tonight, someone in this audience will be on tv for no reason. could it be -- this person? nope. it's this person. congratulations, guy. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- halle berry senator al franken and "this week in unnecessary censorship." and now, believe it or not, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, everyone. hi, everybody. i'm jimmy, i'm the host. there are people -- there are people doing this. we don't do that anymore.

that was arsenio, he's gone now. [ laughter ] well, thanks for joining us on what has been an unusual week for us here at our show. if you've been watching over the past few days, and you haven't, i've found myself in the middle of a battle over american health care. after my son billy had open heart surgery at the end of april, the senator bill cassidy from louisiana came on our show, made some promises and assurances that he did not keep. the rope i had him on the show in the first place is because he started telling people that any plan he supports would have to pass what he called the jimmy kimmel test. and then he teamed up with senator lindsey graham to write a bill that most definitely does not pass that test. it doesn't protect people from having their rates jacked up for pre-existing conditions, doesn't prevent insurance companies from putting lifetime caps on how much they'll spend on a person with medical issues, it cuts a huge amount of money, maybe hundreds of billions of dollars in health care funding. and americans understandably, especially, do not like the idea of being priced out of insurance

for a pre-existing condition. so the president got involved last night. via twitter, of course. he wrote, i would not sign graham/cassidy if it did not include coverage of pre-existing conditions, it does, a great bill, repeal and replace. which those are the key words, repeal and replace. because for donald trump, this isn't about the graham/cassidy bill, it's about getting rid of obamacare which he hates, primarily because obama's name is on it. he likes to have his name on things. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] buildings, you name it. and at this point he would sign anything if it meant getting rid of obamacare. he'd sign copies of the koran at the barnes & noble in fallujah if it meant he could get rid of obamacare. and then after i accused bill cassidy of not telling the truth, the president wrote a tweet of support for him personally. senator/doctor bill cassidy is a class act who really cares about people and their health care, he doesn't lie, he just wants to

help people. i tweeted back, that's great news, mr. president, does that mean he'll vote against the horrible bill he wrote? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i know you won't find this surprising. i still haven't heard back on that. [ laughter ] lindsay graham, the senator who cowrote the bill, said donald trump is focused like a lacer on health care. i'm guessing he means he's focused in the same way cats on youtube are focused on lasers, chase it around. i guarantee he doesn't know anything about this graham/cassidy bill. he doesn't know the difference between medicare and medicaid. he barely knows the difference between melania and ivanka. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] this morning senator cassidy, there's a lot ofible in this, he went on fox news to fight back. he again said that i don't understand what i'm talking about because we haven't spoken for a year, which is not true, he was on my show four months ago. but i don't know what the point of speaking to him is. we spoke, he told me one thing,

he did another, are we supposed to do that again? people tell me give him the benefit of the doubt and i do give him the benefit the doubt -- i doubt all the benefits he claims are part of the new health care bill. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] but i do want to say about bill cassidy, i do admire what he's done with most of his life. he's a doctor, gastroenterologist, founded a community clinic, he's done good thing. i want him to keep doing good things, this plan is not a good thing. his supporters say, he's a doctor, what do you know? to them i say, all of these very reputable organizations -- american diabetes association, american medical association, american cancer society, american heart association, the list goes on and on, all of these groups populated by doctors say this health care bill is bad. they're against it. we haven't seen this many people come forward to speak out against a bill since cosby. okay? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ]

i mean, they claim as the president did it protects people with pre-existing conditions. but it doesn't guarantee them protection. all you need to know is this is how the vice president himself dodged that question this morning on "fox and friends." >> you have folks like jimmy kimmel, they're worried about the pre-existing condition thing, because this will be up to the governors to decide how the money is disberzed, who gets coverage, every state will determine what's best for their folks. but with that, can you guarantee that these governors will make sure pre-existing conditions will corner? >> thomas jefferson said, government that governs least governs best. who do you think will be more responsive to the health care needs in your community? your governor and your state legislature? or a congressman and a president and inn a far-off nation's capital? >> jimmy: is "neither" an option? because i would pick that. [ laughter ] i'm pretty sure -- i think he told us we can't trust the president. his argument, their argument that is it's better to put these decisions in the hands of the states. and have you seen some of our states?

