The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trump's Road to "Recovery" | Anita Hill

Episode Date: October 14, 2020

President Trump returns to the campaign trail, Jaboukie Young-White learns about the Power the Polls initiative, and attorney Anita Hill discusses the Hollywood Commission. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look, starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's going on everybody? Welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. I'm Trevor Noah. Today is Tuesday, the 13th of October, which means if you live in Kentucky or Texas, early voting has officially begun. And just think about how nice it would be to get your vote in early, people.

Huh? Then you won't have to worry about it anymore. And you can get back to worrying about coronavirus, and climate change, and the Supreme Court, and wildfires. Oh, and scare crows. I know they're designed to scare crows, but, whoooes, they scare the shit out of me. Anyway, coming up on tonight's show, Apple announces a brand new phone. Djibouki Young White is working the polls and why Donald Trump is threatening to hook up with you.

So let's do this, people. Welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. From Trevor's couch in New York City to your couch somewhere in the world. This is the Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noa. Ears Edition. Let's kick things off with the technology news that I'm super excited about today. I finally found my remote. Yo, that was killing me. Yo, I was watching a Spanish soccer match, right? And then my TV was stuck to to to to the to the to the to the to the to the to the to the to the the tock? the tock? the the the tock? the tock? th. th. th. tho tock tock tock tock. their their tock. too too too too to your to your their their c. their c. their c. their c. their c. their c. their c. their c. their their c. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the. te. te. te. te. te.c.c.c.c. te.c.c.c.c.c.c.c. te.c.c.c..c...................., that was killing me. Yo, I was watching a Spanish soccer match, right? And then my TV was stuck on Spanish TV the entire week.

So I've been very frustrated because no to speak no to spluce in absolute. Oh, and this also happened today. Apple announced new gadgets. Apple unveiling its highly anticipated iPhone 12, featuring four new models with 5G capability, ceramic shield and mag-safe wireless charging.. And. And. And. And the. And the. And their. And their. And their. And their. And their. And their. And their. And their. And their. And their. And their their their their th. And th. And th. And the. And they. And the. And today. And today. And today. And today. And ti. And ti. And ti. And ti. And ti. And ti. And ti. And ti. And ti. And ti. And ti. And ti. And ti. And their. And their. And their. And their. And their. And ti. And their. And ti. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. they. they. t. t.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v. t.v.v. t. t. t. t. t. t.v. anticipated iPhone 12 featuring four new models with 5G capability, ceramic shield and MagSafe wireless charging. They did announce four new iPhones they got the iPhone 12, the iPhone 12 mini, the iPhone 12 pro max. The regular iPhone 12 mini will come with a thing called Magsafe and that lets chargers cases, other accessories snap onto the

back of the device. Interestingly, to reduce their carbon footprint. The new iPhones, when you open an iPhone box, there will be no headphones, no chargers inside. Yo, Apple has done it again! You know how many times I've lost my charger but now Apple is like you don't got to worry about that no more. I've got you. You know it's actually amazing how we're so addicted to Apple products that we'll just take whatever they give. No charger. We'll take it! No earbuds. I mean the iPhone 13 will not come with a phone.

I want two of them. Thethe big box and the small box. Ah! Now look, I can understand why they're getting rid of the headphones. I mean, we all need to be more social. That makes sense. But the charger? Guys, now is not the time to have people sharing charges. Wait, how did you get Corona?

Well, you got understand, my battery was at 30%. But let's move on to a country that's still on the iPhone 2. North Korea. Over the weekend, Kim Jong-un, North Korean dictator and world's most dangerous rectangle, hosted a surprise military parade where he showed off his brand-new missiles and a brand-new side of himself. Kim John Oon apologized for failing to improve North Koreans' lives in an address at an unprecedented pre-dawn military parade. This came out at the climax of a nearly two-hour military parade in the country's capital.

The country's leader Kim Jong-un was seen crying along with those in the crowd, thanking the North Korean people for their hard work during the pandemic. He got more emotional than I thanking the North Korean people for their hard work during the pandemic. He got more emotional than I think we've ever seen. He looks like he was standing there at the podium, sobbing, and this went on for quite some time. Wow, guys. This is the day that Kim Jong-un finally became president. I honestly can't believe that Kim Jong-un broke down in tears during a military parade. That's how you know everyone is feeling the pandemic blues.

