california and how putin and trump are in a race to release the least trustworthy vaccine. let s do this. welcome to the daily social distancing show. 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 in california. the only state where botox is considered an essential service. this year s wildfire season has been one of the worst in history with dozens of fires burning a record 2 million acres. and now we re finding out that one of this weekend s biggest blazes started in one of the dumbest ways possible. crews continue battling dozens of raging wildfires in california. officials say one of the fires, the el dorado in san bernardino county started after pyrotechnics were used in a gender reveal party. scorched thousands of acres. only # 7% contained as of late last night. no word of any charges related to the fire. trevor: i ve said it before and i ll
somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah! trevor: let s kick things off in california. the only state where botox is considered an essential service. this year s wildfire season has been one of the worst in history with dozens of fires burning a record 2 million acres. and now we re finding out that one of this weekend s biggest blazes started in one of the dumbest ways possible. crews continue battling dozens of raging wildfires in california. officials say one of the fires, the el dorado in san bernardino county started after pyrotechnics were used in a gender reveal party. scorched thousands of acres. only # 7% contained as of late last night. no word of any charges related to the fire. trevor: i ve said it before and i ll say it again, these gender reveals have gone too far! 10,000 acres have burned and it s not even the first time this kind of thing has happened. ty at this point a gender reveal party is one of the most
reporting drizzle. there are pockets of thick fog. keep that in mind. santa rosa is the only location with reduced visibility. the southwest tabriz is not strong. fog and the morning, then it will disappear and temperatures are on their way up. it will be near average, we will have more on that in about 10 minutes. it is 5:00 and the morning. it is friday. sal is here now and he will tell us this time. we are in decent shape to start of the commute. good morning. traffic is moving along nicely if you are driving around the bay area, i like what i see so far. you can see the the bay bridge looks good with no major issues. hopefully, this friday we will get later conditions and then we usually do on the first four days of the week of the pandemic. however, there is roadwork. check this out if you are looking at your screen. they are trying to pick up the cone, there might be a temporary backup. we will see how long this lasts. let s go to the headlines. there is a flex aler
and from justin timberlake s new mission to a new gig for jay leno to the mom making a surprise visit during her daughter s audition video, all the trending stories this thursday morning. good thursday morning, everyone. we begin with the white house firing back after the release of those bombshell audiotapes. the tapes reveal that president trump admitted downplaying the coronavirus back in february. he spoke out late last night. abc s faith abubey begins our coverage. reporter: this morning, the white house fighting back responding to recordings made public in which president donald trump acknowledged he understood the deadly threat posed by the coronavirus back in february but misled the public about it. journalist bob woodward interviewed the president february 7th, 1 of 18 on the record interviews for woodward s book, rage. it goes through air, bob. that s always tougher than the touch. you know, the touch, you don t have to touch things, right, but the air, yo
killed. nearly 100 major fires are reported in almost a dozen states. north of sacramento, three people were killed in the bear fire. authorities say that one person was found in their car apapparently trying to escape t flames. the fire is burning dangerously close to the town of paradise. you may remember paradise was decimated by wildfire two years ago. stunning images show an orange haze of smoke hanging over the golden gate bridge and throughout san francisco yesterday morning. it s the result of thick ash from wildfires burning across northern part of the state. danya bacchus is in fresno county, california. will the weather conditions be at least a little better today and maybe help the firefighters out? reporter: good morning to you, anne-marie. yes, the weather conditions are expected to be better today. the santa ana winds that we have been experiencing are not expected, which could be helpful for firefighters. for thousands of them, this fight is far from over. t