we have music from lord huron. [ cheers and applause ] tomorrow night, jennifer connelly and kevin garnettus, with music from toby weegway. and on thursday, steve harvey, michael pena, and music from ava max. please join us for that. [ cheers and applause ] our first guest tonight cares more about the american people than most of us care about ourselves. he is the new chairman of the senate budget committee. please welcome senator bernie sanders from vermont! [ cheers and applause ] hello, senator. >> great to be with you. >> jimmy: great to see you. [ cheers and applause ] are you in your office in d.c. or a hotel room in cancun right now? [ laughter ] >> well -- yeah. in d.c. >> jimmy: may i ask, when something like that happens to one of your fellow senators, does anyone bring it up? or do you pretend it didn't happen? >> depending on which side of the aisle you're on, it is brought up, yes. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it is brought up. are you enjoying being in charge of the budget committee? >> i am. it's a lot of fun because, as you can appreciate, the budget deals with all aspects of the