The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trevor Interviews New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and NBA All-Star Stephen Curry

Episode Date: April 21, 2020

Right-wing protesters gather to demand an end to statewide coronavirus lockdowns, and Trevor talks to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and NBA All-Star Stephen Curry. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And it's not just the start of week six. Today's a special day. It's also 420, yeah. So here's your 420 quarantine tip of the day. If you run out of weed to smoke, just wear your mask really tight until you get dizzy. Or even better. Just turn on the news and watch it for 24 hours. Then you'll feel just as paranoid and confused as you would if you hit a really fat blunt. Anyway, on tonight's episode, we learn how dogs can help us defeat Corona. Big businesses

are taking small business money and President Trump supports your right to get all of us killed. So let's get into it. 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. Ears Edition. If you've reached the point in quarantine where you're arguing about what your last argument was about, you probably need something to cheer you up. And the best way to keep our spirits up is with a little ray of sunshine.

From the beginning of time, dogs have been a man's best friend. They give us companionship, they assist the blind, and they don't make fun of us, even though they've seen how bad we are at sex, we do it the wrong way. Well now, dogs might be coming to the rescue again. You see, dogs can be trained to detect diseases like cancer and Parkinson's in patients because of the way those diseases subtly change a person's body odor. Yeah, and now, researchers in Britain are attempting to do the same thing with coronavirus. And I mean, if you can still smell coronavirus even after nobody has showed for like three days, consider me impressed.

But that just shows you how amazing animals are. Your dog can tell you if you have corona, and then your cat will be there to eat your body after you die. And in some good news for students, San Francisco's school district is now proposing that every student should just get an A. Because it's unfair for them to fail due to Corona and I think this is a great idea because online learning is already such a challenge all right one many students don't have broadband at home and two it is harder for teachers to keep track of how their students are doing and three sex ed is a hundred times more awkward

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Although I will warn all the kids out there thanks to coronavirus, David Attenbara sees the animal world a little differently now. And here we have the bat. Look at him, acting all innocent like he didn't do shit. Thanks to them, I can't even get the mail without dressing up like a broke-ass ninja. That's right, you better stay in that cave, bitch. All right, that's your ray of sunshine. Let's jump straight into the headlines.

All right, let's kick it off with some economic news. With travel worldwide, ground to a halt, demand for oil has collapsed, which has now caused oil prices to plummet to their lowest levels in history. That's right. Oil is cheaper than it has ever been. So the next time you go to the gas station, forget the gas tank, you can fill up the entire backseat of your car too. In fact, the price of oil dropped so much today that right now, the cost of one barrel is negative $37, which means it's a real weird time to be an oil baron in America right now. Even that Daniel Day Lewis character is like, thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiol-ininininininininininin, thi thiol-in, thi thiol-in, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, in thi, in thi, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. theeeean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thi. thi. thi. thi. th you drink my milkshake. Basically, there's so much oil right now that there's no way left to store it.

So they're just paying people to take it off their hands. It's essentially how we're all going to feel in a few months about all that toilet paper we hoarded. Someone, please, please, take this toilet paper from me. Please, my family has notoday. Mayor Bill DeBlazio has announced a phone number where you can text photos of people who are violating social distancing rules. Snitch! Yeah, basically you text the number and then the police come and break up whatever's happening. In some cases they even make arrests. So if people are hanging out in a group, the police show up and then they disperse the people, which means right now all over New York, white women are like, hello Verizon, I'm going to need to need to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the their their their their their their their their v their v their v. thiii, their v. their their v. thiolk who their their their their their their their their their their their. Who. Who. Who. Who. Who. Who. Who. Who. Who. their. their. who their. who their. who their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their their their their their their their their their their their thiiiiiii. thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the their their their their their their their their the police show up, and then they disperse the people. Which means right now, all over New York, white women are like, hello, Verizon, I'm going

to need an unlimited data plan. I'm going to need all the data, all the data you have. I'm coming for everyone. All right, and finally, you may have heard that their most businesses could get their loans. Well, now we're finding out why the money dried up so fast. It turns out a lot of those loans were claimed by businesses that are, uh, how do we say it, not actually small. Yeah, for instance, places like Shake Shack and Ruth's Chris Steak, which each have hundreds of locations around the country, took tens of millions of dollars

