steve: from rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallononight join jimmy and his guests - ricky gervais, daisy edgar-jones, musical guest the avett brothers and featuring the legendary roots crew and now here's your host, jimmy fallon ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: hey, hello thank you very much. thank you. good to see you guys oh, my goodness. ♪ oh, thank you very much, everybody. welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show." [ cheers and applause well, guys, it's been a pretty epic 24 hours. joe biden was certified as our next president [ cheers and applause several staffers have resigned from the white house trump's social media accounts were banned. and yet, compared to yesterday, it's a slow news day [ light laughter ] i'm still trying to process everything did anyone else have a tough time calming down last night it wasn't easy falling asleep. i tried listening to my mediation app, but the guy leading the session was just chanting, "25th amendment, 25th amendment." [ laughter ] honestly, don't you just wish we could go

♪ >> steve: from rockefeller plaza in the heart new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallononight join jimmy and his guests, shaquille o'neal, alison brie, musical guest pa salieu, and featuring the legendary roots crew and now, here's your host, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: thank you very much, everyone thank you so much. [ cheers and applause thank you. thank you. thank you. and welcome to "the tonight show," everybody [ cheers and applause ah, thank you very much. good to see you guys well, guys, today was president biden's first full day in office [ cheers and applause that's big -- that's big news right there. our president spent a full day in the office. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] yeah, it was biden's first full day. i'm sure part of him was like, "just to mess with everyone, i should go golfing. [ light laughter ] biden's barely in the job and there's already so much to do - getting control of the pandemic, boosting the economy, thawing out tom hanks. there's just a lot of -- [ laughter ] he couldn't have went with a a coat it's like give him

steve: from rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon tonight, join jimmy and his guests - riz ahmed, angela bassett musical guest, jacob collier featuring mahalia, and the legendary roots crew and now here's your host, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: thank you very much. thank you very much everybody. hey. ♪ welcome. thank you so much. [ cheers and applause oh, that's a crowd right there that's what i'm talking about. welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show" everybody [ cheers and applause thank you very much. well guys, of course, the big story today is that the house voted to impeach president trump for a second time. [ cheers and applause and like always, the sequel was a lot worse than the original. [ laughter ] i know a lot of people are wondering, "will i be able to follow the second impeachment if i missed the first? yeah, same character, different plots. it's honestly impressive trump got impeached december 2019 and january 2021, and botched covid in between dude basically made a pan

first raj mathai goes one on one with with jimmy fallon.os and his role during the pandemic. we're back in three minutes. [doorbell rings] babe, are those the tots we ordered? ♪♪ everyone's feeling the late night vibe with my $4 sauced & loaded tots— with cheddar bacon or jalapeño ranch. >>> raj mathai back with you. we've been working from home for almost a year now. you've seen my family here, max and marlowe running around. marlowe finishing her bath right now, take her up to bed in about 20 minutes. that's on a local level here. it's also happening on a national level. we see it every night at 11:35 on the tonight show. we've gotten to know jimmy fallon and his wife and their two cute daughters. he played a role working from home. jimmy's in-laws grew up in california. they love mexican food, avocados. >> we are close family and friends every year. we give everybody avocado toast kits for christmas. it's avocados from, i don't know, harry or david, one of those places. but then olive oil from brooklyn, new york, which is -- that's where

steve: from rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show," starring jimmy fallonnight, join jimmy and his guests - rob lowe lil nas x, rege-jean page comedian mark normand, and featuring the legendary roots crew and now, here's your host, jimmy fallon ♪ >> jimmy: thank you. thank you! welcome. welcome. thank you very much. welcome, everybody thank you very much. welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show. [ cheers and applause ah well, guys, the first week of 2021 was quite a year. [ laughter ] you know, when i got into comedy as a teenager, i never imagined i would spend three days discussing an american coup [ light laughter ] honestly, if i knew what this week was going to be like, everyone would've spent new year's eve popping bottles of pepto-bismol [ laughter ] yeah it's been a hell of a week if the country were a rental car, trump's returning it with an empty tank and a huge dent. [ laughter ] "she's all yours." [ laughter ] but trump is in some serious trouble, it's sounding like. next week, he really could be impeached, again yeah [ scattered cheers ]

and now i'm on jimmy fallon. >> jimmy: see? see?a lot of british comics are just white guys, and because i'm not a white guy, i was like, "i can't do that," you know but, what happened was, i was watching tv as a kid, and we only had four channels in britain back in the day. there was only four channels on tv, and my mom got cable and we got more channels, but they were all american. so, i saw american tv shows and american sitcoms, and i started seeing black people. and the first black person i saw on tv was aunt viv in "the fresh prince of bel-air. >> jimmy: wow! >> and i was like, "oh, my god what a queen." i loved "fresh prince of bel-air. and like, i just loved will smith and everything about it and i was like, "that's what i want to do i want to have my own tv show, and i need to go to america to do it. and, i used to think that the reason why credits roll so fast at the end of a tv show, is because it had actor's addresses on it. so, i used to -- when i was a kid, i used to sit up close to the television and be like, "where d

