President trump and first lady melania had dinner with senior military leaders at the white house. And if theres one thing melania loves, its a man in uniform. Officer, please help me [ laughter ] the nypd will provide roundtheclock protection of the citys famous marble statue of Christopher Columbus ahead of the upcoming holiday. Apparently, they have received Credible Threats from this terrorist organization. [ laughter ] Vice President pence said in an oped yesterday, that the u. S. Will lead in space again under the trump administration. Space . It took him two weeks to figure out how to get to puerto rico. [ laughter and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] according to reports, netflix is raising its prices next month. Ooh, that is going to be quite a burden on whoevers password im using. [ laughter ] jeff jeff something. The nypd recently arrested a mcdonalds manager for allegedly smuggling and selling thousands of dollars of crack cocaine inside customers orders. Police became suspicious when they saw thin people at mcdonalds. [ laughter and applause ] thats right. The manager was selling crack out of a mcdonalds. I guess im not surprised. Take a look at this recent picture of ronald mcdonald. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen we have a great show for you tonight [ cheers and applause ] she is one of our favorites. You know her from abcs scandal. Kerry washington is back on the show, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] hes on hbos fantastic new show, the deuce. Method man is here tonight. How bout that. [ cheers and applause ] and music from a great danish rock band, new politics is here. [ cheers and applause ] so youre here on a wonderful night. Before we get to that, as he continues to deal with the aftermath of his disastrous crisis in puerto rico, President Trump is now also dealing with an internal crisis. A simmering feud with his secretary of state. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth after his tour of puerto rico, where he chided Puerto Ricans for throwing the budget out of whack, and tossed paper towels into the crowd, like he was at the freethrow line, trump did what he always does. Bragged about his performance and made up a bizarre and completely unnecessary lie about how unprecedented his trip was. He told reporters on air force one, i think it meant a lot to the people of puerto rico that i was there. They really responded very nicely. And i guess its one of the few times anybody has done this. From what i am hearing, its the first time that a sitting president has done Something Like this. You think this is the first time a sitting president has visited hurricane victims . This isnt even the first time you were just in texas and florida a few weeks ago. Remember . Oh, no you dont remember, do you . [ laughter ] this is turning into 50 first dates, but for hurricanes. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] in a way, though in a way, though, trump is right. This is the first time a sitting president has embarrassed himself this much while trying to comfort the victims of a natural disaster. For example, after he threw supplies at hurricane victims, the crowd literally had to tell him to stop. According to the washington post, trump passed out yellow bags of rice and then started tossing rolls of towels into the crowd. The crowd laughed and cheered him on. When he contemplated doing the same with the cans of chicken, the crowd gently told him no. [ light laughter ] oh, my god. Our president had to be told not to throw cans of chicken [ laughter ] at hurricane victims. I wouldnt be surprised if he only built trump tower so he could drop pennies off the roof. [ audience ohs ] [ laughter ] [ applause ] but of all of all of trumps missteps in puerto rico, theres one that is perhaps the most embarrassing, and also the most revealing. At the church where supplies were being handed out, he encountered a Church Member giving out Water Purification tablets. Basically, these tablets turn dirty water into clean drinking water. And not only could trump not believe it worked, he couldnt believe they were giving it away for free. Heres how that exchange went, according to the post. Wait, trump said, you put it in dirty water . And then you can drink it in ten to twelve hours, she explained. Would you do it . Would you drink it, he asked. Sure, she said. Really, trump said, a disgusted look coming across his face. Really, she said. Is this your company or something, trump asked the woman, seeming suspicious of the aggressive pitch. No, she said, im part of the church. [ laughter ] trump genuinely cannot contemplate doso of the goodness of your heart. He just assumes it must be a scam. So you give them the dirty water, but you say its clean . No, its clean. Oh, so you clean the water, but then you sell it for double the price . No, we give it away for free. Oh, i get it, so while theyre drinking the water, you go around and steal all their wallets . [ laughter ] but this this is yet another reminder to the evangelicals who support trump. He doesnt understand church. Whats jesus cut, 20 . [ light laughter ] thats very good. Thats a lot of cans of chicken. [ laughter ] but after embarrassing himself, insulting the people of puerto rico and repeatedly bringing up the financial cost of the recovery, trump out of nowhere seemed to throw puerto rico a potential lifeline. Right now the government of puerto rico is dealing with an economic crisis and billions of dollars in debt bought up by hedge funds and other wall street firms, who have blocked any attempt to allow puerto rico to restructure its debt or declare bankruptcy. But as trump was leaving the island on tuesday, he seemed to suggest he might support completely. Were going to work something out. We have to look at their whole debt structure. You know, they owe a lot of money to your friends on wall street. And were going to have to wipe that out. Thats gonna have to be you know, you can say goodbye to that. I dont know if its goldman sachs, but whoever it is, you can wave goodbye to that. Seth well, that would be easy. Ive been waving goodbye to things since you became president. Bye, constitution bye, good