Jennifer connelly, chat and music from indigo girls, an all new closer look. Featuring the 8g band with jay weinberg. [ cheers and applause ] and now, seth meyers. Seth good evening. Im seth meyers. This is late night. We hope youre all doing well. And now, if you dont mind, were going to get to the news. When one of former President Trumps lawyers asked Stormy Daniels yesterday if she hates trump, daniels said, quote, yes. So, as it turns out, trump does have a type. [ laughter ] President Biden today visited Gateway Technical College in wisconsin, an appropriate choice for joe biden, the Safety School of president s. [ laughter ] the New York Times today published a report on independent president ial candidate robert f. Kennedy jr. s health issues, including a dead worm in his brain. Or as thats known in libertarian circles, a running mate. [ laughter ] in a new interview, former President Trump said the south dakota governor kristi noem has had, a quote, rough couple of days. Yeah, she needs more bad press like she needs a hole in her dog. [ laughter ] [ audience oohs ] [ laughter ] if you see me wincing, its because i know whats coming. [ laughter ] thats right. Former President Trump said that south dakota governor kristi noem has had a rough couple of days. Said noem, who said rough . [ laughter ] [ audience oohs ] [ applause ] i hope those arent hooray, its over laughs. Former House Speaker paul ryan said in a new interview that he will not vote for former President Trump and will instead write in a better candidate, like that dead worm in robert f. Kennedy jr. s brain. [ laughter ] after a meeting with House Speaker mike johnson yesterday, amid her attempts to remove him from power, congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene told reporters that the ball is in Johnsons Court and added that she is, quote, so done with words. Really . Based on your state of the union outfit, i thought you were a huge fan of words. [ laughter ] you have more words on you than a southern womans kitchen. [ laughter ] Norwegian Cruise Line recently announced its partnering with a specialty travel company next year to host an 11day nude cruise for 2,300 passengers, including up to two women. [ laughter ] oh, pam, whyd we do this . Thats right. Norwegian cruise line is partnering with a specialty travel company to host an 11day nude cruise. And i cant even decide what the most horrifying part oh, right, the limbo. [ laughter ] and that was the monologue, everybody. We are off and running. [ cheers and applause ] we got a great show for you tonight. Shes an Academy Award winning actress you know from a beautiful mind, requiem for a dream and top gun maverick. Shes currently starring in dark matter on apple tv plus. Jennifer connelly will be here, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] they are grammy Award Winning musical icons whose career documentary indigo girls its only life after all is out now. Amy ray and Emily Saliers of indigo girls are here to chat and perform for us later in the show. [ cheers and applause ] before we get to all that, its been a humiliating week for maga politicians as donald trump came facetoface with Stormy Daniels in his criminal trial and one of his leading vp contenders, south dakota governor kristi noem was grilled repeatedly after she got caught lying in her book. For more on this its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth trumps trial keeps making history. Its already the first ever criminal trial of an expresident. Its the first time an expresident has been found in contempt and threatened with jail time, and now its also the first time an expresident has come facetoface with a porn star he had an affair with while she describes the position they were in, the silk pajamas he was wearing, and the magazine she spanked him on the ass with. [ laughter ] i mean, unless you count the time john adams was caught in a compromising position with adult daguerreotype model rocky waters and a copy of the farmers almanac. [ laughter ] oh, they left that out of the Paul Giamatti miniseries. Oh, abigail, i am vexed. And horny. [ laughter ] good news for giamatti, all the kinky stuff they took out of john adams, they put right into billions. [ laughter ] i have a sincere question. How are they going to teach this era of history in high school . They cant say most of the words. A frazzled gym teacher will have to cover it in sex ed. All right, kids, settle down. Were going to be covering stds here today. The dos and donts of safe sex. And all right. 45th president of the united states. [ laughter ] seriously, how are teachers supposed to handle even news anchors cant report the news without turning red. In the courtroom, our reporters in there are sending us notes, updates every second that they can. And mr. Trumps defense attorney, susan necheles, is saying, quote, were informed the second witness today worldwide Stormy Daniels. We want to renew our objection to her testifying particularly about any details of any sexual acts. That is mr. Trumps attorney there. Do you mean more than just, we had sex, judge merchan asks the defense attorney, susan necheles. Yes, your honor, necheles says. So judge merchan there establishing that, beyond we had sex, is what theyre talking about. Hoffinger, the Prosecutor Says theyre being careful to admit some details that are, quote, too salacious. again, this is where we are as a country right now that we are having this discussion and this debate in the courtroom. Prosecutors is also saying, quote, in terms of the sexual act, it will be very basic. I cant believe i have to read this on television. [ laughter ] its not going to involve any descriptions. Better you than me, jake tapper. Its not going to involve descriptions of anything in particular. [ laughter ] just read it. Read it on the screen. Seth theyre bullying jake tapper. [ laughter ] im surprised his voice didnt crack. Its not going to involve any descriptions of say the words, dork, sexual acts [ laughter ] journalists are reacting to the news the way my friends and i reacted when the principal caught us looking at a playboy during recess. You hold it, jake. No. Youre the one who found it. Whos this loser on the cover anyway . [ laughter ] no wonder they left this one in the woods. Heres what they wouldnt say. A prosecutor told the judge that any sexual descriptions elicited from her team would be very basic and include no descriptions of genitalia. I had two different simultaneous reactions when i heard this. Thank god and why not. [ laughter ] because when someone says were going to talk about his genitalia, but dont worry, we wont get into specifics, its impossible to think, but what why . What are the specifics . [ laughter ] i really, dont get me wrong. I really dont want to hear about Donald Trumps weird penis, but also, i kind of want him to have to hear it. [ laughter ] someone reading a description of your weird penis in court sounds like a dream youd have after eating a hot pocket you found on the train. [ laughter ] it would be so funny to hear it described with him in the room. Just for the chance during stormys testimony trump would sneak a glimpse down at his pants and the courtroom artist would capture the moment. [ laughter ] or maybe just be so nervous as she was describing it that they would add sweat drops from a cathy cartoon. [ laughter ] all in all, it was not a fun day for trump and itll only get worse on thursday when stormy returns to the stand. Now, shes there to establish her credibility as a witness and recount what happened, given that its essential to the alleged crime. But fox news host sean hannity thinks prosecutors have an ulterior motive. Why was she in the courtroom . She was there for one reason. And this should scare every american. She was there to humiliate and embarrass donald trump. Seth look, if you dont want an adult film star testifying in a trial of a former president , dont vote for a president who slept with an adult film star. And you might say, but i didnt know. You might say you might say, i didnt know he slept with an adult film star before i voted for him. And the reason you didnt is because he paid her off so she wouldnt tell anyone. And thats why shes in court. And thats the reason. The fact that hes also humiliated and embarrassed is whats called, the legal term, a bonus. [ laughter ] also, sean, you dont need a grand conspiracy to humiliate and embarrass donald trump. You just need to play video clips of donald trump. No one could embarrass him more than hes embarrassed himself. He definitely dances like nobodys watching. [ laughter ] he dresses like darth vader if the death star had a softball team. [ laughter ] theres nothing Stormy Daniels or anyone else can say that would be more embarrassing for donald trump than this. We are a nation that just recently heard that saudi arabia and russia will oh. [ laughter ] seth true story. Thats the same noise trump made when stormy spanked him with the magazine. [ laughter ] hit me one more oh. [ laughter ] so, trump was humiliated in court and yet he was somehow not the most humiliated republican politician this week. Because theres also south dakota governor kristi noem. You might remember her as the leading trump vp contender, who in a book, with her name on it, volunteered the information that she once killed a puppy. Out of nowhere. No one forced it out of her. She sat down at the old remington and thought, whats a good yarn for my new book . [ light laughter ] something that lets everyone learn what makes kristi tick. Oh, right. Blew dogs brains out. [ typewriter noises ] [ laughter ] hello, typewriter repair shop . [ laughter ] i think mines haunted. [ laughter ] how long does he want me to play the typewriter . [ light laughter ] until he stops moving his fingers . But im not looking at him. [ laughter ] oh, boy. Well, in the same book where she bragged about killing a dog, she also claimed to have met north Korean Leader kim jongun. And now it turns out that did not happen. In the aptly titled memoir no going back noem writes, i remember when i met with north korean dictator kim jongun. Im sure he underestimated me having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants. I had been a childrens pastor after all. And tonight the Governors Team is admitting that the story is not true. Kristi noem never actually met with kim jongun. On sunday the books publisher said the passage is being removed at noems request. As soon as it was brought to my attention, we went forward and have made some edits. Seth as soon as it was brought to my attention is such a weird thing to say about a book you wrote. [ laughter ] so clearly, what were finding out, noem did not actually write or even really Pay Attention to what was in this book, when it was being written by some other person. Did they at least tell the ghost writer who kristi noem was or did they just hire a coked up hollywood screenwriter and tell them to go nuts . [ snort ] yeah, man. So shes from north dakota, so this book could be a real snooze. Im thinking we put in that she stared down kimjongun and also, maybe, i dont know, should we say she shot a [ bleep ] dog . [ laughter ] should we do that . You want to sell books or you want to sell books . [ laughter and applause ] but even if noem wanted to claim the book was written entirely by a ghost writer, oh, is that earlier the typewriter. [ laughter ] does sound effects think thats what a ghost writer is . [ laughter ] but even if noem wanted to claim the book was written entirely by a ghost writer who made up the story without her knowledge, that wouldnt hold up either because she read the audio book. She even posted clips of herself recording it. Perhaps the most significant takeaway so far is that more freedom, not more government, is the answer. Seth probably knowing noem, she would probably say, as you could see in the clip, i wasnt wearing headphones. So there was no way to hear the words coming out of my mouth. [ laughter ] so, noem presumably made up this story, or at the very least, read the part about meeting kim jongun and didnt raise any objections about the fact that it didnt happen, and now shes going on what can best be described as a humiliation tour, where she tries to promote the book in interviews but ends up getting grilled. Every interviewer across the political spectrum has been fairly asking her the same simple straightforward question, did you did you, though, meet kim jongun. And she keeps giving the same robotic answers. Did you meet kim jongun . Well, you know, as soon as this was brought to my attention, i certainly made some changes. So, you did not meet with kim jongun . Thats what youre saying . Ive met with many, many world leaders, many world leaders. Ive travelled around the world. Ive travelled around the world. I should not have put that anecdote in the book and at my request, they removed it. That specifically didnt happen . Im saying that im not talking about that meeting. Im not talking about my meetings with world leaders. Its a simple question. Did you or did you not meet with kim jongun . Thats thats the answer that i have for you is that im it will be adjusted and as soon as i became aware of it, that content was removed. Why did you remove it . Is it because its untrue . Because no, i been this is something that i think is im not going to talk about. I dont talk about personal meetings with world leaders. And im gonna continue to stay there. But clearly if youre taking it out of the book, its because its untrue. Ive given you my answer. No. And thats not the answer. I would say that, you know, this is something that i asked to have adjusted and have the content and that name removed. And that is truly what the action has been. So, you didnt have a conversation with kim when you were at the dmv . I dont have conversations about by conversations with world leaders. But the anecdote indicates that it happened, right . Im not going to talk about my conversations with world leaders. Seth man, she nailed it. [ laughter ] put the controversy to bed. This is the smoothest pr tour ive seen since Prince Andrew claimed he lost the ability to sweat in the faulklands war. [ laughter ] its amazing that virtually every interview shes done on every network from cbs to fox to newsmax goes the exact same way. I bet when she sits down to dinner with her family, even her kids are like, but did you meet kim jongun . [ laughter ] obviously she didnt. She lied, got caught lying, and now shes removing the anecdote but is doing this bizarre thing where she just wont admit it, leading to mind boggling exchanges like this one. You said you when you learned of it, you immediately took action. You recorded the whole book and the audio book. You read this whole passage out loud. Why didnt you take it out then when you read the audio book . You know, ive travelled for years. Ive been involved in policy for almost 30 years. And so, ive gone all across the world. Ive met with world leaders. So you didnt realize when you recorded the audio book . When it was brought to my attention, and it was i had asked the publisher if they would remove the name and they did. Okay. I just but you didnt answer my question. When you record you posted pictures and video of yourself recording the audio book. When you recorded your own audio book, you didnt notice this passage . Im not going to discuss about my meetings with world leaders. Im not asking you to. Im asking you about recording the audio book. Did you want to talk about Something Else today . No, i just wanted to know i mean i were just trying to get a straight answer from you. You did. Seth shes digging a hole so deep she could bury a dog in it. [ laughter ] [ audience oohs ] [ applause ] kristi noems getting grilled harder than criminal defendant donald trump. Not only is she making trump look good by comparison, shes making kim jongun look good by comparison. [ laughter ] for all we know, she was going to meet him and then right before, he said, wait, isnt that the lady who killed her puppy . No thank you. [ laughter ] im a monster but im not that. [ laughter ] arguably the worst part for noem is that shes been told multiple times to her face by right wing media figures that shes no longer in the running to be trumps vp. Governor, if you asked me a month ago whos at the top of the list to run with donald trump, i would have said your name. If you asked me that same question this morning, i dont even think youre on the list. Oh, my goodness. Oh wed be consumed with emails saying, i wont vote for this person. I wont vote for trump if he puts her in the Vice President ial spot. Well i tell you, stewart, im sorry youre not hearing from real americans that live on farms and ranches. Seth shes right. Real americans know what life is like on the farm, herding the cattle, tending the soil, lying about meeting kim jongun. [ laughter ] you know, down home, salt of the earth stuff. Ill admit that my knowledge about farm life begins and ends with the song about old mcdonald, but as far as i can remember, there wasnt a verse about a dog that ended with a bang bang here and a bang bang there. [ laughter and applause ] but this is the perfect encapsulation of the maga movement. It always leads to humiliation, its a lesson everyone who has ever associated themselves with donald trump has learned. If you want to be in his orbit, you have to be willing to trade your dignity. And trump himself is now experiencing that reality firsthand. Althought, from what weve heard in court, he seems to be enjoy being humiliated. When stormy testified, he could be heard saying oh. [ laughter ] seth this has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] well be right back with jennifer connelly, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] announcer for more of seths closer looks, be sure to subscribe to late night on youtube. Bombas makes absurdly comfortable underwear. 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