Have Neil Degrasse tyson. Just this week we saw another devastating storm with hurricane michael. Our thoughts are with all the survivors whose homes were devastated. We still have a lot to learn about this particular storm. Its become more and more clear that Global Warming and climate disruption are linked to these storms becoming more unpredictable. Mother nature doesnt care what Political Party youre a part of. This is something that impacts every single one of us. Speaking of political parties, by the way, can we please stop this ridiculous debate about which Political Party can claim absolute moral high ground in america . Because im sick of it. I am sick of the conservative right now pretending to be outraged over comments made by Hillary Clinton and eric poulter this week after conveniently ignoring for three years rhetoric by donald trump. They say judge him on his policies, not what he says but what he does. But they take eric holder literally as a democrat to ignore americans . Maxine waters says make a scene. Eric holder says get tough and fight. Michelle obama says go high. Heres what i think. In the words of barack obama, dont boo, vote. Its about the vote. In less than 30 days, america is going to be able to go to the ballot box and help choose the countrys political direction. And by the way, dont just vote. Phone bank, door knock, volunteer, get involved. My first guest knows a Little Something about transitioning from his roots as an activist into politics. Take a look. I want to welcome my friend. Hes a former naacp director. He is a current democratic candidate for the governor of maryland, ben jealous. Welcome to the van jones show. Show him some love. [ cheers and applause ] i cant be neutral. Im not even going to pretend like im neutral. Wii been friends for 25 years. Ive known you for so long. What are you learning about yourself on this campaign trail . What im finding is that my frustratio frustrations and working parents across our state are similar. Here we are, we live in the richest country on the planet, and i got to lug in jugs of clean Drinking Water to my sons classroom because were afraid of the kids to drink out of the water fountain. In maryland . In maryland. I tried to move a factory from Northern Canada to south baltimore. Part of the city that used to be home to bethlehem steel. It would be a big job to bring even a small factory back. I had the deal fall apart. Why . Because Health Care Costs keep surging. Parents and myself, our concerns go across regions. Youre working for a lot of people that dont have the taint of the trump brand. You have africanamericans working for governor. Stacy abrams in georgia, she might be able to pull it off. But theyre running against trump clones, like trump minimes. Is it hard for you to run against somebody that is not a trump minime . Yes and no. Governor hogan . Whats tough is a 100 name ideal. Its so much easier in many ways when youre both candidates and youre both fighting to get your name known. Trump set the bar so low. Thats true. If youre not a bigoted lunatic, youre going to look good. Absolutely. But in the case against hogan, i can run on his record. Murders have surged, Health Care Costs are up 120 , and job growth is so low that if we lived in georgia, we would have higher job rates and their jobs are at an alltime low. Parents are saying, maybe i cant vote for this guy. For his popularity, the voters are about at 25 . Thats why were fighting so hard. You dont like his record. What is your number one priority. Beyond criminal justice, what is your Number One Party if you were able to get in there . 1952. My mom is 12 years old. She sues her high school in western baltimore so she can desegregate. She desegregates when shes 15. We know zip codes have control over your tyranny. Where youre born determines how well educated you can be. As governor i would do one thing. It would be to finish the work that my mom and so many Government People helped start a long time ago. In this case we have to fully fund ourselves. Weve had a constitutional requirement for generations so every child would get a good education, and we have never lived up to it. Our states only consistency would be by 2,000 there are a year. This is not about money, this is about priorities, and so as governor, the governor of maryland has more control than any other person in america. You have other priorities, medicare for people paying college tuition. How would you do that . This is about getting our Health Care Costs under control. There literally is no option thats more expensive than the status quo. Health care in maryland, number one cause in personal bankruptcy. Choking small businesses. We can do much better. This is fundamentally about sitting down with businesses and consumers. I think what works best is to continue with premiums for employers and for consumers. You dont want to have to pay more to do better. Sometimes you have to do better to do better. Where a good chunk of the money is going to come from is from pharmaceutical companies to get a better deal. I will say well import from canada. You do that, youll cut pharmaceutical costs in half. I love those ideas skpr mor. , beverage so much more to talk about with ben when we get back. Think about all the double miles you could be earning. loud holy moley thats a lot of miles shhhhh whats in your wallet . Shhhhh . To give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you dont. [grunting noise] ill take that. 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. Ensure max protein. In two great flavors. Ensure max protein. P3 its meat, cheese and nuts. I keep my protein interesting. Oh yea, me too. I have cheese and uh these herbs. P3 snacks. The more interesting way to get your protein. ready to juvederm it . 