is insbordinate, unwilling to change,nwillg and worse yet, he's lost his accountabilibuddy. - they found him! they found bradly!him, you better come quick!you b - oh, lord in heaven! lorn don't jump, bradly!p, brad i'm an abomination of god!i'm a - no, no, we're fixing you!we'r - guess you think today is your big day, huh, kyle?, k? to embarrass me in front of everyone?of er well, guess what.ll, gue i'm not giving you the satisfaction. [school bell ringing]g ) - okay, students, let's all take our seats.tu since it is monday, we'll start as always with show-and-tell.h who would like to go first? fir? - [grunting] ow! quit it, dude. - okay, eric. jesus, calm down. you can go first. eyou - ha! [clearing throat] for show-and-tell today,telo i would like to share with you some very special,

very artsy photographs i have takeni h in pursuit of being a respected photographer.ree this first picture i like to call moods of winter. a simple aspen grove, shot in high-contrast black and white shows the brittleness of the trunkss and reminds one of death.ned this picture i took just as the sun was rising,as th and this lonely man was walking to work. walkn a statement about all of our loneliness perhaps? of - he isn't going to actually show everyone.t going - and now this next picture...pictue - don't jump, bradly. you will only make god angrier with you!ump - it's too late. - bradly, please, you're my accountabilibuddy.re how will this make me look? - you get back; you're only gonna make things worse. l. i'll never be normal.i'l - you're perfectly normal, bradly. - get back; you're just as confused as he is.e jut - all right. all right, that does it! ! i am sick and tired of everyone telling me i'm confused!d te started telling me i was!was ! you know what i think?now t ? i think maybe you're the ones who are confused. the

- yeah. just because you say i should be.because my name is butters. . i'm eight years old, i' i'm blood type o,d, and i'm bi-curious. bi-curi and even that's okay, because if i'm bi-curious and i'm somehow mad made from god, then i figure god must be a little bi-curious himself!a - i think--i think i'd like to come down now. i t - we did it! - through the power of christ, we have saved this child. tw - well, butters, i guess we might as well go home.e looks like gon're never gonna change. - no, i like being bi-curious. like be wewell, you know something? so do i. [laughing] - wait, now i am confused.m conu - and this photograph i took of a sunseth near the power plant.the w note how the contrasting images make a statement about our impact on the earth,. which brings us to my last picture.rings u

[clearing throat] this picture you may find som somewhat controversial. [all gasping] - ew! - dude. this is shot at a 5.6 aperture using a low-light filter. you can see the grain from the high-speed film.frt m. there's sort of a penis in my mouth right here,i and the low depth of field keeps the background soft.ps thb - eric, what the hell is this?he hell - what this is is a statement against the war in iraq.emet it's wrong that we still have our troops there. r it's wrong! it's wrong that we still have our troops there. r and what i'm saying is that-- - um, eric cartman, we got an emergency message from your mother. "kyle didn't have it after all. she said you'd know what what means, m'kay? - lame.lame. captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com

everybody welcome to the daily social distancing shoi, i'm trevor noah it is wednesday, august 26thment and here is your quarantine tip of the day, if you are going back to college but you don't want to get corona, just become a philosophy major. that way no one will want to be around you. any which on tonight's episode we cover day two of the rnc. jrd an klepper investigates another way america's elections are screwed. and then we take a look at the chaos in kenosha. so let's do this, people, welcome to the daily social distancing show. >> from trevor's couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, the daily social distancing show presents, the republican national convention, celebrating february's economy. >> yesterday was night two of the republican national convention. the biggest week for trump campaign staffers who aren't currently in prison. the night got off to a rocky

