Incidentally is how melania keeps away from him around the white house. [ laughter ] donald donald, i know youre in here [ laughter ] according to the new york times, President Trumps threat to respond to north korea with fire and fury was entirely improvised. Oh, we know. [ laughter ] were all living the ultimate nightmare. Weve been invited to somebodys fouryear long improv show. [ laughter ] okay, to get started, i just need a suggestion of a place you might bomb. [ laughter ] dildo . Come on. [ laughter ] fol it wasnt a suggestion, was it . You werent suggesting it earlier . [ light laughter ] well, my head writer said that in the room and i thought, oh, that would be really funny. Ill improvise that. [ laughter ] backfired. [ laughter ] following President Trumps threats of fire and fury against north korea, secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that trump is sending a strong message to north korea in language that kim jongun would understand. And then kim sent a message in a language trump would understand. [ laughter and applause ] three florida teens who robbed a man at gun point were caught by police this week after they bragged about their crime on snapchat, but at least their mug shots were fun. [ laughter ] the new England Patriots have become the first nfl team to buy their own planes to fly to games. While the Cleveland Browns have been downgraded to the overhead bin on spirit airlines. [ laughter and applause ] they make them wear the whole uniform. Two Boston University students recently launched a sushi restaurant inside their dorm room. While every other students dorm room just smells like they did. [ laughter ] and finally, a california man is suing the makers of heineken, claiming he found a gecko in his can of beer. But on the bright side, he did save 15 on car insurance. [ laughter and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, we have such a great show for you tonight from snls weekend update Summer Edition, colin jost and michael che, my very good friends, are here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] also we will be watching an episode of game of thrones with leslie jones. Its another episode of game of jones. [ cheers and applause ] and we have a director of a fantastic new Netflix Documentary nobody speak trials of the free press. Brian knappenberger is here. [ cheers and applause ] very exciting time to talk about a very interesting documentary. Before we get to all of that, as President Trump faces increasingly difficult challenges like north Koreas Nuclear weapons program, hes encountering two major problems diplomats dont trust him and he cant seem to stop himself from lashing out on twitter. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth the International Community is struggling to contain the rapidly escalating threats of north Koreas Nuclear program. And one big obstacle theyre facing is the fact that no one takes the president of the United States seriously. Buzzfeed reported today that trump is something of a laughing stock among europeans at international gatherings. One revealed that a small group of diplomats play a version of word bingo [ laughter ] whenever the president speaks because they consider his vocabulary to be so limited. Everything is great. Very, very great. Amazing, the diplomat said. [ laughter ] of course, the only problem with trump bingo is that the games never last very long. Look at this. I was at the Coast Guard Academy this year, gave the commencement address, and it was an amazing, Incredible Group of people and a really great day. Bingo bingo bingo [ laughter ] seth the fact that diplomats dont trust the president is obviously a problem, especially now when the world is in a standoff with north korea. Its an extremely tense, delicate situation that requires calm diplomacy and sober deliberation. Unfortunately, we elected human bullhorn with a corn syrup addiction. [ laughter ] so yesterday bullhorn mcsyrup responded to north koreas latest threat by saying this. North korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. He has been very threatening beyond a normal state, and as i said, they will be met with fire, fury and frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. Seth why is he sitting like that with his arms crossed . [ laughter ] he looks like hes pondering his order at starbucks. Yeah, let me get the fire and fury. [ laughter and applause ] extra whip. Also, hey, man, when you respond to north korea youre not supposed to sound like north korea. Obama didnt respond to putins hacking by riding shirtless on horseback, even though everyone would have loved that. [ laughter and applause ] now this morning trump seemed to double down on his remarks with a series of ominous tweets about the u. S. Nuclear arsenal. And it wasnt just that the content was ominous, but the way he posted them, because first he tweeted, my first order as president was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before. And