if florida could make their own decisions, it would be legal to bring an alligator into a strip club, okay? [ laughter ] [ applause ] that doesn't even take into account the maybe $200 billion in health care funding the bill would cult. even if they did get to decide, that money would go away. a lot of people have been saying i'm not qualified to talk about this and that is true, i'm not qualified to talk about this. but i think those people forget, bill cassidy named this test after me. am i supposed to just be quiet about that? some of these characters they drag out of the swamp to defend this. this morning fox had the other senator from louisiana, john kennedy, no relation as you will clearly see -- [ laughter ] this is what he had to say about me. >> our biggest opponents appear to be at this point senator bernie sanders and jimmy kimmel. bernie is bernie. i don't know mr. kimmel, he's a funny guy, but i don't think anybody would confuse him with a well-respected health care expert. i wouldn't take advice from

charlie sheen either. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: listen, lady. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i don't know how many times i have to say it. i'm not pretending to be an expert, i'm asking why people like you aren't listening to actual experts like the american medical association. [ cheers and applause ] and by the way, the fact that charlie sheen is still alive means he probably knows more about health care than any of us do. [ laughter ] [ applause ] but i understand the gist. i should not be the guy you go to for information on health care. and if these guys, like inbred john kennedy, would tell the truth for a change, i wouldn't have to. i see these comments from these angry people, they say what qualified you to talk about this stuff? you're a comedian, go back to being not funny. and i feel like it's my duty to remind these people, who are so concerned about my

qualifications, the guy you voted for for president? his job qualification was this. >> meatloaf, you're fired. >> jimmy: okay? he fired meatloaf on television. then you put him in the white house. i'm going to say it again. it's more important than ever to call your senators and tell them not to gut american health care, not to turn their backs on people with pre-existing conditions. [ cheers and applause ] this number will direct you to your senator. call him or her. encourage your friends and family to call. let me know how it goes. we have until september 30th to try to dodge this bullet. meanwhile, you remember sean spicer, former white house stress secretary? he's been getting around. after his controversial spot on the emmys sunday, sean sat down with paula faris of gma where he finally opened up. >> let's talk about the russia issue which seems to be plaguing the presidency. has the mueller team reached out to you? >> i'm not going to discuss that issue at all. >> were you hired a lawyer?

>> i'm not going to discuss that issue at all. >> you haven't been subpoenaed? >> i'm not going to discuss that issue at all. >> have you heard in the white house mueller should be fired? >> i'm not going to discuss that issue at all. >> have you spoken with the president about your cameo? >> i'm not going to discuss that issue at all. >> do you think you have a credibility issue, sean? >> i'm not going to discuss that issue at all. >> jimmy: is your name sean? we have a very good show for you tonight. [ cheers and applause ] senator al franken and halle berry are with us tonight. >> aahhhhhhh! >> jimmy: can i help you? >> hello! en i'm frankenberry and i'm your special guest tonight on the jimmy kimmel show. >> jimmy: no, no, no. tonight's guests are al franken and halle berry. laugh lau [ laughter ] i don't know, i think there was a mistake. >> oh, well. isn't this embarrassing.

>> yeah. >> boy, isn't my face pink. >> jimmy: yeah, it is. yeah. >> well, can i interest you in some strawberry-flavored marshmallows? they're part of a nutritious breakfast. >> jimmy: actually, they're not. but yeah, i will -- i would like those, thank you very much. i'll have a bowl. all right. thank soth much. >> did someone say nutritious breakfast? mm! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: count chocula. what are you doing here? >> i came here to see al franken and halle berry. >> jimmy: oh, all right. you know what, i like these better. just have a seat over there, i'm so sorry. >> everyone likes them better. >> jimmy: i'm so sorry. i'm so sorry. [ cheers and applause ] we're going to take a break. there's nothing better than these, i mean, really. this is why we need health care. [ laughter ] all right, we're going to take a break.