start when one speaker was pulled at the last minute for tweeting out a anti-semitic q-anon conspiracy theory. and i for one am really glad. but i don't know about you but when i sit down to watch the republican national convention, i don't want to hear anything crazy, but i am worried this does set a dangerous precedence because now there is a 95% chance that trump also gets the boot come thursday. >> that wasn't a tweet, i just retweeted it, what is wrong with you. >> after that recognizey start, without better to smooth things over than vice president of the united states and elevator music in human form, mr. mike pengs. pence appeared in a video that was too boring for me to remember what happened except that he was standing outside abraham lincoln's boyhood cabin and he also took the bold step of appearing alone with a woman who was not mother. or as he calls it, doingy style. then later on there was a segment making the case that trump is also a feminist hero because he has hired a bunch of women. although some people might argue you have to admit, trump is an

ally to women. just look at the facts. he appointed a young up and coming woman to a high level position despite having zero experience. he gave women like kellyanne conway and sarah sanders the opportunity to lie to the american people, a job traditionally reserved for men. and he alone stood by ghislaine maxwell when no one else would. that doesn't make him a feminist, then mawb i don't know what the word means but the main events of the evening was a speech from first lady and woman who just betrayed james bond, melania trump. she showed once again why she is the most popular trump. >> i want to acknowledge the fact that since march our lives have changed drsically. the invisible enemy, covid-19 september across our beautiful country. and impacted all of us. my deepest sympathies goes out to everything who has lost a loved one and my prayers are

with those who are ill or suffering. i don't want to use this precious time attacking the other side. because as we saw last week, that kind of talk only serves to divide the country furthered. this modern world is moving so fast. and our children face challenges that seem to change every few months. just like me, i know many of you how manipulative social media can be. we all know donald trump makes no secret about how he feels about things. honesty are what we our citizens deserve from our president. >> trevor: okay, is it just me or does every melania speech seem like she is taking shots at her husband. she culled it covid-19 instead of china virus. she said people on social media are too mean, and she said that america deserves an honest

president. i was watching this like damn, she may have gotten rid of the trees in the rose garden but she made sure to bring her own shade. i mean no wonder, trump was sitting there the whole time looking like he was watching his on colonoscopy. but aside from trump it turns out a lot of people really loved melania's speech. >> melania trump delivered a very impressive speech from the rose garden, the white house. >> addressing pointedly and movingly the number one crisis issue facing the united states right now, the coronavirus pandemic. >> she did touch on and did speak to the reality that is going on in a way that we haven't heard many other if any other speakers really do. she acknowledged what people are feeling. >> trevor: yes, it's true. melania spoke with optimism and empathy. when everyone else was dark and fearful it is almost like when they went low, she went high. i have heard that somewhere before, i know right now you

might be thinking come on, trevor, request doesn't melania deserve praise for just sim pathizing with coronavirus victims. well, i will tell you dwr, have you seen the rest of the convention, everyone else is acting like the pandemic has never happened or that it magically ended a long time ago. like i know the bar is low but at least she stepped over it. it is easy to be best whenever else is being worse. and maybe you don't think melania's sympathy is worth anything but sympathy is all she can offer. because she doesn't have any power. and don't tell me no, she should force trump to do por about corona. guys, melania can't make trump do shit. if she had any power, do you think she would let him dress the way he does. look at this, mel-- melania looks like she has fashion designers on speed dial, whereas trump looks like he stole his suits off a parade balloon version of himself. now melania wasn't the only trump family member who spoke last night. we also heard from the president's youngest daughter tiffany who said she was having

deficit finding a job right now, i mean dude, can't her dad at least hook her up with a job in the mail room. or i guess in this case, the job stab tajing the rail room. and of course the appearance by the ultimate forgotten man, eric trump who took full advantage of the fact that perhaps for the first time in years his dad was probably listening to him. >> in closing i would like to speak directly to my father. i miss working alongside you every single day. but i am damn proud to be on the front lines of this fight. i am proud of what you are doing for this country. i'm proud to show my children what their grandfather is fighting for. you are making america strong again. you are making america safe again. you are making america proud again, i love you very much. >> god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. >> trevor: man, i feel bad for eric. imagine having to talk to your dad through the tv. it is sad.

