Report that measures proficiency in reading math and science among 65 countries. The u. S. Was 36th behind the slovak republic. Jon oh i always feel bad for whatever country is just above america on these lists. [laughter] because invariably that country is used as a standard for just how far we have fallen as a people. 36, beneath the slovak republic. I mean, those bleep people eat their own vomit. [ laughter ] pretty sure their president is a cow. [ laughter ] the main export is farts. [ laughter ] farts [laughter] that they export in crates which is i think the worst wait to export farts, i would think. You would want something more, more airtight. A crate you pack the farts, you do your job by the time it gets to where its going its [laughter] just a box of air. [ laughter ] so how bad are we doing . Its ranking has dropped in all three subjects now placing 26th in math, 21st in science and 17th in reading. [laughter] jon oh, my god were in twentyfirth place. [ laughter ] why would you leave that there . [cheers and applause] a, they sold the title of my self published colin firth cloning fan pictures. [laughter] and b, that is the best unintentionally illustration of our countrys he had casual plight. But those statistics only portend our dystopic future. Anything on the dystopic present . So far if you can believe it only 55 bills signed into law this year. That makes this the least Productive Congress ever. One of least productive on record. The least Productive Congress in america history. Jon thats saying something. That includes the famed absence congress of 1872 when everybody just rolled around on the floor going why are there lizards everywhere . [laughter] next year we go back to eg nothing egg nog. There has to be pressing issues congress should still address. Ill injoe a glass of milk. Confirming a fed chair. Longterm unemployment biftz. American families could see mill begun prices spike to 7 a gallon if congress cant pass a farm bill by the end of the year. Jon oh, no. My precious white gold. Nooo ooh, ahh. Save you for a rainy day. [ laughter ] you know the best part of this bit is i dont have to clean up after the show. Its terrible. [laughter] its magic. [ laughter ] you might wonder which Political Party bears more responsibility for nothing getting done. Obviously each side is blaming the either. Shire tip. Party more responsible might be the one that defined its mission thusly. We should not be judges on how many new laws we create. We ought to be judged on how many laws we repeal. Ask not what your country can do for your, ask what you can stop your country from doing [laughter] but all right [cheers and applause] how did this legislative cluster bleep happen . What did we do to deserve the Worst Congress of all time . We sent jason jones to find out. The gridlock in congress exists largely because of one thing. Jerry mannedderring has become a massive problem. Congress doesnt really like america. Gentlemen, the redrawing of congressional seats to give a political advantage toll one party has made most districts so secure that only 35 true swing districts remain. Yet the gerry mannedders who draw the lines think their work is deeply misunderstood. People might criticize what i do but in order to be an artist you have to insurance the mechanisms that you are using, the medium you are using. Exactly. Whoa, did that guy just call himself an artist . Its not just lines. Theres a story behind each line. Thats mind blowing, man. So you are just a natural born artist . Its it just when you study data. Yeah. You end up seeing data. His artworks are on display in dozens of states but sadly critics like Melanie Sloane want there to be a place where people vote in boring squares. They are not artists. They are a cancer on government. Their whole aim is to undermine the democracy. People say the same thing about picasso. I really doubt that they did. Like picasso he has wealthy politcally connected patrons. They cant get enough of his work. Talk to me about your creative process. Were creating the whole melu of what need its be done for redistricting. Youve been working with a lot of brown, a lot of hispanic population. Yes, the hispanic population has its own factors. Different shades, mexican, puerto rican, cuban. How would you mix a toasted sesame cuban in with a darker chocolate dominican . Thats the art of redistricting, coming up with that mix of lines. People must go crazy for this work. Um, i dont know if go crazy if the right term. Well, they certainly go crazy at it. And they certainly did for illinoiss fourth considered the most jerry mannedderred district in america. This is marrying the puerto rican part of chicago with the mexican and southern part of the chicago. The problem is that you have a whole Africanamerican Community in the middle. You have to go out and around it. To melanie this is an abomination. While i see some of the districts may be interesting to look at they are often lines that dont make any sense. Doesnt all good art affect change . I suppose good art can effect change. Is art provocative . What arent you getting man . I dont agree its art. What is art to you . Art is what is art . Hmmmm, thats a good question. Art is ah you call yourself a critic. With such criticism of jerry mandering growing there was only one way to get the respect for the artists they so richly deserve with a nonpartisan showing. Isnt that wonderful . Art lovers marveled at virginias third. I see anger. Pennsylvanias sixth. Looking like me. And marylands third. Its a larger figured person that is to be dominating the smaller figure on the right. Wow thats you are overthinking it now. It was a grand display of the optical illusion of fairness. You two must love what he has done with brown. We can only hope that those in power continue to support the arts and visionaries like him. Art is in the eyes of the beholder. When do you think youll stop when the country is ruined . No, probably not. Keep driving it into the ground . No, the country is very resilient. Very nice. Jason jones. Well be right back. [cheers ause]plause] [cheers and applause] jon welcome back. [cheers and applause] today, of course, in south africa it was the Memorial Ceremony for nelson man decal. It was joyful at times. There was singing. There was dancing there was lester holt apparently reporting from the 1940s. [ laughter ] no one had the heart to tell him he was actually just speaking into a judges gavel. Rookie mistake. One thern is for certain. The passing of Nelson Mandela left a message for the world that no act is too petty for americas news media to blow completely out of proportion. President obama