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>> HE'S HAVING TROUBLE READING.

>> WHEN THEY'RE GATHERING

AROUND --

>> HOW MANY GAFFES CAN YOU MAKE

EVERY DAY?

>> THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF --

>> HE INCREASINGLY SOUNDS LIKE

ONE OF THOSE BAD LIP READING

VIDEOS YOU SEE ON THE INTERNET.

>> THEY DELIVERED A SWIFT AND

SWIP -- IT WAS SWIFT AND

SWEEPING.

>> WE FIND HE HAS TROUBLES

GETTING THROUGH THE WORDS.

>> FRANCE, GERMANY, FINNY.

>> PLASMA, PLOSMA --

>> HE CAN'T READ A PROMPTER.

>> HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT YEAR IT

IS.

>> THE CHOICE IN 220.

>> FOR ALL NEW HOMES, OFFICES

AND BUILDINGS BY 230.

>> HAS DIFFICULTY KEEPING HIS

TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

>> BROADWALK.

AND IF YOU THINK I AM ANNOUNCING

MY --

OUT WITH JONATHAN SWAN I'D BE A

WEALTHY MAN, BOTH OF US.

>> DO YOU THINK THAT JUST CAME

OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD?

IT'S HAPPENED TO BOTH OF US

BEFORE.

I WANT TO FOLLOW THE COMEDY

CENTRAL MASH.

HERE'S JONATHAN SWAN AGAIN WITH

THE PRESIDENT.

>> THE FIGURE I LOOK AT IS

DEATH.

AND DEATH IS GOING UP NOW.

>> OKAY.

NO.

>> THAT'S 1,000 A DAY.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT DEATH.

>> IT'S GOING UP AGAIN.

DAILY DEATH.

>> LOOK AT THESE CHARTS.

>> I'D LOVE TO.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> LET'S LOOK.

IF YOU LOOK AT DEATH PER --

>> STARTING TO GO UP AGAIN.

>> RIGHT HERE THE UNITED STATES

IS LOWEST IN NUMEROUS

CATEGORIES.

WE'RE LOWER THAN THE WORLD.

>> LOWER THAN THE WORLD?

>> LOWER THAN EUROPE --

>> IN WHAT?

>> TAKE A LOOK.

RIGHT HERE.

HERE'S CASE DEATH.

>> OH, YOU'RE DOING DEATH AS A

PROPORTION OF CASES.

I'M TALKING ABOUT IT AS A

PROPORTION OF POPULATION.

THAT'S WHERE THE U.S. IS REALLY

BAD --

>> YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

>> LOOK AT SOUTH KOREA, 51

MILLION POPULATION, 300 DEATHS.

IT'S CRAZY.

>> YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.

>> I DO.

YOU THINK THEY'RE FAKING THEIR

STATISTICS?

SOUTH KOREA, AN ADVANCED

COUNTRY?

>> I WON'T GET INTO THAT.

YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.

>> GERMANY.

>> HERE'S ONE RIGHT HERE.

UNITED STATES YOU TAKE THE

NUMBER OF CASES.

LOOK, WE'RE LAST.

MEANING WE'RE FIRST.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE FIRST

IN.

WHAT?

>> LOOK AGAIN, IT'S CASES.

WE HAVE CASES BECAUSE OF THE

TESTING.

>> 1,000 AMERICANS ARE DYING A

DAY.

I UNDERSTAND ON CASES IT'S

DIFFERENT.

>> YOU'RE NOT REPORTING IT

CORRECTLY, JONATHAN.

>> I THINK I AM.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THIS OTHER

CHART.

LOOK, THIS IS OUR TESTING, I

BELIEVE, THIS IS THE TESTING --

>> 60,000 AMERICANS ARE IN

HOSPITAL, 1,000 DYING A DAY.

>> THEY TALK ABOUT NEW CASES,

NEW CASES --

>> I'M TALKING ABOUT DEATH.

IT'S GOING UP.

>> IT'S WAY DOWN FROM WHERE IT

WAS.

>> IT WAS 1,000 A DAY.

IT WENT DOWN TO 500, NOW IT'S

GOING UP AGAIN.

>> EXCUSE ME, WHERE IT WAS WAS

HIGHER THAN WHERE IT IS.

>> IT'S SPIKED AGAIN.

>> IT'S GOING DOWN IN FLORIDA,

ARIZONA, TEXAS --

>> IT'S GOING DOWN IN FLORIDA?

>> AND I'M REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT

THIS.

IF IF HE WEREN'T PRESIDENT OF

THE UNITED STATES, WE WOULDN'T

PLAY THAT CLIP ON THE AIR,

BECAUSE HE LOOKS SO DISORIENTED

THAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY WE WERE

BEING CRUEL TAKING ADVANTAGE OF

SOMEBODY ON THE AIR.

BUT HE CLEARLY WAS DISORIENTED,

DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS TALKING

ABOUT.

SCRAMBLED FACTS.

JUST -- IT WAS -- I MEAN, WE

HAVE JOHN MEACHAM.

