The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - Episode 42 - What is Going On at NBC？ Sacha Baron Cohen v. Roy Moore. School Must Reopen.

00:00:00.000 you ever watch this guy on television you all were not telling the truth and you should not

00:00:06.100 be trusted congressman matt gates thank you for what you did for your country today be offended

00:00:09.760 with the democratic whip not house republicans like a machine matt gates

00:00:13.960 welcome to hot takes i'm congressman matt gates let's talk about the news school is dominating

00:00:23.540 the news as we're in the summer season and as parents are becoming more anxious about the start

00:00:29.140 of the school year education secretary betsy devos taking the strong position that they want school

00:00:35.820 to reopen they want students back in classes for real instruction and they're willing to impose

00:00:42.220 consequences for those districts that buck the trend and buck the desire of the administration

00:00:47.180 so here's my hot take schools must start in the fall for a couple reasons first the benefit to

00:00:55.680 the student themselves i saw firsthand how online learning and distance learning exclusively in

00:01:03.520 the absence of teacher oversight direct engagement tutoring after class discussions opportunities

00:01:12.060 for students to get together in person and compare work and share ideas that the absence of that had a

00:01:19.220 real effect on pedagogy on learning on the ability of students to obtain and retain information the like and so for

00:01:29.160 students themselves we've got to have school back in session but the other reason is that the economic impact

00:01:35.340 of not having school is serious the cost of child care the availability of child care the public health consequences

00:01:43.180 of going to work and then constantly having a child care dynamic rather than a schooling dynamic could be

00:01:50.840 impactful and so whether it's for the students whether it's for the parents whether it's for the economy

00:01:57.700 i think we got to get school rolling now there are a few things that i think we need to do to make sure

00:02:02.520 that that's a success the first is testing i think we need to be testing not only for the symptoms of coronavirus

00:02:09.380 as students enter school be checking temperatures be talking about symptoms education but also testing for

00:02:17.940 the antibodies the coronavirus itself i think there's going to need to be sentinel testing surveillance

00:02:23.960 testing and we're going to have to have that three-pronged testing regime for symptoms for the viral load

00:02:31.520 and for antibodies to truly design an education system that is flexible to you know the the machinations of a

00:02:41.320 very contagious virus second thing schooling needs to be a place where we have enhanced hygiene i think

00:02:48.340 that's going to require some improvements to the sanitation availability whether that's hand sanitizers 0.92

00:02:57.000 in classrooms whether that's more hand washing stations i think there's going to need to be a real focus on

00:03:03.040 on sanitation and also masks i think in schools it's very likely that if you're unable to space the students

00:03:10.300 and teachers sufficiently there's going to be a need for for masks to the extent that that they are proven capable

00:03:17.280 of slowing the spread of this virus and then the other thing i think we have to have in our schools

00:03:22.620 is a doctrine for what's going to happen when we have positive test results it cannot be the case

00:03:29.040 that when a school has a positive test result that all of a sudden you're going to shut down

00:03:33.660 that entire school that entire class that entire sports team that that student might have been on

00:03:39.060 i think that we need a doctrine that says that there if there is a positive test result

00:03:43.420 exactly what type of contact tracing you do after that what type of time duration you're going to look at

00:03:50.700 vis-a-vis that student's contact and then how you're going to instill confidence to keep education rolling

00:03:56.740 there have been tweets and messages from the administration to recalcitrant school districts

00:04:02.620 that if they do not open school that there could be a real consequence when it comes to funding

00:04:08.060 now in this circumstance i actually think that the game you're watching is not the game that's being played

00:04:15.580 i don't think that the federal government is actually going to withhold money from districts

00:04:21.080 that have a hot spot that have a unique concern that shift to more of a digital platform i do think

00:04:28.340 that right now you've got teachers unions putting pressure on districts and one way the districts are

00:04:33.960 going to be able to leverage the unions into some sort of a negotiation to have in-person instruction

00:04:40.300 is to say look if we don't do this we're going to have pressure from the federal government

00:04:44.280 we could lose federal funding so this could be a situation where the federal government and some

00:04:49.200 school districts could be engaged in a little professional wrestling demonstrating oh well

00:04:54.680 we're going back and forth we might withhold funding we might not start school but at the end of the day

00:04:59.260 the resolution of that ultimately is what ensures that you actually have teachers there doing the

00:05:05.660 in-person instruction that's going to be necessary so let's open the schools let's get the economy

00:05:11.160 rolling let's all work together on it great sanitation great testing develop good doctrines

00:05:17.520 and get to the business of getting america back to some semblance of normal

00:05:21.600 i am trying to figure out what is going on over at nbc news cesar condi the chairman of msnbc

00:05:31.940 universal news group puts out this statement that says as a response to the george floyd death and this

00:05:39.940 new workplace wokeness that we're going through that nbc news is going to accept the the 50 percent

00:05:48.680 challenge i guess uh the 50 percent challenge being that the workforce would be 50 percent people of

