Mlb Network Analysts sean casey and Ryan Dempster, an all new closer look. Featuring the 8g band with andy hurley. [ cheers and applause ] and now, seth meyers. Seth good evening. Im seth meyers. This is late night. We hope youre doing well. Now if you dont mind, were going to get to the news. When asked in a new interview how he would like to be remembered, President Biden said, quote, i hope my legacy was that i was honest, straightforward, and did what i said. In that case, i would say, dont fall off any more bikes. [ laughter ] the Arizona Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a law from 1864 that criminalizes abortion is still enforceable. 1864 . Was anybody even there yet . [ light laughter ] was this their first law after dont shoot the piano player . [ laughter ] President Bidens former white house chief of staff ron klain said yesterday that biden does quote two or three events a week where hes cutting a ribbon on a bridge. Yeah, he should really stop doing that because ribbons are the only Things Holding our bridges up. [ laughter ] when asked in a new interview what he considered the primary threat to freedom and democracy at home, President Biden said, quote, donald trump, seriously. Dude, stop saying seriously. Nobody thinks you were joking. [ laughter ] i didnt think you were going to say video games. Everyone knows trump is the biggest threat to democracy. I do a show about it every night. A show you were on, seriously. [ laughter ] former House Speaker nancy pelosi yesterday criticized former president trumps announcement that he does not support a National Abortion ban and said, quote, he either is stupid or he thinks the rest of us are stupid. Oh, lady, its both. [ laughter ] thats like saying hes either guilty or he has bad lawyers. Two things can be true. The Utility Company con edison announced this week they accidentally spilled about 1,000 gallons of oil into the bronx river, which severely polluted the oil. [ laughter ] the nfl announced yesterday that players can choose from 12 new helmet designs next season. Unfortunately, some will get stuck with this one, yeah [ laughter ] offseason jets burn Consumer Reports yesterday called on the usda to remove lunchables from the National SchoolLunch Program and said they contain quote, relatively high levels of lead, cadmium, and sodium. On the plus side, the students are getting a crash course on the periodic table. [ light laughter ] oh, yeah, i have that today. I had a little bit of that. According to new estimates, costco each month is selling as much as 200 million worth of gold bars. Well im not surprised since you have to buy like 48 at a time. [ laughter ] according to a new study, lesbians are more likely to climax during sex than heterosexual women. Ahha, i knew it was her fault [ laughter ] finally, authority what are can we go back to the picture . I like that thats [ light laughter ] wherever that person was when they took that picture did not know what joke it was going to be used for. [ laughter ] and finally, authorities in florida recently arrested a man after they allegedly found him sitting naked in a trash can on a public sidewalk. Even worse, there were children around. [ laughter ] unfortunately, that was our last one. [ laughter ] that was the monologue, everybody we are off and running. [ cheers and applause ] weve got a great show for you tonight. Shes an emmy and Academy Awardnominated actress you know from fargo, marie antoinette, and bring it on. Her latest film civil war is in theaters friday. Kirsten dunst is on the show, guys. [ cheers and applause ] they are formerly Major League Baseball allstars and teammates who are now analysts on the mlb network. Sean casey and Ryan Dempster are on the show. [ cheers and applause ] but before we get to all of that, donald trump is desperately trying to get convince people that hes not an extremist on abortion after proudly taking credit for overturning roe v. Wade. Which has now led to a horrendous ruling in arizona outlawing almost all abortions in the state based on a civil warera law. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth there are very few things donald trump has been consistent on. Hes changed his opinions on everything from health care to the minimum wage to the spelling of his own name. Thats real. [ laughter ] he once misspelled his own name on twitter. Ttump sounds like how the beatles would talk about the drums during a recording session. First we need a badum, then we need a little tststs, then throw in a little tatump. [ laughter ] when trump named his twitter knock off truth social, he really missed an opportunity to call it tatwitter. [ laughter ] but lest we forget, in 2016, trump did say very explicitly that he wanted the Supreme Court to overturn roe v. Wade and that he would appoint justices who would do exactly that. Do you want the court, including the justices that you will name, to overturn roe v. Wade, which includes, in fact states, a womans right to abortion . Well, if that would happen, because i am prolife and i will be appointing prolife judges, i would think that that will go back to the individual states. But im asking you specifically, would you if they overturned it, it would go back to the states. Do you want to see the court overturn roe v. Wade . Well, if we put another two or perhaps three justices on, thats really whats going to be that will happen. And thatll happen automatically, in my opinion, because i am putting prolife justices on the court. Seth asking trump a question is like playing chess against someone who only knows one move. All you have to do is ask him one or two followups, and hell immediately confess. I cant wait to see what hes like on the stand. Did you pay hush money to a porn star . If i did, it would be legal. [ light laughter ] did you pay hush money to a porn star . If that happened, it would have been fine. Did you pay