The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Will I Make You Late for Work? | Pete Aguilar

Episode Date: September 22, 2021

France lashes out at the U.S. over a submarine deal, Dulcé Sloan tries to make people late for their jobs, and Rep. Pete Aguilar discusses Congress's investigation of the Capitol riot. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's the Daily Shore. the airs edition. Tonight, submarine warfare, COVID takes the gold, and Representative Pete Aguil. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Hey, what's going on everybody? Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah and today is Tuesday, September 21st. Let's kick things off with the coronavirus pandemic.

The only thing that's gone on longer than someone explaining Bitcoin to you. In fact, it's gone on so long, it just broke a the the the the the the the the the the th a a a th a th a th at th at th at th at th at th at th at th at th at th at th at th at th at the theateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateate. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. the thi is just just the the the the the the the the thea thea thea thea thea thea thea thea thea thea thea thing that's gone on longer than someone explaining Bitcoin to you. In fact, it's gone on so long, it just broke a 100-year-old record. COVID-19 is now the deadliest pandemic in our nation's history. That grim distinction was made official by Johns Hopkins University. On Monday, the U.S. surpassed 675,000 COVID-related deaths, which is more than the estimated U.S. fatalities from the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. But at that time, the US population was about 103 million, less than a third of today's 330 million.

Woo! COVID! Number one pandemic of all time. We did it, baby. We did it! You know, I don't know what's worse, that COVID has killed that than any other pandemic or that this won't change anything. Because let's be honest, the people who are scared of COVID were already scared back when like 10 people died. And everyone else is still going to be like, ah, I heard more people die from shark attacks. Now, just to be clear, the Spanish flu killed a higher percentage of the population, right? So technically technically technically technically technically technically th technically th technically th technically th technically th technically th technically th technically th technically th technically th th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th. th. 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, th, th, th, th, th. th. th. th. thi, thi. thi. thi. the, the, the. theeee. theeeei. thee. theei. the. the. thi. the. thi. the, the Spanish flu killed a higher percentage of the population, right? So technically, it is still more deadly.

But then again, I don't think we can trust the numbers from 100 years ago. Like nobody knew if you died because of the flu, or just because it was 1918. But population size aside, America shouldn't be surpassing 1918 numbers. Can we agree on that? They shouldn't even be getting close to those numbers. I mean, think of the modern advantages that we have made. Think of every advantage that we have since then, right? We've got MRNA vaccines, we've got better masks. I mean, back in 1918, doctors were euthanizing women

because they didn't know how to handle the bleeding coming out of their ladyparts. In 1918, they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't they didn't have they didn't have they didn't have they didn't have they didn't have iPhones to track the disease. They were probably using palm pilots. And although the COVID pandemic continues to rage around the US, one state where things are going normal is California, which now has the lowest COVID rates in the country. And within California, few places are doing better than San Francisco. Yeah. What they do there is, they fill all the empty syringes on the ground with Pfizer and they

just wait for people to step on them. It's very effective. So now the mayor of San Francisco is celebrating their success by ending the city's masking rules. The only catches she's only ending them for herself. San Francisco Mayor, London breed is under fire. After video has come to light the toeeeeeee a live indoor performance by the 90s R&B group Tony Tony Tony Tony. That is Breed there on the left and her critics are seizing on this, saying that she violated

her own health department's masking order, which came out in August and applies to the vaccinated. When confronted about this, mayor breed was defiant. There was something that was really monumental that occurred. And that is Tony, Tony, Tony, the original members who have not performed in public for I believe at least over 20 years. And the fact that that is getting lost here is very unfortunate. I was there, I was eating, and I was drinking,

and I was sitting with my friends, and everyone who came in there was vaccinated. No, I'm not gonna sip and put my mask on, sip and put my mask on, and to eat and put my mask on. While I'm eating and I'm drinking, I'm going to keep my mask off. Man, COVID truly is a mystery virus. It kills your sense of smell. It can make you sick for years.

