And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 602, phoenix steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, my goodness [ cheers and applause ] welcome everybody welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show this is it baby youre here, you made it [ cheers and applause ] im so happy youre here. Welcome, everybody, im your host jimmy fallon. You guys, we have claire danes on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] now, shes the star of homeland, which is a show about a foreign spy who infiltrates the highest levels of u. S. Government. Or as its called this week, the news. [ cheers and applause ] and, guys, were now just a a week away from Donald Trumps inauguration [ audience groans ] and i read that his team expects up to 3 Million People to attend. While Security Officials estimate itll be fewer than 1 million. And trump said, okay, well split the difference, call it 10 million. Okay. [ cheers and applause ] and starting on inauguration day, trump will begin using a a brandnew president ial limousine that has special armor, bulletproof windows, as well as some other features that are tailored to trump himself. For example, theres a tiny glove compartment to hold very tiny gloves. [ cheers and applause ] theres also a horn thats just recording of trump shouting [ as trump ] move move, move [ laughter ] when hes outside, go move, move, move. Move, move, move. Steve im right here. [ laughter ] jimmy next there is a fake Steering Wheel in the backseat, to give trump the feeling that hes actually in control. [ cheers and applause ] move finally, we have a gps with Vladimir Putins voice, since thats the only person trump takes directions from. Steve oh [ audience ohs ] [ laughter and applause ] thats whats in thats whats in the limousine. Steve they make that . Jimmy lets get to some sports here, this week, the Los Angeles Rams hired 30yearold sean mcvay to be their head coach, making him the youngest coach in modern nfl history. You can tell hes young cause instead of throwing the challenge flag, he just texts the ref a frowny emoji. [ laughter and applause ] i got 32 likes. [ light laughter ] some news for travelers, jetblue just become the First Airline to offer free wifi to passengers on every flight. [ cheers ] so now it wont cost you anything to go on a twitter rant about your flight on jetblue during your flight on jetblue. [ laughter and applause ] i have never had more blue chips [ laughter ] this was a crazy story here, apparently theres a woman in louisiana who recently thought she was having twins, and it turned out to be one 14pound baby. [ audience oohs ] and the baby was like, actually there was a twin in there. And uh [ laughter ] guys get this, a team of chemists in the u. K. Says theyve created the worlds tightest knot by manipulating individual molecules. Yeah, they said the only way to make a knot any tighter, is to put your earbuds in your pockets for two seconds. [ laughter and applause ] i can make it work. I can make it work. I can make it work, hold on. [ laughter ] finally i read about a a 4yearold girl in georgia who has read over 1,000 books, and reads at a college level. Yeah, meanwhile i still stop and think every time i have to spell the word wednesday. [ laughter ] guys, we have a great show tonight give it up for the roots [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy that is jake clemons from Bruce Springsteens e street band sitting in with the roots tonight is, his solo album fear and love is out today. Jake, thanks for being back with us buddy, good to see ya. My pleasure, thank you. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy guys, come back again next week. On monday, we have Michael Strahan will be here. We have Bryce Dallas Howard will be here. Then later in the week, michael keaton, james mcavoy, aziz ansari, and james spader will all be joining us. [ cheers and applause ] then well have great performances from the xx. [ cheers and applause ] steve oh. Jimmy kings of leon. Steve hey [ cheers and applause ] and panic at the disco [ cheers and applause ] you dont want to miss thats a big week. [ cheers and applause ] but first, we have a great show tonight. From the showtime series, homeland, the lovely claire danes is here. Come on. [ cheers and applause ] shes the best. Steve shes a delight. Jimmy we have something fun planned with claire later in the show, so stick around for that. Plus, hes such a talented actor, from the new movie patriots day, j. K. Simmons is dropping by today. [ cheers and