we talked to stephen merchant this week.e of my favorite conversations we've ever done on the pod. check that out wherever you get your podcasts. you guys, moving on, we here at "late night" don't always have enough time to cover all the recent news. like, for example, we haven't had time to make any jokes about stormy daniels. so here with a recap is one of our writers, amber ruffin, in a segment we call "amber says what." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> hi! hi! you guys, things have been crazy. okay, first of all, trump is on trial, and i heard that he keeps falling asleep in court! and i was, like, what? but he was, like -- [ snores ] what? [ laughter ] then i heard he was also farting himself awake? and i was, like, wha-ha-hat? how embarrassing for you! [ laughter ] [ fart noise ] [ laughter ] i actually think it's perfectly reasonable that he did that. next topic. then angel reese played her first wnba game and had 13 points and 9 rebounds in 24 minutes, and i was, like, what?! [ cheers and applause ] amber, i can do that