September 18, 2014 - Bill Clinton

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Joe Biden's word choices jeopardize his election hopes, The Best F#@king News Team Ever says goodbye to Michael Che, and Bill Clinton discusses the Clinton Global Initiative. 

>> Jon: WELCOME TO "THE DAILYSHOW"!

I'M JON STEWART!

WE HAVE A FINE PROGRAM THAT WEHAVE PREPARED FOR YOU THIS

EVENING WITH LOVE.

WITH LOVE THIS PROGRAM HAS BEENPREPARED!

FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTONWILL BE JOINING US THIS EVENING!

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)GLOBAL INITIATIVE.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HISGLOBAL INITIATIVE.

IT IS THAT ORGANIZATION'S TENTHANNIVERSARY.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

BUT FIRST, FORMER SENATOR ANDSECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY

CLINTON -- NO RELATION --(LAUGHTER)

-- WORD ON THE STREET IS THATTHE FORMER SENATOR AND SECRETARY

OF STATE IS THINKING OF DIVINGBACK INTO POLITICS, PRESIDENT

FIRST.

(CHEERING)BUT, OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS NO

GUARANTEE SHE WOULD WIN THENOMINATION EVEN FROM HER PARTY.

IT'S MOSTLY GUARANTEED, BUTIT IS THE SUBJECT OF TONIGHT'S

IT'S MOSTLY GUARANTEED, BUTIT IS THE SUBJECT OF TONIGHT'S

DEMOCALYPSE 2016: IN YOURDREAMS, JOE BIDEN.

LISTEN, WE ALL LOVE JOE BIDEN.

JUST LAST WEEK I BOUGHT AINSURANCE POLICY FROM HIM.

(LAUGHTER)BUT OF THE UNITED STATES, HE

WILL NOT BE PRESIDENT.

NOT THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE ANIMPRESSIVE RESUME.

FOR INSTANCE, AS SENATOR HESPONSORED THE VIOLENCE AGAINST

WOMEN ACT AND STILL SPEAKSPASSIONATELY ABOUT THE ISSUE.

>> IT'S NEVER, NEVER, NEVER THEWOMAN'S FAULT.

THIS WHOLE CULTURE, FOR SO LONG,HAS PUT THE ONUS ON THE WOMAN.

WHAT WERE YOU WEARING?

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

WHAT DID YOU DO TO PROVOKE?

THAT IS NEVER THE APPROPRIATEQUESTION.

>> Jon: YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU NEVER HEAR THAT ENOUGH.

YOU CAN NEVER HEAR THAT ENOUGH.

AND THAT NEVER IS THEAPPROPRIATE QUESTION.

SPEAKING OF "NEVER APPROPRIATE" --

(LAUGHTER)IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, AS

JOE BIDEN GIVETH, JOE BIDENTAKETH AWAY.

>> MY SON IS ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTHE YEAR IN IRAQ, PEOPLE WOULD

COME TO HIM AND TALK ABOUT WHATWAS HAPPENING AT HOME IN TERMS

OF FORECLOSURES, IN TERMS OF BADLOANS THAT WERE BEING -- I MEAN,

THESE SHYLOCKS WHO TOOKADVANTAGE OF THESE WOMEN AND MEN

WHILE OVERSEAS.

(AUDIENCE REACTS)>> Jon: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO

MAY NOT KNOW IT --(LAUGHTER)

-- THE SHYLOCKS ARE NOT ANOLD-SCHOOL R&B GROUP FROM THE

SEVENTIES --(LAUGHTER)

BUT, IN FACT, ARE A REFERENCETO THE STEREOTYPICALLY

GROTESQUELY GREEDY JEWISHMONEY LENDER, IN "MERCHANT

OF VENICE," WHICH REMINDS ME(BLEEP) YOU SHAKESPEARE!

(BLEEP) YOU!

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)(LAUGHTER)

I'VE BEEN WAITING 400 YEARS TOGET THAT OFF MY CHEST.

(LAUGHTER)ANYWHO, PULLING OUT A 17th

CENTURY GREEDY JEWISH STEREOTYPEIS A PRETTY DEEP CUT.

