Oath. That is a lie. And then his nose sprouted a branch. [ laughter ] according to a national poll, only 16 of americans believe that republican alabama candidate roy moore should stay in the senate race following allegations of Sexual Misconduct with teenagers. 16 , or as moore calls it, old enough percent. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] according to the atlantic magazine, donald trump, jr. Engaged in direct communication with wikileaks during the 2016 campaign. Yeah, i guess thats not exactly a face you can trust. If that guy popped up in the first ten minutes of a law order, youd turn it off. Oh, they got him. [ laughter ] music streaming app spotify has partnered with a celebrity Makeup Artist to sell makeup on a singers page. Said steve bannon, no thanks. My face is already spotified. [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] [ cheers and applause ] a florida man is refusing to give up his emotional support squirrel, even though his Condo Association is threatening to evict him. Of course, its stressful times like these when the comforting embrace of a squirrel helps the most. [ laughter ] god, the news is so depressing. Come here, buddy. Ooh [ laughter ] [ applause ] lebron james and the Cleveland Cavaliers were seen taking the new york city subway yesterday ahead of their games against the knicks. So they were four hours late. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] a company in finland recently designed a socalled skinny house that can sit inside a parking spot. Well take it, said eight roommates from new york. [ laughter ] today was National Spicy guacamole day. And to celebrate, here is mike pences recipe for spicy guacamole. [ laughter ] and finally, nestle is recalling its hot pockets fourcheese pizza snack bites due to misbranding. Theyll be rereleased with the corrected name, scalding hot yet somehow still frozen in the middle pockets. [ laughter and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show for you tonight [ cheers and applause ] you can catch her on abcs the view every day. And shes got a new line of holiday sweaters. Whoopi goldberg is back on the show [ cheers and applause ] always so delighted to see her. You know him from netflixs Stranger Things. Joe keery is joining us. [ cheers and applause ] and he is a highly regarded fashion designer, and his book dresses to dream about is out now. Christian siriano is here this evening. [ cheers and applause ] before we get to all of that, on his 12day trip to asia, President Trump has spent time cozying up to authoritarian strongmen, while he increasingly acts like one himself. Meanwhile, there is yet more new information about the Trump Campaigns relationship with wikileaks. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth trumps trip to asia has been mostly unremarkable, except for that time he taunted a Nuclear Armed nation on twitter and brod out with vladimir putin. I think they took a pottery class together . [ light laughter ] i dont know, its hard to remember. That was like nine news stories ago. But of course, in trumps mind, everything he does is unprecedented. In fact, while talking to reporters on air force one, trump even alluded to a mysterious bet about how long a human being could last on a trip like this. Trump said, i think its been a great trip. In certain ways, its been very epic. And by the way, anybody that took the bet, pick up your money, okay . Reporter, what was the bet again . Trump, well, a lot of people said its almost physically impossible for someone to go through 12 days. [ light laughter ] what . 12 days . Nobody tells trump about keith richards. That guy has been on tour for 50 years. And he still looks better than you did before you left. [ laughter ] trump flew to asia [ cheers and applause ] trump flew to asia on the most comfortable jet in the world, and he talks about it like he was a contestant on naked and afraid. [ laughter ] nobody thought i would flake make it, but i managed to fashion a fishing pole out of a golf club and one of melanias earrings. [ laughter ] while trump is focused on bragging about his endurance, back here at home, his inner circle is dealing with yet more information about his potential involvement in Russian Election meddling. And youll never guess which trump Family Member is once again mixed up in all of it. Ill give you a hint. He has the same name as a famous idiot. Breaking news tonight. Another incredible report about Trump Campaign communications, and once again, donald trump, jr. Is at the center of it all. Breaking news tonight in the russia investigation. A new report details secret communications between donald trump, jr. And wikileaks, the group that published the hacked clinton camp emails allegedly stolen by russia. Seth of course it was don jr. Hes the dumbest member of a family in which there is stiff competition. [ laughter ] that family still hasnt finished a game of trivial pursuit they started in 1988. What category do you want, dad . Give me new york city buildings between 53rd and 59th. [ light laughter ] also, its not often we can say this, so lets do it while we can today is a good day to be eric give it up for eric, everybody [ cheers