President trump. And ive got to say, he is the last person i ever expected to say, no means no. [ laughter ] the Washington Post published an article today about a Republican Group in pennsylvania that is working to get the Amish Community to vote for President Trump. And if theres anybody you might be able to convince, its people without tvs or twitter [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause hey, i mean yeah, from the picture, he looks like a good guy. [ laughter ] former Vice President joe biden today publicly came out in support of impeaching President Trump. Thank you for finally joining us i mean [ laughter ] biden is like that friend who doesnt go to the party but keeps calling to find out who is there. [ laughter ] yeah, are a lot of people is elizabeth there [ applause ] what about kamala . Yeah, maybe ill come. First Lady Melania Trump held a ceremony at the white house yesterday to break ground on a new tennis pavilion. Thats just how far shes willing to go to hear someone say the word love. [ audience ohs ] [ applause ] aw aw, she chose him. [ laughter ] so, you know [ cheers and applause People Magazine has released its list of the 25 women changing the world as well as the list of 25 men stopping them [ audience ohs ] nestle is launching a partnership with disney to sell cookie dough and baking items based on the movie frozen 2. Though, if you ask me, kristoff is already a snack [ cheers and applause in oklahoma, a woman is recovering after she was accidentally shot in the leg when her dog stepped on a loaded handgun. She lived, said the cat who loaded it. [ laughter ] [ applause ] i never should have trusted that stupid dog. [ laughter ] prince harry released a promotional video on instagram for a new project hes doing with singer ed sheeran im guessing theyre doing, like, a before and after thing [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause a company in brooklyn has started selling a line of special edition nike sneakers which they are calling jesus shoes. Theyre currently out of stock but they should be back in three days [ audience ohs ] [ cheers ] [ applause ] yeah, well [ light laughter ] you can choose between the two here cause were telling another one. Thats right a company in brooklyn is selling special edition nike sneakers, which theyre calling jesus shoes. They dont work, said a guy drowning [ laughter ] [ applause ] number two okay just text your vote. Text which one you like to late night dot whatever [ laughter ] and finally, Health Officials are warning that passengers on a recent American Airlines flight may have been exposed to hepatitis a while passengers on the subway may have been exposed to hepatitis b through z [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we got a great show for you tonight [ cheers and applause hes a multiple awardwinning actor. The star of nbcs the good place and a fantastic guy, ted danson, you guys, is back [ cheers and applause to talk about the fourth and final season you can see her in the Second Season of sorry for your loss on Facebook Watch. Elizabeth olsen is back, you guys [ cheers and applause and she is an executive producer and also featured in the new hbo documentary, liberty mother of exiles. Diane von furstenberg is joining us tonight so its a great show [ cheers and applause before we get to all of our wonderful guests, the white house is now threatening to obstruct the impeachment inquiry and refusing to cooperate with subpoenas. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause seth as a candidate for president , trump echoed years of empty republican rhetoric about the sanctity of our constitution and claimed that he wanted to restore the values enshrined by the Founding Fathers although as always, it was clear that he had no idea what he was talking about. Its all about the constitution of of and so important, the constitution, the way it was meant to be the Mainstream Media wants to surrender our constitution i feel very strongly about our constitution im proud of it. I love it. And i want to go through the constitution thats what we want to do. I mean, we want to bring the constitution back. Seth what [ laughter ] what do you mean bring it back it didnt go anywhere. [ laughter ] he talks about the constitution like its a College Student who took a gap year and now wants to stay in barcelona because it met someone. [ laughter ] come back constitution. Katerina is only going to break your heart. [ laughter ] now the impeachment inquiry currently happening in the house isnt just an investigation of President Trumps many corrupt abuses of power. Its also a test of our system in which congress is supposed to be a coequal branch of the government and yesterday, the Trump Administration did its best to undermine that system by declaring itself above the law President Trump continuing to stonewall House Democrats in their investigation efforts. The white house sending a scathing letter to House Speaker nancy pelosi and house committees refusing to