Bobby cacannavale. An allllnew closerer look. Featuring the 8g band with benny greb and now seth meyers. [ cheers and applause seth good evening. Im seth meyers. This is late night. We hope youre doing well tonight. And now, if you dont mind, were going to get to the news tomorrow is election day, which means President Bidens impeachment trial, i guess, starts on wednesday. [ laughter ] former President Trump is reportedly planning to formally announce his president ial campaign on november 14th. No word yet on his choice for v. P. Or First Lady Former president barack obama and donald trump held separate rallies over the weekend in pennsylvania obama campaigned for john fetterman, and trump campaigned for 2024. [ laughter ] democratic congronal Campaign Committee chair seanrick maloney said in an interview yesterday that democrats will maintain control of congress and added, were not perfect, but we are responsible adults who didnt attack the capitol. Not exactly a high bar [ laughter ] democrats are like the stepdad of Political Parties they may be lame, but at least theyre not the guy who walked out on you [ laughter ] hey, im here yesterday was the end of daylight savings time. In case you were wondering why these all feel more like 1 30 in the morning jokes. [ light laughter ] the new York City Marathon was held yesterday, and kenyan runner evans chebet was the mens champion with a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes, and 41 seconds [ cheers and applause 2 hours, 8 minutes, and 41 seconds, the fastest anyone has ever gotten from Staten Island to central park. [ laughter ] at a rally in pennsylvania over the weekend, former President Trump called Florida Governor ron desantis, ron desanctimonious. Has anyone ever been worse at coming up with nicknames [ laughter ] imagine trump in top gun. People, people, i know we all love maverick, but i think i got one that beats it. Are you ready . Everybody ready . Airplane guy. Thats right former President Trump referred to Florida Governor ron desantis as ron desanctimonious, which is a risky move for trump because thats six syllables [ laughter ] a j. C. Penney location in pennsylvania temporarily closed last week after a deer wandered into the store even crazier, a couple weeks ago, a shopper wandered in [ laughter ] hes asking what aisle stuffs in over 50 students in el paso, texas, may have to retake the s. A. T. After their answer sheets flew out of a ups truck and were either lost or destroyed the students are calling the incident disheartening, regrettable, disconcerting, or irksome. [ laughter ] astronomers predict that a total Lunar Eclipse will occur tomorrow so, if you look outside and the moon turns red dont worry. It just means dr. Oz won his senate race. [ light laughter ] thats what the prophecy foretold [ laughter ] and finally, the makers of miller lite this week will offer a Christmas Tree keg stand and if youre wondering what santas bringing you, aa pamphlets. And that was the monologue, everybody. [ cheers and applause weve got a great show for you tonight. She is the cohost of cbs mornings and the editor at large of oprah daily. The new o quarterly with this years list of oprahs favorite things is out now. Our friend, gayle king is back, everybody. [ cheers and applause and you know him from boardwalk empire, the irishman, and the antman movies watcher over on lix. He our friend, Bobby Cannavale wils [ ch and applause but re we get to that, on the eve of the midterm elections, the Republican Party has made their agenda crystal clear. If they regain power, they will once again thrust our government into chaos while subverting future elections to cement permanent republican rule. And theyve also made clear that donald trump is still and will remain the leader of their party and that they will march in lockstep behind him if they win on tuesday for more on thitse for a closer look. Rs and applause setf yorepubl mim ads or listen to reicans talk, they prete theyre focusedissues inflation. Or gas prices or dr. Mehmet oz, the gop candidate for senate in pennsylvania, tried to highlight gas prices by posting this incredibly bizarre picture of himself standing under a sign showing gas prices at a Sheetz Convenience store on the side of the road in altoona. Just hanging out under a gas station sign, you know like ordinary americans do so stoic, too. He looks like a car dealership tube man after he quit caffeine. [ laughter ] there are actually a few more things i want to zoom in on in this picture as part of our new segment, an even closer look. All right, first of all, why are his arms crossed like hes doing a pose in the opening credits of shark tank . So you want to sell pills that dont do anything . Im intrigued. Also, i love his serious face. Look at it is he the gas station bouncer . Sorry, si ] youre not on the list get beef jerky elsewhere. Ladies, right this w [ hter ] and im sorry. Theres only one Pennsylvania Senate candidate who can pull off the nightclub bouncer look i mean thats a guy who will not be fooled by your out of state i. D. Plus, fetterman is so tall that he takes the picture, 99 clikeonly [ laughter ] and fiy, lets zoom in on ozs feet. Why is he standing on a tiny rock [ laughter ] does he think hes stranded at sea . Is he playing the floor is lava or, more likely, is he wearing super expensive shoes . I stand for all pennsylvanians on a tiny rock so i dont get dirt on my bruno cuccinellis. This has been an even closer look. [ cheers and applause so, republicans claim theyre focused on issues. Oh, but seth, you might say, didnt you just spend two minutes making fun of a picture of dr. Oz . Yes, but i never claimed to be focused on the issues. Republicans did. [ laughter ] when you press them for specifics on what they would actually do if they win, they dont really have any. Thats what happened with florida senator rick scott, whos