>> trevor: hey, what's going on, everybody? welcome to "the daily social distancing show." i'm trevor noah. today is thursday, the 10th of december, which means christmas is now only 15 days away. and if you haven't done your christmas shopping yet, just do what i do: wait until your loved one is opening someone else's gift, and then say, "oh, that's from me, too, we both went in on that. we went halfies. merry christmas!" anyway, coming up on tonight's show: facebook and instagram might be getting a divorce, we look back on why you were in the streets this year, and we've got bryan cranston and rachel maddow on the show! so let's do this, people! welcome to "the daily social distancing show." >> announcer: from trevor's couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is "the daily social distancing show," with trevor noah."

is >> trevor: let's kick it off with a holiday story. if you've been listening to the music in the background of any store over the past week, you know that this is the most wonderful time of the year. but it's still 2020, which means even the holidays are a little less jolly than usual: online shopping instead of going to the mall, zoom parties instead of real ones, and now this: >> say it ain't so! the makers of pepperidge farm cookies say there may be a shortage of cookies this holiday season. >> no! >> and they blame it on increased demand and a labor shortage, both results of the pandemic, of course. a recent survey shows cookie consumption has increased by 25% since the start of the pandemic, with one in five americans eating three or more cookies a day. >> trevor: okay, you know what, that's not cool. i don't know why the news is not reporting on the number of cookies i eat. i eat more than three. why is that news? it's a pandemic. should i cry every day.

but it's not just increased demand. it's also a labor shortage, which i assume means the keebler elves are on strike to protest their dangerous working conditions. if you've ever had a crunchy cookie, that's elf bones. so, look, i understand why there's a shortage, but still, man, this is so messed up. christmas is the cookie season. this is like trojan announcing they have a condom shortage on valentine's day. if i can't buy condoms, how am i supposed to impress the guy at 7-11 before i go home and play video games by myself? and i know, i know some of you people are saying, "but, trevor, you don't need to buy cookies. you can just bake your own cookies at home!" no, no, no. that was the first three months of quarantine. i'm done with that baking shit now. and this is going to be real bad news for santa claus. you think he's going to travel around the world for a pear? i wouldn't even walk across the room for a pear. he needs to keep up energy for

the kids and have christmas sex with all our moms. let's move on to news out of great britain. it's the country with the non-beyonce queen. during the coronavirus lockdowns, many brits have gotten so desperate for entertainment that they have taken up gardening. and some of them are being rewarded for their efforts with more than a new flower bed. >> now proof that gardening can be beneficial in more ways than you might think. a family from the new forest discovered this horde of gold coins while doing a spot of weeding. the british museum says it's one of a string of finds recorded during the first lockdown in the spring. it's thought the coins would've been worth-- wait for it-- the equivalent of £14,000 in today's money. how good would that be to discover that in your garden. >> trevor: whoooo, imagine finding a horde of gold coins while you're gardening! i'll tell you what, that's the end of the gardening. "man, forget these rhubarbs. i'm rich!" but, you know, this is one of the benefits of living in the u.k. because any time i dig for treasure in new york, i just end up in my downstairs neighbor's

apartment. sorry, jerry. looks like i did it again! also, there's just so much more buried treasure in britain, because it's an old country with thousands of years of civilization. gardners in america would be like, "wow, a can of "new coke" from 1985! the history books speak of such things." so congratulations to the british gardening family for their find. they should be careful. the original owner may be coming back for the money. the dad will open the door and see an ancient knight standing there. "whither is my treasure?" "you're looking at it. i got me-self a butt lift." "daaaayumn! i hate to lose my coins, but i love to watch them leave." meanwhile, back in the united states, do you guys remember the 2020 presidential election? you know, it was the day you voted for president and a bunch of local races you had to google

from inside the voting booth. well, one of the stories we thought we'd never have to hear about again once the election was over, just came roaring back to life. >> hunter biden, the president-elect's son, says the u.s. attorney in delaware is investigating his tax records. sources tell cbs news the f.b.i has been looking into hunter biden's taxes since 2018. under justice department policy, law enforcement didn't actively pursue the case during the weeks before the election to avoid politicizing the investigation. >> that's right, people, apparently hunter biden is under investigation for his taxes. and donald trump must be furious right now. "did you guys see that hunter biden is being investigated for tax fraud? i'm so angry! "sir are you angry because you wanted to use it against his dad?"

