okay. bye. bye. hey, oscar? what's up, pam? um, i just wanted to let you know that dwight's gonna be okay. the doctor said there's a really simple treatment for a concussion, so he'll probably even be back at work tomorrow. okay. i just, uh, thought you'd wanna know that. (nurse) okay, mr. schrute. inhale with me on three. one, two... sir, stop that. stop... stop that. ♪ ♪ >> 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, charlamagne tha god! [cheers and applause]

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tax breaks. and because this is the trump family business, the kids are also getting dragged into court. >> tonight, the first of donald trump's children taking the stand as a witness in the civil fraud trial that could tear the family real estate business apart. donald trump jr. and his brother eric took control of the trump organization when their father became president. trump jr. described himself as just "a real estate broker." and when asked if he was familiar with basic accounting practices or was a member of an accounting organization, he answered, "sounds exciting, but no." judge arthur engoron has already determined financial documents signed by trump jr. fraudulently inflated his father's net worth by as much as $2 billion. today, trump jr. testified he wasn't really aware of what he was signing, saying, "i leave it to my cpas." >> charlamagne: y'all think he's full of shit, but that's because y'all are trump haters. i believe this man! i really do! don jr.'s defense is that he has no idea what's going on at his own company, and doesn't even really understand business at

all. which seems right to me! does anyone think this man is a criminal mastermind? the only fraud he's capable of is pretending a beard is a jawline. i know you are like, oh, so you think the trumps just signed all these things without knowing what they said? yeah! that is what everybody does! every website you have ever been on has asked you to sign something and you did it without reading it! mark zuckerberg might own all of our kidneys, right? but let's move on. because, for a long time now, america has been struggling to overcome its racist past. and the good news is, we're just about done. with all the big issues solved, all that's left is birds. >> the "new york times" says birds in the americas will no longer be named after people. the group responsible for standardizing english bird names says it will rename all species honoring people. it's being done to no longer pay tribute to those with racist pasts, such as john james audubon.

the famous bird illustrator was a slave owner who opposed abolishing slavery. >> charlamagne: yeah, racists [bleep] it up for everyone again. we found out that some birds are named after slave owners, so now every bird's got to go down to the dmv and get a new i.d. but you know what? fine. let's get rid of the human bird names. and while we're at it, let's get rid of all the mean ones, too. everyone keeps reminding that eagle that it's bald! if chris rock can't say that to jada, why do we say it about our national bird? "keep my eagle's name out of your [bleep] mouth." [applause] finally, let's move on to george santos, new york congressman and face-tuned chris christie. santos has been accused of lying and cheating everyone he's ever known out of money. and last night, republicans in congress finally had enough and held a vote to expel him.

but the outcome wasn't what you'd expect. >> overnight, congressman george santos surviving a rare vote to oust him from congress. 24 republicans joining most democrats to expel santos, but the resolution falling far short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass. santos defiant. >> i feel like due process is still alive. >> the push to expel santos was put forward by his fellow new york republicans, pointing to his lies about his background, from education and work experience to his religion he even falsely claimed his mother was in the 9/11 attacks. but even lawmakers who find all that concerning warn expelling santos before his trial ends would set a dangerous precedent. >> is there a scenario in which you would step down and resign? >> no. >> charlamagne: look, man, we all know george santos is full of shit. he'd be the first person in history to make a polygraph test go, "what the [bleep]?" but this is another example of

how republicans just don't care. anybody else would flee in shame if they caught doing half the stuff he did, but this dude is like, "i ain't resigning. prove my mama didn't personally jump out of the twin towers and land on osama bin laden's head!" for more on the vote to expel george santos, we go live to the capitol with grace kuhlenschmidt. grace! [cheers and applause] now, grace, you got to tell me, how did george santos survive this vote? >> so inspirational, right? he's overcome so much! his crimes, his lies, his lies about his crimes, his crimes that involve lying. ♪ he's a survivor ♪ ♪ he's something something ♪ you get it. >> charlamagne: but grace, the evidence is so clear. how did the house not vote to expel him? >> because it sets a bad precedent. then they would have to expel every congressperson that commits a crime and george santos is hardly the only criminal in congress. the only difference is that most other congresspeople are a

