will see how this plans out but we are in for another season of protests. >> let's talk about sasha baron cohen with all these politicians coming out saying sasha baron cohen tricked them. got to wonder how he pulled the wall over so many eyes but we are learning he may not always get away with it because a california gun store owner said he is the victim of one of his pranks but called him out on the spot, recognized him. take a listen to what he has to say. >> we already knew his game, he is here to make a mockery of gun owners, the gun business. as soon as i said that, his eyes looked at me, turned out the door. >> what he says with a fake beard on, heavily in makeup, he saw right through it and a lot of people are talking about this. when twitter user says trying to purchase a gun using a false identity a crime and another twitter user says the storeowner did a good job by spotting sasha baron cohen. showtime has no comment on the situation. jillian: they will be on "fox and friends first" later. this is my favorite video of my entire life. >> this viral video shows how much a dog is man's

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>> good. >> jason spencer on sasha baron cohen's showtime series. he said he was punked into bl g believing he was making an anti-terrorism video and duped. >> because of who you are, you could be the victim of kidnapping by isis. you have two seconds to attract attention. how do you attract attention? >> screaming. take your clothes off. >> in america, there is one forbidden word. the "n" word. i will be the terrorist. you have three seconds to attract attention. >> [ bleep ]! [ bleep ]! >> are you crazy? the "n" word is no-no. this word is disgusting. >> spencer has not returned the calls from cnn. he says the series convinced him to participate by playing on his fear of being attacked. he proposed legislation barring muslim women from wearing burqas. he will be out of office by the end of the year one way or the other. bizarre story. >>> let's get a check on cnn money. global stocks higher after u.s. stocks closed mixed. the best performing sector is tech companies. alphabet shares jumped 4%. that offset the $5 billion fine from the eu. europe cl

sasha baron cohen respond, he said something like the only service i said i was in was the united parcelreact to what you have heard about the palin episode. >> michael, good point, that's part of why i came out this past week, i think he crossed the line with sarah palin. look again, he's a funny guy, what i did is funny, that's okay. i'm a big boy, you imperson fate a disabled veteranch he did cross the line, icy sarah palin was right to call him out. i like the fact that in this world now sarah palin and others like myself were pushing back just so people when they go into it as you said michael will all have a good laugh. people need to know the truth. >> initially i heard it was you, cheney, palin, arpaio. i thought this politically will probably be too republican/conservative bench once again, it will be thehold elite. apparently bernie sanders is on that list and howard dean as well. >> right now i'm sure at the end of the day it will be an attack on us conservatives. he sprinkled in bernie and howard dean to probably make it look balanced him they were trying to go after primaril

comedian sasha baron cohen has a new show. called "who is america", >>> hey, we're back.new show, cohen gets gun rights activists and advocates as well as republicans to endorse a proposal to train toddlers to use firearms. >> i need to find politicians who would fight for the second amendment right of toddlers to bear firearms at pre school. >> reporter: in that first episode of his new show time series "who is america" comedian sasha baron cohen pulling no punches, spareing no one. >> i stopped in south carolina to dine with a couple who suffer from white privilege. >> reporter: debuting four new characters and interviewing people, participating in a fake firearm instruction am video for 3-year-olds? just remember to point puppy pistol's mouth right at the middle of the bad man. if he has a big fat tummy, point at that. >> ha, ha, ha, good, it's fun. >> reporter: cohen targeting current members of congress. >> the intensive three-week k d kinder gartian course introduces specially selected children from 12 to 14-years-old to pistol, rifles, semi automatics and a rudimen

it was actually sasha baron cohen that he exposes his backsides to and he uses a camera to look under a burqa. other lawmakers in georgia are calling the incident appalling. >> we should certainly -- he should certainly not only uckey is statt o ahe saying the comedian took and falywould be fe elec bid ve months remaining in his term. >>> bay his proposal to combat homelessness and illegal dumping in the city. they're proposing a tax that applies to vacant buildings. they say the money would help fund the solutions and illegal dumping. >>> the city council voted to postpone a vote until 2020 that would allow cannabis businesses to operate in the town. currently, growing up to three plans for personal use and license cannabis delivery is allowed in sonoma. >>> the san francisco tradition is canceled. lease for now. operators are boycotting this year's cable car bellringing contest. they are protesting the transient agency scaling back the cable car late night service from 1:00 a.m. to 11:40 5 pm. agency says they hope to bring it back next year. >>> coming up, ivana trump -- ivanka tru

