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thank you for tuning in! thank you for coming out! thank you for being here, everybody! our guest tonight -- our guest tonight is an actor and an activist now celebrating his tenth year on "grey's anatomy," jesse williams is joining us! ( cheers and applause ) also on tonight's show, why black people love joe biden, a car crashes cory booker's beach and the pope says snitches get stitches. let's catch up on today's headlines. first up, if you were planning a vacation to venezuela this week, i hope you've got trip insurance. >> breaking news out of venezuela where an attempted coup is underway there. you heard that right. opposition leader juan guaido calling for the military to oust sitting president nicholas maduro. in an early morning video guaido kaying "the moment is now" calling for his support torse take to the streets, and many answering that call.

>> trevor: that's right. as we speak, venezuela is in the throws of an attempted coup. after five years of repression and economic crisis, the country has just finally reached a tipple point. it's either that or everyone was just super inspired by watching "avengers: endgame" and "game of thrones" in the same weekend and they're, like, we can do it! ( laughter ) i say it's a coup, but according to john bolton, president trump's national security advisor and janitor who ate his own mop, this is not a cool. no, the u.s. government says it's not a coup because the u.s. government recognizes juan guaido as the legitimate president. yeah, so this is not a coup. and you've got to admit america is pretty gangster about this. if it likes the people overthrowing the government it's not a coup, it's just cool. ( laughter ) in other international news, i.s.i.s., the u.s. coalition may have taken away their caliphate but apparently they still have their camera phones. >> the leader of i.s.i.s. emerged publicly for five years after not being seen.

>> the new video appears to show the i.s.i.s. leader abdady giving the second talk to reporters, the only second video of him since five years ago when he founded the islamic state. his state is in ruins ground underfood by a u.s.-led dealings. he has a new tone, the terror group will live on by fighting, he says, a long war of attrition. >> trevor: a long war of attrition? that sounds exhausting. just blow us up, already. like an actual war may be more violent but it has a beginning and end. i picture i.s.i.s. finding lots of little ways to irritate us forever. because of terrorism which they can't afford anymore, they're going to stand in front of us at the ice cream counter and try all the flavors. mmm, can i try the vanilla again? you already tried it! yes, but i want to see what it tastes like after chocolate. assholes. today mark corkberg announced

changes to facebook and instagram. a complete makeover for facebook. i can't wait for my mom to call me and ask what the hell happened to her facebook. ton one hand it's cool facebook is trying to improve the way they use the apps but some are using them in ways you may have never expected. >> you heard of staycations but how about fake-cations. a nebraska-based company called fake a vacation is helping people do that on social media. the company superimposes pictures of you on popular vacation spot backdrops. this may seem over the top but it's a growing trend. a survey says around 10% of people admitted to putting fake travel photos on their social media pages. >> trevor: posting photos of fake trips? guys, come on. that is so sad. if you want to make other peel on social media jealous, do it

the old fashioned way, by pretending you're in a happy relationship. they sleep in separate bedrooms, don't believe the hype. by the way, why fake a trip to the beach? it's a waste of faking. if i'm faking trips, i'm faking the shit out of them, oh, you went to the ca catskills? i spent a weekend in space. and spent the weekend at the pope's house. if you want to hear more about my sleepover, he doesn't want anyone talking about it. >> pope francis is telling hair dressers to quit gossipping in the salon. the pope warned them to avoid the temptation of gossipping with their clients. the pope said that they should, instead, treat all of their clients with kindness and always offer good words of encouragement. >> trevor: the pope is telling

hair dressers not to gossip. ( laughter ) that's a weirdly specific thing to preach. like it feels like the pope is using god for his own personal issues, you know. he's just, like, after much prayer the lord came to me and said denise needs to shut her (~bleep ) mouth. okay? okay? god said that to you? yeah, totally said that. also said please bore reme ten bucks. yeah. he's against hair dressers and barbers gossipping. you can't say no gossip because gossip is the bedrock of the church. that's why they call it is gospels. it's make matthew, mark, luke and john spilling the tea. like, girl, he went in the temple and started whipping ass -- shhh! he's coming! hey, jesus! ( laughter ) priests' job is to have people

whisper their sins to them. you can't tell them not to gossip then tell them to come confess. only 552 days until presidential election. let's catch up on the democratic primary race in the ongoing segment world war d. ( cheers and applause ) there are now 20 candidates running in the democratic primary race. which is an insane number. look at all those faces. huh? look at all of those faces! and because there are so many faces, many of the candidates are having a hard time getting any media coverage so they're trying anything to make a splash. beto o'rourke went to yosemite national park to announce a $5 trillion plan to fight climate change, but no one has heard about it. yeah, it's like the old saying, if a candidate announces a policy in a forest and there's no one around to hear it, then does a bear shit on it?

