From the worst what Ronald Reagan once called the lunatic fringe, they never fully vaccinated themselves against the underlying illness. So, Flash Forward to now. Enter congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene. Seen here, Equating Mask Regulations for house members, with the holocaust. You know, we can look back in a time in history, where people were told to wear a gold star. And they were definitely treated like secondclass citizens. So much so that they were put in trains and taken to gas chambers in nazi germany. And this is exactly the type of abuse that nancy pelosi is talking about. That is congresswoman, last week, Marjorie Taylor greene, trivializing genocide. And briefly, here she is amplifying her remarks, in case you missed the antisemitism. I said nothing wrong, and i think any anyrational jewish person didnt like what happened in nazi germany. And any rational, jewish person doesnt like whats happening with overbearing mask mandates. Her remarks are, as my mom used to say, deeply stupid. But much as shed like it to be, this is not about her. Its about this. Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy, house gop whip, steve scalise, and conference chair elise stefanik, all, ignored multiple requests for comment on greenes remarks. Cnns ryan nobles reporting there. Those are the threetop republicans in the house. A number of rankandfile republicans did condemn greenes remarks, including congresswoman liz cheney, who called them quote evil lunacy. Which did not go over well in a party, increasingly tolerant of that samelunatic fringe Ronald Reagan once decried. But also, so welltrained over the last several years for silence. Just take a look at the headlines from the past. Most republicans greet trumps push to overturn the election with a customary response. Silence. Or this on the former president s promotion of a cruel Conspiracy Theory about msnbcs joe scarborough. And going back a bit, after theres this one. After charlottesville, republicans remain stymied over what to do about trump. What many did was just avoid the subject. And to remind you, charlottesville refers to the former president s claim there were good people, among the marchers chanting jews will not replace us and blood and soil on a friday before there was rioting. Which is what real nazis shouted during the real holocaust. And congressman greenes mask fears, notwithstanding. It is not like jewishamericans today, dont have plenty to worry about. Her remarks come just as the country is experiencing a wave of antisemitic attacks, incl including this one last week here in mid town manhattan. The victim joseph bergen, spoke about tit this morning. I was walking down the street. I see out of the corner of my eye, somebody chasing me with their arm back looking like they want to punch me. Before i could even react, i was surrounded by a whole crowd individuals who as you mentioned, proceeded to kick me, punch me. Hit me with flagpoles, crutches. And then toward the end of the assault, i mean, i thought they were urinating on my face but it was actually pepper spray which they were, you know, pepper spraying me for upwards of a minute. That happened on the Streets Of New York City last week. So, why are these republicans staying silent . If the answer is they dont want to offend bigots and haters and conspiracy buffs who might, also, vote republican. Then, their silence is a defening roar. Joining us now is tennessee democratic congressman, steve cohen, who sits on the house judiciary committee. Congressman cohen, how do you push back on these disgusting comments without giving oxygen to this person who is, at this point, essentially, a taxpayerfunded troll . Well, its its sad to see it. That members of congress have gotten to this low level. That they dont understand history. They dont understand the holocaust. You know, it was not just nazi germany. It was poland where some of this more severe the serious Concentration Camps were. She doesnt understand and shes not she obviously she comments she made about lasers starting the california wildfires. Shes got a real problem with jewish people. I think shes playing to her base. And a lot of republicans today have no experience in government. They dont have much knowledge of history. And theyre just trying to become socialmedia stars. They raise money, that way. And thats what they are talking about, what theyre doing, is celebrity. Through social media. Raising money with no sense of conscience, no sense of trying to pass legislation, and no sense of making America A Country where people Work Together and try to have peace and and and folks be together. And in all pursuits. She is raising money and she will donate some of that money to other republicans and they will continue to be quiet and thank her. If the houserepublican leadership wont condemn her for this, i mean, im not sure what its going to take. Gop leadership spoke out against thenrepublican