The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trump's Ongoing Wall Battle & Fallout from the Government Shutdown | John David Washington

Episode Date: January 11, 2019

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with John Stewart wherever you get your podcast. January 10th 2019. From Comedy Central's World News headquarters in New York. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Ears Edition. Yes, welcome. Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Trevor North. Thank you so much. You're far too kind.

Thank you for tuning in, everybody. Welcome to it. I'm so excited. On tonight's show, we're going to be joined by the star of ballers and the hit movie, Black Clansman. John David Washington is here, everybody. And please prepare yourselves. He is very sexy.

We're also going to be talking about the latest in the government shutdown, including President Trump's trip to the border, where he illegally snuck into Mexico to see how they like it. Yeah, spoiler alert, we are also not sending our best. But first, let's catch up on today's headlines. It is 663 days until the next presidential election. not sending our best. But first, let's catch up on today's headlines. It is 663 days until the next presidential election, but the campaign is already underway. One of the Democrats exploring Iran is former Texas representative and weathered teenage boy better or rock all week. He's been traveling around talking to everyday Americans and

posting stories on his Instagram. And it turns out, maybe there is such a thing as too relatable. That is indeed Betta O'Rourke in the dentist chair talking to people near the border about what life is like there including talking to his own dentist. So I'm here at the dentist and we're going to continue our series on the people of the border. I'm here with Diana, my dental hygienic. Diana's gonna tell us a little bit about growing up with all that. Yeah, Beto. It looks like he didn't understand what his advisor meant when he said all the kids are flossing. Because like what's next?

Ted Cruz checking his beard for lice on Tick-Tock? Come on, man. But this is a genius way to avoid tough questions, right? Because it'd be like, Congressman, how can you call yourself a peressive candidate when you voted for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico? It would be that great question. Ah, ah, ah, ah. Ha! Haahah! Ha, too,. Representative Steve King of Iowa.

King has often faced accusations of racism. Now that's mostly because of all the racist stuff he says. But today he defended himself by saying, what's wrong with racism anyway? Steve King defending himself after a newly published article from the New York Times saying he's not racist. But then in the article, the congressman from Iowa's Fourth District, questions why the term white nationalist and white supremacists are offensive language.

Yeah, I'm not racist, you niggas need a calm down. Now I know, I know it sounds bad, but at least he didn't do something truly unforgivable like say, mother-h to-daugh or you know what I'm saying? Moving on to some news from Paris, the capital of fine dining. The very first restaurant serving only nude diners in Paris is shutting down. The restaurant, oh natural has only been open for 15 months. Apparently business has been suffering from a lack of customers. Not many people want to show up naked. The nudist restaurant plans to close its doors for good on February 16th. Yeah, they had a good run. That's right.

France's first nude restaurant is closing February 16th, which means my Valentine's Day reservation is still good to go. Yeah, yeah, you know, uh, nothing quite says love like spilling hot clam chowder on my genitals. It's just, can you imagine being a health inspector there? What happens? You just walk in and kill yourself? And what if you're a waiter having to deal with the customers? Be like, excuse me, there's a hair in my chicken. Be like, well, sir, your balls a lot over my chair, so we're even. All right, let's move on to our main story.

Today marks day 20 of the federal government shutdown. Farmers can't get the loans that they're promised. People are facing evictions and the government's so broke they had to start renting the Lincoln Memorial out on Airbnb. And because 800,000 government workers are not being paid, some of them 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 our our to our to our to our to our to our to our to our to our to our to our their their to our main to our to our to our to our to our to our to our to our their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their toe.a. My toean.ean. My toean. toean. toean. toean. toe. toe. toe. their their their their their their Memorial out on Airbnb. And because 800,000 government workers are not being paid, some of them were rallying in D.C. today. So we sent Michael Costa to show some support. It's day 20 of the second longest government shutdown in history.

1995, we're coming for you. With no end in sight, civil servants are marching on Washington, D.C. and the president knows why. People that won't get next week's pay or the following weeks pay. I think if you ever really looked at those people, I think they'd say, Mr. President, keep going. He's talking about people who work for the IRS or Homeland Security or NASA, and are about to miss their first paycheck. Time to give these people a chance to speak to speak, to speak, to speak, to to to to to to the president, to to to to the president, the president, to to to their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their. And, their. their, their, their, their, their, their. their, their. their. their. their. their. their. their. Ande, their. Ande, their. Ande. Ande. Ande. theto miss their first paycheck. Time to give these people a chance to speak to the president directly and to tell him to keep going.

