Desi welcome to the daily show im desi lydic. Michael and im michael kosta. We have a great show for you tonight. The clock is ticking on tiktok, lewis black cancels ai, and rfk jr. Has done the impossible made his candidacy even weirder. But first, lets get into our continuing coverage of indecision 2024 [cheers and applause] lets kick things off with the president ial race. Yesterday, joe biden and donald trump both secured enough delegates to clinch their parties nominations, making this officially a threeman race between trump, biden, and natural causes. Although there is another candidate in the race who can play a big role robert f. Kennedy jr. Hes polling as high as 22 so far, which means he could lose the election more successfully than any Third Party Candidate in years. And soon well find out who hell choose to lose alongside him. Robert kennedy jr. Says he has chosen his running mate and will announce his vp pick in the next two weeks. The independent president ial candidate
The. 2 2 2 2 2 2 in 1970, Daniel Ellsberg provided a Great Service to the American People, the importance of which cannot be overstated. He leaked something called the pentagon papers. They were thousands and thousands of pages of classified analysis that he had prepared for the Rand Corporation proving that the white house and the Defense Department had been lying to the American People about the war in vietnam. The next administration and the Johnson Administration before it had been saying for years that the United States was winning the war in vietnam, that was simply not true. Ellsberg discreetly made copies of the pentagon papers and sent them to trust a journalist at the New York Times and the washington post. He also provided the documents to senator mike rebel, a democrat from the state of alaska, the times and the post published stories based on the pentagon papers and sen. Brookville submitted the document into the congressional record automatically de classifying it. The Ni
Daniel ellsberg, probably the most famous and most highly revered National Security was of lower and american history. Died in june at the age of 90 to 4 months before his death, then sent an email to his friends, telling us that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. And that his doctors have given in 3 to 6 months to live. The email was upbeat and positive, then said that he had had a good long and productive life and that he would spend his remaining days freaking out and fighting against Nuclear Weapons. Thats exactly what he did with dignity and then zone terms. Im john curiosity and this is the whistle blowers the. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 in 1970, Daniel Ellsberg provided a Great Service to the American People, the importance of which cannot be overstated. He leaked something called the pentagon papers. They were thousands and thousands of pages of classified analysis that he had prepared for the Rand Corporation proving that the white house and the Defense Department had been lyi
michael steele. these are some of the stories we are following today. donald trump s attorney and e. jean carroll s defamation case renewing calls for a mistrial. congressman jim hines is here to discuss the improving biden economy, and we are just 72 hours from primary day in new hampshire where the states could not be higher for republicans in for this country. grab your coffee, settle, and welcome to the weekend. we begin this hour with newly-released video from donald trump s april 2023 deposition and the new york civil trial trial against him and his company. during the interview, trump not only bragged about his finances and his brand, but also claimed his presidency save the planet from a quote, nuclear holocaust. you re too busy for the company? anyway, yeah. i can say, it another way of saying. it i was very busy. i consider this the most important job in the world, saving millions of jobs. i think we would ve had nuclear holocaust if i didn t deal with n
word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence o donnell. velshi, who i in many ongoing legal challenges, including news that, on monday, defending donald trump may become witnessed all. trump a source close to donald trump tells nbc news that he is, quote, planning on testifying, end quote, in his own defense, when trial resumes next week in e. jean carroll s civil defamation suit against the disgraced former president. the decision to testify would come with a great deal of risk for trump because, in court, he is not allowed to lie about her, or about what a jury found that he did to her. that s already been settled. today, newly-released video from an under oath deposition in another trump case the penalties for trump civil fraud are currently being decided by a new york state judge. that deposition shows what we might expect from witness trump. i was very busy. i conceded this. the most important job in the world. so, millions of lives. i think you ve got to nuc