>>> DAVE CHAPPELLE IS ABOUT TO JOIN ME.
JOIN ME.
>> I LISTEN TO THEM SAY NAIVE POOR WHITE PEOPLE THINGS.AIVE
POOR WHITE PEOPLE THINGS. DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO GO TO
WASHINGTON AND HES GOING TO
FIGHT FOR US.
IM STANDING THERE THINKING IN
MY MIND, YOU DUMB [ BLEEP ]. [ APPLAUSE ] DUMB [ BLEEP ].
[ APPLAUSE ] YOU ARE POOR.
HES FIGHTING FOR ME.
>> THAT WAS THE HIS SPECIAL.
HES BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF
COMEDY FOR YEARS. HIS OLD SHOW REVEALED AND
EXPLORED ALL KINDS OF TENSE
CULTURAL MOMENTS.
CULTURAL MOMENTS. HES BACK WITH A NETFLIX SPECIAL
AND PLANNED TOUR WITH JON
STEWART.
STEWART.
THIS IS WHY WERE TALKING TONIGHT.WHY WERE TALKING
TONIGHT. ITS THE FIRST TIME IN HIS
CAREER THAT HES CAMPAIGNED IN
POLITICS OUT WITH A POLITICAL
ENDORSEMENT.
ENDORSEMENT.
SOMETHING HES NEVER DONE BEFORE
AND CAMPAIGNING WITH BEN JEALOUS
WHO IS A DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR THE GOVERNOR OFTE
RUNNING FOR THE GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND.
MARYLAND.
>> I GOT TO TELL YOU PERSONALLY
AS A GUY IVE NEVER HAD A LOT OF
TRUST IN GOVERNMENT UNTIL I
REALIZE THAT MY GOD BROTHER
MIGHT GET A POWERFUL SEAT. IT MAKES ME TRUST THE SEAT MORE.
SGLL WITH ME
>> WITH ME NOW IS BELLN JEALOUS
AND DAVE CHAPPELLE. BEN, AFTER ALL YOUR WORK IN
CIVIL RIGHTS, WHY ARE YOU
RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR NOW?
DAVE, WHY ARE YOU ENDORSEING HIL
WHEN YOU DONT GET INVOLVED IN
ENDORSING CANDIDATES?
ENDORSING CANDIDATES? >> YOU WANT TO GO FIRST?
>> ARI, IM RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
BECAUSE I HAVE A VISION THAT WE
CAN FINALLY FUND OUR SCHOOLS.
WE CAN PASS SINGLE PAYOR,
MEDICARE FOR ALL.
WE CAN END THIS ERA OF MASSIVE
STUDENT DEBT BY ENDING MASS
INCARCERATION.
INCARCERATION.
A BIG PART OF ENDING MASS INCARCERATION IS FINALLYS
INCARCERATION IS FINALLY LEGALIZE CANNIBUS, PERIOD.
THATS PART OF WHY DAVE IS HERE
IS WEVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OUR
EXPERIENCES WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
AND THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE A
JUST SET OF LAWS TO HELP REDUCE
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OUR
PRISONS.
PRISONS.
>> AS FOR ME, ARI, BEN AND I ARE LIKE FAMILY., ARI, BEN AND I ARE
LIKE FAMILY. LITERALLY.
LITERALLY.
OUR FATHERS WERE BEST FRIENDS. MY FATHER WAS BENS GOD FATHER.
I MET BEN IN PERSON WHEN WE WERE
17.
17.
WHEN BEN WAS AT COLUMBIA.
WE BECAME FAST FRIENDS. UNBEKNOWNST THE PLAN WAS TO
CONVINCE ME TO GO DO COLLEGE.
THAT PLAN FAILED MISERABLEY.
THANK GOD.
THANK GOD. >> DAVE MADE 750 BUCKS TELLING
JOKES IN 15 MINUTES.
I WAS LIKE COLLEGE IS NOT GOING
HELP YOU DO BETTER THAN THIS.
>> DAVE, HAD YOU GONE TO COLLEGE
YOU MIGHT HAVE BECOME RICH ONE
DAY.
DAY.
>> YEAH, THAT WAS THE MYTH.
THAT WAS THE LEGEND. I THINK EVERYTHING WORKED OUT
BETTER THAN I COULD HAVE EVER
IMAGINED.
IMAGINED.
>> YOU VLS TOHAVE TO UNDERSTAND
FATHER WAS ON A TEAR.
DAVE WAS THE FIRST MALE IN HIS
FAMILY TO NOT GO TO COLLEGE SINCE SLAVERY.GO TO COLLEGE
SINCE SLAVERY. THERE WAS A BATTLE AVENUERAGE.
