Their new album prophets of rage, chuck d and tom morello, joining us, everybody. cheers and applause but first, if youve been enjoying the ongoing soap opera at the white house, there is an exciting new character for you to meet. Hope hicks, who is one of the most trusted aides to the president , will now officially become the third Communications Director in this white house. Now, hope hicks is a tremendously talented person. She started off with us right from day one. She used to be in my real estate company. I said, what do you know about politics . She said, absolutely, nothing. I said, congratulations. Youre into the world of politics. Right . laughter trevor yeah, you know, we laugh. But thats the same answer that trump gave when america interviewed him for his job. Hey, donald, what do you know about politics . absolutely nothing. congratulations, mr. President. Youre hired. I think hope hicks will be perfect for this job because who better to promote a message of nothing than a person who knows nothing herself . A match made in heaven. I love it. Meanwhile, the recovery from Hurricane Irma is just Getting Started in florida and the caribbean, and if you can, please, do donate. People really need all they can. Whatever you have, try to contribute and donate to them. And that is one of the bright spots in the aftermath of an event like this, is seeing how helpful and kind humanity can actually be. A miami nun trying to help florida rise up from the damage, sister margaret anne, slipping on gloves and picking up a chainsaw to help clear debris from the archbishop coleman carol high school. laughter trevor okay, i mean, for most people, this is inspirational. If you went to a catholic school, this is terrifying. laughter because if you know what nuns can do with a ruler, imagine when they can do with a chainsaw. All right, put your hands on the desk. I learned my lesson. laughter h this nun is fantastic, though. Its just too bad she wasnt around when mary was giving birth. It would be like, no room in the inn . No problem. All right, there it is. I opened it up. Youre good. But lets move on. For a while now, there has been a heated debate over statues, like should confederate memorials come down . Should the statue of david have a bigger dong . laughter and last night, the statue debate escalated once again. The Christopher Columbus statue in central park is a symbol of pride for many new yorkers, especially italian americans. But others call it a symbol of oppression, and that was the apparent motive behind the defacing of this statue in central park last night. The base had been spraypainted, hate will not be tolerated. Columbus hands were also painted red, in an apparent symbol of blood on his hands for his role in the oppression and death of native americans. Trevor okay, look, i get whats going on, but i dont know why anyone is upset about anything they see in central park. I mean, you have ever been in central park . laughter i once saw a man bleep while masturbating. laughter yeah, yeah. So i paid him for my hot dog, and then i moved on. laughter applause i mean, dude. But, honestly, i dont know if you can even call this vandalism because they didnt really deface the statue. Like, they added something clever that made you see it in a new way, you know, like, columbus has blood on his hands. It makes you think. Makes you think. Its like when they put the little girl in front of the bull on wall street, it makes you think. Or when they gave the bill cosby statue extra accessories. It makes you think. laughter but the question is what should be done about statues people cant agree on . Well, Michael Kosta went to find out. The problematic statue debate is spreading all the way to new york. Mayor de blasio named a commission to help decide the fate of city statues and monuments that some may see as offensive. Thats right, new yorks mayor and walking bean stalk, bill de blasio, is considering removing a bunch of statues, including mr. 1492. But what do the people want . To gauge public opinion, i did the obvious thing created a fake tour company with a catchy name to see which statue people found the most offensive. Our first stop was columbus circle. Hey, guys, this is, of course, the famous Christopher Columbus, not the director of home alone. The famous explorer. Without him, a lot of european descendants like myself wouldnt be here. That being said, he also, enslaved, annihilated, decimated entire native people. Now, who thinks we should take down this statue of Christopher Columbus, raise your hand. Sir, lets start with you. Why should we take him down . He wanted to find india but he couldnt. Hes an idiot. Because hes an idiot, okay. Heading up central park west, we realized statues arent the only offensive structures in new york. Who thinks that should be taken down . cheers and applause dodging tree limbs and traffic lights, we ended up just outside central park in east harlem. All