from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york this is "the daily show" with jon stewart. [cheers and applause] >> jon: welcome to the show. i'm jon stewart. man, do we have a good show tonight. my guest tonight on this very night we have -- you want to hear this. my guest tonight is richard gervais. he is a comedian of note from the united kingdom. very exciting. first very big story broke concerning our now teenage war in afghanistan. teenage years are tough for everybody especially wars. let's see what happened. >> breaking news a good news story u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl who has been in captivity in afghanstan for about five years was released by the taliban. >> across the board this is a magnificent wonderful story. >> jon: yes, this sounds like the perfect time for a brand new segment "a magnificent wonderful story." [cheers and applause] >> jon: you know it's so rare. this is why it's so amazing. it's so rare america gets a story like this, magnificent and wonderful. if it's okay with everyone here i think we should ride this patriot train to [beep] junction.

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jon stewart took notice, and invited him to new york to appear on his show. >> jon stewart: please welcomeheers and applause ) >> simon: bassem couldn't believe he was there. ( cheers and applause ) last year, in a show of support for bassem, stewart went to cairo. he was led onto the set by a couple of nasty looking guys. this time, it was stewart who was heading for an interrogation. >> ladies and gentlemen, jon stewart! ( cheers and applause ) >> simon: bassem was the one asking the questions. >> youssef: does satire get you into trouble? i mean, what about the love that you get from the people? >> stewart: i'll tell you this-- it doesn't get me into the kind of trouble it gets you into. ( laughter ) i get in trouble, but nowhere near what happens to you. >> simon: bassem may have been in trouble with morsi, but morsi was in real trouble. his regime was a disaster, the economy was in shambles, and his islamist agenda was angering people across egypt. after months of protests, the military stepped in and deposed him. some held bassem partly responsible for demolishing morsi's reputation.

. >> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show with jon stewart." 8 captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] >> jon: welcome to "the daily show." my name is jon stewart. we have a a show for you tonight. my guest tonight, the former iraq ambassador to the united nations, hamid al-bayati, will be on the show tonight, author of the book "from dictatorship to democracy," which i imagine for the paperback there will always probably be an addendum, depending on where it goes next. but first, you know, sometimes a legal ruling comes down that makes everyone say, what? we're just getting around to that now? like when mississippi finally ratified the 13th amendment banning slavery. [laughter] um, last year. laughter or when the supreme court ruled recently you can no longer use kittens for skeet shooting. [laughter] [audience reacts] before you, oh, that cat does look like it's attacking. i'm just going to give you the visual that. does not look like happy kitty. but these legal decisions are the subject of our

. >> still to come, america's tweets and america's most trusted news anchors include jon stewart?> i woik lo say happy father's day to my father in wadell, arizona. >>> here are your top tweets and why the media ignored eric cantor's race until he was beaten by a virtual unknown. >> beltway inslayerity. beltway inattention and antipathy to talk radio noise. >> steve said they had written off the tea party and were buying all the polls. >> all you u.s. media drink from the same fountain and don't cover news anymore. rather just chase ratings. >> like 20 years ago when they chase that had bronco. it does not change. >> would have been good ratings if anybody knew cantor was in trouble but since nobody covered the race. >> nobody knew. >> finally good news for jon stewart and bad news for msnbc. in a new survey by the left-leaning brookings institution and the public religion research institution, 25% say fox news is the most trusted name in news. by the way, fox leads not just amongst conservatives but among independents as well. 23% picked broadcast news, 17% cnn and 12% public tv.

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more after "the buzz." >>> finally, do jon stewart and stephen colbert have a bit less influence these because they go easy on president obama? lauren and i disagreed on that, not surprisingly, on "the o'reilly factor." >> they prop up the democratic party and the liberal line, president obama, by denigrating their opposition. >> jon stewart's peak of influence was really when iraq was out of control during the bush administration. >> look at all the scandals that have happened under the obama administration. you have the irs scandal, the v.a. scandal, iraq in chaos and let's not forget about obamacare, and they went really hard on obama about that. >> really hard? >> no, i didn't see it, lauren. maybe you're watching the closed-circuit broadcast. >> first of all, lauren, you should throw colbert under the bus because he took you said and took it out of context and made you sound like a conspiracy theorist. >> well, i showed him. >> i'm not messing with you. >> don't, right? i have a couple more weeks of this. >> you've had time to think about it. >> no. >> don't you think that stewart

