♪ ♪
>> START THE CLOCK.
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: THANK YOU.
HOW ARE YOU?
THANK YOU, OKAY, SIT DOWN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT'S SO EXCITING TO BE HERE, I
LOVE YOU TOO.
GET IT OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM.
IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF FALL.
WHEN TRUMP'S COLORS AT THEIR
PEAK.
NOTABLY, THE WAY HIS HAIR
EXPLODES IN A RIOT OF GOLDS AND
REDS IN HIS FACE IS A RICH
HOMBRE.
[LAUGHTER]
IT MAKES YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF
THE CITY AND GO ANTIQUING IN HIS
CHINS.
IF [LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
CAN YOU BELIEVE THE YEAR IS
ALMOST SHOT, I DON'T KNOW HOW
THIS HAPPENS.
SOON THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE
CREEPING INTO THE TEENS, -- I'M
THINKING OF ANTHONY WEINER.
HE GOT SENT UP THE RIVER THIS
WEEK.
WHAT A WEEK.
SO MUCH DESTRUCTION GOING ON,
THERE'S THE EARTHQUAKE IN
MEXICO, THE HURRICANE IN PUERTO
RICO, AND THE HEALTH CARE BILL
IN CONGRESS.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU WATCH THE SENATE GO AFTER
HEALTH CARE JUST A MONTH AFTER,
YOU THINK DON'T YOU HAVE SOME
INTERNS TO HARASS?
THIS IS THEIR THIRD ATTEMPT
SINCE TRUMP HAS BEEN PRESIDENT
TO DO THIS, THIS WAS WRITTEN BY
LINDSAY GRAHAM AND IT STILL A
FEW VOTES SHORT TO PASS IT,
TODAY JOHN McCAIN --
[LAUGHTER]
HE SAID HE WOULD NOT SUPPORT, IT
WAS A GOOD DAY FOR HEALTH CARE
IN A BAD DAY FOR GAY MARRIAGE.
LINDSEY GRAHAM SAID I KNOW ONE
MAVERICK WHO IS GOING TO SLEEP
ON THE COUCH TONIGHT.
JOHN McCAIN I'VE GOT TO GIVE
IT TO THEM HE SAID I CANNOT IN
GOOD CONSCIENCE VOTE FOR SUCH A
VAGUE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE
PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
ALL THE REPUBLICANS AT ONCE SAID
WHAT'S GOOD CONSCIENCE?
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
THEIR LEARNING.
IF THE PROBLEM WITH THE OTHER
PLANTS THAT THEY HAD HIS DAY TOD
THE VOTERS WHAT WAS IN THEM.
THEY DIDN'T DO THAT AT THIS
TIME, THEY KEPT IT A BIG SECRET,
THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
WHICH SCORES THESE THINGS, THEY
HAVEN'T HAD A LONG ENOUGH TO
SCORE IT.
THEY CAN ONLY GIVE IT A PARTIAL
ANALYSIS.
THE PARTIAL ANALYSIS IS IT'S A
PIECE OF SHIT.
[LAUGHTER]
IF YOU THINK THEY ARE AT ODDS
THIS WEEK, TRUMP AND KIM JONG
UN, THEY ARE FEUDING AGAIN, I
LOVE KIM.
THE HE CALLED TRUMP A DAUGHTER,S
ONE OF THE WORDS THAT PEOPLE
STOPPED USING LIKE PRESIDENTIAL.
IT'S FROM SHAKESPEARE,
MR. PRESIDENT IF YOU'RE
WATCHING, SHAKESPEARE WAS A GUY
A LONG TIME AGO HE WROTE PLAYS.
PLAYS ARE LIKE A MOVIE EXCEPT
THE PEOPLE ARE REALLY THERE.
I DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO
ANYMORE.
NORTH KOREA IS NOT THE COUNTRY
THAT IS ON TRUMP'S MIND, THAT
WOULD BE RUSSIA.
THIS RUSSIA INVESTIGATION, I
KNOW I SAID EVERY -- IT IS
HEATING UP.
ROBERT MUELLER SAYS HE'S VERY
CLOSE TO FIGURING OUT WHO IN A
TRUMP CAMPAIGN WAS NOT A RUSSIAN
SPY.
[LAUGHTER]
THE THINGS WE FIND OUT, THIS
WEEK PAUL MANNA FOR TWO WAS THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER I KNOW
THEY TRY TO DENY IT, HE JUST CAE
BY A FEW TIMES, HE DIDN'T HAVE
A DESK HERE, YES HE DID HE
WAS THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER HE WAS
GIVING PRIVATE BRIEFINGS TO THE
RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS WHO WERE
CONNECTED TO POLLUTANT.
TRUMP SAYS I KNOW THAT SOUNDS
BAD.
AT NO TIME DURING THE CAMPAIGN
WAS HE EVER AWARE HE WAS RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT.
THE [LAUGHTER]
HE SAID HE ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT
IT AFTER THE ELECTION WHILE
WATCHING FOX AND FRIENDS.
THEY COULD PRETEND ALL THEY WANT
THAT THE RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE
DIDN'T AFFECT THE ELECTION BUT
OF COURSE IT DID.
IT DID IN A BIG WAY IN MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS INCLUDING THESE
ADS ON FACEBOOK, HAVE YOU SEEN
THIS SHIT THAT WENT ON?
NOW MARK ZUCKERBERG SAYS HE IS
AGREED TO TURN OVER NEARLY 3,000
ELECTION ADS THAT WERE BOUGHT BY
A RUSSIAN TROLL FARM.
[APPLAUSE]
I HOPE WE CAN AT LEAST AGREE
THAT FOREIGNERS SHOULD NOT BE
INFLUENCING OUR ELECTIONS.
IF ONLY WE HAD THOUGHT OF THAT
20 YEARS AGO WHEN AN AUSTRALIAN
STARTED FOX NEWS.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW, MARTIN
SHORT IS HERE, CATHERINE RAMPELL
AND RICK WILSON AND A LITTLE
LATER MY FRIEND OF BOB COSTAS
WILL BE OUT HERE.
[APPLAUSE]
HE WAS MY FAVORITE CONGRESSMAN,
NOW HE'S MY FAVORITE RETIRED
CONGRESSMEN, PLEASE WELCOME
BARNEY FRANK, THE STILL
HONORABLE.
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THERE IS BARNEY FRANK, HOW ARE
YOU?
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
HEALTH CARE WEEK ONCE AGAIN,
THEY TRIED IT AGAIN, I WAS
TALKING ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK,
THE REPUBLICANS LOVE OF TURNING
THINGS BACK TO THE STATES.
WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE WEEDS
ON THIS LATEST PLAN, WHAT IT
DOES IS IT MAKES IT INTO A
PROGRAM THAT WOULD GO BACK TO
THE STATES.
THEY LOVE TO SAY THE STATES CAN
HANDLE THINGS BETTER.
TELL US WHAT WOULD REALLY
HAPPEN.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE
PROBLEMS WITH OBAMACARE AS IT
EXISTS SPECIFICALLY IN THOSE
STATES WHERE THE REPUBLICAN
GOVERNORS REFUSED TO COOPERATE.
IN STATES WITH
WHERE THE GOVERS
WERE PREPARED TO BE SUPPORTIVE
IT WORKED WELL.
SENATOR BOB CORKER A REASONABLE
REPUBLICAN, WHEN THE UAW WAS TRY
TO ORGANIZE GENERAL MOTORS AND
VOLKSWAGEN I'M OF THE COMPANY
SAID WILL WORK WITH YOU, WE ARE
NOT UNION PHOBIC, HE DENIED THEM
FUNDS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GET
TO RECOGNIZE THE UNION.
HE WAS ASKED WHAT DO YOU CARE,
THE COMPANY WAS OKAY WITH IT.
HE SAID IF THEY GET A UNION AT
VOLKSWAGEN, THAT WILL RAISE
WAGES AND IF WAGES GO UP THERE,
THEY WILL GO UP THROUGHOUT THE
STATE.
IF WAGES GO UP FOR WORKING
PEOPLE IN TENNESSEE, WE WON'T BE
ABLE TO LURE BUSINESSES DOWN
FROM OTHER STATES.
THE PURPOSE OF SENDING THINGS TO
MY HE DIDN'T DENY THIS.
>> Bill: THAT'S A LONG WAY TO
GO TO EXPIATE POOR PEOPLE.
