Trump Faces Off with Newsom As Marines Head to L.A. | Bryan Cranston

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Desi Lydic has the latest updates from the L.A. ICE protests, including Trump's outsized military deployment to the city, which defies both California Governor Gavin Newsom and the... "P***y Comitatus Act"? Plus, one soldier sends a letter home from the frontlines of the L.A. war.
Where does the public stand on Trump vs. Elon? Grace Kuhlenschmidt and Josh Johnson head out to ask New Yorkers to pick: Team Douche or Team Pedophile?
Bryan Cranston joins Desi to discuss his new movie, “Everything’s Going To Be Great," and a busy year of work, including his third film with Wes Anderson and playing a hilarious exec on “The Studio.” He shares how he navigates portraying vastly different characters, why he had to really sell himself to get the role of Walter White, and his passion for live theater.
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Speaker 8 The United States invades the United States, America chooses who they want to live with in the MAGA divorce, and Trump has an escalation that lasts longer than four hours.

Speaker 8 So let's get into the headlines.

Speaker 8 By now, you've probably seen all the protest footage out of LA in the wake of Trump's immigration sweeps.

Speaker 8 But despite what you're seeing on the news, keep in mind that most of the protesters have come with more of a chill SoCal vibe, dancing, playing music, and unleashing these devastating projectiles at police.

Speaker 8 So there's definitely a chance that this can all be resolved peacefully. As long as nobody escalates this thing with an unnecessary show of force, we'll be AO.

Speaker 10 President Trump mobilizing 2,000 California National Guard troops against the will of the state's governor.

Speaker 11 President Trump ordered the deployment of 2,000 more California National Guard troops, making for a total of 4,000.

Speaker 10 Now making the unprecedented move of dispatching 700 active duty Marines to the streets of Los Angeles.

Speaker 8 Yes, nothing calms down a situation like a military invasion.

Speaker 8 In fact, that was part of my birth plan. I was like, honey, I want candles, classical music, and 700 armed Marines storming the hospital room.

Speaker 8 Also, drugs, lots of drugs. You know what, scratch that, just the drugs.

Speaker 8 You know, I'm beginning to wonder if Trump is intentionally trying to escalate this situation because more chaos allows him to portray blue states as centers of crime while positioning himself as a strongman that the country needs to rally around.

Speaker 8 No, that's silly.

Speaker 8 I'm sure he's just doing what's best for everyone.

Speaker 8 Although deploying soldiers in an American city could put Trump on the wrong side of the law again.

Speaker 8 There is concern over violating the Posse Comitatus Act.

Speaker 15 The posse comitadas law says that the U.S. military cannot engage in police functions on U.S.
soil.

Speaker 8 That's right, posse comitatus. It's a very serious legal principle.
So let's hear more about this very serious legal principle.

Speaker 14 Look, I believe strongly in pussycum and tatas.

Speaker 8 Indeed, Trump is truly in violation of pussycom and tatas.

Speaker 8 That's to say nothing of his violations of the Snatch Act.

Speaker 8 But in all seriousness, this is an extreme measure. The last time pussy cumin tatas was used, it was on your mom last night.

Speaker 8 Another major concern here is that Trump called up the National Guard without permission from Gavin Newsom, governor of California and man with strong opinions about the food and business class.

Speaker 8 But Newsom is hitting back.

Speaker 16 The absurdity of this cannot be understated.

Speaker 17 There were 2,000 National Guard that were, quote-unquote deployed, of which only 315 actually were mission assigned. 1,700 have no particular role or responsibility.

Speaker 8 This wouldn't be the first time someone went to LA looking for a role and couldn't find one.

Speaker 8 Hey, you listen to me, 1,700 troops. You keep following your dreams.
You work on your craft, knock down those doors, and most importantly, most importantly, do not go into porn.

Speaker 8 Do not.

Speaker 8 Don't do it.

Speaker 8 Although if you did, I've got a great title for you.

Speaker 14 Positive from the tallest.

Speaker 8 There it is.

