Let's begin with some scary news from Michigan.
It was already one of the hardest hit states
of the coronavirus pandemic,
and now, as the expression goes,
when it rains, it pours.
Emotion whiplash for thousands in Central Michigan this evening
as stay-at-home orders over coronavirus
were suddenly turned to calls to evacuate
after a pair of dam failures
triggered catastrophic flooding.
NEWSWOMAN: This is the moment raging water
burst through the Edenville Dam in Central Michigan.
MAN (over speaker): The dam has failed.
A hundred percent failure. Evacuate the area.
The breaches sent more than 10,000 people scrambling.
Emergency responders going door-to-door
to evacuate residents.
Roads, cars and homes were no match
for the life-threatening waters,
rising five feet deep in some areas.
Hard to believe that we're in the midst of...
a hundred-year crisis, a global pandemic,
um, and that we're also dealing
with a-a flooding event that looks to be the worst
in 500 years.
Goddamn it, man.
Michigan has been hit with so many tragedies
back-to-back.
This is horrible.
And I feel so bad for the people who have to flee their homes
during a pandemic.
Now when you're loading up the car, you've got to choose
between your photo albums and your toilet paper?
Which is why I always order my family photos
printed on toilet paper.
Just a little tip for you guys.
This is a sad reminder that,
even though daily life has stopped, disasters haven't.
We've had floods, tornados,
hurricane season is just around the corner,
and it's only a matter of time
before Kanye comes out with another album.
By the way, what really sucks is that this administration
has been talking about fixing America's infrastructure
for three years now, but the only thing
they've really worked on is the border wall.
People of Michigan should just tell Trump
that Mexicans live in the water,
and then he'll rebuild those dam walls in no time.
(like Trump): Got to get the wall up and going.
I heard they swim so fast!
Build the wall.
Moving on. Here's an update
on our old friend, Aunt Becky.
The last high-profile perpetrator
in the college admissions scandal
is throwing herself at the mercy of the courts.
We have breaking news
in the sweeping college admissions scandal.
Actress Lori Loughlin
and her fashion designer husband
will plead guilty to conspiracy charges.
Loughlin was charged with paying
hundreds of thousands of dollars
to get her two daughters
into the University of Southern California
as rowing recruits, even though they were not rowers.
As part of the plea,
Loughlin will spend two months behind bars
and pay a $150,000 fine.
Giannulli will serve five months and pay
a $250,000 fine.
(sighs) So disappointing.
Yet another rich, white famous lady
getting sucked into the prison system.
You hate to see it.
But yes, after insisting she was innocent for over a year,
Aunt Becky has suddenly changed her tune.
Which just shows you how sick people are
of being locked inside their homes with their families.
Yeah, 'cause two months of corona,
and all of a sudden, she was like,
"Actually, Your Honor, I'm-I'm guilty.
"Just take me to prison. I-I can't...
I can't stay around them for long."
If you ask me, though, this is a genius time
to plead guilty to any crime,
because with coronavirus raging,
they have to let people out of prison.
Yeah, in fact, knowing Aunt Becky,
she'll probably pay someone
to fake her coronavirus test for her.
"Yeah, as you can see here, I contracted COVID-19
while I was, uh, playing for the Olympic team."
Our last headline is about fake news,
the one thing that spreads even faster than coronavirus.
As this pandemic has grown, so, too, have all the tweets
about how to fight it, how not to fight it,
how it's growing and how it's not growing.
And now it turns out
most of those opinions might not even be real.
New concerns about misinformation
and the coronavirus.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University
say nearly half the Twitter accounts
spreading messages about the pandemic
are likely computerized bots.
The study found over 100 false narratives
about COVID-19 since January.
It's too early to determine who might be behind the accounts,
but the goal seems to be creating division in America.
Yes, who could be "Putin" out
all this coronavirus misinformation
that's "Russian" through the Internet?
I guess we'll never "Knowviet Union."
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(laughs) Thanks, guys.
Thank you.
And, you know, when you think about it,
being a Twitter bot
must be the most depressing kind of bot to be.
'Cause, I mean, think about it. All other robots are cool.
You know? You've got robots that are like,
"I'm going back in time to kill John Connor."
Then you've got other robots that are like,
"Decepticons, engage."
And then these bots are just like,
"I tell strangers
that Hillary Clinton created coronavirus."
But still, I'm honestly shocked
that so many Twitter accounts
that have been tweeting about coronavirus are fake.
In fact, just so many Twitter accounts are fake.
We think it's people.
It's just, like, bots that are sending information out.
I actually need to text my girlfriend about this.
Sorry, it's just... "Hey, girl.
Did you see this crazy story about Twitter bots?"
(chuckles)
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Until next time, stay safe out there,
wash your hands,
and remember to spay and neuter your Alexa.