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>> jimmy: welcome back to the show. halle berry and senator al franken are on the way. but first i would like to wish a happy new year to those who are observe is rosh hashanah tonight. rosh hashanah, it's a great day to drive in l.a. because the traffic is about half. and our office is about half too. we have some jewish writers here. i know, we're the only show

that -- [ laughter ] -- allows it, we're very inclusive around here. we're a little shorthanded when it came to jokes today so i asked guillermo to help out. he did this for us last year and it was really, really good. we asked him to do it again this year. [ cheers and applause ] bring me the jokes. thank you. you wrote these by yourself? >> guillermo: yes. >> jimmy: there you go, all right. i'm just going to read them. today is rosh hashanah. you spelled it wrong. i've been waiting for this day to celebrate it and get drunk with jewish people. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] have you ever been in a comedy room? you know the writers are the only ones that clap at their own jokes. [ laughter ] today is thursday and we have in the show halle berry. is a great way to close the week of shows. i always been choking and always have problem with my diets.

if halle berry ask me to loose weight i will for sure and for her i will become a houseman. [ cheers and applause ] there's one about the president. donald trump wants to build the wall and he wants mexicans to pay for it. we hardly wants to pay for groceries and beers already do you think we want to pay for stinky wall? no way, jose. [ cheers and applause ] one more about halle berry. i think halle berry is beautiful, she is sweet, hot, and she can keep any man awake all night. [ laughter ] that's not a jek by the way. >> guillermo: no i think it's true. >> jimmy: i think we might need security to protect halle berry from security. >> guillermo: no, no, no problem. >> jimmy: okay, these can go back over there. thank you, guillermo. [ cheers and applause ] very well done. here's something for those of you who, like me, are fans of the show "game of thrones." hbo is reportedly developing five "game of thrones" prequel

shows, to make sure we never leave home on a sunday night again. they're being very secretive about what specifically they plan to do. but apparently in the prequel, autumn comes instead of winter. and the dragons go apple-picking. [ laughter ] so that's good news. we'll have more "game of thrones" characters to keep track of. autumn really is coming tomorrow. tomorrow's the first day of fall, that magical time of the year here in southern california where we switch our alerts over from wildfire to mudslide. [ laughter ] and in honor of fall, we went out on the street today with a leaf blower and a slow-motion camera and we asked people out there to open wide and welcome it. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> happy fall! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, thank you, thank you. happy fall to you too. one more thing. it's thursday night which means it's time to bleep and blur the big tv moments of the week whether they need it or not. it is "this week in unnecessary censorship." [ cheers and applause ] >> writers use all the tools at their disposal to grab the audience by a [ bleep ] and [ bleep ] them off on an emotional journey. >> i didn't know i loved [ bleep ]. >> the president fan cies himself as a disrupter. he came here to [ bleep ] things up. >> i have to say this about the king. he is a very fine gentleman.

a very nice man. he's also a great, great [ bleep ]er. >> there will be money in your state to help lower your premiums and provide coverage. and by the way, we [ bleep ]ed those with pre-existing conditions. >> so [ bleep ]. the jimmy kimmel test miserably. >> women cannot find out if they have an increased risk of -- i don't know, i got a little [ bleep ] in my throat all of a sudden. >> i want to [ bleep ] the brave men and women. >> one of my earliest emmys is being [ bleep ]ed by a clown at the circus. >> he just flew up to -- it was a goat and started just [ bleep ]ing it. >> five weeks i've been [ bleep ]ing this, i'm down 12 pounds. >> let's see your head. i can't feel your [ bleep ]. it's down here today! >> mine too! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: tonight on the show,

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>> jimmy: tonight on the show, he's a comedian turned senator from minnesota, and an author too, his new book is called "al franken, giant of the senate," senator al franken is here. [ cheers and applause ] next week he will be back to work with viola davis, andy samberg, kaley cuoco, freddie highmore, brandon michael hall, science bob pflugfelder, david muir, liam neeson and music from grizzly bear, macklemore, old dominion, and the x-x. so please join us for that. it's always a welcome sign of autumn when the first halle-berries of the season are in bloom. our first guest is an oscar, emmy and golden globe-winning actress with a brand new movie called "kingsman: the golden circle" opening in theatres tomorrow. please welcome halle berry. [ cheers and applause ] ♪

