also, we'll have music from country artist, maren morris.s gonna be a great night tonight here at "late night." [ cheers and applause ] but before we get to that, the republican convention began today, and on wednesday, trump's new running mate, indiana governor mike pence, is scheduled to speak. but how much do we know about pence? for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: in the end, the trump veepstakes came down to a three-way race between former house speaker newt gingrich, somehow still current new jersey governor chris christie, and mike pence. gingrich for his part seemed to sense that his odds of getting picked were fading last week and explained it this way. >> in many ways, donald trump is like a pirate. he's outside the normal system. he gets things done, he's bold, he's -- actually, like a figure out of a movie. in a lot of ways my entire career has been a little bit like a pirate. i've taken on the establishment of both parties, i've been very prepared to fight in the media. do you real

let's go places. ♪ >> osgood: introducing maren morris.at has country music fans taking notice. anthony mason has her story. ♪ >> back in february, maren morris was warming up for perhaps the biggest day of her young career. >> i just try to be really mindful and gracious of all of these moments. this is a big one. >> that morning, the then 25-year-old texan had just turned in her major label, debut album. >> it's done. >> that night, with her parents in house, she was making her first appearance on the stage of nashville's famed ryman auditorium on the heels of her break out hit single, my church. ♪ morris album, hero, went straight to number one on billboard country chart. a striking turn around for singer who only four years ago had turned her back on performing. maren morris was 10 when she started singing in arlington, texas, when her parents ran a hair salon. haar first performance was at the white elephant saloon. >> i remember the whole saloon hushed. i never quite kicked that bug. >> as a teenager she played the texas circuit, mak

tonight -- taylor schilling, from "star trek beyond", actor and writer, simon pegg, music from maren morrisd officially tapped indiana governor mike pence as his running mate. pence says that while he's excited, he's still getting used to these guys calling him dad. [ laughter ]