right, guys, coming up is a statue of dr. James marion sims. Hes considered the father of modern gynecology. Well, thats good. He also used enslaved African American women as his test subjects. So thats not good. This may be a tough one. All right, well, lets go see the statue. Who feels that his statue should be taken down . Who thinks this statue should be replaced with a female gynecologist . Who also experimented on slaves. No, okay. No bus tour is complete without visiting new yorks beloved rat warren of a bus depot, the port authority, home to the citys most famous bus driver from the honeymooners. Thats ralph kramden. He symbolizes the everyday working american. He also threatened to beat his wife almost every episode. If you knowledge he should be taken down, raise your hand. Do you think ralph cram den should be taken down . Theres three. But we were just Getting Started. Further downtown, problematic statues sprung up everywhere. This next statue, everyone, is a no brainer. He inspired millions through his message of love. Obviously, im talking about legendary actor, sir ben kingsley. Thats gandhi. Thats who . Gandhi. I dont know who that is. So youre wrong, and im right. Who thinks ben kingsley should be taken down . See what i mean . Nobody. Coming up on the left is a whoa huh . Thats bleep weird. laughter raise your hand if you think thats a weird statue. Some people think thats weird. Yeah. You think we should take that down . Yes. Yeah, im with you. Thats bleep weird. Huh . Get out of here scram whos a good boy the last top, the tip of manhattan, wall street. To the right here is the bull, represents a booming american economy. Also, tourists from different parts of western europe take photographs. Dont look at me dont look at me who here thinks the bull should be taken down . Anybody think the bull should be taken down . Yeah. Of course the chinese person doesnt want to support american booming economy. As we sat drenched in cold rain, we realized that there was no good solution. So, inspired by the high level of internet discussion, we came up with the next best thing turn every statue into a comment board. Now everyone will know that you think columbus is aguido, dr. Sims, a psycho. And ralph cramden, a psycho. At least theres one thing we can agree on. Why should it be dogs . Humans. Humans take pictures. Trevor Michael Kosta, everybody. Well be right back. cheers and applause we just got to take it one game at a time. Next question. Odell can you repeat everything you just said . My livestream wont load. blows whistle technical foul wrong sport. Wrong network. See, you need unlimited on verizon. 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The future of awesome. cheers and applause . Trevor welcome back to the daily show. Lets take a meement and talk about the Nobel Peace Prize. Theres nothing more prestigious that you can win. Its basically like getting an oscar for being a good person instead of acting like a good person. But the peace prize has been on my mind, because recently myanmar has been popping up on my news feeds. Its a country of 50 Million People situated between india, china, and thailand which means their food is, like, really good. And right now theyre having issues with their leader, aung san suu kyi, who is a Nobel Peace Prize winner. But lately, there are people who are saying she should be forced to give her prize back because, well, theres no peace. Disturbing reports emerging of a new wave of attacks unleashed by Government Forces in myanmar, on the rohingya, a Muslim Minority, considered one of the most persecuted groups in the world. Reports of villages surrounded, homes burned to the ground, torture, executions, and rape. Nearly 150,000 rohingya have crossed into bangladesh since august 25, with thousands more at the border waiting to cross. Trevor yes, myanmars army is systematically targeting the countrys minority rohingya population, which is a horror that is beyond belief. Whats even more unbelievable is finding out who the villains are. One of the biggest puzzles about her nation, a buddhist country, which is supposed to be the most peaceful of religions, run by this nobel prize winner. But it is roundly condemned for its systematic perce ciewfergz a mine, on the a Muslim Minority as it happens. Heres the puzzle for people. They look at a buddhist country that is yet, you know, persecuting violently a Muslim Minority. Trevor okay, i dont know about you guys, but this bleep is mind blowing because i didnt even know that buddhists could be violent. This goes against everything i thought i knew about buddhism. Violence is the complete opposite of what buddhists are supposed to do. Whats next, were going it find out the kardashians are secretlyamish. Oh, my god, my father was threatening to cancel my rumspringa. Hand me a pencil. Im going to draw a selfie. laughter seriously, violent buddhist blows my mind. Like, did i have the wrong