♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: reese witherspoon!ppy you're here. we love you, we love you! >> woo! >> jimmy: first time on our show, but i saw you a couple of weeks ago. >> yes. we were at an event here in new york city. we were -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> -- at the american songbook gala at the lincoln center. >> jimmy: yeah, it was very nice. >> and we sat next to each other. >> jimmy: alice tully hall. >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: it was beautiful place. >> and you kept offering me certs. and i was wondering, "is that a a hint?" [ light laughter ] or do you just like to eat candy? >> jimmy: no, i was happy because i was next to lorne. he always has certs. we have fresh breath. >> were they certs? >> jimmy: they weren't certs. i don't know if they still make certs. if there was breath savers or something? do they make certs any more? anyway, lorne gave me one. and i was just being polite. so, i thought you saw me. so, i offered you certs. and i thought -- you probably didn't understand me. you probably thought i was saying dessert. [ light

it works for reese witherspoon in that movie. bruiser's bill is the bill they do it on. don't exactly remember what the bill is, but it's very popular and the speaker will not bring it up for a vote. reese witherspoon and her pals get around that problem of the speaker not bringing it up for a vote by having a majority of congress, 218 members of congress, sign a petition saying that they would like, please, to have a chance to vote on that bill. that is a discharge petition and that is technically how you get around the speaker if you've got a popular bill that the speaker won't let you vote on. this is something that's almost never used. the last time it worked was more than ten years ago on an overhaul of campaign finance laws. but at least on paper this is an option. and house democrats said today that they're going to try to. they're going to start one. start a discharge petition on the minimum wage next week. and while that was being announced today from the house democratic retreat, this is what the front page of "the new york times'" website looked like all day l

tonight join jimmy and his guests -- reese witherspoon fred armisen, musical guest rick ross, and featuringhe legendary roots crew. and here's your host, jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thank you very, very much! thank you very much! hey, thank you very much! thank you, welcome, hey. oh, that is a hot crowd right there. thank you very, very much! [ cheers and applause ] welcome, welcome to the "tonight show" everybody. this is going to be fun. here's what everybody's been talking about. after two weeks the winter olympics, it's over now. it's done. the winter olympics in sochi was great. wrapped up yesterday.

♪ >> jimmy: my thanks to reese witherspoon, fred armisen, usher, mikaela shiffrin, rick ross right here- and the roots right there, ladies and gentlemen! [ cheers and applause ] stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." thank you for watching. have a good night. hope to see you tomorrow. bye-bye! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> seth: thank you, jimmy fallon, for taking over "the tonight show" at 11:30 so i could take over "late night" at 12:30. [ light laughter ] i promise to treat it with respect and dignity, and to only use it to do completely original comedy pieces. [ laughter ] [ cheers ] starting now. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> fred: from 30 rockerfeller plaza in new york it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- amy poehler. vice president joe biden. music from a great big world. featuring the 8g band with fred armisen. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ and now, here he is, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: welcome, everyone. thank you so much for being here. [ cheers and applause ] you're too kind. you are all too kind. please -- thanks. [ cheers and applause ] he

>> well, i met reese witherspoon and usher last night on jimmy fallon.eted it after. >> did you see usher's gold shoes? >> i didn't even look at his shoes. i was staring at his hat the whole time. >> is it colder here right now or colder up on the mountain in sochi? >> it's way, way colder here. >> crazy. >> it was like the summer olympics there. >> this has been an exciting time for you. vancouver didn't go your way. do you feel in a way this gold medal means more to you than the first one? >> this one definitely means more to me than my first one. the first one, i was so young and, you know, i guess i wasn't in the same position where mikaela is where she was the favorite. it was a surprise medal and this one was a lot harder to get to for sure, especially after vancouver not going the way i wanted to. and being the favorite in the giant slalom was definitely a lot of pressure. so to feel the win, it was an awesome, awesome feeling. >> ted, as you look at mikaela and seeing someone just getting started, what do you say to somebody like mikaela as she g

tonight join jimmy and his guests -- reese witherspoon fred armisen, musical guest rick ross,