when i first started going they're like, oh, man, mike epps! tandup now? >> yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: are people excited to be there, uncomfortable? what's it like? >> you know what it's scary-fun, you know what i mean? >> jimmy: it is? >> you know, you want to get back out, you want to make people laugh. but you're still thinking about, you know, you can get sick. but i'm loving it. so far i've gotten away with it. [ laughter ] every time i make it back home, whew, i got away with it again! [ laughter ] and the people are just laughing at everything, you know what i mean? >> jimmy: really? that's nice. >> i crack a joke -- i'm saying to myself, i know that wasn't funny right there. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: just happy to get out too. >> happy to get out. >> jimmy: your family? how is everybody doing in your family? >> everybody's doing good, man. my kids is back in -- one of them goes back to school, the other one's scared to go to school. >> jimmy: oh. >> it's a little better than the virtual school. because one of them got suspende

tonight -- heidi klum, mike epps, and music from madness. and now, jimmy kimmel!m the host. thank you for watching. thanks for looking me. thanks for everything. that's very kind. we have a lot to report tonight, and i want to start with an update on a story we went through last night. in houston, there was a bengal tiger on the loose, just strolling through a neighborhood. nobody knew whose tiger it was. until a man, who is out on bond for murder, showed up, grabbed the tiger, and fled the scene. the police chased the man briefly and then lost him, which is weird. last night it got weirder.

tomorrow night, heidi klum and mike epps with music from madness. "nightline" is next.m. >> concerned about the dose of hope. how a group of republican lawmakers are helping change minds. >> ready, one, two, three. >> and as the fda approves the pfizer vaccine for children ages 12 and up, where america now stands on the path to herd immunity. >>> plus body positivity model tess holaday saying she is battling a form of anorexia. >> i was literally starving. >> challenging what a eating disorder looks like. >> you can't look at someone and tell whether or not they're healthy. you just can't. >> "nightline" will be rig

next week, we've got quite a lineup of guests next week with chris rock, ewan mcgregor, heidi klum, mike eppsda sykes. music from madness, morray, lucky day featuring yebba, and mod sun with avril lavigne. so please join us for all that fun. [ cheers and applause ] on this national nurses day, our first guest has a lot of experience playing one on "e.r." you know her from "the good wife," and now her new memoir, "sunshine girl: an unexpected life" say hello to julianna margulies. [ cheers and applause ] hi, julianna, how are you? >> hi, i'm good, how are you? >> jimmy: good to see you, how's it going? >> it's going well on this national nurses day. >> jimmy: is it appropriate for me to wish you a happy national nurses day? >> so here's the beauty of living in new york city. and it is appropriate. sort of. because i did represent nurses, right? >> jimmy: true, true. >> and i was proud to do that. i was walking home today, and i saw maybe 30 nurses dancing in the square right at street and seventh avenue, musing blaring, filming this great dance i guess for some nbc show. >> jimmy: uh-huh. >> t