0:04

Pay attention. Corey Booker pulls an

0:06

all-nighter on the Senate floor

0:08

with a marathon speech against

0:11

President Trump. In just 71

0:13

days, the President of the

0:15

United States has inflicted so

0:18

much harm on Americans' safety,

0:20

financial stability, core. foundations of

0:22

our democracy. After Elon Musk

0:24

doles out millions in cash

0:27

prices to entice voters. This

0:29

is helpful for getting attention.

0:31

As Americans head to the

0:33

polls for key elections in

0:35

two states, will this kind

0:37

of political theater payoff? Bully

0:40

pulpit? Is Health Secretary RFK

0:42

Jr. guilty of fat shaming

0:44

the governor of West Virginia?

0:46

Raise your hand if you want

0:48

Governor Morrissey to do a public

0:50

way and once a

0:52

month. Or did this

0:55

tough love approach work?

0:57

Then, Michael Serra talks

0:59

about road trip into

1:02

Sacramento with director and

1:04

co-star Michael Angarano. And

1:06

best-selling author and legal

1:09

analyst Ellie Mistall is

1:11

sharing his list of

1:13

10 popular laws that

1:15

are ruining America. Here

1:18

come hot topics. With

1:21

Whoopi! Joy

1:23

Behar. Anna

1:26

Navarro. Sunny

1:28

Austin. And

1:30

Elissa Sarah

1:32

Griffin. Now,

1:35

let's get

1:37

things started.

2:00

So let us tell you

2:02

what's going on today. There

2:04

are three! Yes! So let

2:06

us tell you what's going

2:08

on today. There are three

2:10

key elections in Florida and

2:12

Wisconsin that could shift the

2:14

balance of power. And last

2:17

night Senator Corey Booker hit

2:19

the Senate floor at 7

2:21

p.m. for a marathon speech

2:23

to rail against the current

2:25

administration. And it is still

2:27

going on as we speak.

2:29

And here's a little bit,

2:32

just so you know we're

2:34

not kidding. I rise with

2:36

the intention of getting in

2:38

some good trouble. I rise

2:40

with the intention of getting

2:42

in some good trouble. I

2:44

rise with the intention of

2:47

disrupting the normal business. of

2:49

the United States Senate for

2:51

as long as I am

2:53

physically able. In just 71

2:55

days, the President of the

2:57

United States has inflicted so

2:59

much harm on Americans' safety,

3:02

financial stability, the core foundations

3:04

of our democracy, and even

3:06

our aspirations as a people

3:08

from our highest offices a

3:10

sense of common decency. Now,

3:12

Elon Musk has been engaging

3:14

in a different kind of

3:17

political theater with a million

3:19

dollar giveaway to Wisconsin voters,

3:21

which were either, I mean,

3:23

you know, I just want

3:25

to point out that, you

3:27

know, here in New York,

3:29

we used to have something

3:32

called a political machine called

3:34

Tammany Hall. And one of

3:36

the things that they stopped.

3:38

Was them being able to

3:40

pay people to vote the

3:42

way they wanted them to

3:44

pay? They used to call

3:47

it quid pro quo Yeah,

3:49

and they stopped all of

3:51

that they said they didn't

3:53

want that because it didn't

3:55

represent what people wanted. It

3:57

represented what the buyer wanted.

3:59

Yeah, the buyer, because you

4:02

should not be able to

4:04

buy it. But I mean,

4:06

are any of these effective?

4:08

I mean, we know it's

4:10

effective because people need money.

4:12

So I guess if someone's

4:15

holding out and saying, you

4:17

have the chance to win

4:19

a million dollars. I think,

4:21

of course, that's going to

4:23

be effective for some people.

4:25

But I love what Corey

4:27

Booker is doing. You

4:30

know, in recent years, you've seen these

4:32

sort of marathon filibusters. That's not exactly

4:34

what he's doing, because there's nothing on

4:37

the floor right now to come to

4:39

vote. If there's something on the floor

4:41

coming to vote, sometimes a senator will

4:43

get on the floor and just take

4:46

up tons of time to pull the

4:48

vote, right? That's a filibuster. He's not

4:50

doing that, but. We're in a constitutional

4:52

crisis, people. We are. I don't care

4:55

what anyone says. We are. We're there

4:57

right now. And we need that kind

4:59

of energy coming from the Democrats. People

5:01

feel that no one is fighting for

5:03

them. And when I look at Corey

5:06

Booker, I feel like Corey Booker's fighting

5:08

for them. It makes a lot of

5:10

sense to me. It looked a lot

5:12

like when Chris Murphy, Senator Chris Murphy,

5:15

spoke for about 14 hours on gun

5:17

control in 2016, trying to affect some

5:19

change. for the first time, a very

5:21

small bill pass in terms of gun

5:24

control. And so I think it starts

5:26

that momentum, that energy that you need.