Even a murder's dictator's like, it's too much. It's too bassoon all the time in my background. And they don't have a background. Although, it's really easy to admit your failures as a leader, when it's impossible for anyone to replace you. I mean, it's not like his people can vote him out, you know? It's kind of like when a kidnapper admits that they were wrong. I just wish that this hadn't happened to both of us. Both of us?

But let's move on from the world's most famous dictatorship to the one country that will never become a dictatorship for at least the next three weeks. The United States of America. After RBG's passing, President Trump and his Republican minions wasted no time nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the GOP's final infinity stone to destroy Planned Parenthood. Now unlike last year's nominee, Brett has not been accused of sexual assault or juvenile delinquency or... wait, what was the other thing? I liked beer.

My man. So, if you were planning on watching these hearings, please, don't waste your time. Because over the years, all these hearings have become is each party making big speeches about how the nominee is either going to save or destroy the Supreme Court, and then the nominee pretending that they have never had a point of view on anything. For example, it's no secret that Amy Coney Barrett is against Roe v. Wade, right? Trump wouldn't have picked her otherwise.

But if you ask her about it during the hearing, all of a sudden, she doesn't have an opinion. Do you agree with Justice Scalia's view that Roe was wrongly decided? I think on that question, you know, I'm going to invoke Justice Kagan's description, which I think is perfectly put. When she was in her confirmation hearing, she said that she was not going to grade precedent or give it a thumbs up or a thumbs down. And I think in an area where precedent continues

to be pressed and litigated, as is true of Casey, it would be particularly, it would actually be wrong in a violation of the canons for me to do that as a sitting judge. It's distressing not to get a straight answer. So let me try again. Do you agree with Justice Scalia's view that Roe was wrongly decided? Again, I can't pre-commit or say yes, I'm going in with some agenda because I'm not. Do you agree with Justice Scalia's view that Roe can and should be overturned by the Supreme Court? It's a contentious issue, which is I know one reason why it would be comforting to you to have an answer,

but I can't express views on cases or pre-commit to approaching a case any particular way. Yeah. Democrats spent all day trying to get Barrett to admit that she wants to to to to to approaching a case any particular way. Yeah. Democrats spent all day trying to get Barrett to admit that she wants to overturn Roe v. Wade. Basically, the whole day was like, pro-lifer says what? Pardon? Ah, well played. And abortion rights are just one example. Barrett refused to say where she stood on every topic.

And I'm not picking on her, by the way. This is what every Supreme Court nominee does, which almost makes you wonder what the point of these hearings is. Seriously, we're like, what are we doing? We all know what she's going to do. So why do we have to do the whole song and dance, as if it's a big mystery? How do you feel? know how she feels. It's like interviewing a toddl at to see if they're going to misbehave after you leave the room. Are you going to eat the cookie when I leave? I have no opinions

on cookies. And are you going to draw on the walls when I leave? I don't have any opinions on drawing. Well, that works for me. Here's the keys to the house kid. I'll see you in a week. Here's an idea, the idea the idea the idea the idea the idea, the idea, the idea, the idea, the idea, the idea, the idea, the idea, the idea, thihea, th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, to, to, to, to, to, to, th. thin, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, the the too. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. toe. toe. toe. toe. to. to. to are liberal and which are conservative, then why don't we just change the rules to reflect that. Just have four judges picked by Democrats and then four judges picked by conservatives, right? And then the ninth seat could be a guest judge every week, like on top chef. Yeah, stick with me on this. That way, it'll be a lot more fair. And also, everyone will be a lot more interested in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme in the Supreme the Supreme the Supreme the Supreme the Supreme the Supreme the Supreme the Supreme the Supreme that way it'll be a lot more fair and also everyone will be a lot more interested in the Supreme Court. Oh, Wakene Phoenix is on this week.

