for all of us. we appreciate your >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live." tonight, kerry washington. senator cory booker. and music from gregory porter. and now, jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: hello, hi. hi, everyone. thank you, thank you. greetings, fellow americans. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. i'm happy to be here. for me and i'm sure for many of you the past 24 hours have been a "pollercoaster" of emotions and nausea. [ laughter ] i thought if your election lasted more than 48 hours, you were supposed to seek medical attention. [ laughter ] we didn't get a winner last night and it was a long night. one good thing about the pandemic, we're used to waiting a talk days for results. this was not the landslide democrats were hoping for.

this race was closer than donald and ivanka at a father-daughter dance. [ laughter and applause ] the ballots are still being counted. joe biden definitely did better than hillary clinton. he was able to pick up the sexist vote but he didn't do as well among racists. [ laughter ] even though the deal appears to be sealed, there's still a lot of attention being paid to the state of pennsylvania. the amish haven't wielded this much power since they figured out how to hook a plow to an ox. [ laughter ] i've been thinking about all this. for me the biggest question is, why did we believe the polls again? you'd think we'd have learned our lesson. but i guess that's not how humans function. we're on season 25 of "the bachelor" and we're like, i know it didn't work out the first 24 times but this one feels like love. [ laughter ] here's a theory that's very convenient for the pollsters, which is they claim the reason they're wrong again is because people who supported donald trump lied to them because they're embarrassed to say. which is crazy, why would you support a person you're

embarrassed to tell anyone you're for? bottom line, don't trust any industry that calls you on your land line, okay? [ laughter ] it isn't official yet, but all signs are pointing to a joe biden win. everyone seems to know it. everyone except for donald trump. >> this is a fraud. on the american public. this is an embarrassment to our country. we were getting ready to win this election, frankly, we did win this election -- [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: right, right. if they hadn't canceled the olympics this year, he would have won that too. [ laughter ] basically, his message last night in a nutshell was, we won a completely fraudulent election. >> we want all voting to stop. we don't want them to find any ballots at 4:00 in the morning and add them to the list, okay? >> jimmy: right, stop counting the votes! [ laughter ] okay, stop counting the votes in

the states where i'm ahead, and the states we're not tallied up, keep counting, okay? trump is planning to take this to the supreme court. he called for a recount in wisconsin. until they told him he had to pay for it. he might not do that. they're filing lawsuits in michigan to try to stop them counting votes. and he's sending rudy giuliani to philadelphia to try to do something about the results in pennsylvania. whatever they are. that's right, recount dracula is on the way to pennsylvania. [ laughter ] they better watch out. this is unbelievable. tonight we wrote, we have claimed for electoral vote purposes the commonwealth of pennsylvania, which won't allow legal observers, the state of georgia, and the state of north carolina, each one of which has a big trump lead, additionally, we hereby claim the state of michigan if, in fact, there was a large number of secretly dumped ballots as has been widely reported. he's claiming the votes in four states he didn't win. you can't claim the votes. this is the electoral college.

it's not baggage at an airport carousel. [ laughter ] donald trump is losing, and surprisingly, even though he isn't, his supporters are handling it pretty well. >> we are not prepared to give that number now -- >> come on, come on! skewed the election! the media is covering up! the biden crime family is stealing this election! the media is covering it up! we want freedom for the world! give us our freedom! biden's covering up this election, he's stealing it! >> where were we? what was the last question? [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: that is some lucky relative gets to sit next to him at thanksgiving this year. [ laughter ] in his defense, the biden crime family stole his sleeves and his teeth. [ laughter ] so failure is in the maga-sphere. i'm very happy and relieved that it looks like we're finally

sending this monster back to mar-a-lago. but i'm also -- [ cheers and applause ] yes, go ahead. i'm also shocked that it was this close. how could -- i mean, we reunited the cast of every movie and tv show ever made to win this election. it is unimaginable to me that close to half of american voters saw what this man has done to this country over the last four years, how he kowtowed to vladimir putin, he cozied up to kim jong-un, he alienated us from our allies, he put children in cages, he villainized the free press, he hid his tax returns, he tear gassed peaceful protesters, he pardoned all his criminal buddies, he extorted ukraine, he misled us about covid, he dismantled the pandemic response team, he dismantled health care, he called neo-nazis very fine people, he hired a never-ending parade of imbeciles, he lied, he lied, he lied, then he lied some more, he is a liar and a cheat who wants them to stop counting thousands of legitimate votes,