HI SAID WHEN HIS SON COULD MAKE
$750 IN PARK TELLING JOKES, HE
WAS LIKE I GET IT.
>> GO AHEAD, IM SORRY.
>> NO, GO AHEAD.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY LIKE I
HAVE NEVER EVER STUCK MY TOE
INTO POLITICS.
INTO POLITICS. I DONT EVEN NECESSARILY BELIEVE
IN POLITICS BUT THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME THAT I BELIEVE IN
SOMEBODY THIS MUMPCH FOR A JOB
LIKE THIS.
LIKE THIS.
I KNOW HIM SO WELL. WE CAME UP TOGETHER.
MY FATHER SAID TO HIM, HE SAID
BEN IM AFRAID YOURE GETTING
THIS SCHOLARSHIP SO YOULL NO
LONGER BE A THREAT TO THEM.
WHOEVER THEY ARE.
BEN IS ALWAYS STAYED TRUE.
WHEN I GOT IN TROUBLE WITH MY
SHOW AND ALL THESE THINGS, HE
WAS LIKE MY CONFIDANT.
I WOULD CALL HIM TO HELP ME WORK
THROUGH SOME VERY CHALLENGING
PERSONAL PROBLEMS, PROFESSIONAL
PROBLEMS I HAD.
HE WAS ALWAYS LIKE A ROCK FOR
ME.
ME.
I THANK FOR THE STATE OF MARYLAND IT COULDNT GET BETTER.
>> WHEN YOU WERE IN SOUTH AFRICA
OR TAKING BREAK FROM THE KOREA
IN THE U.S., YOU WERE RELYING ON
HIM.
HIM.
WHAT WAS HIS COUNSEL THEN?
>> I THINK THATS KIND OF
PRIVATE.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS I TRUSTED HIM
ENOUGH AT A TIME WHEN I DIDNT TRUST ANYBODY.ME WHEN I DIDNT
TRUST ANYBODY. HES NEVER BETRAYED MY TRUST.
I THINK THE TRUST IN POLITICS OR
PUBLIC OFFICE IS SOMETHING THAT
THE COUNTRY DESPERATELY NEEDS
ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME.
HES A VERY TRUSTWORTHY PERSON. THE FACT THAT A GUY LIKE THIS.
THE FACT THAT A GUY LIKE THIS COULD POSSIBLY SIT IN A SEAT
LIKE THE GOVERNORS CHAIR IS
VERY EXCITING TO ME.
IT MAKES ME FEEL MORE FAITHFUL
AND HOPEFUL ABOUT WHAT OUR
COUNTRY COULD BE.
>> BEN, YOU MENTIONED THE DRUG
WAR, CANNIBAS IS PART OF WHAT
YOURE RUNNING ON.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE ABOUT TA
RECENTLY.
RECENTLY.
DAVE, YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THOEDS ISSUES IN YOUR COMEDY.
I GUESS THE QUESTION TO BOTH OF
YOU IS IF YOURE GOING TO CHANGE
THESE LAWS IN MARYLAND OR BE AN
EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE
NATION, DO YOU TALK ABOUT THIS
AS SOMETHING THATS LOGICAL
BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE OVERPUNISHED
IN SOME PLACES OR DO YOU STRESS
THE FACT THIS IS NOT JUST WAR ON
DRUGS BUT WAR ON BLACK AND BROWN
PEOPLE
PEOPLE PEOPLE?
PEOPLE? TO BEN AND THEN DAVE.
>> YOU LOOK AT THE ENFORCEMENT
PATTERNS.
PATTERNS.
WE TALK ABOUT THE VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY.BOUT THE VIOLENCE IN
OUR CITY. I DIDNT START OUT PLANNING FOR
THIS TO BE A BIG ISSUE.
DAVE MADE THE ARGUMENT FOR ABOUT
A QUARTER CENTURY.
THEN SOMETHING FUNNY HAPPENED.
I ASKED A RETIRED MEMBER OF THE
BALTIMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT RKTS
HE JUST RETIRED TO GO TALK TO
COMMANDERS ACROSS THE CITY THAT
HE KNEW.
HE KNEW. ASK THEM WHY VIOLENCE WAS
SURGING IN OUR CITY.
HE SAID NONE OF THEM AGREED WITH
ANYBODY ELSE.
ANYBODY ELSE. THEY ALL HAD AN ARGUMENT ABOUT
WHY VIOLENCE WAS SURGING NOW AND
THEY WERE IN AGREEMENT IN THE
LAST TEN YEARS AND THE LAST TEN
YEARS IN BALTIMORE CITY, THEY
WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT HALF
OF THE KILLINGS WERE ONE SET OF
MARIJUANA DEALERS KILLING THEIR
COMPETITION.