♪ >>> from rockefeller center, in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallononight join jimmy and his guests - jared leto jane lynch musical guest jade bird, and featuring the legendary roots crew and now, here he is, jimmy fallon ♪ [ cheers and applause ♪ >> jimmy: hey! hi, everybody, thank you very much thank you very much. thank you very much. welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show," everyone this is "the tonight show. well, guys, i wanna say congrats to the kansas city chiefs and tampa bay buccaneers on advancing to super bowl 55 that is right, tom brady is once again returning to the super bowl man, between tom brady and joe biden, what a month it's been for 78-year-old white guys yep, brady will be playing in his 10th super bowl. how does he keep doing this? i think he once got stuck making small talk at a a super bowl party and vowed, "i will never put myself in this position again. it's just like, "i'll play in all of them. if brady keeps up this pace, i'm just worried where he's gonna put the 11th super bowl ring when he runs out of fingers. [

guguest, fontataines d.c and feataturing the e legendary roots crew and now, here's your host, jimmy falloners and applause ♪ >> jimmy: hi, everyone, welcome. welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show. thank you. [ cheers and applause i feel the love. i feel the love. i feel like the gamestop of late night, i really do. [ laughter ] yeah, right now, the world has been separated in to two groups, those who have no idea what's going on with the stock market and those who have no idea but invested anyway well guys, some news out of washington, it loos like president biden is likely to keep the space force yeah when asked why they're keeping space force, a biden spokesperson said, "because it's funny." [ laughter ] that's right, it looks like space force is here to stay. apparently biden had no choice after trump signed a 30 year lease with the moon. [ laughter ] yep, biden is keeping the space force around for a very important mission. he's going to use them to knock down the wall. biden's decision is actually a a big deal when they heard, the two members of the space force high-fived in

the musician who was on the brink of giving up on his when jimmy fallon heard his song, and boy, thatea, some places still getting a lot of rain right now, some folks might be thinking they're getting a break. meteorologist kari hall is tracking all of those conditions. good morning, kari. >> good morning, and the atmospheric river has parked over the south bay and is dumping some really heavy rain, although we are still seeing some light showers farther to the north, right now the focus has been the south county where it is pouring very heavily right now around morgan hill and the rainfall totals are approaching five inches with this storm, over eight inches in the santa cruz mountains. and so we're seeing this moisture streaming in. it's still going to keep an active weather day for us here as we go into late morning as well as the afternoon. even the possibility of a few isolated thunderstorms as we are going to see the activity becoming more hit or miss by 1:00 to 2:00 today where you see the reds. there could be some thunder and lightning in there as well along with some small ha

. >>> and the tonight show host jimmy fallon braving the mess of steve kornacki's office. of kindness he might have regretted once he started diving into that casa de khaki >>> a megamansion in l.a. hits the auction block today. it's about eight times the size of the average american home and nearly 600 times the price listed last year for 160 million bucks, now it could become the most expensive home ever sold at auction. cnbc's robert frank takes us inside. >> this 20,000 square foot mega mansion sitting on more than 9 acres in beverly hills is the over the top european theme continues inside with arched door waist, marble floors, and 21 rooms >> the home itself took five years to build it's truly one of a kind it cannot replicated. >> the main house and all three guest homes include 13 bedrooms, 25 bathrooms and 10 fireplaces plus, a resort sized swimming pool, tennis court, and a parking courtyard for 30 cars. it will sell to the highest bidder no matter what the sale price. >> this auction has no reserve what that means is that when bidders register, they register wit

the legendary roots crew and now here's your host, jimmy fallon >> jimmy: thank you very much.hank you. thank you very much, everybody thank you. welcome, welcome, welcome, to the "tonight show. yeah, you're here. thank you very much. well, guys, as much as we'd like to move on, former president trump is still in the news we thought we drove him to a a farm upstate, but he somehow found his way back home to the headlines. yeah, last night, house impeachment managers delivered the impeachment article against trump to the senate. if you missed it, here they are walking it over. [ laughter ] okay yeah yeah after 45 minutes they were like, wait, does anyone know where we're going? i was following you. i thought you -- yeah, it turns out half of them were delivering the articles the other half were just getting in their steps i'd say forget impeachment, just having trump make that walk would be punishment enough looked like a wedding when the dj says "table 6, you can go to the salad bar. yeah, the walk was pretty long and drawn out. it kind of reminded me of something, though. ♪ [

