The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Last Week's Top Stories - America Reckons with Racism & COVID-19 Makes a Comeback

Episode Date: June 15, 2020

NASCAR bans the Confederate flag, cops use excessive force on demonstrators protesting police brutality, America's COVID-19 cases spike, and Georgians face voter suppression. Learn more about your ad...-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 You're listening to Comedy Central. 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 17th. In the weeks since protests began following the murder of George Floyd, the movement has
Starting point is 00:00:45 been more successful than many people could have imagined. 53% of American voters now say that they support Black Lives Matter, when only two years ago it was around 40%. Multiple major corporations in America have now said that they are actively going to diversify their workplace and hire black people who they've previously discriminated against for so long. And millions of white Americans are now desperately trying to find a second black friend. But one of the biggest shifts in America is something the country has been resisting
Starting point is 00:01:17 for 155 years. Over at the Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling for nearly a dozen Confederate statues to be removed from that building, saying they pay homage to hate. At a rally in Richmond, a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis was pulled down last night. The face smashed in before it was towed away in pieces. NASCAR's bubble wall racing last night with the hashtag Black Lives Matter painted on his car.
Starting point is 00:01:43 The race starting hours after NASCAR banned the Confederate flag. That was a huge pivotal moment for the sport. A lot of backlash, but it creates doors and allows the community to come together as one. Yeah, from Congress all the way to NASCAR. All over the country, people are asking the question, is it finally time to let go of the Confederacy? And I think it's really impressive that NASCAR is doing this, because the Confederate flag is extremely popular with a lot of their fans. In fact, just to soften the blow, here's maybe what they should do.
Starting point is 00:02:17 Ban the fans from bringing the flag to the races, but then incorporate it into the race itself. You know, so like if you win the race, they wave the check-it flag, and then for the loser, they wave the Confederate flag. Yeah, that way everybody wins. The one thing that does confuse me, though, is, why did Congress have Confederate statues in the first place? I mean, the Confederacy fought against America. So, why would you have statues of the to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, th ws, threat, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the Confederate, the Confederate, the Confederate, the Confederate, the Confederate, the Confederate, the Confederate, the Confederate, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the conf conf confe, the, the, the, the, the the, the, the, the, threat.a, threat.a, wa, waugh, wa, wa, wa, wa, wa, waugh, wa, wa, wa, wa, they.a, sense. That's like white ladies having statues of gluten in their kitchen. And I'll show you a funny picture of what they would look like, but I still have no idea what gluten actually is.
Starting point is 00:02:53 I mean, it's a little insane how it feels like the government treats actual traitors better than black citizens. George Floyd maybe had a $20 bill that was counterfeit. He gets choked choked ch gets choked to death. The president of the Confederacy was responsible for half a million dead Americans and the responses, well, let's ask the quarry for the finest piece of marble. We've got to remember this guy. So more than 150 years after the Civil War, the winning side is deciding it doesn't
Starting point is 00:03:19 need to keep celebrating the side that try to destroy them. And one step that the Pentagon is considering is renaming military bases that are named after Confederate officers. You know, names like Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Fort Hood in Texas and Fort Slave Catcher in Georgia. I don't even know how they let that one pass. But what's interesting is that while the military thinks that this symbolic move can help race relations in the ranks, the commander in tweet strongly disagrees. U.S. military leaders have expressed a willingness to discuss renaming bases named after Confederate generals. But tonight President Trump says that won't happen, saying they are part of a great
Starting point is 00:04:00 American heritage. A tweet for the president, he writes, the United States of America trained and deployed our heroes on these hallowed grounds and won two world wars. Therefore, my administration will not even consider the renaming of magnificent and fabled military installations. You know, part of me thinks Trump is doing this because he's trying to appeal to his Confederate loving base. The other part of me thinks he's the because he thinks Fort Bragg is named after him. Never been humble, so powerful, I'm the best.
Starting point is 00:04:31 They say that I brag better than everybody. But as usual, like, Trump's logic makes no sense. Because America didn't win World War II because of the names of those bases, right? America won World War II because Tom Hanks found Matt Damon. That was the turning point. Like you can call the base whatever you want. It's not going to determine how effectively your soldiers are going to fight. America isn't going to be losing to Russia in World War III.