from the small business fund. And I'm not going to lie, I'm not surprised that Ruth's Chris would take extra money. I mean, they've been taking extra names for years. Meanwhile, Harvard University is also coming under fire because even though they still decided to take nine million dollars from the relief package. Yeah, nine million dollars. Last time Harvard got that much money out of the blue, they had to accept Jared Kushner. Look, if you ask me, Harvard is just being greedy right now. Can't take nine million dollars when you have 41 billion. It's like Jussie Smollett joining the W.W-Dwee. Dude, haven't you add enough fake wi-a-a a lifetime? Give it to somebody else for a change, man! All right, that's it for the headlines.

Let's move on to our big story. Over the weekend, America surpassed 40,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths and 750,000 confirmed infections. And because of that, most of us have accepted that as painful as it is, we need to stay at home a little longer until we can get those numbers under control. But it turns out there's a different group of people around the country who are saying, nah, how can we get those numbers to go up?

Protests erupting coast to coast with calls to end, stay-at-home-o'-hown, thousands lining the streets of Wisconsin, rallying cries from Washington to Colorado to Maryland. Fired up protesters converging on downtown Huntington Beach today, holding up signs, proclaiming social distancing equals communism and COVID-19 is a lie. We will not submit to communism or socialism. We will reopen America.

Hundreds of people crowded in front of the governor's residence in Indiana. Who has the right to tell me I can't get a haircut? I can't go here, I can't go there. While in Texas, dozens chanted, fire Fauci. Seriously? Fire Fauci? So instead of fighting the virus? They want to get rid of the one guy who's warning us

about the virus? America is lucky these same people went around when Paul Revere was riding into town. The British are coming! The British are coming! Ugh! I hate the British! Someone shut that guy up! But yes, all around the country, over the weekend, protests popped up, demanding an immediate end to lockdowns. And let's be honest, people, this is both insane and counterproductive. Because the more you gather in groups, the longer the lockdown will have to go on.

Can you imagine if during the AIDS crisis, mobs of people gathered to gangbang that monkey that started it all? What do we want? Munky sex! When do we want it? Now! Now, these protests have clearly been infused with a far-right ideology. Many demonstrators wore Maga-hats, they held up anti-Semitic signs, and in Michigan, they even waved Confederate flags, a clear symbol of Michigan's proud Southern heritage. But it's not just fringe right-wing groups who have been stoking the flames. It's also mainstream right-wing groups, like Fox News. You see, after Dr. Fauci appeared on the network

and made the case for continuing the shutdowns, Fox News decided to get a second opinion from a doctor everyone can trust. Talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw, appearing to downplay the pandemic. Look, the fact of the matter is, we have people dying, 45,000 people a year die from automobile accidents, 480,000 from cigarettes, 360,000 a year from swimming pools, but we don't shut the country down for that, but yet we're doing it for this, and the fallout is going to last for years because people's lives are being destroyed.

Well, let me tell you something, Dr. Phil, your entire argument is a bunch of horsehoey. Your 360,000 swimming pool deaths is off by about 357,000. And also, swimming pools are not like a virus. You're not going to drown because your dang neighbor swam in his pool. The worst thing you'll get is a case of FOMO. Now, it would be a lot easier to not take these protests seriously if they were just being fueled by Fox News and internet conspiracy theories. The problem is that all of these morons also have the support of the moron in chief. President Trump is praising stay-at-home protesters who are defying social distancing measures.

The president defending the demonstrators after tweeting last week that states led by Democratic governors like Michigan, hard hit by COVID-19 should be liberated. These are great people. They've got cap and fever. They want to get back. They want their life back. Their life was taken away from them. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. th. th. th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi thi, thi, thi, their thi- their thi- thi- thi-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-s, their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their thi. to to to teeea-s. to-s. tea-s. tea-s. tea-s. tea-s. tea-s. tea-s want their life back. Their life was taken away from them. Yes. People are suffering from cabin fever. And honestly, I can't think of any disease right now that could be worse than that. You know Trump talks about cabin fever like it's an actual illness. This cabin fever, one of the worst outbreaks we've ever had, even worse than that disease from the 70s,

