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you're doin, twenty four two thousand and one from probably said, rose World news headquarters in New York. This is the daily german revenue ears, so pro bono, our guest tonight, is an actor who stars in the new comedy central show. Awkward Vienna is nor from Queens beady Wong is joining
everybody onto my show. It's him reverses Bernie all over again a wrestling match against violence and Mitch. Mcconnell is taking the Senate to school,
so. Let's catch up on today's headlines, let's kick things off with some good news from the airline industry, where one successful company is thanking its employees in the only way that counts,
with cash were learning more about a mega bonus that employ the Delta airlines are getting. The company was so profitable last year is giving back one point: six billion dollars the bonus equals about two months. Extra aid for each employ one reason: the company at such a good a year is: it does not fly the Boeing, seven, thirty, seven MAX, which has been grounded for months. That's right, delta!
this year, mostly because they have planes that can land which is apparently something customers prefer and its ironic. It's really ironic, because last year people were shooting on Delta for not having the newest planes right. The new players got a crashing S. Mouth deltas and delete your visit. Those how your friend, with a fruitful feels whenever someone with an Iphone gets hacked there's just like that's right, who's got the lay mass phone. Now you want to hack my new you gotta come to my house
Icloud having mothers have excuse me. I have to make a call, because I can text. Allow, show good for delta, sharing their profits with employees. Of course not to be outdone spirit. Airlines has announced that they are going to let their employees
any gum they find under the amorous, spurred airlines, airplanes don't have trash cans. They are
Damn moving on to the world of sports, have you ever watched your team losing and wish you can jump into help? Well, that's exactly what this North Carolina dad
North Carolina man was arrested after getting too involved in his sons. Highschool wrestling match at one point: the wrestler in the gray uniform, picks up the wrestler in the black uniforms lamps under the ground, the referee ruled the move was illegal and blew the whistle
moments later, a man run down to the ground and with the other boys dad, the man was arrested, charged with assault and disorderly conduct. God. What was that father thinking you can't just running from the sidelines and beat up a team?
a job you some has to tag you wind farms, move wrestling and if you think that's bad, you should have seen him at his daughters, ballet recital ass. She doesn't say and look I get the does anger, but you will have this thing could have gotten out of hand by Non thinks about this, but what, if the other restless dead, so it happened and then he jumped it right and then one of the first dad dad jumped into help him than the other guys grandfather jumped in a coffin just lives on all of them got to think of these things, but there's one another bring my mom to the Amis. Parents are really competitive fabric. Romantic mps and then she sees me Lou
John Oliver she'll rush, the podium and technical him to the ground floor journal beyond the Grand Scuba holy shit. I've just been tackled by a woman from South Africa and find the right. That's no South Africa that South Africa are. Finally speaking of surprise tackles. Hillary Clinton is back in the news and this time she's coming.
Four Bernie? This worrying we are hearing for the first time also comments from Hillary Clinton about Europe. Two thousand and sixteen democratic talent or Bernie Sanders drew with the Hollywood. Reporter Clinton will not commit to backing shoulders
He is the democratic nominee in twenty twenty. She also doubles down on comments that she made in enough coming documentary in which she said quote: nobody likes him on the hill since Heller, Clayton speaking, it wasn't
Congress for years. He had one senator support him. Nobody likes him. Nobody wants to work with him. He got nothing done. He was a career path,
Titian, it's all just bologna and I feel so bad that people got sucked into it. The rapporteur asked does that assessment still hold and she says yes, it does
and then she goes on if he gets the nomination, WWW endorsed and campaign for him, and she says I'm not going to go there yet.