>> FIRST YOU SEND THINGS TO THE
STATES, THEN STATES COMPETE.
AMAZON IS ENCOURAGING THAT RIGHT
NOW.
GIVE ME A TAX BREAK WHICH THEY
REALLY NEED.
LET IT BE DONE STATE-BY-STATE.
THEN EACH STATE WILL BE UNDER
PRESSURE TO DO AS LITTLE AS
POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE BUSINESSES
IN THOSE STATES, THE BUSINESSES
THEY WANT TO ATTRACT, THEY'RE
BEING WAY TOO GENEROUS TO THOSE
POOR PEOPLE.
>> Bill: WE HAVE A SITUATION
WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MOVE
TO STATES WHERE THERE IS
HEALTH CARE THAT'S MORE
AFFORDABLE AND IS DONE BETTER?
>> IT'S HARDER TO DO, OR PEOPLE
IN KENTUCKY AREN'T AS MOBILE AS
AMAZON SETTING UP ITS
HEADQUARTERS.
IT'S NOT THAT THEY WILL MOVE
THERE, IT'S THAT THE STATES THAT
SPEND MORE THAN WHAT THEY GET
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REDUCE TAXES
AS MUCH.
>> Bill: WHY IS THIS SUCH A
PRIORITY WITH REPUBLICANS?
I READ THIS WEEK THIS IS STILL
THE NUMBER ONE, EVEN MORE THAN
THE WALL, THE NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY, 79% OF REPUBLICANS
WANT OBAMACARE REPEALED.
IT'S IRRATIONAL.
>> YOU CAN SEE THAT BECAUSE IT'S
NOT JUST THE FIFTH TIME, IT'S
THE 50TH VERSION WHICH ARE ALL
DIFFERENT.
THERE IS NO CONSISTENCY.
ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS GET RID
OF IT.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO THIS WAY, GO
THAT WAY, GIVE IT TO THE STATES,
EVERY ONE OF THOSE BILLS ONE OF
THE HOUSE, ONE OF THE SENATE,
THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT.
INTERESTING QUOTE TODAY FROM
SENATOR CHARLES GRASSLEY, SENIOR
REPUBLICAN.
"I CAN THINK OF TEN GOOD REASONS
WHY THIS BILL SHOULDN'T GO TO
THE FLOOR, BUT IT WAS A MAJOR
CAMPAIGN ISSUE FOR US SOMETHING
TO PUT FORTH."
THEY ARE PROMISING, THEY HAVE NO
CONSTRUCTIVE NOTION OF WHAT THEY
WANT HEALTH CARE TO BE.
THERE IS NO CONSISTENT
REPUBLICAN, IT'S SIMPLY GOOD
LET'S GET RID OF OBAMACARE.
>> Bill: IF ONE WAS HERE THEY
WOULD BE SAYING I THINK THEY
BELIEVE HEALTH CARE, YOUR DOCTOR
IS SOMETHING THAT IS A PERSONAL
MATTER.
THERE SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT
SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN.
THEY USED TO SAY THAT ARGUMENT,
NOW THEY SAY WE'RE GOING TO
IMPROVE IT WHICH IS A LIE.
THEY NEVER USED TO TRY TO SAY
THAT.
THEY WOULD SAY WE DON'T THINK
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE IN THE
BUSINESS OF TAKING CARE OF YOUR
PROBLEMS.
>> THEY USED TO SAY THAT.
NOW THAT THE MONEY GOES TO THE
STATE GOVERNMENTS -- THAT'S NOT
A CONSISTENT THEME.
THE YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY HAVE
BENEFITED IN THE PAST FROM
SAYING DON'T LET THE GOVERNMENT
DO IT, THAT'S WHY IT'S SO
UNPOPULAR IT'S THE ONE
ENCOURAGING THING ABOUT THIS.
YOU HAVE A LARGE PART OF THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC, A MAJORITY
REALIZING THAT THEY WANT
GOVERNMENT INVOLVED IN
HEALTH CARE.
THE GREAT GIFT THAT DONALD TRUMP
IS GIVEN DEMOCRATS AMONG ALL THE
DAMAGE IS, BEFORE HE GOT
ELECTED, HE GOT THE VOTES OF A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT
GOVERNMENT SUCKS.
HE'S PROVED TO PEOPLE THAT NO
GOVERNMENT SUCKS WORSE THAN
GOVERNMENTS.
YOU HAVE SUPPORT FOR A POSITIVE
ROLE.
>> Bill: WHAT ABOUT THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE?
BERNIE SANDERS, NOT OFFICIALLY A
DEMOCRAT, HIS BILL WHICH IS
SINGLE-PAYER WHICH IS A HORRIBLE
NAME FOR IT BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK
SINGLE-PAYER IS GOING TO BE THEM
THEM.
SINGLE-PAYER IF YOU DON'T KNOW
MEANS GOVERNMENT PAYS.
>> IS A HAS BEEN ALIMONY, THAT'S
SINGLE-PAYER.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bill: ARE YOU MAKING THAT
JOKE?
IS THERE TROUBLE WE DON'T KNOW
ABOUT?
[LAUGHTER]
ALL THE DEMOCRATS LOOKING ABOUT
RUNNING NEXT TIME HAVE LINED UP
BEHIND HIS SINGLE-PAYER BILL.
HE'S STRONG FOR SINGLE-PAYER,
THAT'S CATCHING FIRE WITH THE
DEMOCRATIC BASE.
THE PROBLEM THERE IS THAT
CALIFORNIA WANTED, THEY COULDN'T
FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT.
VERMONT TRIED IT, COULDN'T PAY
FOR IT.
SHOULD WE GO DOWN THIS ROAD AS
DEMOCRATS OF PROMISING SOMETHING
THAT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO IT
UNLESS YOU CAP WHAT THE MEDICAL
PEOPLE CAN CHARGE AND WERE NOT
ABOUT TO DO THAT IN THIS COUNTRY
THAT ADORES CAPITALISM.
>> IT WOULD BE EASIER TO DO IT
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, YOU
HAVE CORRECTLY CITED IT CAN BE
DONE AT THE STATES.
ULTIMATELY, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO
FIND THE MONEY, EVEN SANDERS
BILL -- HIS BILL IS MORE
REASONABLE THAN HIS RHETORIC.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT IT PHASES IT
IN.
I THINK IT'S A MISTAKE TO GO
THAT FAR.
WHAT DEMOCRATS WERE ABLE TO GET
THROUGH IN 2009 AND JOE
LIEBERMAN SAID NO WAS TO REDUCE
THE AGE OF MEDICARE TO 55.
THAT SEEMS TO BE MUCH MORE
MANAGEABLE.
IT GETS MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED, IT
DOESN'T DESTROY THE PRIVATE
INSURANCE SYSTEM BUT IT
STRENGTHENS IT BY GETTING THE
OLDEST PEOPLE ON THE PRIVATE
EMPLOYER INSURANCE OUT.
I THINK YOU CAN PAY FOR IT.
ONE THING THAT OUGHT TO BE VERY
CLEAR, I'M VERY SORRY TO SEE
JOHN McCAIN, I'M GRATEFUL WHAT
HE'S DOING NOW BUT HE'S JUST
BRINGING OUT A MILITARY SPENDING
BILL THAT SAYS DONALD TRUMP --
WERE GOING TO SPEND WAY MORE.
UNTIL WE BEGIN TO REDUCE
MILITARY SPENDING, WE CAN'T DO
ANYTHING ELSE.
[LAUGHTER]
IT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE COULD
USE HIM BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE WHO
SAYS AMERICA DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
INVOLVED EVERYWHERE ALL OVER THE
WORLD THAN CONTRADICTORY HE
SPENT ALL THAT MONEY.
I THINK YOU CAN AFFORD TO BRING
MEDICARE DOWN TO 55 IF YOU DID
IT RIGHT.
THAT'S A DEMONSTRATION TO PEOPLE
PEOPLE.
I WOULD PUSH FOR THAT AND IF
THAT WORKS YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE
YOU CAN GO NEXT.
>> Bill: NANCY PELOSI WAS
GIVING A SPEECH THE OTHER DAY
AND GO TO THREE DO MIKE REID
WITH THE PROTESTS SAID TO HER ON
DACA, SHE WAS INTERRUPTED BY A
BUNCH OF PROTESTERS, THEY
WEREN'T SATISFIED THAT SHE WENT
FAR ENOUGH.
