jay ellis is with us.have music from the record company. [ cheers and applause ] and we will be right back with ben affleck. but before that, here is google's year in search for 2021. >> this year has been extremely challenging for me. i am broken. and i am healing. >> i'm here at the memorial wall. i wanted to do something to remember my mom. >> for some reason i'm having anxiety. obviously it's normal with everything that's going on right now. >> i think i'm going to take a break for a while. >> you can get through it. and if you can get through it, there's a greater reward on the other side. >> just like anybody else, you know, i'm just trying to do my little part to try and save my community. >> i'm just really excited we're back open. >> incredible scenes on the day the fans came back. >> welcome back to the theater! >> you guys, it's been so long. >> you're looking at yourself in the mirror and you're just like, there i am. >> be your best. never, ever, ever stop dreaming. i don't care what they tell

jay ellis, everybody. be back with the record company!is your home. this is your family room slash gym. the guest bedroom slash music studio. the daybed slash dog bed. the living room slash yoga shanti slash regional office slash classroom. and this is the basement slash panic room. maybe what your family needs is a vacation home slash vacation home. find yours on the vrbo app. ♪ >> announcer: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> jimmy: i want to thank ben affleck and jay ellis. thanks to the utah state aggies. we'll see you guys on saturday. [ cheers and applause ] apologies to matt damon. tomorrow night, neil patrick harris and daniel ranieri with music from ed sheeran and elton john. "nightline" is next, but first, their album is called "play loud." here with the song "never leave you," the record company! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ i know you're gonna be so bad and good to me alright the waves are gonna break ♪ ♪ they give and then they take me that's right this is -- this is -

tonight, ben affleck, jay ellis, and music from the record company. and now, jimmy kimmel!rs and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: well, thank you, thank you. thanks for coming. hi, everybody. i'm jimmy, i'm the host. thank you for watching at home and from our studio audience. the reason there is so much testosterone flowing through this audience, thanks for journeying all the way from logan, utah to be here.

drew michael is with us. [ cheers and applause ] tomorrow night, ben affleck and jay ellis with musicniel rain fair -- remember that one who was cursing on the show? remember that? >> guillermo: yes. >> jimmy: he's the star of george clooney's new movie. >> guillermo: wow. >> jimmy: and music from ed sheeran and elton john, that ain't bad at all. [ cheers and applause ] our first guest tonight has a twinkle in his eye, a sashay in his stride, and eleven emmy awards in the bottom of his wig box. on january 7th, "rupaul's drag race" starts season 14 on vh1. please welcome rupaul. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: very good to see you. >> it's good to be back home at "jimmy kimmel live." >> jimmy: it is kind of like a home. [ cheers and applause ] >> yes, it is. we had so much fun when i got to sit in for you. >> jimmy: you were kind enough to guest host the show for me two times this summer. >> yes. [ cheers ] >> jimmy: i have to tell you a couple things. first of all, my staff loves you. they talk about you all the time. and i feel like it's like a weird little dig at me all the time

founders jay and ellie say 600,000 people have hugged cows across the three locations nationwide overg to learn that this exists whereas they might not have known before because they are searching for ways to heal. >> this is the new future. >> reporter: the sanctuary in high demand during the pandemic. visitors finding a safe way to connect when they need it most. >> when we hear stories about people who wouldn't leave their homes, about people who are just lonely and locked away in isolation, they got out and they were able to come here. >> reporter: kim lane's first visit to the gentle barn was more than a decade ago. >> and i was blown away. i hugged a cow and, you know, i was just, like, oh my gosh. this place is amazing. >> reporter: lane, now a volunteer was hooked. >> they're so big, but they're so gentle and so calming and so loving and you don't want to go back out into the world. it's like i can find that peaceful place because they've shown it to me. >> reporter: experts say connecting with animals can improve mental health. >> if someone is dealing with stress or anxiety

nawaz: online right now, part of a panel discussion, led by our own nicole ellis, on the barriers people face after prison. advocate jay jordan shares how his decades-old criminal record still prevents him from parts of life many take for granted, like coaching his son's baseball team. you can see that in our instagram feed, or watch the full conversation on our web site, pbs.org/newshour. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm amna nawaz. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you, stay safe, and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> a raymond james financial advisor tailors advice to help you live your life. life, well-planned. >> the kendeda fund. committed to advancing restorative justice and meaningful work through investments in transformative leaders and ideas. more at kendedafund.org. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program wa

meanwhile, jay sekulow also responding to cnn saying that he never advocated for vice president mike pence to do anything other than his constitutional authority, but he also defended ellisattorney to the president to offer up different legal options that he may have had at that time. >> a select committee issued a new round of subpoenas today. who do they target? >> this round of subpoenas today, wolf, not necessarily too many household names, but their role in what took place in the days leading up to january 6th are very important. among them, robert bobby p.d. jr., max miller, who is of course running for congress right now, in ohio, brian jack, brian lewis, ed martin, and kimberly fletcher. and petey and max miller are of particular interest to the community. this is the first time they've talked about a direct link to the rally organizers, people that planned rallies on january 4th, 5, and 6th. many of those who participated in those rallies ended up storming the capitol. and they both joined katrina pierson, who is also under subpoena, in a meeting with the former president in the executive dining room at the white house, where they discussed plans for the rallies

newshour's nicole ellis sat down with a panel of experts: vanessa chen, a special assistant to the president; keesha middlemass, a howard university professor who focuses on criminal justice; and jayho was formerly incarcerated himself, and is now the vice president of the alliance for safety and justice. here now is an excerpt from their conversation. >> reporter: jay, you have personally experienced that rocky moment of reentry and trying to get your bearings and reestablish your life. what was your experience like as a young person reentering society? >> in my personal experience, you know, i was fortunate enough to go home to my mother and father. you know, i was fortunate enough to have a plan, sit down inside a facility and write down a plan. but when i got out, you know, i wanted to sell used cars. i wanted to sell real estate. i wanted to sell insurance, right? contrary to popular belief, i know how to cut hair. i wanted to be a barber. i couldn't do any of that. you know, i was told, no, i couldn't get my insurance license. i was told, no, i couldn't get my real estate license. i was told, no, i can't even get a barber's license. i'm good enough to-- i was good enough to