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The daily show my name is jon stewart. Weve got an unbelievable show tonight. Christiane amanpour will be joining us. Shes fabulous. [cheers and applause] but first, the big news today the world ended i think . Are we still on . I dont know. There was an eclipse it happened the sun and the moon did the thing everyones been saying they were gonna do for centuries the path got totalitied and now both planets will go back to years of ignoring each other, before they inevitably hook up again. Textbook toxic relationship. But not everyone was happy about todays celestial seasonings. For danger lurks fox news alert. A rare celestial event collides with a policy failure on the ground. The southern border will be directly in the path of totality today when the moon covers the sun for nearly 4 minutes. Were told officials are bracing for higher traffic than usual. That means a real opportunity for smugglers and cartels and migrants to come right in. Jon or they just wait til nighttime. [cheers and applause] the eclipse, 4 minutes. Is there nothing fox cant tie to immigration . This years cicada infestation provides perfect cover for venezuelans of course, if you combine the dangers of todays eclipse with fridays seismic activity in the northeast, well, a more troubling picture emerges. Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene tweeted that the earthquake and mondays Solar Eclipse are signs from god that americans need to repent. Jon how do you know . How would you know that that is what god meant . And why would god be so obtuse . Why would he do that . Or she why would she or how crazy would it be if god insisted on they them . [applause] but honestly, is this shit really how god works . I must let man know to repent their wickedness how, lord . Well, i dont know, dim the lights for, like, four minutes, in a very specific path and . God, what else . Give new jersey a little shake enough to render the buildings to rubble and to bring people to their knees in repentance and atonement . Eh, just give it a little jersey. Just a little noogie. Jersey. [laughs] but divine messaging aside, it was the biggest story of the weekend. For more on the eclipse, we have full team coverage. Lets go live to ronny chieng in kerrville, texas, and grace kuhlenschmidt at Niagara Falls. [cheers and applause] what a day what a spectacular day grace, whats the mood out they are in Niagara Falls . Its eclipse day the sky was dark, but the moods were bright. Because this event was out of this world jon . Jon oh, fantastic. Oh, grace, that is fantastic. Ronny . Thanks, jon. The eclipse was fine. But too bad they dont make a special kind of glasses that would allow us to truly look directly at the horrors that are occurring around the world, especially in gaza. Jon thats very true, ronny. Very true. Those were powerful words. Grace . Oh. Ga gaza. Its terrible. Not terrible was the krispy kreme special edition Solar Eclipse doughnut i had earlier. [applause] it was in the path of tasteality. It was it was really good. Is that a tambourine . No, no well, technically it is. I was gonna do an eclipse dance, but it doesnt seem appropriate. Jon id really like to see the dance. [cheers and applause] yeah, do the dance. [playing tambourine] moon rise in the daytime block out the sun its so fun family and friends the joy never ends [playing tambourine] [cheers and applause] you know, that dance reminds me of the moral dance we all do everyday to hide our complicity in the worlds atrocities. And i hope that was clear in my dance. Jon thank you, both, very much. Grace and ronny, everyone. Well done. [cheers and applause] but the other big milestone from the eclipse is, as ronny mentioned, the war in gaza is now six months old. Time for a wellness check. But as the war has grinded on, justice is beginning to seem more like cruelty. But not to worry, america, the shining city on a hill is on the case with our universal values. In the great battle for freedom between a rulesbased order and one governed by brute force, in this battle, we need to be cleareyed. Jon and just to clarify, were the freedom folks, the rules people, not the brute force ones. I think we all know who the brute force ones are in this case, vladimir and know that america will call you out when you violate the basic tenets of humanity. Weaponizing food, using it as a tool, as a weapon in its war against ukraine its unconscionable. It should not happen. Jon its unconscionable. Weaponizing food in ukraine is not kosher, nor halal sorry if im both sidesing this. Speaking of which, there is a literal famine in gaza caused by the war. I assume america will also consider this unconscionable . Absolutely, were concerned about that. No question about it. Jon well, you cant spell unconscionable without concern. Or at least part of it, you can reuse the con. You get the point. How about the free