The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trump Is Officially on the Road to Impeachment | Gavin Newsom

Episode Date: September 25, 2019

Nancy Pelosi announces an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Ronny Chieng refuses to get his hopes up, and California Governor Gavin Newsom sits down with Trevor. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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September 24, 2019. From Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Ears Edition. Welcome to the Daily Show, Thank you for the Daily Show, everybody. Thank you for tuing it. And thank you for coming out. That's all the ta. Thank you so much for coming out.

I'm Trevor Noah. Welcome to the Daily Show, everybody. Thank you for tuing it, and thank you for coming out. As always, thank you so much for coming up. I'm Trevor Noah. Our guest tonight is the governor of the great state of California. Gavin Newsom is joining us, everybody. Also on tonight's show, Greta Thumburg roasts the UN. Lenny Kravitz has lost his mojo and Donald Trump is getting impeached. Please, please, please, Melania, stop cheering. So let's catch up on today's headlines.

Let's kick it off with the United Nations General Assembly. Every year, the world's leaders gathered together in New York City to clog up our traffic and ruin our food deliveries. They also try to solve some of the world's problems, but this year all the attention has been on teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg. Yesterday she addressed the general assembly and she did not pull her punches. This morning the United Nations still feeling the shock waves of teenage climate activists Greta Thunberg. People are suffering, people are dying, entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you? Wow.

Wow. That is one impressive 16-year-old. To be that mature at that age? Like when I was that age, the only impassioned speech I was giving to my cousin was for hugging the Nintendo. It was like, you promised me a future where I would get to be Luigi! Also I like how she's shitting on the audience and they're applauding her. Like that's what I love about the UN. Everyone thinks every speech is about the other leaders and not them, right? Everyone's just like, yes, got to tell them, tell them, you should all be embarrassed. Especially you, Paraguay, you know what you did.

And while Greta may be the hero of the UN, Philadelphia in this next story also got the hero it deserves. Philadelphia wide receiver Nelson Aguilar is responding to a man who criticized his catching skills after the man caught children thrown from a burning building. Hakeem Laws was walking in the area of a house fire Sunday night. He said a family was trapped and the father started throwing the babies to him and several other people. The people down, my man just started throwing babies out the window. We was catching them, unlike Aguilar and his mishaps. I like to put that out there. So the criticism came after Aguilar dropped several key passes and two Eagles losses

this season. On Twitter, Aguilar thanks Laws for being a hero and invited him to be a guest at the next home game. Oh, wow. Catching a baby thrown out of a window, that is a real football fan right there. We're like he didn't spike the baby after he caught it. It's a little dance. And I love the fact that he took his moment of fame to trash an eagle's receiver. I actually wish we had more petty heroes like this, you know?

Just like someone out there like, yes, I rescued this family from a blazing fire. And you know who's not blazing? My ex is a new boyfriend. You ain't shit! But man, I'm glad this worked out, because imagine how scary it is to throw a baby and then rely on a stranger to catch it, right? Because have you ever thrown your iPhone to someone? Yeah, me neither.

Now, imagine throwing a baby out of a window. I'd have questions before throwing it out. I'd be like, help, help. And then the person would be like, I'm here. Throw it down. I'll be like, wait, do you play any sports? Because he'll be like, yeah, I play soccer. I'll be like, no, wrong sport. What about you? I play golf. I'll be like, that's more of a game. It's not a sport.

It's like, but we're in the sun. Lenny Kravitz, music icon and man suffering from severe shirt allergy. He is known for his amazing fashion sense, and now he needs your help getting some of it back. Lenny Kravitz is asking for your help this morning to find a pair of lost sunglasses. It's no joke. The singer took to Twitter telling his followers that he actually misplaced these exact pair of vintage shades given to him by a family member and apparently they hold a lot of sentimental value. They went missing after a show in LA over the weekend he's asking anyone with information to send an email to

Kravitz glasses at Gmail. to Com. Why? Why would anyone steal sunglasses from Lenny Kravitz? Huh? He's never done anything to anyone and it's not like anyone else can't wear those glaces? Why? Why would anyone steal sunglasses from Lenny Kravitz? He's never done anything to anyone. And it's not like anyone else can't wear those glasses. They don't work for people with regular jobs. Lenny needs those glasses, though, because without them, how's he going to look cool?

