hello everybody. i'm van jones welcome to "the van jones show." another great show for you tonight. first, always funny, always outspoken the beloved co-host of "the view," joy behar is in the building. she's in the building. oh, my god. hear from here and also it is now after labor day. it's official. election season 2018 and the diversity is serious, folks.

we' running for office is mind-boggling and historic. muslims qxxwtransgender,ç young generation stepping up a tidal wave of women running for office. from now until november i want this show to be a place you can come and hear some of the new voices of hope inspiring america, and tonight we've got three women, all of whom are running as a democratic party's nominee to become the governor of their state. so one is a native american, of idaho. a transgender woman from vermont. one is a latina lesbian sheriff running to be governor of texas. each one if she wins can make history. tonight you'll hear from all three of these women. i'm excited about that. one of the -- going to be a big deal.zs i love this show. i love this show, but first, let me talk to you. for all of these positive voices beginning to rise up, the system itself is beginning to break

down. i think america is now on a razor's edge between renewal and collapse. between hope and fear. this may have been "the" scariest week of the trump presidency for me, because we got our first look at a new book by pulitzer prize winning journalist bob woodward and his watergate reporting actually brought down richard nixon, but this new book reads like a mashup genre between slapstick comedy and a horror movie. he's portraying an erratic dangerously incompetent president aides trying to keep the president in chief from blowing up the world and then the "new york times" prints a fler deep inside the administration saying exactly the same thing. now the white house says it's all fiction, but if these reports are even partially true, we are in the middle of an unprecedented national emergency inside the oval office and congress should be holding

oversight hearings right now calling white house staffers to the hill and asking them under oath if they are saying anything that endangers the safety of the american people. that would be a rational response. instead, rand paul suggesting lie detector test and senate republicans pushing through a supreme court nominee who previously questioned whether a sitting u.s. president could even be subpoenaed or indicted while in office and this week certainly didn't make things better from my point of view. now trump rather than being concerned or alarmed is actually kratchs to cash in on the crazy using the possibility of his own impeachment just to rally up his own base. >> if the opposite party becomes president they'll say, we want to impeach him and they'll impeach him. but if it does happen it's your fault because you didn't go out to vote. >> so you know, that's his response. luckily help is on the way. i said, a lot of fresh faces

shaking up the political establishment like ayyoana pressley, and barack obama is back in the game reminding us with progress always comes a backlash but the backlash does not have to be permanent. >> each time we've gotten closer to those ideals, somebody somewhere has pushed back. the status quo pushes back. it did not start with donald trump. she a symptom, not the cause. [ applause ] >> and i love hearing that voice. i love seeing that face. hope and heartbreak are in a footrace now in america. and with the elections right around the corner, everybody needs to lace up the tennis shoes get involved and help hope win. now, one person who never gives

up hope and who never stops speaking her own mind is my first guest. please welcome to the "van jones show" the one and only joy behar! >> hi. hi. hi. how are you? >> i'm good. >> i've got two kisses! >> hi, ladies. nice awudience you have. >> definitely an honor to have you on the xshow. >> oh,s they is -- you just say that. >> no. you're amazing, an i icon. i know "the view" is coming back on the air, 22nd season but you're missing somebody from the family. meghan mccain. >> how is she doing? >> she's okay. remarkable in the the funeral. did you watch that jie loved that. i was there. remarkable event all around. when she said, you know, we

don't have to make america great again. america's always been great the whole audience broke into spontaneous applause and you never see that. >> not applause usually at a funeral. what she did was extraordinary. interesting to me you had george w. bush, obamas and everybody together. felt like the passing of air era in a way. >> one thing about that event that was clear was that you watched obama and you watched w. and you watched clinton there and all the speakers and people that were there, and you said, hey. these are patriot americans, no matter -- i'm singing "god bless america" with these people who believe in the country, and i think that we've lost that with donald trump. he believes only in himself. god bless donald trump is where he's at. you know? and he's what we've -- we've lost that whole feeling of the great country, because of him, and i resent it. >> well, let me ask you a question, though. ten years ago;,5>add

