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if you can, donate. texas really needs all the help it can get. now here it is, your moment of zen. >> reporter was riding in a rescue boat when he became part of the story. >> we got you, done worry, don't worry, we got you, don't worry. it is a little cold. but we got you, don't worry. come on up. come on up. we'll put you right up. let me put this microphone dow l captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> 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." thank you so much for tuning in. i'm trevor noah. thank you so much, everybody. my guests tonight are the stars of the power new movie "crown
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heights," nnamdi asomugha and the real-life subject of the film colin warner, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) it's going to be an amazing story. you really want to stick around for that. but let's start with the big news from the world, our publishing. >> hillary clinton does unloading on her own in the new book o in "what happened. "she talks about the presidential debates. >> hillary clinton says her skin crawled as donald trump hovered and paced behind her on stage at a presidential debate last october. >> trevor: oh, snap! hillary going hard on donald trump, and -- and she's smart, too. she's doing it in the one place he'll never find her. a book. i like that. ( laughter ) nicely done. nicely done, hillary. i'm not going to lie. i'm excited to read this book because all through the campaign, half of the timism wondering, i wonder what's going through hillary's mind now. it doesn't happen with trump.
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it's, like, could you stop telling us what's going through your mind now? trump is not saving anything for the book. he'll be the first president whose memoirs will be like a pop-up book, ahhh! why sit grabbing me?! ahhh! ( laughter ) that debate hillary is talking about is really uncomfortable. we get to hear it from hillary herself because there is also an audio book. >> well, what would you do? do you stay calm, keep smiling and carry on as if he weren't repeatedly invading your space, or do you turn, look him in the eye and say loudly and clearly, back up you creep, get away from me? >> trevor: that's a good question. what can you do to stop trump. no one knows. squirt ink at him like a squid? shake your keys overhim to distract him. pee your pants? he might like that, i don't know. ( laughter ) you don't know what to do. you know what does suck for
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hillary, though, is she's got a great story to tell, but you have to admit she's not a great performer. like, do you hear the audio book? it sounded like someone said, hey, alexei, read me a story. but nothing too interesting, i'm trying to fall asleep. it's like, i bet when hillary asks siri for directions, siri is, like, "are you mocking me? also, here are directions to wisconsin ." at the end of the day, i guess that's always been hillary's gift and her curse, right? great mind, not a great performer. to understand the power of performance, you just have to look at the man who enabled her to write that book, donald trump. all right, hillary clinton's polar opposite, or bipolar opposite. ( laughter ) because every day this week, we have seen a wildly different donald address the nation, right? on monday, we had teleprompter trump, gave a somber speech on afghanistan. tuesday, free style trump at a rally.
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then wednesday, sincere trump called for national unity. three days, three trumps. i mean, hillary may have only one set bug trump is like a japanese toilet, too many settings to figure out. so many settings. you wind up crying and pooping in the corner -- i don't know how it works! i don't know! ( laughter ) it's confusing, and clearly the media is having a hard time keeping up. >> i have whiplash. it's, like, which president is going to show up today? >> the unleashed president we saw tuesday? or the teleprompter president we saw tonight? >> it really has been like a tale of two trumps. president seems to be confused. >> we just don't know which president trump will show up at any particular moment. >> why does he keep going back and forth, though? >> trump's whiplash, three personas in three speeches but the same president. >> trevor: yeah. (bleep) insane. ( laughter ) serious trump, somber trump, free style trump. personally, i'm waiting for the
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first appearance of reggae trump. that's what i'm waiting for. that will be exciting. one build a wall and mexico will pay for it, blacks blah -- blah, bigly, bigly! ( applause ) that's what i'm waiting for. although people would like to believe -- would like to believe donald trump switches every day because he's not in control. i think it's the opposite. this is not a bug of donald trump. it's a feature. he's in full control of which persona shows up. he told us about it this morning. he tweeted, "the fake news is now complaining about my different types of back-to-back speeches. there was afghanistan -- somber -- the big rally -- enthusiastic, dynamic and fun -- and the american legion -- respectful and strong. ( laughter ) is it just me or is it trump's
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modeling his personalities? afghan trump, somber, rally trump, enthusiastic, dynamic and fun. american legion trump, respectful and strong! ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) and now, look, don't get me wrong. all politicians adjust their performance for different crowds. obama speaks differently in a black or a white crowd. bush spoke differently to farmers and bankers. ted cruz speaks differently to people than the pile of human heads in his basement he says are his friends. ( laughter ) it always happens. but trump is different. when he talks to different audiences even within a few days, he doesn't tweak his style, he changes his message. >> we cannot remain a force for peace in the world. we are not at peace with each other. >> the only people giving a platform to these hate groups is the media itself and the fake