Speaker 8 So, okay, Newsom is lobbying the unfathomable accusation that Trump might make decisions without fully thinking them through, but I'm sure Trump will be the bigger man here.

Speaker 14 Earlier in the day, the president suggesting that it might be a good idea if his boarders are, Tom Homan arrested the California governor.

Speaker 19 I wish they were

Speaker 20 Tom. I think it's great.

Speaker 14 When asked what crime Newsom has committed to warrant arrest, the president responding, I think his

Speaker 16 primary crime is running for governor because he's done such a bad job.

Speaker 8 That's a ridiculous statement from Trump. Gavin Newsom's primary crime is obviously his podcast.

Speaker 8 And even if Newsom wasn't good at his job, being a bad governor doesn't mean you should get arrested. It means you should be mayor of New York.

Speaker 8 So while Newsom and Trump fight each other, Los Angeles is becoming a battleground for their rivalry.

Speaker 8 It's a hard story to turn away from, especially when some of these reporters are real easy on the eyes.

Speaker 14 It is entirely possible that by the end of today, we will see nearly 5,000 combined California National Guard and Marines deployed here in Southern California.

Speaker 14 You can see how much smoke is being deployed on the other side by the LAPD.

Speaker 8 Oh, I'm definitely seeing a smoke show.

Speaker 8 Someone should really hose that down.

Speaker 8 Excuse me, are you with CBS? Because I'd like to watch that ass for 60 minutes.

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Speaker 8 So that's basically where we're at right now. Trump's terrible policy has generated a huge backlash, which he's responded to by overreacting, which is going to generate another backlash.

Speaker 8 We don't know how this is going to end, but at least we know it'll be a huge waste of money.

Speaker 19 Defense Secretary Pete Hagseth says the deployment of the state National Guard Marines will cost at least $134 million. He expects the deployment to last at least 60 days.

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Speaker 8 Now, a 60-day deployment is a very long time for these soldiers, especially if they don't have a lot to do. Not to mention, it's going to make for a very weird Ken Burns documentary.

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Speaker 8 The feud between President Trump and Elon Musk has been going on for almost a week now, but it's only getting started because yesterday that caddy bitch Trump was asked about Elon again.

Speaker 8 So take off your earrings, everyone, because this is going to get ugly.

Speaker 15 Do you think Elon Musk ever had drugs here at the White House?

Speaker 16 I really don't know. I don't think so.
I hope not.

Speaker 16 Look, I wish him well. You understand.
We had a good relationship, and I just wish him well. Very well, actually.

Speaker 8 Wait, what?

Speaker 8 You wish him well? I don't want to hear that weak-ass shit. This is post-reunion behavior.
I want pre-reunion behavior.

Speaker 8 What does this mean? Is the feud over?

Speaker 20 Maybe there's this potential softening of the feud that erupted over the big, beautiful bill when Musk called it an abomination. Musk posted this reply to President Trump's post.
It's a heart emoji.

Speaker 20 Read into that what you will.

Speaker 6 Oh,

Speaker 8 it's not over because a single heart emoji is actually some passive aggressive shit.

Speaker 8 Which you know if you're Gen Z like me, don't Google it.

Speaker 8 The single heart is the lowercase K of emojis. Trust me, with this kind of crash out, Elon ate and left no crumbs, facts, no cap, short king.
I'm very young.

Speaker 6 Again, don't Google it.

Speaker 8 So who do Americans really support when it comes to Trump versus Musk? Our own Grace Kuhlen-Schmidt and Josh Johnson hit the streets to find out.

Speaker 25 What started out as a bromance is now ending in tragedy.

Speaker 26 Two billionaires.

Speaker 25 And it's actually not us this time.

Speaker 7 No, it's crazy.

Speaker 26 Two billionaires are having a public feud.

Speaker 25 And if this were a custody battle, America is the child caught in between.

Speaker 26 Who will ignore our needs the most?

Speaker 12 Who will remember our birthday?

