Michael welcome to the daily show im michael kosta. Weve got so much to talk about Summer Vacation is coming up, nikki haley is giving up, and the Supreme Court might face consequences. But dont worry, they wont face any consequences. So lets get into the headlines [cheers and applause] we start tonight with the fundamental battle of the ages. Not the one between good and evil. Evil won that immediately. Im talking about the fight between marijuana and alcohol. Alcohol has had the upper hand for decades, but now it appears that marijuana is pulling ahead. Well, for the first time ever, daily marijuana use is outpacing daily alcohol use. This is according to a new national study. Millions of people in the u. S. Report using Marijuana Daily or nearly every day, according to the National Survey on drug use and health. Those people now outnumber those who say they are daily or neardaily drinkers of alcohol. Michael thats right. Daily pot smokers are beating daily alcohol drinkers in the race to see who can escape their sad lives more quickly. But in some ways, it makes sense. Edibles are just much more efficient than booze. I mean, have you ever tried to get a trickortreater drunk . Its almost impossible of course, the rising popularity of weed is a good reminder to the Beer Industry that they got lazy. They thought they could just sit back and relax while tommy chong bought every goddamn ad on twitter. Congrats, beer companies. You lost to that well known super ambitious, typea, hardworking, gogetter tommy chong. Now, weed and alcohol aside, the larger issue is that maybe, just maybe, we shouldnt be depending on all these substances in the first place. You know, life is much better when youre sober and can really feel everything authentically. Thats an epiphany i had on my weekly ayahuasca voyage. Lets move on to the president ial race. You may remember that the end of the Republican Primary Campaign saw a bitter feud between donald trump and nikki haley. She criticized him for his record and conduct, and he mocked her indian birth name, promoted birther conspiracies about her, and implied that her husband deployed to africa just to get away from her. So, highbrow stuff. The attacks got so personal that when nikki haley finally dropped out of the race in march, she made it a point to not endorse donald trump. I have always been a conservative republican and always supported the republican nominee. But on this question, as she did on so many others, Margaret Thatcher provided some good advice when she said, quote, never just follow the crowd. Always make up your own mind. It is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him and i hope he does that. Michael wow, go nikki haley, right . A republican standing up to trump, thats pretty rare these days. Its like seeing an eclipse or a movie without timothee chalamet. But basically, nikki haley said, trump, if you want my endorsement, you gotta earn it. So lets see how trump courted nikki haleys supporters. Youve talked about trying to unify the party. How do you bring these nikki haley voters, some of whom voted for you in 2020 but say they dont want to now oh, theyll all vote for me. How do you bring them back into the tent . Theyre going to all vote for me again. Theyre going to all vote for me again, everybody, and im not sure we need too many. Michael damn, thats cold. Trumps like, yeah, let me reach out to haley supporters. Gotcha trump just doesnt care about winning over haley voters. To trump, haley voters are like vegetables hes gotten this far without them, why worry about them now . But thats trump for you. He doesnt come to you, you come to him. Hes not going to grovel for your support. Hes not going to work to unify the party. Hes not going to meet you at a coffee shop halfway between his house and your house. You come to the coffee shop near his house. He doesnt care if you met up there the last three times. Hes not dealing with that traffic but you know what that means, donald, if youre going to take nikki haleys voters for granted like that, then good luck getting nikki haley to vote for you. Breaking news, nikki haley declares she will vote for donald trump, endorsing the former rival she fiercely attacked during her gop president ial bid. I will be voting for trump. Having said that, i stand by what i said in my suspension speech. Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continued to support me. Michael what the hell, nikki . What happened to that Margaret Thatcher quote about never following the crowd . Is there another Margaret Thatcher quote where she said, you know what, who gives a shit . Just follow the crowd, whatever. [cheers and applause] and its not the hypocrisy that annoys me here. Every loser ends up supporting their partys nominee. But haley made this whole big show about withholding her support, and then she gave it up for nothing. Shed be the worst kidnapper ever. If you want to see your child , send me 1 million in unmarked bills. Actually forget it, ill drop him off at 5 00. Anyway, im sure itll be worth it and trump will reward her for it. Enjoy being ambassador to the island where those Nuclear Bombs get tested, nikki [applause] lets move on from politics to a place thats completely above politics the Supreme Court. Now usually, we expect this esteemed body to sit above partisan pettiness, while it issues rulings that let corporations sell my organs for profit, but last week an unfortunate issue sullied that image. Justice samuel alito is facing calls to recuse himself. This comes after the New York Times published a photo outside alitos home of an upside down american flag. Its widely viewed as a symbol of efforts to overturn the last election. Alito confirming the photo telling the times, quote, i had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag. It was briefly placed by mrs. Alito in response to a neighbors use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs. Michael yeah, mrs. Alitos fault, huh . Yeah, i feel you, sammy my wifes always squabbling with the neighbors, too. I mean, her squabbles dont usually end with her raising the flag of insurrection against the united states. But maybe your neighbors are just that bad . But hey, sam alito is a Supreme Court justice. The pinnacle of moral integrity if he said he had nothing to do with it, then i