[ laughter ] during a press conference this afternoon, President Trump said that his administration is getting things done at a recordsetting pace. For example, most president s take four years to finish a term and it looks like trumps gonna get it done in like eight months. [ cheers and applause ] so [ laughter ] youre out the Justice Department yesterday appointed former fbi director Robert Mueller as special council to oversee the investigation into trump and russia. Im gonna get to the bottom of this. Said donald trump to a pint of haagen dazs. [ laughter ] everybody, calling me a liar. Im not a liar. Theyre liars, i dont like [ laughter ] Country Singer toby keith will reportedly perform in saudi arabia on saturday, for President Trumps first foreign trip. For muslims . [ laughter ] thats like having betsy devos give the commencement speech at a historically black oh, okay. I see what you are doing. [ audience groans ] [ applause ] i see what youre doing. You hate everything. An app that reminds women to take their Birth Control pills will now offer instructions on what to do if a pill is missed or not taken on time. And i gotta say, the app is more conservative than i expected. [ laughter and applause ] a Yale University dean has been placed on leave after leaving offensive reviews on yelp. Heres one of them. [ laughter ] one star. Rapper a ap rocky had 1. 5 Million Dollars worth of jewelry stolen from his home in los angeles earlier this week. Well, heres a free tip, stop spelling your name with a dollar sign. [ laughter ] thats like having the license plate i love cocaine and being surprised when the cops pull you over. Dont be surprised. Why do you have so many letters in your license plate . And finally, a man from idaho was recently rushed to the hospital after a Fidget Spinner toy became lodged in his anus. [ laughter ] but doctors sent the man home untreated since thats where those belong. [ laughter and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a fantastic show for you tonight. Hes an incredible actor from such great shows as transparent and arrested development. His memoir are you anybody is avaiable now. Jeffrey tambor, hes one of our favorites is back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] another friend of ours whos back is starring in the abc adaption of dirty dancing, Debra Messing. [ cheers and applause ] back on late night tonight. And i dont know i dont know if youve been listening to the New York Times podcast the daily. Im addicted to it and im so happy its host is here tonight. Michael barbaro is joining us. [ cheers and applause ] so looking forward to tain about how he pulls that together every day. Before we get to all of our great guests, even by trumps standards, this has been an insane week. Day after day there have been mounting scandals culminating with yesterdays appointment of a special council to oversee the russian investigation. And now, trump is heading out on his first foreign trip as president under a cloud of suspicion. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth the pace at which trump scandals have been unfolding over the past week has been mindboggling. Of course, the historical precedent everyone seems to be using for comparisons sake is watergate, but even that seems to be inadequate in describing how quickly things are moving. As senator john mccain explained yesterday. Its just another scandal, its just another scandal that unfortunately continues every only its now accelerated. Watergate took many months and this thing seems to be taking hours. Seth yeah, this isnt watergate, its the watergate express. In the trump era, every hour feels like a month. In fact, time now works for us the way crowd sizes work for trump. A few thousand can seem like 1. 5 million hours. [ cheers and applause ] all of this, of course, came to a head yesterday with the appointment of a special council. A special independent council has been named to head up the investigation of the trump administration, and russian interference with the u. S. Election. The department naming former fbi chief Robert Mueller as special council, the decision a bow to the growing pressure from capitol hill, after the president s firing of fbi director james comey, who was leading his own russia investigation. And the cascade of stunning developments this week that have followed. Up until today, President Donald Trump has had the ability to control almost every news cycle. From this day forward, he no longer has control. And instead, if you will, of being the hunter, he becomes the hunted. Trump was much of a hunter before this. His only prey came in buckets. [ laughter ] shh, if you move too fast, you scare them off. [ laughter ] today trump took questions for the first time on the appointment of a special council during a press conference with the president of colombia. But even when he was trying to focus on topics other than the russia investigation, he didnt seem very sure of himself, like when he discussed the two countries joint efforts to end the production of coca from which cocaine is made. But he kept mispronouncing it. Recently we have seen an alarmed, and i mean really a very highly alarmed and alarming trend. Last year colombia cocoa cultivation and cocaine production reached