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♪ ♪ >> jordan: welcome to "the daily show!" i am jordan klepper. i've got to tell you, we have so much to talk about tonight. politicians find a new tragedy to politicize, hurricanes are not affecting people who don't exist, and it turns out that fox news might not have told the truth. can you believe it? let's get right into headlines. [applause] ♪ ♪ let's start tonight with a little stroll down memory lane. remember the early days of the covid pandemic, when tests had just been developed but you couldn't find one to save your life? well, now we know where they went. >> there is reporting that former president trump, the then sitting president at the time, had "secretly sent putin a bunch of abbott point-of-care test machines for his personal use as

the virus spread rapidly through russia." >> here is how the phone call goes between trump and putin. putin says, "please don't tell anybody sent these to me." trump: "i don't care. fine." putin: no, no. i don't want you to tell anybody, because people get mad at you, not me. they don't care about me." [laughter] >> jordan: awww! if that phone call didn't just annex my heart! so, trump was secretly giving sound medical advice to a foreign adversary while publicly convincing americans to poison themselves with bleach. i've got to say, most presidents would do that the other way around, but hey. you do you do, trump. let's get to our top story tonight. the country is still dealing with the aftermath of hurricane helene, but now it looks like there is a sequel on the way that may pull a "joker," a.k.a. cost a lot more and suck even harder.

>> the breaking news, potentially one of the most destructive storms on record. that's the new warning from the national hurricane center about hurricane milton headed for florida's west coast. >> it's a category 5, which is something they've never heard a category 5 actually coming onto land, but it looks like it's going to. >> jordan: wow! donald, you've never heard of a category five train hurricane hitting land? that's weird, because i remember one happening while you were president. what did you say after that happened? >> i'm not sure that i never even heard of a category 5. [laughter] >> jordan: yes, yes, yes. for all you people who think he is in mental decline, it turns out he's been the same level of stupidity for years. [laughter] he must do sudoku. yes. "1, 1, 1, i got it!" but yes, hurricane milton is bearing down on florida, which is terrible, because we still haven't cleaned up the fallout from helene, and not just the flooding and debris.

i'm talking about the torrent of misinformation and bullshit that we are still wading through. if you've been getting your news from "eternal hurricane of the spotless mind" over here, you might think the victims of hurricane helene have been complete lee abandoned by the government. >> the white house is doing nothing. they have abandoned us, and you know it is largely a republican area. they haven't seen anybody from the federal government yet. the federal government isn't there." >> jordan: horrifying if true! comrade kamala and sleepy joe's federal government has left republican voters out to dry just because of their party affiliations. now, these are public and governors of those states must be outraged. virginia governor glenn youngkin, tell the world what horrors you have seen! >> i am incredibly appreciative of the rapid response and the cooperation from the federal team at fema. [applause] >> jordan: oh, okay!

you are probably some deep state democratic ploy. but tennessee and florida and georgia, you guys are the real red states. your governors will dish and how slow the federal government's response has been. >> the response was quick from the federal government. >> we have what we need. >> we got what we need. he offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly. >> jordan: all right. [cheers and applause] let me get this right. so every red state governor said biden is competently helping them? it's clear what's happening here. either trump has been lying, or every governor has been seduced by the sexual power of jill biden's slow confused smile. [laughter] that's a smile that says, "i don't know where i am, but i know where i want to be."

[laughter] but trump isn't the only one spreading this information. conservative media is spreading lies that fema is diverting resources to ukraine, that jews in the government are secretly sabotaging aid, and the biggest conspiracy of all, that the hurricane was deliberate. >> republican marjorie taylor greene posting on x, "yes, they can control the weather. it's ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it cannot be done." capitol whatever happened to the good old days when conservatives believed sensible things, like hurricanes were creations of god, who was pissed off by gay marriage? what happen, did god go to a really nice gay wedding in cabo and pass off hurricane duties to chuck schumer? "i was against this, but when i saw bruce and gary take those vows, wow." they had a live band, for christ sakes! that class." these conspiracy theories are harmless. they spread paranoia around a

