Daniel Radcliffe | with Trump Loses Alaska Court Case & Uncancels Rallies, Haley Stevens Crashes Out on CNN: A Closer Look

0:02The midterms are tomorrow, which means tonight is election eve, so don't forget to put out milk and cookies for Steve Kornacki.

0:17From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Meyers. On today's show, Seth talks to actor Daniel Radcliffe. But first, a closer look.

0:35The final weekend of campaigning before the midterms was rocked by last-minute drama from Alaska to Michigan to Kansas to Iowa. For more on this, it's time for A Closer Look.

0:48All presidents hit the campaign trail for midterms, but Donald Trump isn't really hitting the campaign trail. He's just kind of falling on it with a big old splat, like a birthday cake hitting the pavement face down. But execution isn't what he and his buddies are worried about. Don't focus on the insane things he's saying. Focus on how hard he's working and how little he's sleeping. The one thing I can say is that no president has ever worked so hard on a midterm. Nobody's ever campaigned like I have for midterms. I'm working like a dog. I work almost as hard as this guy. I try to keep up with him.

1:23He doesn't sleep at all. You understand that? The man calls me at like one o 'clock in the morning and also at five of you. Mike, are you sleeping? No, sir, of course. Sleep is for sissies. No, no. Sleep is for sane people. It isn't healthy to sleep two hours a night. Just ask your health secretary. I mean, he's a lunatic, but I bet even he sleeps eight hours a night, even though from the looks of him, it's probably on the top rack of an air fryer. Also, if Trump slept a little more at night, maybe he wouldn't be out cold during the day. I mean, this is almost a daily occurrence at this point.

1:56Every time I watch one of these clips, I have the urge to drop a textbook on my desk. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Mr. Trump, thank you for joining us! The point is, Trump loves doing rallies and bragging about how many rallies he does, which is why it was shocking when, out of the blue, he canceled, and then uncanceled, a bunch of rallies in highly competitive states. Since Labor Day, the president has headlined more than 30 rallies. Trump's campaign blitz, now set to end its run in Iowa and Kansas. But Trump had canceled those planned appearances, even as both states have races for governor and senator that ABC News rates as toss-ups, telling reporters.

2:38You know what the reason is? I don't feel I have to go to Kansas. The dude's done 30 rallies in less than two months, and suddenly he's canceling during the final climactic weekend. That's like sprinting the first 26 miles of the New York City Marathon and then calling an Uber for the last 1 ,000 feet. Of course, it's possible that GOP candidates in competitive states like Kansas and Iowa didn't want Trump around because he's wildly unpopular and because he talks about insane s*** like this. So I'm studying him. And I made the mistake of saying that I started off by studying his ass. I just wanted to see him.

3:10I said his ass is like a pile of muscle. Frankly, Norway sucks. Norway has become a s***house country, actually. They have solar, some solar, not those big monsters that they put up all over. They kill all the animals. You know, the animals jump on them and they fry. You ever see him go to a barbecue and he's trying to show, I love the meat. I love it. Look, I'd say 90 percent of the reason I took the governor.

3:44What an inspiring closing message. Can we fit all that on a lawn sign? Maybe something like, in this house, we believe animals fry on solar panels John Husted's got a great ass, Norway sucks, I love the meat, and... The reality is that Trump's a liability for Republicans Even in deep red states like Alaska, where GOP Senator Dan Sullivan is battling to keep his job And in the last week, that race has also been rocked by a last minute surprise Involving a second Dan Sullivan We begin with that bombshell new report alleging that Democrats launched a scheme to confuse voters in a race that could determine the balance of power in Washington.

4:21It's that Senate race in Alaska where Democrat Mary Peltola is running against a Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan. But there's a second Dan Sullivan on the ballot. And now the New York Times is reporting Peltola's campaign was behind an effort to recruit that other Dan Sullivan as a spoiler. According to the Times, top aides from Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign instructed a staffer to find as many Dan Sullivans in the state as they could until they eventually found this man. This is Daniel J. Sullivan, a retired teacher from Petersburg, who went on to launch his own Senate bid. Wait a second.

