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♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> desi: welcome to "the daily show!" i'm desi lydic. we've got a really big show for you tonight. it's autumn in new york. the leaves are changing, the indictments are falling. and leslie jones is here! [cheers and applause] but let's get right into today's big story. new york city's mayor, eric adams. he's known for a lot of things, from clubbing downtown, to clubbing in midtown to clubbing during work hours! he's having the best time and the party is never going to end -- >> breaking overnight, indicted! new york mayor eric adams facing criminal charges. an historic case. >> for the first time, a sitting mayor is facing criminal

charges, indicted by the u.s. on a number of charges here in new york. >> desi: can someone check if there's bottle service at rikers? so yes, this is a historic and sad day for new york city. which is why the subway masturbators were flying their sweatpants at half-mast this morning. now to be fair, adams is, of course, innocent until proven guilty. although it would be a lot easier to believe he wasn't doing crimes if he didn't dress like a gangster from "guys & dolls." but the question is, what exactly is eric adams accused of? let's find out in our new segment: "suspects and the city." ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ i couldn't help but wonder... how could the mayor be in trouble with the law? we know how much he follows the law because he tells us all the time!

>> i strongly believe that you have to follow the law. i cannot tell you how much i start the day with telling my team, we have got to follow the law. >> desi: see? as we know, the most trustworthy people are the ones who are constantly telling you how trustworthy they are. it's like how the most faithful spouses start every morning reminding themselves not to cheat. if you got one of those, ladies? hang on, don't let go. so what's the mayor in trouble for? well, according to him, it's for simply caring too much. >> i always knew that if i stood my ground for all of you that i would be a target and a target i became. >> desi: [weeping] oh, my god! you did that for us? oh, my god.

oh, my god. and i knew it! i knew that when you said the city should put garbage in garbage cans, they would come after you! i knew it and they did! they did! [cheers and applause] i mean, unless there was some other reason that they indicted you? >> the indictment reads like lifestyles of the rich and famous, describing a politician who wanted to travel beyond his means and did so with the help of turkish nationals. >> on numerous occasions, the mayor and his partner or a family member would fly on turkish airlines, which is primarily owned by the turkish government. in october 2016, they purchased economy tickets valued at just over $2,200 and received free upgrades to business class, worth about $15,000. in 2017, adams, a family member, and a staff member accepted free business class tickets worth more than $35,000. >> desi: let me get this

straight: i've heard of politicians getting paid off in bags of cash, in fancy cars, in gold bars. but this is the first time i've heard of selling out the city to get medallion status on turkish airlines. i mean, come on, buddy. if you want to get bumped up to first class, just say you found a pube in your pretzels! it works every time! every time! and if you're wondering, isn't turkish air an inconvenient airline to have your bribes paid in? you're right! >> according to the indictment, adams insisted on flying turkish air through istanbul even if it was out of the way. when his girlfriend asked if he wanted to vacation in chile, he repeatedly asked her whether turkish airlines flew there from new york city. >> desi: ugh, our mayor is bad at crime and geography? oh, my god. this isn't just embarrassing as a mayor, this is embarrassing as a boyfriend. "hey, baby, hawaii sounds fun,

but what about a three-hour layover in istanbul and then estonia? it is the hawaii of eastern europe!" so turkish airlines is the quid, wait until you hear the pro quo. >> the indictment detailing an alleged quid pro quo, writing that, "adams intervened with the fdny to permit the turkish consulate to occupy a skyscraper that had not passed a fire safety inspection." >> desi: [laughs] this is worst bribery deal ever. "listen, you slip me a couple hundred grand, i'll make double sure there's no fire extinguishers in your building. you can thank me later." this is so upsetting. it's a sad day in new york city when foreign nations are bribing the mayor to rush permits. that is the mob's job! okay? those should be american bribes! [cheers and applause]

american! now, a lot of politicians are saying adams should resign, or at least hide his face in shame, but what do real new yorkers say? >> do you think he should resign? >> i think so. >> he's not good. he deserved to get out. >> there's always been been a mayor. there's going to be another one. what's the big deal? [applause] >> desi: wow, new yorkers feel the same way about their mayor as most people do about the "fast and furious" movies: they're all bad and there is definitely going to be another one. maybe one reason new yorkers aren't too worried about their mayor being indicted is that we understand the city government is so much more than just one person. the adams administration is full of civil servants, doing their job honorably. like the police commissioner! >> embattled nypd commissioner edward caban was forced to resign amid a federal