and almost half of us are apparently okay with that. half of us want to keep it going for four more years. which, listen, i don't care what you think of joe biden. if joe biden stopped by my house every morning to key my car and pee in my pool? still be no question which one of them i'd vote for. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: none. i mean, what more did donald trump have to do to show us that he's insane and not fit to lead this country? i feel like i overestimated the american people. and i underestimated the village people. [ laughter ] fortunately, there have been some glimmers of sanity from the other side. many of the president's hype men were unhappy with his speech last night. but no one was more upset than the newspeople who had to stay up until 3:00 in the morning to cover it. >> duty bound to point out when he says, we did win this election, we've already won, that is not based in the facts at all. >> votes are still being

counted. >> this is disinformation and misinformation on a level that has not been seen from the presidential podium in the east room of the white house in my lifetime. >> this is why people are boarding up the stores. >> what president trump just said was undemocratic and false and premature. >> this is an extremely flammable situation and the president just threw a match into it. >> jimmy: yeah. can you believe this guy did exactly what he's been saying he would do? for months now? not only has he been saying it for months, this is from october of 2016. >> i will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election -- if i win. >> jimmy: okay. not a lot of room for interpretation there. donald trump is going to make the end of this as difficult and

painful and damaging to this country as he possibly can. because he can't admit he's a loser. he has to have an excuse. he kept it going this morning. he was orange flagged by twitter repeatedly today, once for this tweet. last night i was leading, often solidly, in many key states, in almost all instances democrat running controlled. then one by one they started to magically disappear as surprise ballot dumps were counted, very strange. yes. it's very strange how the results of an election can change once the ballots are counted. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] it's almost supernatural. you know, if they'd just stop counting the votes when he was in the lead, this would be fine, he would have won! and i'll tell you another thing. if they'd stopped the fight in "rocky iii" after the first two rounds, kluber lang would have kept his title. he was winning on points. [ laughter ] here's the bottom line. donald trump is going to serve another term, we just don't know

whether it will be in washington or in prison yet. [ cheers and applause ] the inside word is, trump is not taking this well. >> let's begin with chief white house correspondent john roberts live on the north lawn. john, there's a lot to get to. >> there is, dana. [ breaking glass ] and breaking in the last couple of minutes as well, things moving fast and furiously with the president's campaign -- >> four more years, four more years! >> the trump campaign has filed a lawsuit in the state of michigan -- [ breaking glass ] >> go away, eric! >> jimmy: well, there goes the security deposit. [ applause ] meanwhile, joe biden, he gave a speech last night too. he told everyone to remain calm and stay in their cars -- [ laughter ] -- while all the votes are counted. so the president and even democracy hangs in the balance. we know one thing for sure, the internet is terrible and caused all of this. social media is trying to kill us. so tonight as we near the end of an exhausting election, we asked

some well-known names from the world of politics to read some of the worst things ever written about them. with that we give you an all-new politics edition of "mean tweets." [ cheers and applause ] >> bernie sanders seems like the type of guy who'd return a single piece of fruit to walmart and hold up the line for an hour. well, not quite, but i do hope that the workers of walmart can eventually earn a living wage with decent benefits. >> elizabeth warren is what happens when jan brady grows up. >> if templeton the rat from "charlotte's web" had a successful rat cousin he hated for being an unctuous slimeball, it would be ted cruz. >> andrew yang has terrible hair and can't be president. it's not fair but it's the truth. have you seen our current president's hair? >> anthony scaramucci is what happens when cold lasagna served on a "sopranos" dvd makes a wish

upon a star to be a real boy. somebody was on serious drugs writing that one. >> nancy pelosi probably has the same five napkins in her purse for the last 25 years. that comes from puraggies. is that how many napkins you have? >> @corybooker has the iq of a dog turd. >> if john kerry's head were be carved on a mountain, it would be actual size. [ laughter ] mt. rushmore, here i come. >> dear al franken, you weren't funny then, and you're not funny now, in fact, you're not good enough, you're not smart enough, and gosh darn it, no one likes you. call back to a character. >> i'm not the kind of person who collects and stores cat piss, for starters, i don't own any cats, but if i were, i guarantee it would take