4:59So the Democrats scoured the state looking for guys named Dan Sullivan so they could recruit one of them to run as a spoiler candidate and siphon votes away from the Republican who is also named Dan Sullivan. Wow. I am shocked. It pains me to say this, but I have to call balls and strikes. This is very funny I mean, they finally did it The Democrats finally did something as dirty as the Republicans I mean, I mean, don't get me wrong It's not systematically lobbying state election officials To send alternate slates of electors to Congress As part of an illegal scheme to undermine a presidential election And then storming the Capitol to in the rotunda And threaten to kill Mike Pence dirty But it's still pretty dirty Both parties do stuff like this The difference is this time the Democrats were actually good at it If anything, they were too good When Republicans tried to do something dirty Their dipshit no-neck lawyer Accidentally holds a press conference at a landscaping company And then leaks hair dye like Bic just exploded on his head If they'd sent Rudy out to find a second Dan Sullivan He'd come back with a Sully Danielson or a Sully Sullenberger Good news, boss!

6:05People will vote for him because he's a hero You know he killed all those birds! Now here's the good news First, Alaska has ranked choice voting, which means you can vote for more than one candidate and your vote will get counted. So you can vote for both Dan Sullivan. Second, the Alaska courts already dealt with this problem and the state came up with a solution. They just decided to identify the Republican, Dan S. Sullivan, on the ballot by adding the word incumbent next to his name and voters in Alaska seem very clear on the difference. Can you tell who's who here? Oh, absolutely. Yeah, you've got Daniel J.

6:37Sullivan Jr. and then you have Sullivan Dan who's a registered Republican and incumbent. It's pretty clear. It's in black and white. It's very clear. When I heard about it, I decided to look up a sample ballot. And when I saw that it showed incumbent and Republican for the current incumbent, I wasn't worried about it at all. I was like, people are smart enough to see it's labeled clearly. It's already been determined by our Supreme Court in Alaska. I wasn't worried about it. That's a very intelligent answer. or at least I think it was. I wasn't really listening because I couldn't stop looking at how her antenna kept moving the whole time.

7:14But you heard it right there. Alaska voters are smart enough to understand if the ballot says incumbent on it. So that's that, right? People are totally confused. They shouldn't be confused when voting. At least let him use the name Senator Dan Sullivan as opposed to incumbent because a lot of people don't know what incumbent means. Here we go. The ironclad rule of Trump. When he says a lot of people don't know, that means he doesn't know. I'm guessing the only thing Trump knows about incumbent is that it has the letter B in it, or at least he should know that based on this. Most people don't know that dumb has a B.

7:53Yeah. He def doesn't know what incumbent means. So Trump's DOJ went to court to stop certification of the results if the Republican loses, and it won't surprise you to learn the argument that nobody knows what incumbent means did not sway a judge. We begin this hour with breaking of elements in Alaska's fight for a U.S. Senate seat. A federal judge has thrown out the Justice Department's lawsuit that sought to set aside some ballots and delay certification of that race. You left the Supreme Federal Office first. The federal judge is meant to be a law for the Republican Maryland. This is a Republican-run state government thing.

8:33I didn't hear that, no. What is meritless? You mean about Dan Sullivan, meritless? Yeah. That Dan Sullivan? I think it's one of the most meritful things. Meritful. Well, at least he knows the difference between less and full. It's not meritless. It's meritful. They're not incumbent. They're outcumbent. It's not Alaska. It's I'll tell you. And I'll tell you this. I forgot what your question was. And yet somehow the two Dan Sullivans is still not even the biggest shock to hit the midterms in the homestretch because in Michigan, all hell broke loose. Madness in Michigan. Tonight, Democrats are furious at Representative Haley Stevens after she endorsed the state's Republican Senate nominee over Democrat Dr.