shook hands with the cuban president raul castro s. That a big deal . The handshake seen around the world. A handshake between president obama and raul castro raising eyebrows, raises questions as well. Jon from only you. [ laughter ] barack obama at a memorial celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela, a man whose legacy is that he forgave and embraced his foas and tormenters and thus inspired his county to a national and democratic rebirth. Attending that obama had the audacity to greet another world leader with a gesture so meaningless you can train a basset hound to do it. [ laughter ] what the bleep is wrong with us . [laughter] can someone bring some perspective to this and by bring i mean lose . Why should take hands with somebody who is keeping americans in prison . I mean, what is the point . Neville chamberlain shook hands with hitler. [laughter] jon do i need once again from the hilltops [to the sound of music the hills are alive] raul castro is not adolf hitler [cheers and applause] raul astro isnt even fidel castro. Its like cubas jim belushi. Hes good but he aint john. [ laughter ] and by the way, cuba is not the only country with a spy record of imprisoning people in cuba. [ laughter ] and speaking of the handshakes with questionable leaders senator mccain, let he who is without sin cast the first purell wipe is. That you shaking hands with qaddafi . Turns out the funny machine making the clicking sound of a camera was a camera. What more fitting tribute could there be to Nelson Mandela, a man so dedicated to forgiveness he invited his oven captor to his inauguration than for our county to lose our bleep over a handshake. What else are you going to do at a funeral oh, yeah, how are you doing . Boop. . [laughter] i know obama is not allowed to go boom because its a terrorist fist the point is, the president behaved himself just fine. Look at this the Prime Minister, the danish Prime Minister and president obama leaning in to take a selfie. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] jon all right. Thats kind of bleep . Well be right back. [cheers and applause] ev ,x 1 ,x0000 [cheers and applause] jon my guest tonight an actress she has two great new movies out her and American Hustle. You have the account numbers. We meaning you and him . Yeah, we did it. Yeah me and that guy. She showed me. You showed him . Our thing . You did that without me . Are you kidding . What are you going to do . Jon its a real good movie. Please welcome amy aid adams. [cheers and applause] thank you for being here. Thank you for having me. Jon you know first time here. Jon were delighted to see you here. I occasionally will get. They give me a little screener of the movie that can i watch. And a lot of times ill be like sure, yeah, ill do that but i dont. [ laughter ] but this one all the way through to 1 00 in the morning, man American Hustle is a great movie. It will keep you awake, yes if you start watching it. Jon its phenomenal. Its got this ensemble cast. Christian bale, bradley cooper, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence amazing in the film. Jon and yourself. And me. Jon Jennifer Lawrence has been on this program. I watched that. She was so funny if i did that it would be like i was on pills. She pulls it off. Its not a dig on her. I wish i could pull that off. Jon when you watch her interview does it seem like a Young Helen Mirren . Jon you are the first person who also sees it. No one that young should be that good at something. When you are that young you should suck at things. The only thing i was good at being was a mess at her age. I was really good at being mess. Jon you and i have a lot in common. I think so. This film must be for an actor a thanksgiving feast. David orussell, the dialog is so vivid and crackling but man all the way through. It is. It doesnt stop. Working with david it has that energy. I dont they if you have heard anything about how he works. He stands like right off the camera and yells at you. He does he is encouraging but [laughter] at times but he also like has a bullhorn sometimes from outside the car. Jon no yes, its amazing. Jon will he yell things like good job no, not typically. He yells suggestions like now try it like this or do the line reading and while this camera is rolling. It creates beautiful chaos that creates electric performances and focuses and you end up with these performances. Jon how do you keep the pace of it . I imagine it looked to me with the pace of readings you are blowing through 810 pages of dialog. Yeah, easy. He delivered i forget how many pages but it was twice the length of a normal script and we had to shoot it in 40 days. It was pretty high energy, high octane but it matches the pace of film and that comes across in the end. Jon its so beautifully shot. During the 70s. Having been alive during the ab scram trial and everything that went along with it it takes you back. Do you remember it . Jon oh, god yes. It was coming on the heems of watergate. Not on the heels but in that same era. There was a loss of innocence, right, a little bit . Jon especially for someone like me. You were 23, right . Jon amy i wanted to believe so desperately. I no. I know. Jon do you go back and view anything from that time . I watched actors and actresses from that time. My character puts on an english accent. She pretends to be british. I was watching julie christie. I was hoping for a side by side saying we looked alike. Jon you do. I really dont but i was hoping that maybe you saw that in me. Jon i dont believe that the audience knows thank i look just like julie christy. Jon exactly and i Warren Beatty and together were filming shampoo. Woohoo. Jon do in this and spike jonez and her and work with these directors all at once will you ever be able to go back to cruddy directors . You are at this level any director you work with to live up to that will be difficult . I like the challenge. I challenge any cruddy director out there. [ laughter ] lets do a bad film. Jon you deliver in an enormous way. Your performance is boy, is it beautiful to watch. All the actors. Its fantastic. Jon i would watch it with a about. Junior mints. He has how i did it. Juneon mints, popcorn sprite. Jon i obviously dont want to get diabetes but i just had the juneon mints but ill try your speed ball. All right. Jon American Hustle its in the theaters on december 206789 hersens avo this holiday tech the halls and ring in the savings with a free 50 online visa when you buy a phone get great deals on the best phones at radioshack jon thats our show. Here it is your moment of zen. 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