so, so...fat. you know what, forget it. i know me. when i saw him, i would never be able to apologize to him. too fat. big fat fatty. >> hey, what's going on, everybody, i'm trevor noah and this is the daily social distancing show. today is february 2 2-7bd which means it's the last week of black history month which is why i decided now is the perfect time to make some new black history. by being the first black man to ski down mount everest. i tripped getting into my uber. anyway, on tonight's show it's raining plain parts in colorado, and why everything is bigger in texas, including the electricity bills. so let's do this, people. welcome to the daily social distancing show.

>> 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. let's kick things off with some travel news. if you are one of those people who can't wait to fly on an airplane again, first of all, congratulations on being basic. and second, you may be willing to wait just a little longer after seeing this. >> this morning the faa and japan civil aviation burrow grounding all boeing's triple 7 with a pacific pratt & whitney engine as the ntsb investigates how this triple 7 engine fell apart in mid air just after takeoff. >> 231 passiers-- aboard united from denver to honolulu saturday, that terrifying sight right outside their windows. overnight the ntsb saying two fan blades on the engine were fractured. you can see a broken fan blade

in this image. on the ground, massive pieces of metal falling on to neighborhoods, some running away trying to avoid getting hit by pieces falling out of the sky. >> it almost landed on my head. >> this giant piece falling on kirby clemmens clawn crushing his truck. >> i looked out the window, oh no. >> goddam, a giant piece of an airplane landing in your front yard, that is terrifying. i mean on the other hand, how great is it to get something complittary from an airplane-- airline for once, and as ter faying as this moment was, what is really impressive is that someone was on a plane saw the engine was on fire and their first impulse was to take out their phone and record it. >> that's how addictive it is to go viral, every one of us will spend our last moments alive chasing retreats. >> i'm going down but oh, my likes are going up. >> but at the same time, you're

also on a plane, so i mean there's really no other good way to spend your last few minutes on earth. >> oh god, the plane is going down, the plane is going down. let me just load crood2. >> seriously though t is hard to overstate how terrible this was. i mean yes, nobody got hurt but the plane was headed to honolulu and instead it had to land in denver. tell me that that is not a tragedy. oh, and just by the way, it turns out that this wasn't even the only boeing accident this week. yeah, at this point boeing has such a terrible record that people won't even wait for something to go wrong before they say good-bye to their loved ones. hey man, i just want to say that i love you and i'm grateful that you were my friends. dude, what happened? did you find out you have cancer? >> no, i just booked a flight on a boeing. no! >> but let's move on now to the coronavirus pandemic.

it's the recent all your sex-dreams are now just about going out bowling, there is no question that things in the u.s. are moving in the right direction. more people are getting the vaccine, fewer people are getting infected and our maskne is starting to clear up. but at the same time things are still very bad. and today the country reached a grim milestone to remind all of us of that. >> the coronavirus and the pandemic's once unsinkable toll in the u.s., more than 500,000 lives lost in less than one year. >> first reported fatality came on february 29th, three months later it was 100,000 dead. >> and then by mid september the death toll climbed to 200,000 and surpassed 300,000 by mid december. >> but then kaism the deadliest period in the pandemic, 400,000 dead on january 19th. and now just one month later here we are, half a million covid deaths in this country. >> president biden will mark the milestone at the white house with a moment of silence and a

candle lighting ceremony. >> that's right, people. 500,000 covid deaths. a number that nobody wanted to see. and as painful as that is, you have to admit, you have to admit it is nice to see america's president actually take a moment, just a moment to recognize the toll that coronavirus has taken. i mean the only time the previous president showed any sadness was when he accidentally deleted fox news off his dvr. >> what a day for americans, what a sad day. my sweet hannity is gone. >> the good news is that the number of new infections has plummeted in the last few weeks. but what's interesting is the number that they have plummeted to is where they were last july which at the time everyone thought was so horrifying that the country immediately started locking down again. and this just goes to show you that your perspective can change based on where you are coming from. that's it like if i got attacked right now by a wolf, i would

probably be like ahhh, this is the worst day of my life. ahhh. but if i went from being attacked by four wolves, to one wolf, i would probably be like ah, what a relaxing way to start the week. so look, this is why it's so important to get people vaccinated as quickly as possible. and don't give me any excuses about how you are too busy or it's not convenient. last week end a 90 year old seattle woman walked six miles in the snow to keep her appointment because the roads hadn't been plowed. which is incredible. although if you believe old people stories walking miles in the snow is what they do all the time. they love that shit. but still, if a 90 year old woman can do it, you can do it too. and don't tell me but trevor, i'm not 90 years oldk i'm too young to get the vaccine right now. that's also no excuse. >> a strange story now showing the length two florida women were willing to go to to get the vaccine. they are caught dressing as grannies just so they can get the shot.