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Feedback that helps you drive safer. And that can lower your cost now that you know the truth. Are you in good hands . Welcome back to the van jones show. Im here with Maryland Governor candidate ben jealous. He is getting some support on the campaign trail from his close friend who also happens to be one of the greatest comedians of all time. What makes this man coming on stage right now so brilliant is not just his ability to make us laugh, he makes us think about race, class, social thinking as much with philosophy and honesty as well as punchline. We want him, we need him, we got him on the van jones show. Please welcome comedian Dave Chapelle. [ applause ] good morning. Im going see the news live. You have never endorsed anybody. You didnt endorse obama. People came back from the dead, black people, to endorse obama. What did you know about ben jealous that made you want to come out and endorse ben jealous . What do i know about Dave Chapelle . You know, im not a political dude. Im somewhat of a cynic when it comes to politics. However, this particular election was exciting to me because ben and i are like family. Our fathers were best friends. My dad was his godfather. And when i was growing up, i never met ben. He was just like a picture on the wall, and when i moved to new york to do standup, my dad says, you know, you got a godbrother in columbia. You should go and hook up with him. Ben and i hooked up and we became fast friends. First thing i realized about ben, were similar in age but his intellect was daunting. Man, this guy was one of the smartest people i had ever met. From the time i was 17 to now 44, i watched him work on equity, like seriously and diligently work on equity on us of the system. Ben got kicked out of columbia at one point. I was protesting. He was protesting the university when Martin Luther king was assassinated, and he said, man, you have to go to this protest with me, and i go, im good. Ben got himself arrested and kicked out of school. For two years i watched him try to find his way. Academk deecademia was his lifes taken from him. It was two long years. He got back into columbia and killed it. Got the Rhodes Scholarship thats hard to do right there. And when he got the scholarship, everyone was very proud of ben, and my father said to ben, he said, im very happy, im very proud that youre got the scholarship. Then he says my fear is theyre awarding this scholarship so youll no longer be afraid. My dad was a cynic, too. He went to brown at age 13. Not me. It was also 1953. It was not a comfortable time to be brown and brown. But my dads fears were because hes from the generation where, you know, we petitioned from the outside. We saw a consumer advocate become president of the United States. Those times are daunting, man. Even as a comedian, i travel around the country. Its cynical here, its polarized in a way ive never seen it before, and i feel like ben is a uniter. Hes a policymaker, hes imagine actiimagin imaginetive and he understands people. As an institution he takes an enormous amount of money from me. Hes the one person who i understand can participate in government at a very high level and affect really change that i think is pertinent. You also are trying to build some interesting bridges. I want to show a clip that can get us off to a good start in trying to bridge some of these divides. Lets hear a little bit from dave in your genre, as you say. Full disclosure. The poor whites are my least favorites. Weve gotten a lot of trouble out of them. And i had never seen so many of them up close. I looked them right in their cold, smeared faces. And to my surprise, you know what i didnt see . I didnt see one deplorable face in that group. I saw some angry faces and some determined faces, but they felt like decent folk. And i listened to them. I listened to them say in a ena poor white people things. Trump is going to go to washington and hes going to fight for us. I sat there thinking, my man, you dumb mother [ bleep ]. You are poor. Hes fighting for me. That is such a brilliant illustration of where we are. You lived in rural ohio. People think of you as this urban legend but you actually lived in rural ohio. Yes, i did. Two years in, the country has continued to get better. What would you say to those folks who are still big Trump Supporters today as we go into the midterm . You know, thats a tough question for me, van. I got to tell you, first of all, the town that i lived in is a small town. Its like a little blue Bernie Sanders island in the trump sea. They love donald trump. And i dont even know that they love him as much as being frustrated, theyre fed up, and a lot of these white people feel like their voices dont matter anymore, that their concerns arent important or what have you. To be honest with you, in the name of safety, i dont tell them anything about that guy. I dont believe that my opinion amounts to anything, but for me personally, i get along with everybody whether i agree with them politically or not. When youre actually trying to pull this democracy together, keep it from being torn apart, you have to talk to everybody. You have to listen to everybody. I was out on the Eastern Shore and i was giving a speech. A guy who voted for trump asked me what i thought about medicare for all. I said i support it. He said, what if they wont do it at the federal level . I said, they wont do it at the state level. He said, then ill vote for you. I said, you voted for trump and now youre going to vote for the former president of the naacp. Tell me why. He said, im a finance manager at a car dealership. My bottom line is my business and my people. None of us get healthier until we can get health care we can afford. If you will, then ill vote for you. There is this question, though, around democrat versus republican. You have people like kanye west saying, listen, i love you guys