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that's it, cupid me. okay, that's it. that's it, cupid me. aww. >> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with trevor noah. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: thank you. thank you so much. welcome to "the daily show," everybody! i'm trevor noah. thank you for tuning in. and thank you for coming out. i appreciate you. take a se seat and let's get ino it. our guest tonight is an amazing filmmaker whose documentary about being young and black in alabama was just nominated for an oscar.
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ramell ross is joining us, everybody. a brilliant man. also on the show, fox news loves cow farts, americans say don't mess with taxes, and we sent a border wall to trump's rally. ( laughter ) but first, let's catch up on today's headlines. the oscars. it's the night when the world comes together to celebrate filmmakers, and now there's a plan to make the show more exciting by leaving the filmmakers out of it. >> now to new drama surrounding the oscars. there's some backlash this morning after the academy announced four awards will be given out during commercial breaks. >> several categories, including cinematography, won't be aired live. you won't see film editing live, either. the academy has announced, those categories new england to best live action short and makeup/hairstyling will now be awarded during commercial breaks. >> trevor: during commercial breaks? okay, that's humiliating.
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they have to get their awards during commercials? what the oscars should just do is combine the two-- you know, have the winners do a commercial during their speech. "wow, wow, i'd like thank my agent at geico. he saved me 15% on car insurance. thank you so much, jim." ( laughter ) you know, at this point, it's starting to feel like the academy is just trying to piss people off. there's no host. they're cutting major awards. we're like a week from, we're just to speed thiks up, the "in memoriam" will be showing actors we were of wish were dead. you know who you are! and speaking of things making people angry-- taxes. a lot of people celebrated last year when president trump told them he was cutting their taxes. but now they're learning about a side effect they weren't prepared for. >> it is tax season, and we are getting some new information on the 2016 tax overhaul. the i.r.s. says the average refund is down almost 8.5% so far this year. >> two-thirds of households are paying less in taxes, but you already received the cuts
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because less money was withheld from your paycheck. that means you got a small boost on every paycheck without realizing it. >> i was planning on taking a vacation that i'm now going to have to postpone. ( laughing ) >> trevor: this is such an american problem! ( laughter ) you see, as an african, i don't have to pay taxes to the i.r.s. or that's what i thought. long story short-- i am going to prison, and i will miss you guys. ( laughter ) but if people are paying less taxes overall, i don't understand why they're upset if the refund check is smaller, right. you realize it's not a gift. i've seen americans get so happy, like, "my refund just came in! my refund!" it's your own money that the government was holding on to. it's like whhat vacation after all!" ( laughter ) i will say, though, this is a convenient story to break the day before valentine's day. now every cheap-ass dude can
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be like, "oh, baby, i would love to take you out to dinner, but damn trump, man. anyway, here's a pack of juicy fruit and some pringles. i love you." that's how that white guy talks. he reads too much hip-hop stories and shit. he loves hip shot. ( laughter ) moving on, howard schultz is the starbucks billionaire who has been cosplaying as a serious presidential candidate. and last night he did a cnn town hall where he was asked how he would address racism in america. because people want to know, can a wealthy white man govern a country that is substantially non-white? and his enter was, "i don't even know what you're talk about." >> as somebody who grew up in a very diverse background as a young boy in the projects, i didn't see color as a young boy. and i honestly don't see color now. >> trevor: oh! this works out great because i don't hear bullshit. yeah. ( laughter ) ( applause ) get the (bleep) out of here, man! like, i'm-- i'm sorry, but you have to see color.
