[ cheers and applause ] jimmy my thanks to andrew garfield, rachel brosnahan. [ cheers and applause ] bonnie mcfarlane, once again. [ cheers and applause ] thank you jimmy and the roots right there from philadelphia, pennsylvania [ cheers and applause ] stay tuned for late night with seth meyers. Thank you for watching. Have a great night. I hope to see you tomorrow. Byebye, everybody [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] announcer from 30 Rockefeller Plaza in new york, its late night with seth meyers. Tonight holly hunter, from the detour, actor and comedian jason jones, a performance from the broadway hit once on this island, featuring the 8g band with alan cage. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlem, seth meyers. Seth good evening. Im seth meyers. This is late night. Hows everybody doing tonight . [ cheers and applause ] in that case, lets get to the news. President trump spoke at the National Prayer breakfast in washington this morning. Well, in between the lightning strikes. [ light laughter ] at the National Prayer breakfast this morning, President Trump said that religion is central to American Life and liberty. At least, thats what the pornstar he cheated on his third wife with told him. [ laughter ] injured Philadelphia Eagles quarterback carson wentz spoke at the National Prayer breakfast dinner this evening. And what better metaphor for our country right now than a prayer from an injured eagle. [ laughter ] President Trump today met with former [ applause ] President Trump today met with former secretary of state henry kissinger, who is 94 years old. When trump asked him what his secret was, kissinger said, i committed war crimes during vietnam. [ laughter ] after suffering its biggest singleday drop in history earlier this week, the dow jones fell today by an additional 1,000 points. In retrospect, it was probably a bad idea to have this guy ring the opening bell. [ laughter ] President Trump, today, met with the president of guatemala. Said trump, i love guatemala. Especially with chips and salsa. [ laughter and applause ] never enough, though. Thats the problem with guatemala, theres never enough. [ laughter ] experts are warning that smart tvs could be extremely susceptible to hacking. Which explains why the president only watches dumb tv. [ laughter and applause ] tokyo is now home to a cafe that uses a robot to make and serve coffee drinks. But, of course, they still get your name wrong on the cup. [ laughter ] and finally, a boy in florida, yesterday, had to be rescued by firefighters after he climbed into a clawstyle arcade game and got trapped. It took firefighters four hours and almost 500 quarters. [ laughter and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a fantastic show for you tonight shes starring in a new series on hbo, here and now. Holly hunter is here, everybody [ cheers and applause ] here to chat about the new season of his very funny show, the detour on tbs, jason jones joins us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] and we are going to have a cast performance from the broadway hit once on this island featuring alex newell. You guys are absolutely going to be blown away by that. [ cheers and applause ] youre here on a great night. Before we get to all of that, this week has revealed a lot about the Trump White House. From peddling conspiracy theories to attacking immigrants to defending an aide accused of domestic violence. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth donald trump so badly wants to be a dictator, but no one seems to take him seriously. Maybe its his name. Donald trump just isnt a good dictator name. It sounds like the name of the chubby i. T. Nerd who doesnt get the girl in a college comedy. [ light laughter ] youll never guess who asked me out, donald trump. [ light laughter ] still, this week has brought us one unnerving spectacle of authoritarianism after another, from the president calling democrats treasonous for not applauding him to ordering the pentagon to plan a military parade. In fact, trumps request for a military parade is so crazy that even state tv outlet, fox news, seems a little uncomfortable with it. Jennifer, what has been the reaction at the pentagon to the president s request . Well, i would describe it, dana, as a collective eye roll from military leaders who ive spoken to. Most thought it was a joke, at first. Many fear that the u. S. Will look like the dictators they scoff at around the world. There are a lot of people at the pentagon who would love to show off all of the equipment and personnel. It, uh i dont know. It seems like a waste of money. Seth wow [ audience ohs ] when youve lost brian kilmeade, you know youve gone off the deep end. Thats like thelma telling louise shes just gonna catch an uber. [ light laughter ] but while they may be skeptical of trumps plan for a military parade, fox news and the rest of trumps allies in the gop have been helping him concoct a series of fake scandals to undermine the russia investigation. Like, for example, the famous nunes memo, alleging wrongdoing by the fbi. The memo turned out to be a dud, but that didnt stop trump from pretending theyd uncovered a massive scandal during a speech in ohio on monday. Oh, but did we catch them in the act or what . You know what im talk oh, did we catch them in the act they are very embarrassed. They never thought they were gonna get caught. We caught em. Okay . We caught em. Oh, its so much fun. Were like, the great sleuth. Seth im sorry, you are [ laughter ] you are not a great sleuth. [ laughter ] you might think youre dick tracy, but youre only half right. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] so trumps allies in congress and the rightwing media have been going all out to discredit the russia probe. And yesterday they latched on to yet another wild conspiracy theory, when a text message from september 2016 emerged between former fbi officials who were having an affair. In which one wrote to the other, potus wants to know everything were doing. Now fox news tried to claim the text was a reference to president obama meddling in the Hillary Clinton email investigation. But if you look at the time line, that doesnt make any sense. In fact, it turns out the text was actually about russian interference in the election, a topic any competent president would obviously want to be briefed on. Of course, if that text were sent now under trump, it would read, potus doesnt want to know what were doing. He threw a cheeseburger at me and screamed fake news [ laughter ] but as usual, the fact that this fake scandal was yet another dud did not deter trump, who took to twitter to scream in all caps, new fbi texts are bombshells. This keeps happening. Every time the right claims to have discovered some major bombshell casting doubt on the russia investigation, we get a little more context and it turns out to be b. S. In fact, the same guy who brought us this fake text scandal, gop senator ron johnson, also brought us a fake text scandal a few weeks ago, when he claimed to have found a reference to a socalled secret society in a text message sent by those same two fbi officials. What this is all about is further evidence of corruption more than bias, but corruption at the highest levels of the fbi. And that secret society, we have an informant thats talking about a group that were Holding Secret meetings offsite. There is so much smoke here. There is so much suspicion. Roy, lets stop there. A secret society, secret meetings offsite of the Justice Department . Correct. E an informant saying that . Yes. Seth man, look at bret baiers face right now. Thats the face you make when someone comes up to you on the subway and tells you pizza rat was a government mind control project. [ laughter ] he didnt want the pizza, man they just made him think he wanted the pizza [ light laughter ] [ scattered applause ] now when the full context of the message came out, it turned out it was just a joke, which anyone with any common sense could have told you. And johnson was eventually forced to admit that the whole thing was probably a joke when he was tracked down by reporters in the capitol. Senator, this text message seems to be, the comment about secret society was in jest . Do you agree that it appears to be it was in jest . Its a real possibility. Seth oh, is it . [ light laughter ] is it a real possibility, detective johnson . Sorry to say this, but youre not exactly a great sleuth. [ laughter and applause ] seth now while all of ts is happening, special counsel Robert Muellers investigation seems to be moving very quickly. And his team has made clear that they would like to interview trump soon. But this week, trumps lawyers have been telling him not to comply. Lawyers for President Trump say he should not agree to sit down with special counsel robert mueller. That is according to the New York Times saying, quote, lawyers are concerned that the president , who has a history of making false statements and contradicting himself, could be charged with lying to investigators. Seth of course, they are. Trump lies like a rug. And like his rug, hes not very good at it. [ audience ohs ] [ laughter and applause ] the best thing that ever happened no lawyer who has ever met donald trump would let him sit down for an interview under oath with robert mueller. In fact, im pretty sure one of the first questions on the bar exam is, would you let trump talk under oath . [ laughter ] and the only two choices are no and hell no. So youve got the president ordering military parades, calling his political opponents treasonous for not applauding him, and spreading conspiracy theories to undermine a federal investigation. And then theres the fact that trump has been openly lying about immigration policy. And just two days ago called for a shutdown of his own government if democrats refused to bend to his will. He was so adamant about it, he kept repeating the word shutdown over and over. If we dont change it, lets have a shutdown. Well do a shutdown. And its worth it for our country. Id love to see a shutdown if we dont get this stuff taken care of. If we have to shut it down because the democrats dont want safety and unrelated, but still related, they dont want to take care of our military, then shut it down. Well go with another shutdown. [ laughter ] seth why does he keep saying shutdown . Is that his safe word for when hes confused and bored in a meeting . [ light laughter ] well, this is all very interesting, but i was thinking we need a shutdown [ light laughter ] lets have a shutdown [ laughter ] time for a shutdown also, can we [ applause ] can we go back to this part real quick . The democrats dont want safety and unrelated, but still related, they dont want to take care of our military. Seth unrelated, but still related. [ light laughter ] that sounds like how trump would describe eric. [ audience ohs ] [ laughter and applause ] this is this is my son. This is my son eric, unrelated, but