press . Ordinarily, we are strongly in favor of free press. We also condemn the russian governments continued targeting and repression of journalists. Jon you hear that, russia . We condemn in no Uncertain Terms any repression of a free press i think you all know whats coming next. More journalists have been killed in gaza in six months than anywhere else in the world and a new israeli law says they can ban Media Outlets they consider a threat. So as it relates to al jazeera, specifically, weve seen the reports, if it is true, a move like this is concerning. Jon oh, were concerned again . How about, if its true, we condemn it . And by the way, is it true . Feels like you can probably just call someone and be like, is this true . And if theyre like, yes, you can be like, thats concerning not condemning, but concerning. Well, you know what, perhaps those are peripheral issues. What about the bedrock rule of international law, no taking land by force . When russia does it, were pretty clear the entire world has a stake in making sure that no nation, no aggressor, is allowed to take a neighbors territory by force. The American People will never waver in our commitment to those values. Jon ish. See, this is where israels actions get interesting. Because you might say israels war is different than ukraines. Israel is responding to an attack and a hostage crisis. But in the midst of that, they pulled a Little Something in the west bank on march 22nd that might be notable. As the u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken made his latest visit to israel, the Israeli Government announced that it was declaring state land, nearly 2,000 acres of land, in the occupied west bank. This latest israeli appropriation is the largest Land Transfer since the oslo accords were signed in 1993. Jon 1993 thats not even gaza thats the west bank. So you cant say it has anything to do with defending yourself against hamas. Lets see if america upholds its rule against taking land i havent seen the specifics of this, but anyone taking steps that makes things more difficult, more challenging this time, its something that we have a problem with. Jon you dont know about it . They did it the day you [bleep] visited why do we tiptoe around on eggshells . They slap america in the face and our response is, well, if anyone slapped us in the face, wed be concerned. Thats for sure. Raising your hand to a delicate body part of the face, if true. The verbal gymnastics that the American Government must undertake so as not to offend the delicate sensibilities of a country we provide most of the weapons for is just. Ahh every time america tells the world that theres something we wont allow, israel seems to say, challenge accepted are they willfully trying to provoke us . Or perhaps theyre just reading our principles from right to left . [applause] really, be honest, its kind of a bar mitzvah joke. Over 30,000 have died in gaza since this war started, some of them hamas soldiers, 13,000 of them children. Our response . Since the early hours, weve been urging our israeli counterparts to act with as much precision as they can in their targeting. Our constant efforts to urge the israelis to be as precise and careful as possible. We can still continue to urge israel to be more careful and more precise. The need for Israeli Defense forces to act with precision. We continue to work with the israelis to make sure that they are as precise as they can be. Jon see, they are not listening. Have you tried synonyms for precision . We continue to stress to our israeli counterparts that they be as discriminant and careful in their targeting as possible. Be as cautious and deliberate and as careful as they can. To be more careful and more deliberate. Very deliberate. In the most discreet, deliberate, careful, cautious way possible. The utmost care. A special burden to be mindful. Jon to be mindful . What is this, [bleep] hot yoga . [applause] we just weve seen the bombing and we are urging netanyahu to be present. What the [bleep] are we doing here . The subtext of all this is america knows this is wrong. But it doesnt seem to have the courage to say it in a straightforward manner. America and israel both know that you cannot bomb your way into safety. We learned that lesson in iraq and afghanistan. They learned it in southern lebanon. They laid siege there, occupied the Southern Area for 20 years, all it did was birth and strengthen hezbollah. And theyre about to do it all over again, and were letting them. Real friends take the [bleep] keys because friends dont let friends bomb that much. [applause] and after this recent week with so much horror, perhaps america finally finds the need for a new approach with israel, with more justice and less cruelty. The u. S. And israel are closing in on what would be their largest weapons deal since the war in gaza began. Jon well, i dont know about you but if thats true, i find it