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00:03From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only source for news.
00:10This is The Daily Show with your host, Michael Kosta.
00:29Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Michael Kosta.
00:31We've got so much to talk about tonight.
00:33RFK Jr.'s coming for your Dunkachino.
00:35Pete Hegseth's coming for the Boy Scouts.
00:38And Kristi Noem just got deported from her job.
00:41So let's get into the installment of The Worst Wing.
00:51What a bunch of losers.
00:57Unlike in his first term, Donald Trump's cabinet in his second term has been a model of stability.
01:03It's been an entire year and he hasn't fired a single cabinet member.
01:07Wow. I mean, with that level of consistency,
01:10you've got to imagine that the first one to finally get canned would have to be a real embarrassment.
01:15An absolute disappointment.
01:18Just a totally incompetent, unprofessional, dipshitty...
01:22Breaking news into CNN.
01:24Kristi Noem is out as the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
01:28Yes! Yes!
01:30And now that she's gone, the Trump administration's going to be great!
01:35Wait. I tricked you.
01:39But that's right. You heard, Trump.
01:41Kristi, time to turn in your badge.
01:43And your cowboy hat.
01:44And your bigger cowboy hat.
01:47And your flak jacket.
01:49And your night vision goggles.
01:51And your firefighter costume.
01:54Oh, and also your camel.
01:56What was your job again?
01:59Now, this firing comes right after she was called into Congress
02:02for hearing about her many controversies.
02:05There's the handling of ICE in Minnesota.
02:07Accusations of corruption.
02:08There's also rumors she's been having an affair
02:10with her also-married special advisor, Corey Lewandowski,
02:15on a private jet with a bedroom in the back.
02:17But, I mean, I'm sure members of Congress,
02:20they're not going to go there.
02:22Could you explain this?
02:27Sir, I'm looking at a picture of an interior.
02:31It looks like a bedroom.
02:33Of an airplane?
02:34Mm-hmm. Yes, sir.
02:37God damn.
02:39Can you imagine being confronted about your affair
02:41with a picture of the actual bed
02:43that's so big the cameraman had to zoom out?
02:48But don't play coy with us, U.S. Congress.
02:52If you've got a question to ask Christy Noem,
02:54just ask it.
02:55So, Secretary Noem,
02:57have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski?
03:01Holy shit.
03:05Finally, one of these hearings is going to get interesting,
03:08you know?
03:08Normally, it's just blah, blah, blah,
03:10human rights violations, blah, blah, blah,
03:13concentration camps, blah, blah, blah.
03:15This is probably the first time Christy Noem
03:17wanted to be like,
03:18Lo siento.
03:19No hablo ingles.
03:22But, hey,
03:24here's your chance
03:25to put this whole Corey Lewandowski rumor
03:27to bed.
03:28Bad choice of words.
03:29Either way,
03:31Christy, set these people straight.
03:33I am shocked that we're going down
03:34and peddling tabloid garbage
03:36in this committee today
03:38in the federal government.
03:39So, reclaiming my time, Secretary,
03:41it is okay for you to be offended
03:43by the question.
03:44It is okay for you to be offended
03:46by the question.
03:47But it is also a real question.
03:50So, what I would say to you
03:52is that what we do
03:53at the Department of Homeland Security
03:54literally every single day
03:55and without any hesitation.
03:56Every single day.
03:57Hey, hey, hey.
03:59Hey, let Christy Noem finish.
04:01At least that's my advice
04:03to Corey Lewandowski.
04:12And, by the way,
04:13I should point out
04:14that of all the words
04:15Noem said in there,
04:16none of them were an actual denial.
04:19Reminds me of the move
04:20I pulled in high school.
04:21Michael, did you poop in the urinal?
04:23To even engage in such a question
04:25in a place of education, no less.
04:29Now, apparently,
04:29it wasn't even the affair
04:31that got her canned.
04:32If anything, the sex plane
04:34probably bought her a few weeks,
04:35you know?
04:37Trump was like,
04:37she's a huge embarrassment
04:38in every way
04:39except for that flying
04:40palace game recognized girl.
04:45And don't worry too much
04:46about Christy.
04:47She's already got a new job
04:48that's every bit as important.
04:50The current secretary,
04:52Christy Noem,
04:53will be moving
04:53to be special envoy
04:55for the Shield of the Americas,
04:57our new security initiative
04:59in the Western Hemisphere.