now here's the thing, it worked for them the first time around. officials say the women are 34 and 44 years old. you can see one of the wore a bonnet and long cardigan, the other didn't make much efforts to cover them up. the vacs nailter thought they looked funny and were stopped before getting the shots, that is when they found out both women had fake thaird birthdays. officials want to know how they were able to get away with getting the first shot. the women are not facing any charges but police did yell at them, calling their actions selfish. >> okay, this is outrageous. you call that dressing up as a granny? all that woman did was put a bonnet on add the other one didn't do anything, put on a wig, hunch over or download the facebook app on your phone, if you got that, are you 75 minimum. if you want to cheat your way to the vaccine, you at least have to put in the work. no one would have bought the char ad, i'm pretty sure mrs. doubt fire wouldn't have gotten the kids back if he just showed up like hey, it's me,

mrs. doubt fire, i'm your nanny. how did they even think they could be old women at that age. personally, i blame porn. they start putting women in the milf category at 26. of course we have unrealistic ideas of what grannies look like. but what's crazy is they would have gotten away with it if the doctors hadn't gotten suspicious. >> hey, wait a minute. if you ri grandma, how come you haven't tried to set me up with one of your grandkids yet? but let's move to our main story. the ongoing crisis in texas. a week after the state was battered by winter storms that took out the power grid, nearly 9 million people still don't have clean water. but don't worry, help is on the way. after getting blasted for flying to cancun when his own heat went off, ted cruz, texas senator and disney prince before true love's kiss is now back in his home state doing the literal barre minimum for the sake of the cameras. >> ted cruz appearing back in front of the cameras. >> he spent the weekend helping houston residents and first

responders. he served barbecue to firefighters and police officers, also delivered safe drinking water to folks who need it. >> sorry cruz, this is not going to cut t my man. see this right here, this is a politician version of coming home with flowers the day after valentine's day. it's not nothing, but your ass is still sleep on the couch. and honestly, i don't know why politicians try to pull off these lame photo ops, they basically just turn people who actually need real help into political props. and their photographers probably just make it worse. >> yes, yes that's fabulous, darling, yes, yes, more, more like you don't have any food or water. >> but i don't have any food or water. >> great, use that, use that, yes. feel it, feel it. >> now fortunately most texans do have their electricity back on now so they can finally log on to all those zoom meetings that really should have just been emails but even some people who didn't lose their power are finding out that they weren't as lucky as they first thought. >> the desperation growing in

texas, temperatures are finally rising but so is outrage over absurdly high electric bills. >> texans like scott willaby who signed up for gritty griddy energy not knowing the rates to vary so when power went down his typically $200 bill took off. >> what was the damage. >> 16,798, something like that. >> and this was not a bill, this was withdrawn. >> this was withdrawn straight from my account. >> in fort worth the utility company charged ty williams $17,000. >> so we were held hoss taj really with our rate, and we were working with, it was really crazy. >> i'm trying to get you know gas and groceries and make sure that my pipes don't eck pload. the last thing i'm think being is that $7,000 bill from my utility company. >> wow, people, 17,000 for electricity? at that point it is cheaper to literally burn your own money for warmth that is probably one

amish guy on the street right now all smug as hell, eating a homemade stick of butter saying i told thou bitches. >> because seriously, at 17 thowr, st almost not worth having any electricity. i mean at the very least you will have to make extremely tough choices. do you charge grandma's oxygen machine or your playstation controller. cuz i mean grandma needs ox len-- oxygen to live but you can't stop playing assassin creed val halla before you united england. i think grandma would have understood that. >> but the question is why are sm texans being hit with-- bigger than their belt bungles. >> unlike any other state it is like texas has this free market system used to be the pride of texas in fact a couple of years ago ted cruz was bragging that the-- of texas energy was built over many years on free enterprise and low regulation but now, now that texans are being charged 20,000 dollars to