Starting point is 00:04:57 Like, we should have never renamed those bases. That was our secret weapon! And I know for some people this debate might seem inconsequential, but you've got to understand. The reason the military generals are open to changing the names of these bases is the same reason that NASCAR is doing it. They want the military to take a unified stand against racism, and they want to show that the American military stands for all Americans, including the millions of minorities who have served within its ranks.
Starting point is 00:05:30 Because take a second. Just take a second. And imagine being a black soldier, training at a base that is named after somebody who didn't even think of you as a human being. That isn't just offensive to those soldiers. It's offensive to the Confederate generals too. Because, I mean, imagine if they came back and saw what was happening at a base that is named after them.
Starting point is 00:05:51 My God, all of the slaves have gone. You know, with all these protests sweeping across America, people have been comparing this moment to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. And much like the 1960s, law enforcement officers have met these calls to end police brutality with even more police brutality. Across the country, peaceful protests have too often devolved into standoffs with heavily armed police using military-style tactics. Do not move the gun to get rumpets, flashbangs, tear gas, rubber bullets, the horrific gas. Roots out of the way. Flashbangs, tear gas, rubber bullets, helicopters, armored vehicles. Law enforcement in riot gear approach a barrier.
Starting point is 00:06:34 Protesters on the other side, hands up in the air, chanting, don't shoot. But that's exactly what they did, shooting tear gas and rubber bullets. The threat of terrorism after 9-11 convinced many departments to stock up. Now those departments are facing off against their own citizens. Just take a moment to think about that. The police department got this heavy duty equipment to fight terrorists. That's why they got the equipment, post 9-11.
Starting point is 00:07:08 And now they're using it against Americans who are exercising their right to protest. And I'm sorry, what about these people screams terrorists to you? Like maybe I've forgotten my history, but I don't remember the part where Al-Qaeda attacked America with cardboard signs. And an argument I've heard some people make is that the only the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the police, the police, the police, the police, the police, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. their, thea, th. th. th. th. th. th. the, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. Wea, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the. thea, the. the. theateateat, theateat, thea. thea. thea theea thea theea thea. thea. thea, thea, thea, their, -Qaeda attacked America with cardboard signs. And an argument I've heard some people make is that the only reason the police are doing this is because the protesters are looting or being violent. That's what they say. No, they're doing this because the people are violent. But as happens so often, the police's story never matches the actual footage. Because for the past week, the internet has been full of videos of police
Starting point is 00:07:46 officers attacking protesters with no provocation whatsoever. Caught on camera from coast to coast, alleged excessive force by police officers. Attacks against protesters who are demonstrating against police brutality. In New York, police drove a vehicle into a crowd of people protesting there. In Los Angeles, police swing batons at people who witnesses say were simply standing with their hands up. A New York police officer caught on camera
Starting point is 00:08:15 pushing a woman who was demonstrating. An officer pulling a man's face mask off and spraying him with pepper spray. This unsettling image of an officer kicking a woman who was maced. Caught on camera, a protester run over by an HPD mounted patrol unit at the height of the protests. We as black people deal with this every day. Black and brown people are treated brutally every day.
Starting point is 00:08:41 I don't care who you are, those images have to be upsetting to watch. Because these images are the antithes of what America is is is is thiiii. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, a the thi, a thi, a thi, a thi, a thi, a thi, a thi, a thi, a thi, a thi, a the, a the, a the, a the, a thi, a thi, a thi, a thi, a thi, a thi, a th. A, a th. A, a th. A, a th. A, a th. A, a th. A, a th. A th. A th. A th. A th. A thi, a thi, a thi, a thi, thi, thi, the, the, the, theeat, thea-a-a-a-a-a-face, thea-a-ma-face, thea-ma-mastea, tha, tha, Those images have to be upsetting to watch. Because these images are the antitheses of what America is supposed to stand for. This is supposed to be the country where you have the freedom to say whatever you want, a democracy. You can say whatever you want. You can say whatever you want, whether it's Black Lives Matter or let's all drink bleach. The government is not supposed to physically punish you for that. And that hasn't always been the case in America, but that is the ideal. All right? When people were protesting in Michigan saying that they want to go out, they want to go back to work, they want to get haircuts, they don't care
Starting point is 00:09:14 about the coronavirus, they weren't getting beaten up. And that's what America is, the freedom to protest. And the freedom the freedom the freedom the freedom the freedom the freedom to to to to to to to to protest, the freedom, to protest, to protest, the freedom, to protest, the freedom, to protest, the freedom, to protest, the freedom, to protest, to to to to to to to to protest, to protest, to protest, to to to to to to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, 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, the their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their their their, their their their their, ishoe.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e. their to protest isn't the only American ideal that the police have been trying to suppress lately. It seems like they've been really making a concerted effort to go after the free press. More than 300 journalists have faced press freedom violations. Across the United States, the camera is rolling when law enforcement seemed to be targeting journalists. Oh, you're a hit. I'm press. Please, you... We identified ourselves as press and they fired tear gas canisters on us at point blank range. This Australian cameraman and reporter were shoved and hit while live on air. Police now advancing on... On Prostat show.
