you got some shit on your face. on, everybody. welcome to "the daily social distancing show." i'm trevor noah. today is wednesday, the 7th of october, which is an important date in american history. because today marks the four-year anniversary of the "access hollywood" "grab 'em by the pussy tape." man, i have fond memories of that day. that's the day we knew for certain that donald trump would never be president. anyway, coming up on tonight's show: president donald trump. his corona outbreak continues to spread throughout the white house. meanwhile, facebook is clamping down on dangerous conspiracies and dangerously sexy onions. and we also found a replacement for all those columbus statues. so let's do this, people. welcome to "the daily social distancing show."

>> announcer: from trevor's couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is "the daily social distancing show" with trevor noah." >> trevor: let's kick things off with the white house, residence of the president and new headquarters of coronavirus. it has been five days since president trump revealed that he had tested positive for covid-19, which was his most depressing test result since he found out his wife was pregnant with eric. and since that time, the virus has been spreading faster than an hbo password on a college campus. >> reporter: this morning, the covid outbreak spreading through the white house has reached the pentagon, and now almost the entire joint chiefs of staff, including the military's most senior general, mark milley, and other top officers are in quarantine after being exposed to the coast guard's number-two officer, admiral charles ray. >> reporter: this as the number of people testing positive who have been near the president or at the white house in recent

days spiked to 24. the latest name, senior adviser, stephen miller, who was part of a debate prep session with the president last week. as president trump continues to downplay the severity of the virus, the white house has become a hotbed of infection. his military aide, who carries the so-called nuclear football; a presidential valet who serves his meals; plus two more staffers in the press office also testing positive. >> trevor: yes, the nation's top generals and the guy who carries the nuclear football are all quarantining now. and you might think this is the perfect opportunity to invade america, because the pentagon is going to have to coordinate america's defense over zoom. but, actually, given how infectious america is right now, good luck convincing your soldiers to attack. ( russia ) "sergei, now is your chance, occupy the white house." ( iran ) "no way. you occupy the white house!" ( russia ) >> you okay white house. >> you go. >> you go.

basically, right now, america is that free mattress on the curb. you could take it, but you know it's infested with something. and i know people are making fun of stephen miller for getting coronovirus, but we should all be concerned for him, because with a forehead that big, if he gets a fever, it's going to affect climate change all by itself. not to mention, miller is at much higher risk, because covid is harder on people over 60. he's 35? are you shitting me? and the person i feel really bad for is jared, because he already has, like, 30 jobs. and now that everyone else has to quarantine, he's going to have to pick up all the slack. ( trump ) "jared, i'm going to need you to run the military, be my press secretary, and hold the nuclear football." ( jared ) "but i've never held a football!" you got to appreciate the irony, though, right. the president who spent years blaming mexicans for bringing over disease, and now he's turned the white house into a petri dish.

but, look, we've been talking about nothing but corona all week, and there is other stuff happening. in fact, there's some pretty big news today from the world of tech. >> a blockbuster report by house lawmakers calling on congress to break up big tech. after a 16-month investigation into apple, amazon, google, and facebook, the democratic-led judiciary committee says the big four all hold or abuse monopoly power and need to be reined in. the 450-page report compares the industry giants to the likes of oil barons and railroad tycoons. the panel's now proposing the biggest overhaul of antitrust laws in decades. >> trevor: that's right, a major house investigation is recommending that the big tech companies have become powerful monopolies and so they should be broken up. and that means amazon could be split off into one company that sells you the products that you're trying to buy, and another company that tricks you into buying weird knock-offs from countries that no longer exist. apple could be separated into one company that sells you phones, and another company that

sells you a different charging cable every single year for no reason. and google could be broken up into one company that gives you search results, and another company that keeps guessing what you're about to type. "how do you--" "get rid of a rash on your crotch?" "eww. no. install a ceiling fan?" "when you have a rash on your crotch?" now, on the one hand, this is almost so obvious that i can't believe it took a 16-month investigation to figure out. of course these big tech companies are monopolies. and breaking them up could be a good idea. i mean, if you break up amazon, that's great news for bookstores in 1997. on the other hand, the only reason these companies have gotten so big is because people clearly love using them, so congress might want to be careful about how far they take this. "good news everyone, we're breaking up amazon." >> "okay, congress, i guess you're alling if to be delivering my shampoo. i want prime from somebody, and i don't care who it is."