-- at w. >> i'm still mad at him. >> maybe in ten years you'll like trump a little. >> no. >> no chance? >> no, no. i knew him before he was donald trump, president donald trump. >> right. >> and i thought he was kind of a new york character. you know? ripped off people in his businesses which everybody in new york seemed to know that and i used to work here on hln. i had a show here. on that show melania came on to hawk her jewelry. >> see? >> yeah. that, the famous show, really, because the her true colors because she believed in birtherism just like her husband and said they don't have the right birth certificate in hawaii which meant that bette midler is not an american either because she was born in hawaii. what about don ho? these are all -- >> do you feel that she's kind of trapped in this marriage or do you feel she's actually along for the ride? >> you know, she is now enjoying

the fruits of the american country. her parents are now, what did they call that? chain migration? they're enjoying chain migration a lot of people are not enjoying because her husband wants to stop it. why shouldn't she go along with it? you know? she was in slovenia doing+fxñ t thing. what was she doing there? >> working as model. >> a model. now she's the first lady. as my mother would say, who's better than her? >> let's go to somebody i think you like a little better p. you see barack obama. >> i love barack obama. >> that's good. he back on the trail but not as tough on trump as you were. he just said, trump is a symptom. in other words, when trump went low, obama went high. isn't that something that you like? >> that's what michelle said. when they go 1blwlow, we go hig. i say when they go low, we should go lower. by that i don't mean become like a real you know, a rat scurrying

around. i'm talking about, you know, donald trump speaks to people directly. says exactly what's on his mind. he doesn't take prisoners and the democrats, they tend to be politically correct. i think that you also, van, have to be very nice about it all and i don't -- i'm not. i'm not. and so i don't think everybody has to go, you know, high, high like that. no. come down to where, to my level. come to my level. >> we've had this debate before. >> uh-huh. >> my concern is, i just don't think i can out-hate the haters. >> right. >> i just don't know how to out divide the dividers. i thought, when i try to play that game i'm playing a losing game. have you just given up on trying to persuade the republicans? i mean, in your view, if somebody voted for donald trump, or is -- >> that's fine. i don't have any problem with that. let them do -- las sedo-laissez.

it's the republican congress, senate, that ticks me off. mcconnell, paul ryan and the only ones speaking out against the absolute heinous behavior in the white house, the lying, continuous lying. the policies that really hurt non-white people et cetera are the people who are quitting. who are not running again. like corker and flake. people like that. the rest of them are running scared about their job and they find themselves in a difficult position, i guess, because they can't get past the base. and i say, if you are, again, a patriot american, you will go past the base and you will tell the truth about this man in the white house, who is, to me, destroying the country. i know i have a strong opinion about this and a lot of people do. why don't they speak up? because they're cowards. they're cowards and small-minded and only care about their little positions and the power that they want to hang on to. i mean, i see people like lindsey graham going back and forth on this, because he wants to keep his job.

well, maybe he shouldn't keep his job. >> you think the country would be better off if lindsey graham lost his job? >> a tea party guy would come in probably. right? >> yes. >> and then a democrat would win. good. >> well, you know -- like a -- like a -- let me ask you -- >> even the most, staunchest conservative person who ever lived in the country said republicans should vote for democrats to get the country back to where it belonged and again. the dereliction of duty out of the republican party is outrageous. they've dropped checks and balances, dropped balance of power srchts it easy for you as a liberal and democrat to say the other party sucks? what about democrats? what's wrong with the democratic party that we're losing to people you think are losers and liars? what can democrats do differently. >> they need to go a little lower. like i said.

>> like nasty and -- >> listen, america, you're going to lose your health care. america, you're going to lose your -- not making anymore money. the economy's great but mr. rich guy who lives over here, by the way, where we are right now, those apartments are going for $100 million, the ones getting the tax breaks. not you. not you. so that's what they need to be telling people. >> you sound like a bernie sanders democrat. >> i don't know. not so much about bernie anymore, because i really am -- listen, things have to be done in the right, with perspective. you can't just roll money out of the window. you can't do that. can't do that. >> you must have liked bernie a little? >> i did. >> didn't you name your dog after bernie sanders? >> i named him bernie sanders. i always say this, because my dog bernie -- is very much a pro, single payer veterinary care. >> so then why are you not on

the bernie thing now? >> i just think some of the things that he might be proposing will cause cost too much money and never pass. i'm a pragmatic person. i want things to work. someone who's going to win. >> good. listen, we're going to come back and talk about a lot more stuff. when we get back, my own hot topics to raise with you. going to break. i have a lot of questions this week. one is, is the author of that bombshell "new york times" op-ed a hero for raising the alarm or a coward for not coming forward public publicly? i want to hear what you had to say. take a look. >> there won't be heroics unless you come forward, say who you are, say what you know. >> the author of this writer, if they're telling the truth, a patriot for upholding their oath of office and protecting us from an irrational president. >> these are apparently unelected officials who are essentially dictating or steering policy.