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steve: from rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon tonight join jimmy and his guests - martin scorsese and fran lebowitz, mayor pete buttigieg hunter schafer musical guest playboi carti, and featuring the legendary roots crew, and now here's your host, jimmy fallon ♪ >> jimmy: welcome to the tonight show well, guys, today joe biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the united states ♪ yes, joe biden, our nation turns its bleary eyes to you it was a bright, sunny day in washington -- and now, we have a president who knows not to stare directly at the sun. seriously, anyone else feel like they just lost 280 pounds yes, somehow we made it to the inauguration, while canada offered us a blanket and mexico offered us soup. it feels like the country is back sure, the gps took us on some crazy back roads for the last four years, and now we are back on main street, and we can tell people we were lost. yeah, a new era. i'm pretty sure we'll never hear the names steve bannon and lil wayne in the same sentence ever again what a time to be pre

everett, comedian jesus trejo and featuring the legendary roots crew, and now, here's your host, jimmy fallon[ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: hey! thank you very much. thank you! thank you very much. welcome to "the tonight show" everybody. thank you for being here thank you for watching well, guys, we are now officially one week into joe biden's presidency and for the first time in a while a week actually felt like a week. yep, biden's already been in office for a week. time sure does fly when you're not doom scrolling through twitter till 4:00 a.m. right now liquor stores like, where the hell did everybody go hey! in one week we've gone from insurrection to cool and collected. anarchy to no malarky. drinking bleach to boring speech you know i'll take it and this is interesting. even though biden has only been on the job for seven full days, his initial approval rating is higher than trump's ever was yeah i'm pretty sure by the end trump's approval rating was hovering around the temperature that you have to store the pfizer vaccine i mean, meanwhile, trump was like, yeah but if you ask mi

steve: from 30 rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallononight join jimmy and his guests - alex rodriguez - spike lee -- musical guest jimmy jam and terry lewis featuring babyface and featuring the legendary roots crew and now here's your host, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: let's do it. [ cheers and applause thank you very much. thank you. thank you, roots thank you very much and welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, to "the tonight show. [ cheers and applause thank you for being here thank you for watching i want to wish everyone a happy martin luther king jr. day you know, it's days like today we should all be grateful that trump can't tweet. guys, there's only 36 hours left in trump's presidency [ laughter and applause you think you're excited every ten minutes a white house staffer yells, how much time is left it's like "the great british bake-off." "you have 36 hours left. yep, just 36 hours left. you can tell time is running out because trump is now signing pardons with both hands. "next. next next." with trump, 36 ho

>> steve: from rockefeller center in the heart of new york city it's the tonight show starring jimmy fallon tonight join jimmy and his guests - nicole kidman, cole sprouse musical guest henry hall and featuring the legendary roots crew and now here's your host, jimmy fallon ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: hey. thank you very much. thank you. oh, my goodness. hello. hello, and welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show," everybody. [ cheers and applause well guys, next week president trump is planning to leave the white house for palm beach on the morning of inauguration day, and he's asked for a large crowd and a big, military-style sendoff. [ laughter ] yeah trump wants a big farewell he's even requested a red carpet, live music and rudy giulianni to be launched from a cannon. [ laughter ] it's gonna be quite a day. a bunch of trump supporters in washington d.c., what could go possibly wrong that's right, trump wants to assemble a large crowd to remind everyone of his legacy, completely ignoring the coronavirus. [ laughter and applause trump's -- trump's basically that annoying frien

steve: from rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallononight join jimmy and his guests - president barack obama musical guest, liam gallagher, and featuring the legendary roots crew and now here he is, jimmy fallon ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: hey. thank you very much. hello. thank you very much. hey, everybody welcome, welcome, welcome, to "the tonight show," ladies and gentlemen. this is very exciting. my guest tonight is the 44th president of the united states, barack obama. ♪ [ cheers and applause that's right president obama is here promoting his 768-page book, "a promised land. and i promise you, the first three pages are amazing. [ light laughter ] 768 pages, that's like combining all the books i've written and adding another 750 pages. [ laughter ] this is the fifth book that he's written he's also wrote, "of thee i sing," "the audacity of hope," "dreams from my father," and the young adult sensation, "vampire college." [ laughter ] well, guys, last night, president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris did

