. >>> ewan mcgregor's rise to hollywood stardom as obi-wan in "star wars" or christian in "moulan rouges parents, teachers, allowed him to drop out of school and chase his dream as an actor. this week more proof as the family made the right decision as he stars in the superstar movie ""birds of prey." ewan and i got together in new york for a sunday sitdown. the devilish villain ewan mcgregor plays in his latest movie would feel right at home in this downtown manhattan club. >> yeah, it's the good touch for the character i play, very like his club. >> that character is roman, known as black mask, the guy guy trying to take out margot robbie's harley quinn in the new movie "bir movie "birds of prey." >> let's talk about roman. what appealed to you about that character? >> roman, on the one hand, very charming and gregarious and in the blink of an eye he can be unbelievably horrendous and violent and horrible. that, i think, is exciting to play as an actor and to see if you can sort of believably flip from one to the next. >> the super heroes in the d.c. universe movie, though, are the wo

telling the humphrey and scope thanks so much obie corona virus has claimed its 1st victim in the united states where a woman has died in washington state ecuador and could have confirmed their 1st cases or thirty's across the globe by implementing a range of containment measures to stop the spread of the virus and despite in cases the french government has imposed a temporary ban on indoor public gatherings of more than 5000 people. this hospital in paris is the site of a mini outbreak the corona virus transmitted by a patient who was not initially considered infected. special at 1st there was no reason to isolate the patient because he didn't come from any of the risk areas when we realized he was infected we identified all the staff who had had contact with him. at least 3 hospital employees and now infected with the virus the french minister of health has called on the public to keep their distance from one another not to shake hands and to refrain from the traditional french kiss on the cheek. the number of infections is also increasing in iran officially around $600.00 people there

also exciting, you're going to -- you're returning to obi-wan. >> yes >> seth: you're going to play -eah. >> seth: and again, you were an obvious choice and i'm glad you got the part. >> okay, thank you [ light laughter ] i wasn't an obvious choice, did you say? >> seth: no, you are >> oh. >> seth: you were an obvious choice look, i thought you would get it and i'm happy. >> okay, good. well, you mean the sequel. >> seth: the thing is -- the reason i bring it up, is that there was - >> this guy. >> seth: i think this is like 2002, in an "snl" sketch, i played you as obi-wan, and it's pretty good. [ laughter ] >> it is pretty good >> seth: yeah. >> it really is. you've got it all. >> seth: yeah. >> they got it all right >> seth: i mean it's really -- that is more that the wig team nailed it. >> no, no, you did it. looks good >> seth: yeah. >> looks good. >> seth: and there's tracy morgan, as well. [ laughter ] totally different. it could have gone a different way. >> did you do it with a slightly scottish/english accent? >> seth: i tried my best to be true to the -- yeah. >> yeah, to t

to ban single use plastic plastic bags so this is the sort of thing people mock california for now oby policy for over a 1000000000 human plastic bags will be banned in all of china's major cities by the end of 2020 and bans an all cities and towns in 2022 so china is stepping up restrictions on the production sale and use of single use plastic products the state planner said last sunday as it seeks to tackle one of the country's biggest environmental problems and i got to ask you you know look the .

to ban single use plastic plastic bags so this is the sort of thing people mock california for now oby policy for over a 1000000000 human plastic bags will be banned in all of china's major cities by the end of 2020 and bans an all cities and towns in 2022 so china is stepping up restrictions on the production sale and use of single use plastic products the state planner said last sunday as it seeks to tackle one of the country's biggest environmental problems and i got to ask you you know look the plastic is a problem it's in the food supply it's in the oceans we eat plastic or and obviously plastic in the human body is going to kill you right so life expectancy is down existential angst is up opiate crisis here people are committing suicide either slowly or quickly either by eating lots of plastic or by taking opiates and banning plastic is not going to change the equation one iota because it's too far gone so should we care or just consider that.

