before we get started, i want to say congratulations to lorne michaels.amed a recipient of the presidential medal of freedom. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: which is the -- [ cheers and applause ] ♪ it is the highest civilian honor that you can receive. we're all so excited for -- for him. congratulations, lorne. we love you, buddy. [ cheers and applause ] that's amazing. that's so cool. >> steve: it's like -- >> jimmy: you guys, tomorrow night, this is big here at nbc. nbc has thursday night football. >> steve: oh, yeah! >> jimmy: oh, yeah. this is gigantic. this is big. they've never had thursday night football. >> steve: nope. >> jimmy: no, no. what are they going to do with it? we've seen what other people do with it, and we go, okay. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: but nbc's never had it. let's see what they do with it. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: i'm sure they'll do a a great job. we love nbc sports, but this is big. big-time. yeah, and it's a good game. saints versus panthers. >> steve: love it. >> jimmy: yeah, and even, yeah. that's tomorrow. 7:30, i think. on

it's sad for me to drive through kingman, the part that i grew up in, because so much of it is so for lorn, and when you buy the magged is a vacant lot. very sat. one message that the books is pay attention. i wanted to reach that nine-year-old boy and reach them and hopefully excite them about the history of our country. >> you're watching book tv on c-span 2 with top-notch people. >> television for serious readers. readers. >> you teach philosophy at

which, actually, you know, is sort of a problem because lorne michael at saturday night live told me he thinks will ferrell's w impression helped w win the elec-- - it normalized him, right? - yeah, and helped him win the election. - right. - so, these are things to worry about but we also can't censor because hillary clinton is running to be the most powerful person in the world and just because trump does things that we have to reproach, and he does plenty, that doesn't mean she's above reproach. and so the subtext of some of this is we have to give her a pass cause otherwise we'll get the apocalypse. - right. - but i think you can't give someone running for president a pass. we have to criticise her issues and we have to criticise his insanity. - i'm thinking of ted. (laughing) i'm thinking of ted cruz's endorsement of donald trump. - right. - on the grounds that she would be worse. you know we have to accept bad from him and almost not talk about the bad because she would be worse. that's the reverse argument that you hear. right, yeah. - well that's why everything is so screwed

and went after the chairman of what was then called the accounts committee in the house, lindsay lorn of north carolina who had dictated that the restaurant needed to be segregated. and he comes on to the house floor and the press pays a lot of attention to this. and his line, essentially, is if we can't have freedom, if we can't have equality under the dome of the capitol, then where in god's name are we going to get it? and the house creates a special committee to investigate segregation in the restaurant. but the issue dies in that committee. and the restaurant remains segregated well into the 20th century. >> you know, it is interesting because it brings up for me thinking about not just the experience of african-american members, in the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century, but what is the experience of the african-american staff there. and the restaurant is a good example, because in the 19th century, the privilege and responsibility and job of running the house restaurant was given as a concession, was somebody could have almost like the franchise, i guess, of ru

they lorn being into the speed of the motorcyclist as a factor in the crash. >>> this morning, raider nation is hoping for the best at their star quarterback derek carr is scheduled to have is surgery after a devastating injury. he broke his tibia with only 11 minutes to go. he issued this statement to the fans. now, with the raiders leading the colts by 19 points in the fourth quarter, he twisted his leg while being sacked, that's hard to look at, and he is out indefinitely. matt mcgloin will start at qb when they finish out their regular season one week from today. the coach jack del rio admits carr will be hard to replace. >> it's more involved when it's the quarterback but just as like with any position, you carry on and put the next guy in. i'm not trying to dismiss anything by any means, but as a team that's what we do. >> carr posted this photo to instagram, saying he will be back stronger than ever very soon. his teammate, michael crabtree tweeted good team win, praying for my boy, derek carr. love you, man. >> and seth roberts tweeted prayers up for my boy derek carr. >> and

lorne right as a political scientist. >> yes, she is also the author of on behalf of the president. >> and, she joins us live this morning. have you ever seen quite a transition from you know -- he's not even president yet and we have a lot of controversy. >> it's very controversial and very different. some of those differences are systematic and some of them are really trump specific. president. obama actually passed a couple of laws that have made the transition smoother. there have been things, the pre- election transition act. earlier, more resources directed but tweeting, family involvement and controversy is escalating from what we have seen. >> and it doesn't like any other president has had any immediate well-known family members that could be involved in some of the -- in so many businesses and the tweets. it's unusual. >> yes, and something that so interesting is jared and -- his children are interested in white house positions and we have the bobby kennedy rule of the code. no nepotism. however, in a sort of twisted irony hillary clinton having been first lady and raising t

