve Irwin? You know what I mean? I can relate to Novak Jokovitch because I've been kicked out of a bunch of Outback steak houses, and same as Novak, they said it was an issue with my visa.

I don't know what that means, but I stand with you. What's a guy got to do to be allowed to play the tournament? Nine-time champion, three-time defending champion, world number one, tied all time for grand slant. What do you got to do, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, Trevor, get, get, get, get, get, to, Trevor, 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, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. to, to, thi. to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to,, Trevor? Get vaccinated? Yeah. All right, let's move on to some technology news. Arguably, the most important tech breakthrough of the last few years has been 5G. And there are a lot of crazy conspiracy theories you might have heard, like 5G causes cancer or autism or it's a mind-control tool. I mean, a few weeks ago, it was actually going around that when they turned on 5G,

anyone who had gotten the COVID vaccine was going to explode. This is a thing people believe, which is ridiculous. I mean, I have 5G on my phone, and I turned it on before we came out here, and look, nothing happens. You see? But it turns out, not everyone who has concerns... Anyway, it turns out not everyone who has concerns about 5G wears a tin hat. This morning, the major airlines warning of a possible catastrophic aviation crisis, beginning in less than 24 hours, when AT&T and Verizon are set to launch new, stronger 5G technology, which would give faster wireless service, the concern whether 5G signals could interfere with radio altimeters.

That's a device pilots use telling them how far they are from the ground and helping them land in poor visibility. Executives from airlines, including American, Delta, United and Southwest, urging U.S. officials to keep new stronger 5G signals at least two miles away from U.S. airports,, their.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.S.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s.s. Theiririririrn. Theirn.s.s.s. Their. Their. their. their. their. their. their. Their. Their. Their. Their. Their. Their. Their. Their. Their. And, their. And, their. And, their. And, their. And, their. And, theirir. And, theiririr. And, theirir. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. And, toe. And, toe. And, toe. And, toe. And, toe. And, toe. And, toe. And, toe. And, to keep new stronger 5G signals at least two miles away from US airports, saying in a letter immediate intervention is needed to avoid significant operational disruption. To be blunt, the nation's commerce will grind to a halt. One union saying its pilots are prepared to ground their planes if the FAA doesn't act.

Yeah, but how will they know how to ground their planes if there's 5G? Just me? OK, look, look. I'm not saying the airlines are making this up. I'm not saying that. But we all remember how they said the same thing about regular cell phones for 20 years, right?

Remember how they had us? Everyone airplane mortal, this plane could crash. One time I forgot to turn off my phone, and then the plane hit turbulence, and I looked at my phone and I looked at my phone, I'm like, shit, this was me. I'm sorry, everybody, I'm sorry. So anyway, I don't think th time, if it's true, if you tell people that they can download a movie in a few seconds but there's a slight chance it'll crash a plane, pretty sure people

are going to be like, yeah it's worth it. I'll take that chance. Fast downloads. Also how is this my problem? I mean you want me to take on the cell phone company industry and the airline industry, right? You knew 5G was coming. It comes after 4G. You know what's after 5G, Trevor? Six G. How how do you want me to go? You know? You're asking me to take on the airlines a place where I can't even get a full can of Coke or I can't even change my middle seat. This is not my problem. But you know what? What? Cres together is th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi thiiiiiiiiii. 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 their 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 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, the, the. te. te. te. try. try. try. te. try. thae. tf. tf. tf. tf. tf We crash together, my friend's. I love that. That's what friendship's all about. Yeah, I love that. All right. Let's make all our moms happy and go to church with this next story. Have you ever seen a pastor who worked a little too hard to keep the congregation's attention? Well, one pastor in Oklahoma, well, he just out did them all. It tells a church leader facing criticism for smearing his spit on a man's face during

a sermon. It happened over the weekend, gross. So many people talk about this on social media yesterday. Pastor Michael Todd of Transformation Church in Bixby was giving a sermon on Sunday about how to, quote, receive God's vision can be nasty, he said. I just bought my dream car. And now you're going to ask me to sell it back and ride in the hoop they get? Yeah because the vision I'm about trying to make a point in his sermon on Sunday, he

realizes that he crossed the line and the guy on stage that was his brother. How is COVID still spreading in America? We're doing everything right, huh? We're doing everything right. Look, I know it looks nasty. We're doing everything right. Huh? We're doing everything right. Look, I know it looks nasty. But I will say this pastor's point that God might ask you to do stuff that other people don't like.