Look at this poor man, huh? Without his glasses, all he's got his six-pack, his nose nose ring, those sick tattoos, that little V, the stomach that looks like a vaguest sign pointing to the Holy Land. Yeah, he's got a V right here. Look at that. The rest of us have just like our body does like this. Like, yeah. Can I just say? Can I just say?

I love that Lady Kravitz just set up an email address, like he trusts the public enough to email him tips about the glass. It's inspiring. I didn't know you could do this. I'd like to do it too. So if anyone has seen my TV remote,, please. Email Trevor's TV remote one at Gmail. tho-dot com. And yes, yes, that's right.

Someone already had Trevor's TV remote at Gmail, so I had to add a one. And if anyone knows who stole that email address from him, please email trivre's telev remote email address two at Gmail. Because somehow two people already had that. I don't even know how this shit this shit this shit this shit shit this shit this shit the shit tha shit tha thii shit thiads thiads thi works thi somehow two people already had that. I don't even know how this shit works. All right that's it for the headlines. Let's move on to our top story. Donald J. Trump. Once again, the president of the United States is in big trouble. Good afternoon, everyone.

We're coming on the air on this busy news day with breaking news, an announcement from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Today, I'm announcing the House of Representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. The actions taken to date by the president have seriously violated the constitution. The president must be held accountable. No one is above the law.

Holy crap. It's finally happening? It's finally happening? After two years of avoiding it, Trump may finally face articles of impeachment, which, believe me, he is not happy about. It's impeachment, which Trump hates, plus articles, which he hates even more. Yeah. If his mom ever caught him with a Playboy magazine, he'd be like, I swear, I'm not reading the articles, just looking at the boobs.

And if you thought Trump was unhinged before, I can't even imagine what he's going to be like now. Like he's been crazy. Can you imagine what he's going to be like now? You better keep your kids away from Twitter people because this thing is going to be a category 5 tweet storm. And this one will hit Alabama. But how did we get here? And what does it all mean? Well, let's find out in our brand new segment, the full story. So, how did Donald Trump land himself on the road to impeachment? Well, it all started last week with a mysterious report from a whistleblower. So, how did Donald Trump land himself on the road to impeachment?

Well, it all started last week with a mysterious report from a whistleblower. This is CNN breaking news. And we do begin with that breaking news. CNN has learned that President Trump had a communication with a foreign leader that was so troubling to one US intelligence official that they filed a whistleblower complaint. The Washington Post reports this involved a promise. It is not known who the whistleblower is or who the foreign leader is. Yes, it was so exciting. Trump had a mysterious phone call with a foreign leader and everyone was wondering what it could be.

Did he promise Kim Jong-un that he could use his Netflix password? Or did he promised that me a Putin a role in the next Fast and Furious movie? We didn't know. The even more exciting question was, who is the whistleblower? Because it could be anybody, except Mike Pence. Oh, because he doesn't believe in blowing things. Yeah. Mother. Mother says the mouth is for prayer and nothing else. He doesn't even blow out birthday candles. He just uses a fire extinguisher on the cake. In the name of Jesus, I extinguish these tiny wax penises. So the breaking news was that someone in the intelligence community had reported Trump for doing something shady with a foreign leader.