sadly, related. [ light laughter ] now leaders in the senate, yesterday, reached a deal to keep the government open. But that agreement did not include a fix for dreamers, the young undocumented immigrants who were brought here as children, and whose lives were cruelly thrown into limbo when trump ended the program. And to protest the fact that the deal doesnt include a solution for dreamers, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi took to the house floor yesterday and gave an unprecedented eighthour floor speech. Now, pelosi has become something of a target for trump lately, whos been bragging he wants to make her his de facto opponent during the 2018 midterms. Trump even went out of his way to criticize pelosi during his speech about the gop tax cuts in ohio. Nancy pelosi, what shes doing to this country and shes gone so far left. I think this is not a good day fo shes our secret weapon. Your paychecks are going way up. [ cheers ] your taxes are going way down. So nancy pelosi, again, said thats crumbs. Well, shes a rich woman who lives in a big, beautiful house. Seth so trump seems to have trained his sights on nancy pelosi. I wonder what it is about nancy pelosi that seems to attract trumps ire. I mean, trump attacks a lot of people, but theres something in particular that really seems to anger him. I cant put my finger on it. Its really a mystery. Well, i dont know. [ light laughter ] i guess well never know. Well just never know. [ cheers and applause ] but theres something. In fact, the Trump White Houses misogyny and hostility towards women were once again on display this week, when Administration Officials initially defended the white house staff secretary rob porter, after he was accused by two exwives of domestic abuse. It was reported that senior white house officials were aware for months of the allegas. No action was taken to remove him from the staff. And after the allegations surfaced tuesday, the white house strongly defended him. Now, the allegations against porter were reported by two different publications and corroborated by photos and contemporary sources. But still the Trump White House initially defended him. In fact, this is a white house that has repeatedly chosen the denials of men over the many corroborated stories of women. Whether its in the case of roy moore, Corey Lewandowski, or trump himself. At least 16 women accused the president of sexually harassing them throughout the course of the campaign. Last week, during a press conference in the rose garden, the president called these accusations fake news. Is the official White House Position that all of these women are lying . Yeah, weve been clear from that from the beginning and the president has spoken on it. I can only say corey is a fine person. I told him, i said, you should never settle this case. You should go all the way. I think theyve really hurt a very good person. Roy moore denies it. Thats all i can say. He denies it. And by the way, he totally denies it [ audience ohs ] seth trump sided trump sided with those guys even though they looked so guilty. Roy moore is what howdy doody would look like if he checked into a rehab clinic. And Corey Lewandowski looks like he should be slowly rising out of a basket while music plays. [ laughter ] porter resigned yesterday, despite kelly and other white house officials initially defending him. And in the wake of porters resignation, this photo of a group of key trump aides, from a july 2017 event, has resurfaced. Look at that photo. Everyone in that photo has either resigned or been fired. Lewandowski, omarosa, anthony scaramucci, sebastian gorka, and porter. Even the car in the back has been fired. [ light laughter ] melania kept trying to escape in it, so it had to go. [ light laughter ] so if youre in the photo, it means eventually youll be fired. D ow, maybe this will work . There we go. [ laughter ] this has been a closer look. [ applause ] well be right back with more late night, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] announcer for more of seths closer looks, be sure to subscribe to late night on youtube. With the extra third row of seats. They think its theirs. Look at them, they have no idea its not theirs. Its mine. Mine. Mine. Mine. 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Were going to be preempted by nbcs olympics coverage. I cant think of a better thing to be preempted for, but while we are off the air i want you to check out, if youd like, our latenight podcast. Its a lot of extended interviews with some of our great guests, some extra content. You can download it on the itunes store, or anywhere else you get your podcasts. I still like to buy mine at the store every morning. [ light laughter ] get a coffee, and my podcast, from frank. Anyways, we will be back monday, february 26th, and we are looking forward to it already. Now, throughout the years there have been many classic awardwinning movies set in newsrooms, specifically at newspapers, and this year is no different. However there is one movie out there about an Intrepid Group of reporters that really stands out from the pack, and i think it could definitely be a contender at this years oscars. Lets take a look. This winter, from the people who brought you all the president s men, the post, spotlight, and the fifth season of the wire comes a movie about a brave team of journalists risking it all to break the biggest news story in history. I think this goes straight to the top. Newspaper movie,