from "24: legacy", actor corey hawkins. music from kings of leon.eaturing the 8g band with kenny aronoff ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening! i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how's everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] that's fantastic. here, in that case, let's get to the news. former president obama released his first public statement today since leaving the white house, and i have it here. just let me read it to you in full. [ clearing throat ] president trump said yesterday that his ban on visitors from seven muslim-majority nations is not about religion, but about "keeping our country safe." though if you really want to keep americans safe, quit making them walk in the street! [ light laughter ] everything you do, people end up walking in the street. [ light laughter ] it's a health hazard! [ cheers and applause ] president trump said today that if he had announced his travel ban earlier, the "bad people would rush into our country." i don't know how to tell you this, but dude, tur

which w is familiar territory for superp star corey hawkins.y i got a chance to talo with him about his new hole rolr and roots here in d.c. here in c check it out.. >>> let's talk about 24 legacy. and your character sergeant eric carter. cart tell me all about sergeant ericc carter and give me a little bite of plot, too, this new 24. 24. so eric is -- he's a former army ranger, and he was part of a o a special ops mission to take outt a known terrorist leader overseas yemen in a raid, um, s, at the top of the show you find eric living in federal witnessie protection with his wife and win when the pilot starts, he realizes that his teammatess start dying around him and thatt their names have been leaked and he realizes that he's next. and so he reaches tout c touch. rebecca ingram and their tryingg to, you know, win the course of this day stop what could be one of the biggest largest scale sca terrorist attacks on americanmea soil. >> okay. so look how did you get thisu gt role because 24 -- i mean thisn is iconic we're talking aboutbot jack ba

. >> that's corey hawkins talking about the premier of his new show, 24 legacy, an evolution of the 24 it hits the air six years after the original and that has lots of people speculating on how in the world are they going to bring back kiefer sutherland, jack bauer character. let me tell you now, they don't. >> has it sunk into you, the massiveness of this franchise. i know kiefer sutherland gave you a stamp of approval. >> i know it is harder for him to let go. jack bauer is not gone. the spirit of jack bauer is in the show. >> he plays an army ranger taking down a terrorist leader only to find himself a marked man. >> these people found us. >> what has been the toughest about it. >> in the days are long and stunts are real. and you know, so it is a lot there. but i think mentally, that is the thing. literally you have to be on 24/7. >> "24" was a revolutionary concept when it debuted in 2001 with each season covering a single 24-hour period. legacy has that same tradition, same look, same clock and same ripped from the headline stories and only "e.t." can bring you this exclusive sc

. >> carter is played by corey hawkins and kicks off the action packed day. joined this morning by actor corey hoggins, good morning. let me ask you this. did you turn to keefr suggester southerlasoutherland looking for advice? >> well, at first when i first got the role and we started working on it, i was shooting another film and i was in vietnam at the time. i didn't have any time difference really. we just completely different have time to get into it. that was good for me because i could discover things and learn things about erika and what it's like to do this role. i thought it would be sort of remiss if i didn't reach out to him. we finally connected and i'm so glad we did. he's just a cool dude and gave me his blessing and he's on board 100%. >> the previews looked really cool. you obviously have to use weapons and guns. how did you learn how to play the role? you have to be the tough guy here and use all kinds of weapons and do more stunts. how did you learn how to do that? >> well, i have a great schedule. it's a lot of work. it's a huge responsibil

from "24: legacy", actor corey hawkins. music from kings of leon.case, let's get to the news. former president obama released his first public statement today since leaving the white house, and i have it here. just let me read it to you in full. [ clearing throat ]

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