hush money to a porn star . Yes, because i was afraid she would tell everyone i have a weird penis. [ laughter ] why is it taking you so long to admit it . Because its illegal, duh. [ light laughter ] and true, its super weird. For real i see it in the mirror, im like, what . Oh, right. [ light laughter ] that clip is from october 2016. Remember those days when we all thought we were three weeks away from never having to look at or think about donald trump ever again . I guarantee you even trump was on this stage thinking to himself, thank god this is almost over, i cant wait to go to maralago and enjoy my large, marble bathroom that doesnt have any boxes of classified documents in it. [ laughter ] yet. That was actually a very unusual moment of candor from trump, because for years republican president ial candidates had played this dumb rhetorical game where they claimed they would have no idea how the justices they nominated would rule on abortion. Should a voter assume that all judicial appointments you make to the Supreme Court or any other court, federal court, will also be prolife . Voters should assume that i have no litmus test on that issue or any other issue. Seth george w. Bush genuinely wanted us to believe he would appoint judges without having any idea where they stood on abortion. Although in bushs case, it was actually kind of believable he would have no idea who he was nominating. [ light laughter ] im here to announce my Supreme Court pick. His name eludes me, so i call him lego man. [ laughter ] instead, trump yeah, you know, i wasnt around then, so its good to, you know, show everybody i got a cminus bush. [ laughter ] instead, trump went out of his way to promise that he would overturn roe, and then after it happened, he couldnt help but take credit for it in interviews. Even though its been massively unpopular with voters and its cost republicans election after election. Roe v. Wade, i did something that nobody thought was possible. And roe v. Wade was terminated, was put back to the states. Now people, prolifers, have the right to negotiate for the first time. They had no rights at all. Seth what do you mean negotiate . Everything with this guy is real estate. Were talking about health care and bodily autonomy for millions of women, and this guy is treating it like a golf course hes building in manhattan. They said there was no room for an 18hole course in midtown, but now were negotiating to put a par 3 on top of the empire state building. [ light laughter ] and now the backlash to overturning roe has been so intense that voters in states as eclectic as michigan, california, ohio, and kansas have all gone to the polls to protect abortion rights in overwhelming numbers. Voters even rejected an antiabortion ballot measure in kentucky, which is so conservative their state bird comes in a bucket. [ laughter ] so there can be no escaping accountability. Trump told everyone he would overturn roe, he nominated three justices who overturned roe, and then he bragged about overturning roe. Normally it can be very hard to pin something on trump because hes so good at wriggling his way out of everything, but this is as straightforward as it gets. Its like one of those Conspiracy Theory boards with one string going from trump to roe. [ laughter ] and yet trump is now trying to trick everyone into thinking hes actually a moderate on abortion who opposes a National Abortion ban. Many people have asked me what my position is on abortion and abortion rights. My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. In this case, the law of the state. Seth oh, people keep asking you what your position is on abortion . You know what that means, my man . Youre [ bleep ] communicator. You were president for four years. You never shut your [ bleep ] mouth, and yet people are still wondering where you stand on one of the biggest issues of our times. And i get that its confusing. I mean, he says hes prolife but he definitely seems like a guy who paid for an abortion, or at the very least told a woman he would go halfsies. [ audience oohs ] but the reality is, no one is confused. We all know what trumps personal opinion is on abortion, whatever will help him today. Which is why what he thinks or what he says doesnt matter, its what hes done. He overturned roe. His gop allies have introduced a National Abortion ban in congress. Theyre making plans for a socalled department of life that would impose a nationwide abortion crackdown. Trumps fda could and likely will revoke authorization for the abortion pill. Republicans want a trump doj to enforce a 19th century law known as the comstock act that could allow them to prosecute anyone who sends Abortion Pills by mail. But trump and his allies think they can trick everyone into thinking hes a moderate on abortion by lying and claiming hell leave it up to the states, which he wont. This issue does not hurt donald trump. Hes not against abortion. Hes actually okay with abortion. He wants that 15week limit, perfectly reasonable. Well, hes then said 15 weeks, thats not quoting. Yesterday he had a different take. He didnt say 15 weeks. He said, let the states decide. Well, that a point i happen to agree with, by the way, wholeheartedly. But i cant pin 15 weeks on him because its not what he said. Okay, but that makes him the prochoice candidate, leave it up to the states. Seth this brings us to a statement called seth tries really hard not to lose his [ bleep ]. [ chime ] [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] trump is the prochoice candidate . Are you out of your [ bleep ] . Im sorry, i believe you are mistaken. Your statements are misleading, and you are failing to provide an accurate good faith analysis of the facts. Youre inverting the truth for political purposes and gaslighting the viewers by grossly misrepresenting the details of the situation. Let me put it another way. Youre a [ extended bleep ] piece of [ bleep ]. [ laughter ] well, i failed [ cheers and applause ] this has been seth tries really hard not to lose his [ bleep ]. [ chime ] also, let me just say, so cool to watch a couple dudes discuss an issue that literally hurts women as to whether or not it will hurt another dude, donald trump, at the ballot max. That guy as rightwing radio host named mark simone. Also he suggested in an that interview that if women have to flee their states and travel tens or hundreds of miles to access lifesaving medical care, its no big deal. If you had to travel to another state to get an abortion, its not the worst thing in the world. Hopefully this is a very rare occurrence in your life, once in your life maybe you would do it. Buying a bus ticket to go somewhere to get it is not the worst thing in the world. Seth then you take the bus, mother [ bleep ]. You take the bus. [ cheers and applause ] how about every time someone has to take the bus to get abortion care out of state we make mark simone wait in line for a greyhound at the port authority. Dude would run out that day and buy a tshirt that says my body, my choice. By the way, some states that banned abortion, like louisiana, are surrounded by other states that banned abortion. If you live in louisiana, mark simone wants you to remember, when you get on the bus, take all your books cause its a longas ride. Simone made that idiotic comment in response to a grotesque ruling out of arizonas conservative Supreme Court on tuesday that revived a civil warera law from before arizona was even a state banning virtually all abortions. Arizonas Supreme Court today ruled that a 160yearold neartotal abortion ban is still enforceable. The Arizona StateSupreme CourtJust Announced that a state ban on nearly all abortions that dates all the way back to 1864 will be the law of the land in that state, and that 1864 law bans anyone from providing Abortion Services except to save the life of a mother. People found in violation of that law could face a mandatory two to five years in prison if convicted. This law dates back to the civil war, before arizona was even a state. Seth what the [ bleep ] . States can enforce laws written before they were even states . Does that mean any state in the Louisiana Purchase is now subject to the laws of 18th century france . If you steal a loaf of bread in baton rouge, youll be sentenced to 19 years in jail and theyll write a musical about you . [ laughter ] just to give you an idea of how insane this is, this law dates back to the civil war. Before women had the right to vote. Before the 13th amendment outlawed slavery. Before arizona was a state. When Abraham Lincoln was still president. To put that in lincoln terms, this law is eightscore old and it was lincoln himself who said, anything higher than four score is too many [ bleep ] score. [ laughter ] this is exactly the situation trump just said he supports, leaving it up to the states. Trump and his allies cant escape this, as much as they may try. Today, for example, after the horrific consequences of his action is ares became reality, trump tried to act like he was actually against the arizona ruling that only happened because he overturned roe. Did arizona too far . Yeah, they did, and that will be straightened out. And as you know, its all about states rights, it will be straightened out. Seth what do you mean, it will get straightened out . You broke it. This is your fault. We had a landmark Supreme Court ruling in place that protected the Health Care Choices and bodily autonomy of all americans, and you undid it. You dont get to clog the toilet at a party and then say, i think we can all agree someone else will fix it. [ light laughter ] then theres trumps maga protege and Senate Candidate kari lake who ran for governor in arizona in 2022. You might remember her as the former tv anchor who used so much soft lighting in her zoom interviews that she looked like a. I. [ light laughter ] lake immediately ran away from the arizona ruling, issuing a statement that said, i oppose todays ruling. But theres one inconvenient wrinkle. Shes on the record repeatedly supporting it. We have a great law on the books right now, if that happens, we will be a state where we will not be taking the lives of our unborn anymore. Im incredibly thrilled that we are going to have a great law thats already on the books. I believe its ars133603. So it will prohibit abortion in arizona, except to save the life of a mother. And i think were going to be setting the paving the way and setting course for other states to follow. Seth she cited the exact law by name in question, and now shes trying to pretend she opposes it. No, no, no, i didnt mean that ars133603. I mean the other ars133603. The one that makes it illegal to do a zoom interview without 12 different ring lights pointed directly at your face. [ light laughter ] trump cant escape accountability. He promised to overturn roe, he overturned roe. And then he bragged about overturning roe, it led to disastrous and deeply unpopular abortion bans across the country. And now trumps allies are planning another abortion crackdown if he wins a second term. It doesnt matter if trump says hell leave it up to the states. Theres no reason to believe him. Hell say whatever he thinks will help him win the election and stay out of jail. But i dont know, i dont know why hes so worried. Think of it this way, donald. Spending a few years in jail is not the worst thing in the world. Seth this has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] well be right back with kirsten dunst, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] announcer for more of seths closer looks, be sure to subscribe to late night on youtube. watch me by biig piig cause i feel it light up can you spark this fire . And watch me move for you move move and watch me move maybe you should settle down and watch me