investigation into influence peddling involving his twin brother. >> desi: okay, so the police commissioner also had a scandal. you can always get another police commissioner. >> just days after being appointed interim nypd commissioner, tom donlon's homes have been raided by the feds. >> desi: okay. police aren't everything! it's the school system that matters. >> schools chancellor david banks becomes the latest no appointee to announce his departure as he faces scrutiny after fbi agents seized his cell phones. >> desi: not the chancellor! who will make sure the schools are... no chancell'ed? is there anyone in this administration who isn't under investigation? >> banks is among at least 15 other members of the administration that are currently under investigation. banks, his two brothers, phil and terence, as well as his fiancee, deputy mayor sheena wright.

>> agents searched the home of adams's chief fundraise brianna suggs. new york city sheriff anthony miranda and his office are being investigated over money confiscated from illegal pot shops. investigators searched the homes of winnie greco, the director of asian affairs. >> a senior aide to mayor adams, tim pearson. were there any kind of kickbacks going on? >> business dealings between frank carone, the onetime chief of staff to mayor adams, and a monsignor named jaime gigantiello. >> desi: oh, my god! fox news was right. crime really is out of control in new york! but this is actually kind of impressive! adams has assembled multiple branches of an administration, all committed to his shared vision of breaking the law. i can't even get my coworkers to go apple-picking with me! for more on this evolving scandal, we now go live to city hall with michael kosta.

[cheers and applause] michael, with all this turmoil, who is actually in charge of the city right now? >> that's good question, desi: i think i am. >> desi: what? you? >> yeah, you know, i came down to city hall this morning to ask some questions, but it was totally empty. everyone has either resigned or been arrested. and then the phones started ringing, so i answered one, and then i answered another one. and now i'm pretty much running the city. hold on, i got to sign off this budget. that looks good, yeah. >> desi: wait, you should not be running the city. >> you know, it's not that hard, desi. i mean, i hired some more firefighters, i shut down the f train for no reason, i grand marshaled a gay vietnamese mermaid parade. classic mayor stuff. hold on, i got to do a photo op

for this make-a-wish kid. come here. [cheers and applause] you're going to make it, buddy! you're going to make it. he's not going to make it. >> desi: i got to say, i'm impressed, michael. it seems like you're actually doing a good job as -- wait, what was that? did you just accept a bribe? >> what? of course not! you think i'm mayor for one day and i'm already taking cash to build a turkish bath in the middle of central park? that's insulting! teh-sheh-kull-erh ed-erh-im! >> desi: what did you just say? >> what crime? you did! i'll have you know that every morning, i look in the mirror and say, "do not approve a turkish bathhouse in exchange for 40,000 turkish lira and first class seats to boston with a stopover in istanbul."

>> desi: wow, wow, you really are a new york city mayor. >> yeah, well -- whoa! someone ratted me out! was this camera recording me? desi, tell the world i'm innocent! i took those bribes for you! desi, please! [cheers and applause] >> desi: come on! i was going to ask you to go apple picking! michael kosta, everyone. when we come back, leslie jones will give us her opinion. so don't go away. [cheers and applause]

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very blessed, very hydrated. but that's because over the summer, i went to a little place called france. it was for the olympics. [cheers and applause] oh, what's that? you want to see pictures? no! it wouldn't be right to show you guys this picture of me looking so fine. [cheers and applause] it would be -- yas! it would be gauche. a word that i learned in france, when i was there doing the olympics. but while i was doing my eat, slay, love in france, i learned something very unfortunate that i want to talk to y'all about. while i was there, we were treated very rudely. and at first i thought it was because i was black. but that wasn't that!

