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. >> stephen: please welcome michael k. williams. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: thanks for being here. a lot of people here are very excited that you are here. huge fans in this building. obviously everybody knows you as omar-- ( cheers and applause ) omar from "the wire," chalky white from "boardwalk empire" but you have so much else going on right now, you've got the new show "black market." you are in "the night of," let's see, you are in the new "ghostbusters" movie this friday. ( cheers and applause ) you are in "assassins creed" coming this december. what-- >> i also work part time in accounting in h.b.o. i do a little, i do some promotions for them. i do it all. >> stephen: you are one of the busiest guests i've ever had on here. >> actually, man, you know, i've been blessed. you got to strike it while it's >> stephen: playing omar, were you sort of, for a lot of people the breakout character of what is already a tremendous show. did that change your life, playing omar? >> it did. it put me on the radar a little bit. yo

. >> >> rose: and we conclude with michael k williams. >> i believe these characters that i get a chance to play are portals for me to look at things within myself, to better strengthen, take a look at weak-- weak-- weak spots in my character, thibs that are to come, things i need to work on, things i need to let go. come to terms with. >> rose: bryan stevenson and michael krk williams next. funding for charlie rose is provided by the >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> bryan stevenson is here, he is a public interest lawyer who has dedicated his life to fighting racial discrimination in the criminal justice system. his efforts have also focused on putting a spotlight on the legacy of slavery in america. his nonprofit equal justice initiative has saved 125 death row prisoners from execution. he's also won a lan

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tonight -- blake shelton, from "the night of," actor michael k. williams, music from blake shelton, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and mary timony. ?? [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers, this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] yeah, it's good to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. happy birthday to president obama, who turned 55 today. he made a wish and blew out the candles, but then when he opened

tonight -- blake shelton, from "the night of," actor michael k. williams, music from blake shelton, featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and mary timony. ? [ cheers and applause ] ladies and genemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers, this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] yeah, it's good to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. happy birthday to president obama, who turned 55 today. he made a wish and blew out the candles, but then when he opened in honor of president obama's birthday, vice president joe biden tweeted out an image of friendship bracelets that someone had made for them. and then later today, donald trump tweeted a picture of the ones he made for hillary clinton. [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] those are not friendship bracelets. [ cheers and applause ] starting to think you two aren't really friends. a fox news national poll found that people prefer hillary clinton to donald trump by ten points, while an msnbc has already been president for two years. [ laughter ] donald trump

tonight -- blake shelton, from "the night of," actor michael k. williamspplause ] yeah, it's good to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. happy birthday to president obama, who turned 55 today. he made a wish and blew out the candles, but then when he opened his eyes, he was still president.

k williams. he has co authored books with the king of comedy, but that's on the dl. michael malice. she has seen more stars, jill dobson and every time i see him i can't stop thinking of michael jordan's underwear. next to me from "orange in the new black" michael torpey. let's start the show. >> the only thing more exciting than the olympics is chuck schumer talking about the olympics. the democratic senator has proposed our olympic medal winners not have to pay taxes on the cash prizes awarded by the medals. his comments weren't on camera. >> most sub -- subsidize their athletes. the rest of team usa paid out of their own pockets to train and represent us at the olympics. the least we can do is stop taxing their winnings. >> schumer believes america's olympic heros should be exempt because hard work and excellence shouldn't be punished. typical democrat. i wasn't convinced until i read his press release. our athletes should be about breaking world records and not breaking the bank. someone give that press release release-bot a raise. >> it's classic chuck schumer. >> i would rathe