sitting in for jon stewart, appearing on my show, a big new show for you, i'm asking. >> it's a gatewaywhat you are saying is you would like a piece of the action. >> that's what i'm saying. >> give me a taste. a little. i remember sitting down with you, the final week of hosting over the summer. i remember you saying do you think your life is going to change and i said no and you looked at me, your face was just like, oh, this kid doesn't know. he doesn't know. the jury is still very much out, by the way, on whether i am any good or not. >> come on. you are clearly a brilliant comedian. >> wow. you are writing checks that my popularity cannot cash, charlie. i am an acquired taste at best. >> tell me about the experience of creating your own show. here you are, you have this phenomenal background as a highly acclaimed comedian who has substituted for the one and only jon stewart. it's high praise to begin in the opportunity. and then to do it so well. >> that was kind of the apex of my time at the daily show was being in a position where jon would trust me, rightly or wrongly, with bein

from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york this is "the daily show" with jon stewart. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> jon: welcome to "the daily show" my name is jon stewart. we have prepared a program egyptian journalist and activist gigi ibrahim will be here. we will talk about the situation in egypt. they recently had an election there where egyptians took to the poles. new democratic political change. they swept out the military cue comcomadandt abdel fat a el sisi replaced him with abdel fat a el see see. huh they have the same name and face. egypt is young democracy toying with -- for instance last night's iowa senate race rhetoric was nothing but -- >> my name is joany. i grew up castrating hogs on farms. >> jon: she won the primary. i believe the losers opening statement was i use to fart into my hand and then smell it. something like that. alright. maybe we don't have as a mature democracy as we would like. does anyone have a true democracy that's blooming? >> for the first time in 50 years syrians have a choice a monday candidates today. >> jon: now we're getting s

[cheers and applause] this is "the daily show" with jon stewart! (cheers and applause) >> jon: welcome to "the daily show." i'm jon stewart. we've got a program for you tonight! our program tonight is very special, spectacular. first of all, from the new film "edge of tomorrow," we have a talented young actor named thomas cruise! (cheers and applause) he'll be joining us in a bit. but before that, tonight i want to begin with guns. (applause) (laughter) because this is north america, and everything begins -- and frequently ends -- with guns. >> walking in to a convenience store with a rifle, ordering a latae with a long gun. it's all part of a protest by the group open carry texas. they advocate for gun rights with an in-your-face style that is perfectly legal in the lone star state. >> i'm about to show you how to get a slurpee with an ak-47. (laughter) >> jon: and then after that a slightly used bmw with the car already running and the driver already in it. obviously, the gentleman isn't robbing the 7-11 -- by the way, obvious to us in hindsight (

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i'm jon stewart. we got a good one tonight. our guest tonight, keira knightly, host of the news parody "the knightly show." i should just go now. i'm sorry. [laughter] let's begin tonight with some important news. republican senator thad cochran of mississippi and charlie rangel, 160 years of life between them, 86 elected years in office, aaaahhhh -- if they were one man, they would have been born in 1854. elected to congress in 1928. they would have died in 1944 and still held office for 70 more years. [laughter] and their name would have been tharly cockangel of the mississippi tharly cockangel's and the basis for the tv show, "tharly's cockangel's." both men were bailed out by african americans. it's the subject of tonight's "democalypse 2014: always bet on black." [laughter] obviously the african american vote is always important in charlie rangel's harlem and bronx district, but this year even more so because the 22-term incumbent -- 22-term incumbent -- his incumbency can now legally drink. the 22-term incumbent, an inven

beeping] >> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show with jon stewart." captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] >> jon: welcome to "the daily show." i'm jon stewart. we have a very, very good show tonight. my guest tonight, howard schultz will be here. he's the c.e.o. of starbucks. actually, he's just here to use our bathroom, but i'm making him buy something. congratulations to the u.s. we beat ghana 6-0. [cheering and applause] [audience chanting u-s-a! ]. >> jon: hold on a second. i don't know what the score is. they're playing right. now i was trying to be optimistic. let's start tonight with our continuing coverage of mess 'o potamia. as you know, we went into iraq for one reason and for one reason only. >> that's what this fight is about in this part of the world, planting the seeds of democracy. >> that seed of democracy in iraq. >> jon: it wasn't about weapons of mass destruction or 9/11. [laughter] once those reasons were found to be unsupported by reality. it was about america. it was about what hap

from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york this is "the daily show" with jon stewart. wart. man, do we have a good show tonight. my guest tonight on this very night we have -- you want to hear this. my guest tonight is richard gervais. he is a comedian of note from the united kingdom. very exciting.

this is "the daily show with jon stewart." captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] >> jon: welcome to "the daily show." my name is jon stewart. we have a good show tonight. our guest tonight, the great bill maher. bill maher will be joining us. [cheering and applause] but first, we turn to the middle east, where a group of sunni islamist militants have formed nation start-up looking to gain market share in iraq. the group is called isis, not to be confused with their early '90s incarnation, vanilla isis. [laughter] anyway, the iraqi government has now had a couple tweaks respond to the rebels' incursion. we should be getting news of the iraqi government's triumph right about now. >> isis militants control the borderrary with syria, the border area with jordan and pretty much everything in between. >> jon: right about now. [laughter] wait! did you just blow past everything in between. did you just yadda, yadda the invasion? yeah, isis came in from syria, started sweeping east, yadda,