Speaker 26 There's only one thing left to do.

Speaker 5 It's time to

Speaker 5 pick a side.

Speaker 21 Oh,

Speaker 21 I can go whichever.

Speaker 12 Sure.

Speaker 25 Are you Team Trump or Team Elon?

Speaker 12 Oh, God, neither.

Speaker 10 Really? That's like a knife and a knife.

Speaker 25 I'll give you an easier question: douchebag or pedophile?

Speaker 28 Neither, neither. There's no way.

Speaker 21 I'm a Trumper.

Speaker 12 All right. I mean, Trump's in charge of everything.

Speaker 23 Eon should keep his mouth shut.

Speaker 25 Team Trump or Team Elon?

Speaker 12 Liar.

Speaker 8 I appreciate Elon saying what he's saying, and I feel like Elon might help be the bridge.

Speaker 7 I used to be Tim Elon, but now it's like crazy.

Speaker 25 What do you think Elon did that was so crazy that you said I'm no longer Team Elon?

Speaker 28 Tweeting all that stuff feels very crazy.

Speaker 25 But to you, Trump tweets like a normal human being?

Speaker 10 I guess.

Speaker 25 Have you been following the drama between Trump and Elon?

Speaker 10 No, not at all.

Speaker 25 Alright, I'll explain it to you. We have Elon, who's actually, and I did some research, a billionaire.
He makes cars and he has a lot of money, which is kind of what billionaire means.

Speaker 25 I have something in common with my friends, and so it makes sense that they have become friends. And basically, then, so someone got mad at someone, and it's hard to remember who.

Speaker 25 They both have money, and who doesn't love that? And Epstein is an island, he was an island owner, and some other stuff, perhaps, as well. Can you make a decision now?

Speaker 25 No, my God. Even though I just gave you so much information.

Speaker 25 So I'll put you down as socialist.

Speaker 26 What if it really came to blows in person? Who you got? You think Trump beat Musk?

Speaker 21 No, no.

Speaker 27 Elon showed up to the White House with a black eye. Yeah, he did.

Speaker 26 Said his five-year-old punched him. So basically, in this fight, if it ever comes down to it, Trump needs to train to reach the level of a five-year-old.

Speaker 25 I don't think Trump's beating anybody when he wears still to make himself brutal.

Speaker 8 I don't think so.

Speaker 25 Because the press is too nervous to ask something like this. Between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, which one has the bigger...

Speaker 12 Dick?

Speaker 6 No!

Speaker 21 God Complex!

Speaker 12 Oh!

Speaker 8 I'm sorry.

Speaker 30 Which one has the bigger what?

Speaker 12 God Complex? Yeah, Trump.

Speaker 25 So what lesson has this taught you about friendship?

Speaker 12 Wow, that's a good question.

Speaker 25 I feel like it's taught me that if two billionaires who have been ego-stroking each other for years can't make it work, what faith do we have in the rest of our friendships of just people with unpaid Venmo requests?

Speaker 12 Sounds hopeless, right?

Speaker 8 Exactly.

Speaker 26 Is there anything that you think could get them back in each other's good graces? Strengthen the friendship.

Speaker 23 Give the money back to Eon.

Speaker 26 Because if there's one thing someone like Eon needs, it's money.

Speaker 11 But he wants more money.

Speaker 30 When things happen,

Speaker 30 they just run their course. It's over and done with.

Speaker 30 Move on.

Speaker 25 So is that your advice maybe for Trump and Elon right now?

Speaker 12 Move on.

Speaker 12 Get out.

Speaker 25 There's always a new billionaire buddy.

Speaker 30 I say give him Epstein's Island. Move Trump and all the MAGAs to the island.

Speaker 26 I'm actually glad that we're not billionaires because nothing is afraid of tension.

Speaker 25 Did you just tweet that I'm on Epstein's list?

Speaker 26 Yeah, but that was before when I was upset with you.

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Speaker 8 My guest tonight is a multi-award-winning actor who can currently be seen in the Phoenician scheme and the studio. His new film is called Everything's Going to Be Great.
Please welcome Brian Cranston!