then he left that up on its own for seven minutes. [ light laughter ] hey, man, you cant put an ellipsis after a tweet about nuclear weapons. And, look, hes probably doing it because he knows its more dramatic this way, but for me, im just going to imagine that hes too exhausted to do two tweets in a row. Dot, dot, dot. Send. Oh, son of a bitch, that took it out of me. [ laughter ] oh, theres like a pinching in my ribs now, oh. I need some water. Oh, man, i really i hit the wall at 130 characters there. [ light laughter ] oh somebody send in melania so i can steal her youth. [ laughter ] [ audience groans ] [ applause ] so trump trump is talking tough on north korea, but if this week has shown anything its that we have a president who is temperamentally unfit to deal with a situation like this. In fact, his own advisors have complained about trumps habit of making major announcements on twitter without consulting his aides first. Like, when he tweeted out of nowhere the appointment of his new fbi director Christopher Wray who was Chris Christies attorney in the bridgegate scandal. Politico reported that inside the administration there was little initial support for wray. After talking extensively with christie, trump decided to go with wray without telling others on his staff. The most shocking thing about that story is the fact that trump still talks to chris christie. [ light laughter ] and christie doesnt even have his phone number. When he wants to get in touch with donald trump, he just closes down a beach. [ laughter and applause ] now trumps new chief of staff, john kelly, is apparently taking a lead in trying to control trumps twitter feed. And the first step, apparently, is understanding why trump tweets the way he does. Politico talked to several trump advisers and this is how those advisers described trumps tweeting habits. The bursts often come, advisors say, when trump is frustrated with his staff or news Media Coverage or just wants to buck everyone and do it his way. He also will marvel at how quickly his tweets appear on the television screen. [ light laughter ] the president s aides talk about him like hes a monkey who just saw a magic trick. [ laughter ] [ laughter and applause ] seth and then the card the card was there and then it wasnt there, but the lying media wont tell you that [ laughter ] theyll tell you the card was never there, i told but i saw the card. [ light laughter ] theyll say russia took the card. [ light laughter ] but we all know it was china. [ laughter ] yet, while most of trumps advisers try to get him off twitter, others are encouraging him to keep using it, even in situations like the north korea crisis, where it could make things worse. Assistant to the president , sebastian gorka, for example, was asked on fox news how the u. S. Could get china to help with north korea. Would they would use trade policy as leverage . Or maybe vote at the United Nations or some behindthescenes diplomacy . Gorka had a slightly different suggestion. What card left do you have to get china to act . We have, you know, the president s twitter feed. [ laughter ] seth but the twitter strategy does not seem to be working on china so far. After trump complained in a series of tweets about chinas unwillingness to stop north koreas weapons program, china responded by calling the tweets, quote, emotional venting. China now treats our president the way parents treat a 16yearold who wont come down for thanksgiving dinner. [ light laughter ] im sorry devin isnt here. Hes doing some emotional venting. Dont make excuses for him, karen. This is all because youre so hard on him. Oh, now its all my fault. I can hear you down there and its hurting my feelings [ laughter and applause ] can somebody pass the mashed potatoes . In fact, im not sure i trust trumps ability to make decisions about International Affairs via tweets just in general. According to the Washington Post, his advisers recently tried briefing him on the war on afghanistan, but even a single page of bullet points on the country seemed to tax the president s Attention Span on the subject. One trump confidant said, i call the president the twominute man. The president has patience for a half page. A half page. So basically, they have to brief him via limerick. [ laughter ] north korea has matter thats fissile. It looks like theyre making a missile. Not to be crude, we are so screwed, unless we can get your dismissal. [ cheers and applause ] you know what . There is one thing trump is right about were facing a serious threat from north korea, which is why its crucial not to discuss classified information in public. Trump has repeatedly railed against leaks of classified information and on tuesday, when u. N. Ambassador nikki haley was asked about a fox news report, based on Anonymous Sources that contained classified information about the north korea situation, she got trumps message loud and clear and refused to comment. On the