( laughter ) you know, this resistance to judge garland doesn't seem to make any sense. ( laughter ) i mean, just based on what senate republicans have said about him in the past. >> merrick garland is highly qualified to sit on the d.c. circuit. his intelligence and his scholarship cannot be questioned. >> pat roberts, a kansas republican senator, i said, why did you support him in 1997?" he said, "i just supported him. >> in my seven years as president, in all my conversations with senators from both parties in which i asked their view on qualified supreme court nominees, the one name what has come up repeatedly fr republicans and democrats alike is merrick garland. >> trevor: that's right. everyone likes merrick garland. he's like the paul rudd of federal judges. ( laughter ) in fact, it's like paul rudd with a puppy's face, and then, like, the puppy's rise paul rudd's face. that's more-- yeah ahhhh!

i've created a monster. go away, go away. bud rudd. i don't get it. democrats like him. republicans like him. why won't the republicans even consider him? >> they simply do not believe, they say, that a president in this heated of an election cycle who is a lame duck should be able to nominate somebody. >> the decision the senate announced weeks ago remains about a principle and not a person. the senate will continue to observe the biden rule. >> trevor: mitch mcconnell seems like a bit of a dick. ( laughter ) well, just in principle, not as a person. ( laughter ) the biden rule isn't the rule. it was a proposal in a speech that biden gave in 1992, where he argued against considering a supreme court nominee during that election year. so, yeah, don't get me wrong. biden messed up, but it's not a rule. just because you propose something, doesn't make it a rule. and that includes tonightue don't have to kiss these people just because they're irish. you don't have to do that.

( laughter ) there is no biden rule. okay, well, there is one biden rule, and that is if you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be neat and wipe the seat. that's the biden rule. that's the only rule we follow. ( applause ) and just, by the way, since when do republicans have any respect for what joe biden says? >> i think the vice president very well knows that sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. >> democrats aren't asked to answer every time joe biden says something embarrassing. >> the latest gaffe of the gift that keeps on giving, who is, by the the way, a heartbeat away from the presidency. >> the next time you're at a party, walk up to someone, just say, "environment joe biden," and close your mouth. they will crack up laughing. >> trevor: yeah, that's true, if you say "joe biden" at a party, people crack up laughing. just like if you say "ted cruz" at a party, people leave. ( cheers and applause )

"time to go, people. ted cruz, ted cruz. time to go, people. ted cruz. put the drink down. ted cruz, come on, guys, get out of here. ted cruz, ted cruz, people." we should all start doing that at parties from now on. "ted cruz, everybody, time to go. ted cruz." listen, republicans, i understand what you're going through. you lost justice scalia, a legendary conservative justice and you coincident want him replaced by anyone obama likes. here's a big question-- how do you think this is going to play out? because, what, you filibuster this guy until obama is gone? then what happens? what if hillary clinton becomes president and she picks garland or someone even more lubl. or, god forbid, donald trump becomes president, and who knows what he'd do. like, he could-- he could pick judge jied. ( laughter ) ( applause ) just because he's heard of her. you don't know what he'd do. he might not even paik person. he could nominate a painting of himself or-- he could nominate a racist bottle of champagne.

and i don't even know what that means, to be honest. because how could a bottle of champagne be racist. maybe you're celebrating-- 3, 2, 1! ( bleep )! who taught you that, champagne? bad, champagne. i really don't understand. so the republicans, there really is no winning here. the question is what do you want? >> our view is this-- give the people a voice in filling this vacancy. >> trevor: you know, this is rich coming from mcconnell. he's saying give the the people the voice, but he's silence the one voice who the people chose. ( cheers and applause ) and he's so dig in on his partisanship, he refuses to listen to reason, even when it's right there in the room with him. >> the next justice could fundamentally alter the direction of the supreme court and have a profound impact on

our country. so, of course,, of course, the american people should have a say in the court's direction. >> they did by electing obama. >> it is the president's constitutional right to nominate a supreme court justice, and it is the senate's constitutional right to act as a check on a president and withhold its concept. >> traditionally after a confirmation hearing. >> i declared weeks ago and reiterated personally to president obama the senate will continue to observe the biden rule. >> not a rule. not a rule. >> so that the american people have a voice in this momentous decision. the american people may well lake president who decides to nominate judge garland. >> they already did. >> for consideration. >> they already did. >> president obama made this nomination not-- not with the intent of seeing the nominee confirmed, but in order to politicize it for purposes of the election. >> he's also politicizing. >> which is the type of thing---

>> that you're doing right now? >> that chairman biden was concerned about. the exact thing chairman biden was concerned about the biden rule-- >> it's not a rule! there's no such thing! mitch! you're making this ( bleep ) up! ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: i couldn't have said it better. jordan klepper, everyone. jordan klepper, we'll be right back. its intelligent drive is msystems...ng. paradigm-shifting. its technology-filled cabin...jaw-dropping. its performance...breathtaking. its self-parking...and self-braking...show-stopping. the all-new glc. mercedes-benz resets the bar for the luxury suv.