Starting point is 00:10:02 Oh my gosh, what I'm going to hang everything? I'm getting shot. In Louisville, pepper balls fire at a crew on live TV. Who are they aiming that at? At us, like directly at us. Yeah. Those videos are what's happening in America right now. Cops are just openly firing tear gas and pepper bullets and everything on journalists. I mean I
Starting point is 00:10:25 can't blame them if I was doing the shit that the police have been doing I wouldn't want anyone recording it either. So the police are attacking unarmed protesters, defenseless reporters. I mean at this point you might be wondering is there anyone is there anyone non-threatening enough that the police would not get violent with them and what we're learning is that the police would not get violent with them and what we're learning is that the answer is no. Assault Lake City police officer in full riot gear using his shield to push an elderly man with a cane. The man falls face first onto the ground. Two officers in Buffalo, New York pushing a 75-year-old man who falls to the ground, hits his head, and starts bleeding.
Starting point is 00:11:02 None of the officers in the video appear to help him. I don't the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th the tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha thuck thuck thuil like thate thatease thateathea thuiletet. I theateathea thoateateateateatheathea toa thogea thoes. A thogea their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their thuuc. I will will will their their thucoe. I will thucoffe, tape, tape, tape. I will tape. I will te. te. tea tea tea tea tea. teaua tea. tea te in the video appear to help him. I don't care how many times I see that video, I will never get used to it. Because it's bad enough that these cops push an old man who's walking over to them, but the fact that they walk over him, they walk past him while he's bleeding out on the sidewalk. Like, who are you protecting and serving, if not that old man? And think about it, these were just two that were caught on video. Now as usual, when videos like this come out, the excuse is always the same. People always want to defend those police by saying, those are just a couple of bad apples. That is not, that is not a signify, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that, that, that is not that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that is not that is not that is not that is not, that is not, that is not that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not, that is not that is not that is not that is just a couple of bad apples. That is not a signify, that is not representative
Starting point is 00:11:50 of the entire police department. The only issue is that argument falls apart when you see what happened after they pushed this old man to the ground. A police statement released before the footage was posted online said only that a man tripped and fell. But after the video's surface, the police commissioner ordered an internal affairs investigation and the immediate suspension of the officers without pay. As the officers leave the courthouse, cheers from a crowd of fellow officers and law enforcement. In another show of support, all 57 members
Starting point is 00:12:25 of the Buffalo Emergency Response Team resigned, but they remain on the police force. Think about this for a second. Not only did the police department try to cover up what happened. Not only did they try and lie about something that we all saw on camera. But once the truth got out and those cops were punished, the entire team resigned to protest
Starting point is 00:12:48 those police being held accountable. In fact, they even showed up at the courthouse to cheer them on as they came out. What are you cheering? That Buffalo is finally safe from old men walking around in public. What are you cheering? What are you cheering? The fact that you've come out, the fact that you've said, it's a scary thing to think about, what are they cheering for? And something I think people need to understand about the police
Starting point is 00:13:15 is that in a way, they have the same code that a gang does, in that above all, you are loyal to your crew. That is a culture that is within every police department and that's the heart of this issue. If good police are willing to look the other way or even join in when the bad police abuse their powers, you can make new rules and regulations all you want but it won't matter. America's not going to be able to fix this problem until we have police whose first priority is protecting and serving the people instead of protecting and serving themselves.
