nobody, nobody here. i don't know what i would did. i think everyone thinks they know what they would do but i don't know what i would do. if they said the war is coming and then i have to fight. i think i would be pretty good in a war though. not like fighting, other parts of war that you can also participate in. i would be good at shouting that the people are coming. i think that would be my job if i was fighting in a war. i would be the person who rides the horse from one place to the next telling people the people are coming. and they are like are we going to fight. yeah, you guys should fight. i will tell the next town that the war is comingment and i keep riding telling everyone that i and then i'm as far away from the war as possible but also a hero because they are like erode and he told us. very important part of the job. everyone takes that for granted. so if you need someone to warn you that a war is coming, i got your back. the furtherrest back. >> coming to you from the heart of time square in new york city the only city in america, it's

"the daily show." tonight insane in ukraine. the world unfriends russia. and samantha power. this is "the daily show" with trevor noah! >> trevor: hey, what's going on, everybody, welcome to "the daily show," i'm trevor noah. let's jump straight into the big news which is the only one that anybody is talking about. it's russia's invasion of ukraine. and so on today's episode, that is all we are going to be covering. the invasion, the international resistance, ukraine's resistance which has been amazing. and then our guest on the show actually serves on president biden's security council and has dealt with russia directly. so everything on the show today is all about russia's invasion. in many ways russia has invaded our show, so let's do this. it has bhn four days since --a troops rolled into neighboring ukraine, touching off the largest european conflict since world war ii. or when harry and meghan left

the royals, so let's do it, people, let's catch up on all the latest developments in our newest segment, the war in ukraine. as the pangd started winding down people across the world have been thinking about what they are going to do as the world opens up, you know, spend more time with family, find a better work life balance. stitch all your old masks together into a giant mask and use that as a comfort blanket. but vladimir putin clearly had very different post pandemic plans. invading a sovereign country. and you mow for years people have said that russia might invade ukraine. because it's always been putin's wet dream to reunit the soviet union. you know, sort of the same way disney wants to tie all of its franchises together. now mickey is fighting thanos? that's weird. but profitable. so yeah, putin has done the unthinkable and in response almost every nation around the

world has gone yo, my man, that is not cool. >> much of the world is trying to tighten its grip around russia to get vladimir putin to back off ukraine. >> so the first time ever the eu will finance purchase and delivery of weapons to ukraine. similarly, the united states for the first time has approved the direct delivery of stinger missiles to ukraine as part of a package approved by the white house. that decision came on the heels of germany's announcement that it will send 500 stinger missiles and other weapons and supplies to ukraine. this was a historic break from ger nansch---- germany's post world war ii foreign policy. >> the president is joining with european allies by kifting russian banks out of swift, an international bank messaging stk that makes global transactions easier. new sanctions will also target rush's central bank and allies are beginning to target russian oligarchs with ties to putin who shield his wealth in off-shore accounts. >> russian planes and private jets from oligarchs can no

longer fly over dozens of countries, the european union and canada are banning the flights from their airspace. air france also expwrus announced that it has suspended service from russia. >> trevor: yeah, that's right. they're cutting off banking, they're arming their enemies and on top of that, airlines are stopping flights to and from russia. which in my opinion might be one of the worst things because i mean the best part about going to russia is that you can fly out of russia. now they don't even have that. if there is one thing that tells you how big these sanctions are, it is that the swiss have gotten involved. you understand how big that is, right, the swiss don't get involved in anything, anything! the swiss don't get involved in war. they don't get involved in alliances. my dad didn't get involved in my life. i would ask him to hug me, and we tell me that his official policy was to stay neutral. i mean think about it, think about this for a moment.

putin's move is so crazy, that germany is like it's time for us as germany to rebuild our military and the world is like yeah! i hope. now beyond all the blocking flights and arming ukraine, one of the biggest moves that europe and america are taking right now is out canning russia off of-- which is huge, like we're talking no folklore, no 19 will the, not even the short version of all too well which-- i'm sorry, what? oh, it is a different swift. what-- oh, it is an international banking system that verifies transactions across the globe. oh. then they should probably change their name because that's confusingk you know. anyway what russia has done has gotten the world so riled up that it is not just the governments that are responding to this war. no, everyone around the world is finding their own way to show putin that he is an asshole. >> major news from the sports world. the world soccer organization

