Its the same reason he cancelled yesterdays meeting with highlights magazine. [ laughter ] president obama today awarded 21 people with the president ial medal of freedom. Said obama, youre free quick, go before he sees you. [ light laughter ] donald trump has begun outlining the first issues he plans to tackle while in office including a 1 trillion plan to improve airports, bridges and roads. Roads, where were going, we wont need roads. Donald trump said this afternoon that he was surprised one of his top picks for secretary of defense is not in favor of waterboarding. Man, you think you know somebody and then they turn out to be a decent human being. [ light laughter ] when asked this afternoon if he reads the New York Times donald trump told reporters, quote, i do read it. Unfortunately. Id live about 20 years longer if i didnt. Got your paper, sir Hillary Clinton was spotted over the weekend shopping at a local rhode island bookstore while Donald Trumpstill prefers borders. [ applause ] donald trump has put out a Youtube Video outlining his plans for creating jobs. Then in another video he explained how to outline almond shaped eyes. [ light laughter ] apples top designers created a special Christmas Tree that does not feature any lights or decorations. Said the designer, i didnt know this was due today. [ laughter ] and finally producers have started developing an untitled biopic about former Vice President dick cheney and we actually have a clip of it right here. [ gunshot ] looks good. Looks good. You guys we have a fantastic shes the editor at large at o magazine and cohost of cbs this morning gayle king, is back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] he is the star of broadways, dear even Hansen Ben Platt is here. [ cheers and applause ] and its a fantastic show, and very exciting. He and his cast will be doing a performance of waving through a window from the play dear evan hansen. So thats very exciting. Youre here on a great night. Also a reminder, this is the third year we will be doin night. And for the third year running the only guest on the show will be my brother and my parents. So catch that, make sure you check it out. I figure if im gonna spend it with my parents, might as well get them to work for it. All right. Moving on. President elect donald trump continues to face increasing scrutiny over his foreign business ties, and the conflicts of interest that could pose during his administration. With some experts even warning they could violate the constitution. For more on this its time for a seth because donald trump refused to release his tax returns. We know very little about how his financial dealings might effect his presidency but trump has been able to distract from those questions by stirring speculation about his cabinet picks. Every time he hints at a new name the media runs wild with it. President elect Donald Trumps white house takes shape. Mitt romney a top candidate for the secretary of state spot. Other names in the mix, House Speaker newt gingrich. Newt he tells nbc news he wont be in the cabinet. Rudy giuliani is the leading candidate for secretary of state. It looks as if Rudy Giuliani is no longer the leading candidate to be secretary of state. John bolton might be trumps choice for secretary of state. John bolton is no longer under serious consideration for secretary of state. We have seen a number of cabinet prospects paraded in front of the cameras all day long. It has been sort of a reality tv show. Seth everybody is in the running. Well, almost everybody. Im standing right here. Trumps obsession with spectacles even seems to dictate in a large part who hes interested in picking for his cabinet. More so than their actual qualifications. According to the New York Times trump was interested in romney despite their rocky past because quote, trump believes that mr. Romney with his patrician bearing looks the part of a top diplomat right out of central casting. [ light laughter ] do you think he looks like a diplomat . I think he looks a lot more like Ferris Buellers dad. [ laughter ] since we just elected a president who respects the rules as much as ferris bueller. In the end its hard to tell whats serious and whats not. Because trump just enjoys the game of it. As the times reported trump loves the tension and drama of the selection process. And is thought to stoke it. A Senior Advisor described the meeting in part as mr. Romney simply coming to pay his respects to the president elect and kiss his ring. And just look at all the psychological mind games at play you to come. Nope, no dont come to the top step yet. The top step is for me. Okay now lets do that awkward white guy pat. Pat, pat, there we go, pat, another pat, and then come on in and one last pat. And while trump has been parading contestants for cabinet spots in front of the media he has also been scolding that same media for what he claims is their bias coverage of him. At an off the record meeting with anchors and media executives, monday. Trump reportedly laud he even complained to the president of nbc news that, quote, the network won run a nice picture of him. Instead choosing this picture of me made a face with a double chin. What picture do you mean . Oh, that one. Okay, right. No, no, no thats right. That was pretty bad. Thats not fair that they used that. That is not fair. In fact, lets switch it for something else. There we