heineman washere to capture the heady early days of this movement. their goal, to take down cartel members one by one. as the movement grows larger and more powerful, heineman discovers this is not just a story about good against evil -- >> i came away thinking thehe is no difference between t t knights templar and the defenses. they use the same means, murder, extortion -- >> there are definitely members of the group that operate that but not everyone was like that. everybody's trying to protect their villages or their towns. what unfortunately took place was power corrupted. >> reporter: that evil whipping up increasing violence from which n even the documentarian was immune. were you ever a target of the cartel? >> there's countless times when i was surrounded by people, threatened. there's many, many close calls and scary moments. >> reporter: the government issued an ultimatum to the vigilantes. pledge allegiance to the government and enjoy immunity, or go to jail. fearing osecution, most surrendered and were rearmed. but morales holds out becau

heineman spent nine months in a mexican state to bring the war home to us. according to the dea mexican cartels supply as much as 80% of all meth sold in the u.s. >> that's why there's been this fight for power in this area. >> reporter: and a large portion of it cooked up by the knights templar cartel. their byproducts are extortion, kidnappings, torture, and murder. the cartel wielded almost complete control for over a decade. so much grief and injustice, so little government action, that citizens decided to fight back. in 2013, organizing themselves into a vigilante group called the alter defenses, or self-defenders. led by a larger than life small-town doctor, jose manuel heineman was there to capture the heady early days of this movement. their goal, to take down cartel members one by one. as the movement grows larger and more powerful, heineman discovers this is not just a story about good against evil -- >> i came away thinking there is no difference between the knights templar and the defenses. they use the same means, murder, extortion -- >> there a

liz: great to have you both, from the north, governor dave heineman. from the south, tennessee's phil bredesen. thank you so much. >> thanks. >> the breaking news hitting the tape at the moment is carly fiorina suspended her campaign, she says she's far from out. she'll be on the trail. she'll be traversing the nation and fighting for what she believes is right, but you heard governor heineman say you'd have to seriously consider her as a running mate if you're one of the guys left on the republican side in the race. 45 minutes before the closing bell rings. ♪. liz: yes, the genesis song land of confusion. that's what the markets appear to be singing today as fed chief janet yellen sent quite the mixed message before congress about future rate hikes. man who could have called that six months ago and did, right here on "countdown." peter schiff telling us the fed missed the window to raise rates and the economy would get fingers slammed in the window if the fed moved. peter schiff's newest warning next. >> if the fed takes away the monetary supports, we

academy award-nominated director matthew heineman. featuring the 8g band with fred armisen. ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening! i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how's everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] that's good to hear. let's get to the news. valentine's day was yesterday. so, if i look like i didn't get much sleep, it's because the couch was really uncomfortable. [ light laughter ] republicans and democrats are fighting over whether president obama should be able to appoint justice scalia's successor. democrats say that he should, whereas the constitution says that he shall. [ light laughter ] the ted cruz campaign has pulled a new ad after it was revealed that the actress in it has appeared in softcore porn, and now jeb has hired her to teach him how to act like he's enjoying something. [ laughter ] [ applause ] a little energy. oh, yeah. good question, moderator. [ light laughter ] at this weekend's debate, marco rubio accused ted cruz of not being able to speak spanish, but it didn't help that cruz then

matthew heineman, everybody. "cartel land," available now on itunes, netflix, and video on demand. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: my thanks to jason sudeikis, kelly rohrbach, matthew heineman! check out "cartel land." and of course, the 8g band. stay tuned for carson daly. we'll see you tomorrow.