there's no question that the reputations of big tech companies have taken a hit in recent years. for instance, facebook used to be reconnect with old high school friends and then block them when you discover they're married. but then, in the last few years, it's become the internet's top destination for people who believe the moon landing was faked to cover for the j.f.k. assassination. and now it seems like facebook has recognized what it's become and they're finally taking steps to put an end to one of its biggest problems. >> facebook says it is now removing all accounts associated with the right-wing conspiracy movement known as qanon, a hub for wild internet rumors and disinformation campaigns. >> it says it's removing all accounts on facebook and instagram. it's a serious blow to the qanon internet conspiracy campaign that most americans would say sounds completely crazy: "big-named democrats, hollywood stars, and the mega rich are actually child trafficking pedophiles who kill children in satanic rituals."

>> trevor: okay, okay. you know what? good for facebook for doing this, although, i'm a little worried it's too late. facebook is like the bar that decides to hire a bouncer after the 223rd stabbing. that, basically, every group is a qanon group now. even your grandma's knitting group is like, "today we're learning a new needlepoint pattern. do you like it?" now, of course, for qanon followers, this will just reinforce their belief that big tech is censoring them because they're also in on the conspiracy. which is ridiculous. no one at facebook is eating babies, okay? because without babies-- boom!-- that's 90% of facebook posts, gone. so, look, i'm glad that facebook is trying to shut down these groups, but to be honest, i'm skeptical it's going to work, because when it comes to monitoring content on their platform, they don't have the best track record. >> facebook apparently thinks this ad is to risque for users.

gaze seed company in canada got this notification about its onions. according to facebook, the placement of the vegetable was overtly sexual. >> trevor: okay, what clearly happened here is that the algorithm that's supposed to detect sexy stuff got confused. or who knows? maybe it did it on purpose-- in which case, who are we to shame it? love who you love, algorithm. you don't let people judge you. but this is why you need an actual human involved in these decisions, because no human would think an onion is sexy. have you really seen an onion? it's round and firm and juicy and... it's got all those layers that come off and... whooo! did it just get hot in here? man, i need to get out of the house. there are other changes coming to, instagram, the app you used

to stalk tirnd dates. if your feet have become a little toxic, here is something that might calm it down. >> instagram will start hiding negative commence in posts. after a user writes a potentially offensive comment, a warning will pop up before it's posted saying, "this may go against our guidelines." users will have to click the "view hidden comments" button to see the negative comment. >> trevor: all right! that's what i'm talking about. thank you, this is a great step. i think everyone can agree-- you don't want to go on instagram and see hate-filled messages. i know i don't want that. i want to go on instagram and see sexy onions-- butts! i mean butts! not onions! i'm a normal man that likes butts. at the same time, i'm a little worried that hiding negative comments behind a warning is just going to make people want to click on them even more. "ooh, you don't want to see this comment. this was such a great burn we had to hide it! i mean, goddamn. this was a sick burn. don't look! don't look! it's too good."

here's one of the problem with this policy, though. can it pick up tone? like, half the time, someone comments "brave" under a picture i'm pretty sure it's just a form of bullying. >> "oh, my god. it was so brave of you to put that picture up of yourself. >> "what do you mean brave? that was a picture of myself. "i know. so brave." and, finally, there's also a how about the people who post 1,000 stories all at once, with the tiny dots at the top of the screen, like a tiny pac-man. highlights, people! highlights. >.finally, there's a change comg to emojis. >> something to leave you with a smile today. facebook is updating its mask emoji. so the facial feature matches the smiley emoji. the old mask had just two slits for eyes. apple has not commented on why it upgraded the design to the one that now has a little bit more cheerful disposition. >> trevor: yes, they now have an

emoji for people who are happy to be wearing a mask. and what's also cool is that they have an emoji for people who protest masks because they love freedom. now, look, they say that this emoji is smiling, but it doesn't really look like it's smiling. we don't know if it's smiling, which i i guess makes it really realistic. think about it-- for the last few months, we have been walking around with these masks, no one can tell what your expression is. you're trying to smile with your eyes but some freaking stuff is going on under there. when we come back, screw christopher columbus. we find an italian-american hero that all americans can support. don't go