record high. Today i affirm the United States willingness to assist colombias strategy. To target and eliminate Drug Trafficking networks, illicit financings, cocoa cultivation. [ laht seth cocoa . [ light laughter ] does he think chocolate and cocaine come from the same place . [ laughter ] in fact, weve already captured famous drug kingpin el choco. [ laughter ] now, in his role as special council, mueller will have broad authority. And hes gonna need it because there is a lot to look into, take, for example, trumps disgraced former National Security advisor Michael Flynn. And lets face it, the guy he just looks shady. Flynn looks like a guy who only comes into town once a year for supplies. Shame about those missing hikers. Police got any leads yet . [ laughter ] as you may know, flynn is under fbi investigation for his ties to russia. But hes also under investigation for taking secret payments from turkey without registering as a foreign agent. Which youre required to do, by law. And last night, we got yet another bombshell, about what the trump team knew with regard to flynn and when they knew it. The New York Times reporting Michael Flynn told President Trumps Transition Team weeks before the inauguration that h was under federal investigation for secretly working as a paid lobbyist for turkey during the campaign. Despite the warning mr. Trump made flynn his National Security adviser. Seth so they hired someone who was under active fbi investigation for taking secret payments from a Foreign Government as the National Security adviser. Thats like hiring a babysitter who is still wearing one handcuff. [ laughter ] so just think about this for a second, donald trump and his associates are facing multiple fbi investigations over foreign payments and possible collusion with a Foreign Government. As well as investigations in the house and senate and now a special council. I just wish someone had warned us about the disastrous consequences of a president who would be under investigation while in office. The fbi now has multiple open criminal investigations into hillary clinton. And now shes gonna run the coutnry. Shell be under investigation for years, shell be with trials. I mean, we went through it with him with the impme arent we tired of this stuff . This election will determine whether we remain a free country in the truest sense of the word or we become a corrupt Banana Republic controlled by large donors and Foreign Governments. This is collusion and corruption of the highest order and it is one more reason why i ask, my attorney general, i will ask. To appoint a special prosecutor. [ laughter and applause ] seth its literally its literally the only Campaign Promise hes actually kept. [ cheers and applause ] its almost like donald trump is a time traveler sent to warn us about himself. [ laughter ] oh, god, im too late. [ laughter ] now the timing of all this chaos canne because on friday he sets out for his first foreign trip to europe and the middle east. And aides were hoping it would represent a chance to reboot his presidency. Instead with all the turmoil going on, trump seems less than excited about the trip. According to times trump, a confirmed homebody, has expressed dread about the trip asking aides whether it can be shortened to five days, from nine. So hes basically a kid who doesnt want to go to summer camp. [ laughter ] but what if they dont have the snacks i like . [ laughter ] and he doesnt seem to want to do much preparation for the trip either. According to a report in reuters yesterday conversations with some officials who have briefed trump and others who are aware of how he abosrbs information, portray a president with a short attention span. [ laughter ] he likes single page memos and visual aides. Like maps, charts, graphs, and photos. And National SecurityCouncil Officials who strategically included trumps name in as many paragraphs as we can because he keeps reading if hes mentioned. [ laughter ] they have to put his name in stto soon theyre gonna have to start writing his Intelligence Briefings on a mirror. [ laughter and applause ] in fact, trumps aides arent the only ones concerned about trumps ability to stay focused. During this trip, trump will meet with leaders of nato, our most important military alliance. And according to a recent report, nato is scrambling to taylor its upcoming meeting to avoid taxing President Donald Trumps notoriously short attention span. The alliance is telling heads of state to limit talks to two to four minutes. [ laughter ] in fact, theyre presenting the information to trump on a placemat. [ laughter and applause ] so as he heads out, on his trip to meet the leaders of foreign nations, trump takes with him a cloud of suspicion and questions about his competence. The constant drum beat of scandal and chaos coming from this whitehouse is exhausting. Or to put it another way. Arent we tired of this stuff . [ laughter ] seth yeah, that sounds about right. This has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] well be back with ugh, no bars. 