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 February The year was already off to a terrible start with many global natural disasters, tragedies, deaths, and regional conflicts in January. Bushfires were raging across Australia, a US drone hit Baghdad International Airport and took down the Iranian major general, a Ukranian plane was downed killing 176 people, and Kobe Bryant's tragic death are some of the tragic headlines in this first month. COVID-19 had already spread in 25 countries, mostly in Asia, killing at least 213 people. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global health emergency on January 30th. But there w...

Joining me now trevon. thanks for taking a break to join us. >> thanks for having me. >> this show is counterprogramming. >> yes. >> how does that go into how you write the show and how you wrote this alternative show this afternoon. >> we looked at it from the approach of donald trump is not coming. we thought he was coming at first. our approach is well, let's give people what we would have wanted to have happen if he showed up. >> john stewart said he didn't take sides. >> right. sam bee seems to have a different view. >> if you watch sam's show and you don't know which side she's on, you n...

Which i know is totally boring. >> you're saying there will be less public interest because the president is not there? >> yeah, for sure. >> but do we know that, because sam bee did the alternative event this year, and a lot of discussion about maybe this weekend or the event needs to change. but a lot of discussion around it. >> totaling. you're right, we wouldn't know -- i mean, c-span doesn't put out numbers, we wouldn't know until the ratings come in. >> c-span has numbers? >> i don't know if i will watch it. if i were at home i may just go to bed. and that is no insult to the white house...

Problems and divide in the country. the speech that president trump gave last night in pennsylvania, it was a speech for part of the country. it was not a speech to all of america. as president, you are supposed to speak to all of america. you are supposed to be representing the entire country, not go back into campaign mode to rally the base, which is what he did last night. on the other hand, with him not there at the correspondent dinner, sam bee ding his piece and manaj doing his piece. again, speaking to a different part of america. i think it's a perfect distillation of where we are. in ...

From losing his leg. >> steve: joining us is form nfl star, jason taylor. good morning to you. >> good morning. thank you. >> brian: turned tv star at espn. >> we'll see. >> brian: i was shocked to see what you put up with and your reason for coming forward to talk about what did you to stay on the field. >> it's just the culture of the nfl. i'm one guy of many that go through injuries every year, has to battle through those things. it's all about getting to sunday. that's what we always say. if i'm hurt on monday, can i play on sunday? what do i need to do to get to that point? there are lega...