we've just been messing with him, uh, because of the whole alliance thing. um... it's just office pranks. it's stupid. it's just office pranks. an alliance? what the hell's he talking about? i have absolutely no idea. c'mon. (dwight) do i feel bad about betraying jim? not. at. all. that's the game. convince him we're in an alliance, get some information, throw him to the wolves. that's politics, baby. get what you can out of someone, then crush them. i think jim might have learned a very valuable lesson. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: from new york city, the only city in america, it's the show that invented news. this is "the daily show" with your host, jordan klepper! [cheers and applause]

♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> jordan: welcome to "the daily show!" i'm jordan klepper. i'm back for my second night hosting "the daily show," and let's dive right in, because i have not even started my taxes. we've got a great show tonight. i'm fingering the pulse at the world's largest gun show. and we've got live music: charley crockett is here tonight. [cheers and applause] let's get into headlines! ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] let's start with some breaking news. apparently, widespread lying and deceit may have some consequences. >> we are back with our breaking news coverage. just as opening statements were about to begin in about to be had in a stork trial, dominion voting systems suing fox for

defamation, lawyers on both sides reached a settlement, and absolutely enormous settlement. the lawyer for dominion announced that fox would be paying dominion $787,000,000.500000. >> jordan: wow! [audience reacts] >> jordan: $787 million, that is a ton of money. already strapped for cash. tucker carlson can only afford one facial expression. look, i am glad that there is some accountability here. but still, i am pretty disappointed we are not going to get a trial, because all the fox anchors would have been forced to testify. it would have been like the seinfeld finale, but instead of soup nazis, it is just... [cheers and applause] nazis. since fox will have to pay nearly a billion dollars, they will need to implement cost-cutting measures. sadly, they have to fire brian kilmeade's reading tutor.

jeanine pirro has to switch to the cheap box of wine. development on a third doocy has been halted. they are have to switch from jesse watters or tap water is. and of course, they have to put down sean hannity. [cheers and applause] let's move on. you guys a smell? smell that smell? that combination of jim's wide and old spice and unearned confidence? feels like there is a lot of alpha male energy going on in politics right now. everywhere you look in the news, there is an alpha male whipping his pecker out, marking his territory, punching walls and started crying. real tough guys. guys like ron "these boots are made for walking" desantis. who is down in florida waging war on a cartoon mouse. >> this morning, the ongoing feud between florida governor ron desantis and disney is

intensifying. desantis now floating the idea of the state developing land next to disney world. >> come to think of it now, people are like, well, there's what should we do with this land? maybe try to do more amusement parks. someone even said, like, maybe you need another state prison. who knows? i mean, i just think that the possibilities are endless. >> jordan: okay! a state prison next to disney world. could you imagine what poor walt disney was that if he saw this? i mean, first, he'd probably have a lot to say about all the jews and black people allowed in the park, but after he sorted that out, he would be very upset. this may sound like a petty moved by i want i want to be dictator but as a prison next to disney world and inherently bad idea? i say no. as long as they walk up strictly those disney adults, we are going to be totally fine. [cheers and applause] i know you are trying to make

adulthood feel like childhood, but guess what! there's nothing for you past 30! but it wasn't the only alpha male on me alphapalooza main stage. there is also jim jordan -- a lot of jordyn frantz. last month, jim jordan's bro donald trump was indicted by manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, for no reason besides committing crimes! but jim jordan wasn't gonna let that stand. that's why, yesterday, he went after alvin bragg, in alvin bragg's own backyard, right here in manhattan. >> the house judiciary committee held a rare field hearing in new york, billed as an examination of crime in manhattan. >> ohio congressman jim jordan rallied against manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. >> the policies being implemented by this district attorney are going to ruin this great city. >> jordan: i am surprised. one, he admits new york is a great city. never thought i would hear that. and two, that they actually held

a hearing on crime. pretty sure ignoring crimes was jim jordan's whole thing. [applause] considering the murder rates -- [applause] clap for ignoring sexual abuse allegations. i appreciate it. considering the murder rate is much higher in columbus, ohio, which is, and jim jordan's neck of the woods, maybe he should have been holding crime hearings there. but even people from ohio don't want to spend time in ohio. i can say that because i am from michigan, and ohio is our new jersey. [applause and laughter] there is still another guy out there who might be the most alpha male ever. he's summited everest, he's the real-life inspiration for john wick, and the current featherweight champion of the world. george santos. [applause] he's just started his first term in congress, and absolutely no one wants him to run again.