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head with your friends ever what infuriates you the most. here to break down the key match-ups, roy wood, jr., and hasan minhaj. >> we have three incredibly aggravating match-ups. a lot of tough picks. >> so many people to get mad. b. we've got vegans no, sir the n.r.a. this is going to go down to the wire. one group kills you with boredom. the other group straight up kills you. it's tough but i gotta go with n.r.a. >> you can right that down if you want, bro, but i'd rather get shot than argue about whether fake bacon tastes like real bacon. it doesn't. do yo>> >> let's move on. martin shkreli versus bill cosby. we have two monsters doing shady

( bleep ) drugs. one keep is keeping you from getting your pills. the other guy is giving them to you whether you want them or not. >> the big thing is nobody knew martin shkreli before he started gouge pricing pills. >> all he's been to us with a douche bag with the world's most punchable face. >> which is why i think so people will be madder at cosby. i have trust issues with sitcom dads now. danny tanner, seems like a nice guy but i don't know. >> we don't know. i think our pick is clear, the coz is going to dance his way into the next round. >> now, babiess versus old people. now, these two really match up well against each other. both teams ( bleep ) everywhere with zero personal accountable. >> this is a real hard choice for me, man. if i was on a plain planeand sitting next to a crying baby or

chatty old dude that won't shut up about his exwrns, you know what i'd choose sp? >> who. >> exit door midflight. i'm gone. >> wait, wait, come back, come back, come back, come back. one thing you didn't consider, roy, old people, very racist. now, i'm pretty sure no baby has ever called you a calendar fella. >> yeah, but he was probably thinking it. >> oh oh. >> i gotta go with the grandpa on this one. i think he makes me madder. put it on the bored. >> those are our picks but you still need to do yours. go to thirdmonthmania.com and vote on what makes you the maddest. >> trevor: hasan minhaj and roy wood, jr., everyone, we'll be right back. technology. technology... say, have you seen all the amazing technology in geico's mobile app? mobile app? look.

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( cheers and applause ) gl welcome back. my guest tonight is an actor whose new movie is called "the divergent series: allegiant."

>> the left hand activates the drone. >> does it do anything else? >> not much. use the drone to find the target. it will take you a while to get the hang of it. >> yeah. >> i think i got the hang of it. ( cheers and applause ). >> trevor: please welcome theo james! >> trevor: theo, my good man. >> he looked so smug in that clip. >> trevor: i think you looked handsome, my friend. >> thank you.

>> trevor: you looked very handsome. a question-- do you ever worry about your general safety when you are walking on the streets, or just doing your thing in life? life? just because-- i'll tell you why. i worry for you because women scream everywhere you go. how cow know when it's danger? ( laughter ). >> whether to run >> trevor: you don't know because the rest of the world goes, a woman screaming-- aarrgghh! do you still turn around? >> no, i just run that way. >> trevor: you run in the direction you're facing. "i genuinely need help." ( bleep ) thank you so much for coming on the show and thank you so much for being here. a lot of people might be shocked right now that you are british. this throws people off quite a bit. what is going on? why-- like, does bloodshed brt have all the handsome men? how does this work. what's happening? >> they're a lot cheaper, for one, i think, a lot cheaper. i coapt know, really.

>> trevor: the way you did this, "i don't know, really. i think it's because of that." you hodid you practice your american accent? i'm always fascinated by that. >> i practiced it because the first proper american thing i did was a tv show and i thought i could do an american accent and when i got cast and on the first day i met the other cast, and they said, "oh, you're doing an american accent?" and i said, "yes, we just did the read-through. and they said, "when are are you going to do it?" >> trevor: it wasn't one of those things where you practiced as a kid? >> no, no, no, that would be weird. >> trevor: i feel like it would be normal. well, not like that. that would be weird. if you were a little kid and were like, "hey, hey!" i'm talking--aise kid i practiced-- i would play westerns with my friend. >> i see, i see. >> trevor: but a lot of my friend couldn't speak english and we didn't know what the guy would say in the western.

so we would just grab the gun and woa-woa. >> we just made general noises. >> trevor: theo james, a great name, but it is a hollywood name. we all have hollywood names. for instance, my hollywood name is trevor noah. but my real name is trevor noah. ( laughter ). >> i thought you were going to help me out here. what i>> trevor: what is your fl name. >> theodore peter james. >> i don't know why i said it like that. >> trevor: because it get a response, that's why. this is, like, a crazy thing that happens. >> i did it because it was easier. and i have to say, i wanted to be called theo james as well. hello, everybody, would let me

over your wall, please. let's talk about the movie. it's a hume series. have you ever wondered why these films are so successful? young kid reading about basically the end of the world. why is that so popular? why-- ( laughter ) >> genuinely, i think it's obviously fantasy material but i think young people question what the ( bleep ) will happen to, you know, a generation or two's time >> trevor: will there be just good-looking people left? >> in a fake chicago, yes. being given tasks. >> trevor: i loved that in the movie, chicago survives. everywhere else get destroyed. yeah. i loved that. someone is like, whatever the end of the world was, chicago was like, "nah." it really must be crazy to be part of that series. you know, do you see yourself going into something else where you're not playing-- not good-looking, but something that

people find as popular, especially young women? >> yeah, yeah. ( laughter ) not pornography. ( laughter ) >> trevor: did you do porn? did you? >> that's what i'm trying to get into. >> trevor: no, no, this man has had strange jobs. you were a philosophy major, right? >> yes. >> trevor: but you worked, with dead bodies. sometimes i read things, and i think i don't know if this is true. you worked cleaning the fluids that dead bodes secrete? exactly. just someone in the audience said, "wait, what in? what did you do? >> what it was we collected the-- basically the equipment that people died. >> trevor: who is "we?" >> me and my mate dan. we worked for the national health service, so you have to

get the equipment and clean it. >> trevor: so you were like-- >> a cleaning guy. >> trevor: did you ever have to touch the dead bodies? >> no, i didn't. they were already gone thankfully. >> trevor: but the fluid you have to clean that off-- >> yeah, vacuum, usually. >> trevor: vacuum? what do they leave behind? i love this. you have so much fun. we should be best friends. i like this. really, we should be best friends. give me your number. i'm kidding man. you're a great guest. thank you so much for coming. "the divergent series: allegiant" is in theaters this friday. allegiant" is in theaters this friday. thedoar peter james!

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