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there's nothing wrong with seeing color. you just shouldn't treat people differently because of their color. but you have to see it, especially if you want to be president. it would be like, another how are you going to solve black unemployment? this guy will be like, "what's black unemployment? all i see is staggering unemployment among people named jamal. anyway, it's february, so happy history month." you know what's interesting, you know what's interesting to me, it's always white people say they don't see color. i never heard a black person, "yo, did y'all know sheer is white? all right, let's move on to today's top story. ( cheers and applause ) alexandria ocasio-cortez. by now you probably be her as congress' superstar freshman
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democrat. or if you watch fox news, what would happen if stalin was good at instagram. either way, you cannot denies nigh she's making waves because she's only been in office for six weeks, but already she's put forward a blueprint to combat climate change which is one of the more ambitious policy proposals washington has seen in a long time and it's called the green new deal. >> we are going to transition this country into the future >> green new deal calls for a 10-year national mobilization. the goal, in one short decade, to bring greenhouse gas emissions to zero, meet 100% of energy needs by renewable source, overall transportation systems. >> expanding a high-speed rail to "a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary." >> it would modernize u.s. infrastructure, upgrade or replace every building for energy efficiency. >> create millions of high-paying jobs, bring equality and equal justice for under-served, minority, and impoverished communities. >> the plan calls for
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government-guaranteed jobs, government-proited health care, free education for life, and safe and affordable housing for everyone. >> trevor: wow! that's a lot of major issue for a climate change plan to solve. i expected the green new deal to tackle greenhouse gases and fossil fuels. apparently it's also going to give everyone a job, and health care, and free education, and provide affordable housing and get your parents back together? ( laughter ) and don't get me wrong. these are admirable aspiration, but i'm always skeptical when anyone proposes a cure-all. it's like a salesman, one bottle will silicon valley insom me's, weakness, and even a total eclipse of the heart." i will say, this the main part of the bill is about climate change and ocasio-cortez is right that the u.s. needs to take drastic measures to prevent climate change's worst effects. of course, over at fox news, as soon as they heard "cortez," and
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"climate change," sirens started going off like blindside just emerged from the ocean holding aqua man' man's trident. they are like this is not a drill! we have a code a.o.c.! man your battle station! >> what is this green new deal? answer. radical environmental socialism. >> one of the most dangerous, impractical, misguided, economically guaranteed to be devastating plans ever. >> it sounds more like a green nightmare to me when none of it us are able to turn on the heat or turn on the air conditioning. >> when we outlaw planes, we outlaw gasoline, we outlaw cars-- i think actually probably the entire u.s. military. >> there's another victim of green new deal-- ice cream. >> the green new deal wants to go after flatulent cows. are they sailing we will ban hamburgers and americans will never have a barbecue. >> i guess government-forced veeganism is in order. >> trevor: yeah! they'll force-feed us broccoli
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while giving us a to few enema. yeah! we're all going to be gang banged by vegetables. yeah, yeah. the eggplant emoji not funny anymore. yeah! ( laughter ) you know what i love about american politics is that whenever someone in the opposing party says something, there's this weird thing where you immediately have to take the exact opposite position. ocasio-cortez says cow farting contributes to climate change. which is true, by the way, it's true. and all of a sudden, fox news is like, "cow farts are the smell of freedom, okay! every time a cow farts, george washington gives me a thumbs-up from the grave." ( laughter ) and, look, there are legitimate concerns about the green new deal. you can't ask questions about how are you going to pay for it? can it actually get done that quickly? can we really replace coal with the electricity between bradley cooper and lady gaga? is it feasible? there are enough real questions about the green new deal for conservatives to take issue
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with, but i guess it's more fun to scare america into knowledging they're becoming a vegan north korea. obviously, the green new deal doesn't ban meat or dairy or air travel or cars. you'll still be free to eat your steak-flavored ice cream on your private jet. what ocasio-cortez wants to do is invest in alternatives that are better for the earth. wherever it makes sense to replace air travel with high-speed rail, we should do that. why would you be against that? who's the one guy who says, "if we don't use planes how will i take a shit in a bathroom only two inches larger than my body! this is an outrage of outrage!" it's no surprise that fox news would oppose a plan a democrat came up with. what is surprising is the country's most powerful democrat would also be dition the green new deal. >> speaker nancy pelosi throwing some shad at it, telling polit low, "it will be one of several or maybe many suggestions we receive. the green dream-- or whatever they call it-- nobody knows what it is, but they're for it,
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right?" >> trevor: the green dream or whatever they call it? that's so cold. she dismissed the green new deal like it was that weird kind of youtube challenge. un, all the kids these days are trying to snort cinnamon up their butts or save the planet for the human race, or something like that! but, look, not everyone is so lukewarm on the green new deal. in fact, polls show young people are extremely supportive of strong action against climate change, which is probably why many of the democrats running for president have also said that they support it. because if you want to connect with the youth and the energy of the democratic party, right now you want to be on board with ocasio-cortez. she's basically the cardi b of politics. yeah. it doesn't matter what she's rapping, you want to feature on her tracks. she's like, "i ♪ i like high-speed trains carbon traction ♪ that's her thing.