usual loo you see pictures of people covering their faces when they run into court. they're trying to hide there's an investigation, but hunter is like a guy coming home late at night like, babe, you're going to want to go through my phone." i think in the end this kind of scandal will be good for america. we just spent four years with scandals 24/7. we can't just go down to zero scandals cold turkey. and biden's family is going to help us taper down. like right now, hunter has a tax thing. maybe next year joe biden asks the ukrainian president for something inappropriate, but it's just the answers to a crossword puzzle. just ease us off. ease us off. right now, we're addicted to scandals. we don't really know what if anything this hunter biden story will lead to. but if he has done anything wrong, my advice to be to ask president trump for a pardon before he leaves. and that may not seem unlikely,

but based on how trump has been making it rain, anything is possible. >> the clock is winding down on the trump presidency with growing signs he's planning what many see as a potential pardon avalanche. axios, which often reports directly leaks out of the white house, said trump telling an adviser, he's "going to pardon every person that's ever talked to me." >> they said trump isn't just accepting pardon requests but blindly discussing them like christmas gifts to people who haven't even asked. one source felt awkward because the president was clearly trying to be helpful, but the adviser didn't believe they had committed any crimes. ( laughing ) >> trevor: i'm sorry, guys, i just love this story. because the way the story is reported rnlg it makes is sound like trump is just whist ling down the haul way like: "i pardon you, i pardon you-- morning, stephen, you're pardoned! hello, break room donut! you're pardoned, but i'm still gonna eat you. pardon donut in my belly." but, yeah, that's right. apparently trump is saying he's

going to pardon every person he's ever talked to, which, which, first of all, is too bad for eric. and, second, of course trump is going to give out pardons as christmas gifts. he doesn't have to spend any money on them! but what i love is that some of his advisers are trying to avoid getting pardons, because they know a pardon would make them look bad. so now they're trying to explain that to trump. "no, mr. president, a pardon makes me look guilty, but i'm not guilty of anything." "whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down. what does 'not guilty' mean?" and, finally, today's big tech news is about facebook. it's the site that helps you and your high school friends connect with violent extremists. it is one of the most powerful companies in the world, but it might just have met its match. >> 46 states have joined the government's groundbreaking legal challenge to facebook. two antitrust lawsuits accuse the world's biggest social network of illegally shutting down the competition. >> the federal trade commission is asking for a federal court to force facebook to sell off

assets like instagram and whatsapp, arguing that in acquiring those competitors, facebook illegally created a monopoly. on wednesday, a bipartisan group of attorneys general from nearly every u.s. state filed its own lawsuit against facebook, accusing the company of predatory behavior. >> new york's attorney general letitia james is leading the lawsuit by the states, alleging if companies "stepped into facebook's turf or resisted pressure to sell, zuckerberg would go into destroy mode, subjecting your business to the wrath of mark." >> some people believe that facebook is free. it really isn't free. the fact is that they use your personal data, and they monetize it, and they sell it to advertisers. and as a result of that, your data, your privacy, those protections are compromised. >> trevor: okay, guys, this is, like, huge. 46 states and the federal government are suing to break up facebook.

