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 coronavirus pandemic. it's the reason you were able to watch "croods 2" on opening day in your bathtub. and now there's actually some good pandemic news for a change. cases in the u.s. are dropping steeply for the first time ever. and the biden administration is purchasing 200 million more vaccine doses and plans to have the entire country vaccinated by the end of summer, which is so exciting. it means i'll be vaccinated just in time for apple picking-- partying! i mean, partying! at, like, the coolest orchards-- i mean clubs. i go to the clubs. you know, i don't pick apples. and while there are still problems distributing the vaccine, some medical providers are getting creative to make sure that no doses get to waste. >> a snowstorm that snarled traffic in oregon ended up being a blessing in disguise for drivers who ended up being in the right place at the right time. that is because also stranded in that very same storm was a group of heal

somewhere in the world, this is "the daily social distancing show" with trevor noah. ♪ ♪ >> trevor:'s kick things off with president joseph "rolex" biden. he has been in office for less than a week, but man, he's already putting his stamp on the presidency with a series of eye catching progressive moves. >> president biden has ended a ban on transgender people in the military. mr. biden signed an executive order yesterday reversing a policy ordered by then president trump. >> president joabdz plans to make a switch to electric vehicles replacing the white house fleet. >> the white house added a sign language interpreter to the briefings. he says they will be a regular part of daily press briefings during the biden presentation. >> the treasury department will resume efforts to put harriet tubman on the $20 bill. the plan to replace andrew jackson on the 20 was originally announced during the obama administration but president trump delayed that project. >> trevor: damn joe biden coming in hot! he's walking into the white house like it's the first day of prison. yo! who's the wokest

what's going on everybody i'm trevor noah. this is "the daily social distancing show," and i'm happy to announce that i just completed another new year's resolution-- i finally managed to stop eating frog eggs. no, that was baby yoda's resolution. that means he's got mine! anyway, on tonight's show: the stock market is going crazy, republicans are going nuts, and coronavirus is out of control. plus, inauguration poet amanda gourman is joining us to chat about her future. 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 stock market, america's number-one supplier of great depressions. as volatile as the stock market can be, this has been one of its wildest weeks yet. >> the craziest business story out there: an internet trading mob is driving the gamestop shares higher. it appears to spite short sellers. look at th

distancing show, i'm trevor noah. today is tuesday, the 8th of december, which means christmas is only 17 days away. and if your kids are sad because they can't go see santa at the mall this year, you can recreate the experience at home. just have them stand in line in the living room for two hours and then tell them santa took a lunch break and they have to leave. it's the same thing! anyway, coming up on tonight's show: trump finally leaves the oval office, we look at the top tech of 2020, and busta rhymes is on the show. 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. >> trevor: let's kick things off with mount everest, it's the reverse grand canyon. everyone knows it's the highest mountain in the world, but turns out that, like seth rogen, it's even higher than we thought. >> if you were planning to scale mount everest anytime soon, it just got a little

new york city to your couch somewhere in the world this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. >> trevor: today the sun was shiesing, the birds were singing and macdon don share price in florida just went way up because america just got a brand new dad. >> please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i joseph robinette biden, jr. do solemnly swear. >> i joseph robinette biedzen, jr. do solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> the office of president of the united states. >> office of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> preserve, protect and defend. >> preserve, protect and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution. united states. >> so help you god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations mr. president. (applause). >> trevor: i done know about you, but this moment will stay in my memory forever. joe biden's middle name is robinette? what? that's right. as of noon eastern time today america welcomed the fresh young face of j

with trevor noah! >> trevor: every year around this time the whole country gets into the same big debate -- is "die hard" a christmas movie? but that's actually the wrong question because, remember, the pop in that movie is the dad to lives next door to steve erkel. so the real question is is "die hard" an episode of family matters. police in california might have settled the argument once and for all. >> santa! santa and elf moonlighting as a crime fighting duo. they know who's been naughty or nice. they helped riverside police nab suspects at a target store yesterday starting with an undercover surveillance operation to catch shoplifters. the pair was waiting outside to slap on the cuffs. things got interesting when they spotted three men stealing a car in the parking lot. santa and his elf gave chase, confusing the suspect. >> trevor: i would be, like, wait, santa! arrest meg for wangt a free gift? that's your thing! how are you going to do this to me? hiring santa to be a cop makes sense. he already

i'm trevor noah. today is thursday, the 3rd of december, which means there's only 48 days left until donald trump is no longer president and can finally start building the first presidential library that has a ballpit. anyway, coming up on tonight's show: drake wants to be in your house, ivanka trump wants to stay out of prison, and ludacris is joining me on the show. 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 it off with the coronavirus pandemic. it's the reason you know what all your co-workers' bedrooms look like without creating a problem for h.r. right now, things are not looking good all over the world, and especially not in the united states. in fact, robert redfield, the director of the c.d.c. and man whose face got put on upside-down by god, said yesterday that the next few months could be "th