in charge of taking back e senate forublicans this year, went oeet th and was asked ifcould name a ll republicaouass that presidbiden might actually sign into law. And instead, he rted a bunch of lazy republican slog all right ts assumeve got rity im go take you at your rd youre going to get the house. Youre going to get the senate whats the first bill a Republican Congress sends to the president s desk that you actually think he would sign i think the issues weve got to deal with inflation so, weve got to figure out how to spend our money wisely so we dont continue this inflation. I think weve got to do whatever we can to get this crime rate down, so i think we have to look at that. Weve got to secure the border so, i think those are the things we have to focus on. Seth yeah, but none of those are bills. We can all name issues you know, were asking for solutions. When you go to the doctor, he doesnt just point out a bunch of [ bleep ] thats wrong with you and leave. Weve got to do something about the gallbladder, and that hearts no good. Plus, a bunch of your bones are out of place, and you need a new kidney anyway, good luck with all of that im going to go hang out under the sign at the gas station with the other doctors. So, once again, republicans are making promises they obviously have no intention of keeping how many times do we have to go through this dance with the gop before we learn that theyre lying . Remember when they did the same thing with obamacare for almost an entire decade, they said obamacare had to be repealed, that it was their number one priority, and that they had a solution that would be so much better and cost so much less and give everyone Great Health Care. Remember when trump said all this we are coming up with something that i believe will be very good. A bill thats going to be a phenomenal bill. Were going to have something thats going to be much more understood and much more popular than people can even imagine this will be a plan where you can choose your doctor this will be a plan where you can choose your plan and you know what the plan is. This is the plan this is a great bill theres a great plan, and this will be Great Health Care. Youre going to have such Great Health Care at a tiny fraction of the cost, and its going to be so easy seth as usual with trump, he couldnt stop overpromising. Its one thing to lie and say you have a plan when you dont its another to say that nonexistent plan you dont have is the greatest plan to ever exist in the history of civilization this plan is so amazing, youre going to get everything. Perfect health care, completely free and if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor you can keep him in your basement, chained to a wall. Theyll be there 24 7 to serve your medical needs the doctors dont like it, but youre going to love it. Youre going to love it. [ laughter ] also remember when he said it would be so easy, like he was a dude trying to impress a date at a carnival hey, babe, you want that giant bear no problem going to be so easy. I can hit that clowns mouth in one shot [ bleep ]. [ light laughter ] not even close dammit the clown moved. I swear the clown moved, babe. No no i wont let it go. [ light laughter ] you dont understand im going to go to the sheetz and hang out under the sign. Now, thats two thats two callbacks to the sheetz sign so, if you know anything about comedy, theres probably one more coming. [ laughter ] youre not out of the woods yet, dr. Oz [ laughter ] anyway, trump was of course lying just like the rest of the Republican Party when it came time to actually pass a bill to replace obamacare after nearly a decade im realizing now it was a gun, and i threw a ball, right . It just dawned on me i mimed throwing, and its going to be a tricky edit. [ laughter ] when it came time to actually pass a bill to replace obamacare after nearly a decade of empty promises, they freaked out like a hungover College Freshman waking up in his dorm room at 6 00 a. M. With a blank piece of paper stuck to his face. Oh [ bleep ]. Oh, this is due in an hour oh, lets see, what do i have so far . this will be a thesis where you can choose your thesis and you know what the thesis is. This is the thesis. ah [ applause ] the same thing is playing out all over again except this time, all the lies and empty promises are concealing something much more nefarious. And that is the real reason republicans want power so, they can rig future elections and install permanent oneparty rule and thats not just me saying that republicans are saying that. They are saying it in public, out in the open for everyone to hear the gop candidate for governor in wisconsin, tim michels, who is in a dead heat with the democratic incumbent tony evers, said at a Campaign Stop last week, republicans will never lose another election in wisconsin after im elected governor. That wasnt even a secret confession caught on hidden camera at a private event. He said that at a public Campaign Stop. It used to be that when you caught politicians confessing to something scandalous, it would be on grainy black and white footage from a motel Security Camera now they just yell it into a microphone like Michael Buffer before a boxing match. Lets get ready for fascism by the way, not the real song. Its a fake soundalike. We couldnt afford the real one thanks to inflation. [ laughter ] anyway, the point is the thing that really motivates republicans is not the cost of living or gas prices or any of that stuff its election denialism. Trumps big lie about the 2020 election is now the beating heart of conservative ideology its their single obsessive focus and the thing that galvanizes them as you can see from a rally trump held in miami last night for florida senator marco rubio, where the crowd actually chanted with trump when he claimed the 2020 election was stolen and by the way, just for the record, what