But you can't catch it when 90s R&B is playing. Something tells me this thing was made in the lab. It seems too specific. Deaf Jam, I thought. I th, I th, I th, I th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th and th, th, th, th and me this thing was made in the lab. Seems too specific. Deafjam? I thought so. Oh, and as for the mayor, I feel like she's using some pretty interesting reasoning there, right? She's like, I know I said people have to wear masks indoors, but Tony, Tony, Tony was playing for the first time in 20 years. And I wanted us to try and kill them. People, can we agree that this kind of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of the the the the the th of th of th of th of the the the the the the the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. their the. the. the. 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 the. the. the. the. try. try. try. try. try. te. te. try. try. try. te. try. thea. the. the. the. them. People, can we agree that this kind of hypocrisy is bullshit, right? This doesn't help the conversation in America at all. It doesn't help any of the conversations around COVID.

Leaders can't make rules that everyone has to follow, and then give us attitude when they get caught breaking their own rules. Because the only way the mayor's actions made any sense is if COVID was also rarely into Tony Tony Tony and agreed to take the night off. Oh this is my jam! Now relax, relax, relax. You don't need a match tonight. Ha ha ha! Yeah, feel good. That's the opposite of my thing baby. Oh yeah. And finally, let's get into some technology news. Tick Tock can make almost anything go viral. Recipes to random songs and even Delios.

But the newest TikTok trend is starting to get a little out of control. You may have seen these images on your social media feeds in the last few days. Bathrooms damaged, toilets broken, even keyboards in urinals. It's part of a new viral challenge on TikTok. It is called the Devious Licks Challenge. It apparently encourages people to vandalize their schools. Schools say the vandalism is costing them thousands of dollars a year. Tick Tock says it's pulling videos with the Devious Licks hashtag.

But students are going way outside the box and they're creating similar hashtags to get around it. Folks, educators are begging parents. You must check your kids social media activity. You might not expect it but your kids, many of them are involved in this viral movement to steal teachers' purses, clog with the toilets, deface the fire alarms. It's just ridiculous. Okay, all right. I've got a few thoughts about this story. Number one, are we sure we don't want to beat our kids? Like, I'm not saying it's right. I'm not saying it's right.

But are we sure we want to take it off the table? Because the real name of this trend should be, how far can I push thi destroying your shit. Also, it's not just disrespectful. It's also dumb. You're going to destroy the toilets in your school? You realize those are your toilets, right? Like, I guess now you're going to be doing the force to poop in my backpack challenge. And you know when the US government said that you can't trust TikTok because it's a Chinese plot. I won't lulle th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus thus tf. I'm tf. I'm tfo- tip tip tip. I'm tfo- tfo- thau- thau- thau-o-upo-upo-upo-upo-up. I's tip. I's thauuuuu-up. I's thauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. thauuu. thauu. thau. thau. thau. thau. thau. thau. thauiiiiiiiiiiii-i-iol-iol-auiol-s. todauiol''uiol-s'a'uiol-s'a'uiol-s'uiol-s. too'u-s. tb-s. But now, I'm starting to see it man, because China's figured it out. You don't need to fight this country, no. You just need to convince Americans that they'll go viral and they'll destroy

themselves. It's the tide pod challenge. It's the devious legs challenge. It's the devious legs challenge. It's the destroy the electrical grid challenge. We did it! Oh and by the way I get why they say talk with your kids and make sure they're not part of this trend but I feel like that could also backfire in a major way. Honey I just wanted to make sure that you're not destroying your school like all those other cool kids on Tick-Tock yeah? I wasn't going to but that sounds awesome. Thanks mom you're the best. All right, let's move on now to our top story. This week is the United Nations General Assembly,

which is happening in New York. It's the annual gathering that honestly could just be a Zoom. But all the big names have shown up. President Biden gave a speech. Brazil's Bolsonaro gave a speech. Brazil's Bolsonaro gave a speech, and VTS gave a speech and filmed a music video from inside UN headquarters. Completely real. Yeah, old people were probably watching this like, what the hell is a BTS? And young people were watching it like, what the hell is the UN? But it makes sense for

BTS to show up at the UN. I mean, out of all the countries there, they probably have the most powerful army. And obviously, there's a lot of global issues on the agenda. You know, climate change, Afghanistan, finding out who the father of little Nass ex-bue. The rap community needs to know. the thaura' toe community toe community toe community toe community toooom. toooom. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. too. the too. the too. too-a. the the too-a' too-a. the too-a' too-a' too-a' 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 the the the. too. too. too. tooooooooooooooooo-s. too-s. too-a-s. too-a-a-a-a. too'-a. dispute that's causing a lot of drama. France is furious with the US because of a surprise snub on a $65 billion diesel submarine contract. Originally, France and Australia had shaken hands on the deal.

