[ light laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] hell find the time. Hell still find the time. During trumps sunday morning news interview he is expected to discuss the agenda for his first 100 days in office. Said trump, wait, i have to be president for a hundred days . [ laughter ] im running a business. Trump adviser, kellyanne conway, told reporters today that donald trump is a huge elton john fan. That can be cured, said mike pence. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i know youre an elton john fan now. But together we can beat this. [ laughter ] Donald Trumps team is reportedly desperate for an alist celebrity to perform at his inauguration. With one official saying they can quote, do better than kid rock. Besides kid rock is going to be too busy with his new job as secretary of state. [ laughter and applause ] a new study found that women in the arts earn an average of 20,000 per year less than their male colleagues. Which explains why this woman looks so mad at her husband. [ laughter ] you know, because shes in the arts. When youre in a painting, that mean youre in the arts, according to our writer who wrote that joke [ laughter and applause ] that makes this much sense. At its best at its best that joke makes this much sense. [ laughter ] scientists reportedly predicting that 5 billion years the sun will expand and destroy all life on earth. Though most experts agree this orange ball of gas may do it sooner. [ cheers and applause ] and finally, finally tonight, according to a new study, playing video games releases the same level of dopamine in the brain as an orgasm. The only difference is, i know how to give my wife a video game. [ laughter ] [ applause ] here you are, dear. Call of duty special ops. You guys, we have a great show for you tonight. You know her as cookie from the smash hit empire. She has a new film Hidden Figures, taraji p. Henson is back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] one of our favorites. Also, shes in amazons mozart in the jungle, lola kirke is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] the fantastic actress to talk about her wonderful show. Plus we have chief political anchor of fox news and host of special report, bret baier is here tonight. So looking forward to talking to him about everything going on in the world today. Before we get to all of that, president elect donald trump scored an early political win when he claimed to have struck a deal to save more than a thousand jobs at a carrier plant in indiana. But the details of the deal that have since come out have undercut to some degree trumps victory lap. For more on this its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth donald trump was able to win rust belt states in the midwest in part by fashioning himself as a champion of the working man and impressive feat considering that the only tool hes ever used is a a spork from kfc. [ light laughter ] and in almost every campaign rally, he promised to keep american jobs in the u. S. Offering one specific example, carrier, a company that makes air conditioners and other ventilation systems which was planning to move about 2,100 jobs from two facilitates in indiana to mexico. Trump repeatedly pledged that he would punish Companies Like carrier for outsourcing jobs and would personally intervene to try and stop them. Im not going to let other countries take our jobs, like carrier where they move their factory to mexico, they fire everybody. Were not going to lose carrier air conditioning from indianapolis. Were not going to let carrier come in, make air conditioners in mexico, sell the air conditioners to us, across a very Strong Border now without consequence. There will be consequences. They will pay a 35 tax on every air conditioner that comes across the border. Youre looking at a situation in our country where our jobs are being ripped out of our states. Im not just talking here. They are being ripped out of our states. Theyre being ripped out of our country, like i say it like candy from a baby. Seth who rips candy from a baby . The whole point of taking candy from baby is that its supposed to be easy. You dont need to rip it from them. [ light laughter ] trump is always so much more extreme than necessary. If i see baby with candy, what i do is i punch him out and then rip it from his unconscious hands then tie the babys feet together so that when the baby wakes up it is all the more harder for them to track you down. [ light laughter ] then you have the peace of mind of enjoying your candy. Although, in fairness to trump, babies do have much bigger hands than he does. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] but apparently apparently trump didnt actually think he would have to live up to his promises. In an incredible moment of honesty, he admitted that the only reason he intervened to cut a deal with carrier was that he saw someone on tv who for whatever reason believed what trump had said during the campaign. Ill never forget, about a week ago ways watching the nightly news. They were doing a story on carrier. They had a gentleman worker, great guy, handsome guy, he was on. And it was like he didnt even know they were leaving. He said, something to the effect, no, were not leaving because donald trump promised us that were not leaving. And i never thought i made that promise. And then they played my statement. And i said, carrier will never leave. But that was a euphenism. Seth a euphenism. Im not sure thats how you promounce that. [ laughter and applause ] also, what you said was not a euphemism. If you say, i got to second base, thats a euphemism. Im not going to let an air Conditioning Company move to mexico is just a sentence. [ laughter and applause ] how did your date go last night . Lets just say, i didnt let an air Conditioning Company move to mexico. [ light laughter ] does that mean it went well . So trump and Vice President elect mike pence, the governor of indiana, intervened to cut a deal with carrying pairing company, united technologies, that they claim would keep roughly 1,000 jobs in the u. S. At a victory speech at carrier plant trump went so far as to claim that actually the numbers over 1100 people and bragged on twitter quote they will sell many air conditioners. Thats right. Because of Donald Trumps heroic intervention, those indiana workers will now sell many air conditioners. There is just one problem, as the wall street journal reporter pointed out, its a furnace factory. A furnace which of course is the [ bleep ] opposite of an air conditioner. [ laughter and applause ] nonetheless, nonetheless, if you went by some of the initial Media Coverage of the deal you might have thought trump saved all or even most of the jobs slated to move from indiana to mexico. But now, that the actual details of the deal started to trickle out, it seems theres less there than meets the eye. Well the carrier the deal that donald trump negotiated last week might not be saving as many jobs as we all originally thought. A total of 800 jobs are staying. 700 factory jobs and then an additional 70 salaried positions. Now, the union says some of those saved jobs doubted by mr. Trump, carrier ceo actually included hundreds of research and Development Jobs that were never slated to leave to begin with. So in all, 1250 factory jobs moving to mexico versus 730 being saved in indiana. Seth so theres still outsourcing 1250 jobs. Sounds like a certain baby just got his candy ripped away. So, trump first claimed he would stop carrier from moving jobs to mexico then claimed he was saving over 1100 jobs then it turns out he was savng saving only 730, which the Washington Post reports is just 37 of the total who were due to leave the state. Of course, trump is the master of making 37 seem like 100 . [ cheers and applause ] now it is very important to know that 730 jobs were saved and for those families that is a great relief that we can all be happy about. But when workers at the plant found out how many jobs were still going to mexico some felt they had been lied to and the head of the union that represents carriers employees had even harsher words to describe trumps initial claims about the number of jobs he was saving. Yesterday, chuck jones, the president of united Steel Workers local, that represents the carrier workers said that donald trump quote, lied his ass off about the number of jobs saved. Seth and trump does have a tendency to lie his ass off. Thats why Chris Christie is always there to catch it. [ laughter ] and this is interesting, we found tape of other times trump lied his ass off and if you listen closely you can actually hear his ass hitting the ground. Hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. Isis is honoring president obama. He is the founder of isis. He is the founder of isis. I am the least racist person youve ever met. Seth solid gold ass. The man has a solid gold ass. Nonetheless, despite his many flaws, theres no denying the deal was politically popular but for republicans whats so surprising about the new policy of strong arming companies into making Business Decisions is that gop has spent eight years calling obama a socialist for his economic policies. Remember how they reacted to the auto bailout which saved as many as 1. 