9:25Abdul El-Sayed. Today, a stunning announcement from El-Sayed's former primary rival, Congresswoman Haley Stevens, saying she's breaking from her party and endorsing the Republican. Just days ago, Stevens was backing El-Sayed. Of course I'm voting, you know, for our Democratic nominee for Senate. Tonight, the Congresswoman's move being called a despicable betrayal by top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer. Stevens' top aide and communications director, both resigning. I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today. I'm still a very proud Democrat. I still very much believe in everything I voted for and said.

10:03I have so much to say about this, but first, what the with this camera angle? Normally, when you take a video in a car like this, it's proof you're driving drunk. This is how the Joker holds the camera when he's threatening Batman. So Democrats were shocked by Stevens' about-face after she reportedly bashed Rogers, calling him a corrupt Trump crony and a rubber stamp for Trump's agenda. Stevens' former campaign manager wrote, her fellow Democrat, Mallory McMorrow, said, Cut the s*** And even before Sunday The questions for El Syed were getting colorful Hi, is Haley Stevens trying to rat the s*** campaign?

10:39That is not a question from you The language I'm not sure when Michigan became so profane But today when I checked MapQuest The mitten was a glove with a middle finger up And yeah, we're using MapQuest now Because they had a little backbone And still call it Lake Ontario But Democrats are especially aghast because after seeking the Democratic nomination promising to stop Trump, Stevens is now joining him in endorsing one of the most nakedly racist campaigns in modern American history. His name is actually Abdullah something-a-la-la. It's Abdullah-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba. Mohammed El-Sayed. His family, they don't just flirt with terrorism.

11:20They actually help fund Osama bin Laden. AIPAC wouldn't be, they wouldn't come here if Dr. El-Sayed didn't sleep in a bin Laden church. If Abdul El-Sayed becomes the senator for Michigan, there is a very real risk that Americans will die as a result. If Abdul and the Democrats win, they will open the floodgates and invite hordes of jihadists to our shores, creating a nightmare of violence and terror until you cannot even have a Christmas. We don't want to have a jihadist He would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector Before he's allowed to go into the Senate I want him to have a metal detector That's both incredibly racist and also impossible You can't put metal detectors in the Senate Half of Mitch McConnell's organs are titanium I'm sorry, that's my new spleen So that's the campaign Stevens chose to endorse And if you thought she'd have a hard time defending that decision You're right, because she went on CNN last night and it did not go great.

12:26I'm just casting my vote this one way. Michigan, there's a lot of people out there voting. But with all due respect, you're casting your vote that way and you're on television right now talking about it and you had a press conference earlier. So you're not just casting your vote. You are very publicly casting your vote. Which is fine, but that's what you're doing, right? Look, Anderson, I am happy to be speaking with you. There's reports that more than half of your staff has quit. Is that accurate? Look, I have an incredible team in Washington. Obviously, they cast their votes. It's just an interesting change, and I think a lot of people are curious to try to understand it.

13:23Was that a question, Anderson? No, I wanted to see if you wanted to fill in the silence, but you don't. Oh, look. Yeah. Look. Damn, that was a Game of Thrones-style burn. I merely hoped you would fill the silence, but you did not, so I will. Take him away! That interview is so brutal, I watched it through my fingers like a horror movie. I think I heard her audibly gulp more than I heard her say actual words. It would have been better for her if the interview had gone like this. I wanted to see if you wanted to fill in the silence.

14:05The only thing that would have made it worse is if she'd had a pair of antenna that never quite stopped moving. Can we see that?

14:15The reality is most people, most people don't care about any of this. Life is too expensive while billionaires are getting richer. Trump's never been more unpopular. Voters have never been more furious. And that's why the GOP is resorting to gutter racism. They're throwing out red meat and hoping their base will say, I love the meat. This has been A Closer Look.

