Episode
The Daily Show: Lester Holt
Overview
The White House launches a presidential text alert system, a 1985 police report describes Brett Kavanaugh's involvement in a bar fight, and NBC's Lester Holt stops by.
Details
- Series
- The Daily Show
- Season
- Season 24
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2018-10-02
Episode context
Lester Holt is Episode 2 in Season 24 of The Daily Show. It aired on 2018-10-02.
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