fifa is banning russian teams from all of their games. the organization issuing statements banning russian clubs and national teams from all petition until further notice. fifa says it stands in quote full solidarity with all of the people affected in ukraine. >> the european broadcasting union has banned russia from participating in this year's euro vision song contest. >> and back here at home several governors around the united states are asking stores to pull russian products off their shelves. >> a restaurant in las vegas went out in the street and poured all of their bottles of russian vodka out on to the street. they will be offering ukrainian vodka instead. >> formula 1 dropped the russian grand priks from the season racing calender and the ioc urging sports fed rags to move or cancel their events in russia and belarus. >> and the international judo federation suspending putin's status at honorary president and ambassador of the federation. >> yeah, no world cup for putin. no euro vision song contest for

putin. no more being president of the international judo federation. and in case you are wondering, yes, he will no longer be allowed to host this year's oscars. which i was kind of looking forward to, going to be interesting. i know a lot of people are wondering, who cares. they are having their economy destroyed. who cares if people are pouring out vodka. but people, this makes a difference, all right. south africa has sanctions on it which was really bad back in the day during the apartheid. but it was the collective idea around the world that people were not-- that spread a lot of the change. and don't forget oftentimes in life it is the little things that hurt the most. you think they are small but they get to you. you know, think of it this way, would you rather be shot or blocked by your ex, hmmmm? ohk and just by the way, now that russia is not going to be playing in the world cup, i mean that means there is going to be an open spos right? i'm just saying, fiffa if you want to hook south africa up with that spot, we never invaded another country, you know, we barely even have a military.

so if you are interested, shoot me a dm. i see you, fifa. so practically every democracy in the world right now is coming down hard, against russia. and it actually might be having an effect because just this morning the two countries held five hours of peace talks which is good. although russia did continue bombing ukrainian cities the whole time that the peace talks were happening. which is not a good sign. i mean bombing a country during your peace talks is like bringing you a side chick to couples therapy, doesn't inspire confidence. >> yeah, she's the problem. >> but don't get it twisted. russia is feeling the effects of the world clamping down, especially the economic affects. >> the value of the russian ruble hitting an all-time low this morning. the first business day since harsh sanctions were imposed against moscow for waging war on ukraine. >> now european operations for one state-owned russian bank are already facing bankruptcy. saying an inn a press release

they're failing or likely to fail. >> long lines of russians waiting at atm's after days of punishing sanctioners levied on moscow by the west. many russians are worried their bank cards will stop working or that banks will limit cash where drawals. >> trevor: well, damn, putin's goal was to bring back the glory days of the soviet union, people waiting hours in long lines is definitely a start. and please don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong. i don't like the fact that ordinary russians are suffering for what putin is doing. i don't like that. but then again, if they didn't want him as president, they shouldn't have re-elected him with 107 percent of the votes. but the big question know is what will putin do in the face of a cratering economy and a war that is not as easy as he probably wanted? well, apparently his plan, is to make things a whole lot worse. >> ukraine in a dramatic escalation in the crisis there, russia's military confirms this morning that the country's

nuclear forces have indeed been put on high alert. president vladimir putin calls it a response to quote aggressive statements by nato leaders. >> mr. putin is becoming even more desperate, it is showing that his military progress is failing on the ground. that he has to resort to this kind of threat. >> he is pushing his innercircle away. we saw him publicly humiliating his closest advisors, that is what is most concerning. nobody is there to prevent the catastrophic misstep. >> trevor: man, this is not good. putin is threatening by activating his nuclear, what does that even mean, he is like getting my nuclear team ready, for what, for what, putin. you realize this is not a good thing, putin is going nuclear and there is no one there to stop him? see people, this is why every crazy world leader needs a pasty son-in-law by his side, yeah, keeps them in check. because no father in law wants to act the fool in front of the man banging his daughter, you know. now before you panic, before you

panic, i know they said nuclear and i know they said putin, but please take a breathe. yes, the threat of nuclear annihilation may have increased, we may be on the brink of world war iii, and yes europe is once again at the mercy of one power hungry dictator, but on the bright side, when is the last time you thought about covid, huh? huh? but still, man, this invasion of ukraine has put the world on edge. and it has a mountain-- amounted to one of the most dramatic weeks in a really long time. like i don't know about you, but i have been glued to the trk v, all weekend, watching all the news. everything. and beyond the war itself, i will say this, i will say this. beyond the war, there is a really interesting thing that i learned. and that is a lot of people on tv didn't expect a war like this to happen in, let's say, certain neighborhoods. >> this is not a developing third world nation. this is europe.