cooperate, calling the impeachment inquiry illegitimate and unconstitutional. Seth thats right. Trump is literally calling impeachment, a process which is laid out in the constitution, unconstitutional [ light laughter ] hes going to be so shocked if he ever reads the constitution one day. Lets see here. Oh, no oh, no [ laughter ] oh, boy [ cheers and applause high crimes and misdemeanors i did both of those this morning. Oh, there better not be anything in here about golf oh, no. [ laughter ] this idea that impeachment is somehow unconstitutional is an insane theory that has been percolating on the right for a few weeks now. Over the weekend, for example, fox news guests suggested that Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell should actually change the rules to, in his words, protect the constitution. If i were the Senate Majority leader, id tell the house, this is dead on arrival were changing the rules and were not going to follow up with an impeachment trial here were not required to under the constitution. But good old Mitch Mcconnell is like, yeah, yeah, if they do, were going to have to listen to it well have a trial. I mean, whats up with that . Well, those are the current rules. So . They can change the rules to protect the constitution seth they literally want to change the rules because theyre losing its like if the jets were down 450 at halftime and said we want to change the rules to let running backs have suvs. [ laughter ] [ applause ] also, you really you really got to respect Jeanine Pirros hard hitting question there. Whats up with that [ laughter ] seth shes like shes like an angry fox news version of jerry seinfeld. You ever notice how the constitution allows congress to remove a corrupt president whats the deal with that . [ cheers and applause now, not only is this argument a threat to the very foundations of democracy, its also incredibly dumb. Which, of course, undercuts the image trump and his aides love to project, that he is some sort of political mastermind whos a genius at manipulating the press. For example, heres what one senior trump official had to say last week about the president testing out different arguments to defend himself against impeachment. There are different ways to bake the cake depending on what sort of cake you want. [ light laughter ] different flavoring, different temperatures, different ingredients yield different types of cake. And the president , as the master baker, is testing recipes and deciding what type of cake he wants. [ laughter ] that for real sounds like a sixth grade prank designed to get trump to say the words, im a master baker. [ laughter ] who, me [ cheers and applause are you guys talking about me . Oh, yeah oh, yeah, im a big time master baker. [ laughter ] sometimes twice in one day. [ laughter ] so now, trump, the master baker, has settled on a strategy of basically declaring himself above the constitution and thats because trump is fundamentally a thuggish authoritarian who thinks he can do whatever he wants and even uses the language of authoritarians whenever he talks about his powers as president whether its declaring a National Emergency to build a border wall or asking foreign governments to interfere in our elections. He tweeted, as the president of the united states, i have an absolute right, perhaps even a duty to investigate or have investigated corruption. And that would include asking or suggesting other countries to help us out. He told the New York Times tonight, i have the absolute right to do what i want to do with the justice department. I have the absolute right to declare a National Emergency i have an absolute right to Call National security. We need strong borders i do have an absolute right to pardon myself. Seth no. You do not have the absolute right to do whatever you want. Trump just likes to say stuff like this. Because he loves stroking his ego to make himself feel better. You know, hes a master baker. [ laughter ] [ applause ] so where exactly does trump think he gets all these magical powers from . Well, he keeps saying article two of the constitution, which outlines the powers of the presidency it gives him license to do whatever he wants. Article two allows me to do whatever i want. Then i have an article two where i have the right to do whatever i want as president but i dont even talk about that nobody ever mentions article two. It gives me all of these rights at a level that nobody has ever seen before. We dont even talk about article two. Seth okay, first of all, thats wrong second, what do you mean no one ever talks about it . Its the constitution. He talks about our nations founding document like its an underrated tv show nobody ever talks about Schitts Creek. You guys got to see it its got some of Catherine Oharas best work [ cheers ] of course, we know, that trump has never had even a hint of intellectual curiosity about what the constitution actually says when it comes to the powers of the president or congress in fact, one of his former