Trump then added, if you dont believe me ask my wife melatonin. [ laughter ] after announcing he would not seek reelection, republican senator jeff flake said today that he believes a lot more of his colleagues will soon speak out against president trump. Said his colleagues [ crickets ] [ laughter ] housing secretary ben carson said today that rebuilding puerto rico after Hurricane Maria could take anywhere between one and 100 years. And thats just the kind of precision you expect from a brain surgeon. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] be honest with me, what are my chances of survival, doc . Some where between one and 100 percent. [ light laughter ] a new poll has found that 51 percent of democrats now have a favorable view of former president george w. Bush. [ laughter ] and that makes sense. Id also have a favorable view of the flu if i suddenly found myself with the plague. 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[ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a fantastic show for you tonight. She is the host of Megyn Kelly Today on nbc news. Megyn kelly is here everybody. [ cheers and applause ] he is the star of a fantastic show on Comedy Central. One of the funniest on tv. Nathan for you. Nathan fielder is back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] and a wonderful actor and comedian, you know him from nbcs superstore. Hes an old friend of mine. Colton dunn is on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] so happy to have him here. Before we get to all that, the Republican Party is at the peek of its powers and yet it is currently engulfed in a civil war very much of its own making with several gop senators now openly warning that the president is dangerous, unstable and a threat to democracy. For more on this its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth yesterday arizona senator jeff flake gave a speech on the senate floor calling on his colleagues to challenge the behavior of president trump. The words were strong, the delivery less so. We must stop pretending that the degradation of our politics and the conduct of some in our executive branch are normal. They are not normal. Reckless, outrageous and undignified behavior has become excused in countenance as, telling it like it is, when it is actually just reckless, outrageous and dignified and undignified. Seth he kind of sounds like a kid on the playground whose father told him to stand up to a bully. [ light laughter ] i dont think youre being very nice not in the face. And that of course came just hours after tennessee senator bob corker went on tv to warn us all that the president is still an incompetent, unstable liar. I think World Leaders are very aware that much of what he says is untrue. I dont know why he lowers himself to such a low, low standard and debases our country in the way that he does, but he does. At the end of his day when his term is over, i think the debasing of our nation, the constant nontruth telling, the just the name calling, the things like i think the debasement of our nation is what hell be remembered most for. Seth such is the trajectory of donald trump. He started out in a golden penthouse and ended up in debasement. [ laughter and applause ] but it isnt just it isnt just trump. Habitual line that corker slammed. There was also his impulsive temper and volatility. At another stop on his press tour, corker went on the today show where he was asked pointblank if trump is dangerous and answered the question in a way that made clear the answer is yes. Let me put it bluntly, left to his own devices, do you think the president is a threat to National Security . I think that there are people around him that work in an effort to contain him. Seth not only [ light laughter ] not only is that answer terrifying so is the question. You shouldnt have to ask if the president is a threat to National Security. [ laughter ] thats like asking a Real Estate Agent, are there ghosts in the closet . [ laughter ] the answer to that question should always be, dont be ridiculous, but in this case, the Real Estate Agent is saying, yes, there is a ghost in the closet. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] but according to corker according to corker, its not just that trump is unfit for office, but that hes actively choosing to run his white house in a dangerous and chaotic way. Corker criticized trump specifically for his apparent lack of interest in being good at his job. Using one interesting turn of phrase in particular. Look i expressed concerns a few weeks ago about his leadership and just his stability and the lack of desire to be competent. Seth lack lack of desire to be competent. Thats how you say he doesnt give a [ bleep ] on cnn. [ cheers and applause ] thats that sounds like the Performance Review for a teenager who keeps showing up late to his job at friendlys. Donny you forgot to clean the fryer before you left, you didnt put the ice cream back in freezer and in general id say, you lack the desire to be competent. Give me your apron. [ laughter ] corker may now have regrets about trumps presidency, but he of course actively supported and encouraged trumps candidacy last year. In fact, corker appeared with trump at a rally to endorse him and encouraged people to vote for him. Although, he did seem a little uncomfortable with the atmosphere of a trump rally. A great friend of mine somebody respected by everybody, senator bob corker. Come on up, bob. Come on up. [ cheers and applause ] i wasnt going to say anything. I just came to visit. [ laughter ] but i have to say something. The rallies that i have back at home