to ban single use plastic plastic bags so this is the sort of thing people mock california for now oby policy for over a 1000000000 human plastic bags will be banned in all of china's major cities by the end of 2020 and bans and all cities and towns in 2022 so china is stepping up restrictions on the production sale and use of single use plastic products the state planner said last sunday as it seeks to tackle one of the country's biggest environmental problems you know i got to ask you you know look the plastic is a problem it's into food supply it's in the oceans we eat plastic and obviously plastic in the human body is going to kill you so life expectancy is down existential angst is up opiate crisis is here people are committing suicide either slowly or quickly either by eating lots of plastic or by taking opiates and banning plastic is not going to change the equation one iota right because it's too far gone so should we care or just consider that humans out a great right why we did in them shuffle off our mortal coil in the else well what kaiser report does is point out the obvio

to ban single use plastic plastic bags so this is the sort of thing people mock california for now oby policy for over a 1000000000 human plastic bags will be banned in all of china's major cities by the end of 2020 and bans an all cities and towns in 2022 so china is stepping up restrictions on the production sale and use of single use plastic products the state planner said last sunday as it seeks to tackle one of the country's biggest environmental problems you know i got to ask you you know look the plastic is a problem it's in the food supply it's in the oceans we eat plastic or and obviously plastic in the human body is going to kill you so life expectancy is down existential angst is up opiate crisis is here people are committing suicide either slowly or quickly either by eating lots of plastic or by taking opiates and banning plastic is not going to change the equation one iota right because it's too far gone so should we care or just consider that humans are not a great ride why we did in them shuffle off our mortal coil and that yes well what kaiser report does is point out t

think the hell's angels owe me $5.26 to this day. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah i want to talk about obi-wanly, they want more >> jimmy: they want the candy. they want more you are doing a series, right? >> yes, we're going to do another one. we're going to do another one now. [ cheers and applause we are we've been talking about it for a long time. it's going to be a movie and then decided that it would be a good idea to do it as a a series so we're going to make it as a a series for disney's new streaming platform >> jimmy: disney plus, yeah. [ cheers and applause and we start shooting it next year >> jimmy: have you been doing any prepping >> i've been watching -- i liked -- i watched "mandalorian." [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: it was great >> yeah, i liked it. i really liked it. >> jimmy: great sho. >> and i was just trying to keep abreast of all the new "star wars" films that come out. and i'm excited about it it's been a long time. one i did. 2003, i think, was the last one i did. >> jimmy: yeah, and this series has baby kenobi. [ light laughter ] >> oh. >> jimmy: no, i made that up

trump is always doing the thing with his hands, you know [ light laughter ] he's trying to pull an obi-wan us, but instead he just looks like he's playing an invisible accordion "those aren't the droids you're looking for. you guys want to hear a polka? [ cheers and applause you want to hear a polka?" the fundamental -- the fundamental tenets of trumpism and the modern republican party are grievance and paranoia and that was on full display in trump's deranged press conference today but vulnerable republicans in swing states are struggling to defend that behavior because a majority of americans in polls still believe that the president's crimes cannot be - >> tolerited >> seth: this has been "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause we'll be right back with elijah wood, everybody [ cheers and applause ♪ >> announcer: for more of seth's "closer looks", be sure to subscribe to "late night" on youtube. to us at best foods, taste is everything. and we believe great taste starts with great ingredients. like 100% cage free eggs. because at best foods, we're on the side of food. and i like to ques

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. >> those days are over, no doubt. [ applause ] but we all know you were in "star wars" and play obibeen a lot of questions. will you return? are you coming back? well, the days of that are not over because you're coming back. >> i'm coming back. >> in a new disney series. [ applause ] so it's a new series for disney. what can you tell us? we know those scripts are never secret. >> well, the story line -- >> give me everything, man. >> the story starts -- no, i can't tell you anything. we start shooting at the very beginning of next year. they're in pro-production from this summer. there are scripts i've read which are really good. they're continuing to write on them to make them even better and we start -- we start very early next year and i'm excited about it. i think the last one i shot was in 2003. >> how do you get back into 2345 frame of mind? how do you get -- >> it's just there and reminding myself by watching the new films and t"the mandalorian" and keep myself current and i don't think it will take two minutes -- i'll put the cloak back on and i'll be there, i think. >> bam

all you do is, it's like the obi-wan kenobi rule of politics.im stronger. >> yeah. i remember this kind of talk four years ago. the "stop trump" movement that went pretty much nowhere. you have an overwhelming response a reality check, that democrats realize that bernie sanders, his nomination, puts at risk the house majority. that there are huge consequences. so what, in fact -- rather than sitting around talking about how they're going to block him at the convention, this would be a great moment to talk about, are you going to coalesce behind an opponent? how about putting some money into television ads in the super tuesday states? because this is going to be resolved very, very quickly. how about putting more pressure on the candidates who have no hope perhaps to drop out and make endorsements to avoid what happened in 2016, because if it gets to milwaukee, it's going to be too late, whatever they're saying now. >> yeah. jonathan lemire, bernie sanders right now obviously is the strongest person in the field. he's the only non-self-funded can