LET ME BRING YOU IN HERE.

HE IS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES AND I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU

WHAT PRESIDENTIAL PRECEDENCE WE

HAVE FOR A PERFORMANCE THAT

DISORIENTING AND THAT BAD?

BUT I'M AFRAID MAYBE WE NEED TO

GO INTO THE REALM OF LIKE TV

SHOWS.

DID THAT REMIND YOU MORE OF

MR. HANNY FROM "GREEN ACRES" OR

FESSTUS FROM "GUN SMOKE"?

>> WHERE'S ARNOLD THE PIG?

>> THE NICK AT NIGHT REFERENCES.

I THINK EVEN WILLIE IS TOO YOUNG

TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID.

>> I STUDY THE HISTORY OF TV THE

WAY YOU STUDY THE HISTORY OF

PRESIDENCIES, JOHN.

>> THAT EXPLAINS SO MUCH,

ACTUALLY.

>> I'M GOOD.

>> THERE'S A CLARITY NOW ABOUT

YOUR CAREER CHOICES.

I LIKE IT.

NO, AND IT'S SORT OF, AGAIN, WE

CAN BE SOMEWHAT LIGHT HEARTED

ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S, AT HEART, AT

BEST DISCOMFORTING AND AT WORST

TERRIFYING.

WHAT I HAD -- AND BOTH OF YOU

KNOW THIS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN DO YOU WHAT WE DO

FOR A LIVING, YOU GET A LOT OF

MAIL.

PARTICULARLY THE OLD DAYS YOU'D

GET MANILA FOLDERS FROM PEOPLE

WHO FOUND THE KEY TO EVERYTHING.

AND IT WENT FROM THE BOOK OF

GENESIS THROUGH THE COUNCIL ON

FOREIGN RELATIONS AND WOULD END

UP WITH GEORGE HERBERT WALKER

BUSH IN DALLAS DURING THE

KENNEDY ASSASSINATION.

THIS ODD CONSPIRACY THEORIES,

BUT RENDERED AS IF IT WERE

FACTUAL, RIGHT.

SO THAT -- JUST WATCHING IT

RIGHT NOW, I WAS THINKING THIS

IS LIKE GETTING, YOU KNOW, A

POWER POINT DECK FROM AREA --

WAS IT AREA 54?

>> 51.

>> 51, I THINK, YEAH.

>> 51.

SEE, THERE YOU GO.

CAR 52, SORRY.

BUT I THINK, TO ME, AND I HOPE

THAT THE POWER OF SATIRE WITH

WHAT TREVOR NOAH IS DOING

ALTHOUGH AS CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY

SAYS IT'S HARD TO SATIRIZE

SOMEBODY WHO SATIRIZES

THEMSELVES ALL THE TIME.

I HOPE THAT GETS TO THE

CONSCIOUSNESS BECAUSE THE ATTACK

ON VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ABOUT

HIS COHERENCE AND ALL THAT IS

GOING TO GET WORSE, A LOT WORSE,

BECAUSE IT'S ALL THEY GOT.

IT'S INTERESTING TO KEEP AN EYE

ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF ABOUT

WHAT TRUMP HAS TO ARGUE.

AND NONE OF THE ARGUMENTS, THIS

IS FASCINATING FOR THIS POINT IN

A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

NONE OF THE ARGUMENTS ON

SUBSTANCE HAVE ANY SALIENCE.

CAN YOU THINK OF ONE?

THERE'S PERSPECTIVE.

THE PERSPECTIVE ARGUMENTS LIKE,

HE'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, DRIVE

US INTO A SOCIALIST FUTURE.

NOBODY BELIEVES THAT.

JOE, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT,

THERE'S A MUCH BETTER CHANCE

THAT JOE BIDEN WILL END UP

SOMEWHAT CENTERING THE

DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAN ANYBODY IS

GOING TO COME ALONG AND CENTER

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

AND SO -- AND I THINK THAT'S AN

EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO A

REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT HAS SOLD

ITS SOUL, THE CHECK BOUNCED, AND

THEY'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT

ARE THEY GOING TO DO TO ATTEMPT

TO BE SOMETHING APPROACHING

MAJORITY PARTY IN THIS

DEMOGRAPHICALLY CHANGING

COUNTRY.

AND MY BET -- JUST QUICKLY.

MY BET IS, SOMETIME IN THE

MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR

BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A

WHILE TO COUNT THE BALLOTS.

LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT ELECTION

NIGHT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT ELECTION WEEK.

LET'S NOT SET UP THE EXPECTATION

THAT WE'RE GOING TO KNOW

EVERYTHING AND DAVID BRINKLEY IS

GOING TO TELL US EVERYTHING AT

THE RIGHT TIME BECAUSE THAT

PLAYS INTO TRUMP'S HAND, CHAOS

HELPS HIM.

I THINK IF THERE'S A BLUE

WAVE-ISH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A

POINT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR

WHERE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS ARE

GOING TO SAY, DONALD WHO?