he was great in "trainwreck", i don't know if you saw that. and "sisters." john cena is back on the show tonight. >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: john -- john cena. john is going to tell us about his new reality series, "american grit." i love my reality shows. and then i'm going to test his grit in a game of "sticky balls." [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: really? that's no djokovic. >> jimmy: see if djokovic -- yeah. you beat me on that one. reminds me of an old djokovic. [ light laughter ] and performing tonight -- he's one of the most beautiful voices, most talented writer, performer, artists of our generation. i love this guy so much. from r.e.m., michael stipe is here tonight. >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i can't describe -- i can't describe how much i love this guy. i got to meet him a couple of years back with mutual friends. we went out one night with our friends julie and jane. we went out and went to a a karaoke bar. [ light laughter ] i was like, i couldn't believe that he actually walked in. i'm like, "oh,

my next guest is a comedian you know from "sleepwalk with me," "trainwreck," and "orange is the new black."ne-man show called "thank god for jokes." please welcome mike birbiglia! ( applause ) nice to meet you. >> how are you? nice to meet you. i'm very intimidated. >> stephen: no need, no need. i'm intimidated by you. and starred in your own one-man show called "thank god for jokes," which is at the lynn redgrave theater. and i also thank god for jokes.an when you say >> you know, the show has somend it has -- >> are you a religious person? >> well, i was raised catholic. i was an altar boy as a kid and the answer is no.n altar boy for many years. how about you. 11 years. >> yeah, i was. 11 year!second grade to senior year. >> i would say probably half that. probably five or six years. and, yeah. i was-- and it odd thing for getting into comedy because my mosms very concerned when-- were you parents conc, my mom was all for it. >> really. >> stephen: yeah, she probably should have worried more. >> my mom when i moved to new york to pursue comedy. goes, "just don't become one of those dir

she wrote and starred in the movie " trainwreck," and won an emmy for inside amy schumer. not a lot of information about the tour has been released, but tickets go on sale this friday morning at 10:00. meredith: we are getting new summer: what could lead to meredith: the lingering issue if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all chicago until it went off the tracks last night in kansas. meredith: more than 140 were on board when five of the seven train cars tipped over. about 30 passengers were sent to the hospital, but no one died. passengers say the train was shaking before it derailed. >> basically just shook a lot, tipped over and

. >> we put a trainwreck on the tv they'd watch that too. >> that's possible. they're watching more of this, though. >> we need the llamas back. remember the llamas? it was a year ago last week i think. they did no one any harm. thank you. >> pleasure. >> the results are already in from one of today's races. and donald trump swept up all nine delegates in the northern mariana islands. where? the northern mariana islands. that's a u.s. commonwealth somewhere. in case you're wondering, the northern mariana islands are -- and let's all learn together. a chain in the northwestern pacific. there they are right there. they appear to be blue. they also happen to be on the other side of the international dateline. so their tuesday started while it was still monday in the continental united states. northern mariana airlines. islands. the islands have an important place in u.s. history because during world war ii they were home to the world's largest military air base and some of the fiercest fighting in the entire war. it is the site from which warplanes carried atom bo

you know him from "sleepwalk with me," "trainwreck," and "orange is the new black."ome mike birbiglia! ( band playing ) ( applause ) >> stephen: it's nice to meet you. >> how are you? nice to meet you. >> stephen: lovely to have you on. >> i'm very intimidated. >> stephen: no need, no need. i'm intimidated by you, because you've written and starred in your own one-man show called "thank god for jokes," which is at the lynn redgrave theater. and i also thank god for jokes. what do you mean, when you say "thank god for jokes?" >> well, there's-- you know, the show has some religious themes, and it has-- >> stephen: are you a religious person? >> well, i was raised catholic. i was an altar boy as a kid and the answer is no. >> stephen: i was an altar boy for many years. how about you? 11 years. >> yeah, i was. 11 years! wow. >> stephen: second grade to senior year, yeah. >> i would say probably half that, probably five or six years, and, yeah, i was in-- and it was-- that was an odd thing for getting into comedy because my mom was very concerned when i wanted to be-- we

. >> we did see "trainwreck." >> never, ever play that game on this show. >> you have to love fallon.again, and then you realize you're playing sticky balls. >> sticky balls. >> that was my night. >> after your show, of course, is the fabulous seth meyers. seth and his wife welcoming baby boy ash on sunday night. seth had a story about their journey to the hospital in an uber. >> i can tell from the expression on our uber driver's face that this was the first time that he was doing anything like this. my wife was on her knees in the backseat, holding on to me. we had to roll the window down because she was getting car sick. she was screaming out an open window. screaming. only in new york city could you drive that way and not have people say, that woman is being abducted. there is an abduction taking place right now. she would be screaming while we were stopped at stoplights and people were just crossing the street. my wife was screaming out the window. i don't like this! i just feel like new yorkers are walking by going, it's new york. nobody likes anything. i kept thinking back to t

my next guest is a comedian you know from "sleepwalk with me," "trainwreck," and "orange is the

my next guest is a comedian you know from "sleepwalk with me," "trainwreck," and "orange is the new black." he's now written a one-man show called "thank god for jokes." please welcome mike birbiglia! ( applause ) >> stephen: it's nice to meet you. >> how are you? nice to meet you.