This is a card for President Trump to tell him to keep going. You write whatever you want to president Trump and his keep going card. American Federation of Government employees, hell no. He wrote, keep going, Mr. President. We are all not behind you. You mean not, not, is what he meant to write. Stop the BS. Stop the BS. Bad seeds trying to come in from over the border, right? We got it, Ryan.

Michael Costa, everyone. Thanks so much, Michael. Now, with all the support behind him, President Trump decided to plow forward on proving his case for a border wall. So today, the Commander-in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in in-ininininininininininininanananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananed and the c. the c. the c. the c. the support behind him, President Trump decided to plow forward on proving his case for a border wall. So today, the Commander-in-Chief put on his travel Barbie outfits and flew down to the southern border to get a first-hand account of the situation. And while he was there, he gave us all a drunk history lesson. They say a wall is medieval.

Well so is a wheel. A wheel is older than a wall. And I looked and every single car out there, even the really expensive ones that the Secret Service uses and believe me they are expensive. I said do they all have wheels? Yes. Oh, I thought it was medieval. The wheel is older than the wall. You know that? And there are some things that work. You know what? A wheel works and a wall works. You know, if a football player got up after a tackle and started talking like that, the trainer would be like, we need to get you to the locker room now. Your brain is not okay.

And just by the way, I can't believe we have to say this. If there are any kids watching that are going to use this on a history test, walls are actually much older than the wheel. Right? 6,000 years older than the wheel. Like, back in the day, cavemen had walls. Like, back in the day, cavemen had walls. So I guess people should stop calling Trump and Neanderthal because Neanderthal would know that. Hashtag not my Neanderthal. Now after putting the president's word through

Google Translate, I think what what he's trying to say is that just because the wall is old technology doesn't mean it's not going to be effective, right? The only problem is since walls have been around for so long, people have had centuries to figure out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. thus?? to be to be to be to be to be to be to th. to be 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 th. th. the. the, the. the. the. the. the. the. to to to to to to to to to the. to to to to to, to, to people have had centuries to figure out how to get through them. The president and the Oval Office address and his administration have been pushing this idea now of this, a steel slat barrier, which is already in use down here along the southern border. We know from DHS testing over the course of the last year that all of President Trump's

prototypes were breachable in some way. But now for the first time, NBC News has exclusively obtained a photograph of the steel slat barrier style border wall design that was clearly cut through with what we are told as a household saw. Okay, okay, now you laugh, but to be fair, to be fair, you can't just get through with a household saw. Okay, you also need some immigrants can-do work ethic. Because let me tell you, because let me tell you,

I've tried sawing before, and that shit takes forever. After five minutes, I was like, forget it, I'm just going to bury the body in one piece. Actually, it's so hard to saw through that level of steel that I think if a Mexican manages to saw his way into America, we should just give that person a job. Yeah. Yeah, like, just hire them. In fact, here's my pitch. Here's my pitch. That should be how you do merit-based immigration, right?

That should be how you're a merit-based immigration, right? thrown, right? You work in construction, go straight away, straight away. If they climb over the wall, you're a firefighter now. Go, go, go, go. And then all you guys running away, we'll see you on the Olympic team! USA! USA! No, no, USA! USA!

No, no, USA! Now, you'd think the news that you can just saw through a steel wall would be devastating news for Trump. But apparently he already knows about this and he's not concerned. There are pictures this morning showing steel barrier wall being sawed straight through it. There's nothing that can't be penetrated, but you fix it. But it's a very difficult thing to do.

But that's a wall, and they have other walls. We have many walls under consideration. Even concrete. There's acid that can go through concrete. Don't give them more ideas. What are you doing? I didn't even know that it was possible. You the wall the wall the wall the wall tha thi thi thiiiiiiiiiiii. You the wall the wall thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thiolome know that was possible. You're going to build a wall and then tell everyone how to get through it? Trump would be the worst bankrub ever.