that just shows you how widespread the feeling is that big tech has gotten out of hand, because it didn't use to be that way. remember how back in the day, we all had that cousin home from college who was like, "i'm not giving the corporations my private photos!" and most of us were like, "man, we get what you're saying, but you're also a vegan!" but now, more and more, we're like, "huh... maybe i shouldn't have given big tech a perfect scan of my face so they can recognize me wherever i go on the planet." although, personally, i'm not too worried that facebook knows everything about me and can manipulate me into buying stuff i don't need. i mean, some people might fall for that but... oh, nap, wow. i don't have a hoodie in that color. i'll buy one. wow, that's amazing. sorry. that doesn't work on me, those ads and things. and can i just say, i'm very impressed that so many government officials are willing to come out against facebook, especially when you consider how much facebook knows about them.

i mean, at the next hearing, some judge could be like, "give me one good reason why we shouldn't break up facebook and instagram." "well, we've given everyone so much joy, your honor. in fact let's just look at all of the messages you have sent all of these instagram thoughts. "okay, okay, case dismissed. let's move on!" what's amazing to me is that, even though america is so divided right now, almost every state agrees that something needs to be done about big tech. and, look, whatever the merits of this particular lawsuit, the fact that it was brought at all should be a warning for facebook, because if what you're doing is so egregious that you're bringing california and mississippi together, you done (bleep) up. all right, we're going to take a quick break, but when we come back, dulce sloan looks back at all the protests of 2020. and rachel maddow is joining me on the show. stick around.

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lives matter. in the wake of george floyd's murder, americans took to the streets to tell cops, "hey, what if you stop killing the people you were supposed to protect?" but in response the people asking cops noto the beat their asses, a lot of cops started beating asses. >> he kept hitting me and he eventually hit my hand and broke it. i needed to stay as calm as possible. i didn't know what these guys were capable of. >> these cops are so stupid, not because they're trying to beat up an unarmed man but if a hit a man that hard with a baton and he just stood there, i wouldn't keep hitting him. i would be like, this man is a terminator, run! some protesters showed us their whole ass. >> she captured the imagination of americans when she staged a full-frontal protest. >> i said, "i want to be naked." >> social media is calling this

goofy bitch naked athena. what are you talking about? these 2020 protests ran the full spectrum from black lives matter where people were fighting for their right to live, to the protest against lockdown and face mask where people were fighting for their right to die. and we've all seen the clips of covid karens losing their shit in targettor whole foods for having to wear a mask. one of my favorite moments proved not every karen was a woman. >> the mask wars rage on. a dad loses it in a store after being told to cover up. the man's son literally picks him up and carries him right out of the store. >> i'll beat that ( bleep ) mask off your face and ( bleep ). ( bleep )! you're all a bunch of pussies wearing masks! >> your own son carried you out. you can't call someone else a pussy when you're being carried out by the person who came out of your balls. even naked bitch kept ther mask

on. look, i can understand not wanting to cover a bul, symmetric face. i mean, look at your girl. but there's a deadly global pandemic ravaging the country. plus it's impossible to do a beauty routine under a ventilator. so even if i survive, i'd like ashy as ( bleep ). in which case, what was point? protests have been such a huge part of 2020, that after the election, americans started protesting stuff that didn't even happen. so the trump stands took to the street demanding they stop the count. >> stop the count! >> or count all the votes. >> count the votes! >> or count some of all the votes then stop the count-- you know it really depended on who you asked. it would be like black lives matter going, "stop killing us, except for desean, he ain't shit anyway." by far my favorite election protester was this dude. >> the media is covering up.

the biden family steals this election! the media is covering it! the biden crime family is stealing the election! >> all right, that guy needs a chill pill and some sleeves because right now the only results he looks fit to dispute are a wet t-shirt contest. if you want me to believe you while you're interrupting a press conference i have to believe you came to interrupt the press conference not that it was a side errand on your way to pick up chewing tobacco. it wasn't all bad as a protest in 2020. there was that one saturday when trump officially lost, and for once this year, we saw protests inspired by happiness. people took to the streets for something good, and i wasn't ready. i had a brick in one hand and a molotov cocktail in the other. so i didn't know what to do. so i just made a kiss. and one guy got so excited, he even celebrated in two languages. >> and i think france is