Speaker 8 Oh boy, I am such an enormous fan of yours.

Speaker 21 Thank Thank you for being here. Thank you, Desh.

Speaker 8 Yes, and I'm not the only one, obviously.

Speaker 10 They're just reacting to the applause sign. That's all.

Speaker 21 They're very obedient.

Speaker 8 We are very controlling when it comes to audience noise.

Speaker 6 This is true.

Speaker 8 You are in so many incredible projects right now. I actually had to write them all down just to keep track of them.

Speaker 8 Okay, so hold on, just forgive me.

Speaker 13 The scroll.

Speaker 6 All right.

Speaker 8 Yeah, everything's going to be great.

Speaker 8 The Phoenician scheme, the studio, all my sons, Malcolm in the Middle Reboot.

Speaker 8 Breaking Bad, the college years.

Speaker 8 Brian Cranston searching for Stanley Tucci as he searches for Italy.

Speaker 8 He went missing. He went missing, and you had to go find him.
Breaking Bread, the Walter White Baking Show.

Speaker 10 It's a bake-off with a secret ingredient. We won't say what it is.
It's a blue ingredient, but I'm not saying what it is.

Speaker 8 Yeah, I think we have an idea. It goes totally off the rails.
Trumbo 2 Electric Trumbaloo.

Speaker 10 I'm on roller skates this time.

Speaker 8 I'm very excited for that one.

Speaker 8 This isn't that. You really, you have so many...
That's... Okay, we're done with that prop now.

Speaker 3 It was good, though.

Speaker 21 It was good. I like the scroll.

Speaker 8 So when you play such an iconic character like Walter White, so many actors have a really hard time doing something other than that because audiences have to get used to them seeing them playing different roles, but not for you.

Speaker 8 It feels like every role that you play, you play it like it is tailor-made for you. No one else can do it.
So

Speaker 8 how do you even go about like transitioning from role to role?

Speaker 18 Well, I have a scroll that helps me describe.

Speaker 10 Perfect. No, what was hard was going from Malcolm in the middle for seven years playing this silly goofy dad in underwear like kids would wear

Speaker 10 and then trying to get the job on Breaking Bad,

Speaker 10 it's a little different character. And this is true.
The people at AMC and Sony were saying, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Speaker 10 You want the guy from Malcolm in the Middle to be Walter White?

Speaker 4 No, no.

Speaker 10 You know, and so it was, we had to convince them that that's what actors do.

Speaker 18 Yes.

Speaker 8 There's an interesting, I love the story that you tell about getting that job, how that, how one job on, is it the X-Files that Vince wrote on? Yes.

Speaker 8 And you had no idea would ever lead to that opportunity.

Speaker 10 You never do. As an actor, you're just looking for work.
Yeah. You're anywhere you can because you have bills to pay.
I had a young family

Speaker 10 and acting pictures and resumes and all that.

Speaker 10 And the offer came in to audition for the X-Files and I happened to get it. Okay, great.
I worked on the X-Files and then 10 years later, after Malcolm in the Middle,

Speaker 10 I get this call that Vince Gilligan from, he's doing this new show called Breaking Bad. Do you remember him? I said, no.

Speaker 18 Do you know?

Speaker 10 He said, he wrote X-Files. Do you remember him now? No.

Speaker 6 I don't.

Speaker 10 So I had to go in and really sell myself that I was the guy

Speaker 10 to do this job. And he was my champion to get it.
And that's what you need. You need someone who believes in your talent, believes in you, and can support you on your way through.

Speaker 10 You need those breaks.

Speaker 8 He remembered you because you left an impression.

Speaker 10 I peed on his rug, and that's how.

Speaker 6 As you do.

Speaker 10 As you do. I left my scent.
Yes.

Speaker 8 Yeah. And it worked.
Yeah.

Speaker 8 You talk about doing a lot of extra work as you were coming up. I also did a lot of extra work.
It's how I got my SAG card.