population that is already desperate. and we are starting to see the effect. >> we've talked to people who believe there were federal officials who were seizing a town called chimney rock, north carolina, that there was a conspiracy to seize the town and bulldoze all the bodies and hide them, maybe to it for lithium. >> jordan: do you see what's happening? people are afraid those who are coming to help her actually coming to steal their lithium. everyone, let's be clear, completely clear. the u.s. government doesn't destroy towns to steal their resources... in the u.s. in the middle east, she would. [laughter] all this misinformation distracts from the fact that there are real people in these disaster zones who need help. like this heartbreaking photo of this little girl and her puppy. beneath all these lies, her suffering is real. >> note, these photos claiming to showgirls and puppies being rescued after hurricane helene are not real. they were made with ai."

>> jordan: ! how could something so fake elicit such real tears? of course this hurricane is happening in 2024, which means on top of all the misinformation from our politicians, we also have to deal with the flood of fake ai bullshit him like these pictures of little girls or this fake picture of donald trump wading through the flood waters. this one is settled. you can tell this one is fake because it is a picture of donald trump helping people. [laughter] [applause] but you have to look close. you have to look close. for a lot of other pictures, we have to spend time learning how to spot ai. >> this is how we figured out this photo was ai generated. you can count that there are six fingers on this hand, and there's also three nostrils in this guy's nose, which obviously

is not a thing. >> jordan: thank you, big tech, for improving our lives. we had to bulldoze 15 acres of the amazon to make that extra nostril, but i think we can all agree it was worth it. for more on the effects of all this misinformation, let's go live to north carolina to interview a first responder who was part of the rescue efforts. brad mcdonald. mr. mcdonald? [cheers and applause] mr. mcdonald, i want to thank you for joining us. i've got to say, you must be sick of all the fake images of six figured men swirling around out there. >> i'll tell you what i'm sick of, mr. klepper -- you people in the media who are saying i'm not real! [laughter] >> jordan: oh, shit! wow. you really have six fingers? >> i sure do. this look artificially generated to you, fancy boy? why, i ought to give you a 6-knuckle sandwich! [laughter] >> jordan: i'm sorry, mr. mcdonald. i had no idea. forgive me for asking, but do you have six fingers on both

hands? >> of course not. i'm not a freak! my other hand is afoot. [laughter] >> jordan: clearly. this is enlightening for me. frankly, i had no idea there actually was a real six fingered man in north carolina. >> you think i'm the only one? is actually six of us, all right? together we have rescued every dog in the county, but does anybody in the media ever thank us? no. they call us a bunch of ai fakes! if i ever see one of them nice people, i swear i'm going to put my hand-split up their ass. [laughter] >> jordan: okay, point taken. i guess we will need to find other clues that a picture is ai, like a person having three nostrils. >> you mean 3-nostril pete? >> jordan: i mean, come on. there's no way he's real. >> tell that to his enormous kleenex bill! i suppose you want to make fun of his beautiful 3-nostrilled kids, too. putting down a man is already been through so much. you know, his son has the biggest coke problem you've ever

seen. [laughter] >> jordan: i'm sorry, i can't even imagine what's that like. >> i'll explain. it's like a regular coke problem, but with three nostrils. >> jordan: no, yes, i got it. i got it. i guess i didn't appreciate how difficult this is for you. how do you get through it? >> well, i find strength in my personal relationship with shrimp jesus. now, let me tell you about shrimp jesus -- >> jordan: no, i'm good. thank you, totally real north carolina resident brad mcdonald. thank you. when we come back, we find out if fox news lies. don't go away. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪

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[applause] >> jordan: welcome back to "the daily show." we all know that our cable media networks are the best sources for trusted reporting, but sometimes they slip up. michael kosta has more. >> last year, fox news reached a nearly $800 million settlement with dominion voting systems for falsely claiming that they rigged the 2020 election. >> we begin with some breaking news in one of the most consequential media trials in decades. >> dominion voting systems had alleged the right wing network knowingly broadcast lies that its voting machines were used to steal the 2020 presidential

election. >> a voiding a trial that would have tuned fox news 'has biggest stars into star witnesses, the company will cut a $787.5 million check. >> what you might not realize is that fox only reported those claims after one brave woman dared to send them an email. surely an email like this must have come from a seasoned investigative journalist or deep state whistle-blower. so who exactly was this incredible source? >> i kind of like and myself to the statue of the girl in front of the big bad bull on wall street. >> meet marlene. staring into the eyes of one of the most powerful unknown people in american politics was thrilling and intimidating at the same time. i needed to know, how did she do it? >> i started doing research. i applied my research skills. it's one thing to have a collection of dots. it's another thing to be able to connect them. >> .com of the ice cream is the future. >> no, informational dots. so i had these dots together, i threw together this email.

>> but this wasn't your typical ordinary email. oh, no. this email had life-altering consequences. [eagle screech] >> walk me through that day, november 7th around around 5 clinic 0 7:00 p.m. >> the windows chris. i put it over in about an hour, hit send, and that was it. >> and that was it. >> time to get to this infamous email that altered u.s. elections for generations. >> you probably were already aware of voting irregularities in a number of states that have one common thread, dominion voting systems. nancy pelosi's longtime chief of staff as the chief executive to 3% of votes for mr. trump would automatically switch to mr. biden. if the transaction fee. >> i need a visual aid. what you think about this? >> it is way more capitated than that. >> if you didn't get all that, it clearly states that

diane -- 3% transaction fee and then -- basically, the election was stolen. >> what do you say to people who say, "marlene, your email is a big conspiracy?" >> fine, and a conspiracy theorist. i also happen to be correct. >> so it started out as just an email led to this. >> dominion software. i know that there were voting irregularities. >> then this. >> there is substantial questions with dominion. >> although the swampy drain pipe to this. speak of the dominion machines moved thousands of votes from my account to biden's account. >> causing people to believe the election was stolen. and again, because of one email. i needed to know which hungry reporter first followed up on this explosive news. >> no one. >> a text? >> no. >> they sent a messenger to your house? >> nope. >> they contacted your lawyer and said please have her identify the sources? a hot air balloon, a carrier pigeon?

nobody contacted you? >> crickets. >> crickets contacted you? >> i heard nothing but crickets. >> oh, i see. yet they were using your information to broadcast and share it with their viewers? >> apparently so. >> that the respect i crave. people respect what you are saying as truth. >> so it would have been the biggest story in u.s. political history wasn't even fact-checked. but i get it. there's no need to fact-check, because marlene is a reputable source that does her homework. >> what were your sources behind the conclusions you came to about dominion voting system? >> the wind told me there were people who wanted to know, wanted to hear what i had to say. i could have sent -- >> wait, i'm sorry, i was nodding but i didn't really understand what you said. the wind told you? >> the wind told me. >> and the wind speaks english? >> yes. >> k. >> look, everyone has their quirks. it's not always how you get the information, but rather the confidence in knowing the person who is delivering it is a legit -- >> i'm a ghost.

i talk with other ghosts. >> and i haley jill ozment in "the $0.06" right now? is israel? >> if they knew this, there's no way they would have the content of this email. >> "the wind tells me i'm a ghost." you would think the contents of this letter would have sent it straight to the trash bin. >> but no. instead they took that garbage and read it out loud on air the very next day. >> there's been a massive and chlorinated effort to steal this election. >> who knew all that was needed to take down fox news was a ghost fluent in wind? >> you did it pray tucker carlson is gone. fox news had to pay $780 million. yeah, americans don't trust democracy as much anymore, but you did it. >> listen to the wind, man. it will tell you things. it is simply having an awareness of your surroundings. >> maybe i needed to be more open-minded like marlene and pay attention to my surroundings, listening to the breaking wind

instead of the breaking news. it turns out it has a lot to say. and it's telling me the election of 2024 is going to be one hell of a shit show. thank you, wind. [applause] >> jordan: thank you, michael. when we come back, author jason reynolds will be joining me on the show. don't go away. [applause] ♪ i could feel it, i won't come down ♪ ♪ ♪ i could see it with all eyes ♪ ♪ whoa, i can feel it, ♪ ♪ la, la, la-la, la-la (i can feel it) ♪ ♪ la, la, la-la, la-la (tell them love) ♪