5:28

Oh, no, go ahead. Go ahead. I

5:30

was just going to note, so on

5:33

the Elon Musk, he's paying people to

5:35

sign a petition, but it's obvious the

5:37

intention behind it. But we should note

5:39

Democrats have actually spent more money on

5:42

that Wisconsin Supreme Court seat than Republicans

5:44

have. I'm a little intrigued by these

5:46

special elections today because this is going

5:48

to be the first sign of is

5:51

the resistance bigger than just Democrats who

5:53

lost the election and want to show

5:55

out and show up to show that

5:57

they're opposing Donald Trump or they're moderate.

5:59

and Republicans and Republicans who are like,

6:02

wait, wait, wait, this isn't what I

6:04

voted for. And where I'm gonna be

6:06

looking is Florida's sixth congressional district. So

6:08

this was Mike Walsh, the National Security

6:11

Advisor's seat. And this is a seat

6:13

that Donald Trump won there by 30

6:15

points. It is a deep red ruby

6:17

red seat. But the Democrat, a public

6:20

school teacher, 40 year old guy, outraged

6:22

the Republican candidate, 10 to 1 in

6:24

that seat. So Republicans are nervous because

6:26

if they lose that seat. retirement to

6:29

happen. My passion, I think it's too

6:31

steep of a hill to overcome and

6:33

win somewhere as deep red as this,

6:35

but I'm curious to see how close

6:38

the margins are because it will signal,

6:40

is this more than just Democrats? Like,

6:42

we need to put our money somewhere

6:44

to feel like we're fighting, or is

6:47

there a tide shift in America? Well,

6:49

it's very important to vote, obviously, in

6:51

these small elections right now, because that

6:53

will take the temperature of the country

6:55

a little bit more. But I really

6:58

think the temperature of the country is

7:00

shifting. It looks like that today. I

7:02

think like, you know, the fact that

7:04

they want to bury signal gate, they're

7:07

talking about... and they're saying that's not

7:09

classified and people get scared for stuff

7:11

like that and that was a very

7:13

important thing that happened and woke up

7:16

some people in this country hey they

7:18

don't know what they're doing and they're

7:20

being very careless and then and but

7:22

that that and and also this idea

7:25

no that he wants to run a

7:27

third term yes okay that now to

7:29

me that is just a distraction he

7:31

knows he can't do that it's in

7:34

the constitution it's a distraction from signal

7:36

gate it's a distraction wait It's a

7:38

distraction to me from the fact that

7:40

they want to cut Medicare, that they

7:43

want to cut Medicaid, that they want

7:45

to cut Social Security. They're going to

7:47

make it very hard for people who

7:49

are even in wheelchairs to collect their

7:51

Social Security to be able to go

7:54

down to the, where the, what does

7:56

it call it, the place where they

7:58

give you the check. Yeah. It's making

8:00

it very hard. They're making it harder

8:03

to vote, harder to collect your Social

8:05

Security. So he'll throw out what they

8:07

call these canards, which means, you know,

8:09

look at this, don't look at this,

8:12

don't fall for it, don't fall for

8:14

it, because that signal date needs to

8:16

be right up here. But everything that's

8:18

going on with Elon Musk and spending

8:21

in that election and what Elissa just

8:23

brought up, you know, as a strategist,

8:25

you're saying you can tell by the

8:27

fundraising, I really wish they'd get money

8:30

out of these elections altogether because you

8:32

almost argue, yes, we live in a

8:34

democracy where we each have a vote

8:36

when it's not being pushed back on,

8:39

but you have a vote. But the

8:41

money in these things that decides election

8:43

is almost like they're up for sale.

8:45

You're also asking like Congress to get

8:47

involved and pass some kind of legislation

8:50

But that's like regulating themselves. They want

8:52

the money there So it is one

8:54

of the dirtiest parts of our government

8:56

is this money. Well what I really

8:59

want what I want more than anything

9:01

is I want them to stop fooling

9:03

around with my right to say what

9:05

I feel I don't like being threatened.

9:08

I don't like being, I don't like

9:10

people running up on me. You don't

9:12

like what I say. This is America.