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welcome back to "the van jones fádñshow." my guest joy behar author of a book, and -- i guess we know where you're coming from? >> i don't mix any -- people hate me or they love me. i'm fine. i can live with it. really, they love you because they won't stop talking about you. let me ask you a couple questions here. you started out not as a famous star. >> no. >> youm?b st schoolteach schoolteacher. >> i did. >> tell me about that, joy behar, the schoolteacher? why did you become a schoolteacher? >> you know, i was always looking for a bigger room. when i was a kid i used to perform for the family all the

time and tell them what i thought and no one ever told me to shut up which might have been a mistake and then i kind of liked being a teacher. i taught high school dropouts at the lower east side. adults sometimes, taught english as a second language, english in a regular high school. so i like teaching. it really was not enough for me. i had more to say, i thought and i wanted a bigger audience. >> and so -- you got one of the biggest audiences in the]éé:ç u states. >> yes. >> the joy behar teaching kids in the urban school system ever have imagined the life you have right now? >> yes. [ applause ] yes. i always knew -- i always knew i had things i could offer. was very funny as a young kid all the time and used to make people laugh all over the place, in the school. the teachers' room, every job i had. i thought maybe i could translate this to show business and i did. i was 39 when i started.

>> think about that. 39 years old, yeah. there's always hope. i was workinging a a receptionist at "good morning america." one of the most hostile receptionists they ever had and that didn't last. they fired me. and then i said, okay. now i'm going to try it and started doing stand-up comedy. >> do you miss it? >> no. i don't do stand-up much anymore. i "the view." it's enough. "the view" with donald trump in the white house is exhausting. >> we have leslie jones who's super funny and doesn't like to do stand-up because everybody is so sensitive. >> another thing. they tape you, tweet you, yell at you. no. >> let me ask you this. is it the case now that there's, from a liberal point of view, too much political correctness? too much intolerance? you can't stand up and tell a joke? steve bannon got disinvited from the "new yorker" because liberals got upset. are we becoming what we're fighting? >> i don't think that was a right move pop move.

i would have put him on. we've had everybody on the show. kellyanne, that cory person. >> corey lewandowski. >> sarah huckabee was on. >> and even to be debated, he was going to be debated on the "new yorker." that kind of stuff is wrong. >> the first amendment, honey, is my religion. >> so is your advice to liberals and we don't want to bow down to bigotry and hatred? >> i say let people hang themselves. it -- if bannon is going over the top, people see it. they're not stupid. >> speaking of people not being stupid, apparently there's smart people inside the trump administration trying to do the right thing. >> oh, yeah. >> one of them wrote this op-ed. what's your view about that

op-ed? is that treason? is that smart? is it dumb? >> it's not treason. it doesn't have anything to do with treason. people are complaining that this person didn't come out and say his name. trump obstructs justice all over the place. we see it. he lies. he does everything out front. if this guy had come out like that no one would pay any attention to him. like, okay. the congress, the republican congress leaders, they would do nothing. but this way, everybody's, who is it? intrigue going on. it's scaring trump! bog berserk. he can't take it somebody's out to get him in the white house. so it's sort of accelerating the anxiety and besides the woodward book and now omarosa is coming on "the view" on monday. hello! she's bringing tape. listen to this. the girl has a tape with multiple voices on it and bringing it to our show on monday. you have to watch. >> you've had so many hosts,

abby is coming on. all week. >> two young heavyweights. are you scared? >> no. i love it. i'm very friendly with meghan. we go out to drink although she can drink me under the table. i have a half a glass of wine, i'm asleep. this one, she can knock it down. >> the mccains, a thing for that stuff. >> and abby i» a little more lady-like. >> you look back over the ones you've. dozens. who are's top, three, four, five people you just love? >> meredith vieira, number one. my girls -- leave those out. >> not the -- >> whoopi and i are pals. >> exactly. >> we used to -- we're pals also. who else is there? rosie was -- hurricane rosie. she's a pal. she's one of the reasons, you know -- look, remember when she had that big fight with trump on

