cheers and applause ] also, sitting in with us this week on drums, he's played with phil lesh and bob weirvocalists, craig finn. he's currently in the midst of a sold out six-night run at brooklyn bowl with his own group, joe russo's almost dead, joe russo, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much for being here. >> thanks a lot, seth. >> seth: our first guest tonight cory booker, everybody! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: welcome. >> it's good to be here. >> seth: i'm very happy to have you here. >> i'm really grateful that you invited me. >> seth: now before you were a senator -- >> yes. >> seth: you were a mayor. >> i was. >> seth: and i would imagine that once you become senator, all of a sudden the breath of what you need to know gets so much larger. for example, a mayor of newark doesn't need to know foreign policy. >> i had a lot of problems with my international house of pancakes. >> seth: yeah, exactly. >> i did -- >> seth: and so what was it like when you first had to sort of undertake the learning about things that are so important? >> i mean you -- even before i

there. [ cheers and applause ] also back with us tonight on drums, he's played with phil lesh and bob weir favorite vocalists, craig finn, he's currently in the midst of a sold out six night run at brooklyn bowl with his own group, joe russo's almost dead, joe russo is here, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] thanks for being here. our first guest tonight is an oscar, golden globe and emmy winning actress you know from films like "misery" and "primary colors" as well as shows like "american horror story." she stars in "disjointed," which is streaming on netflix, let's take a look. >> travis, pull up a chair. you're in too. >> uh, no, i'm not. all right? i'm going to spend my time running our business and you're not going to goad me into playing like you usually do. >> i see. one quick question, bock! [ laughter ] >> the chicken thing -- mom, you're a grown-up. >> bock! [ laughter ] >> you're a revered political activist. >> aw, bock, bock! [ laughter ] >> seth: please welcome back to the show, our friend, kathy bates, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> seth: welcome back! >> hello.

there. [ cheers and applause ] also, back with us tonight on drums, he's played with phil lesh and bob weirvorite vocalists, craig finn. be sure to check out an in depth article on his band joe russo's almost dead, on the cover of relix magazine. joe russo, everybody. thank you so much for being here. [ cheers and applause ] >> my pleasure. >> seth: our first guest tonight is a three-time emmy award winning actor who stars as raymond reddington in the very popular series "the black list." new episodes air wednesday night at 8:00 right here on nbc. let's take a look. >> well, harvey's plane is supposed to land here in four hours. if i were throwing a picnic, it'd be lovely, but there are trees. >> the runway will be ready. >> tell that wizard the mcclintock boys are here. where the hell is he? we need the shovels and chainsaws! >> shovels and chainsaws. >> tell her to button her lip. i've got shovels and chainsaws. >> smokey, if this doesn't work. >> mr. reddington, i need you to trust me on this. we are going to belly that gun-runner's plane in that the field so help me god. i just need 45

have had a fantastic drummer sitting with us this week who has played with icons like phil lesh and bob weir favorites, craig finn. be sure to check out an in-depth article on his band joe russo's almost dead on the cover of "relix" magazine. joe russo, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you, seth. >> seth: thank you for a great week. really wonderful having you here. you know our first guest tonight from films like "300" and "olympus has fallen." he stars in "geostorm" which is in theaters and imax october 20th. let's take a look. >> let's take this thing apart and find out what happened in hong kong. >> bring it down. >> should have come down by now. >> what is that? >> i have no idea. >> all right, shut it down! >> it's not responding! >> jesus, hernandez. >> careful! >> get down! >> whoa! >> okay, get out of here! go! >> go, go, go! >> hernandez, go! >> let's go! >> somebody, open this door now! >> watch out! >> seth: please welcome back to the show, gerard butler, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: how are you? >> i'm good. i'm good. >> seth: good. i -- so i can't te