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Our first guest tonight is a twotime emmy and golden globe awardwinning actor who you know from his work on the Larry Sanders show, arrested development, and transparent. His new memoir, are you anybody is available in stores now. Please welcome back to the show, the always wonderful, jeffrey tambor, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back, friend. Thank you. Thank you. Its great to be here. Seth im so happy to have you here. Congratulations on this book. Thank you. Seth what made you youve had this incredibly successful career. Youve had a lot of opportunities i would think to sit back, and write a book. What made you think this was the time . When i was a young actor, i was on broadway, and it was preselfie stuff, and there was a seth there was a time before selfies. Wow. There was a time before cell phones. Seth wow. And this autograph seeker was outside and i came outside, i had three lines in the george c. Scott, sly fox. I came out, i had my 300 faux shammy sort of thing on with my hat, and he said, are you anybody . [ laughter ] and i said, i took thirty seconds, and i said, no. [ laughter ] and so i thought that would be a great entrance, plus i have four kids at home, twelve, ten, and two sevens. Seth two sevens and they have no idea what i do for a living. Seth really . No. They come to the set and im eating lunch. [ laughter ] so they tell their friends that, my daddy eats lunch for a living. Seth gosh. He eats lunch in a tent somewhere, yeah. Right, and so i thought i would write in my waning years, i would kind of write, and tell them what daddy does for a living, and what thats all about. Seth well because im as i go through those ages, im thinking the stuff that i am most familiar with you, transparent, arrested development, Larry Sanders. Those are maybe not perfect for their ages. What do they know you best from . Trolls. Seth okay. Great. [ light laughter ] and spongebob. Seth okay. [ light laughter ] and are they excited . Well hold on now. Theres a big i am the voice of the burrito on tv. [ laughter ] and thats a seth wow, thats a big deal. [ cheers and applause ] so when youre not eating lunch, youre voicing lunch . Im voicing lunch, and any character that comes on television with a low voice, they go like this is that you . [ laughter of this book is you let your children interview you. I did. Seth and its really adorable. Do you mind if we show a clip . I really do. Seth you just said you do. [ laughter ] seth but did what did you what sort of instruction did you give them. All right, go ahead. No, i just we just said interview me like its, you know, the seth meyers show. Seth okay great. So, this is from our home. Here we go. Seth all right, lets take a look. Does anybody know what i do for a living . You go, hey now. [ laughter ] no, no, i dont go, hey now. I did so on a show. Do you know what i do for a living . I have no idea what that means. What was it like to make your broadway debutt. [ laughter ] opposite acting legend, george c. Scott . Well george c. Scott, you dont know, was a very famous actor, he did patton, and i was very nervous making my debutt. [ laughter ] a debutt is hard. This is also my debutt making a book. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] arent they great . Seth yeah. Yeah. Seth i like that they all, even the twins sit completely different ways. Ones very upright. Ones a full sloucher. Right. Right. Seth yeah. I love that i actually i cant say. Why is may i ask a question . Seth sure. Its a little off topic, but why is there a nurse outside my dressing room . [ laughter ] well, i feel like this is something you worry about every time you come here. Ive tried to explain. Well, last year, she was further and now shes really close. [ laughter ] are you guys worried about me . Seth no. We have a nurse. We have to, being a show, we have to have a nurse on set. Really . Seth the nurse is here for everybody. She doesnt think that you are anymore at risk. [ light laughter ] oh, because the tetanus shot was real. Seth now wait yeah. Seth if she gave you a tetanus shot i already have one. Seth okay, im worried this wasnt the official nurse. [ laughter ] oh. Seth we do have like, sort of a prankster second. She had alcohol on her breath. [ light laughter ] seth okay, yeah, and yet you went along with the whole seth yeah, thats true. One of the things you talk about, some early stage fright before, even preacting, your bar mitzvah. Yes. Seth you were very concerned about your hebrew. I was high at my bar mitzvah. Seth you were high . [ laughter ] yes my mother seth but now, how did you get high . My mother said, are you nervous. I said, yes, of course, and she said, well heres a miltown, which is xanax. [ light laughter ] and, but i know what you are talking about. My cantor, Cantor Bornstein ate cottage cheese sandwiches and in the hebrew religion, its very guttural, and i would say, baruch, and he would say, no its baruch, and the cottage cheese would come [ audience groans ] by the end of my lesson, i looked like one of those ceilings in the valley. [ light laughter ] but i was high at my bar mitzvah. Seth wait, how did you . How quick . Did it work . Oh yeah, i was like flying. I was all, hey how are you . Hey. I got another tune for you. Seth wow. Yeah. [ laughter ] seth thats great, and did you feel it right away . Did the miltown go to work right away . It didnt. During the speech, i got i kind of went off. It was int