Of american drama was criticized by meryl streep. [ laughter ] [ applause ] Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said yesterday republicans will begin repealing obamacare by the end of the week. But dont worry, hes not taking away your health care, hes just storing it in his cheeks for the winter. [ laughter and applause ] the movie la la land won a record seven Golden Globes last night. The movie tells the story of a struggling jazz musician named sebastian who against all odds is white. [ light laughter ] a new poll shows that 55 of americans are confident that donald trump will defend u. S. Interests abroad. But an internet poll shows that 100 of americans are confident that [ russian accent ] comrade trump will be Great Success for glorious u. S. And also a. [ applause ] u. S. And a. Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway said today that the media should not focus on what donald trump says and instead report on what is in his heart. Although, really, how much is there to report about chicken grease . [ light laughter ] First Lady Michelle Obama gave her final white house speech on friday where she told young people to, quote, never fear. Thought it was weird that she told old people to, quote, watch your backs. [ laughter ] you are not safe. Watch your backs. More than 60 cities around the world celebrated the 16th annual nopants subway ride yesterday. Or as that one guy on your train calls it sunday. [ light laughter ] a woman at a hospital in detroit last week wore an electronic chewbacca mask while giving birth. And while getting pregnant, said her husband, whos weird. [ laughter ] a man is claiming that his struggle with sleep apnea caused him to grope a womans breasts on a flight. Said the woman, nice try, mr. President elect. [ laughter and applause ] its a condition. Its a medical condition. [ light laughter ] on this day in 1493, Christopher Columbus famously mistook three manatees for mermaids, describing them as not half as beautiful as they are painted. Even weirder, he added, but twice as good in the sack. [ light laughter ] youre not wrong. [ light laughter ] and finally, today was the ten Year Anniversary of the iphone. Which makes tomorrow the ten Year Anniversary of your second iphone. [ laughter and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a fantastic show for you tonight. Hes in the new movies the book of love. Hes one of our dear friends. Jason sudeikis is on the show tonight. [cheers and applause] shes one of the stars of hulus the path, now in its Second Season. Michelle monaghan is joining us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] and he has a fantastic special called the messy truth, its back on cnn. Van jones is joining us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] a very interesting guy that im looking forward to talking to. Before we get to all that, the transition to Donald Trumps presidency has been just as chaotic in the first week of 2017 as it was before the new year. From the ongoing dispute over russian hacking to the gops attempt to ram through cabinet appointments without fully vetting them. Also, tweets. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ applause ] seth president ial transitions are a time to project an image of calm and stability by, for example, holding regular press conferences, or giving interviews. Instead, trump has continued he habit of tweeting obsessively about some of the least important things you could possibly imagine, like the ratings for the allnew celebrity apprentice. That a looks at this. He tweeted, wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got swamped or destroyed by comparison to the ratings machine djt. Referring to himself, clearly. So much for being a movie star. The president elect ends the tweet with this, but who cares . He supported kasich and hillary. Seth when you end a tweet with the words who cares, we all know the answer is you. [ laughter ] you care. And clearly this isnt exactly a carefully thoughtout communication strategy, because one of trumps senior advisers and spokespeople, Kellyanne Conway, found out about the tweets while she was on the air on fox news. Okay, look at this. Uhoh. Your boss just tweeted again. Wow, the ratings are in and Arnold Schwarzenegger got swamped or destroyed by comparison to the ratings machine donald j. Trump. And then, so much for. Theyll be another one coming up. Hes typing yeah, hes typing. Well, good for him. [ laughter ] seth hes typing. Good for him. She talks about him like hes a monkey at the state fair. Hes typing in overalls, no less [ applause ] trumps impulsive stream of consciousness tweets might seem embarrassing for an incoming president , but trump is apparently proud of his twitter presence. So proud, that according to the washington post, he boasts to friends, aides, and journalists alike, about the quality of his writing and claims that people call him the Ernest Hemingway of twitter. [ audience ohs ] [ laughter ] though i would say youre just the ernest of twitter. [ applause ] seriously, if Ernest Hemingway heard you say that, he would kill himself again. [ laughter ] and any hopes that trump would start