arent quite like this. Pretty good. Pretty tough. Pretty cool. Yeah, this is unbelievable, isnt it . Seth corker has the flustered look of a guy who wandered into a biker bar looking for his daughter. [ laughter ] oh gosh, its pretty rowdy in here. Pretty cool. Pretty cool. Kaley [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] corker campaigned with trump in july after many of trumps most grotesque comments like his call for muslim ban or his claim that mexico is sending rapists to the u. S. And yet, corkers now acting almost as if hes surprised that trump hasnt completely changed his personality at the age of 71. You would think he would aspire to be the president of the United States and act like a president of the United States but, you know, thats just not going to be the case apparently. Hopefully what president s do is to try to bring the country together to unify around common goals and not to debase our country, if you will. And that has not happened and im beginning to believe that its not going to happen. Seth youre beginning to believe its not going to happen . [ light laughter ] trump is an old billionaire with a young, beautiful wife who just became president. Why would he ever think, ive got to change my ways . That would be like larry king going, you know what . Im going to start wearing belts. [ laughter ] but heres the thing, its not enough to hurl insults at trump. If you think the president is a danger to democracy or National Security, then you have to do something about it. You could hold hearings, call witnesses, pass laws to limit his power or remove him from office. Trump obviously will not change his behavior just because you insulted him. Believe me. Ive tried. [ light laughter ] in fact, he seems to enjoy the theater of fighting with people. On sunday when he was asked on fox news about his ongoing feuds with arizona senator john mccain and corker, trump actually insisted that fighting with members of his own party who think hes deranged is somehow good for him. Obviously the feuding with senator corker, i think theres a personal thing going on between you and senator mccain. Do you worry that this bickering and feuding gets in the way of your agenda . No and sometimes it helps, to be honest with you. So well see what happens in the end. But, i think actually sometimes it helps. Seth thats right. Trump thinks it helps when people call him crazy. [ light laughter ] it changes the subject from what an asshole i am. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] so twitter insults and floor speeches are not enough to stop trump. You need to do something and not just about trump himself. If you really care about the health of our political system, then you also need to confront the ideology of trumpism that has infected the Republican Party. Take for example, roy moore, the gop nominee and frontrunner for a senate seat in alabama. Moore is flawless theocrat who has said homosexual conduct should be illegal and that a muslim member of congress should not be seated because of his religion. Not to mention the fact that he dresses like a judge at a chili cookoff. [ light laughter ] and at a summit in d. C. Earlier this month, moore went off on a bizarre rant in which he appeared to rewrite the lyrics to america the beautiful. We sing the songs. Oh, beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesties above the fruited plains. America, america god shed his grace on thee and bound thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea. America the beautiful. Or so it used to be. Land of the pilgrims pride, im glad theyre not here to see babies piled in dumpsters, abortion on demand. Oh, sweet land of liberty your house is on the sand. Your children wander aimlessly, poison by cocaine, choosing to indulge their lust when god has said abstain. Seth seems like a chill guy. [ laughter ] thats a senate candidate. Usually when you hear someone rambling that incoherently theyre sitting by themselves on an empty subway car. [ laughter ] children wandering aimlessly. Poisoned by cocaine. Honey, lets get off at the next stop. Well just walk. Lets go. If people like corker and flake are unwilling to do concrete things to stop trump and roy moore, then its hard to take them seriously. Its almost like republicans who say trump is dangerous to our political system dont actually want to do anything about it. Its like they have um, um, whats the phrase . Lack of desire to be competent. [ laughter ] seth this has been a closer look. Well be right back with megyn kelly, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] announcer for more of seths closer looks, be sure to subscribe to late night on youtube. Introducing degree ultracle r black white saves your white clothes from yellow stains. And black clothes from white marks still with 48 hour sweat protection. 