right here in the building. if i were you, charles minor, because the michael scott paper company is about to open a big old can of whoop-ass on dunder mifflin. actually, a six-pack. we're gonna open a six-pack of whoop-ass. [door opens] he looked scared. >> 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," everybody! thank you so much for tuning in! thank you for coming out!

wow! let's do it! let's get into the show! i'm trevor noah. our guest tonight was the star of spider-man into the spider verse and now place raekwon in hulu's new "wu tang" series! also, popeyes has run out of chicken and hurricane dorian braces for president trump. let's catch up on today's headlines. let's begin with news out of the vatican where the pope almost didn't show up for his weekly address, but turns out he had a good excuse. >> a rescue at the vatican after pope francis gets stuck in an elevator for 25 minutes, the incident causing the pope to arrive late for his weekly address in st. peter's square sunday. he told the crowd there was an electrical problem in the vatican that trapped him in the elevator and called for applause for the firefighters that rescued him.

>> trevor: that's right, the pope was trapped in the elevator and the firefighters had dom rescue him. i would have been childish, i would have opened the doors and been, like, where's your god now? ( laughter ) it's actually weird because, like, you don't actually think about the pope using elevators. you know? it's like a normal thing to do. i almost imagine, like, does he have elevator jokes? he would have fun ones. he's like, can you hit heaven, please? ha ha, just kidding, i'm going to eight. ( laughter ) so the pope got stuck in an elevator. he was fine. turns out he uses the hat to store snacks in other international news, the pro democracy protests in hong kong interring week 14. because china is not backing down the protests are getting more intense. >> pro democracy protests in hong kong turn violent as police and demonstrators clash in the streets. >> police arrested protesters who disrupted the subway system by blocking train doors and hundreds of students at the

chinese university of hong kong held a rally to demand political reform. >> trevor: saturday was more violent with protesters assaulting government headquarters. they threw bricks and fire bombs. police fired back with tear gas and water canons tinted with blue dye to i.d. people. >> trevor: china does not mess around. because, i mean, it's one thing to arrest people at a protest. it's another thing to mock them with blue dye so you can arrest them later. like, that's really bad news for the protesters and, if you're in the touring company of the blue man group. ( laughter ) you know, just, like, wait, i'm not a protester, i'm in the blue man group. they're, like, that's even worse! laugh but kudos to these protesters. they are not giving up. they believe in what they believe in and they're even responding to oppression by getting creative with science. they're disrupting cameras with lasers, disarming tear gas with water canisters. they put the tear gas into the can and shakes it up and when

the guy opens it up, there's no more tear gas. look at this, comes out and it's, like, tear gas -- gone. like magic trick. yeah. this is why you should pay attention in chemistry class, people, especially americans because occupy wall street couldn't even get their volcano to smoke. ( laughter ) and finally, as america dont's struggle with escalating gun violence, it doesn't seem like lawmakers are going to reach a solution anytime soon, but one man in st. louis has come up with a new idea for dealing with gun violence. just don't give a shit. >> a man with nerves of steel kept cool when coming face to face with suspects in an armed robbery. watch as everybody in this st. louis bar gets on the floor when robbers come in except the one man taking a chug of his drink. he goes on to light a cigarette when one of the suspects waves a gun in his face. on top of that, he refused the suspect's demands, kept his cell

phone and cash while everybody else in the bar got robbed. ( laughter ) >> trevor: wow. wow! that dude just opted out of a robbery. i didn't even know you could do that. ( laughter ) he was, like, no, i don' unsubsi don't want to be a part of it. ( laughter ) i tell you one thing, that's an authentic bar. that's not a hipster bar where people go to look cool. this is a bar where men go to drink and wait for death! ( laughter ) you might be thinking those robbers had guns. why didn't they just do something? i tell you why, because the guy lit a cigarette. when you have a gun in someone's face and their response is to light a cigarette, you're screwed. ( laughter ) that's, like, the scariest shit somebody can do. freeze! and the person's, like, click, you pointing that shit at me? ( laughter ) it's like a quentin tarantino movie, like someone's going to chop off my balls. that the what's about to happen, right? ( laughter ) he doesn't care because smoking is illegal indoors.

and i bet there's a phone. bhoa, my wife doesn't need to see this. give back the phone. let's move on to the top story. ( cheers and applause ) it's officially the first week of september, which means kids are going back to school, the football season is about to begin and wearing white is no longer okay in america. yes. people take that shit seriously out here. even the clan is putting on their pumpkin spice hoods. like you can't be amasterrer race till you master fashion, isn't that right, boys? whoo! unfortunately, september also means hurricane season is in full swing. >> tonight, bracing for hurricane dorien and the devastating images coming in, homes wiped away, gusts reaching 220 miles an hour. >> water is seen lapping the windows of this home. the home owner says the water reached his kitchen windows 20 feet off the ground. this woman nervously watched as flood waters reached the second story of her home. >> swim! swim!