steve: from rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallononight join jimmy and his guests - dakota johnson - yara shahidi - musical guest tate mcrae and featuring the legendary roots crew and now here's your host, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ♪ [ cheers and applause ♪ >> jimmy: thank you very much! welcome, everybody welcome to the "tonight show!" [ cheers and applause thank you for watching [ applause ] well, guys, it is the last night of donald trump's presidency and - [ cheers and applause ♪ i don't know what tomorrow's gonna feel like. probably like that moment when they pull the nasal swab out of your nose. [ light laughter ] at least trump is leaving on top. i mean, washington d.c. has never looked more beautiful. [ light laughter ] actually, that has nothing to do with the riots, those are just some of melania's old christmas decorations. [ laughter ] yep, one more night. for most americans, it feels like the night of thanksgiving when you're just staring at your aunt and uncle, thinking, "go home." [ laughter ] i think everyone

steve: from rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon tonight join jimmy and his guests - anne hathaway, lilly singh, musical guest jazmine sullivan and featuring the legendary roots crew and now here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ♪ >> jimmy: thank you very much. hello. thank you very much. wow, thank you thank you, thank you, thank you, everybody thank you. sounding great, guys sounding great welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show. [ cheers and applause well, guys, today president trump visited a town in texas to mark the completion of the more than 400 miles of border wall when they heard trump was coming to the border, mexico was like, "thank god that wall is here. [ laughter ] yeah, what a time to celebrate the effectiveness of a wall, six days after this happened [ laughter ] you know your presidency is off the rails when you have to distract from your attempted coup with your giant symbol of racism [ light laughter ] but this was interesting, when asked what he was doing there, trump said, "i'm just planning my

we'll tell you the story behind the viral sea shanty tiktok that has everyone from jimmy fallon and ouriving us confidence in our future ...and in kevin's. voya. well planned. well invested. well protected. >>> we are back on a saturday morning with a song that you will not be able to get out of your heads. >> yeah. we've been singing it all morning. you may have seen the latest video to go viral on tiktok. the man singing a sea shanty. seems as if the whole world is joining in. >> i'm starting to see this. kelly spoke to the 26-year-old behind it all. >> reporter: it started with a simple post on tiktok, one man, a fist for a drum and an insanely catchy old sailor's song. few joined in. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> reporter: then a few more. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> reporter: and now it seems the whole world is singing along. kermit the frog ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> reporter: jimmy fallon in his own words. ♪ i know we were imperfect ♪ ♪ never felt this way for no one ♪ >> andrew lloyd webber the legendary composer. >> reporter: andrew lloyd webber? >> i don't really know. i don't have anyone explain na. >> speechless. >> definitel

applause ♪ >> steve: from 30 rockefeller plaza here in new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon tonight, join jimmy and his guests, gwen stefani, ralph macchio, and featuring the legendary roots crew and now here he is, jimmy fallon ♪ [ cheers and applause >> hey, thank you very much. hello, everybody [ applause ] thank you very much, everyone. thank you, welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show." here we go well, guys, it is a big night for the country as georgia held its two runoff elections, which will determine the balance of power in the senate. it was exciting this morning when msnbc pride opened the lid and watched steve kornacki arise from his hyper baker chamber. [ laughter ] the kornak is back wearing the khak because these races are so important, last night president trump travelled to georgia and held a rally on behalf of the two republican candidates, senator david perdue and kelly loeffler it was quite a night trump spoke for almost 90 minutes, and then he invited everyone on a scavenger hunt to find 12,000 more votes [ laughter ] yet, the whole point of trum

rockefellller cecenter in ththe heart ofof new yorkrk city, it't's "the tonight t show starrrring jimmy fallon tonight, j join jimmy y and his guests - - anthony y mackie cristin mimilioti, musical l guest, ricico nasty, and featuring the legendary roots crew and now, here's your host, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ♪ >> jimmy: thank you very much! hey! thank you. thank you very much. hello, everybody oh thank you very much, everybody welcome. [ cheers and applause welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show. we're here you made it. [ cheers and applause that's what i'm talking about. thank you, roots welcome to "the tonight show," an impeachment intermission. [ laughter ] feel free to get up, grab a drink, we'll flick the lights when things start back up again. well, there's a lot of other news going on, as if there wasn't enough drama in washington there are now reports that president trump's relationship with rudy giuliani is in trouble. things have gotten so bad that trump was telling his staff not to pay rudy's legal fees these two were inseparable and now it's come to this. it fee

