loneliness hasn't really improved that much. we can break it down to different demographics. young people in particular are really struggling. some people that's because of the particular age they were when covid hit. the truth is a lot of these mental health signs were going in a negative direction before covid so we can't really blame it on that that i think it exacerbated it. >> and clearly elmo is the one to take the brunt of it. thank you for coming on to talk about it. >> thank you all for joining us on this busy news night. king charles starts right now. you don't want to miss it. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

are you a taylor swift fan? >> i have friends. >> i like taylor. i do think that it is over taylored right now. >> she's already made them pretty famous. >> she's made the chiefs famous? >> i think so. i asked my brother if travis kelce has always been good. travis kelce has always been good. >> from the cnn studios in new york city. it's king charles. >> not going to waste your time. >> with gayle king. and charles barkley. >> i'm the 11th greatest karaoke singer alive. >> tonight, bob costas, and political historian leah wright. king charles starts now. going in, going in.

we welcome you. we welcome to you king charles. i'm going to try to get through this hour because a few moments ago, i walked into the glass at cnn so my lip is starting to swell a little bit. >> you look bright -- i mean you look great. my lip is starting to swell and it hurts to laugh. >> i'm the person to hang out with if you don't want to laugh. >> and i hit my head. >> don't worry about that. >> have you ever had a concussion? i said to shelby, is this a concussion? >> are you doing the show with a concussion? >> i'm asking. i'm serious. i hit it very, very hard. >> come on, you're fine. >> okay. we will proceed. >> you're always crazy on the show. how will i know the difference between you're crazy and you have a concussion? >> i don't know. but my lip is swelling up and we're going to go.

we all know who is going to the super bowl. who is going? >> charles. >> the san francisco 49ers and the chiefs. >> we should be talking about the snacks we'll be eating, the commercials. instead, people are talking about something else. what's wrong, people? roll the tape, please. >> have you ever wondered why or how she blew up like this? around, four years ago the pentagon's psychological operations unit floated turning taylor swift into an asset during a nato meeting. so is swift a front for a covert political agenda in prime time has no evidence. if we did, we would share it. >> it's a coordinated marketing campaign by democrats to leverage celebrities to excite their base into coming out and voting. >> why alienate your fans? the swifties? they come across from every political ideology. why put yourself in one area?

don't get involved. don't get involved in politics. we don't want to see you there. >> let's say that taylor swift has made a career out of picking the wrong map. i don't think we should take advice from her now. >> boy, oh, boy, conspiracies, deep state, science. you are the biggest professional athlete in the room today, charles barkley. cable news is talking about this. i'm almost even embarrassed to ask this question. when you hear that conversation, what do you think? i don't even want to ask the question. >> are they serious? >> unfortunately, they are serious. >> you can't even make this stuff up. it's so stupid nowadays. first of all, anybody listening, i'm not going to get political but any part of that stupidity should be embarrassed. there's no conspiracy who is going to win games. and i love travis kelce.

i'm a big fan of his. and i love taylor swift. the notion that they got this vast conspiracy, whoever they want her to, you know, endorse machine for president. that's just stupid. i'm not going to vote for any candidate because some celebrity said it. the notion that they've got this four years ago, he said four years ago, the pentagon came up with this conspiracy. you -- >> it is maddening to me. >> it is maddening. >> and i think this. in order to pull something like that off, so many people would have to be involved. that's why it makes no sense. that's why i'm not knocking another news program but i think you have to do your own due diligence when you listen to all these things. you really do. >> i will though. let me tell you something. i am never going to listen to another taylor swift song again. >> why? >> she made that boo and i bet on the bills.

so it's her damn fault. >> you are saying that tongue in cheek. but it is so stupid and asinine. >> i'm in favor of travis and taylor. >> to do your thing. >> maybe you shouldn't have bet. >> here's something you're interested in. social media. the takeover of capitol hill. this happened today. the ceos of meta, tiktok, snap chat, x formerly known as twitter. we all know that. they all appeared before the senate judiciary committee. the mission. here it is. >> mental health is a complex issue and the existing body of scientific work has not shown a causal link between using social media and young people having worse mental health outcomes.