swim! >> our team witnessing the people practically swept away. >> conditions amplified when the storms stalled directly over grand bahama, crawling across the island at 1-mile-per-hour. >> trevor: that's right, the bahamas have just been hit with one of the worst hurricanes ever recorded and with it being reported that 13,000 homes may have been destroyed, this island nation is going to need as much help as they can get. so please donate if you can. everybody is going to need it. and, you know, whenever i see this, i ask myself, i go, like, why do hurricanes destroy the most beautiful places on earth? i wish hurricanes hit places we actually wanted to rebuild. like why doesn't a hurricane hit la guardia hurt? that would be great, then we could start over from scratch and fix that shit hole! ( laughter ) chances are the hurricane would be like, la guardia? (~bleep ) no. they don't even va place to charge your phone. i'm not going there. ( laughter ) so murk dorian slammed into the

bahamas and is headed toward the u.s. the good news, president trump has a lot of experience handling hurricanes of this magnitude. the bad news is he doesn't remember any of his experience. >> the president appeared baffled by the storm's intensity. >> i'm not sure that i've ever even heard of a category 5. i knew it existed. >> trevor: even though there have been four category 5 hurricanes since he's been in office. it's not the first time he's claimed surprise about the common term. >> category 5 -- never heard about category 5s before. category 5 is big stuff. category 5. nobody's ever heard of a 5 little land. it actually touched down as a category 5. people have never seen anything like that. i never even knew a category 5 existed. >> trevor: okay, this is just weird, man. every time a category 5 storm comes, trump acts like it's never happened before. it must be so strange working for donald trump. can you imagine what it's like, people coming in, mr. president, the hurricane is a category 5.

wow! category 5 -- that's never happened before! no, sir, they happen all the time. what does? the category 5. wow! that's never happened before! ( laughter ) and i don't know if trump was having a slow weekend or if the barometric pressure from the storm did something to his brain because not only did he forget how big the storm was, but he forgot where it was going. >> the president also misstated the storm's possible trajectory. >> alabama could be in for at least some very strong winds and something more than that. so for alabama, please be careful, also. >> trevor: not long after that, the national weather service corrected the president saying, alabama will not see any impacts from dorien. >> trevor: yeah! trump had to be corrected by the national weather service! and i know we're used to it by now, but it still amazes me how often the government has to tell you not to pay attention to the president.

yeah, trump is like your friend who you're driving home from a wisdom tooth surgery drugged up yelling out crazy shit, like, there's a dragon in the next car! no, that's a hipster with a vape! calm down! ( laughter ) i feel bad for anyone in alabama. could you imagine if people in alabama heard trump and took it seriously in people were probably saying things they could wouldn't normally say because a hurricane is coming. a family loading up, quick, kids, get the xbox, what about grandma? she doesn't play fortnight, she's dead weight! what about the hurricane? oh, grandma, sorry that. ( laughter ) serious business is not donald trump's specialty. >> while hurricane dorian was hitting the bahamas, president trump was hitting the links. on monday the president played golf at his trump national golf club in virginia. he did receive hourly briefings on the storm. we should remind you

president trump had canceled a diplomatic trip to poland sentset to mark the 80th ago varies of -- 80th anniversary of world war ii to, yep, better monitor the storm. >> trevor: people were surprised that the president went golfing as a hurricane barreled down on the east coast to have united states. but in trump's defense, golf is a good way to monitor a hurricane. mmm, i think it's coming. went way off. that's not me, the hurricane is close. ( laughter ) when it comes to hurricanes, president trump doesn't remember the category, doesn't remember where they're going and he's not really paying attention. luckily, he does have a way to stop them. >> as dorian churns, so are ideas about how to stop hurricanes in their tracks. why? this report on axios that president trump suggested on multiple occasions national security officials explore disrupting the storms by dropping a nuke right into the middle of them. during the recent white house briefings, axios quotes the

president saying, i got it, i got it, why don't we nuke them? they start forming off the coast of africa, as they move across the atlantic, we drop a bomb inside the hurricane and it disrupts it. why can't we do that? the briefer reportedly replied, we'll look into it. ( laughter ) >> trevor: something tells me trump hears the phrase we'll look into it about 50 times a day. he just says random shit like what in oreos hat the cream on the outside and the cookie on the inside? ya, we'll look into it, sir. ( laughter ) now, as president, you should know that nuke ago hurricane is a terrible idea, all right. not only will it not stop the hurricane, but now you have nuclear fallout being spread by 200-mile an hour winds. the stuff's going to go everywhere. it's like taking a dump into an open viet amix. it's not a good idea. not to mention the effects on the ocean. you've got nuclear waste going up. i mean, osama bin laden is in the ocean. drop a nuke, next thing you're dealing with godzilla bin laden.

you don't know what that shit will do! ( laughter ) so i know people get mad when they see trump playing golf when a hurricane is closing in, but after what we've heard, i think the less trump is involved, the better. he doesn't know how big it is, doesn't know where it's going and has bat shit ideas about how to stop it, so let him play his golf because if we don't there's a good chance trump will nuke alabama. we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) hashtag vacay. sonoma? i want wine with lunch... it's 11am, cindy. thanks, captain obvious. don't hate-like their trip, book yours with hotels.com and get rewarded basically everywhere. hotels.com. be there. do that. get rewarded.