>> trevor: well hello, everybody, welcome to the daily social distancing show, i'm trevor noah. today is wednesday, the 2-7bd of december. which means there is only 49 days left until trump is no longer president and start starts selling national secrets on his only fan account, anyway coming up on tonight's show, the queen has the vaccine y black people can't buy homes and michael j fox will join us on the show, let's do this, 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 the coronavirus pandemic. you know, the reason why our nostrils aren't virgins any more. today the world hit a major milestone as great britan became the first country to officially approve a fully tested vaccine. so big congratulations britan, it is amazing how much you can get done when you don't waste time combing your hair. and you know this is really, really great news for the world. unless britain decides to use this opportunity to get revenge.

. >> hey, what's going on everyone, i'm trevor noah and this is the daily social distancing show, here say tip for anyone out there who is trying to get the vaccine right now. you cannot get vaccinated by making out with everyone who has had the vaccine. but it's fun to try. cool me gladys, anyway on tonight's show tom brady defeats the packers and father time. roy wood, jr. de funds the police and why you are the one who should really be impeached. 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 the super bowl, tonight you open a blue cheese dressing that you will end up throwing away in april. yesterday the kansas city chiefs advance to the big game where they will be facing off against the tampa bay buccaneers which means we're going to be seeing a very familiar very handsome face on the field. >> now to the other big story this morning. brady is back, in the super bowl for the 10th time in his c

california's staggering spike in coronavirus cases it has been moved to sunday march 14th and comedian trevor noah set to host. >>> called dry january some of us just refuse to participate. and some people go alcohol free for a month but there is a budding new alternative getting a spark. here's dan schenamen >> reporter: for many americans, this is dry january. putting down the bottle and perhaps picking up something else >> we did a recent survey and found a lot of patients, around 30% with were using cannabis instead of alcohol >> reporter: they say americans who have started using, or increasing the use of cannabis , are using to deal with stress, relax and sleep and available in many states. >> there's been a sea change in cannabis use over the last few years. over half the united states has access to legal cannabis in some form. >> reporter: and a wide range of options for consumers. >> tinksures and mints and other things you wouldn't think of i think coming to a dispensary and talking to an associate that's really edge kaltucated is most important they may not know what ratios and doses ar

york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is "the daily social distancing show," with trevor noah. >> trevor: tomorrow, joe biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of what's left of the united states. although, judging from the preparations, perhaps "united" isn't the right word for the country. >> tonight, extraordinary security in the nation's capital, officials taking no chances, military reinforcements arriving by the planeload, national guard troops coming from every corner of the u.s. >> on every street, more fencing, more police, more troops. >> fencing with razor wire, barricades and checkpoints everywhere. restrictions on drones, helicopters patrolling the skies, and police boats scouring the potomac river. >> more than 25,000 national guard troops in the nation's capital, many already there and sleeping on cots. >> biden planned to take the train from his home in deleware to d.c., but that trip has been canceled due to security concerns about his arrival at union station just blocks from the capitol. >> trevor: oh, man. poor joe biden. he loves trains, but security

york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is "the daily social distancing show," with trevor noah. >> trevor: let's kick it off with the coronavirus pandemic. it's the reason you know what all your co-workers' bedrooms look like without creating a problem for h.r. right now, things are not looking good all over the world, and especially not in the united states. in fact, robert redfield, the director of the c.d.c. and man whose face got put on upside-down by god, said yesterday that the next few months could be "the most difficult in the public health history of this nation"-- even worse than that six-month stretch when you couldn't go anywhere without hearing "baby shark." we thought that was the pandemic! the good news is that a vaccine is right around the corner, but you still need to get enough people to get the vaccine so that people are immune. and let's face it, in a country where millions of people refuse to wear masks, there's a good chance many of them will resist getting an injection, which is sort of like a mask that hurts. so that's why some high-profile people from a