>> these are prosperous middle class people, these are not people trying to get away from areas in north africa. they look like any european family that you would live next door to. >> what could be a difference here from other conflicts, you know, that could seem very far away in africa or middle east, or whatever. these are europeans that we are seeing being killed. >> this isn't a place, with all due respect, like iraq or afghanistan, this is a relatively civilized, relatively european, i have to choose those words carefully too, city where you wouldn't expect that, or hope that it is going to happen. >> trevor: wow. that was you choosing your words carefully? that was the careful version? so what were you going to say if you weren't choosing your words carefully? i just hope the next time this happens it happens back in the middle east where it belongs. here is the thing, people, here is the thing. beyond the racism, right, let's forget the racism, or how i wish

we could forget about the racism. you do realize that until recently fighting crazy wars was europe's thing, that was europe's entire thing. that is all of european history. they even have something called the hundred years war. you understand how long that is, that is like a decade. they got a nobel prize because they stopped fighting. imagine that. now people are going to be like oh, to see this in europe, to see this, like i will tell you now, i don't know about you, but i was shocked to stee how many reporters around the world, by the way, seem to think it is more of a tragedy when white people have to flee their country because i guess what, the darkies were built for it? i mean you see how they run in the olympics peter. clearly gord has given them this talent for a reason. >> i totally agree. even if this wasn't a war, these people would probably be fleeing their homes for fun. it's just who they are. back to you guys in the studio. >> trevor: all right, we have to take a quick break but please don't go away. because we talked about the

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forced to leave their home and they fled to neighboring countries. hundreds of civilians have reportedly been killed and countless others are huddled in basements, bombshell teres and subway stations to avoid russian missiles that are raining down on their neighborhoods, one woman even gave birth while she was hiding out in the subway. which is terrible. i mean the only silver lining i could think was that at least it wasn't the new york subway, you know, because that newborn would have been kicked by a subway dancer and arrested for not paying their fair share. but till there is-- still there is no doubt this war has bb devastating for ukraine but at the same time it's also clear that putin has failed miserably in his attempt to break the country's spirit. because i don't know about you, man. but i've been on twitter basically nonstop since this war started. just refreshing, refreshing, refreshing. you know, doing my part. so i have seen all the videos coming out of this war. and trust me, ukrainians are not

messing around. >> the troops defending ukraine's snake island as it is called in the black sea instantly became the country's first heroes of the resistance thanks to this stunning exchange with russian forces. >> . >> this clip shows a man, it looks like he's carrying an antitank mine. he did this while managing to keep his cigarette in his mouth. >> this is the sort of extraordinary resistance russia is facing here. 100 miles northeast of kyiv, a man tries to block a russian tank. he kneels in front of it it. determined to stop it in its tracks. >> u.s. officials believe this will be a phyrric victory for vladimir putin symbolized by that ukrainian grand mother who confronted the russian soldier after berating him she handed

him sunflower seeds to put in his pocket and then said she looks forward to seeing sunflowers grow when his dead body lies down on ukrainian soil. >> trevor: okay, i'm not a military strategist at all. but if a grandmother hands me seeds and tells me that sunflowers will bloom from my corps, i think it's time to retrait-- retreat. i also love how her aggression was still on brand for a grandma, like she is wishing him death, yes, but she is also doing gardening at the same time, you know, the only way we could have been plor grandma is if she used his blood to spell out a message asking why her grandson isn't married yet. and just by the way, by the way, one of the strangest experiences of the modern world is following a war on social media. because all the other stuff on social media doesn't go away, it just gets mixed in together. like my whole time line this week was ukrainian civilians picking up weapons, rockets hitting a building. uncut gem, tanks rolling

into-- uncut gems. >> uniting the people of ukraine, did i say uncut gems? those people that we see, in ukraine, those are the ones that have gone viral. one of the reasons ukraine has been able to put up a resises tans to russia, is that everybody, and i mean everybody is stepping up and joining the fight. >> across this which we have seen volunteers who have taken up arms. while others are making molotov kok tames including this group of women who have set up an assembly line. >> painter natasha said she put down her brush now mastering the art of making a molotov cocktail hunkering down with her neighbors in the parking garage of their apartment building turned bombshell ter and make shift fact rye. similar scenes across the country. >> how to instructions broadcast on state t vnchts even the perform former prime minister going viral with his demonstration. >> the government encouraging all ukrainians to take up arms and fight. >> this man leaves with two