go. Aggressive free press holding him accountable. Specifically on his promises to separate his Business Empire from his administration. During the campaign for example, he claimed that if he won the presidency he would have nothing to do with his business. If i become president i couldnt care less about my company. Its peanuts. I want to make i want to use that same up here whatever that may be to make america rich again and to make America Great again. Seth that same up here whatever it may be. Only trump could brag about how smart he is and forget the word brain. You know, the thing up here. Whats the word for it . Skull meat . But in fact, trump doesnt seem to be taking any steps so far to separate his business from his government work. For example, we told you yesterday about how trumps new hotel in washington d. C. Was pitching itself to foreign diplomats as a place to stay. While those diplomats are in town doing business with trumps government. And then there was also trumps to be running his transition. And then there was the fact that his daughter ivanka, who trump said would run his business while he governed sat in with him on an official meeting with the Prime Minister of japan. It started with what as billed as a courtesy call. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe slipping in a back elevator at trump tower to meet the president elect. Trumps daughter ivanka in attendance, but neither reporters nor their cameras were at the meeting which reportedly included a gift to trump of a golf club like this one. A gold honma beres driver worth nearly 4,000. Seth a bullying authoritarian who meets in secrets with foreign leaders and receives gifts of gold. Were probably a month away from trump growing out a Saddam Hussein mustache. Of course his mustache would probably look like this. [ light laughter ] and then it emerged on monday that trump had reportedly used the congratulatory call from argentinas president to push for a stalled building project in buenos aires. Now spokespeople for both trump and the argentinean president we have no way of knowing if its true or not because journalists werent even notified about the call, and werent briefed on it. In fact, the only other person who was invited to join the call was once again ivanka trump. Im starting to think we might end up with a woman president after all. [ light laughter ] now trump could have responded to these concerns by pledging to liquidate his holdings or put his assets in a legitimately blind trust. Instead donald trump has spent months accusing Hillary Clinton of pay to play politics and corruption tweeted this resp last night quote, prior to the election it was wellknown that i have interest in properties all over the world. Only the Crooked Media makes this a big deal. Yeah the Crooked Media has some kind of crooked hard on for the crooked constitution. [ light laughter ] now there arent any laws preventing the president from running a business but legal experts are warning that if trump receives foreign money through his hotels or any other part of his company while hes president. Not only could that be unethical it could actually be a violation of a clause in the constitution the founders were so concerned about bribes, they barred them in two different parts of the constitution. The, emoluments clause which bars officials from accepting presents or benefits from foreign influences and then the impeachment clause. The founders reserved impeachment to address high crimes by president s and they only listed two of them by name. Treason and bribery. Seth treason and bribery which incidentally were both majors at trump university. [ laughter ] in the end this should mean a serious concern not just to trump critics but to his supporters as well. Remember trump spent the closing weeks of the campaign promising to tackle corruption in washington. And as he put it. Were going to drain the swamp in washington d. C. Seth thats right. 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Sir, you give me that salad and i will pay for your movie and one snack box. Can i pick the genre . Yes, but it has to be a comedy. A little cash back on the side. With the blue cash everyday card from american express, you get cash back on purchases with no annual fee. Throw. Its more than cash back. Its backed by the service and security of american express. . . [ cheers and applause ] band right over here. [ cheers and applause ] also, were so thankful to have fred armisen with us this week. [ cheers and applause ] thanksgiving week, so thankful to have fred. And one of the things i love most about having fred here, we both love tv, fred, would you say thats true . Fred love it. Everything. Seth and you always say, what shows are you watching and ill name one or two shows, then i say to fred, what shows are you watching and you say, all of them. Fred everything. Yes. Seth you claim you watch every Television Show that airs at any given time. Fred every episode. Seth and i i claim thats impossible. Fred t seth okay, that means its time once again for Fred Armisens extremely accurate tv recap. . . Seth so, heres how this works, i try to prove that fred is lying when he says he watches every show. Im going to name the title of the show and freds going to tell us whats it about. What its about. Masha and the bear. Fred masha and the bear. Masha and the bear. Seth uhhuh. [ light laughter ] fred you know