NOBODY REALLY USES THAT WORDANYMORE. THEY RETIRED IT TO

THE RACIST HALL OF FAME RIGHTBETWEEN AL JOLSON'S TIN OF

SHOE POLISH AND A SIGN READINGPLACE REDSKINS JERSEY HERE.

BUT ALL RIGHT, BIDEN HAD A SLIPOF THE TONGUE. HE APOLOGIZED.

A SINGLE ISOLATED INSTANCE OFUSING OUTDATED RACIST

TERMINOLOGY HARDLY DISQUALIFIESHIM FROM -- ROLL THE TAPE.

>> I STOPPED IN SINGAPORE TOMEET WITH A GUY NAMED LEE KUAN

YEW WHOM MOST FOREIGN POLICYEXPERTS AROUND THE WORLD SAY IS

THE WISEST MAN IN THE ORIENT.

(LAUGHTER)>> Jon: JOE, UNLESS THAT'S

WHAT THE GUY PUTSON HIS BUSINESS CARDS,

I WOULD JUST GO WITH ASIA.

I MEAN, ORIENT?

SHYLOCK?

IT'S LIKE BIDEN HASN'T BEEN OUTOF THE HOUSE SINCE 1962!

(LAUGHTER)HEY, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT

SPEEDY GONZALEZ CHARACTER,ANYWAY, HUH?

I MEAN, THAT WAS ONE FASTMEXICAN MOUSE, AM I RIGHT?

MICKEY ROONEY, BREAKFAST ATTIFFANY'S, WHERE'S HIS OSCAR?

C'MON!

WHO'S UP FOR LUNCH AT SAMBO'SIT'S ON ME!

I'M NO SCOTSMAN!

FOR MORE ON JOE BIDEN'S RECENTBLUNDERS, WE'RE JOINED BY SENIOR

CASUAL RACISM CORRESPONDENT,MICHAEL CHE.

MICHAEL, THANKS FOR JOINING US.WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)I GOTTA TELL YA, HILLARY CLINTON

HAS TO BE OVERJOYED TO SEE ACHALLENGER FLAME OUT LIKE THIS.

>> ARE YOU KIDDING, JON?

THIS IS THE FIRST REAL THREAT TOHER CAMPAIGN.

I MEAN, SURE, IT'S NICE TO HAVEJEWS AND ASIANS ON BOARD BUT IF

JOE BIDEN CAN SOW UP THAT OLDWHITE RACIST VOTE, HE'LL BE

UNSTOPPABLE!

YOU GOT A LINE, MAN. (LAUGHTER)

>> Jon: YOU KNOW, YOU REALLYTHINK THIS WAS A BIT WE WERE

DOING, JOE BIDEN THING? YOUTHOUGHT THAT WAS A BIT?

A SEGMENT.>> UH WHAT?

>> Jon: ALL RIGHT. FOR THOSE --A LOT OF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS.

TODAY IS MICHAEL CHE'S LAST DAYON THE "THE DAILY SHOW."

(AUDIENCE REACTS)I KNOW.

BUT HE'S GOING TO BECO-ANCHORING WEEKEND UPDATE ON

S.N.L. IT'S TERRIFIC.>> THANK YOU.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)

>> Jon: WE'RE VERY EXCITED FORMICHAEL.

SO WE SORT OF CONCOCTEDTHIS WHOLE BIT,

WE CONCOCTED THIS WHOLE BITSO HE WOULDN'T KNOW WE WERE

PLANNING A LITTLE SOMETHING FORHIM.

TONIGHT MARKS KIND OF THE AN ENDOF AN ERA AND WE GET TO SAY

FAREWELL. YOU KNOW, AND ITREMIND ME WHEN JOHN OLIVER

LEFT IN THE SAME WAY, AND ITWAS, I GUESS IT WAS...

>> HE WAS HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS.

I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR, LIKE,THREE MONTHS.

>> Jon: YOU WERE HERE FOR,ACTUALLY, 58 BUSINESS DAYS.