applause ] steve j. K. Jimmy then we have great music from sampha, everybody. Sampha is here. [ cheers and applause ] this guys worked with everybody from kanye west to drake, frank ocean, solange, but now hes on his own. Hes got his own thing out, hes performing a solo song, called no one knows me like the piano. Its gonna be good. Look at this guy. I think thats probably him with the girl. [ audience aws ] it might be two strangers, i dont know. It might [ laughter ] hey, i got to ask him, yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly. Guys, we had big news that we talked about yesterday on the show, but a its official now, we have a rollercoaster thats coming out in orlando. [ cheers and applause ] its called race through new york. Its the best ride. Its a simulation thing, so if youre a little queasy you can still do it. Its not a real its like a a simulator thing. But it moves its unbelievable. Its bizarre and you go through new york city. And its the tonight show and its 3d. And higgins is it, the roots are in it. You stop at a pizzeria, and you smell pizza. [ light laughter ] use guys didnt do it yet, right . Questlove we didnt do it yet. Jimmy yeah, right no. But theyre about to about to ride it. You just hit a cymbal . Uh yeah. [ light laughter ] steve thats the new way jimmy i thought he did a a rim shot every time hes like, no, we didnt ride the ride yet. [ rim shot ] [ laughter ] well ride it when were good and ready. [ rim shot ] [ laughter ] april 3rd through the 6th, we will be in orlando, doing the tonight show from orlando, universal studios. So come to florida. Come see us. [ cheers and applause ] its exciting for us. Its a big deal. So cool. Were so thankful, its awesome. You guys, today is friday and thats usually when i catch up on some personal stuff. You know, i check my inbox. You know me higgins. I return some emails. Steve sure, you love it. Jimmy and of course i write out my thank you notes. Every [ cheers and applause ] friday. What what time is that, you say . 11 40 . Steve its 11 40. Jimmy almost 11 oh, guys im running a bit behind. If i want to get this postmarked for today, then then i got to get these steve you got to get them out man. Jimmy pronto. Steve pronto, i would do it right away. Jimmy yeah. I got to do it soon. Did i ever tell you when i bought that, i invested in a a racehorse . Steve yes. Jimmy i i, this is a a real thing. Steve this is a true story. Jimmy ill get to the thing really fast did i ever tell you this quest . The worst investment of my entire life. [ laughter ] dont ever invest in a a racehorse. But anyways, some i ran into some guy hes like, hey jimmy, you know. Hes like, hey, do you do you want to invest in a a racehorse . And i go of course. [ light laughter ] yeah, thats exactly what i want to do. Yeah, best idea. Steve yeah. Jimmy so he goes, yeah. Just invest they told me the amount of money, and i go oh, wow, thats a lot. I have a Business Manager call him up. He goes, no, dont do this. Its terrible. [ laughter ] im like, trust me, this is a a great, man. Its a great investment. So i call up and i go, yeah, im in, man. Im in. I have a piece of this, you know. So i think, if i see the horse, i can name the horse whatever it is. And i said youre going to be sea warrior. [ light laughter ] and youre going to win the kentucky derby. You know, im gonna ill get it right in there. I want to produce, and make sure this horse is just awesome, you know . Turns out you cant name the horse. Its like the sire, whoever the you know, the steve the lineage of the horse. Yeah, cause its thoroughbred. Jimmy yeah, yeah, whatever. Yeah, and so i dont know any of that. [ light laughter ] anyways, the name of my horse, it turns out is, poco bueno. [ laughter ] i wish i was kidding around. So i go, poco bueno . But what does that mean . What does that mean . They go, it means a little bit good. [ laughter ] steve what . Jimmy who i mean, who bought mucho bueno . [ laughter ] like why did i invest in or even bueno, i would have settled for bueno. Steve you cant invest in that one. Jimmy anyways, yeah. Those so i went to otb, when that still existed, i dont know if it still exists, with my buddy, and i put like 500 on poco bueno. I go, here we go, man. This is the story, this is all going to be in the movie, you know. [ light laughter ] when he wins the kentucky derby. Last place. [ laughter ] never heard from him ever again. [ laughter ] doesnt write me, doesnt do anything now. But anyways, thank you poco, wherever you are, buddy. I love you. [ cheers