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here in the united states, this coming monday is columbus day, the holiday celebrating christopher columbus for stumbling ass-backwards into the new world and then killing most of the people who lived there.

but for a lot of americans, that story isn't as charming as it once was. >> you likely learned this line in school: in 1492, columbus sailed the ocean blue. in 2020, columbus wore orange paint. >> demonstrators across the country are calling for the removal of statues of christopher columbus, saying the italian explorer was responsible for the genocide and exploitation of native people. >> the christopher columbus statue in boston defaced-- specifically, beheaded. >> in minneapolis, protesters tied ropes around the neck of a christopher columbus statue and they pulled it down. >> demonstrators cheering as they brought down a christopher columbus statue in baltimore. it was then dumped into the baltimore inner harbor. >> trevor: aw, look at that! columbus is still exploring the oceans! don't ever stop doing what you love! but, guys, look, for real, we need to think about whether it's a good idea to tear down these statues,

because statues are where the birds poop. what are they supposed to do now? hold it in? and i feel especially bad for the people who made these statues. you put all that work in and don't know if this guy's going to get cancelled in a hundred years. that's so unfair. that's why beheading the statue is the best solution, because you can save the body and just pop on the head of someone else, like shaq. you see? flawless. but while one group sees tearing down columbus statues as an attack on colonialism, another group sees it as a personal attack on their culture. >> some here feel like they're the target of reverse racism, arguing we should learn from our past, not erase it. >> first thing that i learned in third grade, christopher columbus discovered america. so he's an italian immigrant, okay. this here it represents something to me, my italian history. >> it's terrible they would degrade something so sacred to us. >> an attack on columbus is really a hate crime against italian-americans.

>> we all remember 9/11. after that unthinkable day-- you remember, right-- red, white, and blue was everywhere. in a respectful sense, this is our 9/11. >> they're doing the same thing that columbus did. they're coming into our neighborhood and taking away our heritage, okay. they're hypocrites. >> trevor: wow, okay. that's an argument for columbus i can safely say i've never heard before. "you can't just come in here and destroy our heritage. that's columbus' thing! no backsies!" and by the way, i can't believe that the other guy said that, in a respectful sense, this our 9/11. look, man, i don't care how respectfully you put it. you can't compare anything like this to 9/11. like, does this guy go through the drive-through like, "excuse me, you forgot my fries. and, respectfully, this is my 9/11." now, you might wonder why italian-americans would want to commemorate the worst part of their culture. like, i love being black, but i'm not going to put up an o.j. statue in my backyard.

especially not while my white friends are there. but once you hear why those statues actually went up in the first place, you can understand why they are so meaningful to italian-americans. >> in the late 1800s, the they were coming in large numbers. they opened the door for more discrimination. so they embraced columbus. after all, he was italian, catholic, and already admired and quickly became an iconfor italian immigrants who argued they, too, belonged in america. in 1892, columbus day was first brought into the school system. schools held celebrations. a year later, columbus became the theme of the world expo in chicago, branding him america's hero around the world. as columbus and his legend became further embedded in american culture, so did the knights of columbus, a catholic social club founded by italian immigrants. by 1937, the knights of columbus had gained enough influence to convince president roosevelt to

proclaim columbus day a federal holiday. >> trevor: yeah, i know it's easy to forget that today, but there was a time when italian-americans were badly oppressed in america. and they held up christopher columbus as a role model because he put them at the center of america's story. the same way puerto ricans hold up alexander hamilton. and, look, it's hard to reconcile someone's actions when you've built them up so much, not just as a person, but as a symbol. i mine, just ask anyone who is trying to decide if they can play michael jackson songs at their wedding. but times have changed, and more and more people are finding it hard to celebrate columbus, knowing all the bad things he did. the good news is that times have changed in other ways, too. italian-americans have gone from being persecuted to being some of the country's most powerful politicians, entertainers, and med school cadavers. so you could replace columbus with any number of deserving

