star of "a christmas carol," actor guy pearce comedian joe pera.turing the 8g band with fred armisen ♪ [ 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 that is wonderful to hear. in that case, let's get to the news president trump sent a letter to house speaker nancy pelosi today and said the impeachment inquiry is full of shameless lies and deception, which is true it's called evidence [ laughter ] in president trump's letter, he accused nancy pelosi of declaring open war on american democracy and said, quote, "you do not know, nor do you care the great damage and hurt you have inflicted upon wonderful and loving members of my family." this letter is bonkers [ light laughter ] i don't even know how to describe the tone of it. i guess if you took the most privileged white lady ever and gave her a whole bottle of wine and then asked her to write a yelp review of a restaurant that made her wait 40 minutes for a table and then got

change is greater than ever in addition to that we actually have better economics compared to when the pearce agreement was struck is cheaper for noble energy costs the fallen things are easier and cheaper to do and we have not just the people in the streets demanding action but also a lot of major business late so that's that's really a contrast to what we saw coming out of the negotiations where there was very. little below her on the paris rules of moving forward the one small glimmer of hope was that over the last 2 days and intense negotiations they did manage to get some tax which really. urged countries to come back next year with enhanced ambition recognising the urgency and the the difference we have today in terms of emissions reductions compared to where we need to go so they are urging countries to come back next year with really and hard starvation an amount for their from the wild resources institute let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour scuffles have broken out at anti-government protests in hong kong hundreds gathered in s

but some of those tree branches did pearce the ceiling. they tore down power lines and took the tops of redwood trees as well. >> police say carlos due ran shot a man in sunnyvale last week. he got away with the help of pamela. this is believed to be gang-related. the victim in the shooting is okay. he san francisco state university has been given the all clear. the school had to shutdown because of a bomb threat. police say the school reported the bomb threat at 2:00 this afternoon. officers went building by building searching. this evening, classes were canceled. police say eventually they found no threat to the students. classes back in session tomorrow. >> the accused gunman of a high-profile murder case is now a free man. today kaveh embraced his mother when he walked out of the san mateo county jail. this comes just hours after the district attorney decided not to retry him due to lack of evidence. bayat and li were accused of killing her children's father over a custody dispute. the jury found her not guilty but dead locked on bayat

david pearce was once a trade union official in grimsby.there, i don't know if i'll be let in. have i betrayed anybody? no, i haven't. because what was happening was making us worse off. so i've changed my opinion. who do you blame for the fact that labour lost so much support here? jeremy corbyn. because he's old —fashioned, and you can't do that. you can't do what he was doing. you've got to accept 17.5 million. you've got to accept it. we never belonged in the common market. we just don't belong there. you get your sovereignty back, it's a big thing. grimsby is one of britain's busiest ports. much of its trade is with the eu. even so, grimsby voted overwhelmingly to leave and, on thursday, backed borisjohnson's conservatives. so, where, if no longer here, are labour's heartlands now? manchester is one surviving labour stronghold. this is prosperous metropolitan england. here, the labour vote held up, among the young, the college educated, the socially liberal, middle—class professionals, working in the health service and schools. when i

a leadership bid among the existing shadow cabinet there are rebecca long bailey emily thornberry pearce starmer and angela raina and from the wider party to support for past critics of corbin such as jess phillips lisa mandy event cooper and clive lewis the timetable on the rules of the contest will be decided by the party's national executive committee body still dominated by corporate supporters the reasons why labor's vote collapsed are varied and they are disputed and the party's response in fact its very future depends on perhaps 2 crucial questions firstly to the party membership put aside internal factional differences to choose a leader who can accurately identify the relevant problems and tackle them and secondly do any of the potential candidates for leadership have the talents and the skills for that task paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. as in china scientists he calls a worldwide controversy over so-called gene edited babies has been sentenced to 3 years in prison clergy unquote he was convicted of illegal medical practice in the human embryos and what the court in shenz