Speaker 8 What was the first role that you had that actually had a name?

Speaker 10 Well,

Speaker 10 if you don't call Drunken Frat Boy a name, is that not a name?

Speaker 10 Okay, I was Drunken Frat Boy.

Speaker 10 I did Bay Watch. I did anything, you know.

Speaker 13 I mean, yeah.

Speaker 8 My first role with a name was cutie number two.

Speaker 21 Wow.

Speaker 8 Yeah, yeah. And I threw my bra at Chris Evans.

Speaker 21 You know, very silly movie.

Speaker 8 I don't know what they're clapping for.

Speaker 6 It's classy. Yeah, it's real classy.

Speaker 8 If you see him, could you ask if he still has it?

Speaker 13 Yeah, I'll get it back.

Speaker 6 I could use it.

Speaker 8 The Phoenician scheme. This is your third Wes Anderson movie.
It is?

Speaker 21 Yeah.

Speaker 8 I feel like with Wes Anderson movies, you see one frame and you know it's a Wes Anderson film. That's right.
So hyper-specific about the visuals and aesthetic. What is it like to be directed by him?

Speaker 10 He is a sweetheart of a man. He really is.
And that's why everybody wants to work with him, because he has such a clear vision. He's a true auteur.

Speaker 10 And like the trust exercise that we all took in Acting 101, where you fall back into your partner's arms and you realize, I need to trust the people I work with, we all trust him.

Speaker 10 When we read his script, it is very dense and

Speaker 10 sometimes confusing because it's so involved. So he makes a cartoon, what he calls a cartoon.
It's an animatic. He does the animation for it in the full

Speaker 10 hour and a half long of the entire movie, and he voices all the characters, and then he voices every single character, and then he says, Here, this might make more sense to you.

Speaker 10 And so, you're watching the whole movie play out, and you hear his voice do your character, and you realize, oh, that's what he wants me to do

Speaker 10 somewhere out there.

Speaker 10 And so, you go searching out there to see if you can capture you know like a like a like a firefly that's how it feels like you're you know you're trying to hunt down something that makes makes it familiar to you that sounds so time-consuming and very expensive

Speaker 10 actually he doesn't pay his actors very much so it's actually cheap

Speaker 8 you heard that here first.

Speaker 8 The studio is my favorite show this year. It is so, so funny.

Speaker 8 And watching those, especially those final two episodes with you in it, has me thinking you are the, you have the most range of any actor known to man.

Speaker 10 That applause sign is amazing.

Speaker 14 It's so good.

Speaker 13 It's so good.

Speaker 10 I've got to get that for home.

Speaker 6 Yeah.

Speaker 8 Just like that. You play this insane movie mogul, this CEO of a studio,

Speaker 8 and there are all the, I don't want to give anything away, but there are all of these wonders, these giant epically long takes, and you're doing all this crazy physical comedy.

Speaker 8 How do you rehearse for something like that?

Speaker 18 Rehearse well.

Speaker 10 We do it, we do about 15, 16, 18 times.

Speaker 10 And we get it fluid and

Speaker 10 really well done.

Speaker 10 And then once you get your lines out, then

Speaker 10 Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg said, you know, say whatever you want. So you're thinking of lines that you can throw out there and pitching ideas.
And I know there was a, I was

Speaker 10 in the 10th episode, I'm hugging a statue out in Las Vegas on the strip, and I'm orally copulating this statue,

Speaker 14 which was a choice I made

Speaker 10 that I now regret.

Speaker 9 No,

Speaker 8 no, sometimes I think sometimes you got to blow someone to get that Emmy.

Speaker 13 That's true.

Speaker 10 That's a good point.

Speaker 8 I think it's bound to happen.

Speaker 10 That's a good point.

Speaker 9 Yeah.

Speaker 10 Good point. And it reminds me of my youth.

Speaker 8 Everything's going to be great is a beautiful

Speaker 8 thing.

Speaker 13 I was hoping.

