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i'm jimmy. thanks for watching. thank you for joining us. after the aftermath of the mess our president and his army of dimbeciles made of our country. yesterday was a day we will never forget. we saw confederate flags being waved in the chamber of the senate. pipe bombs were found near the capitol building. molotov cocktails too. the maga maggots were urinating in the offices of congress. the kind of behavior that wouldn't be tolerated at a gathering of the juggalos, went on at the direction of our con artist in chief. congress reconvened last night. they stayed up late to officially certify joe biden as our next president, despite objections from a number of despicables in the house and senate, who are still hitching their sad little wagons to donald trump. i've been watching the news and these "experts" keep saying "history will not look back kindly" on the politicians who continue with this charade. as if these people care about history. those people don't even care

about climate change. at this rate, we'll be lucky if we even have a history. for them to be ashamed of. i've heard a lot of people say a lot over the last 36 hours. but none of them summed this whole thing up better than this unidentified gentleman in washington, who had some very wise words from his stoop. >> get the [ bleep ] out of town! [ bleep ] sleazy pieces of [ bleep ]! >> jimmy: give that guy a cabinet position, will you? last night marked the end of the longtime romance between donald trump and his golden graham, lindsey, who used his time before the senate to issue a very public breakup. >> i cannot convince people, certain groups, by my words, but i will tell you by my actions. that maybe i among -- above all others in this body need to say this. joe biden and kamala harris are lawfully elected and will become the president and the vice president of the united states

on january the 20th. >> jimmy: lindsey graham said he and trump "had a hell of a journey" but "enough is enough." and he decided not to give him the final rose. that was something to watch. i want to commend senator graham for this courageous act, two weeks after he called to try to get the georgia secretary of state to change the election results. now he's appalled. but heroes come in many forms. last night was trump's worst nightmare. the vice poodle is off the leash. i would hate to have been mike pence's juice box last night. the vp is poed. one of his longtime pals in the senate, senator jim inhofe, said he's never seen pence as mad as he was yesterday. they say mike pence hasn't been this angry since the night they picked "footloose" as the in-flight movie on air force two. today we learned that pence is even planning to go to biden's inauguration. of course he's planning to go to biden's inauguration. it's one last chance to do what he does best. sit there and stare at the back

of a president's head. this rift between pence and trump, this is a tough one. and not just for them, a split like this is also very awko-taco for their fox and friends. >> i hope it doesn't taint the relationship because they've been such supporters of each other and been a good team -- >> how can it be good after that? >> i'm sure it won't be, but i hope the president will be able to forgive him because mike pence is such a stellar individual. >> jimmy: gosh, i hope so too. give me a second, i'm going to pray for them. okay, i'm done. i really hope the president will forgive him for not breaking the law on his behalf. unless pence visits trump in prison, those two will never see each other again. mike pence is headed back to indiana to take a long hot shower in his swim trunks. the west wing is in absolute chaos right now. there is said to be "anger and consternation" among white house staffers, who were suddenly appalled by their boss'

appalling behavior. trump was said to be "borderline enthusiastic" as he watched the violence unfold. i don't know about enthusiastic, but he's definitely borderline. and today, with all this going on, with five people dead as a result of the riot he started, including a police officer, with impeachment proceedings brew, with a pandemic raging, with some of his own insiders calling for his head, donald trump spent a chunk of his day today awarding the presidential medal of freedom to golfers gary player and annika sorenstam. and those two idiots showed up to accept them. the resignations are piling up, transportation secretary and wife of mitch mcconnell, elaine chao, resigned. the deputy national security adviser resigned. the first lady's chief of staff. the white house social secretary. the deputy press secretary. even slick mick mulvaney is calling it quits. they did not see this coming. they're not-sees. trump's former attorney general bill barr said "orchestrating a mob to pressure congress is inexcusable."