He's not wrong. Yeah, all these people who are like, God doesn't want you to wipe your nasty spit on people. Yo, somewhere Abraham is like,, he told me to kill my damn son. I wish he just wanted me to spit on him. You know how much therapy me and my kid had to go to after that? Shit was never the same. The pastor is just trying to say,

sometimes God will give you a message that may throw you off, like, Like, flem in your face. And you know the fact that that was his brother that he was doing that to. For me, that makes it even worse. Because now it feels like he just uses the scriptures to mess with his sibling. And God sent a great flood! And to show you what that flood look like, I'm gonna stick my brother's hand in some warm water while he sleeps. I don't know. I mean, I see this as a beautiful expression of spirituality. Costel, what are you talking about? This is disgusting, it's gross. Okay, few. I honestly, I didn't want to say anything because it's a black church, but what the fuck is going on, dude? Huh? Is this what black church is all about? No, it's not. That's why it's disgusting. I mean, that being said, it's not as bad as what happens at White Church.

But you're right about, when religion was invented, they were doing some dark shit. They were. It kind of shows how sensitive we are now. Yeah. A little spit on the face from your brother. I mean, my brother used to pin me down and drink orange juice and then do the, you know what that is? No, I don't know what to say. Do the spit down to the face and then Yo-Yo went back up? I'm sorry, what's- I didn't realize my brother was just presenting me with scripture at the time? You didn't do that?

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All right when we come back we'll tell you why you're wearing the wrong mosque and how to get the right mask and why that mosque is also wrong so stay tuned. Because you see your brother can't oh yeah is that no no I was just just tuned. Because you see, your brother can't... Oh, yeah. Is that, no, no, go ahead. I was just trying to keep reading upside down. You go ahead, man. Welcome back to the Daily Show. We are now entering year 50 of the coronavirus pandemic. And dealing with life in a pandemic has been a struggle for a lot of people.

Small business owners, teachers, and of course, people with a chin fetish. But one group that's having a tougher time than you'd expect is the CDC. So let's catch up with all the latest in another edition of Keeping Up with Corona. From the beginning of this pandemic, the CDC has tried to give clear, simple guidelines to the public. And from the beginning, they have mostly failed. I mean, do you remember 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 guidelines to the public. And from the beginning, they have mostly failed. I mean, do you remember their mask chart? Shit looked like a traffic light had an aneurysm?

And look, I'm not saying that telling 300 million people how to behave during a global pandemic is easy, but it also doesn't seem like the CDC is getting any better at it. The CDC has updated its guidance on masks. According to the agency, cloth masks do not protect against the virus as effectively as other masks. Saying any mask is better than none, but masks that fit well, like N95s offer the best protection. The agency stopping short of urging all Americans to upgrade their masks, drawing immediate criticism from some health experts. You know, the approach that the CDC is taken right now with masking, I think just adds to the confusion. We should be making it loud and clear that the N95 respirators are really the only thing

that will really protect you. Okay, hold on. If cloth masks don't protect you, then tell people they need to wear a better mask. What's this? Well, it doesn't th, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, that, that, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, the the the 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, that, that, that, that, that, that, tho. thooo. thoooo. thooo. tho. tho. the, the, th a better mask. What's this? Well, it doesn't really work, but it's fine. It's fine. I mean, in that case, I might as well wear a t-shirt with a seatbelt drawn on it instead of an actual seatbelt. Yeah, I mean, it looks like a seatbelt doesn't protect me, but, I mean, apparently that's enough, right?

The thing I really don't understand is, now, Who are the people who are still wearing them? Huh? Because look, we've pretty much got two teams, yeah? You've got the people who are scared of COVID, and they're running around, looking like Bain, and then you've got people who think COVID is total bullshit. So they refuse to wear a mask all together. And I don't agree with them, but at least they stand by the Supreme Court. But a cloth mask is just wishy-washy. Like, you either want to protect yourself or you don't. You can't just the tip the coronavirus. Come on, people.