and applause ] probably relaxing. All that money. Probably just chillin out. Steve poco bueno. Jimmy you guys, can i can i write some thank you notes right now . Is that cool . [ cheers and applause ] you guys are the best, man, thanks. James, can i get some thank you writing music, please . Always in such a good mood james. Steve wow. Jimmy always happy, always in a good mood. Steve they should call him joyful james. [ laughter ] smile. Jimmy prozac prozac is kicking in, you know. [ laughter ] fantsastic. Thank you, donald trump, for once again saying you dont have ties with russia. Dont worry, we already know all of your ties come from china. [ laughter and applause ] were good. [ as trump ] china. China. [ laughter ] these ties were made in china. [ laughter ] thank you, yahoo, for changing your name to altaba, and sounding less like a search engine, more like a villain in a mexican soap opera. [ laughter ] me llamo altaba. [ laughter and applause ] donde poco bueno . [ laughter ] donde esta . Steve poco bueno. Jimmy donde esta poco bueno . [ laughter ] 500 dinero. Steve all on poco bueno. Jimmy thank you, logo for the new nintendo switch, for looking like a yin yang symbol going through a divorce. I hate to see that, i hate to see that happen. [ laughter and applause ] steve you got your yang, i got my yin. Yin yang. Jimmy thank you, justice department, for investigating the fbis investigation of hillarys emails. I look forward to watching the media investigate your investigation of the investigation. [ laughter and applause ] jimmy sorry what steve your pen broke . Jimmy little little ink coming out there too soon. Yeah. [ laughter ] steve thats why they call him joyful james. [ laughter ] jimmy james suffers from steve dont say it. Jimmy all right. Steve poco bueno. Jimmy all right. All right, all right. Hey. Seth james [ laughter and applause ] jimmy thats the sound he hears when he jimmy thank you, the walk signal guy, for looking like the bathroom guy trying to find a bathroom. There you guys have it right there. Those are my thank you notes, we will be right back with claire danes [ cheers and applause ] what if an Insurance Company wasnt only there when things went wrong . Because for every tornado. Theres a twister. For every crash. An even bigger collision. And for every tailspin. 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On our homepage how San Jose Police are preparing for one of those demonstrations saturday. Reveal and a 14foot cross in a santa clara public park is being removed after a man sued saying it violated seperation of church and state. That story on twitter. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, thank you. Welcome back, everybody. Our first guest is the emmy and golden globe Award Winning star of homeland. Which has its sixth season premiere this sunday at 9pm on showtime. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the lovely, the talented claire danes [ cheers and applause ] jimmy gorgeous you look gorgeous thank you. Jimmy welcome back to the show. Thank you so much, im so happy to be here. Jimmy oh please, we love we want you on the show all the time. If i could, i would. Jimmy all right good yeah. Yeah. Jimmy hows everybody . Hows the family . Hows the baby . Were doing great, yeah. Jimmy how old is the baby, now . The baby is less of a baby every day, hes like a person. Jimmy yeah he jimmy hes 32yearsold. 32yearsold [ light laughter ] jimmy wow. Hes pretty impressive, yeah. Jimmy yeah, no. Hes 4 jimmy oh, so cute. He turned 4 in december. Jimmy it happens fast, dont it . Whiplash fast, yeah. Jimmy yeah. But, no hes great. Hes really into germs, hes a a science guy. [ laughter ] jimmy oh, really, he likes germs like yeah, he was a germ for halloween. [ laughter ] a good germ, though. Jimmy which a good germ, yeah. Jimmy we dont know those and i was a light bulb. I was a germ of an idea jimmy oh, this is a theme. This is fantastic. Oh, yeah. And my husband was a german. [ laughter ] so we followed dennis lead on that. Jimmy thats so good. Yeah. Jimmy i wish i was a germ right now. Yeah. He wants to be a space doctor. Jimmy oh, i love that. Yeah. Jimmy a space doctors great. I think there will be a need for that. Jimmy thats the future, absolutely. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jimmy of course. Im going to make them, out there. Jimmy who knows, we might all be out there, with him. We might need him. Yeah, yeah. Jimmy yeah, im going to give him my number. Hes fantastic. Is he talking a lot now . Yeah, hes actually super verbal and he enjoys the word play. Which, as you can imagine, i also enjoy. Germ of an idea. Jimmy no, yeah, you do. Yeah, yeah, yeah, but, he came to brought him to set my first day of filming this season. And he came in to my trailer and i just finished lunch. So there was cutlery, like plastic cutlery, on the table. And he came in and he was playing with the cutlery and he was going, cut, cut, cut, cut. And then he looked up at me and he said, mommy, im cutting your lines. [ laughter ] so i was like, dude jimmy thats a good joke. Thats a legit pun. Jimmy i love that hes doing puns. I was like bursting with pride. Jimmy yes. Oh thats the best thing ever. But yeah, but hes this like a set baby, right . I mean i was pregnant in the Second Season jimmy thats right. And hes grown up on homeland. Jimmy so he knows all the does he know all the jargon . He does, he knows the jargon. So he calls he will i mean he sits on the directors lap and calls action and cut. [ audience aws ] which is very, very sweet. Jimmy thats so cute. Less sweet, is when hes having a temper tantrum or something. You know, like i woke him up. He didnt want to go get out of bed to go to school. And he said, back to one okay. Back to one is a phrase, on set. The director says back to one after a take. And you go to your back to your first position. Back to your first mark, back to one. [ laughter ] but he has appropriated this. [ laughter ] jimmy this is good. Yeah, he had a massive tantrum on the street in the middle of times square the other day jimmy no reason. He was just screaming, back to one mommy, back to one jimmy you hear that everybody . Yeah, yeah. Jimmy everybody in new york, back to one. Everybody take five steps back. Oh. Jimmy before this meltdown happens. Yeah, yeah so anyway. Jimmy thats the cutest. You know, yeah. Jimmy oh, i love it. Thats so cool. Hes pretty hes pretty good. Jimmy hes got to be psyched up. Because youre great parents. We all know hugh dancy thank you. Jimmy your husband, hes a a great guy. Yeah, he is. Jimmy i saw pictures of you, because i now enjoy homeland, i like movies you do. But i also like, my socalled life which we all, i think, first fell in love with you. Aww, thanks. Jimmy and i found a photo shoot that you did. Oh, boy. Jimmy for my socalled life. No, its nothing embarrassing, i just thought it was so it was good chair work. Oh, actually im kind of known for my chair work. Yeah, yeah. Jimmy so what do they they do a photo shoot and they say heres a chair yeah. Jimmy work with it. Do stuff. Yeah. Well, this is like one of my first photo shoots. So i was pretty green. And i had been a dancer as a a kid. [ laughter ] jimmy and that is not thats not how one would sit in a chair. Its like see i see where the no wait, old lady, i take it back. You do still i do, yeah. Jimmy you still sit like that. Yeah, yeah. Jimmy i just thought it was just so fun yeah. See this is a dancer. Jimmy what can you do with a chair. A dancer, yeah. Jimmy what more can you do with a chair . Yeah, yeah. Jimmy there you go, thats yeah. Anyway. Jimmy i think its no, i love that they yeah. Jimmy i think you nailed it, because thank you. Jimmy im thinking like, oh, this is i go, thats the thing you do when youre first starting out. Uh huh. Jimmy and then i was just looking at a photo shoot i did, like, last year. Oh, my competition. Jimmy it was me with a a stool. Im more im more of like a a stool guy. Yeah. [ laughter ] jimmy clearly, im just depressed and i hurt my leg. We all have niche, you know. Jimmy yeah, we have our thing. Thats a good one. [ laughter ] oh, very good. Very good. Jimmy that didnt take off. Yeah. Jimmy and you know everyone was doing this. [ laughter ] and, you know, these are the things that i ended up doing. Yeah. Jimmy they just give us props and go, can you make this work remotely . And i go, i dont know what to do with a stool. Its the worst because i have bad posture as it is. Especially with no backing. That posture as it is. Stools are very awkward. Im resent the stool. Jimmy oh, man, yeah, exactly. Yeah. Jimmy so, im just trying to make it all work, but anyways. Yeah. Obviously i feel you. Jimmy thank you yeah. And here we are. Anyways, so welcome back. Lets talk about lets talk about lets talk about lets just be cas. [ cheers and applause ] lets just be casual. [ inaudible ] back to one, everyone. Back to one jimmy back to one back to one jimmy lets talk about this season of homeland. This is a tricky thing, because you do something before each season. Where, you guys do you get