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. >> the dispute between comedian sasha baron cohen and sarah palin is taking another turn. palin says she was duped by the comedian. you can hear exclusively from her tomorrow on "good morning america" at 7:00 a.m. >>> the oakland a's are celebrating a birthday and they want you to take part. >> how the team is embracing its history and encouraging everyone to join in. that's next. >>> first we want to thank the sonoma county parks for this picture of sheep removing vegetation and providing fire prevention work. the sheep, hard at work obviously, will be in santa rosa for the next six weeks. you can share your pictures with us with the #abc7now. >> you may see them on air or online. (sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) ♪ ♪ (sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) >>> coming up at 6:00, it's the first day on the job for san francisco's new mayor, and we're finding out what she'll focus on first. >>> new developments in the mysterious disappearance of a young woman on

sedative and taking him to the nearest home now that's a testament to our free speech so remember sasha baron cohen if you think that was funny just play this little piece back again play the part again about the osama bin laden this is going viral tomorrow to shave my friend toshi a i don't i want to finally get the big joke line or you may think it's a big joke to have a foreign government basically i think you have blood of little aspects of our democracy you take more like if you're like states i don't think you're a fraud well and i think you're a clown gets what how dare with you there was some hall as. well listen to me let me say yeah it was all going out yesterday that by fifty four to forty one percent americans across the board think that donald trump is not standing up for u.s. interests most people in the united states think that putin has the goods some dirt on trump so it's not just me this is what the public thinks though normally here is our doesn't compare to that if you were a terrorist my god where is your i'm going to be contrary i respect you and you know i know i'm really sor

gun shop owner turning tables on sasha baron cohen, the gun store owner was not only able to see pastrds for him as well. >> he was fake, the producers were fake, the show is fake and showtime is fake. they want a real story? come talk to us, we will give you a real story. >> team vote running a piece about abortion comedy tour. the headline, lady parts justice league fight antiabortion stigma with humor, the subtitle yes, abortion can be funny. we are honoring an all-star team folk hero next. >> to make for midnight hero we select major league baseball for honoring the all-star team of real heroes at the annual all-star game played this year in washington. it was a beautiful night after a horrific rainstorm. check out those heroes, 30 medal of honor recipients brought onto the field and introduced as the fans and players didn't applauded. one of the recipients throughout the traditional first pitch and players from the american and national league squad shook the hand of each one of those heroes. we think those 30 men for their service and salute major league baseball for a classy pr

the press loves this when sasha baron cohen does this to sarah palin. believe this crap. >> jesse: if that happens to someone like sarah palin. >> dana: it did. >> marie: she was running for vice president. that is different from a congressional seat in the bronx. >> jesse: she is being protected and she will be protected because she's going to be a prolific fund-raiser and she's going to be wanted every speaking engagement, and that's fine. i think margaret hoover, who did a great job, she was sent by the d.c. establishment to cut her down to size a little bit. i've heard people don't like her at the top levels of the democratic party because she's taking a lot of attention. she is moving the party far left with this abolish i.c.e. nonsense. >> greg: where did you hear that from? >> jesse: i hear things. >> marie: he has a lot of democrat sources. >> jesse: you and juan. >> charlie: it's true this has been coming for a long time. the crack-up in the republican party that may think so difficult, with the tea party and stuff, it's been waiting to happen