little more discrete with their crimes and a lot more discreet with their homosexuality. >> charlamagne: oh! but grace, there's gotta be a standard of behavior for our elected officials, right? >> at the same time, he makes everyone in congress look better. now lauren boebert can say "hey, he stole a veteran's dog's cancer money. who cares if i dry-cranked a guy at a musical?" charlamagne, it is just good management to keep your dumbest employee around to make everyone else look better. that's why my manager at the gap told me i was basically unfireable! they had to keep me no matter how many mannequins i dry-cranked. >> charlamagne: grace, come on, please stop saying "dry-crank." i'm just saying that we need to be able to take our representatives seriously. >> oh, hard disagree. [laughs] we've got 435 congresspeople. that leaves room for at least one, like, joke congressperson. you know, like how nsync had joey fatone. [laughs]

a fat italian guy in a boy band? pretty funny, nsync. >> charlamagne: i like joey fatone. but what happens if santos is convicted of these alleged crimes? they'll have to expel him then, right? >> maybe? or maybe we should just let him cook and see what kind of new crimes he comes up with. he could demolish the cast of on ice or lodging orphanage into space. either way, everybody's having a good time! except for the orphans. >> charlamagne: so, are you saying we should take pleasure in this mess? >> exactly. it's uncomfortable, but let's try to enjoy it. like getting dry-cranked. >> charlamagne: all right, that's enough. grace kuhlenschmidt, everybody. [cheers and applause] when we come back, we'll talk about how joe biden can stop dry cranking america. so don't go anywhere.

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donald trump. why are you not 30 points ahead? >> when the american people are able to take a close look at election time, on their options, i think the choice is going to be clear. bill, we're going to win. let me just tell you that. we're gonna win. >> charlamagne: will you, kamala? will you? because i just took a poll of that man's face, and it's not looking good. regardless of what kamala says, democrats are clearly nervous about this election. and they should be! because, yeah, biden has accomplished a lot. historic investments in green energy, record-breaking job growth, and he even got a black woman on the supreme court. [applause] i mean, with a 6-3 conservative majority, she is powerless later but at least, she got there.

but despite biden's record as president, it is still close. which is a hell of a thing! usually, when you're running against someone you already beat, and this time they have 91 felony charges against them, it should be a pretty easy victory. so the question is: how the actual [bleep] is joe biden losing to donald trump? i have a theory, and it's something i want to discuss more in tonight's "long story short." ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] when joe biden first ran for president in 2020, it was a lot simpler. campaigning is easy. just make a bunch of promises. it's like when you're about to move into a new building and the landlord is all nice, promising he'll fix this, paint that. but then you move in and he goes missing like black news anchors on cnn. i mean, they are basically gone. the point is, once you get the job, you actually have to follow through on those promises. and, whatever the reasons, out of the 99 biggest promises biden made to people, he's only following through on about 30% of the time. that is a 70% rate of letting

them down. you can't spit any game with those numbers. hey, girl, want to come over? i promise that only seven times out of ten, you will leave unsatisfied. but the other three come as before, it is on. there are some lady that will take that deal right now. yeah, biden has let people down. he promised not to drill for oil in alaska, now he is doing it. he said he would never build more portable, that is exactly what he is doing. all presidents break promises. george h.w. bush said "no new taxes." obama said he'd close guantanamo. fdr said he'd take a stand for the working man, but he was in a wheelchair the whole time. america can forgive all that. but one thing america doesn't forgive is weakness. they want to see you fighting for your goals. and on some key issues, biden seems to be waving the white flag. >> president biden today is expanding what he thinks he had no choice but to approve new oil drilling in alaska. >> my strong inclination was to disapprove of it across the board. but the advice i got from counsel was that if that were