hulk-like strength to keep me from throwing collected stored, warmed-up cat piss into john kasich's face. you're kind of sick, aren't you? >> mayor pete looks like howdy doody if howdy doody was a [ bleep ] narc. [ laughter ] >> @realdonaldtrump, to show you how dishonest the mainstream media is, i used the word little to describe corrupt congressman little adam schiff. low ratings cnn took the hyphen out and said i spelled the word little wrong. a small but never-ending situation with cnn. first of all -- it's not a hyphen. but secondly, what the [ bleep ]? you're the president of the united states. >> @mikebloomberg saying he's running for president is like finding out nickelback is playing the super bowl halftime show. i like nickelback. [ cheers and applause ]

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♪ >> jimmy: welcome back. tonight, the newly re-elected senator from new jersey, cory booker, is with us. [ cheers and applause ] then later, this guy's good. this is his album, called "all rise." music from gregory porter. [ cheers and applause ] guillermo, have you had a few drinks tonight? >> guillermo: i had four shots, jimmy, i'm nervous. i'm nervous. i pray we're going to win, we're going to win! [ cheers and applause ]

we just need nevada. nevada, we win. >> jimmy: yeah, all right. well, very good. >> guillermo: should i bring you a shot? >> jimmy: what? you realize you're talking like three times louder than usual, right? [ laughter ] >> guillermo: yeah. it's okay, don't worry. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, i'm going to wait until it's final before i get -- you know. >> guillermo: yeah, maybe we should celebrate in your house. >> jimmy: okay, you can come over. >> guillermo: yeah, i will for sure. [ laughter ] molly? hey! >> jimmy: i'm driving. >> guillermo: yeah. >> jimmy: tomorrow night on the show, david duchovny and the bachelorette will be with us with music from john purdy. our first guest spent seven seasons in a fictional washington, d.c. that seemed crazier than the real one. she's with us to calm us down. please welcome kerry washington! [ cheers and applause ] hi, kerry. >> hi, jimmy.

>> jimmy: how are you doing? >> i love this version of guillermo. >> jimmy: drunk guillermo, post-show guillermo. >> guillermo: i'm so happy, kerry, we're going to win! >> i agree with your, guillermo, i'm with you. [ applause ] >> jimmy: tell us how you're feeling right now. >> i'm feeling mostly really -- i'm feeling a lot of things, like a lot of us. one thing i'm really proud of is how many americans showed up. like more americans voted in this election than ever before. more people voted for joe biden than any other president in u.s. history. so despite covid, despite voter suppression, despite intimidation, we showed up at the polls. and i'm really proud of that. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: were you surprised at all -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: -- by how close it was? >> you know -- i mean, the metaphor i've been using a lot with friends is that leading up to election day, it felt like we were all awaiting the results of a biopsy. i read that on twitter somewhere and i was like, i relate to

that. that's how i felt. i love what you tweeted about, sort of being in surgery while you're awake. that too. >> jimmy: yeah, it felt like that, it really did. >> yeah, it really did. but i think, you know, when you're awaiting the results of a biopsy, it's because you need to find out how serious the cancer is, right? we got to see, we are dealing with some serious cancers in this country with racism and misogyny and homophobia and anti-semitism, and you could go on and on. sellishness, materialism -- >> jimmy: and these are just the things donald trump puts on his tinder profile. [ laughter ] >> exactly. so it's great to be able to see it. once you get that result from the doctor, then you can make a plan. so we can see what's out there. we know what we're dealing with. and we fight, you know. not literal fight. we stay calm and peaceful. but we can have a strategic plan. >> jimmy: you worked very hard on this election. at least, it seemed like that to me. it really seemed like it was a full-time job for you. >> my husband said the same thing.