>> we should say later mark zuckerberg apologized to the families. he apologized only after he was forced into it by one of the senators doing the questioning saying do you have anything to say to these families. what do you think about them being called to capitol hill to testify? >> i have no problem with it to bring attention. you read all the time. i don't do social media myself. >> you're not on twitter or instagram. >> i don't do anything. >> why? >> i don't want to bring fools into my life. the negativity. are there positives to it? >> i think there are positives. >> but i don't want to bring anything negative into my life. first of all, mark zuckerberg, someone i would love to meet one day. you see all the time these kids are committing suicide because of something shown on one of

these platforms. i think the parents deserve some responsibility. and the company deserves some responsibility. as we're doing the show, iley in philadelphia during the summer. and i saw some idiot chop his dad's head off. >> that was the story today. and it was on social media for a long time. >> for hours. >> i didn't look at it. >> me, either. i'm bothered. there should be things in place if you're racist, sexist, homophobic, any of that stuff, any type of violence, it should be cut off immediately. we were talking to the group who put our stuff together. no. it was on social media for horses. this guy's head chopped off. you're a moron if you want to see that. why would you want to see that? these company, i don't blame them for everything. there's parental guidance that's

important. congress should have been passing laws many, many years ago saying if you show violence, we're going to punish you. now it's too late. you're trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube. >> i think the companies should be doing more. they created this situation. i think they can figure out how to make it better. >> the parents were saying, look what is happening with our children. >> we're all complicit. the companies are complicit. there should be many guardrails. >> this is a sophie's choice for the smartphone era. everybody has a smart phone. you do have a smartphone. don't you? >> do i. >> you walk around with a flip phone. not on social media. so companies are offering to pay $10,000 for a month. if they offered it, would you do it? we should say they would give

you a flip phone. >> i would really do it. >> $10,000 for a month. i'm going to save money. so many people asking me for money on a given day, a given week. >> but you will us you walk around with bags of cash. >> that's because i need it. i don't know about your life. i get 10 to 20 people asking me for money. >> people you know? >> yes. family and friends. it makes me feel bad. if i could get away from that, i would come out ahead. i get frustrated. i'm not a bank. i'm not an atm. >> you've never been to an atm. >> i've never used an atm. >> you can't get enough money out of it. >> you sound like an old man that hasn't caught up with the times. >> i am an old man that hasn't caught up with the times!

>> we've been talking about a new streaming champion. new streaming champion for the year of 2023. do you know the number one show on? suits. >> it was the most streamed show with 58 billion minutes. the previous record was 57 million. that was set by the office in 2020. i love suits. i mean, i love "the office." "suits" ran from 2011 to 2019 featuring the future princess duchess. people want to just -- that was other people on the show. >> there were other people on the show? >> there were other people on the show? >> he says who is the secret to the success of "suits"? i think it is meghan markle.

>> i think it was me and harvey. me and harvey on the show. >> please roll tape. >> harvey, you were right. that was one of the best steaks i've ever had. >> can't a man just take his client out for dinner? >> a man can. i just did you a favor. >> that wasn't a failure. >> i took 15 minutes of pictures. >> i need to you get magic, ha hakim and others. >> you were kidding, right? >> you asked me to sign with you and i did. >> and i also that that i would need something from you some day. and taking selfies with some sixer fan isn't going to cut it. >> you need to chill with this thing. if not, every single day you go into the office -- >> see, i think we've seen enough. we've seen enough. if i didn't know better, i would say that was artificial intelligence.

deep fake. did you really do that? >> first, artificial intelligence, we call that shaq. that was my favorite show. that was gabriel mott. it was so much fun. >> so how did that happen? >> i talked about it on the show all the time. they invited me to do a cameo. it was really cool. i had a great time. i got to meet meghan. >> did you. >> yeah. my man rich was on there. i met them all. it was one of the coolest experiences of my life. >> so they heard you were there and on it. >> i played charles barkley. toronto is my favorite city in the world. i'm never going to go there again because the raptors suck. >> and they speak so highly of you. one more thing. how many takes did it take? playing charles barkley, doing charles barkley? >> when you do a commercial, it takes a little time.