his constituents are embarrassed by him, republicans want him to go away, even the dalai lama said he wouldn't suck his tongue with a ten foot pole. which means there's only one thing a real alpha male would do. >> embattled republican new york congressman george santos going back on his word that he wouldn't run for reelection. instead, he launched his campaign for reelection on his 100th day in office. >> it's a beautiful day here in washington, d.c, it's a great day to be an american. it's a great day to be a republican and it's a great day to announce reelection. >> santos is under local, state, federal, and international investigation. >> jordan: say what you want about santos, but it is uber alpha to run for reelection when you are as unpopular he is. they have had to refund more donations than they have take it in, truly. which means, he is technically

raised negative $3,000. you got to give it to george santos. he is the only elected official who has officially taken money out of politics. all right. so who is today's reigning alpha male? to help me decide, here is desi lydic! [cheers and applause] desi, which of these men do you think is the top alpha? >> not to out-alpha you, jordan, but none of them. these are all a bunch of beta bitches. ron desantis? he's losing a fight with the happiest place on earth. i haven't seen disney trample a leader like this since mufasa. and jim jordan flew all the way to new york just to talk about how scared he is of new york. relax, jim. go see that michael jackson broadway show. it also ignores abuse allegations. you'd love it! >> jordan: hold on. desi, hold on. there has to be an alpha. >> oh, i've got an alpha for

you. today's top alpha male... is my girl senator dianne feinstein. and i'll tell you why. roll it! >> the california democrat senator dianne feinstein hasn't cast a vote since february because she's still recovering from shingles. her absence is holding up president biden's judicial nominees. some democrats called for her resignation. >> she's 89 years old. she's been away from capitol hill for seven weeks. >> the senior senator from california issued this statement. "i remain committed to the job and will continue to work from home in san francisco." >> yeah! check out the truck nuts on di! that, right there, is an alpha. >> jordan: okay, i don't get it. dianne feinstein can't perform her duties on the judiciary committee, and is refusing to resign. what is alpha about that? >> thinking that no one else could do your job as good as you, even though you're barely doing your job? that is pure alpha male. that's some logan roy shit.

>> jordan: no spoilers, no spoilers. >> okay, i'm giving you one more day, then i spoil it. >> jordan: okay. let's say this is a power move by diane feinstein but there's more to being an alpha male than not giving up your job. >> no, no, jordan. it's not a job. it's a seat. she's in california right now, holding down a seat in washington d.c. this is the widest case of manspreading in human history! >> jordan: but that doesn't make her alpha. that makes her a standard male. >> but she's also stopping 12 judges were taking their seats and preventing them from protecting women's rights. and preventing women from their rights is alpha male. >> jordan: i see it. i see it. [applause] >> top dog dianne is ripping a

page out of the old boy playbook, grinding it up, and snorting it right off a hooker's ass. i salute you, dianne! >> jordan: we salute you, alpha dianne! desi lydic, everyone. [cheers and applause] all right, when we come back, we'll take a look at the hot new way your kids can kill you. so don't go away. [cheers and applause] (ooh, new nuggets!) (so tender.) (does he not dip his nuggets in sauce?) (mmm, these don't even need sauce.) (that's crazy.) try new kentucky fried chicken nuggets. you've never had nuggets like these. that's finger lickin' good.

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doing to try to keep selling more product? i went to the world's largest gun show to find out in another edition of "fingers the pulse." ♪ ♪ america: land of the free and home to an astronomical amount of mass shootings. so i went to the world's largest gun show in tulsa, oklahoma, to investigate our unique obsession with guns. the bounty was plentiful. small guns, big guns, katanas for some reason, more nazi's wake then harlan crow's guest bathroom. 11 acres of guns. seems weird to use acreage as a measurement of guns, but this is america. why are you here today? >> america. america. >> jordan: you are here because america... >> yes. guns. [laughter] >> jordan: i feel like that as an american haiku. little e.e. cummings. are you looking forward to?

