The very beginning. So if youre confused, or if you dont agree, or if you just want to try and find out what the hell is going on, well, tonights episode is specific for you you. Yeah, you bryan. I see you. Welcome to the daily social distancing show. Announcer 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 all right, before we get into the conversation thats happening among activists and everyone in america, lets catch up with the ongoing conversation in washington. Because while the movement in the street has been building up steam, democrats in washington have been scrambling to respond. But yesterday, i think they figured it out. With some were not a fan of the colorfucolorful kente scarf turt into a political prop. Trevor okay i understand the symbol symbolic gesture of kneeling to remember george floyd. What i dont understand is why they had to dress like extras from coming to america 2.
Still not many people. We will be tracking this story throughout our three hours. Nearly half a Million People will be returning to work in the city. And they are returning to work, by the way, to a city whose mayor is pushing to defund the Police Department in the wake of the george floyd protests. A lot of pushback on this, as you can imagine. We will get into it. Including from the president. He tweeted this just moments ago. Law and order, not defund and abolish the police. The radical left democrats have gone crazy. And Hillary Clinton, by the way, well, shes had another deplorables moment when speaking about trump reporters and we will have that for you as well. Im Ashley Webster. The big story for dyou today on monday, the markets pointing upwards. Varney Company Begins right now. This will go down in history as the biggest positive data shock for the markets and the economy. Its some combination of an incredibly resilient economy thats bouncing back, the impact of government me
Of america in shackles. We know we have a long way to go and we are living with the legacy of slavery and jim crow and racial oppression that continues to permeate every aspect of american life. And we have seen that over the last several months in such a stark and striking fashion. The covid19 pandemic, the Public Health crisis and the economic crisis, has impacted everyone, but disproportionately impacted the africanamerican. Ommunity in terms of pain, in terms of suffering, in terms of economic. Islocation, in terms of death and then, of course, were dealing with the continued epidemic, at the same time, of Police Violence, Police Brutality, police abuse. All across the land. Every aspect of our lives. Shopping while black. George floyd. Sleeping while black. Breonna taylor. Jogging while black. Ahmaud arbery. The names are too numerous to mention. But those tragedies are just a microcosm of what we confronts in our communities ideally a daily basis and we want to have a discussion
Said. He said the last thing we need is to militarize the border. I agree. The problem is the cartels get a vote. They have militarize the border. The question is whether or not it will be militarized, but answering but entering records into the Committee Evidence showing they have grenade launchers. They have rocket launchers, they are taking out helicopters. The border is militarized. The question is whether or not our folks, the americans who would protect and preserve our country are going to be put at a disadvantage when protecting us as a consequence of this congress. Hours upon hours my democratic colleagues have said how dare you to the republicans who would inject issues that dont have anything to do with the death of mr. Floyd. Nobody in Border Patrol killed george floyd. Nobody in Border Patrol killed be on a taelor. Breonna taylor. I do know circumstance where they are involved in the type of offenses that the majority is articulating or attempting to solve. So it begs the
We are opening up regional lines this morning. If you are in the eastern or central time zone, your telephone number is 202 7488000. If youre in the mountain or pacific time zones, your telephone number is 202 7488001. We are opening up a special line for people who voted this year already in the 2020 primaries. If you voted in the primaries, your number is 202 7488002. Tell us what happened. You can keep in mind always text us at 202 7488003. We are always reading on social media on twitter and facebook. What happened in the georgia primary earlier this week has caused concern around the nation about what will happen for this fall election. And there is a story in politico that was written about what happened in the georgia primary. I will read this to you. Some voters and george are experiencing our long lines to cast ballots in todays primary, with official trading blame for who exactly is responsible for the latest trip up and holding an election during the pandemic. Since polls op