( laughter ) john hickenlooper is trying to get people to look at his new trade plans. jay inslee is trying to convince people he actually exists. he's, like, i swear i'm a real candidate! i swear i was in the picture they showed on "the daily show"! wait, you're sonic the hedge hog? no, the other guy! eric swalwell? who's that? exactly! i don't know any of these guys! it's so hard to get attention cory booker was almost run over during a speech and it barely made the news. >> senator cory booker's latest speech was interrupted by a minivan that careened into a building where he was speaking. >> your house republicans cast a bill -- ( crashing sounds ) >> police say this was an accident. senator booker went on with the event once the building was declared to be structurally safe. >> trevor: wow, that is crazy. cory booker is so boring he's making people who are not even in the room fall asleep. that woman was just driving past

like, what's happening to me? ( laughter ) now, the police were saying this was just an accident, and that there was no ill intent. although if i was a terrorist and my plot failed, that's what i would say. i would play it off as an accident. probably happens more than we think. some guy tried to blow up starbucks and his suicide vest failed. uh, i would like a pumpkin spice -- latte -- please -- yeah. some democrats are struggling to get noticed but one candidate has no problem at all, former vice president and professional tickle monster joe biden. yesterday he kicked off his campaign with a rally outside pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> joe biden at the first rally of his 2020 campaign surround bid labor union supporters in battleground, pennsylvania. >> major moral obligation of our time is to restore, rebuild and respect the backbone of america, the middle class.

thestock stock market is roaring but you don't feel it! i make no apologies. i am a union man, period. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: i am a union man! it's a good campaign line in a terrible marvel superhere o. how are we going to stop thenos? i don't know! but i've got marvel to give us free dental coverage! ( laughter ) and though biden may be zeroing in on one voting bloc, he's not forgetting the rest of the country. >> choose hope over fear, unity over division. we always do better when we act as one america. donald trump is only president -- is the only president who's decided not to represent the whole country. the president has his base. we need a president who works for all americans. >> trevor: yes. that's where america has gotten to. candidates now have to promise if they get the job, they will be the president of the whole country. ( laughter ) it's crazy because, thanks to trump, that's not a foregone conclusion anymore, you realize

that? because he got into the white house and was, like, california, suck a fat dick, new york same to you. all the people who voted for hillary, suck my balls. wisconsin, see you every friday, baby, yeah! so biden's first speech seemed like it was connecting with the people but one thing key observers noticed, the former vice president was a little out of practice when it came to saying words. >> i have regret to re-think how we define what constitutes a successful economy. they see workers as a means to an end, not an end of them -- in themselves. the same thing is happening in big hospital -- in big hospital systems, commercial workers in boston. medical research to conquer diseases like cancer. they took incredible cuts in their future. the country wasn't built by wall street bankers, c.e.o.s and hud -- and hedge fund

managers, it was built by you. >> trevor: the hudge fund managers? oh, man, joe biden, one thing to mess up in the middle of a sentence and the other thing to stumble when you're trying to rally the tramples -- i mean the troops! it loses all energy. can you imagine if king leonitis slipped up like that? this is splendor -- i mean sparta! i totally said spar at that. you can't surrender. what are we doing now? we're going to train dragons, what are we doing now? ( laughter ) trump doesn't let a mistake trip him up. he creates a new reality and plows through. if he did that he would be, like, this country wasn't built by hedge fund managers and hudge fund managers, which is also a thing. people forget about hudge but not me, i know all about hudge, vanessa, so hudges.

( laughter ) all politicians misspeak sometimes but because trump has started a narrative that biden is old and losing his wits, biden can't afford any slipups. literally every day, on twitter, trump is calling biden sleepy joe. that's his nickname for him, which is weird. you have to admit. no, i mean, it's like a strange slavment sleeping is just a basic human function. like, hey, look at him, he sleeps. what? ( laughter ) i will say this, though, if joe biden goes up against trump, i can't wait to see those attack ads. >> joe biden says he wants to be your president, but is he too sleepy for the job? >> i'm so sick and tired -- sick and tired -- tired -- tired -- president trump is never tired. at 3:00 a.m. when joe biden and other babies are in bed snoozing, donald trump is tweeting about cnn's low

ratings. so in 2020, ask yourself do, we want a commander-in-chief who goes to bed at night? or do we want a real man? >> i'm donald trump. i haven't slept in nine days and i approve this message. >> trevor: we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) there's nothing more important than the education of a young mind. except maybe being first in line to the grand opening of the world's largest rollercoaster. the volkswagen atlas. more room means more fun.

