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In that case, lets get to the news. President obama and donald trump met at the white house today. Where they discussed foreign and domestic policy. You know, things like which one is which. [ laughter ] thats right, donald trump visited president obama in the white house today which got trump really excited to do his favorite thing, evict a black family from their home. [ laughter and applause ] during todays white house meeting, donald trump said he looks forward to seeking obamas counsel in the future to which obama replied, yeah, sure, my number is 555 [ laughter ] and thats it. Newt gingrich said in an interview yesterday that would administration. But first, before starting his new job, though, he must finish up his contract at the keebler tree. [ laughter and applause ] Bernie Sanders told reporters yesterday that he is prepared to work with donald trump. But then he warned trump, i keep the office hot and i dont clean up my pistachios. [ light laughter ] [ scattered applause ] according to new research, with a guided meditation process called erotic hypnosis, it may be possible to experience a touchfree orgasm. Lets try it, said melania. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] a group of Scientists Say they have been able to give paralyzed monkeys back the control of said monkeys who got the implants, my eyes are up here. [ laughter ] im still a monkey with a brain, sir. [ light laughter ] sesame street debuted 47 years ago today but whos counting . [ light laughter ] [ applause ] and finally, a lot of us, we talked about this last night, a lot of us were shocked, the election. And because of the overwhelming support of a candidate whos been openly racist, misogynist and antigay, many of us are struggling with how to feel right now. So here with a special message, for those americans, is one of our writers, amber ruffin, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] hi, seth. Seth hi. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey, seth, thank you for letting seth of course, any time, amber. I have a special message to all of the white hillary supporters who are feeling disappointed in their fellow americans today. Join the fun. [ laughter ] seth sorry. Amber, sorry, join the fun, what do you mean . Yeah, that feeling youre feeling, right now. Black people have been feeling this way forever join the fun woo [ light laughter ] right now youre wondering how youre going to get along with all your friends who voted for trump. This is how black people feel all the time. Join the fun [ light laughter ] seth now, amber, if i may, when i said you could come out here, you told me you had a message of hope. And i do. I hope that fool doesnt get us all killed. Woo [ laughter and applause ] seth amber, amber, amber. I mean, do you have any good news . Yeah. Seth okay, good. It only gets worse woo from now on, every time you look at a white person, youre going to have to wonder, is this one of the people who cared more about emails than racism. Jtf. Join the fun [ light laughter ] woo this week my facebook feed is like, who knew america was so racist . We did woo [ laughter ] join the fun seth amber, amber, amber. My understanding was you were going to talk about the elections silver lining. Is there one . Yeah, its official. People are more misogynistic than racist. Seth well, thats not a silver lining. Tell me about it. Im black and a woman wheres the fun . Seth amber, please, stop calling it fun. What youre describing is not fun. Not at first its not. The thought of someone believing you deserve fewer rights because of who you are is depressing. But then you realize that by doing what you do everyday, you prove to them you are unstoppable. They can spend their time trying to pass laws to take away your rights and silence your voice, but all you have to do is live your lives rht be stopped. [ cheers and applause ] seth amber, wow, what you said there, that was that was really beautiful, amber. Oh, thank you. Thats the last beautiful thing youll hear before we all die join the fun amber ruffin where are you going . You guys, weve got a great show for you tonight. He is the anchor from nbc nightly news. Lester holt is here this evening. [ cheers and applause ] also, from tbs search party, fantastic actress alia shawkat is here. [ cheers and applause ] great new show, cant wait to talk to her. And she has her first novel is out, it is called the wangs an amazing read. Jade chang is joining us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] a fantastic author. Now we have a lot to get to, but before we do that, i am 42 years old. Im married. I have a child. But nothing makes me feel older than when i realized i do not know the new slang terms that teenagers are using. It seems like these days teen slang terms are evolving so fast it is impossible to keep up. So we here at late night on a segment we call seth explains teen slang. . [ cheers and applause ] lets start with this one, jack reacher, this is a popular new teen slang term. Lets see what it means. A really long phone charger. [ laughter ] here it is in the sentence, getting my phone plugged in behind the couch is mission impossible, anyone got a jack reacher . [ laughter ] heres the definition, that drunk guy who always gets naked even though his body sucks. [ laughter ] lets see tragic mike in a sentence, typical friday night, tyler got hammered and streaked through the kitchen at 1 00 a. M. Hashtag tragic mike. Hashtag xxx. Moving on, heres a helpful slang term, grayz. Lets see what it means. When an old person tries way too hard to look cool and hip. [ light laughter ] lets see it in a sentence, did Birthday Party last night . She got 99 problems and most of them are medical. Hashtag grayz. [ cheers and applause ] next up, its bruce ringsteen. What does bruce ringsteen mean . Well, its someone who leaves voice mail messages that last four hours. [ laughter ] lets see, in a sentence, my voice mailbox is full but it turned out to be just one long message from my mom detailing her knee operation. Hashtag bruce ringsteen. Hashtag born to run on. [ laughter ] obviously teens, theres a hookup culture, i dont know if you heard this about teens. They have a hookup culture. Our next slang term is snake eyes. Heres the definition, when two ones hook up at a party. [ audience ohs ] well hold on, lets use it in a sentence. Did you see big head susan and lazy eye brian going at it on the futon last night . Someone rolled snake eyes. [ cheers and applause ] and remember, if youre ever at a party and youre making out with someone and you cant see a snake eyes, youre the snake eyes. [ laughter ] everybody guys moving on. The holidays are coming up. Wanksgiving. Give it a second. Its not what you think. [ laughter ] heres the definition, when you go home for the holidays and