and applause ] i didnt collude, father although eric probably couldnt collude if he tried. If Julian Assange had reached out to eric instead of don jr. On twitter, it would look like this. Eric, Julian Assange here, we have some interesting information on the clinton campaign. My name is also eric. [ laughter ] yes, i know, my name is Julian Assange. Hi, julian, im eric. Hi, eric. We have interesting information on the clinton campaign. Who does . Me, Julian Assange. Oh, i just met him [ laughter ] now, this news adds more context to what we already know about the Trump Campaigns interests in obtaining hillarys emails and its relationship with wikileaks. Of course, we already know don jr. And several other Trump Campaign aides, including one who has since been indicted, actively sought dirt on Hillary Clinton from the russians. And now we know that, on admittedly a limited basis, don jr. Did communicate with wikileaks. Take this exchange, for example. After trump adviser roger stone foreshadowed the hacked emails by tweeting wednesday, Hillary Clinton is done, wikileaks. Don jr. Then actively sought out wikileaks to find out what they had planned, writing, whats behind this wednesday leak i kept reading about . Amazing. He literally inquired in writing about a potential crime. Don jr. Is the kind of guy who, if he ever robbed a bank, would post a selfie from inside the vault. [ laughter ] of course, before this, the Trump Campaign maintained publicly at the time that they had nothing to do with wikileaks, which we now know is false. For example, Vice President mike pence dismissed the idea that the Trump Campaign had any contact with wikileaks when he was asked about in october. Final question about wikileaks, and that is some have suggested on the left that all of this bad stuff about hillary, nothing bad about trump, that your campaign is in cahoots with wikileaks. Uh n nothing could be further from the truth. Seth in fairness to mike pence, he probably thinks cahoots is a dirty word. [ light laughter ] i never eat alone with a woman, other than with my wife, so as to avoid staring at her cahoots. [ light laughter ] im very serious. [ applause ] of course, while the very real and very productive investigation into trumps ties to russia escalates, trump has remained obsessed with the candidate who did not become president , Hillary Clinton. He has repeatedly demanded the Justice Department investigate a series of fake clinton scandals manufactured by the right, and even complained in an interview that he couldnt be more directly involved with the Justice Department. Are you aware of any investigations by department of justice of any of the clinton entities . You know, id love to be much more involved, but im not supposed to be involved with department of justice. So i have to hope that they run themselves well. But as you know, as president , youre not supposed to be involved with the department of justice. A lot of people ask me that question, i give them that answer, and they say, oh, now i understand. Seth no one [ laughter ] no one has ever said, oh, now i understand in response to donald trump. Or if they did, they probably didnt mean it the way he took it. Did you know puerto rico is an island surrounded by water . Oh now i understand you have a head injury. [ laughter ] of course [ cheers and applause ] contrary to trumps claim that hes not involved with the Justice Department, he has repeatedly demanded that his attorney general Jeff Sessions investigate clinton in tweets and interviews. And, of course, berated sessions in the oval office, threatening his job. And now it seems like sessions may have got the message. Because yesterday the New York Times reported that prosecutors were looking into whether a special counsel should be appointed to investigate political rivals President Trump has singled out for scrutiny, including Hillary Clinton. Today, sessions testified before the White House Judiciary Committee and was asked point blank about the government using the Justice System to investigate political opponents. It should be easy to get a straight answer to that question, and yet both sessions and congressman john conyers seemed to keep going in circles. Yes or no, please. In a functioning democracy, is it common for the leader of the country to order the criminal Justice System to retaliate against his political opponents . Is that a question . Yes, thats the question. Mr. Conyers, i would say that its, uh the department of justice can never be used to retaliate politically against opponents, and that would be wrong. I interpret that as no. [ light laughter ] the answer stands for itself, i guess. Seth oh, my god. Are they in the same room . Because it seems like there is a satellite delay. [ laughter ] im sorry, mr. Conyers, but i think a storm is messing with our connection. Unfortunately, its not surprising trump would behave more and more like a dictator, given his obvious affinity for dictators and strongmen. An affinity weve seen on display during his trip to asia. In fact, a reporter asked trump about his friendship with dictators and watch in this transcript as he jumps the gun before the reporter is finished asking the question, thinking