. ♪ >> steve: from rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's jimmy fallon."w starring tonight join jimmy and his guests - gordon ramsay, vanessa kirby, musical guest sturgill simpson and featuring the legendary roots crew and now here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheering and applause ♪ >> jimmy: hey, hello, everybody. thank you very much. hi thank you very much. oh thank you very much. [ cheering and applause thank you very much, everybody hello! wow. that feels great welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show. [ cheering and applause >> jimmy: i like to start by wishing everyone a very happy new year [ cheering and applause >> jimmy: yep, thankfully it is a new year, and, boy, aren't things better now? [ laughter ] well, guys, everybody is talking about this over the weekend, president trump called georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger, about the election and might have gotten himself into major legal trouble. "let's hear what crime it was this time! >> all i want to do is this. i just want to find, uh, 11,780 votes >> jimmy: that's right trump asked

rockefellerer centnter in the e heart of new york c cit it's s "the tonight shshow starrining jimmy fallon tonighght, join jijimmy and hih guguests - rashida a jones, bill burr, mus guest old d dominion and featuring the legendary roots crew here's your host, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: hey! thank you very much. oh thank you very much. welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show. thank you very much, everybody well, guys it was another big day in washington as house democrats formally introduced the resolution to impeach president trump. and if you're watching, no, this is not a repeat yep, trump is being impeached again. right now everyone in america is having deja coup. [ laughter ] trump was charged with "incitement of insurrection. you know you messed up when you're charged with the title of a '90s star trek movie. [ laughter ] it's never good when crowds rise to the level of klingon it's looking like one more impeachment for trump. trump gets impeached the way most people get vaccinated, in two doses. some people say impeaching trump will

he just got a surprise visit in his real office by jimmy fallon.id. >> you don't want to know what is under there. >> i don't want to know. you're welcome, steve. >> is -- >> steve was a good sport about this "the tonight show." some of the best jokes are true. i have been in steve's office back in the day. it was not superorganized. we will be right back with one more thing. back with one more thing plant-powered creative roots gives kids the hydration they need, with the fruit flavors they love. and one gram of sugar. find creative roots in the kids' juice aisle. want to brain better? unlike ordinary memory and o supplements—gar. neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. introducing fidelity income planning. we look at how much you've saved, how much you'll need, and build a straightforward plan to generate income, even when you're not working. a plan that gives you the chance to grow your savi

it's from "love jimmy fallon the marie kondo of late night. ps, learn how to tie your ties." erdo i appreciate it. it will probably last a day or two. looks great right now. >> fallon wanted to find a way to thank kornacki for all his hard work during the election season. >>> 55 seconds left on a race to the finish, all but five republican senators voted to dismiss the former president's impeachment trial. even before it starts. it's a seen of just how much support the former president still has within the gop >>> the biden administration is working to buy another 200 million covid vaccine doses with the additional shots, the president says the u.s. will have enough vaccine to vaccinate nearly every american by the end of the summer. >>> and tomorrow, president biden to announce a serioues of executive actions to combat climate change including designating it a national security priority. and now you know the news. of this thursday, january 26th, 2021 i'm shepard smith. follow us on twitter @thenewsoncnbc and stay tuned because "shark tank" is next it's either testing an array

. >>> and jimmy fallon channeled his inner harry styles for a parody of harry's latest "treat people with kindness" video. >> this. this is my walking to the mailbox clothes. >> that guy dresses up for everything. "access hollywood" starts right now. ♪ >>> let's get to it with a wild new a&e series "nature gone wild." it takes a look at some of the craziest videos mother nature at work, all caught on camera. we're talking fires, avalanches, even animal attacks. it's hosted by greg aiello, who gave us a sneak peek. >> over 300 million cell phones and cameras catching mother nature in the act. you won't believe some of the stuff. >> it's an exciting show. i mean, we're seeing some of the most incredible clips that regular people are capturing out in nature. i mean, whether it's natural disasters or animal encounters, it's just -- it's the best of the best. >> holy [ bleep ]! >> we take it several steps past that. between me breaking down these videos and then all the ingredients to what went right, what went wrong. >> this section is approximately 150 feet across, and when it collapses