Starting point is 00:13:54 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 starting September 17. You know, with states opening up and people protesting in the streets, a lot of the public feel like coronavirus is over. The only problem is nobody told coronavirus. America's COVID-19 pandemic has passed another terrible milestone as of this morning.
Starting point is 00:14:46 More than 2 million Americans have tested positive for the coronavirus. More than 112,000 of them have died. The head of Harvard's Global Health Institute said yesterday, the U.S. death toll could reach 200,000 in September. Earlier this week, 16 states reported an increase in average new COVID-19 cases compared to two weeks ago. At least 14 states have seen a rise in current hospitalizations since Memorial Day, including Texas, where hospitalizations jumped 42%. In Arizona, hospital capacity is at 83%. State data shows the usage of ventilators,
Starting point is 00:15:25 ICU beds, and intubations at all-time highs. You know, I can't say this for certain because I'm not like a scientist. But I feel like coronavirus grew up with a father who never loved it, because right now it's working really hard to prove itself. I mean, 200,000 deaths by September. Coronavirus is attacking America so hard,
Starting point is 00:15:46 half of the country is going to want to put up a statue of it. And look, there are many reasons that Americans are taking the pandemic less seriously. But one of those reasons might be the fact that the people running the country barely seem to be thinking about it any more at all. I mean, they haven't held a corona Press conference to update the public in weeks. Like, I don't know where the country officially stands, do you? Are we winning? Are we losing?
Starting point is 00:16:11 Can we go back outside? Can we sneeze on the buffet again? Like, what's happening? And it doesn't help that yesterday, just yesterday, the head of the coronavirus task force did this. Vice President Mike Pence has deleted his tweaugh, t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. tod, t. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thoe, thoom. thoom. tho, thi. thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, th. th. to, to, th. th. th. th. to, th. th. to, th. to, to, to, th. to. And, to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. toe, toe, toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. Mike Pence has deleted his tweet showing campaign staff ditching coronavirus safety recommendations. He posted the tweet last night showing him with a large group of Trump re-election campaign staffers with no social distancing or face masks.
Starting point is 00:16:35 That despite the fact that these are the recommendations of the coronavirus task force that is led by Pence. You see, this is the problem. How do you expect the public to take things seriously when you yourself are not taking it seriously? You tell people to wear masks, but then you're roa-dogging the air. You tell people the social distance, but then you guys are crammed together like those tiny fish,
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Starting point is 00:17:31 And I don't blame them. Police are beating up protesters in the streets. Millions of people are unemployed. And Georgia couldn't even hold a primary election without making people wait in lines for hours. Clearly American democracy is failing, which means there's only one thing to do. What if I told you about a country in crisis? A country ravaged by disease. Where the economy has collapsed, where soldiers patrol the streets. A government gasses its own people.
Starting point is 00:18:05 And the lines to vote are longer than the bathroom line at Coachella. Now what if I told you that country is America. What twa's the shambles? Admit it. America is a failed state. America needs a return to democracy. And if it's one thing America knows, when a country needs democracy, you invade it. It's time for someone to invade the United States, specifically Canada. That's right, we're asking the good people of Canada to invade us.
Starting point is 00:18:34 Please. Please invade us. Please invade us for the love of God. Wait, what do y'all pray to Amuse? We're not asking for a donation. We're asking for an invasion. Some of our states are already basically Canadian. Minnesota, Maine, the non-Detroyed parts of Michigan.
Starting point is 00:18:53 We're right next to you. Just invade us for the weekend and see if you like it. Come on. No new languages to learn. It's English, but with a slightly more 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 their their tooananananananananananaqqqaqaqaqi. their their to to tooomk. tooom. tooom. tooan. tooan, their their their their their their their their their their their their theiran. theiran. theiran. theiranananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananan accent. And to my fellow Americans, why would we not want Canada to invade us? We'll still have racism, but it'll be polite. Canadian racism, with a smile. In Canada, we apologize for making fun of you so much. We're so sorry. I'm so sorry.