congressman steve king back in 2019 after he made remarks defending white supremacy. They stripped him of his committee assignments. They didnt do that with Marjorie Taylor greene. Democrats led that effort. Why do you think republicans are more comfortable condemning king than they are greene . Have we changed so much . Maybe, weve changed. You know, the Marjorie Taylor greenes and the boeberts and the cawthornes. Some of them, i hardly know until they make stupid statements like it was like a typical visitors day on january the 6th. And you realize who some of these people are. But thats so much that came in, in this new class. Mccarthy doesnt want to upset em. Mccarthys got eyes on being the speaker, which he didnt have before. And so, hes shown no leadership at all. The jewish democrats in the house are putting a letter together. David cicilline has been a primary force in it. We will be sending it to mccarthy and asking him to take some steps because we saw what happened on january 6th. And that was easily forecast. You could see violence was gonna occur with trumps remarks. We see things with asians and that was, again, trumps remarks. And these remarks about jewish people, which Marjorie Taylor greene has done rather consistently, will lead to violence against jewish people, more and more. And it needs to stop. And republicans dont need to sit on the sidelines. And they need to step up and they certainly shouldnt be these fringe characters, who Mitch Mcconnell calls looney tunes. Its just they have gone off the rails and its just its sad. They have no history and understanding. There used to be something in Journalism Law that most legislators, congressmen will have learned about, which is you dont compare anything to the holocaust because it was such a horrific act, that nothing is comparable. But Marjorie Taylor greene doesnt get it. She thinks wearing a mask is comparable to the holocaust. She she needs to [ inaudible ]. Congressman cohen, i appreciate your time. Having a little trouble with your connection. We appreciate your your time tonight. Thank you. We want to get perspective now from cnn political commentator, amanda carpenter. Amanda, what do you think its going to take for the houserepublican leadership, i mean, to condemn these comments . Or even, you know, where is the line . I dont think theyre going to. They understand that Marjorie Taylor greene has a better connection with the trump base than they do. Just just try to picture Kevin Mccarthy holding a trump rally, without trump, as Marjorie Taylor greene and matt gaetz are doing now. Try to imagine Mitch Mcconnell going on one of those stages and revving the crowd up. They cant do it. Thats why they cant cross her on this. And its just kind of amazing. You know, when you think of Marjorie Taylor greene. What shes doing, she is almost like an olympic champion in competitive grievance because in all these issues, she and the trump voter are the victims, right . Like, when it comes to getting vaccinated. Or wearing a mask. Shes basically a victim of the holocaust. When it comes to parkland students wanting to advocate for gun control. She is the one that goes and stalks people, like david hogg, to say that she is the victim because her secondamendment rights are being hurt. And then, look at the january6th commission. There are people who are saying, you know, the people that invaded the capitol were just peaceful protestors exercising their rights. I mean, this is why theyre not supporting the january6th commission, because they see that trump base as people they cant cross. And thats why theyre not going to condemn Marjorie Taylor greene. I mean, it its fascinating that the so many of these republican congresspeople have gotten themselves in a position where they are scared of the very people they are representing. I mean, theyre frightened that they dont know how to talk to them. That, you know, theyre just kind of trying to do whatever they can to just stay in power. For some reason, which i dont when you dont really have policy that youre have an agenda on. That when you dont really have something, a platform, that you are fighting for. Im not sure, you know, tom friedman says its a freeparking space at national airport. I dont know if thats the appeal for them . Or this little bit of power that they have . Yeah. It just all comes down to grievance and partisanship that is in place of any kind of policy. Debate right now. And i just i dont like the framing that republican legislators are afraid of their base. I think, at this point, you have to say theyre okay with this direction, right . Like, we had people sign on to the insane lawsuit by the attorney general, ken paxton, to cancel votes. We have people vote to overturn the election, after the riot. We have Senior Republicans in the house and senate, essentially, saying the insurrection wasnt a big deal. And they dont want to investigate it because they might have to look