the case, we may very well lose that case in court to the oil company. >> i have gone the full extent of my executive authority to do, on my own, anything about guns. and so -- >> so what can you do? >> so i can't do anything except plead with the congress to act reasonably. >> mr. president, can you be specific about what you did to try to re-appropriate those border funds, especially when democrats controlled both chambers of congress? >> when -- oh, you mean the wall thing? >> yes, sir. is that what you're talking about? >> yeah, they passed -- well, i was told that i had no choice. >> charlamagne: i was told i have no choice? by who? aren't you the president? if someone tells you no, just show them a picture of a drone! end of conversation! but see, that's where i think biden loses so many people. he just looks weak. and i'm not talking about physically. people want to see their president going to the mat to get what he wants. and it doesn't help that any

time biden does take a strong stand on something, his staff comes out to say he didn't mean it. >> the white house was back in clean-up mode over another round of confusing comments made by the president. >> is the pandemic over? >> the pandemic is over. >> the white house rushed out to walk it back, saying the president's comments do not mark a change in policy toward the administration's handling of the virus. >> president biden delivered a fiery speech in warsaw. perhaps carried away by the moment, biden seemed to call to for an end to vladimir putin's rule. >> for god's sake, this man cannot remain in power. >> secretary of state antony blinken quickly walked back biden's words. >> we do not have a strategy of regime change in russia, or anywhere else, for that matter. >> president biden stirring controversy over comments that he made about defending taiwan. >> to be clear, sir, u.s. forces, u.s. men and women would defend taiwan in the event of a china invasion? >> yes. >> the white house walked that

back almost immediately, saying our policy hasn't changed on taiwan. >> charlamagne: mmm, goddamn. it's amazing how often joe biden has to walk things back considering he can barely walk forwards. so voters, especially progressive voters, have seen biden give up or get overruled. to be fair to biden, not on everything, though. like student loan relief. the supreme court said he could not doing it but biden has been finding ways because that is much he cares about getting young people to vote for him. but on too many issues, he is rolling over. now, say what you will about trump. you might not agree with all his policies, but you've probably noticed he fights for them. he even fights for the ones that are stupid as hell! >> sinks, toilets, and showers, you don't get any water. >> i called my people -- environmental people. why are we doing this? because when you wash your hands, it takes you five times longer. you know, the water's, like, on. you got soap.

you can't get it off. you go into the shower, right? you turn on the water, drip, drip, drip. people are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times. 10 times, 10 times, right. bong, bong. not me, of course. not me, but you, him! >> charlamagne: he is so dangerous but so entertaining. trump's the only president to get his daily intelligence briefing from "everyone poops." okay? [laughs] the point is, that's why many people like trump: he fights! he's not gonna let something like congressional red tape, or judicial rulings, or even the constitution itself stop him from getting what he him from getting what he wants. the man fought to stay in power after he lost the election! who does that? gangsters. and america has got a thing for that gangster shit. now, don't get me wrong. i don't want the president to break the law or stage coups to get what he wants. but voters are attracted to strength. so long story short:

if biden and the democrats want to retain power in the next election, stop telling us how much you are not like trump, and maybe, in this one way, just one way, start acting like gangsters, and fight like hell on the things you care about, instead of rolling over or throwing up your hands. america wants a president to fight for them the same way the alabama river boat crew fights for each other. [cheers and applause] and if you don't understand that, to quote president biden, you ain't black! all right, when we come back, author doug melville will be joining me on the show. so don't go anywhere. [cheers and applause]

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with downy unstopables. try for under $5. [cheers and applause] >> charlamagne: welcome back to "the daily show." my guest tonight is an author whose new book is called "invisible generals: rediscovering family legacy, and a quest to honor america's first black generals." please welcome doug melville! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ doug! how are you doing? >> how are you doing? ♪ ♪ >> charlamagne: doug, my guy! >> how we doing tonight? how is everything? >> charlamagne: man, blessed, black, and highly favored. how are you feeling? >> i'm feeling just the same.