I wonder if he'll take away my health care. Oh, it's so exciting. And finally, voting is now underway in much of the United States. But if you live in California and you're planning to drop off your ballots at a collection box, you might want to read the fine prints. Controversy in California after the Republican Party installed dozens of their own ballot drop-off boxes at several locations across the state. State officials calling them unofficial and illegal, though they appear virtually indistinguishable from the boxes sanctioned by the state. The California Republican Party not backing down, saying there are no laws that private drop-off boxes are not permitted. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

The California GOP put out their own ballot drop-off boxes and labeled them as official? You know, that's shady as hell. You can't say something's official if it's not official. I hated when people do that. You know, like how they say, Old Spice is the official deodorant of the NFL, but I've smelled Patrick Mahomes, and he smells like sunshine, which last time I checked is not part of the Old Spice catalog.

The deception aside, though, I don't think ballot boxes on every corner is actually a bad idea. It should be this easy to vote in America. There should be drop boxes all thxxx You know, they should be like Starbucks. They should be everywhere. And they should also let you take a dump if you need to. Because otherwise, the alternative is what we saw happening in Georgia just yesterday, where people were waiting in line for 11 hours just to vote. the to vote. And let me tell you something. If I'm waiting 11 hours in line, shit, I don't want to vote at the end of it.

I want to be president. All right, I've got to go wait in line for the new iPhone. I heard this one doesn't come with a screen so excited. But when we come back, we'll tell you why the president is threatening to kiss people. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives. But that's all about to change.

Like none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look on Apple podcasts starting September 17. Welcome back to the Daily Social Distancing Show. After a week of being forced to quarantine, Donald J. Trump is back on the campaign trail doing what he loves most, spreading COVID-19. President Trump returned to the campaign trail with a rally in Sanford, Florida. It was his first rally outside the White House since getting out of the hospital. The president threw masks into the audience as he walked onto the stage.

Several members of the first family were in attendance. Many of them did not wear masks, including the president himself. I went through it. Now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now the the the wear masks, including the president himself. I went through it, now they say I'm immune, I can feel, I feel so powerful, I'll walk into that audience. I'll walk in there, I'll kiss everyone in that audience. I'll kiss the guys and the beautiful women and, um, every, I'll just give you a big fat kiss. Yes, my friends. It looks like Trump has emerged from his battle with the deadly virus, and it's made him horny as hell.

I guess it's true what they say. A serious illness can make you realize what's most important in life. And also, kissing the women and the guys? I'm happy that Trump is now biohazard curious. That's cool. Although, he may have just lost Mike Pence's vote.. thi. this. this. this. th. 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, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, thi, th, th, thi, thi, thi, th. And, th. And, th. thi, th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to to thi. to thi. to to toee to toe to to to thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thihazard curious. That's cool. Although he may have just lost Mike Pence's vote. This is not the moral example we should be setting for those kids in cages. Also, it's insane how Trump says he'll kiss all the guys, but only the beautiful women.

You ugly chicks, I'm out. I can deal with Corona, but doctors say a butterface could be fatal. But hey, man, good for Trump. I'm glad that he's feeling better. Although I think his recovery is gonna be awful for public health. I mean, how are his supporters gonna take coronavirus seriously if it can be beaten by a guy whose body is 83% chicken nuggets. The fact is, Trump's behavior sets an example for the people around him.

And you can see at the rally that people already taking Corona a whole lot less seriously. Governor Ron DeSantis is being criticized for his appearance that President Trump's rally in Sanford. This is the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis. He's at the rally that Trump is at right now, and this is his entrance. Remember me! Um, no mask, high-fiv in the crowd, then touching his face with the hand that he used to hi-fi. Man, I know everyone likes to shit on Ron DeSantis for his choices, but I disagree.

Of course he's gonna high-fife strangers and then snort their germs. If you're the governor of Florida, then you've got to represent Florida, baby. I mean, this just shows you how powerful Trumpism is. His supporters think that his success is their success. They're running around that rally like they got over COVID. Yeah, we're immune, baby. They like that with everything that Trump does. Yeah, we've got tax cuts, that thi. No, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi's thi's thi. thi's thi's thi's thi's thi. thi. thr-s. thr-s. thr-s. thr-s. truu-s. tru-s. tru-s. truu-s. truu-s. truuuu-s. truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. thi. truu. truuu. truu. truuuuuu. truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-s tru-s tru-s tru-s tru-s tru-s tru-s tru-s. tr motherfuckers, he got his tax cut. You're unemployed. Now, although Trump is feeling better, his poll numbers are still in the ICU, which is why he's launched a bold new ad campaign to convince America that his handling of the pandemic has been as successful as his own personal steroid regime. The Trump campaign now facing pushback from Dr. Anthony Fauci after lifting part of a seven-month-old soundbite from Fauci for a new ad. President Trump taple the virus head on as leaders should.