idea just because, like buddha is so chubby and cute . No, hes like the pillsbury doughboy of major religious figures, you know. And, you know, you know, buddhists would be the most annoying people to persecute you, because can you imagine while youre losing your bleep , the buddhist who is burning down your house you book like, hey, man, you burned down my house. You cannot burn that which doesnt exist. Are you bleep me everything i own is inside that house. It is clear you did not possess the items. The items possessed you. Yeah, i guess youre right, man. Now, already, the idea of a violent buddhist is such a mind bleep . What is just as twisted is a peace prize winner in a position of power watching the violence and going. Shrug emoji . Do you ever worry that you will be remembered as the champion of human rights who failed to stand up to ethnic cleansing in her own country . No, because i dont think theres ethnic cleansing going on. I think ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression to use for whats happening. Trevor another im going to stop you right there. I feel like you are already lost the argument when you say, hey, we havent killed enough people yet for it to be called ethnic cleansing. Yeah, think of this as more of a light ethnic dusting. Come on, huh . Heres the thing, myanmar is the kind of country its not like america. Its the kind of country where the president does control the military. So suu kyi, some people would say theres nothing she can do about this. But a leader with this kind of moral standing, i think new york subway rules should apply if you see something, say something. laughter right . That should be the rule. Oh, and you do applause yeah, see something, say should something. And i will add this in if you do say something, try not to siewnd like donald trump. I think this is due to fear on both sides, and this is what the world needs to understand, that the fear is not just on the side of the muslims but on the side of the buddhists as well. You would accept the view the vast majority of the victim of the violence has been muslims. There is evidence that they have been systematically muslims have been targeted, but, also, buddhists have been subjected to violence. But theres fear on both sides. Trevor did you hear that . She just both sided ethnic cleansing. I bet trump was watching that like, this woman is disgusting. Because of her views . No, she stole my lines. She should no longer be president of the marshmallows. You mean myanmar. That one. Like, i dont know look, im not going to solve anything. Im not going to solve myanmar. Ive only got 22 minutes on this show. If i had 40, done. I do know this, though maybe we need to change who gets the Nobel Peace Prize and when. Because so many people have won the prize and theyve benefited from all of its prestige, ask then theyve gone on to not be peaceful. Like, maybe wieshed only give the Nobel Peace Prize to people after their career is over and theyve passed away. Its at the end end. We can call it the rest in peace prize. Otherwise, if you hand the peace prize out like its the best new artist award at the grammys, you shouldnt be shocked if some day you end up with a genocide millie vanilli. Well be right back. applause stuarts only ever shared things online. Then he tried tostitos flavored salsas. And realized that not all sharing is easy. Roasted garlic. Can i. Um. Share the salsa, stuart. Tostitos. Bring the party. Boy i wish your mom was here. Instead of over there. screaming i aint afraid to say it. Go blue ill kick it. She needs this kids. Mom needs this. screaming have some. Just get it done. Reliving the glory days isnt always rewarding. But hotels. Com is. Unlock instant savings now and earn free nights to use later. Hotels. Com. The new celebration and pepsi is all for it. Antonio what have you got in mind . Bit of a throwback, looks like the charleston you never see that in football or anywhere. cheers and applause trevor welcome back to the daily show. My guests tonight are legendary musicians and members of the super Group Prophets of rage, whose selftitled debut album comes out on friday. Please welcome chuck d and tom morello. cheers and applause trevor welcome, welcome, welcome. Thank you very much. Trevor welcome to the show. So good to have you. Great to be here. Trevor i like this a super group, two super powers connecting three, including cypress hill. Trevor thats true. Lets talk about the name prophets of rage. Why that name . There were so many variations. Sure. It was the shortest band meeting we had. Prophets of rage is members of rage against the machine, cypress hill, and public enemy, and there is a public enemy song called prophets of rage. When we thought what should the band name be, chuck d said prophets of rage. Hes the prophet, im the rage. Trevor oh, nice, nice. Lets talk a little bit about that range. You have been someone who has been political for a very