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most said he deserved an apology, but some he did not. tonight, president obama weighed in on the controversy. >> i think it's fair to say number one any of us would be pretty angry. number two that the cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home. >> tonight we ask do you agree with the president's assessment at the police's reaction and do you think racial profiling by police is still a big problem in america? tell us what you think by clicking on the "nightline" page on abcnews.com. that's our report for tonight. from all of us at abc news, good night, america. hi, i'm jimmy kimmel, and this is the palm pre only from sprint. >> now matters. instant matters. if it's not now, it isn't good enough. if it can't deliver what i want, when i want it, get rid of it. >> you mean if it can't deliver

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♪ covergirl >> announcer: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- zooey deschanel. the reverend al sharpton. and music from jewel. with cleto and the cletones.

and now, guess what, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by abc, inc. >> hi. hi, everyone. i'm jimmy. welcome to the show. i'll tell you what you're ve enthusiastic. word on the street was this was a tough crowd. well, since you're here tonight i think it's safe to assume you did not see the president's press conference earlier. or if you're at home maybe you did. but president obama held another press conference tonight. preempting all the major networks again. he does this every week now. it's time for oprah to give him a show and the white house actually -- this is true, rescheduled the president. they moved it up an hour from

9:00 to 8:00 because nbc complained it would interfere with "america's got talent". [ laughter ] so in other words the president of the united states moved his press conference to accommodate a show david hasselhoff is on. [ laughter ] i think clinton did that for "baywatch" once. the focus was on the national healthcare plan that is working through congress. he needed to made a strong case tonight. 50% are in favor of the universal healthcare and the other 50% have coverage. so the republicans had been -- they had been running a surprisingly effective campaign against the proposal for national healthcare, but the president found a very clever way to get them on board. behind the scenes he offered a key provision that would provide free breast implants for their girlfriends. so -- the president spoke at 5:00 eastern. here's how he was introduced. >> ladies and gentlemen, the

president of the united states. >> what the hell? really enunciating. play that one more time. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> the president of the united states. i think they finally found the lightest man in the found. the president needs to find his flavor flav. that won't do. after that rousing introduction, the president kept it short and sweet. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> good evening. please be seated. i have great health insurance. thank you, everybody. [ laughter ] >> that was that. went in the back and -- joe biden filled the other 59 minutes making balloon animals.

some sad news today. i don't want to bring you today. the loss of yet another beloved entertainer. amazing how much is happening lately. the great gidget passed away, and gidget was best known as the taco bell chihuahua. she died last night. guillermo, by the way, thank you for coming in on this national day -- did you want to say -- [ laughter ] maybe you want to say -- a word or two about gidget? did you want to say anything about her? >> i hope she goes to heaven. >> as you might expect, the loss of gidget has hit the chihuahua community pretty hard and some animals are even lashing out against their owners. >> i suffer when he bites me. in my vagina, when i'm walking he jumps on my vagina because he's so crazy! >> wow.

so a fond farewell to the taco bell