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earlier today, i spoke with documentarian alexandra pelosi. we talked about her newest film for showtime, which documents how 2020 is one of the most chaotic and yet transformative years in american history. check it out. >> i'm scared myself. if i get pulled over, i'm scared i'm going to die. >> are you more afraid of the corona or the cops? >> the cops. ( bleep ) corona. i'm more afraid-- i think i have a better chance of dying by cops than corona. >> trevor: alexandra pelosi, welcome "the daily social distancing show." you created a film, a documentary about america and what many would say is the most pressing issue going on in the country right now, and that is protests around the injustice happening across the united states. it seems like an obvious choice now, but you've been working on this for a while. why did you decide that this was the documentary you wanted to make today? >> you know, what is so special about 2020 is it's the year that

white america woke up. i didn't know that was going to be the case. you know, last march, my family went to selma with john lewis and kamala harris, for that matter. we went to commemorate bloody sunday, and we were talk ago we were on this journey to talk about the dark past of america. >> trevor: right. >> where we are-- you have you don't have to tell your audience about this. a year ago i would have been preaching some sort of old-lady history civics. now, this is something everybody-- it's a language everybody speaks. so i think we've come a really long way in this year. and i think that's the one thing i think people need to-- because it's such dark times and it's so hard not to be sad about america right now. >> trevor: right. >> there is a little arc of history where we can look at it and say, "well, in the past year, you know, we've woken up. we now know about this, and we can now talk about these things." >> trevor: you've been covering the story of protests in america as it gears up for one of the most contentious

elections in american history. you also then happen to be outside the white house when the president came out to stage that photo op of him standing in front of the church holding the bible, where the national guard shot tear gas canisters at american citizens, something that i think a lot of people didn't even realize was one of the most extreme acts by america's force on americans. >> exactly. and then, the administration started gas lighting us. they said, "we didn't use tear gas." well, then, what are those canisters? "we didn't use rubber bullets." then what are these wounds on my body? they started completely-- "oh, that wasn't the national guard." i saw the national guard with my own two eyes. they started tell people who were there what they saw wasn't what they saw and that's the scary part. >> trevor: let's talk about the title of the documentary. it's an interesting title. "american selfie, one nation shoot itself." that title is provocative. it has many layers to it.

why do you think the selfie is so important in there? why do you think the camera phone is so important in telling the story of protests? >> you know, well, if you look at-- the documentary oscar this year should go to the 17-year-old girl who shot george floyd's murder. you know, i started filming people outside the apple store lining up to buy-- and i'm, obviously, making fun of them. you line up at 5:00 in the morning it get a new phone even though you already have a phone. what's the point of that? i was in the beginning mocking the people that go to such great lengths to take-- you know, fall off a cliff at the grand canyon to talk a perfect selfie. and this totally shallow american culture is what it's become. it's really sort of shameful. but this year, it turned. it turned because people took these silly little toys that they had in their hand into weapons that they could use to defend themselves and to document history. and then we could no longer deny it.

and the thing that was really important about that video of george floyd's murder is that it was the whole thing. it was a documentary in and of itself. you got to watch the whole thing from beginning to end. because other people have been killed by police. but you can say, "well, you didn't see what happened before." or "you didn't see what happened after." >> trevor: that's what made the story different, people got the full-- there was a-- it reduced the amount of diniability people often have. >> right. and that's a really important turning point in the course of human history that we are now-- i'm still torn about the whole thing, too. social media-- i think it's completely undermining our democracy. and so the conversation has gone to such low points and everybody's gone so tribal and into their own bubbles. >> trevor: right. >> there's all this hate speech and it's-- back to how our administration is gas lighting us. you know, if you watch our president, he'll say, "it's all