>> jimmy: how are you? >> i'm fantastic. >> jimmy: you look beautiful. >> oh my god. >> jimmy: what? >> look at you. >> jimmy: what happened? [ laughter ] oh, this is about my beard? >> you have a beard. >> jimmy: i do still have the beard and i'll tell you why. because i think the first night i wore it on the air, because usually i shave, i came back from vacation and you told me you liked it. and then people were telling me, you need to shave the beard. and i was like, well, halle berry said she liked it. >> you should keep that for of! you look so good. >> jimmy: i will keep it forever. i will be buried in this beard. you reached a milestone i think yesterday. on instagram, you got your 2 millionth follower. >> i did. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: and to celebrate that milestone -- >> yay! i don't know how these things happen. >> jimmy: you posted a picture. you posted this picture.

[ laughter ] did you decide, i need to post the moment number 2 million signed up? or how did this come to pass? >> that's the moment i heard it happen, that's what i was doing. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: and do you always wear a fur coat into the toilet? >> i was on my way going somewhere. as a woman you get all dressed and you're ready to go you're having your has it little drink, oh, i gotta pee! >> jimmy: i see, i don't think that's unique to women, i think that works for men as well. >> you guys don't do it like that together. >> jimmy: it looks like we're having a little drink together. hello, how are you up there? [ applause ] >> here's the thing. i know -- i just got on instagram a little over a year ago. i know how this works. so i had to make sure that you could see absolutely nothing. >> jimmy: you have to be very careful. >> because i knew, when i first did it, there was a little bit of -- there was a dark spot like

right under, right between where my legs come together. i thought, somebody is going to super impose some lips. [ laughter ] and say, i see vagina! >> jimmy: hello, how are you? >> i just got those hairs down a little longer. it's the only picture i've ever photoshoped on all my instagrams because i am not going to give somebody that opportunity. >> jimmy: who took that picture by the way? >> that's a secret. >> jimmy: a secret. your team didn't burst into the bathroom and take this photograph? >> my daughter took it actually. i'm just kidding. it's a secret who took that picture. >> jimmy: the kids like it? >> the kids haven't seen it, but they see me doing that all the time. they're not that impressed. >> jimmy: you guys don't have doors at the house? >> no, we don't. >> jimmy: no doors, really? no doors on the bathroom? >> not in my -- not in my bathroom we don't. >> jimmy: not in your bathroom. >> they walk am and see me like that all the time. >> jimmy: that's interesting to not have a door in your bathroom. >> liberating. >> jimmy: is it liberating? >> it is. >> jimmy: in what way?

>> just because. you know -- whoever's in there has to be a part of it. [ laughter ] whether they like it or not. >> jimmy: have you -- i was thinking about you today, have you ever had a regular job? like, you know, at a store or something like that? >> yeah. i did. i was a bartender once. >> jimmy: you were? >> before i started acting, i wasn't even old enough to be a bartender. >> jimmy: where were you living at the time? >> i don't even know if i want to say the city i was living in. >> jimmy: really? >> big city. 19 years old. >> jimmy: 19 years old. you can't drink so you can't be a bartender, i guess. were you good? did you know how to do it? >> i wasn't very good. but i ended up being good because i would just ask the people, so okay, what do you want? sex on a beach. i would say, interesting. what is in a sex in a beach? they would tell me. i would just start pouring. i'd put way too much alcohol in everything. so imagine the tips i got. [ laughter ] but i lost my job in about three

months. >> jimmy: did you really? you were wasting the company's money? >> they were going through liquor like you can't believe. >> jimmy: they were okay with the fact that you're underage, but the fact that you're pouring too much lick colorado -- >> they didn't know about that either, i had a fake i.d. >> jimmy: what was the name of this place? can you tell us that? >> chili's. >> jimmy: what? [ laughter ] >> not the chain chili's, another chili's. >> jimmy: like chili the food? or chilly, whoo, it's freezing? >> chilly, whoo, it's freezing. it was in a certain windy city. >> jimmy: let's not say which, though. is it still there? have you ever been back? >> i don't know, that's why i don't want to say. >> jimmy: i think they'd be okay. i think the statute of limitations. we're going to come back, talk about this new movie "kings man" you're part of. halle berry, everybody. we'll be right back! [ cheers and applause ] ♪