9:14

I grew up here and the one

9:17

thing I always knew is I had

9:19

freedom of speech and every time... Every

9:21

time somebody says, you know, I don't

9:23

like what they said, so I'm shutting

9:26

down PBS I don't like what they

9:28

do it Those are broad strokes which

9:30

have nothing to do with reality Because

9:32

the fact of the matter is just

9:34

because you don't hear me say it

9:37

doesn't mean I don't feel it So

9:39

My big thing is all the things

9:41

you talked about, but this idea that

9:43

you can no longer speak your mind

9:46

as an American is really, really, especially

9:48

coming from a group that always says,

9:50

you know, everyone's shutting us down. No

9:52

one shuts you down. Can I say

9:55

something? I guess, yeah. Please. I know

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we have to go. Yeah. But I

9:59

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13:14

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This

13:16

is a very active audience. Y'all

13:18

aren't playing on it. Well he

13:21

took the stage out to make

13:23

America healthy again over the weekend

13:25

where he put the focus on

13:28

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrissey. Take

13:30

a look. I got to know

13:32

Governor Morrissey early in the transition

13:35

first time I said you look

13:37

like you ate Governor Morrissey and

13:39

and There was a lot of

13:41

talk about getting healthy again, and

13:44

I'm very happy that he's invited

13:46

me to be his personal trainer.

13:48

We're going to put him on

13:51

a carnivore diet. We're going to

13:53

make him do, raise your hand

13:55

if you want Governor Morrissey to

13:58

do a public weigh in once

14:00

a month. And then when he's

14:02

lost 30 pounds, I'm going to

14:05

come back to the state. and

14:07

it was a celebration in a

14:09

public way and with him. Did

14:11

you hear that last boo? Who

14:14

was somebody who was like, oh

14:16

hell no, boo? And a lot

14:18

of people are accusing him of

14:21

fat shaming the governor. Now is

14:23

this appropriate talk to a governor

14:25

at a public? Particularly from a

14:28

former heroin addict who has a

14:30

brainworm, I mean, he should be

14:32

careful because people will start making

14:35

fun of him pretty soon if

14:37

they haven't already. But you know

14:39

what? Soon as RFK Jr. brings

14:42

Ebola back, we're all going to

14:44

be skinny. Come his addiction, we

14:46

should know. Um, I would, I

14:48

mean, it was, that was so

14:51

mean and uncomfortable. And I don't

14:53

think the audience liked it. This

14:55

is a governor they recently elected

14:58

who's pretty popular, but then saying

15:00

he needs to get on the

15:02

carnivore diet. I hate these trend,

15:05

fat health ideas. No, he needs

15:07

to eat lean meats, vegetables, and

15:09

fruits. It's common sense. It's like

15:12

all red meat and nothing else.

15:14

And like, it's, like, it's, That's

15:16

not so good for you, is

15:19

it? I think that's what it

15:21

may have been. You know, I

15:23

think what was so offensive to

15:25

me is that, you know, you

15:28

have, who is now our health

15:30

secretary responsible. You mean the non-doctor?

15:32

The non-doctor, the, you know, person

15:35

who's pretty problematic. Speaking at West

15:37

Virginia, in West Virginia, it's... consistently

15:39

ranks number 49th in terms of

15:42

health care, health care quality in

15:44

our country out of 50 states.

15:46

Wow. Almost the last. And also,

15:49

it has the worst health outcomes

15:51

of any state with the highest

15:53

mortality rate and diabetes mortality. It

15:56

also has the fourth highest average

15:58

private health insurance premiums in the

16:00

United States. If you're the health

16:02

secretary, why don't you talk about

16:05

that? Why don't you address those

16:07

kinds of issues? You know, in

16:09

order to do all those things

16:12

you're asking for, you'd actually have

16:14

to do your homework. Yes, you

16:16

have to do your job. You'd

16:19

have to do your job. Go

16:21

ahead. Well, I think it's probably

16:23

easier to focus on the governor

16:26

than it is the rise in

16:28

measles whooping cough tuberculosis, which are

16:30

all these things that are happening

16:33

simultaneously. But it's also, there's just

16:35

a human reaction, a visceral reaction

16:37

to like a bully, even though

16:39

he wasn't like mad. Someone who's

16:42

large, yeah, but someone who's large

16:44

doesn't need you to point that

16:46

out. Like they are very aware

16:49

and they feel that all the

16:51

time. So to say that when

16:53

he's on a stage, that is

16:56

what nightmares are made of. And

16:58

then following it up with the

17:00

cute little button, let's weigh him.