you were with springsteen and tom hanks and ellen degeneres and lorne michaels and kareem abdul-jabar and michael jordan. >> yeah. >> jimmy: it was just -- [ cheers ] and everyone was just amazing. [ applause ] it was surreal to watch. i go, "oh, my god." but i remember, i was watching because i grew up loving james cagney movies, and one of one where he's george m. cohan? at the end of the movie, the end of the whole movie, he gets the presidential medal of freedom from the president, and that's the end of the movie. that's, like, the best thing you could ever get, and you got it. >> yeah, i mean -- [ cheers and applause ] no, i t's been so ma sii -- i saw the movie, but i -- i want to see that again just to see the end. >> jimmy: oh, it's the best. >> and you said dancing down the stairs. >> jimmy: but then, he tap dances down the stairs. >> yeah, it's great. >> jimmy: yeah, and he goes out, they're singing his song. and he's singing, and he's not singing. he's walking with them. but the guy goes, "whath you t meer the words?" he goes, "i believe i do," or something. i don't remembe

it was a for lorned john kerry who spoke in paris today, he knows he has little chance of being heardsaying, look, you are in a position of strength, you are in the dominant position, now is the time to show some grace and sit down at the negotiating table with the opposition in order to talk about the future. here is what he had to say. >> the indiscriminate bombing by the regime which violates international rules of war, in many cases crimes against humanity and war crimes, needs to stop, and those who support it, those in moscow and elsewhere who have supported it should do their utmost to bring it to a close. a meaningful ceasefire needs to be reached. >> john kerry using a moral argument that one can only imagine will continue falling on deaf ears. the other aspect of this as we listen to the secretary of state make that press conference today, one couldn't help but think it wasn't simply the syrian opposition in a position of weakness, the secretary of state will be out of a job in a few weeks time. we don't know of course who his replacement will be. given what we know of donal

i was -- i saw it with lorne michaels. and we were just -- we were laughing so hard.was too much tuna. >> it was too much tuna. [ talking over each other ] it was too much comedy. >> jimmy: too much tuna comedy. >> there's just too much tuna. so we'll keep saying that until you guys get it. >> jimmy: no, they'll get it. now we've got to talk about "sing." >> yes. >> jimmy: so this is the big animated hit of the holiday. >> yes, yes. >> jimmy: you are a scene stealer in this my friend. you play gunter. >> gunter -- yes, gunter who is -- a dancing german pig, which as like a jewish boy it's always been my dream to play a a german pig. [ laughter ] and -- [ cheers ] >> jimmy: you did it. >> i did it. >> jimmy: you did it. >> finally did it. >> jimmy: you finally did it. sweet movie. >> jimmy: matthew mcconaughey is the star. >> yeah. >> jimmy: he was here last night and has great things to say about you. scarlett johansson. reese witherspoon. >> yeah four of the great american sex symbols. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: and you. >> exactly. >> you weren't counting -- >> i

it's sad for me to drive through kingman, the part that i grew up in, because so much of it is so for lorn, and when you buy the magged is a vacant lot. very sat. one message that the books is pay attention. i wanted to reach that nine-year-old boy and reach them and hopefully excite them about the history of our country. >> you're watching book tv on c-span 2 with top-notch people. >> television for serious readers. readers. >> you teach philosophy at georgetown university. has the election of donald trump made it more sympathetic about port st. louis-- po port. >> and they were doing it a year ago and people were saying the operate sit, what do we do about this? >> it's not that they're sympathetic to the point that i'm right and seriously it's serious seriously. >> and some might have argued if hillary clinton might have gotten election, that might have been fence democracy. >> i wasn't writing this as an interpretation of a-- it's brecks sis and the trump victory, but it's how my colleagues generally, they're worried about someone closer to their power. >> and libertarians are saying,

>> got a call from lorn michaels. he said, are you interested in coming on? yes! yes, i love the show. i hosted it before. and it is a whirlwind. that show and you go, it shouldn't work. but every week they pull it off and it is fun. >> the premise, so funny that walter white comes back and he is the nominee to head dea. you didn't get any tweets from donald trump. congratulations. >> no. i want one! >> look in the camera and beg him. >> donald. please. tweet tweet. tweet tweet. >> president-elect donald. >> yes. yes. president-elect donald. you know, he was not my candidate. but he i president. and i truly hope that he does an exceptionally good job. i really do. because if that is true, he has done well for the country. that's much more important than who i personally wanted to be president. >> i think that's a good way to end. better than the whole mating discussion would have been. bryan, nice to see you, as always. thanks. "why him" is in theaters december 23rd. hoda? >> all right, matt, thanks so much. >>> i know you haven't done all your shopping yet. but w

>> i got a call from lorne michaels, he said are you interested in coming on? it's like controlled chaos. u that show and go, it shouldn't work but every week they pull it off. >> the premise is so funny walter white comes back and he's the nominee to head dea. >> you didn't get any tweets from donald trump by the way, congratulations. >> no, i want one. >> look in the camera and big him, please. >> donald, please, tweet tweet. >> president-elect donald. >> president-elect donald. he was not my candidate but he is going to be my president. i truly hope that he does exceptionally good job. i do. if that is true he has done well for the country. that's much more important than who i personally wanted to be president. >> i think that's a good way to end, better than the whole ma mating discussion would have been. bryan, nice to see you as always. >> nice to see you. >> "why him" is in theaters december 23rd. hoda. >> thanks. i know you haven't done all your shopping yet. time to hit the mall. wa mail order gift. look at our table for the food lovers on your list.