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 white house, residence of the president and new headquarters of coronavirus. it has been five days since president trump revealed that he had tested positive for covid-19, which was his most depressing test result since he found out his wife was pregnant with eric. and since that time, the virus has been spreading faster than an hbo password on a college campus. reporter: this morning, the covid outbreak spreading through the white house has reached the pentagon, and now almost the entire joint chiefs of staff, including the military s most senior general, mark milley, and other top officers are in quarantine after being exposed to the coast guard s number-two officer, admiral charles ray. reporter: this as the number of people testing positive who have been near the president or at t
i didn t know. my microbiome did. all along, they were trying to tell me something. i ve really learned that i m not just me. i m also all the creatures inside of me. from now on, i m gonna trust my gut a little more. well, i think we ve all learned something. one for the ladies is one too many for the ladies. [ laughter ] on, everybody. welcome to the daily social distancing show. i m trevor noah. today is wednesday, the 7th of october, which is an important date in american history. because today marks the four-year anniversary of the access hollywood grab em by the pussy tape. man, i have fond memories of that day. that s the day we knew for certain that donald trump would never be president. anyway, coming up on tonight s show: president donald trump. his corona outbreak continues to spread throughout the white house. meanwhile, facebook is clamping down on dangerous conspiracies and dangerously sexy onions. and we also found a replacement for all those columbu
we begin with your calls, tweets, and comments on tuesday s elections and the president. is it a referendum on our 45th president? if you say yes, dial (202) 748-8000. for no, (202) 748-8001. send us a tweet at @cspanwj. or join the conversation on facebook, facebook.com/cspan. gonzales joining us later as we look at some of the key races in the house and senate. good sunday morning. c-span will have live coverage of the returns beginning 8:00 p.m. tuesday evening. this is the headline from the washington post voters set to render fresh verdict on president trump. from reuters, a movement for a moment, writing this year s election is the first real test whether the coalition against the president s make america slogan can evolve from a diffuse, personality driven following to an organized political force able to boost candidates outside of his electoral strongholds. but outside of trump s strongholds, the influence of maga supporters is more pocketed, especially in rust
implications for the republic. that s what concerns not. look, anyone could stumble and fall, sandbag fall. but when a president does, it usually scrutiny and ridicule follow. trump couldn t even get a walk down a slick ramp without facing scorn. president gerald ford was probably the most athletic president ever. he played football in a national championship. but when he missed a step just once, chevy chase and snl sketches forever set a narrative of ford as a bumbling buffoon. so it is curious that when hillary clinton collapsed like an old armani pantsuit and wasid physically dumped into a van, riere was no snl sketch or ridicule. which bringsdiculed th us to tht th president , who over the last two years has done more pratfalls than jerry lewiso . part of the problem is joe biden is suffering from a stiffo gait and old age. his doctor has admitted as much ,but in an effort to showl how vigorous he still is , hehec tsaffects his skipping routine. i call it the biden trot
only by the barest margin and only by winning the votes in the 11th hour of the most extreme members of his party. one promise he made while campaigning to be speaker according to cnn s the new york times is to make thousands of hours of security footage from the january 6th attack public. today here is how house speaker mccarthy justified his decision to release the video. because i think sunshine matters. i don t care what side of the issue you re on, that s why i think putting it out all to the american public, you can see the truth. so what could be wrong with that? well, for starter, he is not actually doing what he said. he is not putting it all out to the american people. he is giving it to fox host tucker carlson, the one who spent months downplaying the significance of the day and hosting people peddling conspiracy theories about the day, lies about the election. when asked about that today, the speaker suggested the objections were just sour grapes. did you