masturbate in your childhood bed. [ laughter and applause ] for example, being back at my childhood bedroom totally made me nostalgic. Then i saw a megan fox poster was still up on the wall and the next thing you know, its happy wanksgiving. [ applause ] moving on. This has really taken off with teens. A guy who gets so high he starts talking to your carpet. [ laughter ] for example, if youre wondering why tyler isnt on the dance floor right now, its because that aladdins upstairs yelling at my moms rug for being standoffish. I would be okay with it if he wasnt naked. Hashtag tragic mike. [ laughter and applause ] our last teen slang term is president trump, it means something you cant believe actually happened. [ light laughter ] for example, hey, remember that guy who got kicked in the head by a horse . Hes our class valedictorian. Hashtag president trump. [ cheers and applause ] that was seth explains teen slang. Were going to be right back with lester holt, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] but she always told me i dont care if you turn out to be a great athlete or whatever but, you need to make sure you get your college degree. Sometimes i call the house, just to hear her voice. phone ringing answering machine hi, leave a message after the beep. beep hey mom, this is larry. I just want to let you know that uh, i fulfilled the promise that you held me to. Love you. At us were twinsies i know who you guys are rooting for. Old navy were all wearing old navy. But theyre not a team. Oh really . Sweaters, coats, hats, gloves, and scarves in unison all half off okay. Enjoy the game. What game . Okay. . . You dont own me . . Dont try to change me in any way . . Oh . . Dont tell me what to do . . Thats all i ask of you . The new 2017 corolla with Toyota Safety sense standard. . You dont own me . Toyota. Lets go places. . Dry spray . . Thats fun. . Its already dry no wait time. This is great. Its very soft. Can i keep it . laughter all the care of dove. Now in a dry antiperspirant spray. Smartphones . O m g ten years later, nothings really changed. Its time to snap out of it. Hello moto. Snap on a jbl speaker. A projector. A camera that actually zooms. Its a phone you can change again and again and again. Hello moto. Get excited world. Moto is here. The new moto z with motomods. Buy one moto z droid, get one free. Only on verizon. We love knowing whats happening. So the nest cam Security Camera looks after things and alerts your phone if somethings up. Hey, need a glass . No matter what it is. Hey, dad. . [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back, everybody. All this week weve had the incredible, incredible drummer from steely dan here who has a record out now called city of cranes from his new group, band of other brothers, Keith Carlock, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much for a great week, keith. We love having you. And give it up for the entire 8g band right over there. Our first guest tonight is the anchor of nbc nightly news with lester holt and dateline nbc. A new episode of dateline airs friday night at 9 00 p. M. Eastern, 8 00 central. Please welcome back to the show, our friend lester holt. [ cheers and applause ] . Seth how are you . Im great. Seth im always so happy you make time for us. Obviously, youve already done nightly news tonight. Yeah, its been a slow news week so i thought i would stop by. [ laughter ] nothing really going on. Seth exactly. Nothing filling up your day. So today, obviously im going to guess you were reporting on the fact that donald trump went to the white house and sat down with president obama. Yes. We did a special report today when that happened. A lot of people thought they would never see that. And of course, everyone wanted to be a fly on the wall because, well, they are kind of rivals. Seth sure. And they never met before. Yeah, no, they never actually typically they have their meeting and then late in the game they bring cameras in for a photo op. Seth yeah. They say a few words and then they kick the reporters out. So we dont really know what happened during the bulk of the meeting. Seth yeah. It could have been dead silence for all we know. [ laughter ] well, donald trump said it was he said he was under the impression it was going to be 10 or 15 and they were in there for about 90 minutes. Seth well, you know, thats something. And obviously i think the country is better off if they are communicating. You know, i think it was you know, we ended our broadcast because i think the American Public needs to see that. Seth sure. See that, you know, listen, we move forward. Seth and, you know, historically when you look back through time and see other president s having those meetings, it does remind you we are in this together. You know, when its the democrat handing it over to a republican, or vice versa. Its small club. Seth it is a very, very small club. Not a lot of people who have done that job. And so, you know, donald trump will understand the weight of the office just like the others learned along the way. Debate. Last time you were here you had just moderated one of the democratic primary debates. Thats right. Thats right. Seth and we were talking about the sort of unique stress involved in moderating a debate. I can only imagine how much farther amped up that stress was for the first president ial debate. How did you find that experience . I should say real quick, i thought you did a fantastic job. Thank you, thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Not everyone felt the way you did, by the way. But thank you for that. It was you know, when i got the call, there was that wow, im gonna do the first president ial debate. And then about 30 minutes later, im going to do the first president ial debate. [ light laughter ] seth right. Its a lot of pressure. I mean, i had interviewed both of them. I, you know, obviously knew where they were coming from. But you dont know what to expect when you get them out on the stage there. And it is very lonely. Because you are seated there, the audience in the arena is behind you. You are told theres a hundred Million People are watching but all youre seeing is just the two of them. You have an ear piece. Check. Seth right. You know, theres 40 minutes left in the debate. So youre kind of on your own and have you no idea really how its going. Seth and the difference, correct me if im wrong, but the difference between the previous one you did and this one, no commercials. No commercials. The previous one, i was with andrea mitchell, so i had a partner, so i could collect my thoughts when she was asking questions and vice versa. So yeah, this one youre on your own. Theres no commercials. It is 90 minutes. And i remember in the desk theres two clocks. There was a clock for the two minutes when they answered the initial question, then there was a time of