time now for tonight's "closing argument." a shocking alleation today from tom ridge, the first secretary of homeland security. mr. ridge asserts in a new book that he was pressured by top advisers to president george w. bush to raise the national threat level just before the 2004 election. in what he suspected was an effort to influence the vote. he writes after osama bin laden released the threatening videotape, attorney general john ashcroft and donald rumsfeld pushed him to elevate the public threat level, but he refused. mr. ridge calls it a "dramatic and inconceivable event that proved most troublesome" and

reinforced his decision to resign. former bush chief of staff andy card vehemently denies the allegations. tonight we ask you, do you believe that the bush administration manipulated national security issues for political gain? tell us what you think by going to the "nightline" page at abcnews.com or join the conversation any time on the "nightline" twitter page. next week on "nightline," at the center of the obesity epidemic confront the problem head on. >> kind of like one y, you know, you have a big kid and you always had a big kidnd you wake up the next day and you're like, wow. like does he -- is it okay for him to be that big? >> we'll take you behind the scenes at a full camp where the young people facing the dangers of obesity learn to eat right and win back not only their health but their self-esteem. that's our report for tonight.

"jimmy kimmel live" is up next. for terry moran and martin ir news, have a safe weekend. hi, i'm jimmy kimmel. on the show tonight, from "raising the bar", melissa sagemiller. music from jack's mannequin and from the new movie "funny people", seth rogen. the last time he was here, so was megan fox. seth believes that when he tried to kiss megan fox hello, she blew him off. let's examine the tape here and take a look. there she is. well, we'll find out for sure. protesting is awesome.

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melissa sagemiller. and music from jack's mannequin. with cleto and the cletones. and now, believe me you, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by abc, inc. >> very nice. hello. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. welcome. thank you for watching. at home and abroad. pardon me if i slur a little tonight. i have been at the white house doing beer bongs with the president. you know president obama had his

so-called beer summit at the white house this evening. it was a chance to sit down with dr. henry louis gates, the harvard professor o was arrested after breaking into his own house and sergeant james crowley, the policeman who arrested him there was one awkward moment they say when crowley asked obama for some i.d. but he was just kidding. vice president biden showed up too. i did not know he was going to be a part of it. i guess they wanted to even things out racially, but they sat around a table in the rose garden. and drank. i'm starting to think the president cooked this whole thing up because he didn't want to ask michelle if he could have a poker night or something. it was scheduled to last about an hour. but in fact, it looked like they were having fun. you can see here. they're in the white house, just on the edge of the rose garden there. you see they all had their beers. even played a little quarters. that looks all right, right? tomorrow morning it will be heretofore be known as racial harmony hangover day.

president obama said this is a teachable moment for the country and i like to believe it is. in fact, we went out in the street today and asked the local hollywood boulevard costume characters who are no strangers to profiling themselves what they have learned from this ordeal. >> when you see a black man, you shouldn't be so quick to judge. but then you never know. he could be confused. sometimes things happen so quick you can't process i. like for instance, like if you like -- like when you're running really fast, like sometimes like everything is like going fast. and i don't know. i don't know what i'm trying to get at actually. but it's kind of like that though. >> thank you, chewbacca.

very well said. our president, the president of the united states, is black, smokes cigarettes, drinks beer and plays basketball. that's kind of awesome. you know? the story dominated the news today. something like 60% of the coverage. even the president himself said he didn't understand why this is such a big deal. but the good news is it did provide us with our unintentional joke of the day. >> it's going to be a threesome between professor gates, sergeant crowley and president barack obama. [ applause ] >> a i guess next week obama is going sit down with jon and kate to see if he can't patch that up too. some big michael jackson news today. his mother katherine has reached a custody agreement with the children's biological mother, debbie rowe. the agreement is going to give katherine jackson full custody of the kids, but rowe will be a part of the lives. once a month she's permitted to