>> being able to look at guns free. >> jordan: that is relaxing to you? >> yes. >> jordan: sort of like your bonsai tree is looking at an array of guns. makes use end. >> makes me feel better. >> jordan: this guy made have well have been at a meditation retreat because they were selling guns everywhere including the parking lot. >> you will hopefully sell that? you need a license? and you kind of go to the gun show? >> try to find somebody else to buy them, find what you like. >> jordan: if someone is like, i am interested, i will buy it, what do you do? >> you kind of look them over. >> jordan: that is what a background check here is in tulsa? >> this is where people are going to come to maliciously get guns mostly. >> jordan: why not? i guess if i was like, i need to get a gun quick to do bad chitchat, this is actually exactly where i would go. how much is that going for? >> about 900. >> jordan: what if i came up here and was like, had a little bit of a rough day, my wife just broke up with me, feeling a

little on edge. how much for my gun? >> if somebody looks stupid or looks like he is crazy as shit. >> jordan: what if i say the words that somebody is crazy as shit but i looked composed like i do right now? >> i would probably sell it to you. >> jordan: the selection of firearms was diverse, these days, there is only one real star of the gun show. what are you hoping to see? >> ar-15s, tactical, just want to add to it, technical, make it have some lasers. >> jo>> jordan: why is the ar-15 such a good gun? >> it is cool. >> a lot of people use them for day-to-day. >> jordan: there's a lot of day-to-day ar-15 usage? >> i have ar style but i use it for called hunting. >> jordan: hog hunting? >> jordan: i got one for hog hunting, squirrels, deer, wild . >> jordan: you're killing wild hogs? you've been threatened by pigs? >> my dad has. >> jordan: why do you think the ar-15 is seen as scary? >> because it looks like a military weapon. >> jordan: do you think it is scary because it kills a lot of

children? >> the weapon itself doesn't kill the children. it is a person wielding the weapon. >> jordan: why do they tend to use that weapon in particular? >> because in media it is portrayed that way. >> jordan: in schools, it happens that way. am i misunderstanding this? if ar-15s aren't the real threat in america, what is? >> look up bicycle accidents. look up trampoline accidents. >> acid attacks. >> jordan: acid attacks? are there mass acid attacks? >> not mass but it does happen. >> statistically, there are more murders committed in this country every year with hammers, baseball bats, and other blunt objects than any handgun, rifle, shotgun combined. >> jordan: but that statistic can't be correct. >> more accidents, falls, toys -- >> two by fours. >> your table. >> jordan: seems like we should be looking at all murder weapons from the game of clue and then the other lower level, the ar-15.

the more i talked to these people, the more i wondered if all of his tactical shit has always been a part of gun culture? >> this is a new thing. >> that's a new thing. >> jordan: i went to montana to talk to ryan, who spent 25 years in the gun industry, but now advocates for gun safety. >> i think we troubled by the firearms culture that has emerged in and around guns in our country now. it mirrors much of our political radicalization ten transformation as a country. the industry itself, prior to about 20052006 would not allow any kind of tactical gear, hardly any ar-15s, no bullet proof vest, no helmets, at some trade shows. it seemed like the industry understood that propagating that kind of thing could lead to very bad shit. >> jordan: ar-15 at a gun show in 2009 and you are a weirdo? >> 2008, 2009 was when the weirdo stuff starts wearing off but yeah, you were a weirdo then. now it is commonplace, now it is

ubiquitous. >> jordan: but they used to used to be weirdos. >> they used to be weirdos, yet. >> jordan: ar -- i know a lot of liberals thinks it stands for assault rifle. they are wrong. it stands for are you looking at my small penis? >> it sounds for the first company that developed it. >> jordan: automatic rifle. >> liberals see the ar-15 and tend to think it is a weapon. it feels like you go to a gun show on people say it is for hunting, it is for sports. who is right? >> all you have to do is look at the industry's own marketing and p.r. for the industry sells it as an offensive weapon of war. >> jordan: they are trying to market towards kids? >> yeah, so guns have long been marketed to kids, target guns, trying to get kids involved into shooting sports and hunting. but what is different now is that being marketed to kids through things like the jr 15, the junior 15, not the ar-15 come with age ar-15. is drunk and down kids version of the ar-15. >> jordan: ajr-15. is that is so little kids can