Hilary, what are you doing? The election is just about
to begin and now you're coming up throwing punches. This is not the time to reopen old wounds. You can just say as Democrats,
always support our nominee and then go home and punch that bag you have with Bernie space on it could like. What does that? Even me, that's beyond what I mean Hilary won't support Bernie. So if he's a moment, who else is she going to campaign for Trump
actually I'd love to see that our like now they'll, be amazing of travellers is up there. Like, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
my friend,
Did Hillary everybody, hello. Everybody lock me me luck,
but look met as much as I don't agree with Hilary timing. I don't think she's completely wrong about Bernie, not being well liked in Washington, because Bernie himself has said this where he said he doesn't do. Pleasantries he's not gonna, be nice. People doesn't shoes and rub elbows. He just there to do what is there to do? And honestly that's what I like about burning. His personality is kind of like the beginning of a snickers commercial. Just like Bernie you're, not yourself when you are hungry, have this like born
I don't like chocolate and I don't like you. I sit on my place. That's for the headlines. This move on top story today was a historic day for the United States and not just because the Lincoln Memorial finally got a standing desk know today was historic because it was the first day of Donald
Trumps impeachment trial, a trial where the Republican Control Senate's will decide whether the present is innocent or if he is in fact the most innocent man in the
you have innocence so, let's check and on the latest developments in another instalment of the magical, wonderful road,
two impeachment presidential, the russian shop. The third presidential impeachment trial in american history began today and because impeachment is such a momentous occasion, the Senate had to kick things off with a full,
humble proclamation, the- U S Senate is about to take on an here.
Story and Burma.
Gruelling task, the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
Harry Harry Harry or persons are commanded. Keep silent on pain of in prison.
While the Son of the United States is sitting for the trial of the articles of impeachment exhibited
the House of Representatives against Donald, drawn trump. President of the United States,
ok. Someone needs to get this due to rebel
no because he's announcing impeachment, but it sounds like a medieval times.
Employee. On his last day,
hey. You get paid enough for thine bullshit here,
Here is one of those phrases that has to be shouted certain phrases
We should like makes them or not
my real dad got a shot certain things and despite the air, some are intro. Trumps. Impeachment trial is already filled with drama. Just look at the all start depends team present trumpet together. This is an insane team. The trunk collectivist got can stop the lawyer, who is famous for doing the investigation that lead to Boot Clinton's impeachment and it's got. Alan does show its famous for defending O Jason
for these. Lawyers are perfect for trump because they have experienced with super guilty people and super wanting president's it's great, but I will say this trumps. Lawyers may want to polish up their defence strategy because things I've already got off to a rocky stuff
the president's legal deem offering the first glimpse of their defence that the President
nothing wrong did not commit a crime, and they even the Democrats, argument of abuse of power does not rise to an unimpeachable offence,
thing. One of his lawyers, Alan Dershowitz, maintained over the weekend to articles are repatriated to non criminal actions, but many
constitutional scholars. Disagree Troms lawyer.
Alan Dershowitz himself once argued. The opposite during the Clinton impeachment certainly doesn't have to be a crime. If you
Somebody! You completely corrupts the office of president. Yes, it turns out that over the past twenty years, Alan Dershowitz as legal opinions, have changed as much as his hair styles, because you right now, he saying abuse of power is not an impenetrable offence, but back in the nineties he says it was, and look I mean we all did
something we regret in the nineties, I mean I walked around and that Mr Elliot Outfit for a whole year. Every time I left the house, the garbage mantra to throw me in the truck according to their Schwartz according to visualize, there's really interesting. What he said in the nineties was in fact correct and what he saying now,
It is also, in fact correct previously. You said it doesn't have to be a crime if the guy, if the, if the person in office completely corrupts the office of President now you're saying criminal like you so you're, not so corrupting the offers. The president is that in your
criminal light or criminal like no. No, it's not! That was lukashka. That was rejected by the long. I think you were wrong back then I
saying that I am much more correct right now. Having done ways in which Europe is that, as the I didn't do the research back, then I guess that wasn't initially arrived and the research. Now I wasn't wrong. I am just far more
right now. I was
wasn't wrong, I'm just far more correct now than it was, then that is
the most original lines I have ever heard in my life and that's a great,
time for a lawyer, but thank God this guy doesn't work on a bomb squad, because that would be a disaster
you would just be like cut the yellow while way cut the rope.
Well, I wasn't wrong about yellow well, I wasn't wrong about yellow, but the Red One is more correct,
don't worry, we're not gonna die. We're just gonna be left alive. So that's where trumps. I love the nineties. Legal team is that and will see them make their arguments later this week, but today today the Senate was all about establishing the ground rules of this impeachment trial and it sounds like it's gonna be a pretty tight ship.