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♪ ♪ jason, how are you, sir? >> i'm good. >> jordan: now, they tell me -- they say this is your first y.a. romance novel, but you insist it is not a romance novel. it is a book about love. >> listen, i'm nervous to say that it is a romance novel. i'm nervous to say that it's not a romance novel. because my buddies who work in romance are very particular about their craft. >> jordan: sure. >> what i will say is that there is romance here. there is romantic moments. but instead of thinking about it as a romance novel, for me, i like to think of it as a love story in which this young man is actually trying to figure out who he is in the midst of sort of these new feelings around his girlfriend.

>> jordan: oh. but that -- [applause] that wouldn't fit on the cover, essentially. >> but that doesn't fit on the cover. >> jordan: it doesn't fit on the cover. when i read your book, it brought back a lot of feelings. it talked about someone's first sexual encounter, and don't worry, i'm not going to go into mine at all on television. nobody wants that. >> especially me. [laughter] >> jordan: especially you. thanks. you could be a little kinder on that one, there, jason. [laughter] but right off the bat it puts yu there. it puts you in a mindset there and it is something that i don't find myself revisiting, or literature i'm paying much attention to. was that part of the interest of tackling something like this? >> yeah, much like you i haven't seen it, either. and there is a question -- that begs the question, why not? why don't we get to see young men navigating the most vulnerable moments of their lives? why don't we get to see them insecure, and nervous, and

trying to be -- trying to activate the tender bits? trying to be okay with their bodies? these are all very normal things that you and me and many young men have gone through, but we never get to see it in any form of media, let alone in literature. spewing your main character is 17 and has certain assumptions about the way in which a first time goes. how do you balance telling an authentic story there, with what you want to articulate to a young audience reading it? >> yeah, i mean, it's tricky. i'm always very careful about coming into a story trying to teach any lessons, because i think young people can smell that a mile away. my job is to just bear witness to the realities of their lives. sometimes that reality makes me uncomfortable, but it is something that we still have to grapple with, like pornography. for me, instead of me just inserting pornography into the story, it's also about the people around him and how they sort of contextualize it for him, right? when i was a kid and i started to have the sex talk with my mother, my mother was very aware

that i had pornography, and my mother would say, "hey, just so you know, i know you have those tapes." and i'm like, "oh, no, please!" and she's like, "no, no. i know they are there. what i want you to know, just like any other movie, those are just actors, and the girls that you know are not those women, and you are not those men." [laughter] and i'm like, "what do you mean?" and she's like, "you know what i mean!" [laughs] [applause] spewing you not only right, you also teach and you've spent a decent amount of time going to schools and interacting with the youth. as somebody who perhaps understand them or has a view into their experiences more than the average adult, do you have faith? are they going to pull this one out? are they going to help this generation who is [bleep] everything up? >> [laughs] yes. as someone who is around them all the time, i think they have the biggest hearts that we

have seen in human history. i think they care about things very differently. i don't always know that they have the vocabulary just yet, but the vocabulary that they do have has already shifted the way we think about the world in which we live. we can look at sex and gender and see how the young people have shifted the way that we talk about things, and the way that we honor the identities of our fellow men and women and nonbinary people. [applause] that is coming from the youth. when we think about gun violence, that movement is being led by the youth. when we think about the women's march some years back, a lot of people there were very young fighting this particular fight. so i think that, while we criticized them and while we worry, we have to remember that the people we are worrying about are just teenagers, and if we would give them a moment to grow up, give them time to mature, do our jobs by creating a pathway in which they can walk instead of just judging them, let's say

"hey, look, i'll point the light this way. i may not drive the boat for you because i believe you can drive it yourself, but i will definitely show you the way to go." if we do that, i think we'll all be okay. >> jordan: i love that. "twenty-four seconds from now" is available. jason reynolds. we will take a quick break and be right back after this. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪

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