05:01Ah, yes, yes.
05:03The special envoy
05:05for the Shield of the Americas
05:07Western Hemisphere Division.
05:10You know it's a promotion
05:11when the job was just invented
05:12six minutes ago
05:14using refrigerator magnets.
05:17I can't wait to see
05:18what outfit she'll wear for that.
05:21But now that Noem's out
05:23at Homeland Security,
05:24who's replacing her?
05:25You know what?
05:26I don't care who it is,
05:27just as long as it's someone
05:29with one first name.
05:30The president has named
05:31Oklahoma Senator Mark Wayne Mullen
05:34to be the next DHS secretary.
05:36God damn it!
05:40Now, obviously,
05:42Mark Wayne Mullen
05:43can't be senator
05:44and a cabinet secretary
05:46at the same time.
05:47So the way it works is
05:49Mark will serve
05:51as Oklahoma senator
05:52while Wayne will run DHS.
05:58I turn and I turn.
06:02Good luck to Mark Wayne
06:03and congrats to Corey Lewandowski.
06:05He now gets to bang
06:06Mark Wayne Mullen
06:07on that plane.
06:09Hey, man.
06:10Hey, man,
06:11I come with the plane
06:12and so do you.
06:13Yeah.
06:15Yeah.
06:18This is a hot sex crowd tonight,
06:20I'll tell you that much.
06:21All right.
06:22Yeah, sex.
06:23Let's move on
06:24to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,
06:27health secretary
06:27and piece of hard jerky
06:29you found
06:29under the seat of your car.
06:31He's in charge
06:32of the whole country's health.
06:34So let's hear
06:35the important things
06:35he's checking off
06:36his to-do list.
06:37Health Secretary
06:38Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
06:39wants to restrict sugary beverages
06:41from both Dunkin' and Starbucks.
06:43Dunkin' Donuts
06:44and Starbucks.
06:46Show us the safety data
06:47that show that it's okay
06:48for a teenage girl.
06:51I drink an iced coffee
06:52with 115 grams of sugar in it.
06:55Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
06:57Now you're calling for data?
07:01When it's the mocha
07:02Dunkichino,
07:03you want to see the research.
07:04But when it comes to vaccines,
07:06you're like,
07:06I'm not really feeling
07:07these things.
07:08You know?
07:09But in an effort
07:11to appease RFK,
07:12Dunkin' has already introduced
07:13a protein-forward health beverage
07:15that follows
07:16all of his Maha guidelines.
07:19Introducing
07:21the beef-a-chino.
07:25Mmm.
07:26Now that's grisly.
07:28Mmm.
07:32Mmm.
07:33Mmm.
07:33Mmm.
07:33Mmm.
07:33Mmm.
07:34Mmm.
07:40Let's move on.
07:41Let's move on.
07:42To someone we hope
07:43is only starting their day
07:44with iced coffee,
07:45Secretary of Defense
07:46Pete Hegseth.
07:47Fighting an illegal war
07:49against Iran
07:50is his job,
07:50but he's still
07:51a Fox News host
07:52at heart,
07:53and that's why
07:53he's announcing
07:54a new wartime initiative.
07:56Changes are coming
07:57to scouting America,
07:58formerly known
07:59as the Boy Scouts.
08:00Defense Secretary
08:01Pete Hegseth
08:02has criticized
08:03the Boy Scouts,
08:04calling recent changes
08:05quote,
08:06woke culture.
08:06DEI crept in.
08:08The focus on God
08:09as the ruler
08:10of the universe
08:11was watered down
08:12to include
08:12openness to humanism
08:14and Earth-centered
08:15pagan religions.
08:16They even welcomed
08:17the destructive myth
08:18of gender fluidity
08:19and transgenderism
08:21to infiltrate
08:22their membership.
08:23Well, look,
08:24I can see why
08:25conservative
08:25scout leaders
08:26were upset about that.
08:28Hey, we signed up
08:28to molest
08:29biological boys,
08:30not these trans weirdos.
08:35Also,
08:36why is it
08:37that every time
08:38I think I have a handle
08:39on what conservatives
08:40are mad about,
08:41they slip in something new?
08:42Earth-centered paganism?
08:45I don't even know
08:46what part I'm supposed
08:47to be angry about.
08:48Is that that the paganism
08:49is centered on Earth
08:51instead of a different planet?
