I GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, LAST WEEK WITH EVERYTHING
THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE WORLD, AND BALTIMORE IN
PARTICULAR, IT WAS A TOUGH ONE, A LOT OF CHAOS, CONFUSION.
SO I HAPPY TO GET A GOOD WEEKEND, AND COMING IN TODAY,
I WAS FEELING FRESH, FRESH START, I FELT GOOD.
>> NEWS BREAKING OVERNIGHT FROM TEXAS.
TWO HEAVILY ARMED MEN OPENED FIRE AT AN EVENT FEATURING A
CARTOON CONTEST.
>> BOTH SUSPECTS ARE DEAD AFTER BEING SHOT BY POLICE
OFFICERS.
>> Jon: SO, SO MY WEEKEND WAS GOOD UNTIL-- [BLEEP]
WELL, LISTEN THANK GOD NO INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE KILLED.
BUT WHO SHOOTS UP A CARTOON CONTEST?
GRANTED ZIGGY IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE.
BUT UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK GARFIELD HAS BEEN COASTING FOR A
LONG TIME.
FAMILY CIRCUS, THOSE AREN'T EVEN JOKES IT IS LIKE AN
ACTUAL CIRCUS, IT SEEKS TO ENTERTAIN BUT IT REALLY JUST
FILLS YOU WITH SADNESS.
BUT THAT'S -- SO WHAT KIND OF CARTOON
CONTEST THERE, AS IF I DON'T KNOW, WOULD PROVOKE SUCH A
VIOLENT REACTION?
>> A GROUP CALLED AMERICAN FREEDOM DEFENSE INITIATIVE
NOTORIOUS FOR ITS ANTI-ISLAMIC VIEWS HOSTING
THIS AWARD CEREMONY TO GIVE MORE THAN $10,000 TO THE
BEST CARTOON DEPICTING THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD.
>> Jon: SEE THAT IS-- THAT IS [BLEEP] CRAZY.
$10,000 TO A CARTOONIST?
(LAUGHTER) THAT'S LIKE FIVE YEAR'S
SALARY.
THAT CARTOONIST COULD ALMOST CONSIDER QUITTING THEIR TWO
OTHER JOBS.
AT TWO DIFFERENT COLD BREW COFFEE SHOPS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT GROUP AFDI, THAT IS THE SAME
GROUP THAT LEAD PROTESTS AGAINST THE SO-CALLED
GROUND ZERO MOSQUE AND HAS BEEN PLASTERING
NEW YORK SUBWAYS WITH ANTI-ISLAMIC ADVERTISEMENTS.
AFDI IS A FIRST AMENDMENT GROUP THE SAME WAY PEOPLE
FROM PHILLY ARE SPORTS FANS.
OSTENSIBLY THEY LIKE SPORTS, BUT REALLY, THEY'RE JUST
LOOKING FOR AN EXCUSE TO PUNCH A STRANGER AND POUR
BEER ON SOMEONE'S BABY.
SO BUT EVEN SO, EVEN SO, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE TO
REITERATE THIS.
IT IS NOT OKAY TO SHOOT OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU ARE
OFFENDED BY WHAT THEY DRAW, EVEN IF THEY DREW IT TO
OFFEND YOU, NO SHOOTING OF THEM.
NEVER OKAY TO SHOOT PEOPLE, NEVER, EVER OKAY.
>> OKAY, WELL-- HOLD UP, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
JON, WHAT IF I LIKE REALLY DON'T LIKE THEM.
>> Jon: YOU CANNOT SHOOT PEOPLE!
>> OKAY.
YEAH, FINE.
>> Jon: YOU CANNOT SHOOT PEOPLE.
YOU CANNOT SHOOT PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU DON'T SHARE
THEIR OPINION.
YOU CANNOT SHOOT PEOPLE EVEN IF THEY OFFEND YOU.
>> WHAT IF-- WHAT IF I, LIKE, HAVEN'T SHOT ANYONE IN A
LONG TIME?
>> Jon: NO.
STILL NOT OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> Jon: NOT EVEN IF THOSE PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY SET OUT
TO PROVOKE YOU, RESPONDING TO CARTOONS OR WORDS OR
IDEAS WITH VIOLENCE IS WRONG!
>> BUT WHAT IF SOMEONE IS CREATING A CLIMATE OF HATE
AND INTOLERANCE BY APPEALING TO PEOPLE'S BASEST FEARS.
