Mile an hour winds and heavy rain. We will go there live as some covid19 testing sites are closed for the storm. Our sunday focus on misinformation about coronavirus. Where it comes from, how it spreads and why it is hampering americas handling of this crisis. Plus, harry smith visits olympic gold medallist tommy smith, a half century after his iconic stand at the 1968 summer Olympic Games to get his thoughts on the athlete protests of today. And later, a sunday sitdown with oscar, emmy and tony win are viola davis on her rise from a childhood of poverty to the heights of hollywood and why she knows theres more to life than all of those golden statues. The elixir is living a life thats bigger than you. Thats what it is. If you are not doing that, then you are not doing anything. Nothing. A sunday sitdown with viola dave us plus another life well lived later in the show. Lets begin with the latest on Tropical Storm isaias moving slowly along the coast of florida and impacting the states
A time in history when sports and politics has been so intertwined no not as her face of of course muhammad ali was a singular figure of global d influence and 960 s. As we both remember were of very very contentious period of time yet tommie smith and john carlos with the race fizzled at the 1968 olympics in mexico city a lot of Young Athletes protested the war in vietnam some were part of the counterculture bill walton d an extremely likable man nonetheless had some countercultural ideas which many agreed with so that was a period of time when it was out there but i dont think numerically there were as many athletes who had a political bent seem to have today. And its going to so many instances i know you will for it for a long time i wish to what do you make on washington finally dropping the redskins well as i said a week ago theyre not doing it because they saw the life theyre doing it because theyre feeling the heat Daniel Snyder the owner had been adamant ill never change the na
A time in history when sports and politics has been so intertwined no not as her face of of course muhammad ali was a singular figure of global d influence and the 960 s. As we both remember were of very very contentious period of time yet tommie smith and john carlos with the race facility the 1968 olympics in mexico city a lot of Young Athletes protested the war in vietnam some were part of the counterculture bill walton d an extremely likable man nonetheless had some countercultural ideas which many agreed with so that was a period of time when it was out there but i dont think numerically there were as many athletes who had a political bent a seem to have today. And its going to so many instances i know you will for it for a long time i wish to what do you make on washington finally dropping the redskins well as i said a week ago theyre not doing it because they saw the light theyre doing it because theyre feeling the heat Daniel Snyder the owner have been adamant ill never change
Handcuff the actions of federal agents there as albuquerques mayor joins us live on President Trumps plans to send agents to his city. Double trouble. Hanna barreling toward texas as hurricane douglas heads for hawaii. Emergency plans in place. Rob is on the ground in texas with the latest. Athletes and activism. With the wnba tipoff today players are pushing for social justice. Our team is taking a huge stand on this. Their message and how other athletes are showing their support. And multimillion dollar promise. The Lottery Jackpot winner making good on a decades old vow. A handshake is a handshake, man. What his buddy is saying about splitting his friends new fortune. Hey, good morning, happy saturday. Tropical weather ready to strike on two fronts. In texas hanna is inching closer. Galveston seeing high tides and storm surges. Hawaii is bracing for hurricane douglas expected to pass near all of the islands. People there flocking to stores such as costco to stock up on supplies. Wel
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