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INTO UKRAINE AND KILL CIVILIANS, THE WORLD IS UNITING TO FIGHT BACK. TODAY THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IN THE HAGUE ORDERED RUSSIA TO HALT ITS INVASION OF UKRAINE. SO YOU KNOW THAT SHOULD GET RESULTS QUICKLY. AND HERE IN THE U.S. THE SENATE IS ADVANCING A BILL THAT WOULD GIVE ORDINARY PEOPLE A REWARD FOR SNITCHING ON OLIGARCHS AND HELPING TO IDENTIFY THEIR ASSETS. YEAH, SO YOU SNITCH, YOU FIND AN OLIGARCH AND YOU GET MONEY. IT IS REALLY INTERESTING, AND WILL PROBABLY MARK THE FIRST TIME PEOPLE WILL CALL THE COPS LIKE HEY, 911, I JUST SAW A VERY SUSPICIOUS YACHT SAILING BY AND LOOK, SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS HAVE YACHTS BUT THERE IS SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT THIS ONE. YEAH, I'M IN DANGER.

>> ALSO, YESTERDAY, THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HIMSELF WILL TRAVEL TO EUROPE NEXT WEEK FOR A SERIES OF DIPLOMATIC MEETINGS WITH OTHER NATO LEADERS. AND IN RESPONSE TO THAT, DONALD TRUMP, JR., REMEMBER HIM, HE TWEETED THAT HIS DAD SHOULD GO IN– INSTEAD SAYING QUOTE IF YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE RIGHT, THEN TRUMP. WHICH ACTUALLY I AGREE WITH. YEAH. IF YOUR GOAL IS TO CONFUSE THE HELL OUT OF EVERYONE IN EUROPE, THEN TRUMP, THAT WILL DEFINITELY STOP THE WAR. RUSSIA IS STEALING UKRAINE'S LAND. JUST LIKE BLACK LIVES MATTER STOLE THE VOTING MACHINES AND THE TOILETS. THEY DON'T FLUSH ANY MORE. THEY DON'T FLUSH! AND THAT'S WHY WE GOT TO BAN WINDMILLS. GOT TO GET RID OF ALL OF THAT. >> Trevor: NOW VLADIMIR PUTIN IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT ANY OF THIS.

IN FACT TODAY HE GAVE A SPEECH IN WHICH HE COMPLAINED THAT THE WEST IS TRYING TO CANCEL RUSSIA. YEAH, WHICH IS PRETTY RICH COMING FROM THIS DUDE. THE MAN IS OVER HERE AS THE ONLY PERSON IN HISTORY WHO HAS EVER SENT AN ARMY TO KILL A COMEDIAN, CAN WE AGREE THAT THE TERM CANCEL HAS LOST ALL MEANING, ALL RIGHT? BECAUSE FIRST CANCELING MEANT THAT PEOPLE WERE GETTING MAD AT YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAID ONLINE. NOW ARE YOU BEING CANCELLED? IF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO YOU INVADE OTHER COUNTRIES. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE A FEW MONTHS AWAY FROM ARCHAEOLOGISTS BEING LIKE, AND THEN 66 MILLION YEARS AGO A GIANT ASTEROID HIT THE EARTH AND CANCELLED ALL THE DINOSAURS. HASH TAG– THE BIG NEWS IS ABOUT UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY AND HIS SPEECH TO THE UNITED STATES. YEAH A PEERING LIVE VIA SATELLITE IN CONGRESS' HOME THEATER ZELENSKYY PLEADED WITH THE U.S. TO SEND MORE WEAPONS AND ENFORCE A NO FLY ZONE OVER UKRAINE. AND BASED ON HIS REFERENCES TO AMERICAN HISTORY IT WAS CLEAR THAT ZELENSKYY KNEW HIS AUDIENCE.

>> I REMEMBER YOUR NATIONAL MEMORIAL IN RUSHMORE, THE FACES OF YOUR PROMINENT PRESIDENTS, THOSE WHO LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS IT IS TODAY. REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR, TERRIBLE MORNING OF DECEMBER 7, 1941, WHEN YOUR SKY WAS BLACK FROM THE FLAMES ATTACKING YOU. REMEMBER SEPTEMBER THE 11th, A TERRIBLE DAY, OUR COUNTRY EXPERIENCED THE SAME EVERY DAY. I HAVE A DREAM, THESE WORDS ARE KNOWN TO EACH OF YOU, TODAY CAN I SAY I HAVE A NEED. I NEED TO PROTECT OUR SKIES. I NEED YOUR DECISION, YOUR HELP WHICH MEANS EXACTLY THE SAME, THE SAME YOU FEEL WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORDS, I HAVE A DREAM. >> Trevor: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, ZELENSKYY BROUGHT OUT ALL OF AMERICA'S MAJOR MOMENTS. I HAVE A DREAM. 9/11, MOUNT RUSHMORE. YOU KNOW HE WAS ON WIKIPEDIA LAST NIGHT PLANNING THIS OUT OKAY, PEARL HARBOR, BOSTON TEA PARTY, SHOULD I MENTION HULK HOGAN SEX TAPE, MAYBE? AND BY THE WAY, PROPS TO HIM, HE KNOWS WAY MORE ABOUT AMERICA THAN MOST U.S.