14:46My guest tonight is a Tony-winning Emmy-nominated actor. You know from the Harry Potter franchise And Miracle Workers As well as Merrily We Roll Along And Every Brilliant Thing on Broadway He stars in the second season Of The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins Which airs Mondays on NBC And streams next day on Peacock Please welcome back to the show Our friend Daniel Radcliffe, everybody

15:10Hello! How are you? I'm very good, thank you very much Congratulations on season two Of Reggie Dinkins Thank you so much You play a documentary filmmaker making a story, making a film about Reggie Dinkins played by our friend Tracy Morgan. Yes. And you've had wonderful guest stars, Megan Thee Stallion in season one. And I think we can announce, I mean, it's really, I mean, this is going to be all over the trades. I'm a guest star in season two. Yes. Yes. We were very excited. And, you know, you are Monica, played by Erica Alexander. You are her whole past. She has an obsession with Seth. Yes. And Seth comes up a lot throughout the series as a sort of, you know, a figure of lust.

15:51Yeah. And then we got you in. You know what? It's very nice when that is how you're written in a comedy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't think I didn't see what's happening here, Daniel. No, no, no, no, no. But it's genuinely very felt. But I'm also, I like when people cast me within the range that I'm good at playing, which is me. You are playing, you are playing. They reach out, they're like, we got a great part for you. I'm like, what is it? They're like, uh, you just. I was very sad that we didn't have any, we didn't have any scenes together. Yes, I was heartbroken as well. But I'm looking forward to it.

16:16We're in an episode together, and that's nice. Also, someone who plays an incredible wealth of characters over the years, Tracy Morgan, but always brings a lot of Tracy to the part. Yes. How is your second season of Working With Tracy going? I mean, it's the best. He is, I feel like I've said this a lot about him, but how funny he is, it can't be learned and it can't be taught. He is just, he is a creature of comedy. and it's you know he will it's very hard to do publicity about Tracy because there's very few stories about him that I can repeat I saw that he was the grand marshal of the New York City Marathon of the weekend which is I just truly like it both makes perfect sense because he is New York and also I cannot imagine what he was screaming at exhausted runners but yeah he's the best I will say I do think everyone in New York City or even the world who comes to New York City to run the marathon is happy to see Tracy Morgan screaming at them from the passenger side of a car.

17:17Yes, I think so. I think you are right. And he is, I feel like, you know, we all know this, like the sort of the Tracy Jordan side of Tracy Morgan very well because we've seen it in things. But he's actually this like very, he's got this very like sweet, vulnerable side, I think as well, which you don't expect necessarily, but is definitely coming out. I feel like I've got to know that side of him much more in season two. and we utilize it in his character as well. It is that crazy thing, like now you know, which I learned in my time working with him, which is everything Tracy says, only Tracy could say.

17:49And yet it's so, it's algorithmically impossible to predict the next thing he's going to say. There was a moment in one scene we had where he has to say the line, I thought I was going to meet a bear. And he, Tracy Morgan screaming that line on set is genuinely one of the funniest things I've ever seen. and he saw that it was making us all laugh and so he goes further with it, which when most actors do it would mean it would stop working and get less funny, but it just doesn't. There is truly, like there are line readings he has access to, which literally 99 % of actors in the world could never say and make work, but he does.

18:24Also, I don't know what he is on your set, but he never was an actor who ever asked, when you wrote for him, he never asked for motivation. He would never be like, why did I think I was going to see a bear? No, no. He just commits fully to every single line And it is, yeah, it's a real joy to watch And everyone in the show Like Precious, Jaden, Erica And Bobby Moynihan Some of the funniest, most amazing people I'm so proud of the show I love the show so much I would do it for a thousand years So hopefully you all will enjoy it It is true Tracy is a surprisingly emotional person And he went on You were with him during one of the great emotional rollercoasters of his life Which is the Knicks championship season Yes.