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democratic race just out shows former vice president joe biden with a big bounce. he now has 39%. >> among black women, a nearly 30-point advantage for biden in this morning poll. >> trevor: that's right, joe biden has surged to a huge lead in the democratic party, and in second place is bernie sanders. combined age, 642. ( laughter ) it almost seems like they pulled that move senior citizens do when they cut to the front of the line and everyone's too polite. let him cut, might be his last meal ever, let him go. ( laughter ) i find it interesting that biden has especially strong support among black women. a lot of people are wondering why that is. so to help us find out, let's turn to an actual black woman. dulce sloan, everybody! >> hey! ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: hello, dulce. >> hello. >> trevor: so this feels like a conundrum, dullsy. help me understand, why are so many black people leaning toward joe biden? >> i don't want to talk about

this political shit, trevor! >> sad. >> trevor: i know why you're sad. >> i'm sad because i got to kill somebody. >> trevor: let's move on. dulce, focus on politics. why do you think biden is doing so well with black women? many people expected black women to support cory booker or kamala harris. >> well, let me break it down for you. cory and kamala are fine, but if i'm completely honest, they've got a bit of an image problem. cory is nice but he reminds you of the cousin who's a tattletale. even when no one asks, snitching for the love of the game. and kamala looks like a mean vice principal. she just comes up, like, dulce, i want what's best for you, which is why i'm giving you detention. corrie, thank you for coming

right to me! >> trevor: it doesn't explain why black women go for someone like elizabeth warren. she's arizonaed specific issues black women have, reparations, the black mortality rate. >> younger black women will probably go for elizabeth warren, but older black women go for biden because if biden becomes president, then obama is back in the white house. ( cheers and applause ) ah! ha ha! ha ha! >> trevor: wait, wait, but that's not true. obama can't be president again. >> who said anything about president? if joe biden wins, he's going to invite obama over for dinner, and where's dinner? >> trevor: the white house. >> boom! ( applause ) obama's back in the white house! i mean it's sneaky but it's all

we got. >> trevor: okay, fine. so maybe that explains black women's support. but what's interesting is democrats overall seem to be going with biden which is strangers considering how diverse and fresh most of the other candidates are. >> of course. yeah. this is just a simple case of familiar dick. ( audience reacts ) >> trevor: familiar dick? >> yeah. see, listen, y'all know what i'm talking about, okay? there's that one dude you been hooking up with for years, right? and sometimes you try someone different but you always go back to him. that's familiar dick! ( applause ) y'all get it! listen, you know how well it does, what it does. i mean, sure, he's 37 and sells drugs on a child's bike, but it's the dick you know! ( laughter ) >> trevor: i can safely say i tinted know that women categorized dick that way. >> yeah! we got familiar dick, broke

dick, rich dick, mediocre dick, always lets you borrow his car dick. >> trevor: okay, so if i understand what you're saying, you're saying owe biden's politics is the familiar penis democrats wish to return to. >> now you're getting it dimple dick! ha! >> trevor: okay, so, please, don't encourage her. ( laughter ) so as a voter and as a black woman, who do you prefer, then, familiar dick or new dick? >> neither. i prefer british dick! i'm coming for you! >> trevor: dulce sloan, everyone! ( cheers and applause ) diswhrmpleghts man, i wish we had some-

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loving people is my purpose but bringing them together that's my journey. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show." my guest tonight is an actor, director and activist who stars in the long-running hit abc series "grey's anatomy." please welcome jesse williams! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> hello. >> trevor: welcome back to the show. >> thank you, it's good to be here. >> trevor: good to have you here. i feel like every time you come your eyes get a little greener. >> all right, trevor, all right. ( cheering ) >> trevor: your face gets a little more like you -- how's life treating you? >> better. >> trevor: you enjoying life? >> working hard, playing hard, having fun. >> trevor: congratulations on another season of "grey's anatomy." how many seasons has it been? >> we just finished 15.