YOU KNOW, MICHAEL, I WILL NEVERFORGET THE FIRST TIME YOUNG

MICHAEL CHE SHOWED UP HERE AT"THE DAILY SHOW," FRESH-FACED

KID, MUST HAVE BEEN, WHAT, 31?

>> YEAH, MAN, I'M STILL 31.

IT'S, LIKE, IT WAS JUNE.

(LAUGHTER)>> Jon: NOW, MICHAEL, BEFORE

YOU GO -- AND I JUST THOUGHT ITWOULD BE NICE IF SOME OF YOUR

COLLEAGUES CAME OUT AND GAVETRIBUTE, IF THEY COULD.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT ANDGIVE TRIBUTE.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)>> Jon: NO, NO, NO, LET THEM

HAVE THEIR MOMENT. LETTHEM,

LET THEM HAVETHEIR EMOTIONAL MOMENT!

>> IT WAS GREAT TO WORK WITH YOUEXACTLY THREE TIMES.

(LAUGHTER)>> YEAH. WHAT'S UP?

I'M JESSICA.

I HEARD SOME PRETTY GREATTHINGS.

>> DON'T BE A STRANGER, WYATT!

(LAUGHTER)>> SO YOU MUST BE SAM?

>> I AM. YES. >> Jon: THAT'S SAM.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.>> THAT'S TERRIFIC.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU. THIS IS,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

>> Jon: IT'S VERY MOVING.

IT'S VERY MOVING.

DRY THE EYES, DRY THE EYES ALITTLE BIT.

DRY THE EYES.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS GOINGTO BE IT, DID YA?

I DIDN'T EVEN TELL YOU ABOUTTHIS.

THIS IS THE BIG SURPRISE.

COME HERE. COME HERE YOU.

COME HERE YOU. COME HERE.

>> WELL, OKAY.

>> Jon: COME HERE.

SIT.

SIT.

(APPLAUSE)>> Jon: YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN

THROUGH A LOT TOGETHER AND,WELL, I'VE DONE THROUGH KIND OF

A BIT OF A HIGHLIGHT REEL OFYOUR TIME HERE.

IT'S MEANT SO MUCH TO US.

SO, IF I MAY RIGHT NOW, IF I MAYSAY A FOND FAREWELL.

♪♪ I WILL REMEMBER YOU...

♪♪ I WILL REMEMBER YOU...

♪ WILL YOU REME -->> Jon: OKAY, THAT'S ALL THE

TAPE WE HAD SO WE DIDN'T --(APPLAUSE)

>> WELL, I MEAN... UM... ALLRIGHT.

WELL, THIS HAS BEEN COOL.

(LAUGHTER)>> Jon: YEAH.

>> IT'S A FUN SUMMER.

>> Jon: YOU KNOW WHAT?

LOOP THE FOOTAGE. LOOP THEFOOTAGE.

GET EVERYBODY OVER HERE!

>> NO, THAT'S NOT NECESSARY,JON. YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

>> COME OVER HERE AND SAYGOODBYE.

ARE YOU READY? EVERYBODY!

♪ I WILL REMEMBER YOU!

MICHAEL CHE, EVERYBODY!

WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU, MAN!

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)

>> Jon: WELCOME BACK! MY GUESTTONIGHT, THE 42nd PRESIDENT OF

THE UNITED STATES, HIS ANNUALCLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE

MEETING NOW IN IT'S 10th YEARKICKS OFF THIS

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21.

WELCOME BACK TO THEPROGRAM, PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON!

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)SIR! HOW ARE YA!

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)SIR! HOW ARE YA!

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING.

I'LL TELL YOU THIS, AND I'MGOING

TO SAY THIS, AND IT'S NICEYOU'RE HERE TO WITNESS IT.

I LIVE THIS EVERY DAY.

JUST THE OVATIONS -- YOU'REGOOD, TOO, BUT -- THANK YOU.

(LAUGHTER)>> I DO THIS WHEN I SEE YOU AT

HOME.

I'M ALL ALONE, JUST CLAPPINGAND --

>> Jon: OH, STOP! STOP!

