Steve from rockefeller in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight join jimmy and his guests, Keira Knightley. Chelsea clinton. Musical guest tame impala. And featuring the legendary roots crew and now heres your host, Jimmy Fallon Jimmy hey, everybody thank you so much for tuning in thanks for watching the tonight show. My names jimmy fallon and that is the roots right over there, ladies and gentlemen. Lets get to the news and jokes. Well, guys, the big story is still the Supreme Court, and today it looks like the republicans cleared an important hurdle senator lindsey graham, the chair of the Senate Judiciary committee, now says the republicans have the votes to confirm president trumps nominee to fill Justice Ginsburgs seat before the election, before they even know who the nominee is jimmy thats right 51 out of 53 republicans are now on board while the other two stick out like masks at a maga rally [ laughter ] thats right, the republicans are
Were back with three nfl coaches who are a lot lighter in the wallet this morning thanks to hefty fines. Were back with three nfl coaches who are a lot lighter in the wallet this morning thanks to hefty fines. Denvers vick fangio, seattles pete carroll, san franciscos Kyle Shanahan were all fined 100,000 for not Wearing Masks during sundays games. They teams were also fined 250,000. A massachusetts teen and his parents now face charges for hosting a party which led to his high school being shut down. Dozens of student s attended the september 11th gathering outside boston without masks. It forced their principal to switch their school from in person to Remote Learning until next week. The superintendent said the party showed a lack of precautions to protect against the spread of covid. New questions being raised about how a potential covid19 vaccine may be distributed. It comes amid new confusion from the government about the spread of the coronavirus. I spoke earlier with dr. Ryan rib
A period of time when it was out there but i dont think numerically there were as many athletes who had a political bent a seem to have today is going to so many instances i know you will for and for a long time i wish to what do you make them washington finally dropping the redskins. Well as i said a week ago theyre not doing it because they saw the life theyre doing it because theyre feeling the heat Daniel Snyder the owner had been adamant ill never change the name never and you could put it in capital letters but now when fedex when they play his name fed ex field fed ex says we dont want any part of it if you consider you with that name nike pepsi others hundreds of millions of dollars involved there along with the social pressure thats been building since the death of george floyd the murder really of joe which way thats the reason they did it not because they actually change their point of view are we going to see a lot more teams doing it. I think youve got to go on a case by c
As we both remember were of very very contentious period of time yet tommie smith and john carlos with the race facility the 1968 olympics in mexico city a lot of Young Athletes protested the war in vietnam some were part of the counterculture bill walton d an extremely likable man nonetheless had some countercultural ideas which many agreed with so that was a period of time when it was out there but i dont think numerically there were as many athletes who had a political bent a seem to have today lets get to some of the instances i know you were for and for a long time i wish to what do you make of washington finally dropping the redskins. Well as i said a week ago theyre not doing it because they saw the life theyre doing it because theyre feeling the heat Daniel Snyder the owner have been adamant ill never change the name never and you could put it in capital letters but nothing will when fed ex with a players name fed ex field fed ex says we dont want to be part of it if you consid
Bader ginsburg. What weve now learned about two more key republican senators. The Tropical Storm slamming the u. S. And at this hour, hovering over houston. A flash flood warning. Dangerous conditions dumping more than a foot of rain. And where this is headed next. The Police Body Cam video made public tonight. Officers shooting a 13yearold boy with autism. Firing nearly a dozen times. His mother had called 911 asking for help, but what she warned the officers. And what one officer said moments before the shooting started. Word from the louisville mayor at this hour in the Breonna Taylor case, with a state of emergency in place there. The nfl. Three head coaches and their teams fined tonight. The major rule theyre accused of breaking. And remembering an american original. The singer from a legendary doop good evening and its great to have you with us here on a very busy tuesday night. There is news coming in on the Supreme Court battle, where things stand tonight in the republicans eff