it was like, you have another job, as if you don't already have a job. i was working really hard on it, yeah. >> jimmy: good for you for doing that. i think you might have visited more cities this week than joe biden did. where were you? >> i was -- over the past two weeks i've been in -- i was in north carolina, arizona, and michigan. >> jimmy: north carolina, arizona, michigan. and when you get there, like what do you say to people? are you meeting with volunteers? are you speaking in front of a group? what are you doing, exactly? >> well, it's all different in covid time. because everybody's wearing masks and you're six feet apart from folks. but yeah, i was, you know -- just really -- i spent a lot of time cheering on the volunteers. because you have so many people on the ground. community organizers who are going out there, encouraging people to know how much their vote matters. so it was really like cheering on those folks to say, it's one thing to vote, it's another thing to really get in the trenches and do the work. and i am so grateful because i

don't live in a swing state that people are willing to do that work in swing states. not just to like say, vote for this guy. but to say to voters, you matter, your vote matters. for democracy to work, we need you to show up, to every single person. >> jimmy: where did you watch the coverage yesterday? >> on my couch. >> jimmy: at home. >> yeah. >> jimmy: did you eat a whole bag of halloween candy, like i did? [ laughter ] >> i did. it's so bad that there's so much candy right now in my house, not good. >> jimmy: did your kids watch with you? were they watching this as it went on? >> so they -- not really. we didn't have it on all day. we tried to keep it just on our personal devices all day. but we do talk a lot about it. we talk a lot about the election in my house. and they actually did their own election at school where they were voting for the best dessert. so they were walking around on tuesday with "i voted" stickers too, but their stakes were a little bit lower. strawberry ice cream, sugar cookies, brownies.

a different stake. >> jimmy: the pumpkin pie didn't win yesterday, that's for sure. [ laughter ] kerry, as far as -- thanks, guys. [ laughter ] as far as -- i think when i tell a particularly stupid joke, you laugh just to rub it in, right? to call attention to it? [ laughter ] because you know what, i have to say, we had the television on. and you know, of course our kids are like, could we watch something that we want to see? we try to explain what's going on. but we don't really know what to say when we see donald trump -- the kids are aware that we're not fans. but we don't like to say curse words in front of them. we don't want to scare them, really. because it can be scary when you're a kid and you think about who the president of the country and is what that represents to like a 6-year-old. so how do you handle that with your kids? >> i mean, we do talk about bad guys and good guys. you know, they know what superheroes are, and they know that in our house, superheroes

are the people who vote and the people who work at the polls and the people who community organize and leave the world a better place. and bad guys are people who -- i haven't been this specific with them, but separate families, take away health care. but i have said -- they were asking a lot when we were getting on planes to go all these places, because obviously we're not traveling a lot in covid. and what i said to them was, we really want to go places to help people know how important their voice is and that they need to vote. because the reason the person is in the white house is there now is because not enough people voted. and our kids were like, why didn't they vote? we said, they didn't know how much they mattered. so we do, we try to talk about it in ways that are not scary. but my mom used to take me into the polling booth with her when i was a kid. and it was like -- i thought she was oz. because she went behind these curtains and she pulled levers. and i was like, my mom is magic! she has all this power!

so we try to keep them involved. >> jimmy: my daughter yesterday was looking at the news and she saw donald trump. she goes, what's his real name? [ laughter ] my wife said, well what do you mean? it's donald trump. she goes, oh. but what's his last name? she said, it's trump. she goes, his first name is donald? [ laughter ] i think the "duck" is the only place she knows it otherwise. so that's as deep as we got with the kids. >> good, okay. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i think you're ahead of us in that category. kerry, we're going to take a break. be right back, more with kerry washington when we return. ♪ ♪ my finger is on the button ♪ push the button ♪ ♪ the time has come to ♪ ♪ galvanize

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my daughter and my son-in-law have really given us a difficult time. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that is gary kerry washington and dad earl with his "earls of wisdom." a guy who likes to be there well in advance of when he needs to? >> if he could sleep there the night before, he would. not in an airport hotel, just on his luggage by the mcdonald's. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you mentioned your mom taking you into the voting booth. did your dad get you interested in civics and being a good citizen and those things? >> i remember when i was 18, my parents took me to dinner to celebrate that i could vote. it's a big deal in my family. my dad leaned over and he said, "you know you never, ever have to tell anybody who you're voting for." and i was like, cool. then he was like, "who are you voting for?" [ laughter ] he's always been invested. >> jimmy: have you ever voted differently from your parents? >> huh.