This is a stick-up, but I've got weak wrist. If you hit me right here, the gun will fly out. It's just gonna fly out right here. Right here. But look, I get what he's saying. Again, I get it. Even if a wall isn't 100% impenetrable, it's still better than nothing. And America's going to need all the help it can get, because the way Trump tells it, things on the border are about to get nuts. Here's the story. There is another major caravan forming right now in Honduras. And so far we're trying to break it up. But so far it's bigger than anything we've seen. Wow, another caravan. It's so convenient how whenever Trump needs to win something, a big scary caravan is always

coming to kill us all. Because first it was the midterms and now it's the shutdown. Like I feel like if Trump isn't careful he's going to run into a boy who cried wolf situation. You know, someday there is going to be a big caravan full of ISIS drug dealers and Shrex pouring over the border and Trump will be like, there really is a caravan this time and we'll be like whatever old man. Ah the Shre's eating my face! We'll be right back. to be right back. Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast.

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I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Welcome to the Daily Show, everybody. You guys are fun, man. Thanks for your time. Thank you. Thank you. It was a really fascinating discussion I stumbled upon online. And it was about the new Brian Cranston and Kevin Hart movie.

You seen it? It's a beautiful story that has been adapted. It's from a French movie originally called The Untouchables and it's a story of, I guess in the movie it's an African man who lives in France, French guy and he gets employed by this rich paraplegic man to come and like look after him. And it's like a, you know, odd pairing and they get to know each other and it's a beautiful story. And I saw Kevin Hart and Brian Kranston are remaking the movie and it looks like it's going to be good. And what's interesting is thing is is is is is is is is is is like is like is like is like is like is like is like is like is like is like is like is like is like thiiiiiiii. their. their. their. their. their, their, you is a their, you're like a their, you're like, you're like a their, you's like, you're a their, you. their, their, their, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, you. their, you. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, I.--a, I.-a are remaking the movie and it looks like it's going to be good. And what's interesting is there was like a big outrage online that started up yesterday where people were complaining saying why is Brian Cranston playing a disabled person, why didn't they get a disabled person to play a disabled person?

And I'm not on line, my first instinct, because I love Brian Cranston. My first instinct immediately I was like, are you being serious, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th.. th. th, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, are you being serious? I was like, come on, man, we're going too far now. I was like, you can't, like, the actors, actors are going to act. You can't, like, the whole point of act, if we get everyone who is the thing to be the thing, then it's not acting, then, the thing person. And then, you know, obviously online, everyone just swears at each other. Nobody speaks anymore. No one has a conversation that's nuanced. But there was one actor who is in a wheelchair and I didn't know of him. I don't know who he is. He just wrote a really cogent, beautiful response online. Didn't fight with anybody. Didn't call anybody, didn't judge anybody. And he completely opened my eyes to a perspective I never thought of. He said, I understand what an actor is.

I too am an actor. He said, but I'm an actor in a wheelchair. And I never see parts that are leading roles for a person in a wheelchair. And so the one time I see a role where there's a person in a wheelchair, I think, wow, this could be it. This could be the moment where I have all of the tools necessary to play this part. Do I get a shot at playing it? And he was like, because when you think of it on the flip side, they never call people with wheelchairs in to play able-bodied people and they'll get able-bodied to people to play people in wheelchairs.

And I was like, snap, I just, I never thought of it like that. You know, my perspective obviously as someone who is not in a wheelchair, I just, I never thought of it that way. And I said then, and I was like, it's, it's powerful because you don't think, you don't, you don't, you don't, you don't, you don't, you don't, you don't, you don't, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I, I'm, I, I'm, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, th.... th. I, th. I, th. th. I, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I, th. th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, it, it, you don't think about representation, you don't think about how important it is for people to see themselves on screen like in a real way. And at the same time, I don't think Brian Kranzer did anything wrong. You know, I don't think everything has to be a fight. It's just like a moment to be like, hey, maybe next time in Hollywood people can't thin' then put an A-list opposite them. Maybe it becomes their breakout. Maybe this becomes the thing that blows them up.

And that's where you realize how powerful representation is. Because if you are a person in a wheelchair, and how many movies come along with a lead character is in a wheelchair, there's virtually none. And I honestly, even myself, I was like, oh man, I have to try and understand that a little bit more. It was eye-opening. And I did understand it when he said it like that a bit, because I remember when they announced the Lion King was going to be made in America. They're like, the Lion King's going to be made.