aantifa" out at the protests. and you want to say i saw families. i saw college kids. i saw children. i saw pets. there were millions of americans out there protesting. it wasn't just a few-- yes, there were a few bad apples like there are in every-- right? but the important point is that everybody was out there. the two sides like to say it's proud boys or antifa. where are the rest of us, all the normal people out there protesting in the streets? they never get talked about. >> trevor: i would be remiss if i didn't bring up the fact that your mom is the most powerful woman in america. as nancy pelosi's daughter, how do you think your views in and around politics and-- and documenting politics have have shaped. do you think you have been able to create your own filter and your own lens on how you see the world? and if so, how do you do that? >> i've gone out of my way the last 30 years as a journalist

and milmmaker to go into what they call "real america." it was really important for me, because i grew up in san francisco, you know, in sort of the liberal bubble. i al ays wanted to see-- because i like to tell my kids all the time, "what if we're wrong? what if, you know, we're wrong about everything?" when you leave new york city, people will tell you, "you're wrong about everything." i like to be reminded of that all the time so i don't lose my mind. the only way i can stay sane is by talking to people who aren't like me that don't believe anything that i believe in. and just trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. i think that, you know, there are more purple people out there than-- than we're led to believe by cable news. because cable news is in the business of just making us hate each other. social media is in the business of making us hate each other. it's good to go out there and meet people and try and understand where they're coming from. >> trevor: i recommend that everyone watches this

documentary to understand not just where everyone is coming from, but where the country is headed to as well pd alexandra pelosi, thank you so much for joining us on the show. >> thank you so much for having me. >> trevor: all right, when we come back, be talking to the legendary comedian, colin quinn. don't go away.

earlier today, i spoke with comedian colin quinn. we talked about his new book where he roasts all 50 states, welcome to "the daily social distancing show." >> thank you very much, trevor. >> trevor: i mice you, my friend. it's been a long time since i've seen you. we evaporate been doing stand-up in clubs. we haven't been doing stand-up in the road. how have you been coping with the thing you've been doing your entire life just not existing the way it did before? >> it's been very strange. i-- you know, i'm gracefully moving into my final years. i look out the window 40 times a day to check on the stores and

the street. so, obviously, that's replaced stand-up for me. >> trevor: you, in my opinion, are the definition and the epitome of a new yorker. you've seen every kind of new york. you know, you've got one of the greatest bits about how new york has jeptrified and how it changed over the years. so, colin quinn, i have a question for you that only you can answer in my world: do you think new york is dead? >> i would say it's-- it's definitely... in as bad shape as i've ever seen it. it's a different kind of bad. like in the 70s, testify a more crowded, violent bad. now it's a deserted-- i've never seen it this quiet before. and in some ways, i thought the subways would be cleaner and it would rejuvenate like venice, the fish came back to the canals. but no, the subways still smell as if it's packed every day. it's remarkable. >> trevor: i am happy, not just for you, but for all your fans out there that you have a book that i think can hold us

over until we get past this thing. because your book "overstated: a coast-to-coast roast of the 50 states" is essentially, you know, an extended version of the show that was critically acclaimed on broadway, and you've done a ton of research. it's like a historical book, like part roast, part history book. as someone who has done the work, do you think the state of the union is strong? >> you know, ( laughs ) i don't think anybody thinks that. i mean, this country is-- you know, we're a bad marriage that needs counseling. you know what i mean? like, if it was up to me, there would be constitutional conventions every year because this is critical. and-- but it would have to be like the constitutional convention that didn't allow any press in, because you realize once everyone gives their opinion, there's a paralysis, because if anybody tries to do anything, everybody jumps in immediately. so until it's-- you know what i mean?

i believe in, you know, a secret-- the thing americans hate the most-- no transparency. ( laughs ) >> trevor: so if you could change america, based on everything you've deputy, what you would do is have people meet to talk about the constitution, just, like, real emergency meeting every few years, go through it, but no press, no cameras. just come out and be like, "this is what the new constitution is going to be about." >> yes, i would get the smartest thinkers-- not necessarily politicians but real thinkers from each thing and then do, like, the masked singer so you can't sing them and distort their voices so people can't attack them. >> trevor: so basically the person comes on, makes suggestions, and then after we see-- we've selected the suggestion, they take the hat off and we're like, "oh, my god. ted cruz that was quite a liberal suggestion. and he says,"yeah, i've i didn't want to say it because i've been maintaining an image of a douche bag.