but you can talk to someone through a tv but there is no way to know if they are listening. suspect that right, j.lo. that is nice of you to say, i miss you too. and knowing the donald, eric's speech is probably the exact moment he decided to go to the concession stand to get more nachos. but aside from the trumps, he is thrying to earn a thank you text from their dad, the republican convention so far has been a standard affair. just a lot of speeches and promotional videos. but last night there was one big issue that overshadowed the whole thing. >> president trump and the republican party may have violated a federal law meant to separate government functions from political ones. >> the president hosting a naferlization ceremony from inside the white house with the marines. >> okay. >> using his power as president to pardon a bank robber turned activist, democratic members of congress this morning are said to investigate whether secretary of state mike pompeo broke any

laws by speaking from israel. >> the white house was used as a prominent back drop in multiple official duddies were conducted at a campaign event which is possibly a violation of the hatch act which prohibits government employees from participating in some political activities while on the job. but it is worth noting that president trump has the time say to determine if someone violated the hatch act and he has made clear that positive optics outweigh any potential ethics violation. >> trevor: wait, hold up, hold up. so the person who determines whether there is an ethics violation is the person who is committing the ethics violation? you know, sometimes america seems like the most advanced country with its laws and checks and balances, but every now and again you are like wait, is nobody noticed this. it is almost like america's laws were designed by the same people who designed the death star. >> there san empen trabl and flawilessly designed system but we will leave a gap in here so

somebody can come in and blow the whole thing up. >> that is just for one movie, right. >> no no no, all the movies. keeps things interesting. >> and look, i get why trump wants to do these events. it is good tv, yo. that large surprise pardon had some strong roman emperor energy. plus i'm not going to lie. that naturalization ceremony, that was inspiring. you know, because say what you want, becoming an american citizen is a long and hard process. so congratulations to those people. plus it is extra cool having donald trump give your naturalization ceremony. because as soon as it is done he is also the guy who will tell you to go back to where you came from, so it is a full service experience. i know, i know that most people don't give a shit about the hatch act. and i get it. but the idea behind if is pretty cool. the idea is that taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill for the presidential campaign of a guy that they might not support. i mean think about it, american taxpayers paid for the rose garden.

american taxpayers pay for the secretary of state's travel. so those things shouldn't be used to partisan purposes. they should be used for nonpartisan things like easter egg hunts or presented fake evidence to get america into a war. and even more importantly, the president shouldn't treelt powers like granting pardons on naturalizing imgrapts as personal favors that he can hand out to get vote force himself. because that is not the leader's job in a democracy. and if trump can't be bothered to maintain even the cosmetic appearance of democracy, st not his second term that people should be worried about, it is his third and his fourth. all right, we'll take a quick break but when we come back, we'll talk about what is happening in kenosha. so stay tun ♪

♪ vented where you want it. cool when you need it. coolzone™fly.

from fruit of the loom®. welcome to camp tonsafun on xfinity! it's summer camp, but in your living room. learn how to draw with a minions expert... how to build an indoor obstacle course! plus... whatever she's doing.

and me, jade catta-preta. the host of e's the soup! camp tonsafun. it's like summer camp, but minus the poison ivy. unless you own poison ivy. in which case, why? just say "summer camp" into your xfinity voice remote to join. but what if we told you its recipe is over 100 years old? created in mexo by a german brewmaster. it's not just any beer now, is it? dos equis. a most interesting beer. (hundred bands in my pocket, it's on me (on me) yeah, your grandmama probably know me (know me) it's a moment when i show up, got 'em sayin', "wow" new doritos flamin' hot limon. do i use a toothpaste that or one that's good for my teeth? got 'em sayin', "wow" now i don't have to choose. crest 3d white. it removes up to 95% of surface stains. and strengthens enamel. from the number one toothpaste brand in america.

crest.