i don't think so. which is funny, because i think of myself as being, like -- i don't know, more progressive, or like -- you know, more bad-ass somehow. but i think mostly we've voted the same way. i remember, though, when barack obama was running, they were really scared for him. like they were of a generation that was worried that something would happen to him. so i remember like really encouraging them to embrace this moment and know that it was possible. >> jimmy: and let him make that decision for himself, i guess, yeah. >> yes, yes. >> jimmy: you spoke at the democratic national convention in august, i think. and while you were speaking, you talked about your eighth grade history class. then i understand your teacher from that class got in touch with you on twitter. which i assume she was excited? >> she was thrilled. it was so funny, because i actually remember when i was going through the script, they said that i had learned it in sixth grade and i was like, no, people might be watching who know, we should say it was later.

then she was watching. like she -- and she was so excited that i actually -- it had an impact on me. like i really think about that preamble of the constitution a lot. it's very meaningful for me, those first three wards. >> jimmy: it's all you could ever ask for as a teacher, really, that a student was listening and carried on with what you taught them. especially a history teacher. >> well, i think i was so -- i think what really hit me in that class was this idea of learning. it's true that when they wrote the constitution, they said "we, the people." but it was really just white guys with property. even poor white guys weren't included in the "we, the people." and we've fought throughout history for that "we, the people" to be more and more and more of us. i think it had an impact on me, that i'm part of "we, the people." >> jimmy: what grade did you get in her class, do you remember? >> i think it was eighth grade. >> jimmy: no, what letter grade? >> what grade -- i don't know. i was like an "a," "b" student, so it was probably in there.

>> jimmy: before we go, i want to ask you, because you know things. what can we do now? the election is -- >> yeah. >> jimmy: essentially over, we voted, we did all -- what next? >> well -- i think the most important thing we can do right now is be patient. right? like we have to just wait while the votes are counted. it's really important that we trust our local election officials. this is really going the way we thought it was going to go, even down to the current resident of the white house. his reaction is what we thought it was going to be. so we're prepared for this. we need to really be patient, let the votes be counted. this is not a time for protests at this moment. this is a time to have faith in the system. and even when we feel like we might be nervous to have faith in the system, we can have faith in each other and holding those systems accountable. so stay calm. stay in community. don't believe everything you hear on the internet.

make sure you get your information from trusted sources. and know that we -- these people, these elected officials, they work for us. when we pay our taxes, we pay their salaries. those of us who pay our taxes. [ laughter ] [ applause ] we're the boss, right? we're the boss. >> jimmy: thanks, kerry. thanks for all your work, for taking this on as a second job. and i love your artwork too. you've really done some incredible things on the bulletin board. >> it's not as advanced as you would think for a woman in her 40s. but i try. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: the important thing is you're enjoying yourself. kerry washington, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, kerry. we'll be back with senator cory booker. hey guys, is mark back? we gotta go! not yet. -there he is. -mark! -let's go. -don't trip. we're gonna leave without ya. don't spill those drinks. and we gotta get going. yea buddy.

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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: welcome back. music from gregory porter on the way. our next guest as freshly re-elected united states senator from a state that legalized cannabis just in the nick of

time. please say hello to senator cory booker! hello, senator. [ cheers and applause ] how are you? >> i'm well, we're well. thank you for having me. >> jimmy: congratulations. >> i appreciate that. rosario was a little concerned that pot might have done better than me in the last election. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you won -- you didn't even have to sweat, did you? you won relatively easily. >> you know, there's only two ways to run for office. unopposed or afraid. and so no matter what, you take it seriously, you go out and earn every vote. i feel incredibly grateful to new jersey for giving me this chance. >> jimmy: do you even remember who you ran against at this point, or is it just gone? [ laughter ] >> i do on election night. >> jimmy: that must be fun to make that call, right? >> i -- you know what, we cannot lose our common humanity in all of this. >> jimmy: oh. >> no matter how hard it is, i think having a private

conversation with somebody and affirming that we're fellow americans is really important. so these are conversations all throughout my career that i'll never forget. >> jimmy: this is why i asked you to be on the show tonight, because you manage to be positive and stay positive even through things that are not at all positive. and i admire that. i think that's a great way to live life for sure. and it's probably why you got re-elected so easily. >> yeah, well look, i never want to be one of these people that says, oh, it's all sunshine and rainbows. it's not. we're in the middle of the fourth-largest mass casualty event in american history. we have death rates rising. our economy is on its knees with americans -- i mean, 40% of american families with children are food insecure, don't know where their next meal is going to come from. positivity is not ignoring those realities. i think being of positive energy speaks to them, but then decides that -- i always say, hope is the act of conviction, that despair won't have the last word.

