>> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with trevor noah! (cheers and applause) ♪ >> trevor: welcome to "the daily show"! i'm trevor noah. thank you so much, everybody! i'm excited. our guest tonight grammy award winning macklemore is joining us, everyone! (cheers and applause) first up, breaking news, sit just got real. >> chaos in congress as house democrats stage an al-night

sit-in to push for a vote on gun control. >> this was dramatic like nothing we've ever seen before. >> we're in uncharted territory. we've certainly not had members sleeping overnight in protest. >> this historic protest that lasted more than 24 hours. >> turns out the best way to get something done in cronk is by sitting on your ass. jokes aside, what happened yesterday was unprecedented. house democrats so frustrated with their inability to even get a vote on two gun reform bills including one supported by 90% of the population staged a sit-in on magnitude unseen in modern history but that doesn't mean they couldn't have fun while doing it. >> it went on throughout the night, the house floor looking like a rowdy slumber party. >> lawmakers griing in pizza, late night snacks, cell phone chargers, bank et cetera and pillows and giving each other neck massages. >> i just brought dunkin' donuts! (cheers and applause) >> representative cleaver of

missouri had a large pink and white striped pillow and said he was prepared to spend the night. >> trevor: you know that congressman has been saving that pillow. you can't just pop out and buy a pink and white striped pillow. the guy's been waiting forever for that moment. every time he's been in congress, now? no. now? no, no, no. obama -- looks like a -- sit-in! finally! yeah! now i get to use my pillow and my matching blazer! (laughter) why does it match? man. 25 hours. can you imagine 25 hours just sitting there together. i'm sure the first couple of hours were cordial. but after five hours, people started let ago fart slip here and there. what is ha that smell? republican (bleep)! the congressman leading the

sit-in was none other than famed civil rights protester john lewis. >> john lewis, the civil rights icon led the sit-in. >> best known for the work he did in the civil rights era leading the march over the bridge in selma. >> he led the fight to end segregation in the '60s. >> trevor: that's what john lewis does. he's been sitting in for decades. he knows when you want something, sit in. gun control, sit in. civil rights, sit in, opening night tickets for "star wars," you sit in! hmm! overcome we shall! (laughter) the biggest winner for me was c-span because, you see, a big part of the story is that the speakerrer of the house paul ryan ordered c-span's cameras turned off which meant the world couldn't see the democrats'

protest. but seems like paul ryan forgot what year it is. >> there are no cameras or microphones inside because house is not in session so c-span cannot be on. >> it's caught on pop periscoped other outlets and c-span is broadcasting those periscope streams! (laughter) >> trevor: this is so insane. c-span was broadcasting periscope. i haven't seen old and young work that well together since the firstcraty kid. i don't even know -- broadcast on, broadcast off! (laughter) cable tv promoting technology that will some day replace it. that's like candles being, hey, have you heard about light bulbs? wow! periscope wasn't the first choice but snapchat didn't have the same gravidas for it.

>> and people can be free to vote whatever way they choose to but our constitution says -- >> trevor: they should have used the protest filter. so the democrats won out and were able to broadcast the sit-in to the american people and, as we all know, with great power comes a handful of representatives who don't know what the hell periscope is. >> i discovered periscope did. >> i didn't know what periscope is. >> thank you to our younger members that understand this. >> call your representative up! call these republicans up on the phone and tell them we want a vote! america! you can win this battle tonight for us! >> don't show them the telephone number! (laughter) >> trevor: oh, man! oh, that guy is so cute! and impressive! how many people can say they've used periscope the app and an actual periscope?

how many people can say that? but he's right, though. i will say this, the reason the n.r.a. has so much influence in congress is not just because of their money but the most vocal members call congress all the time you're probably, like, that's a good idea. i'll tweet them. no, that's not going to work. e-mails don't work. see that phone that you probably have in your hand right now in maybe you didn't even know this, but there is actually a phone app on it, and if you move the phone from here to here, you can call your congressperson with your voice. and maybe you're, like, trevor, that's something only old people would do. yeah, your congressperson is old. that's why it's is only thing that works. basically last night congress had a slumber party and as with any slumber party, only a matter of time before lame dad breaks it up. >> the chair would hope that the business of the house could be conducted in a fashion that

respects positively on the dignity and the decorum of this institution to which we all belong (shouting in audience) >> trevor: poor dad. yeah, honey, you can have a slumber party, 20, 25 girls. how crazy kit get? ha ha, i'm going to kill myself. not many saw this as civil protest, a plea to do something about guns in america. paul ryan saw it another way. >> this isn't trying to come up with a solution to a problem, this is trying to get attention. this is nothing more than a publicity stunt. >> trevor: yeah, that's exactly what a political protest is, publicity stunts. when the colonists threw all the tea in the boston harbor, no one said that's just a publicity stunt! you can't have a tea party without cucumber sandwiches! (laughter) if anything, the one place you can criticize the democrats is

