Late Night supervising producer Henry Melcher and A Closer Look supervising writer Sal Gentile talk to Politico's Heather Caygle about covering the new Congress. FOLLOW LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS Listen to the Late Night Podcast: LateNightSethPodcast.com Rate the Late Night Podcast on Apple Podcasts: applepodcasts.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 Like Late Night on Instagram: www.instagram.com/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.   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Seth takes a closer look at President Trump caving on the signature promise of his campaign and one of his closest advisers getting indicted in the Russia investigation. Then, Seth talks to former senator Claire McCaskill about being the first senator to join Twitter, her thoughts on whether the Democratic Party should move toward more moderate or progressive politics and the connection between Alex Trebek and her student loans. (10:33) She also takes a few more questions backstage at Studio 8G. (18:19) After that, Senator Sherrod Brown talks about speaking with President Trump about policy, the ongoing government shutdown and why he thinks the mood of the country is optimistic. (26:21) He also takes a few more additional questions exclusively for this podcast. (36:48) FOLLOW LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS Listen to the Late Night Podcast: LateNightSethPodcast.com Rate the Late Night Podcast on Apple Podcasts: applepodcasts.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 Like Late Night on Instagram: www.instagram.com/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.   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.