i think it took about three hour to shoot that little spot. it was cool. >> a round of applause for charles barkley. the actor. we have bob costas in the studio. coming up next, democrats and republicans in congress finally trying to work together on something. former president trump is blowing it all up. you are watching king charles.

welcome back. it seal like we can all agree on this. that we need to come up with some kind of solution for the crisis at the border. you've seen what's happening there. the senate has been negotiating a bipartisan immigration bill but presidential candidate donald trump has other plans. he's reportedly asked members of his own party to block a bipartisan deal and save it as a campaign issue. it is seen as divisive even among his fellow republicans.

>> we have a catastrophe at our southern border. it is because the border habib rattly opened wide that we see the terrific horrors taking place across our country right now. mr. president, it says very clearly, you have all the tools and the executive authority necessary to reverse the catastrophe that you have created. >> i think the border is a very important issue for donald trump. the fact that he would communicate the republican senators and congress people that he doesn't want to us solve the border problem because he wants to blame biden for it is really appalling. >> appalling is a word that a lot of people are using. to help us unpack this political story, "the new york times" called him one of the most exciting political comedians in stand-up. hello, most exciting political

comedians in stand-up. this is a bipartisan deal that many say has gone farther than many in the past but there seems to be a movement to stop it. >> i want to know why is the former disgraced president of the united states actually deciding what will happen in the house or the senate. it is a deeply cynical strategy. it is ugly and chaotic. i know trump is thinking this will be his issue. the majority of people who are magas are with trump because of the immigration issue. but it's also muddying the waters. it's also dragging out the crisis. it's ensuring that money for ukraine, vital money for ukraine doesn't end up in ukraine. and i think it is going to back fire. i think democrats have an opportunity to show that look, it is republicans again. the republican want to stonewall and the former president is influencing the party. this is who he is.

>>. >> i'm not even disappointed with trump. trump will trump. to me, it's more about biden and this plan to begin with. it doesn't do anything for dreamers or with regard to a pathway to citizenship. it allows the president to close up the border. that's a hell of a power. and you're doing something that trump would want to do. the only reason we elected this ancient man so he could not be donald trump. and he's decided to be trump-like. and that is the last thing any of us want. he's dividing the base. for all his political points, he's not winning them on the left between this, between what is happening in gaza. he's losing a lot of the left. i think he's assuming that he will get all the middle of the road voters which i don't think is guaranteed. >> and they don't exist. >> who doesn't exist? >> the middle of the road.

these mythical independents who don't vote republican. don't vote democrat. that's not true. what we have in this country are people who may say they're independent, but they vote republican or democrat. >> well, number one, i want to thank senator romney for saying the right thing. we need to do something about immigration. we were watching a story about people living under the bridge in colorado. >> possibly freezing to death. but back to something you said. these politicians, they're afraid of trump's base. they have to go back to their state and run for office. that's why they're afraid. this dude has so much power over the maga group. these politicians are afraid. >> even though they disagree with him, charles. >> because they have to go back to their state and win their election. that's what they're afraid of. i'm so proud. romney is retired. at least he got the courage to

stand up and say, we need to fix our immigration thing right now. to push it, to kick the can down the road and wait another month, two, three, four, six, it makes it even worse. i'm glad he had the courage to say it. it's appalling. and this is a serious issue. it's only going to get worse if we keep kicking the can down the line. this dude has so much power. some of these guys are cowards to be honest with you. some of the stuff he said about them, their wives, their families. >> they're now supporting him. >> i don't mind having different opinions than people. if you get personal, i'm not endorsing you. and that lets me know they're cowards. >> what do you think? >> i'm curious about how donald trump handles nikki haley, how he's taken her -- we have a

sound bite? all right. we'll play it for you. >> you think trump mocking your birth name was racist? >> i think we can let other people decide that. you look it a. it is like tim scott, you sleep with yourself. we'll let donald trump sleep on that. >> i'm pretending to taste tea right now. >> how does that taste? >> bitter. >> it feel like she gets what she deserves. it's clearly racist. it's a loud dog whistle. >> it's not subtle. >> it's a mega phone. >> having people laugh. it's just short of, and she smells like curry. it's middle school bullying. instead of saying, that's my name and i'm proud of it. what you're doing is racist. she won't do it because she doesn't want to lose the racist