"the view" flipped her hair over and went after the fact he didn't have any money? that really ticked him off, boy? he went back at her so vois viciously. anybody wants to know the real donald, watch that year. so evil and mean attacking her physically, about her body, about her looks. evil. nasty. >> yeah. well, you know, i think a lot of things got kind of teed up in the years ahead of donald trump. you were very clear from the beginning of his run, came down the escalator, clear as a bell, you think there is a -- >> i v. and so, so glad that -- >> congratulations on this lovely show you have. >> thank you. thank you for being on. glad to have you here. catch joy weekdays on abc. coming up, i go back in my van. this time i'm headed to orlando, florida. van to van. talking to voters about a contentious governor's race down there. gun control in the wake of mass

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voters in the country's biggest swing state are going to choose their next governor. they have to pick between two candidates literally on the spectrum. on the left a bernie sanders progressive and pulled off an upset victory in trying to become a governor and running against ron desantis, more trump than trump. this is already nuts, bull all kind of wild cards. one is that thousands of puerto ricos displaced by hurricane maria and now thousands eligible to vote. some people wonder if president trump's bungling of the hurricane could help the opponent in the voting box? i got in the van and i headed to orlando florida. yep. van in the van.

>> all right. getting hot in florida, and not just by the weather. ♪ >> hey. welcome aboard, man. >> thank you. >> welcome, welcome. >> hello. >> hi. glad to see you get in on the left side of the car. >> what's up, van? >> welcome, welcome. >> the governor's race has just become a global phenomenon. who's going to win? >> hearing about the blue wave and everything but as far as primaries prrepublican voters turned out 100,000-plus more than democrats and a lot of

republicans can unite whereas on the democratic side you saw a narrow margin of victory between candidates very different. i think they're going to have a challenge in uniting voters under someone more progressive. >> seems like there's no more room to be at the center anymore. so you've got ron desantis, who's like way out there to the right, and not even 24 hours after the primary, he was already making comments that were taken as racial remarks. >> the last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda. >> what was meant? >> i think he is someone with a lot of political experience and he knows about what he was saying. so to choose the word monkey, referring to a black candidate, i don't think it was by mistake. >> my heart hurts for that and for the people that take it in a bad way, because i, you know,

from knowing desantis and the person he is when it comes to policy he would never want to discourage neem any sort of way. >> what about his comments towards cortez? >> look at this girl,bjlñ ocasi cor cortez. >> i don't care['vñ whether shen eskimo. >> the age of trump, though. isn't it kind of like just all bets are off? you like donald trump and donald trump said insensitive stuff all the time? like it's his trademark. how do you make sense of that? >> words are very important obviously. end of the day, i'm voting for someone who shares my viewchoints whviewpoints which when it comes to policy. that's their job. and i've seen another side and see a caring, loving family man and the media doesn't portray that sometimes. >> i agree that with sarah, policy is really what's important, what changes our country, creates a better economy, creating better laws

that affect our everyday lives. but you just hate hearing the rhetoric. the rhetoric has gotten out of control. >> the puerto rico population has grown a ton in florida, because of the hurricane and everything else. how does that play? i mean -- are puerto ricos going to register in big numbers and vote? >> before the hurricane we were already coming over here because of the fiscal crisis. after maria, the numbers really showed the state of emergency that people were coming over here. >> after the hurricane? >> after the hurricane, but there's a big machinery going after those votes. one of the deepest conversations i ever had with my grandfather was about voting and the right to vote. and you know, he was a korean war veteran and so i take it as a sense of pride tod+wv÷ vote. yes. i think puerto ricos should vote. do i think it will have a big

impact on the vote right now? i don't know. >> how did you feel the way president trump handled maria? >> we could go to the -- the vision of throwing paper towels at people. nothing short of offensive. they loved their houses. they needed fema to work like it worked with other natural disasters. >> it seemed the first organizati obligation of government is to take kash of the health and safety of citizens. why didn't president trump scramble the military over there and help everybody? >> i think there was more effort from our government shown over there, but at the same time we can't rely on government to solve our problems. while they have a role in solving those for us, i think a lot can be done when we come together as people. >> these are american citizens and we are all going to be about america first, and they are citizens. >> there was a lot of assistance that did go to puerto rico.