because you don't know what's happening minute to minute, and then with "the tonight show with jimmy fallon who also-- and seth meyers on "late night," these are people i worked with, and we have a shorthand, and i have faith in them, and so you can sort of see that process. rubenstein: so sometimes humor is so funny on your show that, you know, you just can't stop laughing, and-- michaels: uh-huh. they do eventually. rubenstein: eventually, but, i mean, is there anything that makes you laugh so uproariously that you can't control your own laughter? michaels: there's always something in the show that i'm really proud of, and also comedy, it's a disruptive thing, you know? people don't plan to laugh. they're taught when to applaud, but they're not taught when to laugh, so there's something that's always surprising, and when you see the pairing of really good writing and a brilliant performance, when they're locked in, it's thrilling. rubenstein: so when people are made famous by your show and then go on to great fame and fortune beyond your show, do they ever call you up and say, "thank you

" starring jijim jimmy fallen daveed diggs and the legendary roots crew now here is your host, jimmy fallon>> let's do it >> jimmy: hello, everybody thank you very much. thank you, roots hey! thank you very much, everyone. welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show. thank you for being here thank you for watching well, guys, it is friday, and it's pretty much felt like that since noon on wednesday. yeah today my apple watch was like your heart rate hasn't hit 200 lately are you okay what a difference a few days can make today check out what the breaking news was on cnn this morning. yeah today was president biden's second full day trying to fix the economy. signed two executive orders meant to provide fast economic relief biden is taking on america's biggest problems yesterday was the pandemic tomorrow is the economy. then what the bernie sanders meme is over the more news out of washington. this morning chuck schumer spoke on the senate floor against the impeachment of donald trump but he had a bit of a flub listen to this. >> senators will have to decide if they believe donald john --

we will start with jimmy fallon. >> as i sleep, i think to myself, how is this happening?is be happening? but i'm also thinking, how can i help? and being here ton

favorite song, right we're back, 8:30 that's our man thad cockrell on the "tonight show" this week jimmy fallonow >> awesome. >> hardware store to number one on itunes. >> that's great. >>> ahead this morning, another impressive performer ucla gymnast nia denis her one of a kind floor routine earned her praise from all around the world we cannot wait to spend a little time with nia this morning >>> craig? >> hey willie, guys, if you are looking for inspiration this morning, we have it here in north charleston, south carolina a beloved principal by day, a walmart worker by night, giving everything from the second paycheck to his students in need we've been talking about him all week, and this morning, we're so excited to honor him oh, by the way, a bit of a surprise, as well. you ready? we're ready? >> we cannot wait for that, craig. thanks so much >>> coming up on the 3rd hour, we're going to be at home with jill martin. she has a half hour packed with deals to organize, unwind, and even find love, if you're looking. >> wow, love on the "steals & deals. i like it. >>> all right. first, a check

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. >> jimmy fallon at-home edition. >> and while we've been enduring the passing of some titans, new rolere us >> good evening. i'm dr. anthony fauci. >> brad pitt's impersonation of one even earning an emmy nod. >> the cavalry is on the way. >> the hope now, we leave the worst of 2020 behind with a collective shot in the arm >> the gold standard vaccine has been done in less than nine months >> reset and move forward. retaining the best of what we've learned. >> and you know what we get tomorrow we get 2020 hindsight. on behalf of the entire team here at cnbc, we hope you have a very happy and certainly a healthy 2021 cheers good night ♪ may your holidays glow bright and all your dreams take flight. visit your local mercedes-benz dealer today for exceptional lease and financing offers at the mercedes-benz winter event. where i must have eaten like -- no joke -- 14 pies. i have not eaten this once since we filmed the episode. amber: you don't want to try it after investing so much money in this company? lemonis: maybe i should just have a bite. ♪ it's actually pretty good. key west key li

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success seems to have shifted viewers away from other late-night shows such as trevor noah and jimmy fallon ratings decline in that same time period. >> while late night has been political to some degree, when you look over the past four years, the prominence of politics has been like never before and of course that's all about trump. >> reporter: it's not just comedy, cable news has got an big boost the last four years. the top story usually president trump. the election along with the pandemic drove cnn ratings up 85% in 2020, while fox ratings grew 45% and msnbc ratings increased 24%. in fact, over the past five years since trump started his presidential campaign, tv news has reportedly gone from the 5th most watched genera to the most watche constant d genre. 10% lost tv consumption to 20. >> there is a very high profile persona, his constant tweeting and controversial actions so it was fodder for prime time cable, in particular, which thrives on the kind of conflict that president trump thrives on, too. >> reporter: as for what happens to ratings and the focus of late night and cable n