>> trevor: welcome back to the daily social distancing show. after the george floyd protest which swept not only the u.s. but many countries around the world there was definitely a sense that this could be the moments of systemic change. k07s marched with protestors, city councils discussed alternatives to police, and most importantly, pancake syrup became woke. but as we've been reminded of yets again, there is still a long way to go. >> disturbing video throwing a city into turmoil, a black man walking away from police shot repeatedly while reaching into his car. >> kenosha wisconsin police responding to a domestic incident at about 5:00 sunday evening. at least two officers with their guns drawn followed him as he walked around the front of his gray suv. then emptied 7 shots. blake's family says the 29 year old's spinal cord is selferred and is he paralyzed from the waist down though doctors aren't

sure it is permanent. his family is now demanding the officers involved in sunday's shooting captured on the cell phone video be fired and the one who shot blake in the back be arrested. >> trevor: no matter how many times i watch these videos i will never get used to how quickly police go from issuing commands to using deadly force. like whatever happened to warning shots. or tackling a suspect. like are we really meant to believe that the only two options a cop has is do nothing or shoot somebody in the back seven times? that is all we have? i mean think about it, even when wild animals are loose on the streets, they don't always shoot to kill. they have tranquilizers, they have nets. i never thought i would wish for black people to be treated at least like a wild bear but here we are. and i know people are questioning why blake didn't just follow the polices orders. just listen to the cops and you will be fine. and look, i don't know why he didn't, i don't, all right. maybe he was worried because he

had outstanding warranteds. maybe it is because he knows what happened to george floyd when he did follow the police's orders am maybe he just wanted to get his sunglasses. it doesn't matter to the police because they jumped straight to this black man is going to try to kill us if we don't kill him first. like let's say for argument's sake that they shot jacob blake to stop him from reaching his car. let's ignore for a second that that is a [bleep] terrible inhumane way to stop somebody from reaching into their car. they shot himself intimes, what purpose do bullets two, three, four, five, six and seven serve? either way, blake's move toward his car made them see him as a threat. but as his sister reminded us, they forgot to also see him as a human being. >> i am my brother's keeper. and when you say the name jacob blake, make sure you say father, make sure you say cousin, make sure you say son, make sure you

say uncle, but most importantly make sure you say human. human life. let it marinate in your mouth, in your mind. a human life. so many people have reached out to me telling me they're sorry that this happened to my family. well, don't be worry, because this-- sorry, this has been happening to my family for a long time, longer than i can account for. it happened to emmitt-- emmett till, emmett till is my family. philando, mike brown, sandra, this has been happening to my family, and i have shared tears for every one of these people that it has happened to. this is nothing new. mi not sad, i'm not sorry, i'm angry. and i'm tired. i haven't cried one time. i stopped crying years ago.

i am numb. i have been watching police murder people that look like me for years. i'm not sad, i don't want your pity. i want change. >> trevor: those are powerful words, those are words filled with pain and it only makes sense that jacob's sister is angry. because not only have black people been mistreated for generations by the police, but because there is almost never any police accountability. these incidents remain an open wound and the pain and the anger just builds and builds with no closure or relief. black people are tired of hearing i'm sorry and then nothing happening. because essentially what they are really hearing is i'm sorry this is happening, and i'm sorry that it is going to happen again. and it is because of that frustration and anger and pain that once again people took to the streets to express their rage. >> outrage igniting in kenosha, a city on fire.

rioters smashing traffic lights, storming businesses, looting, torching buildings and cars. >> from battalion one we have multiple cars on fire. >> as demonstrators faced off with police, tensions quickly escalating. authorities pepper spraying civilians. >> the entire site as you can see still smoldering. and firefighters are still running around town dealing with several sites just like this one. the governor deployed 125 members of the national guard here yesterday to help as those peaceful protests during the day turn destructive after the 8 p.m. curfew. >> trevor: yes, for three days now the streets of kenosha have been a blaze. and although there have been peaceful protests, that inevitably gets overshadowed when there is so much civil unrest. so once again the pattern repeats it ef is, an unarmed black person is shot by the cops. in response people go into the street. more law enforcement is sent in and the chaos only continues to grow am i could tell you this story with my eyes closed by