>> trevor: 15 seasons. >> yeah, yeah. and they're the long seasons, 25 hour-long episode seasons, not these little episode half-assed seasons. >> trevor: i like you throwing shade at all the miniseries people out there. we're doing real seasons. >> yeah. >> trevor: what's impressive about the hoe is i loved watching the show in south africa. it's huge. then i came to the u.s. and it's big. now a resurgence of people. some people watch it on netflix. >> people binge watch and i'm told we have newer fans than existing once, more new fans than those who have been diehards forever. it's been 15 years. a whole generation has been born and turned into a high schooler. grangrandmas, parents and kids l watching it at once. >> trevor: is that ever weird when you have a generational a fan gap? a lot of times, people have a fan range, and now you're gitting -- >> 12 to 18, 65 --

>> trevor: and your mom. >> and my grandma. and they're aggressive, grandmas in particular. don't underestimate your elders. >> trevor: grandmothers do not play games. >> they're very touchy bunch. that and they've got a firm grip. >> trevor: i had one grandmother who came up to me at a meet and greet and she grabbed my ass and said to me, i don't have much time, let's do this. >> amazing! ( laughter ) >> trevor: i'm serious. >> i believe it. >> trevor:. >> yeah. >> i'll tell you, a lot of times i will be in their grip, and it's like a whole stomach rub, unnecessary. >> trevor: yeah, yeah. >> not part of the photo, but just stomach rub, a little side boob action. >> trevor: living their best life. >> yeah. >> trevor: i like that. "grey's anatomy" has been a show that's had an impact on many people because you know what really intrigued me about the show when it kicked off was you had the show that shonda rhimes created where it spoke to so many issues happening in the world but didn't specifically call them out.

>> yeah. >> trevor: so, for instance, you had black doctor who had grown up in tough circumstances but it wasn't his story. it was part of his life. you had an asian doctor dealing with her family and her world. do you think what's why people connected with her? it's about human beings and -- >> it did started with the heart, the actual humanity. that's not an asian surgeon, it's yang. it's somebody you love. it's not the black chief demonstrating he's black by doing or saying something ridiculous, he's just richard weber. >> trevor: you're also directing in "grey's anatomy" as well. >> yeah, another episode i directed is this thursday. >> trevor: congratulations. >> thank you ( cheers and applause ) >> i enjoy it. actually, i enjoy it maybe more than acting. >> trevor: why? >> it's just something i've always felt like i was going to do, i could do. i went to film school, i shot shorts in college. i enjoy it. >> trevor: it's like a natural evolution. >> yeah, i knew it was going to happen. i just didn't want to start it till it was ready to keep doing it. >> trevor: got it.

>> i've got a great place to do it, a place i know and love, to have notch incredible crew. >> trevor: how sit working where you direct people you've worked with for so long? >> you get to take out your grudges. you get to give people hell that have been giving you -- ( laughter ) no, it really helps to be able to speak the language of the ak-actor. i have found with some directors they don't quite know how to speak to actors in a way and it's sometimes a delicate thing. the show has been on 15 years so we know our characters almost better than everybody else on the september if we do 25 episodes, this may be 16 directors because some repeat. new people coming in, try to feel out. they don't quite know, everybody has different personalities and the way you receive information. but being able to understand how actors work and the way you communicate and you can say a lot with a little and it's more of an emotional conversation than technical telling them how you would like it without telling them how to do it. it's a bit of a tight rope and we can be a fickle bunch. >> trevor: let's talk about some of the work you're doing

outside of "grey's anatomy." >> yeah. >> trevor: one thing that has connected so many people with you and your story is that you have been involved in social justice. you are somebody who said i have a platform andly use it to speak out for issues that i agree with or disagree against. >> sure. >> trevor: and so one thing that's been interesting is now you've teamed up with medmen. >> mm-hmm, yeah. >> trevor: a cannabis company? >> the biggest in the country. spike jones and i made essentially a short film that they put together, and we got creative and figured out a way to kind of tell the history of cannabis in this country, and, so, we're telling the story for this brilliant idea that mechanism and spike cake up with and we kind of worked on together, a series that takes you through american history, the contextualized war on drugs, stop and frisk, medicinal uses, for our veterans, so many ways it can be aplievmentd it's an important issue.

i didn't come to it from cannabis as a center, that wasn't my bag, but it was social justice and something we need to decriminalize because we're not adjudicating it fairly or enforcing the laws fairly at all. in suburbs, boys will be boy, kids will be kids, every movie we watched about coming of age, partying is super fun, kids find weed and drink and it's illegal but we accept it because it's coming of age, but when black and poor kids do it, they're filling prisons. south not fair at all. if you're not going to do it fairly, let's decriminalize it and build up in a sensible manner. >> trevor: it's a powerful ad. people have to watch it online. >> watch it on youtube. >> trevor: you can't put it legally on networks which is another interesting conversation. >> yeah. >> trevor: congratulations on grey's and furthering conversations out there. always fun to have you on the show. >> always. >> trevor: "grey's anatomy" airs thursday at 8:00 p.m. on abc.

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