But just last week, Australia changed course and went with the US and UK on a new contract for nuclear subs. France was so offended by the faux-pa, Macron pulled the French ambassadors to the US in Australia. France's foreign minister is calling the administration's decision unacceptable behavior between allies and partners and a stab in the back of France, which had been trying to sell Australia its less powerful subs. An angry France also canceled a gala in DC tonight,

celebrating the anniversary of a naval battle that France helped the colonies win in the Revolutionary War. Okay look look guys I mean canceling a party that's no big deal but you got to be pretty angry to cancel a gala because that's a party with like fancy napkins but yeah basically Australia had promised to buy some submarines from France right but then they decided to ditch France and announce to the the their their their their their their their their their their their their c. their c. their c. their c. their c. their c. the colonies colonies colonies. their c. the colonies. the colonies. the colonies. their c. the colonies. their their colonies colonies colonies. the colonies their their the colonies the colonies the colonies in colonies in colonies in colonies in colonies in colonies in colonies in colonies in c. the colonies the colonies their c. the colonies their c. the colonies the colonies to the colonies to to to their c. to the colonies. their c. their c. their c. their c.. their c. their c. their c. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their c. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. I. And. I. And. I. And. I. yeah, basically Australia had promised to buy some submarines from France, right? But then they decided to ditch France and announce that they were instead going to buy their submarines from the UK and America. And this whole story shocked me because when I first heard about it, I was like, I didn't even know France and Australia knew each other. But now it turns out that France is really embarrassed, and they're pissed off.

So pissed off, that they recalled their ambassador to the US, which doesn't sound that crazy until you realize that in 250 years, they've never done that before. Yeah, France was so mad that they've even recalled Timothy Shalamae's name. From now on we have to call him Timmy Brown. It's just not as sexy. It really it, it th. It really, it thia it thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to to to to thi. to to to to to to to to told told told too thi told tho tho tho thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. That's th. That's th. That's th. That's thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to to tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo'a.my Brown. It's just not as sexy. It really isn't. You might as well call me by your name. That's the movie. See what I did there? And you know guys, France is making such a big deal about this deal

that I'm starting to think that they needed this contract to pay the rent or something. And while France is upset with the UK and Australia, you can tell that they're especially mad at Joseph Robinette Biden. Because they came at him with the ultimate insult. So the language out of Paris right now is the harshest yet over the new security deal Australia struck with the US and Britain. Well on Saturday, the foreign minister didn't hide his contempt. I'm really angry. What worries me is the behavior of the Americans.

This unilateral, brutal, unpredictable decision looks a lot like what Mr. Trump used to do. Oh boy, no, tell me you didn't. You did not just throw out the tea word at Joe Biden. Because you know what's gonna happen next, right? Joe Biden's about to hit you with the clap back. Get him, Joe! Well, he fell asleep, but when he wakes up, oh boy, you better look out. Now, don't forget, the only reason Australia wants these subs in the first place is because China is becoming more and more aggressive in the region.

So when China saw this deal, they also weren't happy. China's accusing the US of stoking a new arms race. Chinese state media warning Australia that it's now an adversary and to prepare for the worst. The sensationalist Chinese state media newspaper the Global Times, it had a front page article and in that article it said that Australia was really marking itself out as an adversary of China and by making this move it also made itself vulnerable as a potential nuclear target in the event of open conflict. God damn, China.