stand up to a government overreach? >> if you are a world about child grooming, there is your child grooming. >> jordan: this is how gun manufacturers are reaching out to the public. >> the jr-15, check this out. >> jordan: we have pacifiers and a skull. >> tactical pacifier. >> jordan: tactical pacifier. my 2.5-year-old would be drawn to that. >> this is a magazine cover. you have the vicious skateboard attacker and the boy's father defending his terribly affected family. >> jordan: is that in case tony hawk goes crazy? >> yes. >> jordan: honey, get the sword, tony hawk is here. >> 2018 huge ad at the industry trade show, guys in jeans, t-shirts, backwards ball cap, ar-15, stand-down protesters, here, you have kyle rittenhouse. jeans, backwards ball cap, t-shirt, ar-15, shooting at protesters. >> jordan: this is two years apart. >> two years apart. the marketing works. i don't know how -- if you can't draw a direct line between those

two things, i can't help you. >> jordan: what are steps we can take to limit the number of mass shootings with weapons like the error 15? >> i think, like with politics, a lot of this is about voluntary social norms. yes, legislation needs to be entered to do to help reinforce some of these norms but some of this is going to be on us. >> jordan: that's right. it is on us. so it shouldn't be too hard for all of us to come together and agree on what weapons should and should not be owned by the average civilian. should we be able to buy tanks? >> you but you. >> jordan: yeah? >> you but you. >> jordan: tanks are okay. soon would be able to have an apache helicopter? there should be a line of the things that are available? >> maybe we shouldn't go along with nuclear bombs dropped to her back. >> jordan: that is the line? you don't have to bite, nuclear bombs, we still have some figuring out to do. [cheers and applause] >> jordan: stay tuned. when we come back,

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[cheers and applause] >> jordan: welcome back to "the daily show." my guest tonight is a critically acclaimed musician whose new album, "the man from waco redux," will be out on may 26th. please welcome charley crockett! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] charley crockett! welcome to the show. i've been a big fan for quite some time. you look great, by the way. i feel like i dressed down.

you've got a cool ass hat. does being a cool musician, is it ever exhausting to have to always look impressive? you ever want to adam sandler it and go cargo shorts? >> [laughs] well, my girl probably wishes i did that more often. [laughter] >> jordan: you have an amazing story. you have busked, i know you have record contracts, you've left record contracts, you have found your own way. how much of it for you is it about getting to some final place? is there a success for you that will let you -- forgive me -- to hit your horse and say, "giddyup" -- forgive me. i'm going to back track that. >> he is from michigan. >> jordan: i'm from michigan. [laughter] is there -- is success a landing spot or is it a journey for you? >> i've been doing this rambling piece that they've been working

on in a texas magazine for months. actually, we were up here in new york with willie not too far back, this journalist was up here with me, they interviewed everyone i ever dealt with in the business for the most part. and my first record deal, i was discovered on the r train here in manhattan. but you know, the deal that i dreamt of, like you have heard many times before, it never is what you want it to be. and so anyway, they are doing this big piece on me now, but this journalist was saying that a couple of my old managers, they said, charley, they all said you have a plan, they knew where you were going, they knew you had this grand scheme. but i never did. you know? the reason i started playing in public and on street corners in the first place was, this was a career of last resort. hard luck and circumstances put me on street corners. i wouldn't be in this business if i had had an easy way. and so there was no grand scheme to beat the game.

the only thing i ever wanted to do was keep playing, you know? i am not a cowboy. i am a cowboy singer. i want to keep singing my cowboy songs. they might sound a little different than some of the old boys. >> jordan: and you are here with us tonight. you going to play us a song? >> yeah, if you will let me. >> jordan: i will let you. [cheers and applause] "the man from waco redux" will be out may 26. be sure to stay tuned for a special performance after the break. you don't want to miss it. [cheers and applause] as a business owner, your bottom line is always top of mind. so start saving by switching to the mobile service designed for small business: comcast business mobile. flexible data plans mean you can get unlimited data or pay by the gig.

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