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( applause ) so old people not big fans. young people love it. there's clearly a generational divide. for more we're joined by our senior youth correspondent jabouki ,everybody. ( cheers and applause ) >> how can young people qints the rest of the country to get serious on climate change? >> trevor ydo young people have to fix everything, you know? i've got enough problems. i've got student loans. i'm trying break up with thigh ther 50. ( laughter ) and i need to get unverified on twitter. if wolf blitzer has a blue tag, that's not cool anymore. plus, why do we have to fix climate change if we didn't create it? old people got us into this mess. they should be able to get us out of it. >> trevor: you know, i understand where you're coming from but it may be too late for only old people to solve climate change by themselves. >> okay, then the least they can do is pay us. you know, young people deserve commof compensation for the wrongs the previous generation
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has inflicted on us. >> trevor: you mean like for reparations. >> no, reparations are things that happened in the past. you all (bleep) us over in the future. ( laughter ) ( applause ) so, like, technically, this is, like, pre-reparations, you know. like, preparation. ( laughter ) i just made up a word. ( laughter ) >> trevor: preparations is a word. >> yeah, because i just made it up. ( laughter ) here-- here's how it will work. you know, you pay young people in proportion to how much you contributed to climate change. if you drove a hummer, you owe, like a thousand bucks. but if you ran a coal mine, that's $10 million. and if you drove a hummer to the coal mine you own, give us all your passwords. we're taking all your shit. ( laughter ) >> trevor: okay, okay, so the old people pay you, but what do the young people use the money for? we'll do all the things now that we won't be able to do once climate change ruins everything. like visit a glacier, pat an elephant, buy beyonce tickets.
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( laughter ) >> trevor: now i feel like you're using climate change to scam beyonce tickets. >> everything is going to be under water, trevor, and that includes beyonce. >> trevor: another all right, gristing aside the idea of pre-preparations makes sense. i i think i could get behind this. >> really? wow. okay. i didn't think that old people would get on board so quick but... >> trevor: dude-- like, i've talked to you about this. stop calling-- i'm not old. you don't call me old on the show. didn't you get my voice mail about this? ( laughter ) >> i don't know. what's a-- what's a voice mail? >> trevor: it's a recording of my voice that i send to your phone and then you listen to it. >> oh, so it's like a minipodcast for one. ( laughter ) that's so cute. >> trevor: goddam it. jaboukie young-white, everybody! we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause )
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it's very loud there. are you taking a zumba class? ( cheers and applause ). >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show". let's talk about donald trump's border wall. it's been keeping congress busy for months. but just this week, they finally made a deal to give trump $1.5 million for 55 miles of new barriers. yes. and they also threw in $50 to get trump a pair of throat panties. "fantastic, now i can finally cover up my neck vagina." now, remember, $1.4 billion is a lot less than trump originally wanted. so the question is, is this enough money for the wall? well, who better to ask this question to than the official
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mascot for donald trump's border wall, "bricky the border wall," everybody. ( cheers and applause ) welcome back, bricky. >> thanks, trevor. build the me! build the me! ( laughter ) >> trevor: we don't do that chant here, bricky. thanks for joining us again. bricky, how are you feeling about this new funding deal? >> well, i'm getting a billion dollars, trevor. i'm so excited, i'm hard as concrete right now. ( laughter ) >> trevor: well, it's actually funny you mention concrete, ricky, because the bill actually says the wall might be made out of steel slats, so it might not even be a wall-wall. >> i'm not prejudice, trevor. i don't care if you're steel, concrete, or asbestos. i don't see building materials. the important thing is we all come together and keep out those goddamn dirty mexicans. >> trevor: whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, bricky. >> i'm sorry. i shouldn't have said "goddamn."