believe him. And i believe that its never going to happen again. New questions surrounding Supreme Court Justice Samuel alito after a second controversial flag was hanging outside one of his homes. The New York Times reports that appeal to heaven flag carried by january 6th rioters was photographed at his new jersey beach house last summer. The flag, which features a pine tree and the phrase appeal to heaven dates back to the revolutionary war. But today, the flag has become, quote, a symbol of support for former president donald j. Trump for a religious strand of the stop the steal campaign, and for a push to remake American Government in christian terms. Michael what the hell, man . Another flag . Did this guy get a twoforone deal at the weird flag store . The maga flag store . Look, im not an expert, but i always thought a judge was supposed to be impartial and neutral. And im not naive, i know hes not, but can he at least respect us enough to pretend to be . Its not like hes a judge on American Idol. Hes a Supreme Court judge. But hes stunting on us like a Soccer Player popping his jersey after a goal. I killed roe v. Wade, bitches i killed roe v. Wade, bitches [cheers and applause] but if youre upset about this, the good news is, the Supreme Court has a code of ethics. Now, the bad news is, they wrote that code of ethics, and they dont follow it. So i guess there is no good news, and the bad news is even worse. For more on the flag controversy with Justice Alito, we turn to troy iwata [cheers and applause] troy troy, youre outside Justice Alitos house at the jersey shore. Whats the mood down there . Its awful, michael. Its the jersey shore. Stop sending me here its like if florida wore too much cologne. Michael okay, but what can you tell us about the flags at alitos house . Theyre very provocative well, its worse than that, michael. These flags are very confusing i dont know what any of these weird rightwing symbols mean. One is upside down. This one has a clipart pine tree on it. I dont get the message the first time i saw that Blue Lives Matter flag, i thought the smurfs finally got citizenship. Michael well, rightwing nationalists use this pine tree flag to symbolize how god gave them the divine right to violently overthrow the government. Then [bleep] say that write this is a reference to whatever shit michael just said on the flag. Because right now, this is just an ugly flag with a christmas cookie on it. Michael i think the bigger question is what Justice Alito thought the flag meant. Im going to stop you there, michael, because he just put up a new flag. Oh, okay, so its a big blue wave . Im guessing that means alito likes surfing . Or maybe theyre fans of that japanese wave painting that white people put in their first apartment. Im going to look it up. Okay, so the wave is noahs flood washing away the sodomites, and drowning them in an ocean of tears. Michael troy, thats terrible. Thats a terrible flag. I know. I did not get any of that from the fun wave flag. If youre going to be hateful, stop being so subtle add a tiny gay person drowning under the wave. Or something you know what flag works . That dont tread on me flag with the angry snake. I get that. I know where not to tread. Or the punisher skull . When someone is wearing that on their shirt, i know that theyre saying im divorced. Or you can have a flag like saudi arabia. I cant read arabic, but i know what a sword is. Like, message received maybe samuel alito should hire saudi arabias flag guy . Michael okay, troy, hold up, there appears to be a new flag up behind you. Okay. Its a bible. Holding a gun . Oh, my god. I love it see, i get that straight to the point i am pissing my pants in fear, but i know why yes [cheers and applause] thank you, Justice Alito god, it must be nice to own a home. Michael troy iwata, everyone. [cheers and applause] when we come back, ill give you some tips for summer travel. Dont go away. [cheers and applause] the cantina chicken quesadilla isnt just for late night. Because it has a perfect slowroasted chicken to melted cheese ratio. 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Tonight, new video of two men damaging ancient rock formations here in the west. Two men seen damaging ancient rock formations at nevadas Lake Mead National Recreation Area outside las vegas. The vandals not once, but twice knocking massive red stone boulders off a cliff last week at the popular red stone dunes trail. A young girl standing behind them screams out as the rocks come toppling down. Daddy ah michael amazing. The first time these guys work out in their lives, and they do it by pushing over millionyearold boulders. Hey, should we get a bowflex . Nah, lets just [bleep] up nature. Someone should go find these vandals. Shouldnt be too hard. Just look for the guy whose daughter has a blurry face. There cant be too many of those. So heres just the tip next time youre in the desert, ask yourself, would wile e. Coyote do this . Then do the opposite. Now maybe youre thinking, this doesnt apply to me. Im more of a lie on the beach kind of gal. Well, guess what, there are plenty of ways you can mess things up, too. Like what happened to this lady. First up, dont be a fool and never mess with a raging bull. Shocking video shows a woman on a mexican beach refusing to get away from the beast and paying a price. Lady, please get away. We tried to [bleep] tell you michael yeah, they tried to [bleep] tell you did you think let me speak to the manager would work on a giant bull . They are the manager but thats my tote bag. I have a bag of warm grapes in there lady, those are his warm grapes now. Just walk away. And then for dinner, you can have carne asada. For revenge. So heres just the tip next time you go to the beach, pack a matador. Now heres a story to remind you that smart traveling begins when youre packing your suitcase. Theres a plea for leniency this morning in the turks and caicos. Another american tourist has been detained after Security Officials found live ammunition in their luggage. Thats illegal in the caribbean territory and carries a mandatory sentence of 12 years in prison. Right now, five americans face those charges. None were carrying firearms and all claim they didnt even know the bullets were there. Michael five people and none of them knew they had live