( APPLAUSE )
EVERYBODY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUESTS ARE AN UNLIKELY DUO: ONE
IS A CHEF AND HUMANITARIAN, THE OTHER IS AN ACADEMY
AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR.
THEY'VE TEAMED UP FOR THE NEW DOCUMENTARY, "WE FEED PEOPLE."
>> HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE HERE?
>> 200-PLUS.
>> SOMETIMES IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO START DOING HOT FOOD IN THE
FIRST HOUR.
BUT SOMETHING YOU CAN BE DOING AMAZINGLY IS SANDWICHES THAT CAN
BRING VERY QUICK RELIEF.
>> RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT PROBABLY 300 SANDWICHES AND A BUNCH OF
FRUIT FOR NOW.
WE HAVE MORE FLYING IN ON THE HELICOPTERS.
>> IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE PERFECT M.R.E.-- A MEAL READY TO
EAT.
IF YOU GIVE THAT WITH A LITTLE FRUIT, IT'S A VERY GOOD COMBO
THAT CAN AT LEAST BRING QUICK FOOD RELIEF.
>> BE SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT'S HUNGRY GETS TO EAT.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME RON HOWARD AND JOSE ANDRES!
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>> Stephen: RON, LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> PLEASURE.
>> Stephen: JOSE, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR PENDING THE PAYA
OVER FOR THE STAFF THIS AFTERNOON.
IT WAS MUCH APPRECIATED.
RON, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS FILM.
THIS IS YOUR FIRST SUPERHERO FILM, ISN'T IT?
>> IT TURNS OUT YOU CAN MAKE A SUPERHERO FILM WITHOUT SPECIAL
EFFECTS OR EVEN SPANDEX AND A CAPE.
BUT YOU HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT SUBJECT.
>> Stephen: JOSE WILL NOT ACCEPT OUR PRAISE, BUT THE
AUDIENCE WILL ACCEPT IT FOR HIM.
( APPLAUSE )
YOU JUST SIT THERE.
RON, TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WORLD
CENTRAL KITCHEN AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND JOSE?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, A REMARKABLE INDIVIDUAL, A LEADER
WHO IS PROVING A POINT.
THE POINT IS THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
THEY CAN-- THEY CAN MOVE THE NEEDLE.
WHAT WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN HAS DONE, GROWING FROM, YOU KNOW,
HIM SHOWING UP IN HAITI WITH GOOD INTENTIONS AND A CREDIT
CARD, AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT, INTO AN ORGANIZATION WHICH HITS
THE GROUND IN DISASTER AREAS-- NOW THEY'RE IN THE UKRAINE-- AND
MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE, SIMPLY BY APOLOGY THIS PRINCIPLE: THERE
IS DIGNITY IN MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE FED.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
AND...
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE COMPLEX.
IT'S ABOUT ACTIVATING PEOPLE WITHIN THE AREA AND BRINGING
SOME EXPERTISE, SOME ENERGY, AND SOME RESOURCES AND JUST MAKING
IT HAPPEN.
AND OUR FILM IS REALLY AN ORIGIN STORY.
SPEAK OF SUPERHERO MOVIES.
BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU HOW HE, YOU KNOW, BUILT THIS REMARKABLE
ORGANIZATION, WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN.
>> Stephen: JOSE, LET'S GET TO THAT FOR A MOMENT.
WHAT WAS THE MOMENT THAT THE IDEA OF WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN
FIRST CAME TO YOU?
WHAT WAS THE IMPETUS?
>> I THINK THE MOMENT BEGAN REALLY IN THE MOMENTES OF
INACTION, WATCHING WHAT HAPPENED IN KATRINA, WHEN HE IT THOUSANDS
OF AMERICAN CITIZENS AT THE SUPERDOME, AND IT SEEMED NOBODY
WAS THERE FEEDING THEM, BRINGING THEM WATER, BRINGING THEM HOPE.
I THINK I GOT TIRED OF WATCHING THROUGH TV IN THE COMFORT OF MY
HOME, THAT ACTUALLY, BIG PROBLEMS THEY HAVE VERY SIMPLE
SOLUTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX EVERY PROBLEM THAT WE FACE IN
HUMANITY, BUT LET ME TELL YOU, COOKS LIKE ME, FOOD WE KNOW.
SO, IF WE START SHOWING UP, CAN WE BRING RELIEF?
THAT'S HOW IT BEGAN.
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>> Stephen: YOU JUST CAME BACK FROM UKRAINE WHERE WORLD CENTRAL
KITCHEN-- LET'S SEE IF I'VE FOOT THIS RIGHT-- HAVE SERVED 17
MILLION MEALS AND COUNTING SINCE THE BEGINNING.
( APPLAUSE )
Y'ALL, YOU AND THE TEAM AT WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN, THERE YOU GO,
FIGHT LIKE UKRAINIANS.
( APPLAUSE )
THE KITCHENS THAT Y'ALL PARTNERED WITH WAS DESTROYED IN
AN ATTACK IN KHARKIV, I THINK.
ARE THOSE PEOPLE OKAY?
AND IS YOUR TEAM OKAY?
>> YEAH, THAT WAS A HUGE MISSILE.
IT STRIKED, IT DESTROYED A BIG BUILDING AND EVERYTHING
SURROUNDING THE BUILDING.
THE KITCHEN, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO USE IT ANYMORE.
A COUPLE OF PEOPLE DIED ON THAT STRIKE ALONE.
LIKE EVERY DAY THAT SOMEBODY SEEMS TO BE DYING.
THE MEMBERS OF THE KITCHEN, THEY WERE OKAY.
WE HAD FOUR WOUNDED, BUT THIS IS THE AMAZING THING ABOUT
UKRAUKRAINIANS -- OUR PARTNER AD THEM, "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KEEP
DOING?" THEY SAID, "WE WANT TO KEEP
FIGHTING.
WE WANT TO KEEP COOKING."
THEY MOVED ALL THE KITCHEN EQUIPMENT INTO A BUNKER.
THREE DAYS LATER, THEY WERE COOKING 1,000 MEALS A DAY.
THE FOUR WOUND READ OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
AND ONE OF THE PERSONS BEGAN COOKING FIVE DAYS LATER.
( APPLAUSE )
THING HAPPENING IN UKRAINE RIGHT NOW.
EVERYBODY IS FIGHTING.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE JOSE ANDRES AND RON HOWARD.
STICK AROUND.