08:53But yeah,
08:54apparently the Secretary
08:55of Defense
08:55was upset enough
08:56that he threatened
08:57to end the military's
08:58100-year history
08:59of providing support
09:00to the scouts
09:01if they didn't get in line
09:02with his MAGA warrior ethos.
09:04And apparently,
09:05mission accomplished.
09:06Scouting America
09:07has agreed to comply
09:08immediately
09:09with the provisions
09:10of Executive Order
09:1214173.
09:14No more DEI,
09:15zero.
09:16The, quote,
09:17citizen in society
09:18merit badge
09:19that encouraged scouts
09:21to explore diversity,
09:22equity,
09:22inclusion,
09:23and identity.
09:24That badge
09:25has been discontinued.
09:28I'm sorry.
09:29The Secretary of Defense,
09:31the Secretary of Defense
09:33is micromanaging
09:34which Boy Scout badges
09:35are to DEI?
09:37Is this why
09:37we don't have a plan
09:38for the war?
09:39I'll focus on
09:40the Middle East tomorrow.
09:41Right now,
09:41I'm busy figuring out
09:42how to make neckerchiefs
09:43look manly.
09:45For more on
09:46the Boy Scout changes
09:47and their possible impact,
09:49let's go live
09:50to Jordan Klepper.
09:56Jordan.
09:57Jordan.
09:58My first question,
10:01obviously,
10:02is why the f***
10:03are you dressed like that?
10:04You know what?
10:05Don't sneer, Michael.
10:07This is because
10:08the Boy Scouts
10:09are manly again.
10:10And in honor
10:11of that masculinity,
10:12I broke out
10:13my old uniform.
10:14You know?
10:16Yeah.
10:19Come on,
10:20Costa,
10:20what's more alpha
10:21than this, huh?
10:22You look like
10:23the boy from Up
10:24if you join
10:25the village people.
10:27You're just jealous.
10:28You probably spent
10:28your summers
10:29in a band camp
10:30or fat camp
10:32or on a birthright
10:33trip to Fire Island.
10:35Look,
10:36I'll have you know
10:37it was band camp
10:38and yes,
10:38most of us were fat,
10:39but that's besides
10:40the point.
10:40So what are some
10:41of Hexset's biggest changes
10:43with the scouts?
10:44Well, first off,
10:45the old merit badges
10:46were focused on
10:47helping those around you
10:48and being a good citizen,
10:50traits that we now know
10:51are Canadian.
10:52However,
10:54however,
10:55these new badges
10:56embody Pete Hexset's idea
10:58of real American manliness,
11:00like the three times
11:02divorced badge
11:03or the talking your way
11:05out of a DUI badge
11:07and the let's all
11:09pull our genitals out
11:10and the first one
11:11to get hard
11:12is gay badge.
11:17Fun fact,
11:18I already got that bad boy.
11:21Wait,
11:22so you were the first one
11:23to get hard?
11:24What?
11:24No,
11:25I was the last one
11:26to get hard.
11:27Finally,
11:28that skill paid off.
11:33But Jordan,
11:34Jordan,
11:34America just launched
11:35a war against Iran.
11:37Why is the Defense Department
11:38wasting time
11:39on the Boy Scouts
11:40when they should be focused
11:41on the war effort?
11:42Because this
11:43is a part
11:44of the war effort.
11:46I mean,
11:46who do you think
11:46is going to be fighting
11:47that war in ten years?
11:49These scouts!
11:51Ten years?
11:52They said the war
11:52will be over in weeks.
11:53Are you kidding me?
11:54With Pete Hexset in charge?
11:56This guy's spending
11:57all his time
11:58on merit badges.
12:00That's what I'm saying.
12:01He's incompetent.
12:02Don't you say that
12:03about Pete.
12:03He's a solid dude.
12:04He's a special envoy
12:06to my shield of besties.
12:09Jordan,
12:09why are you defending
12:10Pete Hexset so hard?
12:12Because covering
12:13for your boys
12:13is how you earn
12:14Hexset's new
12:15Bros Before Hoes badge.
12:18So,
12:19oh,
12:20by the way,
12:20if his wife asks,
12:21he was with me last night.
12:24Could you send someone
12:25to pick me up
12:26because I got lost
12:27in the woods
12:27and it's getting cold.
12:28Not a lot of layers.
12:30Could always start a fire.
12:31And rub two sticks together.
12:33Gay!
12:34Jordan Klepper, everybody.