concerning. And with that devastating conclusion, we turn for more analysis, back to grace kuhlenschmidt. Grace . [applause] no, no, no. No, no. Not that again jon grace kuhlenschmidt, everybody. When we come back, Christiane Amanpour will be joining us. Dont go away. Grace kuhlenschmidt [cheers and applause] old spice gentlemans super hydration body wash. whispered vanilla and shea. 24 7 moisturization with vitamin b3. knock on the door are you using all the old spice . Oops. old spice mnemonic hello, ghostbusters. Its doug. We help people customize and save hundreds on Car Insurance with liberty mutual. We got a bit of a situation. [ metal groans] sure, i can hold. Liberty Liberty Liberty liberty get a new honey. Lemon pepper wing from popeyes. Crispy. Saucy. Available. Popeyes finally has wings in 6 flavors. Love that chicken from popeyes hello, ghostbusters. Its doug. We help people customize and save hundreds on Car Insurance with liberty mutual. We got a bit of a situation. [ metal groans] sure, i can hold. Liberty Liberty Liberty liberty music throughout dont let go by terrace martin, mr talkbox, pj morton dont let me go no dont let me go no dont let me go no, no, no dont let me go dont let me go no dont you ever let me go dont you ever let me go dont you ever let me go [cheers and applause] jon welcome back to the daily show. My guest tonight is cnns chief International Anchor and host of the amanpour hour. Please welcome Christiane Amanpour hello lovely to see you [cheers and applause] hello hi jon i wanted to have you on and talk to you. The world is ending. Well. Jon it seems that way. That is why the clips was a Beautiful Day because it looks like it was ending and that it brought so many people together in this incredibly divided country. It was very emotional. It was very emotional. [applause] jon of just the answer to this is we have to do this every day . The eclipse . I think. Focus peoples minds. Jon cant we just block it . What is happening . What is the frustration . You are working over at what is the name . Cnn . Cnn. The big red letters. The most trusted name in news. Jon what . That is a new branding. Let me ask you this. We see it on air and everybodys working so hard. What are their journalists behind the scenes talking about is their frustrations . What were they like to see covered . How would they like to see if covered, or are they executing it in the manner in which they think they are satisfied . Welcome heres the thing. Youve been talking a lot about israel, obviously about ukraine. Our major problem covering israel and gaza right now, this phase of it which has been going on for six months, is that we cant get there. This is an unprecedented situation. Journalists are not on the ground and gaza. And it is jon there are journalists on the ground. You are right. I am talking about independent western journalists are not able to get there or anybody else, except for those people who are absolutely risking their lives every single day. Jon every day. Media workers, journalists, almost 100 have been killed according to the cp jay in gaza, west bank, and in six months. Its an all black unprecedented situation. It goes beyond the horror of what has happened to those people and their families. It is about telling the story of gaza, telling the story of the palestinians. You know, actual local journalists would tell you about a people, right . A people. Not just dehumanizing numbers or but the people. When we do our job and i have been doing this pretty much since the first gulf war. We go there to be the eyes and ears of everybody who cant go, who is not a local. Who is not able to get there. Jon is this an american problem . Because its an israeli problem. They want to let us in. Jon i mean, we in this country may not be getting the information but on social media come on various things were with alger zero outcome of the world is certainly saying, a very different picture than what western journalism is showing. That is very true. If this terrible law goes through to throw out any organization from gaza including al jazeera, it will be a terrible thing. Yet another Chilling Effect on trying to tell the truth in this raging war. So this is a real, real problem. It is true. Many people do get daily news from social media, actually, as i say, the very brave camera people who are there with their phones and with their cameras. Jon its incredible work. It is remarkable. Jon you are covering these types of events from 1983, we all remember that was the occupation and southern lebanon. It was right the israelis invaded be rude, after the plo. Jon then there was a civil war, the rise of hezbollah in that occupation. There was the Islamic Revolution in iran. We are watching these stories play out redundantly. There two things. One is that history is not always a great teacher but the other is that, you know, leadership matters. And we are in a crisis of