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news. "the washington post" is terrible. the democrats have no ideas. barack obama never said it took place because of radical islamic terrorism. he never said that. >> we are people. we are people who love. we are people with heart. we are people who adore. we are people that are great. >> trevor: wow. ( laughter ) wow. those messages change like the bible. on one page, it's a message of peace and love. the next page, burn it all to the ground! revelations! ( laughter ) here's the thing -- here's the thing -- trump swings are only surprising if you expect trump to actually be president. but donald trump isn't a president. he's just playing one on tv. and don't get me wrong, this is not my theory. it's what he tweeted this
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morning and it's what he said he'd do during the campaign. >> when i'm in a room talking, i'm one way. when i'm out here talking to you people, i got to be different. is easy. you know what presidential is? i walk on. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) ladies and gentlemen -- of wat waterbury. ( laughter ) it is a great honor to be with you this morning -- ( laughter ) >> trevor: see? listen to that audience. they loved it then and they love it now because trump is simply exploiting something we've all known about politics, half of it is performance. but what donald trump either doesn't get or doesn't care about is that the other half is governance, right? when most politicians perform, it's a means to an end, you get the crowd on your side so you can govern. trump only wants to govern so he can have the crowd on his side
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and not believing anything really frees trump up to act differently depending on the situation. it's acting. like denzel washington. he can be a lawyer, pilot, football coach. trump can be a statesman, demagogue or stand-up comedian. he can choose. ( laughter ) i know it's confusing because trump is playing all these characters at the same time in the same presidency which would be like denzel playing all his roles in the same movie. flying drugs in an upside down plane while coaching players shouting out "king kong ain't got (bleep) on these fences! ha ha ha!" it would be weird. but, look, don't think of donald trump as america's worst president. think of him as academy award winner for best actor in a presidency. that's all it is. we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause )
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starting on september 25th, "the daily show" will be followed by a new program which we're able to give you an exclusive sneak peek at tonight. joining us is jordan klepper, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) live from the studio of his new show, the opposition! >> thank you, trevor! i am no longer jordan klepper of "the daily show." i am now jordan klepper of "the opposition." and allow me to expose the first lie. this is not my studio. ( laughter ) this is simply a big green screen set up to project big fat lies behind my big fat head. you can digitally insert any background of your choosing. benghazi, the kremlin, the white house. ( laughter ) these are the fabrications you, trevor, know of for speed dial down your audience's pie hole. >> trevor: you told me to introduce you from your studio. >> that is true, and you fell for it ( laughter ) shows how easily you and the
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mainstream media can be manipulated. gotcha. ( laughter ) also, thank you for trusting me. ( laughter ) now, allow me to expose a second lie. trevor. >> trevor: dude, come on, don't -- >> trevor? >> trevor: no. >> trevor? >> trevor: don't, don't -- >> ah-ha! >> trevor: oh, man... >> we were here this whole time only feet apart. you see, here's what i plan to do on my new show. i want to expose the greedy globalist who chase power and money. i also want to get more twitter followers and build my brand. so, in a way, i'm looking to expose myself. >> trevor: expose yourself? didn't you get arrested for that once? >> question, trevor. never arrested. but i'm free now and i will be much more dangerous on my own show. get acquainted with jordan the barbarian. this is #war. >> trevor: you just sounded like steve bannon. >> well, maybe so, trevor, because i'm more dangerous on the outside. i've got my hands back on my
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weapon. >> trevor: you got questioned for that, too, didn't you? >> yes, that -- that, i got arrested for. ( laughter ) trevor, i have been on this show for over three years. liberal talking points battling day in and day out. a few months ago, i had two stark realizations. one, i had been living in a bubble. two, i didn't have my own show. ( laughter ) i can't believe how naive i was before i took the red pill is that you mean like the red pill that neil takes in the matrix to help him see the real world. >> is this no, the red pill i found in roy's dressing room. ( laughter ) it's really opened my eyes and, uh, dried up my mouth. >> trevor: i think that's molly? >> no, i told you it was roy, trevor. ( laughter ) ( applause ) and he got his own show. ( laughter ) see, i could finally see how out of control our society had become. just look at this week.