12:36When we come back,
12:37we explore the horrors
12:38of not owning a car.
12:39Don't go away.
12:41What?
12:43What?
12:43What?
12:48What?
12:49What?
12:50What?
12:50What?
12:51What?
12:59Welcome back to The Daily Show.
13:01Americans love our cars,
13:02but is it possible
13:03to thrive without them?
13:05Grace Kulenschmidt found out.
13:07Here in America,
13:08the car is king.
13:09Route 66,
13:11drive-thrus,
13:12tailgating.
13:13The USA has a serious case
13:15of autoerotic asphyxiation.
13:17But not everyone respects
13:19our sacred American car culture.
13:22Live it a little tight.
13:23That's what happens
13:24when you got a big boy,
13:25you know what I mean?
13:25So I burned rubber
13:26headed for Tempe,
13:28a suburb of Phoenix.
13:29More turns here.
13:30To check out a neighborhood
13:32that didn't get the memo.
13:36Welcome to Cul-de-Sac Tempe,
13:38the first car-free neighborhood
13:39built from scratch in the U.S.
13:40Wait, so there's no cars?
13:42Residents don't have cars.
13:43Okay, so it's just
13:44SUVs and trucks?
13:46No parking of any kind.
13:47What?
13:48Cul-de-Sac is a
13:49$170 million development
13:51with retail, restaurants,
13:53and housing for up to
13:541,000 residents
13:55and zero cars?
13:58There's so many reasons
14:00why walkable neighborhoods
14:01are better.
14:01So this would be
14:03illegal in your city?
14:04We don't ban cars.
14:06We just don't have
14:06residential parking.
14:08And there's free
14:09or discounted rides
14:10on light rail,
14:11buses,
14:12lifts,
14:13Waymo.
14:15Phoenix is
14:16America's hottest city.
14:17And guess who
14:18Ryan blames for that?
14:20This feels 15 degrees cooler
14:22because there's not
14:23a drop of asphalt.
14:24Wow, so on an average day
14:25it's only like
14:26105 degrees.
14:27That's sick.
14:28Easy breezy.
14:28The ridiculous idea
14:30that everything you need
14:31should be walkable
14:32or bikeable
14:32without requiring a car
14:34is a concept known
14:35as the 15-minute city.
14:38It's being tried
14:39around the world
14:39as a way to increase
14:40sustainability
14:41and improve quality of life.
14:43there's just one problem.
14:45If you have 15-minute cities
14:47you can decide
14:48who enters them
14:48and every single freedom
14:50that we know
14:50will be gone.
14:52Meet Katie Hopkins,
14:54freedom fighter.
14:55Islam is taking over
14:56my country.
14:57I have been banned
14:58from South Africa
14:59for spreading racial hatred.
15:02I'm not a big fan
15:03of the feminazi.
15:04Anti-COVID commentator
15:06will be booted out
15:06of Australia
15:07after joking about
15:08breaking hotel quarantine rules.
15:10But Katie says COVID
15:11was a globalist plot
15:13and 15-minute cities
15:14are phase two.
15:17COVID and lockdowns
15:19were always going to pass over
15:21hand in hand
15:22to the 15-minute city
15:23lockdown.
15:25Part of a global decision
15:26to crush humanity
15:29by locking it down.
15:31And Katie's not the only
15:33deep thinker
15:34sounding the alarm.
15:35Monitors, cameras,
15:37sensors in the street
15:38everywhere.
15:39They become 15-minute prisons
15:40as opposed to 15-minute cities.
15:42These 15-minute city
15:44truth seekers
15:44say that walkable neighborhoods
15:46are just the first step
15:48of permanent
15:48worldwide lockdown.
15:51It's about
15:52our global overlords
15:54deciding that
15:55the majority of humans,
15:56actually billions of them,
15:57are just useless meat eaters.
15:59When you say
15:59global overlords,
16:00who are you talking about?
16:02Is it the government?
16:03Is it the deep state?
16:04Is it Big E-Bike?
16:05The powerful people
16:06that control this planet.
16:08They want to turn us all
16:09into a barcode.
16:10They want to be able
16:11to control where we go,
16:12how we go,
16:13when we go,
16:13what we can access.
16:14They will put us
16:15in confined spaces,
16:16cul-de-sac,
16:17and they will just
16:18mine us for our data
16:19in order to help
16:20program future AI.
16:23So like the Matrix,
16:25but with desert-adapted landscaping?
