-Welcome, everybody.
Thank you so much for watching.
We're gonna get to everything
that's going on in the country right now.
Last night, there were a lot of peaceful protests
around the country,
more peaceful than other nights, so,
that's a step in the right direction.
Also today, all four police officers were charged
in the murder of George Floyd, so,
here's hoping for some justice for that family.
And there's many more families that deserve justice as well,
but, again, these are all steps in the right direction.
My guest tonights are -- Senator Kamala Harris.
We also have Talib Kweli, who is a rapper and activist
and we get to catch up.
We've known each other for a long time.
And we also get to hear from comedian Roy Wood Jr.
It's gonna be a fun show.
Let's get to some news, here, you guys.
After nine days of protests, a new poll found
that pretty much everyone thinks
President Trump is not doing a good job.
Check it out.
-Right now, based on the data we have,
the public is not with this president.
His approval rating continues to be terrible --
54% disapproval,
the highest ever for a president at this point in his first term.
-Yeah, not good.
Even worse for Trump,
that poll was taken among his kids.
Right now, Trump seems to be polling somewhere
between Jake, Paul,
and that time I decide to grow a mustache for the summer.
-[ Laughing ] -Honey.
You liked it. -I did. I liked it.
I was the one. [ Laughing ]
-Ohhh.
My heavens.
There's gotta be someone else.
No, probably not. -Mnh-mnh.
-[ Chuckling ]
When Trump saw his numbers, he started crying
and then, he was like... [ As Trump ] "I'm not crying.
It's the tear gas from my church photo shoot
blowing back in my face.
That's right, everyone seems to be turning on him.
To give you an example, "Fox & Friends"
is now just "Fox & Friend."
You know, at this point, Trump should just go
for 100% disapproval
and then take credit for uniting the country.
-[ Laughs ]
-But Trump's thinking can --
Trump's thinking he can turn this around.
Tomorrow, he's gonna walk to the Vatican,
hold up a Bible, and like...
[ As Trump ] Okay, Pope Francis,
now let's do a silly one.
Speaking of that,
how does Trump not know how to hold a book?
I've never seen anyone hold --
This is --
Have you ever seen anyone hold anything like that?
It's like a -- It's like a --
It's like a broken G.I. Joe hand or something.
I've never -- It's like he's plucking the Bible
from the Bible tree.
I've never seen anyone hold --
[ Laughing ] Have you ever seen anyone told, anyone?
Honey, have you read this?
Does anyone want to read this?
[ Chuckle ]
Can I have another --
Can I have another glass of water?
Sure. Alright. You could put your hand down, now,
on the cup. Okay.
-[ Laughing ]
-Meanwhile, former President George W. Bush
released a statement
that some people think is a shot at Trump.
He wrote, "Those who set out to silence those voices
do not understand the meaning of America --
or how it becomes a better place."
You know, it's serious if they got George W. Bush
to write words.
Even televangelist Pat Robertson
called out Donald Trump for his response to the protests.
This is pretty amazing. Watch this.
-He said, "I'm ready to send in military troops,
if the nation's governors don't act to quell the violence."
He spoke of them as being jerks.
You just don't do that, Mr. President!
It isn't cool!
-Yeah. Yeah. He was like, "This isn't cool!
P.Rob's out!
Microphone drop."
You know we live in crazy times
when we're all agreeing with the guy who once said that
[ Laughing ] gay people cause hurricanes.
And, as more of the country turns on Trump,
Republican senators still have very little to say.
Take a look at this. -Senator McConnell,
was what the president did last night
the right thing to do?
Was what the president did last night right?
Senator Enzi.
Are you concerned at all about what happened
at the White House last night?
-He was actually asked the same question after leaving lunch.
He was like, "Uh...I'm late for dinner."
Well, you may remember last week,
Trump was rushed to the White House bunker
for an hour because of the protests.
Well, earlier today, Trump said the report was false.
Take a listen.
-Well, it was a false report.
I wasn't down. I went down during the day
and I was there for a tiny, little, short period of time
and it was much more for an inspection.
-Yeah, it's kinda like running into a friend at a CVS
when you're buying hemorrhoid cream.
You're like, "I'm not buying.
I'm just inspecting.
What is this?
Hemorrhoid cream?
I'm just inspecting.
I'm a hemorrhoid cream inspector.
What's the big deal?
I don't want that."
And, finally, after a rough few days,
here's something to bring us up.
-So, we're gonna start manufacturing doses
of the vaccines.
-And here's something to bring us back down.
-But if it acts like other common virus,
common coronaviruses,
it likely is not gonna be
a very, very long duration of immunity.
-[ Snaps fingers ] Ah!
Guys, Senator Kamala Harris is a senator
from the great state of California.
I got to talk to her today.
Here is my chat with Senator Kamala Harris.