excuse me one second. You know where im going with this, kanye says we can talk to democrats. What do you think . First of all, kanye is an artis artisan. Hes a genius. I think in the angle hes seeing things from is about division that he sees. And hes not inconsistent with what he said. For instance, a decade ago i read a quote where he wanted to take the Confederate Flag and reappropriate it in a different kind of way. The thing thats scary about this presidency is accurate. I dont know if youve been married before or had a girlfriend and said something in a fight that was so wrong, then after that we still family, we still around each other, but i sure did say all that, didnt i . Im not mad at kanye. Thats my brother. I love him. I support him. I buy his albums. Whether people clap or not, i dont have to agree with everything he says, i just trust him as a person of integrity. Yeah, he shouldnt say all that. But let me take it on the argument. What about the argument hes making, which is youre in this pc prison, you cant say anything and youre not allowed to vote for republicans if youre africanamerican. Whats your argument for people who feel like its time to give republicans a chance . Its an argument being made by a minority. If he ran republican, i would vote republican. If i got a chance to vote for somebody like this, im voting for him. The democrats used to be more and more conservative. Today, however, unfortunately there is only one party that stands for civil rights. We have to, as voters, really listen to the ideas. What i said, folks, is that the war on drugs has failed. Trickledown economics has failed. We have to put ideas on the table that actually lift up asian families. White, lets be clear, Donald Trumps party is Donald Trumps party. We have to fight with everything we have. You also talked about gender. Were in a new situation where a whole bunch of voices are coming forward. How do you guys look at the me too movement itself . I hope it succeeds. We all have to stand up in this moment and say that these women who have courage to step forward. We have to believe survivors, we have to have their back, and we have to figure out how we finally leap forward. Weve stayed stuck for a long. In hollywood, they are butting it up. Which is good. Its better than good. Its necessary. There are a lot of things earning on the ex this is a tough discussion but it needs to be had. And people need. I wonder if you were so threatened by it md. Did you bauch the cavanaugh. What was your take and impression . Can you. Oh, the way the cavanaugh. I grew up around. She went to the police at 198 and told ld. It was daunting. It also made me sad that this is a National Discussion thats happening during a Supreme Court nominees hearing. Its a tough time for this country, man. We got a lot more to talk about. I want to talk to ben and i want to talk to Dave Chapelle about mass incarceration and marijuana, which i never thought i would talk to ben jealous about. When we get back. Shes so cute. The most loved iphone meets the most loved in wireless. Right now, save 300 on iphone xs at tmobile. Its a revolution in sleep. The new sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now, from 899, during sleep numbers fall sale. It senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. It even helps with this. So you wake up ready to put your pedal to the metal. Dont miss the final days of sleep numbers fall sale. The queen sleep number 360 c2 smart bed is now only 899. Plus, 24month financing on all beds. Ends sunday. Sleep number. Proven, quality sleep. All the tools you need for every step of the way. 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Talk to commanders on the ground and find out what they were saying about it. Came back and they said, two Interesting Data points. One was that nobody could really agree a lot of debate about whats happened the last two years. On the other hand, the question is whats gone on the last ten years. They all agreed that half the murders in the city were one marijuana dealer killing another one. I said, how could that be . I thought it was a relatively peaceful drug. He says, its not about the drug, its about the trade. Violence of the trade is about territory. A little light bulb went off in my head. This is no more harmful than alcohol, and alcohol, as we know, can be very harmful in many ways. Then if we legalize it and the Police Officers say we can bring down killings, whats happened in washington state, whats happened in colorado . Killings are going down. Then we take money out of the pockets of gangs and cartels and put that money in the hands of farmers and businesspeople and we do that in an equitable people and tax it. Its enough money to as a business guy and as a smart drive. Ive had two family members shot. If youre telling me we can bring down killings if we bring down cannabis, i dont buy it. It stops a lot of violence, a lot of mayhem, and its fun to smoke it besides. That may be true about marijuana, but there are other drugs that are much worse. Our mutual friend, we had a mutual friend in prince who died because of a fentanyl overdose. I saw you in a standup thing in los angeles where you were talking about the impact of heroin in Rural America. What have you seen in Rural America when it comes to this whole opioid epidemic. A role reversal. They look like black people in the 80s with a different drug of choice. Its very sad to hear the vocabulary, now this is a health crisis. I was begging for them to call that crack epidemic a health crisis. We were criminalized. Its terrible to see. Its terrible to see the pain and suffering and terrible to see the hypocrisy. Yeah. Whats your concern about Marijuana Legalization than opening the of 160 in four years, we have to treat it. Weve got to deal with this Public Health crisis as a public crisis. Do you