demographic. that's what she's fighting for. if she uses the "r" word, racism, then it's done. she will alienate so many people. you don't want to lose those people? what are you fighting for in. >> you're 100% correct. she should have said yes. it was racist. go back a couple weeks ago when she said she doesn't believe america was ever racist. she was trying to -- >> that was unfortunate. >> first it was unfortunate and stupid for her to say. what bothered me the most. she was trying to reach his base. she was like, i'm trying to appeal to his voters. that's why she said america has never been racist. >> so you don't like how she's handling it. >> no. it doesn't show respect and dignity for yourself and

anything. for me, we finally got rid of them and now i have to deal with this? >> can we talk about where she talked about this? she's on the breakfast club. >> the demographic, the target demographic of the breakfast club is urban audiences and/or african american, black, minority listeners. that was the perfect opportunity to come on and say, you know what? it was racist. >> you don't think she's in a tough spot. she still needs those voters. she's trying to straddle both sides, it seems. >> at the end of the day, candidates get elected because of who they think you are. we don't know who she is. if she won't stand up for herself there, who are you? when you're in these situations, and you finltd a way to talk

around them as opposed to answering them. at least with trump you know who he is. >> thank you very much. we've got a legendary sportscaster. you know him. bob costas is here. i just saw him in the hallway before i walked into the wall. we'll ask him everything about the super bowl, super couples, and some unbelievable stories about the host of the show. i wonder what that is. to duckduckgo on all your devie

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[ laughter ] >> thanks for joining the team. >> she's joining the team. she has definitely joined the team. taylor, travis, and the super bowl. everybody is talking about it. a lot of them are irritated by it. we love sports, and we love, love, love. with us now, a ledge he said among legends. bob costas. listen to this roster. nfl, nba, mlb, golf, 12 olympics and so much more. and he's won, how many emmy awards has he won? >> that has to be a misprint. that says 28. >> how many is it? >> 29. >> it's 29. i'm not supposed to know it but i've heard it so many times. >> this is also true. ernie was in the same category with bob every year. >> and we had to sit there like,

it's all right. >> eventually, ernie won a handful and he deserves every one of them. just reading this. it's amazing. we can also say he's a truth teller. when bob costas sat down in the seat can i get a close-up? he said that thing is getting bigger. look. it's getting bigger. i said we're going to try to make it through the hour. hopefully it won't get so big. he said that thing is getting bigger. >> guess what, it hurts! what excites you most about the super bowl? >> i think the chiefs can safely be said are america's team. they are a franchise but they haven't been to the super bowl since the mid '90s.

>> they were saying detroit is america's team. for a hot minute. >> they would have been a sentimental favorite and it would have been a great story line. the 49ers are a good story line, too. now the chiefs have been to four of the last five super bowls. 37 the best quarterback in the game. even though there are others really good. he's exciting. he improvises. they have him. andy i i don't reid has been around a long time. he went with philadelphia and now the chiefs. they have travis kelce and his romance with taylor swift. it was a big deal to begin with and now it's bigger. plus the state farm commercials. you don't have to know a screen pass to a field goal to know something about the kansas city chiefs. >> you know now men are going to the barber shops, taking aing that of travis kelce saying they want the travis kelce hair cut because they think that will help them get more dates. >> yeah. provided they're 6'5" and ripped and are headed to the hall of fame in canton, it they'll do

well romantically if they can match up across the board with the hair cut on top. >> i saw that on the inside edition. there's a new craze going on in barber shops. they're bringing in pictures of travis. you've got to be kidding. hey, catching a touchdown would help you meet women. just getting a hair cut won't do it. >> but people are capital mated by this love story. what do you think? >> i don't understand how people who have a problem with it. you know in the nba, when jack nicholson was courtside for the showtime lakers, they took shots of him all the time. when the yankees were doing great in the '90s, jerry seinfeld would be in the game sitting with chris rock. it's part of the scene. the "new york times" had a piece the other day where they timed how many seconds per game taylor swift is on camera. it isn't that much. when you watch a football game -- >> because they're not taking her when there's a play going on. >> no. they're taking her reactions to certain things. you also see the reactions of drunken guys with no shirt on