dacl and at one point i looked down and it was like, it said 10 09. I remember this. And it felt like a lot of time passed. And i went and i looked and it was 10 10. And im like [ laughter ] its like, time just time begins to stand still, you know. Have you ever had moments like that in your life, where its just eveything seth yeah. And now i kind of want everything to speed up a little bit. [ laughter ] so well see how that goes. [ cheers and applause ] so again, i want to also credit, you know, covering an election you had a great team. Youre with chuck and savannah. Yeah. And tom brokaw. Seth tom brokaw. And obviously, i thought you were again, everybody, you have to remain sort of even, even as the results come in. And by even i dont mean nonpartisan, i mean, like things are happening that no one expected and you have to sort of just remain calm about it all. How did it all lay out for you when it started breaking the way that nobody expected . You know, were all reporters. I mean, thats what we do. So we started the night, and i had discussions even before tuesday. I said, you know, when we go out there, this is breaking news. We dont really know how this is going to go. And lets just do what reporters do. We follow the story. And thats what we did. I remember looking over, you know, chuck todd with his hes got his ipads and phones and his little calculator and i remember he is looking at florida at one point and hes like, he gives this look. Whats going on . He says, theres not enough. She cant catch up here. Seth yeah. And that was the first hint that wait a minute, you know, the direction is going in a way that many people didnt anticipate. The story to its conclusion. Seth is it exciting for you to be in one of those situations where you kind of have to be at your best because of the fact that the news is breaking in a way that everyone, no matter where they stand politically, wants to have it explained to them quickly. Yeah, i mean, i always try to put myself, no matter what the story, put myself in someones living room. How would i be watching . What would i want to know . And so there were many points. I said, lets walk through the boards again. Here are the states that are too close to call. Heres where theyre at. Because thats what people realan they want how is this going to end . Its a big drama. We didnt finish up until, what was it . I think donald trump spoke around 2 45. Seth yeah. You know, we finished up at 3 30. Seth thats great. Because we wanted to be on live that night and nbc said i dont know if youre gonna be on at 12 30. And we would not have been. I would have been the only one in your audience. [ light laughter ] seth exactly. That would have just been you sitting there. Yeah. [ laughter ] seth so you know, i think you know, were only a couple days into this post election a lot of talk about how the media covered it. A lot of talk about how the polling was wrong. Was there an over focus on the polling . Do you think journalism is gonna sort of do a sort of post op as how this went . And if so, is there anything you wish got more coverage . Is there anything you wish had been done differently . Well, i mean, i think the late night host got it wrong. [ laughter ] seth yeah. We no, you know seth we may have on that. Ive been reading all these articles and you know, obviously we want to go back and look at, done better. But the fact of the matter is, you know, everyone was you know, there was a surprise. It was different than the polls anticipated. You know, the polls dont make the decisions, we make the decisions. So tuesday, those of us that voted, we went and voted. Seth yeah. And you know what, the system worked, you know . The person with the most electoral votes in the end won. So well certainly go back and look. Im really proud of our team. Weve you know, this has been a long, long road. You know, we had a candidate really you know, added new dynamic to the race. We had our younger, what we call our road warriors, who are out there covering these stories. Seth they did a fantastic job. And they were just amazing. And it was just energized the place. And you know, tuesday was our super bowl. Seth yeah. And you know, did we you know, did we fumble or did we throw a few interceptions along the way . I dont know. Well look that, but im really, really proud of the work we did. Seth and you i should note, and you have the nickname, because you sat in the chair so much for breaking news, true story, your nickname is iron pants. Yes. [ laughter ] [ light laughter ] did i just do that in front of an audience . Seth yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] not cool. [ cheers and applause ] yeah, when i was i started my nbc part of my career at msnbc. And it was during a period of incredible news. I was actually there for the 2000 recount. Seth right. The bush gore. And then, you know, 9 11. And the invasion of afghanistan and iraq. And it meant long, long hours in sometimes. And somebody there nicknamed me iron pants. Which i never knew meant, you know, that i wasnt burning a hole in my pants from sitting there or if it meant that i could go long periods without relieving myself. Seth right, there you go. Somehow. I dont know. [ laughter ] that was and by the way, im 57 and that no longer holds. [ laughter ] seth yeah. They call you aluminum pants. [ applause ] yeah, aluminum. Seth well, i just want to say, thank you for getting us through it all. I thought you did a great job. I thouyo you do nbc news proud. And its pleasure to have you. It is fun to stop by. Thanks for having me. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] seth lester holt, everybody. Nightly news with lester holt airs week nights right here on nbc. Well be right back with alia shawkat. [ cheers and applause ] . . Liberty mutual stood with me when i was too busy with the yeah, with Bernie Sanders<\/a> told reporters yesterday that he is prepared to work with donald trump. But then he warned trump, i keep the office hot and i dont clean up my pistachios. [ light laughter ] [ scattered applause ] according to new research, with a guided meditation process called erotic hypnosis, it may be possible to experience a touchfree orgasm. Lets try it, said melania. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] a group of Scientists Say<\/a> they have been able to give paralyzed monkeys back the control of said monkeys who got the implants, my eyes are up here. [ laughter ] im still a monkey with a brain, sir. [ light laughter ] sesame street debuted 47 years ago today but whos counting . [ light laughter ] [ applause ] and finally, a lot of us, we talked about this last night, a lot of us were shocked, the election. And because of the overwhelming support of a candidate whos been openly racist, misogynist and antigay, many of us are struggling with how to feel right now. So here with a special message, for those americans, is one of our writers, amber ruffin, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] hi, seth. Seth hi. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey, seth, thank you for letting seth of course, any time, amber. I have a special message to all of the white hillary supporters who are feeling disappointed in their fellow americans today. Join the fun. [ laughter ] seth sorry. Amber, sorry, join the fun, what do you mean . Yeah, that feeling youre feeling, right now. Black people have been feeling this way forever join the fun woo [ light laughter ] right now youre wondering how youre going to get along with all your friends who voted for trump. This is how black people feel all the time. Join the fun [ light laughter ] seth now, amber, if i may, when i said you could come out here, you told me you had a message of hope. And i do. I hope that fool doesnt get us all killed. Woo [ laughter and applause ] seth amber, amber, amber. I mean, do you have any good news . Yeah. Seth okay, good. It only gets worse woo from now on, every time you look at a white person, youre going to have to wonder, is this one of the people who cared more about emails than racism. Jtf. Join the fun [ light laughter ] woo this week my facebook feed is like, who knew america was so racist . We did woo [ laughter ] join the fun seth amber, amber, amber. My understanding was you were going to talk about the elections silver lining. Is there one . Yeah, its official. People are more misogynistic than racist. Seth well, thats not a silver lining. Tell me about it. Im black and a woman wheres the fun . Seth amber, please, stop calling it fun. What youre describing is not fun. Not at first its not. The thought of someone believing you deserve fewer rights because of who you are is depressing. But then you realize that by doing what you do everyday, you prove to them you are unstoppable. They can spend their time trying to pass laws to take away your rights and silence your voice, but all you have to do is live your lives rht be stopped. [ cheers and applause ] seth amber, wow, what you said there, that was that was really beautiful, amber. Oh, thank you. Thats the last beautiful thing youll hear before we all die join the fun amber ruffin where are you going . You guys, weve got a great show for you tonight. He is the anchor from nbc nightly news. Lester holt is here this evening. [ cheers and applause ] also, from tbs search party, fantastic actress alia shawkat is here. [ cheers and applause ] great new show, cant wait to talk to her. And she has her first novel is out, it is called the wangs an amazing read. Jade chang is joining us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] a fantastic author. Now we have a lot to get to, but before we do that, i am 42 years old. Im married. I have a child. But nothing makes me feel older than when i realized i do not know the new slang terms that teenagers are using. It seems like these days teen slang terms are evolving so fast it is impossible to keep up. So we here at late night on a segment we call seth explains teen slang. . [ cheers and applause ] lets start with this one, jack reacher, this is a popular new teen slang term. Lets see what it means. A really long phone charger. [ laughter ] here it is in the sentence, getting my phone plugged in behind the couch is mission impossible, anyone got a jack reacher . [ laughter ] heres the definition, that drunk guy who always gets naked even though his body sucks. [ laughter ] lets see tragic mike in a sentence, typical friday night, tyler got hammered and streaked through the kitchen at 1 00 a. M. Hashtag tragic mike. Hashtag xxx. Moving on, heres a helpful slang term, grayz. Lets see what it means. When an old person tries way too hard to look cool and hip. [ light laughter ] lets see it in a sentence, did Birthday Party<\/a> last night . She got 99 problems and most of them are medical. Hashtag grayz. [ cheers and applause ] next up, its bruce ringsteen. What does bruce ringsteen mean . Well, its someone who leaves voice mail messages that last four hours. [ laughter ] lets see, in a sentence, my voice mailbox is full but it turned out to be just one long message from my mom detailing her knee operation. Hashtag bruce ringsteen. Hashtag born to run on. [ laughter ] obviously teens, theres a hookup culture, i dont know if you heard this about teens. They have a hookup culture. Our next slang term is snake eyes. Heres the definition, when two ones hook up at a party. [ audience ohs ] well hold on, lets use it in a sentence. Did you see big head susan and lazy eye brian going at it on the futon last night . Someone rolled snake eyes. [ cheers and applause ] and remember, if youre ever at a party and youre making out with someone and you cant see a snake eyes, youre the snake eyes. [ laughter ] everybody guys moving on. The holidays are coming up. Wanksgiving. Give it a second. Its not what you think. [ laughter ] heres the definition, when you go home for the holidays and masturbate in your childhood bed. [ laughter and applause ] for example, being back at my childhood bedroom totally made me nostalgic. Then i saw a megan fox poster was still up on the wall and the next thing you know, its happy wanksgiving. [ applause ] moving on. This has really taken off with teens. A guy who gets so high he starts talking to your carpet. [ laughter ] for example, if youre wondering why tyler isnt on the dance floor right now, its because that aladdins upstairs yelling at my moms rug for being standoffish. I would be okay with it if he wasnt naked. Hashtag tragic mike. [ laughter and applause ] our last teen slang term is president trump, it means something you cant believe actually happened. [ light laughter ] for example, hey, remember that guy who got kicked in the head by a horse . Hes our class valedictorian. Hashtag president trump. [ cheers and applause ] that was seth explains teen slang. Were going to be right back with lester holt, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] but she always told me i dont care if you turn out to be a great athlete or whatever but, you need to make sure you get your college degree. Sometimes i call the house, just to hear her voice. phone ringing answering machine hi, leave a message after the beep. beep hey mom, this is larry. I just want to let you know that uh, i fulfilled the promise that you held me to. Love you. At us were twinsies i know who you guys are rooting for. Old navy were all wearing old navy. But theyre not a team. Oh really . Sweaters, coats, hats, gloves, and scarves in unison all half off okay. Enjoy the game. What game . Okay. . . You dont own me . . Dont try to change me in any way . . Oh . . Dont tell me what to do . . Thats all i ask of you . The new 2017 corolla with Toyota Safety<\/a> sense standard. . You dont own me . Toyota. Lets go places. . Dry spray . . Thats fun. . Its already dry no wait time. This is great. Its very soft. Can i keep it . laughter all the care of dove. Now in a dry antiperspirant spray. Smartphones . O m g ten years later, nothings really changed. Its time to snap out of it. Hello moto. Snap on a jbl speaker. A projector. A camera that actually zooms. Its a phone you can change again and again and again. Hello moto. Get excited world. Moto is here. The new moto z with motomods. Buy one moto z droid, get one free. Only on verizon. We love knowing whats happening. So the nest cam Security Camera<\/a> looks after things and alerts your phone if somethings up. Hey, need a glass . No matter what it is. Hey, dad. . [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back, everybody. All this week weve had the incredible, incredible drummer from steely dan here who has a record out now called city of cranes from his new group, band of other brothers, Keith Carlock<\/a>, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much for a great week, keith. We love having you. And give it up for the entire 8g band right over there. Our first guest tonight is the anchor of nbc nightly news with lester holt and dateline nbc. A new episode of dateline airs friday night at 9 00 p. M. Eastern, 8 00 central. Please welcome back to the show, our friend lester holt. [ cheers and applause ] . Seth how are you . Im great. Seth im always so happy you make time for us. Obviously, youve already done nightly news tonight. Yeah, its been a slow news week so i thought i would stop by. [ laughter ] nothing really going on. Seth exactly. Nothing filling up your day. So today, obviously im going to guess you were reporting on the fact that donald trump went to the white house and sat down with president obama. Yes. We did a special report today when that happened. A lot of people thought they would never see that. And of course, everyone wanted to be a fly on the wall because, well, they are kind of rivals. Seth sure. And they never met before. Yeah, no, they never actually typically they have their meeting and then late in the game they bring cameras in for a photo op. Seth yeah. They say a few words and then they kick the reporters out. So we dont really know what happened during the bulk of the meeting. Seth yeah. It could have been dead silence for all we know. [ laughter ] well, donald trump said it was he said he was under the impression it was going to be 10 or 15 and they were in there for about 90 minutes. Seth well, you know, thats something. And obviously i think the country is better off if they are communicating. You know, i think it was you know, we ended our broadcast because i think the American Public<\/a> needs to see that. Seth sure. See that, you know, listen, we move forward. Seth and, you know, historically when you look back through time and see other president s having those meetings, it does remind you we are in this together. You know, when its the democrat handing it over to a republican, or vice versa. Its small club. Seth it is a very, very small club. Not a lot of people who have done that job. And so, you know, donald trump will understand the weight of the office just like the others learned along the way. Debate. Last time you were here you had just moderated one of the democratic primary debates. Thats right. Thats right. Seth and we were talking about the sort of unique stress involved in moderating a debate. I can only imagine how much farther amped up that stress was for the first president ial debate. How did you find that experience . I should say real quick, i thought you did a fantastic job. Thank you, thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Not everyone felt the way you did, by the way. But thank you for that. It was you know, when i got the call, there was that wow, im gonna do the first president ial debate. And then about 30 minutes later, im going to do the first president ial debate. [ light laughter ] seth right. Its a lot of pressure. I mean, i had interviewed both of them. I, you know, obviously knew where they were coming from. But you dont know what to expect when you get them out on the stage there. And it is very lonely. Because you are seated there, the audience in the arena is behind you. You are told theres a hundred Million People<\/a> are watching but all youre seeing is just the two of them. You have an ear piece. Check. Seth right. You know, theres 40 minutes left in the debate. So youre kind of on your own and have you no idea really how its going. Seth and the difference, correct me if im wrong, but the difference between the previous one you did and this one, no commercials. No commercials. The previous one, i was with andrea mitchell, so i had a partner, so i could collect my thoughts when she was asking questions and vice versa. So yeah, this one youre on your own. Theres no commercials. It is 90 minutes. And i remember in the desk theres two clocks. There was a clock for the two minutes when they answered the initial question, then there was a time of dacl and at one point i looked down and it was like, it said 10 09. I remember this. And it felt like a lot of time passed. And i went and i looked and it was 10 10. And im like [ laughter ] its like, time just time begins to stand still, you know. Have you ever had moments like that in your life, where its just eveything seth yeah. And now i kind of want everything to speed up a little bit. [ laughter ] so well see how that goes. [ cheers and applause ] so again, i want to also credit, you know, covering an election you had a great team. Youre with chuck and savannah. Yeah. And tom brokaw. Seth tom brokaw. And obviously, i thought you were again, everybody, you have to remain sort of even, even as the results come in. And by even i dont mean nonpartisan, i mean, like things are happening that no one expected and you have to sort of just remain calm about it all. How did it all lay out for you when it started breaking the way that nobody expected . You know, were all reporters. I mean, thats what we do. So we started the night, and i had discussions even before tuesday. I said, you know, when we go out there, this is breaking news. We dont really know how this is going to go. And lets just do what reporters do. We follow the story. And thats what we did. I remember looking over, you know, chuck todd with his hes got his ipads and phones and his little calculator and i remember he is looking at florida at one point and hes like, he gives this look. Whats going on . He says, theres not enough. She cant catch up here. Seth yeah. And that was the first hint that wait a minute, you know, the direction is going in a way that many people didnt anticipate. The story to its conclusion. Seth is it exciting for you to be in one of those situations where you kind of have to be at your best because of the