17:03

Like it is really just awful

17:05

behavior. If I could mention one

17:07

more thing too. I spent a

17:09

lot of time in West Virginia,

17:12

one of those beautiful states, but

17:14

it has one of the reasons

17:16

that's health outcomes that's health. access

17:19

to care. That is one of

17:21

the top things that HHS should

17:23

be dealing with, is how to

17:26

have more access to care and

17:28

more difficult cases to reach. Because

17:30

that is why you end up

17:33

with higher mortality rates. To be

17:35

out there exactly talking about that

17:37

right now. Well they should be,

17:40

they should be, they should be

17:42

talking about a lot of stuff.

17:44

I mean the fact that you

17:46

can't get any kind of, what

17:49

do you call it? Insulin diabetes?

17:51

Diabetes? No you can't get insurance.

17:53

One of the hardest things to

17:56

get people to recognize is part

17:58

of the fact of being in

18:00

a rural area puts you at

18:03

such a disadvantage. And one of

18:05

the things they need to start

18:07

doing is making sure that you

18:10

can get the internet in all

18:12

of these different places. Because if

18:14

you can't access anything, you can't

18:17

do any of the tele stuff

18:19

that you can. And they're cutting

18:21

telehealth. So Mr. Kennedy, Jr. People

18:23

really could use your help. They

18:26

could use your help getting them

18:28

the access they need to keep

18:30

their families well. Please, please work

18:33

on that. And let the governor

18:35

take care of his business. Let

18:37

the governor and his family work

18:40

out whatever they need to work

18:42

out, but you don't need to

18:44

be the person pointing it out.

18:47

You need to be the person

18:49

helping the state. We'll be right

18:51

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19:15

now. Welcome! My 11 year old

19:17

who's like going on 15, like

19:19

she'll come into my bathroom. Yep.

19:22

When I'm coming out of my

19:24

shower, yeah. And we'll like look

19:26

at me and go, oh, what

19:29

age do you think you have

19:31

to stop being naked around your

19:33

kids? It's probably a little different

19:36

when it's intersex. Sure. You know,

19:38

so probably like when they become

19:40

like teenagers, when they start going

19:42

through puberty, in Europe, because they

19:45

don't They're new to all to

19:47

all the regular dinner nude. I'm

19:49

aiming for that. You know in

19:52

Europe they they Don't start dinner

19:54

nude until 10 p.m. sometimes. I

19:56

don't know why you didn't teach

19:59

your kids how to knock on

20:01

a door. We don't just walk

20:03

into people's rooms or their bathrooms.

20:05

What do I know? What do

20:08

I know? What's your policy? My

20:10

kids do not knock. I hope

20:12

someday we talk about privacy, but

20:15

we have that conversation while I'm

20:17

sitting on the door. and they're

20:19

standing there with me. So I

20:22

might be the nude one here

20:24

and it's not because of the

20:26

nude. I am. I don't run

20:28

around nude. I'm in my bathroom

20:31

and I'm doing my lotions and

20:33

things. But one thing we are

20:35

deliberate about, Max is less comfortable

20:38

with this, but. is bodies. I

20:40

don't want my kids to feel

20:42

that they need to cover up,

20:45

especially as young kids, like I

20:47

breastfed. My kids didn't sexualize me.

20:49

Society did. Like they used to

20:52

eat from my breasts. Like they

20:54

will ask questions still to this

20:56

day. They'll walk in. They don't

20:58

stare at me while I'm there.

21:01

They talk about how they're fighting

21:03

with someone and they hit someone

21:05

and I'm like, I'll be out

21:08

in a minute. But I don't

21:10

want them to feel ashamed of

21:12

their where it's weird but I

21:15

think you'll feel that as a

21:17

parent because right now it's just

21:19

like a there are no private

21:21

doors. Teach those children to knock.

21:24

We're working. Yeah. But I don't

21:26

mind I ran into my mouth

21:28

for me either. It's not for

21:31

you. It's not it's really not

21:33

for you. They knock on everyone

21:35

else's door. They knock on everyone

21:38

else's door. They feel very comfortable

21:40

with my husband and I. Yeah.

21:42

I have a question for you.

21:44

Do you let your chicken see

21:47

you naked? I've never seen my

21:49

parents naked. My children have never

21:51

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21:54

Studies show that by age four

21:56

or five and this happened in

21:58

my house, the kids want their

22:01

own privacy and that's your tell

22:03

for you. I have a question

22:05

for you. Not to do that.