when it is 10 degrees below zero and you're supposed to be charmed by. that i would rather look at taylor swift. >> i was saying, watch the tape where fans were screaming at her as she was leaving the game. if you're screaming at her because your team lost -- >> screaming negative live? >> oh, yeah. you ruined football. wait a minute. >> please, please. i'm going to look right in that camera. if you're screaming at taylor swift saying she ruined it, you're just a loser or a jack ass. you can be one of the two. >> when it come to the super bowl where a lot of people who don't watch football all year long double the audience even at the conference championship games, part of that is the halftime entertainment. a huge part is the commercials. either they don't like the chiefs or they've inferred that taylor swift might not be a trumper, then they're annoyed. i can guarantee you all this news on fox news would not be

happening if she was wearing a maga hat. they would love it. >> but look at all the new people she's brought to the nfl. you see young teen girls who are now watching football. >> it's hard to imagine the super bowl could have a larger rating. but in a small percentage, it may even up that. in terms merchandise sales, the travis kelce jerseys and all the rest. and the attention to regular season games. the nfl reigns supreme over all of entertainment. in a fractionalized universe, it is the only thing that consistently aggregates huge audiences. like 90 of the top 100 television shows in a year. football games and almost all of them nfl games. you would think they couldn't improve on that but now they've tapped into another demographic. >> one thing that warmed my hat. i've seen a bunch of dads watching the game with their daughters. if you can't be happy, as men, we're always trying to spend

time with our daughters. they're the most important thing in the world. these young girls. dad, what is the screen pass? what's pass interference? >> what's a wide receiver? what is a tight end? >> yeah. >> have you ever seen a sports power couple that brings all this together? this big before? >> no. because you've got all the elements. the popularity of football. the fact that the games are on television, that the chiefs have advanced all the way through to the super bowl. on an international level, you had victoria and david beckham in the soccer world. justin verlander is married to kate upton and he's headed to the hall of fame as a pitcher. way back when, the original one was probably joe dimaggio and marilyn monroe. when they got together and were briefly married, joe d's playing career was over. plus, it was a black and white world. you didn't have all the outlets and the gossip. >> but they were both at the top of their game.

>> you have the fact, this was the summer of her and beyonce. >> yes. >> you won't to both concerts. >> yes, i did. this summer from an entertainment side, there's nothing more important than taylor swift and beyonce. it was the summer of women. >> bob costas, we don't want to you take a break. >> i'm going to do this in ten seconds. i'll never have another chance. >> marilyn monroe comes back from a goodyear tour from korea. she gets on the plane and joe dimaggio greets her. and she said joe, you've never heard such cheering. he was a terse man and he said, yes, i have. >> bob will stick with us. we'll be right back.

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i'll make this statement. you agree or disagree. charles barkley is a great, great player. but michael jordan is in a class by himself. clearly superior to anybody else in the league. >> bob, i would never say another player is better than me. never. >> wow! >> we are back with sports' second most iconic power couple. i love looking at that old video of you, charles. >> i love that. i meant every word. >> it sounds a little arrogant. i have to say.

it sounds a little arrogant. >> there is no great player who isn't arrogant or overconfident. first of all, you can never be great at sports if you don't think you're better than everybody else. >> do you think that's true? >> yes. >> you do? >> yes. some guys don't wear it on their sleeves but the great ones have to believe -- >> that they're better than everybody else? >> yes, yes. >> they have to believe on this night, in this match, that i am at least the equal. >> i got to play against bird, magic, malone, michael jordan. there is no way i can look at myself in the mirror if i went in saying, that guy is better than me. no. >> what about i'm just as good? or we're equal as opposed to i'm better than? >> we're not trying to be equal. you're trying to be better. >> that was 31 years ago. the 1993 finals. >> 31 years ago? >> yeah. the bulls against the suns. one game went triple overtime in

