VIDEO: You need to watch Jon Stewart's powerful monologue on the Charleston shootings

An emotional Stewart couldn't summon the jokes last night. But what he said instead was far more important.

You can always rely on Jon Stewart to lay it out straight. Especially when things get serious.

Last night, the host of The Daily Show stripped away his usual biting satire and quick wit saying that in the wake of the Charleston shootings, he just couldn't summon the energy to find any humour in the situation.