22:07

Do you let your chicken see

22:10

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22:12

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22:14

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22:17

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22:19

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22:21

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22:24

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22:26

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22:30

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22:33

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22:35

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24:25

7A on ABC. comedy

24:32

Sacramento Michael Sarah and his co-star

24:35

director Michael Angarano plays longtime friends

24:37

who really help want to help

24:39

each other out as soon as

24:42

they figure out which one has

24:44

a problem take a look you're

24:46

going through something you need my

24:49

help so instead of playing all

24:51

these games why don't you just

24:53

tell me what's going on maybe

24:56

I can help maybe not but

24:58

this is about you But what

25:00

you're doing right now is textbook

25:03

projecting. Now, projecting is when you're

25:05

talking about- I know what projecting

25:07

is. I let you speak. Okay,

25:10

go ahead. Projecting is when you're

25:12

talking about yourself, but you think

25:14

you're talking about someone else. And

25:17

that's exactly what you're doing. Well,

25:19

that would suggest some right then.

25:21

But I'm not projecting. You are.

25:24

Now, not just called gas lighting.

25:26

Gas lighting. I know what gas

25:28

lighting. And you're the one doing

25:31

it. To me. Please

25:34

welcome Michael Sarah and Michael. I'm

25:36

everyone. was funny and heartfelt and

25:38

you co-wrote and directed it. I

25:40

did. Wow. Good for you. Thank

25:42

you. And you make wonderful co-stars

25:44

as Ricky and Glenn. What drew

25:46

you to create this story about

25:48

two best friends at this point

25:50

in their lives? And how much

25:52

of this is autobiography? How much

25:54

do you project? And right away,

25:56

I so enjoyed that little thing

25:58

about projection. We're into psychology here.

26:00

Thank you. Have you touched on

26:02

transference yet? That's also a good

26:04

one. Maybe in the sequel. I'm

26:07

having on individuation right now. Individuation,

26:09

good. I started writing this with

26:11

my friend Chris Smith. were both

26:13

actors. This was 10 years ago.

26:15

We were in a pilot together

26:17

and the pilot didn't get picked

26:19

up. And so we were unemployed.

26:21

Lucky for us. Yeah, lucky for

26:23

the world. Exactly. And we were

26:25

driving on the freeway and saw

26:27

a sign that said Five North

26:29

Sacramento. And I was like, hey,

26:31

you want to go to Sacramento?

26:33

And he said, sure, let's go

26:35

on a long drive to a

26:37

city I know nothing about and

26:40

have no desire to be in.

26:42

Right. So I grew up in

26:44

Sacramento and I was like, somebody

26:46

made a movie about Sacramento? Although

26:48

I guess Lady Bird actually took

26:50

place there. So we do get

26:52

our due occasionally. But Michael A.

26:54

So as the director, it's on

26:56

you to kind of troubleshoot issues

26:58

as you're going on the like

27:00

long car rides. Are you actually

27:02

filming in a car? How much

27:04

of that is acted? And what

27:06

are some of the things you

27:08

ran into on set? Oh, no.