THEY SAID DEMOCRATS CREATED AN
OUT-OF-CONTROL DEPORTATION
MACHINE AND HANDED OVER TO TRUMP
TRUMP.
I DON'T KNOW IF I AGREE WITH
THAT.
WE DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY, THE
DEMOCRATS ARE NOT THE RESISTANCE
OF TRUMP, WE ARE.
WE COME ACROSS THIS PROBLEM
OFTEN WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE
PURISTS IS THE KINDEST WAY TO
SAY IT ARE NEVER SATISFIED AND
SEEM TO ALWAYS BE ATTACKING THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE THEIR BEST ALLY
IN A WORLD THAT IS NOT PERFECT
AND WHERE COMPROMISES MUST BE
MADE.
>> I WOULDN'T CALL THEM PURISTS,
THEY THINK OF THEMSELVES AS
PURISTS, THEY ARE ABSURD AS
THIS, THEIR FANTASISTS.
THE ATTACKING NANCY PELOSI, WHAT
SHE AND CHUCK SCHUMER DID WAS TO
GET TRUMP TO AGREE TO SUPPORT
LETTING PEOPLE STAY HERE WHICH I
WOULD SUPPORT AND VOTE FOR.
IT'S JUST UNREAL.
IT IS A TENDENCY TO FIGHT WITH
YOUR FRIENDS.
>> Bill: IT'S EASY,
LOW-HANGING FRUIT.
LAZY.
>> I'M GLAD THAT NANCY STOOD UP
TO THEM, YOU ARE DEAD WRONG AND
WERE NOT GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO
DO THIS.
IF WHAT NANCY PELOSI AND CHUCK
SCHUMER DID WAS A GREAT BENEFIT
TO THEM.
WHAT YOU WONDER IS WHAT THEY
RATHER HAVE THE INCOME AND THERE
SHOULD BE NO COMPROMISE -- WHAT
ARE THEY ARE OBJECTING TO IS
THAT THEY SAID WE WILL HAVE SOME
BORDER SECURITY.
I DIDN'T THINK LIBERALS WERE
SUPPOSED TO BE FOR NO BORDER
SECURITY.
WERE NOT FOR THE WALL, FOR SOME
OF THESE BAD TACTICS.
THIS IS SELF-DEFEATING AND IT'S
TIME TO STAND UP.
>> Bill: IT REMINDED ME OF ONE
BLACK LIVES MATTER INTERRUPTED
HILLARY CLINTON.
THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT I
THINK YOU AND I BOTH SUPPORT.
TO GO AFTER HILLARY CLINTON, I
WANT TO SAY TO THEM -- NO WHITE
PERSON IS PERFECT AND CERTAINLY
NO WHITE PERSON COULD UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT DOES LIKE TO BE A BLACK
PERSON.
SHE IS THE BEST WE GOT IT.
IT IS NOT GOING TO GET BETTER
THAN HILLARY CLINTON.
HER FIRST INITIATIVE WHEN SHE
RAN FOR PRESIDENT WAS TO END
MASS INCARCERATION, FOR
PRACTICAL REASONS, I DON'T KNOW
WHY I'M YELLING AT YOU --
[LAUGHTER]
>> I AGREE WITH THAT, I SAY THIS
IS CREDIBILITY BECAUSE I FILED
THE FIRST GAY RIGHTS BILL IN
MASSACHUSETTS 45 YEARS AGO.
I AM A GAY MAN AND I HAVE SPENT
MUCH OF THE LAST 45 YEARS
TELLING MY FELLOW AND SISTER
LGBTQ PEOPLE TO GET A GRIP, TO
BE SENSIBLE, NOT TO ANNOY PEOPLE
PEOPLE.
I WILL SAY THIS TO MY
AFRICAN-AMERICAN FRIENDS, I WANT
TO SAY ALL THESE GROUPS.
IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
GET INTO PUBLIC OFFICE SO THEY
CAN DELIVER A PUBLIC POLICY
THAT'S IN YOUR INTEREST, WHY DO
YOU INSIST THAT THEY PHRASED
THAT IN A WAY THAT'S MOST LIKELY
TO KISS PEOPLE OFF.
WHY DO YOU YELL AT THEM IF THEY
WANT TO GET ELECTED.
I THINK WE NEED NOT TO BE
MORALLY INTIMIDATED, WE KNOW HOW
TO DO THIS, YOU'RE ENTITLED TO
SAY WHAT YOU WANT AND I AM
PARTICULARLY -- EVERY TIME I
HEAR SOME OF THIS, I SAY HOW DID
YOU VOTE LAST ELECTION?
IF YOU DIDN'T VOTE OR VOTED FOR
DONALD TRUMP I DON'T WANT TO
HEAR FROM YOU.
>> Bill: I WANT YOU BACK IN
CONGRESS, BARNEY FRANK.
GET OFF THE COUCH.
LET'S MEET OUR PANEL.
THERE THEY ARE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
A REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST AND A
COLUMNIST FOR THE DAILY BEAST,
RICK WILSON.
SHE'S A COLUMNIST FOR
"THE WASHINGTON POST," CATHERINE
RAMPELL L WITH US THE FIRST TIME
TIME.
AND HE IS THE TV STAR, MOVIE
STAR, WE PUT THIS IN THE
PROMPTER, COMEDY ICON WHOSE SHOW
WITH STEVE MARTIN WILL COME TO
MILWAUKEE, I LOVE IT, YOU'RE
WORKING AT.
IF MARTIN SHORT BRITAIN [CHEERS
AND APPLAUSE]
THE MIKE MARTIN SHORT.
HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE YOU KNOW HOW
COMPETITIVE BILL IS.
>> Bill: IT WAS A SLOW NEWS
WEEK IN RECOVERED HEALTH CARE
WITH BARNEY.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE MORE OF
A DEEP DIVE AND TALK ABOUT
WHAT'S REALLY WORRIED ME, WE
SEEM TO BE LOSING THE THREAD I
WOULD SAY WITH SOME OF THE
BEDROCK BELIEFS AND INSTITUTIONS
THAT I MY WHOLE LIFE THOUGHT --
I TOOK FOR GRANTED, I GUESS I
SHOULDN'T HAVE.
LET ME ME READ SOME RECENT
POLLING.
TAKE THIS AND THEN TELL ME NOT
TO KILL MYSELF.
36% OF REPUBLICANS THINK FREEDOM
OF THE PRESS DOES MORE HARM THAN
GOOD.
ONLY 61% OF REPUBLICANS THINKS
IT IS NECESSARY, ONLY 30% OF
MILLENNIALS THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL
TO LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY.
TWO DECADES AGO, ONE IN 16
AMERICAN BELIEF ARMY RULE WOULD
BE A GOOD WAY TO RUN THE
COUNTRY, NOW IT'S ONE INSECT
SPREAD.
AMONG THE YOUNG AND AFFLUENT
IT'S INCREASED NEARLY SIXFOLD TO
35%.
A FIFTH OF UNDERGRADS THINK IT'S
ACCEPTABLE TO USE PHYSICAL FORCE
TO SILENCE THE SPEAKER.
REMIND ME TO WORK OUT MORE
BECAUSE THEY SAY SPECIFICALLY
OFFENSIVE AND HURTFUL
STATEMENTS.
62% OF STUDENTS DEMOCRATS THINK
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHOUT DOWN
SPEECH YOU DON'T LIKE.
52% OF REPUBLICANS SAID THEY
WOULD SUPPORT POSTPONING THE
2020 ELECTION OF TRUMP PROPOSED
IT.
I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THIS IS LEFT AND RIGHT, THIS IS
YOUNG AND OLD.
THIS IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM, WHAT
DO WE DO?
>> HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN A
PROBLEM?
>> Bill: THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION.
>> THIS IS A FAIRLY EMERGENT
PHENOMENON, THIS IS A NEW
PROBLEM.
IT'S ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT
AND WE NEED TO GET BACK TO A
POINT WHERE THIS COUNTRY HAS
SOME AGREEMENTS AND SOME
FUNDAMENTAL VALUES WE RECOGNIZE
SPEECH IS CONTENTIOUS AND THAT'S
PROBLEMATIC IN SOME DOES THAT
MAKES YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.
BUT TOUGH SHIT, IT'S HOW I
THOUGHT TO BE.