It's like someone being like, yeah, I wear condoms, but only if they made like a doilie. Buy my condoms on Etsy. At the same time, though, this does suck. I mean, we spent two years building up a whole wardrobe of cloth masks. You know I had masks for every situation. I had my work mask, I had my weekend mask, I had my masks for going to funerals, I had my masks for going to weddings. It's too bad. Now if you wore a cloth mask because the CDC was kind of okay with it and you got infected with COVID, well the CDC also has some new guidelines for how long you th. th. th. th. 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 th. th. th. th. I th. I'm th, th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. 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. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, the CDC also has some new guidelines for how long you should isolate from other people. And it turns out, those guidelines are weird as hell. At the same time, the CDC finds itself facing backlash over some of its other recommendations

concerning how long those who have tested positive for COVID should isolate and whether a negative test should be required to end that isolation. The CDC says the infected can end isolation if fever-free, just five days after a positive test, when, a study of infections in the NBA suggests, more than a third are probably still infectious. Ending isolation at day five should include a negative rapid antigen test, tweeted one of the researchers.

Why do all the work to identify infections if we are going to just let them go back to work while still potentially infectious? Yeah, that's a great point. These CDC guidelines could be sending people back to work while they are still contagious. It's like the CDC is trying to turn every office into the CDC office. Look, if we have to work alongside deadly viruses every day, then so do you! Why would you do that? Why would you test and then still let the person go?

Imagine if the TSA had that philosophy. Just like pat you down? Is that a gun? Yeah? All right. Now, to be fair, to be fair, Dr. Fauci says that these new rules are an attempt to keep the most infectious people at home while also getting essential workers back to work faster. Because let's face it, basically everyone has Omercron right now. And if people don't have to be in isolation as long, then hopefully hospitals can bring back nurses faster. Hopefully schools can bring back teachers and the NBA teams can stop signing sweaty dads that they found at the local YMCA.

But even after you come out of your much shorter isolation, the CDC has some pretty weird expectations of what you should be doing next. Part of the guidance we recently got from the CDC was what to do after five days of isolation. Once you're out and you have no more symptoms. They say these are the people you should stay away from after you end your COVID-5-day isolation. People who are overweight, battling depression, current or former smokers and pregnant people. That's nearly nine out of 10 people.

Yo guys. You know the CDC's crazy people. You can come out of isolation as long as you don't interact with basically any other person. You realize you're describing isolation. And look I understand, I understand that the CDC wants to protect vulnerable populations but this is a legit mindfield. I mean you know what's not going to help depress people? Everyone's staying away from them. Not to mention we're supposed to stay away from overweight people. You know the CDC is going to get people canceled because now you're going to be like to be like to be like to be like to be like to be like to be like to be like to be like to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be, to be to be, to be, to be, I to be to be like, they, their, I'm, I'm to to their their, I'm their, I's their, I their, I their their their their their their their their, I I I I I I I I I their, I I their, I their, I their, I, I their, I their, I their, I their, I their, I'm their, I'm their, I'm their, I'm their, I'm their, their, their, they. I'm they-s. I'm they-s. I'm they-I'm they-I'm their their their, I'm their, know, the CDC's going to get people cancelled. Because now you're going to be like,

hey, I can't hang out with you for a few days. And they're going to be like, why not? Uh-huh. Honestly, it sounds like the CDC is trying to describe a very specific person, but just doesn't want to call them out. That's what it seems like. They don't want to embarrass to embarrass to embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass embarrass to embarrass to embarrass to embarrass to embarrass them embarrass them embarrass them embarrass them embarrass them embarrass them embarrass them them them 't want to embarrass them. Stay away from a former smoker who's pregnant, whose hair is curly, but everybody knows is actually a perm and she's really into pandas even though she's never been to China. Her