its an opportunity to brag about how popular he is with world leaders. Reporter, you seem to have a fairly warm relationship with a number of i do. Totalitarian or authoritarian leaders. [ laughter ] and others. [ laughter ] he cant help himself. [ applause ] he has to jump the gun. Id love to see him be interrogated for murder. You seem to have an impressive amount of i do. Blood on your shoes. [ laughter ] and other places. [ laughter ] now, trump, of course, does have a warm relationship with putin, but he also seems to be striking up a budding friendship with another authoritarian strongman, philippines president rodrigo duterte. Duterte has waged a brutal drug war that has killed tens of thousands of people, but that hasnt come between duterte and trump. In fact, the budding romance between these two wannabe strongmen is apparently so intense that duterte actually serenaded trump during dinner. President duterte taking to the stage to sing a filipino love song. He said it was at the request of President Trump. [ singing in a Foreign Language ] [ cheers and applause ] seth now, that is a human rights violation. [ laughter ] i never thought i would say this, but rodrigo duterte, you are not going to hollywood. [ light laughter ] trump, of course, has been cozying up to duterte since his first days in office, fawning over him in a leaked transcript of a telephone call and complimenting his brutal war on drugs. Here are some highlights from that call. Trump, i just wanted to congratulate you because im hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem. We had a previous president who did not understand that, but i understand that, and we have spoken about this before. Duterte, yes, i know that. Thank you. Yes. Trump, so how is everyone doing . How is the philippines doing . Why is he talking like everyone in the philippines is gathered around the phone . [ light laughter ] does he know the philippines is a country and not a family . Honey, i think we should have the philippines over for some bumper pool in the rec room. [ applause ] so the president is pushing the Justice Department to investigate his political rivals while he cozies up to murderous strongmen. Somebody should explain to trump that his behavior is fundamentally antithetical to democracy and the rule of law. Who knows, maybe hell say ah, now i understand. Seth this has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] well be right back with more late night, everybody [ cheers and applause ] announcer for more of seths closer looks, be sure to subscribe to late night on youtube. Sourced entirely in france, for a character all its own. Grey goose. Give the worlds best tasting vodka. Work keeps me busy. 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[ cheers and applause ] jon stewart, better than we thought he would be on the drums. Sorry, guys, im losing the beat. Seth no, i thought that is just you are im sorry, if its not seth no, that was everything about that was very good. Thank you so much. By the way, when does the show start . Seth we are right in the middle of it. Son of a bitch. Seth son of a bitch. [ laughter ] i am terribly sorry to have seth we are so honored and happy to have you here, obviously. Just, i practice here usually around this time, which is seth yeah. No, and, again, we always enjoy having you here for your rehearsal, as you call it. You like to rehearse your drums. Thank you. Seth but youre here for another reason as well, isnt that right, jon . Why, yes, seth, it is. Seth great. [ laughter ] and for any one who says youre not an excellent actor, that was incredibly believable. [ light laughter ] now you know why i had a character in big daddy. [ laughter ] so im here, seth, because you guys have been gracious enough. We are doing night of too many stars, its a fundraiser for services for people with autism and their families. We do it on hbo. Started by robert and Michelle Smigel. Who many of you know, trimuph the insult comic dog Robert Smigel seth yeah, one of our great [ applause ] and his wife, michelle. Seth great comedy writers. They have raised an incredible amount of money. And you guys have very graciously honored us with a prize of your own that will help us raise money. All of late night has gotten together for this cause, and theyre each offering their own special prize. And you guys have done it, as well. Seth were very excited about it. Should we take a look . That seemed like a question when you said you were very excited about it. [ laughter ] i think in general, you want to say it, like and im very excited about it. But more definitive, not im very excited about it . Seth can i have another try . [ laughter ] let me let me talk to my band. [ light laughter ] they seem okay with it. Seth okay, good. Were really excited about it. Thank you [ cheers and applause ] i think you made a video about the prize youre offering. Seth lets take a look. Seth hey, everybody, im seth meyers and wed like to invite one lucky person to join our closer look writing staff. Youll be here when we go through our first draft. So i feel like in this one we should mention donald trump . Oh. Yes. Donald trump. Got it. Thats great. [ ding ] [ light