5 million jobs. Who better to take charge of an industry in trouble than your federal government. The administration is on a mission to hijack capitalism in favor of collectivism. Now youre in the position where the government somehow has to coerce or force us all into buying the small cars than it insists detroit puts out. General motors is caving. General motors have bent over and grabbed ankles. Chrysler bent over and grabbed the ankles. What are we suppose to do here . Seth bend over and grab the ankles . Save that kind of talk for the access hollywood buzz. So they accused him of coercion and hijacking capitalism. Well, as you might have guessed, they see the carrier deal a little differently. He strongarmed him. Whats wrong with that . A free market guy . He negotiated it. He is going at it. He won this one. He won a thousand jobs to stay in indiana. I have no objection to that whatsoever. Next air conditioner i buy, i promise, because im glad we are making them here, is going to be a carrier. So what is your reaction when you heard carrier was going to keep a thousand jobs in the United States . After talking to trump, what was your reaction . I mean, standing up and cheering, right . You say, my gosh this is really happening. I mean, this is just flat out cool. Seth nothing says less cool than when Rush Limbaugh says flat out cool. [ laughter ] sounds like your step dad trying to show you the new barbecue grill. Check it out son, a separate rack for poultry. Its flat out cool. This has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] well be right back with taraji p. Henson, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] try theraflu expressmax,nd flu hold you back now in new caplets. Its the only cold flu caplet that has a maximum strength formula with a unique warming sensation you instantly feel. Theraflu. For a powerful comeback. New expressmax caplets. Volunteer for meals on wheels. We had an instant connection. What was that . I said, delivering to you is always a special treat. Oh. 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Please, give it up for the 8g band sitting right over there. Also, hes been with us all week long. Yet another fantastic guest drummer, his band deftones has an incredible album gore thats out now. Abe cunningham, everybody. Give it up for abe. [ cheers and applause ] hello. Seth our first guest tonight is an Academy Award nominated actress, who you know as cookie lyon in the hit empire. The mid Season Finale airs wednesday night on fox. She also stars as a nasa mathematician in the upcoming film Hidden Figures. Which opens in select cities christmas day, and nationwide january 6th. Lets take a look. Mr. Johnson, if i were you, i would quit talking right now. I didnt mean no disrespect. I will have you know i was the first negro female student at a West VirginiaUniversity Graduate school. On any given day i analyze the manometer level for air displacement, friction and velocity. And compute over 10,000 calculations by hand. So yes, they let women do some things at nasa, mr. Johnson. And its not because we wear skirts. Its because we wear glasses. Seth please welcome back to the show, our friend, taraji p. Henson, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back. Always fun to see you. Seth always fun to you see you. Congratulations on this film. This based on a true story yes. Seth of three women in the 60s who work for nasa. Yes . Yes. Seth and was it tell us a little bit about who you play. I play Katherine Johnson who is still very much alive. Shes 98 years old. And it was her calculations that was able to get john glenn orbiting the earth. Seth and who tragically passed away today, john glenn. The great john glenn. Rest in peace. Yes he did. Seth rest in peace, john glenn. Yes he did. Seth an incredible life. Yes. [ applause ] seth i should say there was nothing tragic to his passing. An amazing man. Not at all. Seth the man had a life fuller than any of us should be lucky enough to live. Yes. Seth you actually, were an electrical engineer major in college for a brief period of time. Yeah. [ light laughter ] it was an accident. Seth it was an accident . It was a fluke. Seth how does that happen . So what happened was, i didnt get accepted to my high school of choice and there was a high school for performing arts. Seth okay, gotcha. So i thought that meant i couldnt act. Seth okay. Why i chose electrical engineering, i dont know. [ light laughter ] but i did. And you know, i failed. [ light laughter ] all of the math. Seth yeah, all the math. The math is key. Precalculus. Precal. That prepares you for all the math you were going to take. And i couldnt pass that. Seth yeah. I would say very few mathematicians careers start because they got kicked out of acting school. [ light laughter ] like i was going to be an actor. But i wanna say im impressed because you, as with movies with math, you do a lot of chalkboard equations in this film. Yes. Seth and i was assuming they just used a hand model for that, because it is some pretty intense stuff. You learned it. Yeah. I was assuming that, too. [ laughter ] and i got to set and ted was like, were gonna use your hand. And i was like, my hand . Can i just like be how are you going to do this . You got to learn it. I literally passed out. I think i peed my pants. I cant remember. [ light laughter ] but math makes me that nervous. And you know what, it is so unfortunate. I think its because when i was told when i was a little girl, i was told, oh, dont worry about math and science, its for boys. Seth yeah. And i think thats why this movie is so important. Because if i knew that dream belonged to me, i may have been a rocket scientist. But i think acting was seth it worked out. Were very lucky to have you on the acting side. Thats what makes it even more incredible. Yes. Seth to think that Katherine Johnson, in her era, was this incredible mathematician. You mentioned she is still very much alive. You actually got to meet her, yeah . I did. Seth how was that . It was it was i dont get star struck often. You know, i am an actress and i have gotten star struck. Dont get me wrong. But have you to be a great icon. Seth i felt it a little bit when we first met. Yeah. Seth was there a little . [ light laughter ] there was. I was nervous. Seth okay, just a little i cried. Seth i saw your eyes get a little struck. I was like, oh, my god. I am never washing these hands again. [ light laughter ] no. But its something when you meet someone who is so important in history. Like, she changed the face of americas history. Seth yeah. Like she didnt she was the only mind to figure out those numbers. There wasnt a group of people. Ibm was just implemented into the nasa program. Glenn didnt even trust the ibm machines computations. He wanted katherine to check those numbers before he even got in the capsule. So you talk about a living hero. There was a different feeling when you meet someone whose consciousness is above everyone else. Seth yeah. Not in a diva way, or i know more than you. Just because consciously, shes smarter than us all. Seth yeah. [ light laughter ] yeah. You cant compare that to anything. And she didnt see herself as a hero. She just was like, i just love doing my job. Seth i think it speaks to how good you are at your job, that you can play someone whos completely selfless like that and you can also play cookie lyon, whos the opposite. [ applause ] i think cookie, cookie uses i. Yeah. Cookie is i, i, i. No, cookies family first. Seth thats true, family first. Is it true that because you have to, you know, obviously do a whole season of empire, you transition to doing a film like this, is it true, a little cookie snuck in sometimes on set . Yeah, because i didnt have really any time to digress. Seth right. And i literally wrapped on empire and i had like two or three weeks before i transitioned into playing this character who is polar opposite of cookie. Seth yeah. So, in that clip he showed you, you know, women in the 60s is different. You had to stay in your place. Seth yeah. You know, and you couldnt, especially a black woman. You couldnt get all sassy. Might be strange fruit hanging from the tree. I mean, we laugh but its real. So, you know, all of this had to go away. And so in cause shes reading him, but shes reading him 1960 style. Seth right. And so i kept doing this and ted was like, no, any Subtle Movement makes her a modern woman. You cant do that. And i kept feeling cookies [ laughter and applause ] seth down, cookie, down down, cookie seth well, you are youre a fantastic actress. Youre one of my favorites. Thank you. Seth were actually going to stick around and do our acting challenge. Which im very excited about. Yes. Seth well be right back with more from taraji p. 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Luckily, jay chews trident to help clean and protect his teeth, so he can hide his guilt with a convincing grin. Thats it jay, theyll never know. Trident. Cherish your teeth. [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back to the show. Meryl streep, daniel daylewis, diane keaton, all great actors. But, how can you tell which one of them is the best . We here at late night have produced the actathalon, a multistage, theatrical Obstacle Course designed to measure and test an actors commitment to the craft of acting. Competing tonight, will be hollywood thespian taraji p. Henson, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] here we go. Now we all know taraji is an excellent actress but tonight we find out just how excellent. Taraji, what have you done to prepare for this challenge . I watched Kevin Spaceys episode of inside the actors studio. Seth all of it . No, just the first part. Seth okay. Lets show the folks at home the feats of acting expertise you will have to display this evening. First taraji, youll come up against the devils desk. Here