No wonder Australia's nervous. You guys just jumped straight to nuclear war. Isn't there a gala or something you can cancel first? You know honestly I think this whole situation could have been avoided. You know, these are submarines, right? They're supposed to be secret. No one knows what's happening. Like why are you even telling people about them in the first place? If I was Australia, I wouldn't spend billions of dollars on the people to help with what happen to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to the to their their their their their their their their to their to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their their to to to to to to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be their. their. their. their. the first place. If I was Australia, I wouldn't spend billions of dollars on submarines. I'd spend billions of dollars on the people to help with what happened with COVID. And then I would just tell China that I bought the submarines. Because how are they going to know? It's all underwater. Yeah, we've got a bunch of them. No, no, they're there. Can't see them? Yeah, that's what they're for. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th th th the the th th. And th. And th. And th. And the. And the. And the. And the. And the. And the. And the. And the. And the. And the. And the. And the. And the. And the. And th where I spent the money. All right, when we come back, Dulce Sloan goes on the street and messes with New Yorkers, so don't go away.

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starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to the Daily Show. There is so much important news out there these days. So I asked Dulce Sloan to get out on the street and talk to the people to get their opinions about the issues. But Dulce just does what she wants. So she came back with this. Hello, friends. Usually when I'm on the streets of this trash-ass city, I'm asking people about what they think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the their their their to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to be too too to be to be to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get 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 tothe day. But I'm not doing that today. Today, I'm going to be pretending to care about what

people say, because today I'm doing a new game show called, Can I make you late to work? Because I can. If my charming small top can keep these commuters, I'll try to their jobs, I win. thin, I'm their, I'm think, think, th. th. thine, th. thine, th, th, th, th, th, th, thii, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, to to to to to to to to to their, their, 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 too, to be too, too, to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be tode, tode, tode, tode, tode, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, their jobs, I win. What do I win? Who knows? I just feel victorious. Okay, who wants to talk to me? You? Oh, you got some place else you got to be? Oh, you? Oh, you got some place else you gotta be? Oh, you? try to work? Oh, you're trying to work? Oh, you're trying to work? to work? try to work don't have time today. No, I don't ask you about a billionaire. I don't have time today, thanks. Friend, friend, friend, friend, friend, come, come, come, come. Okay. What do you do? Uh, I'm a textile designer.

Are you currently trying to go to work? I am. So what time did you have to be at work? Oh, I should be there now. This is bad. I don't want to get fired, actually. I gotta go. Okay, I just need you to watch this one video. I hate skipping ads though, because I want to know what, you know, what new drugs are out. But if you just watch this video, then don't go nowhere. And then we'll be completely. It's they. It's they. It's, their. It's, the, the, tho, the, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, that, that, that, that, that, tho, tho, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, th. th. th. th. I just, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh. th. th. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I, I just, I just, I just, I just, th. It's just the hair video. Okay, but like I really don't have time. Listen, it's just one quick video. Listen, you know, it's just I'm really sorry. I really do

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Honestly, I've never been on Tick Tock before, so I don't know how long the dance is supposed to be. You know, or you can do like a little soft flip. All right. Are you late for work? Yeah! Sir? Hello. Sir, can I talk to you for a second? No, no, no, no, no, let's be, listen, come back, I will go faster!

I feel like a girl on Mori who found out that dude wasn't the father. Young mayor, are you gonna hurry? I am. So what do you do? Where are you going? I'm a programmer. I'm going to work. Okay. I remember our very first computer, it was the one like, oh my god, you're never going to understand this. Or even believe it. Because it's like, the first computer ever saw it,

the screen was all color, right? Yep. And like, did you ever like, have to use like a floppy disk? I've seen it. I've seen it. Okay, so you don't know about the flop? This is, what the one, the the one, is, is, is, is, is, is, 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, is, is, is, was, was, was, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, 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, the........... the.. the... the. the. the.. the. the... the. the. the. the. the. to end this story. It's like if Braille was, what Braille is, words, but Braille is, maybe Braille is a bad exam. And we used a rotary phone, and it was a thing from like the Simpsons,

and I wasn't sure if my cousin was gonna get it, but then, okay, so we're like hanging on a class. Okay, so what are're going to have to start again. I'm so sorry, but I really have to go. Okay, but are you late to work? I am. Yeah! Yeah! Oh, that man don't have a ring on.