what happened slowing down the process was a failure of government on two ends. federal and local government. >> and many people died at parkland, people killed at a videoconference. which way does that cut for you? all of these shootings, the young people from parkland marching sdmarch i ing. does that cut against republicans? >> another shooting stands out that's against gun control. we've seen cases of parents, students, there and they're not involved in the protests and marches and meeting with the president and showing support against gun control and i think it comes down to deterrent and instances like parkland the government faileded at levels, left them in charge of security and they failed us there. that kind of falls back into my, power more in the hands of the

people. >> what's the solution? here we are. >> how does it -- how does this strike you? >> well, first of all, because i was here that night. to any and all -- the gun safety and gun control might be, biased. >> how did you get out? >> other side of the building. i wasn't here when the shooting started. >> how does it feel to be back here? >> i've been coming here for a while. after parkland -- some type of response -- either side of the debate that you're in, there's still a lot of things to do. >> we have different ways of --

i don't think anyone would argue they don't want our communities to be safer and loved ones protected. love is now part of the issue. >> i think that issues like this always bring us closer to some sort of conversation, which is good. i think that for a long time no having those conversations is what really affected us. >> and's orlando strong. for all the tragedy and heartbreak, what happened here did bring florida and the whole world together for a while. [ applause ] >> i really -- unfortunately in florida one group of u.s. citizens are simply not allowed to vote. people who have never been xi xictxict xict -- convicted felonies even 50 years ago cannot vote. amendment 4 would automatic restore voting rights once people finish sentences.

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we have a record number of women and people of color running for offices and it's awesome. at the state level, ben jealous, an grew gillum, stacy abe brey . so many fresh faces. three women trying to make history this fall, welcome to the show, the democratic nominee for governor of idaho, the state's first female governor and the first native american. so glad to have you here. and christine alquist, first transgender governor in the united states. glad to have you here and former dallas county sheriff lupe valdez, democratic nominee in texas, would be the first latina and first openly gay governor of texas. glad to have you here as well. we got an all-star cast.

all-star cast. look, i'm excited about your run but tell you now, we got people at home saying, ain't no way y'all are going to win. not going to happen. tell us why you have a shot at victory, historic victory, in this race? >> well, you know, i came from a poor family and had education, gave me opportunities i wouldn't otherwise had. this is what we want to do for the rest of texas. public education. health care things that are important across party lines. >> connecting and resonates. what about you? why do you have a shot? >> i have a shot to grow rural economy of vermont, get them internet connected and building plans around that. >> what about you? bringing cowboys and indians together.

never seen anything like it. why do you have a shot to win in idaho? >> i was raised by idahoans. people share my heritage and legacy of leadership, want something fresh, progressive and bold. matched with architectural framework attracts people on both sides of the aisle. seeing a leadership no one's ever seen or heard of and that brings all parties together. >> by definition, especially you two, texas and idaho, you have to get people who voted for you who by definition also just voted for donald trump. why should a donald trump voter vote for you? >> well, first of all, there's a wrong impression of texas. it's not a red state. it's a non-voting state. we're 49th on the percentage of states voting. so the main problem in texas is that they're not coming out to vote. our job is to get them out to vote and we win. >> listen, you have a big --

mountain to climb, though, to get people out to vote. some of those non-voters are latinos and latina. law enforcement, some feel too tough on the population. how do you inspire people at the same time you have to support immigration laws? >> it's an uphill battle, no yes. but an uphill battle for the woman who works two jobs to make ends meet and rural areas without good public education or health care. people are excited to vote for someone that has been through the samebfk issues.?ln i know what it is to have two jobs to make ends meet and no health care and i know the decision to go to the doctor or pay the rent. these are things that are identifiable across party lines and on the latino front, latinos

appreciate my military background, law and order background. that appreciate all of these things that -- put together an unusual coalition. christine, you've said, transitioning and being a transgender person right now may be harder than any other time. talk about that and why are you willing to face death threats and these things coming down on you to run for public office in this climate? >> you know, we have a spot for a leader, and what i define, talking about -- focusing on fear and division and dividing people and pitting people against each other. of course, what do they do? target the most marginalized population first. why, of course, the administration has a conflict