at themselves. Theyre not scared. Theyre okay with it and we, all, should be alarmed by that. Do you think theyre okay with it . Because they think the, you know, the institutions of democracy are deep enough and Strong Enough that it doesnt really matter . You know, it it its just kind of, you know, playing along. I mean, did or do they really want this . I mean, its difficult. I think a lot of this goes into the partisan tribalism that really took hold and allowed people to justify their support for donald trump. I mean, really, after the insurrection, you would have activists, surrogates, sitting members of congress say, you know what . Yeah, that was really bad. You could tell they were rattled. But if you ask them, is donald trump still the leader of the Republican Party if he was the nominee in 2024, would you support him . They said yes because that republican label is so central to their identity. And i i dont know what the answer is. But a lot of work has to be done to explain to people what makes us americans. And what unites us there and not just partisans. Until we break that logjam, i think we are in for a very hard road. Yeah. Amanda carpenter, appreciate it. Thank you. Next, more on the bilkelection lie. The bogus ballot audit that just wont quit and the possibility it may be spreading. Later, new evidence that could speak to the theory covid escaped from a lab in chooib. What we know and what we still dont know, ahead. Cal weve saved our money, and now we get to spend it our way. Val but we worry if we have enough to last. 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Forklifts moved pallets of baltds back on the floor. This is run by a littleknown Contractor Cyber Ninjas hired by the republicancontrolled Arizona Senate. This is the third review, despite twoprevious audits showing no widespread election fraud. The Arizona Senate and cyber ninjas maintain this is about election integrity. This, every day, goes on as this continues to turn in another direction. Its clear thats not what this is about. This is about fundraising off of arizonans. Now, we got fund the audit so again, they are just doubling down on this really being a fundraising effort. Reporter gates is talking about this email sent to twodozen arizona Republican Party officials late last week. First, obtained by the Arizona Republic and confirmed by cnn. Fund the audit explains it will now actually vet who is chosen to count the ballots in arizonas audit. And links to this page, volunteer to hand count ballot registration. Fund the audit claims has raised 1. 7 million to pay for arizonas audit. It says it is powered by the america project. A pro donald trump nonprofit started by former overstock ceo, patrick bird, as he explained to media outlet ntd. I got involved in this election. Fraud. Scandal. And it was fraud. It was a fraudulent election and it didnt end for us on january 20th. Reporter talking about the big lie that the election was stolen from donald trump. Bern then tells this outlet he donated a Million Dollars to fund the audit. Chasing the lie. This isnt over by a long shot. At the very least, you have to be ready for 2022 to take it all back. Were not going to let this again again. But dont believe for a minute that 2020s over, yet. Then, the big lie is amplified by rightwing national figures. Who do you think won arizona on november 3rd . This was congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene here in arizona, this weekend. Cheering on the arizona audit and giving voice to lies about the election. Which brings us back here. This Ballot Review is so deeply contested, Maricopa Countys republicanled Board Of Supervisors warned the cyber ninjas and the Arizona Senate to preserve documents of whats happening here. Why . A potentialfuture court battle. Hidden from view, and inside one of these trucks on sunday. The votecounting machines. Arizona Secretary Of State says they may never be used again. Citing concerns they could have been tampered with during the socalled audit. They have an agenda. Theyre expecting a different result because that is what has been sold to them. And kyung joins us now from phoenix. So, this group, along with the socalled cyber ninjas. They are now going to determine who gets to examine these ballots . Reporter basically. I mean, and this is being allowed to happen because the arizonasenate republicans. Those republicans, that sit in the state senate here. They are allowing it to happen. They are continuing to back this behavior. The entrance of more of this dark money, more of these outside forces in arizona. It is being allowed to happen, by the republicans in this state. Even though the county republicans are trying to fight it, there is nothing that they can do. And anderson, you may be wondering where is the Department Of Justice in all this . Well, there are no overt civil civilrights violations as of yet. They have sent a stronglyworded letter. But until there