beautiful! escar go? i love a croissant. >> we've come full circle because this feels racist against white people. almost. french people are way more than just escar go and croissants. they also love baguettes. so yeah this dude was being mildly racist, but he's got a nice torso and he's happy about biden winning. so if you'll excuse me, i'm going to show him my anger with a naked protest of my own. >> trevor: thank you so much, dulce. go ged you some, girl. when we come back, rachel maddow is joining me on the show and we're talking about politics and we're talking about politics and bryan cranston is joining me why are we doing this? why are we doing what? using my old spice moisturize with shea butter body wash... all i wanted was to use your body wash

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daily social distancing show." earlier today, i spoke with emmy award-winning msnbc host, rachel maddow. we talked about her new book on a nixon administration scandal that you might not have heard about. check it out. rachel maddow, welcome toed "the daily social distancing show." >> trevor, it's great to see you. thank you for having me. it's nice to join you in your hive and fry hive. >> trevor: this has been an an interesting experience for everybody in this world because we're doing a thing we do in a way away don't do it. today we're going to talk about your book, if i told people rachel maddow is on with a book

about a corrupt president, is extremely divisive and used his white house for his own ends. people would be like donald trump. and you would be like, it's richard nixon. no, you're still wrong. it's spiro agnew. let me ask you this: is it good or bad that america has seen something similar to this before? >> i think there is a big piece of it that can help, which not that agnew was a corrupt, unbelievably corrupt sort of monster in the white house, like, we've seen that. we know what that means. that's kind of dog bites man at this point. the part that needs to be told is the good guys in the story. we need to tell each other heroic stories about public service and citizenship and civic responsibility that model good behavior. and in this case, the prosecutors and the republican nixon-appointed u.s. attorney and the republican nixon-appointed attorney general were all, like, paragons of nonpartisan responsibility. and they're the reason that

agnew never became president, which would have been a catastrophe for this country. in the abstract, and especially right in the wake of watergate, which is when it would have happened. it's the good guys i feel like, ah, that's the part. those are the guys who need to be famous. that's the part that could help us now. >> trevor: one of the lessons i'm learning right now that is different, even reading your book, it feels in previous time the politics was more in the the political world. even with nixon, it didn't feel it was in the streets like it is now. granted, i was juan around for it so i don't know if that's how i'm reading it. but this feels like it goes down to the ground. the man on the street is involved in this level, if that makes sense. it is not a political thing, it is just a thing now. and i sometimes wonder, i go, coyou think we've gotten to the point now where your reality is only based on your political affiliation? and that's what i struggle with in america. you guys just have two political parties. i'm not used to that. here you just have it's blue or it's red.

i'm like what about purple? what about green. and they're like it's blue or red. you're one who thinks about this and you convey stories and people respect you. i wonder if you grapple with that paradox that america is right now, where it's the united states that is no longer united because it's literally split downtown middle. >> yeah, and where we don't have an agreed-upon set of facts or where-- >> >> trevor: yes, definitely. >> one side believes whatever the facts are, we don't care. we have alternative facts. we would rather look at things through our own lens. those are the only lessons we listen to. the thing about history in that point, in the case of agnew in "bag man," there's this moment where agnew goes to a republican women's conference in southern california, and nixon has told him to resign. and the justice department has told him you're going to be indicted. and he knows he is on his way out. and he goes up before this audience of kind of rabid republican women, and he says, "i will not resign if indicted! i will not resign if indicted."

