he's nominated for an emmy this weekend for his work on "house of cards" playing president frank underwood, who is an evil fictional character who kills people but is still beating bobby jindal in the polls. ( laughter ) good luck. good luck, governor. you're gonna get him. our musical guests are john mellencamp and willie nelson. ( cheers and applause ) they're here to perform and more importantly celebrate the 30th anniversary of farm aid. ( cheers and applause ) go ahead. over the years, through farm aid, they have raised $50 million to help small family farms. and you know i grow my own basil on the windowsill, so i'm pretty sure they owe me, like, 20 bucks. before we get started i want to try something different, something special. every night before the show tapes-- these guys know this-- and i didn't do it tonight, i come out here before the show to answer questions from the studio audience to humanize me. it's important to maintain the illusion they am a human. anyway, nop no one at home evers to see that. so let's give it a shot right now. jimmy, let's bump up the lights. this is