this week focused on serious issues were shattered when meryl streep while not mentioning him by name had this to say at the Golden Globes. When the powerful u their position to bully others, we all lose. Seth and sure enough, this morning the president elect responded to streep in a series of tweets, including one that said meryl streep, one of the most overrated actresses in hollywood, doesnt know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes. Overrated . Shes so good, people use her to compliment people in other professions. Like lebron james is the meryl streep of basketball. Or donald trump is the meryl streep of having thin skin. [ laughter ] now, whether these tweets are calculated distractions or just the ramblings of an unhinged narcissist, its clear trump would much rather talk about his feud with meryl streep than say the fact that intelligence officials believe russia hacked the Democratic National committee and the Clinton Campaign to help trump win the election. Since the election, trump has responded to the findings of the Intelligence Community by openly mocking them while showering praise on Vladimir Putin. Mr. Trump tweeted late friday that, quote, Vladimir Putin said today about hillary and dems, in my opinion, it is humiliating. One must be able to lose with dignity. So true. Donald trump tweeted, praising putin, great move on delay by v. Putin. I always knew he was very smart. Seth yeah, just so you know, you dont need the v. [ light laughter ] we know which putin. No one is thinking dave putin . From putin chevrolet . [ light laughter ] in fact, rather than criticize russia for allegedly stealing private data and waging a Disinformation Campaign to interfere with the election, trump and his team have attacked the democrats for getting hacked in the first place. On friday, trump tweeted, gross negligence by the Democratic National committee allowed hacking to take place. So i guess it was gross negligence when trump himself announced in 2013, my twitter has been seriously hacked. We are looking for the perpetrators. Incidentally the best part about that 2013 hack was that all the hackers did was use trumps twitter account to post lil wayne lyrics. [ light laughter ] like this hacked trump tweet these hoes think they classy. Well thats the class im skippin. [ laughter ] and you can tell thats not trump, because he didnt say the hoes were overrated. [ light laughter ] and its important to question trumps word on anything hacking related, since he doesnt seem to have a firm grasp of how the technology works. Take this comment from an impromptu press appearance just before the new year, when he said this about the allegations of russian hacking. I think we ought to get on with our lives. I think that computers have complicated lives very greatly. The whole, you know, age of computer has made it where nobody knows exactly whats going on. [ light laughter ] seth well, if the age of computer is when don king just stands there and waves a giant american flag, i think trump is right nobody knows whats going on. [ laughter ] and then there was this comment on new years eve when trump claimed the best way to prevent hacking is to just not use computers to send important messages. You know, if you have something really important, write it out and have it delivered by courier, the oldfashioned way. Because ill tell you what, no computer is safe. I dont care what they say. No computer is safe. I have a boy whos 10 years old, he can do anything with a computer. You want something to really go without detection, write it out and have it sent by courier. Seth great. Or you could just go full lannister and communicate by raven. [ light laughter ] oh, wait, you cant. I just remembered a lannister always pays his debts. [ audience oohs ] [ applause ] so trump has praised Vladimir Putin and attacked the dnc instead of the russians for the hacking. And on top of that, he and his team have claimed repeatedly that even if russia did supply wikileaks with hacked emails from the dnc and the Clinton Campaign, it had no effect on the election. Like just yesterday when conway said donald trump won because of things having nothing to do with the hacks. Thats right. Wikileaks had no effect on the election. Which is why donald trump never bothered mentioning them on the campaign trail. Except for over 100 times. As our own team has said and wikileaks. Wikileaks that just came out. Wikileaks just actually came out wikileaks is amazing. Wikileaks i love wikileaks. Seth wikileaks [ light laughter ] i love it and i love to say it. Wikileaks [ light laughter ] hes just a boy in love with wikileaks. [ light laughter ] its only a matter of time before he shows up outside Julian Assanges window. [ laughter and applause ] the scary thing the scary thing about trumps feud with the Intelligence Community isnt that skepticism is bad. In fact, skepticism of anonymous intelligence claims is essential and healthy. The scary thing is who trump is listening to instead of the Intelligence Community. Take, for example, trumps pick for senior director of Strategic Communications for the National Security council, monica crowley. This weekend, cnn reported