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Say, except for by that point i was holding in between 50 and 60 farts. >> i think were in a different time now. i think people are more open to hearing about what happens behind closed doors with gay people. >> people have been telling me i should try this thing called grindr. i dont know anything about grindr. i asked a friend to help me out who was good enough to say yes. billy eichner, thank you so much. people can talk about very provocative things on a late night tv show these days. thats ...

Politics of fear, thats the politics of a coward. i want to talk about a caravan. my grandma dina came on a caravan at sea with my mother who was 9 months old in 1911. she was part of that caravan. it was nothing to be afraid of. we had a republican president, president taft. he did not send the military. he sent people down there to see whether or not people like my grandma qualified for refugee status. theres nothing to be afraid of, america. and i think we need to stand tall. yes, we need our...

Came here as an immigrant my mother worked in jobs that didnt provide health care. we couldnt afford to go to the doctor and we couldnt afford to have her get sick. i have had an awareness of how important medical care is since i was a child. and going forward, with the awareness that people have of my own diagnosis and the battles ive said families face all the time, there are people who come up to me all over the place to share with me their health diagnosis and to ask me how im doing. some of...

Effect. you cant debate that. this has been incredible step shes taken. but whether you have one follower or 100 million followers, these races are going to come down to a handful of votes. the other thing, especially among young people they were disillusioned by hillary winning more votes, what i explain, theres know electoral college this time. well have to deal with that again next time. for right now, your vote really does count. >> there will be -- on election night congressional races will...

Caravan at sea with my mother who was 9 months old in 1911. she was part of that caravan. it was nothing to be afraid of. we had a republican president, president taft. he did not send the military. he sent people down there to see whether or not people like my grandma qualified for refugee status. theres nothing to be afraid of, america. and i think we need to stand tall. yes, we need our health care. yes, we need our education. yes, we want representatives who represent the best of america. an...

Early voting among young voters in texas and georgia is up around 500% compared to 2014. a new harvard kennedy school poll showed that 40% of 18 to 29-year-olds will definitely vote on election day, up 14 points from the last midterm election. and one effort to get those young people to the polls is being spearheaded by actor and comedian billy eichner and the folks at funny or die. glam up the midterms is a campaign tour traveling around the country trying to mode vate teem to register and vote...

But -- >> we love bubbys and papas and nanas. >> i love old democrats. we need young people to come out and vote. otherwise, their interests wont be represent. the fact is, young people have jobs, money is taken out of their paychecks to pay congress and people in washington, the way it is for anyone at any age why shouldnt they have a say in what those people are going to go and do once they get there? >> youve been going around the country going to different events. what do you do? >> everythi...

You ask young people what issues their concerned about, theyre worried about getting shot in school. this is not a joke. im a comedian, but this is not a joke. well, i tell those people, you might be alienated from voteding, you may have never voted before, theres one party thats not going to do anything about gun safety reform ever because theyve been bought and sold by the national rifle association, theres another party that might. that wants to. if we get enough of them in power so that they...

I have had an awareness of how important medical care is since i was a child. and going forward, with the awareness that people have of my own diagnosis and the battles ive said families face all the time, there are people who come up to me all over the place to share with me their health diagnosis and to ask me how im doing. some of them say, you know what, you give me hope as im fighting kidney cancer, or im fighting, you know, whatever illness theyre doing, so were all in this together. >> th...

Because, hey, this is what im doing. >> im very impressed by what taylor swift has done rk, massi effect. you cant debate that. this has been incredible step shes taken. but whether you have one follower or 100 million followers, these races are going to come down to a handful of votes. the other thing, especially among young people they were disillusioned by hillary winning more votes, what i explain, theres know electoral college this time. well have to deal with that again next time. for righ...