Concede last nights special Senate Election in alabama telling his supporters, quote, god is always in control. Unless moores on his horse in which case no ones in control. [ laughter ] [ laughter ] seth thats right. Last night the people of alabama made the apparently very difficult decision of choosing a democrat over a guy who was banned from a mall. [ light laughter ] i know were all tired of mall jokes, so let me just say one thing very seriously. Sure, roy moore was the hot topic for a while but americas not a Banana Republic and the voters made that claires. The voters said ugg and they were able to chanel their energy and send that fossil off on some new journeys. [ laughter ] i guess [ cheers and applause ] i guess they said enough of this gamestop. [ laughter ] and while well have to keep swatch, it seems like democracy is back in the pink and thats the most important thing tome. [ laughter ] according to a new Monmouth University poll, only 32 of people approve of the job President Trump is doing. Oh, wait. Oh, im sorry i read that wrong. Only 32 people approve of the job [ laughter ] President Trump is doing. [ cheers and applause ] according to a new report the arctic continued to warm in 2017 to the point that is now largely icefree during the summer months. So if you want yearround ice youll just have to visit the white house. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] a man in montana was caught on Surveillance Footage last week stealing a 300 pound atm from a hotel. The man was charged with theft and even worse a 4 transaction fee. [ laughter ] an immigrant in pennsylvanias launching a new Mexican Restaurant called illegal tacos, which is actually a lot less suspicious than a restaurant called legal tacos. [ light laughter ] and finally, democrat doug jones, as we mentioned, narrowly defeated republican roy moore to win an open senate seat in alabama last night. According to exit polls, 72 of white men and 63 of white women voted for moore. While 98 percent of black women voted for jones. Here to comment is one of our writers, amber ruffin everybody. [ cheers and applause ] thanks, seth. Now, as a black woman, i just have two things i want to say about last nights election. Youre. Welcome. [ cheers and applause ] while all of america was on the edge of their seats, waiting to see if an accused pedophile would get into the United States senate, 98 of black women in alabama voted for the other guy. Because as my dad says, black women laugh and joke, but we dont play. [ laughter ] and the women who saved us last night werent just regular black women. They were black women in alabama. Do you know what they have to go through every day . Those women woke up yesterday and were like, i gotta deal with systemic racism, the gender pay gap, the school to prison pipeline, humidity, and now yall want me to save america . [ laughter ] and on my way there i have to walk by like 18 confederate statues . All right. [ laughter ] roy moore was a well known antigay, antimuslim, racist pedophile. Allegedly. [ laughter ] heres how white women responded to him. Was there ever a moment when you questioned your support for roy moore . No. And this is how black women responded to him. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] p. S. , you know thats why omarosa got fired today. Trump was like, you promised me the black lady vote. And she was probably like, i dont know any [ laughter ] so, not only did we get rid of roy moore, we got rid of omarosa in one night [ cheers and applause ] what did you do last night . Watch the voice . Now, white people, i invite you to look upon our example and steal it. Its called appropriating, and it should be easy for you because you do it all the time. [ light laughter ] so, while youre busy appropriating our music and our fashion and our big fat booties, try appropriating our common sense. Stop trying to rap, and try getting up on a tuesday to go vote. I woke up this morning and saw the phrase black women was trending on twitter. So, of course my first thought was, oh god are we illegal now . [ laughter ] so, i immediately checked to make sure the next topic wasnt roundemup. But [ laughter ] it wasnt. But, it turns out it was trending because everyone was writing, thank you black women. And that is cool. But when youre done thanking us, why dont you try voting for us and putting a few of us in office so we can run this [ bleep ]. [ cheers and applause ] i just i just was like yay black women, and freaking 300 white people are like, yeah [ laughter ] what a world. You [ laughter ] you know what, black women should be running everything. Can you think of a single reason why we shouldnt be in charge . No. [ laughter ] thats what i thought. Back to you, seth. [ cheers and applause ] seth back to you amber. Let it go to your head. You let that go to your head [ applause ] weve got a great show for you tonight. Shes starring in a new film, the post, Sarah Paulson. Shes one of our favorites and shes back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] he has a fantastic new netflix comedy special, the return. Its streaming now, judd apatow is back. [ cheers and applause ] and his acclaimed comic book series happy has been adapted for a show at syfy. He is, for my money, one of the greatest comic book writers of all time, Grant Morrison is here this evening. [ cheers and applause ] before we get to all of that, as we mentioned democrats won a shocking victory in the deepest red state in america last night, defeating republican roy moore in the senate race in alabama and delivering a stunning blow to both steve bannon and President Trump. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth democrats havent had much to celebrate since last years election, and they could hardly contain themselves last night, as evidenced by the victory rally at doug jones headquarter. The crowd there was so excited that cspan caught the dj playing jones off the stage with teach me how to dougie. Thank you thank you thank you teach me how to dougie seth first thing, no one ever teach doug jones how to dougie. [ light laughter ] that is not for him. Second thing, to whoever was smoking weed and watching election results, safe to say that was the best moment of your life . Because that was definitely the most beat ever played on cspan. At least not since Bernie Sanders released his rap album under the name sean doesntownany combs. [ laughter ] of course one big question after the results came in was, how would donald trump react . And surprisingly, he seemed to strike a conciliatory tone. President trump just tweeted minutes ago, saying, congratulations to doug jones on a hard fought victory. The writein votes played a very big factor, but a win is a win. The people of alabama are great, and the republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. It never ends seth there is no way donald trump wrote that tweet. [ laughter ] he probably went to the bathroom and forgot his phone and someone else said, this is our chance write something decent [ laughter ] how much time until hes back . And they say, well he had two big macs, two filetofish, and a milkshake so i dont know an hour . [ laughter ] three minutes. Theres no way of knowing what that does to a human body. But hey, how bad is this for trump really . Its not like he pulled out all the stops and staked his agenda, his reputation, and his presidency on backing an accused child molester thinking there was no way he could lose in the deepest red state in america, right . The president of the United States has officially endorsed roy moore for senate. President trump is jumping in with both feet for moore. President trump has just recorded a last minute robocall for roy moore. President trump tweeted today that, quote, the people of alabama will do the right thing, unquote, and vote for republican roy moore. According to the gop candidates campaign, the president talked to moore over the phone and cheered, go get em roy. I think hes gonna do very well. We dont want to have a liberal democrat in alabama. We dont need a liberal person in there. A democrat. So get out and vote for roy moore. Seth why does he say it like that . [ laughter ] hes pronouncing roy moores name like hes playing it on a tuba. [ laughter ] get out and vote for roy moore. Make America Great again. [ laughter ] can we hear that one more time . [ laughter ] seth now, the closing weeks [ cheers and applause ] the closing weeks of this campaign tell us a lot about how this happened. With the allegations looming over him, moore essentially disappeared from the campaign trail, spending long stretches out of the spotlight, avoiding rallies and interviews. And his extreme views were difficult for his surrogates to defend. For example, moore has said that muslims should be barred from serving in congress. On tuesday, cnns jake tapper asked Moore Campaign spokesman ted crockett to explain that view, and lets just say, it did not go well. Judge moore has also said that he doesnt think a muslim member of congress should be allowed to be in congress. Why . Under what provision in the constitution . Because you have to swear on the bible, when you are before i had to do it. Im an elected official. Three terms, i had to swear on a bible. You have to swear on a bible to be an elected official in the United States of america. He alleges that a muslim cannot do that, ethically, swearing on the bible. You dont actually have to swear on a christian bible. You can swear on anything, really. I dont know if you knew that. [ laughter ] you can swear on a jewish bible oh no, i swore on the bible. Ive done it three times, jake. Im sure you have, im sure youve picked a bible. But the law is not that you have to swear on a christian bible. That is not the law. [ laughter ] you you dont know that . Alright, ted crocket i dont know i know that donald trump did it when he when we made him president. Because hes christian and he picked it. Seth look at him. He looks like the last hole at a miniature golf course. Moore eventually resurfaced on monday night at a rally designed to appeal to trump voters by borrowing one of trumps slogans, drain the swamp. They even went so far as to decorate the venue in the spirit of that slogan. This event has been promoted as the drain the swamp rally and if you can see the signage behind me, thats the message this campaign wants to resonate with voters who come here tonight. As they walk past the literal swamp this campaign has built, with