masha and the bear . Seth i do not. Thats why i asked you. Fred i told you about masha and the bear, didnt i seth you did not. Fred didnt i Say Something . Seth no, i dont think so. Seth great. Fred, what is it about . [ light laughter ] fred its a casino. Its a casino drama and the editing is great. Its like a lot of like the Spinning Wheel and the cards and the sort of like you see las vegas all the casinos, like, you know, its like so fast pace. And like people are up all night. And theyre coming in and theres like a lot of the dealers are there. A lot of like poker faces. A lot of poker faces. Seth a lot of poker faces. [ laughter ] fred you know, like theyre just seth you can see a lot of people who y fred you dont know what they have. You dont know what theyre holding so they have like aces, jokers, you know seth i know the cards. [ laughter ] fred you know the cards, yeah. All of them. So, theyre just holding them. But, they dont know what the other one has so they just sort of lay them down and theyre like, you know, im out or whatever. I fold. I fold. [ laughter ] so, masha and the bear, its one of the casinos. Seth theres a casino called masha and the bear. That does not seem like a normal name for a casino. Fred well youve got to [ laughter ] fred theres a reason why its called that. And theres all of these tourists that come in and they try to gamble and you just see what unfolds. Yeah. Seth who is the name character . Fred masha. Seth that sounds great, but according to tv guide its an animated show about a spunky russian girl who lives without parents in the forest with a pig, a goat and a brown bear. Fred and they gamble. Seth okay, they probably just didnt have room to fit that in. Fred right, yeah. Seth give it up for fred armisen everybody. [ cheers and applause ] Emmy Award Winning journalist. She can be seen weekdays as cohost of cbs this morning. Shes also the editor at large for o, the Oprah Magazine. The annual oprahs favorite things issue is on stands right now. Please welcome back to the show our friend gayle king, everybody. . . [ cheers and applause ] seth how are you . I love masha and the bear. Seth youre a big fan of masha and the bear as well . Yes, i love that show, fred. Seth you like casino dramas. Yes. Seth also congratulations of favorite things. Oh, thanks, thanks, thanks. Seth our favorite thing, this is an annual a big deal. I was psyched about that. You know, it was a big trademark when the oprah show was on and we thought after the show went off the air, can we still pull it off in the magazine and years later, we can, seth. We can. Seth thats fantastic. We can. Seth and you are integral did you bring something for me, first . Yes, i did. Seth is this in the is this on the list . This is on the list. Seth oh my goodness. Can we please get a tight shot of the wrapping paper . Seth so, what is this wrapping paper . Thats you. [ laughter ] i bet you dont have anything wrapped like this. Would you like to open it . Seth i would love to open it. Well, i mean, i think i know what it is. This is from oprah. Yeah, this is from oprah. Seth this is from oprah . Yeah. Seth oh my goodness. Oprah wanted you to be on the wrapping paper. To seth, love oprah. Thats really great. Wow. [ laughter ] silver oak wine. Seth thats fantastic. [ cheers ] too. Here, shall we . Shes a big wine drinker. And i heard that you actually like this kind of wine. Seth i do. This is silver oak wine, right . Yep. Seth is this on the list . It is on the list. Seth and is that wrapping paper with your face on it on the list. No, i did that just for you. Seth okay, thanks. I did that just for you. Seth cheers. Cheers. I actually, seth, dont drink, but i hear this is very good wine. [ light laughter ] theres something else. Seth so, whats on the list . So listen, its the biggest list that weve ever had, over 101 items and ranges in price from 0 to 15,000, a big screen tv. Seth whats zero . Zero, its a game. Seth oh, a game that you play a game that you play online. Seth okay, great. See, so its sort of like candy crush meets wheel of fortune except with oprah, its quotations. So if you fill it out, and you do the puzzle correctly, you get a quotation from oprah, from maya angelou, from lady gaga. Shes very big on words, as you know. Seth of course. So that its called bold move so thats free, and then seth now i want to ask this and, and if you this is what we did. You dont even have to do christmas shopping, guys. Weve done it all for you. Seth really . Yeah. Seth like we just call you and you bring the stuff over . You just call me and you order it through amazon. Seth okay, there you go. [ laughter ] so everything is available on amazon. Yeah, but thats the beauty of it, its available through many places, but we teamed up with amazon this year. So you can do a click of one button and get everything. Seth thats great, now when you put this list together, does oprah then come into the end or is she there the whole time . Well, no, no, no. So we start working on it maybe six months out. Its a whole big to do as you might imagine. And we narrow it down and then she comes in, and picks the things that she really likes. But whats so interesting, well pick something that we like and shell say, well, its called o, the Oprah Magazine. gayle, when you have a magazine then you can put your list on it. [ light laughter ] you know so we, you know seth would you cal