16:27Time to confront
16:28cul-de-sac's
16:29chief executive overlord.
16:31How much is the government
16:33paying you
16:33to build this Adobe Alcatraz?
16:35Actually,
16:36government regulation
16:36is one of the biggest
16:37barriers we've faced.
16:39What?
16:40A lot of the reason
16:40we don't have
16:41walkable neighborhoods
16:41is because of zoning,
16:43and that's where we...
16:43When you say zoning,
16:44are you referring to
16:45herding people
16:46into their zones
16:47so they can never leave?
16:48No.
16:50And Ryan claims
16:51that developments
16:52like cul-de-sac
16:52help protect
16:53our warming planet.
16:54But Katie says
16:56climate change
16:56is a load of something
16:57she calls
16:58bollocks.
16:59We've been around
17:00for 300,000 years,
17:02and at times in the past,
17:03it's been hotter than this.
17:05No one ever had
17:06a truck back then.
17:07Where it gets really scary
17:09is that a new generation
17:11of young people
17:12are born
17:12never having known
17:14their father's relationship
17:16with his car,
17:16watched him clean it
17:17on the curb
17:18on a Sunday,
17:19never understand
17:19what freedom
17:21actually means.
17:23Wow, Katie was right.
17:25I headed for cul-de-sac
17:26to find out,
17:27did these sheeple
17:28even know
17:29what they were missing?
17:31Can I ask you
17:32a really quick question?
17:33Have you ever seen
17:34your dad wash his car?
17:37My dad?
17:37Yeah?
17:38Can't wash a car.
17:40He can't wash a car?
17:42If you don't have a car,
17:43where do you make
17:44rant videos?
17:45Yeah, I'm not really
17:46a rant video guy.
17:47No rant videos?
17:48So how do you
17:49stand up to tyranny?
17:50I should be allowed
17:52to drive my truck
17:54onto the rides
17:55at Disneyland.
17:56I needed backup.
17:57So I threw Katie
17:59in the bed of my truck
17:59and brought her
18:00into the lion's den.
18:01Cul-de-sac.
18:03With Katie's
18:03razor-sharp intellect,
18:05she could identify
18:05threats that most
18:06rational people
18:07would miss.
18:08Look up.
18:10Camera.
18:11Oh my God.
18:13Kiss my ass.
18:14Kiss her ass.
18:15Why would you
18:16have thought that?
18:17A stupid person
18:18would say,
18:19for security.
18:20But why do you think?
18:21They have them
18:22so that everyone
18:23can know
18:24that they're being watched.
18:26Cameras.
18:27Doors that don't open.
18:29I bet you
18:29this one doesn't open.
18:31The whole point
18:32of a door
18:33is a door opens.
18:34None of these doors open.
18:35That's literally
18:35the definition of a door.
18:37What kind of morons
18:38lock their doors?
18:40Unless they were locked in.
18:42There's probably drones.
18:44Jesus.
18:45It is like a prison.
18:46It is a prison.
18:48I'm so freaked out.
18:49I almost feel like
18:49there's a camera crew
18:50following us.
18:51I could feel
18:52the tastefully
18:53landscaped walls
18:54closing in.
18:55Good thing I had Katie.
18:56But could I even
18:57trust her?
18:58What is that?
18:59Is that chemtrails?
19:00Actually,
19:01I'm totally fine
19:02with Mr.
19:02You're totally fine
19:03getting drenched
19:03in fluoride?
19:04Oh my God.
19:06Katie was compromised.
19:07And then,
19:08for the first time,
19:10she said something
19:11truly unhinged.
19:13The global overlords
19:14are the evil ones
19:15who want to crush us.
19:16No,
19:17not that part.
19:18Whereas Trump,
19:19to me,
19:19is the antidote to that.
19:20Sure.
19:21He's tweeted me
19:21quite a lot,
19:22which I think is just
19:23one step away
19:24from the bedroom.
19:26Come on.
19:26Come on.
19:27The greatest guy
19:28to ever live,
19:29Donald J. Trump.
19:31You know what?
19:32Once I've done
19:33the unzipping,
19:34and I've got
19:35his presidential member
19:36in my hand,
19:37which I imagine
19:38to be large.
19:39Do you?
19:40I have blown worse.
19:41That's when I realized
19:43I might not
19:43be able to trust
19:44Katie's judgment.
19:45Time to ride
19:47like the wind.