LOOK AT YOU NOW.

>> WE JUST CAN'T HELP OURSELVES.

>> Jon: EXACTLY.

TEN YEARS OF CLINTON GLOBALINITIATIVE.

SO YOU HAVE THIS THING ALLPLANNED OUT. YOU'VE GOT

THESE TREMENDOUS SPEAKERS, ALLYOUR THINGS IN ORDER.

SOMETHING LIKE THIS EBOLAEPIDEMIC JUMPS UP -- IT PROBABLY

REPRESENTS THE CONFLUENCE OF ALLTHE VARIOUS THINGS THAT YOU CAN

DO AT CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE.

HOW AGILE CAN YOU BE WHENSOMETHING LIKE THAT ARISES AND

CAN YOU ADDRESS IT EVEN AT THISYEAR'S CONFERENCE?

>> YEAH, WE ARE.

>> HOW?

>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THEPEOPLE FROM THE WORLD HEALTH

ORGANIZATION AND THE U.N. ANDTHE DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS,

PARTNERS IN HEALTH, ALL THESEPEOPLE ARE GONNA COME TOGETHER

AND TALK ABOUT IT.

THE UNITED STATES HAS DONE ALOT.

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S GOTTEN SOMEMONEY THROUGH CONGRESS AND THE

PENTAGON'S COMMITTED A GOOD BITOF MONEY AND RESOURCES.

LOOK, THIS IS AN EMERGENCYBECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO CURE

THIS.

>> Jon: RIGHT.

>> WE KNOW THAT ALMOST 5,000PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INFECTED.

WE KNOW THAT MORE THAN 2,600HAVE DIED.

ALMOST CERTAINLY MORE THAN THATHAVE BEEN INFECTED.

THE PROBLEM IS, AS COMPARED WITHPREVIOUS OUTBREAKS OF EBOLA,

WHICH ARE IN THE REMOTE RURAL AREAS, THIS IS HIT IN SOME

URBAN AREAS, AND WHEN IT GOTINTO NIGERIA AND THE CONGO,

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.>> Jon: RIGHT.

>> AND THERE ARE JUST SO MANY

BODIES BRUSHING UP AGAINST ONEANOTHER EVERY DAY,

IT INCREASES THE RISK.

YOU HAVE TO ISOLATE AND CAREFOR.

A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE CANSURVIVE IF THEY GET PROPER CARE

QUICKLY AND WE CAN STOP THEEPIDEMIC AND LET IT BURN ITSELF

OUT IF WE CAN ISOLATE EVERYBODYTHAT'S INFECTED BUT IT'S GONNA

TAKE A HURCULEAN EFFORT.

>> Jon: RIGHT. IS THE IDEA TO,SINCE YOU HAVE PEOPLE ON THE

GROUND, YOU KNOW, IFORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT AS

FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCAL ANDPROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES DOWN

THERE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEBIG ISSUES IS TRUST.

THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES ARE VERYFRIGHTENED BY THIS,

JUSTIFIABLY SO. >> THEY SHOULD BE.

>> Jon: AND THEY MAY NOTNECESSARILY TRUST OUTSIDERS

COMING IN, THE UNITEDSTATES COMING IN.

HOW IS IT THAT, CAN YOURORGANIZATION BUILD THROUGH THOSE

MORE LOCAL AUTHORITIESAND BUILD THE TRUST

YOU'RE GOING TO NEED?

>> WELL, WE CAN IN LIBERIA WHEREWE'RE VERY ACTIVE...

>> Jon: RIGHT, RIGHT. >> AND HAVE BEEN THERE, YOU

KNOW, FROM THE BEGINNING OFPRESIDENT JOHNSON'S TENURE.

BUT IN OTHER COUNTRIES, THEYWILL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE LOCAL

HEALTH MINISTRIES, THEY'LLHAVE TO WORK WITH THE LOCAL

PEOPLE WHICH IS WHY IT'SENCOURAGING TO ME THAT WE MAY

HAVE AN AFRICAN COORDINATOR.>> Jon: RIGHT.

