President obama pardoned two turkeys for thanksgiving today. Thanks, man, said the turkeys. [ light laughter ] donald trump yesterday formally offered ben carson the position of secretary of the department of housing and urban development, which is the first time trump has ever tried to get a black person in to housing. [ light laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] the macys thanksgiving day parade balloons were inflated this afternoon. Said one macys employee. [ breathing heavy ] [ light laughter ] can i go home now . [ laughter ] thats right, tomorrow is the macys thanksgiving day parade, and if theres one thing that can cheer hillary up right now, its balloons. [ laughter and applause ] one of tomorrows thanksgiving nfl games will feature the redskins taking on the cowboys, in a rematch of a rivalry that dates all the way back to the original thanksgiving. [ light laughter ] according to a new poll president obamas Approval Rating is at its highest in seven years. Also at its highest in seven years, joe bidens collar. [ light laughter ] and finally, cheerleaders at the university of kansas were suspended yesterday, after sending a snapchat spelling kkk with their sweaters with the caption kkk go trump. However theyve been hired as the cheerleaders for the kkk Basketball Team which is currently 037. [ light laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show for you tonight. [ cheers and applause ] hes a grammy Award Winning rapper. Curtis 50 cent jackson, is back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] she is an nbc news correspondent for my money and nobody worked harder during this election, katy tur is joining us. [ cheers and applause ] and we have a fantastic genre defying musician with us tonight, k. Flay will be playing some music for you. [ cheers and applause ] very, very excited about tomorrow night. Its our thanksgiving show. Its our third annual thanksgiving show, and just like our previous two thanksgiving shows, the only guest on the show will be my brother josh, and my parents hillary and larry. And we figure it will be late on thanksgiving night. You will have been home, youll have been with your family, youll have been talking politics all day probably, so the other promise to you is we will not mention politics at all tomorrow night. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] it will just be me and my family, welcoming you and your family. But thats tomorrow. [ light laughter ] as he prepares to take office, president elect donald trump is continuing to make progress appointing a cabinet, but at the same time hes also deflecting questions about his Business Empire. For more on this its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth trump has already received criticism for some of his cabinet picks, like his nominee for attorney general, alabama senator jeff sessions. Sessions was actually rejected by the senate once before. He was turned down for a federal judgeship in 1986, over comments he made that were seen as racist. And mind you, this was 30 years ago, when we were all okay with this. Oh, sexy girlfriend. [ laughter ] bonsai seth so 30 years ago, that wasnt considered racist, but sessions was. Why . Sessions has been accused of calling civil Rights Groups unamerican and communist inspired. Criticizing the Voting Rights act and its impact on southern states. He once said he was fine with the kkk, until he found out they smoked pot. [ light laughter ] seth and you can always tell whos high at a kkk meeting. [ light laughter ] now sessions has said he was making a joke, and also to be fair that was 30 years ago, but sessions recent record is also troubling. Hes been a hardliner in everything from immigration to Voting Rights. And along with his picks for chief strategist and National Security advisor, trumps early personal personnel choices have received glowing reviews from white nationalists, who are psyched. Its like christmas. White nationalists are cheering trumps choices, calling them a dream team and exactly what they want. Seth its the dream team, or if youre going by skin tone, the cream team. [ light laughter ] in their defense, it is kind of like christmas. The day that a middle eastern family was denied access to a hotel and basic health care. [ light laughter ] but trump still has more positions to fill, and on monday he met with former Texas Governor rick perry, who is reportedly being considered for energy secretary. Of course, the department of energy was actually one of the three federal agencies perry wanted to eliminate when he went in for president in 2012. But famously, he could not remember it when asked at a debate. The third agency of government. I would i would do away with the education, the um commerce. Commerce, and lets see i cant. The third one i cant, sorry. Oops. Seth thats right. Trump wants to put perry in charge of the department, that he couldnt even remember that he wanted to get rid of. [ light laughter ] and he had notes. [ laughter ] every day is going to be like 50 first dates with him. [ light laughter ] oh, man, department of energy. I hate this place. Wait, i work here . [ laughter ] really the best part of rick perry being considered for a cabinet post, is that he was also a contestant this season, on dancing with the stars. And on tuesday, the same man who might run our department of energy djayed for vanilla ice. Rick perry [ cheers and applause ] what was more surreal . Performing with vanilla ice here tonight, or your big meeting in new york yesterday . Oh, can i take no comment on that one at the moment. No, you can say performing here right now. Being with vanilla