It is an historic day in Washington, where the, U S, meet and just a few hours to start the impeachment trawler, the President, the United States for the senators today, it's gonna feel like
a really long day at school. You know, those cubby is that many of your kids have the senators you're gonna have to put their phones and electronics in those special boxes just off the Senate floor because they are not allowed to
and there they are not allowed to speak to the senators that our next to them
if anything, that's not related to the trial. All of that on pain of imprisonment. Technically, a senator could get arrested if they got up to take a bathroom break that wasn't approved ten, no talking, no phones, no unapproved boffin breaks or you could go to jail these poor senator
doesn't sound like a trial with sound like detention, women school you locked up just sitting. There are just imagine them sitting inside the
in the chamber now looking out. The window has Nancy Policy and other house roughly kick.
Outside marriage, just like, while we're having so much fun. I can't wait to go to the bathroom without
arrested now. Now most of these rules are standard, those standard rules for impeachment trials and they designed to make sure that the sentences are paying attention and that they focused, but Miss Connell has introduced some other rules for this trial and their key designed to get this
in over with as fast as possible. If Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has his way the vote to convict or equip president Trump
come sooner rather than later, Mcconnell presenting his proposed trial rules that break from the Clinton model
Mitch Mcconnell releasing his long awaited blueprint. Each side will have
twenty four hours over just two days to make their opening statements. It means senators could have to sit for twelve hours sessions, part of the republican push for a faster trial, but Democrats they were put.
Gains are trying to hide the president's misconduct in the dead of night. You could force presentations to take,
they set to work three in the morning, the Mcconnell resolution will result in a rush trial with little evidence in the dark of night, literally the dark of night. We said that the job of night literally the dog overnight, but that is no joke. Twelve hours sessions at last
the early morning. That's cool for anyone, especially cool for this I mean these people are usually in bed by will a fortune norms up, cancel to air, and you know for a guy who shares so much DNA
turtles, Mcconnell, Chauvelin fast, you know, if you like, I feel like Mcconnell, will be the worse person to go on a date with,
cause he seems like one of those people who would order the appetites of the main course end. The dessert all at the same time, not just to rush things along with their bring fruitless, spoke the half hour, sunbeam attract we're getting to turn it off
Malaga we're, not gonna smash other someone, you stay. Let's keep things moving more now after some pushed back from Susan Collins and other moderate Republicans. Mcconnell has now changed the rules at the last minute today, so that each side would have three days instead of two days to present their case and lots of people are saying Mitch. Mcconnell was wrong to even try and wash this process in the first place or people
understand is Miss, wasn't wrong before he's just more correct right back
As we spoke about before the break Senate Majority leader Mitch, Mcconnell has recently come under fire for his Senate impeachment rules. His attempt to rush through the trial and for his performance in the movie do little or from all on the speedy certain trial witch hunts
man, who is also known for finishing quickly, Michael cost everybody here at the capitol right now. Don't these rules seem restrictive, maybe Trevor, but we need rules without rules, civilization would collapse, and I would have to put on leather and fight rabbit dogs for water and not for fun like I do now, rules or what makes society like stand to the right on the escalator or keep quiet when you're in a movie
You know what I'm talkin about Trevor. Why would I know what you're talking about, but look all I'm saying is, I think, lack parents are already knew someone was behind him. He didn't need your help. I think I saved him, but let's move on, I get an idea that I get. We need rules, but it seems like Miss Connell design. Most of these rules to help from instead of having a fair trial like the length of the trials compression that might not be witnesses come up. Much more conall is tough, but fair. Look! Look at these rules. Ok, each side gets equal time to make their case. Ok, Republicans will speak at nine a m and that tomorrow the Democrats will speak it. Six thirty on Superbowl, Sunday, ok and and the witness rules are equal to both sides are free to
Vienna any of the contestants from celebrity apprentice and and hate. Some of the rules even favour. The Democrats, this rule says that only Democrats get free, iced tea all day, long and its right after the rule that says absolutely no bathroom bricks, no boffin breaks with free, I see, sounds like the democratic being set up in Costa. Look, it's obvious that mission Conall is trying to brush this whole impeachment thing. On the rug I mean the press have even complained that he's restricted how they can cover proceeding. That's fine! We don't even need the press in that room. Everything will be covered by Mitch magazine, ok, it's like oh magazine, but only for Mitch, it's very unpopular now, if
excuse me Trevor. I have to go ahead so that free iced tea for the Democrats, I think it gave me club media so hostile. I still can't give you clear media either way
I have clearly. You saw
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my guess, is Tony award. Winning fields are full and television actor who stars in the new series on comedy central called awkward Vena is Nora from Queens. Please
we're gonna, be wrong. Welcome to the daily show these people were very nice. They all very nice there. Very very nice, be like you welcomes will show. Yes, thank you for having congratulations on yet another show. I feel, like you all one of those people that I have watched my entire
life, and yet you have never aged. I just know you in every movie, like you have the same face and you ve played such a wide berth of rules. You play villains, you play you play good guys, you you play like extreme characters like in Mr Robot, like one of them that the bad as people when the most complicated characters. Now you playing a dead in a comedy is, as this is a bit.
