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the only city in america, it's "the daily show." tonight... the royals are coming. election officials under threat. and wes moore! this is "the daily show with trevor noah." ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> trevor: what's going on, everybody? welcome to "the daily show." i'm trevor noah. thank you so much for tuning in. thank you coming out in person. thank you for being here. thank you so much for coming out. good to see everybody. take a seat, let's do this. we have got a great show for you tonight. the democrats are going back to black, boston is hosting another tea party, and elon musk is gonna be living rent-free in all our heads.

so let's do this, people. let's jump straight into today's headlines. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] all right, people. i'm going to be honest, with all the news that happened today, i don't think we have enough space in today's show. we just don't have the time. i even tried to squeeze it all into a corset but it just made the news look sexier and now it got a role on "bridgerton." so there's still not enough time. but fortunately, not enough time is just enough time for a segment we call "ain't nobody got time for that." ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] let's kick things off with the democratic party, easily one of the top two parties in the united states. as you know, the democrats lost control of the house in last month's midterm elections, and as they get ready to be in the minority, they're making some big changes at the top. >> democrats in the house have made history with their new leadership. congressman hakeem jeffries of brooklyn has become the first black leader of either party in

congress. he will take over from speaker nancy pelosi who, as you know, is remaining in the house after stepping down from the top job. >> jeffries is 52, 30 years younger than the outgoing house speaker nancy pelosi. a leader with a style all his own and a penchant for weaving in the legacy of hip hop. >> that is why we are here, mr. sekulow. and if you don't know, now you know. [cheers and applause] >> trevor: i'm glad no one else in the room finished that lyric. i don't know, as much as i enjoy it, i feel like it's weird to quote biggie in such a serious and boring place like congress. i love hip hop, but i don't want to hear it everywhere. i don't want my doctor shoehorning that shit in. "so mr. noah, what are your symptoms? palms sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy?" "please take this seriously, i am very ill." but that's right, after 250 years, america finally

has a minority minority leader. which is amazing, although you'll notice the democrats only gave it to a black guy after they lost the house. yeah, it's kind of like someone crashing their car and being like, "hey, hakeem, i know you've always wanted a bmw. no need to say thank you. also the cops want to talk to you -- bye!" no, still, you have to give credit to the democrats. republicans haven't done this yet. they still think "minority leader" was the original title of "black panther." and this isn't just a big deal because jeffries is black. remember that. this also marks a shift for the democrats to a much younger generation of leaders. [applause] although again, we also don't really know, because hakeem jeffries is black, so he could be like 90, we don't actually know how old he is. you realize, even at 52, for a party leader in america, he is actually a young man.

think about it this way. joe biden was in congress when hakeem was literally in diapers. and now that hakeem is congress, joe biden is the one in diapers. the circle of life. now if we had more time, we could talk about how the house democrats are just a sideshow for the next two years because the main event is kevin mccarthy wrangling has crazies to get anything done. but we don't have enough time to talk about that. because while hakeem jeffries is plotting to take over the house, elon musk is plotting to take over our brains. >> elon musk said on wednesday says he expects a wireless brain chip developed by his company, neuralink is expected to begin human clinical trials in six months. the company is developing brain chip interfaces that says it could enable disabled patients to move and communicate. >> we've been working hard for our first human. essentially, the it's sort of like having an apple watch or a fitbit replacing a piece of

skull with, like, a, you know, a smartwatch. you have a neuralink device, i could have a neuralink device implanted right now and you wouldn't -- you wouldn't even know. >> trevor: yeah, yeah, elon, if you told us you are part robot, all of us would be totally surprised. we would be like, i never saw that coming. i will admit, the idea of this technology sounds amazing. but in reality, the idea of an apple watch or if it fit in my brain gives me a little pause. because have you ever used an apple watch or a fitbit? when it messes up on my wrist i am like -- but when it messes up in my brain, all of a sudden i am on alex jones praising hitler for inventing the microphone? is that is what is going to happen? secondly, if i will get a chip in my head, i don't know if i want elon musk to be in charge of it. like, a year ago, i would have

been like the tesla guy, maybe. but now i'm like, the twitter guy? i will pay him $8 to stay away. no if we had more time, we could talk about how elon promised that his brain chip would be ready for three years ago or that tesla's would be ready for 2017, basically, this guy is making it rain with ious. but we don't have time to talk about the techno- king because some real oils have just rocked up to america's shores. >> it was a royal welcome for the prince and princess of wales wednesday on their first u.s. visit in eight years. here to present the earthshot prize, which honors they kicked off the trip by helping turn boston city hall green. >> catherine and i are absolutely delighted to be with you today for our first engagement in the great city of boston. >> the couple also took in an nba game courtside watching the boston celtics beat