matthew heineman joins us on the show tonight. fantastic evening planned for you, but before we get to that, the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia on saturday has shocked the political establishment and opened up a new front in the presidential election, specifically over whether president obama should even be allowed to nominate a successor in his last year in office. for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." [ cheers and applause ] agree with him or not, scalia was one of the most consequential jurists in modern american history. and he was known as much for his judicial philosophy as he was for his way with words. over the years, he peppered decisions with colorful language like "jiggery-pokery," "pure applesauce" and "argle-bargle." [ light laughter ] "argle-bargle," of course, being the legal term that decided the landmark case swedish chef v. eggs. [ light laughter ] so, as a fitting tribute to scalia and his colorful vocabulary that almost immediately after his death, the jiggery-pokery was on full displa

matthew heineman, everybody. itunes, netflix, and video on demand. check it out now. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: my thanks to jason sudeikis, kelly rohrbach, matthew heineman! check out "cartel land." and of course, the 8g band. stay tuned for carson daly. we'll see you tomorrow. but first, we'll kick things off with our old pal, dominic monaghan, as he returns to talk about his new season of his show, "wild things." from the redbury, have a look. >> i'm a total insurance nightmare. i work with pretty much every venomous snake on the planet. the gaboon viper, most amount of venom of any snake in the world. the monocled cobra will consistently bite you over and over again.

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let's take a look. [ speaking foreign language ] matthew heineman. cheers and applause ] >> seth: welcome! so happy to have you here. this film is fantastic, as we can see from the clips. you were in shoot-outs. you were also in meth labs, you were in torture chambers. yet, this is not the m mie you set ououto make. what set you off the course -- on the course to make this movie in the first place? >> i was riding the subway -- here in neneyork and i read this "rolling stone" article that featured these vigilantes on the arizona side of the mexican border who are fighting the mexicacacartels. and right when i read this article, i knew this was a story that i wanted to explore.. i knew nothing about t t drug wars, nothinininout the border. filmed there about four months and then my father actually sent me an article about the autodedefensas, a group of vigilantes in mexico fighting the e ghts templar cartel. and d ain, right when i read that article, i knew i wanted to create a parallel portrait of >> seth: so then you go start spending time with thes

matthew heineman, director: "it's great that this nomination can help further put a spotlight on the suffering of the mexican people high-profile introduction at the oscars. when gaga performs the song "til it happens to you", she'll be brought to the stage by vice president biden. the oscar nominated song is featured in the documentary "the hunting ground" -- which is about sexual assault on college campuses. biden has focused on the issue during his time as vice president. the academy awards are right here on 9 on your side 'this sunday.'the red carpet show starts at 7 o'clock ...and the awards ceremony, hosted by at 8-30.make sure you keep it here for 9 on your side at 11 -- craig, tanya and steve will be here.. take a look at this insane video of a news photographer's close call with chunks of falling ice. ice.in: "oh... big stuff david..."out: "...geez louise" louise" that's outside w-j-e-t's tower in northwest pennsylvania. you can see those huge ice spears crashing into the roof above him and another man.neither person was hurt. coming up ... a shooting spree in kansas kills f

academemaward-nominated director matthew heineman. featuring the e band with fred armisen. ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. [ cheersrsnd applause ] >> seth: good evening! i'm seth meyers. how's everybody doing tonight? [ chchrs and applause ] that's good to hear. let's get to the news. valentine's s y was yesterday. so, if i look like i didn't get much s sepepit's because the couch was s alal uncomfortable. [ light laughterer republicans and democrats are fighting over whether president obama should be able to appoint justice scalia's successor. democrats say that he should, ereas the constitution says that he shall. [ light laughter ] the ted cruz campaign has pulled a new ad after it was revealed that the actress in it has appeared in n ftcore porn, and now jeb has hired her to teach him how to act like he's enjoying something. [ laughter ] [ apapause ] little energy. oh, yeah. good q qstion, moderator. [ [ ght laughter ] at this weekend's debate, marco rubio accused ted cruz of

academy award-nominated director matthew heineman. featuring the 8g band with fred armisen. ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening! i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how's everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] that's good to hear. let's get to the news. valentine's day was yesterday. so, if i look like i didn't get much sleep, it's because the couch was really uncomfortable. [ light laughter ] republicans and democrats are fighting over whether president obama should be able to appoint justice scalia's successor. democrats say that he should, whereas the constitution says that he shall. [ light laughter ] the ted cruz campaign has pulled a new ad after it was revealed