i am your host for the next two nights, anthony anderson. jimmy is taking the summer off to do whatever the hell white people do. polo? ice fishing? i don't know. so he asked me to guest host, which, the word guest doesn't seem quite right. when you invite a guest over for dinner, you don't make them show up to an empty house and cook their own damn food, do you? but i'm happy to be guest-hosting the show. i'm a little less happy about guest-parenting jimmy's badass kids while he's away. hold on. hey, billy! i told you, don't touch the stove, boy! when you burn yourself, just put some tussin on it. anyway, don't worry, loyal jimmy kimmel viewers. tonight you are in good hands. good, chapped, overly-sanitized hands. i'd like to also say hello to my virtual sidekick. are you there, guillermo? >> hi, how are you?

>> i'm doing all right, brother. tell me this, why didn't jimmy take you on vacation with him? >> because he's a cheap son of a bitch. >> that we both know. i'm here for free, and you get what you paid for. i hope you all had a nice holiday weekend. although this was probably the worst fourth of july ever. this year instead of fireworks we all watched our summer plans explode. here in los angeles, mayor garcetti actually cancelled all firework displays in the interest of covid safety. so instead the people of los angeles did this. >> these are illegal fireworks going off in the city of los angeles. our helicopter has been flying for the past 10, 15 minutes or so. there are massive fireworks going off pretty much in every direction you see here. our local fire departments and police departments have been begging people not to do this. but it seems they're not listening to those calls. >> maybe they just can't hear

those calls because an m-80 blew out their eardrums. you know, l.a. has a reputation of being full of rich people with dogs in their purses. but i was born here and that's the l.a. that i know. this weekend we saw lots of maskless people out partying as if they've never even heard of the coronavirus. and the scene at diamond lake in michigan on saturday was particularly infectious. ♪ >> oh! >> you guys are so amazing out there. >> yes, they're amazing. and now also hospitalized. by the way, you know who has the worst job in america? this brother right here who had to stand knee-deep in covid juice listening to a bunch of

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♪ welcome back to "jimmy kimmel live." i'm your host for the moment, anthony anderson. now, tomorrow night, i'll be back here with d.l. hughley. and nascar driver and presidential attack tweet recipient bubba wallace. after that, billy eichner takes over hosting duties with his guests amy schumer and billy porter. now, my first guest tonight is a golden globe and nine-time naacp image award-winning actress. my lawfully-wedded tv wife on "black-ish," and now the founder of her very own hair care line called pattern beauty. in other words, she's got a lot going on. i'm very glad to have her here tonight. please welcome the incomparable, the talented, the beautiful tracee ellis ross. >> hi, anthony. >> how are you, love? >> i'm good. hanging in, it's so nice to see you.

>> good to see you, too. good to see you, too. i have a question for you. both you and i have guest hosted jimmy kimmel before. this is my second time. >> correct. >> what is your approach and technique when you host shows like this? >> i don't think i bring anything different than i would to a conversation. i feel like hosting is about being the guide to the party. you know? to kind of guide the scenario. and then i like to just listen. you know? and be present. which is all the things you do really naturally. so, yeah, yeah. that's what i do. >> that's what you do? >> you notice they didn't ask me to come in and guest host. so -- [ laughter ] maybe whatever my tactic is, it didn't work. >> no, no, no, no. they just know you're busy. they just know you're busy. now, how are you holding up during this quarantine time?

what do you do to kill time every day? >> honestly, i've been really busy. i have pattern, that we had a launch recently for phase two. all of our styling products. it's been a lot of zooming, a lot of cooking. it's really interesting that cleaning, laundry, cooking, kimmel, calling your mom, like, all these things are the same level. deciding on packaging, pitching a project. they're all the same level of importance. >> right. you mentioned calling your mom, which is something i have to do almost every other day with my mother. both of our parents are from the same generation. is your mother technically savvy? can she facetime, do you do group facetimes and chats? >> my mom is actually great. she'll pop up on a zoom, and i'm like, why do you look so gorgeous?

she's like, i'm just in my sweats. she's like, gorgeous. so my mom is really technically savvy. she's great. my dad on the other hand, this is what doing a facetime with my dad -- he's like, can you see me, sweetheart? i'm like, no, dad, i cannot see you. i can see you, sweetheart. no, dad, just move the camera. my dad is not as technically savvy. >> my mom calls it facegramming and instabooking. she confuses the two. she confuses the two. now, let's talk about your pattern hair line for a second. you relaunched on juneteenth. >> we did. >> are you making product for men? tracee, i have facial hair. i need pattern beauty for my facial hair and my back hair. can you help me out? >> we have a nice brush for you to use on your back hair. the men's products are coming.