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they want to take down confederate statutes, now columbus', what's next? reflect on our history and then learn from it? >> trevor: actually, that doesn't sound like a bad idea. >> no, you're a slippery slope, trevor! i'm not going to stand by while barack obama continues to run things from a shadow government bunker in kenya. >> trevor: jordan, barack obama is not running the country anymore. donald trump is. >> interesting. tell me why there is still obamacare, no wall on the border and all the same obama era economic growth? ha ha! gotcha! >> trevor: this all sounds a little fringe, man. >> it is fringe. reality check, that's where everybody lives now. it's where opinions, policies and realities are born. on my new show, i represent the outsiders, the underdogs, like the billionaire tv star president. the opposition starts monday september 25th at 11:30. trevor, come with me into the light. >> trevor: i'm not going to join you, no. jordan, i have a job.
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>> so be it, old friend. i guess this is goodbye forever. >> trevor: like forever forever? >> forever -- i mean, i might swing by a few more times to plug the show, you know, for -- ( laughter ) -- corporate synergy is important, but just because i'm a lone wolf doesn't mean i can't be a team player. >> trevor: jordan klepper, everyone. ( cheers and applause ) we'll be right back.
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there's more behind the star. >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show." my guests tonight are here to talk about the new film "crown heights." >> you didn't kill that man. we should be able to prove it. >> why are you still at this, man? you got your family. you got your job. you got your life. you know, why you keep wasting your time on me? >> it's not just the deal. it's bigger than that. it could be me in here. >> trevor: please welcome actor and producer nnamdi asomugha and the subjects of the film colin warner, everybody. ( cheers and applause ) welcome to the show. thank you so much for being here. there is no other way to describe the story and the film
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as both heartbreaking and triumphant at the same time. namedy, let's start with you. this is a story of a man who's sitting next to you right now who was wrongfully imprisoned 21 years for a crime he didn't commit. you play his best friend in the movie, in real life his best friend who helped get him out. start with the process and the idea. how did you get into this? and more importantly, what connected with you in the story? >> yeah, it was -- we were lucky enough to have a visionary director in matt ruskin and he put together a five-minute documentary of colin and carl and passed it around, made its way to me, i asked for a script, auditioned and got the part. >> trevor: right. >> but i had a different connection to colin. between the aches of 13 and 16, i was arrested twice, both times for things i didn't do. so i spent the day in a holding cell, which is nothing compared to what colin went through but
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it stays with you when it happens. so i basically thought, you know, if i can be a part of this story, i can lend my voice to not only his issue but what i went through as well. >> trevor: now, colin, on your side, can you take us through even a microcosm of what you were feeling as you were experiencing this, being arrested at 18, i believe, and then having to spend most of your adult life in prison for something you didn't do? >> well, greetings, everybody. greetings! >> audience: greetings! >> i'm glad to be here. this is incredible to me, as the tid napping and the crime i didn't commit, both sides of the world. i'm glad i'm here now. it was a struggle. it was painful.
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almost destroyed me. but with friends and family, i was able to survive and hopefully, with this movie, i could touch someone in their lives. no one in america should have to go through what i went through, despite my skin color, despite my religious beliefs. in that context, i believe that we all have the power within us to change a lot of things in our lives that we do not like. go see the movie and hopefully we can make some change and save some people's lives.
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>> trevor: wow. ( applause ) >> trevor: now that you're out, your story is being told in the movie. >> right. >> trevor: now that you're out, you have a different life to live. what is the one thing you wish you could impart on other people? what is the one thing you wish other people could get from the film that either may be in this situation or may know someone who's in this situation? >> all i can say is love somebody. we need to love each other. that's the only way change going to happen. that's the only way we'll see some progress. what kyle king did for me, to me is still unbelievable. so i thank god every day for
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mr. carl king, and a lot of you may think that you may not have that friend, but believe me, you do. we just have to recognize that person, give them the respect and honor that is due to them, right, and hopefully, when your tail is in a jam, somebody will come to your defense. right, because we cannot keep asking and not give. it's not going to work out. so, mr. carl king, that's my number one hero. that's the first human being i can say i'm impressed with. >> trevor: wow. ( applause ) >> trevor: nnamdi, before i let you both go, this is a story that many people will see as exceptional. they'll go, this is an amazing film, an amazing story. it is exceptional. but you don't really see it in the same way.
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you go, it's exceptional, but, at the same time, it's happening all too often. why do you say that? >> because it is. i mean, this was a story that could have been told 50 years ago, could have been told ten years ago and it probably could have been told ten years from now. you know, hopefully the numbers are different but it just continues to go on, and in the film, we kind of connect the dots through administrations and the different things that were going on in government, and it's really something that needs to change. >> trevor: i hope everyone watches the movie. the story is amazing. you are amazing. thanks so much for being on the show. i appreciate it. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: "crown heights" currencurrently playing in selet cities and will open nationwide on september 15. nnamdi asomugha and colin warner, everybody. we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause )
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