ak-47s even though he has never fired a gun. >> do you know how to use that? >> to tell the truth, i'm not good but i understand, i just need to, to find some quiet place and figure out how it works. >> trevor: wow. do you believe it, that guy was given two assault rifles even though he has never fired a gun. i mean if are you american you can believe it, of course, but for everyone else in the world, this is crazy. and how insane is it that the ukrainian public television is teaching peoplek teaching people how to make molotov cocktails. you understand how insane that is, right. like imagine if during the cuban missile crisis mr. rogers had come outlining all right, kids, i am going to show you how to kill your communist neighbor. now when you talk about ukrainians stepping up to this moment, one big part of this reis i sis tans movement is ukraine's president himself. volodymyr zelensky who by the way nobody thought would be able to lead this country, like even

less so in a war against russia. all right, and the reason people had their doubts is because just four years ago zelensky wasn't even in politics. he was a comedian, yeah, he was acting in trk v shows, busting move on dancing with the stars and this is completely real, he even showed up on a tv show where he pretended to play the piano with his penis. ♪ see? this is why i always wipe down the piano with lysol before i play. yeah. i don't want my penis touching the same keys as someone else. but you see that guy, see that guy, you watch that clip, are you like that is ridiculous, he is the president of ukraine right now. yeah, he is the guy who has to rally his country against an overwhelming russian invasion. and despite everyone's doubts, and every thing that he thought he would be, this man has more than stepped up to the occasion. >> with his country in crisis.

>> ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky is the very definition of leading from the front. sharing videos of himself on the street to reassure his people that he is still in the country. he is braving russian missiles and air strikes and telling ukrainians you are strong, are you unbroken. he reportedly turned down a u.s. offer to help him evacuate saying i need ammunition, not a ride. >> trevor: damn. that is hella gang stemplet i need ammunition, not a ride. that is some action movie shit right there. meanwhile trump was hiding underground when people came with placards to the white house. there are so many words out there, hide me. you got to give zelensky credit for refusing to flee the country, because that is not just brave for a comedian but for any leader. when is the last time you saw something like this. most of the time when leaders are inning daker of getting

overthrown and there is a war or something, they are the first one toes grab a suitcase full of cash and bounce. they will be like we must defend this country to the death. your death though. i'm going to switzerland. but zelensky, no. standing his ground. and maybe even going down with the ship, which has turned him into an international hero. so for more on this, let's go out now to another hero, our very own michael kosta who is reporting live from the center of the conflict in ukraine. michael, can you hear me right now and most importantly, are you safe? >> yes, trevor, i'm safe. thanks for asking. war is hell. but i am doing the best that i can. >> trevor: well, i'm sorry, michael, is that the eiffel tower behind you? are you in paris? aren't you supposed to be in kyiv. >> oh, no way, man, there is a war over there, haven't you heard? paris is as close as i'm going to get to all of that. it is not like it is so easy here, either. the waiters are so rude.

>> trevor: michael, i'm disappointed in you. we spoke, i thought you were going-- man? especially after seeing how brave president zelensky is in, you should be as brave, you are a fellow comedian, you should be proud of the example he is setting? >> proud? this zelensky thing is a disaster for us, trevor. people are going to see this comedian being brave and they will think we're all brave. i did not become a comedian to be brave. i became a comedian to eat free chicken fingers at comedy clubs. a if a russian threatened me i would not be standing my ground i would be learning how to to make borscht the way he likes it, another one, this time a white one. >> trevor: i'm disappointed and that is just you, because i'm a comedian and i'm inspired by zelensky stepping up to the fight. >> oh really, so you want my train ticket to kyiv so you can fight on the front line? >> trevor: i think i have more value here at the show getting the word out to the people, informing them. >> blah, blah, blah, admit it, you are a coward, there is no

world leader inside of you, trevor. it's just more chicken fingers. >> trevor: okay, fine. i'm not brave either. but i still think it's inspiring to see one of our own be brave, you know. >> yeah, trevor, you're not really grasping what is at stake here. it is not just about fighting in wars. after seeing zelensky people are going to expect comedians to do all sorts of selfless acts now, stopping crime, responding to amber alerts. just this morning someone asked me to hold the elevator. i'm still shaking from that. just imagine if i actually held it for her. >> trevor: you knee something, kosta, i think that in your own way, you actually are brave. yeah, i mean not many people would have the guts to sound like that much of an asshole on tv, i'm really inspired, man. thank you. >> thank you, trevor. i appreciate it you know, and when you put it that way, i am sort of a hero. so if you will excuse me, i just saw an old woman fall and have i to get out of here before she asks me for help, so-- .