front page of foxnews. Com right now there is a story that apparently the Intel Community has picked up. Antiship cruise missiles were being loaded on to a patrol boat or patrol boats in north korea. What can you tell us about that . I cant. Why . I cant talk about anything thats classified. And if thats in the newspaper, thats a shame. Its incredibly dangerous when things get out into the press like that. You are not only just getting a scoop on something, youre playing with peoples lives. Yes. And this has got to stop. Seth see, there you go. Straight from the ambassador herself. People have got to stop spreading these anonymous leaks about classified information. Its a shame. And it endangers national security, end of story. [ keyboard clicking ] no one should be wait, what is that sound . Is someone tweeting something on an iphone . Oh, no President Trump this morning retweeted a fox news story about u. S. Spy satellites that they say detected north korean antiship cruise missiles. Seth look, my tweets on tv [ laughter ] it started here and then it was in my thumbs and now its on tv [ light laughter ] we have basically elected one of those guys who waves their arms behind local newscasters on the street. [ laughter ] dude dude, im on tv [ light laughter ] this has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] well be right back with game of jones, everybody [ cheers and applause ] thats the new rockstar. All jeans on sale, up to fifty percent off. No time to spare inside the rack houses every barrel is aged four long years, for a fuller, smoother flavor. Our history is made from the inside. How will you make yours . Whats that . P3 planters nuts, jerky and seeds. I like a variety in my protein. 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Cats cant resist. boy and these are the lungs. class ewwww boy sorry. dad dont worry about it. mom honey, honey, honey, honey vo at our house, we need things that are built to last. Thats why we got a subaru. avo love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Get 0 apr financing for 63 months on all new 2017 Subaru Legacy models. Now through august 31st. [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back, everybody. Please give it up for the 8g band right over there. [ cheers and applause ] sitting in on the drums with us tonight, she plays for the one and only beyonce, and her brandnew ep stealth is out now on all digital platforms. Venzella joy is here, everybody [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much for being here. Thank you, seth. Seth a couple of things i love. I love the Television Show game of thrones. I also love snl cast member leslie jones, who is emmynominated this year. [ cheers and applause ] emmynominated leslie jones. We combined the two last night. Check it out. Seth i love game of thrones. What i love even more is reading my friend leslie jones live tweet it as it airs. Im with leslie now. She was too sick to live tweet it on sunday, i havent seen the episode yet. Were gonna watch it together now. Yes seth this is episode two of game of jones. Woo [ light laughter ] okay, you know you gotta watch from the beginning cause you know they got casterly rock up in the beginning. Seth i wouldnt have even known that if you hadnt pointed it out. Yeah, but you you got to notice that. Theyre doing all of the kingdoms, man. Seth you are watching the show on another level than im watching. Because i am game of thrones, homie. Seth when it comes to game of thrones this is where you are the most like a young, nerdy, white 12yearold. [ laughter ] oh, yeah, here we go, baby seth thrones. How do you feel about Jamie Lannister these days . Man, i feel like he a onearm bandit right now. Thats what i feel like, mr. Goldfinger. Yo, but this is gangster right here. Seth bronn . Bronn is the gangster, yo. Bronn is the dude that, like, in the hood that knows where all of the 1 cigarettes is, you know what im saying . [ laughter ] its not a castle. How about that one . Seth where would queen leslie want her castle . Oh, compton. [ light laughter ] thats the only way to have a castle, is in compton. Seth would you give it a like, fancy name . You couldnt just call it compton castle. What would you call it . I literally would call it the compton castle. [ light laughter ] that is exactly what i would call it. [ laughter ] i would have stopped that dagger with my own heart. Seth i feel like we talked about this last time. You would not have romanced with littlefinger. I didnt say that. I do believe that i said i still would do it with littlefinger, but seth okay. I would just have to watch him the whole time. [ light laughter ] seth with the lights on . Yeah, i couldnt have my eyes closed in passion. Itd have to be open the whole time, like [ light laughter ] and bronn, they need to really just get a blood test on him because i just think he high. [ light laughter ] i almost died for you. [ light laughter ] thats the look that every man