with transgender in the military. started with richard nixon. i'm confused. kind of new to politics and don't understand the labels. labels have always been used to divide people from my perspective. when we talk about a living wage, medicare for all and ending homelessness, that's not a political issue. that's called being a civilized society. >> hmm. beautiful, beautiful. what about you? you definitely have trump voters. they've been voting republican as long time. why do something different now? >> i would like to say that people are ready for true compassion in a governor again. people want to believe in their government. yet they don't have that integrity in the opposing party and i think that's really what i'm here for. i was raised by a body of people who were very poor and yet loved their country, loved their land. love all of humanity yet don't see that reflected in government and haven't seen it reflected in

hide hoe the last three decades. see a difference, radical empathetic change. >> why do you think we're seeing all of these new voices and new people coming up now? even, you know, in 2008 people were shocked you had a black guy running and now we have all kind of people running. why is this happening now and why do you personally want to take this up? your mom of young kids. what's calling you to do this? we have to step up. every day we're being attacked. my public land, people in my community, ranked 50th on dang near every status from education to health care. it's just time. >> tell me what's going on in america right now? >> a phrase from a song. we are a gentle, angry people and it's -- trump gives permission to be crew. we want people to have common

sense and decency. one of the reasons there's a lot of us stepping up is because -- we have a better brand. >> speaking of brands, you have the democratic party that is, you know, moving to the left, it seems. saying abolish i.c.e. they're saying universal health care for everybody. they're saying, listen, we need massive gun control. does that help or hurt you to have a democratic party moving this far to the left in a place like texas or idaho? how do you deal with the contradiction of some of the stuff that inspires blue voters, incites red voters and you need both? >> i was sheriff in dallas county 13 years and someone once said to me, if both sides aren't upset at you, there's something wrong. you know? you have to do what is best for the whole. and if some members of both sides are upset at you, you're doing the right thing. we have to come to the table. >> common sense.

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welcome back to "van guy" show. i'm talking to 350e7al trying to make history in november. welcome back. so glad to have you tpwaoeus here. listen. guns. you're in texas, vermont, ideutd. idaho. >> i've been in law enforcement over 40 years. a weapon was part of me just as my shoes are. anybody who cannot handle their disagreements through other than violence should never have a gun. stkpwr . >> that works in texas. >> the good news is our legislature had passed gun safety legislation this year and we've got protocols to carry that out. but it's simple statement is i

support commonsense gun laws. we want to protect the hunters the sport but at the same time let's use commonsense. >> and how about you? >> from rural idaho. so gun ownership is part of my culture. hunting and fishing is just our way of life. so running for governor people must know that not only am i a gun owner but supporter of the second amendment. i'm a licensed certified train and gun ownership of women oo be certified and trained. they should be able to defend themselves. >> you've got great policies and a real shot but you've got lot of character integrity to be able to take on something. i've got people watchung right now. they might need hope and inspiration. what gives you the ability to take on what seems to like a lot of people an impossible

challenge? >> everybody keep cans telling me it's an uphill battle but it's an uphill battle for all of our folks. >> what keeps you going? >> the inner me. >> who is that? >> the peaceful inner me, the angry gentle person. >> what about you? how do you keep going? >> i was facing my own death un2014. i had cancer and pretty much came to the conclusion i was going to die and i hadn't yet transitioned from male to female but facing that transition was even harder than facing my own death but i faced it and transitioned through and i'm sitting here today and that's the miracle of being authentic. i know that didn't just happen. it happened because i'm standening on the shoulders of giants that fought for what was right and just. nothing is impossible when you're on the side of justice. >> wrpl can rr out on the trail multiple times a day, different

spaces all throughout the state. it's a big state. i hear all kinds can of stories of how people are one check can away from bankruptcy, one week away from being homeless and out on the street. those are the kind of stories that can keep you driven. keeps you going. >> it's awesome what your doing. s you're making more space for so many more to do what needs to get done. i'm van jones. this is the "van jones show." thank you for watching. peace and love for one another. ♪ and last year, i ear$36,000 in cash back. that's right, $36,000. which i used to offer health insurance to my employees.

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