>> IF YOU GO TO HARVARD AND YOU
SEND THAT CONTRACT TO GO TO
HARVARD, YOU HAVE TO BE ALSO
TOLD IF YOU PROTEST ANYONE RIGHT
OR LEFT AND YOU LOCALLY TRY TO
STOP THEIR THOUGHTS YOUR
EXPELLED.
IF YOU DON'T TRUST ME GO BACK TO
YOUR ORIGINAL CONTRACT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH
THIS.
OF >> THERE IS NO PEACEFUL
PROTESTS.
>> WERE NOT TALKING ABOUT
PEACEFUL.
>> I THINK THE DIFFERENTIATION
IS BEING LOST ON YOUNG PEOPLE
AND OLD PEOPLE.
THE REAL DIVIDE IN OUR COUNTRY
IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT LEFT VERSUS
RIGHT IT'S ABOUT DO WE WANT TO
LIVE IN AN OPEN SOCIETY ORACLE
SOCIETY?
DO WE VALUE FREE SPEECH DO WE
VALUE IDEAS THAT ARE DIFFERENT
FROM US OR PEOPLE THAT ARE
DIFFERENT FROM US.
IT'S NOT ONLY AN AMERICAN
PROBLEM.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA FROM
AROUND THE WORLD, A THING CALLED
THE WORLD VALUES SURVEY AND IT
SHOWS AROUND THE WORLD, AROUND
WHAT WE CALL THE WEST, WESTERN
VALUES ARE DISAPPEARING.
THIS IS TRUE AROUND EUROPE, IT'S
TRUE IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> Bill: I DIDN'T KNOW.
OKAY.
>> IT'S ALSO BASED ON THE LACK
OF READING, ISN'T IT THE
BREAKDOWN OF READING AND THE
INCREASE OF TWEETING?
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: WHEN I LOOK AT THE
TRUMP IT'S VERY EASY TO LOOK AT
HIM AND SAY ALL THOSE
REPUBLICANS.
SOME OF TRUMP IS ALL OF US.
HE DOESN'T READ, HE'S IN LOVE
WITH HIS PHONE.
THAT IS ALL OF US, I WOULD AGREE
WITH YOU.
WHEN YOU DON'T READ OR YOU READ
JUST WHAT'S ON YOUR PHONE OR ON
THE COMPUTER, WHAT IS FED TO
YOU, WHAT YOU ALREADY BELIEVE
COMES BACK TO YOU.
>> A LOT OF IT FEEDS EXACTLY
WHAT YOU WANT TO GET THROUGH THE
COURSE OF THE DAY.
IT'S A LONG WAY FROM ASK NOW
FROM STOMACH OR WHAT YOUR
COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU.
>> THEY SELF SELECT WHAT THEY'RE
GOING TO FOLLOW, DONALD TRUMP IS
LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT INFLATE
HIS EGO EVERY DAY.
HE'S LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT
MAKE THEM HEROIC IN HIS OWN
EYES.
HE SELF-SELECTING ALL THIS STUFF
FROM THE LUNATIC FRINGE OF THE
UNIVERSE AND THAT MAKES THEM
FEEL GOOD AND HE TWEETS ABOUT
HIMSELF.
THE GUY HAS NEVER READ A BOOK IN
HIS LIFE.
THE
HE'S ONLY ARGUABLY LITERATE.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU CAN'T EXPECT BETTER THAN
WHAT YOU'RE GETTING.
>> Bill: I HEAR YOU ON TV
DOING THIS, I THINK ALL LIBERALS
HAVE THESE NEW FRIENDS.
OUR NEW REPUBLICAN FRIENDS
BECAUSE THEY'RE THE SAME
REPUBLICANS, THERE THE
ANTI-TRUMP -- YOU, NICOLE
WALLACE, GEORGE WILL.
PEOPLE WHO WE LAMBASTED, NOW WE
ALL LOVE YOU.
THE ELEPHANT THE ROOM, A LITTLE
PALM THERE --
>> I HEARD IT.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU HAVE TO OVERLOOK THE FACT
THAT TRUMP ISN'T A VIRUS FROM
SPACE.
HE CAME FROM THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY, HE'S THE KIND OF LOGICAL
END OF THE REAGAN REVOLUTION.
HE IS NOT AN ANOMALY, NOT AN
ABERRATION.
ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE IN TRUMP
ARE THERE.
THE RACIAL DOG WHISTLES, THE
ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM, THE
ANTISCIENCE.
HE IS THE END OF THE ROAD FOR
THAT.
WHEN I HEAR THE ANTI-TRUMP, I
APPLAUD, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING
IN THERE THAT WE ARE NOT
RELEASING.
>> HE'S THE MOST REPUBLICAN
REPUBLICAN.
>> IS A RESULT OF REALITY
TELEVISION, HE DOESN'T REPRESENT
TO ME A REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT
DEMOCRAT.
HE IS A SELF OBSESSED --
>> HE WANTS TO TAKE AWAY
HEALTH CARE FROM POOR PEOPLE, HE
WANTS TO CUT TAXES.
>> BECAUSE IT WILL POSSIBLY BE A
WIN.
HE NEEDS TO WIN.
HE IS NOT A WELL MAN.
>> Bill: IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT, HE'S ALSO A
REPUBLICAN.
REPUBLICANS HAVE BECOME THE
PARTY THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY
FOR ANYTHING.
WE DEBATE OBAMACARE AND PEOPLE
SAY IT'S A FAILURE AND IT HAS
FAILED TO SOME PEOPLE, I DON'T
SEE THE DEMOCRATS BEING ADEQUATE
TO ENTER THAT CHARGE, I DON'T
SEE THE FULL THROATED RESPONSE
TO SAY FOR MOST PEOPLE IT HAS
WORKED, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY
STORY.
IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE THE SIN OF
OBAMACARE WITH THAT HE PAID FOR
IT.
WHEREAS REPUBLICANS DON'T PAY
FOR TAX CUTS, DIDN'T PAY FOR THE
PRESCRIPTION MEDICARE PROGRAM,
THE WALL.
THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN PAYING,
THEY BELIEVE IN TALKING ABOUT
PAIN.
>> THEY SAY IT IS FOR ITSELF.
>> IS A REPUBLICAN, I WILL SAY
THERE'S A LONG TIME AS A FANTASY
BUBBLE, WILL HAVE ALL THESE
EXTERNALITIES THAT WILL SUDDENLY
PAY FOR EVERYTHING.
IT'S NEVER BEEN A POINT OF GREAT
RESPONSIBILITY INSIDE THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY TO SAY WERE
GOING TO PAY FOR MEDICARE PART
D, IT WILL DO THESE MAGICAL
THINGS AND HELP PEOPLE.
ALL THESE X TERMINAL ECONOMIC
EFFECTS.
WE DO A TERRIBLE JOB, WE DON'T
CUT SPENDING, WE'VE CONSISTENTLY
KEPT ROLLING MORE SPENDING INTO
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
EVERY TIME WE BEEN IN CONTROL OF
IT.
GOING BACK TO TRUMPING THE
END POINT OF REPUBLICANISM,
THERE IS A LEVEL AT WHICH MY
PARTY HAS BEEN IRRESPONSIBLE
WITH THE MATCH OF OUR RHETORIC
TO OUR PERFORMANCE AND TRUMP IS
A PERFECT EXAMPLE -- WOULD YOU
HAVE RHETORIC MISMATCHING
PERFORMANCE, HE'S YOUR MAN.
>> I KNOW FRAN LEIBOWITZ WAS
TALKING ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK.
>> Bill: LAST WEEK WAS A
LIFETIME AGO.
>> YOU CAN'T IGNORE THE FACT
THAT TRUMP EXISTS BECAUSE WE HAD
AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT
FOR EIGHT YEARS.
TRUMP EXISTS BECAUSE HE CHOSE TO
RUN FOR THE FIRST TIME A WOMAN
WHO WAS A PERCEIVED THIRD TERM
OR, A PERCEIVED CLINTON.
>> A REAL CLINTON, I MIGHT SAY.
>> RIGHT ON YOU.
ALL THESE THINGS LINED UP, THESE
STARS.
>> Bill: THE STARS ABOUT
ERASING WHAT THE BLACK PRESIDENT
DID, IT DIDN'T START WITH
DONALD TRUMP.
THAT STARTED WITH NIXON'S
SOUTHERN STRATEGY BACK IN THE
60s.