the miami heat. >> and then they hold this big star-studded event on friday night, where they're going to hand out five prizes worth more than a million dollars each to folks who are trying to tackle the climate crisis. >> trevor: okay, first of all, liar. prince william is clearly a liar. no one has ever been "delighted" to be in boston in december. what are you excited for? "ooh, i love chapped lips and getting thrown up by patriots fans, how peachy!" you might be saying, no, they are having a good time, they even have courtside seats. you think these people are impressed by courtside seats? the man's regular seat is a thrown! this man has never sat on a folding chair in his life! he is probably like, look at this thing, this chair has a mouth or something. no if we had the time, we could talk more about how great it is that prince william is awarding money to people who are solving climate change, or how shitty is that they ignored my idea to plug in a bunch of air conditioners near the glaciers. but we just don't have the time!

because while these royals are having fun in america, the royals back home the u.k. are not having a good time at all. >> overshadowing the trip, controversy back at buckingham palace. the prince's godmother, lady susan hussey, resigning amid accusations of racism. ngozi fulani, the founder of a women's nonprofit and a black woman born in the u.k., says tuesday at the palace, hussey repeatedly asked where she was really from, implying she wasn't really british. >> ngozi fulani tweeting the exchange, which reads in part, "what nationality are you?" "i am born here and am british." "no, but where do you really come from? where do your people come from?" hussey also asking, "what part of africa are you from" after ngozi said she was from london. >> tonight, an eye witness describing her shock at the exchange. >> if ngozi was a white woman, that line of questioning wouldn't have taken place. >> trevor: people, how many times do we have to go through

this? there is only one socially acceptable way to find out someone's heritage: swab their dna when they're asleep. it's just the polite thing to do. this is, like, the first thing they teach you in "avoidable racism 101", it is just never say the word "from." that's it. a lot of racism includes the word "from," so just avoid it all together. "where are you really from?" "go back to where you came from." "you see this clip from tucker carlson?" from, just stay away from it. i also love that this woman was given a chance to control her racism but she carried on. "where are you from?" "i am born here and am british." "no, no, no, you don't understand, i'm being racist. how black are you?

show me on this map of africa i brought with me. oh, let me try to put this in words you understand: [clicks tongue]." now if we had more time, we could talk about having a racist godmother probably made prince william even more popular in boston. or we could talk more about how every scandal in the british monarchy is technically a spoiler for a future season of "the crown." but we just don't have time for that, because i know where our show's money comes from, which is why we need to go to a commercial break. we'll be right back. [cheers and applause] don't call it a “last-minute gift you ordered from the drugstore...” [thud] call it a “holiday bonus for the local economy.” ♪

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[cheers and applause] >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show." after two years of voter fraud accusations and capitol riots, it's no surprise that americans have become less confident in their elections. but as desi lydic discovers in her new series, america's election infrastructure may be in even worse shape than you think. ♪ ♪ >> hello again. i am desi lydic. when i first started this series on our election infrastructure, i was just hoping to boost my brain enough to diss this dumb academic mike dig this jump to get onto "60 minutes." but i learned that this country is on the terrifying brink of

election catastrophe and that "60 minutes" is looking for more of a hoda kotb. i can go overnight if that's what they need, i don't mind. this is our final look at votedemic 2022, our crumbling election infrastructure, just roll it. america, we did it. election accomplished. despite a myriad of election problems including a paper shortage at a lack of poll workers, we successfully pull off an election. thanks to my reporting. so i am back. >> break time is over, we got to talk. >> to debrief and collect my well-earned thank yous. >> thanks to your work and also my reporting, things are great, right? >> it did go mostly really well. we had a couple of hiccups around the country. but in general, it did go fairly well. so we should take a moment and celebrate that. >> tammy, i would love to bask with you. let's bask.