and he starts screaming about the terrible-- the media and how the media can't be trusted. and the women in the audience, some of them start screaming at the reporters. i don't think they called them "the enemy of the people" but it was the exact same thing you get with trump telling his supporters to scream at the media. and this is 1973. some of those women at that event brought their own tape recorders to the event so they could record agnew, because they know the lame-stream media would take it all out of context. >> trevor: wow. >> so there's been a thread of this through american politics that isn't new. and that people i think who are the most sort of demagogic have exploited for a long time. >> trevor: your show is not just the most successful it's been, but it's the most successful show eye don't even know how it's measured sometimes. they go, like, weekly for these people-- long story short, rachel maddow is number one. that's all i know. congratulations. >> thank you. >> trevor: what i would thereof know from your perspective, as somebody who is truly a giant in broadcasting is

as rachel maddow, what do you think some of the tips and tricks are that liberals don't have that conservatives do have that they use really well? because there's no denying that fox news are really engaging and really good at convincing people of things. and now, newsmack and o.a.n. are outflanking them on that side and going, "you guys are liberal in that way." no, they're not liberal. is this something that liberals and democrats are missing in america in learning how to communicate with people and convincing them of ideas? >> it's a really, really good question, and one that i have thought about a lot. i was also part of this experiment where liberals tried to do a.m. talk radio with air america radio for a long time. at that point, a.m. talk radio was basically in a foreign language or sports or church or rush limbaugh. that was it. the idea that you'd, like, you know, tune in to hear somebody wax poetic about the voting rights act, and it didn't work.

we tried, and it didn't work. so i have thought about this a lot. i do think that there is something that is a little bit magic about the right-wing media, that the left-wing media will never do, and i think liberals and centrists will never do, which is that they tell their audience, "you can trust no one other than me. there are no facts other than those i am giving to you." >> trevor: ahh! >> you actually see that right now with the president trying to discipline fox news, saying fox news is now giving you fax news, too. you have to go to these more pure-- like that willingness to hive off what you're offering from everybody else, that's-- i will never develop that muscle. you know, my show will always be of "the washington post" just reported this, and the associated press just reported this and fox news just reported this. >> trevor: right, i trust other source other than myself. >> yes. i believe in journalism. i believe in the fact-based world. so, therefore, i'll never tell you to shut it off and only listen to me. the right has the opposite view of that. and that explains why they've

locked up so much of their own market. but i think it also explains why they don't speak to the whole country. they only speak to people who they've already convinced to turn off everything else. >> trevor: if there was a way to go, like, what are those shows called in america? "wife swap," "spouse swap" type of thing. would you ever do a week on fox and talk to their viewers. do you think you could ever convince any of their viewers of a different reality? >> i-- trevor. ( laughter ) uhm, could i, like, wear a latex face of another person? >> trevor: no! that's what i want to know. as rachel maddow, do you think you could talk to them and say to them, "hey, i know you don't like me, but let me lay out my case." do you think you'd be able to do that. >> you are not going to believe me when i say this, but i sort of feel like i do that every night in what i'm doing anyway. like i don't assume that my audience already thinks all the same things that i do or that --

>> right, right. >> has the same perspective on it. i feel like i'm always trying to convince people who don't otherwise come from the same perspective that i come from, that what i'm saying is something to offer. like, here are the facts. here's my take on it. here's why i might be wrong. here's an expert who can tell me if i'm wrong. you make of this what you will. i feel like i'm approaching that anyway. the reason this is hard to imagine is because i'm just trying to-- i'm just trying to imagine, like the moment of walking into the fox studios, and the fox executives being like do-do-do-do. is this person going to sell erectile disfunction pills to our audience tonight? this might not work, but maybe. anything's possible. >> trevor: you never know. and if there's anyone who can be as convincing in the opposite way to the people on fox, i think it could be rachel maddow. i know you have to get ready for your show. thank you for taking the time. thank you for writing an amazing book. most of history is boring to

read unless it's written well. congratulations on an amazing story. i hope everybody goes out and gets it. and i hope to see you again in person soon. >> trevor, thank you so much. you're great, my friend. >> trevor: rachel maddow, i appreciate you. the book "bag man" is available now. and don't forget to watch rachel maddow's show week nights on msnbc. all right, when we come back i'll be chatting with bryan cranston, not just about his new show but what it's been like to have covid-19 and why he can't taste anything anymore. you don't want to the usual gifts are just not going to cut it. we have to find something else. good luck! what does that mean? we are doomed. [ laughter ] that's it... i figured it out! we're going to give togetherness. that sounds dumb. we're going to take all those family moments and package them. hmm. [ laughing ] that works.