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and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. emerge tremfyant® with tremfya®... ask your doctor about tremfya® today. daily show, my guest tonight is samantha power admin stlaiter of u.s.a. id and a member of president biden's national security council. she joins us from brussels to talk about the car in ukraine. administrator power, thank you for joining us on the show. >> thank you for having me. >> trevor: is it is really crazy how the last time i spoke to you was on "the daily show," this was pre, you know, all of this happening. i think it was prepandemic. and one of the questions i asked you was about russia. you responded saying that russia is a constant threat and it seems like that has come true. if that is the case, my first question to you is how did you see it coming and how did the u.s. seem to not do what it could have done or was it something that was inevitable. >> it is a great question and i will say that i was u.n.

ambassador under barack obama in his second term and he could find pockets of cooperation. bur for me was really made clear there was russian heading a different direction and it had great consequences for humanity, was the syria crisis. and particularly you might remember the bombing of aleppo. which was like before it, the bombing of groz nee in chech that, suddenly russia outside of its borders was backing a regime, a government, also a member state of the united nations pulverizing civilians, first time i ever heard the fraidz, trevor, fake news which has now become a staple, was the russian ambassador at the united nations talking about-- making a set of false claims about what was happening in syria, and about how all they were doing was neutralizing terrorists. it was the first time they were asking us not to believe what we saw with our own eyes. and then of course we had the interference

ferches-- interference in the 20126 elections, so systemic. so when you ask where are things going, i mean they have obviously turned now in the darkest direction imaginable, galvanizing the democratic world but well beyond that. galvanizing statements also from, for example, the african country, the latin american countries and others in the world, who are just saying enough, you you know, you cannot pulverize civilians in this way. you can't try to take over a country just because you want to make your own country bigger. that is not okay. an but it has been a real check i think for a lot of countries and publics around the world who didn't realize it had gotten this bad. >> from a layman's perspective it feels like the world is in a place where either countries are afraid of russia or you know, let's say for instance the germany or many countries around europe, they are so dependent on russia for its energy, providing

energy, dependent on russia for wheat, et cetera t feels like the world is in a position where they can chastise russia but they can't do anything to russia. is there something the world could do? >> when we were warning about the troop buildup on the other side of ukraine, there were some countries within europe that were questioning, you know, is that really true, was putin going to do it. and it was kind of a little bit of wishful thinking in the sense of you don't want to have to impose those costs. you don't want to do them also to the russian economy. nobody wants to go into-- wake up in the morning and say i want to inflict severe economic pain on another country within right. >> well, the invasion itself has produced a degree of unity and a willingness to go further than we have seen europe ever be willing to go. and to bear those costs potentially to their own economy, at least in the short term, certainly major questions now about their energy sources

and energy prices, are there going to be up. but they basically said what he is doing is intolerable. and we are going to tbary some of the effects because we have to inflict a degree of punishment here in the hopes of getting him right in the beginning, it has only been going for less than a week but to get him to step away from this reckless, devastating course of action. and you know, the kinds of steps that have been taken just in the last 48 hours goes so far yonld what most observers thought was conceivable for just the reasons you say, kind of mutually assured destruction, interconnectedness of the energy market and of our economic-- at large. but the swift sanction is the most severe sanction that one can impose. cutting off the u.s. citizens, european citizens ability to do business with the russian central bank, that was something

that until 48 hours ago, i think president putin still thought he would be able to draw upon. now again, what needs to happen is then the elite around putin who have a lot tolusion are from the severity of these unprecedented sanctions, with so many countries behind them, is that those elites, you know, need to chime in and do everything in their power to affect a kal cul us that so far-- on putin's part hasn't shown a lot of regard for the welfare of the russian people. that is putin's mo. that is a question for people around him and when his cost benefit kalculus will be effected by this, and the sanctions brought online, and the unity, make it much more evident to him than anybody expected, including perhaps him. >> trevor: it doesn't seem like china has condemned russia. they put out vague statements that say we just believe everyone should be able to

determine their borders which you could almost read both ways, funny enough. is there a possibility that unless russia stands up, you know, unless china stands up, is there a possibility that the world could almost push russia to china and then trade in asia just becomes russia away out or do you think the sanctions are going to be enough to get russia to come to the table. >> well, first of all, russia's economy is massively dependent on europe and the united states. >> trevor: right. >> russia manufacturing, and so many of the industries that keep the economy afloat. and so the dollar economy is still the animating force of the global economy. i think when it comes to china's reaction, first of all, because of the relationship that president putin and president xi have built, a relationship predicated on not wanting any country to question what they are doing to their own people.

