Obama On Leno: President To Talk Snowden, Healthcare, Embassy Closures

President Obama will appear on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno tonight.

The president flew into Los Angeles today to sit down with Jay for a brief interview. The segment won’t air until later tonight by Jay did give a hint about the topic of conversation on Twitter.

Jay writes: “On The #TonightShow this evening, @BarackObama discusses the economy, healthcare, Russia, Snowden and more!”

The Atlantic reports that the “more” part of the conversation includes terrorism, the recent embassy closures, the NSA and Hilary Clinton.

Obama told Leno that the government wasn’t overreacting when it decided to shut down more than a dozen embassies in the light of a possible terrorist attack. Obama even encouraged people to travel abroad, saying: “The odds of dying in a terrorist attack are a lot lower than they are of dying in a car accident.”

The conversation didn’t get much lighter then that as Jay and Obama dived into the NSA scandal. Obama denied that the government had a domestic problem but admitted that NSA is capable of tracking a phone number if it is necessary.

Obama said: “We don’t have a domestic spying program… What we do have is some mechanisms that can track a phone number or an email address that is connected to a terrorist attack…That information is useful.”

The president also talked about Russia (we’re still friends despite that Snowden mess), Hilary Clinton (he doesn’t know if she’ll run) and the do-nothing congress.

Tonight we’re joined by President @BarackObama and the legendary Patti LaBelle! #TonightShow

— Jay Leno (@jayleno) August 6, 2013

Here’s a video of President Obama’s appearance on Leno from last year. You can tune into NBC tonight to see the President on The Tonight Show.