. >> we don't have any to pearce the vail.rist financial and crimes and other national security threats as well. >> it bringso yong's home in mountain view. >> why did you have v-1 visa worker? >> where do you want to meet? >> yong did not answer. did you employ it to workers? >> did they pay you? >>> he got in his car and drove away. we never heard from him again. we reached out to the people listed as company officials and all other businesses that we talked about and they never got back to us. i asked google for comments about john yong's job there. they never return phone calls or e-mails. ice officials tell me there are hugh grants areurnt laws. while they can make inspection visits at universities and some employees, they can't do it with any company. current rules preventing them from doing what we did showing up and knocking on doors unannounced. >> nbc bay area news. >>> if you have a story for our investigative unit, you can call 888-996-tips or use our website, nbcbayarea.co nbcbayarea.com/investigations. >> the iri

star of "a christmas carol," actor guy pearce comedian joe pera.tter to house speaker nancy pelosi today and said the impeachment inquiry is full of shameless lies and

thank you so much, chairman pearce i yield the rest of what the. >> thank you so much, congresswoman, and thank you to all the witnesses for coming here today. thank you to the audience members for being present for the 30 important hearing. i like to thank our witnesses for their testimony. without objection all members will have five legislative days within which to submit additional written questions for the witnesses, to the chair, which will be forwarded to the witnesses for responses. i asked our witnesses to please respond as promptly as you are able. this hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> weeknights this week we are featuring booktv programs on c-span2. tonight the theme is the supreme court. >> watch tonight begin at eight eastern on c-span2 and enjoy booktv this week and every weekend on c-span2. >> nex

"memento" is a fractured narrative neo noir about someone who has lost their memory played by guy pearce introduction to a filmmaker with a hell of a lot of talent. with chris nolan, you see this guy who is having a great time making a movie and seeing what he can get away with. >> you said we talked before? i don't remember that. >> he's playing with chronology, he's playing with narrative structure, but he's also telling a really tragic story. and telling it through the eyes of a character who we sympathize with while know nothing about. >> i need a routine to make my life possible. no drive, no reason to make it work. hmm? yeah, i got a reason. >> i love chris's films. it's a rarified air to be able to occupy a place where you're so cinematically intelligent and popular at the same time. >> the "batman" films had been done a number of times. and it's always risky to bring back a film and to make yet another origin story. but chris nolan came in and met with me and walked me through the entire story. beat by beat by beat by beat. and i greenlit it in the room. >> christopher nolan gave

we surprised jackie pearce from michael's hometown of houston in one of our make your monday segmentsshe helps run. here's a look. >> reporter: we first met jackie back in october. >> i'm going to pass out. >> reporter: when we made her monday. >> i'm usually a very talkative person. i'm at a loss for words. >> reporter: honoring the military vet for all she does for her community and the food bank at her baptist church in houston she is dedicated to. >> the greatest i have ever seen. >> reporter: while we're honoring jackie, all she could talk about was her church in texas. >> my pastor's passion was to help those less fortunate than we are. >> reporter: and after she was whisked away in new york city, she went right back to the work she loves. and while this is a season of joy for so many, the need even greater for others. >> she helps stretch my social security check. >> nobody should go without a christmas. >> reporter: but the volunteers that run this small, grassroots organization also know the spirit of giving shouldn't just be for one day, but all year long. >> to see the smil

even through hanukkah, northern great lakes right down into >>> i'm here now with guy pearce and joe guy, good to see you. good to see you, joe. [ applause ] "a christmas carol" is timeless. okay, but there have been dozens of adapt takes but no one has quite done the like you guys have done it. this a few words what can you tell us about the movie. >> i think with our writer he's taken us to a slightly darker place than perhaps other versions might have gone to. >> darker. >> yeah, to say the least, a little more confronting perhaps. >> you play scrooge. >> i do. >> which is an iconic -- >> i don't know why i was cast as scrooge. [ laughter ] >> but how did you go about reinventing scrooge. >> i relied on nick murphy our director and steve our writer. they talked about playing scrooge sort of a younger man, someone more robust in the prime of his life and prepared to take on life, not wizarded up scared old man running away from everything. so really it was their perspective that i just took on board. >> joe, we're going to look at a clip. your character is trying to get home a litt

jackie pearce dedicating her life to service running her church's food bank. >> someone so deservingnk you. >> no one deserves this more than you. >> thank you so much. >> a special young girl who faced a tough health battle. lexi is no ordinary kid. she desperately needed a new kidney. thankfully her father luther was a match. luther, how do you feel? >> you pray you become a match. i was blessed i was able to do it myself. >> this courageous little girl coming through surgery like a champ, and what does a girl in recovery need? >> aaaagh! >> we would like to invite you and your family to disney world. >> no way. >> t.j. holmes is at an elementary school in west springfield, massachusetts, to celebrate an inspiring young teacher. >> last spring after six years teaching at the newton school, jamie was faced with an impossible decision. leaving the students she loved to be closer to her ailing mother. jamie took a job teaching fifth grade at the colburn school and just two weeks into the new school year, she's already making the same impact. >> all of you, come on. we're going outside