tonight -- christian slater, star of "laid," actress zosia mamet, an all new "closer look." ♪ [ cheerslause ] and now, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." we hope you're doing well tonight. and now, if you don't mind, i'm going to get to the news. today is martin luther king jr. day, and like martin luther king, i also had a dream. i mean, it had to be a dream, right? [ laughter ] it's too weird to be real. [ laughter ] president trump today -- woo. [ laughter ] sorry. it's just hitting me. i haven't said that in four years. what a flashback. it feels like asking someone if they went with pfizer or moderna. [ laughter ] donald trump was sworn in today as the 47th president of the united states while melania was sworn in as the hamburglar? [ laughter ] during his swearing in today, president trump did not place his hand on the bible. wow, not the guy i expected to bring back the separation of church and state. former president joe biden issued preemptive pardons today for many of trump's adversaries like water pressure, wind, and taylor swift. [ la

the goodnight club. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: i wanna thank my guests christian slater, zosia mametody. thank you all for watching. we love you. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ right now at 11:00, a day of pomp and circumstance turns into a night of glitz and glamor. newly sworn in president donald trump and the first lady attending several inaugural balls, the celebrations going late into the night. all of this after the president was sworn in. he wasted no time in getting down to business, signing dozens of executive orders, some right in front of thousands of his supporters at the inauguration rally. others from the resolute desk inside the oval office on the list of action items, stricter immigration, gender identity and tiktok. the backdrop of all this a peaceful transfer of power and the culmination of an extraordinary political comeback. yes, tonight, donald j. trump is the 47th president of the united states, only the second president in our nation's history to serve nonconsecutive terms. he's also the first convicted felon to hold that office. after his swearing in, president t