fact that the news is breaking in a way that everyone, no matter where they stand politically, wants to have it explained to them quickly. Yeah, i mean, i always try to put myself, no matter what the story, put myself in someones living room. How would i be watching . What would i want to know . And so there were many points. I said, lets walk through the boards again. Here are the states that are too close to call. Heres where theyre at. Because thats what people realan they want how is this going to end . Its a big drama. We didnt finish up until, what was it . I think donald trump spoke around 2 45. Seth yeah. You know, we finished up at 3 30. Seth thats great. Because we wanted to be on live that night and nbc said i dont know if youre gonna be on at 12 30. And we would not have been. I would have been the only one in your audience. [ light laughter ] seth exactly. That would have just been you sitting there. Yeah. [ laughter ] seth so you know, i think you know, were only a couple days into this post election a lot of talk about how the media covered it. A lot of talk about how the polling was wrong. Was there an over focus on the polling . Do you think journalism is gonna sort of do a sort of post op as how this went . And if so, is there anything you wish got more coverage . Is there anything you wish had been done differently . Well, i mean, i think the late night host got it wrong. [ laughter ] seth yeah. We no, you know seth we may have on that. Ive been reading all these articles and you know, obviously we want to go back and look at, done better. But the fact of the matter is, you know, everyone was you know, there was a surprise. It was different than the polls anticipated. You know, the polls dont make the decisions, we make the decisions. So tuesday, those of us that voted, we went and voted. Seth yeah. And you know what, the system worked, you know . The person with the most electoral votes in the end won. So well certainly go back and look. Im really proud of our team. Weve you know, this has been a long, long road. You know, we had a candidate really you know, added new dynamic to the race. We had our younger, what we call our road warriors, who are out there covering these stories. Seth they did a fantastic job. And they were just amazing. And it was just energized the place. And you know, tuesday was our super bowl. Seth yeah. And you know, did we you know, did we fumble or did we throw a few interceptions along the way . I dont know. Well look that, but im really, really proud of the work we did. Seth and you i should note, and you have the nickname, because you sat in the chair so much for breaking news, true story, your nickname is iron pants. Yes. [ laughter ] [ light laughter ] did i just do that in front of an audience . Seth yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] not cool. [ cheers and applause ] yeah, when i was i started my nbc part of my career at msnbc. And it was during a period of incredible news. I was actually there for the 2000 recount. Seth right. The bush gore. And then, you know, 9 11. And the invasion of afghanistan and iraq. And it meant long, long hours in sometimes. And somebody there nicknamed me iron pants. Which i never knew meant, you know, that i wasnt burning a hole in my pants from sitting there or if it meant that i could go long periods without relieving myself. Seth right, there you go. Somehow. I dont know. [ laughter ] that was and by the way, im 57 and that no longer holds. [ laughter ] seth yeah. They call you aluminum pants. [ applause ] yeah, aluminum. Seth well, i just want to say, thank you for getting us through it all. I thought you did a great job. I thouyo you do nbc news proud. And its pleasure to have you. It is fun to stop by. Thanks for having me. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] seth lester holt, everybody. Nightly news with lester holt airs week nights right here on nbc. Well be right back with alia shawkat. [ cheers and applause ] . . Liberty mutual stood with me when i was too busy with the yeah, with Liberty Mutual<\/a> all i needed to do to get an estimate was snap a photo of the damage and voila voila sigh i wish my Insurance Company<\/a> had that. Wait hold it. Hold it boys. Theres supposed to be three of you. Wheres your brother . Wheres your brother . Hey, wheres charlie . Charlie . you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you. 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Introducing tmobile one, unlimited data for everyone. [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back, everybody. Our next guest is a talented actress you know best from her work on arrested development. She stars in the new series search party which premiers november 21st on cbs. Lets take a look. Do you guys remember that girl Chantal Witherbottom<\/a> . No. Who is that . I do feel like i remember that name. She was like, she was like this girl, you know, we went to college with her. She im just trying to think here, look. Do you have ketchup . Oh. Remember . Oh, yeah. Oh, she sucked. Whyd she suck . Because she had nothing to offer. She was always like brushing her hair in public. Its like, brush it at home. Seth please welcome to the show, alia shawkat. [ cheers and applause ] seth hi. Hi, man. Seth im so happy to have you here. Im happy to be here. Its really nice. Seth its nice to see you. I first met you when you were a teenager working on arrested development. Yeah, i was trying to remember exactly when we met. It was just at some like some weird party . Seth probably at some snl party or Something Like<\/a> that. Right, yeah. It was cool. Seth you were somewhere where you were way too young to be. Totally. Seth but you it must have been such a weird time in your life. To be on a show that everybody was watching. And to be or kind of. Seth oh, yeah, i guess they werent watching. Seth they eventually caught up. Just not when it could have been helpful. Right. [ laughter ] seth but first, is it true your actual first kiss was with michael cera on the show . Yes. Its very true. Seth wow. [ laughter ] yeah, my thank you. [ laughter ] michaels here somewhere. Yeah, my father was on set with me at the time. And he is kind of like a protective, you know, arab dad. And i remember michael being very, very nervous about it happening. Because my dad was just like stone cold like watching the monitors. But i kind of describe it as like two fists hitting each cause we were both so awkward. We were just like [ laughter ] like we just kind of like lunged towards each other. Then we never talked about it again. [ laughter ] seth you are implying that thats the wrong way to kiss, which worries me. Because that is how i kiss. [ laughter ] no, so ive continued that format. Seth oh, okay. Yeah, of course. Seth and when you went back. Because obviously there was this long gap between when you did