27:10

We were, we made that drive

27:13

many times. Good drive. It's a

27:15

good drive. It's six hours, which

27:17

is long enough for it to

27:19

get very boring. No, the shoot

27:21

went really well. It was the

27:23

day before the shoot, however, where,

27:25

you know, it's been a long

27:27

process, 10 years in the making,

27:29

and I was like, you know

27:31

what, I'm gonna go on a

27:33

mental health break, gonna check it,

27:35

check myself into a spa, palm

27:37

springs, and I was really relaxing

27:39

when I got a text at

27:41

six. in the morning from Mike

27:43

saying I have an insane favor

27:46

to ask you and I'm like

27:48

okay this is it movies over

27:50

he's he's pushing he's pushing the

27:52

film I called the producers I

27:54

was like guys it's it's over

27:56

Mike's out and uh this is

27:58

before you even spoke to her

28:00

This is before day one of

28:02

shooting. Literally. This is an internal

28:04

narrative. Yes, I knew he was

28:06

supposed to get on a plane

28:08

later that day. Right. And then

28:10

he didn't respond to me and

28:12

I was like, oh my god,

28:14

it's so bad he can't even

28:16

respond to me. He's like, he

28:19

can't even bring it to his

28:21

heart. And then at 1.30 in

28:23

the afternoon, he text me. Can

28:25

I borrow a guitar while we're

28:27

shooting the movie? It was a

28:29

bad, I calculated everything badly. Metal

28:31

drama. I watched a master class

28:33

by this guy Chris Voss, called

28:35

The Art of Negotiation. And it

28:37

said if you want something, you

28:39

have to really make it seem

28:41

like you're asking a really big

28:43

favor. And then when it's just

28:45

nothing, the person will be so

28:47

relieved they'll be happy to do

28:49

it for you. But I didn't

28:51

know you were not supposed to

28:54

leave like five hours in the

28:56

room. That's why they call it

28:58

a timely fashion. That's why you

29:00

always ask for more money than

29:02

they're going to give you in

29:04

an association. Right. Good to know.

29:06

Good one. Well now you're both

29:08

named Michael, so I'm going to

29:10

do it this way. Michael C.

29:12

You starred in fan favorites like

29:14

Superbad, Judo, right? Michael A. You

29:16

were in beloved projects like Sky

29:18

High and This Is Us. You

29:20

were both in huge TV series

29:22

when you were like 13 and

29:24

14 when you were kids. Michael

29:27

A. You were in Will and

29:29

Grace. Michael C. Arrested development. So

29:31

what did you learn from working

29:33

on those types of comedies? Everything

29:35

really for me. I mean, yeah,

29:37

I mean, that was, you know,

29:39

I was a child and was

29:41

working with people that I still,

29:43

you know, think are some of

29:45

the most like elite, funny and

29:47

wonderful actors and just learned everything.

29:49

watching them, completely terrified, and just

29:51

put my whole process together by

29:53

copying everyone around me. So, yeah.

29:55

Same, I mean Sean Hayes, Megan

29:57

Malaley, Deborah Messing, or McCormick. They're

30:00

like, they're comedic geniuses. And they

30:02

all come from theater too. So

30:04

they're like really, they're watching them

30:06

rehearse and watching them prep and

30:08

watching them create some of these,

30:10

what became, what would become like

30:12

these iconic moments on the show

30:14

that weren't written. they were just

30:16

like giving themselves the freedom to

30:18

find it in rehearsal. It was

30:20

and also like Sean would just

30:22

hang out on set. He wouldn't

30:24

like go back to his room.

30:26

He would just hang out. Like

30:28

he wanted to be a part

30:30

of it. You guys need to

30:33

go on smart list together because

30:35

you've got Will Arnett and Sean

30:37

Hayes like bring it all full

30:39

circle. It is full circle. You

30:41

guys were part of the ultimate

30:43

2023 summer blockbuster moment Barbenheimer, which

30:45

was created. Alan. Not then, just

30:47

the Alan. And a doll who

30:49

had to keep reminding all the

30:51

Barbies and Ken's of his existence.

30:53

So do you feel like Alan's

30:55

finally getting the respect he deserves?

30:57

I think he gets a fine

30:59

amount of risk. Look at that.

31:01

Yeah, you know, it was kind

31:03

of an amazing thing to like

31:06

be part of such a juggernaut

31:08

thing, but be like nowhere near

31:10

the, you know, the center of

31:12

it. Like I don't believe I'm

31:14

on the movie poster. which I

31:16

think I... Well you're Allen. Yeah,

31:18

the little made for them to

31:20

reconsider that. But you know it

31:22

was like great because I hardly

31:24

got recognized as Allen. In fact

31:26

my nephew went and saw the

31:28

movie he was like four years

31:30

old with my sister and at

31:32

the end he was like I

31:34

thought Uncle Michael was going to

31:36

be in this... It

31:40

was great. You really became Alan.

31:42

You did. No, now Michael A.

31:44

I know we're running out of

31:46

time, but you played Robert Serber,

31:48

the physicist who briefed scientists on

31:50

the Manhattan Project and Christopher Nolan,

31:52

Oppenheimer, which I just thought was

31:54

phenomenal. It was such a fantastic

31:56

film. It won the Oscar that

31:59

year for Best Picture. What was

32:01

it like knowing you were working

32:03

for Christopher Nolan? I mean that's

32:05

sort of a legend. Yeah, he's

32:07

he's he's amazing He he definitely

32:09

is a presence about him like

32:11

he's a throwback to like the

32:13

directors of like the olden days

32:16

like he's like a David Lean

32:18

or Cecil B to mill like

32:20

there's a real presence about him.