jump out of a closet to scare the kids in the middle of the night. that's what she wanted all along anyway. raising three kids is a lot for katherine jackson. she's 79 years old. i mean at this age, she should be knitting a blanket not raising one. am i right? [ laughter ] if i were those kids, i would make sure to hum way off key whenever papa joe is around. because michael jackson's father joe, he gave another interview. this time with tv one in which he claims that michael has another son, a 25-year-old norwegian rapper whose name is omir. or omar. i'm not sure, omir was at the memorial service. here joe talks about the most mysterious new member of the jackson clan. >> michael y ha hth anove child. omar is his name. a oh, he was sitting right there, next to -- next to rebe and everyone was trying to connect some dots. do you know if that is michael's other son? >> ye i knew he had another

son. yes, i did. >> any -- he looks like a jackson. >> oh, yes. he looks like a jackson. he acts like a jackson. he can dance like a jackson. and just -- this boy is a fantastic dancer. >> and you can see he's got michael's nose and chin, literally. he left them to him in the will. joe was asked what it means to be a jackson. his answer -- i wouldn't call it insightful, but it was illuminating. >> what does it mean to be a jackson? >> what does it mean to be a jackson? well, it means a lot of things, tina. like this boy of michael's. omar. that's his son all right and his daughter. he's a lady's boy. that's why we pretend not to know him. but he's got an album coming out on my label so i'm not mad at him. it's calle"lady boy and the pizza faces". he's got a pizza face, see? i bit off one of his toes to make sure it tasted good. abracadabra, the end.

>> all right. what it takes to be a jackson i guess. supermodel giselle bundchen is in a new ad campaign for the company london fog. they make raincoats and giselle is clyurntrere pgnant with quarterback tom brady's baby. so the company air brushed her stomach out of the picture. look a you can see they took a bundchen out of the ovre the. this is the same photo before they retouchedt. you can see that -- that's what happens when the supermodel has a sandwich. they blow up. if you're looking to lose weight, and who isn't nowadays, olsen twins, you see a lot of crazy devices on tv. some don't do anything, but this one came to my attention because this is the sort of thing that can have practical applications outside the home gym. >> it is all about showing off do your arms measure up? thick heavy exercise machines

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but the kid -- you know, he's driving pretty well. he found his way home. he did not go out without a fight either. the crew from "cops" showed up just in time to capture him being taken into custody. >> i did nothing wrong you [ bleep ] [ bleep ] cops! let go! [ bleep ] [ bleep ]! officer, he's drunk. i was drunk, so what, i'm drunk. >> you're a no good [ bleep ]! >> yeah. you're a [ bleep ]! >> i know you are, but what am i? >> [ bleep ].u yoe,ar w butam >> inohaw yoare, but what am i? >> [ bleep ]. >> you can keep that drunken [ bleep ]! >> bad boy. what are you gonna do? the good news is, everyone got invited to the white house for beer. so it's all fine. one more thing. i want to congratulate hbo, they topped glaad which is gay and lesbian alliance against the devil, i guess, and it's the top

list of best tv networks when it comes to depicting homosexuals. abc finished second thanks to my uncle frank. strangely enough, the network that came in last was animal planet which got an f from glaad in part because of this unbelievably insensitive new sw they're running. >> two giraffes on the serengeti. bumping and grinding. hey, siegfried and roy, get a room already. this lion is totally gay. look at him. cruising the plain, searching for a quickie. king of the jungle, queen is more like it. gay, gay, lesbian. gay. >> "outing the forest" sundays at 9:00. on the show tonight, from "raising the bar", melissa sagemiller. we have music tonight from jack's mannequin.

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♪ you're really working that tambourine there, cleto. that doesn't embarrass you having to play that thing? >> it works my muscles. >> very good. with us tonight, from "raising the bar" on tnt, a very attractive woman named melissa sagemiller is here. also tonight, from right here in los angeles, this is their second album, "the glass passenger", music from jack's

mannequin. tomorrow night, anne heche, aubrey plaza, and music from diane birch. our first guest is another in a long line of comedy gifts canada has given us. you know him from the movies "pineapple express", "superbad" and "knocked up". starting tomorrow you can see him co-star with adam sandler in the new movie "funny people". please say hello to seth rogen. [ cheers and applause ] we're getting -- you're getting more fit each time i see you. i don't know, i feel like i lose a member of the club. >> every time. i know. >> i don't like it at all. >> you'll be very disappointed in me. have you seen vincent d'onofrio's face? another one down. a single tear. >> exactly. >> a single chubby tear. >> can i ask you a question, a political question, kind of. >> really? >> that is this. you're from canada.

