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  • -Thank you very much, everybody. Welcome.

  • Welcome, welcome, welcome to "The Tonight Show."

  • [ Cheers and applause ]

  • Well, guys, it's been a pretty epic 24 hours.

  • Joe Biden was certified as our next president.

  • Several --

  • [ Cheers and applause ]

  • Several staffers have resigned from the White House.

  • Trump's social media accounts were banned.

  • And yet, compared to yesterday, it's a slow news day.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • I'm still trying to process everything.

  • Did anyone else have a tough time calming down last night?

  • It wasn't easy falling asleep.

  • I tried listening to my mediation app,

  • but the guy leading the session was just chanting,

  • "25th Amendment, 25th Amendment."

  • [ Laughter ]

  • Honestly, don't you just wish

  • we could go back to the good old days,

  • where all we had to worry about was a global pandemic

  • and murder hornets?

  • 2021 feels like the end of a "Scooby-Doo" episode

  • where we pull off its mask to reveal

  • it's been 2020 all along.

  • It's like...

  • [ Laughter ]

  • God, I miss 2020.

  • Things are so crazy.

  • Today, Mexico was like, "If you need a wall around your Capitol,

  • we'll pay for it."

  • Meanwhile, some of the rioters claimed

  • they didn't realize that they were trespassing.

  • Sadly, not many people were charged

  • because the police said it was "all white."

  • [ Audience groans ]

  • I think if there's anything to be learned from yesterday,

  • it's that Merrick Garland can't have one fun day.

  • I mean, first, his Supreme Court nomination gets blocked,

  • then he gets a new job, and a riot happens.

  • Seriously, what did this guy do in a previous life,

  • kick over strollers?

  • Anyway, late last night, Congress reconvened

  • and completed the certification of the Electoral College votes.

  • [ Applause ]

  • Yeah.

  • And all jokes aside,

  • I thought it was so cool that Congress came back

  • and didn't let those losers win.

  • I thought it was a pretty powerful message to send.

  • But because of all the chaos,

  • Pence officially affirmed Biden's victory

  • at 3:45 in the morning.

  • Yep. After the win was certified,

  • Biden was like, "Gee, thanks.

  • Can't wait to take over this paradise."

  • [ Laughter ]

  • That's right, Congress worked through the night

  • and confirmed Biden's victory around 4:00 a.m.

  • Yeah, we recognized the election

  • of the world's most powerful person

  • when cable channels were showing infomercials.

  • Pence was like, "I hereby declare Joe Biden as the winner.

  • And now, stay tuned for an infomercial

  • for Marie Osmond's BodyGym."

  • [ Laughter ]

  • ♪♪

  • "You don't even feel like you're sweating."

  • Today, for the first time,

  • President Trump finally acknowledged

  • that there will be an orderly transition of power

  • on January 20th.

  • When Trump says there will be an orderly transition,

  • he means an orderly is gonna have to drag him out the front door.

  • [ Laughter, applause ]

  • "Get him out of here!"

  • The reason one of Trump's aides tweeted that message for him

  • is because the President was banned

  • from all of his social media accounts,

  • including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and even Snapchat.

  • In other news, guess who doesn't want to ban TikTok anymore?

  • [ Laughter ]

  • Love TikTok.

  • Without Twitter, it was pretty embarrassing for Trump.

  • He was walking around the West Wing

  • with a piece of paper and a heart stamp,

  • yelling, "Like this! Like this! Like this!

  • Like this! Like this!"

  • Since yesterday's riot,

  • resignations have poured in at the White House,

  • and sources expect they'll keep coming.

  • Although, resigning with two weeks left

  • feels less like some moral stand

  • and more like leaving early to beat traffic.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • My question is, how do you put in your two weeks' notice

  • when your job ends in less than two weeks?

  • I read that, according to his closest allies,

  • Trump is, quote, "mentally unreachable,"

  • while another source believes

  • the President is "out of his mind."

  • If any more news from 2016 breaks throughout the night,

  • we'll be sure to keep you updated.

  • How do you look at four years of Trump and just now are like,

  • "I'm starting to think this guy is nuts"?

  • [ Laughter ]

  • "You guys catching a vibe?"

  • Today, both Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi

  • called for Pence to pursue the 25th Amendment

  • and remove Trump from office.

  • If that happened, we'd have three presidents in 13 days.

  • I love the idea of changing presidents like movie Batmans.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • Let's get to some lighter news.

  • I saw that Discovery has confirmed

  • the "Puppy Bowl" will go on as scheduled this year.

  • [ Cheers and applause ]

  • "Phew," said absolutely no one.

  • The "Puppy" --

  • The "Puppy Bowl" is the one event

  • that brings every American together to think, "Why?"

  • And finally, in New Jersey,

  • police responded to a McDonald's parking lot,

  • where chickens were chasing customers

  • and wreaking havoc.

  • I think this explains why today Trump released a message

  • saying, "I love you chickens, but it's time to go home."

-Thank you very much, everybody. Welcome.

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