32:22

You don't question who's the director,

32:24

but I I I got a

32:26

little schooling from him because a

32:28

couple of days before I was

32:30

my first day filming I was

32:32

doing all this research on my

32:35

character and I realized he had

32:37

a very severe speech impediment and

32:39

so in I audition and there

32:41

was no sign of speech impediment

32:43

in the script or anything but

32:45

I was like you know he's

32:47

such a stickler he's Christopher Nolan

32:49

I He should know about this.

32:52

So I am, I basically day

32:54

one, my day one, I tell

32:56

Killian Murphy, it's a walk and

32:58

talk with Killian. And I'm like,

33:00

I think I have to pitch

33:02

him this idea. He's like, don't.

33:04

He's like, just do it. And

33:06

I said, well, that's crazy. I'm

33:08

not just going to do it.

33:11

So I pitched him the idea

33:13

right before we're about to shoot,

33:15

take one and he's kind of

33:17

looking at me. Oppenheimer, not Serber.

33:19

Don't try and steal the scene.

33:21

And I was like, well, exactly,

33:23

that's why I want to tell

33:25

you about it, to see what

33:28

you think. He ended up being

33:30

really nice about it. He was

33:32

like, Michael, that was great after

33:34

the first take. Wow. First takes,

33:36

just before the first day you

33:38

got a... You know, maybe... Fall

33:40

yourself about when you're going to

33:42

start shooting. It's nice to have

33:44

you all here. Thank you for

33:47

coming. Thank you so much. Thanks

33:49

to Michael Anda Arnold and Michael

33:51

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33:53

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33:57

We'll be right back. Welcome

34:00

back. That was over immigration and

34:02

voting rights laws or some of

34:04

the hottest topics in America right

34:07

now. And today, best-selling author and

34:09

justice correspondent for the nation, Ellie

34:11

Misteles. in his new book, Bad

34:13

Law, Ten Popular Laws, that are

34:15

ruining America. Welcome back, Illy Mistal!

34:17

So, you know, given there's so

34:19

much to pick from, what? Yeah.

34:21

What was it about these 10

34:23

that solidified it for you? Yeah,

34:25

so I set out to start

34:27

to kind of try to write

34:29

Project 2029, right? When Republicans come

34:31

into office, they come in with

34:33

a sledgehammer, right? They come in

34:35

smashing things that I hold dear.

34:37

When Democrats come into office, they

34:39

come in with like super glue

34:41

and tape. And so they try

34:43

to put things back together. So

34:46

I thought about writing 10 constitutional

34:48

amendments that we super, that would

34:50

be super cool if we had.

34:52

We need to smash the things

34:54

that they like. We need to

34:56

smash the things that are holding

34:58

this country back. And so I

35:00

came up with 10 wars that

35:02

we could just be rid of.

35:04

Not reform, not update for the

35:06

modern era, 10 things that we

35:08

can smash if we ever are

35:10

allowed to get power again that

35:12

would make this country better tomorrow.

35:14

I love this book, you are

35:16

dead on, and it is a

35:18

fantastic book. One of the laws

35:20

you write about is playing out

35:23

right now, the Immigration and Nationality

35:25

Act. Now, this administration is using

35:27

this statute to justify the detentions

35:29

and possible deportations, actually, of visa

35:31

and Greenheart card holders, who they

35:33

seem to deem a threat to

35:35

you as foreign policy. What do

35:37

you make of the administration's use

35:39

of the administration's use? getting up

35:41

a First Amendment showdown, which is

35:43

what Whoopi's been talking about. Yes,

35:45

absolutely. One of my premises for

35:47

the book is that every law

35:49

passed before the 1965 Voting Rights

35:51

Act should be presumptively unconstitutional, right?

35:53

But because before the 1965 Voting

35:55

Rights Act, we were functionally in

35:57

apartheid country. Not everybody who lived

35:59

here could vote here. So why

36:02

should I give about some law

36:04

that some old white man passed

36:06

in the 1920s like... the Immigration

36:08

and Nationality Act. When they passed

36:10

our fundamental immigration law, Congress said

36:12

in real time that they needed

36:14

the law to prevent the, quote,

36:16

mongralization of the white race by

36:18

the inferior races. Now I look

36:20

at that law and say I

36:22

don't think that's so good. I

36:24

don't think we should still be

36:26

using it, but we are still

36:28

using it today. That is the

36:30

authority that Trump is using to

36:32

criminalize people and to pull people's

36:34

visa cards. Mark Arubio, that comes

36:36

from the 1956 updates in the

36:39

1921 Act. Now I personally do

36:41

not think that I can convince

36:43

people to open their hearts and

36:45

minds to immigration. I understand that

36:47

in our failing country treating people

36:49

with respect and decency is a...

36:51

controversial position and I cannot change

36:53

their minds. But we can dang

36:55

sure make sure that we're not

36:57

putting people in jail for the

36:59

crime of existing, that we're not

37:01

putting people in jail for the

37:03

crime of not filling out the

37:05

form in the right time and

37:07

submitting it to the right agent.

37:09

Immigration status offenses should not be

37:11

criminal offenses. They should be civil

37:13

offenses. We shouldn't be ripping people

37:15

away from their families because they

37:18

didn't throw out the paperwork. Well,

37:20

let's see, you got it. Ellie,

37:22

so I, um, congrats on the

37:24

book, and I, I read the

37:26

weirdly read the epilogue first, and

37:28

what I was struck by, what

37:30

you and I agreed on, well,

37:32

we made us agree on some

37:34

of the issues and the law.

37:36

You did lay out a bunch

37:38

of solutions. One of them is

37:40

adding more seats to the House

37:42

of Representatives, but you acknowledge those

37:44

are really hard things to do.

37:46

That's not something that I think

37:48

either of us expect is gonna

37:50

happen in the next decade. the

37:52

marginal changes that are actually really

37:55

tangible and realistic that could be

37:57

put in place in the next

37:59

few years. I argue that we

38:01

should eliminate all voter registration laws.

38:03

Now that might not sound realistic

38:05

to you, but I promise you

38:07

that it is, because we already

38:09

have voter eligibility requirements, right? An

38:11

eligibility requirement would be like an

38:13

age limit, right? 18 to vote.

38:15

I might say you should be

38:17

16, but I'm not gonna say

38:19

eight-year-old. Right? We don't want them

38:21

voting. But once you meet the

38:23

eligibility requirement, why can't you automatically

38:25

be registered to vote? Having the

38:27

second step of voter registration needlessly

38:29

suppresses the votes for no real

38:32

benefit. Some people might say like,

38:34

oh, it prevents voter fraud. First

38:36

of all, voter fraud doesn't exist.

38:38

Right? If I say I want

38:40

to go fishing somewhere, you say

38:42

you can't go fishing there. I

38:44

say, why? Because the Loch Ness

38:46

monster might get you. That's shut

38:48

up. That's not a good reason

38:50

to have a law. Right? Let's

38:52

get rid of that, right? So

38:54

I think that if we open

38:56

up the aperture to voting, two

38:58

more people, to get some of

39:00

those 90 million people who stayed

39:02

home on the couch, to get

39:04

them have easier access to the

39:06

ballot, I think some of these

39:08

larger changes that I talk in

39:11

the book. On that side, they

39:13

don't want that. It's funny, you

39:15

know what they do want though?

39:17

They want voter ID. Yeah, they're

39:19

all hot for voter ID as

39:21

the thing that is gonna like

39:23

secure the election. So I say

39:25

if voter ID is so important

39:27

to you, if you think that's

39:29

what it takes to secure election,

39:31

let's make a trade. Can I

39:33

ask one for that? You get

39:35

good luck. No, no, you get

39:37

you get voter ID and I

39:39

get mandatory automatic registration. Who says

39:41

no? And I promise you it's

39:43

the Republicans that say no because

39:45

they don't want more people voting.

39:48

Well, I was just going to

39:50

say, with some countries automatically at

39:52

a certain age register, you'd vote.

39:54

Would you be in support of

39:56

just universal, you turn 18 in

39:58

a register? Not just some countries.

40:00

Most countries that are not us

40:02

either have automatic registration, mandatory registration,

40:04

where you pay a fine. or

40:06

same day registration. Pick one. There

40:08

are lots of democracies out there.

40:10

Pick one. Lead you at the

40:12

dumbest way. Always hot. Always hot.

40:14

So, and we have a new

40:16

back tomorrow. What's happening with us?

40:18

Is he coming back tomorrow? I

40:20

don't think Booker needs to come

40:22

back tomorrow because he's the one

40:24

who's fighting. For he's busy right

40:27

now. He's busy right now. He's

40:29

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king of the miniseries. He just passed

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the other day, a couple of days

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before his 90th birthday. He was the

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one of Dr. Kildare. That's how we

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We'll see you tomorrow. Hello, it's Robin Roberts

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