sasha baron cohen? you know that british actor?with the latest comedy stunt. it may or may not be funny but it also could put him in jail. we have this story. what is going on with this guy? >> a lot of people are really upset about this because the comedian's name is really synonymous with controversy. he rose to fame in the early 2000s dressed as borat and a ali g. he wrote in the early 2000s and pranked people dressed as infamous characters. but this week he made headlines again and some feel that the latest stunt is far from former. sarah palin says that he duped her in to an interview for the upcoming showtime series called "who is america" by dressing up as a disabled military veteran. after traveling across the country for the interview, she quickly realized something was up. >> part of this propaganda, that data he was showing me had something to do with sex changes and transgenderism. then he brought up chelsea clinton and said that she was a recipient of the government-funded sex change. you know, it just got worse and wo

sarah palin taking on comedian sasha baron cohen.veteran to dupe her for an interview on his upcoming series on showtime entitled "who is american." she explains why she walked out. >> all about humiliation and devaluing middle class americans. so, yeah, i said enough was enough, and i took off my mike. >> cohen's response came in the form of a retweeted post which said i did not say i was a war vet. i was in the service, not military, but united parcel. >> a proven liar. nobody can believe a word he is saying now. >> abc news has made multiple attempts to get an official response from cohen and showtime, but so far no comment. dick cheney, joe arpaio, ted koppel, and former senate candidate roy moore from alabama all believe they were also duped. moore is threatening legal action as result. >>> the dmv is apologizing for its long lines and it's doing somebody it. starting monday, the claremont office in oakland will open one hour earlier at 7:00 a.m. four days a week. and starting august 4th, 14 bay area field offices will open ever

hopeful pouncing now on a bizarre statement his opponent made while being duped by the comedian sasha baron cohenna rohrbacher said he would support a guns for toddlers program. his democratic opponent calling it radical and deeply disturbing. one republican who danced around cohen's trap said this. >> when the cameras are rolling, they were asking people to read off of a teleprompter and to hold up images of weapons and to say what they wanted them to say. i would like to thank my mother for giving me a very healthy dose of skepticism when people ask you to do strange things. they catch members of congress at the end of the day, a little frustrated, a little tired. i think they got some of my colleagues to say some things they likely regret. >> for what it's worth, a new monmouth university poll has ruta up out in orange county. matt gaetz says some strange things when he's on television, but you cannot disagree with that. mama was write, don't read the words strangers put in front of you. >> i think he recognized how radical was too radical even in defense of gun rights. some current and former

can you just look before it goes off screen at sasha baron cohen's face before it goes off screen, becausesuch a baron cohen does. i know more about the ali g case, my husband turned up at quantico and the whole of quantico was an uproar terrified that another journalist was along to deep them into doing something they haven't realised. he sends a letter that is in black and normal letter looking foran in black and normal letter looking for an interview and there is some debate about whether the tactics are appropriate or not and in this case clearly the congressman said something unacceptable and he has since said he shouldn't have said it. here is one person, you may not remember this because you're far too young, this is ali g interviewing somebody you may recognise a few yea rs somebody you may recognise a few years ago. is yet in or is you end it? it sounds like a good idea and i hope you making a lot of money. good luck, folks. it sounds interesting. donald trump is one of the very few people who actually got up and decided to leave a little early with ali g, decided to leave a littl

brian: bernie sanders sitting down with sasha baron cohen he does an interview.ny math to make bernie sanders seem like they are 1%. the 1%. he goes if you want to make everybody part of the 1% take 99% and put them in the 1%. he gets bernie sanders to do math. relatively humorous but beginning of trying to turn the tables and mock people. abby: we all know him. he has been around for a long time. borat. he does the same thing where he plays his character and gets politicians in awkward situations. funny touch with a but oftentimes it's embarrassing for them and hit a level where some people are criticizing what's going on because some folks have said is he dressed up like a disabled veteran. brian: not there is he playing an israeli guy who is pro-gun who is trying to arm toddlers. steve: the story last week was a former governor sarah palin says he duped her. he was dressed like a disabled vet. well, show time has put out a statement and said denying that. they say this. baron cohen did not present himself as a disabled vernal and viewers nationwide who watched