long time, most of your life. You also worked in politics, which i never knew about you. You worked for a senator in california when you were really young, and after, that you said you never wanted to be involved iin politics in that way ever again. It cured me forever. Trevor why . I was the scheduling secretary for Alan Cranston for two years, and it cured me for two reasons. One is because it was entirely about money. Most of the day was spent putting the senator on the phone with wealthy democrats, wealthy republicans, wealthy people who he would ask for money. And none of that money came for free. But thats not the main reason. The main reason is one day i received a telephone call from a lady. She was complaining because there were mexicans moving into her neighborhood. I said, maam, you can go to hell, thinking i had done the senators business and hung up. So she ended up calling. I got yelled at for two weeks. And i thought to myself, if electoral politics are a world where i cant tell a racist to go to hell, then thats not the right job for me. A lot of people in music say stay out of politics and dont get into it because you have fans that buy your music from either side. This feels like an evolution, was it inspired in some ways by donald trump . No, donald trump was part of it as this came together, with tom basically saying that this infuriated him so much that it was, you know, more about than just tweeting about it or going to social media. Trevor right. We can do something about it. We can do something about it, and what we do musically to bring the noise and make people aware. And its one thing about turning fans off. But one thing is were fearless without music. And i was raised, being born in this city, is to be fearless and say what you need, you know, to say anwhat needs to be said, and thats been pretty much my track line right throughout. If youre making music that everyone can agree on, youre probably making pretty bleep music, right . laughter trevor touche i like that. cheers and applause let me ask you this, though, let me ask you. This is interesting. When you heard or did you hear that paul ryan, that he was a huge fan of rage against the machine . Sure, sure. Trevor did you did you think to yourself, like, does he know who you are . Has he actually heard the lyrics . Maybe he just hears the music. Yeah, well, i mean, first of all, theres no political litmus test of being a fan of the band. And one of the most Inspiring Stories i hear is people got. Come up, and they got into our band because of the expression of the music, and they were exposed to a different point of view. Thats totally cool. Paul ryans point of he doesnt do a lot of raging against women, against gays, against music, against unions, against the environment trevor so thats his machine. Hes the epitome of the machine we have been raging about for years. While he may use rage against the machine for his px90 workt outs, lets get in the pit and let nature take its course. And his team spirit just exploded when he made that statement. laughter first of all, youre not he was trying i dont know what he was trying to do when he said that, but sort of piggyback on some of the coolness, or whatever. And we werent about to let him get away with it. Trevor what do you want people to take from the music . You created music, fighting the power. If you look at this chuck d. , do you feel in some ways are you still fighting the power or in some ways shifted or morphed. I started out 1986 as a professional during r b, thats reagan and bush. laughter applause Nelson Mandela was in prison, there was a wall up. You know, 2017. Youre talking about the president of the United States building a wall, you know. Trevor right. Mr. Mexico, lets build this wall might be the statement. But the biggest difference is that older people move on and transition, and younger people come in. But the stench of racism hovers over and is institutionalized. And we feel as musicians that we have the universal language and passport to tell the whole world to be accountable and responsible, as you know. Youre grooving to the grooves in the beat. So thats probably the biggest difference is that we can kind of, like, synergize with the worlds language on how ridiculous it is in some places. The world can connect a lot better than it used to. What are we going to do with this avenue . And right now, were prophets of rage. Trevor you guys are doing it. Thank you so much for being on the show. Thank you very much. cheers and applause prophets of rage will be available september 16. Chuck d, tom morello, everybody. Well be right back. cheers and applause trevor thats our show for tonight. Before we go, as you may know, Jordan Klepper has a new show called the opposition premiering september 25, but before the show starts jordan decided to take the show to a recent donald trump rally in phoenix. So stay tuned for the opposition right after this