Oh, tha'er. I want to make him late to work, and early for my life. Young man, young man. Hold on a second. How old are you? 25? Oh God. All right. You? Yes. Yes, ma'am. Okay. What am I doing?

What am I doing? I'm going to work. Okay, and what do you do? I'm an attorney. What kind of attorney are you? Mostly family and a lot of appellate work. So, say I'm getting married to it, it's a big movie star and he's got all these movie things. What would you recommend? I would recommend you oppose a pre-nub. Oppose a pre-nob?

Yeah, because you have a fighting chance to get some of the stuff he had before the marriage. So you're trying to tell me that you don't think that me and Mr. Elba are going to last last? I, you know what they? th. I? th! But disrespect, sir, I need you to go to work? Do you need my car? No, I need your car. It is a night going to last forever. It's true love. But you can still give me a car.

But you can still give me your car. their girl in the movie? Are you're the standing in the elevator, and he's like, what? She's like, what? He's like, I'm going to the fifth floor. And I was like, I'm going to the sixth floor. You notice there's never a 13th floor in an elevator. I'm not going to let you get fired.

I'm not going to let the girl. I'm not gonna let you get fired. Come, all right. Run, go, go, go! Thank you so much, Dulce. All right, when we come back, I'll be talking to a member of the committee that's investigating what happened during the Capitol riots on January 6th, so 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. Really? 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 starting September 17th wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is Congressman Pete Aguilar of California. He's the vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus and is a member of the Select Committee investigating the January 6th attack. Congressman Aguilar, welcome to the daily show. Thanks for having me, Trevor.

Let's jump straight into it. You are one of the members of the select committee that is going to be investigating the January 6th riots. Now it's really interesting because in America itself there isn't an agreement on what January 6th was. You know you have half the country that says, no, these were people protesting, and maybe the protest got a little out of hand, but it was just a protest. And then the other half of the country says, no, this was an insurrection where people try to overthrow the government.

To many people it might seem obvious, you know, we can't hold them accountable for the actions of an extreme few because, I mean, relatively this was a small group of people, you know, it wasn't all 50 million of Trump supporters or people who voted for Donald Trump. So, are you worried that this could set a precedent where you say politicians in what they may intimate or what they may say in a speech or the ideas they have should be held accountable for the actions of people who may you know take those things in an extreme manner? Well I think it's a fair question to ask but you know

ultimately these individuals you know came across police boundaries and lines they entered a government building without permission they sought to disturb the certification of the election which is an th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th 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 thi thi th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi thi the the 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 building without permission. They sought to disturb the certification of the election, which is an official activity. That's ultimately what they're going to be judged by and what the Department of Justice has charged many of them with. The discussion of what was the president's role, what did he he have said or what did he say behind closed doors? You know, I hope we can get to that at that tho point and we're not the discussion the discussion the discussion the discussion the discussion the discussion the discussion the discussion the discussion the discussion the discussion the discussion the discussion the discussion that that that discussion that that discussion that that that discussion that the discussion thi thi thi thi th I hope we can get to that at some point and we're not trying to assign blame specific to that. Those individuals will have to answer to the Department of Justice within our system. But the question is, how do you ensure that this doesn't happen again?

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Because they were also in the building or because they were also near the scene of what happened, people are saying, well, who do you give the weight to? How do you go about telling the story and finding the truth in a post-truth era? Well, hopefully, you know, we can just let the facts speak for themselves and the chronology of the events, I think, will tell the story. And, you know, some of my colleagues may say some of those thags thugs, of my colleagues may say some of those things in public, but you know, they also knew what was outside those doors, and we were there.