BECAUSE THEN YOU JUST GOT TO-- .
>> Jon: NO!
NO, YOU CAN'T-- NO, NO!
THE VIOLENCE JUST PERPETUATES THE FEAR.
YOU CAN'T.
THANK YOU.
>> OH.
(LAUGHTER) >> Jon: AREN'T YOU GOING TO
GO BACK DOWN WITH THE REST OF THEM.
OR ARE YOU JUST GOING TO --
>> IT'S KIND OF CRAMMED DOWN HERE, I'M JUST GOING TO HANG
OUT HERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
>> OKAY BUT LIKE, ALSO, JON-- (LAUGHTER)
WHAT IF IT'S LIKE DEER HUNTING SEASON AND I REALLY
THOUGHT THAT THAT CARTOON CONTEST WAS LIKE A DEER, YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> Jon: NO SHOOTING THERE IS NO SHOOTING OF PEOPLE!
THERE IS NO SHOOTING OF-- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> I AGREE WITH YOU, JON, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHOOT
PEOPLE.
>> Jon: NO, I SAID -- AND AL MADRIGAL, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN
LIKE SIX MONTHS.
WHEN, WHEN DID YOU GET HERE?
>> I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE THE WHOLE TIME, MAN.
>> Jon: AND WHERE IS THIS PIZZA COMING FROM.=?
ARE YOU GUYS HAVING A PARTY UNDER MY DESK AND YOU DIDN'T
EVEN INVITE ME?
IT'S NOT RIGHT.
>> MORE OF LIKE AN IMPROMPTU THING, REALLY.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT WAS JUST LIKE A SMALL THING,
YOU KNOW.
>> TOTALLY SMALL. IT'S A SMALL --
>> YOU GUYS!
ARE MISSING OUT ON THE --
ON THE PIZZA!
MISSING THAT PIZZA.
(LAUGHTER) WHOOO! WHOOO! WHOOO!
>> Jon: GET OUT OF HERE, SHOO , SKAT, ALL YOU GUYS,
GET OUT OF HERE. >> ALL RIGHT.
>> Jon: JUST GO. CAN'T SHOOT PEOPLE!
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SHOOT PEOPLE.
I HOPE THAT SETTLES IT.
NOW THE QUESTION OF COURSE WAS YESTERDAY'S ATTACK IN
TEXAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT OR PART OF A MORE MENACING
TREND BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS
FICTIONALLY FOR A WHILE NOW.
>> AT LEAST TEN ISIS FIGHTERS HAVE BEEN
CAUGHT COMING OVER THE MEXICAN BORDER IN TEXAS.
>> ISIS KNOCKING ON OUR TEXAS BORDER.
>> Jon: OH, WELL THAT'S EASY -- JUST DON'T ANSWER.
WHEN ISIS KNOCKS, YOU JUST SHUT THE LIGHTS OUT AND LIE
THERE.
BUT NEVER FEAR, UNCLE SAM IS TO THE GOING TO LET ISIS RING
AND RUN YOU, TEXAS.
IN FACT, NOT ONLY IS THE U.S. MILITARY CONDUCTING
TRAINING OPS RIGHT NOW FOR MISSIONS AGAINST
ISIS-LIKE GROUPS, GUESS WHERE THEY ARE DOING WITH THEM.
>> TEXAS IS ONE OF SEVEN STATES WHERE THE EXERCISES
WILL BE HELD.
>> THE SPECIALS FORCES TRAINING OPERATION CALLED JADE HELM
15.
>> Jon: OH, JADE HELM 15, I HAVE THAT ISSUE.
IT'S-- IT'S-- IMPRISONS CAPTAIN AMERICAN JADEOPOLIS, I THINK --
REST EASY, TEXAS! GOOD GUYS WITH GUNS ARE ON THE CASE.
>> CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE ONE RUNNING WILD TONIGHT ABOUT
THE ARMY'S PLAN FOR A MULTISTATE TRAINING EXERCISE THIS
SUMMER CALLED JADE HELM 15.
WHILE THE MILITARY SAYS IT'S JUST TRAINING SOLDIERS FOR
THE REALITIES OF WAR, CRITICS SAY THE ARMY IS
PREPARING FOR MODERN DAY MARTIAL LAW.
>> SOME ARE CALLING IT A TEXAS TAKEOVER.
(LAUGHTER) >> Jon: YOU KNOW WHO IS
CALLING IT A TEXAS TAKEOVER?