name rhymes with Bamantha. And look, I know that a lot of this confusion is because the virus itself is confusing. I understand that. It's constantly changing. We're trying to to try and to toeee. the the their their their their their their their their their their. their. their. their. their. th. th. th. thin. thin. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, thin. It's, thin. It's. It's, thin. It's, t t t t t t t t ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttte. ttha. te. te. t keep up. It's like trying to stay on top of tick-talk trends. You're like, okay I finally learned the I ain't ever been with a baddie dance and Tick-Toc is like, no we're doing Encanto memes now. But it absolutely does not help when the people who have to explain what to do in response to the virus answer like this. At what point does the administration say, you know what, this strategy isn't working. We're going to change strategies. Six former administration officials last week wrote that open letter urging the administration to change course, to change strategy. Is it time?

It is time for us to do what we have been doing, and that time is every day. It is time for us to do what we have been doing and that time is every day. How does that sound so familiar? Oracle, when will it be done? It is time for us to do what we have been doing and that time is every day. Now look, Kamala's point was that the administration doesn't need a new plan because we already have a way out of this pandemic, which is everyone getting vaccinated, but it should be obvious by now that hoping everyone gets vaxed isn't enough.

Which is why the Biden administration is rolling out a new plan to get everyone in America an at-home COVID test just as soon as the Omicron wave is over. Just into the CNN Newsroom, the website where you can order free COVID-19 at-home tests from the government is up and running. The site was quietly launched today. We just checked. It does work. Go to W.W.W. to COVID-Tests. to go to the tests. to the tests. And that's where you can order four, todeea the todea. todea. to. to. to. tooe. tode. tode. too. tse. too. tod today. today. too. too. today. too. too. too. too. today. too. to. to. to. to. to. the to. to. to. to. to. tfew. tfew. tfew. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. to. to. to. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to. to. to. today. today. today. toe. toe. toe. toe. too. toe. too. toe. too. toe. toe. te. te. te. test. At this point you can order four per household and we're told that they'll ship within seven to twelve days of ordering about a week to a week and a half so let's say you go online and tomorrow you place an order on Wednesday the 19th they should be on their way to you by the end of the

month. Okay, okay look I mean it's great that the tests are finally going to 12 days, you don't think that's a little too long? In a pandemic, I mean, every day is precious. Every single day is precious in the pandemic. If anyone should know that, it's Joe Biden. You know, I can't help but think that if America just took a military approach to COVID, this testing thing would be solved like that, because there's no delays when it comes to the American military. America doesn't need bombs and then start building them. America always has bombs, ready to go. If America wants to drone someone, no one is like,

okay, we can place the order now and then we wait seven to twelve days. Unless there's a holiday, then in that case, no. It's just, boom! that's just a family? Well, boom! They're still gone. I stand by my boom. If America was that proactive when it comes to pandemics,

we would have all gotten these tests months before Omicron even got here. Although, to be honest with you, I don't even know if I trust at-home tests. We're going to test ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves ourselves or after we mess up the directions on an easy Mac? So look, I know a lot of people are frustrated with the government right now and they're depressed, that this pandemic seems to never end. Like, when are we going back to normal life? When can we go to work and hang out with friends like we used to? When is the Daily Show going back to having an audience? You got me, Trevor. You don't count! It's all a mess? the the th. th. th. thue. thine. thine. th. th. thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, 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. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. the. the the theee to to to to theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I the the. I the. I got me, Trevor. You don't count! It's all a mess.

But the good news is, the good news is it won't be a mess much longer because people, if we just keep doing what we've been doing, then it'll be time to keep doing it every day until it's time. All right, when we come back, Dr. Bernice King King will join us to talk about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. You don't want to miss the the to miss the the to miss the the the to miss the to th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. tho tho th. tho tho tho tho tho tho-up tho-up thi tho-upon tho-up tho-up tho-up tho-up tho-up tho-up tho-up the good the good the good th. But th. But th. But th. But th. But th. But th. But th. But th. But th. But th. But th. But th. But th. But th. But th. But th. But th. But the the. the. the. the. the the the the the the the thoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Butice King will join us to talk about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. You don't want to miss it. I'm sorry, cost out a little, I just, yeah, I just, I'm sorry, man. I should, I lost it, I'm sorry. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is Dr. Benis A. King.