we don't know what goes on up there. we hear things. we drink the syrup and that stuff. but do you have to wait in line like six months for a kidney even if you don't want one up there? what's the story? is it good? >> it's good health care. it's good healthcare. yeah, i got my head chopped off when i was 6. and within four weeks it was reattached. >> really? >> and there was almost no repercussion to that. yeah. th kept it on ice. worked out well. >> well, there's vote for obama, i guess, huh? >> i guess so. >> how many times have you been here on the show with us? >> this is the third time on the show. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. >> but i have to be honest the first time i was on the show it was one of the biggest days of my entire life. unfortunately not because it was the first time i was on your show. i know. i assumed it had nothing to do with me. >> it was because it was first

time i met megan fox in my entire life. right here on this show. and it was actually before she was in "transformers", and i was in the dressing room with a bunch of my friends -- real sausage party in there. lots of dudes. and that's how i roll. [ laughter ] and she literally came into the dressing room and in like sweatpants and a t-shirt and everyone stopped talking and stared. everyone thought i won a prize or something like that. like, this jimmy kimmel is a rad dude. they really hook you up on this show. but -- so i got really psyched and then she explained she was in fact an actress who was about to be one of the biggest movie stars in the world. and she was nervous and she wanted to know if i would stay out for her appearance. then something -- then there was -- in my mind, an incident occurred after that. >> yeah. something that i heard about this, that scarred you for -- i won't say your whole life, but your life thus far. >> for two years. the last two years have been rough, i'll be honest with you. when she came out, i don't know

if you have seen the talk show before, but -- yeah, you have. often, the male guest takes it upon themselves to plant a small kiss perhaps on the cheek of the female guest as they come out. i was thinking when in my life will i ever get to kiss this woman, now is my chance. i tried do it and to my memory, she physically stopped me from doing it. basically rejected me on television and -- and that's how i remember it. i'll be honest. that's exactly how i remember it. >> well, we dug up the tape because sometimes -- well, sometimes you remember these things and they're not as bad as -- >> i'm praying that i have -- my memory is much worse. >> she asked you to -- >> she came into my room and asked me to stay. yeah. >> she said, please stay. >> please. it would make me so much more comfortablble. >> you can fill in the gaps -- if there's any awkwardness. >> exactly. interject and beunny. >> here comes megan fox. this is her first talk show appearance. >> megan fox! [ cheers and applause ]

>> she was good. >> wow. that worked out. >> then i come in. and whoa! [ laughter ] >> let's take another look at that. in slow motion. >> no. no. >> then you go -- [ laughter ] >> it almost seemed like you were going with an open mouth. one more time because -- >> no. >> i like it when you shake your head -- yeah. as soon as she passes, you nodded, yeah, of course, that is what happened. [ laughter ] of course it happened again. >> i'm used to that. it happens to me often. >> i'll tell you what, she made a terrible mistake. one that you'll never forget because now that you'll become

the green hornet, megan foxes will be climbing all over you. with their mouths open, they'll be licking you. >> just open up to me at every greeting. >> yeah. you'll probably have to wear a helmet around to be protected from these women. >> i hope. a helmet with an opening that will allow me to make out with them. at any given opportunity. that was much worse than i remember. we did the preinterview, maybe we'll show the clip. i'm sure it will be fine, i'm blowing it out of proportion. it's way more embarrassing than i remember. >> things -- people say i have this great video, i was on a horse and i jumped off and they're never as good. but that really lived up to its billing. >> yeah. it's creepy of me. like i look weird. like it's weird -- it's creepy that -- i rally do. i'm there with an open mouth. i don't know why i'm doing that. i'm almost doing that. i'm one step away from the boob grab.

