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comey has been fired. >> today president donald trump informed f.b.i. director james comey he has been terminated and removed from office. >> trevor: wow. trump fired the f.b.i. director. you can't just fire the f.b.i. director. like, i mean, if he's gone, who's going to investigate russia's ties to -- oh! ( laughter ) ( applause ) and you know what? you know what? i know we said trump was an african dictator, right? but right now -- but right now, even africans are watching this going, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo! wow, that trump does not (bleep) around, eh?! ( laughter ) this is a blockbuster and tomorrow we'll cover more on the

show, but i have to share the reason trump is giving for firing comey. there's no other way to describe it. it's a master stroke. this is the trump administration's explanation for firing the head of the f.b.i. this is what they say. the memo says "i cannot defend the director's handling of the conclusion of the investigation of secretary clinton's e-mails." another part of it says, "we do not hold press conferences to release derogatory information about the subject of a declined criminal investigation." this is insane. do you understand the excuse trump is giving? trump is saying he's doing this because of what comey did to hillary. trump is going, i'm doing this to clear my good friend, crooked hillary, because james comey -- james comby, folks, comey clearly just wanted to lock her

up -- lock her up -- lock her up, folks!" ( laughter ) i'm not surprised, though. i'm genuinely not surprised president trump has taken such drastic action because, once again, he's facing new questions on the cloud that has been looming over his entire presidency. no, no, no, not that. not that. no, no, no, no, no. not that. try again. no, no -- ( laughter ) i'm sorry. what the hell is vagina neck? oh, wow, okay. all right. that's a pre-existing condition. go back. go back. yeah, russia. that's what i was talking about, russia. get that image out of your head. russia. ( laughter ) the comey thing makes sense because all of it is building up

on donald trump. think about it, yesterday, former acting attorney general sally yates was called to testify before the senate. if you don't remember sally yates, she was the well-respected obama holdover who trump fired after she refused to defend his muslim band in court. the best thing to have on your resume. i see you were fired by donald trump for being too ethical. that's right, that's right! and you were also fired from trader joe's? yeah, i liquid all the apples. ( laughter ) but you see, there was another reason the trump administration has beef with sally yates. she's also the person who first sounded the alarm about trump national security advisor michael flynn and his deep connections to russia, a decision she still stood by in yesterday's hearing. >> would you tell the white house? >> i told them again there were a number of press accounts, of statements that had been made by the vice president about general flynn's conduct we knew to be untrue. and the russians also knew that

general flynn had misled the vice president and others and that created a compromise situation, a situation where the national security advisor essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. to state the obvious, you don't want your national security advisor compromised with the russians. >> trevor: i'm going to put it out there and say you don't want anything compromise bid the russians. no one wants to add the russians to anything. there's no situation where anyone says you know what this birthday party needs? russian influence. yes. i make balloon horse but we have to boil for soup. happy birthday. like, you would never want your national security advisor compromised by the russians, unless your name is donald j. trump. >> sally yates says she had two separate meetings and a phone call with white house counsel don mcghan about michael flynn's conversation with the russian ambassador sergei kislyak. >> we were giving them all this

information so they could take action. >> despite her warnings, in late january, the white house waited more than two weeks to fire flynn. >> trevor: part of me thinks the reason trump took so long to fire flynn, is because he spends so little time in the white house he didn't know which room he was in. you're fired! sorry, steve -- you're fired! sorry. where's the room with the flynn -- that room -- oh, it's thursday. got to go back to mar-a-lago, guys. i don't know where anything is. you're fired! you're fired! no, you're fired -- the president is fighting with the mirror again! who's this guy? you're fired! hold on, he's a tough negotiate. you're fired! you're fired! mr. president, we've got to go. i'll see you later. i'll see you later! that's probably what happened.

( cheers and applause ) so that could be the reason it took to long to fire flynn, or it could be that, despite flynn being a confirmed national security threat, trump had no intention of letting him go because it would look bad and the only reason flynn was ever fired was that two weeks later "the washington post" broke the story of his ties to russia. trump doesn't care about national security but he will not tolerate a p.r. problem. what makes the matter worse is trump was warned about flynn even before he hired him by the previous employer. >> president trump was warned about hiring flynn. >> president trump cautioned the new president would be wise to stay away. mr. trump said he was suspicious about coming forward. >> trevor: sally yates and mr. obama warned trump but he

