A Closer Look: Trump Abuses His Presidential Power / Late Night Chats: Fred Armisen & Eli Janney

Seth takes a closer look at how Donald Trump uses his status as president to slam private companies and threaten lawmakers. (0:20 - 9:12) Then, Seth interviews Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen. He shares memories of being a refugee from South Vietnam, and explains the difference between refugees and immigrants and the fears Americans have of them. Late Night producer Bee Shaffer also goes backstage with Viet to ask him a few more questions. (9:33 - 17:22) Then, the 8G Band's Fred Armisen and Eli Janney have an exclusive conversation in the podcast's newest segment, Late Night Chats. They discuss their multi-decade history playing music together, how Fred recruited the 8G Band and what goes into a day of making music for the show. (17:34 - 35:58) Photo by Lloyd Bishop/©NBC. LATE NIGHT ON SOCIAL Rate the Late Night Podcast on iTunes: itunes.com/LateNightSeth Subscribe to Late Night on YouTube: youtube.com/LateNightSeth Follow Late Night on Twitter: twitter.com/LateNightSeth Like Late Night on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LateNightSeth Find Late Night on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/LateNightSeth Get more Late Night with Seth Meyers: www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/ Watch Late Night with Seth Meyers Weeknights 12:35/11:35c on NBC.