19:49Sorry.
19:50As soon as I can figure out
19:51how to get the
19:52out of here.
19:55Thank you, Grace.
19:56When we come back,
19:57Michael Freitz
19:58will be joining me
19:58on the show.
19:59Don't go away.
20:15Welcome back
20:16to another show.
20:17My guest tonight
20:17is a librarian
20:18and literacy advocate,
20:20new host of
20:21Reading Rainbow,
20:22and author of
20:23I'm So Happy You're Here,
20:24A Celebration of Library Joy.
20:26Please welcome
20:27Michael Freitz.
20:28Come on, Michael Freitz.
20:49Hell yeah.
20:50Libraries.
20:54They're the best.
20:55They're the best.
20:56You've been called
20:56America's favorite librarian.
20:58Please, give this audience
21:00your best shh.
21:04Shh.
21:05But you never have
21:05to be quiet in the library.
21:06The library is for everybody.
21:08You can make noise.
21:09We have autistic people
21:10in the library,
21:10LGBTQI+,
21:12all sorts of people.
21:13It's okay to make
21:13some noise in the library.
21:15Absolutely.
21:15I've seen concerts
21:16at the library.
21:17I've been a part
21:17of a wrestling show
21:18at the library.
21:19Yes, I have.
21:20I was a special guest referee
21:22for a library show.
21:24Was it just a fight?
21:26It was just a fight.
21:28We were fighting over literacy,
21:29fighting over the good of books,
21:30over everything good.
21:31I mean, you are the new host
21:34of Reading Rainbow.
21:35You're the resident librarian
21:36for PBS and PBS Kids.
21:38Why are libraries
21:39so important to you?
21:40Libraries are so important to me
21:42because I grew up loving libraries.
21:44I have a library card tattooed on me.
21:45I've had a library card
21:46since I was five years old.
21:49I was very shy.
21:50I'm still shy as an adult,
21:51but libraries saved my life.
21:53I'm still struggling today,
21:54but I'm alive because of librarians,
21:56children's librarians,
21:57school librarians.
21:59That's awesome.
22:00Yes, thank you.
22:01All right.
22:05You said you have
22:06a library card tattooed.
22:08I do, absolutely.
22:09Can you show us?
22:10Yes, absolutely.
22:10It's right there
22:11where I'm looking,
22:12but it's Arthur Reed's library card.
22:14Arthur Reed, R-E-A-D.
22:15He is an aardvark,
22:17if you didn't know.
22:17I did not know as a kid.
22:19I thought he just had
22:20very, very funny ears,
22:21but he is an aardvark.
22:22Yeah, but that also proves
22:23that whether you're reading,
22:25you're a kid or an adult,
22:26you don't always have to know
22:27everything about a book.
22:28You just need to read the book.
22:29Exactly.
22:30Yeah.
22:30Is it true that you still have
22:31your grandmother's library card?
22:33I do actually have it with me.
22:34On you?
22:35Yes.
22:35Yeah, this is my grandmother's
22:37library card.
22:38San Jose.
22:39Yeah, it's from
22:40the San Jose Public Library.
22:41She used to live in Arkansas
22:42when she was a little girl.
22:43She grew up not having
22:45library cards.
22:45It was forbidden.
22:47She couldn't go to libraries.
22:48She wasn't allowed to read.
22:49So she didn't have
22:50any childhood favorites
22:51and she made her way
22:51to California.
22:52Yeah.
22:53And now she's raised
22:54probably a grandson
22:54who probably loves libraries.
22:56Oh, my God.
22:56More than anybody
22:57in the entire world.
22:58And now I carry her
22:59precious library card with me
23:00everywhere in the world.
23:01I'm so proud to be
23:02her grandchild.
23:03That's amazing.
23:03Her name was William B.
23:05I love that.
23:08Um...
23:09This book is great.
23:11Wow.
23:11I've already read it
23:11to my kids.
23:12There we go.
23:13I'm so happy you're here.
23:13It's beautifully illustrated.
23:16There's a great message
23:17at the end.
23:18One of the things
23:18I love, too,
23:19is you show
23:20you don't just
23:21have to read books.
23:22No.
23:23Musical instruments.
23:24Play a board game.
23:25Yes.
23:26Do some gardening.
23:27I don't know if you can do
23:28gardening at my local library,
23:29but, uh...
23:31Maybe they can start.
23:32Maybe they can start.