. >>> you were on the "tonight show" last night with jimmy fallon. >> yes, sir. >> and you were on theshow this morning. in terms of a thrilling experience, how does being before this committee today compare to those? >> i would characterize this as a unique experience, chairman. >> it didn't get that much difficult than that for president biden's nominee for transportation secretary in his confirmation hearing this morning. here's what the outgoing chairman republican senator roger wicker said about the nominee. >> mayor buttigieg has impressive credentials which demonstrate his intellect and commitment to serving our nation. >> there are only two kinds of nominees who get treated like that in confirmation hearings. senators and people who are smarter than senators. pete buttigieg is not a senator. every republican senator including extremists like marsha blackburn treated our next secretary of transportation with respect and friendliness except of course senator cruz who did not dare challenge pete buttigieg on any policy issues, but he did reach for his rhetorical specialty, that to

honestly, honestly, the jig is up late-night comedy is a fraud we meet up in the slack with you, and jimmy fallonwe share the same trump jokes. now we're done we're done trump was pumping the late-night industry the same way reddit is going gamestop it's like "the wolf of wall street." it's all coming crashing down! >> if you see me on the street, throw some change in my hat.ro ♪ action! faster, faster! they're gaining on you! ♪ ♪ [engine revving] that's good! come on come on! [spooky laugh] now! ♪ [yelling] ♪ you can't put a price on love. but if you did, it'd cost the exact same as a reese's. turns out love's kinda inexpensive. not sorry. reese's. ♪ this is what community looks like. ♪♪ caring for each other, ♪♪ protecting each other. ♪♪ and as the covid vaccine rolls out, we'll be ready to administer it. ♪♪ is skincare from around the world better than olay? olay regenerist faced 131 premium products, we'll be ready to administer it. from 12 countries, over 10 years. olay's hydration was unbeaten every time. face anything. find out more at olay.com ♪ ♪ comfort in the extreme. the lincoln famil

. >>> first, no good deed goes unpunished as jimmy fallon found out to clean steve kornacki's office.dding me? who has pretied ties? he has a hockey jersey. measuring tape? blazer, you couldn't wear this on tv. more ties under the blazer. advertise should go on the racks, clothes going to the rack. i'm literally making your room cleaner by cleaning things. >> steve, i thought 2020 was a dumpster fire but then i saw your ofs. a dumpster fire but then i saw your ofs >>> so bird watching is trending this morning, but it's not about evian fans peeping in the park. it's what at which timer is calling its newest effort to fight misinformation. some people can help identify things in tweets believed to be misleading or simply not true. that's on top of twitter's civic integrity policy, the one that temporarily suspended congresswoman marjorie taylor greene the one that prompted the new ban of mike lindell the ceo of my pillow and the one that permanently booted donald trump off because of what he posted related to the capitol riots. those comments from the then president are being used in co

here's "tonight show" jimmy fallon last night. >> today was not patriotism. today was terrorism.sident biden said it best when he said, we have to step up. we are at our best when we step up. we've seen it over and over again during this pandemic from the front line workers to the cashiers at grocery stores to everyone delivering food or raising money for people who need it. we are best when we work together and step up. ♪ we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. ♪ oh, this is how it starts ♪ lightning strikes the heart ♪ the day has just begun ♪ brighter than the sun ♪ oh, we could be the stars ♪ falling from the sky ♪ shining how we want ♪ brighter than the sun ♪ i swear you hit me like a vision ♪ ♪ but who am i to tell fate where it's supposed to go? ♪ ♪ oh, this is how it starts ♪ lightning strikes the heart ♪ the day has just begun ♪ brighter than the sun ♪ oh, we could be the stars ♪ falling from the sky ♪ shining how we want ♪ brighter than the sun

. >>> and nashville-based singer that did cockrell was ready to give up his music career when jimmy fallonn quarantine, and i went to the hardware store and i heard this song, and it sounded like, like a george harrison type of vibe or something to it. anyway, i shazamed it, and i go, what is this, swinging? performing "swinging," here is thad cockrell and the roots! >> cockrell performed on "the tonight show" for the first time on tuesday and blew up over the week, appearing on the "today" show and all over social media. and yesterday, his song "swinging" reached the coveted number one spot on itunes. fallon shared his excitement on twitter, telling "people" magazine he almost started crying at the news. that's pretty awesome. congratulations, man. >>> and still ahead here, the feared south african coronavirus variant makes its way to u.s. shores. how the vaccines will hold up against the new strain. >>> and as we go to break, let's take a look at this date in history. 19 years ago, in his first state of the union address, president george w. bush said terrorists were still threatening am