LONE STAR LUNATICS.
DALLAS [BLEEP] AND HOUSTON [BLEEP] HOLES.
TEXAS, THERE IS NO TEXAS TAKEOVER.
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ALREADY CONTROLS TEXAS.
SINCE LIKE THE 1840s. AND THEN HE LEFT AND HE CAME
BACK AND -- JUST BORROW A TEXTBOOK FROM A NEIGHBORING
STATE, IT IS ALL IN THERE.
HERE IS HOW UNBELLIGERENT -- HERE IS HOW UNBELLIGERENT THE
U.S. MILITARY IS TOWARDS TEXAS.
THEY SENT A LIEUTENANT COLONEL TO A LOCAL TEXAS
TOWN HALL TO WASTE HIS TIME.
>> ALL WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT OUR GUYS ARE
TRAINED FOR COMBAT OVERSEAS.
>> IT IS A PREPARATION FOR MARTIAL LAW.
>> THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS NOT A PREPARATION FOR MARTIAL LAW,
SIR. >> THAT IS WHAT YOU SAY.
>> WE REALLY, TRULY WANT-- .
>> Jon: YOU SEE THAT RIGHT THERE?
THAT RIGHT THERE?
THAT IS THE FACE OF SOMEONE REALIZING THEY'RE NOT
GETTING AROUND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE PLANNED
PARKING LOT DOWN BY KROGERS, NOT TODAY.
NOT IN THIS MEETING.
>> Jon: BUT COME ON CRAZY PEOPLE ATTEND LOCAL TOWN
HALL MEETING ISN'T A TEXAS SPECIFIC STORY, I BELIEVE THE
CONSTITUTION SAYS YOU CAN'T HOLD A TOWN HALL
MEETING WITHOUT CRAZY PEOPLE.
I THINK IT'S IN THERE.
IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY ANYONE
WHO HOLDS ACTUAL POWER.
>> ON TUESDAY GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT ORDERED THE TEXAS
STATE GUARD TO MONITOR MILITARY PERSONNEL MOVEMENTS
AND TRAINING EXERCISE SCHEDULES AND ENSURE THAT
SAFETY AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF TEXANS WERE NOT
BEING VIOLATED.
>> Jon: OH DEAR LORD.
(LAUGHTER) YET ANOTHER WASTE OF
TEXAS FUNDS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT ON ACTUAL THREATS
LIKE YOUR INFAMOUS CHAINSAW MASSACRES.
I MEAN, TEXAS, IT'S NOT AS IF I DON'T FIND IT ADORABLE THAT
YOUR GOVERNOR THINKS YOUR STATE GUARD COULD TAKE ON THE
UNITED STATES MILITARY. IT'S LIKE A LITTLE DOG GROWLING AT A
BIG DOG OR-- OR AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD PICKING A
FIGHT WITH THE PREDATOR.
BUT ENOUGH OF THE FEARMONGERING.
YOU KNOW THESE TYPES OF EXERCISES HAVE BEEN GOING ON
IN TEXAS FOR YEARS, RIGHT?
>> YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MARINE AIR OUT HERE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
MARINE GROUND, ARMY GROUND,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AIR FORCE HERE, NAVY AIR, ALL FIGHTING
JOINTLY, IT'S GOOD EXERCISE.
>> YEAH, IN TEXAS! OPERATION ROVING SANDS.
IN FACT THE 2001 ROVING SANDS OPERATION WAS
THE LARGEST EXERCISE OF ITS KIND IN HISTORY.
BUT DID THEN PRE-OOPS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY START SPREADING FEAR
ABOUT A TEXAS TAKEOVER?
HE DID NOT.
TEXAS WAS FINE WITH THE CONCEPT OF WIDESPREAD
MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THEIR STATE.
IN THE 20-OTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN, OH,
RIGHT.
(LAUGHTER) >> AMERICA ELECTED A BRUTAL
SOCIALIST MUSLIM KENYAN INEFFECTIVE HARVARD SCHOOLED
CONSTITUTIONAL PROFESSOR AGITATOR WARLOCK.
SO TEXAS-- IT APPEARS, IT APPEARS YOU ARE ON THE VERGE
OF BEING TAKEN OVER BY ISIS OR THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
SO YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE.
AND WHEN YOU MAKE IT, JUST REMIND YOURSELF, AND I NEVER
THOUGHT I WOULD BE SAYING THIS, WHAT WOULD RICK PERRY
DO?