your moment of zen. >> we are going to build the wall. it will be a real wall. >> impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful, southern border wall. >> it's going to be a wall that's going to be way up there -- wow... >> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with trevor noah. ♪ ♪ >> trevor: welcome to "the daily show." thank you so much for tuning in. i'm trevor noah. tonight's guests, promoting their new album "prophets of rage," chuck d and tom morello, joining us, everybody. ( cheers and applause )

but first, if you've been enjoying the ongoing soap opera at the white house, there is an exciting new character for you to meet. >> hope hicks, who is one of the most trusted aides to the president, will now officially become the third communications director in this white house. >> now, hope hicks is a tremendously talented person. she started off with us right from day one. she used to be in my real estate company. i said, "what do you know about politics?" she said, "absolutely, nothing." i said, "congratulations." you're into the world of politics. right? ( laughter ) >> trevor: yeah, you know, we laugh. but that's the same answer that trump gave when america interviewed him for his job. "hey, donald, what do you know about politics? 'absolutely nothing.' congratulations, mr. president. you're hired." i think hope hicks will be perfect for this job because who better to promote a message of nothing than a person who knows

nothing herself? a match made in heaven. i love it. meanwhile, the recovery from hurricane irma is just getting started in florida and the caribbean, and if you can, please, do donate. people really need all they can. whatever you have, try to contribute and donate to them. and that is one of the bright spots in the aftermath of an event like this, is seeing how helpful and kind humanity can actually be. >> a miami nun trying to help florida rise up from the damage, sister margaret anne, slipping on gloves and picking up a chainsaw to help clear debris from the archbishop coleman carol high school. ( laughter ) >> trevor: okay, i mean, for most people, this is inspirational. if you went to a catholic school, this is terrifying. ( laughter ) because if you know what nuns can do with a ruler, imagine when they can do with a chainsaw. "all right, put your hands on the desk." "i learned my lesson." ( laughter )

h this nun is fantastic, though. it's just too bad she wasn't around when mary was giving birth. it would be like, "no room in the inn? no problem. all right, there it is. i opened it up. you're good." but let's move on. for a while now, there has been a heated debate over statues, like should confederate memorials come down? should the statue of david have a bigger dong? ( laughter ) and last night, the statue debate escalated once again. >> the christopher columbus statue in central park is a symbol of pride for many new yorkers, especially italian americans. but others call it a symbol of oppression, and that was the apparent motive behind the defacing of this statue in central park last night. the base had been spraypainted, "hate will not be tolerated." columbus' hands were also painted red, in an apparent symbol of blood on his hands for his role in the oppression and death of native americans. >> trevor: okay, look, i get what's going on, but i don't know why anyone is upset about anything they see in central park.

i mean, you have ever been in central park? ( laughter ) i once saw a man (bleep) while masturbating. ( laughter ) yeah, yeah. so i paid him for my hot dog, and then i moved on. ( laughter ) ( applause ) i mean, dude. but, honestly, i don't know if you can even call this vandalism because they didn't really deface the statue. like, they added something clever that made you see it in a new way, you know, like, columbus has blood on his hands. it makes you think. makes you think. it's like when they put the little girl in front of the bull on wall street, it makes you think. or when they gave the bill cosby statue extra accessories. it makes you think. ( laughter ) but the question is what should be done about statues people can't agree on? well, michael kosta went to find out. >> the problematic statue debate is spreading all the way to new york. >> mayor de blasio named a commission to help decide the fate of city statues and monuments that some may see as offensive. >> that's right, new york's mayor and walking bean stalk, bill de blasio, is considering removing a bunch of statues, including mr. 1492.

but what do the people want? to gauge public opinion, i did the obvious thing-- created a fake tour company with a catchy name to see which statue people found the most offensive. our first stop was columbus circle. hey, guys, this is, of course, the famous christopher columbus, not the director of "home alone." the famous explorer. without him, a lot of european descendants like myself wouldn't be here. that being said, he also, enslaved, annihilated, decimated entire native people. now, who thinks we should take down this statue of christopher columbus, raise your hand. sir, let's start with you. why should we take him down? >> he wanted to find india but he couldn't. he's an idiot. >> because he's an idiot, okay. heading up central park west, we realized statues aren't the only offensive structures in new york. who thinks that should be taken down? ( cheers and applause ) dodging tree limbs and traffic lights, we ended up just outside

central park in east harlem. all right, guys, coming up is a statue of dr. james marion sims. he's considered the father of modern gynecology. well, that's good. he also used enslaved african american women as his test subjects. so that's not good. this may be a tough one. all right, well, let's go see the statue. who feels that his statue should be taken down? who thinks this statue should be replaced with a female gynecologist? who also experimented on slaves. no, okay. no bus tour is complete without visiting new york's beloved rat warren of a bus depot, the port authority, home to the city's most famous bus driver from "the honeymooners." that's ralph kramden. he symbolizes the everyday working american. he also threatened to beat his wife almost every episode. if you knowledge he should be taken down, raise your hand. do you think ralph cram den should be taken down? there's three. but we were just getting

