To a black athlete kneeling. [ laughter and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] President Trump yesterday called for a boycott of the nfl as players refused to stand for the National Anthem. Dude, youre going after the nfl . Thats the most conservative league in sports. The owners their owners donated millions to your campaign. Thatd be like trying to fire your attorney general, even though hes the most conservative guy in the world, who was your first supporter in the senate and oh, my god you did that too. [ laughter and applause ] donald, why . Why do you antagonize everybody who loves you, you are not good at this. [ light laughter ] after condemning nfl players for kneeling during the National Anthem this weekend, President Trump, today, tweeted his support for nascar, said trump, oh yeah, im really in to racing, i guess you could say [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] Melania Trump this weekend, took her first solo trip abroad as first lady, and everything was going great until secret Service Found her and brought her back. [ laughter and applause ] no me . Im lemania prump. [ light laughter ] german chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday, won her fourth term in an election, and heres a picture of her celebrating. [ laughter and applause ] according to politico, President Trumps soninlaw and Senior AdvisorJared Kushner used a private email account to correspond with other administration officials. In his defense, its always the same message. [ laughter and applause ] those things are expensive. Theyre expensive to replace. [ light laughter ] new Research Shows that new york city is the most popular city in america to have a threesome. [ cheers ] when asked why i think anyone who cheered has not had one. [ laughter and applause ] i think if you cheered that news twosomes and lower. [ laughter and applause ] new Research Shows that new york city is the most popular city in america to have a threesome, when asked why, respondents said we can only afford a one bedroom. [ laughter and applause ] Martin Scorsese has partnered with the organization masterclass, to teach an online course. Even weirder, its a course on eyebrow threading. [ laughter ] thats right, Martin Scorsese will be teaching an online class on film making, michael bay. [ laughter and applause ] and finally, today was National Comic book day, so congratulations to the guy with the most issues. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a fantastic show for you tonight. Hes one of our favorites, he is a star of the Big Bang Theory and now the new series Young Sheldon both on cbs, jim parsons, is back everybody. [ cheers and applause ] and she is one of the stars on nbcs fantastic show, this is us, chrissy metz, is joining us for the first time tonight. [ cheers and applause ] and we are going to have music from a fantastic singer songwriter ruston kelly is on our show. [ cheers and applause ] im so excited to hear him do his thing. Before we get to all that, the Trump Administration is dealing with crises both natural and of its own making. From hurricanes to a series of scandals involving cabinet members. So, naturally President Trump spent the weekend attacking athletes for peacefully protesting police brutality. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause ] seth tensions with north korea over its Nuclear Program are escalating and theres currently, an urgent humanitarian crisis in puerto rico, where more than three million american citizens are currently without power after hurricane maria. So President Trump decided, what are nation needed most, this past weekend was one more [ bleep ] thing for us to deal with. President donald trump says, athletes who take a knee during the National Anthem should be fired. It all started on friday, when President Trump went on a tear during a rally in alabama. Heres a reminder of what he said, and, i should warn you, some, especially young ones in the room are going to find this language offensive. Wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, just say get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out, hes fired. [ cheers and applause ] hes fired seth lets just take a step back and consider how embarrassing it is, that news anchors now have to introduce comments from the president by warning little children to leave the room. [ cheers and applause ] donald trump donald trump is our first nc17 president. [ light laughter ] and its not even a good nc17 movie. Trump is basically the show girls of president s. [ audience ohs ] trumps president ial library is going to be in the back of the video store where they keep all the pornos. [ light laughter ] youre going to have to enter through a beaded curtain. [ light laughter ] you guys got the state of the union back here . [ laughter and applause ] trumps unhinged rant only got worse from there, when he bizarrely suggested that nfl ratings were down, because people would rather watch him. The nfl ratings are down massively. Now, the number one reason happens to be that they like watching whats happening on you know, with yours truly. Seth thats right. In Donald Trumps mind, people are turning off nfl games, gathering