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>> trevor: no, i've told you, your xenophobia is not welcome at the show. >> well, you know where it is welcome? at a donald trump rally, which is why i went down to his "build the wall" rally in el paso this week. check it out. hi, friends. i'm bricky, the big beautiful wall, or mr. bricks, if you're nasty. i'm here in el paso with thousands of patriots. hey, you can't just walk around me. you're making me feel like i'm a big waste of money. oh, goddammit! we're all here to see our president. >> el paso, thank you very much. ( cheers ) >> no, thank you, mr. president. you see, president trump and his supporters understand exactly why we need to build me. >> that's what we need, to keep all the... illegals out. >> you don't know who the people are. they could be a terrorist or something. >> yeah!
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>> you know, i mean-- >> some of them may even have hooks as hands. >> yeah, very true. >> i heard when there was no wall, immigrants would just swim across the ariana grande. and be right here in el paso. >> i met a man a week ago who is working on construction of the wall in new mexico. he watched 180 people, all dressed in black, with black on their face, and weapons start coming across the border. >> oh, great! now mexico has ninjas? what percentage of that caravan do you think works for isis? ooooo-oooo! >> i also heard about the illegal passports that venezuela was selling, selling a bunch to isis, letting-- letting them believe that those people were-- were hispanic when they're not. >> i can't wait for these isis guys to join a caravan and walk over 1,000 miles, but then they'd give up when they see me, the wall. >> yes! yes! you betcha!
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>> but don't worry-- trump's people have some bold ideas of how we can build the perfect me! >> the beauty of the wall we're going to build is it's going to be harder to get over. >> especially when it has some beautiful barbed wire on top, like that. >> electrified would be great. they also have glass, broken glass. there are all kinds of solutions. >> i've actually been to israel, and i've seen the concrete barriers between israel and the west bank. i never saw a single person scale that wall, so-- >> it's not like they have any problems, am i right? what about all them democrats that say illegal immigrants are going to climb under the wall? >> well, then they deserve to get shot. >> these people are full of great ideas. just one problem: those liberals in congress are only giving our president $1 billion. they're stiffing trump, like he's one of his own contractors. but you know who's really going to pay for the rest? mexico! how is trump going to get mexico to pay for me?