daily social distancing show." earlier today, i spoke with award-winning actor bryan cranston. we talked about his new showtime series, his bout with coronavirus and so much more. >> als by fall apart, adam. i see it all the time. they almost never hold up. if you want to give yourself a fighting chance, it has to be very close to true. >> okay, but... being here, doing this--

>> if you're ever asked where you were, what you were doing on october 9, you'll have the muscle memory of what you did. you won't have to construct the lie, because you lived it. >> trevor: bryan cranston. welcome to "the daily social distancing show." >> thank you, trevor. it's great to be on with you. >> trevor: it is wonderful to have you on. i have always been a big fan of your dimples, as a fellow dimple-haver myself. i subscribe to can the dimple weekly" and we are all proud of your achievements. welcome to the show. how have you been holding up, by the way? how are you? >> isn't that an interesting question, "how are you?" it used to be, how are you? fine, thank you. and move on. now, 2020, it's like ooooh, how am i? how am i? it's kind of this existential question now. the answer is good. i mean, you know, we're adaptable beings. i'm saddened that we-- we don't

have any current leadership that is taking what we're dealing with seriously and, you know, 3,000 people are passing away on a day now. i think back in march, when i contracted covid-19 and how lucky i was. my symptoms were very mild, and i had some aches and achiness, and a little dry cough, and just absolute leath arnly. i couldn't sleep enough. >> trevor: right. >> it knocked me out that way. yeah. and then-- i lost my sense of taste and smell for months and months. >> trevor: are you being serious? >> yeah. >> trevor: what is that experience like? >> well, to this day, i don't have it back 100%. it's about 75%, maybe, something like that. if i walked into a kitchen and someone was brewing coffee, i can't smell it. >> trevor: wow! >> so i have to open up the bag of beans, and i go, "oh, yeah,

that's coffee," or stick my nose in it. >> trevor: oh, wow, man. and do they have an idea of when-- or do you just play it by ear? you see... >> what's interesting is my wife was reading up on this and she said neurologist will tell you the way to retrain the senses is to do exactly what i do-- open up that bag of coffee beans. it reconnects the senses in your brain. so anything-- pungent cheese. >> trevor: right, right, right. you have to teach your brain to smell again and taste again. >> yeah. >> trevor: wow, okay. well, i'm glad it's you and not me. and i'm glad that you are healthier now. i do not wish that experience. i love the taste of things too much. and i like knowing who smelled it because i know who dealt it. i mean, these are important things in life. ( laughs progress progress i would love to talk about you in your brand new show. you play a judge in in a very sticky situation, a son who is involved in a hitand rup and has

to make a very tough decision between following the law and following his family. >> as tough as that decision-- for any parent, my character, michael, does the right thing and says to his son, "you need to turn yourself in. and be responsible and accountable for your actions." and i convince him to do the right thing. we go to the police station. i'm about to turn him in. when i notice a grieving couple who are the parents of the boy that was killed in this car accident. >> trevor: right. >> i don't know who she is, but i know him. and he is a vicious, violent criminal. and i know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if i continued on and turned my son in to the police department, and, thereby, into the judicial system, he would get to him sesomehow, and he would kill my son. so all of a sudden, animal instincts take over, and it's