. >> my friend jimmy fallon is watching right now and he's going to be sad that you are not dri drinking that's about five, i think. >> we did a special one. >> hey, stephen, how are you celebrating the night tonight, what's happening in your home? >> um, we are here by ourselves and our children are elsewhere enjoying each other's company and enjoying that we are not there. we are just sitting here, keeping the dogs from chewing on the furniture. that's it. and watching obviously like all of america, i am watching andy and anderson on cnn. you are the guy lombardo of the 21st enindustcentury. >> my dog is chewing blankets and humping pillows. >> doing what his master does. >> stephen, i love how you shared a montage of your guest setting up the late show remote interview calls. how have the experience been doing your show remotely, are you enjoying it or are you annoyed by it? what's your vibe going into month nine or ten here? >> i don't think anybody who have a job can still do right now have the right to be annoyed by any aspect of their jobs but i do miss my audience. i really took

i was at jimmy fallon's house for the oscars. >> name drop. >> yes, name drop. diaz was there, sitting next to me. and i thought i smelled something that i -- i thought she had passed gas. and then, i thought -- and then, the smell got stronger. >> uh-huh. >> and i thought that she had pooped her pants. but -- >> why would you think that? >> well, because the smell was really strong. and then, it turned out that the dog, gary, had pooped on the floor and i had walked through it on my way to get -- yeah, i had walked in it, on my way to get doritos. and so, it was me and i thought that it was her. it was very embarrassing. >> and then, didn't you run into her on the street? >> yes. anyway, i think she's on now. cameron diaz, are you there? >> are you there? and do you want to -- andy -- do you want to -- just, before we -- before we begin, cameron, andy, do you want to take this time to formally apologize? >> well, i'm sorry. i hope i've apologized for that before. >> he already has. >> yes, okay. i just find it so strange. >> no, it was really. you should have s

. >> we saw you on jimmy fallon. you were talking about the engagement you see a picture there.rted to date blake, you will remember this we went to our old house in l.a. and i sat you and blake down in the kitchen and i said, you guys, pump the brakes. this is not good this is not going to go well i looked at gwen, and i said you're much, much too good for this guy you're smart, you're intelligent. you're one of my oldest friends and then there's blake what surprises you most about blake coming into your life five years later. now you're going to marry the guy. what do you attribute it to? >> as you're telling me that story, and you're saying all that, i literally had this wave of almost having a heart attack. my heart is racing what don't i love about blake? and what don't we all love about blake? i mean, i feel like it's very mutual in the room right now, hoda he just is such a good guy he's one of the most generous human beings and down to earth. it sounds generic, but it's true he's so gifted and so unique and talented, and he really just is my best friend, and i feel so ex

like so many of us during the election, jimmy fallon took notice how hard steve kornacki was working ob than he thought >> yikes. >> no, no. are you kidding me oh, my gosh. what happened? steve kornacki, what is going on has he been living in here what was that stuck to america election studies this is a light read i don't need to know i have no -- you're welcome, steve. >> dear steve, i thought 2020 was a dumpster fire, but then i saw your office. >> is that real? is that steve's office >> yeah. >> really what it looked like? >> i used to have an office a few doors down from steve. that's an improvement. >> chuck todd, similar office. >> all right. >> we have to get jimmy over there. >> yeah. >>> next up, uncle al, the peanuts gang is coming back to tv apple tv plus released the trailer for its new original series ♪ the snoopy show" follows the beagle and his friends, including charlie, linus, lucy, and woodstock >> thanks for the inspiration, snoopy ♪ do something crazy ♪ >> whoa! can you believe this dog >> love the show it is going to give me nightmares when i think about my hallo

chairman wicker: you were on the late show with jimmy fallon and on the early show. how does being before this committee compare to those? mr. buttigieg: i would characterize this as a unique experience, mr. chairman. chairman wicker: very well said. i'm told that senator cantwell is finished with her questions. so i think it is appropriate now to say that the hearing record will remain open until the end of this day. senators are asked to submit any questions for the record by the close of business today. thursday, january 21, 2021. the committee asks the witness upon receipt of any questions for the record that you submit your written answers to the committee as soon as possible. but no later than close of business on tuesday, january 26, 2021. can you do that, mr. mayor? mr. buttigieg: gladly. chairman wicker: let me check with staff and make sure we have dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's. with that i conclude the hearing. i thank the witness and thank members of the committee for their cooperation. this hearing is closed. [captions copyright national cab