it is "a betrayal of his office and supporters." usually when there's a trump betrayal, a pornstar gets to pay off her credit card debt. trump's former national security adviser john bolton said trump "has blood on his hands." trump's former chief of staff john kelly told jake tapper today, he thinks they should invoke the 25th amendment and remove the president from office. which is a sentiment shared by republican congressman adam kinzinger of illinois. >> the president is unfit, and the president is unwell. and the president must now relinquish control of the executive branch, voluntarily or involuntarily. >> jimmy: come on, he's not unfit, he's just big boned. i love that these people are just now realizing that man is not fit to be president. have you never seen his pizza hut commercials? but the end of this nonsense is near. we have 13 days of trump to go, possibly less. nancy pelosi today said if his cabinet won't give him the boot, the house may have to impeach him again. she and chuck schumer tried to get mike pence on the phone to suggest invoking the 25th amendment.

the vice president has to initiate that. but pence left them on hold for 25 minutes and then refused to pick up. but trump is definitely shaken. president evil released a statement in the middle of the night last night. "even though i totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless, there will be an orderly transition on january 20th." that's reassuring. that's like hearing godzilla say, "don't worry, i'm gonna swim home." trump was suspended by twitter and blocked by facebook and instagram too. he's still on match.com. but this is the capper. this is how we know we're going to have to live in this flat earth society for a while. some of the wingnuts on the far right are trying to float the idea that the mob who attacked the capitol building yesterday was infiltrated by members of antifa. >> now there were likely not all trump supporters, and there are some reports that antifa sympathizers may have been sprinkled throughout the crowd. >> some of the people who breached the capitol today were not trump supporters, they were

masquerading as trump supporters, and in fact, were members of the violent terrorist group antifa. >> there were probably some undercover antifa that dressed as trump people, and you know, did some damage to windows. >> there was some people with ropes. that's an antifa tactic. >> there was some intelligence received prior to today that antifa was going to try to impersonate trump supporters and attack the capitol. >> antifa, could be involved in all of this. >> it clearly looks like antifa people to me. >> we have credible reports antifa was very much involved. >> keep in mind, we don't know who all were the instigators in this, of these horrible things that happened today. i think a lot of it is the antifa folks. >> jimmy: oh, god. where did she -- shut up, sarah palin, crawl back in your igloo and seal the hole shut with snow. here are some of the infiltrators from the left. who are masquerading. there's a group of free trade

coffee roasters from portland. these organic quinoa farmers are waiting in line for kombucha. we spent the afternoon doing some research into this, and i have to be honest, there might be something to this. let's take a look at some of the more notable characters from the insurrection. starting with this member of the flintstones' loyal order of water buffalo, he goes by the name "q shaman," but his real name is jake angeli. he is an actor, voiceover artist, and actually a very talented person. >> yeah! thank you, president trump! whoo! thank you, q! america! >> jimmy: look out fella, you might get shot by don jr. in that outfit. so he's antifa. then there's this guy. adam johnson. he was photographed walking around with the speaker's podium. he lives in florida, shocker, where he makes furniture. so maybe he was just admiring

the woodwork? i don't know. either way, his disguise is great. you'd never know he was antifa. this colorful bag of scum is richard "bigo" barnett, he's the guy who put his feet on nancy pelosi's desk and stole her mail. he works with an antifa cell in arkansas. very big, antifa, in arkansas. "the washington post" went through his facebook page. it says he's a trump supporter and gun advocate for months been railing about the stolen election, complaining about masks, and he's quote not afraid to go out of this world kicking and screaming covered in someone else's blood. that's a helluva tinder profile. bigo identified himself to a "new york times" reporter and proudly showed off what he stole from pelosi's desk. >> i left a note on her desk. it says, nancy bigo was here, you bitch. >> jimmy: total black lives matter type. then there's this dude, code name baked alaska, who broke into a senate office and then didn't know what to do, so he pretended to talk on the phone. the "new york post" has

identified him as a well-known white nationalist named tim gionet. tim was bright enough to livestream his crime. >> america first! america first! america first! >> jimmy: let's arrest you first and then america second. then we have this evil genius who looks like a 9-year-old trying to buy beer. this little fellow wore his work i.d. badge to the insurrection to commit what appears to be a crime. and within hours, he was fired from his job. i'm sure he can just get his old job making cookies in a tree back soon. perhaps most interestingly, we have this undercover antifa who stormed the capitol shouting -- >> trump! yes! we're going in! we're in! derrick evans is in the capitol! >> jimmy: derrick evans is in the capitol. it's good to identify yourself during something like that.