Speaker 7 Please.

Speaker 8 If there's one movie we need right now,

Speaker 8 I sure should hope so. I don't know if I can confidently say it, but I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.

Speaker 21 That's for sure.

Speaker 8 It's beautiful, and it's so funny. And I'm curious, this is about you play Buddy Smart, a struggling regional theater producer

Speaker 8 with your wife, Alice and Jani. You're raising these two teenage boys.

Speaker 8 I'm curious, I learned in your book that you come from an entertainment family. Your parents were actors.
Your dad was someone who hung on to his dream and never wanted to let go.

Speaker 8 Were you inspired by your family dynamic or your father at all for this role?

Speaker 10 Yes, and we're always learning from our parents. And I think my dad made some mistakes and he always wanted to be a star.

Speaker 18 That was so important to him.

Speaker 10 And it didn't happen and it hurt him really bad and consequently then hurt the family a lot and broke up the family. It was ugly in many cases.
And I learned from that thinking, why

Speaker 10 be a star? No, I just want to be able to make a living. If I can make a living as an actor, that is my success story, and that's what I want.
And so

Speaker 10 I was the third generation actor. My daughter is the fourth generation actor.

Speaker 10 I'm so proud of her. She's playing a.

Speaker 10 Yeah, it's like

Speaker 10 she's on the pit.

Speaker 10 right yeah she plays she plays dr mel king on the pit and she is doing she's such a beautiful actor and she's in it for all the right reasons and it's like i i'm i can't i can't be more proud

Speaker 6 she learned from the best

Speaker 8 um you're about to head to the west end to in to london to do all my sons i am yeah are you are you inspired by wanting to do that play or do you just feel like now might be a great time to cool your heels in Europe for a bit?

Speaker 13 Everything's going to be great. Everything's going to be great.

Speaker 13 Everything's going to be great. Everything's going to be great.

Speaker 13 I,

Speaker 10 you know, as a theater rat, I can't stay away from the theater long. It's exhausting

Speaker 10 because I tend to choose damaged characters that I'm most attracted to. And every time you go to the theater and perform, it's like a gut punch.
And you're like, oh my god, why am I doing this?

Speaker 10 And you're so exhausted and yet so exhilarated. And there's a relationship.
What you have with this great audience, you have a relationship with them. You say something, they react.

Speaker 10 And that's like doing live theater. I feel you when you're

Speaker 10 in my theater and we're performing. The difference is you have to come up with new material, right,

Speaker 10 every day

Speaker 10 to the same audience.

Speaker 10 I have to do the same material to a new audience. So it's the same responsibility just in reverse.
Yeah. And we're here to entertain.
That's right.

Speaker 10 And so when you do a show 175 times, the same material every single night, but to a new audience, the motivation for you is to say, they paid good money. They deserve to hear a story.

Speaker 10 That's my responsibility. I'm going to give you the best damn story I can give you.

Speaker 13 And then you have it, you know? That's right.

Speaker 13 That's right. Well,

Speaker 8 I think the important takeaway from this interview is that Brian Cranston and I are exactly the same. Yes.

Speaker 21 Exactly.

Speaker 8 We are the same.

Speaker 6 Exactly. Same level.

Speaker 8 Same, same, same. No, you are an absolute delight.
Thank you for being here.

Speaker 21 Congratulations.

Speaker 13 It's going to be great.

Speaker 9 Everything's going to to be great. Everything's going to be great.

Speaker 9 Everything's going to be great. We'll be in the next feeder.
Quinn, Brian Bramston.

Speaker 9 We're going to make this mixed break, but we'll be right back after this.

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Speaker 8 Now, here it is, your moment of Zen.

Speaker 8 The posse comatitis act. Posse comitatus act.

Speaker 15 Posse comitatus. The posse comitatus act.

Speaker 8 Posse comatatis.

Speaker 15 Posse comatitis.

Speaker 8 The posse Comitatus Act.

Speaker 14 Look, I believe strongly in Pussy Comitatus.

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