From comedy centrals world news headquarters in new york, this is. cheering, applause welcome to the daily show. Were back. Its a monday and were back. Thank you so much, everybody. Thank you so much. Im trevor noah. My guest tonight, Prison Reform advocate and author of writing my wrongs, shaka senghor is joining us, people. cheering, applause but to start todays show, lets, uh, lets talk about the vinyl sofa stuffed with racist refrigerator poetry. Im talking about donald trump. laughter with his everincreasing lead in the republican primaries, a lot of people have started asking the question how dangerous would a donald Trump Presidency be . Newsman the economist magazines Intelligence Unit has now listed a Trump Presidency among its top ten threats to the world. Newsman in its updated global risk assessment, a Trump Presidency would be as dangerous to the World Economy as the possibility of islamic terrorists destabilizing global growth. Goddamn laughter trump is as dangerous as terrorism . What a slap in the face to isis. laughter 50,000 fighters and one man is the same level of world threat. Yeah, like maybe one day well be flying and say, i dont want to alarm anybody, but i think i saw a trump on the plane. laughter how do i know . Because he was wearing that thing on his head. laughter its his hair. Come on, its his hair. So, uh, this highlights the question i think many of us have been asking how did donald trump go from being the guy who fakefired people on tv to the orangetinted terror . You know, how the bleep did we get here . Its the subject of our new segment how the bleep we got here. cheering, applause tonight were gonna look at whether part of the responsibility for Donald Trumps rise lies with the news media. Now, its a complicated question with a lot. Im just playing. The answer is yes. Yes, the media is responsible. Take, for example, cbs, the biggest of the four broadcast networks. And you know it has the interests of Everyday Americans at heart, because it gives a voice to not one, but two broke girls. They also have a huge news division, including their National Network and many local tv and radio stations. So with donald trump turning american democracy into a cross between wrestlemania and mad max, how is this election going from cbss perspective . Well, at a Media Investors conference last month, the ceo of cbs, les moonves, he gave us his answer. Man the polls are open. noah chuckling, audience groaning yes, thats a terrible thing to say. Why is it when people say, this is a terrible thing to say, they dont stop talking . laughter thats a big hint that you probably shouldnt finish your sentence. Its almost like when people say, this might be. This might sound racist, but, yeah, just stop talking. Just stop talking. You can end it there. Im not saying cannibalism should be allowed, but. Yeah, stop talking. Just stop there. Im not saying bill cosby is a saint, but. No, no. Just stop there. And les moonves, hes no fool. What he said about cbs is what everybody in the business is thinking. Everybodys covering trump because it gets great ratings. Newswoman donald trump equals ratings gold. Newsman foxs first gop debate this season shattered every record all at once with 24 million viewers. And thats making a lot of money for the networks. Newsman cnn reportedly charged 40 times its usual rate for ads during the threehour extravaganza. 40 times the usual rate. Thats 200,000 for a 30second ad. I mean, i guess that explains why wolf blitzer has new rims. You know . I. Damn, blitzer back at it again with the news van so whenever the media cover donald trump, they make a lot of money, and its equally true whether theyre covering news events, like debates, or nonevents that just contain the word trump. Newsman hold on a second, hold on a second. Heres donald trump, i think, a picture of him. Here he is. Newswoman that is an airfield that we may see the trump plane land. Weve been watching and waiting for the better part of the half hour here as donald trump is supposed to stand behind that podium in front of those, uh, four american flags and speak. Newswoman this is where the republican frontrunner, donald trump, is about to appear from behind those black curtains. Are you bleep me . You keep the camera on the curtain in case they miss Donald Trumps entrance . Trust me, no one has ever missed a donald trump entrance ever. I can guarantee you, no one has ever been in a room with donald trump and said, oh, donald, i didnt see you come in, i didnt see that. I, uh. Yeah, hes the opposite of a ninja. Thats what donald trump is. You know when hes coming in. Bom, bom, bish, bom, bom, bom, bish, bom. whooping, applause you can cover something else. But maybe, maybe these were, you know, slow news days. Nothing else going on. Its not like the media turns its back on other, perhaps, more important news, like the autopsy report of a young black woman who died in police custody. Newswoman were listening here to this News Conference being given by a number of officials there in texas in the wake of the death of sandra bland, and theyre about to use some photographs, um, to make some examples from this autopsy. So were gonna pull away from this right now. Were gonna come back to it momentarily, but i just want to pivot to donald trump there about to speak. Look, people, sandra bland will be dead forever, but donald trump only speaks into a microphone 23 times a day, so were gonna go to that now. Its gotten so extreme that last week one highplaced source observed that trump can do just. Adding, its. And that source should know. Because that sources name is donald trump. Even he thinks the way he gets covered is insane. And thats from a guy who sees waterboarding as foreplay. So. So the media loves trump, because covering trump makes the media money. But as ive learned from American Drug commercials, there are some side effects. Without the. Without television networks, web sites and newspapers, donald trump would probably not be the frontrunner. Youre effectively giving him infomercials. Thats right. The news media has been giving trump free infomercials, which he turns into what look like actual infomercials. Look at that bleep . What is he selling there . What is he doing . And this was the statistic that blew my mind. Because if donald trump actually had to pay for all that advertising the media is giving him for free, guess how much 50 frozen steaks that would set him back. He has done so incredibly well out of all this free Media Coverage hes got. You know, the New York Times looked at this, and they came up with this incredible figure almost 2 billion over the last nine months or so. Newsman that eclipses all of his other