. >> trevor: yo, what's going on, everybody welcome to the daily social distancing show, i'm trevor noah. and i'm happy to report that i have just completed my first new year's resolution, which was that i would learn a brand new instrument. i actually wrote a little song for you guys, it's called 2020 into 2021. ♪ anyway, on tonight's show we pay tribute to melania's many accomplishments as first lady, the nba is taking on coronavirus, and everyone has already forgotten about what is his name, you know, the guy with the hair. plus jelani cobb is on the show to talk about what is next for the country. so let's do this, people. welcome to the daily showings distancing show. >> less' kick things off with the story that just won't end. a coronavirus pandemic. cuz i know america has begun a new era but corona doesn't care about who is president. in fact, it's been exactly one year since we first learned that covid-19 had reached the united states and things have only gotten worse. yesterday the country set a new record for coronavirus deaths. and the cdc now predicts that half a million deat

author, viflt, comedian at the daily show with trevor noah. these days he is host of the podcast.th us, bill kristol, the author and writer and thinker of the bush administration's editor at large, over at the bulwark. good evening to you both. i would like to begin with you. and we're all about to see something for the first time. we have what i'm told is the first video, exclusive video out of this meeting today between mccarthy and trump. we'll watch it and react on other side. >> i love you. you. you complete me. >> just shut up. you had me at hello. you had me at hello. >> that is obviously we have rolled the wrong clip and we were sold a bill of goods here. i thought this was going to be of the mccarthy and trump meeting and someone of course will be in big trouble. so to reset, you've got the leader of the republicans in the house going down to kiss the ring and god knows what else. meeting with a deposed former president in his underdecorated florida home. is that because this is the only game they have? they badly need his supporters. and the thing they fear the most is h

back with us again tonight baratunde thurston, author, activist, producer for the daily show with trevor noahthese days host of the podcast "how to citizen." and rick wilson, long time republican strategist who's since left the party. he's an author and happens to be the co-founder of the lincoln project. gentlemen, welcome to you both. rick, i have to begin with you because of twitter's decision tonight to kick off donald trump. does trump without twitter now mean republicans without fear, meaning is rob portman going to emerge from the witness protection program? is nikki haley going to say she never did like trump? >> brian, in the last five years i cannot tell you the number of times republican elected officials have said to me, i hate him, i can't stand him, he's destroying the country. but if i say that, he'll tweet about me and end my career. well, folks, now your excuses are expired. he does not have a twitter account. the bull horn is broken, the platform is shattered. he can't strike you down if you say what's in your hearts. i encourage my former republican friends to step out of t

the award show will be hosted by trevor noah. the grammys currently rescheduled for sunday, march 14th. a good call. we wish everyone well out in california. >>> all right. a state legislator in massachusetts wants to declare an official state dinosaur, they will join 12 states and the district of columbia. i had no representative. state representative jack lewis tweeted about the representation he plans to introduce asking to choose. i'm not a paleontologists. these names are tricky. these names between a carnivorous dinosaur discovered in 1910 by the first woman to name and describe any dinosaur. the other choice is a herbivore, making it the earliest american dinosaurs known. state representative lewis said this effort is a good way to teach children about the legislative process. that's one way to do it. good luck to the contenders. >>> and comedian and one of msnbc's biggest fans leslie jones was back on twitter last night commenting on the georgia runoff coverage. and of course, our resident chart throb steve kornacki, watc

former producer for "the daily show" with trevor noah.e days the host of "how to citizen," and because i'm allowed a personal point of privilege, do yourself a favor, watch his ted talks and stand-up comedy wherever you get your video, they'll both stay with us for a good long time. we're also joined by another old friend tonight, bill kristol, the author, writer, thinker, and politico, veteran of the reagan and bush administrations back in the old days. these days the editor at large over at the bulwark. good evening to you both. bill, you wrote the following on twitter tonight, and i lit up when i saw it. based on the new news this evening of a little attempted coup at the doj and the attempt to overturn the georgia election results, you write, we should all be alarmed that trump may walk away from all this from his attempt as president to overturn the election without a senate conviction of high crimes and misdemeanors and disqualification for future office. bill, what's the real chance if you were a betting man that mitch mcconnell is

. >> joining me now is jordan klepper, contributor of "the daily show with trevor noah." jordan, what was it like generally there that day? >> it was tense from the get-go. as we kind of approached the day, you saw a lot of soldier cosplay wherever we went. people were dressing the part. at a trump rally you could always say people always dressed the part. you could say the writing was on the wall or on the flags and the t-shirts as it has for months, but that day was very tense. you started to feel that post election. i went to a few of these rallies. before the election there was some combative energies there, but once donald trump was not declared victorious in the eyes of the mainstream media, folks were upset. they were looking to start a fight. they were looking to get that win they were promised. you felt that there that day, that something could go down. >> we're showing video there of someone. it's sort of this perfect combination of like prankish and immature and also like actually violent, which is that someone came behind your cameraman and basically like inte

under fire for the base, as if four years of -- with us former producer for the daily show with trevor noahhost of the podcast how to citizen and rick wilson long-time republican strategist who has since left the party, he's an author and happens to be the cofounder of the lincoln project. gentlemen welcome to you both. rick, i have to begin with you because of twitter's decision tonight to kick off donald trump. does trump without twitter now mean republicans without fear? meaning is rob portman going to emerge from the witness protection program? is nikki haley going to say she never did like donald trump? >> brian, in the last five years, i cannot tell you the number of times republican elected officials have said to me i hate him. i can't stand him. he's destroying the country, but if i say anything he's going to tweet about me and destroy my career or i'll get a primary. well, folks, now your excuses are expired. he does not have a twitter account. the bull horn is broken. the platform is shattered. he can't strike you down if you say what's in your hearts. i encourage my former republ