I can't imagine that anybody could be doing more. The president tweeting they are indeed Dr. Fauci's own words, and the president's campaign tweeting, it will keep airing the ad. But Dr. Fauci tells NBC News, they did this without my permission and my comments were taken out of context. Dr. Fauci wasn't talking about the president. The quote is from an interview with Fox News back in March, where he was talking coronavirus task force and its efforts to respond to the pandemic. I think it's really unfortunate and really disappointing that they did that. To take it completely out of context statement and put it in, which is obviously a political

campaign ad, I thought was really very disappointing. What would you say if I told you I heard that the Trump campaign was actually preparing to do another ad featuring you? You know, that would be the outrageous if they do that? that... that. that. that. that. that. that. th. th. th. th. th. thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, to. today, today, today, today, tha. tha. today, tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. their,. You know, that would be terrible. I mean, that would be outrageous if they do that. No, Dr. Fauci, what have you done? If you tell Trump not to do something, he's gonna do it even more. It's what happens all the time.

Whatever you do, Mr. President, please, do not run your businesses while you're in office. You mean like this? No, okay, but at least don't host events during a pandemic. You mean, like this? No, but whatever you do, don't wipe your buggers on the White House curtains, please. You mean, like this? No, now the curtains are all green. To be honest, guys, I can't blame Trump for this. I mean, he did not he had to do. It's not like he's got many doctors dying to endorse him. It was either quote Dr. Fauci out of context,

or bring back this dude. The good news for Trump is that, thrown to him. While Dr. Fauci may not be vouching for his medical expertise, Trump did a very real endorsement from another scientist, his son Eric. I spoke to him three times that next Saturday. The guy sounded 100% it was amazing. It actually probably goes to speak to how good some of these vaccines that are being created are. What my father's done on the vaccine front, no one could have done. No one could have done.

My father literally started day one creating this vaccine. He worked to push this vaccine. And now my father just took took to took to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to the the their, to 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, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, the vaccine, their their their their, their, their, their, their, the their, th.. th th th. th. th. to th thi, to to to to tto the to to the to to to to th to to the the thi. to thi. to the their, thi. th just took it and you see how well he got over it. Eric Trump talks about his dad, the way little children talk about their dads. My dad invented the Corona vaccine, and then he took the Corona vaccine, and now he's the strongest person in the world. Oh and clearly Eric doesn't understand how vaccines even work. They are the prevention, not the treatment. It's like how a condom is a prevention for having a kid like Eric, and then leaving him at the mall as a child hoping that he wouldn't find his way home was the treatment.

Although it is nice that Eric thinks so highly of his dad. I bet President Trump was probably watching this at home like, wow, that stranger is so nice. But yes, according to business casual Napoleon Dynamites, not only did Donald Trump invent the vaccine, but it's already here. And you might be thinking, wait, Trevor, I just read that Johnson and Johnson had to pause their trial because someone got a mysterious illness. Yeah, but you're just watching the wrong news. The real news is that coronavirus has been handled.

I mean, you heard what Dr. Fauci didn't say. And here's the truth, people. If the president of the United States, with his team of 60 doctors and a hospital in his house, and access to unreleased drugs can beat this virus, then clearly anyone can do it. Now, who wants a kiss? Come on get it.

All right, we have to take a quick break. But when we come back, Jabuki Young White will show you how you can save the election. You don't want to miss it. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives. You're rolling? But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look on Apple podcasts starting September 17. Welcome back to the Daily Social Distancing Show.