00:05:56.560 color and in this case nbc news taking the pledge that they would like to see a workplace in a newsroom

00:06:02.900 that is 50 percent people of color and also 50 percent women and then in like precisely the same

00:06:11.460 news cycle they announced that their their head of news kind of their chief anchor and someone who

00:06:16.960 will get his own evening show is shepherd smith a white guy you see i think there's a real problem in

00:06:24.580 america where we start to measure diversity solely in terms of your chromosomes or your skin color

00:06:32.040 in america diversity means a lot of different things and of course teams are stronger when

00:06:38.180 they're diverse and and can account for and analyze diverse viewpoints but that's not always just

00:06:45.240 reflected in the color of our skin or in whether or not we got 2x chromosomes or an xy chromosome

00:06:50.580 in a lot of circumstances you see diversity based on you know what someone's ideology is whether they

00:06:57.700 grew up in a rural community or in a suburban community or in an urban community age is another

00:07:05.320 diversity uh you could say that sexual orientation is a form of diversity whatever the case may be when

00:07:12.940 we just become so reductive that the only thing that makes us diverse is whether or not we have a

00:07:18.300 sufficient number of women or a sufficient number of people of color we lose out on the rich tapestry of 1.00

00:07:24.200 americanism where our diversity isn't just reflected by those things but is also found in in how we

00:07:31.420 approach problems you know there there are different types of like myers-briggs calculations that show

00:07:36.880 how diverse people are also what kind of learners people are you a visual learner are you an auditory

00:07:43.020 learner are you one of the learners that that has to speak ideas into existence and workshop them with

00:07:48.840 a team so i think that it is likely not going to inure to the benefits of these companies that adopt

00:07:55.460 gender-based and race-based quotas i think that ultimately that loses the true meaning of diversity

00:08:03.700 and undermines the the special unique features of america that allow us to be treated equally no matter

00:08:10.820 what the color of our skin is or no matter how many x or y chromosomes we may have

00:08:17.180 sasha baron cohen certainly had a lot of folks on capitol hill worried when he released who is america

00:08:28.000 which was one of these spoof mockumentary series where he pretends to be something he's not

00:08:34.580 he tries to catch someone in an embarrassing interview and then use that to make a broader

00:08:40.040 point about society and its infirmities well sasha baron cohen in this who is america series

00:08:47.120 tried to get me and here's how that went now that i had this prat on board i was welcomed into the

00:08:54.920 halls of congress where i sat down with the house representative and outlined my common sense

00:09:01.720 proposal oh the you want me to say on television that i support three and four-year-olds with firearms

00:09:07.380 is that what you're asking me to do uh yes you can typically members of congress don't just hear a

00:09:16.440 story about a program and then indicate whether they support it or not so as you can see i didn't

00:09:20.860 fall for it i was unwilling to just go ahead and embrace the notion of kindergartners having firearms

00:09:28.020 but uh sasha baron cohen did catch some politicians and caught him in some embarrassing moments here was

00:09:34.080 the clip from who is america sasha baron cohen and roy moore former u.s senate candidate in israel they

00:09:42.240 have developed a machine that is used in schools and playgrounds to detect anyone coming in and if

00:09:50.760 uh they detect the pedophile the wand alerts the law enforcement and the schools within a hundred mile

00:09:59.260 radius it is very very uh simple to use you just switch it on and because uh neither of us are sex

00:10:09.220 offenders then it make absolutely nothing you just put it on you put it nearby

00:10:13.400 wait this uh sorry is this your jacket yes i never had an accusation of such things i am not accusing

00:10:23.900 you at all this is well then if this is an instrument i that certainly i'm not a pedophile okay no but

00:10:29.220 the machine is well i don't know that maybe israeli technology hasn't developed properly this is 99.8

00:10:35.980 percent it is not saying that you are a pedophile of course not i am simply cutting this conversation

00:10:42.480 right now more was obviously embarrassed by this clip and has actually brought a lawsuit against

00:10:48.460 sasha baron cohen seeking damages against him for fraud now i remember when sasha baron cohen came to

00:10:57.040 my office in this disguise with his production team they actually made me sign a pretty extensive waiver

00:11:03.800 and that waiver was one of the reasons why i was on notice on edge aware that they might be up to

00:11:12.080 something fishy because it was an extensive waiver but the news here is that in a recent court decision

00:11:20.180 judge more actually survives a motion to dismiss against sasha baron cohen so judge more brings the

00:11:27.460 lawsuit cohen replies with a motion to dismiss alleging that as a consequence of this waiver which both

00:11:34.820 roy more signed and i signed that there could be no no action brought against more and the judge

00:11:40.860 disagrees he says that cohen is able to reassert those arguments in a motion for summary judgment

00:11:46.860 but for now the roy more lawsuit against sasha baron cohen marches on it continues in the discovery phase