Thought, for you is it really is? I don't play a lot of like kind of delight
Euro normative nice guy, a nice relationship to, as is his sweet, but trouble daughter rights. It is a new thing for me
It's also a comedy in a way that its its refreshing for me, because I'm doing between the lot of serious, I kind of rediscovered after I left long
under its view, which I was on for eleven years. I read I rediscovered that I was a character actor and that I really start
really getting into like real require acquainting myself. With that super creative kind of transformative kind of work, and so then after Mr Robot, which just finished yet
season. This show came along and it was kind of the perfect thing for me to kind of stretch, different muscles com,
muscles that I haven't used in in decades and I'm kind of a kind of sweetness a warm quality of of a family kind of quality right I like, which are really like the show, has as a really beautiful storyline, an actual because it feels genuine it's about this family who is asian, but then it's not like about them being age. It is this is agent,
and then they have a life and they have a store and then people, I don't have people really understand how rare that is for us, for my community, that asian punitive that that for us to have a family, that's not very because their asian and and because of our representation, is so kind of low rights that it is a kind of meaningful thing too, to see a family, that's just being a family and having family issues that are not where the gas. So there
kind of even more universal then, and an average asian show that supervision specific right and it's nice. That way when we really as an audience member I've craved it, and so it will it's nice to be involved in it. I was in
Margaret chose show in the nineties. That was that was all. I think that our station and Erika Mann on a family yet so that you know might when I compare the experience that I had on Margarets Show Margaret struggled a lot and did not, and not for Franny reasons that were related to Margaret and rightly school start and we're talent. It was a different time and more
What kind of in some ways shoe horned into a kind of corporate
I rise of what I might raise an awkward Vienna is allowed to really do her thing.
It has taken the initiative to hire writers around her and surround yourselves with with many women writers and when people color as as well as two directors, and I think it shows in the final product we don't. We dont flinch about all.
The things that were describing in a show that are either specifically asian or related to being Asian, because they're all kind of from created by the people who really know what those things it comes from an authentic place. You done
it's. It's interesting consignment, Michel YO, said that even after crazy, which Asians was really beautiful, she said we have no problem laughing at ourselves, but love with us not at suggests that absolutely when there was there was a here
three of us being laughed at or derided or whatever. Yes, it and took. It has taken us a long time to even teach people that there is a difference in right difference between the two things. You have a career that that is now ready. I mean it spends from comedy shows all the way to giant movies. You know like the Jurassic Park, slash Jurassic world franchise. Yes, is one that you have been an intricate pot of. Did you have a predicted
you would become basically the baddest person in a jury, I'm in the light of the world's yeah and like there's like raptors anti racism is like no you're the best.
I am pretty. Why was I made them because, most yes, I don't want to know what to do about that,
I don't feel I was aware of the nine character in the first years. That's what I mean if it was very swim and he was
related to the original, the book, the first russet purple and then he's taken a turn which is much more interesting
and- and who note and is another movie coming out? You know in a year and a half its isn't or all of these things Trevor is like it, I feel very lucky and they just kind of
to me, and I'm I'm very lucky that I that I don't that I have this this those wealth of
a menu of things that I get to choose right and get to do them, because it really does allow me to explore my creativity as a character actor and as a creative person and- and I'm I'm, I hate to say the g word, I'm grateful you know, four,
I didn't know what the G visit is a and now what is the key word
a Jew are great. I think you can say grateful. I don't think we haven't. We believe grateful. I've been looking about gratefulness in Might therapy
grateful as undies I'd like that I haven't on. Please oh, but I think I have a number of reasons and that we shouldn't get into a right.
It is a thing that I feel is over used easily over. You and this house should have read ass tat, great vs, devising Ashton blessed. That's my des ok right, but I think you are ass, tat blessed and we're hashtag grateful for you,
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