is something actionable on the federal level, as far as civil rights, its going to be very difficult for them to step in at this point. Kyung, thanks very much. To hear the former president describe it, arizona just the beginning. On friday, a Georgia State judge ordered atlantas Fulton County to let a group of local voters and their experts, allegedly, to inspect all mailin ballots cast in the election. Joining us now is rob pitts, chairman of the Fulton County board of commissioners. So you heard the report from kyung lah about what is going on in arizona. How concerned are you about some fergz of that making its way to georgia . Well, first of all, thank you for having me. I am really baffled about this. What do they want . Weve had three counts, already. One, two, three. This will be the fourth. Of the first three, one of them was done by hand and the results were eerily similar. So, im not sure what they are after, unless its some participation trophy. Something of that nature. The elections in Fulton County, georgia. They were open, they were fair, and they were transparent. And what i have said from day one. I said to the thenpresident of united states, if you have some evidence of some malfeasance, in Fulton County. Bring it to me. Ill look into it. I made the same request of the Secretary Of State and his representatives. If you have something, bring it to me. Otherwise, put up or shut up. I think, whats happening here is that we won and they lost. Its as simple as that. They cant get over it. The votes have been certified. The elections the election has been certified so its over. My advice would be go to the film room. Look at what you did right. And look at what you did wrong. Make any adjustments that you you need to make. But get ready for 2022 and 2024. Now, i understand that representative gaetz and greene are talking about coming to Fulton County to get involved. Why . They dont represent Fulton County. They know nothing about Fulton County. My advice, to them, was stay the hell out of Fulton County. Let us take care of our business. As you know, they would obviously come there because it would get their names in the paper. Boost their profile. Help them raise more money, even though they have no role in this, whatsoever. This would actually make it, as you said, the fourth recount. Do you see this as anything, other than the Big Lie Run Amock . And i mean, how much time and expense does it cost taxpayers in your county . It is costing us money. And this will be the fourth one. And i can guarantee you that the results will be of this one will be just like the results were for count one, count two, and count three. No change. Ill again, our elections were open, fair, and transparent. I was, personally, involved in our elections. So im im taking this very personally. If i seem seem a little agitated by this because it just makes no sense. Now, i dont know whats going on internal to the Republican Party. Thats their issue. But leave Fulton County alone. The georgia Secretary Of State, brad raffensperger, who is a republican. Roundly criticized by the former president for not messing with Election Results to favor the former president. He released a statement supporting the audit saying in part, quote, Fultdon County Hasa longstanding history of election mismanagement. But raffensperger has long stood by the integrity on the overall result from georgia. Which is President Biden won the state. Why do you think hes reversed course . I think its pure politics, on his part. Because he he actually congratulated Fulton County for the job that we did in the 2020 election. So and and one of his top assistants, mr. Sterling, who was on your show. Saying that there was nothing no no problems whatsoever. So im not sure what they are doing. Their messages seem to be mixed. But what i can tell you and i can tell your listeners is that we did a great job in Fulton County. We are preparing for municipal elections throughout our county for this year. And well be ready for 2022, as well. So, the people in Fulton County can rest assured. Now, if someone has something that they have not brought to me. If they bbring it to me, we wil into it. And if there is something there, we will get to the bottom of it but i, again, was personally involved in our election. 