toast a bagel, cruz has discovered that regulation might not be so bad. >> sunday senator ted cruz tweeting this is wrong, no power company should get a windfall because of a natural disaster and texans should not get hammered by ridiculous rate increases for last week's energy debacle. state and local regulators should act swiftly to prevent this injustice. >> trevor: you tell them, ted cruz. the only texan that should be getting hammered is me, at the hotel bar in cancun. so yes, ted cruz has reversed his stance on regulation like it was a flight path to mexico, let's be honest. nobody forts forced them to choose the world's shadiest company for electricity. but also nobody really talks about the worst-case scenario when they thought the wonders of an unregulated market, when conservatives talk about freedom from government, they only focus on the good things but that the's not the whole particular ture. if you were rung a zoo and you told all the antelopes condition

grates, guys, we're giving you freedom to roll around the zoo, that is good news. but it would be only fair to tell them that the lions are also going to be getting that flee dom because that shit is not as good for the antelopes as you make it sound. when we come back, michael kosta shows us how humans aren't the only species with election fraud only species with election fraud scandals, stick i browsed eight sites for divorce attorneys today.

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welcome back to the daily social distancing show, for months now the liberal media has told you

that election fraud isn't real. and that's what we thought too until michael kosta did some investigative work and uncovered a story that may just rock your faith in democracy. >> 2020 was one big diarrhea dump of a year. a whole continent was on fire, the ongoing pandemic, i invested all my money into quiby but then came the big election and just when it started to seem hopeful, people started calling the election a fraud. >> i wasn't surprised that there was election fraud because it isn't the first time it happened. >> i couldn't believe it, as if 2020 wasn't bad enough. >> it's shameful, this election rigging has threatened to de rail democracy. >> that's right, avian democracy is in per ill. >> new zealand bird of the year competition is being rocked with revelations of a slew of fraudulent votes streamed in overnight for the little spotted ki-wi which pushed it into an unexpected and false lead. >> you know, i expected this type of behavior from america

but not from beautiful, perfect covidfree new zealand. as a fellow bird enthusiast i felt that not only were they shitting on democracy but more important they were tearing these two majestic creatures apart. >> we have been running the birds of the year competition for 15 years. >> laura, spokesperson for new zealand's bird of the year competition. >> it started out as a-- in the bird magazine where people wrote down their favorite bird and sent it in the mail but now it's all gone online and it's an absolute cultural phenomenon. >> i love forests and birds. the center foltd for the crested finch in '98, that is just-- i am-- we'll keep going. what is the significants of this competition for people. >> well, fird bird of the year is our chance to celebrate our amazing species, 80% of our birds, they are facing extinction. so the chance to get motivated, to protect the birds that they love. >> i think we should address the pigeon in the mall food court.

>> do you believe that there was bird fraud? >> yes, there was. irregular voting that was detected. >> what was it about the election that ruffled your feathers? >> yeah, so the vote for the ki-wi just spiked all of a sudden and looked really strange. >> little spotted ki-wi. oh my god, that is what my e-girlfriend used to. >> so who ended up winning the actual election. >> the winner was the. >> bonnie hartfield campaign manager team cokapoo. >> it is this massive green bird so it doesn't fly and all they do is sleep all day and eat food and just hang out. they are also very horny birds. they will try and screw anything. >> flightless, sleep all day, fat and horny. sounds like me during quarantine. >> congratulations you beautiful bird but the question remains, who sent in all of the illegal

votes so the-- doesn't win. >> it doesn't de search to win. >> emma rosen, number one suspect and campaign manager for. >> ki-wi pucka-- can you do it slower. >> ki-wi pooka can kook kook. >> obviously this is just an accent thing, why did you do it, kellyanne ki-wi. >> look, i didn't do it. little spotted ki-wi embodies the values of truth, democracy, freedom, equality, fairness, voter fraud is not the ki-wi way. >> according to who? >> me? >> you can't argue with that. so who is behind this? i needed to speak with someone on the inside. i needed my voa own. >> i love birds. >> scientist, voting analyst and lover of birds. >> walk me through the day you realized there was an injustice