their friends and ordering pizza to watch an out of shape blow hard shuffle around like he got separated from a tour group. But [ cheers and applause ] but when you think about it, trump is better than the nfl because with trump, you get all of the concussions with none of the hitting. [ laughter ] trump talks like he just got his bell rung, someone should always be checking his eyes with a pen flashlight. How many fingers am i holding up . Three million illegal voters. This guys done for the day. [ laughter and applause ] this guys done for the day. Trump then went on to claim that the other reason ratings are down is that viewers are turning off games when they see players kneel during the anthem. But you know whats hurting the game more than that . When people like yourselves turn on television and you see those people taking the knee when theyre playing our great National Anthem. [ audience boos ] seth sorry, what . [ light laughter ] what was that hand motion . Can we see that again . [ light laughter ] does he turn his tv off by stabbing it . [ laughter and applause ] or is that just him poking his butler to make him change it. I dont like this anymore, turn it off, jeeves [ laughter and applause ] very well, sir, very well. Trump then doubled down on his claim about the ratings and attendance. Tweeting over the weekend, if nfl fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our flag and country, you will see change take place fast. Fire or suspend. And by asking fans to boycott the league, trump was attacking the pocket book of many who had used their pocket books to help trump. Mr. Trumps criticism lead to sideline demonstrations yesterday at stadiums across the country. During the anthem, players joined arms, sat, or knelt. Even redskins owner, dan snyder, a trump supporter joined in. Shahid khan the leagues only muslim owner and a trump supporter locked arms with his team, the jacksonville jaguars. New England Patriots owner bob kraft who gave mr. Trump a super bowl ring and contributed to his Campaign Says he was deeply disappointed by the president s comments. Seth he gave trump a super bowl ring and now trump is attacking the nfl. This is a reminder that supporting trump is a lot like robbing a bank. Just when you think you got away with it, the dye pack explodes. [ explosion ] [ applause ] by now, it should be clear to everyone who donald trump is and what he represents. When black athletes peacefully protest racism and police brutality, trump has no trouble summoning his outrage, but when White Supremacists march with nazi flags and confederate flags through the streets of an american city, he equivocates and then defends them. But trump wasnt content to feud with just one massively popular Sports League this weekend. He decided to tangle with the nba as well, after seeing a fox and friends segment on steph currys decision not to go to the whitehouse with the golden state warriors. Trump saw that and tweeted, going to the white house is considered a great honor for a championship team. Stephen curry is hesitating therefore, invitation is withdrawn. [ light laughter ] but this prompted a response from lebron james himself, who tweeted at trump, you bum. Steph curry already said he aint going, so therefore, aint no invite, going to the white donald trump a bum . Donald trump a bum . Bum is such a great old timey sports insult. [ light laughter ] he talks about the president the way guys in fedoras used to talk about a 42yearold overweight boxer, hes a bum. [ light laughter ] there were so many memorable responses to the president s comments this weekend, but if you were angry and frustrated, you might have found some catharsis in this tweet, from Buffalo Bills running back, lesean mccoy, who wrote, its really sad, man, our president is an ass[ bleep ]. [ cheers and applause ] and i have to say the most devastating part of that is the ellipsis, you can almost see mccoy tensing his fingertips and going, hmm, how shall i put this, ah, i know, accurately. [ light laughter ] because you think hes gearing up for a longer rant, and then he just calls the president an ass[ bleep ]. [ light laughter ] thats like sending a friend a text that says, i have something very important i need to tell you. And then typing for ten minutes so all they see are dots and then following up with, you suck. [ light laughter ] trump, of course, only dug in after that, obsessively tweeting over the weekend about sports, despite tweeting not once about the crisis in puerto rico. On saturday he wrote, if a player wants the privilege of making millions of dollars in the nfl, or other leagues, he or she should not be allowed to disrespect our Great American flag. Okay, first of all, its not a privilege, the players are the sport, and without them, there is no league. Theres a reason directv has a red zone channel and not an owners box channel. And second, it wasnt just athletes protesting police brutality, who stood up against trump this weekend. He also earned harsh rebukes from football analysts, who arent exactly known as radicals. What would you say to the president about all this stuff . I would say he should apologize. Theyre not s. O. B. S. Theyre smart, thoughtful