now, if i wanted to i could prerecord five of these and go on vacation and you would probably never know. in this situation just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, last night it did. >> breaking news, a very dangerous situation in kenosha, wisconsin. two people are dead in clashes that may have involveed armed vigilantes, people may have moved in to that city to counter the protests following the police shooting of jacob blake. >> the sheriff used the word militia to describe some of the people who may have been involved in last night's shootings. >> we just learned that a 17 year old has been charged with first degree murder in at least one of those killings last night. >> and we now have seen some social media video of a man with a long gun strapped across his chest running down the street or walking down the street and being chased by people who are yelling he's shooting, he shot someone. the man tripped, falls on his own, people still try to come

and apprehend him and get him. he then fires again at point blank range at two more people and then the man continues to walk down the street. he is a white man with a huge gun strapped across his chest with his hands up as you see police vehicles not one, not two but three vehicles who are coming towards him. he has his hands up with his gun, people are quell yelling, he shot someone, he shot someone and plises passed him by. they are a lot of questions here as to why he wasn't apprehended at that time. >> trevor: that's right, last night some guy decided to drive to kenosha with his mel militia buddies to protect a business. and apparently ended up shooting three people and killing two. but don't worry, the business is okay. and let me tell you something, no one drives into a city with guns because they love someone else's bills that much. that is some bull shit. no one has thought it is my solemn am duty to pick up a

rifle and protect that tjmaxx. they are do do it because they are hoping to shoot someone. that is the only reason people like him join these gangs in the first place. and yes, i said it, a gang. enough with this militia bull shit. this isn't the battle of work noun town, it say bunch much youth threatening people with guns. what happened with those shootings last night is tragic, what happened afterwards is illuminating because it made me wonder, it really made me wonder why some of people get shot seven times in the back while other people are treated like human beings and reasonabled with and taken into custody with no bullets in their body. >> how come jacob blake was seen as a deadly threat for a theoretical gun that he might have. and might try to commit a crime with, but this gunman who was armed and had already shot people who had shown that he is a threat was arrested the next day. given full due process of the law and generally treated like a human being whose life matters.

how did dylan roof shoot up a church, james hold msz shoot up a movie theater and both live to tell about it. why is that the police decide that some threats must be extinguished immediately while other threats get the privilege of being diffused. i am asking these as questions but i feel like we know the answer. the answer is that the gun doesn't matter as much as who is holding the gun. because for some of people black skin is the most threatening weapon of all. when we come back, jordan klepper looks into how the government is enforcing campaign finance laws. spoiler alert, it's not. just don't go away. ♪

i had this hundred thousand dollar student debt. two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars in debt. ah, sofi literally changed my life. it was the easiest application process. sofi made it so there's no tradeoff between my dreams and paying student loans. student loans don't have to take over for the rest of your life. thank you for allowing me to get my money right. ♪ there's nothing like a crisp refreshing sam adams boston lager. a perfect balance of malt & hops... sorry. i was gonna buy that six-pack. ah, ten bucks. that includes mine. yep, ok. ♪ honey, did you hear about these new geico savings? mom? you'll get an extra 15% on top of what geico could already save you. can i call you back? your father's been researching our geneology.

we're vikings! there's never been a better time to save with geico. switch by october seventh for an extra 15% on car and motorcycle insurance. hey, we lost the wifi password. do you remember what that is? well then chill your reese's, dessyou'll eat it slower.ast? i wouldn't know i swallow mine whole like a duck. not sorry. reese's. >> welcome back to the daily social distancing show.