youll have to angrily say a line of dialogue into a phone and then swipe the contents off the desk. Thats great. Seth next is the mirror of introspection where your character will have to stare and her reflection and wonder who the hell shes become. I do that every morning. Seth if successful, you move on to the slide of tears. Where you will take a phone call, hear some devastating news, and slide down the wall, crying. [ light laughter ] then its off to the control room of carnage. Where youll enter the military command center and direct a special ops mission to take out a target. Oh, god. Seth then you move on to the toss. Where youll throw a memento from your deceased lover into the ocean to signify you are ready to move on with your life. Oh god. Seth youll then come to the fellini crusher where youll show your range while performing a scene in the distinct dramatic style of the italian auteur. Next, youll walk the red carpet, explain what youre wearing in the red carpet rundown. And finally, youll go to the top of acting mountain where you will try not to let go of your scene partner as he dangles from a cliff. [ light laughter ] taraji, are you ready . Yes wait, i just have to get into character. You cant handle the truth [ cheers and applause ] okay, im ready. Seth in that case. Go here we go. Taraji quickly to the devils desk. Hello . What do you mean your airbnb doesnt allow cats . Ah [ cheers ] seth fantastic. And its on to the mirror of introspection. Dingding . [ ding ] yes look at you. You call yourself an office max Sales Associate . You dont even know where the hp 5something4 Inkjet Printer cartridges are. [ light laughter ] youre pathetic youre pathetic [ ding ] seth yeah. You got the ding. Moving on. [ cheers ] to the slide of tears. I dont understand. What do you mean white castle doesnt deliver . [ cheers and applause ] [ ding ] seth moving on, taraji. Get into the Mission Control room. I have to get serious. Okay. Do we have eyes on the target . The target is currently delivering its best man speech. Status update . Hes drunk and rambling. Everyone feels uncomfortable. Do we have a clean shot . Negative. The groom is trying to get him to sit down and shut the hell up. Dear god, the target is talking about the grooms ex. We have to take the shot. Hes getting into weird sex stuff. Take the shot [ gunshot ] target has been eliminated. Sayonara you son of a bitch [ cheers and applause ] [ ding ] seth up the stairs to the top, taraji. [ cheers and applause ] hair blowing. When you died, david, you left me half a meat ball sub in the fridge. But i cant finish it. Goodbye. Oh, boy, those birds are really going to town on that sub. Hey, you fat bird, give the skinny bird a chance [ ding ] seth great job, taraji. Moving on to agent of chaos. [ cheers and applause ] all right. [ speaking italian ] i dont speak italian. [ laughter ] [ speaking italian ] i told you, man, i dont speak italian. [ speaking italian ] oh, shut the [ bleep ] up. [ laughter ] [ ding ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] taraji tarji, over here. Who are you wearing . This is designed by glad. Beautiful. [ light laughter ] beautiful. Yeah. Its a force flex, odor shield trash bag. Its a four gallon model. [ light laughter ] how are you feeling tonight . How are you feeling . Well, im really hot and i might pass out soon. [ ding ] yes [ laughter and applause ] seth go to the top of acting mountain, taraji. Im coming im gonna save you [ cheers and applause ] i wont let you down. Seth taraji dont let go seth youre too heavy. Have you gained weight . Seth yeah, i guess i packed on about 25 pounds of muscle since my baby was born. Wait, are you sure thats muscle . Seth can you believe someone threw away this meatball sandwich . [ laughter and applause ] its really good. Oh, seth, give me your other hand. Seth i cant decide, between life or sandwich. I choose sandwich nooooooo [ ding ] [ cheers and applause ] seth that was excellent. Lets go to our judges table for your final score. [ cheers and applause ] our judges, as everyone knows, are three professional johnny depp impersonators. Judges . Thats a perfect score [ cheers and applause ] taraji p. 6henson, you are the worlds most perfect actor. Oh, perfect. Perfect seth now, go to the podium and give your acceptance speech. Wow. Where do i start . So many people seth well, that music means were out of time. No, wait a minute. Honey, i waited 20 minutes for this seth taraji p. Henson, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] Hidden Figures opens in select theaters christmas day, and nationwide january 6th. Well be right back with lola kirke. [ cheers and applause ] ok, let me explain. This is your tax return. Ok. Now, there are many right ways to fill out this tax return. And the irs will accept them all. 