>> charlamagne: "invisible generals," this book was partially inspired by going to see "red tails." you hated it. >> when i went to see a screening for "red tails," the main character in the movie was played by terrence howard, is actually the patriarch and center of our family. when he came out and his name was changed, i got really upset about it. i went home and i talked to my dad about it and he said, doug, if you think changing the name in a movie is bad, let me tell you the family story that lets you know how i lived and then maybe you can see why that doesn't mean as much to me as it means to you, and he shared with me the family story of the invisible generals. and that is what was the impetus for me to write my book. >> charlamagne: tell us who the invisible generals are. >> the invisible generals are america's first two black generals, a father and a son, general benjamin o. davis sr. and general benjamin o. davis jr. and these two men at the start of world war ii were the only two black officers in the whole united states military, out of 335,000 people, and they worked together to help desegregate the

military, create the tuskegee airmen, and so many more things. but their story had never been told. and it was my passion to go out and write it. >> charlamagne: that's right. [cheers and applause] going back to "red tails" for a second, why do you think a lot of military movies struggle with getting history right? >> i think the challenge with "red tails" is that when people look at it, they feel it is true american history but it is actually just a facade of that. it actually is an amalgamation of the stories. and not paying the families and using different fictional names allows you to have a little bit more with the storytelling. but then, the families feel a certain way because this is how people recognize the story, yet the families aren't compensated. and the stories that are actually happening are never really told. >> charlamagne: it is a way to not pay y'all. >> yeah, yeah, it's a way not to pay us. [laughs] >> charlamagne: did george lucas or the writer interview you when crafting the

story? >> no, some other tuskegee airmen were contacted but my family in particular was not contacted. which i thought, as the commander and the creators of the tuskegee airmen, i thought there would be a little bit more effort to go reach out to the family but that wasn't the case in this movie. it was important for me as a family member to say, i am going to take control of the narrative and i am going to write it, so the actual words and history that happened can be told in an accurate way. >> charlamagne: wow. [applause] now this is interesting. after your grandfather served, he worked for the department of transportation and he basically created the speed limit? >> yeah, so yeah. actually, this is a great story. so after he left the military in 1970, he worked for the department of transportation, and in that role, he created the tsa, what became the tsa airport security. he created the united states air

marshal program to keep the sky safe. >> charlamagne: [laughs] wow. >> and then he was so successful that they asked him to do it for transportation, not aviation, and that is where he led the creation of the 55-mile-an-hour speed limit. so these were all created by one guy, and we don't even know who he is, is impossible for me to comprehend. >> charlamagne: the speed limit and the tsa? >> yeah. >> charlamagne: what is now known as the tsa. what wasn't known back then? did they even have a name for it? >> security. [laughter] >> charlamagne: should there be more outreach to servicemen and women of color now, encouraging them to tell their own stories to make sure their stories aren't lost? >> yeah, i think every single veteran -- even if you are not a veteran. if there is a veteran in your family or even if you have someone on your couch who was not serving but lived a really different life, we should go and ask our ancestors and our relatives, what did you go through and what are their stories? legacy is so important. we are driven by the generational collateral that our families laid out before us, but we don't even know what that is. the greatest stories in america are sitting on our couches. the greatest stories in america

could be from families of veterans. i didn't serve, but it is so important that we take this time, because we only have so much time. and we take those stories from our family. we own the stories from our family, and we put them down on paper, so our legacy can be preserved in an accurate way. [applause] >> charlamagne: man. what you are saying is so true. "invisible generals," full disclosure, i have a book imprint called black privilege publishing with simon and schuster and i'm happy to help doug melville tell this story. it comes out november 7th and it's available to preorder now! we're going to take a quick break and we will be back right after this. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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[cheers and applause] >> charlamagne: that's our show for tonight and my time as host. but you can catch me on "the breakfast club," monday through friday, ask a.m. to 10:00 a.m., and you can listen to my podcast "brilliant idiots." but stay tuned next week, when your guest host will be sarah silverman! now, here it is. your "moment of zen." >> i think it is a truly scary precedent for new york, for me, for example, before even having a day in court, i am apparently guilty of fraud for relying on my accountant to do -- wait for it -- ( male ) since the last "south park", you've waited four long weeks to find out who the father of eric cartman is. now finally, the shocking truth about cartman's lineage will not be seen tonight so that we can bring you the following special presentation. now get ready for canada's hottest action stars,