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>> of course i have. but every time an agent's position has come up, whiskey has voted against me. >> no! >> yeah. wait, wait, look, check it out. >> jimmy: that is halle berry in "kings man: the golden circle." it opens tomorrow. correct me if i'm wrong. but are you playing an i.t. person in that? >> i am. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: we had a whole thing going on with a guy in the audience here. >> i saw that, yes. >> jimmy: he's in the i.t. business, yeah. >> got to get a pair of those glasses. >> jimmy: you do have to get the glasses, maybe that's why you're still unemployed. we're going to get him glasses, we're going to get him a job. >> she's a computer geek nerd. >> jimmy: also a secret agent as well? >> what you find out in the course of this movie is -- >> jimmy: oh, okay, is that i've ruined it? >> no. there's a little secret behind those glasses and that person's eyes. there's something else waiting for her that you don't really find out. you have to watch the movie to

find out. >> jimmy: can we say your character's name in the movie? >> yes, her name is ginger ale. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: everybody has a code name in the "kings man" movie. >> pedro pascal is whiskey, channing tatum is tequila, jeff bridges is champagne, we call him champ. so we're named after a distillery. ginger ale, i'm a mixer, so i go with all of them. >> jimmy: i see. that's a good name for your character. you've had good names for your characters over the years. i thought i'd give you a quiz to see if you can remember your characters' names from various movies. >> oh, god. >> jimmy: we call this "name that you." are you ready to play? [ cheers and applause ] all right, let's start off, let's go to the wall. we'll start easy, okay? yes. we know the name of this character. >> oh, cat woman. >> jimmy: cat woman, that is correct. [ cheers and applause ] do you remember -- oh, you revealed. >> patience phillips. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah.

next character from the movie "die another day." >> that is jinx. >> jimmy: jinx is absolutely correct. [ cheers and applause ] next, from "monsters ball." >> that is laticia. >> jimmy: that is absolutely correct. [ cheers and applause ] i don't know why i'm impressed. >> i don't know the last name. >> jimmy: musgrove was the last name. >> they never have last names in my mind. >> jimmy: next movie, "executive decision." from 1996. do you remember? oh, i don't know. debbie? she looks like a debbie. [ buzzer ] >> jimmy: not a debbie. that is a jean. >> oh my god. >> jimmy: yes. all right. >> she looks like a debbie. >> jimmy: how about this one from "the flintstones"? >> oh, this is rosetta stone. >> jimmy: oh, almost. it was miss sharon stone. >> no, was it? it was rosetta. >> jimmy: was it? >> this is wrong, you guys are

wrong. they modeled the character after sharon stone but her name was rosetta. >> jimmy: well, a lot of people are going to be fired after the show. [ laughter ] suffice it to say. >> that is rough. >> jimmy: all right, let's go to the next one. the next one is? i hope this is right. from "gothika." >> i have no idea. >> jimmy: you have no idea. >> i don't have a clue. >> jimmy: this is dr. miranda grey. wow, you've been in a lot of movies, yeah, that's hard to remember. let's go for another one. this one is "the call." >> karla? [ buzzer ] >> no wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait -- >> jimmy: i'll give you a hint, the greatest basketball player of all-time. >> jordan! >> jimmy: jordan? >> jordan. i don't know her last name. >> jimmy: jordan is correct, yes, that's right. [ cheers and applause ] >> i'm terrible! >> jimmy: we only have 30 more. [ laughter ]

>> this is not fair. >> jimmy: let's do one more. here we go. this is from -- is this from b.a.t. b.a.p.s.? do you remember the name of this character? >> i do, this is nisi somebody. >> jimmy: this is true, nisi had no last name. you did pretty well. do you feel like you did well? >> no, i suck. >> jimmy: i have one more thing i want to sew you. apparently you know al franken, huh? because this is a hell of a photo right there. do you remember -- have any memory of this day? >> nope. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this man is a united states senator now. [ laughter ] >> are you sure that's me? >> jimmy: i'm sure that's you. it's the him part we're not exactly positive of. it's very, very good to see you. the movie is called "kingsman: the golden circle." it opens tomorrow. halle berry, everybody! thank you, halle. we'll be right back with senator al franken!

