[ cheers and applause jimmy oh, my goodness. Wow, thank you very much please, have a seat. Welcome. Welcome, everybody, welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. This is it youre here. [ cheers and applause you made it. Thank you. You guys, we have Ashton Kutcher on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause iteen a ird few years for ashton people keep waiting for him to pop out of the white house and yell, you just got punkd sorry [ laughter ] so glad youre all here with me tonight. Theres a lot going on right now. It is fashion week here in new york city. [ cheers and applause yeah you can tell its fashion week because earlier today i watched a rat eat the cheese off a a pizza and toss away the he was like, no carbs no carbs this week [ laughter ] no carbs. A lot of interesting clothing comes out during fashion week. I saw that neimanmarcus just unveiled a pair of jeans for 462 take a look at these things. [ laughter ] thats real. Thats real. Thats real. Thats the travolta fit. One
The taliban at camp david to discuss a peace agreement. And if youre wondering where we are as a nation, my first thought was, i dont know, ill believe it when i hear it from the taliban. [ laughter ] the Washington Post has published a new article calling former Vice President joe biden and senator Elizabeth Warren frenemies. Even crazier, they referred to john delaney and Michael Bennett as candidates. [ laughter ] President Trump told reporters today that he would release a report on his finances before the 2020 election. And said that people will be shocked that the numbers are many, many times what you think. Okay, but anything times zero is zero [ laughter ] [ applause ] duchess Meghan Markle attended the u. S. Open this weekend to support her friend serena williams. Meanwhile, the queen went to the jets game. [ laughter ] a man on a mission to visit every starbucks in the world, last week visited his 15,000th location in peru what do you know, they finally spelled his name right
We continue our celebration of black History Month with a look at the Schomburg Center for research in black culture where historical artifacts have chronicled the black experience for nearly a century. The latest exhibit, digging up the past a history of the Schomburg Center, marks its 90th anniversary. And joining us today is dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, the director of the schomburg. So nice to see you again. Thank you so much for having me. So tell us about this this newest exhibit. Its sort of a continuation of sure. So every now and then we have founder Arturo Alfonso schomburg, an afropuerto rican, arrives in new york in 1891. This year happened to be extra special because it is our 90th anniversary. People often forget, too, that our 90th is also the 90th of the annual celebration of black history began in 1926 under the leadership of carter g. Woodson. Origin story, to look at some of the early artifacts and books that Arturo Schomburg collected is a special occasion to really
American Officials Say the deal reinforces president obamas objective of forging economic ties with the caribbean island after the two countries began normalizing relations this year. Joining us now to talk further about the agreement, ross kenneth urken, personal finance editor of the street, and Cynthia Carris alonso, author of passage to cuba. Both have been there. Welcome to you both. Good to have you. Good morning. The significance of this, from your perspective flights, commercial flights to cuba whats it mean . I think cuba has been this forbidden fruit for the american traveler, and now that its all the more accessible and easier to go there, people are really going to get a taste of the authenticity of life there. Mmhmm. And theres a thirst there, is there not . Cynthia, you were just there a few weeks ago, right . I just got back a couple weeks ago, and there is such a hunger from americans who have not been able to see it or even know about it for so many years. Right. Yep.
Preventing Heart Disease in the black community. Later, a new play that uses humor to tackle the serious subject of caring for a parent with dementia. Were gonna hear from some of the stars of dot. And threetime grammy awardwinning jazz artist Terri Lyne Carrington on her new album, featuring the late Natalie Coles last recording of Duke Ellingtons come sunday. Thats all ahead on here and now. Alright guys. I want to show you some cutting edge technology. Push that tape in and hit play. This is a flip phone. Have you seen these before . Its called a compact disc. Oh. Looks like were getting a facsimile. What year is it to you . Its old. Youd rather use Newer Technology . Definitely. Well, ive got something to show you. This is the 2016 chevy volt. It uses extended range electric technology. The prius hybrid uses Battery Technology developed 15 years ago. Chevy expects volt drivers to get over a thousand miles between fill ups. Its got every technology there is. The prius actually belon