Disco fever. It was so hard, staying alive, staying alive. I, I was just trying to stay alive. You know, we're almost used to Trump drumming up outrage for his own political benefit. We're used to that. This is what Trump does, but what makes what he's doing now particularly vile is that on Thursday, on Thursday, he announced guidelines for when states should open back up, and then he spends the rest of the weekend urging his followers to fight back against the same guidelines that he released. Which is insane. It's like Trump is a head coach who told his team to kick a field goal,

but now he's on the sidelines heckling them for doing it. Boo! What a bunch of losers! You should have gone for the touchdown. Why would you do that? I told you to do it, but that's not the point. Now, despite how enraging this might be, I want you to remember this. The silver lining and all of this is that these protesters are a tiny minority. And we know this because recent polls have shown that big majorities of Americans support

stay-at-home orders, and in fact, are more concerned about the economy being opened up again too soon. So the question is, when so many people appreciate how important this fight is, how do these people not seem to get it? Well, luckily for us, Sir David Attenborough has agreed to study these strange life forms to help the rest of us understand. And here we see natural selection in its purest form. A group of morons crowded together, spitting in each other's faces,

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Welcome back to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Earlier today, I spoke to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy about how his state is handling getting hit with the second highest number of cases in the United States. Governor Phil Murphy, welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Idaught to be with you, Trevor. Let's jump straight into it. You are one of the hottest working governors in America right now because of what the coronavirus has done to your state.

New Jersey is experiencing one of the largest outbreaks in the country. First things first, do you know why or has there been any discovery as to why New Jersey was hit so hard? Was it because of proximity to New York or was there another reason? Yeah, I think a couple of reasons, Trevor. Number one, we're part of the Metro New York reality, particularly in our northern part of the state. So if you look at the six counties that have been hit the hardest in New Jersey, they're all commuting counties into New York. And I think secondly, it has to be said that we're the densest state in America. So this thing, once it got going, it's spread in particular in those counties, but now in every county in our state like wildfire. And I think it's a combination of both of those. The White House reported reported thiiiiiiiii, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the the the thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, their, tho, their, their, their, their, their, their, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thean, too. togu. togu. togu. too. the. the. the. the. thi. thi. the. to both of those. The White House reported recently that New Jersey is one of the places where the coronavirus

is under control and the numbers are starting to decline. So my first question to you would be, is that true? And then if so, what is the game plan for reopening the state? I mean, nobody wants to rush, but everybody understands that at some point normal life, or a semblance of normal life has to resume. You bet. So our mantra is personal health leads to economic health in that order. I would say it's better than it was a week ago without question, but the house is still on fire. We've got a plateau and then drive that curve down the other side, so we're not there yet.

And we're going to have to continue fighting this fire before we can we can responsibly reopen. Could we see that sort of a month from now? Could we be in a meaningfully different and better place? I hope, I hope, but we got to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. You are preparing for both scenarios. You've also teamed up with a group of other governors on the East Coast to try and manage this collectively because as we've seen, it moves from state to states and so people need to try and work together to confront the virus.

What are your benchmarks for reopening the states? What are you hoping to achieve before New Jersey can go back to being a functional state. You have sort of three rings of responsibility here. You're going to do what's right for your own state. That's job number one. But because again, we're the densest part of the country, doing it in concert or at least in harmony with your neighboring states is incredibly important. And then thirdly is the piece you've got to do it with a very robust federal presence and federal partnership.

And that's something that we continue to also need. So this is not either or, it's and both. The experts will suggest that at a minimum, we need probably two or three times the amount of testing every day that we're currently doing. So instead of seven to nine thousand a day, you're talking 15, 20, 25,000 tests a day. They've got to be rapid turnaround, so they can't be tests where you're waiting seven days for your result, but you know within a day that you've got, as you rightfully suggest, a contract, contact tracing protocol in place. And we're formulating that both in New Jersey, as well as in the region and with our federal partners. so so so so so, so, so, so, so, so it, so it, so, so, so th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to, to, to, to, toe. toe. toe. to, toe. toe. toe. too, too, too, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to, to, to, to, to, to, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, to, to, to. And, to, to, th. And, to, too. And, th. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, the. And, the. And, the. And, the. And, toe. And, toe. And, toe. And, toe. And, toe. And, toe. And, region and with our federal partners. So it's all of those elements that our works in progress right now, hopefully sooner than

later, but we're not there yet on any of the above. You've spoken quite extensively about how many people are struggling to get food, how many people are struggling to pay for their rent, for their house, for anything to sustain themselves in life and how much the states of, for their house, for anything to sustain themselves in life, in life, and how much the state of New Jersey still needs. Is there a part of you that's concerned as a governor, that if you get to a tipping point, the people will no longer want to listen because they cannot afford to listen to the stay-at-home orders that the governor issues?