he is a trump loyalist seen last month being sworn in as a newly elected member of west virginia's house of delegates. congratulations, looks like you succeeded in overturning an election after all, your own. so there they are. maga, antifa. what are the odds he pardons these animals before he goes out? this is good. there were light moments. one of the patriots who barged into the capitol got a nice souvenir, a faceful of mace, and didn't seem to understand why. >> what happened? you were trying to go into the capitol? >> yeah, i made it a foot inside, and they pushed me out and they maced me. >> what is your name? >> my name is elizabeth, i'm from knoxville, tennessee. >> why did you want to go in? >> we're storming the capitol, it's a revolution! >> jimmy: yeah come on, dude, it's a revolution. i like that she wore her piano scarf to the revolution. the president's antics this week remind me of -- a lot of people think this is a poem, they're actually song lyrics that trump

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then she kissed and held him tight. but instead of saying thank you, that snake gave her a vicious bite. i saved you, cried the woman, and you've bit me, heavens why? you know your bite is poisonous, and now i'm going to die. >> count me out, enough is enough. >> oh, shut up, silly woman, said the reptile with a grin. you knew damn well i was a snake before you took me in. does that make sense to anybody? does that make any sense? >> jimmy: well, we can't say he didn't warn us. we have a good show for you tonight. the vision, paul bettany, is with us. we've got music from steve earle & the dukes. and we'll be right back with tessa thompson.

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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: welcome back. tonight, from the new marvel show on disney plus called "wandavision," paul bettany is with us. and later, the album is called "jt," it is dedicated to his late son, music from steve earle and the dukes. next week, we've got new shows with bryan cranston, milo ventimiglia, kyra sedgwick, carrie coon, ken jennings, with music from queen nye-jah, jp sax, beach bunny and foo fighters too. so please join us for all that. our first guest is a very talented woman you know from "thor," "creed" and "men in black." her latest is "sylvie's love," it's on amazon prime video now. please say hello to tessa thompson. hi, tessa. how are you? >> hey, jimmy, i'm well, how are you? >> jimmy: i'm okay.

how's the new year going for you so far? >> it's been a festive one to say the least. it's all right. it's been going okay. the world is crazy right now, in this country especially, but i'm happy, you know, and have my health. what about you? >> jimmy: the world is -- yes, the world is a mess. but things look pretty pleasant in your house. your rubber plant there, is that what you call it? your tree is growing. >> jimmy, don't say that it's rubber. i was hoping nobody would notice. this is not my plant. >> jimmy: no, no -- >> i'm not in my house, thank you very much. the plant isn't real, which is a good thing, because it means that it's not in danger of i guess it never lived, never had the opportunity to have a life. i thought that was a rubber tree, i didn't mean literally rubber. >> oh, no. no, it's actually literally rubber.

oops. >> jimmy: that's interesting, yeah. well, i don't know. i could have the type of plant all wrong. i'm sure people on the internet will correct me. >> the people on the internet love to do that. >> jimmy: have you been staying in, have you been going out? what have you been up to? >> i have been staying in, although for new year's eve i was like, what could be safe? i could drive from my house to one other house. so i drove up a mountain to go to a cabin. and i thought, this would be totally safe, i won't see anybody. but i got into a car accident. >> jimmy: oh, no. >> so i did have a socially distanced interaction. i got hit by a big monster truck on the highway. >> jimmy: really? not a real monster truck, just a huge truck? >> it -- i mean, let's just put it this way, it is as monster as a truck could be driving with a regular commercial license. yeah, i got hit. but i'm safe, obviously. actually, the driver was very lovely in the end. i feel i'm used to car accidents because i was born and raised in los angeles, it feels like accidents are my birthright.