She's the daughter of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. She's here to talk about advancing the legacy of her parents through her work as the CEO of the King Center. Dr. Benis King, welcome to the Daily Show. Thank you. I'm so honored to be here. Let me start by saying happy belated Martin Luther King Day. I've seldom seen a holiday that seems to be celebrated by as many different people in as many the p p 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 thea thea thea thea thea thea to to to to to to to to to to toa toa toa toa toa toa to to to to to to to to to to to to to to advancing to to advancing to advancing to advancing to advancing to advancing toa to advancing toa toa to advancing to advancing toa toa toa toa toa toa toa toa toa toa toa toa toa toa toa toa toa toa toa toa the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the toa toa toa.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a. Day. I've seldom seen a holiday that seems to be celebrated by as many different people in as many different ways as I have seen with MLK Day in America. And as the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I'd love to know what you feel MLK Day should be about.

Well, I try to capture it in three ways, and it's a time to educate, advocate, and activate. And people fall under each one of those in different ways. Some people use this as a time to advance the teachings of Dr. King. And then some people advocate. There are many issues that we are faced with in this nation, that people are concerned about and they use that time to raise their voices to advocate for issues and groups of people, in fact.

And then activate. How do we capture the holiday under one massive theme and focus? And it became about a day of service. So we started touting a day on, not a day off. In your lifetime, you saw your father go from being one of the most hated men in America to now being one of the most beloved men in America, but ironically, almost not because he's changed but because people have changed what he stood for. That's an interesting insight, Trevor.

I never heard it put that way. Wow. Yeah, because we have an affinity for for dead and deceased leaders. They're more comfortable when they're no longer with us because they are not able to, you know, influence the masses in the same way. You know, it's kind of like good and evil. When you have something that's so powerful and revolutionary like that, you know, people do want to kind of find the easy, comfortable part of it. And, and I th, and I th, and I th, and I th, and I th, and I th, and I, and I, and I 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, their their their their their, their, their, their, their their, their, their, their their, their, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, their their their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi, thi, thi, theeat, theat, theat, theat, the do want to kind of find the easy, comfortable part of it. And I agree with you that that has happened.

And that's why we have to continue to be resolute in teaching the whole king. I think there's no escaping the fact that his whole essence cannot be spoken about without speaking about your mother, Coretta Scott King. What do you wish people knew about the work that she was doing to help fight for civil rights in America? In many ways, I think she was much more advanced, you know, you know, than my father morally. and in terms of her insight, she gave him a lot of, you said, sounding more feedback when he prepared his messages and sermons, but probably one of the most important ways is when it was, when he spoke out against the Vietnam War in

in 1967. You know, everybody turned against them, literally. The black leaders of NWACP, Urban League, they all turned against him because they felt that we had made so much progress on the civil rights front from the Johnson administration that we need to kind of, you know, you know, be careful at this point that we don't alienate. Yeah. And so, um, my mom said, Martin, we could really use your moral authority and voice. I mean, look, when you say he's most hated and now one of the most love, what I say to people is, the reason all of what we know about Dr. King at the level that we know it

and why we can't seem to shake him is because she she immediately went to work. Wow. And a half months after with a grieving widow with four little children. She had this tremendous call to continue their work. And she was very strategic in everything she did. It's like, to me, that's why I call it the architect of the King Legacy. Wow. Because she really provided a blueprint for how we must continue to remember Dr. King and his teachings. And in no uncertain terms, she was insistent that we understood his teachings and in no uncertain terms she was insisted that we understood those teaching. You see some of the opponents of voting

rights using your father's words in their defense or using it on a day to say I'm pro Martin Luther King Jr. and then almost you know ignoring his teachings on what he believed in. You're looking at a country that right now is considering getting rid of the filibuster. How do you grapple with the idea of the filibuster where voting rights needs to go in America and the risk of not having a filibuster in a country where power goes back and forth the entire time? Yeah, you know, I've had mixed feelings about it. I th. I 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, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thiolioli, tho, thui, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, time. Yeah, you know, I've had mixed feelings about it. I mean, I've tweeted out about, you know,