using the sit-in as an opportunity to fundraise for their campaigns which to be honest is pretty (bleep). when you're up on the moral high ground, it's not cool to be looking for money. that's not the time. it's like martin luther king saying i have a dream, i have a dream -- and someone says, we, dr. king has a dream and for $500 you can turn that dream into reality! (laughter) after 24 hours, the democrats stood down. paul ryan and the republicans didn't allow a vote on the gun control measures. the reason paul ryan and the republicans put it last night, they didn't want to surrender to legislative black mail. essentially, the argument is this, and that is this isn't how the house works. in the house, the majority party decides what wills come up for a vote and if they gave in just because democrats were causing a scene, it would set a dangerous precedent. you would have random congress people do sit-in's all the time for every little vote which is ridiculous. the seat of their pants would

wear out from all the sitting and you would end up with a bunch of white dudes in assless pants. nobody wants that. (laughter) i get it. although i wonder, if republicans say a loud minority shouldn't be allowed to control congress, then why do they let the n.r.a. do it? (applause) let's not forget in 2008 when republicans were in the minority, they pulled a similar stunt because they wanted a vote on expanded oil drilling and a democrats blocked it so they also staged a protest. that's fine, people, because protesting is a valid way to make an important point. for democrats the point was that americans don't want over 32,000 people to die every year of gun violence, and for republicans is that we want to drill more holes in the ground. both equally valid issues. look, republicans do have a point, though, responding to this pressure by allowing a vote could break the system. but let's face it, the system iser are broken. the people elect congressmen to represent their will.

right now by refusing to hold a boat on a bill supported by 90% of the american people, the g.o.p. is ignoring that will, so the democrats are trying to shock the system back into working. sort of like what you do when you put a dollar into a vending machine for a kit kat and it gets stuck in the coil, you are well within your rights to smack the (bleep) out of that machine. you get in there and smack the (bleep) out of that machine and if paul ryan comes along and says, that's uncalled for, you go, who cares, that's my mother (bleep) kit kat in there and i'm going to get it out! (cheers and applause) and if i may, one more thing about paul ryan himself, the problem with paul ryan -- hey, guys, looks like paul ryan managed to shut our cameras off so i'm coming to you live from periscope and i encourage every one of you to join me and let your voices be heard.

thank you so much. that's what democracy is about, people. and thank you. i appreciate it. thank you so much. democracy is supposed to represent the will of the people, right, and -- (laughter) that's true, pandaings are indeed soft. thanks for chiming in. anyway, it's designed to represent the will of the people. i don't know -- i don't where your garlic bread is and please don't call me betch. that's not cool. (laughter) when the democratic government fails to listen -- (laughter) that's garlic bread and banana bread are both delicious. you don't have to choose one! when a government fails to step up, the responsibility falls on the rest of us and what the people -- (laughter) first of all, i am not your daddy and even if i was, i wouldn't do that because that would be weird. what was i saying? the will of the people -- what? who -- what does that even mean? i'm trying to -- well, thank you

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>> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show." the argument over guns in america always seems to make its way back to the meaning of the second amendment. here with her perspective is our in-house constitutional scholar, michelle wolf, everybody! (cheers and applause) hello, michelle. >> hello, trevor. great job saying constitutional. >> trevor: i try. thank you very much. >> you look very pretty tonight. >> trevor: thank you very much. >> okay, trevor, i'm not here to talk about your beauty regimen, i'm here to talk about the second amendment. let's look at what it says. a well-regulated militia -- comma -- being necessary to the

security of a free state -- comma -- the right of people to keep and bear arms -- comma -- shall not be infringed -- period. >> trevor: so, as a constitutional scholar, would you give us your analysis of this passage? >> well... in my professional opinion, it's (bleep). it's a (bleep) poorly worded amendment. it's one long sentence that never ends, where the sequence of words is all wrong, resulting in a confusing structure -- comma -- with terrible punctuation that's hard to interpret -- >> trevor: that's -- >> ah, i'm not finished -- properly. (laughter) are you going to talk or are you just going to sit there like a mannequin at j.c. penney. >> trevor: i wasn't sure you were done. >> i wasn't. the founding fathers (bleep) the second amendment. what arms are we allowed to

