Im seth meyers. This is late night. We hope youre doing well. And now if you dont mind, were going to get to the news the Supreme Court ruled today that states cannot keep former President Trump off their ballots because of his alleged involvement in the Capitol Attack in fact, Clarence Thomas said trump could even pick the font [ laughter ] thats right, the Supreme Court ruled that states cannot keep trump off their ballots, which means that the Supreme Court remains the only place where trump can win the popular vote [ laughter ] President Biden met last week with the Prime Minister of italy, i assume to apologize [ laughter ] it wasnt my choice no joke. It wasnt my choice. While learning the white house on friday to travel to camp david, President Biden carried a hard cover copy of the book possible how we survive and thrive in an age of conflict because nothing says im ready to face the issues of a modern world like Walking Around with a hard cover book. [ laughter ] in a new inter
Uhhuh. [ laughter ] did you wear Something Like this to your high school . This is normally what you would wear to a High School Prom, right . Yeah. Where was your High School Prom . It was in craduck. Craduck . Yes, where i was living at the time. [ laughter ] where is excuse me, tom, where is craduck . Its in virginia. Craduck, virginia. [ applause ] who did you take to your High School Prom . Her name was glena joyce quinn. Where do girls in the south always have three names. Its like kitty ann litter. [ laughter ] [ applause ] glenus no glena joyce. Her name was sam actually. Whatever happened to her . That evening . Its not fair im laying the monologue off on tom tonight. Tommy tommys a great musician but for excitement, i mean tommys idea of a big saturday night is go down to rolfs market, pick up 11 items and sneak in the express line. Just to cause trouble. [ laughter ] are we in august all right . All right. And you were standing outside . Yes. I think its about 98 out here in
Loose in the audience. [ laughter ] what a cheap way to get more applause. Thank you for coming. You sound in a very good mood tonight. They found another killer bee in the state of california yesterday. And they are mean. How mean are they . [ laughter ] whenever you see a bee with a tattoo that says born to raise hell [ laughter ] you know what the trouble with the bees is they are very macho. And right after pollinating a flower they just roll over and go to sleep without a word. [ laughter ] you are a nice group. [ laughter ] i must warn you, before you leave tonight that nbc has sprayed spy dust on your seats. [ laughter ] so we can trace you to see if you go to another network. [ laughter ] anyway, most of you, i suppose a good portion of you [ cheers and applause ] california is a state unto itself. All of the weird things start in southern california. A lot of religious groups start out here. Theres a weird group in the valley that believes that after you die, you come back as
They. Jenna bush hager took the challenge. We have that today, august 20th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on wednesday morning. Im matt lauer alongside tamron hall and Natalie Morales alongside al roker. We have to start with an horrific story this morning. These images we are seeing we are not going to be showing of the execution of an american journalist. This is an extremely disturbing story. Journalist james foley was held for nearly two years after he was kidnapped in syria. His family saying that foley gave his life trying to expose the world to the suffering there. Andrea mitchell is nbcs chief Foreign Affairs correspondent. Andrea, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Isis terrorists say they killed american journalist james foley in retribution for americas recent air strikes against isis in iraq. And they are now threatening another slaying unless president obam
And we have the response you wont want to miss today. Wednesday, august 20th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer alongside tamron hall while savannah continues maternity leave. We have to start with a horrific story this morning. These images were seeing that were not going to show, the execution of an american journalist. This is an extremely disturbing story. James foley was held for nearly two years after he was captured in syria. He gave his life trying to expose the world to his suffering there. Andrea mitchell, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Isis terrorists say they killed james foley in retribution for americas recent air strikes in iraq. And theyre now threatening another slaying unless president obama backs down. James foley seen here just prior to his gruesome execution by isis. Foley has been missing for