New york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Trevor right now, the only news america is talking about is the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Aka the notorious r. B. G. As im sure you know, the Iconic Supreme Court justice died over the weekend at the age of 87. A little bit later on in the show, we will talk about her life and legacy. But first we have to start with the allout war brewing over her reblame it because you may remember that when Justice Antonin Scalia died nine months before the 2016 election and president obama tried to replace him with merrick garland, Mitch Mcconnell and the g. O. P. Blocked it, and their reasoning was a Supreme Court vacancy so close to an election should be held for the next president so that the people can decide. Well, you might want to s. A. T. Down for this one because, guess what theyre saying now . President donald trump and his republican allies are forging full speed ahead to n
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 right now, the only news america is talking about is the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Aka the notorious r. B. G. As im sure you know, the Iconic Supreme Court justice died over the weekend at the age of 87. A little bit later on in the show, we will talk about her life and legacy. But first we have to start with the allout war brewing over her reblame it because you may remember that when Justice Antonin Scalia died nine months before the 2016 election and president obama tried to replace him with merrick garland, Mitch Mcconnell and the g. O. P. Blocked it, and their reasoning was a Supreme Court vacancy so close to an election should be held for the next president so that the people can decide. Well, you might want to s. A. T. Down for this one because, guess what theyre saying now . President donald trump and his republican allies are forging
During an election year. Then its like, asterisk, that rule doesnt apply when we have the white house. Dont be shocked when Mitch Mcconnell says, how come the Supreme Court is a lifetime appointment but our great president is not. You guys feel me . Speaking of lifetime appointments, i cant believe donald j. Trump, people, gets to name three justices to the Supreme Court. The guy cant even name three branches of government but he gets to name three justices who serve for life this is the same guy who has fired everyone he hired because of how bad he is at hiring people for life trump cant even pick his own partner for life but he gets to do it for america . This country is rock and roll. I dont think anybodys surprised Senate Republicans said one thing when obama was president an another thing when its trump. I mean, you cant even call them inconsistent, you know. Doing whatever it takes to get his way is the one consistent principle that Mitch Mcconnell lives by. Its that and eating b
A year after a power sharing deal was signed all of that plus. Theres gold in these hills that im standing on perhaps 3800000000 dollars im sure a challenge in Northern Ireland keep watching to find out why some people here want to stop canadians from mining it. Well its just gone 10 pm on the u. S. East coast where the Democratic National convention to formally name joe biden as its president ial candidate has now begun but the coronavirus pandemic still raging the 4 day event is being held virtually new York Governor Andrew Cuomo also the brother of george floyd theyve been among the people to speak so far as well as a pre recorded question and answer session you see there with joe biden in front of a group of monitors the month senate. Bernie sanders and the former 1st Lady Michelle obama will headline the 1st night of speeches were expecting them in the coming hour lets start with alan fischer though whos at the white house for us this evening its a strange thing to watch isnt it a
Morning. 30s, 40s and 50s. This system to the low which is back to the left of your screen will dive back southward. Another day of temps above average here. Sal castanedas here and he as some information to get to right away. Yeah. We had aven earlier crash. Right now we are also looking at a commute in the east bay thats off to a a decent start. We did have as i mentioned the overnight accidents have cleared that did block lanes but now lanes are open. This is 880 in oakland that does look okay. 4 01, lets go back to the desk. We do start with breaking news out of the south bay this morning. The chp confirms a woman was driving north at about 2 30 this morning when she veered off the freeway near the jackson exit. Officers say she hit several signs before the car flipped and landed in an embankment. First responders pulled the woman from the car. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause is still under investigation. Also, in the south bay, people were injured in a crash on hig