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( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show." it's time for us to catch up on all the biggest stories that we missed over the past two weeks, and to help us do that, we're joined by the one and only roy wood, jr., everybody! ( cheers and applause ) >> hello. >> trevor: roy, there are so many major stories going on right now. there's brexit that's in chaos, there's the taliban negotiations, there are fires in the amazon rain forest. >> yeah, trevor, all that other

shit's happening but the only story that matters right now is the popeyes chicken sandwich. >> trevor: whoa, i'm sorry, what? >> yeah, popeyes out of the blue introduced a chicken sandwich, a surprise attack on chick-fil-a, like pearl harbor but juicier. >> trevor: wait, so your big story is that a chicken place started selling chicken? >> but with bread, trevor! ( laughter ) there's bread! i keep forgetting you're not from america. i've got to explain this to you. see, trevor, for decades, america's chicken restaurants have all abided by certain rules -- chick-fil-a sells chicken in a sandwich, popeyes sells chicken in a box, and k.f.c. mixes their shit with cheetos, and, yes, that is a real sandwich. which is why you shouldn't let the colonel smoke weed. >> trevor: i get it. popeyes has a chicken sandwich. let's turn to the amazon rain forest. >> no, trevor, it's not just any sandwich!

the popeyes sandwich was so delicious not even popeyes was prepared. >> if you're hoping to sink your teeth into the hot new chicken sandwich from popeyes you're out of luck. the chicken chicken sandwich is so popular it's out of stock. >> a full-on craze. lines have been so long please had to be called to deal with the traffic crunch, and some people in florida have been waiting in line over an hour. >> the burning question is have you really run out? when will they be back and when can we get our hands on a new batch of them? ( laughter ) >> see! that's how big this chicken sandwich is. this chicken sandwich is so big, cnn put the chicken full screen and put the hurricane down in the corner! ( laughter ) that's right! get that hurricane out of the way! people looking at the hurricane -- forget the hurricane, when is that sandwich hitting my city? ( laughter ) and if popeyes thinks they can launch the most delicious

chicken sandwich ever and just run out of stock, well then they have another thing coming. >> trevor: that viral chicken sandwich war has gotten so crazy a tennessee man is suing popeyes for selling out of its new scanned sand. craig barr says he went to several popeyes locations and none had his chicken sandwich. he's suing popeyes for $5,000 for false advertising and deceptive business practices. >> mm-mmm! mmm! ( cheers and applause ) that's right! america needs more heroes like this man! fighting the legal battle of our time! he's a modern day atticus finch. the movie about him will be called "to fry a mockingbird." ( laughter ) if you think suing popeyes is extreme, wait until you see how some people are taking the law into their own maunds. >> the chicken sandwich war is turning violent. this morning police are look for a man who they say pulled a gun on a group of popeyes employees here in southeast houston after

the restaurant ran out of the popular chicken sandwiches. when the manager told them they were sold out, that's when they say he pulled out a pistol demanding a chicken sandwich. after the manager repeated they were out, t police say the group took off in a blue suv. fortunately, no one was hurt. >> uh, actually, news lady, someone was hurt -- the poor man who asked for a chicken sandwich and didn't get it, he was hurt! >> trevor: you're defending the guy with the gun? >> yes, the good guy with the gun. >> trevor: this is the craziest thing. how do you run out of a chicken sandwich? it's a chicken place. they have all the ingredients. can't the manager just throw a drumstick between some biscuits? ( laughter ) >> that's the most ignorant thing i've ever heard you say. ( laughter ) look, we don't have to agree with his methods, but there's an african proverb, trevor -- you can't make a chicken sandwich without breaking a few eggs. >> trevor: that's not african. that's not a thing. >> people are angry. so they're rising up.