>> WHO WILL HAVE, I THINK, A LOTOF CREDIBILITY WORKING WITH THE

OVERALL U.N. COORDINATOR AND THEWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND

EVERYBODY ELSE.

I THINK, BY AND LARGE, DOCTORSWITHOUT BORDERS DESERVES AN

ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CREDIT.>> Jon: UNBELIEVABLE.

>> BECAUSE THEY HAVE PUT THEIR

LIVES AT RISK AND PUT EVERYTHINGINTO IT.

SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE GONE THERETO SERVE, AND NOW THAT PARTNERS

IN HEALTH IS GOING IN, THEPARTNERS IN HEALTH IS MY PARTNER

IN AFRICA AND THEY'VE DONE A LOTOF WORK IN AFRICA AND THEY HAVE

A VERY GOOD NAME.

WE'RE GOING TO, I THINK, SEE ABIG RAMP UP, AND I THINK, IN

LIBERIA, I SAW A NEWS STORYWHICH JUST INTERVIEWED PEOPLE ON

THE STREET...>> Jon: RIGHT.

>> WHO WERE REALLY THRILLEDTHAT THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND

THE MILITARY WERE GOINGTO INVEST IN DOING THIS.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING INAFRICA WITH THE MILITARY SINCE I

WAS PRESIDENT.>> Jon: RIGHT.

>> AND THERE'S ANAFRICA COMMAND NOW AND THEY'RE

VERY WELL ORGANIZED. I EXPECTTHIS TO GET BETTER...

>> Jon: RIGHT. THE AFRICACOMMAND, THAT'S, WHAT, THAT'S,

HOW OLD IS THAT, 20YEARS? IS THAT?

>> WELL, WE FIRST OF ALLORGANIZED THE TRAINING PROGRAM

IN WEST AFRICA AND THEN, AFTER ILEFT OFFICE, THEY TURNED

IT INTO A SEPARATE COMMAND.

SO THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ABOUT17 YEARS, I THINK.

>> Jon: RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.UNBELIEVABLE.

WELL, IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT THEINFRASTRUCTURE PAYING OFF IN THE

FUTURE.

WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'RE GOINGTO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX THE

OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD THATARE BROKEN.

>>LET'S DO IT.>> Jon: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)

>> Jon: THERE WE GO!

WELCOME BACK!

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON!

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)SO, I WILL OCCASIONALLY WATCH

THE NEWS --(LAUGHTER)

IT APPEARS, BY WATCHING IT, THATTHERE'S BEEN A DISINTEGRATION OF

THE WORLD ORDER, OF WHATEVERSORT OF STRUCTURES HAD BEEN

BUILT UP OVER THE LAST 20 OR 30YEARS.

IS THAT YOUR SENSE OF IT AS WELLOR IS IT AN EXAGGERATED SENSE OF

SOMETHING SPIRALING OUT OFCONTROL?

>> WELL, THERE IS ADISINTEGRATION, TO A CERTAIN

EXTENT, BUT IT'S EXAGGERATED INTHE SENSE THAT ALL THE NEWS IS

BAD, BUT THAT'S THE HEADLINES.

THE TRENDLINES ARE MORE GOODTHAN BAD.

AND LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN.

THE EXPLOSION IN INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY AND OTHER FACTORS

HAVE MADE POWER MORE DIFFUSE.

THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE CAN GIVECELL PHONES TO FISHERMEN IN

INDONESIA IN THE AFTERMATH OFTHE TSUNAMI, AND THEIR INCOME

GOES UP 30% BECAUSE FOR THEFIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES THEY

KNOW WHAT THE REAL PRICE OF FISHIS.

THE BAD NEWS IS THE SAMETECHNOLOGY CAN GO TO I.S.I.S.

AND THEY CAN BECOME A DROID ONTHE SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL OF A

SUDDEN YOU SEE TWO AUSTRIANTEENAGE GIRLS PICKED UP AT THE

AIRPORT TRYING TO GO THERE ANDBLOW PEOPLE UP FOR THEM.

