The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Mass Extinction Alert & Trump Officials vs. Congress | Valerie Jarrett

Episode Date: May 8, 2019

Scientists warn over 1 million species face extinction, Trump officials brazenly defy House Democrats, and Valerie Jarrett discusses her memoir "Finding My Voice." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast. The Weekly Show is going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, TGID. Thank God it's Thursday we're going to be talking about. All the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics. Earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about

ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance, it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. May 7, 2019. From Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York, this is the Daily Show, everybody.

Thank you so much for turning it. Thank you for coming out. Thank you so much, everybody. I'm Trevor Noah. Our guest tonight is a former senior advisor to President Obama. And she's out with a new book about her journey to the West Wing. Valerie Jarrett is joining us everybody. Our guest is a former senior advisor to President Obama, and she's out with a new book about her journey to the West Wing. Valerie Jarrett is joining us, everybody. Also, coming up on tonight's show, all the animals are dying, Uber versus New York taxis, and nobody gets to see Trump's taxes.

But first, let's catch up on today's headlines. Planet Earth. Unfortunately, after 7 billion seasons, it's about to be canceled. There is a dire warning tonight from climate scientists. They say 1 million of the Earth's 8 million plant and animal species are now imminent risk of extinction. The United Nations report released today in Paris identified how humans are causing extinction at a rate never before seen in human history Good Lord One million species are in danger of going extinct like that's such a crazy. That's so many deaths, you know, that's so many deaths. Even the creators of Game of Thrones will be like, geez guys pump the brakes.

Maybe throwing a sex scene or two, come on. But this news is really terrible news. Unless humans actively cut down on carbon emissions, overfishing and deforestation, a mass extinction is inevitable, which is depressing, it really is. But if we had to find a silver lining. I am excited to see a million species checking off their bucket lists. You know, polar bears bungee jumping off the Grand Canyon.

Elephants finally telling their crushes they're in love. And of course, sea turtles finally gathering the courage to meet their birth parents. Oh. I found you, Papa. You realize, though, at this rate, all the animals on earth are going to be dead and it's only going to be us humans left, right? Because the human population keeps growing, the animal population keeps dying. You know what that means? At some point, we're going to have to decide which people have to act, right?

Because we still need to see animals. So like Seth Rogan, you're gonna be a Lima, that's it. And Snoop Dog, obviously, you are a cat. Now, I know a lot of people would think that you would be a dog because of your name, but if you pay attention to a cat's personality, they're all exactly just like Snoop. Yeah. Every cat seems like it smokes weed and listens to hip hop. They just got that chilled vibe about them. You're gonna jump for this t 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, tho, th, to, to tho, tho, tho, tho, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th, to to to th, to th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, thoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, tho, th, th. You're gonna jump for this treat. They're like, why don't you drop it like his heart? Drop it like it's hard. I said meow, mother's fucking meow. Now, now before you start mourning, all the animals going extinct. The good news is, there are some dead animals that are coming back. Wendy's is bringing back, it's a spicy chicken nuggets,

thanks to Chance the Rapper and Twitter. The rapper tweeted over the weekend positive affirmations for today. Wendy's will bring back spicy nuggets at some point. Please, please, Lord, let it be today. Wendy's social media team seized on the opportunity, saying it would bring that happened. Wendy's tweeted Monday morning, this is not a drill. Spicy chicken nuggets are coming back.

That's right. Thanks to Chancellor Rapper, Wendy's is bringing back spicy chicken nuggets. And you know what? It's great to see a celebrity. Take on a cause that's actually attainable for a change. You know? You've got Bono running around the world trying to end poverty, chance the rapper's just like, hey, let's just bring back the number five. I like that.

I like that. And as much as I love spicy nuggets, I do think it's a little weird that Wendy's making it like they're doing us a favor. Because they're still going them to us for free, but Wendy's like, okay, since you asked for it, we'll sell you something. Like I don't understand why we always have to beg fast food chains to bring back the foods that we like. I always just holding the good items hostage, you know? It's like, we want the mac rib.

No, you're going to have Here's a crazy idea, actually. I say this, fast food chains, why don't you just keep the food that we like? Yeah? Why not? I know. It's a crazy idea. I know. I know. But we're the customers, so you should just let us choose. We just choose which fields you keep. Except for Burger King. I mean, that's a monarchy, so they majesty on the royal baby. Well done, well done. And finally, in headlines, in the international world of sports, a major controversy is swirling around South African runner, Castor Simeña. A two-time Olympic champion will now be forced to medicate to suppress her testosterone

levels if she wants to compete in certain events. South African Castor Semenya lost her appeal today against rules from tracks governing body designed to decrease naturally high testosterone levels in some female runners. A panel of judges said the rules are discriminatory but necessary to preserve the integrity of female athletics. Okay. As a South African, I might be biased,

but this is some bullshit. Okay? No, I mean, how's the IAAF going to force a woman to chemically alter her natural hormones because they say she's too good? It's not like she's doping. She didn't change her body in any way to gain advantage. She just has a natural advantage,

which is what happens in all sports. People like, yeah, but she's hyperandrogynous and that's not fair. Yeah, but she didn't plan that. That's who she is. The best athletes, if you think about it, every single one of the best athletes, they're often people who have a unique genetic advantage that gives them an edge.

Michael Phelps has a body. as most people, which gives him longer endurance. And when he was tested, sporting officials said he was lucky that his body works that way. That's literally what they said. Yeah, they didn't say like, you gotta change yourself, Michael Phelps, you gotta get tired before the race. Every elite athlete has some special advantage. Like if Tanya Harding wasn't born in a trailer park, she wouldn't have known that hitman. Every athlete has an advantage. Shaq is so tall, he can put a ball in a hoop without jumping. How is that fair?

How is that fair? Forget basketball, he could be the world's best NHL goalie just by sitting there. Like by this logic, Shaq should just have like, he should inject himself himself down. Yeah, because it's not fair. You're too big, Shaq should should should should should sha, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, Shaq, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, he, he, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's th. He, th. He, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, sha, shal, shal, shal, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, thi. Sha, tho'a, tho. Sha, tha, tha Yeah, because it's not fair you're too big. Shagg should be like okay I'm gonna take this big injection to make my seven to it smaller all right everybody new plan can't duck got a pass a ball to that guy new plan that's right baby all right let's move on to today's top story. Washington, D.C. A few years ago, it was as exciting as a radio show about podcasts. But these days, there's so much news coming out of the nation's capital, the firehose of

news has continued to flow. You might remember that about a month ago, Democrats in Congress demanded President Trump's tax returns from the IRS. But last night, Steve Manuchin, Treasury Secretary and grown-up McLevin, told the Democrats they can go to hell. Breaking news tonight, Treasury Secretary Steve Manuchin has just sent House Democrats a letter refusing their demand to turn over President Trump's tax returns. Treasury Secretary Stephen Manusian refusing to hand over President Trump's personal

and business tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee. In a letter to Chairman Richard Nieln, Stephen, Stephen, thiiiiiiiiiiiii, 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, the, 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, th. the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thi, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee. In a letter to Chairman Richard Neal, Manusian writing, he decided Treasury can't give the documents, saying he determined that the committee's request lacks a legitimate legislative purpose. Okay, so in case you're lost, Minutu-in over here is saying that the IRS won't hand over Trump's tax returns because the Democrats have invented a fake reason to see them. the, th. the, th. th. the, the, th. th. th. th. the, the, th. the, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, th. th. th. to, to, to, to, thr-n, 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, th. And, th. And, the th. And, thi. the the thi. thi. thi. thi. thr-n. thr-n. thr-n. thr-nuu. the the the thr-s. the thr-nuu. thr-nu. toe. toe. toe. toe. won't hand over Trump's tax returns because the Democrats have invented a fake reason to see them. But here's the thing. Many legal experts say that the law is on the Democrat's side. If they have a reason, they get to demand Trump's tax returns. It doesn't matter if you think the reason is bullshit.

That's just how it works. That's how America's lords. work a lot of the time. It's the same way a president can declare an emergency at the border just to get his wall. It doesn't have to be a real emergency. Yeah, he just has to say something. He can just be like, folks, these Mexicans so dangerous, so dangerous. Some of them can even come back from the dead into our land. I saw it in a documentary called Coco. Sorry folks. so dangerous. So dangerous. So dangerous. And it turns out, this full-grown ventriloquist dummy isn't the only Trump official who's in trouble

with Congress right now. House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler considering contempt of Congress for Attorney General William Barr, scheduling a vote for tomorrow after Barr declined to provide the full, unredacted Mueller report by Monday. The former counsel for the White House, Don McGann, he also faced a deadline today to turn over documents or to face a condempt of Congress vote. Contempt means going to the courts and where we've seen that occur in the past, it can take months and months. Now, if we go back in history, Congress actually has an inherent contempt authority.

There's a jail in the Congress, in the Capitol. They could send out Capitol Police or U.S. Marshals and arrest the Attorney General in theory and put them in jail. Yeah, that human muppet is right. The House Democrats are on the verge of holding the Attorney General in contempt of Congress, which means technically he could get arrested. And I know it's extremely unlikely, but man, wouldn't that be exciting? Like, wouldn't it be exciting? Like, wouldn't it be exciting?

This whole thing just ends in a stand at the White House. The Capitol police storming the Oval Office, Trump and his people taking a final stand like scarface, you know? And then Trump just pulls out Jeff Sessions from a hidden drawer like, say hello to my little friend! Also, am I the only one who didn't know that Congress has a jail? Like, I feel like Trump is learning, making has learned everything about America. It's like a Congress jail. It also sounds like the most boring jail in the world. I bet even the shankings get filibusted. It's like, man, I'm about to stab your ass. Like, I'm sorry, you need a supermajority for that. God damn, McConno. So, that's the drama that's happening inside the White House right now. But the action

of this administration spreads far and wide. Teachers across the country, including here in Arizona, have walked out of classrooms demanding changes such as higher pay, smaller class sizes, and more classroom funding. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says teachers are walking off the job too often, and protests should be done on, quote, adult time, not the students' time. You know? Now I can see why Betsy DeVos is the head of education. She's a genius.

Yeah. That's a good question. Why don't people strike when they're not on the job? It would be so much less disruptive. Yeah. Get the fuck out of here, man. What does that mean? Are you like... If you do it during your spare time, it's not, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it,time, it's not a strike, it's just a hobby, okay?

The whole point of a protest is to make those in power uncomfortable. Civil rights protesters sat at the counters to challenge segregation. It wouldn't have been the same if the black people were like, we're gonna sit at the counters. Nah, man, we're gonna order our food on seamless. Yeah, ding dong, oh he's here. Surprise, I'm black. Yeah! Change is coming.

Change is coming. Oh yeah, what's that? Oh no, man, I ordered the MacRid. This is the filet of fish. God damn it. So just in the last two days, the Treasury Secretary is rejecting a request from Congress. The Attorney General might get his ass locked up, and Betsy DeVos says teachers need to protest during adult time. Which is a weird phrase, can we be honest?

During your adult time, it sounds like she's telling them to protest during sex. Like teachers are going to be to be their t just like, tell me what you want, baby, tell me what you want. I just want to be paid a fair wage for educating the children of America. God damn it, you're so sexy. Actually, it's you're so sexy. We'll be right back. Go. Go. Go. Go. Hey, everybody. John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast. The weekly show. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's. to be. to be. to be to be to be to be in. to be. to be in. to be in. to be in. to be in. to be in. to be in. to be in. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. G. It. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to be.......................................... to.. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, it's going to be coming

out every Thursday. So exciting, you'll be saying to yourself, TGID, thank God it's Thursday we're going to be talking about. All the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics. earnings calls. What are they things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics. Earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches.

And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance, it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the Obama, a businesswoman, a public servant and now a New York Times best-selling author. Her new memoir is called Finding My Voice, my Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward. Please welcome, Valerie Jarrett.

Oh! Oh my goodness. You always have the best studio audience. Hello, theanneed. these are the best human beings. Are you kidding? Oh my goodness. You always have the best studio audience.

I genten, these are the best human beings. Are you kidding? You're the best? I wish they were awards for audiences. We win an Emmy for Best Audience. That's what we should get. I think so. Welcome back to the show.

How are you doing? I am great. It's good to be back here. I've been looking knew about your life. You know, you've always lived, yeah, you've always lived with your life in the public eye, but writing this book and I guess getting to read it taught me new things about you as a person. For instance, many people may know that you were born in Iran, right? And people may know that your dad was a doctor in Iran. Yeah, because he couldn't get a job as a black doctor in the 50s at a major academic institution here in the United States.

And he and my mom decided to explore outside of the United States and see if there was a better opportunity. And the best opportunity he found was helping to start a hospital in Shiraz Iran. I was the second baby born in that hospital. They practiced on some other kid first. We're not sure exactly what happened to that kid. But that's what happened. And so in a sense, he took me over the color line with my mom before I was born.

And I was born into a world where I lived on a hospital compound from people with people from all over the world. Right. It feels like that is the beginning and the defining characteristic of your story. Your journey seems to be a journey of a journey to to to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get a better better better better better... to get to get a better better better. to get a better. to get a better. to get a better. to get a better. to get a better. to get a better. to get a better. 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 to to to to to to to to to the the the their. the the the the the the the the the the 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. Your journey seems to be a journey of overcoming obstacles, finding ways to get a better advantage or a better opportunity for yourself as a black woman. And that has made you who you are today.

Do you see your life as a journey of just climbing a mountain constantly? Yeah, but it's also a zigzag. And I think I started out playing it safe, practicing law, a big corporate law firm, bored to tears, and doing what everybody thought I should do. And Trevor, it wasn't until I started listening to the quiet voice inside of me that I swerved out way outside of my comfort zone and I started working in local government because I wanted to be a part of something bigger than myself actually. And it felt good. It was terrifying and exhilarating.

And I really discovered that the adventure is in the swerve. It's in the zigzag, not the straight boring line. That's beautiful because my little voice doesn't, yeah. You swerve. You swerved big time. No, I've swered because of life, but like my little voice just tells me to eat more cookies. Um, let's talk about your career. You go into law and you, as you say, you're not fulfilled, but you're really good at it.

And then your, your world takes you into public service. And through these journeys step by step, you then come across a young lady by the name. Michelle Robinson. Not even Michelle Obama. Yeah, I only think, I was like, no, she's always been an Obama in my head. No, no. Yes. She was a bad ass in her own right. Right. Right.

Right. Right. She really was, that's a thing a lot of people don't realize is that. She was kicking ass in her own world. you hide her sitting on my desk. She never mentioned any of that. She told me her story. And she made herself human. And then she started asking me some really hard questions

that I did not have the answers to. Wow. Like, what's going to be my responsibility? Like, I just got this promotion? I'm try. That is phenomenal. I offer her job on the spot, because she was so impressive. And she's like, yeah, I get back to you. And when she got back to me, she said, we got a problem here.

My fiancee doesn't think it's such a good idea. I'm like, well, who's your fiance? And what do we care what he thinks? And she said, his name is Barack Obama and he's the name is the into the mayor's office, a very political environment without any background in it, even though I want to do service. I'm committed to service. She said, would you have dinner with us and talk about it? And I said, yes, and that was a really smart idea, on my part.

