hello. >> stephen: hi. >> great to be here. >> stephen: hi, b.j.been a long time. >> stephen: it sure has. how you been? >> are we going to get to anything? is this just small talk. >> stephen: we're pushing the product eventually, but first the audience-- they have to get to know you. how about a kiss? >> and how are you? are you good? >> stephen: you didn't answer my question. how are you? >> i'm doing very well. >> stephen: yeah, me, too. >> yeah. >> stephen: we're even. ( laughter ) this conversation's going great! >> i'll tell you, though-- i'll tell you what this remind me of. i was on the set of "vengeance," which -- >> stephen: your film. >> my film. >> stephen: that opens tomorrow. it opens tomorrow, "vengeance." >> this is shontly a story that this reminds me of. >> stephen: okay. >> i show we're filming during the pandemic. it's my first time directing. it's a stressful, exciting experience. and i get to the set and this woman comes up to me and she says, "b.j., how are you feeling?" i sad, my god, i feel excited. i feel overwhelmed. i f

host: so b.j.t mentioned that, of course, trump is no longer president, but we know that a lot of republican candidates are still eager to have his endorsement. so last month, layton masters, who is running for senate in arizona, a swing state, aired this ad come and which he is endorsed by former president trump. the winner of the primary will face incumbent senator democrat mark kelly. [video clip] mr. trump: blake masters is an american first fighter. he will protect our borders, he is strong on election fraud, frankly, strong on everything needed to keep america first. blake masters has my complete and total endorsement. mr. masters: i am blake masters, and i approve this message. thank you. mr. trump: thank you. host: jim, i'm going to send this question to you first. we are looking at former president trump in endorsing in this senate primary in arizona. do you think his endorsement still has weight? what kind of impact does the trump endorsement have, especially in primaries? guest 2: well,

host: so b.j.t mentioned that, of course, trump is no longer president, but we know that a lot of republican candidates are still eager to have his endorsement. so last month, layton masters, who is running for senate in arizona, a swing state, aired this ad come and which he is endorsed by former president trump. the winner of the primary will face incumbent senator democrat mark kelly. [video clip] mr. trump: blake masters is an american first fighter. he will protect our borders, he is strong on election fraud, frankly, strong on everything needed to keep america first. blake masters has my complete and total endorsement. mr. masters: i am blake masters, and i approve this message. thank you. mr. trump: thank you. host: jim, i'm going to send this question to you first. we are looking at former president trump in endorsing in this senate primary in arizona. do you think his endorsement still has weight? what kind of impact does the trump endorsement have, especially in primaries? guest 2: well,

. >> seth: you were still on camera obviously in other things i just saw the trailer for b.j.trailer was that a good time >> that was a great time b.j. novak is incredible you know i've been a fan of his since "the office" and his writing. and this is his directorial debut. and it's just such a smart script it's like, you know, set in the true crime podcast world, which i'm obsessed with. >> seth: uh-huh. >> which sounds terrible to say. you know oh, i love true crime murder podcasts [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah. you're like, "do you like make believe crimes?" no, only the true ones >> no i want it to be real i like suffering [ laughter ] but it's terrible -- it's so bad. [ laughter ] but the movie kind of explores that in addition to, like, truth in america now and it's just brilliantly done and i'm happy to be a part of it >> seth: well, i'm so happy to have you here. thanks so much for making it back it's such a delight to spend time with you. [ cheers and applause issa rae the first new episodes of "rap [ bleep ]" begins streaming july 21st on hbo max. and "vengeance" is in

tune in tomorrow when my guests will be jonathan karl and b.j. novak. good night. reggie: ladies and gentlemen, >> ladies and gentlemen, all the

cage and seeing the handcuffs, it does not really make us feel great, but being able to lay eyes on b.j, yeah, that gives me a little bit of comfort and peace and i'm sure it does for our members also. >> i know geopolitics is not your area of expertise, but we know brittney griner was detained february 17th, just days before the russian invasion of ukraine. there had been warnings for months that this invasion was possible, the u.s. state department had issued warnings against traveling to russia. i'm just curious, has this changed your policy and your perspective on the number of wnba players who travel to countries like russia, to turkey, to china, to playoff season because of the extra income they make, is it worth it now in your opinion given what has happened with brittney? >> well, you know, thank you for recognizing that this is not my area of expertise. as the executive director of players association, i am a lawyer by training, i get stretched in so many directions, this is an amazing opportunity to have this, it is a point of privilege i sit as their executive director. and i

even more importantly, when b.j. northern district president trump appointed as the acting u.s. attorney of the district bobby christine. bobby christine looked at that and quoted that he had found nothing. he dismissed that case early on. >> thank you mister secretary. president references suitcases or trunks. mr. sterling, with the objects seen in these videos, so cases, trunks, or where they just ordinary containers used by election workers? >> standard ballot characters that can have seals put on them so they're tamper proof. >> finally the president is that there is a minimum of $18,000 somehow smuggled for biden and i take it that was also, gentlemen, categorically false? >> there is no physical way you could know who that ballot was for, but also secondarily we have had fulton county was an issue when it comes to elections. we had a very difficult time during the primary, in part because of covid. you put them under a -- where we had a mod or monitor on site. it was called a nerd jones, he took a notation. he

and even more importantly, when b.j. pak resigned as u.s. attorney of the north district, president trump appointed his replacement in bobby christine. bob christine looked at that and quoted he found nothing and dismissed the case early on. >> thank you, mister secretary. the president references suitcases or trunks. mr. sterling, where the objects seen in these videos or trunks, or ordinary containers used by election workers? >> they are standard ballot carriers that allow for seems to be put on them so they are tamper proof. >> the president finally claimed there was a minimum of 18,000 ballots somehow smuggled in all four biden. i take it, gentlemen, that was also categorically false? >> first there is no physical way he could know who the ballots were for. secondarily, we had fulton county for years being an issue in our state when it comes to elections. they had a difficulty during the primary in large part because of covid. so we had a monitor on site. carter jones took a notation, he had gone from state farm to the english street wa

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