Pieces of public art. Dude, if you love beautiful statues so much, why dont you marry one . Oh, okay [ laughter ] thats fair. Thats fair. New york city mayor bill de blasio announced yesterday that the city will conduct a 90day review of all racist symbols on City Property in an effort to determine which ones ought to be removed. Well let me give you a head start. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] axios, today published a list of groups that President Trump has alienated during his first seven months of office, and now the world is out of paper. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] in a new interview, Kim Kardashian revealed that she did karaoke with former president obama, said obama, that was just the national anthem. [ light laughter ] this week, chuck e. Cheese announced plans to remove some of its animatronic performers. Oh no. Dont get these guys riled up again. [ laughter ] that is the pizza of this country [ light laughter ] that mouse raised me American Idol is reportedly having trouble finding judges to join katy perry for its upcoming reboot. Theyre so desperate theyre thinking of adding these two. [ light laughter ] yeah, youre right. You know what . Youre right. Its been too long since right and left shark. [ light laughter ] you guys thought you were out of the woods no way a man in texas accused of having sex with a chainlink fence failed to appear in court last week, and is now on the run from police, which is weird because it sounds like he would have a great time in the prison yard. [ laughter and applause ] a new study by economists found that income inequality in russia is reaching similar levels to that of the united states. Some russians are so poor theyre forced to live inside each other. [ light laughter ] im embarrassed by how much i like that one. [ laughter ] you were right on, you guys were right on sharks, i think you guys were a little dicky on that one. Six flags over texas has announced that it will not remove a Confederate Flag that flies over its entrance. Even worse, theyre refusing to shut down the notorious gettysburg coaster. [ audience aws ] not real. [ light laughter ] a song which consists of nearly ten minutes of silence has made it to the top 50 purchases on the itunes charts. Said mike pence, this rocks [ laughter and applause ] users of the Search Engine bing noticed this morning that the sites home page image include a drawing of a penis carved into the sand of a beach. The appearance of the penis is actually the only reason why anyone has ever said, youve got to check out bing [ laughter ] and finally today was National Thrift shop day. And to celebrate, our president is 99 off. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show for you tonight. [ cheers and applause ] his oneman play, the terms of my surrender is on broadway now, at the belasco theater, Michael Moore is back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] for my money, no actor had a better year than her. Shes emmy nominated for her performance in fxs fargo, carrie coon joins us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] so excited to talk to her, and music from one of Country Musics best, Little Big Town, everybody. So youre here on a fantastic night. [ cheers and applause ] before we get to all of that, Donald Trumps presidency is in a tailspin after his response to charlottesville which means once again, his aides are privately wringing their hands while staying silent in public with one exception, steve bannon who is coming to his defense. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth of course, the president has come under tremendous criticism for his response to charlottesville, but apparently for some of trumps aides the problem was not that he defended white supremacists, but that he said it out loud in front of the cameras. Well aides in the west wing were frustrated, exasperated. Even stunned, but not quite surprised. They were sort of stunned that he would go out and say this publicly. Members of the president s staff stunned and disheartened, said they never expected to hear such a voluble articulation of opinions that the president had long expressed in private. Seth so trumps staff isnt upset hes a racist, theyre upset we found out about it. [ laughter ] and of course we found out about it. Donald trump is terrible at keeping secrets. Trump would never last in fight club. They have this club, it is so tremendous. [ laughter ] and they have they have a first rule, should i tell you the first rule . I shouldnt tell you dont talk about fight club. Its the first rule. For his part, trump almost seemed relieved to have finally gotten off his chest how he really feels. In fact those close to him say hes happy about how his tuesday press conference turned out. With the country and his own administration reeling from President Trumps shocking remarks about the charlottesville, virginia violence, sources tell cnn that the president is quote without regret. Seth of course he is. Trump is incapable of feeling regret. Trump feels regret as often as he feels melanias touch. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] and politico politico reported yesterday that trump had lashed out mainly out of anger, and that his notorious temper was driving his behavior. White house officials and informal advisors say the triggers for his temper are if he thinks someone is lying to him, if hes caught by surprise, if someone criticizes him, or if someone stops him from trying to do something, or seeks to control him. So basically all the things that happen to a president every day. Seriously, trumps aides talk about him like hes a caged gorilla at the zoo, which would explain this sign outside the oval office. [ laughter and applause ] did you hear that . Did you hear that . Am i the only one who heard that . So now trumps presidency is once again facing a crisis which means its time for the wellworn ritual of trump allies, and Republican Leaders not courageously speaking out, but rather quietly wringing their hands, and leaking to reporters that they are frustrated and upset. The Senate Majority leader, mitch mcconnell, is privately upset with the president s handling of this episode. Now one person who was frustrated with how today played out . Chief of staff john kelly. This from glen thrush at the New York Times is now reporting that gary cohn, who is the nec chair, who is jewish was quote, disgusted and quote, upset by trumps comments on white nationalists. Seth so theyre disgusted, but not quitting. Trump is turning every republican into golem from lord of the rings. I support the president , and his agenda no hes a crazy racist. Hes going to get us all killed [ light laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] and then there are the two people who were supposed to be a moderating influence on trump, his soninlaw, Jared Kushner and daughter ivanka. Where were they during all this . According to New York Times, ivanka and kushner urged trump to take a more moderate stance, but as with so many other critical moments in trumps presidency, the two were on vacation, this time in vermont. Oh that is Bernie Sanders worst nightmare. [ light laughter ] his home state infiltrated by a millionaire, and a billionaire. Also, how often do these two go on vacation . Every time something goes haywire in the Trump Administration it seems like theyre nowhere to be found . When don juniors emails with the russian lawyer surfaced in july, they were at a conference in sun valley, idaho. When trump was nearing the 100day milestone with no accomplishments to showcase, they were in whistler, canada for a passover ski trip. Thats right. A passover ski trip. [ light laughter ] i hope they left the seat open for elijah. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] but not all of trumps aides and allies tried to distance themselves from trumps unhinged press conference. Theres also trumps chief strategist, steve bannon, whose ties to white nationalists are well known which is odd because no one disproves the idea that white people are a master race more than steve bannon. Look at him. If he tried to do a nazi salute, he would throw his back out. He looks like the discarded skin suit used by the alien from men in black. [ laughter and applause ] Bannon Bannon was apparently delighted that the president defended white supremacists. In fact in a rare ontherecord interview yesterday, bannon gleefully celebrated the fact that the National Conversation has been dominated by the white supremacist rally, and the ensuing outrage. He said this to the american prospect about the democrats, the longer they talk about identity politics, i got them. I want them to talk about racism every day. If the left is focused on race and identity, and we go with economic nationalism, we can crush the democrats. Hey, man, are you trying to sound evil . [ light laughter ] i guess its no coincidence that you look like quatto from total recall. Shoutout andy samberg. [ laughter and applause ] on top of that, bannon was defiant when asked about his rivals within the white house. When asked about the more moderate, businessfriendly wing of the Trump Administration that opposes him, bannon said theyre wetting themselves. To be fair, youd wet yourself too, if you saw steve bannon. Hes the guy you see in a horror movie when you close the medicine cabinet. Now, the timing of bannons sudden publicity tour is interesting, because with trumps new chief of staff john kelly trying to put an end to white house chaos and infighting, and after the nearly universal criticism of trumps charlottesville response, word started to spread that bannons job was in jeopardy. If steve bannon was ever in jeopardy, you know, this would be the time when he would be in the maximum jeopardy. Bannon knows hes fighting for his job. Steve bannon allies, they do say this feels very grim for him. Its a bad moment. The death watch feels real. The articles on mr. Bannon calling him kind of an exile within the west wing. Heres New York Times, bannon in limbo. Seth i dont know if he can limbo, but ill bet hes been found under the bar a few times. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] we have a white house paralyzed by chaos, a president who defends white supremacists, and a chief strategist who gleefully eggs him on. Gop leaders and trump aides who say theyre is disgusted have to actually do something to stop this because as of now this guy might be the president , but hes got this guy lurking right behind him. This has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] well be right back with Michael Moore, everybody [ cheers and applause ] for more of seths closer looks, be sure to subscribe to late night on youtube. The surface laptop has a very open sound. It feels like the music is giving you a nice hug. There is something incredibly calming about fabric and the touch of soft things. The speed is great. The faster the computer, the happier my day is. My name is xyla foxlin, and i am an entrepreneur and a designer. Milk and fresh cream,la. And only sustainably farmed vanilla. What is this . Vanilla bean . Mmm breyers the good vanilla. 