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All right, bye. So, I get, but I will say, like, it was just a beautiful moment. I hope, I'll try and be a part of that as a part, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'll, I, I, I hope, I hope, I hope, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I th, I th. th. th. th. thin, I th. thin, th. th. th. th. th. tha, tha, tha, to go, hey, you didn't do anything wrong to me, but let me explain to you my point of view. And it was just like a moment in the internet where I was like, oh yeah, this is what we could use this thing for. Yeah, that was nice. It was just like a little moment of solace. Then it went back to you. Die, kill yourself. I show your real face, give me your address, I'll come and kill you. But that moment was beautiful. What's mine? Yeah.

Any questions before we move on? What role would I play in Lion King? What role would I play in Lion King? I could have played Rafiki. I would have loved to be Rafiki. Could have been anything. I'm not even picky about those things. I'll be a tree. It would be like an African tree in the background.

I would have been the rumbling of the buffalo in the stampede. Like, I could have been the grud-good-good-good-good-good. I just want to be a part of it. That's I th- I th-I I th-I of it, that's all. I get it. No, no, hey, don't feel sorry for me. I'm doing great in life, don't feel sorry for me. I'm just saying, you know, it just would have been nice.

I'm fine, guys. I'm fine, I'm like, I'm not stressed at all, okay? Like, Hakuna Madhara. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is a Golden Globe nominated actor whose latest film is the critically acclaimed Black Clansman. Please welcome, John David Washington. Thank you. First things first.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, wow. First things first. Welcome to the show and congratulations on your Golden Globe nomination. That was huge. Amazing.

I've, you know, I've experienced through, you know, the son perspective and my father being nominated but to get invited to the table, it was a dream come true, it really was. Right, you, you, you have been, someone who's been thrust into the limelight. A lot of people first saw you on ballers, you know, but you've, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you've, you've, you've, you've, you've, you've, you've, you've, the th, thed, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, th. th. th. Yeah, th. th. Yeah, th. th. th. th. th. th. thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, th. th. th. th. that, thin, tha, that, thin, that, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin been thrust into the limelight. A lot of people first saw you on ballers. You know, but you started your acting career at a young age. I see here that you were, you were in Malcolm X when you were, what, nine years old? I was six and I was more of a background artiste. Oh, nice, nice. Yeah, but I had a line, I'm Malcolm X. It's the first kid that jumps up and says, and says, and says, and says, and says, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I, I'm, I, I, I'm, I'm, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm, I, I'm, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, th...... th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that jumps up and says the line and it was amazing. I always wanted to be an actor though. My favorite movie growing up was Glory

and I knew every line of every character. All I wanted for Christmas was a new VHS tape because I broke it because I watched it so many time. Right. And then the blue suits that the soldiers wanted and I got that blue suit for Christmas and it was off to get into acting and then your love became sport. What changed? Why did you leave the acting game? And you did well in sport as well and then what brought you back to acting? I did all right. I did all right.

I did all right. Well, you know, I was getting treated. to be more popular, his ascension in the business. I was getting treated. We started getting treated differently. Right. For those who don't know, he's talking about Denzel Washington, just in case you don't know. Yeah, yeah, that guy. So, uh, you know, as I saw us getting treated differently, we went from, you know, going to sizzlers to go on. So as I started getting treated differently, I wanted to protect my feelings, protect my own,

and I felt like I can hide in the helmet, you know, and just get it done myself. It's interesting that you combined your skills, you know, in ballers you're playing an athlete and you are an actor at the same time. And now we've seen that evolution come to the next level in Black Clansman. I mean, it was a phenomenal performance. Everyone who's watched the movie truly loved it. It was a powerful film as well. What was interesting was you didn't audition for this role. Spike Lee just called you and didn't ask you to, he basically told you you're doing the movie.