Yeah, I mean, listen, so far, so so, so so, so so, so to knock on here. Trevor, here we go. So far, so good. The compliance, we have 9 million people in New Jersey. The compliance has been extraordinary. There are always exceptions. There are gonna be knuckleheads out there, as we call them who do stupid things. But overwhelmingly, people are doing the right thing. But to your very good question, there's economic pain. Folks have lost their jobs at historic, never before seen levels. Small

businesses are on the rocks, if not busted completely. The weather's getting better. Kids have been homeschooling by remote learning for X number of weeks, and we've said it's going to go on for at least several, several more weeks. So my big plea is anybody watching from New Jersey, but I would say from America right now, less told otherwise, please God stay with it, stay the course. We know it's frustrating, we know it's, folks have cabin fever.

We completely get that. We understand it completely, but we also understand the only way we beat this damn thing is if we stay home, stay away from each other, crush that curve, and then from that personal health, can economic health finally come? Thank you so much for your time today, Governor. I appreciate your answers and I'm hoping that you're right. I hope the knuckleheads listen to the voice of reason and hopefully we see this thing on the other side.

Thanks for having to be, Trevor. When we come back, I'll be talking to NBA superstar Steph Curry, so stick around. Finding great candidates to hire can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. You might get a lot of resumes, but not enough candidates with the right skills or experience. But not with Zip Recruiter. Zip Recruiter finds amazing candidates for you fast. And right now you can try it for free at ziprecruter.com slash zip. Zip recruiter's smart technology identifies top talent for your roles quickly. Immediately after you post your job, zip recruiters powerful matching technology starts showing you qualified people for it, and you can use zip recruiters pre-written invite to

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you get your podcasts. Welcome back to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Earlier today, I got the chance to speak with Steph Curry, the all-star point guard for the Golden State Warriors who has an organization that is helping kids who are affected by the coronavirus. Steph Curry, welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. I appreciate it, man. Before we get into the work that you're doing, I'm sure everybody wants to know if they're a fan of the NBA what are you doing? What are you tha? to to to to to to to thiiiiiii? thi? thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. toeea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a. toea.a.a. the you doing right now? Are you training? Are you preparing? Are you just playing 2K? What are you doing?

Well, it's crazy. I ain't seen a video game controller since I had kids, so that's a little different. I can resort back to that. But for the most part, is riding a bike. I do have a ball in my hand, get some shots up, but it doesn't simulate anything that I'm used to. So just riding it out like everybody else, man.

You know, you've always been on the front lines of getting food to people who need it, getting equipment to kids who needed in schools, helping kids out with sports programs, et cetera. As soon as coronavirus hits, we saw Steph Curry in a way we've never seen him before. You came out in full force with your foundation and yourself and your wife Aisha said, you know what, we're gonna help the kids. Tell us a little bit about what your foundation is doing right now.

There's a lot of food insecurity right in our backyard. And so like you said myself and especially my wife, you know, we wanted to really formalize a strategy around how we can really, you know, amplify that impact. And so a year ago, we started our Eat Learn Play Foundation. And I've been working really hard to get it off the ground and running and get to work. Not knowing that obviously, you know, coronavirus would hit and that would only just exaggerate

the need at the base level from, you know, just having proper supplies for food, especially when the school systems shut down out here, the Oakland Unified School District, you don't realize how many kids rely on the school system for their meals throughout the week. And so thankfully we had a foundation set up that once, you know, coronavirus hit and we saw the need that we were already working on, you know, amplify, it was awesome to be able to kind of engage right away. And so many people helped us. We have an amazing team, we have an amazing support out here, but there's so many kids in need and we've now provided over a million meals so far. And as we know,

as this virus continues, that needs only going to continue to grow. So there's still more work to be done and more awareness and support that's necessary, but just grateful to be able to help right away in a meaningful way. Your organization was all about helping the kids before the virus hit. You've always wanted to do something in a meaningful way as you said, but you've had to pivot really quickly to the new situation with coronavirus, you know, because you can't be in the schools the same way you were before. The kids aren't coming to the schools in the same way they were before. So what has your organization done to shift? It's a tech program.