but all of the products that exist now can be used for men. so all of the shampoo, conditioner, you can use those on your beard. the styling products like the gel, you got your little twists. you need some product in there. make sure you're moisturized, hydrated. i don't know if you need the edge tamer, because i've never seen you do baby hairs. but maybe you're going to start a trend. >> okay. i will start using the product, because i have two boxes at that you gave me, and i've been meaning to take a picture and send it to you. because every time i'm in the shower or soaking in the tub, there's just a picture of your face staring at me. [ laughter ] >> i win! i win. tell her i said i'm sorry. >> no problem, no problem. can we talk about the high note for a minute? >> please, did you watch it,

anthony? >> yes, i did. >> oh, i don't know, that felt like a lie. >> no, i watched it. of course i watched it. because i knew we would be talking about it on this. >> okay. >> how was it for you? how did they approach you to do this movie? and how nervous were you to sing and act in a feature film? >> well, first of all, i love this movie and especially now, it's like a feel-good movie. there's no bad guy. i'm kind of the bad guy in the movie. but it's really a movie about the fact that there's no place, no time in your life when you should give up on your dreams. which i loved. i'm playing this icon superstar singing sensation. i had to sing. i chased this project. i went after this. they did not come after me, i went after them. i was like, i met with anyone and everybody to make sure they knew i was the one. it was terrifying for me to sing. jennifer lewis still tells me i

can't sing. every time i start singing, she's like, la la la, so terrible. but i loved it. i recorded on the soundtrack, i have five songs. and anthony anderson, are you ready for this bit of information? >> talk to me. i may know it. >> okay. i was last week number 17 on -- >> number 17 on the adult contemporary charts with "love myself." >> i'm 16 this week. i'm still going up! i'm 16. >> to be sweet 16 again. >> i'm heading up the charts. >> tracee, i love you. thank you for coming on with us. continued success, and i look forward to going back to work for season seven of "black-ish." >> season seven. i love you. i'm so glad you're healthy. and your beard is amazing. >> we'll be right back with the mayor of washington, d.c., muriel bowser. i love you, tracee ellis ross!

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welcome back to "jimmy kimmel live." i'm your temporary host, anthony anderson. now, as the mayor of washington, d.c., our next guest renamed a street in front of the white house black lives matter plaza, but just to be safe, in case trump didn't get the message, she had this giant mural visible from space painted there, too. please say hello to mayor muriel bowser. >> hi, anthony. thanks for having me. >> thank you for being a part of

this. how are you? >> i'm doing fantastic. >> we're going to just jump right into the mural. and the renaming of the street. why did you do it? >> well, anthony, i think you saw, like so many americans saw, peaceful protesters in front of the white house after a horrendous murder witnessed by the world, attacked by their government. and what we saw here in washington, d.c., was federal forces, national guards, police that were unidentified, slowly moving on to d.c. streets, away from the white house and out into our city and into local washington. we really felt that we had to push them back. we did all that we could, using all of our arguments and persuasion and going to the media. and we were able to push those guards back and reclaim our street in front of the white house. which was so important to us.

and sending an affirming message at a very pivotal time in the nation's history, we think, is also a good thing. >> this is your second term as mayor of d.c. has this been your most challenging year thus far? >> i will tell you, we didn't think 2020 would bring a global pandemic. and we certainly could have never thought about having to shut our city down and economy down, and businesses and so many people being out of work because of covid. sustained demonstrations, as well, have been very challenging. no, we couldn't imagine it. and it has been incredibly challenging. but i will tell you, all the people who work for us in d.c., 37,000 d.c. government workers, our businesses and residents, have done exactly what we've

asked. we've been able to blunt the curve of covid. hopefully that means we can have a safe reopening of our economy in the very near future. >> okay, switching reels, let's talk about d.c. statehood. >> yes, let's. >> let's talk about why it's so important for the district of columbia to become a state, and why has it taken this long, and hasn't happened yet. >> i'm so glad you're talking about this on late night tv so millions of americans will know that the residents of their nation's capital are not treated equally. they will know that our congresswoman doesn't have a vote. they will know we don't have two senators. and that's just un-american. we pay taxes. we go to wars. we do everything that is asked of us as american citizens. but we're not represented. so the roots of our lack of statehood go back and we think are rooted in slavery.

we know and we've heard from the highest levels of office in our land that people are against us becoming a state because they think that we will elect two democrats to the senate. but we all know that our american citizenship is not based on whether we're a democrat or a republican. and statehood shouldn't be based on whether we're democrats or republicans. just that we pay our full share, and we want our full representation. >> and of the 700,000 residents of the district of columbia, you guys pay more taxes, more than 22 states in the country. and because you are not a state, you missed out on $750 million in the stimulus package that could have helped the district of columbia and its residents. >> right. so sometimes people think, you're just a little district. the fact is, we have more

residents than montana and vermont, and a similar number of residents than two other states. and we give more to the federal government than we get back. so there's a misconception out there that everything that we do is paid for by the federal government. but the last time i checked my pay stub, i pay federal taxes. >> right. >> and that's the same for every taxpayer in the district of columbia. we pay federal taxes, but we don't get our fair share back. >> okay. ladies and gentlemen, there you have it. mayor muriel bowser of the district of columbia, hopefully soon to be, and we're going to change the name of the city as well if that happens? >> we will be the 51st state, and we'll be washington, d.c., but this time, it's the douglas commonwealth. >> there you go. on that, we'll be right back, ladies and gentlemen.

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register now at aidswalk.net that's our show. i'd like to thank tracee ellis ross, mayor bowser, and my pal jimmy kimmel. d.l. hughley and bubba wallace will be with me tomorrow. "nightline" is next. now go wash your damn hands, america. oh, hey, who is the dude he always forgets about at the end of the show? yeah, him. i'm not going to say his name. ♪ firefighters spent the day and evening busy fighting flames all across the bay area. >> a vigil here in richmond to honor murdered soldier vanessa guillen, and to fight i thelios an plans. business owners in the south bay are demanding answers.

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