As you know, Election Day is now just three weeks away, which means now is probably a good time for America to get its affairs in order. Now, unfortunately, coronavirus has prevented many elderly poll workers from helping out this year. So we could see even longer voting lines than usual. But luckily, people have been

coming up with some creative solutions. There is an energetic effort, you might even call it frantic in some jurisdictions, to recruit a new generation of poll workers. That's meant creative recruiting tactics, like allowing 17-year-old high school seniors to serve as poll workers. In just a few months, they've gotten more than 30,000 kids to step up. An army of kids working from their bedrooms using their social media skills. This Tick-Tock, racking up nearly 200,000 views.

Wisconsin using national guard troops to work the state's primary. In battleground Ohio, they're recruiting at barbershops. And companies like Old Navy and Target offering employees a paid day off to man the polls. Laker Star LeBron James helping get out the vote. His new voting initiative has recruited 10,000 poll workers. At Newport's wooden cast brewing company, they're labeling craft beer with political ads. It's a plea for poll workers and QR code that leads smartphone drinkers to Kentucky Secretary of State's website to sign

up for training. Okay, so the good news is there might be a lot of new poll workers. The bad news is some of them might be wasted. You don't want to vote for Donald Trump because that guy's orange. Orange. But yes, there's a big push right now to find poll workers for this election. And our very own Djibouki, Young White decided to sign up. What are poll workers? Get your boating to the poll.

Nope, not that. Found that out the hard way. Poll workers are the volunteers that help the election run smoothly. But now, thanks to COVID-19, old people, the majority of volunteers, are dropping out. Thankfully, there's an initiative recruiting younger election day poll workers called Power the Poles. So, I sat down with one of their directors. Scott, a huge fan of your work.

You're taking care of business, everything's under control, just wanted to contribute, give you guys a huge shout-out, so good job. Yeah. I mean I really appreciate that and I definitely could use it, but what we really need is poll workers to make sure that everyone can vote safely and on time this election. You hear that that poll workers actually really excited to get young folks like yourself, so we're really looking for someone kind of exactly like you. You've got to be a registered voter or over the age of 16. I think you're older than 16. Well that's very flattering. I do get that a lot. But you know who I actually have. I have a friend who I think that this would be perfect for he has way more time thea th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I th. I th. th. I th. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thee. this this is this is this is this is this is theeeeeee. the. thee. thee. the. the. th. has way more time on his hands than me. Do you know Trevor Noah? He would be so, actually, is 45 too old. He's not from here so I don't know if he's a registered voter, but you know we need

everyone to show up in person. You have to leave your house. You mean like actually go outside and put on my hands? I've been bottomless for six months. Oh, and there's also that little issue of a fucking pandemic. Everyone is going to get PPE who shows up. Mask, face shield, hand sanitizers, all that good stuff. But we mostly just need his folks to help get people checked in, fill out their ballots, answer questions. The thing to power the polls is really hoping to inspire is a next generation of poll workers. Okay, here's another thought. How about we rebrand the name?

I mean, even starting with poll worker. Those are two bad words. Pole, I'm thinking of the subway. It's dirty, it's gross. Worker, I'm thinking of work. No one likes that. Um, okay, I'm thinking. Pole line monitors. King of the ballots. Pull you out of line if you don't vote. Vote regulator.

Holy moly. Like, holy moly? Ooh, how about? Election influencer? Ooh, I don't know. Hmm. Problem is you're there to be a nonpartisan. Okay, look, millennials are broke.

What you need to do to get people to the polls is money. Well, Djibouki, usually you do get paid to be a poll worker. It's usually over $10 an hour, so for a full day, that's like a couple hundred bucks. Yeah, no, I need to call my age and this is ridiculous. That's more money that I'm making right now. Hi, yeah, um, so you just weren't going to tell me that they were casting for poll workers? The money sounds good, but if I'm going to spend all day taking ballots and risking paper cuts, I'm going to need something more. We'll send you pizza, if that's icing on the cake. I also work for an organization called Pizza the Poles.

And so we'll get you lunch and all the folks at the polling place. You think you can buy me with pizza? What topping? Epironi? It worked. Okay, Scott. Now say that there's people who don't like pizza as if that even exists, but they don't volunteer. What's the worst thing that can happen?

There's longer lines, fewer polling places. The polling places tend to close in cities and communities where people of color vote. It's less safe for poll workers and voters. If poll workers don't show up, it can change the whole course of history and have an election that doesn't represent us as a country. If you are 16 years old, sign up to be a fucking poll worker and do something with your fucking life for once! Sign up, please! Volunteer, please!