[ laughter ] >> well, speaking of -- speaking of not kissing women, you were at the comic-con convention. >> i was. a hot bed of not kissing women. that is ground zero for not kissing women. >> and you like that, or are you like a comic book fan and all that stuff? >> i'm a giant comic back fan as you can tell from the video. [ laughter ] yeah, i have been a comic book fan my whole life. yeah, it's probably why -- >> fun going to something like that? because -- >> yeah. >> i would imagine you just being swarmed by guys dressed up as yoda. >> that is -- that to me is like the sexual fantasy. you don't know that. but -- [ laughter ] yeah. comic-con, i'm kind of like how justin timberlake is everywhere. that's what i'm like at comic-con. but people are respectful because i'm a comic book -- they can genuinely see that. i'm reading wolverines, and they

get that. okay. i wish i was reading "wolverine". last year i was there and i had some friends who are celebrities. some of them to oid getting pictures taken with them, thought, oh, well, i'll wear the mask of the comic book character and this will conceal my identity. but what they didn't take into consideration, a man wearing a mask is way more famous than jonah hill is. he got way more attention than -- it's like wolverine. wolverine is here! it's wolverines, it's like move over seth rogen. >> now that you're going to be the green hornet that's a big deal. >> pretty rad. exciting. >> you become part of that world permanently. >> i know that like comic books are what made me not lose my virginity until a very old age and i hope that maybe i can cause other young men to not lose their virginity -- >> a noble effort. >> exactly. >> the coolest comic book characters have a car, i think. this is your car in the movie.

>> yeah. >> look at that. >> it's got machine guns and missiles. >> does it have a name? >> it's called the black beauty. it's also the name of my favorite sexual device. [ laughter ] >> will they give you a chance to own the black beauty? >> i hope so. >> adam west i think has to rent the bat mobile whenever he wants to do an appearance. you don't want that. when you're 75 and doing this sort of thing, you want the black beauty in your garage. >> i want the real black beauty. >> you should try to get this thing. >> well, would i look lame driving around the city in that? >> no not at all. i would like to see you driving around in the black beauty. you get to drive -- is it a functioning r? >> yeah. those are real machine guns. those are real. we killed around 400 nerds yesterday. >> it would be great if i -- if it had a weenie horn. >> like it played cucaracha.

>> just sign guillermo up. >> we're going for all demographics. >> when we come back -- by the way, i saw your movie and i thought it was funny and touching as well. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> i know you play a stand-up comedian in the movie. i want to talk about that because when we come back we have some video of you at 13 years old doing stand-up comedy. >> is that going to be embarrassing? >> potentially more embarrassing than the -- >> perfect. that's fantastic. >> seth rogen. come right back. during the autobahn for all event, you can get great lease deals. i love it. i just wanna know it's the right move. - me? - thirteen days in the future. listen, you get a deal on a car you've always wanted, scheduled maintenance is included. - it's all good. - what's the future like? - you love your new jetta. - and the suit? - you like it? - nah. i love it. announcer: for a limited time, trade in your gas guzzler

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oh, yeah, you have to see the whole thing. come here. >> really? >> oh, oh. that's my man ira. he wrote a lot of good jokes for me, , ney. >> hey, we -- want to have contest to s who can hold their breath the longest? [ laughter ]

>> nothing is going to happen between us. >> well, there you go. [ laughter ] >> that's "funny people" that opens tomorrow. seth rogen is here. in the movie, i don't need to tell you, t i'll tell everybody, but you play a young comedian and adam sandler hires you to write jokes for him. you become friends. >> yeah. yeah. >> more or less. >> more or less. he's kind of mean to me in the movie to some degree. but in real life, i couldn't be -- adam couldn't be a nicer guy. i'm nope for not stretching much. i played a pot head in one movie and i play a big adam sandler fan who writes jokes for a living. i'm really branching out. >> wait until this car comes out. things are all going to change. >> yeah. >> but adam is a real bastard in real life, right? he's a real -- he's kind of a hard ass.