I'M AMUSED AT WATCHING ALL THESE
REPUBLICANS TALK ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP AND HIS RACIST
WAYS, WHERE DID THEY THINK THE
RACISTS WERE BEFORE THIS, IN THE
GREEN PARTY?
[LAUGHTER]
>> THERE ARE OTHER THINGS I FIND
REPUBLICANS DISINGENUOUSLY
CLUTCHING THEIR PEARLS ABOUT THE
BASE COAT OF THE SEAS FOUR.
VOTER FRAUD IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
OF THIS AS WELL.
FOR YEARS YOU HEARD REPUBLICANS
COMPLAIN ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE
NEED MORE VOTER IDs WHICH IS
ABOUT KEEPING BLACK PEOPLE FROM
VOTING AND IT'S ALL ABOUT
PROTECTING THE SANCTITY OF THE
VOTE.
NOW WHEN TRUMP COMES OUT AND
SAYS THERE ARE 3 MILLION
ILLEGALLY CAST BALLOTS, THEY'RE
LIKE THAT'S CRAZY, LET'S NOT
PRESIDENTIAL TO SAY THAT.
WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?
>> IT'S CRAZY AND NOT
PRESIDENTIAL, THERE'S THAT PART.
IT'S A FEATURE, NOT A BUG OF
TRUMP IS HIM.
>> Bill: TRUMP PULLED OUT OF
THE PARIS ACCORDS.
>> DID HE?
NOW HE'S SAYING HE'S NOT GOING
TO.
>> THEN HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO
PRINT >> HAVE YOU CHECKED
TWITTER LATELY?
>> NO.
>> Bill: 53 OUT OF 100
SENATORS ARE CLIMATE DENIERS.
I'M GUESSING THAT'S ALL
REPUBLICANS AND ONE DEMOCRAT.
232 OUT OF 435 IN THE HOUSE ARE
CLIMATE DENIERS, I'M GUESSING
THAT'S ALL ON ONE SIDE OF THE
AISLE TOO.
TO ME, THAT'S THE BIG ISSUE OF
OUR TIME.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN RIGHT ON THAT
ISSUE WAY BEFORE TRUMP, AM I
WRONG ABOUT THAT?
>> I DON'T HEAR THEM COMPLAINING
THAT MUCH.
UNLIKE THE OTHER STUFF WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT.
>> Bill: WHERE WERE YOU ON
CLIMATE BEFORE DONALD TRUMP WHAT
TO MARK >> I A DIFFERENT TAKE.
>> Bill: HERE COMES THE.
I BELIEVE IN AMERICAN INNOVATION
INNOVATION.
I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S BULLSHIT.
>> HOW DO YOU INCENTIVIZE THE
INNOVATION PERSON BUT LIKE A
CARBON TAX?
>> THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE
BEEN ABLE TO DO TO SOLVE
TECHNOLOGICAL PROBLEMS.
I BELIEVE THE CLIMATE IS
CHANGING, I'M NOT DENYING THE
CLIMATE IS CHANGING BUT OUR
END POINTS OF HOW WE FIX IT MAY
BE DIFFERENT.
I WOULD RATHER THROW A SHIT TON
OF MONEY THEN SAY EVERYONE
FREEZE IN THE DARK.
>> I HOPE THIS A MIDDLE GROUND.
LET ME ASK THIS BECAUSE I'M
CURIOUS AND THEN I WANT TO HEAR
ALL ABOUT YOU.
WE'RE LIKE A TEAM.
WE LIKE ELLEN DID GENEROUS IN A
VEST.
GO AHEAD.
>> Bill: I WANT TO BE THE BEST
BEST.
LAST WEEK, FRAN WAS HERE, TIM
GUNN CAME OUT THAN I WAS SAYING
TELEVISION SHOW WITH ALL PEOPLE
OVER 60, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN
HERE.
[LAUGHTER]
I WAS JUST SAYING I DON'T HAVE A
BUCKET LIST, NOT THAT I'VE DONE
EVERYTHING, I'VE DONE VERY
LITTLE.
I JUST MENTIONED I'VE NEVER BEEN
TO ASIA, I'VE BEEN ON SNAPCHAT,
NEVER WENT SKIING.
I WAS SAYING I DON'T CARE, YOU
REACH A POINT IN YOUR LIFE OR
YOU DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE
THINGS YOU DON'T GET TO.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THE REACTION,
PEOPLE WERE MAD AT ME.
IT MUST TOUCH SOMETHING IN THEIR
MORTALITY TO SAY BILL, YOU HAVE
TO HAVE A BUCKET LIST, I MADE
ONE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR MY
BUCKET LIST?
I WANT TO GET DRUNK AND PEE ON
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
I WANT TO HAVE SEX IN AN
AIRPLANE WASHROOM BUT STOPPED
BECAUSE IT WAS TO DO IT IN FRONT
OF MY COMFORT ANIMAL.
WATCH ERIC TRUMP TAKE ON A
LEOPARD WITHOUT A GUN.
CONFRONT FATHER O'MALLEY AND ASK
HIM WHY ALL THE OTHER KIDS GOT A
RIDE IN HIS CADILLAC, BUT NOT
ME.
GET HIGH WITH OBAMA
I WANT TO FINALLY DIRECT MY
PASSION PROJECT, AN ALL-WHITE
REMAKE OF SOUL PLANE.
GET SUED AGAIN FOR ALLEGING THAT
TRUMP'S FATHER WAS AN ORANGUTAN.
BUT THIS TIME BY THE ORANGUTAN.
THIS IS GOING TO SOUND SILLY,
BUT EVER SINCE I WAS A KID, I'VE
WANTED SOMEONE TO SING ME "OH
DANNY BOY."
I GUESS IT'S NEVER GOING TO
HAPPEN IN THIS POINT.
>> I CAN, BILL.
THAT IS, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO.
[LAUGHTER]
OH, DANNY BOY, THE PIPES, THE
PIPES ARE CALLING FROM GLEN TO
GLEN, AND DOWN THE MOUNTAIN
SIDE.
THE SUMMER'S GONE, AND ALL THE
ROSES FALLING, IT'S YOU, IT'S
I'M GOING TO DO A BIG ENDING
LIKE TONY BENNETT.
YOU MUST GO AND I MUST BIDE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: I'VE NEVER GOTTEN
THAT FOR DOING SO LITTLE.
HE IS A BROADCASTING LEGEND FOR
NBC, THE LEGEND HIMSELF, BOB
COSTAS IS HERE.
PHYSICAL
♪ ♪
>> I'M SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THAT?
>> Bill: BRAIN DAMAGE IN THE
NFL.
[LAUGHTER]
I WANTED TO MAKE IT EVEN HARDER
FOR YOU.
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE WHENEVER
YOU'RE HERE I ALMOST SAY WERE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT SPORTS
ISSUES BECAUSE THERE ARE THESE
BIG EXPORTS ISSUES BUT HE IS SO
MUCH MORE THAN SPORTS.
AND THEN I LOOK AT THE ISSUES
AND I'M GOING BUT SPORTS SOMEHOW
GETS TO ALL THE BIG ISSUES THAT
REALLY ARE BUBBLING UP IN OUR
SOCIETY.
>> IT OFTEN INTERSECTS DESPITE
THE MOUTH RATERS WHO SAY LEAVE
IT ALL OUT OF SPORTS, I JUST TOO
GOOD TO HEAR THERE'S A GROUND
BALL TO SHORTSTOP, FINE.
>> Bill: DON'T CALL THEM MOUTH
RATERS THERE YOUR
BREAD-AND-BUTTER.
>> I'VE BEEN TOLD I HAVE MADE
THAT BEFORE.
>> Bill: THE BIG NEWS THAT WAS
IN THE PAPERS YESTERDAY IT WAS
AARON HERNANDEZ WHO WAS A GREAT
TIGHT END FOR THE NEW ENGLAND
PATRIOTS EXCEPT FOR THE FACT
THAT HE MURDERED PEOPLE.
AND THEN WENT TO JAIL FOR IT AND
THAT DIDN'T END WELL.
WHAT THEY FOUND OUT YESTERDAY
WAS THE CTE WHICH IS THE BRAIN
DAMAGE.
>> CHRONIC TRAUMATIC
ENCEPHALOPATHY.
IT MEANS YOUR BRAINS SCRAMBLED.
>> Bill: IT'S SCRAMBLED, THIS
KID HAD PROBLEMS ANYWAY.