i've had many of them. >> jimmy: oh, you have? >> but this was a pleasant one, yeah. i think after this year, there's such gratitude at being alive. it was sort of the sweetest, loveliest accident of all the ones i've had, in a way. we were both like -- also, it made total sense. it's the only way to end this year would be to get into a car accident. >> jimmy: can i tell you something? it sounds like the beginning of a romantic film, really. a beautiful hollywood actress gets rear-ended by a guy in a monster truck, he gets out of the car, they both have masks on, they don't know what each other looks like. >> right, right, right. they exchange information. >> jimmy: uh-huh. who knows? >> yeah. that's a hollywood meet if i've ever had one. no, we exchanged numbers, just exchanged insurance information, and everyone's okay. >> jimmy: maybe your insurance agents will fall in love. >> i hope so. i hope, it's a good time to fall in love. >> jimmy: are you shooting

"thor" yet? "thor: love and thunder," the new one? >> no, not yet. i leave to australia on monday, so in a couple of days. >> right. we spoke to natalie portman the week before last. and she was there already. she said things are great there, by the way. you know, they figured it out somehow. >> yeah, they did. i know. i mean, people are going to movies and dinner. it feels like an alternate universe. i've sort of forgotten what all those things are like. yeah, things are under control. i go there. you get escorted by police to a quarantine facility and stay there for 14 days while you're monitored. then once you're out, it's sort of things back to somewhat normal. >> jimmy: what do you know about the quarantine facility? is it a government-run kind of thing? >> yes, all government run. you don't get any treatment just because you happen to be in movies. you go to a government place, you hang out. i think the only thing that i get potentially because it's marvel is they're going to send me a piece of workout equipment,

just because i have to be in a superhero costume. >> jimmy: right. >> otherwise, i'm just going to be hanging out. i don't know what the place is like. but, you know, i'm grateful. it feels a little bit like survivor's remorse, leaving. especially i'm here in los angeles, the numbers are crazy. it's 1 in 5 people right now have covid. >> jimmy: right, yeah. >> so it feels kind of dangerous. yeah. tested folks. certainly between my family, we're over five, so how many of us have it and we don't know. but i'm hoping that everyone continues to stay safe and sane. >> jimmy: what are you going to do, what's the first thing, when you get out of that little quarantine? which, let's be honest, it's just a nice way of saying prison. what are you going to do when you get out? what's the first regular thing you're looking forward to? >> okay, well this is irregular. in australia they have these things called jaffles, sandwiches without crust. they sort of make them -- they feel like a hot pocket as a sandwich. i want to have one of those

because i remember them being delicious. and i think -- in alignment with this idea of having sort of survivor's remorse, i feel like i should take requests from people. like what i could do for them as their proxy in australia. >> jimmy: ah. >> facetime people in. so i'm sure i'll be holding koalas, whatever people want me to do, my family. then maybe i'll take some requests from the internet. >> jimmy: can i make a request early? >> yes. >> jimmy: i know it's still early. if you do this, i'd love to put this on the show. i would like to go around hugging people and shaking their hands. really, at this point, it's -- i've not touched a stranger in almost a year. >> you're right. i think i will do that. i've been thinking about that too. i miss the idea of an acquaintance. remember that? like a person that you don't know very well, that do you want to go for a drink, and you'd say yes. the idea of seeing someone casually right now is so out of this world. yeah, i will go hug people for you. >> jimmy: you know what i'd also love to do? i want, so want to get back to sneezing on people.

you know? i miss that. >> yeah, that's fun. or that thing where you -- your nose is running and you wipe it? then just like casually continue eating a bagel? >> jimmy: yes. >> just germ, germ-giving and a. i's plan. i like this plan of you being our envoy and doing all the things that we can't do. that's strong. let's stick with that. we're going to take a break. when we come back, we're going to see a scene from your new movie. tessa thompson is with us, we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ aficionado. i'm a fashionista. sneakerhead. metalhead. me? gearhead. ♪ ♪ audiophile. gamer. i'm a foodie. woo! i'm whatever this is.