this is about fighting for equal sandwich access for all of us. because you know who had zero problem getting popeyes chicken sandwich? elite, trevor! this entire time, the one percent has been getting their pristine uncalloused hands on sandwiches that belong in the mouths of the working class. look at your friend gayle king. she got a sandwich and post herd picture giggling. jimmy kimmel got a sandwich. love jimmy kimmel, met him a couple of times but did jimmy kimmel eat the sandwich? no, he gave it to his 2-year-old son! 2-year-olds don't even have taste buds yet! the child's whole life has been milk and applesauce! you don't hit a two-year-old with a popeyes, baby! that child's mouth ain't ready for the popeyes! but at least jimmy and gayle had the decency to find the

sandwich. gabrielle union got theirs in the mail. they even had the audacity to post videos chewing in our damn faces! tired of it! tired of the top 1 percent having 99 percent of the sandwiches. we need a candidate who will fight for everyone to have a sandwich. we need a sandwich bernie sanders, bernie sandwich! and that, trevor, is why i'm announcing my candidacy for the president of the united states of america. when i'm elected -- ( cheers and applause ) -- when i'm elected, i might not fix schools, i don't know anything about healthcare, but i can promise all americans that you will get a chicken sandwich! god bless you, god bless the united states of america! and god bless chicken sandwiches! i will see you at the debates! >> trevor: roy wood, jr.,

everyone! we'll be right back! ( cheers and applause ) ♪

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series "wu tang: an american saga." >> yo, play that b again, son. ♪ ♪ ( rapping ) ♪ ♪ ( rapping ) ♪ ♪ ( rapping ) ♪ ♪ >> trevor: please welcome shameik moore! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> yeah! yeah! >> trevor: welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> trevor: so good to have you. >> so excited to be here. >> trevor: it feels like you are relentless, man. your rise is your rise.

you're going all the way from "dope" to "spider-man." congratulations on winning the oscar. >> thank you! ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: that was phenomenal from going that to being in the "wu tang" movie. it feels like all your roles are different. why did you say yes to this one? >> i worked on another project with rza who is the creator of wu tang. we did "cut throat city" in new orleans. he showed me a color he didn't show me before. he said i think you can play raekwon in "wu tang." it's my second series on hulu. i'm excited for that opportunity. he tells me he thinks i'll win an award for that performance. >> trevor: it's an interesting story, because a lot of people may know a little bit about "wu tang." what makes it so important to the story of hip-hop in america?

>> i think what makes them i covering and why they still have the impact they have, why they can do what they're doing is simply because they're a group of "felons" that call themselves "wu tang" in the '90s. that's asian culture. they involved karate and the sounds, and they were from -- they were enemies. a lot of them were enemies. >> trevor: right. >> and the story is one person taking one side and one side and bringing us together and made something i conk, you know. separately they were strong but together they were i conk. for instance, black on black violence today, you know what i'm saying? but what if there was a rza in a larger form that brought everybody together? you know what i'm saying? instead of these people over here, oh, yeah, i'm this, and these people are, like, whoa, i'm this. and somebody brought these guys together and we're like this and we held it down. >> treor: make a giant

wu tang of america. >> giant wu tang of america. >> trevor: have a few million members which is ten less than the original wu tang. just have everybody on stage at the same time, you know. your attorney actually starts in the world of hip-hop. >> yeah. >> trevor: you were a dancer, like -- well, you still are. >> yeah, i still am. >> trevor: an amazing dancer. >> yes, thank you. >> trevor: that challenges grown men and beat them. you were 10, 12. >> i was 12. i'm 24 now. imagine a 12-year-old boy beating me. >> trevor: how were you in the club? >> my mother and father took me. i asked permission. my introduction was you got served. so for me marion is the reason i'm an entertainer. chris brown, i saw him perform live and wanted me to make music. and michael jackson, i was, like, i saw where everybody else got it, so -- >> trevor: you were amazing in the world of dance. then you got into music. >> right. >> trevor: and then you got

into acting and now you will be releasing a mixed tape. >> probably not this month, next month. i have been finishing up things. i have been vesting everything from the acting into the music. i have been taking it and putting it here because i always wanted to do music, to make videos and, like, kind of reach that level there and, actually, i was fighting the acting side, when i was younger. all odds were against me, and, yeah, it just propelled my career to where i am. >> trevor: in many ways it sounds like the wu tang story to me. starts in a place people don't expect it to, blows up and the next thing you're making the culture. >> man, you jus touched me. ( applause ) >> trevor: thank you so much for being on the show. "wu tang: an american saga." septembr 4th on

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( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: all right, that's our show for tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. lights out with david spade is up next. here it is... your moment of zen. >> they keep saying, two days, three days ago, oh, it's going to hit all this warm weather and warm water. we have a navy. why don't the navy come and drop ice in the wear water so it can't get cold as fast as it's going? id: hey, guys, we've got a great show tonight. we're excited, mr. brad pitt is here tonight. i'm going to go say hi to him in his dressing room. hey, brad pitt. i don't know what happened, either, spade said, you're out and i in. [laughter] >> david: no brad pitt?

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