>> Jon: RIGHT.

>> SO POWER IS MORE DIFFUSE, ANDYOU'VE GOT TO BE, THEREFORE,

MORE INCLUSIVE TO EXERCISE IT.

SO THE REASON I THINK THAT THEPRESIDENT'S STRATEGY TO COMBAT

I.S.I.S. HAS A CHANCE TO SUCCEEDIS THAT THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT

FINALLY INCLUDES SUNNIS WHOWERE REPRESENTING THOSE TRIBAL

LEADERS WHO ARE MODERATE ANDWITHOUT WHOM I.S.I.S. CANNOT BE

DEFEATED. I MEAN,WE CAN GIVE THEM INTELLIGENCE

AND WE CAN DO BOMBING AND WE

HAVE TO DO THAT TO SEND A SIGNALTO THEM THAT THERE'S A PRICE FOR

DECAPITATING THOSE TWO PEOPLE.

>> Jon: MM-HMM.

>> YOU CAN'T LET PEOPLE GET AWAYWITH THAT, THAT'S A TERRIBLE

SIGNAL TO THE WORLD. BUT WECAN'T WIN A LAND WAR IN IRAQ.

WE PROVED THAT.

BUT THEY CAN ANDWE CAN HELP THEM WIN IT.

AND THAT'S GOT TO BE WHAT WE'RETRYING TO DO. SO, IF YOU WANT

TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT THATWORKS THAT'S EFFECTIVE, IT HAS

TO BE INCLUSIVE, OTHERWISE, ORIT CAN BE AUTHORITARIAN AND JUST

GET RID OF EVERYBODY THEYDISAGREE WITH.

>> Jon: RIGHT.

>> SO, THERE'S BASICALLY THREEMODELS GRIPPING THE WORLD.

THERE'S THE ENTREPRENEURIALNON-GOVERNMENTAL MODEL WHICH IS

GREAT IF IT'S THE GATESFOUNDATION.

>> Jon: RIGHT. NOT SO GREAT IFIT'S I.S.I.S.

>> OR WHAT WE TRY TO DO. ANDTERRIBLE IF IT'S I.S.I.S.

>> Jon: RIGHT.>> THERE'S THE AUTHORITARIANISM

CAPITALISM MODEL WHICH IS RUSSIAAND IN A

DIFFERENT WAY CHINA AND HAS SOMEAPPEAL LIKE THE HUNGARIAN PRIME

MINISTER, THEY OWE A LOT TOAMERICA, HE JUST SAYS HE LIKED

AUTHORITARIAN CAPITALISM, BUTHE'S JUST SAYING I DON'T WANT TO

EVER LEAVE POWER.>> Jon: RIGHT.

>> USUALLY THOSE GUYS JUST WANTTO STAY FOREVER AND MAKE MONEY.

BUT, AND THEN THERE'S THEDEMOCRACY MODEL.

IF THE DEMOCRACY MODEL IS GOINGTO WORK, IT HAS TO BE INCLUSIVE.

THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY WORKSIN THE MODERN WORLD IS

COOPERATION AND GETTINGDIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE

TOGETHER, BRINGING THEIR SKILLSTOGETHER.

THAT'S WHY THE CLINTON GLOBALINITIATIVE HELPED 400 MILLION

PEOPLE IN 180 COUNTRIES BECAUSEWE HAVE THESE NETWORKS OF

COOPERATION AND THEY JUST GROWAND GROW.

(APPLAUSE)

>> Jon: DOES THE UNITED STATESTHOUGH,

DOES THE UNITED STATES HAVE TOREADJUST IT'S MODEL THEN

FOR PROJECTING POWER IN THIS NEWMORE INCLUSIVE WORLD?

DO WE HAVE TO ACCEPT A LESSSTRENUOUS VERSION OF A

PROJECTION OF AMERICAN POWER ANDALSO ACCEPT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE

PERFECT? YOU CAN'TERADICATE IDEOLOGIES BECAUSE

THINGS LIKE 9/11 WERE PLANNEDIN A THREE-BEDROOM APARTMENT

IN MUNICH. YOU CAN'T...

>> WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE FACTTHAT WE MAY NOT WIN EVERY

BATTLE.

WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE FACT THATWE BASICALLY ARE IN WHAT IS

PROBABLY -- WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUTHALFWAY THROUGH SINCE THE END OF

THE COLD WAR.

A 50-YEAR STRUGGLE TO DEFINE THETERMS OF OUR INTER-DEPENDENCE.

BUT WE KNOW WE AREINTER- DEPENDENT.

>> Jon: RIGHT.>> THAT IS,

ALL THE BORDERS OF THE WORLDLOOK MORE LIKE NETS THAN WALLS.

PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THISBORDER PROBLEM WE HAD RECENTLY

WITH THE CENTRAL AMERICAN KIDSSHOWING UP.

THEY MOSTLY WERE RUNNING AWAYFROM GANG VIOLENCE AND

NARCOTRAFFICKERS.>> Jon: RIGHT.

>> BUT WE ACTUALLYHAVE FAR FEWER ILLEGALS CROSSING

THIS BORDER NOW THAN WHEN I WASPRESIDENT AND THE ECONOMY WAS

BOOMING AND WE HAD TO BUILD UPTHE DEFENSES THERE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT DOING NEARLYAS BAD AS PEOPLE SEE BECAUSE WE

CONFUSE THE HEADLINES WITH THETRENDLINES.

EXTREME POVERTY IS DOWN.

MATERNAL MORTALITY IS DOWN.

KIDS ARE LIVING LONGER.

>> Jon: MIDDLE CLASS IS RISINGAROUND THE WORLD, JUST NOT HERE.

>> YES. WELL, THAT'S A DIFFERENTSTORY.

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A DIFFERENTSTRATEGY IN AMERICA.

BUT THE EXTREME POVERTY HASDROPPED DRAMATICALLY AROUND THE

WORLD.

>> Jon: RIGHT.

>> IN TINY RWANDA, THEGOVERNMENT CREATED ALL THESE NEW

VILLAGES SO THAT PEOPLE WOULDHAVE DECENT HOUSING AND CREATED

STALLS FOR MILK COWS AND PLACESTO STORE THE MILK TO KEEP IT

FROM BEING DESTROYED.

THAT ONE THING, GIVING A MILKCOW TO EVERY RURAL FAMILY TOOK

670,000 PEOPLE OUT OF EXTREMEPOVERTY...

>> Jon: WOW.

>> INTO THE MIDDLE CLASS, THEGLOBAL MIDDLE CLASS.

SO WE CAN DO THESE THINGS, BUTWE'VE GOT TO HAVE PATIENCE AND

WE CAN'T BE ARROGANT AND WE'VEGOT TO REALIZE INCLUSION WORKS

AND UNILATERALISM DOESN'T.

>> Jon: RIGHT. YOU'VE GOT --YOU'RE GONNA GIVE ME FIVE OR TEN

MORE MINUTES, AREN'T YOU?

>> YEAH.

>> Jon: ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE A NICEMAN.

WE'LL BE BACK ON THE WEB.

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)>> Jon: THAT'S OUR SHOW.

JOIN US HERE NEXT WEEK AT 11:00.HERE IT IS, YOUR MOMENT OF ZEN.

>> THIS IS NOT GOING TO BETHE UNITED STATES AGAINST

I.S.I.L. THIS WILL BETHE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

INCLUDING THE MUSLIM WORLDAGAINST THESE EXTREMISTS.

>> LIKE SAUDIA ARABIA IS GOINGTO HAVE SOME BOOTS OVER THERE.

>> SO THAT'S THE FIRSTTHING.

>> JORDAN.

>> I'LL LET THE INDIVIDUALMEMBERS OF THE COALITION

ANNOUNCE THE COMMITMENTS THATTHEY ARE PREPARED TO MAKE.

>> THERE WILL BE NO COMMITMENTSFROM THOSE TWO ON THIS.

I WILL BET EVERY PENNY I WILLEVER MAKE AT THIS NETWORK.

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