FOR A 27-YEAR-OLD, THEY NEVER
SAW IT THAT.
>> IT WAS STAGE THREE AND FOUR
IS THE WORST.
>> Bill: AT 27.
>> WE KNOW EVEN BEFORE DEMENTIA
SETS AND THAT THE BRAIN TRAUMA
EVEN FOR ACTIVE PLAYERS CAN HAVE
AN EFFECT ON IMPULSE CONTROL,
ANGER, THAT SORT OF THING.
YOU CAN'T MAKE THE LEAP TO
CONNECT WHAT HE DID DIRECTLY TO
THAT BECAUSE HE'S JUST ONE
PERSON.
THIS IS MORE BAD NEWS AND AN
ACCUMULATION OF BAD NEWS FOR THE
NFL AND FOR FOOTBALL IN GENERAL,
AND THIS COMES FROM SOMEBODY WHO
RECOGNIZES THE DRAMA, THE
EXCITEMENT, THE TEAMWORK, THE
STRATEGY, THAT'S ALL VERY
INTERESTING AND APPEALING AND IT
REMAINS THE MOST -- NOT JUST THE
MOST POPULAR SPORT IS THE MOST
POPULAR THING IN ALL OF AMERICAN
ENTERTAINMENT.
IT'S DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO
GIVE UP THAT ATTACHMENT AND THE
GENERATIONAL CONNECTIONS.
EVIDENCE IS EVIDENCE, YOU CAN'T
TURN YOUR BACK ON IT.
>> Bill: AS A LIBERTARIAN I'VE
SPOKEN OUT AND I'VE BEEN TORN
ABOUT IT.
THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE -- WHEN I
WAS A YOUNG PERSON, TRY TO TAKE
THE JOINT OUT OF MY HAND WHEN IT
WAS ILLEGAL.
[LAUGHTER]
>> NOW NFL PLAYERS WANT TO USE
MARIJUANA TO SALVE THE PAIN.
>> Bill: AND IT WORKS.
THE SO WE HAVE A SOLUTION.
IT'S HARD TO TELL SOMEBODY
BECAUSE YOU WATCH THE NFL ON TV
WHEN THEY ARE NOT WRITHING ON
THE GROUND IN PAIN, THEY ARE
HAVING A GREAT TIME.
THEY'RE CELEBRATING, THEY'RE
FUN, THEY'RE DOING THEIR THING.
TO TELL SOMEBODY YOU CAN'T DO
THAT WERE GOING TO TAKE AWAY
YOUR LIVING -- IT'S DIFFERENT IF
THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HARMFUL
FOR THEM.
WE ARE IN CIGARETTE TERRITORY.
>> IT WAS THE CASE IN THE 60s
AND 70s WHEN PLAYERS MAY HAVE
THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE
GETTING OUT OF BED BECAUSE MY
KNEES OR HIPS WILL BE BOTHERING
ME BUT THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY
WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT DAY IT WAS.
NOW YOU DO HAVE INFORMED
CONSENT.
ANY FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO DOESN'T
KNOW WHAT HE'S GETTING INTO, BUT
THERE'S ALSO EVIDENCE THAT THE
EARLIER YOU START PLAYING, YOU
START PLAYING PEEWEE FOOTBALL
AND PARTICIPATION IS WAY DOWN
BECAUSE PARENTS ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT IT.
IF YOU START PLAYING WITH YOUR
12, 13, 14 YEARS OLD.
THEN THE LONG-RANGE EFFECTS ARE
EVEN GREATER.
THE IDEA PROBABLY WILL EVOLVE
THAT THEY SHOULD PLAY FLAG
FOOTBALL AND THEN WHEN YOU GET
TO AN AGE OF CONSENT, GET TO BE
18 OR SOMETHING THEN IF YOU WANT
TO PLAY TACKLE FOOTBALL, PLAY
IT.
>> Bill: THE COMMISSIONER IS
STARTING TO SOUND LIKE THE MAYOR
IN JAWS.
THERE IS NO SHARK AND IF WE
CLOSE THE BEACH IS NOW WERE
GOING TO LOSE A LOT OF MONEY.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE AT
SOME POINT BECAUSE EVEN AS A
LIBERTARIAN I WAS WATCHING THE
GAME THE OTHER NIGHT.
A GUY IS CRUNCHED AND YOU CAN
SEE IT IN PAIN AND THE GUYS AND
THAT BOOTH ARE SAYING LET'S GO
TO COMMERCIAL, AS QUICKLY AS WE
CAN BUILD CLEAN UP THE BODY
PARTS AFTER THIS WORD FROM ADELE
MONTY.
THEY JUST GLOSS OVER IT BUT EVEN
I AM GOING OH, GOD.
I'M FEELING LIKE I NEED A SHOWER
AFTER WATCHING THE GAME.
ANSWER ME THIS, LET ME GET TO
THE BOTTOM.
WHERE'S IT GOING TO BE IN TEN
YEARS?
WITH THE NFL GO TO LOOK LIKE IN
TEN YEARS?
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S GOING
TO BE THE SAME.
>> THEY'VE CHANGED THE RULES
WHICH IS ONLY FIDDLING AT THE
EDGES BECAUSE THE GAME IS
FUNDAMENTALLY BRUTAL AND
VIOLENT.
THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE
CULTURE, TRYING TO CHANGE YOUTH
FOOTBALL.
THEY SAY THEY ARE FUNDING
RESEARCH.
UNLESS THEY COME UP WITH SOME AS
YET UNIMAGINED TECHNOLOGY THAT
IMPROVES HELMETS TO THE POINT
WHERE IT DOESN'T JUST PROTECT
AGAINST A SKULL FRACTURE BUT IT
PROTECTS THE BRAIN FROM RATTLING
AROUND INSIDE THE SKULL LIKE A
PICKLE INSIDE A JAR WHICH IS
WHAT HAPPENS -- IF THEY CAN COME
UP WITH SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT
DISPERSES THE IMPACT.
UNLESS THAT HAPPENS, YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO SIGN A WILLING
ASSUMPTION OF RISK CLAUSE TO
YOUR CONTRACT AND IT MAY BECOME
LIKE THE ROMAN CIRCUS, PEOPLE
WATCH IT BUT THEY DON'T LET
THEIR KIDS PLAY IT.
>> Bill: IT ALREADY IS LIKE
THAT, THE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT
VIETNAM, THE CONFERENCE THING.
>> THANK YOU, THE VIETNAM VETS
ARE HERE.
IT'S TERRIFIC.
IT'S A LITTLE LIKE THAT.
WHO GOES, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
MORE DESPERATE.
>> WHERE THE RISK IS JUSTIFIED
BY THE REWARD.
>> Bill: WHO WENT TO VIETNAM?
THE PORK CUTS, THE MINORITIES
THAT'S WHAT FOOTBALL IS.
>> TOM BRADY WANTS TO KEEP
PLAYING UNTIL HE'S 45 OR 50.
YOU WATCH AARON RODGERS PLAY,
THERE'S SOMETHING EXHILARATING
ABOUT THAT.
YOU CAN'T DENY THE SKILL BUT
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE
ATHLETICISM IS ALMOST POETIC.
YOU RECOGNIZE ALL THOSE THINGS,
I WISH THERE WAS A BUTTON I
COULD PUSH THAT WOULD MAKE THE
GAME ROUGH, BUT NOT
LIFE-THREATENING AND BRAIN
THREATENING AND THAT HE COULD
STILL ENJOY IT, BUT THOSE TWO
THINGS CANNOT BE SEPARATED.
>> Bill: LET ME ASK YOU, WHEN
THE CAMERAS NOT ON HIM FOR
5 MINUTES --
[LAUGHTER]
I FEEL IT.
HE STARTS KICKING ME UNDER THE
TABLE.
>> I'M HERE TOO.
>> Bill: COLIN KAEPERNICK, AN
ISSUE.
RACE IN SPORTS, MAYBE THIS IS
THE PLACE WHERE WE SHOULD PLAY
THIS OUT.
I THINK A GUY SHOULD BE ABLE TO
NOT STAND FOR THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
[APPLAUSE]
>> EVEN PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH
HIM RECOGNIZE THAT YOU WOULD BE
CRAZY TO DENY THE RIGHT OF
EXPRESSION THAT THE PEOPLE THEY
RIGHTLY REVERE FOR HAVING PUT
THE LIVES ON THE LINE TO PROTECT
IT AND ENSURE IT, WHY WOULD YOU
DEPRIVE SOME OF WITH THAT RIGHT
EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE?