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Both caltrain and bart will run special train schedules in and out of sf over the upcoming weekend tall married small . With sleep number, theres an adjustment for that. Make it firm. Make it soft. Adjusts to any duo. Does your bed do that . Come into a sleep number store where the c2 mattress is now 699. 99. Its a no brainer. Seth welcome back, everybody. Our next guest stars in the golden globe winning series, mozart in the jungle. The third season premieres on amazon tomorrow. Please welcome to the show, lola kirke. [ cheers and applause ] seth how are you . Im good. Seth good. Im so glad youre here. Yeah. This already beats the last time i was on a talk show when they called me lola kirkel. Seth oh no they called you lola kirkel. Yes. Seth did you remind them of urkel . Do you think thats what happened . I dont know. Maybe. Seth yeah maybe they got that in your head. Im flattered now. Seth there you go. So congratulations on the show. Third season. Thank you. Seth this is about Classical Musicians. And you shoot much of the third season or parts of it in venice, italy. Yes. Seth a beautiful city but ive been there and its very hard to get around because it is just canals. Yeah and selfie sticks everywhere. Seth yeah, it is a selfie stick community. Youre right. They sell people just sell selfie sticks on the street. Yeah, people eat them there, too. Seth they eat them . Its weird its a new cuisine. Seth well, anything italian is fine. They know how to make everything work. Totally. Seth but it must be a nightmare to shoot there. Yes. It is like a beautiful nightmare. Seth okay. Yeah, like so you travel everywhere by very small boat. Which is cool. And then every morning you rise to the sound of like an opera singer, but it is actually a man on a gondola passing by your open window. Seth beautiful. It is beautiful but its not very good. Seth oh okay. So it looks beautiful but it doesnt sound beautiful. Yes. Seth i guess the best Opera Singers arent on boats . No. Thats like the ones that didnt make it. Seth right, exactly. [ light laughter ] they go to the opera and they audition and they say we would love to show you to your boat. Yeah totally. [ light laughter ] seth you play your character plays the oboe on the show. Yes. Seth now, did you learn to play the oboe . No. Seth did you have an intention to play . No. Seth you never were going to learn . No, well, when i googled the oboe right before the audition. Seth so you did that . I googled it. Seth dont ever say you didnt prepare. I know. Im a method actor. Seth yeah, exactly. No, i googled the oboe. And i was like this looks crazy. And then everyone i spoke to was like thats the craziest instrument ever. I mean, like, you have to Start Playing the oboe at age five in order to be anywhere near good. Seth oh, so its a level of difficulty to even play the oboe badly. Yeah. Well yeah. Seth okay. Thank you. Seth youre welcome. And yeah. So i do not ever plan on playing the oboe. Seth gotcha. But you obviously have to look like you know how to play the oboe. So what did you learn about how people look when they play the oboe . Well, if youve ever passed a kidney stone. Seth oh, really . Just remember what that face was like and then you do it. Seth so its not, this is not a sexy instrument. Not its not the cello which im so upset about. Seth yeah the cello is mad sexy. Its so sexy. You put something between your legs and like look sensuous. Seth its perfect. I will say if youre on the subway, its sexier to see a girl come in with an oboe than like a giant cello case. But that would mean that shes just really strong. She is always carrying her cello. Seth yeah, thats true. An oboe, you wouldnt even know what it was. Seth and do you feel like have you talked to oboists . Am i saying that right . Yes. Thats how you say that. Seth and would oboists have they said have they given you feedback and say youre nailing the face . They actually have. Thats like a point of pride for me. Oboists believe me and ask me if i play. Seth thats great. Thats all can you ask for. Cause then you can say, no, sucker, i did not start when i was five. You wasted your life. [ light laughter ] yes, that is what i say every time. Seth but you did not meet with musicians ahead of time, which i assume many people who would be cast would have asked to meet Classical Musicians. Well, i did ask. I was on the subway seth oh, wait. So, this is already not what i meant. Yeah, no. I was doing incognito research. Seth okay gotcha. And there were a couple of young men and women that they had Musical Instrument cases. And i said im going to be on a tv show about Classical Musicians. Do you want to hang out with me . And they never they said no. One of them did