SENATORS KNOW ABOUT HIS COUNTRY. LIKE CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW THEY WOULD SOUND IF THEY HAD TO GIVE AN INSPIRING SPEECH USING UKRAINIAN HISTORY. >> PEOPLE OF UKRAINE, REMEMBER THE VISION OF YOUR FOUNDER. I WANT TO SAY DANIEL UKRAINE? I WAS IMPRESSED THAT ZELENSKYY WAS ABLE TO DODGE SO MANY LANDMINES IN HIS RESEARCH. BECAUSE YOU REALIZE STH COULD HAVE GONE VERY WRONG. >> AND NOW TO 9/11 WHICH AS WE ALL KNOW FROM YOUTUBE WAS INSIDE JOB.

I SEE YOU BUSH. NO, FOR REAL? IT WAS A REALLY IMPRESSIVE SPEECH. ALTHOUGH YOU KNOW, THESE DAYS PEOPLE ON TWITTER WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT LITERALLY ANYTHING. SO OF COURSE THERE WAS ONE ECONOMIST– ECONOMIST WHO TWEETED, I UNDERSTAND TIMES ARE HARD. BUT DOESN'T THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE OWN A SUIT? DAMN. WHAT A WEIRD CRITICISM. THIS IS THE KIND OF GUY WHO SEES JESUS COME BACK AND BE LIKE REALLY? SANDALS, MY GUY.

BUT ANYWAY MOST PEOPLE WERE IMPRESSED BY THE SPEECH. ESPECIALLY THE POWERFUL ENDING WHEN ZELENSKYY SWITCHED TO ENGLISH AND ADDRESSED PRESIDENT BIDEN DIRECTLY. >> TODAY THE PEOPLE ARE DESCENDING, WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE VALUES OF EUROPE AND THE WORLD AND AS THE LEADER OF MY NATION, MI ADDRESSING THE PRESIDENT BIDEN. YOU ARE THE LEADER OF THE NATION, I, WISH YOU TO BE THE LEADER OF THE WORLD. BEING THE LEADER OF THE WORLD MEANS TO BE THE LEADER OF PEACE. THANK YOU (APPLAUSE) TRS THAT WAS INSPIRING. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY PEOPLE APPLAUDED A ZOOM CALL. ALSO IMPRESSIVE THAT ZELENSKYY WAS ABLE TO DELIVER THAT MESSAGE IN HIS NONNATIVE TONGUE. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT F HIS ENGLISH IS BETTER THAN THE PAST TWO U.S. PRESIDENTS. AND ALSO HOW RARE IS IT TO SEE EVERYONE IN CONGRESS ALL APPLAUD FOR THE SAME THING, YOU NEVER SEE THAT, ALMOST EVERYONE, ALMOST EVERY ONE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW NEW NOTICED THAT ONE CONGRESSMAN WHO, I GUESS DIDN'T REALIZE THAT EVERYONE ELSE WAS DOING A STANDING OVATION.

MY MAN, WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF NEW CLEAR CONFLICT. YOU CAN FILL OUT YOUR BRACKET LATER. NOW IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE AMERICA IS GOING TO SUPPORT A IN FLY ZONE OVER UKRAINE ANY TIME SOON BECAUSE AGAIN A DIRECT CONFRONTATION BETWEEN AMERICA JETS AND RUSSIAN JETS COULD END UP SPIRALING INTO WORLD WAR THREE AND THAT IS A SEQUEL THAT NOBODY WANTS. EXCEPT FOR MAYBE THE HISTORY CHANNEL. YOU THINK THEY WANT TO BE TALKING ABOUT ALIENS AND SHIT? THEY HATE IT AS MUCH AS YOU DO. BUT AMERICA'S GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN RATCHETING UP ITS SUPPORT IN OTHER WAYS. TODAY BIDEN ANNOUNCED THAT AMERICA WOULD BE SPENDO SENDING ANOTHER 800 MILLION WORTH OF MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE. AND ASIDE FROM THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE ALSO TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES TO STEP UP AND HELP UKRAINE. AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE USUAL WAYS LIKE DONATING MONEY AND PUTTING A UKRAINIAN FLAG ON THE TWITTER HANDLE, THE FLAG EMOJI IS MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE. BUT PEOPLE ARE FINDING MORE CREATIVE WAYS TO HELP OUT.