>> in real life he might be the meanest person ever. he shot me in the foot one day. that was weird. just for no reason. he had a gun and he just -- he's a funny man. >> random act of cruelty. >> he didn't even say dance first. he shot me in the foot. no, he's like the greatest guy ever. >> is that the real relationship between you, the relationship that you have in the movie where you kind of idolize him for lack of a getter -- >> yeah, honestly, to me, he was -- when i was younger and billy madon came out, it was the first guy who was making movies for people, you know, like me, who are like my age and his comedy albums were the filthiest and funniest things in the entire world. >> yeah, those are funny. those comedy -- >> those taught me words and sexual techniques that i still have not topped. even today. so i recommend you guys go out and get those. he doesn't need the money. just do it anyway. >> so the director, judd apatow, what he did, he had you guys do standup comedy and jonah hill hadn't done it before.

but you had done it, starting at a very young age. how old were you when you started? >> i was 13 when i started doing stand-up comedy and that sounds obnoxious. i know that. i would hate a 13-year-old who did stand-up comedy. i was the drunk guy in the club and a 13-year-old is up there, i would think, oh, great this is hilarious. throw a beer bottle at his face. then i go to jail. then i meet a man i like. [ laughter ] but, yes, so i had to go out and start doing stand-up comedy again. it was a nightmare. did not enjoy it very much. >> were you able to draw on any of that material that you used as a teenager when you started? >> i wanted to. i thought like oh, i'll go ahead and tell the old jokes that i used to tell, but i felt like a fat guy squeezing into a t-shirt too small, you can kind of tell me it doesn't work on me. oh, really, you're going to tell the jokethat you did at your bar mitzvah, you're almost 30 years old. but i started to write new

jokes, about porno and masturbation, and i've really -- and the new jokes being mostly about porno and masturbation. i have come a long way in the years. >> quite a journey. >> quite a journey. i'm a journeyman. >> we have a clip and i cannot imagine -- i can't even imagine figuring out you could do this at this age. it's really very, very young to be doing this. >> it was very young. as you will see, not always effective. i may have been too young to do it. >> here we go. here is seth rogen at 13 years old. >> when two people fall in love, a little naked man shooting an arrow through your heart. darlene, i love you and i want you to marry me. [ laughter ] >> oh, that's a pretty good joke. by the way, i especially like that -- you've got a cigarette in an ashtray on the stool there. were you smoking at 13?

>> this voice didn't come from a life of good living i'll tell you that much. like a denis leary type thing. i could do 20 minutes on smoking. it was pretty good. >> when you were a kid, is that what you did? did you play sports,ere you normal at all? >> i did. i played rugby which is a really violent sport. i played it -- this is disgusting. i played it for a few years and then one time you wear cleats in rugby, spiked shoes, and a man stepped on my scrotum which then started to bleed. which i then saw the blood of. and i walked off the rugby field and i literally have not played any sport since then. >> really? >> that was around 20 years ago. so, yeah, i've completely retired -- it's taken me -- i'm afraid of my penis getting detached. >> ever since then -- >> i was in my bathroom and my girlfriend took her curling iron out and i got out of the shower and i burned my penis on it. i might be potentially

vulnerable in the penis area. >> wait a minute. how did that happen? >> i was leaning over to get something and it was out and i thank god it didn't burn -- there's a real possibility the hole could get shut and then i have to make a new hole, i don't know what would happen. [ laughter ] but thank god it was more -- >> well, you're a very lucky man. >> with the underside -- >> seth rogen, everybody. "funny people" opens tomorrow. we'll be right back with melissa sagemiller. ♪ - i won! - we won a trip! - ( screams ) - we're going to the show! - i won! i won! - ( shouting ) ( shouting continues ) i won! i won! i won! play the game millions have won -- scrabble at subway! you could win $100,000 jackpots, cars, trips, and more. look for your free letter in this sunday's paper. play scrabble at subway... where winners eat. ♪

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♪ hi there. we have music from jack's mannequin on the way. our next guest made her film debut ten years ago in a scene alongside noted thespian mike tyson. now she plays an ambitious assistant d.a. who faces off every week against zac from "saved by the bell". the show is called "raising the bar". watch it mondays at 10:00 on tnt. please say hel to melissa sagemiller. [ cheers and applause ] thank you for coming.