gives me when im standing there in front of them going, why . Why you cant text me back . Seth they give you bran face . They give me bran face. [ light laughter ] give me ban face like, im the threeeyed raven. [ light laughter ] seth thats why he didnt text . So youve dated multiple threeeyed ravens. All of them was threeeyed ravens. I think one of them was a crow, though. [ light laughter ] yeah this is what im talking about, baby yeah seth what . Whats this reaction . Oh, yes, baby seth oh, i see. Arya [ light laughter ] seth arya. Arya is a warrior. Seth shes coming home. Shes coming home, baby. They all together, homie. Seth is this gonna be emotionally rewarding . Its gonna be emotionally rewarding, but i just have to say, this is definitely not a black family. [ light laughter ] seth wait, whats the difference . Okay, first of all, brans home. Aryas home. Nobody wants to make no macaroni and cheese . [ laughter ] im saying nobody wants to get together and have some chicken and ribs and stuff. Littlefinger cant get no hamburger buns, you know what im saying . Come on, this a reunion seth yeah, i guess. As soon as the family come in, you have Family Reunion its a Family Reunion see, they supposed to be rolling in there. They supposed to have like a deejay. Theyre supposed to have like some bench tables set up. People are supposed to be, you know, hey sansa and arya, bran is home you shouldnt have run from the guards. I didnt run. You need better guards. And, too, they acting like they dont know each other because like sisters, id be like, girl [ light laughter ] and then what happened with the bolton boy. I mean, im telling you, he raped me every day he raped me every day seth theyre playing it too close to the chest for sisters. Let me tell you, let me tell you, id have no face [ light laughter ] man, bran. See, he high. [ laughter ] always out here by the tree, he spaced out. What is you smoking, bran . [ light laughter ] look, now, let me just say this. Im not saying that black people have been right all the time, but check this out. They fought together against their common enemy. Blueeyed devils. [ light laughter ] those was white folks its white folks that came out the cave and they took over [ light laughter ] seth thats do you think thats what the white walkers are . [ light laughter ] blueeyed devils farrakhan was right. [ light laughter ] seth no, this is not about farrakhan. We took casterly rock. Look at that coat that varys got on. Seth where do you stand on varys . Varys is like the girlfriend that you dont know if shes really your home girl or not. Because one minute shes supporting you and got your back, but then the next minute you hear about some bull [ bleep ] she said to somebody else about you. But just like she did him, she needs to let him know that, yo, if you aint liking what im doing, then you need to come and tell me like a real boss. Dont be going behind my back conspiring and [ bleep ] because im going to burn your ass. [ laughter ] seth so thats what you would say . [ screaming ] [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] are you kidding me . That is the varys dude. Oh, my god [ screaming ] [ laughter ] oh, my god seth varys is going to join us oh, my god this is so cool yes what were you saying about me . I was saying that you cant trust your ass, but you know [ bleep ] that youre not telling anybody. Like you know about the red witch. You didnt tell them about the red witch. I told tyrion. Oh, my god you did not tell daenerys. [ light laughter ] i did. Daenerys need to know that. I told her i didnt trust her and she went, i am in a forgiving mood. Youd just forgive her, too. Okay, varys. I see you talking yourself out of this. [ light laughter ] seth now you havent seen this episode either. No. You havent . No, i couldnt but you was there [ laughter ] yeah, but i cant remember. Thats years ago, and im on the same stuff as bran. [ laughter ] yes, bran is high theron, theron is a coward. Seth yeah. Theron is a coward. Hes alive. He only alive cause hes a coward. I dont care if you aint got no [ bleep ] you did wrong he saved sansa. Sansa saved herself. No, she didnt. She did [ laughter ] varys, dont be coming here trying to take up with theron. All eunuchs stick together. Seth thats true. You have to. Oh, hes a eunuch now because he aint got no thing. [ laughter ] look at theron. Take his ass out. Theon. Theron theon, not theron. Theron its not dadoronron. Its theron [ light laughter ] seth they gave him the r when they took his penis. [ laughter ] exactly the queen is gone. Whered she go . I missed it. Where did she go . Exactly. Theres where she went. Seth oh, here we go. Oh, okay. Thats where it is right, son this is what youve been waiting for seth okay. This is what youve been waiting for. G. O. T. Seth the time for talk is over. G. O. T. Dont let you down, son didnt expect it to smell like that. Men [ bleep ] themselves when they die. Really . Is that true . They [ bleep ] themselves . Well, all of your muscles would let go, so whatever youre holding would just [ light laughter ] i will not [ bleep ] myself. I will [ bleep ] before i die. [ laughter ] [ bleep ] [ laughter ] i will [ bleep ] before i die, thats for sure. Aint nobody going to find no [ bleep ] on me. You wont care. I will care i will come back as a ghost and be like, somebody clean that [ bleep ] up [ laughter ] [ screaming ] we can hold them off. No you cant, because let me explain why you cant hold them off. [ roaring ] oooh [ laughter ] [ applause ] here come the dragon here come the dragon here come the dragon yeah, baby [ laughter ] look man, if i could ride a dragon. Dracarys [ screaming ] [ laughter and applause ] yes [ screaming ] [ laughter ] burn it up burn it up burn it up look, the horses is even like, im getting the [ bleep ] out of here, man [ laughter ] thats a damn dragon thats a damn dragon oh, damn. And you know it. You know cersei ass going come up with a damn dragon gun. Where are you . And then, when did he get the training for this . Thats what i want to know. [ light laughter ] seth you still know exactly how where do you get the training to run the dragon machine . I dont remember you in the class, son whoa no, no, no, no ow, right in the kisser thats a dragon, stupid [ laughter ] who is the one that saved him, though . Was it bronn . Seth bronn . I just [ bleep ] myself. [ laughter ] varys, thats okay if you dont have a penis. I still love you. Bless you. But i need to know what side youre on, so you need to make that a little clearer in the next episodes. [ light laughter ] what side im on . Yes who am i with . You are with daenerys, but i dont know if you like daenerys. Seth these two are going to work this out. You dont, you be saying seth this has been game of jones. [ cheers and applause ] you be saying stuff like i dont know, i dont know. I just really feel like theres gonna be some kind of part where you gonna get mad and do something behind her back and i just dont really appreciate it because [ cheers and applause ] seth well be right back with colin jost and michael che, everybody [ cheers and applause ] when kids are coming into my classroom they know that. Mr. Jackson is the rapping teacher we call it the remainder thats number that remains. Technology is a huge piece of education. Using the pen for the first time on the windows 10 pc is great. Im able to highlight different rhyme schemes, i can actually. 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And hes like seth hes so there you go. So you guys are working in the summer. Youre doing three thursdays in a row, is that right . Yeah. Yeah. Three thursdays. Seth do you feel like you misplayed it that youre back at work in the summer . Oh, yeah. Horribly. Yeah. Its the middle of the summer. Seth yeah. The only summer we have. Seth yeah. But at least youre on tv in august. Thats like the sweet spot. Yeah. Its when Everyone Wants to be on tv. [ laughter ] ratings go like this. Even trumps on vacation to watch us. Seth thats right. You guys are starting new shows when trumps on vacation. Yeah. Yeah. Seth but this is crazy luckily, hes not keeping a low profile. Seth you guys have been off critics are calling it a mistake. Seth whats that . Critics are calling it a mistake. [ laughter ] seth you you guys have only been off since may. But its crazy how fast things move these days. These are stories you guys have missed since being off in may. Trumps covfefe tweet. James comeys congressional testimony. Donald trump, jr. And kushner meeting with a russian lawyer. Chris Christies Beach trip. Gops failed attempt to repeal obamacare. O. J. Simpson being granted parole. Sean spicers departure. The rise and fall of anthony scaramucci. The trans military ban. And north korean aggression. What of those, when it happened, were you most bummed out about . O. J. s back. [ laughter ] that was it. [ applause ] seth but the o. J. News would have been the biggest news of the summer, but in the trump era o. J. Is kind of i feel like lower case. Yeah. He, like he was the biggest news of the 90s. Seth yeah. And now its, like, who . [ light laughter ] hes like jordan in a wizards jersey. Like no one no one knows what to think . No one knows what to think there. I think it would be i mean, it would be terrible, obviously. But it would be really interesting if he killed again. Seth really . [ audience ohs ] i mean if that youd have to give it up that hes hilarious. Thats its not just the naked gun movies. He has great comedic timing. Seth yeah. If he like stabbed a couple and then gave them memorabilia. Hed be like, what . Seth doubling it up. [ laughter ] yeah. Seth doubling up both of his crimes. Yeah. Like, he jumped the shark. [ laughter ] what do you mean killed again . Seth oh, come on che. [ audience boos ] [ scattered applause ] if the Justice Department says that hes innocent, who, as a young black man, am i to disagree with my government . [ laughter ] seth what about scaramucci . Were you guys at least upset that you missed scaramucci . Uh yeah, i mean, of course. Thats a tough one. Thats a tough one to miss. Well, i liked him. Seth you did . [ light laughter ] what did you like about scaramucci . Well i liked that it brought out the inner italian rage in everybody. [ laughter ] all these weird 1950s italian jokes that started coming out about scaramucci. And it was like, okay. Seth yeah. Like, thats how bad the Trump Campaign is. But at least we get to make fun of people again. As long as theyre in that campaign. [ laughter ] seth you guys have spent time together this summer, though . You didnt just get back together for these weekend update specials. You guys went to aspen. Yes. Of course. Where you assumed we went. Seth yeah. [ light laughter ] we traveled to a couple of places this summer together. Yeah, we went to aspen for the ideas festival. Ideas i called it the idiots festival by accident. They loved that. [ light laughter ] seth whats the ideas festival . Great to be here at idiots fest. I was just its just where the richest white guys youve never heard of come and talk to each other with their fingers on their chins. [ laughter ] i dont know. He hasnt figured it out either. We still dont know what it was, even when we got there. Seth so, did you were you guys then tasked with sharing some of your ideas . Well, no. We had no ideas to provide. Seth okay. [ light laughter ] we went and we got interview i got ideas. Okay, sorry. You had great ideas. [ light laughter ] we went and we got interviewed by Chris Matthews. Seth okay. Who, i dont know if youve seen, is a delight. Seth yeah. And he we basically were on this panel and before us was Walter Isaacson interviewing jeff immelt from you know, ceo of ge. Seth some ideas guy. Classic ideas guys. And after us was like katie couric maybe interviewing sheryl sandberg. Seth great. And in between it was Chris Matthews interviewing us. Seth uhhuh. [ light laughter ] so very out of order. Already a bad idea. Yeah. [ light laughter ] for an ideas festival, a truly bad idea. Seth well, there are all kinds of ideas. There are good ones and bad ones. And at a festival you have to celebrate them all. You have to show both sides. Yeah, exactly. Seth so what what sort of questions was Chris Matthews asking . Oh, man. Well, first of all they give you questions in advance. Like, heres what chris is going to ask. And then of course, immediately, right off the rails. But he the first thing, we sat down, he goes, so colin, tell me this colin firth or colin powell . [ light laughter ] that was it. [ laughter ] seth he wanted as a colin he wanted you to pick your favorite colin . I guess. And those were the two options. I dont i didnt know those were one and two. Seth he didnt even pick two that were both pronounced colin. No. One is called clearly a colon. [ laughter ] and then and then hed remember what was the first thing he asked you, too . He was like oh, cause, yeah, he asked you about interviewing the president. Oh, yeah. He asked me hes like, i saw you. You interviewed donald trump. And i was, like, what . [ laughter ] then he goes, no. I saw you on tv. You were interviewing donald trump. And i was like, what are you talking about . It turns out hes talking about the sketch where i played lester holt interviewing him. [ laughter ] and i was like, is this a bit or do you really not know that that wasnt me . [ laughter ] i couldnt tell. Then he goes, aw, streisands hating it. And then you look in the crowd and its barbara streisand. And she really hates it. [ laughter ] it was so bizarre. And she we were in the giant amphitheater and he points to barbara streisand. Hes like, shes not enjoying herself. And then everyones like, whoa, Barbara Streisands here . [ laughter ] and she is pissed. And Barbara Streisands like, why would you do that . It was so strange. Seth che, i heard you went you had a very unique trip to cleveland this summer. Yeah. Well, we were supposed to go to cleveland, and i flew on the plane well, and i got there. You were already in cleveland. I was there. And i was on my way to cleveland. And i got on a plane and i put my headphones on and i fell asleep as the plane was taxiing. Seth yeah. And i woke up, the plane was landing, and i had my headphones on. I was still listening to kendrick, maybe. And i got off the plane and i was supposed to meet the driver and the driver wasnt there. And im like, where are you . And hes, like im like, im at the c terminal, and hes like, theres only one terminal. And i was like, thats impossible. So im arguing with this guy because hes not there, so i end up just taking a yellow cab. I get in a yellow cab. Well, yeah, you so it circled and went back to new york. You got out, were mad he was not there for you. cause hes in cleveland. He was in cleveland and i was still okay, the plane the plane turned around. It just did a lap and it landed, and i didnt know. [ laughter and applause ] because you still had your headphones on. Yeah, i still had my headphones on. So you walked out to terminal b here, still, and then were really mad at your driver that he wasnt there. Right. Because he was in cleveland. Seth so you got in a taxi . He got in a yellow new York City Taxi cab. [ laughter and applause ] gave the guy an address in suburban cleveland. [ laughter ] and the guy also was like, you know, this is going to be a lot of money. And i was like, i dont care about money im on tv [ laughter and applause ] and then i saw the new york city skyline. I said, wait a minute. [ laughter ] thats a weird that wasnt in the cleveland brochure. Seth you guys are also youre going to perform with Dave Chappelle at radio city on saturday . Yeah. This saturday night. Seth thats very exciting. With leslie. Leslie will be there too. Seth thats fantastic. That will be an incredible evening. Yeah. I always wanted to get yelled at in radio city with leslie. Seth well there you go. I think that will be a Mission Accomplished as of sunday morning. Based on every other interaction with her. Seth guys, i cant wait for thursday night. Thank you so much for stopping by while youre getting ready. [ cheers and applause ] colin jost and michael che everybody. 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Hey, guys, whats this tomato doing at randys desk . [all coworkers laugh] hahahahaha. You know, that actually reminds me, steve. I got you something. Aloha mangoes can get sunburned. Put some flavor in your break with new snapple mango tea make time for snapple. [b[cup hits floor]r] [tray clatters on table] [improvised musical sounds] [improvised musical sounds] [bell rings] welcome to our school [ cheers and applause ] seth our next guest is an awardwinning documentary filmmaker. His latest film is nobody speak trials of the free press, which is streaming now on netflix. Please welcome to the show brian knappenberger, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] seth thanks for being here hey, thanks for having me. Seth this is a fascinating documentary that was about something that happened, which was this hulk hogan gawker trial. Yeah. Seth which basically bankrupted gawker, but then the issues in it have sort of become a little bit more important now maybe even than they were then. But tell us a little bit about what got you started on this story. Yeah. I mean, i was really, really interested in this case, this sort of trial between hulk hogan and gawker media. I just thought it was interesting by itself. You know, this was the first time a sex tape case like this had ever gone to trial. Seth so they had they basically put the sex tape online. Yes. So hulk hogan was filmed having sex with the wife seth the key to the sex tape. [ light laughter ] the key to a sex tape. With the wife of his thenbest friend, bubba the love sponge. Seth right. [ light laughter ] who is a shock jock radio deejay in florida. Seth yeah. So this tape gets out there. A lot of people speculate about it. Theres some stills posted i think on maybe on tmz and some other the dirty or something. And then eventually gawker posts an edited down version of this tape, along with the post. And that starts this really lengthy kind of trial, this battle between them. Seth and during the trial, hulk hogan made a distinction between the character of hulk hogan and his actual the actual guy, terry bollea. Yeah. Seth and because part of what gawker argued was that they published this sex tape because it refuted things that hulk hogan had said about his own sexual prowess. Is that correct . Yes. And this was a defense that the hogan team brought. It was new to this trial. They hadnt even mentioned even this in the previous incarnations of this. Where they made a distinction between hulk hogan and the private person, terry bollea. And it was fascinating. I mean, basically their argument they said, look, youve talked about this sex tape this sex incident many times on Howard Sterns show. In fact, in very graphic details. So why is this so private . You know, youve actually brought this into the public, youve made it newsworthy yourself. And he said, well, thats different. That was me as hulk hogan bragging about my sex life, and thats different than me as terry bollea. And he actually asked about his i dont know if you can say this 10inch penis. Seth yeah. Once you say 10inch, theyre gonna finish it. Yeah. [ laughter ] and so that actually becomes a thing. And hulk hogan on the trial, or mr. Bollea says, actually i actually dont have a 10inch penis. Seth wow. Hulk hogan does. [ light laughter ] but me, not so much. Seth this is a crazy this sounds like just the craziest trial. Yeah. Seth and then hulk hogan wins this 50 million settlement. Is it was it 50 . It was 140 million. Seth 140 million, my goodness. Yeah, well, i mean, that was the initial verdict. Seth and so that bankrupts gawker. Now, one of the things thats interesting