fake alligators and foliage. Seth so given a choice the accused sexual predator said, we should do it like a prom theme. [ laughter ] dress it up a like a prom theme. Now youd think, in the closing hours of the campaign, moore would have wanted to avoid any mention of the child molestation accusations against him. And yet, one of the introductory speakers at the rally, a friend who served with moore in vietnam, told a bizarre story about how they and a third guy ended up at a brothel with young girls. He was introduced to roy and me and he said, why dont you come out with me guys, tonight, have a couple beers, its my last night in vietnam. We said sure, we can do that. He said, i know a private club down in the city that we can go to. And he took us to this place which turned out to be a brothel. And roy turned to me in less time than it took for someone to come up to us. And there were certainly pretty girls, and they were girls, and they were young, some were probably very young. Roy said to me, we shouldnt be here, im leaving. Seth thats your argument . [ laughter ] he cant be a child molester because, one time, he didnt . Cool. I remember one game where o. J. Had 140 rushing yards, three receptions, and no murders. [ laughter ] but moore, of course, had a key backer who stood by him, former white house chief strategist steve bannon. Bannon, who has cultivated the myth that hes some sort of political strategic genius, was an early and vocal moore supporter. But these results have once again deflated bannons selfstyled reputation as a political mastermind, because bannon made mistake after mistake. Just take his comments from mondays rally, in which bannon, the former Goldman Sachs trader whos lived in virginia and california, went out of his way to brag about the elite schools he went to, while responding to msnbc host joe scarborough. Morning joe, they called me a yankee the other day, cause im from richmond, virginia. Its the capitol of the confederacy. [ cheers and applause ] thats right joe, i got into some yankee schools, georgetown and harvard. That i dont think you could make the cut on, brother. Seth so there you go, bannon says scarborough went to a much crappier school than he did. So where did scarborough go to school, anyway . Joe scarborough went to the university of alabama. [ light laughter ] seth wow. How stupid do you have to be to insult the university of alabama in alabama . Who do you think theyre going to support, roll tide or someone who looks like he literally rolled up in the tide . [ light laughter ] of course moore himself didnt have much to say in the closing weeks of the campaign, but he did seem to be making a statement by defiantly riding to the polls yesterday on his horse to cast his ballot. Is it just me, or does it look like even his horse is trying to get away from him . [ laughter ] can we hear what the horse is saying . Get off me you creep. [ laughter ] seth now, this race was obviously unique in many ways, but lets not act like moore was some sort of aberration who was isolated from the rest of the gop. He was supported, of course, by the president , who is the leader of the republican party, and the Republican National committee. And yet, some republicans were so ashamed, they couldnt even bring themselves to say moores name. Like jeff sessions, an alabama resident who vacated the senate seat to become attorney general. Sessions was asked yesterday who he voted for, and did everything he could to avoid answering the question. I voted absentee, yes, uh, and i value the sanctity of the ballot uh, and i would say, uh, the people of alabama are good and decent and wonderful people i have been proud to serve for 20 years in the senate. And they will make the right decision, im sure. Seth i havent seen sessions sweat that much since every time hes testified before congress. [ laughter ] come on mr. Attorney general, who did you vote for . I dont recall. [ laughter ] seth of course, moores message was a muddled mix of lawless theocracy and cultural grievances. And in the end, that message was rejected. But this victory is owed primarily to black voters, and especially black women, who came out in huge numbers and voted overwhelmingly to save the country from the nightmare of a demagogue and accused child molester serving in the senate. 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Mark guiliana is here everybody [ cheers and applause ] thanks for being here. Our first guest tonight is an emmy and golden globe winning actress you know from American Crime story the people versus o. J. Simpson and 12 years a slave, she currently stars in the post in select theatres on december 22. Lets take a look. When youre told time and time again that youre not good enough, that your opinion doesnt matter as much. When they dont just look past you. When to them youre not even there, when thats been your reality for so long its hard not to let yourself think its true. So to make this decision, to risk her fortune and the company thats been her entire life, well, i think thats brave. Seth please welcome back to the show the lovely Sarah Paulson, everyone [ cheers and applause ] seth hi. Hi. Its always so nice seth welcome back. Thank you for having me. Seth its nice to see you