19:06What was it like being around Tracy during that time? I mean, to be working with Tracy Morgan in the aftermath of the Knicks winning is like working with him in just the happiest time of his life. It would be like if he had been in Star Wars and you worked with him after that. Right. Yeah. I mean, he and I got to go to one game with him last season and experience how into it he gets and just him screaming at the players in a way that they all know him as well. They're all used to it. And they're just like, ah, Tracy. I did an interview with Jalen Brown recently, and I was like, yeah, Tracy was, you know, I'm sure will have something to say about the fact that I even met you.

19:43And he was like, yeah, he's always talking s***. He's always like, all these, like, incredible athletes are just used to Tracy coming to games and hurling abuse at them. I mean, yeah, a rite of passage, I think, to come through MSG. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got a lot more to ask you. Stick around. We'll be right back with more from Daniel Radcliffe.

20:02We're back with Daniel Radcliffe. You have a child Your child is young But I'm wondering Are you getting him Into sports at all Well yeah It's been a big year We're pretty strict About screen time The one thing we let through Is sports Because we're like If this subliminally Just gets in And you like sports When you're older That's great for us As a family So we watched a lot of We watched a lot of NFL We watched the World Cup This year Which was Wonderful Which was fantastic And he did He You know I love soccer I grew up in England The one thing that Oh fans hate about it is the flopping, the diving.

20:37So I tend to shout a lot at the screen when someone falls over, I'll be like, oh, get up! And he has inherited that beautifully. But he has no ability to distinguish between a fake dive and a very serious injury. So somebody will go down really hard and be like, oh, get up! And he says it. He says it in this incredibly cutting, imperious English accent. that his accent's like really in between English and American, but when he is saying something that he has heard me say, it sounds English. So, yeah, it's very charming. That's very dangerous, I realize, that if he says something in your accent, there's no way for you to say, like, who knows where he learned it.

21:13Yeah, that's true. That is true. He did, at one point, he started calling my partner Erin by her first name because there's a tone that you call your wife or your partner's name when you are in the middle of a diaper change and, like, you need something, and you're like, Aaron! And so he then started saying, Aaron! Like that. And she was like, I do not care for that. You need to stop that immediately. That's fantastic. Halloween, how did you guys group outfit or just follow your son's stories? We did do a group outfit. He was a crocodile. It was a narwhal on Friday and a crocodile on Saturday.

21:51His favorite movie is The Little Mermaid and his favorite characters, because he's a little weirdo, are Flotsam and Jetsam, the two evil eels. Yeah And so That's a bad sign It's not a great sign When you apply to schools Don't say that Yeah Not even the main villain He has like henchman vibes Yeah But he We asked We were like Do you want us to be flotsam and jetsam And he was like no He was very He was like Kind of disgusted by the idea That we His uncool parents Might infect his favourite characters Which I really thought That I was going to get Like more time Of being a cool parent Yeah Before he decided That we're Oh it ends soon Yeah It's ended It's over.

22:28He's three and we're done. I would imagine you still are out in the streets and, one, you probably see a fair amount of Harry Potters and I would imagine as time passes, none of them clock you. Well, they don't because I'm fully masked up and zipped up as I was this weekend. It was a mask that went over the hood. I wasn't worried. Yeah. And, uh... Sorry, this fly. We can cut that. I missed it, so definitely cut it. That fly is a beloved member of our group That fly has been here since our first show But no I did see a couple of Harry Potters this year But I don't feel the urge to be like Do you know this old man?

23:17I don't have that urge I think your instincts are great I think your instincts are great on that Hey man, it's always so good to see you Thanks so much for having me on Thank you for the show Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Late Night with Seth Meyers airs weeknights on NBC at 1235-1135 Central Original music on the Late Night Podcast is by the HE Band Don't forget to follow the handle Late Night Seth on social media and tell your friends to subscribe to the Late Night Podcast wherever they get their podcasts.