tonight -- james marsden, star and director of "i love you forever," writer cazzie david.l-new "closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late nigh" we hope you're doing well. and now if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news. in a post on truth social over the weekend, president trump said that without the u.s. subsidizing canada, the country would cease to exist and added, that it should, quote, "become our cherished 51st state." and i got to say, i'm shocked that trump knows how many states there are. [ laughter ] cherished. [ light laughter ] when you hear cherished, run. [ laughter ] in another post, president trump also criticized the u.s. trade relationship with canada and said, quote, "canada doesn't even allow u.s. banks to open or do business there. what's that all about?" well, he has aoint. u.s. banks aren't allowed to operate in canada. well, except for citibank and pnc, also j.p. morgan and comerica. [ laughter ] you know what? from now on i'm just going to use the man as

for james marsden, it was chicken fried steak that he ate in oklahoma growing up., explore their family history through food. what was going on culturally, politically, socially at the time. we kind of break apart the ingredients. we uncover different ancestors and family members. >> jimmy: you and justin went to -- what part of italy? >> ila romania in the north. >> jimmy: is that where his family is from? >> it turns out his ancestor was actually closer to bologna. >> jimmy: and that surprise him? >> it was fascinating because we when we got there, we arrived? piachenza, we went to see this chef, "we're here for tortellini imbrodo." we went on this adventure, driving a maserati. justin had to drive, he's a bit of a control freak. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: everything's a surprise? >> every single thing is a surprise, genuinely. >> jimmy: i see. >> for actors who show up on set and they know their lines, hopefully they prepare, it was really interesting to see sort of like them shed the layers of like that control, you know, where they were on this journey. so hats of

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[ cheers and applause ] >> seth: i want to thank my guests, james marsden and cazzie david, everybody! thank you all for watching. we love you. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ right now at 11:00. get ready for a cold and stormy night. our satellite radar. look at that. tracking the atmospheric river that's about to bear down on the bay area. this is the main event. widespread rain. and a lot of it that can stir up some trouble. this is in windsor in sonoma county. a wet weather already making a mess out of the roads. the chp says the driver of a car there, you see it there, spun out, crashing into that power pole. thankfully, no one was hurt. we have dry, dangerous conditions from north bay to the south bay. our entire region will get soaked over the next 24 hours. we are under a microclimate weather alert. let's get right to chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. and flooding really a big concern. jeff. that's right. check out these flood watches here from redding to modesto, right back towards the bay area. so a lot of rain in a short amount of time. you can see it right here. it's not only th

tonight -- james marsden, star and director of "i love you forever," writer cazzie david.

tomorrow night, james marsden and fortune feimster will join us.y talented writer, director and actor, whose resume includes the super villains lex luthor and mark zuckerberg. [ laughter ] he wrote, directed, and stars in an excellent movie about cousins. "a real pain" is on hulu now. please welcome jesse eisenberg. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thanks for coming. i know you live in new york, right? >> yes, but i was able to fly out here. >> jimmy: oh on a plane? >> yeah, exactly. [ laughter ] i was going to do a boat, but they said the canal would take too long to be on the show. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: we're going to reclaim that canal, and don't worry, it will go by like that. >> exactly. if this was next week, i think i could do the canal. they wanted me here the day after. >> jimmy: are you a good traveler? are you good on -- >> i'm a fine traveler. i'm not like in general a fine person. going through normal stuff, i don't excel. but traveling -- maybe traveling's an exception. a lot of people are nervous travelers. but because i know the