And there was a lot of uncertainty. You know, I might have been more scared than someone on their side of the aisle, but everybody knew that what was happening wasn't wasn't right. It wasn't normal. And so what we need to do is also just kind of dispel that this is not normal. And so what we need to do is also just kind of dispel that this is not normal. This is not, this is not how America functions. And I was, I was right there by that, you know, back door as they're, you know, banging on the door, but you're right. It is a unique situation because we're witnesses as well as participants, and now we're going to have a hand in telling the story of what

happened. Not in a partisan way, not even in a bipartisan way, in a nonpartisan way, is what we seek to accomplish with the work that we're doing. Let's talk a little bit about what you hope that story will achieve. You know, there are some who say this story is about getting to the truth. They are obviously those who say, well, the story has been told, you know, the impeachment hearings they dealt with this and some feel like this is the Democrats using the story to bolster their message into the midterms. How do you respond to that criticism? Now this isn't about, this is just about telling the truth. This is about telling the story. It isn't about the story. It isn't about the story. It isn't about the story. It isn't about the story. It isn't about the story. It isn't about the story. It isn't about the story. It isn't about the story. It isn't about the story. It isn't about the story. It isn't about th. It isn't about the story is about the story. It isn't about the story is about the story is about the story is about the story is about the story. It is about the story. It is about the story. It is about the story is about the story is about the story is about the story is about the story is about the story. It isn't about the story. It isn't about the story. It isn't about the story. It isn't about the story. It isn't about the story. It isn't is isn't is about the story. It isn't is about the story. It isn't is about the story. the story. the story. the story. the story. the story. the story. the. the. the. the. the story. the story. the story. the story. the story. the story. the story. the story. the story. the story. the story, it isn't about politics. There's Democrats and Republicans around that table at the elected level, as well as some of the staff members who are working with us have worked for Democratic and Republican administrations alike.

And so we're going to let the product of the work stand on its own. But it's important that we get this right. And one of the things Jamie Raskin serves on this committee with me and he led the second impeachment. And one of the things he would even admit is we're going to have more information when we do this report, when we put out this report next year than they had just weeks after the insurrection. And so that's the important piece is the data that we're getting, the interviews, the testimony that we'll receive hopefully will shape a better, more thorough outcome than anything that has been done to date. I want to switch gears for a moment and talk about

some of the other news that is taking place right now in the United States, particularly in and around the border. One of the biggest conversations involves a large group of immigrants from Haiti who have come over from South America into the United States, across I believe it's the Rio Grande, and some of the images that have come out of that have now stirred a conversation in and around. How does America enforce its borders? And what should America be doing in the enforcement of its borders?

Now, how do you handle this situation sensitively and do you think the administration is doing a good job of not just handling it, but communicating how they're handling it? Well, I think we could always communicate it better. But let's just step back, and I hope the American public allows us to step back and talk a little bit about why these individuals are fleeing Haiti or whether they're fleeing northern triangle countries in Central America, you know, they're fleeing violence and oppression. Many times, they're fleeing conditions of climate change as well. And so, you know, these are individuals who are seeking, you know, status as refugees and as a silies, and they deserve to go through a process that hears them out and that makes a decision

as to whether they are process that hears them out and that makes a decision as to whether they are allowable and for what reasons. But like you said, there are so many needs economically within this country too, and there are many positions that Americans just won't do the work. And so, you know, we're built on immigrants. This is a country that celebrates immigrants, or at least we used to. And we need to make sure that we stay tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha th th th th their th their their their their their their tha tha their their tha tha tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho to, tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho thi thi thi thi thi thi. th. th. to th. th. to th. to to th. to th. to to th. to th. th. th. th. to th. the the the the the is to to the is to the is the is to to toe. toea. toeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiia. toea. toe is to to to the. is a country that celebrates immigrants, or at least we used to. And we need to make sure that we stay true to that principle. And so, but I agree that there need to be rules of the road and there needs to be a process. And unfortunately, Donald Trump spent years trying to break this immigration, you know,

system and disrupt the process. And so now as the new administration, as the Biden administration is making inroads, it's taking a little bit of time. And I think that's what people are seeing. But what we are confident is that we can create a system with rules of the road that allows people an opportunity. Well, Congressman, thank you so much for the time. I know you probably have to get back in. The bells are going to start ringing soon, which may throw everything off.

So thank you so much for joining us. Good luck with the committee, and hopefully we'll see you again on the show. Thanks so much for having to, trevered. Trevering, appreciate it. All right, we're going to take a quick to to to to to to to to to to take break break break break break break break. 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.

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