23:33Why was it important
23:34for you to write this book?
23:35Um, before we talk about that,
23:36I think the illustrator
23:37is here today.
23:38Her name is Lorraine Nam.
23:39I'm very proud.
23:40Amazing!
23:51I was...
23:52I was wondering
23:53why there was one audience member
23:54with her head down
23:55the whole time.
23:57Yes.
23:58No, I'm very proud of you.
23:59She's here.
24:00Some of the
24:00Random House Children's
24:01book teams are here.
24:02Um, editor, publicist,
24:03so many people
24:04who help make this
24:05come true.
24:06Yeah.
24:06And I always tell people,
24:07I'm so happy you're here
24:08at the library
24:08because the library
24:09is a place for everybody.
24:11For autistic people.
24:12Yeah.
24:12For dyslexic people.
24:14ADHD.
24:14People who are having
24:15a hard time.
24:16People who are LGBTQI+.
24:18Yeah.
24:18People who are anxious.
24:19People who are panicking.
24:20Yeah.
24:20People just like myself.
24:21But also people
24:22who are so happy,
24:23so joyful,
24:24to find out that
24:25there is something
24:25for everybody at the library.
24:27There are no expectations.
24:28You don't even need
24:29a library card.
24:31True.
24:31You don't have to flash it
24:31like it's Costco.
24:32Here's my card.
24:33You can just come on inside.
24:35And I love that so much
24:36about the library,
24:37that it's for every single person.
24:38There's something
24:39for everybody all the time.
24:40You know,
24:40you've been really open.
24:43Yeah.
24:46You've been really open
24:47with some of your
24:48mental health struggles,
24:49and I commend you for that.
24:50And you've said,
24:51you said it even here,
24:52that a library saved your life.
24:54Explain a little bit
24:54of that to me.
24:55Yeah, I mean,
24:56I'm honestly,
24:56I'm at one,
24:57honestly,
24:57I'm at one of the worst places
24:58in my life mentally.
24:59Honestly,
25:00I've struggled with
25:00wanting to be alive,
25:01just feeling like worthy,
25:02feeling worthy of the role
25:03of host of Read Rainbow,
25:05feeling worthy of that book.
25:07But the library has always
25:08told me that I belong.
25:09They've always said,
25:09you can come in here
25:10with your panic attacks.
25:11Try not to have a panic attack,
25:13but you can come inside.
25:15And I just appreciate
25:16their honesty,
25:17that they've always been
25:18vulnerable with me.
25:19And same for library kids.
25:20Library kids are the one,
25:21I mean,
25:21library kids struggle
25:22with mental health.
25:23Mental health is not
25:24just an adult problem.
25:25It affects us all.
25:27I think being able
25:27to talk to kindergarteners,
25:29pre-K kids,
25:30fourth graders,
25:30and say,
25:30hey, I'm just like you.
25:32You are not alone.
25:33We are not alone.
25:34And library kids,
25:35library people,
25:37authors,
25:37illustrators like Lorraine
25:38have always been there for me,
25:40always been in my corner.
25:41And just to be able
25:42to dedicate that book
25:42to them means the world.
25:44You know,
25:44I'll tell you,
25:45we all are very...
25:50We're all very happy
25:51you're the new host
25:51of Reading Rainbow.
25:52We're all very happy
25:53that you wrote this book,
25:53but whether you did that
25:54or not,
25:55you're worthy.
25:56You're valuable.
25:57Okay?
25:59I'm serious.
26:03And whether or not
26:04I'm the host of this show,
26:06I'm valuable.
26:07Yeah.
26:10No, but it...
26:11You said that
26:12and it just connects
26:13with me on so many levels.
26:14For all of us,
26:15we have these...
26:15We tie so much value
26:17and worth
26:17to accomplishments
26:18that aren't even
26:19in our control
26:19and this is such
26:21a beautiful book.
26:23You know,
26:24on Saturday,
26:25I was trying to return
26:26some books
26:27to the library,
26:28my kids' books.
26:29And I get up there
26:30and it's like,
26:31hey, we're only open
26:31Tuesdays to Thursdays
26:33because of budget cuts.
26:34Sure.
26:34And then I'm turning
26:35on the radio
26:35and here we are
26:36launching billion dollars
26:37worth of missiles
26:38at Iran.
26:39And I'm thinking,
26:40this is all
26:40up, Michael.