happening inside of this prestigious bird competition. >> -- i am looking at how-- it is when we come in from one separate, so how did you contact forest and birds. just picked up the red telephone that triggers the alarm. >> say yes. >> -- that is it? you just noticed a bunch of emails from one ip address and you deleted them. >> yes. >> that's boring. still it is a relief to find a case of voter fraud with actual evidence. now the only thing left to decide, the punishment. laura, what fate lies for these

criminals? take bird seed and spread it on their genitals and let the birds loose, you know. >> well, we just urge people to play by the rulesk make sure that we have a fair bird election. and you know, if they tried to cheat, we will find them and we will be very disappointed. >> disappointed. and then then you put the bird seed on the again tales and you let the birds loose like hitchcock style. >> so in the end, bird democracy triumphs. the ki-wi fraud was uncovered. the-- and us avian fans can get back to the bird watching we love so much. >> thank you so much for that, michael. all right, when we come back, sharon mcmahon from sharon says so tells me how she separates truth from fiction in politics. you don't want to miss it.

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la? vegas? no, the desert. let's listen to this. louder. take these guys? i mean, there's room. maybe next time, fellas. now we're talking. alright. let's. go. welcome back to the daily social distancing show. earlier today i spoke with sharon mcmahon, a former u.s. government studies teacher who runs the popular instagram account sharon says so. we talked about her approach to government and politics,

fighting misinformation and how she's using her platform to give back. >> here's the other problem, we don't use the popular vote in the united states, right, we use the electoral college and every four years the entire american population is like, i really hope this works. >> it's not that simple. because the electoral college is a winner take all system, by the way i have another video on that if you want to watch it, a winner take all system t makes it so it is next to impossible for a third party candidate to ever get real traction. and to ever be like a real contender in the united states. >> shar okay-- sharon mcmahon, welcome to the daily social distancing show. >> thank you. >> trevor: you have one of the most interesting instagram accounts out there because it is not popular because of the, you know, destinations that are being listed. it's not popular because of first trap, not popular because of memes, it is popular because you give people facts. that seems ludicrous and maybe

five years ago someone would have said why what anyone have an instagram account where all they are doing is sharing facts but that is what you do, and the last time i checked you have something over half a million subscribers and that number keeps jumping up and jumping up and jumping up. let's start at the beginning, why on earth would you start a fact-based instagram account? >> well, you know, it's not my incredible sweater collection, that is interesting to people. you know, i have been a high school teacher for a long time. and i started noticing an incredible amount, trevor maybe you have noticed it, an incredible amount of misinformation circulating on the internet and it was one of those things where i was just like-- you know, my face would get closer to the screen and i would like what shall where does this come from, so i just started making some little videos about facts and apparently facts are missing. and facts are popular right now.

>> what do you think about t is about these videos that engages people so much. surely people can just dpet facts out there. why do you think that they are attracted to your videos and what keeps them engaged? >> i honestly don't think people believe they can gets facts. that is really the construction of the matter is they don't-- kruks of the mat certificate they don't understand where to get facts. they don't know who to trust. they feel like they're getting played every day. and it's like a game of survivor. like i don't know what the person's motivation is. i don't know if they're trying to swindle me, you know what i mean, like there is just, they're afraid of getting played and i think when they, you know, maybe saw that i, am not a politician, i don't work for some big company, i literally am just a teacher, that just resonated with some people. >> it resonated with them but i mean it's interesting that you haven't been dragged into anything because you know, facts whether we like to admit it or

not can become a contentious conversation starter these days, you know, like some of the first videos of yours that i saw which were really impressive that people loved were the ones about q-anon. were you stepping too the frey with q-anon, de bunking q-anon myths and you had people on your page saying i believed in q-anon and i watched these videos and now i don't believe in q-anon. but my question to you is how do you do that without getting dragged into the fray, because oftentimes being for facts means you are against somebody at some point. >> yeah, that is a question i ask myself every day. you know, like i almost feel like when is the other shoe going to drop sometimes, like when is-- when are the throngs going to come for me, that is a fear i have for sure. part of it is i really work hard, i really work hard to stay respectful, to not make fun of people, to honor the fact that there are a variety of view points and that you know i'm not