And it didn't take long for the details to come out. President Trump has been accused of threatening to hold back military aid to the Ukraine if leaders there failed to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden. The president pushed eight times for an investigation into Joe Biden. At the time of the call the Trump administration was withholding $250 million in military aid to Ukraine that Congress had already approved. Yeah, this is huge. Donald Trump is accused of holding back military aid, approved by Congress for Ukraine

unless they helped him dig up dirt on Joe Biden, which if true would be devastating. It's an abuse of power, it's extortion, and maybe worst of all, it's asking a foreign country to meddle in America's election. Yeah, which is the one thing that if you were Donald Trump, you should stay away from. Right? Because they'd just beaten the Russia. It would be like if the day after Michael Jackson got a quiddle of touching kids,

he was like, let's celebrate, party at my house. And as bad as it is for America, think about what it felt like for Ukraine. These guys are in the middle of a war, fighting off Russian invasion, right? And now because of Trump, they have to deal with this shit. Can you imagine them on the battlefield? Just like, Comrade, comrade, we need more ammunition. What do you mean? No ammunition? No more bullets until we dig up dirt on Joe Biden. It's like Biden. Didn't they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they see they they they they they the clip the clip the clip the clip the clip the clip th. th. thi. thi. Come th. Come th. Comrade th. Comrade th. Comrade 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. 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. thi. It's like, Biden, didn't they see the clip where he forgot Obama's name? He's burying himself! So, This was a pretty damning accusation against Donald Trump.

Because using the power of the presidency for your own political gain is about as bad as it gets. But according to Trump, he ain't done shit. Mr. Trump, dismissing the report as presidential harassment, tweeting, virtually any time I speak on the phone to a foreign leader, I understand that there may be many people listening. Is anybody dumb enough to believe that I would say something inappropriate on such a potentially heavily populated call? That call was perfect. It couldn't have been nicer, and even the Ukrainian government put out a statement that that was a perfect call. Yes, yes, yes. According to the Donald, he did nothing wrong in his dealings with Ukraine. In fact, they had a perfect call.

And can I be honest? I think he's lying. You know why? Because there's no such thing as a perfect call. Something always goes wrong. That's why we text, right? There's always something wrong with a call. Either the phone's cutting out, or you're talking over each other,

or you tell them you love them, and there's just silence, it's always something. And here's another reason I think he's lying. If Trump has nothing to hide and he did nothing wrong, then why is he doing this? The Trump administration is facing a Thursday deadline to hand over the complaint to Congress, as is required by law. The President is digging in his heels as the White House is blocking the release of a whistleblower complaint to Congress. Apparently about a conversation Mr. Trump had with a foreign leader

that raised red flags with an administration official. Okay, you gotta admit that's hell is suspicious. Why is Trump breaking the law to prevent Congress from seeing the whistleblower's reports? He must be up to something shady. Or maybe he just said something really embarrassing on those calls. Maybe it's like, okay, great. Well, it was nice talking to you you you you you you you you. to you. 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 the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. thi. thi. thi. tr. tr. tr trueue. trueuoooooo truexxxxxxxxxxxxx. tr tr tr truexxx. truex. true. true. th. th. th. those calls. Maybe it was like, okay, great, well, it was nice talking to you. Oh, and by the way, if I drink anything after 8 p.m. I wet the bed. Bye-bye.

Bye. Bye. So, despite a unanimous vote today from Democrats and Republicans in the Senate to release the whistleblower's report, trupt and his people are trying to block it at it thoom it at it at it at it at it at it at it at it at it at to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the to the their to release the whistleblowers report. Trump and his people are trying to block it at all costs. But the one silver lining of any Trump scandal is that if you just wait long enough, eventually, he'll just spill the beans himself. The conversation I had was largely contradulatory, was largely corruption, all of the corruption taking place,

was largely the fact that we don't want our people, like Vice President Biden and his son, creating to the corruption already in the Ukraine. There was no pressure put on them whatsoever, but there was pressure put on with respect to Joe Biden. What Joe Biden did for his son, that's something they should be looking at. Okay, we all, we all heard that, right? Trump just said there was no pressure,