give me an email and i did like write like a really nerdy, like, best, lola email. Seth a very earnest actors email. Yes, exactly, and they never responded. Seth okay gotcha. Suckers. Seth well, there you go. But i guess just in general, like if someone approached you on the subway and said, hey, youre an actress, right . Im actually going to play an actress in a movie, can we hang out . What would you say . Thats a really meta question. Seth yeah i know. Weve gone through the looking glass. I mean, i dont know. Id give them a highfive and say maybe. Seth okay, gotcha. That doesnt seem binding. And then, what is because this is about sort of the Classical Music world and you do present that as different than what i think people would imagine which is it is very stiff world and it is not that. What has surprised you the most about what youve learned about this world . Well i think that theres like first of all, that Classical Music is still very much alive and well. I mean its not publiclyfunded so i think it is a battle like a lot of arts these days. Its a struggle to be an artist in the modern world. But beyond that, that Classical Musicians are like fun. They are fun. Seth yeah. I believe it. And that there is like mozart are just like the original rock star. Anyone who has seen amadeus can attest to that. Seth there you go and you did you a production of amadeus when you were very young. I did, yes. Seth like a stage. Yes, i was 11. I played a very sexy constanze, who is mozarts wife. It was a precocious arts camp. Seth it seems like a weird oh so a camp production of amadeus. Yeah. Seth that seems like a pretty heavy thing for campers to be working on. Yeah, it was a weird camp. Seth was godspell taken that year . It was, yeah. No we also did like woyzeck, which is like an obscure german play. And i was once again like a slutty like wife and i was 12 that year. So it was cool. Seth see there you go. Youve lived an interesting life. You didnt have to learn to play the oboe. Thank you so much for being here and congratulations. 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Just announced, get 1500 total cash on select models, on top of the best offers of the season. Hurry, the final days of the ford year end event end january third. [ cheers and applause ] seth our next guest is a chief political anchor on fox news where he hosts special report with bret baier weekdays at 6 00 p. M. Please welcome to the show, bret baier. [ cheers and applause ] seth so im so happy to have you here. Good to be here. Seth and i definitely want to get your take on politics and everything thats going on because youve had a lot of access with all of the candidates. Youve gotten to interview them all over the course of this, but you also got to interview the dalai lama. I did. Seth and this was just fantastic when i saw this. Im so happy youre here that i can ask about it. Because you asked many substantial questions but then you closed with one that i think we all wanted to ask him and i would like to show that real quick and then ask you about it. Have you ever seen the movie caddy shack . What . Caddy shack the movie. I dont know. You dont know the movie . I dont know. The part about the dalai lama. There is a classic movie called caddy shack where they talk about the dalai lama i see. And i had to ask you about it. He had no clue. Seth no clue. None. You know i played golf in college so i came to this moment at the end of the interview. And i thought, should i do it . Should i go there . And there was no recognition whatsoever and i kept on going, which is painful. Seth yeah. Then i finally said, so youre not a big hitter . The lama. And from carl the greens keeper from caddy shack and he said, i hit badminton. Seth there you go. And then i just cut it off. Seth it was great watching you push as if you expected him to say oh, caddy shack. I thought you said cat tee shack with tees. He said 1 or 2 . Seth yeah of course. Cinderella story. Cinderella story. Yeah. So obviously you have covered this election very closely. You covered it closely i should say its over. I dont know if you heard. I have to ask when was the moment, did you have a moment when you realized this was a unique election unlike any wed ever seen before. So the first debate in cleveland was huge. Seth yeah. Huge to use a word. And it was a big moment. But the third debate was the moment that i think was a little bit surreal. We had, it was myself and Chris Wallace, megyn kelly. Seth this is a primary gop primary debate. Gop primary debate in detroit and i asked a question about civility. We talked about marco rubio and what he was saying on the trail about donald trump. Donald trump said little marco has been making fun of my hands. And look at this, my hands are big. And thats not only whats