aides, sam nunberg, once told a journalist that it was his job during the campaign to educate trump on the constitution. But then, he didnt get very far before trump stopped paying attention. Nunberg was sent to explain the constitution to the candidate. I got as far as the Fourth Amendment before his finger is pulling down on his lip and his eyes are rolling back in his head. [ light laughter ] and i believe this story because trump always makes it very obvious when hes bored just watch him whenever hes in a meeting and someone else is speaking, he looks straight down and literally hugs himself for comfort. [ laughter ] its okay its okay. Soon, the bad man whos not you will stop talking. [ laughter ] in fact, you can see the result of trumps nonexistent Attention Span when he tries to repeat details of stories that got dumped into the polluted river of his brain and warped by all that toxic sludge thats just sloshing around in there like when he told a story on monday about a military briefing that made absolutely no sense whatsoever when i took over our military, we didnt have ammunition. I was told by a top general, maybe the top of them all. [ laughter ] sir, im sorry, sir we dont have ammunition. I said, ill never let another president have that happen to him or her. We didnt have ammunition. Seth now, that was vaguely based on something real. In early 2017, the military reportedly was worried about a shortage of bombs. So, sort of in the neighborhood, but not really close the story got warped so badly in trumps rotting brain that it turned into an incoherent rant about a top general, maybe the top of them all [ laughter ] coming to him and saying, we have no ammunition. First of all, what do you mean he was a top general, maybe the top of them all . He was either a top general or he wasnt. In the military, there is no gray area about who is at the top. [ laughter ] you dont have to google it. Well, according to trip advisor, hes number one but yelp says hes only three stars. [ laughter ] [ applause ] second, can we hear can we hear what this top general supposedly said again . Sir, im sorry, sir. We dont have ammunition. Seth thats not how generals talk he might have said, sir, we are currently experiencing a shortage of ordinance. But this dummy over here heard, sir, we dont have bullets. Sir, weve been throwing kitchen supplies at the enemy, sir [ laughter ] we got one guy out there running around with a food processor, sir. [ laughter ] he hasnt killed anyone. But hes becoming a real master baker. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause so, its not a surprise. Its not a surprise that this is the same selfobsessed idiot who thinks impeachment is unconstitutional and insists he has the absolute right to do whatever he wants. And now, hes actively obstructing the impeachment inquiry. For example, yesterday, the white house blocked a key player in the ukraine scandal, an ambassador named Gordon Sondland from testifying. Now sondland came to prominence last week after a series of damning new Text Messages was released in which state Department Officials expressed concern to sondland about the quid pro quo trump was dangling with ukraine sondhand was one of the key players involved in that quid pro quo. And at one point, during the text exchanges, he realized he should not be texting about this scandal at all on september 1st, the top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor, texted the u. S. Ambassador to e. U. Gordon sondland and writes this are we now saying that Security Assistance and white house meetings are conditioned on investigations . Sondland says, call me. Seth oh, man, anytime you text someone and they write back, call me, it is not good. [ laughter ] its like if you texted your fiance, cant wait to get married tonight. And they just wrote back, call me, youd better find out [ laughter ] if that honeymoon suite is refundable so naturally, the democrats want to interview sondland as part of the impeachment inquiry. But trump is simultaneously blocking sondland from testifying while also claiming that he would love to let sondland testify on twitter, the president insisted he would love to send ambassador sondland to testify but unfortunately, he would be testifying before a totally compromised Kangaroo Court seth im sorry youre calling them a Kangaroo Court . Youre the one who literally puffs out your chest like youre defending your territory [ laughter ] fundamentally, what trumps behavior proves once again is that all those years of empty republican rhetoric about respecting the constitution were a fraud. Republicans are falling in line behind a guy whos declaring himself about the constitution and claiming absolute powers to do whatever he wants weve had corrupt lawless president s before. But trump is the top maybe the top of them all [ laughter ] seth this has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause seth well be right back with ted danson, everyone. 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