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>> okay, i was just -- >> uh-huh. >> cleaning up. because my father said that we could close early, so. >> i'm just going to -- >> jimmy: that is tessa thompson and nnamdi asomugha in "sylvie's love" which is now on amazon prime. nnamdi is not only a former nfl player, but husband of kerry washington. you knew that, right? he mentioned that? >> yeah, he did mention that. and kerry and i are friends. actually, kerry and i were doing a movie, i think, when they first were falling in love. i didn't know that was the person, but. >> jimmy: right, he was driving a monster truck, and i think he hit her pretty good in the bumper. >> yeah, then he gave her a rubber plant as an apology. >> jimmy: tell us what the movie's about, give us a little overview, if you will. >> the movie is one of those sprawling epic love stories about these two folks that fall

in love. sylvie, who i play, who works at her dad's record store. and this young aspiring saxophone player, robert, and they fall in love sort of at the wrong time. it's about their trials and tribulations as they eventually come together. >> jimmy: does nnamdi -- did he play the saxophone before? does he really play the saxophone? >> he does really play the saxophone in the film, but he didn't before. he spent a year learning. >> jimmy: yeah that's a funny thing, when you have to learn to play the instrument and then at the level, then really -- like your dad's a musician, right? >> yeah, he is. actually, he started on the saxophone. and yeah, so that was sort of his beginning instrument. and in fact, my debut as an actor was playing the saxophone. >> jimmy: that's why i actually mentioned that, because we have a little clip of your debut -- >> no! >> jimmy: how old were you when you made your acting debut?

>> i think i was 5. but it was just something casually my dad was doing, and he just popped me in there because i was his daughter, i wasn't acting. i didn't act again until much later. but that was my official debut. >> jimmy: let's take a look. ♪ >> hey, dad, can i play the saxophone this time, please? >> all right. ♪ >> stop showing off! ♪ >> jimmy: very cute. did you actually learn to play the saxophone? i know you're not playing that, obviously. did you learn? >> no. no, i did not. i didn't learn. i do want to ask my dad, i haven't asked him how -- like did he show me saxophone face? you know? how did he teach me how to do

sax face? >> jimmy: i feel like probably you just absorbed sax face from watching dad play the sax, right? >> yeah. i probably was like, one day i'm just going to sax face all over town. maybe. it probably -- i probably thought it looked cool. and it does. but nnamdi in the film does an incredible job, and my dad commented how well he did at the fingering, the breath work. he really is astounding at it. >> jimmy: thank you very much, tessa, it's great to see you. have fun in australia. touch everyone and everything. tessa thompson. "sylvie's love" is on amazon prime right now. we'll be right back.

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>> jimmy: welcome back to the show. music from steve earle and the dukes is on the way. our next guest is a fine english actor you know from "star wars" and marvel movies, now he's on a marvel show. he plays the android vision in the highly anticipated "wandavision." it premieres a week from tomorrow on disney plus. please welcome paul bettany. hi, paul. >> how are you doing? >> jimmy: doing well, how are you doing? >> i'm doing excellent, thank you very much.

