trevor: let s kick things off on the west coast. you know, the part of america that keeps nevada from getting wet. extreme wildfires have been devastating the region for over a week now, and as if the natural disaster isn t bad enough, it s being made worse by some serious human stupidity. raging wildfires in california, oregon and washington state are burning out of control at this hour. at least 35 people have died. officials describe conditions as apocalyptic. as if the fatal massive wildfires weren t enough to contend with, now officials in oregon are having to plead with residents to ignore a q anon conspiracy theory that is quickly spreading online. the false claim says antifa is to lame blame for starting the fires. a county sheriff s deputy placed on leave after a video of him went viral saying fascists started fires in oregon. antifa (~bleep ) are out causing hell and there s a lot of lives at stake and there are a lot of people s property at stake becaus
- so go ahead, america. whenever you pass by harley riders like us, roll down your window and yell, faggots! all you kids out there, when you see us, walk up to us and say, hello, fags! no, really. we want you to. at least we re cool enough to embrace who we are. right, guys? - that s right! - yeah, yeah! - you got it, yeah! - come on, fags, let s roll out! [imitating motorcycles] - and that, mr. editor, is why they are the true definition of fags. - let there be no perplexity, those individuals are the legitimate faggots! the definition shall be replaced! [cheers and applause] - we did it! - yeah, we did it, you guys! - oh, it s over! it s finally over! - today we ve made history. what s going on, everybody? welcome to the daily social distancing show. i m trevor noah. today is monday, the 14th of september, which means we are now just 50 days away from election day, which means you ve got just enough time to build your bunker for when the post-election civil war begins
history and conversation with us. and to kind of create a space to put that history of conversation with the president and struggles today. tonight we are going to be talking about black power and political refreshment. it feels a timely in the moment we are in. i think most of you who have been here before also know that every two months i like to talk about rosa parks. many of you know i am professor jeanne theoharis and i wrote a biography of rosa parks and this would have been her 100 third birthday. in honor of that, colleagues have built a new web site called rosaparksbiography.org to challenge the ways in much of our public conversation today there s a kind of dangerous distinction being made between what is being treated as the good old civil rights movement and the movements for racial justice and black lives matter today and these are dangerous distinctions and i think really looking at the history of rosa parks and particularly looking at criminal-justice. really c
achievement award to toni morrison and announcement of winners in several categories including general nonfiction awarded to david ryan davis author of the nonfiction book the problem of slavery in the age of emancipation. [applause] thanks louise and good evening to all of you. it s my pleasure to welcome you here tonight to the book critics award ceremony for the publishing year 2014. where i d have you join us this evening is now the most outstanding work of the past year in six categories, fiction and nonfiction biography poetry autobiography and criticism. like i said in a gratitude to the others who ve joined us here tonight as well as the editors editors publishers agents and publicists to help bring their work her attention to the national book critics circle awards were founded in 1974 out of a conversation that took place at the out walk when hotel by grupo critters who want to establish a set of awards granted given by critics and sell them like other literary
[inaudible] the role that [inaudible] have had in strengthening the iraqi kurdistan? you repeat that? yes. if you could please comment on the role that exxon, the oil company exxonmobil. yeah, sorry. okay. thank you. exxon is one of a number of large international oil companies that have signed exploration and production agreements with the regional government. they did that under threat from baghdad, that they might lose their positions and privilege to develop oil fields in parts of iraq. p.m. .. they need a banking sector they need to be involved in regional trade, but oil is king, and exxon has played a leading role. seems like a good place to leave these things. david, once again, you have given us a comprehensive sweep of the kurdish issue as well as the politics of the entire region. again, the book is o the kurdish spring: a new map of the middle east. and here with author david phillips. please join me in thanking him for his insights today. [applaus