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Dr. Wen is author of the upcoming book lifelines a doctors journey in the fight for public health. Also with us, cnns david culver, whos reported extensively on the pandemic from china and from wuhan. So, i am wondering what you make of the new reporting . Well, i think there are a lot of unanswered questions. And i do think its important for us to get to the bottom of this. Because this is a Global Pandemic thats killed nearly 3 and a half million people. We need to understand what the origin is. If there is, in fact, an intermediary animal, from bats between bats and humans. We need to understand because there may be a reservoir of disease that we should be looking for. If this, in fact, is a lab leak, we should also understand, for the purposes of securing labsafety protocols. And i think, in this case, i just dont know. There is this report of these three Lab Researchers who sought medical care. But keeping in mind, that medical care in china is different. There isnt much of a primarycare system. And so, it actually is pretty common for people with pretty mild to moderate flulike symptoms to go to the hospital. But do they stay in the hospital . Were they hospitalized for a long time . What kind of tests were done . And also, what about the timing . These individuals, initially, did they go to the hospital in november . Were they the first people to get coronavirus . Or did they actually have coronavirus in the community because it may have been circulating before . So many unansed questions here. David, when you look at the timing of the illness of these three researchers, how does that square with what we already know . Well, its concerning, anderson. Given the initial reporting from the chinese was about a month later. So when you are talking about november, 2019, youre talking before when they initially suggested that anyone was potentially sick from this virus. And you are, also, looking at a new level of severity. Suggesting that these individuals, now, had to go to the hospital. So, as dr. Leana pointed out, that is not, necessarily, completely unusual here, in china. However, it does raise a lot of concerns. I think, also, you have to look at how theyre reacting to this. And this is something that has been quite stark and that theyre pushing back consistently. And this has now been more than a year, in which they are determined to not allow the u. S. And, really, we should point out, the uk and european nations to go forward with their questioning of the origins that potentially this leaked from a lab. Chinesestate media, david, and officials have pushed their own Origin Theory which includes an allegedu. S. Lab leak. You had said, i know theyre pushing back. Are they still do they still push that line . Oh, they sure do, anderson. And it continued even monday from the foreign ministry. And state media quoted the director of the Wuhan National biosafety lab, who considers this report to be a complete lie. And State Media Has has echoed that. And they have also gone forward with social media thats not allowed to be used here, in china, interestingly enough. But continues to push that message to the rest of the world through twitter, through facebook. And thats their effort. But from the foreign ministry, they are now characterizing this to be hype. On part of the u. S. Which is interesting because if you go back to the Trump Administration, they were considering this to be a deflection from the mishandling under the Trump Administration of the virus within the u. S. But theyre pushing their own narrative here. And that is quite obvious. The question is whether or not that will resonate. One thing they are also Going Forward with, anderson, is vaccine dip lope loemsy. And thats an effort to really recraft their image in developing countries. They are hoping countries which china has a lot of influence in and is hoping to increase that influence, and look at the Vaccine Diplomacy and receiving these vaccines from china as an effort of good will. But there is potentially another narrative there, too. Dr. Wen, just in terms of of finding out what actually happened. You know, there is a complete lack of transparency from the Chinese Government. Its very hard to imagine how anyinternational investigation would would actually work. Without fullchinese cooperation. Thats right, anderson. Weve seen that the w. H. O. Has not succeeded in this effort. And part of the issue is we just dont know what we dont know. And at this point, when the Chinese Government has shown us that they have done so much by the way of coverup. I mean, even the initial physicians were treating patients in wuhan. These physicians were called in, and told to recant their statements. These were whistleblowers, who, one of them, or multiple of them, have died since then and become infected with covid. And it i think, the Chinese Government has really shown that they have not been transparent. And therefore, we dont know what it is that theyre covering up. And again, i think that the world really needs to understand. This is not the last pandemic that were going to see. And understanding the origin of this will help us to prevent Something Like this from happening in the future. And david, just quickly, the w. H. O. Said, in february, that they couldnt pinpoint the source of the virus. Saying a lab leak was extremely unlikely. Dr. Fauci, who said it was extremely unlikely the virus is artificially manipulated in a lab. Is saying now he is no longer convinced. More investigation needs to be done. Are we any closer to finding the