feel like he gave dis disenchised people a chance . I just think the way he talks is repug anatomy. Weve living in a. Theyre right and foom. You can see a patchwork of people. I just think hes speaking to a very small choir. Theres so many more things, just the way he engages in public is miserable. I say we should give the president a president because hes president of the United States now. What choice do i have . I think you also apologized for that, dont you . I dont ever apologize for that. What i said was i said it say arou around. Donald trump is picking politics of. Occasionally and so what are. We have toll pull other is the politics of u sdmit prosper. Listen, you game peopve peop show like this. My dream is to be able to come on a show like this. For you to be on the campaign trail raising these issues, dreams can come true in america. When we get back, im talking to the most famous astrophysicist on the universe, neal degrasse tyson. And trumps space force when we get back. burke thats what we call a huge drag. Seriously, thats what we call it. Officially. And we covered it. Talk to farmers. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum whats the mascara lash paradise from loreal. My lashes look amazing . Fuller and longer no wonder theres one sold every 5 seconds. See what your lashes are missing try lash paradise mascara from loreal paris. Is it possible to save from thousands of miles away . Yes. Thanks to the dedicated technicians at the american red cross. Who worked with vmware. 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Please welcome to the van jones show Neil Degrasse tyson in the house. Oh, i love it. [ cheers and applause ] what are you doing here . Neil degrasse tyson, this is your life. Thanks for having me, man. Its an honor to have you here. Were excited about it. Listen, you are somebody you deal with facts. You deal with analysis, rationa rationality. How are you handling this world now where it seems like its facts over feelings feeling over facts. As an geology, how do you feel about whaet going on now. Its earth that has all the problems. So its a frustrating time because you try to have a rational informed conversation with someone about what is objectively true, and then people argue vociferously against it. Its revealing itself on many levels. There is this conduit level where people are sure the earth is flat. So be lauwe laugh at that and y might even discount it, but thats a symbol, i think, of some deeper state of mind where maybe its not a state of mind, perhaps its just a state of not knowing what science is and how and why it works. You know, you take a science class. We all did. I think the way its taught is here is a satchel of knowledge, which is facts. Learn them and then you take a next class, not realizing that its the way of querying nature. Science is a way of asking questions about what you do not know. And if you dont think of it that way, youll just leave the science class behind,. You might steal the freedom to discount it like you discount Everything Else you learned. Not realizing you may not have that option. Its dangerous because science and politics bump up into each other. The climate debate would you even agree on the silence . If you have politicians arguing about what is established liquid truths, then be beer. People have different ideas and feelings about the role they want to be in. The problem is when you go behind closed doors a arguing about what the science is telling you, not what to do with what the science it telling you. You have reports for the future of your time. So ice ages, no knoll in antarctica in and greenland. If you had those ice sheets in antarctica and greenland, the water level will rise to my elbow. Were talking about sea weather change and all of the greatest whats going to happen first r youre not sgg to see slow wurltment how it reaches your city walls. Youll see it in the extremes of the weather and this will destabilize the world, and you know what knows about this is the military. Pill taer has no debate. Our cities are at richk, Something Else that you talk about is this whole idea of the space force. Im thinking thats just nuts and a crazy idea. I want to get your reaction to the space force. Space force. President trump said the proposed space force will prepare us for any potential star wars. That was one in a million. The space force would be a new average. It would manage space missile systems, big on more is the ligh lights. The air force would even have its own intelligence arm to r about this. And this, the x37 b. Its an unmanned space plane. It launches like the old space shuttle. It stayed in orbit for over two years at a time but its mission is pacifpacifying. President trump says the orbit is necessary because nasa in china and russia are already building weapons that can reach the United States. When were defending america, its not enough to not only have an american presence in space, we must have american dominance in space. But not everybody is over the moon about this new agency. Some are worried that this new branch would be just too expensive. Some people are putting the cost at 12. 