nights sleep bye, half the people i know on facebook [ cheers and applause ] but, forgiving puerto ricos debt would be a truly transformative step. It would go a long way to alleviating the suffering of Puerto Ricans, and make up for many of trumps missteps in handling the crisis. So naturally, his budget director, Mick Mulvaney went on tv the next morning to tell people, dont listen to the president. The president seemed to suggest that he is open to wiping out the puerto rican debt. Is that to be taken seriously on its face . I wouldnt take it word for word for that seth agreed. [ light laughter ] word for word. Its far more fun to take his words, and then put them in an order that you find interesting. I have wall street friends. I have a lot of money. I have butt hole. I have butt hole. I have butt hole. Goodbye. [ laughter and applause ] seth very proud of that. Of course, the president isnt content to botch just one crisis, which is why hes in the process of botching another, north Koreas Nuclear program. The International Community has been desperately pursuing every diplomatic angle to avoid what would certainly be a catastrophic war. And trumps own government has been working with the u. N. Security council, china, and even through back channels in north korea itself, to resolve the conflict peacefully. So once again, trump threw all that out the window when he tweeted out of nowhere over the weekend, i told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful secretary of state, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man. [ light laughter ] save your energy, rex, well do what has to be done. So all the careful diplomacy and bargaining and angling just goes out the window with one tweet. Its like everyone is playing a intense game of jenga, and trump is the rambunctious golden retriever barging through the doggy door. [ laughter ] also, i wouldnt be too concerned that Rex Tillerson is expending a lot of energy. He looks like the guy sitting in a rocking chair outside the corner store who says, storms acomin, i can feel it in my knees. [ laughter and applause ] so trump has once again, undercut the diplomatic efforts of his secretary of state, which has happened so many times, that tillerson apparently threatened to resign over the summer. According to a report yesterday from nbc news. But the fact that tillerson threatened to resign is not the most damning part of this story. That, of course, had to do with what tillerson called trump behind his back. At a meeting at the pentagon, with the president S National Security team, there were cabinet officials, white house officials, the president attended. He left. The group was gathering, there were a number of people around. And the secretary called the president a moron. Seth wow. An really stretched it out. That guy is a moreron. [ laughter ] now, obviously, this story was based on anonymous sources, and the state department denied it, which is why msnbc did their own reporting on exactly what tillerson said and issued an important clarification later that day. My source didnt just say that he called him a moron. He said an effing moron. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] seth this story keeps Getting Better and better. Seriously. I cant wait for the next update. Oh, here it is right here. Sources have further clarified that tillerson called trump a straight up nosepicking, mouthbreathing, missed a beltloop, [ bleep ] moron. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] tillerson, of course, was forced to issue a statement at a hastily arranged press conference yesterday, where he took the extraordinary step of trying to assure the American People that the president is not, in fact, a moron. Let me tell you what whom i did not know before taking this office. He loves his country. He puts americans and america first. Hes smart seth man, to think a guys a moron, and then be forced to publicly say hes smart. I guess when your name is rex, youre going to be good at rolling over. [ audience ohs ] good boy, rex good boy oh, stay away from the jenga [ applause ] now, yesterday, while he was in las vegas, trump was asked about the tillerson story and his comments afterwards. He could not stop himself from attacking the media. Watch as he keeps saying thank you as if to stop talking and then continues to ramble. Yeah, im very honored by his comments. It was fake news. It was a totally phony story. Thank you very much. It was made up. It was made up by nbc. They just made it up. Thank you all. Thank you. Total confidence in rex. I have total confidence. Thank you very much, everybody. Seth you can almost see the angel and devil on his shoulders wrestling for control. Say it was fake news. Noy call it a phony story walk away, and dont throw chicken cans throw the chicken throw it no, throw the paper towels, but not the chicken. Throw the chickens, but wrap it in a paper towel so they think its soft [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] were in a truly extraordinary situation where the president is fighting with his own secretary of state, as he faces multiple Foreign Policy challenges. In fact, cabinet officials are apparently now so concerned about the president s volatility that several of them have forged an agreement to quit if trump tries to fire one of them. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson, defense secretary jim mattis and treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin reportedly have forged a suicide pact, in which all three members of President Trumps cabinet would leave if one of them became a target of the president. Jesus, so three cabinet officials have to ban together to deal with their out of control boss. Theyre treating him like hes Dabney Coleman in 9 to 5. [ light laughter ] and before you say that was a dated reference, they were all at the emmys so this is the situation were in. Cabinet officials are forming suicide pacts to protect each other from the president. The president is volatile, unstable, incompetent, in other words a moron. Seth no, thats not it. An effing moron. Seth yeah, thats it. This has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] well be right back with kerry washington, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] announcer for more of seths closer looks be sure to subscribe to late night on youtube. Inge more. Join the uncarrier, and get four unlimited lines for only forty bucks each. Plus, netflix for the whole family. On us. So, they get their shows. Lets go, girl youre gonna love this bit and you get yours. Watch however you want. On your phone, tablet, or tv. Lets rock this joint all on americas best unlimited network, tmobile. Tha. Oh, burnton gravy . Ie. Gotta rinse that. Nope. No way. Nada. Really . Dish issues . Throw it all in. Cascade platinum powers through even burnton gravy. Nice. Cascade. And the blanket around your feet got takeout on your chest and then you realize. Gle, play west world. [ominous scifi sound] google home and google home mini, now starting at 29. [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back, everybody please, give it up for the 8g band right over there. [ cheers and applause ] also all this week weve had one of metals most renowned drummers sitting in with us. He currently plays with thrash icons testament, and you can also check him out on the new album from Brendon Smalls galakticon, entitled to become the storm. Gene hoglan, everybody. Thank you very much for a great week. [ cheers and applause ] thank you seth. Been amazing, thank you very much. Seth our first guest tonight is a golden globe and emmynominated actress who currently stars as olivia pope on abcs scandal. [ cheers ] seth the seventh yeah, give it up for scandal, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] the seventh and final season airs thursdays at 9 00 p. M. Lets take a look. How is the president . Mellie is good. Happy to let you hold all the cards, wield all the power. Happy as your puppet. Mellie and i are a team. You dont play team sports. Never have. Not well, anyway. Dad, its my turn. Im changing the rules. This, what im doing, is better. Seth please welcome back to the show, kerry washington, everybody [ cheers and applause ] seth hi, kerry hi seth how are you . Im good. How are you. Seth good. Thank you so much for making it out tonight, because i know it is your 1yearolds birthday. It is. Seth thats wonderful. Yeah [ applause ] seth and he asked all he wanted for his first birthday was was for mommy to be here. Seth exactly. Hes such a fan. Seth oh, thank you so much. I know. A lot of the politic yeah. So [ laughter ] so congrats. Seven years of scandal. Its really amazing. Crazy. Its crazy. Seth and i think now, its sort of easy to forget what a big deal it was to be an africanamerican female lead on a Network Television show. It hadnt happened in a long time when we started. It had been almost 40 years since there had been a black woman leading a tv show. Seth thats crazy. I know theres progress still to be made, but i really think started a trend. Now theres tons of shows with black female leads. Seth its great. Its awesome seth yeah. Yeah. [ cheers and applause ] and also, you know and also, indianamerican lead. Seth yeah. Southeastasian and asian and latin, and all kinds of people leading shows. Which is true, because all kinds of people live lives. Seth yeah, its good. Theres a lot of stories to tell about those lives. Yeah, thats right. Seth the other thing that i feel started with scandal, or at least i became aware of, is you guys really connected with your fans online. Yeah. Seth really livetweeting. Seth an intense livetweeting connection with your fans. Will you miss that . I think so. I think when people it ask me like, oh, what are the things dont its a little bit like asking me what its going to be like break up with somebody im still in love with. Seth yeah, right . Right, like i really still love the show and were still having a great time. But i am. I am going to miss that community. Like, every thursday night, the live tweeting. Were, like, in it together. Experiencing these crazy twists and turns. Seth you watched it together. We did as the cast. Seth and since youve watched the premier. And this is just a nice photo of the cast. But i do have a question about what glasses are you wearing . Theyre strange googlyeyeglasses. Seth uhhuh. Because why not . Seth yeah. Yeah. [ laughter ] seth you in those glasses is a bigger twist than anything ive ever seen on scandal. [ laughter ] i think halloween is coming up. Seth yeah [ light laughter ] those are my eyes at the end. Its a big ending of the episode shocking results. Seth see thats what you should have said. You shouldnt have said those arent my glasses. Thats what i saw the twist. I was like wahh. Seth and uh that is kind of how i felt, really. Seth you ive heard you take a memento from every part you play. I do. Seth so do you know what youre taking . National television, because then when the prada bags are missing. Seth oh, right, yeah. [ laughter ] but wait, now that doesnt seem like a memento. That seems like youre just stealing a purse. But its not one purse. Seth okay, gotcha. [ laughter ] its like 20 purses in various colors to match every outfit. Seth i thought it was going to be my lucky coffee mug. But this is just theft. No, no, no, they mean a lot to me, these bags. Seth yeah, i bet. Seven years of memories in every Single Beautiful bag. [ laughter ] seth it was a very welldressed character. Shes still living, by the way. Not was. She is a very welldressed character. Seth im so sorry. And shes still carrying prada bags. For 18 more episodes. Seth thats true. I apologize. I did not mean to rush ahead. Lets live in the moment, enjoy the fact this is now a time where its legal for you to have those bags. [ laughter ] and that time will come to an end. Im saying this as your lawyer. You you put this up on social media. You were you had very good at a boyz ii men concert. I did. Look at that. Seth this is look at that. I did not zoom in. Thats where i was sitting. Seth yeah, thats great. It was amazing. Seth how was the show . It was phenomenal. They had roses. Obviously, when they sang bended knee. For all of the older folks here. Seth oh wow. You know bended knee is like a romantic song. And i got a rose. I was hoping i would get a rose. Seth wow. How many roses do they have . They ha