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Is knowing what it takes toal build one. Starting today, state farm is here to help. With tools, support, and education. Visit letsstarttoday. Com [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back, everybody and give it up for the 8g band right over there. [ cheers and applause ] also sitting in with us this week, hes a master musician and performer who played with everyone from earth, wind, and fire to the b52s. His new album love is the greatest, featuring his group, cachet is available now. Sonny emory everybody. [ cheers and applause ] hey, seth. Seth thank you for being sonny, i really appreciate it. How you doing . Thanks. Seth our first guest tonight hosts Megyn Kelly Today weekday mornings at 9 00 on nbc news. Please welcome back to the show, megyn kelly, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] seth how are you . Im great how are you . Seth good, its very nice having you in the building. Its exciting to be here. Seth and we were talking about 30 rock. Seth a lot has changed, you went from a show that was on at night to now a show that is on in the morning. You were saying backstage you see your children a lot more. That must be nice. Yeah, its amazing. Im having a totally different experience with them. Ive gone from, hurry up, get your backpack weve got to go to, its almost time for bed, come on gotta brush your teeth. Come on, here we go. Seth thats great, they must be so much more into that. But, can i tell you that the nighttime routine is much more rewarding than the morning routine. Its just you know, like tucking them in. Seth oh, putting kids to bed. Reading the stories, doing all that. Seth yeah. Thats so great that you told me the thing i miss every night doing this show. Sorry. Seth yeah. Sorry. [ laughter ] seth its really cool of you. I thank you so much for that. As they age up, well get more time. Seth goddamnit, megyn. Sorry. Seth i didnt need to go through this tonight. Theres always facetime. Seth theres other changes from night to morning. Youve noticed in the very few short weeks youve been doing your show, usually theres a lot more to doing a morning show. You know, ive been amazed at how much i have to move around. Seth yeah. I used to be able to just sit at the desk and look into the camera and deliver the news. And now its like i dont know, theres like, dried smoke coming into the studio and i got to walk down, like, a runway. And i gotta, i dont know do yoga. [ light laughter ] seth yeah. So you got to do all that stuff and then you got to do the serious interviews. I mean, its the full gamut. Seth yeah, well in that one, ive got it over you because i just move behind the desk and just talk about the news. So i thats so nice. Seth yeah, you might put your kids to bed but sweet desk. Nailed it. Seth you have you pointed out that you want to talk about politics less in your new job and i imagine that you do not miss or you could tell me, do you miss talking to politicians . I really do miss mitch mcconnell. Seth yeah. Desperately. I miss our time together. Seth he should come on your morning show. Anthony weiner like, i love no. Seth you should make scones with Anthony Weiner on the today show. [ laughter and applause ] um. Seth as like a work release. [ laughter ] you know, its one of those things, like, look, if a big if a big hurricane comes were gonna talk about it but were not going to be the weather channel. If Something Big happens politically were gonna talk about it but i dont want to do it all the time like i did on cable because its soul killing. So well do it, you know, where appropriate. I just dont want to do it all the time. Talking you know with all due respect to those guys, its those are not the best interviews as you know. Seth yeah, well i you know, tell me if youve found the same thing, i find and this is across the aisle, republicans and democrats do the exactly the same, most of politicians answer the question they wish youd ask. Right. Seth and so, you ask the question you want an answer to and the next thing you know, you realize, oh, this isnt it . And theyll take 12 minutes to answer it. Seth yeah. And then you get so bored that you just give up. Right. Seth yeah. Well, that is one thing i would never do. I mean, i always felt like and still do that i was there as the advocate for the audience in that so im not shy about interrupting somebody and sort of saying, boring. [ light laughter ] but that doesnt make the experience fulfilling when its over seth sure, when you and then its still, theyre spin masters. Seth they are. Theyve gotta be spin masters. Seth theres a lot of spinning. You mentioned if a hurricane came through you would talk about it. A hurricane of sorts has come through our nation as far as Sexual Harassment as being this issue that everybodys talking about. You used your show on monday to address specifically bill oreilly who had, basically, made the point that no women in all his years had ever gone to anyone in charge of fox news and said that his behavior was bad. You very gave an impassioned speech which i thought was wonderful and im glad you did it. Where you had pointed out you had gone to fox news and pointed that out and no one had done anything. Mmhmm. Seth did you know right away that you were going to do that as soon as you heard him say his falsehood about the fact, that no one had ever done it. It was more of a combo, honestly, seth. It was the combo of him saying that and the news that he had paid 32 million to settle a claim. Seth that seems like a lot, right . Thats not nuisance value. Seth yeah. I mean thats i get litigations happen all the time, a lot of them are nonsense and you pay some small amount to make them go away. 32 million is a different story. And he was renewed at the company after he did that. And i know that fox says it didnt know. The question remains why didnt they . Why wouldnt you know . Why wouldnt you ask before you bring this man back in the workplace and unleash him on the workforce . And so the combination of those things i just and whats happening in the country, it was time. It was time to tell that story. I take no pleasure in, you know, discussing fox news in that way because i had a lot of good years there and theyre not all bad. Theyve got some great people. He is not one of them. Seth yeah. You [ cheers and applause ] i also thought this is very interesting to me because i think one of the t