>> trevor: yeah within wanting to be able to crack down and round people up, that is something they have in common. and that has brought them together among other dynamics. but given the increasing closeness of that relationship, many people expected that china would join russia in detailing the security council revolution condemning what is happening. and instead to your point, china just said actually we're going to abstain and said all parties should have cooler heads or whatever. and so i actually think that, it doesn't look like isolation, of course. we think it is outrageous that any country would miss an opportunity to condemn, you know, a full on invasion of its neighbor, so an abstention is not the desired posture, with china or any member state of the united nations to take.

at the same time it is a signal to putin that china is not attaching its mast to the sail. it is putting some distance in there. and that trevor i think is partly also because china has its own global project that it has embarked upon. china sees that the rest of the world is horrified and that the rest of the world really has brought a degree of empathy and outrage to what russia has done. and so china is a self-interested actor in that role as well and looking out for its own standing. >> trevor: thank you so much for taking the time, i know you are dealing with the crisis on the ground, talking to people, hopefully it will be resolved sooner than later. i appreciate you joining me on the show. >> thank you, trevor. >> trevor: okay, we will take a quick break but we will be right back afterour

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he is to blame for what we are seeing tonight in ukraine. why do i hate putin so much. has putin ever called me a racist? has he threatened to get me fired for disagrees with him? has he shipped every middle class job in my town to russia? did he manufacture a worldwide pandemic that wrecked my business and kept me indoors for two years? is he teaching my children to embrace racial discrimination? is he making fentanyl? is he trying to snuff out christianity? does he eat dogs? these are fair questions. and the answer to all of them is no. vladimir putin didn't do any of that. that. 7 - all right, let's try over here. set up traps there and there as well. last time i saw him, he ran right through here.

- this is so retarded, cartman. you've got everyone believing your stupid story. - it isn't a story, it's true. i saw a leprechaun. i've seen him come through here three days in a row now. hawkeyes, this is dragonwind. do you copy? - this is hawkeyes. we've set up the net, and we're standing by. - copy that, hawkeyes. keep surveillance tag alpha-niner. dragonwind out. - just admit you were lying, cartman, so that everyone can go home. - oh, no. we have a deal, kyle. if i can prove there's a leprechaun, you have to suck my balls, remember? dragonwind to blackie. what's your six, blackie? - i don't want the code name "blackie." - code names are what they are, blackie. check your six and alert when in position. - this is [bleep]ing retarded. - getting nervous, kyle? when that leprechaun shows up, you must suck my balls. don't forget, i have a signed contract from you. - yeah, and if you couldn't prove there was a leprechaun, you had to give me $10. now just pay up and stop being stupid! - god damn it, why hasn't it shown up yet? dragonwind to faggot, come in, faggot. - this is faggot. go ahead.

- faggot, i need you to keep surveillance north, northeast. check back in five. - okay, will do. faggot out. ugh. - okay, that's enough. everybody... cartman is just pulling one of his stupid tricks on everyone because he's trying to get out of a deal he made. - it was here, i swear it! i don't know why it's not showing up this time! - you didn't see a leprechaun, fat ass! if you could prove it, i had to suck your balls, but if you couldn't, you had to pay me $10. pay up! - uh, i got something! i got it! it's a--whoa, jeez, i think it's a leprechaun! - no, there is not a leprechaun. - set off diversion trap "c"! boom! - dude. - [bleep] me. it's a leprechaun. - get it! get that [bleep]ing leprechaun! i want it alive! [celtic music] ♪ ♪

- wow. - cool. - no way. - whoa. - move aside, move aside! all right, butthole, where's the gold? - you lads don't know what you're doing. i need to deliver an important message. there's going to be an attack. - tell me where the gold is, or you die... slow. - where'd he go? - i was sent to warn of a terrorist attack, but you boys have made me late. now the terrorists will prevail. the end is near! - dude. - [clears throat] kyle... suck my balls. [instrumental fanfare] ♪ ♪