everyone knows that billions are spent getting a man elected president. 2020 is on track to be the most expensive election ever. but where is all this money coming from and is it being used legally? well, it is usually the job of the federal election commission, the sec to monitor all this sphending but this year there is one tiny little problem. jord jordan klepper has more. the federal election commission has regulated our campaign finance laws and protected our democracy since 1975. they can investigate political campaigns, audit donations and find campaigns that break established laws. but it's not always run so smoothly. back in my prepub es ent pre2020 baby skin, i talked to the, fec and learned that thanks to partisanship the three democrats and three republicans running the place were not getting shit done. >> the fec is enormously

disfunctional. >> can you imagine working in a place like that? those poor bas tards. >> i'm the chair of the federal election commission. >> whoa. >> but that was a long time ago. i wanted to see how the fec was handling this year's election. so i sat down with the longest tenured fec commissioner ellen winethrop. >> the last time we talked the fec was having some issues. am i recalling that correctly? >> you are. the fec was having trouble coming to con sen shus-- consensus on important issues and we were sent to break down on party lines on splits. >> are you still dead locked 3 and 3. >> well, no, actually, we are not. >> great, great news. in this the most important election in our time, the fec is no longer dead did locked. they can move forward and protect this country. >> well, not so fast. >> shut. >> the reality is that the reason we are not dead locked is

that we don't have enough commissioners to dead lock. >>s that feels like a step back. >> it not good. >> the reason they are not fully staffed is because they need president trump to nominate and the senate to confirm new commissioners. so just how many commissioners do we have monitoring the enormous sums of money pouring into our election this year? >> we only have three commissioners and it takes four to make most of our important decisions. i worry that without quor up that people may be feeling emboldened to push the envelope. >> if somebody goes over the line then. >> something can file a complaint and when we get a quorum we can decide what to do with it. >> you guys are like a mall cop am you see somebody doing something wrong and are like hey, stop it. i'll remember your face. >> and some day when we get a quorum, we will be back. >> some day. >> so for now the sec-- fec

enforcement of campaign finance laws are kind of theoretical. is there anything else about this election we should be ready for. >> it is going to be a challenging election. i think that we have come to expect that we are going to get the big reveal on november 3rd at the end of the election day that the polls close and we get the results there is going to be this huge number of absentee ballots that will have to be processed. >> but i want to know now. >> you are going to have to be patient. >> america does have five million patients the last time i watched the news, that is something we do have. the fec commission are can't practice her regulatory skills in the real world and i need to learn to wait. what if we both spent time in a fantasy world where the commissioner could practice her regulatory magic and i could kill lots of time. i have an idea. >> and ellen, do you like d & d, i'm of course talking about

donors and demagogues, democracy in decline. >> okay. >> she is so excited. after all, what better way for an fec commission tore get things done right now than in my homemade playing games than in the toxic washington, d.c. club. >> where is your club. >> this is going to be ep you can. >> i sents you a cloak. >> i'm not going to wear the cloak. >> fine, just do it as your regular sefl. so this game is about the dangerous realm of washington d.c., and your character is a brave bureaucrat. i would imagine you find yourself in a trump inn, you see the goblin known as giuliani sitting with ukrainian guys and they are handing files to him that say for trump campaign. do you use the fire sword or submit a strongly worded opinion letter or something else. >> i want to find the facts, jordan, i want to investigate. >> you want to cast an

investigation spell. >> yeah. >> roll your dice. >>. >> we multiply them. >> eight. >> divide by the one. >> eight. >> okay, you fail. that is okay. the game was tense, ellen's oversight skills are substantial but is she committed to the quest. >> how is your mead doing, ellen? >> yeah, no mead. >> i feel like are you matching my energy of like funk fantasy but if we don't match it then i feel like kind of a weirdo wearing a cloak. after pairly seven hours of game play the journey was nearing its end. >> there is a pox across the land, the evil orange pus-filled leader troll has blocked the mailtd ravens from delivering the ballots, whoosh, you cast your vote spell but the voting

day festival has ended and it has no clear winner. what do you do? do you take the fire sword to the full entire place and move to the land of the north with socialized medicine or do you cast a patience spell and wait for the results. say fire sword, say fire sword. >> i'm going with the patience. >> you take the fire sword and you move up to can darks for god's sake, easy. >> not really a fire sword. >> okay. >> fair enough. i guess some people can't cut it in the fantasy world and should keep to regulating the much more frightening real washington d.c. slum. >> trevor: thank you so much, jordan. we have to take a quick break, but when we come back i will be talking to the supertalented ramy youssef about his ground breaking emmy nomination. stick around.