Yeah, I mean, that's kind of right. Yeah, I had this spike called me, like those were the words. And I never talked to him on the cell phone before. So I had to investigate because I was looking at the work, you know, I had to. So I called him. He's like, I've got a script. There's a book I read the book. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I th. I th. I th. I've. I've. I've the book. I've th. I've th. I've the book. I've the book. I've th. I've the book. I've the book. I've the the to the the the to th. I never never never the 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 th. I never never never never never never never never never never never never. I've never never. I've never. I've never. I've never. I've never. I've never. I've never. I've never. I've never. I've never. I've never. I've never. I've never. I've never. I've never. I've never to to to to to to to the the started going from there. And it's a really powerful story. For those who haven't seen it, it's the story of a policeman who you play. And your character, Ron, Ron Starworth, is a black police officer in a white police department in a town where the clan really has a big presence. And he works to infiltrate the clan.

This is based on a true story. Yes, yes. In Colorado Springs in the 70s, Ron Stalworth was the first African-American detective in Colorado Springs. Right. And he had read an ad in the paper they were recruiting, the Ku Klux Klan were recruiting the local paper, and he called him up and said how much he hated black people and other minorities. And they're like, great, we love you to join. And what was crazy about this film is that like it shows you how powerful,

ludicrous and just wild racism as a concept is. Because you know, your character in the movie, I mean, you didn't even change your voice in the movie. You just have Ron calling the KKKK and being like, let me tell you how much I hate the blacks, and they're like, we love you. You know what I mean? It's almost like their racism blinded them to every possibility. You know, when you were playing your character and you're going through the story,

was it hard for you to maintain that level of being calm and? Because Ron had both feelings at the same time. Yeah, I had to honor the character and what he was going through during that time. I mean, he couldn't break. I mean, he often talked about being on cases, a detective being like an actor when he's undercover. So he had to play the role. He said he never changed his voice, but he just spoke the language of hate And we're seeing, it's really highlighted in this film how generational it is. These certain trigger words that he would use, that we can't say it on air, that would

entice them and how generational that is and you see it in the film, how Spike tied it all together what happens at the end of the film. You have a powerful scene that we watched are talking about the Klan and in this film there's a lot of people wearing Klan hoods and I know that you guys are actors but was there a moment when you're sitting on set and you look around you and you're like what am I doing here? Yeah. Well I gotta say during the banquet scene yes I had to call Ron Starworth after that day and I thanked him. I thanked him from the bottom of my heart how heroic he was.

During the investigation, there were no cross burnings, there were no terrorist acts or violence on the community. I think that's a mission accomplished. That's extremely heroic. But I told him, like, I really appreciate what you did because he was looking death in the eyes. They could have the law on his side, the the the the the their mission, their mission, their, their, their, th, th, tho, th, th, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, and I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, tho, tho, tho, tho, th, th, th, the, the, the, the, the, th, th, th, th, th, th, and, and, and, and, and, and, the, and, and, and, and, the, the, the, the, thr-a, thr-a, thr-a, thr-a, thr-a, thro, and, thro, and, throoooea, thea, thro, their, the eyes. Like, they could have killed him and buried him. And he had the law on his side. A black man, a black detective in Colorado Springs and 70 had a law on his side face to face with David Duke. So those were very hard, those were a very hard scene. Those are very difficult days. But because of our commander,

because of Spike Lee, We felt so comfortable and free to explore that, because we know what we're doing is a part of the storytelling that's gonna be truthfully and right because the Spike Lee is a master cinematic tone. When you look at how the story ties into what America is going through today, you can't ignore it because the film ends in a really powerful, the story ends.

And I won't tell you how the story, the story, the story, the story, the story, the story, the story, the story, the story, the story, the story, the story, the story, the story, the story, the story, the story story story story story story storyesville and you see that horrible scene play out again and I remember I was sitting in the cinema with people and nobody moved everyone was shaken by it if someone hasn't watched the movie or if even people have what would what message would you hope they take away from this film? That the I think the answer to peace with the hope. I think the hope lies in inclusion. Everybody here that's looking, like we all are different. We all come from different spaces and backgrounds, but it's going to take us to come together. And I think the film lends itself to that kind of hope.

Because the mission was accomplished because of this not just this black detective, but white officers that helped him and insisted him and insisted him this mission, so it's going to take inclusion. It's amazing, man. Good job on the film. I'm excited. Congrats on the Golden Globe nomination. I'm hoping we're going to see you nominated for an Oscar as well. Black Clansman is in select theaters and available on Blu-ray DVD and digital. John David Washington, everybody. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Ears Edition. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central and the Comedy Central app.

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