2016 to 2020 that success seems to have shifted viewers away from other late-night shows such as trevor noahn, which has seen ratings decline in that same time period. >> while late night has been political to some degree, when you look over the past four years, the prominence of politics has been like never before and of course that's all about trump. >> reporter: it's not just comedy, cable news has got an big boost the last four years. the top story usually president trump. the election along with the pandemic drove cnn ratings up 85% in 2020, while fox ratings grew 45% and msnbc ratings increased 24%. in fact, over the past five years since trump started his presidential campaign, tv news has reportedly gone from the 5th most watched genera to the most watche constant d genre. 10% lost tv consumption to 20. >> there is a very high profile persona, his constant tweeting and controversial actions so it was fodder for prime time cable, in particular, which thrives on the kind of conflict that president trump thrives on, too. >> reporter: as for what happens to ratings and the focus of late

trevor noah was to have hosted the event.s a day on tictoc and twitter powered by 2700 analysts and journalists. i'm karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. taking a look at asian market. results fromit the the georgia runoff election. the stakes are high. 225 down .4%. they want to resume the go to travel campaign. take a look where we are. withollar is higher georgia and focus. also in focus, the yuan. they could be taken profit more they could be acting on behalf of the pboc. the yuan is strengthening. it is one factor weighing on the dollar-yen. rishaad: they are trying to get u.s. vaccinated as quickly as possible. at the challenges facing small business and help to survive the pandemic. >> businesses are a vital part of our economy in a way that they employ families, contribute to communities that we operate a -- in. they need help. some help has come, but more is needed. we are trying to let congress know that there are things that they need help on to get to the other side. they need help to get through the tunnel. >> a l

slated originally to take place at the staples center in los angeles on january 31st with trevor noaha.g. awards. that's different so here's how it looks for now. the golden globes will be the first awards show of 2021 on february 28th then the grammys and s.a.g.s on march 14th and then finally the oscars are scheduled to be out on april 25th. obviously everything subject to change. >>> also happening this morning, matthew mcconaughey sharing a throwback photo so cute of his young texas pageant days. he posted this picture on instagram. look at that dimple. 8-year-old self winning little mr. texas runner-up back in 1977. he wrote, for 43 years i was little mr. texas until i wasn't. well, apparently matthew never knew he was the runner-up. he thought all these years he was the winner, four decades. thanks to his kind-hearted mom who never focused on those two other words. he finally realized the truth when he was writing his memoir last year going through old photos and finally reading the fine print on that trophy. it's going to be okay, matthew. >> still good. >> got to read the fine

. >> noah a familiar face, re- elected city councilmembers, including carol fyfe and trevor reed. >> we are now a family. a family that does not always have to agree. that is not even always have to like each other, but will always love each other. >> i know that working together, we can be effective in making sure that the people of oakland have their core needs met, and that we uplift a future of more justice, and more peace. >> the inauguration ceremony was followed by a special city council meeting including the appointment of the 2021 council president, and vice mayor. >>> things have dried up considerably compared to where we were a couple of hours ago here. >> absolutely. particularly for those in the north bay working its way from north to south before we get some good clearing later this afternoon. but, we have gotten some decent rain totals out of this, too, so it has been a very productive system that has rolled through the bay area. let's look outside where you see cloudy skies as you look down the oakland estuary and you can barely make out san francisco in the distance.

noah other procedure after the reception tomorrow —— no other. there's nothing else that has to happen before the biden inauguration on the 20th. good information. trevorconversation going on in the over between president trump and the vice president, mike pence. penny for his thoughts on the eve of this count tomorrow. is he going to get the jeff sessions treatment? he wasn't meant to be. that launch appeared after last night's comments. that's what you get, you're loyal to somebody forfour years. he's what you get, you're loyal to somebody for four years. he's been doggedly loyal to the president for four years, and now, this happens. if you want to run in 2024, is between a rock in the hard play. if you want to run in 2024, is between a rock in the hard playm a very difficult position. a lot of this makes me thinks this long transition period... we've had legislators on the programme who have stuck with the democratic process and who have not been swayed, but you have to wonder, this whole process has made people think, "is whole process has made people think, "is our democracy solid?" i think this transition period must be up for a big day. even th