started. further downtown, problematic statues sprung up everywhere. this next statue, everyone, is a no brainer. he inspired millions through his message of love. obviously, i'm talking about legendary actor, sir ben kingsley. >> that's gandhi. >> that's who? >> gandhi. >> i don't know who that is. so you're wrong, and i'm right. who thinks ben kingsley should be taken down? see what i mean? nobody. coming up on the left is a-- whoa! huh? that's (bleep) weird. ( laughter ) raise your hand if you think that's a weird statue. some people think that's weird. yeah. you think we should take that down? >> yes. >> yeah, i'm with you. that's (bleep) weird. huh? get out of here! scram! who's a good boy! the last top, the tip of manhattan, wall street. to the right here is the bull, represents a booming american economy. also, tourists from different parts of western europe take

photographs. don't look at me! don't look at me! who here thinks the bull should be taken down? anybody think the bull should be taken down? yeah. of course the chinese person doesn't want to support american booming economy. as we sat drenched in cold rain, we realized that there was no good solution. so, inspired by the high level of internet discussion, we came up with the next best thing-- turn every statue into a comment board. now everyone will know that you think columbus is aguido, dr. sims, a psycho. and ralph cramden, a psycho. >> at least there's one thing we can agree on. >> why should it be dogs? humans. humans take pictures. >> trevor: michael kosta, everybody. we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) ( ♪ )

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( cheers and applause ). >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show." let's take a meement and talk about the nobel peace prize. there's nothing more prestigious that you can win. it's basically like getting an oscar for being a good person instead of acting like a good person. but the peace prize has been on my mind, because recently myanmar has been popping up on my news feeds. it's a country of 50 million people situated between india, china, and thailand-- which means their food is, like, really good. and right now they're having issues with their leader, aung san suu kyi, who is a nobel peace prize winner. but lately, there are people who are saying she should be forced to give her prize back because, well, there's no peace. >> disturbing reports emerging of a new wave of attacks

unleashed by government forces in myanmar, on the rohingya, a muslim minority, considered one of the most persecuted groups in the world. reports of villages surrounded, homes burned to the ground, torture, executions, and rape. nearly 150,000 rohingya have crossed into bangladesh since august 25, with thousands more at the border waiting to cross. >> trevor: yes, myanmar's army is systematically targeting the country's minority rohingya population, which is a horror that is beyond belief. what's even more unbelievable is finding out who the villains are. >> one of the biggest puzzles about her nation, a buddhist country, which is supposed to be the most peaceful of religions, run by this nobel prize winner. but it is roundly condemned for its systematic perce ciewfergz a mine, on the a muslim minority as it happens. >> here's the puzzle for people. they look at a buddhist country

that is yet, you know, persecuting violently a muslim minority. >> trevor: okay, i don't know about you guys, but this (bleep) is mind blowing because i didn't even know that buddhists could be violent. this goes against everything i thought i knew about buddhism. violence is the complete opposite of what buddhists are supposed to do. what's next, we're going it find out the kardashians are secretlyamish. "oh, my god, my father was threatening to cancel my rumspringa. hand me a pencil. i'm going to draw a selfie." ( laughter ) seriously, violent buddhist blows my mind. like, did i have the wrong idea just because, like buddha is so chubby and cute? no, he's like the pillsbury doughboy of major religious figures, you know. and, you know,, you know, buddhists would be the most annoying people to persecute you, because can you imagine while you're losing your (bleep), the buddhist who is burning down your house-- you book like, "hey, man, you burned down my house." "you cannot burn that which

doesn't exist." "are you (bleep) me! everything i own is inside that house." "it is clear you did not possess the items. the items possessed you." "yeah, i guess you're right, man." now, already, the idea of a violent buddhist is such a mind (bleep). what is just as twisted is a peace prize winner in a position of power watching the violence and going... shrug emoji? >> do you ever worry that you will be remembered as the champion of human rights who failed to stand up to ethnic cleansing in her own country? >> no, because i don't think there's ethnic cleansing going on. i think ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression to use for what's happening. >> trevor: another i'm going to stop you right there. i feel like you are already lost the argument when you say, "hey, we haven't killed enough people yet for it to be called ethnic cleansing. yeah, think of this as more of a light ethnic dusting. come on, huh?" here's the thing, myanmar is the kind of country-- it's not like

america. it's the kind of country where the president does control the military. so suu kyi, some people would say there's nothing she can do about this. but a leader with this kind of moral standing, i think new york subway rules should apply: if you see something, say something. ( laughter ) right? that should be the rule. oh, and you do-- ( applause ) yeah, see something, say should something. and i will add this in-- if you do say something, try not to siewnd like donald trump. >> i think this is due to fear on both sides, and this is what the world needs to understand, that the fear is not just on the side of the muslims but on the side of the buddhists as well. >> you would accept the view the vast majority of the victim of the violence has been muslims. there is evidence that they have been systematically-- >> muslims have been targeted, but, also, buddhists have been subjected to violence. but there's fear on both sides. >> trevor: did you hear that? she just "both sided" ethnic

cleansing. i bet trump was watching that like, "this woman is disgusting." "because of her views? "no, she stole my lines. she should no longer be president of the marshmallows." "you mean myanmar." "that one." like, i don't know-- look, i'm not going to solve anything. i'm not going to solve myanmar. i've only got 22 minutes on this show. if i had 40, done. i do know this, though-- maybe we need to change who gets the nobel peace prize and when. because so many people have won the prize and they've benefited from all of its prestige, ask then they've gone on to not be peaceful. like, maybe wieshed only give the nobel peace prize to people after their career is over and they've passed away. it's at the end end. we can call it "the rest in peace" prize. otherwise, if you hand the peace prize out like it's the best new artist award at the grammys, you shouldn't be shocked if some day you end up with a genocide