big. I turned to Chris Wallace and i said, okay, moving on. And i knew at that moment that we had gone from talking about politics to genitalia in the third debate that we were moderating and we had seth we had a ways to go. Something had changed. Seth something had changed. You, obviously, youre aware, that donald trump not only is in the media but he pays a lot of attention to the media. And is a bit obsessed with how the media covers him. You had a segment on your show that he was paying attention to and actually was giving you feedback on reaching out. So we had a segment called candid casino. Because i wanted to pull our panelists down to really find out who they thought of the 17 gop candidates and the Democratic Candidates were really going to get the nomination. So i gave them 100 in chips and they all had to bet throughout every show every friday. So in between there i interviewed donald trump numerous times. And one time after the segment had been going for a while, i interviewed him, before we started the interview he said, can you please tell me why Charles Krauthammer is only giving me 25 in chips . And then later he said, you know, steve hayes is a loser because he is only giving me 10 in chips. At the end when he got the nomination i saw him later and he said, i got all the black chips. Seth there you go. Hes gonna be so disappointed when he finds out its not real money. So, you know, you have to cover him and one of the things thats typical in the media right now is the difference between things hes doing that will define policy and actually affect peoples lives and when he tweets, which obviously, you know, its juicy when he tweets. And its fun to cover and its fun to talk about. Do you think thats a distraction of his own planning . Do you think thats an incidental distraction . And how with someone who covers the news, how do you do it . How do you approach it . First of all, its a challenge. Everything that he says now is news. Because he is now the president elect. He will be the president january 20th. And, you know, i think he does effectively take the media on a ride sometimes to say, look at the shiny thing over here in 140 characters or less. But youre right. One of the challenges is to cover policy. We have this segment called the hundred days and we have a 15part series thats starting about what policy things are going to try to tick down with congress and with the administration. And you have to balance. Because you cant fall only for the twitter feed of donald trump. You have to balance it out to give substance, i think. Seth yeah. And let, you know, viewers and Voters Decide what they think about these policies. Seth well i wish you the best of luck with that challenge. I also, this is very exciting, you have a book coming out. Thats a challenge for all of us. I wish us all the best of luck. You have a book coming out, this is incredibly well timed, about the transition of power from eisenhower to jfk. Yeah. Seth and how what happened in that transition that you feel is similar to the transition thats happening right now between obama and trump . Because it does seem at least from the surface that it is civil in a relationship between two people that it has not always been civil. Right. The book is called three days in january. Dwight eisenhowers final mission. And it is about the Farewell Speech he delivers three days before jfks inauguration speech. He was committed, eisenhower was, to a smooth transition. He really set up the process. His transition from truman to eisenhower was icy. They did not have a good relationship. And he wanted to change that. He was a lot in some ways like trump in that he went outside politics in that he had a cabinet that was a lot of businessmen. Back then they called them eight millionaires and a plumber. So they went to different people. However he did not want to put any military people inside. Being a retired general, he didnt want to have that sense that it was a military regime. Donald trump feels differently. He has a lot of generals that he is looking at and has put in. So in that way, its interesting to look at. It was a dangerous time. And i think we could look, as a country, back to eisenhower and learn a lot, which is why i wrote the book. Seth well excellent. I look forward to that. Again its an interesting time and were lucky to have you doing the news. Thank you so much for being here bret. Bret baier everybody. A special report with bret baier airs weekdays at 6 00 pm on fox news. Well be right back. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] seth my thanks to taraji p. Henson, lola kirke, bret baier, everybody. Abe cunningham, thanks for a great week. 8g band. Stay tuned for carson daly. Well see you tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ]