John lennon . John lennon. John lennon was shot and killed tonight in new york city. An unspeakable tragedy. I said, do you realize what you have done here . And he said, i killed myself. He said, im john lennon. People came out here, singing beatles ballads. They just want to try to feel close to a man whom they say touched their lives. Thats how much love people had for john lennon. His music made our good times better. His music made our bad times at least livable. If he hadnt dreamed so beautifully, it wouldnt hurt so much. Here we are, 40 years later, talking about this man and this mans music. My role in society or any artist or poets role so to rye to express what we all feel, not as a preacher, as a leader, but as a reflection of us all. John, he was always a person that was ahead of the curve. His lyrics were always about the truth. I asked him at one point what his secret was for writing great songs. He said, you write the truth and you make it rhyme. It sort of dawned on me
Steve from 30 Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests kaley cuoco Megan Rapinoe comedian josh johnson. And the legendary roots crew and now heres your host, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause jimmy awesome. Oh, my goodness. Thank you very much. That feels good. Even though its its ten people a standing ovation is a standing ovation [ cheers and applause thats a loud ten people i love you guys. Thank you very much. Thanks for tuning in welcome to the tonight show. Lets get to the news and jokes. Well, guys, of course the big story from the weekend is that joe biden has been elected the 46th president of the United States [ cheers and applause yeah for 75 million americans, the announcement was like the greatest unboxing video of all time [ light laughter ] its biden its biden its biden its biden ill always remember where i was when i heard the news. I was sitting in front of the tv, like i had been
Announcer tonight on late night with seth meyers, natalie portman, philanthropist cindy mccain, music from Dave Matthews featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and now, Seth Meyers Seth good evening, im seth meyers and this is late night. Hows everybody doing tonight . Thats great to hear lets get to the news. Theres just one week until election day and whatever happens, it will be nice when my email inbox doesnt look like i just broke up with it the senate yesterday confirmed President Trumps nominee, judge Amy Coney Barrett, to the supreme court. And just think, someday youll tell your children about this, whether you wanted children or not. During a swearingin ceremony for judge Amy Coney Barrett last night at the white house, President Trump said, quote, this is a momentous day for america, for the United States constitution, and for the fair and impartial rule of law. Momentous in that its the last day for all of those things. First Lady Melania Trump campaigned for her husband i
Steve from 30 Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight join jimmy and his guests Kevin Hart Josh charles musical guest chika, and the legendary roots crew and now, heres your host, Jimmy Fallon Jimmy thank you very much. Thank you very much for watching the tonight show everybody. I appreciate it. Im jimmy fallon lets get to the news and jokes. Well, guys bob woodward has a new book coming out about the president and one story is making major headlines today. Turns out trump knew way back in early february how bad the coronavirus was, but he continued to downplay it to the american people. And woodwards got it on tape because trump let him record their conversations. Check this out heres trump in mid march. I wanted to always play it down i still like playing it down yes because i dont want to create a panic jimmy yeah, i remember americans not panicking when they spent thousands for a roll of toilet paper on ebay. [ laughter
Trump saw the quarter in the air, he said hey, thats how much i paid in taxes last year, and it went downhill from there. Because of the pandemic, theres no opening hand shake, no physical contact. The candidates remained socially distant. It was like date night with melania. Biden faced an unusual challenge. How do you diebate a pathologicl liar. Its like debating a parrot. The parrots going to repeat the same things and then take a dump on the New York Times. Their views on the integrity of the election, biden is for it, trump is against. It was a good debate. The candidates had a product thproducttive giveandtake, no, it was terrible. Id call it a nightmare, but at some point during a nightmare you get some sleep is. We were talking about whether to move to vancouver or montreal. If you missed the debate tonight, basically did went like this. Vote now. Make sure you in fact let people know. He doesnt want to answer the question. Im not going to answer the question, because why would