republican competitors combined. The media has given trump 2 billion worth of free coverage. Thats the equivalent of every commercial in the super bowl for the last five years. Yeah. Yeah. And frankly, america would be better off with president puppy monkey baby. That thing is creepy as bleep , but ill still choose it as a president. I would vote president puppy monkey baby as my president. I mean, heres how over the top this is. Abcs world news tonight gave donald trump just 15 minutes less coverage than it gave ebola, which is insane. Although it sort of makes sense, because, like ebola, trump goes viral. Uh. Yeah, and makes you bleed from your eyes and ears. So, uh, so, maybe more than ever before, the news medias rewarding entertainment and helping to put the very entertaining donald trump close to the republican nomination. And everyone sees it. Everyone sees it. Remember when marco rubio spent a week talking about Donald Trumps tiny bing bing . Yeah . Remember that . People were saying, why would rubio stoop down to that level . Well, marco told us why. Reality tv has infected our politics. For months ive been giving speeches on Public Policy and nobody paid a lot of attention. And the minute that i mentioned anything personal about donald trump, every network cut in live to my speeches, hoping i would say more of it. So, then they could go on the air and say, oh, this is so sad. Subtitle were gonna keep giving it coverage cause its good for our ratings. Boring talk about trumps dick, you dirty bastard. Im sorry, rubio. So, the next time you see donald trump on your television or Donald Trumps airplane or his empty podium, youll know why. Its not necessarily because he has earned that air time. And the people who are giving it to him are well aware of the consequences. Uh, which brings us back to cbss les moonves, who, maybe not while intending to, was clearly speaking for the entire news Media Industry when he summed up why Companies Like his are promoting donald trump the way they are. Yeah. The news media are supposed to keep the system healthy. But this year theyre like a doctor who says, i hate to see all these patients coming in with cancer, but have i to admit. chuckles . Its been really good for my practice. Oh, and, uh, breaking news, heres another cigarette. Well be right back. cheering, applause 3d so you can do a ton ofponds tstuff in a lot less time. Nger. Like look at a site without going to it. Or watch a video without opening it. You can do pretty much everything faster. Shooting stuff. Music stuff. Couch shopping. Shoe shopping. Running. Kind of. Checking a flight from an email. Im peeking my flight. Im not peeking my flight. Im peeking my. Wait, i missed my flight. Owl photos. Desert photos. Photos of. Dolphins a highstepping man. 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The ancient chinese game was considered to complex for compute eros master. This are more possible moves in go than adams dissh dwsh a a tomorrows in the universities. The World Champion lost the fifth and final game today leavek the fine scwor at 41 in favor of the machine. Yeah, welcome to my world, i lose to computer every time i play anything, all right. Starcraft, even tinder, all right. Man, that game is hard, all right am can i never get to the next level. Now of course some people are concerned about computers overthrowing us. And if thats the case, there are things we can do to slow down the advances, all right. Like foark to, why are we Teaching Computers games like go and chess that are all about war strategy, huh . Cant we teach them something harmless like uno or hungry hungry hypos . Yeah, so even if they go rogue, theyre just feeding more hypos, right. Im sure that is good for the environment or something. 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For extreme comfort. Schick xtreme3. Try xtreme3 ultimate. More glide, better comfort. Free your skin. announcer you can quit. For free help, visit cdc. Gov tips. cheers and applause . Trevor welcome back. My guest tonight is the cofounder of beyond prisons and New York Times best selling author. The new book is called writing my wrong, life, death and redemption in the american prison. Please welcome shaka senghor. applause shaka. How is it going. Trevor how are you doing, man. Great, great. Trevor thanks for coming to the show. Thanks for having me. Trevor you have such a fascinating story. Correct me if im wrong. It book was wonderful, are you from detroit. You were in jail for 19 years. You basically got arrested when you were 19. But you were in the life of crime from the age of 14. Yes, 14 kreers old. Trevor and then you got shot. Multiple times when way 17 years old. Trevor so you got i gun. Yup. Trevor and then one day you turned that gun on somebody else. Yeah, 16 months later. I fired four fatal shots was sentenced to 17 to 40 years in ri son. Served 19, self then solitary confinement. Trevor that is such a crazy story. What is crazy is not just the fact that you were in, it is what you have done since you came out. I moan this is such a beautiful and fascinating story. But lets go back into that. The number one question pem ask, i even ask it when i raid this book. For somebody who was tried and convicted for Second Degree murder, why do you believe you deserve a Second Chance . I believe people are redeemable. I think that the decisions you make when are you young arent necessarily the decisions you would make as an adult. And believe we really are redeemable. Trevor there is a beautiful section in the book where you talk a lot about atonement as opposed to forgiveness. You know, and theres a beautiful story. If you wouldnt mind telling it to the audience about you ho the gord mother of the victim that you shot actually reached out to you. Yeah. About five or six years into my sentence the god mother sent me a very profound letter, it was two things she pointed out. One is, she said that she fore gave me based on her faith but she also said that she loved me. And that was something really hard to digest at that time because i didnt love myself. But it was being able to take it in, absorb it, it allowed me to transform my life in a way that allowed me to be productive and positive person once i got out. Trevor this was not, when i started this is going to be like orange is the new black. It was not. It was not. No. Trevor but there must have been some funny moments in prison. There must have been, like even Nelson Mandela laughed at times in jail. Were there moments in jail where you were like i know im here for a long time, but this is prison. Prison itself is hilarious. People dnt really. Trevor i mean i wouldnt tut it like that. But if you wake up on