00:11:55.500 and it'll be interesting to see whether this uh whether this model of sasha baron cohen is sustainable

00:12:01.240 in the era of litigation even when he has folks signing a release form i think the world's better

00:12:08.020 when we've got sasha baron cohen mocking politicians and trying to catch him but he won't catch me

00:12:14.300 brooks brothers goes bankrupt lauren hirsch has the story for cnbc brooks brothers the iconic brand

00:12:26.280 founded in 1818 filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy this is a company that generated almost a billion

00:12:34.060 dollars in sales last year the 200 stores in north america 500 stores worldwide they have over 4 000

00:12:42.100 employees they boast having adorned over 40 presidents uh in brooks brothers gear and this

00:12:50.320 follows uh the bankruptcies of neiman marcus j crew jc penny uh that have occurred during coronavirus

00:12:57.620 uh brooks brother spokesperson putting out a statement that they are waiting for the right

00:13:02.420 buyer to lead their iconic brand and that they hope that they find one that matches up with their core

00:13:08.800 values look i think that this brooks brother story the neiman marcus story jc penny it paints a bigger

00:13:15.040 picture about what the status of retail is in america today retail is tough and i think ultimately what

00:13:22.260 will disrupt retail will be virtual reality like when the buyer can have a digital experience where like

00:13:28.920 you get celebrities curating specialized wardrobes where you can see based on your measurements and

00:13:36.240 shapes what types of styles or clothes would fit on you and you could observe that in an avatar

00:13:41.120 ultimately i think retail faces a very grim fate and so uh we'll see what happens but obviously

00:13:48.860 coronavirus accelerating a trend that we were already seeing real pressures on big box stores a real

00:13:55.160 impact to the american workforce and i think a real future for innovation in buying

00:14:01.280 stanford university sending a letter to their students and alumni that they are discontinuing

00:14:09.720 11 collegiate varsity sports uh fencing sailing wrestling synchronized swimming a number of other

00:14:19.860 activities will not be collegiate varsity sports anymore at stanford this was an institution

00:14:25.100 at one point that offered more varsity sports than any other in america uh they are going to

00:14:31.280 continue this for the 2021 season and then discontinue uh the these these opportunities uh 240

00:14:39.740 student athletes participate in them 22 dedicated coaches will see their positions discontinued and

00:14:48.040 ultimately this was the consequence of financial sustainability and the realities of declining revenue

00:14:56.020 as a result of coronavirus and if stanford with their broad alumni base with their expansive network of

00:15:04.680 donors with their deep deep endowment if they're unable to maintain these programs i do think it's a sign of

00:15:13.220 the potential things to come for other programs i mean if you see revenue for football fall off the table

00:15:20.480 you are going to see non-revenue sports men's and women's get canceled across the country and so it it really

00:15:29.860 highlights the extent to which a few of these revenue sports absolutely drive the opportunities across these

00:15:36.500 platforms here's a hot take if we created some flexibility within title nine just in the several

00:15:45.020 years following coronavirus to allow revenue sports to be able to have a greater offset against non-revenue

00:15:54.020 sports then maybe you wouldn't have to see as many activities canceled you would you would still see

00:15:59.680 activities canceled but some title nine flexibility might create opportunities for greater sustainability

00:16:07.580 in the long-term health of collegiate athletics now that's it's not a politically popular thing to say

00:16:14.060 it goes against some some political correctness uh mores of some in society but but i think that sports

00:16:23.260 unequivocally are a force for good in the lives of young people particularly at the collegiate

00:16:29.580 level i admire those who can play sports my own athletic career ended short due to a complete

00:16:36.000 lack of talent so i admire those capabilities in others i hope that we're able to get back to

00:16:41.900 a consistent revenue model with revenue sports so that more young people can take advantage of

00:16:48.080 these opportunities and that we don't see widespread cancellations i think it's likely that we will see

00:16:53.480 those in the future and the depth and i think the extent will largely depend on when

00:16:59.460 we can get things back to normal president trump and mexican president obrador were recently together

00:17:07.440 and shared public comments here's a little of what the two presidents had to say with this visit

00:17:12.180 president lopez obrador and i have the opportunity to strengthen the bond we have forged since

00:17:18.320 his impressive election victory more than two years ago a victory the vice president and ivanka joined in

00:17:25.780 celebrating at the swearing in i was a very exciting day for them each of us was elected on the pledge to

00:17:32.240 fight corruption return power to the people and put the interests of our countries first

00:17:37.760 some people thought that ideological differences would inevitably lead to confrontations

00:17:47.060 and i believe that towards the future there will be no motive or need to break our very good political

00:18:01.840 relationship or the friendship between our two administrations you have treated us just as what we are a country and a dignified

00:18:13.380 people a free democratic and sovereign people long live the friendship of our two nations

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The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - July 09, 2020

Episode 42 - What is Going On at NBC？ Sacha Baron Cohen v. Roy Moore. School Must Reopen.

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