doing away with it, but you know, it's, it's a difficult thing because the filibus is neutral as we know it. It's how it's used that makes it something for good or for bad. We would not be a democracy if we did not have voting rights. And I agree with the Republicans in the sense that we should make it easy to vote and hard to cheat, but how that looks is different, you know, and that's what we need to be talking more about. So it's kind of hypocritical to me to say we shouldn't set aside this filibuster and just at this point vote on what the majority says for something that's fundamental to everybody. So you got away, you know, the workaround, you know, like with Kirsten Cinema and Manchin saying, you know, the poisonous aspect of our democracy, you know, like, with the the the the back and f-in, 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 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 you know you know the poisonous aspect of our democracy and we have to stop what you just said the back and forth I actually agree we do have to do that but at at the price is what we're looking at the price of them getting back in charge and said okay you did this so we're gonna

do this now to y'all around a Boston Boston. Or the damage of millions of people being disenfranchised. That's what we're looking at. Yeah, no, I hear you and it is a, it is a dilemma. And again, funny enough, I think that's something that your father doesn't get credited enough with is how much strategy he had to put into the movement, how strategic he had to be in thinking about. Can you say that again? Because that's what's missing today. Before I let you go, I wanted to talk about some of the work that you've been doing recently. In spreading some really wonderful messages, you know, many people know you have a fantastic

new book out talking about love and it's a beautiful experience. Yes, there it is. It starts with me. Yes, that's it. And it's a really wonderful story of a young girl who's going out there and changing the world in her expression of love and doing things whilst also loving people, not just sitting back. But you're also the CEO of the King Center. And you've done something really revolutionary and different for an organization in that you've moved a lot of your lessons and a lot of the ideas about nonviolence online. Talk me through that a little bit if you don't mind.

We found a way to kind of develop an online experience that is reflective of what we do in person. So nonviolence for us is a love-centered way of thinking, engage in speaking and acting that brings about personal, cultural, and societal transformation. That he said, and I have a dream. It's a part that most people miss in his speech. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. He was talking about how we talk to, you know, words are powerful. In my Christian tradition, we say death and life and the power of the tongue,

you can murder somebody with your tongue. So when people say I'm not violent because they don't do anything physically, it's not confined to that. We clear that up even in this this online experience. For some reason people think love is something like this, you know, man be pan be weak kind of thing. No, it's not. What love does is it make sure that you are always trying to elevate the situation and even the person. So I try to participate in that part of the struggle, and that's what nonviolence, you know, really represents. And I think if we get to that place, we can have these hard conversations, but I like to, I like to talk to people the way where their defenses come down.

I love that. I'm learning how to listen, because that's a non-in non-in non-in-in-in-in-in-in-in-in-in-in-in-in-in-in-violent-in-violent-violent-violent-violent-violent-in-violent-violent-in-in-in-violent-based-a-violent-in-violent-violent-a-violent-violent-violent-violent-violent-a-violent-violent-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s, that's-s, that's-s, that's-s, that's-s, that's-s, that's-s-s, that's-s, that's-s, that's-s, that's-a-s, that's-a-a-a-a-s, that's-a-s, as my friend John Brian of Operation Hope will say, listen without being defensive and speak, talk without being offensive. Thank you so much for continuing to share not just your father's legacy, but your mothers as well, and a story that has changed the nation forever. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you so much. Don't forget people, Dr. King's book, It Starts With Me, is available right now. For more information on the King Center's Nonviolence 365 Online Classes, visit the website below. We're going to take a quick break, but we'll be right back after this.

Well, that's our show for tonight, but before we go. If you like that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's our show for tonight, but before we go, if you liked what you heard from Dr. Bernice King tonight, then consider supporting the King Santa. The King Center is dedicated to educating the world on the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and to inspiring new generations to carry forward his unfinished work. If you can help support his vision, please donate at the link below. Until tomorrow, stay safe out there, get your vaccine, and remember, cloth masks are not for COVID protection. They're just for robbing banks. Be safe.

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