that crowley had plagiarized multiple sources in her 2012 book, including the new york times, wikipedia, and even a website for a podiatrist. [ light laughter ] thats right, trumps pick for director of Strategic Communications gets her info from a podiatrists website. Although, to be fair, her book was called pictures of weird feet. [ light laughter ] crowleys appointment is yet another sign that trump may not be surrounding himself with the most competent or ethical people. Which is why its important to review all his cabinet nominees carefully. For example, cabinet appointments normally go through an ethics review process before they have their confirmation hearings. But this year, trumps team is doing things a little differently. We are now just days from the start of confirmation hearings in washington for u. S. President elect Donald Trumps cabinet nominees. But the office of government ethics says several have still not been properly vetted. The problem . The office of government ethics has not received the nominees Financial Disclosure information. As government ethics watchdogs expressed great concerns about incomplete background checks. We seem to have lost contact with the trumppence transition since the election, the ethics chief complains to the president elects team. Seth lost contact with him . Did you try back stage at the miss usa pageant . [ light laughter ] so republicans are trying to ram through trumps cabinet appointments without vetting them first, and thats bad, because we need congress to exercise its oversight over a Trump Presidency that rife with potential for conflicts of interest and corruption. Trump also has a tendency to associate with some shady characters. Like at his new years party at his maralago club, where he bragged to a crowd of wealthy patrons that he was going to9 cut their taxes and take Health Insurance away from millions of people. All i can tell you is were going to do a good job. Okay . [ cheers ] your taxes are coming down. Regulations are coming off. Were going to get rid of obamacare, because [ cheers ] seth they cheered the prospect of people losing Health Insurance like nasa landing a rover on mars. The eagle has landed, and he does not have health or dental. [ light laughter ] but see that guy on trumps left celebrating . When he says theyre going to repeal obamacare, hes not just any old rich guy. According to the daily news, hes actually a convicted felon with ties to notorious gambino crime family boss, john gotti. And he goes by the nickname, and this is real, joey no socks. [ laughter ] are you sure thats the kind of guy you want to associate with . Im talking to you, joey. [ laughter and applause ] this has been a closer look. [ applause ] well be right back with our friend Jason Sudeikis, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] more people than ever are choosing nissan. Making us north americas Fastest Growing auto brand in 2016. 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Youre here, youre at portlandia, and last night were the Golden Globes. And our friend jimmy fallon hosted, did a fantastic job, i thought. Fred yeah. Yeah. Seth and yet i heard this morning, you hosted a companion awards show, is this true . Fred its very true. The same night. Seth what . Fred same night. Seth oh you hosted it was the exact same night. Fred the exact same night, yeah. And we did it out of columbus, ohio. Seth okay. [ light laughter ] fred and it was the nailies. Seth the nailies . Fred yeah. Seth and what do the nailies celebrate . Fred its just like expertness in carpenters. [ laughter ] seth okay. Fred carpentership. So its just they give a sort of nail. Seth okay. Fred on a you know. And there were about 33 people, recipients of the award. Seth about . Fred about. Seth okay. Fred some of them were kind of a gray area, because theyre still working on it. Seth yeah, oh yeah. Fred as they were, you know. Building the houses and stuff. Seth oh, i gotcha. Fred so these are really great carpenters. We have, you know, the guy who won for best door. [ laughter ] you know. Best hallway redoing. You know. [ light laughter ] seth how are the speeches . Fred not good. [ laughter ] very which is, i understand that. But they just didnt really understand the concept of like i mean, it was a lot of waiting. We had to wait for them to come up on stage and stuff. But there was one speech that was beautiful. Really gorgeous. By henry stevenson. Seth uhhuh. Fred know what i dont know if anyone knows him. [ laughter ] he worked on this airport. And he was just very like he was just very, like, humble. Seth uhhuh. Fred and he just very, very, like, heartfelt speech. Seth thats great. Fred yeah, it was great. It was really seth and as the host, were there musical numbers . Fred yes. [ laughter ] yes. Many musical numbers, and i think thats going to change for next year. Seth okay, great. Fred yeah. Seth well i cant wait for next years nailies. Thank you so much for being here. Fred armisen everybody. [ cheers and applause ] our first guest tonight is an actor and comedian you know for his work on saturday night live and in films such as horrible bosses and were the millers. He s