>> Bill: I UNDERSTAND A
TRUMPET SAID SOMETHING TODAY AT
HIS RALLY.
>> HE SAID SOMETHING TO THE
EFFECT OF I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
SOME NFL OWNERS JUST GET THE SON
OF THEM BITCH OFF THE FIELD.
>> Bill: HE NEVER DISAPPOINTS.
HE IS CONSISTENTLY OFF.
>> YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF PLAYERS
UNDER CONTRACT AND PLAYERS WHO
THEIR TEAM THINGS ARE GOOD
ENOUGH TO HELP THEM THAT ARE
ENGAGING IN THAT KIND OF PROTEST
PROTEST.
THE OWNERS COLLECTIVELY HAVE
TOLD COLIN KAEPERNICK TO GET OFF
THE FIELD BECAUSE HE DOESN'T
HAVE A TEAM.
AS HE TOM BRADY OR CAM NEWTON?
NO.
BUT IS HE BETTER THAN SOME
STARTERS IN THE LEAGUE AND
BETTER THAN MOST BACKUPS?
OF COURSE HE IS.
>> Bill: I'M WONDERING WHY
MORE AREN'T DOING WHAT HE DID,
I'M ALWAYS SURPRISED IT'S ONLY A
FEW.
>> I THINK THE POSSIBLE REASON
IS THEY RECOGNIZE THERE'S SOME
COMPLEXITY IN THIS, THE ANTHEM
DOESN'T JUST REPRESENT THE
NATION'S FLAWS AND DOESN'T JUST
REPRESENT THE MILITARY OR THE
POLICE AS ADMIRABLE AS MOST
POLICEMEN ARE EVEN GIVEN THE
ROGUE COPS AND AS ADMIRABLE THE
SACRIFICE OF THE MILITARY IS.
IT REPRESENTS THE NATION'S
IDEALS AS WELL.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS
COMPLICATED.
IF I OWNED A TEAM, I WOULD HAVE
THE P.A. GUYS SAY PLEASE STAND
FOR OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM AND IN
RECOGNITION OF THE IDEALS IT
REPRESENTS.
THAT WOULD ENCOMPASS
CONSERVATIVE, LIBERAL, EVERYONE
IN BETWEEN AND I THINK IT WOULD
MAKE IT MORE PALATABLE.
>> Bill: I GUESS YOU DIDN'T
HEAR THE FIRST SEGMENT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THAT WHOLE LIST OF STATS IS
FRIGHTENING.
>> Bill: THE OTHER SCARY THING
IS THIS RUSSIA STORY WHICH HALF
THE COUNTRY DOES NOT EVEN KNOW
EXISTS.
THIS IS THE PART OF IT THAT
BOTHERS ME MORE THAN ANYTHING
ELSE.
WE LIVE IN THIS ECHO CHAMBER
WHERE YOU CAN TO NOT ANYTHING.
IT JUST KEEPS GETTING WORSE AND
WORSE.
>> THEY WON'T BELIEVE YOU.
>> Bill: THEY WANT TO BELIEVE
YOU.
>> IT'S FAKE NEWS, THAT'S WHAT
THIS IS ABOUT NOW.
>> THAT'S THE ONE BRILLIANT
THING THAT TRUMP HAS DONE.
BY CREATING THIS FAKE NEWS IDEA,
IF HE IS IN FACT FORCED TO
RESIGN, HE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY I
FIXED AMERICA, LOOK AT THE STOCK
MARKETS, DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING
YOU HEAR, IT'S FAKE NEWS.
>> I THINK IT'S INTENTIONAL IN
THAT HE IS INTENTIONALLY
DISBANDING EVERY INSTITUTION
THAT CAN HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
>> THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT ALL
THIS IS NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES
HE TWEETS IT'S A HOAX OR FAKE
NEWS, BOB MUELLER DOESN'T CARE.
HE'S GOING TO GRIND BRIDGET AND
THERE'S NEVER A BETTER DAY ON
THE RUSSIA STORY, THERE'S NEVER
A BETTER DAY WHERE THEY GO I
CLEARED THAT UP, EVERY TIME IT'S
WORSE.
>> Bill: HE'S NOT PLAYING
AROUND.
>> IT'S NOT JUST FOR TRUMPETS
FOR ALL OF HIS SUPPORTERS, IT'S
AN INTELLECTUAL PERMANENCE GET
OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD.
YOU NEVER HAVE TO ADDRESS
ANYTHING ON ITS MERITS IT'S FAKE
NEWS, IT'S OFF THE TABLE.
>> UNTIL RUPERT MURDOCH
PERSONALLY TURNS AGAINST TRUMP,
HIS FACE IS QUITE A STICK BY HIM
HIM.
>> Bill: CAN I READ YOU WHAT
ROGER STONE SAID ABOUT IF THEY
TRIED TO IMPEACH TRUMP.
HE SAID TRY TO IMPEACH HIM, YOU
WILL HAVE A SPASM OF VIOLENCE IN
THIS COUNTRY, AN INSURRECTION
LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN.
THE PEOPLE WILL NOT STAND UP FOR
IMPEACHMENT, A POLITICIAN THAT
VOTES FOR IT WOULD BE
ENDANGERING THEIR OWN LIFE.
NOT TO PILE ON THE REPUBLICANS.
>> THAT'S NOT WHO YOU ARE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bill: THERE'S ONE PARTY
THAT GOES THERE, ONE PARTY THAT
WOULD DOMINIC DONALD TRUMP.
ONE WHO WOULD SAY DURING
ELECTION AS HE CONSTANTLY DID,
IT'S RIGGED.
ONE PARTY THAT WOULD PULL THAT
LIKE THEY DID WITH MERRICK
GARLAND AND ONE PARTY JUST GOES
TO THESE PLACES THE OTHER ONE
DOESN'T.
UNTIL THE DEMOCRATS, I DON'T
WANT HIM TO DO THIS, UNTIL THEY
LEARN TO FIGHT -- ROBERT
MUELLER, THE ONE GUY WHO'S TOUGH
ON TRUMP IS A REPUBLICAN.
>> I'M PRETTY TOUGH ON TRUMP.
>> Bill: YES YOU ARE BUT
YOU'RE NOT IN HIS POSITION.
>> I'M NOT, BUT IT WOULD BE A
LOT OF FUN TO DO IT.
THE THREATS THAT ROGER MADE
THERE, THAT'S NOT A BUG, THAT'S
A FEATURE.
THESE GUYS ARE SEEKING TO SIGNAL
TO THE TRUMPET FACE AND PLAY
TRUMP AUDIENCE THAT ANYTHING
PROCEEDING AGAINST HIM IS
INVALID.
NO MATTER WHAT THE EVIDENCE,
IT'S INVALID.
THE FACT THAT ROGER IS SO
RECKLESS ABOUT THAT, I GET THAT
HE'S A PROVOCATEUR AND A LUNATIC
AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
THE BOTOX HASN'T SUNK IN A
LITTLE TOO FAR NOW.
[LAUGHTER]
HE NEEDS TO RATCHETED BACK.
THREATENING TO START RIOTS IN
THIS COUNTRY, THREATENING TO
IMMEDIATELY GO TO THAT LEVEL,
THAT'S NOT FOR THE MIKE
REPUBLICAN, CONSERVATIVE, OR
AMERICAN.
I THINK AT THE REPUBLICAN
CHICKEN SHIT CAUCUSES TO
PROMINENT IN THE HOUSE.
I THINK HE COULD BE CAUGHT ON
THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN WITH A DEAD
BABY IN THE HOUSE GUYS WOULD GO,
WE STILL DO THE TAX CUTS, WE
CAN'T IMPEACH HIM.
>> WHAT HAPPENS IF ROBERT MILLER
IS FIRED?
WHAT DOES PAUL RYAN DO?
>> NOT A DAMN THING.
>> IT DOESN'T EVEN NEED TO GET
TO IMPEACHMENT, THEY'RE TOO
AFRAID OF BEING PRIMARY TO THE
RIGHT TO EVEN CRITICIZE.
>> Bill: ISN'T IT FUN TO BE
ABLE TO BE FUNNY ABOUT POLITICS?