leadership around the world. I genuinely believe. And even as bad as it was in the 1990s and the 1980s, there is a period, lets say come in this part of the world, and the middle east, in the 90s where there was an actual peace process. We can poo poo it, laugh at it, we can say that it failed but because people sabotage it. So there has been instances where peace can be forged, both sides can come together, and it depends on leaders. Jon this will take more than both sides. This will have to be a regional peace. This is a grinding war with no real i mean, the idea is, we will do this until we eliminate hamas. So you are going to kill everybody . What is that even mean . Two things. Israel was attacked on october 7th, the worst single day massacre in its history. Jon of course. And it has the right to defend itself but, right, the issue is, you stay within the guidelines of international law. So now, you heard, you know america is getting very frustrated and concerned jon we are very concerned. If, christiane, if true. You know jon we are concerned. Its reminded me of something that happened at the state department during the rwandan genocide, when a journalist state department put to spokesperson, 30 years ago this week, how the woman said there have been acts of genocide committed in rwanda. The woman said, how many acts of genocide does it take to call it a genocide . She said, im unable to respond to that position you are taking. Jon i am not a geno genocideologist. We have no issue being clear with our moral issues. The other side of it is, this isnt about the ability to defend yourself, its not even about the moral issue. Its about efficacy. Its about, after 9 11, the vindictiveness in me, the blood lust, it certainly rose up. By very come our response was flawed in our efficacy. We made our mistake. You know that President Biden said that to Prime Minister netanyahu, so did lloyd austin, so did many jon but President Biden, when he was in the position to say that to america after 9 11, didnt say that. That is not the position that he took then. Then, the position was, yeah, lets go into iraq, lets go into afghanistan. It is easy and that retrospect. Which is why it feels as though the world order has failed in this moment. And i am surprised and maybe this isnt really the case and i am misrepresenting this. But the passive nature of the arab states. Look, that is a big issue because they have now all rushed to make peace and certain accords with israel. The uae, morocco, saudi arabia was on the verge of doing it, still is working on it. I have spoken to a lot of arab leaders and ive said to them, look, for all these years since 1948 when the palestinians left, where they were forced out, when they were chased out, when they voluntarily left, all that, what happened and that is what gaza is. The refugees from 1948. Where when are you going to stand up also and take ownership of this problem . The arab states have had Palestinian Refugees are pretty much 75 odd years. Jon certainly, jordan has a larger palestinian none of them have, because jon they are all terrified of hamas and hezbollah. The dirty little secret is, the islamists that they helped foster through all of those other actions, they are scared shiftless of. They would like to see hamas get a blood he knows. There is no doubt about it. But people, the leaders jon they dont want accountability. The people are essentially very upset. The people in that part of the world. Jon sure. They are very, very upset. [applause] jon so tell me why this is naive or wrong that the arab states form a dmz to immediately deescalate this problem . How do they not step in and form some type of guaranteed security security of of israel, guarantee the security of the palestinians and stop his car much . There have been certain plans loaded. At the moment, the Israeli Government wants none of it. He doesnt want the u. N. , it doesnt want the arab countries. The only thing that the Prime Minister jon is a not see isolation in the world . That is what its allies are telling appeared to have the moral high ground and you are very close, if not having lost it, and this is a problem for israel because the truth is, all of these people on my show tell me, the experts and the analysts and the leaders, that if this is actually isnt solved politically, then unfortunately, it will keep happening. This vicious cycle. Jon at the future of this, as you look at it, when you talk about leadership, who is a leadership that emerges . It is clearly not netanyahu. I think the israeli situation is really interesting. You have two contrasting facts. The overwhelming majority of the country supports the war. Jon sure. They also want their First Priority to be their families to come back. They need a ceasefire and a deal to bring their families back. But the overwhelming majority of the israelis do not support benjamin netanyahu. So what the americans are