bear? do we only get guts if we're in a militia? what's a militia? something that sounds like you name your fourth daughter when you've run out of other names. hi, i'm militia! if she's your fourth daughter, she's not going to be that well regular laid. (audience reacts) she's a fake person! (laughter) so i don't know what happened with the people who wrote the second amendment. maybe they were so excited about finally finishing the first amendment, which which knocked out of the park, by the way, or maybe they couldn't wait to run home and have some slave sex. (audience reacts) oh, don't boo the slaves! they've had it hard enough! (laughter) it's a bad amendment! >> trevor: look, michelle, i don't think i'd disagree, but these are the founding fathers! >> oh, like we all like our fathers. sure. they did some great stuff, but they had just broken up with england. have you ever made a good decision right after a bad breakup? no! that's the time in your life

when you sleep with the guy that has one leg and a burr and you didn't know his name so when you tell the story to your friends you call him pirate. >> trevor: that sounds really specific. did that happen to you? (laughter) >> my point, is we all make mistakes like the founding fathers with the second amendment. >> trevor: and you with the pirate. >> oh, no -- best sex i ever had. the bird wash around everything. (laughter) i don't think it should be impossible to get a gun but i think it should be at least as hard as interpreting one sentence written by a guy who lived so long ago he had to use a turkey feather as a pen. there are people who we agree shouldn't get guns -- terrorists, criminals, me after a box of wine -- so me every night. now go to a commercial because i have a box of wine to get to. >> trevor: i guess we'll do that. michelle wolf, everyone! we'll be right back! (cheers and applause)

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>> trevor: i'm breaking the news to him. he didn't know. yes. (laughter) well, congratulations. you have a beautiful daughter now. >> thank you. >> trevor: do you feel the change instantly or is it immediately are you more defensive? are you looking at men differently now? >> not yet. there have been a couple of playground instances with some 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds where i'm just, like, get out of here, man, leave her alone. but she's a very happy child. she's very joyous and free and, yeah, it's incredible. >> trevor: it really sounds like it is. i'm not ready. (laughter) let's talk about your music. one thing i've always wanted to know is what came first for you, the message tore the music? you know, were you doing music? were you listening to gin and juice and you were, like, i love it but i wish it had said a little more. >> no, it's like i love this (bleep) and i want to drink gin right now. (laughter) no, i grew up with gangster rap.

that's what got me into hip-hop in the first place. >> trevor: yeah. >> i think that it was just me sharing my true experience and not trying to be something that i wasn't, and kind of got in through spoken word scene. in the late '90s the spoken word scene was very popular. hip-hop wasn't as big as it was now and i'm dating myself by saying the late '90s. sounds like a long time ago because it kind of is, man. >> trevor: it kind of was. you've come a long way from being that guy, spoken word, hip-hop, all the way through to an address with the president of the united states. you know, you were speaking with president obama about the opioid epidemic, and it must have been a surreal moment for the world as well. did you ever think we would get to the place where you would have a white rapper and a black president?

(cheers and applause) >> no. (laughter) >> trevor: the opioid epidemic, we're hearing so much about it, michael jackson, prince, and you came out with your own personal story as well. i guess the question is how has it become so pervasive amongst artists and celebrities and why are you using your voice now to speak with those i guess who are not in the same field? >> i've always struggled with addiction, and it led me to opioid abuse. i went to treatment in 2008, and there was a moment there where i was, like, do i talk about this in my music or do i completely pretend like this hasn't happened? i chose to talk about it. i think we as human beings whether on a personal level or someone that it's affected yourself or someone you know,

this is a problem that is infill -- that has infiltrated the homes of america and it's something that if we don't talk about it, if we leave the stigma, if we don't talk about addiction in the pharmaceutical industry and what happened, it's just going to perpetuate, and the white house is at a point where it's, like, we need to step up and have this conversation. >> trevor: and it really is a stigma. there are terms likeyunk junky thrown around. people don't say addiction and people don't make it seem like it's something that's out of your control when you're in that situation. >> absolutely. the disease of addiction is a disease but i think we've completely compartmentalized addiction. you're a meth head or crack head and this or that or this drug is better than this drug, vice versa, this is legal, this isn't a big deal. i think every individual has their own experience with drugs. for me, it's just what drugs

kille faster. but in order for me to be a fulfilled person and live a life worth living, i've needed to be sober. >> trevor: it's beautiful. you're appearing on the logo trail blazer honors, taking place, largest televised lgbt pride event. you have been a very vocal -- you know, you have been a very loud voice, i guess, in the lgbt conversation and now speaking out against the transgender bill. what is it about the bathrooms? why can't people just pee in peace? >> exactly (applause) >> trevor: thank you so much for being here. "this unruly mess i've made" is available now. macklemore. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause)

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