ALL THOSE YEARS, REPUBLICANS
NEVER COULD FIND SOMEBODY WHO
WAS REALLY FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S
NOT FUNNY TO MAKE FUN OF
NANCY PELOSI BECAUSE SHE SORT OF
A SERIOUS PERSON WHO DOES
SERIOUS THINGS.
THIS IS FUN.
IT'S TIME FOR NEW RULES.
IF
NEW RULE: WHOEVER PICKS OUT
FURNITURE FOR THE UN MUST TELL
ME HOW THEY FOUND A CHAIR THE
EXACT SAME COLOR AS DONALD
TRUMP'S HAIR.
LOOK AT IT!
YOU CAN'T TELL WHERE THE
SYNTHETIC, HEAVILY-DYED
UPHOLSTERY ENDS.
AND THE CHAIR BEGINS.
NOT THAT WE COULDN'T SEE IT
COMING.
NEW RULE: MILLENNIALS MUST STOP
SAYING THEY WISH THEY GREW UP IN
THE BABY BOOMER ERA BECAUSE
THE DEVICE THE BOX WAS MORE FUN
TO PLAY WITH.
BACK THEN A COMPLETE BREAKFAST
INCLUDED A BOWL OF GLUTEN.
[LAUGHTER]
NEW RULE: THIS PROUD MEMBER OF
THE NAZI PARTY RIDING THE BUS IN
SEATTLE MUST ANSWER THIS: IF YOU
REALLY ARE A MEMBER OF THE
MASTER RACE, HOW COME YOU'RE
RIDING THE BUS?
NEW RULE: SOMEONE NEEDS TO
THAT IF HE REALLY WANTS TO COME
ACROSS LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN, HE
SHOULD HAVE THE FAMILY PHOTOS IN
HIS OFFICE FACING HIM.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU SEE, DON, THE IDEA IS THAT
YOU ENJOY LOOKING AT YOUR
FAMILY, NOT THAT YOU'RE OFFERING
THEM FOR SALE.
[LAUGHTER]
PSYCHO.
NEW RULE: STOP TELLING ME THAT Q
TIPS ARE ONLY MEANT FOR CLEANING
THE OUTSIDE OF MY EARS AND
SHOULD NEVER BE STUCK INTO THE
EAR CANAL.
I STICK IT IN THERE AND WIGGLE
IT AROUND AND I DON'T CARE WHO
KNOWS IT.
I'LL TELL YA ANOTHER THING -
EVERYBODY DOES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SHEESH, NEXT YOU'LL BE TELLING
ME MY LOOFAH SHOULDN'T GO UP MY
ASS.
[LAUGHTER]
AND FINALLY NEW RULE.
IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY
AMERICA IS SO DIVIDED, DON'T
TALK ABOUT REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS OR RED STATES AND BLUE
STATES.
READ THE STORY "THE CITY MOUSE
AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE."
CURRENTLY BEING SOLD UNDER THE
NEW TITLE "WHAT HAPPENED."
[LAUGHTER]
THE ORIGINAL WAS ABOUT TWO MICE
WHO LEARN THAT YOU'RE EITHER ONE
OR THE OTHER, CITY OR COUNTRY,
AND THE SAME COULD BE SAID FOR
AMERICA.
WHEN YOU FLY OVER IT, YOU DON'T
SEE RED STATES AND BLUE STATES,
YOU SEE VAST STRETCHES OF LAND
WHERE THERE'S NOTHING - AND THEN
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, A CITY.
HERE'S MISSOURI, BUT EVERY STATE
LOOKS THE SAME: A SEA OF RED
WITH A FEW BLUE SPOTS.
I CAN JOKE ABOUT ALABAMA ALL I
WANT, AND BELIEVE ME, I WANT,
IT'S TRUMP COUNTRY, BUT NOT
BIRMINGHAM, 'CAUSE THAT'S A
CITY.
IT VOTED FOR HILLARY, BECAUSE
SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU WHEN
YOU LIVE IN A CITY.
YOU GET MUGGED.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT ALSO, YOU HAVE A MULTI-
CULTURAL EXPERIENCE AND INTERACT
WITH MANY PEOPLE.
CITIES ARE PLACES WITH DIVERSITY
AND THEATER AND MUSEUMS AND
OTHER GAY STUFF.
[LAUGHTER]
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST RURAL
LIFE, BUT I'VE SEEN FARMS ON TV,
AND THEY LOOK DUSTY.
[LAUGHTER]
REPUBLICANS ARE FREAKING OUT
LATELY BECAUSE IT SEEMS TRUMP IS
PIVOTING FROM THESE TWO TO THESE
TWO.
COLLUDING WITH RUSSIA, OKAY -
BUT DEMOCRATS?
BUT IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED:
CHUCK SCHUMER AND NANCY PELOSI
ARE CITY MICE, AND THAT'S WHO A
CONSUMMATE NEW YORKER LIKE
DONALD TRUMP RELATES TO.
WHY IS HE ALWAYS POOP-TWEETING
AT 3AM?
BECAUSE HE'S FROM THE CITY THAT
NEVER SLEEPS.
HE'S SUCH A NEW YORK GUY HE HAD
HIS LAST WIFE DELIVERED.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
HIS DISSOLUTION WITH McCONNELL
AND RYAN IS NOT POLITICAL, FOR
THE FIRST 70 YEARS OF HIS LIFE
HE WOULD NEVER BE CAUGHT DEAD
HANGING AROUND WITH A TRAVELING
BIBLE SALESMAN LIKE PAUL RYAN OR
A CORNY, COUNTRIFIED GOOBER LIKE
MITCH McCONNELL.
FOR CHRIST SAKES, THE MAN IS
FROM KENTUCKY.
JEFF SESSIONS IS FROM ALABAMA.
WHEN HE TALKS, ALL TRUMP HEARS
IS A TINY LITTLE ERNEST MOVIE.
[LAUGHTER]
AND MIKE PENCE?
IT MUST BE TORTURE FOR TRUMP TO
BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE EVERY DAY
WITH THAT HOME-SPUN, CHRISTIAN,
TIGHTLY-WOUND HUMAN HARD-ON.
HE LITERALLY WON'T DINE WITH AN
UN- CHAPERONED WOMAN.
MEANWHILE TRUMP HAS SPENT HIS
ENTIRE LIFE POSING WITH A
SHIT-EATING GRIN THAT SAYS "LOOK
AT ALL THE PUSSY I'M GETTING."
[LAUGHTER]
AND THAT IS THE EXISTENTIAL
CRISIS OF OUR PRESIDENT.
HE'S AN ASSHOLE, BUT HE'S NOT A
HICK.
HE REPRESENTS ONE GROUP, BUT
BELONGS TO ANOTHER.
I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU REAL
AMERICANS, BUT WHAT TRUMP LIKES
ABOUT CHUCK AND NANCY IS THEY'RE
NOT YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
AND HE'S NOT ONE OF YOU.
TRUST ME, WHEN TRUMP WATCHES
"THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES," HE
ROOTS FOR MR. DRYSDALE.
[LAUGHTER]
WHEN HE TELLS A CROWD, AS HE
OFTEN DOES, "I LOVE YOU," WHAT
HE MEANS IS, THAT IN MIDDLE
AMERICA HE FOUND SOMETHING HE
HAD LONG AGO RUN OUT OF IN NEW
YORK: SUCKERS.
[LAUGHTER]
[APPLAUSE]
TRUMP VOTERS WERE PLAYED FOR
RUBES BY THE ULTIMATE
FAST-TALKING CITY SLICKER WHO
SAW VULNERABLE PEOPLE NERVOUS
ABOUT JOBS AND THE MELTING POT
GETTIN' TOO MELTY, AND TOLD THEM
HE'D BUILD A GREAT WALL AND GET
THEIR JOBS BACK AT THE MINE.
AND THEY SAID, "WHERE DO I
SIGN?"
FOLKS, YOU DIDN'T MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN - YOU ENROLLED IN
TRUMP UNIVERSITY.
OK, THAT'S OUR SHOW.
I'LL BE AT THE MIRAGE IN VEGAS
OCTOBER 27TH AND 28TH.
I WANT TO THANK MY GUESTS, RICK
WILSON, CATHERINE RAMPELL,
MARTIN SHORT, BOB COSTAS AND
BARNEY FRANK.
JOIN US NOW FOR OVERTIME ON
YOUTUBE.
THANK YOU, FOLKS.
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