it to when you came back and did it on netflix. Did you feel the need to sort of reintroduce yourself as an adult to your cast mates . Yes, almost too much so, i think. Yeah, i came back and i was like you know in my early 20s. And i had traveled, you tried drugs, had sex and i felt like i needed to like really prove that i had done that. Thinking i was gonna be like paris, been there, been drunk there. [ laughter ] but it never came up, obviously. [ laughter ] nice to see you again, will. How ya been . Seth i like that you thought what adults do. Lets get together and talk about places weve been. And what weve done there. [ laughter ] yeah. Really wanted to prove it. Seth adult stuff. So congratulations on search party. First episode. So this is a very unique show. Its great. You are the lead of the show. As you saw from the clip, a lot of other really funny people. This is sort of i believe you described this as like a hipster columbo. Yeah. Seth but if you could just expand on that. I like to think of it as our generations columbo. Yeah, it is about someone who becomes like her own detective. Whos just really not the right person for the job. And also kind of representing, you know, a generation of where you fe and lost and feeling like youre not part of a bigger thing outside of yourself. And learning how to actually like make a difference and what is valuable to you and what isnt. Seth there are really nice observations about the characters and i feel like that i hadnt seen before. This really funny boiling down of like what you would call hipster culture. But you have pointed out the people that complain the most about hipsters are other someone. Is theyre like, youre a hipster and they are like, how dare you . [ laughter ] which is really strange. Theres kind of like a underlying self loathing i think with hipsters. But, i mean, its true. I think its true. And i think thats what a lot of the characters in this show kind of represent. Is like learning it come to terms with what they actually stand for and how they can actually like make a difference. Seth and obviously that is a nice parallel to what is happening right now. I feel like with that aged person and the results of the cause i feel like young people and we talked about this. You are the child of an immigrant and this was not an outcome that was particularly pleasant for you. Definitely not. Yeah, i mean, i remember texting my dad and i asked if my grandmother, i call bibi, who is muslim, is gonna be okay. And it was a true panic. And my dad called me with like fervor, like he has no power, trust me. Were gonna be fine. Our lives are gonna be okay. But it is important, i think, yeah, that what the show kind of touches on is that as a younger generation, we obviously are coming to terms with this feeling so incongruent with how we feel and we just have to be a lot more not just verbal and reactive. But actually make a difference and be active with it. Its not just about verbalizing it on our cell phones, its about actually taking steps towards making a difference. Seth thats a fantastic way to put it. [ cheers and applause ] and you im very happy and honored youre doing this here. Youre gonna sing a song for us. Tell us the song you chose. Its A Nina Simone<\/a> called trouble in mind. And i was listening to it a lot on the plane yesterday. It was definitely a very emotional day. And i was just like, you know reading poetry and listening to music and someone like nina simone, who was such a like political activist and such a passionate performer, just rang so true to me. And i just kept listening to it on repeat over and over again. Yeah, its like to show that we get through it and that we have troubles in our mind but power seth all right. Well i cant wait to hear it when we get back. Alia shawkat everybody. The first season of search party airs november 21st on tbs. Well be right back with more from alia. [ cheers and applause ] . . . . . At planters we know how to throw a remarkable holiday party. Just serve classy snacks and be a gracious host, do you like nuts . . . . H. Heartburn. Sorry maam. No burning here. Try new alkaseltzer heartburn relief gummies. They dont taste chalky and work fast. Mmmm. Incredible. Can i try . She doesnt have heartburn. Wild mustangs. I cant believe we live in the middle of all this. State farm knows that for every one of those moments, theres one of these. Wild mustangs . . I cant believe we live in the middle of all this thats why more people save by combining their home and auto . [ cheers and applause ] seth were back with the star of the tbs series search party, alia shawkat. As promised, she will be singing the classic trouble in mind. [ cheers and applause ] five, six, seven, eight. . . Trouble in mind, im blue but i wont be blue always cause the suns gonna shine on our backdoor some day . . Trouble in mind its true i have almost lost my mind never had so much trouble in my life before . . Im gonna lay my head on some lonesome Railroad Line<\/a> and let the two nineteen . Ease my troubled mind . . . . . Trouble in mind im blue but i wont be blue always cause the suns gonna shine on our backdoor some day . . cause the suns gonna shine on our backdoor some day cause the suns . Some day . . 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Our next guest, criticallyacclaimed debut the novel, the wangs vs. The world, is available in bookstores now. Please welcome to the show, jade chang. . . [ cheers and applause ] seth it is your first novel. It is. Seth and receiving fantastic reviews. And you have said you wanted to write an immigrant novel that was rejection of what we consider sort of the typical immigrant novel, explain that real quick for us. That is true. I wanted to write something that was a little bit of a middle finger to the traditional idea of the immigrant novel. In that i didnt want to write about immigrants who just felt like they couldnt fit in or felt like they just had to measure up to mainstream society. I wanted to write about immigrants who were, you know, who feel like theyre central to the story of america. And who you know feel like they belong here. Seth well, its excellent timing. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] seth excellent timing and it ties in a lot this is a family that actually is well off and loses everything in the financial crisis. Right. Seth yet its still a very upbeat book and its very funny, which you wouldnt expect from a book about a financial crash. But this is actually. You were inspired to write about happened. Yeah that is true. So i was working at a magazine. I thought it was just going to be, you know, a kind of stuck at job while i was working on my serious novel. At night i would be working, you know, at this kind of luxury magazine. Seth gotcha. But one of my jobs at the magazine was to go to parties. Seth okay, thats not a bad job. Yeah. Its okay. Its okay. And so i went to this one party in the late summer 2008 for the seth oh wow. The name may be familiar. [ light laughter ] but you may have never heard of the building because it does not exist. Seth oh, thats strange. I thought everything he said hed do he does. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] what happened . Wait, does that mean the wall might not happen . Oh, my god seth anyways, so you go to the trump dubai party. So yeah. So i went to a party for the trump tower dubai. Belair. Wolfgang puck, the famous chef, there preparing hors doeuvres with his own two hands. Sprinkling them with 24 carat gold dust. Literally. Seth perfect, yep. And serving them up to the crowd. Cirque du soleil performers in full regalia were there, kind of stalking on stilts above the crowd. Christina aguilera sang a cappella. Seth thats fantastic. Cant beat that. It was a good time. And so then i was in line at the mitsubishi to be pulled up to the line. And i looked into my gift bag and there was an ipod touch for each person. I just had this moment of thinking, all right, this is the beginning of the end. We are about to collapse under the weight of our own excess. You know . And but it was it was this moment where i felt like, okay, anything you know, if when the world falls apart, anything and thats so scary but its also kind of electric and exciting in a way too. Seth that was pretty close to when it actually did all fall apart. Yeah, it was just pretty much a month later Lehman Brothers<\/a> collapsed, et cetera, et cetera. Seth and that started it all. Yeah. Seth and now your father, i imagine he is proud of you for writing this book. Very. Yeah. Seth has he read the book . Well, seth [ light laughter ] so when i gave the book my father was very eager to read the book. When i gave it to him, i said, the bos seth okay. And im pretty sure he opened it up, started reading, got to the first sex scene, closed the cover, and then he started reading war and peace. Seth really . Yes. Seth that seems like he is really trying to put it off as long as possible. You know whats funny, cause weve had both actors and actresses on this show who have said their parents dont like watching them in sex scenes. This is the first time weve had someone who doesnt want to read a sex scene. Seth yeah. He doesnt want to read your fictional take on what sex is like. Yeah. [ laughter ] precisely. Seth theres too many clues in there. He doesnt even want to deal with it. Hes like you know what, im gonna let some russians kill themselves and im gonna deal with that. And then he said we should all read it though. Seth war and peace. Yeah. You this is fantastic. One of the characters in the book is a standup comedian. Yes. Seth and in order to feel like you could authentically write a standup comedian you went and took improv classes at ucb which is a very fa i did, yeah. Seth how was that . Was that helpful . Did it work . So the reason i went and took these improv classes was i wanted to know what it felt like to stand up in front of a group of people and try to make them laugh and fail. Seth okay. Because thats you know thats the thing that i wrote. So the way these classes work, you know, it is eight classes and then a live show. So after the first three classes, i was like, oh, my god, im so funny. Im probably going to be on saturday night live next year. Seth wow, okay, great. And then class number four. Seth what happened between three and four . So it turns out that the first three classes, youre really, youre just kind of pitching ideas. Seth sure. Pitching jokes. But class number four, suddenly you are you have to like play a character. You have to embody somebody and come up with ideas and jokes and i was so not good at that. And so all my dreams dashed. Seth your dreams dashed but it was a helpful exercise. You feel like taking that class because it is very authentic to me when you read it. And it is great to know when a writer does not have any sense of what that would be like and you went out and did that research. Yeah, i really did it. Seth thats fantastic. And im sorry that you had that moment we all have of im going to make it. And then youre like, oh, no, im not. I know. Seth cause i thought i was doing really well like my first week on snl and then i realized i also couldnt embody characters. And they said, were gonna put [ laughter and applause ] but look at where you ended up seth jade chang everybody, the wangs vs. The world is in book stores now. Well be right back. [ cheers and applause ] . [ cheers and applause ] seth everybody, thats our show. My thanks to lester holt, alia shawkat, jade chang, Keith Carlock<\/a> right over there and the 8g band. [ cheers and applause ] and you guys, this is the end of r and what you may not know is at the end of every week our cameraman gene puts us to bed by telling us a bedtime story. [ laughter ] this has been an especially tiring week here. I cannot wait to hit the hay, so gene, take it away. Hey, folks. [ clearing throat ] the show is over. The suns gone down. Street lights blink on all over a day spent hardworking and making people laugh. Makes for one sleepy host, and a sleepy late night staff. The security guards doze off right away with no frills. The producers, with help, from scotch, whiskey and pills. [ laughter ] the accountants count sheep, till the moment they slumber. Even the band hears the sandman calling their number. Hannah wears pjs, seth sleeps in the nude. [ light laughter ] seth, ya boy, just snores and snores. Eli wears a sleep mask that says nasty dude. [ laughter ] our cue card guy, wally, well he sleeps the best in a bed made of cue cards like some insane bird he roosts like a chicken, sitting upon crossed legs, providing warmth and protection to his large clutch of eggs. Andrew, the network censor, nods off at his desk after bleeping all the f bombs, the n words and the rest. When he bleeps naughty words, hes the king of his castle, but hes fast asleep now, so im gonna say asshole. Asshole. Ass[ bleep ]. [ laughter ] writer john lutz never cared much for darkness, the night can be scary, so quiet and starless. So when the cats stop their meowing and the dogs are all with his roommate, marcus. Its not what it looks like, they both like women. Sure at times things get handsy, but hey, lifes for the living. The show is over, suns gone down. Our sleepy host must rest his precious crown. His tan little desk makes the perfect bed, as he dreams of tomorrow. Come closer. Good night, sweet prince. [ audience aws ] [ cheers and applause ] . [ cheers and applause ] . . . And, youve tuned into last call. Im carson daly. Thank you very much. Weve got a killer show coming up for you tonight. This is amp radio here in los angeles, where i do a little morning show. 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