like, that's it. we're leaving. i'm making this exclusive decision. and away it goes. >> trevor: i feel like you have this amazing ability to play character where's you-- you're a good person who is not doing the right thing but we want you to not do the right thing because we-- we're in touch with the humanity of the person that we are watching. when you're playing these characters, like, how-- i really want to know how you get into doing that. how codo you learn to love them so we can love them and their flaws. you make us support people who commit crimes. that's what you do. >> that's what i trade. you know, i learned early on that when a-- when you're going through mature scpagz you're in middle school or high school, and someone does something embarrassing or humiliating, you laugh at them, because you're glad it wasn't you. but beyond that, when you mature, human beings are really

lovely at heart. the foundational sense of a human being. if they see someone humiliated or embarrassed or vulnerable, they don't want to laugh at them. they want to wrap their arms around them. they want to protect them. and so that's the beauty of portraying someone like this, or walter white, or someone who is trying to do the right thing, but is flawed. so an audience, knowing that they are imperfect themselves, casts that upon the character saying, "my god, i don't know i would have done anything differently." so they instantly relate to you. and then i hope that they do. i take them by the hand, and i say, "let me take you for a ride. come on. i'll tell you a story." and you go and you take them on a journey that sometimes they want to shake loose of, but they cannot-- they're compelled to continue on that journey. >> trevor: my only criticism of the show, if i may, is that

it's a mi miniseries. we're in a pandemic, bryan cranston. why would you not mack a full, long show. why do you do this to us bryan cranston? we're your fans. >> i do that to help you, trevor. i don't want you to have that instant gratification seeped into your soul. i want you to develop a sense of restraint and appreciation for things that take time. look, would you drink a cheap bottle of wine that was made last week? no. you would wait. let it wait. turn it. let it mature. and then open that bottle. >> trevor: in the pandemic, i will finish-- i have finished that bottle, bryan cranston. i will not wait for anything. it's 2020. needless to say, i think it's a fantastic show. you've done an amazing job again. thank you so much for joining me on the show. >> trevor, appreciate it. hopefully next time we can do it in person. >> trevor: always, my friend, always. see you around. >> be well.

>> trevor: "your honor" airs sundays at 10:00 p.m. on showtime. okay, we're going to take a quick break, but we'll be right back after this. >> trevor: that's our show for tonight. but before we go: i wanted to remind you again to please support your local restaurants if you can. i know not everybody can afford to, but if you can, order some food in, because these restaurants are struggling to stay open during the pandemic and all the employees are going to be suffer, and the restaurant won't be open for you when the pandemic is over. and if you want to help even more, please consider a donation

to the james beard foundation's "open for good" campaign, which helps independent restaurants survive this pandemic. until next time, stay safe out there, wear a mask, and remember: if you find gold coins in your garden, do the right thing-- bury them again, water them, and you wait for that money tree to grow, baby! that's not how-- now, here it is, your moment of zen. what do you mean that's not how it works? ♪ ♪ >> is it true, as i was told by our producers, that you in fact have a red sox mask that you wore to this live shot this morning? >> yes, i do, and here it is. >> that is a fantastic mask, senator. i appreciate your fashion choices, and i appreciate you being with us this morning. >> thank you very much. go, sox. >> absolutely. gotta get a picture. all right.

♪ (michael) pam! pamela, pam-a-lama-ding-dong. making copies. i'm not making any copies. let's go! messages, stat. lots to do, lots to do. information superhighway. nothing new. lay them on moi. what? there's nothing new. that's not what you said earlier. oh, do you want me to repeat the messages that i gave you before for the... the most sacred thing i do is care.

and provide for my workers-- my family. i give them money, i give them food. not directly, but through the money. i...heal them. today i am in charge of picking a great new healthcare plan. right? that's what this is all about. does that make me their doctor? um... yes. in a way. yeah, like a specialist. [keys tapping] so which health plan have you decided on? i am going to go with the best, jan. i am going to go with the one with the acupuncture, therapeutic massage... you know, the works. wait, acupuncture? mm-hmm. none of the plans have acupuncture. have you looked at them closely, michael? oh, well, i think it was you who didn't look closely enough at the gold plan.