26:41And you might not
26:42be able to say that,
26:43but I can say that.
26:46How...
26:48How important
26:49is a library's funding?
26:50What can we do better
26:51without a library's funding?
26:52You know,
26:53I love that there are
26:54so many people
26:54in the world
26:54who are supporting libraries.
26:56You have the Jason Reynolds,
26:57Jerry Crafts,
26:57but you also have
26:58the Miss Rachels,
26:59the Sarah Jessica Parkers,
27:00the world who are like,
27:01libraries are the best.
27:02And I think, honestly,
27:03what we can do
27:03is you can go get
27:04your very own library card.
27:06Yes, right.
27:06You can show up
27:07at the library.
27:08You can tell your friends
27:09about the library.
27:10You can tell your family
27:11about the library,
27:12your neighbors.
27:13I'm a big fan of
27:13Mr. Rogers.
27:14I believe Mr. Rogers
27:16would even want us
27:16to tell our enemies
27:17about the library.
27:19I think, honestly,
27:20the more hype we have
27:21for libraries,
27:22the better we can say,
27:23like, the library
27:23is important.
27:24It is for everybody.
27:25If you don't believe us,
27:26go see it for yourself.
27:28The more people
27:28who cross that threshold,
27:29the more people
27:30will have no choice
27:31but to fund the library
27:32because it's going to become
27:33everybody's favorite place
27:34in the entire world,
27:35just like it's always been mine.
27:37There's literally
27:37no barriers to entry.
27:39I mean...
27:39Yes, exactly.
27:40Whether...
27:40Great.
27:42If you have a card,
27:43great.
27:43But you can also
27:44just go sit and read
27:45for eight hours there.
27:47And you see people
27:47doing that all the time.
27:48And very rarely
27:49do you walk out of there
27:50going,
27:51I just wasted my day.
27:55I read to my kids.
27:56They like books.
27:58I try to teach them
27:59books are our friends.
28:00Don't step on them.
28:01Don't throw them.
28:03But I really want
28:04to supercharge it.
28:05Like, I really want them
28:06to be bad mother
28:07when it comes to literacy.
28:09What else can I do?
28:11Just keep going.
28:12You know, I think
28:13it's something special
28:13that Lorraine did
28:14with the illustration
28:15to show people
28:16that there is library.
28:17It really is for everybody
28:18by having a kid
28:19in a wheelchair
28:19on the cover.
28:20Having a kid who's blind
28:21reading a book in Braille.
28:23And now there's even
28:24a version of the book
28:25in Spanish.
28:26I was actually
28:26at a school library
28:27the other day.
28:27Yes, I was at a library
28:28the other day
28:29and a kid was like,
28:30I was asking him,
28:30do you want a version
28:31in English or Spanish?
28:32And they're like,
28:33you know what,
28:33Mr. Michael?
28:34My mom only speaks Spanish.
28:36Can I have a Spanish version?
28:37I want to talk to my mom
28:38about Library Joy.
28:40And I think that's what
28:40we can keep on doing.
28:41We have to listen
28:42to the library kids,
28:44let them sign through.
28:45There are so many stories
28:47out there.
28:48I so appreciate your energy,
28:50your positivity,
28:52you know,
28:52your excitement for books
28:54and enthusiasm
28:54for the library.
28:56It's contagious.
28:57And I know you know that,
28:58but I'm here to tell you,
28:59even just sitting next to you,
29:00I can feel it.
29:01We can all feel it.
29:01Thank you so much
29:02for being here.
29:03I'm so happy you're here.
29:05It's available now.
29:06Michael Freitz.
29:07We'll take a quick break
29:08and be right back
29:08after the break.
29:25That's our show
29:26for tonight.
29:26Now, here it is,
29:27your moment of zen.
29:28Tom, how significant
29:29is the concern
29:30that U.S. air defense
29:31may not be able
29:33to intercept
29:33many of these Iranian drones?
29:35It is significant
29:36and it is growing,
29:37Pam.
29:37Wolf, let's take a look
29:38at what the U.S.
29:39is doing right now.
29:40They are fielding
29:40a previously unused
29:43military asset.
29:44I'm going to show you
29:45a life-size model
29:46that we bring
29:46into our virtual studio here.
29:48This is the Lucas drone.
29:52Sorry.
29:53Sorry.
29:55Sorry.
29:55I'm going to show you
29:56a little bit of this.
29:56I'm going to show you
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