here to try to convince you of my one perfect view point. >> right. >> that is really the only answer i have, i honestly don't, i am waiting for the other shoe to drop in some ways. >> so when you are doing the work, you are digging and getting the information and putting together the facts, you have to dot same thing for q-anon. you have to do the research, how do you not get sucked into the q-anon conspiracy that you de bunked. some are really convincing, clearly people get sucked in. how do you get sucked into the things that are nonfactual. >> the q-anon research is, that is some of the most interesting and also disturbing things i have ever. >> i can imagine, yeah. >> it is like information you don't even really want to know, you know like i don't want to know if i want to know this. so the way it i don't get sucked in is i have all the education and experience about what the constitution actually says, have i been teaching the constitution and government for so many years

and red the constitution so many times that i know what is in it and not, continued is easy tor me to say actually there is no second constitution. actually, that is not real. the united states is not a corporation that was sold to london in the 1800s. you know, it's just very easy for me to tease out what is real and what's not. and because of my education and experience, it is on topic. >> it feels like we live in an age now where there is a dirt of information trvetion self ree where but figuring out how to sift through the information is what we lack. >> that is what teachers do, they bring knew this ram where they help you sift through information as are you growing up through life, as a teacher, what do you think some of the challenges have been in teaching people things because people coming in with preconceived notions of everything and you have to teach them which means you have to unteach them. >> yes, this is the average american today, my experience has been that they have a very

difficult time distinguishing between a lie and bias. they believe that those two things are the same. they perceive, let's say they watch one of your videos where you are going after tucker carlton-- carlson. >> rate. >> just for example, that is obviously a biased point of view, a point of vaw that are you more than free to hold, free to hold a different point of view. but at the core of say a video you may have made on that, are actual clips of things he has said, actual facts about where he has gone to school. so you have a bias about the facts. and so does every human. >> okay. >> this is not a dig on you in anyway. we all have our own bias that we are looking through at a variety of topics. people don't realize that, they see a video like yours if they are conservative and say well he's just a liar. they don't understand that there is a difference between a bias and a lie.

>> right. >> and they are unable to engage with bias information that doesn't align with their view point. >> huh. >> make sense? >> that makes a lot of sense. >> look at a cnn article and it's about, let's say trump's tax return. they see that, well, they just hate trump. they are just out to get him, and they immediately discount the information. when the information is based on a factual supreme court ruling. >> right. >> that is what i am finding is that i need to spend a lot of time educating on the difference between bias and lie. >> it feels like this is a great time to you have and i think that is why you are being so successful. everything from ted cruz's trip to what is happening in texas, all the way through, as you say the constitution and q-anon. you tackle a range of subjects and you present it in a form that is easy to digest and people really enjoy. my question then to you is where do you get your facts? >> my goal every day is to read five to ten from across the

spectrum. i'm reading everything from far right news to like the more extreme liberal news, when a story is of interest, let's say the most recent thing about ted cruz going to mexico, i always make a point of looking for that specific story from a variety of view points. always falling back to primary sources. like journalism 101, i'm not a journalist but if you can find it in the constitution, if you can find it in the text of the law, if you can find the actual document, falling back on those is key as much as possible. >> before i let you go, you have also used your platform to help people in need and you know, you've been big in getting group philanthropy going and getting a lot of your viewers or followers to join in and help worthy efforts. most recently you went after medical debt, something that a lot of people are struggling through right now especially

because of covid. talk me through that and what you have been doing and what you have been able to achieve. >> i decided to partner with an organization called rit medical debt which is a 501c3 organization and what they do is they buy medical debt and they forgive it. and because they buy huge chunks of medical debt at a time they are able to get massive discounts on it. so in five days my community raced over 57-- 560,000 for the organization which will forgive 56 million dollars of medical debt. >> wow. >> now that is the definition of social media being used for good. >> right. >> for crowd sourcing, help for people. >> are you doing an amazing job. can i see why you are so popular and hopefully it goes from 500,000 followers to a million to two million and so on because in a world with facts, maybe we can get to a place where we agree on reality and then we just get to fight about what we think about that reality.