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>> jimmy: hi, welcome back to the show. our next guest as very bright and funny man and is to date the only person besides jim belushi to serve on both "saturday night live" and in congress. that was a joke. [ laughter ] he details his life in both comedy and politics in this book "al franken, giant of the senate." please welcome the honorable senator from minnesota, al franken. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: i love that you're a senator. it gives me -- kind of gives me hope for the future, it really does. >> uh, well, you know. sometimes you give me hope for the future. i want to thank you for what you've been doing. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, that's not -- >> and, you know, usually -- i

don't like it when comedians get involved in politics. [ laughter ] but when you did that, the monologue after your son billy was born -- and by the way, it was one of the least funny monologues i've seen you give. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: oddly, it wasn't. >> but it was important. it was very important. and probably the most important monologue you've done. because -- or at least up to that time. because you'd never given an important monologue before. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that is true, i hadn't. >> anyway. so -- but it really was important. because it sort of laid out what the stakes are in health care. >> jimmy: yes. >> and especially now vr that we are seeing this last iteration

of trumpcare. and, you know -- i think it's officially called "the screw you billy kimmel act." >> jimmy: that is what they're calling it? >> no, no, it's graham/cassidy. >> jimmy: which sounds like a fox news anchor, graham cassidy. >> it does. >> jimmy: somebody who won a beauty pageant in florida. >> in the south they use last names as first names. >> jimmy: yes, right, exactly. >> they do. but the stakes here are so high. for example, pre-existing conditions. you mentioned this in your monologue. >> jimmy: right. >> right now you cannot be -- you're protected if you have a pre-existing condition, you can't be prejudiced against. you have a certain essential health benefits. like hospitalization and prescription drugs and mental

health, et cetera. you have -- you can't have lifetime limits. before obamacare they used to have lifetime limits and you could go through your cap, they'd have these caps, then no more. >> jimmy: and that is so crazy if you think about it. >> well, it was so terrible for kids like -- >> jimmy: like my son. >> like your son billy, whose dad isn't cashing, you know, old man show checks. >> jimmy: right, right. [ laughter ] >> you know? >> jimmy: by the way, we're working on "the old man show" right now. >> right, that's right. >> jimmy: yeah, because he could potentially, at like -- by the time he's 10 years old, he could have already hit his lifetime cap. and then for the rest of his life, he's kind of on his own. >> medicaid. this thing ends medicaid as we know it. you know? it block grants it, which is a technical term, but basically cuts hundreds of billions of dollars from medicaid. i had a medicaid event in

minnesota a few months ago. and we had a young man there named brandon, 20 years old. he had been born very premature. he weighed about 1.5 pounds, a little bit more, when he was born. doctors saved his life. but the care they gave him in the first couple of days was about -- was over $1 million. >> jimmy: wow. >> and the parents were terrified at this cost. and the nurses took her aside and said, we're taking care of you, we got him enrolled in medicaid. and medicaid is need-based. so he now, brandon, came to that event. and he's 20 years old. he has cerebral palsy, walks with a walker. he's had 37 surgeries. he just told us he had finished his first college course, got an a-minus in it.

and there were 200 people at this event. he was the person there that i was least worried about. he was so resilient. i know he's going to do great. and if we keep obamacare and we have to make changes to it, and we should do that in a bipartisan way, and we're beginning to do that. he will be a happy geriatric. and so will billy, he'll an happy geriatric. [ cheers and applause ] that's what this is about. one of my colleagues yesterday was asked about this bill, republican colleague, who i like a lot. he's a friend of mine. but he said, there are ten reasons to vote against -- >> jimmy: chuck grassley said this? >> yes. there are ten reasons to vote against this bill, i gave you three. really big reasons. >> jimmy: this is a bill he's planning to vote for. >> he said, but the one reason to vote for it is that we promised to repeal obamacare. and that's a political reason. look.