recognizing what is the reality, then deciding that despite that i'm going to keep fighting, keep pushing, keep working. >> jimmy: speaking of hope and despair, last night i assume you were watching the returns and keeping an eye on the presidential election. you did a lot of work for joe biden, kamala harris, to help them win this race. did you feel any sense or did you get sick, did you get nauseated, or were you confident throughout that interminably torturous process of who voted for who, where? >> what i love about joe biden, they were plain about what the process was going to be. that this was not going to be an election moment, it was going to be an election where counting all the votes was going to take time. i never saw their pathways closing off. i didn't have that very sick feeling i had in 2016 where i did see, disappearing quickly, pathways to the presidency. now it just seems very clear to me, especially just listening to the rhetoric. joe biden's like, let's count

every vote. i'm confident that we have a pathway. donald trump is already, before the voting even -- the counting stopped, calling it rigged, trying to challenge counting the votes, really demonstrating who he is and how he's been for the last four years. so i am confident in joe biden's victory, his pathway there. i am excited that for the second election in a row where donald trump was on the ballot, millions more americans voted against him than voted for him. i'm excited joe biden will go down in history. more people have voted for joe biden now in this election, as of now -- we're still counting votes -- than in any election in the history of our country, including the last winner, barack obama in 2008. this was a resounding rejection of an incumbent president. we don't kick out first-term presidents that often. so there's a lot to be affirmed on. but i think back to the point you were making earlier about our attitude as a nation, we

still can't discount that donald trump before the day's over will still also have 60 million americans that voted for him. these people are not our enemy, they are, in fact, our brothers and sisters. they are people that we need. and we have to, in the road forward, really think about how we can be a part of a revival of civic grace and find ways to say, you know what, i'm going to stand my ground on health care, i'm going to stand my ground on raising minimum wage and climate change. but it is not mutually exclusive from still going out and trying to find common ground in america. because we have a common pain right now all over our country, but we've lost that sense of common purpose. the only way we've ever done big things, from mapping the human genome to going to the moon, is bringing together those uncommon american coalitions. like "hidden figures" with white male astronauts. we have got to find a way. our biggest challenge now is to put more "indivisible" back into

this one nation under god. [ applause ] >> jimmy: that is going to be a very big challenge for sure. you must know donald trump, living in new jersey. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i would imagine he's somebody you knew fairly well before all of this. >> i -- very well. he was one of those folks that you couldn't not know. as i came up in new york politics and new jersey politics, i learned a lot about him. >> jimmy: so when he says something like, cory booker is going to ruin the suburbs, does that hit you on a -- i mean, i assume you're not planning to do that, right? >> no, no, i'm not. >> jimmy: does that hit you personally? you go hey, you know me, you know that is not -- that's not going to happen? >> well, you know, he's attacked such great americans. from john mccain to joe biden. and to be -- even john lewis, for crying out loud. he was attacking. so to be in that number of people that somehow occupy space in his mind where he was tweeting about me and talking

about me in the rallies, that's a good company to be in. >> jimmy: will you visit him in prison? [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> i -- look. my favorite moments -- i don't know if you heard this, but i ran for president last year. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, i remember that. >> one of my favorite moments in my campaign was in iowa, running for the state. big guy sees me, "dude, i want you to punch donald trump in the face." i looked at the guy, "dude, that's a felony." we are not going to beat him by being like him. he yells, lock people up. we do not. dem -- he wants to hijack this democracy, lurch us toward authoritarianism, lead by demeaning, degrading, dividing. we have got to be light workers in this moment. we didn't beat bull conner because we became like him. we didn't bring bigger dogs and bigger fire hoses. we had geniuses of activism, artists of activism, who