ice is always number one. [ cheers ] [ light laughter ] look its vanilla twice. [ laughter ] rick perry looks like he should be secretary of energy drinks. [ light laughter ] and then there are those who took themselves out of consideration for cabinet post, before even being offered one, like former president ial candidate ben carson. Whose spokesperson issued this statement when it was rumored that carson was being considered for the department of health and Human Services. Dr. Carson feels he has no government experience. Hes never run a federal agency. The last thing he would want to do, is take a position that could cripple the presidency. Seth aw, poor ben. No one has the heart to tell him he ran for president. [ laughter ] lets at least give carson credit for knowing hes not qualified to run the department of health and Human Services. That was the end of that right . Mr. Trump has reportedly offered the post of secretary of housing and urban development to ben carson. Seth ben, youre a neurosurgeon, would you like to run department of health and Human Services . No, im not qualified. What about housing secretary . Well, i do have a house. [ light laughter ] while trump continues to assemble a cabinet, hes also facing a barrage of questions over his foreign business ties and the conflicts of interests they could pose during his presidency. For example, trump promised throughout the campaign to get tough on china, but a Major Chinese bank currently pays for office space in trump tower. Meaning that, the president of the United States will be pocketing rent checks from a state run megabank, owned by the United StatesLargest Military and economic rival. Now, to be fair to trump, he might not have realized the bank is actually owned by china. Whats the banks name . The bank of china. [ light laughter ] i thought it was the plate kind of china. [ light laughter ] you know, like a bank for your plates. [ light laughter ] you would deposit plates, and then if you had a dinner party, you would take out the number of plates for the guests you had. And then if you didnt have room for the plates at your house, at the end of the meal, you deposit the plates. [ light laughter ] i cant believe this. Theyre a chinese bank. So we keep getting more reasons to worry that trump could use his office to benefit himself, and yet, in spite of all this mounting evidence, that trumps sprawling Business Empire could pose a massive problem for his presidency, he continues to insist everything is fine. Donald trump told the New York Times the law is on my side. The president cant have a conflict of interest. Seth the president cant have a conflict of interest. That statement raised a lot of eyebrows, especially because it echoed the words of a previous famously corrupt president. So what in a sense, youre saying is that, there are certain situations and the houston plan or that part of it was one of them, where the president can decide that its in the best interest of the nation, or something, and do something illegal. Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. [ laughter ] seth trump and nixon, just a couple of tricky dicks. This has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] guys, give it up for the 8g band right over there. [ cheers and applause ] also very excited our band leader, fred armisen, is back with us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] ive been so happy to have fred here this week. Weve been friends for so many years, and as any of you know, friendship is hard work, and frankly fred and i have some issues. And when we come back, fred and i are going to clear the air. So stick around for that. 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Jack knocked over a candlestick, onto the shag carpeting. And his pants ignited into flames, causing him to stop, drop and roll. Luckily jack recently had geico help him with renters insurance. Because all his belongings went up in flames. Jack got full replacement and now has new pants he ordered from banana republic. Visit geico. Com and see how affordable renters insurance can be. [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back, everybody. So fred, its been great having you here this week. Fred thank you. Im so happy to be here. Seth and along with being our band leader, we have been friends for a very long time. We have. Seth and sometimes when you have such a long and close relationship with someone there are moments when feelings get hurt. Fred thats true and you dont always have time to stop and say youre sorry. Seth so i thought with the time we have together right now, we would make amends for any past indiscretions weve committed against one another in a segment were calling, seth and fred clear the air. [ applause ] i will start, fred. Fred yes seth. [ light laughter ] seth im sorry that things have been so busy this week that we didnt get to go out to dinner even though i said we would. Do you forgive me . [ light laughter ] fred i hear you. [ laughter ] i understand. Im angry, im hurt. Im insulted. But seth, you are forgiven. Okay. My turn, seth. Seth yes, fred. Seth im sorry that instead of baby sitting your newborn son ash and taking frisbie to the dogpark, i baby sat frisbie and took ash to the dog park. [ laughter ] seth that was bad. Fred that was very, very bad. [ light laughter ] also i didnt tell you i took ash to the vet, okay . [ light laughter ] so, everything is fine. He has worms. [ laughter ] probably contracted from that pomeranian he was playing with at the dog park. Seth my baby has worms . [ light laughter ] its fine, okay . Were going to get him on some new kibble and its going to