>> jimmy: i like that thing -- you know that thing behind you, that gold circle behind you looks like something vision would have. >> it does, doesn't it? it's a little vision lamp. >> jimmy: you're in brooklyn right now? >> i am in brooklyn, yeah. >> jimmy: how are things in brooklyn? >> things are great in brooklyn. i mean, yesterday was weird. weird day. but things today feel calmer. i mean, it's an interesting time. >> jimmy: you voted for the first time in the united states in november. >> that's right. >> jimmy: which is interesting. how long have you lived here in the united states? >> i've lived here for 20 years. and finally, you know, that taxation without representation thing can really stick in your craw. 2016 inauguration, i was like, my, there's a president i can get behind.

so i thought, finally, i've got to be part of voting this demagogue out of this great republic. but i neglected to move to texas. so it didn't really make a difference in brooklyn, obviously. >> jimmy: the last time they raided the capitol building, it was your people that did it. >> i know! i know. exactly. look. it's really weird. >> jimmy: did you vote in person or by mail? >> i voted in person. i really wanted the full experience, first experience. i finished "wandavision." i flew home. i quarantined. i tested. then my wife and i, she took me voting for the first time. which, you know, after 18 years of marriage is a little like a date, i guess, you know? >> jimmy: uh-huh. get some free time. >> yeah. our last date was about 17 years and 3 months ago. so, you know, it was really romantic. >> jimmy: that's how it goes. yeah, you guys have been married for a long time.

i didn't realize that. >> i know, yeah. in hollywood years that's like 300. >> jimmy: how did you find the voting experience? was it strange for you? do we do it wrong? >> no, you do it exactly right. i've really thought that every bit of it -- it just -- you know, all of that pent-up fury and outrage over the last three years, it just -- it was a really wonderful experience. and this country's been really good to me. and i -- it was great to sort of take part in it, you know, as a citizen, take part in this. >> jimmy: i'm glad you did. you know, i hope that we soon can get back to a time where the things we're most moved by are like "avengers: end game" and which heroes got killed. speaking of that. did you know that when vision, and this is going to be a little inside nerd talk, but when

vision got "thanos'd," got snapped, and did not return, did you know that you had this tv series ahead of you? >> no, i did not. i actually -- i went to see kevin. i got a call from kevin feige, and he said, come and see me. so i was like, i'm getting canned. i went in to see them. i thought they were being gents about it and they were going to let me down gently. sort of -- i walked in, it's been a great run, thank you so much. they said, are you quitting? we're pitching a tv show. i'm like, oh! all right, okay. >> jimmy: so this tv show, and i know you can't say a ton about it. what can you say about it? legally? >> it's about -- it's about two superheroes who find themselves in 1950 suburbia, and then start

hurtling through the american century at breakneck speed and begin to wonder what's going on in this town because it can't be right. i mean, that can't be right. >> jimmy: i know they have sitcoms and all the stuff that we have over in england, but specifically the sitcoms -- it's an interesting idea, you guys have each decade, a classic sitcom is represented is kind of the model for your show. >> correct. >> jimmy: starting with the '50s, right? starting with -- >> dick van dyke. >> jimmy: did you know "the dick van dyke show"? >> you know, i did. saturday mornings and sunday mornings were given over to american cultural imperialism. >> jimmy: wow. >> i totally fell in love with america through watching these shows, yes. "brady bunch," "i love lucy," "bewitched." i grew up on those shows too. >> jimmy: wow, that's interesting. here, over here, we watched cartoons on saturday and sunday morning. >> right. >> jimmy: that was the thing.

and then, if you were lucky, you could find the british sitcoms late at night on your local syndicated channel. >> oh, really? >> jimmy: "fawlty towers." "the black adder." that kind of stuff. >> "black adder" is genius. >> jimmy: i love that stuff, yeah. okay. so you know this stuff, then. then you shot the show, these sitcoms, as they did at that time, in front of a live studio audience? >> that's right. and i was terrified. we shot the first episode in two days, which is how they would have shot it. so we go in, we shoot it in front of the audience, then we come back for pickup shots and specials. and it was terrifying. i hadn't been on stage in 20 years. but it was just so thrilling. and i realized i'd wasted my entire career and i should have been in sitcoms my whole life, and i loved it.

it really reminded me of being on the stage. the last time i was on the stage was with matthew rhys. and we were in a play together called "one more wasted year." and i remember nothing of what happened in that play. but i do remember the reviews, which were cruel. probably because i can't remember what happened in the show, let's be honest. and i remember one night matthew and i were leaving the theater, and we heard an audience member say "one more wasted year? one more wasted evening, more like." and that was the night i tried to out-drink a welshman, which you should never try to do. >> jimmy: good tip, i didn't know that. you had the studio audience there. i think that's interesting. i'm trying to piece together what's going on. marvel would not let me see a screener of the show, even though i work for the company and presumably can be trusted. but apparently i cannot.

and i wanted one so that i knew what was going on. i had you and elizabeth on the show this week. yet they let a room full of strangers, i assume, watch the screening of the show? >> i think it was a friends and family kind of -- >> jimmy: friends and family? i'm an employee! friends and family they could trust? yeah, i know. i am going to take it up with them. my theory is that what happens during the sitcom portion of this show is not the entirety of the show, and -- >> that's 100% correct. >> jimmy: oh, that is, really? >> uh-huh. that's 100% correct. we -- we hurtle through the decades. and we hit different genres of sitcoms. and then vision begins to think that this is getting a little weird, you know.

and in the end, you end up in full mcu -- >> jimmy: i love this, i feel you've said too much already and i love it. i appreciate that you've given me more than kevin did. it's great to see you. stay safe, stay healthy. "wandavision" premieres a week from tomorrow on disney plus. paul bettany, everybody! be right back with steve earle and the dukes. thanks, paul! >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing.

>> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> jimmy: thanks to tessa thompson and paul bettany. apologies to matt damon. "nightline" is next but first, the album is called "jt" with his son's song, "harlem river blues," steve earle & the dukes! ♪ ♪

♪ lord, i'm goin' uptown to the harlem river to drown dirty water ♪ ♪ gonna cover me over and i'm not gonna make a sound i'm on a roll mama ♪ ♪ i gotta go gotta get there while i still can troubled days ♪ ♪ are behind me now and i know they're gonna let me in when you see me ♪ ♪ walkin' up the empty yard just a-singin' and a-clappin' my hands tell my mama i love her ♪ ♪ tell my daddy i tried give my money to my baby to spend 'cause lord ♪ ♪ i'm goin' uptown to the harlem river to drown dirty water ♪ ♪ gonna cover me over and i'm not gonna make a sound ♪ ♪

♪ good times come and they go ♪ and they go even a good man'll break he'll let his troubles bury him whole ♪ ♪ even though he knows what's at stake so i'm taking no chances carrying over while ♪ ♪ i'm still good in his grace i'm no fool mama i know the difference ♪ ♪ between tempting and choosing my fate 'cause lord i'm goin' uptown ♪ ♪ to the harlem river to drown dirty water gonna cover me over and ♪ ♪ i'm not gonna make a sound ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ lord, i'm goin' uptown to the harlem river to drown ♪ ♪ dirty water gonna cover me over and i'm not gonna make a sound lord, i'm goin' uptown ♪ ♪ to the harlem river to drown dirty water gonna cover me over and ♪ ♪ i'm not gonna make a sound lord, i'm goin' uptown to the harlem river to drown ♪ ♪ dirty water gonna cover me over and i'm not gonna make a sound ♪ >> see you when i get there, cowboy.

tonight, heroes on the hill. law enforcement trapped, taser terrorized by insurrections. >> people started chanting "kill him with his own gun." >> firsthand accounts from the officers defending democracy. >> some of them were absolutely crazed. >> outnumbered, outgunned, overwhelmed. >> some of the most brutal combat i've ever encountered. >> and how the mob was just one minute and 100 yards from the man one heartbeat from the presidency. >> where's mike pence, where's mike pence! inside intel? did some lawmakers give rioters recon tours before the siege? >> it's important for us to be prepared for more disruption, more violence. >> this special edition of "nightline" will be right back.