god, it feels good to bask. >> it's great to bask in the glory of competence and a well executed election, but we do still have challenges moving forward. >> damn it. >> since the 2020 election, election officials have been under attack. we know that one of the four election officials in this country have experienced threat of harassment and abuse. so they will be leaving the field unfortunately in large numbers. >> how many people are getting harassed? are we talking a handful or a shit town? >> unfortunately, it is closer to the shit ton. >> you heard tammy's filthy mouth, a shit ton. these range from election officials to secretaries of state. >> in arizona election officials has moved to an undisclosed location because of threats to his life. >> in milwaukee, electrons executive director has been bombarded by hate. >> in georgia, secretary of state brad raffensperger, his wife has gotten a barrage of

threatening text messages. >> if you had to put your finger on it, what or who is responsible for this? >> starting in the 2016 election, we had prominent candidates for the presidential office -- >> trump. >> who were running saying that the election was rigged, that there was rigged, that there was election fraud. >> donald trump. >> that has created an environment that has provided both incentive as well as support for people to target election officials. >> okay, so trump. >> one of the things you might want to think about is in fact talking to somebody who was a local election. to official in 2020. >> right, yeah, and someone should go do that. couldn't agree more. someone should definitely go talk to an election official. i already did this twice before and i have to do it again.

god. >> after being bullied by tammy to meet with the harassed election official, i am at city hall in philadelphia to speak with al schmidt, former philadelphia city commissioner and trump's biggest target during the 2020 election. big in philadelphia, the city commissioners are responsible for running anything election related from voter registration to mail and ballots, to election day operations, to the final tabulation and certification of the election results. election administrators are referees and all of this. >> is it hard to be a referee in philadelphia, given eagles fans? >> it certainly can be challenging, but we have the best fans in the country. >> can you give some examples of the type of harassment that you have received? >> well, the threats were pretty general in nature leading up to election day. but in the days that followed, especially after the former president targeted me by name on twitter, that is when the

threats became much more specific and much more graphic, and were largely targeting my family. >> i'm sorry, that must have been terrifying. >> i fortunately had the philadelphia police department looking after my family night and day, so walking the dog, going to the grocery store, you know, when i took the kids sliding, the philadelphia police department was right there alongside of us. >> yeah, totally get it. i am in the same boat. the police follow my family and i at all times for different reasons. is their accountability for people who harass election workers? >> i think there is really two types of accountability that are needed. one is for people who are making threats of violence and clearly breaking the law, trying to coerce the people responsible for counting voters' votes, and also a different sort of accountability for elected officials who are spreading these lies, and i would hope that voters will hold them accountable. >> harassers aside, how do you make amends with election deniers? water under the bridge?

excuse me, "worder" under the bridge. >> i've gone out of my weight to make sure that i go to political meetings and answer questions or people happier for the most recent ones i went to, an older gentleman leaned back and said, forget about the facts for a moment. biden lost. that makes it a real challenge to convince someone, when their belief system is completely independent of fairfax. >> and as an election official, you could take away that guy's boat, right? >> i want him to vote and i want him to vote in every election. >> do you, really? >> i do. >> do you, though? >> most certainly. every election. >> damn, this guy was good. but with all the harassment civil servants like him are facing, i was beginning to worry that there was no way i could and there's a story in a positive note. >> i think it is a very encouraging sign that we had more people step up to volunteer to work on election day in the midterms at 2022 than ever

before. >> great. great. so it is fixed. i did it! i mean, we did it. >> so there you have it, america. despite the problems we faced during 2022, thanks to al and election workers across the country, there is still hope that 2024 will not be a complete shit show, because i can't do another one of these. i can't. [cheers and applause] >> trevor: thank you so much for that, desi. all right, stay tuned because when we come back, the first black governor of maryland, wes moore, will be joining me on the show. so don't go away. [cheers and applause] [television]: ♪ feliz navidad, feliz navidad ♪

♪ deseamos que todos ♪ ♪ tengan un mundo lleno de amor y paz ♪ [click] ♪ yo soy mago, je, desaparezco, puff, je, sí ♪ ♪ la cuenta' 'tan llena ♪ ♪ está muy fuerte como, puff, uh, yeah ♪ ♪ mira cómo to' esto' niños aquí quieren ser como yo, ♪ ♪ no como tú, toy ♪ ♪ flexin' en coop, ♪ ♪ vos sos fantasma, ♪ ♪ solo dices: "boo", eh (eh), yo ♪ ♪ je, desaparezco, puff, je, sí ♪ ♪ está muy fuerte como, puff, uh, yeah ♪ [cheers and applause] >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show." my guest tonight is a combat veteran, best-selling author, and former head of the anti-poverty organization robin hood. he will soon be sworn in as the first black governor of the state of maryland. please welcome governor-elect wes moore! ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause]