Starting point is 00:19:19 I'm upset. Y'all make it easy. We're just jealous of your functioning health care system, which, if you don't mind, bring that with you. We did great under our last black president. We're willing to try yours. And on top of all that, I'm going to f-a-Canadian. I want to fa Canadian. We want to fa-cunati Canadians.
Starting point is 00:19:39 We want to to f States, if you're ready to see Canada's military, Zambonies roam the streets of our great nation, go to Daily Show.com slash invade us, sign the petition and share with your friends. If enough of us ask, can we do it politely? They can't say no. While all of this racial reckoning is going on, it's really easy to forget that this is also an election year. Last night, Democrats and Republicans lined up to vote in Georgia's primary elections.
Starting point is 00:20:11 And when I say lined up, I mean they lined up. Today voters in Georgia were met with long lines and confusion at polling places as they tried to cast ballots in the state's primary elections. From the air, you could see long lines of Georgia voters, socially distanced, stretching through parking lots. Voters reported standing in the hot sun for up to four hours. Extremely long wait. I've seen lots of people leave, you know, there we don't have it,
Starting point is 00:20:36 understanding employers. We've got to do better when it comes to voting. This is a crisis in our world to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to to to exercise our right to vote. Please God, help us! God damn, did you see those lines? That didn't look like a voting day. It looked like the last scene in us. And by the way, kudos to that white woman for using her complaining superpowers to defend democracy. We need to see more of that.
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Starting point is 00:21:48 Georgia's secretary of state, who oversees the election, is blaming local officials, saying poll workers were not properly trained. The employees didn't understand the system. So what were they doing for all these months? All of a sudden they wake up and they say let's have an election on Tuesday. One county official firing back at the Secretary of State, saying if there was a failure of leadership, it starts where the buck should stop at the top. Now Georgia's Secretary of State
Starting point is 00:22:12 has launched an investigation ahead of November's election. You know, it's funny how America has unlimited resources, to make sure that there's democracy in America. I mean, if Atlanta wants tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha thuan an thuan an thi thi thi thi th have the resources to make sure that there's democracy in America. I mean, if Atlanta wants more voting resources, maybe they should just declare that they're a country in the Middle East. Yo, so we're actually Afghanistan, Atlanta, so can we get some of that democracy cash? And while these issues were happening across the state of Georgia, they were especially bad in black areas. Three quarters of the people people people people people people people people people people people people people. that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that bad in black areas. Three quarters of the people who called a hotline
Starting point is 00:22:45 to complain about voting problems were black. And partly, that's because out of the 53 Georgia counties where polling places have been closed since 2012, more than half have large black populations. And I mean, at this point, none of this is surprising, right? We're used to seeing this by now. In fact, smartphone data shows that in 2016, voters, voters in black, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, they they they they they they they they they they they th, they they they they they th, they they they they they they they they were the, thate, they were they were they were they were they were they were they were th, they were the, the, thi, thi, they thi, right? We're used to seeing this by now. In fact, smartphone data shows that in 2016, voters in black neighborhoods across the country waited at polling places 29% longer than voters in white areas.
Starting point is 00:23:17 So as usual, when something goes bad in America, for black people, it gets worse. And it doesn't matter what it is, whether it's policing, voting issues, or winter. Yeah, because the Weather Channel says it's 30 degrees. But for black people, that shit feels like negative 10. So once again, America had an election day, and once again, America had a case of severe electoral dysfunction, especially with coronavirus now in the mix. And you know, just like with coronavirus, America has an opportunity right now to heed the warnings before it's too late.
Starting point is 00:23:54 Because this isn't just a problem in Georgia, right? We've seen these issues all around the country. And if this happens again in November with the presidency at stake, best believe, people people are going to be fighting over a lot more than just toilet paper. Before we go, the Daily Show and Comedy Central have been donating to three groups who are fighting against police brutality and systemic racism, the NWACP Legal Defense Fund, the Equal Justice Initiative and the Bail Project. Now, if you're able to help and you would like to join in, then please go to the following link and give. the th. the th. the th. to the to th. to to to the th. to to to the, and to to the, and give, and give, and give, and give, and give, 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, 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, together, the, together, together, together, together, together, together to join in, then please go to the following
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