great to you here. >> thank you for having me. >> boy, acting alongside mike tyson is a hell of way to break into movies. >> yeah, he's interesting and big and scary. >> was he a good acting partner? >> well, we were doing a scene -- >> is that a no? >> well, i don't know if he's watching. he's scary. >> he's not coming here. >> well, he might. >> he night, that is true. so, okay. >> we're shooting a scene in new york it took four or five hours. the lovely lady playing his love interest, he kept on saying he was going to eat her. and i didn't really know how to i thought is this endearing? is it a threat? >> kind of both kind of both. i said that to my fig newtons last night and it was a threat, yeah, but i also loved them. so you can look at it that way. was this on or off camera? >> both. >> oh, really? wow.

that's ngood at all. >> when she left for the bathroom, i thought this is my turn. it's all over now. >> your dad played for the washington redskins. and your dad is here in the audience tonight. [ cheers and applause ] how are you? this is -- this is a fun face to bring boys to right here. and it's just a big white man, i mean, really. is your dad -- >> with the knife. >> he didn't need the knife. that was just a bonus. was that a problem having a big dad like that? >> it wasn't a problem for me. no. >> i see. >> anyone that came -- >> just the guys i dated, yeah, they're scared. >> you're from washington. >> mm-hmm. >> what did your mom do for a living? >> well, she used to work for jimmy carter. she was his campaign finance manager. >> that's a big deal. huh? wow. that's kind of exciting. you're right in the middle. >> right in the middle. a political family. >> and you decided not to be political -- work in politics or become a football player.

but instead to get into acting and modeling. how old were you when you went to france? >> i dabbled in modeling for like four months. but, yeah, i was 17 when i went to france. i lived in paris for a summer. >> wow. >> yeah. didn't have the best time. >> you didn't? why? >> not my first experience in paris. >> the country is beautiful, but the people -- >> beautiful country. great food. the men not so much. >> why, what was the problem with the men? >> well, they kind of rub up against when i was in the subway. tried to rip my skirt off as i was going up the stairs. and they would follow my roommates and i home occasionally and um, pleasure themselves in front of the window. >> really? so you don't like that? [ laughter ] >> well, i didn't then. but now -- >> now it's all right? >> now -- >> so you're molested all through europe it sounds like.

that sounds like a great experience. do you ever leave the country anymore? >> i do. i do actually. >> now you're working with -- well, not zac from "saved by the bell", but he is kind of that. but he has a real name which is mark and he's a very nice guy. you play rivals in the show. >> yes. he is a public defender and i'm a d.a. so we're constantly on opposite sides of the fence. >> were you one of the kids that loved "saved by the bell"? >> i wasn't, but my sister was. it was slightly after my time. i was too cool. >> well, sure, yeah. >> did your sister get a chance to meet him? >> yes, she did. >> did she care? >> did she care? are you kidding me? she had a conniption fit. >> really? >> i didn't tell her because she was obsessed with zac and i got cast on the show.

we were doing research for the show in new york, and said, yeah, come join me and my castmates for dinner. i don't think you'll know who they are and she walks in, saw him, and started hyperventilating. i took her aside and said that's gotting to work and sort of calmed down. he didn't see the whole episode which is great. >> he probably gets that a lot. >> yeah. >> how did he handle it? did he have a norm conversation? >> well, he's so gracious. i imagine it happens to him a lot. >> imagine if screech walked in. you would have had to peel her off the wall. well, congratulations to you. and it's nice of your parent comes here with you. >> yeah, and they happened to be in town. and my husband is here. he's french. >> he's french? is he one of the ones in the window? >> yeah. i told you i like it now. >> well, nice job. there you go. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. melissa sagemiller. "raising the bar" airs mondays 's 10:0ght it wckckja eqrimabat nnit wh jack's mannequin.

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♪ swim swim, just keep your head above ♪ ♪ swim [ cheers and applause ]

i want to thank seth rogen and melissa sagemiller. our