Getting the food to the kids as opposed to the kids coming to get the food, getting the right people to get the food to them while still maintaining their health. What have you been forced to do? Absolutely. You see, you had to reimagine the process. With restaurants closing down, with schools closing down, all the infrastructure is kind of interrupted. And so from from our standpoint, we really partnered with the Alameda County Community Food Bank, and they stepped up in a meaningful way to open up distribution centers so that those meals could be accessible to all the kids and families in the greater

Oakland Bay Area. So from week one or two, around the third week of March to now, it was around two or three drop-off centers. Now we're up to 20. And with Jose Andres in the World Central Kitchen, they're stepping in to try to reopen restaurants to serve as distribution centers. And that obviously provides a lot of different benefits. We're getting food and meals where they need to be.

People know where to go to get the meals. But on top of that, you need a workforce and a manpower to do that. And so for the restaurants that we can engage with that creates jobs. Like you said, nothing that you do is by yourself. We just happen to be in an amazing position to be able to connect the dots. Food insecurities have been happening for forever. So system makes things that we're trying to deal with and just a history of that, but with the virus, it only exacerbates that for sure. Now, on the one hand, you're trying to keep in shape for the NBA.

On the other hand, you're working to feed as many kids as possible who have now been thrust into the worst situation possible because of coronavirus. And then there's the side of you that a lot of people forget, but then are reminded of, you know if we're on your social media, if you know, Steph Curry, and that is, you're a dad. So you have kids at home. Kids are out of school right now, but they need to learn from home. What is the best and worst part of teaching your own kids throughout this crisis? The best part is you just get to, uh, you know, this is amazing. I remember when you came out the womb and now you're, you know, solving, you know, addition subtraction problems on your own and like get proud of the stuff you do it.

So I'm just, you know, standing by on the side, just, you know, beaming with pride on that front. The worst part is any seven year old, that, you know, my oldest daughter, seven year old that, that, that, you, that, that, you, that, that, that, that, that, that is, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. And, th. And, th. th. th. th. the the the they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, they, they, they, they, they, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. And, th. And, th. And, thr, thin, thrown, th. And, thin, th. And, thin, th. And, th th th thrown, you they, the now has to stare at a computer and try to you know keep their focus especially in today's age that's where it tests it tests me as a dad and as a as a teacher my daughter gave me three stars as a secondary a subsequent grade I got some room for improvement let's put it that way well you know what unfortunately we're still going to have a little more tha tha tha tha to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to the to the tha tha the tha tha tha the the tha tha the the tha the tho. tho. thi. thi. the. the the the tho. tho. I's tho. I's the. I's their. I's. I's. I's. I's the the the the the the their. I's their. I's their. I's their. I's the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi. I's thi. I'm tm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. te. te. te. today. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm's put it that way. Well, you know what, unfortunately we're still gonna have a little more time. So when you get back to the NBA, it'll be teacher, philanthropist, and NBA All-Star. Thank you so much for joining us on the show. Thank you for taking the time.

If people want to help you up, though, where can they go and what can the work that we're doing. And then I know you have Dr. Fauci on your program and I'm not a doctor, but I got to be a reporter for about 30 minutes and ask them some questions. But on SC30.com, there's kind of a breakdown of all of our conversations and things where you can get some facts. We all need facts and we all need to understand what's really happening and how we all can do our part. So I'm pretty excited about that, man. I appreciate you, man.

Thank you so much for taking the time. Look after yourself. Appreciate your, Trevor. Well, that's our show for tonight. But before we go, if you are able to feeding America. They're supplying food to millions of people in America every single day, and they could use your help, because even a dollar can help someone get a meal. Until we meet again, stay safe out there, wash your hands, and remember to mute your mic before talking shit on Zoom.

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