and sheryl lee ralph!ith trevor noah." ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> trevor: what's going on, everybody? welcome to "the daily show." i'm trevor noah. thank you so much for tuning in. thank you coming out in person. thank you for being here, everybody. thank you so much for being here. take a seat, take a seat. we have got a great show for you tonight. the world cup is continuing its run of upsets, mozzarella sticks are getting sued, and we will give you yet another reason to hate your boss. plus, we have a have to go fantastic guests joining us on the show. nfl legend michael strahan is going to be here! [cheers and applause] and one of the stars of "abbott elementary," sheryl lee ralph is going to be here! [cheers and applause] let's do it, people. let's jump straight into today's headlines. [cheers and applause] all right, before we get into the big stories, let's catch up on a few other things going on in the world. starting off with the world cup. in today's knockout games, po

come on, barb. >> trevor: please welcome sheryl lee ralph! se] >> trevor: welcome, welcome, welcome. >> thank you! thank you! wow! >> trevor: the wind and only. [cheers and applause] sheryl lee ralph. welcome to "the daily show." let me start with saying, congratulations, emmy award-winning. [cheers and applause] you know, there are many performers in history, many artists, many actors, who audiences have said, critics alike, this person never got their flowers. this person never got the recognition they deserve to. so many people in black hollywood never got the flowers they deserved. talk me through just a part of this journey. you know, you have done it all. i mean, "moesha" for me, moving from one to the next, so many people back in the day, the original dream girl. talk me through the journey and what has kept you being as effervescent as you are. >> oh, my god. i choose to be happy. i choose joy. yeah. i believe that since i am alive, i might as well get up, get out there, and enjoy it! [cheers and applause] yes! i am so happy that god h

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janelle james who plays principal and sheryl lee ralph who plays a veteran teacher are both up for bestupporting actress. tyler james williams is up for best supporting actor. the golden globes will be given out on january 10. >> national geographic is out with its 2020 of the year. the publication sends 132 photographers on assignment to 60 countries. they failed 2.2 million images but only the best 118 made it into this month's issue. today on midday live photographer talked about a photo taken by stephen loucks. >> what you are seeing is an image made through a unique process. stephen uses his process where he takes more than 2000 frames across 24 hours and stitches together 44 of them to make this final composite image. what you are seeing on one side of the frame is the sun. you are seeing the moon on the others of the frame. a number of tourists in the foreground and four planets in alignment in the sky. >> want to show this picture by evan green. walk us through what we will see in this photo. >> this is another great example of going behind the picture to understand what it take

and later, and the award winning actress, singer and producer extraordinaire sheryl lee ralph joins me live. we will dig into our phenomenal role on the hit show abbott elementary and what else she has been working on. all in today's simone and. i am simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. sanders townsend and i have something to say. wnba star brittney griner is back on u.s. soil today -- to road to reclaiming her life after 200, and 94 days in russian captivity. american officials secure -- an exchange for russian arms dealer victor bout. arrived in san antonio texas yesterday where she is undergoing a routine medical evaluation and wolf henry medical center. this moment was months in the making, driven by teammates and the white house and griner's wife, cheryl. here is part of charles, charles griner's reaction to president biden told her that brittani's released. >> stop it. she is on the ground. >> great day, this is a great day. it's such a good day. oh my god. >> a great day for cherelle, griner. the release of an american citizen from the clutches of a foreign adv