is, you know, there are a lot of people that would say gawker made some editorial choices that were sort of beyond what is considered journalism with dignity. But ultimately the question is do you also have to protect the free speech, or the rights to the free press when theyre doing things that you dont agree with . Is that the fear of press Going Forward . Is that, you know, gawker basically was put out of business by this one decision and that other people will use this same technique to take down any website or any news sources that they dont like . Yeah. I mean, youre completely right. Its a complex story and i think thats one of the reasons why i personally found it so compelling. Its not an easy story. I think i kind of found it interesting because its difficult in some ways and it is on the edges of acceptability with speech. Its a little like people versus larry flynt kind of territory. But that dramatic verdict that actually silences gawker and then the revelation that Silicon Valley investor peter thiel was actually bankrolling hulk hogans case the entire time in secret. That made it a very kind of different story. It became a story about how big money can silence critical voices. Seth so you mentioned peter thiel. Hes this big Silicon Valley guy. He had personal gripes with gawker. Thats right. Seth this was him using hulk hogan, who he did not have any relationship with, basically to take vengeance on gawker. Interestingly, hes also a big part of the Trump Campaign. Hes a big supporter of donald trump. Now we have a president who, i feel, has the same idea about the press that peter thiel had about gawker. Is there a fear now that donald trump will be inspired by what happened with gawker and that he will say, oh, you know, basically, if you have the legal team with more money, you can basically crush these smaller news sources . Absolutely. I think there is a fear about that. This basic sort of Chilling Effect that it might have on news organizations. Yeah. And part of it is that peter thiel did this in secret, right . So he went after these people in secret and at the same time you can never quite separate the case from this crazy election cycle. I mean, this is the same time trump is saying you know, pointing at the press at his rallies and speeches and saying, were gonna, you know, open up libel laws and sue you like youve never been seen sued before. I mean, hes calling the press scum and horrible, horrible people and all of that. So and then, you know, peter thiel became a trump supporter and all that. So, yeah, you know, the usa today did a great story where that looked at the 3,500 lawsuits that trump is involved with, so i think its a very real concern. Seth i find it very depressing that a media organization, any media organization, can be put out of business by a lawsuit. Yet, there is in this era of trump, there are some like positive signs of journalism. Yeah. Seth new york times, Washington Post both have subscription bases going up. Do you feel there is this unique opportunity now for even at a time when theyre under attack for journalism to sort of rise up and maybe use this trump moment and this time were living in to be more robust . Yeah. Absolutely. I do actually think thats one of the sort of Silver Linings of this trump era, this early time. You know, i think, you know, people have theres legitimate criticism of media thats gotten to corporate ties over time and maybe got too cozy with power. That it trades, you know, softball stories for access to power and celebrity. But you know, i think that you see the Washington Post, you see the new york times, and youre starting to see really great journalism. So theres like this theyre kind of remembering what the press is there for. I mean, look, you know, journalism is almost by definition something that makes powerful people uncomfortable and thats the point, right . Speaking truth to power is the point and we need this in a participatory democracy. So i think if were sort of remembering what that is all about, why thats important, that can actually be a good thing. Seth well, i hope that comes to pass and congratulations with the documentary. Its a great story. Very well told. [ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. Thanks. Seth thank you very much for being here. Brian knappenberger, everybody. Nobody speak is streaming now on netflix. Well be right back. [ cheers and applause ] ready, ok what do we want . Catpacks when do we want em . Meow everything you need to ready, set, go back to school. Doto be our next spokesperson . M hes so boring. Hm. Sounds like youre on the fence. Why dont i just leave you my resume . Yes, its laminated. No thanks. Youre hired try the new caramel m ms. Ow. Dj hey siri, take a selfie. Dj hope i dont cause an eclipse. [siri ding] having mplaque psoriasise is not always easy. Its a longdistance run. And you have the determination to keep going. 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