except for the pressure to get dirt on Biden. That's the only pressure we're talking about. That's not a defense. That's an admission. That's like Scar going, whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm not a murderer. I haven't killed anyone other than Mufasa. In fact, he's the one you should be looking into. What kind of parent allows their child to run around with war tongs? And in case you're wondering, in case you're wondering, Trump's claim is that while Joe Biden was vice president, he pressured Ukraine to fire their top prosecutor

because he was investigating a Ukrainian company that Biden's son was a board member of. That's the story. Now there's no evidence that supports Trump's accusation. But even if it did, even if it did, it wouldn't negate that Donald Trump abused the power of his office to try and dig up dirt on a political opponent. So that's the full story. Ukraine, Trump impeachment, Hunter Biden. But there's still one key piece the the the th th thi the thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thine's the thine's thine's thine thine thine thine thine thine. thine. thine. thine. thine. thine. thine. thine. thine. thine's thine's thine's thine's thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the the the the theeean theanananneneneneneeeeeeeeeeeean theean thoooo theeeeeee's thoo thoo' the's the full story. Ukraine, Trump impeachment, Hunter Biden. But there's still one key piece of the puzzle that's missing. The whistleblower's complaints. It's the spark that has started this blaze. And if Trump refuses to hand it over, we need to get it some way or another.

And thanks to Lenny Kravitz, we have the perfect solution. If you have the whistleblower report, please, we need you 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 the the pussle- the pussle-s one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one the the the the the the the the the the perfect solution. If you have the whistleblower report, please, we need you to email it to Trump Whistleblower at Gmail.com. We'll be right back. Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you 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 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. This scandal involving President Trump and the leader of Ukraine could be the story of this presidency, considering it may lead to impeachment. But how will it all end and what does it mean?

Well to help us figure it out, we turn to our senior political analyst, Ronnie Chang. This is big news. How do you think this scandal will play out? Uh, pass. Pass. I'm sorry, did you say pass? Yeah, pass. I'm skipping this one, Trevor, okay? I'm not getting burned by another scandal the last two years and goes nowhere

You heard the Swedish climate girl We have 12 years left before the ocean swallow us so I'm not wasting time On this is time on this impeachment bullshit again I don't want my last words to be Marco Rubio seems open to her run run run we all drown No, no no no, but Ronnie this is different you see this time there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's there's their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. th. th. th. th. th. th. I's th. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. t. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm t. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I but Ronnie, this is different. You see, this time, there's strong evidence against Trump. There's a whistleblower in his own government. Oh, oh, great, a whistleblower. Yeah, that was the missing piece.

So, you know who else blows a whistle, referees and lifeguards, okay? If they can't stop James Harden from taking a dump in a pool. How are they going to stop the president from doing anything? Okay, okay, but even the details we've learned so far damning, a sitting president reached out to a foreign leader, possibly holding back aid in exchange for dirt on a political opponent. This scandal. This scandal could be the one that finally sinks Trump. Oh, oh really? Oh, this right. Yeah, this is the one, not the time he paid hush money to a porn star. Remember what happened then? Yeah? Trump got away with it. His lawyer went to jail and now I can't watch porn without thinking of campaign

finance law. Or what about the time his son met with Russians in Trump Tower? They investigated that for two years and they ended with Officer Frankenstein being like, gee, it it it it it it it it it the the the the the the the the their their their their their their not their not their not their not their not their not their not their their their th. Not th. Not th. Not th. Not th. Not th. Not thi? Not th. Not, not th. Not, not th. Not, not th. Not, not th. Not, not th. Not th. Not toy. Not toy? Not toy. Not toy. Not toy. Not toy. Not, not tie, not tie, not tie, not th. Not, not th. Not, not th. Not, not th. Not, not thi. Not, not thi? Not, thi. Not, thi. Not, thi. This, ty. This, ty. It's, ty. This, tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. He's tipe, tipe, tipe. They investigated that for two years and they ended with Officer Frankenstein being like, gee, it's not really my department. Brah, blah, blah. Do you know how much effort it takes to follow all these scandals? I learned what an emolument is. I even kind of learned how to pronounce emolument. And for what? Every one of these scandals was going to be the one and it never is. In fact, I wouldn't be shocked if this scandal ends with Ukraine going to jail and Trump becoming president for life. Yeah, but Ronnie, Nancy Pelosi, today announced the start of a formal impeachment inquiry.

Oh, a formal impeachment inquiry. Oh, why didn't you just say so? Who cares? Even if the Democrats impeach Trump, it'll just go to Mitch McConnell, who's gonna hide it in his neck flaps, and then everyone's gonna argue about it. And then Trump will start a fight with Mariah Carey on Twitter for some reason. And then it's 2020, I've wasted another year and a half of my life again. Okay, okay, I can't. I can't go through this again.

Please, please don't make me. Please, please, Swedish God, please kill me with your rising ocean. Do it now and free me from this hell. Anyway, to answer your question, that's a good chance Trump gets impeached. Ronnie Chang, everybody. We'll be right back. John Stewart here. Unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, the weekly show, we're going to be talking about the election, economics, ingredient to

bread ratio on sandwiches. Listen to the Weekly Show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is a Democrat serving as governor of the state of California. Please welcome Governor Gavin Newsom. to the daily show. Good to be here. What a day to join us on. Let's jump straight into the news of the day.

Yes, sir. Nancy Pelosi announcing officially the inquiry into articles of impeachment. Are you the day to join us on? the news of the day. Yes, sir. Nancy Pelosi announcing officially, officially the inquiry into articles of impeachment. Are you- Delays are not God's denials. Are you in the camp of finally? Yeah, finally.

But I'm also in the camp of Ronnie. I think he expressed it perfectly. I mean, all of us have, we kind of, we walk out to the edge and disappointed. But look, I feel there's no doubt. He will be impeached. The question is, The question, but here's the stubborn question. The question is, will he be removed from office? And that's a separate question that Mitch McConnell can answer.

And that fundamentally is the question that goes to the expression of frustration that Ronnie just advanced. Wow. Impeachment would require though, tothirds, and so that would require Mitch McConnell to step in. Do you think America's at the point where partisanship is so intense that they, you know, that they can't see past that, where the Republicans go, no, this is our guy regardless of what he's done? The only polling that matters right now is where the repaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah is thii. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. that's is thi. thi. that's is that's is that's is. that's is. that's is. that's is. that's is thi. that's is. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. that's is th. th. that's is th. th. th. th. that's is th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. that's that's thi. th that's th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi. th that's that's thi. thi. thi. the Republican Party is. Because that's all about primaring and incumbent.

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California has been engaged in a legal battle with President Trump over emissions and vehicles, right? Now, your argument is you want California to be able to dictate its own emission to to to to to to to to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, their and, to, to, to, their and, to, their and, to, to, their and, their and, their and, their and, their and, and, and, and, the the the the the to, and, and, and, and, and, their, 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, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is a the the the the the the the toe.s.s.s.s.s.s. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. the the toe. the you want California to be able to dictate its own emission standards for vehicle manufacturers, which they've agreed on by the way, right? But the Trump administration says no. Why are you disagreeing with their deregulation of emissions? Well there's a couple points. one is Greta's point that she made, which was pretty profound and you made that point earlier by referencing it. She talks about this notion of the fairy tale of tale of tale of tale tale tale tale tale tale tale tale tale tale tale tale tale tale tale tale tale tale tale tale tale the thal of thal of thal, thal, thal, thi, the, thi, thi, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, 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 thi, thi, thi, thi, thr-Ii, thr-moes, thru.eateat, thr-moan, thr-meat, their, their, their, their about this notion of the fairy tale of money and economic development. Well, come to California. Our economy is booming. We have record surpluses, record low unemployment, record GDP growth. We are proving the paradigm of

the genius of Anne versus the tyranny of ore. What I mean by that is it used to be economic growth or the environment. Now it's economic growth and the environment. And California's proving the paradigm at a scale. No other state in America has proven it. So here's here's the point on the emissions. The game changer as it relates to climate change is addressing the issue of transportation. 40% of our emissions in California come from the transportation sector. You can't get serious about climate change until you clean up your vehicle the vehicle manufacturers themselves get where the world is going and get where customers are going and that's towards the electric vehicle.