COMPETITION. IM COMMITTED TO DOING WHATEVER
IT TAKES TO BRING DOWN THE
SHOOTINGS IN OUR CITY AND STATE
AND MAYBE SURE NOBODY HAS GO
THROUGH WHAT MY FAMILY AS BEEN
THROUGH.
THROUGH.
>> I LOOK AT THE LEGALIZATION OF
MARIJUANA AS AN INEVITABILITY. IM SURE THERES A GROSSABILITY.
IM SURE THERES A GROSS DISPARITY IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF
DRUG LAWS IN GENERAL IN THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. IF YOU LOOK AT BENS RESUME, HIS
PROFESSIONAL LIKE HAS BEEN
DEDICATED TO EQUITY FOR
EVERYBODY.
IM TALKING GENDER, SEXUALITY.
IVE WATCHED HIM REALLY WORK TIRELESSLY TO THAT END.WORK
TIRELESSLY TO THAT END. ITS THE FIRST TIME I GOT TO SEE
SOMEBODY BECOME A POLITICIAN UP
CLOSE AND RETAIN THEMSELVES.
BEN IS HERE WITH HIS KIDS TODAY.
HES A GOOD DUDE.
THERES NOTHING IN THIS FOR ME.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS GUY SHOULD
BE ON THAT STAGE.
HES AN IMPORTANT VOICE IN MY
OWN PERSONAL LIFE AND I THINK HE
CAN MAKE A GREAT DIFFERENCE FOR
THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND BEST
CASE SCENARIO, FOR THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. >> YOU SAW DAVE LAST SPECIAL HE
FINALLY OUTED HIMSELF AS A SON
OF OUR STATE.
EVERYBODY IS LIKE DAVES FROM D.C.YBODY IS LIKE DAVES FROM
D.C.
THE TOUGHEST PART OF D.C. DAVE IS FROM SILVER SPRING.
>> I GOT MY STREET CRED.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THM IS A VERY
PIVOTAL TIME.
PIVOTAL TIME. IM JUST GETTING TO THAT AGE
TOO.
TOO.
IM SURE YOU CAN RELATE WHERE YOU START LOOKING AROUND AND
EVERYONE RUNNING THINGS ARE YOUR
AGE AND YOU REALIZE ITS YOUR
PEER GROUP TURN TO TAKE THE R
REINS.
REINS.
HES ODDLY QUALIFIED FOR THIS. IM GUNNING FOR HIM. FOR THIS.
IM GUNNING FOR HIM. >> DAVE, YOU WON AN EMMY FOR
YOUR SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE HOSTING
RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION.
EVERYONE REMEMBER WHAT IS YOU
SAID THAT NIGHT.
>> ALL MY BLACK FRIEND WHO IS
HAVE MONEY SAID THE SAME THING
WHEN TRUMP GOT ELECTED.
THATS IT, BRO, IM OUT.
IM LEVERINGAVING THE COUNTRY.
YOU COMING WITH ME IN IM GOOD.
IM GOING TO STAY HERE AND GET
THIS TAX BREAK.
IM WISHING DONALD TRUMP LUCK.
IM GOING TO GIVE LIMBHIM A CHAN
AND WE DEMAND THAT HE GIVE US TOO.WE DEMAND THAT HE GIVE US
TOO.
>> NOW HERE WE ARE A YEAR AND A
HALF IN.
YOURE OUT HERE CAMPAIGNING, DO
YOU THINK DONALD TRUMP HAS GIVEN
ALL PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY A
CHANCE AND HOW WOULD YOU SAY IT TODAY? AND HOW WOULD YOU SAY IT
TODAY?
SGLL SGLL
SGLL >> WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT, IM CAMPAIGNING NOT
EVEN BECAUSE BEN IS A DEMOCRAT.
IM CAMPAIGNING BECAUSE HES
TRUSTWORTHY.
TRUSTWORTHY.
IF WHATEVER PARTY HE RAN UNDER IM GOING TO ENDORSE THIS GUYER
IM GOING TO ENDORSE THIS GUY BECAUSE I KNOW HIM PERSONALLY.
I HAVE NO PARTICULAR DEEP PARTY
A FILL
A FILL AFFILIATIONS.
AFFILIATIONS. WE HAVE EIGHT YEARS OF A
PRESIDENT WHO HAS RESUME OF
SOCIAL ACTION.
SOCIAL ACTION. HES BEEN ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE.
I JUST BELIEVE HES VERY SINCERE
IN HIS EFFORT.
IVE SEEN THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND
TEARS OF HOW HE GOT TO THIS
POSITION.
POSITION.