youre about to hear from trump, as if you even needed to hear me say this, is complete and utter nonsense. Just this week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in effect that i was 100 right and the 2020 president ial election in pennsylvania was riddled with ballots that should never have been counted. Far more than necessary to win they stated that big things that took place in 2020 president ial election in pennsylvania were not allowed. They werent allowed to do it. Now they did it anyway, but they werent allowed. But they refused the court to invalidate the election. Instead, in the future, they [ crowanting ] thats true. Thats true. [ crowd chanting ] by a lot seth you know how when you read Supreme Court opinions, they always use language like big things took place that were not allowed. You can read all about it in trump v. Bad guys, nasty guys. But thats what really gets republicans going, not you can notice theyre not chanting solve inflation or balance the budget. Also, in general whenever an angry mob is chanting something, you want a politician who will try to calm them down, not respond by saying thats true. When the townsfolk showed up with torches and pitchforks to kill frankenstein, trump probably would have been there saying, you know what you guys are right we have to kill that giant green monster. Weve got to kill him with the bolts in his neck. Personally, ive always been more of a dracula fan. We love dracula, dont we . We love dracula. I met him during a president ial visit to transylvania. I was there. He came up to me, big guy, tough tears ing up his fac becausas hng by hi feet li bat so, the tears were dripping fr his eyesn his forehead onto the fl he said to me,ump, sir, i want. D i said, dla, you remind f my. [ laer algh my favorite crowdnt during that rally came w trump was ranting about his first impeachment, the one where he tried to extort ukraine to help him cheat in the 2020 election, and he attacked one of the lead impeachment managers, congressman adam schiff. So, the speech he made was total you know what. I wont use it because my wife always says she always says, darling, dont use the word bull [ bleep ]. So, im not going to use it. Im telling you, first lady. [ bleep ]. Dont use that word. [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. Seth wow, you guys are the coolest kids in fifth grade. [ laughter ] we got a substitute teacher today. Lets all chant bull [ bleep ] and see if he cries. [ laughter ] but trump remains obsessed with the election and with his two impeachments, which is why republicans have made it clear that one of the first things theyll do if they get back in power is use congress to investigate their political enemies, impeach various cabinet officials like merrick garland, prosecute dr. Anthony fauci, and which has led former president barackma to add a little comedy routine to his stump speech about how ridiculous that is theyre on record if they get control of congress, they will spend the next two years investigating President Biden and their political opponents. Thats all they want to do they see it as payback some of them have said theyre going to impeach President Biden. Now, theyre not sure why. Theyre not sure what for yet. But apntly thatside the point. Eth you know, w said it abcampaign seaso the it again. Return of standup comedy obama. [ laug ] lets see, what else . What else . You see photo of oz whats up wihis weird dude [ laug ] standing on the side of the road like ataurant masc i said to michelle, i said, i didnt know they had a bobs little boy. this aint new jersey. You got to pump your own gas dried up spocklooking mother [ bleep ]. [ laughter ] and thats our third thats it. Anyway, thats whats republicans are going to do. Theyre going to use the levers of power for political retribution and to plunge our government and our economy into crisis after crisis after crisis again, this isnt a weird Conspiracy Theory i made up. This is all just stuff theyve said themselves in public. They want to impeach biden and his cabinet, investigate fauci, pass a National Abortion ban, hold the debt ceiling hostage to force cuts to Social Security and medicare, which among other things could potentially detonate our economy thats all stuff theyve said on the record it will be the trump era over and over again nonstop crisis, nonstop chaos, nonstop [ bl], [ bleep ] bumportant of all, they wao use their poons in keatcrose try to rig re elect and cement oneparty republican rule. Like r jim marchanto ly said heand oth of state around the country wilo matter what in 2024. We have something in common President Trump and i lost an election in 2020 because of a rigged election. And when im secretary of state of nevada, were going to fix it and when my coalition of secretary of state candidates around the country get elected, were going to fix the whole country. And President Trump is going to be president again in 2024 seth once again, theyre just admitting their plans to steal the 2024 election in advance. Seriously, what else do we have to do to get people to Pay Attention to this . Do i have to stand on a Street Corner in times square dressed like abe lincoln, handing out pamphlets like one of those guys advertising a president s day sale, because i will do it actually, i wont do it, but i will make wally do it. [ clears throat four score and seven cue cards ago seth oh. [ laughter ] its like [ cheers and applause ite a dead heat daniaylewis [ laughter ]its very poss the e orically that always is what has to the partypower. In fact, it would be very normal and mayben unremarkaif it werent for the fact that republicans want to subvert the system to ensure that they never lose power again thats their plan, and we know thats their plan. Because theyve said thats their plan its a plan where you can choose your plan and you know what the plan is. This is the p