And this is the table where the cold war began we look at the legacy of the past and conference 75 years later. Im aaron tilton welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump says he will not mandate face coverings nationwide to slow the spread of the coronavirus trump says the public should be free to decide whether to wear them or not he made the comments to fox news as the u. S. Recorded more than 70000 new infections for a 2nd consecutive day thats the highest number of daily cases since the beginning of the pandemic. As the virus marches on in the Us Public Health professionals are begging people to wear masks and bite by social distancing rules florida alone recorded over 11000 cases on friday with california texas and arizona following closely behind the nations top Infectious Disease expert had this message i can say as a Public Health official that i would urge. The local political and other leaders in states and cities and towns to be as forceful as possible in getting y
Initiative that he announced at the espys, and President Trump relaunches his campaign in a stadium packed with tens of people. Lets catch up on todays headlines. Welcome to the daily distancing show. From trevors couch to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily distancing show with Trevor Noah Trevor lets begin with statues. The house where Society Honors people from history and the park where teenagers meet to buy drugs. Protesters have been tearing down confederate memorials around the country since the george floyd protest began. So many of the statues have been pulled down that people are turning their sites on other historical figures. In portland protesters lighting on fire the monument of George Washington before pulling it down. The nations first president face down and covered in graffiti because activist say he was a slave owner. Targeting ulysses s. Grant who led the union army but said to own a slave, and Francis Scott key who wrote the lyrics to the star span
Statues. The house where Society Honors people from history and the park where teenagers meet to buy drugs. Protesters have been tearing down confederate memorials around the country since the george floyd protest began. So many of the statues have been pulled down that people are turning their sites on other historical figures. In portland protesters lighting on fire the monument of George Washington before pulling it down. The nations first president face down and covered in graffiti because activist say he was a slave owner. Targeting ulysses s. Grant who led the union army but said to own a slave, and Francis Scott key who wrote the lyrics to the star spangled banner but also a slave owner. The American Museum of Natural History in new york city says it will remove a statue of president Theodore Roosevelt from its front steps, featuring him on the horse with a native american man and africanamerican man standing on either side of him. Trevor ooh wee, there is not a good time to be
Negro led by the white savior. I know it was supposed to symbolize roosevelts friendship with the other races. If youre such good friends, let them up on the horse or at least give them something to ride. One reason the protests are still going strong, because racism is going strong. Look what happened after nascar banned the Confederate Flag. A disturbing discovery, a noose found in a stall for bubba wallace, the only fulltime black driver, successfully convinced the stock car racing series to ban the Confederate Flag at the tracks and facilities. Wallace writing todays despicable act of racism hatred leaves me saddened and service as a painful reminder of how much further we must go as society. Nascar says we have launched an immediate investigation and will do everything we can to identify the person responsible and eliminate them from the sport. Trevor this is such bullshit. Bubba wallace spoke out against racism and clearly someone wanted to send a reminder of what can happen to b
Like this is tearing down anything that doesnt move. When im waiting to cross the street, i keep moving so no one comes in and tries to rip off my head. I will be honest, the museum saying they are going to take town the Teddy Roosevelt makes sense because as someone who lives in new york i walked past that statue so many times and every time i thought that is an amazing statue that is also very problematic. Show i bet in the 30s, it was considered super woke. Look at that, an indian and negro led by the white savior. I know it was supposed to symbolize roosevelts friendship with the other races. If youre such good friends, let them up on the horse or at least give them something to ride. One reason the protests are still going strong, because racism is going strong. Look what happened after nascar banned the Confederate Flag. A disturbing discovery, a noose found in a stall for bubba wallace, the only fulltime black driver, successfully convinced the stock car racing series to ban the