Senator Harris, thank you so much
for being on "The Tonight Show" and coming back to us.
-Thanks. -I know these are very difficult times
and you're very, very busy right now,
so I really, really appreciate this. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this. -Good to be with you again.
-If you don't mind, I'd like to get right to --
the breaking news today was that
the three other officers involved
with the death of George Floyd have now been charged.
What are your thoughts?
-As of today, we're one step closer to justice.
But, you know, I have long believed
and I think we all know,
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
And why it has to take so long
for those other three officers to be held accountable.
It has, you know, caused pain for Mr. Floyd's family
and the community
and all of us who watched that video
and are watching what's happening.
But, thankfully, Keith Ellison, the attorney general,
has taken over the case and is obviously not wasting any time
in making sure that justice is delivered to Mr. Floyd's family
and to that community and to our country.
-What are your thoughts on the administration currently
and how they've been dealing with this,
on top of the pandemic?
-I mean, Jimmy,
we've got a president of the United States,
or, at least, somebody who occupies that position,
who doesn't understand the job
and isn't capable of performing the job.
And, most recently, you know, frankly,
the words that he speaks are the words, not of a president.
They're the words of a dictator.
I was in D.C. that night.
You know, I joined the protesters in D.C.
-I saw that. -So I've been out there,
you know, and I will tell you that, had my parents
not marched and shouted in the '60s,
I would not have been, together with all those who did,
I'm pretty certain that I would not be talking with you tonight
as only the second Black woman
ever elected to the United States Senate.
There are so many things that we, as a society,
have benefited from because people took to the streets
to exercise their First Amendment right
to speak out and speak to their government
so that we could see progress.
And the idea that, just a couple of nights ago,
this guy, Donald Trump, who happens to, right now,
be president of the United States,
would throw tear gas at people who are peacefully protesting
-Oof! -so he could clear the roads!
Right? It reminds me of the emperor with no clothes.
So he could clear the roads, to walk!
To carry the Bible, the Holy Bible.
You know, it is as though it were one of his steaks,
one of his Trump steaks...
-[ Laughs ] -...for a photo op.
And, that night, 'cause I was at my apartment in D.C.,
I heard the Black Hawks flying.
You know, the last time I was on a Black Hawk?
When I was in Afghanistan.
-Wow!
-These are military aircraft
that are being turned on the people of America.
He's talking about turning the U.S. military
on its own people.
I serve on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
I serve on the Homeland Security Committee.
This is not the America that people fought for
and this is not the America that is the America of our ideals.
This is something altogether,
and that's why people are marching and shouting.
And the optimism that I have
is the optimism that all of us have
whenever we are in these kinds of fights,
which is it's not a fight against something.
It's fight for something.
But, you know... -Wow.
-...Donald Trump doesn't get it
and that's why everyone's gotta make sure
that we vote in November
and show ourselves and the world that we are better than this.
-Speaking of November...
-Mm-hmm. -...I've seen you in
numerous interviews, saying that
it's gonna be a very important time
in our history. -Uh-huh.
Yes, it will be.
-What are we looking at, here, in November, coming up?
-Okay, so, first of all,
there's so much at stake in the election.
I mean, so, again, we're in the midst
of a public health -- we're in a pandemic.
We have had over 100,000 souls,
in just less than 100 days, perish, die, right?
Millions of people have contracted this virus
and are suffering in its grip.
We have over 40 million people who were working,
who are now unemployed,
just in the last 100 days, because of this pandemic.
And one of the things that --
One, I will again say that
we would not be in as bad of a situation as we are,
had the president not taken immediate action,
had the president not called it a hoax
and minimized the seriousness of it.
And we are where we are.
So, in terms of the election,
one of the things that we have to make sure
is that people can go and vote and be safe.
So, I have a proposal.
I call it the Vote Safe Act,
that basically is that states should have --
all states should have vote by mail.
All states should have early voting,
at least 20 days before Election Day,
so you can figure out when it works for you to go vote.
And all states should also, for people who do go
to the polls, have safety precautions,
things like curbside voting, or put in place wait times,
so that, unlike in Wisconsin,
people stood in line for two to three hours,
people would only have to stand in line
for a certain number of minutes.
So, these are some of the things that I'm fighting for.
In terms of this BS about fraud,
listen, Donald Trump spoke the quiet words out loud
when he said
that he was concerned that he and the Republican Party
would lose, if people vote by mail.
Meanwhile, he himself, and I believe family members of him,
have voted by mail consistently.
So, the whole thing about fraud in the vote-by-mail system
is really a red herring to distract people
from the seriousness of this moment,
which is that we're in the middle of a pandemic.
We want people to be able to be safe when they vote
and we definitely wanna make sure
that people don't have to make a choice
between their health and their right to exercise their voice,
especially at this moment in time in our country.