>> jimmy: this is the promise they want to keep, i mean -- that's pretty crazy. >> i have the seat that paul wellstone held. paul was a friend of mine, he died in a plane crash 2002. he said this. he said about politics, "politics isn't about winning for the sake of winning. it isn't about money, it isn't about power. it's about improving people's lives." and that's what health care is about. and so you shouldn't be voting for something because you made a political promise, if there are a whole bunch of other people, millions of people who are going to be hurt. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it seems very reasonable. it doesn't seem hard to understand. everybody knows somebody with a pre-existing condition. everyone does. >> and that's why -- and those people should be calling. they should be making their voices heard. the people here in the audience, the people at home. this makes a difference.

so they should make their voices heard. this makes a tremendous difference. they only have about a week to do this. >> jimmy: yeah. >> they have until acceseptembe 30th, the end of next week for all intents and purposes. we've got to stop this from happening. >> let's take a break. senator al franken is here. we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ facing an epidemic

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find your awesome with xfinity xfi and change the way you wifi. >> jimmy: al franken, the senator from minnesota, is here with us. this is his book, "al franken, giant of the senate." it's very interesting. it's very, very funny. why did you write this book? >> well, you know, to answer the question i get asked probably more than any other question. >> jimmy: which is what? >> which is, is being a senator as much fun as working on "saturday night live"? and the answer is, no! [ laughter ] why would it be? but it's the best job i've ever had. and i'll tell you why. it's the best job i've ever had because of exactly what we're talking about today. because you get to improve people's lives. [ cheers and applause ]

>> jimmy: and do you feel like you are able to effect change, because we have this situation where somehow we've managed to get the country to the point where it's like just exactly -- >> divided. >> jimmy: half and half. seems like it's very hard to get anything done. >> it is, but every once in a while we do. right before mitch mcconnell pulled the plug on this, we in the health committee, the health education labor and pension committee, were working in a very bipartisan way to try to improve the exchanges in the affordable care act, to lower the costs of them. and we had bipartisan hearings, we had governors from five states, three republicans, two democrats. we had five insurance commissioners. we did this over two weeks. people were agreeing on everything. and then we got the plug pulled because of this damn thing. which is about just president trump wants a victory.

and, you know -- remember he said that no one knew that health care was complicated? >> jimmy: yeah, nobody knew that, yeah. >> this is the kind of intellectual rigor -- [ laughter ] -- behind this. >> jimmy: nobody knew. he expected he was going to waltz in and get rid of obamacare. >> it's going to be easy, everything is going to be easy. >> jimmy: it's really remarkable. are you nervous about being on the west coast now that kim jong-un is making insults? >> yes, you know, i don't think he has the warhead weaponized, but this is my last trip out here. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it is, yeah. you're leaving tonight. >> yeah. i'm going to -- mississippi. minnesota is right on the mississippi. >> jimmy: you guys will be fine. >> i'm very comfortable there. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: do you ever find yourself in situations where you really want to say something funny, like during a hearing for a supreme court justice? you want to make a joke, you did make a couple of jokes. but you say, you know what i

should just keep that inside. at this point. >> all the time. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you make sketches of your colleagues. that is a little doodle of jeff sessions, right? >> that was jeff sessions. actually during the supreme court confirmation hearing. >> jimmy: did he see this doodle? >> what happened was a photographer took a picture of me drawing that. and it got into "newsweek" for some reason. then i brought it to his office and said, the ranking member of the judiciary committee in command. that's what i wrote, the caption. he framed it and stuff. >> jimmy: he liked it? >> now look how bad he is. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: ted cruz. [ cheers and applause ] does ted like that? >> ted, i have a line in the book which is that i say, this

is the thing you should know about ted cruz. i probably like ted cruz more than most of my colleagues like ted cruz, and i hate ted cruz. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: by the way, yesterday during rehearsal i was looking at bill cassidy. i drew a little picture. >> that's good. >> jimmy: i did a little bill cassidy. maybe you would give this to him. [ cheers and applause ] if you see him. i have a feeling he will not be hanging that in his office or home. well, thank you so much for being here, senator. >> that's breaking. >> jimmy: thank you very much. that's al franken. this is his book called "giant of the senate." there's a lot of great stuff in here. the senate, "saturday night live," anything anybody could possibly be interested in. i want to thank halle berry. apologies to matt damon. we ran out of time. thanks for watching. "nightline" is next, good night!

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