please welcome to the show, jessi klein, everybody! ? [ cheers and applause ] >> hi. >> seth: nice to see you old friend! >> oh my god, old friend! >> seth: this is fantastic. >> i did. >> seth: we knew each other then. and i'm realizing this is the first show where everybody on it, snl writer. >> i know. >> seth: we've gone full snl here. because when it goes live, i like to surround myself with snl people. >> yeah, just old -- yeah, old friendly faces. this is -- it's so late. >> seth: it's so late. >> it's like snl late. >> seth: it's later than in snl right now. >> this is like the -- >> seth: we would already be at the party at snl. >> we would already be at the party. [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah. >> this is like the booty call of late night shows. >> seth: it really is. [ laughter ] >> it's like the whole show just texted me, you up? >> seth: exactly. [ laughter ] >> i was like, yeah, i'm up. >> seth: and you were. and i just -th call and you're the last guest. you are like the one, that was like oh, i'm up. >> yeah. >> seth: i'm up

jessi klein is here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] but, before we get to that. hillary clinton officially accepted the democratic nomination for president tonight. and it came after a week in which democrats tried to overcome division within their party. and project themselves as the party of normalcy. for more on this it's time for ? [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: the democratic convention has certainly had some hitches with some vocal, "bernie or bust," supporters, protesting and booing throughout the week. as the former sanders campaign spokeswoman put it. >> you'll hear from some sanders supporters on the stage tonight, as well as some staunch advocates and supporters of secretary clinton. but you know what chris? like i said, we're family. okay? this is a family reunion. >> seth: it's true. and just like a family reunion, they were all there. mom, the rich uncle you didn't think would come. [ laughter ] the step dad who pulls a nickel out from behind your ear even ou [ laughter ] the cool cousin, who everyone is bummed has to leave early. [ laughter ] and

jessi klein, we get in fights because he infuriates us. it's an interesting writer's room because it has always been very diverse with views. we don't want it to be one-sided. jessie and i have similar sensibilities that it feels very positive to have someone in their saying, this is from the male perspective. he is the most mail, out their perspective possible. he is my friend. i love him. i'm not on facebook so i don't read his crazy rants. he gets something from going after people and making them mad that is not representative of me at all. i've asked him, can you just stop because it comes back to me. he says he writes for the show, it's a bigger story. so whatever tangents he's gone off on, i have not agreed with, and it's been really upsetting to me seeing someone i care about hurt themselves like this. there are no plans for the tv show to come back anytime in the near future. nobody is on my staff. there are no writers. they want his head and they want to burn him at the stake. charlie: and you want? amy: i wanted them to not attach

tonight -- from weekend update, colin jost and michael che, author, jessi klein, featuring the 8g band with matt cameron. ? [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers.

tonight -- from weekend update, colin jost and michael che, author, jessi klein, featuring the 8g band with matt cameron. ?? [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers, this is "late night!" [ cheers and applause ] and we're live at 1:18 a.m. how is everybody doing this morning? [ cheers and applause ] fantastic to hear. just fantastic hear. let's get to the news. tonight was the final night of the democratic national convention. and hillary clinton finally gave her acceptance speech. and let's just say she is not an

tonight -- from weekend update, colin jost and michael che, author, jessi klein, featuring the 8g band with matt cameron. ? [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers, this is "late night!" [ cheers and applause ] and we're live at 1:18 a.m. how is everybody doing this morning? [ cheers and applause ] fantastic to hear. just fantastic hear. let's get to the news. tonight was the final night of the democratic national convention. and hillary clinton finally gave her acceptance speech. and let's just say she is not an tried to drop the mic, but it bounced off her foot, and into the audience, where it hit a laptop and released 10,000 more e-mails. [ laughter and applause ] morgan freeman narrated hillary clinton's introduction video at the dnc, tonight. and for some reason, hillary gave her speech as morgan freeman tonight. [ laughter and applause ] hillary clinton said tonight, that donald trump has taken the republican party from america" to, "midnight in america." which, frankly, is a little insulting to those of us that come on at

his views are so different from that of mine and most other writers in the courtroom especially jessie klein who is the head writer of the show. we butt heads and get in fights because he infuriates us. it's an interesting writers room because it's always been very diverse with the views in there. we don't want it to be just one-sided. jesse and i have such similar sensibilities that it's good -- it feels very positive to have someone in there saying, well, this is from the male perspective and not that kurt is -- but he is the most male, you know, like the most out there perspective possible. kurt's my friend. i love him. i'm not on facebook, so i don't read his crazy rants. he gets something from going after people, making them mad. that is not representative of me at all. you know, i've asked him, can you just stop because it comes back to me. because he writes for the show, it's a bigger story because of our connection, and, so, whatever tangent he's gone off on, i have not agreed with, and it's been really upsetting to me seeing someone i care about hurt themselves like this. so, you kn

mostly settled by morning./// ((dave courvoisier)) >>> jessie vargas is putting this welterweight belt on the line this fall. ((christianne klein)) >> and i held the belt that jessie vargas owns. if he wants tokeep it, he's got a big challenge ahead ((chris maathuis)) >> he's got to beat manny pacquiao in order to stay on track. we visited with the las vegas champion... he talks about meeting manny. >>> plus... a rare me i'll explain what's up... coming up... here on channel 8. ((chris maathuis)) for over 300,000 nevadans, social security means a secure retirement. e heck supports privatizing it... turning our savings over to wall street... and risking it on the stock market. heck's plan means billions more in fees for wall street. and they've donated over half a million dollars to his campaigns. those numbers speak for themselves. joe heck is a threat to a secure retirement, because he's part of the problem in washington. afscme people is responsible pretty cool. rebs hanging out nassau for the summer of thunder hoops tourney. remember they lost to the university of toronto the other day. tonight the rebs taking on the club te