answer today than we were a year ago . So, from a purelyscience perspective, possibly. The issue is the science has been pushed aside, even from the w. H. O. Field mission and its become so heavily politicized, anderson, that w. H. O. Field mission that was here in january. And we were down in wuhan around the same time. Is facing a lot of scrutiny. In part, because of the heavychinese influence that that team has undergone and and connections that have been questioned for some of the members who were even tied to the Wuhan Institute of virology before the outbreak. So i think the geopolitical aspect of this is pushing aside any sort of concrete answers from the science angle. Yeah. Dr. Wen, david culver, appreciate it. Thanks. Up next, you have likely seen that deadly encounter between louisiana a State Troopers and ronald greene, a black man who was punched, kicked, tased two years ago. Remarkably similar set of circumstances, one of the same officers involved in that assault was involved in another one and well speak to the man who he allegedly attacked. 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Tomorrow, President Biden will welcome members of the george floyd family to the white house, on the Year Anniversary of his murder on The Streets Of Minneapolis by a Police Officer. Meanwhile, Louisiana State troopers are facing more allegations of Excessive Force on a black man. And one of the troopers present was also involved in this assault in 2019 on ronald greene. As you may know, he died after being tased, hit, and dragged by Louisiana State troopers after he crashed a car after a chase. Greenes family said they had been told by police he died in an auto accident. Numerous agencies, including Department Of Justice, are now investigating exactly what happened. Now, to this latest case thats come to light. According to a civil rights lawsuit filed against the state police, Antonio Harris says almost the identical set of circumstances played out when he was stopped in may of 2020. Also, after a car chase. A subsequentinternal investigation confirmed that harris did not resist arrest once he actually got out of the vehicle after the chase. And that he was hit, at least five times, by one of the officers, including a strike to his knee. The lawsuit alleges officers later exchanged 14 Text Messages boasting about the beating of him. I spoke with mr. Harris and his attorney, michael sterling, just before airtime. So, mr. Harris, this incident with the Louisiana State police took place a year ago, yesterday. Can you just take us back to the moment, after the highspeed chase . You get out of your car. What did you do . And what happened, next . As soon as i got out of my car, i lay flat on my stomach. Put my legs and arms out. And the Police Officers ran to me. One kneed me in my head. One was pinching my eye with his fingers, like, digging into my eyeball. One was hitting me in my head. While you were down on the ground . Yes, while i was down on the ground. As soon as i as soon as i got out of my vehicle, i lay flat on the ground. And one arm the first hit that i felt was a knee to the side of my face. And i just felt a lot of feet on me. And and hands. And i just remember a Police Officer digging into my eyeball with his finger. Like, in both of my eyes. And one was pulling my hair. One was tasing me. And one was hitting me. And after so long, i went its like i went numb and i didnt feel anything. But i just remember em saying turn your body camera off. Turn your body camera off. I remember one of em telling me that i my mother should have swallowed me at birth. And one of them saying why didnt i fight back . And thats about it. After i laid flat on my stomach. And the investigation into this incident. It said that when they put you into the back of the police car, one of the officers said to you, and i am quoting, stupid mother effer, i hope you act up when we get to the effing jail. I am going to punish you dumb something. What the f is wrong with you . Continue with with with curse words. Did did you hear all that . Yes, sir. What did you think was going to happen to you when you got to the jail . I mean, based on what they were saying . I thought they was going to continue to beat me. I thought they was going to cause me more hell once i had got to the jail, which they did. But they didnt put their hands on me but they still caused me more problems. The Police Report, as you know, that was filed. I mean, the story the Police Report told. Its completely different story than what actually happened. How did you find out about that . Some detectives from new orleans reached out to me. And told me that i would be the victim in this case that they had evidence of police the Police Beating me. And they had video of it. So, they reached out to me about three or four months ago. And thats how i found out about it. The investigation, also, found that the officers involved were texting about this. They