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( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show." my guests tonight are legendary musicians and members of the super group prophets of rage, whose self-titled debut album comes out on friday. please welcome chuck d and tom morello. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ >> trevor: welcome, welcome, welcome. >> thank you very much. >> trevor: welcome to the show. so good to have you. >> great to be here. >> trevor: i like this-- a super group, two super powers connecting-- >> three, including cypress hill. >> trevor: that's true. let's talk about the name prophets of rage. why that name? there were so many variations. >> sure. it was the shortest band meeting we had. prophets of rage is members of rage against the machine, cypress hill, and public enemy, and there is a public enemy song called "prophets of rage." when we thought what should the band name be, chuck d said prophets of rage. he's the prophet, i'm the rage. >> trevor: oh, nice, nice.

let's talk a little bit about that range. you have been someone who has been political for a very long time, most of your life. you also worked in politics, which i never knew about you. you worked for a senator in california when you were really young, and after, that you said you never wanted to be involved iin politics in that way ever again. >> it cured me forever. >> trevor: why? >> i was the scheduling secretary for alan cranston for two years, and it cured me for two reasons. one is because it was entirely about money. most of the day was spent putting the senator on the phone with wealthy democrats, wealthy republicans, wealthy people who he would ask for money. and none of that money came for free. but that's not the main reason. the main reason is one day i received a telephone call from a lady. she was complaining because there were mexicans moving into her neighborhood. i said, "ma'am, you can go to hell," thinking i had done the senator's business and hung up. so she ended up calling. i got yelled at for two weeks. and i thought to myself, if electoral politics are a world where i can't tell a racist to go to hell, then that's not the right job for me.

>> a lot of people in music say stay out of politics and don't get into it because you have fans that buy your music from either side." this feels like an evolution, was it inspired in some ways by donald trump? >> no, donald trump was part of it as this came together, with tom basically saying that this infuriated him so much that it was, you know, more about than just tweeting about it or going to social media. >> trevor: right. >> we can do something about it. we can do something about it, and what we do musically to bring the noise and make people aware. and it's one thing about turning fans off. but one thing is we're fearless without music. and i was raised, being born in this city, is to be fearless and say what you need, you know, to say and what needs to be said, and that's been pretty much my track line right throughout.

>> if you're making music that everyone can agree on, you're probably making pretty (bleep) music, right? ( laughter ) >> trevor: touche! i like that. ( cheers and applause ) let me ask you this, though, let me ask you. this is interesting. when you heard-- or did you hear that paul ryan, that he was a huge fan of rage against the machine? >> sure, sure. >> trevor: did you-- did you think to yourself, like, does he know who you are? has he actually heard the lyrics? maybe he just hears the music. >> yeah, well, i mean, first of all, there's no political litmus test of being a fan of the band. and one of the most inspiring stories i hear is people got. come up, and they got into our band because of the expression of the music, and they were exposed to a different point of view. that's totally cool. paul ryan's point of-- he doesn't do a lot of raging against women, against gays, against music, against unions, against the environment >> trevor: so that's his machine. >> he's the epitome of the machine we have been raging about for years. while he may use rage against

the machine for his px90 workt outs, let's get in the pit and let nature take its course. >> and his team spirit just exploded when he made that statement. ( laughter ) >> first of all, you're not-- he was trying-- i don't know what he was trying to do when he said that, but sort of piggyback on some of the coolness, or whatever. and we weren't about to let him get away with it. >> trevor: what do you want people to take from the music? >> you created music, fighting the power. if you look at this chuck d., do you feel in some ways are you still fighting the power or in some ways shifted or morphed. >> i started out 1986 as a professional during r&b, that's reagan and bush. ( laughter ) ( applause ) nelson mandela was in prison,

there was a wall up. you know, 2017. you're talking about the president of the united states building a wall, you know. >> trevor: right. >> "mr. mexico, let's build this wall" might be the statement. but the biggest difference is that older people move on and transition, and younger people come in. but the stench of racism hovers over and is institutionalized. and we feel as musicians that we have the universal language and passport to tell the whole world to be accountable and responsible, as you know. you're grooving to the grooves in the beat. so that's probably the biggest difference is that we can kind of, like, synergize with the world's language on how ridiculous it is in some places. the world can connect a lot better than it used to. what are we going to do with this avenue? and right now, we're prophets of rage. >> trevor: you guys are doing

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