A Closer Look: Pres. Trump's First Solo Press Conference / Interviews: Evan McMullin & Adam Scott

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

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🗓️ 17 February 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Seth takes a closer look at Trump's press conference full of false claims, grievances and attacks on the media. Then, former CIA officer and 2016 presidential candidate Evan McMullin talks to Seth about his concerns about the Trump administration and its ties to Russia, and the necessity of congressional oversight of the executive branch. Backstage, Late Night producer Henry asks him about the role of centrist Republicans in today's politics. Finally, Adam Scott tells Seth about his kids' obsession with every NBC show except "Parks and Recreation." Late Night producer Kevin asks him about his unique experiences working with Tom Hanks and Billy Joel. LATE NIGHT ON SOCIAL Rate the Late Night Podcast on iTunes: itunes.com/LateNightSeth Subscribe to Late Night on YouTube: youtube.com/LateNightSeth Follow Late Night on Twitter: twitter.com/LateNightSeth Like Late Night on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LateNightSeth Find Late Night on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/LateNightSeth Get more Late Night with Seth Meyers: www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/ Watch Late Night with Seth Meyers Weeknights 12:35/11:35c on NBC. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:42.9	From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night
0:48.0	with Seth Meyers, airing weeknights at 12.35, 11.35 Central on NBC right after the Tonight Show.
0:58.8	The Trump administration has been royalled by chaos and today Trump doubled down on that chaos by
1:03.8	holding a bizarre press conference full of false claims, grievances, and attacks on the media.
1:09.1	For more on this, it's time for a closer look.
1:11.0	So, our show tapes at 6.30 and usually we start writing a closer look tonight before.
1:21.6	By 1 p.m. today we had a draft about Republican attempts to repeal Obamacare that we felt good about
1:26.8	and then Donald Trump held what can only be described as a bat-f**k crazy press conference
1:32.7	that rendered this script completely meaningless. So if you don't mind...
1:41.8	APPLAUSE
1:53.1	By dead jokes.
1:57.7	Now to set the scene for this press conference, in just over three weeks, Trump's White House has been
2:02.0	plagued by infighting legal challenges, messy executive orders, the resignation of his national
2:07.1	security adviser and now the revelation that his aides had contacts with Russia during the
2:11.2	campaign. And if there's been anything good in this, it's been watching Trump develop techniques
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