were joking about beating you. Saying, quote, lol, he was still digesting that ass whoopin. Went on to say he is going to be sore tomorrow, for sure. He is going to have nightmares for a long time. Its remarkable. Its horrific, not only what they allegedly did. But the fact is theyre talking about what they did to each other, as if its totally normal. As if its, clearly, something theyve done before. Yes. Yes, sir. And ill i had read that they they were in another incident with somebody else, a year before that. And that person was killed. You are talking about mr. Greene. Some of the the officers were involved in in that incident, as well. Yes, sir. You youre mr. Sterling, you youre representing Antonio Harris in a suit against three of the four officers involved, along with Louisiana State police superintendent, the Louisiana State police, and the Richland Parish sheriff and detention center. What are you asking for . And whats the status of the lawsuit . Yeah. Well, anderson, we just filed a lawsuit last week. Antonio retained me. Just a few weeks ago. We were able to make to to file the lawsuit prior to the statute of limitations expiring. So, what we what we expect is we expect to get civil recovery for Antonio Harris. Whats so despicable about this particular case, anderson, as you know, this isnt a case where youve got a question whether an officer made a splitsecond decision. And we are all wondering, you know, whether or not the use of force was justified. Whether it was a splitsecond decision. But this is a case, where officers made a conscious decision to viciously beat Antonio Harris. Then, after they beat him, they lied about it in their Police Reports. Each, covering up the the conspiracy to cover up this case continued in the Police Reports. Continued in their report to the district attorneys office. The conspiracy to cover this up continued for nearly a year, after antonio suffered this vicious beating. And and and and and this was a this was, clearly, a culture within the Louisiana State police. No one stood up and said, hey, this is the wrong thing to do. In fact, they did the opposite. They bragged about it. Laughed about it. Joked about it in Text Messages. So, we werent saying, well, this isnt a question of whether or not, you know, officers were making a splitsecond decision. They made they made a conscious decision to beat antonio, to violate his rights, to violate the law. To violate the constitution. And then, thought it was funny and joked about it. Antonio harris, michael sterling. I appreciate you coming on. Thank you. Thank you, anderson. Up next. A message of love for a dear friend, who is fighting a brave battle tonight. Wait, this isnt. Howd you get here . Ah yes. Groceries. Earn points now to use on travel later. One of the many things you could expect when youre with amex. Tonight, ill be eating a Veggie Cheeseburger on ciabatta, no tomatoes. [hard a] tonight. 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And on a nearlynightly basis, she could destroy me with her words. Time now for the ridiculous. And tonight, we are adding noted french actor, Academy Award nominee, public urinator. Thats right. Last night, he reportedly peed on the floor. So, he took his little solo flight, the plane had to turn around and go back to the gate. And some unlucky Cleaning Crew had to deal with the golden globe winning tinkle. Sorry. It made me giggle, every time i read it. He hasnt commented on this incident. [ laughter ] de part 2. I know you got it but sorry. [ laughter ] sorry, this has actually never happened to me. All right. Sorry. All right. With the ridiculous, faith pretty much had free reign to pick whatever topic she wanted. When the Family Research council tried to brand the candy mike and ike as a gay couple, faith stepped in to calm them down. Mike and ike do not exist. They are not real people. They are candy. And as such, do not possess genitals. Now, also, just for the record, Sour Patch Kids are not real kids. Star bursts dont have real stars in them and there isnt an actual ranch where the Jolly Rancher works. Then, there was the time a pair of Pet Tortoises in england caused a house fire after knocking down a lamp while they were mating. I suppose, we can all take solace in the fact that they died doing something they loved, each other. One of faiths personal favorites was about a contestant dressed up on the bachelor as a dolphin. You have to admit, she came in there with a real sense of porpoise. Anyway, shall we move on . Just keep going . Porpoise. Get it. I have one question for this woman, that i think the bachelor will be interested in as well. Madam, if you are, in fact, a dolphin, im not going to say that. Where im not going to say that. The writer of the segment wanted me to ask where is your blow hole . Im not going to say that. Faiths not only a talented writer but she is also a great musician. 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