el come back to the daily social distancing show, earlier today i spoke with factor and comedian ramy youssef, his hulu series ramy is the first muslim american sitcom to receive an emmy nomination. >> it is 2020, at the don't want a man like me any more. trump [bleep] too much. he is too much a man, you know, the people are afraid. they want a man like you. a man who is like a woman but

still officially a man. maybe transsection all, you know, this is good which is why i want you to join me and become a small little partner in this store t is your future. >> trevor: ramy youssef, welcome to the daily social distancing show. >> it is too much distance, i feel like we should have been closer, what are we going to do. >> trevor: i think you are actually lucky we are not closer because i'm such a big fan of the show that i would have been one of those nauseating fans asking too many questionsk all over you. because i remember when ramy first came out, first came out. few people were talking about here but i just stumbled across the show and i was like, running around preparing to people, you have to watch ramy, you got to watch ramy. and now i mean it's widely send, yeah, ramy is much, must-watch viewing. what does that journey like for you from creating a show about a muslim millenial in snu jersey and the muslim world as a

comedy, you know t is now being a show that people go yeah, yeah, this is normal because let's be honest t wasn't normal a few years ago when you decided to do this. >> no, and it is still really shocks me, there are definitely moments where people are talking about the show a lot. st getting a lot of recognition, people are excited about it and i'm like, guys, this is a show about an arab muslim dude that watch toos much porn. i can't believe that many people are looking at it. the thing that is probably most overwhelming is the international love because i think like here st like awesome, you know, whatever, we got publicists and all this. but for me when my aunt calls me and egypt is watching the show and i'm like you have seen it, she's like not yet. i'm like thank god. but she said i hear the kids are watching it, good, just let them watch it, that is really special. >> i think what i found special about the show, and there is probably what connected so many people is it is not just the story of an arab muslim kid

growing up in new jersey. st also the story of a community that for so long has been seen through one lens. man, you take us into a world where we see human beings. we see the complexities of islam. we see the complexities of different generations and how they relate to the religion and then the cultures that come, like that is not an easy thing to do. was there ever a part of you that was afraid to either tell the story incorrectly to an outside audience or piss off the inside audience? >> yeah, i mean that is kind of the tight rope walk that we're constantly walking with this show. because we haven't really had any chance at being ourselves on screen in a story that doesn't involve explosives or national security. to your question about was i nervous, i'm really nervous because i know that there-- muslims are such a vast group of people. the people who say what does the pus limb community think about your show. and i'm like it is not a pop

band, there are a lot of different communities t is not just this one thing. and so we, you know, kind of made the choice early on that we were not going to try and check all the boxes. this isn't offensea a census, this isn't a totality of something that can be encompassed, really. this is just the story of this family. and we're really going to try to humanize them by watching them deal with their problems in the way that everyone does. >> trevor: what makes the show successful for me is that it follows the golden rule of telling a story. and that is showing the human beings who exist within the story. what i loved was how even in your story, the ramy that you play, when he went to egypt, he himself realized that he had stereotypes and connotations of his own family in egypt in a way that he didn't even realize. so to take us to egypt and have an egyptian family who are fans of donald trump and all of america is going donald trump is the worst president and here you have arabs somewhere in the

world going this guy is the best guy, even though he wants to ban all muslims, why was that so important to do. >> i remember being in the back of a cab in cairo in 2015. and this guy just being like, is he a strong man. i was like whoa, all right, i think we're just used to dictators and he just kind of matches the vibe. but he is not what we need. we knows he a not. and i think most of us feel that on a certain, with a certain clarity, and i think something that i really wanted to do in making a story about a family we hadn't seen before was i wanted to be clear that i'm not trying to make something that some sort of like pr hit to make us look good and make it seem like hey, we deserve to be in this country, give us a shot, look how cute we are on ramy on hulu. that is not a real portrayal. that is like propaganda in and of itself. for me it is how do i make something that is challenging my character, that is putting him