What kind of topic was it again? Uh, we, uh, will you cheese, usually, and pepperoni? Uh, we sent gluten-free ones too, if we can. At least do it for the gluten-free pizza. You've contributed nothing to life so far. Can we get green peppers and onions? Thank you so much for that, Djibouki. All right, when we come back, we speak to the one and only Anita Hill about the Supreme Court

and what her journey has been like over the past 30 years. Don't go away. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives. You're rolling. But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible.

I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look on Apple podcasts starting September 17th. Welcome back to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Earlier today I spoke with lawyer and professor Anita Hill. We talked about her work with the Hollywood Commission to help fight harassment and discrimination in the entertainment industry. And we talked about the Supreme Court and the nomination process. Professor Hill, welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show.

Thank you. We're keeping safe. Long before the MeToo movement, your name was in the headlines because you stepped forward during a confirmation hearing. It was in 1991, it was about Clarence Thomas who was going to be stepping onto the Supreme Court. It's a two-part question for me. Number one, would you do the same thing again considering what happened to your life following that incident? And number two, how much do you think society has

changed since that? Wow, yes to your first question. I definitely would. I mean at the time that I did it, I did it for the reason that I felt the truth had to be told that we were batting an individual for a lifetime appointment and the highest court in the country, you know, that that that the truth, you know, that. That. that. that. that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that the the the the the the the the the the their the the the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their tri. true. true. true. true. true. true. their their their their their their their their their for a lifetime appointment and the highest court in the country, a country that can be affected by any single Supreme Court decision. I felt what I had to say was important in terms of the character and the fitness of an individual who was, was the nominee. So I would do that again. Has the country changed? Yes. The country has changed. Has it changed enough? No. And as you probably know, confirmation hearings have actually changed as well. But, but we have changed. And I think there's some more growth to be had. One of the most lingering memories from the Senate confirmation hearing that you were a part of

was how terribly you were treated. And one of the people that you lived through it with was Joe Biden. There are still many people who experienced that first hand who haven't forgiven Joe Biden. And they were surprised to see you come out and say, well, I'm supporting Joe Biden's run for president of the United States. People didn't understand how that was possible, considering how he treated you at the time. What would you explain to those, to those people who say, but Anita Hill, why on earth would you support Joe Biden after how he treated you 30 years ago? You know, I lived through it, my family lived through it, my friends lived through it,

and the American public lived through it. And so it's not even just about how I experienced it. It really is how a whole country experienced it, and it was painful for a lot of people. The question that I, that you know, I had to answer and, you know, almost 30 years later is, where are we going to go from here? And by voting for Joe Biden, I was really dealing with the reality of the moment, that we have a serious problem, whether it's with sexual harassment or sexual assault,

as you've seen in the Supreme Court nominee hearings, or other forms of gender-based violence. We have a serious problem in this country, and how are we going to deal with it? We can't undo the hearings, but we can make sure that they don't happen again. And I believe that my job really is to put myself in a position to keep pushing for that change. And I believe my best chance of making this issue, one that is part of a public agenda is

with Joe Barton. It's not going to be easy. We're still just going to have to work at it and push Helm and his administration, if that be the case, to make some changes that the society needs. Hollywood was maybe one of the biggest examples of where the MeToo movement really exposed what was happening. But really it happened across industries. And you stepped up and you are part of the Hollywood Commission

where you are now dealing with these incidents. You are now trying to set up parameters that protect people in Hollywood. When you look at where Hollywood was, and when you look at where you think Hollywood needs to be. How do we get there? Well, we have made progress, and people ask if Me Too was effective at all.

I think it raised an incredible amount of awareness. And so awareness really is the beginning of change. But then you've got to get down to the hard work of looking at how those kinds of biases and that kind of acceptance has been built into our structures. And you know, we started out trying to examine the structures and then we realized we've got to do a survey. We've got to hear from people who are working in the industry about what they think needs to be done.