called -- expanded the country's moral imagination. and that's what we need right now. so god bless him. i'm so happy that he is in his final hours as president of the united states. he will be lame duck for weeks and then out. but the question is not about him. this has never been a referendum on who he is. this has always been a referendum on who we are. and we cannot let that man ever drag us so low as to indulge regularly in hate, even if it's hating him. we're better than that. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: recreational cannabis has been -- you advocated for recreational cannabis becoming legal in your state. will you celebrate that? [ laughter ] >> i want you to know -- there's somebody here -- >> hi. [ cheers and applause ] >> i don't know what she was more excited to do, vote for me as a new new jersey resident or vote for marijuana. i don't know what's more popular. >> you know, i just -- i was sad not to be able to vote in california. there were such incredible

propositions and measures to vote for, which passed and i'm so grateful for. but i came here, and i got to vote for my man, and i got to vote for marijuana. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: what a good-looking couple you guys are. thank you for your time. thank you for everything you do. thank you for being so positive. and you will help him drag us out of the white house if we must, right? rosario, i know you will. >> everything you're saying about -- i always say, what a person says about another person is more a reflection of who they are -- >> jimmy: that's right, i'm a monster. >> you have been phenomenal. you've been four years of phenomenal, from your son's tragic challenges, through this process you have helped us laugh when we were hurting, you help us to heal through your humor. i'm just so grateful for who you've been this last few years. >> jimmy: very kind, i appreciate it. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, i appreciate that. thank you, cory booker, senator again. rosario dawson. we'll be right back with gregory porter!

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>> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> jimmy: thanks to kerry washington and senator cory booker. apologies to matt damon. "nightline" is next. first, this is his album. it's called "all rise." from capitol records recording studios with the song, "mister holland," gregory porter! ♪ ♪ ♪ hello mister holland and rosie may ♪ ♪ come out and play she's a good girl now ♪ ♪ won't be no trouble no how by the way mister holland ♪ ♪ i like the way you make no trouble ♪ ♪ of my skin is not a problem nor has it ever been ♪ ♪ you invited me into your

home ♪ ♪ treated me like i was grown i was only 18 and ♪ ♪ rosie was a beauty queen hello mister holland ♪ ♪ and rosie may come out and play ♪ ♪ i'm a good boy now won't be no trouble no how ♪ ♪ by the way mister holland i liked the way ♪ ♪ you treated me like a regular joe ♪ ♪ i wanted a soda and you said rosie could go ♪ ♪ anyway i like your style seemed like i'll be around ♪ ♪ for a while we can talk about ♪ ♪ a country mile and listen to a blues record ♪ ♪ check it out oh hello mister holland ♪ ♪ and rosie may come out and play ♪ ♪ it's a good world now won't be no trouble no how ♪ ♪ and by the way mister

holland ♪ ♪ i liked the way you treat me ♪ like a regular being my name is not a problem ♪ ♪ and oh it never will anyway, i like your way ♪ ♪ people ought to be able to play ♪ ♪ and keep your soul as black as the night ♪ ♪ when you walk in straight into the light ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ anyway i like your way ♪ children ought to be able to play ♪ ♪ keep your soul as black as the night ♪ ♪ as you walk straight into the light ♪ ♪ mama used to fear for me when you go out into the world you'll see ♪ ♪ some people will fear your face and name mister holland don't play that game ♪

♪ oh mister holland thank you mr. holland oh mister holland you always treat me right ♪ ♪ mister holland you always treat me right now ♪ ♪ mister holland thank you mr. holland ♪ ♪ thank you mister holland oh oh ♪ ♪ thank you mister holland ♪ ♪

this is "nightline." >> tonight, a young mother of two vanished. >> the phone rang. and the voice on the other end said, when was the last time you saw susan? i instantly kind of feld like dread. >> the clues she left behind. >> she even goes as far as to say, if i die, it may not be an accident. >> who they point to. >> let me ask you this before you go. how am i going to find your wife without your help? >> and the shocking twist. >> his father was there. and he ends up revealing the biggest bombshell. >> plus a heartbroken family searching for the truth while taking on the system. >> what i intend to do is use the award to try and