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>> you got all the drug cartel money. you take it away at the border, all the drugs and all the money gets confiscated. >> yeah! sell some drugs to fund me. say hello to my lethal plan. how is mexico going to pay, gary? >> tax on the border for goods coming in. >> okay. >> tariffs. >> but what about the dumb democrat idea that putting a tariff on an import actually hurts the country that receives it, right here? >> that's absolutely fake news. >> it must be nice to just say things are fake news, right? >> absolutely it is. >> don't worry, mexico will pay for these. and after they asked me to leave the rally-- but you're separating me from my family!-- i just had one last stop on my journey to the borderland. i love your work! only 1,200 miles of me to go. a-boob-ed-e-boo. >> trevor: thanks so much, bricky the border wall. we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause )
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>> i got a pretty good wing span. look at this. >> trevor: please welcome ramell ross. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: welcome to the show. >> thanks for having me, trevor. >> trevor: and, i mean, first things first-- congratulations on your oscar nomination. >> thank you. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: your first documentary gets an oscar nomination. that's a-- that's a pretty high bar for you right now. >> it's pretty wild. i'm done. i'm finished after this. >> trevor: you should. quit while you're ahead and just be done. you'll be 1 for 1 and 2 for 0. the film is truly beautiful, and
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it's difficult to capture in that clip. i mean, if someone is watching that right now, they'll be like, "do i need to be high?" but-- but-- but the film is a story that you have put together. it took five years-- >> yeah. >> trevor: --to film this documentary. and it was a story that really is just about being black in the south. >> uh-huh. >> trevor: how do you even begin to just make a documentary about life? >> yeah, i think that's-- that's the biggest challenge. i think i realized that you just display it. you don't sensationalize it. you don't dramatize it. you, you know, use the documentary genre because it's a space where, you know, people are sort of predisposed to truth, which is a great, great entryway into an idea. so you film black folks. you use the black banal. you use the quotidian. and you look to, i think, the logic of music, which is kind of counter-intuitive and is repetitious and has contradictions in it to provide a space of experience so someone
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can actually experience what it's like to see and be there, perhaps. >> trevor: what's interesting is there are moments in the film where you are in the grittiest piece of a person's life. i mean, there is one point where you are at the funeral of a toddler. how do you capture those moments without feeling like you're overstepping boundaries? >> well, you know, the moments of the funeral and, you know, how they're displayed in the film are the only footage i had in it, because i wasn't interested in filming the footage. >> trevor: right. >> you know, i was there as a support, you know, person for this really tragic thing that happened. so, you know, the shot's really distant, and it happens in the film, and then you sort of move on, because the film isn't about the struggle. it's not about the trauma of the situation. it's something happened but not what the film is necessarily about. i think in terms of the photographic approach, taking a photographic approach allows to you participate in, you know,
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the documentary genre with the enhanced complexity of the moment. normally, films are sort of building off moments and scenes in order to prove some theseis or prove some narrative. but what happens when you make every frame and every moment the most important moment that's packed with ideas and packed with the ambiguity necessariry to really deal with the contradiction of being blackness. yeah, i think it's an interesting thing to compound meaning as much as possible and sort of see what kind of experience emerges. >> trevor: when people watch this films, they're going to have many different takeaways. some people will say it's beautiful. some will say it's enlightening, it's common, it's a different experience. as a filmmaker, what do you hope people take away that you haven't seen them take away? >> i genuinely hope that people have an actual experience. i think-- well, i mean, i believe that experiences before words, like, before knowledge. you sort of apply the narrative after. you apply meaning after. and so, you know, the film is rigorously made, and with that in mind, if someone can make it through the film and have an experience of what it is like to see through
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look through my eyes through their lives, they'll have an experience of the centrality of our gaze and hopefully that provides some new input or some new understanding of me and them and the world. >> trevor: thank you so much for being on the show. ( cheers and applause ) "hale county this morning, this evening" is currently in select theaters. you can also stream the film on pbs.com or buy it on itunes. ramell ross, everybody. we'll be right back. almost time for me to go. well, what if i... drove me home? [♪] what if we lost track of time? [♪] what if we took a leap of faith? whoo-hoo! what if you... missed my flight next week? [♪] the all-new rav4.
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( cheers and applause ). >> trevor: well that's our show for tonight. thank you so much for tuning in. here it is, your moment of zen. >> it makes me think of lil wayne. >> go on. >> who said i ain't got nothing
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left to prove unless i got to prove it in court. >> briltd. and lil wayne, also, his song about his relations with police. a lot of law enforcement discussion in his artistry, and i appreciate you bringing it to the table. i could learn something from you. >> this is who we are. ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org woman: when i was a child, my mother had a rule -- only one cookie from the cookie jar per day. thing was, i loved cookies. i'd lie, cry, beg, and scream until she would relent. she could never say no. when i was 11, her stepbrother crashed his car while driving drunk so my mother gave him hers. so she had to walk to work -- four miles each way. one morning she stopped to admire a beautiful deer

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