ammunition in their suitcases . This is how guncrazy some americans are. Most people going through their luggage find old hotel keys or sand from that beach trip. These guys are like, oh, good, my spare bullets but this one isnt entirely on the tourists. Turks and caicos, i get that youre worried about rising gun violence on your island, but i dont think its coming from americans bringing in bullets two at a time. You know bullets dont do anything without a gun, right . Theyre not going to run around your island throwing bullets at people. So i think turks and caicos is being a little unreasonable. And if this were up to me, id have those americans back in a second. It just takes one simple phone call. Hey, turks, can you release the prisoners please . No . All right, let me talk to caicos. But as it turns out, someone else is already on the case. Tonight, several members of congress pleading for leniency for the five americans facing 12 years behind bars in turks and caicos. A bipartisan delegation of lawmakers going to the territory, meeting with government officials, urging light sentences instead. Michael wow, nothing motivates bipartisanship like a free trip to turks and caicos. So heres just the tip if youre going to do something idiotic that gets you arrested, make sure its on an island paradise your elected officials want to fly to. Yes, youll still be in prison, but at least you can look through the bars at your congressman holding a surfboard saying, were doing everything we can now watch me rip this doublebarrel flipside when we come back, john legend will be joining me on the show. Dont go away. 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Your cousin from boston summer ale octoberfest winter lager cold snap nah its sam season [cheers and applause] michael welcome back to the daily show. My guest tonight is an egotwinning multiplatinum artist and activist who hosts the new original audio documentary, afghan star. Please welcome john legend [cheers and applause] michael thank you for coming. Good to see you. [cheers and applause] michael whoa, here we go. Whats up michael egotwinning, multiplatinum. I wasnt expecting to see your name on audio documentary afghan star. Yeah, i am a podcast host now my biggest aspiration finally come to life. Michael tell me about this new project. How did you get involved . Afghan star is the name of a competition show, so its like American Idol or the voice but the revolutionary fact is that it was in afghanistan. And prior to the u. S. Invasion, the taliban was in charge, and they had basically outlawed music in the country. Michael right. So literally, they would have bonfires to burn cds and records and musical instruments, and so there was a whole generation of people that were growing up not having access to the most basic thing that we all love, that is a part of all of our lives, music. Michael yeah. So when the taliban was deposed and there was this new freedom that was permeating through the country, one of the producers there who started this network called tolo tv, he decided to start a singing competition show. He had no idea how revolutionary it would be, because not only was it displaying music on television, but it was giving women opportunities that they never had before. Michael yeah. It was challenging a lot of the societal norms and some of the religious strictures that had been in the country for a long time. It was quite a cultural moment that impacted that the entire country. Michael you talk about on the podcast how the taliban used to stop peoples cars and if there was a cassette tape in there, they would beat up the driver and then rip up the cassette tape and hang it from a tree as a trophy. They would unspool the actual tape from the cassette and hang it up so people would know, you cant have this. Michael as an american, i listen to this stuff, it almost seems fictitious. It never even crossed this is how spoiled i am, it never crossed my mind that people could not have music. Yeah. Michael lets talk about the role of women in afghanistan. This was such a groundbreaking cultural change for them. One of the most controversial things at the beginning of the show was when a woman was performing on the show, and she started dancing, just a little bit, a little shimmy, and they were very upset about that. And then her hijab starts to sneak back a little bit, you see a little bit of her hair, and these are norms that have been enforced with a gun, with the threat of death. So the fact that people were doing this on National Television was quite daring. Michael right, yeah. And then we had a judge named aryana sayeed, who is a pop star, and she was very well known in afghanistan, and she became a judge, and her life was under threat all the time, because she was a symbol of womens liberation, just by the fact that she was there as a judge. And she actually mentored a few of the female contestants and one of them finally won after several years of the show being on the air. And it was quite a thing for women to have access to this. One of the things we are doing with our fundraiser, with the art sale we are doing is making sure we raise money for the Noor Foundation in afghanistan which makes sure that women have access to education and all the things they need. [cheers and applause] michael how are you feeling this election . I mean, you are politically outspoken. What can people be doing, what should people be doing . Of course, they should vote. I will be voting for joe biden. I think it is a clear choice. [cheers and applause] you know, it is a clear choice. We talk about things we take for granted, but there is one candidate that isnt too keen on democracy. Isnt too keen on us having the right to vote. He literally tried to steal an election and nullify the votes of the American People and i feel like that is utterly disqualifying and he should not ever be anywhere close to the nuclear codes, the white house, the oval office. [cheers and applause] michael [laughs] and im doing my best to make sure he doesnt get back there. Michael i appreciate you chatting with me. Thank you very much. Thank you michael john legend, everyone. [cheers and applause] listen to afghan star on the iheartradio app or wherever you get your podcasts john legend. 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