be fine, okay . Do you forgive me . Seth fred, you are forgiven. My turn, fred. Fred yes, seth. Seth im sorry that when i was in l. A. Last month i didnt give you a call. I was only there for two days. Fred wow [ laughter ] i actually wish you wouldnt have told me this. Seth i was in town real fast for a wedding. Fred will you give me a second to process this. [ light laughter ] you know, you caught me completely off guard, seth. Seth im i didnt think you would take this so hard. Fred you need to back off and give people the space they need to deal. [ light laughter ] seth okay, take all the time you need. Fred youre forgiven. [ laughter ] my turn seth. Seth yes, fred. Sometimes i just feel like i feel like its not really a feeling. Its a sense. And i get a sense this sense that there is an underlying its not me. Its not just me, you know. And its just the way that its how one would i think everyone, theres not, look its not [ light laughter ] its not the chewing. Its bigger. Its bigger than that. Its like, overall. Im trying to say i dont know, but i do know. And i want to know. I really do. You know what i mean . [ light laughter ] seth no. Fred you see, this is what im talking about. Seth well, ill try to be better. Fred i guess thats all you can do. [ light laughter ] seth, you are forgiven. Seth fred. Fred yes, seth. Seth a little while back when we were both at snl, you asked me for help on a sketch. Fred oh, seth, i dont think its your turn. Seth no, its my turn. Fred didnt you just go . Seth no, you just went on a really long one. [ light laughter ] fred i went on a really long one and then you went and now its my turn. Seth no. Thats not what happened. [ laughter ] fred i disagree. I just really disagree, man. Seth well, im sorry about this misunderstanding. Fred well, seth, you are forgiven. [ light laughter ] seth oh, well, i feel like i didnt get one. Fred my turn. [ laughter ] seth. Seth yes, fred. Fred seth, i am really sorry for that time that i broke into your apartment and i trashed everything. I set all your books on fire and stole your tv. Seth oh, fred, that wasnt me. Fred that wasnt you . Seth no, my apartment is fine. Fred oh, who did i do that to, then . [ light laughter ] seth i dont know. Fred youre right. It wasnt you. It was angela lansbury. [ laughter ] seth the woman from murder she wrote . Fred yes, and mrs. Pots from beauty in the beast. Seth oh, she is so great. Fred shes great. An american treasure. Anyway, do you forgive me for burning down her apartment . [ light laughter ] seth oh, i dont know if its my place. Fred it is your place. So, do you forgive me . Seth sure, fred. Youre forgiven. My turn. Fred seth, stop, stop, stop. Theres an elephant in the room here. Seth okay. Fred okay, and i dont think its that big of a secret that i havent been here as much as i would have liked. Seth oh, fred, its okay, really. Fred no, no, not really. I want to apologize and i want to tell you that i am here now. I am present. Im not going anywhere. And [ phone buzzing ] ive been expecting this. [ light laughter ] seth thats fine. Fred hey. Im not really doing anything right now. [ light laughter ] a dennys commercial, okay . It pays little money, okay. Where do i travel . Omaha . Okay. [ light laughter ] when do i go . Tonight, now. Okay. Wow, thank you very much. Very exciting. Okay. Ill be there very soon. Oh, seth, that was my uncle. [ laughter ] i got some very, very sad news and i really have to go. Seth fred, i was here for the entire call. [ laughter ] youre lying to my face. Fred and i apologize for that. [ light laughter ] do you forgive me . Seth fred, you are forgiven. And even though youre not always around, fred, i am so happy that you have been here this week. Nevermind. [ laughter ] this has been seth and fred clear the air. Well be right back with curtis 50 cent jackson. [ cheers and applause ] don and i met because im a volunteer for meals on wheels. We had an instant connection. What was that . I said, delivering to you is always a special treat. Oh. Company, companionship, food. We all need those things. When we get in that spot in life, its kind of nice to have em there. avo through the subaru share the love event, weve helped deliver over one point four million meals to those in need. Get a new subaru, and well donate two hundred and fifty dollars more. Put a little love in your heart. This year at tmobile, the holidays are on us switch your family of four to tmobile, get unlimited everything, and well give you 800. Thats right 800 to spend anywhere you want. 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As i was saying, before my sister rudely interrupted, i dont know why im so disgustingly generous. By giving you guys luxurious pajamas from old navy. Awe thank you. I dont want to make you feel bad but i was like. You told me that the entire store was up to 60 off at old navy. Shut your mouth. Those pants were seven bucks. New game truth or dare should i crawl around like a cat . Meow. Meow. [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back to the show. Our first guest tonight is a grammy Award Winning rapper, as well as an entrepreneur and actor you know from the hit series power. His limited edition line of mens undergarments frigo crown is available through iwearfrigo. Com and at Neiman Marcus starting in december. Please welcome back to the show curtis 50 cent jackson. [ cheers and applause ] seth welcome back. Im happy to be back, seth. Seth and im happy to have you. I forgot to ask you this last time you were here. Which is, you sold over 30 million albums. Youre known worldwide. 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