wouldn't listen, though i'm not surprised trump doesn't listen to women or black people. no one knows how deep the russia-trump tie goes. what we do know is every single time the subject of russia comes up, trump gets nervous and you can tell he's nervous because he tweets -- a lot. that's basically his tell. like, if you're ever playing poker with trump, check his twitter. that's all you've got to do. i raise but i only have ten deuce, he's going to fold! #bluffing, so much bluffing! ( laughter ) donald trump didn't just tweet, this russia thing got to him so much he even changed his twitter banner to "his own tweets." yeah. which is the lamest thing a twitter person can do, let's be honest. that's worse than liking your own tweet, worse than retweeting your own tweet, worse than following scot scott baio, worsd

all those things. so congratulations, sally yates you did to trump what north korea, syria and even james comey couldn't do, you got trump shook in his one safe space, and that's, um -- how would i put this -- sad! ( laughter ) we'll be right back! ( cheers and applause ) what ari can explain...s 11pm. you should be out there disappointing your father. i need to clean this place up.

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>> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show." as you know -- as you know, the news has been in the news a lot lately because, if there's one thing they love, it's themselves, well that and lenscrafters. ( laughter ) more for on what's new in the news, se turn to senior media analyst hasan minhaj, everybody! >> thank you, trevor! thank you so much, man. ( cheers and applause ) as you know, i recently spoke at the white house correspondence dinner and i spent a lot of time with news people, and breaking news. we're close now. very close. closer than bill o'reilly and a woman he thinks wants a promotion. ( laughter ) and, you know -- ( cheers and applause ) i appreciate news people have a very hard job. twhait do is very difficult because what does donald trump hate more than anything else?

>> trevor: mexicans. >> no. >> trevor: upholding contracts. >> no! the news media. >> the media deserves a very, very big fat failing grade. take a look at cnn. it's a complete hit job. no matter what you do, no matter how good, no matter how great it is, they don't report it in a positive fashion. the media is trying to attack our administration. these are very hostile people. these are very angry people. rev i network you see hits me on every topic. >> trevor: every network. every network. yeah, trump thinks he's at war with every network. though, to be fair, animal planet did do a full documentary on that rare species that lives on top of his head. so -- ( applause ) now, media, trump is out to get you and he accuses you of being biased, and we all want to be on your side, but you give him too much ammunition. you guys know what snark is,

it's sarcasm for people with masters degrees. ( laughter ) snark is driving a wedge between the media and its claim of objectivity. look how they report on trump. >> first, solo press conference. let's just say it simply, it was extraordinary. >> the president's top aide told the "new york times" that the press could keep its mouth shut. no. >> the best way to cover this administration is may be to basically treat them like they're a silent movie. >> he's talking about solving a problem that has eluded every president in the modern era, never mind any emperor to have the previous eras. >> i -- i -- i -- i don't know -- >> that's something that a five-year-old might ask? >> so, america, are you tired of winning yet? so much winning, winning! >> trevor: yeah! so much winning! so much winning! ( cheers and applause ) all trump has is the house, the senate, a supreme court pick and

a healthcare bill, but, hey, we've got tone of voice. i don't know, hasan, to be fair, the media is under a lot of pressure, man. sometimes they need just to have a little fun. >> but fun isn't the right tool for dire situations. you ever been on a plane where flight attendant starts doing something quirky like beat boxing? boom boom boom boom boom, oxygen is here -- that's fu funny on te ground, but when the plane is crashing, i don't want to be, i need my life vest just to breathe. where is it, it's -- why is he free styling?! the news is best when it's serious. you guys know jake tapper, right. cnn's diversity hire because he's the only guy who's not a silver fox on cnn. ( laughter ) this guy knows how to be serious. just look at him stand up to the

which could witch of the wild west wing, kellyanne conway. >> he tweeted at the ther -- hed there were millions of fraudulent votes. there is no evidence of that. is that presidential behavior? >> he's president-elect so that's presidential behavior. >> trevor: so the things bill clinton did in toafl office -- >> are you comparing what bill clinton dmid toafl office to a twitter feed? should we review what he did? >> trevor: i'm saying just because a president does something doesn't make it presidential. >> trevor: oh, son! that's how you do it! stay in the pocket and give her hell, j.t., that's it! that's how you do it! ( cheers and applause ) he stuck with kellyanne conway even when she tried to sliver out of out. he's his best when he has the wrinkles in his head. when he spent three hours