California is the game changer and Trump can't stand it. We are winning. We trumped Trump. We got four We have. Four automobile companies basically gave him the military. We trumped Trump. We got four we have. Four automobile companies basically gave him the middle finger and walked away from his desire to roll back vehicle mission standards said you know what thanks a lot we're with California with the higher standards we're with the Obama-era standards. He is beyond frustrated so now he's threatening to take away our waiver which goes back to Ronald Reagan when he was governor of California. This guy is petulant but he's also losing. California is too big and we are not a small isolated state that he can ignore. We're in 60 lawsuits against the

Trump administration and we're winning the overwhelming majority. You have made a lot of improvements, but of the cities ranked as having the worst pollution, seven of the top 10 are still in California. Do you think vehicles are enough to get those emissions down and the pollution down? Substantially, we will never advance our efforts. And the reason why is topography. It's the nature of California. Look at Los Angeles. You've got three mountain ranges surrounding Los Angeles,

and you're basically in this bowl. And you've got the ocean breezes that come in, and it keeps that ozone layer down. As a consequence, the smog problems back in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, to the environmental movement, and we to to to to to to the environment, and to to the environment, and to to the environment, and to the environment, and to to the, and toe, and the, and the, and the, and the, and the, and th, and thi, and thi, thi, thi, th, the, the thi, the, the, thi, the, the thi, the thi, the the thi, the the is we still, as you rightfully note, have seven of the top 10 dirtiest cities as relates to clean air. We'll never achieve our clean air goals without addressing the issue of emissions. It's the cars that are substantially and stubbornly the issue. We already have 627,000 electric vehicles. We want to get to five million in the next few years. Over half of the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the theeaa. thiiia. th. th. th. th. thia. thia. thia. thiol. th. tooomom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. tooom. t. tha. tom. tom. t. t. t. We, t. We, tooe, t. We, t. We, t. We, t. We, t. We, t. We, t. We, t. We, t. We, t. We, t. We, t. We, t. We, t. We, t. t t t t t t tome. t tomorrow, together, together, together, together, together, together, together, together, together, together, toge. toge. toge. want to get to five million in the next few years. Over half of the vehicles, electric vehicles in the country are in

California, but we need this waiver to continue that progress. Let's talk more about California as a whole. One thing I've always enjoyed about looking at the states is that it feels like a microcosm for everything in America. the issue America has you can find in California. You know how to to deal with it. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. thoe is to to to to to to to to th. th. to to to to to to to to toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe is is toe is is is is, toe is is is is is is is is is is is is is is is is is is is is is is is. to be will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will will. the the the the the the the the the the the the th. tho. the. the. thooooooooooo. the the. the the. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toe with it, how not to deal with it. One of the big issues in California right now is that of homelessness, you know, Los Angeles being one of the prime examples. The president was there now with insane solutions but you know still noticing the problem. Yes, thanks for... What can be done and what do you think should be done with regards to homelessness? Because a lot of people make it seem like, oh someone is homeless because the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, you thi, you thi, you can, you can, you can't, thin, you can't, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thi. is thin, thi, thi, their, their, their like it's a an issue of like, oh, someone is homeless because they're lazy. But there's been a spike, especially in LA, like a giant spike.