it actually was because i was american, which made me so sad! i was like, damn, can't y'all just be racist? but it turns out there's a lot of things about americans the world doesn't like. and you know what? i think i might agree with them. take our food. when i was in france, i ate a peach and it was so good that i started crying. because i don't think i ever had a real peach before. it tasted so natural and sweet and gauche. it made me think, why can't american food be that good? and it turns out, the reason is because half the shit in our food isn't even food! >> there are more than 10,000 chemicals and additives allowed in food in the united states. >> potassium bromate is a suspected carcinogen that's

banned for human consumption in europe but legal in the u.s. >> skittles, pop tarts, gatorade, little debbie's. banned in the european union because of dyes like yellow 5, yellow 6, and red 40. >> for the u.k. bottle of heinz ketchup, there are about six ingredients, all recognizable. but that's not the same for the classic u.s. one. take a look at how much longer this thing is. high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, and natural flavoring. >> natural flavoring? what the [bleep] does natural flavoring mean? everything has natural flavoring. a dog's ass has natural flavoring. but it doesn't mean i want to dip my french fries in it! [cheers and applause] we are eating poison, and we don't even care! i had so much time to do stuff

in europe, because i didn't have to schedule two hours after every meal for shitting. and we're paying the price for eating all this trash. have you ever realized there's no more "yo mama so fat" jokes anymore? it's 'cause now everybody's mama is fat. [applause] it's ain't funny no more! everyone now is like, "yo mama so fat... and so is my mama. and so am i. pass the corn syrup!" it's not just about food, though. because not only do europeans think we're ugly on the outside, they also think we're ugly on the inside, too. >> they have really, really crazy people there. >> self absorbed and feel superior. >> so aggressive. >> they're quite brash. they're quite loud people. >> americans talk too loud. >> loud. >> loud. >> loud. >> pretty loud.

>> what the [bleep] you talking about, loud? [cheers and applause] y'all too quiet over there anyway, whispering and shit. you got too many damn secrets. the queen is dead. [laughs] and i'd love to push back on these europeans, but anyone who's been on the internet knows that we can be a little combative. >> meltdown on the plane. >> get me the [bleep] off this [bleep] plane! >> road rage leading to fists flying. >> oh! >> i paid for food, yeah. >> so much ketchup. are you're making fun of me because i am on a diet? >> are you okay? >> i'm upset! >> quit it.

>> hey, stop. stop. >> ah! we need therapy! betterhelp.com! help! [cheers and applause] you know, we should have a social contract in this country not to lose our shit in public. if someone gets your order wrong, be an adult. just say, i'm never eating here again, then order at the drive-thru. like everybody else! it's not just these viral videos. unfortunately, the rest of the world is aware of our culture of violence. >> the gun situation, it kind of >> there's all these shootings going on. >> guns, violence. >> school shootings, many people with guns. >> everyone can buy a weapon

there. >> people have so many guns. i feel like i would not feel safe there. >> you're right. you're not going to be safe here. you think i do cardio for my health? i do it so i can outrun bullets, bitch! [applause] everybody shouldn't be allowed to have a gun. i shouldn't even legally own a megaphone. but i do. the point is, we got problems, america. and don't try to blame all of this on trump. because even if you take him out of the picture, our political system is not normal! >> a candidate for governor is accused of making disturbing statements on a porn site, including allegedly saying he is a black nazi. >> congresswoman lauren boebert kicked out of a performance of the musical "beetlejuice" and she and her companion were noticeably groping each other in

front of others. >> south dakota governor kirsti noem revealing in a new book that she shot her dog, cricket. >> federal officials are investigating robert f. kennedy jr. for allegedly decapitating a dead whale. >> decapitating whales? what did the whales do to you, cuz? can't you just go to a diddy party like a normal millionaire? of course europe thinks we're [bleep] up. i think we're [bleep] up. we are [bleep] up! [cheers and applause] listen, i had to leave america to realize how much bullshit we live in. i know that this last decade has been hard on everyone. i've been around the world, i've been around the country and

people feel helpless and hopeless. they don't trust the supreme court, don't trust the politicians, our criminal justice system, and their food supply. they think that power comes from you in on a secret: in on a secret: the people have all the power. [cheers and applause] but we got all the power, but we got to get involved! [cheers and applause] and i get it. i get it. you just want to go to work, come home, take care of your kids, watch your hulu. but you got to get involved! that's the way to make things change. and if we do that, we can be better. we can do better. we can be... gauche. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> desi: leslie jones, everybody! [cheers and applause]

when we come back, susanna fogel will be joining me on the show. so don't go away. leslie jones! [cheers and applause]