>> yeah. >> 100 percent agree. and then we can fight about real facts. >> yes. >> i love that. >> yes. >> thank you so much for joining me on the show. >> thank you so much. >> take care. >> be sure to check out sharon says so on instagram and facebook. we're going to take a quick break but we'll be right back when you switch to xfinity mobile, you're choosing to get connected to the most reliable network nationwide, now with 5g included. discover how to save up to $300 a year with shared data starting at $15 a month, or get the lowest price for one line of unlimited. come into your local xfinity store to make the most of your mobile experience. you can shop the latest phones, bring your own device, or trade in for extra savings. stop in or book an appointment to shop safely with peace of mind at your local xfinity store.

tonight, but before we go, texas needs our help, the blackout right now isn't just causing power and heating failures, it's causing massive food insecurity all over the state. now one organization on the ground is houston food bank. they're leading hunger relief in 18 southeast texas counties and if you can help them out in anyway than please donate to the link below. until tomorrow, stay safe out there, wear a mask and remember, if you are pretending that you are a grandmother, say why thank you, young man, not why thank you, guy who is the same age as me. now here st, your moment of zen.

>> not even the money ets are safe from the woke mob, disney slapping the muppette shoi with an offensive content. >> the muppets are imprinted on our dna growing up and they too are on the chopping bloc. >> total mickey mouse move, really appalling. >> i don't remember the muppets ever being offensive but here we are, again, cancel culture. >> what's wrong with you? >> it is either this show or indigestion >> hi. >> good morning. can i help you? >> yes, i'm from techstar about a new phone system for you. i was wondering if i could talk to michael scott. >> i'm sorry. he's not in right now. >> really? he's never around when i come by. >> shoot. they have new phone systems now that can ring directly to a salesman, or someone presses star and they go to accounting. basically, 95% of my job.

but i'd like to see a machine that puts out candy for everyone. vending machine. >> how about i make an appointment to come back? that way i know he'll be here. >> that is a great idea. >> great. >> um... oh, boy. let's see, he's really... >> michael scott, manager. hi, how are you? >> oh, hi. >> there he is. >> nice to meet you. >> great. >> yeah. >> hey, look at that. >> whoo! i can assure you we don't need a new system, though. happy with ours. >> hello, may i help you? >> jimbo. >> jim? >> hey! >> hey! >> hey! >> hey! >> hey! all: hey! >> okay. i'm, uh, i'm gonna be going. >> hey!

all: hey! >> [laughing] what was that? >> that was funny. >> that was funny. let's go do it to somebody else. >> hey! [cheerful music] ♪ ♪ >> oh, look at that. >> ohh. >> cupids and hearts. really shoving our faces in it this year. you doing okay, bud? >> i miss stacy. >> yeah, i hear ya. it's been four months since i was with holly. and she was way hotter than stacy. so if you think you're hurting-- >> i can't even imagine. >> ohh. >> [snorts]

>> this is our first and only valentine's day as fiances. >> you're only engaged once. well, present company excluded, but-- >> really, jim. on cupid's birthday. >> yeah. she's fine. >> so i received my first valentine from a secret admirer. "roses are red, violets are blue, "it's time for your dental cleaning and maybe a check-up, too." >> ohh. >> oh, wow. look at those. how nice for you. up there front and center. beautiful. i think they would look better right here. they're very pretty, and i wouldn't want them to fall. >> [grumbles] >> just about everybody in this office is single right now, including me, and everyone is experiencing an incredible amount of emotional pain. especially me, because of my great capacity for emotion.

and it is my first valentine's day since holly, so i think that i am well-qualified to understand that these people need to be protected from having love shoved into their faces. pam, really? they're back? >> i can't see them when they're on the floor. >> [sighs] >> they're for her to look at, michael. >> could i have a word with you, champ? >> yes, let's have a word. >> yes. >> um, jim. >> mm-hmm. >> today's a very difficult day for a lot of people in this office. >> oh, i'm sorry. >> yeah. and the sexy looks between you and pam-- the general sexiness, the flowers-- it's creating a bit of a hostile work environment. >> i understand, yeah. >> it's so sexy it becomes hostile. >> mm-hmm. >> oh, i actually thought we were keeping it pretty low-key. >> well, if you guys insist on having your own private little love fest... >> we do. >> that none of us can be a part of... >> mm-hmm. >> you can't be a part of our relationship, michael. >> then we are going to have our own private valentine's day party. >> that sounds fun. >> so suck it. >> yeah. >> yes. >> hey, everybody. i just invited jim to suck it,