and the comedian sarah baron cohen said he was a vet, apparently in uniform, fake wheelchair included and sarah palin upset about it. she posted this on cohen. you got me, sashahe evil exploitative sick humor, which she put in quotes and basically saying look, mock politicians if you like, mock public figures but do not mock those who have served for the u.s., in the u.s. military. she has a very strong opinion about this, as far as the series, it is called who is america? and it's going to be carried on cbs viacom and then in the uk on channel 4. but obviously in this larger context, stuart, where i am here in sun valley, content media, next step forward, les moonves is here, ceo of cbs fighting for control with shari redstone of viacom. stuart: love to see cbs guy asked questions about sasha baron cohen on his air mocking disabled american vets. love to see that question. thank you very much, deirdre. see you later. >>> coming up, trucker shortage. something we've been discussing on this program. a congressman is trying to fix it introducing a bill that would allow 18-year-olds to become professional truck drivers. 18-year-olds? president trump is meeting w

steve: also, joey, sasha baron cohen the filmmaker and comedian has gone after sarah palin.entially dressed up in a costume as a disabled vet. and you feel very strongly that maybe this guy should be prosecuted for stolen valor. >> well, stolen valor act is something that's been around as a law and an idea for a long time. in 2013 the stolen valor act of 2013 says if you wear medals, instill those decorations and other service member stories to benefit yourself financially or in a tangible way then you can be prosecuted for stolen valor. i don't know how this median dressed for that interview if he wore an american uniform if he wore our medals and makes any type of money off this using that interview. it seems to me was violated that act. brian: we will find out on sunday on show time. >> a horrible thing to do. steve: he sent out a tweet yesterday from an account from the show. this is what his response to sarah palin who said she was duped. he said it was that i interviewed you. did i not say i was a war vet. i was in service. not military. but united parcel. and i only f

. >> sasha baron cohen would not -- >> you've never seen a neighbor versus neighbor dispute like thisor, don't know if he's armed or not. >> then, lost in trying to find their way through the diamond district. >> the engagement

ainsley: joey jones, who lost both hess legs serving this country said sasha baron cohen could be prosecutedppens. >> have a great week. steve: jillian joins us right now. exactly right now. i just got out here. get caught up on so news of the day, starting with this. san francisco's new mayor just southern into office. she is already taking swipes at the president's immigration policies. >> we are going to tell the president that here in san francisco we don't put children in cages. we put them in the classroom. [cheering] >> london breed is the first black woman to p.m. mayor of the sanctuary city. she replaced mayor ed less who unexpectedly died last sent. >>> congresswoman linda sanchez calling for generational change. it is time for the 78 yearly minority leader and others to make way for younger leadership. this is not the first time she made comments like this. >>> the world needs more cowboys, that slogan for the university of wyoming is being called racist and sexist. the new motto was supposed to be featured in marketing materials for new students, now faculty and native-american g

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now dare sasha bcha baron cohen these people to reveal their feels with their actual words.a disgrace. >> people are angry they fooled them but i don't understand how an adult could be fooled into saying a three-year-old shouldn't throw a hello kitty pencil at a school shooter. >> you don't understand how joe wilson can do it. you lie. >> sacha is a talented shape shifting comedian. >> satirist. >> there is a critique that says it exposes america's divisions in a way that's unflattering. it i can poses the hypocrisy of liberals who don't mind seeing sacha baron cohen trick republicans but get upset when the right tries to do it. >> bernie sanders and howard dean are on this show and this is nothing new for sashccha bar cohen but borat and bruno were about the alt-right before they were the alt-right. he's doing nothing new. this is what we need right now in america. billy wilder said if you're going tell the truth, make it funny or they'll kill you and he's using wit which along with non-violence are the only things that work against crypto fascists. i can understand why roy