also jeff daniels. who plays the cynical anchor man. plus the hitmaker with a hit show, ll cool j, one of my favorite guests, joins me again. this time, he's opening up about his private life. what it really means to be a role model. first, the big story. hbo's "the newsroom." welcome to you both. so si was at the premiere of "te newsroom" in new york. lots of cable news anchors racing to see how accurate this was. and i think it's fair to say the general consensus was it was pretty darn accurate. people really enjoyed it. i found it -- very sort of pr s thrilling reality check. to see it through the prism of your character, jeff. i'm curious about your motives here. i'm an unashamed "west wing" fan. it's a great privilege to have you here. what are you trying to achieve with the cable news june rgenre anything? >> i've got one goal. that's to interstaentertain thee for an hour. we are going for the exact same thing. >> are you though? because i always see underneath this stuff. you do like to make a point. some of the criticism in the

daniel was only 29 years old. we miss you already. good night. >>> tonight, not afraid to speak his mind. smashing pumpkins' billy corgan. why he feels so disappointed by president obama. >>> plus, jimmy fallon, king of late night and the man of a million voices. >> who buys these pants? no guy wants to wear them. >> including rather wearingly, my own. tonight, jimmy fallon goes complely bonkers doing jim rrison. ♪ take a look ♪ it's in a book ♪ a reading rainbow ♪ a readingainbow >> there's only one man who can bring together all of these people. that man is, of course, united states' reigning king of comedy, jimmy fallon, his new album. he apparently wants to blow your pants off. jimmy fallon. >> thank you for having me back. yeah, since the last time, i thought you'd never invite me back. really, ever. >> intriguing cover of your album here. >> yeah, i was -- >> it appears to be your naked butt. >> it's a gentleman enjoying a red wine. what's a red wine you love? >> chateau lature. >> yeah, it's a chateau lature. and he's l

starring jeff daniels. i watched it last night. jeff daniels character makes a speech to a bunch of students. the point he makes. he's asked what he thinks about america. he says it's completely wrong to say america is the greatest country in the world. it used to be. and it can be again, but if you look at all the criteria, education, science, literacy, et cetera, et cetera, america is lagging way behind now many countries. what do you think? >> i agree. i don't see the vigorous democracy -- not democratic -- the vigorous democracy that i was raised to believe in. and i don't understand where that went. now, does that mean somebody wants that debate to go down because it's easier to control, you know, an archetized people? or is it just we're all so stuck in our phones now we don't have time to car about the reality of our country? i don't really understand all the causal effects. i have theories, but -- >> one theory could be the celebrification of america and most of the civilized world and politics. maybe that's part of the pro

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up next, our talk with jeff daniels. >>> truth, power and the media. colliding like never before in "the newsroom." aaron sorkin gave us "west wing" and "the social network." with me now, the star and writer of the show. welcome to you both. so i was at the premiere of "the newsroom" in new york. lots of cable news anchors racing to see how accurate this was. and i think it's fair to say the general consensus was it was pretty darn accurate. people really enjoyed it. i found it -- very sort of thrilling reality check. to see it through the prism of your character, jeff. i'm curious about your motives here. i'm an unashamed "west wing" fan. it's a great privilege to have you here. what are you trying to achieve with the cable news genre, if anything? >> i've got one goal. that's to entertain the audience for an hour. we shoot our show on stage seven. that's the same stage where they shot "the monkeys," and we're going for the exact same thing. >> are you though? because i always see underneath this stuff. you do like to make a point. some of the critici

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