>> INSPIRED BY THESE IMAGES OF UKRAINIAN DISPLACED BY THE INVASION OF THEIR COUNTRY, AMERICANS ARE FINDING INVENTIVE WAYS TO HELP. >> TURNING PAIN INTO PURPOSE, SASHA CREATED AN AMAZON WISH LIST OF ITEMS NEEDED IN UKRAINE. THE RESPONSE OVERWHELMING. ONE TRUCK AFTER ANOTHER DROPPING OFF DO NAILTED GOODS. 40,000 AND COUNTING. >> PEOPLE ARE BOOKING AIRBNB'S IN UKRAINE WITH NO PLANS OF STAYING THERE. THE INITIATIVE WHICH GAINED POPULARITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS A WAY TO GIVE MONEY TO UKRAINIANS IMPACTED BY THE WAR. MORE THAN 61,000 NIGHTS WERE BOOKED IN JUST 48 HOURS RAISING ALMOST TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR HOSTS IN UKRAINE. >> TO TWO HARVARD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE DOS THEIR PART TO HELP YOU CANIAN REFUGEES FIND HOMES AROUND THE WORLD. THEY HAVE LAUNCHED THIS WEBSITE UKRAINE TAKES SHELTER.COM. IT IS DESIGNED TO HELP REFUGEES FIND HOSTS WITH SPARE ROOMS, CONDOS AND DORMITORIES.

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>> WOW, PEOPLE, THAT IS HEARTWARMING, THESE TWO STUDENTS ARE HELPING THOUSANDS OF UKRAINIAN REFUGEES FIND PLACES TO STAY. THAT IS AMAZING. AMAZING. WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT THE WEBSITE WAS BUILT BY HARVARD STUDENTS IN THEIR DORM ROOM SO A FEW YEARS FROM NOW YOU WILL PROBABLY LEAD TO AN ATTEMPTED COUP. BUT FOR NOW, ALL GOOD TIMES. AND I ALSO LOVE THAT PEOPLE ARE RENTING AIRBNB'S IN UKRAINE BUT NOT STAYING THERE. THEY ARE JUST DOING IT TO SENDS MONEY TO UKRAINIANS IN NEED. THAT SWURCH THE COOLEST INITIATIVES I HAVE EVER SEEN. I ALTHOUGH I HOPE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS JUST A DONATION, OKAY. BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE WILL BE ONE GUY WHO ACTUALLY SHOWS UP, JUST BEING LIKE REALLY DISAPPOINTED, WI-FI WAS SPOTTY AND SOUND OF MISSILES EXPLODING KEPT ME UP ALL NIGHT, TWO STARS. >> AND IT TURNS OUT AMERICANS AREN'T JUST HELPING REFUGEES AND ORDINARY CIVILIANS.

NO, THEY ARE ALSO DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE WAR EFFORT. >> A COMPANY IN WISCONSIN IS DONATING A MILLION ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION TO UKRAINIAN FORCES. THE COMPANY'S CLOSE TIES WITH THE U.S. MILITARY MAKES WORKERS CONFIDENT THE AMMUNITION WILL GET TO WHERE ST NEEDED MOST. >> A GROWING NUMBER OF POLICE AGENCIES ACROSS THE U.S. ARE JUMPING IN TO SUPPORT UKRAINIANS WITH COMBAT SUPPLIES.

>> THIS BOX FULL OF GEAR USED TO BE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN COLORADO. SOON IT WILL BE SENT TO PROTECT PEOPLE A WORLD AWAY. >> THE CINCINNATI POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PITCHING IN TO HELP UKRAINE DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST RUSSIA. IT IS SENDING 950 BALLISTIC HELMETS TO PEOPLE FIGHTING TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY. >> ONE NEW YORK COUNTEE EXECUTIVE ORGANIZING A COLLECTION DRIVE FOR GUNS, ASKING GUN OWNERS TO DONATE THEIR WEAPONS FOR THE CAUSE. >> WE COULD GET A MILLION GUNS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UKRAINE.

THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE WANT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES, SO LET'S GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT. >> THAT'S WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. AMERICA'S POLICE FORCES ARE SENDING THEIR MILITARY GRADE HARDWARE TO HELP UKRAINIANS FIGHT A WAR IN RUSSIA. THAT'S DOPE. AND IF YOU ARE ASKING WAIT WHAT, WHY DO OUR POLICE HAVE THINGS YOU CAN USE IN A WAR. ARE YOU NOT ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. THE QUESTION YOU SHOULD BE ASKING IS, AT WHAT POINT DOES AMERICA REALIZE IT HAS TOO MANY GUNS. BECAUSE YOU REALIZE THAT THAT GUY JUST SAID, WE CAN GET A MILLION GUNS AND WE CAN SEND THEM. THAT IS WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR COUNTRY HAS TOO MANY WEAPONS IS WHEN ANOTHER COUNTRY NEEDS WEAPONS AND EVERY DAY PEOPLE IN AMERICA ARE LIKE YEAH, WE CAN GIVE THEM THE SPARE GLOCK IN THE GUST ROOM, HONEY. I GUESS IT IS A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF HOW AN ECOSYSTEM CAN BALANCE ITSELF.

ONE COUNTRY'S PROBLEMS CAN BE ANOTHER COUNTRY'S SOLUTION. AMERICA HAS TOO MANY GUNS AND AN OVERMILITARIZED POLICE FORCE, SEND IT OVER TO UKRAINE, HELL, THROW IN SOME MASS SHEETERS TOO, GO GET THEM, TYLER, HAKUNA MATATA. BUT WHETHER IT SAYS SOMETHING TERRIFYING ABOUT THE STATE OF AMERICA, IT IS STIM A NICE GESTURE FOR AMERICANS TO BE DONATING THEIR OWN WEAPONS. STILL FOR SOME AMERICANS, SENDING GUNS JUST ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH, NO, THEY ARE ALSO VOLUNTEERING TO BE THE ONES SHOOTING THEM. >> UKRAINE'S GOVERNMENT HAS ACTIVELY RECRUITED FOREIGNERS TO JOIN THE FIGHT, OVER 20,000 HAVE REPORTEDLY EXPRESSED INTEREST. AND MANY AMERICANS ARE SHOWING UP DAILY. >> HARRIS IS 25 AND WAS THE CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER. HE SPENT FIVE YEARS IN THE U.S. ARMY AND DID A TOUR IN AFGHANISTAN. >> YOU JUST QUIT YOUR JOB AND GOT ON A PLANE. >> PRETTY MUCH. >> WHY? >> THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

>> DENNIS DIAZ IS A FORMER MARINE. WHEN HE WATCHED RUSSIAN TANKS PULLING INTO SOUTHERN UKRAINE, HIS HIS GUT SAID HE HAD TO DO SOMETHING. >> WE TAKE ON THE BIG BULLIES, AND RIGHT NOW RUSSIA IS THE BIG BULLY. >> THE RESUMES RANGE FROM COMBAT EXPERIENCE TO NO MILITARY TRAINING AT ALL. >> I WORKED AT A PLACE CALLED TACO BELL, A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT IN THE U.S. I DID THINGS SIMILAR WHEN I WAS 19, I WENT TO IRAQ TO JOIN UP WITH THE– IT IS SAW WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE AND DECIDED TO TAKE THAT MONEY, BUY A PLANE TICKET AND COME OUT HERE. >> Trevor: YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT. THIS GUY LEFT HIS JOB ATTACKO BELL TO GO AND FIGHT THE RUSSIANS. I WILL TELL YOU NOW, HE'S GOT WAY MORE BALLS THAN ME. I ALSO THINK HE HAS THE PERFECT EXPERIENCE FOR WAR. YOU WORKED AT A DRIVE THRU, YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE WORST OF HUMANITY PROBABLY GAINED A LOT OF MANNED TO HAND COMBAT TRAINING, YOU DO SEE WHAT PEOPLE DO AT 3 A.M. BUT YES, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDING MANY AMERICANS ARE HEADING TO UKRAINE TO JOIN UP WITH THE UKRAINIAN RESISTANCE.

AND THESE PEOPLE ARE HEROES. THE HEROES, NO DOUBTED. BUT I THINK WE CAN ALSO ADMIT PROBABLY A FEW OF THEM MADE THIS DECISION PARTLY BECAUSE OF COVID. >> I DON'T CARE WHERE IT IS, I JUST WANT TO TRAVEL AGAIN. >> BUT SERIOUSLY, GOOD LUCK TO ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE RISKING THEIR OWN LIVES TO GO AND DEFEND DEMOCRACY. AND DON'T FORGET, YOU ARE HEADED INTO AN ACTIVE WAR ZONE SO PLEASE REMEMBER TO PACK A SUIT.

ALL RIGHT, WHE.

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