And over and over, no matter what we were questioning them about, we found out that one, they felt there were some progress, but not enough. It's almost like, okay, we've gotten a sense of how things might be, and now we want more, and we expect more. The other thing was accountability. They're saying, you know, we've raised awareness. Now we've got to start holding people accountable. And we have to put in a place, the processes and policies and will to make change. One of the saddest things that I read was that many people in the workplace, in the industry,

feel that Me Too has only been effective for those high-profile cases with profile witnesses and victims. And that, we don't, we can't, we can't tolerate that. We've got to make sure that this movement and the advances we make are felt throughout the industry, through every corner of it. Because that's where many of the most vulnerable people are. Most definitely. But I would love to know how you see yourself in the world. You know, if, if there's someone out there who sees Anita Hill and goes, I had an incident in................ that, that, that, that, that, th. that, to. th. th. th. thi. to. to. thi. to. to. to. to. th. to. to. to. to. to. to, th. thi, th. the movement, the movement, the movement, the movement, the movement, the movement, the movement, the move, the move, the move, the move, the move, the move, the move, the move, the move, the movement, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the toe, toe, toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. th. th. th. th. the, you know, if there's someone out there who sees Anita Hill and goes, I had an incident in my life, but I don't want that incident to define me.

How did you define yourself and who do you see as Anita Hill? Well, I don't see that incident that happened when I was 35 years old, which is about your age now. If you can think about your life, there's so many things that are going on now in your life and you're at the point where you're looking ahead. You don't necessarily want this moment as wonderful as it is to have your own TV show. You don't necessarily want this moment to define you. There are, I will tell you, bigger and better things to come, but you have to really push for them. And that's what I realized almost 30 years ago that I was I was I was I was that I was that I was th. th. th, I was to to to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to have to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to thi. to to to to to to to to to to to to to thoing thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the thee theeeee an theeeeeean. toean. toeean. toeean. toean. the toe push for them. And that's what I realized almost 30 years ago, that I was going to have to keep pushing. And it's one of the reasons that I took on the challenge of working with the Hollywood Commission. I still realized that on this issue,

there was more work to be done. Outside of studying about it, there was more actual work to be done. One of the things that I want to be very clear about is I see what happened to me. I don't see it through a single lens. Especially now, so many years later, looking back, I see it through the lens of gender, of course. But I also see it through the lens of race. I see it through the lens of class and who on who's in, and who's th, and who's th, th, to th, to to th, to th, to th, th, to th, to to th, th, to be th, to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be the the the the the the the the the the the the their their their the, their the, the, the, the, thea, the thea, thea, the thea, theaugh, the, the, the, thea, thiithrough the lens of race. I see it through the lens of class and who's in and who's out politically. And I, and these are the very issues that we're facing in a whole range of ways today. So when I do work with the Hollywood Commission, it's an, it is, of course, about sexual harassment, it is about me too,

but it's also about bias, it's about bullying, it's about people with disabilities, it's about different ethnic groups, different racial groups, different sexual identities, gender identities, you know, what I'm really trying to look for is equality. Equality very broadly speaking and keeping people safe. And so I guess that's the legacy I would like to keep. Where in the next however many years, many of us are going to have a court that we have little confidence in in terms of getting to equality. But there are other ways to fight for. And that's one thing I've learned, especially from the hearing. That there are other ways to fight, even when people think you have lost.

There are ways that you can fight to make sure that ultimately the goal is achieved. But you have to keep the faith, you have to stay the course. On that note, an inspiring note, Professor Hill, thank you so much for joining us on the show. Thank you. Well, that's our show for tonight, but before we go, the deadline to register to vote is coming up in many states. If you haven't registered yet, or you aren't, you you you you you you you you you to you to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to the to their their to their their to to their to keep to keep their their their their their their their to keep their their their their their their their their their their their their the faith the faith the faith. Wea, you have the faith. Wea, you have the faith. Wea, you have to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep to keep the. We have the. We have the. We have the. We have the. We have the. We have the. We have the. We have the. We're the. We're theanananananananananananananananan't thea.a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'e. Wea. We have the deadline to register to vote is coming up in many states. If you haven't registered yet, or you aren't sure if you've registered, well time is running out to make sure that you can vote in November. All you have to do is go to vote, vote vote.com to check your registration status and

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