Secretary of state, mike pompeo. He has spent much time with us this morning. The secretary and tremendous background. And at west point. Any was editors of the harvard law review. And lawyer, successful businessman. He was a captain of the army, and congress, head of the cia. And now secretary of state. Anyone of these accomplishments would be a major accomplishment for anyone of us. But he has them all. So with that i want to, welcome you again and handed the program over to our great editor bob who is now going to interview the secretary. Have a great day. Thank you jimmy and stephen thank you mr. Secretary for joining us of an adjustment to the newsprint just recently mr. Secretary, you said that u. S. May be on tiktok and other chinese apps print is this going to be a decision on that this summer. Foresaw thank you for having me. Thank you for that very generous introduction. Many, about tiktok. And we gotta go back to protect American National security. In this information the in
Steve tonight join jimmy and his guests gwyneth paltromusical guest ale, and the legendary roots crew and now hereimmy jimmy welcome to the tonight show, everybody thank you so much for tuning in, i appreciate it. What a show we have for you tonight. Gwyneth paltrow is here. [ applause ] i want to get some face tips from gwenny. I dont even call her gwenny, but anyway i did it tonight. Zachary quinto is on the show. I going to talk to zacky and see what we i dont really call him zacky, but you know what, maybe tonight i will who knows . And then Alec Benjamin [ applause ] lecy is doing a new song tonight. Lets get to some news earlier today President Trump held a press conference in the white house rose garden. He was there to sign an executive order on Police Reform but when the topic of a coronavirus cure came up, he looks like he got a little side tracked along the way. Check it out these are the people. The best, the smartest, the most brilliant anywhere. And theyve come up with th
Author jeff quinn. You open your most recent book, waco, with this quote from rick perlstein, the historian. A fog of crosscut motives and narratives, the complexity that defies storybook simplicity at a that is usually the way history happens. I think the quote is the most cogent of ever heard. Rick does a tremendous job himself and its true. Know historic event happens in a vacuum. Its tied to many other things. And thats the fascination in research and writing on narrative, nonfiction, history. What i read a quote from you as well, and this is from 2021 in the cleburne times review. A lot of people no longer want to buy nonfiction to learn things. They want nonfiction books to reflect what they already believ want books to reinforce their opinions. They want books that tell them everything they believe is absolutely right and that the other side is even worse than they thought. If you take a look at the bestseller list for nonfiction, for the last several years, theres three categor
Get informed straight from the sources unfiltered, unbiased, word for word from the Nations Capital to wherever you are. Cspan powered by cable. You opened your most recent book with this quote. The complexity devised your books the usually the way. Rick does a tremendous job itself and it is true. No historic event happens, it is tied to many things in research and writing. Want to read a quote from you from 2021 in the times review. A lot of people want to learn things, they want nonfiction oks to reflect what they already believe. They reinforce their opinion and what books that tell them everything they believe is right and the other side is worse than i thought. If you look at the bestseller list for the last several years, there are three categories represented. The first by political commentators associated with one side or another talking about how the nation is in danger of opposition. America is going to hell. And the third category is what i call the magic button here ten wa
And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 715, wisconsin steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, my goodness. Thank you so much. Oh, my goodness. Hi welcome. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. This is it, this is the show to be at. [ cheers and applause ] youre here, you made it. Well, heres what people people are talking about, some big news out of washington. Today President Trump officially removed Anthony Scaramucci [ light laughter ] as his communications director. And this is a little awkward, when scaramucci called an uber to pick him up at the white house, sean spicer was driving. [ laughter ] steve thats not good. Jimmy can you imagine the odds . The odds of that happening. Steve awkward. Jimmy thats right. Scaramucci lost his job after just ten days [ light laughter ] following an obscene interview with the new yorker. You know its bad when you get fired after ten days and everyones still like, what took you so long . [ la