His absolute priority and he is getting working already in the next 24 hours hell be naming a corona virus taskforce that he will be sitting up he has been advised by various experts for a long period of time now among them ron klain who was the a boat and barack obama but we understand as well that this task force is going to be headed by beck murphy whos a former said Surgeon General appointed by obama and then fired by donald trump in 2018 as well as a former commissioner of the food and Drug Administration David Kessler so this is really a heavyweight team that will be advising biden and which will form part of his Coronavirus Task force as he and his. Vice president elect come heris go forward but biden has made very clear through his campaign and hes made very clear since he was spoke as president elect that he believes that the way to combat the pen did make is to follow the science. And to find donald trump has refused to concede defeat and is preparing for a series of legal fi
Reason we are all throwing dinner parties in a parking lot. Right now things are looking pretty dire. There have been over 11 million recorded cases in the u. S. And onethird of all americans know someone who has died of covid19. And with the holidays just around the corner there is both good news and bad news. The bad news, of course, is that you wont be able to spend time with your extended family. The good news is you wont have to spend time with your extended family. And this morning there was also some really good news. This morning another potential breakthrough in the battle against covid. A vaccine developed by moderna showing a 94. 5 percent efficacy rate in a trial with 30,000 participates. One big difference between the Moderna Vaccine and one developed by pfizer that also reported very promising results in early trial, moderna says its vac even doesnt need to be expect at extremely low temperatures to remain stable. That could help with shipping and driksz. Trevor yes, peop
Going. Anyway coming up on tonights show, there is a younger an hotter coronavirus vaccine, donald trump gets a loser approximate raid in his honor and Tanehisi Coates is joining us on the show to talk about how books are being turned into movies. So lets do this, people, welcome to the daily social distancing show. From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world. This is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Trevor lets kick things off with the coronavirus, the reason we are all throwing dinner parties in a parking lot. Right now things are looking pretty dire. There have been over 11 million recorded cases in the u. S. And onethird of all americans know someone who has died of covid19. And with the holidays just around the corner there is both good news and bad news. The bad news, of course, is that you wont be able to spend time with your extended family. The good news is you wont have to spend time with your extended family. And this morning th
Be only doing one of those 2 and you know. Winning is easy losing is never easy now for me its not. But i think we have when we see rallies the likes of which in the history of this country probably in the history of the world nobodys ever seen before. Theres a tremendous love going on in this country and theres really a tremendous unity theres a tremendous unity nobodys ever seen that we take an airport and the airports not big enough to hold the crowds nobodys ever seen a thing like that and our opposition is you know we have a few people sitting in circles and thats ok thats not normal thats not abnormal actually i mean thats the way it is 11 f. Alan fischer in washington d. C. Monitoring all developments in that was president trying speaking about an hour and a half ago just under 2 hours how did he seem to you. Different tone isnt it i mean its not quite the bullish attack hungry donald trump that weve seen over the last 3 days on the campaign trail remember he said 17 events in t
The Prime Minister of armenia and the president of the Russian Federation signed a statement which declares a complete cease fire and of military action in the nagornokarabakh war zone starting from midnight on november 10th moscow time armenias Prime Minister described the deal as unbelievably painful. The backlash was immediate moments after the announcement furious summons traders stormed into parliament in your avant to protest the move the conflict they argue is about much more than land. But armenia had undergone a number of defeats azeri forces overran nagornokarabakh 2nd city shoe shop and they were on their way to the capital when the deal was signed some analysts say armenia didnt have much choice the prospect of conflict and its costs could be so much worse for the armenians given the current rate of momentum. So hes in a difficult position to be sure and it remains to be seen what the future holds for him more than a 1000 people on both sides have died tens of thousands are