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you substituted for jon stewart.hen you came on this show. >> yes that's true. >> rose: and you had a sterling performance much like sitting in for jon. right after that you got a big offer from hbo. i'm just asking, i'm asking, sitting in for jon stewart, appearing on my show, a big new show for you. i'm asking. >> that's just the gateway. what you're saying is, what you're saying is you'd like a piece on the back. >> rose: in deed that's what i'm saying. >> give me a taste. double figures. it was weird because i remember sitting down with you, it was the final week. i remember you saying, do you think, is your life going to change now. and i said no. and you looked at me like i was insane. and there was something about your face just going oh, this kid doesn't know. he doesn't know. >> rose: he doesn't get it. >> yes. >> rose: even though how good he is by the way. >> the jury's still very much out. deliberation is going on that jury whether i'm any good or not. >> rose: come on, you're universally acclaimed as a b

from comedy central's worldview headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with jon stewart. (cheers and applause) ♪ >> jon: hey, welcome to "the daily show"! i'm jon stewart! my guest tonight, drew barrymore. but we begin with the department of veterans affairs and the seemingly unending problems with providing timely medical care with some hospitals going so far as to actively cover up the problem. a situation best summed up thusly -- >> (bleep)! >> jon: that sounds right. by the way, no one is more upset about this than thy i don't understand of the republican senate. >> the v.a. issue is an embarrassment and the president's response is an emapartment. >> he needs to treat these stories at least as seriously as the obamacare web site fiasco. >> jon: oh, takes the v.a., turns it into obam obamacare! yes, these republican senators have always stood up for our veterans! when they think it can help them slam the president. slightly different when they think no one's watching. >> a bill to extend healthcare and education for veterans getting we jected in the senate, a lack of su

this is "the daily show" with jon stewart. [cheers and applause] captioning sponsored by comedy central >> welcome to the "daily show" i'm jon stewart. robert deniro will be joining us on the program. the big news overseas defense administer abdel fattah el sisi is now former egyptian defense minister and now president abdel fattah el sisi. took the recent election in a squeaker. 100% of the vote counted. he got by with just 91% of it. the most lopsided election since the 11th playing. it was. 98 to 2. get out the vote machine. that's it right ther there. since the military took over from president last july. their revolution or whatever, egypt has been in turmoil. hundreds of thousands have been arrested and killed. maybe this will help el sisi get back on the right track. >> the show was canceled monday. >> canceled because of pressure on the station airing it in a country that no longer accepts satire. >> ya! >> good move. [laughing] >> sisi says i will show my people what a powerful and courageous leader we are making sure

my name is jon stewart. good show tonight.nk like a man too," "think like a man too," the great, the hilarious kevin hart will be joining us a little bit later. but our top story, we have a big story, there is big news out of libya. >> the u.s. has captured the suspected ringleader of the attack in bank of england, libya. >> commandos with drones overhead grabbed ahmed abu khattala, whisking him off to navy warship. >> u.s. intelligence tracked him to small seaside villa and quickly captured khattala without firing a shot. no one was hurt. >> jon: no shots, no wounds, no errors. the commanders even spruced up the villa for the next b&b guests, which i thought was very nice. great news all around, well-planned operation, executed flawlessly, terrorists captured without casualties. cannot find a single thing wrong, which is probably why i don't work at fox. >> what took the obama administration so throng

9, 2014, from comedy central world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show with jon stewart." captioning sponsored by comedy central [cheering and applause] >> jon: hey, welcome to the dail show. my name is jon stewart. i'm so glad you joined us tonight. my guest tonight, philip howard, author of "the rule of nobody: saving america from dead laws and broken government." we're going to fix it tonight, six minutes, boom, done. [laughter] it's been over a week since the obama administration got sergeant bowe bergdahl released after yearly five years in taliban prison after being captured while away without leave from his base in afghanistan. what was he up to that night? >> it's foreign wait and get the facts here. >> we would all be best serves to know all the facts before we judge. >> jon: yeah, no, we could do that. [laughter] yeah, we could do that. or... >> what we do know is he was a deserter. >> looks like a deserter or traitor or both. >> likes like he has turned. >> converted to islam. >> collaborated with his enemies. >> flat-out anti-american. >> in some respects a m

>> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show with jon stewart." captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] >> jon: welcome to "the daily show." my name is jon stewart. we prepared program for you this evening, very exciting. tonight's guest, christopher walken will be joining us in a new movie called "jersey boys." the story of four young men who achieved success despite the terrible disadvantage of being from new jersey. [laughter] we do the best we can. but first, remember that country we invaded a little while back. no, no, that was too far back. no, no, that was... no, that was a shadow coup. that wasn't an invasion. that was a police action. that was a giant step for all mankind. i'm talking about iraq. that's the rock. thank you. iraq. remember? we invaded it because 9/11 and weapons and then we had to pretend that we were really trying bring democracy and stability to the middle east. i don't remember what happened over there, but i guess history will be the judge. >> in iraq where american troops

>> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show with jon stewart." captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] >> jon: welcome to "the daily show." my name is jon stewart. we have a good show. oh, it's good show. my guest tonight, jennifer esposito. she's an actress, but she's going to talk about her book. she's got celiac disease. it's named after a ballplayer, lucilleback. played for the new york yankees. [laughter] but first, you know, for most of its existence, the irs was america's favorite government agency. [laughter] but that all changed after the irs admitted last year to certain "pro-publica" pryities. >> tea party and other conservative groups that rose to power early in the president's first term were unfairly targeted for special scrutiny by the i.r.s. >> >> jon: by the way, whatever you think of the tea party movement. , i think we should agree that the only federal agency singling it out for special scrutiny is the fashion police. pantaloons? come on. the irs also targeted liberal 501c-4s but

access.wgbh.org >> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show with jon stewartntral [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] >> jon: welcome to "the daily show." i'm jon stewart. we have a very, very good show tonight. my guest tonight, howard schultz will be here. he's the c.e.o. of starbucks. actually, he's just here to use our bathroom, but i'm making him buy something. congratulations to the u.s. we beat ghana 6-0. [cheering and applause] [audience chanting u-s-a! ]. >> jon: hold on a second. i don't know what the score is. they're playing right. now i was trying to be optimistic. let's start tonight with our continuing coverage of mess 'o potamia. as you know, we went into iraq for one reason and for one reason only. >> that's what this fight is

applause] >> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show with jon stewart." captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] >> jon: welcome to "the daily show." my name is jon stewart. thanks for joining us. my guest tonight, i think you'll enjoy, this his name is daniel schulman. he's the author of a book called "sons of wichita," which is the somewhat less-exciting sequel to "sons of anarchy." actually, it's about the rise of the billionaire libertarian koch brothers, who if you live in new york city, you know they are ruining the country and funding the ballet. so we're not quite sure what to make of these cats, but before we get to, that there was real milestone in the fight for marriage equality. >> this afternoon the last state without a legal challenge to its same-sex marriage ban got one. seven couples filed a federal lawsuit in the u.s. district court in fargo. >> jon: oh, yeah. yeah, equality descending on north dakota, don't you know. yeah. oh, it's like a big gay polar vortex, yeah. sure. marriage inequality,

>> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show with jon stewart." captioning sponsored by comedy central [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] >> jon: welcome to "the daily show." my name is jon stewart. good show tonight. from the movie "think like a man too," "think like a man too," the great, the hilarious kevin hart will be joining us a little bit later. but our top story, we have a big story, there is big news out of libya. >> the u.s. has captured the suspected ringleader of the attack in bank of england, libya. >> commandos with drones overhead grabbed ahmed abu khattala, whisking him off to navy warship. >> u.s. intelligence tracked him to small seaside villa and quickly captured khattala without firing a shot. no one was hurt. >> jon: no shots, no wounds, no errors. the commanders even spruced up the villa for the next b&b guests, which i thought was very nice. great news all around, well-planned operation, executed flawlessly, terrorists captured without casualties. cannot find a single thing wrong, which is probably why i don't

access.wgbh.org >> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show with jon stewartmedy central [theme music playing] [cheering and applause] >> jon: welcome to "the daily show." my name is jon stewart. thanks for joining us. my guest tonight, i think you'll enjoy, this his name is daniel schulman. he's the author of a book called "sons of wichita," which is the somewhat less-exciting sequel to "sons of arc

my name is jon stewart.guest tonight, oh, we love this woman, melissa mccarthy is going to be joining us tonight. we're so excited about that. [cheering and applause] but first, funny story, remember that time we invaded iraq to remove the threat of the world's most dangerous people using the world's most dangerous weapons and it turned out the threat wasn't there? well, good news, the threat's there now. [laughter] in some measure due to the destabilizing effect of our intervention. you'll never guess what the people who hyped the original plan would like to do now. >> we must grapple our best to help iraq meet this threat. >> it is absolutely essential that we stop isis from gaining this foothold in iraq. >> we need air power immediately to stop the advance. >> we have to act. we must act. >> jon: we must. [laughter] act. if we do, i think you're going to need acting lessons. but i do look forward to you and your friends starring in a new play called "a streetcar named we're always wrong." [laughter] all r