chicago and charles had like 56. 25 rebounds. so you know -- >> way good? >> he was damn good. >> google me. >> i think i do need. to i said walking with charles barkley. what did i say? you're a power guard? and then you went -- excuse me. >> hanging with gayle has been really humbling for me. she called me a power guard one day. last week a girl took a picture. yeah. i just sent a picture of gayle king and some dude. >> shenlt she sent it to her mother and she said that's not some dude. that's charles barkley. >> he said i was a power forward. >> listed at 6'5", might have been only 6'4". he was outrebounding guys 6'10". >> i have to get crack staff on these notes and put that in there. >> so much fun though.

i never told him this story. i'm at a game in the late '80. i'm sitting with ahmad rashad. >> and for some reason, mike tyson shows up at the game and the ushers are taking him down the seats and around the court and they're going to see them next to me and ahmad as it happen. and he passes under the basket along the baseline. the ball goes out of bounds. and charles saves it inbounds. now the sixers are going back the other way. now he's face to face with mike tyson and he stops and shakes tyson's hand and talks to him. >> on the court? >> no. but the other basket. >> while the game is in progress? >> he's just enjoying himself. >> i'm a big boxing fan. >> oh my god! >> very few other people would do that. >> and there's a reason for it. you said he scored what? >> 56 i think he had in that game. >> so we've been seeing all these guys, luka scored 73 points, joel embiid, 70 points,

devin booker, 62. what do you make of these high-scoring games? >> well, tremendous alliance on the three-pointer which used to be a punctuation and now it's a strategy. a disproportionate number from threes. the defenses are different now. michael jordan's last game, the emic closing shot against utah. the final score was 87-86. the last game of the '98 finals. and he scored 45. 45 out of 87 is a different thing than what is the norm now. the average game is probably 20 points higher than it was during your career. >> so do you think it is the three-pointer, too in. >> the three-pointer, first and foremost. but these millennials have roo ined my game. >> it is a three-point shooting contest. you can't play defense. it is kind of similar, what has happened to the nfl. you're just going to throw the ball 30, 40, 50 times a game. you can't play defense on the wide receivers. now, you go back and look.

i guarantee you, there is 10 to 15 points different in scoring from the '70s, '80, to the '20s in football. it's the same thing in basketball. a three-point shooting contest. steve kerr has been going crazy about this. you can't play defense anymore. >> but charles, you're not drinking a little glass of haterad every, are you? >> no. any time you say that, bob got 2 points. number one, the three-point shot and free-throws. that's the reason scoring is going through the roof. you can't just say players -- >> they're not better players? are they better than michael jordan? magic johnson? they're not. as much as i love lebron. >> yes, we do. >> and kobe bryant. let's not forget him. >> yes, we do. >> these guys aren't as good. lebron is not on that list. kobe bryant is not on that list. >> kobe scored 81 one game.

>> but he didn't rely on the three. if he was shooting threes, he would have had 102. >> maybe. >> between defense and three-point shots and free-throws, that's the reason guys are scoring. respect for all these guys. they're all great players. but all of a sudden everybody in the nba every night. 125-120. these teams ain't that good. have you seen them play? they should never get 125 points. ever. >> i don't know. this sounds like hating from this side of the room. but you still admire the work they do. and love this game. >> i love the game. it has given me every single thing in my life. >> me, too, me, too. don't go anywhere. king charles returns. we'll be right back.

that'll do it for us. have my lips gotten bigger? >> no. >> i'm rushing to the airport, i've got to catch a flight in 45 minutes. will she make it? she will! we thank you for watching. we'll be back in two weeks on valentine's day, 10:00 -- >> have fun at the grammys, gayle! have fun at the grammys! >> valentine's day, two weeks. i wear a size ten shoe, ten or 12 dress, do with that what you will. it catches on -- catch me on cbs mornings, 7:00.

right now, i'm going to the airport. i will not be there tomorrow morning. abby philip we'll be right here tomorrow night at 10:00. you don't want to miss that. don't go anywhere. laura coates live starts right now! [applause]

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