>> and jenny mccarthy and robin thick will be the judges. >> trevor: you have a deep love for the states, you have a big love of the country. you have been on the ground. that's something i love being about a stand-up, man, we've been to the best and worst parts of every single state in america. we have eaten at the shittiest diners and best restaurantses. what are some of the favorite places you have gone to where you go, "man, that place gets a bad rap, but it truly is a gem." >> florida, i'm in love with florida, even though it deserves its bad rap. it deserves it, but i still love it, because it's just like-- some states america is unconscious, and florida is one of those places where they're like, "we're not pretending to be anything noble. come down here. we're decadent. we don't care if you're 25. come down, we'll get you a job as a d.j., and party the rest of your life. so i like the honesty of florida. >> trevor: as somebody who has told jokes to every type of

audience, you have always talked about america's political divide. when you talk to somebody who you feel like you've lost in your life to politics-- like a lot of people talk about this-- "i've lost my family members. i've lost my friends." we used to disagree, but now we've cut each other off completely. have you cut them off or found a way to break through? >> no, i don't cut anybody off. i say, "you're refusing any middle crowned," and this whole country, the only thing it has is compromise. that's the only thing it has-- compromise. and without that, you don't have-- it will be a civil war, you know. and everybody knows it, but nobody-- people get know-- people get into that space where they-- how could you agree 100% with either a democrat or a republican? how could you coincidentally agree 100% with an agenda of anything? i don't even agree 100% with my own feelings. how could you do that with some party or some idea? it's bizarre to me. >> trevor: yeah, i think it's

become like that because people are forced in america to choose one of two. do you know what i'm saying? >> you know, yes. >> trevor: so if you only have one of two options, it's going to create a permanent divide because, basically, what you do-- it's like cable packages. you go, "i don't want some of these other channels, but i watch sports so i'm going to take this package but i don't want that package. i don't want everything else." it forces people to do that, though. you only have two parties in america so you are going to have two people pitted against each other and it's the craziest thing ever. >> that's right. it's the perfect analogy. it's like-- it leads to conflict. that's why there are two boxers in a boxing match. if they had three or four, maybe a-- after a while, "leave him alone" ( laughter ). >> trevor: the pandemic has been a nightmare for stand-up. it's been a nightmare for audiences in every field. it doesn't matter. live performances are just shut

down. we've seen people trying to do something new during this period. and stand-ups, i mean, have tried everything-- shows on zoom, shows on instagram, you know, shows in the park. you were one of the pioneers in that world as well, because if i understand correctly, you shot a stand-up special but it's also partly a documentary. it's this whole hybrid thing. and you're doing stand-up at a drive-in? >> you know, at a drive-in, in brooklyn. and of course your buddy keith is there being very obstreperous. i brought in all the cellar comedians, so they spend the whole time basically complank and being ungrateful. when i called them they were like, "that's great. thank you." and when i get there they trash me and the whole experience the entire time. we caught it all on film, which is good. >> trevor: what do you hope to achieve with this? i know you're a very methodical person. what are you trying to capture in this moment? >> i'm trying to capture the preshow energy of our personalities and just how we are. you know, like, that we can get

so ir-- like even this special. they come in, like they've been working the whole time, just trashing me, trashing the whole thing. but that's what we love. if a comedian doesn't make fun of you, they don't like. >> trevor: you i think you're going to capture it, my friend. i think people are going to love. upon. i think people are going to love the book. you've done the research and it's the best opinionated thing i have read. good luck out there. enjoy it, man. don't leave new york. we'll stay here together. >> i love it, okay. >> trevor: we'll take a quick break but we'll be right back after tght.

but before we go: the deadline to register to vote is coming up in many states. if you haven't registered yet or aren't sure if you have, time is running out to make sure you can vote in november. go to votevotevote.com to check your registration status and see your voting options. until tomorrow, stay safe out there, wear a mask, and remember, onions are sexy-- no! i mean social distance! damn it! now, here it is, your moment of zen. >> freaking raccoons, man! god! again! this is the second time! get! there he is. aaahhh!

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