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with your secret recipes and shared moments. thank you for bringing us into your homes and into your hearts for nearly 150 years. thank you for making quaker a part of your family. incoming dishes. —ahhh! —duck! dawn powerwash flies through 99% of grease and grime in half the time. yeah, it absorbs grease five times faster. even replaces multiple cleaning products. ooh, those suds got game. dawn powerwash. the better grease getter. [cheers and applause] >> desi: welcome back to "the daily show." my guest tonight is an award-winning director and screenwriter whose latest film is called "winner." >> ms. winner, you are aware that this job requires a four year degree. >> yeah, i did see that, but i figured because i spent those years in the air force learning languages they don't even teach at texas a&m. >> sure.

but the military isn't college. >> you're really telling me i need a degree to hand out blankets? >> well, we do much more than hand out blankets, of course. we think through problems. >> just like we do in the military. life or death problems. >> desi: please welcome susanna fogel! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> desi: it is so good to see you! thank you for being here. >> good to see you two. thanks for having me. >> desi: i adore you to pieces. >> i have to say, when you called out eric adams for wearing a "guys and dolls"-esque suit, i have to say, i felt called out and attacked. >> desi: you are missing the fat tie and the pocket square. this is not "guys and dolls." this is chic. [cheers and applause]

this is cool, powerful director chic. i am so happy for you. congratulations on everything with this film. >> thank you. >> desi: it is incredible. this is based on the true story, the whistle-blower reality winner. remind people what happened to reality. >> so reality is a girl from texas who was really smart, taught herself all these languages in high school to try to sort of -- her goal was to become a linguist and to help overseas after 9/11. and left the air force, later went to work at the nsa as a contractor, private contractor. and when she was there, she saw something on her work computer that was at odds with what was in the news. she was sort of watching this constant loop of the news, saying there was no proof that the government knew that the russians hacked the election. on her work computer, she just out of curiosity took a peek at some classified documents and saw that, in fact, we did know and this was sort of kind of just cycling around and around

and she leaked a document to the intercept hoping to just sort of let the public know that in fact they were being lied to. not to prove that the election was stolen, but just to show people that we were sort of looking in the wrong place and that we were kind of operating blindly when, in fact, the government knew more than they said they did. the whole approach for the movie was that, let's show this person that is so relatable. she is very special but she is also someone that could be any of us in this situation that feels so heightened and the stakes are so high. to me, we have seen so many whistle-blower movies. they usually about young men, very serious young man, very serious movies. but this is a funny person that was in a really serious situation, and that is kind of my favorite type of mash up. really just to show a person that could be you or me, not a person that is always high-stakes, there is always intense, violent music playing when they are making a tough moral decision.

she is just a person who listens to fall out boy and she drives around and she is not your typical person who would be in a drama like this as a person in our movie. i thought that would help people sort of see how close to home all of this stuff is. >> desi: it really does. whether you feel like you would make that decision or not, no matter whether you relate to her choice, you definitely relate to her as a human being and you show her as this complex, really fun, funny woman. did she see the movie? >> she has sworn not to see any of the three movies that have been made about her. we are not being singled out but no, she has not seen the movie. basically, her philosophy on all of it is she wants her story to be out there, she wants people to know what she did and why and to take action in their own lives and their own moral choices big and small. so she is hoping that her story makes a difference that way and counts for something, but she is not into a public-facing branded version of herself. she is sort of introverted and shy in a weird way for someone who is so bold in other ways.

her perspective on all of that is, she doesn't want to see a movie and to fixate on the things i got wrong and then hate me, which i think is a great compliment. >> desi: the friendship is still intact. >> the friendship is intact. >> desi: i would like to think if she saw the movie, she would be very proud and very happy with the way it came out. it is truly incredible. >> i would hope so. >> desi: thank you for coming on. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. >> desi: thank you for allowing me to blow the whistle on how good this movie is. "winner" is now available on prime video, apple tv, and on demand everywhere in the u.s. andcanada. susanna fogel! we're going to take a quick break, but we'll be right back after this. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪

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