looking for ligh light bulbs ate dopeo, he's -- that's when he's coming with the flackets. then flush is it with a tapper-tude. >> the book to have the art of the presidency, chapter one, title i thought it would be easier. president trump says the media doesn't report terrorist attacks? wait, i thought he watched a lot of cable news. meryl streep is overrated say, the guy who had a cameo in "home alone." i'm sorry, "home alone" two. lot of talk by the trump team of an alternate fact this weekend. here's an alternate fact. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in the situation room. >> i'm national monument gonna hate. that was funny. he has comic chops, timing. the only problem is if you're trying to seem objective, then hosting a cnn roast isn't helping your cause. and what's worse, it makes it look like you're doing exactly what trump accuses the media of, being biased. so what i'm trying to say is

this -- media, i know it's hard, but just try and lose the snark, because the plane is going down, and now is not the time to beat box. trevor? >> trevor: hasan minhaj, everybody. we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) more people than ever are making the move to nissan. ♪ because of rogue, the best selling suv in america. ♪ titan, with america's best truck warranty. ♪ and the most advanced safety features on altima and other best selling models. ♪ that's why we're america's fastest-growing auto brand.

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( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show"! my guest tonight is an actor who appears in the upcoming film "king authur: legend of the sword." >> what is it that you want? >> i want to get my ass out of here and see what's left of my life and the people in it. >> you have no more home. it was razed days ago. you have no more life to go back to. >> like it or not, this is your

lot. and even we don't like you. do we, goose fat? but what we are interested in is what you can do with this sword. >> trevor: please welcome djimon hounsou! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ welcome to the show. >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> trevor: this is an honor. i have, too many times in my life, stood up in front of people and shouted give us freedom!" too many times. we love you so much. thank you for being on the show. thank you for being on the show and congratulations on this

film. it looks epic. was it as epic to make? >> yes, it was. anytime you're on a guy ritchie film, yeah, it's everything about guy ritchie film is quite dynamic. >> trevor: i read something that happened to you and i always wanted to know if it was true. it was a story of yourself and your son. >> yes. >> trevor: and your son said to you, daddy, i want to be light-skinned so that i can climb on the walls like spiderman. >> right. >> trevor: when your son said that to you, how did you react? how did you feel? >> the first thing i did was go back to the computer to try to figure out how exactly -- i mean, how do i tell them that we have heros as well? we have sheeros and she-ros, but i didn't have that much of a -- you know, i didn't know how to go about it, so i started googling, and i realized i did the voiceover for, what do you call it. >> trevor: black panther.

>> black panther, right? so he's listening to black panther and all of a sudden he stops and says, baba, is that you? ( laughter ) you know, kind of, like, heard my voice so many times, like, wow, that seems familiar. >> trevor: that is a beautiful story. in that moment, he goes, oh, wow, my dad can be a superhere o. my dad who is a black man, an african man can be a superhere. >> from that point on, he asked me not to play bad guys in films anymore so i could be his superhero in films. >> trevor: that's amazing. ( audience reacts ) wow, i want to cry now. that's an amazing story. you have a documentary out now that traces the roots of voodoo. >> yes. >> trevor: that seeks to dispel a lot of misconceptions. >> yes. >> trevor: that's something as fellow africans i won't lie, when i hear voodoo, i hear of someone with a doll being stabbed, chopping things up, bubbling pots, someone must die. >> right. >> trevor: even as an african,

voodoo, i'm thinking, da-da-da-da-da! you made the documentary. because you tried to discover the truth. >> when you say the word "voodoo, i'm sure you all have a sense of what that may be but you're not clear what are the proper attributes that defines voodoo. i'm sure you are not clear. i myself did not know. that was my motivation in doing this documentary, trying to comprehend what are the -- those attributes that are proper to voodoo. what defines voodoo and what defines voodoo is very simply the forces of nature. air, water, fire, earth. >> trevor: right. >> and then you yourself as a human being. they say you are voodoo. >> trevor: what is the story you wish to tell? what is the impact you wish to have going forward?

>> it all starts from home, obviously. how you manage your home, how you manage your neighborhood, how you manage your cities. you see what i'm saying? >> trevor: right. >> the impact you bring as a human being because it's not an accident that you're alive. i don't exist and i suddenly now have achieved all this, it's not an accident. it's not for my own good that i am, you know, this movie star in hollywood. but what i represent to africa, what i represent to the continent of africa, that's, i guess, will be judged in, you know, the years to come, but this is still the search of, you know, i'm on the right path going somewhere but i haven't achieved much, if you will. >> trevor: i think if this is not achieving much then what is to come will be truly more epic. thank you so much for being on the show. king arthur, legend of the

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