Last 10 years we've seen this, it's been a trend line, now it's a headline. Right. To your point, was not wrong to identify a problem, but he was completely incompetent in recognizing or recommending any solutions. And with respect to the question question question question question question question question question question question question question the question the question. the question, the answer to the question is not complicated. Shelters solve sleep. Housing and Support of Services solve homelessness. If we're going to get serious about this issue, you've got to focus on housing and support of services. And look, I'm not making any excuses. We own this. I've been here nine months and we are quadruply, not

doubling down. I mean, quite literally doing an unprecedented amount to get serious about this issue. But at the end of the day, we need partners. We don't need sparring partners. We need partners in this effort to get folks off the street and get housed. And the Trump administration comes in, and they have audacity to do this, and it connects some dots, Trevor. They come in and they say we're going to remove your emissions waiver Because we don't believe it's good for the environment. They had the audacity to say that and they said on a way out Trump said on the way out when he walked up to Air Force One he said we're gonna have the EPA sue California Because the homeless are polluting the water in the state of California actually said that

That's this damn administration. That's the President of the United States of America in 2019. You can't make this stuff up. So look, we're hopeful in, you know, a year and a half, we're going to have a very different conversation in this country about the new president, inaugural, that will begin a new kind of spirit and freedom. Well, it'll be all right. Well, speaking of the new, tha new, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, the new, tha, tha, tha, thinewna, the new, thia, thia, thia, thia, thia, thia, thia, thi, thi, the thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thia, thia, thia, thi. thi. thi. We thi. We's thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. than, tooan, tooan, tooan, tooan, tooan, thi. thi. thi. thi. all right. Well, speaking of the new, then, let's talk about the NCAA Fair Pay to Play Act, because that's a new idea that is shaking up not just sports, but America as a whole.

College sports has always been seen as the bastion of, you know, talent without the burdens of money. California has stepped in and said, no, there is money in the sport. Thank you And players should be able to receive some sort of compensation if they want to from their likeness Yeah Some interesting reaction no a lot of people like this, but but some have argued that like the whole amateur of the game? But but some have argued that like the whole amateurness of the game. Yeah, I mean, you know, the the whole? the the the the the th, the th, the th, th, th, th. th. the whole th. th. th. the whole the whole the whole the whole the whole th. the whole the whole the whole the whole the whole the whole the whole the whole the whole thoes. thoes. the whole thoes. thoes, 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 the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thro. thro. to. to. to. to. to. their. their. the. the. their. tho. the. th people say you don't want to remove the amateur nature of the game? Yeah, I mean, you know, coaches make millions and millions of dollars, advertisers make millions and millions of dollars on the likeness of these athletes that give

up, in some cases, their bodies and their health for the sports. I guess that's one version of a romanticized system. And you know what respect? Respect, the respect, the respect, the r their their their their their their tha is thiiiia is thia is thia is thia is thiolome thiolome thiolome thiolome thiolome thoom, thoom, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho-a, thoom. thoom, thoes, tho-a, tho-a, tho-a, tho-a, tho-a, thoge, thoge, thi, thi, thi, thi, thiou, thiou, thiou, thii-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-s, thi-a-a-a-s, thi-s, thi-s, thoooooooooooo-s.a-s.a-s. togee. toge-s. toguuuu. togu. a racial component. Close to 90% of these coaches are white and the majority of Division I basketball players are black. The plurality of Division I football players are black. And with all due respect, this notion of student athlete, give me a break. These guys are full time, expected full time to sacrifice themselves for athletics. But when they're done, the next crew comes in and it's just this th this th this th th th th th th th th th just th th just th just th just just th just just just just just just the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi c. thi thi. thi. the c. the c. to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi c. th. their their their their their their the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. the th. the. the. the. the. toe. the. toe. toe. toean. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. thselves for athletics. But when they're done, the next crew comes in and it's just this cycle. And at the end of the day, it perpetuates a cycle of inequality and a lack of equity.

And I think as it relates to the issues of sports, it's time to rebalance things. So I'm taking a good look at this legislation. I have the next few days to make a decision, but I recognize the consequence of this decision because we could substantially change the NC2A as we know it, but I think this question needs to be called. I know you've got a lot of things to get to at the UN. Thank you for making time for the Daily Show. Governor Gavin Newsom, everybody. The Daily Show with Cover Noa, Ears Edition. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central and the Comedy Central

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