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Seth our first guest tonight is the Academy Awardwinning filmmaker of documentaries like roger and me, bowling for columbine, and fahrenheit 9 11. His one man show, the terms of my surrender, is playing at the belasco theater on broadway. Please welcome back to the show, Michael Moore, everybody [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome thank you. Seth how are you . Im well, thank you for asking. Seth so this is very exciting. Youre doing a broadway show. Youre doing it every night. Obviously one of the risks, i would think, of doing a show, is that if you have to do the same material every night. You went a little outside of what you usually did. You took your whole audience and you went and protested at trump tower. Yes. At the end of the show the other night, i asked them, because trump had just arrived in town. Seth yeah. And, by the way, im glad he waited after going to West Virginia and ohio, he comes to new york. He waited until he got here to announce his support for the confederacy. Seth yes. Very strange. I just thought that was very seth yeah. Very smart. And [ laughter and applause ] i asked i asked the audience, at the end, how would you like to go over to trump tower and greet him . He hasnt stayed overnight here since seth yeah. The inauguration. Seth and it was you had some here you are there you are with olivia wilde. Yes, she was there. Seth screaming and yelling. Yes. Seth theres mark ruffalo. Marissa tomei. Fisher stevens. Seth fisher stevens. And [ cheers and applause ] how much do you think we put everybody on doubledecker buses. Seth oh, wow. So you just bussed everyone over. From the theater. Yes, over there. And he wouldnt see us. Seth he wouldnt see you . No, no. [ laughter ] seth did you feel how much do you think it hurts him when new yorkers are upset to see him . A lot. Seth yeah. A lot. I was there at the very first demonstration, the night after he was elected. Seth yeah. And [ laughter ] well legally, the legal term is appointed by the electoral college. Seth yeah. Sure, yeah. But he was he was tweeting at us from up there. Seth yeah. Like protesters protesters say im not legitimate. Unfair [ laughter and applause ] wow, you know. And so we went back, this time and i thought certainly with Marissa Tomei and olivia wilde. Right . Seth yeah. That would really upset him. Seth yeah, no. I think youre right. You know seth thats his the demographic he would like to appeal to the most. Yes. He would like to believe that they like him. Seth now, youre show, one of the things on your show is the 12step program for helping people sort of deal with this trump presidency. And youve just added a another step. Yes. Yes. The new step, i just added it last night, was, we have to sober the [ bleep ] up. Seth okay, great. [ laughter ] so, what do you mean . [ applause ] i mean what i mean by that is we have to keep oh, hes going to be impeached. Oh, every time something happens, james comey. Is that i tell everybody in the audience, please put your whiskey bottles and your flasks on the table right now. Because every month youre drinking from a new you know, james comey, thats the end of him. [ laughter ] you know, well russia, thats going to be the end of him. [ laughter ] you know, and its its and now this week, the press conference and seth yeah. The ceos dessert him. You know, oh, that will be the end of him now. You know and no. Seth yes. So were giving ourselves cirrhosis in the liver and hes fine. Hes hes not going anywhere. Seth yeah. Hes not the teflon president. Teflon implies you have to be in the pan. Hes not even in the pan. Seth yeah. This guy gets away with everything. Hes the republicans im sorry to say this, theyre not going to impeach him. Seth right. Theyre not theyve already pulled their gerrymander districts and they know most of them think theyre going to get reelected. So theyre not gonna impeach him. Mueller, the special prosecutor, he cant indict the president , he can be indicted after hes impeached and i think, i was telling your producer backstage. I think the problem is going to be, that when he is indicted or arrested, do we try him as an adult . Seth yeah, thats a good question. [ cheers and applause ] i hadnt even thought about that. Really problematic. I think he has to be tried as an adult. Seth but this is interesting. Because dont do you think because i think theres this issue now is the democratic party, sort of hoping for you know, something to fall from the heavens to fix this. And not focusing enough on being a strong party. Do you think the focus needs to be on the midterms . Or do you think that is a lost cause . Not we only have to flip 24 of the republican seats. Theres 435 seats in the house. To get the house back, we only need 24. In the senate, we only need three. Are we that much of a loser group of people . That we cant get three . I mean let me give you the statistic. Most people dont realize this. In the last seven president ial elections, the democrats has won the popular vote in six of them. Six of the last seven. The republicans have only won the popular vote once. In the last 30 years. Once since 1988. The American People