saying now, and you saw senator schumer and others, that there has to be another election at some point, god forbid we would be meddling in another country, but nonetheless. There has to be elections jon by the way, its against the rulesbased world order. Yeah. And potentially, hopefully, open up another real possibility of a negotiated solution that is backed by the arab states, as you mentioned, by the united states, by europe, by all the investor jon why is this not be a top priority . Why is this not the only session that is going on at the u. N. . Why is not everybody stopping whatever the hell they are doing and hammering this out . Because, you know, the security council, there is a lot of people with vetoes and things like that. It hasnt gotten to that point yet. The big, big issue right now is famine stalking gaza and the death toll is mounting and mounting. And jose andres spoke to President Biden and said, how could you also send weapons and also call for respecting life and the end of this famine . So there is so much that is just jon how can we only respond to this tragedy when it is seven western aid workers that are killed . When i heard the figure of children, over 10,000. Unprecedented. Ive never heard anything like that. Have you seen pictures . Jon of course. They are haunting. For jews, this is heartbreaking. I dont necessarily have that much of a connection but there is this idea that they are sticking it out for all of us because we are not safe anywhere in the world, which, by the way, if that is the issue, that is kind of a larger problem to begin with. I think for israelis, do jews, palestinians, crucial is that there has to be real leaders who come once and for al and create the piece. In the most important thing also is to be able to converse and discussed, there is nuance and diversity within communities that is not allowed. Jon absolutely but why is that not allowed . Because everyone jon do you have any idea what is going to happen . But you always, you are always in the thick of it. But i have all these diverse opinions on my program. That is what i try to do. I try to bring israelis, arabs, jews, muslims, all the interested parties, and this particular conflict onto my program to talk. People who have lost family members, whether it is an israeli or palestinian pair people who have waged peace, try to wage peace, the israeli mother or the palestinian mother. I have them on my program. Young people who still believe in the peace process, even though it is evaporating before their eyes. They come onto the program so there is hope. They have to be empowered, these people. Jon why is the discussion so much more robust in that part of the world . It is always, you cant talk about it in america but you know where they talk about it, israel . The talk about it and its real. Yes, they do, but to be fair, they do, there is very robust arguments going on, but even they on their television are not seeing the full horror of this civilian casualties in gaza. It is just not. They are just not. So it is very traumatized, as relatives of the hostages tell me, it is still a very traumatized society. And yet, i promise you, this incredible woman, she said to me, we, israelis, sometimes the arabs look at us as with we are all the same. We are not. And we cannot look at palestinians as if they are all hamas. They are not. And for a woman whose parents have been held hostage, to be able to say that, and how we must make friends with our enemies, otherwise we will keep dying. Jon but we cannot keep putting the onus on these individuals, governments and nations have to step up and step and come up because is all slipping away very rapidly. Yes, it is. Ukraine is the next when you have to do because that is a big one. We cannot take our eye off jon i thought that was fixed. I think if you check i think you could have speaker johnson, baby . Jon i cant even tell you how many times i have called that [bleep]. So a speaker johnson, they were doing the afghan adjustment act, trying to bring in, who we are trying to get interpreters, who helped american troops in afghanistan and it was going into this omnibus bill that was going to give the government open. I can tell you many times i called that office and left messages. Just really want to make sure that the afghan adjustment act, they can get vetoes and all that. You know what he said when he called back . He didnt call back. [laughs] you got me. Jon the amanpour hour airs saturday on cnn and amanpour and company airs weeknights on pbs. Weeknights on pbs. Hello, ghostbusters. Its doug. We help people customize and save hundreds on Car Insurance with liberty mutual. We got a bit of a situation. [ metal groans] sure, i can hold. Liberty Liberty Liberty liberty in theaters now. Why would i use kayak to compare hundreds of travel sites at once . I like to do things myself. I cant trust anything else to do the job right. Kayak