guys. When i heard the comments, i was so disappointed because i believe the comments are completely contradictory to what the flag represents. Seth there was even this comment from trump supporter, rex ryan. I supported donald trump, you know, i sat back and when he asked me to introduce him at a rally, you know, in buffalo, i did that. [ light laughter ] but im reading these comments and its its appalling to me. Seth oh, so you supported trump and then he let you down . Better cover your eyes. [ explosion ] it will go off. [ laughter and applause ] look, these athletes arent just speaking for themselves, theyre using their platform to call attention to Racial Injustice and speak out for others and here now to use her platform to do the same, late night writer, amber ruffin. [ cheers and applause ] yay thanks, seth fool, you cannot win a twitter war against black people. What is wrong with you . [ light laughter ] i woke up on saturday and heard, trump is attacking black people. And i was like, he is . And then they were like verbally. And i was like, oh, thank god. [ light laughter ] trump said, when people kneel for the National Anthem they should, kick that son of a bitch off the field. You know someone is racist when they dont even want black people in their field. [ light laughter ] and, for the record, i would take a knee in a second unless a black lady was singing the National Anthem, because that is too dang long to be on one knee. [ laughter ] then trump disinvited steph curry to the white house after he said he wasnt going. Thats like me saying, taye diggs, you can never come over to my house. He wasnt coming over in the first place [ laughter and applause ] taye, this was just a joke for a television show. Please come to my home any time you like. If my husband answers the door, dont worry, he knows of our arrangement. [ light laughter ] i get taye diggs and he gets an hour of silence. People are on twitter talking about how the players are ungrateful. There is not enough time to unpack why that is a gross thing to say to a black person. Also how are black people ungrateful when you called the white house a dump. Dont nobody want to eat at your dump with you. [ laughter and applause ] also, no athlete wants to have dinner with you because no one wants to eat whatever it is you eat. Because maybe its the food you eat that makes you look like that. [ cheers and applause ] you guys, this is about racial inequality. Look, if you have a problem with black people loudly protesting and silently protesting, then what you have a problem with, is black people. What is your ideal form of black protest, write down our complaints, put them in a bottle and throw them in the [ bleep ] ocean . Would you like it if our complaints were mournfully sung in an old negro spiritual . If he keeps on a tweeting ima going to be pissed [ cheers and applause ] oh, my god, that does make me feel better. Look, let me be clear about what is happening here, trump is trying to make sure to let black people know that if we dont fall in line, we will be punished. Well guess what . If slavery didnt break us, this idiot certainly cant, you raggedy fool [ cheers and applause ] back to you seth [ cheers and applause ] seth amber ruffin everybody [ cheers and applause ] this weekend was in many ways the perfect distillation of trumps presidency. Feeding his base racial and cultural resentments, in order to keep them on his side, as his team of corrupt authoritarians tries to swindle hard working americans out of their health care. Or, you know what . To quote lesean mccoy, our president is an ass[ bleep ]. [ cheers and applause ] this has been a closer look. 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[ cheers and applause ] also sitting with us this week, hes one of the most versatile drummers in the world, and currently plays with ringo starr in his allstar band. Ringo and the band are about to begin a fall tour, which kicks off october 13th at Planet Hollywood in las vegas. Gregg bissonette is here, everybody [ cheers and applause ] thank you, thank you. Seth thanks for being here, gregg. Great to be here, seth, thank you. Seth our first guest tonight is an emmywinning actor you know from his work as Sheldon Cooper on the hit comedy the Big Bang Theory which just began its eleventh season on cbs. He narrates and executive produces the prequel series Young Sheldon which airs right after the Big Bang Theory when it moves to thursdays, november 2nd. Lets take a look. And when i figured out that trains allowed me to prove newtons first law, an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force, i felt like Neil Armstrong on the moon. Alone and happy. Shelly, dinners ready. I dont care how dim witted you are, scientific principles have to make you smile. Of course nobody i knew in east texas in 1989 cared about newtonian physics. But the only newtons they cared about were wayne and fig. Seth please welcome back to the show jim parsons, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] seth hi, there hi, how are you . Seth im so happy to have you back. Im so happy to be here. Great opening. Seth oh, thank you very much. I love the commentary, that was fantastic. She dropped the