9 billion over the first five years alone. Its a trap. Other critics are worried that you could spark a space race that could lead to real combat in the cosmos. The Trump Administration is hoping to get the agency at liftoff by 2020, but in order for this to be anything but pie in the sky, Congress Must approve it. Is this a good idea or a bad idea, cory . Maybe some ideas are neither good or bad, theyre just the right thing to do. Just because the idea came out of the Trump Administration doesnt mean its an irrational discussion. Thats good to hear. As you correctly noted, you would shift away from the air force while its already controlling the Space Command and it would become its own branch. I would throw in maybe asteroid defense. Why not . You wrote a book about this relationship between astrophysics and war, and the way it that almost many things in war. Why did you write this book . The relationship between science and the military is there. For physics, they made the bomb and chemists made the napalm, and biologists might weaponize anthrax. What does thephysicist do . I care about things like using Digital Imaging to detect. I care about sending moving spacecraft to enter the sects. All of that not only can be used, has been used. Help me understand your passion about that. Thank you. I grew up in new york city. Its a progressive place. My first awareness of culture inferi inferior . The equation was war understand why there were wars with other wars. There are times when a bad agent rises up and you would be irresponsible as a contributing member of civilization if you did not stop it. Thats what happened with adolf hitler. You were saying, war is bad. Dont use mine to go against adolf hitler. I know my historic brethren had been handmaidens to this. We let you know where youre going and how to find your enemy again if youre going to take over that land. In this book im not there to judge it, im there to he can po expose it. Coming up, we got more with Neil Degrasse tyson, including answers to your questions when we get back. Hey, darryl hey hey, how much would you pay for something you dont want . Nothing. Is this a test . No. Do you like getting stuff you like for free . Yes. This feels like a test. Its not. vo get six months free apple music on the network you deserve. Now get up to 300 off our latest phones. The new Capital One Savor card. Earn 4 cash back on dining and 4 on entertainment. Now when you go out, you cash in. Whats in your wallet . But allstate helps you. With drivewise. Feedback that helps you drive safer. And that can lower your cost now that you know the truth. Are you in good hands . Our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition. For strength and energy whoohoo greattasting ensure. With nine grams of protein and twentysix vitamins and minerals. Ensure. Now up to 30 grams of protein for strength and energy that last place was pretty nice. I dont like this whole thing. I think we can do better. Change is hard. Try to keep an open mind. Come on, dad. This is for me, son . Principal. We can help you plan for that. Welcome back to the van jones show. Im with the most famous astrophysicist in the universe, neal did e grasse tyson. Is pluto a planet . No. Next. Number two, there is a skull shaped asteroid thats coming toward the earth during halloween. Should i be scared . No. It will come near us. Well get some good shots of it. I promise you, it will not look exactly like a human skull in spite of the artists renderings. Nothing to worry about. I promise you. Whats the one thing that you know nothing about . Oh. Stumped him. No, no. I wish i knew how to compose music. In another life thats what ill do. I want to compose music for broadway musicals. Thats a fantasy of mine. Very nice. In a different life. Youve still got time. I said a different life. Not this one. I got more to do in this life, okay . In the multiverse. Last question. Carl sagan is gone. Stephen hawking is gone. Did you ever think when you were a little black kid watching carl sagan that at some point the most beloved scientist in america, maybe in the world, would be an africanamerican man . No. And i still im still a little bit freaked out. I dont view it as a personal achievement. I view it as evidence that people have everybodys got a little bit of geek in them and im there tickling it for them and stimulating them and it rises up and they want more. My hope for the future is this by the of stimulation gets people to want to care about science, care about whats objectively true, care about the future of the country and of civilization itself. If im a catalyst itself, thats great. I dont even have to be remembered for any of it. What i want on my tombstone, a quote from horace mann, be ashamed to die until youve scored a victory for humanity. Thank you for being here. Everybody check out the book. Im van jones, the van jones show. Thank you for watching. Peace and love for one another. Oh, my goodness. [ cheers and applause ] my love has come along my lonely days are over at last. Applebees new neighborhood pastas. Now thats eatin good in the neighborhood. ready to juvederm it . Correct agerelated volume loss in cheeks with Juvederm Voluma xc, add fullness to lips with juvederm ultra xc and smooth moderate to severe lines around the nose and mouth with juvederm xc. Tell your doctor if you have a history of scarring or are taking medicines that decrease the bodys immune response or that can prolong bleeding. Common side effects include injectionsite redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, firmness, lumps, bumps, bruising, discoloration or itching. As with all fillers, there is a rare risk of unintentional injection into a blood vessel, which can cause vision abnormalities, blindness, stroke, temporary scabs or scarring. juvederm it. Talk to your doctor about the juvederm collection of fillers. Talk to your doctor unstopand its strengthenedting place, the by xfi pods,gateway. Which plug in to extend the wifi even farther, past anything that stands in its way. Well almost anything. Leave no room behind with xfi pods. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Click or visit a retail store today. Good evening. You are in the cnn newsroom. Im ana cabrera in new york. The fiance of a missing saudi journalist feared dead. But first, the president making a closing midterm pitch to voters at this hour. Hes in richmond, kentucky. Immigration a big theme. Also medicare and the Supreme Court fight. But with the midterms just three weeks away, the president looked back to 2016