>> thank you! [cheers and applause] thanks, y'all. thank you, man. >> trevor: governor-elect wes moore. >> yes, sir. >> trevor: are you used to that? it's only going to be a short time. then you will be governor wes moore. has it sunk in? he ran a campaign in a place where nobody expected to be able a democrat to win the seat of governor and yet here you are. what does it feel like? let's start with that. >> it feels great because you are right. when we first started this race, we started at 1%. i say that "i am not voting" was polling higher than what i was polling at. and i think what we did was, we continue to show people, we will be people where they were. we will go to every part of the state, talk to every part of the state and that also meant in places where there weren't a lot of democrats, and people would

literally say, you are coming to a lot of places where there's not a lot of democrats. yeah, but there's a lot of marylanders, and i plan on being there governor too. and i think that people showed, when you're willing to put in their work and earn it, then people respond. [applause] >> trevor: that is something that many people speak highly of with your campaign. it was very apparent very early on that you ran a different race to what many establishment politicians run. let's talk a little bit about being handcuffed when you're 11 years old. it means that you have a view of the "justice system" that is particularly unjust. you can see how it can go wrong so fast. how do you find that balance my job is to keep you safe, my job is to address what is happening on the ground, but at the same time, my job is to repair a police force that has lost trust in many communities and lost trust in the public in general? >> i think about with our race and campaign, our campaign was endorsed by both progressive maryland and the police union. >> trevor: how?

>> people say, how did you pull that off? basically, the idea is this. i was offering the same thing to both sides: a seat at the table. if we are going to actually address these issues, we have to make sure we are doing it collectively and we have to have a police force that is going to move with appropriate intensity and absolute integrity and full accountability. but we need to have a police force at the table to be able to make sure that happens. we have to make sure that, yes, we have to get violent offenders off of the streets and out of our communities because no child should have to come up in a neighborhood that they are afraid of and we have to get these illegal guns out of our neighborhoods. [applause] but it also means -- we also have to be very clear on this too. you are not going to arrest your way out of this and you're not going to militarize your way out of this and i do think about it from a context where, at 11 years old, i felt handcuffs on my wrist and if someone were to say to that 11-year-old kid, one day, you could be the governor, i would have never believed them. so we got to make sure we are

investing in our kids so when we say things like that, that they actually believe us. because if a kid thinks that you don't care, they don't care what you think. we have to make sure we are coming up with pathways, true pathways for all of our children to understand that the future of our society, it isn't real unless they are a part of it. [applause] >> trevor: i would like to know from you, as somebody who is coming into politics, you see what would you say is the toughest issue facing maryland right now? >> i still think it comes back to economics, because i think people feel a very real sense of unease and economic uncertainty about where things are. but i think that what we have got to do is, first of all, we have to let people know and make sure they can believe that we can actually get this done. >> trevor: really important. >> also, put the concrete plans in place about the things we are able to do to address that. it means things like, when we say we will invest to get people back to work, it means we have to be able to do that, job reskilling and retraining, where right now in the state of

maryland, we have two available jobs for every single person filing for unemployment. >> trevor: wow. >> people say, how does that make sense? it's because we have a dynamic economy in maryland we just aren't preparing people to participate in that economy. so being able to put together the concrete, practical plans. it means being able to start earlier, and again, as a leader, i am data-driven and heart-led. i wear my heart on my sleeve and i acknowledge that, but data matters, and i don't move without data, and i know this, 80% of brain development happens in a child by the time that child is five years old, so why we are starting children at 5, makes absolutely no sense. we have to make sure we have pre-k for every single child in the state of maryland. it really is saying, we know what works. again, i have been a public servant for my entire life, i just haven't been a politician. but i have had a chance, i lead soldiers in combat, lead a successful small business helping first-generation students go to college and i have a chance to lead one of the biggest poverty funding

organizations in the country. i know what works. we know what works. now the question is, can we derive a political will and the political focus and intentionality to actually bring these things to scale? that is where i think we have a unique value proposition that a lot of people in maryland would say, let's go, let's go win this decade. [applause] >> trevor: if there is one even your worst detractors cannot argue that you are not focused and driven. you genuinely are. thank you so much for joining me on the show. [cheers and applause] governor-elect wes moore, everybody. we will take a quick break. we will be right back. [cheers and applause]

[cheers and applause] >> trevor: well, that's our show for tonight. charlamagne is up next. now, here it is. your "moment of zen." >> oh, my goodness. just because you don't like one group doesn't mean the other -- >> i love jewish people but i also love nazis. [laughter] >> oh, man. i have to disagree with that. >> that is marvelous.

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