You can't read this book and not think about how many small decisions impacted the White House and America's history forever because your conversation with them in many ways leads to their conversations and their life decisions going forward. You're all on this journey together now. It's yourself and it's the and it's the Obama's and you're heading toward the White House. When you get there, because I don't want to spoil those parts of the book. You really have to read that. I want you to read the book, right? When you get to the White House, what I really enjoyed in the book is how you now face

challenges within a White House that loves you. And you have to speak to the president and say, hey, thi thi, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it, it. to. to. It's. It's. It's. It. It. It. It. It. It. It, it, it. It. It. It. It. It. It. It. It, it, it, it. It. It. It. It. It, it, it, it. It. It. It, it, it. It. It. It. It, it, it, it. When, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. Like, that was a powerful moment for me to read. I was like, oh, you just assume Barack Obama had it perfect, but he didn't, and you had to work on correcting that. Well, you start out with an environment and you haven't built a culture yet, and I think everybody kind of comes to the table with their own baggage, and I had noticed that some up because I will make better decisions. And they're here because I value them. And that's what he told them.

He invited them all over for dinner. And he said, if you're not speaking up and fighting for your ideas, it's not about you. It's about helping me make the best possible decisions. And that was empowering. You tell a group of women that they need to speak up and that you really really to to to to to the to to say. And we also started building relationships with one another. And so we'd go into a meeting, and we had been to dinner the night before, and we cared about each other. And so when you see somebody, there's a huge human element. I think it is so transferable to any work environment, any family environment.

you have to take the time to listen to each other, hear each other and build the time the time the time the time the time the time the time the time their their each other, and build trust. And over time, one of the comments President Obama made is that we went from having the best players on the field to the best team. And now that we're all very proud. That's really interesting as an idea, and I think that ethos was built in the run-up to the White House. That's what makes this journey in this book so interesting is that we're getting to see like the before the before. It's really the prolog of how it all began. Let me ask you this. As an advisor and as a friend, what do you think Barack Obama had that reinvigorated America so much? How do you think he got people out to vote? Because another

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should put my future and the future of my daughter and my you know grandchildren in their hands. It's right? Yeah it really is a big job, right? It is a huge job. It is one of the biggest jobs in the world and right now in the numbers is Joe Biden, who was part of the administration that you were advising in. He has been facing criticism from people who say, Joe, you have skeletons in your past, people focusing on Anita Hill for instance, and Jill Biden recently came out and said, guys it's time for us to move on. This issue has been buried, essentially it's done. How do you think Joe could go about answering people's concerns or responding to move on. This issue has been buried. Essentially, it's done. How do you think Joe

could go about answering people's concerns or responding to what people feel happened with the Anita Hill hearing? Look, I think all the candidates are going to, are accountable for their past actions and they have to explain them, and they also have to prove if they're have they've evolved. And I think the people are capable of evolving and learning from past experiences. And the magic of the campaign trail is that you have to get out there every single day and prove to the people why they should trust you. That's a magic of our democracy.

And so all the candidates have that same challenge. And they need to get out there and explain themselves and earn the trust the true the tthe, the book tells us where you came from, where you got to, but now the future, what does it hold? I mean, once you've worked in the White House, who do you advise after that? Well, yeah, I guess myself is who I'm really advising right now. And I did a kind of a gut check, Trevor, what do I care about gender equity. I care about criminal justice reform and ending gun violence. And I care about civic engagement. And so Mrs. Obama organized when we all vote,

which is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan entity last summer. And I chair that board. And I want to convince everybody out there that you have a stake in this democracy. And the most basic step is voting. And then get involved in meetings. Run for office yourself. feel th, feel th, feel th, feel th, feel th, feel as th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, and feel as th, and feel as th, and feel as th, and th, and tho, and tho, and tho, and then, and I I's, and, and then, and then, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. tho. meetings, run for office yourself. Feel as though you own this democracy because 43% of eligible voters did not vote in the last election. And elections have consequences that we all live with. And so don't abdicate your responsibility

and disenfranchise yourself. So that's a big part of the message that you'll be hearing from me over the next few years. And fighting to level that playing field so every young kid in our country gets that fair shot. Well, if anyone wants to get to where you are, now they have a manual on how to do it. There it is. Thank you so much. Thank you all. Thank you all. Yeah.

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