IF GOD WILLING, IF HE BECOMES
THE GOVERNOR, I DONT THINK
ANYONE WILL BE SORRY FOR IT. I THINK HELL DO GREAT JOB.T.
I THINK HELL DO GREAT JOB. >> DAVE YOU BROUGHT IT UP THE
WORD PRESIDENT.
WORD PRESIDENT. DO YOU THINK YOURE SITTING NEXT
TO SOMEONE WHO COULD BE
PRESIDENT AS WELL?
>> I TOLD BEN THAT HE COULD BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
BEFORE THERE WAS AN OBAMA THAT I
KNEW OF.
KNEW OF. IVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT.
HE CHOSE ANOTHER ROUTE.
HE STAYED WITH THIS COMMUNITY
ACTIVIST.
ACTIVIST.
>> BACK THEN I TOLD HIM I WANT TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP.T
TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP. THAT ENDED UP HAPPENING A LITTLE
FASTER THAN WE THOUGHT POSSIBLE.
>> HES A REMARKABLE DUDE.
IVE SEEN HIM OVERCOME HIS OWN
PERSONAL DEMONS AND ITS REALLY
TERRIFYING TO ASPIRE TO DO
ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE NARROW
BOXES THAT SOCIETY WANTS US TO
DO.
DO.
BEN IS A BRAVE DUDE AND HES A TRUSTWORTHY DUDE AND HESHES A
TRUSTWORTHY DUDE AND HES RETAINED ALL OF HIMSELF AND I
THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING THAT
HES RUNNING.
HES RUNNING. THATS WHY IM HERE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, ITS
DANGEROUS FOR ME TOEN EVEN STEP
INTO THE POLITICAL ARENA.
POOPITY SCOOP.
POOPITY SCOOP. >> THATS HOW WE END ALL OF OUR
INTERVIEWS.
INTERVIEWS.
I KNOW YOU GUYS GOT TO GO AND STARTING WITH BEN.T TO GO AND
STARTING WITH BEN. SINCE YOURE WITH CHAPPELLE.
YOURE CAMPAIGNING WITH HIM.
IS THERE A CHAPPELLE TEST WE CAN
APPLY HERE.
APPLY HERE.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN POLITICS THAT YOU SEE WOULD FALL UNDER
THE RUBRIC OF WHEN KEEPING IT
REAL GOES WRONG?
>> I GOT TO TELL YOU, WHEN WE
STARTED OFF THIS JOURNEY, ITS A
STORY I TELL ABOUT HOW DAVE
SAVED MY LIFE DOWN IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI WHEN I WAS A YOUNG
ORGANIZERS AND DAVE SHOEDWED UP
WITH A DIME BAG OF POP.
WE WERE SPARED BECAUSE THE
POLICE OFFICER RECOGNIZED DAVE
FROM DEF JAM.
HE WANTED TICKETS TO THE SHOW
AND DIDNT SEARCH DAVES BAG.
PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH US
TALKING ABOUT WHATS REAL.
THE FACT THAT WE WERE ONCE TOO
MUCH YOUNGER BLACK MEN WHO WERE
VERY AFRAID IN THAT MOMENT OF
SPENDING A LONG TIME IN JAIL AND
IN PRISON AND YOU SHOULDNT HAVE
TO BE THAT EXCEPTIONAL TO BE
JUSTLY TREATED.
JUSTLY TREATED. THATS A LOT OF WHAT FUELS
DAVES POLITICS AND MINE.
A LOT OF WHAT FUELS DAVES
COMEDY AND MY POLITICS.
WE SURVIVED AN ERA WHERE YOUNG
BLACK PLENMEN WERE THE MOST MURD
IN THE COUNTRY AND INCARCERATED.
WE LIFTED PEOPLE TO A HIGHER
PLACE.
PLACE.
TOO MUCH OF WHAT WE WRENT
THROUGH AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
STILL GOING THROUGH.
WERE EAGER TO SEE IT CHANGE. WE KNOW HOW SMART THEY ARE AND
HOW MUCH THEY COULD BE
CONTRIBUTING IF OUR SYSTEM WAS A
BIT MORE LEVEL, OUR COUNTRY A
BIT MORE JUST.
>> DAVE, FINAL WORD.
>> YOU MAY NEVER SEE ME
ENDORSING SOMEBODY AGAIN.
I REALLY DO BELIEVE IN THE
PRODUCT.
PRODUCT.
HES -- THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.
>> ITS FASCINATING.AL.
>> ITS FASCINATING. WE DONT SEE A DUO LIKE THIS.
LEARNING A BIT ABOUT YOUR
HISTORY WITH EACH OTHER.
WHAT MOTIVATES BOTH YOU HAVE AND
WHAT BEN SAYS WHY HE WANTS TO
STEP INTO THE ARENA IS